No racing lately (and not much blogging), but lots of running. Winter is coming fast, so this is the time of year when I try to sneak in as many trail and mountains runs as I can before there's too much snow to run on them.
I also discovered an exciting new trail in Asotin Creek Canyon that's only about an hour drive from me. Sadie and I plan to explore the canyon much more in the spring.
I had a nice holiday break in Salt Lake City and Boise, and despite eating more pie than was probably good for me (Who am I kidding? It was SO GOOD for me!) I was able to put some good miles in.
Sadie hurt her front left leg a few weeks ago - I think it was from chasing the tennis ball - so she got several days off and skipped three Saturday long runs with me. She hasn't limped for two weeks and seems to be doing fine after 50+ miles last week, so I think she's all healed up now.
Next up on the schedule are the two Pullman Winter Ultra 50k's and a trip to Texas for the Christmas/New Year holiday that will include running a marathon with my sister on New Year's Eve.
First snow on Moscow Mt.
Lower sections nice and clear still.
I've ever seen in my life!
Enjoying first tracks on a Saturday morning mountain run.
Bighorns on my first trip down to the Asotin Creak canyon trail.
good miles on this trail next year.
only a few miles in and a thousand feet gain there is snow covering the trail.
This is how dark it is when I get off work now.
My new favorite trainers for the off-trail days: Brooks Pure Flow.
What's winter without a seasonal porter?
Palouse Falls Polar Porter is tasty.
driving to get to your dad's place in Utah?
A: Give him a hug and say hi.
Q: What's the second thing you do?
A: Take Sadie for a run below the Wasatch Mts.
Early-morning visit to the mountains.
Looks like I'm not the biggest cat on the mountain.
And I was trying to avoid the mud puddles.
With dad in the mountains. Hard to beat this.
Dad pointing to his favorite trails.
I love the early morning visit to the mountains pic. Haven't seen that one before.
Hope Sadie is staying cleaner than you and that Palouse Falls keeps that porter a'flowing.
Hey man keep blogging, you are great inspiration !
Sadie is one great athlete - glad she got over her injury. I must admit, I wouldn't like to run in that much mud!
Love the pictures! I can't wait for the New Year's Eve marathon with you!!!
Never seen all that mud!


First Subsea revealed that it is delivering platform mooring connectors (PMCs) to Windplus for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic Project located offshore Portugal.
Image: Offshore wind farm. Photo: courtesy of xedos4/Freedigitalphotos.net.
The WindFloat Atlantic Project comprises three WindFloat 8MW WTG platforms that will be installed 20km off the coast from Viana do Castelo.
Each platform's mooring system is made up of three catenary mooring lines, connected to drag embedded anchors. First Subsea will supply nine Platform Mooring Connectors (PMC), each with a 5500 kN MBL.
First Subsea sales director Greg Campbell-Smith said: "The First Subsea Platform Mooring Connector provides a quick and easy mooring connection with improved long-term fatigue benefits at the connection point with the hull.


The 27-year-old "Gone Girl" actress is wearing a white underwear set paired with retro Nike Classic Cortez Premium sneakers in Team Orange in the shot, which will be appearing on billboards in cities across the U.S.
You can pick up Ratajkowsk's vibrant leather kicks, which were introduced as a running shoe in 1972, for $90. The style is also available in gray, black and rose gold, dusty pink and white and dark red.
Flip through the gallery to check out Emily Ratajkowski's style evolution.


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Доналд Чарлз Питер Митчел (;  — ) — английский музыковед и музыкальный критик.

Окончил Далидж-колледж, в 1943 году по достижении призывного возраста заявил о своём отказе от призыва по идейным соображениям и до конца Второй мировой войны служил в Корпусе некомбатантов. После войны преподавал в одной из лондонских школ, в 1949—1950 гг. учился в Даремском университете.

В 1947 году основал журнал музыкальной критики Music Survey, завоевавший особенно прочное признание профессионального сообщества в 1949—1952 гг., когда соредактором Митчела стал Ханс Келлер. Журнал прославился придирчивостью и агрессивной пропагандой творчества Арнольда Шёнберга и Бенджамина Бриттена. В 1950-е гг. Митчел публиковался как критик в журналах Musical Times и Musical Opinion, в 1958—1962 гг. был главным редактором журнала Tempo. В 1965 г. основал музыкальное издательство Faber Music и вплоть до 1995 г. входил в его руководство (с 1988 г. президент). В 1972—1976 гг. профессор Сассексского университета.

Основной труд Митчела — четырёхтомное собрание очерков о жизни и творчестве Густава Малера (1958—2007); Митчел также подготовил «Путеводитель по Малеру» (; 1999). Многолетнее сотрудничество с Бриттеном материализовалось в несколько книг о нём, в том числе «Бриттен и Оден в 1930-е» (). Под редакцией Митчела вышло шеститомное собрание избранных писем Бриттена. После смерти композитора Митчел возглавлял его мемориальный фонд.

Кавалер Ордена Британской империи (2000).

Музыковеды Великобритании
Профессора Сассекского университета

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Assessment of the 2019 Jaguar F-Pace supplies the newest look at trim-level options and specs, efficiency, security, and luxury. Unlike numerous sleeker competitors, the 2019 Jaguar F-Pace requires no cargo-carrying compromises be made in response to a sloping roofline or an angled hatch consuming into the out there vertical area. For this overview 2019 Jaguar F-Pace EyeSight bundle of safety features pre-collision braking, lane-keeping assist, adaptive cruise control, and lane-departure warning.
The 2019 Jaguar F-Pace with a number of mid-cycle adjustments, probably the most noticeable of that are to its exterior. A brand new grille, entrance fascia, and headlight design highlight changes to the entrance of the automotive, whereas redesigned taillights are actually illuminated by LEDs. Opting for EyeSight on Restricted and Touring fashions additionally brings to the desk automated high-beam headlights and reverse-automated-braking, the latter of which can mechanically stop the automobile if it detects an imminent collision whereas reversing.
Additionally, keyword added a quicker steering ratio and extra soundproofing to the New 2019 Jaguar F-Pace New Release. Thicker glass, an acoustically laminated windshield, added insulation, and improved door seals all assist block exterior noise from the cabin. A cushty journey, an elevated seating place, standard all-wheel drive, and accessible state-of-the-artwork safety expertise present Subaru's compact crossover with the traits sought by customers procuring this class.
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Animals'
Immunodeficiency:
Inborn or congenital and acquired immunodeficiency
Before we go any further with Immunodeficiency, let's consider that the immune system may reveal several shortcomings in its functioning resulting in some sort of "imbalance" and diseases as a result. By immunological deficiency, let's understand here, the immune system deficiencies, the absence of T lymphocytes or deficit of these cells that causes the individual a greater sensitivity to viruses and intracellular bacterial infections and the absence of B-lymphocytes, which subject the individual to extracellular infections caused by many bacteria; the deficiency of phagocytes or other participants of the immune system.
Because all agents of the immune system interact, if just one of them is missing (or not properly working) all defense lines are disturbed. For this same reason, some diseases result from the inability of the immune system to respond effectively to agents that threaten the body and generally mean: immunological deficiency.
immunological deficiency can be congenital or acquired .
Inborn or congenital immunodeficiency
The lack of T lymphocytes translates into a greater sensitivity to intracellular pathogens, viruses and cancers and the lack of B lymphocytes translates into a greater sensitivity to extracellular infections. The severe combined immunological deficiency(SCID) is characterized by the absence of lymphocytes B and T. patients are extremely vulnerable and only survive in completely sterile environments
The treatment of this immunological deficiency, it can be done through the bone marrow transplant or gene therapy.
AIDS-acquired immunodeficiency
AIDS is caused by human immunological deficiency virus, HIV. HIV is a RNA virus (retrovirus) that infects primarily lymphocytes T (H), but also other lymphocytes, macrophages and cells of the nervous system. The body reacts to viral infection and could identify three stages:
•Primo-infection: occurs the quick proliferation of the virus and a decrease in population of helper T lymphocytes;
•Lag phase (asymptomatic)-the situation stabilizes for several years, settling a balance where the immune response limits the development of the virus. Are produced many antibodies and cytotoxic T lymphocytes to proliferate that kill infected cells;
•Stage of immunological deficiency(symptomatic phase)-the immune system does not respond properly, the viral load increases, the number of lymphocytes T drastically low, settling opportunistic infections.
Inside the host cell, the viral RNA is transcribed to DNA by reverse transcriptase and DNA is integrated in the genome. When active, the viral DNA directs the production of new viruses that cause the destruction of host cell and infect new cells. The progressive decrease in the number of lymphocytes T leaves the body very susceptible to opportunistic diseases and cancers.
An HIV infected individual reacts to his presence by producing antibodies-says-if HIV-positive.
Viruses that are within cells can transmit HIV.
Currently, there is no cure or vaccine for the disease, but its progression can be treated by reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs (AZT) and of proteases and inhibitors of virus binding to host cells. Since the available treatments are not curative, targeting only delaying the reproduction of the virus, you should bet heavily on prevention, avoiding risky behavior.
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The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday not to trust President Donald Trump.
"Tehran believes that the North Korean government should be quite vigilant as the US by nature could not be judged in an optimistic way," he added.
North Korea and Iran are believed to have collaborated on ballistic missiles and nuclear weaponry, although the degree of cooperation is disputed and potentially exaggerated. Nonetheless, the two countries have maintained close ties over the years, and both countries have been a thorn in the side of the U.S., which desires to permanently curb their nuclear ambitions.
The Trump administration, however, argues that pulling out of the deal signals to the world that the president will not tolerate bad deals and intends to follow through on his promises.
"Hopefully, a deal will happen," the president told reporters.
White House national security adviser John Bolton said that Trump's decision to withdraw from the JCPOA sent "a very clear signal that the United States will not accept inadequate deals," meaning that North Korea will need to come to the table prepared to make meaningful concessions.
North Korea was critical of the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the Iran deal, but it is unclear how much, if at all, the move affected Pyongyang's strategic calculus ahead of the Trump-Kim summit. The two leaders are expected to meet Tuesday morning.


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Q: How to use spring batch to read JPA entities with associations I've been tasked with migrating data from a "legacy" web app that uses spring data JPA to a newer system. My initial thoughts were to use spring batch. I am using a JpaPagingItemReader<LegacyEntity> to read the legacy entities, a custom ItemProcessor<LegacyEntity, NewDataDto> to transform the entities and an ItemWriter<NewDataDto> to post the data via http rest call to the new system.
The entities have a lot of one to many associations. LegacyEntity has a one to many relationship with entityA which has a oneToMany relationship with entityB.
My problem is that the JpaPagingItemReader is driven by jpql. I want the reader to output one of each LegacyEntity with all associations fully loaded.  I looked into using a fetch join in jpql but it looks like it might not support nested associations and emits duplicates.
What's the best way to handle this? How would I handle this if I was using plain old jdbc?
Spring batch readers and processors all focus on processing one record at a time, only using paging under the hood so how would I normally read objects with toMany associations in batch?

A: Normally you'd use the driving query pattern.  Your ItemReader will read the ids (or the bare minimum entity).  The ItemProcessor will then enrich the item with whatever else is needed.  The ItemWriter will then have the full entity to write.  You can read more about this pattern in the Spring Batch documentation here: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/trunk/reference/html/patterns.html#drivingQueryBasedItemReaders

A: I managed to solve this with jdbc instead of jpa.
public class LegacyEntityReader extends JdbcPagingItemReader<LegacyEntity> {
private NamedParameterJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;

public LegacyEntityReader(DataSource dataSource, int pageSize) {
    //setup reader for loading legacyENtity without associations here
}

@Override
protected void doReadPage() {
    super.doReadPage();//this loads a page of root entities into a list exposed as a protected field: "results"
    List<Long> resultIds = results.stream().map(LegacyEntity::getId).collect(Collectors.toList());

    //DO queries to load associations here where legacyEntity.id in resultIds
    //Then associate in memory with the results in the results field
}
}

JPA cannot be used to load entities  with associations in one jpa query using Paging. The query will inevitably yield duplicates and the deduplication will need to take place on the entire resultset in memory possibly leading to out of memory errors
This makes me sad :(.

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I am akshaya sethi,belongs from bhubaneswar,odisha.
I completed my BVA from B.K COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFTS,bhubaneswar in 2015 and completed my master degree from UUC,bhubaneswar in 2017. I have been working in art field since 12 years.
"Jay Jagannath" special Exhibition of paintings by ETV, Odisha- 2011,12,13,14.
Odisha Lalita Kala Academy Annual Art. Exhibition- 2013-14.
"Wave" an exhibition of water colour paintings at BKCAC, Bhubaneswar- 2013.
"Prayash" Group Exhibition of paintings by Young painters at Bhubaneswar-2013.
Drawing Group Exhibition of paintings by young painters at Bhubaneswar-2012.
"WAVE" water colour camp at BKCAC, BBSR, 2013.


If you are a tourist this is one of the unmissable places in Rome!
In the center of Rome near the beautiful Campo dei Fiori square, in dei Giubbonari street you will find a little widening called Largo dei Librai.
This little and beautiful square is dominated by the Saint Barbara church, from which the famous "filettaro" takes its name. the church has been closed during the entire period of 900, it was deconsecrated and used as a warehouse by a Roman interior designer, till it was opened again and restored in 1982. Having a b&b near the old town center will allow you to easily reach this characteristic place.
The specialty of the house is the fried salted codfish (baccalà). It is not a typical restaurant, here you can eat cod fillets, chicory and anchovy salad (puntarelle con alici, a typical Roman salad), beans with fresh onions, no first or second courses "cooked". These are all foods which came from the popular and poor Roman culture. It is a place outside of time, were you will found the authentic tastes of Rome near clothing stores and trinkets shops in Via dei Giubbonari. This place imitates the old Roman"fraschette"or taverns, where you could take your food from home and order only wine.Cod fillet is very tasty and it can become a perfect snack after walking for a lot of hours searching the treasures of Rome.
It is rigorously eaten on long and rustic tables with typical paper tablecloths, in spring or summer you will find the table seated in the opposite little square. It is the fast Roman snack before fast food were made! During all day and also late in the evening you will be able to eat tasty fried cod fillets, if you have a b&b or an apartment in Rome you can't miss this place!
As the tradition says, fillets are served as a steak 10/15 cm long; they are passed in a butter of flour and water and fried in huge pans with boiling oil.
They can be served also in a paper cone take-away, a deliciousness beyond comparison, a traditional delight.
It is typical Roman family-run business, even if prices have risen (€ 4,50 take-away €5,00 seated) everyone should taste a cod fillet once in their life!


The Noma vest from Charli will be the perfect new addition to your wardrobe this season. Featuring a double V-neckline with a asymmetric hem, wear yours to the office this summer, or casually with Paige jeans. Super chic styled with the matching Neve Culottes.


I'm not sure how we've managed to continue the weekly photos, but someone is clearly getting tired of it.
Just 5 more weeks, kid. Five more weeks.
When he sees Sophie the dog, he squeals with excitement, and I think he's trying to say dog and cat. He's got "bye" down.
Oh, he's even started blowing kisses. He's only done it twice(?) and it's really cute. He's big on bath time, going so far as to crawl into the bathroom, climb up the side of the tub and try to lift his leg to get in. Don't worry, though. I never put water in the tub until he's in the tub. And we're always with him. He started doing this standing at the tub thing about two or three weeks ago. I finally got it on video this week.
Sleep has escaped us another week. I have some theories on this. I may share them. For now, though, we're just trying to get some rest in our house.
Too cute! I love that he tries to get into the bath by himself!


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More foreign nationals and diplomats leave Egypt over protests
Cairo International Airport's departure halls are crowded with passengers leaving the country due to the protests in Cairo and several other governorates on Sunday.
Officials at the airport said flights are on schedule despite the large crowds. Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Tawfik al-Assy told Sky News Arabia that 60,000 passengers have left the country on 254 flights in the last 48 hours.
Several members of the diplomatic staff at the US embassy have left, fearing the outbreak of violent protests on Sunday. Qatar has also dispatched a private jet to transport several Qatari workers home.
The Belgian government has warned its people against traveling to Egypt and called on Belgian nationals in Egypt to remain cautious and avoid demonstration areas.
Army forces were deployed Saturday at entry and exit points at the Cairo Airport and at the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The Emirati Foreign Ministry has asked its citizens to avoid traveling to Egypt except in extreme emergencies due to security conditions, and asked Emiratis in Egypt to avoid crowded areas and places where demonstrations are taking place, and to leave the country as soon as possible due to the political turmoil.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy is closed on Sunday and Monday.
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#BadBoysForLife – Movie Review
Bad Boys for Life – Budget of $90 million – 2 hours and 4 minutes
Mike is weaving through the streets of Miami with Marcus screaming in the passenger seat. They are in a race against the clock. But they are not chasing bad guys. They are headed to the hospital. Marcus is a grandfather. Megan and Reggie just had a baby boy, they named Marcus. Later, the precinct celebrates the new future cop to the fold. Marcus takes Mike aside and tells him its time for him to retire. He wants to see Little Marcus grow up. Marcus states age is getting the best of them. Mike believes he is in his prime and will continue to stay on the force. In order to prove Marcus wrong, the two decided to have a foot race. If Mike wins, Marcus stays on the force. If Marcus wins, he can leave. Mike gains the lead and celebrates the win. But the celebration is short-lived. Mike is the target of a hit. He is rushed to the emergency room with 4 bullet wounds to the torso. Marcus sits by his side every day and makes a deal with God to heal Mike. Six months later, Mike is feeling better but stunned. While he was recuperating, Marcus officially retired. Since Mike coded on the operating table, Marcus feels he kept his promise of Bad Boys for Life. On the other hand, Mike won't rest until he finds the person who tried to kill him. Since he can't investigate his own case, Captain Howard teams Mike up with AMMO, an elite team of officers trained in combat, tech, and marksmanship. AMMO is made up of Lieutenant Rita, Officer Kelly, Officer Rafe, and Officer Dorn. Mike doesn't believe in their methods but he has no other options. In order for Mike to discover who is trying to kill him and why; the Bad Boys of the Bible will go head to head against a Witch, the Aretas cartel, and a doting son.
The third installment of the Bad Boys franchise has all the bullets, explosions, and crazy car chases you'd expect (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). While Marcus has matured into his role as grandfather and husband, Mike still wants to chase bad guys. Marcus truly makes an attempt to retire. Even when a CI tries to pull Marcus back in, he calls Mike to take over. It takes one bullet to make him ride one last time with Mike. The comic relief of their arguments is funnier as they joke about hair dye, dress, women, and – of course – driving. This movie laughs at itself by describing it as a real-life telenovela. The action sequences makes IMAX a great choice for this film. Stay after the first set of end credits but not until the end. Don't worry loyal fans, they give you the slow double stand, blue pill joke, a Reggie flashback, and a set up for the next class of Bad Boys.
So, you want me to speed up and slow down at the same time – Mike
Turn up? What are you, 20? You need to turn off – Marcus
I got 50 on a torn ACL – Captain Howard
I don't do renegotiations – Armando Aretas
Hasta el Fuego – Isabel Aretas
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I thank Gary Olson for providing a view of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez not often seen in our mainstream press (Feb. 28 op-ed column). Despite his overwhelming popularity in his own country, Chavez has reason to be fearful for his political future.
He is well aware of what U.S. democratizing efforts have brought to the people of Latin America. In the name of democracy in 1954, the Eisenhower administration orchestrated a coup that overthrew the democratically elected president of Guatemala, who distributed unused land to peasants. The succeeding military governments, armed and supported by the United States, murdered more than 100,000 people in the following decades.
In 1973, the U.S.-orchestrated overthrow of the democratically elected Salvador Allende in Chile resulted in the death, torture and disappearance of 10,000 Chileans under the U.S.-supported Augusto Pinochet.
Ronald Reagan's "freedom fighter" Contras killed approximately 10,000 Nicaraguan citizens and dismantled 10 years of health and literacy programs created by the popularly elected Sandinista government.
For the sake of the Venezuelan people, let's hope that the Bush administration exhausts its democratizing resources in its campaign in Iraq.


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Dan Graham: Performance
12 July – 28 August 2004
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Lisson Gallery,
Lisson New Space is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of performance and magazine projects by Dan Graham, previewing at 29 Bell Street on 12th July from 6-9pm. Graham last showed "Sculptures/Pavilions" in 2001 his sixth solo show at Lisson.
Dan Graham's work questions the relationship between architecture and its psychological effects on us and remains as poignant today as it did in the 1970's when Graham first explored issues such as "the performative", exhibitionism, reflection, mirroring and the mundane. His work continues to investigate the voyeuristic act of seeing oneself reflected, while at the same time watching others. This overlay of experience creates a focused dual perception amid a changing environment and / or audience. His work highlights the awkwardness that occurs when intimate moments or details are rudimentarily broadcast in an impersonal manner.
Newspapers and magazines became a preferred method of disseminating his ideas during the late 1960s and 1970s, a means of reaching the widest possible audience while reducing the art to a worthless advert. "My performance works existed," stated Graham in 1982, "like my earlier "conceptual art" involving the use of magazine pages, on a boundary between formal, self-enclosed art and popular cultural assumptions and temporary, perhaps disposable, readings of that moment." Here art had reached the age of de-materialisation, a term coined by art critic, Lucy Lippard. Graham continued to isolate the structures of the art world in Proposal for Art Magazine, May, 1969, orchestrating a triad between three artists that share a hypothetical exhibition, commenting only on each other's work and not their own, he described the outcome as a socio- psychological framework of the show. The art world itself and especially that of the artist are ridiculed and parodied further by Graham in INCOME (Outflow) PIECE, 1969, which offers the sale of shares in DAN GRAHAM INC. The artist himself, becoming a limited company for all to buy and part own.
Graham has described his pavilions as "producing a sense of uneasiness and psychological alienation through a constant play between feelings of inclusion and exclusion." It is in his early performance work that these ideas were first conceived and are most poignant.
Dan Graham lives and works in New York City. Recent exhibitions include a large museum show in 2001 titled "Dan Graham Retrospective", Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto; which travelled to Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris; the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Holland and finally to the KIASMA, Helsinki. 2002 saw "Dan Graham, Works 1965-2000", at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany. Graham showed "Spiritus" at Magasin 3,
Stockholm, Sweden in 2003 as well as an installation in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2003. In 2003, Graham unveiled his first permanent project in London, Waterloo Sunset at the Hayward Gallery, 2002-2003, a large glass structure on the Hayward roof overlooking the Thames. A large-scale pavilion, Greek Cross Pavilion, Open Shoji Screen Version, 2001 will be on show at Art Unlimited, Basel, in June 2004. He is currently working on a new public pavilion for the City of London due for completion in September 2004
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Cadillac's Future Lineup Seeks US Domination, Green-Lights Range-Topping Flagship Vehicle
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Cadillac has recently expressed their goal to disrupt BMW's and Mercedes-Benz's grip on the US automotive luxury market. To do such a thing, Cadillac will need to introduce a new flagship vehicle to compete with the likings of the BMW 7 series and Benz S Class and at the same time keep other moving forward.
According to Automotive News, Cadillac plans to hit up the big boys with their own 7 series and S class competitor slated to be launched in 2015. Sources confirm that the new flagship vehicle will ride on GM's rear-wheel drive Omega platform. Best news of all to come out of this story is the idea that styling will likely be influenced by the Ciel Concept, which is just what the lovely public has been craving for ever since its introduction a couple years ago.
Cadillac also plans to keep other segments forward moving. The ATS has already received praise in several reviews as a worthy BMW 3 Series competitor while a coupe and performance-injected ATS-V is on the horizon for a 2014 release. The new XTS has paved the way for Cadillac to rollout original technological advancements while hinting at what we could expect in other future Cadillac vehicles. The CTS is expected to get a redesign next year, and a newly designed Escalade will be ready to sport itself on a platform based on the company's next generation pickup truck architecture.
A new Cadillac ELR coupe, set for introduction in late 2013, will satisfy the eco-green segment in a sports coupe flavor featuring an upgraded Chevy Volt powertrain. A facelifted SRX crossover will be introduced later this fall with a complete redesign expected for late 2014. To conclude Cadillac's plans for US luxury domination, a new large crossover is expected to be introduced in 2015 to fill the gap between the Escalade and SRX. You could think of it as an answer to Infiniti's hot-selling JX crossover.
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Melatonin, produced in the pineal gland of the brain, is part of the system that controls the sleep-wake cycle. It is sold in the United States as a dietary supplement and is most commonly used for the treatment of sleep disturbances, such as jet-lag. Melatonin is also a potent antioxidant and has been shown in animal studies to prevent DNA damage by cancer causing toxins. Multiple studies have suggested that melatonin may also decrease weight loss, loss of appetite, and fatigue in patients with cancer. These symptoms are some of the most problematic for patients dealing with advanced cancer and cancer therapy.
A clinical trial was conducted to validate the effects on appetite and fatigue using a randomized, placebo controlled study design. Patients with advanced lung or GI cancer, a loss of appetite as determined by an "appetite score", and a loss of weight over the past 6 months were eligible to enroll in the study. Patients were randomized to receive either melatonin at 20 mg each night or a placebo. Neither the patient nor the physician were aware of which treatment the patient was receiving. A number of symptoms related to appetite and fatigue were tracked over the 28 day course of the study. Patients were also monitored for weight changes and changes in body composition such as body fat and lean mass.
Seventy three patients were eligible and assigned to receive either melatonin or the placebo. All patients completed questionnaires to evaluate their symptoms related to appetite, fatigue, depression, pain and well-being, prior to starting their assigned therapy and after 4 weeks of therapy. All patients underwent evaluation of body fat and lean body mass prior to starting therapy and after 4 weeks of therapy. No difference in symptoms or body composition was detectable between the two groups. Melatonin was not effective for improving appetite or other symptoms and did not improve quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. This is the first study to evaluate the effects of melatonin using a rigorous study design and does not support the recommendation of melatonin for the treatment of fatigue or weight loss.
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Expressing Agreement & Life Experience
Episode #4 of the course English grammar by Kasia Sielicka, PhD
So, I saved Susan after her fall. Well, okay, she didn't really need saving, but still, I felt like a hero.
Then we went to the company's canteen to grab a bite to eat.
"What would you like?" I asked.
"I don't know . . ." she said. "I like muffins."
"Really? So do I!" I answered.
"Well, not all of them. I don't like coconut muffins."
"No way! Neither do I!" I exclaimed.
"I have tried them once, but . . ." She made an unhappy face.
"So have I!" I reacted.
"Look! They have blueberry muffins. I've never tried them!" she suggested.
"Neither have I," I admitted.
"What a coincidence." She smiled. I have never seen a prettier smile. And that was the moment I realized I was in love.
Expressing Agreement
When you want to agree with someone, you can simply say "Me too!" But you can also do it differently:
"I like muffins." "So do I."
"I've tried them once." "So have I."
You start with "so", then the auxiliary (be/have/do) or modal verb (can/could/may/will/etc.) and "I" (if it's about you). More examples:
"I went to the cinema yesterday." "So did I."
"I can swim." "So can I."
"I will help him." "So will I."
When you want to agree with a negative sentence (with "not" in it), you can simply say, "Me neither." Or in a more complicated way:
"I don't like coconut muffins." "Neither do I." (= I also don't like them)
"I've never tried blueberry muffins!" "Neither have I." (= I also haven't tried them)
You use "neither" + auxiliary + "I." Please note that the word order here is different from normal sentences: not "I do," but "do I," etc. More examples:
"I didn't know." "Neither did I."
"I won't go." "Neither will I."
Present Perfect—Life Experience
I've tried coconut muffins once, but I didn't like them.
I've never tried blueberry muffins.
Here, we use the Present Perfect tense because we talk about life experience. Susan doesn't say when she tried coconut muffins. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that—in her whole life—she has done that, so now she knows what they taste like. In the second sentence, she talks about something she has never done in her life, so she doesn't know what it's like to eat blueberry muffins.
More examples:
I've been to China—it's a great country.
I've never been to Scotland but I would love to go.
I haven't tried bungee jumping and I'm not going to. It's too scary!
Tomorrow, you will find out what John has never done before—and Susan does it with him!
Real Grammar: Understand English. Clear and Simple. by Carl Eldridge


POTEAU (KFSM) -- An EF-2 tornado ripped through Leflore County in May of 2015. It hit a neighborhood on Pine Ridge Circle in Poteau. Many trees were uprooted but only one home was destroyed. That home belonged to Jim and Gloria Gardner.
They were able to escape the path of the tornado by taking shelter.
"We went in the storm shelter we had just got the previous October. It was the first time we used it," Gloria Gardner said.
Their two story home was badly damaged and the roof was gone.
"We're just thankful god really took care of us," Jim Gardner said.
Now, nearly one year later the Gardners are ready to move in to their new home, rebuilt in the same place on Pine Ridge Circle. The couple said once everything is moved in they will hold a party for their neighbors. With the round of severe weather we have had lately the couple said the warnings still make them nervous.
"This last Sunday, I'm sitting there watching the news and it said tornado watch for Leflore County until 9 P.M. and I'm sitting there saying really? seriously? One week before our house is done? We are going to get another tornado? Fortunately we didn't get one," Gloria Gardner laughed.
Their new home is bigger than the old one they said. The couple said they do miss the pine trees the May tornado destroyed in their neighborhood. They plan to plant fruit trees once the landscaping around their new home is complete.


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Q: What are the Nuclear Radiation and Fallout Effects?
A: All nuclear explosions release radiation, both initial radiation and residual or nuclear fallout radiation. The initial radiation makes up about 5% of the total energy released by a nuclear explosion and is released well within the first minute following the detonation. The threat of exposure to injurious levels of this initial radiation are confined typically to within a radius of about 1.50 miles from the nuclear detonation of anything less than a 1 MT bomb. Within this range, and out in the open and exposed without blast and thermal pulse protection, you most likely would also suffer lethal injuries from the blast impact and burns.
One other effect of the initial radiation that is of concern only from very high altitude nuclear explosions is called the Electromagnetic Pulse or EMP. This very brief, but powerful electrical field is expected to disable electric power and communications on the ground as well as satellites. While it causes no direct harm to people when detonated at its high altitude optimum heights, it is expected by the DoD to be the first shot fired to effectively knock out the electrical grid and communications below it. Even one large correctly placed nuclear explosion over the center of the U.S. could severely disable most all the electrical power and communications from coast-to-coast. More information on EMP effects can be found in the Nuclear War Survival Skills book.
What will be of concern to the greatest number of people, though, is the remaining 10% of the energy unleashed by a nuclear explosion, the residual or nuclear fallout radiation. Any nuclear detonation on the ground, or where an airburst was low enough that the fireball touched the ground, will create tons of radioactive materials that will be sucked up into the classical mushroom shaped cloud to then be spread far downwind. These radioactive particles carried by the wind then later fall out both near and many miles away from ground zero and are the source of what we know as radioactive nuclear fallout. Each of these trillions of contaminated particles gives off invisible radiation while in the mushroom cloud, while descending, and after having fallen to earth.
If you remember the dust and ash that had covered many parts of the U.S. hundreds of miles away from the eruption of Mount St. Helens, then you have an idea of how far and wide tons of radioactive nuclear fallout sucked miles high into the atmosphere can then later be deposited well away from its initial ground zero source. (However, we would not see it ankle deep like some did downwind of Mount St. Helens.) This radioactive nuclear fallout, spread by the winds and eventually covering hundreds of square miles, has the potential to kill many more people downwind than those unfortunate enough to have been at or too close to ground zero. There's some 'good news', too, regarding how quickly it loses it's intensity that will be covered in the next, and last, Part 3 section.
Few realize, too, that surface nuclear tests conducted in the Soviet Union and China have covered much of the U.S. with low levels of radioactive nuclear fallout in the past. Many are concerned that a serious nuclear exchange in the Mid-East, Iran, Korea, between India and Pakistan, or elsewhere, could, at the minimum, result in serious contamination of milk and other foodstuffs here in the U.S., too. See/Read Trans-Pacific Fallout for more details.
The heaviest particles normally fall closest to ground zero and at the other extreme the smallest of the particles, invisible to the naked eye, can travel thousands of miles on the winds and some of it will stay suspended for decades. The larger the bomb, the more nuclear fallout and higher the mushroom cloud and the likelihood of the nuclear fallout being dispersed further and suspended longer in the upper atmosphere. But, with rain showers, all sized radioactive nuclear fallout particles can be brought down much sooner and can create localized 'hot spots'. However, at any one place where the nuclear fallout from a single explosion is being deposited on the ground in concentrations strong enough to require the use of protective shelters, this deposition will usually be completed within a few hours, once it begins.
The above 15 mph nuclear fallout pattern examples do not reflect that the winds are often moving in different directions and at different speeds at different altitudes. Only generalizations should be inferred from them. The maps do show that the highest levels of radioactive nuclear fallout can be expected closest to ground zero and then trail off with distance. One exception, though, would be from rain showers creating hotspots downwind. Read Trans-Pacific Fallout for an example of that happening in 1953 in Troy, NY from a nuke test in Nevada a few days earlier.
Bottom Line: While the blast, shock wave and thermal effects are nearest ground zero, the residual radiation effects via nuclear fallout can endanger thousands more and for 100's of miles downwind. It is this radiation hazard carried on the winds that holds the potential to sicken and kill the greatest number of people. As seen above, the nuclear fallout radiation, measured in R/hr, is highest nearest to ground zero. But, as Chernobyl proved with documented cases of radioactive iodine, causing thyroid cancer 500 km (310 miles) downwind, the danger zone truly is extensive. (While not high enough to be harmful, radioactive iodine was even measured in dairy milk from cows grazing Chernobyl nuclear fallout contaminated pasture fields in the State of Washington.) Radioactive Iodine is a special case, expected to be responsible for the majority of health issues the farthest downwind and affecting the greatest number of people then. Fortunately, there is an easy and cheap prophylactic OTC drug in Potassium Iodide that can give nearly 100% protection. There is too much to be said about radioactive iodine and potassium iodide to do so here. See the Trans-Pacific Fallout for more details on thyroid cancer creating radioactive iodine from afar, and for when it's up much closer, too.
Next, we'll explore the different kinds of radiation, their measurement units and, finally, how much is too much.
Q: What's the Difference Between Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation?
A: Everything in nature would prefer to be in a relaxed, or stable state. Unstable atoms undergo nuclear processes that cause them to become more stable. One such process involves emitting excess energy from the nucleus. This process is called radioactivity or radioactive decay. "Radiation" and "radioactivity" are often confused, the proper relationship is that "radioactive atoms emit radiation."
The three main types of nuclear radiation emitted from radioactive atoms and included in all nuclear fallout are:
Alpha: These are actual particles that are electrically charged and are commonly referred to as alpha particles. Alpha particles are the least penetrating of the three primary forms of radiation, as they cannot travel more than four to seven inches in air and a single sheet of paper or the outermost layer of dead skin that covers the body will stop them. However, if alpha particle emitting radioactive material is inhaled or ingested, they can be a very damaging source of radiation with their short range being concentrated internally in a very localized area.
Beta: These are also actual particles that are electrically charged and are commonly referred to as beta particles. Beta particles travel faster and penetrate further than alpha particles. They can travel from a few millimeters up to about ten yards in open air depending on the particular isotope and they can penetrate several millimeters through tissue. Beta particle radiation is generally a slight external exposure hazard, although prolonged exposure to large amounts can cause skin burns and it is also a major hazard when interacting with the lens of the eye. However, like alpha particles, the greatest threat is if beta particle emitting radioactive material is inhaled or ingested as it can also do grave internal damage.
Gamma: Gamma rays are similar to x-rays, they are a form of electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays are the most hazardous type of external radiation as they can travel up to a mile in open air and penetrate all types of materials. Since gamma rays penetrate more deeply through the body than alpha or beta particles, all tissues and organs can be damaged by sources from outside of the body. Only sufficiently dense shielding and/or distance from gamma ray emitting radioactive material can provide protection.
Bottom Line: All three of the primary types of radiation above can be a hazard if emitted from radioactive nuclear fallout that was inhaled or ingested. Protected food and water and even a simple inexpensive dust protector face mask can go a long ways to denying this route of entry. However, for the penetrating gamma rays, it is essential to be able to identify the best protected shielding and distance options available, covered in the next, and last, Part 3 section. More information on the specific physical damage caused by gamma radiation is below in the section entitled: How Much Radiation Is Too Much?
Q: What's the Difference Between Roentgen, Rad and Rem Radiation Measurements?
A: Since nuclear radiation affects people, we must be able to measure its presence. We also need to relate the amount of radiation received by the body to its physiological effects. Two terms used to relate the amount of radiation received by the body are exposure and dose. When you are exposed to radiation, your body absorbs a dose of radiation.
As in most measurement quantities, certain units are used to properly express the measurement. For radiation measurements they are...
Roentgen: The roentgen measures the energy produced by gamma radiation in a cubic centimeter of air. It is usually abbreviated with the capital letter "R". A milliroentgen, or "mR", is equal to one one-thousandth of a roentgen. An exposure of 50 roentgens would be written "50 R".
Rad: Or, Radiation Absorbed Dose recognizes that different materials that receive the same exposure may not absorb the same amount of energy. A rad measures the amount of radiation energy transferred to some mass of material, typically humans. One roentgen of gamma radiation exposure results in about one rad of absorbed dose.
Rem: Or, Roentgen Equivalent Man is a unit that relates the dose of any radiation to the biological effect of that dose. To relate the absorbed dose of specific types of radiation to their biological effect, a "quality factor" must be multiplied by the dose in rad, which then shows the dose in rems. For gamma rays and beta particles, 1 rad of exposure results in 1 rem of dose.
Other measurement terms: Standard International (SI) units which may be used in place of the rem and the rad are the sievert (Sv) and the gray (Gy). These units are related as follows: 1Sv = 100 rem, 1Gy = 100 rad. Two other terms which refer to the rate of radioactive decay of a radioactive material are curie (Ci) and becquerel (Bq).
Bottom Line: Fortunately, cutting through the above confusion, for purposes of practical radiation protection in humans, most experts agree (including FEMA Emergency Management Institute) that Roentgen, Rad and Rem can all be considered equivalent. The exposure rates and doses you'll usually see will be expressed simply in terms of roentgen (R) or milliroentgen (mR). Remember, too, a milliroentgen, or "mR", is equal to one one-thousandth of a roentgen "R". For details on how much is too much "R", see the next Q&A section below entitled: How Much Radiation Is Too Much?
Q: How Much Radiation Is Too Much?
A: Before you can begin formulating a radiation protection shelter strategy (that will be covered in the next, and last, Part 3 section) you need to first understand and then determine the levels of radiation exposure one should be most concerned about in a nuclear emergency. Then the correct strategy best suited for the job will begin to reveal itself.
The following is compiled from FM 3-7. NBC Field Handbook, 1994. FM 8-9. NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations, 1996. FM 8-10-7. Health Services Support in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment, 1996. It is instructive in outlining the levels of radiation and their adverse health effects.
Expected health effects for an adult assuming the cumulative total radiation exposure was all received within a weeks time.
For children, the effects can be expected at half these dose levels.
TOTAL EXPOSURE			ONSET & DURATION OF INITIAL SYMPTOMS & DISPOSITION
30 to 70 R	From 6-12 hours: none to slight incidence of transient headache and nausea;
vomiting in up to 5 percent of personnel in upper part of dose range. Mild
lymphocyte depression within 24 hours. Full recovery expected. (Fetus damage
possible from 50R and above.)
70 to 150 R	From 2-20 hours: transient mild nausea and vomiting in 5 to 30 percent of
personnel. Potential for delayed traumatic and surgical wound healing,
minimal clinical effect. Moderate drop in lymphocycte, platelet, and
granulocyte counts. Increased susceptibility to opportunistic pathogens.
Full recovery expected.
150 to 300 R	From 2 hours to three days: transient to moderate nausea and vomiting in
20 to 70 percent; mild to moderate fatigability and weakness in 25 to 60
percent of personnel. At 3 to 5 weeks: medical care required for 10 to 50%.
At high end of range, death may occur to maximum 10%. Anticipated medical
problems include infection, bleeding, and fever. Wounding or burns will
geometrically increase morbidity and mortality.
300 to 530 R	From 2 hours to three days: transient to moderate nausea and vomiting in 50
to 90 percent; mild to moderate fatigability in 50 to 90 percent of personnel.
At 2 to 5 weeks: medical care required for 10 to 80%. At low end of range,
less than 10% deaths; at high end, death may occur for more than 50%.
Anticipated medical problems include frequent diarrheal stools, anorexia,
increased fluid loss, ulceration. Increased infection susceptibility during
immunocompromised time-frame.  Moderate to severe loss of lymphocytes.
Hair loss after 14 days.
530 to 830 R	From 2 hours to two days: moderate to severe nausea and vomiting in 80 to
100 percent of personnel; From 2 hours to six weeks: moderate to severe
fatigability and weakness in 90 to 100 percent of personnel. At 10 days to
5 weeks: medical care required for 50 to 100%. At low end of range, death
may occur for more than 50% at six weeks. At high end, death may occur
for 99% of personnel. Anticipated medical problems include developing
pathogenic and opportunistic infections, bleeding, fever, loss of appetite,
GI ulcerations, bloody diarrhea, severe fluid and electrolyte shifts, capillary
leak, hypotension. Combined with any significant physical trauma, survival
rates will approach zero.
830 R Plus	From 30 minutes to 2 days: severe nausea, vomiting, fatigability, weakness,
dizziness, and disorientation; moderate to severe fluid imbalance and headache.
Bone marrow total depletion within days. CNS symptoms are predominant at
higher radiation levels. Few, if any, survivors even with aggressive and
immediate medical attention.
The effects from the above radiation dose levels assume that the total dose was received over a short period of time of a week or less.
In a serious nuclear event, there may be no escaping some radiation most everywhere. It would be very hard then not to exceed the conservative govt agencies peace-time usual advice to try to limit your normal exposure to 5 rad per year and 25 rad for lifetime and emergency workers to 50 rad. 10 11 (Limits lower for children & fetuses.)
You always want to try to minimize any radiation exposure to ALARA or As Low As Reasonably Achievable, ideally <100 rads, as that's still 100% survivable for healthy adults, if not exceeded. "Very few of those receiving acute doses (received within 24 hours) of less than 100 R would become sick, even briefly."NWSS.
The response to radiation varies widely amongst people and the longer the time frame over which a specific dose is accumulated the better your body can respond to, and recover from, that radiation damage. In other words, a normally fatal (to 50% of a group exposed to it) cumulative dose of 530 R, if received all within a week or less, would create few noticeable ill health effects if it was received, but spread out over a years time at the rate of about 10 R per week. That would be less than 1.5 R per day.
To illustrate further, consider the difference in acquiring a suntan gradually over a years time, at a rate of about an half hour per day. Compare that to packing that years worth of sun exposure (182 hours) all into one solid non-stop week, night and day, 24/7. The body would not be able keep up with repairing that damage and the detrimental health effect would be very dramatic, possibly fatal. Same principle here, regarding total cumulated radiation dose health effect, it depends upon the time frame it was received in.
Remember, too, promptly removing yourself from the radiation source would have you no longer absorbing and adding to that cumulative dose. And, that can make all the difference between absorbing a dangerous radiation dose or getting only a tiny fraction you might not even be able to later notice.
With all of the above lethal radiation exposure ranges in mind, review again the typical nuclear fallout distribution patterns and levels of radioactivity likely to be encountered at different distances from ground zero...
When you see an area above such as 50R/hr, understand that that means if you stayed exposed in that region for 4 hours you would have received a total dose of 200R. Or, if you promptly left the area or got into a good shelter within half an hour you would only have received a total dose of 25R. (Actually less in both cases, once the nuclear fallout has stopped arriving, because it loses much of its initial intensity quickly. More on that 'good news' in the next, and last, Part 3 section.)
Q: Do I need a radiation detector?
A: It should be readily apparent now that an essential tool to knowing and thus minimizing your family exposure to radioactive nuclear fallout is both acquiring and learning the proper operation of a radiation meter.
Cresson H. Kearny, the author of Nuclear War Survival Skills, by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy states in Chapter 10 - Fallout Radiation Meters:
"A survivor in a shelter that does not have a dependable meter to measure fallout radiation or that has one but lacks someone who knows how to use it will face a prolonged nightmare of uncertainties. Human beings cannot feel, smell, taste, hear, or see fallout radiation.
Which parts of the shelter give the best protection? How large is the radiation dose being received by each person? When is it safe to leave the shelter for a few minutes? When can one leave for an hour's walk to get desperately needed water? As the fallout continues to decay, how long can one safely work each day outside the shelter? When can the shelter be left for good? Only an accurate, dependable fallout meter will enable survivors to answer these life-or-death questions.
With a reliable dose rate meter you can quite quickly determine how great the radiation dangers are in different places, and then promptly act to reduce your exposure to these unseen, unfelt dangers. For example, if you go outside an excellent fallout shelter and learn by reading your dose rate meter that you are being exposed to 30 R/hr, you know that if you stay there for one hour you will receive a dose of 30 R. But if you go back inside your excellent shelter after 2 minutes, then while outside you will have received a dose of only 1 R."
In any future nuclear emergency, there will be many more people, both near and far, that are not in harms way, but won't know it without any radiation detection instruments. They will worry needlessly or, possibly, even panic. Others, who should promptly get to a safer area, won't know to do so either, or if they do go someplace else, won't be able to confirm that it is indeed safer, without such specialized devices. The key to assuring your family is safe, or have gotten safer, or even if any should later seek medical attention, or not, is only possible if you have your own radiation detection instruments, with you, right then. With them in-hand, in a for-real future nuclear emergency, it's like being the only one then with a flashlight in a blackout to promptly, and confidently, lead the safest way out!
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Also, any meter you acquire needs to be able to read the higher and more dangerous radiation levels expected in a nuclear crisis. As Cresson H. Kearny goes onto say in Nuclear War Survival Skills, at Chapter 10 - Fallout Radiation Meters:
"Instruments that measure only milliroentgen-range dose rates are sold for war use by some companies. Since most Americans have no idea what size of radiation doses would incapacitate or kill them, and do not even know that a milliroentgen is 1/1000 of a roentgen, some people buy instruments that are capable of measuring maximum dose rates of only one roentgen or less per hour."
Having a sensitive meter is one thing, but if it maxed out that low it won't tell you if you are walking into, or staying in, a 2 R/hr, 20 R/hr, 200 R/hr or 2,000 R/hr field!! And, this is one of those things you don't want to find out the hard way!
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Q: How radioactive nuclear fallout affects different food sources...
A: The biggest nuclear fallout radiation threat, affecting the greatest number of people furthest downwind, will be from radioactive iodine, as amply documented in When An ill Wind Blows From Afar! Potassium Iodide tablets are an easy and cheap preventive for it, as also detailed there. We'll only duplicate here below how radioactive iodine, and other radioactive isotopes, like Strontium, can also affect livestock, farmland and all our food sources.
The following for farmers and ranchers, is from the old USDA county defense boards. Old fashioned from the early 1960's, but physics and tactics of radiation and nuclear fallout protection are timeless. This guidance assumed nuclear explosion(s) and heavy nuclear fallout originating right here in the USA. (Fallout originating from far overseas would be less dangerous by the time it arrived here.) The following should be informative regarding the threat to, and vulnerability of, different livestock and crops that we all rely upon in the food chain. References to radioactive iodine (radioiodine) below have been highlighted in blue.
PROTECTING LIVESTOCK
How will fallout affect unprotected livestock, that is, animals in fields, postures, and other open areas?
Fallout may be dangerous to cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and other livestock as well as to human beings. Radioactive materials in fresh fallout can contaminate the immediate environment and give off rays that can penetrate deep into the body. This is the major source of danger for livestock. Animals can also suffer skin burns if fallout settles in the coat. Skin burns could produce considerable discomfort, but would not endanger the lives of the animals.
Animals are about as sensitive to radiation damage as human beings; to survive, animals need the same protection as human beings.
When livestock must graze on fallout-contaminated pasture, supplemental feeding from non-contaminated forage can materially reduce the daily dose of radioactive material the animals will eat. Stored or stacked hay, ensilage from either silo or trench, and stored grain are safe supplemental feeds when they are protected from fallout contamination. When no shelter is available and when the level of radiation is only moderate, or food resources are scant, growers should, if possible, supply supplemental feeding and limit the grazing time.
When meat and dairy animals eat contaminated feed, some radioactive elements are absorbed into their bodies. Thus, man's food supply of animal products can become contaminated with radioactivity.
How will fallout affect sheltered livestock?
Livestock housed in barns and other farm buildings during fallout have a better chance of surviving effects of radiation than those that are not sheltered. A reasonably well-built shelter reduces intensity of external radiation and prevents fallout from settling on the animals' bodies. It also prevents animals from eating contaminated feed.
What Is the best way to protect livestock from fallout?
Move them indoors as soon as possible. If you do not have adequate facilities to house all animals, put some of them near farm buildings or in a small dry lot. Under these conditions the amount of space per animal in a barn should be reduced to the point of overcrowding. The limiting factor is ventilation and not space. The advantage is that the animals tend to shield each other enough that more will survive under crowded conditions than under normal housing. Large, protected self-feeders and automatic live- stock waterers can supply uncontaminated feed and water.
Areas within movable fences, and other small fenced areas that have covered feeders or self-feeders, can provide emergency confinement for farm animals after early external radiation intensity has decreased through decay.
Empty trench silos can be converted to livestock shelters by constructing a roof over the trench and covering it with earth.
Once fallout occurs, you should not attempt to protect livestock unless local civil defense authorities tell you that you will be safe when doing so.
Get your dairy cattle under cover first.
What water can I give livestock after fallout?
Water from a covered well, tank, or cistern, or from a freely running spring, is best. River water or pond water is less safe, but if necessary, it could be used after fallout has occurred. In a few days it would be safe. If, however, it should rain during this time, livestock should not be permitted access to pond water for an additional few days.
Usually, fallout particles would settle promptly and soluble radioactive materials would diffuse in the water, reducing the contamination at the surface. If the water was constantly replenished from an uncontaminated source, radioactivity would be diluted rapidly.
To prevent contamination from fallout, do not add water to covered tanks unless the water is from a protected well or spring; first use the water originally present in the tanks.
Could I use water in an exposed pond?
Water in an exposed pond would be contaminated, but usually the level of contamination would decrease rapidly. Such water could be used for surface irrigation. It could also he used to wash off farm buildings and unsheltered livestock. Obtain drinking water for livestock from another source if possible.
What feed can I give livestock after fallout?
To protect feed adequately, cover it. Fallout is like dust or dirt; a cover will prevent it from coming in contact or mixing with the feed.
Grain stored in a permanent bin, hay in a barn, and ensilage in a covered silo are adequately protected. They can be used as soon as it is safe to get to them following fallout.
A haystack in an open field can be protected with a tarpaulin or similar covering.
If possible, give your livestock feed that does not contain fallout material. Fallout particles that settle on hay, silage, or a stack of feedbags will contaminate only the outer parts. You can remove the outer layers or bags, and use the inside feed that is unaffected.
You will be notified if local civil defense and agricultural authorities who measure concentrations of fallout consider the forage growing in your area is harmful. However, this advice might come too late in heavily contaminated areas. As a precautionary measure, house the livestock and do not let them graze.
You may have to give cows contaminated feed if no other feed is available. The milk from these cows should not be used by children, but when the cows are back on clean feed, the amount of radioactive material in their milk will progressively diminish.
What can I do with contaminated feed?
How long feed should be stored depends on the type and concentration of the radioactive materials. If you have an alternate supply, do not use contaminated feed until told by authorities that it is safe to do so; then be sure to follow the precautions they may recommend.
Should dairy cows receive special treatment?
Yes. Because radioactive materials can be transferred to milk, which will be a critical product during an emergency, make a special effort to protect cows from fallout. Remove milking cows from pasture and feed them stored rations during the period of fresh fallout and for several weeks after. In this way, you will prevent iodine 131 from occurring in the milk, or reduce it to insignificant levels.
Give cows preferred shelter and clean feed and water. If you can, milk them before fallout occurs; you may not be able to do so for several days afterward. If you have calves on the farm turn them in with the cows. This will help prevent mastitis and conserve all the feed for the cows. Reduce amounts of water and concentrated feed to maintenance levels.
Construction plans are available through State extension agricultural engineers for a combination dairy barn and family fallout shelter. Although construction of this type is costly, such a facility might be considered for the protection of highly valued breeding stock.
The plans are designed in accordance with milk production ordinances. They provide for (1) a year-round production Unit that requires minimum change for emergency use, (2) a built-in family fallout protection area that allows the operator to care for animals during a fallout emergency, (3) all stored feed that is manually accessible to be inside the barn, (4) stored hay and straw for use as shielding, (5) temporary housing, feed, and water for other livestock, (6) an auxiliary generator for assuring electric power, and (7) a water supply inside the barn.
What measures should be taken to protect poultry?
Measures for protecting poultry are the same as those recommended for other farm animals.
Poultry are somewhat more resistant to radiation than other farm animals. Since most poultry are raised under shelter and given feed that has been protected or stored, and since poultry can be grown rapidly, they are one of the more dependable sources of fresh foods of animal origin that may be available following a nuclear attack.
Hens that eat contaminated feed will produce eggs that contain some radioactive elements. Radioactivity in eggs decreases shortly after the hens are removed from the contaminated environment and given uncontaminated feed and water.
What animal food products are safe to market after fallout?
You will receive specific instructions from local civil defense authorities based on the amount of fallout received. Do not destroy any animal food products unless spoilage has made them inedible. Milk should be safe to use if it is from cows that are adequately sheltered and protected and are fed rations of stored and protected feed and water. Milk from a fallout area where cows are not adequately protected or fed stored feed should not be given to children until civil defense authorities approve. Milk contaminated with iodine 131 can be processed into butter, cheese, and powdered or canned milk, and stored for a period of time to allow the radioactivity to decay.
Food animals whose bodies have been exposed to external radiation can be used for food if they are slaughtered before the onset of signs of radiation sickness. Also, they can be used after they have recovered from the ensuing illness. The same rules that govern the slaughter of animals sick from any cause should be followed. Care must be taken to prevent edible parts of the carcass from being contaminated by radioactive materials contained on the hide and in the digestive system.
What do I do if animals die from fallout radiation?
Some of your animals may be affected so severely by radiation from fresh fallout that they will die in a few days or weeks after being exposed. Do not slaughter any of your livestock unless you are told to do so by local civil defense authorities or USDA county defense boards. Bury animals that die. These carcasses usually are not dangerous to surviving people or animals by the time it is safe to work outside.
Is it possible to decontaminate livestock and farm buildings that have been exposed to fallout?
If there is fallout on the animals' skins, the radioactive material can be washed off with water. It is not necessary to use clean water sources for this purpose. Take care to avoid contamination runoff.
Civil defense authorities or USDA county defense boards may advise you on decontamination procedures for your farm buildings. In handling animals, wear coveralls, gloves, and boots to prevent contaminating yourself. Cleaning or disinfecting buildings will not destroy radioactivity. However, cleaning can be useful in moving radioactive materials to a place where radiation will be less harmful. In cleaning, be careful to avoid contaminating yourself.
PROTECTING LAND AND CROPS
What are the main consequences of heavy concentration of fallout on crop and pasture lands?
- Farm workers may not be able to manage and cultivate land safely for some time, because of radiation hazard.
- It may not be advisable to permit animals to graze, because of the danger of radiation.
- Fresh fallout would provide surface contamination on all plants, resulting in potential hazard to human beings and animals consuming them.
- Radiation from fallout deposited on the leaves or the ground may damage the crop.
How long would fallout affect cultivated and non-cultivated lands?
It would depend on the abundance and type of radioactive materials in a given area. In the event of nuclear attack, radioactive iodine would be the most critical single factor in the contamination of milk during the first few weeks. After the first 60 days, the principal hazard would arise from strontium 89 and strontium 90. Strontium 89, however, will have virtually disappeared 17 months after its formation.
Like other radioactive isotopes of fallout, strontium 90 falls on the surface of plants and can be consumed with foods and forage. Some of it is deposited directly on the soil or washed into it, remaining indefinitely, for all practical purposes, in the top several inches of uncultivated land. Because it is chemically similar to calcium, radioactive strontium would be absorbed by all plants. Plants growing in soils deficient in calcium would absorb more radioactive strontium than those growing in soils abundant in calcium, other conditions being equal.
Are there soil treatments for reducing the fallout hazard on land?
Yes, but soil treatments should be given only after responsible authorities have carefully evaluated the situation and declared a state of emergency. The most effective treatment could be costly, and suitable only for intensively used land.
Other methods involve changes in generally accepted farm practices. Some measures could be simply an improvement over local conditions and procedures. For example, liming of acid soils could reduce the uptake of radioactive strontium in crops grown on those soils.
USDA soil scientists in the USDA county defense boards will provide guidance to farmers in determining best utilization of their land following nuclear attack.
Any use of the land must wait until external radiation levels are low enough for persons to work safely outdoors.
Would fallout permanently affect pasture grass and forage crops?
If fallout is extremely light, the pasture would be usable immediately. It is difficult to set an exact external dose rate at which it would be safe to return the animals to pasture, but if the dose for the first week of stay did not exceed 25 roentgens all animals would survive and could be handled with safety.
If fallout is heavy, external radiation would prohibit use of the pasture. A heavy deposit of fallout would spread short-lived and long-lived radioactive particles on the pasture and forage crops. Radiation might cause visible injury to plants. Some plants might die.
Existing growths of alfalfa and other forage crops might not be usable because of radiation hazard. If a radiation survey should indicate that contamination level is high, existing growth should be removed as close to the ground as possible and discarded; succeeding growths should be used only after examination for radioactivity. If the soil is acid, a top-dressing of lime would help reduce uptake of radioactive strontium in succeeding growths.
Livestock could be allowed to graze on lightly contaminated pasture after a waiting period that varies from one to a few weeks, the length of time depending on the degree of contamination.
Once it is safe to work the land, a periodic check on pasture and produce in affected areas would provide the best safety guide to their use.
Would fallout affect my system of farming?
It could. Seriously contaminated land may need to lie fallow for as long as a season. After this, fallout may require a change to non-food crops or to food crops that do not absorb large amounts of radioactive materials from the soil. Alfalfa, clover, soybeans, and leafy vegetables have a greater tendency to absorb long-lived radioactive strontium than cereal grains, grasses, corn, potatoes, and fruits. Guidance on suggested crops to plant will come from USDA county defense boards.
Would fallout reduce economic productivity of crop and pasture lands?
Fallout might reduce such productivity in several ways: (1) Crop and soil management could be impeded because of danger from external radiation; (2) some crops might be killed by contamination; (3) other crops might become contaminated to a degree where they would be unmarketable; and (4) economic value of food grown on contaminated land might be less than that of other competitive crops.
What are the effects of fallout on growing vegetables?
Growing vegetables that are exposed to heavy fallout may become highly contaminated. Leaves, pods, and fruits that retain fallout material should be cleaned before being eaten. Washing is probably the most effective measure, just as it is the best way to clean garden foods that get dirty from any other cause. Radiation from heavy fallout may affect plant growth. Roots and tubers absorb little contamination from fallout before it is mixed with the soil. The normal cleaning or peeling of underground vegetables such as potatoes or carrots would be adequate for removing fallout.
What are the effects of fallout on fruits?
If fallout is heavy, ripe fruits may be lost because of the personal hazard involved in harvesting them. Fruits that do not have to be picked immediately can be saved. They should be washed before they are eaten.
Would fallout limit use of plants for human food?
It depends on the extent of radioactivity. Leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, should not be eaten unless they are thoroughly washed, or are known to be free of hazardous amounts of radioactive materials.
What special precautions should be taken for workers in the fields?
You should remain indoors until danger from fallout has diminished and you have learned from local officials that it is all right to work outdoors.
EMERGENCY DEFENSE SERVICES
By order of the President, the Secretary of Agriculture has put into effect defense services to protect farmer; their families, their livestock, and their agricultural productivity in event of a national emergency. The wide scope of these services enables them to function at all levels, national, State, county, and farm.
County Defense Boards
In preparing for a national emergency, the farmer may obtain guidance and assistance from his USDA county defense board. More than 3,000 of these boards are operating throughout the Nation. The USDA county defense boards receive direction from USDA State defense boards.
A USDA county defense board is composed of key USDA representatives in the county. The county office manager of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service usually serves as chairman. Other board members may include representatives of the Cooperative Extension Service, the Farmers Home Administration, and the Soil Conservation Service. Representatives of the Forest Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Consumer and Marketing Service, where available, are also members of the board.
Each USDA county defense board is equipped to serve the farmer in many ways. In most counties, the board chairman is responsible for food production programs. He will see that guidance is available in emergency farming practices and in conserving farm equipment, fuel, and manpower; he also will help obtain essential services or material.
The Soil Conservation Service member of the board will advise and assist in the proper use of land and water; and the Farmers Home Administration member will help the farmer in credit problems that may arise. The county extension agent will provide education on survival practices and protective measures for the farmer, his family, and his livestock.
The board chairman, or one of the board members, will advise farmers regarding other programs of USDA agencies that are not represented on the board. This might include, for example, assistance in protection of livestock and crops against the spread of disease or rural fire defense. Generally, the board chairman is responsible for USDA programs relating to food processing, storage, and distribution.
USDA county defense boards will work closely with and support county authorities. Farmers can look to their local county civil defense officials as well as USDA county defense boards for guidance in national emergency programs.
Radiological Monitoring
Radiological monitoring is measurement of the levels of exposure by radiation present in nuclear fallout. Special instruments and people trained in their use are required for this work.
Monitoring services would be needed in the early period following a nuclear attack to determine intensity of radiation on the farm. If this intensity were high, monitoring services would be needed later to determine when farming activities should be resumed. Examples of this monitoring service are detection and measurement of radiological contamination of farmlands, harvestable crops, forest land, and water and protection and handling of farm animals.
State and local governments are responsible for establishing comprehensive radiological monitoring systems in inhabited and habitable areas to measure and report radiation intensities. This monitoring provides the basis for survival and recovery. USDA is directly responsible for certain specialized monitoring:
- At major meat and poultry inspection installations.
- Of forest lands, agricultural lands, and water.
- Of federally owned stored food.
One or more USDA monitoring stations are established in each county in the United States. They provide capability to perform monitoring assigned to USDA, and they will also supply part of the radiological information needed for planning and directing local survival and recovery operations.
Office of Civil Defense guidance and the USDA Radiological Monitoring Handbook provide details for the necessary coordinated effort at the county level. Simply stated, county civil defense and the USDA county defense boards are responsible for joint planning and post attack advice to the farm population on precautions to take to minimize radiation exposures associated with farm work; county civil defense is responsible for most of the monitoring, reporting, and analysis of the data; and the USDA county defense board applies USDA guidance adjusted to local conditions in recommending appropriate:
- Care or disposition of livestock.
- Use of agricultural lands and water.
- Use or disposition of agricultural commodities.
If you have a question about the detection of harmful radiation, you should contact your local civil defense official or the chairman of your USDA county defense board.
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