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Welcome to Louisiana CoCoRaHS!
Louisiana is proud to become a member of CoCoRaHS weather observers. CoCoRaHS was formed in 1998 in Colorado and has since rapidly expanded across the country. A goal of CoCoRaHS is to have 20,000 observers nationwide. The network is designed for volunteers from all walks-of-life including YOU! The only requirements are you have a sincere love for weather observing.
How can I join?
1. Purchase an inexpensive 4" official CoCoRaHS rain gauge. You can get yours from www.weatheryourway.com for $30.50 - before shipping.
2. Train to become a weather observer. You can do this either online or at a local training session.
3. Become an official observer by filling out a simple application.
Observing only takes a few minutes each day and provides data for real and meaningful scientific research.
National Weather Service Open House
Slidell, Louisiana
Saturday, May 16, 2009
As a new CoCoRaHS observer in Louisiana you may have questions on how to set up your station to enable you to start recording rainfall observations. Two commonly asked questions we have encountered are:
1) How do I obtain a rain gauge?
2) How do I obtain latitude and longitude coordinates for my station?
Ordering a rain gauge is a simple process. They are available for sale from "Ambient Weather" in Tempe, Arizona. They have a website that you can order the gauge for $22 plus shipping (normally $8-$10). The website address is:
There are several ways to obtain latitude and longitude coordinates. If you have a GPS, you can obtain the coordinates directly. If you do not have a GPS you can obtain the coordinates easily from a number of different websites. Many users simply enter their address within a site, such as Google Earth, and use the latitude and longitude coordinates they obtain. However, when I used this method my gauge would have been located across the street in my neighbor's backyard! Another attempt using an address from a Louisiana user placed the rain gauge under a canopy of tree with no house in sight! We can do better than this.
The following procedure should allow you to obtain acceptable latitude/longitude coordinates for your gauge.
1) Open your web browser and go to the site:
A map of the Northern Hemisphere should appear on your screen. You will notice crosshairs at the center of the screen. Latitude/Longitude coordinates for the crosshairs will be beneath the map (43.834526782236814, -37.265625)
2) Move the location of your gauge under the crosshairs by clicking and holding you left mouse button to drag your gauge location under the crosshairs (initially this will be the State of Louisiana).
3) Zoom in on your location by pressing the "+" icon located in the navigation section located at the left edge of the browser window.
4) Repeat steps #2 and #3 until you can identify your specific gauge location. Use the "Map", "Satellite", and/or "Hybrid" map views to help you navigate and locate your gauge location.
5) When you are satisfied that you have located your site, read the latitude and longitude coordinates under the map and record these as your CoCoRaHS site information coordinates. A resolution of 4 digits after the decimal point should be sufficient for identifying your site.
As an exercise, try locating latitude/longitude coordinates centered on the 50 yard line of Tiger Stadium on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. You should obtain an answer of:
Latitude: 30.412033216713418 Longitude: -91.18380635976791. Good luck. We hope that you enjoy taking and reporting your CoCoRaHS observations.
Questions? Contact Your Local Coordinator
Louisiana Office of State Climatology


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Breastfeeding Today, Issue 4, November 2010
Features: • If You Leave Me Now: Working & Breastfeeding
• (with a little help from music of the '70s and '80s!)
• by Diana Cassar-Uhl
• D-MER (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex): What is it?
• Interview with Alia Macrina Heise and Diane Wiessinger, IBCLC
Mothers' Stories: • Thank You, La Leche League - postpartum depression; cyst blocking milk flow
• Working and Breastfeeding
• Diary of a Breastfeeding Mother Returning to Work
• Supplementation and Breast Refusal
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He was just a skinny 22-year-old seemingly no different from so many college kids back in 1983 – writing ponderous pieces for a student newspaper about the nuclear freeze movement and railing against "the military-industrial interests" with their "billion-dollar erector sets" -- under the headline "Breaking the War Mentality."
But this one kid at Columbia University actually was different. Three decades later, Barack Obama is now in his second term as president – commander-in-chief of the U.S. military, with broad executive power over the American way of war.
And the signature piece of his Obama's national security policy, increasingly, is something that not only would have shocked his beer buddies in back in Morningside Heights. It has also surprised and dismayed some of his most ardent political supporters in the 2010s who voted for a rollback of the militarism and imperial overreach of the Bush-Cheney years:
It is a full-throated embrace of flying billion-dollar "erector sets" – drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, that can rain down death and destruction on targets halfway across the globe with zero immediate risk to American life.
Obama's expanded, top-secret drone war has allowed the U.S. to kill high-level members of al-Qaeda without the risks that ground troops have faced in Iraq or Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have been fighting more than 11 years.
But in doing so, a president who promised "the most open and transparent administration in history" has gone to Nixonian lengths to hide its actions from the American people and from Congress. He's ordered missile attacks on countries such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia with which the nation is not at war – drone strikes that in addition to its targets have killed as many as 1,000 innocent civilians, including women and children.
And according to a White House white paper obtained by NBC News, Obama has claimed a power never even envisioned during the waterboarding-drenched years of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney – the ability to order the assassination of an American citizen believed to be engaged with al-Qaeda at a high level, even if that citizen is not currently plotting against the U.S.
Just two weeks after a triumphant second inauguration, the Obama administration was in a rare defensive posture on Thursday, releasing to Congress its once-secret rationale for its ability to kill American al-Qaeda members, as Obama's pick to run the CIA -- counterterrorism chief John Brennan -- defended the drone policies. His hearing was interrupted by protests that harkened back to the Bush era – such as a woman holding aloft a sign, "Drones Fly Children Die."
The irony boggles the mind. After a long barrage from the right flank accusing the 44th president of everything from Kenyan citizenship to plotting a socialist takeover, will this become the scandal of Barack Obama second term…the betrayal of his liberal ideals?
"As successor to George W. Bush, Obama is continuing Bush's wars by other means," Andrew Bacevich, the retired Army colonel who's now a Boston University professor of international relations and frequent critic of U.S. militarism, told me. "Rather than invading and occupying countries, he relies on alternative methods, with missile-firing drones his preferred weapon of war."
In doing so, Obama's also sparked a new civil war – among the American left. On Twitter and other venues, liberals who just weeks ago seemed united in joy over the president's re-election have been at each other's virtual throats, in a war of words pitting old-school anti-war activists against Obama partisans inclined to support the president -- even for policies they surely would have excoriated if pursued under Bush and Cheney.
How did we get to this strange place?
Steve Clemons, a foreign policy expert affiliated with the centrist New America Foundation, said the drone campaign started as a way for Obama to prove as toughness toward terrorism while he ended the Iraq War and strived – not successfully yet – to wind down the conflict in Afghanistan. But over time, the power to kill alleged terrorists at no cost to American life has lured Obama, the Pentagon, and the CIA to expand the campaign to new lands and to lower-level operatives.
"There's an ease of doing it that has become too habitual – and I think there's a risk of major mistakes," Clemons said.
I agree. It seems that a tipping point was crossed a long time ago, in a world where flying U.S. death robots are now whipping up more anti-Americanism than can – or should -- be zapped with Hellfire missiles. And I worry that Obama and his ambitions have been sucked into an even more powerful vortex, where every international problem looks like a nail that can only be hammered down by our "billion-dollar erector sets."
And here's the scariest part. If the author of "Breaking the War Mentality" is helpless to stop this out-of-control spiral…can anyone?


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Men - 30 points (8th place); Women - 5 points (9th place)
New York, N.Y. - The men's and women's indoor track team competed in the NJAC Championships at the New Balance Track & Field Center on Saturday, March 1st.
Sophomore James D'onofrio (West Babylon, N.Y.) and junior Joseph Papa (Harrison, N.Y.) both scored in 4-of-5 races. James placed 4th in the 60m in a new personal best (7.14 trials, 7.16 final) to improve his #3 ranking on the all-time 60m list. He ran a season best 23.32 in the 200m and ran on the 4X200m and 4X400m Relay. Both relays placed 8th in the meet. Joseph placed 8th in the 60m (7.36 trials, 7.37 final) and ran a season best 23.45 in the 200m. Joe also ran with James on both scoring relays.
Senior Alix Lamarre (North Bellmore, N.Y.) placed 3rd in the Long Jump with a season best jump of 6.73m (22' 1"). This improves his ECAC qualifying performance. He also placed 7th in the Triple Jump with a distance of 12.51m (41' 1/2").
Senior Daquan Grant (Copiague, N.Y.) placed 3rd in the Triple Jump with a jump of 13.40m (43' 11 3/4") and 5th in the Long Jump 6.65m (21' 10") performance.
Sophomore Jordan Kohlman (Wantagh, N.Y.) placed 6th in the Pole Vault with a personal best vault of 4.10m (13' 5 1/4"). Jordan moves to #8 on the FSC all-time pole vault list.
The women's relay team of sophomore Carina Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y.), sophomore Kazia Garvey (Elmsford, N.Y.), freshmen Penelope Cruz Perez (Santo Domingo, DR) and Ellen Kim (Queens, N.Y.) placed 6th in the Distance Medley Relay in a time of 15:19.59. This ranks them #3 on the all-time list. They also placed 7th in the 4X800m Relay in a time of 12:17.94 to improve their #8 all-time ranking.
The men's team now travels to Boston, Mass. for the ECAC Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center on Friday, March 7th. The Rams will be sending six student-athletes who qualified for the ECAC's in their respective events, including:
- Alix Lamarre: Long Jump, 6.73m
- Daquan Grant: Triple Jump, 13.93M
- 4X200m Relay: James D'onofrio, Steven Renteria, Joe Papa, Ray Austin - 1:33.09


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Skip to comments.Britain's Dame Judi Dench losing eyesight
Posted on 02/18/2012 7:05:55 PM PST by SeekAndFind
British actress Judi Dench has said friends must read film scripts to her because she is gradually losing her eyesight to macular degeneration.
"I can't read scripts any more before because of the trouble with my eyes and so somebody comes and reads them to me, like telling me a story," she said.
The actress, who won an Oscar for her role in "Shakespeare in Love," said she can no longer see faces in front of her due to the condition, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
"You get used to it. I've got lenses and glasses and things and very bright light helps. I can do a crossword if it's bright sunshine, but if a cloud comes out the next minute I can't see anything," she said.
Dench's mother also suffered the disease, which typically affects the elderly, the newspaper said.
Dench, 77, says she has been losing her battle with macular degeneration and has little eyesight left.
Age-related macular degeneration, known as AMD, affects nearly 240,000 people in Britain and is the leading cause of blindness in the world, the Mirror said.
Dench told The Telegraph injections seem to have arrested the degeneration in her eyes and she has no plans to retire.
Dench will be returning to her role as M in the next James Bond film, "Skyfall."
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Her parody of 'I am 16, you are 17' is one of my favorites.
Cool old broad.
Lookup Michael Nesmith (Fakebook's good as any.) He lost and recently regained eyesight.
A real shame. She is a brilliant actress and a very classy lady.
But she is good. I hate to see her in this shape, but it sounds like she's handling it.
Yes, I have a crush on a woman twenty(harumph) years my senior. I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I have it. My mother went blind with it. My son has it. Mine is still very small and hasn't grown lately. My son's can hardly be seen by the doctor but she says it's there. It's genetic. Nothing to be done about it. I take vitamins and generally keep my health up. My mother smoked and so does my son and I think that exacerbates it.
Don't forget to stock up on Do It Yourself dental kits.
Check out her performance in the recent "Jane Eyre".
Getting old sucks.
There are treatments to hang onto as much vision as you can. Anti-VEGF injections and laser treatments for example. Good to take AREDS II formulation vitamins - especially zinc and lutein and vitamin E. Smoking is the worst thing you can do.
Looks like retinal damage from not wearing sunglasses?
And the alternative is ....
My father and grandmother both had it. They too were very heavy smokers. With my genetic background I'm glad I quit years ago.
Corneal transplantation-
Macular degeneration by itself will not lead to total blindness. Only a very small number of people with visual impairment are totally blind. In almost all cases, some vision remains.
Because peripheral vision is not affected, people with macular degeneration can learn to use their remaining vision to partially compensate
Sorry to hear this. Dame Judi is a treasure.
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Effective Feb.18, the DMV office at 2727 Via Cascadita in San Clemente will be closed for a month for roof repairs.
It's expected to reopen March 18.
The nearest DMV office is at 23535 Moulton Parkway in Laguna Hills, 17 miles away. Other options are DMV offices at 650 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, or at 4005 Plaza Drive, Oceanside, each 30 miles away.
Questions? Call the DMV at 800-777-0133.
Next door, a Salvation Army family store remains open for shopping and donations. Danny Hauger, a spokesman for Salvation Army, said the store will remain open the entire period the DMV is closed.
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Chocolate Cake-pan Cake Recipe
The cake is all done in the baking pan, so there is no cleaning up! Just mix, bake and cool. The ganache makes it extra yummy.
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa or natural cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
Chocolate Ganache
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
6 Tablespoons butter
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line the bottom of a 9-inch square cake pan with parchment paper and lightly grease with butter.
Measure all the dry ingredients into the pan and stir together to combine with a fork.
Make 3 holes in the dry ingredient and put the vanilla in one, vinegar in the 2nd and the oil into the third.
Pour the milk over it all and use a fork to stir to combine.
Place into the preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. There may be a few moist crumbs and that is fine.
Remove and place onto a cooling rack until the cake has cooled then remove and place onto a cake plate.
Place the chocolate chips into a small pot.
In a second small saucepan heat the cream and butter. Do not boil. Just before the boiling point, pour over the chocolate chips. Let sit for about 2-3 minutes until the chocolate melts.Stir well to combine.
Let cool down then spread over the cooled cake.
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This isn't the latest slogan from a movement of angry accountants, but a very serious proposition that I'd like to cover today.
In our profession as application developers, we have ever-growing masses of data to store and to manipulate. More and more often we have to produce results based on this mass of data, and understandably our users don't want to wait too long for a response while they query the database, looking for a specific result, a list, or a dashboard.
This is the first post in a series dedicated to stars. I'm not talking about stars making hits on the radio, but of the stars punctuating the 4D language that themselves often ensure real hits.
This blog post is the final in a four-part series written in French in September 2009.
This blog post is the third in a four-part series written in French in September 2009.
In previous posts we've seen the use of a timestamp based on a long integer, which brings us much in terms of efficiency, saving space and performance. Let's now look at how to code the conversion of a date and time into a timestamp and vice-versa.
In the end, the timestamp is calculated by the number of seconds compared to a reference date. To keep it simple, we'll use January 1st, 2000 as our reference date. This allows us to go up until 2068. Why 2068 and not 2136, assuming that 136 years corresponds to 4 billion seconds? Because long integers in 4D are signed, we must remember that the value 0 is in the middle of the range of possible values. As a result, our timestamps allow us to navigate between the years of 1932 and 2068. Of course, there's nothing preventing you from shifting your reference date to cover your needs better.
This blog post is the second in a four-part series written in French in September 2009.
Following the example of using two fields to mark a record with date and time, let's now look at timestamps.
The principle of the timestamp is to combine in a single field, in the most compact way possible, the information needed to memorize the date and time. Of course, the less space we attribute for storage, the smaller the amplitude of possible values.
This blog post is the first of a four-part series written in French in September 2009.
Far be it from me to rip off Marguerite Duras (writer of Hiroshima, My Love) with such a title, just that I want to express how much timestamps have simplified my life and how much I love to use them. I could even say that timestamps are the bomb, pun somewhat intended…
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In the summer of 2010, Professor Kinnaman began research on the economic and environmental consequences of drilling for natural gas in central Pennsylvania. Bucknell students majoring in economics and environmental studies are collaborating in this research.
Educational Background
- B.A., Decision Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- M.A., Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Research Interests
- economics of solid waste and recycling
Other Activities
Professor Kinnaman's work has been published in among others the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and The National Tax Journal. He has also edited two volumes of literature on the economics of solid waste on invitation from Kluwer and Ashgate publishers.
In spring of 2009 Professor Kinnaman served as visiting fellow in American Studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. While at Doshisha, he began collaborative research with Japanese economists on various waste issues. One such effort considered various policy options for the international trade in used durable goods such as computers and television sets. These goods are increasingly imported to developing countries but often contain hazardous waste materials that developing countries may be unable to manage. A second research initiative examined the costs of recycling specific materials (paper, plastic, metal, etc.) in Japan. This study represents the first to estimate recycling costs of individual materials.
Selected Publications
"Waste Disposal and Recycling," Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, forthcoming.
"Estimating Willingness to Pay for River Amenities and Safety Measures Associated with Shale Gas Extraction," with Paula Bernstein and Mengqi Wu, Eastern Economics Journal, 39(1), 2013, 28-44.
"The Economic Impacts of Shale Gas Extraction: Moving Beyond Jobs and Tax Revenues," Energy Delta Institute Quarterly 3(4), December 2011, 11-14 (non-refereed).
"The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Extraction: A Review of Existing Studies," Ecological Economics 70(7), May 2011, 1243-1249.
"Economic Policies to Address the Environmental Consequences of Global Reuse," with Hide-Fumi Yokoo, American Economic Review 101(2), May 2011, 71-76 (non-refereed).
"Solid Waste Management in the Caribbean." Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies 35(2), June 2010, 38-60.
"The Costs of Municipal Curbside Recycling and Waste Collection," with Robert A. Bohm, David H. Folz, and Michael J. Podolsky, Resources, Conservation, and Recycling 54(11), September 2010, 864-871.
"Optimal Solid Waste Policy with Centralized Recycling Opportunities," National Tax Journal 63(2), June 2010, 237-252.
"Landfill Closure and Housing Values," Contemporary Economic Policy 17(4), July 2009, 380-89.
"The Economics of Municipal Solid Waste Management," Waste Management 29(10), October 2009, 2615-1617.
"Response from Thomas Kinnaman," Journal of Economic Perspectives 22(2), Spring 2008, 243–244. (a response to a comment by Elbert Dijkgraaf and Raymond Gradus on my paper in the 2006 Journal of Economic Perspectives)
"Examining the Justification for Residential Recycling," The Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(4), Fall 2006, 219-232.
"Why do Municipalities Recycle?" Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy 5(1), January 2005.
"Explaining Household Demand for the Collection of Solid Waste and Recycling," in Don Fullerton and Thomas C. Kinnaman, editors, The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2002, 144-152 (non-refereed)
"Explaining the Growth in Municipal Recycling Programs: The Role of Market and Non-Market Factors," Journal of Public Works Management and Policy 5(1), July 2000, 37-51.
"Garbage and Recycling with Endogenous Local Policy," with Don Fullerton, Journal of Urban Economics 48(3), 2000, 419-442.
"The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management," with Don Fullerton, in Henk Folmer and Tom Tietenberg, editors, The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2000/2001. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2000, 100-147 (non-refereed).
"Household Responses To Pricing Garbage By The Bag," with Don Fullerton, American Economic Review 86(4), September 1996, 971-984.
"Garbage, Recycling, and Economic Incentives," Proceedings of the Eighty-Eighth Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, 1996, 169-174 (non-refereed).
"Garbage, Recycling, and Illicit Burning or Dumping," with Don Fullerton, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 29(1), July 1995, 78-91.
"How a Fee Per-Unit Garbage Affects Aggregate Recycling in a Model With Heterogeneous Households," with Don Fullerton, in Lans Bovenberg and Sijbbren Cnossen, editors, Public Economics and the Environment in an Imperfect World. Boston: Kluwer Publishers, 1995, 135-159 (non-refereed)
The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management, Thomas C. Kinnaman, editor, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2003.
The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior, Don Fullerton and Thomas C. Kinnaman, eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2002.


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VATICAN CITY — At the end of the weekly general audience today, Pope Benedict XVI launched an appeal to everyone who uses new communications technology, especially young people:
This coming Sunday, the church celebrates World Communications Day. In my message this year, I am inviting all those who make use of the new technologies of communication, especially the young, to utilize them in a positive way and to realize the great potential of these means to build up bonds of friendship and solidarity that can contribute to a better world.
The new technologies have brought about fundamental shifts in the ways in which news and information are disseminated and in how people communicate and relate to each other. I wish to encourage all those who access cyberspace to be careful to maintain and promote a culture of respect, dialogue and authentic friendship where the values of truth, harmony and understanding can flourish.
Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world! Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God's infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!
You can find the full text of the pope's message for 2009 here.
And don't forget to go to the new Pope2you.net website on Sunday when it goes live. It's sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to help celebrate the day and get the pope's message out there. It will have links to the Vatican's new Facebook and iPhone applications and YouTube channel.
Also, in my own attempt to use new technologies, here's an experiment creating an audio slide show using CNS pictures (apologies for the poor audio quality, but it really is the pope speaking):


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Democracy Triumphs in 2006 Readers' Choice Awards
Your votes helped pick the top suppliers in 39 ingredient, equipment and service categories.
"A couple of years ago, a competitor of ours went out of business just before Christmas. It was great getting the extra orders, but our biggest worry was getting jar lids - normally the lead time's eight weeks or more."
Laura Flores, R&D vice president at Berner Foods Inc., Dakota, Ill., knows how important a good supplier is to a food company. Her packaging supplier and distributor pulled out all the stops and Berner, a maker of private label processed cheese products, made tons of money on those holiday orders.
"Especially for a smaller company like ours, customer service from our suppliers is very important," she says.
On the following pages are 39 stories of exceptional customer service. Our fourth annual Readers' Choice Awards are unique among food industry publications. While there are other awards programs out there, they have editors doing the choosing. We think only actual food processors can pick the best suppliers in 21 equipment and 18 ingredient categories. And we drew upon the collective wisdom of 446 processors who responded to our web-based survey back in December.
No single plant professional is expert in every category of equipment and service necessary to support today's plant. No product developer knows every ingredient and its suppliers. Where do you turn when it's time to identify a new source for one of the less familiar needs of your facility? Who do you want to consult – your purchasing department? Local reps? The Internet?
How about your peers? Some of them are pretty sharp and have been around a while. "I've been in engineering in the food industry for 36 years, so I've seen a lot of suppliers, good and bad," says Joseph Kohalmi, engineering project manager at R. M. Palmer Co., a Reading, Pa., chocolate maker. "Actually, I don't think I've ever bought a bad piece of equipment or used a bad supplier. That's because I don't let that happen. I always do the homework. We do real careful specifying of the equipment and test it before we buy."
A list such as this one is part of that homework, Kohalmi says. An engineering manager should draw upon as many resources as possible.
"You can never be too careful," Kohalmi adds. "Many years ago I was looking for a chocolate mold machine. It took me an entire year of investigating to find the right one. But 26 years later, that machine is still running."
While an ingredient buyer at a large food company said he must first look to "strategic alliance" suppliers, "We have all the flexibility we need to look elsewhere if we need to. So a list like this would certainly be consulted. We'd like to see the experiences of other product developers."
"A survey like this could only help. It's interesting to see who other people have had good experiences with," adds Lisa Kalla, R&D specialist at Gold'n Plump Poultry, St. Cloud, Minn.
"Frankly, maybe it's not so much for me because, after 41 years of doing this, I'm pretty set in my ways," said Craig Blackman, a product developer at General Mills, who lent all those years of experience to his vote. "But I think this list would be very helpful to the younger people who are doing this job."
There were numerous anonymous comments that came in with the electronic survey forms. "I have found in talking with my colleagues that customer service from ingredient suppliers is a problem they regularly have," says one respondent to our survey.
"In terms of flavor houses, there are far too many of them. I wish there was some consolidation. I am tired of turning down several of them a year, but it takes so much time to maintain them and utilize their specific talents," writes another respondent. "Everyone, it seems, has their favorites, and they are forever pushing them in R&D's way. If we don't use them, then we have made an enemy of sorts."
"It would be desirable to know the precise source of the ingredients, even the month and year of harvest," adds a processor.
"Making it easy for us to get samples in a hurry is key to whom we use," says one. Another respondent agrees: "If it isn't on our shelves already, then it doesn't have a chance to get tested," she writes.
A number of equipment specifiers sound happy with their suppliers. "The vendors are getting smarter by using sealed bearings and bellows on shafts that are in open areas," writes a man in plant operations. "Since I started in this business 32 years ago, things have improved dramatically," says another.
"I think we have a lot of excellent equipment suppliers to the food industry," still another comments. Counting all the second- and third-place finishers, the following pages contain 123 excellent suppliers of equipment, ingredients and services.
This survey may be democratic, but it's not perfect. Even though we asked people to vote only in the categories in which they felt knowledgeable, respondents may have stretched themselves a bit. The survey is not immune to marketing efforts and the power of brand recognition. In other ways, it largely reflects the installed base.
But it's your vote, not ours. We thank the 446 respondents who responded and especially appreciate those who took the time to give additional comments.
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3. Wild Flavors 8%
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At age 68, Helnwein remains active in both his politics and art. I had the honour of asking him a few questions about his past and ongoing work, his views on violence in the media today, as well as his connection with the late David Bowie.
I always wanted freedom and independence more than anything else. I want to look for myself, think my own thoughts, dream my own dreams, I want to draw my own conclusions, and to make my own decisions. I don't need any belief-system or self-appointed authority to tell me what to think, what to do or not to do. I was never violent; I am no danger to society in any way—so I don't need to be monitored and controlled by anybody. I can take care of myself.
Unfortunately, the last thing any human society wants are free beings. Don't wait for somebody granting you freedom, it will never happen; if you want freedom, you have to seize it. Creating art is one way of doing it, and for me it's the most effective way.
Nothing scares authoritarian regimes more than art and free creation. Why would Hitler burn mountains of books and paintings and ban all arts? Why would Stalin—the master over life and death of almost 300 million people, a man who commanded the biggest army and secret service that ever existed—be afraid of the poems written by Anna Akhmatova? Why would Mao be so obsessed with destroying China's entire cultural heritage? Why would FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, while denying the existence of organized crime in the US, put so much effort into harassing and investigating every artist of any significance from Hemingway to John Lennon? On this planet, creating means to stand up, to rebel, to resist, it means striking back.
We are bombarded daily with an endless flood of horrifying graphic and pornographic images of violence and death on television, social media, internet, movies, and video games, which is just overwhelming and desensitizing, leaving people with a feeling of utter numbness and helplessness.
Since WWII the western war-machinery has never stopped killing. It keeps invading, bombing, torturing. The standard solution to any problem with regards to foreign affairs seems to be: threatening and "bombing them back into the Stone Age." All in the name of "Democracy." Of course, none of these campaigns ever solved anything; they only created new bigger problems and left scorched earth, blood, tears, and millions of corpses. But war is good business, and as long as we are ruled by bankers and the insatiable military-industrial complex, nothing will change.


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TALLAHASSEE - A Florida lawmaker who once struggled with his own drug addiction is hoping to curtail the sale of marijuana pipes known as "bongs" through a bill that cleared the Legislature on Friday.
But Rep. Rep. Darryl Rouson acknowledges that changes made to his legislation raise questions about whether the bill, if it becomes law, would be effective in removing those pipes from store shelves in the Sunshine State.
State legislators wrapped up work on the measure (HB 49) when the Senate passed it on a 31-2 vote Friday.
The bill, which cleared the House earlier in the session, now goes to Gov. Rick Scott for his consideration.
The measure would make it illegal for shops to "knowingly and willfully" sell the pipes for use to consume illegal drugs.
One question, however, is whether the final language in the bill would allow the devices to still be sold if the expressed purpose was to smoke tobacco.
"There's some that would argue that," Rouson said in an interview Friday.
Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, said he was "cautiously optimistic" that the bill, with its threat of jail time for violations, would create a "chilling factor" among retailers that spurs them to remove the pipes - which he calls "utensils of death and destruction."
The pipes are sold at a few hundred stores across Florida and tend to cluster close to college campuses, he said.
Even if the bill effectively removes the pipes from store shelves, it's only a small advance in the larger fight against illegal drug use, he said.
"I'm not under any illusion that this eradicates drug abuse, but I certainly believe that it makes it less convenient to get tools of abuse as near as the street corner," he said.
First-time offenders would be guilty of a first-degree misdemeanor. Second and subsequent violations would jump to a third-degree felony.
In some ways, Rouson's push is going against the tide nationally. While some states are passing laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana, others are seeking to roll back some of the harsh penalties of the 1990s war on drugs by diverting non-violent offenders into treatment instead of prisons.
In promoting the bill, Rouson has talked openly about his former drug addiction. He has said the pipes he wants to remove from stores can be used to consume crack cocaine, meth and hash as well as marijuana.
As the bill wound through the Legislature, Rouson offered assurances that it wasn't aimed at tobacco pipes. His common refrain was that the bill wouldn't outlaw "granddaddy's corn cob pipe."
The bill was amended to exempt "briar, meerschaum, clay or corn cob" pipes. Its supporters also assured that hookahs would not be taken off store shelves.
Sen. Kelli Stargel, who sponsored a companion Senate bill, said she was hopeful that retailers selling the pipes would take a hit from law enforcement.
"If it is unlawful to do illegal drugs in our state, it should be unlawful to sell drug paraphernalia in our state," the Lakeland Republican said. "Retailers who have knowledge and intent to sell these items should be shut down."
During the brief Senate debate on the bill Friday, one lawmaker turned the focus to whether marijuana should be legal.
Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, said the larger issue is whether marijuana is dangerous.
"I happen to believe that it is not, and that it's a drug that should be regulated just like we regulate every other drug in the state of Florida," he said.


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David Hall: Due to the fact that it has the third highest mintage of any of the 1916 to 1939 Walking Liberty half dollars, the 1918-S is one of the most common Walkers in lower grades. I remember that as a kid in the late 1950's and early 1960's, the one pre-1934 Walker you could find in change was the 1918-S. However, the 1918-S is scarce in mint state and one of the rarest Walkers of all in Gem MS65 or better condition. This date obviously wasn't saved in any quantity at the time of issue. In fact, the 1918-S is rarer in Gem condition than all other Walkers except the 1919-D, 1921-S, and 1918-D. It is about equal in rarity to the 1917-D reverse, 1917-S obverse, and 1921-D, all key dates in the Walking Liberty half dollar series. For mint state examples of the 1918-S, strike can be a problem. Well struck examples are definitely very rare. Luster is usually a more subdued satin white, or the coin can have toning of varying degrees.
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Organizations must continue the operation of training and development even in times of tighter budgets. There are a number of different ways organizations can train their workforce with minimal expenditures. One obvious way of controlling costs is limiting the number of people sent externally for training. Other easy ways to decrease costs and increase the quality of training in your organization is through on-the-job training, using technology, offering online training, free webinars or simply formalizing the informal training that's already occurring on a daily basis. By implementing some of the suggestions on this page, you can increase the quality of your training offerings while incurring little to no cost.
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CENTRAL POINT — Faced with his second near-death experience in six years, Rogue Creamery co-owner David Gremmels is more perturbed about missing a cycling event to benefit arthritis sufferers than he is about having to sit still long enough to fully recover.
To say that he is impatient about both scenarios would be an understatement. Gremmels didn't even lie on the ground to wait for help after a July 23 bicycle crash that yielded a ruptured spleen and myriad injuries.
The fit 52-year-old hopped right back on his bike after the crash — which occurred at the end of his long, steep driveway when he tried to avoid a ground squirrel and did an involuntary "endo" — and finished the 12-mile trek from his home in the foothills above Phoenix to his office in Central Point.
Oblivious to internal bleeding, he rode his bike home from work that day, to and from work the following day, worked on his farm for a bit, and even stopped at a coffee shop heading into work on the third day.
That's when he "starting to feel uncomfortable," so Gremmels asked his assistant, Paula Rissler, to schedule an appointment with his doctor and give his partner, creamery co-owner Cary Bryant, a heads-up.
"My doctor couldn't see me until the afternoon, and before my appointment I started to feel really uncomfortable with back and chest and shoulder pain, so I asked Paula to call Cary," Gremmels said.
"He did a quick assessment and put me in the car and headed for Medford, and he said, 'Providence or Rogue Valley?' "
Opting for the closer of the two hospitals, and reasoning that Providence Medford Medical Center had saved his life after he was struck by a truck along Pine Street in 2007 in a near-fatal hit-and-run, an extremely uncomfortable Gremmels arrived at the Providence emergency room having nearly bled out.
While hospital staff marveled at Gremmels' productive three days following internal injuries, Rogue Creamery Marketing Director Francis Plowman said Creamery employees didn't bat an eye.
"The fact that he got right back on his bike and rode the rest of the way in to work, I think, was a surprise to doctors," Plowman said. "But to those of us who work here in the office with David, it was not a surprise at all."
After a three-day stay in the hospital and hundreds of emails, texts and cards from around the world, Gremmels is hinting at attending meetings soon, while Bryant and doctors are gently reminding the injured wildlife humanitarian that early November is more realistic.
Gremmels attended a family reunion in Massachusetts two weeks ago and sounds like he's ready to be back at work.
"I'm probably returning part-time in September, and I hope to be back on my bike the first of November."
With a hint of sarcasm, Gremmels, who describes himself as "a big supporter of the National Wildlife Federation," admitted he would probably avoid the squirrel maneuver next time.
Gremmels said his biggest disappointment is that he will miss the 2013 Amgen People's Coast Classic, a 380-mile ride along the Oregon Coast to benefit the Arthritis Foundation that's scheduled for Sept. 8-13.
"It's an important cause and one that has been near and dear to my heart for the past three years, so I'm hoping people will help me support the cause even if I'm unable to ride," Gremmels said.
Gremmels urges fellow cyclists to wear helmets — as he was during his accident — and he is scheduling bike safety classes for participants of the Creamery's bike-to-work program.
He even sees a silver lining in his squirrel encounter.
"My accident has truly been one of those things that give the opportunity to pause and reflect on life," Gremmels said.
"It's important to truly live our lives and take care of ourselves. One of the things medical practitioners kept mentioning was my being in good shape, and I credit cycling. It took me 50 years to find something I could really engage in, and I've enjoyed it so much that I can't wait to ride again on Nov. 1!"
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Accidents won't stop avid bicyclist
CENTRAL POINT — Faced with his second near-death experience in six years, Rogue Creamery co-owner David Gremmels is more perturbed about missing a cycling event to benefit arthritis sufferers than he is about having to sit still long enough to fully recover.


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Gallery: Funny Women Who Have Posed In Their Underwear
Earlier today on our sister site Crushable, I wondered aloud what, exactly, is so bad about a female comedian (most recently Abby Elliot) deciding to show another side of herself by posing in lingerie for a magazine. Lots of female comedians have done this, yet somehow managed not to transform into one-sided femme-bots who exist solely for men's sexual pleasure. Even Tina Fey's done it!
Obviously, I don't think women should feel like they have to do this in order to advance their careers. But if they feel like being vain and taking some sexy photos, I'm not going to revoke their feminist cards for it, any more than I'd revoke them for wearing lipstick, shaving their legs, or marrying a man. Not to get too gender studies on you, but I like to view gender normative behavior as a consensual kink: if you want to do it, go ahead, it's not going to Ruin Progress. But know that you're doing it and how far you are comfortable going. And if anyone tries to tell you they know better than you what's best for you, tell them to go hang. But enough about what I think, let's perv on some hot, smart comedians.


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On Nov. 16, 2010, just minutes after the announcement that Prince William would marry his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton, British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a statement of congratulations, helicopters circled Buckingham Palace, and news channels were looping footage of the young couple sharing intimate moments at a garden party. The nonstop chatter of royal watchers immediately followed, their discussions revolving around what Kate would wear down the aisle and whether that aislewould be in St. Paul's Cathedral, where William's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, married 30 years earlier, or Westminster Abbey, which wouldn't raise the specter of his parents' drawn-out divorce.
Despite the glare of the media spotlight, 28-year-old Kate must have felt a degree of relief. On that day after an eight-year courtship that had survived constant speculation, relentless pursuit by paparazzi, a high-profile breakup and an even higher-profile reconciliation the royal family had finally made public what Kate had known or at least privately hoped for years: The future king really had found his queen.
With that single announcement the royal constellation added a new star. Kate pulled an entire nation into her orbit, bewitching royal supporters, everyday Joes, and girls too young to spell her name. The international curiosity stemmed partly from the walls the royal family had erected around her. William, no doubt, wanted to protect his would-be bride from the media intrusion that some say robbed him of his other great love, his mother. Even so, in the months leading up to the April 29 wedding, the media brought an ever-slimmer Kate into sharper focus not merely as the future Mrs. William Windsor, but also as a commoner who had risen to the apex of British society and a style maven who had launched a thousand knockoff dresses along the way.
By most accounts the wedding showcased Britain at its best. In a spectacular show of pomp and pageantry, austere Britain seemed, for a few hours, anyway, to throw off concerns about the economy, the euro and civil unrest (though rooftop snipers were in position to ward off the threat of terrorism). Rich and poor gathered on the streets outside Westminster Abbey and along the regal thoroughfares leading to Buckingham Palace, hoping for a glimpse of the horse-drawn carriage carrying the newlyweds toward their future. But Prince William and Kate dubbed Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, that morning knew the spectacle afforded the public more than an afternoon of free entertainment and that it symbolized much more than the union of husband and wife. For the hundreds of millions of people around the world watching on TV and online, it was a reminder of monarchy's charm and unifying power. Yes, economic woe grips Britain. Public distrust of politicians is multiplying by the day. And millions of the royal subjects face a potentially less prosperous tomorrow. Yet in the year since their wedding, William and Kate have managed to burnish the Windsor family name. Whether visiting charities that work with homeless youth or walking the red carpet for the London premiere of War Horse, Mr. and Mrs. work as a team. "It's been a long while since Britons have had a young, good-looking couple to cheer about," says Robert Jobson, author of William and Kate: The Love Story. "It's certainly given the monarchy a younger, fresher feel and a bit more relevance as a result."
The couple has managed to exhibit a common touch without sacrificing the mystique of royalty. While William, who turns 30 on June 21, pursues his military career as a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force, they've continued to live in a four-bedroom farmhouse on the island of Anglesey in North Wales. They've chosen not to employ a chef, butler or valet, and Kate has declined ladies-in-waiting. In February 2012, a royal aide revealed that William would like to extend his military service beyondmid-2013, when his current three-year commitment ends. That would limit the couple's public duties and allow them to start a family in relative privacy. "The appearance of normality makes people of their age able to connect with them," says Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage editor Charles Kidd. "That will inevitably change when the Queen's reign ends and the Prince of Wales succeeds. These are precious years."
The public successes the duke and duchess have racked up aren't put down merely to luck or the skilled hands of their choreographers. They stem from Kate and William's obvious strength as a couple. Long before they contemplated living as husband and wife, they navigated a long, occasionally tumultuous courtship. William was born into the firm. Kate has had a long apprenticeship.


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J. N. "Ding" Darling was a renowned editorial cartoonist who advocated conservation of our nation's natural resources. Father of the Federal Duck Stamp Program, founder of the National Wildlife Federation, creator of the Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Program, "Ding" Darling laid the groundwork for the system of today's National Wildlife Refuges.
Following Darling's death in 1962, admirers formed the J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation to continue Darling's advocacy for wise use of natural resources and protection of wildlife. Darling's pragmatic conservation ethic and forceful leadership continue to guide the thoughts and actions of the conservation movement today, decades after his death.
One of "Ding" Darling's cartoons"How Rich Will We Be When We Have Converted All Our Forests, All Our Soil, All Our Water Resources and Our Minerals Into Cash?"best illustrates both his conservation ethic and his remarkable ability to convey complex thoughts with a few stokes of pen and ink. Darling drew this cartoon in 1938.
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i started to work through my stash of fabric,(to reduce it) and yesterday bought (some more!) 2m of this Ice Knit (trilobal) flower black and white fabric, and decided to make a dress the same day! My husband is coming back from a trip, and i always like to surprise him at the airport with a new dress! I went through all my dress patterns and looked for something fitting for this amount of fabric. I chose Simplicity 4193, but when i bought that pattern, they only had size 20-28, and i'm size 12. i drafted the new size 12 and cut a lining in black trilobal, first fit it to make sure my pattern worked. then i cut the flowers, and it's a very fast dress! 1 hour! mine is fully lined, the weight of the dress is 650g! very very comfy! Halter neck, elastic in the back. i lengthened the dress 30cms. added a built in bra.
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love your dress, great work, wow you are such a quick sewist :)
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North Korea has many problems, including poverty and restricted Internet access. The North Korean government has worked hard to keep smartphone technology out of the hands of its people; North Koreans have had to illegally import technology from China if they wished to own a smartphone. Now, North Korea will release its own smartphone, created for the North Korean people. This smartphone called the AS1201 Arirang, after a folk song, is designed to be more accessible, because of both affordability and government approval.
Though the device is claimed to have been built with "indigenous technology," the photos clearly show it running a stock build of Android. That's American technology at its finest, so we don't know what they're talking about. It also looks like their reports that the device is being built inside a North Korean factory may be false, as the factory Kim Jong Un visited showed no signs of manufacturing. It is speculated that the devices come from China and are just packaged in that factory.
The Korean Central News Agency (which is state run) reports that the device will be in high demand, but a press release with specifications has not been released. We'll report back when we know what kind of sick processor this beast uses. Would you feel safe using a North Korean phone?


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The Ford Explorer rose to stardom as a traditional truck-based SUV, but times have changed -- and the Explorer has, too. The 2013 Ford Explorer rides on a car-like unibody platform, and it's one of the best crossovers out there. Whether you need to haul people, cargo or you-know-what, the Explorer's got you covered. Here are five reasons to explore one yourself.
1. Turbo Power
Swift acceleration is almost unheard of in this segment, but the Explorer breaks the mold. Our Explorer Sport test vehicle had the twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6, which cranks out a ridiculous 365 horsepower. If you're bored with family road trips, the Explorer Sport just might be the antidote. There's also the EcoBoost 4-cylinder turbo, which isn't as fast but does return up to 28 miles per gallon.
2. True 3-row Seating
Some crossovers supposedly have three rows of seats, but then you try one out and realize the third row's just for little kids. Fortunately, that's not the case with the Explorer. If you need to put a couple adults in the far back, don't sweat it; they'll be fine. The Explorer may not be as hospitable as a minivan, but it's close.
3. Top-notch Technology
When the Explorer's equipped with MyFord Touch, it turns into a rolling technology show. Paired with the SYNC system, MyFord Touch lets you manage practically everything via simple voice commands. Or you could just use the beautiful touchscreen and the cool touch-sensitive buttons on the center stack, as well as the crisp, driver-configurable displays in the gauge cluster. Check out the thumping 12-speaker Sony sound system, too. If you love the latest tech, the Explorer's right up your alley.
4. Cargo Crazy
If you need a beast of burden, the Explorer's happy to oblige. The available power fold-flat third-row seats make loading a cinch -- and when you fold the second row, too, you basically have an enclosed pickup truck. The Explorer offers a healthy 80 cu ft of maximum cargo space. It's nice to have that option in a pinch.
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Crash tests usually don't make headlines, but they're a big deal to crossover shoppers. So how'd the Explorer do? It's a straight-A student. The Explorer received perfect 5-star ratings from the government and perfect Good ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in all crash-test categories. You can't do better than that.
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Marion Bartoli, the surprise ladies champion at last month's Wimbledon championships, announced her retirement from tennis Wednesday.
Bartoli, 28, lost to Simona Halep in the second round of the Western & Southern Open Wednesday and then said at her post-match news conference she was quitting the game.
"My body just can't do it anymore," she said. "I've been through a lot of injuries since the start of the year and I left it all at Wimbledon.
"I really felt I gave all the energy I have left in my body there. I made a dream a reality and it will stay with me forever."
Bartoli, born in France and now a resident of Switzerland, retires as the seventh-ranked player in the world.
She marched through her seven Wimbledon victories this year without losing a set, although the highest-ranked player she had to face in the upset-filled tournament was No. 17 Sloane Stephens.
Bartoli defeated Stephens in the quarterfinals, then downed No. 20 Kirsten Flipkens in the semifinals. She was a 6-1, 6-4 winner in the championship match over No. 23 Sabine Lisicki, who had eliminated world No. 1 Serena Williams in the fourth round.
She won eight WTA Tour events in her career and finishes with a 490-299 match record.


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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2008
It was the middle of the night and pagers were going off inside Craig Joint Theater Hospital as staff scrambled to pull together the people and equipment needed for a successful procedure.
The situation was not unusual except that this time it wasn't the life of a coalition servicemember they were trying to save. Instead, they were about to bring a new Afghan baby into the world.
Just after 5 a.m. Oct. 4, the hospital staff successfully delivered, by cesarean section, the first Afghan baby in the Craig Joint Theater Hospital.
The mother is a patient who was brought in five weeks ago after an explosion in her home. Despite major injuries to her upper and lower extremities, she was able to continue her pregnancy.
"We were primarily following this patient for her traumatic injuries, but the fact that she was also pregnant was always on our radar," said Air Force Capt. Ron Carr, an obstetrics nurse deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
The hospitals obstetrical team had recently started planning for how they might deliver the baby and manage the mothers significant injuries, Carr said.
"Because the standard of obstetrical care is different here than what we'd expect in the States, he continued, we were not even sure how far along she actually was."
Before the hospital staff could acquire additional obstetrical equipment, the woman quietly went in to labor in the early hours of Oct. 4. During a normal delivery, the hospital staff would monitor contractions and measure the baby's heartbeat. But without the necessary equipment, the team had to make do with only Doppler ultrasound equipment capable of intermittently picking up the baby's heartbeat.
"We came together and made it work for us," Carr said. "We had to intermittently monitor the baby with our ultrasound and then feel for contractions with our hands. We had to use traditional medical techniques and teach the nurses how to put their hand on her belly to feel for the contraction so that we could then convey it to the doctor."
Over an hour and a half, the woman's contractions progressed from every 10 minutes to every three minutes. "She was very close to having her baby," Carr said.
Due to the extent of the woman's injuries, the doctors decided a normal delivery would present too many complications, and decided to proceed with the more controlled environment of a cesarean section.
Though Craig Joint Theater Hospital is not equipped with an obstetrics department, many of the airmen deployed here have obstetric and neonatal experience. Airmen working as medical technicians in the emergency room and intermediate care ward were pulled to assist with the delivery. Obstetrics nurses and doctors, working in general medicine at the hospital, came together and prepared for the historic delivery.
"For the C-section, we had most of the equipment we needed, because it's a standard [operating room] procedure," Carr said. "We gathered together a C-section set out of instruments from other trauma sets we would use. We had a lot of the medications that we would use to stave off some of the more common OB complications, as well as the medications that we would routinely use post-partum. Some of it was luck, some of it was planning."
The biggest challenge was the lack of neonatal equipment. One key piece of equipment missing was a baby warmer.
"We needed something to keep the baby warm when she first arrived. We had about 15 minutes to come up with something to use in the emergency room," said Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremiah Diaz, a medical technician deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
"First, we were thinking lights, then we ended up using a [warming blanket used for post-surgical patients], Diaz said. We made a little tent for the baby with coat hangers and an egg crate mattress."
A healthy Afghan baby girl was delivered that morning, and ever since, "her presence has been a ray of light," Carr said, noting the contrast between a new baby and the trauma the hospital staff sees daily.
"It's been very affirming of why we're here, he said. We know we are here to help remedy the injuries of war, but for a lot of us, this made things kind of feel very normal, because this is what we do back home. It was very encouraging to see that the hospital could get together that rapidly to make it happen; everything went incredibly smooth."
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Roopa Schoop works in the emergency room as a medical technician. As a labor and delivery technician back at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., she was interested in assisting with the delivery since hearing about the woman's pregnancy. Even though it was her day off, she helped in the delivery room and performed the initial assessment on the baby.
"I'd been thinking that it would be an amazing experience to help with the delivery, Schoop said. "I'm a mom, so I enjoy babies. I think its good therapy to hold a baby. Most of us that were involved in the delivery have come back to hold her, because it is a good feeling."
The baby girl's mother did not name her for a few days, so the nurses in the intensive care unit started calling the baby Savannah. When the mother and grandfather heard the staff call her by that name, they would laugh. Three days after her birth, the mother decided to name the baby Zahra, which means "white flower" in Arabic. She has exceeded the doctor's expectations and acts as any healthy baby would.
"I wish the baby well," Schoop said. "We will leave, and hopefully she grows up a healthy and responsible girl."
(Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez serves with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Office.)


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Jordan Ryan: Arab Conference on Disaster Risk ReductionMar 20, 2013
Opening Remarks by Jordan Ryan - Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery in the UNDP at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Aqaba, Jordan
Your Royal Highness Princess Somaya,
Special Representative Wahlström,
Ambassador Winzap,
Chief Commissioner Mahadin (ASEZA),
Dr. Samir Ghazi (President Deputy for Environmental Affairs, Saudi Arabia)
Ms. Shahira Wahbi (Chief of Sustainable Development and International Environmental Cooperation)
Distinguished Ambassadors,
Government Representatives,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This conference is being held at a time when the Arab region is experiencing a transition stirred by a desire for dignity; and concerns for economic and social wellbeing.
So it is appropriate that we are having this discussion today – because disaster risk reduction is integral to these ideas.
In many ways the Arab region is a model for development, having made impressive strides in health, education, literacy and economic growth in the past few decades.
Disasters, however, have the power to put these hard won achievements at risk.
And indeed, we have seen this happen in many Arab countries.
Recent floods in Sudan and Lebanon; droughts in Iraq, Syria, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and Morocco; recurring forest fires in Lebanon; storms in Oman and the 2003 earthquake in Algeria are reminders of how vulnerable this region is.
And – as in other parts of the world, it is the poor who suffer most from disasters. They account for 95 per cent of the 1.3 million disaster fatalities around the globe in the last two decades. And in developing countries - because of existing inequities - it is the most marginalized, including women and girls, who suffer the greatest impact when catastrophe strikes.
Weak systems for disaster preparedness are as much to blame for disasters as the natural phenomena that cause them. The colossal losses from the Jeddah flooding of 2011 are a close reminder about the consequences of weakness in urban planning and disaster preparedness.
And the importance of disaster preparedness is becoming more and more acute:
- The urban population of the Arab region is already very high – at about 56 per cent – and up to 87 per cent in places like Lebanon – and it is getting higher - growing at a much faster rate than the overall population
- This region may be rich in energy resources, but it suffers from a scarcity of life supporting natural resources, including water, agricultural land and forests. These are just the resources that are expected to get scarcer under the combined impact of climate change, population growth, and urbanization
- And the conflict of the region has a role to play in increasing disaster risk. Along with poverty, it is one of the key drivers of rural-urban migration in the Arab region and the establishment of shanty towns, which host the most vulnerable social groups
- Arab cities are a major source of economic and human development. However, many of these cities are located in areas that are highly vulnerable to environmental and geological disasters. Algiers, Aqaba, Amman, Beirut, Casablanca, Damascus, Djibouti, Gaza, and Tunis sit on active fault-lines. Alexandria, Khartoum, Sana and Jeddah remain vulnerable to flooding
- Climate change will see the coastal cities of the Mediterranean facing new hazards in the form of coastal inundation, erosion, storms and saltwater-intrusion. Some existing hazards may become more frequent and intense
- Urban planning, infrastructure and services have not kept pace with the fast growth in urban population, which increases the exposure of urban populations to disaster risks; and
- Weak urban planning and management has also led to the depletion of natural resources including water, land, green belts and swamps, which has further aggravated the risk of disasters
But it doesn't have to be like this.
What we call "natural" disasters are not actually natural at all.
A natural hazard only becomes a disaster when measures to mitigate its impact are lacking. We do not have to resign ourselves to the devastation that disasters cause, nor see them as exceptional events that interrupt normal development.
When governments establish institutions for disaster risk reduction, lives and property are saved.
What is needed is a deliberate approach to looking at and planning for crises.
Every dollar spent on preparing for disasters saves around seven dollars in economic losses that would result without such preparation. Investing in disaster preparedness before a natural hazard occurs reduces the need for humanitarian action.
Arab cities need to meet the challenges resulting from unprecedented rural-urban migration, population growth, natural disasters and climate change. I am pleased to say that the city of Aqaba - our host city - under the leadership of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Development Authority is doing just that. It has understood the importance of better urban governance, planning and disaster preparedness. With support from UNDP, the city has established a system that is addressing the challenges of disaster risk, improving the safety of citizens, investment and infrastructure. The city has:
- Improved disaster preparedness coordination by establishing a Disaster Risk Reduction Unit
- Used seismic risk analysis in its land-use management decisions to determine the safest places to put new buildings and infrastructure
- Run large-scale education and awareness campaigns to improve general awareness about personal safety and disaster preparedness
- Relocated vulnerable villagers from a flood and earthquake prone area to a safer location
The need for investing in urban disaster risk reduction is urgent. I am glad to note that about 270 cities from Arab States have enrolled in the UN-ISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign. However, there are many more cities that need to get involved.
The effort required to reduce disaster risks is sometimes time-consuming. However, it doesn't have to be costly. Small but well-thought out investments and partnerships can achieve significant long-term results. UNDP has had success by training local community members to monitor their own flood risk by measuring and reporting on local river levels. All this requires is a measuring stick, a mobile phone and some training.
Disaster risk reduction saves lives, and the economic costs of property damage far outweigh the costs of preparedness, through – for example – making buildings strong enough to withstand disasters.
Bangladesh is one of many countries in the world that have proved the truth of this statement. In 1970, a cyclone there killed about 500,000 people. The government established the Cyclone Preparedness Programme to reduce the loss of life from future cyclones. In 2009, the last year that a cyclone of similar intensity to the 1970 storm hit the country – it killed 113 people. The Cyclone Preparedness Programme, which has built shelters, made areas flood resistant, raised community awareness and issued warnings, is responsible for this massive fall in deaths. Arab cities can do the same and some are already making steps to do so.
I believe that drafting an Arab Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities, endorsed by participating mayors, governors and national authorities would be a step in right direction towards promoting safety and prosperity in a sustainable manner in the Arab region.
I hope you give this idea serious consideration today.
With that said - it is my pleasure to welcome you to the First Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.


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Three Davidson faculty members have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the "Breathe, Eat, Touch (BET) Project," a set of introductory-level cross-disciplinary courses in environmental health.
Associate Professors Karen Bernd (biology), Cindy Hauser (chemistry), and Kristie Foley (medical humanities) envision the BET Project as a way to teach students how to conduct research in the scientific literature, community, and laboratory, understand the information they gather, and relay that information to laypeople. Students in the class will integrate biology, chemistry, and epidemiology as they research aspects of the environment that they breathe, eat, and touch that impact human health. Their assignments will reach beyond the college campus, as they will also develop materials for local secondary schools and the general public.
"We want to create a course that not only teaches science, but that informs students of the applicability of that science," said Bernd. She pointed out that students who understand scientific literature will be better equipped to make informed decisions about how they interact with the environment and make health-related decisions.
The new courses are expected to be classified as offerings in Davidson's Environmental Studies Department, which Hauser currently chairs, and as part of the Medical Humanities Program, for which Foley serves as Associate Director.
Bernd, Hauser and Foley will develop modular curricula for two versions of the course -- one with a laboratory component and one without. That will allow them to be adapted to fit into the curriculum at other institutions ranging from community colleges to larger universities.
Hauser said, "In the liberal arts especially, we talk a lot about encouraging students to make connections across disciplines, but we don't always show them how to do this. Hopefully, this course can help students make those connections and prepare them for higher-level courses. The sciences have always interconnected in their real-world applications. We're just building a course that raises student awareness of it."
The grant comes from the NSF's initiative in "Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology and Mathematics." The funding will cover employment of student interns to help build and plan the curricula, purchase of lab equipment, and will support the development and assessment of the curricula's effectiveness. Bernd, Hauser, and Foley will begin developing the course this January, and will offer the non-lab version of the course for the first time in spring 2014. The first lab version will be offered the following fall.
Bernd and Hauser have previously co-taught forensic science courses encompassing their two areas of study-biology and chemistry. The three collaborators developed the idea for their grant proposal in informal conversations over lunches together. "That's one of the beauties of Davidson," said Bernd. "Teachers from different disciplines know each other and can make opportunities to work together when their subjects interrelate."


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Easiest Squash Soup Ever, Two Ways
Serves 4
1 large acorn squash, or two small ones (about 2-3 pounds)
2 tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper to taste
one 14-ounce can coconut milk
1/2-1 teaspoon Thai Kitchen green curry paste
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter
Roasted acorn squash seeds for garnish (optional)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut squash in half; scoop out the seeds and reserve. Rub inside of each squash half with butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray and roast squash cut side down for 30-40 minutes, until completely tender.
Scoop squash flesh into a pan over medium low heat. Whisk chunks until they're as smooth as you like while adding coconut milk a bit at a time. Add a little water if you like until the soup is the desired consistency.
Divide soup into two pans. To one batch, add cinnamon and pumpkin butter, whisking until smooth. To the other, add Thai curry paste to taste. Ladle soup into bowls, sprinkle with roasted seeds and serve. To roast squash seeds: Remove all stringy pieces of squash from seeds and pat dry. Toss with a few drops of oil, and season with salt and pepper. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray and roast for about 20 minutes at 400 degrees, until crunchy. Let cool before using.
--Adapted from 101cookbooks.com by Heidi Swanson
Per serving (sweet version only): 376 calories, 30 grams fat, 23 grams saturated fat, 27 grams carbohydrate, 8 grams fiber, 6 grams protein, 20 milligrams sodium, 15 milligrams cholesterol. Analysis by registered dietitian Jodie Shield. Note: You can bring down the calorie count by using light coconut milk.


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Southern two-toed Sloth
(Choloepus didactylus)
Facts about this animal
The two-toed sloth has a head-body length of 46 to 86 cm, and its body weight ranges from 4.1 to 9 kgs. The fur is long, coarse, and wavy, the hairs are brown with cream tips, looking variegated. The face has often the same colour as the body, the legs are often darker brown. There are two long claws on the fore feet, and three on the hind feet.
Two-toed sloths are nocturnal and solitary. Their diet consists of leaves, twigs, and fruit. They spend their lives essentially hanging upside down in trees: eating, sleeping, mating, and even giving birth in an upside down position, but they descend to the ground level to defecate. Because their body is designed to hang upside down, they are physically incapable of truly walking; they basically crawl when on the ground, usually on the way from one tree to another. They can, however, swim extremely well. Another adaptation to life upside down is that their hair has a natural part on their belly (as opposed to their back) that allows water, in frequent rainstorms, to run off.
Sloths have an extremely slow metabolism and have the lowest variable body temperature of any mammal. Unlike most mammals, their body temperature and metabolism will fluctuate throughout the day according to environmental temperatures - ranging from 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. Because of their slow metabolism, it is necessary for sloths to defecate and urinate only once a week.
Two-toed sloths are more aggressive than their three-toed cousins. They can bite and will defend themselves by slashing with the foreclaws.
Males become sexually mature at an age of about 4.5 years, females one year earlier. After a gestation period of 5-6 month the female gives birth to one single offspring. In the wild, two-toed sloths may reach an age of 15 to 20 years, in zoos more than 30 years are possible.
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that the two-toed sloth has a very unusual symbiotic relationship with algae? It has specialized hair that encourages algae growth, which aids in camouflaging the animal. It is also believed that the sloth will eat some of the algae and, interestingly, it will absorb some of the nutrients from the algae through its skin.
|Name (Scientific)
|Choloepus didactylus
|Name (English)
|Southern two-toed Sloth
|Name (French)
|Le paresseux à deux doigts ou Unau
|Name (German)
|Zweifingerfaultier, Unau
|Name (Spanish)
|Perezoso de dos dedos
|Local names
|Brazil: Preguiça real, Unau
Colombia:Perico ligero
Peru: Pelejo
|CITES Status
|Not listed
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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|Central America and northern South America
|Tropical forest canopies
|Wild population
|Unknown, but listed as Least Concern (Red List IUCN 2011)
|Zoo population
|227 reported to ISIS
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 75 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The two-toed sloth is currently not threatened with extinction. Both, Linnaeus's and Hoffmann's two toed sloth are relatively frequently kept by zoos because they are of major educational interest and are good ambassador species for its habitat, the threatened neotropical rainforests.
In North America and Europe, coordinated breeding programmes are implemented with a view of maintaining self-sustaining zoo populations of both species.
In range countries zoos may keep the species for animal welfare reasons as they may accept caring for injured or orphaned individuals.


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In the Cook & Green area of the Applegate system, there is trail No. 957 to Azalea Lake. Approximately eight miles along this trail there are some grave sites where, as I understand, the victims of an airplane crash are buried.
My questions are: Who were the victims? When did it happen? Why were they buried there? What kind of plane was it? And why did it crash?
— James D., Medford
We had to dig deep into our archives as well as consult one U.S. Forest Service archaeological technician and a retired forest archaeologist but we got your answer, James.
As you indicated, the graves contain the last earthly remains of victims of an airplane crash.
The crash occurred on July 28, 1945, according to a Page One story in the Mail Tribune on July 31 of that year. In addition to its pilot, the four-seater Stinson chartered airplane was carrying Portland residents Sylvan L. Gosliner, his wife, Ruby Gosliner, and her sister, Alma V. Pratt.
Sylvan Gosliner was the owner of Industrial Equipment Co. in Portland, and had been traveling on business, the story reported.
The northbound plane had left Red Bluff that morning, bound for Eugene, it noted.
Army and Forest Service planes had been searching the area for three days before the wreckage was spotted from the air on the last day of July that year.
According to the news story, a Forest Service pilot reported, "The plane was standing on its nose and no signs of life were visible around the wreckage."
"It crashed between the trail and Butte Fork Creek. Nobody survived," noted Jeff LaLande, retired archaeologist for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
Early in his career, LaLande talked to a forest employee who recalled helping pack out the remains of the pilot, whose name we were not able to find.
The three family members were buried at the site, he added, noting the cause of the crash was unknown.
Forest archaeological technician Dave Knutson was able to find a photograph of an old plaque at the crash site which includes the date and the names — Silvan (spelled differently than in the article) L. Gosliner, Ruby May Gosliner and Alma Virgie Pratt.
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Applegate trail reveals site of 1945 plane crash
In the Cook & Green area of the Applegate system, there is trail No. 957 to Azalea Lake. Approximately eight miles along this trail there are some grave sites where, as I understand, the victims of an airplane crash are buried.


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OK, here are my theories as to why UPA happened, and why animators abandoned what they were good at. They might not be right, but at least it's a stab at an explanation for something so crazy to have happened. Maybe you have some theories too.
By 1948 there were many many brilliant animators who could do totally sophisticated rich cartoon movement. Their animation and drawings had level upon level of intelligent artistic principles, ideas and planning in every scene. To the audience it would be magic. Maybe by the 40s this brilliant stuff was so easy for them that they started to take it all for granted. It was second nature to them, so they were no longer impressed by their own sophistication.
I know that in the 80s, I brought some tapes of Clampett cartoons to Bill Melendez to show him.
He had previously told me how proud he was of his UPA work and how revolutionary it was. I seem to remember that when he saw the Clampett stuff, he had forgotten how amazing and sophisticated the animation was. In 1985 (as now), any animation from the 40s would look like superhumans from space did it, because everything had become so primitive by then.
We told Melendez how much we loved the 40s stuff and he then agreed that it was the best animation ever done. The UPA stuff was more about the design and just doing something different and he was still very proud of that. He said it cost as much to do a limited animation UPA cartoon as it did to do a fully animated funny cartoon. I still can't figure that out, but of course I believe him.
Maybe some of the animators who could do such amazing feats of cartoon magic just got bored with their own skills and wanted to do something different.
Real cartoon animation-the full stuff of the 30s and 40s is very sophisticated, but only animators would know that. The audience and the critics just thought of it as cheap throwaway entertainment, and as history teaches over and over again, entertainment and fun doesn't get serious critical attention no matter how obviously skilled it is. It sure doesn't win awards.
Some animators and directors needed to know they were doing something that was above cheap mass entertainment, something that had a higher meaning. Something that could get respect. Some cartoonists wanted to be "artists", not realizing that they had previously invented a whole new artform that could do what no other was capable of.
Pleasing hundreds of millions of people around the world with obvious astounding skill and talent is not good enough to get you respect.


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