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The city has embarked on an aggressive program to reduce the city's feral cat population, not by capturing and killing them, but by trapping and neutering them, then returning them to their habitat, Special Enforcement Manager Drale Short says.
The Columbus Free Roaming Cat program, as it is officially known, is being financed in part by a $58,250 grant from PetSmart. That money will pay for spaying or neutering 1,000 cats, 50 feral cat dens, 50 traps and various educational and marketing materials.
With the help of citizen volunteers, the city has trapped, spayed or neutered and returned to the wild more than 200 feral cats since the program began in mid September, Short said.
Short said it would be impossible to know exactly how many feral cats are in Columbus. But she said the Humane Society of the United States uses 1.5 per household as its standard for estimating.
Columbus has about 70,000 households, so if the HSUS numbers are accurate, the city has more than 100,000 feral cats roaming about. That would mean there are more feral cats here than there are people in Macon.
So managing the feral cat population is critical, Short said, because they can cause many problems, especially when their colonies grow too large.
Neutering males cuts down on their aggression and territoriality, and eliminates them spraying to mark their area. It also cuts down on the noise of the fighting and mating. And, of course, it eliminates any more litters from that cat.
One female cat can produce four litters a year, with each averaging three to five kittens. So even a small colony with only five females could produce 100 kittens a year. If half of those are female, the problem will have increased 10-fold in only one year.
That prolific nature of cats is why traditional trap and kill programs are ineffective, Short said. You can't catch and kill them as quickly as they can reproduce, making those programs a waste of time and taxpayer funds. The more effective and humane approach is to cut off the ability for them to reproduce.
There are other public health benefits, too. Captured cats are checked out by a veterinarian and vaccinated for rabies. If a cat is found to have a dangerous communicable disease that could spread to other cats, including household pets, it is put down, Short said.
Mayor Teresa Tomlinson has been pushing for a program such as this one since she took office. She said when she first moved to Columbus, there was a bad feral cat problem in her neighborhood, Overlook. Working with local veterinarian Hank Hall, she, her husband Tripp and neighbors trapped cats, had them fixed and then released them.
She said there are only three or four left of the original colony, which had been well over 50.
When Tomlinson took office in 2011, the overall euthanasia rate at Animal Care and Control was 8o percent, and has since fallen to "41 percent, and dropping," she said.
"This TNR program is going to take us the rest of the way," Tomlinson said. "Because this is where we're struggling with our population rates and euthanasia rates."
Volunteers who want to adopt a colony and administer the TNR program can contact Becky Carter, administrator of the program, at 706-332-4191, or call Animal Care and Control at 706-653-4512.
Volunteers will be provided with a den and a trap. When they trap a cat, they will get a voucher to take to one of five locations around town that are participating in the program.
They are: Affordable Veterinary Services on Veterans Parkway, Benning Animal Hospital on Bennning Road, Northside Animal Hospital on Veterans Parkway, PAWS Humane on Milgen Road, Macon Road Vet Clinic.
"No matter where you live in town, you can pick from any one of them, the one that's closest to home, the one you love the most, whichever is your preference," Short said.


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South beat No. 4 C-G 25-21, 25-20, in a Class 4A Dundee-Crown Regional match to advance to Thursday's regional final against Crystal Lake Central. Nolan finished with a match-high 11 kills and 11 digs.
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Beavers overcome strong start by 'Horns in sub-state title game
By BRETT MARSHALL
KISMET — For a portion late in the first quarter and early second quarter of Saturday night's Class 3A sub-state boys championship game, the Holcomb Longhorns were able to do what only three teams could barely do against the Scott City Beavers. They had a lead.
For 2 minutes, 28 seconds, the Longhorns battled Scott City and were ahead at 17-13 late in the first and again at 19-17 with 7:25 go in the second stanza.
From there, the Beavers did what they do best and went on multiple runs and eventually produced a workmanlike 81-61 triumph over the Longhorns, thus earning a return trip to Hutchinson on Thursday for a chance to win their third consecutive state title.
In winning their third straight sub-state title, all against the Longhorns, the Beavers improved their season record to 22-1. They open defense of their state title on Thursday with a 3 p.m. game against Pittsburg-St. Mary's Colgan (17-5) at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
Holcomb saw its season end at 18-5 under second-year coach Chad Novack. Three of those setbacks came against the Beavers, one against Denver South in the Southwest Classic and the other to Ulysses during the regular season.
"The kids just played a heckuva ballgame, and everything we did in the first quarter was clicking," Novack said of that early success. "The defense was clicking (5 Scott City turnovers), we were hitting the open shots, and I thought we were aggressive."
But as it has happened so frequently over the course of Scott City's three-year buzz-saw against opponents, the Beavers regrouped in the second quarter and started the first of four runs, this one 14-4, to go up by eight, 29-21, en route to a 38-27 halftime lead.
"I think once we recognized what they were trying to do with our two guards (Brett and Trey O'Neil), the others adjusted and got passes where they could score," Scott City coach Glenn O'Neil said.
Once the Beavers grabbed the lead, it seemed like they would never let up off the accelerator.
The 11-point halftime lead bulged to 19 by the end of the third quarter, thanks in part to runs of 8-2 and 11-3 by the Beavers. An 11-4 run in the first 2:14 of the fourth stretched the advantage to 27, 71-44.
"They're really tough, and they came out fired up," Meyer, who scored 17 points off 8-of-11 field goal shooting, said. "It's hard when you're playing them a third time and you've won by so much. They're kinda like brothers that we see every so often."
The Beavers' got a stellar effort from Hess, who dropped in 17 points by making 6-of-7 field goals and 5-of-7 free throws.
"Holcomb's a great team, and they were giving us problems early," Hess said. "When they got Heath back, they're a much, much better team than what we played earlier in the season. It was a little nerve-wracking there at the beginning. We just had to figure out what was going on, and I thought everybody did a great job of dishing off to Drew and Joey so they could get their shots."
Kite was again a big force inside despite some early foul issues that included a technical foul midway through the third quarter. The 6-4 post player had 22 points and 19 rebounds to help the Beavers dominate the boards, 35-23. Brett O'Neil added 14 points and Trey O'Neil chipped in with 10 as the five starters accounted for 80 of the 81 points.
Tyler LaSalle had perhaps his best game against the Beavers, scoring 22 points to lead the Longhorns. Tucker and Aaron Hernandez, who was razor-sharp in the first quarter, added 11 points each. The only edge in statistics for the Longhorns came in the turnover category, where they had 9 compared to 13 for the Beavers.
And the fact that it was the third straight year for Holcomb to see its season end by Scott City wasn't lost on Scott City's coach O'Neil.
"I told Chad (Novack) that it's a shame they aren't a 4A school with a few more students," coach O'Neil said. "They deserve to go."
The Longhorns put together an impressive season despite suffering a barrage of injuries that kept Tucker out for most of the season, along with Clay Gilbert and Cory Roth, who missed portions of the first half of the year.
Holcomb 17 10 14 20 -- 61
Scott City 15 23 22 21 -- 81
Holcomb (18-5) — Tucker 3-13 3-4 11, LaSalle 8-19 3-5 22, Hernandez 5-9 1-3 11, Cox 0-1 0-2 0, Gottschalk 0-0 0-0 0, Gilbert 1-2 2-2 4, Richmeier 2-5 0-0 6, Bennett 2-5 2-4 6, Ramsey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 11-20 61.
Scott City (22-1) — B. O'Neil 3-7 8-11 14, Wells 0-0 1-2 1, T. O'Neil 3-3 3-5 10, B. Meyer 0-1 0-0 0, Hess 6-7 5-7 17, Wilson 0-2 0-0 0, J. Meyer 8-11 1-3 17, Kite 8-12 6-7 22. Totals 28-43 24-35 81.
3-point goals--Holcomb 6-18 (Tucker 2-7, LaSalle 2-7, Richmeier 2-4), Scott City 1-5 (B. O'Neil 0-2, T. O'Neil 1-1, Wilson 0-1, Kite 0-1). Rebounds--Holcomb 23 (Bennett 8), Scott City 35 (Kite 19). Turnovers--Holcomb 9, Scott City 13. Fouls--Holcomb 28, Scott City 17. Fouled out--Holcomb (Hernandez, Richmeier, Ramsey). Technical fouls--Scott City (Kite).
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This is why people from Garden City (and pretty much everywhere else) don't like Holcomb. Can somebody get Holcomb their own newspaper so they don't have to whine here anymore??
Posted by: Phillip C. on 3/8/2013
I think Garden has some open dates in football, any takers? Thats what I thought, oh wait a minute the only time the smaller schools want to play them is once every 80 years.
Posted by: Football on 3/7/2013
If you read the article you will notice that Coach O'Neil says Holcomb deserves to go. I would guess he is a better judge of talent and just a bit more knowledgeable about the game of basketball than most of you posting here.
Posted by: Watcher on 3/5/2013
Statebound and season play
OK. First off, GC was not missing their point guard, Tristan Nanninga. The player not suiting up was Emilio Parr and he is a post player. Yes, Holcomb was missing Heath Tucker, one of their better players. Yes, during the season Holcomb beat Garden City but lost to Ulysses, a team that Garden City beat so it goes to show that any given night a team can be off or a team can be hot thus going home with the loss or the win.
Bottom line, Holcomb couldn't beat Scott City, when needed, to advance to state tourney and Garden City did what they needed to beat Dodge City and that is why they are playing on Wed while Holcomb boys are staying home.
Unfortunately for Holcomb they were in the same Sub State bracket as Scott City. There are teams all over the state that probably feel the same way, that they too could be at state if not for the region/sub state assignment they received.
There are a lot of good athletes in SW Kansas and quite a few good teams. Good luck to those teams that are headed to their respective state tournaments. For those teams not advancing, thank you for your hard work & great play during the season, and hope to see you at State next year.
Posted by: Just an Observer on 3/5/2013
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To Garden,
Meade has a good record because they haven't played anybody. Holcomb beat them in football and would do the same in basketball. I don't know anything about Andale but you obviously don't know anything about Holcomb as well. Hays beat Liberal by 9, Holcomb killed Liberal. Garden City already lost to Holcomb and Holcomb had one of the best athletes in SW kansas not even suited up and it still wasn't that close. But you didn't have your point guard, which would have helped your post players from getting dominated inside??? Why didn't he play again?
To GC GC
And making it to state isn't what it's about winning it is? Really, it's no big deal to get there then?
Posted by: Finney County Champs on 3/5/2013
Dear Garden
You had to go there?
Garden City has only beat 3 teams with a record above .500. You may have been without your point guard but Holcomb was without one of their better players as well. Enjoy your one game at state this week.
Posted by: observer on 3/5/2013
So sad…
Yes maybe 1a
2a Meade-NO
3a Scott City-NO
4a Andale-NO
5a Salina or Hays-NO
6a Garden City-NO You beat us without our point guard. You are dreaming.
Posted by: Garden on 3/4/2013
Wait till next year Scott won't be so good.
Then maybe Holcomb will make it to State. Making it to state isn't what its about, winning it is.
Maybe you need to change your coach again. That worked out well.
Posted by: GC GC on 3/4/2013
So sad...
I'm thinking that if the Holcomb Boys had played in any other Western Kansas Sub-State, in any class including 6A, they would be going to state.
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SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake's three captains accepted the Section VII Class C football championship trophy and casually walked it back to the rest of their teammates.
There wasn't a whole lot of celebration from the Red Storm, who have their eyes on further playoff success.
Still, they were proud of their third straight sectional crown.
They claimed this one with a 40-6 win over AuSable Valley at Ken Wilson Field Saturday.
"It's a great feeling," Saranac Lake receiver Kevin Morgan said. "Whenever you're champion at all it's just the best feeling in the world."
Matt Phelan threw all six of the Red Storm's touchdowns, including three to Morgan. Saranac Lake (9-0) will take on Ogdensburg Free Academy next Saturday in a regional game at AuSable Valley.
Phelan distributed four touchdown passes as Saranac Lake took a 27-6 halftime lead in the sectional final. After Seth Pickreign brought the ball down the field on two long carries, Phelan hit Jonathan McCabe for an 8-yard score.
Then the senior quarterback connected with Morgan, who juked and took off for the end zone and a 40-yard touchdown. On the Red Storm's next drive, Phelan lofted a perfectly placed ball 36 yards down the right sideline for Morgan, who caught it for another score.
"Matty just knows where to throw it and when to throw," Morgan said. "He's good at that."
Late in the half, Phelan found McCabe again, and the senior receiver raced to the end zone to help the Red Storm take a 27-0 lead.
"I thought our kids had a good concept of the game plan," Saranac Lake coach Eric Bennett said. "We were able to attack where they weren't, and we moved the ball pretty efficiently, particularly with Matt through the air."
AuSable Valley (0-9) constructed a nice drive before the McCabe touchdown but fumbled it away about five yards from the end zone. On the Patriots' next possession, Michael Thompson gave them a spark with a 40-yard run. They reached the 13-yard line and then were whistled for a 15-yard illegal-block penalty that looked like it might kill the drive. But Kodie Simpson threw a 28-yard scoring strike to Jonathan Luxon with four seconds left in the half.
After halftime, Phelan tossed touchdowns to Morgan and T.J. Monroe. Phelan was 10-for-12 for 181 yards on the day. Morgan grabbed four passes for 138 yards, and McCabe also finished with four catches.
Pickreign scampered for a couple of big gains on the Red Storm's last scoring drive and totaled a game-high 163 yards on nine carries. The senior back missed a game a couple of weeks ago with an injury but has shown no signs of wear since returning.
"It's nice to have Seth back. That kid's got a heart as big as this field," Bennett said. "He's a tremendous competitor and athlete."
Saranac Lake receiver Mike Burpoe finished the game on the sideline with a bag of ice on his left shoulder. Bennett said he wasn't sure how bad the injury was and they'll see how it is on Monday.
Michael Thompson led the Patriots with 122 rushing yards on 16 attempts. Luxon had four catches for 47 yards, and Simpson went 10-for-14 for 100 yards an interception.
The Red Storm have beaten everyone in Section VII by wide margins this season. Morgan said they haven't overestimated anyone and will make sure not to as they go forward. He said if they face tougher tests outside of the section, they'll be ready.
"I think we've honestly been ready the whole season," Morgan said. "We just want it so bad."
Saranac Lake 40, AuSable Valley 6
AuSable Valley 0 6 0 0 — 6
Saranac Lake 20 7 13 0 — 40
First quarter
SL- McCabe 8 pass from Phelan (kick missed), 3:20.
SL- Morgan 40 pass from Phelan (Pickreign kick), 7:24.
SL- Morgan 36 pass from Phelan (Pickreign kick), 10:38.
Second quarter
SL- McCabe 26 pass from Phelan (Pickreign kick), 9:48.
AV- Luxon 28 pass from Simpson (kick blocked), 11:56.
Third quarter
SL- Morgan 47 pass from Phelan (Pickreign kick), 1:52.
SL- Monroe 13 pass from Phelan (kick missed), 4:53.
Individual statistics
AV- Thompson 16-122; Simpson 10-43; Coolidge 2-3; Owen 3-0; Cobb 1-(-2). Totals: 32-166.
SL- Pickreign 9-163; Ackerson 4-35; Leahy 3-33; Kilner 1-13; Phelan 2-12; Colon 1-4; Ryan 1-2; Thurber 1-0. Totals: 22-262.
AV- Simpson 10-14-1-100, TD; Coats 3-5-0-20. Totals: 13-19-1-120.
SL- Phelan 10-12-0-181, 6 TD.
AV- Luxon 4-47, TD; Owen 3-32; Sikandar 2-18; Smith 2-13; Cobb 2-10.
SL- Morgan 4-138, 3 TD; McCabe 4-34, 2 TD; Monroe 1-13, TD; Pickreign 1-(-4).
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"it eats through just about every traditional concept, and leaves in its wake a revolutionized world-view, with most of the old landmarks still recognizable, but transformed in fundamental ways."
"Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Four in ten Americans are creationists in the most literal sense, believing that humans were put here in their present form some time in a not-so-distant past. Many of the remaining 60% accept various contrived versions of evolution that have little to do with the one described by the scientific world. This cultural rejection of one of the great "showcases" of the scientific enterprise has severely undermined the intellectual and scientific legitimacy of our educational system. We have reliably out-maneuvered the enemies of education in both the courts and the legislative sessions time after time. Great appreciation is due to organizations like the National Center for Science Education and local Citizens for Science groups for their effective work there
The job ahead for those defending educational integrity looks as difficult and discouraging as ever
It's been 152 years since Darwin's "acidic" idea was introduced to the world and its corrosive effects on some of society's most deeply held and fiercely defended views are as profound as ever. That will be true for a long time. The competing ideas, while not rooted in evidence, are long-cultivated and deeply entangled in our once-perceived place in the universe.
For those us of us who have looked Darwin's idea squarely in the face and embraced it, there is consolation. We understand that our scientific view of evolution is in a position of great luxury. The intense cultural war being fought around it can't actually influence in any meaningful way how we ultimately judge its validity. The public's acceptance of evolution is important, but not to evolution. Its challenge comes from the scientific process and the reliability of its rigorous, progressive, and self-correcting nature. In the end, It only has the evidence to hide behind.
Our modern understanding of evolution is built on the original insights of Darwin but also exposed to a mountain of observation, testing, and significant refinement. Evolutionary biology, in fact, is as vibrant and compelling an area of study as ever. It continues to provide new findings that enrich this massive body of knowledge and allow us to look at its mechanisms with ever-increasing resolution.
While there is plenty to be concerned about, we can find comfort in the fact that popularity can't decide what's true. With that, we should take a day or two to forget about the polls and "academic freedom" bills. We should join one of the over 500 Darwin Day events taking place around the world over a two week period. There we can revel with others who recognize what Darwin and ultimately science mean. We can celebrate Wallace, Lyell, and old Erasmus—celebrate Mayr, Smith, Gould, finches and fruit flies. Celebrate science and recognize how it has improved our lives, both in the most tangible ways and through this inspiring exercise in curiosity that it is. The endeavor of evolutionary biology has certainly been both.
We can return to the fight in the morning, reminded why this all matters so much.
To see what others are saying, visit this thread for a discussion about teaching evolution and teachers beliefs http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=200198.
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Michael Blanford is Director of Educational Programs for the James Randi Educational Foundation
It just boggles my mind, when virtually everything we touch, use, eat, our houses, all transport, entertainment, EVERYTHING, is a product of our science. False dichotomy fallacy.
And STILL, 40% of people think an invisible man living in the sky put us here, basically for his amusement, like pets. A combination of a straw man and ad homimen fallacy.
They do, in fact, say that they think an invisible man who lives in the sky put us here.
Have anyone ever read that Darwin thought black people were midway to monkeys and white people? That some of his followers were deeply racists, mainly after "Origin of Species" which confirmed their "theories"?


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Installing a Linux system for the first time is quite straightforward. You can find good and cheap Linux packages on the market that will quickly install themselves. You need only choose some configuration options describing the type of hardware on which you want to install, and that's it.
As time goes on, you will add some new components to your Linux system, and that's where the nightmare may begin. A Linux system is composed of hundreds of components and dynamic libraries. In order to keep your system up and running, you should be careful, since installing a new version of a component may introduce incompatibilities in your system, making it more unstable as time goes on.
Replacing an existing component with a new version at first looks like a trivial task: you just need to pick up a new compiled version of the component, generally available on the Net in a .tgz file (tar + gzip compression), and install it on your system. Some dynamic libraries of the component you just upgraded may already be used by other installed components and might not be compatible with the new version you just installed.
It would be great to have a tool which could report the dependencies of each component installed on your system. Such a tool could tell you the version of Samba (for instance) installed on your system or that you can't install egcs-1.0.2-8 on your system prior to having binutils 2.9 up and running. This tool already exists on Linux—it is called RPM—and is on many existing Linux distributions, including Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE and Linux Mandrake.
RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager and is described by its creator as "an open packaging system available for anyone to use and works on Red Hat Linux as well as other Linux and UNIX systems" (from the Red Hat installation guide).
Before starting the programming discussion, I will introduce the RPM package manager and give a general overview of it. If you need more information, see Resources for more than 400 pages of interesting details on RPM's history, design, usage and programming.
The diagram in Figure 1 represents the different components involved in the RPM tool. RPM is composed of three main parts:
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The RPM database, located in /var/lib/rpm on Red Hat distributions, is owned by root; it is a mirror of all the packages which are presently installed on your system. The RPM utility accepts various commands which query the database for installed packages, install or update the system with new RPM packages, remove unused packages from the system, and verify and check installed package dependencies. Usually, when a new version of a given component becomes available on the Net, you have two choices:
Look for a tar gzip file containing the sources. Compile the sources on your system, then proceed with installation of the binaries. The given package generally provides a README, a make and make install procedure to help you.
Look for a tar, gzip file containing the binaries, meaning that someone else has already compiled the sources for you on the same kind of computer as yours. Then proceed with installation of the binaries.
Let's say you are interested in installing version 1.9.18 of Samba. First, you should look on the Net for an RPM of the Samba package (instead of a tar, gzip package). Once you have it, type:
rpm -uvh samba-1.9.18p8-50.1.i386.rpm
This command will install (or upgrade) a copy of Samba on your system. It will also check that all dependencies needed by this version of Samba are present on your system. If the rpm command completes with no error messages, you're guaranteed the installed package will be ready to run without trouble at the end of the installation process.
This installation process will also update the RPM database which keeps track of all installed packages on your system and all their dependencies.
So if, six months later, you want to find out which version of Samba is installed on your system, typing the following command:
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will tell you
samba-1.9.18p8-50.1If you want to remove a package from your system, the RPM utilities will remove the files which were installed on your system during installation.
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Dan, do you think this period of climbing in tuscon will ever be written about? You sound quite out of balance with current realities. Let this thread die.
Damn, I don't look good in stripes. Tho... vertical stripes are slimming and my hair may look like that when it grows back if I end up getting chemo. Watch out Danio!!
jesus christ monkey balls this thread was closed for an entire week before dan reopened it with his epic tl;dr flamewar-inducing gun salvo? to everyone: your arguing is only making it worse. let this thread die and move on with your lives. all that's being accomplished are more rifts and cliques developing in the tucson climbing community.
No one outside of the lovers themselves has argued anything for weeks, now we are all just rubbernecking on AZ train wreck.
I tore my rotator cuff 2 weeks ago. Having surgery on Friday and will be out of climbing for at least 3 months.
Wow, Mike. I'm so sorry about your injury. How did you do it?
I took a 50 foot whipper ... not. Actually I did it in the gym cleaning too much weight. It happened the Friday after Beanfest. By the way, I really enjoyed Beanfest. Thanks Brigette
An Internet without dicks would be BORING! Toughen up people, nothing wrong with a heated argument. Sorry to hear about your injury Mike. Be compliant after the surgery! You'll thank yourself years from now.
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This was our first visit to Marco Island and it was beautiful. This condo was small, but plenty of room for the two of us. Everything was clean and well maintained and the bed was comfortable. The owner called to make sure we had settled in and to see if we had any questions or concerns. Everything we needed was there, even beach chairs. The pool area is very clean and we saw the caretaker several times a day checking on it. The second floor condos have a very large balcony. We spent a lot of time out there. The beach is beautiful, the water was crystal clear, and there were a lot of shells to pick through. This unit is near the elevator and the laundry facilities. It is a very secure building and you are given a key that operates the front door, the elevator, and accesses the pool area. A big plus was that our parking spot was under cover so it was always shaded. There is a public access next to this building so the beach was a little busier than I would have liked, but was never crowded. Just a short walk down the beach gave you more room. I was happy with the price and my damage deposit was refunded quickly. I would not hesitate to stay in this unit again if I return to Marco Island.
My girlfriend and I were looking for a nice relaxing low key week vacation so we decided to try out this condo. We both could not have been happier with the location and especially the condo. The beach front view as described is awesome and perfect for relaxing sunsets and mid-day lunches. We often found ourselves not wanting to leave the condo just to relax on the beach or balcony. The condo was the perfect size for my girlfriend and me. This condo is furnished very nicely and really looks modern and has just about anything and everything you will need for a great stay. The beach supplies came in very handy and we were thankful for having the chairs and beach towels which were all provided. The condo is very clean and well taken care of which was awesome to arrive to. After a long day of traveling we specifically enjoyed walking into a nicely air conditioned condo that ready to relax in. We explored by making some trips to local cities and landmarks and of course nearby restaurants. We went during the off season so we felt like the surrounding area was pretty much our own which was very nice. In conclusion, we would recommend this condo to anyone looking for a low key laid back vacation with great views and great surroundings . The owners of this condo are great and will make your stay awesome and care free. We had a great time and hope to be back to this condo in the near future.
The condo was beautiful with a great view of the Gulf and fabulous sunsets. It was well equipped with everything we needed. We have been to Marco Island several times and now we have found the perfect place to stay when we come again. Our only suggestion is that all of the mattresses be replaced. We went with our 2 adult married children and spouses, so there were 6 adults and everyone commented on the poor bedding.


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Upon legal advice, the Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners on Tuesday awarded Plocher Construction Co. of Highland, Ill., a $115.43 million contract to construct a new wastewater treatment plant for the city.
Last week, the board delayed awarding a contract until a legal review could be done on a complaint from a Terre Haute resident associated with Thieneman-Walbridge, a joint venture from Westfield, Ind., which submitted the apparent second-lowest project bid at $115.95 million.
The complaint objected to Electrical Automation Services incorporating a 15-percent penalty for not purchasing certain materials through EAS under "Section 13600 scope of work" for the project. That, according to the complaint, eliminated any competition by forcing bidders to purchase all materials through EAS or be subject to a 15-percent penalty, which could total $1.5 million.
Terry Modesitt, board attorney, said it was his opinion the board could accept the bids. "I am good from a legal perspective if the board wants to consider accepting the bids," he said. "I think the issues that were raised, legally we are in a good position and are legal according to case law and research that I have done," he told the board.
After the meeting, Modesitt said "under case law, the question is if that is a 15-percent penalty or an additional cost if [the city's sewer system] has to work with a different [computer] system than what the current system is programmed for. There is case law that states it is OK to do" the bid that requires using EAS for sewer computer equipment. "I think it is legal for the Sanitary Board to move forward."
Plocher was the low bidder on the sewer project, which will be paid from a $150 million bond issue which will also cover design, legal costs and unforeseen conditions during construction, plus a brownfield remediation project at 13th and Hulman streets. That bond issue will be paid from higher sewer rates.
When completed, the new treatment plant is expected to last 50 years.
The Sanitary Board approved declaratory resolutions for the sale of revenue bonds and for sewer rate increases. A public hearing on the bond and proposed sewer rates is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 7 at City Hall before the Sanitary Board. The board would then vote whether or not to approve the resolutions after the public hearing.
The Terre Haute City Council could then vote at its Nov. 8 meeting to adopt an ordinance for the rate increases.
Rates, proposed to increase annually over a three-year period, would establish new minimum monthly charges for water customers of $17.50 a month, up from $15.21, staring July 1, 2013. The amount would increase to $20.13 on July 1, 2014, and to $23.16 on July 1, 2015.
Rates for all non-commercial, non-industrial users with non-metered sources would pay $37.29 per month on July 1, 2013, up from $32.42. That flat rate would increase to $42.89 on July 1, 2014, and increase to $49.36 on July 1, 2015.
Reporter Howard Greninger can be contacted at (812) 231-4204 or email@example.com.


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Eero & Hadar Visit Headquarters
When it comes to describing Eero Ettala one word comes to mind – "Fun." Eero embodies the true definition of fun and making sure everyone around him is doing the same. Prime example being this season, most did not know this, but Eero tore his ACL just three days before arriving for Winter X in Aspen, CO. And not once did Eero complain about the pain or how this injury would hamper his chances in the contest or the remainder of the filming season he needed to produce for MDP. Instead he showed up each day to the hill smiling and goofing off on the slopes with his buddies and anyone around him. After receiving the royal treatment tour of O Headquarters courtesy of Joses, the king of all tours at Oakley, Eero summed up his tour by stating, "Hell, I am coming back here more often. I had no idea this places was so cool."
Laura Hadar is one tough cookie, but when you take her off the snow and her skateboard she really is just like most young women her age. Laura is committed to being different, while making a point to express why. Which makes her a great addition to the Oakley Women's Uniquely Campaign. Women's Sports Marketing Manager, Liesl Holtz showed Laura around the building and hooked her up with the "Super Hot" White Supreme Frogskins on her way out of the building.
Before leaving Laura and Eero hammed it up for me so I could capture a few funny photos for your enjoyment – check them out below.
In addition, check out Eero's one on one video interview – by clicking here. Also, look for more from both of these rippers this summer as they comeback again to experience more love at the O.


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Day trip planned for 'War & Peace' exhibit at Eisenhower Museum
The Tabor College alumni office is organizing a day trip Wednesday, Nov. 14, to visit the "War & Peace" exhibit currently on display at the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene.
The exhibit features the fiber artwork of Shin-hee Chin, Tabor's associate professor of art and graphic design.
The outing will include chartered bus transportation, leaving from Wichita at 8:50 a.m., with additional stops in Newton and Hillsboro. It will include an early lunch at the Kirby House in Abilene and a tour of the exhibit with Chin providing commentary. The presentation will take place at noon at the museum.
Peggy Goertzen, director of the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, said, "She does incredible work, balancing the tension between war and peace perspectives."
The bus capacity is 55 people. Reservations are due Nov. 1. Cost for the bus ride is $20, and does not include the cost of lunch or the $9 museum admission.
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On a Red Station postcards!
Lookie lookie…
I'll have On a Red Station Drifting postcards to hand at Nine Worlds and Worldcon. If you want one, talk to me and I'll be glad to sign it for you. (also will have them at MIRcon, if there are any left)
Lookie lookie…
I'll have On a Red Station Drifting postcards to hand at Nine Worlds and Worldcon. If you want one, talk to me and I'll be glad to sign it for you. (also will have them at MIRcon, if there are any left)
Sasha is a normal, straight-A high-school student; until, on a holiday with her mother, a strange man with dark glasses approaches her, and asks her to get up at 4am every morning and swim to a buoy on the beach. She tries to ignore him, but when she does so, time stops passing: the same day loops over and over, trapping her in a morass of impending dread. When she finally takes the man's advice and swims, she finds herself vomitting gold coins on the beach–and, before she knows it, onboard a train to a university in the middle of nowhere, where she will learn Specialty. The nature of Specialty is unclear, the textbook abstruse; but the penalty for failure is all too clear, ranging from the death of the students' families to the impairment and death of the students themselves. Specialty is a book filled with incomprehensible sentences; but as the students read it, they find themselves changing in mind and body–and Sasha, who is ahead of her peers, is destined for something both huge and frightening…
The parallels between this and Harry Potter are hard to ignore (magical school, specially picked students), but you should probably put them out of your mind. Vita Nostra is a different, darker book: the students are university-age, with more adult preoccupations; and the magic, far from cookie-cutter spells, is impredictable, incomprehensible, and wildly dangerous; and Sasha's position as a special student is far from enviable. There's a palpable, oppressive sense of doom and dread throughout the entire novel, building to a very satisfying climax (which nevertheless leaves a lot of questions dangling in the air: this isn't a book which will do a point-by-point explanation of its worldbuilding, but it's a book that works as it is). I read this cover to cover in an evening (which should tell you something, as any free time those days is generally against my better judgment): the book draws you in, and, especially in the last quarter or so, an accelerating build-up towards the placement exam that is meant to seal the students' fate, is darn hard to put down. Recommended.
This is my first book from the Dyachenkos, a Ukrainian husband-and-wife team, but it certainly won't be my last: Tor published their epic fantasy The Scar, and I have every intention of trying it…
The book itself is a bit fiddly to find: it's available in the US and UK only (I was lucky to get a copy from the translator in the hopes I'd signal boost if I liked it), and only via amazon. It also, for some reason, doesn't show up in search results if you try by author/title, so the direct link is your best bet. This limited distribution (as well as the somewhat bland cover) probably do it no favours; but it certainly deserves wider recognition.
The lovely Emma Newman was kind enough to interview me for her awesome show Tea and Jeopardy (Tea, assorted geekery and peril, what more can you ask for?). You can listen to the episode here. And thanks to Paul Weimer for the question ^^
So, I got my final Worldcon schedule, and I'm going to be busy (in a pretty awesome way). As a reminder (taking a leaf from Kate Elliott's book), I go to cons to meet people, so don't be shy if you see me and want to talk. I'm also quite happy signing stuff and/or talking outside of panels (provided I'm not running on my way to elsewhere, of course!).
Below is where you can find me:
Thursday 15:00 – 16:30, Autographing Space (ExCeL)
I will have signed postcards featuring the On a Red Station, Drifting artwork, and possibly a few other books: notably, I'm working on a POD edition of On a Red Station, but am not at all sure I'd have those with me.
Universal Language: Good or Bad?
Thursday 18:00 – 19:00, Capital Suite 14 (ExCeL)
Is a universal language possible? How might that be achieved and would achieving it necessitate destroying our own languages and way of thinking? Would we want to create one in addition to our own languages and if so, should it be spoken or signed?
Michael Burianyk (M), Dr. Bettina Beinhoff, Aliette de Bodard, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan, Jesi Pershing
Feeding the Imagination: Food in SF/F
Friday 11:00 – 12:00, Capital Suite 3 (ExCeL)
The food in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is described in such detail that cookbooks have been published in response. What other genre works have focused heavily on food to develop the world and characters? What does food say about an invented society? Are stories that lack an exploration of the diet of their characters lacking something?
Shana Worthen (M) , Aliette de Bodard, Gillian Polack, Jo Walton , Fran Wilde
Content and Form: Writing SF/F in non-Western Modes
Friday 13:30 – 15:00, Capital Suite 8 (ExCeL)
Sofia Samatar recently suggested that SF genre writers and readers have "a tendency to focus on content rather than form", even or especially when engaging with marginalised perspectives. Does our genre inevitably tend towards the form and structure of western, English-language stories, regardless of what cultural tradition(s) are reflected in the content? How can a non-western or non-Anglophone writer engage with science fiction and fantasy while also operating outside of the conventions of western-style storytelling? Is it possible for western writers to engage with non-western traditions in an authentic way and produce a story that a wider audience will recognize as science fiction or fantasy? What are some of the different forms offered by non-western cultures that need to be told?
Amal El-Mohtar (M), Aliette de Bodard, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, JY Yang, Nick Wood
Friday 17:00 – 18:00, London Suite 5 (ExCeL)
Saturday 10:00 – 10:30, London Suite 1 (ExCeL)
I haven't made a firm decision on what I'm reading, but it's likely to be an excerpt from the novel aka fantasy set in sideways version of Belle Epoque Paris–your chance to find out more ^^
Always Outside, Looking In?
Saturday 15:00 – 16:30, Capital Suite 16 (ExCeL)
How do writers from non-Anglophone countries relate to so-called "traditional SF", and the expectations of Anglophone publishers and readers? What are the processes and considerations behind writing in a language that is not your first, or in seeing your work translated into English? While it's often assumed that non-Anglophone writers all want to see their work reach the English audience, are there any circumstances under which a writer might choose not to? In a 2013 interview on the World SF blog, UAE writer Noura al-Noman said about one of her novels: "The whole idea behind 'Ajwan' was to provide Arabic content for teens … The subject matter [sci-fi] made Arabic seem more approachable to them … I am going to wait a bit before I publish it in English."
Thomas Olde Heuvelt (M), Jesús Cañadas, Aliette de Bodard, Ju Honisch , Floris M. Kleijne
Environmentalism in Anime
Sunday 10:00 – 11:00, Capital Suite 2 (ExCeL)
Images of environmental destruction — or the complete replacement of nature with metal and concrete mega-cities — are common in anime. But there is also a tradition of anime and manga that preserves and honours nature: think of MuShiShi, or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Where else are ecologically-aware narratives found, and what is their focus? Is the environmentalism of anime primarily one of nostalgia and conservationism, or technological conquest?
Anushia Kandasivam (M), Adrian (Ade) Brown, Aliette de Bodard, Ian Murphy
Sunday evening, from 6pm onwards: Hugo Reception, Hugo Awards and Hugo Losers' Ceremony.
I am ready to deliver on my promise to bring a snakelet in a suit onstage, should I (against all odds) find myself in a position to give an acceptance speech.
By popular request (and since the question came up several times), I posted a basic primer on how to pick fish sauce. You can find it here, in the recipes section of the website.
Comments welcome (the recipe itself won't take comments, so do leave them here).
A fish sauce shop in Phú Quốc (picture courtesy of Jennifer Yin on flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Generic 2.0 license).
Gardner Dozois's annual Years Best Science Fiction has now been released: it contains my Hugo and Locus finalist and Nebula Award winner "The Waiting Stars", as well as stories by the likes of Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Lavie Tidhar, Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald and Ken Liu… I always find those collections worth reading, especially since I no longer keep up with short fiction markets quite as much, and Dozois's summation of the state of the field always makes for fascinating reading.
I ranted this weekend on science in fiction on twitter–thought I'd collate those into a blog post. Warning: minimal editing (that's why every sentence is around 140 characters ^^).
I'm getting a bit tired of "it's not really hard SF" argument, which–oddly enough– often coincides with "this story is written by a woman/POC/other marginalised POV). (before anyone asks, I don't have a specific occurrence to point to; it's just an accumulation of small things).
Thing is: the discourse about what constitutes hard SF–supposedly "real science! ™"–is very normative. It demands certain narrative forms, certain ways of addressing the reader, certain methods of expositing the science to make it sound plausible. Note that I said "plausible", which means "what people are ready to believe", which is different from "what is actually true".
Even ignoring the problem of evolution of science (I'll come back to that!), I've read hard SF stuff that was… er… out of date/inaccurate (I have a general science background, though my area of speciality is the mathematics of computer algorithms; and the H has a PhD in Quantum Optics, so between both of us we can muster passable science analysis). And that inaccuracy/out-of-date character *absolutely* didn't prevent me or him from enjoying said books, btw–we don't want to be snobs, and our enjoyment of books isn't the cutting edge science. (actually, if I do want cutting edge science, I tend to read journal articles–though of course that's pretty much restricted to fields of science I'm conversant with, so a pretty limited subset of everything that's published).
I swore I'd come back to the evolution of science, so here goes: today's science is likely going to be debunked (aka "evolve") within a few centuries. 19th century science, pre quantum mechanics and pre general relativity, is vastly different from 21st century science. So any books set in, say, the 24th century that still rely on *today's* understanding of science are a nice fiction. And, again, that's OK. We're writing/reading SF books, not journal articles, and requirements are different (real engineering specs make for bad fiction anyway, a bit dry!).
There you go, afternoon rant. Would be interested to know what people think?
So, actually, it turns out that my favourite part of novel writing (aside from the heady feeling when you're a few chapters in) is revisions. Aka, the moment when I have finally understood why the novel is not working, have made a checklist of everything I need to fix, and am settling down in front of the computer with a cup of tea, and a determination to tick off those checkboxes one by one. Which is, I guess, another way of saying that I vastly prefer knowing where I'm going ^^
I am done with revisions, and have sent novel off to agent (also, the H rocks as a first reader, but we all knew that. We had a bit of a narrow brush when the snakelet attempted to chew the printed manuscript, but we're good now). Also, I learnt entirely too many things about Belle Epoque etiquette from Baronne de Staffe (my favourite bit: men give way to women because women are vastly superior), and about servant hierarchy in big French households (I was only familiar with that time period through novels written during the era, so I hadn't quite realised the ubiquitousness of the servant class. It was quite impressive to read up on who did what, and also quite fun to imagine how this would have changed a few decades after that, if WWI hadn't quite happened the same way).
Anyway. In honour of the sending off of the manuscript, here's a snippet of later on in the book:
He remembered a cold, cold Hall much like this one; a lieutenant in the red-and-gold of House Draken, telling bewildered boys about the glory of dying for one's House, for one's country; and him, standing in the riot of colours streaming from a tall stained-glass window, and struggling to remember the power that had sustained him in Indochina.
Meanwhile, I'll go off and grab my missing sleep…
Strange Horizons very kindly asked me to curate a reprint for their June issue. I picked Elisabeth Vonarburg's "Chambered Nautilus" (translated from the French by Jane Brierley). I really like Vonarburg's introspective, dreamy science fiction, and I think it's a shame that so little of it got translated into English (you can pick up The Maerlande Chronicles from amazon–I prefer her Tyranaël series, but I think this stopped being translated after two volumes?). More info here at her English website.
Being an editor, even if it's for a brief, one-story stint, means I read a lot of stories and didn't have nearly enough space for all the stuff that I loved. Can I recommend you check out the following anthologies for great fiction? The Apex Book of World SF (volume 1, volume 2; and volume 3 which has recently been released), Afrofuturism, Mothership, AfroSF, and, if you have a copy lying around, Bloodchildren, which was a limited-time anthology by the Octavia Butler scholars and is sadly no longer available)? Also, anything by Yukimi Ogawa (she's got a great story in this issue of Strange Horizons, "Rib", a mordant tale of a skeleton woman and the child who befriends her), Zen Cho (her collection, Spirits Abroad, just got released, and that link explains how to get a copy from her), Benjanun Sriduangkaew (who is up for the Campbell Award this year, and whose story "Autodidact" ought to be on awards list next year if there's any justice), and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (check out "Of Alternate Adventure and Memory" up at Clarkesworld, as well as her newest "Movements" column in this issue of Strange Horizons, which focuses on languages, hegemonies and translations).
That's all from me for the moment–please do leave feedback on Strange Horizon's website on the story if you're so inclined.
Today is the first day of the summer sales in Paris, so naturally I
braved the crowd was foolish enough to drop by a baby clothes' shop to pick up a hat for the snakelet. The following conversation is depressingly familiar when buying clothes:
Me: "Do you have this model in size 51?"
Saleswoman: "Let me look. It's for a–" she peers at the hat I'm holding up (red with stripes)–"girl, right?"
Me, biting down on a desire to lecture her on gender essentialism, "Boy, actually."
Saleswoman, turning to a bin where everything is some shade of blue, "Hum, I'm not too sure–"
Me, pointing to another bin where everything is a shade of pink or red, "Maybe in this bin?"
Saleswoman: "That's for–"
Me: "I know. Do you have anything?"
She looks at me, at the hat, and at the bin again. "No, everything is pink, I'm sorry."
At which point I gave up and went foraging into the darn bin for girls' hats myself. They had another red hat, which was actually the right size for the snakelet–I snagged it immediately.
Seriously. This is for a baby who's not yet a year old. I can predict some intense frustration as the snakelet grows up…


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SOURCE Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
Featured Special Guests Include: Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Warren DeMartini (RATT), George Lynch (Dokken), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) and Stu Hamm
LAS VEGAS, May 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to rock out with the best of the best! Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp is bringing all-time favorite rock stars to Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for a special Summer Fantasy Camp featuring Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Warren DeMartini (RATT), George Lynch (Dokken), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) and Stu Hamm. These special guests will participate in master classes and jam with campers Thursday, July 31 – Sunday, Aug. 3.
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"I'm really excited to participate in Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp," said Whitford. "I'm looking forward to rocking out with all of the campers."
In the four-day Summer Fantasy Camp participants will be placed in a band with a rock star counselor and work side by side with talented musicians. Rock star counselors Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot), Vinny Appice (Dio/Black Sabbath) and Teddy Andreadis (Guns n Roses), among others, will mentor campers, fine-tune musical abilities, energize stage presence, participate in Q&A sessions and share inside stories about their time on the road. The camp will culminate with two nights of live performances on the Courtyard Stage inside Crossroads at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
Being offered for the first time is a Songwriting Camp with Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh/CSN), which also will take place Thursday, July 31 – Sunday, Aug. 3. Participants of the Songwriting Camp will indulge in the creative process and develop lyrics, melodies, verses and choruses. Additionally, the campers will learn the ins and outs of publishing and protecting original music and how to pitch songs to artists. Participants of the Songwriting Camp will meet the special guests and counselors throughout the camp, attend master classes and have the option to perform their written song live on the Courtyard Stage inside Crossroads at House of Blues. This package includes experiences with the same guests as the Summer Fantasy Camp, but with the personalized songwriting experience.
For our campers, this is a life changing experience. Some of the campers play well and even gave up careers as musicians to become CEOs and lawyers. Some campers can't play at all. What they all have in common is passion for rock music. At Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp they all get to pursue their passion – and meet, and play with the artists who became the soundtrack of their lives. It has been a fantastic experience for all of us who have been able to witness it for the past sixteen years.
David Fishof is the founder and creator of the famed Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp where rock dreams become reality. The idea came to him after years of producing rock tours throughout the word. He's been honored to work with veteran rockers, Roger Daltrey, Levon Helm, Joe Walsh, Roger Hodgson, Todd Rundgren, Jack Bruce, Dr. John, Randy Bachman, and so many more. He feels fortunate to have seen their talent first hand. David's desire to share this experience with you, gave him the inspiration to produce the one-of- a-kind, Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
Past rock star camp headliners have included Jeff Beck, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, Gene Simmons (KISS), Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule), Dave Davies (The Kinks), Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Slash, Bret Michaels (Poison), Cheap Trick, Dr. John, George Thorogood, Jack Bruce (Cream), Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh, Meatloaf, Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Duff McKagan , (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), Michael Anthony (Van Halen), among others.
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