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It was the 65th annual California Weed Science Society conference, but fertilizer was on the mind of many there in Sacramento earlier this year.
It takes nitrogen to grow crops and weeds, and it was N that drew the first questions for Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, a keynoter at the event.
Nitrogen use has been elevated to the No. 1 spot on the list of issues confronting California agriculture with the release about a year ago of a University of California study that cited nitrates in groundwater as a major contaminant of drinking water.
The study spawned calls for a rush to regulations and taxation to punish agriculture and fund the cleanup of drinking water systems in many rural, impoverished areas of the state.
CDFA has been put in the bull's-eye of the storm since it is the California cabinet level agricultural agency. CDFA also manages a program that already taxes fertilize sales for the Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP). It is now the point agency in developing a curriculum primarily for Certified Crop Advisers (CCA), who are expected to play a major role in developing nutrient management plans for individual farms.
"We are working with the regional water boards to come up with alternatives for nutrient management," she says. This, hopefully will head off a heavy-handed regulatory approach to addressing the problem.
One of the recommendations coming out of the UC report and being bantered around in Sacramento is mandatory farm nitrogen use reporting. Ross does not think that is necessary or wise to address the problem.
She said nutrient use reporting is "very different" from the mandatory pesticide use reporting now mandated. For one thing, nitrogen can come from many sources, such as, manure, compost, crop residue, residual soil nitrogen, irrigation water, rotation crops like alfalfa to synthetic fertilizers. That makes it difficult to report accurate N sources. "There is a better way to collect data than mandatory use reporting," she said.
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Renee Pinel, president of the Western Plant Health Association, said the CDFA curriculum development process involves the University of California scientists, and other state agencies like the California Department of Pesticide Regulation that have a stake in the irrigated lands program, and stakeholders.
So far, this proactive educational approach has headed off an onslaught of legislation leading to new regulation or taxes.
"I think legislators understand that the issue is complex" and are willing to let stakeholders and regional water boards work to address the new laws, Pinel says.
Also, water bond funds have been earmarked to mitigate nitrate-contaminated drinking water problems, precluding the need to tax farmers.
On the backs of farmers
This legislative silence does not mean spot bills could not still be introduced, Pinel added.
The groundwater nitrate problem was heaped upon the regulatory backs of farmers who are in the throes of the first half of what is being called the irrigated lands programs. Several years ago, agriculture's exemption from water quality laws was revoked. That set off a chain of events that prompted extensive monitoring of runoff from ag lands and the drafting of regulations to mitigate that.
While agriculture was going through that process, the UC Davis report on nitrates and groundwater just added another regulatory layer to California farming.
The CCA has taken a front row seat on both issues. Unlike the state licensed Pest Control Adviser (PCA), the CCA consults primarily on water, nutrients and soil issue. The CCA program is voluntary, administered through the American Society of Agronomy and local chapters like the California CCA chapter. There are about 700 CCAs in California. That compares to 3,000 licensed PCAs.
The CCA has emerged as the third party in aiding farmers in writing nutrient management plans, but that is not without controversy. Some believe a farmer is capable of writing his own nutrient management and requiring a grower to pay for it is an unnecessary added expense.
And some CCAs apparently are reluctant to dive into this new arena. At the recent CCA annual meeting in Visalia, one CCA brought up the liability issue in development of nutrient plan for a farmer who may be cited for improper fertilizer management.
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Pinel acknowledged that the liability issue has surfaced, but it is not a "major issue," she says.
The CCA "is not making a use recommendation" in a nutrient management plan as would a PCA in writing a pesticide use recommendation. Rather a CCA will offer "agronomically sound advice" to a grower on fertilizer use.
There is too much variability in the soils, organic matter and crops to make specific recommendations, she added.
Pinel agrees with Ross about fertilizer reporting. "Fertilizer use is not as black and white as pesticide use reporting. It involves different commodities, different soils, plant health and many other factors,"
Pinel admits that if a grower became out of compliance in the irrigated lands program and he paid for CCA nutrient management advice, there could be an issue of how much responsibility gets pushed back to the CCA who developed the plan.
Uncertainties swirling
That is just one of the uncertainties swirling around the irrigated lands program. There are six regional water quality control boards. These groups have total authority over their regions, and they regulate quite differently.
For example, the Central Coast board has implemented draconian regulations that threaten to shut down agriculture in places like the Salinas Valley. Agriculture has said proposed nitrogen fertilization goals from the board are unrealistic, like leaving no residual nitrogen on a field. Most scientists say this 1-pound applied, 1-pound utilized goal is impossible to achieve. Regulations like that have resulted in lawsuits over the Central Coast irrigated lands program and subsequently little dialogue between growers and regulators today.
Other areas like California's Central Valley are working more harmoniously through what will be implemented to comply with clean surface and groundwater laws.
"The Central Coast is a lot different than the Central Valley," said Pinel. "From our perspective, the important thing in the Central Valley is all parties understand the time pressure to meet deadlines they are under and are sincere about coming up with a program that meets the water board needs, without having major cost impacts on growers," she said.
"There are positive dynamics for moving forward and have a program finalized for the Central Valley," she added.
It is a "complex issue; meeting the agronomic needs of farmers and the needs of disadvantaged communities to have clean drinking water.
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"It's also something that can't be changed in the next few years. What happened 40 to 50 years ago will take decades to resolve," she said.
In many areas, the problem is being addressed with farmer coalitions to share the costs of monitoring and compliance for both the surface and groundwater programs.
Just like the regional water quality boards, these coalitions differ in their approaches to the issues. Some believe none of these regulations are necessary and want to do only what is minimally necessary. Others like the East San Joaquin Water Coalition have taken a proactive approach and developed action plans to comply. The East San Joaquin group was the first to get a program approved by the Central Valley regional board.
Pinel said the plan developed for this 1.1 million acre region of the central San Joaquin Valley is considered a "template" for other coalitions.
However, that template "is not sitting well" with all other coalitions who are negotiating with the regional boards on their own plans.
Cornerstones of plan
The cornerstone requirements of the East San Joaquin Water Coalition plan:
Farm Evaluation Plan describes measures the farm is taking to protect surface and groundwater quality. The plan is completed once and updated annually, depending on the vulnerability designation. In low vulnerability areas, plans are kept at the farm headquarters but must be provided to the Regional Water Board upon request. Members in high vulnerability areas must submit plans to the coalition for compilation by region.
Nitrogen Management Plans summarize nitrogen fertilizer applications compared to crop production. The annual plan, the first due in 2014 or 2016, depending on the farm size and vulnerability designation, will list the previous year's nitrogen use and projected use for the upcoming season. In high vulnerability areas, the plan must be signed off by a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) or a grower trained to self-certify the plan. Members in low vulnerability areas keep the plan at the farm headquarters and need no sign-off.
Sediment and Erosion Control Plans are required, if a field has irrigation drainage or frequent storm water runoff into surface waters. Areas where these plans will be required are to be outlined in a report due to the water board in January 2014.
For all of the new plans, the coalition has until April 11, 2013 to submit proposed templates to the Regional Water Board. Plan details are being refined by a working group made up of Central Valley coalitions and commodity organizations.
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A great number of today's books, films, magazines and shows lead people in the direction of disorder, anarchy and chaos. And they are tremendously popular! It is astonishing to see to what extent human nature needs to feed on such diabolical stuff. So much so that you cannot really blame artists and writers for giving the public this kind of food; they are simply trying to provide what it demands so avidly. It is not entirely their fault therefore, but even so, if they had been taught by Initiates, they would know that they must not stoop to satisfy the baser appetites and lusts of men's lower nature. They would stay on a higher level and, in this way, the public would be forced to rise in order to reach them and to reach the higher intelligence and beauty that they possess. Instead of this, in trying to satisfy the masses, the demos, the stomach, they have helped to supplant the aristocracy of the brain, with the result that it is now men's lower nature that has the upper hand and flaunts itself, lays down the law and imposes its will. Oh yes; we are all very 'democratic' nowadays; the masses rule; ignorance holds sway, and intelligence, the aristocracy, has been defeated because it was incapable of retaining its superiority.
The time has come to form, once again, an intellectual, moral and spiritual aristocracy so that the masses may evolve. Those who are in control - the demos, the stomach, the belly and the sexual organs - must allow the head to rule, for it is not for the head to gratify the desires of the belly and the sexual organs. To be sure, if democracy has taken power, it is because the aristocracy has degenerated, just as the social and political aristocracy degenerated. To be an aristocrat does not mean to possess a name, a title, a prominent position or great estates; it means to have high personal standards of morality, generosity and strength of character. People wanted to get rid of the monarchy and the aristocracy, to do away with tsars and nobles... Yes, but those who are now in power, even in Communist countries, perpetrate the same crimes as the overlords of old, and, once again, popular uprisings will liquidate them in their turn, because they, too, are unworthy: they have forgotten that they overthrew the monarchy and the nobility in order to establish the reign of brotherhood and justice. With the passing of the years they have forgotten their ideal and become materialized and corrupt, just as the Church, in the course of the centuries, has forgotten the principles of love taught by Jesus and become materialized.
It is time, now, to restore the aristocracy of the heart and soul, the aristocracy of the Initiates and great Masters, of all those truly enlightened beings who have proved their worth. Words are not enough. Everybody is capable of making wonderful speeches, but how many are capable of putting their words into practice? As long as those who rule and are in command are not enlightened by Initiatic Science, what good can come of their decisions? They may not actually spark bloody confrontations but nor will they produce a veritable transformation of mentalities. You only have to open your eyes and see this for yourself: do the majority of human beings demand spiritual, divine riches? No; all they ask for is money, pleasure and the freedom to indulge themselves like animals. All their demands are for their belly and stomach, never for light. In these conditions, how can you expect the masses to change the world and bring about the Kingdom of God? When they begin to ask for something more, yes, perhaps; but it is not by making some minor changes on the economic, material, financial or political level that they will bring about any great transformations. It will always be the same old story; always the same filth. The trouble is that no one has yet understood what it is that has to be changed. True, talk of change is on everyone's lips, but all I see are the tireless endeavours of a handful of ambitious man who are bent on getting to the top so as to have more power and more money. They don't prepare themselves, they don't work to become purer and nobler or to achieve self-mastery, to become examples for others. That is not what interests them. What use would it be to them to be better human beings? That is not what they need. They need a position of power, the opportunity to gratify their passions and their thirst for conquests and revenge.
This is why the world will never know peace. The truth is that present-day society is so unenlightened that it encourages all the baser tendencies of its members. Parents are so ignorant that they think that their duty as educators is to bring up their children to look for favours and privileges in life. Instead of teaching their children to prepare themselves for their future responsibilities, so that they will be worthy of them and fulfil them with integrity, they force the most pernicious advice on them and are elated when they meet with outward success, even if it is not deserved. People's amtitious are always confined to the material plane and since, in order to succeed, one has to use cunning, deceit and violence, they end by destroying all that is best in their character. Human beings have no difficulty in understanding that wealth makes it possible for them to influence events and reverse certain situations but, as it is rarely through honesty and generosity that they become rich - rather the contrary - they are ready to transgress every law to obtain that wealth. You will say, 'That's all very well, but if we followed your advice and spent all our time preparing and strengthening ourselves and becoming examples, conditions in the world are such that we would always be unknown and stuck away in some obscure job at the bottom of the ladder.' What makes you so sure? If you are capable and truly exceptional, if you are truly a model, a sun, whether you like it or not, others will come and fetch you, by force if necessary, and place you at their head to rule and guide them. If this has not yet happened, it is because you have not earned it; you are not yet sufficiently perfect.
Human beings are in need of true light, true science and true power. They need these things and are constantly in search of them, but, as those they frequent are not always shining examples, they get along as best they can, using dishonesty and violence in order to succeed at all costs. Inwardly, they all need something sublime but, as they never meet that something, they become discouraged and begin to imitate the brigands and vultures that surround them, telling themselves - like so many others -'Virtue is never rewarded', 'An honest man dies of hunger' and 'Man is a wild beast for his fellow men'. In this way, each individual descends to the level of those around him and conforms to the lowest common denominator. But if, in the future, some human beings embrace this Teaching, struggle against the general trend and sacrifice everything else for the sake of this sublime ideal, you would soon see that others would love and appreciate them and seek them out. And this is how the Kingdom of God will be established on earth. If it has not already come, it is because the majority of those in power are not motivated by a high ideal. Naturally, they would never be so stupid, so insane as to have such a sublime goal! They are only interested in what they can get out of the situation. But if some of them do decide to achieve this ideal come what may, then, believe me, they will find true power, true light and true beauty. The sad thing is that a great many adolescents do have this desire to work for an ideal, to make great sacrifices, to conduct themselves as true, valiant knights. But then, after a time, when they come up against hard facts and are urged by those around them to be 'sensible' and 'realistic', they abandon their dreams and try to adapt and become like others. Obviously, even if a person's aspirations and impulses are excellent, he needs support; he needs someone to advise him and help him not to go back on the choices he has made, otherwise he will be worn down by a multitude of little difficulties and the jokes and jeers of his companions until he becomes exactly like the wild beasts all round him.
When I talk about the aristocracy, therefore, I am talking about the true inner aristocracy. When this aristocracy succeeds in maintaining its pre-eminent position in a human being, harmony reigns amongst the whole population of cells but, if it is unequal to its taks, it is overthrown and its opponents - his instincts, lusts, vices and failings - take power into their own hands. And then, as the revolutionary song has it, all the aristocrats will be strung up! This always happens when the inner nobility is unworthy: the aristocrats are sent to the guillotine and the rabble takes power into its own hands. And, very often, this is what happens to you, too. Of course, the blind won't see it but, if you meet an Initiate, he will understand the situation immediatly and will say, 'My poor fellow, why on earth have you let things degenerate to such an extent? You're no better than a slave! And you don't even know how it happened! Well, it is for one of three reasons: either you lacked light, or you had no love for the divine world, or you didn't have the will-power to keep working.' There are only three possible explanations, not four or five or ten or more. People always see the causes of their misfortune outside themselves: their parents, society, their education, a shortage of money, the ill-will of neighbours, competitors, etc. No, it is simply a lack of intelligence, love or will-power. This is how an Initiate envisages things. He knows that it is no good looking for causes in the external world; they must be sought in a person's inner life. Human beings are going to have to adopt entirely new criteria if they are to see the true causes of what happens to them.
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We live in an area that loves history. Old stuff matters here (which might be why every once in a while something I say is still relevant). But in Mark Havenstein's workshop, the "stuff" he finds, buys, collects and sells is not measured in decades or years. What he handles every day is thousands or even millions of years old.
Havenstein, 50, is one of the country's foremost fossil and mineral suppliers.
The College of Charleston grad with a degree in geology is also a shark tooth expert. Collectors around the world buy shark teeth from him.
He has drawers and boxes and cabinets full of teeth. Some were extracted from area river beds, others from far away places such as Morocco.
As a Navy brat born in Hawaii, he found his first shark tooth as a young boy walking on a beach in Spain. He still has it, along with a thousands more.
He met his wife-to-be, Karen, in college and they now run a business called Lowcountry Geologic. Mark says, "She does all the business stuff I despise." Matters like billing, bookkeeping, web design, etc. It's a pretty good arrangement. He finds the stuff, they both try to sell it.
Started in 1992, for the first 10 years, the business struggled. This year, though, might be the best the James Island couple's ever had since taking a bite out of selling shark's teeth.
What is it that makes shark teeth desirable and, in some cases, valuable?
In Mark's mind, it all started with the movie "Jaws" in 1975.
"There's still something intriguing and fascinating by a creature that can eat you."
The teeth come in all shapes and sizes. Some are shaped like saw blades, others are long and thin. Some are made to pierce and cut flesh. Still others are flat to crush mollusks.
The sheer number of shark's teeth around, though, does not seem to diminish their value. Here's why: These aren't just teeth, they're fossils.
Scientists believe sharks have been on Earth about 400 million years. When a shark dies, once it decomposes, all that's left are, you guessed it, he teeth.
The condition of a shark tooth, not its size, dictates the value. Getting that tooth ready for the showroom takes somebody willing to get his hands dirty and his machinery revved-up.
In the workshop, there are grinders, polishers, micro-sand blasters, diamond saws, pneumatic chippers and tumblers.
Some teeth are found with barnacles or even oysters attached. The first order of business is to clean 'em up.
A shark is born with a complete set of teeth. Sharks do not have cavities and science recently discovered their teeth contain fluoride.
A shark's tooth has no root and when one falls out, another replaces it, sometimes within 24 hours. Now that's a dental plan!
But forget all that. It's how these teeth are repurposed that makes them so popular. Depending on the presentation, shark's teeth might end up in a necklace, a pendant or occupy the corner of a desk as a paper weight.
Some teeth are perfect as curios or trinkets. A megaladon tooth can weigh more than a pound and be bigger than a man's hand.
Trying to pronounce some of the inventory in the workshop requires one either to be hooked on phonics or, at the least, willing to buy a vowel. At every turn there are examples of diplomystus, ammonites and trilobites.
Havenstein's big dream is to one day discover a trunk of buried treasure. Till then, he'll keep cleaning and polishing and selling his fossils.
He loves his business, but never falls in love with individual pieces because "everything's for sale."
Everything except the very first tooth he found as a young boy. That happenstance discovery produced a dream and eventually a business.
Not even the fossil tooth fairy could wrestle that one from his clutches.
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JT sends scare through Maroons
Another headache looms for Queensland coach Mal Meninga after Johnathan Thurston sent a scare through the camp by suffering a knee complaint at training on Sunday.
The key playmaker sat out the final 25 minutes of an opposed session against the Queensland Residents team on the Gold Coast, icing his knee after an on-field collision.
The Maroons held their breath when Thurston stayed down clutching his knee before being moved to the sidelines by medical staff.
Queensland tried to play down the injury after Thurston was seen walking back to his accommodation unaided without any knee strapping.
However, it is another potential drama for a Maroons camp that had just breathed a sigh of relief over Cooper Cronk's miraculous return from a broken arm and winger Will Chambers being cleared of an assault allegation.
"He's a pretty tough bloke. He can take a few knocks and bumps," Maroons backs coach Kevin Walters said.
"It was just a collision between two players and he got hit hard on the knee.
"I would be surprised if there was much in it."
Thurston will be examined again when he relishes a day off on Monday as Queensland count down to Wednesday night's State of Origin game three clash at Suncorp Stadium.
Thurston will need to be fighting fit when the Maroons attempt to avoid a rare whitewash in Brisbane.
The Queensland pivot earlier on Sunday predicted more niggling tactics from NSW in Origin III after tensions threatened to reach boiling point in game two in Sydney.
Thurston has been heavily targeted all series by NSW but appeared to feel the heat in Origin II, slapping Beau Scott across the face and almost coming to blows with Blues pivot Josh Reynolds.
He also appears irked by criticism of his defence, questioning one journalist on Sunday about an article that mentioned his 11 missed tackles this series.
However, halfback Cronk's remarkable return looks set to help keep Thurston's emotions in check for a potentially explosive game three.
"He has calmness beyond his years," said Thurston of Cronk, who has relegated young Manly star Daly Cherry-Evans to the Maroons bench just five weeks after suffering his arm fracture.
"It is good to hear a familiar voice and he gets the boys around the park better than most...and I just play off the back of that.
"Obviously we missed him the first couple of games.
"It affected all of us really.
"I still thought he (Cherry-Evans) was great for us in those games.
"(But) he (Cronk) knows how to win a game."
NSW prop James Tamou claimed the Blues got under Thurston's skin in game two and his Cowboys teammate lost control.
Thurston - set to become the eighth person to notch 30 Origin games - did not expect to lose focus in game three but believed the Blues would be at their niggling best.
"Obviously the tactics they have used have worked in the first two games - I don't see them shying away from that," he said.
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Son arrested in dad's stabbing death in Caswell County
A man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his father to death on Thursday.
Dennis Underwood, 31, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his father, Richard Underwood, 64.
Richard Underwood was found with apparent stab wounds at his home at 32 Gatewood Road in Providence, Caswell County deputies said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies are still investigating the incident and haven't determined a motive. Underwood's body was taken to the state medical examiner's office in Chapel Hill for an autopsy.
Dennis Underwood, who lived with Richard, is being held without bond in the Caswell County Detention Facility pending a Monday court appearance.


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Taylor Swift's new interview with Rolling Stone magazine got off to a bad start when she reversed her sports utility vehicle into a musician pal's car.
She was chatting to journalist Brian Hiatt while making the manoeuvre outside a Nashville, Tennessee recording studio when the pair heard a crunch and Swift freaked out.
In his article about the singer, Hiatt writes, "This is what it sounds like when Taylor Swift totally loses it: 'Oh, my God. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.'"
The writer claims she backed directly into a parked car while using direction application Google Maps on her iPhone.
Panicked, she jumped out of her sport utility vehicle and didn't calm down until she realised the other vehicle belonged to her bass player Amos Heller.
The writer reveals she told him, "I'm gonna pay for it, I promise! I'm good for it! Oh, my God, Amos, I'm so sorry. I freaked out 'cause I went the wrong way and he (Hiatt) was gonna think I'm a bad driver and then I backed into another car. This is the worst interview he's ever had, already!"


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Ruff Wear is known for their tough dog toys and gear: stuff that lasts and makes hikes and playtime a lot more fun. This past year, Ruff Wear came out with a line of eco-sensitive gear, made from recycled materials and natural non-toxic rubbers. Inhabitat Test Dog, Cooper, recently had the opportunity to play with Ruff Wear's new eco-sensitive line. While we admit that the dog will play with anything, especially sticks, he has grown awfully fond of his new toys. And after 2 months of tossing, gnawing, and tugging on them, they still look brand new. So for all of you with dogs who can destroy a new toy in minutes, Ruff Wear's line of eco gear is definitely worth checking out.
Cooper is an 11-month old, half-lab, half-border collie. He is, on one hand, a hyperactive and crazy dog, and on the other, an 80-pound lap dog who cries when his momma is out of sight. Cooper enjoys long walks, digging in the snow, chewing sticks up, and bothering the neighbor's dog. In the summers, he can be found stalking squirrels and swimming in the lake. He has sharp teeth and enough energy to power an electric Mini.
But he has yet to even put a dent in the TurnUp or the Gourdo, both made by Ruff Wear. Granted, the ropes they came with were chewed to threads after 2 days, but the toys last. And even better, they are made from natural and non-toxic latex rubber.
Cooper also tried out a new bed, the Mt. Bachelor Pad, named in tribute to the local mountain outside of Bend, Ore. where Ruff Wear is based. The pad is made from recycled fleece and a waterproof, nonslip, PVC-free recycled polycloth base. We love it because the pad rolls up tight and is easy to take with us, whether camping, to the office, or for an overnight at grandma's. Cooper likes it because it is big and soft.
Ruff Wear's line of to-go bowls are also made from recycled polyester and have completely replaced their original line. All-in-all the gear is very durable and well recommended by Cooper, the Inhabitat Test Dog.
We had a chance to chat with Lindsey Clark, Product Designer for Ruff Wear, about their new eco-sensitive gear.
The eco-sensitive materials seem just as hardy as the normal gear, did you have any issues getting the recycled materials to meet your standards?
Over the past few years, some big brands in the outdoor industry have worked hard to develop gear-worthy recycled polyester fabrics. Our friends at Osprey embody the open source philosophy that William McDonough has encouraged us all to adopt: when you learn about a new green material or manufacturing process, share it! We all benefit from greening our product lines; eco-sensitive materials should not constitute a competitive advantage. Osprey introduced us to HoYu Textile Co. in Taiwan, who creates fabrics from recycled polyester water bottles.
From a design standpoint, what kinds of things were you focused on? Strength, toxicity, suppliers, something else?
Durability is of top importance for Ruff Wear products. Dogs are incredibly hard on their gear, particularly when they are having the best time of their life: running on the trail, through the brambles, under the barbed wire, across the river, etc. Our product development process involves both internal and external wear testing and so far, we have not seen any durability problems with the recycled polyester fabrics.
Do you know if the eco-sensitive line is selling any better than any of the other gear?
Yes! It is hard to make a 1-to-1 comparison on our bowls, overcoats, or beds because the eco-sensitive option replaced the original. But on the Gourdo, we offer a regular version and a recycled version with 30% post-industrial regrind (a higher percentage resulted in a less durable toy that broke apart more easily). In the 2 months since the product launch, the recycled Gourdo has sold 50% more than the original.
Is Ruff Wear working towards changing their complete line to eco-sensitive materials?
Sustainability is very much a part of the culture here at Ruff Wear. Our eco-sensitive products are only one part of our "Green Paws" program. As a result, we'd ideally like to use only eco-sensitive materials in all our products. It is an integral part of the design process. The reality is that we have to balance our material choices between durability, sustainability, price, availability, aesthetics, comfort and functionality. At this point, we use sustainable materials wherever possible and plan to increase the amount of these materials over time.


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The restaurant manager who has been linked romantically to Tom Cruise has dismissed reports the two are dating.
Cynthia Jorge and the Top Gun star were spotted dancing together at New York club Le Baron on 18 December (12), sparking rumors that the movie star had found a new love to fill the void left by his actress ex Katie Holmes.
Reports suggested Cruise swept Jorge off her feet after meeting her in the Big Apple restaurant where she works, but the pretty 26-year-old, who is almost half the star's age, has told friends there's no romance.
One pal tells blogger Perez Hilton, "Cynthia told me they went out for drinks and it was nothing but a casual night out. She said he's a nice guy."


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Multicultural Resource Center provides assistance, home for Penn State students
Multicultural Resource Center provides assistance, home for Penn State students
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sometimes it is the people behind the scenes who make the greatest impact on a person's life. For many Penn State students, those people are the counselors at the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC), a University Park campus resource that provides individual counseling and educational services to students from underrepresented backgrounds.
At the MRC, students have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with counselors to receive support in all aspects of student life. Guidance is offered for academic, financial and personal issues. While the center works primarily with first-year and transfer students, the staff's goal is that no student is turned away and every issue is addressed.
"We don't say, 'this is an academic issue so you need to go to this office,' " Moses Davis, director of the MRC, said. "We work with students to improve their chemistry grade. We help them find financial aid. We help them work out relationship and roommate issues. We talk to them about the latest episode of 'Scandal.' "
"This place is a safe haven for our students. It's a place for them to come and just breathe, despite anything else that is going on out there. They can just be."
— Moses Davis, director of Multicultural Resource Center
Davis describes the MRC as a sanctuary for students to visit to escape the challenges that may accompany life as a college student.
"This place is a safe haven for our students," he said. "It's a place for them to come and just breathe, despite anything else that is going on out there. They can just be."
Shonna Graham, a current University of Connecticut student affairs graduate student and 2012 Penn State graduate, agrees. For her, the MRC is the one place where she says she was accepted for who she is.
"You can walk through the door and there is no judgment," Graham said. "You're not defined by your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. It's a safe zone."
Graham was amazed by the special affinity she felt toward the MRC. After transferring from Penn State Mont Alto for her junior year, she initially found coming to the much larger University Park campus was not what she expected. She yearned for the intimate feeling and close relationships she experienced at the Mont Alto campus.
"University Park is huge," she said. "When I came here, I really struggled. And I found that the MRC provided me with the opportunity to feel like I was connected to Penn State. They just really opened their arms to me and really helped me transition."
Graham says her appreciation for the staff at the MRC is immeasurable.
"There is a quote that I live by," she said. " 'Show me the light at the end of the tunnel, show me that light so that I may be that light to someone else.' The MRC was my light."
When some students come to a large college campus, fitting in both academically and personally can be a daunting task. With six full-time counselors and student support groups such as the Black Male Empowerment Group (BMEG), Blends of Traditional Heritages (B.O.T.H.), Asian American Students in Action (ASSIA) and the MRC Leadership Council, the MRC is committed to helping every student overcome their stressors so they can succeed as students and also enjoy the Penn State experience.
In addition to these groups, the MRC also has strong working relationships with other University employees including college multicultural directors, academic advisers and financial aid staff who actively assist students.
"The research shows that if we don't get our hands on first-year students and transition students, they don't stay very long," counselor Mike Wood said. "When we start working with a student early on, their level of success and their opportunities to remain at Penn State increase."
Former student Will Dennis supports that statement, stating that the MRC is the reason he holds a Penn State degree.
"The support I received from the MRC was life-changing," the 2010 graduate said. "I truly accredit my graduating to the MRC. If it weren't for the staff there, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Originally from an urban area, coming to Penn State was a cultural adjustment for Dennis. The small town and large university were different from what he had always known. But when he visited the MRC, Dennis no longer felt isolated.
"At the MRC, they saw me as a person," the current strategy analyst for Accenture said. "I wasn't just a number. They saw who I really was — my goals, my ambitions, my potential. They supported me and showed me how to reach my goals."
Reaching out to the MRC as a freshman, Dennis regularly visited with counselors for guidance. During his tenure as a Penn State student, Dennis faced financial difficulty and was concerned he would not be able to finish his education at the University. With the help of MRC counselors, Dennis was able to explore multiple avenues of financial aid that he hadn't known existed. The counselors worked with him to find, apply and secure the aid he needed.
"They helped me so much," Dennis said. "Because of them, I was able to stay at Penn State. I couldn't have done it without them."
But it isn't just alumni that have great things to say about the MRC. Dayanna Reeves, a senior majoring in human development and family studies, has been taking advantage of the services offered by the MRC for the past four years.
"It is my second home," the Lenfest and McNair scholar stated. "Everybody here is just open and honest and respectful."
"At the MRC, they saw me as a person. I wasn't just a number. They saw who I really was — my goals, my ambitions, my potential. They supported me and showed me how to reach my goals."
— William Dennis, class of '10
Like Dennis, Reeves also experienced what she calls "extreme culture shock" when she came to Penn State. Growing up in inner-city Philadelphia, Reeves was raised around the African-American and Hispanic cultures, and the diversity she encountered at Penn State was intimidating to her.
"Everybody was just different," she said. "I wasn't used to being around so many people of different ethnic backgrounds. I didn't know how to interact with people."
But campus diversity wasn't the only obstacle Reeves faced. Although she grew up in Philadelphia, she attended a relatively small high school where she could easily interact with teachers and other students. But as a Penn State freshman, things were different.
"It was shocking going in to a classroom with 700 students," she said of her class in Thomas Building. She wondered, "How do I talk in class? How do I make a connection with the professors or TA?"
To get answers to these questions and advice on how to succeed at Penn State, Reeves visited the MRC on a weekly basis, meeting primarily with Diane Farnsworth, counselor and assistant director. As Reeves reported weekly updates, Farnsworth provided tips and advice on how to overcome some of those barriers.
"I really didn't know how to handle things," Reeves confessed. "Those weekly meetings really helped me deal with campus life."
As she nears graduation, Reeves' gratitude toward the MRC is palpable. In her four years at Penn State, the MRC has helped her overcome multiple obstacles, including selecting a major, and also recommended her as a McNair Scholar, entering her into a program that has aided her in securing a fully funded offer to attend the community health doctoral program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she said with emotion in her eyes. "From the bottom of my heart — thank you."
It is not unusual for students to graduate feeling a special connection to an individual. For some, it's the quirky professor that pushed them to succeed. For others, it's a resident assistant, a staff member or even someone like Mike the Mailman who brightens up their days on campus. But a perspective not heard as often is one of faculty and staff members feeling gratitude toward the students they serve.
"It really is my life," Farnsworth said of the MRC. "My heart and soul are in my work, and when I meet with students, my heart and soul are in that moment."
Having been with the MRC for 28 years, Farnsworth appreciates the diversity of students she meets and enjoys listening to and helping them address their needs. When students visit the MRC, Farnsworth and her colleagues joke that they "press the easy button," giving students an opportunity to be open and honest. Many times, students just need a shoulder to cry on, a place to let go, and someone to listen.
Counselors understand that students view the MRC as a safe place that is free of judgment, and the staff embraces that characteristic.
"That's what makes the MRC unique," Davis said. "We care about the whole student. We look at everything."
For the counselors at the MRC, going to work is something they look forward to on a daily basis. They understand that students view the center as a safe place that is free of judgment, and the staff embraces that characteristic. The counselors love working with students and learning from them.
"I learn something new every day," Wood said. "I learn about them as students but also as people. It's what I love most about what I do."
Davis shares Wood's outlook. When asked why he loved his job, he stated, "Your job is what pays your bills and your work is what leaves you inspired and allows you to inspire others. And, when you're lucky, you'll have a job that will allow you to do your work. The MRC allows me to do my work."
The MRC will host its 23rd annual Senior Awards and Faculty/Staff Diversity Recognition Reception on Wednesday, April 15. Nominations for awards, which may be submitted online at http://equity.psu.edu/mrc/awards, will be received through March 14. For more information, visit the MRC at 220 Grange Building or go to http://equity.psu.edu/mrc.


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I am blessed to live in the Salinas Valley--where I can buy organic vegetables pretty much year-round. Did you know that the Salinas Valley of California is called "The Salad Bowl of the World"? It's true! Our home is right in the thick of it. My daily commute to work is right past acres of Driscoll strawberries. I drive past lettuce fields, broccoli, cabbage-- just about anything fresh and green. This is Steinbeck Country!
I'm a little weird about something, given that I enjoy cooking so much. I love kneading bread dough, making homemake cakes and enjoy making a fancy dinner for company. Pssssssst. Here's my inside secret. Lean closer-- I hate making salads! 'Tis true. Don't ask me why, but I get bored with all the chopping. (Except for this favorite salad.) Thank goodness for Spring Mix Salad. I grab a handful, mix up a fast vinaigrette, toss on some shredded carrots...and, if in season, some cherry tomatoes and that's what you get.
I'll tell you one more true confession-- I just think that salad, as a main meal is wrong. It's kind of like Chinese food. If I eat a salad for dinner, I feel hungry an hour later. My husband, on the other hand, existed on salads for dinner during his bachelor days. He takes one to work, for lunch, every day. Yawn.
The dressing was light, and not too sweet. It had a nice crunch from the crispy noodles and almonds, and I loved the mandarin oranges. I actually felt good about making this salad, because the colors are pretty and it did fill me up.


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A COUNCIL has slammed town centre car park operators for refusing to refund 'unfair' tickets.
Hyndburn Council, and the borough's MP intervened after hundreds of tickets were issued on Accrington's Eastgate car park.
The tickets were issued when time limits were changed from three hours to ninety minutes.
Shoppers, who fell foul of automatic camera fines sent to their homes, said the new signs were on the car park's periphery, hidden by trees.
Following a campaign by local politicians, Excel Parking agreed to Hyndburn Council's campaign to cancel unpaid tickets.
However the council said it had been unable to persuade the company to cancel tickets, issued this summer, in cases where people have paid up.
The council is now advising residents to seek their own legal advice after months of negotiations with Excel.
Deputy leader Clare Pritchard, who oversees town centre issues, said: "We've had many complaints about the way the parking restrictions were imposed on Eastgate. I must stress that this car park is not owned by the council, however we've worked extremely hard, on behalf of the people affected, to try to get a satisfactory resolution to the problem.
"We've negotiated to get the time allowed back to three hours and seen the unpaid notices cancelled."
The council said Excel had agreed it will not pursue unpaid tickets issued following the time changes between June 2 and July 8. However the operator has told the council it will not be refunding tickets 'which have been paid for legitimate parking contraventions'.
Hyndburn Council said Excel Parking had refused to refund, because tickets had been paid to a secondary company.
The company has told Hyndburn Council it is unable to refund any cash paid to Vehicle Control Services.
Though the monies were collected by Excel, they claim all the information relating to the notices is held by VCS.
Coun Pritchard added: "We would advise motorists who paid the fine for notices during this period to write to Excel Parking asking for a refund and also to seek their own legal advice.
"It is important to stress Accrington town centre remains open for business and car parking across remains free."


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Informational Text - How Does It Help?
Lesson 2 of 7
Objective: SWBAT identify text features from an informational text story and use those as images that add meaning to the text.
- Short informational texts – one for each student- try to cover most the text features with the books you choose – you can use longer books, but the students will have to pick a section short enough to read
- sample informational text and literature book for demonstration - here's the sample book that I used
- Using Info Text Features powerpoint
- Informational Text Features - printed and cut out
- Informational Text Bingo cards – one for each student mixed #1-5
- Lesson vocabulary words from the Reading/Writing word wall: text features, text features
- Set up the whiteboard
- Draw the bingo picture (from the worksheet) on the board. On the bottom of the whiteboard bingo chart, write "I learned that _________________."
This is one of the first lessons I've taught about using informational text features with informational text. This kind of reading is so important for 2nd graders because they are now reading to learn, especially in science and social studies. It is worth spending the text highlighting these features for students and modeling how important it is to garner information from them as they read.
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Underlined words below are lesson vocabulary words that are emphasized and written on sentence strips for my Reading & Writing word wall. I pull off the words off the wall for each lesson, helping students understand this key 'reading and writing' vocabulary can be generalized across texts and topics. The focus on acquiring and using these words is part of a shift in the Common Core Standards towards building students' academic vocabulary. My words are color coded 'pink' for literature/'blue' for reading strategies/'orange' for informational text/'yellow' for writing/'green' for all other words)
Activate prior knowledge
- Show powerpoint slide 1 Ask "Do you recognize either of these books? How are these books the same? How could they be different? What do we use these books for?"
- "Today we will play some bingo - who likes that game? Instead of numbers, we'll play with 'text features'. You've heard the word before... who remembers who a 'text feature' might be"
- "We'll have to use informational text to talk about these text features. Does anyone know what an informational text is?"
- Reference your social studies text or non-fiction books that you've read
- "How do these texts help us..How are they used? Where are they in the classroom?"
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Teachers' Turn
Explain the concepts
- "Let's contrast literature and informational text. (slides 1-4)
- Literature (fiction) entertains us and tells a story that is not necessarily true.
- Informational text (non-fiction) gives us information and facts and is true."
- Contrast the amount and kinds of text features (slides 5)
- "Text features help us understand the text better."
- "Here are the different kinds of text features." (slide 6)
My goal is that students become familiar with the words, prompts and descriptions of each text feature. I'm using the pictures, words, and descriptions in this lesson, but I'm hoping they'll hear the vocabulary often enough that they'll not need the pictures at some point.
Model the skill and practice
- "Take a look at the text features for literature and informational text." (slides 7-21).
- "Let me demonstrate how to find and identify text features. I'm going to read through these books and fill out the information on the organizer on the board."
- Read the books (or at least skim if its long and fill out the organizer)
- Pick out what is on the board bingo and cross it off. Make sure to comment each time how the feature helps you learn. (The heading shows me what is on the page so I know what I'm reading about" or "That quote gives me an idea of how well he spoke.")
- "Now that I'm done, let me write what I learned. For example… "I learned from the caption that George Washington did not have white hair – that was a wig!"
The Common Core standards encourage students to know and use various text features to locate facts or information in books efficiently. (RI.2.5) Students who can do 'close reading' and use these features (charts, map, graphs, captions) to gain information and answer questions will be better readers.
Students Take a Turn
Explain the task
- Pass out an informational text to each student. (I would not let them pick – it would take too long) and a bingo sheet. Mix up the sheets #1-5 (Slide 23)
- "As you get this sheet, read your text. Why is this important?" Here's and explanation from a student using explaining why she reads first video.
- "At first you'll only see the description because I want to see if we can work as a group to figure out what the text feature is by what it helps us with. Then I'll show a picture and the name of the text feature."
- "When I say 'look', then you should look through your book. You must wait until I say 'look' to start looking because I want you to pay attention to the group activity. If you have that text feature, then you can cross it off with an 'x'. There are no winners until I say 'stop'. The winners will be the ones with the numbers of 'x's that I say. If I see you crossing off a text feature, I may call on you to show the class and tell how it will help you." (This will encourage honesty and connect back to the true goal – identifying how the text features help us)
- Use this cue word 'look' to keep focus on the group activity and then the individual activity of looking in their book. If students have difficulty, warn them that they can't participate if they can't follow the rules.
Slides 23-29 have the text feature pictures or descriptions displayed before it names the text feature (by clicking). I would check to make sure the animation and see if it works before you use it for the class. It was powerful to have the kids work as a group to identify these features by picture and description.
Read and find text features
- Go through slides 23-39 with the class, giving them time to identify the feature by the picture or description.
- Here's a picture of a student student working on her bingo card with her book.
- Then determine winner by who has the least number of text features crossed off. Of course I'm going to wait until I've gone through the slides and then say the minimum number of 'x's' so they all win.
- "You are a winner if you have ..... text features off. Wow you all won!"
- Here's an example of a student's worksheet.
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Apply What You Know!
- "Now flip over your paper and copy the sentence on the board."
- "Think of a text feature that helped you. "The ...... helped me because..... "
- Give some examples but encourage students to use a variety of text features by looking back through their book.
- Here's an example of one students' sentences.
- Call on some students to share their ideas. Make comments about what feature they picked and prompt with some ideas - "Did the map help find....? "It seems that chart helped you compare - what is it comparing?"
- This was one of my student's comments and answer.
Scaffolding and Special Education: This lesson could be easily scaffolded up or down, depending on student ability.
Students with limited ability should work with a partner because of the reading difficulty and the vocabulary level. Searching for text features and working as a group could be overwhelming because there are so many words. They could also write together about how a text feature helped them or you could use prompts for sentences.
Students with greater ability should be challenged to use deeper reasoning and higher vocabulary when sharing and with the "Apply" activity. They could be a model to the other students by using higher level reasoning - instead of saying 'the map helped me know where he was born' they could share that 'geography helps me determine the birthplace of this character.".


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Fire destroys Lynn apartment building
A four-alarm fire broke out at a three-story apartment building around midnight Sunday.
Shawn Claffey (left), a resident of the building, and his brother, Stephen Claffey, looked at the building's burnt remains.
The fire was at times heavy, with flames pouring out of windows and consuming the building's roof.
Firefighters were still at the scene Monday morning.
Residents of the 25-unit building were evacuated, and no one was seriously injured.


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This, race fans, is Danilo Petrucci, one of the brave souls trying his luck on the future of MotoGP hardware, in his case the doggedly underpowered Came IodaRacing Project machine. Not on a (relatively) zippy Aprilia ART, or a Honda-powered FTR, Petrucci qualifies on the same grid as Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo, and brings to this gunfight a knife that packs a whopping 185 bhp, compared to the factory prototype engines that are rumored to be around 260 bhp.
As I photograph a race, I see a much different version of the event than TV viewers. I watch the recorded TV broadcast later, and can tell you that there is a lot going on with the Claiming Rule Team bikes that doesn't make in onto TV. I'm generally moving the entire time (when I haven't stopped to photograph a turn obviously), so I see the entire field go past, lap after lap. Since Qatar I've noticed that most of the CRT talk has centered around the machines, and that no one I've seen has talked much about what the CRT riders are going through.
Though we currently have in the sub-set of MotoGP bikes a group of machines that are less expensive to run and correspondingly less impressive in the performance category, the fellows riding them are not similarly handicapped when it comes to racing spirit. They aren't trying half as hard because they have no chance to win. Much of the time it seems just the opposite; because they don't want to be six seconds a lap slower, they are trying that much harder merely to get within four seconds of the fastest times.


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I open this thread to explain cartridge loading in detail.
Why? How? How much?
What??? MM cartridges need that too??! Isn't it 47k??!
But first an introduction.
I have a Technics SL-1610 MKII, which I modified many years ago for taking any interconnect that I want to use.
Than meant making two holes on the back, inserting two female RCA plugs, and soldering well shielded coax wire to the arm base.
The interconnect I'm using is very short in length (~40cm), dual shielded 75 ohm coax.
It is important to minimize cable length, because the output signal of a cartridge is very low level, in some cases high impedance, and consequently noise pick up is lower.
It is also important because smaller cables have proportionally lower capacitance.
A typical 1 meter coax has around 150pF capacitance.
I measured capacitance from the wires of an empty headshell mounted on the arm up to the end of the interconnect, and I've got a value of 93pF.
It is hard to get much lower than this, unless you put the phono pre inside the turntable - a viable option, but not practical if you need to switch input loading.
When adjusting input capacitance for your cartridge (as per the recommended values by the manufacturer), you must know your cabling capacitance and count with that.
BUT the recommended values are most of the times very far from ideal.
Say, if the manufacturer of an MM cartridge recommended 10Kohm impedance loading, you would probably not buy that cartridge, because it's not compatible with your MM phono pre, right?
So they recommend 47K, which is a "standard" value for MMs.
By ear (because I don't have the specs, Rega doesn't give them) my first generation Rega Elys - grey body - sounds best with a loading at around 10K. At 47K it sounds incredibly harsh in the treble - it's really too much - and it picks up a lot of surface noise on the record.
I'll give practical examples of other cartridges that I own, wich I have all the data.
I don't use any input shunt capacitance on the phono pre (although I can switch between 4 capacitance values, or none).
So, I always only use the 93pF capacitance of my complete cabling. Let's round this to 100pF.
I only switch impedance.
Why is low capacitance important?
That comes next, but I can only follow with this thread (including simulation graphs of several cartridges) tonight, when I get home.
So stay tuned.
Btw, I suppose that the right place to post those graphs is in the Gallery, right?
The files will be very small, those are frequency response graphs.


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On July 30, 2012, twenty‐four‐year‐old Kelcey Harrison is running over 3,500 miles across the USA to spread awareness and raise money to help beat the cancer that took her friend Jillian Costello's life just weeks after their college graduations. The money she raises in this trek from New York City to San Francisco will go to the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, and its unstoppable young people's movement – Jill's Legacy for Lung Cancer research.
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POCATELLO — The Snake River Panthers opened defense of their conference championship on Wednesday evening as the top seeded squad squared off with the American Falls Beavers at Pocatello High School.
The game started in nightmarish fashion for the Panthers as they struggled from the field and the free throw line in the opening stanza as they shot 10 of 19 from the charity stripe and connected on just one shot from the field.
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Watt finished with 14 points on the evening, 9 of which came from behind the arc as he canned a trio of long range bombs.
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Curtis Keller and Wyatt Wray controlled the paint all evening long as the lanky duo combined for 16 points on the low blocks on the offensive end and defensively, it was a block party all evening long as they did their best impressions of Manute Bul of NBA fame.
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