379-year-old NH farm unsold but gets new farmers (AP)

DOVER, N.H. ? It's a good season for the beloved sweet corn on the 379-year-old Tuttle Farm. It also looks good for the crops that weren't there a year ago, produced by a group of visiting young farmers ? eggplant, peppers, pumpkins and sunflowers.

The New Hampshire farm, one of the oldest continuously operated family farms in America, raised a lot of interest ? and emotion ? a year ago when members of the 11th generation of Tuttles announced they were putting it up for sale. Faced with debt and their own mortality, they said the 12th generation is either too young or too entrenched in other careers. A bit of history and tradition was drawing to a close.

Today, the 135-acre farm is still on the market. While the Tuttles wait, a new group of farmers unrelated to the family is helping to keep the operation going, trying a variety of crops, livestock and organic farming practices, and may even stay on after it's sold. They receive coaching and equipment from a nonprofit group that acts as a business incubator for farmers.

The enterprise is a first for New Hampshire but is a type of organization that has caught on throughout the country in recent years, from North Carolina to California. New Hampshire's was inspired in part by the Intervale Center in Burlington, Vt., which leases equipment, land, greenhouses and storage areas to small, independent farms.

"We need to grow some more farmers here," said Suzanne Brown, founder of the 2-year-old New Hampshire Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, who used to live on a small farm in Chester. "The average age is 56, and two-thirds of our farmers lose money."

She said the Tuttles' story is a familiar one ? "farmers getting to a place where they want to retire, they can't, they just can't keep up pace with what's happening with the markets. They would want to transition over to family members but there's nobody there."

The small group of resident farmers, apprentices and interns started a campaign this year to "Grow Tuttle's Farm."

Jameson Small and Patrick Gale of Rollinsford, both 23, worked for the Tuttles last year, weeding and harvesting and following orders. This year, they are resident farmers, so they have more autonomy.

"I'm not learning to farm; I am farming," Small said. "That's really the big thing that hit us ? wow, we're farmers now. ... If something goes bad, it's our mistake. If something goes great, it's our glory. "

One of their highlights is a big patch of sunflowers. They plan to produce sunflower oil for cooking, which Small thinks he'd like to specialize in, eventually. It's not commonly produced in New England.

The Tuttles ? siblings Becky, Will and Lucy ? range in age from 59 to 66. They are happy to see the young farmers.

With the exception of a cousin, Becky said, she never knew a young farmer while growing up. Today, she's seeing more of them at farmers' markets. "It's just such a great, great trend because I really did used to wonder, `Who's going to grow the food? There isn't anybody learning how to grow food in the next generation.'"

"It's such a wonderful solution," Lucy Tuttle said. "Where the farm has always been kind of a losing proposition on the retail side of the business, a nonprofit can absorb that."

While it's not unusual for a farm to be on the market after a year, the Tuttles think it's a bit of a mystery, even with the uncertain economy. The asking price has dropped from $3.35 million to $2.55 million.

Dover, a few miles from Maine, has grown and developed around the property, designated as conservation land since 2006, meaning the land itself can't be developed into strip malls or condos.

"One of the unique things about this farm other than the history is that a 22,000-car-a-day road goes right through the middle of it," Will Tuttle said. "Most farms ? you've got to work to get there."

The farm began in 1632 when John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start his enterprise. The Tuttles' grandfather, William Penn Tuttle, built the original 20-acre parcel to about 200 acres. Their father, Hugh Tuttle, was profiled in 1971 by Life magazine as the last of a dying breed of family farmers.

Two investors who've expressed interest in the land want to continue to keep an organic farm operation, said Dan Barufaldi, the city's economic development director. They also want to find someone who can manage a possible on-site restaurant in the barn serving the locally grown food and branding the Tuttle name on products such as tomato sauce made from the farm's tomatoes and pesto from its basil.

"This is something that's very important to the city of Dover, not only because it's an icon," Barufaldi said. "It also is going to add a tourism attraction, it's going to be an educational attraction, it's going to be a wonderful to have a source for locally grown organic vegetables."

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Linda Shapiro Chemtob, chamber ensemble ... - Central Penn Arts Guide

by Catherine Hampton
August 10, 2011

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About Linda Shapiro Chemtob:

Born March 20, 1951 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ms. Chemtob studied piano for many years as a child, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark University, Massachusetts, in 1972, a Master?s Degree from the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, in 1975 and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University.?

Ms. Chemtob was founder of the New York, Harrisburg and Baltimore-based chamber ensemble Concertante, serving as its executive director since 1997. She was a driving force behind the success of this internationally recognized ensemble. Before running Concertante, she was program director of the Arts for the Talented Youth Program at Johns Hopkins University?s Peabody Institute in Baltimore for five years, and served on the Institute?s Advisory Council.? Ms. Chemtob, who was one of the Peabody Institute?s most generous donors, founded the Arts for Talented Youth (ATY) program at the institute.? ATY was one of the first secondary school music programs to develop and use a structured curriculum integrating dancers, instrumentalists, and singers. She also served on the Board of Concert Artists Guild, Chamber Music America, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the Peabody Institute.

Ms. Chemtob was a Vice-President of the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, as well as serving as the Chairman of the Special Music School?s Participating Board. She became a prominent advocate and supporter of the Kaufman Center?s Lucy Moses Public School for Musically Gifted Children, where she worked closely withKaufmanCenter?s Executive Director Lydia Kontos, with both serving on the Board of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.? Prior to her involvement in the arts, Ms. Chemtob was a corporate attorney, working in her early years at the Rite-Aid Corporation.? She was the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her for public leadership in articulating the needs and goals in music and art education.

Her daughter Rachel Shapiro is a violist, New York Philharmonic Senior Teaching Artist, and member of Concertante, and her son Adam Shapiro, is a sound and lighting engineer.?

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Interview with Rachel Shapiro

When did Linda decide to make the move to Baltimore and how did she become involved with The Peabody Institute?

Since I was six years old my Mother would drive me all the way from Harrisburg, PA down to The Peabody Institute inBaltimore.? I had my music lessons there all day.? A few years later, my brother Adam starting taking trumpet lessons atPeabody.? Eventually I starting taking classes on Tuesdays as well and so the commuting was becoming very taxing.? Some other things came together and the stars sort of aligned at a point that everybody thought it would make sense to just move down toBaltimore.?

My Mom?s involvement with Peabody started during those Saturdays while I was at class and she found herself just asking around Peabody how she could help.? She is not a person who enjoys idle time.? When we made the move to Baltimore my Mom decided she did not want to take the Maryland bar exam and so she decided to devote herself to Peabody.? She served on the board of Peabody and co-chaired the institution?s 100th anniversary .? She not only lent her incredibly generous financial support but also spearheaded a new program there, Arts for Talented Youth, which focused on the top students at Peabody.? Peabody Prep unlike Juilliard Pre-College is open to all students, no audition is required, so there was a desire to create a cross-curricular program for higher level students in music, dance, and composition.? She organized tours to Europe for us.? We traveled to The Netherlands and performed in Amsterdam, Delft, Gouda and at the Rotterdam Conservatory.? ?She would also take us to hear concerts in New York.?? We went to performances at Carnegie Hall, BAM, etc.

When Concertante was formed and how did you and Linda first become involved?

Concertante was originally started in Harrisburgby a group of Juilliard students who had moved there after graduation.? Since Rachel already had a strong connection to Harrisburg because of her family, she was invited to participate in the group while still a student at Juilliard.? At that time, Concertante performed only two to three times a year in Harrisburg.? Because of some changes the group found itself without an administrative director and so I asked my Mom if she could step in temporarily since I knew she had a great talent for this kind of work.? After my Mom took over things snowballed and before we knew it she was running the group.? She spent a lot of time talking with X and Zvi about what direction the group should take, how do we get to the next level?? She encouraged us to take our passion and interest in Concertante to another level and brought on management.? Mom?s guidance helped us focus on creating a unique identity (flexible sextet) and market ourselves to a broader audience.

How did the Baltimore series start?

My Mom had a beautiful home in Baltimore and had developed what I would call an addiction to renovation.? Around 2001 she decided to add on a large salon to the house which was able to accommodate over 100 people for private concerts.? My Mom even had an acoustician oversee the construction of the room.? The concerts were invitation only on Sunday afternoons and Mom would hold a reception afterward.? Of course Concertante performed many times but a lot of other musicians were also invited to perform there? Each concert drew an audience of 80-110 and it became a full blown series ? ?Music in My Room.?

After Mom moved toNew Yorkand sold the house so we moved the concerts toPeabody.? Last year we opened the series up to the public and held the performances at the Bolton Street Synagogue where we have had great success drawing new audiences.

Moving forward, what do you want to see for the Baltimore series?

As far as the Baltimore series is concerned? since we started playing at Bolton Street Synagogue ? we are drawing a wider variety of audience and what we want, what we would like is to be entrenched as a great chamber music series inBaltimore.? This is a fantastic opportunity for people of Baltimore to hear chamber music entirely free of a charge. I have a personal connection to the city and I would like to see this series continue to thrive and attract even more people to our concerts.

How did the New York Series start?

Most of the musicians lived inNew York and it had become clear that Concertante needed to start performing in New York.? My Mom had a presence in?New Yorkand served on the board of Concert Artists Guild and Chamber Music America.? We looked with our manager for a place where we could present a concert series and Merkin Hall at theKaufman Centerbecame our home.?

Was there any awkwardness having your mother involved? Or conversely, for Linda, having her daughter involved?? What do you think Linda enjoyed most about working with Concertante?

Of course there were some moments of tension.? I felt sometimes I had to jostle a bit to maintain my individuality.? It was always in the subtext that I was Linda?s daughter and she was my mother.? Mom loved being around young people, she loved their energy, their humor.? Concertante became an extended family and she loved the relationships she had with the members of the group.? It was very fulfilling for her.

Any final thoughts?

My Mom put a tremendous of time, effort and financial support into Concertante and never stopped working to help us achieve our goals, but at the end of the day, I think she would just say that it was her pleasure.

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Your faeces, my furry friend, are blowin' in the wind

GO FOR a bracing winter stroll in a major US city and you will be inhaling more than vehicle fumes. A new study has demonstrated for the first time that during winter most of the airborne bacteria in three large Midwestern cities come from dog faeces.

Noah Fierer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, found the high proportions of airborne dog faecal bacteria after analysing samples of winter air from Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago. His team checked the DNA in their samples against reference banks which "barcode" organisms according to their genes.

They discovered that most of the bacteria they found came from dog faeces by checking the bacterial profiles against reference samples of bugs typically present in soils, leaves and faeces from humans, cows and dogs.

In summer, the proportions of bacteria in the air come almost equally from soils, dog faeces and the leaves of trees. But come winter, the trees have shed all their leaves and aerosols from soils are limited by overlying snow or ice, reducing absolute counts of airborne bacteria by about 50 per cent. This means that dog faeces becomes the dominant remaining source.

Fierer says that at the relatively low concentrations found - 10,000 bacteria per cubic metre of air sampled - the bugs are unlikely to cause disease (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, DOI: 10.1128/aem.05498-11).

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Mardy Fish advances to Rogers Cup final

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Mardy Fish advances to Rogers Cup final
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Mardy Fish, from the Unites States, celebrates his victory over Janko Tipsarevic, from Serbia, during semifinal play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Montreal. Fish won 6-3, 6-4 to move on to the final. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

Mardy Fish, from the Unites States, celebrates his victory over Janko Tipsarevic, from Serbia, during semifinal play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Montreal. Fish won 6-3, 6-4 to move on to the final. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

Mardy Fish, from the Unites States, celebrates his victory over Janko Tipsarevic, from Serbia, during semi-final play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Montreal. Fish won 6-3, 6-4 to move on to the final. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

Mardy Fish, left, from the Unites States, is congratulated by Janko Tipsarevic, from Serbia, following his victory in semifinal play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Montreal. Fish won 6-3, 6-4 to move on to the final. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

(AP) ? Sixth-seeded Mardy Fish advanced to the Rogers Cup final, beating unseeded Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.

In the second semifinal, top-seeded Novak Djokovic faced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Fish has won 11 of his last 12 matches, winning at Atlanta last month and reaching the final two weeks ago in Los Angeles. He's trying to become the first American to win the Rogers Cup since Andy Roddick in 2003.

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26 injured by strong earthquake in western China (AP)

BEIJING ? State media say 26 people have been injured and more than 30 homes damaged by a strong earthquake in western China's Xinjiang region.

The official Xinhua News Agency says three of those injured are in critical condition.

The national earthquake monitoring center said Thursday's quake registered magnitude 5.8 and was centered near the city of Atux at a depth of 5 miles (8 kilometers). The U.S. Geological Service put the magnitude at 5.2 and said it struck 22 miles (35 kilometers) beneath the surface.

China's worst earthquake in recent years was a 7.9-magnitude temblor in the western province of Sichuan in May 2008. It left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing.

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How to Outsource Parts of Your Internet Business ? Courtney Chowning

One of my favorite topics to discuss is outsourcing.

You?d be amazed how thinking about outsourcing and where to begin outsourcing flummoxes everyone from the newest newbies to the seasoned gurus and everyone in between.

Buy why? Why is it so very confusing? Most of us manage to outsource quite nicely in our day to day lives.

I oftentimes pose these questions to my coaching clients -

When you go to a restaurant, do you head back into the kitchen and cook your own food? (That?s just silly.)

And, if your appendix burst right now, would you go online to find out how to remove it yourself? (Please say ?no?.)

Of course not!

But, why do we think it?s ok to do everything ourselves in our businesses?

I can?t figure out what it is, but I think I?m starting to narrow it down.

* Fear of losing control.
* Not knowing who to outsource work to. (Needing a recommendation.)
* Not wanting to take the time to outsource. (You think: ?It?s quicker to do it myself.?)
* Costs. (Oftentimes, though, you can get help for a lot less than you think it?ll cost.)
* Lack of confidence in ourselves.
* Lack of confidence in the potential of our business.
No matter which of those it is, there comes a point with all of us, where you HAVE to outsource ? at least if you ever want to be able to go on a real vacation where you leave the internet behind and relax with your loved ones.

I know. I know. If you?ve been following me for any amount of time ? you?ve heard this song and dance before. BUT! While outsourcing isn?t perfect, it?s a heck of a lot better than putting the chains on your wrists from a job that you?ve created for yourself ? one where you can?t escape.

So, my #1 tip for outsourcing is to try it.

Choose something small and work from there.

  • Submitting some articles that you?ve written to the article directories.
  • Finding blogs to guest post on and contacting the owners.
  • Answering some emails regarding customer issues.
  • Graphics to promote your products.

It really doesn?t matter where you start. The big thing is taking that first step so that you can enjoy the FREEDOM that comes with the online lifestyle.

Start small. Don?t go crazy.?But, when you find someone who you work well with ? build on that relationship so you have access to great people who know your style and who you?re comfortable working with. When I need a project done, I have my own personal rolodex of fabulously skilled people who I turn to on a regular basis. Not only does it save me time ? but it also helps me to get great prices because they already know what I like, they know that I?m easy to work with and that I pay on time.

I hope this inspires you to start outsourcing in your business.

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Are 4G Speeds Worth Upgrading My Phone? [Ask Lifehacker]

Are 4G Speeds Worth Upgrading My Phone?Dear Lifehacker,
With all the hype about 4G smartphone speeds, I'm thinking about upgrading my year-old phone to take advantage. Is it really fast enough that it's worth buying a new phone?

Sincerely,
Jealous of the G's

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Dear Jealous,

Carriers have marketed 4G?the speedy successor to your phone's current 3G internet connection? like crazy, and a lot of the hype around it is well deserved. After all, it is really, really fast. However, it certainly has upsides and downsides, beyond just having to pay for a new device that supports it. Here are some of the things you'll want to think about before you make the switch.

The Good: 4G Is Pretty Darn Fast

4G (or what the companies are calling 4G these days) is as fast as most people say. The speeds can differ greatly depending on your carrier, your location, and more, but in general they can be anywhere from 3 to 10 times faster than 3G from the same carrier. We don't need to tell you what that means: faster web browsing, faster downloads, and generally less foot-tapping when you're using the internet on your phone.

The Caveats: Practical Applications, Battery Life, and Cost

That said, you really need to think about the practicality of such speed on your phone, especially compared to its downsides. For example, 4G absolutely destroys your battery on most phones. That means you'll either have a dead phone half the day, or you'll be turning 4G off to make up for it?which defeats the purpose of having it. In addition, you have to buy a whole new phone, which if you're still on contract, is mighty pricey.

Depending on your carrier, the difference between 3G and 4G could make a difference in web browsing, but that's something you'll have to look up, because again, the speeds differ so greatly. You'll definitely notice a difference downloading big files like ROMs, or streaming videos on Netflix. That all sounds great, but you need to consider how often you need to download large files on your phone?and make note of the data plans on your carrier. If you're on a limited data plan, you probably only get a few gigs of data, which won't get you very far with Netflix, so it doesn't seem worth it (unless you want to pay a lot more for a higher cap).

In addition, heavier browsers will notice more of a difference than those that don't browse all that often on their phone. If you're tethering, though, you're more likely to notice a difference since PC browsing can be a bit more bandwidth-heavy than phone browsing. If not, you won't notice it as much, and you definitely won't notice it when it comes to just getting email and Facebook notifications. 3G is more than enough for that.

So, as usual, the answer is "it depends". If you download a lot of new ROMs for your phone, or tether to your laptop, it's definitely something you'll want to check into. But, if you're just using your smartphone for normal, day-to-day things, I wouldn't stress over it. Even streaming music or downloading an ebook is fast enough on 3G that you wouldn't notice a difference on 4G. If you get a phone that has it, that's great?you can use it when you want and turn it off when battery's at a premium. But unless you're constantly thinking to yourself "my current phone's internet is so slow", don't be tempted by the marketing hype?you'll probably notice the battery life more than you do the speeds.


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