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3003 Aluminum Sheet3003 Aluminum Sheet and Coil (Series 3003-H14)
3003 Aluminun, the most widely used of all aluminum alloys, is a great general purpose manganese alloy. It is essentially commercially pure aluminum with the addition of manganese which increases the strength some 20% over the 1100 grade. Thus, it has all the excellent characteristics of 1100 with higher strength. H14 designates the temper, and means that 3003 has been strain hardened and partially annealed. In this condition, 3003 can be easily drawn or spun, welded or brazed. In terms of its workability, 3003 welds well with proper equipment, is easy to drill, machine, shear and form. It is non heat-treatable.
3003 Aluminum is a general purpose manganese alloy. It is stronger than 1100 with the same good formability and low cost, fine corrosion resistance and weldability. It is used in stampings, spun and drawn parts, mail boxes, cabinets, tanks, and fan blades.
Applications: 3003 Aluminum is used for drawing, forming, spinning, fuel tanks, sheet metal works and other applications that require moderate strength. It's an excellent metal for skinning frames, truck beds, tool boxes, mail boxes, cabinets, fan blades, awnings and siding. General purpose manganese alloy. Stronger than 1100 with same good formability and low cost. Fine corrosion resistance and weldability. Used in stampings, spun and drawn parts, mail boxes, cabinets, tanks, fan blades. For higher strength, consider 5052-H32.


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EYOTA, Minn. (KTTC) -- State Sen. Carla Nelson met with MnDOT officials Monday after a recent accident that injured eight people at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 42 in Eyota.
MnDOT officials say flashing LED stop signs and rumble strips have been installed on Highway 42 since a community meeting about the intersection in April.
MnDOT is looking into a roundabout as a permanent solution. However an initial study showed this particular intersection did not meet the criteria for a roundabout.

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Thomas was involved in two shootings in Boulder. The first took place in 1992, when he got a call that a man was walking down Folsom Street carrying weapons and shouting, "I'm gonna kill all the niggers." Thomas caught up with the man at Folsom and Arapahoe; there were already some officers present, and the street was crowded. "This guy is holding two big butcher knives," says Thomas. "Long hair. He just has these wild eyes. And screaming, 'Get President Bush out here, because somebody's going to die today.'
"It starts moving south on Folsom, and for some reason he fixates on me. There's several officers now, maybe five, but you can't control an armed suspect with butcher knives, and what we were trying to do was just keep a semi-circle round him as he moves down the sidewalk. He keeps feinting and starting toward me with these knives, and at one point he closes the gap too quickly and gets closer than I'm comfortable with him coming -- there's this rule in police work that if a suspect with an edged weapon comes closer than 21 feet, he can close that distance faster than you can get off two rounds -- and I shoot him. The first round enters and exits through the hip/groin area, and not only did he not flinch, but I thought my gun didn't go off. But then I realized I had shot him, and you know what this guy did? He looks at me and says, 'No. No. Not here...'" Thomas points toward his own hip, then his forehead. "'Put one right there.'
"You know in the movies, they show the police shooting somebody and they flip over backward? Here's this guy -- it didn't even look like a bee had stung him, and he'd just taken a through-and-through round with a .45 caliber. So he continues to move south, and there's a sergeant there who's calling for a dog, and there's officers shouting at this guy..."
Thomas stops, shakes his head. "Only in Boulder," he says. "They must have thought it was a movie being filmed. I think anywhere else, once the shooting started, people would have taken cover. But people are coming out of the 7-Eleven with Slurpees, people are walking by married-student housing shouting, 'You fucking pigs. Leave the guy alone.'
"He starts to charge at me again. I fire another through-and-through round. He doubles over, looks right at me and says, 'That one hurt.' I ran up, knocked him to the ground, and this bleeding, slippery, psychotic suspect is still fighting."
Eventually, the man was handcuffed and taken away in an ambulance.
After this incident, a police committee nominated Thomas for a medal of valor. But the nomination was blocked by then-police chief Tom Koby, who said he refused to recognize a police officer for using deadly force against a citizen.
Thomas's second shooting occurred in 1993, when an armed man barricaded himself inside a trailer, having already shot at his wife and daughter. He came outside several times, pointing his gun to his own head and chest. When he pointed the gun at Thomas, Thomas shot him. Immediately afterward, rather than talking to the cops about what had happened, Chief Koby went to the hospital to visit the suspect.
John Ramsey: This man has harmed us deeply. He's failed in his responsibilities as a police officer. He's failed us. He's failed JonBenét. He's failed the community of Boulder.
-- Larry King Live
Thomas worked the Hill for three years before going into undercover narcotics. He was still long-haired and bearded when he was called in on December 28, 1996, to help solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the six-year-old whose body had been discovered in the basement of her family home two days earlier. By the time Thomas entered the case, the crime scene had been almost irretrievably contaminated. Dozens of people had walked through the Ramsey house. Key evidence -- the pad of paper on which a long, rambling ransom note was written, a suitcase in the basement -- had been handled and moved. John Ramsey, who'd found the body, had ripped off the tape covering her mouth and carried her upstairs; in the living room, both parents had hugged the body, which was then covered with a blanket. If the circumstances hadn't been so grave, the extent of the law-enforcement bungling might have seemed comic.
At one point, according to Thomas's book, a crime-scene tech dusted the Ramsey home for fingerprints while a victims' assistant followed behind, busily tidying up with spray cleaner and cloth.
Even as Thomas and his fellow officers struggled to retrieve what evidence was left and to put a viable case together, other obstacles appeared. Eventually, they would prove insurmountable. Two salient facts became apparent almost immediately: The Ramseys would not cooperate with the police investigation, and the Boulder County District Attorney's Office would be more supportive of the Ramseys than of its own police team.
As Thomas describes it, John and Patsy Ramsey began lawyering up within a day of the discovery of their daughter's body. On December 26, the couple went to the home of friends, where they were joined by another friend, Mike Bynum, a prominent local lawyer who had once worked in the district attorney's office. By the next day, a three-person team hired by the Ramseys had already interviewed the Ramseys' close friends Fleet and Priscilla White.


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Canada's Roster for the Gold Cup came out today. Terry Dunfield is the only Whitecap on it. My feelings are a little mixed. I'm proud that we have 'Caps player on the national team and this is deserved honour for Dunfield, but how will affect our Whitecaps? We have finally started to get a little continuity on the pitch will it all collapse without our midfield lynch pin? Or had Dunfield's sub-par play in the last couple of games made him a candidate for the bench anyway?
While wee are on the topic of the Gold Cup, Canada has put together a pretty strong team. Can we get to the Quarters? Or is this the team to recreate the magic of 2000? I mean the have de Guzman and De Rosario, which the Toronto media has decided are the best Canadian players ever, how can they lose right?


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Is Howard in Trouble?
Concerns grow over Howard University's future, Morris Brown College turns down $10 million bailout, plus more HBCU news. —Britt Middleton
A letter sent from a Howard University board of trustee member is raising concerns that budget issues could make the Washington, D.C.-based HBCU the latest to close its doors for good. In a letter recently leaked online, Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, vice chair of Howard's governing board, wrote in April that Howard "was in genuine trouble" and "will not be here in three years" if immediate action isn't taken. (Photo: Howard.edu)
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At a called Board of Education meeting Wednesday, AdvancED representative Ann Williams-Brown commended the system for its work and presented a summary of results. A team of five education professionals from the international quality assurance organization conducted the review and based results on extensive data collected from school and system self-assessments, classroom observations and interviews with 205 stakeholders.
"This team is not the governing body that can grant accreditation," Williams-Brown said. "We can only make a recommendation to the commission, so based on the findings and the information, our external team will be recommending your district will continue with district accreditation."
Superintendent Renee Riggins, who postponed her retirement to be part of the re-accreditation process, breathed a discernable sigh of relief upon hearing the results, and thanked everyone involved for their support.
"I feel like the whole community got this accreditation today, and from the bottom of my heart I say thank you so much for all you have done and all you will do once I leave," she said.
Board members Jennie McGhee, Tracey Allen and Skip Smithwick also expressed their thanks. Members Scott Stewart and Steve Marlowe were absent.
The school district was evaluated according to AdvancED's five standards for quality and rated on a 1-4 scale, with 4 being the highest, as follows: 3.25 for purpose and direction; 3.17 for governance and leadership; 2.83 for teaching and assessing for learning; 2.88 for resources and support systems; and 2.6 for using results for continuous improvement.
Powerful practices, or areas in which the district excels, include: maintaining a supportive culture for student achievement from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade; leadership that engages community stakeholders to support education; quality parental involvement opportunities; a viable, comprehensive response-to-instruction program to ensure the success of every student; and systemic and systematic practices for a safe and healthy environment.
"We have not seen a community as supportive as this community," Williams-Brown said. "You all are truly in an area where you should be very thankful. In the economic times we have right now, to have this community support is very, very valuable."
The district was also ranked for seven components of environmental learning areas, based on brief classroom visits at each of its four schools. The system received a 2.7 for equitable learning environment, 2.9 for high expectations, 3.1 for supportive learning environment, 3.3 for active learning environment, 2.9 for progress monitoring, 3.3 for well-managed learning environment and 2.2 for digital learning environment.
Required actions for the system to maintain its five-year accreditation are as follows: implement a comprehensive, research-based mentoring program for new and non-tenure employees; implement a student mentoring program in which every student has at least one adult advocate; employ a systematic, long-range strategic plan for budgeting, facilities, technology and other components; establish a districtwide assessment system that provides data to ensure consistent assessment measures; and develop a process for ensuring quality assurance and consistency at all schools.
Williams-Brown noted some "good things" the external review team saw during its visit, including a safe environment, effective instruction, celebration for learning, nurturing and dedicated school leaders and "knowledgeable, courteous and well-behaved students at all schools."
A full review report will be provided within 30 days, and final accreditation status will likely be granted by the AdvancED commission in June. Sylacauga City Schools was one of the first in the state to receive AdvancED/SACS district accreditation in 2008.
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Tapulous, The early days
In October of 2007, Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone would open up to third party developers that coming February. I got a little excited and reached out to a couple of people, including Sean Heber, who was active in the jailbreak community. Sean had just wrapped a crazy sprint called "iApp-A-Day" where he created 30 apps in as many days. I asked Sean him if he could do some prototyping on an app idea. The app needed a backend and I came across a talented web developer, Sean Fannan, who had built a couple of Facebook apps for some friends. Sean had some spare time and lent a hand. I reconnected with an old friend, Bryan Bell, and asked him if he could do some graphic design for us. Over the course of a month or so, we hacked some cool prototype apps together.
GoGo AppsBy early January, 2008, I felt about ready to start a company, and connected with Rob Theis, Ben Smith and several other friends who, along with me, became the first investors in the company. They had one big question: what's holding us up from starting a company? The answer was that I needed a partner in crime, someone crazy enough to want to work with me, and sane enough to complement me. No problem, said Mike Brown, meet Andrew Lacy. Andrew had just returned from a two-year stint at McKinsey in Europe and was also looking for the Next Big Thing. And while I'd been busy prototyping iPhone apps, Andrew had been doing business research around big new trends in mobile and had also concluded that the iPhone was going to be Big. We got together for dinner, and that was that. Tapulous was born in late January, 2008. Well, Gogo Apps was born. We created the company literally overnight and picked the first available domain name we thought of. A few months later, when we got more organized, we decided to re-christen the company Tapulous. Since then, we've spent a good chunk of our time every week trying to convince various people at Apple to let us rename that Seller field you see when you look for Tap Tap Revenge on the App Store.
Early jailbreak days
As Andrew and I set out to create the company, we circled back with Sean Heber, who agreed to join us full-time and transfer over his iApp-A-Day apps. We also talked Sean Fannan into working with us. One day in February, Andrew got sick of watching me play Tap Tap Revolution on a jailbroken iPhone and telling him how brilliant the game was so he reached out to Nate True, the creator of the game. Nate, an extremely talented inventor and coder, wasn't really looking for a job (he's not that kind of guy), but he was happy to lend us a hand and also agreed to let us take over the game from him.
Our "grand plan" was to offer a family of lightweight fun and social apps, tied together in a common backend, and so we set about building applications that would do things that we believed people wanted to do on the go. We released Streetflow, a location-based restaurant reviews app. We joined with Pradeepta Dash and took over iFlickr, a simple Flickr uploader. We re-released Wallpaper, a popular iPhone wallpaper sharing application. And we needed one more app: a "people app". For that, we settled on the idea of building a simple Twitter client for the iPhone. We reached out to Layton Duncan who agreed to help us build that app, again using designs by Bryan Bell. Thus was born the first release of Twinkle, which was a bit of a hit in the Jailbreak world when it came out in April of 2008. And so it was that, before the App Store even launched, we had millions of users across, literally, more than 30 iPhone apps.
Getting ready to launch on the App Store
There we were: Andrew, Sean Heber, Sean Fannan, Sean Heber's friend Thomas Muldowney (Thomas stayed with us for just a few months, when he left to help his brother start a company) and myself, as the core crew, with help from Bryan Bell, Nate True and Layton Duncan. But we needed one or two more key team members, including a head of engineering. In early April, I reached out to Mike Lee. Mike was excited about our vision, and agreed to move down to the Valley from Seattle, but he insisted on having a full seat at the table, including playing a leadership role in our engineering org and getting credit as a co-founder in the company. Even though he joined quite a bit after the company got started, Andrew and I agreed to give him that title, since he would play a very important role in the company.
Once Mike joined the company in early May, he helped recruit a number of other folks, including Tristan O'Tierney. Mike also introduced us to Guy English, who would play a critical role in getting Tap Tap Revenge to the App Store. Louie Mantia, a very talented young designer who I'd met a year or two earlier, also agreed to join our team full-time. For the next four months, Mike lead our client engineering crew. Tristan joined Layton in getting Twinkle ready to launch on the App Store. Louie took over much of the design work from Bryan, who wasn't ready to join us full-time just yet. Nate True and Guy English worked together on what would become Tap Tap Revenge 1.0. Mike, in addition to managing the engineering team, took the lead on developing what would become FriendBook. Bryan Bell and Louie Mantia designed and helped define much of the product experience for Tap Tap Revenge and Twinkle. Bart and Andrew oversaw the key product and business decisions for Tap Tap Revenge and Twinkle.
Since people care a lot about making sure credit goes where it is due, here's the best way I can articulate it: Tap Tap Revenge was created by Nate True and the 1.0 release was coded by Nate True and Guy English. The design for Tap Tap Revenge 1 was done by Louie Mantia. The product definition largely came from Nate, with contributions by Louie, Guy and myself. Twinkle is a Tapulous product conceived by Andrew and myself, designed by Louie and Bryan, and coded by Layton and Tristan, with a lot of credit owed to Sean Fannan for all the backend work. Mike Lee created FriendBook and headed Tapulous' engineering organization from May until August, 2008.
Launch Day
On July 11, 2008, the App Store launched. Tap Tap Revenge was there on launch day and shot straight to #1. Twinkle and FriendBook followed in short order and were, on the whole, quite well received, although they didn't shoot to the top of the charts in the way that Tap Tap Revenge did (but then, the same could be said about any other app on the App Store). As we grappled to come to terms with how to build on the success of Tap Tap Revenge, and how to evolve the company beyond the adrenaline of the first few months, it became clear that we didn't all share the same vision for the company and, in late August and September, Mike Lee left the company to start United Lemur and created Puzzllotto. Sean Heber and Louie Mantia also left the company shortly thereafter. Bryan Bell was ready to commit full-time and took over as chief designer. A few weeks later, Jessica Kahn took over the management of our engineering organization, and we embarked on the next phase of the company. The rest is history.


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On Thursday night, just before 11:30, a man dressed in dark clothing broke into the Hill Billy Convenience store.
That's located in the community of Maceo, northeast of Owensboro in Daviess County, off of Highway 231.
The robber apparently shattered the glass in front door of the store to get in.
Once inside, the suspect removed several cartons of cigarettes from the shelf.
Store owners are working with the Daviess County Sheriff's Office to figure out the number of cartons taken and a dollar value.
Store surveillance cameras caught a blurry picture of the perpetrator inside the store removing the cigarettes.
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The Redwood City Area Office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has cancelled a sobriety checkpoint planned for Saturday, Dec. 22 to "aggressively seek those who choose to drive drunk."
The CHP will instead have those units patrol the area looking for drunk drivers.
"Every year, members of our community are injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. It is the department's goal to use this enforcement tool to assist with the reduction of injury and fatal collisions that are caused by drunk drivers," said CHP Officer Arturo Montiel on Friday. "We are asking the public to designate a driver if they happen to allow alcohol to be part of their evening."
The checkpoint was originally scheduled from approximately 8 p.m. to midnight.
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Alchimer S.A., a leading provider of technology for the deposition of nanometric films used in both semiconductor interconnects and 3D through-silicon vias (TSV), today announced a groundbreaking advance for filling narrow, high-aspect-ratio TSVs while significantly reducing the need for chemical components in the metallization process.
The new AquiVia Fill process is an innovative, high-purity copper-plating chemistry that was specially developed to fill narrow TSVs with diameters of less than five microns and aspect ratios greater than 10:1. Reduced via diameter frees up substantial space on stacked chips, and improves signal integrity, where traditional manufacturing technologies have struggled to provide quality filling at an affordable cost.
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The combination of AquiVia XS and AquiVia Fill also extends designers' and chipmakers' ability to shorten the metallization process, and slashes overall cost of ownership compared to traditional electroplating metallization processes.
In another distinct improvement over current solutions, AquiVia Fill contains no chlorine (Cl) components. Cl must be added to acidic solutions to boost the effect of accelerator and suppressor additives. As an added benefit, AquiVia Fill does not form CuCl crust on the anode, eliminating the risk of having crust fragments detach and deposit onto the wafer. This risk is so high in legacy solutions that a filtering membrane must be introduced between the wafer and the anode, significantly adding to the cost of the deposition equipment.
"The most distinct benefit of AquiVia Fill probably is its extremely low number of added components, improving the purity level of the plated copper and drastically reducing the risk of via pull-up during subsequent thermal cycles," Truzzi said. "This is typically due to previously deposited components bubbling up to the TSV's exposed surface."
Alchimer will start sampling AquiVia Fill with select customers by July 2010 already.
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Argentina 'will not recognise Falklands referendum'
Argentina's foreign minister Hector Timerman clashed with MPs when he appeared before the all-party group on Argentina.
Mr Timerman told the MPs that Argentina would not recognise a referendum of the islanders planned for next month on whether they want to remain part of the UK. He said:
The self-determination referendum doesn't apply to the Malvinas. It is not a colonised people, it is a colonised territory.
It is not a matter for negotiation. Not one single country in the world recognises the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in the Malvinas.
We have to respect the interests of the people living in the area but not the wishes.


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In week 1, you learned about the importance of body composition measurements and why you should keep a food diary. Now let's put those food diaries to work. This week is going to be all about reducing the amount of sugar you eat. By sugar, I mean table sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, turbinado sugar, brown sugar, and even honey.
First let's look at a little sugar chemistry.
Simple Sugars
These are little molecules made up of one or two sugar units. The most basic simple sugars are glucose (the type of sugar our bodies and brains use for energy every day) and fructose (found in fruits and in vegetables). Sucrose, or table sugar, is formed by the combination of fructose and glucose molecules.
High fructose corn syrup is very similar to table sugar in that it is made up of fructose and glucose. Table sugar is half glucose and half sucrose while HFCS is about 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. As far as your body is concerned, there is almost no difference between regular table sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Maltose, or malt sugar, is made up of two molecules of glucose. It's produced during the malting of cereals such as barley.
Simple sugars are water-soluble and easy to digest (break down in the digestive tract). The glucose and fructose molecules are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream via the small intestine. This can be a problem for people with diabetes or metabolic syndrome who have to watch their blood sugar, or blood glucose levels.
Complex Carbohydrates
Complex carbohydrates are long chains of the single sugar units. For example, the complex carbohydrate we know as starch is made up of many glucose units. Starches are not water-soluble and require digestive enzymes called amylase (released from your pancreas during digestion) to break them apart.
Another complex carbohydrate is cellulose, the structural component of plants. Cellulose helps plants keep their shape; so in a way, cellulose acts like a plant skeleton. We are unable to digest cellulose; however, cellulose is one of the important components of fiber, along with lignin, chitin, pectin, beta-glucan, inulin and oligosaccharides.
Dietary starch and cellulose are the complex carbohydrates that are important in nutrition. Potatoes, dry beans, grains, rice, corn, squash and peas contain large amounts of starch. Vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, lettuces and other greens are not starchy. That's because the stems and leafy parts of plants do not contain much starch, but they do contain more cellulose. Since we can't digest cellulose, that means that the green and leafy vegetables contain fewer calories than the starchy vegetables.
There's no need to avoid all (or even a lot) of carbohydrates. In fact, carbohydrates should supply about half of your daily calories. One gram of carbohydrate, whether is it is sugar or starch, contains four calories. One slice of bread has about 12 grams of carbohydrates. One typical chocolate bar may have about 50 grams of carbohydrates. A medium potato has about 35 grams of carbohydrates.
Although all carbohydrates have four calories per gram, some sources of carbohydrates are better for your diet. Fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and grains are healthier carbohydrate sources than candy, sodas and pastries. Why? These carbohydrates have large amounts of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and fiber. Fiber is especially important because it keeps you feeling full longer.
Candy, sodas, pastries and other junk foods usually are poor sources of nutrients and sometimes we refer to these foods as having "empty calories," which means they have lots of calories with little or no nutritional value plus they are usually low in fiber.
This week you are going to work on eliminating the excess added sugar that is used during the manufacturing of many processed foods. You don't need to avoid natural sugars like those found in fruits and some vegetables because those foods are good for you (in fact, next week you'll start increasing your fruit and vegetables intake).
The type of sugar I want you to eliminate is the added stuff that is present in a lot of processed foods and high-calorie sugary sodas and treats. It sounds easy, but sometimes you'll need to read food labels to find hidden sugars. You may worry about not getting enough carbohydrates -- don't worry, you're not giving up healthier carbs, and your body can make glucose from proteins by a process called gluconeogenesis.
Some sugary foods are obvious, such as sugar-coated cereals, sweet soft-drinks and bottles of syrup, but you'll also find lots of sugar in healthier looking foods like instant flavored oatmeal, salad dressing, and cups of flavored yogurt. Even ketchup has sugar in it. When you're shopping, look on the ingredients list for added sugar.
Here's what to look for:
- Sugar
- Brown sugar
- High fructose corn syrup
- Corn sugar
- Syrup
- Corn syrup
- Fructose
- Glucose
- Sucrose
- Raw sugar
- Turbinado sugar
- Honey
When you see these on the ingredients list of a packaged food, ask yourself a couple of questions.
How much sugar is in a serving of this product?
Look at the Nutrition Facts label under "sugar" to see how many grams of sugar are in one serving. We're going to calculate how many grams of sugar you should stick to each day -- can the amount of the label fit in easily?
How much of this food will you eat?
You might drink a whole can of soda, but only use a small amount of ketchup. Will you eat just one donut or will you be tempted to eat the whole package?
Make smart decisions about foods that contain added sugar and put the package back on the shelf. Look for healthier versions without the added sugar or chose other items. Drink sparkling water instead of soda. Buy fresh fruit instead of the donuts. Or if you really want a donut, buy one, not a whole bag.


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Quebec politics: What's next?
When Quebec Premier Pauline Marois called for a provincial election in March, the Parti Québécois (PQ) expected to gain a majority government and set the stage for a new referendum on independence from Canada.
Following the victory of the Quebec Liberal Party, Quebec can expect political stability, fewer social tensions and reduced talk of separation, says Andrew Juneau, a fellow at the Queen's Institute of Intergovernmental Relations.
In an email exchange with Rosie Hales, Communications Officer, Mr. Juneau looks to the future of Quebec politics and how the PQ will recover.
Now that the elections are over, what does the Liberal victory mean for Quebec?
The election of a Liberal majority hopefully means political stability for a few years, and fewer social tensions if Premier elect Couillard is able to deliver on his promise to work collaboratively with the other parties. It means talk of separation will be on the backburner. It means a more balanced approach to economic growth, although results here are another matter.
What do you think is the biggest challenge ahead for the Quebec Liberals?
The biggest challenge will be to deliver on their economic agenda while keeping in mind that the debt load is still high. The Liberals need to understand that no province, or even a country like Canada for that matter, can control all the forces that affect the international economy.
After losing the election, what are the next steps for the PQ?
The PQ, when it recovers from the shock of April 8, will have an internal debate about where to go from their loss and will have to figure out how that plays out in a leadership race. The debate is likely to be brutal with some arguing that in order to achieve the ultimate purpose of the PQ, they actually have to promote it vigorously. Some PQ members may indicate that they need to read the writing on the wall and accept that sovereignty is not in the cards for now. If this mentality is accepted, then what kind of party does the PQ become? A social-democratic one pushing for as much autonomy as possible? That's not a scenario Pierre Karl Péladeau, a rising star within the party, is likely to accept.
Some PQ members may indicate that they need to read the writing on the wall and accept that sovereignty is not in the cards for now. If this mentality is accepted, then what kind of party does the PQ become?
Some Liberals have suggested that this week's election signals a generational change in Quebec, where younger voters focus on economic matters over the sovereigntist aspiration of the older generation. Do you think this is true? What does this change in leadership signal about Quebec's voters?
Polls do suggest that younger voters are less likely to support sovereignty than older voters. My interpretation is that the Charter of the French Language, or Law 101, has a lot to with this. Members of older generations were angered by the dominance of English in Montreal in particular. This is no longer a major issue. Young people in Quebec are much more interested in seeing the world and working abroad than before. In many ways, this is not such a big change in leadership since the Liberals have been in office since 2003 with an 18-month break. I also think that Quebec voters in general have pretty much the same concerns as other Canadians: health, education and the economy.
Quebecers are enduring a 7.6 per cent unemployment rate, and public finances have a projected deficit of $2.5 billion this year. What part can the Liberals play in helping Quebec's economy recover?
First, a number of the new Liberal members of the National Assembly have strong economic policy credentials with an interesting mix of public and private sector experience. Second, the government will be able to focus on economic issues without being distracted by other goals (other than getting re-elected, of course). Business leaders are looking forward to working with the new government. The union movement is less enthusiastic and there will have to be major efforts to create the positive social atmosphere that is so important to economic progress.
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On Saturday evening, March 3, 2013, police were called by Kmart staff to report a woman leaving their store located at 12501 Rockside Road with stolen merchandise.
Officers noticed the woman driving north on Canal Street and that's when a pursuit began.
She lead the police on a chase that lasted a few minutes but soon lost control of her vehicle.
At 5:25 pm the chase ended with the suspect's vehicle hitting a pole located at the intersection of Maryland and Warner.
Authorities say that a child around the age of 3 years old was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
No information is available about the suspect's or the child's conditions at this time.
Traffic has been directed away from the area.
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Past Event
University of Alabama Birmingham Screening of
Darwin's Heretic
September 28, 2011
Includes Q and A with author Michael Flannery
One of the most renowned biologists of the nineteenth century, Alfred Russel Wallace shares credit with Charles Darwin for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection. Yet one part of Wallace's remarkable life and career has been completely ignored: His embrace of intelligent design. Come learn about Wallace's fascinating journey of discovery at this screening of the new 21-minute documentary
Darwin's Heretic,
followed by Q and A with Discovery Institute Fellow and University of Alabama Birmingham Professor Michael Flannery, author of the acclaimed new biography,
Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life
Sponsored by the Christian Medical Ministry of Alabama, this event is free and includes lunch. It takes place from Noon-1:00 pm on Thursday, Sept. 28, at
Volker Hall
, Classroom E, 1st floor, 1670 University Blvd., University of Alabama Birmingham. For more information, contact Bobby Parks, Executive Director, Christian Medical Ministry of Alabama, 205-776-5470.
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TIFTON - They aren't two people you'd expect to be partners. One man's mission is to preserve the past, the other's to build for the future. But Tifton's preservation and planning directors are working together to create new guidelines for the city's historic preservation district.< /STRONG>
"It's not just let's forget about what we have in place," Planning & Development Director Jason Lawrence said. "It's making something work we already have."
"Certain issues have arisen that needed to be examined more carefully," Historic Preservation Commission Director Charles Styer said.
The discussion got started after a dispute about what to do about Lankford Manor. It was a case of an owners right to tear his own building down, versus a city's interest to preserve it for history's sake.
"It's a structure that's been built up over years and represents hopes and plans of people who lived there," Styer said. "When you rip that out you don't have landmarks to go on that give you a feeling of community."
The city voted to negotiate for Lankford Manor's sale. Now both departments want to concentrate on preserving and promoting Tifton in the future.
"If they have something strong to go on, makes decision easier and helps them follow their own guidelines," Alexander said.
"What we want to do is preserve things that make Tifton a unique and beautiful city," Styer said.
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For Mary Nguyen, owner of , the six-day-a-week commute from Pinole is nothing compared to the journey she made to get to the United States. Originally from Vietnam, Mary and her husband Michael Dinh escaped to Thailand by boat in 1980, where their daughter Annie Dinh was born in a refugee camp. Thirty-two years later, Mary and Michael say they are blessed with their four children, four grandchildren and happy California life.
Mill Valley Patch: So who is Teresa?
Mary Nguyen: Teresa is my sister. She was living in San Rafael and worked here when it was Tammy's Nails. She took over from Tammy in 1992. When I came to the U.S. in 1993, I started working here for her. In 2001, she moved to San Jose and I took over.
MVP: Do you like working in Mill Valley? That's a long drive from Pinole.
MN: I like working here. It's 45 minutes from my house. Annie lives with us and we drive over together. Annie has been working here since she finished college in 1998.
MVP: And your husband works here too. He gives great manicures.
MN: Yes, this is a family business.
MVP: Do you ever think about moving to Mill Valley?
MN: We like Mill Valley so much. We like the people and the town is very quiet and very safe and peaceful. We want to move here but it's too expensive. That's our dream to move here.
MVP: Was there a lot of training involved to learn to give manicures and pedicures?
Annie Dinh: We had to go to school to get our license. It was hard because it was a lot of biology and learning about the chemicals. We also do waxing and lash and brow tinting. It was hard for my mother because she didn't speak English.
MVP: Now your English is so good.
MN: Absolutely. At first I just knew how to say "hi" and "by." My customers teach me! I love my customers. When I say something wrong they say, "No, you need to say that." They like me because they say I am always smiling and I'm always polite.
MVP: That's true. You are always smiling and gregarious. It's nice to see men in here, and children too.
MN: Yes, 20 percent of our customers are men. They are the husbands and boyfriends of our regular customers. And some of my customers bring their children. We like the kids. They are our future customers!
MVP: Do you see some pretty gross feet?
MN: Yes, we see gross feet but we treat all of our customers the same. If something is really bad, if it looks like a fungus or disease, then we'll send them to a doctor.
MVP: Annie, where did you go to college?
AD: I went to SF State. I am still going there. I am just taking some business and English classes to improve.
MVP: You're already running a business.
AD: I used to not know anything about business. I used to not even know how to balance my checkbook. My major was biology. My parents said, 'You have to learn! One day you have to take care of yourself.'
MVP: And you're good cooks too. You've given me some great recipes. Your shaking beef recipe is still one of our favorites.
AD: Oh yes, we share recipes with our clients and they share with us.
MVP: Have you ever had a nightmare customer?
AD: Yes. Not that often, but once in a while.
MVP: Do you ask them to leave, or do you just have to deal with it?
AD: We just deal with it. We do our best to make them happy.
MN: Once I did a full set of gels for a customer. I worked for about an hour. She was talking and laughing and she moved her hand too fast and it got a tiny cut with the machine. I cleaned it up and put the wound care glue on, but she was so mad. She left without paying and then went home and put it on Yelp. I called her and invited her to come in and let me finish for free. I asked her to please take off the story but she never called me back and it's been up for three years.
MVP: I am surprised that the Yelp comments would make a difference. You have so many loyal, local customers.
AD: Yes, but people who have come from out of town look on Yelp. It makes a big difference. That kind of thing doesn't happen often, most of our customers are very nice and happy with us.
MN: After she walked out of the shop all of my customers said, 'Mary, you don't need customers like that. Just let her go.' That made me feel better. I am doing the best I can. I don't want to lose business. I want to stay here and keep the shop for generations. We need this job and want our customers to be happy with us.
MVP: It's such a welcoming environment and it's so nice to just come in and relax with your feet up. It's more than just manicures and pedicures, it's a little friendly community in here. I am sure it's like therapy for many of your customers. They can relax and talk. Do they tell you a lot of their secrets?
MN: Oh yes.
MVP: And you probably have seen people go through a lot of changes.
MN: I see a lot of kids grow up, they come when they're just born and now they're in high school. Then they have babies - future customers for my daughter!
MVP: Do you miss Vietnam?
MN: Yes, very much. My parents and my sister and her family are there. I send money back for them. I am homesick, but I cannot go home.
MVP: I had heard that Vietnam now is pretty open and actually a very nice country with a strong economy.
AD: It's nice for tourists and business, but they still treat the people inside the country very badly. There is no freedom of religion. You cannot practice your religion. We are Catholic. Just 10 percent of Vietnamese are Catholic. 60 percent are Buddhists.
MVP: That's right, I saw the picture of the Pope in here. Who is that with the Pope?
MN: That was my father. He went to Rome to meet the Pope in 1995.
MVP: Annie, have you ever been to Vietnam?
AD: No. My parents say we won't go back until the communists are out of the country. I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. My parents were boat people. They escaped. My mom escaped three times in her life. She was born in North Vietnam, and then communists took over in 1954.
MN: I was just two years old!
AD: Her parents brought her to Cambodia to escape the communists. She lived there for 10 years and then the Khmer Rouge took over and she escaped again and went to South Vietnam. Then when the communists took over South Vietnam, she escaped again.
MVP: And that was on a boat?
MN: Yes, we escaped. Me and my sister, Teresa, and my husband and my sister's husband escaped in 1980. I was 25.
AD: They left by boat from Vietnam to Thailand.
MVP: And you just left everything behind?
MN: Yes. We were happy to escape. We don't like the communists.
MVP: How did you get here?
MN: My sister's husband had family here so they sponsored them to come, and then Teresa sponsored me.
MVP: It must have been hard to leave your parents.
MN: It was very hard, but they didn't want to go. They were old and had a house. They didn't want to have to learn everything new. It would have been too hard for them to start over.
MVP: I remember you were telling me about a movie that was just like your life.
AD: Yes, Journey from the Fall. It was directed and made by a first generation Vietnamese, like me, whose parents escaped and came here. He made a movie about their life. After America left Vietnam, from 1975 to 1986 there were about 3 million Vietnamese who escaped, but just 1.5 million made it to free countries like the U.S., France, Germany and Australia. Half of them were either captured by the Thai pirates or they died in the ocean. These were tiny, tiny fishing boats and there were storms. My mom's cousin and some of my dad's cousins died in the ocean.
MN: Yes, it was very dangerous to escape. You never know. You're lucky if you get to another country, or you die in the water.
MVP: How scary.
AD: Yes, but people were willing to go for freedom. If you stay in the country you have no freedom at all. No freedom of religion, speech, no possessions. After the U.S. left Vietnam they put many of the teachers and lawyers and soldiers who worked with Americans before the war, they put them in prisons and called them "re-education camps." A lot of them were killed in the jail.
MVP: What a contrast to our little Mill Valley.
AD: We call this paradise! That's why my mom is always smiling because she found peace here. No matter how hard she works she is happy.


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Alex Ovechkin
NHL Appears Headed Toward 48-Game Season As Opposed To 50-Game Season
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Hartnett: NHL Is On The Verge Of A PR Nightmare
A large part of Bettman's role as commissioner is to successfully market the game, avoid labor unrest and protect the health of the league. He's failed spectacularly in each of these areas throughout his tenure.
Hartnett: NHL Stars Bolting For Europe, Expecting Long Lockout
Some of the NHL's biggest stars are rushing to Europe with no end to the lockout in sight.
Silverman: Adam Oates Has The Best Day Ever
In the same day, Adam Oates was named Head Coach of the Washington Capitals and inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame.
Silverman: Blue-Collar Rangers Depend On Defense To Outlast Capitals
The Rangers' mental toughness was the difference between winning and losing Game 7.
Rangers Defeat Capitals In 7, Advance To Eastern Conference Finals
The Rangers advanced in a thrilling Game 7 and will face the Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Silverman: If Rangers Come With Anything Less Than Best, Physical Caps Will Take Game 7
Washington is good enough to play for the Eastern Conference Championship. If the Rangers come with anything less than their best effort, that's just what the Capitals will end up doing.
Rangers' Season Hinges On Game 7 At MSG; Devils Await Winner
It makes perfect sense that the Rangers and Washington Capitals are heading to a Game 7. In many ways, these teams are mirror images of each other.
Rangers' Season Once Again Down To 1 Game Following Game 6 Loss
Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals forced a Game 7 with a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers.
Callahan, Rangers Refuse To Be Frustrated By Caps' Defense
Frustration was the word of the day at the Rangers' complex Sunday. The Blueshirts were adamant: they won't be frazzled by the Capitals' tough defense.
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Despite a career low in ice time, Ovechkin and the Capitals found a way to win Game 2 against the New York Rangers
Islanders Suffer Yet Another Unfathomable Third-Period Collapse
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I came to USA on a J1 visa not subjet to 212(e) to be an Au Pair, Ive been au pairing for 8 months but Im tired of it, My boyfriend has proposed me, he is in LA and I am in NY, so Next saturday Ill be going to LA to get married, now the thing is, the agency has told me that its ok, I just need to send them proof that I wont stay ilegal, the deal is, Im afraid the USCIS will judge me as if I entered only to marry, also I was denied a B2 visa in August 2010, My boyfriens is american, Im Costarrican, we dont have much money, should we try to get a lawyer or do it oursevels. IK we need the Marriage license, get married, file the I 130 and the I 845 ad the work permit, I know what to do, but Im scared, should we get a lawyer?? will I be deported?? Help please
Marriage to a US citizen generally forgives unlawful presence as long as you entered lawfully although it sounds like you are in status. Denial of a visitor visa is usually not an issue either. I suggest you do your own research but also see an immigration attorney to answer all your questions. While many people do file on their own, at least a detailed consultation to identify issues will set your mind at ease. I often find issues in consults where the applicants would have had major issues without consulting me first before filing. It is an investment in your life.


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There's no such think as a good o-line without a good qb
Okay, i did over exaggerate the title, we do need a little help on the o-line but i'm not in the o-line, o-line, o and did i mention o-line club. I don't think our o-line is as bad as everyone thinks, i actually think JC is more the problem on our offense. Time and time again i have heard excuse after excuse on why this guy hasn't played his best football yet. Im not buying it, i mean i lke the guy, but i just don't see him has a qb or a leader for the skins. I mean lets be honest, he's a veteran now and he still can't read the defense and make the appropriate adjustments at the line. But most importantly i have never seen JC get ethusiastic on the sideline or the field, whenever they show him, he has the same blank look on his face, but most of you would probably counter back saying "well how would you look after being on your back ever play". Actually i would be pissed not looking like i can't do anything about it and thats what JC looked like all season. I have never seen JC pull anyone off portis after he's tackled or gather the offense on the sidline to motivate and work something out. Jc gives us none of that and respect JC but we need more of a leader, someone with some spunk, the will to be great, playbook junkie, film room addict, and etc. Look Favre, Brees, Manning, Rodgers, and the rest, all these guys make their teammates play better, not just with their arm but their ethusiasm and passion that every qb should provide for their team. Favre runs 40 yards just to meet his receiver in the endzone to jump on him after a touchdown. Now we may not need that much but we definately need that at the qb position, its a qb league and the team follows the qb for the most part. As for our o-line, we got some big guys, they need to be pushed, continuity is important on the o-line and i dont think we just give up on them yet. Remember we had alot of veterans go down on the line so alotta young guys was out there. Bottom line I want a new qb next season.


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Kissinger on "crusading" Bush's "Freedom Agenda"
As you read his world overview in his Washington Post piece today you can hear that croaky Bavarian monotone that of itself intones a degree of credibility that the fly-weight, hesitant, Condoleeza Rice can only dream. His analysis, as usual, is insightful, global and forboding.
I found his description of the Bush administrations policies rather alarming.
Some excerpts:
"President Bush's Middle East policy... elevated the progress of freedom in the world to the defining objective of U.S. foreign policy... Strategy must begin with the recognition that the freedom agenda does not make geopolitical analysis irrelevant. There are issues for which crusading strategies tend to be off the mark. The rise of China is, in essence, a geopolitical challenge, not a primarily ideological one."
"Americans need to understand that successes do not end their engagement but most probably deepen it. For as we involve ourselves, we bear the responsibility even for results we did not anticipate. We must deal with those consequences regardless of our original intentions and not act as if our commitments are as changeable as opinion polls."
"Elections are not an inevitable guarantee of a democratic outcome. Radicals such as Hezbollah and Hamas seem to have learned the mechanics of democracy in order to undermine it and establish total control... It is not possible to automatically apply models created over centuries in the homogeneous societies of Europe and the United States to ethnically diverse and religiously divided societies in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. In multiethnic societies, majority rule implies permanent subjugation of the minority unless it is part of a strong federal structure and a system of checks and balances."
"No single nation is strong enough or wise enough to involve itself in every political evolution around the world simultaneously. Priorities based on the national interest are imperative. Otherwise, psychological exhaustion and physical overextension are a real possibility, along with a global coalition of the resentful and nationalistic resisting perceived American hegemony.
President Bush has put forward a dramatic vision. The national debate now needs to focus on the concrete circumstances to which it must be applied. The nongovernmental groups should participate in this process."
Kissinger's analysis of elections is apt. Israel is democratic but often votes for extremeists rather than moderates - same with the Palestinians - even the USA?


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it is as simple as it gets! i will tell you about a similar situation that happened to me with my so called wing from back then.
we were out at a club opening sets like crazy and merging sets unbelieveably.
so this guy, i will call him cocksucker for explanatory reasons, decides he wants my target. i really liked this girl and i was ready to bounce with her so i refused.
so cocksucker then starts telling everyone in the group about some made up penis disease that i have. (the shit he made up...you wouldn't believe). so everything went down the drain for me. he wasn't a friend, he was just a guy i used to go sarging with to be clear. so cocksucker did stay for another hour or so inside the club while i waited outside for him after just leaving the club without saying anything. so an hour later and a cigarette pack later he comes out alone. that is when i kicked the living shit out of him. i broke my big toe while kicking him in the face. the fine was small and it felt sooo damn good.
i am not saying you should do the same. don't hang out with him but embarass him in some way before you do that.
i can't stand this kind of behaviour and i am very short tempered when it comes to people trying to make a fool out of me.


text: I love the black hole of the okland raiders. But the black hole of the clippers plays like the stuff that comes out of the black hole between my butt cheeks. He should never ever see playing time unless the game is out of hand. He shoots every time he touches the basketball. It's like he's playing a game that you have to shoot and kill zombies and your finger never leaves the trigger. With a last name like butler you think he would try to cater to his teamates and pass the ball. He shot selection is as bad as the clippers advertising tickets to watch the stars of other teams play. Just had to get this off my chest.


text: I quickly excited when I heard about all of the rumors of Portland trying to acquire Barbosa from Phoenix. I thought that this trade would really improve the Blazers because of the versatility Barbosa offers. A lot of the speculated trades included our 13th pick, but now that the draft is over, the likelihood of this trade has fallen. Or maybe Bayless has more value then the 13th pick? Phoenix is looking for a back-up for Nash, and Bayless seems to fit the part. He is a guard that can push the ball and create for himself and his teammates. We Blazer fans have become so used to trades during the draft that we have forgotten about the option to trade after the draft. Has this trade fallen through or can it still happen?


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Bob Seitz fundraising for Children's Villages of Honduras
Help the kids of Children's Village of Honduras celebrate the Christmas Season and help support Louis Garay's University Education.
Louis lived with his sisters and mother in extreme poverty. When their mother could no longer care for them she reluctantly turned all the children over to the Honduran Social Services in hopes they would have a chance at a better life. Fortunately the Honduran Social services placed Louis and his sisters at Children's villages of Honduras. When he arrived at the Children's Villages of Honduras, he was confused and lost and had no desire to continue with his education. The CVoH staff worked with Louis and helped him realize how much potential he possesses. Today Luis is not only an honor roll student but also a model for all of the children at the Village. He dreams of someday becoming an architect and looks forward to starting college. Luis is now 18 years old and he just finished his fourth year of high school.
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20 Link Building Quickies
by Scott Allen - May 31, 2007
Filed Under Link Building, SEO
It's been a crazy month over here! As a result, the blog posts have been a little slow for a few weeks. Well, I've got some great ones in the works, but they require a bit of time to write. In the mean time, I've put together a list of some great articles on link building and link development. Since I've already spent a few posts focusing on linkbaiting, the focus here is on manual link building, because for successful SEO you need both. Enjoy!
- LinkBait alone won't do it. You need Link Ninjas. | Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog
- Email is Still the Key to a Successful Link Building Campaign | SEOmoz
- Link Building and Emails – Humans do it Better. | Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog
- Expert Link Building Can be Fun! | Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog
- Link Building Articles From Linking Expert Eric Ward
- Link Ninjas vs. Bait Pirates | SEOmoz
- Link Development Persona: Male Versus Female | WebmasterWorld
- Andy Hagans' Ultimate Guide to Linkbaiting and SMM | Tropical SEO
- Training Link Developers on the Link Building Cycle | Stuntdubl
- The Art of Writing a Good Link Request | Stuntdubl
- The Art of Writing a Good Link Request Part II – Dr. Weaver Revisited | Stuntdubl
- Example of a Good Link Request E-mail | Stuntdubl
- How to Write Successful Subject Titles for Link Requests | Stuntdubl
- Buy, Borrow, Beg, and Barter: Techniques for Link Development | Stuntdubl
- Balancing the Link Equation | Stuntdubl
- How to Get the Links You Need – Doing the Math on Link Building | Stuntdubl
- The Art & Science of the Link Request | Threadwatch
- Unconventional Link-Building Ideas | SEOmoz
- The Professional's Guide to Link Building | SEOmoz
- Advanced Link Building Strategies | SEOmoz
- How To Get More Links to Your Remarkable Blog Posts | SEO Black Hat
- Great Example of Link Request | SEO Black Hat
- Whiteboard Friday – If You Build It, Links Will Come | SEOmoz
- A Portrait Of The Perfect Link Builder | Search Engine Land
- Good SEO: How to Request Links From Picky Sites | SEOmoz
- YouTube + Email Marketing = You've Got Our Attention | SEOmoz
- Long List of Link Searches | SEOmoz
- 5 Deadly Sins Guaranteed To Kill Your Link Requests | Search Engine Land
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Hello Friends -
Welcome to the Fall 2009 edition of Parks & Trails New York's
You Gotta Have Friends,
a newsletter for friends of New York's parks and historic sites. This quarterly newsletter is a tool to help us all be more effective advocates for New York's amazing park system.
The Governor's deficit reduction plan is hitting parks hard.
Please help parks by speaking out today
make a difference.
Thank you for all you do for New York's parks and trails.
Robin Dropkin
Executive Director
State Parks treatened by budget cuts
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) has been told to cut an additional 10% - nearly $7 million - from its current-year budget for non-personal services. This is part of yet another round of across-the-board cuts being ordered by Governor Paterson for all state agencies without taking into account the economic benefits some agencies bring to the state and local economies.
Given that the vast majority of OPRHP's operations occur during the peak summer tourist season, the agency has already spent the lion's share of its operating budget. This leaves only one option for OPRHP--to close state parks and historic sites.
This most recent reduction would bring the total cuts that OPRHP has sustained this past year to almost 25%. All of this is occurring despite the fact that a recent
Parks & Trails New York report
revealed that the state park system accounts for nearly $2 billion each year in economic benefits for the state and local economies and creates 20,000 jobs - exclusive of state park employees.
In these challenging economic times the Governor should be looking for ways to bolster OPRHP's ability to fulfill its mission, not looking to cut the agency to the point where the only option is closing state park facilities. Once they are closed, they will be closed for years, if not forever.
Contact the Governor
TODAY and let him know that cutting state parks is a bad idea for the people of New York and the state's economy.
Speak out for parks in FY10-11 budget
As we are now in the heart of the budget development season, it is imperative that the Governor, State Senators and Assembly members hear from their constituents about the benefits the state park system provides, not only from a recreation and quality of life perspective, but also from an economic perspective. It is the economic argument for state parks that is our best hope of achieving a level of funding for OPRHP that will prevent park closures and allow the agency to continue its capital projects revitalization.
Each year our state park system provides nearly $2 billion in economic stimulus for the state and local economies - a 5 to 1 return on investment.
Call or email the
and your state
member TODAY! They ultimately decide the level of funding. Tell them our parks need sufficient money for capital needs and operations and remind them of the economic importance of our state park system.
Your call, email or letter can make a big impact!
Pressure builds to drill in Allegany
The frenzy to explore the gas-rich Marcellus shale in western New York has reached Allegany State Park. U.S. Energy, a developer of natural gas and oil wells, has asserted claims to leases for the subsurface mineral rights to some 3,000 acres of the park. This scenario comes about as a result of the state purchasing only the surface rights for much of what is now Allegany State park, leaving the subsurface mineral rights in the hands of private interests.
The area of the park where U.S. Energy proposes to drill five exploratory wells is as close to wilderness as can be found in New York State outside the Adirondacks and even includes some old-growth forest. Any drilling would likely be done through a process known as hydraulic fracturing (hydro-fracking) and would require cutting trees for access roads, clearing acres of land for drill pads and trucking water and chemicals used in the hydro-fracking process - a mixture that would then need to be recovered from the wells, moved off-site and treated.
Parks & Trails New York has joined with other environmental organizations in opposing the drilling. We are pursuing both statutory and regulatory approaches to protecting the park. We have met and are continuing to meet with State Parks, the Department of Environmental Conservation and several legislative offices to find a way to prevent any drilling from occurring in Allegany State Park.
Old Croton Aqueduct - 5th Aquefest a great success
The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct held their 5th Annual Aquefest in Yonkers on Saturday, October 3 and in Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson on Sunday October 4th.
More than 800 people biked, hiked, jogged or strolled to one of the "celebration stations" on the Aqueduct trail for an afternoon of local music, dance, Aqueduct art, history and awareness about the
Old Croton Aqueduct
With the help of more than thirty volunteers, Aquefest is first and foremost about "friend raising" - raising awareness for a beloved Historic State Park and national Historic Landmark. The primary goal this year was the promotion of the campaign for the restoration of the Keepers' House as a visitor and education center.
Friends of Johnson Hall receives New York Council for the Humanities Grant
Friends of Johnson Hall State Historic Site
received a host site grant for "Reading Between the Lines," a themed reading program through the New York Council for the Humanities. The grant funds a professional facilitator and provides 15 copies of each of four books for "check-out" and return.
Johnson Hall staff chose the Council for the Humanities' theme "Travel and Tourism Narratives of the Empire State," as a complementary focus to this year's Western Frontier Symposium, "Moving Frontiers - Early Transportation in the Mohawk Valley."
This NYCH series illuminates the varied purposes and meanings of travel from New York's Dutch Colonial period to the modern day, using travel as a means to explore the state's geographical diversity.
More info:
Wanda Burch
at 518-762-8712 or
Alessa Wylie
at 518-843-0300
Historic schoolhouse opens in Thacher
On July 11,
Thacher State Park
had a ceremony to celebrate the restoration and opening of Knox Schoolhouse #5, an old, one-room school within the park. Among those gathered for the opening were two former students of the school.
Park Manager Chris Fallon gave a synopsis of how the project was brought to fruition under the leadership of Friends of Thacher Park board trustee Dan Driscoll. The day featured a tour of the schoolhouse and the unveiling of new interpretive panels.
"You have to see the inside to believe it. Everything is beautiful!" said John Kilroy, President of the Friends of Thacher Park. "The floors are brand new (almost a shame to walk on them), the desks that were in disrepair were disassembled and reassembled and left unfinished.
This way, student carvings, most from the 1920's could be seen clearly."
Thacher Park is well known as a place to explore the state's natural history but thanks to Dan Driscoll and his hardworking crew visitors can now have an authentic look at local history as well.
Genesee Valley Greenway featured in
tourism guides
Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway
(FOGVG) worked with Livingston County Tourism staff to include a section of the Greenway as one of many hiking/biking routes included in a unique collaboration of the 14 Finger Lakes counties.
Go to the tourism
to download maps for 66 different routes or order sets of Let's Go Hike and Bike cards that include 6 to 46 of these routes.
The sets of cards are also available at any of the Chamber of Commerce/Tourism Offices in the Finger Lakes area.
FOGVG is a partner with OPRHP and State Parks and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in the development and maintenance of the Genesee Valley Greenway, a 90 mile multi-use trail that follows the path of the former Genesee Valley Canal and Pennsylvania Railroad, passing through five counties, several villages and 17 townships from Rochester to Hinsdale.
Walkway Over the Hudson celebrates grand opening
State Parks unveiled the newest addition to the New York State Park System with the October 3rd grand opening of the
Walkway Over the Hudson
State Historic Park.
The Walkway is a refurbished railroad bridge that stretches from the City of Poughkeepsie on the east bank of the Hudson River to the Town of Lloyd on the river's western shore.
It's estimated that 40,000 people turned out for three days of celebration and ceremonies which were the culmination of years of planning and hard work to make the Walkway a reality.
Fall 2009
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and keep informed about what's happening with State Parks & park friends groups.
Grants available from PTNY for park & trail groups
Aim is to boost organizational capacity
Parks & Trails New York is offering a new round of
Capacity Building Grants
for NYS park and trail groups.The grants, up to $3,000, will help non-profit organizations that are working to build and protect parks and trails in communities across the state.
Deadline for applying:11/20/09.
More info:
Another grant opportunity for friends groups
The National Environmental Education Foundation is awarding ten grants of $1,000 each to friends groups to help them better serve their local public lands. Deadline: 12/1/09.
Learn more and apply
New on-line guide to multi-use trails in NYS
Visit TrailFinder
Parks & Trails New York has launched a new on-line guide to multi-use trails in New York State, several of which are state parks. TrailFinder includes 110 trails, totaling more than 1200 miles. Check it out!
State Parks Conservation Corps - 200
young people put to work
Although not eligible for federal stimulus funds for capital improvements, State Parks has been able to access more than $3.3 million in stimulus funds through the state Dept. of Labor to establish a Parks Conservation Corps. The Corps is comprised of 200 young people who will receive training in a variety of green jobs and work at 25 state parks and historic sites.
The program is a partnership with the Student Conservation Association, an organization with a long history of operating youth conservation corps and green collar training programs.
A click is all it takes - earn dollars for State Park trails
Organic food manufacturer Cascadian Farms is donating $15,000 to the New York State Park System for trail maintenance and promotion, but you can help raise that amount to a maximum of $25,000 by just visiting the special
and entering a few lines about why you love New York State Park trails. For every entry, Cascadian Farms will donate an additional dollar.
State parks website lookin' good!
Check out the upgraded
state parks website
, with lots of new content about what visitors can expect to find at parks and historic sites.
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Hart back in the running
9:00am Saturday 1st February 2014 in Sport By Steve Hollis
Gary Hart is back in contention for Eastbourne Borough ahead of today's trip to Maidenhead.
The former Albion favourite missed last Saturday's win at home to Bath City with a twisted knee but is expected to be involved this weekend.
Gillingham loanee Tom Derry also comes back into the squad after a dead leg sidelined the young forward against Bath.
Manager Tommy Widdrington has a couple of players suffering with illness but expects Australian defender James Stinson to be the only player missing.
Stinson has been absent the last two matches following an injury sustained in training.
Chris Shephard plays but then begins a two-match ban following his dismissal against Albion in the Sussex Senior Cup, which means he will miss Tuesday's game at Whitehawk and the visit of Dorchester the following weekend.
New striker Elvis Hammond scored on his debut last Saturday after joining from Farnborough.
Widdrington said: "I was pleased with Elvis but I was pleased with all of the lads.
"They bounced back from the Basingstoke game well against Brighton on the Tuesday and carried that on into Saturday's game.
"Both teams deserve a bit of credit. They both played in the right way in very difficult conditions. The entertainment value must have been great for the neutral fan and we did just enough to edge it."