He knows his patients have a lot of restrictions when it comes to what they can put into their bodies to combat common health issues many women face during pregnancy on a daily basis.
So he turned to Dr. Pina LoGiudice, an acupuncturist and naturopathic doctor at Innersource Health in N.Y. for some natural ways to make the pregnancy experience a little easier.
“Certain medications and over-the-counter medications are not recommended for expectant moms,” Alvarez said. “And morning sickness is usually a sign of a viable pregnancy, but dealing with nausea morning, noon and night could be a nightmare.”
LoGiudice said she has found taking a ginger capsule to be the most effective when dealing with morning sickness.
“And that could be a 250 milligram capsule, and I’ll recommend two of those, twice a day,” she said. “B6 is also a really great nutrient that could help your body metabolizing hormones, which will help minimize the nausea as well.”
Since the immune system is slightly lowered during pregnancy, women may be more vulnerable to colds, Alvarez said.
“Studies show that the more sleep you get, the better your immune system will be,” LoGiudice said. “I would also recommend a small dose of vitamin C when a woman has a cold. You don’t want to take too much of it because it can induce contractions, so I usually keep it at anywhere less than 500 mg. I love Neti pots, especially if there is a sinus infection. And doing saltwater gargles if you have a sore throat.”
As your body changes to make room for the baby’s growth, aches and pains in the legs, lower back and hips are pretty common, according to Alvarez.
“The first thing is definitely magnesium. That will actually help with restless leg syndrome or if you have any low back cramping,” LoGiudice said. “Calcium is quite wonderful because ... your body will cause more aches and pains because you're trying to build your baby, and so you yourself become deficient.
Acupuncture is phenomenal and safe for those low back pains or sciatica or that neck stiffness.”
But LoGiudice’s favorite for sore mothers-to-be? Massage therapy.
Additional blood and fluid can cause swelling, which is normal, Alvarez said, but it can make you very uncomfortable.
“The first thing I recommend is actually a parsley tea., which will help your body eliminate the fluid in the body so you're not so swollen,” LoGiudice said. “There is conflicting information about salt intake. You don't want to have too much, and of course you don't want to have too little. So you just want to be mindful about how much you're getting in your diet.”
If you are experiencing heartburn, LoGiudice recommended trying a papaya enzyme, chewing slowly and de-stressing.
2011年11月30日星期三
Family hopes to raise chickens in Pasco
Amelia Larson hopes to use an empty chicken coop in her Pasco backyard to raise chickens with her four children.
The stay-at-home mom says it would be a chance for her kids to learn about raising their own food.
But whether the new coop's residents will be allowed depends on what the Pasco City Council decides about her request to allow chickens in residential zones.
Chickens are allowed only in residential suburban zones, but not residential zones, which have a smaller lot size. If Larson's request is approved, chickens and rabbits would be allowed in residential zones as well.
Families could then own up to three chickens in residential zones, with the total number of chickens, rabbits, dogs and cats capped at six for a single family home on a lot 5,000 square feet or larger, said Rick White, city community and economic development director.
Kennewick allows chickens in residential suburban zones but not other residential zones, unless the property was annexed into the city with the use grandfathered in and has continued to have chickens since annexation.
Richland allows chickens, except for roosters, and rabbits among permitted household pets, according to Richland municipal code. Each dwelling unit is limited to five household pets.
West Richland allows chickens and rabbits in residential zones. Homes are limited to two or five small animals, depending on density.
Larson said she and her husband, Jeff, never have owned chickens before, but she wanted to raise some of her family's food. At first, she thought chickens weren't possible in a residential neighborhood.
But her research found other cities did allow it.
So the stay-at-home mom sent a letter to the city asking officials to legalize small numbers of hens and rabbits in residential zones. And she included examples of ordinances from other cities like Seattle.
Larson said her family would likely try raising both, although they are most interested in chickens. Other families expressed interest in rabbits, prompting her to ask for both.
Chickens are among the easiest farm animals to care for and don't need much space, she said. And they don't make a lot of noise in comparison with other allowed pets, she said.
And Larson said they will eat almost any scraps and help fertilize gardens. That's a self-sufficiency she is looking for.
Her children, Gabriel, 12, Faith, 9, Asher, 6, and Elias, 3, are excited by the idea, and Gabriel spoke with Larson in support of the proposal before the Nov. 17 city planning commission, she said.
The city planning commission recommended that the council approve the change to city code.
Jason Caryl of Pasco asked the city council to support the measure. His family raised chickens when they lived in another area, and the joy his three children experienced and the things they learned from collecting eggs and cooking them was undeniable, he said.
But Glen Fry of Pasco said he doesn't like the idea of having a rickety old chicken coop near his home. If he wanted to live near livestock, he said he wouldn't have moved to Pasco.
Councilwoman Rebecca Francik said she thinks that if the city allows people to own large dogs, it's hard to say people can't have a couple of chickens.
"I find that dogs are much more annoying noise-wise than birds," she said.
Mayor Matt Watkins said he thinks using dog noise as a comparison isn't good because the city already has an issue with noise. Noise is the most common complaint he receives from city residents.
He said he would support chickens only if they were in or right next to the owner's bedroom.
But Francik said she grew up with chickens, and without roosters, they aren't that noisy. And they eat bugs in the garden and produce fresh eggs.
Councilman Al Yenney said he would support the measure but thinks that "hens" is too broad of a term. That could include guinea hens, he said.
The city council will continue to discuss the proposal at the Dec. 12 workshop meeting.
At first, Larson said she felt like she shouldn't bother. But the process has been relatively fast and city staff has worked with her, she said. She said she would encourage others who would like to see a change in city code to ask.
The stay-at-home mom says it would be a chance for her kids to learn about raising their own food.
But whether the new coop's residents will be allowed depends on what the Pasco City Council decides about her request to allow chickens in residential zones.
Chickens are allowed only in residential suburban zones, but not residential zones, which have a smaller lot size. If Larson's request is approved, chickens and rabbits would be allowed in residential zones as well.
Families could then own up to three chickens in residential zones, with the total number of chickens, rabbits, dogs and cats capped at six for a single family home on a lot 5,000 square feet or larger, said Rick White, city community and economic development director.
Kennewick allows chickens in residential suburban zones but not other residential zones, unless the property was annexed into the city with the use grandfathered in and has continued to have chickens since annexation.
Richland allows chickens, except for roosters, and rabbits among permitted household pets, according to Richland municipal code. Each dwelling unit is limited to five household pets.
West Richland allows chickens and rabbits in residential zones. Homes are limited to two or five small animals, depending on density.
Larson said she and her husband, Jeff, never have owned chickens before, but she wanted to raise some of her family's food. At first, she thought chickens weren't possible in a residential neighborhood.
But her research found other cities did allow it.
So the stay-at-home mom sent a letter to the city asking officials to legalize small numbers of hens and rabbits in residential zones. And she included examples of ordinances from other cities like Seattle.
Larson said her family would likely try raising both, although they are most interested in chickens. Other families expressed interest in rabbits, prompting her to ask for both.
Chickens are among the easiest farm animals to care for and don't need much space, she said. And they don't make a lot of noise in comparison with other allowed pets, she said.
And Larson said they will eat almost any scraps and help fertilize gardens. That's a self-sufficiency she is looking for.
Her children, Gabriel, 12, Faith, 9, Asher, 6, and Elias, 3, are excited by the idea, and Gabriel spoke with Larson in support of the proposal before the Nov. 17 city planning commission, she said.
The city planning commission recommended that the council approve the change to city code.
Jason Caryl of Pasco asked the city council to support the measure. His family raised chickens when they lived in another area, and the joy his three children experienced and the things they learned from collecting eggs and cooking them was undeniable, he said.
But Glen Fry of Pasco said he doesn't like the idea of having a rickety old chicken coop near his home. If he wanted to live near livestock, he said he wouldn't have moved to Pasco.
Councilwoman Rebecca Francik said she thinks that if the city allows people to own large dogs, it's hard to say people can't have a couple of chickens.
"I find that dogs are much more annoying noise-wise than birds," she said.
Mayor Matt Watkins said he thinks using dog noise as a comparison isn't good because the city already has an issue with noise. Noise is the most common complaint he receives from city residents.
He said he would support chickens only if they were in or right next to the owner's bedroom.
But Francik said she grew up with chickens, and without roosters, they aren't that noisy. And they eat bugs in the garden and produce fresh eggs.
Councilman Al Yenney said he would support the measure but thinks that "hens" is too broad of a term. That could include guinea hens, he said.
The city council will continue to discuss the proposal at the Dec. 12 workshop meeting.
At first, Larson said she felt like she shouldn't bother. But the process has been relatively fast and city staff has worked with her, she said. She said she would encourage others who would like to see a change in city code to ask.
2011年11月29日星期二
Feds won't sign new climate deal without major emitters
The federal government says it won't sign on to a new international climate change deal if the world's major emitters are not involved, while continuing to avoid questions on whether it will formally withdraw from the ten-year-old Kyoto Protocol.
Environment Minister Peter Kent played coy Monday when asked during a press conference whether the government will indeed pull the plug on Kyoto, as CTV News reported Sunday night.
During question period in the House of Commons, NDP MP Peter Julian called the government's decision "environmental vandalism," and accused the Conservatives of both harming the environment and killing future "green" jobs.
"Canada's obligations under this agreement are legally binding. Canada's obligations to fight climate change are morally binding. Canada's obligations to future generations should be clear to all," Julian said.
"So how can the Conservatives justify abandoning Canada's legal and moral obligations to fight climate change, and how can they betray future generations so irresponsibly?"
Industry Minister Christian Paradis said the government is sticking to its commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2020. However, he said the Kyoto agreement won't work because it excludes some of the world's top emitters.
"Our government is balancing the need for a cleaner and healthier environment with protecting jobs and economic growth," Paradis told question period.
"We need an effective agreement. Effective means it must include large emitters. The Kyoto Protocol doesn't include major emitters like China and the United States, and therefore it will not work. Canada will not sign on to a new agreement that does not include all major emitters."
Earlier Monday, Kent called a news conference to announce the government's intention to renew the clean air regulatory agenda, which puts $600 million over five years towards research, monitoring and enforcement of regulations governing greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
Kent told the earlier news conference that he was "neither confirming nor denying" that Ottawa will pull out of its Kyoto commitments.
When Kent was asked about Kyoto on Monday, the environment minister would only say that Canada would not make a second commitment to the accord.
"Kyoto is the past," said Kent.
Talks now underway Monday in Durban, South Africa, are the future, Kent said.
Negotiators have gathered in Durban in hopes of hashing out an international agreement on cutting greenhouse gases around the globe. Ministers, including Kent, will join the talks in about a week's time.
In Durban, Canada counts itself among countries that want to step back from Kyoto, in favour of a new approach.
Under Kyoto, developing countries and emerging countries like China are not held to account in the same way that developed countries are.
Kent has indicated that Japan, Russia and the United States agree with Canada on the need for a new way forward.
Critics have suggested that the Canadian government will be making the wrong move, if it chooses to back away from Kyoto.
Gillian McEachern of Environmental Defence said that if Canada does renege on its Kyoto commitments, it will be setting an undesirable precedent among the countries that signed on.
"We signed and ratified Kyoto and if the decision is made to formally pull us out of it, we will be the only country in the world to have ratified it and then absolutely walked away," McEachern told CTV News Channel from Ottawa.
On the weekend, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Canada will "be a pariah globally if it goes through with this."
NDP environment critic Megan Leslie called the government's reported plan to pull out of the Kyoto accord both "cynical" and "cowardly."
CTV's Mercedes Stephenson said the Canadian government is likely prepared for the fact it will also face criticism from abroad.
But taking a hard line on Kyoto could resonate with some domestic voters.
"I spoke with Conservative sources this morning who also told me that their base will be very happy about this announcement that it's in line with their beliefs that something new needs to be negotiated, something that includes the world's biggest polluters," she told CTV News Channel on Monday.
Environment Minister Peter Kent played coy Monday when asked during a press conference whether the government will indeed pull the plug on Kyoto, as CTV News reported Sunday night.
During question period in the House of Commons, NDP MP Peter Julian called the government's decision "environmental vandalism," and accused the Conservatives of both harming the environment and killing future "green" jobs.
"Canada's obligations under this agreement are legally binding. Canada's obligations to fight climate change are morally binding. Canada's obligations to future generations should be clear to all," Julian said.
"So how can the Conservatives justify abandoning Canada's legal and moral obligations to fight climate change, and how can they betray future generations so irresponsibly?"
Industry Minister Christian Paradis said the government is sticking to its commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2020. However, he said the Kyoto agreement won't work because it excludes some of the world's top emitters.
"Our government is balancing the need for a cleaner and healthier environment with protecting jobs and economic growth," Paradis told question period.
"We need an effective agreement. Effective means it must include large emitters. The Kyoto Protocol doesn't include major emitters like China and the United States, and therefore it will not work. Canada will not sign on to a new agreement that does not include all major emitters."
Earlier Monday, Kent called a news conference to announce the government's intention to renew the clean air regulatory agenda, which puts $600 million over five years towards research, monitoring and enforcement of regulations governing greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
Kent told the earlier news conference that he was "neither confirming nor denying" that Ottawa will pull out of its Kyoto commitments.
When Kent was asked about Kyoto on Monday, the environment minister would only say that Canada would not make a second commitment to the accord.
"Kyoto is the past," said Kent.
Talks now underway Monday in Durban, South Africa, are the future, Kent said.
Negotiators have gathered in Durban in hopes of hashing out an international agreement on cutting greenhouse gases around the globe. Ministers, including Kent, will join the talks in about a week's time.
In Durban, Canada counts itself among countries that want to step back from Kyoto, in favour of a new approach.
Under Kyoto, developing countries and emerging countries like China are not held to account in the same way that developed countries are.
Kent has indicated that Japan, Russia and the United States agree with Canada on the need for a new way forward.
Critics have suggested that the Canadian government will be making the wrong move, if it chooses to back away from Kyoto.
Gillian McEachern of Environmental Defence said that if Canada does renege on its Kyoto commitments, it will be setting an undesirable precedent among the countries that signed on.
"We signed and ratified Kyoto and if the decision is made to formally pull us out of it, we will be the only country in the world to have ratified it and then absolutely walked away," McEachern told CTV News Channel from Ottawa.
On the weekend, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Canada will "be a pariah globally if it goes through with this."
NDP environment critic Megan Leslie called the government's reported plan to pull out of the Kyoto accord both "cynical" and "cowardly."
CTV's Mercedes Stephenson said the Canadian government is likely prepared for the fact it will also face criticism from abroad.
But taking a hard line on Kyoto could resonate with some domestic voters.
"I spoke with Conservative sources this morning who also told me that their base will be very happy about this announcement that it's in line with their beliefs that something new needs to be negotiated, something that includes the world's biggest polluters," she told CTV News Channel on Monday.
2011年11月28日星期一
Cyber Monday 2011 ViewSonic bargains
A small holiday getaway excursion fiends do it all, but nevertheless , progressively more men and women select the entire world broad net. On the total, retail retailer income occasions for thanksgiving are predicted to make confident you bounce A few percent or probably even really a lot a lot less on 2011, but however , on the internet product sales events are anticipated to leap more than Fifteen p.c.
And as a outcome 34 fraction of customers noted in a Worldwide Marketing Federation examine that they may possibly truly get a tiny sum of merchandise on the internet this yr. Routinely, we transformed ones types. Enhanced within the past, 20-7.9 % of clientele paid out for merchandise on the internet. Employing the advancement of capsules and smartphones one particular the marketplace, purchasing has turn out to be faster.
“It is an irritation to appear to get while in the most frantic purchases time period of the genuine twelve months,Ins noted Daniel signifiant Grandpre, ceo of the dealnews.org . “On-line is less complicated.Ins
And there is a completely without wider day vs Cyber Monday Through the distinct Tuesday customers aftermath in the Thanksgiving gluttony and comprehend Xmas is in reality only a calendar month down.
This distinct past calendar year, on the internet potential buyers expended $ 1 billion connected to Cyber Monday, a day-to-day capture designed for purchasing, nonetheless it should have identically development this calendar year, unless of course Provide Day of the week connected to January. sixteen factors towards every single other.
In assist of good offers, it can be second finest day’s purchases soon soon after Black Friday, signifiant Grandpre reported.
Leisure, the expense and selection unquestionably are driving a automobile the distinct double-digit, yr-above-year development in on the internet product sales events, Sucharita Mulpuru reported in a Forrester holiday excursion guess.
“The basic rewards of the on the web, combined with industrial uncertainty, the call to use up correctly, and permanent offer-facet investment cash can lead to just an additional effectively-built regrowth twelve months designed for on the internet getaway excursion retail store product sales activities in 2011,Ins your girlfriend printed.
At the very same time, males and girls make an on the web purchase in addition to boutiques use up 20 fraction higher than and beyond these that retail store normally to get, NRF Advertising communications Vp Ellen Davis reported.
Purchasing continues only a tiny proportion of the retail keep sales events Via Forrester delivers on the internet revenue events shall be $ 59.Few of billion this yr. Collectively with $ 465.Six to eight billion entirely retail keep product sales occasions envisaged for thanksgiving, significantly like a Worldwide Promoting Federation guess, which can be less than a single practically each single twelve getaway trip price range.
Financial experts and retail retailer viewers say the economic system generates a man or woman to be stingy creating use of their price range. In actuality, we’ll actually buy considerably a lot less gift ideas, Sixteen., considerably like Deloitte’s 12-monthly holiday getaway trip examine, which can again down for fifth 12 months when. Around 2007, absolutely everyone was in fact getting your self 24.1 simple merchandise.
Traditionally we could finding a handful cozy merchandise for that household members simply no a whole lot a lot more time investing merchandise with so a lot shoppers. Who wishes to commit a acquaintance inside of of the posture of the reciprocating when you are you will not completely have the money for the subsequent?
Gian Fulgoni, account supervisor chairman of the comScore Corporation., just what race tracks e-commerce, documented center-earnings possible consumers retain an eye on the top part of the on the web product sales functions, 43 fraction.
Even now decrease-cash flow men and women who also will be a good deal far more, for that reason tech-savvy, unquestionably are expanding way quicker, Fulgoni noted. Several Millennials are normally favorable with regards to economic system, a little too, he stated.
This present calendar year folks unquestionably are current sources these as the world extensive world wide web to learn great deals, both by comparison purchases about the smartphones a single the industry about the boutiques, preshopping on the world wide web for leading stage good bargains, or possibly even flat-out obtaining by yourself on the world wide web specifically where these firms discover the greatest the cost.
“Some vendors are declaring these are viewing their personal rivaling the globe extensive world wide web on their distinctive boutiques,Ins Fulgoni reported in a most current internet-based mostly manifeste speaking.
Most have ended getting stressed and obtained likely undertaking one it. The primary increasing world wide web distributors are mainly multichannel distributors, Fulgoni noted, decryption these bricks-and-mortar boutiques unquestionably are studying to management their likely clients ranging from in-keep to make certain you on the world wide web and however yet again.
Cyber Monday fingers down will present evidence by utilizing the bulk of the initial suppliers carrying out a all-out power developed for on the net income events tomorrow. At the identical time, industry distributors have an incredible standing. Moment best store’s Twitter report or perhaps even preserve to the preserve attached to Forums for more info.
“You become a a number of smaller organizations getting concerned in Cyber Monday,Ins signifiant Grandpre noted. “Black Unique is in simple fact dominated by big-box vendors.Ins
Consist of a excellent World enviromentally pleasant. Just in circumstance individual, tablet or perhaps even cellphone just isn’t protected against viruses and also of spyware and your credit card debt info and passwords shall be taken any time you buy points (for the reason that really does practically all folks preserve on your difficult drive or maybe even consider on the net).
Offer anti-virus and anti-adware computer software setup and up-to-date. No matter whether the relevance of dependability programs are over and above reach, over perform a single about the free of charge sites to select from. Look into ‘best gratis antivirus’ and ‘best gratis mobile mobile phone products antivirus’ to have features.
Secure and secured your online connecting. Distinct your pc’s firewall software is in truth connected to. Make use of a wireless provider it wants to be secured for this reason a individual is in fact skulking out of doors will not accumulate your facts . Hardly ever before obtain a open up to the manifeste Wi-Fi service program to have a types of personal debt operation an additional kinds of delicate data equilibrium transfer.
Incorporate responsible institutions. If you do not conscious of save, research the world wide web created for assessments organization users’ feels complete a credentials view by staring at pages that can search at e-stores (most notably, Epinions, BizRate, Much better Enterprise Bureau ).
Get absent from fraudulence. Via remain away from fraudulence is not hard: Hardly ever before push a web site inside an electronic mail software or possibly even on the internet promoting campaign does not make a difference how of excellent standing the specific set up net web page or perhaps even electronic mail sender will be. Get a search motor outcomes and look for the offer or possibly even save your way of life.
Help personal information. A lot of e-commerce and cell cellphone units organization pages prompt one particular can end result in a certain individual report, such as the if you retail keep on that point there sometimes. Even larger a lot more involved, do not allow the phone store retain the financial debt info about historical past.
Whether or not the support provider requests added information financial institution checking account, Online Security, or perhaps even drivers licenses percentages Do not present people. A tiny of good standing institutions will request some other questions your passions, challenging to ought to be different of every single be attentive.
Attempt to make transactions securely accompanied by a credit rating card or possibly even properly-revered reimbursement services plan. Cost card acquisitions limitations your authorized obligation but the greater part of atm cards might not furnish carrying out this insurance coverage protection. Or perhaps a obtain a reimbursement services plan a thing like PayPal that can hides from view your debt info in the on the web store and will frequently be set up to get capital from the bank checking account. Keep away from examinations, cashier’s examinations, twine transfers or possibly even money order placed simply because have best worries designed for sham.
And as a outcome 34 fraction of customers noted in a Worldwide Marketing Federation examine that they may possibly truly get a tiny sum of merchandise on the internet this yr. Routinely, we transformed ones types. Enhanced within the past, 20-7.9 % of clientele paid out for merchandise on the internet. Employing the advancement of capsules and smartphones one particular the marketplace, purchasing has turn out to be faster.
“It is an irritation to appear to get while in the most frantic purchases time period of the genuine twelve months,Ins noted Daniel signifiant Grandpre, ceo of the dealnews.org . “On-line is less complicated.Ins
And there is a completely without wider day vs Cyber Monday Through the distinct Tuesday customers aftermath in the Thanksgiving gluttony and comprehend Xmas is in reality only a calendar month down.
This distinct past calendar year, on the internet potential buyers expended $ 1 billion connected to Cyber Monday, a day-to-day capture designed for purchasing, nonetheless it should have identically development this calendar year, unless of course Provide Day of the week connected to January. sixteen factors towards every single other.
In assist of good offers, it can be second finest day’s purchases soon soon after Black Friday, signifiant Grandpre reported.
Leisure, the expense and selection unquestionably are driving a automobile the distinct double-digit, yr-above-year development in on the internet product sales events, Sucharita Mulpuru reported in a Forrester holiday excursion guess.
“The basic rewards of the on the web, combined with industrial uncertainty, the call to use up correctly, and permanent offer-facet investment cash can lead to just an additional effectively-built regrowth twelve months designed for on the internet getaway excursion retail store product sales activities in 2011,Ins your girlfriend printed.
At the very same time, males and girls make an on the web purchase in addition to boutiques use up 20 fraction higher than and beyond these that retail store normally to get, NRF Advertising communications Vp Ellen Davis reported.
Purchasing continues only a tiny proportion of the retail keep sales events Via Forrester delivers on the internet revenue events shall be $ 59.Few of billion this yr. Collectively with $ 465.Six to eight billion entirely retail keep product sales occasions envisaged for thanksgiving, significantly like a Worldwide Promoting Federation guess, which can be less than a single practically each single twelve getaway trip price range.
Financial experts and retail retailer viewers say the economic system generates a man or woman to be stingy creating use of their price range. In actuality, we’ll actually buy considerably a lot less gift ideas, Sixteen., considerably like Deloitte’s 12-monthly holiday getaway trip examine, which can again down for fifth 12 months when. Around 2007, absolutely everyone was in fact getting your self 24.1 simple merchandise.
Traditionally we could finding a handful cozy merchandise for that household members simply no a whole lot a lot more time investing merchandise with so a lot shoppers. Who wishes to commit a acquaintance inside of of the posture of the reciprocating when you are you will not completely have the money for the subsequent?
Gian Fulgoni, account supervisor chairman of the comScore Corporation., just what race tracks e-commerce, documented center-earnings possible consumers retain an eye on the top part of the on the web product sales functions, 43 fraction.
Even now decrease-cash flow men and women who also will be a good deal far more, for that reason tech-savvy, unquestionably are expanding way quicker, Fulgoni noted. Several Millennials are normally favorable with regards to economic system, a little too, he stated.
This present calendar year folks unquestionably are current sources these as the world extensive world wide web to learn great deals, both by comparison purchases about the smartphones a single the industry about the boutiques, preshopping on the world wide web for leading stage good bargains, or possibly even flat-out obtaining by yourself on the world wide web specifically where these firms discover the greatest the cost.
“Some vendors are declaring these are viewing their personal rivaling the globe extensive world wide web on their distinctive boutiques,Ins Fulgoni reported in a most current internet-based mostly manifeste speaking.
Most have ended getting stressed and obtained likely undertaking one it. The primary increasing world wide web distributors are mainly multichannel distributors, Fulgoni noted, decryption these bricks-and-mortar boutiques unquestionably are studying to management their likely clients ranging from in-keep to make certain you on the world wide web and however yet again.
Cyber Monday fingers down will present evidence by utilizing the bulk of the initial suppliers carrying out a all-out power developed for on the net income events tomorrow. At the identical time, industry distributors have an incredible standing. Moment best store’s Twitter report or perhaps even preserve to the preserve attached to Forums for more info.
“You become a a number of smaller organizations getting concerned in Cyber Monday,Ins signifiant Grandpre noted. “Black Unique is in simple fact dominated by big-box vendors.Ins
Consist of a excellent World enviromentally pleasant. Just in circumstance individual, tablet or perhaps even cellphone just isn’t protected against viruses and also of spyware and your credit card debt info and passwords shall be taken any time you buy points (for the reason that really does practically all folks preserve on your difficult drive or maybe even consider on the net).
Offer anti-virus and anti-adware computer software setup and up-to-date. No matter whether the relevance of dependability programs are over and above reach, over perform a single about the free of charge sites to select from. Look into ‘best gratis antivirus’ and ‘best gratis mobile mobile phone products antivirus’ to have features.
Secure and secured your online connecting. Distinct your pc’s firewall software is in truth connected to. Make use of a wireless provider it wants to be secured for this reason a individual is in fact skulking out of doors will not accumulate your facts . Hardly ever before obtain a open up to the manifeste Wi-Fi service program to have a types of personal debt operation an additional kinds of delicate data equilibrium transfer.
Incorporate responsible institutions. If you do not conscious of save, research the world wide web created for assessments organization users’ feels complete a credentials view by staring at pages that can search at e-stores (most notably, Epinions, BizRate, Much better Enterprise Bureau ).
Get absent from fraudulence. Via remain away from fraudulence is not hard: Hardly ever before push a web site inside an electronic mail software or possibly even on the internet promoting campaign does not make a difference how of excellent standing the specific set up net web page or perhaps even electronic mail sender will be. Get a search motor outcomes and look for the offer or possibly even save your way of life.
Help personal information. A lot of e-commerce and cell cellphone units organization pages prompt one particular can end result in a certain individual report, such as the if you retail keep on that point there sometimes. Even larger a lot more involved, do not allow the phone store retain the financial debt info about historical past.
Whether or not the support provider requests added information financial institution checking account, Online Security, or perhaps even drivers licenses percentages Do not present people. A tiny of good standing institutions will request some other questions your passions, challenging to ought to be different of every single be attentive.
Attempt to make transactions securely accompanied by a credit rating card or possibly even properly-revered reimbursement services plan. Cost card acquisitions limitations your authorized obligation but the greater part of atm cards might not furnish carrying out this insurance coverage protection. Or perhaps a obtain a reimbursement services plan a thing like PayPal that can hides from view your debt info in the on the web store and will frequently be set up to get capital from the bank checking account. Keep away from examinations, cashier’s examinations, twine transfers or possibly even money order placed simply because have best worries designed for sham.
2011年11月25日星期五
Luckhardt will sit this game out
California University's football team will be missing a key component for its playoff game Saturday against Winston-Salem State.
Head coach John Luckhardt will miss the game because of a kidney stone and an accompanying infection. Luckhardt is receiving treatment for the two ailments and is expected to return to the sidelines if the Vulcans are playing next week.
Mike Kellar, the Vulcans' offensive coordinator, will run the offense and Mike Conway, the defensive coordinator, will handle the defense.
"I guess coach is putting us to the test," said Kellar, who was head football coach at Concord last season. "We're holding out a slight chance that he might be able to go. But it's 99 percent that he won't."
Kellar said Luckhardt has been battling this condition for a couple weeks. He came down with a fever Monday, so the coaching staff was preparing the week's work with the expectation Luckhardt would not be there.
"It didn't look good for him to go," Kellar said. "He's going to be fine. The problem has been that he has a kidney stone and they can't treat it because he's had this infection. And they can't treat the infection until they get rid of the kidney stone."
Luckhardt considered not traveling with the team in the PSAC crossover game against Cheyney but changed his mind and was on the sidelines for the Vulcans' 43-3 victory.
Luckhardt was on the sidelines again for last week's 44-0 victory over Elizabeth City State in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. But he passed on attending the postgame news conference, sending Kellar and Conway in his place.
Cal, now 10-2, takes on the region's top-seed Winston-Salem State (10-0).
"We know John's philosophy," Kellar said. "It will be different, a new dynamic. I think the kids are going to be fine. The last couple of weeks, coach has been in and out with this. We gave them the heads-up this week, and they know it's not life-threatening."
Thomas Mayo, who leads Cal with 73 receptions for 1,230 yards and 16 touchdowns, said Luckhardt's absence will be a motivating factor.
"We want to win this game for him," said Mayo, who played on Kellar's team at Concord last year. "Things are not going to change much. We've got to play the game. We have a little more motivation now."
Among Luckhardt's many coaching milestones is that he is the all-time leader in victories at two colleges in the same county. He had a record in 16 seasons at Washington & Jefferson College, His record at California is 88-32 in 10 seasons.
The game, which kicks off at 1 p.m., won't be televised but the live stats can be found on Cal's Web page. WJPA will broadcast the game.
"I'll hate that he's not going to be there," said Kellar. "It's something we have to go through."
Head coach John Luckhardt will miss the game because of a kidney stone and an accompanying infection. Luckhardt is receiving treatment for the two ailments and is expected to return to the sidelines if the Vulcans are playing next week.
Mike Kellar, the Vulcans' offensive coordinator, will run the offense and Mike Conway, the defensive coordinator, will handle the defense.
"I guess coach is putting us to the test," said Kellar, who was head football coach at Concord last season. "We're holding out a slight chance that he might be able to go. But it's 99 percent that he won't."
Kellar said Luckhardt has been battling this condition for a couple weeks. He came down with a fever Monday, so the coaching staff was preparing the week's work with the expectation Luckhardt would not be there.
"It didn't look good for him to go," Kellar said. "He's going to be fine. The problem has been that he has a kidney stone and they can't treat it because he's had this infection. And they can't treat the infection until they get rid of the kidney stone."
Luckhardt considered not traveling with the team in the PSAC crossover game against Cheyney but changed his mind and was on the sidelines for the Vulcans' 43-3 victory.
Luckhardt was on the sidelines again for last week's 44-0 victory over Elizabeth City State in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. But he passed on attending the postgame news conference, sending Kellar and Conway in his place.
Cal, now 10-2, takes on the region's top-seed Winston-Salem State (10-0).
"We know John's philosophy," Kellar said. "It will be different, a new dynamic. I think the kids are going to be fine. The last couple of weeks, coach has been in and out with this. We gave them the heads-up this week, and they know it's not life-threatening."
Thomas Mayo, who leads Cal with 73 receptions for 1,230 yards and 16 touchdowns, said Luckhardt's absence will be a motivating factor.
"We want to win this game for him," said Mayo, who played on Kellar's team at Concord last year. "Things are not going to change much. We've got to play the game. We have a little more motivation now."
Among Luckhardt's many coaching milestones is that he is the all-time leader in victories at two colleges in the same county. He had a record in 16 seasons at Washington & Jefferson College, His record at California is 88-32 in 10 seasons.
The game, which kicks off at 1 p.m., won't be televised but the live stats can be found on Cal's Web page. WJPA will broadcast the game.
"I'll hate that he's not going to be there," said Kellar. "It's something we have to go through."
2011年11月23日星期三
Make out the Hemorrhoids Symptoms In Women
It is a disease involving rectal veins becoming swollen and full of agony. The area under the influence of the disease is the rectum and anus. Constipation is considered to be a usual reason behind the occurrence of this malady. But some hemorrhoid symptoms in women have been seen during pregnancy too.
If you happen to be at all like us, it can be nerve-wracking any time you need accurate details concerning a specific subject, and it seems nearly out of the question to find.
What we have observed, more and more, is just doing a basic search does not always generate the most suitable resources. We have read many people complain about that, so you are not being singled out by the search engines. As a result of our own experiences with Hemorrhoids research, this series of reports was produced. You can take this advice and expand on it in your own researching efforts.
Pregnancy in woman is the cause which influences hemorrhoids to occur. A lot of strain occurs due to bearing and in giving birth. If a woman had it already during the very first time she may have it again next time. It actually occurs because mostly pregnant women suffer from the problem of constipation as well. They are also likely to occur when the birth is given but can be avoided if you don t suffer from constipation. So the increasing of uterus directly increases the strain on a woman s body. The anus starts hanging out due to the inflamed veins in the rectum. It is usually painful and also starts to bleed. Pregnancy hormones like progesterone also lead to the relaxation of the veins which may swell it even more easily. The bowel movements are harder to tolerate as they increase the pain and makes the problem even more discomforting.
Hemorrhoids don t cause constipation but the vice versa is true. Constipation is a problem in passage of stool during the bowel movement. The intense pain creates problems during the bowel movement or excretion. The hemorrhoids causing constipation can be treated by drinking plenty of water, doing lots of exercises, not delaying the bowel movements, adopting a good diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains and cereals. It is also advised to keep the anal area dry and clean.
Laser operations: A quicker method to heal the hemorrhoids problem is the laser operation. It brings relief completely. The relative impact of Hemorrhoids Symptoms In Women on your situation can be dramatic and cause issues of all kinds. There are so many scenarios and variations – twists and turns, that maybe you see how difficult it can be to cover all bases. So we feel this is just an ideal time to take a break and examine what has just been covered. We are highly confident about the ability of what we offer, today, to make a difference. If you continue, we know you will not be disappointed with what we have to provide in this article. This procedure is carried out mostly in the cases where hemorrhoids have become more painful and itchy. This surgery is not like other hemorrhoid surgeries so it may be a little expensive. The surgery might bring in lots of bleeding and utter pains for the patient for the next few days. Prior to this, a local anesthesia is given to the patients. It is considered as a major surgery.
If you happen to be at all like us, it can be nerve-wracking any time you need accurate details concerning a specific subject, and it seems nearly out of the question to find.
What we have observed, more and more, is just doing a basic search does not always generate the most suitable resources. We have read many people complain about that, so you are not being singled out by the search engines. As a result of our own experiences with Hemorrhoids research, this series of reports was produced. You can take this advice and expand on it in your own researching efforts.
Pregnancy in woman is the cause which influences hemorrhoids to occur. A lot of strain occurs due to bearing and in giving birth. If a woman had it already during the very first time she may have it again next time. It actually occurs because mostly pregnant women suffer from the problem of constipation as well. They are also likely to occur when the birth is given but can be avoided if you don t suffer from constipation. So the increasing of uterus directly increases the strain on a woman s body. The anus starts hanging out due to the inflamed veins in the rectum. It is usually painful and also starts to bleed. Pregnancy hormones like progesterone also lead to the relaxation of the veins which may swell it even more easily. The bowel movements are harder to tolerate as they increase the pain and makes the problem even more discomforting.
Hemorrhoids don t cause constipation but the vice versa is true. Constipation is a problem in passage of stool during the bowel movement. The intense pain creates problems during the bowel movement or excretion. The hemorrhoids causing constipation can be treated by drinking plenty of water, doing lots of exercises, not delaying the bowel movements, adopting a good diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains and cereals. It is also advised to keep the anal area dry and clean.
Laser operations: A quicker method to heal the hemorrhoids problem is the laser operation. It brings relief completely. The relative impact of Hemorrhoids Symptoms In Women on your situation can be dramatic and cause issues of all kinds. There are so many scenarios and variations – twists and turns, that maybe you see how difficult it can be to cover all bases. So we feel this is just an ideal time to take a break and examine what has just been covered. We are highly confident about the ability of what we offer, today, to make a difference. If you continue, we know you will not be disappointed with what we have to provide in this article. This procedure is carried out mostly in the cases where hemorrhoids have become more painful and itchy. This surgery is not like other hemorrhoid surgeries so it may be a little expensive. The surgery might bring in lots of bleeding and utter pains for the patient for the next few days. Prior to this, a local anesthesia is given to the patients. It is considered as a major surgery.
2011年11月22日星期二
The Truth About Unions And Business Opportunities With The DNCC
A lot of rumors have flown in the last few weeks about how union workers are going to be shipped in from out of state to get convention work. . . or that contracts will only go to union shops. The stories have played on conservative blogs, Fox Business and Politico.
Sid Smith of the Charlotte Area Hotel Association is dealing with a big one: Rumor has it some hotels are going to furlough employees and bring in union labor for the convention.
Remember, none of Charlotte's hotels are unionized and that was a big concern early in the convention bidding.
But Smith says, "It would be totally impractical to bring in union workers from outside the state to work in hotels."
"They wouldn't know the facilities, they wouldn't know where anything is," adds Smith. "The quality of service wouldn't be there. It's just totally impractical, so it is not an issue as far as we're concerned. It is not gonna happen."
We spoke with general managers at two major Charlotte hotels who said the same thing - and added that union labor isn't even mentioned in the agreements they signed with the Democratic National Convention Committee - or DNCC.
But, like many rumors, these union concerns are based on a nugget of truth. The DNCC has a stipulation in its agreement with the Charlotte host committee that "all services, goods, equipment, supplies and materials" will be provided by union labor, to the extent it's available in the region.
But, the fact is only 4.9 percent of North Carolina workers are covered by a union contract - the lowest in the nation according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"I came here intentionally - and specifically -because North Carolina was a right to work state," says John Monteith, who moved to Charlotte from Canada in 1993.
Monteith is no fan of unions. Several months ago he took a job with a local print shop - Heritage Printing and Graphics - and set his sights on getting a piece of the DNCC's business. But he says no one would return his calls. Then he bumped into an executive with the host committee.
Monteith says the executive asked him if Heritage Printing was a "union shop."
"I said, 'No, I was not,'" recalls Monteith. "They asked me, 'Could I become a union shop?' I said, 'No, I could not.' They then proceeded to tell me that they had been told that unless I was a union shop, they could not accept my bid."
Now, a spokeswoman for the convention host committee says that executive "misspoke" and insists that all companies are encouraged to bid on convention business, regardless of union status. Priority goes to goods made in America, businesses based in the Carolinas, and those that are unionized or owned by minorities, women and veterans.
Monteith thinks city leaders and DNCC officials have given local businesses false hopes with all their talk about how great the convention will be for Charlotte's economy:
"The DNC needs to just say, 'Look guys, we've got affiliations with the union, we get millions of dollars in donations from them, and it's our prerogative,'" says Monteith.
The DNCC and Charlotte host committee both declined to do taped interviews, but here are a few of the points they make. First, the DNCC will make at least $37 million in contracts to put the convention on, but businesses can also go after the millions that will be spent by delegates and other organizations participating in the event. The convention organizers have set up an online vendor directory to help make those business connections.
Sid Smith of the Charlotte Area Hotel Association is dealing with a big one: Rumor has it some hotels are going to furlough employees and bring in union labor for the convention.
Remember, none of Charlotte's hotels are unionized and that was a big concern early in the convention bidding.
But Smith says, "It would be totally impractical to bring in union workers from outside the state to work in hotels."
"They wouldn't know the facilities, they wouldn't know where anything is," adds Smith. "The quality of service wouldn't be there. It's just totally impractical, so it is not an issue as far as we're concerned. It is not gonna happen."
We spoke with general managers at two major Charlotte hotels who said the same thing - and added that union labor isn't even mentioned in the agreements they signed with the Democratic National Convention Committee - or DNCC.
But, like many rumors, these union concerns are based on a nugget of truth. The DNCC has a stipulation in its agreement with the Charlotte host committee that "all services, goods, equipment, supplies and materials" will be provided by union labor, to the extent it's available in the region.
But, the fact is only 4.9 percent of North Carolina workers are covered by a union contract - the lowest in the nation according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"I came here intentionally - and specifically -because North Carolina was a right to work state," says John Monteith, who moved to Charlotte from Canada in 1993.
Monteith is no fan of unions. Several months ago he took a job with a local print shop - Heritage Printing and Graphics - and set his sights on getting a piece of the DNCC's business. But he says no one would return his calls. Then he bumped into an executive with the host committee.
Monteith says the executive asked him if Heritage Printing was a "union shop."
"I said, 'No, I was not,'" recalls Monteith. "They asked me, 'Could I become a union shop?' I said, 'No, I could not.' They then proceeded to tell me that they had been told that unless I was a union shop, they could not accept my bid."
Now, a spokeswoman for the convention host committee says that executive "misspoke" and insists that all companies are encouraged to bid on convention business, regardless of union status. Priority goes to goods made in America, businesses based in the Carolinas, and those that are unionized or owned by minorities, women and veterans.
Monteith thinks city leaders and DNCC officials have given local businesses false hopes with all their talk about how great the convention will be for Charlotte's economy:
"The DNC needs to just say, 'Look guys, we've got affiliations with the union, we get millions of dollars in donations from them, and it's our prerogative,'" says Monteith.
The DNCC and Charlotte host committee both declined to do taped interviews, but here are a few of the points they make. First, the DNCC will make at least $37 million in contracts to put the convention on, but businesses can also go after the millions that will be spent by delegates and other organizations participating in the event. The convention organizers have set up an online vendor directory to help make those business connections.
2011年11月21日星期一
As commodity prices zigzag, business fortunes rise and fall
When Sonya Holmes returned to North Carolina to take over her father's chicken farming operation, little did she know that five years later her coops would sit empty and she'd be fretting about corn futures.
Instead of tending a flock of 90,000 chickens, Holmes today finds herself relentlessly researching a topic that most of her friends spend little time trying to understand: commodity prices.
"These commodity prices, it's affecting everyone," said Holmes, 48, as she sat in her Harnett County home beside a stack of news articles she'd printed out about commodity price volatility.
A commodity is any basic product - food, grains, metals - that is bought and sold, often through what are called futures contracts because the price is set in advance of delivery.
For Holmes and her fellow chicken farmers, the commodity wreaking havoc on their livelihood is corn, the main ingredient in chicken feed. Stubbornly high corn prices in recent years have put a number of chicken processors out of business, including Townsends, the company that contracted to buy Holmes' birds.
Volatility in the price of commodities - particularly those that are key ingredients in the world's food supply - has the potential to destabilize a lot more than just the U.S. poultry industry.
Eventually, high commodity prices must be passed on to the consumer, which could put basic items such as chicken, coffee and clothing out of the reach of those already scraping by. Sudden increases in food prices have already caused rioting in some countries.
All this has turned Holmes, who has a degree in criminal justice, into an unlikely crusader for finding ways to stabilize prices.
"I've been working on this for months," she said.
Although commodity prices have always fluctuated, price swings in products such as cotton, corn and coffee have become much more severe and more sudden over the past five years.
In some cases, such as coffee, that has translated into higher prices for consumers. In other cases, such as in the poultry industry, where processors have been unwilling or unable to raise prices to offset the increased costs, its simply led to companies going out of business.
Rising cost of coffee
For smaller North Carolina businesses that deal in these commodities, trying to manage the risk associated with the volatility has become central to their survival.
"It used to be when there was a temporary blip, you didn't have to go ahead and raise prices," said Robbie Roberts, owner of Joe Van Gogh Coffee, which has a roasting facility in Hillsborough and three retail stores.
Coffee prices surged to record levels earlier this year and remain historically high. Joe Van Gogh has raised coffee prices by about a dollar per pound to compensate, and the volatility means Roberts, who used to buy his coffee a year in advance, now is only able to lock in prices six months out.
"We assume that this is a forever thing," he said of the volatility.
Several factors are causing the price swings, said Tom Christiansen, owner of Foresight Brokerage, an agricultural risk management company in Irving, Texas, that advises farmers on when to sell their crops.
One is the growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. As the populations in those countries improve their standard of living, they consume more meat, coffee and other staples of a middle-class diet. That increases demand for the commodities required to produce those goods.
The other factor is speculative trading in the commodity futures markets by hedge funds and other investors.
Commodities are now a standard part of the portfolios of many hedge funds, which use them as a way to protect themselves against inflation. Commodity prices typically rise with inflation, whereas other assets, such as bonds, perform poorly.
If hedge funds are betting on inflation, they'll shift more money into commodities, which moves the market higher. If they're selling, they'll drive prices down.
"When [hedge funds] throw a couple billion dollars at a stock portfolio or a bond portfolio, it's a blip on the radar," Christiansen said. "If they throw a couple billion dollars into the commodity market, it will move the market - significantly."
Identifying how much of the recent volatility is being caused by speculators is impossible, but they are widely believed to be at least partially responsible for the recent run-up in coffee prices.
For small businesses, this speculation means a price swing may have very little to do with a sudden change in demand for a commodity, and everything to do with investor psychology about wanting to own it.
In recent months, for example, as investors' concerns over Europe's debt woes mounted, many hedge funds became more worried about deflation. This caused them to liquidate their commodity positions, which helped cause grain prices to plummet.
"Back in the good old days if there was problem in Europe, but we were bullish on corn, it didn't matter," Christiansen said. "We didn't sell corn because Europe had debt problems. The hedge funds have correlated everything."
That's a major reason farmers such as Gary Respess in Beaufort County hire Christiansen to advise them on when to lock in prices.
Respess farms 2,100 acres, about 1,600 of which are dedicated to growing cotton this year. The rest are reserved for soybeans, corn or other crops.
The recent high prices for cotton, soybeans and corn means the last three years have been good ones for Respess, 63, even if he wasn't able to time things just right.
Cotton prices have been among the most volatile over the last 18 months, rising to nearly $2.30 per pound in March before falling by more than half to a $1.10.
Respess sold his cotton last year for about 75 cents per pound, a price that he locked in nearly 18 months earlier. This year he had a contract to sell his cotton for as much as $1.28 a pound, but had to cancel it because dry weather and damage caused by Hurricane Irene reduced his yield.
Weather, not speculation, has been the chief factor in cotton's recent volatility, said Gary Bullen, an extension associate with N.C. State University's Agriculture & Resource Economics Department. A drought in west Texas and floods in Pakistan mean less cotton for sale globally, which causes prices to rise even if demand for cotton remains flat.
Bullen said the hardest thing for farmers these days is just deciding how much of their land they should dedicate to specific crops.
"It's the uncertainty in this market," he said. "The pricing will not stay up like this, but the question is when will they come down."
Holmes, the idled Harnett County chicken farmer, now spends her days talking to officials about commodity prices and keeping her fellow Townsends farmers updated on their prospects for finding another buyer for their chickens.
A Ukrainian billionaire bought Townsends North Carolina assets out of bankruptcy earlier this year. But he quickly scuttled plans to restart the operation, citing high corn prices as one of the reasons.
The decision meant more than 1,000 people lost jobs and hundreds of farmers lost contracts worth millions.
Holmes is now tracking ethanol legislation in Congress. The federal government subsidizes farmers to grow corn for ethanol, a policy that many say has been a major factor in high corn prices.
Holmes isn't advocating any one specific solution at this point. She just wishes more people would view this as a critical problem that needs to be solved soon.
"We have to do something with the commodities to make them more stable," she said. "I know people don't want regulation but we can't continue to allow these commodities to be so volatile."
Instead of tending a flock of 90,000 chickens, Holmes today finds herself relentlessly researching a topic that most of her friends spend little time trying to understand: commodity prices.
"These commodity prices, it's affecting everyone," said Holmes, 48, as she sat in her Harnett County home beside a stack of news articles she'd printed out about commodity price volatility.
A commodity is any basic product - food, grains, metals - that is bought and sold, often through what are called futures contracts because the price is set in advance of delivery.
For Holmes and her fellow chicken farmers, the commodity wreaking havoc on their livelihood is corn, the main ingredient in chicken feed. Stubbornly high corn prices in recent years have put a number of chicken processors out of business, including Townsends, the company that contracted to buy Holmes' birds.
Volatility in the price of commodities - particularly those that are key ingredients in the world's food supply - has the potential to destabilize a lot more than just the U.S. poultry industry.
Eventually, high commodity prices must be passed on to the consumer, which could put basic items such as chicken, coffee and clothing out of the reach of those already scraping by. Sudden increases in food prices have already caused rioting in some countries.
All this has turned Holmes, who has a degree in criminal justice, into an unlikely crusader for finding ways to stabilize prices.
"I've been working on this for months," she said.
Although commodity prices have always fluctuated, price swings in products such as cotton, corn and coffee have become much more severe and more sudden over the past five years.
In some cases, such as coffee, that has translated into higher prices for consumers. In other cases, such as in the poultry industry, where processors have been unwilling or unable to raise prices to offset the increased costs, its simply led to companies going out of business.
Rising cost of coffee
For smaller North Carolina businesses that deal in these commodities, trying to manage the risk associated with the volatility has become central to their survival.
"It used to be when there was a temporary blip, you didn't have to go ahead and raise prices," said Robbie Roberts, owner of Joe Van Gogh Coffee, which has a roasting facility in Hillsborough and three retail stores.
Coffee prices surged to record levels earlier this year and remain historically high. Joe Van Gogh has raised coffee prices by about a dollar per pound to compensate, and the volatility means Roberts, who used to buy his coffee a year in advance, now is only able to lock in prices six months out.
"We assume that this is a forever thing," he said of the volatility.
Several factors are causing the price swings, said Tom Christiansen, owner of Foresight Brokerage, an agricultural risk management company in Irving, Texas, that advises farmers on when to sell their crops.
One is the growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. As the populations in those countries improve their standard of living, they consume more meat, coffee and other staples of a middle-class diet. That increases demand for the commodities required to produce those goods.
The other factor is speculative trading in the commodity futures markets by hedge funds and other investors.
Commodities are now a standard part of the portfolios of many hedge funds, which use them as a way to protect themselves against inflation. Commodity prices typically rise with inflation, whereas other assets, such as bonds, perform poorly.
If hedge funds are betting on inflation, they'll shift more money into commodities, which moves the market higher. If they're selling, they'll drive prices down.
"When [hedge funds] throw a couple billion dollars at a stock portfolio or a bond portfolio, it's a blip on the radar," Christiansen said. "If they throw a couple billion dollars into the commodity market, it will move the market - significantly."
Identifying how much of the recent volatility is being caused by speculators is impossible, but they are widely believed to be at least partially responsible for the recent run-up in coffee prices.
For small businesses, this speculation means a price swing may have very little to do with a sudden change in demand for a commodity, and everything to do with investor psychology about wanting to own it.
In recent months, for example, as investors' concerns over Europe's debt woes mounted, many hedge funds became more worried about deflation. This caused them to liquidate their commodity positions, which helped cause grain prices to plummet.
"Back in the good old days if there was problem in Europe, but we were bullish on corn, it didn't matter," Christiansen said. "We didn't sell corn because Europe had debt problems. The hedge funds have correlated everything."
That's a major reason farmers such as Gary Respess in Beaufort County hire Christiansen to advise them on when to lock in prices.
Respess farms 2,100 acres, about 1,600 of which are dedicated to growing cotton this year. The rest are reserved for soybeans, corn or other crops.
The recent high prices for cotton, soybeans and corn means the last three years have been good ones for Respess, 63, even if he wasn't able to time things just right.
Cotton prices have been among the most volatile over the last 18 months, rising to nearly $2.30 per pound in March before falling by more than half to a $1.10.
Respess sold his cotton last year for about 75 cents per pound, a price that he locked in nearly 18 months earlier. This year he had a contract to sell his cotton for as much as $1.28 a pound, but had to cancel it because dry weather and damage caused by Hurricane Irene reduced his yield.
Weather, not speculation, has been the chief factor in cotton's recent volatility, said Gary Bullen, an extension associate with N.C. State University's Agriculture & Resource Economics Department. A drought in west Texas and floods in Pakistan mean less cotton for sale globally, which causes prices to rise even if demand for cotton remains flat.
Bullen said the hardest thing for farmers these days is just deciding how much of their land they should dedicate to specific crops.
"It's the uncertainty in this market," he said. "The pricing will not stay up like this, but the question is when will they come down."
Holmes, the idled Harnett County chicken farmer, now spends her days talking to officials about commodity prices and keeping her fellow Townsends farmers updated on their prospects for finding another buyer for their chickens.
A Ukrainian billionaire bought Townsends North Carolina assets out of bankruptcy earlier this year. But he quickly scuttled plans to restart the operation, citing high corn prices as one of the reasons.
The decision meant more than 1,000 people lost jobs and hundreds of farmers lost contracts worth millions.
Holmes is now tracking ethanol legislation in Congress. The federal government subsidizes farmers to grow corn for ethanol, a policy that many say has been a major factor in high corn prices.
Holmes isn't advocating any one specific solution at this point. She just wishes more people would view this as a critical problem that needs to be solved soon.
"We have to do something with the commodities to make them more stable," she said. "I know people don't want regulation but we can't continue to allow these commodities to be so volatile."
2011年11月18日星期五
Too Many Toxins, Too Few Nutrients
Think back – when was the last time you had a headache? Stomach ache? Skin or rash outbreak? Felt depressed or anxious? How about itchy, watery eyes from all the seasonal allergies? Oftentimes it's easy to pinpoint patients with life-threatening or debilitating diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's and offer them additional help.
However, it's important to remember those who are just showing signs of suboptimal health. The largest part of my practice is made up of patients who suffer from the symptoms listed above. They come in seeking help for depression, chronic fatigue and allergies. And it's important to advertise that you can help!
The body is made up of essentials and non-essentials. Your heart, lungs and brain – these are all essential to life and the body will send every available nutrient and protective means to these items first. Everything else – skin, fingernails, hair, eyes, etc., you can survive without, so the body will not bother protecting and sending nutrients to these areas if either something else is going on in your body that is more urgent or you are simply taking in too few nutrients to allow the body to function optimally.
What this means is that the seemingly bothersome symptoms most of the population just "deals with" could actually be indicators of a greater problem. What's worse is that medical doctors are readily available to prescribe medication for each of these "nuisance" symptoms.
A 2005 survey found that nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults took a medication in the previous week for symptoms ranging from pain to high cholesterol to cancer.1 Anti-depressants are particularly popular with women. In 1994, 2.3 percent of women in the U.S. were on an antidepressant; by 2008 that number had jumped to nearly 13 percent. Sadly, for women between the ages of 45-64, almost one in four were on antidepressants as of 2008.2
What these individuals might not realize is that there may be a more natural option. Prescriptions are not necessarily the only answer. One of my patients came to the office for a consultation with a plethora of "nuisance" symptoms. When I entered the room, the patient looked like she was in good health – she acted very pleasant, her hair and make-up had been done and she appeared to be very well-balanced mentally. It was only after she asked for help that I discovered the following: At just 33 years old, she suffered from almost-daily mood swings, depression, hot and cold flashes, excessive hunger and weight gain, acne, low energy, frequent headaches, chronic infections and constipation. She said she felt "somewhat crazy" and "not like herself." At night she woke 3-4 times in a panic with severe night sweats. At the time of the initial visit, she weighed 144 lbs at 5'3" and her blood pressure was 100/70.
You could not tell that this patient suffered from all of the above-mentioned symptoms just by looking at her. How many of your patients appear to be in good health? Next time they enter your office, ask – you may be surprised by how many pre-existing patients could use your help for something other than a chiropractic adjustment.
Before seeking my help, the patient had been to her medical doctor, who diagnosed her with general anxiety disorder (GAD) and prescribed five different medications to control her anxiety, depression, headaches and constipation. After three months of no relief, she was ready for a second opinion. While the medical community will quickly offer drugs to mask each symptom, I chose a more inquisitive approach and ran a series of comprehensive tests to try and find what underlying causes or deficiencies were causing these symptoms. Her quality of life had been seriously altered by these issues and perhaps signalled more serious developing problems.
Her bloodwork showed an interesting trend. Tests of her kidneys, liver, metabolic panel, glucose, vitamin D, lipids, etc., were all just slightly too high or low for optimal health. While very few were outside the clinical reference ranges used by medical doctors, they were outside what I call the "healthy range," which is a stricter guideline for each test used to detect progression toward disease What this means is that she was on the verge of developing some serious medical problems.
However, it's important to remember those who are just showing signs of suboptimal health. The largest part of my practice is made up of patients who suffer from the symptoms listed above. They come in seeking help for depression, chronic fatigue and allergies. And it's important to advertise that you can help!
The body is made up of essentials and non-essentials. Your heart, lungs and brain – these are all essential to life and the body will send every available nutrient and protective means to these items first. Everything else – skin, fingernails, hair, eyes, etc., you can survive without, so the body will not bother protecting and sending nutrients to these areas if either something else is going on in your body that is more urgent or you are simply taking in too few nutrients to allow the body to function optimally.
What this means is that the seemingly bothersome symptoms most of the population just "deals with" could actually be indicators of a greater problem. What's worse is that medical doctors are readily available to prescribe medication for each of these "nuisance" symptoms.
A 2005 survey found that nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults took a medication in the previous week for symptoms ranging from pain to high cholesterol to cancer.1 Anti-depressants are particularly popular with women. In 1994, 2.3 percent of women in the U.S. were on an antidepressant; by 2008 that number had jumped to nearly 13 percent. Sadly, for women between the ages of 45-64, almost one in four were on antidepressants as of 2008.2
What these individuals might not realize is that there may be a more natural option. Prescriptions are not necessarily the only answer. One of my patients came to the office for a consultation with a plethora of "nuisance" symptoms. When I entered the room, the patient looked like she was in good health – she acted very pleasant, her hair and make-up had been done and she appeared to be very well-balanced mentally. It was only after she asked for help that I discovered the following: At just 33 years old, she suffered from almost-daily mood swings, depression, hot and cold flashes, excessive hunger and weight gain, acne, low energy, frequent headaches, chronic infections and constipation. She said she felt "somewhat crazy" and "not like herself." At night she woke 3-4 times in a panic with severe night sweats. At the time of the initial visit, she weighed 144 lbs at 5'3" and her blood pressure was 100/70.
You could not tell that this patient suffered from all of the above-mentioned symptoms just by looking at her. How many of your patients appear to be in good health? Next time they enter your office, ask – you may be surprised by how many pre-existing patients could use your help for something other than a chiropractic adjustment.
Before seeking my help, the patient had been to her medical doctor, who diagnosed her with general anxiety disorder (GAD) and prescribed five different medications to control her anxiety, depression, headaches and constipation. After three months of no relief, she was ready for a second opinion. While the medical community will quickly offer drugs to mask each symptom, I chose a more inquisitive approach and ran a series of comprehensive tests to try and find what underlying causes or deficiencies were causing these symptoms. Her quality of life had been seriously altered by these issues and perhaps signalled more serious developing problems.
Her bloodwork showed an interesting trend. Tests of her kidneys, liver, metabolic panel, glucose, vitamin D, lipids, etc., were all just slightly too high or low for optimal health. While very few were outside the clinical reference ranges used by medical doctors, they were outside what I call the "healthy range," which is a stricter guideline for each test used to detect progression toward disease What this means is that she was on the verge of developing some serious medical problems.
2011年11月17日星期四
Chicken ordinance fowled up
Feathers flew and squawking was heard in the town board chambers last Monday night.
And all for some chickens.
After the Nov. 7 work session, which seemed to resolve the lingering chicken-keeping questions, last Monday’s regular session saw the issue blow up again, and instead of passing an ordinance extending chicken-keeping rights in town for another year, the town board tabled the ordinance until the Nov. 28 meeting.
“There’s been an exorbitant amount of time spent on this,” said board member Kristie Melendez during the discussion.
A proposal to allow the raising of backyard chickens inside town limits was brought to the board during a meeting in April 2010 by Jared and Ashley Schwader. The couple put together a packet of information that debunked myths and suggested regulations for keeping chickens.
The ordinance allowed residents to keep up to six hens, but no roosters, per property in town. Other requirements include the size of coops and neighbor notification if the coop is going to be located less than 15 feet from the property line.
The ordinance was set to sunset on Jan. 1, 2012.
So at the Nov. 7 work session, the town board took a look at the ordinance and agreed on a couple of changes.
The first change defined a chicken as a bird of a certain species from the moment of its birth, to clear up confusion over whether a non-laying chicken was still a chicken.
The second change dealt with coop removal if a chicken-keeping permit was revoked or the owner ceased keeping chickens for six months.
The sunset clause was also retained, meaning the board would discuss whether to keep chickens in town for another year in Nov. 2012.
Town Attorney Ian McCargar also added language bringing the maximum fine up to $1,000, which is in keeping with the rest of the fines charged since the town made the transition to a court of record.
“That’s not to say that amount has to be charged; it’s just the maximum,” McCargar said.
But the discussion went a-fowl last Monday.
Mayor John Vazquez, who was not present for the work session, was concerned about the strict limit on the number of birds.
“It makes sense to me to allow for a certain number of chicks to replace chickens who no longer lay,” Vazquez said. “People need to maintain their flocks.”
Vazquez was also unhappy that the sunset clause had been retained.
“We don’t have any other ordinances with sunset clauses,” he said.
Board member Don Thompson suggested allowing residents to keep several chicks until they reach the age to lay eggs, at which point the previously agreed-upon number of six would kick in.
Board member Robert Bishop-Cotner was not in favor of that suggestion.
“Why did we do this?” he asked. “We were trying to allow people to keep a few chickens, not run chicken businesses.”
There are 28 chicken-keeping permits that have been issued in the town, and of those, three have caused problems. One of those three is currently in municipal court.
Board member Don Shanfelt said he thought the board was creating a code enforcement nightmare.
“Are we going to ask our officers to check out the birds to make sure people are complying?” he asked. “How are you going to enforce this?”
He went on to say that his concern is not about the chicken-keepers who have not caused problems, but those who are.
Melendez suggested taking out all the suggested changes except the one about the fines.
“We can extend this another year and look at it more later if needed,” she said.
Vazquez told the board he would vote no on the ordinance in that case.
“There’s no consideration for future stock, and the sunset clause is not necessary.”
McCargar said he would bring the ordinance back at the end of the month.
And all for some chickens.
After the Nov. 7 work session, which seemed to resolve the lingering chicken-keeping questions, last Monday’s regular session saw the issue blow up again, and instead of passing an ordinance extending chicken-keeping rights in town for another year, the town board tabled the ordinance until the Nov. 28 meeting.
“There’s been an exorbitant amount of time spent on this,” said board member Kristie Melendez during the discussion.
A proposal to allow the raising of backyard chickens inside town limits was brought to the board during a meeting in April 2010 by Jared and Ashley Schwader. The couple put together a packet of information that debunked myths and suggested regulations for keeping chickens.
The ordinance allowed residents to keep up to six hens, but no roosters, per property in town. Other requirements include the size of coops and neighbor notification if the coop is going to be located less than 15 feet from the property line.
The ordinance was set to sunset on Jan. 1, 2012.
So at the Nov. 7 work session, the town board took a look at the ordinance and agreed on a couple of changes.
The first change defined a chicken as a bird of a certain species from the moment of its birth, to clear up confusion over whether a non-laying chicken was still a chicken.
The second change dealt with coop removal if a chicken-keeping permit was revoked or the owner ceased keeping chickens for six months.
The sunset clause was also retained, meaning the board would discuss whether to keep chickens in town for another year in Nov. 2012.
Town Attorney Ian McCargar also added language bringing the maximum fine up to $1,000, which is in keeping with the rest of the fines charged since the town made the transition to a court of record.
“That’s not to say that amount has to be charged; it’s just the maximum,” McCargar said.
But the discussion went a-fowl last Monday.
Mayor John Vazquez, who was not present for the work session, was concerned about the strict limit on the number of birds.
“It makes sense to me to allow for a certain number of chicks to replace chickens who no longer lay,” Vazquez said. “People need to maintain their flocks.”
Vazquez was also unhappy that the sunset clause had been retained.
“We don’t have any other ordinances with sunset clauses,” he said.
Board member Don Thompson suggested allowing residents to keep several chicks until they reach the age to lay eggs, at which point the previously agreed-upon number of six would kick in.
Board member Robert Bishop-Cotner was not in favor of that suggestion.
“Why did we do this?” he asked. “We were trying to allow people to keep a few chickens, not run chicken businesses.”
There are 28 chicken-keeping permits that have been issued in the town, and of those, three have caused problems. One of those three is currently in municipal court.
Board member Don Shanfelt said he thought the board was creating a code enforcement nightmare.
“Are we going to ask our officers to check out the birds to make sure people are complying?” he asked. “How are you going to enforce this?”
He went on to say that his concern is not about the chicken-keepers who have not caused problems, but those who are.
Melendez suggested taking out all the suggested changes except the one about the fines.
“We can extend this another year and look at it more later if needed,” she said.
Vazquez told the board he would vote no on the ordinance in that case.
“There’s no consideration for future stock, and the sunset clause is not necessary.”
McCargar said he would bring the ordinance back at the end of the month.
2011年11月14日星期一
Dog is doing hard time after eating bat that might be rabid
Nancy Apthorp is allowed to visit her faithful companion, Maggie, at the local dog pound, but the get-togethers are strictly "no contact."
The 9-year-old boxer/Dalmatian mix was overdue for her rabies shot when she munched on a dead bat last month and is under quarantine.
In human terms, it is as if Maggie has been sentenced to three months in prison followed by three months of probation.
Apthorp, a borough resident and business owner, brings fresh bedding and treats to the visits. She talks to Maggie and holds her hand up to the Plexiglas that separates human from canine. Other friends from the borough also stop in to see the "prisoner." They all hope the ordeal will end soon, since Apthorp has retained a dog-loving attorney, Denise Ansell, in an attempt to get Maggie "paroled."
Apthorp feels she's failed Maggie, whom she rescued eight years ago after finding the dog cowering behind a stone wall on North Main Street.
"It's my responsibility," said Apthorp. "I didn't have her inoculated on time and I'm upset that she is being punished for this. Fine me, do whatever you want. I'll go in the cage. To make her suffer for it is not fair to her."
Maggie has been good to Apthorp, she said, staying by her side in her Water Street boutique, Indigo Bleu, accompanying her on errands and helping her mourn a dear friend who died in a car crash.
The dog was three months overdue for her rabies shot last month when she picked up the bat remains. Apthorp rushed Maggie to the Stonington Veterinary Hospital, which contacted the town. Animal Control Officer Rae Jean Davis ordered Apthorp to turn the dog over for three months of quarantine at the animal shelter followed by three months of quarantine at home.
When Apthorp brought the partial bat remains to the state laboratory, she was told that she would have to go for a series of rabies shots since she touched the bat.
"I told them I washed my hand," she said. "They said, 'Well, you can't wash the virus off.'"
The laboratory found no rabies, but the test results were inconclusive since the carcass was badly decomposed. Maggie cannot be tested for the deadly virus, since the only reliable method is to euthanize the dog and examine her brain tissue.
Both the vet and local officials say they are following the law, but Apthorp and Maggie's legal team say the dog was seized illegally and the local authorities have no jurisdiction over the matter.
Ansell said only the state veterinarian can order a dog quarantined.
"They have no jurisdiction to be holding the dog," she said. "Without the state vet having decided how long to quarantine the animal, they are without proper jurisdiction and the matter should be dismissed."
Ansell enlisted the help of the New York-based Lexus Project, an organization that provides free legal services for dogs and signs on to lawsuits to act in the best interest of the animals. Lexus attorney Richard Rosenthal said that keeping Maggie "incarcerated" is like a death sentence, since the dog is old and frail.
"We're asking the court to immediately turn the dog over and vacate the (quarantine) order," said Rosenthal. He too, said the local authorities have no jurisdiction.
"More important, they can only take the dog in if they have a reasonable belief that the dog has been exposed to rabies," Rosenthal. "In as much as they have already tested the bat remains and were unable to find rabies, they don't have a reasonable suspicion."
Maggie's vet, Richard J. Willner of the Stonington Veterinary Hospital, said the state rabies manual has very clear guidelines for a variety of scenarios, ranging from the obviously rabid animals to suspected rabid animals to vaccinated and unvaccinated animals that are exposed to rabies.
"The key to this whole particular issue is that not being current (on the rabies shot) puts you in a whole different category," he said. "In this instance, the bat was in such a debilitated state the test was inconclusive."
The incubation period for rabies is "extremely variable," Willner said, and can take up to six months. An animal that bites somebody must be quarantined for only 14 days, he said, because even though the animal could develop the virus after 14 days, if it is not showing symptoms, it is unable to transmit the rabies.
That does not apply in Maggie's scenario, he said, because if an animal is bitten it can take up to three months (or longer) to develop symptoms.
"None of the vets I've spoken to really feel the law is burdensome and unreasonable," Willner said. "We obviously are for people's pets and love them, but we also have a responsibility for public safety."
Willner said that rabies, a virus that is almost always fatal, has been endemic in the area for 15 to 20 years and that he received a report of a rabid cat just three weeks ago from a Pawcatuck veterinarian.
"It's here," he said. 'It's going to stay. "The most common transmission of rabies to dogs and cats is probably via raccoons. The most common form for people is via bats."
Cats and dogs do not often get rabies from bats, he said, though when a cat or even a human gets rabies from an unknown source, a bat, which is a tiny animal with strong, sharp teeth, is often suspected.
Maggie's three-year vaccination, which had expired three months before she picked up the bat, may still have been effective against rabies, but there is no way of knowing for sure.
"Vaccines rarely ever immediately end," Willner said. "All that ends is the testing that's been done on them. When you have a vaccine that's good for three years, the federal government has looked at data provided by the company on the vaccine and shown all the animals that were checked were protected at three years."
Apthorp worries that Maggie is not being let out often enough and said the dog is defecating on her bedding and is biting herself due to stress. She said Maggie appears anxious and is highly susceptible to the cold. She did say that Maggie is lying on a rubber foam mat rather than directly on a hard cement floor.
Stonington's animal shelter has recently been renovated and is heated. Willner, the vet, said he couldn't attest to the conditions there, since he has never seen the local pound. He said dogs have different reactions, but in most cases, "confinement itself is not the end of the world."
Ansell, the attorney, currently has no dogs and has offered to take in Maggie to her home, which she said is fenced in with Siberian Husky-proof materials. She said she would keep the dog confined and is willing to put her law license on the line to help Apthorp and Maggie.
The 9-year-old boxer/Dalmatian mix was overdue for her rabies shot when she munched on a dead bat last month and is under quarantine.
In human terms, it is as if Maggie has been sentenced to three months in prison followed by three months of probation.
Apthorp, a borough resident and business owner, brings fresh bedding and treats to the visits. She talks to Maggie and holds her hand up to the Plexiglas that separates human from canine. Other friends from the borough also stop in to see the "prisoner." They all hope the ordeal will end soon, since Apthorp has retained a dog-loving attorney, Denise Ansell, in an attempt to get Maggie "paroled."
Apthorp feels she's failed Maggie, whom she rescued eight years ago after finding the dog cowering behind a stone wall on North Main Street.
"It's my responsibility," said Apthorp. "I didn't have her inoculated on time and I'm upset that she is being punished for this. Fine me, do whatever you want. I'll go in the cage. To make her suffer for it is not fair to her."
Maggie has been good to Apthorp, she said, staying by her side in her Water Street boutique, Indigo Bleu, accompanying her on errands and helping her mourn a dear friend who died in a car crash.
The dog was three months overdue for her rabies shot last month when she picked up the bat remains. Apthorp rushed Maggie to the Stonington Veterinary Hospital, which contacted the town. Animal Control Officer Rae Jean Davis ordered Apthorp to turn the dog over for three months of quarantine at the animal shelter followed by three months of quarantine at home.
When Apthorp brought the partial bat remains to the state laboratory, she was told that she would have to go for a series of rabies shots since she touched the bat.
"I told them I washed my hand," she said. "They said, 'Well, you can't wash the virus off.'"
The laboratory found no rabies, but the test results were inconclusive since the carcass was badly decomposed. Maggie cannot be tested for the deadly virus, since the only reliable method is to euthanize the dog and examine her brain tissue.
Both the vet and local officials say they are following the law, but Apthorp and Maggie's legal team say the dog was seized illegally and the local authorities have no jurisdiction over the matter.
Ansell said only the state veterinarian can order a dog quarantined.
"They have no jurisdiction to be holding the dog," she said. "Without the state vet having decided how long to quarantine the animal, they are without proper jurisdiction and the matter should be dismissed."
Ansell enlisted the help of the New York-based Lexus Project, an organization that provides free legal services for dogs and signs on to lawsuits to act in the best interest of the animals. Lexus attorney Richard Rosenthal said that keeping Maggie "incarcerated" is like a death sentence, since the dog is old and frail.
"We're asking the court to immediately turn the dog over and vacate the (quarantine) order," said Rosenthal. He too, said the local authorities have no jurisdiction.
"More important, they can only take the dog in if they have a reasonable belief that the dog has been exposed to rabies," Rosenthal. "In as much as they have already tested the bat remains and were unable to find rabies, they don't have a reasonable suspicion."
Maggie's vet, Richard J. Willner of the Stonington Veterinary Hospital, said the state rabies manual has very clear guidelines for a variety of scenarios, ranging from the obviously rabid animals to suspected rabid animals to vaccinated and unvaccinated animals that are exposed to rabies.
"The key to this whole particular issue is that not being current (on the rabies shot) puts you in a whole different category," he said. "In this instance, the bat was in such a debilitated state the test was inconclusive."
The incubation period for rabies is "extremely variable," Willner said, and can take up to six months. An animal that bites somebody must be quarantined for only 14 days, he said, because even though the animal could develop the virus after 14 days, if it is not showing symptoms, it is unable to transmit the rabies.
That does not apply in Maggie's scenario, he said, because if an animal is bitten it can take up to three months (or longer) to develop symptoms.
"None of the vets I've spoken to really feel the law is burdensome and unreasonable," Willner said. "We obviously are for people's pets and love them, but we also have a responsibility for public safety."
Willner said that rabies, a virus that is almost always fatal, has been endemic in the area for 15 to 20 years and that he received a report of a rabid cat just three weeks ago from a Pawcatuck veterinarian.
"It's here," he said. 'It's going to stay. "The most common transmission of rabies to dogs and cats is probably via raccoons. The most common form for people is via bats."
Cats and dogs do not often get rabies from bats, he said, though when a cat or even a human gets rabies from an unknown source, a bat, which is a tiny animal with strong, sharp teeth, is often suspected.
Maggie's three-year vaccination, which had expired three months before she picked up the bat, may still have been effective against rabies, but there is no way of knowing for sure.
"Vaccines rarely ever immediately end," Willner said. "All that ends is the testing that's been done on them. When you have a vaccine that's good for three years, the federal government has looked at data provided by the company on the vaccine and shown all the animals that were checked were protected at three years."
Apthorp worries that Maggie is not being let out often enough and said the dog is defecating on her bedding and is biting herself due to stress. She said Maggie appears anxious and is highly susceptible to the cold. She did say that Maggie is lying on a rubber foam mat rather than directly on a hard cement floor.
Stonington's animal shelter has recently been renovated and is heated. Willner, the vet, said he couldn't attest to the conditions there, since he has never seen the local pound. He said dogs have different reactions, but in most cases, "confinement itself is not the end of the world."
Ansell, the attorney, currently has no dogs and has offered to take in Maggie to her home, which she said is fenced in with Siberian Husky-proof materials. She said she would keep the dog confined and is willing to put her law license on the line to help Apthorp and Maggie.
A faster Web server: ripping out Apache for Nginx
I am, at best, a fly-by-night sysadmin. I grew to adult nerdhood doing tech support and later admin work in a Windows shop with a smattering of nix, most of which was attended to by bearded elders locked away in cold, white rooms. It wasn't until I started managing enterprise storage gear that I came to appreciate the power of the bash shell, and my cobbled-together home network gradually changed from a Windows 2003 domain supporting some PCs to a mixture of GNU/Linux servers and OS X desktops and laptops.
Like so many others, I eventually decided to put my own website up on the Internets, and I used the Apache HTTP server to host it. Why? I had an Ubuntu server box sitting in front of me, and Apache was the Web server I'd heard about the most. If Apache was good enough for big sites, it should be good enough for my little static personal site. Right?
But it wasn't quite right for me. Here's why—and what I learned when I spent a weekend ripping out my Apache install and replacing it with lightweight speed demon of a Web server called Nginx.
Apache was easy to set up. I almost typed "trivially" easy, but going into an Apache setup with nothing more than a plucky attitude and the knowledge that "Apache is some software that hosts websites" means you're going to face a learning curve. Still, after no more than an hour or two searching Google for help and poking through Apache's conf files, I had a website, and it was on the Internet! A few months later, Ars ran a piece on getting free SSL/TLS certificates. I immediately wanted to try it—not because I had any real need for it, but just to see how certs worked. Less than a day after the piece ran, I had a class 2 wildcard SSL/TLS certificate for my domain, and my Web server was rocking the https.
Things ran well this way for a couple of years, but as I started doing more with the Web server, it began to be apparent that my setup, while perfectly workable, could be better. In particular, adding Tectonicus (a Minecraft map renderer which generates millions of tiny tiles and stitches them together with a Google Maps-style interface) to the Web server showed me that things were less than optimal. Even over my local network, Apache struggled to serve the map at a suitably snappy pace. The Web server is a dual-core AMD E-350 with 2GB of RAM and a Vertex 2 solid state drive (SSD), and it would serve the site's static images instantly. But the htop tool showed that the Apache processes went CPU-crazy any time the Tectonicus map was being served; both cores shot 100 percent usage as the screen slowly filled with tiles.
Additionally, I began running a small wiki on the same box. This used Dokuwiki, a wiki server which can be skinned to closely resemble MediaWiki but which stores its data in flat files rather than requiring a database. Dokuwiki requires PHP, a widely used scripting language that runs on a huge number of Web servers around the world, so this meant I needed to install some manner of PHP package into my current setup.
There were many paths to take. Since I had installed Apache on Ubuntu the easy way, by typing "sudo aptitude install apache2," I got what is known as the Apache MPM Prefork version. This is the most commonly installed version of Apache, and it works by launching a number of separate Apache processes to handle Web requests. It does not use multiple threads, but instead parcels work out to child Apache processes (for a good refresher on the difference between a thread and a process, check out this Ask Ars feature on the topic). Prefork is the default Apache installation because Apache is an extensible Web server that can be customized to do all sorts of useful things by adding modules, and some of the modules that people might want to install don't work well when run in a multithreaded fashion.
The drawback to doing everything with processes is that Apache prefork can be a bit of a memory hog, especially under load. Another precompiled flavor of Apache can be installed as an alternative: Apache MPM worker. "Worker" differs from "prefork" in that worker's processes are multithreaded, giving them the ability to service more requests with fewer system resources. This can translate into faster pages served with less RAM and CPU. However, because some Apache modules don't necessarily work well when run under multithreaded Apache, you have to specifically select this version to install on Ubuntu and on other GNU/Linux distros with package management.
A bit of searching showed that Apache worker could go a long way toward making Tectonicus serve its tons of tiles faster, but switching would cause some issues with PHP. The built-in Apache PHP module, "mod_php," is one of those modules that can have issues running multi-threaded. I was faced with quite a bit of software ripping and replacing to switch from mod_php to a standalone PHP.
A post by Ars forum member Blacken00100, however, pushed me in a new direction entirely. Apache with standalone PHP might prove far less optimal than a lightweight event-driven Web server like Nginx with standalone PHP. My mental wheels began turning. I figured that, so long as I was going to be doing some work, I might as well go all the way and see if I could set up what is widely regarded as the fastest Web server around.
Like so many others, I eventually decided to put my own website up on the Internets, and I used the Apache HTTP server to host it. Why? I had an Ubuntu server box sitting in front of me, and Apache was the Web server I'd heard about the most. If Apache was good enough for big sites, it should be good enough for my little static personal site. Right?
But it wasn't quite right for me. Here's why—and what I learned when I spent a weekend ripping out my Apache install and replacing it with lightweight speed demon of a Web server called Nginx.
Apache was easy to set up. I almost typed "trivially" easy, but going into an Apache setup with nothing more than a plucky attitude and the knowledge that "Apache is some software that hosts websites" means you're going to face a learning curve. Still, after no more than an hour or two searching Google for help and poking through Apache's conf files, I had a website, and it was on the Internet! A few months later, Ars ran a piece on getting free SSL/TLS certificates. I immediately wanted to try it—not because I had any real need for it, but just to see how certs worked. Less than a day after the piece ran, I had a class 2 wildcard SSL/TLS certificate for my domain, and my Web server was rocking the https.
Things ran well this way for a couple of years, but as I started doing more with the Web server, it began to be apparent that my setup, while perfectly workable, could be better. In particular, adding Tectonicus (a Minecraft map renderer which generates millions of tiny tiles and stitches them together with a Google Maps-style interface) to the Web server showed me that things were less than optimal. Even over my local network, Apache struggled to serve the map at a suitably snappy pace. The Web server is a dual-core AMD E-350 with 2GB of RAM and a Vertex 2 solid state drive (SSD), and it would serve the site's static images instantly. But the htop tool showed that the Apache processes went CPU-crazy any time the Tectonicus map was being served; both cores shot 100 percent usage as the screen slowly filled with tiles.
Additionally, I began running a small wiki on the same box. This used Dokuwiki, a wiki server which can be skinned to closely resemble MediaWiki but which stores its data in flat files rather than requiring a database. Dokuwiki requires PHP, a widely used scripting language that runs on a huge number of Web servers around the world, so this meant I needed to install some manner of PHP package into my current setup.
There were many paths to take. Since I had installed Apache on Ubuntu the easy way, by typing "sudo aptitude install apache2," I got what is known as the Apache MPM Prefork version. This is the most commonly installed version of Apache, and it works by launching a number of separate Apache processes to handle Web requests. It does not use multiple threads, but instead parcels work out to child Apache processes (for a good refresher on the difference between a thread and a process, check out this Ask Ars feature on the topic). Prefork is the default Apache installation because Apache is an extensible Web server that can be customized to do all sorts of useful things by adding modules, and some of the modules that people might want to install don't work well when run in a multithreaded fashion.
The drawback to doing everything with processes is that Apache prefork can be a bit of a memory hog, especially under load. Another precompiled flavor of Apache can be installed as an alternative: Apache MPM worker. "Worker" differs from "prefork" in that worker's processes are multithreaded, giving them the ability to service more requests with fewer system resources. This can translate into faster pages served with less RAM and CPU. However, because some Apache modules don't necessarily work well when run under multithreaded Apache, you have to specifically select this version to install on Ubuntu and on other GNU/Linux distros with package management.
A bit of searching showed that Apache worker could go a long way toward making Tectonicus serve its tons of tiles faster, but switching would cause some issues with PHP. The built-in Apache PHP module, "mod_php," is one of those modules that can have issues running multi-threaded. I was faced with quite a bit of software ripping and replacing to switch from mod_php to a standalone PHP.
A post by Ars forum member Blacken00100, however, pushed me in a new direction entirely. Apache with standalone PHP might prove far less optimal than a lightweight event-driven Web server like Nginx with standalone PHP. My mental wheels began turning. I figured that, so long as I was going to be doing some work, I might as well go all the way and see if I could set up what is widely regarded as the fastest Web server around.
Overrated and overpriced... why I'm SO over the spa break
Donning the white towelling robe left on my bed, I hurried down to the spa of the extortionately expensive hotel I was staying in recently to start enjoying the luxury facilities.
The internet photos had looked so appealing — shimmering white tiles, a sumptuous relaxation area and sunlight streaming through the myriad windows, making the swimming pool glitter and glimmer.
So imagine my surprise when I arrived to find a grubby changing room, creaking old furniture and windows so steamed up you couldn’t see outside. It was at that moment I knew — I’m so over the spa break.
For years now they’ve been sold to middle-class women as the ultimate treat, a chance to get away from the pressures of modern living and be pampered in a posh hotel.
Instead, we emerge more pauper than princess having had to pay the most extraordinary sums for a weekend of indulgence. For whereas most hotels drop their prices from Friday to Sunday because businessmen don’t need them, a spa gets to put them up. Sky high. More than 200 per person per night isn’t unusual.
When I went to book a night away with a friend, the cheapest Saturday-night spa break I could find in the South East of England was 280. No treatments, just a twin room, breakfast and an evening meal.
With ‘well-being’ breaks worth around 135million to the UK, it’s no wonder that so many hotels have turned themselves into spas with the simple addition of a swimming pool (usually so small, the term plunge pool would be more appropriate), a sauna and treatment rooms.
And don’t get me started on the treatments.
If I pay over the odds to stay in a nice hotel with a spa, I expect the services to be reasonably priced.
But, if anything, they’re more expensive than my local High Street, even though I live in London.
And you aren’t necessarily getting a better therapist. I had a manicure at one chi-chi spa (for 35) and found out that the girl had only been out of beauty college for three months.
So just what are we paying for? We’re paying to spend ten minutes in the pool before sitting beside it for hours reading a trashy magazine and chatting with friends, before quickly popping into the sauna.
We’re paying to be a bit bored on Day Two because we’ve finished our book, had our treatment, and aren’t looking forward to getting dressed in the changing room because we had to check out of our room at 10am.
So from now on, if I fancy some pampering, I’ll go to my local salon for a facial. If I fancy swimming, I’ll visit the council pool for 3.25. And if I want to read trashy magazines, I’ll do just that. On my sofa with a bar of chocolate.
The internet photos had looked so appealing — shimmering white tiles, a sumptuous relaxation area and sunlight streaming through the myriad windows, making the swimming pool glitter and glimmer.
So imagine my surprise when I arrived to find a grubby changing room, creaking old furniture and windows so steamed up you couldn’t see outside. It was at that moment I knew — I’m so over the spa break.
For years now they’ve been sold to middle-class women as the ultimate treat, a chance to get away from the pressures of modern living and be pampered in a posh hotel.
Instead, we emerge more pauper than princess having had to pay the most extraordinary sums for a weekend of indulgence. For whereas most hotels drop their prices from Friday to Sunday because businessmen don’t need them, a spa gets to put them up. Sky high. More than 200 per person per night isn’t unusual.
When I went to book a night away with a friend, the cheapest Saturday-night spa break I could find in the South East of England was 280. No treatments, just a twin room, breakfast and an evening meal.
With ‘well-being’ breaks worth around 135million to the UK, it’s no wonder that so many hotels have turned themselves into spas with the simple addition of a swimming pool (usually so small, the term plunge pool would be more appropriate), a sauna and treatment rooms.
And don’t get me started on the treatments.
If I pay over the odds to stay in a nice hotel with a spa, I expect the services to be reasonably priced.
But, if anything, they’re more expensive than my local High Street, even though I live in London.
And you aren’t necessarily getting a better therapist. I had a manicure at one chi-chi spa (for 35) and found out that the girl had only been out of beauty college for three months.
So just what are we paying for? We’re paying to spend ten minutes in the pool before sitting beside it for hours reading a trashy magazine and chatting with friends, before quickly popping into the sauna.
We’re paying to be a bit bored on Day Two because we’ve finished our book, had our treatment, and aren’t looking forward to getting dressed in the changing room because we had to check out of our room at 10am.
So from now on, if I fancy some pampering, I’ll go to my local salon for a facial. If I fancy swimming, I’ll visit the council pool for 3.25. And if I want to read trashy magazines, I’ll do just that. On my sofa with a bar of chocolate.
2011年11月10日星期四
House committee seeks new tax on cellphones to support 911 call centers
A House committee is revisiting a cellphone tax to remedy diminishing funds for 911 call centers in Missouri. The call centers are supported by an existing tax on landlines; the measure would also impose a tax on cellphones.
This is the third time the legislature has attempted to implement this tax. Both previous attempts were rejected by Missouri voters.
The committee is drafting a bill to implement the tax for January's upcoming legislative session. The committee chairman, Chuck Gatschenberger, R-Lake St. Louis, said he has a meeting with the speaker of the house Thursday and has requested a meeting with the governor.
"It's got to pass," Gatschenberger said. "The main issue is, it's got to pass."
Due to the decline in the number of people using landlines, 911 call centers have been dealing with a significant drop in the amount of funding they receive from the state. Gatschenberger said the purpose of the meeting was to find a solution, but many committee members questioned the cost of a statewide upgrade to the 911 system.
"The surcharge should be more thought of as like a flow-through instead of a new tax because it's really not a new tax," committee member Billy Pat Wright, R-Dexter, said. "Because you're already paying it on the landline and when you drop it (the landline), there goes the money."
Wright and others at the meeting said Missouri is the only state that hasn't updated its 911 system to match new wireless technology.
"If we had the hindsight and we could look back and realize where we were going to evolve over 20 years, we probably would have written the statute differently and defined a telephone as any device that could communicate with a 911 center," Callaway County Commissioner Doc Kritzer said. "But instead we used the word telephone."
In failing to include new technologies in the original statute, Missouri was too slow to incorporate wireless phones into their 911 service. If the legislation passes, the landline tax would remain as well as the new tax on cellphones.
This is the third time the legislature has attempted to implement this tax. Both previous attempts were rejected by Missouri voters.
The committee is drafting a bill to implement the tax for January's upcoming legislative session. The committee chairman, Chuck Gatschenberger, R-Lake St. Louis, said he has a meeting with the speaker of the house Thursday and has requested a meeting with the governor.
"It's got to pass," Gatschenberger said. "The main issue is, it's got to pass."
Due to the decline in the number of people using landlines, 911 call centers have been dealing with a significant drop in the amount of funding they receive from the state. Gatschenberger said the purpose of the meeting was to find a solution, but many committee members questioned the cost of a statewide upgrade to the 911 system.
"The surcharge should be more thought of as like a flow-through instead of a new tax because it's really not a new tax," committee member Billy Pat Wright, R-Dexter, said. "Because you're already paying it on the landline and when you drop it (the landline), there goes the money."
Wright and others at the meeting said Missouri is the only state that hasn't updated its 911 system to match new wireless technology.
"If we had the hindsight and we could look back and realize where we were going to evolve over 20 years, we probably would have written the statute differently and defined a telephone as any device that could communicate with a 911 center," Callaway County Commissioner Doc Kritzer said. "But instead we used the word telephone."
In failing to include new technologies in the original statute, Missouri was too slow to incorporate wireless phones into their 911 service. If the legislation passes, the landline tax would remain as well as the new tax on cellphones.
GSMA says Africa is the fastest growing mobile market
Sure, 24-year-old Gertrude Kitongo cherishes a cell phone as a link to family and friends, from her grandmother in a Ugandan village to former schoolmates in Zimbabwe.
For Kitongo, her cell phone also serves as a radio, library, mini cinema, bank teller and more. The Kenyan-Ugandan who just finished marketing studies in South Africa is an urban, cosmopolitan, on-the-move face of cell phone users on the continent, where a report released Wednesday shows mobile penetration has reached 649 million connections, second only to Asia.
The report by the industry group GSMA, or Groupe Speciale Mobile Association, said Africa is the fastest growing mobile market.
For each of the past five years, the number of subscribers across Africa has grown by almost 20 percent and is expected to reach 738 million by the end of next year.
In releasing its report, GSMA called on African governments to allocate more mobile broadband spectrum and cut taxes on mobile operators to further spur expansion. Citing studies by the World Bank and others, GSMA says that in developing countries, for every 10 percent increase in mobile penetration there is a 0.81 percent increase in GDP.
Africa has been described as the Silicon Valley of cell phones because of the innovative ways they are used on the continent. Cell phone networks have been set up to help health care workers in remote villages consult with doctors in cities.
Researchers have used cell phone technology to track animals for wildlife studies. Africans use cell phones to make payments across borders.
“The mobile industry in Africa is booming and a catalyst for immense growth, but there is scope for far greater development,” said Peter Lyons, a GSMA policy expert.
While GSMA said voice service dominates in Africa, use of data service is increasing steadily.
“I use my phone for everything,” Kitongo said.
When she has a spare moment, whereever she is, Kitongo downloads and watches movies or catches up on her Oprah magazine subscription. She makes payments and checks her bank balance using her smart phone, and her bank sends her a text message, or SMS, when she receives a payment. Kitongo has a second, less high-tech phone she uses for its radio, and for her subscription to an east African mobile service that doesn’t charge roaming fees in that region, making it cheaper for friends and family in Uganda and Kenya to call her.
If Kitongo uses the land line at her Johannesburg home at all, it’s to order in a meal. If she uses her laptop, it’s to hook its large screen to her phone for ease of reading Facebook messages. It’s cheaper, she says, to explore the Internet using her phone than her computer modem.
She also saves money by text and instant messaging instead of calling friends. She can sound like a saleswoman when discussing the airtime and other options open to her, including free messages if they are exchanged among others who use her brand of cell phone.
For all the convenience, Kitongo questions some of the profound changes mobile technology has brought to her life in just a few years. When friends get together for a coffee, she finds they’re often distracted, paying more attention to their phones than to the people across the table.
For Kitongo, her cell phone also serves as a radio, library, mini cinema, bank teller and more. The Kenyan-Ugandan who just finished marketing studies in South Africa is an urban, cosmopolitan, on-the-move face of cell phone users on the continent, where a report released Wednesday shows mobile penetration has reached 649 million connections, second only to Asia.
The report by the industry group GSMA, or Groupe Speciale Mobile Association, said Africa is the fastest growing mobile market.
For each of the past five years, the number of subscribers across Africa has grown by almost 20 percent and is expected to reach 738 million by the end of next year.
In releasing its report, GSMA called on African governments to allocate more mobile broadband spectrum and cut taxes on mobile operators to further spur expansion. Citing studies by the World Bank and others, GSMA says that in developing countries, for every 10 percent increase in mobile penetration there is a 0.81 percent increase in GDP.
Africa has been described as the Silicon Valley of cell phones because of the innovative ways they are used on the continent. Cell phone networks have been set up to help health care workers in remote villages consult with doctors in cities.
Researchers have used cell phone technology to track animals for wildlife studies. Africans use cell phones to make payments across borders.
“The mobile industry in Africa is booming and a catalyst for immense growth, but there is scope for far greater development,” said Peter Lyons, a GSMA policy expert.
While GSMA said voice service dominates in Africa, use of data service is increasing steadily.
“I use my phone for everything,” Kitongo said.
When she has a spare moment, whereever she is, Kitongo downloads and watches movies or catches up on her Oprah magazine subscription. She makes payments and checks her bank balance using her smart phone, and her bank sends her a text message, or SMS, when she receives a payment. Kitongo has a second, less high-tech phone she uses for its radio, and for her subscription to an east African mobile service that doesn’t charge roaming fees in that region, making it cheaper for friends and family in Uganda and Kenya to call her.
If Kitongo uses the land line at her Johannesburg home at all, it’s to order in a meal. If she uses her laptop, it’s to hook its large screen to her phone for ease of reading Facebook messages. It’s cheaper, she says, to explore the Internet using her phone than her computer modem.
She also saves money by text and instant messaging instead of calling friends. She can sound like a saleswoman when discussing the airtime and other options open to her, including free messages if they are exchanged among others who use her brand of cell phone.
For all the convenience, Kitongo questions some of the profound changes mobile technology has brought to her life in just a few years. When friends get together for a coffee, she finds they’re often distracted, paying more attention to their phones than to the people across the table.
Peter Cathcart Johnson Sr., 87
Mr. Johnson enrolled in St. Paul School for Boys in Baltimore, Md., where he had been a choir boy scholar and excelled in football and lacrosse.
Following his graduation from St. Paul's School for Boys in 1942, he enrolled at Penn State University where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the Varsity Lacrosse Team, and was twice elected Class President. His college years were interrupted by World War II, at which time he enlisted with the US Army Transportation Corps and served in the European Theater until the end of the war. After the World War II, Mr. Johnson returned to Penn State, graduating in 1948.
On June 24, 1949, Mr. Johnson married his college sweetheart one week after her graduation from Penn State, Jean Cameron Johnson. They raised five children, traveled the world and shared 62 years of happiness together.
Their five children are: a daughter, Christine J. DahDah (Joe) of Baltimore, Md.; and four sons in the Salem area: Peter, Jr. (Gail, deceased); Richard (Annie); Bruce (Karen); and David. They have 13 grandchildren.
Upon his graduation from Penn State, Mr. Johnson had moved back to Summitville, Ohio, and joined the family business, The Summitville Face Brick Company. Over the course of his 45 year business career, he and his brother, Fred Johnson, transformed the company from a small brick yard into Summitville Tiles, one of the nation's leading producers of ceramic tile.
The two brothers also formed Summitcrest Farms, which became one of the leading Angus breeding operations in the nation. Mr. Johnson retired as president of the company in 1990, though remained a guiding hand in the family business until only recently.
During his tenure at Summitville, Mr. Johnson held a variety of leadership positions within the ceramic tile industry. For over 30 years, he served as a member of the Tile Council of America's Board of Directors. In 1960, he was elected as the president of that organization. He was re-elected to that post again in 1979. In 1976, Mr. Johnson had received the TCA's Special Citation Award for serving 25 years as Chairman of the Tile Council's Licensing Committee and for promoting tile industry products and patents throughout the world. In 1980, he was honored by the Tile Contractor's of America with their Cesery Award in recognition of his contribution to the industry's tile contractors.
Subsequent to his retirement from Summitville Tiles, in 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson purchased the Spread Eagle Tavern of Hanoverton, Ohio. After overseeing the two-year restoration of the 150 year old tavern house, in 1990 they launched it as an up-scaled restaurant and country inn. Over the course of the past two decades, it has been visited by a number of national and state political figures.
Mr. Johnson was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Farmers National Bank of Salem and the First Steuben Bancorp of Steubenville.
He was a former member of the Board of the Salem Community Hospital Association. He had been a member of the Salem Golf Club since 1949, served as its president in 1965 and served 25 years as the Chairman of the Club's Permanent Building Committee, culminating in the 1989 major renovation of the clubhouse. He was a member of the John's Island Club in Vero Beach, Fla. A life long Republican activist, Mr. Johnson had been an active fundraiser for local, state and national Republican leaders. He had been Mayor of Summitville, Ohio, and had served for eight years as a Village Councilman there. He was a member of the Salem Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his loving wife, Jean Cameron Johnson, their five children, 13 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister, Ethel Drehmann Daum and his brother Frederick H. Johnson.
Following his graduation from St. Paul's School for Boys in 1942, he enrolled at Penn State University where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the Varsity Lacrosse Team, and was twice elected Class President. His college years were interrupted by World War II, at which time he enlisted with the US Army Transportation Corps and served in the European Theater until the end of the war. After the World War II, Mr. Johnson returned to Penn State, graduating in 1948.
On June 24, 1949, Mr. Johnson married his college sweetheart one week after her graduation from Penn State, Jean Cameron Johnson. They raised five children, traveled the world and shared 62 years of happiness together.
Their five children are: a daughter, Christine J. DahDah (Joe) of Baltimore, Md.; and four sons in the Salem area: Peter, Jr. (Gail, deceased); Richard (Annie); Bruce (Karen); and David. They have 13 grandchildren.
Upon his graduation from Penn State, Mr. Johnson had moved back to Summitville, Ohio, and joined the family business, The Summitville Face Brick Company. Over the course of his 45 year business career, he and his brother, Fred Johnson, transformed the company from a small brick yard into Summitville Tiles, one of the nation's leading producers of ceramic tile.
The two brothers also formed Summitcrest Farms, which became one of the leading Angus breeding operations in the nation. Mr. Johnson retired as president of the company in 1990, though remained a guiding hand in the family business until only recently.
During his tenure at Summitville, Mr. Johnson held a variety of leadership positions within the ceramic tile industry. For over 30 years, he served as a member of the Tile Council of America's Board of Directors. In 1960, he was elected as the president of that organization. He was re-elected to that post again in 1979. In 1976, Mr. Johnson had received the TCA's Special Citation Award for serving 25 years as Chairman of the Tile Council's Licensing Committee and for promoting tile industry products and patents throughout the world. In 1980, he was honored by the Tile Contractor's of America with their Cesery Award in recognition of his contribution to the industry's tile contractors.
Subsequent to his retirement from Summitville Tiles, in 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson purchased the Spread Eagle Tavern of Hanoverton, Ohio. After overseeing the two-year restoration of the 150 year old tavern house, in 1990 they launched it as an up-scaled restaurant and country inn. Over the course of the past two decades, it has been visited by a number of national and state political figures.
Mr. Johnson was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Farmers National Bank of Salem and the First Steuben Bancorp of Steubenville.
He was a former member of the Board of the Salem Community Hospital Association. He had been a member of the Salem Golf Club since 1949, served as its president in 1965 and served 25 years as the Chairman of the Club's Permanent Building Committee, culminating in the 1989 major renovation of the clubhouse. He was a member of the John's Island Club in Vero Beach, Fla. A life long Republican activist, Mr. Johnson had been an active fundraiser for local, state and national Republican leaders. He had been Mayor of Summitville, Ohio, and had served for eight years as a Village Councilman there. He was a member of the Salem Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his loving wife, Jean Cameron Johnson, their five children, 13 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister, Ethel Drehmann Daum and his brother Frederick H. Johnson.
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