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A developer who was once heavily involved in Monroe real estate before entering into the largest bankruptcy in Western Washington history has ben arrested in France.
Mike Mastro, 87, was forced into bankruptcy beginning in 2009. Among the Monroe properties affected were the Monroe Golf Course and "Pete's Party Pit," an undeveloped piece of land that includes an artificial lake on the corner of Blueberry Lane and Kelsey Street.
Mastro owed more than half a billion dollars when he was forced by three of his creditors into bankruptcy proceedings, about $100 million of which was owed to Seattle-area investors, most of whom will get pennies on the dollar, if anything.
The developer reported about $250 million in assets.
But according to law enforcement officials, he and his wife, Linda, failed to turn over all of those assets as required by the courts.
Sixteen months ago, Mastro and his wife left the country, days after the courts ordered them to turn over two diamond rings with a total value of about $1.4 million. In August of 2011, the Mastros were charged with six counts of bankruptcy fraud.
According to the Western Washington U.S. District Attorney's Office, the Mastros wrote checks against a bank account they never disclosed to the courts, including car payments on a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce, about $285,000 in personal expenses and $100,000 in gold.
At the request of the FBI, French police arrested the Mastros last month at an apartment in the French Alps they had rented under their own names.


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that skank looks wasted!!!
She'll wake up in the morning and not remember getting married.
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The Lagos literati should propose a resounding toast to this long-awaited publication, Lagos Review of Books and Society. This preview copy is the very first edition. If it is an indication of what is to come, then the toast should continue as long as the publishers never disappoint.
Some years ago, a Nigerian writer now teaching in an American university told this reporter how he'd like to pool together some of the finest minds in Nigeria to do a purely literary publication, something as good as Times Literary Supplement or New York Review of Books.
The writer himself had followed closely The Guardian Literary Supplement as a student back in the eighties and even contributed to The Post Express Literary Supplement and Glendora Review as a journalist in Lagos in the late nineties.
On a holiday visit to Nigeria then from a London residency, endowed after he won a prize for creative writing in 2001, he more than felt the gap left behind by the moribund TGLS, GR and PELS. Much of the literary criticism he read on his visit were perfunctory reviews by overburdened Arts journalists expected to proffer expert opinion on everything from exhibitions to book launches, film premieres and even concerts as they happen.
Harassed by editors anxious to pass their copies, left with little or no time to read up and thus deepen their knowledge, and kept constantly on their toes to meet up in an economically challenging environment, it is no surprise poorly-paid Arts reporters in Lagos underperform where they should excel. It is no surprise, also, that however much the literary set in Lagos pinned for local equivalents of TLS or NYRB, it had always remained a mere wish - until now.
Odia Ofeimun, publisher and editor-in-chief of Lagos Review of Books and Society, has filled that lacuna. And he did so grandly on no less a significant day than his 62nd birthday on Friday, March 16 when copies of the preview edition were given away for free at the Muson Centre, Lagos.
Mr. Ofeimun is one Nigerian writer who aptly fits the description of Tennyson's romantic hero in "Ulysses"; a character thirsting after "knowledge, like a sinking star/Beyond the utmost bound of human thought."
From his days as a university student at Ibadan, Ofeimun distinguished himself as a writer of note. He has variously been Secretary and President of the Association of Nigerian Authors. For one who started reading at a young age, Ofeimun's commitment to writing is as legendary as his specially-woven Aso Okes. The talk about town is that if you have a brain teaser – literary or otherwise – he would have an idea. One day some years ago, this reporter was deep in argument with a friend and there was some matter to clear up. My friend wouldn't budge, andneither would I. We decided to call Odia. He provided the answer promptly, as he may have to scores of journalists, writers and even politicians who frequent his residence in Oregun.
Ask any young or old writer today in Nigeria and Ofeimun is often described as a link between the two generations, although he has consistently denied belonging to either. It shows in the motley selection of contributors in Lagos Review of Books and Society.
Thus, there are contributions from the grandees of Nigerian literature, Achebe and Soyinka, juxtaposed with engaging entries from younger authors like Adesokan, Adebanwi, Ogunlesi, Wood and Uzoatu, some of who were tutored by them. There is fiction from Kole Omotoso, professor of literature who made it all the way from South Africa to grace Ofeimun's birthday.
But it is not for the age difference alone this particular edition stands out. The contributions are as detailed, well written and well researched as any you would find either in TLS or NYRB. In short, it is vintage Odia.
Take his lengthy essay titled "Awolowo and the Forgotten Documents of the Nigerian Civil War." Though published in snippets before, as the author himself admits, this is the first full account of what transpired between the major players in the heady days before, during and after the civil war.
The documents in question are two, one written by Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Nigeria's prime athlete in the '56 Olympics in Canada, shortly after the five majors struck. The other is by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, leader of Action Group and later Federal Commissioner of Finance during the war.
Reading Ofeimun's account of the Ifeajuna manuscript recalls flipping through a John Le Carre spy thriller: poets (Christopher Okigbo and John Pepper Clark) smuggling Ifeajuna dressed as a woman across the Nigerian/Dahomey (now Benin Republic) border; publishers in Lagos and London turning down said manuscript; invitations by the Special Branch of the Nigeria Police and even planting a relation of the then IG, MD Yusuf, to snoop on the poet in his house; manuscript mysteriously disappearing from a baby's cot in the poet's house, etc.
Lost in transit at one time but recovered somehow, the Ifeajuna manuscript is an insider's account of the five majors' intention after they shook the political establishment to its very foundation that cold January morning in 1966. The other document possessed by Awolowo didn't witness such peregrination as Ifeajuna's, but it is of equal historical relevance. It is a documentation of the meetings between leaders of the soon-to-break-away Biafra and a delegation of peace makers led by Awolowo for the Federal Government – the delegates from both sides, what they said, what they wanted, up to the last hastily-convened meeting between heads of the two delegations.
Together, the two manuscripts lay to rest some of the misconceptions about the protagonists in the 30-month war in Nigeria. Quoting copiously from the documents, with his own engaging and flawless analysis of events at the time, Ofeimun neatly explodes the myth of victimhood, trumpeted by the Biafran hierarchy to this day.
It is a must read, especially for Igbos who have been made to believe they were truly betrayed in a genocidal conflict that should not have been in the first place. In fact, it is this brazen propaganda that disturbs Ofeimun most.
As recently as 2007, at a Christopher Okigbo International Conference at the University of Harvard, intellectuals of Igbo origin told of how Awolowo supposedly betrayed the Eastern region by reneging on an earlier agreement with Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to pull the Western region out of Nigeria if the Eastern region was allowed to go.
Before then, in 2003, Nigeria's current Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, declared as much in a publication entitled Achebe: Teacher of Light which she co-authored with Tijan M. Sallah. So well known is the myth of Awolowo's supposed betrayal that Igbos of a certain generation recite it off the cuff. You can still hear such sentiments expressed in bars and private homes anywhere in Eastern cities and towns, in markets with predominatly Igbo population anywhere in Nigeria.
To Ofeimun, it rankles. It is also a well-worn tale in contrast to documented facts. So, he deploys his ammunition – the manuscripts - at his disposal to blow up the myth such that even the most dyed-in-the-wool Oriental brother will be more than convinced.
"Forty years after the civil war," Ofeimun writes, "you would expect that some formal academic decorum would be brought into play to sift mere folklore and propaganda from genuine history. But not so for those who do not care about the consequences of the falsehoods they trade. They continue to pump myths that treat their own people as cannon fodder in their elite search for visibility, meal tickets and upward mobility in the Nigerian spoils system... Post-war reconstruction should normally forge the necessity for returnees from the civil war to accede to normal life rather than lose their everyday good sense in contemplation of events that never happened or pursuing enemies who were never there."
To say that Ofeimun's piece is a tour de force is understating it, even though it was first delivered at a lecture in honour of the late Mallam Aminu Kano years ago. It is as fresh and revealing as it was on the first day.
To be sure, some of the contributions are not new. This is the major drawback in the preview edition. For instance, Adebanwi's "How to provoke a Conversation" was first published in The News magazine of January 2007. Even so, the pungency of the interview between Adebanwi and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria's foremost female novelist, is not lost on the reader, particularly those who missed the encounter five years ago in The News.
Adebanwi's interview focuses on Adichie's prize-winning novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, a story of love, passion and betrayal using the civil war as a backdrop. In one pathetic moment in the book, the author has the General handing out sticks to young conscripts to defend the Biafran cause. Indeed, Adichie's book shores up Ofeimun's view in his essay that Biafra's preparedness to fight the war was not only inadequate but sheer "emotional grandstanding".
Only the unwise today will accuse the all-powerful marketers of Nollywood films of grandstanding, as Uzor Maxim Uzoatu's contribution, "Transition from Onitsha Market Literature to Home Movies," shows. They may be rightly accused of dabbling into a profession they know little or nothing about. Yet, they call the shots, and also bankroll films. One by one, some of them tell their stories to Maxim from their 51, Iweka Road operational base in Onitsha.
Most revealing is that those who laid the very foundation of the industry were not professionals as such. One is described by Maxim as an "incipient failure", on account of not making it to university to study law as planned. Some were paid pittance and movies were often produced on shoe-string budgets. Maxim traces a similar history of the literature that preceded the movies. Despite its uncertain and wobbly birth, Maxim writes that the future of Nollywood is limitless in an interview with one of best African American film producers, Sharifa Johka, who spent years studying Nollywood.
How can the first edition of Lagos Review of Books and Society not have anything on or about the city by the lagoon? Excerpts from Kaye Whiteman's forthcoming book "Lagos: Struggling for the Spirit of the City" reminds readers of what the city once looked like under colonial rule: how the British administrators encouraged segregation by creating reserved areas for their citizens; how colonial civil servants not only looked down on natives but ensured there was a glass ceiling concerning employment. There were few exceptions like Herbert Macaulay.
There is hardly any of the contributions that won't pique the reader's interest. If you are a fan of the older writers, say, Achebe or Soyinka, there are offerings from both. With no contribution himself, there are two reviews of a recent biography of John Pepper Clark Bekederemo written by Adewale Maja-Pearce. Judging by the reviews – Adesokan's and Ikhide's – the project ended badly for the biographer. To Adesokan, it was an incongruous pairing from the start. To Ikhide, Maja-Pearce's pecuniary concerns ruled out other motives.
For readers interested in poetry, there are quite some choice selections in this issue. There is a lamentation for what was once the pride of Africa; Mogadishu, a place of attraction for Italian expats and soldiers back in the days and which is now a haven for bandit rulers, religious zealots and undernourished pirates. Lyrical and satirical, Adebanwi's "Mogadishu Blues" traces the port city's rise and fall through the ages, and wonders what will become of it in the end: "Like a lady,/ Mogadishu waits for the dawn/ of a new order, not of bullets/ but of ballot boxes,/ waiting for a voice, for votes,/ rallies of citizens, for citizens and by citizens."
Lesego Rampolokeng and Okello Oculi, are two poets that their Nigerian readers will enjoy. Rampolokeng, a South African poet, combines satire, humour and wit in his "Longo Dongoa in the Cracks" while Oculi, a Ugandan poet and novelist, evokes the wildlife of East Africa in his poem, "Kambarage and Kilimanjaro". Though shorter, Ismaila Bala's "Sunday Morning" is as irreverent as it is full of unexpected windfall, a loud knock on his door on a Sunday morning (worship time for Christians) announcing the arrival of a fetching maid!
The cognoscenti in Lagos will no doubt feel the same way about Ofeimun's Lagos Review of Books and Society. Though long-awaited, it came most unexpectedly. With the team of writers on hand to help produce the journal, the intellectual might of the contributing editors, coupled with Ofeimun's undying love for literature, it is not hard to see that readers will have a sumptuous dish to feast on for a long time to come.
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I hope the magazine itself contains writing which is shorter and more objective than your review, which smacks of advertorial.
Does the new magazine have a web site? And if so, why not mention it?


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I was reading plllog's thread on the lighting fixtures. It is so weird as several of the discussions are missing n*o*n*e. I think this was pointed out recently. It still isn't fixed. So you need to reword your responses :) c |
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- Posted by liriodendron (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 10:32
Maybe GW has decided that we could use a little positive slant these days? Too much carping about the economy; too much political backbiting; too many complaints that people were asking the same questions without using search; heck, too many complaints that GW's search feature sucks. So maybe be Royal Order of the TPTB, no further negativity will be published. None of that! Er, that is n*o*n*e* No. Never. Nyet. Nunca. Nada. Nein. N-n-n-n-n-o-n-e of that, forever more. There, I feel better already! Good, if still slightly soggy, morning to you all from upstate NY. L PS: the N***-word appears to appear in my preview message. Any IT people care to comment whether there's some programming thing afoot maybe n+one does somehting wonky? |
I have noticed it for several days. At first, I thought I was careless but came to notice a few examples where they were missing from others' posts and a test try of my own. Maybe GW was hacked. I wonder if there are any other verboten words....of the non-curse variety, that is.... |
- Posted by abundantblessings (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 10:52
I've made note of the problem in in several of my posts for the past couple of weeks, but perhaps your thread will bring it to the forefront for IT. The word has been deleted since at least 8/16. If it's capitalized it appears. Lowercase None "none" gets zapped. I had planned to start a thread about it this week. Any idea which forum might attract the GW IT dept attention most? If anyone decides to post another thread elsewhere to get this problem fixed, maybe call out to IT directly in the title as they may overlook this post as they've overlooked my previous mentions. |
- Posted by doggonegardener (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:01
I gotta try this. none there, did it show up? Do they chunk out the single word or delete the whole post? |
- Posted by doggonegardener (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:02
Well, that answers that. They hack it out. Interesting. In my post above it was between this and there, just after the period. I guess they're having none of it. |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:06
I very much suspect it's some slightly-less-than-competent IT person in charge of tweaking the software, and under the category of "banned words to be automatically deleted", they actually entered the word "none" rather than leaving it empty. :-) |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:08
Yep, they surely entered the word None, using lower case. ! |
- Posted by breezygirl (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:12
Quick....someone come up with a poem or passage in which if the word n-o-n-e was present it wouldn't be funny, but the absence of said word makes it LOL. I'm too tired to do it. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:13
Haha....you guys are none other than funny!! |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:17
it was right before "other". Had a post back when I was doing my bike ride. I used the name of a popular beer...Fat Bas**rd. I couldn't get it to post till I took out the B word. I think Liriodendron is on to something. I think they got super observant during " THE " discussion of a certain Blog and they want us to me more positive now. So here goes...I positively can't use the lower case of NONE !! :) |
Really, does it seem likely that a VIP, in this case someone in charge of what appears in posts, is engaging in social engineering, i.e. "be nice, children," and chose the word None to focus on? Seems pretty unlikely to me. Actually, I'd put the likelihood of that right up there with little green men landing in front of the White House today. On the other hand, I'm really curious to know what *would* cause this. Hope someone tells us eventually. P.S. I haven't noticed folks being unpleasant recently. Generally this site is full of really helpful people who go out of their way to be nice. There is always the odd post by someone who's having a cranky day or whatever, but that's hardly the norm. I do admit to having gone off at that cabinet retailer who was always advertising here a while back, but that was a one-off. Really. |
We've been playing with it a bit at The Test Forum since last Saturday...and it has been reported to GW. by playing with some code, no |
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I hadn't noticed...hmmmm. I hope I haven't used None in any posts lately...eliminating it just might change the meaning of what I've said! |
Bottom line...if you want to use the word "NONE" in a sentence, you need to capitalize at least one letter! NONE |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 15:13
suzanne: you missed the " blog" topic. It has been removed as has the one before it. It was cantankerous and off off off topic...you are better off to have missed it :) Now back to the conspiracy theory..I think they are after us all. c |
Well, that's just silly. Why on earth would that word be a problem? I can see why Bas**rd would be deleted but None? trailrunner, haven't tried that beer but friends of ours gave my hubby a beer called Raging B***h. Makes ya wonder how much the brewers had drunk - or what kind of day they had had - when they named their beers. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 16:10
lisa...have DH try Naked Pig...let's see if THAT gets through LOL. Haven't seen Raging....will keep an eye out. c |
Goofy. WIth all the problems we've had off and on with the forum software, and with all the things it DOESN'T do, it gets rid of words like n0ne? So weird. But now I understand the sentence in Pal's response to Plllog's post in which he tried to say he didn't really like any of the lamps. I knew what he meant, but couldn't figure out why a whole word was missing. |
Try typing nonononenene. (That is n o n o n e n e, without the spaces.) GW removes the central "nononene," and then leaves the surrounding one behind! |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 19:22
OH this is SO much more fun than the " critique" and " political statements" of some of the other erstwhile threads :) I was trying to discern the meaning of pal's statement too when I saw the problem. N&O&N&E shall be stopped ! We shall persevere...N%O%N%E shall be stopped. c |
nononene of my "nononenes" have disappeared. Does this make me a no-account? A nobody? |
- Posted by doggonegardener (My Page) on Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 1:18
nonesense I say. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 3:05
haha Angie...you are immune ! We shall send our posts to you and you do the honors. c |
what if i wanted to say that none of the appliances i ordered arrived on time, and none of the workers are available on the new day, and i can't have a kitchen in which none of the appliances are there. |
that makes no sense NONE at all |
- Posted by doggonegardener (My Page) on Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 10:21
miraculously they are all back this morning. I checked this post and badabing... there they were. I think it was the KGB. :) Now maybe they will cut another innocuous word like maybe. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 11:05
Oh my goodnesssss... I think it was the GWB ..LOL....whatever their is no stopping us now....we know how to get to " them"....none can stop us. c |
GWB ... not touching that one. |
I can't believe the "none's" are back. This is strange. And, of course, now none of our posts make any sense! (Or, in my case, is that nononene of them? ;-) |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 18:41
natal ?? I meant Garden Web Boys ....I guess it could be my fave bridge in The City...the George Washington Bridge...what did you think I meant ? Angie you are a HOOT !! nononene....I love it. c |
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Reclaiming Futures: Improving Treatment for Youth Involved with the Juvenile Justice System
Our mantra at Reclaiming Futures sums up our goals for youth in the juvenile justice system: more treatment, better treatment, and beyond treatment.
While not every young person who uses or abuses drugs and alcohol is addicted, we know that addiction is a disease that usually has its onset in adolescence, so intervening early is important. But the problem is particularly acute in the juvenile justice system, which refers nearly half of all teens who enter publicly-funded substance abuse treatment. We also know that nearly one in five youth at the door of the juvenile justice system have diagnosable substance abuse disorders-- and that the percentage goes up, the deeper youth penetrate the system. Of youth in post-adjudication placements, 47% have alcohol and drug disorders. Furthermore, the groundbreaking Pathways to Desistance research on serious juvenile offenders found that substance use was strongly related to their continued criminal activity.
The good news is that substance abuse programs that involve an individual's family in the intervention are one of the few things that reduced recidivism. That's why, in the communities we work with, we promote the expansion of treatment – more treatment – and the implementation of evidence-based screening and assessment tools, such as the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) – better treatment. Many times, trauma or other unmet needs can be a contributing factor in a youth's negative behavior choices and need to be addressed. But evidence-based practices aren't enough. Treatment isn't enough.
Probation isn't enough. Those services eventually come to an end, and then what? Reclaiming Futures communities also go beyond treatment to focus on enhancing the positive community connections and support available to youth caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, and crime, from formal mentors to positive activities with supportive adults to help youth enter and stay in recovery. The Reclaiming Futures model has now been implemented in 29 communities nationwide, thanks in part to our federal partners, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). That sort of public/private partnership exemplifies the broad-based, public health approach the ONDCP has fostered, through the National Drug Control Strategy it created and administers.
We're proud to be partners in implementing the National Drug Control Strategy, which takes a comprehensive, public-health approach that can only benefit youth in the justice system. Young people deserve no less.
Reclaiming Futuresis a national initiative launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2001, with the aim of improving alcohol and drug treatment for young people caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, and crime. Local jurisdictions – led by a judge and a team of professionals, including representatives from juvenile probation, treatment professionals, and community members – use our six-step model to reinvent the way police, courts, detention facilities, treatment providers, and the community work together.
Susan Richardson is National Executive Director for Reclaiming Futures
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Arab Israeli Conflict; This Day in History
On April 25th, 1982, Israel gave the Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt which it had captured in June 1967 in the 7 Days War. Why and how is it possible that this country of Israel keeps winning and forfeiting territory in the Holy Land? What will this conflict mean for the future of our world? For a biblical perspective on the land ownership question in the Middle East, see Who Owns the Land by Stanley Ellisen. For a gripping, personal account of this never-ending struggle from the Palestinian perspective, see Son of Hamas by Mosab Yousef. For an idea of how Israel has fulfilled past Bible prophecy in Middle East history and will fulfill it in the future, see Blood in the Sand by Benny Hinn.
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This is a challenge I started on the HGTV Holiday Craft Board in 2008. I am inviting all to join in... You can join by posting your picture on the HGTV board or if you are not a member of the board & don't want to join... Don't fret ~ just email me your pictures... I can post for you on the HGTV Holiday Craft message board. |
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Day's: Tuesday ot Wednesday Nights
Dates: May 13th, 20th, 27th, June 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th.
Times: 7 PM and 8 PM
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Cost: $90 if you already have a Shooters Jersey, $105 if you need a Shooters jersey.
Deadline to Register: May 1st.
Rules: Will run Club rules with the following exceptions: Will run 25 minute running halves. 1 time out per game. No time out can be taken with less than 5 minutes left in the game. 5 minute half time. Depending on numbers will run either 7 on 7 or 10 on 10. 5 minute sudden death for OT.


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Tweet cheats: the perils of buying Twitter fans
It's particularly bad news these days when you find yourself at the center of a Twitter malfeasance story that's got everyone in the Washington and tech press corps buzzing. The big question this morning facing the Newt Gingrich camp is: did he pad his Twitter following by paying for a bunch of spambots and other dubious characters?
The verdict is still out. The story first broke in Gawker and has since been corroborated by Twitter follower validity pros at PeekYou. According to PeekYou, just 8% of Gingrich's Twitter followers are actual people. That sounds scandalously bad until you get the definition of what PeekYou regards as actual people [our words]. The 92%, it explains, could be businesses or anonymous Twitter accounts, not necessarily hundreds of thousands of for-hire robo supporters. In other words, big business and shadowy entities and a whole lot of mindless beings are following Gingrich. And the news there is…?
What is more interesting (though it's never clearly explained how it directly relates to its Gingrich Twitter analysis) is PeekYou's point about the thriving market for mercenary Twitter followers. They say you can easily buy Twitter followers on eBay or sign up to any one of these rogue get-fans-fast services that advertise all over the Net.
This isn't new of course to anyone who's been tasked with building and maintaining a social network following for a brand or organization. There are all kinds of ways to game the system and pad your numbers for clients who measure the success of their social media investment in followers and fans, and little else.
We've warned a few times here on SMI about the perils of the "follower fallacy" – i.e., taking too much stock in your follower numbers. Whether it be a figure or a brand, influence is not measured in how many people follow you. And now, as the Gingrich camp is learning, the fallout from buying Tweet lurve is never worth the headache.
Still, it happens. A lot. We'd seen iVillage and McDonald's McCafe Coffee at one point following the self-described "rope slut" @GenevaN whose online handle reads, "One woman, several balls, and a team of horny players…" You get the idea. It's a bad idea.
Now it appears Gingrich will be dogged by questions about the authenticity of his Twitter fan base. If it serves a lesson about the perils of padding your Twitter followers with meaningless souls than the campaign will actually have accomplished something. Now that's news.


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That Atlanta vs. Memphis game should be a good one!
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Kemba Walker channeling his inner Russell Westbrook with that yell after a 3, 5 minutes into the game.
Ryan Anderson is so good. Hopefully the Lakers can get rid of Pau's stink for this guy.
Exhibit #1251251 why anyone blaming any single player on the Heat's woes is wrong. Their ONLY problem is defense. And it's a BIG problem.
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NBA Playoffs Round-Up as of May 13
As we near or arrive at elimination games for each NBA playoff series, let's take a look at where all remaining teams stand at the moment.
In Sunday's set of games, we were treated to a double-dose of comeback as both the Los Angeles Clippers and Indiana Pacers rallied from large deficits to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Washington Wizards, respectively. As for Monday's set of games, let's take a look.
Wizards-Pacers: The Wizards squandered a golden chance to even the series at two games apiece. They led by as many as 19 points before a disastrous third quarter brought them crashing back to earth. They were outscored 33-17 in that quarter and lost control of the game to a Pacers team that before this round had major questions about whether they would even put up a good fight against the Wizards. The Pacers were led by a Herculean effort by Paul George, who has quietly had one of the best postseasons for any player in 2014 so far (seriously, go look up his stats). George finished with 39 points and 12 rebounds against one of the game's better perimeter defenders in Trevor Ariza; he also made seven triples which isn't too shabby. Wizards star guard John Wall struggled yet again after a minor eye injury in the previous game. He said it wasn't a problem before the game, but it might be more of a problem than he is letting on. He will need to return to the All-Star level he played at during the regular season for his team to have any chance of advancing. The Pacers have a chance to move on with one more win and with game 5 being in their building, I'd say they get it done.
Thunder-Clippers: An absolutely fantastic game that just about no one saw the Thunder losing until the late stages of the fourth quarter. They started out gangbusters against a very talented Clippers team and held a double-digit lead for much of the game before a series of runs by the Clips brought them The Clippers were sparked by Darren Collison as he replaced J.J. Redick for much of the final quarter. His defense and surprising help on offense were key in finally overtaking the Thunder in the waning minutes. Chris Paul's defense on Kevin Durant coupled with aggressive double-teaming by his teammates forced several crucial turnovers in the fourth quarter that the Clippers turned into easy points. The most important stretch of the game came in the final minute as Thunder coach Scott Brooks decided not to tell his team to foul with only a few seconds differential between shot clock and game clock. While this move should have backfired in a major way, Blake Griffin, with the assist of Collison shot the ball way too early and gave the Thunder a chance for the tie or win, but Russell Westbrook's questionable shot was off the mark and the Clippers survived. Terrible late-game execution by both teams, but Brooks' inability to get Durant the ball in optimal positions for him to score, as well as Durant and Westbrook's lack of awareness in recognizing those spots as well was the Thunder's downfall. The trio are not a bunch of rookies who need another year or two of seasoning to figure these types of things out. One is this year's MVP, one is a top 5-10 player and the other is a veteran coach who took much of this very team to the Finals just a couple years ago. If they don't learn from their mistakes and soon, quite possibly the most talented team in the West will be eliminated far too early and Brooks will be the one to answer for it. The blame is not entirely his, but he will be the only one to answer for an early exit. The series is tied at two games as they head back to Oklahoma City for game five. I still feel pretty confident in the Thunder and when both Westbrook and Durant are on, they are almost impossible to beat. I say we go back to Los Angeles with the Thunder up 3-2.
Nets-Heat: There's not much else to say about Monday's game other than the fact that LeBron James is extremely difficult to guard. James finished with 49 points last night, tying a career-high, after some interesting comments were made by the Nets, in particularly Paul Pierce, who requested to guard James before game four. James, as he put it himself, was in attack mode all night and was completely unguardable. His outside shot was falling and he was dominant in getting to the rim and finishing. Despite his superhuman night, the Nets did hang tough with the Heat, even leading by a few points late before some key buckets by Chris Bosh. The Heat took a 3-1 series lead after Monday's win and their series victory seems inevitable. The teams return to Miami and it's very hard to see Miami losing at home in a series-clinching game. If the Nets want any shot at extending the series, Deron Williams will need to emerge as the max-money player he is being paid to be because right now, he is simply not that kind of player.
Trail Blazers-Spurs: The first three games of the series came as a surprise to me, not for the result, but the fashion in which the Spurs were dispatching of the Blazers. The Blazers came into this series with a red-hot LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard, but the Spurs well-oiled machine limited their effectiveness with three stellar defensive performances. They won each of the three games by a wide margin and it seemed as if a sweep was likely. However, the Blazers came out with energy and purpose on Monday night as they fended off last year's NBA Finalists for at least one more game. Lillard found his game, especially in the fourth quarter, and Nicolas Batum's all-encompassing game was tremendously important to their victory last night. They will need much more of that energy and attack in the following game if they hope to extend the series as well. The shots that fell for Aldridge, Lillard and Batum seemed to finally fall in game four and that is a good sign, but there is a chance they spent too much energy to win this one game and get back in the series. Game five will be fun to watch and I do have faith the Blazers can get back in the series. I think the Blazers will push the series to a game six with another performance like Monday night's in game five.
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Pioneer – PLX-1000 Turntable
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According to reports filed by deputy John Davis, he spoke with Ashton Williams who said someone took a set of Diamond Racing wheels and Kumho tires from where they were stored beside his garage.
The wheels and tires may have been taken Feb. 21.
Williams didn't realize the items were missing until after he noticed his sister parked her vehicle where the tires should have been. There was no estimate listed in the report regarding value of the missing wheels and tires.
Davis also responded to Georgetown Drive during the weekend after Angelica Burchfield reported someone cut two tires on her car.
The vehicle was parked at a friend's house, according to Burchfield's statement. When Burchfield tried to drive the car, she discovered someone had punctured a front and rear tire. Replacement costs were not noted in the report.
- A flat-screen television set was reportedly stolen from an Old Chattanooga Pike residence earlier this week.
According to deputy Kolby Duckett, he contacted Barbara Wilson regarding a burglary at her home.
Wilson believed someone entered her home while she was sleeping and took the television.
A door at the residence was used to gain entry and evidence noted that force was used.
According to the report, the TV was valued at $300.Investigation is continuing.
- Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct Driver's License Roadside Safety Checkpoints in Bradley County beginning this weekend. The checkpoints will be ongoing throughout the week.
The checkpoints will be set up in random locations in the county.
According to THP officials, checkpoints are an effective means of recognizing the dangers presented to the driving public, by motorists who would violate the driver's license laws of the state.
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For context, I am just under 5'2", 115 lbs and, proportionally, very short legged. I work in software: often for over 60 hours a week. I have chronic back and neck pain from sitting cross-legged because my feet don't touch the ground properly and without using the armrests because they are uncomfortably far from the seat. It's enough of a problem that I am in physical therapy because of it (folks, this is what happens when you ignore an uncomfortable chair for too long!).
Between chairs I have bought, and those my employer has, I have tried five other high-end, supposedly petite-person-friendly chairs and none of them fit. This one does! This is what the rest of the world experiences when they sit in an office chair. It's very comfortable. Who knew?
1. Shallow seat depth. This is critical. You can always use a footrest to compensate for a high seat height, but that does you no good if the seat hits you below your knees so they don't bend properly-and trying to pile up pillows behind you so that your legs reach the end of the seat defeats the purpose of any ergonomic back the chair came equipped with.
2. Low seat height. Adjustable down to 15" (14.5" would be nice but oh well)
3. Arms can be brought closer to the chair (the width can be narrowed) so that you can use the arm rests properly. If needed you could bring them in so close that it would be hard for me to get into the seat.
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Wyoming Rancher Preserves His Land
June 21, 2010
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Daniel, WY — Local rancher Freddie Botur, The Conservation Fund and the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of nearly 1,800 acres on Botur's Cottonwood Ranches that preserves the family's legacy of ranching and enhances habitat for a number of wildlife species.
The land is protected through a conservation easement, a legal, voluntary agreement a landowner makes to permanently restrict the type and amount of development that occurs on his or her property. The easement protects eight miles of Cottonwood Creek and crucial winter range for moose, mule deer and elk, as well as an important migration corridor for pronghorn antelope.
"Cottonwood Ranches has been proud to work with the Stock Growers Ag Land Trust and The Conservation Fund over the last three years," said Freddie Botur. "Together we have put into conservation more than 4,000 acres of prime riparian habitat to aid in the mitigation of oil and gas impacts in Wyoming. With the conservation of those lands and the support from the Jonah Interagency Office, tens of thousands of acres of important upland rangeland have been effectively supported for the good of the land, the wildlife and the ranch. As a rancher I am also grateful for these efforts to balance the development of our resources with the preservation of the agricultural stewardship that is so important to our communities all across Wyoming."
The Conservation Fund and the Stock Growers Ag Land Trust have been working with the Botur family for three years and have completed two other conservation easements on the Cottonwood Ranches. Together the three easements protect more than 4,600 acres. Funding for the purchase of the easement came from the Jonah Interagency Office, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust and the Wyoming Governor's Big Game Licenses Coalition.
"Our team is proud to work with the Botur family, The Conservation Fund and the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust on protecting a third portion of the Cottonwood Ranches in the Green River valley," said John MacDonald of the Jonah Interagency Office. "Through this model collaboration, and with mitigation funding contributed by Encana and BP, we are protecting valuable wildlife habitat, preserving Wyoming's strong ranching history and mitigating the impacts from nearby oil and gas development."
"The easement on the Cottonwood Ranches ensures that the property will forever be used as a working ranch and combines with adjacent public and private protected land to create an 18-mile stretch of North and South Cottonwood creeks" said Luke Lynch, Wyoming state director for The Conservation Fund. "The Boturs are incredible stewards of the land and we are grateful to them – and all of our partners—for their continued commitment to conserving Wyoming's natural heritage."
"We commend the Botur family for their vision to protect and enhance Cottonwood Ranches for present and future generations," said Leah Burgess, field representative for Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust. "The partnership between The Conservation Fund, Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust and the Jonah Interagency Office has now resulted in five properties and over 7,435 acres of agriculturally productive and ecologically diverse land conserved in the Upper Green River Valley."
About The Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust
The Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust is dedicated to conserving Wyoming's working family farms and ranches and the wide-open spaces, natural habitats, and western lifestyle they support. Founded by a vote of the general membership of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association in December 2000, we have conserved more than 114,000 acres of working ranchlands throughout the state of Wyoming. For more information visit www.wsgalt.org or contact us at 307.772.8751 or email@example.com.
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At The Conservation Fund, we combine a passion for conservation with an entrepreneurial spirit to protect your favorite places before they become just a memory. A hallmark of our work is our deep, unwavering understanding that for conservation solutions to last, they need to make economic sense. Top-ranked, we have protected more than 7 million acres across America.


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The Golf Blog: Luke Donald is new No. 1 in golf, beating Lee Westwood
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The Golf Blog says: The World No. 1 ranking in golf continues on its carousel. Luke Donald beat Lee Westwood at the BMW Championship to wrest control of the No. 1 ranking. We've had more No. 1s in the past few months than we've had in more than a decade. It will be interesting to see when Tiger Woods reenters the equation.
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Tetris World Championship
The Second Annual Tetris World Championship returned to L.A. on Sunday, October 16. Just like last year, hundreds of competitors battled head-to-head in order to be crowned the Tetris World Champion. The event was held at USC's Bovard Auditorium where returning champ Jonas Neubauer of Redondo Beach defended his title successfully in the NES tournament. John Tran won the Playstation Network (PSN) Solo title while he and Roger Teng won the PSN Team title as Team Hard Drop. Daniel Anderson of Sherman Oaks was crowned Tetris Champion in the tournament for the company's new tabletop game, Tetris Link.
"It�s been incredibly exciting to see our new and old fans of all ages and backgrounds come together for a live tournament," said Henk Rogers, Managing Director of The Tetris Company. "It�s part of our vision that people all over the world can create a new world fabric of �likeness,� all connected by the universal language of the Tetris game."
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Whenever you are writing a comparison/contrast paper (paragraph, essay, research paper), you need to plan it out very carefully on paper first.
Try this:
1. Write all the information about one of your topics on one page.
2. Write all the information about the other topic on another page.
3. Then put them together in this order:
1. Intro
2. All about topic A
~~~2A. detail 1
~~~2B. detail 2
~~~2C. detail 3
~~~2D. detail 4
~~~2E. detail 5
3. All about topic B
~~~3A. detail 1
~~~3B. detail 2
~~~3C. detail 3
~~~3D. detail 4
~~~3E. detail 5
4. Concl.
The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different.
There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag," but can be very confusing for the reader if you don't use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow.
See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing.
Once you have organized your information, please repost if you'd like feedback from someone here.
Hope this helps...
Memoirs are not just regular stories or fairytales. They are flashbacks in a persons' life that has stuck with them and are important to them. Every memoir is different and alike in more than one way. "Barrio Boy" and "No Gumption" are two of these memoirs
Both of these stories share the same conflicts and are written in first person. They also seem too have the same values in their lessons.
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It's time to start thinking about Chicago differently. They are no longer a team that will be good someday when they get the right pieces together. They are no longer the harbor for potential MVP Derrick Rose and nothing more. They are especially no longer a team that is fun to like from a distance because they are not going to do any damage in the East. No, Chicago is a juggernaut, and in last weekend's games, where we saw top Eastern Conference teams beating up on each other, a window of insight opened up on how things may shape up in the East.
It would be foolish to say that Chicago is a lock for the NBA Finals. After all, the East is loaded with potential contenders. The top four teams alone have shown that they are all capable of beating up on each other – and all capable of winning a seven-game series against each other, too. Well, except Miami. We'll talk about them in a moment. But when you take a closer look and start comparing exactly how each team has been successful, the Bulls are starting to look like the team to beat in the East.
Chicago still trails the Celtics by two and a half games for the best record in the Eastern Conference, but John Hollinger rates them as the best team in the conference. His power rankings have the Bulls second overall, and first in the East. Naturally, he has the Bulls as playoff favorites, rating them the team most likely to win the NBA title according to his playoff predictions. How much you fear the Bulls based on these rankings depends on how much you trust John Hollinger and advanced statistics in general. Maybe you think the Bulls still have to prove themselves on the court before we anoint them "team to beat."
Games in March mean nothing compared to games in June, but the Bulls showed a little "playoff mettle" last week against a tough slate of contenders in the East. Chicago got two big road wins in situations where, before last week, I would have called them the underdog. First, they go into Orlando where the Magic were walking tall after pulling off an improbable win in Miami just 24 hours earlier. Yeah, it was a back-to-back for the Magic, but the Bulls nevertheless presented the Magic with a problem they couldn't solve.
For one thing, Kyle Korver and company were able to get into Dwight's head. For another thing, The Bulls flat out played with more intensity, more execution, and more fire off the bench than Orlando did. Again, that could have been because the game came on the heels of an emotional Orlando win in Miami, but, as they say, a win's a win, and to be sure, the playoffs will not be void of emotional games.
Then the Bulls marched into Miami where the Heat absolutely needed a win in front of their home crowd, and stole it. It might not have been the most convincing victory of the season, but convincing doesn't matter in the NBA playoffs. Also, the Heat started crying when it was over. This is the kind of no nonsense weekends that potential NBA champions have, right?
Looking ahead, if the Bulls beat Boston in Chicago in April, they will have earned a split with Celtics for the season. With only 20 games to play, Chicago has a great chance of forcing every East contender to come through the United Center in order to get to the NBA Finals — a situation the NBA hasn't seen since 1998.
Miami has been criticized as of late for their inability to close games and inability to beat good teams, but to write them off as a non-factor for the post season would probably be unwise. It's tempting, though. Miami is the classic bully, destroying bad teams and folding against good teams and then crying about it.
The Heat have repeatedly shown that they buckle against good teams and in big games. Statistically, intangibly, and to the naked eye, the Heat seemed to have sealed their fate as a non-contender this year. That's good news for Orlando. Despite the conference standings, and despite any conjecture about how good the big three could be, last weekend indicates that Orlando is in a much better spot than perhaps they even thought.
Still, if last weekend's games were any kind of projection for the post season, the Magic are still a pretty sizeable question mark. Unlike Miami, they have shown countless times their ability to win big games, and that was most evident in Friday night's win over Miami. Even taking into account Miami's tendency to no-show under the bright lights, it was still an important win. But how can a team come off a game like that and not defend their home court the next night? Because the Bulls are so good they can't be stopped? Maybe, but I don't think so. Chicago may be quickly rising to the top in the East, but this is not the '96 Bulls. Instead, I think there is a back-and-forth element with Orlando that might come back to bite them in the postseason.
Orlando fans, you have reason to be worried and reason to be excited all at the same time. It's hard to predict (or project) what Orlando team will show up in April. The Magic are certainly capable of beating any team in the East on any given night, but earning a high seed won't matter if they don't vigorously defend their home court.
And in the meantime, it's probably wise to keep an eye on the Bulls. They are gunning for that first spot in the East. There's also that other team that comes to mind when you think of the East that you might want to watch out for. That would be the Boston Celtics.


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Geology & Topography
The Town of Roblin and the RM of Hillsburg are located on the Saskatchewan Plain. Most of the RM of Hillsburg is located in the Duck Mountain and Riding Mountain Uplands. Lower elevations in the central portion of the RM are in the Valley River Plain. Elevations range from 645 m. (2,116 ft. above sea level in the Duck Mountain Upland to 480 m. (1,575 ft. above sea level in the Valley River Plain. The land surface in the uplands is hummocky with local relief of 3 m. (10 ft.) to 8 m. (26 ft.) and slopes of 5 to 9 percent. Areas of higher relief in excess of 8 m. (26 ft.) with 9 to 15 percent slopes occur in the Duck Mountain Uplands. Slopes in excess of 30 percent characterize several glacial melt water channels in the uplands. Undulating to near level areas with local relief under 3 m. (10 ft.) and slopes of 2 to 5 percent occur in the southern portion of the region.
The topography of the Mountainview Planning District ranges from the steep slopes of the Manitoba Escarpment to the smooth and gently sloping Valley River Plain and Lowland Plain. A network of creeks and rivers from east to Lake Winnipegosis, Dauphin Lake and the Mossy River are the drainage facilities for the District. None of the watercourses are deeply entrenched and river valleys are almost non-existent in the Lowland Plain resulting in imperfectly drained soils and potential for flooding in spring and during heavy rainfalls. The soils of the Valley River Plain are well drained. Surface drainage in the Riding and Duck Mountain areas is rapid over most of this hilly area.
Much of the region is situated within the Manitoba Lowland Plain and River Valley Plain. The former occupies a portion of Lake Agassiz Basin while the latter occupies a former Bay of the ancient glacial lake. The western and southern regions of the area extend into the Duck and Riding Mountains which form a segment of the Manitoba Escarpment.
The Mountainview Planning District is almost entirely underlain by the Swan River, Ashville, Favel, Vermillion River formations and the Millwood member of the Riding Mountain formations of the Cretaceous age. An area of the Melita formation of the Jurassic age occurs in the north-eastern region of the district. Bedrock outcroppings occur along the Valley River, Wilson River and Sulphur Springs Creek in the RM of Gilbert Plains.
The soils in the Parkland area are a reflection of the climate. Soils are highly productive but are different from southern Manitoba in the type of vegetation under which they were developed as there is a higher amount of moisture available for plant growth. The soils are well drained and 5.5% of the agricultural land is considered black chernozemic soil developed under grassland.
The Parkland area has 18% of the soils developed under the grassland forest transition, resulting in a dark grey classification. A further 16% can be classified as grey luvisols which have been developed under forest. Luvisols are more prone to erosion and cropping practices include more forage to compensate for this concern. Therefore, livestock is a significant factor in helping to diversify the Parkland agricultural economy.
The Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Soil Capability for Agriculture is one of the most widely recognized agricultural interpretations. Guidelines were developed to manually rate various soil, landform and climatic factors (Canada Land Inventory, 1965). The CLI Agriculture Capability system has 7 classes based on their soil survey with Class 1 being very productive soil and Class 7 very poor soil. All soils in the same class have a similar relative degree or risk for annual crop production. Subclasses are used to indicate the most significant types of limitation or hazard. Manitoba's guidelines are further developed.
Soils in Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are considered capable of sustained use for cultivated field crops. Those in Classes 5 and 6 are only for perennial forage crops and those in Class 7 have no capability for agriculture. There is a large percentage of Class 2 and 3 soils that are available across the region which means that the communities have the capacity to grow crops by large volume for industrial processing.
The soil materials in the RM of Hillsburg consist primarily of loamy textured glacial till deposits. Areas of sand and gravel deposits and water worked, stony till are common near the glacial melt water valleys. The majority of the soils in the RM are well drained with minor areas of imperfect drainage on lower slopes. A network of rivers and streams tributary to the Shell and Valley Rivers facilitates surface drainage. Excessively wet soils are minor in extent and there are no significant bedrock outcrops. Although variably stony soils occur throughout the area, very stony conditions facilitated by stream erosion are of particular concern bordering some river valleys and melt water channels. Erosion and instability issues may be exacerbated if clearing or unsuitable agricultural practices take place.
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The sand and gravel aquifer resources associated with till and the Swan River Formation has generally good water that is suitable for all purposes. The availability of good quality water is important for industrial siting and other economic development opportunities.
There are distinct physiographic areas that influence the distribution of surface water resources. The western edge of the district encompasses segments of the steep eastern slopes of the Manitoba Escarpment. Major tributaries include the Valley and Wilson Rivers that drain into Dauphin Lake and the Garland River that flows northeasterly to Lake Winnipegosis. There are numerous 1st to 3rd order streams draining throughout the district.
Ground water is the principal source of water supply across the PARC communities and is generally under-developed. The ground water quantity available and quality can range across the region. There are a number of aquifers including a bedrock aquifer of Sandstone & Sand (Cretaceous Swan River Formation) and Odanah Shale. The overburden aquifer consists primarily of lenses of major & minor buried sand and gravel. Beach ridge sand and gravel aquifers formed by ancient beach deposits occur in the northeast corner of Gilbert Plains and run in a northwest direction through the RM of Ethelbert.
Surface water supply in the Mountainview Planning District is influenced by the physiographic area. Water levels on the major tributaries typically peak during spring runoff and after large storm events and then rapidly decline to base level. Wetlands and small water bodies occupy approximately 4.4% of the land area in the district.
The deep valleys and overburden in the western areas contain sand and gravel deposits that form aquifers, the water quality of which is rated as fair to excellent. The deep valleys cause low groundwater levels and strongly influence groundwater flow systems near the valleys. There are two kinds of aquifers. First, extensive sand and gravel aquifers are common at 50 m. (164 ft.) to 100 m. (328 ft.) below ground level in the southeastern and central portions. The yield of high capacity wells in these aquifers exceeds 20 Litres/second at some locations, with water quality ranging from poor to excellent. Second, the lenses of sand and gravel aquifers are the most common aquifers in the rest of the region. The depth to these aquifers ranges from 5 m. (16 ft.) to more than 50 m. (164 ft.). The yield of these aquifers generally is considered adequate to abundant for domestic and agricultural requirements, with water quality ranging from poor to excellent.
Agri-Maps Map Gallery is an interactive GIS information system that is maintained by the Province of Manitoba. The Map Viewer application includes data on Manitoba's geography, resources and has current aerial photography. There are maps for climate, elevation, geology, hydrology, land use, terrain, soils, wildlife and more.


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Drupalcamp LA keynote Saturday - redeye - Drupalcamp New York presentation Sunday
Wow, what a weekend.
I got up around 4:30AM Saturday morning to fly to Los Angeles. My new colleague Brenda Boggs, from the Acquia support team, was kind enough to pick me up at LAX on her way to Drupalcamp LA from San Diego.
Two weeks earlier I met with Crystal Williams, one of the co-organizers of Drupalcamp Los Angeles, in San Francisco. Drupalcamp LA was supposed to be around 200 people. However, it had blown up to 430 registered attendees. Crystal had asked me to present one of the keynotes and now I had to stare out at 400+ people before I had my second cup of coffee!
It was a lot of fun presenting with Jonathan who did the opening keynote. He started off with a lot of business context and industry facts, but was very successful in bringing it down to a personal call to action to work with the Drupal community to make a difference in the world.
My talk was much more tactical for the Drupal community and you can read Victor Kane's live blogging of our keynotes. I think it was well received and I had a couple dozen people give positive feedback through out the rest of the day.
I didn't attend any talks but instead had lots of one on one conversations with all kinds of interesting people. It's exciting to learn what everyone is doing with Drupal and get to meet the people behind some of the most exciting Drupal projects. In particular, I got to talk with the developer of the X prize foundation site and I got to talk to Bill Bostick from http://roopletheme.com. Bill had worked on two of the highest profile Drupal sites out there: http://dooce.com and http://www.43folders.com. I also heard some first hand gossip that we will see the largest Drupal deployment ever announced in the next few weeks. I am working with the team to get a case study and front page post on Drupal.org about it.
I got to catch up with the Ron and Jeff at Achieve Internet, and the 17 strong and growing members of the WorkHabit crew. I also met some folks from Bold, Flux, North Wind, and the Revere group. The market for Drupal talent is insatiable, and there's a lot of platform standardization going on around Drupal for traditional web development shops.
The organizers of the SCALE conference were at the event and they are adding a web development track this year. Last year Angie Byron spoke and really got a lot of people excited and the result was a huge turn out at the Drupal booth. Even SCALE itself switched to Drupal, and the some of the Scale organizing team showed up to learn more about what they could do with their Drupal site.
We wrapped up the last sessions around 6PM and I headed back with the Workhabit crew before catching my ride to LAX. From there I flew through the night to land at JFK at 5:30AM. I spent 4.5 hours trying to get my suitcase that had flown ahead of me and to get into my hotel room. That left 90 minutes to sleep before heading out Drupalcamp NYC.
I arrived at the lunch break and immediately dived into some fun discussions. One discussion was the tension between core and contributed modules and when they are released. A team has now prepared a discussion paper to talk about the tension between core and contributed release cycles.
There were a lot of very popular sessions in the afternoon on Drupal theming and Drupal and multimedia. Despite that, I had good attendance at my Acquia Questions and Answers session. It continues to be a challenge to convey exactly what Acquia is doing without a product in the market place. When I've been able to present proposed pricing, and detail all the parts of an Acquia subscription the response has been mostly enthusiastic and very positive. Until the product is released I am enjoying addressing concerns and showing the opportunities that Acquia is providing to my friends and colleagues in the Drupal community.
After Drupalcamp NYC was over I had a great time prowling all over New York City and mixing up the dirt cheap gourmet with the fashionable and uber-trendy culinary experiences NYC has to offer. I wrapped up the evening with a bunch of Drupalers and we had great conversations into the night. I love how friendly this community is and how ready everyone is to work with you and to make sure you have a good time when you visit. Getting to know so many people in the Drupal community is certainly one of the best parts of my job.
Drupal is full of strong local communities and great organizers. It is really exciting to see how deep and diverse the event and organizing talent has become in our community. It so good, that even I can't keep up with it. That weekend there was actually a third Drupalcamp Victoria. I am looking forward to my Drupalcamp in just a couple weeks locally at BADCamp.
You lead a busy life. ; ) Here's hoping you're able to rest and recover over the weekend!
It was a pleasure meeting you, Kieran. I had no idea you were in the middle of such a whirlwind tour.


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Heading in to these Olympics, one of the players NBA fans were most excited to see was Lithuania's Jonas Valanciunas. Not only was he a lottery pick in the 2011 draft, there were rumors he'd go No. 2 in this year's draft, right behind the unibrowed Anthony Davis. That's how good people think he is and this would be his biggest stage. By playing against NBA competition every single game, we'd finally be able to give Kenny Smith some Raptor news and see how Jonas measured up.
The results? Not so good. He never played more than 16 minutes and often played less than 10. He never scored more than seven points in a game and managed five or more rebounds just three times, while being in constant foul trouble and looking very slow defensively when forced out of his comfort zone, even though he made the right decisions. Basically, he looked like a 20-year-old playing against grown men while being coached by a guy who wanted to give his veteran squad its best chance to win a medal.
However, according to Doug Smith of the Toronto Star, he did eventually learn one very important lesson in London.
After introducing myself as a scribbler from Toronto, to which he replied "good to meet you" and that puts him ahead in my books, first question out was what did you learn here?
"I learned how not to foul out."
Now that, my friends, is a valuable lesson. Just ask Greg Oden (don't mention the knees). Once you learn how to play defense without hacking everybody who comes near you, you can actually stay on the court, which is very important when it comes to playing basketball. Someday, David Lee might even learn about it.
So there you go, Raptor fans. Maybe the tournament wasn't the most exciting thing you could hope to see from a future player, but at least he learned something that's going to come in handy in the future. Then once he learns how to complain any time a foul is called on him, he'll truly be NBA ready.


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A Note From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Happy 2015! It's hard to believe it's already time for another year with another set of resolutions, plans and possibilities. As always, we are planning for an exciting lineup of projects this year, including a couple of great series. The first series features a year of one of your most requested subjects -- birds and birdhouses -- from designer Donna Giampa. The second series is one that has been in the planning stages for a while now. We're calling it a Year of Hardanger, and it will feature six beautiful projects, with step-by-step instructions that will give you the confidence to tackle these intricate and detailed designs.
This issue is packed with even more from elegant winter designs to charming Valentine designs, from vintage kitchen patterns to accessories for you and your home, and I am excited about each and every one of them! I love Marie Barber's LOVE project on page 26. The Tile Coaster Set on page 50 has rocketed to the top of my stitching list since the colors are both trendy and classic, and I love having different ways to display my stitching. In this issue, we also introduce Carolyn Manning to the Just CrossStitch audience. Carolyn makes her debut in Just CrossStitch with two projects -- Tree Trio on page 23 and Friends at Heart on page 34.
If you are a fan of finishing, this issue has you covered from the mounted projects mentioned above to an elegant table mat, a tin topper, a pincushion and even a eyeglasses case. And if you prefer to frame, we've got you covered there too. Whether you are a beginning stitcher or a seasoned, experienced stitcher, there is no shortage of projects to grace your to-stitch list in this issue.
I hope your 2015 is off to a great start, and I am honored to bring you another year of great stitching projects. As we plan for the remainder of 2015, please take a minute to email me at email@example.com and let me know what kind of projects you're looking for in this new year. We want to keep Just CrossStitch your favorite stitching magazine, and we love to hear from our readers.
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A new Police Community Support Officer has boosted the ranks of Harrogate Safer Neighbourhood Team after transferring from West Midlands Police.
PCSO Nicholas Woods joined North Yorkshire Police in November 2013 and will be the dedicated PCSO for the Killinghall, Ripley and Hampsthwaite ward.
He brings a wealth of experience to the area having joined his former force in September 2006. He patrolled the Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood area for seven years and helped to police large events in Wolverhampton and Birmingham city centre.
Part of his beat included a large nature reserve for which he became the reserve's wildlife officer.
PCSO Nicholas Woods Displays a larger version of this image in a new browser windowPCSO Woods said: "I am really looking forward to getting out there, getting to know local residents and helping them as much as I can.
"Although North Yorkshire is more rural than the West Midlands, the expectations and ethos is still the same. To get out there and serve my community."
Superintendent Aubrey Smith who is the area commander for the Harrogate district welcomed PCSO Woods to North Yorkshire Police, he said: "Nicholas is a very welcome, new member of the team.
"His experience of both rural and city policing, in particular his wildlife experience will come in very useful. It's always good to welcome transferees who not only bring with them their experience, but can also help us to improve by bringing new ideas which worked well in their previous forces.
"We're looking forward to working with him and Nicholas can look forward to a very rewarding, challenging and varied career with North Yorkshire Police."
Meantime, North Yorkshire Police's Chief Constable Dave Jones hosted a live webchat to give residents the opportunity to ask questions about crime and anti-social behaviour in their communities.
He discussed people's experiences with North Yorkshire Police and asked for any suggestions about how the policing service in the county can be further improved.
Mr Jones said: "As Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police, I think it is really important that I engage with our communities."