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Market Town Awards 2010: Community involvementBy Katie Fewings • Aug 19th, 2010 • Category: Awards
"How well do the community and local authorities work together in your town and how does/could the community influence the delivery of services?"
These are questions we asked delegates attending the Regional Market Town Awards Showcase events in June and July 2010. The 'wordle' above illustrates the strength of the responses grouped by categories. Below is a little more detail about the type of points made for the top 5 of these categories.
1. limited-community-&-principal-authority-relations
- Variable
- Could always work better (they are patronising)
- Third sector organisations do not seem to work well with local authorities
- Limited local knowledge at district council
- Some principal authorities are over bureaucratic and unhelpful
- Difficulties experienced with some local authority departments even if others are supportive
In contrast, a significant number of comments defined the relationships as good.
2. new-governance-structures-&-mechanisms
- Rule book discarded – current confusion as to way forward
- Ability to let others take lead and/or back seat
- Partnership engagement and local governance structure
- Use local referendums to seek public opinion
- Possibility of a scoring/weighting system to improve employment, limit landscape damage
A separate and significant group of comments pointed to the introduction of new area-based forums as suitable structures for providing a focus for good working relations between community partnerships, town councils and principal local authorities.
3. better-integration-of-interests
- Less fragmented
- Local, strategic, district and county partnerships need to maintain links
- Need to investigate how well we can work together to achieve local aims
- Understand that community consists of community groups, business community and non-active part of community
- How to prevent single interest domination from either local or national groups
- Remembering the needs of sustainable developments
4. politics-&-personalities
- You have to play political game and in small towns personalities get in the way
- Need to try to stop being political
- Problem of "own" agendas – historic experience
- Same people take a lead
- Personalities can cause problems
5. improved-communications
- Different media suit different people
- Create different channels to access info: exhibitions, website, telephone
- Use of technology, for example: Twitter
- Use of other situations to have discussions with the community, for example: stalls at events, rural cinemas
Analysis and conclusions
(Debbie McGrath, Towns Alive Programme Manager and Alison Eardley, Policy Manager)
Improving working relations
The answers prompted by this question are quite wide ranging/locally specific so it is more difficult to draw a conclusion, except that the underlying desire seems to be to improve working relations between the community and local authorities and there appears to be an acknowledgement of the benefits of this.
The quality of the relationship alters so much from place to place and seems to a large part to depends on the skills and personality of the individuals involved. This brings us back to the importance of training – not just for communities but for the local authority involved.
It is also apparent that there are many of examples of good practice across the country in terms of both reference to structures such as local area forums and more broadly through good communications and shared expectations.
A new era of community empowerment
'Big Society' has been heralded as one of the key solutions to the period of 'overspending' and 'tendency to live beyond one's means' that the Conservatives accuse the former Labour Government of overseeing. The Prime Minister has said groups should be able to influence and indeed run local services including post offices, libraries, transport services and housing projects. The concept is intended as a significant advance for people power.
It is clear that those communities who can get this right will be more likely to receive support. Therefore, while the need for community and local authorities to work together has always been a topic that has received much attention, now is the time to make it work, and speed is of the essence.
Local democracy
A situation where a community has greater powers to initiate and develop projects from the bottom up raises questions about how democratic such an approach is.
- How do you ensure that a community group is truly representative of the community and able to act in a way that does not over or under-represent specific elements of that community?
- What should the role of the elected politician be and how can they be upskilled to ensure that they are in a position to democratically represent their community (even those who did not vote for them)?
The key is to ensure that a national policy that sounds and looks good – on the surface appearing to empower local people – does not have unintended consequences for the more disadvantaged or indeed the more advantaged members of the very community it seeks to assist.
In turn this leads to the question of who is accountable if 'community' is to take on a greater role in shaping and delivering services. Within a top-down local authority structure, it is the elected member, but what about in a bottom-up structure?
The role of Community Led Planning
Recognising the potential of local knowledge, the importance of participation, youth involvement, consultation and engagement suggests the need for a broad and inclusive dialogue and a place for mechanisms that enable this through Community Led Planning (CLP).
This is an existing form of bottom-up, 'community-led' framework where local communities have a real involvement in the way their town is developed, and inform the statutory system. It is a structured process, involving local community groups, activists and volunteers in creating a vision for the community and an action plan to achieve it.
AMT supports CLP and believes that it is very much aligned to the Government's thinking behind 'Big Society'. Town Action Planning has been developed as a methodology for those living in small and market towns and sits within the LEAD framework which has been jointly agreed with ACRE, the other leading partner in promoting CLP.
Support through Towns Alive
There is a lot of work being undertaken by a range of organisations on the topic of how communities and local authorities can better work together and the issues that are part of this. Through Towns Alive there is the scope to tailor this to a small town setting, understanding how CLP can offer a solution and addressing the issues of democracy and accountability and how this relates to the Government's Local Enterprise Partnership agenda.
A joint project with ACRE seeks to explore how local authorities can better engage in the Community Led Planning process. Much guidance exists for communities on how they can best effect CLP but less exists for the local authority. The project will address this and develop information for local authorities as part of the LEAD framework which underpins CLP.
In addition, work is to be undertaken to explore the how councils and community partnerships can combine forces effectively while ensuring that local democracy and accountability are not infringed.
- Find out more about Community Led Planning
Katie Fewings is As Online Communications Coordinator, Katie is responsible for the running of the AMT website and has taken the charity into the world of social media.
Her particular focus is to expand and promote AMT's database of more than 400 case studies of town and community projects - regularly cited as one of the most valuable aspects of AMT Membership.
Katie's previous experience ranges from PA to an internationally-renowned architect in London to Manager of the Responsible Tourism Awards for responsibletravel.com in Brighton.
Katie works on Tuesdays and Thursdays and can be contacted at email@example.com
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Healthnotes Newswire (February 17, 2005)A comparison of the nutrient content of 43 different garden crops between the years 1950 and 1999 showed significant decreases in six nutrients, reports a study in the
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GIVEAWAY CLOSED! Spencer's will contact winner! Vegansaurus Giveaway: Box of Lara Bars (your flavor choice!) + $20 gift card from Spencer's Market! »
There's a new vegan deals site in town and it's called Spencer's Market. It's completely vegan, and here's what they have to say for themselves:
We're a new online eCommerce and Marketing platform focused on connecting our Vegan audience with the best gourmet/artisan Vegan food producers in the country. We are in the business of creating buzz and giving exposure to incredible food for Vegans (as well as gluten-free, low glycemic, etc) who feel limited by the choices they have at their local retail markets.
Right on, we're in! We can always use more ways to get vegan food into our gullets, and you know that's right. Plus, it's all at a discount! For example, one of their pre-launch deals is on tons of Primal Strips for hella cheap! Sometimes the thought of eating a delicious Texas BBQ Primal Strip is the only reason I get out of bed in the morning before I get right back into bed. Spencer's Market has heard my cry for help and they've answered, valiantly/deliciously.
For a chance to win a box of delicious Lara Bars (I think they're for women but if you're a guy, don't worry, you'll just grow breasts! Sexy!) plus a $20 credit to the market (FREE MONEY$), just do the following things:
1) sign up for the deals and:
2) leave a comment letting us know what vegan treats you'd like to see deals on. Let's tell Spencer's Market what we want so they can hopefully give it to us! SEXY ACTIVISM.
Spencer's will randomly choose the winner on Wed., December 14, and will email you. DONE AND DONE! Good luck!!
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CLOSED! Vegansaurus giveaway: TWO awesome Mojito wallets from Malcolm Fontier! »
That's right friends! We are giving away TWO Mojito wallets from vegan company Malcolm Fontier. We have one in black faux leather with red detail, and one in gray faux leather with purple detail. This wallet is hot! And very slim, which is good because then you can keep it in your pocket while you're dancing and not lose it like I do with my chunky wallet all the time. Seriously, losing my wallet is my special talent. I'm also excellent at losing my cellphone.
The Mojito:
Travel light—for the night, weekend, or for life. Possibly the world's smallest wallet, the Mojito is for those who hate carrying bulk, or who want a pared down travel wallet. In fact, it's more like an extra pocket, or a money clip—without the clip. The Mojito holds up to six cards and has a light elastic strap to ensure that, no matter where you're going, your cards are staying with you.
And this is extra-special because these are some of the brand-new colors Malcolm Fontier has released. You can see all the colors on their site.
TO WIN: Comment on this post and tell me about that one time you lost your wallet/credit card/ID/etc. Or tell me if you've never lost any of those and how you do that! PLUS, specify which color you want, red or purple. I will pick a winner for each color next Thursday, so get to it!
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Opti3 Omega-3 supplement winners, stand up and be counted! »
We have chosen our winners for the omega-3 supplement but I need their email addresses! Normally, I just search my email and disqus has sent them to me but this time I just got aliases. And what lovely aliases they are! VEGANTRASH and MEOWMIX, send me your email addresses! Yay! You are winners!
Megan Rascal
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CONTEST CLOSED. Vegansaurus Giveaway: VIP Tickets to VegNews Book Bash with Spork Foods! (HELLO, there's a Cinnaholic cinnamon bun BAR) »
Contest closed! The winners are Brandi and Rachel! We will contact you soon!! Yay!! If you didn't win, never fear! There are options:
1) If you want to volunteer at the party, they're in need of a handful of volunteers and you get:
1—A free tik
2—Free food and drinks
3—A free signed copy of Spork-Fed
4—A free VegNews tee
Email cholland AT vegnews DOT com if you're interested!
2) You can still buy tickets here!
Great news! Vegansaurus has just secured four VIP tickets to the VegNews Book Bash with Spork Foods, despite the event's being almost sold-out! We have connections, what can I say. I am going to be at the party (I'll be under the Cinnaholic cinnamon bun bar), and I hope you will, too! We're giving away two pairs of these coveted tickets, which include sumptuous vegan appetizers, all-you-can drink cocktails, a signed copy of the brand-new Spork-Fed cookbook, all the photobooth photos you can take, and, yes, the aforementioned cinnamon bun bar. And this all takes place on VegNews' gorgeous rooftop deck in the Mission. Seriously, it's the prettiest and most glamourous place in this filth-ball city!
We're gonna give them out in sets of two. That's two sets of two VIP tickets, if my math is correct! For a chance to win, just tell me what your current favorite vegan cookbook is (side note: did you see that Vegan Pie in the Sky is out?! So exciting! Buy a million copies! Plus, we've heard there are recipes for OLIVE OIL CRUST and MIND-BLOWING CHEESECAKES. Hello!), and I'll draw two winners this Friday at 5 p.m.. That's in TWO DAYS! So get to stepping! The same day we stop selling our t-shirts! And the Vegucated tickets giveaway ends! Friday is a big day!! Please only enter if you can definitely make the party (Friday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m.). More details here! Now, enter!
Plus, we'll get to hang out? How awesome will that be?? The answer is: VERY AWESOME because I am like, the cutest, coolest, sexiest, smartest, most down-to-earth lady you'll ever have the pleasure of lying under a cinnamon bun bar with. Let's do this!
Finally, let's drool over the Cinnaholic cinnamon bun below and dream up our most favorite topping combo would be. Oh! If you don't want to tell me your favorite vegan cookbook, let me know your favorite cinnamon roll topping combo OMG SO FUN.
∞ posted at 10:50 by laurahooperb
CONTEST CLOSED: Win tickets to a Bay Area screening of Vegucated! »
Thanks for participating, everyone! And congratulations to the winners!
I keep thinking I have a short attention span, but I love to read, so maybe it's a problem with audio-visual stimuli: I have a really hard time watching an entire movie. I pause it so often it takes me three days to finish, or I'll keep it on and do a bunch of educational quizzes on Sporcle (Always Be Self-Improving), or I'll put it on as background while I cook or clean—I am bad at watching movies.
A movie that did keep my attention for its entire run was Vegucated, the documentary about three omnivores who adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. It's only about 90 minutes, but it's well made and totally compelling. Despite not being its target audience—I don't need like 10 minutes of animal-abuse footage and slaughterhouse stats to convince me my lifestyle choices are morally correct—I watched the entire thing without getting wiggly or checking my phone-clock once.
Vegucated documents an interesting experiment in an entertaining way, the director/editor/writer/narrator, Marisa Miller Wolfson, is smart and funny, and she chose her subjects well. They're totally sympathetic: You cheer when they succeed; you feel bad when they cry. I absolutely recommend Vegucated. Go see it! With your friends! And family! And everyone you know who isn't vegan, because duh they should be and Vegucated can help get them there!
Specifically, you in the Bay Area have two chances to see it, on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, and on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco. Buy tickets for the Berkeley screening here, and for the S.F. screening here. Best part: You can win tickets for either event, thanks to our pal and event producer Karine Brighten! Isn't she great? Thanks, Karine!
We are giving away one pair and two single tickets to the SF event, and two single tickets to the Berkeley event. To win, leave a comment with two pieces of information: 1. Which screening you'd like to attend ("Berkeley" or "San Francisco"); and 2. Recommend me a movie that isn't totally boring! I will pick winners by Friday, Oct. 14. This should give all you non-winners plenty of time to buy your way in.
You want to see this movie! So come on and enter the contest, already.
[photos by Jessica Mahady for Vegucated]
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CLOSED! Vegansaurus Giveaway: Opti3 Omega-3 supplement! »
The lovely (and healthy!) folks across the pond at Opti3 were kind enough to ship over a sample of their fine product for an honest review, and the verdict is in: This is one heart-healthy, smart-making, mama-supporting, ass-kicking Omega-3 supplement! Opti3 is a 100 percent vegan, high-strength Omega-3 EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) supplement, which are considered essential fatty acids because our bodies don't produce them on their own. These fatty acids ultimately affect the function of virtually every system and every cell in our body and are responsible for cell flexibility, nerve function, mood support, and even weight control. Basically, they're SUPER-IMPORTANT.
Some less-evolved peeps may get their Omega-3s from eating the bodies of our fine-finned ocean friends, but Opti3 has eliminated the known risks (and environmental damage) of consuming fish—including the toxins—by creating a high-performance vegan formula.
More from the Opti3 website: All of the ingredients in Opti3 are 100 percent vegetarian- and vegan-approved. This includes the capsule itself, which is vegetable-based and gelatine-free. Opti3 is produced under pharmaceutical quality-controlled conditions.
You want to boost your overall health and support an awesome vegan company, right? OF COURSE YOU DO! You're in luck - Vegansaurus and Opti3 are going to give away a FULL BOTTLE of Opti3's newest, high-strength formula to three lucky readers! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post including another vegan source of Omega-3s. Yup, that's it! You have ONE WEEK from post date to enter, and we'll pick three winners at random. A bottle of Opti3 will be shipped directly to your door—it's as simple as that. Get healthy and enter today! [images via Opti3]
CLOSED! Vegansaurus Giveaway: Swimsuit from Eco Swim by Aqua Green! »
Hey errrybody! There's still time to get into a hot suit for summer! A hot PLANET-FRIENDLY suit! This super cute Eco Swim bathing suit can be yours, my friends. Just answer me this: What's the best vegan food for summer? Leave your answer in the comments and I will
drunkenly randomly select a winner next Thursday!
Eco Swim is a very cool company. Here's their mission statement:
Our mission is to provide fashionable, excellent quality, and planet-friendly swimwear. We will achieve this by embracing sustainable technologies and methods, hence reducing our carbon footprint in the sand. Our vision is to be the most sustainable swimwear manufacturer on the planet.
As you know, saving the environment is a good endeavor for vegans as that's where the animals live! And those animals love that environment, I'm telling you. And Eco Swim promises not to make uggo swimwear just because they want it to be sustainable. Check out their site for more cute suits!
∞ posted at 09:49 by youtalkfunny
Vegansaurus Giveaway: $50 gift card to Lulu's + 15 percent off for everybody! »
Check it out! We are giving away a $50 gift card to Lulus.com! Lulu's has a ton of faux leather shoes and purses* and plenty of other good stuff. To win, leave a comment telling us your favorite vegan recipe and what Lulu's outfit you would wear if you had a vegan dinner party featuring that dish. Go crazy!
Even if you don't win, everyone is getting a 15 percent discount to Lulu's from today until May 9. The coupon code is "VEGANSAURUS" and it's case-sensitive! It is valid for customers in the U.S. and Canada and is a one-use-per-customer coupon. Sorry!
Have at it! I will be choosing a winner next Thursday. I know, the suspense will kill you! But don't die! You might win!
I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty into these:
How cool would I be? (Hint: SO COOL)
*I can't speak to the glue, it's a bunch of different companies.
∞ posted at 13:20 by youtalkfunny
CLOSED! Vegansaurus giveaway: Vegan's Daily Companion! »
That's right, pals! We are doing another giveaway! This time one lucky reader will win a copy of Colleen Patrick Goudreau's Vegan's Daily Companion! It's got all kinds of good stuff to carry your vegan heart through the week!
To win, you must comment on this post with your dream vegan tattoo idea! Let's get it on! We will be picking a winner next Thursday! Exclamation point!
∞ posted at 14:01 by youtalkfunny
***Contest closed! But you can still buy tickets and go AND YOU SHOULD!***
You totally want to meet Jennifer Coolidge, right? Because she's the baddest beeyatch on earth and her performance in Best in Show is maybe the best thing that's ever happened to the motion picture industry. Seriously, during the impending End of Days, if I'm charged with grabbing a few items of cultural significance to preserve for future generations, you better watch the fuck out because racist pieces of shit like Breakfast at Tiffany's will go down in flames. I'll be on an inflatable dingy, floating in the debris of our trashed civilization, clutching copies of Cabin Boy, Billy Madison, and Best in Show. BELIEVE IT.
Here's your chance to meet Jennifer Coolidge at a swanky-swank party for Farm Sanctuary! Not only will you meet Coolidge, you'll rub elbows with Moby (most famous famous vegan),
John Salley (he plays sports!), Bob Harper (will he make you do push-ups to earn a second serving of fruit?), and our hero, Farm Sanctuary Founder and President Gene Baur. I mean, we really love Gene Baur. Like a lot. Not only is he wildly attractive, he's a superhero to the animals, and is very nice to look at.
The reason you'd be hanging out with famous people is that it's Farm Sanctuary's 25th year in operation (SO COOL) and they're celebrating with two mega galas, one in NYC and one in Los Angeles, and you'll be attending the launch party to get people all hella excited. Fun, right? Now, you might be saying, "Vegansaurus, you are on drugs (true), how can someone so lowly as myself possibly bump uglies (that means "meet," right?) with the likes of Jennifer Coolidge and Moby?" Well, here's how!
Vegansaurus is lucky enough to have two tickets to giveaway to the 25th Anniversary Gala launch party this Saturday, Apr. 23, in Los Angeles (at a private home in the Hollywood Hills. FANCY!). That's right, the pink dino is moving up in the world and we're taking you with us! Or we're sending you in our place because we're too poor to get to L.A.! To win a ticket for you and a friend (THAT'S TWO TICKETS), let us know which Farm Sanctuary animal you most want to adopt. You can just tell us that you love pigs the most because they're great or you can play favorites and give us the name of the Farm Sanctuary animal you love the most.
Also, while you're at it, you should totally actually adopt one! It feels really good to give money to such an awesome organization and you can display their picture on your fridge and in your wallet and when your mom bitches at you, "Why don't you have kids! You're so old! And such a disappointment!" you can be like, "WELL, ACTUALLY…"
We'll randomly pick a winner on Thursday afternoon, so the rest of you will have a chance to buy tickets and go. Seriously, only $100 for an evening of fancy fun, delicious vegan food and drink, and MEETING AND POSSIBLY MARRYING JENNIFER COOLIDGE. All that and the money goes to an amazing cause! You know you were gonna give them $100 anyway, might as well get some booze out of it!
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Definition of snappy in English:
snappySyllabification: snap·py
Pronunciation: /ˈsnapē /
adjective (snappier, snappiest)informal
1Irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish: anything unusual made her snappy and nervous
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- I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful - in fact I'm quite snappy and irritable - and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.
- He'd read twice through every book in the house, and he'd become irritable and snappy.
- I'm suddenly nervous and snappy with Dan, who is driving the support van.
2Cleverly concise; neat: snappy catchphrases
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- For the most part though, Gilman covers all her bases, writing in snappy, clever prose that keeps the pages turning.
- It should have clear headings, concise paragraphs and snappy sentences.
- Dialogue is snappy and modern and peppered with expletives.
2.1Neat and elegant: a snappy dresser
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- He was looking snappy in his cool button-up shirt that he didn't button-up all the way, his trendy denims, and his new white shoes.
- Quick-thinking interplay and a snappy first-time shot from Nick Davies off his back foot halved the gap.
- Close friends insist that the idea that Elspeth has 'groomed' her husband is way off the mark - he was, they point out, already a snappy dresser before he met his wife.
make it snappy
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hurry (up), be quick (about it), get a move on, look lively, speed upinformal get cracking, step on it, move it, buck up, shake a legdated make haste
- Well, make it snappy, because I'm not standing around here all night.
- And make it snappy so the rest of us can go 'Aww' and be done with it.'
- She looked down at her watch, 'But make it snappy, okay?'
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- By the mid-nineteenth century, The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more snappily known as Shakers, has an estimated 6,000 members in 19 different communities.
- Interestingly Schlosser's latest work, the snappily titled Chew On This, appears to be a largely regurgitated version of his previous best-selling adult exposé of the burger world, Fast Food Nation.
- He is a set-piece specialist who dresses snappily - he even owns a clothes shop in Gothenberg - and is married to a model.
snappiness noun
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- OK then, plenty of information, but I think it lacks that snappiness that slogan shirts usually have, also it's lucky I'm a big lad or the size of shirt needed for all this would drown me.
- Everybody's on board here, and everything just sails along on the charm of its people and the snappiness of Soderbergh's rhythms.
- The American cocker spaniel, for example, once sweet and docile, was bred indiscriminately when it became popular, and problems with health and temperament resulted; it soon gained a reputation for snappiness and instability.
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Monsanto joined roundtable at the White House
Monsanto Company and Climate Corporation, a division, this week joined a roundtable of experts at the White House to share ideas and research approaches to help the world's farmers manage and adapt to the impact of climate change on the global food supply.
The roundtable discussion, which focused on the White House Climate Data Initiative, provided a forum for researchers and leaders from the public and private sectors to share updates on the use of data insights and analysis to better understand climate issues and develop new solutions to address them.
"Data-driven insights can guide continued technology innovation across the agricultural community to provide growers with a greater ability to mitigate the impact of more volatile weather," said Martha Schlicher, global stakeholder engagement lead for Monsanto. "This helps growers continue to meet, now and in the future, demands for a balanced diet while simultaneously working to minimize the impact of food production on the environment.
"No one company or organization can address a challenge of this magnitude, and that is why Monsanto actively supports the White House Climate Data Initiative," Schlicher said. "We've contributed valuable data and expertise to multiple collaborations to advance climate change research and we're pleased to come together with others who share our commitment to sustainable food production."
During the meeting, company representatives shared updates on several collaborative efforts that have advanced the use of models—data-driven analyses of how plants respond to weather extremes, water availability and changing weather scenarios—working with the broader research community focused in this area. Examples of these collaborations include:
- University of Chicago research compared the impact of the 2012 drought relative to the last significant drought in 1988 and the impact of improved technology for farmers. That research showed that if farmers in the 2012 drought had been limited to the same agronomic choices they had in 1988, production would have been reduced by 25 percent. Monsanto has recently supported the extension of this work to understand the impact that changes in water availability could have on North American crop production.
- Monsanto has provided corn yield data to public modeling efforts to help improve the modeling predictability for how corn will respond to changes in climate and water availability.
- Monsanto is partnering company scientists with a number of external scientists to help improve one of the newest publicly available corn-growth simulation models.
- The Climate Corporation, a division of Monsanto, provides Climate Basic, a free online and mobile service that helps farmers identify the impact of recent and current weather conditions on their fields. The Climate Corporation also helped launch the Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA), an open-source software project to ensure farmers have full data access across different agriculture technology platforms.
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Snelgrove Gallery, Kenderdine
The two University galleries. Snelgrove in the Murray Building; Kenderdine
in the Agriculture Building. Call 966-4208.
The Mendel Art Gallery
Located at 950 Spadina Crescent East. Permanent collection and special exhibitions.
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A K A Artist Run Centre and Photographers Gallery
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Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
The SSO presents a great variety and number of concerts from October to May
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Lindsay Lohan appears to have made-up with an old friend ... only problem, it's another crony with whom she has a history of getting into trouble.
LiLo was spotted leaving Lure restaurant in NYC last night with Gavin Doyle -- the same guy who ratted her out to cops last year ... when he told them Lohan was the driver in their crash on PCH -- a fact Lindsay tried to conceal.
Lindsay also famously booted Gavin from her car last year ... after leaving an NYC jail for allegedly punching a "gypsy." He was also her employee during most of Lohan's darkest drug fueled days.
It's unclear when the two made up -- but we thought for sure he would have been one of the 80 "toxic friends" LiLo cut from her life after rehab.
Then again ... Gavin wasn't the one making poor decisions. Maybe he should make a toxic list.
That Gypsy girl is on the run, Broward County cops are looking for her for working her hustle on some wealthy fool.
Hey, Orcah..... has DUIna started cajoling you about doc-yew-menting AA Aliana's "comeback" since her successful heroin rehab in the philippines? Of course she has..... DUIna says she's "fine. Everything's fine. She's amazing. I'm a single mom of four".
So I see Lady Gaga put out her track list for her next album. And there is no mention of Blohan on it. She has rapper T.I. and singer R.Kelly on it, but not the junkie. Wasn't it Chief of Bile and BS the one who made the claim that Lindsay would be on Gaga's next album? Lol fail!
8 billion people in the world. If chief kum splatter,and twitter numbers matter. Then after the bought followers,the people that hate her,the advertisers.her 7 million followers went to 200 followers..thats .00003 people at every concert...justin bieber been around for two years and has 46million and katy perry three years and has 45 million
According to chief kum splatter lindsay was hand picked for these roles. "inferno" the linda lovelace story... "superman"...marilyn monroe bio... Remake of "carrie". woody allen and streep were both casting her in leading roles. Oliver stone movies. And nothing happened
Nicoles theory.if you get caught its not a crime,if you get found guilty it never happened if you went to court ordered rehab.and after three months its dimissed..no matter whay the paper work says.
What "Good Place" has dear old Linds been spotted out in overnight?
Oh yeah, FU, Gypsy Season is about to commence!!!
Won't be long now.
MUUMUUs! THE NEW FASHION ICON!
Hilo Hatties, MuuMuu Maker for the Stars has confirmed that Kim K. and Lindsay have Special Ordered a plane load of Extra Grande Fashionable Floral Prints to camouflage the extra girth both Fashion Ho's have gained recently!
The ladies put a Major Rush on the order and the garments will be delivered Air Express (Chartered) on Thursday.
Both Linds and Kimslvt have "outgrown their old wardrobes" and accepted that their bulk will be with them "for a while"; but the Show Must Go On, as they say…!
(Photo By Hilo Hattie)
I am sure Lady Gaga is bereft:
Lindsay Supporter @LuvLDL (NicHOLE) 6m
I'm done with Lady Gaga . Lying about Lindsay appearing on her new album :(
I predict in 5 years, Lindsay Lohan will be a 32 year old junkie and the only place her picture will be shown is the 'Memba Them?!' section of TMZ. She will still be saying she only tried coke 10 to 15 times, she will still be living in her pimp's apartment, she will just have gotten out of rehab for the 92nd time and swear that this time "she gets it - all the other times she was in rehab were a joke just to stay out of jail". She will still be sporting those hideous, smelly, ridiculous hair extensions and those dirty ankle boots on the bottom of her tree trunk legs. He skin will appear orange on only one side of her body and her veneers will have fallen off by then revealing her less than stellar nubs of junkie teeth. Her lips will be deformed due to a collagen mishap and will be mistaken for balloon floats from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She will still be stealing from, punching and blaming her sycophant friends and her bank accounts will be numerically lower than her considerable weight due to the interest on her non-payment tax evader status. Her acting resume will changed however, she will have racked up an impressive world's record of awards - all razzies (beating her current record as the worst actress of her generation). She will still be sighing and grunting like a COPD sufferer in all her roles which will be interchangeable due to her lack of range since she doesn't deign to take an actual acting class because "she knows she's a great actress no matter what the tabloids say about her life". She will still be stalking Samantha Ronson who will have taken out 152 restraining orders against her.
I can't wait for Matt Lauer to ask her where she sees herself in five years - again. Like five years ago when she said she would be married and have won a couple of Oscars by now.
It's like Groundhog Day with Lohan, except she never betters herself. She continues to learn nothing of the world as she gets older. She is the most boring, unintelligent, crass, untalented, uncaring, stagnant, entitled celebrity of her generation. She's worse than Kim Kardashian (who at least has some business sense and works at her non-career), worse than Spears or Bynes (who actually have serious mental illnesses, Lohan has no excuse), worse than Bieber (she's much older than him and should know better by now) and much worse than Miley Cyrus (who actually works hard for her money regardless of what I think of her talent and artistic choices).
Five years from now, 32 years old and still an entitled, grifting, bratty, loser junkie with a huge record and on probation. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just wait.
Gloom, despair and agony on me...
Deep dark depression, excessive misery...
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom despair and agony on me!!!
Well done Niners, eh?!!!
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Dwayne Parks, a cop with nearly two decades of service on the job, was on his way home from work when he was harassed and attacked by local teens on a South Side Chicago bus. Following that encounter, Parks reportedly died of a heart attack just blocks from his home.
According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, "an autopsy is pending police investigation and additional medical testing — although initial reports indicated he was badly beaten."
The father of 11 children, Parks had served for six years as a military police officer in the U.S. Air Force prior to his employment as a hospital police officer at Stroger Hospital in Chicago.


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The Music Man
Sunday June 3, 2012 / 1:00pmThe Music Man
6 tickets
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Washington, DC 20024
How was your experience?
The show was very well done. Actors, music, dancing were wonderful. My only complaint was missing quite a bit of the dialogue. Hard to catch with the quick pace of the show.


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Letter to the Editor: All of us are having financial problems
I would like to comment on the article in your Dec. 1, 2012 edition by Roger Barbee titled "Choose between lottery or lettuce." I am sorry the Volunteer Farms are having problems, but all of us are. I used to love to give to worthy organizations, but now the fundraising items just have to go in the trash.
Mr. Barbee, probably most of us play the lottery in hopes of winning money to pay for $751 per month health insurance, doctors' and dentists' office visits, and much needed medicines. Oh, by the way, did I mention gas, food, truck insurance, etc.? Mr. Barbee, stop being critical of us lottery players hoping to be one of the lucky ones to "hit it rich," or maybe in most cases to make life livable.
By the way, Virginia Lottery, my pickup truck is 16 years old with 183,000 miles on it, my life savings has long been gone and the very nice profit sharing I received from my previous employer set back for retirement is gone.
Does anyone have any lettuce for my egg sandwich?
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Race Night
On Saturday 9th of October, the club held a successful
fund raising race night, in the Scarna Inn Emyvale, raising a considerable
amount of money.
We would like to take this opportunity, to thank all those who attended and those who helped out on the night with the running of the event.
In particular we wish to thank all our sponsors for the event.
McSorley Pharmacy
Peader and Margaret McAdam.
Pound Hill Center Aughnacloy
VG Store, Augher
Aughnacloy Fuels
Eamon Murphy.
Gerry and Susan Murphy
McArdle, Cassidy and McQuaid.
AIB Monaghan
National sea Ways, Cork
Scarna Inn
Target Express, Newtownbutler
PC Whirl, Monaghan
Seamus McKenna Car sales.
Eamon Traynor Car Sales
Universal Graphics.
Murphy Sound and Video Services
Enda Savage Forklifts
Eucu Trading
PJ Rice
Industrial Buildings LTD
Silver Hill Foods.
The racing season for 2004 is now put to rest, racing bikes and wheels are hung up and hibernating for the winter. The winter bikes with mudguards are being dusted down once again, as riders prepare to clock up the necessary winter miles, stockpiling the stamina, for the forthcoming year.
Crannog Ireland can reflect on a successful year, with Connor Murphy and Paul Mulligan, the clubs senior A riders, regularly taking wins and high placings in many top events.
Connor Murphy, took many victories, with a stage win
in the Tour of the North, A first place at Stamullen, The Meath Grand Prix,
The Ulster Road Race Championship and for a 2nd time the Tour of Armagh.
Paul Mulligan took a win in the rain soaked Cookstown Spring Classic in April, and took two second, places in The Newbridge Grandprix, and the Emyvale grandprix .
Veteran Competitor Tony Murphy had an enjoyable season
competing in many races, in both the open categories, and the ICVA events.
Gareth McAdam and Dean McCullough were our two underage riders, performed well and consistently in all their events.
The club looks forword to the forthcoming season in 2005, when once again the colours of Crannog Ireland, North Monaghan CC will be visible in races all around Ireland and indeed abroad.
The club will be holding its AGM on Monday 25th October,
in the Leisure Centre, Emyvale. New members are welcome to attend. We will
also be holding our annual social in the near future.
Our intention is to keep club members up to date with the goings on within
club, as well as keeping past members and indeed anyone else who
We would also appreciate it if you would send us feedback and of course
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This movie was entertaining and interesting but not one of my favorite for this year. Not too bad---good performance.
"After high school, I'm gonna play football at Notre Dame." Everyone huddled around the TV laughed at Rudy Ruettiger when he made that statement, except for his friend Pete. And Rudy trudged on, living a life everyone else thought he should, and each day, he died a little more inside. Then Pete died, and Rudy tried to escape. "Chasing a stupid dream...causes nothing but you and everyone around you heartache," his dad said. "My whole life, people have been telling me what I could do and couldn't do. I've always listened to them, believed in what they said. I don't want to do that anymore," said Rudy. This is Rudy's point-of-no-return. This is where the story really takes off, and we (the viewers) are left trying to answer one question, "is this an example of a delusion or persistence of vision?" Whenever I feel like Sisyphus, I put on this movie, and I remember these lines, "In this life you don't have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself. And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now...it ain't gonna never happen." Watch the movie.
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When is entry fee too much? To prevent more failed events could promotors charge more?
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
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Cost and Type of Event
Submitted by David on
It really depends on the event. I am not going to pay $50 for a crit. I might pay $50 for a road race but it would have to be a good race.
It's about quality of course and cost per minute ratio
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
I know this poll comes with a huge "depends" so comments are welcome.
For me it is about quality of course and the probably varies greatly from rider to rider. One man's junk is another man's treasure. It also comes down to cost per minute ratio. If a crit is $45 and it is 45 minutes and assuming I don't plan on getting dropped then this is a $1 a minute event. Some endurance events are $80 but riding time is way higher lowering the ratio. Short track if $15 for 20 minutes and training crits, which are probably the best price per minute are like $18-ish for 40 minutes.
So if a crit that was super awesome, had a low chance of getting dropped (because the course suited me, I was fit and the category make up was fair then I would pay as much as $70 but honestly that would be rare but I don't have a problem dropping $85 for the Rocky Mountain Endurance Series.
This for me does tie into category make up, if a course had just SM +35 and no other age brackets and they were pulling lapped riders than my desire to enter or pay a high fee goes down because I'm simply not a strong crit rider (or strong for that matter). Am I saying the promoter should have more age brackets to attract me? Maybe, double edged sword right?
Gravel Grinders!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
You should get into the gravel grinder scene. Many of the events are free ($75 is about as high as I've seen for an entry fee) and most take 10-12 hours or more to complete. Now, THAT's value!
Points: 5
one opinion - except for a
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
one opinion - except for a few special races, even $50 sounds like too much for someone racing throughout the season. I think many of our races survive on riders who choose to race often and throughout the whole season. Something like a marathon can charge a lot because a runner may choose one single race in a year and travel far for it, and also because the barriers to entry in a run (or walk or jog) are far lower giving the sport a vastly larger group of potential participants. On the other hand, a vibrant bike racing community, I'd think, thrives on riders who choose maybe 15-30+ races a year - keeping overhead and entry fees in line prevents many of us from having to get selective and omit races we'd otherwise do as that can quickly add up, and it's not like the prize money is even covering costs for just about any rider. Also, having a few friends who are considering dipping their toes in the sport, there are already sufficiently steep cost and learning curves that I would think higher fees would be a deterrent.
One thought - if long drives to flattish eastern CO road races is a failing model, maybe focusing the road type courses in the foothills and mountains (the stuff that makes Colorado Colorado) and making them circuit/road courses (like Boulder RBX, Mead, Candelas and to a lesser extent, Koppenberg and Salida) will appeal to more racers and be more viable for promoters as well. Not sure of the answer but am sorry to see Hugo fail.
Never, never, depend on entry
Submitted by Andy Bohlmann (not verified) on
Never, never, depend on entry fees to cover a race budget!
Cash sponsorships should always exceed entry income. If you can't find that cash, don't do the race.
With that criteria, we won't
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
With that criteria, we won't have a problem with a full calendar. Perhaps we can pool all the sponsorship out there for one or two nice races per month.
If you know where the deep pockets for cash sponsorship of weekly amature races resides, please do share. I am sure there are lots of clubs that are depending on entry fees that would love to know where all that cash sponsorship is so they can improve the quality and prize list of the events.
I am hard pressed to solicit
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I am hard pressed to solicit cash or freebies to give to bike racers. I do fundraising for nonprofits and am happy to ask businesses to donate to those causes because I can explain the benefit to society and the community. How do you convince a non-cycling business to give you $$$ so that weekend warriors can race their bikes? God bless those who can do this, but I am not among them.
What you're describing is
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
What you're describing is charity, yes? Sponsorship implies a mutually benficial business arrangement by which the race/team/rider receives material support in exchange for promotion.
Charity seems a pejorative
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Charity seems a pejorative way to describe fundraising for nonprofits. One could viably argue that the mutual benefit comes from social improvements made possible in part through financial or in-kind donations. Or tax deductions, a pretty standard benefit for any business or individual making a nonprofit donation. Neither of those, or simply the fact that nonprofits are generally trying to making the world a bit better/more tolerable/etc. are any less worthy than the usual vague sponsorship benefits of cycling.
Combine that with the fact that many nonprofits are better are quantifying return on investment than many amateur cycling events, and I think that's what the poster above was alluding to with his remarks.
Let the flaming begin, I assume...
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Not intended as a pejorative
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Not intended as a pejorative at all--not every word/comment on this site should be construed as meanspirited--just a clarification.
Fundraising for non-profits is a highly noble endeavor. If some company/person wants to donate to a worthy cause then great. If some other company/person wants to sponsor a race or team or rider, then great.
Points: 4
Submitted by Zac (not verified) on
You've got it backwards. Races need to charge LESS to avoid failure. It costs too much.
Of course everyone would love $5 entry fees
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
No question races popularity might go up if race fee's dropped to $5 but who will cover the costs? Toilets, police, permits, insurance, officials, prize list, etc, etc. $5 per racers won't cover the costs, I guess sponsorship could fill the gap but I'm not a promotor so is that realistic?
Points: 5
The model is already here
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I am going to guess you were a little sarcastic with the $5 entry fee BUT $15- $20 entry fees already exist today!
$15 CU Short track
$18 Golden weekly crit
$18-20 Boulder weekly crit
what do those events have in
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
what do those events have in common? locations with no requirement for traffic control/police presence.
Points: 6
weeknight races & no upgrade
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
And they are weeknight races, which is limited ot the very local racers, and they have no upgrade points.
Not the same.
No problem, host these on weekends as well
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Why not have these on the weekends as well.
The Table Mountain course in
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The Table Mountain course in Golden hosts a weekend race in August. The attendance is never great. As for the Niwot business park course, they have held weekend races there in the past as well. As they were in March they had good attendance (and there lives a big part of the problem in CO.
Points: 6
So cheaper entry fee ISN'T what we want
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I assume the CSP race in August is also on the cheap side as well and if that is true and attendance is low then does this say that cheap entry fees are not what people want in Colorado?
Actually the weekly crits do
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Actually the weekly crits do count for upgrade points. It is dependent on # of riders starting a race.
a bit extreme
Submitted by Zac (not verified) on
$5? That's a bit over the top.
500 racers at $25/each > 200 racers at $50 each
When you start talking about $50 entry fees + fuel and maybe some food, you're looking at a significant monetary commitment to race two events per week or even 1 event per weekend. With costs that high, I'd be very selective in the races I choose.
Is the supply of events too high?
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Someone mentioned that this is a simple supply vs demand, drop the supply and participation will go up. Is that really the right way to look at this but the calendar for cycling events is high, have a look and we don't have every single Colorado cycling event http://303cycling.com/event
Too many races? Are we
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Too many races?
Are we spoiled in Colorado because we have races on almost every Saturday and Sunday from March to August? When you look at other states, they might have one race event every other weekend. Could we be at the point that we sacrifice one weekend race for the other one for that same weekend? The farther away races always get the least attendance compared to closer to the metro. Ironhorse, Aspen, Dead Dog, Steamboat, Squaker, and Hugo (I know I missed some) are all far races and don't get the big number of participants.
Why can't we get more road races closer to the Denver Metro? Most are up towards Boulder and Ft Collins. Bennett/Strasburg, Brighton, or Big Saudi Aurora could host bigger races than Hugo.
We seem to lose a lot of racers when the warmer months hit. Many Cross guys vanish. The Tri guys are now doing their triathlons. Xterra racers move on also. More family time with the kids out of school? College racers are gone for the Summer.
We have too many Crits (yes, they are easier and cheaper to put on), but need more road races. We have more than enough climbing courses. Flatter courses are good to have also to make for a more well-rounded racer, especially if you go race in other states. Solutions? I don't know. Just blabbering.
Points: -1
I mostly agree
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The push to have a road race (meaning as opposed to mtn, not as opposed to crit) every weekend day for almost half the year dilutes quality and turnout. But if most people don't want to seem to race their bikes the second half of the summer, shortening the season may work better than decreasing the frequency. In other words, try to have a race ever Saturday and Sunday April through June, but let it thin out dramatically in July and August.
Modest Proposal for ACA Growth and cost management
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Ihave long believed. and even more strongly lately, that the key to making a regional system work is counter programming smaller races and overlapping them.
The gist is something like this:
on any given month in the road season, 3 weeks of the year, run small inepensive TTs and crits and HCs and RUN THEM AGAINST EACHOTHER.
have a TT in palmer lakes the same weekend as a crit in northern Colorado and a HC in Boulder...
next week, mix it up, sircuit race in boulder, HC in the mountains, TT in northern colorado.
one weekend a month, organize a big tentpole race event somewhere, from SM to Dead Dog. etc...
I think a lot of people would race more if there was less travel involved, but the community is spread out among CS, denver, boulder, mountain communities, fort collins and NorCo....
if the casual rec racers had more local options, the sport could grow more. Its pretty clear that travel is a barrier to entry/regular participation for a lot of folks. I help run the tuesday night grassroots series in Fort Collins and we get TONS of people coming out, just cuz its lowkey and accessible and cheap.
you do more of those kinds of things on saturday and sunday mornings all over the state, and less extravaganza races that req 500 people to register at 50 bucks a pop to break even, you SAVE those events for really special weekends on really good courses, and let the whole region converge for them, instead of expecting a majority or participatns to travel every or most weekends.
does this mean promoters compete for racers?
to some extent, yes, but if you program carefully (run different types of events against eachother) you minimize it, and whats more, you draw a lot more local sport racers out to grow the sport.
further, i am not convinced that a little more competition wouldnt incent promoters to be a little more creative and resourceful in managing costs. right now, each promoter essentially has a monopoly on a given date in Colorado, the only competition is for who gets which dates.
This seems like a pretty
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This seems like a pretty simple and elegant solution (at least partially) to this issue. Colorado is certainly in the top 3 or so in terms of racing cyclists per capita, why treat it as if there can only be one race selection per viable racing day? Seems better on the grassroots level to have multiple, more locally-focused events so people can give bike racing a whirl on any given weekend, rather than to travel from Parker to Boulder only to be shelled two lap in on a 40 minute Crit and forever after swear off bike racing.
Sure it might crimp the style of those going for the BAR-BAT titles, but really, hasn't that continued to be an attendance award despite the best efforts of oh so many? Honestly if the points were spread out a bit more, if might make the points competition a little more interesting. Or just make the monthly flagship the weighted points event for the month, a collection of the top riders gunning for points.
Currently, we have so many events that the season here is a long one, as has been pointed out in multiple places on this forum and elsewhere, many people start training in January only to burn out by June or July. Multiple selections on most given weekends would allow clubs to fulfill their race promotion obligation without necessarily promoting say, a road race in late August that they worry will suffer from exceptionally low turnout (likely under the current model).
Not to say there aren't hurdles. One of the things the OP seemingly overlooks is that irresponsible cost management in not necessarily what does a lot of events in. Many municipalities mandate what promoters do regarding traffic and crowd control, meaning the costs are relatively fixed, and off duty cops ain't cheap, especially if you're looking at a full day. Not to speak for Swift, but I believe that might be one reason, along with the relatively empty road courses, that Hugo and Deer Trail are where they are. Still, I think that the travel/cost arguments are very valid, especially when you consider that this is a hobby for most of us.
Anyway, really intriguing idea, hope to see some more discussion here.
I completely agree, and this
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I completely agree, and this is exactly the model that you see working so well in denser markets like the mid atlantic and midwest. Local, cheaper events running in parallel within 2-3 hours' drive of one another to encourage grassroots participation (we did a 3/4/5 only series in Northern Ky one summer and it did extremely well), and bigger "regional" events with higher entry fees, more prestige (and correspondingly nicer prize lists) every 3 or 4 weeks that become "target" events for people who want to drive to them. I have said this so many times: NOT EVERY EVENT HAS TO BE BAR BAT (or whatever); the "flatness" of the racing calendar out here is what is killing individual event participation; there's no distinction.
dunno if the demographics and density out here work quite as well, but it might make for a more achievable startup model for places like, say, Pueblo, who seemed to want to make a go at road events in the past, and might be able to draw some local stuff from Co Springs for a grassroots series, but have a harder time making a a bigger event work (at least initially until word gets out) strictly cos of funding availability and racer buy-in, etc. I can see the Western Slope / Central Mtns having their own series offset; WS in mid spring (like April, before the heat gets too bad) and Summit Co having a summer local series during the peak of hot season down here.
Races that do well and draw a big crowd year after year have something special to bring to the table, and maintain consistency (always same date on the calendar, you can rely on the same categories being held for the most part, etc). People complained about the results/timing issues at Morgul Classic but the organizers seem really focussed on trying to keep this a high quality event. From what I've seen the promoters and community organizers there take constructive criticism seriously and genuinely want to hold a high quality attractive event. Same goes for races like Boulder Roubaix. You can pretty much guarantee that every year on the first weekend in April there will be a fun dirt suffer fest with a good emcee and deep categories and decent prize list, oh and the fact that they tie it in with the Euro classic weekend helps to provide some of that elusive "sticky" factor. Same seems to apply for Mead - the community there really WANTS that event, and that shows itself in the enthusiasm and fun of the race itself, plus it looks like they're at least making an effort to maintain a consistent space on the calendar, but seeing as it's only the 2nd year, it's too early to tell.
Races like Hugo and the State TT suffer from a combination of logistical challenges, distance, unreliability on the part of Hugo (the promoter's gone a bit flakey about holding it in the past few years, sorry Steve, that's just the truth) that makes committing to driving to it unattractive, what I call the "meh" factor, and expense to maintain / put on. Other races that don't seem to do as well suffer from unpredictable calendar spots - you can't make them an A race on your January training plan because you're not sure when they'll happen or if they'll conflict with your family reunion, etc. The "meh" factor isn't something I can really describe, but I know it when I see it. The fourth office park circle in a row? That's "meh" too, and I happen to prefer crits. Some of those office park circles realistically might make better local/grassroots events run at a low expense to promoter & racers alike by turning them into weeknight and/or training races.
last but not least, you have insane saturation of the outdoor competitive market in this region. It's not like road racing is the only thing going. This not only draws riders away to conflicting events, it also brings about "event fatigue" in the local communities and with law enforcement, etc. Winter Park series, the six million duathlon and triathlons that go on just in Boulder alone, Tough Mudder, NORBA races, Firecracker 50, other MTB enduro events, Bolder Boulder, Denver running 5 and 10K races -- these are a few of the things my teammates and I have signed up for just this summer. Add to that things like family vacations, fishing/hiking/camping, weddings and other stuff and you've got a recipe for distraction.
Salida Road Race = $53.40
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Will be interesting to see if $53.40 is too much for a short circuit road race.
Distances are from 12 miles for Cat. 5s - 27 Miles for Women, 35 for Men 4s, 45 for Men 3s, 35+, SW 1-2, 3 & 68 Miles for SM P-1-2.
Is that worth $53.40? Time will tell.
If Hugo added that extra $6.90 x 300 riders = $2070 they would of gotten close to break even.
Crit is $43.00. Most groups are 40 Minutes to 55 Minutes.
Points: -1
Mt. Evans = $66.53
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Mt. Evans HC = $66.53


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KeySpan Acquires Eastern Enterprises and EnergyNorth - Nation's Fifth Largest Natural-Gas Company Created -.
KeySpan Corporation (NYSE: KSE) yesterday created the largest natural gas-distribution company in the Northeast with the acquisition of Eastern Enterprises (NYSE: EFU) of Weston, MA, and EnergyNorth (NYSE: EI) of Manchester, NH. The last day of trading for Eastern or EnergyNorth common stock was yesterday, November 8, 2000. All former Eastern utilities (Boston Gas, Colonial Gas and Essex Gas) and the EnergyNorth utility (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) are now identified as KeySpan Energy Delivery.
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"Today we celebrate the culmination of an ambitious effort that has forged great companies into the largest gas-distribution company in the Northeast and the fifth largest in the United States," said Robert B. Catell, chairman and chief executive officer of KeySpan. "This expansion is a milestone in our company's history, and is a major step in implementing our strategy of growth and our vision of becoming the premier energy and services company in the Northeast. KeySpan anticipates tremendous growth for regulated and unregulated sales of natural gas and energy-related products and services throughout the region."
This acquisition increases the customer base of KeySpan's regulated utilities from 1.6 to 2.4 million natural gas customers, and creates the market potential for KeySpan to expand to more than 5 million customers for energy and services. With market saturation for natural gas in the Northeast averaging only 35%, the area provides opportunities for significant growth in KeySpan's regulated gas business.
The purchase is valued at approximately $2.5 billion -- $1.96 billion in equity and the assumption of $550 million in debt. KeySpan will ultimately finance the purchase of the equity of Eastern and EnergyNorth by issuing $1.65 billion in long-term debt and the balance with commercial paper. Following a review of the transaction, S&P has upgraded its rating of KeySpan to "A" and Moody's has affirmed its "A3" rating.
KeySpan now has assets of more than $10 billion and projected annual revenues of $5 billion, resulting primarily from the consolidation of six utilities in New York and New England. With the closing, KeySpan becomes a registered holding company subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
KeySpan expects the acquisition to yield pre-tax annual savings of approximately $40 million. These savings will result primarily from the elimination of duplicate corporate and administrative programs, greater efficiencies in operations and business processes, increased purchasing efficiencies, and consolidation of information systems. KeySpan expects to achieve personnel reductions through a variety of programs, including hiring freezes, attrition, and voluntary separation programs, including early retirement. All union contracts will be honored.
The Change of Command
"The sale of Eastern to KeySpan is the result of our efforts to maximize shareholder value," said J. Atwood Ives, chairman and CEO of Eastern Enterprises. "On behalf of management, I would like to thank all of our employees for their hard work and professionalism in our efforts to integrate our operations with KeySpan. Together, we have created an organization that is well positioned to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities ahead of us."
His sentiments were echoed by Robert R. Giordano, recently retired president and CEO of EnergyNorth. "The acquisition is exciting news for EnergyNorth," he said. "KeySpan's size and strength will provide unprecedented services to energy customers in New England."
Catell remains chairman and CEO of the combined company. Ives and Giordano have retired from active management, and Ives has been appointed to KeySpan's board of directors. KeySpan's corporate headquarters will remain in New York, while Boston will serve as headquarters for the company's New England operations.
"We have great respect for the excellent service Eastern and EnergyNorth employees have always provided their customers, and we welcome them to the KeySpan family of nearly 14,000 employees," said Catell. "We each have a proud history of more than 100 years of active community involvement -- a tradition we intend to continue."
Shareholder Transactions
Eastern Enterprises Shareholders.
-- Eastern Enterprises shareholders will receive an acquisition price of
$64.558 per share, paid in cash. This acquisition price reflects the
original $64.00 price, plus a "ticking fee" of $0.558 per share
($0.006 per day for 93 days, August 7 through November 7, 2000).
-- In addition, Eastern Enterprises shareholders will receive a portion of
the fourth quarter dividend equal to $0.1692 per share. It will be
paid on November 22 to shareholders of record as of November 8, 2000.
The dividend calculation reflects the 36-day period from
October 4 through November 8, 2000, at a rate of $0.0047 per day.
-- Eastern Enterprises shareholders will receive instructions from the
exchange agent, EquiServe Trust Company, shortly after
November 8, 2000. Those holding shares with a broker (or "street
name") should contact the broker about receiving payment directly from
that broker.
EnergyNorth Shareholders.
-- EnergyNorth shareholders will receive an acquisition price of
$61.4587 per share, paid in cash. This acquisition price reflects the
original $61.13 price, plus a "ticking fee" of $0.3287 per share (the
Eastern Enterprises "ticking fee" of $0.558 multiplied by a
pre-determined factor of .589).
-- In addition, a prorated dividend of $0.2683 per share will be paid on
November 22 to shareholders of record as of November 8, 2000. The
prorated dividend calculation reflects the 69-day period from
September 1 through November 8, 2000, at a rate of $0.35 per quarter
($0.35 multiplied by 69/90).
-- EnergyNorth shareholders will receive instructions from the exchange
agent, EquiServe Trust Company, shortly after November 8, 2000. Those
holding shares with a broker (or "street name") should contact the
broker about receiving payment directly from that broker.
KeySpan Shareholders.
-- This transaction does not affect existing KeySpan shareholders.
Therefore, no action is required by KeySpan shareholders.
For more information, shareholders of Eastern Enterprises and EnergyNorth can contact EquiServe Trust Co., the exchange agent, at (800)736-3001, call the Eastern/EnergyNorth shareholder hotline at (781)647-2357, or visit the Investor Relations section of KeySpan's website: www.keyspanenergy.com.
KeySpan's Energy and Service Companies
KeySpan Energy Delivery New York (formerly Brooklyn Union) is a regulated utility that sells and delivers natural gas to homes and businesses in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island (formerly Brooklyn Union of Long Island) is a regulated utility that sells and delivers natural gas to homes and businesses in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, as well as the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens County, NY.
KeySpan Energy Delivery New England (formerly Boston Gas, Essex Gas, Colonial Gas and EnergyNorth Natural Gas) is a regulated utility that sells and delivers natural gas to homes and businesses in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
KeySpan Home Energy Services companies provide a full range of energy products and services for customers' homes, including heating, air conditioning and water heating equipment installation, service and repair. In addition, the company sells natural gas and electricity to residential customers through energy supply contracts. Eastern Enterprises' ServiceEdge, the largest unregulated provider of residential HVAC equipment installation and services in New England, will hereafter be identified as KeySpan Home Energy Services.
KeySpan Business Solutions companies provide a full range of energy products and services to businesses, ranging from the installation of HVAC systems to providing practical energy management solutions for commercial and industrial facilities. The company also offers integrated architectural, engineering, construction and O&M services, as well as financing. In addition, the company sells and manages the delivery of natural gas and electricity to its business customers through energy supply contracts. EnergyNorth's non-utility subsidiary, ENI Mechanicals (which provides mechanical contracting and HVAC services to commercial and industrial customers through its Northern Peabody and Granite State Plumbing and Heating subsidiaries), will hereafter be identified as KeySpan Business Solutions.
KeySpan Communications owns and operates a fiber optic telecommunications network that provides capacity for internet service providers (ISP's), carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC's), businesses and educational facilities. Cooperative arrangements extend the network throughout the New York City market, with fiber access to Europe through cable landing sites on Long Island.
KeySpan myHomeKey is an Internet-based home-management business that allows customers to manage home repairs and maintenance, shop online, tailor their energy use, and customize their home security systems, among other services. The myHomeKey.com site also keeps consumers abreast of community events by allowing the sharing of information.
In addition, EnergyNorth Propane and Eastern Enterprises' AMR Data Corporation and Midland Enterprises will be managed by KeySpan Energy Development Corporation.
A member of the S&P 500, KeySpan is the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, with 2.4 million gas customers. KeySpan is also the largest investor-owned electric generator in New York State and operates Long Island's electric system. In addition, KeySpan markets energy and Internet services, processes gas in Canada, and has investments in fiber-optic cable, natural-gas exploration, production, pipeline transportation, distribution and storage. For more information, visit KeySpan's web site at http://www.keyspanenergy.com
Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements, which reflect numerous assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in such statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are: general economic trends; fluctuations in gas and electric prices; available sources and cost of fuel; State and Federal regulatory initiatives that increase competition, threaten cost and investment recovery, and impact rate structures; the ability of the Company to successfully reduce its cost structure; the ability of the Company to successfully integrate acquired operations; the degree to which the Company develops non-regulated business ventures; the effect of inflationary trends and increases in interest rates; and risks detailed from time to time in reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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These are the games I own at this time.
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Batman: Arkam Asylum
BattleField: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Clive Barkers: Jericho
Dead Space – Greatest Hit
Devil May Cry 4
Final Fantasy XIII
Grand Theft Auto 4
Killzone 3
Medal Of Honor – Limited Edition
Need For Speed: Shift
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit – Limited Edition
Resistance Fall of Man
Resistance 2 – Collector Edition
Spider-Man 3
Sports Champion
Tekken 6
All the games I own small Collection,
but I soon plan to add
Resistance 3 – Collectors Edition or what ever the most expensive version there is. If there isnt then regular.
Batman: Arkam City – Collectors Edition
Need For Speed: Out Run – Limited Edition
BattleField 3 – Limited Edition
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
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Many psn games
1 ps3 game Warriors of Troy
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((Questions)) nothing more then questions and ((Debates))
I was having a nice conversation with my twin last night and we had brought up life after death. My brother is the exact opposite of me, Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually, but we have a deep respect for one another. To add what I had said in my previous rambling is this.When a person dreams they dream approximately anywhere between 15 seconds and 90 minutes.. But the person in the dream may say it was much longer than that.So I had asked my brother this, and I shall ask all of you the same.Me: "If we dream for about 5 to 30 minutes (I looked up the real numbers today), and we only dream in the final hours of sleep, R.E.M, then if and when we die the moment we lose consciousness does our mind put us in a dream forever?"Twin: "How would that make sense? When we die our brain shuts down, leaving us dead in a hole."Me: "You had said earlier that when a man's head is chopped from his head that he is still conscious for a few moments, correct?"Twin: "Yes, and?"Me: For you those few moments pass and go, but to the one about to die his mind may consider those few moments an infinite increase in time. Causing endless dreaming….or maybe even heaven?"Twin: "Possibly, you would need to think about the variables."Me: "I guess I should…So I will."So….I guess I want to figure this question out…..Anyone have any thoughts on it?
Tagged: Dreams Death dream life Headless metaphysics Heaven Theory Heaven Theory Coexist Thougths
Posted on June 13, 2012
When we die, does our mind create what we believe and make it reality? In other words I guess what I am asking is this, "When we pass on our physical bodies to ascend to a higher living, does our mind create what we believe in and give it to us?"Some groups of people believe in heaven. So wouldn't their mind create a perfect paradise for them?
Some other people believe in Reincarnation. So wouldn't their mind strive to create another life for them?Others believe in the universal laws of Alchemy, So wouldn't their mind take them back to the universal Ether?((I could go down the list with a Variety of Religions and a Handful of Beliefs, But we all know that would take far to much time.)) ((Next Thought))In terms of God, would our mind simply turn the thoughts into reality? would we have a personal God for all of us? One in which shares our aspirations and goals no matter how sick or twisted?I cannot give an answer to a lot of things, I can only drain the thoughts in my mindand hope for the very best.
Tagged: Life Metaphysics Death God Afterlife Alchemy
Posted on June 12, 2012
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