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City Chickens and Urban Eggs
Linda Nellet brought a few of her birds to a backyard-chicken seminar in Chicago. She and other seasoned urban chicken keepers hope to keep chicken-raising legal and neighborly in their tight, urban landscape. (Photo by Shawn Allee)
Maybe it's easy to imagine chickens
cooing and clucking on American farms, but
how about in big-city backyards? Well,
keeping chickens is legal in the nation's
three largest cities, but in one of them,
chicken-lovers nearly lost that right.
Shawn Allee tells how some urban
chicken-keepers were nearly caught off guard,
and how they plan to keep their chickens in
the coop:
No one's sure how many chickens are in Chicago's backyards. But honestly, few people
thought about it until last year.
That's when one woman showed up at a city hearing.
"Hi. My name is Edie Cavanaugh, and I've lived in Chicago, since 1968."
Cavanaugh told aldermen she'd caught messy, noisy chickens clucking around her
She was stunned the city wouldn't round them up.
"I was told chickens are permitted as pets in Chicago, and I said that's impossible,
this is a city."
Cavanaugh's story ruffled plenty of feathers.
You see, even some aldermen didn't know that keeping chickens as pets or for eggs in
Chicago is okay.
"I was riding down the street, and I seen a rooster. I was like, 'What is this?'"
For a month, it seemed Chicago's city council would ban chicken-keeping.
People who already had chickens worried their birds were destined for the stew pot.
But Chicago aldermen kept chicken-raising legal.
Chicago's pro-chicken contingent saw the fight as a wake-up call. Some figured, if they
wanted to keep birds, they'd better police themselves.
"So, welcome everybody for coming to the first-ever Chicago backyard Chicken
workshop."
Martha Boyd is starting seminars about urban chickens.
She's part of the Angelic Organics Learning Center, a group that promotes urban
agriculture.
Boyd is confident city-people can raise more of their own food if they're neighborly
about it.
"So the idea of the backyard chicken workshop is so we can have this thing grow
without creating more problems and potentially, then, having the backlash to the
backyard chickens."
For this first seminar, Boyd invited chicken-raising veterans to a church basement.
One is Tom Rosenfeld.
His advice to urban chicken lovers? Talk to your neighbors. And, hey, if they cringe, get
creative.
"It also helps to bribe them, because if they think they're going to get some eggs out
of the deal or they think they're kids come over and pet them or whatever, then of
course they'll be a little more understanding when one day you leave the door open
and there're chickens running around the yard or other issues."
Rosenfeld says those 'other issues' arise pretty quickly. In fact, just a few hours after
chickens eat.
"A lot about chicken keeping is about poop because they do it a lot. They do it in
surprisingly large quantities at a time."
Rosenfeld says you can literally get ankle deep in the stuff if you're not vigilant.
But bribery helps here, too. Rosenfeld says chicken poop makes excellent garden
compost.
"Our neighbors love it. They'll come by with a bucket and that's their way of
participating."
Rosenfeld says the last issue that ticks off neighbors is noise.
There's no such thing as a chicken muzzle, but there's still a solution – and there's no
bribe necessary.
You see, male chickens are the noisy bunch, so if you just want eggs…
"You don't need a rooster. It's a sad reality as a male chicken keeper to realize that
roosters aren't necessary. They're only necessary if you want chicks."
Rosenfeld says urban chicken-raising could catch on where it's legal – if people keep a lid
on noise and smells.
As for places where it's not legal?
You might want to change the law at city hall – just don't try to bribe your alderman with
fresh eggs.
Give Peeps A Chance
Mad City Chickens
Author Shawn AlleePosted on November 17, 2008 Categories FeaturesTags backyard, backyards, chicago, chick, chicken, chickens, chicks, cities, city, coop, coops, egg, eggs, farm, farms, food, fresh, hen, hens, house, houses, pet, pets, rooster, urban, yard, yards
Growing Food – Not Lawns
Aileen Eilert and her plastic wagon loaded with tomato and pepper starter plants, headed for the subdivision one block over to campaign (Photo by Ashley Gross)
Many environmentalists knock the suburbs. They don't like how
dependent suburbs are on cars. They don't like the sprawl, the large
houses and huge lawns. They think it's a waste of land. Ashley Gross
reports… one woman is on a campaign to see some of those expansive
lawns turned into something a little more productive:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/feature_gross_081808.mp3
(sound of movie music)
Ever since soldiers returned from World War II, the suburbs have been portrayed as
the family-friendly 'good life.'
"And so they joined the stream of family life in the suburbs. Soon to become part of
its familiar sights. Soon to absorb its familiar sounds."
One of the most constant of those familiar sounds is a lawnmower.
(sound of lawnmower)
That noise just grates on Aileen Eilert's nerves. Her goal is to live a more
environmentally-friendly life in the suburbs.
(sound of opening door and walking outside)
She does have a lawn. But she and her husband are converting much of it to
vegetable garden plots.
"So I have some snow peas growing here and here's you know four tomato plants
and Bruce planted some peppers all the way down here."
Eilert says gardening means she drives less often to the grocery store – and she's
not buying produce shipped in from a different continent.
That's important to her. Eilert says she decided to use less oil after her nephew was
killed in Iraq in 2005.
"You know, we're fighting over there and it was about oil, and so I just thought I've
got to do something. I mean, it's too late for me to do anything about my nephew,
and he was such a good kid. I'd like it to be where people – oh we don't need to buy
oil from countries that may not be friendly to us or may not be stable."
Eilert is not alone. People in the suburbs are beginning to think about their lifestyles
in a different way.
Evan McKenzie is a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago He researches the
politics of suburbia.
"The stuff that was planned and put in place in the 60s and 70s and even the 80s, I
think in some cases is giving way to new ideas. I mean they're selling and giving
away rain barrels in the suburbs so people collect rainwater to water their plants
with. I never heard of that before."
Not everyone is onboard with the environmental movement in the suburbs yet. Last
year Americans spent almost 11 billion dollars on do-it-yourself lawn care just to
keep the grass green.
Aileen Eilert wants to change that. She calls her new campaign "Grow Food, Not
Lawns."
Her approach is one-on-one. Today she's pulling a plastic wagon loaded with
tomato and pepper starter plants. She's headed for the subdivision one block over.
(sound of wagon)
Eilert approaches Tim Lakis as he mows his lawn. He gives him a pepper plant.
Then comes the pitch.
Eilert: "Lawns actually use a lot of chemicals if you put chemicals on your lawn and
that gets into the water system."
Lakis: "Okay."
Eilert: "And then also your lawn mower has way more emissions than a car would,
not that I'm saying that…"
Lakis: "Okay, I'll look it over."
Aside from some strange looks, that went pretty well.
But Eilert learns pretty quickly there's way more gardening going on here in this
neighborhood she thought. She'd pegged it as a lawn-addicted wasteland. But this
subdivision's residents are kinda green.
Eilert: "I assume you use a gas mower?"
Man: "No. Electric."
Eilert: "Do you? Oh you are just the perfect person to talk to today."
Woman: "I mean, every year I grow my tomatoes and peppers and zucchinis."
Second Man: "Every year I try to get rid of more grass and put in more plants."
Eilert even gets a recipe for cooking dandelions. She leaves the subdivision
encouraged.
"People were concerned and people did think it was a good idea to have gardens
and they'd be willing to make a little more of a sacrifice to make the earth a little bit
She'll be visiting more subdivisions soon, trying to get more people to turn those
suburban lawns into gardens. And maybe get them thinking, just a little about other
things they could do.
For The Environment Report, I'm Ashley Gross.
A related article from the New York Times
The Kitchen Gardeners International website
Author Ashley GrossPosted on August 18, 2008 Categories FeaturesTags back, backyard, backyards, front, frontyard, garden, gardening, gardens, grass, house, houses, iraq, lawn, lawnmower, lawnmowers, lawns, mower, mowers, oil, produce, subdivision, subdivisions, suburb, suburbs, vegetable, vegetables, veggies, yard, yards
There's a movement to stop using pesticides and sprays on your lawn (Photo by Ilja Wanka)
A lot of us have a love-hate relationship
with our lawns. We love them when they're lush.
We hate them when they're full of dandelions and
dead patches. It's easy to have someone come out
and spray pesticides to take care of weeds and bugs.
But some people say it's not necessary and could
pesticides. And Home Depot in Canada recently said it will stop selling
traditional pesticides all together by the end of the year.
Lawn care resources from the MSU experts
The pesticide industry perspective
Author Rebecca WilliamsPosted on June 30, 2008 Categories FeaturesTags back, backyard, child, children, danger, dog, dogs, fertilizer, front, frontyard, grass, health, healthy, ill, illness, kid, kids, lawn, pesticide, pesticides, pet, pets, risk, risks, risky, sick, sickness, spray, sprayed, spraying, unhealthy, water, watered, yard
The Answer Is Blowin' in the Wind
The Tehachapi Wind Farm in California. The turbines produce enough electricity to meet the needs of 350,000 people each year (Photo courtesy of the Department Energy)
Large wind turbines are popping up all over
the United States. But some homeowners are beginning
to put up their own backyard wind turbines. Lester
Graham reports:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/spot_graham2_051208.mp3
Dozens of companies are popping up, making these smaller wind generators.
Southwest Windpower is one of the older manufacturers.
Andy Kruse is a Vice President there.
He says these smaller wind turbines can supply power for houses on the grid; maybe
even enough to sell some electricity back to the power company. But some states
haven't passed the laws necessary to require power companies to allow the turbines to
be hooked up to the grid.
"States that have yet to do that, you know, they have to question it. I mean, some of
them have never even heard something like this either for solar or for wind, so it's a
learning curve for them."
Kruse says home-grown wind power is starting to catch on, with thousands of people
asking about getting their own small wind turbine put up in their backyard.
A related article from CNNMoney
A related article from The Chicago Tribune
Author Lester GrahamPosted on May 12, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags backyard, energy, grid, home, homeowner, homeowners, homes, house, houses, law, laws, legislation, owner, owners, personal, power, small, state, states, turbine, turbines, wind, yard
Hybrid Car Ownership Drives People Together
Some hybrid car owners are starting clubs to socialize and to learn how to squeeze even more miles per gallon out of their fuel-efficient vehicles. The number of hybrid owners is still small enough that the owners feel a little "special." The GLRC's Chuck Quirmbach reports:
Some hybrid car owners are starting clubs to socialize and to learn
how to squeeze even more miles per gallon out of their fuel-efficient
vehicles. The number of hybrid owners is still small enough that the
owners feel a little "special." The GLRC's Chuck Quirmbach reports:
Bradley Fons says he already thought about the environment a lot before he
purchased a used hybrid car three years ago. He bought a Honda Insight:
"…And I kind of figured out how to drive it to get the best mileage but there
was no support, no help out there at that point to assist me."
Eventually, Fons found a group of hybrid owners who helped him answer
some questions about the car.
(Sound of group meeting)
But this year, with some help from his family, Fons has done one better: he's
organized a hybrid owners club.
(Marie Fons) "…And put your name on one of these little things, for a door prize. I know, work, work, work, work, work. Here, you guys want to work on the
door prize thing?"
Bradley Fons' wife, Marie, is helping about two dozen people check in. This
is the first meeting of the hybrid owners group. They get to know each
other by their name, their city, and the kind of hybrid they drive:
"I'm Kathy Moody from Racine and I have a '05 Prius."
"I'm Bill Vaness from Waukesha and I ride in my wife's '03 Prius (laughs)."
(Group member) "At least you're honest."
"My name is Sherrie Schneider, I'm from Bristol and I have an '06 Civic. Picked it up about a month ago and I'm here to learn a lot 'cause I don't know how to get the mileage you all
are getting but I'm going to learn (laughs)."
And so Bradley and Marie Fons go into teaching mode, offering encouragement and advice about how to get the most miles per gallon from the cars. The hybrid of gas engine and electric batteries usually cost more to buy more than similarly sized conventional cars. So the new owners are anxious about getting the best mileage possible.
Bradley Fons preaches patience. He says for new vehicles, owners have to work through
the car's several thousand mile break-in period before they get the kind of gas
efficiency the cars can reach:
"So if you're getting in the forties, ya know, high 40, mid 40, to low 50s in
a Prius and it's new, don't worry about it, ya know. It'll come."
Fons says some of these cars will get miles-per-gallon in the 60s and 70s. Then there are
the controversial people who've become what's known as "hyper-milers," getting 80 or 90
miles per gallon through various means that even the hyper-milers concede aren't
completely safe.
Fons introduces Wayne Gerdes, who tells how to steer a hybrid
in the air draft right behind 18-wheel trucks:
"Hopefully you'll understand that this close in, is this one car to one and a half second
back, that's a dangerous area. I don't recommend anybody doing it, but you're gonna find
your fuel economy going through the roof on that."
The hybrid owners club that the Fons family has organized also takes club
members out in hybrids for some lessons on the road:
"So we'll go down, ya know, another set of streets."
Bradley Fons sits in the front passenger seat of a Toyota hybrid. He's
teaching a club member named Bill a driving method called the "pulse-and-
glide." Basically, it involves only occasionally tapping the gas pedal and coasting
a lot, so that neither the car's motor or electric battery system is operating much.
When pulse-and-glide is done right, a monitor on the dashboard reports a surge in
fuel efficiency. After some difficulty, Fons helps Bill get the hang of it:
"All right, foot totally off. Now just on a little, there you are. You're in it, hold it,
(Bill) "Do you take your foot off when you're in there, though?"
"No, you have to leave pressure on it. Boy, that was the longest glide you did (laughs)!"
It's moments like these that make Bradley Fons glad he and his family are helping to
spread the hybrid car message. But Fons sees an opportunity for members of his club to
go outside the group and become pro-hybrid activists:
"Hoping dealers get more hybrid cars, working for candidates that push alternative fuels,
sustainable energy, anything that can be done…because at this point in time it hasn't been
coming from the government. They've done some, but our group doesn't feel they've done
Fons says politicians should listen to hybrid owners and hybrid clubs, because they're
offering part of the solution to America's oil addiction.
For the GLRC, I'm Chuck Quirmbach
Milwaukee Hybrid Group website
Learn more about hybrid cars
Access forums and more info on hybrid cars
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Study Reinforces Pesticide-Parkinson's Link
People who are often exposed to high levels of pesticides
could be at a higher risk of developing Parkinson's Disease. The
GLRC's Chris Lehman reports on the findings of a new study:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/lehman_070306.mp3
People who are often exposed to high levels of pesticides could be at a higher risk of
developing Parkinson's Disease. The GLRC's Chris Lehman reports on the findings of a
new study:
Researchers say people who are routinely around pesticides are 70 percent more likely to
develop Parkinson's Disease. Alberto Aschiero was the lead researcher. He says the
pattern seems to be true for both farmers and backyard gardeners. He says even though
the findings are not conclusive, they confirm the results of earlier studies:
"I think this is enough to recommend to people to be very conservative in using
pesticides, especially when one is not essential, like in some home and garden
Aschiero says he's not advocating a warning label be placed on pesticide products yet.
He says that would be more appropriate if researchers can pinpoint specific pesticides
that are linked to Parkinson's disease.
For the GLRC, I'm Chris Lehman.
Read the study online
Analysis of the study from Science Daily
A related article from Scientific American
Author Chris LehmanPosted on July 3, 2006 Categories News SpotsTags alberto, application, backyard, csrees, disease, farmers, garden, gardeners, home
Easing the Ash Borer's Financial Bite
Homeowner Frank Wydra watches as logs from 16 of his ash trees get turned into lumber. All of the ash trees close to his house had to be cut down after they became infested with emerald ash borers. (Photo by Rebecca Williams)
Chris Last and his son Kurt operate their portable sawmill. (Photo by Rebecca Williams)
This pile of newly-milled ash lumber will be covered with a tarp and left outside to dry before being finished into cabinets or furniture. (Photo by Rebecca Williams)
Homeowners and cities are losing many of their big, beautiful shade trees. An invasive insect called the emerald ash borer is killing ash trees in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana… and making neighboring states worried. About 15 million ash trees are dead or dying, leaving behind enormous bills. The GLRC's Rebecca Williams reports some people are trying to ease the loss by salvaging lumber from their dead trees:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/williams_052906.mp3
Homeowners and cities are losing many of their big, beautiful shade
trees. An invasive insect called the emerald ash borer is killing ash
trees in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana… and making neighboring states
worried. About 15 million ash trees are dead or dying leaving behind
enormous bills. The GLRC's Rebecca Williams reports some people are
trying to ease the loss by salvaging lumber from their dead trees:
(sound of birds chirping)
The emerald ash borer ruined Frank Wydra's summer plans. His 10 acre
lot is full of ash trees… more than a hundred. Wydra built an
elaborate shade garden underneath a cluster of ash trees, right next to
his brand new house. Right around the time he and his family were
ready to move in… they noticed the trees were looking sick.
"They were here when we bought the property and we sort of built the
property, the house around these trees. I had no alternative but to
cut these down, because they were so close to the house."
Wydra says he's losing a lot more than a shady backyard. He says the
emerald ash borer is costing him at least 10-thousand dollars. That's
the cost for cutting the trees down, grinding the stumps out… and
planting new trees. But there's one part of that cost he's not too
upset about: the 100 dollars an hour he's paying to have his dead ash
trees milled into lumber.
(sound of portable sawmill at work and running under)
"It's got a very close grain that allows you to mill it without too
much trouble. It's nice stuff. I wish I hadn't built all my
cabinets."
Frank Wydra's already got more board feet of ash piled up here than he
knows what to do with. But he says he'd rather pay to have the logs
turned into something he can use than pay to have them hauled away.
Wydra hired a company called Last Chance Logs to Lumber. Chris Last
brings his portable sawmill to sites like this one, and with some help
from his family members, he loads the logs onto the sawmill and slices
the bark away.
(sound of rolling logs under)
"We're required to take at least a half inch below those two layers,
you'll see as we open this up… just the characteristics of the log will
determine that… usually we take off more than that."
By stripping away the bark and a half inch of the wood beneath the
bark, Chris Last is making sure none of the emerald ash borers will
survive.
Researchers have found that carefully debarking ash logs is one way to
make the wood safe to use.
Chris Last created his business four years ago, shortly after the ash
borer was first identified as the pest killing trees in the upper
Midwest. Since then, he says some of his customers have gotten pretty
"The neatest thing is a gentleman that was an architect, when he had
the tree cut down he left the log standing for about 10 feet, and what
he ended up building was an old English cottage house on top of this
stump. I guess he reads up there, but it's beautiful, it's absolutely
gorgeous, every bit of it, every stick is made out of ash."
Last says he's seen a church craft new pews from their ash trees, and
he's worked for cities that have built picnic tables from ash, but for
the most part, homeowners and city officials are just starting to
figure out how to use the lumber from their dead trees.
Jessica Simons is with the Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation and
Development Council. It's a nonprofit group that's giving out grants
to promote the use of ash wood. Simons says the idea's catching on,
but there are some real obstacles.
"To be honest, it can be a tricky proposition. What's easier: go to
Lowe's and buy lumber, or to have your dead trees removed, hire a
sawmill, have the mill come out, allow wood to dry and then be able to
finish it into a product."
But Simons says milling ash trees into lumber can sometimes save money.
Right now, most homeowners and cities chip up their dead trees and have
the chips hauled away. Both of those steps cost money. Simons says by
milling trees on site, you can cut back on the disposal costs and end
up with wood for a new dining table or a bunch of park benches.
Jessica Simons points out that not all parts of the ash trees can be
turned into products. She says most of the ash wood waste from
Michigan and Ohio gets trucked up to a co-generation plant in Flint,
Michigan, where the wood chips are burned to generate electricity.
Simons says that is a good use for the lower-value parts of the trees,
like stumps or branches.
"But the only thing we've argued throughout this is that a number of
great logs were in that wood as well, and when you think about the
value that wood can have as lumber or a higher value product like a
railroad tie, it's worth much more than what a truckload of fuel is
Simons admits re-using dead ash trees won't cut back a lot on the
tremendous costs that homeowners and cities are bearing to deal with
the ash borer, but she argues that turning ash trees into flooring or
furniture could generate a little bit of money instead of just adding
another line onto the bill.
For the GLRC, I'm Rebecca Williams.
More about using the lumber from ash trees
Information about the emerald ash borer
A related GLRC story
Author Rebecca WilliamsPosted on May 29, 2006 Categories FeaturesTags ash trees, backyard, bark, beetle, branches, chris, co-generation, dead trees, debark, electricity, emerald ash borer, flooring, frank, furniture, homeowner, last, last chance logs, logs, lumber, pest, recycle, sawmill, simons, stumps, waste, wood, wydra
EASING THE ASH BORER'S FINANCIAL BITE (Short Version)
Millions of ash trees are being killed by a tiny green beetle called the emerald ash borer. Some people say all those dead trees shouldn't be considered waste, so they're recycling the trees into lumber.
The GLRC's Rebecca Williams has more:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/williams2_052906.mp3
Millions of ash trees are being killed by a tiny green beetle called
the emerald ash borer. Some people say all those dead trees shouldn't
be considered waste, so they're recycling the trees into lumber. The
GLRC's Rebecca Williams has more:
Most of the time, when cities cut down their dead ash trees, they chip
up the trees and have them hauled away. Some people are trying to find
uses for the lumber from the trees instead.
Development Council. It's a nonprofit group that's giving out grants to
promote the use of ash wood. Simons says cutting ash logs into lumber
can sometimes save cities money, because they can cut back on the cost
of chipping up and hauling away the trees:
"They're also aren't paying for lumber for other city projects because
they're just paying for that wood to be milled and then they have all
the wood they need for projects like park benches or picnic tables or
sideboards for their trucks."
Simons says because it's a relatively new concept some cities have had
trouble finding room to store all of the lumber they've made from the
trees, but she says the idea's still starting to catch on, as cities
look for ways to cut costs.
Author Rebecca WilliamsPosted on May 29, 2006 Categories News SpotsTags ash trees, backyard, bark, beetle, branches, chris, co-generation, dead trees, debark, electricity, emerald ash borer, flooring, frank, furniture, homeowner, last, last chance logs, logs, lumber, pest, recycle, sawmill, simons, stumps, waste, wood, wydra
Indoor Shrimp Farming: A New Market?
Russ Allen breeds and grows thousands of shrimp in a barn in his backyard. The entire process is contained. There's no water coming in or going out, and there's no waste leaving his farm. (Photo by Corbin Sullivan)
Russ Allen sells all the fresh shrimp he produces three days a week at his market in Okemos, Mich. (Photo by Corbin Sullivan)
Russ Allen breeds shrimp in big tanks of water that mimic an environment off the shore of the ocean, where the water quality and temperature are stable. (Photo by Corbin Sullivan)
Recently, shrimp surpassed tuna as the most-consumed seafood in the United States. Most of the shrimp Americans eat is produced in Southeast Asia, India, Mexico and Brazil. Russ Allen wants to change that. He's opened one of the world's few indoor shrimp farms in the Midwest. Allen says his operation meets an obvious market demand, is good for the environment, and presents a new economic opportunity for the country. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Erin Toner reports:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/toner_010206.mp3
Recently, shrimp surpassed tuna as the most-consumed seafood in the
United States. Most of the shrimp Americans eat is produced in
Southeast Asia, India, Mexico and Brazil. Russ Allen wants to change
that. He's opened one of the world's few indoor shrimp farms in the
Midwest. Allen says his operation meets an obvious market demand, is
good for the environment, and presents a new economic opportunity for
the country. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Erin Toner reports:
In a big blue barn in Russ Allen's backyard, there are thousands of
shrimp… beady-eyed, bacteria-munching, bottom-feeders.
Here, the life cycle of the shrimp starts in the breeding center, where
two big tanks of water mimic a place 150 feet deep off the shore of the
ocean where the water quality and temperature are stable. Allen says
it's the perfect environment for shrimp to mate.
"Like in just about all animals the male chases the female, and they do a
little courtship dance, and then the male will deposit a spermatophore on
the female and when she spawns, the eggs pass through the
spermatophore, are fertilized and then go out into the water."
A few months later, the shrimp end up in the production room where all
they do is eat, and sometimes, if they get excited or spooked, they jump
right out of their tanks.
"They don't like light…"
"Oh (laughing)! Do you ever have them hit you as you're standing
"Oh yeah, that's why we have the nets up so they don't jump."
Russ Allen has been farming shrimp for three decades. He started in
Ecuador, and then went to Belize, where he started the country's first
shrimp farms.
Allen and his wife moved back to Michigan in 1990, when he started
designing his indoor shrimp farm. It finally opened for business about a
year ago, and now, he's selling all the shrimp he produces.
(Sound of shrimp market)
Allen says his indoor shrimp farm is one of the first of its kind in the
world. There's no waste leaving his farm, so pollution's not an issue,
and because there's no water coming in or going out, there's no danger
of introducing diseases into his system.
Allen says an indoor farm also moves shrimp farming away from fragile
coastal ecosystems. That's where most of the industry has developed
around the world.
"In a place like the United States with all the development on the
coastline and land costs, you can't really do it anywhere near the ocean
anyway. So, if you're going to have a viable shrimp farming system in
the United States, you need to move it away from – you know – these coastal areas."
But indoor farms haven't always been a viable option, either.
In the 1980s, a handful of them opened in the U.S., including a big one in
Chicago. They all failed because the technology didn't work quite right,
and because the cost of production made them unable to compete with
outdoor farms.
Bill More is a shrimp farming consultant and vice president of the
Aquaculture Certification Council. He says now, indoor shrimp farmers
have a better chance of making a go of it.
"Coming from third-world countries, there's been a lot of issues with
illegal antibiotics being found in shrimp. There's been environmental
and social issues that environmentalists have come down hard upon. It's
sort of prompted the opportunity for a good indoor system where
you could manage those and you didn't challenge the environment."
But More says creating and maintaining a clean, organic indoor shrimp
farm is still very expensive, and it seems an even bigger problem now
that the price of shrimp is the lowest it's been in a decade.
Shrimp farmer Russ Allen says he's invested several million dollars in
his business. He's the only guy in the game right now, which he
admits is good for business, but he doesn't want it that way. He says
he'd like to see the industry grow in Michigan, and throughout the
"In order to do that the government has got to be a partner in this, and
that has been the challenge… that when you don't have an industry, you
don't have lobbyists and nobody listens to you and you can't get an
industry until they do listen to you. So, that's been our real challenge
Allen says he wants the government to offer tax breaks and other
financial assistance to the aquaculture industry like it does to other
sectors of the economy, but he says he can't even get some local elected
officials to come and see his shrimp farm. He says with so many
companies moving jobs and factories overseas, he thinks government
leaders should be looking for ways to help new and perhaps
unconventional industries like his, grow.
For the GLRC, I'm Erin Toner.
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When the bitcoin ETF was originally rejected, a lot of people were not too amused by the SEC's decision. However, it appears this decision may not have been final after all, as the SEC will effectively review its original assessment in the future. Whether or not this will have any effect on the bitcoin price, remains to be seen. However, it is evident the SEC's initial decision may have been a hasty one after all.
A lot of people are surprised to learn the SEC is not fully giving up on the concept of a bitcoin ETF just yet. Although the BATS rule change proposal was rejected in march of 2017. The institution will take a second look at the proposal. This is thanks to the Bats BZX exchange team filing a petition for a ruling review, which has now been approved by the SEC. That is quite interesting, as the SEC could easily reject this petition as well.
Now that the petition has been approved, the SEC is looking for further comments on the Bats rule change proposal. Any input is welcome until May 15th. It is doubtful the SEC will suddenly approve the rule proposal change, though, but this goes to show the idea of a major publicly traded bitcoin ETF is not out of the question just yet. Moreover, this news may have a positive effect on the bitcoin price as well, even though a second rejection will probably send it crashing hard, just like it did in March.
The Winklevoss twins are quite excited about the news, although they are not getting their hopes up just yet. One has to be realistic about the chance of the SEC suddenly approving the Bats rule change proposal, which still remains slim to none. At the time of the rejection, the SEC referred to the lack of market surveillance and regulation, which makes bitcoin an asset that does not qualify for the standards to be part of a publicly traded ETF.
Very little has changed ever since that time, though, making it virtually impossible to see the SEC suddenly approve the Bats proposal. While it is good the organization has approved the review of the rejection, there is no reason to think things will play out any differently in the coming weeks. There will be a lot of hope surrounding the review process, while the end result will most likely be the same yet again. If that rejection is confirmed, it is not unlikely we will see sub-US$1,000 bitcoin prices once again in the coming weeks.


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Campus Development: Continuing the Legacy from 1929 into the Future
Improving education for students is a constant goal. The last few years have seen major changes to the campus to provide facilities students need to be prepared for their future.
Continuing the Legacy: From 1929 Into the Future
In 2015 the school signed a rental agreement with the land owners to secure the Dalat International School campus until at least 2043. A campus development plan was immediately put into effect to replace aging buildings and provide modern, purpose-built facilities that look forward to the educational needs of students for the next 25 years.
The CASTLE; Center for the Arts, Sciences, Technology, and Learning Education, was completed in 2016 which include student and family services, a combined library, two visual arts classrooms, four science lab classrooms, and combined the two computer labs from the existing Student Center.
The new dorm, the Lighthouse, was completed in 2017 and includes three family-style dorms, five staff apartments, and two guest rooms for the school's world-class boarding program.
The Harbor: fourteen high school classrooms, band room, administrative and finance offices, and auditorium was completed in 2018 along with a parking lot on main campus.
The entire cost of the project was just over RM 28 million paid for by faithfully saving building fees and retained earnings over the last 20 years and from the generous support of the school and Penang community.
The Galley, Dalat's new café-style eatery, will open in January 2021. The Galley will provide a more efficient dining experience, from check-in to food service to clean-up, conveniently located in the middle of campus. The building's second floor will include a multipurpose hall for all students.
The campus will continue to improve as funds become available and as needs arise to support a university-prep education for 700 Dalat students.
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"Truth" has become a controversial word lately. In fact, many argue whether truth even exists.
The practice of gathering the extended family for a reunion annually is one practiced in many cultures.

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Class masses will be held on Tuesday 8th March & Tuesday 21st June.
Children are required to bring their learning logs in every Wednesday to share with their classmates and teacher.
This term we are learning about Narnia. Children will be developing their Geography skills, using maps and atlases to locate countries and cities, as well as studying a country in Europe, similar to Narnia.


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Dog sledding is fun, but becoming quite tricky. When it is icy it is not possible to go out with the dogs, although some people do train their dogs with sleds on the ice. Continue reading for further details on dogsledding and avalanches.
Now that the fjords are not frozen anymore it is difficult to travel in winter as you have to travel over land and on glaciers instead of on fjords. It is possible to sled with various numbers of dogs. "I have 3 dogs only but I have a friend who has 8 so together we have 11. We make 2 sleds of 5 and 6. The dogs are so happy to work. It is so nice to see. Sometimes I get really touched when I see them that eager."
Dogs can help protect against polar bears as they bark when they sense danger, but they are of no use in case of another threat: avalanches. A big avalanche in December 2015 killed two people and destroyed 11 homes. Fortunately, most of the homes were unoccupied as people were away for the Christmas holidays, but the avalanche caused significant damage to the town. To avoid such incidents in the future, the governor of Svalbard will declare safe and unsafe areas in Longyearbyen. Inhabitants are also forced to abandon their apartments for other reasons. Over the past decade climate change has softened the permafrost under the old hospital building (now converted into apartments), causing it to buckle it in a severe way. Once the governor of Svalbard had the building inspected cracks and weaknesses were found everywhere. They summoned the inhabitants to leave in 2 hours' time, rendering 30 people homeless in an instant.
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2 shark bites in New Smyrna Beach Saturday
Jellyfish visible along beaches in Brevard Co.
Updated: 8:20 AM EDT Sep 8, 2013
Those planning to head out to the beach this weekend should be on alert for sharks and jellyfish.Two men were nipped by sharks at New Smyrna Beach Saturday afternoon.One of those bitten by a shark, a 25-year-old man from Oviedo, was in waist-deep water at the time.A 43-year-old surfer from New Smyrna Beach was also bitten. Volusia County Beach Patrol Ocean Rescue Capt. Tamara Marris said she believes the same shark, which measured about 3 feet long, may have attacked both men because the bites occurred so close together.The two victims had only minor injuries. They were treated by Ocean Rescue and then left on their own to seek medical treatment.Marris said the beach patrol cleared people from the water for a short time after the shark encounters.The sharks have been in shallow water this week seeking to feast on the many bait fish close to shore.In Brevard County, jellyfish are visible along most of the beaches. Brevard County Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief Eisen Witcher said only a few people were stung by jellyfish on Saturday.Marris said there were no jellyfish sightings in Volusia Saturday.Volusia is also having rip currents. Ocean Rescue staffers had rescued less than a dozen people Saturday. Marris urges beachgoers to swim in front of lifeguard towers.
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Those planning to head out to the beach this weekend should be on alert for sharks and jellyfish.
Two men were nipped by sharks at New Smyrna Beach Saturday afternoon.
One of those bitten by a shark, a 25-year-old man from Oviedo, was in waist-deep water at the time.
A 43-year-old surfer from New Smyrna Beach was also bitten. Volusia County Beach Patrol Ocean Rescue Capt. Tamara Marris said she believes the same shark, which measured about 3 feet long, may have attacked both men because the bites occurred so close together.
The two victims had only minor injuries. They were treated by Ocean Rescue and then left on their own to seek medical treatment.
Marris said the beach patrol cleared people from the water for a short time after the shark encounters.
The sharks have been in shallow water this week seeking to feast on the many bait fish close to shore.
In Brevard County, jellyfish are visible along most of the beaches. Brevard County Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief Eisen Witcher said only a few people were stung by jellyfish on Saturday.
Marris said there were no jellyfish sightings in Volusia Saturday.
Volusia is also having rip currents. Ocean Rescue staffers had rescued less than a dozen people Saturday. Marris urges beachgoers to swim in front of lifeguard towers.


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WATCH: It's True! Chick-fil-A Is Testing Out Mac & Cheese in Select Southern Cities
We're more than happy to be their guinea pigs!
By Meghan Overdeep
Chick-fil-A fans rejoice!
The beloved restaurant chain has bestowed the lucky residents of five Southern cities the honor of testing out their newest menu item. Chick-fil-A confirmed in an email to Southern Living that mac & cheese (yes, really!) is being offered as a side item in several cities as part of a limited-time test.
The preferred accompaniment to fried chicken and biscuits is reportedly being tested in Phoenix, Arizona; Greensboro, North Carolina; San Antonio, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Baltimore, Maryland and Houston, Texas.
"These tests will help Chick-fil-A decide whether or not the menu item will become available nationwide in the future," the restaurant said in a statement.
Customers in these designated markets are also able to order the mac & cheese off the catering menu as a small or large tray option.
Based on the overwhelmingly positive response the new side has gotten on social media already, we feel confident that it's only a matter of time before the whole country is digging in to Chick-fil-A mac & cheese!


While upgrading an XP installation to Vista, the Vista compatibility check informed me that Windows Powershell must be uninstalled before installation can proceed. Going into Add or Remove programs did not show any entry for Powershell.
Turns out Powershell installs as an update to windows. You have to click on "show updates", and scroll through tons of security fixes and hotfixes. You'll find an entry for Windows Powershell 1.0, and your Vista upgrade should then install after that.


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Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited Raises Institutional Funds
Zecotek Closes $3.4 Million Private Placement
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Vancouver, BC – December 20, 2007 – Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt- W1I.F), formerly Zecotek Medical Systems Inc., today announced that it has closed a previously announced private placement by issuing a total of 2,156,300 units at a price of $1.60 per unit for gross proceeds of $3,450,080. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at an exercise price of $2.10 per common share for a period of 24 months.
The private placement was increased from $3.0 million to $3.4 million following the exercise in full by Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited of its agent's option.
Net proceeds from the funds raised will be used for working capital purposes and for ongoing projects presently underway at its operating facilities in Singapore, Malaysia and Vancouver: finalizing the commercial production of the Zecotek's solid-state MAPD photo-detector, addressing growing requests for the Company's fiber and solid-state lasers, and initiating commercial scale production of the Company's high performance RFO vanadate laser crystals and establishing a strategic manufacturing and distribution partnership for the Company's 3D display system.
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited acted as lead agent for the private placement. Zecotek paid to Loewen a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds from the private placement. Zecotek also issued 150,941 non-transferable agent's warrants to Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited. Each agent's warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $1.60 per common share for a period of 24 months.
The common shares and warrants issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period expiring on April 21, 2008.
Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I) is a photonics technology company developing high-performance crystals, photo detectors, lasers, optical imaging and 3D display technologies for commercial applications in the medical diagnostics and high-tech industry. The company has three distinct operating divisions: imaging, lasers and 3D display and labs located in Canada, USA, Singapore and Russia. Zecotek commercializes its novel, patented and patent-pending photonic technologies directly and through strategic alliances and joint ventures with multinational OEMs, distributors and other industry leaders. For more information, please visit Zecotek Photonics.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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Home » Lifestyle » Indiana's gamble pays off in OT upset over No. 8 Penn State
Indiana's gamble pays off in OT upset over No. 8 Penn State
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Indiana coach Tom Allen had grown weary of close calls in big games.
On Saturday, Allen went for it — and Michael Penix Jr. made those gambles pay off the Big Ten rivals' first game of the delayed season,
After leading the Hoosiers on a touchdown drive in the final minute of regulation and scoring on a 2-point conversion to force overtime, Penix hooked up with Whop Philyor for 9-yard TD pass in overtime and dove into the pylon for the decisive 2-point conversion to give Indiana a 36-35 victory over No. 8 Penn State — its first win over a Top 10 team in more than 33 years.
"We'd been close so many times, and I was tired of being close," Allen said. "We liked the call and stayed with the call (after Penn State called timeout) and stayed with the call. We felt like we had our three players inolved in the play and one of those was going to get the ball or Michael was going to keep it. If felt like the right thing to do."
Indiana snapped the longest streak of consecutive losses to Top 10 foes at 42, a skid that dated to a 31-10 victory at Ohio State on Oct. 10, 1987 — a game the late Earle Bruce dubbed as the darkest day in Buckeyes history.
They ended the second-longest active streak of losses to Top 10 opponents in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Only Wake Forest, at 63, had been longer.
They beat their highest-rated opponent since upsetting No. 6 Michigan State in 1967, which capped a three-game streak in which they also beat No. 10 Arizona and No. 7 Wisconsin and won for only the second time in 24 tries against the Nittany Lions.
They did it on a day Penix wasn't at his best. He finished 19 of 36 with 170 yards, one touchdown and three sacks. But his magical feet worked wonders when the Hoosiers needed him most.
"All I'd seen was an opportunity, an opportunity to go out and show the world what the Indiana Hoosiers are all all about," Penix said, referring to the final play of the game. "They were playing man (coverage), and we've got to score to win the game so I wasn't going to let my team down. I went out and gave it my all."
It took a lengthy replay review to confirm the initial call and when the official made the announcement Penix knew was coming, the wild celebration began inside the mostly empty stadium.
Allen needed to pull out every trick in the book, too, especially after Sean Clifford hooked up with Jahan Dotson on a 60-yard TD pass to give Penn State its first lead of the second half, 21-20 with 2:30 left in regulation.
Penn State sacked Penix on the next two plays, forced him to throw the ball away on third and an incompletion on fourth, taking the ball back on down at the Indiana 14. This time, Allen called for the defense to give up the touchdown, hoping for one more possession, and Devyn Ford obliged with a TD run that gave Penn State a 28-20 lead.
"We went through that situation this week. We went through that situation on the sideline. Obviously, we could have handled it better and I could have handled it better," Penn State coach James Franklin said. "What we wanted to do is get as much as you can and get down."
Instead, Penix capitalized on the miscue. He took the Hoosiers 75 yards in seven plays, scoring on a 1-yard TD run before the tying conversion. And after Clifford made it 35-28 with 9-yard TD pass to Parker Washington in overtime, Penix hooked up with Philyor before beating two Nittany Lions defenders to the front pylon.
"What was going through my head, was that we're playing the No. 8 team in the country and I knew if we scored would have had the ball on the 3 with a chance to win it," Allen said. "When you think about all the things that happened and all the plays that had to be made to win this game, it's just amazing."
Penn State: The mistakes proved costly. Franklin will be on major clean-up duty this week after seeing three red-zone possessions end without points, three missed field goals, two interceptions, one lost fumble, a muffed punt and a fumbled kickoff return in addition to Ford's late TD run and the late defensive breakdowns.
Indiana: This victory is a huge step for the program. Allen know the Hoosiers need to start beating ranked teams more consistently, and this one came on a day the defense played reasonably well and the offense managed only 221 yards 19:35 of possession time.
Penn State will slip in the Top 25, perhaps precipitously. The defense played well but broke down late while the offense and special teams weren't anywhere near championship caliber.
"It's turnovers and penalties," Franklin said. "I would hope you guys would agree over last six years, that's very uncharacteristic for us."
SCARY SCENE
Less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, Penn State thought it had another turnover when receiver Miles Marshall fumbled at the end of a 17-yard completion. Instead as Marshall lay motionless on the field, linebacker Jesse Luketa was ejected for targeting.
The wobbly Marshall eventually got up and was helped to the locker room.
Penn State: Hosts No. 5 Ohio State next Saturday.
Indiana: At Rutgers next Saturday.
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Jackson, MS—The Salvation Army is grateful that the Gulf Coast was spared major damage from Tropical Storm Gordon, which made landfall last night with wind speeds of 70mph just west of the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast border. The Salvation Army's Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi (ALM) Division is continuing to diligently monitor conditions as the system, which is now classified as a Tropical Depression, makes its way through the area. "The National Hurricane Center reports there is still a possibility of some flash flooding and sporadic tornado activity throughout the day, specifically in Alabama. Therefore, we still want to remain weather aware and ready to serve as needed," said Terry Lightheart, Emergency Disaster Services Director for The Salvation Army ALM Division.


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Curio – A Collection by Hilton Opens First Middle East Property Attached to Mall of Qatar
AlRayyan Hotel Doha offers one-of-a-kind experiences near world-class retail, sports and entertainment hub
January 9, 2017 Middle East & Africa
Located in the upscale neighbourhood of Al Rayyan, and directly connected to the Mall of Qatar, the AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton offers a choice of 201 elegant guest rooms and suites featuring timeless decor along with floor-to-ceiling windows, oversized bathrooms and walk-in rain showers. Credit: Curio - A Collection by Hilton.
Property SpotlightAlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton
DOHA, Qatar and MCLEAN, Va. - Curio - A Collection by Hilton announced today the opening of AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton, the brand's first property in the Middle East to join the global portfolio of more than 30 distinctive hotels. Curio - A Collection by Hilton hotels and resorts cater to travellers seeking local discovery and authentic experiences and AlRayyan Hotel Doha joins two other Hilton (NYSE:HLT) properties in the city.
"Doha, characterised as a destination offering inspiration, progress and adventure, has firmly placed itself as a city to watch with its growing array of leisure and sporting events, cultural attractions and art scene," said Mark Nogal, global head, Curio - A Collection by Hilton. "AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton exemplifies these attributes, with its distinctive character, prime location and opulent, luxurious design perfectly suited to guests who delight in unique and memorable hotels."
Located in the upscale neighbourhood of Al Rayyan, and directly connected to the Mall of Qatar, the AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton offers a choice of 201 elegant guest rooms and suites featuring timeless decor along with floor-to-ceiling windows, oversized bathrooms and walk-in rain showers. The stylish and spacious Presidential Suite boasts two bedrooms, large living and dining areas, walk-in closet and a full-sized hammam in the marble bathroom. The chic, one-of-a-kind hotel is just steps from Al-Rayyan Sports Club, and a short drive from Qatar National Convention Centre, Sheikh Faisal Museum and Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club.
AlRayyan Hotel Doha offers guests an elevated dining experience, with onsite options catering to all palates. The hotel's rooftop restaurant, Muy Vivo, provides delectable Latin American cuisine with an Argentinian flair from its lively open kitchen, with both indoor and outdoor seating. All-day dining venue Mezzo, located on the ground floor with direct connection to the Mall of Qatar, offers a blend of Italian, Arabic and International dishes. For guests in a hurry, Mezzo's 'Grab and Go' counter is the perfect option to savour a quick bite. Guests can enjoy delicate pastries and high tea at the hotel's chic lobby lounge, Moda Lounge. In addition, guests can choose to dine in the refreshing pool bar and have access to 24-hour room service.
AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton offers an array of refreshing activities with three outdoor swimming pools, 24-hour gym, male and female wellness areas each featuring a sauna, Jacuzzi, hammam and jetted showers, as well as an onsite ladies' beauty lounge and children's play area.
The hotel also caters to small meetings and alluring, large-scale weddings and events alike, with five state-of-the-art meetings rooms and a 300 square-metre ballroom with private entrance.
"For travellers desiring elegance and style during their hotel stay, AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton offers the perfect blend between authentic experiences, sophisticated accommodations and renowned Middle Eastern hospitality," said Luca Crocco, general manager. "We look forward to welcoming residents, travellers and all guests seeking to discover something distinct at our one-of-a-kind property in Doha."
AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton participates in Hilton HHonors, the award-winning guest-loyalty program for Hilton's 13 distinct hotel brands. Hilton HHonors members who book directly with Hilton save time and money and gain instant access to the benefits they care about most, including an exclusive member rate at more than 4,800 hotels worldwide and instant benefits such as free Wi-Fi, the ability to earn and redeem Points for free nights, as well as access through the Hilton HHonors mobile app to digital check-in with room selection and Digital Key. To celebrate the hotel's opening, Hilton HHonors members will earn an additional 1,000 Hilton HHonors Points per night from January 9, 2017 through May 31, 2017, when booking directly with Hilton.
AlRayyan Hotel Doha, Curio Collection by Hilton is located at Mall of Qatar, Al Rayyan - Doha, Qatar. P.O. Box 23325. For more information, or to make a reservation, telephone: +974 4489 9000 or visit here to book. Media may access additional information and high-resolution images about the property at news.curio.com/alrayyan. To learn more about Curio Collection, visit news.curio.com.
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Hilton - EMEA
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[b]Europa Clipper's Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moon Confirmed[/b] An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission's next phase. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science payload. "We are all excited about the decision that moves the Europa Clipper mission one key step closer to unlocking the mysteries of this ocean world," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We are building upon the scientific insights received from the flagship Galileo and Cassini spacecraft and working to advance our understanding of our cosmic origin, and even life elsewhere." The mission will conduct an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moon, Europa, and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life, honing our insights into astrobiology. To develop this mission in the most cost-effective fashion, NASA is targeting to have the Europa Clipper spacecraft complete and ready for launch as early as 2023. The agency baseline commitment, however, supports a launch readiness date by 2025. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the Science Mission Directorate. Europa Clipper is managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Video: Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" by Sebastian Bach and Steve Stevens at Iridium
Here's another video from the Sebastian Bach and Steve Stevens show at the Iridium in New York City this past Saturday night.
This time, it's a cover of Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher," which was a very timely choice, considering the hype surrounding the new Van Halen album, A Different Kind of Truth, which comes out February 7.
Note that the role of Eddie Van Halen is actually being handled by guitarist Pete Thorne over on the right. The band is Stevens (guitar), Bach (vocals), Thorne (guitar), Neil Jason (bass) and Anton Fig (drums).
Says the Iridium's Ron Sturm: "They absolutely ripped through this song, as well as Aerosmith's 'Season of Wither,' Zep's 'Dazed and Confused' and others. To see this caliber band in a cozy club like Iridium is no less than thrilling."
Here's another video from the show, a rocking version of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell," which was co-written by Stevens.
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Roger W. Wilkins: scholar and head of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Princess Beatrice: Elder daughter of the Duke of York. Biography. You can buy books about the "British Monarchy" at Amazon .
"I had a problem at school. I think I am fine now but I think I did because it took me ages to read and no-one listens." - Duchess of York, mother of princess Beatrice.
Article BBC News, March 2005.


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Fun fact: Her youngest son, Evan, is a 6-foot-8, 220-pound freshman forward on the Dartmouth College basketball team. Like his mom was in her playing days, he is the team's leading scorer and rebounder.
The Dartmouth College women's basketball team showed all the signs of greatness in fall 1979. Sophomore center Gail Koziara had established herself as The Ivy League's dominant inside scoring and rebounding threat. An athletic group of underclassmen upped the team's speed and overall athleticism. Two of the team's guards who were sidelined by knee injuries during the previous season were now healthy. And the Big Green had a selfless group of juniors and seniors who understood their roles coming off the bench.
Behind Koziara, a 6-foot-2 center who earned the first of three straight Ivy League Player of the Year honors that year, Dartmouth (16-9 overall, 9-1 in league play) won the first of four consecutive Ivy League championships.
Today Koziara, who now goes by her married name, Gail Koziara Boudreaux, is a top executive in the healthcare industry. She says what she remembers most about that championship season was how the upperclassmen, who had been forced to accept back-up roles, came off the bench to make key plays during important moments.
The importance of piecing together role players began on Dartmouth's basketball court and stuck with Boudreaux throughout a business career that led her to the highest ranks of corporate America, including mentions in Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in American Business" and Forbes magazine's ``100 Most Powerful Women in the World'' lists.
It was quite a climb for the kid from Chicopee, Massachusetts, who grew up in a very close Polish family. Her mother, a homemaker, and father, a machinist, lived just a few blocks from the kids' grandparents and other relatives who would celebrate the holidays together.
Back then, it was normal for kids to ride their bikes to the park and organize pick-up baseball games. Gail would follow her older brother to the park, where she would get her first taste of athletic competition and what it took to play with the big boys.
Boudreaux didn't have any great desire to enter business until her senior year at Dartmouth when she landed a summer internship at Aetna. After spending a year playing basketball overseas, Boudreaux returned to the U.S. and was one of five people accepted in the insurance company's management training program.
Her star rose quickly. Boudreaux started at Aetna in 1983 and had ascended to senior vice president of group insurance when she left in 2002 to become president of BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. After four years there, she left to become executive vice president of external operations at Healthcare Services Corporation in 2006, before joining UnitedHealthcare in 2008 as its executive vice president.
Nearly three decades after that first Ivy League championship, Boudreaux was named executive vice president of UnitedHealthcare, the No. 1 health insurer in the U.S., with 60,000 employees and $120 billion in annual revenue. By then, she was married to retired healthcare executive Terry Boudreaux and was the mother of two boys. Her youngest, Evan, is now a freshman standout on the Dartmouth men's basketball team.
It was a difficult time in the industry, she said. The U.S. was still reeling from the economic recession, the healthcare industry was going through significant challenges, the company had gone through a recent downgrade by Wall Street analysts and Boudreaux needed to restructure her management team.
She consolidated six national regions into four and focused the company on local markets, allowing it to react to competition more rapidly and to customize business solutions to the unique needs of the markets it served. It was no small accomplishment, and in 2011, she was promoted to chief executive officer.
It was a dynamic time for UnitedHealthcare as the industry continued to adapt to issues that included the Affordable Care Act and pressure to consolidate and get bigger. Boudreaux announced in late 2014 that she was stepping down from her CEO post and, a few months later, founded GKB Global Health, LLC, a healthcare strategy and business advisory firm. She also serves on the board of directors at Xcel Energy Inc., Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. and Novavax Inc.
But no matter how much professional success she's had, Boudreaux has never wandered far from her athletic roots. The Dartmouth faithful wouldn't let her forget even if she wanted.
Boudreaux still remains highly regarded at the school, where she owns school records for career scoring average (21.7 points per game) and total rebounds (1,635) plus 17 other records, including career field goal percentage (.511), rebounds in a game (30) and most points in a game (43, vs. Holy Cross in 1978).
A multisport athlete, the Massachusetts native also earned four Ivy League shot put titles as a member of Dartmouth's track and field team and was an All-American her senior year. In 1999, she was named to The Ivy League's 25-year anniversary team in basketball and Dartmouth College's 25-year anniversary teams in basketball and track and field. And in 2003, she was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame and was one of six people nationally to receive the NCAA's Silver Anniversary Award for outstanding professionalism and athletic achievement.
In a nod to the importance athletics had on her business career, Boudreaux's family donated $2 million to endow the Dartmouth women's basketball head coaching position this past fall.
Years after graduating from Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire, Boudreaux said much of her management philosophy that propelled her success in the business world started on the basketball court.


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The number, 197, is called a circular prime because all rotations of the digits: 197, 971, and 719, are themselves prime.

There are thirteen such primes below 100: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 31, 37, 71, 73, 79, and 97.

How many circular primes are there below one million?
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include("projecteulerutils.jl")
using Primes

function iscircularprime(x)
  i = reverse(digits(x))
  a = copy(i)
  circularprime = true
  for j in i
    if !isprime(nd(a))
      return false
    end
    a = prepend!(a, [pop!(a)])
  end
  true
end

function calc()
  count = 0
  for x in primes(2_000_000)
    if iscircularprime(x)
      count += 1
    end
  end
  count
end
@time println(calc())

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Q: Reminder of, or reminder on? I am not a native English speaker, but as a mathematician (well, PhD student in mathematics) I need to write daily in this language. Sometimes, I have doubts about the correct formulation of certain sentences, and as I tend to be a perfectionist, this makes me waste a lot of time on research on the web. Sometimes, however, I am not able to find what I am looking for. This is one of these times.
A section of an article I am writing is dedicated to notions already well-known in the literature, and in particular to a theorem called the Homotopy Transfer Theorem. I want to make this explicit in the title of the section, thus I named it

Reminder of the Homotopy Transfer Theorem.

However my advisor (who is also not a native English speaker) told me that I should write

Reminder on the Homotopy Transfer Theorem.

As already mentioned, I looked online but my research was not conclusive. For example, in this discussion in a forum they say that it is a matter of "what sounds better". Does anyone have a rule on which one to use - of, or on - or, if both are correct, an opinion on which one sounds better in this case?

A: A reminder of the theorem can mean just reminding people that it exists.
A reminder on the theorem or (better) a reminder about the theorem means that the reminder includes some information about the theorem.

A: Reminder of.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reminder
Examples:
'As the room emptied out at the end of the hearing, they remained the only physical reminders of the traumatic testimony that had expired.'
'The sound of nearby gunfire interrupts the inspection, a stark reminder of the dangers never far away.'
'The walls remain, a purposeful reminder of the waste of war, and the roofless interior become a sort of peace park for contemplation.'
'His faced loomed before her, a bittersweet reminder of her past.'
'They probably served as visual reminders of wartime experiences - either as private memories or collective talking points for survivors.'
'The film is a poignant reminder of the reasons to live - love, laughter, vibrancy.'


This curry is so easy to make and great for freezing, my kids love lentils and this is great served with various sides from rice, to baked potatoes or I add it just as it is to their food flask just for them to take to school for lunch.
Add butternut squash to a oven proof dish, with 1 tablespoon of ghee, toss to coat and roast in the oven till softened and golden.
Add the other tablespoon of ghee to a large pot over a medium high heat and add the onion, garlic and ginger, cook until softened.
Add all the spices to a mortar and pestle, along with a little bit of water and mix together.
Add spices to onion, garlic and ginger mixture and stir to evenly coat.
Add lentils, stock and passata, bring to the boil and reduce heat, cover and simmer for approx 45 mins.
Add in the roasted butternut squash about 10 mins prior to serving time.
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In SharePoint Online I have detected a bug that prevents the suite bar logo (configured in the o365 tenant admin center) from being rendered after applying a theme with a non-default colour scheme. The logo is not just hidden or not visible; the HTML is no longer rendered to the page at all.
NOTE: This issue has been raised with Microsoft and they have acknowledged it as a bug. They have told is that a fix is planned for June 2015 and should take a couple of weeks to reach all tenants.
I was advised last week that a fix this issue had officially started rolling out. Today I can confirm that one of our test tenants no longer exhibits this behavior! At the time of writing some of our tenants have not yet received the fix, but it is definitely rolling out and should be with you soon if not already.
When exactly is this occurring?
There is a colour scheme file that nominated as the default for each master page. Only when using this colour scheme in conjunction with the given master page will the logo be present. Specifically, only a colour scheme which is nominated as the default colour scheme will show the suite navigation logo.
This is unrelated to any customisation work and can be observed on any OOTB SharePoint Online publishing site.
The default colour scheme for a given master page is nominated within that master page's preview file. The preview file is the one which sits alongside the master page in the master page gallery and has the same name name as the master page but with an extension of '.preview' instead of '.master' (e.g., seattle.preview). The first line of the contents of this file identifies the default colour scheme for the master page. When this colour scheme is applied, the theming engine assumes that the CSS is already themed appropriately and does *not* act.
I still want the logo on every page, what can we do?
As I have said, a fix is on the way – just wait a few months!
This approach is brittle as the suite bar is a living, changing thing – Microsoft is updating it all the time and any changes they make will likely break this functionality.
The logo will no longer be configurable via tenant admin settings.
Partially defeats the purpose of master pages which is to maintain all common pages elements in a single place.
I want to reproduce this myself, how do I do it?


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Smart Energy Dissipation: Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes
Smart Energy Dissipation : Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes. / Morales Beltran, Mauricio.
A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, 2018. 310 p.
Morales Beltran, M 2018, 'Smart Energy Dissipation: Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes', Delft University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.7480/abe.2018.12
Morales Beltran, M. (2018). Smart Energy Dissipation: Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes. A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.7480/abe.2018.12
Morales Beltran M. Smart Energy Dissipation: Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes. A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, 2018. 310 p. https://doi.org/10.7480/abe.2018.12
Morales Beltran, Mauricio. / Smart Energy Dissipation : Damped Outriggers for Tall Buildings under Strong Earthquakes. A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, 2018. 310 p.
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milcah and nahor
The. He had twelve sons, and among them Bethuel the father of Rebekah, Genesis 22:20-24. The more distinguished is Milcah, the daughter of Haran (Abraham's oldest brother), wife (and niece) of Nahor, and brother of Lot. One of the five daughters of Zelophehad. Milcah's son Bethuel moves to Padan-aram (also called Aram-Naharaim) and fathers Rebekah. The Talmud approved of a man who married his sister's daughter. (Gen. Thus, according to Rabbi Isaac, the two sisters, Milcah and Iscah, married the two brothers, Nahor and Abraham. ). Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites. (Gen. 11:27, 29.) MILCAH (PERSON) [Heb milkâ (מִלְכָּה )]. [V.32], Nahor II continued his own travels and settled in the region of Aram Naharaim where he founded the town, Nahor. [v.29] They were all born and raised in the city of Ur. Milcah was born to the man Haran, who also had another daughter, Iscah, and a son, Lot. According to Genesis Chapter 22, Milcah and Nahor have eight children: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. Nahor was the progenitor of twelve Aramean tribes through his 11 sons and 1 daughter. (Targum Jonathan to Gen. [v.26,27] His grandfather was Nahor I, son of Serug. Daughter of Haran and wife of her uncle Nahor, Abraham's brother, to whom she bore eight children. Nahor married the daughter of his brother Haran, Milcah, his niece (v.29). Milcah's granddaughter Rebekah eventually marries Milcah's nephew Isaac and gave birth to Jacob who became Israel. [4] In this region, Nahor and his family settled except for his brother Haran, who had died sometime ago back in Ur. There is a midrash that Milcah was the forbearer of all prophetsin the non-Je… 11:28.) 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Terah, their father, coordinated the gathering of his family to journey west to their destination. 20 Now after these things it was told Abraham, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemu′el the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethu′el." 1. (Gen. 22:23; 24:15, 24, 47.) The daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother. The Children of Nahor. They may all have been born and raised in the city of Ur: the biblical account states that "Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:28). Milcah married her uncle Nahor, Haran's brother. The daughter of Haran, and the wife of Nahor, by whom she had eight children. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. ), Milcah's son Bethuel moved to Padan-aram and fathered Rebekah. 2. One of these, Bethuel, was the father of Rebekah (. 22:21.) Milcah was born to the man Haran, who also had another daughter, Iscah, and a son, Lot. Daughter of Haran and half sister of Nahor who became Nahor's wife (, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated), 1. (See, e.g., Gunther Plaut, The Torah: a Modern Commentary, 881. He married Milcah his niece in Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 11:26,29, but seems to have transferred his residence to Haran, Genesis 24:10 27:43. Milcah, Nahor's wife, is Nahor's niece. 2. She was the mother of eight children, among whom were Bethuel, the father of Rebekah and Laban (, 2. 1. Milcah (related to the Hebrew word for "queen") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor in Genesis. Terah's territory appears to have extended between Haran and Ur, along the Tigris River. By registering for an account, you agree to Faithlife's, The most advanced Bible dictionary as a part of, 2. This was about halfway along the Fertile Crescent between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean, in what is now southeastern Turkey. Nahor. Call us at 888-634-2038. (Yalkut Shimoni Balak 22:20. In the account of Terah's family mentioned in Genesis 11:26–32, Nahor II (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr) is listed as the son of Terah, amongst two other brothers, Abram and Haran (v.26,27). 22:20.) (Gen. When Abram, had an encounter with God,[3] this brother directed his family to leave their native land and go to the land of Canaan. All rights reserved. Milcah's granddaughter Rebekah then married Milcah's nephew Isaac (Gen. 24:67; 25:20), and gave birth to Jacob (Gen. 25:21–26), who became Israel. Milcah and Nahor had eight children, Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. Son of Serug, and father of Terah, Genesis 11:22-25 Luke 3:34. In the account of Terah's family, mentioned in Gen.11:26-32, Nahor II is listed as the son of Terah, amongst two other brothers, Abram and Haran.
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In between Michelle Obama's memoir and Sally Rooney's hotly anticipated second novel, 2018 has been a great year for books. But what has been the greatest book of the year?
Last night [13 November] saw the third annual Books Are My Bag Readers Awards take place, which saw the winners announced in a number of categories, where the shortlists were put together by booksellers, and voted for by the public.
This year over 55,000 votes were cast by book fans across the UK, and the nation's favourite book was named in the Reader's Choice category - the only one with an entirely open vote, where the public can nominate their favourite book of the year without a shortlist. And the winner was?
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman! The book tells the story of Eleanor Oliphant, a lonely woman who has been surviving rather than living, whose whole life changes after a kind gesture from one of her work colleagues.
Elsewhere at the awards, The Secret Barrister won the Best Non-Fiction book, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton won the Best Novel, The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres took home the Best Poetry category, and The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman won the Young Adult award.
The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle then took home the Young Readers category, Sarah J. Harris, who wrote The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder, won the breakthrough author award, and Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series, designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong, won the category for most Beautiful Book.
Congrats, guys! Is anyone else feeling like reading now?


The Atlanta airport, formally designated as the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, has been the busiest in the world since 2000. As such, expect that you can easily get a good deal, given the more than 90 million passengers the airport served in 2012.
When renting a car in Atlanta airport, you can book online for the best deal or a cheap car rental in Atlanta airport, Georgia. You can choose from a great range of cars from international car rental companies like Avis, Budget, Hertz, Sixt and Thrifty rental cars, as well as US brands Dollar Rent a Car and Alamo car rentals. While parking in downtown Atlanta can be scarce and rush hour – 6:30 to 9:30 AM and 3:30 to 6:30 Pm – can be a disappointment, getting around by rental car would prove useful if you start exploring other neighbourhoods.
Atlanta is the gateway to the American south, and has figured prominently in American history from the time of the Civil War to the struggle for civil liberties. The Atlanta History Centre in Buckhead is less than 25 minutes to the north on your car rental from Atlanta airport, an un-missable museum that houses the largest collection of memorabilia dedicated to the American Civil War. Close to the downtown area, which is just 10 miles north of the airport, is the home and final resting place of the venerable Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent figure in the American civil rights movement.
It is not just all glum history, of course, when you drive around the city on an Atlanta airport car hire. Gone with the Wind, one of the greatest classics in American literature and film was written here, just a little north of downtown, in Margaret Mitchell's mansion in Midtown.
On the ancient fossils front, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, five miles north of MLK National Historic Site, displays the skeletons of the largest dinosaur ever discovered. Five minutes further north on your Atlanta airport car rental is a respectable collection of Greek and Egyptian artefacts housed in the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
The Centennial Park Area is a must-see destination when you arrive at Atlanta. This was where the 1996 Olympic Games were held, and within two blocks of the park, is the headquarters of Coca-Cola and the CNN Centre. The Georgia Aquarium just across the street will impress both children and adults with its sheer water volume and denizens on display. You can even swim with the whale shark if you are adventurous enough.
Perhaps you want to want to enjoy some retail therapy before you fly back home. Downtown and Midtown are great shopping destinations, but if you want to sample some upscale merchandise, head north to Buckhead, just 20 minutes way on rental cars from Atlanta airport. This neighbourhood is also known for splendid restaurants, chic watering holes, as well as top-tier hotels. If it gets too crowded, the Virginia-Highland offers casual ambience, while the Little Five Points neighbourhood is famous for alternative nightlife.


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Galloway Police Blotter April 11 - 17, 2021
Galloway Township Police responded to 779 calls for service during April 11, 2021 through April 17, 2021.
Additional statistics include: 0 Burglaries, 2 Vehicle Burglaries, 10 Motor Vehicle Accidents, 68 Tickets issued, 2 Driving While Intoxicated, 19 Arrests, 20 Domestic Violence, 8 Fire Calls, 99 EMS Calls and 0 Juvenile calls
Vehicle Burglaries:
200 Block of E. White Horse Pike
100 Block of Patriots Court
Steven C. Palmer, 29 of Galloway was arrested by Ofc. Nicholas Stewart and charged with Resisting Arrest, Defiant Trespassing and Obstruction on April 17.
Devon M. Cornelius, 51 of Atlantic City, NJ was arrested by Ofc. Gregory Gillespie and charged with Possession of CDS and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia on April 16.
David Lewis, 56 of Atlantic City, NJ was arrested by Ofc. Gregory Gillespie and charged with Possession of CDS and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia on April 16.
Michelle C. Volksen, 36 of Galloway was arrested by Det. Timothy Giberson and charged with Fictitious Report on April 15.
Joseph E. Brown, 22 of Egg Harbor City, NJ was arrested by Ofc. David LaSassa and charged with Resisting Arrest and Obstruction on April 15.
Suzanne L. Jones, 51 of Galloway was arrested by Ofc. Ronald Gorneau and charged with Criminal Mischief, Criminal Trespassing and Obstruction on April 15.
Maureen C. McMahon, 55 of Galloway was arrested by Ofc. Gregory Gillespie and charged with DWI on April 14.
Cindquetta J. Montgomery, 29 of Philadelphia, PA was arrested by Ofc. Michael Osorio and charged with Assault on a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest, Harassment, Refused to be Fingerprinted and Obstruction on April 14.
Angel C. Hernandez, 55 of Middletown, PA was arrested by Ofc. David LaSassa and charged with Exhibiting False Documents on April 11.
Daniel L. Watson Jr., 56 of Morristown, NJ was arrested by Sgt. Patrick Neal and charged with DWI on April 11.
Rheannon L. Fiducia, 41 of Galloway was arrested by Ofc. David LaSassa and charged with Hindering on April 11.
Anthony E. Arzuaga-Garcia, 26 of Galloway was arrested by Sgt. Stephen Vernon and charged with Hindering on April 11.
Juveniles:
Per Galloway Township Police Department, persons listed here as arrestees are considered innocent until or unless otherwise adjudicated otherwise in court. Be advised, arrests and names of individuals not listed in a Police Blotter are those arrests related to deaths when a next-of-kin has not been notified, any arrests in relation to a domestic violence case, and names of juveniles.
Galloway Police Blotter May 9 - 15, 2021
Mays Landing Resident Injured in Single Vehicle Co...
Galloway Police Blotter May 2 - 8, 2021