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Greeley, CO 80631
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Wastewater Collection Division A wide variety of work is performed by this division including routine cleaning of sewer lines, inspection of sewer lines, maintenance of the sewage pumping stations, rehabilitation of the system and responding to emergencies.
Wastewater Treatment Division The staff treats wastewater to meet or exceed EPA and Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment requirements. The WPCF goal is to maintain or improve the water quality of the Cache la Poudre River. The staff also treats organics (biodegradable material) that enters the plant and converts them to biosolids that are used to improve soil composition and increase crop production for local farmers.Industrial Pretreatment ProgramThe City of Greeley Industrial Pretreatment Program is a program within the Water Pollution Control Facility. The IPP is dedicated to ensuring the quality of the water discharged from the treatment plant to the Poudre River. In order to accomplish this, the IPP is required to address discharges from industrial and commercial users into the sanitary sewer system.
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Tour Stop 1Residential, Commercial, and Industrial WastewaterAn average of 8-9 million gallons of wastewater is treated every day at the WPCF. This comes from homes, businesses, and industries within Greeley. Because Greeley's plant, like most wastewater treatment plants, is designed to treat domestic sewage only, great care must be taken to ensure that hazardous materials are not put down the drain. When hazardous or toxic materials end up at the WPCF, they can upset the delicate processes that turn the raw sewage into clean water and quality biosolids.How can residents help protect water quality? As a Greeley resident, you can help protect the environment by properly managing wastes in your home. Many products such as cleaners, pesticides, and paint contain hazardous ingredients, and therefore must not be dumped down the drain. Weld County has two Household Hazardous Waste Collection sites, one in Greeley at 1311 North 17th Avenue, and another in Dacono at 5990 Weld County Road 11-1/2. Weld County residents may take their household hazardous waste to the site for recycling, reuse, or proper disposal. To find out more about the program, including days and hours of operation, please call the hotline at 970-304-6415, extension 2233. Businesses In addition to the Household Hazardous Waste Program, the County has also developed a program for small businesses. To request an information packet, call 970-304-6415, extension 2206. Restaurants can help by taking the necessary steps to keep fat, oil, and grease out of their wastewater. This includes following good housekeeping practices in the kitchen and having a properly sized and maintained grease interceptor. Click here for restaurant information. Businesses that produce silver-rich waste from film or x-ray processing can help by joining our Best Management Practices Program.
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Tour Stop 2 Wastewater Collection System
In order for wastewater to be treated at the wastewater treatment plant, it must travel there from all over the City via the collection system. After the wastewater leaves Greeley homes, businesses, and industries, it flows through pipes to the City's sewer lines in the streets and then on to larger trunks that take it to the wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater collection system is built so that gravity carries the sewage from higher elevations within the system to the treatment plant. In some areas of the City, however, wastewater must be pumped up using lift stations to continue the process of gravity flow to the plant. Obstructions in the sewer lines from items such as body wipes, paper towels, and grease can restrict the flow, and cause sewage to back up into homes and businesses. The Collection department routinely cleans all major sewer lines in the City, and uses a special camera to trace blockages back to their source. Learn more at the Wastewater Collection website.
Tour Stop 3 Preliminary Treatment-- Screening and Grit Removal
When the wastewater reaches the treatment plant, it first travels through coarse bar screens in the influent wet well. Large items such as plastic, sticks, and rags get caught on the coarse bar screens and must be removed manually by the operators to avoid clogging or damage of plant equipment. The influent wastewater must then be lifted up into the plant, to an elevation where gravity can facilitate flow throughout the plant processes. Three large vertical pumps are used to lift the wastewater up into the plant.
Once in the plant, the flow rate is measured by Parshall flumes. This is important for record keeping, as well as process control purposes.
Next, rotary bar screens remove smaller items such as toilet paper and plastic. These screenings are then transported through a screw conveyor where they are washed, dewatered, and compressed. Washing the screenings returns the organic material to the wastewater, so it can be treated in subsequent treatment processes. The screenings are then collected and transported to a garbage dumpster by the conveyor.
Grit, which consists of small materials such as sand, cinders, coffee grounds, and gravel, is then removed in circular tanks called grit chambers. The velocity of wastewater flow is slowed to about 1 foot per second. This allows the grit to settle to the floor of the chamber and the lighter organic material to flow out of the chamber with the remaining wastewater. From the bottom of the chamber, the grit moves into a center storage hopper and is pumped to a grit concentrator to separate it from its carrier liquid.
From there, the grit is pumped to the grit classifier, which separates it from any remaining organic material. The screw conveyor then collects the grit and deposits it in the dumpster. Screening and grit removal processes are essential to wastewater treatment because they reduce clogging of pipes, protect moving mechanical equipment and pumps from abrasion and abnormal wear, and prevent accumulation of non-degradable materials in basins and tanks.
Tour Stop 4 Primary Treatment -- Removal of Suspended, Settleable and Floatable Materials
After screening and grit removal, the wastewater flows to three large circular tanks called primary clarifiers. Primary clarifiers remove a large amount of suspended, settleable, and floatable materials from the wastewater. As the wastewater flows through the primary clarifiers, its velocity is reduced to approximately 1-2 feet per minute. This allows the heavier particles, called primary sludge, to settle to the bottom of the tank, and the lighter particles to float to the surface. The primary sludge is scraped from the bottom of the clarifiers and into a sludge hopper by a circular collector. From there, the sludge pumps draw it into sludge grinders immediately upstream of the pumps. This is to grind the sludge into small enough particles that will not damage the pumps. The primary sludge is then pumped to the primary digesters for treatment into biosolids.
The floatable material, called scum, is removed from the surface of the clarifier and into the scum trough by a large arm that rotates around the tank, across the surface of the water. It then flows from the scum trough to the scum pit, where it is mixed with scum from the secondary clarifiers. The mixed scum is then pumped to the digesters for treatment into biosolids. After a detention time of approximately 2 hours, the remaining clarified water flows into a channel that takes it downstream for further treatment.
Tour Stop 5 Advanced Secondary Treatment -- Aeration Basins, Activated Sludge, and Secondary Clarifiers
After screening, grit removal, and primary clarification, the wastewater then flows through the activated sludge treatment process. This is a process in which microorganisms use waste particles in the wastewater for food, and oxidize wastes to obtain energy for growth and reproduction. In doing so, the organisms convert the dissolved and suspended material into settleable solids to be removed in the next process step. Another function of the secondary treatment process is nitrification, or the conversion of ammonia to nitrate, and denitrification, which is the removal of nitrate from the effluent wastewater. Nitrification/denitrification is important because of concerns over ammonia toxicity to aquatic organisms and the fate of nitrogen compounds in downstream groundwater drinking supplies.
After a detention time of approximately 3 hours in each aeration basin, the wastewater is then sent to the secondary clarifiers for further settling and skimming. The material that settles out here is called activated sludge. Some of this sludge is returned to the aeration basins, giving it the name return activated sludge. The remaining sludge, called waste activated sludge, is sent to the thickening centrifuge and then to the digesters for further processing into biosolids. At this point, the treated water appears very clean, but may still contain harmful contaminants such as bacteria and viruses. It must then be sent to the ultraviolet disinfection building.
Tour Stop 6 Ultraviolet Disinfection
Before the treated water can be released into the Cache la Poudre, it must be disinfected to prevent harmful contaminants such as bacteria and viruses from contaminating the river. The City of Greeley accomplishes this through the use of ultraviolet disinfection. UV disinfection is a physical process that uses ultraviolet radiation (the spectrum of light between visible light and x-rays) to penetrate the cell walls of microorganisms. The optimal germicidal wavelength is 254 nm. Cell DNA and RNA are destroyed by the absorbed radiation, which prevents replication and destroys the viability of the organisms. The final effluent can now be discharged into the Cache la Poudre River. To get real-time flow data on the river, click the following link. You will need to scroll down to CACHE LA POUDRE AT GREELEY WASTEWATER PLANT Colorado Streamflow Data Retrieval.
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Tour Stop 7 Sludge Thickening and Digestion-- Turning Waste Into Beneficial Biosolids
Biosolids are a byproduct of specially treated and stabilized domestic wastewater. They are made up of nutrient-rich organic material, and when added to the soil, help produce a higher crop yield. Biosolids are produced from three main sources within the wastewater treatment process: primary settleable solids collected from the bottom of the primary clarifiers, primary and secondary scum and other floating materials removed from the top of the primary and secondary clarifiers, and waste activated sludge.
Waste activated sludge is the excess mass of microorganisms produced during the secondary stage of the treatment process. This mass is sent to a thickening centrifuge, where most of the water content is removed. The primary settleable solids, scum, and thickened waste activated sludge are all piped to primary digesters for processing into biosolids. Primary digesters contain anaerobic bacteria that use these sources for food. This digestion process, which takes about 20 to 30 days, reduces the mass by about sixty percent, while killing disease-causing organisms such as bacteria and viruses and reducing odors.
The resulting biosolids are dewatered in the dewatering centrifuge, resulting in a thick "cake" product that is generally the consistency of potting soil. The biosolids are now ready to be applied to local farmland.
Tour Stop 8 Biosolids
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued Federal regulations in 1993 for the beneficial use of biosolids to protect public health and the environment. Biosolids must meet or exceed EPA standards for trace element and pathogens concentrations. These standards are based upon more than 20 years of extensive university research, and have a large margin of safety. The City of Greeley fully complies with all State and Federal biosolids regulations.
Biosolids are beneficial in many ways: Plants: Biosolids increase the number and size of air spaces in the soil and enhance its ability to hold together. This provides a better balance of water and air in the soil for plant growth. Biosolids contain essential plant nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, as well as plant micronutrients such as zinc and copper . Soil: The organic matter in biosolids improves the "tilth" or physical condition of the soil. It increases moisture retention and prevents soil compaction. Good soil tilth means that soils are easy to dig in, easy for seedlings to emerge from, and easy for plant roots to move through. Earthworms and Soil Organisms: Organic matter in the biosolids provides food for these organisms, which in turn keep soil healthy.
One of the objectives of the City of Greeley Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) is to prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater treatment plant that could pass through the plant untreated into the biosolids. In order to accomplish this, the IPP must permit and regulate industrial users and waste haulers, which includes site inspections and wastewater sampling. The IPP provides education and guidance to commercial businesses on the safe use and/or disposal of wastes such as silver and mercury. The laboratory and operations staff at the City of Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility regularly analyzes the biosolids to ensure that they comply with all State and Federal Biosolids Regulations. Some of the analyses are conducted at outside laboratories. Waterways: Biosolids help reduce runoff and soil erosion, due to the improved structure of the soil.
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We broke the CISPA controversy late last week, almost before the government got away with another act that finds a way to criminalize cyber activity. While we won't get too deep into the polemic that is private companies being able to share information with the government, we will give you all the information that's known about the bill.
First and foremost, as noted in the infographic below, CISPA can collect proprietary information, meaning you don't know what or when something is being collected. Companies could hypothetically share your phone number address and your name amongst other things.
Google has lobbited for the bill, in addition to having support from At&T Continue reading "So What Exactly is CISPA? You Don't Want To Know" »
We get another gem today from Patrick Scott Patterson, who gives us a rare, inside look at the Making of WrestleMania with Bret The Hitman Hart.
"If you want to survive in the corporate jungle, you need to have heart…My first assignment was to educate everyone on the science of WWF Wrestling."
For those of you who thought wrestlers were mere Continue reading "An Inside Look At The Making of Wrestlemania…From Bret The Hitman Hart" »
We're all of a week until the official theatrical release of The Avengers, and despite some early iterations of the film in both porno and super low budget versions, anticipation couldn't be any higher for the $170 million film.
Now comes this from some cosplayers overseas, showing off their Avengers garb in all of their glory, arguably some of them representing the best we've seen, yet (check out Hulk in particular). Continue reading "AVENGERS Cosplayers In Hong Kong Garner International Attention" »
for those of you who were aware video game consoles are banned in China (I'm guessing most of you in China, are) this might comes as surprising news. The recent announcement of a new video game console availabe in chinese retail markets apparently sidesteps the console ban that has been in place since 2000.
Despite the fact the majority of consoles are MANUFACTURED in the Pearl River Delta region of southern china, The Chinese government has refused to allow the SALE of video game consoles to its own people, stating it would be:
"The best way to protect Chinese youth from wasting their minds on video games…" Continue reading "China Set To Launch Video Game Console…For 600 Bucks" »
A new bill passed by the House of Representatives will give private companies the ability to exchange confidential information with the Federal Government.
The bill is titled The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and is designed to "defend U.S. networks against cyber attack."
The bill passed despite heat from the Obama Administration to veto the legislation, saying the "bill Continue reading "CYBER SECURITY Bill Allows Companies To Hand Your Information Over To The Government" »
But what about NERDCORE and DUBSTEP? Until now we haven't heard or seen a compilation quite like this, but thanks to Jamison Stone, a fan of The Jace Hall Show who also runs Apotheosis Studios, we have rare footage of NERO performing their dubstep/nercore anthem "Me and You" live.
Stone witnessed the event Continue reading "Nerdcore Meets Dubstep In Epic Tribute To Gaming" »
As if there were any more motivation to learn video game programming, this might be one of the biggest reasons, yet. Imagine being able to turn almost any idea, concept or individual into an interactive experience?
That's exactly what one 1337 programmer has done in launching the campaign to develop a video game featuring none other than Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. The game is being dubbed Ron Paul: Road to REVOLution and is in the same vein as "Super Mario Brothers."
From the kickstarter page: Continue reading "Ron Paul Video Game In The Works" »
It's not the first time we've ever seen a group of 1337 hackerz turn the side of a building into a video game, but dammit if it still isn't amazing. Students at MIT turned the Earth and Planetary Science "Green Building" into a game of Tetris, using an actual console to move and rotate the blocks (see photo below). Continue reading "MIT Students Play Tetris…On a Building" »
The above video has already scraped 500 thousand views, and points out that Quadrotors don't just perform amazing aerial maneuvers, they can take down an "enemy" from an elevated assault in a matter of seconds.
"For the next 10 maybe 15 years, shit is going to get very real." This according to the video "creator" FPS Russia.
Continue reading "Quadrotor Comes Fit With Machine Gun…Russian Man Not Included" »
I remember the first day I ever used a Game Genie — I especially remember the day after, when I threw it away. For those of you unfamiliar with the Game Genie, it bequeathed you every cheat code on the face of the planet, essentially allowing you to beat a video game in less time than it took to make your seat warm.
Back in those days, video games were pretty damn hard and it wasn't frowned upon to give yourself an edge, or a genie, that could give you access to reaching the game's end. But even then there was something dissatisfactory about not ACHIEVING greatness, but having it GRANTED via a cartridge that issued you cheat codes.
Fast forward to today Continue reading "Are Video Games Too EASY? Why The Current Generation of Gamerz Might Be Too SOFT" »
But it was yay over a week ago that popular cosplayer and internet sensation Jessica Nigri was asked to change her wardrobe at PAX east. which the officials basically responded with (via GammaSquad: Continue reading "Is Jessica Nigri Not Wearing Enough Clothes?" »
Fan Wars, a new online series produced by Stan and Jace themselves, is giving fans the chance to say why they are the most amazing — with Stan, Jace and other industry celebrities weighing in with the ULTIMATE DECISION.
Choose from a list of 10 debate questions, Continue reading "Are You The Biggest Comic Book Fan On The Internet? Let STAN LEE and JACE HALL Decide" »
It's not often we do book reviews, mainly because a) we don't like vampires and b) I lost my kindle last month when it overheated in my car trunk drastically setting back my reading schedule.
But if you're a gamer who lives up to popular stigma's, and there's only one book you read this year, we recommend GENERATION XBOX: How Video Games Invaded Hollywood by Jamie Russell.
Russell has a history of writing about all things Zombies, which most likely made writing a book on the state of Hollywood a seamless transition Continue reading "Are Video Games TAKING OVER Hollywood? Why Generation XBOX Is Threatening The Survival of The Movie Industry" »
For those who were hoping to see Major League Gaming as a lead in to Big Bang Theory, you might be slightly disappointed. But that doesn't mean the latest news from CBS Interactive, which owns Gamespot.com, won't have a major impact on the online world.
CBS Interactive (a subsidiary of the $16 billion parent company CBS) has signed an exclusive partnership with TwitchTV, the world's leading video game broadcasting network. Twitch TV attracts around 16 million people globally and is one of the top 1,000 sites in the U.S., with a dedicated user base tuning into gaming competitions and events that stream live.
The deal also makes Major League Gaming Continue reading "Major League Gaming Coming to CBS Interactive" »
For those of you who would consider yourselves in the "anti-kinect" camp, perhaps this newest "mod" will change your mind. What if I told you robots are not only using kinect technology to track your movement, but to shoot fire as well?
(as long as its not at you) It'd be pretty cool right?
The below video show the robot using movement of the eyes tracking your movement, which is almost as creepy as it is cool. There are some, including the voices over at Walyou, Continue reading "FLAME SHOOTING Robot Uses Kinect Tracking, May or May Not DESTROY Man-Kind" »
We can't help but wonder how big Aya Kiguchi would be if global audiences got to know her, instead of just her native Japan where she is considered one of biggest gravure models/actresses in the country. Continue reading "Half Naked Aya Kiguchi Shows Why She Could Be The World's HOTTEST Cosplayer" »
His story has become famous, and Caine Monroy, star of Caine's Arcade, has now received a welcome addition to his "cardboard arcade."
A pinball club located a few miles from Cain in Los Angeles, Pins and Needles, donated a vintage pinball machine for Caine's cause.
The owner, Molly Atkinson and her boyfriend, who himself is a pinball world champion, donated the machine to Caine a day after the video was released, which ironically was the day the Pins and Needles business was forced to close. Continue reading "9 Year Old Arcade Builder Given Pinball Machine" »
On a day in which we honor one of the original great arcades in Rastan, it's only fitting that the teaser for an arcade documentary lands on our doorstep.
100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience, is a film that chronicles the meteoric rise and ever popular status of arcades in Japan, and the somewhat curious struggle as to why they struggle to survive in America.
One hypothesis is that Japan is a much more densely populated area than parts of the Northern Hemisphere, which affects how much foot traffic there is in an urban area and ultimately could determine how many potential customers there are at an arcade. Continue reading "Can Arcades Make A Comeback in North America? 100 Yen Might Have An Answer" »
In a month where Double Dragon and Digg Dug also celebrate tehir anniversaries, 25 and 30 years respectively, we feel its fitting to honor yet another in Rastan, developed by Taito 25 years ago this month.
Rastan is noteworthy for several reasons, mainly because it helped rejuvenate a struggling video game industry in the mid-eighties. For you Mortal Kombat fans, you might be interested to know that Rastan was one of the original games to "introduce" blood in gaming, albeit not in the same detail as we see today. Some ports of the game also featured female nudity, which of course was a pre-cursor of things to come within the industry and helped lead to the formation of the much ballyhooed ESRB. Continue reading "RASTAN, One of the Most LEGENDARY Arcades in History, Turns 25" »
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It's more american than apple pie; the perfect refresher for a long day when all you want to is just kick back and forget about the world.
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But what could possibly be better than video games? Besides nothing, maybe beer…given that the average american drinks 20 gallons of it a year (bless the poor schmuck who drank 40 to make up for me…) Continue reading "Puppet Show: Why Beer and Video Games Go Hand and Hand" »

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STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern (13-4) scored nine runs in the game's first two innings and rolled to a 16-1 win over Binghamton (3-5-1) Tuesday night. The scheduled nine-inning game was shortened to seven innings.
The Bearcats actually led 1-0 on an RBI double by junior designated hitter Joe Costello (Ventnor, N.J./Cumberland County College). Georgia Southern countered, however, with six runs in the bottom of the first inning, and three more in the second. Binghamton was limited to three hits, and GSU's starter retired 19 of the final 20 batters he faced. Bearcats pitchers surrendered four home runs and 16 hits in six innings.
Costello's RBI was his ninth in nine games. Junior center fielder T.J. Kowalchuk (Stormville, N.Y./Carmel) leads the team with a .370 average and 10 RBI.
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I was born and grew up in Norfolk and went to catering college in Great Yarmouth, but due to the lack of permanent jobs at the time I moved to Cambridge and then to Shropshire, working at the Park House and Idsall House in Shifnal as Head Chef. It was at this time that I first met Jack and Bryan. We all worked together in various catering venues as a team, and this has continued here since the acquisition of Rowton Castle.
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Long Buckby face a potential local derby against Rugby Lions in this season's Midlands final of the RFU Junior Vase.
Long Buckby are already through to the regional final and have been given home advantage against the winners of Rugby's postponed semi-final against Cleethorpes.
The Rugby v Cleethorpes tie has now been rescheduled for February 22 with the Midlands final at Long Buckby due to be played on March 15.
Bridgnorth, who are already through to the Midlands final of the RFU Intermediate Cup, will now face a trip to either Newbold on Avon or Leek on March 15.
The Newbold v Leek semi-final has also been rescheduled for February 22 following a postponement earlier this month.
In the RFU Senior Vase, both Midlands semi-finals will be played on February 22 with Pershore due to host West Bridgford in a delayed tie and Stewarts & Lloyds hosting Newcastle from Staffordshire in an delayed match.
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Georgia right tackle John Theus, who started all 14 games this past season as a true freshman, underwent surgery Wednesday in Athens to repair a fifth metatarsal fracture in his right foot.
The 6-foot-6, 309-pounder from Jacksonville will miss at least some of spring practice, according to Georgia director of sports medicine Ron Courson. The Bulldogs are scheduled to start spring drills on March 2, with the G-Day game set for April 6.
Chris Burnette, who started at right guard this past season as a redshirt junior, will miss the entire spring after recently undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for ...


text: 'Telegraph Avenue' Review: Chabon Braves Cultural Fault Lines in Smart New Novel Print article Send a Tip by Christian Toto 17 Sep 2012 post a comment Having a Pulitzer Prize gives an author license to leave his or her comfort zone. For Michael Chabon, it means telling a story set within the black cultural landscape encompassing Berkeley and Oakland, a fault line for cultural misunderstandings, recurring racism and larger than life personalities. "Telegraph Avenue," the author's latest novel, never flinches from an array of subjects ripe for critical x-rays. Chabon introduces us to an unlikely pair of friends running an old-school vinyl records shop threatened by a superstore rival. Set in 2004, the story skims issues like mixed race friendships, gentrification and the age-old bonds between lousy parents and lost children. Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") finds no easy answers, but his probing keeps readers on edge for the next quiet but keenly realized observation. Longtime pals Nat Jaffe and Archy Stallings aren't getting rich with Brokeland Records, their used record shop which lets them bask in their passion for R&B music. That hardly matters, since the store keeps them in touch with the community and lets them riff on any number of subjects from nine to five. The fact that Nat is white and Archy is black isn't a major factor in their friendship. That doesn't mean race doesn't loom large around Telegraph Avenue, the street where much of the action takes place. The pair's modest success may end when gridiron great Gibson Goode, a character possibly inspired by Magic Johnson's entrepreneurial moves, decides to install a bigger record shop in their neighborhood. "Telegraph Avenue" takes a curious look at capitalism, as its main characters bemoan a construction project which could do a world of good for their neighbors. By the time they mentally rally to face the threat head on, readers will wonder if it's already much too late. Chabon piles up the characters, subplots and elegant metaphors until the whole enterprise teeters, albeit briefly, on the edge of artifice. That it never falls speaks to Chabon's command of both style and substance. His novel has ambition to spare, but the author brings the necessary understanding and sense of pacing to the material. There's a touch of Tom Wolfe in Chabon's storytelling, an unwillingness to flinch from difficult material and a journalist's sense of smaller, undeniable truths. Anachronisms abound, from the very notion of a large-scale vinyl records shop to Luther Stallings, Archy's father who once reigned supreme as a blaxploitation superstar. Chabon's dense prose makes "Telegraph Avenue" a challenging read, and the overlapping narratives require mental bookmarks. His lush descriptions and vivid characters offer their own sly rewards. Luther Stallings, is trying to write his own comeback vehicle, a saga that connects in small and profound ways to the main character's fractured relationship. And the friendship between the main characters' off spring is oddly moving. Chabon isn't interested in sermonizing. He does get a mite too fancy detailing a case of racial harassment which wraps in an unrealistic fashion. The story's final pages take a stab at genre fiction, with the physical threats to the protagonists spiking with every paragraph. The author isn't quite as captivating here, although the multiple stories wrap in a way that neither strains credulity nor serves as a cheap literary escape route. Perhaps the novel's oddest passages involve a visit from a certain Illinois state senator looking to ride his 2004 DNC speech into a position with the U.S. Senate. Yes, Barack Obama's "Telegraph Avenue" cameo is a celebratory one, and it's a heavy handed attempt to weave the era's reality into the saga of Brokeland Records. "Telegraph Avenue" remains a rich tapestry of cultures rubbing together in near-expert fashion, a look at the not so distant past which illuminates the complex social conditions common to modern living.


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One of the new arrivals at Topshop this week is this tri-colour style they've codenamed 'Loaded'. We're not quite sure whether we're loving or loathing this style, so we wanted to get a reader's view. So let's take a look at Loaded...
4 April 2012
If the high street shops are anything to go on, everybody should be about three inches taller this summer, as these thick-soled canvas lace-ups are everywhere. I've not seen many on actual feet as yet, but can only assume someone's buying them as new styles in
8 February 2012
This week we've seen two examples of a growing trend among celebrities in particular: text-based tattoos that snake around the feet. The look is particularly striking when open-sided shoes are worn - especially when they're made in a strong colour like both red
18 January 2012
The future's looking flat, so we can expect to see plenty of low and mid-heels on tanned feet this summer; news that will go down like a lead balloon with most stem-loving Shoewawa readers! But is it really so bad? After all, high heels have never been a hit on
4 August 2010
Gossip Girl's Blake Lively seems to be trying to distract us from the fact that she's wearing a micro-skirt, with a pair of attention-grabbing Louboutins. The shoes look fabulous on her, of course, and work wonders in their usual leg-lengthening, body-enhancing
30 June 2010
We could hardly overlook this new addition to the footwear fold this Yay or Nay Wednesday! Bright, bold and...bizarre, these boots look to me a bit like what you'd get if you asked Vivienne Westwood to design a pair of bowling shoes. Sadly though, I think Dame
14 November 2008
It's basically general knowledge around Shiny Towers that Kiss and Makeup's Zara is a huge fan of Steve Madden shoes. Both she and fashion ed Gemma have even been known to come back from the States with suitcases full of the shoes after going on a Steve Ma
27 February 2008
Shoe designers may like to make a boot out of anything, but it doesn't mean we'll like it! Last week's Yay or Nay - a sandal-boot of sorts - didn't go down too well, with some of you loving them, more of you hating them and a few of you sitting on the fence! If
6 February 2008
Dearie me. Last week's Yay or Nay appears to have left you all a little bug-eyed, which isn't surprising given that they look all frog-like and such! If you were one of the few who thought they were just lovely, bobbles and all, they're by Moschino and will set
23 January 2008
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Misericordia University releases the following statement in response to Bishop Martino's comments on Tuesday, March 3:
Misericordia University is working diligently to schedule a meeting with the Bishop and his delegates so dialogue can be established among representatives of our founders and sponsors, the Religious Sisters of Mercy, university administrators, members of the Board of Trustees and the Diocese.
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On October 24, 2013, Newpark Resources, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing financial information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information in the exhibit attached hereto announcing the Company's earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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Interview with: MIKA MIYAZATO
MODERATOR: We'd like to welcome our current leader Mika Miyazato, into the interview room. Congratulations. Sitting at 8‑under par after a 2‑under round today.
Take me through your day. What was really working well for you out there?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I start day first, second hole two on the bogey. And maybe not was today was thinking, but after second hole, just try do my best my golf game. I was birdie 6 and 7 hole, pretty nice comeback.
After 11 I went to the left side, the tree, and good up and down. Made par.
Finish pretty good No. 18. I hit hybrid three and just this much okay birdie. It's pretty tough day for me.
MODERATOR: When you look at 18, everyone is talking about what a tough par‑4 that is. You had to hit hybrid in. How excited were you when you saw how close that shot was to the hole?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I was thinking just to on the green, not thinking to made a birdie. It's lucky.
MODERATOR: You won last year the Safeway Classic for your first win on the LPGA Tour. This tournament is only going to be 54 holes due to the possible weather. What would it mean leading now with 18 holes? With 18 holes left at the moment, what would it mean to you to win a major championship?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I had that experience last year. I won the Safeway Classic. Not same situation, but this is a major.
But just I heard rain tomorrow all day, but I still keep try more aggressive play I just thinking.
MODERATOR: When you guys are now looking and you can see the weather forecast of so much rain tonight and tomorrow and you don't know when you might play, how hard is that when you're kind of unsure of when you're going to get back out on the golf course?
MIKA MIYAZATO: That's pretty tough question. (Laughter.) But I don't know. I try any situation, but I try to my golf game more important.
MODERATOR: Questions.
Q. You are the second Miyazato. The other one, more famous?
MIKA MIYAZATO: Talking about Ai Miyazato?
Q. Yes.
MIKA MIYAZATO: Yes.
Q. What was that like? How much confusion has there been over the years?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I'm not confused, but I'm thinking lucky because same last name. Looks like everybody say sisters, so everybody may remember me.
MODERATOR: And you and Ai are very close friends and grew up in the same area of Japan. I think that makes it more confusing for people that you're from the same area and have the same last name but are not related.
MIKA MIYAZATO: No.
Q. Have you ever checked to see if you are related going back?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I don't know. I never check.
Q. How difficult was it to get your confidence back after the first two holes with the bogeys?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I just mistake in the second shot yardage‑wise, so just figured out it's pretty easy, so...
MODERATOR: So once you were able to get through those two holes and you knew it was just mistakes in yardage, you were able to get yourself back on track and didn't worry too much about the two bogeys?
MIKA MIYAZATO: Just two holes.
Q. Are you pleased with 54 holes? Are you happy that it's just 45 holes?
MIKA MIYAZATO: Not happy. Usually major 72 holes, so I don't know.
Q. We just noticed the back of your jumper. Who's little Pete?
MIKA MIYAZATO: I need to answer? I don't know. This is my sponsor's shirt. I don't know.
Q. Pete is not a good looking boyfriend or anything?
MIKA MIYAZATO: (Laughter.)
MODERATOR: Just a sponsor shirt, right?
MODERATOR: Any other questions for Mika?
Best of luck. Hopefully we'll get some golf in early tomorrow.
An interview with SUZANN PETTERSEN
MODERATOR: Suzann Pettersen, welcome back to the media center. Been a busy week for you; you've been in here a few times. That's a good thing when we get to, what day is it today, Saturday.
So congratulations on another good round. You're up at the top of the leaderboard.
SUZANN PETTERSEN: Yeah, today I didn't play my perfect game of golf out there, but I made a few really good pars; I missed a few greens, holed a few good par putts; had a few easy birdies; few easy tap‑ins. That obviously helps around this place.
Really tried to take advantage of good playing conditions. That being said, it's not overly easy to get close to some of those pins. There are a few out there that you think you would never see.
At the same time, it's fun, with a challenge, and I'm starting to actually like the new changes.
MODERATOR: In what way?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: I just think it takes time to know the greens. I think obviously if you're in the middle of the fairway you can use the clubs from the greens to get close to some pins. There are some pin placements where it's going to be impossible to get close.
If you can just accept that and try and take advantage on the easier approaches, you can actually put a good score together.
MODERATOR: Let's take that a step further. Based on the scores you've shot, there are enough birdie opportunities out there. The things I am hearing is the course is playing longer. Obviously it's course wet.
From your eye, you know how certain courses fit your eye. How does in this one fit your eye?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: If you look at what the course looks like and how it fits your eye, it's the same as it's always been. The layout is exactly the same. The greens have changed, but the tee shots, kind of the steel you have on every tee box has hardly changed for me. You're still kind of playing on the side of a hill. You either have the ball above or below your feet. That hasn't changed much.
The par‑3s have improved a lot. A lot tougher. But you have some good par‑5s out there that you can ‑‑ are in my reach. It's playing pretty fair. Just really got to see what the weather gives us over the next 24 hours.
I feel like I'm in a good position to try get it to 9‑under. Didn't manage, but still a solid round of golf. Couple under is never going to hurt you in a major championship.
Q. What were the greens like today compared to yesterday?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: They were a lot better this morning than they were yesterday. Tried to take advantage of being ‑‑ well, somehow some of the first groups out the greens were faster to start. Obviously they dried out a little bit.
But overall it's playing very similar to yesterday. It's still very soggy. The ball is plugging on the fairways; it's plugging on the greens. So, yeah.
Q. What has experience done for you over the years?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: Experience? Well, since I'm blonde, I don't really evaluate my experience too well. That's just a part of being blonde. But I'm learning every year.
I think I'm just smarter. I train smarter; I prepare smarter; I still get my freaky moments, but it's less of 'em.
Q. (No microphone.)
SUZANN PETTERSEN: I guess we're all very into this. We're a very competitive. It's sometimes easy to lose your head. That's what this game can do to you sometimes. It can make you crazy, but can also be very satisfying at the same time.
Just feel it trying to even out that balance. Just accept that you're not going to play perfect golf every single day and still work on your weakest shot.
MODERATOR: Talk your training. When you say you train and prepare differently, how differently is it today than maybe it was, say, five years ago?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: Well, I think in the past, I mean, I could spend all day on the golf course and practice hours after hours after hours. Now I feel there's better structure and discipline to my practice. I'm a lot more time efficient.
During the week of a tournament, you would like to just maintenance work, just literally try and spend the most time on and around the greens.
During weeks off, when you have weeks off in a pretty busy schedule, you don't want to spend 10 hours on the golf course. If you can, maximize the hours you're on the golf course and give yourself a break to do something different, that is where I'm trying to go. It's not that easy when you literally love to practice.
SUZANN PETTERSEN: I mean, I literally decided from the second I put my feet on this course early in the week not to kind of have too much bad energy going around. When you see changes, if you don't like it personally, you can easily get on the wrong side.
I've been very laid back. I understand we're in a difficult position. It's not ideal for either the championship or for the players or the tour in general to cut down on major rounds. So we do the best we can.
We can't really do much before we see what the course is like in the morning. I'm going to stay in Europe, so I can stay Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Doesn't matter. I'll stay as long as it takes to finish this off.
MODERATOR: Let me ask you one before you go. You talked yesterday about what motivates you right now and so forth. You're No. 3 in the world; you won two events at the end of last year and won two this year.
What is left for Suzann Pettersen? If your career was going to come to a close, what's the most important thing to you at this point?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: Well, it's not coming to a close yet. I feel like I have a lot of unfinished business out here. I have my best golf ahead.
Until I feel like the day comes and I feel like I've reached my point and I'm starting to go reverse, then I'll think about it. But I feel like my best game is still ahead, and that is what kind of keeps me going and on my tippy toes.
MODERATOR: Is No. 1 hugely important to you?
SUZANN PETTERSEN: I think the pros says so, but I'm going at it, winning tournaments, is what I am striving for. If you do that, the rest will kind of take care of itself.
You can't control what your opponents are doing. Inbee has had a fantastic season. I've been up against a few pretty good No. 1s in my career. I've pretty much been No. 2 behind the last three, almost four, so I know what it takes.
I just think it makes you want it even more. Grind it out even better every day. No, it's fun competition. It's tough.
An interview with LYDIA KO
MODERATOR: We'd like to welcome Lydia Ko into the interview room at the Evian Championship. A second round 67 with four birdies and no bogeys. But more importantly, you say you left a few birdies out there. Are you happy or are you frustrated?
LYDIA KO: Like when I look back, yesterday seemed like a better day. Yeah, it seemed like a better day yesterday, but it's probably because I was off the green a lot and I putted the par putts in.
But, you know, I didn't make any bogeys today and I made a chip‑in for par. Yeah, of course really happy in that kind of area.
But I definitely gave myself a lot of opportunities. I missed a lot of putts. I made two birdies in a row on 3 and 4, and then on 5 was probably furtherest [sic] away.
On 6 I hit to 1.5 meters, the next 2 meters and then like three meters, so I was pretty angry and it was really building up. When I putted my birdie putt on 17, I said, Oh, come on, please. It's time to go in. I know I don't expect myself to hole everything, but getting 2‑putts isn't real.
MODERATOR: Sure. Do you expect to be in this type of position, especially now at a major championship, given the success you've had on the LPGA as an amateur?
LYDIA KO: Yeah, I mean, I played some really good golf and I was really happy about that. I came off a really good week in Canada. Like I said, that was a couple weeks ago. I've never been really in kind of contention with the leaders at a major before.
And because it's a 54‑hole event now, it's only one round to get the work done. Hopefully it will be a good day tomorrow. But, you know, I can't hit it as good as I did today every single day.
MODERATOR: Questions for Lydia. Please use the microphone.
Q. Do you feel any pressure going into tomorrow, or what's your mindset? Obviously you're in contention.
LYDIA KO: Yeah, I was one shot behind the leader, Caroline, at the Canadian Open. I'm the same I think behind Mika. But there are so many other people that are close. It's not like me and her playing. I just got to play my own game.
I don't know how the weather and the pin positions are going to be tomorrow. But, yeah, I heard it's meant to rain, and definitely low scores are going to be the big thing.
Q. What time do you go bed?
LYDIA KO: Um, on the day that it got canceled, Thursday, because I was meant to tee off at 8:07, I went to bed a little like 8:00 the day before. That night I went to bed at 7:30. I need at least nine hours of sleep. People say beauty asleep, but I don't think so.
Yeah, you know, I had plenty of sleep. I think I slept for 11 hours. As I'm getting older I'm sleeping more and more. Like before I used to only sleep until 6:00 a.m. and it was just immediate wake‑up call. Now I can sleep until 3:00 p.m. if the alarm is off.
Q. You look very calm and in control on the golf course. Do you get nervous? Will you be nervous tomorrow?
LYDIA KO: To me, like the most important hole is the first and the last hole. Like in the past, if I've missed a short putt on the first hole, then it becomes a whole bad putting day.
So really the first hole is where I get the most nervous, and the same with the 18th.
MODERATOR: Other questions for Lydia? Well, I hope you get a great night of sleep tonight.
LYDIA KO: Thank you. I will sleep really well.
Q. (Question regarding glasses.)
LYDIA KO: Yeah, I really want to get contacts. Like in the cars they've got wipers. I said they should design one for glasses. I would one myself if I could.
It is pretty uncomfortable because I'm having to clean all the time. If I have a hood or umbrella, doesn't really bother me.
An interview with STACY LEWIS
Q. Just take me through. What were some of the highlights for you out there today?
STACY LEWIS: I just played solid. Wasn't really anything crazy. Definitely played better on my back nine. Hit couple close on the par‑3s. Made a couple easy birdies.
It was just a steady day. Could have been better; could have been worse, too.
Q. Conditions today, I know it's cold in the morning, but other than that pretty good?
STACY LEWIS: Yeah, the golf course played about the same. Greens are a definitely a little better playing in the morning versus the afternoon.
It was nice. Made a few putts. It was nice out there so far.
Q. Overall with your game this week, what have been the highlights and something you can keep improving?
STACY LEWIS: I don't know. I mean, I've just played solid. I haven't done anything crazy good yet, which is kind of nice. I haven't played my best round yet, which is good. Hopefully we play tomorrow.
I think my putting has got better today. It can still get better. I mean, the good part is I haven't played my best golf yet.
Q. Playing with Suzann, did you feed off that? Do you pay attention?
STACY LEWIS: I don't think you really pay attention. We were all struggling yesterday with the greens. But I mean, I don't know. Suzann and Shanshan, they're easy to play with. Just makes it a nice day.
Q. Looking at a 54‑hole event, how do you change your mindset in terms of a major championship and knowing one more round to go?
STACY LEWIS: Well, it's unfortunate. I think a major should be 72 holes. I would have liked to have seen a cut to 50 instead of 70 and try to get 72 in.
But 54 holes is a shootout, so you just got to go out there tomorrow and do the best you can. It's hard not playing 72 holes for a major.
Q. How much do you guys watching these weather forecasts in terms of knowing when you play, what might happen, how uncertain is that?
STACY LEWIS: I think it's been pretty clear to everyone what happening today. It's going to be fine today. As the day goes on it's going to get worse. We know it in the back of your mind. You go out and play the best you can.
Coming back tomorrow the course is going to be completely different. It's going to be muddy and wet. You just got to adjust and see what you can do.


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The LSU Eunice softball team had a pair of polar opposite games on Tuesday afternoon, hanging on for a 4-3 win in the opener before a comeback, 7-5 victory in the second game for a doubleheader sweep over Pearl River Community College.
With the wins, the Lady Bengals reached the 50-win mark for the third consecutive year, also notching their 23rd consecutive win - breaking their school record set earlier this season.
"What I liked is we had character. We are a little sore, a little tired, but our character and the heart of the team showed though," head coach Andy Lee said.
Down one heading into the top of the seventh in game two, the Lady Bengals sent nine girls to the plate, including getting three infield singles, started by Randi Vosburg, to open the inning to load the bases before Kelsey Hollier tied the game with her sacrifice fly to deep right field that allowed all three runners to tag and advance.
They took the lead when Brooke Thomas scored on a Pearl River wild pitch before an RBI double from Emily Nolan and an RBI groundout from Ashley Subervielle to give them a two run lead.
Elizabeth Delafield tossed 4 2/3 innings of relief to earn the win, allowing just four hits and one run for her second win of the afternoon.
Codi Covington led the way with three hits, while Thomas and Hollier each had two hits. Hollier finished with three RBIs, while Nolan, Subervielle and Taylor Simon each tallied on RBI.
The Lady Bengals scored in the top of the first on a RBI single from Hollier and a RBI groundout from Simon before a run-scoring single in the third from Simon.
Pearl River scored a run in the first inning before tallying three runs in the third to run LSU Eunice starter Brooklyn Guillot and bring Delafield into the game.
In the opener, LSU Eunice scored in the opening inning before adding two runs in the fifth and a final run in the sixth inning before seeing Pearl River score three runs in the bottom of the seventh, with the Lady Bengals stranding the tying and winning runs on the base paths to close the game and seal the win.
Subervielle and Covington each finished with two hits, with Covington belting a two-run homer in the fifth for the only LSU Eunice RBIs in the opening game.
Subervielle's RBI single in the first inning gave the visitors the lead before Covington's homer extended the lead. The Lady Bengals' final run came on Brooke Clark's RBI double to give them a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.
In the seventh, Pearl River sent eight batters to the plate before Delafield stranded the tying run at third and the winning run at first base to end the game.
Delafield tossed 5 2/3 innings out of the bullpen to grab her first win of the afternoon, allowing five hits and those three runs in the final inning.
The Lady Bengals wrap up their regular season on Friday afternoon at home on Sophomore Day against Alvin Community College.
Before the doubleheader, LSU Eunice will celebrate its' four sophomore players - Thomas, Simon, Hollier and Vosburg - in a pregame ceremony.
Friday's doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Bengal All-Access with pregame ceremonies starting prior to first pitch.
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April 29 - JOHN MORAN ANTIQUE AND FINE FURNISHINGS ESTATE AUCTION
More than 120 quality items, including antiques and fine furnishings from local estates, will be sold to the highest bidders. Select from an array of rugs, silver, china, pottery, glassware, clocks and antique furniture. At the 2012 summer auction in Pasadena, a show-stopping first-phase Navajo weaving sold to a noted dealer for $1.8 million.
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