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Newport follows the Presbyterian form of governance. We participate in the Seattle Presbytery, within the national PCUSA in Louisville, KY. According to our Book of Order, ordained Elders from the congregation make decisions at monthly Session meetings and convene committee meetings as listed below. Ordained Deacons from the congregation provide care for our members within our ministry units.
Elders serve for three years. Currently, these are our serving Elders and their Committees:
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Chris Antrobus
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March 7, 2013 TARA O'GRADY-SULLIVAN, AN INDIVIDUAL, PLAINTIFF,v.THE STATE OF NEVADA, ET AL.,DEFENDANTS.
(Def.'s Motion for Summary Judgment -- dkt. no. 57; Def.'s Redacted Motion for Summary Judgment -- dkt. no. 61; Plf.'s Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages -- dkt. no. 74)
Before the Court are Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment (dkt. nos. 57 and 61), as well as Plaintiff Tara O'Grady-Sullivan's Motion for Permission to File Overlength Combined Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and Joinder (dkt. no. 74). Because significant discovery remained to be conducted after the filing of Defendants' Motion, the Court denies the Motion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d).
This case arises out of allegations that various law enforcement defendants violated Plaintiff's constitutional and state rights during the course of her roadside detention, arrest, confinement, and subsequent release. (See dkt. no. 1-1.) The relevant factual background is summarized in the Court's December 15, 2011, Order and will not be recounted here. (Dkt. no. 39.)
After the Court's Order granting in part and denying in part Defendants' motion to dismiss, and upon leave of Court, Plaintiff filed her Amended Complaint on April 4, 2012. (See dkt. no. 48.) While discovery was ongoing, Defendants filed under seal their Motion for Summary Judgment. (See dkt. nos. 57 and 62.) Plaintiff filed her Response alongside her Motion for Permission to File Overlength Opposition. (See dkt. nos. 71 and 74.) In her Response, Plaintiff argues that significant discovery has yet to be completed, and that Defendants' Motion should be denied on Rule 56(d) grounds. The Motion for Summary Judgment was filed on May 15, 2012, over three months in advance of the then-operative September 3, 2012, discovery cut-off. (See dkt. no. 51.)
In the interim period, Defendants sought a stay of discovery pending this Court's ruling on their Motion for Summary Judgment. (See dkt. nos. 65 and 66.) That request was denied (see dkt. no. 78), though the discovery cut-off was once again extended to November 2, 2012 (see dkt. no. 88).
The purpose of summary judgment is to avoid unnecessary trials when there is no dispute as to the facts before the court. Nw. Motorcycle Ass'n v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 18 F.3d 1468, 1471 (9th Cir. 1994). Summary judgment is appropriate when the pleadings, the discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits "show there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 330 (1986). An issue is "genuine" if there is a sufficient evidentiary basis on which a reasonable fact-finder could find for the nonmoving party and a dispute is "material" if it could affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248-49 (1986). Where reasonable minds could differ on the material facts at issue, however, summary judgment is not appropriate. Warren v. City of Carlsbad, 58 F.3d 439, 441 (9th Cir. 1995). "The amount of evidence necessary to raise a genuine issue of material fact is enough 'to require a jury or judge to resolve the parties' differing versions of the truth at trial.'" Aydin Corp. v. Loral Corp., 718 F.2d 897, 902 (9th Cir. 1983) (quoting First Nat'l Bank v. Cities Service Co., 391 U.S. 253, 288-89 (1968)). In evaluating a summary judgment motion, a court views all facts and draws all inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Kaiser Cement Corp. v. Fishbach & Moore, Inc., 793 F.2d 1100, 1103 (9th Cir. 1986).
The moving party bears the burden of showing that there are no genuine issues of material fact. Zoslaw v. MCA Distrib. Corp., 693 F.2d 870, 883 (9th Cir. 1982). "In order to carry its burden of production, the moving party must either produce evidence negating an essential element of the nonmoving party's claim or defense or show that the nonmoving party does not have enough evidence of an essential element to carry its ultimate burden of persuasion at trial." Nissan Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Fritz Cos., 210 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir. 2000). Once the moving party satisfies Rule 56's requirements, the burden shifts to the party resisting the motion to "set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 256. The nonmoving party "may not rely on denials in the pleadings but must produce specific evidence, through affidavits or admissible discovery material, to show that the dispute exists," Bhan v. NME Hosps., Inc., 929 F.2d 1404, 1409 (9th Cir. 1991), and "must do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts." Orr v. Bank of Am., 285 F.3d 764, 783 (9th Cir. 2002) (internal citations omitted). "The mere existence of a scintilla of evidence in support of the plaintiff's position will be insufficient." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 252.
Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d), if, in response to a summary judgment motion, "a non-movant shows by affidavit or declaration that, for specified reasons, it cannot present facts essential to justify its opposition," the Court may defer consideration of the motion, deny the motion, allow the parties time to complete additional discovery, or grant other appropriate relief. The party requesting additional time to conduct discovery to oppose summary judgment "must show: (1) it has set forth in affidavit form the specific facts it hopes to elicit from further discovery; (2) the facts sought exist; and (3) the sought-after facts are essential to oppose summary judgment." Family Home & Fin. Ctr., Inc. v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 525 F.3d 822, 827 (9th Cir. 2008). If the non-movant does not satisfy these requirements, the Court may rule on summary judgment without granting additional discovery. Id. Rule 56(d) has been read as "requiring, rather than merely permitting, discovery 'where the nonmoving party has not had the opportunity to discover information that is essential to its opposition.'" Metabolife Intern., Inc. v. Wornick, 264 F.3d 832, 846 (9th Cir. 2001) (quoting Anderson, 477 U.S. at 250 n. 5).
Plaintiff's counsel, Lisa Rasmussen, appended a declaration in support of Plaintiff's Response describing the state of discovery in the case, and documents how discovery yet to be conducted is essential to Plaintiff's case and demonstrating why Plaintiff cannot present facts essential to opposition to summary judgment. In particular, at the time of Defendant's Motion, no depositions of any individual Defendant had been conducted. In addition, Plaintiff propounded written discovery requests on or near June 1, 2012, which remained unanswered at the time Plaintiff filed her Response. (See, e.g.,dkt. no. 71-A.) Plaintiff also retained a police practice expert in support of her action, but requires additional discovery in order to provide the expert with a complete record to issue a final expert report. (See dkt. no. 71-K.) As represented by the parties during a hearing before Magistrate Judge Hoffman, significant outstanding discovery remained at the time the parties requested an extension of discovery on September 7, 2012. (See dkt. no. 88.) Defendants do not address the Rule 56(d) question in their Reply or Joinder to the Reply. (See dkt. nos. 90 and 91.)
In light of discovery yet to be completed at the time of the Motion's briefing, the Court finds that Plaintiff cannot adequately oppose Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment.
Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment (dkt. nos. 57 and 61) are DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Permission to File Overlength Combined Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and Joinder (dkt. no. 74) is DENIED.
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The LaMoyne Pederson Philosophy Endowment Fund will present Dr. Howard Wettstein, professor of Philosphy at UC Riverside discussing "Man Thinks, God Smiles" at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, in Humanities room 123.
Wettstein has written three books: "The Significance of Religious Experience" (Oxford University Press, 2012), "The Magic Prism: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language" (Oxford University Press, 2004), and "Has Semantics Rested On a Mistake? and Other Essays" (Stanford University Press, 1991). He's also published a number of papers in the philosophy of language, for many years the focus of his research.
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Hi Germaine, great to see all of them, but the patterning on that hieroglyphica is something special. Is it a big plant yet? Cheers, Paul |
- Posted by sunshine_qld Qld Aust (My Page) on Wed, Apr 15, 09 at 7:23
Beautiful plants Germaine. I am starting to collect a few now but don't know if I will get the colour you have. Love hieroglyphica. As Paul said, it is something special. |
Hi Germaine - beautiful plants, as usual! Thanks for showing. #7 maybe Vr saudersii? Those spots are a wee bit more prominent than mine, but the leaves of mine are also a little bit more grey. So it could be as a result of slightly different growing conditions. #9 definitely Vr fenestralis Japie |
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Hi Germaine - Nice collection you have there. Gotta agree with Paul, that hieroglyphica is really something special and also quite different from the normal ones I have. All the best, Nev |
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WOW Do you really think it looks something special? It just looks like hieroglyphica to me cause its the only one I have at the moment. It is a 1/4 grown plant im thinking due to the size ive seen them grow in these parts, But it is fairly big i guess. Well Nev I cant wait to recieve yours and see the difference then...LOL...this will be interesting....hehe Japie, Yes I think your spot on with those names. They are the kind of names that dont sit at the top of my head fluently...LOL |
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A labor and delivery nurse in Springfield, Missouri, Rosario Kowalski, M.S.N., R.N., was working towards her master's degree in nursing when she experienced an unexpected trauma of her own: she tore a ligament in her knee while walking up the stairs. "It was completely out of the blue," she says, a nurse for nearly 30 years.
Knee surgery and a difficult, lengthy recovery followed the accident. "When you're in pain, all you can think about is getting out of pain," Kowalski says. "I couldn't work at the job I loved. I couldn't even walk. I felt like I'd lost everything."
Despite having to take a break from her job, she was able to continue working toward her M.S.N. because she was enrolled in a distance-learning program with Regis University in Denver, Colorado. "During my difficult recovery, it was wonderful to have education. I looked at my curriculum and felt better. I realized that I was probably only two semesters from graduating," she says. Kowalski opted for an online approach to her master's degree because it fit with her lifestyle. Like many nurses, her work schedule varied, and she juggled working full time with family life. Distance-learning offered her the flexibility she needed to pursue her degree.
"I loved working alone and at my own pace within given time frames and guidelines, so independent studying worked well for me," she says. "The convenience was important to me since I live in a rural area and didn't want to drive. For years, I drove 55 miles each way to work and I didn't want more drive time."
Making the most of a difficult situation, she threw herself into her studies, completing four courses in seven months. "I was able to study, and it really saved me. I had a schedule, something to do, and a sense of the future," Kowalski says. "I learned so much and had a lot of insights into things that I wouldn't have had the time to learn otherwise. The courses provided a distraction from my tumultuous circumstances."
In addition to the convenience, she discovered that Regis was a good fit for her personally. "I really felt in harmony with their approach. Their leadership style is a servant-leader style, and that matches my goals. It opened up a brand-new world for me," Kowalski says. "In my work setting, I see things differently and I'm a better nurse now."
The married mother of three grown children, Kowalski had to overcome another major obstacle before she started studying for her M.S.N. and the injury to her knee. "I was acutely aware of being an older student. I hadn't been in school for 25 years, and I was intimidated by the technology," she says. "I was a nurse and loved what I did, but I hadn't fully integrated technology into my practice, and every job now requires computer skills." Kowalski took several basic computer courses before starting her nursing course work and found that she greatly enjoyed the challenge. "I was really, really excited!" she says. "By the time I took my first online exam, I was back into studying and felt comfortable with computers and the online aspect.
"For me, there is something about wanting more knowledge," Kowalski says. "I always loved school. I saw that no GRE was required by Regis University for an M.S.N. if you took a statistics course in college. I had statistics in college, so that got my interest. I didn't want to take the GRE after being out of college for so many years. I signed up—and thought I was crazy for signing up for an online program when I was not efficient with technology!"
Though she had initial reservations, Kowalski graduated in May of 2007 with her M.S.N. from Regis.
Born and raised in Belize City, Belize, Kowalski came to the United States in 1972 to go to college. She first attended the University of New Orleans for her prerequisites for the nursing program at Louisiana State University Medical Center. LSU's nursing program was the only B.S.N. program in the state at that time, and admission was very competitive. "At that point, the school was very progressive in their thinking and very much trying to push nursing into the academic arena. They encouraged research and nursing theory and were offering a B.S.N. when most schools in the area were only offered diploma certificates in nursing," she says. "It was very visionary at the time. Now, almost all schools have shifted to some type of B.S.N. program."
Kowalski earned her bachelor's in nursing from LSU and started working as a nurse in med-surg. "My husband's role as a minister required us to relocate about every three years. I had always wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse but the frequent relocations would have made it difficult. Relocating did remind me, though, of the variety and job security you have in nursing. I was able to work wherever we went."
After they moved to rural Missouri in the 1980s, Kowalski was finally able to pursue cross-training as a labor and delivery nurse. "Labor and delivery was my passion," Kowalski says. "Every day was a wonderful experience. I couldn't believe they were paying me to do this. When you love what you do, nothing is hard. I had found something I just loved."
Education is an important part of Kowalski's family. Both of her daughters graduated from college, her son is currently earning his degree, and her husband is an adjunct professor at a local bible college. She also comes from a big family, with five sisters and two brothers, all of whom attended pursued higher education.
She is, however, the only one of her siblings to earn a master's degree. "When I got my master's degree, no one was more delighted than my mother," she says. She credits her mother for always being very supportive of education. "We all understood that we would be going to college."
Her entire family has since immigrated to the United States. She credits their Mayan ancestry for their passion for education. "The Yucatan people are of Mayan descent, and the Mayans were a brilliant people," Kowalski says. "My mother's family is from that area, and that genetic pool helped us."
While distance education has existed for centuries, the development of the home computer and the Internet has made it possible for working nurses like Kowalski to take whatever classes they like, whenever they like, and complete them as fast as they like.
Of course, the convenience of an online course does not mean it's simple to complete successfully. "I think people used to think that an online course is easy, like a correspondence course. But you really have to earn your grades. You have to be disciplined, but I loved the freedom and the online culture. And there's plenty of individual attention and more online support," Kowalski says. "You do have to be able to sacrifice time to accomplish the work because it is no cake walk."
With changing and unconventional work schedules, nurses often find attending a traditional classroom-based program impossible. Distance learning offers flexible class schedules and immediate start dates often with no waiting lists like traditional nursing programs.
In addition to saving money compared to traditional two- or four-year colleges, the ability to continue earning a steady paycheck and supporting their families while taking courses is typically a key factor for nurses like Kowalski who decide to pursue online education.
She even hopes to teach nursing after she fully recovers from two knee replacement surgeries.
Kowalski credits her family, education, and opportunity for her success in nursing. "The United States really is a land of opportunity," she says. "You can accomplish anything if you are willing to work hard. People will give you opportunities, and if you hold onto them, you can become anything you want to be."
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Tapestry - Rooster, circa 1950 Reg. No: SH 850092
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- Used: circa 1950
Made in occupational therapy by a patient at Royal Park Mental Hospital.
Made by a patient at a Victorian mental hospital. - Description:
- Tapestry of a rooster in wooden frame and glazed. The rooster occupies only about 1/5 of the tapestry. It is brilliantly coloured - yellow legs, underside and neck, darkgreen breast and tail feather, rose wing and face, red comb and blue,green and grey tail feathers. The background consists of oblong blocks of colour - green, yellow, pink, blue, maroon, purple, surrounded by a border of fine stripes of colour. A short piece of white binding tape has been stitched onto the tapestry on the top, left-hand border.
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- Donation from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum)
Discipline: | History |
Dimensions: | 45.50 cm (Height), 55.00 cm (Length) |
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Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Occupational Therapy |
Tertiary Classification: | products |
Inscriptions: | Text: MADE IN OCCUPATIONAL/THERAPY DEPT/ROYAL PARK. |
Place & Date Made: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, by 1950 |
Place & Date Used: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, by 1950 |
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Terry Fujinami, DVM I received my degree in veterinary medicine from Colorado State University. After graduation, I worked at a large and small animal practice in Nebraska before moving to Colorado. I've worked at Adams County Animal Hospital since 1989. My wife and I have one son and currently six cats and one dog share our home. In my spare time I enjoy skiing, traveling, home improvement projects, and watching my son's sporting events.
Lindsey, Head CVT I was born and raised in Arvada, Colorado. Even from a young age, I knew I wanted to work with animals. I had an internship at the Denver Zoo working with primates before I started school at Bel-Rea for my degree to become a Veterinary Technician. I graduated from Bel-Rea and started my career with Adams County Animal Hospital in 2002. I have been here ever since, and love my job and the people I work with!
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I've worked at Adams County Animal Hospital since 1990. The best part of working here all these years is meeting and greeting all of those dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, and birds and their owners and then watching them have long, healthy, happy, lives. I've also had the privilege of working with some wonderful co-workers over the years and really love what I do.
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Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
I saw Harry Potter today, and thought your review was accurate. But there is a moral problem with the movie (and the underlying book) that's not evident until you've read the final book.
Dumbledore says to Snape, "Severus, please," right before Snape kills him. It's ambiguous at the time, but I'll spoil the last book for you by telling you that [spoiler warning] Dumbledore is asking Snape to kill him so that Draco will survive. And I don't see any way at all to justify that action on the part of either one. Any way I slice it, Dumbledore is asking Snape to kill him — an innocent party in the dispute. Even to save a third party, one may not choose the death of an innocent person as the means.
Perhaps I'm making too much of this, but the other lesser moral violations (telling of untruths, etc.) in the series don't bother me nearly as much as this one.
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Your analysis exactly coincides with my own, Father. I haven't read the latter books, but I have read the plot summaries at Wikipedia.)
If I understand correctly [spoiler warning], Rowling tries to mitigate the moral issue by (a) revealing that Dumbledore was dying anyway and (b) having Snape's act insinuate Snape further into Voldemort's confidence. However, (a) from a Catholic perspective Dumbledore's impending death doesn't make Snape's act other than murder, and (b) dramatically Snape's moral self-sacrifice is wasted anyway since, I understand, he doesn't accomplish anything and is eventually discovered and killed by Voldemort.
Because of this, I contemplated giving The Half-Blood Prince a minus-2 moral rating rather than a minus-1, but ultimately decided that the explanation belongs to the next film(s) and so the moral weight falls there rather than here.
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- Revis risks not being able to regain his past form following an injury. Or worse, he risks further injury. Either puts him in danger of being cut, and not seeing nearly all of his $96 million over six years. The lack of guaranteed money — any guaranteed money at all in this deal — is downright shocking.
- The Buccaneers risk Revis outperforming what are in effect a series of single-year deals, and holding out again. With no guaranteed money in his pocket and already one major career injury suffered, Revis is quite familiar with the game of maximizing his value.
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Growers typically pick lighter yields during the front end of the fall season.
October and November cold fronts that move across the state dry the crop and start setting the tops of those plantings. Further removed from the September rains, the younger plantings typically improve during the cooler and drier weather, DiMare said.
Stable prices
DiMare said he expected prices to remain stable and perhaps increase after the end of Virginia and Michigan volume.
He quoted grape tomatoes hitting as high as $29 for 20-pound cartons.
"There are not a lot of tomatoes on the East Coast," DiMare said in mid-October. "That's caused the markets to move up a little. By the time the Palmetto-Ruskin deal gets going, the California deal should be winding down fairly rapidly."
Esformes in mid-October reported selling 25-pound cartons of loose mature greens for $14 for 5x6s, $12 for 6x6s and $10 for 6x7s from northern California before severe rains harmed that state's volume.
That's lower than these prices from central Florida the USDA reported in late October for 25-pound cartons of loose mature greens: 5x6s, $17.95; 6x6s, $15.95; 6x7s, $13.95.
On grape tomatoes from central Florida, the USDA in late October reported $12.95-13.95 for flats of 12 1-pint containers with lids.
Twenty-pound cartons of loose were $24.95-25.95.
Last year, in early to mid-November from central Florida, the USDA reported flats of 12 1-pint containers with lids sold for $16.95-17.95; 20-pound cartons of loose grapes sold for $32.95-33.95.
In 2007, the flats sold for $10.65-11.95 with cartons at $17.65-18.65.
Wishnatzki Farms, Plant City, planned to start picking its grape and cherry tomatoes in late October, with volume picking up during November.
"The tomatoes are good," said Gary Wishnatzki, president. "We have had good growing weather."
Wishnatzki grows 50 acres of grape tomatoes and 25 acres of cherry tomatoes.
Florida growers planted fewer acres this season.
According to the USDA, plantings for fall harvest were reported at 7,300 acres, down 2.6% from last fall's 7,500 harvested acres, but down only slightly from the 7,400 acres growers harvested in 2007.
According to the Florida Tomato Exchange, Florida growers packed 47 million 25-pound boxes during the 2008-09 season, up from 45 million boxes in 2008-09.
Prices averaged $8.13 a box compared to $13.71 for 2007-08.
Northern Florida production in Quincy begins in October and runs through Thanksgiving.
Central Florida volume normally runs through Christmas, while south Florida volume in Immokalee typically begins light shipments in early and mid-November with volume hitting in early December.
Homestead production usually starts after Christmas with promotable volume hitting Jan. 1.


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Making your own foaming hand soap is as easy as 1-2-3.
1. You need a foaming soap dispenser.
2. Add liquid soap or body wash to the dispenser. You don't need much at all.
3. Fill the dispenser the rest of the way with water and shake it well to mix the soap and water.
That's it. So much cheaper than buying the foaming soap refills. If you use body wash, I recommend not using the creamy kind. I did in this dispenser and it works fine, but the "creamy" part separates out and settles at the bottom so you have to shake it up again every once in a while.
What do you like better – foaming soap or regular liquid soap?


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C++ and the STL 12 Years Later: What Do You Think Now?
Re:I never cared for STL (435 comments)
Staying with rudimentary C/C++ gives you cross-platform compatibility. And it may come as a surprise, but there are still a lot of legacy systems out there that don't have the latest and greatest C++ libs. As for map libraries, you think those didn't exist before STL?


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Deep Thoughts on Sun, Rain and Bare-legged CEOs
It's that time of year again, when business reporters remind us how much they have in common with their red carpet-pacing peers from the celebrity rags.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 14, 2006 at 12:02 PM
It's that time of year again, when business reporters remind us how much they have in common with their red... More
A Reporter Tries to Make Himself Obsolete
Politicians aren't the only ones hanging on to the blogosphere's every word these days, in awe of what they see as bloggers' vast influence and clout. Reporters are doing it, too.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 12, 2006 at 02:35 PM
Politicians aren't the only ones hanging on to the blogosphere's every word these days, in awe of what they see... More
Jemele Hill on Being Black, Female, Young - and On the Sports Page
The Orlando Sentinel columnist talks about investigative sports reporting, celebrity ride-alongs and about being the only black female sports columnist in America.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2006 at 05:14 PM
Jemele Hill Jemele Hill, 30, is a sports columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, where she has worked since February... More
Pondering the Sudden Death of Ken Lay
The death of former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay sparked plenty of blogofication - about the death itself, the White House press secretary's reaction to it and the media's treatment of it.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 6, 2006 at 01:41 PM
The death yesterday of former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay sparked plenty of blogofication -- about the death itself, about the... More
Sibling Rivalry, Guantanamo, Iran and the War on the Press
Time tells us "How Your Siblings Make You Who You Are," while The New Yorker looks at offensives against both Iran and the media.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 5, 2006 at 01:30 PM
You are no doubt still thumbing through last week's ad-thick double issues of Newsweek, New York and U.S. News.... More
This Word Just In From the Leisure Pursuits Beat …
Some newspaper columnists chronicle appalling injustices in faraway places. Others find them right under their noses.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 27, 2006 at 02:43 PM
Some newspaper columnists chronicle appalling injustices in faraway places. Others find them right under their noses. On Friday, the Wall... More
Mannies Return After Four-Year Absence
Male nannies are the "hot new thing" — at least among the nation's reporters, who have lately produced a crop of thinly-reported trend-chasing pieces on the subject.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 21, 2006 at 10:55 AM
According to Foxnews.com's Michael Y. Park yesterday, male nannies (aka, mannies) are the "hot new thing" -- there is a... More
CJR Daily Traces the Birth of a Narrative
Pundits and reporters are asking whether President Bush is at a "turning point" - and when a question gets asked often enough, before long the question mark is dropped entirely and a narrative is born.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 15, 2006 at 10:24 AM
Tide turning. On a roll. Turning point. Resurgence. Turnaround. Bounce. Pendulum swinging. Bump. However they choose to phrase it (and... More
Vanity Fair Covers Wall Street's Vainest
Money, as they say, truly can't buy taste. Power? Yes. The awe of financial reporters? In some cases, yes. Perspective or self-awareness? Nope.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2006 at 03:50 PM
This month, along with a cover story on Sandra Bullock's married life and Christopher Hitchens' "Oral History of the Blow... More
Biz Press Teaches Teens to Heed Dumb Statistics
Perhaps it's a good thing teenagers these days aren't reading newspapers - it can be confusing enough as it is to be 17 or 18.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Perhaps it's a good thing teenagers these days aren't reading newspapers -- it can be confusing enough as it is... More
Magazine Makes News by Having a Name
What is there to say about a publication which was announced last August but won't appear on newsstands until late April 2007? Apparently plenty.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 6, 2006 at 05:45 PM
Kudos to the people behind the rollout of Condé Nast's new business magazine for landing a friendly 1457-word piece on... More
Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism
The PBS anchor discusses his upcoming special featuring Ben Bradlee, the importance of public discourse and how to handle untruths from politicians.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2006 at 05:32 PM
Ben Bradlee and Jim Lehrer Jim Lehrer is the executive editor and anchor of PBS' The NewsHour with Jim... More
The MSM Blogs Up a Storm
Network news blogs bring us political prognostications, facts about obtaining press credentials in Caracas, and happy birthday wishes for a network news blog.
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 1, 2006 at 05:03 PM
May 31, 2006 may forever be known at NBC, and around the world, as Katie's Last Day. But all the... More
Tears and Jeers for Katie's Farewell
Oh Katie — you're really gone! Oh, wait, you're just moving to another network …
By Liz Cox Barrett May 31, 2006 at 01:44 PM
On this, Katie's Last Day!, Ms. Couric is receiving shout-outs from all over the 'sphere -- some syrupy, some surly,... More
Newsweek Discovers Doomed Spinsters Marrying
It's not often that we have to wait 20 years for a correction, but this is one of those times.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 30, 2006 at 02:48 PM
It's not often that we have to wait 20 years for a correction, but this is one of those times.... More
Mindreaders Befuddled by Enron Jury
As the nation waited to hear the outcome of the Enron trial, television news hosts struggled to fill empty airtime.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 26, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Word came late yesterday morning that the Enron verdict would be announced at noon -- just the sort of biding-time,... More
Prefrontal Cortexes Fuel Talk Radio?
As you read this, experts are hard at work studying the brains of people suffering from myriad ills, from Alzheimer's to dyslexia … to, apparently, political passion.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 24, 2006 at 02:04 PM
As you read this, experts are hard at work studying the brains of people suffering from myriad ills, from Alzheimer's... More
Wanted: "Un-Journalists" to Cover the 2008 Election
What's a political reporter to do when the presidential primaries are nearly two years away? Why, hand out meaningless titles, like "The Un-Hillary"!
By Liz Cox Barrett May 24, 2006 at 12:09 PM
There is, as is sometimes the case, a certain familiarity to the front of this week's New York magazine. The... More
Aliens: A Topic Made for Blogging
The blogosphere is busy dissecting the media's (mis)handling of the immigration debate — and in most cases, amnesty is not being offered.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2006 at 02:30 PM
The blogosphere is busy dissecting the media's (mis)handling of the immigration debate -- and in most cases, amnesty is not... More
Morning Shows Buried By Snowstorm
On Wednesday, Tony Snow did William Ginsburg one better, appearing (or appearing to appear) on all three network morning shows at the same time.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2006 at 10:48 AM
You've heard of a "Full Ginsburg" (that is, when one guest appears back-to-back on a single day on each of... More
Virginian-Pilot journalists: Corporate management pressure is stifling coverage - "Lovers of journalism in this newsroom are pissed. It's bad."
Paper files public records request—and city's response is a lawsuit - Local officials argue Montana courts should strike balance between privacy and disclosure
BBC Pop-Up reports from small town America - A small team is traveling across the United States for six months in hopes of finding underreported local stories
What game design can do for journalism - Three newly selected fellows at American University talk about the medium's future
Timeline, an app based on 'the history of…' - But chronology doesn't reveal everything
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
Photojournalism while pregnant (NYT Mag)
"Momentarily forgetting I was pregnant, I jockeyed for a position close enough to capture the initial moments of euphoria, hurling myself into the mix of hundreds of frenzied relatives. As the weight of men started to close in on me, I realized how vulnerable I was and started to panic."
We should all step back from security journalism (Medium)
"It should be made clear, in law, that the tasks security reseachers do to make the net more secure and journalists do to understand and contextualize the truth for the public are not crimes"
Trust In Business And Media Is Declining, But People Have Faith In Search Engines (Buzzfeed)
People have become less trusting of major institutions, according to the annual Edelman Trust Barometer. And large majorities doubt that businesses want to make the world a better place.
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed (NYT)
Public editor Margaret Sullivan on why the paper should have published the images.
Greg Marx discusses democracy and news with Tom Rosenstiel of the American Press Institute
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
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Ten shots that make a great baseball photo book
Posted By Clarissa C On August 17, 2010 @ 7:00 am In Photo Book Ideas | 4 Comments
Creating photo books [1] is one of my obsessions, and my favorites among them are my baseball photo books. I've attended many home games and joined my friends in a tradition to visit a new baseball stadium every year. You may think you won't have enough baseball shots to create a nicely filled photo book, but I'm here to tell you that it can be done! There's more to a baseball photo book than action photos of the game. Whether you're attending a regularly scheduled weekday game or the final game of the World Series, keep this shot list in mind and your next trip to the ballpark will make a great photo book.
1. Front gate of stadium – it's where the fun begins! Be sure to capture the front gate by itself, a solo shot with you included and a group photo. It's proof that you were there!
2. Wide angle shot inside the stadium – there's nothing like looking back at a wide angle view of the ballpark. You can capture the general feel of the space, energy and magic of game night.
3. Stadium landmarks (plaques, statues, signs, trophies, Hall of Fame walls and other attractions) – not only do these shots make great filler for your photo book, but it also is a great history lesson. History is a part of baseball and knowing the past makes you a great baseball fan.
4. Scoreboard – since all baseball stadium scoreboards are different across the U.S., it's always a good idea to have a picture with the scoreboard behind you. Think of it as your postcard from that stadium. My favorite? Boston Red Sox's Green Monster!
5. Food – are you visiting a ballpark with a food "must-have"? Here in San Francisco people love their garlic fries! Be sure to get a solo or group shot with everyone enjoying the food, as well as close-up shots of your yummy eats.
6. Non-action shots of the players – if you arrive early enough, you may catch a glimpse of the players during batting practice. Most of the players are standing around waiting for a ball to come their way. This is a good opportunity to take some photos of your favorite players.
7. You with the players – another benefit of arriving early during batting practice is the opportunity to take photos with the players. You'd be surprised at how many players will take a few minutes to pose with their fans.
8. Action shots of the players and game – when you really get into the game, it's easy to forget to take photos of your team in action. Don't be afraid to get "shutter-happy," as you never know what can happen.
9. Mascot – whether it's a photo with you, with fans surrounding it, or the mascot by itself, a team mascot gets people pumped and always puts smiles on fans faces.
10. Audience and your surroundings – you can get some great shots if you pay attention to your surroundings. Photos of fans cheering or anticipating a play can make a great photo. If you're close enough, try to get some shots of the players' reactions to the plays.
Do you need inspiration? Take a look at a compilation of my favorite baseball memories – New York 2008 – Baseball Edition [2]
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So I have had my Google Glass for a week now and to be honest they have been met by mixed responses.
I have held off on one of the 'unboxing posts', there are a few out there. As you would it expect it came with the charger, plug, protective bag and a couple of lenses to actually make them a pair of glasses. I have to say I was really disappointed with my Glass pick up. No one in the fancy loft above Chelsea Market was able to answer any technical questions above the device. They were cheerleaders about the device and "How Cool It Was", that was it, no one could discuss the Mirror API capabilities.
Another disappointment was finding out that a lot of the out-of-box location/navigation functionality requires an Android device. All of the Google people were saying that they will hopefully be able to get an application for iOS 7, but now there is nothing for the iPhone. That was pretty disappointing, but I have been able to get access to the location information via the API and am wrapping some logic to do location services in Glassware and not relying on a device native application.
I have been trying to use them and get used to wearing them and using them as something other than a camera on my head. But I admit, it is one of the biggest things it has going for it out of the box.
Hopefully next week I will be able to have my first publicly accessible application available, it is pretty simple right now. Basically it is a service are look up application, take the location information from the device and report back to the device information from an ArcGIS Server REST end point.


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Many of the insects that damage cool-season lawns do their dirty work on warm-season lawns, too. You will find them in both the South and, depending on the specific pest, also in the so-called transition zone. That region of the country that stretches in a wide band from the mid-Atlantic west into the Southern Plains. The transition zone is where you're likely to find lawns containing either warm- or cool-season grasses. This, too, is fertile territory for chinch bugs, caterpillars, white grubs, red imported fire ants (RIFA) and, especially in some of the coastal regions, several species of mole crickets.
While the variety and size of this rogue's gallery of pests might seem intimidating, healthy warm-season grasses often grow so fast that small populations of any of these turf pests may not warrant treatment at all. Of course, that's a judgment call in light of customers' expectations in terms of the appearance of their lawns. Some clients have a lower tolerance for lawn damage than others.
So, how do you know when turf pests are present and causing damage? You look. When you see evidence of chlorosis, dieback, patches of sickly or wilted turf, you get down close to the ground and look. You may even want to carry a small hand lens, which can come in very handy. The turf could be suffering disease, drought, improper fertilization or insect damage. If you look closely enough and familiarize yourself with the different maladies that damage lawns in your region, you shouldn't have any difficulty diagnosing the problem and determining how to manage it. You can't manage what you can't identify.
Generally, you can divide turf insect pests into three categories: those that feed on leaves and stems, those that feed on the turfgrass roots and those that build unsightly mounds and an inflict painful stings, the RIFA, which is, obviously, very easy to identify.
A soap flush is the simplest way to "flush out" and identify aboveground pests, such as mole crickets, chinch bugs, armyworms, cutworms and sod webworms. Root feeders often give away their presence by causing wilting turf in some areas of a lawn. If you can easily pull up the turf with your hands, that part of the lawn could be infested with grubs, but you will only find out digging around a little bit and looking. Grubs are the larval stages of several different beetles. They can be as small as a quarter-inch (black turfgrass aetinius) or almost as large as your little finger (green june beetle).
Familiarize yourself with the species that are most prevalent in your region. But just because you find a few insect pests doesn't necessary mean you need to treat for them. Base your decision to treat on customer expectations. Some customers have a very low tolerance for turfgrass damage and others aren't so critical about having the "perfect lawn" especially if they're assured that the lawn will recover without the expense of a treatment and responding to proper fertilization, watering and mowing. You may want to base treatment decisions by establishing insect population or turf damage thresholds.
The RIFA (Solenopsis invicta) hitched a ride on a boat from South America and entered the United States sometime in the 1930s. Not content to settle down in or around New Orleans, it started spreading elsewhere and continues to expand; this in spite of hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars spent trying to contain it. Commonplace throughout most of the Southeast and now present in regions of the Southwest, too, RIFA can now also be found in a few locations as far north as Maryland.
The RIFA builds unsightly mounds in yards, sports fields and other grassy areas. They also tunnel and make nests along and under patio slabs, concrete driveways, sidewalks, foundations and adjacent to electrical boxes. The mounds, as unsightly as they are, pale in comparison to the stings and pain they can inflict on any person, pet or farm animal unlucky enough to disturb one of their mounds.
There's no lack of insecticides labeled for controlling RIFA. They include baits, drenches and even growth regulators. Treatment choices generally depend on the action, speed and cost of the insecticide, and also upon the size and number of nests that must be eliminated. For smaller properties with just a few mounds it may be more economical to treat each mound individually. Broadcast treatments may be the more appropriate choice for larger infested properties.
The average June rainfall in Live Oak, Fla., is 6 inches. In June of 2012, 40 inches of rain fell.
The perpetrator was Hurricane Debby, a 200-mile-wide storm that lashed north-central Florida with high winds, tornadoes and sheets of rain. In the small farming community of Live Oak, more than 40 businesses and 900 homes were flooded. Six months later, many still held water.
"It was unbelievable," said Roy Crain, general manager of Live Oak Pest Control, Inc., a 40-year-old, family-owned pest control company serving Suwannee, Lafayette and Madison counties. "The storm seemed to just come in and sit. Numerous homes and businesses were flooded."
And the insect pressure was formidable.
"I never saw so many photos of floating fire ants on Facebook," said Crain. "And now, we are still seeing unprecedented amounts of ants, even in areas with no problems before. And I'm talking about beach ball size mounds, not little ones."
So what is Live Oak's strategy in the wake of the storm?
Most homes and businesses get two subsequent applications of Talstar Professional on their lawns to start, before dropping down to applications in March, May, July and September, says Crain. The liquid applications keep fire ant activity "under control" without too much expense. A granular insecticide is applied around the perimeter of the homes for an added layer of protection. Live Oak Pest Control is also trying a new product, Talstar XTRA, with the new a.i. zeta-cypermethrin.
To keep your customers' lawns fire ant free, Dr. Bobby Walls, product development manager at FMC Professional Solutions, recommends the following steps:
Stacy Himes is owner of Stacy Himes & Associates, Philadelphia, Pa.
Another major turf insect pest that damages warm-season lawns is the mole cricket. Actually, there are several species of turf-damaging mole crickets found primarily in the Southeast. They include the tawny mole cricket (Scapteriscus vicinus), the southern mole cricket (Scapteriscus borellii) and the short winged mole cricket (Scapteriscus abbreviatus). Their northern cousin, the northern mole cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla) has been found as far north as Ontario, Canada, although it's not as serious a pest. Mole crickets were first reported in the United States about 1900 in Florida. Like RIFA, they're believed to have hitchhiked to our shores from South America.
Mole crickets are burrowing insects and their activity can damage or expose turfgrass roots to the soil surface to dry out. The tunneling is what causes problems in lawns, and the presence of narrow raised tunnels in a lawn is one indication that they're present. To make sure, use a soap flush (2 ounces of Joy detergent in 2 gallons of water) on an affected area. That will bring mole crickets to the soil surface if they're the problem. If you find more than a couple of mole crickets in the small area of the flush, develop an appropriate control strategy.
Like RIFA, a number of popular insecticides will control mole crickets, although control success lies as much with the timing of the treatment as with product selection. While customers may freak out when they see adult mole crickets prowling their properties in early spring, the best time to control them is just after their eggs have hatched and before the nymphs are large enough to do much damage. This could be mid-June through July during most seasons. Apply sprays and granules when the turf is moist and water them in with about a half-inch of irrigation, according to the University of Florida IFAS Extension.
While pest outbreaks are often as unpredictable as they are damaging, regional university extension personnel can be a great source of information in terms of emerging pest problems and management options, both cultural and chemical. Staying connected can often give you a heads-up on what's developing and when it's developing given the vagaries of weather and pest migrations.
Whether the turf pests infesting the lawns of your customers are grubs, caterpillars, chinch bugs, ants or mole crickets, the damage will always be greatest on lawns that haven't been maintained properly or are stressed by environmental factors. The best defense against turf insect damage is preventive care. Provide your clients' grass with proper fertilization, weed control, irrigation and thatch control (hiding place for many turf pests and the breeding ground for turf diseases) and you improve the overall health and vigor of their lawns. This allows client's lawn to tolerate a higher pest population and still meet their expectations without the added expense of chemical controls.
Ron Hall is editor-in-chief of Turf magazine. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Manchester United's One That Got Away
A Familier Story??
Sir Alex has confirmed today that Paul Pogba Has in fact left us for Juventus,
Now am I the only one seeing a trend being set here? I know Ravel Morrison needed to go as his attitude betrayed his talent but Pogba by all accounts was headed for a bright future at United with glowing references from all at the club so what went wrong? What made him turn his back on us was it down to the lack of playing time, the contract offered Or a reason we may now never know I myself have the feeling that it has come down to the lack of playing time he received or should I say lack of trust shown in his abilities by Sir Alex case in point the still painful 3-2 home loss to Blackburn while Pogba sat rooted to the bench we had Rafeal (right-back) and Park (jack of all trades) playing centre mid now in any players mind young or old that kind of snub is hard to accept although not one to question the great man often I found it baffling to say the least and found myself thinking if this great talent we have all heard about was not considered good enough by his manager to start against lesser premier league opposition then why would he want to stay?
Lets just hope the youngsters still at united do not follow on this same path and be given fair opportunity to prove themselves worthy of wearing the famous Red Shirt.


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Atwood's Sabatha selected as CCCC homecoming candidate
Special to The Hays Daily News
Special to The Hays Daily News
CONCORDIA -- Cloud County Community College Winter 2014 Homecoming activities will conclude Saturday with basketball games and the crowning of the king and queen.
Autumn Sabatha, Atwood, majoring in biology, was announced as one of the candidates Monday. College faculty, staff and students have been casting votes to select the winners.
The women's game begins at 6 p.m. against Colby Community College. The men's game will follow. The crowning of the king and queen will take place between the games.
Cloud County Community College is one of 26 public two-year community and technical colleges in Kansas and is coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents. CCCC's service area encompasses a 12-county area primarily in north-central Kansas, with its two physical campuses in Concordia and Junction City.


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The latest version of Android doesn't natively support Adobe Flash Player with means that there are some incompatibility issues with some websites. For some, this isn't a big deal, but one of the wonderful things about Android is having the choice for features. As we've done in the past, we'll show you how to get flash player on your Android 4.4 device.
The guys and gals over at the XDA Developers forum have found a simple way to get around this to use flash on your device. One thing before starting, if you've got a previous version of flash player installed on your device, you'll need to uninstall it before you can go ahead and follow these instructions.
- Download the Dolphin Browser.
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- Download the "hacked" version of Flash Player. Before you'll be able to get this to work, you'll need to enable installing APK files from Unknown Sources in your Settings > Security.
Once you've done everything above, you can simply head over to the browser settings in the Dolphin Browser and enable the Flash Player.
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A federal appellate court on Thursday blocked enforcement of a 2004 state law requiring Arizona voters to present identification when casting ballots and to submit proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals without comment granted a motion by critics of the law for an injunction that bars enforcement of the law's voter identification requirements during the Nov. 7 general election.
It also bars enforcement of a requirement that people produce specified proof of citizenship to register to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the general election is midnight Monday.
State Attorney General Terry Goddard said in a statement he plans to ask the full 9th Circuit Court or the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision.
Secretary of State Jan Brewer, who has defended the law as a protection against voter fraud, said she hopes the decision is reversed ''very quickly.''
''I'm very concerned about the confusion that this potentially will create in the upcoming election, with the retraining of all the poll workers and the re-education of the public so close to Nov. 7,'' Brewer said.
The 9th Circuit order was issued by two of the San Francisco-based court's judges. It said the injunction would remain in effect pending the court's resolution of the plaintiffs' appeals, a process that lawyers said could take months.
''This order would certainly run past the Nov. 7 general election,'' said David Rosenbaum, an attorney for the challengers.
The 2004 law, which appeared on that year's ballot as Proposition 200, requires that voters at polling places produce government-issued picture ID or two pieces of other non-photo identification specified by the law.
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1) a Seahawk just tried to engage in air-refueling with a F-18 instead of returning to its carrier for refueling. Of course he wasn't able to make contact and crashed eventually. Why do helicopters try to take on fuel from jet aircraft?
2) why can't aircraft take on some amount of fuel from a refueling aircraft even if it's insufficent to fully top up the tanks? Instead they take tremendous detours in order to reach a refueling aircraft that they think will be able to refuel them completely, one F-22 just crashed prior to reaching one. An aircraft should be able to take on smaller amounts from refueling aircraft in order to, after docking to several nearby(!) refueling aircraft in a row, eventually top up its tank and stay on station. Fighters equipped with refueling equipment are hardly useful if no one takes on their fuel because they're not in for a full refill from a single one of them no matter how many of them orbit in formation.
3) why don't refueling aircraft automatically reduce their speed to slow when on station? No point in orbiting with 850kph and troubling the receivers to catch up. Same for all orbiting aircraft with a reasonably small "partol area" where there is no intent in keeping high speed and the only intent is to have them on station in this particular place. Should automatically revert to cruise speed when another order is given.


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Tickets for the annual Father Daughter Dance will be available for purchase online January 5. The dance will be held on February 7 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Science Center of Iowa. Cost is $20 per couple and $5 for each additional daughter. Click below for more info or to volunteer.
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A major center for insurance, financial services and publishing, Des Moines has a lot to offer, such as affordable housing, short commute times, a diverse population, and was also recently named one of the best places to live on the Silicon Prairie.
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City Award - Best City for Young Professionals. Des Moines tops the list for the Best City for Young Professionals. Factors such as local unemployment rates, job growth projections and median salaries of 24 - 34 year old employed college grads.
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Gray's Lake Park features the 1,400 foot-long Kruidenier Trail pedestrian bridge and a 1.9 mile trail around the lake. "...Residents can walk, bike, boat or fish -- right in the very heart of downtown," said Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie.
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The Iowa State Capitol is among the most beautiful state capitols in the country with its 275-foot, 23-karat gold leafed dome anchoring the east end of downtown Des Moines.
Historic East Village is an eclectic neighborhood of restored historic properties, beautiful streetscapes, and urban living at the foot of the State Capitol.
Des Moines is home to the World Food Prize the foremost international award recognizing the achievements in advancing human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.
The Neighborhood Inspection Division is staffed by sixteen inspectors, three supervisors and one administrator. The Division has a clerical staff of four. Each inspector is responsible for a specific geographical area of the City. The division has three primary responsibilities; rental inspections, the oversight of condemned buildings, and the abatement of junk and debris which includes junk vehicles. Complaints about health and zoning code enforcement, residential contract sales, public nuisances, or rental home inspections may be brought to the attention of the Division by emailing or calling (515) 283-4046.
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In addition to the three major areas of responsibilities, the Neighborhood Inspection Division is also responsible for other neighborhood inspection duties. Call (515) 283-4046 with any related concerns or inquiries.
Neighborhood Inspections Argonne Armory – 2nd Floor 602 Robert D Ray Drive Des Moines IA 50309 Email Phone: (515) 283-4046
A major component of the Divisions duties deals with health and zoning complaints. The majority of this work deals with junk/debris and junk vehicles which are violations of the municipal code. Inspectors identify violations, advise the property owner of the violation, giving them appropriate time to conduct clean-ups on their own. If the violation is not abated, the inspector arranges a clean up at the property owner's expense.
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All residential properties not occupied by the legal titleholder are required to have a rental certificate prior to occupancy. Inspectors are also charged with the responsibility of inspecting rental units. Single family and duplex structures are examined every thirty-six months. Structures of larger multiples are inspected every twenty-four months.
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Dirtdog, Thank you for your reply and help. I do get a lot of sun but not that many hours per day. Full sun from ~11:30 AM to ~3:30 PM. Not a heavy pruner, only a few bottom branches to keep off the ground. Yes, I have found it helps to pick them real early and I mean real early. Some I have picked that I thought were early enough developed the same yellow and eventual rot on my kitchen counter. Sorry for all the posts, in the original the picture was rejected as it was too large so I described the condition. #2 the picture was accepted but I thought it was too large for some to download so I made it smaller with the help of a tutorial provided to me from this forum. #3 was the smaller picture of #2. The second #3 which was the only duplicate was my mistake. Getting old gracefully and avoiding mistakes is not easy. Thanks again. Your help is much appreciated and happy that it is not some disease. ---Jerry--- |
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Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale took time out of her superstar schedule to chat with Seventeen about her life, her music, and her new movie, A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song.
Lucy dished that the most glamorous part of her day-to-day life is being chauffeured to press conferences and getting her hair and make-up done. But she also revealed that her life isnt always as glamorous as some may think.
On the weekends, she says, I literally do nothing. Sit on the couch and watch rockstars on TV, thats itpretty lazy.
In her new movie, though, Lucy gets to live out her rock star fantasies (eventually). I was kind of channeling my inner Miley Cyrus, she said. The songs kind of have that feel."
Lucy also talked about she could relate to the rejection her character Katie faces in the film and being told no a hundred times before you hear yes.
For more gossip from the movie, don't forget to check out Seventeen's interview with co-star Freddie Stroma, and the rest of the cast here
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New York, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/17/2012 -- The Chauffeur will be screened at the Short Film Corner - Cannes Court Métrage beginning May 17th to May 26th. The Short Film Corner is a film market that takes place alongside the Cannes Film Festival.
Starring Johnny Kostrey and Rafaella Biscayn-Debest - this quirky, sexy comedy follows Audrey, a young French actress who's trying to make it in Hollywood, and her meeting with Tony, a chauffeur of a luxury car. She needs a ride and he is looking for a "boss" (someone to dominate him). They complete themselves in what begins as a fair exchange and becomes much more.
French native filmmaker, Maud Ferrari wrote, directed and produced The Chauffeur as part of receiving a certificate in Directing with distinction from UCLA extension. This is her first American production and her fourth short which is a taste of a black comedy feature film that she is currently developing, titled Lady Diamond.
The filmmaker will be in Cannes and she is available for interviews.
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Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra — Masterworks with Bjaland and Weiss
Date: February 29, 2012
by: June LeBell | Contributing Columnist
The Sarasota Orchestra's recent Masterworks Concert marked the grand finale of Leif Bjaland's 15-year tenure, and he couldn't have gone out with a finer, more fitting program.
His conducting of Wagner's prelude to "Die Meistersinger" was majestic and lush in a tempo, so slow and measured, it seemed he didn't want to finish it. That didn't mean it was sluggish. In fact, this deliberate pace became taut in its control and vibrant in a stately, regal reading.
What followed was just as impressive but for different reasons.
The Grieg A Minor Piano Concerto is a war-horse-of-a-work that has been put on a back burner in recent years because, I suppose, it became too popular for its own good. It was wonderful to hear it again, like welcoming back an old, dear friend. In the hands of Orion Weiss, who was recently named the Classical Recording Foundation's Young Artist of the Year, we heard a fine technique combined with an exquisite sensitivity and a beautiful touch.
Together, Weiss and Bjaland inspired the orchestra to play with an elegant transparency that made the old Grieg new again. The individual solos in the first movement by bassoon, flute, horn and clarinet were stunningly played with lovely rounding of phrases that echoed what Weiss was sculpting at the piano. The horn solos, performed by co-principal Joe Assi, demonstrated world-class playing.
This is a work that could be hackneyed, but this performance was anything but. The third movement had a wonderfully driven, propulsive quality, without being rushed, and the well-deserved ovation at the end led to an encore by Weiss of a well-known Grieg "Nocturne" that was equally exquisite.
Schumann's Symphony No. 2 was a fitting finale for Bjaland. The first movement was played with optimism and nostalgia, but his reading of the Scherzo was absolutely riveting. Many conductors stretch out of proportion the "poco ritard" that's written in the score, turning this light, airy, dance-of-a-movement into a ponderous musical statement. Bjaland did just the opposite, staying with what Schumann wanted, slowing down just enough to breathe and making this normally difficult transition sound like a breeze. Even the coda that followed was as light as a froth of Mozart.
This was a ravishing, eloquent performance, and the finale, with its grand "Amen" written into the final chords, sang a most appropriate farewell to Bjaland.
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I was going to pen a long, plodding post on the Liverpool FC friendly against Toronto FC on July 21st (now confirmed-ish) with sly references to the astronomical ticket prices and something about Jamie Carragher commiserating with J De Guz about how to deal with all the attention that comes with being a fan favourite, but Daniel Squizzato's piece from a few days ago is all you need to read on that subject:
Now, the argument could be made that a meaningless game against an out-of-season English club at a cavernous, non-soccer stadium (likely on artificial turf) at surely exorbitant prices is just what's needed to reinvigorate excitement about Toronto FC, and expand the team's potential fan base.
It's possible, I suppose. English fan with no time for MLS otherwise comes out to the game, brings his kids. Kids get wrapped up in the excitement, develop a passion for the team in red. When they're old enough, they go out and buy tickets, jerseys, scarves, support the team… yeah, y'know what, this actually is a very effective marketing exercise for Liverpool.
Wait, did I say Liverpool? I meant… no, wait, I did mean Liverpool.
The thing is, this is likely going to make both MLSE and Liverpool a whack of easy money. The prices quoted on Ticketmaster (now mysteriously taken off the site) were reportedly in the $59 to $159 range.
Despite any planned protests from the pitiful little band of TFC supporters (the TFC faithful has revved up the #TrophiesNotFriendlies hashtag), an entire legion of Liverpool fans will await them inside the Rogers Centre. Even ones from America. And perhaps the UK. Maybe even one or two bona fide Scousers. This means MLSE and, by extension, Major League Soccer, will put on a show to remind everyone that the Eee Pee El still blows MLSoccerball out of the water, both in the soccer (perhaps) but also in the domestic popularity stakes.
Ergo, it would have been far better for us all for Liverpool to have scheduled their tour against another neutral opponent, a long-standing Toronto summer tradition. That said, all the griping certainly stems from the fact Toronto FC have opened the season by laying a giant, Koevermans-sized turd in the middle BMO Field. Had the team actually strung a strong opening to the season, there would be griping, yes, but then also loud caveats about Winter likely resting his best players.
Which makes me think—why doesn't Toronto FC make some dreams come true and put out the Academy side against the LFC senior team? I would pay $59 (and no more) to watch that.
Also, is this the most talked/written about non-confirmed friendly in Canadian soccer history? Yes. Yes it is.