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All Public Sector stewards are required to attend a mandatory training facilitated by Lavonne Ritter, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services.
The training sessions will be offered on three Saturdays, March 30, April 6 and April 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
The training is intended to provide stewards with a comprehensive overview of rights, duties and responsibilities. All stewards must attend one of these sessions. Attendance will be taken.
Please contact your Chief Steward or Staff Representative to confirm your attendance. Space is limited and classes will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Ritter has been with FMCS for 24 years, and played a key role in the Southern Nevada Labor Alliance, a partnership involving Bechtel Nevada Corporation and the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council. She has been working in Nevada since 1996. Prior to that she worked for FMCS in Orange County, CA. She also spent nine years as a private sector management advocate in the collective-bargaining/human resources arena and as a union advocate in the public sector.
She has a bachelor of science in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco.
The training will include the following:
- Overview of Steward Rights
- Steward Duties
- Weingarten Rights
- Manager and Supervisor Rights
- Duty of Fair Representation
- Components of the Labor Agreement
- Past Practices
- Definition and Purpose of Grievances
- What Is/What Isn't a Grievance
- Grievance Investigation — checklist and guide
- Preparing Grievances
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California solar company eyes land at Plattsburgh Airport
by Zach Hirsch, in Canton, NY
Jun 24, 2014 — Solar energy is on the rise in New York State, thanks in part to a company from California, and state incentives that make it more attractive to do business here. SolarCity already has plans for developing solar farms in Glens Falls, Queensbury, and Schenectady. The Plattsburgh International Airport may be next. Go to full article
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Federal support for renewables in question
by NCPR Online
PARCEL RETURN SERVICE, DC, Feb 13, 2012 — The U.S. government supports renewable energy with money for research and tax breaks. But as the Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports, that backing has come under political fire, and the industry is already feeling the effects. Go to full article
Subsidies for solar power
PARCEL RETURN SERVICE, DC, May 21, 2010 — Sources of renewable energy like wind, solar, and hydroelectric are still just tiny players in a world powered by fossil fuels. Most of the power for your light switch comes from burning coal and natural gas. Mark Brush reports the government is trying to change that. There are state and federal programs that will pay you to put solar panels on your house. Go to full article
Bright future for solar power?
Las Vegas, NV, May 27, 2009 — President Barack Obama's visit to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas today has more to do with what's on the ground than it does the fighter jets in the air. Lester Graham reports on the base's solar energy project. Go to full article
The beauty of scrounging
by Todd Moe
Adams Center, NY, Apr 22, 2009 — Jim Juczak and his family are proud of their Jefferson County home. And they don't mind if people say it's trashy. Most of it is made of junk. Juczak lives near Adams Center and runs Woodhenge, an off-grid community and sustainability school. He's one of the featured speakers at the Sustainable Energy Fair in Canton this weekend. Juczak is a lecturer, tinkerer, gardener, alternative energy do-it-yourself expert, and green builder. He spoke with Todd Moe about his 18-sided home made of wood and papercrete - a paper sludge from a local mill. He says 80 % of his home is made of salvaged materials. Go to full article
Preview: Energy Fair in Canton
by Todd Moe
Apr 22, 2009 — NCPR is media sponsor for the 14th annual Sustainable Energy Fair at the SUNY Canton Miller Campus Center this weekend. This year's fair includes more than 100 workshops and exhibitors, green home tours, environmental theater and more. Todd Moe talks with organizer Patricia Greene. Go to full article
Solar panel factory planned for Franklin County
by Chris Knight
Jul 01, 2008 — An Essex County man wants to build solar panel manufacturing facilities in business parks in Malone and Harrietstown, potentially creating 100 new jobs in Franklin County. Brian McManus, an entrepreneur, business consultant and former Wall Street trader, is also planning an educational facility that would train workers in alternative energy technology. In addition to the job benefits, McManus says the projects will help to reduce the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. Chris Knight reports. Go to full article
Heard up North: My "Green" Bathroom
by Comvox
Oct 06, 2006 — Everybody loves an open house. Now you can check out your neighbor's cabinets AND cut your energy bills. Saturday, October 7th from 10-4 the GREEN BUILDINGS OPEN HOUSE will feature 15 energy efficient homes in St Lawrence County. Check out techniques like solar and wind energy, geothermal heating, green building techniques, passive solar design as well as some no-cost methods for energy efficiency. Brochures with sites and directions are available at Nature's Storehouse in Canton and The Greenhouse and Potsdam Food Coop in Potsdam, or by calling 379-9466.
One of the sites is the home of Ann Heidenreich, she's director of Community Energy Services. For today's heard up north, we visit her bathroom. Go to full article
One of the sites is the home of Ann Heidenreich, she's director of Community Energy Services. For today's heard up north, we visit her bathroom. Go to full article
Assessing NiMo's Renewable Energy Plan
Oct 29, 2002 — Niagara Mohawk customers can now choose to buy renewable energy on their latest electric bills. But they'll have to pay more for it, about 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour more. To better understand how this new system works, David Sommerstein spoke with Ann Heidenreich, director of Community Energy Services and the North Country's state representative for energy efficiency. Go to full article
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text: From the Editor 04 October 10 by David Rowan Tweet Wired UK This article was taken from the November issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing onlineI'm in Cambridge, at Microsoft Research, and I'm looking at the future of man-machine interaction. The academics here -- specialists in probabilistic maths and machine learning -- have just cracked one of modern technology's great challenges: how to track people as they're moving so a computer appears intuitively to understand their actions. And though these softly spoken PhDs are too modest to say so, their work has huge implications in fields ranging from medicine to sport.In the short term, the Cambridge research has allowed Microsoft to reinvent the Xbox 360 as a games console that does away with the controller. It's made possible the Kinect entertainment system that, from next month, will allow you to control racing cars, white-water rafts and footballs simply by moving your body. If families warm to it, there's no doubt that Kinect will give the Xbox the potential to reach a vast new mainstream audience and spawn a multi-billion dollar franchise. But there's something else happening here that is of far greater long-term significance than gaming.We're entering a new era of "natural user interfaces", whereby intelligent machines respond to our physical presence, our gestures, even our moods. By recognising you and responding to your voice and your movements, these systems will help you learn guitar more effectively, improve your running technique, even rehabilitate you after an operation. They will know how hot to run your bath, change TV channels when you wave, and no doubt cook your eggs to your liking at your spoken command. My all-access cover story on the making of Kinect gave me huge respect for the creative innovators around the world who came together to make it work. But what really excites me is that vast range of possibilities that lie far beyond gaming. BIG NEWS: Next month, you can enjoy Wired on the iPad as well as on paper. Following on from the success of our American colleagues' groundbreaking wired US app, we'll be using enhanced multimedia to reinvent how we tell stories on the tablet screen. We've spent months planning everything from video to 360°panoramic photographs and animated infographics. Do join us at the App Store from early November. Comments Read more on Microsoft Maker of Windows, Office, Xbox, Zune, Windows Phone and Microsoft Bob Politics Microsoft to support UK digital enterprise youth scheme Technology Microsoft turns single-camera smartphone into 3D depth sensor Gaming Microsoft leads charge with Xbox One exclusives at Gamescom Gaming Tomb Raider sequel exclusive to Xbox in Xmas 2015 Technology Microsoft and Intel put Windows on a microcomputer Business What Microsoft's CEO means by 'unifying Windows' Read more on Xbox Microsoft's current games console and competitor to the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii Technology Microsoft turns single-camera smartphone into 3D depth sensor Technology Kinect v2 for Windows available for pre-order for £160 Gaming Kinect-less Xbox One on sale now for £350 Culture Kinect creates partner out of light for digital dance-off Technology Microsoft caves and offers Kinectless Xbox One Gaming Xbox Kinect feels 'unnecessary', says Peter Molyneux Latest on wired.co.uk


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I'm constantly floored by the music that's being made out here in the Inland Empire and this week's PE Live band is no exception–Science Fiction Theater, has been crafting some of the finest indie pop rock around.
The band will be back playing Pomona on Friday May 31st at the DBA Wine Bar & Art Gallery.
Definitely check out Science Fiction Theater's Bandcamp site, too. You can hear their debut album there, which is still one of my favorites.
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I can't wait to hear the rest of forthcoming record "The Happy Sadness."
Here's "Head Strings" with Mike Jimenez and Jeremiah Trujillo performing in our studio.


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LAS VEGAS -- On the day after a deadly fire where an 7-year-old boy died and his older brother suffered burns, more information is coming out about why the boys were in the vacant home.
On a sidewalk near the burned home is a memorial with candles and pictures of two smiling boys. The Thursday afternoon fire claimed the life of the younger brother, Jacob West, who could not escape the flames.
The brothers were playing with two other boys. Tim Szymanski with the Las Vegas Fire Department said the four boys had some fireworks and were lighting them in the vacant home. When the fireworks turned to flames, one of the boys picked up a bucket with liquid and threw it on the fire, hoping to extinguish it, but the unknown liquid caused the fire to flare up.
Szymanski said, the older brother, a 10-year-old was burned and ran from the home. Two boys took refuge in a neighbor's yard, but 7-year-old West didn't make it out of the home.
Neighbor Raymundo Ramirez described what the frantic older brother told his mother.
"He said, that the other one, instead of getting out over here, went inside and then he was lost and 'I didn't see him again.'"
The older brother remains hospitalized. Metro Police are calling the fire accidental and are not charging the parents.
Fire department officials say they won't know where the fireworks came from until the boy's condition improves and they can talk to them.
The family who lived in the vacant home had only moved out the day before. City of Las Vegas officials say vacant homes are generally not a problem and typically boarded up quickly once they are reported.


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Hello readers,
My name is Jonas Bokeloh. I'm from Langenhagen and I'm 14 years old. In the summer of 2008 I got interested in cycling following an event that took place at my school. After the first few successes in 2008 I was blown away with enthusiasm and definitely wanted to carry on.
Jan Brockhoff and Ann-Leonie Wiechmann told me a lot of good and interesting things about the Young Heroes team and the initiative from Canyon. I therefore applied in summer 2010 and hoped to be accepted as soon as possible so I could get started with the racing. After I got the reply from Canyon I could hardly believe it that I'll be in the team in 2011! So I'm looking forward to the 2011 season even more now.
My biggest successes in 2010 were the victories at the German championships in Bundenthal, the TMP Tour, the Tour of South Palatinate and the International Junior Tour in Assen/Holland.
In 2011 I'm hoping for a successful season on the bike in the U-17 category, where it'll be my first season. I'm hoping for a lot of tips from Erik Zabel and the established members of the team. I'm really looking forward to the first meeting with the other Young Heroes and of course to my brand new bike.


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Our reporters and anchors spend their careers asking the tough questions. So we decided to turn the tables and ask them the hard questions about health and exercise. This week, get to know kutv.com's Web Producer Jenni Stokes.
Q: What do you do to stay in shape?
A: I love to stay active, I'm a big runner and biker, but I also love lifting weights and hiking – and I'm totally addicted to spin classes. I've also just started taking yoga regularly and it's been such a great addition.
Q: Do you have a favorite workout?
A: Spin classes, hands down. I love the intensity of it.
Q: What is currently on your workout playlist?
A: Just about everything from The Cure to Jay-Z to Britney Spears. And I'm not ashamed of that, "Til the World Ends" is a pretty killer song to sprint to.
Q: Do you have any stories from your experiences at the gym?
A: I may or may not have fallen off the elliptical once (okay, it's happened more than once…) in a very crowded gym. The only thing that made it worse was the guy next to me just looked at me, smirked, and kept going. And then explaining the bruises for the week after was also pretty brutal.
Q: What is your fitness "style"?
A: Let's just put it this way, when I work out it kind of looks like Rainbow Brite is going to the gym. Neon pink shoes anyone? I'm still trying to figure out how I can wear yoga pants to work, too.
Q: You keep a pretty close eye on the 2News Facebook page. What is the most memorable post you've seen?
A: Where do I even begin? The most memorable ones are usually spelling mistakes I make and don't catch…but all of our fans do! Thanks for being my spell-check, Facebook fans!
Q: I'm sure you can't eat healthy all the time. What is your favorite junk food?
A: I joke that my favorite food is lettuce since I'm a salad addict, but I'd be happy if I could live off chocolate chip cookies.
Q: Who would you rather work out with, Chuck Norris or Richard Simmons?
A: Neither, I want to do step-aerobics with Mary Hart.
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Walk up the approach ramp up and right past "Slipstream" several hundred feed. Keep going up and right until a brushy ledge system is reached. Go right until you find yourself under a 60' white detached tooth. The right side is "Full Tilt" and features a hard offwidth roof maybe 12 feet of the ground. The roof leads into an easier 5.8 dihedral. This climb is easy to toprope by chimneying the left side of the tooth, "Inside Out", and then climbing into and out the cave behind the tooth (5.6). Toprope/descend off chain anchors. A great location on Black Wall with views of Donner. The ratings in guidebooks are always off on this climb because it never gets a send. It is full on hard 11 OW roof.
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Chad Reed signs two year contract with Monster Energy Kawasaki
Published October 10th, 2009
The rumor had been going around for a while. But now it can be officially announced: Multi-time AMA Supercross Series Champion, and recently crowned AMA Motocross Champion Chad Reed has signed a two year contract to race for the Monster Kawasaki Team.
You can see and hear Chad's own words here at this link


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A Belleville woman in prison for attempting to kill one of her babies was charged Friday with murdering another child.
Elyse J. Mamino is serving a six-year prison sentence at the Lincoln Correctional Facility on an attempted murder conviction. She was scheduled to be released on Sunday.
But on Friday, Mamino, 28, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in the death of a second child in St. Clair County. Her bail was set in that case at $1 million.
"After a period of thorough review by officers and the children's justice division, it became clear this was no longer a cold case," said State's Attorney Brendan Kelly.
Belleville attorney John O'Gara confirmed on Friday that he will defend Mamino on the new charges.
"I intend to vigorously defend this case," O'Gara said.
In November 2008, Mamino tried to drown her newborn daughter in a toilet while attending a family party in Columbia, according to prosecutors and police. The baby, later named Victoria, was fished out of the toilet by a Columbia police officer who responded to a 911 call, noticed her move, then began resuscitation efforts.
Baby Victoria remained in a hospital for two weeks, but DCFS returned the child to Mamino's care for three months while the police continued their investigation.
During the course of the Monroe County investigation, police discovered she had given birth to another baby in September 2007 in Belleville. Belleville Police Department detectives, while executing a search warrant at Mamino's home at 5 N. 42nd St., discovered the remains of a baby boy.
There was evidence developed during the investigation that suggested the baby was born alive at the residence, then placed in a plastic bag causing the death of the child. The baby was then placed in the dresser draw until it was found by detectives.
The St. Clair County took possession of the baby boy's remains.
Baby Victoria was removed from Mamino's custody after the discovery of her brother's remains in February 2009. Mamino, a former teacher's aide who worked with children with autism at Franklin School in Belleville, was then charged with the attempted murder of Victoria. Mamino was found guilty but mentally ill in October 2009.
At that time, Mamino said that she didn't know she was pregnant, but then recanted that statement and said Victoria was born alive and was "gasping and kicking" after she placed her face-down in the toilet. Daniel Cuneo, a psychologist, evaluated Mamino and found she was "substantially depressed" and mental illness could have played a role in the crime.
During the investigation, Belleville Police Detective Sgt. Mark Heffernan said it was determined the baby was born alive and was later suffocated.
Columbia and Belleville Police never gave up over the last five years in their effort to bring justice for the baby, Heffernan said.
"This has been an ongoing investigation since we learned of the incident," Heffernan said. "We felt that she should be held accountable for her actions and we weren't going to give up."
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Clough Harbour & Associates LLP
Clough Harbour & Associates LLP Reviews Updated 4 July 2014 Updated 4 July 2014 4 Reviews
"Good introduction to an engineering office work environment. "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
Got to work with professional engineers, edit CAD documents for real projects, and go out in the field to observe projects and shadow the field engineers. Small working environment.Cons
The small number of employees in the office meant that sometimes work would slow down and I would not have as much work to do. The work mainly came in bursts when a bid came in.RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEO
"Good place to work, good future "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
Even in a big corporate headquarters everyone seems like a family. Management is smart and cares about the employees. HR does a good job and no worker is just a number.Cons
Seemed as if the pay wasn't too high for most positions where technical expertise was needed. Needs to enter the 21st century and get rid of the typical office space look.Advice to ManagementAdvice
The open-door policy is great but give those who voice opinions more of a chance. Keep up the work with expansion but don't forget about those at the core.RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
"Small company, dedicated to employees and growth "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Career Opportunities
Great atmosphere, dedicated knowledgeable employees. CHA cares about their employees and seems to reward them accordingly. Lots of engineering opportunities, definitely a growing companyCons
I did not see much of career growth from peers at the organization. Not sure if they have a structured program to help employees climb the ladder.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Keep up the good work, continue to hire the best and the brightest.Recommends
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Definitely great about giving praise!Cons
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Hey guys,
I know that everybody isn't able to get into the BSH Fantasy Hockey League this year. Would any other "leftovers" like to make our own league for this season? We could do the scoring just like the BSH leagues, that way we are good for next year! Send me an email at email@example.com if you're interested and I'll create a league. If you have friends who want to play, let me know, too! I'll set up a draft for sometime this weekend.


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Eau Claire (WQOW) - Saturday night Governor Walker was in Eau Claire to discuss some of the finer details in the budget.
The governor was a guest speaker at the Republican Party of Eau Claire County's Annual Lincoln Day Dinner. The event was at the Holiday Inn on Craig Road.
WQOW News 18 asked the governor what he plans to do with the budget surplus. "We're going to make investments in key areas. Creating jobs, developing the workforce, certainly more money and resources in education. Both K-12 and higher education will get more resources from this budget. And then we're making investments in infrastructure. We just announced 6.4 billion dollars we're investing in the transportation budget," said Governor Scott Walker.
While the governor spoke about his upcoming budget inside, more than 20 people gathered outside to protest his decision on health care.
"It's only going to provide healthcare for some, and not for all. And of course, yes I do need healthcare, but I don't want it at the expense of someone else. It's going to pin brother against brother, sister against sister," said Jasmine Voelz, who came to protest from Wausau.
"I think for some of the protesters, they're upset because we found a way to reduce the number of uninsured, and at the same time we didn't burden the state with the future costs that Medicaid expansion the federal government would bring on," Walker said.
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"Where Fillmore County News Comes First"
Online Edition
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Fri, Dec 5th, 2003
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Marjorie M. Miller, 93, of Greenleafton, died November 28, 2003 at Harmony Healthcare, where she had lived since February 2001.
Marjorie M. Boland was born June 12, 1910, on the family farm in Bristol Township, Fillmore County, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Grotebor) Boland. She attended rural schools and graduated from Preston High School in 1928. She began teaching piano following high school and continued for many years. On Oct. 24, 1932, she married Vernon Miller in Greenleafton. They lived on a farm in the Granger area until purchasing her family�s farm in Bristol Township in 1944. Mr. Miller died March 23, 1973. A lifelong member of Greenleafton Reformed Church, she was organist for 70 years, choir director for many years, taught Sunday school and was active in RCWM. Survivors include a daughter, Marcia (Arnold) Lee of Beloit, Wis.; a son, Robert (Carol) of Greenleafton; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a great-grandchild, three sisters and an infant brother. The funeral for Marjorie M. Miller was December 2, 2003 at Greenleafton Reformed Church, with the Rev. B.T. VanderWoude officiating. Burial was in Greenleafton Cemetery. Thauwald Funeral Home in Preston was in charge of arrangements.


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Welcome to the American Satin Rabbit Breeders Association (ASRBA)
Home to both the Mini Satin and the Satin - the team with sheen. Please take a few minutes to look through our pages. Whether you are a seasoned breeder of Mini Satins and Satins, or new to the world of rabbit breeders you're likely to find something of interest here. Our club is dedicated to uniting Mini Satin and Satin breeders from all over, and continuing to promote and develop our breeds! Feel free to contact any of our club members or officers for any assistance or questions that you may have. Better yet, join us and you will get a copy of our guidebook, receive our quarterly newsletter and access to our Facebook group.
Happy 4th of July
A red, a white, and a blue Mini Satin
Latest News
- Sweepstakes for Open and for Youth, in Mini Satins and Satins are now
updated. Update date: July 15, 2014
Points reflect shows through February, more updates will follow as more months get caught up. If any of your showing is not reflected in the sweepstakes it is because a show report was yet not turned in to our club.
Please NOTE: The List of Shows has NOT been updated yet. This will get done after Margaret gets a chance to work through that long list. The priority was to provide the sweeps, but the list of shows will not be forgotten. Huge thanks to Margaret for what was a massive project.
Also Note: available on the dropdown menu are the final sweeps for the last two sweepstakes years. Sweepstakes years run from July 1 to June 30 every year.
- Support for Sue Moessner Sponsored by friends of Sue and not affiliated with the ASRBA.
Click HERE to visit the Facebook site
If you haven't heard about the accident Sue Moesner was attacked by a Stallion and has suffered multiple broken bones and severe bites. If you don't know Sue she is the hardest working person I have ever met! Please if you wish to show your support for Sue by donating a RABBIT OF ANY BREED to this auction. Private message Bart J. Lillie (on Facebook) or email at firstname.lastname@example.com with your contact info, picture(s) of the rabbit and a copy of the pedigree. The auctions will be held on Sundays from 6:00-9:00 with animals previewed throughout the week prior. Payments are to be made at day of auction end. Payments are to be made by money order, made out to Gina Cavender, or contact Gina directly for information regarding payment made to her own personal PayPal account. Gina's email is firstname.lastname@example.com
Mail your money order to:
Gina Cavender
Jamestown, IN 46147
- 2014 NASS Results - Open Satin - Click here to view
- 2014 NASS Results - Open Mini Satin - Click here to view
- 2014 NASS Results - Youth Satin - Click here to view
- 2014 NASS Results - Youth Mini Satin - Click here to view
- Please send all show reports to our Sweepstakes Chair:
Margaret Potter
1401 W Sian Dr
Sanford, MI 48657
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- 2015 Proposed Satiin and Mini Satin Standard Changes
Click here to view pdf
- Proposed changes to the By-Laws and Show Rules -
Click here to view pdf
- Ballot results from voting on variety approval
Total Ballots 234
Broken Yes 231 no 3
Chocolate Agouti yes 122 no 110 abstain 2
Squirrel Yes 126 no 107 abstain 1
Himalayan Yes 207 No 26 Abstain 1
- 2013 ARBA Results. Thank you Charlcie Fowler for creating the PDF documents!
- Open ARBA Convention Results Click HERE to read
- Youth ARBA Convention Results Click HERE to read
- COD presentations went very well. All 9 Mini Satin varieties passed. The 3 new showable varieties are: Silver Marten, Tort, and Blue.
Copper and the Siamese Group Both passed second presentation and only have one more to go.
Californian, Squirrel, Chocolate Agouti, and Broken all passed their first presentation.
NOTE - The ARBA Standards Committee has decided the name of the Californian Mini Satin COD will be changed to Himalayan Mini Satin. There are other changes to the COD as well. Full, new COD will be posted here as soon as it is available.
- Updated report on the Don Matthews Memorial Fund - Click here to view
- Constitution Updated October 2013, for latest changes - Click here to view
- We will start a new sweepstakes year on July 1, 2014. Anyone who has a name change or a partnership change will need to let Margaret Potter know of your change so that he may keep your points for the new year in just the way you want them to be. Margaret's email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Important Information Regarding Partnerships
PLEASE Click Here to Read More
If you presently have or will have formed a partnership you need to notify Gina now. Our new year for sweeps started 7/1/12.
Remember all people involved in the partnership must be paid up A.S.R.B.A. members. We will need full names or nick names if you use them, and the way you want it listed for the points report. We also need to know what the partnership will be showing I.E. Satins or Mini Satins or both, or varieties if not showing together all varieties.
This is urgent since reports will shortly being coming in. If we are not notified you may lose points.
Also if you have changed your name, or it is misspelled, now is the time to make those corrections. Once you earn points for the new year it must stay that way or you loose all points accrued to that point.
Have a good points year and remember, if you have a problem or questions regarding the points feel free to e-mail me. I promise a quick response.
- 2013 NASS Results
- Open Satin Results Click HERE to read
- Open Mini Satin Click HERE to read
- Open Fur Competition Click HERE to read
- Exhibition Varieties of Mini Satin Click HERE to read
- Youth Satin Results Click HERE to read
- Youth Mini Satin Click HERE to read
- Youth Fur Competition Click HERE to read
- Renew your membership or join our club online using PayPal. Click HERE to open the form.
- Purchase ASRBA Merchandise online using PayPal. Click HERE to view the selection.
- Order ASRBA Sanctions online using PayPal. Click HERE to start.
- 2012 ARBA Convention Results - Youth (all) - Click here to view
- 2012 ARBA Convention Results - Open Satin - Click here to view
- 2012 ARBA Convention Results - Open Mini Satin - Click here to view
- Black, Choc, and Otters Mini Satins passed 3rd presentation and are now accepted Varieties! Blue, Silver Marten, and Torts passed Second Presentation. Only 1 more to go! Copper passed their first presentation, with 2 more to go.
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OUR VIEW | Schools, not sales in advertising idea
In the past few weeks, soccer and football teams from Kingston and Crosspoint Academy played state playoff games in Sumner at a stadium called Sunset Chev. That's Chev as in Chevrolet, so named for the Sunset Chevrolet car dealership just down the block from the school district-owned stadium formerly known as Sunset Stadium.
Sunset Chev was mentioned in our sports section multiple times as the playoffs progressed, so the company's sponsorship has, ostensibly, paid off with a little name recognition among sports fans. And it was likely a good deal for the district, as well, as the money — now a $1 million commitment through 2031 — has helped maintain the stadium. In addition to some remodeling done in 2003 when the original deal was inked, Sunset Chev this past summer added new turf and a new track. It's now one of the best public facilities in Pierce County, evidenced by all the hosting its done lately for thousands of athletes and fans from around Puget Sound.
As the North Kitsap School District toes the line on looking at similar public-private sponsorships in schools, Sunset Chev and the eight other sponsored school district athletic facilities in the state provide a good model to follow — as well as a good guardrail on how much advertising is too much.
In sports, of course, there's a precedent. Nearly all professional and many college facilities lend their stadium names to businesses, to no real distraction besides the occasional and annoying corporate name shuffling (evidenced locally by Seahawks-Qwest-Century Link Stadium evolution). There's also a specific connection: a local business's name is on a public facility its dollars directly support, which is often used by a broader group than just students. The sponsor reaches an audience of parents, traveling fans or newspaper readers, through a venue that is not essentially connected to a child's education.
Frankly, that line is about where the sponsorship idea needs to be drawn. (Some small advertising is already allowed in school publications, for example, which isn't being questioned.) Commercializing more functions of basic education — which includes busing to and from school — may be a tempting way to pay the freight the state has failed to sustain. But subjecting children to more advertising, whether sponsorships from corporate interests or allowing local vendors to promote a product during the school day, simply isn't a solution worth pursuing. Schools are a place of learning, not a place of commerce, and that's a line that should be drawn indelibly.
The idea is unfair to school boards or PTA groups as well, who already suffer from the state's shortcoming in providing for education. Pressuring them to support programs by finding individual businesses to pay for programming — rather than dedicating their energy to evaluating local levies to bridge specific gaps, for one thing — changes the role of an elected board or fundraising foundation. Student needs may still be the priority, but "return on investment" may suddenly be on the list of expectations as well.
This newspaper, of course, is an advertising-supported product. Perhaps because of that model, we're as aware as anyone about the abundance of messaging in our world — and sensitive to that culture moving into one of the few places left in society for thought, study and discussion that is free of commercial influence.
There's a limited space for business sponsorships to support school programs and facilities, as noted above. Just as limited is the precious time a child has in a school environment that is free of the daily pressure to buy and sell. What we hope is unlimited is the creativity needed in Olympia to provide for basic education, as the state's Supreme Court, residents and students demand. That's the solution that will really fly off the shelves.
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Just like your business, and ours, Googles aim is to provide their customers with the best service.
Well, with reference to Google Search, anybody that is making use of Googles Search facility.
Googles aim is to serve their customers with the best information possible.
This being said, it stands to reason that the order of the listings in Googles SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) are what Google perceives to be most relevant to your search query to the least.
Take a moment to think about your expectations of a quality website:
Google have a remarkable understanding of our expectations and have engineered a revolutionary algorithm (that is constantly being refined) that calculates the relevance of records in the SERPs in relation to search queries.
When the Googlebot crawls through a web document*, the algorithm references key performance indicators and builds a score card that will eventually determine where the web document will rank on the SERPs.
*I refer to documents as Google indexes other file types too, like .pdf, .doc, .txt. swf, etc not only webpages.
Before reaching a point where a search engine can assess any kind of keyword-relevant value is in a web document, Google will establish whether or not it can or should be crawled at all. Can it be crawled, can it provide content, can it handle the load, is the content unique or is the publisher duplicating/plagiarizing content, does it focus on real people and does the content of the document read logically?
Google looks for any information that might be of value to someone.
Google will try to establish the patterns in the markup to isolate the information that makes a specific web document unique.
Viz. a webpage will be made up most probably of segments of code, the navigation, header area or footer for example, that are common across the websites web pages.
By identifying where the information resides in the document, Google is able to operate more efficiently and can more easily interpret the information that may be of interest to users.
Google will analyse the markup of a document and scrutinize specific HTML tags to try and understand what the document is all about.
Google strips out the text, linearizing it, scanning it for patterns, passing it through a series of tests* and shreds it into indexable segments. It considers; what words or groups of words are used most often, what words are used in the metadata, microdata, headings, page title and what words are bolded, linked, bulleted or emphasized.
*The search engines will penalize web documents for an abnormally high keyword count or improper implementation of document logic; where documents with high word content will be perceived to be more informative and hence be more useful.
Before Google rewards websites with a high ranking it needs to be assured that you mean business. Long established websites with domain names that have been secured well in advance are regarded more highly by Google.
Websites that are visited regularly or websites that many other websites (especially the popular ones) link back to are preferred by Google. All websites indexed on Google have a score, called a PageRank - a mark out of 10. Backlinks and visits are aggregated by Google and are regarded as votes for the websites credibility.
The attention that Google gives PageRank currently, its own creation, is debatable but two things are for certain; a backlink from a website with a PageRank of less than 5 accounts for little and websites with higher PageRank in competitive industries will be preferred.
It stands to reason that Google will penalize web document that have errors.
Although many SEO specialists feel that the relevance of W3C* verification has depreciated of late - I feel it is still good practice to conform to these strict W3C standards. Not conforming may make a website unusable or error prone.
*W3C standards relate to the correct layout of web pages for readability as well making sure that the coded elements are marked up and declared correctly.
We all hate waiting for websites to open and Google is no different. Faster websites will be visited more regularly, by Google and visitors, and will receive preference.
Google also gives kudos to websites that- are accessible or understood by a broader audience like the visually or auditory challenged, have mobile alternatives, are printer friendly and render properly across all browsers, screen resolutions and operating systems.
The search engines are constantly evolving and changing and it takes a large investment to keep abreast of how to take full advantage of their services and operations.
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A task force of San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies will be on patrol in the Highland area on Super Bowl Sunday looking for drunk drivers.
The roving patrols are extra deputies in addition to regular patrols, the Sheriff's Department said in a news release. They will be on the lookout for people who watch the Feb. 3 game at sports bars, restaurants or Super Bowl-themed parties and then hit the road.
"Before choosing to drink choose a sober designated driver," Highland police Sgt. Maggie Finnerman cautions in the release. "Avoid the unsportsmanlike conduct of driving drunk by handing off your keys so that you, your passengers and everyone on our roads can safely arrive home.
"Drunk driving is always preventable," she writes, "and driving drunk could result in seriously injuring or killing yourself or someone else."
The department offers some helpful tips:
Designate a sober driver before the party begins.
Avoid drinking too much alcohol too fast. Pace youself, eat plenty of food, take breaks and alternate with non-alcoholic drinks.
If you don't have a sober driver, call a taxi or a family member or a sober friend for a ride home.
If you need a ride, enter www.ruok2drive.com on your smartphone browser for the OTS Cab Finder.
Never let friends drive drunk. Arrange a safe way for them to get home.
Always buckle up. "It's still your best defense against other drunk drivers," the release said.


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In an effort to beautify the heavy industrial portion of Hatboro, the owner of intends to demolish a neighboring house, expand his operations and add one or two employees.
But, before Mike Whalen can do any of that, he will need to present his plans to the Hatboro Planning Commission on Sept. 11 and sometime thereafter receive land development approval from the Hatboro Borough Council. On Monday, he shared with the governing body conceptual plans for what he hopes will be the future of the Oakdale Avenue property.
By demolishing a home at 449 Oakdale Ave., on the north end of the property, and adding a new building and canopy in its place, Whalen said his existing dozen employees could be "more efficient" and "a little more productive."
Whalen told Patch afterward that his intent is to "pretty up the front" of the property.
Bids are being sought now for engineering work, Whalen said, adding that he hopes that construction can get underway by October or November. He said it was too early to know how much the upgrades would cost.
The plan is to hire one or two more employees in the next year and a half, Whalen said.
Council President John Zygmont asked Whalen if he was planning to add noise barriers.
"There have been a few complaints," Zygmont said.
Since the business opened last year, Whalen said he has "always had the plan" to add vegetation behind the property to help buffer the typical metal and machinery sounds.
"It's an investment," Whalen said. "We are looking to do that at some point in the future."


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I never understood why OPM wanted to build USAJOBS in house. I know the big government people like to call it in-sourcing and say it protects the jobs of their own kind, but it's just misguided on so many levels.
While attending the USAJOBS Vendor Conference of August 2009 in Peachtree City, GA, I asked some fairly high up OPMers about the status of the USAJOBS re-compete. After a bit of hemming and hawing, they said that "procurement strategies" were still being developed but they hoped to get something on the street soon.
Sure enough, on October 16, 2009, OPM issued a Request For Information (RFI) for what I thought would be the re-compete of USAJOBS. Here's the link on FedBizOps:
The RFI was due November 20, 2009. I have no idea how many responses were submitted. Although I have to believe at a minimum the incumbent submitted a response. Anyway, a few months later and still nothing on the USAJOBS re-compete. I'm sure several other vendors wondered when the RFP would come out, but as time went on I simply assumed that OPM would just award USAJOBS back to Monster.
But guess what, OPM didn't make an award and for some crazy reason had decided to go it alone and develop USAJOBS 3.0 in house.
I don't know what triggered my epiphany, but it happened yesterday while walking my daughter home from school. Like normal, she was probably telling me about her day, all the great things she learned, etc. and I was probably off daydreaming about how I was going to crush OPM and take over the world (mu ha ha ha - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXOIf1YHmo).
So onto my epiphany; the development of USAJOBS 3.0 is being done by government personnel (with some private contractors), government resources and is being financed with government funding. Therefore the whole USAJOBS 3.0 project falls into the Public Domain. Meaning, the design docs, specifications, descriptions of features/functions, specifications, data schema, source code, progress reports, emails, etc., etc. are now the property of "We the people of the United States". We own it and have right to see it, touch it, copy it, etc.
Under Public Domain, OPM has no Intellectual Property rights, OPM cannot patent, trademark or copyright the work like the private sector. They cannot hide or shield it from us. In essence, all of this information is now available under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In fact, if I were a vendor who submitted a response to the RFI, I would want to see if any of my concepts are incorporated in the new design of USAJOBS 3.0. I can hear those FOIA requests now.
This leads to a second major issue: Confidentiality. In the RFI, OPM states: "All information included in this RFI is confidential and only for the recipient to know. No information included in this document or discussions connected to it may be disclosed to any other party." Fair enough. There are lots of great ideas out there and vendors need to have assurances that the government won't pass them to their competitors.
But, if OPM used any ideas in the design and development of USAJOBS 3.0 that were gained from the RFI (under false pretense some might argue) then OPM most likely violated its own confidentiality clause and became the competitor (a recurring theme that I've written about numerous times). This could prove to be very troublesome for OPM because a vendor may have legal standing if OPM stole (pretty harsh term, but necessary) their ideas.
Personally, I believe OPM should NOT be in the business of developing USAJOBS 3.0 or any ventures that compete with the private sector. My epiphany of public domain may hasten that reality even if my posts do not.
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Saranac and Lake Placid Tap Takeover-Saratoga Beer Week
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Where: The Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs, New York
Meet and share a cold one with Brewery owners Fred Matt and Chris Ericson as they takeover the Parting Glass for a great night of I Love NY Brews and cool beer gear!
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Concern about the growing number of flu cases has spurred a northern New Jersey hospital to temporarily impose restrictions on who can visit patients.
Jersey City Medical Center says anyone exhibiting flu-like symptoms and all children will be kept away from patients under the rules that took effect Saturday and will continue "indefinitely."
Hospital spokesman Mark Rabson tells The Jersey Journal that the rules were put in place to protect all patients.
New Jersey health officials are reporting moderate or high levels of flu activity throughout the state's 21 counties. Rabson says 50 percent of the emergency-room cases at Jersey City Medical Center are patients diagnosed with flulike symptoms.
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We've been punked! MTV pulled off a clever little prank, and it turns out that it was just a very special Jersey Shore Soils South Beach episode and the cast of guidos and guidas will soon enough be returning to Seaside, NJ where they belong, according to MTV spokeswoman Emily Yeomans. "Once the boardwalk heats back up, the series will return to the Jersey Shore to complete the season," they said. It was 60 degrees there today, so hopefully it'll be sooner than later even though we were told they are here for the next two months which, in reality show years, is an eternity. No wonder MTV didn't officially announce that season 2 was taking place in Miami. It was all just a little field trip and an elaborate ruse to throw us off (or Miami's lack of enthusiasm) and it may have been the smartest thing MTV did since canceling The Hills.
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The situation has suddenly improved: Jersey Shore heading back to the Garden State
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Guidos & Guidettes
Good! They're not welcomed here!
thanks hot potato, I was playing off on divas and divos.. guidas and guidos sounds a bit more, uh, refined. :)
mtv is garbage do they even play music any more?i miss the days of beavis & butthead and ren and stimpy
beavis and butthead was genius.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Juveniles are caught driving a car stolen from Choffin Career and Technical Center.
Police say five Mahoning County High School students, including two who attend Choffin part of the day, were found in the stolen vehicle around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The car belongs to a Choffin employee whose keys were stolen.
Police say OnStar alerted them to where the vehicle was located, officers stopped the car on Hudson Avenue and then the suspects ran away on foot.
Two juveniles, including one of the students who goes to Choffin for part of the day, were charged with receiving stolen property.


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The Dutch beat the Dominicans. I tried to think of something pithy and pun-tastic about the Netherlands to say here, but clearly that wasn't going to happen.
A depitction of the team from the Netherlands after their stunning, late-inning victory.
Yesterday's games:
Pool B: Cuba 5 Australia 4
A good, close game right up until the very end, but Peraza sealed the deal for Cuba, and guaranteed them advancement to round 2 with a two run homer in the 8th. Cuba's starter, a young Albertin Chapman, had a good start, allowing only 1 run in his 4 innings while striking out 7. Yoennis Cespedes had another good day at the plate for Cuba, hitting a double and a home run. Unfortunately, Australia just didn't have enough to overcome one of the best teams at the classic, but I really like their chances rematched against Mexico today.
Pool C: Venezuela 10 Italy 1
Italy just didn't have the hits today - and Venzuela did. Managing only six hits in nine innings of play, Italy's fate was sealed in Venezuela's 5 run ninth, which bumped the score to 9-0, based on 4 HRs in that innings (Bobby Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Lopez, Ramon Hernandez). After Enrique Gonzalez's solid start, Ramon Ramirez made an appearance on the mound, pitching a couple nice innings before getting in trouble and allowing Italy's lone run in the seventh. Italy is eliminated, and Venezuela rematches with the US for Round 2 seeding today.
Pool D: Netherlands 2 Dominican Republic 1 F/11
In addition to getting our pitchers back, I'm actually kind of stoked about the Netherlands going to Round 2. I'm always a little nervous about joining underdog bandwagons, especially when it's white-ish type people against those with darker skin tones, but, hey, half of the Netherlands team is actually from Curacao....so...Ok, so that's still a weird scene. But it's a little bit loveable that no matter how many times I predict that the Dutch will suck, they never quite do. As for this upset, I thought that it was a sad ending for Ubaldo Jimenez who probably put up one of best starts of the classic so far, allowing 2 hits and no runs in 4 innnings while striking out 10 (with 2 perfect innings). Pedro Martinez also had a hitless, three inning effort, but it was Carlos Marmol who blew the save (although it was Willy Aybar's error that scored the two runs) for the Dominicans in the 11th. Man. 11 innings and only one earned run. Crazy.
Today's games:
Pool B: 10:00 PM ET - Mexico v. Australia
I'm going to be not-so-crazy and predict Australia to win here. Mexico's pitching hasn't gotten any better since Sunday, and even if they score 14 runs again, I think Australia can score more. Oliver Perez and Elmer Dessens are both unavailable to pitch. However, Australia's mighty bats were mighty quiet against Cuba yesterday, so we may be seeing the end of a lucky streak. Also, Mexico's Alfredo Amezega hurt his knee and went to Florida to see the Marlins' doctors on Tuesday.
Pool C: 5:30 PM ET - USA v. Venezuela
In this rematch, the US is starting with Ted Lilly on the mound, who will be followed by Jeremy Guthrie. Venezuela, in what might be described as an odd turn of events. has opted for Victor Zambrano as its starting pitcher, (who gave up four runs in the previous game against the US), citing his big league experience. Only Gonzalez, Ramirez, and Galarraga will be unavailable out of the pen. (I think). I'm not sure how motivated each team will be at this point, since it's just standings now, but I do think that the USA will win again here.
Pool D: 6:00 PM ET - Netherlands v. Puerto Rico
Another rematch for seeding purposes, the last match between these two teams was very close, and this one could be as well. In its third game, Puerto Rico is expected to start a third catcher, with Geovany Soto starting in that position. At pitcher, PR is starting Jonathan Sanchez, who got 160 innings in San Francisco last season and wasn't terribly good, although he can clearly strike dudes out. The Dutch coach, when interviewed last night, hadn't decided on a starter, and joked about asking Bert Blyleven to step in. He may be joking, but I think that would be the Netherlands best bet, and hella awesome, to boot.
Parting note: Pool A's qualifiers, Japan and Korea, have arrived in the states, and are preparing for Round 2 with a couple exhibition games against the Giants and Padres respectively.


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Houston Grand Opera's Show Boat, Staged by Francesca Zambello, Rolls Into Texas Jan. 18
By Adam Hetrick
The Houston Grand Opera production of the sweeping American musical Show Boat, starring Sasha Cooke, Joseph Kaiser and Broadway veteran Lara Teeter, begins performances Jan. 18 in Texas.
Francesca Zambello directs the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical that will run through Feb. 9. Zambello previously staged this production of Show Boat for the Lyric Opera of Chicago last winter. The original creative team has reunited for the Houston engagement.
The principal cast features Cooke as Magnolia Hawks, Kaiser as Gaylord Ravenal, Teeter as Cap'n Andy, Melody Moore as Julie La Verne, Morris Robinson as Joe, Marietta Simpson as Queenie, Cheryl Parrish as Parthy Ann Hawks and Houston philanthropist Lynn Wyatt in a cameo role as the Lady on the Levee.
Show Boat has set design by Peter Davison, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Mark McCullough and choreography by Michele Lynch.
Show Boat premiered in 1927. Covering more than 30 years in the lives of the people connected to the Mississippi River floating playhouse known as "Cotton Blossom," Show Boat is based on the novel by Edna Ferber. It introduced serious themes (racism, miscegenation, romantic delusion, addiction and more) in a time when most musicals were frivolous entertainments.
The show's musical numbers include "Make Believe," "Old Man River," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine," "You Are Love" and more.
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By Jennifer Emert - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Some Dougherty County students may be forced to change schools next year because one is overcrowded and another is under-used.
15 classrooms at MLK Elementary sit empty while Lamar Reese Elementary is forced to use two portable buildings to handle all its students.
Administrators want to rezone the area so that all students will attend MLK and Lamar Reese will become a countywide magnet school.
School Board members expressed concern about moving more students into what's been an under-performing school.
"I don't object to the rezoning," said DCSS Board Chairman David Maschke. "My concern is that the school has really not been performing satisfactorily and I hesitate to put more students in the school unless there's also a plan of action to improve the academics at that school."
If the board approves the change, it would affect current Kindergarten and First Graders at Lamar Reese.
Starting next year, they would go to MLK unless they have an older sibling at Lamar Reese or they test into the magnet school.
Second, third, and fourth graders will be allowed to complete their schooling at Lamar Reese.
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The Importance of Healthy Feet
When you go into the doctor's office for a checkup of any kind, the first thing they tell you is to take off everything but your socks. So how then, wonders Michael King, D.P.M., a podiatrist in Fall River, Mass., can they check to make sure there's nothing wrong with your feet?
Good question. In fact, foot health in kids of all ages is sorely neglected unless the problem becomes so severe that the child limps or complains of pain. This can lead to all sorts of little problems that can turn into big ones if not caught early.
Unfortunately, I'm an accidental expert on the topic of foot health because I'm from a family with notoriously bad feet. From bunions (mine) to warts (my daughter's) to the nasty fungus my son regularly brings home from Boy Scout camp, we've seen it all. It's all made me a bit of a fanatic about taking a good look at my kids' feet every month or so. It's also led me to think that maybe other parents need a bit of a foot health primer, so below are some common foot problems in children and how they should be treated.
Keeping an Eye on the Feet
James Thomas, D.P.M, of the University of Alabama Birmingham, says that most serious foot problems are caught fairly quickly after a baby is born. "The really bad things congenitally are picked up almost immediately, so where the parents become important in diagnosing foot problems is when the child is at least 3 or 4 years old," he says. "Up to about age 4, kids just pick their feet up and put them down. Around age 4 is when they develop a heel/toe gait. This is when foot problems can begin to manifest themselves."
Thomas says to look for the following:
- Limping
- A child not participating at the level that is normal for their age or grade range because their legs get tired
- Any discrepancy between the feet, such as one foot turning out more than the other or one foot flatter than the other
While the parent needs to start being vigilant when the child is about 4 years old, that doesn't mean that foot problems can't occur or start beyond that point. Here is a list of common foot problems that can occur through adolescence.
Flat Feet
Thomas co-authored a study recommending new clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of pediatric flatfoot. Usually, he says, flatfoot – also known as flexible flatfoot – isn't a problem and often resolves itself by age 10 or 12. However, it should be evaluated and monitored both to be sure it resolves itself and to be sure that it is not causing the child any foot or leg pain or causing the child to adjust his gait, which can lead to other problems. Treatment is usually pretty simple and is merely a question of the proper arch support, unless it does not resolve itself. In the latter case, surgery may be indicated.
Heel Pain
Also referred to as Sever's Disease, heel pain is very common in children aged 8 to 12. King says they see more and more of this condition now that it's become common for children to do a sport 12 months of the year. Depending upon the severity, a hiatus from sports may be necessary to give it a rest. This is most commonly seen in boys, but as girls become more active in athletics, they are also presenting with more foot problems. King also points out that the habit of putting one's shoes on without untying them is stressful for the foot and heel and should be avoided.
Tarsal Coalition
As the term "coalition" implies, this is when two or more bones in the foot are joined. The condition presents as a flatfoot, but usually just on one side and the foot is rigid rather than flexible. This is most commonly seen from age 8 through the teen years. It's a more serious situation than the traditional flatfoot, and can alter the way a child walks and can lead to stiffening of the foot, difficulties in gait and early arthritis.
When I was a kid this was referred to as being "pigeon toed," and my baby brother (now 35!) was in braces from age 3 to 5 to "cure" his pigeon toes. Nowadays, says Thomas, they don't do much bracing, as in-toeing generally resolves itself between ages 7 and 14. Besides, he notes, some of the best athletes in the world are a little pigeon toed, so maybe it's a good thing.
More commonly known as smelly feet, this is not a hygiene issue, according to King. It's merely that some people's feet sweat more than others, and that perspiration causes them to stink. Controls include changing socks more frequently and using an antiperspirant on the feet. If that doesn't do it, there's a stronger medication that a podiatrist can prescribe. It's important to treat this condition, because it can lead to other problems from the constant moisture, including the next two.
Warts are very common in adolescence, especially in those with hyperhidrosis. King estimates that 90 percent of kids with warts also have hyperhidrosis. Warts can be difficult to get rid of because they are caused by a virus. They can be painful if they are on a weight-bearing surface. They can also get too near a nerve and cause pain. My daughter had to have foot surgery to have a stubborn one removed that was causing her extreme pain. Normally, the warts are "burned" off with a topical acid that can be purchased over the counter. If warts persist, see a professional.
Athlete's Foot
Again, hyperhidrosis can exacerbate this, but my son probably picked it up in the communal shower at Boy Scout camp. King suggests that any child in a camp or communal living arrangement wear flip flops in the shower. As for treatment, there are a number of over-the-counter treatments for athlete's foot. If it doesn't clear up, see a doctor.
Ingrown Toenail
King says this can be serious if left untreated because it can become infected, and a big cause of infection in teenagers and adults is bathroom surgery. In other words, when they try to dig out an ingrown toenail, it becomes infected. In a case where a child is also diabetic, this can be a disaster. A professional foot doctor not only can clear up infection, but can fix the underlying cause of ingrown toenails, especially if it's a recurring problem.
You might not think about your child's foot health on a regular basis, but it's never too late to start. Think about how much your child depends on his feet to get him where he's going. When you do, it's easy to see how taking good care of the feet now can only help your child out later.


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Try Hyco's warm waters for February bass
Discharge from power plant keeps temperature levels relatively high
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|Barry Joyce
Hyco Lake, which has a warm-water discharge, has been producing lots of big bass this winter, like this 9.58-pounder.
Anglers who want a chance at catching a trophy largemouth while snow melts on Piedmont hillsides should consider a warm-water discharge lake such as Hyco Lake in Person County. Barry Joyce, co-owner of Hyco Marina & Outfitters in Semora (336-202-5210), saw a fishermen near the NC 57 bridge this week who showed off a bragging-sized catch of largemouth bass he and his girlfriend had landed.
"They had six bass, and the largest one weighed 9.58 pounds," he said. "The smallest was a good 5-pound fish."
What makes Hyco Lake such a hot place in winter is that, well, it's a hot place — the water is warmer compared to other reservoirs during the winter because Duke Energy has a power plant on its shoreline that dumps heated water into the lake, raising the temperature to 75 degrees in places, while the coldest water is in the low 60s.
As a crappie fishery, "this lake has really come back," Joyce said. "It's full of (threadfin) shad and tilapia.'
Tilapia? Did he mean those fish that restaurants serve?
"Yes," he said. "People are fishing live tilapia on (bottom) rigs. That's what the big bass are hitting."
Tilapia is a tropical species and can survive only near the hot-water discharge canal.
The best spots places seem to be around bridges, such as the NC 57 bridge near his marina.
"People can't fish the bridges in boats," he said. "It's a lake-authority safety rule. But you can fish from the bank, and that's what the guy and his girlfriend were doing."
The crappie fishing also has been excellent. Joyce and his wife recently caught "slabs from 1 to 1 ½ pounds" while casting crappie jigs at submerged tree tops. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently felled trees and allowed them to fall into the lake to create more fish habitat.
"Nobody else was fishing those trees," he said. "Other people use spider rigs and some pitch (jigs or minnows) at (boat) docks. The biggest crappie were full of eggs."
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Columbus Day Weekend is upon us and it will be a fun time for all. We have many activities in store for you this weekend at Ocean Crest Resort.
First is our Highway 101 Sips and Bites. Wine Director Stephen Pavletich and Executive Chef Andrew Bickar will be serving up some great food and wines in our lounge on Saturday from 2:00 until 4:00. Stephen is pouring 3 wine from the Olympic Peninsula 101 loop and Andrew is creating 3 plates to match. It is certain to be a delicious experience. Space is limited and almost sold out. If you would like to attend you need to call 1-800-684-8439 today and reserve your place.
Second is clam digging. That's right, many will be descending on the Washington Coast in the quest for Siliqua patula, the Pacific Razor Clam. This should be a particularly good dig, there have been some good low tides lately and the clams are plentiful.
Of course you could also just come out for some beach combing, a massage, swimming, a soak in the hot tub, curling up by the fire in an ocean view room, a romantic dinner for 2… the possibilities are endless and we have some terrific lodging specials for you to take advantage of.
If you are already committed to the top of the peninsula, Chef/Owner Jess Owen, aka The Culinary Madman, will be performing a cooking demonstration at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles on Saturday. Jess hits the stage and Noon and will be revealing the secrets to his Culinary Madman's Smoked Clam Chowder which he debuted at the Razor Clam Festival and Taste Washington wine event earlier this year.
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Watermaster plan alarms users
Colorado River communities strive for local monitoring
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Quick facts about the Colorado River:
Length: Approximately 862 miles, longest river wholly in Texas, runs from Lamesa in Dawson County to Bay City on the Gulf of Mexico
Drainage: 39,900 square miles, slightly smaller than the state of Kentucky
Major dams: 11
Outflow at the Gulf of Mexico, measured on March 28: 5,160 acre feet per day (2,160 cubic feet per second)
Counties in the Colorado River basin:
San Saba
Tom Green
Advantages of a watermaster program, as listed on the TCEQ Watermaster Evaluation Fact Sheet for 2012:
TCEQ watermasters can provide valuable services to the water users in the basins they oversee, in addition to their monitoring of river conditions.
Watermasters can coordinate diversions in the basin, ensuring that all water users get the best overall value from the water available to them.
With their real-time monitoring of local streamflows, watermasters can quickly identify and stop illegal diversions.
Watermasters should be able to anticipate a shortage before it reaches the crisis point, thus enabling local users to work together to develop a strategy that will meet everyone's most basic needs.
When disputes arise among water users, the watermaster is often able to help the users settle the matter, thereby avoiding costly litigation.
Watermasters can provide valuable technical assistance.
Having a watermaster program in place affords a long-term solution for managing water rights in that river basin.
A loss of local control, another layer of bureaucracy, an undue cost and urban interests taking precedence over rural are some of the concerns expressed by counties, cities, school districts and landowners over a proposal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to appoint a watermaster to the Colorado River basin.
The TCEQ is responsible for the administration of water rights in Texas. According to its website, a watermaster program ensures compliance with water rights by monitoring stream flows, reservoir levels and water use. A watermaster is an officer appointed by the TCEQ to monitor water levels and pumping volumes in a basin to prevent the wasting of water or the use of water in quantities beyond a user's right.
"In a watermaster area, there is much more day-to-day management of the water," said Andrea Morrow, of the TCEQ media relations office in Austin.
The Colorado River Basin extends from the boundary of Texas and New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and takes in all or at least parts of 63 counties.
It stretches outward from Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum and Cochran counties and catches Borden, Scurry, Midland and Ector. It takes in Tom Green and all of the surrounding counties in the Concho Valley and then continues through the Hill Country counties of McCulloch, Menard, Mason, Kimble and Gillespie. The basin goes as far east as Austin and then curves southward through Bastrop, Fayette and Wharton counties before ending in Matagorda along the Gulf.
The basin includes the main stem of the Colorado River and its major tributaries: the North and South Concho Rivers, the San Saba River, Pecan Bayou, the Llano River, the Pedernales River, Barton Creek and Onion Creek.
There are approximately 1,251 water rights permits in the basin.
According to a TCEQ Watermaster Evaluation Fact Sheet for 2012, the Colorado River Basin is being evaluated this year because of TCEQ Sunset Legislation and House bill 2694, which was adopted by the 82nd Texas Legislature and continues the agency for 12 years.
The legislation included a requirement for the TCEQ to evaluate and issue a report for all river and coastal basins that do not have a watermaster and then assess whether one is needed.
Along with the Colorado River Basin, the TCEQ is evaluating the Brazos River Basin, the Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basin and the Colorado-Lavaca Coastal Basin.
Water rights belonging to entities and landowners in the basin are classified as senior or junior rights, Morrow explained.
"It's first in time, first in right," she said. "You have some really old ones, maybe a rancher from the 1900s, and then maybe someone from 1960 or even later."
With or without a watermaster, water rights holders are annually permitted to pump a certain amount of water that is determined from historical use.
A watermaster program requires all water users, before starting their pumps or diverting water in any other way, to notify the watermaster when and how much water they plan to divert. The watermaster then determines whether a diversion will remove water that rightfully belongs to another user.
If so, the watermaster notifies the user with lower priority rights to reduce pumping or stop altogether.
When stream flows diminish, the watermaster allocates available water among the users according to each user's priority date. If a water rights holder doesn't comply with the water right or TCEQ rules, the executive director can direct the watermaster to adjust the control works, including pumps, to prevent the owner from diverting, taking, storing or distributing water until the water rights holder complies.
In mid-February, TCEQ sent letters to all water rights holders of the Colorado River Basin, seeking input on the basin's evaluation.
The comment period ran through the first week of April.
After receiving its letter, the Mason County Commissioners Court was quick to pass a resolution against a watermaster, as did the city of Mason.
Comanche Creek runs through Mason and south of town flows into the Llano River, a tributary of the Colorado.
"The best stewards of the river are the farmers and ranchers," said County Judge Jerry Bearden. "When the river is low, we don't irrigate. We feel like we're better able to supervise with local control, instead of the state controlling. It's just another layer of bureaucracy."
The resolution includes concerns over the cost of a watermaster.
"Per acre-foot fees are paid annually by all water rights holders on the river to cover the costs of maintaining an office and personnel for the watermaster program," the resolution states. "Though years may go by without the necessity of the watermaster to make a priority call."
An acre-foot is 325,800 gallons, the amount of water required to cover one acre to a depth of 1 foot.
Another point in opposition is that under a watermaster program, all water rights holders are required to install and maintain, at their own cost, meters to measure the amount diverted to within 5 percent accuracy.
The commissioners in Mason County were opposed to the notice of intent that has to be filed ahead of time and each time water is diverted, and the control a watermaster has over diversions of water. They also were concerned that water would be allocated to favor urban economies over rural economic growth and opportunities.
"We see this coming from the metro area, east of I-35," Bearden said. "They are continually wanting to control what comes out here."
The city of Goldthwaite in Mills County is entitled to 1,500 acre-feet from the Colorado River, but half the time it doesn't flow, said city manager Robert Lindsey.
The city and county passed resolutions against a watermaster.
"Mother Nature is the supreme watermaster," Lindsey said. "We don't even get to avail ourselves of our full water rights all of the time."
Lindsey also is worried that if the city doesn't use all of its water rights, a watermaster program will reallocate them elsewhere. And because the TCEQ already has the responsibility, authority and enforcement for managing water rights on the river, Lindsey sees the program as being redundant, adding another layer of regulation with costs.
Dave Akers irrigates his pecan orchards from the Copperas Creek tributary that feeds into the North Llano River about 21 miles northwest of Junction. He ships his product all over the country and is opposed to a watermaster.
"Who better to look after the water than the person on site who has a vested interest?" he said. "We can manage better than some man sitting in an office in Austin."
Akers said that the Kimble County hills are covered in water-guzzling cedar and that he's been trying to clear his property to increase water flow.
"We all need to be better educated on how we use water and not waste it," he said.
The Kimble County Commissioners Court, the city of Junction and the Junction ISD drafted resolutions opposing a watermaster.
"We don't draw any water out, but we have water rights, and we don't know what will happen in the future," said school superintendent Renee Schulze.
Menard County Judge Richard Cordes said he hasn't found anyone in Menard County who's in favor of a watermaster. His court passed a resolution against one March 19.
"You have economic development that may come into Menard, and something in the watermaster may prohibit that," he said. "The bad may outweigh the good it produces."
Cordes also mirrors Mason and Kimble County's concerns that the water may flow toward urban areas and away from rural areas.
The Coke County Commissioners Court also passed a resolution against the program.
"We need to keep as much local control on water as possible," said County Judge Roy Blair. "I understand water is important to all, but we don't want it shipped to somewhere else."
Robert Lee Mayor John Jacobs, whose city had to lay a 12-mile pipeline to its neighbor Bronte to get water, also is worried about losing local control.
Some Concho Valley counties, part of the Colorado River Basin, are under a watermaster program that was established on the Concho River in 2005. That program takes in Irion, Runnels, Sterling, Coke, Reagan, Tom Green, Schleicher and Concho counties.
Tom Green County Judge Mike Brown said the Commissioners Court received a letter from the TCEQ but won't act on it because the Colorado River doesn't run through the county and the Concho River is already under a watermaster.
Addressing the local control concern, Morrow said: "State water is owned by the state of Texas, which issues permits for the diversion, impoundment and use of state water under Chapter 11 of the Water Code. A watermaster ensures that entities which use state water are doing so according to their permits."
The TCEQ also doesn't see this as an urban versus rural issue.
"The TCEQ regulates water right permits according to their specific terms of the permits," Morrow explained. "Permit terms include such things as priority dates, diversion amounts and rates, and specific types of use such as municipal or agricultural."
The TCEQ will hold water rights holders' meetings from April through June and then complete the evaluations and present their findings and recommendations to the TCEQ commissioners in July and August. A biennial report with the evaluations and findings will be issued in September, and that will then be submitted to the Legislature next January.
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Arctic Circle
by David Rowley
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Arctic Circle
Just as you cross the Arctic Circle on the E6 road in Norway is the Arctic Circle Centre, where you can stop to buy a souvenir or even get your passport stamped. At an elevation of over 600 metres above sea level the area often keeps its Arctic look all year round. This image was taken in late May and at the time there were still snow patches at 50 metres above sea level.
The arctic circle marks the southern boundry of the summer midnight sun, and in mid winter the sun will only just rise onto the southern horizon at noon.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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Garrison Seeks to Seize 4 Buildings Near DC
Mezzanine lender Garrison Investment is moving to take control of a struggling 514,000-square-foot office portfolio in suburban Washington.
The four buildings, at an office park in Reston, Va., have seen their value plummet since Penzance Partners acquired them in July 2007 for $142 million. Washington-based Penzance started emptying out the 1980's-vintage buildings in order to plow millions of dollars into capital improvements and re-lease the space at higher rents. But the plan was stymied by the economic downturn, and the occupancy rate now stands at only about 45%.
In August, Penzance was unable to refinance a maturing $107 million senior loan from UBS and Garrison's $31.5 million mezzanine loan. Now Garrison, a New York hedge-fund shop, is seeking to seize the properties via foreclosure. A foreclosure auction has been scheduled for Nov. 1 in New York.
Last month, Eastdil Secured shopped the mezzanine loan for Garrison, but didn't receive any acceptable offers. Eastdil is now marketing the portfolio to try to drum up interest in the auction. But market pros doubt Garrison will get an offer high enough to persuade it to walk away.
Garrison's game plan is unclear if it ends up with the portfolio, as expected. But market pros presume the firm would have to stabilize the buildings before it could try to sell them.
That could be a challenge. First, Garrison, which is operating via its flagship Garrison Special Opportunities Fund, would need to negotiate a loan extension with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, the master servicer of the senior securitized mortgage, or else find new financing. Market players estimate that the portfolio's current value is well below the $107 million balance of the senior loan, perhaps as low as $75 million. That would mean that Garrison's position is currently out of the money. For Berkadia to sign off, it would need to be persuaded that Garrison's strategic plan is the best way to maximize the properties' value.
Also, although Reston is just 25 miles west of downtown Washington, it is outside the Capital Beltway loop. That would leave Garrison with a lot of vacant space in a slightly less-desirable location. But the average occupancy rate in the local Dulles Corridor submarket is about 85% - almost double the level at the Penzance portfolio. So an aggressive leasing campaign should bring results.
The properties in the portfolio are:
*Reston Corner 1, at 12001 Sunrise Valley Drive (100,000 sf). Built: 1982. Occupancy rate: 29%.
*Reston Corner 2, at 12005 Sunrise Valley Drive (109,000 sf). Built: 1983. Currently vacant.
*Parkridge Center 2, at 10803-10805 Parkridge Boulevard (95,000 sf). Built: 1985. Occupancy rate: 100%.
*Parkridge Center 5, at 10780-10790 Parkridge Boulevard (209,000 sf). Built: 1999. Occupancy rate: About 50%.
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February 15, 2013 by Leo
Tommy recalls the race of his life as a celebrity race at Snetterton in 1982
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60 seconds with Matt Griffin
February 8, 2013 by Tony Gregory
Matt Griffin has recently signed a deal that will see him join Ram Racing for the European Le Mans Series
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January 14, 2013 by Leo
Conor behind the wheel of the No.14 ABC Supply Honda IndyCar at a test at Sebring International Raceway late last year
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MMA Live Gives Us The Top 5 Jon Jones Toughest Fights.
how was shogun #2??? jon jones rag dolled shogun … it was at no point in the fight a close fight…..i dont think jon jones has ever had an easier fight!
Ha, I was thinking the same thing.
Jon Jones' real top five
5. fighting Rashad after agreeing not too
4. thinking himself a god
3. wrecking his car and getting a DUI
2. wrecking his car with 2 skanks in the car that were not his fiance
1. denying to fight Chael and being the sole reason for the cancelation of 151.
I forgot he wrecked Shogun on short notice. The kid is a beast no denying that. Even his haters know he wrecks the toughest fighters in the world easier than a fat chick can finish a bag of popcorn.
hey bruno , here is a video of Anderson Silva fighting in 1999 :
Bruno:Thanks, but I posted it here about 4 years ago. Here is a couple of old Anderson Silva Kickboxing Muay Thai bouts – video
I agree with #1 but Jon Jones easiest fight by far to this point was Shogun it looked like a boy vs a man. Absolute domination not tough at all. And where the heck is Stephan Bonnar that fight was arguably even tougher for JJ than Machida. Definitly his most competitive fight was against Stephan Bonnar thus far
IMO the Stephan Bonnar fight proved his ability. I'm pulling for Vitor.
recowger your a dumass. Dana White just said Dan Henderson knew 2weeks before announcing if only Dana knew then 151 wouldnt be canceled.
jones is gifted but no man is above his sport he should have took the fight and the ufc should not have had such a weak undercard


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Atlantic Sun Unveils Top Moments of 2009-10
MACON, Ga. - With the FGCU women's soccer team opening the 2010-11 athletics season tonight against Barry University, the Atlantic Sun Insider blog looks back at the top moments from 2009-10.
Today begins the 33rd season of competition in the Atlantic Sun. Before putting the 2009-10 academic season to bed, take a look at the Atlantic Sun Blog vote on your favorite moment from last year.
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Student Phone Lines
In Summer 2010, all student landline phones were removed due to changes in the University's phone contract. If you are in need of a landline phone, you may request to have one installed in your room/apartment. Please fill out the form below if you would like to request a landline phone. Students will need to provide their own phone.
Residence Life offers a wide range of programs and activities in all of our halls. These programs enhance the educational experience at Belmont by offering opportunities to learn and grow outside the classroom. Each complex offers Signature Academic, Social, and Convocation events, among others. Check the Residence Life Programming calendar in each lobby for a complete list of upcoming events.