text:
Salmon and freshwater fish have been critical to the survival and well-being of the people and wildlife in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region (Figure S-1) for thousands of years. Salmon influence human societies in the region, and humans affect the lives and numbers of salmon. Modern technology and economies, which make it possible to deplete salmon populations easily, have strained that relationship.
Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the AYK region have created hardships for the people and communities that depend heavily on this resource. The low salmon returns resulted in lower catches and increased regulatory restrictions on fishing, which in turn resulted in reduced revenue for cash-short communities along the region's rivers. Those losses forced fishers, especially in the lower reaches of the rivers, to reduce fishing times and use less expensive and less efficient gear. Restrictions on subsistence fishing and lower catches also affected all aspects of the lives of people in the region. Especially in interior regions, where other subsistence foods were less abundant during recent salmon declines and groceries are either extremely expensive or not available, people were short of food and had to rely on government subsidies. The loss of subsistence food and reliance on other food sources results in cultural changes—subsistence is a central feature of Native cultures in the region—that include the loss of traditional knowledge and language, and change in cultural priorities. The losses are progressively harder to reverse with time.
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Appendix A
Summary from First Report
Salmon and freshwater fish have been critical to the survival and well-being of the people and wildlife in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region (Figure S-1) for thousands of years. Salmon influence human societies in the region, and humans affect the lives and numbers of salmon. Modern technology and economies, which make it possible to deplete salmon populations easily, have strained that relationship.
Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the AYK region have created hardships for the people and communities that depend heavily on this resource. The low salmon returns resulted in lower catches and increased regulatory restrictions on fishing, which in turn resulted in reduced revenue for cash-short communities along the region's rivers. Those losses forced fishers, especially in the lower reaches of the rivers, to reduce fishing times and use less expensive and less efficient gear. Restrictions on subsistence fishing and lower catches also affected all aspects of the lives of people in the region. Especially in interior regions, where other subsistence foods were less abundant during recent salmon declines and groceries are either extremely expensive or not available, people were short of food and had to rely on government subsidies. The loss of subsistence food and reliance on other food sources results in cultural changes—subsistence is a central feature of Native cultures in the region—that include the loss of traditional knowledge and language, and change in cultural priorities. The losses are progressively harder to reverse with time.
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
FIGURE S-1 Map of Alaska showing the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region. The region of concern for the purposes of this study includes the Yukon River drainage, the Kuskokwim-Goodnews drainage, and the drainages between Shishmaref in the north and Cape Newenham in the south. The area of study does not include North Slope drainages and the northern part of the Northwestern region drainages. Source: Adapted from USGS 2004.
The reasons for the drop in salmon returns are not well understood, which makes it difficult for fishery managers and scientists to identify appropriate management actions, although they likely involve aspects of the life cycles of the fish and their environments in freshwater and in saltwater as well as human impacts.
The AYK Sustainable Salmon Initiative (SSI) was created through a $5M congressional appropriation in 2002 to undertake an expanded research program toward gaining an understanding of the declines of salmon and to support sustainable salmon management in the region (an additional $8.5 million has been appropriated through 2004). An AYK
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Research and Restoration Plan is being developed by the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of the AYK SSI. It is intended to identify the best way to investigate and understand this complex system and ultimately to devise a means to anticipate or predict future sizes of salmon populations.
To help the AYK SSI prepare the research and restoration plan, the STC of the AYK SSI requested the help of the National Research Council (NRC). The committee's statement of task is in Box S-1.
The committee has met three times, beginning September 27-30, 2003, when it held public sessions in Bethel, St. Mary's, Aniak, Nome, and Unalakleet. The committee attended an AYK SSI workshop in Anchorage, November 18-20, 2003, and some committee members and staff attended a meeting of the Tanana Chiefs Conference Natural Resources Coalition in Fairbanks, January 22-23, 2004. The committee held its next meeting February 2-6, 2004, which included public sessions in Nome and Unalakleet. In this first of two reports, the committee is charged with providing insights from the AYK SSI workshop, public sessions, briefings, relevant science plans, published literature, and the committee members' expertise to help the STC avoid difficulties and pitfalls as it develops a draft research and restoration plan. After the AYK SSI submits that plan, this committee will produce a second report that reviews the plan.
BOX S-1 NRC Committee Statement of Task
The NRC committee will assist the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative (AYK SSI) in developing a high-quality, long-range restoration and research (science) plan for the AYK region. The committee will assess the current state of knowledge, describe ongoing research in the region, and identify research questions of greatest relevance to the region. It will outline essential components of a successful, long-term science plan, identify research themes that the science plan should be based on, and identify critical research questions within the research themes. The committee will later review the research and restoration plan drafted by the Scientific and Technical Committee of the AYK SSI.
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Subsistence as it applies to rural Alaska Natives is not easy to define, but it is integral to their way of life. Its importance is reflected in their language and culture and in placement of their settlements. It is a way of obtaining food, clothing, and other necessities; it is a way of life; it is a connection to the land and the water; and it has been encoded in state and federal laws, which protect it or give it priority over other uses.
This report focuses on subsistence mainly as an activity that takes fish, but a failure to understand the context of its integral and fundamental importance to Alaska Native ways of life and culture would make any discussion of it misguided at best.
The life histories of the five species of Pacific salmon—Chinook, coho, chum, pink, and sockeye—found in the AYK region share several general characteristics. All species are anadromous: spawning occurs in freshwater, juveniles then migrate to the marine environment where they obtain 90-99% of their total growth, and mature adults return to freshwater to spawn. Little or no food is taken by returning adults in freshwater. Individuals of all species typically home rather precisely to their natal area to spawn. All species are semelparous, spawning only once and dying a few days or weeks later. Typically, females select a redd site and dig a depression in the gravel where they deposit eggs in a series of pockets; they cover each pocket in turn. Males fight among themselves for proximity to a female to increase their chances of fertilizing her eggs; small males may successfully fertilize eggs by sneaking into the nest depression when the female releases her eggs. After spawning, a female typically spends her last few days of life defending her nest site against late-arriving females. In the AYK region, salmon eggs usually hatch in early to midwinter and the young salmon remain in the gravel until they emerge in spring. During this time, they live on the energy reserves in their yolk sac and they can be quite active, often burying more deeply into the gravel, presumably to avoid being disturbed by floods.
After the salmon emerge from the gravel in the spring, the life histories of the five species diverge. Most pink and chum salmon begin their migration to the ocean within a few days of emergence when they are still small. The other three species—sockeye, coho, and Chinook salmon—spend 1 or 2 years in freshwater and reach a larger size before
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
going to sea. The migration of all species typically occurs soon after spring breakup (May to June), and the fish arrive in the marine environment in early summer.
At ocean entrance, juvenile salmon often first aggregate in intertidal (littoral) waters; then as they grow they gradually move offshore to shallow, pelagic areas near shore or over the continental shelf, from low-tide mark down to a depth of about 200 m. There is no evidence of overlap in distribution of Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska salmon stocks at the juvenile stage for any salmon species. Gradual offshore movements of juvenile AYK salmon continue throughout their first summer and fall in waters over the Bering Sea shelf, where they are distributed in surface or near-surface waters (to a depth of about 20 m). After their first summer at sea, salmon from the AYK region range widely throughout the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, the central and eastern North Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Alaska during extensive ocean feeding migrations.
Data are inadequate to infer migration patterns between juvenile and immature life history stages of AYK salmon. The extent of their offshore movements in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean in late fall and winter is not known. In general, western Alaskan stocks migrate farther offshore in winter than stocks from more southerly regions of North America. Many or most AYK juvenile sockeye, chum, pink, and coho salmon move south through the Aleutian passes into the central and eastern North Pacific Ocean in late fall or winter. Winter trawl surveys have shown that all species of salmon in their first winter at sea can be caught in offshore waters of the North Pacific Ocean by January and February. The area where juvenile AYK salmon are distributed at the end of their first winter at sea may vary from year to year depending on species, stock, age, growth, and environmental conditions. That area could be the approximate high-seas location where they begin their adult return migrations to natal streams.
Upstream migrations of AYK salmon begin between the first of June and the end of October. Interspecific patterns of upstream migrations are similar across the AYK region, with Chinook salmon entering rivers first, followed by summer chum and pink salmon, and fall chum and coho salmon entering last. Very little is known about the marine life history of AYK salmon. Within this broad framework, each species has unique life history characteristics that set it apart from the others. These characteristics include the number of years spent in the freshwater and marine environments and the use that fish make of freshwater and marine habitats.
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
The fact that mature salmon home rather precisely to their natal areas means that fish spawning in different parts of a drainage are reproductively isolated, and local adaptations can evolve. This has far-reaching implications because these reproductively isolated groups (stocks or populations) often evolve life history characteristics that adapt them to the unique conditions they encounter in the habitats they use for spawning and rearing. As a result, there is considerable stock-specific variation in life history characteristics that fits particular stocks to their particular habitats.
Although there is a general perception that salmon populations in the AYK region have declined in recent years or even decades, the trends have differed among species and in different parts of the region. In both Norton Sound and the Yukon River, chum fisheries were reduced well before Chinook restrictions. In contrast, in the Kuskokwim region, catches of Chinook, chum, and sockeye were simultaneously reduced in 1993, increased somewhat, and then reduced again in 1996.
The elements of a restoration and scientific research plan include a focus of the program, strategies to develop research themes, assemblage of prior research and restoration efforts, and integration of the study plan with existing, ongoing research programs. For the development of research themes, three example approaches are presented in Chapter 4. These approaches are (1) development of a conceptual framework, (2) studies of mortality and productivity rates and of the metapopulation structure, and (3) studies of the resilience of the AYK salmon structure in the face of millennia of environmental change and human exploitation. The existence of numerous research programs in the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean will enhance the ability to develop AYK salmon research programs through coordination. The development of a restoration plan depends on the results guided by the research plan, along
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
with what is already known about AYK salmon. It is difficult to develop an effective restoration plan before the general factors that affect AYK salmon abundance are better understood. The committee judges that, aside from a few actions that could only help with no risk of doing harm or a few actions that should be undertaken on an experimental basis, it is premature to develop a detailed restoration plan until better research results are available.
A mission and/or vision statement: the mission is an intellectual statement that defines AYK SSI's role, and the vision statement comes from informed imagination.
Background information: this includes a brief regional description, present state of knowledge and other relevant science plans.
Research and restoration issues and needs the plan will address: these include fishery management and ecosystem concerns along with other scientific issues.
An overarching theme: the theme is the thread that binds the individual research topics together.
A set of research themes and approaches to accomplish the needed research: this set often includes topics such as processes and variability in the physical environment, species responses to perturbations, food web dynamics, contaminants, essential habitat, monitoring, modeling, process-oriented studies, and retrospective studies.
Implementation and protocol issues: these include topics such as policies for cooperation, identifying and addressing user needs, data quality, management and dissemination, logistics, outreach and education, and community involvement.
The committee concluded from its review of other research programs as well as from the members' own experiences that the best way to develop a research plan is to begin with a model or framework of how the system works. In the present case, the system can be defined in a variety of ways, each with a variety of possible boundaries. They in-
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
clude a biophysical system, a socioeconomic system, a sociocultural system, and a legal system as well as other possibilities. The committee used three system models or frameworks: one based on the life cycle of salmon; another based on human social, economic, cultural, and political linkages; and another based on a historical perspective on the resilience of the AYK salmon-human system. Using three frameworks allows each to provide different insights and can lead to different questions. However, some of the questions that arise are common to all the frameworks.
Research has developed an enormous amount of information in the AYK region. However, because the region is so large and so sparsely populated, an even greater amount of information remains unknown. The committee has reviewed previous, ongoing, and planned research in the region, as described in Chapter 3. On the basis of that review, the committee concludes that the following questions are of great importance to the region's stakeholders.
What can be learned about the role of predation in the population dynamics of Pacific salmon? How does predation interact with other factors regulating abundance and determining year-to-year variability in abundance? To adequately address questions about predation mortality of AYK salmon, better information is needed on the distribution, life history, ecology, and population dynamics of the major predators of salmon and their trophic community structure in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean. Essential components of a successful research program include both field research and computer modeling.
What anthropogenic factors might increase predation mortality of AYK salmon (climate change, hatchery releases, and large-scale marine fisheries)?
What are the effects of climate-, fishery-, and hatchery-induced changes in Bering Sea and North Pacific marine ecosystems on predation mortality of AYK salmon at each ocean life history stage (juvenile, immature, maturing, and adult)?
What knowledge is required to identify excessive fishing mortality so that in-season regulation can be effectively applied to reduce this excess mortality?
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Can we identify genetically distinct breeding populations of the five species of salmon in the AYK region? Current information on chum and Chinook salmon is more extensive than that for coho, pink, and sockeye salmon, for which much more extensive analysis is needed throughout the range.
For the major breeding populations, can we measure the relative abundance and vital rates of the population to predict future population trends? Little is known about the baseline measures of population viability even in the salmon that have been distinguished as separate breeding populations. We need to know fecundity, survival, escapement, and straying rates among these populations if we are to predict their future.
Are there identifiable trends in fishing mortality within a given stock from current or recent sampling?
Can we use simulation models, based on estimated vital rates of local populations, to assess the impact of fishing mortality on population viability?
Can we measure gear- or time-specific mortality on separate stocks within the mixed-stock stream fisheries?
Can we measure gear- or time-specific mortality on separate stocks within the mixed-stock ocean fisheries?
In the meetings and workshops with residents of the AYK region as part of this review, the continued harvest and use of salmon was stated as being of paramount importance for sustenance, livelihood, community sustainability, and cultural continuity. What level of harvest can be sustained during the short term (5, 10, or 15 years)? Recognizing that salmon populations generally have been declining in the past decade or more, and harvests have been restricted and curtailed in many instances, what amount of harvest, if any, can be expected in each region, for each species, during rebuilding of salmon stocks? What level of harvest can be sustained over the long term (20 or 40 years)? What role can salmon play in the livelihood of families and communities during the next two generations? Salmon have been a major contributor to the economic and cultural continuity of many communities in the AYK for centuries. Major changes in community economies have become necessary with continued declines in salmon abundance. However, estimates of future salmon abundance are important for community self determination.
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Traditional knowledge and Western science might be woven together best by someone who has grown up with a traditional indigenous upbringing and then gained an understanding of the scientific method through standard research techniques learned on the job or within a university setting. This method could be better than relying on a university-educated person to meet, learn about, and build relationships with an indigenous community or someone raised within an indigenous community attempting to apply the scientific method without proper training. It is often difficult and can take decades for outside researchers to gain the trust and support of indigenous community members. Because of this, many researchers often are not given the "whole story" because a trust relationship has not developed. The encouragement of scientific interests of Native students could help nurture community involvement in the scientific work.
Traditional knowledge and indigenous researchers should be involved in the research within their traditional homelands and about the resources they depend on. Indigenous people have an extensive, historical, and indivisible affinity with the land they call home and a fundamental interest in the outcome of all research pertaining to that land. Their greater involvement in all stages of the research would benefit both the research and the people of the region.
This can be achieved by identifying and encouraging indigenous and collaborative research projects that weave traditional science and traditional knowledge with Western science. Included in this would be consolidating salmon research into a library, including geographical information system data. Local communities should be involved in scientific research. Flow of information should be bidirectional. Entire populations, from elders to schoolchildren, should be represented where appropriate.
The data show clearly that salmon returns in the AYK region in the 1990s and early 2000s were lower than previously. Those low returns have caused considerable social and economic hardship in the region. The committee concludes further that current scientific information is not
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
sufficient to explain the reasons for the low returns with any confidence. It is at least possible that the low returns represent population fluctuations rather than a long-term declining trend.
Identifying the nature of the declines (or fluctuations) in salmon runs and their causes will take a great deal of research. Conducting that will require much time and money—much more money than the $13.5 million that has been appropriated and even more than the total of $18.5 million whose appropriation is hoped for. However, at least some of that research will need to be completed before a fully developed restoration plan is undertaken, if indeed one proves to be needed. The committee judges that insufficient information is currently available to initiate a large-scale restoration program, although some small-scale local programs appear to be worth investigating. This judgment does not extend to the potential benefits of management actions to reduce fishing mortality or competition with hatchery fish at sea if such actions are supported by available information.
An encouraging aspect of the research enterprise in the region is the degree to which it involves Alaska Native organizations and communities. Any increase in that involvement is likely to benefit the research and the communities themselves even more. In addition, the AYK SSI appears to recognize the need to coordinate and partner with other research programs in the region and elsewhere. Given the large spatial extent of the region (and hence the research problem) and the relatively modest amount of money available, such coordination is essential, as are partnerships.
The committee has not explicitly considered research into social and economic matters for their own sake. That is, the committee has considered social and economic research that is directly tied to the sustainability of salmon runs, but not if it is tied mainly to the sustainability of the communities in the region. The committee interpreted its charge as guiding it in that manner.
This report has described a large number of research themes and questions. Those questions all have scientific interest and all have some
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
potential to shed light on the relationship between human and environmental factors and fluctuations in runs of AYK salmon. However, if results that are useful to management are required in a reasonable amount of time, then prioritization is required. The committee suggests the following approaches to prioritizing research funding. We assume that the ultimate goal of the AYK SSI is management, that is helping to ensure that salmon runs can be exploited sustainably, and our suggestions for research prioritization are made in that context. The committee judges that focusing the research effort on the topics below would be cost-effective and productive.
The greatest research need appears to be better information on the numbers and distribution in space and time of the various species and stocks of AYK salmon. We need to know more about population sizes and productivity (how many fish there are) and more about the genetic makeup of species and populations. The latter information is a prerequisite for assessing the interaction of human and environmental factors with salmon populations, because different salmon populations have different growth rates, fecundity, productivity, and in general can respond differently to those factors. Better assessments are needed of the numbers of salmon of the five species originating in the various drainages at all life stages and in all the environments they inhabit. Without analyses of numbers and of genetic makeup, analyzing the effects of fishing, including fishing on mixed stocks, is not possible. This research theme is pervasive and the knowledge it embodies is a prerequisite for answering many of the more detailed questions we have described elsewhere.
It would be of great value to be able to partition factors that affect AYK salmon runs into those that operate mainly in freshwater and the adjacent landscapes, and those that operate mainly in the marine environment. If such partitioning of factors can be achieved, it should be possible to learn whether the most important factors are marine or freshwater; or whether at certain times they are marine, and at other times freshwater; or whether both marine and freshwater factors are important most of the time. For freshwater, this requires a better understanding of habitat variations and their effects on AYK salmon than we now have.
Better information is needed on the extent, nature, and distribution in time and space of human activities that affect salmon, and the degree to which they affect salmon. In the AYK region, those activities are mainly fishing. In particular, better information is needed on the amount and consequences of recreational fishing and the amount and
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
effects of bycatch and directed fishing at sea. Better information about the spatial and temporal distribution and landings of subsistence and commercial fishing within and near the rivers of the AYK also would be helpful, as well as about the dependence of that variation on the number and kinds of salmon available. We need to understand factors that influence the development, promulgation, and enforcement of fishing regulations and people's compliance with them. This research theme also is pervasive and a prerequisite for answering many more detailed questions.
The committee does not recommend the initiation of a large-scale restoration plan until better information is produced by the research outlined above. However, small-scale local initiatives might hold promise. They include the following:
Controlled-design experiments to assess the effects on salmon populations in small streams of existing hatcheries if any are re-opened, and on incubation boxes and other enhancement techniques.
Retrospective analyses should be done on hatchery and incubator systems, both those currently in operation and those that have ceased operations. Such analyses should include North Pacific and Bering Sea hatcheries that seem likely to shed light on issues within the region.
The implementation of this research program should use monitoring, process studies, retrospective analyses, and theoretical studies. Models are useful tools in many of these research activities. In addition, adaptive management has the potential to be effective and to contribute to knowledge that could help to form the basis of a restoration plan. In many if not all cases, this would require the cooperation and involvement of management agencies, especially the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (a member of the AYK SSI). Management actions should be designed to include the gathering of scientific data; in other words, they should be thought of as if they were controlled experiments. In truth,
OCR for page 40
Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
management actions often are experiments, but they usually have poor or no experimental controls.
The resources required to address salmon variability in the AYK region are significant because the problem has a variety of geographical scales and it has interdisciplinary aspects. Salmon variability could depend on very small-scale influences such as stream temperature or flow. It also might depend on oceanic conditions that affect the ocean carrying capacity of the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Physical, biological, and chemical variations in the ocean, atmosphere, and terrestrial environment could play important roles. This is a large, complex problem, and the ecosystem will be continually changing. This daunting task is made easier through interactions with ongoing and future science programs in the region. The AYK SSI would benefit from coordinating with them, perhaps to the extent of joint funding of research projects. Examples of such programs include the North Pacific Research Board, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Gulf Environmental Monitoring Program, the Alaska Ocean Observing System, Ecosystem Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations, the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study, the Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey, the Norton Sound Sustainable Salmon Initiative, the United States/Canada Yukon River Joint Technical Committee Program, the World Wildlife Fund/National Science Foundation Program, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Arctic Program.
In addition, the committee recommends monitoring programs as being likely to provide useful information and having the potential to provide long-term data sets. Managing, coordinating, synthesizing, and making available the data collected by all these programs, including research funded by the AYK SSI, are important challenges that need careful consideration in any research plan.


text:
Starting your business was complicated. Getting the word out to your customers shouldn't be. HamiltonDesign can make the process simple. Extensive website and print experience showcase the clean, simple and compelling designs that HamiltonDesign is known for. Let your message be clear and uncluttered so that your customers can see the true heart of your business.
LINK TO WEBSITENMSI is a large non-profit organization who organizing and manages hundreds of missionaries around the world. The website needed to be extremely functional for both their missionaries and supporters. They also opted to integrate a content management system so they could make changes and manage the site.
CTech Solutions
LINK TO WEBSITEBranding project for CTechSolutions. Project included logo, business card, letterhead and envelope design.
Coffee House
CD for a coffee house function held at a local church. The CD featured past and present artists that played at the coffee house.+ILLUSTRATOR
LCBC Church
LINK TO WEBSITELCBC Church is a mega church in Manheim Pennsylvania. With 5 campuses and growing, LCBC needed a website that could serve several different purposes and yet be simple and easy to use.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The overall share of annual household expenditures for transportation was lower in 2010 than it was in 1984, reaching its lowest point in 2009 at 15.5%. In the early to mid-1980s when oil prices were high, gasoline and motor oil made up a larger share of transportation expenditures but then declined until about 2004 when gasoline and motor oil expenditures began to rise again. The share of household expenditures on gasoline and oil was exactly the same in 1985 as it was twenty five years later in 2010 at 4.4%. During this period, expenditures for vehicle purchases declined to the lowest level in 2009 and remained constant for 2010 at 5.4%.
Note: Other transportation-related expenditures include vehicle finance charges, maintenance and repairs, vehicle insurance, vehicle rental, leases, licenses and other charges, and public transportation.
Return to 2012 Facts of the Week


text:
EDMONTON, Alta. – Canada's National Junior Team has advanced to the semifinals at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship after finishing in first place in Group B with a perfect 4-0 record.
Canada concluded the preliminary round Saturday night with a 3-2 win over the United States.
Mark Stone (Winnipeg, Man./Brandon, WHL), Jaden Schwartz (Wilcox, Sask./Colorado College, WCHA) and Brett Connolly (Prince George, B.C./Tampa Bay, NHL) staked Canada to a 3-0 first period lead. The Americans scored a pair of goals in the third period, but Canada, backstopped by 30 saves from Scott Wedgewood (Brampton, Ont./Plymouth, OHL), held on for the victory.
Canada will face the winner of the Russia-Czech Republic quarter-final in its semifinal, scheduled for 7 p.m. MT on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at the Saddledome in Calgary. The Russia-Czech Republic game will be played at the Saddledome at 7 p.m. MT on Monday, Jan. 2.
In Group A, Sweden finished first, advancing directly to the other semifinal with a 3-2 overtime win over Russia. Sweden will next face the winner of the Finland-Slovakia quarter-final, which will be played at 3 p.m. MT on Monday, Jan. 2 at the Saddledome. Sweden's semifinal will be played at 3 p.m. MT on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
All of Canada's games at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship will be broadcast live on TSN/RDS across Canada, as well as on The FAN Radio Network. Check your local listings for broadcast details in your area, and for a broadcast schedule.
For more information on the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship, please visit www.HockeyCanada.ca/2012juniors, or follow along via social media at www.facebook.com/worldjuniors and www.twitter.com/hc_wjc.
For more information: | |
André Brin |
Francis Dupont |
Jason LaRose |
Kristen Lipscombe |
Keegan Goodrich |


text:
Greetings, AITP!
It's the beginning of the 2013 Fall Quarter, and were hitting the ground running! Here's a breakdown of some upcoming activities
Student Picnic
Tomorrow (Wednesday, September 24th) there will be a student picnic from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM in the North Parking Lot at the Rapid City NAU campus!
Hosted by the Student Senate in conjunction with NAUs student organizations, the picnic will feature delicious Walking Tacos!
Remember to bring any poker cards you've been collecting during the Poker Event. The best hands will be eligible for prizes.
Representatives from all of the student organizations will be there, so don't miss this opportunity to explore what's available.
Inaugural Meeting of the Fall Quarter
AITP is back from a relaxing summer break, and is ready to get down to business.
We'll be holding our first meeting of the quarter on Friday, September 27th @ 5:30 PM in the NAU campus lobby.
We'll be discussing some recent developments regarding our Chapter (Non-Profit status, anyone?), along with brainstorming ideas for AITP sponsored events and educational seminars. For current members, we'll also be discussing the current status of dues.
We'll also be fielding questions from new prospects regarding what we're about and what WE can do for YOU.
If you're an IT student, you're invited to come check us out.
Members, got a friend who is interested? Bring 'em!
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Consuela MeDeles @ 605-390-5030
Jamison Daugherty @ 605-484-2622
Tags: AITP Dues Fall Quarter Meetings Members New Ideas Picnic Student Senate
Remember Me
Forgot your password?
Haven't joined AITP yet?
3/11/2014You Up Your Attitude When You...
3/4/2014How to Get Everything You Want
3/4/20142014 Professional AITP Awards Schedule Announced
3/18/2014AITP Executive Committee Meeting
3/26/2014AITP Board of Directors Meeting
3/31/2014AITP Individual Performance Award (IPA) Documentation Due
4/9/2014AITP Region Presidents Council Meeting
4/10/2014 » 4/13/20142014 AITP National Collegiate Conference (NCC)
Are You Ready for the "business-driven" IT Profession?
National Student Survey
Use of COBOL in Business
Copyright © 2011-2014 Association of Information Technology Professionals, All Rights Reserved. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. AITP Headquarters, 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054Phone: 800.224.9371 or 856.380.6910 · Fax: 856.439.0525 · Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Appropriate Behaviour Policy - HRS/2010/4154
This policy clearly states the department's expectations in relation to employees' behaviour at work, when travelling away from the workplace on work-related trips and when attending work-related events. In addition, this policy defines workplace harassment, sexual harassment and discrimination and details the department's expectations of employee conduct.
Availability | Price |
Not available online | Not applicable |
- Version:
- 2
- Status:
- Current
- Contact information:


text:
Gold fixing
The London gold fixing or gold fix[1][2] is the setting of the price of gold, determined twice each business day on the London bullion market by the five members of The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd, on the premises of N M Rothschild & Sons. It is designed to fix a price for settling contracts between members of the London bullion market, but informally the gold fixing provides a recognized rate that is used as a benchmark for pricing the majority of gold products and derivatives throughout the world's markets. The gold fix is conducted in United States dollars (USD), Pound sterling (GBP), and the Euro (EUR) daily at 10.30am and 3pm, London time, via a dedicated telephone conference facility.
On 12 September 1919 at 11:00am the five principal gold bullion traders and refiners of the day performed the first gold fixing. The original members were N M Rothschild & Sons, Mocatta & Goldsmid, Pixley & Abell, Samuel Montagu & Co. and Sharps Wilkins. The gold price was determined to be four pounds 18 shillings and ninepence (GBP 4.18s.9d = 4.9375) per troy ounce. The New York gold price was US$19.39. The first few fixings were conducted by telephone until the members started meeting at the Rothschild offices in New Court, St Swithin's Lane.
In 1933 Executive Order 6102 was signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, requiring US citizens to turn in their gold for $20.67 per ounce. Afterwards, the price of gold was set at $35.00 per ounce.
Due to wartime emergencies and government controls, the London gold fixing was suspended between 1939 and 1954, when the London gold market was closed.
On 21 January 1980 the gold fixing reached the price of $850, a figure not overtaken until 3 January 2008 when a new record of $865.35 per troy ounce was set in the a.m. fixing. However, when indexed for inflation, the 1980 high corresponds to a price of $2,305.18 in 2011 dollars,[3] thus the 1980 record still holds in real terms.
The fixing historically took place at the London offices of N M Rothschild & Sons in St Swithin's Lane, but since 5 May 2004 it takes place by a dedicated telephone conferencing system. Until 1968, the price was fixed only once a day, when a second fixing was introduced at 3 p.m. to coincide with the opening of the US markets, as the price of gold was no longer under control of the Bank of England, a result of the collapse of the London Gold Pool. In April 2004 N M Rothschild & Sons announced that it planned to withdraw from gold trading and from the London gold fixing. Barclays Capital took its place on 7 June 2004 and the chairmanship of the meeting, formerly held permanently by Rothschilds, now rotates annually.
The five participating banks are market makers. They may have gold orders on their own behalf (proprietary trading), their client's behalf (brokerage), or frequently some of each. Client orders will generally be limit orders. A buy limit order is executed unless the price is above a preset value. A sell limit order is executed unless the price is below a preset value.
The lead participant will begin the fixing process by proposing a price near the current gold spot price. The participants then simulate the result of trading at that price. First, each bank looks at its limit orders and determines how many are eligible to trade at that price. They can also consider how much gold their proprietary trading desk would trade at the same price. The bank then states a single value, the net amount (in ounces) of gold they wish to buy or sell. After each bank provides this value, they determine if the overall net amount is 0. If so, all transactions succeed and the fix is complete. The chair then states, "There are no flags, and we're fixed."
Otherwise, the chair must change the proposed price. If the amount of gold the banks proposed to buy is higher than the amount proposed for sale, he must raise the price. That will decrease the number of proposed purchases, both because more buy limit orders will fail and because of proprietary traders. At the same time, it increases the number of proposed sales, both because more sell limit orders succeed and because of proprietary trading.
Conversely, if the amount proposed for sale is higher, he must lower the price. This will have the exact opposite effects from above, increasing the number of proposed purchases and decreasing the number of proposed sales.
This process iterates until a fix is found. Buyers are charged 20 cents per troy ounce as a premium to fund the fix process; this results in an implicit bid-offer spread.
As with other forms of market making, participants attempt to predict the direction of the market and increase profits through timing.[4]
Participants can pause proceedings at will. Originally, it was done by raising a small Union Flag on their desk. Under the telephone fixing system, participants can register a pause by saying the word "flag."
The current five participants in the fixing, who must be members of the London Bullion Market Association, are:
- Scotia-Mocatta — successor to Mocatta & Goldsmid and part of Bank of Nova Scotia
- Barclays — Replaced N M Rothschild & Sons when they abdicated
- Deutsche Bank — Owner of Sharps Pixley, itself the merger of Sharps Wilkins with Pixley & Abell
- HSBC — Owner of Samuel Montagu & Co.
- Société Générale
See also[edit]
- ^ London Gold Fixing
- ^ Latest gold fix prices
- ^ "Why gold is breaking records", CNNMoneycom, 12 May 2010.
- ^ "The Gold Fix Mechanism". BullionVault. Retrieved January 02, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Current Gold Fixing Price from the London Bullion Market Association.
- Further description of the fixing process
- Latest silver fix prices


text:
August 23, 2011
5:36 pm
Aqib Talib and the Buccaneers may soon find out his fate, at least with the NFL, as soon as tomorrow according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Talib is facing an aggravated assault with a firearm charge stemming from an incident that took place in Texas earlier this year. According to the ESPN report, Talib is scheduled to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tomorrow, and a league source said Talib could be in for a "lengthy" suspension.
As part of the ratified collective bargaining agreement, Goodell appears to have retained the right to discipline players for their conduct during the NFL's 132-day lockout.
Earlier this month Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris sounded hopeful the NFL would let the legal system run its course before any punishment would be handed down regarding his star cornerback.
"I know you have to go through a whole bunch of legal stuff and all that jazz," Morris said. "I don't think anything will happen as far as the league. I don't have any idea what is going on with the front office. I don't mean our front office, the league office. They don't usually pass judgment until something happens legally first. They do a great job up there handling those situations. I'm sure they will handle this situation no differently."
While it is rare for Goodell to hand down suspensions before final legal proceedings are completed, a precedent has already been set.
In 2007, Goodell suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones even while his legal woes were still unresolved. The NFL Players Association appealed the suspension based on the fact the charges were still pending and the union wrote a letter to Goodell stating the suspension "violates clearly established principles of employment and labor law and that no player has ever been disciplined by the commissioner for conduct relating to criminal charges while they are pending."
In 2009, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was suspended six games (reduced to four) for violating the league's personal conduct policy over sexual assault allegations, even though criminal charges were never brought against the quarterback.
Before the 2010 season, Goodell handed down a one-game suspension, which cost Talib the season opener after he was arrested and charged with assaulting a cab driver on the final night of training camp in 2009.
Talib's trial in Texas is set for March 2012.
PewterReport.com contacted the league office earlier today but a spokesman would not comment at that time.


text:
What does POT mean in Telecom?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand POT in the Computing field in general and in the Telecom terminology in particular.
Find a translation for POT in other languages:
Select another language:
What does POT mean?
- pot(n.)
- a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usu. round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
Discuss this POT abbreviation with the community:
Use the citation below to add this abbreviation to your bibliography:
"POT." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2014. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. <http://www.abbreviations.com/term/39908>.
POT also stands for:
- Continuous potential image (Fractint)
- Parents Of Teens
- Patterson Office Tower
- Peaks Over Threshold
- Plain Old Telephone
... and 23 more »
Nearby & related abbreviations:
Alternative search:
- Search Point Of Termination on Amazon.com
- Search Point Of Termination on Google


text:
Having my own CCW I wholeheartedly agree with you...As a gun owner who also has a CCW, I would never ever do something as stupid as this (flashing a hidden gun, maybe he even touched it too?). He deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows. We don't need people getting upset at their phone and getting out a gun, especially in public. These kinds of people should not have access to firearms ever.
If this guy can't contain himself over such a trivial incident as a phone not working correctly, what happens when something serious actually happens to this person? I don't want to be anywhere near his line of fire.
I think he wanted to try "troubleshooting" his phone but the police showed up to soon
Goes to show you how powerful the iPhone is. He was so frustrated with his phone he pull his gun? Most people normal people would have not did this.... his behavior is called addiction! LOL
Apple you might want to add therapists in your stores as well for the people with OCD.... LOLOL
The iPhone was going to explode. It was self defense.
He would lose his CCW permit if this happened in MI, and also be charged with a felony. Not sure if this apple store mentioned is inside of a mall, but, in MI you can't carry in any public places that hold more than 250 people I think.
definitely..HAHA, I had a guy come to get his 3GS Digitizer repaired today.He couldn't come so he sent his "driver" to get the phone repaired. I explained to the driver before the repair that the 3GS repair cost would be $125. He agreed and I began the repair. After I removed the broken digi, he stopped me and handed me the phone, it was his boss. He told me he wasn't paying $125 for the repair because he was told, by his secretary, it was $100 previously in the week. I explained to him that when his secretary had called, she asked for the price of a 3G repair and not the 3GS and that if she had informed us it was a 3GS she would have been told it was $125. He flipped out and said he can afford to pay it but refuses based on "principal". I told him again, this is the price and I cannot do it for any less. He said stop the repair now and give him the phone back. I explained that the phone was already mid repair and just needed the replacement digitizer at this point. He still told me to stop and give his driver the phone back. I then told him I would only be charging him $25 for the labor on removing the broken glass (I figured it was fair). He began screaming louder that if I even try to charge him for anything he will drive down here and deal with me himself. I said, Come on down. He arrived, grabbed his phone, and smashed the phone on the wall and then threw it into the street and said, "See! I told you this phone doesn't mean sh!t to me and I can afford to buy another one, but I wont pay you sh!t." I just laughed and said, well now you need to pay $699 to replace it
Point is, people are nuts...What he didn't realize is that my neighbor is a cop and was standing behind him the whole time. He gave me the $25 and got a ticket for littering!
great story
Nah, just pistol whip ya
sweet this guy is my hero he had the apple market cornered, maybe he was from google secretly!
haha i live about 10 minutes away! i just saw this on the local news.
As a former Ohioan that moved to California, I would gladly embrace Ohio's concealed carry law.
I'm a girl too. And I do feel the need to show off with my guns (at the range, when I practice) but is it my fault if I'm a better shot than most of the guys there? (It just seemed kind of silly and sexist to imply that girls don't like or have any use for guns. Maybe not what you intended, but how it came across.)
But to get back on topic. It's really kind of sad to get so upset at your device that you destroy it. I really wouldn't get much satisfaction out of having to buy a new one just because I couldn't control myself. (That's not to say that it won't someday be used for target practice once I've upgraded!)
LMAO! Did they have a sign stating no guns allowed? He obviously felt threatened by it...... I smell movie deal!
Police: Man Frustrated Over iPhone Takes Gun To Ohio Apple Store - News Story - WEWS Cleveland
So this is close to me. WTF crazy *** people. next thing you know there are going to be anit-iphone-violence activist to add to this story.
I was standing right next to this guy when this happened. About 8 cops came in the store, one brushed me to the side, while another grabbed his arms. They pulled back his shirt to reveal the gun and abruptly forced him out of the store. This was nothing more than ignorant white trash, trying to look like Mr. Cool by carrying a weapon and actually showing it off to someone in public. He had no intentions of actually acting on what he was saying. He was just standing next to me, browsing the iPhone cases. Just proof that someone dropped a steamer in the gene pool, in the trailer park where he probably resides. Case closed.
this dude is an idiot thats why he has an error on his iphone and he had a gun an showed it off. thats explains it.
A man who threatened to "pop a 9mm (Parabellum round) in" his iPhone at an Apple Store in Ohio was removed from the store by police, and charged with misdemeanor offense. No one was injured in the incident.
Donald Goodrich, 38, brought his iPhone to the Kenwood Towne Center Apple Store in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday. The phone was exhibiting some unspecified error that was causing Goodrich enormous frustration. To illustrate his point, Goodrich lifted his shirt and revealed a handgun, which he is legally entitled to carry under his Ohio state concealed weapons permit. Goodrich was quoted as saying Im so mad, I could pop a 9mm at his iPhone, and further warning Ill do it right now! Look! as he showed the store employee his gun. The employee, thinking fast, led Goodrich over to some poor Genius Bar tech, who delayed him somehow as the police were called.
Upon arrival, the police arrested Goodrich for "aggravated menacing" of the first employee, and also cited him for not immediately informing the police he was carrying a weapon, which is a condition of the concealed weapons permit.
I hope that Genius Bar tech gets a raise.
Brilliant, betcha if he was a colored guy like me he woulda been shot lol
That is just a retarded comment? Not everything is about race...
ha i was just in that store the other day it is right up the highway from me.
i cant justify the gun but that Genius bar in there is beyond frustrating LOL
a few weeks ago i was sent there by an Apple rep from a service call to get a new 3GS since mine had some problems and after waiting for 45 minutes for a "Genius" and watching a bunch of people walk out of the store with new ones while i waited i was informed that they did not have anymore left to give me a new one once it was finally my turn.
they knew exactly why i was there and what i was waiting for it had already been approved by Apple to be replaced and i made it known to the guy assigning the line order why i was there.
i was a tad bit p'ed off when i left without a new phone.


text:
At last week's "Drop 10 in 10" meeting, two dieticians discussed serving sizes of various foods and illustrated how much of what type of food should be piled on your plate. Perhaps "piled" is a bad word to use.
They said vegetables and leafy salads should fill half of your plate and the other half should be divided between whole grains or starches and meats and proteins.
"Eat lots of vegetables," one dietician said, and eat slowly while savoring each bite.
They passed around plastic replicas of single servings - a burger was much smaller than the piece of fish or chicken, but all were one serving.
"Dark meat has more calories due to a higher fat content," the experts said.
Each lesson plan contains "Weighty Words of Wisdom" to inspire us. I like this one:
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
- Will Rogers


text:
European Tour
i love u (still)
Hi Guy´s any news of a european tour or any gigs around Stuttgart or Munic in 2013? keep it alive! Mike Hughes.
i remember being in london and u guys had canceld that nite (Gary wus sick) and i was walking away from hammersmith, down under the road I seen a girl getting harassed so i stuck my boot into him and it was a Pakistani who came off the ground with a sovereign ring and wacked me across all my front teeth and i lost them all, then he run away! Cunt. so thats one way of remembering you guys, ive seen you all over europe in the meantime first gig was the black album 1992 live in Augsburg! FAking Class. keep er lit, slainte love Michael ps. some day soon i will send u my version of freebird( from the heart ).


text:
Regency Palms in Apartment Rentals in Port Richey, FL
8332 Alnwick Cir
Port Richey,
Find Your Apartment Now
Popular Nearby Apartments:
Property Description:
Regency Palms Apartments Description
Regency Palms is tucked away from the hustle and bustle, yet is minutes away from retail shopping, grocery stores, dinning and public transportation. When you choose Regency Palms as your new home, you will enjoy relaxing on the sundeck by our sparkling pool or grilling a family meal under our covered cabana while the kids play at the playground. We also have a sand volleyball court for the big kids too. Please call for an appointment today.
Pet Policy:
Cats and Dogs are allowed. Maximum weight of pet(s): 50. Maximum number of pet(s): 2. Restrictions or other terms: Breed Restrictions & Fees Apply.
- Pool
- Playground
- On-site Management
- Fitness Center
- On-site Maintenance
- Sundeck
- Clubhouse
- BBQ/Picnic Area
- Sparkling swimming pool
- Sand Volleyball Court
- Tot Lot
- Close to Area Beaches
- Coffee Shop
- Minutes from Shopping and Restaurants
- Minutes From US19
Search Nearby Cities
- Brandon Apartments
- Brooksville Apartments
- Clearwater Apartments
- Largo Apartments
- New Port Richey Apartments
- Palm Harbor Apartments
- Plant City Apartments
- Saint Petersburg Apartments
- Spring Hill Apartments
- Tampa Apartments
Search Nearby Zip Codes
Apartment Rentals Near Port Richey, FL
- Banyan Senior Apartments 11390 Us Hwy 19 Port Richey, FL 34668 Phone Number: (727) 399-6136
- The Landings at Sea Forest Senior Apartments 4522 Seagull Dr New Port Richey, FL 34652 Phone Number: (727) 287-5275
- Arbor Villa Apartment Homes 8351 James Joseph Way Port Richey, FL 34668 Phone Number: (727) 697-3994
- Port Richey Village Apartments 9310 Valley View Lane Port Richey, FL 34668 Phone Number: (727) 845-1112


text:
Google's Navi-Software for Mobiles with Android 2.0
Google Maps Navigation provides Android 2.0 users with a free and comfortable navigation software. Every user? No. The software is currently available in the USA only, and for one mobile.
Still in beta, Google Maps Navigation, like most of Google's beta software, is stable and set to replace the quite basic navigation solution Google Maps for Mobile. Map updates are available for free from the net.
As with other navigation software, a computer voice guides the driver through the surrounding scenery. The trick is that the driver can steer the software by voice-control. Just speaking the name of the destination is enough. The complete address is not necessary.
Besides simple directions, the software will provide information about restaurants, gas stations and hotels along the way. Street View images can also enhance the journey, where available. A further mode takes the local traffic situation into account, enabling drivers to avoid congestion.
It all sounds very promising, but until now the software, even in the US, will only run on the droid Motorola mobile based on Android 2.0. The HTC Hero is however about to migrate and further mobiles are sure to follow. Dates for an official European launch are still unknown. This YouTube video shows how the software works.
Issue 161/2014
Buy this issue as a PDF
Digital Issue: Price $9.99
(incl. VAT)
Tag Cloud
New TLS Attack Takes the S out of HTTPS
Vulnerability affects many Linux web servers
Munich Adopts Kolab
The Bavarian capital shuns Microsoft, Google, and other alternatives to implement an open source groupware solution.
Canonical Announces Ubuntu Smartphones
Phone vendor partnerships bring Mark Shuttleworth's dream of Ubuntu on a phone a step closer to reality.
Piviti Seeks Funding
Donors will get to vote on new features for the free video editor.
Debian Tech Committee Votes for systemd
Debian project puts init out to pasture and says no to Ubuntu's Upstart.
The Mask: Scary New Face of Internet Intrusion
Ultra-sophisticated attack tool might have originated from a state-sponsored intelligence service.
Epoch 1.0 Released
New alternative for init comes with a small footprint and minimal configuration.
Wayland 1.4 Challenges X11
X marks the target for the next-generation windowing system.
Red Hat Adopts CentOS
Super-clone CentOS Linux gets beamed up to the mother ship.
W3C Promotes Media Source Extensions
HTML technology will enable new video editing and playback options.


text:
Connect with Us
Now Playing
Podcasts & RSS Feeds
All Content |
View all podcasts & RSS feeds |
Most Active Stories
- Here Is What It Looks Like When Traffic Engineers Design Highway Signs
- Trying To Free Up 95 Express, FDOT Prices 'Lexus Lanes' At Lamborghini Rates
- From Scorched Earth To Palm Beach: The Maya Are Coming To Florida
- Six Films At This Year's Miami International Film Festival You Must Not Miss
- See Historic South Florida Through The Lenses Of Miami Herald Photographers
5:58 pm
Mon January 20, 2014
More Mormons? Time For A Temple
The first Mormon temple in South Florida is scheduled to open this spring in Davie to serve the region's growing Mormon population.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' membership in South Florida has almost doubled in the last six years, to around 25,000, according to church officials.
All those Mormons have had to go to Orlando or farther to hold important religious ceremonies, like marriage, performed in a temple.
Tony Burns is a local church representative. He says the new temple's architecture features South Florida's natural environment.
"The leaves that are displayed in the glasswork, as well as the sawgrass that you see on the facade — the colors, the foliage, the Everglades, the water is all reflected in design on the temple," Burns says.
The Davie temple will be only the second in Florida and the 143rd worldwide.
The church is holding an open house at the temple from mid-March to mid-April, giving non-Mormons a rare opportunity to go inside an LDS temple.
You can read more about the new temple, and learn what the difference is between a Mormon temple and a tabernacle in this story from the Sun Sentinel.


text:
[JURIST] There are approximately 2000 suspected terrorists living in Great Britain, up from last year's estimate of 1600, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith [official website] said Tuesday. She recommended that legislators pass new terror laws to allow police to hold uncharged terror suspects beyond the current 28 day limit. Prime Minister Gordon Brown [official website] is to set to propose harsher anti-terrorism measures before parliament on Wednesday, including a proposal to either extend the detention times for holding uncharged terrorist suspects or else do away with the time limit entirely. Brown is also expected to propose allowing wiretaps to be introduced in court cases. In 2005, British legislators voted against an amendment to Clause 23 of the Terrorism Bill [text], which would have extended detention times to 90 days, and instead settled on the current 28 day limit. The Tony Blair government re-floated the possibility of the longer limit [JURIST report] in March 2006, and the proposal gained momentum in November after London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair advocated an extension of the limit [JURIST report] in a major speech. Independent anti-terror law reviewer Lord Carlile has, however, warned lawmakers against "rushing" to make the change [JURIST report], and then-UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said during a media briefing late last year that he had not seen evidence to justify increasing the limit to 90 days [JURIST report]. Then-UK Home Secretary John Reid pushed for extending the limit [JURIST report] in February. AP has more.
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court judge overseeing the war crimes trial [ICC press release] of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga [TrialWatch profile; JURIST news archive] has expressed a desire to have the trial moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archive], according to Tuesday reports. Judge Adrian Fulford [official profile] said that, despite security concerns, he believed that the trial should be moved from The Hague to the DRC because it would resonate more with the people of that country if they could witness it first-hand. The trial is not expected to commence until the end of 2007 at the earliest.The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] confirmed war crimes charges against Lubanga in January, making Lubanga the first ICC defendant to face trial. As founder of the militant Union of Patriotic Congolese [Global Security backgrounder], Lubanga is accused [indictment, PDF; case materials] of enlisting child soldiers [BBC report] in the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-plagued Ituri district [HRW backgrounder]. IWPR has more.
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] has urged Rwanda to conduct an "independent and impartial" investigation [press release] into an increasing number of alleged extrajudicial killings, saying in a report [HRW materials] Tuesday that Rwanda National Police officers have killed at least 20 prisoners in the past seven months. HRW said that most of the killings were committed against detainees accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. According to the report's summary:
Although detainees were killed in official custody in earlier incidents, the number of such deaths increased significantly beginning in late 2006 following several highly publicized killings of survivors of the 1994 genocide and others involved in the gacaca jurisdictions, a popular justice initiative meant to prosecute those accused of genocide. Faced with demands for increased protection of such vulnerable persons, officials responded by establishing a policy of collective responsibility making all Rwandans responsible for the security of their fellow citizens. The meaning of the policy was not precisely spelled out, nor was it enacted in law, but officials ordered increased night patrols by citizens. They also warned repeatedly that anyone who harmed or tried to harm survivors would face severe if unspecified punishment. The congruence between these official pronouncements and the increase in the number of deaths in police custody raises concern that some police officers may have interpreted official exhortations as a license to abuse detainees, particularly but not exclusively those accused of crimes against survivors or persons involved in the gacaca process....The imposition of collective punishments violates the presumption of innocence and the right of accused persons to a fair trial, rights guaranteed both by international human rights law and by the Rwandan constitution.
The legitimacy of a judicial system is intimately connected with that of its police system.... If the Rwandan government is to demonstrate the quality of its courts and police, it must take clear and prompt action to ensure that police officers and other Rwandans respect these standards.
[JURIST] Jury selection began Tuesday in the court-martial [JURIST report] of US Marine Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III, charged [DOC text] with murder, kidnapping, larceny, assault, housebreaking, conspiracy, and making a false official statement for his alleged role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania [USMC timeline; JURIST news archive]. Hutchins, the leader of the squad involved in the incident, allegedly killed and left Hashim Ibrahim Awad [Wikipedia profile] by the side of the road with a shovel and firearm to appear as if he were planting an improvised explosive device. Prosecutors have indicated that they will not seek the death penalty against Hutchins. Five other defendants have pleaded guilty [JURIST report] for their roles in the incident; they are expected to testify against Hutchins and the only other remaining defendant Cpl. Marshall Magincalda [advocacy website]. Last Friday, a military jury demoted Cpl. Trent Thomas [advocacy website] to private and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge [JURIST report] after finding him guilty of kidnapping and conspiracy [JURIST report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan [official profile] said Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration [official website] is currently unable to handle the responsibility of tobacco regulation. A bill introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) [official website] would put the tobacco industry under FDA regulation, something that the FDA itself has previously lobbied for, but McClellan said that the FDA does not have the resources to take on such a large responsibility. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee [official website] will look at the proposed legislation on Wednesday.In February, Kennedy and other lawmakers from both the Senate and House introduced [JURIST report; press release] the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [S 2461 text; PDF], which would give the FDA the same authority to regulate tobacco products as it has over other consumer products. The FDA first began to regulate the tobacco industry in 1996, but the US Supreme Court ruled in FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. [text] that Congress had not provided the FDA with authority to regulate tobacco products. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] Three former Vietnamese government officials and six others will face organized gambling and bribery charges in court next month, a Hanoi People's Court official said Tuesday. Bui Tien Dung, a former project management head in the Ministry of Transportation [official website], allegedly placed bets totaling $760,000 on European soccer matches and subsequently attempted to cover up the alleged wrongdoing by paying a bribe of $68,000. Dung faces a maximum penalty of death for bribery, while the other defendants face up to 20 years in prison for gambling. Gambling is illegal in Vietnam.The gambling-bribery scandal has resulted in the resignation [VOA report] of Transportation Minister Dao Dinh Binh and the arrest of his deputy Nguyen Viet Tien. In March, former Deputy Trade Minister Mai Van Dau and 13 other defendants went on trial for bribery, fraud, abuse of power, and forgery [AP report]. The defendants allegedly offered or accepted bribes to enable certain textile and garment companies to increase their share of the export quotas imposed by the United States. AP has more.
[JURIST] US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] on Tuesday denied pressuring then-Attorney General John Ashcroft [official profile] to give the Department of Justice's reauthorization of the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] while Ashcroft was hospitalized. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales, who was White House Counsel at the time, said that he and then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card [official profile] visited the bed-ridden Ashcroft to inform him of congressional positions on the program and would have only sought to obtain Ashcroft's authorization if he had been "fully competent to make that decision." Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey [official profile] in May testified [transcript, PDF] that Gonzales and Card, in response to Comey's reservations about re-certifying the program, attempted to pressure Ashcroft [JURIST report] at his hospital bed in March 2004. Comey, who was acting attorney general because of Ashcroft's hospitalization, said that Ashcroft refused to authorize the program because he was without the powers of the attorney general and referred White House officials to Comey. AP has more.
[JURIST] A court in India [JURIST news archive] sentenced three men to death on Tuesday for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings [BBC backgrounder] that killed 257 people and injured more than 700 in India's financial center. The court found Zakir Hussain, Abdul Akhtar Khan and Firoz Akram Amani Malik guilty of throwing grenades at houses during the bombings. A fourth man, Moin Faridullah Qureshi, was sentenced to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty because he was a minor at the time of the bombings.Thus far the court has sentenced [JURIST report] 10 people to death and 17 to life imprisonment for involvement in the bombings. The trial, which began in 1995, included testimony from 757 witnesses and has resulted in the conviction of over 100 defendants [JURIST report], a figure that public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam described as unprecedented. Thirty-five suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the bombings, Dawood Ibrahim [BBC profile], remain at large. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] Lawyers representing former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega [Wikipedia backgrounder] Monday filed motions seeking to avert extradition from the US to France on money laundering charges [Reuters report] when he is released from federal prison on September 9 [JURIST report]. Noriega's lawyers argue that Noriega should remain classified as a prisoner of war under the Geneva Conventions and therefore should be repatriated to Panama. Noriega's hearing is scheduled to begin on July 26. Noriega, a former US ally who was ousted by US troops in 1989 [BBC report], surrendered to US troops in Panama City in 1990. Noriega has spent the last 17 years in US custody, including 15 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and racketeering charges. Panamanian officials are also seeking to extradite Noriega [BBC report], who has been sentenced in absentia in Panama to 90 years in prison for corruption and conspiracy to commit murder. VOA News has more.
[JURIST] An Orleans Parish grand jury Tuesday refused to indict Dr. Anna Pou [advocacy website] on charges of killing four patients at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. Pou and two nurses were arrested [JURIST report] last year, with prosecutors arguing that they had committed second-degree murder. The charges against the nurses were dropped after they were forced to testify against Pou with the understanding that their testimonies could not be used against them. Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti [official website] last fall launched an investigation [JURIST report] into the deaths of at least 140 patients at six Louisiana hospitals and 13 nursing homes at the time of Katrina. Foti later subpoenaed 73 Memorial employees [JURIST report] as part of the ongoing investigation. Prosecutors suspected that Pou and the two nurses had euthanized the patients while they waited to be rescued. AP has more.
[JURIST] The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs rejected Taiwan's fifteenth bid for member state status Monday, reiterating the One-China Policy [Wikipedia backgrounder] and recognizing the People's Republic of China (PRC) [JURIST news archive] as the legitimate government of China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Jianchao characterized Taiwan's latest effort to join the UN as a "separatist act of the 'Taiwan Independence' secessionist forces," [press release] and pointed to the UN Charter's requirement that only sovereign states can apply for UN member status [Article 4 text]. Taiwan, which officially refers to itself as the Republic of China (ROC), was kicked out of the UN in 1971 by General Assembly Resolution 2758 [PDF text] and replaced by the PRC as the representative of China. Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs James C.F. Huang criticized the UN decision as procedurally flawed [press release, in Chinese], saying that the UN General Assembly was not given an opportunity to decide the application and asserting that Resolution 2758 did not prohibit member state status for Taiwan. The latest application was the first attempt by the Taiwanese government to apply under the name of Taiwan. The Taiwanese presidency said last month that it planned to proceed with a national referendum [JURIST report] on whether Taiwan should attempt to rejoin the UN. A spokesman said Tuesday that efforts to hold the referendum would go ahead as planned. AP has more.
[JURIST] US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website] told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday that he should consider appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the US Attorneys firing scandal [JURIST news archive]. In a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing [committee materials], Specter said that Gonzales may have to appoint the investigator because the Bush administration has made statements that would cut off the power Congress has to investigate the firings. Specter warned Gonzales that if that happens, "the president can run the government as he chooses, answer no questions."Last week, the White House said that the administration would not allow [JURIST report] the Department of Justice to pursue any contempt of Congress charges [backgrounder; 2 USC Sec. 192] brought against White House officials in the congressional investigation of the firings. Last Thursday, a panel of the House Judiciary Committee voted to proceed with contempt proceedings [JURIST report] against former White House counsel Harriet Miers [official profile] after she ignored a subpoena ordering her to appear and testify before the committee. The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider whether to proceed with the contempt citation on Wednesday. AP has more.
[JURIST] Former Bangladeshi Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina [party profile] was formally charged Tuesday with extortion for alleged kickbacks she received during her tenure in office. According to the charges, the former PM and two relatives received thousands of dollars from deals, including one awarding a contract to an electric company. Hasina was arrested last week, and has at least two other extortion cases pending against her. Hasina maintains that the arrest was politically motivated to keep her from becoming involved in future elections.In June, Hasina, the leader of the opposition Awami League [party website], criticized the arrest [JURIST report] of Awami secretary general Abdul Jalil as an "autocratic move" motivated by politics rather than any legitimate attempt to stamp out corruption. The Bangladeshi interim emergency government [JURIST report], which came to power in January with the backing of the military, has used its anti-corruption campaign [BBC Q&A; JURIST news archive] to justify the declaration of a state of emergency [JURIST report] allowing detention without warrants or specific charges. The emergency government has also filed corruption charges against Hasina's rival, former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia [UN profile] and last Thursday jailed a UN human rights expert who had been prevented from traveling to Geneva to deliver a report on human trafficking. BBC News has more.
[JURIST] The Chinese government compensated Zhang Zhijian, who exposed the corruption of former drug safety commissioner Zheng Xiaoyu, in the amount of 24,000 yuan ($3,175 USD) after he spent 10 months in jail for posting an Internet story on the corruption, AP reported Tuesday. Zhang was originally sentenced [JURIST report] to six years imprisonment in March for defaming the government. He was released from prison in April.Zheng was executed [JURIST report] earlier this month, after the Supreme People's Court [official website] denied his appeal for leniency. In May, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court convicted Zheng and sentenced him to death [JURIST report]. Zheng, who served as the food and drug commissioner from 1998 to 2005, allowed eight pharmaceutical companies to bypass the drug approval process, including one company whose antibiotic is suspected of killing at least 10 people. Last Friday, Zheng's former subordinate, former Pharmaceutical Registration Department Director Cao Wenzhuan, was also sentenced to death [JURIST report] for receiving approximately $316,000 in bribes in exchange for certifying substandard drugs from two pharmaceutical companies. Death sentences in China require the approval [JURIST report] of the Supreme People's Court. AP has more.
[JURIST] Two federal district judges separately ordered Monday the formation of special three-judge panel to supervise and reduce California's prison population after finding that California's prison overcrowding [JURIST news archive] is preventing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official website] from adequately providing mental health care. Judge Thelton E. Henderson of the Northern District of California ordered [PDF text] the suspension of the CDCR Secretary's authority and transferred all "administration, control, management, operation, and financing" authority to the panel. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of the Eastern District of California said that the receivership, which the CDCR is required to comply with within 30 days [order, PDF], is to oversee "the development of remedies for the systematic constitutional violation and to monitor implementation of court-approved remedies." The orders will have to require final approval from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which will likely approve Karlton's recommendation to combine the two orders under one receiver. In May, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger [official website] signed off on a $7.7 billion program to construct facilities [JURIST report] to provide 53,000 new prison and jail beds over the next five years. The construction program and other measures, including a plan to release prisoners convicted of nonviolent crimes [JURIST report] in response to threats of federal oversight [JURIST report], failed to persuade the federal judges, who were not convinced that the measures would bring compliance with the Eight Amendment guarantee of constitutionally adequate mental health care for individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses that are incarcerated by the CDCR. The New York Times has more.
[JURIST] The Law Council of Australia, the country's national organization for lawyers, on Tuesday issued harsh criticism [press release] of the trial of former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [Law Council backgrounder; JURIST news archive], saying the trial was "a charade." The council's report [PDF text; summary, PDF], prepared by lawyer Lex Lasry, criticized the American and Australian governments on the trial, concluding that:
The "trial" of David Hicks, which took place in March 2007, was a charade.A pre-trial agreement had been signed and the balance of the legal proceedings was entirely surplus to requirements, although designed to lay a veneer of due process over a political and pragmatic bargain. The veneer cracked immediately.Ultimately, there has been no benefit from this process; only a corrosion of the rule of law.No ground can be claimed to have been made in the so-called War on Terror. The Military Commission process at Guantanamo likewise has neither gained from it, nor shown any prospect of improvement.Predictably, there has been no response from the Australian Government to the consistent and widespread criticism of the Military Commissions and Guantanamo Bay generally. Their support for this process has been shameful.They have never put an argument to the Australian public as to why the Military Commission process is "full and fair". Now that the Hicks case is over, no doubt the hope is that the issue will disappear and, regrettably, perhaps it will.However, Australia's international standing and moral authority has been diminished by its support of a process so obviously at odds with the rule of law. Those with a concern for the protection of due process should be very concerned about the future of this process, particularly given its jurisdiction to impose death penalties.
[JURIST] Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth [advocacy website] filed a class action lawsuit Monday against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) [official website] on behalf of approximately 320,000 to 800,000 veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [backgrounder], alleging that the VA is denying adequate procedural safeguards [complaint, PDF; factsheet, DOC] in the VA benefits process. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, also accuses the VA of denying mandated medical care and VA benefits to veterans afflicted with PTSD. The complaint alleges:
The system for deciding VA claims has largely collapsed. The VA claims adjudication system is currently mired in processing a backlog of over 600,000 claims, many of which have been pending for years. The time period for a claim to be fully decided can exceed ten years. By comparison, the private sector health care industry processes thirty-billion claims annually in an average of 89.5 days per claim, including the time required to resolve disputed claims. The VA's process for pursuing a claim is not merely arbitrary and ineffective. The delays have become an insurmountable barrier preventing many veterans from obtaining health care and benefits. Many wounded veterans, particularly those with combat-caused mental illnesses, give up in frustration and despair or die while their claims are pending. In these cases, just delayed is justice denied.
[JURIST] A controversial law offering ID cards to illegal immigrants went into effect Tuesday in New Haven, Connecticut. The municipal identification cards, which will be available at a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for children and will not distinguish citizens from undocumented immigrants, will allow cardholders to access public libraries, parks and recreational sites, and other municipal services as well as act as debit cards and pay for parking meters. Supporters of the law, including New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. [official profile], believe it will help encourage immigrants to cooperate with police and "build a stronger community," but opponents worry it will bring more illegal immigrants to the area.The city Board of Alderman approved [JURIST report] the law last month, in contrast with immigration [JURIST news archive] ordinances adopted in other local communities, such as the ordinance [DOC text; JURIST report] in Farmers Branch, Texas which would bar landlords from renting apartments to most undocumented immigrants. The ordinance has been blocked [JURIST report] by a US federal judge as legal challenges [JURIST report] are underway. AP has more.
[JURIST] Libya released six foreign medics [BBC Q&A; JURIST news archive] Tuesday who had been sentenced to life in prison [JURIST report] for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus, after obtaining an agreement from the European Union to normalize and develop closer political and economic ties and increase medical and infrastructure aid. The medics - five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor - have been in custody for over eight years as their case wound its way through the Libyan court system. Earlier this month, the Libyan Supreme Court upheld the death penalty [JURIST report] in the case, but the death sentences were later commuted by the Supreme Judiciary Council when the families of the infected patients dropped calls for execution after each received $1 million in compensation [JURIST report]. The six medics have consistently maintained their innocence, saying they were being scapegoated for unsanitary conditions in the Libyan hospital were they worked. Bulgaria and its allies have argued that the medics are innocent and were tortured into admitting guilt [HRW report]. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso [official profile] and French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed the medics' release Tuesday, hailing it as a "humanitarian gesture of Libya and its highest leader" [press release]. Sarkozy said he will travel to Libya on Wednesday, but stressed that neither France nor any other EU member paid any money to Libya to secure the medic's release. European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner [official profile] said the release "demonstrates the value of concerted EU action" [press release] and will enhance EU-Libyan relations. In June, the Bulgarian government granted citizenship to the Palestinian doctor [JURIST report] so that he would be included in any settlement along with the Bulgarian nurses. AP has more.
JURIST offers a news ticker and preformatted headline boxes updated in real time. Get the code.
Feedroll provides free Paper Chase news boxes with headlines or digests precisely tailored to your website's look and feel, with content updated every 15 minutes. Customize and get the code.


text:
Mon, Jan 13, 5:45 PM
Languages Spoken: English
Ima real down 2 earth chica who njoys teasin & pleasing.. I show love 2 those who show me love. IT COSTS 2 B THE BOSS! I RUN FREE CHAT! Lets talk privately & u can run my show n direct me. Im a joy 2 play with, i do it by myself all day long haha!
Sweet Talk, polite requests, role play, licking, touching, biting, sucking, doggy style. Pull my hair, smack my ass. tongue me down mm. Show me love dammit!
Turning on, pleasing, teasing, tonguing u down, blowing ur head up haha! riding, bouncing, suking fuking ;) PARTY PARTY PARTY!
Sunday | unscheduled |
Monday | unscheduled |
Tuesday | unscheduled |
Wednesday | unscheduled |
Thursday | unscheduled |
Friday | unscheduled |
Saturday | unscheduled |


text:
Most recent related
Apple iPhone 4 32GB Black CDMA Videos and News
Learn more
(sponsored by Verizon Wireless)
The good: Gorgeous HD videos, Stunning display, overall better reception than previous models, very fast, simple to use, and easy to use high quality video chatting. The bad: AT&T Network (depending on where you live), minor flaw in the antenna design, & minor software bugs (updates coming soon to fix those). Summary: The iPhone 4 is with out a doubt the BEST iPhone to date and arguably the most LUXURIOUS Smartphone on the market. Apple(AAPL) has done a fantastic job on making the U.I. easy to... more...
Own this device?
Write a review
, share your opinion, get featured on PhoneDog.
Ringtones? Visit our sponsor
Ringtones? Visit our sponsor
Apple iPhone 4 32GB Black CDMA
Featured User Review
Sep 10
jimbo luv dis phone Rutter
"Apple has another hit on there hands"


text:
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Posts
- 4
04-06-2010, 02:38 PMCap Juluca Auctions??
Does anyone happen to know how often vacation packages are typically offered for Cap Juluca??
They had a great 7 day package for 2 listed for auction a few weeks ago for it ran for just a few days and was not reloaded. I amjust waiting for it to come back on so I can bid on it.
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
Re: Cap Juluca Auctions??
Hi B.....When you see it, you have to grab it!!! Those deals were absolutely amazing. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come back for awhile. Keep watcing! I did see Cuisinart offering some packages but they weren't as good as the Caps.


text:
A distinctive green and yellow paper retriever container is available in the last row of parking on the west side of the Library's parking lot. This is available 24 hours a day, every day, for easy recycling of paper products.
MI Free Pass to a Healthier Mind, Body and Spirit
MI Big Green Gym offers free park passes for Michigan fitness seekers
Bloomfield Township residents with a current Bloomfield Township Public Library card may borrow two items from Cranbrook's Academy of Art Library. In addition, Cranbrook's centennial pass is available to borrow from the Library's circulation desk. Each pass provides unlimited general admission for two weeks to the bearer and one guest to Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook House & G
Michigan law protects the confidentiality of Library users' records. The records and record of Library items you request or borrow can't be shared with anyone without your consent, unless ordered by a court of law. Copies of the Michigan Library Privacy Act are available upon request at the Circulation desk. A valid Library card must be presented for access to any Library records and record of a person - minor or adult - named on the card.
The Detroit Museum Adventure Pass (MAP) program returns for a fifth year. MAP is now an online program. Find out what discoveries await you by clicking on this link.
Upon registering your library card, you must read and agree to sign and abide by the following pledge:
This library card permits me to borrow materials and use services from the Bloomfield Township Public Library. I agree to be financially responsible for all materials borrowed or services used through this card. I agree to abide by all library policies and regulations. This library card is subject to expiration. Responsibility for the choice of materials borrowed rests with the person whose signature appears on this pledge. It is the sole responsibiltiy of the person to whom the Library card belongs for the return of items borrowed and fees and fines accumulated on the card.
Mouse Tutorial For all beginning computer users—hands-on help. Wednesday, February 2 1:00 - 2:30p.m. Thursday, March 3 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Computer Basics 1
Library staff can check out the items you would like to borrow at the Circulation desk. You MUST present your library card or a current and valid photo ID in order for us to access your account.
If you placed a hold on an item, you MUST present the library card on which the hold was placed.
Rental DVDs
Rental DVDs are available for patrons who would like the newest titles without having to wait on a hold list. The first day is free! Return on the due date before the Library closes and there is no charge.


text:
1964 Austin Mini Cooper Mk1 998cc Registration number: 539 KYI Chassis number: C-A2S7/521230 As the Suez crisis reached its height in late 1956 fuel prices... More
This 1964 Austin Mini Mark IV two door hatchback (Stock # P7139) is available in our Pleasanton, CA showroom and any inquiries may be... More
1961 Austin 850 2 door, This car had been in storage since the 1960's and has 2565 miles, which I was told is actual.... More
1961 Austin Rover Mini Cooper Cabriolet - Completely rebuilt with Rover Cabriolet steel body. All new suspension, 4-wheel disc brakes with 10" wheels. Rebuilt... More
1963 Austin Princess A-125, This is a beautiful 1963 Austin Princess by Vanden Plas in excellent condition. Model A-125 Touring Limousine 7 passengers. VIN... More


text:
Looney Dude With Attitude! Cartoons
Artist description:
My version of Marvin the Martian of Looney Tunes fame. He has a brighter green helmet and red suit, and I put a twinkle in his eyes! He's up to no good as usual! Watch out, or he'll put a bomb in your pants! :O
Created Feb 23, 2012. Unless noted Copyright 2012
Whitemorn .
We encourage you to submit a comment and let the artist know what you think of this drawing. Please log in or join to post a comment.
Post a comment
I don't know him but he sure look very nice even if he is up to no good....He is cute so I guess he can get away with every thing....5/5
Free drawing tools
All drawings on our website are created with our free web based drawing tools.
Drawing tools
Top draws this month
Check out some of the hottest drawings created by our members this week.
View top drawings
Draw and chat live
DrawChat is a chat room where you can draw and chat live with other members.
Start DrawChat


text:
Tractor-trailer driver killed in I-95 crash in Md.
August 17, 2012 - 07:34 am
BALTIMORE (AP) - The northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Baltimore have been shut down following a fatal tractor-trailer crash.
Fire department spokesman Chief Kevin Cartwright says the tractor-trailer carrying lumber appeared to strike a barrier wall at the exit for Interstate 395 about 11 p.m. Thursday.
Cartwright says the crash caused two fuel tanks on the truck to rupture and catch fire, and that flames engulfed the truck's cabin.
He says the driver, who has not been identified, was killed.
As of 6 a.m. Friday, the northbound lanes of I-95 remained closed. No other injuries were reported.
Would you like to contribute to this story? Join the discussion.
Short URL:
More in "Transportation"
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
"Katie" comes to ABC7 September 10th at 4 on ABC7!
"Katie" premieres September 10th at 4pm on ABC7 followed by Leon Harris and Alison Starling on ABC7 News at 5. Click here to find out more about "Katie!"
Photo Galleries Pictures from around the region
Foods that will solve some of your nagging issues
America's scariest airports: Ten places where the takeoffs and landings are harrowing
PHOTOS: Glen Echo Amusement Park flashback


text:
Some major films to come out of Louisiana last year were 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club and both movies won Academy Awards. Los Angeles, for years, has led the country in film production, followed by New York. Mulhearn says it appears the state's film tax incentive program paid off.
Mulhearn says producers want to film here because it is more cost effective due to the tax credits Louisiana gives as well as all the culture the state has to offer to crew members. He says a study by the Louisiana Economic Development says 15,000 jobs depend on the state's movie industry.