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USCG AUX.-NOS. Coop. Chart Updating Program (NOAA Form 77-5)
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Auxiliary Web Site (http://www.cgaux.org).
a. Exercise staff supervision and responsibility for chart
updating patrols, verification of private aids to navigation
and the prompt reporting of discrepancies in aids to navigation
(ATON) using Aids to Navigation Report (ANSC 7054), chart
discrepancies and chart updating information using NOAA Form-77
(ANSC 7037), and to inform flotilla members of all developments.
b. Unless otherwise directed, you are to schedule qualified
Auxiliarists to perform specific activities in your area of
responsibility. The schedule must include a specific time
and place for the activity.
c. Maintain close liaison with the Division Aids to Navigation
Officer (SO-AN) and submit a monthly activity report. Also,
advise the District Aids to Navigation Officer (DSO-AN), via
the SO-AN, by 1 October each year of changes desired on chart
d. Coordinate and cooperate with the FSO-OP to ensure that
every deployment of an operational facility for chart updating,
inspection of private aids to navigation, and others, are
performed under Coast Guard patrol orders.
e. Foster interest for members to maintain their own navigational
publications in an up-to-date condition.
f. Additional duties of your office include, but are not
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a. Establish and maintain contacts with local Coast Guard
units for the purpose of establishing and maintaining auxiliary
ATON patrols as well as rendering assistance and/or transport
for Coast Guard personnel for emergency ATON servicing. Ail
such activity must be performed under Coast Guard patrol orders.
b. Cooperate with other agencies in chart updating.
c. Be familiar with the contents of the Aids to Navigation
and Chart Updating Manual.
d. Submit special investigation reports as requested.
e. Record and maintain flotilla charts received through the
automated chart distribution system.
f. In cooperation with the Member Training Staff Officer
(FSO-MT) and the Operations Staff Officer (FSO-OP), participate
in any required operations seminar. Also, develop and supervise
training programs to establish member proficiency in chart
updating activities.
a. Ensure that flotilla members are equipped for, and are
aware of the requirements and procedures for chart updating,
reporting of aids to navigation discrepancies, and inspection
of private aids while on safety patrols.
b. Ensure that all private aids to navigation that have been
assigned to the flotilla for inspection are inspected when
required. Coordinate with the FSO-OP for any vessel facilities
that may be required. Ensure that all required reports are
promptly submitted.
c. In coordination with the FSO-MT, plan and provide ATON
and Chart Updating training sessions to members of the flotilla.
d. Coordinate with FSO-MT to utilize special chart updating
patrols as member training sessions for any needed on-the-water
e. Submit a monthly activity report to the SO-AN no later
than the 15th of each month. This report will include:
1. The number of flotilla ATON/CU reports submitted during
the previous 30 days.
2. Number of members submitting reports.
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(Or, 'The Donkey in the Bathtub')
Dear Lawmakers: What have we, as transgender people, actually done to frighten you so much? I mean, what have we actually done that is making you consider taking up precious time that should be allotted to conducting important business for the great state of Texas to instead enact cruel, pointless and potentially harmful laws against a group of people that comprises .3 percent of the population?
What is it that we have done? Why do we scare you so?
Look, I am concerned about the health and safety of women and children, too. Matter of fact, I think everyone should be permitted to live their lives without fear of violence or intimidation.
But "everyone" includes trans people, too. And the simple truth is, trans people are no threat.
Enacting mean-spirited laws to inhibit our ability to obtain proper identity documents or to somehow regulate which bathroom we use or to try and tell us who we really are will do nothing but harm to a vulnerable and already marginalized population.
We need your help; we need your protection. We don't need your foot on our necks. Our lives are difficult enough as it is.
During the last session of the Texas Legislature, four bills were introduced that would criminalize bathroom usage by transgender people. Rhetoric supporting those bills hammered on the idea that these new laws are necessary to protect women and children from predators in restrooms.
And yet, there isn't a single documented case of a trans woman attacking another woman or a child in a restroom. Believe me, I've looked. Don't you think that if there was even one that it would be plastered everywhere as evidence of "the evil that lurks in stall No. 2"?
Fact is, Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert all by himself is more of a threat to children than all the transgender women put together! When it comes to bathroom hi-jinx former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig — another Republican — has actually given far more reason to keep lawmakers out of public restrooms than transgender people ever could.
Look, I understand — you want to protect something. But shouldn't you be looking someone or something that actually needs protection and make laws about that? I used to do a regular radio show and one of the bits we'd do was making fun of "Stupid Laws." For instance:
• It is against the law in Alaska to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
• It is against the law in Arizona for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. Although, I'm not sure who gets the citation — the donkey, or it's owner?
• It is against the law in the small town of Chico, Calif., to detonate a nuclear device within the city limits. They'll fine you $500 if you do.
Sure, we laugh at these stupid laws and at the men who debated and passed these bits of legislative nonsense. Are donkeys in bathtubs really that big an issue in Arizona? Is that a thing?
I can tell you with 100 percent confidence that you are less likely to find a transgender woman posing a threat to children and other women in a public restroom than you are to find a donkey sleeping in a bathtub. So if Texas needs a law to keep trans people out of public restrooms, then perhaps we need a law to keep donkeys out of bathtubs, too.
And of course, a donkey in a bathtub isn't necessarily the same thing as an ass in a bathtub. I'm thinking Texas definitely needs a law to keep asses out of the Legislature.
I'm originally from California and while I've been to Chico, I've never felt the need to detonate a nuclear device in their town — not because of the $500 fine; it just wouldn't be right.
I love Dallas. It's my home now. I've lived in Houston as well, and travelled this state from one end to the other. I've met many interesting and wonderful people. I have also used the women's restroom in more places than you can count — all without incident.
I never felt the need to attack anyone. I just needed to pee, maybe take a minute to fix my hair, then wash up and leave.
And before you go running off half-cocked and try to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist, you need to know another thing about trans people: There are trans MEN!
Yep. Guys. Burly guys with tattoos and cowboy hats. Wearing wife beaters and jeans and sporting nice, thick, bushy beards.
Do you really want to force these guys into the women's room?
They don't want to be in the women's restrooms any more than I want them there. They are dudes. They have their own room. Let them go in there and leave us ladies to ourselves.
Besides, by avoiding a needless trip to Bigotville, you can help your state avoid the wrath of individuals — like Bruce Springsteen — who have had it up to here with official oppression and legislative bullying. And companies like Pay Pal, Wells Fargo and the NBA who won't stand for it.
Don't make the same mistake North Carolina did. We are better than Mississippi. (Really, we are. I checked.)
Texas isn't immune from enacting our own Stupid Laws. For instance, the entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
But please, don't add another Stupid Law to the books. Spend your time during the next legislative session wisely; we have plenty of real problems that need to be addressed .
Leslie McMurray, a transgender woman, is a former radio DJ who lives and works in Dallas. Read more of her blogs at lesliemichelle44.wordpress.com
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition April 29, 2016.

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Breeders' Cup Classic an 'unlikely' next stop for Alternation
Alternation on Wednesday was "unlikely" to advance to the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic after finishing sixth in last weekend's Grade 2, $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup, said trainer Donnie Von Hemel. The horse was still in Chicago as of Wednesday, and Von Hemel said no plans for him have been set, including with regard to the BC Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.
"Unlikely is probably as far as I would go right now," Von Hemel said of Alternation's status for the Classic. "We do not have any plans at all right now."
Alternation was the 4-5 favorite in the Hawthorne Gold Cup on the strength of a 2012 season in which he has won five stakes, including the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap and Grade 3 Pimlico Special. He led for the first six furlongs of the 1 1/4-mile Hawthorne Gold Cup before finishing 7 3/4 lengths behind the winner, Pool Play. Alternation, who earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 90, appears to have come out of the race in good order, Von Hemel said Wednesday.
"No apparent problems, but I don't have any answers," he said. "I felt good going into the race. The only thing I can come up with is the track was fairly deep. They went a mile and a quarter in 2:06, and maybe that was not to our liking."
Alternation came into the Hawthorne Gold Cup off a nose win in the $200,000 Governor's Cup at his fall base of Remington Park in Oklahoma City. He became a millionaire in that race for breeder-owner Pin Oak Stable.


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Picture: Franz Ferdinand The Gatecrasher Summer Sound System Live at Lotherton Hall Leeds, England - 27.05.07
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand drew upon R+B music while recording their second album, because they want to stand out from other guitar bands.
The TAKE ME OUT hitmakers have no intention of making an R+B record of their own - but they have instilled their new songs with the energy and creativity prevalent in modern urban music.
Frontman ALEX KAPRANOS says, "Contemporary R+B is the most novel and experimental mainstream music there is today.
"We're four skinny white guys from Glasgow - there's no way we can make a record that sounds like LIL' JON or Kanye West, but when you listen to the sound of those records, the energy, the preciseness, the inventiveness... that's inspiring.
"It's important to look outside of your immediate peers as well. The last thing that I want to listen to is four guys in a band playing guitar music. It's important that you listen to everything around you, because then you won't end up sounding like anything.
Franz Ferdinand are convinced their unique approach to recording will leave their fans searching for their influences when their eponymously-titled second disc hits shops later this year (05).
"That's our aim with the second album, to sound like nothing you've ever heard."28/07/2005 06:39


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INNOVATION is key to the competitiveness of nations, which is why the recent Global Innovation 1000 study by the strategy consultants Booz and Company into corporate research and development (R&D) spending is a critical indicator as to how the world economy is emerging from the worst recession since the First World War.
And contrary to the doom and gloom peddled by some on the future prospects for the global economy, the encouraging news from this report is that the world's most innovative businesses are again beginning to invest in research that will lead to new products and services.
According to the study, R&D spending by the Global Innovation 1000 increased 9.6% to £380bn in 2011.
While this may have been expected after the slowdown in spending that occurred during the global recession, this recovery is, contrary to expectations, actually stronger than that following the last major economic downturn after the dot.com crash back in 2000.
For example, expenditure on R&D in the first three years after that global shock increased by an average of 3.5% as compared to 9.5% between 2009 and 2011.
In fact, three quarters of the companies surveyed actually increased their R&D spending in 2011, with only 19% spending less.
It is worth noting that R&D is increasingly focused within a small number of companies globally, with 10% of the Global Innovation 1000 accounting for two thirds of the total expenditure of R&D in 2011 and half of the increase in R&D spending.
There is also a concentration in terms of R&D intensive sectors, with computing and electronics, automotive and healthcare being responsible for two thirds of all spending in 2011.
Of these three key sectors, computing and electronics continues to dominate innovation, spending £105bn on R&D in 2011 (or 28 per cent of the global total).
Interestingly, it was not an American firm that led the way in this expenditure. Instead, it was Samsung, driven by its mission to overtake Apple within the smartphone industry sector, that increased its spending by almost 14% to £5.7bn.
And with advances such as cloud computing changing the way that consumers will be accessing and using their electronic devices in the future, it is not surprising that even traditional players such as Hewlett Packard, Sony and Texas Instruments have increased their R&D intensity over the past year in order to keep up with newer companies on the block.
However, it is not only emerging technologies which are R&D intensive and many analysts remain surprised by the Lazarus-like recovery of the automotive sector during the past four years and its renewed enthusiasm for innovation.
Indeed, the increase of 15% in R&D expenditure contrasts with the 14% decrease experienced in 2009, and has been led by companies such as Volkswagen, Daimler, General Motors and Honda, with Toyota becoming the largest corporate R&D spender in the world in 2011.
In contrast, the healthcare sector seems to be treading water in terms of research investment, with major companies instead choosing to return money to shareholders.
And while companies such as Roche, Pfizer and Merck remain among the top 10 R&D companies in the world, they have all reduced spending in the past 12 months as regulatory uncertainty means that they are reluctant to invest in R&D without a clearer path to market.
In terms of expenditure by region, the data continues to have some bad news for Europe, especially relative to other parts of the world.
For example, the largest overall increase in absolute spending continues to be in North America, where R&D spending grew by 10% in 2011, thanks to companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Merck, Pfizer and General Motors which, between them, spent £27bn on R&D.
In contrast, R&D spending in Europe increased by only 5% in 2011, well below the average 7% increase experienced during the previous five years. This is despite having two companies – Novartis and Roche – in the top three corporate R&D spenders in the world.
And given that the European Union has targeted increased research and innovation as a key part of its growth strategy over the next few years, much remains to be done in terms of ensuring that we keep up with the rest of the world, never mind overtake it.
In fact, the emerging economies of China and India posted an impressive 27% growth in 2011, although this was from a low base and their overall contribution to global R&D remains low at less than 3% of the total.
And worryingly for the West, this does indicate that those developing countries previously seen as sources for cheap manufacturing are now beginning to move the value chain by investing in innovation.
Therefore, the report shows that the overall global picture for innovation seems to be one of recovery and renewal, which would have been the last thing anyone would have expected four years ago.
However, the question for European policymakers and corporate leaders is whether they will be able to close the growing gap in R&D spending with the rest of the world and, more importantly, develop innovations that will have a real impact in the marketplace?


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In addition to the operation of the heart-lung machine during surgery, perfusionists often function in supportive roles for other medical specialties by operating mechanical devices to assist in the conservation of blood and blood products during surgery and providing extended, long-term support of the patient's circulation outside of the operating room environment.
The Board of Registration of Perfusionists is charged with evaluating the qualifications of applicants for licensure and granting licenses to those who qualify. It establishes rules and regulations to ensure the integrity and competence of licensees. The Board promotes the public health, welfare, and safety by insuring that licensed Perfusionists have proper training and experience through a degree program and meet the minimum requirements set forth by the Board.
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A Cookeville couple who has been married for just over 81 years says the key to their successful, happy marriage is good communication.
Lonnie and Jessie Mabrey were married in Albany, Kentucky where they couple eloped to on August 11, 1931.
"It doesn't seem like it could be 81 years, but it is," Jessie told Nashville's News 2.
With more than eight decades of marriage under their belt, the couple said they continue to enjoy spending time together.
"The key secret is to love each other," said Lonnie, adding, "We enjoy each other. That is happiness."
The couple who still live together on their own said they have always made it a point to communicate with each other.
"Buying a farm, buying a car, whatever we were doing throughout life, we talked it over. Neither one of us went out and bought this or bought that. We talked it over before we would do stuff like that," explained Lonnie.
Humor and laughter have also played a big part of their marriage, especially since Jessie has an infectious laugh.
"It is wonderful," said Lonnie. "That is what I like."
When asked how he proposed to his wife, he responded with a laugh and said, "She proposed to me."
However, Jessie quickly set the record straight. She actually made him wait a little while after the proposal before saying yes.
"I said, I will have to study on that a while. I studied on that about a week," she recalled.
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[460-462-464 Summer Avenue]
[460-462-464 Summer Avenue]
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"Mayall place. Oak tree, extreme left - father planted." Written on the face of the photo by Mrs. Converse.;"The personal photo album of Mrs. Albert F. Converse. 1906-1909? Mrs. Albert F. Converse's photo album was damaged by a flood in the library in 1988. The photos, however, were untouched. They are, however, suffering from deterioration and ballpoint pen marks. The photos offer a good look at many private homes in Reading during the first decade of the 20th century. And, while there are many existing photographs of the exteriors of Reading homes, the view of Mrs. Converse's living room (page 13) is a rare photo of Victorian interior design in the library's collection. Street numbers and updates were added by Mrs. Miriam Barclay in 1965. Written comments are within quotation marks." From the album containing the photograph.;460 Summer Avenue, Reading, MA, 01867;462 Summer Avenue, Reading, MA, 01867;464 Summer Avenue, Reading, MA, 01867
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Aquilani would have been happy with Reds stay
Alberto Aquilani says he was willing to remain at Liverpool this summer before Juventus offered him a chance he could not reject.
Aquilani has joined Juve on loan for the season and the Italian club have the option to sign the former Roma midfielder on a permanent deal if he impresses upon his return to Serie A.
A combination of fitness concerns and Rafa Benitez's reluctance to place his faith in the player saw Aquilani restricted to only nine league starts last season, but the Italian felt he was getting to grips with the demands of the Premier League.
Though he was prepared to remain at Anfield, Aquilani says he could not refuse a move to the Bianconeri once Juve made their interest known.
"It was really fast, a blitz," Aquilani told Tuttosport. "One day I was speaking with [Roy] Hodgson and we were discussing Liverpool's season and three days later I found myself having a medical in Turin.
"Liverpool counted on me and in the end I would also have stayed because at the end of last season I was getting in gear physically and I had played the last eight games of the campaign.
"The fans had started to show me affection. Then this opportunity arrived and I didn't even need a minute to think about it. Liverpool wanted to only send me on loan, but [Juve general director, Beppe] Marotta insisted to have the option to buy."
Meanwhile, Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt still holds out some hope that he will be able to face his former side Utrecht in the Europa League on September 30. Kuyt has been ruled out for around a month with a shoulder injury sustained on international duty with Netherlands.
"I hope I will make it (for Utrecht) but it all depends on how the injury heals in the first few days," Kuyt said. "I have made a thousand of these moves before without any problems."
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The SEC has the most teams in the 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament. That's the most ever for a single conference in the history of the tournament.
Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi State and Texas A&M all made the cut.
With a final overall record of 31-23 and losing in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Vanderbilt, Tennessee did not make the list. The Vols haven't been to the NCAA Tournament in nine years.
More on the NCAA Baseball Tournament field:
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Oregon State is the No. 1 national seed for the NCAA baseball tournament.
The Division I Baseball Committee on Monday made the Pac-12 champion Beavers (42-12) the top seed over SEC regular-season winner Florida (40-21).
The other six national seeds, in order, are: Virginia, Indiana, Florida State, Louisiana-Lafayette, TCU and LSU.
The tournament opens Friday with 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals. Best-of-three super regionals will be held next week, with those winners moving to the College World Series in Omaha.
Oregon State starts the tournament Friday in Corvallis, Oregon, against Summit League champion North Dakota State. UC Irvine and UNLV also are in the Corvallis regional.
Three teams with losing records are in the tournament after winning conference tournament titles. They are Youngstown State (16-36), Siena (25-31) and Bethune-Cookman (26-31).


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We can help you apply for permits and then let you sort out the rest. Cost - USD 900 for the first person, USD 400 for additional people (this includes accommodation at Paiyun, if available, and other required fees). Again apply early, and for weekdays if at all possible.
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We get you permits, transport you to the trail head, shelter/feed/amuse you the first night, and then let you do the actual ascent yourself with whatever you require – info/gear (rental possible). We will make arrangements/advise on transport options for your return to Alishan/other cities. Cost - USD 2000 first person, USD 500 per additional person.
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Depend on Barking Deer all the way to the top (and back) – to have coffee brewing at 2:30 a.m., and to tell you the difference between a Gem-faced Civet and a Yellow-throated Marten.
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Meet 8:30 p.m. downtown Tainan (or other agreed on location), travel by van stopping on way for food, arriving midnight at Tataka (2600 m) - 20 km beyond Alishan. Camp, enjoy the cool air, acclimatize, and sleep.
Day 1: 7:00 a.m. awaken to the smell of a hearty breakfast and coffee. 7:30 ready packs, clear national park police checkpoint, catch minibus shuttle to trail head. 8:00 a.m. start hiking – at a modest pace no doubt, as you feel your lungs wheeze, heart pump, and you curse the abundance of gravity/shortage of oxygen. Don't worry no one gets left behind and we stop often to admire the view. Trudge trudge. 11:30 a.m. stop for lunch 3:00-4:00 p.m. arrive with great joy at Paiyun lodge (3402 m). Swap stories with other hikers, mellow out. If time/energy allows, a side trip to Yushan west peak is possible. 5:00-6:00 p.m. have dinner, get cosy in your (very basic) dorm bed and to sleep early.
Day 2: Arise with everyone else around 3:00 a.m. (no, that is not a typo! We can as a group decide the previous evening to stay in our sleeping bags and head of later, but the sunrise is worth it). Anyone not feeling capable of making the summit may stay horizontal. Quick breakfast, and of up the trail, headlamps lighting the path. After an hour or so slog we are above the tree line, within another few minutes (of hairy, grip-onto-the-chains adventure) you arrive at the summit feeling GOOD! Wait for the sunrise, munching on snacks carried up by your cheery guide, pose for photos, be amazed the world can be such a wonderful place - a religious experience for many. Descend to Paiyun lodge, gather up gear, and start down the trail stopping if desired for side treks. Arrive back at vehicle late afternoon/evening. Return to Tainan late evening. Start boasting.
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(18/11/2010) Anyone in the world can now access over 14 million digitised books, maps, photographs, paintings, film and music clips from cultural institutions across Europe through Europe's digital library Europeana. Launched in 2008 with two million objects, Europeana has already passed the initial target for 2010 of 10 million objects. Today, the Reflection Group ("Comité des Sages" - Maurice Lévy, Elisabeth Niggemann, Jacques de Decker) set up by the Commission to explore new ways to bring Europe's cultural heritage online is addressing the EU's Council of Culture Ministers and the European Parliament's Committee on Culture. The Comité des Sages' report is due to be published at the beginning of 2011.
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Blogs Liberty and Power War and Peace in the Classical Liberal TraditionMar 18, 2005 6:28 pm
War and Peace in the Classical Liberal Tradition
BW: On the supposed opposition to war that is a key element of the classical liberal tradition—Bush, like just about everyone in the U.S., fits.
Few argue that war is a positive good—providing the best field for man to exemplify his martial virtues. Few argue that the U.S. needs an Empire so that our nation will be glorified in History.
Similarly, few argue that we should have an Empire to collect loot or tribute. Or even to impose favorable trade or investment policies so that the U.S. can gain or maintain prosperity at the expense of the rest of the world. The conventional wisdom today is that the trade and investment policies we favor for other countries would benefit them and the rest of the wold too.
All the sorts of bizzare pro-war notions that the classical liberals opposed have almost entirely been defeated in the marketplace of ideas. Instead, we have competing ideas about how best to apply liberal (or libertarian) values to foreign policy.
MB: Many of us believe that the lessons of the past have not been learned by contemporary nation-states and in particular by the United States. There seem to be few limits to the hubris of the Bush administration. I assert that current U.S. policy can be meaningfully described as imperialism, although of course it is somewhat different in character from the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
BW: Isolationism isn't the only libertarian approach. The notion that it is, is just that sectarian approach that those libertarians who disagree with my view aren't really libertarians. Not unusual, but innacurate.
MB: Isolationism is not—and has never been—a libertarian approach. The classical liberal tradition has always emphasized peaceful relations between the residents of different states. And a diplomatic policy of genuine neutrality is not the same thing as isolationism.
BW: Liberal (or libertarian) imperialism isn't a very plausible approach, but some libertarians do hold to it. Creating a libertarian world is one way to provide for national defense, and one way to create a libertarian world is to impose it by military force.
MB: I agree that imperialism isn't a very plausible approach for libertarians and classical liberals to adopt, but more to the point it's fundamentally antithetical to their ideology. The word 'libertarian' looses a vital part of its meaning if 'libertarians' can advocate imperialism—just as it would loose a crucial part of its meaning if 'libertarians' included those in favor of a mixed economy or limited government censorship. Can Professor Woolsey provide even one example of how a nation-state has successfully promoted libertarian values at the point of a gun?
BW: While it seems to me to be unlikely to work, could easily be counter-productive towards geting a libertarian world or for national security for some regime trying to implement the strategy, and would likely have unnacceptable collateral casulties and create an unreasonable tax burden, it isn't incompatible with libertarian values.
MB: What Bill Woolsey considers likely I see as well nigh inevitable. Moreover, they call into question how libertarian such a policy could ever be. Where I disagree with him is with regard to his implicit assumption that the mindset behind such a policy is compatible with libertarian values.
BW: Of course, Bush isn't working fo a libertarian world, but rather a democratic capitalist one.
MB: What exactly is a "democratic capitalist world"? Democracy may well be incompatible with what I understand Bill Woolsey to mean by capitalism.
BW: But then, the claim isn't that Bush is a libertarian. Rather that he shows libertarian tendencies. While what I like least about Bush is his foriegn policy, I can't agree that it is obviously unlibertarian. Some libertarians support it.
MB: Where does Bill Woolsey draw the line and assert that a position is so antithetical to the libertarian ideology that a libertarian cannot support it and remain a libertarian? How about advocacy of a mixed economy? Or limited government censorship? Or is his ecumenical approach prepared to include such people within the libertarian tent? It's not that I am a narrow sectarian seeking to crush deviationism but words do have meanings and a non-interventionist foreign policy has always been at the core of the (evolving) classical liberal tradition.
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Bill Woolsey - 3/19/2005
Pretty inclusive.
I see libertarians as folks who want more personal
and economic liberty by reducing the size and
scope of government. That is defined relative to the
status quo.
For no really good reason, I count Friedman, Hayek,
and Buchanan as the mainstream. I particularly have
in mind the "mixed economy" elements of the policies they have proposed from time to time.
And yes, I conceptially accept similar approach to
paternalism--even traditional moralistic paternalism.
For example, at one time Tullock seemed to think that
L.S.D. was just horrible. While he favored ending
prohibition of herion, marijuana, and cocaine, but L.S.D., he claimed, makes you dangerous and psychotic. While he might have been just trying to pick an argument with me, I took that to be his true opinion. Even so, I
counted him as a libertarian.
I see the Rothbardians as a extreme sect of libertarians.
(And I am not limiting this to the Paleo phase, I mean back when he was the intellectual guru of the "radicals.")
I find the rhetorical purge tactic irritating. (More moderate libertarians aren't really libertarians.)
As for the foreign policy business, there have been some self-described objectivists who have crossed the line. Nuke the mideast and resettle all their lands, or something like that. (Weird that otherwise libertarian folks would have views that are about the worst one hears in our statist society. Worship reason and you adopt the reductio.)
If there were libertarians who took the Roman approach to imperialism, they would be beyond the pale.
But a crusade to stamp out rights-violators all over the world--crazy as that seems to me--is plenty libertarian.
I believe that libertarian imperialism could work. The world conquest version is wildly disconnected from today's world, but imposing libertarianism on a very small and weak country would be possible. Something like Grenada.
And, suppose the entire world except Grenada was already
My imagination isn't limited to what I can find in history. I don't think I would be a libertarian at all if that were the case.
I don't believe that democratic capitalism is an oxymoron. Whatever we want to call the policies
mainstream conservative Republicans support, I don't
favor them. But I believe they are superior to some
alternatives--Islamic fundamentalism or Communism, for
example. I presume that is why libertarian interventionists can support this neo-con imperialist program.
As for my use of the term "isolationist,"...come on! Of course I didn't mean restricting trade, investment, or immigration. I know perfectly well the Rothbardian plumbline, and plenty of libertarians of that stripe have used to term isolationist to mean no political intervention overseas.
If Bush really were a liberventionist, then those of us who have more sensible foreign policy views would just have to accept that fact. Some libertarians are more dangerous in power than some who aren't libertarian at all.
How foolish would it sound to just spout off sectarian
sentiments when some leftist criticised some aspect of the domestic agenda of a hypothetical libertarian imperialist? My response to the proposal by President Cathy Young that marijuana be legalized is that she supports foreign intervention so she is no libertarian at all.
Maybe disputes among libertarians really matter. Maybe we don't need some notion that all libertarians pretty much agree on everything.
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- Lonnie Bunch is astonished the African-American History Museum has become a pilgrimage site so fast
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I try to read the scriptures every day. I know that they comfort us. One night I was sick and couldn't sleep. My mom told me to read the scriptures, so I did. After reading a few verses, I tried to sleep again and I did! I know that the scriptures are true and help us.
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Verizon Is No Longer Making A Bundle Off UsI wish I had done this a long time ago, but to be honest, I'm not savvy enough to figure out how to do certain things without researching them a bit. Mostly because, I don't want to go to some business and make an ass out of myself.
No doubt many of you are aware of Pay-as-you-go or PrePaid cell plans, but it might seem a little daunting to try to switch to one. It really wasn't for us, but we did have to pay off our contract. That detail was a personal choice dictated by time constraints (I wanted this new plan in place before summer travel season), and I waited as long as possible to get the pay-off amount down to something workable.
Here's what we had to do to change plans:
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While there are a lot of people talking about social media, very few of them are real experts. Chris Syme has been in the trenches since social media got started. Her extensive work with higher ed institutions (and their athletic teams) and other clients regularly puts her in the center of volatile situations. The smart ones have also hired her to help prevent crises through planning and training. So…you can be sure she's had no shortage of valuable learning experiences.
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Two Portadown-based companies are celebrating a Giro d'Italia success of their own having played a major part in the hospitality arrangements surrounding the grand opening ceremony.
Robb Brothers Wine Merchants and Yellow Door Deli teamed up to ensure that a drinks reception for special guests held in a marquee just yards from the main stage and the follow-up dinner staged within Belfast City Hall was "magnifico".
Charles Robb of Robb Brothers, local distributors for Astoria Wines, an official sponsor of the Giro d'Italia, said, "We supply wines to Yellow Door and proprietor, Simon Dougan and myself have worked together in the past, but not on anything quite as spectacular as this."
First Minister, Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, mingled with guests from Italian Race organisers, RCS Sport and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board as the cycling teams and riders were introduced to the crowds.
"We got involved through Astoria Wines having taken on distribution of their wines earlier in the year," continued Mr Robb.
"It has been a hectic two months leading up to the event as their 9.5 cold wine is an official product of the Giro d'Italia and we had the job of ensuring that their wines were available in as many of the top restaurants, bars and off- licences in the Province, particularly those in the vicinity or close to where the actual race was passing through."
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BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - One person has been taken to the hospital after a city bus crashed into the Idaho Power building in downtown Boise Monday Morning.The crash happened just before 7 a.m. near 13th Street and Main.Boise Police say there were about a dozen people on the bus at the time of the crash. The rider taken to the hospital suffered non-life threatening injuries. Photos
"(There's) a lot of damage to the building, which is a shame I love this building, but I've never seen a bus crash into a building before," said Jaeson Rogers, an Idaho Power employee.
Rogers rides the bus (he wasn't on the one that crashed) every day. He said it was nerve racking going to work just hours after the bus rammed the side of his workplace.
"I'm going to have to make sure I go in and sit on the other side of the building," he said.
Boise Fire says the driver told officials the brakes on the bus stopped working. After plowing over Main Street, the bus went over a curb, and then rammed into the building.
"That was pretty quick thinking on his part because there were cars parked in front of him, at the light so once he realized he wouldn't be able to stop in time, he took a vast of actions and was just able to get through the parking lot I think without hitting any individuals or any vehicles," said Mark Carnopsis, ValleyRide spokesman.
It's been about seven or eight years since there's been a crash like this with a bus.
"It's pretty rare, for the most part we have a very stellar safety record," Canopsis said.
Idaho Power says a structural engineer said the pillar that was destroyed was not load-barring. The area above the crash was evacuated.
The trail of debris left by the bus covered approximately 100 yards, from Grove to Main Street. The bus ran over and sheered off five trees, all approximately 10 - 12 inches in diameter, two light poles and an ACHD sign before hitting the building and coming to a stop.
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Hello everyone- Quick survey of sorts- did having seizures the week or so before your surgery have any effect on the outcome/success of your surgery? I'm having a RTL on March 1st and I had a seizure today- and 5 last week when my surgery was originally scheduled for tomorrow(the 22nd)! I don't have seizures this often so it is odd- I think the stress is getting to me - oh and I'm trying to quit smoking too which isn't helping... so now that I sound like a total nutbag anyone have seizures the week or so before their surgery and end up in wonderful seizure freedomland?
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Hi Everyone
I am clearing out my loft and have decided to part with some all time fav games (along with others haha)(more soon):-
Woah, silky fluids. PES plays like water trickling between your toes, but you can control the water and do some skills with it. Erm...
Demo's out now on the US eShop and the game will be out in the same region this October, don't know about EU releases.
The demo allows you to level
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Anyone else played the demo?
I Think I've just played the best 3D football game ever made and it's just a demo !!!. Controls spot on, so
Naturally, Switch version being played here.
So you have Adventure mode, where you travel to randomly generated worlds and scan new people,


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Reviews - Wood Hall Hotel & Spa4
Trip Lane,Linton, Wetherby, LS22 4JA
Customer Reviews
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Very Good
78% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
Lovely location
A beautiful hotel which I had high expectations particularly After receiving a phone call prior to check in regarding restaurant bookings, travel info etc.
We arrived as a wedding party were having their wedding photos taken. We felt a little in the way as we had to push through the guests to get through to reception. The room was lovely once we had checked in and we had been given a voucher for drinks because it was our wedding anniversary. We went for breakfast the next morning and the wedding party were in the other function room and seemed to take the focus of all serving staff. We were left confused by the system and ended feeling abandoned. I understand they were busy but surely hotel guests are just as important if they are not attending a wedding.
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Always a warm welcome
This was our third or fourth visit to this hotel and it is always a joy.
The staff always make you feel welcome and that you belong. The food is good and the rooms are clean and comfortable. That's without mentioning the views that are breathtaking. We will be back next year as well.
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Beautiful place, beautiful room, excellent service!
Can't wait to go there again.
What a find!
Very friendly, attentive staff, excellent facilities, beautiful rural surroundings, great but unpretentious food.
A peaceful stay - contemplated switching phone off, cancelling commitments & hiding for another day - will definitely be back. Thank you late rooms - affordable luxury
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Tranquil and relaxing
The handsome hotel building looks most attractive and appealing when approaching via the long country lane.
We were greeted by happy and helpful staff who remained so throughout our stay. Nothing was too much trouble and it was delightful to see young members of staff being so attentive and looking as though they actually enjoyed their job. Our room though slightly tired and a little dark was very clean and comfortable. It over looked beautiful parkland type countryside which we found most delightful and relaxing. The facilities in the room were excellent and we look forward to a return visit when we are next in Yorkshire.
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Wonderful location, excellent accommodation and service
Yorkshire revisited
Lovely hotel in delightful setting .
Definitely a luxury hotel everything is first class. My recommended improvement would be to provide a little more light in the very well furnished and comfortable bedrooms. All the staff were friendly, helpful, courteous and efficient. The food was excellent, although we did not sample Dinner in the dining room, already fully booked. There was never any noise, just peace and quiet. The pool and jacuzzi facilities were really good. Location wise it is within easy reach of Leeds, theatres etc, and an all day trip around the Dales, or to York, Yorks Moors, and Coast is no problem. I would certainly wish to return for a longer stay.
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October break
We were lucky enough to be upgraded to a large deluxe room, our stay was to attend a wedding.
Room had such inadequate lighting we were unable to read and would have been disappointed had we paid full price. The heat in the hotel particularly the bedroom was intolerable leading to a sleepless night apparently due to the thickness of the walls. Beautiful setting in large grounds, food and service good.
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Wedding and Overnight Stay (27/10/14)
The room was of good quality and the service during the wedding meal was fantastic.
However, the drinks at the bar were very expensive and the breakfast was substandard.
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Chess Openings Terminology: Part of the Chess Openings Guide
This Chess Openings Terminology guide contains any additional terminology to do with Chess Openings, that hasn't already been covered in the previous Chess Openings guides. Current entries include:
Acronyms for the Pawns and Pieces
When you're new to chess, you just get used to the names of the Pawns and Pieces (Knight, Bishop, Rook, Queen & King), and then all of a sudden you're confronted with more experienced players, who are tired of writing their names in full, in their game's notation comments, so they begin to speed things up with their own preferred abbreviations or acronyms.
It'll probably help if we had a graphic showing the chessboard setup, at the start of each game:
Here's what you may need to decipher, presented in order of the Acronym, the Descriptive Title in full, then a short meaning/explanation ...
|Queen's Rook Pawn
|a-file Pawn, on the file of the Queen's Rook.
|Queen's Knight Pawn
|b-file Pawn, on the file of the Queen's Knight.
|Queen's Bishop Pawn
|c-file Pawn, on the file of the Queen's Bishop.
|Queen's Pawn
|d-file Pawn, on Queen's very own file.
|King's Pawn
|e-file Pawn, on King's very own file.
|King's Bishop Pawn
|f-file Pawn, on the file of the King's Bishop.
|King's Knight Pawn
|g-file Pawn, on the file of the King's Knight.
|King's Rook Pawn
|h-file Pawn, on the file of the King's Rook.
Examples of these acronyms used in context with a real game, might be ...
Though, it's also quite common for Pawns to be referred to by whatever file they're on, or where they've come from ...
|Queen's Rook
|The Rook starting on a-file, on the Queenside.
|Queen's Knight
|The Knight starting on b-file, on the Queenside.
|Queen's Bishop
|The Bishop starting on c-file, on the Queenside.
|King's Bishop
|The Bishop starting on f-file, on the Kingside.
|King's Knight
|The Bishop starting on g-file, on the Kingside.
|King's Rook
|The Rook starting on f-file, on the Kingside.
Examples of these acronyms used in context with a real game, might be ...
Named Chess Openings
Okay, I'm not sure if this is official chess terminology, but what the heck ...
Named Chess Openings are those that have been given a proper name, such as "King Pawn Game ", or the "Indian Defence ", rather than just being identified by the sequence of moves, such as "1. e4", or "1. d4 Nf6".
Chess Openings are often Named after:
Opening Moves vs Defence Moves
Just to confuse matters a wee bit, while the various sequences are described, collectively, as Chess Openings, there is a distinction made between Moves played by White and Black, respectively.
There are some positions that can be reached during the Opening phase, via an alternative route (sequence). Such Openings are said to have "Transposed" into the other Opening (whatever it may be).
For example ...
Sequence 1 features the "Queen's Gambit ":
Sequence 2 features the "English Opening ":
... yet, both sequences result in the same position being reached.
Sometimes, you'll also find "Variations" named, typically after the prominent Player who either first used or championed a particular move, in a given sequence. Here's a few examples of Variations that can arise from the Classical Queen Pawn Opening ...
White can play the Mason Variation ...
Or, White can play the Levitsky Variation ...
Or, White can play the Chigorin Variation ...
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Euro-Med2k timeline
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A dry-dead Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) in the Russian Altai Mountains (~88°E, 50°N). The trunk, located well above the current tree line (~2,450m asl), contains several hundred rings and dates back into medieval times (Myglan et al. 2012). Photo: Myglan VS, Inset: Büngten U, unpublished.
The Euro-Med2k Working Group focuses on creating spatial reconstructions and modeling past climate in the Europe and the Mediterranean region (including southern Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa) over the last 2,000 years.
It is the successor to the paleo-component of the MedCLIVAR project, a project endorsed by PAGES.
During phase 2, Euro-Med2k aims to compile a wide range of proxy data and substantially expand the EuroMed2k database.
Over the next few months around 70 records will be added, representing different resolutions and covering different age ranges from several centuries to most of the Holocene. The records will cover the area from 25-70°N and 10°W-45°E, with geographical foci on the Iberian Peninsula, Alpine arc, and Fennoscandia. Particular emphasis will be given to so far under-represented marine and terrestrial records of lower resolution to help fill seasonal, temporal, and spatial gaps in the existing network
Ultimately, Euro-Med2k aims to provide a long-term perspective on the modern European climate by performing model-data comparison assessments, and supplementing detection and attribution studies.
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With legends like Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman hanging up their boots, the famed Indian middle order suddenly has spots up for grabs.
While a number of players have staked their claim, none have been able to establish themselves with the exception of Virat Kohli.
These are big boots to fill and Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara and Yuvraj Singh have found it tough to provide the solidity which existed when the ' fab' four — Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman — guarded the Indian middle order.
But Rajasthan batsman Robin Bist — who amassed more than a 1,000 runs in the Ranji Trophy last season and followed it up with a ton in the Irani Cup — feels it is an ideal opportunity to seal a place in Team India, now that places are up for grabs.
" I think it is all about how you perceive the situation. The boots are obviously huge to fill, but you can't put undue pressure on yourself by thinking about what they did for Indian cricket. It will take years before someone can replicate their feats. I like to look at the positive side and feel that with the stalwarts retiring, an opportunity has come to prove our mettle and stake a claim in the Indian middle- order," Bist told MAIL T ODAY from Mumbai.
" Personally I have looked to stay at the crease for as long as possible and score as many runs as I can. The selectors have obviously taken note and I feel the performance against Rest of India in the Irani Cup where I backed my first innings hundred with a fifty really helped my cause. I like to stick to the basics and hopefully my time will come soon," Bist, a part of the India A squad to play England in the warm- up game starting on Tuesday, said.
Although Bist was a part of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils, he didn't get to play a single game.
But he feels getting to interact with veterans like Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene was an experience in itself.
" I was definitely disappointed that I didn't get a single game in the IPL — as it's the best platform for young talent. But then the Delhi squad boasted some of the best in the business and breaking into that team is no mean feat. Upset as I was at not getting a game, I got a lot of time to interact with Sehwag and Jayawardene and that was a blessing in itself.
" While Viru bhai ( Sehwag) spoke to me about being fearless and playing every ball on its merit, Jayawardene told me to keep things simple and bat according to my strengths. Speaking to players who have excelled at the international level always helps," Bist said.
Sehwag, on his part, had high praise for the Delhi- born Rajasthan batsman. " Someday he will definitely get a chance to play for the country because you cannot ignore performance," he had said.
In the modern game, it is no longer only about batting and bowling, but also about the minutes spent working on fitness and Bist appreciates this fact.
" During the off- season, I worked a lot on my fitness as I feel that in the modern game being a good batsman isn't enough. One also needs to have a fit body to endure the rigours of the hectic schedule that cricketers have to go through nowadays.
Also, I feel being fit adds to your confidence when you are in the middle," he said.
Not easily satisfied with his performance, Bist wants to make amends for his lone failure this season — in the Duleep Trophy where he failed to notch a fifty in two matches— in the India A match against England.


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Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady looked stylish in coordinated Autumn-ready outfits, including a Kate Spade bag for her, outside their new home in Boston yesterday. Tom and Gisele's son Ben Brady, meanwhile, took a stroll around town with his nanny. The couple reunited in New England after Tom's tough Patriots game on Sunday, which handed them their second loss of the season. While Tom spent time with his team last week, Gisele hit the beach in a bikini with son Ben in Jamaica where the supermodel reportedly also shot a campaign as the new face of Givenchy.
In years past, November would mean Victoria's Secret fashion show season for Gisele, though she doesn't partake in the festivities since retiring her Angel wings. Gisele also skipped the costume parties thrown by some of her fellow VS models of past and present — both Heidi Klum and Miranda Kerr threw Halloween bashes in NYC last night. Gisele may have passed on dressing up this time around, though perhaps her little guy Ben got in the spirit like other celebrity kids in costume for trick-or-treating around their Beantown neighborhood.


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New Brunswick Bike Exchange on a Roll
Jun 12, 2013, 1:04 PM, Posted by Jeff Meade
More than a dozen bicycles are stacked upright on a pair of racks in a sweltering New Brunswick warehouse. Most of the bikes are low-end Huffys and Schwinns, the kind of models you might pick up at a Walmart for under a hundred bucks, like a child's powder blue two-wheeler, with scuffed white tires, banana seat, adorned with dog and kitty decals. One or two—like a sleek, sturdy Cannondale—are more expensive models, aimed at serious cyclists.
In too many cases, bikes like these would have been destined for the landfill. Not so these bicycles. They're getting a second lease on life—chains cleaned and re-lubricated, bald or flat tires replaced, crooked handlebars re-aligned, here and there a spot of touch-up paint. Soon they'll be sold, heavily discounted—as low as $10, as high as $120 for the high-end models—to residents who otherwise would be unable to afford this economical, healthful and fun mode of urban transportation.
The New Brunswick Bike Exchange is a nascent project of the non-profit organization PRAB (Puerto Rican Action Board), which is a partner of the Foundation's statewide New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids program. The Partnership focuses on efforts to combat the childhood obesity epidemic.
The New Brunswick program replicates the highly successful Trenton Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange, founded by Russ White. Revenue from all transactions helps cover the exchange's operating costs, as well as other PRAB programming.
Even though the PRAB project is just getting under way—it launched in April—PRAB director of operations Julio Garcia believes it is already touching the lives of local residents.
On one recent night, a couple dropped by the New Jersey Avenue warehouse to check out the stock. They picked out a bicycle for their child, and Garcia could tell at a glance that setting up the bike exchange was exactly the right thing to do. "I remember the look on the mom's face" Garcia recalls. "She was so happy to be able to purchase it, and it was great to see the joy on the child's face."
Before they get to the point of inspiring joy and happiness, all the donated bikes begin the process of their re-birth at the back end of the warehouse, awaiting triage by the bike repair crew. Bike mechanics are volunteers who each put in a few hours a week. Some bikes will be destined for reclamation, and others will be cannibalized for parts. The salvageable bicycles then move from the back of the warehouse to the center, where all of the mechanical work is done at three long metal tables topped with tool boxes, socket wrenches, spray cans of WD-40, and tubs of GoJo hand cleaner. After that, it's on to the sale racks toward the front of the warehouse. Store hours are Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings.
Leighann Kimber, working on her master's degree in city and regional planning at Rutgers' Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, coordinates volunteers, and she also takes part in some of the repair work. "I started by helping coordinate bike drives," she says. Now, she adds with a smile, "I feel like a proper mechanic."
Kimber says she wasn't much of a cyclist until she came to work at the exchange, but the role of bikes in transportation soon appealed to her. Bicycle transportation now figures prominently in Kimber's studies.
As uninvolved in cycling as Kimber was initially, one prominent member of the team has no riding experience whatsoever.
For that, Julio Garcia has taken some gentle ribbing from his colleagues. PRAB Executive Director Mario Vargas says, in a line usually guaranteed to get laughs, that one of the goals of the program "is to teach Julio how to ride a bike."
Garcia, looking a big sheepish, says he's going to get around to it. "This is a perfect opportunity to learn how to ride, and ride safely."


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CHAZY — Incumbents Carolyn M. Meseck-Pratt and Robert G. Dunlop will face challenger Christopher W. Latremore for the right to fill two open town justice seats this election cycle. Both hold four-year terms.
Robert G. Dunlop
Age: 71
Party: Republican
Education: Degree in criminal justice
Professions: Retired as Station Commander with Plattsburgh-based State Police after 25 years of service; active for 3 years with US Army, 20 years with Naval Reserve; Insurance agent with Chauvin Agency, Plattsburgh; and substitute teacher for Jefferson County Schools, Louisville, Kentucky.
Experience: More than 16 years as a Town Justice—8 for Beekmantown and 8 for Chazy; Instructor for the Office of Court Administration; Certified in all courses of instruction for the Office of Town Justice.
Family: Wife, Carol LaBombard Dunlop; son, Robert G. Dunlop; three daughters, Sarah Ryan, Marsha Thomas and Bonnie Dunlop.
- Why are you running for this position?
I am running because I enjoy serving as a Justice, and feel that I have a lot to offer to the position. I also enjoy being part of the process of trying to get some of our society back on the right track of life.
- What experience do you bring to the position that will be beneficial to the community?
I believe being already certified for the position and the 16 years of experience is beneficial to the community. It saves them the expense of sending someone to Albany for four weeks of new training, which I already more than have.
- What is the most pressing need for the town, and how do you feel you can help meet that need?
I believe the most pressing need for the town right now is the tax increase they are looking at, and the way the court is being operated now with the current justices. It actually does not cost the town anything to operate the court, as I have written grants for and secured them for the purchase of most of our equipment. The court now brings back to the town about three times its budget. If the current Justices are re-elected, I am sure this will continue.
Christopher W. Latremore
Age: 46
Party: Democrat, Conservative, Independent, Working Family
Education: Graduated from Chazy Central Rural School; Degree in applied science from Hudson Valley Community College.
Professions: New York State licensed Insurance Agent for 27 years; Co-owner and operator of Latremore Pine Ridge Organic Poultry Farm; Clinton County Sheriff's Department.
Experience: Council Person for Chazy for 5 years and has served on various committees including the Chazy Recreation Park Committee for the new playground and the committee to research the gift by Dr. George W. Clark of his home. He has also been a USA hockey official for 5 years.
With this position, I have taken part in monthly meetings which include budget planning, zoning and planning board issues, and hearing the concerns that citizens of the town bring to my attention, and trying to find a solution to any issues that might arise. I have always been open to any suggestion that town members bring to my attention and feel that I have always made myself available to listen and try to find solutions that work best for everyone.
Family: Wife, Amanda; two sons, Jeremie and Perry; one daughter, Devin and one granddaughter, Sarah.
- Why are you running for this position?
I am running for the position because I believe in serving my community. I have lived in Chazy all my life and want to give back to the community that has given me so much. I believe that the people of Chazy deserve to have a choice when they go to vote on Nov. 6, and I want them to know that if they honor me with their vote they will be getting a Town Justice that will be diligent, reliable, honest and fair. I believe that every case has two sides and I will be a justice that does not just make a quick decision. I will heavily weigh both sides and use my training and experience to uphold the laws to the fullest. I will always make myself available and welcome any and all input from community members. I have enjoyed meeting many Chazy residents on my door-to door campaign, and greatly appreciate any and all support given to me by all the people I have met, regardless of their political affiliation.
- What experience do you bring to the position that will be beneficial to the community?
My most relevant experience has come from dealing with the public through both my job as a Town Council person and as a prior business owner. I will have to attend judicial training just like all new Town Justices have to do, and I will take every opportunity given to me to continue my education to stay up to date on all laws and procedures. I can honestly tell you that I do have experience listening to people that have issues, whether it is at a town board level or a work related. I have always been able to listen to both sides and help to make a decision. I feel that I am able to make educated and rational decisions while maintaining a professional composure, which will be needed to judge cases that come before me.
- What is the most pressing need for the town, and how do you feel you can help meet that need?
The town judge position is very important to all the residents in the town due to the revenue it generates. In order to make the most revenue the judge has to be available, able to work with people, and have the ability to handle a very busy workload. I feel that I am capable of handling all tasks headed my way. With your support I will be able to prove to you that I am the best candidate for this position, and look forward to serving as your next Town Justice.
Carolyn Meseck-Pratt
Age: 66
Party: Democrat but also endorsed by Conservative, Independent and Working Families Parties
Education: Two years college
Professions: I retired from Verizon after 30 years of experience in telecommunications. After retiring from Verizon, I managed the New York office of Network Services for another 5 years. Then I attended Clinton Community College and graduated with a degree in accounting.
Experience: I have 8 years experience with the Chazy Court, 4 as judge and 4 as court clerk.
Family: Married
- Why are you running for this position?
I am running for re-election to the position of Chazy Town Justice because I have been through all mandated and optional training courses for certification offered by the NYS Office of Court Administration.
- What experience do you bring to the position that will be beneficial to the community?
I am an experienced, New York state -certified Town Justice. Not only do I have the experience but also the dedication and maturity to be fair and impartial.
- What is the most pressing need for the town, and how do you feel you can help meet that need?
The most pressing need for the town now is to keep expenses down. When a new judge is elected, he/she is required to go through certification training and that training is never local nor can it be done online. It is always held in places like Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany or even New York City. This is an expense that the town must pay. In this time of a possible up-coming tax increase, it makes sense to keep judges who are already certified and trained and doing a good job in those positions, which saves the tax payer the expense of training a new candidate. The Chazy Court is currently experienced and running smoothly as it is.