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FREDERICK, Md.—Representatives from 30 local nonprofit and service organizations will be at Hood College to recruit volunteers and acquaint students, faculty staff and Frederick community members with services offered by their organizations.
The annual community service fair, which will be held March 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Commons Room in the College's Whitaker Campus Center, will offer a forum for Hood and local community members to meet with organization representatives to learn about volunteer and internship opportunities and community services available in the Frederick area. Refreshments will be served.
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This year's Fundamental Rights Conference focuses on 'Combating hate crime in the EU'. The event, an annual milestone for fundamental rights in the EU, brought together 400 policy makers and practitioners from the EU and its Member States. This included representatives from international, EU and national bodies, parliamentarians, law enforcement officers, civil society and many more.
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In his opening speech, the Lithuanian Minister for Justice, Juozas Bernatonis, spoke of their aim, under Lithuania's EU presidency, to launch a discussion on hate crime in the Council. He underlined the problem of not reflecting hate crime in crime statistics. While he mentioned that prevention was important, he also underlined the need to offer victims support in seeking redress.
The FRA Director, Morten Kjaerum, stressed in his speech how important it was to talk to minorities and to ask them directly about their experiences. FRA surveys consistently unmask the fear that hate crime causes. This prevailing fear not only affects victim themselves – it also strikes entire communities. While he acknowledged that recognising that hate crime happens in the EU is an important first step, he called on Member States and all actors involved to move forward: "We can no longer deny the facts."
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström, reminded delegates in her keynote address that "hate crime is everywhere and it will not disappear. There is a lot of work to be done." She also said there was a worrying lack of political leadership on this issue. She called on political leaders to step up to combat prejudice and hate crime. She also remarked that although political statements are important, they are not enough.
The opening speeches were followed by a panel debate on "Crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice - where are we today?". Panellists discussed what the current situation on hate crime is, and how it can be effectively addressed. They agreed that legislation and the way in which it is implemented was important. But they also underlined that the issue goes beyond legislation. It is also about how to prevent it from happening in the first place. In addition, if it happens it is also about how to ensure a better, possibly uniform, method of collecting data across countries, and how victims are treated by law enforcement. The important role of civil society was also underlined. There was clear agreement that education is the best prevention. The panellists included: European Parliament Vice President, László Surján; Ireland's Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter TD; the Council of Europe's Director General for Democracy, Snežana Samardžić-Marković; and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič.
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A scrubbable feast: Albemarle to decide if green is clean
If your name is Lysol or Clorox, you're no longer welcome in Albemarle County buildings, and you may soon be banned from county schools as well. On June 4, the Board of Supervisors did away with synthetic chemical cleaning agents in county buildings, ending routine disinfecting of high-touch areas–- bathrooms and kitchens– unless there's a viral outbreak or other health emergency. In place of disinfecting, the new policy calls for sanitizing–- cleaning with plain old soap and water or green cleaners. On Thursday, July 10, the Albemarle County School Board will begin considering whether schools should also go green when it's time to clean.
The idea is horrifying to Ivy resident Kevin Connally, who believes the new cleaning procedure makes anyone in county buildings– and children in particular– vulnerable to gastrointestinal bugs including the flu.
"Children have a lot more hand-to-mouth activity, especially the little ones, and their hand-washing habits may not be as rigorous as adults'," says Connally. "We know that when a toilet is flushed, germs become airborn, and they land on hard surfaces like light switches, faucets, and toilet seats."
Connally points out that the committee appointed by the supervisors to study the implications of choosing sanitizing over disinfecting recommended the continuation of routine disinfection in county buildings. The supervisors, however, unanimously overrode that recommendation, choosing instead to side with defenders of green cleaning, who say sanitizing is sufficient to prevent the spread of disease and that a lack of information is what keeps people using synthetic chemicals to clean.
While the dictionary definitions of disinfecting and sanitizing are vague–- disinfecting aims to kill all germs, while sanitizing aims to kill most–- one Albemarle resident says the difference is actually minute.
"It would help [people decide] if they knew that the distinction between disinfection and sanitization is that disinfection kills 99.999 percent of germs while sanitization means you'll kill 99.9 percent," says Jackie Lombardo, a Sierra Club member who founded a nonprofit anti-pesticide group called Friends and Advocates for Children, Teachers and Schools.
Inspired by various studies that show that even very low exposure to pesticides (including disinfectants) over time has been linked with learning disabilities, cancer, and asthma in children, Lombardo and her groups have already fought to change the way County schools handle pest control. They won that battle last year, convincing the Albemarle school board to adopt an integrated pest management plan to reduce the use of pesticides. In the past eight months, says Lombardo, the schools eliminated 200 scheduled pesticide treatments. Now she hopes the schools will do the same for cleaning agents.
The county supervisors are on her side. Supervisor David Slutzky argues that killing all the germs on a toilet handle won't necessarily keep children healthy.
"Kids have many pathways of exposure to pathogens in the course of school day," Slutzky says. "It doesn't seem potentially efficacious to isolate one area and super kill."
And Lombardo points out that a toilet is only disinfected until the next person uses it. Then, it's just as contaminated as a toilet that had been sanitized.
University industrial hygienist Kristy Davis agrees with Lombardo and Slutzky. "Unless there's an outbreak that warrants extra cleaning, disinfecting doesn't make any sense, since we're trying to reduce chemicals in the schools," she says.
In addition to considering health and the environment in its decision, Wheeler says the board will also ask questions about the budget implications of the change.
According to projections provided by the committee, to go green for cleaning and landscape maintenance, the school system would need to spend between $72,669 and $100,430 more than the existing budget currently allots for fiscal year 2009, and over five years, the change would add an estimated $352,409 to $465,693.
"Those costs are largely not budgeted for in the upcoming year," Wheeler says.
The greener products are more expensive, says Sarah Temple, the County's environmental compliance manager, and labor costs would also increase from the change. For instance, weeds that had previously been sprayed with chemicals would now be removed manually, a more time-consuming process.
Parent Connally says he doesn't object to schools weeding rather than spraying for plant control, but he believes cleaning is a different story. Killing all germs should be paramount, he says, and he denies there's a health risk associated with most disinfectants.
"We're talking about Lysol spray and Clorox wipes," he says. "We're not talking about something nuclear that makes the rooms glow."
While Davis insists that sanitizing is sufficient to prevent disease, she agrees with Connally that typical disinfectants pose little or no threat to children's health. According to the county staff report, the products used in both school and local government buildings are diluted so that they have a Hazard Materials Identification System health rating of one i.e. "Slight Hazard: Irritation or minor reversible injury possible," according to OSHA's standards.
Davis is more concerned about the environmental effects: she says using disinfectants could prove problematic in the future because exposure might cause surviving generations of organisms to develop resistance to these chemicals. Sanitizing does not create such superbugs.
"We could be creating a situation where we don't have control," she says.
While going green is on the School Board's Thursday, July 10 agenda, the policy will not be set in one meeting, according to Chairman Brian Wheeler, who promises "ample opportunity for public feedback."
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Let me make sure I have this straight. The county might spend as much as 100k a year more on less effective cleaners? Replacing cleaners that don't do any harm? Am I missing something?
The staff report and other background materials about this issue are available on my constituent blog.
Brian Wheeler
Albemarle County School Board
How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth......
There are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous, synthetic pesticide POISONS. We accidentally lose about 25,000 to 100,000 species of insects, plants and animals every year due to "man's footprint". But, after poisoning the entire world and contaminating every living thing for over 60 years with these dangerous and ineffective pesticide POISONS we have not even controlled much less eliminated even one pest species and every year we use/misuse more and more pesticide POISONS to try to "keep up"! Even with all of this expensive and unnecessary pollution - we lose more and more crops and lives to these thousand pests every year.
We are losing the war against these thousand pests mainly because we insist on using only synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers There has been a severe "knowledge drought" - a worldwide decline in agricultural R&D, especially in production research and safe, more effective pest control since the advent of synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers. Today we are like lemmings running to the sea insisting that is the "right way". The greatest challenge facing humanity this century is the necessity for us to double our global food production with less land, less water, less nutrients, less science, frequent droughts, more and more contamination and ever-increasing pest damage.
National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24,2007 was created to highlight the dangers of poisoning and how to prevent it. One study shows that about 70,000 children in the USA were involved in common household pesticide-related (acute) poisonings or exposures in 2004. At least two peer-reviewed studies have described associations between autism rates and pesticides (D'Amelio et al 2005; Roberts EM et al 2007 in EHP). It is estimated that 300,000 farm workers suffer acute pesticide poisoning each year just in the United States - No one is checking chronic contamination.
In order to try to help "stem the tide", I have just finished re-writing my IPM encyclopedia entitled: THE BEST CONTROL II, that contains over 2,800 safe and far more effective alternatives to pesticide POISONS. This latest copyrighted work is about 1,800 pages in length and is now being updated at my new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com .
This new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com has been basically updated; all we have left to update is Chapter 39 and to renumber the pages. All of these copyrighted items are free for you to read and/or download. There is simply no need to POISON yourself or your family or to have any pest problems.
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Let me get this straight, a couple of years ago the county was planning for a PANDEMIC, this year we are not as concerned about a PANDEMIC so cleansing is not an issue.
Can I now sue the county for exposing my children to all these toxic products and the harms they have caused? I think we can agree more people are hurt by sports than what these paranoid greenies are selling. Can we now move forward and ban sports from the schools too? How about it Brian & Co?
I think pesticide and herbicide abuse should really be the issue NOT what these paranoid granola people want to dictate.
So when is Sarah Temple going to start pulling the weeds from the many acres the county maintains? I got it...maybe we can hire 2 or 3 FTE for weed control and then a Weed Control Manager too! This is great....God how did we survive this long without these guys to save us.
"she says using disinfectants could prove problematic in the future because exposure might cause surviving generations of organisms to develop resistance to these chemicals."
So does this mean anti-bacterial/fungal soaps with triclosan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triclosan) will no longer be used?
I read your catipiler control and it says to use DE. DE is something I place on the ground...when will the catiplier jump jump off the leaf it is munching on to come in contact with it? Thanks!
Holly Cow!!! Don't you think we should spend another 300,000 on a study?? :-) What happened to common sense Albemarle Co. Board of Supervisors?? Easy does it.... did you know that there are more germs on a faucet than there is on a toilet seat
:-) I just learned that last weekend. So, how many kids REALLY wash their hands??? AND how long do these kids spend in the bathroom?
I feel a storm a brewin'.
I think all of us are aware of THE problem, but histeria will certainly kill us first. BREATHE.....
oops, hysteria
Yeah... we shouldn't use bleach because DDT kills baby Bald Eagles!!!!
Does this make sense?
My daughter attends an ACPS. I find this absolutely ridiciulous. I don't want them to use green cleaning products. I want the germs killed. This is absurd. There are a few parents that cause these big stinks about stuff like this. I say if you don't like it, pay for the private or home school. Because of those people that make a stink about everything the children truly are suffering.
Not to get off subject but last spring my daughter had gotten a tick on her (most likely from the playground as they told me that was the case with alot of kids.) and the school refused to pull it off. They said they are not allowed to do that anymore. They said going into this school year the only thing the nurse will be able to do is clean a boo-boo with soap and water and apply a band aid. Absolutely Ridiculous!
One thing the article did not point out is that Kevin Connally, the parent who is horrified schools won't be using pesticides, is a Sales Rep for Bayer, the pesticide company. Here he is "teaching" school children about his product...uhh I mean, insects.
You wrote:
"One thing the article did not point out is that Kevin Connally, the parent who is horrified schools won't be using pesticides, is a Sales Rep for Bayer, the pesticide company."
From the story above:
"Parent Connally says he doesn't object to schools weeding rather than spraying for plant control"
It's tough to listen to you any further when you screw up that detail.
Go Army! They hate pesticides too!
Army's pest-control program aims to keep families safe
By Tim Wightman, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, July 10, 2008
When it's time to face off with a rat or cockroach that has invaded your domain, a can of pesticide in your hand can make you feel like a stud, a hero, the last line of defense for you and your family.
But pesticides can harm both the environment and human health.
It's a lesson Camp Zama schools and youth centers took to heart in September when they adopted the Integrated Pest Management program ¢Ã¢â??¬" a course that preaches preventive measures to reduce the need for toxic pesticides.
IPM incorporates strategies such as sealing doors and windowsills, keeping vegetation out of contact with buildings and changing the locations of outdoor lights to avoid attracting pests to points of entry on a building.
The Army Environmental Command started the program, which is already being used in schools and youth centers on stateside Army installations.
Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Pacific Lt. Col. Sandra Alvey headed up the program in the States before implementing it on Camp Zama.
Alvey says the goal is for the Army to extend the program to all parts of the Pacific Rim and then to Europe.
"It's economically driven as far as keeping the (Community Youth Services) structures on the facilities side of the house in the best working order that we can while maintaining pest management," Alvey said. "It's also for the occupational health safety of children and the workers in the workplace."
Is that the same army that lined up their soldiers during the nuke test in the desert and allowed them to be exposed to radiation wearing protective sunglasses and a helmet?
Here's a solution taht should satisfy all...my company has developed the only green disinfectant in the world. Registered hospital grade disinfectant with the EPA, made with Thyme oil as the active ingredient. A plant immune system in a bottle. Kills 99.999+%, yet no warnings on the label.
Ha, left off the most important part www.Benefect.com. We also have triclosan-free antibacterial soaps & alcohol-free hand sanitizers availabel through Target or at www.CleanWellToday.com!
I object to the comment that costs will rise by using green cleaners. I work for a company that manufactures green cleaners, and if used at the recommended dilutions, they won't cost more to use.
There is a difference in the way they work, as they need 5-8 seconds dwell time to effectively penetrate soils and lift those soils from the substrate.
Green Cleaners are NOT for heavy duty/salvage type situations; they are for daily light to moderate soils, so it may require the management team to enforce more stringent adherence to cleaning frequencies and schedules.
Sam, it may well be "gree", but it doesn't have the Green Seal certification. As yet, because disinfectants are covered by the pesticide regulatory section of the EPA, disinfectants cannot be Green Seal Certified by the EPA. And, as far as I know, any product claiming to be a disinfectant, has to have an EPA certification number on the label, or it's just talk and disinfection claims haven't be verified by the EPA.
Jerry - it's true, disinfectants are pesticides. As I said before...
One thing the article did not point out is that Kevin Connally, the parent who is horrified schools won't be using pesticides, is a Sales Rep for Bayer, the pesticide company. Here he is ¢Ã¢â??¬Ã?â??teaching¢Ã¢â??¬ school children about his product¢Ã¢â??¬Šuhh I mean, insects.
I made the "costs more" comment because it came straight from the article. The minimum cost increase per year the article is $70,481. Now if you dilute a product that's acknowledged to be less effective---than bleach for instance---enough to close up that cost difference, wouldn't it be equally effective to just use water?
Read the rest of the comments. You're seriously not helping your case here.
So chlorine is safe enough to put in drinking water but not to clean the toilets in schools? Chlorine comes out of the elementary school water fountains. Have we seen the list of verified chlorine impact that justifies the wasteful expense giving inferior performance?
Either this is a senseless "feel good" policy or somebody's making money on it.
Come on now, come clean, nontoxically clean that is.
What's your position at Bayer? Do you also make a commission like the other "horrified" parent who did not disclose that he works for Bayer pesticide company and wants the schools to still use his product? You seem awfully knowledgeable...
Oh...here's that horrified parent again...
I agree, the cost increase should be minimal based on the fact I can buy "green" products at similar costs retail. Of course if a company is behind this push I can understand them wanting to take a county like Albemarle for a ride at taxpayer expense.
Does anyone want to fess up to who is really pushing this issue? Are we being had by "green" capitalist? This reminds me of the "T" word Bush pushed on us. How many bought that duct tape and plastic? LOL
Are you kidding me? I don't work for Bayer, but I do see through this crap. I'll explain it since you skipped through the article in order to post a BS link.
Mr. Connally, as the article states, "says he doesn't object to schools weeding rather than spraying for plant control." So if he's not putting himself in a position to gain as an employee of Bayer, why do you keep saying it?
You're so caught up in the cause that it has paralyzed your ability to think for yourself. How about you explain how a more expensive, less effective cleaner is a good thing? And do not copy/paste. Tell me why YOU think so. Your grade depends on it.
Hi Jim,
Seems I've hit a nerve. Maybe it's the other pesticide company you work for? Or the cleaning supply company? Anyway...
"Mr. Connally, as the article states, ¢Ã¢â??¬Ã?â??says he doesn't object to schools weeding rather than spraying for plant control.¢Ã¢â??¬ So if he's not putting himself in a position to gain as an employee of Bayer, why do you keep saying it?"
Why do I keep saying it? Because he works for the company that makes the pesticides the schools are using. Can you say... conflict-of-interest? Geeez. Get off the internet. You're slowing it down.
Part of the misinformation regarding Bleach, is that it's a good cleaner, when in fact, it is not.
It's harmful to most surfaces; harmful to the environment; costly; corrosive; can cause respiratory issues, etc. It's cheap..but other than that, not much can be said for it as a cleaner.
As for the costs of products, the REAL cost, is when it's diluted and in the bucket - what is that cost? Is it being used as directed? Or, is someone of the mindset that if the recommendation of x ounces/gallon is correct, then 2 or 3x is even better...NOT the case, usually. Especially in the case of disinfectants. When disinfectants are over diluted, they DON'T clean better; they DON'T kill any other organisms than those specified on the label or in the efficacy data; and they don't kill anything any more quickly by overuse. Only those of us selling the product benefit if they are overused.
If Green Seal Certified products are used as directed, the case cost makes little difference, because the Ready-To-Use cost will be competitive to less expensive products.
Do you really think the company that would be supplying the new "green" cleaning products is doing it for the children?
From what's been reported, there is no "green cleaning" company. Green Seal certified safer products can be made by any manufacturer and sold by any retailer, except apparently by the one the horrified parent works for.
Thanks for some very good information. Everyone else, please do some research. Find some facts...respond when you have them.
These county supervisors are loaded with misinformation...just enough
to be dangerous.
Sounds like Tim wants to restrict our freedom to rant. Thanks for your contribution Tim, I found it most enlightening.
Things to keep in mind:
1. Finances: Should money lead the discussion when deciding to use products that make a child's asthma worse? Can we put a price on a child's health?
2. Changing science: It is no longer accepted in the scientific community that small amounts of poison are ok.
- Two weeks ago the safety of Virex II, the same disinfectant used daily in Albemarle County Public School (ACPS), came into question for causing birth defects and fertility problems in mice. www.nature.com/news/2008/080618/full/453964a.html
- Studies show babies today are born pre-polluted with hundreds of chemicals detected in their tiny bodies. http://archive.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php
- Two pesticides that were spread on our school fields for weeds were pulled by the EPA because now¢Ã¢â??¬Šwe are certain they are carcinogenic.
3. ACPS Student Health Statistics from the Virginia Dept of Education:
- Today, 1 in every 15 students in ACPSs reports having asthma,
- Today, 1 in 6 every students in ACPS's is also enrolled in Special Ed for either a learning, developmental or emotional disability,
- Today, almost 1 in every 3 ACPS students reports having a permanent, life-long health condition.
- If asthma rates are up, remove the asthmagens (disinfectant - Virex II )
- If cancer rates are up, remove the carcinogens (pesticide - Fipronil).
- If learning disabilities are epidemic, remove the neurotoxins (pesticides - Deltamethrin, Imidacloprid, Hydramethylnon)
and use the safer alternatives.
We don't need proof, we just need precaution and so we are hopeful the School Board will agree with F.A.C.T.S., UVA's industrial hygienist Kristy Davis, the Harvard School of Public Health, the EPA, the CDC, and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisor's new protective policy - that everyday viruses and bacteria in bathrooms and kitchens can easily be handled with sanitization using Green Seal cleaners, not harsh disinfectants. If there is a pest emergency that threatens the health of children, like MRSA or a flu epidemic, pesticides including disinfectants would be appropriate. Only then can we be certain that in our efforts to prevent pests or germs, we aren't creating life-long disabilities.
I can tell you like to see your name...it must be an ego issue you have or perhaps too many chemicals??? I'm not a fan of chemical over use but I am not a fan of overreaction to something that hasn't been an issue in our schools.
Perhaps we should stop using oil due to the oil spills that occur and those diesel buses can't be good either! What about UVA...get those kids off the field and in the shade NOW!!!
Please make this paranoid state of thinking go away!!!!!
So, if we should stop using chlorine to swab toilets, even though it's cheap and effective, shouldn't we get it out of the tykes' water fountains at school?
Then again, there isn't much profit in chlorine.
Not an ego thing - a computer thing. Apologies for several postings - I've been trying to post it in one long post since yesterday - even contacted The Hook as to why it wouldn't go through. Then I tried 2-3 sentences at a time and it worked.
Seems to me that certain people are against taking precautions to protect our children. Why take the chance?..I can only guess it's because these dangerous chemicals are making boatloads of cash for corporations.
There are safer alternatives and methods..shoudn't we use them instead of watered down world war 11 nerve agents??, considering how sick our kids already are? Where's the common sense? Haven't you read the data?
Many other school districts have adopted the safer methods recommended by F.A.C.T.S. They have reported high rates of success with the programs, and teachers and janitors are less sick themselves I have read! We would hardly be the first to pioneer such a program.
Amazing to me the power of the status quo despite overwhelming reasons to change.
What about immune compromised children and County employees? We're going to spend more to put them at more risk? Prevention is great but not if you ignore the actually sick who are already here and put their lives at risk. It is not very clear to me that there are sufficient studies to prove this will prevent anything but it is clear it will put existing ill children and adults at risk. I'm glad Albemarle County doesn't own nor run any medical facilities.
It's the immune compromised children and county employees that need this change the most. If your immune system is exposed to less carcinogens, asthamgens, and neurotoxins, the things that may lead to problems, stands to reason that your health condition could only benefit.
??? Um, No. It's germs, viruses and bacteria that people who are immune compromised have to worry about. Asthmagens? We're talking about people with transplants, undergoing chemo and post-transplant, not people with Asthma. Ask an M.D. if you don't believe me. Hey, somebody ask Dr. Hong/Dr. Hook to write a column about it!
Sorry, I meant to say people with HIV and AIDS, not write transplants twice.
My apologies to Fearmonger. Rant away.
Thanks Alison,
For clearing this issue up. Unfortunately, many of these posters here don't realize what you know. Namely, that the use of these known carcinogens and neurotoxins, endrocine disrupters and allergens around immune compromised individuals, in an enclosed environment repeatedly..whether or not evidence of infestation or bacteria exists....is for their own good!(LOL)
Furthermore, that these chemicals used in synergy have "unknown health consequences" all the while, safer alternmatives are readily available and by the way..(are sweeping the nation), is completely irrelevant. Thanks so much for your shoot from the hip, ill read response!
Do your homework, and maybe you will make sense next time.
Dear Charles,
Please cite any evidence that green cleaning is safer for immune compromised children and adults than Clorox and Lysol. Not opinion nor prevalence of use, but evidence. And maybe look up bacteria and viruses so you can make some sense in answering my question. thanks.
Maybe if we use more clorox it will kill the mice and rats as stated by the lab test so we wont have to use poisons to control the rodent problem. Could that be a green solution? Just think, no poisons to poison the kids who suck on the baits. However, if the kids lick the tables there could be problems. :/
Maybe we should just home school them all and let the Raid, second hand smoke, lead in paint, kerosene heater exhaust, woodstove ash, clorox, dishwasher soap, indoor pollution, animal dander and chemical lawns be their fulltime environment! Hmmm....maybe we are looking under the wrong rock??? I really didnt know things were that broken??? HAS ACPS BEEN POISONING OUR CHILDREN? I'm contacting a lawyer today!!!
It appears studies usually find the answers they want. Here is a good example: A survey revealed people think education for children is important. HELLO!
The misinformation in this article is astounding.
Hostpital Grade Disinfectants kill 100% of the germs and viruses listed on the EPA approved label - not 99.999%. Sierra Club needs to get their facts straight. Sanitizers kill 99.99%.
Also - the cost of green is mostly in the landscaping not the housekeeping and cleaning. The cost is neutral to go to green cleaners. Sounds to me a very agressive sales person for a company selling half baked green products got in there and sold the county on a bill of goods. Suckers.


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AppCode Basics: First Start
When you get into a new car you normally do something before you start the engine. Right?
You adjust the mirrors and seats; you check where the most important switches are and how they work. Let's quickly do the same about getting into AppCode.
On the Welcome screen you can start a new or open an existing Xcode project. All Xcode project templates are available inside the New Project wizard. To open an existing project just locate its
.xcodeproj file on the disc or checkout the project from a version control system if it is not on your disc.
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Here are some of the concepts of AppCode UI may want to know:
1 — Code editors with tabs
2 — Tool-window: specialized secondary windows attached to the bottom and sides of the workspace and provide access to typical tasks such as project management, source code search and navigation, running and debugging, integration with version control systems, etc.
3 — Tool-window buttons: buttons that show/hide tool-windows. Numbers near window names indicate keyboard accessors, e.g. Project tool window can be accessed with Cmd-1.
4 — Project view tool-window: a tool-window that's open by default.
5 — Navigation Bar
6 — Run/Debug Toolbar
These are the key UI elements you'll notice once your project is open.
AppCode is a complex and highly customizable development environment. You can quickly change the IDE look using the options under View menu or dive into IDE Settings dialog where you can configure IDE and Project settings.
AppCode allows customizing virtually anything. Walk through the Settings sections to know what you can change. To help you find a needed configuration option quickly a search field is available.
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One of the important concepts of AppCode and all JetBrains products is a higher productivity via extensive keyboard use. You can do everything from the keyboard inside the IDE and you can customize the keyboard hotkeys as well. AppCode comes with 2 keymap schemes bundled: "Default" and "IntelliJ IDEA". If you are familiar with IntelliJ IDEA, you may find "IntelliJ IDEA" keymap more comfortable, while the "Default" keymap is more Mac-style.
To memorize AppCode shortcuts faster, open the keymap reference using Help | Default Keymap Reference and print it.
AppCode is also an extensible IDE. There is a number of useful plugins available. You can find them in IDE Settings | Plugins section. Review the installed plugins and those available in the repository. Note that you can disable some plugins you don't want them, e.g. you never use CVS --- you may turn it off.
AppCode Basics: Code Navigation
Efficient project code navigation is critical, and it is one of key areas we focus on in creating the AppCode IDE. However, since no two projects are alike, and each developer has their own habits and practices, we have designed different sets of navigation commands to suit both keyboard addicts and mouse maniacs. Choose what's right for you, but consider checking the other options, too.
Generally, code navigation in AppCode can be divided into 3 major kinds:
- from a usage to declaration
- from a declaration to usages
- through classes hierarchy
But let's review them all.
When working on your own project, you often know which file or class you want to open and edit. The fastest way to do this is to use Go to Class... (Cmd+O) or Go to File... (Cmd+Shift+O).
If you know precisely, that you want to get to a definition of
MyFavoriteVariable, use Go to Symbol (Cmd+Shift+O)
The above options offer very comprehensive functionality. For instance, you can use CamelHumps to save some key presses, or wildcards for file/path matching (see the screenshots). And of course they work for every file type AppCode knows be it Objectve-C files, HTML, JavaScript, etc.
Quickly navigate through class hierarchy using the gutter navigation icons:
- Go to implementation or super-class
- Switch between implementation and declaration
- Go to related files/classes
- Go to super method in interface/protocol
Other options include:
- Go to symbol
- Go to declaration
- Go to line
- Go to next/previous method, etc.
Just open the "Go To" menu and you'll see the whole list with their keyboard shortcuts. These are the options that are worth trying and remembering and that you'll need daily, if not hourly.
In addition to just navigating the code tree AppCode offers advanced code view and search options.
The specific views include:
- Project View — main project and project files browser
- Structure View — displays the structure of a file in the current editor tab
- Hierarchy View — allows to see subtypes/supertypes/classes hierarchy
All three views are shown on the below screenshot and allow to quickly navigate to the corresponding source code.
Additionally, there's a "Quick Lookup" options:
- Quick Definition Lookup — allows to see the definition of class/function/symbol without loosing the context (see screenshot above)
- Quick Documentation Lookup — shows documentation for an object under the caret (from Xcode)
And finally, the last in this section but probably one of the utmost importance — Usage Search.
Thanks to AppCode's ultimate knowledge of your project code you can easily find out where some object is being used, be it a class, a function, a variable or a resource such as image file.
Just put a caret on a symbol in the editor or select a file in project view and hit Alt+F7, select where to search and see the results in a special view broken down into categories such as Variable declaration, Usage in Import, etc. Of course, you can instantly get to any found line of code from here.
Alternatively hit Cmd+Alt+F7 and see the same results instantly in a popup window.
Pick a place you want to jump to and hit Enter to open it in the editor.
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Sandy should be wake-up call to avoid fiscal cliffOctober 30, 2012: 12:40 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
The federal government is going to spend money to help those on the East Coast who are hurt by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. That's what governments are supposed to do, assist people in need.
But politicians shouldn't just respond to crises. They should also act to prevent them when they can. And that leads me to the fiscal cliff.
Of course, there is nothing that any lawmaker could have done to keep the impact of Sandy from being worse than it was. But the looming metaphorical storm of massive spending cuts and big tax hikes can be avoided. All Congress and President Obama need to do after the election is sit down, stop behaving like petulant little children and start acting like leaders.
Considering that the hurricane is very likely to lead to some economic pain for the entire nation, it is even more important than ever for the government to stop what could be an economic catastrophe from unfolding.
Related: Sandy Stimulus? Don't bet on it
But will that happen? Unfortunately, experts are skeptical.
"I think that Sandy will have little bearing on the lingering issues facing the economy," said Jeffrey Bergstrand, finance professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza School of Business. "We do come together in times of tragedy. But I am not optimistic that the hurricane will change the political issues around the fiscal cliff."
Bergstrand estimates that Sandy could shave about $20 billion off of the nation's gross domestic product in the fourth quarter. That works out to a couple of tenths of a percentage point of GDP. That may not sound like much, especially since some of the drop may be offset by money spent to rebuild the worst affected areas. But any negative impact is troubling for an economy that's still growing slowly.
And it really is too soon to say just how bad the damage might be, considering that many cities and towns on the East Coast are still trying to figure out how long it will take to clean up and return basic services to normal.
Millions remain without power, the financial markets are still closed, and airlines have a huge backlog of canceled flights.
Adolfo Laurenti, deputy chief economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago, added that the expected jump in holiday shopping could be more muted as well. He said that consumers in places impacted by Sandy may spend more in the coming weeks at retailers like Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) ... at the expense of spending a lot after Black Friday.
So wouldn't it be nice (note to self ... listening to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys may be good way to cheer up after braving the worst Sandy had to offer) if Congress and President Obama -- regardless of whether or not he is re-elected -- realized that they MUST work together to forge a budget deal that prevents the fiscal cliff as soon as possible?
Related: Will Sandy spark an electoral storm?
Imagine the positive impact this could have almost immediately? Businesses would no longer be able to claim that they have to delay new hiring plans or other investments until 2013. Consumers would be able to have the security of knowing that they won't be hit by higher taxes. Why wait until the last minute? That would be reckless, irresponsible and to be perfectly blunt, downright idiotic.
Still, this is Washington we are talking about.
"The alternative to compromise, taking us over the fiscal cliff, would be a self-inflicted recession," Laurenti said. "Something has to be done or Americans would be furious. It would be stupid, but politicians have been stupid before."
Laurenti added that unless the elections significantly change the status quo, politicians may remain at odds. He thinks there is a decent chance that President Obama will be re-elected, Democrats retain control of the Senate and Republicans continue to have a majority in the House.
In other words, our nation's least and dimmest may decide to wait and clean up the mess after the fiscal cliff instead of doing something to keep us from falling off it.
But maybe .. . just maybe ... everyone on Capitol Hill and in the White House will take a look out their windows today and realize just how bad of an idea that would be.


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The Need for Speed
In high-volume production, cost-effective gaging depends on how fast you make measurements and interpret the results. Here's one approach that might meet the needs of your operation.
In a high-volume production environment, the cost of gaging is related to the speed with which measurements can be made and how fast results can be interpreted. Let's look at one example, compare several approaches and see which one may be the most productive.
A common task in manufacturing engine blocks is measuring the diameters of crank, cam and counter-balance bores. These are a bit unusual in that they tend to have tight tolerances and interrupted surfaces, and, depending on the size of the block, they can be fairly deep.
We'll use air gaging for our comparison, as it has always been a popular and successful way to make these engine block diameter checks. Air gaging has many advantages for inspection tasks. It is quick and easy to use, requiring little skill on the part of the operator. It is highly adaptable to measuring these special features for dimensional tolerances. And as a non-contact form of measurement (in the sense that there are no hard contacts), air gaging is useful for measuring the bores even though there might be slight traces of dirt or coolant on them because the air pressure will tend to clear away such debris.
Let's start at the most basic air plug and work our way up the productivity ladder.
A cam bore consists of a number of identical bores spaced through an engine block with large gaps in between. Often the bores are not only measured for diameter, but are also explored for "out of roundness" by taking two diameter checks 90 degrees apart from each other.
The simplest air gage check could be a standard two-jet, single-circuit air plug on a long handle that would enable it to be passed from bore to bore. This seems pretty reasonable and would do a perfectly fine job on the diameter check. But from the operator's point of view, it may not be the fastest or most easy to use. While air plugs tend to have lead-in angles built into the front of the plug to enable easier entry into the bore, the operator still has to make the effort to align the plug to the bore. This is fine when the bore is in front of the operator, but if the bore is buried 18 inches deep in the body of a block, it's not so simple. So in the end, the operator's routine is to: align plug to bore, measure one diameter, rotate the plug 90 degrees, measure the second diameter, then repeat four more times. A pretty slow process, but in terms of the air plug, it is the least costly method.
An air plug modification that can make the task easier and faster is to lengthen the body of the air plug so that it spans two bores simultaneously but still measures the one diameter. With this type of plug, the operator has only one alignment to do, and from then on, the plug is aligned for all bores. The process is: measure one bore, rotate, measure and push through without the need to realign. This saves valuable seconds in a critical manufacturing process when speed is important.
One of the great things about air tooling is its ability to include multiple jets on a single plug, allowing multiple diameters to be measured at once. The next logical step up in productivity would be to measure two diameters at the same time, but opposed at 90 degrees to each other. With a display system that shows both diameters simultaneously, the operator would simply enter the first bore, position it to the correct depth and read both values. This would be repeated four times, in effect cutting the measuring time in half.
But there is one more modification to check the bores more efficiently. This enables you to do it all at the same time in one measurement shot. This involves making a special air plug with five levels of two air circuits at each diameter. This is an easy task for air tooling, but on the instrumentation side, the air-to-electronic convertors are a bit pricey. Yet in terms of efficiency and ease of use by the operator, nothing is easier. The 10-circuit plug inserts into the bore, all diameters and runout conditions are measured simultaneously, and the operator gets an instant pass or fail indication on the part.
So which method best meets the needs of your operation? Certainly the most complex—and expensive—solution is going to be the most efficient. But is it also likely to be the most
cost effective? Taking a measuring cycle from 60 seconds down to less than 10 is a significant savings in terms of cost and ease of use by the operator. Whether that is a plus for you depends on how you define "high volume production."


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At around 5:00am on the morning of December 6th, I woke up with a massive headache with an epicenter in the middle, right interior of my head. I've had headaches before, but they were never migraines nor anything near this painful. In the past, I have suffered a few broken bones and have had injuries and illnesses, but this headache was much more intense—most definitely a 10 on a 1-to-10 pain scale.
Initially, I thought this could be a migraine caused by the current level of stress in my life. It was finals week and, that, along with other ongoing problems I deal with day-to-day seemed to be culminating in my first migraine.
Tipping point
I got up to go to the bathroom and take some ibuprofen. When I walked, I couldn't maintain a straight line, veering into the wall. I didn't lose my balance, but I felt it odd that my mind wanted to walk straight, but my body couldn't. I started to feel nauseous, but I took the ibuprofen and was able to keep it down.
I hobbled back to the bed, again in a right-diagonal route. My wife noticed the difficulty I was having and asked if I was alright. She offered to take me to see a doctor. At the time, I thought I would be fine, but I was really hurting. I still thought it was a migraine and said she should go on in to work at the usual time.
The pain persisted no matter how I shifted positions while laying in bed. I started worrying about how I didn't walk straight earlier, and silently gave myself a mini neurological test to see if I could detect any loss of strength or movement with any of my extremities. I passed my own exam but was still concerned, so I told my wife about it. She
agreed insisted I should go to the hospital, I reluctantly agreed, and she drove me there.
Tests, tests, tests
The hospital's emergency department wasn't too busy, but I had to wait about an hour to receive some pain medication and an initial assessment by the staff. Apparently, there were a couple of other more pressing emergencies that the physicians and nurses had to deal with. The physicians ordered a CT scan to rule out a tumor or brain hemorrhage. The scan came back negative, so they wanted to perform a lumbar puncture to verify with even more accuracy that there was no bleeding within the brain, as CT scans are not 100% accurate. The spinal fluid tests came back negative for both blood and signs of infection.
With the medicines they gave me, my initial massive headache had subsided, so they released me after about seven hours at the hospital. I was instructed to see my family doctor that week and told that he would likely order an MRI. I did that, and he agreed that an MRI would be good to do. I was fortunate to have the MRI performed the same day (a Friday), and my results would be available to my doctor by Monday.
When Monday arrived, my doctor called and told me that they found a problem in my cerebellum, and that he wanted to refer me to a neurologist. He didn't know if it was a stroke or some other issue, but further testing would likely determine what I was dealing with. I got an appointment with a neurologist who had a cancellation for the next day, and looked forward to getting to the bottom of this issue.
My neurologist talked to me at length about the MRI report, and said that there was a possibility that I had a stroke or was suffering from some other vascular problem located in my head. He ordered an MRA, which is an MR scan of the blood vessels, and he wanted to have that done as soon as possible at one of the facilities he routinely uses. Again, I was fortunate to get my appointment during the same week, although I was going into my second week after the trip to the hospital.
Diagnosis: stroke.
With the MRA results in, my doctor phoned me with my diagnosis and further instructions. I was told that I have a right vertebral artery dissection with significant occlusion (but not total) of the lumen (blood vessel interior opening) which caused decreased blood flow to my cerebellum and subsequent infarct (stroke).
Basically, the inner wall of my artery has a tear in it which separated from the outer wall. This separation allowed blood to pool in the new space (false lumen) between the vessel walls, creating a bulge. This bulge restricts the artery's internal opening and also raises the possibility for clots to break apart and travel upstream and block blood flow to my brain (thrombosis) which causes a stroke. That's the most likely explanation of what happened on December 6th (VAD resulting in ischemic insult/stroke), and I'm not totally out of the woods yet.
I'll post some snazzy pictures from the MRI/MRA of my brain and arteries later. Those are too weird looking not to share. 🙂
Stroke recovery and prognosis
My recovery is going well, so far. I've been restricted from strenuous activity, as the doctors don't want to have any trauma prevent the dissection from healing properly. I'm also on an anticoagulant (commonly called "blood thinner"), which means I need to be careful shaving, avoid falls and bruising, and cannot take certain medications. Hopefully, in three to six months, the MRI/MRA scans will show no signs of the dissection, I can discontinue the medicines, and then return to full, vigorous activity.
The possibility of recurrence is actually quite low, as long as I remain "dissection-free," according to my doctors and all the literature that I've read so far. And, fortunately, all of my neurological exams (real ones, not self-administered) show no signs of lingering problems. The good news is that the neurologist said both my age and overall excellent health played a vital role in regard to my brain's plasticity. This allowed neighboring neurons to quickly take over the functions of the damaged ones after the stroke.
My quick recovery exemplifies the very real connection between physical and mental fitness. Yes, I was lucky. But, I believe that had I been completely out of shape, sedentary, and unhealthy to begin with, I might not be able to write this post at all. And, for those interested in exploring the connection between exercise and the brain, I highly recommend reading Spark by John Ratey, M.D. It provides a foundation of knowledge about how closely related exercise is to brain function and performance, and it's quite an accessible read, too.
2012 should be an interesting year, and I look forward to (re)connecting with friends and family, recovering fully to continue my fitness and athletic goals, and sharing good, happy news along the way.


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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on software development tools and techniques.
Glitch: The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software
By Jeff Papows
In this book, Jeff Papows outlines the three converging forces that are leading to the proliferation of software glitches. He explains why and how these glitches are affecting businesses, government agencies, and consumers and provides recommendations as to what we can do about them. Papows also introduces proven governance techniques that can help you systematically find and fix weaknesses in the way you build, buy, and manage software.
iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers
By Daniel H Steinberg and Eric T Freeman
This quick-start guide introduces you to a combination of the familiar iPhone APIs along with the new APIs and additional templates designed specifically for creating iPad applications. The iPad has a display that's more than seven times as big as the iPhone. The metaphors are different; the application design is different. Users will be able to interact with your iPad app in new ways. This book will show you how to take advantage or the additional real estate and functionality.
Test-Driven JavaScript Development
By Christian Johansen
This book is a best-practice guide to agile JavaScript testing and quality assurance with the Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology. Agile JavaScript developer Christian Johansen covers all aspects of applying state-of-the-art automated testing in JavaScript environments, walking readers through the entire development lifecycle, from project launch to application deployment, and beyond. Using real-life examples driven by unit tests, Johansen shows how to use test-driven development (TDD) principles to gain greater confidence in your code base, so you can fearlessly refactor and build more robust, maintainable, and reliable JavaScript code at lower cost. Throughout, he addresses crucial issues ranging from code design to performance optimization, offering realistic solutions for developers, QA specialists, testers, and other software professionals.


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Washington, DC – (April 24, 2012) –The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced yesterday that Southern California Edison (SCE) has joined the Demand Response Partnership Program (DRPP) as the first utility host sponsor. The Demand Response Partnership Program engages the commercial building and energy industries to educate, promote and drive participation in existing demand response programs, while undertaking a robust research agenda focused on market adoption, grid reliability and environmental impact through improved energy efficiency.
"This ground-breaking program has great potential to help us learn more about our commercial customers' needs and will drive participation in demand response programs to help independently verify the associated grid and environmental benefits" said Lawrence Oliva, Director, Tariff Programs and Services, SCE.
Demand response programs at SCE encourage changes in electric usage by customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity, or to incentive payments designed to lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market prices or when system reliability is jeopardized.
"The commercial building market is responsible for roughly one third of the power grid load," said Brendan Owens, Vice President, LEED, USGBC. "By bringing together the commercial building and energy communities, this program will explore demand response as a viable energy management strategy."
"As one of the largest electric utilities in the state, Southern California Edison brings expertise in implementing successful demand response programs in the commercial and residential markets," continued Owens. "We're eager to tap this experience and further explore the viability of demand response as a solution for maintaining grid stability in the commercial buildings sector."
"California is a bellwether state for demand response, smart grid and progressive environmental efforts," said Elgie Holstein, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, EDF. "The ability to work hand-in-hand with SCE, solution providers and the LEED-certified building community is critical to accelerating the transition to a clean, low-carbon energy future."
Throughout the year, the Demand Response Partnership Program will work with owners and managers of LEED-certified buildings within SCE's territory, and utilize solution sponsors to work with the buildings to install and implement demand response systems into buildings.
USGBC and EDF are in the process of selecting sponsors at various levels to participate in the year-long program. Parties interested in participating in the Demand Response Partnership Program should contact Brendan Owens at email@example.com or Ross Malme at firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more.
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Strong easterly winds postpone Vega countdown
The second Vega flight, due on 4 May from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, has been postponed. The countdown was proceeding normally until it was halted 30 minutes before the planned liftoff owing to unfavourable weather conditions in the upper atmosphere.
The strong easterly winds at low and medium altitude were a potential risk requiring the launch to be postponed until they weaken to an acceptable level. Regular balloon measurements are being taken to evaluate their evolution.
Both the launcher and payloads are in a stable and ready condition awaiting the restart of the countdown. They can be held like this for several days.
Vega VV02 is carrying three satellites. The prime payload is Proba-V, the first of four ESA missions in the Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment – VERTA – programme to demonstrate the system's flexibility.
Proba-V has a reduced version of the Vegetation camera currently flying on the Spot satellites to provide a daily overview of global vegetation growth. The companion satellites are Vietnam's VNREDSat-1 and Estonia's ESTCube-1.


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Christine (Chris) Regis serves as the University's chief business and financial officer. Through supervision of eight direct reports, the Vice President oversees a wide range of administrative functions supporting the University's academic mission.
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Chris joined SMU in September 2007 from the University of California system, where she served as Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Division since July 2005. Prior to her position at the University of California, she served for 12 years at Western New Mexico University as Vice President for Business and Administration. She is a certified public accountant, earned a B.S. degree in accounting from New Mexico State University and an M.B.A. degree from Western New Mexico University (WNMU).
Chris' involvement in community and professional organizations include current member of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and National Council of University Research (NCURA). She is a past member of the Hansen Agricultural Center advisory board, Rotary Club of Silver City, Business and Professional Women, Optimist Club of Silver City, and ex-officio member of the WNMU Foundation. She was the Young Careerist for the State of New Mexico and is a Paul Harris Fellow.
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Ground Beef Summer Squash Casserole
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 35 min.
Makes4-6 servings
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 to 6 medium yellow summer squash, chopped (about 1-1/2 pounds)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 cup butter, divided
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1-1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- In a skillet, cook beef, squash and onion over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add bread crumbs, salt, pepper and thyme; mix well and set aside. In a saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter. Stir in the flour and salt until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Stir in cheese until melted. In a greased 11x7-in. baking dish, layer half of the meat mixture and cheese sauce; repeat layers. Melt the remaining butter and toss with bread crumbs. Sprinkle over cheese sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
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Aug 20, 2014
I made a couple of small changes. I used a Mexican blend cheese instead of cheddar and butter crackers instead of butter and bread crumbs. It was very good!
Jul 28, 2013
Had a ton of squash from the garden and some ground beef in the freezer when I came across this recipe. It was great because all of the ingredients were on hand. I even added some oregano and basil from my garden. When all was said and done, it was so-so in my opinion, but my kids both loved it. Squash is one of the few veggies I can get them to eat and when you combine that with hamburger and cheese, how can you go wrong?
Jul 17, 2012
Thought I would take a chance on what looked a bit odd. Sadly, it tasted odd-bland with weird textures. Save your ingredients.
Sep 1, 2011
I had a similar recipe from 20 years ago, but I lost it. This recipe is even better. I also added pattypan squash, along with the yellow summer squash. Very, very good.
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Last year, after nearly two decades in Oregon and Florida, former Ruckersvillian Noreen Renier moved back to Virginia– and stepped big time into the limelight. In early 2003, she was credited with pointing authorities to the bodies in the Laci Peterson murder case, and her work as a "psychic detective" earned her appearances in two episodes of CourtTV's new series, The Pyschic Detectives. On April 21, Renier taped a segment (airdate unknown at press time) with CNN's Larry King. Renier, who now resides in Free Union, claims to have worked hundreds of homicide and missing persons cases. She informs CourtTV viewers, though, that her alleged powers aren't always on. "When I'm in my rational mind, I can get lost in Kmart. When I'm in my psychic mind, I can find airplanes from thousands of miles away." Renier tells the Hook her powers are at their best in Virginia "because this is where I started." One thing has definitely changed. She no longer charges a flat fee of $35 per case. –Hawes Spencer


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