I am really dragging my feet on getting out the Christmas decorations.
I mean, is it really, truly Christmas? So soon?
Instead of facing the thousands of decoration-filled boxes we have in the basement, I did what makes to total sense to no one but me.
I made a new wreath.
After playing around with some various craft supplies I have in blue, green, gray, and cream, I came up with this wreath for a wall in our family room. Its easy to get completely into creating all the components that make make up this wreath. Make all of those first. Then spread them all out and start creating your wreath.
1. Paint a small section of the wreath with a little glue (like a 1″ x 1″ square) and start wrapping the yarn. Doing this in small areas at a time will keep the glue from drying before you get to that area with the yarn. Continue gluing and wrapping until you've covered the wreath form. Put a little glue on the last bit of yarn to secure it. Allow to dry while you make the "berries" and leaves.
2. To make the yarn "berries", wrap scraps of yarn around a few of the wooden or styrofoam balls to resemble small balls of yarn, varying the sizes.
3. To make the glittered "berries", completely cover a wooden or styrofoam ball with glue, then sprinkle generously with glitter. I made about 20 of these in total.
4. Make the leaves by lightly tracing a leaf shape onto wool (or better yet use a disappearing marker) and cut out. Make a few more than you'll think need. I didn't cover my entire wreath, but you may want to cover much more than I did.
5. Heat up the glue gun. Loosely lay out where you'd like to put the leaves and berries, then begin gluing into place.


The zoning administrator conducts all zoning hearings when a zoning change or special use permit is requested. The administrator takes testimony from the applicant of the zoning change as well as hears public input from the community. Following the hearing, the zoning administrator forwards his finding of fact to the village board for their ruling.
Zoning hearings are scheduled on an as needed basis.


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Florida A&M baseball team getting ready for 2020 season
By: Alison Posey
TALLAHASSEE, Fl. (WTXL) - January 24th is go time for college baseball as it marks the first day of practice. The guys get four hours a week now at Florida A&M, and like several other sports at the University, can't participate in postseason play this year.
There's still a lot of excitement for this team as they're coming off a ME-AC title and a spot in the NCAA tournament, and while they lost several talented players, they have a talented class coming in. Now it's just getting the young guys to that Championship mentality.
"Unfortunately we can't go to the postseason, so everything this year is about pride, how you play the game and why you play it the way you play it," said head coach Jamey Shouppe. "Pride can be a good thing and pride can be a bad thing if there's too much of it. We'll look at it from the good side and continue to press on these guys the importance of taking pride in everything you do, not only on the baseball field, but how you play and conduct yourself in the classroom and the community. That takes you a long way in life."
The Rattlers have a tough slate this year. Their season and home opener? February 17th agaisnt South Florida.

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Hitler's Pope? No Way, Says Jewish Reporting Of That Time
Dimitri Cavalli. a scholar working on a book about Pope Pius Xll, quotes a number of contemporaneous reports from Jewish media praising Pius Xll:
In March 1939, many Jewish newspapers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Jerusalem welcomed Pope Pius's election and described him as a friend of democracy. In an editorial (March 6, 1939), The Palestine Post, the predecessor of The Jerusalem Post, observed, "Pius XII has clearly shown that he intends to carry on [Pius XI's] work for freedom and peace...we remember that he must have had a large part to play in the recent opposition to pernicious race theories and certain aspects of totalitarianism..."
On October 27, 1939, the pope's first encyclical, "Summi Pontificatus," was made public. The American Israelite in Cincinnati (November 9, 1939) asserted that the encyclical "contains a ringing denunciation of all forces which put the state above the will of the people, a condemnation of dictators and disseminators of racism who have plunged the world into chaos."
On January 26, 1940, the Jewish Advocate in Boston reported, "The Vatican radio this week broadcast an outspoken denunciation of German atrocities and persecution in Nazi [occupied] Poland, declaring they affronted the moral conscience of mankind."
This broadcast graphically described atrocities against Jews and Catholics and gave independent confirmation to reports about Nazi atrocities, which the Reich previously dismissed as Allied propaganda.
On March 14, 1940, London's Jewish Chronicle commented on Pius's five conditions for a "just and honorable peace," which he articulated in his 1939 Christmas message. The Jewish Chronicle described the pope's conditions, especially the protection of all racial minorities, as a "welcome feature," and praised him for fighting "for the rights of the common man."
In the same month, Italy's anti-Semitic laws went into effect, and many Jews were dismissed from the government, universities, and other professions. Pius XII responded by appointing several displaced Jewish scholars to posts in the Vatican library. In an editorial, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle (March 29, 1940), concluded that the pope's actions showed "his disapproval of the dastardly anti-Semitic decrees."
ON AUGUST 28, 1942, the California Jewish Voice hailed Pius XII as a "spiritual ally" of Jews after noting that the Vatican, through its diplomatic representatives, protested the deportations of Jews from France and Slovakia.
On April 16, 1943, the Australian Jewish News published a brief article about Pierre Cardinal Gerlier of Lyon, France who protested the deportations of French Jews. The newspaper quoted the cardinal as saying that he was obeying Pius XII's orders by opposing the Vichy regime's anti-Semitic measures.
On October 17, 1943, the Nazis began to arrest Jews in Rome. On October 29, 1943, the Jewish Chronicle wrote, "The Vatican has made strong representations to the German Government and the German High Command in Italy against the persecutions of the Jews in Nazi-occupied Italy..."
Along with the Vatican's protests, thousands of Jews found refuge in Rome's convents, monasteries, and the Vatican itself.
In June 1944, the Allies liberated Rome, and Pius XII protested the deportations of Hungarian Jews. "With Rome liberated, it has been determined, indeed, that 7,000 of Italy's 40,000 Jews owe their lives to the Vatican," the American Israelite (July 27, 1944) editorialized. "Placing these golden deeds alongside the intercession of Pope Pius XII with the Regent of Hungary in behalf in behalf of the Hungarian Jews, we feel an immense degree of gratitude toward our Catholic brethren."
What, one must ask, will anti-Church advocates like DovBear and Steve Brizel (of BeyondBT) do with this? Not to mention the noted YU rabbinic scholar who spit out in a telephone conversation with me, "the Pope, yemach shemo," a reference to the recently deceased Pope John Paul ll, a man who did much to end antisemitism, and a man who truly cared for Jews. History is far too often an inconvenient thing, which is why it is so often ignored …
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270-HOME YORK SITE CLEARS A HURDLE
By KARA URBANSKI Daily Press
YORK — Developers of a proposed 270-home neighborhood in upper York County won preliminary approval from county reviewers.
They'll need to clear two more approval steps by York's planning staff before starting construction, possibly this fall. The land's zoning allows for as many as 300 houses, so the developer doesn't need approval from the Board of Supervisors.
The new neighborhood, named Creekside Landing, will sit behind Queens Lake Middle School on 206 acres. Houses will sell for $250,000 and up.
"We think it's a very good plan," said Lamont Myers of Mid-Atlantic Holdings LLC, the developer.
Nearby residents of Royal Grant and Queens Lake met with Myers last summer at a public meeting to discuss concerns about the increase in traffic that the neighborhood would bring. Many worried that plans showed only one entrance.
Myers said a few residents had called him, still concerned about the traffic.
Reviews by officials from the county and the Virginia Department of Transportation show that the neighborhood needs only one entrance.
The proposed boulevard-style entrance with two lanes separated by a raised median meets county requirements, said Al Maddalena, York's chief of development and compliance.
To prevent cars from stacking up along Queens Drive West while waiting to turn left into the school or into the neighborhood, Mid-Atlantic agreed to add a 300-to-400-foot turn lane.
About 60 percent of the neighborhood's 206 acres are being saved as open space, Myers said. Clustering the homes allows for more space for common areas. Trees would buffer the entire neighborhood, including the section near Interstate 64, he said.
"This project fits in with the land," Myers said, "and doesn't change the landscape."
Myers hopes to file the second part of the application next week.
He said, "There's a lot of work that needs to be done before houses go up."
Kara Urbanski can be reached at 247-7820 or by e-mail at kurbanski@dailypress.com
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Custody of Children Taken from Parents who Gave Nazi Names
Published on: November 24, 2011 | Matthew R. Arnold, Esq.
According to a recent report, the parents who gave their three children Nazi monikers have had their children taken away from them by the Department of Youth and Family Services. There appears to be a significant dispute about the basis for having the minor children taken from their parents. These three children each have Nazi style names. In fact, the family gained national attention when they went to the grocery store to get a birthday cake for their son, Adolf Hitler. The clerk at the cake counter apparently would not put the child's name on the cake and reported the situation to authorities.
The interesting issue here, aside from the unique names of the children, is why were the children taking from their parents in the first place? While most of us would not choose to name our son "Adolf Hilter," surely, no one wants to live in a society where the government can swoop in and take children away because it does not approve of the names of the children, do they? What if the government were to begin publishing a list of names which are forbidden? Or worse, what if it began publishing a list of acceptable child names?
There appears to be a significant disconnect here with respect to why the children were taken away from their parents. According to one source noted in the article, the children were taken away from their parents because there was evidence of domestic violence in the household. Candidly, this seems rather farfetched to this writer. Even if there were an incident of domestic violence, would that justify the government taking these children away from their parents? Indeed, one might wonder if there are enough foster homes in Mecklenburg County to house all of the children whose parents may have had an incident (isolated or otherwise) of domestic violence. The "domestic violence" angle seems to be a rather weak red herring.
What seems more likely is exactly what the Court of Appeals seems to have found: that there is no legitimate reason why the children were taken away from their parents. Or, more precisely, that the children were taken away from their parents because somebody did not like how these parents chose to name their children. What about these parents' constitutional right to parent their children? What about these parents' constitutional right to free speech?
Of course, as we all know, very little is black and white and there probably is no easy answer to this question. As much as it might seem Un-American to take someone's son away from them for naming him "Adolf Hitler" (how ironic!), there does seem to be a counter argument. Might it be argued by the government that the act of naming a child "Adolf Hitler" is, in and of itself, a form of child abuse? Indeed, one might imagine that this child will suffer years of otherwise unlikely attention and, maybe, ridicule, scorn and taunting. What if little Adolf were to be a big time basketball player? What would the fans chant while he is on the free throw line? We all know how heartless and unthinking children and adolescents can be at times.
While this may be an extreme case, the notion of the government taking children away because they are not given "acceptable" names seems to be a very slippery slope. Who decides if a name is acceptable? By what standards is it determined whether a name is acceptable or not acceptable? Is the government to publish a list of acceptable and unacceptable names? Is a parent to get prior approval before putting a name on the birth certificate?
As a parent, moms and dads have a tremendous amount of responsibility for the wellbeing and development of their child. Decisions which moms and dads make every day have a huge impact on the upbringing and advancement of their children. Such decisions affect whether the child will be a good student, whether they will respect authority and the law, whether they will have a good work ethic. Even decisions as seemingly innocuous as how to have the child's hair styled or what the child is to eat for dinner are within the parents' discretion and can have an impact on the child.
Why should the decision of how to name the child be any different? It would be unfortunate for parents make bad decisions with respect to selecting the names of their children if it has a detrimental impact on the children. But, is it any different than any number of other decisions that parents must make on a daily basis? Importantly, parents have a paramount constitutional right to parent their children. Do we want a bureaucrat taking that away because they disapprove of the names of the children?
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Liz and I are so happy to be live from Jenkinson's Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach today. It's a great summer place!
Jenkinson's Aquarium...The historic Jenkinson's Aquarium is a must see. And even if you've been there, you'll always see something new at Jenkinson's Aquarium! Summer hours start this Friday (June 19th) and they are 10:00am to 10:00pm every day. Get all the details at the Jenkinson's Aquarium page.
Jenkinson's Boardwalk... A ton of summer fun including the arcade, rides, Jenks Club and Boardwalk Games. The boardwalk is about a mile long, so it's great for a relaxing stroll, or a quick walk to get to some great food and fun. Get the details at the Jenkinson's Boardwalk page.
Event Calendar...stay up to date on the schedule of events at Jenkinson's with the Event Calendar.


Spacious penthouse floor plan located in building 18. New construction has just been completed - move in this season! Beautiful golf course views! Talis park encompasses the best of resort-style living with golf, tennis, a fitness center, spa, and dining, all within reach of your new penthouse home. The neighborhood of 20 mid-rise buildings and 90 luxury penthouse-style residences overlook the lakes, fairways and greens of talis parks award-winning golf course. The intimate enclave offers two home designs, each with a study, three full baths, and a powder room. The wrap-around loggias and glass sliders add to the home's open design, emphasizing alfresco living. **photos & virtual tour are of furnished penthouse model & for display purposes only. Sports membership included!
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Full equity golf membership is included. This exceptional property with rear southern exposure is perfect for the year-round resident as well as the seasonal resident looking to escape the northern cold weather. Who wouldn't want to weather the treacherous winters in this spectacular condo living among nature in all its splendor. This most desirable spacious, open concept first floor condo is meticulously maintained. Includes many upgrades including unusually large master closet, wood floor in master and guest bedrooms, new light fixtures in both bathrooms, plantation shutters in master bedroom, window treatments throughout, new oven and completely re-painted. Many more features too numerous to list, (see upgrade sheet). Upon entering the gracious living and formal dining room area, huge kitchen with center island and bar area perfect for entertaining dinner parties as well as casual gatherings. In addition to the master and guest bedrooms, custom closet in den creates a third bedroom entered by double doors. This condo lives like a single family home with private entrance. Superb clubhouse, tennis facilities and exercise center.
Start living a vacation lifestyle in the quarry! The quarry is a lakefront community offering boating, golf, tennis, pickle ball, bocce ball, tiki bar, restaurant, pool-side food/drink service, gym, social activities, and more! This spacious 4 bedroom, 2. 5 bath, attached 2 car garage, end unit coach home is situated on the end of a quiet street with a private and pristine preserve view - watch nature from your oversized screened lanai. This 4 year old unit offers a great room style floorplan and a long list of special features; white shaker style cabinets, quartz countertops, crown molding, ss kitchenaid appliances (including wine fridge & wall oven), electric down hurricane shutters, diagonal tile throughout (no carpet!), and more! The quarry offers a lifestyle like no other, including an impressive lake lodge and over 500 acres of lakes that can handle boats & jet skis (docks available for lease). The quarry offers a private golf club (not mandatory) w 18 hole pga level hurdzan frye course. The quarry is true one of a kind community!
Incredible view!!! Second floor turnkey unit with views of lake, golf course and picturesque golf clubhouse in the quarry. The kitchen has an eat-in area, plus breakfast bar with lots of natural light. Family room has sliders to screened in lanai area. The large master bedroom has 2 large walk in closets and large master bath with soaking tub and separate shower plus vanity area. There are also 2 guest bedrooms, den/office and dining area. New roof just installed! It is conveniently located to the quarry beach club and all of it amenties plus the quarry golf lodge. Enjoy a vacation lifestyle at the quarry which is a gated lakefront community offering boating, golf, tennis, pickle ball, bocce ball, tiki bar, restaurants, pool-side food/drink service, gym, social activities and more! The quarry has 500 acres of lakes that can handle boats and jet skis. (docks available to lease). The quarry offers a private golf club which is optional with 18 holes - pga level hurdzan frye course.


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I met Molly a few years ago through her Grandmother Craig. Molly and I hadn't talked in quite sometime. The beginning of September Molly had sent me an email stating she was getting married and that she wanted me to be her photographer! I was so over the moon excited that they wanted me to photograph their wedding. They were going to have a quick trip to Nantucket that weekend so I knew we had to do an engagement session! We decided to do the session in Sconset. I love shooting in Sconset for a few reasons. I love the small quaint cottages and their gorgeous gardens full of flowers. Also near by is a beautiful beach with the most beautiful dunes. All this makes for an amazing backdrop for any occasion. So I knew this location during that time of year would be just perfect for them. We had such a great time!!! It was a gray evening but that didn't stop them from glowing with happiness and made everything just pop with color. Also that evening there was virtually no one around which made their session even more special. We started with all the beautiful cottages with their stunning gardens and then finished the evening on the beach. Photographing them that evening only got me more excited to be photographing their small intimate wedding. We talked the whole time about all the amazing details and all theirs efforts in making their big day special and true to who they are. It was so nice to meet Molly's Fiance Will during our session and it was even his birthday that evening!! What a great way to celebrate and to top their evening off they were going to have a BBQ to end the night.


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Reasonable Illusions
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Are there Limits to Rationalistic Science?
Rav B. Horovitz
Perception flows from the structure of the human mind, and is therefore partly subjective. Facts of science change from generation to generation, and are the subject of constant controversies. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and the Law of the Immutability of the Elements, considered facts not long ago, are rejected today. Einstein wrote: 'There are no eternal theories in Science,
Let us begin with a crucial point. "The laws of science are not inviolable. They represent a constantly changing logical complex, changing from decade to decade, and even from year to year. Lest this may surprise you, let me remark that the world of science is not identical with the physical world itself, with the real world, if you like. "Science is a model of the real world that we construct inside our own heads." (F. Hoyle) It is an "abstraction arrived at by confining thought to formal relations. The concrete world has slipped through the meshes of the scientific net. The exploration of the external world by methods of science leads not to a concrete reality, but to a shadow world of symbols." (Whitehead) This comes from the paradox that exists between all objective thought (which is in terms of universals and abstractions), and personal human experience (which is concrete).
"Faith in reason cannot by justified by any inductive generalisation." (Whitehead) "All scientific knowledge must be built upon intuitive beliefs," (B. Russell) for reasoning is only a method of proving which itself cannot be proven.
Reason is an instrument of the mind which analyzes the material given to it. The motive that impels a person to use his reason in a certain direction, and to select facts, is his emotional interest in a subject, and a certain goal — a university degree, a scientific discovery, or a new theory that he wishes to formulate. It all depends on what reason attempts to prove and which master it serves. The over-weaning confidence of man in his own intellectual powers plays an important part in rationalistic world-views.
Schools of thought in psychology and history reach opposing conclusions, although they proceed from a rationalistic basis. The weight which is attached to specific facts is often left to emotional bias. This is apparent in the national trends in philosophy (British — 'fairplay' and 'commonsense;' French — naturalism; German — systematized idealism — 'Ordnung,' which is ambivalent; American — pragmatic 'what-pays').
Man strives to live by values, but the world which is apparently presented by science is blind to values of good and evil. One cannot define what man ought to be from that which he actually is. Free choice, moral responsibility and guilt are basic experiences without which man's life loses its sense of purpose. Yet some rationalists regard them as illusions.
Science can only provide the 'what' but not the 'why' or purpose of the phenomena of Nature, nor 'who' produces them. But do not faith and reason really belong to two different spheres, two different faculties in the make-up of man? Can the eye perceive the grandeur of music, or the tongue taste the beauty of colors? So too the soul cannot be analyzed with a microscope, nor G-d scanned with a telescope. Neither can one, in retrospect, view G-d's speaking with man by using the spade of the archaeologist. To deduce that the soul, G-d, prophecy and revelation do not exist, is to reason like the fisherman who proved that water did not exist because his net never brought it up.
Reason can come near to these concepts, yet it can never fathom them to the full, much as science may be able to analyze a person chemically (worth a few dollars in the drug store) without conveying real knowledge of the person. Similarly, religious faith is required for a knowledge of the Personal Ethical G-d.
These dimensions of experience have been variously formulated: synthetic and analytic, intuitive and discursive, inward and external, attachment and detachment, subjective (I-Thou) and objective (I-It). Faith deals with meaning, truth and ends, but reason deals with measurements, facts and means.
Reason often begins with doubt, faith with certainty. Faith is from the feeling of the heart, reason from the thinking of the mind. " Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait pas." (Pascal) "Do not all charms fly at the mere touch of cold philosophy?" (Keats)
Religion without science is blind, science without religion is lame" (Einstein). Truth should never be suppressed to conform to our notion of coherence" (Hutchinson). In science, paradoxes are accepted, as in the Theory of Complementarity: experiments demonstrate that light possesses the properties of particles (corpuscles — Newton), while other experiments show it to be composed of waves (Huyghens). Logically it cannot be both, but empirically it is. So, Religion and science, dealing with differing spheres, complement one another" (Max Planck).
When people discard faith because of reason, they bring disaster not only to their own and their neighbor's world-view and personality, but to the stability and peace of society. The events of the Twenty-First Century have taught us that reason and the scientific method based on it may be an invaluable servant, but when it becomes master, it may destroy humanity's faith, sense of values of good and evil, and moral responsibility.
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Oklahoma's largest drive-in is a twin screen venue with a capacity for more than 1500 cars. It opened originally as a single screen in 1951 known then as the Modern Aire, and a second screen was added a year later and renamed The Admiral Twin Drive-In. It epitomizes the nostalgic drive-in movie theatres of the past…so much so that it was featured in the Frances Ford Coppola's classic from 1983 'The Outsiders' as the 1950's hangout. Located directly off historic Route 66, The Admiral Twin has provided outdoor entertainment to generations of people-showing many classics. With the biggest screens in all of the Southwest, The Admiral Twin continues to be one of the busiest drive-in's in the country.
Tulsa's only remaining historical movie theatre, originally built in 1928. They specialize in showing family and independent films. The Circle started showing Midnight Movies in the summer of 2005 with the director's cut of Donnie Darko. Come see the neon and the restored marquee! It's one of the prettiest things you'll see in all of T-Town. For show times, visit their website.
Ongoing Show: THE DRUNKARD & THE OLIO – Running since 1953, this Tulsa tradition remains one of the best things to do on a Saturday night. Fun for the whole family. Sing-a-long starts at 7:30, curtain at 7:45pm. $12/adults, $10/seniors, $5/kids. Call 587-5030 early in the week to reserve your spot at the Spotlight Theatre.
Light Opera Oklahoma (LOOK) is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 whose mission is to preserve and promote the world's finest operetta and classical musical comedies by presenting live professional performances every summer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. LOOK performs in the Williams Theatre at the Tulsa PAC. All cabaret performances take place at the Norman Theatre at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
Tulsa Opera is the 18th oldest opera company in North America. The Company presents three grand opera productions each season, with a commitment toward American and 20th Century repertoire. All Tulsa Opera Performances are held at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
With six productions annually, Tulsa Ballet reaches over 55,000 individuals every season. The repertoire of the company today includes the majority of the 19th century works, including the Nutcracker. The artistic mission of Tulsa Ballet is "To preserve the tradition of classical ballet, promote the appreciation of contemporary dance, create works of superior and enduring quality, and educate through exemplary performances, training and outreach programs." The Company has toured throughout the United States and the world and has received consistent critical acclaim.
Side-splitting comedy and thought-provoking drama take place in a very intimate 50-seat black box setting. The audience is too close for anything but the very best performances, and over the years Heller's patrons have learned to expect fine work. Specializing in adult improv and comedy, Heller Theatre is part of the City of Tulsa Park and Recreation Department and updates their shows regularly. For a current show listing, visit their website.
Since 1969, Living Arts of Tulsa has been steadfast in its mission of "presenting and developing contemporary art forms in Tulsa". Their focus is on newly evolving ideas and concepts, in the creation of art forms, and exploring the relationship of art to other disciplines and fields of knowledge. Through the presentation of creative workshops, performances, exhibitions, films/videos, demonstrations of current art, lectures, related educational activities and research, Living Arts shares its interests with the community. They present high quality contemporary art to the Tulsa and Oklahoma area and has established a national reputation of it's strong support of contemporary art in the MidWest.
Currently Showing: MOM SAID, "HAVE FAITH" – Exhibition of Mixed Media Works by Virginia artist Richard Bay. Thru October 23.
The Tulsa Artists' Coalition (TAC) Gallery is located in Tulsa's downtown Brady Arts District. Established in 1986, the Tulsa Artists' Coalition is a nonprofit organization of artists and art supporters, formed to encourage and support emerging and established contemporary artists, with new art galleries updated regularly.
Currently Showing: IT'S ALL IN THE EYES – Mixed media works by established Tulsa artist Eleanor Davy Carmack. Artist Reception is October 2 from 6-9pm in downtown Tulsa at 9 E. Brady. The exhibit runs through October 25.
The Nightingale Theater is an affordable, alternative venue available to local and touring companies. Since February 2000, the theater has been host to over 275 individual theatrical events, with more than 750 actual performance dates; that averages to over 100 performances per calendar year, making it one of the busiest stages in the region.
Occupying a half city block in Tulsa's historic downtown, arts patrons come to the PAC year round to attend a performance from one of Tulsa's acclaimed arts groups, to sample national and international talent, to stage or attend various social functions or Art Gallery exhibits and to view the PAC's extensive permanent collection of more than 70 pieces of art.
Waterworks is a City of Tulsa Facility Dedicated to the Fine Arts. Located in Tulsa's historic Newblock Park, Waterworks brings visual fine arts experiences, hands-on classes and quality art exhibits to the people of Tulsa and neighboring communities. Artists from Tulsa and the surrounding communities present their work at juried and invitational exhibitions held regularly in the center's gallery. In addition, WaterWorks students, teachers, and local artists show and sell their work at the "Holiday Art Market" in the fall.
Color Connection Gallery is owned and operated by eleven nationally recognized Tulsa painters, many with roots to the Gallery's founding in 1990. The Gallery is located in a brightly lit, airy space in the southeast corner of picturesque Utica Square. The original fine arts paintings & other artwork displayed in the Gallery offer a broad spectrum of mediums, styles, and subject matter, enough to satisfy the tastes of any art patron.
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Independent advocacy is about speaking up for, and standing alongside individuals or groups, and not being influenced by the views of others. Fundamentally, it is about everyone having the right to a voice: addressing barriers and imbalances of power, and ensuring that an individual's rights are recognised, respected, and secured.
An activist is a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
Advocacy partner
An advocacy partner is a person who accesses independent advocacy. It is the preferred term because it emphasises the independent advocate and the person they are supporting working as equal partners. Some independent advocacy organisations also use client or service user.
Ability to reason, make decisions and consider choices, express views and receive and understand information. The law assumes that people have capacity unless a doctor's assessment shows that a person lacks capacity.
Representatives from the Local Authority, Health Board or Health and Social Care Partnership who fund independent advocacy.
Community of interest
A community of interest is a group of people who have shared experiences, characteristics or common interests and wish to come together to address issues that are important to them. Collective advocacy groups often bring together 'communities of interest', for example, people with learning disabilities or mental health conditions.
Sometimes there can be conflicts of interest for those supporting an individual or group, for instance where there are assumptions about 'what is best' for them. Independent advocacy is as free as possible from conflicts of interest, being completely separate from service providers and funders and with the organisation involved providing no services other than advocacy. It is structurally, financially and psychologically free from interests such as being a provider of services, a gatekeeper of services, a funder of services, a statutory body or family and friends.
Independent advocacy organisation
An independent advocacy organisation only provides independent advocacy and all the activities it undertakes are about providing, promoting, supporting and defending independent advocacy. Independence means that it does not provide any other services and is structurally, financially and psychologically separate from other organisations and interests. You can find out more about these components in the 'Independent Advocacy Principles, Standards and Code of Best Practice' [link]. SIAA's members are all independent advocacy organisations.
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Non-instructed advocacy happens when there are issues with a person's capacity perhaps due to dementia, or limited communication due to a physical disability or a learning disability. In such situations a non-instructed advocate seeks to uphold their advocacy partner's rights and ensure that decisions are taken with full consideration of their unique preferences, rights and perspectives.


More than 40 human trafficking cases have been reported in the first two months of this year, with the majority of victims sent to China for forced marriage, according to the Myanmar Anti-Human Trafficking Police Force, state media reported.
Myanmar is striving to attract investment in the western Chin state, stressing that private investment can help resolve the challenges of poverty and inequality and create a better social environment there.
Sembcorp Industries has officially opened a US$310 million (S$420 million) power plant in Myanmar.
Volker Turk, UNHCR assistant high commissioner for protection, has laid emphasis on safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration of their rights.
The power ministry will produce an additional 3,000 megawatts of electricity in the next three years, said Union Minister for Electricity and Energy Win Khaing, on March 6.
Myanmar authorities seized narcotic drugs valued at 2.56 billion kyats ($1.69 million) in Mandalay region, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse said on Monday.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to ensure that there will be no discrimination in the issuing of national IDs to Hindus and Muslims.
The price of bananas recently showed an overall increase in banana production areas in southwest China. The sudden and rapid increase was at its strongest in the first week of March but weakened in the second week. In some production areas the price stopped rising, but the average banana price still steadily climbs.
Stakeholders from the public and private sector gathered last Friday to discuss the National Export Strategy (NES) 2020-2025, including actions to take to boost Myanmar's export sector.
Despite some progress, the Myanmar peace process may take longer than expected, US Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel said.
The teaching of ethnic languages in schools and development of local curricula could deliver both educational and political benefits, and represent critical steps towards decentralisation.
Efforts at destroying of illegal smuggling routes in Bago Yoma Ranges and Rakhine Yoma have taken more than expected. and it is hoped that these illegal routes will be destroyed during March according to Pyae District Forest Department.
Under the updated National Export Strategy 2020-2025, Myanmar is targeting total trade volumes of US$31 billion for the current fiscal year, with US$15.3 billion for exports and US$15.8 billion for imports. If successful, this would reduce the trade deficit to US$500 million.
More than 16,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh since January 2018.
For most of his life Ko Tun Win Zaw had been dependent on his eldest sister for his survival as he was afflicted with polio since the age of one.
A couple were jailed on Monday (18 March) for abusing a maid from Myanmar, more than two years after they were convicted for committing similar offences against an Indonesian maid.
Farmers were paid on Wednesday for land seized by the Prisons Department when Mandalay Central Prison was built in Aung Myay Tharzan township, U Zaw Myint Maung, chief minister of Mandalay Region, said.
Fighting between Myanmar's military and ethnic Rakhine insurgents has now reached the ancient temples of Mrauk U, the former capital of the Rakhine kingdom and a popular tourist site, local residents said on Monday (Mar 18).
Local police force declared that Myanmar authorities have confiscated 22.9 kilograms of suspected uncut amber stones in Mokaung township, Kachin state.
The Arakan Army (AA) will attend the peace talk between the government and Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) which have not signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), to be held in Nay Pyi Taw on March 21, said Khaing Thu Kha, the spokesperson of the Arakan Army (AA).
Amid increased pressure from China to resume construction of the controversial Myitsone hydropower dam in the far north of Myanmar, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has said the public should think about the project "from a wider perspective," Myanmar website The Irrawaddy reported on March 14.
Myanmar's stock exchange could hardly be in a better location. The imposing stone building commands a corner on one of downtown Yangon's busiest intersections and was originally the central Reserve Bank of India's branch when Burma was a dominion of the British Raj.
Frontier Services Group (FSG), founded by former US military contractor Erik Prince, says it is moving into Myanmar to provide security services to Chinese and other foreign investors.
French contractor Vallourec has won a contract from PTTEP to supply oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for the Thai national upstream company's upcoming M-9 West exploration well off Myanmar. Vallourec will supply more than 5000 tons.
This week's Myanmar morning news feature photo acknowledges World Water Day, March 22.


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Brockenhurst College tutor is granted Confucius Institute Excellence Award
Brockenhurst College > News > Brockenhurst College tutor is granted Confucius Institute Excellence Award
Posted on: 24th June 2014
Brockenhurst College lecturer and tutor, Xing Li, has been granted a Confucius Institute Excellence Award by The Institute of Education, University of London. Xing has been recognised and celebrated by the Excellence Awards, based upon her great contribution to the study of Chinese language and China itself within Brockenhurst College.
Mrs Xing Li Bloodworth, Confucius Classroom Manager, has been teaching Chinese and promoting Chinese culture at the College since 2005. She has established a complete Chinese curriculum, and has also developed Enrichment and adult Chinese courses. Xing encourages Chinese culture to be celebrated by all Brock College students, by organising annual Chinese New Year Celebrations with series of activities on campus and an annual London trip, open to all College students. Brock students have also been able to enjoy the Chinese school links set up by Xing, enabling them to participate in regular cultural exchanges to China and life changing gap year work opportunities.
In 2010, Brockenhurst College was awarded the 'Confucius Classroom' title, and remains the only FE College to be given the title. With Xing's effort and dedication, Brockenhurst College and its Chinese partner schools have developed programmes such as A-level in-country delivery, teacher training and summer camps, developed the College's Internationalisation Strategy, and are currently developing a second International programme for another sister school in Guangdong province. With all the success of Chinese learning, development in curriculum and the work the College has done with China in the recent years, Brockenhurst College has been recognised by Prime Minister David Cameron, and the College Principal Di Roberts was invited to accompany him on his recent visit to China.
Speaking about receiving her award, Xing said: "A very big thanks to Brockenhurst College, who have given me this opportunity and great honour to share my passion in promoting Chinese language and culture learning with British Students. I am so proud to see them inspired by Chinese learning in their studies and employment opportunities."
As Confucius Classroom, the College has the resource and staff to organise one-day Chinese cultural events and deliver regular after-school clubs on Chinese culture and Chinese language learning to local schools and their pupils. All these activities are free. If you and your school are interested, please contact Xing via email xli@brock.ac.uk .


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TOXMAP: Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
What is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)?
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities. This inventory was established under a federal law called the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (http://www.epa.gov/regulations/laws/epcra.html) and was expanded by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/pubs/p2policy/act1990.htm). It requires facilities in certain industries which manufacture, process, or use significant amounts of toxic chemicals, to report annually on their releases of these chemicals. The reports contain information about the types and amounts of toxic chemicals that are released each year to the air, water, land and by underground injection, as well as information on the quantities of toxic chemicals sent to other facilities for further waste management.
Facilities with ten or more full-time employees that process more than 25,000 pounds in aggregate, or use greater than 10,000 pounds of any one TRI chemical, are required to report releases annually. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (http://www.epa.gov) maintains this information in the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (http://www.epa.gov/tri/). The toxics release files on the National Library of Medicine's® (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®) (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov) come from TRI.
TOXMAP uses the most current, final TRI data available from the EPA. Data submission deadlines, data entry processes, and data quality control and review all influence the actual date of data release by both the EPA and by TOXMAP.
A complete list of the TRI chemicals currently listed in TOXMAP can be found at http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/chemicals.jsp. A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/trichemicals/index.htm.
NOTE: At this time, TOXMAP uses reported on-site releases only. Some TRI chemicals have no reported releases, and so will not appear in the TRI release data or in TOXMAP. All release amounts are reported in pounds except dioxin which is reported in grams.
For more information, see the TRI Fact Sheet (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/trifs.html).
What TRI chemicals are mapped in TOXMAP?
TOXMAP maps the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
TOXMAP uses the most current, final TRI data available from the EPA. Data submission deadlines, data entry processes, and data quality control and review all influence the actual date of data release both by the EPA and by TOXMAP.
Some TRI chemicals have no reported releases, and so will not appear in the TRI release data or in TOXMAP. A complete list of chemicals currently listed in TOXMAP can be found at (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/chemicals.jsp).
A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/trichemicals/index.htm.
How accurate is TRI data?
The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program is a national database that identifies facilities, chemicals manufactured, processed and used at the identified facilities, annual amounts of chemicals released and otherwise managed (on and off site) in waste.
The following information is excerpted from the EPA's "The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Factors to Consider When Using TRI Data" [Download Acrobat Reader]:
TRI data do not include release information from all sources or from other waste management activities, and all industry sectors and all chemicals are not covered. TRI data report releases and waste management of the chemicals, but do not reflect exposure information of the public to the chemicals. Only facilities meeting specific criteria are required to report.
All data in TRI (chemicals released, release amounts, etc.) is required by law to be self-reported annually, and is not validated by the EPA. In addition, some of the reporting facilities submit estimated data to TRI. (Since different estimation practices are used, the EPA has published estimation guidance for the user.)
TRI release estimates are one resource that can be used to evaluate exposure or calculate potential risks to human health and the environment. However, it is essential to understand that they do not, by themselves, represent risk. The determination of potential risk depends on many factors, including toxicity, chemical fate after release, release location, and population concentrations.
How current is the TRI data that TOXMAP uses?
TOXMAP uses the most current, final TRI data available from the EPA. 1987 is the first reporting year of the TRI program, but by industry convention, 1988 is the first year that TRI data is used for analysis. Data submission deadlines, data entry processes, and data quality control and review all influence the actual date of data release.
Prior to the final release of a given TRI release year, EPA at times publishes a preliminary dataset of the upcoming release data. However, TOXMAP does not add a release year until it is final.
A complete list of chemicals currently listed in TOXMAP TRI can be found at http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/chemicals.jsp. A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/trichemicals/index.htm.
NOTE: At this time, TOXMAP uses reported on-site releases only. Some TRI chemicals have no reported releases, and so will not appear in the TRI release data or in TOXMAP.
For more information, see the TRI Fact Sheet.
How accurate are TRI locations in TOXMAP?
TOXMAP plots the location of all TRI facilities and Superfund sites using addresses and coordinates from the EPA Facility Registry System (FRS) (http://www.epa.gov/frs). The location of some of these may appear to be slightly inaccurate, because they are calculated by a geocoding estimation process. General information about the accuracy of locations in TOXMAP can be found in the TOXMAP FAQ "Why are the locations of some TOXMAP facilities slightly inaccurate?"
The following provides more detailed information about the problems with TRI location data, EPA's ongoing efforts to improve it, the limitations of FRS, and location accuracy in TOXMAP today.
Problems with TRI, Limitations of FRS
The EPA recommends use of addresses and coordinates from their Facility Registry System (FRS) (http://www.epa.gov/frs). TOXMAP only plots TRI facilities with defined FRS locations. Corrections to FRS are made year-round by EPA and are incorporated into TOXMAP annually with each year's publicly available data.
This approach avoids many errors in the TRI location data. However, there are also limitations to FRS data, such as in the case of a large facility (tens or hundreds of square miles in area) that reports to multiple EPA programs. Since FRS only uses the "best" of the reported coordinates, a more accurate location for a TRI release could be overlooked (e.g. the street address coordinate is used because it is easily identified as "best", but the TRI release actually takes place miles away).
Coordinate Accuracy Assessment
To get a better understanding of coordinate accuracy in EPA FRS data, TOXMAP annually conducts an assessment in which each facility's reported ZIP code is compared with the 5-digit ZIP code the coordinate lies within (plus a 5-mile buffer).
To translate coordinates into ZIP codes, TOXMAP uses a ZIP code file created by ESRI in 2006 (based on ZIP code boundaries from an earlier date).
The results place facilities into five categories based on the number of matching digits. Because ZIP codes follow a pattern across the US, these categories helped, to some degree, indicate accuracy. The latest results are as follows:
Number of facilities evaluated: 54032
TRI data for years: 1988-2011
FRS data as of: November, 2012
First 3 or More Digits Match: ~99.06%
First 1 or 2 Digits Match: ~0.25%
None of The Digits Match: ~0.004%
Not Evaluated: ~0.68%
Look for the "Coordinate accuracy suspect" and "Coordinate not evaluated" notes when viewing TRI details. These notes indicate that the facility falls in one of the last four categories above.
Some facilities have correct coordinates but are categorized with partial ZIP code matches simply because their reported ZIP code was incorrect.
Facilities categorized with "No ZIP Code Was Found" have coordinates that fall outside of five-mile buffered ZIP code boundaries. Facilities in Puerto Rico and other US territories were not evaluated.
To Report a data error to EPA, please use the "Report an Error" (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comments3.htm) web service and click the link on that page to report a data error.
How are TRI chemical trends calculated?
TOXMAP calculates the "trend," or "on-site release amount change," for a given facility and chemical by comparing the total on-site release amount for the most recent year of TRI data with the average of all previous years.
Specifically, subtract the average total on-site release amount (prior years) from the most recent total on-site release amount (current year). If the value is negative, the trend is downward; if the value is positive, the trend is upward.
TOXMAP's Trends Legend (directly below Trends maps) uses the greatest increase OR decrease of on-site chemical release as both the minimum and the maximum values (left and right sides) of the legend. For this reason, the Trends Legend will always display the same value on each side of the legend bar. The bar is divided into five equal intervals.
HANDLING SPECIAL CASES
1) What if there isn't data for one of the intermediate years?
TOXMAP ignores release values of "N/A". If no release data is provided by a facility, the EPA reports the release as "zero." In these cases, TOXMAP uses "zero" as the release value when calculating the trend.
2) What if there isn't data for the most recent year?
If there is no data for the most recent year, a trend is not calculated. Refer to the map legend for the special map icon that represents this situation ("insufficient data").
3) What if there is only data for the most recent year?
If the only available data is for the most recent year, it is treated as an increase, and the trend value is set to the total on-site release value for the most recent year.
4) What if there are multiple records for a year?
If there are multiple records for a year, the total on-site release values are added together and treated as a single value for that year.
5) What if there are changes to the TRI program that affect a trend calculation?
At this time, TOXMAP's trend calculation does not account for changes to the TRI program's release or waste management data. Therefore, an apparent increase or decrease in on-site releases may actually reflect a change in TRI chemical reporting requirements. We intend to change TOXMAP to take some or all of these reporting requirement changes into account in an upcoming version of TOXMAP.
See the EPA's Making Year-to-Year Comparisons of TRI Data (http://www.epa.gov/enviro/triexplorer/yearsum.htm) for more details.
How can TRI data be accessed?
(This list includes federal government sites only.)
TOXMAP
TOXMAP (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov) provides a "Download" option that allows users to download TRI facility, release, and trends data via the Facilities, Releases, Trends, Combo, and Search pages (located on the bar under the main menu). Data is saved locally as a compressed comma-separated text file (.zip). Moreover, users can save their search results via the Download pages, or with the "Save results" links in the map description and map controls. NOTE: At this time, TOXMAP includes reported on-site releases only.
The user also has the option of downloading the ESRI shapefile, which can be read with ESRI's GIS software such as ArcView (http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcview/index.html).
TOXNET®
TOXNET TRI (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TRI) allows users to search TRI chemical names, CAS Registry Numbers, TRI data years, and/or details about the releasing facility. The left menu of the "TRI Search Results" page provides a download option for the retrieved TRI data. TOXNET TRI search results can also be mapped with TOXMAP by clicking on the "Map it with TOXMAP" icon located on the upper right of results pages.
EPA TRI Explorer
EPA TRI Explorer (http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/) offers custom reports on Releases, Waste Transfer, and Waste Quantity. Users can view and sort report data online or download it to a text file.
EPA Envirofacts
EPA Envirofacts (http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html) provides simple and advanced queries and reports for TRI data. Find them on the right under "Advanced Capabilities".
EPA's TRI data site
EPA's TRI data site (http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridata/) gives the user different ways to download TRI data:
"Annual TRI Public Data Release"-- includes a general overview of that year's TRI data and information on trends;
State Fact Sheets (http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm)-- provide a brief summary of the TRI data by state and downloadable data files containing TRI reports submitted for the reporting year;
TRI state data files (http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridata/index.htm#statefile)-- contain all data submitted to the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory by facilities located in a selected state for a specific year.
What other sites map TRI data?
US EPA TRI Explorer Dynamic Maps
EPA TRI Explorer Dynamic Maps (http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/maps.htm) lets the user create reports and color-coded state and county maps of TRI data.
US EPA EnviroMapper and MyEnvironment
EPA EnviroMapper for Envirofacts (http://www.epa.gov/emefdata/em4ef.home) and MyEnvironment (http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment/) both display TRI facility locations along with other locations that report to the US EPA.
US Geological Survey (USGS) National Atlas
The US Geological Survey (USGS) National Atlas (http://www.nationalatlas.gov/) can map TRI facility locations and over 400 other kinds of data.
How can I view regional TRI release data?
Once a geographic region has been chosen, map headers will include a link to a "Regional TRI Summary" in the regional description. These summaries show cumulative on-site TRI release data over a period of years.
If your map shows TRI facilities, then the Regional TRI Summary will provide a regional on-site chemical releases table that lists the names and release amounts of chemicals released on-site by facilities in the region (with the greatest total on-site releases listed first).
For a TRI Releases map, the Regional TRI Summary will list on-site release totals of the selected chemical broken down by release medium.
Note that these are cumulative summary data and do not reflect specific search settings such as facility name and release amount threshold.
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Fish Farming in a Local Ocean
David Levine September 9, 2010
When you think of fresh, regional fish, you think of Boston, Long Island, the Jersey Shore, and the Cape. You don't think of Hudson, New York. But you should.
A new company there, called Local Ocean, now supplies fresh, clean, farm-raised fish; two types are being distributed to about 30 restaurants in the Hudson Valley, including Jack's Oyster House in Albany and Ca'Mea in Hudson. In August, the company announced a retail partnership with Price Chopper Supermarkets, which offers its royal dorado at six stores in the Capital Region and Hudson. And Jonathan Eisenberg, vice president of corporate development for Local Ocean, says the company is in talks with locations in several other states — including California, Nevada, Texas, and Florida — about establishing similar production plants around the country.
So how did Hudson, hundreds of miles from the open seas, become the site for the world's first and only (they claim) self-contained, self-cleaning, water-miserly indoor saltwater fish farm?
About three years ago, a group led by investor Efraim Bason and Joseph Mizrahi, who owns a distribution company in New York, recognized a market need: fish that came not from the oceans, where they are rapidly disappearing, but from a sustainable, eco-friendly and — these are businessmen, remember — profitable fish farm. They met with marine biologists also looking for a solution to over-fishing; and with representatives from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, which had patented a system for efficient and sustainable fish farming.
The university's system worked for small-scale testing and research purposes, but Local Ocean's biologists and engineers needed to adapt it for commercial use, Eisenberg says. "We took the science and turned it into an art," he says, "adding our own proprietary technology to execute it on a commercial scale."
The group also needed a location, and Hudson came forward with the best economic and noneconomic incentives. "We chose Hudson because it offered the most business-friendly enticements and was well situated geographically for our target radius, which was close to Albany (our initial market), and to New York and Boston," Eisenberg says.
He also notes, "Todd Erling, executive director of Hudson Valley Agribusiness, and Ken Flood, Columbia County planning commissioner, have been very supportive from the concept phase all the way through planning, production, and now commercial sales."
The freshness and taste of the fish has earned rave reviews from local chefs
Two years ago, with an initial investment of approximately $10 million, Local Ocean moved into the vacant, 160,000-square-foot Acme Building, on Route 9 just outside of town. Today, the company is almost finished with an expansion project that will add two new 80,000-square-foot buildings, effectively doubling the size of its space. By year's end, a total of 175 tanks will produce upwards of 1,000 tons a year of royal dorado (also known as gilthead sea bream), summer flounder (or fluke), yellowtail, white sea bass, European sea bass, and black sea bass. More species are slated to be added in the future.
Each of the polypropylene tanks holds more than 3,000 gallons of saltwater. The environmentally friendly technology that Hebrew University patented efficiently recycles the water in the tanks. The system loses only one percent of its volume each day to evaporation or waste, Eisenberg says. The water continually flows through a system of filters and then collects in settling ponds. There, bacteria degrade fish waste and purify the water, after which it reenters the tanks.
Local Ocean maintains that the system has other advantages as well. It can hold 80-100 kilograms of fish per cubic meter of water on average, compared to 10 kilograms in some existing aquaculture systems. The fish are below detention levels for mercury and lead. Maintenance and transportation costs are lower than in other systems. And it uses less energy, with minimal heating requirements and a passive solar design to help power lighting and heating. The tanks in the expanded section of the farm are even more energy efficient, Eisenberg points out. "Some of the tanks are below ground, so we can use gravity instead of pumps to circulate the water," he says.
The fish themselves come as hatchlings from hatcheries. Once they grow to about one pound in weight, they are ready for harvesting. The price is in line with other fresh or farm-raised products (Price Chopper has the dorado retailing for $9.99 a pound at press time).
Most important, the freshness and taste of the fish has earned rave reviews from the likes of Noah Sheetz, executive chef of the Governor's Mansion in Albany; and Brad Rosenstein, owner of Jack's Oyster House. They can serve up a pan-seared sea bream the same day it left its tank, whereas ocean-caught fish takes two to three days at best to reach your dinner plate.
And in a lousy economy, Local Ocean has created about 50 jobs. This is a fish story that a lot of people are believing.
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