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"I Built the Best" Winner''s Circle
February 14, 2009
Sara Schafer
, Farm Journal Media Business and Crops Editor
For the "gearheads" on the Farm Journal staff, none of the magazine's ongoing projects is more enjoyable than our "I Built the Best" contest. That's when we get to see firsthand the creativity that farmers are famous for.
The 2008 contest included a double win for Greg Ruestman of Wenona, Ill. For the second straight year, Ruestman won the technology category, this time with his step-saving, safety-enhancing automated tractor and PTO control box. He won the sprayer category with a speedy, versatile ATV-mounted rig. John Thomas of Grand Ridge, Ill., won the planter category with an effective, economical twin-row corn planter.
You can read about Ruestman and Thomas in the following pages. In a future issue, we'll tell you about the winner of the shop category—a roomy, practical facility built by Pete and Julie Mertz of Ottosen, Iowa.
Each "I Built the Best" winner receives $500. See page 28 for details on the 2009 contest.
Technology Category
Climbing in and out of tractor cabs and racing around to turn augers on and off is not only tiring but it also can be dangerous, especially if there's ice and snow on the ground. An automated control box built by Greg
Ruestman of Wenona, Ill., eliminates that risk—and earns him $500 as the technology category winner.
Standing in one spot, Ruestman can start and stop the tractor that powers his grain auger, engage the PTO and adjust the auger speed. The control box is easily transportable from one bin site to the next.
Although it sounds complicated, Ruestman says the technology is fairly simple. "It uses common switches and relays to simulate what the controls in the tractor cab do," he says.
In essence, the control required wiring an extra set of switches in parallel with those in the tractor cab. Ruestman starts the tractor using a generic automobile ignition switch in the control box.
A toggle switch turns the PTO on and off. Because the PTO switch in the cab is a three-way, Ruestman used electrical relays to transmit the signal from the control box. That way, he needed just one conductor wire from the control box to the tractor instead of two.
That relay and others are contained in a controller that is located inside the tractor cab. "When the controller is turned off, the tractor functions normally," Ruestman says.
Throttle speed is regulated by a three-position switch that operates a linear actuator. The throttle control can be set for high or low speeds or in a hold position.
"In the fast position, the tractor accelerates to a preset top speed determined by the controller in the cab," he explains.
In the slow position, the tractor slows down to idle speed. The hold position stops the actuator to maintain any speed the operator desires. That lets Ruestman slow the auger to empty it after he fills a truck with grain.
"I've used this throttle-control system with three tractors, and every tractor is different," Ruestman adds. "For each tractor, you have to find a way to mimic the operation of the PTO switch in the cab."
A simple circuit. Two standard extension cords provide the conductor wires that transmit signals from the control box to the tractor. "I used extension cords because they are easy to replace if they get cut," Ruestman explains. "And it would be easy to extend them if I needed to."
As a safety feature, Ruestman can shut the entire system down by disconnecting either of the extension cords.
To tie the extension cords into the tractor's system, Ruestman made an adapter that lets him plug the cords into the trailer harness plug on the rear of the tractor frame.
Ruestman then mounted the control box on a portable stand, so it's easy to move where needed. The base of the stand is an old disk blade. Handles on the upright provide a place to store
the extension cords and protect the switches during transport.
Sprayer Category
Keeping broadleaf weeds and brush from getting started in fence rows, roadsides and waterways can save chain saw time later on. And there are often a few weedy spots in fields that need to be touched up. Those odd jobs are difficult or impossible with a full-sized field sprayer. But Greg Ruestman's fence-row sprayer handles them quickly and easily.
"I wanted a sprayer that could handle any scenario with the least amount of manual labor," explains Ruestman, who farms near Wenona, Ill. The rig he built can spray any of three different solutions through a boom, two fencerow nozzles, two standard hand wands or one high-pressure hand wand. It also carries three 25-gal. herbicide tanks.
The rig had to carry 75 gal. of herbicide, so Ruestman needed sufficient power. He chose a Polaris Ranger 700 all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with a 40-hp fuel-injected engine.
"Since the engine is liquid-cooled, it won't overheat, even with frequent stops and starts," Ruestman says. "It also has a rear differential—which is essential for carrying this much weight—independent suspension and plenty of ground clearance."
Two pumps with a capacity of 45 psi at 3.7 gal. per minute (gpm) supply the boom and two fence-row nozzles. A 2.2 gpm/60 psi pump supplies two hand wands (one for the driver and one for a passenger). A high-pressure piston pump, capable of 2 gpm at 250 psi, feeds the high-pressure hand wand, which Ruestman uses to burn back brushy undergrowth in hedgerows. He powers the pumps off fuses connected to the ATV's battery.
He mounted the boom on an angled tubular-steel bracket that slides into the ATV's 2" receiver hitch. The boom holds four Turbo TeeJet low-drift flat fan nozzles spaced 20" apart.
"Air-induction nozzles would provide even less drift," Ruestman says. "But they also would require higher pressure to operate."
A 20' pattern.
Boomless "fence-row" nozzles are mounted on uprights at each end of the boom, high enough to let Ruestman spray over 3'-tall grass. The angle of the nozzles can be adjusted to propel spray across a road ditch or to align the pattern with that of the boom nozzles to spray a solid swath. Using both fence-row nozzles and the boom provides about a 20' spray pattern—ideal for spot-spraying patches of weeds in a field.
When spraying ditch banks, Ruestman can adjust the vehicle's center of gravity by using manifolds and valves to transfer solution from one tank to another (assuming both tanks have the same herbicide). The vehicle's tip-up bed, with draw tubes at the rear of the tanks, makes it easy to empty the spray tanks when solution runs low.
The valves that direct spray from the tank to the boom, fence-row nozzles or hand wands, or from tank to tank, are accessible from the driver's seat. Shutting off all the valves recirculates the solution for agitation. Mounting the master on/off switch on a cord lets Ruestman operate it with either hand, or he can turn the operation over to a passenger.
All those tanks and hoses in a small bed make for tight conditions if Ruestman needs to work on something. "You don't want any sharp edges," he says. "Everything is polished smooth and has rounded edges."
With any unenclosed sprayer, you need to think about safety. "The herbicides I use are pretty safe," he says. "But just in case, I spray only with the wind when using the fence-row nozzle. And I use drift retardant, even if the weather is calm."
Planter Category
Persuaded by on-farm trials conducted by Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie showing that 20" corn rows will outyield 30" rows, John Thomas, who farms near Grand Ridge, Ill., decided to push his rows closer together.
"But I thought twin rows, 7½" apart on 30" centers, would yield about as well as 20"," he says. "With twin rows, I could keep my 30" corn head, and I wouldn't have to install narrow tires on my sidedressing tractor."
After five years, Thomas can't think of anything he'd change on the twin-row planter he built for less than $10,000. "The yield increase from twin rows has ranged from 8 bu. to 35 bu. per acre," he says. "Overall, the twin rows probably average 10 bu. to 12 bu. per acre more."
To build his twin-row planter, Thomas started with a 12-row John Deere 7000 front-fold that he already owned. He purchased a well-worn John Deere 12-row 7100 vertical-fold planter, which he reconditioned. "Most of the cost was in rebuilding that planter," he says.
Thomas hitched the vertically folding planter behind the front-folding one. He offset the rear planter 7½" to the right. The planters are connected by pull arms made by Meteer Manufacturing Company (www.meteer.com), in Athens, Ill. Thomas built mounting brackets to attach the arms.
The two planters are placed about 3' apart. "That's as close as you can put them and still get in between to fill the boxes," Thomas says.
Meteer also made a new lift-assist wheel assembly. "The original wheels were a little light for the planter when it was filled with seed and insecticide," Thomas explains.
Unique modifications.
Because he plants twice as many rows, Thomas needed to reduce planting rates for each seed meter by half. He did that by removing his 12-finger seed meters. "The manufacturer of the meters, Precision Planting [www.precisionplanting.com] of Tremont, Ill., now makes six-finger meters," he says.
Thomas installed Keeton seed firmers in the planting units and mounted trash whippers to clear away residue. Commercially manufactured trash whippers on the front toolbar threw residue onto the row in front of the rear units. So Thomas designed a set of single-wheel trash whippers with depth bands welded to a Yetter mounting bracket. "The front set of trash whippers throws residue to the left, and the rear set throws it to the right," he explains.
Equipped with heavy-duty down-pressure springs, the planter works well in no-till and conventional seedbeds. Thomas installed a Vanguard monitor from Agri Motive Products (www.ag-electronics.com) that is capable of handling 36 rows.
"I built a new wiring harness for the rear planter," he says. "It unhooks at the front of the rear planter, as do the hydraulic hoses for the lift-assist wheels and for folding.
"There's really no downside to the planter or to twin rows," he says. "I have increased yield, in return for just a little more seed and insecticide. Twin rows are easier to pick up if the corn goes down; the plants seem to support each other and they stay at least 10" or 12" off the ground, so I can get the combine snouts under them."
Thomas thinks the twin-row yield increase results from better water utilization. But yield response varies by hybrid and soil type. "It tends to be greater on lighter timber soil than on highly productive ground," he says.
"Because there's less air circulation, there is more disease pressure," Thomas notes. He selects hybrids that have gray leaf spot tolerance and perform well in higher populations.
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Despite appearing on menus at places like Sbarro, which has more than 600 locations in the U.S., the breakfast pizza still exists primarily at independent shops and small chains. Casual dining chain BJ's has fewer than 120 locations, and includes a breakfast pizza of mozzarella, marinara sauce and eggs stuffed omelet-style with bacon, ham and sausage.
Bloomberg reported last year that breakfast pizza was a favorite of Wall Street traders, particularly those working at Nomura. Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor, a 60-store chain based in Iowa, offers an omelet pizza Western-, Denver- and all-meat-style in more than a third of its shops.
"We deliver it to a lot of businesses in the morning," Happy Joe's marketing director Kristel Whitty-Ersen told Nation's Restaurant News.
Even that small start for breakfast pizza is having a big impact on the industry. Restaurant monitoring firm didn't spot a breakfast pizza on any of the menus it tracked until 2010, when it became the fastest-growing breakfast menu item in the country.
That same year, market research firm NPD Group found that breakfast accounted for 60% of all U.S. restaurant industry traffic growth since 2005. It also predicted that Americans' hunger for restaurant breakfast sandwiches would grow from 11 a year in 2004 to 14 a year by 2019.
The breakfast pizza would give chains yet another weapon to fight economic instability and decreasing sales. Subway launched its first breakfast offerings in 2010, the year NPD Group's report was issued. Wendy's (WEN) followed closely behind and McDonald's (MCD) took the opportunity to expand its own breakfast offerings during the last few years.
Yum Brands' (YUM) Taco Bell took its place at the breakfast table last year by introducing a Breakfast Crunchwrap including scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, cheese and a hash brown all wrapped grilled in a flour tortilla. Taco Bell paired that concoction with Mtn Dew A.M., a mix of Mountain Dew and orange juice. Breakfast pizza hasn't cracked the fast food lineup yet, but if Taco Bell's breakfast pocket and Mountain Dew mimosa are any indication, it's not too far off.
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'Abandon all despair, all ye who enter,' orders the sign by the door to City Lights bookstore by founder and San Francisco poet laureate Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
'Abandon all despair, all ye who enter,' orders the sign by the door to City Lights bookstore by founder and San Francisco poet laureate Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
This ironic antidote to the digital age lures ink-stained locals with its journals, handmade pencil boxes and T-shirts printed with typewriter motifs.
Grown hikers weep at the amazing selection of clothing, kayaks, sleeping bags and clever camping gadgets at this cavernous outdoors store: MEC has been encouraging fully fledged outdoor enthusiasts for years. You'll have to be a member to buy, but that's easy to arrange for just $5.
Just when you think you'll never find that combination licorice and hula-hoop store you've been searching for all your life, here it is. A perky little spot with a serious commitment to the love-it-or-hate-it candy, there are 65 varieties here – including an entire row of salt licorice.
The star of Granville Island's arts-and-crafts shops and the public face of the Potters Guild of BC, this excellent spot exhibits and sells the striking works of its member artists. You can pick up one-of-a-kind ceramic tankards or swirly painted soup bowls; the hot items are the cool ramen noodle cups, complete with holes for chopsticks.
Art-school cool rules here, with skirts, belts and halter-tops whimsically accented with prints of ants, bicycles and the periodic table. Men's clothing is also (a smaller) part of the mix, with fish, skull and tractor T-shirts.
Known for recycling leather into hip, supersupple bags, belts, hats and purses, this eponymous store has a cult following. Erin herself is usually on hand and happy to chat about her creations (she trained in shoemaking at a London college).
Ever since Harry Potter arrived on the scene, locals and visitors have been entranced by this Granville Island fave, which makes its own beautifully handcrafted straw brooms right in the store (you can watch the mesmerizing process in action). But these gnarly handled lovelies aren't just for decoration.
Book fiends (or even those who have casually skimmed one or two) shouldn't miss New York's most loved and famous bookstore. In operation since 1927, the Strand sells new, used and rare titles, spreading an incredible 18 miles of books (over 2.
A drool-triggering array of gorgeous art, fashion, architecture and graphic-design books (especially the large-format ones near the front) dominates the stacks here and it's worth some leisurely browsing if you have time to spare.
The flagship store of this outdoor-equipment super supplier is an essential stop if you are heading to the mountains or just cruising through Confluence.
An eye-popping three-story emporium devoted to Japanese art and pop culture, New People is reason alone to visit Japantown. At New People Shop , find funky kawaii (Japanese for all things cute), like origami kits and cute-as-Pikachu Japanimation cards and t-shirts.


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So my European Spring Fling came to a close last month and I can reflect on some lessons learned and good times. First off, I counted 8 countries visited in over 2 months, knocking off some cool cities including Vienna, Rome, Florence, Salzburg, Ghent and Berlin. I got to hang out with fat, obnoxious, British tourists on the coast of Spain, see Renaissance masterpieces of art and architecture in Italy, and race in circles around Berlin's central shopping district. As far as 'business trips' go, this one certainly weighed in with a healthy dose of recreation. It also probably weighed in with an unhealthy dose of downtime - a cyclists best friend. But being born to my father- who's downtime includes, but is not limited to, hiking, cycling, and eliminating world hunger-I had a tough time just sitting still and reading or watching TV. So the system I worked out was this: as all us riders living in the house hunkered down for the afternoon, I too would take up my post on my top bunk and bring up the New York Times on my computer; I would read as much of it as I could handle in one sitting. Meanwhile, my partner-in-crime Max Durtschi, who lived down the hall from me, would do the same; Max, however, would read either the BBC's website or the Wall Street Journal. Being rather like-minded individuals, at roughly the same time we would both have read our fill of the world's most interesting and thought provoking news stories and we would usually leave our napping roommates behind and convene in the common room to discuss the problems of the world (quite literally). Whilst exercising our minds, time flew by nicely and the conversations would of course digress- but nevertheless continue- throughout dinner and the evening. Our intellectual debates and social commentaries were quite a novelty in the house and more riders would join in: Gavin Mannion became an avid nytimes follower, Connor O'Leary would tell stories of his already established entrepreneurial skills, and Jacob Rathe would pipe in with references to books he read during his first term at college. Topics ranged from foreign policy with regards to North Korea to the economic and social impact of the volcanic eruption in Iceland. A most popular subject was comparing and contrasting different cultures of Western Europe. Being a cyclist with a large amount of exposure to people of different western european countries, we would create our own generalizations based on personal experiences. Now I must add: stereotypes are not constructive and only encourage prejudices. Generalizations are useful, however, as they can help us understand differences in customs and behaviors. As bike racers, generalizations can be important because different nations and regions favor different strategies and riding styles. Different cultures produce different types of bike racers. Allow me to enlighten: Belgian bike racers will work until they drop, but mainly in an effort to make the lowly Americans miserable. Being rather confrontational and stubborn people, their persona on a bicycle makes perfect sense. Germans are more rational and calculated. If they think working with an American in a breakaway will bring them a result, then they will do so. The Dutch are just crazy bike riders who take many risks – and I'm not sure how that fits with their culture, but it's true races in Holland are nuts (case in point, stage 3 of this year's Giro d'Italia). Luxembourgians are strong and reserved. Not very glorious. Spaniards are the opposite. Glorious up the mountains, and they lack some reserve (unless the road is flat. I don't think they deal well with flat). The French love the long breakaway and the Russians love the long solo breakaway (that succeeds a frighteningly high percentage of the time). And then there are us Americans who are pretty linear; put us on a flat straight road with aero equipment and we'll crush it, but add in race dynamics and we can struggle. Now of course there are exceptions, notably Oscar Freire as a Spaniard, Tyler Farrar as an American, and Jimmy Casper as a Frenchman, but the generalizations help simplify an otherwise diverse and complex sport.
And now I find myself back in Europe after a solid month back in the United States. Nationals went well with teammate Ben King winning the Crit and Road Race and now I'm preparing for some more crazy Belgian racing with the USA National team in Izegem, Belgium. On the schedule are a handful of one-day races in Belgium – the first is this weekend in the outskirts of Brussels – and then the Tour Alsace and Tour de Namur stage races in early August. Stay tuned for some more posts of racing and living. Sorry for the recent lull, I promise to be more diligent in the future.


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There are many approaches toward understanding the phenomenon of time. We perceive time as past present and future. In
physics time plays a major role in measurement of motion and forces. Einstein's relativity introduced the concept of slowing of time in
motion and gravity.
One of the earliest device to measure time was sundial which used suns motion as a standard of measurement for time. The
use of units like seconds and minutes which are radial angle measurements in geometry points toward the original connection of time
measurements to radial motion of astronomical objects across the sky. Once we started using accurate time keeping watches, clocks
and digital devices capable of measuring time independent of the celestial connection time developed a life of its own.
When we measure the speed of a car, we are just comparing its motion to the motion of the hands of the clock and also indirectly to
the fractional motion of sun across the sky. We seem to be measuring speed with something abstract called time; we are actually just
comparing a known motion (of the sun) with an unknown motion of the car. Time is a way to compare or describe different kinds of
motions like speed of light, how fast heart beats or how frequently earth spins around its axis. But these processes could be
compared directly without making reference to time. Time may have no independent existence it may be just a common unit of motion
making the world that is filled with motion easier to describe.
More powerful than all the armies of the
world, is an idea whose time has come.
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We perceive time as past present and future.
We relate events to places as well as time; this gives us a feeling that time is
more like a place and gives support to the block universe view of time.
Present is the most real perception of time however
almost all of what we perceive as the present is already past. The present is a fleeting moment; whatever is happening now (present)
is confined to an infinitesimally narrow point on the time line which is being encroached upon by what we think of as the past and the
Present resembles the sharp point of a recording laser or needle;
it may be the mental awareness of recording of memory
as it is being inscribed into our brain. A person who goes to an event but falls asleep would have no recollection of it as if the event
did not exist in his past. Unless we are consciously aware of an event it does not seem to enter our past memory.
Unlike the present the past and future are measurable durations of time. Past historical events, a meeting, or a wedding reception,
are all measurable durations or extensions in time, just like a recorded material on tape.
This similarity suggests that past is just a
recorded memory, while future can be compared to an unrecorded tape.
Historical events have in them the same time characteristic as stories that are just creations of human imagination. Both contain in
them the time concepts of earlier, the later, the past the present and the future;
this again suggests that past really is similar to
memory of events.
Future appears to be a projection created by our past experiences stored in our memory.
The fact that the present which gives us
the most real feel of time cannot be measured while the inaccessible past and future can be measured as durations strongly
suggests that the way we perceive time ( present-ism or the block universe view ) is an illusion.
1 We measure time by comparing one standard motion against another. Time may not have any independent existence.
Time and clocks are used for convenience. The motion could have been compared directly.
2. Motion alone may not be enough to explain time. Forces also appear to be part of time. Arrow of time may be explained by
presence of forces.
3. Perception of time as past present and future gives us the illusion of the passage of time as well as the block universe
view of time. Above it is shown that this perception may just be an illusion and time is more like memory and recording devices.
The similarity of time characteristic of past present and future in historical events and made up stories also suggests that our
perception of time is an illusion and this aspect of time is also like a record.
4. Slowing of time in motion and gravity does not lead to disappearance into the past as should happen if there was
block universe. Absence of time travellers from futuristic advanced civilizations is also against the concept of the block universe.
The block universe of time in physics derives its support mainly by lack of simultaneity and Lorentz transformation
equations which we will examine next.
1. "Time!" What are we really measuring?
2. Time motion and forces.
3. Perception of time as past present and future.
4. Time memory and recording devices
5. Block universe and time in historical events and stories
6. What to expect when there is slowing of time in the block universe?
7. Forces in addition to motion and probability can explain the arrow of time.
"People like us who believe in physics know that the distinction between the past,
the present and the future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion" Albert Einstein
Every event in time has a place like feeling to it,
giving support to the block universe view of time in which time is fixed and laid
out like a time-scape. In the block universe past, present and future exist together superimposed in different dimensions. This view of
time suggests that dinosaurs are still alive and roaming the earth in other time dimensions; so are multiple copies of us and the whole
universe. This view is reinforced by Einstein's General Relativity (GR) in which time extends as the fourth dimension from the past to
the future. Lack of simultaneity in Einstein's SR and an interpretation of the Lorentz transformation equation also promote this view to
explain the Andromeda paradox as an alternative reality existing in a different time dimension.
Time in the block universe is laid out as time-scape similar to landscape; future and past already exists and there cannot be a free
will. Even in the smallest duration of time in a block universe there should be infinite number of copies of everything including the
whole universe. Block universe leads to a few problems and paradoxes. How do we explain the origin of universe as all parts of the
block universe exist all the time? If there is a big bang in block universe then even now it exists. If time-scape is already laid out then
what causes us to move through this time-scape? How does our consciousness move across time? What makes it move and why we
cannot willfully move it anywhere anytime?
If concept of block universe is correct then there should exist in time future civilizations millions or billions of years more
technologically advanced then us. At least some of them should be capable of time travel. We should have seen some evidence for
that, unless there is some law of the universe which prohibits time travel. Then there is the possibility of time travel paradoxes
including the grandfather paradox in which a person travels to the past and kills his grandfather thereby changing the future so that the
time traveler would not exist and thus not travel to the past to kill his grandfather.
Time is a real phenomenon a continuous change through which we live. Time becomes evident through motion; sunrise sunsets,
night and day, the changing seasons, the movement of the celestial bodies all is indicative of continuous change. The aging process
is a reminder that molecular motion and interactions are also at work and are a part of time. Other important aspect of time is
presence of motion of particles like photon and the motion at the atomic level.
Imagine two objects one moving in orbit around the other in space. Now suppose from our distant observation point of a fixed time
we observe time to get slower in the area where these two objects are moving. We expect to see slower motion? We also should
observe proportionally weaker (gravitational) force; otherwise the objects will get pulled together. If we observed faster time, we
expect to see faster motion and stronger forces to keep the objects from flying apart. While with zero time motion will freeze and force
will become zero. The increase or decrease in strength of forces is only in relation to our fixed time from where we are making the
observation. From the point of view (time) of the orbiting objects neither motion nor force has changed. As this thought experiment
also can be extended to particles held together by electromagnetic forces we can say that
time involves both motion and forces.
Theory of Relativity predicted slowing of time with motion and gravity.
These predictions were soon confirmed in particle
accelerators and gravity experiments. Twin paradox discussions
may have served as a distraction from obvious question that
arises; if there is a block universe why particles and masses with slower time do not disappear into the past?
In gravitational
space is clearly continuous between areas of slower and faster time
. Black holes with their intense gravity that bring time to
a screeching halt do not disappear from our present into the past. Slowing of time without sliding into the past or the future suggests
that time is a process and not a dimension. This may be a significant point against the block universe view of time when taken
together with other aspects of time described on this page. Block universe derives its support from Lorentz transformation equations
which have never been proven
Arrow requires two points in time that can exist only in the block universe. Arrow assumes that the two points' between past
present or future exist, it also assumes that time only involves motion. Presence of forces as a part of time changes this equation as it
provides the necessary gradient for the direction in time. There is also a statistical touch to this argument; smashing a glass with a
hammer means application of force at one point while to assemble it back in reverse would require coordinated application of multiple
tiny forces in a reverse and continuous manner which is statistically unlikely. Similarly throwing a stone into a pond creates ripples
which then travel to the edge of the pond. To reverse this would require simultaneous application of multiple tiny forces at the edge of
the pond to produce multiple synchronized waves moving backward to the area of splash where the stone pushed up by the ground at
the bottom of the pond will be waiting to be thrown out into the hand of the thrower; a statistical impossibility.
Time presents to us in numerous ways which possibly creates difficulty in understanding this phenomenon. We are immersed in
time yet we do not fully understand it. We know that time is closely linked to motion as well as forces. Theory of relativity introduced
the concept of slowing of time with motion and gravity. This breakthrough could have led to further progress in understanding of time
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County leaders address taxpayers' questions
Date: June 11, 2009
by: Robin Roy | City Editor
Sarasota County leaders held a live town hall meeting on the budget June 8, in an effort to become more open and transparent.
It was called a "virtual" town hall meeting, because it was broadcast on TV and streamed live on the Internet, allowing viewers to call or e-mail questions about next year's county budget.
Ken Jefferson, former local news anchor, hosted the program; answering taxpayers' questions were County Commission Chairman Jon Thaxton, County Administrator Jim Ley and County Budget Director Steve Botelho.
Many of the questions centered on the possible loss of services next year, as the county struggles with lower property-tax- and sales-tax revenues — services such as libraries.
County department heads were on hand to answer such questions.
Library Director Sarabeth Kalajian said she planned to cut hours slightly, which would save some money, but would also make library hours more consistent across all county libraries and all days of the week.
Jefferson, a 23-year news veteran, then pressed for answers on libraries, asking: "Is the county getting out of the library business?" and "Is there any chance they'll close?"
Kalajian said the county is exploring the possibility of hiring an outside contractor to run its libraries, but she doesn't anticipate the libraries closing.
Thaxton and Ley spent a considerable amount of time explaining how little discretion they had in how tax dollars were used.
"Last year, the County Commission had total control over 17.5% of property taxes," Thaxton said. "Most people think we have control over it all."
A major percentage of property taxes is dedicated to things, such as the school system, and cannot be reallocated.
The county's communications department will receive the numbers at the end of the week on how many people viewed the meeting over the Internet. Depending on what those numbers reveal, the county may organize more virtual town hall meetings in the future.
On the night of the town hall meeting, Sarasota County debuted a new feature on its Web site — a budget calculator. The calculator allows taxpayers to prioritize various county expenses, such as parks-and-recreation activities. Once those expenses are ranked, the calculator displays the money needed to pay for that expense and how much can be saved by cutting those services. To use the calculator, go to www.scgov.net/communityconnections/survey/survey.html.
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The Ramsar Bulletin Board, 25 June 2007
Austrian National Ramsar Committee. The Austrian Administrative Authority for the Ramsar Convention has had 19 years of experience in running its National Ramsar Committee -- they have good cross-sectoral representation, as well as representation from their semi-autonomous states and their key NGOs, and they meet face-to-face on a regular basis, usually once or twice per year. They hold the meeting in different states/provinces on a rotational basis and take 'time out' from the meeting room, papers and powerpoint presentations, to visit Ramsar sites, to talk to each other more informally and share their many experiences that have importance for implementing the Convention. Here is Ramsar's Sandra Hails' report on the most recent Ramsar Committee meeting, 13-14 June 2007. [25/06/07]
Ramsar-related activities in the Oceania region - an update. Ramsar staff members provide weekly updates on their activities for internal use within the Secretariat, but this condensed summary from Vainuupo Jungblut, Associate Ramsar Officer based in the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa, offers a useful summary of recent Ramsar-related activities in the Oceania region. Among his activities in late May and early June 2007, Vai lists: Circulating to partners for comments a draft mangrove monitoring protocol (in the form of a generic manual) for the Pacific Islands region; drafting terms of reference for a consultancy to coordinate the update of the Oceania Wetlands Directory; developing a draft agenda for an Oceania Ramsar Site/Wetland Managers Workshop (now tentatively scheduled for 12-16 November); assisting with the Kiribati Ramsar Small Grants Fund project - work plan fine-tuning and other implementation issues; developing a briefing paper on Ramsar issues for the Cook Islands environment minister to facilitate moves towards accession to the Convention; developing a concept paper for a Pacific Islands regional mangrove initiative to be discussed further with IUCN Oceania and other partners; participating in a regional workshop for Pacific Island LDCs on CBD implementation organized by SPREP and UNEP (Nairobi); assisting Marshall Islands in planning a community-based wetlands management workshop to be held at Jaluit Atoll Ramsar site from 9-13 August; assisting Fiji to submit a Small Grants Fund proposal for improved management of their first Ramsar site, Upper Navua CA; organizing a mangrove clean up and replanting in partnership with the Samoan environment ministry and UNDP to celebrate World Environment day (5th June). [18/06/07]
Secretary General's visit to Uganda. From 30 May to 3 June 2007, the Secretary General, Peter Bridgewater, visited Uganda for discussions with the authorities there about the implementation of the Ramsar Convention in that country. In this brief report (PDF), Paul Mafabi describes the programme of the events, including a meeting with the Minister of State for Environment, the Hon. Jesicca Eriyo, and a visit to the newly-designated Mabamba Bay Ramsar site. [08/06/07]
Report on stakeholder training in Republic of Korea. An illustrated report from Ramsar's CEPA Programme Officer, Sandra Hails, on a training course for local stakeholders at the Ganghwa Tidal Flat Centre, Gangwha Island, 25-27 May 2007, sponsored by the Korean Federation of Environmental Movement (KFEM) -- here it is. [06/06/07]
Argentina extends Guanacache site. The government of Argentina has significantly expanded the Lagunas de Guanacache Ramsar site, first designated for the List in December 1999 at 580,000 hectares. Now covering additional areas in San Luis as well as in Mendoza and San Juan provinces, the Ramsar site now covers 962,370 hectares and has been renamed Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero. [04/06/07]
Ecuador: Humedal Isla Santay, "capacitación de las mujeres en actividades económicas alternativas". La Fundación Malecón 2000, a través del proyecto WFF/03/EC/1 "Contribución al mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de la población del humedal Isla Santay a través de capacitación de las mujeres en actividades económicas alternativas" ha logrado capacitar al 31% de la población femenina y a 9 % de la población masculina de la isla ecuatoriana Santay en actividades productivas sustentables, tales como tejido, costura, artesanías y microempresa. Estas actividades han aumentado los ingresos de las familias en la comunidad. Los resultados del proyecto se dieron a conocer en una Feria Artesanal, en la que se dio inicio al proceso de promoción y comercialización de sus productos. Estas actividades poco a poco han logrado disminuir la crianza de cerdos en la isla, actividad que ha causado impactos negativos en los recursos naturales del humedal. Gracias al apoyo de diversas instituciones, y al programa de capacitación del Municipio de Guayaquil "Aprendamos" se le ha dado continuidad al proyecto.
International Day of Biodiversity in Montréal. The Ramsar Secretary General, Peter Bridgewater, reports on the International Day of Biodiversity from Montréal, Canada, home of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity: "International Biodiversity day 2007 was celebrated today in Montréal, at its Botanical Garden, on the theme of Biodiversity and Climate Change. An array of speakers talked to the issues Including the Canadian Minister for the Environment,, The Executive Secretaries of the UNFCCC and CBD. Video messages came from the President of CBD CoP8 and for the forthcoming CoP9. A group of students who participated in a Canadian effort called HabitatNet, which had the students investigate a series of issues. Elisabeth Dowdswell (former executive secretary of UNEP, Len Good, former GEF CEO and Hon Clifford Lincoln, former Minister for environment of Quebec, offered reflections on the relationship between Biodiversity, Climate change and MDG's.Other partner organisations speaking included Ramsar Convention, UNESCO, CMS (via video), GEF (via video), IUCN (Canada office) and UNEP/GRID Arendal. A copy of the SG's presentation is attached."
The Ramsar Secretary General and the Executive Secretary of the CBD, Ahmed Djoghlaf, took the opportunity to issue a joint press release announcing the launch of the draft of a major new report, "Water, Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change", the provisional outcomes of an expert meeting held at the Ramsar Secretariat facilities on 23-24 March 2007. The press release is available here (PDF), and the provisional report can be found on the CBD Web site (http://www.biodiv.org/doc/case-studies/wtr/cs-wtr-ramsar-en.pdf). [23/05/07]
South Africa celebrates International Day of Biodiversity with two new Ramsar sites. In celebrations to mark the International Day of Biodiversity, 22 May 2007, the Republic of South Africa announced the Ramsar listing of two new Wetlands of International Importance, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands and the Makuleke Wetlands in the far northeast of the country, part of the Kruger National Park on the border with Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Ramsar's Africa regional team, Abou Bamba and Evelyn Parh, has provided details of the two new sites, with some photographs, and they draw attention to the particular importance of the sub-Antarctic site as an example for other Parties with island territories at that latitude. South Africa has now designated a total of 19 Ramsar sites, covering a surface area of 543,978 hectares. [22/05/07]
Mexico designates 67th Ramsar site. The Ramsar Secretariat is pleased to announce that, just a week after Mexico's 66th Ramsar site was added to the List of Wetlands of International Importance, the paperwork has been completed for the designation of its 67th, also effective World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2007. Ramsar's Assistant Advisor for the Americas, Ms Mila Llorens, summarizes the new site thus: Parque Estatal Lagunas de Yalahau (5,683 hectares, 20º38'N 089º13'W) in Yucatán state, comprises a series of continental wetlands, with lagoons and deep underground water reservoirs being the most representative. The underground reservoirs are typical of the karstic systems of the Yucatan Peninsula. This, combined with the topography of the region, allows a diversity of habitats which host a variety of animal and plant species, many of which are migratory, endemic and/or in danger of extinction; among the latter are the Northern Tamandua (Tamandua mexicana), the Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata), the Tayra (Eira barbara), the Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), the Margay (Leopardus wiedii) and the Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). During winter, the park gives shelter to migratory birds, and during the dry season, the lagoons and the deep underground water reservoirs provide a source of water for species like the Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletti), the White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and the Jaguar (Panthera onca). The dominant vegetation type is tropical deciduous forest with more than 200 plant species, a high number given the small size of the area. The low inundated forests, found in small portions adjacent to the lagoons, are dominated by tree species such as Dalbergia glabra, Haematoxylum campechianum, and Mimosa bahamensi). Land and cattle activities are common in the site. Illegal hunting is the main activity negatively affecting the site. Areas previously affected by anthropogenic activity are already under restoration. [21/05/07]
Mexico designates 66th Ramsar site. Mexico, which already had the second highest number of Wetlands of International Importance (after the UK), has designated still another one as of this past World Wetlands Day. As summarized by Ramsar's Mila Llorens, based on the Ramsar Information Sheet, Laguna Huizache-Caimanero (48,283 hectares, 22°50'N 105°55'W) is located in the southeastern part of the Gulf of California in Sinaloa state. The site consists of a series of wetlands, ranging from coastal and continental to artificial. Due to its location along the Migratory Corridor of the Pacific, it is a site of high importance for migratory birds in Mexico, including the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus) and the Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaia). It is also the habitat of a wide range of fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, including species in danger of extinction or vulnerable, such as the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), the Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum), the Boa (Boa constrictor), the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). The riverside of the lagoon is mainly constituted by mangrove forest, including red (Rhizophora mangle), black (Avicennia germinans) and white (Laguncularia racemosa) mangroves. The fishing resources of the lagoon are the main protein source for the surrounding communities and shrimp fishing is the main economic activity of the area. Among the negative factors affecting the site are: the sedimentation of rivers Presidio and Baluarte, deforestation, overfishing, and wastewaters discharge into the lagoon. According to the IUCN Protected Area Categories, the site belongs to Category IV and is under the federal jurisdiction of the National Water Commission of Mexico. [15/05/07]
Star Alliance airline group launches "Biosphere Connections". On 14 May in Copenhagen, amid the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the Star Alliance Group of Airlines, a new way of working between Airlines and the Ramsar Convention, UNESCO-MAB, and IUCN was announced. The attached press release (PDF) describes the new "Biosphere Connections" programme, and the Secretary General, Peter Bridgewater, was chosen to make a short speech at the anniversary celebrations, and signed an MoU with Star Alliance CEO Jan Albrecht, on behalf of all three organisations. This initiative will develop over the next years as a key means to communicate what the three organisations are doing to the wider public in a much more effective way than we have so far been able to achieve. A Web site (www.biosphereconnections.com) has been established to promote this initiative. The Secretary General's address can be seen here. (15/05/07)
Ramsar regional meeting for Europe announced. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with the Ramsar Secretariat, invites participation in the 6th European Ramsar Regional Meeting, to take place in Stockholm, 3-7 May 2008. The meeting is intended to bring together all 45 Contracting Parties in the European region, as well as three countries that have not yet joined (Andorra, Holy See, and San Marino), and it will focus on implementation of the Convention in the region; progress with regional initiatives; the need to improve implementation capacities through CEPA, as well as project and financial support. It will also serve to coordinate European positions on the issues to be discussed at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in the Republic of Korea in October-November 2008. More details are available from the letter of invitation (PDF) here. [15/05/07]
Other pre-COP10 regional meetings are set for Africa, 16-19 October 2007 (tbc) in Yaoundé, Cameroon; for the Americas, 19-21 September 2007 in Mérida, Venezuela; and for Asia, 19-23 November 2007 (tbc) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Swiss Grant for Africa.The Ramsar Convention in Congo. A technical workshop organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Environment took place in the Republic of Congo on the 30th of March 2007, under the coordination of Mr. Grégoire Moua-Likibi, Permanent Secretary of this Ministry. This workshop aimed at presenting the outcomes of the project entitled "Identification and designation of at least 2 million hectares of new Ramsar sites in Congo" accomplishing the update of the only existing Ramsar site in Congo, 'Lac Tele/Likouala aux herbes'. The above project was jointly financed by the Swiss Grant for Africa (SGA), through the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through the Global Freshwater Program. Evelyn Parh Moloko provides further details here. [09/05/07]
Ramsar chooses next Secretary General. Mr Paul Mafabi (left), Assistant Commissioner, Wetlands Inspection Division of Uganda and Chair of the Ramsar Standing Committee, announces that the Standing Committee has unanimously and enthusiastically chosen a new Secretary General for the Convention, to succeed Peter Bridgewater. Here is his announcement. [07/05/07]
Swiss Grant for Africa.Ghana's Wetlands Strategy and Action Plan. Ghana completed and adopted a National Wetlands Conservation Strategy in 1999 as one of the outputs of the GEF/World Bank-funded Coastal Wetlands Management Project. The actions prescribed in the 1999 Strategy document were vague, lacking detailed directions and actions for effective implementation of the Strategy. This led to the approval of the Swiss Grant project in 2005, provided by the Swiss Government through the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, for a review of the 1999 Strategy alongside the development of a corresponding Action Plan that corresponds with the principles, objectives and expectations of the revised National Wetlands Conservation Strategy, with the aim of enhancing its implementation. This project was implemented by the Ramsar Administrative Authority in Ghana (the Wildlife Division Forestry Commission) through a very consultative and participatory process which involved resource persons, strategically selected multi-stakeholders, three workshops (+ 1 validation workshop) and technical assistance from the Dutch Government. The outcome of this process is the production of a single document entitled "A National Wetlands Conservation Strategy and Action Plan", to be implemented over a period of ten years (2007-2016), which now awaits endorsement by the Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines. Evelyn Parh Moloko provides more detail here. [04/05/07]
Danube Regional Project's last workshop. The closing workshop of the UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project (DRP), which took place from the 18th-20th April 2007 in Tulcea, in the Romanian section of the Danube Delta, was the occasion for some 50 participants to discuss their achievements over the course of this five-year project. Since 2002, the DRP has engaged in several activities, some of which were presented during the workshop, including the final stages of a guidance document on the role of wetlands in nutrient retention; activities related to the development and implementation of wetland-friendly policies on land-use; and a small grants programme, which funded numerous pilot projects. . . . Also during the meeting, participants discussed and finalized the development of a Network of Protected Areas (most of them Ramsar sites) along the Danube River. Ramsar's Lucia Scodanibbio provides the details on the meeting and the proposed network, as well as photographs of the boat trip in the delta. [04/05/07]
Cameroon creates National Ramsar Committee. Following Honourable Inoni Ephraim's Prime Ministerial decree No. 63 of the 8th of March 2007, the government of Cameroon officially announced the creation of the 'National Ramsar Committee on Wetlands' within the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection (the Ramsar Administrative Authority in Cameroon). This major step is in accordance with Recommendation 5.7 of the 5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties in June 1993, in Kushiro, Japan, which encourages the creation of National Committees, and it follows up on Cameroon's accession to the Ramsar Convention, its ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other national and ministerial policies, laws and decrees. HERE. [01/05/07]


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Wonderful! Everyone loved them! I would recommend these brownies and I will probably make them a lot. They are the perfect desert. The bakers chocolate was hard to chop though. That was the only difficult part for me. I think it would be great with white chocolate added as well. Try it!
Double Chocolate Espresso Brownies
Oxmoor House
If you love the rich combination of coffee and chocolate, you'll find these brownies irresistible!
Yield: 4 dozen
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- Butter-flavored cooking spray
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 14 (1-ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, finely chopped (we tested with Baker's)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup espresso or strongly brewed French roast coffee, cooled
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 6 ounces premium Swiss dark or milk chocolate, coarsely chopped (we tested with Ghirardelli)
- Coat a 13" x 9" pan with cooking spray. Line pan with aluminum foil, allowing ends to hang over short sides of pan. Tuck overlapping ends under rim on short sides. Coat foil with cooking spray; set pan aside.
- Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Place chopped semisweet chocolate in a large bowl; set aside.
- Combine sugar and next 3 ingredients in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar and butter melt and mixture comes to a rolling boil. Remove from heat, and pour over chopped chocolate in bowl; let stand 2 minutes (do not stir).
- Beat mixture at low speed of an electric mixer until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture; beat at medium speed until well blended. Stir in vanilla, walnuts, and dark chocolate.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake at 325° for 45 to 48 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cover brownies with overlapping foil; chill at least 2 hours.
- Carefully invert brownies from pan, using overlapping foil as handles; remove foil. Invert brownies again onto a cutting board; cut into squares or diamonds.
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- OCCASION: Christmas, Valentine's Day
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Beginnings: In 1658 Daniel Whitehead of Oyster Bay purchased land from the Matinecock Indians. At the time, the eastern section of the peninsula was known as the Pines and the western section as Oak Neck. In 1674 the land was divided among 23 men who used it for pasture. Initial development centered near the western end of the village, the area now known as Friendly Corner.
Photo: Pleasure boaters and beachgoers enjoy the pebbled shore of Bayville around 1900. (Nassau County Museum Collection, Long Island Studies Institute)


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PHOENIX (AP) - A federal appeals court has granted a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the country's most stringent restrictions on the use of abortion drugs.
In the latest in a series of court fights over Arizona abortion laws, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Planned Parenthood Arizona's motion Wednesday.
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I always thought of you each day,
Never missed a one.
Each time it changed,
Varied as the years passed.
Every day I still think of you.
Rainy late nights could be the saddest.
My eyes would tear at what they missed.
Etched in my memory my mistakes.
Aware of time.
Now adays I wonder earlier in the day,
These thoughts are still of family.
They range the range of life,
Of beginnings of seeds long planted,
How have they ripened ?
Upshots in mind
Relaxed in logic,
Tempered for tomorrow.
Yesterday was no different,
Only more recent.,
Until todays thought.