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Riverwalk Business Park
149 Riverwalk Blvd., Unit 9, Okatie
11 a.m. until 10 p.m. - Monday through Saturday
On the menu
Soups, appetizers, salad/light meals, sandwiches, "Specialty of the House" and "Chef's Signature Dishes" entrées, early-bird dinner, 4 p.m. until 5:45 p.m.
Food 4.5 stars
Service 4 stars
Ambiance 5 stars
Cleanliness 5 stars
Cost $ to $$
Dress Casual
Kid-friendly Yes
Reservations None needed (yet)
An uneven dinner experience at Porta Via Bistro & Bar leaves me with a question. Is the attractive little restaurant nestled inside of Okatie's Riverwalk Business Park on the brink of greatness, or destined for restaurant obscurity?
With its potential for becoming one of those kinds of neighborhood places you could call your "own" for lunch, or dinner, or the happy hour that lies in-between, I wanted to be fair in assessing a restaurant that could fall either way. Personally, I am rooting for greatness, as certainly all the elements are here, including the coveted quiet little table in the corner.
To begin, the place is adorable. Small, cozy and intimate, the restaurant has a good feel. There's a handful of tables, a nice, open bar area in the rear of the restaurant and beyond that, the door to the Porta Via kitchen, which, when swung open, offers a peak at the restaurant's chef - a master, it would seem, at juggling several sauté pan at a time.
If there was more than one chef at the helm, I did not see them, but the place is small, so one chef, plus a professional support staff, should be able to keep up, I thought. (A flawed theory that would soon be tested by the lack of bread with dinner - because "none was cut" - and the unavailability of coffee with dessert - because "the coffee pot was not plugged in.")
Likewise, if the manager/owner was on premise, they did not make themselves known either by greeting folks at the door, or by checking on any of the tables throughout our time in the restaurant, but I digress - so let's get right to the food. From a surprisingly varied menu filled with many options at reasonable prices, "Sliders" (three mini sliders of "Crab Cake, BBQ Pulled Pork & Burger") and "Scallops a la Dave" were chosen for starters and "Seafood Fra Diablo" and "Veal Scaloppini" for the main courses. Considering there were several orders ahead of ours, all being cooked to order, the appetizers, followed by the main meal, came without an undue wait and piping hot from the kitchen.
The sliders, though substantial, were inconsistent in quality. And, while the meat on the (cheese) burger tasted of good beef, the crab cake, served with a tasty remoulade sauce, was comprised of "fishy" tasting, reddish-brown crabmeat, like that which comes from the swimming fins of a crab - the "claw meat" - the most economical of all grades of crab.
The barbecue pork, ample in size particularly for a slider, was just average, but Dave's jumbo-sized scallops, on the other hand, was neither average, nor fishy. Plump, sweet and pan seared to perfection, the scallops were lightly crusted on the outside and tender on the inside. What pan juices remained in the golden brown scallops, mingled delectably with the dish's rich champagne cream. In a word, the scallops were "divine" and large enough for sharing.
With nothing but the sublime taste of Dave's scallops left in our mouths, out came the main courses - a bowlful of linguine with sautéed shrimp, scallops and mussels, and a lovely presentation of veal scaloppini, mounded over mashed potatoes, with some sautéed green beans and carrots neatly piled to the side.
The pasta dish, sadly, proved disappointing mostly for its being overcooked. While the pasta was sufficiently close to acceptable to be palatable and the mussels and scallops aptly prepared - the shrimp in the dish were limp, salty, and unless I am way off my mark, previously frozen. The dish's spicy marinara sauce was aromatic and appealing for its assertive seafood flavor, but much of it was left in the bowl for lack of something to mop it with. (Remember my mentioning something about bread?) Unlike the shrimp and pasta, the veal was cooked superbly - fork tender and very moist, served atop real mashed potatoes with bits of telltale lumps included at no extra charge.
The vegetables, buttery and pleasantly seasoned, were expertly cooked, with its color and agreeable "snap," left intact. The accompanying mushroom demi-glace was thick, shiny and well infused with veal stock. Should I have a complaint on the veal, it would be for the relatively miniscule amount of meat offered in an otherwise outstanding dish. (Understandably, I am beginning to grasp where all those reasonable prices are coming from.)
As for dessert, only two were offered this night - Mango Guava Cheesecake and Chocolate Lava Cake, neither of which was homemade, confessed an honest server when pressed. Despite the desserts having been commercially prepared, they were nonetheless first rate, and as long as you do not mind paying a premium price for a dessert that comes directly off the truck of a foodservice distributor, you will find them toothsome and satisfying. Because I've experienced homemade desserts at the restaurant before (I seem to recall a dynamite tiramisu) it was a letdown to learn none was available on this night, a Saturday, or on a follow-up visit, a day, or so, later.
Yes, Porta Via Bistro & Bar is very close to being one of those great restaurant finds where everybody knows our name. We could be all theirs if they desired us, and Porta Via could be ours.


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|Font Squirrel
|Large collection
|Collects links to free fonts. Does not create the fonts
|The League of Moveable Type
|Font Spring
|Large collection
|Requires registration. Some fonts are pay, some free
|Large collection
|Most but not all are free to use
Photographs, Artwork, Illustration
|Name and link
|Kind of resource
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|Wikimedia Commons
|Diverse collection
|Flickr Commons
|Diverse collection
|US Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalogue
|Diverse collection
|Most if not all are free to use
|Library and Archives Canada
|Diverse collection
|Most if not all are free to use
|Internet Archive Images Library
|Diverse collection
|Nasa Image and Video Library
|Space, aeronautics, technology focus
|Google Arts & Culture
|Focus on art works, illustration, textiles
|Some images are copyrighted
|Mayang's Free Texture Library
|Photographs of buildings
|Photographs, some vector illustrations
Patterns and Textures
|Name and link
|Kind of resource
|Special notes
|Seamless digital patterns and textures
|Mayang's Free Texture Library
|Photographs of real life materials, textures
|Texture photographs, seamless patterns, Photoshop brushes
|Subtle Patterns
|Digital patterns, textures
|The Fat Strawberry
|Textures, patterns, Photoshop brushes
|The Pattern Library
|Seamless digital patterns, textures
|Seamless digital patterns
|Lost and Taken
|Texture photographs
|Registration required
|Texture photographs
|Cloud Blender
|Texture photographs
Pattern and Texture Generators
|Name and link
|Kind of resource
|Special notes
|Pattern Cooler
|Customizable patterns, diverse collection
|Colour Lovers
|Colour palettes, customizable patterns
|Highly customizable patterns including lots of fun shapes
|Highly customizable, lots of shapes
|Stripes and plaids
|Background Image Generator
|Textures and patterns with customizable colours
|Tartan Maker
|GR Sites Texture Maker
|Gradients, digital patterns, stripes, text patterns
|Wood Workshop
|Generates seamless, custom wood grain patterns
|Software requires download
|Hero Patterns
|Customizable colours
|Generates super interesting patterns based on whatever text you enter
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An offshoot of a system used to treat sewage from 12 Mexican villages is now being tested on Midwest hog confinement operations to reduce odor and eliminate the need for lagoons.
The system is called a Single Basin Extended Aeration Cyclic Reactor, known as SBEACR (pronounced su-bee-ker). AquaCare, a division of West Central Environmental Consulting of Morris, MN, bought the rights to the design in 1996 and adapted it to work for swine manure.
"We're trying to prove that large hog facilities don't have to smell," says company manager Bruce Droegemueller. He says the system virtually eliminates odor by combining a low-cost method for separating out solids with a biological process for cleaning wastewater. He claims, "One-half mile away, you are not going to know a hog farm is there, other than seeing the buildings."Turning waste into water. Waste flushed from confinement barns is separated into solids and water. After trying seven separators, AquaCare settled on a screw auger press model called Fan made in Germany.
Solids collect and compost in a bin and are later spread on cropland or processed into commercial fertilizer. Liquids are pumped into a reactor tank, where a series of biological processes turn the waste into water. Nothing is added. Instead, timed cycles of aeration and settling break down the contaminants that cause odor.
Total cycle time in the tank is four hours. For the first two hours, a 15-hp blower aerates the effluent. For the next hour effluent is left to settle. During the final hour, clean water is drawn off the top and returned to the barn for flushing or given to the animals for drinking. Effluent feeds into the reactor tank at all times to provide a steady supply of food for the microorganisms, which eat contaminants in the waste before they biodegrade into methane and other smelly gases.
"The concept is to do what we can to eliminate odor," Droegemueller says. "By separating out the solids, we've eliminated the source for generation of odor, and by treating the liquid we've put it in a state that can be returned to the barn for flushing. So it eliminates odor in the barn, too."
A secondary benefit of the technology is that it reduces the potential for pollution. "With this system, if a line breaks, you would just have clean water running into the field," Droegemueller says. And because the water is recycled instead of stored, land that would otherwise be occupied by a lagoon can be put into crop production.
Farmer-tested. With help from the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute based in Crookston, MN, the company installed a model SBEACR system on a 700-sow operation near Raymond, MN, owned by Jerome and Marcia Taatjes. Since June, it has handled all the manure from the operation, which averages 40,000 gal./ day. "It does smell better," says Jerome Taatjes, who was using a two-stage lagoon to handle waste. "And it is getting the solids, so that's impressive." But because the system has more moving parts and takes more electricity than the lagoons, the Taatjeses are waiting to see how costs compare. "I think a year from now, we'll know more," Jerome Taatjes says. "I'm optimistic."
University of Minnesota manure management specialist Jeffrey Lopez, who helped coordinate the test, says the technology shows much promise for animal agriculture in reducing noxious odor compounds.
Cost. Droegemueller says the system is ideal for farmers looking to build a new hog confinement facility or for those who want to expand.
The cost is about the same as the cost of new construction of a deep pit or lagoon. It can range from $100,000 up to $500,000, depending on the size of the hog operation and contour of the land. The one installed on Taatjes' farm cost between $150,000 and $200,000.
AquaCare is currently quoting jobs in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska and is on the verge of signing a contract to put in a 110,000-gal./day system on a 5,200-head operation in Iowa. The company also is looking at expanding the system to dairy operations.
"You will be seeing this system on many farms in the future," Droe-gemueller says.
For more information, contact AquaCare International Inc., Dept. FIN, 14 Green River Rd., Morris, MN 56267-0593, 320/589-0090.


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Though Your Garden May Be Fading, It's Still Filled With Seeds of New Life.
"Habitat restoration is critical for wildlife in urban and suburban settings where commercial and residential development has eliminated most natural areas," says Craig Tufts, chief naturalist at the National Wildlife Federation. While the seeds from all types of backyard plants can be collected and sown, native species support 10 to 50 times as many varieties of indigenous wildlife as do nonnative plants. Native plants also require less fertilizer, less water and less effort in controlling pests. That's why growing such species in your yard not only ensures preservation of valuable plants but also the diversity of animals and insects that depend on them.
Before you begin collecting, take the time to learn more about the process so that your initial efforts are successful. Knowing how to identify a mature seed is one key element. (For practical purposes, the examples that follow will focus on nonfruit-bearing perennials.)
As a rule of thumb, seeds of plants are ripe about a month after flowers fade, when seed pods-which form in place of blooms-and stems turn brown and become dry and brittle. Seeds may not be viable if harvested earlier, as the embryos inside them need time to fully develop.
Keep an eye on your plants throughout the growing season. The seeds will mature anytime from spring until fall.
A dry, sunny afternoon is the best time to harvest. (Rain or dew on seeds can promote mold in storage.) While some seeds such as New England aster can be plucked by hand or shaken directly into a collection container, you should first cut the seed pods from plants such as cardinal flower and blazing star and allow them to air dry in paper bags for a few days. These seed capsules can then be shaken until the seeds fall out.
Noting that Mother Nature does most of her planting in late summer or fall, some experts recommend gardeners sow what they harvest right away. Seeds that benefit from such quick planting include pasque flower, columbine and marsh marigold. Still, other perennials, such as purple coneflower and yellow jessamine, can also be stored safely for future planting in winter or spring. If properly cared for, the stored seeds may grow at rates equal to or better than those that are sown immediately. Understanding the germination requirements of your plants will help you determine whether or not storage is appropriate.
Because plant debris left on or around seeds in storage may harbor insects, fungi or moisture that can damage the seeds, be sure to thoroughly clean and dry what you have collected. One way to winnow out chaff is to pour seeds from one container to another while blowing gently on them. Screens or sieves can also be used.
To dry out the seeds, simply lay them down indoors on newspaper. In air-conditioned environments with low humidity, seeds should become dry enough for storage in a couple of weeks. In homes without air-conditioning, where humidity will prevent seeds from drying sufficiently in the open air, silica gel can be used to absorb excess moisture and to prevent mildew from developing later in storage containers. Seeds packaged in paper envelopes and placed in sealed containers with an equal weight of the substance dry in about one week's time, after which you should remove the silica gel to avoid overdrying and killing the seeds.
"For the longest, low-tech home storage, seeds can be dried then stored in jars in the freezer," says Jack Rowe, manager of the nonprofit Seeds of Texas Seed Exchange. You can also place containers in a cool, dark cupboard or the vegetable crisper in your refrigerator. Household items appropriate for seed-storing include screw-top glass jars, plastic or metal film containers, cans with metal lids and prescription medicine containers.
Experts emphasize the importance of labeling the seeds you have collected. "Nothing is more frustrating than ending up with several bags of mystery seeds," says botanist Suzanne Ashworth, a volunteer curator for Seed Savers Exchange, a nonprofit group based in Iowa. Be sure to note the plant names and harvest dates on each of your storage containers.
Sharing the information and seeds you collect is valuable too, according to Rowe, who encourages people to seek out local native-plant societies, gardening clubs or seed exchanges in their communities. By joining one of these organizations, you can interact with other enthusiasts who share your passion for natural gardening. These groups also tend to be good places to obtain native plants or seeds that are not yet commercially available.
Wild seed collection on private land may also be an option, provided the landowner has granted you permission. But experts caution against being greedy. "By gathering as many wild seeds as you can, you are not trying to protect what is growing naturally," explains Ashworth. Conservationists also point out that it is usually much easier to preserve existing natural areas than it is to restore them.
According to the Center for Plant Conservation, a St. Louis-based organization dedicated exclusively to preventing the extinction of rare plants, one-quarter of U.S. species-roughly 5,000 native plants-are currently "of conservation concern," plagued by development, overcollecting and invasion by exotic species. Taking special care not to disturb such plants in the wild and educating others about their importance is key to their survival.
"So often we forget that the most intelligent response to finding a new plant population or community is to do nothing-just look and enjoy," says Rowe. "By focusing your attention on your yard and the native-plant seeds available there, you can help support biological diversity in your community."
"By focusing your attention on your yard ... you can help support biological diversity in your community."
Assistant Editor Kelly Senser wrote in the February/March issue about how to get a jump on the spring gardening season by starting plants indoors during winter. For more information about natural plantings, write: Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program, NWF, 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22184; web address: www.nwf.org/habitats.
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The Bachelor of Arts in Religion program at AU offers a wide range of courses taught by a diverse and committed faculty. The university's Christian roots are reflected in a number of courses which focus on Christianity from a variety of perspectives. We also offer courses in families of faith, and on individual faith traditions: East Asian and Indian religions, Islam and Judaism. There is an emphasis, too, on the encounter of the world's religions, and the ways in which religious people seek to understand diversity, and the beliefs of others. Courses deal with pressing issues facing religions in the modern world: evil and suffering, gender and sexuality, and ethical and moral formation. In all our teaching, we seek to understand the core notions of religion itself—our yearning for perfection and continued awareness of imperfection, our sense of the transcendent and its implications for the mundane, our search for guidance in our judgments and behavior.
Amid a diverse student population, we seek to foster dialogue and understanding on campus and in the wider community, and to model for our students these exchanges with generosity and with empathy.
Whatever your background or motivation in studying religion, we aim to provide opportunities for you to ask some of life's biggest questions, to critically engage with some of the most enduring answers that human beings have offered in response to those questions, and to re-imagine your life and work in light of these encounters. Many of our students pursue interdisciplinary studies by combining the religion major with another undergraduate major.
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To earn an undergraduate degree in religion, you will complete at least 120 semester hours total in general education and religion courses.
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Xcel Energy Reports Progress After Storms
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xcel Energy says it's making progress toward restoring power to customers after severe thunderstorms pounded Minnesota and western Wisconsin with gusty winds and heavy rains overnight.
The Minneapolis-based utility says about 44,600 customers were still affected as of midafternoon Friday, down from more than 157,600.
Xcel spokeswoman Mary Sandok says crews are working to restore power but it could take a few days to bring it back for everyone because of the extent of the outages.
Most of the affected customers were in the Twin Cities, but they were scattered across Xcel's service area, including about 19,600 in St. Cloud.
The National Weather Service says several communities experienced gusts above 50 mph. A gust of 85 mph was clocked in Benson.
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P67 Motherboard Roundup
At the beginning of January, Intel launched their second generation Core series processors that set a new benchmark for performance while at the same time, still using all of the power savings features that Intel has been equipping their processors with. Things such as using Turbo Boost 2.0 to dynamically lower and increase the CPU muliplier to get the best of both worlds. Those two worlds being energy efficiency and increased performance. This introduction brought us to yet another different way to overclock as traditional BLCK (base clock or bclock) overclocking is now fairly limited (to between 100MHz to 109MHz) meaning it's all about the multiplier now. In the Intel Core i7 2600K launch article we looked at what Intel has to offer in terms of the performance of the 2600K when mounted in their in-house board, the DP67 BG. What I found was that performance and overclocking had been improved since the last generation boards (the DP55WG on the P55 platform and DX58SO for the X58 based processors). This Intel board offers a full feature set and allowed for some decent overclocking. But, if that won't suffice, the aftermarket has plenty to offer from improved components through to proprietary features. What I have to look at today is a broad cross section of P67 based motherboards from ASUS, ECS and MSI that showcase some of the latest features offered by each manufacturer. Some of these features are proprietary and others are standard for the P67 lineup. With ASUS you have DIGI+ VRM, Dual BIOS, BT, Go and ROG options. With MSI, you get Military Class II components and DrMOS. While with ECS, you get a Lucid Hydra graphics solution and a much richer feature set with the goal to really compete in the enthusiast market.
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The boards we have to look at in this comparison are two versions of ASUS's P8P67 series. We have the P8P67 WS Revolution and the P8P67 Pro giving us the chance to do a comparison of the feature set from the mid to the upper end of the spectrum. At the opposite end of the spectrum we have the Maximus IV Extreme which is targeted at the extreme gamer and hardcore enthusiast with a significant jump in features to make this an attractive board for the consumer looking for it all. The ECS Black series board moves up to play in the enthusiast ranks after seeing success with the ECS P55H-AK and they have not pulled any punches with the P67H2-A. The MSI offering will be the MSI P67A-GD65 that makes use of the company's Military Class II components and one touch overclocking with OC Genie.
Let's look at each one of these boards individually to see what they have to offer in terms of feature sets and performance.


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Corey Ladas has written an interesting paper titled Scrum-ban in which he describes how a Scrum team might introduce the lean practice of kanban. He goes on to describe an evolutionary process, which if taken far enough, replaces most of Scrum. Even for those who don't want to scrap Scrum and go lean, the paper provides a useful view into what kanban is and how it can augment Scrum.
Kanban, as used in the context of Lean and Just-in-Time production, is a card-based signaling mechanism used to control inventory levels, and work-in-progress. As applied to software development, the cards are often index cards or sticky notes on a corkboard or whiteboard. The cards represent units of work, such as features or stories, and they move across the board to indicate their progress toward completion.
As the cards move across the board, they enter and leave various states. A card can only be in one state at any given time, and can only move to the next state when it meets the completion criteria for the current state, and when there is an open slot in the next state. Sometimes waiting states, or queues, are inserted between the 'active' states. If work starts piling up in one of these waiting states, it is an indication that a bottleneck exists. A hallmark of lean, just-in-time, systems is continuously identifying and eliminating such bottlenecks, toward the goal of maximizing the throughput of the system.
The paper draws an analogy between a kanban (card) and a currency note. The currency note is part of the money supply in an economy. As such, it represents a portion of the production capacity of the economy, and can be used to acquire actual goods. Purchasers have a limited supply of money, and must make decisions about which goods to buy and when. Similarly, a kanban (card) represents some portion of the production capacity of an internal economy. The business, or perhaps more specifically to Scrum, the product owner, has limited kanban to spend in any given time, and thus must make priority decisions about how to 'spend' them.
Corey's paper goes on to describe how Lean practices could modify or even replace many of the traditional Scrum practices, such as the daily standup and burn-down charts. Cory asserts that estimation is a form of waste and could largely be eliminated. He proposes a system by which the story authors are responsible for creating appropriately sized stories, but does not go on to suggest how they might do this.
Regardless of whether one agrees or takes issue with the conclusions of the paper, it presents Lean, and especially kanban, in a way that can help a Scrum team evaluate its usefulness. The article also outlines a practical way that a Scrum team might adopt the use of kanban to augment their existing processes.
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One of my favorite presentations...
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This was easily one of my favorite presentations of Agile 2008. The reasoning and implementation of "Scrum-ban" were clear, and made perfect sense. I'm really looking forward to trying some of these ideas in the projects I'm currently working in.
Lean != kanban or even JIT
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In terms of "Lean practices" replacing traditional "Scrum practices" such as daily standups, I would recommend taking a Toyota plant tour to learn about their daily standup meetings.


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The Top-Selling New Products of 2009
SymphonyIRI's annual Pacesetters listing is full of brand extensions, as processors and consumers sought value.
To say that 2009 was a difficult year in the consumer packaged goods business is a tremendous understatement. Perhaps the most challenged component may have been new product introductions. There's a very low success rate in the best of times, so 2009, a year of recession and change, did not bode well for new product launches.
Cash-strapped consumers were not as willing to take a chance on a new food or beverage product, and many were forced to trade in their brand favorites for private label substitutes.
Sensing consumer sentiment correctly, it is no surprise that 93 percent of new products launched by the industry were brand extensions (often just tweaks to existing offerings), according to the 15th annual Pacesetters report from Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group (which in March changed its name from Information Resources Inc., as it expands into innovative new value solutions for its clients).
Pacesetters are those products launched between February of one year and January of the next that reach two milestones: 30 percent national distribution and retail sales of at least $7.5 million in year-one sales across food, drug and mass merchandise channels (excluding Wal-Mart). So for this year's report, these Pacesetters were launched between February 2008 and January 2009.
Even in good times, less than one-quarter of products achieve this benchmark. Successful launches that do not complete a full year of sales between those dates are considered Rising Stars for the following year.
In good times and bad, new product innovation is a key driver of CPG growth. Over the past 15 years, less than 3 percent of new products achieved mega-hit status, or more than $50 million in one-year sales.
"Until a few years ago, a 'successful' launch was typically one that earned more than $50 million in first year revenue," explains Thom Blischok, president of global innovation and strategy at SymphonyIRI. "As CPG manufacturers and retailers become increasingly sophisticated in segmenting and targeting consumers, down to literally the household level, they are also executing much more focused product launches. In the future, it is very possible a successful launch may be one that earns significantly below the historic $50 million first-year revenue benchmark. As a result of successful targeting, though, there may be many more of these successes."
In 2009, new food & beverage product activity dropped to 659 products compared to 859 in 2008. Despite consumers' conservative attitudes, year-one sales trends for 2009 New Product Pacesetters were quite similar to those spanning the last decade. For the year, about 80 percent of new product launches achieved less than $7.5 million in year one sales. But, from a dollar sales perspective, 2009 food and beverage introductions outperformed non-food products, and the top five new brands each achieved more than $80 million in year-one sales.
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- Breastfeeding an infant with a cleft lip but no cleft palate can be successful, but sometimes requires a changed feeding position so that mother's breast tissue fills the gap in the lip or gum.
- Breastfeeding an infant with a cleft palate is quite challenging unless the infant's cleft palate is very far in the back of the mouth and very small. Nursing at the breast is best limited to 10 minute sessions, and supplemental bottles will be needed if breastfeeding alone does not supply enough food for adequate satisfaction and growth.
- For most mothers of infants with cleft palate, breast pumping should begin in the birth hospital using a high quality electric breast pump and continue after each infant feeding.
- A lactation consultant is a breastfeeding mother's best resource for correct positioning and pumping technique. Discuss your feeding plan with this specialist before discharge from the hospital.
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Having a cleft palate prevents an infant from making enough suction in the nipple to draw out formula or breast milk from a bottle. Specially designed bottle systems, nipples and flow valves aid int he comfort and effectiveness of feeding your newborn. Tips for bottle feeding:
- Small, frequent feedings are usual in the first weeks of life for an infant with a cleft palate. Give yourself and your baby time to learn how to eat, and expect longer than expected feeding times. Try to limit feedings to 30 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for burping and changing.
- Hold your baby in a semi-upright seated position, to limit the amount of liquid that enters the nasal passage. Keep your baby's head and shoulders in one hand and the bottle in your other hand. If you are more comfortable with the baby in the crook of your elbow, place a folded blanket or flat pillow under that elbow to hold the baby more upright. Some infants totally ignore drainage into the nose and you should not be alarmed to see a trickle come out. If there is a great amount of liquid in the nose, or if your baby spits up, tilt the baby forward. Your baby will swallow any extra milk in the back of the throat. The extra milk in the front of the mouth and nose will drain out by gravity. You may use a bulb suction to help, but the positioning is important to prevent any extra liquid from sliding to the back of the throat.
- Hold your infant so the head, neck and shoulders are in a straight line, or with the chin slightly tilted toward the chest.
- Tickle the baby's lower lip or corner of the mouth with the nipple and place it over the tongue when the baby's head turns toward the nipple and the mouth pops open. You may need to pull the lower jaw down gently to get the baby's tongue down and out of the way.
- After placing the nipple in your baby's mouth, allow the baby to suck and breathe a few times before beginning any compression of either the Mead Johnson Cleft Palate Nurser bottle or the Haberman Feeder. Begin with gentle compression and slowly increase the pressure. Your infant's face should remain calm. For the Pigeon nipple, place the nipple in the mouth parallel to the floor so that it does not fill completely for the first few swallows. Once the infant has been comfortably breathing and feeding, you may lift the bottle so that the nipple fills more fully.
- Remove the nipple from your baby's mouth if you see any signs of distress, such as the head pulling back, no breath for 3-4 sucks, coughing or an alarmed look on your baby's face. When calm behavior returns, begin again more slowly.
- There is little you can do to control the amount of air swallowed during feedings. Your baby will need to burp frequently, but don't interrupt the feeding too much. For very young infants, all you will have to do to is straighten up the baby by pushing gently up at the back of the waist and lifting the front of the chest with the other hand.
Bottle Feeding Using the Dr. Brown's Bottle
Dr. Brown's bottles come pre-assembled with a level 1 nipple. You will need to discard the level 1 nipple and replace it with a level 2 nipple to provide faster milk flow. You will also need a pigeon valve (a special one-way flow valve) to assist with the flow of milk. The pigeon valve is not sold separately; you must either order a pigeon bottle, which comes with two valves, or the pigeon nipple, which comes with one valve.
Click here to learn how to assemble the Dr. Brown's Level 2 nipple and pigeon valve
To order the Dr. Brown's bottle and accessories: Dr. Brown's bottles and Level 2 nipples may be purchased where infant bottles are sold. Pigeon bottles and nipples may be ordered by calling 888.766.8443.
Bottle feeding using the Pigeon Cleft Palate Nipple
- The Pigeon cleft palate nipple has a Y cut in the tip. Roll the tip with a clean cloth to loosen the opening.
- At the base of the nipple is an air vent, shaped in a V. This vent must be positioned on the top of the nipple under the infant's nose for the nipple to work properly. If the nipple collapses or leaks from that hole, remove the nipple from the cap and massage that area to unclog the vent and dry the passage. You may need to poke a toothpick through the vent to clear it.
- Put the nipple in your baby's mouth normally. The infant's tongue will activate the flow. If the nipple collapses, you can unscrew the cap and re-tighten it more loosely. When nipple collapse is a frequent problem, some parents have found that slightly enlarging the Y cut on the nipple is effective.
To order the Pigeon bottle system or pigeon nipple with valve: call 888.766.8443.
Bottle feeding using a Haberman Feeder
- Follow the package directions to assemble the bottle and fill with breast milk or formula. The side of the disk with the holes will face the bottle, and the smooth white disk will face the nipple.
- Line up the shortest line on the compressible reservoir with the baby's nose and tickle the lower lip. Insert the nipple when the mouth opens. Position the nipple on the center of the tongue with the tip turned under the intact part of the palate. Your baby will begin to suck. Rotate the nipple until the longest line and greatest flow is under the nose. If your infant cannot tolerate the flow, rotate the bottle back to a slower rate of flow. You may compress the reservoir every second or third suck, or put continuous pressure on the section so that more milk will come out of the nipple when your baby compresses the nipple between the palate and tongue.
Bottle Feeding Using the Enfamil Cleft Palate Nurser
- The Enfamil Nurser bottle comes with a narrow, cross cut nipple. Any commercial nipple can be used with the compressible bottle if the tip of the nipple is cut in a 1/8" to 1/4" "X".
- If the baby takes more than 40 minutes to eat, or if there is leakage from the nipple ring, it may improve feeding efficiency to increase the crosscut by about 1/16". Any time the nipple opening is enlarged, take care to squeeze less until you know how much the flow of formula has increased.
Frequently Asked Questions...
How much should my baby eat?
Your goal should be 2 ounces of formula or breastmilk per pound of weight in each 24-hour period. For an average birth weight of 8 pounds, the goal for eating would be 16 ounces a day, divided into 6-8 bottles. The amount will increase when your baby starts gaining weight. Your baby will slowly increase each feeding by an ounce a week. The maximum amount per single feeding should range between 4-8 ounces.
What if the baby falls asleep during the feeding?
If your baby is a newborn or is 2 to 3 weeks early or more, sleepiness during feedings is common and the baby will need to be fed more frequently. Sleepiness may indicate that your baby is too warm, so try partially undressing the baby during feedings. The flow of milk may be too slow (see next question), so check the nipple and its flow.
What if the feeding takes longer than 30-40 minutes?
Lengthy feedings may indicate that the flow of milk is too slow for your newborn. For the Dr. Brown system with a pigeon valve, check to make sure you are using a Level 2 Dr. Brown nipple. For the Pigeon system, try loosening the nipple ring to increase flow.
What if the baby sleeps too long between feedings?
Although newborns sleep much of the time, do not let a newborn infant in the first weeks of life sleep longer than 5 hours unless he or she is eating more than needed for growth.


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January 19, 2007, 06:47:46 AM »
In the Pillow Fighting League thread, Andrew mentioned getting hit directly on top of the head with a heavy pillow.
Funny thing, just yesterday I was reading Roger Ebert's 2005 Movie Yearbook.
I looked up a couple of reviews, read them and then put the book back on this fairly large wooden wall shelf that I keep DVD's & books on.
I'd guess that it weighs at least 10 lbs.
I sat down at my computer and less than a minute later...
The whole damn shelf came crashing down off the wall behind me spilling books and movies everywhere.
It literally scared the hell out of me!
Made me jump right out of my chair.
It seems that putting that book back on it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
After some cursing, I picked up the mess and tried to re-mount the shelf back up on the wall but was having some problems getting it to stay put.
The walls here are made of tough thick plaster and getting screws to stay in them or even drilling a hole is almost impossible.
I decided to drill two new holes for the screws and managed to get it mounted up on the wall but hadn't yet screwed the screws in all the way with the screwdriver I was using.
(the screws were in about 1/4 the way and the shelf was mounted about 6 feet above the floor)
I bent down to pick the drill up off the floor to put the screws in the rest of the way and as I was rising, the right side of the shelf came loose, fell down and hit me square on top of the head.
Now, I've been hit on the head a few times in my life but this damn near knocked me out.
It dazed me pretty bad.
After I shook it off, next came instant rage.
Nothing can set a person off more than bumping their head or getting smacked on it when they're not expecting it.
I was tempted to grab the shelf and throw it against the wall but didn't.
After even more cursing, I finally got the thing mounted firmly on the wall.
It won't come off now...I drilled three more screws into it and used screw anchors.
How about you?
Ever get hit in the head by something when you weren't expecting it?
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Many, many times I've been wacked in the head with something. The worst was while I was at work. My locker was under one of those iron stairways, I had to get on my knees to reach my locker. I knew the stairs were there and always avoided them, but one time my mind must of been on something else, (this was from being wacked in the head so many times probably) I just stood up, forgot completly about the stairs and BAM, down I went into a sitting position dazzed and confused. It's funny because as much pain as I was in, I was so embarrassed, I hurried up and opened my locker and sat there acting like I was getting something. All these people were just walking by, they had no idea I was about to pass out. It left a mark that's for sure.
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I've gotten hit in the head a number of times (which number? er, one of the knocks knocked that piece of information out.)
One time, I guess I was about twelve, a bunch of us were in a black walnut fight -- where you through black walnuts at each other. Even with the outer covering still on, I got hit in the head hard enough for some bleeding. Ouch.
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I was putting up one of those BasketBall hoops, you know the ones that you see on side of street or backyards, and I was holding it while my friend was unscewing in and WHAM! it hit me in the head. I was dazzed fot about 4 seconds and left a nasty bump.
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Just last Thursday I was at Princeton University where my wife was having a seminar. While there I had about 5 hours to look the campus and town over. Went to the Princeton Battlefield where George Washington and the Continental Army fought the British. It was 5,000 revolutionaries against 8,000 British. One of Washingtons generals Gen. Mercer was bayoneted 7 times layed under an oak tree and refused to leave the battlefield till victory was had and was later taken to the Quaker farm house on the ridge where he died 9 days later in the arms of Washington's nephew. A real intense battle took place here.
Death scene of General Mercer at Princeton, NJ
While walking around the battlefield I was struck in the temple area by the end of a large thick branch of a giant 200 year old white oak tree which caused bleeding. Blood was drawn again on Princeton's Battlefield once again. After 7 days its now only a red mark. At first the branch left two 2 inch parallel bloody lines across my temple. One deeper than the other, so that only one is left now. It should clear up soon. After my battlefield wound I continued my tour of the battlefield, farm house, and mass grave of soldiers from both sides. It was so odd walking around there by myself with a my bloody wound where so many stood (George Washington), and others fought, and many died. It was another one of my holy experiences on sacred ground.
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The worst hit the head I ever got wasn't really much of an impact at all. I was at a neighbors house helping with their horses. I went to walked through one of the gates and hit my forehead against the electric fence wire that was running across it. The jolt knocked me right to the ground and left me dazed for about a minute.
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January 19, 2007, 08:14:43 PM »
Along with all my childhood escapades (took hits from dirt clods, walnuts, wiffle ball bats, iced snowballs, and more), my choice of profession gets me hurt now and then. I have been clobbered by a chair or stool, struck hard during pugil stick and groundfighting, and smashed in a few other ways. The perils of a very active and physical lifestyle. I'm just glad that I haven't broke anything worse than a toe, though the A/C separation I had would have been better as a collarbone break (per the Navy Medical Officer).
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January 19, 2007, 10:00:50 PM »
I used to work for a lumber and hardware company as a sash and door salesman. In the lumber yard was a large portable butler shed, about the size of a large airplane hanger, this was where door jambs, mouldings etc. were kept in vertical racks separated by steel arms, at the end of each rack was an empty space and the foot or floor of the rack continued for about 18 inches, for stability I guess. Anyway it had been a while since I was in this part of the shed and I was in a hurry to get back to the phone at my desk, I didn't notice that someone had stacked a bunch of pine door stop sets on the end of one rack, which happenned to be right next to the doorway I was running out of, I took a short cut over the foot of the rack, didn't see the 2x4 that was bolted to the rack to hold the stop in and as I hopped over the edge of the rack I hit this piece of wood with the middle of my forehead, my head stopped, the rest of me kept going, I fell flat on my back, cracked my head on the concrete, laid there for a couple of seconds, realized I must have looked and was looking stupid, jumped up, made sure no one saw what I did and walked into the office. I had a large and visible knot on the back of my head, the back of my shirt and pants were covered with dust and stuff from the shed floor, and I had blood from my cut forehead all over my shirt front,unfortunately I was unaware of all this, being kind of out of it, my coworker said "what the hell happened to you" My response was "nothing", his response to this was "You look like you just got your butt kicked". I said " I hit my head" and then I realized I was hurt pretty good.
I had some fun with the insurance report form, it asked what can be done to prevent this type of accident in the future, I responded with do not try to prove that the human skull is stronger than a 2x4 or harder than concrete.
I think that's a lot more amusing than watch where you're going.
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January 19, 2007, 11:23:53 PM »
my roommate dropped a stop light on me several years ago. it didn't hit my head, but it left a 4 inch gouge down my back. it hurt. a lot.
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How about you?
Ever get hit in the head by something when you weren't expecting it?
I uh.... hmm... forget.
Actually, the situation that comes to mind is the time I was playing tag with my 13 year old niece in the new inground pool back at my childhood home. I was running around the pool, and to avoid getting "tagged" I dove over the pool's sliding board (ah... I miss that sliding board...) and ended up torpedoing head first into the sloped part of the pool's concrete bottom. Needless to say, the sight of my blood-soaked head and face is probably
forever engraved in my niece's fragile psyche. Man, did that hurt!
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January 20, 2007, 06:41:40 PM »
The windshield of my car hit me in the head when I hit a wall with my car and was ejected from the driver seat.
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I've hit my head several times but the worst had to be the time when I was around 10 years old or so and I fell off an henhouse, that was located on the side of an hill. There was a crowd of us kids up there messing around with each other and I guess there was just one too many of us up there because suddenly I was bumped off and found myself rolling through plants we call "stinging needles" here for good reason and then banged my head on something that nearly knocked me out and made me lightheaded. I learned later (I didn't know what was going on at the time) that I'd split my head open on a rock at the bottom of the little hill I rolled down. I actually don't remember much of it aside from the stinging needles hurting me worst than anything else it seemed to me at the time...guess one form of pain takes away from another or something?
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When I was about 14 some friends of mine had made a circular bike track in the woods to race around. I was going really fast and hit a log sticking out on the track which tossed me over the handle bars and head first into a pine tree.
About four years later some friends and I were camping out at an old lignite mine (a big pit filled with water). We were drinking and some guys showed up we didn't know and since we were pretty drunk they tried to steal our beer. I had gone to take a leak and one of these guys was standing in the trail and I kicked him in the chest to get him out of the way, he caught himself and came back with a punch that knocked me back head first into a tree. Of course, my friends told me about this because I didn't remember anything but my head bleeding and b***hing about this guy picking on a poor drunk.
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I can't for the life of me remember how I hit my head, but I do remember that last year I hit my head so bad, though not to the point of serious injury, that my eyes went fuzzy and I couldn't see anything for a minute or two afterwards. Freaked the hell out of me, crouching on the floor, holding my head, starting to wonder whether the throbbing feeling in my skull would go away, if my stomach would stop turning in circles and if I would be able to focus my eyes ever again. Afterwards when my body settled down, I got up, shook my head and felt great for the rest of the day.
Other than that, just the usual idiotic bangs of the head [kinda like Poogie's I spose: you know something's there, and forget about it once and just clanging your head on something solid.]
Oh and the time a friend and I made a jump for our rollerblades when we were 11 and I went over, smacked my head on a concrete corner and had a gaping hole in my head for 6 hours, until my mum noticed my skull as I was lying on the couch watching TV. I wasn't going to tell them.
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When I was about 7 years old I fell head first out of a tree onto a large exposed root. My friend asked me if I was ok, and I was so dazed, but I stood up holding my head and said "yes" then I saw the blood pouring out, and ran home crying
. Still have the 1/2 inch scar on my forehead even to this day.
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I know you are all very busy people, so I will keep this simple, short & sweet. Over the last 6 months my life has completely changed, and in 3 weeks its really going to change, when I propose to my girlfriend…. Whom you guessed it, I met on Match.com! I know Match.com has had a ton of success stories; I saw a bunch of them on the success.match.com page, and that's really cool; once our journey is complete we will definitely be a success story on there :)!
The reason I am emailing you all is because, for our proposal, I am planning something really special (I think so at least!). My girlfriend, Chandelle, and I live in Minnesota, but I am originally from Upstate NY. We will be in NY the week of Thanksgiving and will be in NYC for two days. Chandelle has ALWAYS loved ice skating and has talked non-stop about wanting to go ice skating at the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Plaza. Imagine how excited I was when I realized they had an 'engagement on ice package' where after a skating session ends, you and your soon to be fiancé would be the only two on the ice so you could propose when they play your song… how cool is that? I have everything booked, flights to NYC, hotel, and it is all going down Tuesday November 22nd, I am soo excited!
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Lady Gaga to Hold Thailand's Biggest Concert Ever
Lady Gaga's Bangkok stop on her Born This Way Ball tour will be the biggest that Thailand has ever seen. Bigger is better when the Mother Monster is the architect of the action.
Gaga's gig takes place in two weeks at Rajamangala Stadium and will take a over a week to set up. At press time, the show was 80% sold out.
"This is biggest concert we've ever put together, even bigger than Michael Jackson's concert in 1993," Neil Thompson, deputy managing director of BEC Tero Entertainment, said, according to The Nation. "It's taking three 747s and 20 sea containers to bring in all the production, staging, lighting, sound and video equipment."
Gaga not only needs a small army to get her stage set up, but the magnificent tour required intense pre-planning.
"Lady Gaga only does shows with people she can trust. She needs to be sure that we can deliver what she needs to do the show. She owns the tour, and she controls every aspect of the shows. We've been working on this production for three years and one year has been spent working seriously on the venue and how we could get the equipment into the stadium," Thompson said.
Gaga has a 150-person crew working on the tour, which she owns.
But the set up isn't the only thing that's out of the world. Her wardrobe and dressing room are extravagant, with 40 wardrobe cases and 50 pairs of shoes. To house all that couture and fashion, the promoter is making sure her dressing room is top notch. They are rolling out the welcome mat so that Gaga feels at home in Thailand, but also gets a taste of the Thai culture and ambiance.
"We are currently designing Lady Gaga's dressing room at the venue, and we plan to make it as big as possible with a Thai ambience. She'll have an outrageous dressing room, that's for sure, and she wants her dressing room here to have some Thai elements — Thai silk, imageries, furniture — so she knows which country she is in."
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WASHINGTON — Two early first-half goals led Everton to a 3-1 win over D.C. United in a friendly at RFK Stadium Saturday night.
Victor Anichebe and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov each scored in the game's first 16 minutes to pace the Premier League side past United, whose lone goal of the game came from Chris Pontius.
Within four minutes after kick off, Everton took the lead. Leighton Baines curled a ball from midfield over the D.C. United back line, and an on-rushing Anichebe beat Brandon McDonald to the ball, chipping over Bill Hamid to take the lead.
United had a good chance to equalize in the 11th minute as a corner kick was headed back across goal to a wide-open Josh Wolff, but his driving shot missed the target.
Five minutes after that, Everton doubled their lead, as Ross Barkley's through ball found a streaking Bilyaletdinov behind DC's back line, and beat Hamid between his legs.
Down two goals, DC kept pushing in search of an equalizer. Andy Najar was active on both flanks, and in the 29th minute almost scored a wonder-goal, chipping goalie Jan Mucha—only to be denied by the crossbar.
Two minutes after the break, United got on the board. Substitute midfielder Dwayne De Rosario hit a long ball that Chris Pontius managed to get on the end of, and he finished past Mucha to cut the lead in half.
After the goal, the back-and-forth affair continued with multiple chances for both sides. Everton midfielder Tim Cahill had a header cleared off the line by DC's Stephen King, and at the other end a Chris Pontius chance was poked out for a corner only minutes later.
The scoring opportunities kept coming. Joseph Ngwenya had a mazy run and dribble that he couldn't finish off, while DC's substitute 'keeper Steve Cronin had to be alert to snare a Jermaine Beckford shot from outside the box.
Everton put the game out of reach in the 83rd minute. Beckford beat D.C. United's offside trap, collected himself in the DC box, and lofted a cross that Magaye Gueye volleyed past Cronin.
A lively night for Pontius continued as he nearly grabbed a second goal in stoppage time, only to be denied by Mucha, as Everton closed out the two-goal win.
Scoring Summary:
EVE -- Victor Anichebe (Leighton Baines) 4
EVE -- Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Ross Barkley) 16
DC -- Chris Pontius (Dwayne De Rosario) 47
EVE -- Magaye Gueye (Jermaine Beckford) 82
Misconduct Summary:
EVE -- Tim Cahill (caution; Handball) 27
Everton FC -- Jan Mucha, Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka (Phil Neville 70), Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines (John Heitinga 70), Victor Anichebe (Conor McAleny 52), Jack Rodwell, Ross Barkley (Magaye Gueye 46), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill (Jermaine Beckford 72), Apostolos Vellios (Leon Osman 46).
Substitutes Not Used: Adam Davies.
D.C. United -- Bill Hamid (Steve Cronin 46), Chris Korb (Perry Kitchen 46), Brandon McDonald (Clyde Simms 78), Dejan Jakovic (Ethan White 46), Marc Burch (Daniel Woolard 70), Andy Najar (Dwayne De Rosario 46), Stephen King, Kurt Morsink (Conor Shanosky 46), Austin Da Luz, Joseph Ngwenya, Josh Wolff (Chris Pontius 36).
Substitutes Not Used: Joe Willis.
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Referee's Assistants: C.J. Morgante; Corey Rockwell
4th Official: Daniel Fitzgerald
Attendance: 12,789
Time of Game: 1:48
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Since its arrival from Mexico in 1892, the boll weevil has been responsible for more heartburn within the U.S. farm community than any other insect save the mosquito.
The road to the hoped-for eradication of the pest is paved with the careers of farmers, researchers and bureaucrats who got crossways of the nearly 30-year effort to drive the pest back across the Rio Grande River.
In its latest feat, the boll weevil appears to have succeeded in driving a wedge between farmers and eradication program leaders in an area where the fight against the 114-year-old scourge was thought to be all but won.
The dispute between the Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., and the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of Georgia, Inc., has been going on behind closed doors for nearly a year but flared into the open when the Southeastern Foundation brought a lawsuit against the Georgia group.
The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Alabama, says the Georgia Foundation should pay $5.48 million, mostly in "buffer zone" funding, that the Southeastern Foundation says it owes to the SEBWEF and its nine member states.
"The Southeastern Foundation member states' cooperation has resulted in one of the most successful pest elimination programs in United States' agricultural history," said Jim Brumley, executive director of the Southeastern Foundation, in a SEBWEF press release.
But he and other Southeastern Foundation officials said the cooperation between the SEBWEF and Georgia has broken down in recent months.
"After 12 months of attempting to convince the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of Georgia, Inc., to pay obligations and remain a member in good standing, the Southeastern Foundation has finally had to resort to a federal court lawsuit," the press release said.
"We've had a number of face-to-face meetings with members of the Georgia Foundation's board, and we met with an independent mediator, Phil Adams of Opelika, Ala.," said Mitch Henry, an attorney from Montgomery, Ala., who represents the Southeastern Foundation.
"We felt we had made good progress and expected a proposal from the Georgia Foundation. We waited on that for several months, but, when it came, it was not something we could agree to."
Henry said the $5.48 million is primarily related to buffer zones, areas in which active eradication programs have been started adjacent to areas in which the boll weevil has not been eliminated. Southeastern Foundation members agreed to contribute money to help those areas eradicate the boll weevil to prevent them from re-infesting eradicated areas.
(The Southeastern Foundation is an umbrella group established to coordinate the efforts of the boll weevil eradication foundations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.)
"There are two sides to every story and that is definitely the case in this story," says Billy Sanders, a cotton producer from Dooly County, Ga., and board member of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of Georgia, Inc.
Sanders says the Georgia Foundation has run its own program for the last year because of its disagreement with the Southeastern Foundation. "We think we have one of the best-run programs in the nation — at the cheapest cost to the farmer."
Georgia was declared boll weevil-free in the mid-1990s. Since then, the state's growers have been paying for a maintenance program, in which boll weevil pheromone traps located around cotton field borders are checked routinely, and for buffer zone costs.
Sanders says leaders on both sides of the issue have made mistakes. "There's enough blame to go around, but we don't believe we should have to pay for some of the mistakes made by the other states."
Among the grievances cited by Sanders: the operation of the boll weevil eradication program in southeast Missouri. Sanders claims the mismanagement of that program has cost Missouri farmers and the Southeastern Foundation "a lot of money."
Part of the problem in the Bootheel has been the migration of weevils from northeast Arkansas, where the start-up of the eradication effort was delayed due to another lawsuit. But Sanders contends the program in Missouri has also suffered from poor recordkeeping and lack of oversight from the Southeastern Foundation
"The officials with the Southeastern Foundation have a fiduciary responsibility for monitoring the program, and they did not fulfill that responsibility," he says.
Henry denies that claim, saying Southeastern Foundation leaders believe the eradication programs in the Missouri Bootheel and Arkansas have worked well, despite the delays in starting the program in portions of Craighead and Mississippi County, which lie across the state line from Missouri. (The Arkansas eradication program is not a member of the Southeastern Foundation.)
"The programs in Missouri and west Tennessee have had to deal with unusual numbers of boll weevils migrating across the state line and the Mississippi River," he said. "But we believe the programs in those states have dealt with those problems reasonably well under the circumstances.
"We believe the Missouri program is as solid as a rock," said Charles Parker, a cotton producer from Kennett and chairman of the Missouri eradication program. "We are financially sound, and we are eradicating the boll weevil. We have a new director, Jaye Massey, who came from the Arkansas program, and he is doing a good job."
Parker says the Missouri program hasn't cost the Southeastern Foundation any money. "We're paying our own way," he said. "We just recently received the first of the buffer zone money. We all agreed to let the Foundation money go to Arkansas because their weevils were coming into Missouri and Tennessee."
Sanders says Georgia farmers also have been concerned about the operation of the boll weevil eradication program in Mississippi, according to Sanders. The Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corp. oversees the Mississippi program and is a member of the Southeastern Foundation.)
"When they (MBWMC leaders) came to talk to us about joining the Southeastern Foundation, they told us they would pay for it themselves," said Sanders. "But they soon forgot about that."
Because of the high start-up costs for the program in the hill region of Mississippi, the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corp. borrowed money from USDA's Farm Service Agency that has since been repaid with farmer assessments. The Southeastern Foundation also provided funding since Mississippi was helping provide a "buffer zone" to prevent boll weevils from migrating back into Alabama, Georgia and middle Tennessee.
Sanders says Georgia farmers have been reluctant to "go along with helping farmers" outside the Southeastern Foundation program like those in Arkansas.
"We think everyone ought to pay for their own program outside of what help the federal government provides," he said, adding "we do think Arkansas is doing a better job of running their program now."
Henry says he still thinks the Southeastern Foundation and the Georgia Foundation can find a way to resolve their issues. "We felt we had made good progress in our discussions with some of the Georgia board members," he said.
"When they came back with their proposal, however, they wanted the Georgia Foundation to have veto authority over anything the Southeastern Foundation wanted to do, and that was unacceptable."
Some Southeastern Foundation board members are just as upset with the Georgia Foundation's position as the Georgia Foundation is with the Southeastern's, according to Henry. Among those is Marshall Grant, a cotton farmer and one of the leaders of the inaugural boll weevil eradication program in North Carolina.
"Marshall is sort of our equivalent of Mr. Sanders in his passion for our position," says Henry. "Marshall says he can remember when North Carolina and Virginia (the first two states to mount boll weevil eradication programs) were having to help Georgia.
"The Georgia Foundation leaders have stated they don't want to pay any expenses related to a buffer zone, but that places an unfair burden on the other states. But we're still willing to meet with the Georgia Foundation to find a way to work this out."
Sanders, meanwhile, says he doesn't like the trend he sees of the Southeastern Foundation moving toward becoming a permanent organization.
"I think we should be working toward closing the doors of the Southeastern Foundation," he noted. "I think it should be phased out and the coordination of the boll weevil eradication effort put in an office at the National Cotton Council or with USDA."
Henry says the Southeastern Foundation hopes Georgia producers will encourage their Foundation "not to abandon the cotton producers in Tennessee, Missouri and other Southeastern states.
"The Southeastern board members pledged long ago to fight the boll weevil together," he said. "We believe we should finish the job together."


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In Pacific Drills, Navies Adjust to New Arrival: China
Political Challenges Arise With China's Participation in U.S.-led Rimpac Exercises
BEIJING—An unusual experiment in military diplomacy is under way in the waters off Hawaii, as the U.S. incorporates China into the world's biggest naval drills for the first time.
The U.S.-led Rimpac drills—involving 22 nations this year—are always a huge logistical task. But with China joining, even as it tries to enforce maritime claims in Asia, organizers faced additional political and legal challenges.


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The woman Richard Burton left to marry Elizabeth Taylor has died. Theater producer and nightclub founder Sybil Christopher was 83.
The Bay Street Theater on Long Island has posted an obituary for Christopher on its website. The New York Times has reported she died Thursday in New York City.
The Welsh-born Christopher was Sybil Burton when Richard Burton, her first husband, left her for Taylor in 1963.
She left California for New York where she opened a nightclub in 1965 with backing from famous friends like Julie Andrews and Leonard Bernstein.
The club, called Arthur, became a celebrity hangout and turned Christopher into a post-divorce success story.
She married Jordan Christopher, the lead singer of the club's house band, in 1966.
Christopher founded the Bay Street Theater in 1991 with two partners and was its artistic director for 22 years.
She is survived by three daughters, including actress Kate Burton.
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