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I posted some of my downtown work-break walk photos a couple of weeks ago... now I'm going to walk the other direction and find a few treasures. Heading the other way, I walk by a public venue that even today has the temporary sculpture out front from the Special Olympics National Games that were held here in town in July. I expect the sand sculpture will come down before too long, but it was still there yesterday.
Go down the block and you can peek into a garden, tucked in the middle of downtown, where they play live concerts every Wednesday noon during the Summer.
As I keep walking, I am in the midst of the old and new architecture... notice we are a bicycle friendly city!
Turn a corner and you can see the "new" Cornhusker Hotel. It became the "new" hotel in 1981 or 82... when they imploded the old one and built from the ground up. They televised the old one coming down, and from our tiny first house in the outlying neighborhood my husband and I watched it on TV and had the door open to listen to the boom through the air, lagged by a few seconds... the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound. Maybe that's a metaphor... the speed with which your body adapts, followed by the mind adapting to your healthy lifestyle changes?
Out front of the hotel, part of a community art project from a few years back. Told you we like bicycles in this town:
Speaking of art, if you stroll a few more blocks, you can find the next community art project, celebrating our being a "Star City":
This concludes the second half of my little break-walk tours. Being aware of the beauty around us is a good and healthy thing! Here's to your awareness, and to your health!
There are so many metaphors...
* A blog is like a personal journal, where you can celebrate or vent, remind yourself where you came from, or dream of your goals!
* Because it is public, a blog might be a little like a "share" in a group session! You're talking from your own experience, strength and hope. You put it out there and it blesses whoever it happens to bless... you have no idea who might be helped by it, you're just moved to write it!
In some ways a blog is the ultimate narcissistic exercise: it's all about me, me, me... how I feel, what I did, what I think or care about... what's happening around me, but mainly how that affects ME! Nobody really has to read it, not everybody may like it! If I write with the thought of getting applause, I may not write what I need to write today!
That said, is it cool to get supportive comments? You bet! But that can't be why I write, or I'll self-edit too much. I self-edit enough without that thought!
That said, yesterday's adventure was at the blood bank. For the first time EVER in my time of being a donor... I got "deferred" for not having enough iron in my blood (hemoglobin). They have fancier machines to measure now, and while not anemic, I didn't meet their standards.
My brother tells me he has to go longer between donations to get his built up. My one sister had the blood bank tell her "go see your doctor" this summer, because she was so low. But I've never had a problem. Of course, I haven't been in to donate since before my surgery last October! So, something has changed. Time to reassess what I'm doing with nutrition... again!
I read their list of iron-rich foods... I eat them, folks... my food journal will prove it! They mentioned calcium interfering with iron absorption. Hmmm.
Perhaps my change in vitamins and supplements (which was made pre-surgery) needs to be reassessed. They took me off almost everything, and I never resumed a lot it. Of course, it COULD just be that last week's one-day illness took its toll! In any case, it has me thinking, and I think I'll be re-introducing my multivitamin, and phasing out the "Anytime Bars" I have been using as a vitamin substitute.
I can do this. Give me a couple of weeks, and we'll try again.
In my decades of going up and down the scale I have discovered some of the things that naturally thin people don't think to tell their friends who struggle with weight. Oh, they may mentioned a few of them in passing, but many of us in our obsession with weight did not believe them!
The biggest one I ignored over the course of a lifetime was: "Losing weight won't make your life perfect".
Since my biggest lie to myself over the course of my first four decades of life was that all my problems were due to my weight... of course I firmly believed that if I only got rid of the excess pounds... oh, let's see some of the biggies...
1. The weight would stay off once I reached goal, no matter how I behaved.
2. My husband would be happy when I reached my goal weight and stay that way.
3. I myself would be happy all the time.
Wrong! On all three counts. What thin people don't tell you is that they have to deal with everything that those of us who eat to comfort ourselves deal with. Only they manage to do it without turning to excess food (a self-destructive behavior).
What I found out was what most of you already know:
1. Maintenance is as much work as losing, maybe more. "Be ever vigilant" is not a joke. It doesn't mean you can NEVER have food treats. But it does mean you have to be careful about how many, how often, and whether it's worth it! And you have to be extra careful to deal with Ms. Perfectionist who lives inside your head! The hardest part of all is remembering that it's worth it, that YOU are worth it. This is why I preach it so much in comments back to other blogs!
2. Husbands and wives, relationships in general are complex things. If you're losing weight to please somebody else... what happens when that relationship sours for other reasons?
Being a generally unhappy person, my being thinner did not make my husband happy. It just made him expect more of me. And when I was mad at him... there was a strong temptation to eat in retaliation, as well as to comfort me! The light bulb on that one came on about 15 years ago, and has stayed on, thank goodness.
If I'm going to do healthy things... I'm doing them for me... and I AM worth it.
3. Emotions that you dealt with by over-eating to suppress them... do go away, fade, become less intense as time passes. It's important to face, identify and acknowledge them so you can deal with them: fear, anger, resentment, sorrow, grief, sadness? Hey, it's OK to FEEL them! Yes, they hurt. But stuffing them down with food just transfers the feelings into something I considered more acceptable... it was OK to be angry with myself for eating. It was not OK to be angry at someone else for their behavior, in my old world-view.
What about angry words you stuffed down with that food? Weird things happen when you no longer eat to suppress them. Words may slip out you didn't intend to say out loud. You have to deal with not just the initial feelings but the consequences of words! I had been using eating as a coping mechanism rather than learning to deal with social situations and the anxiety they gave me.
Naturally thin people learned some lessons I skipped growing up! I've had to learn them later in life, and you all know about old dogs and new tricks.
My own secret: Old dogs CAN learn new tricks! Losing weight did not make my life perfect. Getting fit did not make my life perfect. But it has made it better. Here's to keeping that better, better!
Six days out of seven, I said, back on June 24th.
So, as they say, "What's next"?
First, evaluate how it's worked out.
Very well, it appears. Blogging led to tracking. Blogging led to encouragement. Blogging kept me away from the video games... I even almost completely dropped two of the three, and cut back on the third. Blogging helped me look at my feelings.
What lessons have I learned?
I've learned I'm not as "nice" a person as I used to think I wanted to be. I learned that I'm more comfortable acknowledging my anger, resentment, and anxiety... as opposed to stuffing those nasty feelings down with an excess of food. Blogging is an outlet for them (even if I edit the worst of the nasty out before I hit the post button)!
I've learned that sometimes you can't let your feelings toward how you are treated or perceived stop you from doing what is right, even if it might look like some insensitive clods got what they wanted. I have to feel good about doing what was right in spite of lingering bad feelings. I have to pray for the bad feelings to be lifted, because you cannot "will" feelings away.
So, I'm going to continue the blogging: six out of seven days during August is my goal. Onward!
Progress photos. I've rearranged the pictures on the front page, and updated the profile shot to be "current".
But as I was messing around with the camera last night, I managed to surprise myself with the look on my face as I hugged the dog... so I had to share that one. I won't give up the one with the sisters from last weekend, though. And what I found had to move off the front page? My "really, really before" picture.
I hesitated, and then decided: it's time for me to accept and embrace this new size. To "stand tall and be small" as Kaseycoff told me to do. I love that motto. "Small pride!" I'm going to have to come up with a few more.
This doesn't change where I CAME from, mind, just a declaration that I want to stay here at "home weight", as WalkingAnnie calls it.
It's amazing what we pick up from our Spark Friends to keep us moving in the right direction.


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'Babble On': Crawl in Bed With Robert Pattinson and Rielle Hunter!
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Another screamy week in infotainment!
Did Chris Rock goose Gabourey Sidibe? Was Hilary Swank actually wearing a dress at all? Are stars the best ever?
That's infotainment, folks!
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Jaden is 5'4 with dark cyan blue hair and matching eyes. She wears a dark red turtle neck shirt with no sleeves and long baggy black jeans. She has two rubber bracelets on her right arm (One pink that says "Werewolves Bite!" and the other black with purple paw prints) with two rings on the same hand. One is a celestial ring (Moon, Stars, Etc.) on her pinky and the other has blue and red triangles on it on her ring finger. On her other hand she has a spinning silver ring on her ring finger. She wears yin yang earrings and an ear band with a sword on it on her right ear too. Her shoes are normal dark red slip on's. She's normally seen with a dark gray jacket on, but she does take it off sometimes.
Jaden can be somewhat stubborn at times and a little hot-headed and reckless. Most of the time she's quiet, calm, and somewhat cold to people she first meets. She doesn't really like talking to people much, so Jaden mostly stays to herself.
She loves Pokemon and loves being around them. Most of the time, she's seen playing with her Riolu, Eevee and Charizard.
Jaden used to live in the Johto region until her mother decided to move to the Sinnoh region. Before moving there though, she found an abandoned egg on the side of a dirt road, before leavign her grandparents house on Iron Island. A note was attached to the egg. It read: Who-so-ever finds this egg will be granted to responsibility to learn about the power of Aura and how to use it. Beware of taking this egg, for it could change your destiny forever." Not heading the warning, she took the egg anyway.
A few years after they moved to the Sinnoh region, their grandpa got terribly ill. They had to move back and take care of him. When he got better, they decided to live there on the island with them. Jaden and Riolu trained almost every day in the mountains. They would practice moves, combo's, and many other combat skills.
One day she met a shy little Shaymin. She watched it crawl into the Gracedia flowers and change into its Sky Form. It flew over to her and started talking to her. Explaining why she had chosen Jaden.
"Jaden, you are chosen to become by my successor. I have personally chosen you and only you." She explained. "You now have a tattoo on your body, showing you are on of the chosen successor's of a legendary Pokemon, like many others." She landed in front of Jaden. Jaden knelt down and continued to listen. "You have to help the other legendaries defeat their evil counter parts and save the captured legendarys." Jaden nodded, signaling she was listening.
The Shaymin continued, "I have Chosen you because I can tell you will do good and help rescue the other trapped legendaries and defeat the evil ones." With that, the Shaymin flew up and started to fly away. "I'll be seeing you, Jaden Wolfe."
Pokemon Team:
Riolu, Eevee, and Charizard
Nothing Else
((I hope this covers everything! I also have a question: What does it mean how they got caught?))
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convenient location, good value for money,friendly and helpful staff,working wifi
clean on surface but very dirty under beds, there were several cigarette butts (we don't smoke), a big dead cocroach and lots of dust for the whole week of our stay even if asked hotel staff to clean it up
location beach food next door quiet
loud- the heater in the corridor was on and off all the time
It is a small hotel, located in a apartment area, close to the main road, but quiet. Staff here are friendly and polite, you can feel the are caring about you. You can find restaurants one by one. The travel information the owner gave was very useful. It was a right choice to stay here.
Occassionally some local guests neighboured made noise.
Staff was fantastic. The location is five minutes from the public beach. There are lots of restaurants around the area of the hotel. The room was clean, spacious and comfortable.
There is no pool at the hotel. This is the only downside, but if you want to spend your time at the beach, this won't matter.
A budget hotel with good price, clean room and not bad service.
It is a quite comfortable hotel! We like the style, the staff, everyone of the hotel are ready to help you especially the owner who speak very clear English. We really like here, and buses go everywhere of the city. the night snack and drink on Waimao street are quite nice, it gave us beautiful memory!
The hotel doesn't has its own restaurant.
helpfull stuff, which sucsessfully tried to help us find railway station and other places whithout using taxi.
view from room window not so beautiful
A happy staying in this hotel, the owner John asked me to say sorry to the Malaysian guest Mr. Paul in my review for his hotel, John was busy those days, so could not give services to Mr. Paul. Actually, if John is not in the hotel, you can ask his staff to call him for help. In my opinion, it is really a good budget hotel! Less 200 yuan, clean rooms, good attitute, quiet environment and very very convenient bus stops, with the advice from John, we take No. 25 to the west of Sanya Bay, very very quite and beautiful beach! And we also visit Yalong Bay and Dadonghai, Yalong Bay is too luxury, many international five star hotels there, Dadonghai is crowded. With the guide of the hotel, we tried the seafood in the seafood market neaby, delicious! We got to the Pedestrian Street by bus No. 8. Nanguo Super Market, 200 metres away, a good shopping area! We also like the small Chinese restaurants nearby. I recommend this hotel very very much!
In Sanya, it is difficult to get a taxi, so bus is the best choice.
Except for the free Wifi ... which is quite a standard for hotels in china, nothing else is commendable
Reviews posted are not correctly reflective of the hotel. The building is located behind some back alleys, thus rendering security issues. For the same price, one can easily get to stay in an actual (international rated) 3-4 star hotels
Very friendly staff, the owner John was always open to share some travel tips, location is great for people who want to feel an atmosphere of local life. Great local bbq in the evening near the hotel and good dumplings on the way to big road on the right sight. Great value for money, despite Sanya bay is a bit dirty for swimming, there is a great view on the island and place for a sea walk. Not bad massage near the hotel.
Everything was ok.
1. Cheap 2. Big rooms 3. The boss - John is good man. He helped you for all questions, only you need is to call him on the reception 4. Good place for rest:)
1. There is no safeboxes at the rooms. 2. The nearest beach (Sanya bay) is dirty. So you need to go to Dadonghai. But this is not a problem because you can use a bus (2 CNY per person) or a taxi (17-20 CNY for car).
We - 3 men - liked very much the friendliness and hospitality. We all felt very blessed and comfortable. Also we were very satisfied with the price and the service. Thank you so much, both manager and staff.
Like the location
Sometimes the mahjong downstairs is a bit too loud.
Excellent Stay, Had a wonderful time with them. Very clean,staff highly approachable, Owner-John made sure everything is proper and well coordinated(he speaks very good English). We even extended our stay for one more day. Location is excellent, just cross the road and catch bus 8 or 15 and you will be all over Sanya. Thank you John once again for wonderful treatment, looking forward to see you soon.
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Ray Gonzalez's dream of personal training was always bigger than a garage gym.
Josh Herbert is not a happy camper.
So how do the homeless take showers?
A couple of weeks ago, concerned residents in the Crom Street area made sure that children walk to school safely. They lobbied the city into creating a three-way stop at the corner of Foxfire and Crom Street, citing concerns about speeding cars zooming right past children walking to and from Stella Brockman Elementary School.
It was an honest fumble.
Today is Manteca Mayor Willie Weatherford's 72nd birthday.
Ever wonder where federal surplus equipment goes?
Ron Laffranchi and Renee Silva are honoring their parents with a unique gift - they are having streets in the new neighborhood being built by Raymus Homes in south Manteca named in their honor.
Denise's Farmers Market - a popular produce stand on East Highway 120 midway between Manteca and Escalon across from the winery - is opening a second location in October.
There's a drought on.
For those who thought the homeless only used cardboard signs to make a pitch that they will work for food, a lone homeless picketer took to the sidewalk in front of the Manteca Bulletin Wednesday afternoon to fly a sign with a different message.
Someone finally stated the obvious.
This may sound like heresy to the countless families over the years such as those in the Mission Ridge Drive neighborhoods that pushed to get their kids into Nile Garden School, but there are parents who are in the school's attendance zone that don't want their kids to go there.
It hasn't happened in well over 24 years, but all of the official candidates in an upcoming municipal election were in attendance at a Manteca City Council meeting.
If Mike Morowit is elected he will be the first Manteca City Council member from north of Lathrop Road as he resides in Union Ranch. Council hopeful Richard Silverman lives near Woodward Park as does incumbent Vince Hernandez. Cantu resides near Sierra High while Councilman Steve DeBrum - who is running for mayor - lives in east Manteca on the edge of the city limits in almond country.
Michael Vega Park is being dedicated on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at River Islands at Lathrop.
Nothing says education like an Xbox One, right?
Here's a different take on Manteca's homeless.
The Moffat Community Center that will serve as the home of the Jimmie Connors Veterans of Foreign Wars Post is on the fast track.
Road construction on Louise Avenue has turned Devonshire Avenue into a race track.
There's a lot of drug money out there.
More than a few Del Webb at Woodbridge residents are hoping for a neighbor to go about doing their laundry a bit quieter.
Matt Vaughn is on the air in Reno.
Tracy's downtown does a Herculean job of finding ways to get folks to visit the community's central business district.
Police chief
The past few months have seen several changes at the pioneer East Union Memorial Cemetery, beginning with the passing of Evelyn Prouty in July.
Manteca is getting another bakery.
Retired educator Sally Hale, retired administrator Gary Dei Rossi, and LearningQuest director Karen Williams were presented with the first annual Great Valley Bookfest Literacy Hero Awards last Friday.
The Manteca Rotary Club is again gearing up to serve a free community Thanksgiving meal for struggling families as well as those who have nowhere else to go on the day of thanks.
The incredible shrinking New Melones Reservoir could dip below 500,000 acre feet by November thanks to what some biologists contend is a questionable decision to help fish migration.


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Actress Audrey Totter, Femme Fatale of Classsic Noir Films, Dies at 94
Audrey Totter, a steely blonde actress known for her leading roles in some film noir's most prominent titles, including "Lady in the Lake," "The Set-Up," died Thursday. She was 94. Totter, who was living in the Motion Picture and Television Home in recent years, had a stroke and suffered from congestive heart failure, according to the L.A. Times.
Totter's characters were not so much femme fatales who seduced men into trouble but ruthless, independent figures scheming to get the best out of a bad situation.
Totter did not begin in film noir -- two of her early credited roles were supporting parts in comedies "The Sailor Takes a Wife" and "The Cockeyed Miracle" -- but a well-received supporting performance in 1946 noir classic "The Postman Always Rings Twice" foreshadowed the direction of her career.
The actress made quite an impression in her first lead role in the Robert Montgomery-directed 1947 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's "Lady in the Lake." Montgomery starred as Philip Marlowe in the film, but this experimental noir was entirely shot from the detective's point-of-view -- Montgomery appeared onscreen in the film only occasionally, reflected in a mirror -- and so the camera was largely focused on Totter, playing the cynical, quarrelsome publisher who hires Marlowe but has secrets of her own.
In the 1949 film noir "Tension" Totter played the scolding, luxury-loving wife whose adultery spurs pharmacist Richard Basehart to homicide.
Another example of what has come to be seen as a typical Totter role was her resentful scheming cousin to star Joan Caulfield in Michael Curtiz's 1947 Claude Rains starrer "The Unsuspected."
Even in noir, the actress was sometimes given the chance to explore different avenues. One of her most high-profile roles came in the noirish A picture "High Wall" (1947), in which she starred opposite Robert Taylor as the sympathetic psychiatrist for the asylum-bound murder suspect (the New York Times review pronounced her character "a cool and efficient chick"). In Robert Wise's 1949 noir masterpiece "The Set-Up," Totter played the caring, worried wife of an aging boxer played by Robert Ryan; in 1953 Edmond O'Brien vehicle "Man in the Dark" -- an oddity in that it was a noir shot in 3D -- Totter starred as a seemingly hardened and calculating gun moll who unexpectedly chooses the right moral path in the end. And in the 1955 effort "Women's Prison," in which fellow noir veteran Ida Lupino played the villainous warden, Totter played an inmate sympathetic to new fish Phyllis Thaxter.
During her noir run, Totter also appeared in a number of films outside the genre -- "The Beginning or the End," about the development of the atomic bomb, and Broadway-set drama "The Saxon Charm," with Montgomery -- for instance. She also starred with Joan Leslie in Alan Dwan's female-dominated Western "Woman They Almost Lynched."
Totter's career continued long past the heyday of the noir films for which she is best remembered.
Beginning in 1954, the actress was a regular on TV's episodic anthology shows such as "Four Star Playhouse" and "Schlitz Playhouse." She starred in the brief ABC comedy series "Our Man Higgins" in 1962-63 and guested on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Perry Mason," "Dr. Kildare" and "Hawaii Five-O." She recurred on Chad Everett series "Medical Center" as Nurse Wilcox and retired after appearing on "Murder, She Wrote" in 1987.
Born in Joliet, Ill., Totter began her career in radio and began her film career as a contract player at MGM.
She was married to Leo Fred from 1953 until his death in 1995 and is survived by a daughter.
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Knightsbridge balcony collapse: Two people dead and six injured
Two men died and six were injured today when a balcony collapsed in Knightsbridge.
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The mother of a junior tennis champion today said her daughter will no longer be able to practise at a top court after it started charging fees.
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A West End casino has been forced to change the name of its popular "craps" dice game after gamblers said they were embarrassed by it. Bosses at the Hippodrome casino in Leicester Square have removed the "Craps" sign on the outside of the building and replaced it with a new board reading "Dice". Owner Simon Thomas decided to make the switch after the sign "raised eyebrows" among punters.
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When three of advertising's smartest creatives, Helen Calcraft, Andy Nairn and Danny Brooke-Taylor, quit ad agency Dare to set up their own firm, they called it Lucky Generals, and it looks as if they are living up to their name.
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Stephen Lee faces a potential life ban from snooker after being found guilty of match-fixing.
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Johnson Controls continues ascent
Company pitches two-story addition to office building
Glendale - Johnson Controls plans a second vertical expansion at its Glendale campus.
Representatives of the company unveiled a two-story addition to the Power Solutions Headquarters building at the Plan Commission meeting Tuesday evening. The commission recently approved a two-story addition to the existing parking structure.
The Power Solutions building would almost double in size, from its current 114,599 to 213,583 square feet. The building was constructed in 2008 as part of an expansion and renovation of the campus designed to showcase the company's products and services.
Stephen Miller of Gensler Architects told the commission the design of the exterior of the building would remain the same with the expansion.
"We will recycle the current limestone band at the top (of the two stories) to the top of the building," he said.
The company has grown rapidly at the site, going from 600 employees in 2007 to 900 now. In a letter to the city, Debrah Vander Heiden, director of headquarters projects, wrote that without the expansion of the Power Solutions building, JCI's future growth on the Glendale campus, 5757 N. Green Bay Road, would be limited.
Member Ilmar Junge supported the expansions, along with the rest of the commission.
"Every time I drive by I think it is one of the most attractive buildings in Glendale," Junge said.
In addition to the commission's approval, secured Tuesday night, the company needs a height variance from the Board of Appeals. The extra two stories will rise to just over 3 feet more than the 60 feet allowed under city ordinances. The appeal on the height variance will be heard on June 15.
The Board of Appeals previously granted a variance for the height of the parking garage.
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10.28 | 2014 French long distance championship in Almanarre105 racers where there to fight against famous Mistral wind.
10.23 | New French distribution for MauiSailsMauisails is pleased to officially announce CL Import company as our new distribution partner in France.
10.13 | North Carolina Pamlico Sound 100 Mile Race First Windsurfer ever to challenge and finish NC100. Total Distance over water : 92.2 Nautical Miles
10.10 | 2014 Sylt PWA Grand Slam by Taty FransWesterland Sylt the longest event on the whole PWA tour - Freestyle/ Wave / Slalom.
09.9 | Taty Frans 2nd in freestyle at PWA Indoor PolandAlso he took 1st place for the fastest guy of the pool during Bjorn Speed Challenge.
The annual Hawaii State Slalom Championships were held this past weekend at Kanaha Beach Park, on Maui. Maui is the location for the state Championship because of the blistering trade winds and perfect slalom conditions; hence people travel from the other Islands and overseas to compete in this exciting event.
Leading the Charge this weekend was current State Champion Phil McGain, who started off the morning races with four bullets in the men's 40-49 age group. Carrying his TR-7 7.0 McGain was hitting his starts perfectly and used his board speed and control to open up big leads in all of his heats. Peter Slate followed in second, with another MauiSails rider Elon Wong coming in third place.
Mike Yasak who has been having phenomenal year easily won the Men's 50-59 age group, after recovering from an over early in the first heat, came away with 2 bullets and a second to WIN over Matt Daniels with Sam Bockius in third flying his TR-7 6.3 in all of the heats.
In the women's Open Tamara Bockius fresh from her National Championship win a few weeks ago was able to put together a bunch of seconds to be runner-up to Argentina Jimenez who was on form today winning the women's division, third place was Nicki Vetromile also flying around on his MauiSails.
In the afternoon the all important Men's Pro heats were to start with a stacked field of top competitors who were gunning for the Championship of the day. It looked like Phil McGain didn't miss a beat from the morning who stormed to the front of heat 1 to win easily, however in heat two after trying to pass Peter John took a nasty fall, which put him out of the heat and had to get rescued back to the beach.
In heat 3 McGain again had a flying start on this TR-7 7.0 and lead all the way to the finish but was closely followed by Kai Hopf in second and Mike Yasak in third place. So it came down to the final heat of the day decide the winner, McGain couldn't afford any mistakes and took charge of the start, flying to the first bouy well ahead of the pack, rounded each mark with precision control and went on to win the final heat and took the State Championship for the third year in a row. Kai Hopf finished second while an ecstatic Mike Yasak saved his best form for the afternoon finished in third place.
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November 2014
Construction Employers Add 16,000 Jobs in September, 230,000 for the Year as Sector�s Unemployment Rate Declines To A Seven-Year Low
Construction employers added 16,000 jobs and the sector�s unemployment rate fell to 7 percent, the lowest rate for September in years, according to an analysis released Oct. 3 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the construction employment gains come as more firms report having a hard time finding enough qualified workers to fill available positions, citing the lack of local vocational training programs, especially at the secondary level.
"While we are eager to see even more construction employment gains, there is no denying the fact that the industry has been in recovery mode for much of the past three years,� said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association�s chief executive officer. "But the industry won�t be able to keep filling positions if there aren�t enough qualified workers available to fill them.�
Construction employment totaled 6,079,000 in September, the highest total since May 2009, with a 12-month gain of 230,000 jobs or 3.9 percent, Sandherr noted. Residential building and specialty trade contractors added a combined 11,800 employees since August and 129,400 (5.9 percent) over 12 months.
Nonresidential building and specialty trade contractors hired a net of 3,700 workers for the month and 100,300 (2.7 percent) since September 2013. However, heavy and civil engineering contractors, which perform the majority of public-sector construction, increased their headcount by only 500 in September and 29,000 (3.3 percent) over the year amid tight government budget conditions.
The number of workers who said they looked for work in the past month and had last worked in construction fell to 604,000 in September. The last time the number of unemployed construction workers dropped that low was August 2007, a time when the construction industry was struggling with widespread construction worker shortages that prompted project delays and increased costs, Sandherr cautioned.
Association officials said many firms cite the lack of local, secondary-level vocational programs as one of the causes for the worker shortages. As a result, association officials continued to urge federal, state and local officials to enact the series of measures the association identified in its Workforce Development Plan that will make it easier for school districts, local associations and private firms to establish career and technical education and training programs.
"Labor shortages happen when a growing industry meets a stagnant pool of qualified workers,� said Sandherr. "It is time to align our education and training systems with current economic conditions so more young people can benefit from the rebound in construction demand.�
OSHA Launches National Dialogue on Hazardous Chemical Exposures and PELs in the Workplace
The U.S. Department of Labor�s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it is launching a national dialogue with stakeholders on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances. The first stage of this dialogue is a request for information on the management of hazardous chemical exposures in the workplace and strategies for updating permissible exposure limits.
OSHA�s PELs, which are regulatory limits on the amount or concentration of a substance in the air, are intended to protect workers against the adverse health effects of exposure to hazardous substances. Ninety-five percent of OSHA�s current PELs, which cover fewer than 500 chemicals, have not been updated since their adoption in 1971. The agency�s current PELs cover only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of chemicals used in commerce, many of which are suspected of being harmful. Substantial resources are required to issue new exposure limits or update existing workplace exposure limits, as courts have required complex analyses for each proposed PEL.
"Many of our chemical exposure standards are dangerously out of date and do not adequately protect workers,� said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. "While we will continue to work on updating our workplace exposure limits, we are asking public health experts, chemical manufacturers, employers, unions and others committed to preventing workplace illnesses to help us identify new approaches to address chemical hazards.�
OSHA is seeking public comment regarding current practices and future methods for updating PELs, as well as new strategies for better protecting workers from hazardous chemical exposures. Specifically, the agency requests suggestions on possible streamlined approaches for risk assessment and feasibility analyses, and alternative approaches for managing chemical exposures, including control banding, task-based approaches and informed substitution.
The comment period for the RFI will continue for 180 days. Instructions for submitting comments are available in the Federal Register, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0023, at https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-24009. For more information, visit the OSHA Chemical Management Request for Information Web page at www.osha.gov/chemicalmanagement/index.html.
IPAF Releases Half-Year Results for Accident Reporting Project
There were 23 fatalities worldwide involving mobile elevating work platforms, also known as aerial work platforms, in the first half of 2014, according to findings from the International Powered Access Federation�s accident database.
The main causes of these fatalities were overturn (9), fall from height (8), entrapment (3), electrocution (2), and technical/mechanical (1). Note: One of the entrapment fatalities involved a person on the ground being crushed between the base of the MEWP and another structure.
Eleven of the fatalities involved mobile booms (3b) and 10 involved static booms (1b). In two cases, the machine type is as yet unconfirmed.
Of these fatalities, 13 occurred in the United States, two in Germany, and one each in Australia, Austria, Columbia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom.
IPAF�s accident data is based on information collected in a number of ways: directly reported to the IPAF accident database at www.ipaf.org/accident, information obtained by IPAF staff worldwide, and information collated from press releases and news reports. The comprehensiveness of the data cannot be guaranteed, but where appropriate, action is taken to verify the facts. The data is updated should relevant information become available.
All manufacturers, rental companies, contractors and users are encouraged to report any known fatal and serious accidents involving mobile elevating work platforms and mast climbing work platforms worldwide at the IPAF accident database. The project is open to IPAF members and non-members, and includes an option for anonymous reporting. To register and to report an accident involving a MEWP or an MCWP, go to www.ipaf.org/accident
FMI Releases 2014 Compensation Analysis
In the most recent white paper released by FMI Oct. 14, author Mike Rose shares an analysis of more than 75,000 salary records for calendar year 2013. Annually, the firm conducts a series compensation survey covering approximately 280 positions for the engineering and construction industries.
Key takeaways from the white paper, "Post-Recession Transformations,� include the following:
� Professional pay indexes have increased more than 10 percent since 2008.
� Bonuses are down as much as 50 percent since 2008.
� The largest compensation increases for construction professionals have occurred in five job areas:
� Business development is up 16 percent since 2009.
� Project accounting is up 15 percent since 2009.
� Quality Assurance is up 15 percent since 2009.
� Estimating is up 11 percent since 2009.
� Building Information Modeling staff wages have risen 11 percent since 2009.
Go to www.fmiquarterly.com/2014/07/post-recession-transformations/ to download a copy of the white paper.
For more information, visit www.fminet.com.
World Insulation Demand to Reach 24.9 Billion Square Meters
Through 2018, global demand for insulation is projected to advance 5.0 percent annually to 24.9 billion square meters of R-1 value, a significant increase from the rate of the 2008�2013 period. In developing countries, rising building construction and industrial activity will lead to increased demand for insulation. In many high-income countries, insulation demand will rebound from downturns during the 2008-2013 period that were caused in part by sharp declines in housing construction. Government efforts, particularly in Western Europe, to reduce energy consumption will lead to the adoption of new building codes that require increased insulation usage. Of the major types of insulation, the foamed plastic insulation segment will post the fastest gains in value demand. These and other trends are presented in "World Insulation,� a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.
Strong growth in residential building construction activity will be the primary driver of demand worldwide. In North America demand for insulation in residential construction applications will grow 6.5 percent per year in R-1 value through 2018, due primarily to a partial recovery in housing construction in the United States. Rural-to-urban migration in developing countries in the Asia/Pacific, Africa/Mideast and Central and South America regions will stimulate building activity in urban areas and therefore insulation demand. Analyst Allison Blackburn notes that, "Rising per capita incomes will encourage the use of modern building techniques and materials, such as insulation.� Some countries in these areas are expected to adopt minimum insulation requirements for buildings, further contributing to demand gains. In the industrial, HVAC and OEM markets for insulation, demand will be driven by expanding manufacturing activity, appliance output and HVAC system installations.
The Asia/Pacific region is forecast to post the fastest growth in insulation demand through 2018, aided by advances in building construction activity as well as manufacturing and industrial output. Over 58 percent of new global insulation demand generated between 2013 and 2018 will be attributable to this region. Among the Asia/Pacific countries expected to post solid growth are China, India and Indonesia.
Four-Month Upturn Ends as Builder Confidence Falls in October
After four consecutive monthly gains, builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell five points to a level of 54 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, released Oct. 16.
Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as "good,� "fair� or "poor.� The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as "high to very high,� "average� or "low to very low.� Scores from each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.
All three HMI components declined in October. The index gauging current sales conditions decreased six points to 57, while the index measuring expectations for future sales slipped three points to 64 and the index gauging traffic of prospective buyers dropped six points to 41.
Looking at the three-month moving averages for regional HMI scores, the Northeast and Midwest remained flat at 41 and 59, respectively. The South rose two points to 58 and the West registered a one-point loss to 57.
People in the News
Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc., Tucker, Ga., has appointed Travis Hendren to serve as the vice president of mergers and acquisitions. In this newly formed role, Hendren will lead the identification and cultivation of potential acquisitions, as well as execution and integration of the acquisitions.
Cemco, Los Angeles, announced that Eric Larson has accepted the newly created position of director of business development for Cemco. Also announced is the promotion of Garret Koleszar to Southern regional sales manager, taking over for Larson as he embarks on his new responsibilities.
Larson, a 21-year veteran of Cemco, started as a sales representative responsible for the San Diego, Inland Empire and Mexican markets, later transitioning into the Southern regional sales manager for the past 12 years. Koleszar will replace Larson as SRSM after five years representing Cemco in the Arizona, New Mexico, El Paso and San Diego markets.
Rockfon�, Chicago, expands its North American team with the promotion of Tom Smith to business development manager, overseeing the complete offering of ceiling systems; Kirby Williams� promotion to product manager of acoustic stone wool ceiling tiles, and the hiring of Jill Reninger as manager of construction services.
Smith leads new product development and project management for all of Rockfon�s product lines. He focuses on enhancing the company�s product assortment and supporting its strategic marketing efforts throughout North America.
Williams works closely with customers and colleagues to provide high-quality, competitive ceiling panel products that meet both aesthetic and performance requirements for their commercial interior projects. As Rockfon�s acoustic tile product manager, Williams will manage the company�s portfolio of stone wool acoustic ceiling solutions.
As Rockfon�s construction services manager for North America, Reninger is responsible for the company�s technical services and project management teams. She is based in Chicago.
Grabber Construction Products, Inc., an international distributor of professional-grade fasteners and construction products, announced that Roland Snyder, currently CFO, has been named president effective immediately. Snyder will continue to retain his CFO duties. Current president and CEO John (Jack) V. Kroll expands his chairman role and will retain CEO duties.
Snyder is a 25-year Grabber executive and a key leader in the company�s success. Snyder has been a member of the board of directors during his entire career at Grabber.
Kroll, a 37-year veteran, has been president and CEO of Grabber Construction Products, Inc. since 2009, and previously the former general manager of the Construction Products Division under private family ownership.
Companies in the News
California Drywall, an AWCI member company that is one of the largest specialty contractors in California, has been selected as the 2014 California Specialty Contractor of the Year by Engineering News-Record, the preeminent publication for the construction and engineering industry. The Specialty Contractor of the Year award is given to a subcontractor that is listed on ENR California�s regional Top Specialty Contractors List published each fall. ENR editors chose California Drywall based on its revenue performance, innovative construction and business practices, commitment to safety, and community involvement.
California Drywall employs more than 500 people in Northern California and has a roster of impressive projects in the region, including the CPMC Van Ness and Geary Campus, a 740,000 square foot, 274 patient bed, acute care hospital and Levi�s Stadium, which was completed earlier this year.
To learn more go to www.caldrywall.com.
AMES Taping Tools, a provider of automatic taping and finishing tools, supplies and training to the professional drywall finishing industry, announces the opening of its newest location in Ashland, Va.
The Ashland location brings AMES to 61 corporate stores and 56 franchise locations. Located at 11173 Leadbetter Rd., the new store provides rental service for their line of AMES� automatic taping and finishing tools. The store also sells the company�s line of ATF tools as well as an assortment of associated drywall products, merchandise and hand tools.
Products in the News
ClarkDietrich, West Chester, Ohio, announces that its FastClip� Slide clips and Extended FastClip Slide clips have achieved the Steel Framing Industry Association�s certification for manufacturing compliance. This designation certifies that ClarkDietrich�s clip and connector products bearing the SFIA compliance label are manufactured in accordance with an approved quality control program set forth by the association.
Manufacturers that participate in the SFIA program, titled "Manufacturing Compliance Certification Program for Connectors for Cold-Formed Steel Construction,� agree to comply with program requirements that govern the materials used to produce the connectors, protection against corrosion, manufacturing tolerances and marking requirements. A third-party administrator audits each manufacturing facility twice a year to ensure these standards are maintained.
New on the �net
The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute has redesigned its website, www.cfsei.org, to provide an updated look and easier access to information about its technology transfer tools and membership opportunities. The site also provides access to free downloadable AISI cold-formed steel design standards.
Knaack�, Crystal Lake, Ill., has launched a new website that includes improved navigation, filtering functionality and online question and review capabilities. The site is designed to better help customers select and purchase Knaack� products.
To learn more visit www.knaack.com.
Simpson Strong-Tie, Pleasanton, Calif., has launched a promotional "Power Break� campaign to encourage construction industry professionals to power through their workday by following the company on Facebook.
To kick off its "Power Break� campaign, Simpson Strong-Tie is sponsoring a sweepstakes promotion on Facebook that features a prize package that includes Bosch tools, the Simpson Strong-Tie Workbench/Shelving Hardware Kit and a coffee break for the winner and 50 coworkers.
The contest is open to anyone in the United States who works in the construction industry, including contractors, builders, lumberyard dealers, architects, engineers and building inspectors.
Contest details and the entry form are on the Simpson Strong-Tie Facebook page, www.facebook.com/strongtie. Participants can enter the contest daily until it ends Nov. 14. The prize package is valued at more than $1,800. One winner will be selected after the contest closes.
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Comment posted School Meals saga: Council distorts facts and blocks Martha's blog by Integrity? Not in the CondemAll.
As a further comment A&B's own procurement manual (last updated 2011)states that
'the objectives in carrying out significant procurement exercises for the Council should reflect the overall goals and objectives of the Council. Individual goals and objectives should be set with reference to the balanced scorecard.
There are four elements to the balanced scorecard.
1. Price
2. Internal Process
3. Sustainability
4. Enhanced Service Delivery
This is followed by a definition of the four elements – sustainability is the most pertinent one to this discussion. It states that
Sustainability can come in a number of guises;
• Environmental improvements can be made from purchasing more efficient equipment in terms of energy consumptions (if quantifiable this may also be a price saving), or from switching to recycled goods, or from reducing delivery frequency or haulage distances.
• Social benefits can be obtained if the method of service delivery proposed under the new contract delivers consequent benefits to the local communities (where this is not the primary aim of the contract). Wider social benefits are gained from the use of fairly traded goods.
• Economic benefits can be obtained where the nature of the contract will deliver wider economic benefits within the Council area, either through the use of community benefit clauses, or from the nature of the service delivery planned.
Also important is the definition of Enhanced Service Delivery which it is stated is is obtained where the nature of the contract is such that it provides a better outcome than that achieved to date, on the primary aim of the contract.
So the Council's own agreed procedures give them clear grounds to support local business and providers even if they don't necessarily offer the most price competitive product. That isn't to say I would fully advocate paying massive premiums just to support local business, there clearly has to be a sensible balance.
Integrity? Not in the CondemAll also commented
- Interestingly the only reference to use of national contracts in the Council's Procurement Manual is in relation to the purchase of paper & stationery and the leasing of office equipment.
It also references national Category A commodities which are those goods or services that are standard or of a similar nature across the largely common requirements of the Scottish public sector. It states that 'Currently in scope Category A areas include IT hardware and software, office equipment, utilities, professional services and telecoms among others.'
The bottom line is that it makes no specific reference whatsoever to national contracts for food/school meals etc. You would have thought with the quantity of food bought that if such a contract existed then there would be reference to it however if anyone can confirm whether there is one then that would be appreciated.
My guess is there isn't one.
As an aside there is also a section on procurement of contractors which states'
'Always have a clear specification of the work to be carried out '
Which brings me back to the question of whether the clear specification for Kier Bloomer included the informal, formal or both periods of consultation!
- Is it not the case that local authorities are only encouraged to sign up to national contracts – they are not forced to?
I am not saying it is a bad idea full stop – there and pros and cons to it. I am just saying that claims that the Council have no option due to national contracts appears to be a misleading argument.
- Check the facts and you will notice that even the Scottish Government's Procurement Policy handbook (which all public sector organisations need to comply with)references Regulation 30 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 which makies clear that the overarching aim of public sector procurement activity in Scotland must be the achievement of value
for money for the taxpayer with VFM defined as the optimum combination of whole-life cost and quality (or fitness for purpose).
The 2006 Regulations 2006 sets out two methods for evaluating tenders. Contracting authorities can award contracts on the basis of the most economically advantageous
tender or the lowest price.
It specifically mentions that in determining the criteria for the award of contracts, purchasers should rarely rely on price alone. This is because awarding contracts on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender allows purchasers to balance the quality of the goods, services and works they are
procuring against price and to frame specifications in a way which encourages innovation rather than defining the solution.
Appropriate investment appraisal techniques should be used in assessing which
compliant bid offers best value for money.
As part of value for money, due regard to other relevant organisational policies is important, for example, policies in relation to corporate social responsibility /sustainability.
The latter part leaving the door well and truly open to flexibility in procurement decisions if they can be justified on the grounds of supporting some other council policy.
This stype of approach is common where a Council leases a property to a business for below market rates in order to try and encourage enterprise. If they can apply that logic in that situation then they can apply it elsewhere.
- Some of the comments on here about Martha and her parents are pretty appalling and also lacking in sense. If her parents were doing this to be attention seekers why would they have exposed it via a 9 year old's internet blog – as a story it was a gimme for the national papers (as proven by the reaction when the blog, which received no attention at first, for some unknown reason, went viral) and surely attention seeking parents would have gone straight to them.
There is no hard evidence that the parents were out to make a name for themselves but there is hard evidence that food available to these kids (irrespective of whether it was a choice) was inappropriate and inadequate – yet there are people more eager to blame the parents and a 9 year old than asking questions of the Council (including the Council themselves).
They also criticise the parents for the way they dealt with the situation but seem quite happy with the way the Council dealt with it. I find that staggering. The Council got a Head of Service and ran to the national radio to publicly have a go at a 9 year old child and then strongly suggest that her parents are failing her (unlike the Head of Service who took the opportunity to promote his own parenting skills). It was amateur hour on the part of the Council which epitomises an attitude to the public, and a reaction to them, which many people have become accustomed to from this corporate management team.
Give A&B a chance? They need to earn that right and are failing miserably to do so. Just to be clear I aim that firmly at those running the show from the top branches. Like most of us I know many people working in the lower echelons of the Council who are dedicated and work conscientiously with their integrity firmly intact. This cannot be said of those who call the shots and, far too often, are happy to allow or create the perception that the fault lies elsewhere.
- Is it not the case that local authorities do not have their hands entirely tied by procurement legislation? Thay have a degree of flexibility to accept higher priced tenders if they can justify it on other relevant factors (i.e. local economy development would be an obvious one)
It is a myth banded about by local authorities when trying to push through service cuts that best value demands it of them. The concept of best value extends well beyond just issues of price.
Recent comments by Integrity? Not in the CondemAll
- Michael Russell's message to Argyll
It is true that the politician with the GO button takes the bulk of the responsibility. On that theme I was discussing the banking collapse with a good friend the other day. He is a long standing SNP member of many decades. He did quietly acknowledge that Alex Salmond favoured relaxed regulations just us much, if not even more than, Gordon Brown however he made that same point, ultimately Brown oversaw it therefore carries the can. Too often politicians view on this flip flops depending on which way the fingers are pointing.
- Michael Russell's message to Argyll
I don't think so. Mike Russell was Education Secretary when it was implemented however it is was actually developed before he was appointed (in fact it has been in development for 3 or 4 years before he was appointed).
So you are right that criticism, or credit, for the CfE shouldn't be entirely placed at Mike Russell's door.
If I recall (and please do correct me if I am wrong) it largely got cross party support. There were some criticisms by Labour and the Lib Dems about the level of funding being invested in it and maybe the process of implementation but none of them were opposed to it as a concept.
- With her government team completed, how will Nicola Sturgeon's set do the job?
The reshuffle was absolutely necessary and would have happened even if Salmond hadn't stepped down.
Neill and McAskill have had poor 18 months and Russell has been sidelined by his own party throughout the independence referendum.
A new leader will always want to make changes and set their own tone and direction. Maybe a little unfortunate that the ministers in charge of three major areas have had a period of relatively poor performance as changing all three at once is quite substantial.
However the new postholders deserve an opportunity to prove themselves, or otherwise, before being judged. For Scotland's sake I hope they do well. Within reason I don't care what party is in power as long as they deliver sound policy and properly represent the whole country.
- Totty rocks as new FM elected at Holyrood
Fair enough Jnrtick. I of course acknowledge that the lyrics taken in isolation are racist. What I mean is I think the context they are sung in means they are not meant as a racist jibe but as the sort of football rivalry banter that has gone on for decades.
I am no tolerated of racism, very far from it. I just think we should be careful about mixing up genuine hate/intolerance with something far less serious.
Football has not had to seek out its troubles over the years and I think it, largely, has done a good job cleaning up its act. However I wouldn't want to over sanitize it.
- Totty rocks as new FM elected at Holyrood
I am not clear if you were at the game or are basing this on what you heard on the tele. If it is based on what you heard on the tele then I think there needs to be a strong health warning over any claim that it was only English fans who were singing songs that could be classed as bile. What you hear on the tele when watching football games is entirely down to where the camera crews and microphones are located in the stadium.
You surely don't for one second, believe that a few thousand England fans outsung 60,000 Scotland fans do you?
In reply to your other comment on this thread I think the reason it wasn't reported in the papers is because it is a son that has been sung up and down the country by football fans for years. Some time using the word 'Scottish Bastard', just as often using the words 'English Bastard'
It has never really been considered a racist chant regardless of whether it has been sung by English or Scottish fans and I suspect if we hadn't just been through the referendum the singing of it on Tuesday wouldn't have raised any eyebrows.
Whilst I acknowledge it is a somewhat coarse song (most football songs are!) I see it as football banter and not racism. I don't think Scotland fans are racist when they sing it, nor do I think England fans are when they sing it.
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