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Jim Steinmeyer
Jim Steinmeyer (born 1 November 1958) has been called by The New York Times the "celebrated invisible man—inventor, designer and creative brain behind many of the great stage magicians of the last quarter-century."
Jim Steinmeyer has worked with most of the leading magician around the world, produced magic for their television specials, and authored many books on illusions and the history of magic. He served as a consultant for notable magicians including Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield and Lance Burton and developed magic for Orson Welles, Harry Blackstone, and the Pendragons.
Jim Steinmeyer was the Magic Designer for Doug Henning on his four television specials, six touring shows and two Broadway shows.
For one of David Copperfield's television specials, Jim proposed the scenario and secret by which the Statue of Liberty "disappeared."
In 1991 he was awarded The Creative Fellowship by The Academy of Magical Arts.
Jim produced the 1997 four hour A&E Television Special, "The Story of Magic," hosted by Ricky Jay.
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Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, and Christoph Waltz: Behind the scenes at the Oscars
Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, and other Oscar winners and presenters talked backstage. Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress prize for the movie 'Les Miserables,' while Jennifer Lawrence took Best Actress for 'Silver Linings Playbook,' and Christoph Waltz snagged Best Supporting Actor for 'Django Unchained.'
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Jennifer Lawrence's performance in "Silver Linings Playbook" was flawless enough to capture the best actress Oscar. She wasn't so adroit in claiming the trophy.
Lawrence stumbled as she took the steps to the Oscar stage, falling to her knees in her flowing Dior gown. That drew a sympathetic ovation from the auditorium.
She remained endearingly flustered during her acceptance speech, thanking her family, those who worked with her on the film and wishing a "Happy Birthday" to a fellow nominee, Emmanuelle Riva of "Amour," who turned 86.
"Look at this dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress," Lawrence said of her white, floor-length gown. "I think I stepped on the fabric and they wax the stairs."
Lawrence said she thought of a "bad word" to say when she tumbled but kept it to herself.
She had already been bleeped by ABC when she let loose with a four-letter word while joking with Kristin Chenoweth on the red carpet.
"I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It's good, it is work, but it's the best kind of work. There's no one I'd rather work with." — Ben Affleck, thanking his wife, Jennifer Garner, as he accepted the best picture Oscar for "Argo."
–Christina Hoag
For a moment, it looked the Oscar stage had turned into the Mount Olympus of acting, with British actor Daniel Day-Lewis and Meryl Streep standing together.
Though he's not known for comedy, Day-Lewis got a big laugh when he turned to Streep, who had just presented him the best-actor trophy – his third – and said he'd actually originally been slated to play Margaret Thatcher, the role Streep won the Oscar for last year in "The Iron Lady."
And, he added, Streep had actually been director Steven Spielberg's original choice for Abraham Lincoln.
"I'd like to see that version," Day-Lewis quipped.
With his win for "Lincoln," Day-Lewis became the first person to win three best-actor Oscars. Streep has won three Oscars too, one of them as supporting actress.
"I love it when people are completely inarticulate giving speeches because it says the same thing in a different way." –Daniel Day-Lewis backstage, discussing the unpolished thank yous he gave after winning the lead actor award for "Lincoln."
–Hannah Dreier
"I think sometimes this disadvantage can be an advantage. The fact that I come from another culture makes me special." –Ang Lee of Taiwan, encouraging Asian and other non-American filmmakers to take on Hollywood after he won the directing Oscar for "Life of Pi."
–Hannah Dreier
In recent years, everyone would head for the door as soon as the best picture winner – the last Oscar category in the show – was announced.
This year, organizers hoped to get attendees to stick around until the end of the show for a closing performance from Seth MacFarlane and Kristin Chenoweth, which was dedicated to all the evening's Oscar losers.
Well, one pair of "losers" weren't interested. "The Master" stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman bolted for the door at the beginning of the song.
–Derrik J. Lang
Ang Lee had his priorities in order when he gave one of his first thank you's to the "movie god."
The Taiwanese director pulled off a huge upset when he won an Academy Award for directing "Life of Pi." He beat out front-runner and two-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg.
Lee also gave a shoutout to the shipwreck story's lead actor, Suraj Sharma, but didn't thank the rest of the cast by name.
"I cannot waste this time talking about them," he said sheepishly.
He did slip in a quick mention of his agent, his lawyer and of course his wife.
"I have to do that," he said.
Hannah Dreier
Just like the superheroes they played in the movie, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson huddled together backstage to joke around.
Downey suggested the stars of "The Avengers" bow as they headed onstage to make Oscar presentations. Or perhaps curtsy.
When a show worker asked Jackson to stand still so he could be wired with a microphone, the actor faced a backstage wall and pretended he was being frisked by police.
To pass the time, the superheroes watched Melissa McCarthy and Paul Rudd from a backstage monitor.
Suddenly Ruffalo asked, "Did we miss our cue?"
"You want to go out there with them?" asked Jackson.
After presenting two awards, the actors returned backstage, where Downey quipped, "Avengers disassemble."
"I'm not an American filmmaker. I'm American and I'm a filmmaker, but I make movies for planet Earth" –Quentin Tarantino, tie loosened, talking with his hands and drifting into an Australian accent backstage after winning the Oscar for original screenplay for "Django Unchained."
–Hannah Dreier
Backstage, Kristen Stewart ran into supporting actress winner Anne Hathaway, who noted her crutches.
"I know, I'm an idiot," Stewart replied. "But congratulations!"
"Please tell me you're going on stage with those," Hathaway said, pointing to the crutches.
"Nope. I'm gonna hobble," said Stewart, explaining that she had stepped on glass.
As soon as British singer Adele stepped off the stage after singing the Oscar-winning theme from "Skyfall," she kicked off her sparkly Louboutin platforms.
"I'm sorry. (Forget) that," she said, flinging the shoes onto the floor. A stagehand quickly swooped them up.
"I'd pick them up but I can't bend over," she said, motioning toward her tight beaded dress.
–Sandy Cohen
For all the sparkling young starlets and the edgy new host, it was none other than Dame Shirley Bassey who set the joint on fire early in the Oscar telecast.
The 76-year-old singer's rendition of the theme from "Goldfinger" – or, as she sang so memorably, "GoldfinGAH" – was a feel-good moment that won what was at the time the biggest ovation of the night.
Bassey, who recorded the song in the '60s to great acclaim, reprised it as part of the Academy's 50th anniversary tribute to the James Bond franchise.
Minutes after the performance, the singer and her song were trending on Twitter.
–Jocelyn Noveck
"Quentin writes poetry and I like poetry." –Supporting actor winner and Austrian Christoph Waltz of "Django Unchained" about working with writer-director Quentin Tarantino.
–Beth Harris
Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were one big bundle of nerves before they took the stage for their opening song-and-dance numbers.
Radcliffe danced by himself. Theron dabbed at her eyes and Gordon-Levitt stood silently as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane delivered the Oscar show's opening monologue.
Then it was time to hit the stage.
"Thank God!" Theron said afterward as she let out a sigh of relief.
"You stepped on my dress," she told Tatum.
Radcliffe and Gordon-Levitt bear-hugged after their dance routine.
"We did all right! We did all right," they told each other.
"It felt good! How did it look?" Gordon-Levitt asked.
"Well done," Radcliffe told him.
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Samsung sees RDK as route to DOMINATION of US set top market
Back off, cable guys. When prices drop, it's anyone's market
Comment For as long as Faultline has commented on this industry, the set-top market in the US has been dominated by the cable TV industry – which in turn has been dominated first by Motorola and secondly by Cisco.
Things have changed somewhat over the years, in that Pace has led a challenge from the UK and in direct to home satellite, French Technicolor nee Thomson, has carved out a US niche, with a strong relationship with DirecTV while EchoStar has done the same with its cousin, Dish Networks.
In IPTV, Motorola kept much of the lion's share at AT&T but also brought Sigma into the set-top chip business, while the hybrid FiOS implementation at Verizon also had a strong element of Motorola.
But none of the three markets - cable, satellite and IPTV - in the US have ever been able to offload all of the intricacies of separate implementations and their integration with different conditional access systems, different encoding styles and formats, and different set top chips, to the extent that a pure play Consumer Electronics company could lead the charge.
But with the advent last week of the Samsung's licensing of RDK (reference design kit), that may all be about to change.* We're looking at the double prospect of Samsung taking leadership in US set tops, so making less room for the more traditional suppliers, at the same time as the average price per device crashes to something like half of what is it today. Standardised devices means higher volume purchasing agreements and lower ASPs.
The emergence of Samsung as a viable contender in pay TV in the US has already been testified to by a variety of US analysts, which talk about market share being eroded from the Arris acquired Motorola Home subsidiary, in favour of both Samsung and Pace. Cisco has recently fallen from grace and from a position where a year ago it had challenged Pace as the global leader in set tops, it has fallen away slightly.
It used to be straightforward – a 50 per cent market share for Motorola and a 25 per cent market share for Scientific Atlanta, which went on to make up the Cisco element, when it was acquired back in 2005. But it is far from straightforward today. That was also the year that Pace made the first breakthroughs in unbundling the relationship between the device hardware and the Motorola conditional access, using a software emulator called EngineWare.
The relief in the market was palpable and Comcast rewarded it with $500m of orders over the next few years, mostly in HD DVR devices. Earlier the FCC had tried to pull the same unbundling trick in 2004 between decryption and set top function, with its CableCard initiative. Today after many mishaps along the way there, there are CableCards from all the major conditional access firms in the US that can be plugged straight into set tops.
But while these moves have introduced some level of competition into the US pay TV market, they have not totally crashed the pricing there, and there has been a lot of optimism about shipments, due to a wide acceptance among Pay TV players of transcoding home media gateways, led by the Comcast specifications, initially for its Xfinity X1 and X2, but now for the XG5 it unveiled in January, which has turned into a fight between Arris and Pace with both offering a reference design for it, which uses Intel Puma 6 DOCSIS chips and a Broadcom SoC.
Getting ahead with headless gateway design
In parallel with the Comcast announcement, most of the other major pay TV players in the US, also have a similar headless gateway design, for which they are about to allocate contracts (probably at CES 2014). What this means is that all the serious profit is being taken out of the market by these top-end devices, themselves able to use RDK, and what's left are commoditised devices, which with the introduction of RDK will rapidly lose their ability to generate serious margins.
What has kept companies like Samsung out of this lucrative market for some long time has been that fact that it cannot come to market, due to its scale, with orders that are in any lower numbers than millions. The others are all used to separate orders for lower numbers, although Motorola was once in much the same position regarding the cable market, and needed volume to make anything it did worthwhile.
Here the cloud has come to everyone's aid. UI and recommendation can be moved to the cloud, and use a relatively small part of the already defined RDK (remember it stands for Reference Design Kit) to render such function on a TV. The idea is that user navigation, third-party apps and app management are all above the RDK level and can be different to fit in with the existing systems of the pay TV players.
But use of things like DLNA-compliant media streamers and servers, the media player and the recorder, and other elements such as closed captioning, software downloads and updates, and remote management like TR 069, are all part of the code provided inside RDK. This is all part of commoditisation of the software layers that existing set-top leaders once delighted in controlling – and did so at least marginally differently from one another. Now they have to do most of it in the same way.
This should lead to faster device development, faster testing and the use of open source for adding more functions into the RDK, so that nothing can be added that is proprietary, which in turns means that no one can charge for anything that is proprietary.
If we go back to that emulation that Pace did back in 2005, it took it three years to get Motorola to admit that yes, "the device does the same thing that our device does," and that was with huge pressure from Comcast to help. That's why the Motorola boxes were dated and behind the times, because it had such a grip on device development it had never needed to innovate. With RDK that is all swept aside, but we had perhaps not reckoned with how fast Samsung has learned to move.
Adapt or die
It took Samsung three years to get brave enough to take on the iPhone and it has had a ripe old time of it in the US, with legal actions across the globe and the average Apple fanboi refusing to touch the Samsung brand. It has learned a big lesson about adaptability there, and it is now seeing new markets far more quickly than it perhaps has in the past and the transition of the US set-top market to a commoditised software stack plus cloud functions, gives it a perfect opportunity to strike.
The announcement will be backed up with more detail at the TV of Tomorrow Show in New York in the US. Samsung Electronics America is the company that has licensed the RDK and talks about using it to deliver a rich, multiplatform home entertainment experience.
The RDK has so far been supported by more than 100 licensees, and was set up as a joint venture between Comcast Cable and Time Warner Cable.
"As a leading provider of Pay TV CPE worldwide, Samsung recognizes the value of a common platform," said Stephen Goldstein, vice president and general manager, STB at Samsung Electronics America's Enterprise Business Division. "The RDK allows Samsung to deliver devices to operators faster and with broader scale. Samsung has already begun deploying Set-Top Boxes based on the RDK and we look forward to more RDK-based projects in the United States and abroad."
Steve Heeb, president and general manager of RDK Management, LLC, said: "One of our goals with the RDK program is to accelerate development of an advanced software solution throughout the industry, which allows MVPD's the opportunity to provide enhanced user experiences across a broad set of STB, gateway, and SoC platforms. He added: "Samsung's support of the RDK helps expand it as global platform available to operators around the world."
Joining the RDK gang
Over the years Samsung has become more and more active in set tops, and earlier this year bought Boxee, more of a set-top provider than a set-top maker, but none the less it will have gained good US market know-how from the purchase.
A year ago, Samsung completed a long-term project with Liberty Global in Europe, to help design and build the new home media gateway, based on Intel chips in a project led by NDS, which created the Horizon set top for Liberty Global, a deal that promised millions of gateway shipments, and delivering to Samsung much needed integration expertise.
Samsung has confirmed to US newspapers that Comcast has already received a batch of Samsung set tops which are RDK-based. Time Warner Cable and Liberty Global, which also have RDK in their roadmaps, are already Samsung customers while in the US Cablevision and Bright House Networks are known to take some Samsung devices. In Europe Com Hem in Sweden and Virgin Media in the UK have also started sourcing set-tops and gateways from Samsung.
Samsung joins other CE manufacturers such as Humax and LG Electronics who also have RDK licences.
* (RDK is an integrated software stack for set-top devices whose components are available for use on devices used by operators with an RDK licence agreement.)
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On March 12, 1994, a fire broke out in a retirement community apartment in Deleware, Ohio. Smoke detectors located near the common area detected the fire, and the fire alarm systems actuated. However, the fire quickly impinged on the surface-mounted metal raceway and damaged the fire alarm wiring inside — ultimately silencing the audible fire alarm signal. Because the fire alarm stopped operating shortly after starting, some residents believed a system malfunction sounded the alarm, so they didn't evacuate. By the time the resident realized there was an actual fire, it had grown large enough to block their exits. Two residents died — one from smoke inhalation and one from a heart attack — and seven were injured.
Fire department notification often depends on the proper operation of fire detection and alarm systems. In buildings where total evacuation is impractical, emergency voice communications systems help coordinate the safe evacuation of occupants in the affected areas, which is one reason the Code requires them. When fire detection and alarm systems fail, smoke can block egress paths before occupants even know there's a fire. This makes safe and efficient evacuation difficult, if not impossible. All of these failures — and their consequences — can happen when fire damages the fire system cabling. Thus, it's necessary to ensure fire alarm systems will function when needed. To do so, critical circuits need added protection. Protection schemes involve fire-rated enclosure assemblies and/or fire-rated cable.
For decades, fire-rated cable, or MI cable, has provided this added protection. MI cables use copper conductors with a magnesium oxide insulation covered by a copper sheath. Each cable may include anywhere from one to several insulated solid conductors. The cable is available with a 2-hr fire resistance rating and is intended for emergency power circuit feeds for fire pumps and emergency generators. Because of its difficult installation characteristics, MI cable has not been widely used in low-voltage fire protection and emergency voice system applications, but thanks to recent developments in wire technology — and changes in national codes and standards — an alternative to MI cable is now available.
Circuit integrity (CI) cable is typically soft-jacketed with solid conductors and is listed for use in fire alarm and voice communications systems. The cable's soft and flexible insulating material changes state when exposed to high temperature conditions, creating a fire resistant insulator to protect the conductors. However, until subjected to high temperatures, CI cable is as flexible as standard fire alarm cables, which makes it as easy to install as nonfire-rated electrical wiring. You can pull it through standard raceways and conduit and install it without special tools or hardware. And you don't need special training to handle or install it.
NEC 760.31(F) requires CI cable used to ensure survivability of critical circuits be listed for that function and states that listed cable may be used to comply with the survivability requirements in the 1996 edition of NFPA 72, Secs. 3-2.4, 3-4.4, 3-12.4, and 3-12.4.3.
Engineers have specified CI cable for fire fighter elevator controls, pressurization/smoke exhaustion fans, and fire alarm notification systems. To assure their compatibility with today's sophisticated fire alarm circuits, manufacturers have tested CI cables for their capacitance levels and distortion-free transmission of high-speed data pulses.
Conformance to the Code requirements of circuit survivability will ensure the performance of the fire alarm system during a fire emergency. CI cable provides you with flexibility in planning cable routing, while minimizing wall and shaft construction.


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Navy Beats Hopkins In OT To End 36-Game Losing Streak
April 25, 2010
Courtesy of Navy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- With just 10 seconds remaining in overtime, junior attackman Andy Warner (Corning, N.Y.) sped around Hopkins defender Matt Drenan to score what will be one of the most talked about goals by the Navy faithful for years to come, as the Navy men's lacrosse team (6-7) scored a 9-8 OT win over 17th-ranked Johns Hopkins (5-7) Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. More than 10,000 fans watched the Midshipmen snap a 36-game losing streak which dated back to 1975.
"I've walked off this field and into the locker room having to face my team, knowing they played their hearts out and didn't win," said a tearful Navy head coach Richie Meade. "To our players and those guys who weren't successful in beating Hopkins along the way, this means so much to them. It means so much to me to have them here with us today and experiencing it. I'm just extremely proud of our team."
It was an uphill climb for the Mids as they found themselves down 5-0 after the opening quarter of play. It was just the second time this season the Mids were held scoreless for a quarter, the first was against North Carolina in the third game of the season.
Navy, though, battled back as it has so many times before.
"We were definitely disappointed being down 5-0, but we've come back before," said Warner, who ended the day with one goal and two assists. "There's a lot of heart in this team and I think the mark of this team has been our ability to fight back."
Navy's offense and defense complemented one another for the next 15 minutes, as the Midshipmen scored six unanswered goals to take a 6-5 lead into the locker room. Senior midfielder Patrick Moran (Annapolis, Md.) sparked the run with an impressive goal just 40 seconds into the quarter. Moran, on the run, switched hands shooting hands at the last minute to poke in his 23rd goal of the year just inside the far post.
The Mids then scored three goals over the course of two minutes, including the first-collegiate goal by rookie midfielder Bucky Smith (Great Falls, Va.). Smith had been utilized as a defensive midfielder nearly the entire season, however, Meade moved him to the offensive side of the field two weeks ago.
Senior midfielder Joe Lennon (Westminster, Md.) had a hand in each of the next two goals, though he'd be credited with just one of those two goals. With 8:27 left in the half, Lennon sent his shot towards the goal only to have it turned aside by Hopkins keeper Pierce Bassett. The ball, however, trickled out of Bassett's stick and back into the play where midfielder Matt Dolente swatted the ball into his own goal. Less than a minute later, Lennon scored from nearly the same spot he took his earlier shot to pull the Mids to within one at 5-4.
Rookie Jay Mann (Cockeysville, Md.) scored the equalizer on a 10-yard blast from the right wing.
"I think two of the most important goals of the game were by Bucky and Jay," said Meade While made the switch in fields, Mann bounced back after suffering a broken collarbone against North Carolina in late February.
The Mids scored the go-ahead goal with just 43 seconds left in the half when Lennon's shot hit the cross bar and shot straight into the stick of Brendan Connors (Bellmore, N.Y.) who was standing on the crease. He barely had it in his stick when he let it fly, paying special attention to stay out of the crease.
After being held scoreless the entire second period, Hopkins came out of the locker room and scored three straight goals to take a 8-6 advantage with under four minutes to go in the third period.
With under 20 seconds to go, Navy patiently worked the ball around and put it in the stick of sophomore attackman Ryan O'Leary. O'Leary wrapped around the left side of the goal, looking for an opening for himself. But at the last second, Connors cut towards the middle and O'Leary threaded the pass to Connors to trim the lead to one, 8-7, with 10 seconds left in the third quarter.
Just one goal was surrendered in the fourth quarter, an extra-man strike by the Mids after Kyle Wharton was called for a slash. Moran scored his second goal of the day on 17-yarder off a pass from fellow senior Evan Sullivan (Westfield, N.J.) with 9:39 remaining.
Navy's defense was stout in the final quarter and was anchored by the play of sophomore goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) who made three of his nine saves in the fourth quarter.
Navy held the ball the final three minutes of the game, setting up a final shot, but Moran's shot would sail wide, forcing the Mids' fifth overtime contest of the year.
Senior draw specialist Robby Battle put the all in the Mids' hands with a faceoff win and Warner got off what he had hoped would be the game-winner, but Bassett snatched it out of the air 52 seconds into the extra frame. The Jays cleared the ball and Wickham came up with a big save on a Michael Kimmel shot. Just seconds later, senior long pole Zack Schroeder (Deer Park, N.Y.) got a piece of Kimmel's stick, jarring the ball loose. Senior close defenseman Gordon Lawson picked up the ground ball and got it defensive midfielder Marty Gallagher (Wayne, Pa.). Hopkins nearly forced O'Leary to cough up the ball behind the cage, but Navy was awarded a timeout with 1:08 remaining in OT.
Coming out of the timeout, Moran made a run at the goal, finding Nikk Davis (Cockeysville, Md.) open on the crease. Davis made a leaping catch and sent the ball just over the top of the cross bar with 15 seconds left. With the ball back in Navy's hands, Warner used a Davis screen to scramble past Drenan for the game-winner.
Navy topped Hopkins in shots (40-32), ground balls (35-21), faceoff wins (13-8) and managed its turnovers (14-16). Battle and sophomore Logan West shared the faceoff duties with Battle winning seven and West taking six of the nine draws. Battle led all Navy players with seven ground balls while Lawson picked up six grounders on the defensive side of the field.
With a 6-5 advantage at the half, Navy has now won 19 straight when leading at the break.
The Midshipmen have now played seven one-goal games this season, putting together a 3-4 record. All three of the Mids' one-goal victories have been decided in overtime, while two of the four losses have been in extra minutes. Seventeen of the 84 games in the series have been decided by one goal, including five of the last eight.
"If there is anything I can teach our players, it's to keep fighting, to believe in themselves and be great leaders," added Meade.
The Midshipmen will be back in action next Friday when they head to West Point, N.Y. to take part in the four-team Patriot League Tournament. Navy will face second-seeded Lafayette at either 3:00 pm or 5:45 pm at Army's Michie Stadium, while top-seeded Army and Bucknell will face one another in the other semifinal contest. CBS College Sports will televise both semifinal contests. Fans can also tune in to the radio broadcast with Pete Medhurst calling the action on 1430 WNAV.


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This is a very "serious" talk presented by legendary Israeli investor and community-builder Yossi Vardi.
It talks about the dangers of blogging especially for males.
Direct video link here.
Worth the watch!
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Blundering in the Mideast with Prince Bandar
A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East— from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Can a negotiatior for a Middle East settlement be both objective and produce results? Can a national negotiator ever be completely objective? How much does it matter? Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN's famously principled second secretary-general, wrote personal guidelines for his task that included the following: "If, while pleading another's cause, you are at the same time seeking something for yourself, you cannot hope to succeed."1 A corollary for the Middle East might read: "And if you do not have materially substantial means of persuasion, you cannot hope to succeed either."
In the early postwar years, disinterested international mediators were considered, especially by the United States, to provide the best hope for a settlement in the Middle East, and, in those relatively innocent days, they made considerable, if not decisive, contributions. Before he was assassinated in September 1948, the UN mediator in Palestine, Folke Bernadotte, was able to submit to the UN General Assembly a detailed proposal for a two-state solution that has now, sixty-one years later, reemerged as the basic objective of Middle East negotiations. His successor, Ralph Bunche, negotiated armistice agreements that ended the first Arab–Israeli war and provided a practical arrangement for an interim peace in the region, pending the conclusion of a permanent settlement. The conduct of both these mediators was generally recognized as living up to Hammarskjöld's rigorous standards.
As the situation in the Middle East became more complicated over the years, it was increasingly clear that even the ablest and most objective international mediator lacked the necessary political, financial, and military backing to move the various parties toward a settlement. In the late 1960s the last of this breed, the highly respected Gunnar Jarring of Sweden, was unable, after intensive negotiations, to get simultaneous agreement by Egypt and Israel on peace between the two countries and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Egyptian territory. That was finally achieved by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 in the Camp David Accords.
Since the Jarring mission, governments, and specifically the United States government, have become the preferred intermediaries for a Middle East settlement. The primary responsibility of a government is, naturally, the interest and well-being of its own country and people. This priority will inevitably be a major influence on the conduct of negotiations in a region that is critically important to the United States. Even disinterested expert proposals like the recommendations submitted to President Obama by the US/Middle East Project2 will, when and if they reach the official level, be subjected to all the crosscurrents, pressures, and controversies that swirl around Middle East matters in Washington.3
As Patrick Tyler puts it:
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Four distinguished members of the Gainesville community and a local student will be honored at the 7th annual Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee awards ceremony.
Four distinguished members of the Gainesville community and a local student will be honored at the 7th annual Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee awards ceremony.
This year's honorees are Sherry DuPree, Andrew R. Mickle Sr., Attorney Allison Thompson and the Rev. Dr. T.A. Wright Sr. The theme this year is "Justice on the Ropes: Winning the Battle."
The ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Bartley Temple United Methodist Church at 1936 NE 8th Ave., and will feature a tribute to the late Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old black teen shot Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman in Sanford.
The tribute to Trayvon will include a moment of silence and the lighting of a candle in his memory at the same time a candle will be lit in memory of Parks.
The committee was founded by the Rev. Milford L. Griner in 2006 to honor the legacy of Parks, a civil rights icon who became famous when she refused to give up her seat on a city bus on Dec. 1, 1955 to a white man in Montgomery, Ala. The incident sparked the Montgomery bus boycott that ended with blacks being able to sit anywhere they chose on buses. Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005, in Detroit at the age of 92.
Griner said the committee is privileged to be honoring another great group of people.
"We have the greatest respect for all of our honorees and we just want to recognize them for their quiet courage while working to keep the legacy of Rosa Parks alive," Griner said.
Also, Terry J. Robinson Jr., an eighth-grader at PASSAGE Christian Academy, will receive the Legacy Bearer Award for an essay he wrote describing the impact Parks' legacy has had on his life. The committee picks a local school each year to have their students write essays, then it chooses the best essay.
Robinson, son of Dr. Shari Robinson and Terry J. Robinson Sr., said he is "really humbled" that the committee chose his essay as the best. He said he understands the significance of Park's legacy.
"Her legacy means that she started what black people have the right to do now, and it is because of her that we have a lot of the freedoms we have now," he said.
DuPree and Thompson, both black women, said the thought of even being mentioned in the same sentence with Parks is astounding.
DuPree, who has been director of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization - Transatlantic Slave Trade for close to two years, said Parks is one of her heroes.
"I had the privilege of actually going to Montgomery, following her trail, and also to Birmingham, so I am fairly familiar with the lady, and I am just honored to be a part of this," DuPree said.
DuPree said her work with UNESCO-TST involves encouraging educational training around the world. Karen Cole-Smith, a member of the committee, wrote in a letter recommending DuPree that, "Her interest in helping others has turned into an unending research project that ensures the legacy of black history, religion, civil rights issues and other disciplines that benefit all persons."
Thompson, who came to Gainesville to become executive director of Three Rivers Legal Services in 1996, said she is "very flattered to be named in the same category with Rosa Parks," whom she described as a "courageous and valiant woman of color."
Three Rivers serves low-income residents in Gainesville, Lake City and Jacksonville.
Thompson said her career and life have been dedicated to fighting injustice and inequality, something that her family instilled in her while she was growing up in South Carolina during segregation. She also said it is important that older blacks teach younger blacks about the history and richness of black culture.
"Teaching our history to our kids is vital," said Thompson, adding that more black mentors are needed in the community. "They need to know and understand the sacrifices many have made so they can do the things they are able to do today."
Mickle, a native of South Carolina like Thompson, came to Gainesville in 1955, and has been an integral part of the community since. He is a retired teacher and administrator who taught tailoring, among other subjects, at former all-black Lincoln High School. He has also taught swimming for years in the community and was the manager of the former Lincoln Pool.
He still gives affordable swimming lessons during the summer. Mickle has also served on many boards and associations and has been a deacon at Mount Carmel Baptist Church for 46 years. He has received numerous awards for his community service and the Andrew R. Mickle Sr. Pool at T.B. McPherson Recreation Center in southeast Gainesville is named in his honor.
Mickle said he is happy to be joining past recipients of the Quiet Courage Award.
"I have experienced the awarding of this honor in previous years and I think it is one of the most honorary things that a person could receive for the service they have rendered to the community and to Gainesville," he said. "Me and my family certainly appreciate the committee for recognizing me with this honor."
Wright, who couldn't be reached for comment, is a civil rights icon in Gainesville. He came to Gainesville in 1962 to pastor Mount Carmel Baptist Church after receiving several death threats for his staunch civil rights activism in St. Augustine, where he was pastor of St. Mary's Baptist Church for eight years.
Once in Gainesville, Wright continued his fight for civil rights. In fact, his daughter LaVon Wright-Bracy was one of a handful of black students to integrate Gainesville High School in 1964, thus, also becoming the first students to integrate public schools in Alachua County.
Several years later, he became the first black to integrate a white neighborhood in Gainesville when he moved his family into a home in the Forest Ridge subdivision off NW 16th Avenue. He put that house up for sale earlier this year.


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Is Wireless Process Control Ready for Prime Time?
Wireless Can Stand Up to the Demands in All but the Applications That Require the Fastest Scan Times
This article was printed in CONTROL's May 2009 edition.
By Greg McMillan
I can envision a wireless world, but is wireless control ready for prime time in industrial processes? Is wireless reliable, secure and fast enough for process control? Will battery life be long enough? What is the motivation other than to be part of a neat new technology?
Why Wireless?
The savings in installation costs is the most obvious benefit for using wireless devices. My six years in E&I construction makes me more appreciative of the potential savings. I can remember sorting through rolls of schematic diagrams, installation and termination details, and the drawings for the fabrication and layout of the cable tray, conduit, junction boxes and interface panels. It took the best electrician supervision to get the whole picture right and correct the inevitable design and drafting mistakes. Projects routinely used a factor of three to four times the instrument cost to estimate the total commissioned cost of an instrument, most of which was associated with design, implementation and checkout of the wiring system. The other biggest part was the making the process connection. One leading chemical company and some plants have standardized on the elimination of sensing lines and sample lines by using of inline meters for flow and liquid analysis and connecting differential pressure or pressure transmitters directly to the process pipeline or vessel. While the original goal was to improve reliability and maintainability, since most of the performance problems originate in the sensing and sample lines, it turned out the side benefit of savings in installation cost was impressive as well. The combination of direct process connections and wireless communication can drop the total commissioned cost for a transmitter to less than twice the hardware cost for large projects where there is an economy of scale.
But for me, cost takes a backseat to performance. So what are the functional benefits of wireless? One possibility is that more instruments can be used to provide a better view and understanding of the process because of portability.
In the old days, we added extensive standardized pressure and temperature gauge pipe connections and bought an assortment of gauges. The field operator would pick a gauge with the right range and connect it to the process to better track down problems. The gauges provided information on the source and profile of changes in plant performance.
For distillation column control, we sought the tray that had the largest and most symmetrical change in temperature for a change in the reflux-to-feed ratio and, in some cases, the steam-to-feed ratio. While simulation programs could give you some insight, that best tray was not found until after startup. Additionally, the best tray would change with process improvement and debottlenecking projects. More tray temperature sensor connections were provided than used, with the expectation that the best points for monitoring and control needed to be found online.
We started to use packaged equipment on skids significantly in the 1990s to service multiple-unit operations and meet multiple needs with reduced installation and operating cost and time. There is an increasing variety of skid operations. A significant example is the single-use bioreactor (SUB) with a disposable plastic liner that eliminates the bioreactor sterilization step time and cost. Originally used in pilot plants, the SUB has greatly increased in size to the degree where the SUB can be used for the commercial production of high-value-added biopharmaceuticals. Figure 1 shows a 100-liter SUB skid with WirelessHART pH, temperature and pressure transmitters and a lab-optimized DCS for research and development.
Today, we have the advantage of wireless transmitters to provide the flexibility and portability needed for process analysis and diagnostics, process control improvement and packaged equipment.
For the E&I plant people in the trenches, the time spent troubleshooting instruments is a primary concern. Even if the wiring is not the source of the problem in the instrument signal, it needs to be checked out. When grounding and noise problems occurred, they were difficult to track down. Signal shielding and grounding standards were developed in the 1970s. However, even systems designed per the standards developed rampant problems with electromagnetic interference (EMI) when inexpensive inverters for variable-frequency drives (VFD) were installed. It took years for some plants to sort out their VFD-induced EMI problems.
The instrument suffering the most from ground problems for the last 50 years is the pH transmitter. I wish I had a dollar for every spike I have seen or users reported in a pH trend chart. The spike is usually caused by ground noise. In some cases, the spikes disappear when the electrode is removed and inserted in a beaker, indicating one side of the ground loop is through the process. In most cases, the ground noise is gone when the electrode is left in place, and a lab meter is connected to the electrode cable instead of the transmitter wiring. This indicates the other side of the ground loop is somehow established in the transmitter wiring. Figure 2 is a trend chart of a WirelessHART transmitter and a wired conventional pH transmitter on the SUB in Figure 1. A spike from ground noise appears in the wired pH, but not the wireless pH.
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Single-use bioreactor with wireless transmitters and a lab-optimized DCS.
Most of the new measurement diagnostic research and development is going into wireless transmitters. For example, wireless pH transmitters have improved glass impedance measurement, enabling better glass diagnostics, finer measurement resolution and the setup for smart electrodes that have calibration history and electrode health embedded. If you want the latest advances in measurement technology, you need to consider wireless.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc.'s (formerly Lucid, Inc. - OTCBB: LCDX) VivaScope® system will be featured at the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic & Clinical Conference (ODAC) to be held in Orlando, Florida, January 18-21, 2013. ODAC hosts opinion leaders from across the globe.
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A display of over 300 Canadian poetry books produced since 1990, curated by Roberta Morris and Paul Savoie and co-sponsored by The Writers' Union of Canada. An opportunity to view Canadian poetry-in-print from a wide range of geographic and linguistic communities.
The Exhibition of Canadian Poetry Books is made possible by contributions from the Canadian Consulate General, New York; Québec Government House in New York and the Writers' Union of Canada
Exhibition of Canadian Poetry, curated by Roberta Morris and Paul Savoie
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Immerse yourself. The fastest way to learn a language is through immersion. In a language immersion camp, everyone is required to speak nothing but the language being studied for a week or a month or however long it lasts. A running immersion works similarly. Of course, taking on too much running too quickly can lead to fatigue and injury, but if done right, a running immersion can help build your aerobic base into your week and train you to run while fatigued.
When adding more mileage to your weekly running diet, do it with caution. Add miles slowly, with 5- to 10-percent gains over two or three weeks and as much as 20 percent over a span of two months. Immediately going from 50 to 55 miles per week shouldn't affect you much, but you'll definitely feel the effects of going from 50 to 70, both in leg fatigue and the mental stress of finding time to fit it in.
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"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don't wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope." –Barrack Obama
The 5th of December is celebrated every year as the International Volunteers Day by the United Nations. It is a day in which volunteers and volunteerism is celebrated and recognized in all its facets. As a volunteer, I would love to share a few things about being a volunteer.
Generally a volunteer is a non salaried worker; someone who spends his valuable time doing something that will benefit a person, a group of people, or the society in general without expecting any remuneration.
I have a passion for children, their safety, welfare and respect for their rights. Having done some little projects to make this world a better place for children, I decided to work with an NGO that deals with children. I remember the first day I went to the office of an NGO to apply for a job as an intern where I could be paid some little stipends or as a full staff where I'll earn money full time. I met the program officer and explained to her that I came seeking for a job. She was quite welcoming. She told me the scope of their work and various things I could do with them but throughout our discussion, she kept using the word "volunteer." She kept saying you can volunteer with us to do this and do that....
In the back of mind, I said to myself that there is no chance of me getting a paid job here. The activities she mentioned were quite interesting and appealing, that I could not allow this opportunity pass me by just because I will be working as volunteer. The next day we finalized discussions on what is expected of me as a volunteer and I started working. From then until now, I have enjoyed every bit of my work. I have gained a rewarding experience, worked with experts in the field, learned valuable skills, built my self esteem and self confidence, made new friends and important contacts, gained access to valuable information, made a difference in peoples' lives and contributed to the safety and welfare of children. I can say I work even more than some paid staff but since I really have passion for what I do and do it with so much love in my heart, I'm not bothered by that but I go home happy everyday knowing that I'm doing something good. Sometimes I even say I should be the one paying the NGO for giving me such a rare opportunity to work with them. If I kept looking for a paid job, I would probably never have had an opportunity like this.
When I tell some of my friends where I work, the first question they ask is how much are you being paid? Whenever I say I am a volunteer without any paid salary; I get responses filled with satirical statements. Some make it very clear that they can never do that. I always conclude by saying, I'm not really bothered about doing unpaid service because I enjoy every single bit of the work I am doing. As a kid, I always promised myself that when I am all grown up and rich, I will use my money to serve mankind and do all sorts of charitable acts but now I realize that I don't need to wait till then before serving mankind. As a volunteer, I am already serving mankind, doing my best in my own little way to make this world a better place. As Mother Teresa once said "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
The act of volunteering is more common in the western world and developed countries than it is here in Nigeria and some developing countries because most people are cash oriented and there aren't many open volunteering opportunities. Nevertheless, we still have some dedicated volunteers doing the best they can do. In the words of Ban Ki Moon, the United Nations Secretary General,
"Volunteerism is a two-way street. Even as volunteers help generate positive change for others, their own lives are often transformed by the act of volunteering itself. On this International Volunteer Day, let us renew our commitment to offering young people diverse and meaningful volunteer opportunities to become active and confident contributors to global change."
To all the young volunteers out there, I always pray for you all and encourage you to keep doing your good work with so much love in your hearts. I would love to read your stories and urge you to share with us how volunteering has been beneficial to you.
In the spirit of volunteerism I declare that I am young, global, active and proudly a volunteer. The fact that I am not paid does not mean I am worthless, it just means I am priceless.


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Police swooped on Taylor Swift's Tennessee home on Friday morning (14Dec12) to arrest an overzealous fan on suspicion of trespassing.
Security guards alerted authorities after Jacob Kulke, 24, allegedly scaled a fence at the singer's property in Nashville in the early hours of Friday.
Police officers arrested Kulke, who allegedly told them he had traveled from Wisconsin to celebrate Swift's 23rd birthday on Thursday (13Dec12), according to TMZ.com.
Kulke was booked on suspicion of trespassing and held on $10,000 bond.
Swift was not home at the time of the incident. She spent her birthday in Britain with her rumored boyfriend, One Direction star Harry Styles.


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"Seraphine" was the name of a child who held a unique ability to destroy demons plaguing the land. However, she went missing in her childhood and was never heard of again. Since she was the last hope for the land, it quickly began to fall into ruin. This game tells the tale of the party that was formed to find Seraphine, and the romance in between.
Players can expect to play as the woman named Ere. She is a hopeless helper at her local inn, and is a social outcast because people consider her mentally ill. She lives in the coastal town of Landrea and leads a humble life until a large ship shows up unexpectedly on the shores.
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So since i've been gone for forever and a day I had a lot of questions that have been piling up, so I thought id answer most of 'em! And thanks to all of you that greeted me a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from the C-box! I hope your year is off to a great start!
Q: Hey Vanessa! I was wondering if Make Up Forever Aqua Eyes Collection lasted along time time, wouldn't budge, waterproof I would like to know. Oh and how did you like Twilight? I loved it! -Valerie
A: Hi Valerie! How are you? I have only tried a sample size of MUFE's Aqua Eyes eyeliners, and it stayed on, but for me it sorta smudged towards the middle of the day, I personally LOVE Urban Decay Eyeliners, they come in a wide variety of gorgeous colors and these babies are waterproof, and they don't smudge or budge on me at all! I watched Twilight, and I liked the movie but expected better; of course the eye candy in it such as the Cullen family was nice to watch, but the book was WAYYYY better than the movie, I am hoping that "New Moon" will be a lot better given that they have a bigger budget to work with….
Q: Hi Vanessa, I LOVE the outfit you wore to the airport, can you tell us what you are wearing? -Maggie
A: Thanks Maggie! The beige sweater is from Forever21 that I bought about a month or two ago for $22.80 I think, the belt is from WetSeal, long brown leggings from Forever21 for $6.80, and boots are Madden Girl Jaylyne Scrunch boot.
Q: Hi Vanessa, i was just wondering you know how u went to the IMATS expo this yr in vegas…well in 2009 is going to be in pasadena i think and i was just wondering if anybody can go as long as they purchase the tickets? -Karla
A: Anyone can attend by purchasing a ticket. This year's show is in June.
Q: Hi Vanessa, I have a quick question…when you contour your face and nose do you put foundation on before or after? -Melanie
A: Hi Melanie, I personally put on my foundation BEFORE contouring. I find it easier and more effective to contour after you apply your foundation and then just blend any harsh lines or shadows with a stippling brush or a loose powder brush.
Q: Hey Vanessa, do the eyeshadows from the FLIRT! Palette fit into Mac palettes? What are they sitting in? Is it a soft plastic or really hard? Thanks! -Danielle
A: Hi Danielle, I believe the Flirt! eyeshadows in the palette (that I got my sister, which she loves!) fits into the MAC palettes, just by eyeballing it, it looks like it WILL fit, I believe you can take the tray the shadows sits in apart and just depot it by either prying it out of the mold that holds it or melting the bottom till there's a hole then popping them out.
Q: Hey Vanessa, do you know if Magnetique from the Little Darlings pink set is available to purchase by itself? I love that color, but I don't want to purchase the whole set just for that one. -Stephanie
A: Hi Steph! You can definitely buy a full-size, I have seen them at CCO's (Cosmetics Company Outlet) which sell discontinued as well as older makeup products, or older collections. They also have it available online at Stars Makeup Haven, CLICK HERE.
Q: Hello Vanessa, I was wondering how you could make eyeshadow on your lower lashline stay on longer because you cant really put primer there right? -Selena
A: Hi Selena, you can try using an eyeliner sealer, or an eyeshadow transformer which turns your eyeshadows into workable and pigmented eyeliners without damaging them. You can try La Femme's Eyeliner Sealer or Cinema Secrets Eyeliner Sealer.
Q: Hi Vanessa! Happy Holidays! I was just wondering what brand are your two crease brushes. thank you & take care! -Liza
A: Hi Liza! Thank you, I hope you enjoyed your holiday too! I have a few crease brushes but the ones I use frequently are Sonia Kushuk's Blending Brush (she also has a crease brush, shown in my next post!), and one I got from Coastal Scents.
Q: Hey Vanessa, I was just wonderin if you ever used Per-fekt perfecting gel. I got a little sample, and it seems to be good, but was just wondering if u had any more experience on it. It would be a thing to review, I think, but it's expensive, like $54. -Leilani
A: Hi Leilani, I have not had a chance to use Per-fekt perfecting gel, I hope I can get my hands on a sample or can try it soon and let you know!
Q: Hey Vanessa im looking for a new mascara & wondered if you recommend any of the MAC mascaras? -Kristee
A: Hi Kristee, I personally don't like any of the MAC mascaras, at least they haven't released one yet that has made me go gaga, and I like the drugstore brands a lot better especially since they are more affordable and mascara is tossed out after 3 months. My favorites are L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara (either one works great), their Voluminous mascara, and Covergirl's Eyelights Mascara for Brown eyes.
Q: Hello I was just wondering how many times do you use the gatsby mega scrub a day ? -Nasri
A: I actually hardly use it, I probably use it like once a week or once every 2 weeks. Right now I am using Oil of Olay's pore minimizing scrub and MAC's Cremewash.
Q: Hi, do you have any suggestions where I can get a nice matte peach lipstick? I tried the ramblin rose from mac and its too frosty for me.! -Cadence
A: Hi Cadence! I love your name btw! I suggest MAC's lipstick in "Cherish" or "Underplay". MAC PRO has a lipstick called "Peachstock" which is also pretty. For a more affordable lipstick, NYX has gorgeous shade of peach called "Pumpkin Pie".


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A new LendingTree ad campaign called "You To The Rescue" launched yesterday featuring 3 TV ads narrated by Adam West. To see what it would be like if Adam West was your inner monologue, check them out below: Let us know what you think of them! And keep an eye out for them on TV. There is also a website that accompanies the campaign, featuring a cool superhero utility belt design.


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We quickly learn in this business that one man's caviar and Champagne may well be just smelly fish eggs and icky grape juice to another.
In recent weeks, we've run articles about land management to conserve and enhance wildlife habitat in order to encourage growth and sustainability of native game populations.
While many farmers and landowners realize significant extra income from these endeavors through fees for hunting, others see burgeoning populations of deer and other game as the path to crop losses and ruined gardens and landscaping.
My colleague, Elton Robinson, has reported on the travails of farmers whose crops have been pillaged by deer (and who've had scorn heaped on them by urban neighbors when they — legally — killed some of the animals), and I can personally attest to the futility of trying to have flowers and other ornamentals when they become a buffet for marauding Bambis that pay no heed to city limits.
If people allowed cows or other livestock to run loose, destroying crops and landscaping, there would be a hue and cry to stop it. But deer can do it with impunity, and for the most part they're protected by laws and/or pressures of an indifferent public.
Following recent articles about wildlife habitat management, I received several comments from readers about the downside of encouraging wildlife. Excerpts of one e-mail follow:
"First, let me make clear, I'm an avid deer hunter and love being in the woods during deer season every year after the crops are harvested and equipment cleaned and put up for the winter.
"My wife and I farm in central Mississippi, in what is referred to as the hill section. There is some very productive land in areas along and near the Big Black River watershed and its tributaries. There are a few areas of large, open fields. We have lived and farmed here for 25 years, moving here from the Delta area of a bordering state, to farm on our own after farming with my father and brother. Our first crop was in 1983, which was not a very good time to go it on our own — it was a struggle, but we made it work.
"This was before there were mandates from the federal government to control erosion and reduce runoff of soil into our rivers and streams. Farmers in the hill sections were required to implement a farm plan, designed by the Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS), to control erosion on highly erodible land (HEL).
"Farmers in the Delta sections of the Mid-South have no concept of the problems we have with erosion and the rules and regulations with which we have to comply — and if we don't, we lose our farm program payments. Farmers and land owners in the highly erodible areas have made great strides in reducing runoff from fields.
"Coming here from a Delta area and adjusting to hill farming and the power of fast-moving water from the top of a hill to the bottom has been an education. In the Delta, we ditched and drained water off fields as quickly as possible to keep it from standing too long on the crops. When we moved to Mississippi, we had to learn to slow the water down and divert it with terraces, grass strips, and grass waterways that would catch the soil before it made it to the streams.
"One thing I have learned in 25 years of hill farming is that we can never stop erosion, but only reduce it.
"Now to the point of wildlife enhancement: I'm not against these programs — until they threaten our crops and become a costly nuisance.
"The NRCS has done great work conserving our natural resources and can be proud of their work. A few programs that the federal government has implemented include EQUIP (Environmental Quality Incentive Program), WHIP (Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program), FIP (Forest Incentive Program), and CRP (Conservation Reserve Program). All are good programs and have done much to conserve our soil and create wildlife for many to enjoy.
"I suppose we can consider my area an overwhelming success for wildlife enhancement. Many farms that used to grow cotton and soybeans in our county and surrounding counties now are growing pine trees, subdivisions, golf courses — and abundant wildlife. For hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities, it's a great thing and has been a boon to land values.
"But if you're trying to make a living farming in these areas, it is becoming more difficult every year. For hunting clubs and landowners, the wildlife explosion is wonderful; for many farmers, it's going to put us out of business.
"Here's what we've had to deal with this spring, as farmers in a wildlife enhancement success story area. We planted our corn in March and got a pretty good stand, very little replanting needed — until the birds moved in and began digging it up and eating the kernels. Blackbirds, crows, and turkeys dug up about 75 acres out of the first 230 we planted. There was not a Section 18 at that time; later AVIPEL was released for use on birds. But, we can't place all the blame on birds; the raccoons and possums also deserve a lot of credit for their destructive work.
"The next corn we planted was no-till into cotton stubble. No-till is great for reducing soil erosion and reducing costs of tilling before planting. What could be wrong with that? Well, snails moved out (of the surface trash) and ate the corn before it came up, and some after it came up. We had to go back and replant about 100 acres out of 300 acres.
"The rest of the 600 acres of corn we planted went OK. It warmed up and the corn grew through the birds and snails without replanting. We planted our 600 acres of cotton in April and got a near-perfect stand. Then it started to rain in May and the Big Black River stayed at or near flood stage for about three weeks and flooded 35 acres of our corn. When the rains subsided, the river stayed up, but we were able to start planting on our 900 acres of soybeans in late May and finished the first week of June. Some replanting was necessary on the first 300 acres we planted due to a 2.5-inch rain we got a couple of days after planting.
"We had a near-perfect stand of soybeans. Then we started seeing more and more deer every day — not really an abnormal thing in our area; not a day goes by that we don't see deer. But not this many, every day, in the middle of the day.
"Farmers up and down the Big Black River, and even in areas away from the river, are having their crops eaten by deer. Every year we have problems with deer eating our corn and cotton; now, with soybeans being planted much more than in the past, the deer are in 'hog heaven'. One farmer in our area had to replant 600 acres of soybeans because of the deer.
"There are many farms and fields on which soybeans cannot be planted because the deer will completely annihilate them. Most farmers around us have gotten permits to shoot deer in their fields, and I have just received mine. I've resisted shooting deer in the past because there are so many I didn't think it would help much and would just litter the fields with rotting carcasses, attracting buzzards.
"So much wildlife habitat exists here, and with so many hunting clubs and landowners growing deer, I've always felt that shooting them was futile. But, after replanting 75 acres of beans out of 300 and 65 acres of cotton out of 600, we had to do something.
"Now, our deer 'un-enhancement program' consists of applying a repellent, such as HINDER, noise guns that make loud booms, and carrying a rifle in the truck and shooting deer when I catch them. We've had one bordering landowner ask us to try and not shoot the bucks — well, deer don't have horns this time of year.
"I've thought about asking the landowners and hunters bordering us to compensate us for the damage the deer are doing to our crops, but usually the deer only 'belong' to them during deer season.
"Farmers in our area have known for years that agriculture could eventually be crowded out by urban growth and city folks buying up farm land, putting it in the CRP, collecting payments from the government, and enhancing wildlife. But I don't think anyone ever thought we would be pushed out by animals that are only doing what comes naturally for them.
"For areas of the country that are concerned about saving the wildlife, they can be assured that here in central Mississippi we have enough woodpeckers, crows, blackbirds, turkeys, raccoons, possums, skunks, coyotes, squirrels, and deer for years to come. (Oh yeah, we also have worms and plant bugs to deal with on a daily basis, and let's not forget the hurricanes and tropical storms that pay us a visit almost every year.)
"I don't want to come off sounding like a whiner or complainer, because no one is forcing us to farm. I also thank Delta Farm Press for articles on issues important to agriculture, although I'm afraid most of them aren't read by people and politicians who need to know what agriculture is truly about and the struggles farmers face in every aspect of farming, from planting to harvest.
"I think the non-farm public still thinks farmers are the way we're portrayed on television — farming 50 acres, wearing overalls, and feeding the barnyard animals every morning. They don't know that the bulk of the food produced in this country is from medium to large family farms, not by weekend farmers or so-called 'factory farms'."
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