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ED Week 2022: Meet Smyrna's Jeremy Rothwell
Delaware Leaders in Economic Development: Jeremy Rothwell, Smyrna's Senior Planner
For more than 350 years, Jeremy Rothwell's family has owned land on the Delmarva Peninsula. As development accelerated throughout Rothwell's lifetime, the Senior Planner for the Town of Smyrna, Delaware, took an interest in smart growth.
"I got into planning to preserve farmland," he says.
Since entering the profession, his interest has only increased. While studying political science and history at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, he worked for the Upper Shore Regional Council, made up of government councils and economic development agencies in the three counties of Maryland's upper shore. In 2014, he earned a master's degree in urban affairs and regional planning from the University of Delaware.
Today, he puts his considerable skills to use for the Town of Smyrna while also working part-time as a planner for the City of Harrington. The bulk of Smyrna is in Kent County, but the part that includes the new 206-acre Duck Creek Business Campus is on the town's New Castle County side.
What led you to your role, and what do you like most about it?
I worked for the Planning Services Group at the Institute of Public Administration, an office out of the University of Delaware. They do a lot of planning work for municipalities and local governments in the state, writing comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and that sort of thing. I wrote zoning districts for Smyrna's corridor plan.
As part of my job now, I work — or I have worked — with numerous organizations, including the Kent Economic Partnership. I served on the Kent County Tourism Corporation, and I was a municipal representative for the Dover/Kent Metropolitan Planning Organization, which handles transportation funding and planning for Kent County. I wear a lot of hats. As a planner, I am in charge of all the development reviews. I handle them from start to finish.
I like that I don't do the same thing every day. For instance, I might be doing a park plan one day, working with large employers, or dealing with infrastructure issues.
Which of Delaware's attractive qualities helps spur economic development?
From the Smyrna lens, the location on the I-95 corridor is a huge benefit. You have access to the Northeast corridor. Such a large percentage of the population lives between Washington, D.C., and Boston. Smyrna also has Route 1 and Route 301, an alternative to I-95.
People who move to Smyrna are generally from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The cost of living here is significantly less.
What are some of the most compelling attributes of Smyrna that site selectors should know?
First, we are a one-stop shop. The Duck Creek Business Campus owner went through all the planning and approvals, so new employers don't need a separate permit from DELDOT or the Kent Conservation District. All that planning work is done. Plus, Kent County players have a good working relationship with one another, and we all work together to help an applicant.


So here was this cute, inventive, self-sufficient creature who was an "index species"—that is, one whose presence was a key to the ecological well-being of its own region. I was liking these furry, sweet-faced critters even more than I thought I would.
Since I write about a small, coastal town that draws tourists both with its picturesque beauty, and it's local arts and crafts, I always find it fascinating to find parallels in other locations. So Cozumel deserves a closer look. At least we scratched the surface of that beautiful island off the Yucatan, and we look forward to returning to those sparkling waters for further adventures.
In my memories, honeysuckle twined itself densely through the framework along one wall of the wrap-around porch, sweetening the air. In the cool of the cellar, I reached high to grasp one of the scores of jars of applesauce my grandmother had made. My little legs pumped hard to make the rope swing go higher. I sat on my granddaddy's lap and asked for the hundredth time to listen to his "tick-tock"—his gold pocket watch. The aroma of biscuits wafted out from the kitchen.
I came away with the impression that most of the greats and grands of the family were quite heroic in their way, surviving the Great Depression, serving in the Great War, and coming home to tend their farms and care for their families.
Projects have always been a way of life for the Purls. Sometimes a bane, sometimes a boon, projects define our time and express our various core purposes. That's what I'll miss the most, I think—that I won't get to do the next project with Mom.
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Karen Allen is an ordained teaching elder in the PC(USA) having served on staff in Fayetteville, South Louisiana, and Saint Andrew Presbyteries before coming to Brownson Church as Associate Pastor.
Karen graduated with a B.S. in recreation administration and physical education with a minor in biology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. During college, Karen completed four internships which contributed valuable experience for the 25 years of service she later gave as a church camp director. Karen graduated from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Richmond, VA in 1980 with a M.A. in Christian Education. She completed further requirements to become a PC(USA) Certified Christian Educator in 1983. These experiences provided a broad foundation for ministry as an educator and director of camp and conference ministries in Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Illinois, and Mississippi where she has both lived and worked.
As an adventure-seeker, Karen spent her summer after college hiking the Appalachian Trail. She spent eleven weeks hiking the portion she had not yet completed – the northern half. Karen has led spiritual renewal events for youth and adults during adventures such as canoeing in the wilderness of Canada. These, and similar programs attracted participants from many churches and states beyond the presbyteries where she worked. Using her experiences in organizing trips, she put together faith enrichment journeys to Greece, Turkey, Israel and Jordan.
While working on the Presbytery staff, she was a national consultant for church camps throughout the PC(USA); she served on the National Board of the American Camping Association and on the ACA National Accreditation Standards Board. She developed curriculum for church camping in an ecumenical effort through the National Council of Churches and worked with a PC(USA) team to develop evangelism curriculum for youth ministries.
After productive and fulfilling years of camp and conference ministry, Karen felt a call to return to seminary. She continued to work on the staff of St. Andrew Presbytery in Oxford, MS while attending Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN where she graduated Summa Cum Laude earning her M.Div. in 2002. She was given the Mary Elliott Miller award for outstanding female graduate.
Prior to her call to Brownson Church, Karen also served as a Hospital Chaplain for Methodist Hospital, a large system with six hospitals serving the metropolitan Memphis, TN area.
Karen has worked on various boards and committees including Presbytery Council, Committee on Ministry, Preparation for Ministry, and the Board of Directors for the Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care.
Since coming to Brownson, after years of focus on education, Karen felt a call to shift her ministry to congregational care. Her work as Associate Pastor spans from worship, teaching, and leadership development to providing support for caring ministry teams.
Karen loves traveling adventures with her husband Robert (and their dog Jodie). She likes hiking, camping, canoeing, reading, swimming and singing.
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Q: How to convert Range Int Array to String Array in Swift efficiently? I create a range of in from 1-100 doing this:
let array = [Int](1...10)

Now how do I convert that into a String array as I need it for UIPickerView
Thanks in advance.

A: You can directly map an Int range to a String array
let stringArray = (1...10).map(String.init)

A: Well you can do it like :
let formattedArray = ([0,1,1,0].map{String($0)}).joined(separator: ",")

A:  var arr = [1,2,3]

 let strArr = arr.map{String($0)}

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 in picker you may return the component title like this
 func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String! {
    return  "\(arr[row])"
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A: If it is just a sequence of strings "1", "2", .. you can simply get it using map:
let model = array.map { "\($0)" }

If you are looking for spelled out numbers, such as "one", "two", ..., use number formatter:
let numberFormatter: NumberFormatter = NumberFormatter()
numberFormatter.numberStyle = NumberFormatter.Style.spellOut
let model = array.map { numberFormatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: $0)) ?? "" }


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Q: Is this a valid way for testing a constructor I recently started OOP (in Java) and was wondering if the following piece of code could validate if the constructor has been tested well, using a Junit test:
@Test
public void testConstructor() {
    MyClass c1 = new myClass("Text", 1);
    MyClass c2 = new myClass("Text", 1);
    assertEquals(c1,c2);
}

@Test
public void testConstructor2() {
    MyClass c1 = new myClass("Text", 1);
    MyClass c2 = new myClass("Text", 2);
    assertNotEquals(c1,c2);
}

Although it seems to be a valid check to me, I'm still a bit confused because most examples I've found about constructor testing use a .get() method.
Any clarification would be appreciated!

A: If your constructor is doing really trivial things (like just setting fields), then you don't need to unit test it specifically. You won't gain much confidence in your code (since you probably had a lot anyway — it wasn't doing much that it could get wrong), and other tests that instantiate and use objects will inherently test that you didn't make trivial mistakes.
If your constructor is doing something complicated, you may be better off spinning that logic into a package-private static method and then unit testing that method by itself. If that's not reasonable (for instance, the logic sets multiple fields), then your unit tests should test the specific state you expect:
MyClass object = MyClass("Text", 1);
assertEquals("someComplicatedValue", object.getSomeField());

You shouldn't just test for object equality, since that doesn't tell you whether the fields are right, just that they're the same given identical input.

A: Usually you do not put any logic in constructor except some variable initialization. Also with Dependency Injection need to keep those clean. Equals will call the equals method, so the above would not be a fare test of creation. In this case only white box testing works, like giving invalid params to constructor and such, since you have to ask what could go wrong ...


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Khelo India Youth Games: Ancy Sojan shines with two gold medals
Ancy Sojan won the Under 21 long jump and the 100m dash gold medals at the Khelo Indian Youth Games 2020 on Sunday at Guwahati.
Guwahati 12 January, 2020 19:48 IST
Kerala's Ancy Sojan won the women's U-21 long jump event before emerging the fastest woman of the Games by grabbing a gold medal in the 100m dash by clocking 12.21 seconds. - ritu raj konwar
Kerala's Ancy Sojan gave her best to win Women's under-21 100m and long jump titles in the Khelo India Youth Games here on Sunday.
Ancy timed 12.21 to take the 100m crown and leaped to 6.36m to claim the long jump gold medal with a new meet record.
Tamil Nadu's A.Sherin, who set the mark at 6.15m last year, settled for the silver with 6.30m. T.K. Sandra Babu of Kerala was third with 5.99m.
Nuzrat Ali clocked 10.77 to beat Delhi's Abhinav Panwar (10.82) for the under-21 100m title. Kunal Kaushik's Under-17 shot put gold with a throw of 17.68m helped Haryana snatch another gold medal.
Sadanand Kumar of Jharkhand (10.95) and Jeevanji Deepthi (12.26), who created a new meet record lowering Avantika Narale's 12.36, were the 100m gold medalists in under-17 sections.
M. Karunya (46.18m) and Hema Malini (46.54m) made Tamil Nadu proud by securing gold in under-21 discus throw and javelin respectively.
Hema Malini achieved the top honour with a new meet record, bettering the old mark of 46.36m set by Manpreet Kaur last year.
Maharashtra's Abhay Bhatu Gurav and Poorva Hitesh Sawant bagged gold medals in under-21 high jump (2.07m, equaling meet record) and under-17 triple jump (11.89m) respectively.
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Madhura Waykar and Pooja Danole fetched yellow metal for Maharashtra in cycling. Waykar timed 27.20.81 in under-21 individual time trial (20km), while Pooja clocked 24:17.778 for the under-17 time trial (15km).
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In under-21 recurve competition, Maharashtra's Tisha Sacheti beat Pramilaben Barla (Gujarat) 6-4 in the semifinals to set up a title clash with Haryana's Himani, who defeated Sakshi Tote of Maharashtra 5 (8)-5 (7).
Maharashtra's Sachin Vedwan recorded a comfortable 6-2 win over state mate Mayur Rokade, while Jagdish Choudhary of Rajasthan beat Sunny Kumar of Haryana 7-3 to reach the under-21 recurve final.
Maharashtra continued to top the table with 34 medals, including 11 gold, followed by Delhi (18) and Uttar Pradesh (16).
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A woman stitching 'kantha', a type of simple quilt, very common in Bangladesh. Chalanbil, Natore, Bangladesh.
Metals are baked in the oven, which melt the wax and hardens the mud into a mold at Dhamrai village, located 39 kms northwest of Dhaka. Bangladesh.
Rural fair at Manikganj. Bangladesh.
A woman produces a Jamdani Sari on a traditional handloom at Demra. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A group of youngsters makes a giant Bangladeshi flag to celebrate Victory Day of Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Clay made colourful toys sell at Zainul Fair at Fine Arts Institute premises. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Musical instruments shop at the fair due to 'Jabbar er Boli Khela', a century old wrestling competition is one of the oldest traditions of the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, held in the first month of the Bangla year called Baishakh. Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Toy shop at the fair due to 'Jabbar er Boli Khela', a century old wrestling competition is one of the oldest traditions of the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, held in the first month of the Bangla year called Baishakh. Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Chuck Schumer: FDA needs to research exploding e-cigarettes
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Schumer cautioned that the erupting devices are a "huff, puff, explode" situation.
Chuck Schumer called on the Food and Drug Administration to consider issuing recalls on e-cigarette batteries and devices that have caught fire and exploded, injuring dozens of users. Photo Credit: NCPD
Sen. Charles Schumer is fuming.
The incoming Senate minority leader urged the Food and Drug Administration on Sunday to use data the agency has collected on exploding e-cigarettes to look for patterns and possible recalls.
Schumer cautioned that the erupting devices are a "huff, puff, explode" situation, and more research needs to be done about them.
"They've got to get moving. We've had a recent rash of explosions here in New York and elsewhere," Schumer said. "If there is a pattern of brands, the public should know it right away and they should recall some brands, those that are particularly susceptible to exploding."
Schumer, citing data from the FDA, said there have been 92 incidents of e-cigarettes that have overheated, caught fire, or exploded between 2009 and 2015.
A representative for the FDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Schumer said it's also possible the problem stems from the batteries that are being used in the devices.
There has been a spate of devices catching fire from their lithium-ion batteries, including Samsung smartphones and hoverboards. The batteries in the e-cigarettes, Schumer said, aren't quite the same as those other devices.
"But it could be. Most of the batteries come from China," he said. "China has a poor safety record across the board when they export stuff to us."
This month, he said, a 24-year-old off-duty Bronx EMT suffered second-degree burns on his thigh and right hand when his e-cigarette exploded in his pocket while he was driving.
And in November, a man suffered third-degree burns when his e-cigarette exploded as he worked in a wine store at Grand Central Station. Earlier this year, a 14-year-old boy was severely injured when an e-cigarette exploded in his face at a vape shop at the Kings Plaza Mall in Mill Basin, he added.
Correction: An earlier version of this story referred to Sen. Chuck Schumer as the incoming Senate majority leader. He is the incoming Senate minority leader.
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Dom » Forex Traders » Henry Clouse is a well-known Americas financier of the early 20th century
Henry Clouse is a well-known Americas financier of the early 20th century
An Englishman by birth, Henry Clews played an important role in the formation of the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His family comes from the provincial west Midlands, namely Stafford County. When Clouse was 19, his father decided to emigrate to the United States. His parents hoped that their son would choose a spiritual career, but he did not share this opinion: once on Wall Street, Henry decided to devote his life to climbing the financial Everest.
Clouse's understanding of the rules of success began with the position of a small employee in an importing firm, after which he was seriously interested in stock trading. At the age of 23, he had already successfully conducted deals on the famous New York Stock Exchange, and a couple of years later became a co-founder of Livermore, Clews, and Company, one of the three largest participants in the U.S. market for the turnover of the state Bonds.
One of the main tests in Henry Cluz's biography was panic in 1873, which was the beginning of one of the most protracted economic downturns and brought bankruptcy to Livermore, Clews, and Company. Despite the height of the Long Depression, four years after the global market collapse, Clouse managed to recover some of his capital, distribute debts and set up his own firm.
The resignation of an official position in the U.S. government did not prevent him from participating in the organization of the "Committee of the Seventy" that exposed the infamous "Tweed gang". Henry Clouse later served as an economic adviser to President Ulysses S. Grant. A staunch conservative, he criticized the work of trade unions. He is also known for his lectures on public administration, the development of society and the economy. Views on these issues were published in the book Fifty Years in Wall Street, which remains relevant today.


This first page follows contains all the tubes in stage 1 of the chassis plans. The plans are designed around 1.625" diameter tubing but I am using 1.50" diameter tubing to show the difference in tubing size is so small it really doesn't matter. Unless noted everything is 1.50 x .120 wall DOM and I am doing no conversions with the cut lengths listed in the plans.
First up were the lower frame rails. These are a bit shorter than the ones on my current 4 seater due to being optimized for an automatic transmission. My 4 seater chassis started with a Toyota 5 speed which was much taller than the current TF904 that I eventually swapped in.
The first two pieces of tube are positioned on my chassis jig and tipped outward roughly 23 degrees. as with any angle listed in the plans, consistency is more important than accuracy. Make the second one match the first, even if the bends or angles are not exactly what is called out in the prints.
The sheet on the jig allowed me to line up the two lower frame rails front to rear. Once I was happy with their position I went ahead and tack welded them to the jig.
The lower cross members will also serve as link mounts so it is a good place to go overkill. I decided to use some .250 wall DOM for their construction. I am holding off on the lower front cross member for now until I mock up the motor.
Next up are the front frame rails which jog inward to allow clearance for the front shocks.
At this point I needed to notch the lower frame rails to accept the front frame rails. I did this by placing my tube notcher on the tubing, set it parallel to the ground and then sighted down the tube so the notcher was also parallel to the straight portion of the lower frame rail.
The front frame rails were then leveled on some jack stands and tacked into place followed by the front cross member.
My tube positioners came in handy here.
Making sure the front cross member was still level.
I do all of the small tubes with a drill press/tubing notcher. For the larger pieces like the side rails I again turned to my "floating" tube notcher/half inch drill combo. Having two notchers means I don' have to take down the drill press setup. Here I secured the side rails to my tubing bender frame, set the angle then sighted down the tubing to get the notch inline with the side rail.
The side rails attached to the chassis. You'll notice I did not tack in a front lower cross member yet, that needs to go in after the drive train is located. I also plan on moving the rear lower cross member back to where the lower frame rails kick upwards.
Rear bridge added and the open ends capped off. This completes the sub-frame of the chassis. It is very similar to my original design from 2004 except I left the inner area wide open so you can decide if you want boat sides or not, seats mounted high or low, etc. Both the Hellraiser 2 Pickup chassis and Hellraiser 2 Buggy chassis utilize this same sub-frame.


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These are some of the big takeaways Mary Lou Boderman offered while reflecting on her 21 years as South Salem High School band director and nine years as coordinator of music and drama for Salem-Keizer Public Schools.
After 30 years in the district, and 44 years as an educator, Boderman is setting her sights on a retirement filled with family, travel and a big question mark of possibility.
"Mary Lou was like a second mom to her band students and really took the time to get to know them, care about them and listen," said Stacy Ryan, a Salem music and choir teacher and former Boderman student.
"She is the one who made me believe that I could be a music teacher," Ryan said. "She is talented, warm and caring, and she gave this shy, quiet girl who wanted to be drum major of the marching band a chance.
"I think the great relationships she formed with her students was the reason she could get so many great things out of her band," she said. "I am sad to see her retire, but it is well deserved."
In her role, Boderman, 66, oversees more than 100 music and drama teachers across the district, including all general music teachers at the elementary level and all band, choir, drama and orchestra teachers at the middle and high schools.
The National Association of Music Merchants named Salem-Keizer last year as one of the best communities in the country for music education.
"That really says it all," Boderman said. "I can say without question that for a music teacher in this town, it makes you feel good that what you're doing with your life is being respected."
Born and raised in California, Boderman is the mother of three and grandmother of six. She plays several instruments, with a focus on the trumpet, though she'd love to play more on the French horn.
She was recruited to Salem-Keizer by Karl Raschkes, another influential figure known in the community as the man behind Salem-Keizer's award-winning music programs. Raschkes recruited Boderman again to the district coordinator position when he retired.
"Every year is formative," Boderman said. "That really is the beauty of the profession as I've had a chance to live it — there's always been things that I've wanted to do, it's always been challenging at every turn. It's never boring."
Leaving with Boderman is her institutional knowledge of how the arts have been taught through different waves of history, something she and her predecessor had.
The Statesman Journal sat down with Boderman to reflect on her career and what she sees as the future of Salem-Keizer's music and theater programs. Questions and responses have been edited for length and clarity.
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Have you had to learn the hard way?
(Laughing) Yeah, how many times? Of course. That's how we learn.
I think, if you're gonna be successful, you've gotta be reflective and make sure that you put your ego in your pocket long enough to learn from your mistakes, because they happen all the time.
From an interaction with a student where you have said something that pedagogically was a little off track, to thinking that behavior problem was because something else and you kind of put your foot in the doo-doo, to even setting the football field on fire — I did that once, too!
Was it odd moving to administration?
Absolutely. You really spend a lot of time helping the students through their teachers when you're at the district level.
There are challenges to interacting with all people. The challenges you have with students are one thing; and the challenges you have with adult learners and former colleagues is another, and they're very different.
What are you most proud of?
At South Salem, I think just the development of that program. We were able to do some very, very cool things. The legacy I think is really the relationships I had with students, parents and the community.
The South Salem community is really strong in that respect. And those were probably the things that at least have given me the most joy and satisfaction. … It really was a family affair in terms of the relationships with students, and also a family affair because my own kids were in the program as well.
There was a lot of outward success, certainly. We did well in state competitions, and that kind of thing. We had some years where we did some pretty spectacular traveling.
The South Salem High School Wind Ensemble did two international trips to Australia and New Zealand and were invited to participate in the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. We also were invited to play for the reception of former Gov. Ted Kulongoski's second inaugural, which was pretty awesome.
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When we were in Australia, one of my most fond memories, we were getting off the bus because we were playing at the Sydney Opera House. One of the kids, I think he was a sophomore at the time, he got off the bus and turned.
You know, the Opera House is pretty impressive architecture to look at, and he goes, "Oh my gosh! This is the most exciting thing I've ever done in my life!" To be able to do those kinds of things with kids was pretty exciting.
The other thing that has been such a pleasure in this job … I attend an awful lot of concerts over the course of the year, it's a big district, and to be able to know that when I go, the quality is going to be good. ... It's easy to be entertained in our schools.
Another thing I'm really proud of is being able to have continued to really enhance the parity between our schools. When you look at the performance level of our schools, it's relatively close. We're not totally across the board yet, but we really made progress particularly in some of our Title I schools.
I get giddy when I see kids who I know have financial barriers and certainly not just financial barriers, but different things that get in their ways ... and seeing the accomplishments that they can have in the presence of an outstanding teacher, it's really exciting.
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I use McKay as an example of this. ... Seeing their orchestra being able to place in the top five consistently over the last few years and being able to expand their course offerings to offer symphony orchestra, and for them to be at state competition and represent themselves so well.
It makes me giddy because it's like, "OK, everybody, look at this." Anyone can achieve. What stands in the way is our expectation of what they can do. ... We put that on them and that's not OK.
Also, being able to work with Sandy Wiscarson on the Music Lessons Project — when you see that something you have done has helped a student achieve something that, otherwise, would not have been an option for them, and how it changes their lives, it's pretty dramatic.
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What should the district do now?
I'm hoping that outstanding instruction is always the most critical piece of our hiring process.
I was very fortunate because of the work Karl Raschkes had done for the 28 years prior to my coming. He really established the expectation of high school instruction for our students, particularly in music. That's something he also instilled in me because I worked with him for 21 years.
We have a great staff. One of the things that I'm most proud of is having hired well.
I don't get to stand in front of students and direct very much anymore, and so watching people that I have been fortunate enough to have identified, recruited and brought to the district, who continue the legacy of Salem-Keizer, is very satisfying.
So, making sure that whoever occupies this office moving forward is someone who has that skill and passion, I think, too. Knowing you don't want to settle for second best because our kids deserve it.
Moving forward I would hope that the district would be able to expand the drama program.
All of our high schools have very active theater programs, but the offerings at our middle schools are inconsistent. Many of our students do not have an opportunity to participate at all at the middle level.
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And not just in our district, but education in general, being able to see the advantages of having an arts education and what it really can do for students.
Teaching the arts for the value that arts can give an individual is the most important.
But you also have the opportunity to teach other things through the arts. It's a powerful instrument for educating students in a variety of disciplines … that's the way that I think we could really do something.
I'm hoping that the we'll investigate that more through our Student Investment Accounts.
Being able to see the offerings we have in Salem-Keizer, I'm really thrilled and proud that our kids have those opportunities and I think it speaks volumes about our community.
They've fought so hard. In the 30 years I've been in the district, I've definitely seen the community have to rise up on occasion and say, "No, this is important to us."
Consistently they have done that, and because of that, we owe this program, really, to them.
Contact education reporter Natalie Pate at npate@StatesmanJournal.com, 503-399-6745 or follow Natalie on Twitter @Nataliempate or Facebook at www.Facebook.com/nataliepatejournalist.


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The who, what, when, where, and why of measuring and controlling landfill odors and H2S
It goes without saying: landfill operators are forever working to stay on top of odors, especially when the community smells something and points to the landfill or when regulators come calling. This blog shares two odor stories: one around landfill gas and another around trash. Then it looks at what happened when an operator got a permit restriction over alleged hydrogen sulfide emissions; odor was not the problem here. It was a perceived health risk; learn how SCS proved a predictive model was off the mark.
Is Landfill Gas a Source of Community Odors? And Ensuring Compliance
Living up to landfill odor nuisance standards is tough. The underlying premise is that odors must limit peoples' ability to enjoy life or property to create a public nuisance, but it's a subjective call. How strong an odor is and sometimes even if it exists depends on perception, so the question becomes: when they aren't sure what they are being measured against, how do operators comply and prove compliance?
SCS recently helped a client figure out how to accomplish this after receiving odor complaints from the community, ultimately leading to a state agency-issued violation.
"We needed to thoroughly investigate to identify and mitigate odors, then prove compliance to the state regulator. Making a strong, valid case without having a numeric standard to go by takes both creativity and a scientific approach," says Pat Sullivan, SCS senior vice president.
Sullivan, a biologist and his team of meteorologists, air dispersion modelers, and engineers, had a good starting point. They knew landfill gas was the source of the problem. But they needed more data to get to the root of that problem, and the operator's required surface monitoring did not tell enough of the story.
The team launched a series of studies relying on multiple investigative tools.
"When we may have to put in more gas collection components, as we did here, we want to be sure we install them exactly where they are needed. This entails going above and beyond the standard modeling with a more rigorous methodology to get a comprehensive landfill gas emissions footprint," Sullivan says.
SCS began by bringing out a drone to reach more landfill areas than technicians on foot for better coverage. The drone can fly over slopes, areas too dangerous to walk due to constant movement of heavy equipment, and areas inaccessible because of snow and ice. As it flies, it shoots a laser, which identifies methane based on the light refraction by methane molecules—then incorporates the data into a map for a comprehensive, visual picture.
Knowing methane concentrations at specific locations is important, but determining where to be more vigilant in controlling landfill gas also requires knowing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentrations. Sometimes overall methane levels are within acceptable limits, but the hydrogen sulfide in it is elevated, which could be a problem, Sullivan explains.
Getting a good grasp on H2S's potential impact is tricky, as levels can vary radically from one area of the landfill to another. Pat Sullivan, SCS senior vice president, has seen them range from 100 parts per million to as high as 100,000 at different locations.
SCS used a Jerome meter, a highly sensitive tool that precisely quantifies H2S down to low-level part per million levels. SCS took it across the landfill and then into the community in search of H2S hot spots.
At the same time that the team investigated surface emissions of H2S, they went deeper down, sampling each landfill gas extraction well for levels of this volatile sulfur compound to identify potentially problematic spots within the landfill gas system.
"For this, we used Dräger sampling tubes, a resourceful tool in that rather than sending 100 samples to the lab, we analyze them ourselves and get immediate results," Sullivan says.
Technicians get accurate quantitative results within plus or minus about 20% and can view concentration readings out in the field. Results are recorded on field logs and entered into a database for future analysis.
SCS overlaid the methane data from the drone study with the H2S data on both surface emissions and wells to develop a roadmap to design a landfill gas system upgrade. It includes new wells and piping in focused areas and more blowers for increasing the vacuum to pull more gas.
"We saw immediate results," Sullivan says.
"Total gas collected went up 15 to 20 percent. Complaints went down significantly, and our client has not received another violation since."
Of course, as the landfill takes in more trash, it will generate more gas, so due diligence is ongoing.
"Problem-solving is a phased approach. You do what you determine to be most effective; evaluate; then do additional work to improve. We will continue to follow this site and fine-tune where needed to keep the system running efficiently and keep the community and regulators happy," Sullivan says.
Taking Down Landfill Odors from Trash
New garbage on a landfill's active face can be a source of offsite odors, but determining if the waste facility is responsible, and determining when, where, and how odors travel, takes forensic work. Landfill odor experts rely on multiple data sets and tools to understand what can be complex issues and ultimately devise the most effective odor mitigation program when necessary.
In a couple of recent scenarios in Southern California, SCS combined complaint data, meteorological data, and smoke studies to get a full picture that verified the decomposing waste was the odor source. Then staff helped nail down specific times the problem occurred and under what conditions; providing a concise window can save operators labor and other resources because they can execute proactive measures only when needed.
"We look at complaint data to learn the location, day, and time of the complaint, but these accounts are not reliable by themselves. So, we overlay this information with meteorological data to determine the wind conditions during those days and times. Weather-related data is important in vetting offsite odors because if the landfill is not upwind of the location when the complaints happen, there likely is another source," says Pat Sullivan, SCS senior vice president.
Sullivan and his team begin their investigations in two possible ways – setting up meteorological stations at strategic areas on the landfill to capture wind-related data or capturing data from already situated stations. Then they produce wind roses from their findings, which graphically represent wind speed; how often the wind blows from certain directions; and how these two correlate. In these two scenarios, graphing wind data times during each day helped determine exactly when specific wind conditions are prevalent.
In one of the two cases, odors occurred in the summer and almost always in the morning. The data not only showed where the winds were coming from at those times, but also showed they were traveling at low to moderate speeds.
"We matched that information to complaints and confirmed that the wind conditions were indeed driving the odors," Sullivan says, explaining the speeds were just enough to carry the odor molecules into the community but not high enough to disperse and dilute them.
"Now we have painted a picture of wind conditions that we can focus on to get more information. We are getting closer to designing a multi-tiered odor mitigation program," he says.
The next step was a smoke study, which reveals how odors move offsite, identifying the exact pathways and movement trajectory. These details are important because to treat or disrupt odor molecules; operators need to intersect the odor plume before it leaves the site.
SCS odor experts release colored smoke at the time and location they believe odors are, based on the meteorological data. They film from a drone to get a bird's eye view of the smoke plume as well as get a camera filming from a different angle, following the plume movement to identify its path out of the landfill. This method enables them to determine where to intersect the odors as they move through the air before leaving the site.
From this research came three recommended measures to take during unfavorable wind conditions:
Spray an odor neutralizer on the waste and set up an odor mist system along the perimeter to create a barrier. Distributing the neutralizer with technology that atomizes the molecules creates small droplets, which increases the surface area for more of a reaction.
Reduce the active face to the extent possible.
Identify when odorous loads come in, relocate them, and bury and place a daily cover on the trash immediately, or move them to areas less likely to result in offsite odors.
One of the landfill operators now has the problem under control and has received no further violations.
The other site made many of the same changes and plans to open a second disposal area for smelly loads. This client has seen a significant reduction in complaints and violations, but it's a work in progress. The next true test will come when Sullivan and his team reevaluate in the summer.
"We will see then if any improvements are needed and tweak the solution if needed."
And as with our other clients, we are training operators on how to be proactive. We teach them how to identify and grade odors and how to follow set procedures. And we help them with strategy implementation," he says.
Odor mitigation is an ongoing undertaking. The team continually assesses and quantifies emissions and potential impacts.
"We look for changes that will control odors or prevent them in the first place. And we provide clients with the know-how and support to stay ahead today and into the future. Landfills and waste volumes are growing and changing. It's a dynamic scenario. And we continue to build on what we have proven and adjust to keep up to make more progress," Sullivan says.
Showing That a Model Can Over Predict H2S Emissions
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) can be problematic even at very low concentrations, so this volatile sulfur compound is on federal, state, and local regulators' radar. Some jurisdictions require the evaluation of air toxic emissions to determine potential health impacts to nearby communities.
They are also calling for these evaluations during permitting or to decide when controls are needed. To make these impact determinations, regulators typically rely on standard H2S risk assessments leveraging air dispersion modeling that predicts concentrations at locations away from the source.
However, this methodology, which includes estimates of emissions and predicts offsite concentrations based on algorithms that mimic how air moves, is not always accurate. Inaccuracy proved to be the case at one SCS client's site. The model overpredicted offsite measurements of H2S that the state and local agency classifies as toxic.
Ultimately, the client entered into an enforcement agreement with the state because the operator had a permit limit, based on results of the risk assessment that it could not meet.
"Respectfully, the agency came in maintaining that the levels were out of compliance; it came as a surprise and seemed questionable to our team given our experience. We felt that the air modeling and risk assessment results derived from this modeling were not accurate," says Sullivan.
First, his team tried to adjust model inputs and variables that would yield what they believed would be more accurate data. Even though they could show improvements, the model adjustments could not obtain readings that showed compliance with the risk-based limits.
Next, they began going out monthly and measuring real concentrations at receptor locations. The team used a Jerome sensor, a highly sensitive handheld device that detects H2S down to single-digit parts per billion levels with good accuracy.
When they compared the predictions from the standard model to their readings on the same days of each month and same times of day, they confirmed the concentrations were well below the acceptable risk threshold.
"Because we did this over an extended period, we have continuous readings and a large data set from many locations that give a history and statistical validity," Sullivan says. Every monitored value was substantially lower than the values predicted by the model.
"What that means is we could show that while there were onsite emissions, they were not escaping the landfill at levels that would exceed risk-based thresholds. That was useful in proving to the regulators that the landfill was actually in compliance with the standard, even when the model suggested it was not," Sullivan says.
Now SCS is asking for revising its client's permit and that the limitations are made more flexible based on real-time, longer-term findings. While the team is still waiting on the final permit decision, they're confident they have proof that the site complies with the risk-based limit.
The outcome of this project has potential beyond possibly changing one permit for one operator, Sullivan surmises.
"We think the data developed from this study showing how the models can overestimate real-world conditions can ideally help other operators build a sound case in circumstances where they truly are in compliance."
Staying Ahead of Odor Management at Solid Waste Facilities – This video recording is from a live session about the challenges of odors, including measuring them and the science behind them. Throughout the recording, the speakers' field questions as they make recommendations for assessing and avoiding odors, regulatory issues, litigation, and responding to complaints.
The presentation and Q&A run for 1 hour 41 min. It's well worth your time, with plenty of questions posed by solid waste facility operators, landfill managers, and composting operators answered.
SCS Engineers encourages you to share this video or any from our Learning Center. You can embed them at events and use them for in-house training. Look for our next webinar in June 2021. If you'd like to attend a live session or request our presentation slides, please email us at
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ALERT: NJHAP regulations changes could have significant impacts on MSW landfills
On March 1, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) proposed several amendments to air quality regulations pertaining to the regulation of New Jersey Hazardous Air Pollutants (NJHAPs) as well as fumigation operations. The NJHAP regulations changes could significantly impact MSW landfills because they include proposed changes to hydrogen sulfide regulation as a NJHAP.
Key changes are summarized as follows:
The NJDEP is proposing to regulate hydrogen sulfide as a NJHAP;
Proposing a reporting threshold for H2S of 90 lbs/yr,
Proposing a State of the Art (SOTA) threshold for H2S of 10,000 lbs/yr (5 tons/year).
Several potential implications could result from these proposed changes, including:
Facilities with existing Title V Operating permits would be required to calculate the potential to emit (PTE) emissions of H2S for existing sources. If H2S emissions are above the very low reporting threshold of 90 lbs/yr, the H2S PTE emission rate would need to be added to the Title V Operating permit during the next permit renewal or the next permit modification.
Facilities subject to Emission Statement reporting and emitting H2S in an amount greater than or equal to 90 lbs/yr would have to include H2S emissions in their annual emissions statements.
For sources with potential H2S emissions of 90 lbs/yr or more, risk screening would be needed as part of (1) an initial operating permit for a new major facility or (2) for a minor or significant modification to an existing operating permit.
For sources with potential H2S emissions of 10,000 lbs/yr (5 tons per year) or more, a SOTA analysis would be required with certain permit applications. A SOTA analysis involves evaluating and potentially implementing available control technologies to reduce emissions and considers both technical feasibility and economic impact. The proposed changes could lead to the need to implement additional landfill gas collection, control, and potentially treatment systems at some landfills.
A virtual public hearing regarding the proposed changes is scheduled for April 8, 2021, at 4:00 PM (ET). A link to the virtual public hearing will be posted at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqm/curformp.html.
Written comments are due no later than April 30, 2021, to www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments.
View the proposed changes may be viewed at https://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/proposals/20210301a.pdf
Please direct questions to your SCS Project Manager or one of our local professionals:
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Literature: Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, Maria Electrine Freifrau von Freyberg née Stuntz, Oberbayerisches Archiv, vol. 110, Munich 1985, Z 496.
Inspired by her father's example, Maria Electrine issued her first lithographic work in 1810, and most important, Mes Leçons de Mythologie, between 1812–14. (2) In 1813, at the age of only sixteen, she became the second female pupil (after Marie Ellenrieder) to be admitted to the schools of the Academy in Munich. A glittering artistic career followed, which took her to Paris and in 1821 to Rome, where she became an honorary member of the Accademia and associated with the resident Nazarene artists. In 1823 the artist returned to Munich, where she married and remained until her death at the age of 49. 'She made the most significant contribution to lithography among female artists, while her exemplary oil paintings from the period after 1822 justify her to be ranked among the best artists of her period'. (3) Peter von Cornelius considered her even more important than Angelika Kauffmann.
(3) Kovaleski, 1999, p. 254.
(4) Freiherr von Freyberg, see: Z 496.
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Updated: 10:16 AM CDT Jul 9, 2016
Arraignment has been delayed for two Oklahoma brothers charged with fatally stabbing their parents and three of their younger siblings last year.Court records show that 19-year-old Robert Bever and 17-year-old Michael Bever are due next in Tulsa County District Court on Sept. 7. They were to be arraigned Monday.The Bevers both have pleaded not guilty in the killings of their parents, David Bever, 52, and April Bever, 44, and their siblings Daniel, 12, Christopher, 7, and Victoria, 5. Two siblings survived.A judged ordered the pair to stand trial in February.Detectives who testified at a preliminary hearing said the brothers detailed to officers a gruesome plot to carry out further mass killings across the country after killing their family.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) —
Arraignment has been delayed for two Oklahoma brothers charged with fatally stabbing their parents and three of their younger siblings last year.
Court records show that 19-year-old Robert Bever and 17-year-old Michael Bever are due next in Tulsa County District Court on Sept. 7. They were to be arraigned Monday.
The Bevers both have pleaded not guilty in the killings of their parents, David Bever, 52, and April Bever, 44, and their siblings Daniel, 12, Christopher, 7, and Victoria, 5. Two siblings survived.
A judged ordered the pair to stand trial in February.
Detectives who testified at a preliminary hearing said the brothers detailed to officers a gruesome plot to carry out further mass killings across the country after killing their family.


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Thank you to the observant ones who gracefully passed over my complete violation of the basic rules of security. I did not 'know' the person in question but I granted account access on a timely basis, and have revoked full access.
That was the first time I have done something like that and undoubtedly the last, incidentally. Don't share vital account information like username/password unless with someone you really trust; I trusted the Ambassador of Japan because face was involved and because of a kind of view of a thing; I can name neither the the view nor the thing, which makes it all the more true. I will say I was a child and young adult in Japan and that this in some ways enlightened me, though I would hardly claim to be a boddhisvatma.
Glenn–or Sam. Should I survive my wife I fully expect to adopt the name of Samwise Davies; this, after all, is an 'assumed' name. Glenn Charles is, I mean.


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ABF E-Buzz: December 2012
ABF E-Buzz — December 2012
Welcome to ABF E-Buzz
Bee There: There's Still Time to Register for the 2013 Annual Conference
Bee Proud: 2013 American Honey Show – Not Too Late to Enter
Bee Involved: Help the ABF Celebrate Its 70th Anniversary in Hershey
ABF Member Survey: Share Your Feedback on ABF Publications
Science Buzz
Bee Informed: Register Today for ABF's Conversation with a Beekeeper
Webinar Series – Diseases of the Honey Bee Part Two: Adult Bee Diseases
and Pests
Bee Educated: Learn How to Grow Your Knowledge of Beekeeping
Honey Queen Buzz: Queen and Princess Bid a Fond Farewell
Bee Thinking
Buzzmakers
ABF Welcomes New Members
December 2012 ABF E-Buzz Advertiser: eKoBeekeeping
by Tim Tucker, ABF Vice President and ABF E-Buzz Editor
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet, the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Welcome back to ABF E-Buzz! We sincerely hope that your Christmas day was a warm and loving time spent with your family and friends. It is a special time of coming together that we are so much in need of in our modern world. It seems as though things are always so busy that we don't have time to renew and refresh ourselves as often as we need. It would appear that once again we have made it past the end of the world, so I guess we still have to make plans for 2013 and the best way to kick the year off is with a few days joining us at the North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow in "sweet" Hershey, Pennsylvania. Plans are complete and it looks like one of the best programs ever, so I hope to see you there!
It looks like a possible shortage of bees is the likely scenario for the upcoming almond pollination. No one is sure if there will be enough bees, as some of the large commercial beekeepers have lost large numbers of colonies again this fall. We've heard reports of bees getting to California where only a third of the load are viable pollinators. There are reports that trucking companies are hundreds of loads behind what they transported last year, so it's a real toss up as to whether there will be enough bees to do the job. This year's drought has really taken its toll on the bees and the lack of good nutrition is always a detriment to our ability to keep the bees doing what we need them to do. It is likely that pricing should be strong again and that those with good bees will have a good year there. It may be a bit muddy though, as two storms that have rolled through California have already soaked things through good sections of the valley, and the possibility of more fronts coming through could make for a cold and wet season. Good news for the drought conditions, but may be tough on the bees.
We have lots of great information for you again with Peter Teal's "Science Buzz," which provides an insight into his travel to Argentina and new studies being done there to help bees learn how to increase pollination efficiency. It's a great read, so we hope you enjoy that.
Anna Kettlewell is back with another report on the last weeks of the reign of the current Honey Queen and Honey Princess. They have done such a great job representing the industry and it's been a great time keeping up with those journeys on a day-to-day basis on Facebook this past year. What a great invention this new technology is, as it really brings people together. Social media can be a good thing! The American Honey Queen Program has a special invitation to you to attend their Dessert Reception and Quiz Bowl during the upcoming ABF annuual meeting (January 9, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.) For more information visit http://www.nabeekeepingconference.com/honey_queen.html.
There's a lot of great news items for your review and a wonderful recipe detailing how you can prepare lucky honey-walnut cookies. Our last month's riddle was not solved, so there's a fresh clue that will likely give some thoughtful person an answer. So, once again, we hope you enjoy your time spent here and if you have anything you'd like to contribute to an upcoming issue, please e-mail me at tuckerb@hit.net.
Bee There: There's Still Time to Register for the 2013 Annual Conference!
by Robin Lane, ABF Executive Director
Happy holidays! The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) would like to take a minute to thank you for your continued support of the organization throughout the year. We hope you are enjoying the holiday season with family and friends and resting up for a busy January.
As you know, the 2013 North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is just three weeks away. Currently, registration is just over 600 attendees and we anticipate another 100 to 200 people to register onsite. This is shaping up to be an outstanding conference and we are looking forward to seeing you in Hershey.
It's not too late to register for the conference if you haven't done so already! Regular registration has officially closed, but onsite registration is still available. Information regarding registration rates and other conference-related details can be found on the conference website at www.nabeekeepingconference.com. Please be sure to take a look at the various conference agendas, as this conference offers something from everyone.
Also, if you haven't made your guest room reservations yet at the Hershey® Lodge please be sure to do so quickly. At last check, there were still rooms available. However, we do anticipate that the hotel will sell-out. Reservations can be made directly with the hotel by calling 800.533.3131 or 717.533.3311 and requesting the group rate for the 2013 North American Beekeeping Conference or online at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ABF2013.
We look forward to seeing you in 2013!
The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) invites you to enter the 2013 American Honey Show, which will be held during the 2013 North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This is a prime opportunity to showcase your bees' abilities to produce the purest honey, the best wax and the most goodies.
The Honey Show will showcase the best examples of honey and beeswax. It includes 12 classes for honey, four for beeswax and the gift basket class. Also, the Honey Show Committee has announced that the theme for the Honey Gift Basket class this year will be "Winter Wonderland."
After the entries are judged, they will be auctioned to benefit the American Honey Queen Program.
Click here for the official show rules/regulations and entry form. NOTE: The deadline for preregistration for the show has passed, but entries and entry fees can be hand delivered during the annual conference. Please bring your entries to the ABF Registration Desk no later than 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.
Questions? Contact the ABF office at 404.760.2875 or via e-mail at info@abfnet.org. You can also download some helpful Honey Show hints and tips by clicking here. Good luck!
In celebration of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the ABF, Rachel Bryson, ABF Auxiliary historian, is creating a special PowerPoint presentation that will be shown during the annual Auxiliary meeting in Hershey, but she needs your help. If you have a comment on what the ABF has meant to you, how you have seen it change or any type of congratulatory message, please send it to Rachel at brysonrachel@yahoo.com no later than January 5, 2013. Thank you all in advance for your help!
by Grayson Daniels, ABF Membership Coordinator
Participate in the ABF's publications survey and be entered to win a $25 American Express gift card!
The ABF is always looking for ways to improve its communication with its members. The ABF Membership Committee has created a survey asking for members' opinions on the current distribution of the printed ABF Newsletter and the monthly electronic ABF E-Buzz. We invite you to participate in this survey and let us know how we are doing in regard to our communication with you. We know your feedback will be beneficial in gaining insights on how we can improve the way our publications are distributed.
This survey will be anonymous and it should only take about five (5) minutes to complete. You must log in to your ABF account in order to take the survey. If you have forgotten your username and password, you may contact Grayson Daniels, ABF membership coordinator, at 404.760.2875 or graysondaniels@abfnet.org.
Click here to access the survey and share your opinions with the ABF Board of Directors and staff. The survey will close on December 31, 2012, at midnight ET, so don't miss out on this opportunity.
As an added bonus, anyone who participates may provide their e-mail address at the end of the survey to be entered to win a $25 American Express gift card. If you don't win this time, don't worry! There will be several other opportunities to complete a survey in the near future for a chance to win another gift card.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if you are experiencing problems with taking the survey. Thank you in advance for your feedback. As always, we appreciate your support of the ABF!
by Peter Teal, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS
I hope that all have had a good year and that the new year is better than this one. I have just returned from two weeks in Argentina and found that issues there, like Varroa control and effects of pesticides, are very similar to those we have here. During my trip I had the privilege of listening to several presentations on honey bee research that is being conducted there and was very impressed. One of the most interesting discussions revolved around the use of flower odors to pre-condition bees to respond to a particular crop and thus increase pollination efficiency. We have all seen the "waggle dance" performed by workers returning to the hive after a successful foraging flight and I, at least, believed that the intensity and length of the dance was the only reason that bees were recruited. However, as with all things to do with bees, the situation is more complicated. We all know that bees are guided to flowers by both colors and odors and that bees are able to learn what odors provide rewards - a good nectar flower has a really appealing smell to a bee. Well, now I have learned that bees use associative learning and that prior exposure to honey containing odors from particular flowers can increase the numbers of bees recruited by bees returning from those flowers!
This came from a series of studies conducted in the laboratory of Walter Farina, a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. In the studies they first trained marked foragers to feed from sugar water scented with specific floral chemicals or to unscented sugar water. Then, for a period of five days, the foragers were provided with just sugar water. After that, the bees were provided with either scented sugar water or just sugar water and the number of bees recruited to marked bees foraging on either source were observed. What they found was that many more bees were recruited by foragers feeding on scented sugar water than to foragers feeding on just sugar water. So, more bees went to scented sugar water, despite having a five-day period in which all bees in the hive had only sugar water. This means that the hive bees learned that the odor from the scented sugar water provided a reward and remembered that this scent was associated with rewards. This is called associative learning and because the study included workers of many ages it showed that even nurse bees can retain the information and respond to the reward signal scent many days later, when they become foragers.
Can this discovery be used to the benefit of the industry? Well, the folks from the Farina lab in Argentina have been testing the idea that they could improve pollination in seed sunflower crops. They are pre-treating hives using feeders containing sugar and the most prominent chemicals in the volatiles from sunflowers prior to placing the hives in sunflower fields and comparing pollination rates in fields that are pollinated by bees that have not been exposed to the scent of sunflowers. The data are really encouraging and suggest that there can be a significant improvement in pollination and seed production.
While this research is new to me, there was considerable research done in the area 60 years ago by the great behaviorist von Frisch who found that feeding bees scented food increased visitation three to four times more frequently than when they were not exposed to scented food. Thus, it may be worth trying if you know what the major floral odors of the crop that you are pollinating are. If you are interested, take a look at "Floral scents learned inside the honey bee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment" in the journal Animal Behavior, Volume 84, pages 77-83, published in 2012, authors Maria Balbuena, Andres Arenas and Walter Farina.
To all be safe and have happy holidays! See you in Hershey.
Bee Informed: Register Today for ABF's Conversation with a Beekeeper Webinar Series — Diseases of the Honey Bee Part Two: Adult Bee Diseases and Pests
Diseases of the Honey Bee Part Two: Adult Bee Diseases and Pests
8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT / 5:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. AKST / 3:00 p.m. HST
Dr. Marion Ellis, professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Marion Ellis
The ABF Education Committee has been hard at work developing new ways to keep its members engaged and informed in between ABF annual conferences each year. To this end, the ABF is pleased to announce a special two-part series within the "Conversation with a Beekeeper" Webinar series. This series will be titled "Diseases of the Honey Bee" and will feature Dr. Marion Ellis, professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Whether you are brand new to the world of beekeeping or you just need to have a refresher course, this two-part series will be an outstanding educational experience.
The second session within this series is titled "Adult Bee Diseases and Pests" and it will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. ET. More details on Dr. Ellis' presentation can be found below.
This session will describe adult honey bee diseases and pests and their management. It will include pathology, etiology, epidemiology and abatement measures. The presentation will emphasize varroa mites, the most serious pest of honey bees, globally. All options for managing adult bee diseases and pests will be covered including resistant stocks, physical control, trapping, bee management strategies, nutrition and drug therapy.
Dr. Marion Ellis is a professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of Tennessee in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He then served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru and El Salvador, teaching apiculture at the Escuela National de Agricultura and offering educational workshops for beekeepers.
After completing his Peace Corps service, he spent four years at Iowa State University working on controlled pollination of plant germplasm collections and 15 years as the Nebraska State Apiculturist. After 21 years of applied apiculture work, he returned to school and completed a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Nebraska in 1994 where he is currently a professor of entomology. He offers educational programs for new and experienced beekeepers. His research interests include bee diseases, bee parasites and how bees are affected by toxins.
IMPORTANT SESSION FORMAT / REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The sessions will be conducted via the GoToWebinar online meetings platform, which means the presenter will have a visual presentation, as well as an audio presentation. Upon entering the session online, you may choose whether to listen to the presentation through your computer's speakers or through your phone.
Reserve your spot today by e-mailing Grayson Daniels, ABF membership coordinator, at graysondaniels@abfnet.org or by calling the ABF offices at 404.760.2875. Registration will close 48 business hours before the scheduled session. Twenty-four hours before the session the registered participant will receive an e-mail confirming participation, along with the necessary information to join the session. If an e-mail address is not provided, the ABF will call the participant with the information. Questions for the speaker must be submitted 48 business hours in advance to Grayson Daniels.
If you are unable to make the session, don't fear! Each session will be recorded and available on the ABF Web site for member-only access.
Bee Educated: Learn How to Grow Your Knowledge and Understanding of Bees and Beekeeping
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BEES PROGRAM COUPON — ABF MEMBERS ONLY
The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) is pleased to announce a new online educational program available at a discounted rate for all ABF members — the Beekeeper Education & Engagement System (BEES). Under the direction of Dr. David Tarpy, associate professor and extension apiculturist, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, the BEES network is an online resource for beekeepers at all levels.
The system is Internet based and promotes an online learning community among beekeepers. The structure of the BEES network is broken into three levels of complexity (Beginner, Advanced and Ambassador) and three areas of content (honey bee biology, honey bee management and the honey bee industry). New courses and content areas are also in development and will be introduced soon. More information can be found at http://entomology.ncsu.edu/apiculture/BEES.html.
Through the end of the year, ABF members will be given the opportunity to participate in the program at a 20-percent discount (click here for coupon; coupon must be presented at time of registration). Dr. Tarpy also recently conducted an "ABF Conversation with a Beekeeper" webinar, where he introduced, in detail, the BEES Program. Click here to access the session. Log on and learn more about this outstanding educational program today!
by Anna Kettlewell, American Honey Queen Program Chair
At Bon Mead Elementary School
in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Queen Alyssa teaches students about the lifecycle of the
honey bee.
December brought to a close Alyssa and Danielle's work for the ABF in 2012. Both were incredibly busy representatives for the ABF throughout 2012 and December was no exception! Since this is our last edition for 2012, Alyssa and Danielle wanted to send you their December reports in their own words.
From American Honey Queen Alyssa Fine
My last month as American Honey Queen came to a gentle halt after a full week of promotions in early December. I started by giving school presentations in the Pittsburgh region. I visited five schools giving eight presentations to 430 students. I also presented to a Girl Scout troop and gave a cooking demonstration of gourmet honey fudge. In addition, I visited Harmony Habitats Environmental Club in Port Vue, Pennsylvania, giving an educational presentation and helping the students decorate cinnamon-scented gingerbread ornaments made from beeswax from my family's hives. Finally, Princess Danielle and I traveled to Northfield, Illinois, to work at New Trier High School in a culinary arts classroom. We spent the entire day in school giving cooking demonstrations to seven classrooms of over 150 students.
I've had a wonderful year serving beekeepers nationwide as the American Honey Queen. Thank you for all of your support. Without it, I would never have had this opportunity to represent the beekeeping and honey industry.
From American Honey Princess Danielle Dale
Princess Danielle conducts an interview with Pam Jahnke, Wisconsin's farm reporter.
I started December promoting pure local honey at four Brennan's Market locations, which is a regional Wisconsin specialty food store chain. At the stores, I distributed samples of honey with gorgonzola cheese. Following the store promotions, I had an interview with Pam Jahnke, Wisconsin's Farm Reporter. We talked about pollination, honey and the industry during this seven-minute interview, which aired on eight stations statewide. In between these events, Queen Alyssa and I spent time preparing for the North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow!
I thank you all so much for the unending support of the Queen Program that you have showed me this year. I've been forever blessed by this opportunity, and I look forward to talking with you about my travels in Hershey, Pennsylvania!
Queen Alyssa, Princess Danielle and I look forward to providing you a recap of a successful year of promotions for the ABF in Hershey, Pennsylvania. If you are coming to Hershey, please participate in the American Honey Queen activities, which have been outlined through various e-mails from the ABF. Please contact me as soon as possible (414.545.5514 or honeyqueen99@hotmail.com) to schedule a visit from the 2013 American Honey Queen or Princess. Happy promoting!
Last month's riddle has yet to be solved, so put your thinking caps on and try again!
You might run o'er me with your bee truck, but it might not hurt unless you get stuck. A simple square lends part of the clue, the first little word will come easy to you. Don't give up now, please don't leave. I know you can find me if you believe. A part of my name, it's the very middle, sounds like a word here contained in my riddle. Bees gather my golden drops sweet and pure, you can get to the end now and solve it I'm sure.
Think you know the answer? The first to e-mail Tim Tucker at tuckerb@hit.net will lay claim to another fun ABF prize.
Buzzmakers: Latest and Greatest Beekeeping Industry News
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says beekeepers in his state will be able to use the insecticide amitraz to manage Varroa mites in their colonies next year. Read more at http://www.nd.gov/ndda/news/insecticide-okayed-protect-bees-varroa-mites.
Researchers say they have unlocked the genetic secrets of honey bees' high sensitivity to environmental change. Scientists from the United Kingdom and Australia think their findings could help show links between nutrition, environment and the insects' development. Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20667948.
A global network of people monitoring bee populations may form an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world's food system and economies. Learn more at http://scienceblog.com/58642/new-method-to-monitor-global-bee-decline/#JhW4YKOae1kgquio.99.
The Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association is launching a new paid internship – teaching at-risk teens the art of beekeeping. Learn about the program at http://independent.com/news/2012/dec/06/new-buzz-risk-kids/.
Scientists in Germany are training honey bees to stick out their tongues when their antennae touch an object. This procedure allows researchers to analyze how changes in antennal movement correspond to tactile pattern recognition and learning. Discover more at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121212130711.htm.
In early December, undergraduate students conducting research in the vanEngelsdorp Lab at the University of Maryland gave their final project presentations. The team analyzed samples from a study on six different apiaries in North Dakota, which was performed by Jeff Pettis of the USDA Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. The study focused on how differences in surrounding land types would affect the overall health of colonies. Discover the results at http://beeinformed.org/2012/12/undergraduate-research-in-the-vanengelsdorp-lab/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeeInformedPartnershipWhatsHappening+%28Bee+Informed+Partnership+%C2%BB+What%E2%80%99s+Happening%29.
On a farm on the outskirts of Frederick, Maryland, Kelly Rausch and Adam Finkelstein crack open a wooden beehive whose design dates to the 19th century. Inside, they point out a superbee they have made for the 21st century. In two months, the carefully bred queen bee has built a large, productive colony that knows how to cluster against the cold and fill the winter larder with honey. Learn more http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-search-of-a-better-bee/2011/11/07/gIQA5e3RLP_print.html.
ABF Welcomes New Members — November 2012
Shamera Stewart, Washington
Galen L. Johnson, Illinois
Adele Thoma Barree, New Jersey
Michael Beevers, California
Carolyn Breece, Oregon
Janet Brisson, California
Linda Crombie-Daniels, New Jersey
Aaron Bradley Daniels, New Jersey
Susan H. Fariss, North Carolina
Tim Fredricks, Missouri
Sarah Gordon, Wisconsin
Jack C. Grimshaw, Connecticut
Doug Johnson, Washington
Jovica Jonovich, California
C.A. Justus, Texas
Lindsey Lee, Virginia
Lisbeth Mack, North Carolina
Lisa Masters, New York
Zale Alan Maxwell, Ohio
Norbert D. Neal, Kansas
W. Palmer, Wisconsin
Frank Sarlo, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Leigh Williams, Maryland
Recipe of the Month: Honey-Walnut Coins
Source: www.marthastewart.com
It's almost time to ring in the New Year! If you're looking for a sweet treat to serve at your New Year's Eve party, this recipe looks delicious. Foods shaped like coins are thought to bring prosperity to those who eat them on New Year's, so these honey-walnut cookies are the perfect addition to your bash.
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for shaping
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped toasted walnuts (about 4 3/4 ounces)
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup honey, preferably orange blossom, plus cup, warmed until liquid, for brushing
Pulse flour, salt and 3/4 cup walnuts in a food processor until finely chopped.
Beat butter with a standing mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add sugar, and beat until pale and fluffy, 2 minutes more. Beat in 1/3 cup honey. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and beat until just combined (dough will begin to pull together). Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate at least 1 1/2 hours (or up to 2 days).
Preheat oven to 325. Let dough stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Pinch off about 2 teaspoons dough and roll into a 1-inch ball. Repeat, spacing balls about 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment. Flatten cookies to 1/2-inch thick with the floured bottom of a glass. Press one of the remaining walnut pieces into each cookie.
Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are pale golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks and brush cookies with warm honey. Let cool. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Recipe yields about seven dozen cookies.


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It is our pleasure to announce that "The Dark North - Volume 1" finally has a date set for heading to the printers: August 5th. Which is exactly one month from today. We can't wait to get it into your hands, as a thank you for making all of this happen!
Printing and shipping will take a couple of weeks, so this means that we will be aiming to have the books sent to you by the end of August. Overseas delivery (US, Asia, Aus/NZ) may take a week or two extra.
The retail version will be released in mid-September, with the exact date yet to be announced. It's our absolute goal that all backers should have their Kickstarter editions before anyone can get their hands on the retail version.
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