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Teenagers that die in car crashes are more than likely to drive a smaller, older vehicle than all other age groups. This is definitely worrying. Parents do not really trust children with expensive brand new vehicles but when you buy an older car for a teen you do want to be sure that it is safe. Compromising the safety of teenagers is definitely not something that anyone should consider. With this in mind, if you want to avoid car accident injury for a teen driver, the following cars have to be considered as being top picks.
Toyota Tundra – 2007+ Models
The Toyota Tundra has been safe all the way back to 2007. The vehicle is stable and the crash ratings are quite solid in all important categories, including side impact and small overlap. Security features included are definitely great and the vehicle is basically really well-built. Parents only need to pay an average price of around $12,000 so the vehicle is also quite accessible from a financial point of view.
Jeep Cherokee – 2014+ Models
Jeep Cherokee is renowned for its off-road versatility, quite slick interior and practicality. When looking at safety ratings, we can say that the car is perfect for a young driver. The models before 2014 should not be recommended but the other ones are very safe across the board. Teen drivers can get AWD and the asking price of $17,000 is affordable.
Kia Sorento – 2011+ Models
The money you have to pay for this car is definitely not much, a little over $12,000 as a medium amount. Such a deal is definitely great and you will get access to a lot of technology and safety. Kia Sorento vehicles are really well-made, with the Sorento often being at the top of secure car lists issues by the IIHS. You can choose out of 2 or 3 rows without sacrificing quality.
Mazda CX-5 – 2013+ Models
Most people that reviewed the Mazda CX-5 (basically all models) were impressed by build quality for all that was measured. CX-9 is definitely a great vehicle for most people but since it is expensive, for a teen driver you are much better suited to choose the $14,000 Mazda CX-5. Mazda is quickly becoming a synonym of safety and high quality design, with great engineering agility to make it even better.
Honda Accord – 2012+ Models
People that drive the Honda Accord are usually really happy with the vehicle and it is easy to understand why since the car does look great at the given price tag and safety is great for a teen driver. The only problem here is the Takata airbag scandal. If you buy a Honda Accord without these airbags you can be sure you will be completely safe. The top recommendation has to be the 4 doors model.
Volvo XC90 – 2005+ Models
It is hard to make a list of the safest cars and not find a Volvo that will be suitable. What is really interesting with this car is that it has always been highly reliable from a safety point of view, even with a really low price tag. You can actually find one of these cars on the market for around $5,000.


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"A More Perfect Union" Educator Workshop
March 5, 2016
Kick-off women's history month at Sewall-Belmont House & Museum! The theme of 2016 Women's History Month is "Working to Form a More Perfect Union"- come learn about the activism and activities of the National Woman's Party and collaborate on teaching strategies to celebrate their work in your classroom.
Workshop participants will gain an insight into the digital collections at Sewall-Belmont, how to incorporate primary source materials into lesson plans, and receive reproduction materials to bring back to your students.
Saturday, March 5th
11am – 12 noon
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Born in Norwich in 1970, Tom Aikens became the youngest British chef to win two Michelin stars at Pied a Terre, in London's Charlotte Street, in the mid-Nineties. In 2003 he opened Tom Aikens, in Chelsea, which quickly established itself as a fixture on London's culinary landscape and won him another star for its sophisticated modern British menu. His most recent opening was Tom's Terrace, at Somerset House on the Strand, in 2010.
Who or what is your culinary inspiration?
I'm inspired by industry figures such as Paul Bocuse, Alain Ducasse and the Roux brothers. Not only have they revolutionised the industry with their cooking, but they are also all great businessmen.
What are your three favourite ingredients?
A good butter, olive oil and a coarse sea salt. These are core ingredients for everyday cooking and taste particularly great just with freshly baked bread for instance bacon and onion brioche.
What is the world's best restaurant right now?
It's impossible to say - the restaurant scene keeps evolving and there are so many talented chefs out there. I enjoy a rustic street food dish just as much as a Michelin star experience.
One of the most memorable lunches I've had is at Quay in Sydney. It has a wonderful location with views of Sydney Opera House and Harbour bridge. It's an all encompassing foodie experience and the menu created by Peter Gilmore is a fantastic blend of unusual flavours and textures.
Another favourite restaurant of mine is the 3 Michelin starred El Cellar de can Roca in Girona, Spain. The restaurant, run by three brothers, features an astoundingly creative menu and an wine list with over 2,800 wines available. It is a very special experience to dine there and it's easy to see why it has been included in the San Pellegrino's World's 50 Best for seven years running.
What's your favourite national or regional cuisine?
I'm a British boy born and bred and so my heart lies with British comfort food that highlights the fantastic seasonal produce we have here. I take inspiration from many different nationalities and cuisines however I will always above anything love making and eating something that is easy and allows the ingredients to speak for themselves.
Who are your favourite food writers?
I have a few: Matthew Fort has been one of the most influential food critics of our time and is an exceptional food writer. AA Gill has a way with words that no other critic can fathom.He always hits the nail directly on the head when it comes to restaurant reviewing. Harold Mcgee is also one of the best food scientists known. His books such as 'On food and cooking; the science and lore of the kitchen' are inspiring.
What's one piece of equipment you couldn't live without?
An antique Steal for sharpening knives, made in 1971. I bought it from the flea market at Porte De Cliniqcort when I was working in Paris in 1993 with Jöel Robuchon and Gerard Boyer at Reims. It can sharpen anything.
What's the one meal you would abolish?
Microwave junk food. We are so lucky in the UK to have such an abundance of seasonal produce, and markets to visit, that it seems a shame to fill ourselves up with processed food.
What should we cook for dinner tonight?
Simply baked fresh fish or a carpachio of Loch duat salmon sprinkled with olive oil, the juice and zest of a lemon and a few herbs.
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Hildegard always seems to be eating. She just rolls along making herself heard with a resounding "chomp" as the interior dowels of the front wheels lift and drop her perennially hungry mouth. Designed and built in the wooded hills of southeastern Ohio, this charming push toy is made with sustainably harvested wood and finished with food grade mineral oil. A fantastic way to teach little ones about the mechanics of movement and engender a sense of compassion for our friends in nature.
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I have issues saying "no." It feels rude and selfish. But it is a powerful tiny two-letter word. Due to my inability to say "no" I even found myself dating a guy I had no interest in dating. My attempt to "let him down lightly" without saying a straightforward "no" backfired. Unsurprisingly, that short-lived relationship led to an awkward breakup.
That experience was a wake-up call for me. Even if "no" didn't feel very nice, it was a word I needed to incorporate into my vocabulary.
In college I wanted to do it all. I feared the thought of passing up an opportunity or missing out. But by the end of my sophomore year, I was wore thin with good opportunities. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. I reacquainted myself with the "no" word yet again.
However, becoming a minister's wife tested my resolve.
For the most part our church is very respectful of the fact that I am not employed by the church. I love my role of supportive wife, and I enjoy being involved in the children and youth ministries. Lately, I have felt ineffective. I realized it was because I'd become a "catch-all" and did not have the time or energy for the ministries I was truly passionate about.
Some of my blogger friends, such as Amy and Bethany Miller, have been talking about this year being the year of "no." I enjoyed their post because it lined up so closely with something Mitch and I had been pondering. While at the National Conference on Youth Ministry, we heard Kara Powell, author of Sticky Faith, talk about the power of no. She said several comments that stuck with me:
1. Every Yes Means a No.
Everything we choose to say "yes" to, means something else that we are saying "no" to. There is no such thing as a free lunch (thank you high school Economics!). Oftentimes we say "yes" to so many things that we end up saying "no" to the people or ministries that we care the most about.
2. We are Tired of Being Tired.
If you follow The Engaged Home on Twitter, you may have seen a TedTalk I shared on the importance of slowness. Our culture is addicted to busyness. And people are beginning to wake up to its harmful reality.
3. Our Busyness is Often Atheism.
Strong statement. But is it not true? So often we pack our lives with busyness because we do not trust God that everything will be OK if we don't. "We act like there is no God, so we say "yes", due to our unbelief." – Kara Powell
4. If It's Not a Definite "Yes," It's a Definite "No."
When she said this, it slapped me across the face. I spend so much energy talking myself into a "yes." If it is not obviously something I should do, I should pass.
5. Choose Your Few Great "Yes" Priorities.
What are some great "yes" priorities? God. Family. Friends. And obeying God's call.
What are your "yes" priorities? Are there things that you need to start saying "no" to?
Kara Powell's book The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Kids is all about helping nurture a faith in your children that will stick. I highly recommend this book to ALL parents!
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The new owners of Park Animal Hospital in Darien and Norwalk can give your pet not just traditional veterinary care, but acupuncture treatment, and soon grooming and boarding.
If you trust your veterinarian to diagnose and treat Fluffy and Fido when they're ill, would you get your dog groomed there or boarded there when you're out of town, too?
That's part of the plan for husband and wife team Damian Battersby and Shelley Skopit of Wilton, new owners of Park Animal Hospital in Darien and Norwalk.
They want to provide not only traditional and alternative health care for your pet, but grooming and boarding services, too.
Alternative, non-invasive therapies will be provided at the hospital, Battersby said. "We're looking to bring in a theraputic laser," he said.
"I'm certified in veterinary acupuncture," Skopit said.
On Wednesday they celebrated their new ownership (since late July) of the two-site animal hospital with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Darien involving local officials, including state Sen. Bob Duff and Selectman John Lundeen.
So far, the three-year-old Darien location -- located next to the Shell gas station at 168 Noroton Ave., in the back -- provides veterinary care and is in the process of getting a grooming license.
"We've got a building job ahead of us," Battersby said. Skopit and Battersby already have a grooming license for the 25-year-old Norwalk location (at 17 Park St., across the street from St. Paul's Church on the Green), and they're in the process of getting a boarding license there, as well.
In Norwalk, Battersby said, "We're in the process of revamping the building, to kind of modernize it a little bit. It was built in 1979."
Nine employees work at either or both of the two locations, and so far they serve clients mostly from Darien, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport.
Battersby, a Westport native, worked in a small veterinary practice in Bedford Hills, NY for 10 years. Skopit also has a decade of experience in Westchester County, working in Yorktown and Rye, and most recently as head of emergency veterinary medicine at a veterinary hospital.


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Friday, September 16, 2016
New Craft Room - Project Shelf
The top shelf holds a container for each of my upcoming card classes; each container works to hold the supplies, directions and kits I'll need to teach the class.
I used similar containers on the second shelf to hold photos, memorabilia and supplies for each of the three custom scrapbook-for-hire projects I'll be working on in the coming weeks.
The bottom shelf houses the supplies for my illustrated Bible journaling workshops. The large container holds small buckets and supplies (colored pencils, pens, water brushes, watercolors, etc) that I set out for students to use during my classes, along with the "placemats" (large sheets of construction paper), printer paper (for covering adjacent Bible pages) and paper towels they will need. The smaller container holds goody bags and items to fill them as well as door prizes that I've collected or had donated. That bucket on the right currently holds candy that I include in the goody bags. :)
Obviously the items on this shelf unit will rotate in and out often as I complete classes and plan/prepare new ones. I'll also be completing custom scrapbooks and (hopefully) beginning new ones on occasion. I use the Bible journaling supplies often and restock as needed.
I'm so excited to have this designated place to keep track of current "work" projects (which I really enjoy too much to consider "work"). Do you have a designated place for these types of projects - classes, design team assignments, etc?
5 comments:
- Nancy said...
Great post, Melissa! You are beautifully organized! I'm in major overhaul mode right now and plan to use your system for my projects as well! Thanks for the inspiration!��xoxoxo
- September 16, 2016 at 11:41 PM
- Karen said...
I'm beyond impressed that you've taken on all these projects! I do have a place for current projects, but it's usually only one or two at a time.
- September 17, 2016 at 2:23 PM
- alexa said...
Your look so very organised! And the yellow of your room is so very cheerful. I have a basket for current projects but I don't like to have more than two on the go at any one time.
- September 17, 2016 at 3:02 PM
- Sian said...
I'm admiring your organisation, your new "spot" and those excellently sized containers. I have never seen anything quite like those here
- September 18, 2016 at 12:53 PM
- Patio Postcards said...
So neat & tidy. I like those clear containers which keeps each project's stuff contained but visible.
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If you look long and hard you can find that just about every food item has been fried at some point in time … even pizza.
Crispy Deep-Fried Pizza (Source)
Canola oil (amount varies depending on vessel used)
Pizza Dough:
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for bowl
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
Other ingredients:
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
1 cup pizza sauce
2 ounces whole pizza
4 ounces mozzarella cheese, coarsely shredded
1 teaspoon water
¼ cup grated parmesan
8 fresh basil leaves for garnish
Making the dough:
Combine all dry ingredients in the bowl of a food processor or stand mixer. Add the warm water to a small glass bowl. Sprinkle yeast over it and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes. Add oil and yeast mixture to dry ingredients. Combine until a dough ball forms. Lightly oil a large bowl, add the dough ball to the bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap or a well-floured tea towel. Set in a warm place or a 100 degree oven until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch down and let rest for 5 minutes. Divide the dough in half for 2 large pizzas or into 4 equal pieces for calzones or individual pizzas. Roll the dough into ¼ inch thick rounds.
Preheat the oil to 365 degrees. A deep fryer works best but you can use a cast iron Dutch oven or a heavy chicken fryer with 4 inches of oil.
Making the Pizza:
Stir the oregano and basil into the pizza sauce. Slice the pepperoni. Spread half of the pizza sauce on half of each side of the dough. Add the cheese and pepperoni, distributing evenly. Fold over onto itself and press to seal.
Check oil temperature and carefully add the pizza pockets. Cook for 2 minutes, turn over and cook 1 minute more. Remove to paper towel lined plate. Transfer pizza to serving plates, garnish with remaining pizza sauce, Parmesan and fresh basil leaves.
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By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Monday, December 13, 2004; Page E01
A banquet hall in Boca Raton, Fla., was packed last week for a Washington-style ritual essential for the business elite -- and closed to the press. The heads of large trade associations turned out in droves to hear R. Bruce Josten, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, deliver his annual legislative outlook.
At 6-foot-3, with a bass voice lowered by years cigarette smoking, Josten looked and sounded a little like Lurch, the gloomy butler in the 1960s comedy "The Addams Family," attendees said. His prognosis was equally downbeat.
Although troubling, such frankness was what the crowd wanted to hear. Business reps have come to depend on Josten to provide K Street's most complete and unvarnished forecast of the coming congressional session. In a profession that thrives on happy talk and hyperbole, Josten is renowned for being nuanced and realistic, often to a fault.
"He's widely respected around town for being a guy who doesn't just flit along the surface of things, he gets impressively down among the details," said Michael E. Baroody, executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
"He's a fixture," agreed John J. Castellani, president of the Business Roundtable. "Bruce is very astute when it comes to the issues. I rely on him and listen to him a lot."
His message this year came down to this: Despite the Republicans' impressive victories on Election Day, the corporate agenda won't be easy to get through Congress. What the House giveth, the Senate will taketh away. So industry groups will have to redouble their efforts to enact the promises their GOP allies have made.
Josten started off by warning that politics has gotten ugly and likely will stay that way. "We have come through an election filled with anger rarely seen in national politics," he said, according to a text of the speech. "That could quickly resurface in the 109th Congress." If it does, Capitol Hill could once again be the graveyard for lobbyists' dreams.
The good news, Josten said, is that the Senate now has 55 Republicans and that the GOP freshmen include "conservatives with strong ideological credentials" such as Reps. Jim DeMint (S.C.), David Vitter (La.) and former representative Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. In other words, he concluded, "the political center in the Senate has moved to the right."
But the center hasn't moved enough to tip the balance. Contentious bills require 60 votes to pass the Senate. "A handful of GOP and Democratic moderates in the Senate remain in position to broker whatever legislation comes to the floor," he cautioned. "Attempts to push a hard-right agenda in the Senate -- on issues from the judiciary to budgets -- could . . . prompt resistance from moderate members" and gum up the works.
"With slim margins, partisanship has the potential to deepen as we head into the 2006 elections [and] as party leaders come under renewed pressure to sharpen differences," Josten said. That situation, he added, leaves "little incentive to compromise."
When it comes to the economic legislation that business lobbyists care most about, he said, additional obstacles stand in the way. The highest of these: Americans don't care as deeply as they once did about pocketbook issues.
"For the first time in a generation," he said, "national security surpassed the economy as the most important voter issue facing the country and it can continue to dominate the agenda." Many domestic and some foreign matters will be "crowded out" if they don't fall under the banner of protecting the homeland.
Another barrier: the federal budget deficit, which will run to hundreds of billions of dollars each year. "The continuing flow of red ink," Josten said, "has the potential to interfere with any plans to overhaul Social Security or the tax code" -- which are President Bush's top fiscal initiatives.
Tax overhaul, in particular, could be fraught with hazards for companies, Josten said. Lawmakers of both parties are sure to want to cut "corporate welfare" and close "corporate loopholes." As a result, individual industries could face higher tax bills even if the president keeps his promise for "tax reform" to neither lose nor gain revenue overall.
Josten also pointed out that a few, costly mega-issues are only barely being discussed, though that can't last for long. One is the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individuals, which was designed to ensnare millionaires who don't pay taxes, but which by the end of Bush's second term will catch 20 percent of all taxpayers. Fixing that problem would not be cheap. By 2008, Josten noted, "it would be less expensive to repeal the income tax than to repeal the AMT."
A second major worry, largely unaddressed, is the financial distress of the nation's private pension system. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures the vested benefits of pension plan participants, has already accumulated a $23 billion deficit following a string of corporate bankruptcies. Congress might need to shore up the program by the end of next year, according to Josten's text.
The government also has failed to deal with one of the country's most nagging concerns, rising health care costs. "We will see something in the area of health care legislation," Josten predicted, "but the real issue is how to dramatically slow costs . . . and no proposal yet offers a lasting solution."
Atop all of this, Congress will have to digest a heaping serving of legislative leftovers, Josten said. Reauthorizations are still pending for welfare reform, highway and mass transit funding, terrorism risk insurance and the highly controversial Patriot Act.
In addition, the business lobby will have to muster the strength to beat back a likely challenge to Trade Promotion Authority, which eases approval of trade pacts, and to try, finally, to drag over the finish line at least one version of tort reform. A limit on class-action lawsuits is closest to victory, though Bush has insisted that he most wants to crack down on medical malpractice liability.
Electoral cash, as always, will influence what Congress delves into. Josten believes the big-money, independent groups called 527s that made a mockery of campaign-finance reform this year are ripe for investigation. The free-spending of the telecom lobby might also inspire lawmakers to reopen the Telecommunications Act of 1996. "Considering that the telecommunications and technology companies spend millions on Washington lobbying and fundraisers," Josten said, "members of Congress may revisit this law since it will fit nicely into [their] preparations for the 2006 elections."
Josten, 54, understands Washington's folk ways as well as anyone. He is among a select group of association executives -- think of them as "the deputies" -- whose job is to keep track of essential details behind-the-scenes while their bosses own the limelight. Baroody does that at NAM. Dan Danner does the same at the National Federation of Independent Business.
At the Chamber, Josten has been Mr. Fix-it for decades. After graduating from Harvard (where he swam free-style sprints) and briefly building geodesic-dome ski chalets in Maine, he joined the Chamber's telemarketing sales force in 1974. Twenty years later, he was put in charge of public affairs, which now has 80 employees, including 16 full-time lobbyists. When Josten first took over, there were only two lobbyists -- one for the Senate and one for the House.
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I dont know how hard this would be but I was wondering if the manor in which saved games are backed up and accessed could be changed a bit.
While playing EF, it was a bit nicer to use the automatic saves made by the game rather then manual saves because upon loading them you could view all the cinematics that lead up to wherever you are resuming. However, the autosave from the previous area is written over by the next. Whenever I reached a checkpoint I wanted to keep I had to grab the file that represented it and back it up in a sepearate folder or something... then restore it when I wanted to use it.
I know this may seems a bit stupid, but I like the story of a game and when going back to a previous saved game I like to see the cinematics and dialog... especially if I'm showing the game to someone else.
My proposal is to keep a list to the side of the normal saves that retains all the major checkpoints used in the game like what is done in Bridge Commander. Not only would this make what I just described a ton easier but it allows people to go back to any part of the game that they wish to, at any time (without using the cheats of course, which could present problems with the weapons you were supposed to have and objectives you already should have completed).
I dont know how possible this is becuase all the games I've seen using the Quake 3 engine had a very similar save menu to that which EF used, but if this is possible it would be cool.
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Agricultural extension provides critical access to the knowledge and information that farmers need to increase the productivity and sustainability of their production systems. Yet, the delivery of cost–effective agriculture extension remains an ongoing challenge in many countries, including India. The functions of extension have been broadened to a form of adult education in which internalization of new knowledge results in social and behavioral changes. This study proposes to document and assess a video-enabled extension approach promoted by Digital Green to determine (1) its cost-effectiveness and (2) its scalability with respect to cost and service quality across the diversity of its partners in India.
Background of Digital Green:
Preliminary research suggests that the key role of Digital Green video-enabled model is to increase the effectiveness of existing extension systems. The unique components of Digital Green's approach include: (1) integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) into existing civil society and public sector extension systems; (2) use of local social networks to connect village-level intermediaries in rural and remote communities with content experts, program managers, and researchers at a district-level; (3) a participatory process for the local production of short learning videos by and for farmers aimed at capturing and sharing the adoption of new or improved practices; (4) the dissemination of videos within similar communities, involving facilitated discussion, training and supervision; (5) a hardware and software technology platform to exchange videos, usage data, and community feedback in areas with limited Internet and electrical grid connectivity; and (6) an iterative model to progressively better address the needs and interests of the community with web-based analytical tools and interactive voice response (IVR) phone-based feedback channels. Because the Digital Green approach is effectively an amplification of existing extension efforts, scaling up depends on having an already active extension partner in the targeted geography. Digital Green's approach is to "train the trainers." It identifies interested extension organizations and teaching them the Digital Green approach, handholding partner organizations until they operate its model independently.
From 2008-2011, Digital Green's approach scaled up rapidly in India to 1,000 villages across six states with the extension systems of seven non-governmental organization partners: PRADAN, VARRAT, and PRAGATI in Orissa; SPS, ASA, and ACCESS in Madhya Pradesh; and BAIF in Karnataka. Digital Green adapted its model to the variable organizational and operational structures of these extension systems as well as the farming communities that they work with. Some of its partners, for instance, have a centralized decision-making process while others decentralized; some focus on particular value chains and others are more holistic; some use T&V and others FFS; and some work exclusively with women and others entire households. The communities that these extension agencies work with are even more diverse. For example, some communities belong to self-help groups and others not; some are rain-dependent and others irrigated; and some are tribal and others caste-based.
Component 1 - Cost Effectiveness:
Though agriculture extension has been shown to have a 41% internal rate of return, rigorous evaluations remain surprisingly few.[i] The classical Training & Visit (T&V) extension approach, for example, is considered expensive and limited in effectiveness. In 2005, India's National Sample Survey Organization survey found that only 7% of farmers accessed information from extension workers.[ii] Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have gained popularity as an alternative to T&V, but while studies applaud their effectiveness against T&V, they also doubt their long-term cost-effectiveness or ability to scale-up. This first component of the study will assess the cost-effectiveness of Digital Green's extension approach. Pilot studies of Digital Green suggest that it is ten times as cost-effective as T&V in motivating farmers to take up new practices.[iii] The combination of videos with non-expert, but trained mediators permits the most expensive cost of T&V – the expert extension officer – to be spread across a wider population. Digital Green's approach aims to accelerate the take-up of new agricultural practices and technologies. This component will describe the programmatic and financial variations of the Digital Green model as well as its cost-effectiveness with respect to rates of adoption with each of its seven partners for the 2008-2011 period. Where possible, this assessment will compare the efficiency of Digital Green's video-enabled model with the conventional extension systems of its partners.
Component 2 – Quality of service as a function of Cost and Scale:
To improve and optimize an extension system's contribution to rural livelihoods, it is essential to monitor and evaluate its strengths and weakness. Digital Green employs a rigorous quality assurance strategy that captures usage data and farmer feedback on near real-time basis to assess the processes and outcomes of its interventions. If farmers have a choice, they will use the extension providers that they trust and which deliver services according to the farmers' own criteria for quality. These can be factors such as: timeliness, efficient and innovative advice, respectful attitudes, and strong links within the value chains. In this second component of the study, independent consultants and a researcher from International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will identify farmers' criteria for quality through focus group discussions and evaluate the extent to which these are met by the services supported by Digital Green and its partners in a sample set of field sites. In addition, Digital Green will perform quality assurance assessments based on data from its partners and its own surveys to evaluate how the skills, capacities and attitudes of its partner extension agents and community-level intermediaries have developed to institutionalize the approach. A common issue amongst extension systems is that new methodologies and approaches are introduced without the staff being adequately trained in applying them. This training typically increases the costs of extension. A comparative analysis will be used to determine if there is a relation between service quality parameters and cost per adoption of new practices. In addition, since some of Digital Green's partners have deployed its approach in more villages than others, the relation between quality of service and scale will also be studied.
MEAS Relevance:
If Digital Green's cost-effectiveness is borne out, the impact for agricultural extension policy worldwide is considerable, though caveats around external validity will apply. Though Digital Green is limited to regions with extension systems that are already in place, it could dramatically reduce the cost-per-adoption of existing extension efforts, adding a cost-effective option for agricultural extension that outperforms T&V, FFS, and other forms of extension in the developing world. Our focus on cost-effectiveness, quality of service, and scalability will bring to the fore the importance of these characteristics in the use of ICTs in extension. We hope that it will inform future MEAS efforts, which in turn will have cascading impact downstream. Over a six-month period, Digital Green will work with independent consultants and researchers to submit a final case study by December 31, 2012.
[i] Roseboom, J. 2004. Agricultural research and extension funding levels required to meet the Anti-Hunger Programme objectives. Manuscript prepared for the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
[ii] NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation). 2005. Situation assessment survey of farmers: Access to modern technology for farming, 59th round (January–December 2003). Report No. 499(59/33/2). New Delhi: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
[iii] Gandhi, R., et al. 2009. Digital Green: Participatory video and mediated instruction for agricultural extension. Information Technologies & International Development. 5(1): 1–15.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
A total of 250 acres of New York City landfill space is planned to play host to multiple solar installations,
for a total of 50 megawatts of energy production.The city has more than 3,000 acres of landfill space, which could
potentially hold enough solar capacity to power 50,000 homes, according to Reuters. The array would even be able to provide
that level of supply in the summer heat.A New York solar installation at the landfill is an addition to PlaNYC,
a program started in 2007 to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, the news source reported. It was signed into law
and subsequently updated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
During a speech in Harlem, Mr. Bloomberg offered an overview of the 132 initiatives that are
part of the updated PlaNYC.
""We've come an incredibly long way towards our goal," the mayor
said. "But now, we're going to pick up the pace."
The new initiatives include:
new regulations that phase out the use of heavy heating oils and accelerating conversion to cleaner fuels;
a new social media tool that encourages New Yorkers to help make the city "greener;"
five more farmers' markets at community gardens and increasing the number of school gardens to 150;
old toilets in city government buildings.
Friday, April 22, 2011
New York City's long-term plan for a sustainable future – which was released yesterday, continues to demonstrate Mayor Bloomberg's leadership on clean energy and climate
change. There is an important role for cities to play on this issue, and New York City serves as a strong model of innovation
and bold, decisive action.. Facilitating Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Energy efficiency is the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to meet our energy needs and address climate change. The
new NYCEEC will play a critical role in helping to catalyze the development of a full-scale energy efficiency industry in
New York City through the creation of an information center and the facilitation of energy efficiency financing. This
entity will make it much easier for people to navigate all of the efficiency programs that exist and will help to address
one of the main obstacles to increasing efficiency - the lack of access to up-front capital. NRDC worked closely with
the Mayor's Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability to launch this effort and we look forward to remaining involved
to help develop its business strategy. · Fostering the Market for Solar Power.
The initiatives announced to increase solar power in New York City, including
exploring the development of solar projects at municipal landfills and the creation of an online solar map to determine rooftop
solar potential, will help harness the tremendous potential and many benefits of this untapped resource. By promoting
the development of a robust solar industry in New York, we can create jobs, increase the reliability of our electric grid,
reduce transmission and distribution costs, and clean our air. Solar power is at its peak when we need it the most –
during those hot summer days. The City's efforts, along with the passage of strongState legislation, can help
New York lead the way with respect to this clean, renewable resource. · Adopting and Promoting Energy-Aligned
Commercial landlords often defer opportunities
to invest in energy efficiency opportunities that appear to generate reasonable financial returns, because leases fail to
align the initial cost of energy efficiency improvements with the benefit of energy savings. This "split incentive"
for operating efficiency is a result of standard leasing practices for commercial buildings, under which tenants are typically
the primary beneficiaries of decreased operating expenses resulting from energy efficiency improvements implemented by landlords.
The City will help to address this barrier by developing and promoting the adoption of voluntary model lease language that
ensures both landlord and tenant benefit from energy efficiency savings. It will also lead by example by adopting this
language in new leases where the City is a tenant. The City is already off to a good start with the signing of the first
commercial energy-aligned lease in New York City two weeks ago.
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Investment in green sectors is supposed to be the great
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energy development,
retrofitting buildings, the creation of clean fuel for cars, and research
and consulting. And where there's talk
of jobs and being green, one is likely to find Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Bloomberg opened the Newsweek
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Solar Plants Could Grow Atop Old City Landfills Under Mayor Bloomberg's New Green PlaNYC unveiled in
. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is chair the C40 Climate Leadership Group. Launched in 2005, C40 is an association of major cities around the world committed to reducing carbon emissions and slowing
climate change.
. The cleanup and redevelopment of an
empty lot in Williamsburg are part of the PlaNYC New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program,
the first municipally run brownfield cleanup program in the nation.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Solar Plants Could Grow Atop Old City Landfills Under Mayor's New
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Bloomberg's Green Jobs Vision
From the Village Voice:
Imagine one day looking up like a tourist at countless vertical wind turbines
along rooftops on Fifth Avenue spinning energy to help power the heat.
Cue AeroCity Windpower, a company looking to
create and install self-starting vertical-axis wind turbines for city buildings. It was funded with a $1 million grant from
the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop turbines—looking less like a traditional
windmill than the love child of a parking meter and an egg beater—that could be installed atop city buildings to harness
the winter wind. AeroCity CEO Russell Tencer also hopes it could "provide a foundation for green jobs in New York City" that could keep the tax base warm.
Investment in green sectors is supposed to be the great jobs generator of the new now. The U.S. Conference of Mayors projected last year that more than 4.2 million green jobs nationwide could be created in the next 30 years through renewable
energy development, retrofitting buildings, the creation of clean fuel for cars, and research and consulting. And where
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Bloomberg Cleanup Begins On Contaminated Williamsburg Site
WILLIAMSBURG — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and Council Speaker Christine Quinn Monday symbolically broke ground on the cleanup and redevelopment
of a vacant lot in Williamsburg.
The cleanup and redevelopment are part of the PlaNYC New York City Brownfield Cleanup
Program, the first municipally run brownfield cleanup program in the nation.
Brownfields are vacant or underutilized
properties whose redevelopment or reuse is complicated by environmental contamination. Another well-known Brooklyn brownfield,
for example, is the Public Place site near the Gowanus Canal, the former site of a gas-manufacturing plant.
The Williamsburg
cleanup will enable construction of a $15 million housing development that is estimated to generate 100 new jobs, plus more
than 100 construction-related jobs.
"We have solved the problem of developers being reluctant to clean and redevelop land because the liability
for cleanup was too unpredictable and potentially costly," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The city-run Brownfield Clean-up
Program, the first of its kind in the nation, breaks the cycle of disinvestment and abandonment."
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Green Party Legend has it that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took a liking to the green-tinted lanes after seeing a successful bike network in action on a trip to Paris, which has embraced
the two-wheeled lifestyle.
A few years and hundreds of miles of bike lanes later, New York is starting to catch up
to its Gallic counterpart. Not every New Yorker is happy about it, but the French certainly seem pleased.
At a luncheon this week at the French consulate on Fifth Avenue, Nathalie
Kosciusko-Morizet, France's minister for ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing, was asked to ponder the question: Can a Parisian-style bicycle network work in New York City? Her first response was to
laugh. "I spent so much time stuck in traffic jams yesterday," she said. "I am sure
you would gain much in health, and also in economics, with less traffic jams and more softer ways of transportation."
Ms. Kosciusko-Morizet, in town for a round of meetings at the United Nations, is an innovative environmentalist
who has worked to combat climate change by creating healthier, more sustainable urban spaces — not unlike her New York
counterpart, the city's transportation commissioner (and fellow hyphenate)Bloomberg appointee, Janette Sadik-Khan.
Read more here.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg participated in the signing of the first commercial office space lease that incorporates
language to incentivize energy efficient improvements. The lease, signed by World Trade Center developer Silverstein Properties and tenant law firm WilmerHale, is a product of collaboration between the Natural Resources Defense Council Green Lease Forum, the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning Sustainability, and real estate, energy efficiency, and law experts.
Former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday they will join forces to combat climate change, combining the two environmental organizations they lead.
Mr. Clinton also beguiled reporters with a colorful account of his first visit to Times Square.
The Clinton Climate
Initiative has been working with the world's largest cities to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that have been linked by many
scientists to global warming. The group has been helping cities make energy-savings improvements to buildings, transit systems,
lighting and waste management.
The mayor is the current chairman of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a forum
for major cities around the globe that are committed to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.
By merging both groups' efforts, Mr. Clinton said, the alliance hopes to "hammer home" how it's possible
to "change the way you consume and produce energy in cities in a way that is good economics."
Mr. Clinton's
group teamed up with the city of Los Angeles in 2009 to make the city's street lights more energy efficient. Officials hope
to save $48 million over seven years by swapping out all 140,000 of the city's street lights and replacing them with LED
Mr. Bloomberg said, "President Clinton and I believe this new integrated structure will retain and enhance
the strengths of each of its component parts, helping make this the preeminent climate action organization in the world.
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Wow, what times we live in now! With an eye on the daily economic and political events, it is easy to feel somewhat awed...even humbled. How will all these events affect me, my family, my country...the world? How can I or the collective "we" make any sense of these events ? How can we affect (or effect) the outcome ? Easy for a simple farmer to say, but take charge of those things you have control of.....gain a greater sense of personal responsibility. How? Educate yourself on the issues that are important to you and get out and vote.....learn about the candidates and the issues. Also, become a prudent and responsible consumer of goods and services. The health of our economy and the course set by politics indisputably affect our lives, so.....become more informed and active NOW.
Thankfully our farm is not weighed down in a lot of debt. We never thought it was a good idea to bow in to the recent frenzy of taking easy money and possibly having to liquify the farm's assets to make good on those debts should we falter. We critically assess our every need and then quantify the risk should we go out on a limb...for every investment. The USDA, the Fed, Treasury or IMF won't bail us out! Thankfully we have such institutions that have a chance to avert a meltdown- if used properly, that is.
Nine meals from a revolution someone once said.......food security is pretty darned important!
What will you do? Thanks for reading!
Farmer Dave
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hello All,
Caledonia Farm is experiencing some technical difficulties. Our farm computer just went to to the fix-it shop, and we may have lost some e-mail addresses.
Please e-mail us at caledoniafarm(at) charter.net so we have your information. We don't want any of you to miss out on the exciting new developments at Caledonia farm!
Thank you, and hopefully we will be technologically sound again very soon.
--Caledonia Farm
Caledonia Farm is experiencing some technical difficulties. Our farm computer just went to to the fix-it shop, and we may have lost some e-mail addresses.
Please e-mail us at caledoniafarm(at) charter.net so we have your information. We don't want any of you to miss out on the exciting new developments at Caledonia farm!
Thank you, and hopefully we will be technologically sound again very soon.
--Caledonia Farm
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
A Treatise on Pricing & Costs
Why the winter scene ? We're in the thick of readying ourselves for the inevitable onslaught of cold, snow and NO GRASS. During these busy times of haying and putting up grass silage, we're getting hammered by high costs and we've been fielding quite a few questions on how we are managing our costs with the recent spike in prices throughout the economy. For those who are repeat and loyal customers, you noticed our latest price increase, and many thankfully nodded that it was necessary in today's business climate. Others have asked "Aren't pasture based farms supposed to be more efficient, less energy consuming, cheaper ?" The answer is a double edged sword. First, energy is in everything we do. From the fuel to transport our animals and to moving our products as well as day to day operations on the farm, this all takes energy. We can ply some draft horse power to help in some areas, but in others, we're at the mercy of the energy markets. Diesel fuel, a keystone energy source, is now $5/gallon. Electricity to power freezers and water pumps is now $0.15/KwH. Secondly, add to the mix that we are still investing very heavily in the farm's infrastucture of fencing and equipment updates. Many of these investments are quite sizable, and almost economically ruinous if we do too much to embark on because of the shear magnitude of the outlay in money. We harvest surplus grass as baled grass silage and hay to then use in winter or during summer slumps in pasture quality. This takes about $100K worth of machinery. Fencing ? The material is steel....which has doubled in price. Land ? We need 5 acres per mouth to produce beef, about 3 acres to produce your chicken. We are still competing with development. If we are to continue and be able to offer abundant, healthy and clean food, our prices will reflect this reality and the need to stay economically sound. The financial strain is also great since we don't qualify for ANY subsidies. Agricultural infrastructure in New England took a battering in the last half century. Decayed farms, disintegrated fencing, tired and overgrown fields, if you can find them. Now more than ever, we need the continued support of our customers and supporters ! Thank you !
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Gearing Up For Broilers !!
The not-so-spring like temperatures are not a deterrent to our spring planning for pastures, grazing and our ever popular broilers ! For the many people clamoring for our beef, we're very sorry if we've had to delay serving you, but never fear, there is a product that we can supply on short notice- the heart-healthy, low fat and efficient chicken ! While beef can take up to 27 months to produce from conception to processing (and take up to 5 acres of prime grass-land per mouth per year !), we can grow a broiler from a 2 oz. chick to a 6 pound broiler in as little as 7 weeks. For our Boston area based customers, we can allow entry into our Boston Area Buying Club when you order broilers. A refundable $2 deposit per bird reserves your custom reared whole broiler, weighing between 5 and 7 1/2 pounds with giblets. We expect delivery of the first lot in late June, therefore we will need your commitment by early April. We will close reservations in early August for the last lot due the end of October. Contact us if this interests you and we'll get you more details! Thanks you for your continuing support of local, sustainable and clean grass based agriculture !
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Outlook For 2008
We have secured the lease of another farm for grazing land ! We're now up to managing 4 farms. Our beef herd is expanding, as are the needs for high quality and convenient grassland. We scored at least on the first count, the glitch for the second is that the new farm is nearly 10 miles away. Also, the fencing and other infrastructure is very old and virtually non-existent. Welcome to reviving an industry and infrastructure that our society worked very hard to run out of town! There is frightfully little farm land left around here now ! We've also secured two very local producers to help us out with with supplying high quality, clean, grass fed only youngstock. The vast majority of producers who are left standing now (which is very small indeed) still use confinement methods and lots of starchy corn, so I'm happy to help further support our style of production. We're building a wave of product to come your way, but it takes 27 months from conception to processing to realize the prize of our efforts. Another appeal for patience is in order ! How can you participate if there isn't enough beef to go around you ask ? If they cannot eat beef, let them eat chicken ! A deposit can secure your 5-7 lb whole broiler for delivery by July 1. Raised in spacious open runs that we move often, we can turn around a freshly hatched 2 oz. chick to a table ready low fat, high quality tasty meat in as little as 7 weeks. A comfortable low stress natural life equates into a truly nurturing food source for us all ! Give pastured chicken a try ! I have to admit that the vast amount of resources that we need to devote to beef production gives me reason to pause and ponder if we shouldn't eat more whole foods including fruits and vegetables as well as the dramatically more efficient chicken, sheep or pig for our protein. We do love beef, and grass fed is best if you do eat beef, maybe we need to learn to eat less of it (at least as a society). Hmmmm...
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Book Title: Immortals
Series: Runes
Author: Ednah Walters
Release Date: August 5th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Length: 342 Pages
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
Presented by: Walking on Bookshelves & As You Wish Tours
Nothing can stop Raine Cooper when she wants something…
Raine finally knows that her gorgeous neighbor, Torin St. James, is a legend straight out of Norse mythology, and that her feelings for him are strong. Torin is crazy about Raine too, breaking the one rule he lives by: Never fall for a mortal. The problem is he no longer remembers her, his memories erased by Norns—Norse destiny deities—to punish her for defying them.
She will make Torin forget his one rule a second time and fall in love with her all over again.
But she quickly learns that well-laid plans do not work when dealing with deities and supernatural beings. Desperate, Raine makes choices that could not only tear her and Torin further apart, but lead to the destruction of everything and everyone she loves.
His attitude stank, even though I knew about his loneliness. I was meant to take it away, complete him. The thought fueled my anger. Before I realized my intention, I poked him in the chest. "It's only crappy because you are too pig-headed to change. You choose to be alone when you don't have to be. You had a chance to make me immortal, and you took the moral high ground."
He grabbed my finger. "I'd never knowingly sentence a Mortal to this life, not even one as lovely as you."
That hurt. I yanked my finger from his grip. "I wouldn't want you to if you got down on your knees and begged."
Blue flames leapt in his eyes, which moved to my lips before locking with mine. "I don't beg, Freckles."
"You lost the right to call me that, Valkyrie. And FYI, if I wanted to, I could make you beg."
He leaned closer, making me catch my breath. He smirked at my reaction. "I could turn the tables on you like that, Freckles." He snapped his fingers.
I cocked my head. "Oh, is that supposed to scare me?"
"It should. In fact, get your lovely ass back in your car and drive as far away from me as possible."
I swallowed, feeling reckless. "I'm not afraid of you, Torin St. James."
He leaned even closer, his breath fanning my face. Memories of our kisses mocked me. I wanted to reach up, grab his face, and force him to remember, make him tremble and breathless.
"Just because I don't like emotional nightmares with snarky little Mortal girls doesn't mean I can't take what I want when I want it and move on without losing sleep over it."
Thoughts of kissing him disappeared from my head. Snarky little Mortal girls? I wanted to smack him. "You're a jackass."
He laughed. "Now we're getting somewhere."
"I loathe you."
"That's even better. Don't forget it when you come to my house for lessons," he added and flashed that smile I'd once thought was sexy, but now made me want to kick him. "I'll try to make myself scarce, but I'm not promising anything. So try to keep the snarky comments to a minimum. As for the girlish crush you think you have on me, it will pass. They always do."
I loved reading more about Torin St James and Raine. Raine is fighting for Torin, for him to remember their love. But the Norns have other ideas.
Ednah Walters puts so much into her books. It leaves you with a feeling of wanting more! If you enjoyed reading Runes, then you have to continue on with the series! There's so much love, hate and revenge going on. And there's a lot that will throw you for a loop. I had to re-read Immortals, becuase I thought I had missed something! And then ending, wow, can't tell you how awesome that was!
EDNAH WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and dreaming of one day writing her own stories. She is a stay-at-home mother of five humans and two American short-hair cats (one of which has ADHD) and a husband. When she is not writing, she's at the gym doing Zumba or doing things with her family, reading, traveling or online chatting with fans.
Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, will be released April 2013. She's working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN. Visit her at www.ednahwalters.com
Ednah also writes YA paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new series. IMMORTALS is book 2. She is presently working on book 3, GRIMNIRS (Release date TBA). Read more about this series and the world she's created here www.runestheseries.com
Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published four more books in this series. She's presently working on book six. You can visit her online at or www.ebwalters.com.
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Speaker Key: PB: Phil Brown, DW: David Whelan
PB: Hi, it is Phil Brown and I'm here with David Whelan. Today we are going to talk about ISPs.
DW: ISPs are internet service providers. They are the people who sell you the access to the internet, that provide you with the technology that allows you to connect to your home and your law firm offices and other devices, to the internet.
PB: So not to prefer any particular companies, but we are talking about Rogers, Shaw, Bell, etc.
DW: Right. It is interesting, the types of technology that they use, and you will come across this, and I am not sure that we will ever get to the point where we can say one is better than another, but it used to be that you would get a connection called ISDN. If you wanted a nice dedicated line and dedicated throughput to the internet, but pretty much, these days, most law firms will be looking at either a cable connection or a DSL connection or, if you are big enough, what is known as a T1 or part of a T1. That is like a timeshare, a fractional T1, where you can have a certain amount of speed, but depending on what kind of wiring they are using, and what kind of system they are using, you are really talking about cable or DSL.
PB: Right. And we are not going to talk about dry loops and things like that, but there are lots of terminology out there, in terms of is "this a voice only line", "this is a voice and internet line", etc. But there are differences between DSL and cable. Some of them are shared in neighbourhood, and some of them are not. Your speeds can fluctuate, depending on what kind of line you are using, but let's talk about things like consumer versus business.
DW: Right. You will find, with most of the providers, that they will have business level speeds and services that are different from your home user. So you may have bought a package for your house and that works great for the films that you are streaming on Netflix or Show Me, and the files that your kids are downloading for their Xbox, but that may not be the sort of stability or speeds and bandwidth that you need to be providing for your law firm, especially if you are hosting your own email server inside the firm, or your own web server. All of those create traffic and you need to be thinking about paying for the additional overhead that all those things provide.
PB: That's right. Speaking of overhead, business prices tend to be quite a bit more than consumer prices and consumer systems, but you would definitely need a business enterprise system for a large office.
DW: Right, so shop around. I think you will find both from the cable providers and the DSL providers, and the real difference between those is that the cable system tends to be a shared system and the DSL is a line directly from your office or your home to the Telco, so it is a slightly different type of carrier but, at the end of the day, you will be able to get the same types of speeds, both upload and download speeds, and they are different, but can you say a word about how they are different?
PB: In terms of the speeds? Upload speed is typically much slower than download speed. A lot of the companies range (and you will get a range when you start shopping for packages) from 1 megabyte upload versus 10 or 20 megabytes download, and I am not sure why they make those distinctions, but they benchmark them and tell you if you pay $100 a month, this is what the minimums you can expect are. You really have to determine what it is you are doing. Are you uploading a lot of information, a lot of large files, or are you more likely to be downloading those files? You can shop around for an appropriate speed. The other thing is that some of them now have limited bandwidth, and you may be limited to a certain price, where you can only download 100 or 200 megabytes or 300 megabytes. You will see this with phone data plans, but now you will see it also with other packages. You might have a gigabyte of download available a month, and then you are going to start paying, on top of that, for every megabyte you use after that.
DW: It is something to be aware of. I think we are more aware of it with our phones than we are with our computers, but as these sorts of caps come into play, it may impact what you do and, certainly, there have been complaints already, for Windows 10 users, where Windows 10 is now doing automatic mandatory updates of its system, that you may have gigabyte downloads coming to all of your computers in your firm, coming over your internet connection, and then eating up some of that data cap. One of the things to look for is that some of the internet providers will have times of day, particularly between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., where they may give you free access or free transmission times, so that if you have large downloads you can schedule them for that time of day to either upload or to download.
PB: That strikes me as the sort of thing where you will be populating those offices with students, to make sure that there is someone there at four in the morning to do those big uploads and downloads.
DW: That's right. I wanted to mention something called power line networking as well. This is sort of, an add-on. Once you have your ISP, you are connected to the internet, but then how do the devices in your office connect to the router or the modem that connects you to the internet? In many cases you will have category 5 network cable in the walls that allows you to just plug in and go. You may have wireless as well, but if you do not have one of those two, or you have computers that are in awkward places, you can use something called power line networking, to connect over the electrical wiring of your house or your office, so particularly in older buildings or in houses that where you might want to work in your basement but it has either bad wireless connectivity or no network wiring. You buy these power line adaptors. One goes next to the modem, to the internet, and one goes in the power outlet, and you just plug into that and you can get networking anywhere in your building.
PB: And this sounds very voodoo, are these things expensive?
DW: They are not expensive. You are probably looking at $30 to $40 per plug-in adapter, and many of them will have more than one plug, so you could run more than one computer off of it.
PB: And maybe we could just say a word or two about redundant connections and how many lines you need and things like that?
DW: Right. The issue of redundancy comes up. Some people believe that you should have redundant internet connections, just like you do backups and other things in your environment. That can become expensive unless you have a really good need for it, if you have problems of, for example, being attacked. If you are attacked on one of your internet addresses, if you have a redundant one you can quickly flip your firm over to the redundant one. In most cases it is not going to make sense for the solo or small firm lawyer who is out there to have more than one internet connection. It really is not going to be cost-effective to do that.
PB: Security with ISPs, is it something the average user needs to be concerned about?
DW: The ISP is really just providing you the connection to the internet, so you should be aware that they are probably not doing anything to protect you in particular, as far as people trying to get to your email server or your web server in your office. They are doing some things though. They are able to block attacks going out or coming into their network, and they may be also monitoring some of the traffic that you send out, if it is potentially going to a source of malware and things like that.
PB: And some ISPs offer additional services like email addresses and some of them offer free antivirus software and things like that, to use within your environment. That is something that you should be aware of, is if they are providing you with ten free email addresses on their servers, on their domain, that is information that might later be handed over to a lawful authority who is making a request.
DW: Yes and since it is an ISP-based email, it can be very useful. It is great for home users, but for a business user, you probably want to think about getting an email system that is intended for business users.
PB: And that is one of the things you need to look at in the beginning when you pick your ISP. What are your business needs now and what are your business needs going to be in five years? You have to figure out what it is they are selling you, and you have to ask questions.
DW: Exactly. You made a good point before we started, which is that a lot of the ISPs are actually piggybacking on other ISPs, so while I use TekSavvy myself, for DSL at home, it is actually on top of the Bell network, and so I could potentially get DSL from Bell just the same. I think you really need to shop around and see which providers will give you the speeds at the costs that you are willing to pay, and if you have done that assessment of what your business needs are, you will be better prepared when you are sitting down and trying to compare the packages that are all very similar.
PB: And I would say that if you are looking at home systems and things like a home business system, speak to your neighbours. Find out what they are using and what kind of reliable speeds they have, because I know, from my personal experience, a few different times that I have had packages sold to me, but the infrastructure would not support the speeds they were promising.
DW: And many of the ISPs will rent to you or sell you hardware, the modem and the router and other things for your network. You should cost check those against Best Buy and other technological things, because you can often get that same hardware on your own without renting it, for much less than you would pay over the life of the rental.
PB: You are going to be looking at user agreements and things like that, and I would say it is important that you read those over the same as you would any banking agreement and things like that, because there are various responsibilities and liability issues when they lose all of your information, or you drop a connection for weeks at a time, and you want to make sure you know who is liable for what.
DW: Right. ISPs are a little bit of a boring topic, but they are key and particularly as the legal profession relies so heavily on the internet, for communication and other things, you want to make a good choice
PB: Right. It is getting bigger and bigger. I mean, whole firms are moving to the Cloud and storing information in the Cloud and being reliant upon the ability to access that information at any time.
DW: And the daily show too.
PB: And the daily show as well. That's our look at ISPs. Thanks, David.
DW: Thanks, Phil.


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Goulburn Spring Fling Flyball RacingSunday 15 October 2017
Flyball is Australias fastest growing dog sport. Flyabll is a relay race between 2 teams of 4 racing dogs. each dog in turn jumps over 4 hurdles triggers a box which shots out a tennis ball which the dog catches and returns with over the jumps passing the next dog at the start/finish gates. the first team to complete the course with no mistakes wins. this is a very exciting sport which the dogs get very excited about and is very exciting to watch. Admission for spectators is free and food vans will be onsite.
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text: Zenfolio | Oak Hill Studio | The Duel Oak Hill Studio Photograph Galleries Blog Login About Home»All Photographs»Civil War Sesquicentennial 2011-2015»Gathering of Eagles - June 2013»The Duel "A Gathering of Civil War Eagles" in Winchester, Virginia workshop offered spectators a rare opportunity to hear discussions about key events of the Civil War by some of the most knowledgeable living historians. The Nation's most prominent impressionists of the Civil War leaders engaged in debates throughout the weekend and offered spectators a chance to ask questions on particular points of interest. The event took place in the Old Court House Civil War Museum in Old Town Winchester June 1st and 2nd 2013. It featured members of Lee's Lieutenants and The Federal General's Corp. But it wasn't all serious discussions and Q&A. The sketch entitled "The Duel" was arranged for Saturday afternoon. The pretext was two gentlemen discussing the merits of Kentucky Bourbon versus Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey. As the drinking continued, the discussion deteriorated into an argument and the two walked or, by some accounts, stumbled out of the Union Jack bar. The argument escalated as the two began hurling insults at each other as they continued to stumble down the street. They were urged on by a Prussian bystander who decided the only resolution to this argument was a duel at 10 paces. In contrast, a preacher tried to peacefully end the argument with a reading of passages from the good book. By this time the alcohol induced argument was not going to end peacefully. The two drunks stumbled about each brandishing .44 mm six shooters unable to aim straight, which caused all sorts of havoc and hilarity. In the end both were shot by the frustrated Prussian bystander, but not without much mayhem as all twelve missed shots flew about the crowd hitting a bird from the sky, shattering a distant glass pane, and knocking a ladies' hat off of her head. The sketch was not announced to the local spectators who seemed to thoroughly enjoy the antics. The sketch featured Mr. Bill Frueh and Mr. David Trimble as the alcohol induced duelers, Mr. RJ Cicerio as the Prussian antagonist and Mr. Greg Stull as the preacher. Supporting (literally) cast was Mr. Chris Godart and Mr. Tony Virando. All of the players are members of Lee's Lieutenants Living History Organization. Speciall thanks to Dave Trimble and Rosemary Thoburn for their help in compiling the story. © Oak Hill Studio Login | About | Search Powered by ZENFOLIO User Agreement Cancel Continue


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NEW YORK — Jurgen Klinsmann was fired as coach of the U.S. soccer team Monday, six days after a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica dropped the Americans to 0-2 in the final round of World Cup qualifying.
Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena is the favorite to succeed Klinsmann, and his hiring could be announced today. Arena coached the national team from 1998-2006.
Qualifying resumes when the U.S. hosts Honduras on March 24 and plays four days later at Panama.
"While we remain confident that we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018, the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction," U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a statement.
PREMIER LEAGUE: Host West Bromwich Albion secured back-to-back wins for the first time by beating Burnley 4-0. … Spain right back Hector Bellerin signed a long-term deal with Arsenal as the club looks to secure the services of its leading players.
Hall of Fame ballot announced
Slugger Manny Ramirez and former MVPs Ivan Rodriguez and Vladimir Guerrero are on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Jeff Bagwell is the top holdover on the 2017 Baseball Writers' Association of America 34-player ballot. He fell 15 votes short of the required 75 percent in 2016 voting. Tim Raines, one of the greatest leadoff hitters in baseball history, is on the ballot for the 10th and final time after falling just 23 votes shy.
More Russians sanctioned
Yulia Zaripova, the Russian gold medalist in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, was among 12 more athletes sanctioned after testing positive in a reanalysis of their doping samples. Zaripova was among seven medalists — all from countries of the former Soviet Union — disqualified retroactively from the London Games after their samples were retested.
PARALYMPICS: The International Paralympic Committee detailed anti-doping standards Russia must meet to regain membership after a state-backed doping program was exposed.
AUTOS: A man considered one of the commercial experts in Formula One has been hired as executive director of McLaren as part of a shakeup after the departure of Ron Dennis. Zak Brown, an American who founded marketing company JMI and is an ex-Formula Three racer, will start his new role next month.
CORRUPTION: A fifth senior Kenyan Olympic committee official has been arrested as authorities continue to investigate the alleged theft of large sums of money and equipment that was meant for athletes competing at the Rio de Janeiro Games. National Olympic Committee of Kenya vice president Ben Ekumbo was arrested at his home in Nairobi.
SKIING: World championships silver medalist Fritz Dopfer's season is over after the German broke his left leg in a training crash in Zillertal, Austria.
TENNIS: Roberta Vinci, 33, the 2015 U.S. Open runner-up, has decided to play at least one more year of professional tennis after contemplating retirement.
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Fairfield Students Attend Leadership Conference at Yale
Over Easter weekend, a delegation of nine Fairfield University students attended the student-run Perspectives on Leadership Conference at Yale. There, first and third year participants of Fairfield's L.E.A.D Program explored topics such as "Leadership in Foreign Relations" and "Effective Leadership in Times of Crises." In addition, the leadership Stags interacted with students from Yale, Brown, Haverford, West Point, and Harvard.
The conference, however, was much more than a networking weekend; it was a growth opportunity for our young student leaders:
"I think that the conference pushed me to think about who I am as a leader and determine what my strengths are and how I can implement these strengths into my life," said Stephanie Lewia '16, a LEAD101 student at Fairfield University. Pauline Santos '14, a Leadership Fellow, joins Stephanie in speaking about her personal growth through Leadership Programs and the conference: "As a third year participant of L.E.A.D I can honestly say that learned much about who I am as a leader through this program. I am always excited to attend events with LEAD because I know they constantly challenge me to grow and enhance my leadership skills. With this conference, it was no different."
That our student leaders reflect about their personal leadership development isn't surprising. In fact LEAD101, the introductory seminar to Fairfield's leadership programs, is designed to help students redefine leadership through leadership education and application. What is striking is the dedication and excitement with which LEAD students approach every opportunity to enhance their leadership skills. Claretta Mills '16, also a LEAD101 participant, reveals such excitement when she says, "Attending this conference was definitely an experience that helped me grow as a leader. This experience allowed me to see different perspectives on leadership firsthand. I will definitely use the information that was presented to me at the conference to help me grow as a leader."
Furthermore, the Perspectives on Leadership Conference led students to reflect on very practical applications of leadership. "I learned that leading can be extremely tough when you have a deadline or someone's life is at stake. I learned when under pressure, you have to make sure that the majority of your decision follows your morals and ethics," shares Bobbi Shortell '16, a LEAD101 participant. Bobbi's classmates DJ Horstmann '16 and Molly Camp '16 shared their reflective attitude regarding the conference. Writing as guest bloggers for the conference's web site, they state, "Contrary to popular belief, there are times when everyone must partake in being a leader. Leadership is essentially interpersonal relationships where trust is essential for authenticity. Leadership is gained through experience, new knowledge, and reflection. As leaders we must build partnerships and relationships in order to truly succeed."
Fairfield University's Office of Student Programs & Leadership Development is glad to provide students the opportunity to attend the Yale Leadership Institute's events. In addition, we look forward to accompanying our Stags in their leadership development journey!
For more information, visit www.fairfield.edu/leadership