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He illustrated that factors such as working conditions and environment, company's policies towards its employees, the quality of administration and supervision, etc. constitute the hygiene factors. Inter-personal relationships also form a part of these factors. The absence of hygiene factors can be a source of dissatisfaction among the employees. However, their presence does not motivate or provide the employees with the stimulus to work better.
The second set of determinants including challenging tasks and assignments, reward and recognition, achievement and advancement, responsibility, avenues for personal and professional growth, etc constitute the Motivators.
Motivators have a direct relationship with the level of motivation of employees. The presence of motivators stimulates an employee to perform better and offers a higher level of satisfaction. Furthermore, the lack of motivators can cause employees to become dissatisfied and de-motivated, thereby hampering their efficiency and commitment towards work assigned.
Herzberg's theory has been phenomenal in shaping the modern thinking about the interrelationship between financial compensation (in terms of rewards) and non-financial compensation in terms of recognition. It identifies the importance of non-financial compensation for employees and its impact on them which is reflected through increased efficiency and dedication towards work.
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Bought a foreclosure 2 years ago with a badly neglected lawn. I live in Tampa, Florida. The lawn is a mixture of floratam and sapphire. My question is the area with the sapphire has yet to fill in (put down sod last year and grubs nearly destroyed it) and I have been fighting crabgrass, nutsedge, dollarweed and in the summer kyllinga. The worst area of my lawn has no protection from the sun (full southern exposure) and has a slight slope to the street. I have used pre-emerge in the fall and applied it this year mid february and atrazine for the weeds but each summer has been pretty bad. This area gets choked by the weeds. I was wondering would it be a good or bad idea to put pine bark fines in the barren areas? Also, wondering if fertilizer requirements are higher for sapphire than floratam, and when should I put down grub killer? (sapphire is still not as green as floratam right now) I water twice a week per the water restriction we have. I mow at the highest level the mower will allow. Other than this area which is a 1/3 or the yard the grass is beautiful. Products I use are scotts fertilizer (fall and spring), Image, milogranite(two times in the summer) and halts(spring). I checked into starting an organic program but about choked when I saw the price. I don't have soil I have pure florida sugar sand Oh, I also have nematodes. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
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Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today announced a settlement with a company that targeted veterans and their educational benefits by deceptively steering them toward certain for-profit colleges. As a result of the settlement, the Department of Veterans Affairs will take over the company's domain name and use it to provide comprehensive information to veterans about available benefits.
Koster alleges the company, QuinStreet, Inc., violated the state's consumer protection laws in the course of operating websites such as GIBill.com that targeted military service members. Koster said the websites gave the appearance that the sites were operated, owned or endorsed by the United States government or military, and left the impression that the for-profit schools listed were the only schools at which veterans' benefits could be utilized.
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Koster said a multistate investigation found that the list of colleges on websites operated by the company, QuinStreet, consisted only of QuinStreet clients, which were primarily for-profit colleges.
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A former Marktown office and apartment building is one of 10 set to be demolished on May 5. BP, which purchased the properties from George Michels, said it plans to turn the properties into green space. | Christin Nance Lazerus/Sun-Times Media
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EAST CHICAGO — Several Marktown buildings are scheduled to be bulldozed into history on May 5, but residents are trying to fight the planned demolition.
The 10 properties — which are tagged with blue numbers — were sold to BP by the family who owns George Michels Bar, located at the corner of Riley and Dickey roads, but the bar will remain standing. It's part of BP's efforts in recent years to buy up property adjacent to the refinery to convert into green space and, possibly, a parking lot.
Residents are worried by the decision to tear down buildings that have stood since 1917, and some wonder what's next.
"They can't make people leave," said Marktown resident and precinct commiteewoman Kim Rodriguez. "BP is waiting for the last homeowner to sell. How dare they try to take it away from us? And it angers me they can do what they want to people."
The buildings include the former Marktown hotel and boarding house on Dickey Road, and houses on Riley Road, Oak Street, Liberty Street, Grove Street and Spring Street.
Community activists will seek to stay the demolition for 90 days in court, but even if they can't, the heart of the community is still whole, Rodriguez said.
"I would love to stop them from tearing down these buildings," Rodriguez said. "But even if we can't save them, the community can still move forward.'
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In 1917, the neighborhood was designed as a model industrial community to house workers at Mark Manufacturing Co. and other local companies. But, due to financial constraints tied to World War I, only four of the 30 planned sections were built. One of its well known quirks is residents park on the sidewalks and walk in the streets.
About 550 residents still live in the English cottage-style houses, duplexes and apartments planned on narrow streets, but the neighborhood has become rundown. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, but that doesn't prevent demolitions.
Marktown looks out of place with it surroundings, but it is well hidden since it is surrounded by BP, U.S. Steel's East Chicago Tin plant, and ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor.
Rodriguez and neighbor Juan Laureano said BP has a real estate broker inquiring if neighbors want to sell, typically for around $30,000.
"I love it here. It's very peaceful and we always have parking. And you don't really hear the traffic nearby," Laureano said.
BP spokesman Scott Dean said the properties were acquired as part of long-standing plans to increase green space around the refinery. He said future demolitions are yet to be determined, but any interested sellers are encouraged to contact the refinery.
Laureano's wife, Esther, is skeptical.
"If something is happening, let us know," she said. "Let us make our own decisions in our own lives. What is the underlying reason? Is it of value or is there a liability? Is this area not worth saving?"
Rodriguez said a neighborhood redevelopment plan was created in 2008, but city officials are mum as to why it was never implemented.
"I'm trying my best to save our community," she said. "I've never lived anywhere else. I don't care if there's just 15 of us left. I'll fight for all of the necessary things that everyone else in East Chicago gets, like park funding."
East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland did not respond to several requests for comment, but in the past, he hasn't indicated his support to either the residents or the company. Last year, he said that the city had no plans to move people out of Marktown.
Rodriguez said she supported the mayor in the election, but the process has left her frustrated.
"People who I grew up with here don't want to go. It's affordable," Rodriguez said. "I've always lived here so I can't imagine walking out the door for the last time."


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I am getting ready to look at pellet stoves and really want something that will be as quiet and reliable as possible. We have a geothermal heating unit but want the pellet stove for additional comfort and warmth during the coldest parts of winter.
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difference as far as
emotions of sprint
car racing. Brian Leppo has been outside looking in as the 2013 Central PA sprint car season passes by. But last week, the New Oxford racer received a call from car owner John Zemaitis wondering if he'd be interested in driving the Zemco Speed Equipment sprint car for a few races. It was an easy answer for Leppo, whose career took a hard dive last May when then car owner Jesse Keen passed away leaving the racing community saddened and Leppo without a ride. He did drive for Dietz Motorsports at Lincoln Speedway last year but Leppo left that team at the end of the year and has been hoping for an opportunity to come along this year. And it did after Zemaitis and driver Danny Lasoski parted ways last week following Pennsylvania Speedweek. Leppo was scheduled to drive the car last Friday at Williams Grove Speedway to get seat time for this weekend's World of Outlaw show but when that race rained out, the team made the decision to give Leppo seat time Saturday at Port Royal Speedway. "I just can't thank John and PeeWee enough for giving me the opportunity to get back in the seat after some time off," stated Leppo, who drove for the Zemco team one night in 2012 and won against the All Stars at Williams Grove. "Tommy, Ryan and the crew have a fast race car, that's for sure but I was a little nervous to knock the rust off. I haven't raced since October and everyone else has been racing all year." Leppo knocked the rust off alright as he finished fifth in a tough heat race which put him 20th on the starting grid for the feature event. And as the first 23 laps of the feature event went non-stop at the Port, lap after lap saw Leppo getting faster and faster in the potent No. 1 sprinter as he found his way into the top 10 and passed the likes of Lance Dewease, Doug Esh and Mike Erdley along the way. When the checkered flag fell, Leppo sat a very respectable seventh in the finishing order but was one of the four fastest cars on the track at the end of the race. "After a strong first race and being able to pass some quality race cars at Port, gave me some much needed confidence," Leppo added. "But it keeping it in perspective, this weekend could always be very difficult because the Outlaws are the best for a reason and their format is tough too. We're just going to go out and try and put ourselves into a position that we can capitalize on each night." Nothing is set in stone after this weekend but it sure would be nice to see this young man land this quality ride to finish out this season and build on something stronger for the future. But that is up to the car owners and crew. Leppo has certainly proven that he is more than capable to get the job done given the right situation. "I'm just looking forward to working with such a great race team and also again, just very thankful for whatever opportunity I'm provided," he added. "I guess Jesse (Keen) was getting anxious to see me race again too. He always liked Port and we have his decal on the No. 1 too." RYAN SLOTHOWER INJURED Another racer was injured last weekend as rookie 410 sprint car driver Ryan Slothower sustained injuries in a heat race crash at Lincoln Speedway. Slothower, of Wellsville, was involved in a double flip with Lincoln track point leader Fred Rahmer and ended up spending the night at the hospital. Slothower suffered compression fractures and transverse fractions in his spine along with muscle whiplash throughout his lumbar and lower back. He will be out of commission for three to six months and then faces therapy. Get well wishes go out to Slothower in his long road to recovery. OUTLAWS VERSUS POSSE ROUND TWO The World of Outlaws Summer Nationals are up next this weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. This will be the second of three weekends that Outlaws battle with the Posse on Grove soil as Donny Schatz scored the win back in May with a last lap, last turn pass on Greg Hodnett to secure the win. The May show in Saturday was rained out despite the Grove attempting to hold out for several hours after late afternoon rain. This Friday night's Summer National prelim pays $8,000 to win with the winner of Saturday night's event taking home a $20,000 payday plus another $5,000 going to the winner of the Morgan Cup, which will be the winner of Saturday's feature. Cody Darrah is the defending Summer Nationals winner in the Kasey Kahne Racing owned sprinter. They say consistency wins championships. Well sort of, in most cases. Greg Hodnett ended Fred Rahmer's two year stronghold on Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek as the Thomasville driver made up an 80 point gap in just two nights to put together his fourth career Speedweek title run and first for car owner John Trone. But what was even more impressive was that Hodnett, of Thomasville didn't even have all top 10 finishes and still took home the title and never once did the defending Williams Grove Speedway track champ ever feel like didn't have a chance at the title. "Never say never," Hodnett said about his come from behind Speedweek title run. "Anything is possible and I knew after Lincoln we were heading back to tracks that we're decent at and I knew we had a good shot at making up some points if we just kept plugging away and if we kept doing our jobs, we'd be alright. We had terrible draws (for time trials) for most of the week but you figure at some point, the law of averages will work out for everyone. Nobody has that much luck and everyone has good nights and bad nights. Consistency and perseverance always prevails." And that it did. Hodnett started the week with his single win of the series at Williams Grove Speedway and took an early point lead, one that we would play catch up from that point on. The driver of the Trone Outdoor Motorsports sprint had all top five finishes with the exception of both nights at Lincoln Speedway, where he was 12th and 13th. These two finishes coming a week after the team won at Lincoln. What was even more impressive is that Hodnett raced half of Speedweek without crew chief Lee Stauffer, who was on vacation in Hawaii for his sister's wedding. "Obviously with Lee being away, we came up with a baseline that we were going to go with and obviously our car was prepared with fresh stuff so we could get through the week hopefully without any major issues," said Hodnett, who has 23 career Speedweek wins. "Set up wise, we felt we would be okay and were able to put ourselves into position almost every night to be there at the end. We were competitive every night with the exception of Lincoln and were usually going forward, very rarely did we get passed. There were opportunities and maybe if a few other things would have fallen our way, it would've been even better." Alan Krimes was the Saturday night winner at Lincoln Speedway as Texas driver Sam Hafertepe, Jr. won his first career Speedweek show at Big Diamond Raceway. NASCAR driver Dave Blaney won at Hagerstown Speedway with Stevie Smith taking a thriller in the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial at Lincoln Speedway. Danny Dietrich came out on top of the Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove while Blane Heimbach recorded the Saturday night win at Port Royal Speedway. Tuesday night action at Grandview Speedway and Sunday's finale at Selinsgrove Speedway were both lost to rain. Believe it or not, these were not the first ever rainouts during any Speedweek series as many races over the years have been lost to the weather. It's a part of the game folks! Hodnett finished with 887 points to beat Fred Rahmer (872), Smith (863), Hafertepe (860) and Lance Dewease (822). Rounding out the top 10 money paying points positions were Brent Marks, Dietrich, Danny Lasoski, Chad Layton and Brian Montieth. With the help of the big Mitch Smith win, Dietrich led all drivers in money earned for the week with a total of $16,295 followed by Smith ($15,850), Hodnett ($14,300), Hafertepe ($12,950) and Marks ($11,350). Money totals include final point fund payoff which paid $1,500 to win for Hodnett. Seventeen different drivers had at least one top five finish during the week with Hodnett leading the way with five overall in the seven completed shows. Seventy-two different drivers and 76 different teams competed during the series with an average car count coming in at 34 per race. Port Royal's 40 cars was a series high while 24 signed in for the Big Diamond show. Of those 72 drivers, 14 different drivers competed in all seven shows while three drivers made six starts and another three made five starts. Six different drivers competed in four events with 12 drivers making starts in three and two events as well. Twenty-two drivers competed in just a single Speedweek show. PIT STOPS Dan Stone took home the big $4,044 payday after winning Sunday's Revolution 2013 Ufo/Three State Flyers late models series feature at Hesston Speedway. He defeated Kenny Pettyjohn, Jamie Lathroum, Devin Friese and Scott Lebarron. Saturday night will be Kids Night at both Lincoln and Port Royal Speedway's. Kids at both tracks will be treated to lots of great prizes and be able to partake in events during the evening at the tracks. Port will also feature bicycle, big wheel and power wheel races. The late models go in a championship event Saturday at the Port paying $2,000 to win. Donny Schatz and Daryn Pittman were winners on the World of Outlaws Sprint car tour last weekend with wins at Dodge City Raceway. Schatz won Friday night over Jason Sides, Kraig Kinser, Chad Kemenah and Pittman while Pittman scored the Saturday win over Paul McMahan, Cody Darrah, Sides and Tim Kaeding. Pittman continues to hold a commanding lead in the points as the Outlaws head to Eldora Raceway for this weekend's Kings Royal before heading to Pennsylvania next week for Tuesday night's Don Martin Silver Cup Twin features and then onto Williams Grove Speedway for the Summer Nationals. "Fred
Rahmer Week" is set to begin
Friday night at Williams
Grove Speedway. 5/24 The upcoming Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to the summer season and with it brings a huge slate of holiday racing action. Gone is the Keystone Cup Sprint Week that's been on the racing card for the past several seasons but there are still plenty of good paying 410 sprint car events all weekend long in the area. And if you are a lover of time trials, you will love this weekend as all weekend 410 events will utilize time trials to set the starting lineups. Friday night action at Williams Grove Speedway will feature a Race for Charity as the winner of the 410 sprint car main can determine an organization that Williams Grove Speedway will match the night's 50/50 portion. Therefore, the more 50/50 tickets fans buy, the higher the amount that will not only be donated to the chosen charity for the Grove's 50/50 portion but also whatever one the winning driver chooses as well. The 410 Sprint main will pay $4,000 to win and also on the card will be the PASS 305 sprints and fireworks. Saturday night features two big racing programs at Port Royal and Lincoln Speedway's. Port Royal will present the Fallen Heroes Championship Triple 25's for 410 Sprints, late models and PASS 305 Sprints. The fields for the 410 sprints and late models will set by times trials with $5,000 going to the 410 sprint winner with $2,000 awaiting the late model winner with both purses increased back through the field. Port will also have fireworks to celebrate the evening. Meanwhile at the Lincoln Speedway, former track owner/promoter Hilly Rife will be represented with a 30-lap $5,000 to win 410 Sprint car program joined by the 358 sprints and Central PA Legends. Selinsgrove Speedway will also honor the memory of a racing legend in the area with Sunday night's Ray Tilley Classic for 410 sprints. The event pays $5,000 to win as well as the PASS 305 Sprints and Super Sportsman join the action. It will the biggest weekend of the season for the Super Sportsman series as they will see action every night this weekend. The Sportsman tour heads south to Hagerstown Speedway for a rare Friday night program joining the Three State Flyers late model series at the Maryland oval. Saturday night it will be back to its normal schedule at Williams Grove Speedway as the series honors one of its fallen drivers-Wild Bill Heckert- in the double points Bill Heckert Memorial. Then, as mentioned earlier, the Sportsman tour closes its weekend with a Sunday night date at Selinsgrove. With the triple race schedule plus the double point show, this weekend will be pivotal as series drivers look to put themselves into position for a shot at the 2013 Sportsman tour title. The SNS Meet and Greet will be all Sportsman drivers as Steve Wilbur, Eric Eckert and Rick Barr will meet and greet fans in the infield prior to the races. WHY THE BAD RAP? It amazes me how bad of a rap Williams Grove Speedway and owner Kathy Hughes take each and every week from race fans and drivers. Williams Grove continually pays the largest weekly payout of any local speedway in the area and week after week, Hughes gives back to the drivers in the way of bonuses for lap money and bonuses for winning races from specific starting spots. How many of you knew that she put up an extra $5,000 on top of the winners share to win the World of Outlaw show last Saturday night. Unfortunately it was rained out and a driver wasn't able to take advantage of her generosity. She surely didn't or doesn't have to do that. Speaking of the rain, come on people. It rained pretty good for nearly an hour and then the humidity was at 82%. Had they raced, the track would be have been too fast and racing would have been lousy in a one lane hammer down groove around the top. And I bet, people would have complained about that as well! But in the end, just like most of the other cancellations this season at the track, the Grove made the right call by canceling when they did because it rained again about an hour and a half later and everyone's night would have been completely wasted. Let's look at it this way, perhaps those not wishing to support the track and constantly complaining about does or doesn't happen, better enjoy it now because it sure would beat the alternative. And in this day and age, the alternative may not be too far down the road so enjoy what you have because someday you'll be wishing you had it back. PIT STOPS Danny Holtgraver captured Saturday's All Star Circuit of Champions event at West Virginia's I-77 Raceway Park over lady racer Paige Polyak, Jim Stinson, Cole Duncan and Cap Henry. Kraig Kinser became the 14th different winner in World of Outlaws sprint car action with his first win Monday night at Orange County Speedway over Chad Kemenah, Tony Stewart, Paul McMahan and Donny Schatz. Central PA racer Ryan Smith had a ninth place finish. World of Outlaws late model regular Rick Eckert picked up his first win for car owner Paul Crowl Saturday night at Winchester Speedway. He defeated Dale Hollidge and Tommy Armel for the $2,000 payday. 5/3 Doug Esh was
in a tough predicament last
winter when his former car
owners Dick and Leslie Leach
announced that they were
retiring from sprint car
racing. 4/26 Austin Hogue is enjoying the best start of his young racing career. The 21-year-old Manchester resident has driven to three feature wins at three different speedways so far this season and hopes the good luck continues. "We've been pretty fortunate so far with starting up front but we won't be starting up front anymore," said the driver of the family owned No. 52 358 sprint car. "It's always good to get the wins out of the way early and it's good for the team to be running so well right now. It's been a lot of fun and we'll see if we can keep it going." Hogue opened the season a few weeks ago with a win at Trail-Way Speedway then came back a week later to win the 358 sprint car opener at Williams Grove Speedway. Then last Saturday night, Hogue made it three wins in seven starts with a win at Lincoln Speedway. Hogue said his team will concentrate on Friday night's at Williams Grove and Saturday's at Lincoln this season. "We really like Trail-Way, it's a great track and a lot of fun to race but we are kinda branching out this season," Hogue said. "We need to run the big tracks and learn as much as we can about these sprint cars and we knew we had to run Williams Grove to get better. So far it's worked out." Hogue was thrilled to get that first career win at Williams Grove and equally thrilled to win last week at Lincoln. "Anytime you can win at Williams Grove, it's pretty cool," he added. "It's just neat to race on such historical tracks that we have around here but it's also cool to just win anywhere in these things. And it's always great to get to talk to Wayne Harper (Lincoln's track announcer) and if you get to talk to him, you know you did something right at Lincoln. Lincoln's been a tough track for me but I think we've found something and we're excited to get back there and make sure that win wasn't a fluke." Hogue, whose car is sponsored by the family business-BAPS Auto Paints and Supply- along with Livingston Lawn Care, PPG Automotive and Refinishing, 3M, Automotive Systems Warehouse, Zirkle's Garage, Sitescape Landscaping, Crismor Machine Shop and Dick Smith Motorsports isn't getting caught up in points racing and is just looking for wins. "We're going to just focus on winning races," said Hogue, who is the current Central PA 358 Sprint Series points leader. "We have some family vacations planned so we'll miss some races but if you go and win races, the points take care of themselves at the end of the year. We're just looking to have fun and keep winning." ALL STARS INVADE POSSELAND The University of Northern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions invade Central PA this weekend with races Friday at Williams Grove and Saturday's biggie at Port Royal Speedway. No card-carrying member of the All Stars has ever won at Williams Grove against the Posse and the top of the local drivers will be looking to keep that streak going in Friday's $5,000 to win Diamond Series event. The biggest race of the early season in the area will take place Saturday night as Port Royal presents the Bob Weikert Memorial paying $10,000 to win out of a $34,000 purse. The race is run in memory of one of Pennsylvania's most decorated sprint car owners. Upstart sprint car racer Logan Schuchart, who won his first career race at Lincoln Speedway last Saturday will carry the familiar Weikert Livestock No. 29 color scheme Saturday night and will meet and greet fans before the races along with his grandfather Bobby Allen. Aside from the great purse offered to the race teams, fans in attendance will also get a chance to win some prime Weikert Livestock beef patties in ticket giveaways and the first 200 paying fans will receive a free Weikert hat. Greg Hodnett is the defending race winner and will be returning to competition this weekend after suffering a broken hand during Port Royal's season opener a month ago. Hodnett will also be in action Friday at Williams Grove. PIT STOPS Stevie Smith will return to the seat of the CJB Motorsports No. 19 sprint car for 40 races this season. The team will begin racing at Williams Grove on May 10th and will be in action over 30 times in Central PA this season. Smith will also run the entire PA Speedweek series in the car that will be a team car to Paul McMahan. Steve Kinser finally visited victory lane last week with the World of Outlaws with a midweek win at El Paso Speedway Park while Tim Kaeding scored his third series win Saturday night at Tri State Speedway. Daryn Pittman continues to lead the WoO points. Thanks to driver and business owner Jim Shuster, the Super Sportsman division will see some extra paying events this season in the Dynamite Series which will reward competitors in all Tour races this season. Shuster and his Newville Construction Services will add to the feature payoff at all tour events which will now see the winner earning a $1,200 payday plus higher payoffs for spots 18-24. Shuster will also sponsor a season ending race featuring the top ten drivers in heat race challenge points. That race will pay $1,000 to win. Eight years ago, no one really knew if the Saturday Night Series at Williams Grove Speedway would ever be successful. Williams Grove Speedway came on board to pick up the regular divisions left homeless when Silver Spring Speedway was sold. This Saturday night will make the beginning of the eighth season and could prove as the most successful ever if 2012 is any indication. Last season, the SNS was highly successful with car counts and featured several attendance records throughout the season thanks to Grove track owner Kathy Hughes. Hughes has made the SNS a family friendly show by making the program just $5 for grandstand admission for the past few years. Hughes will have the great priced racing events again this season as 17 of the 18 Saturday night shows will be just $5 adult-general admission. Children 12 and under are admitted free. The SNS has grown in popularity and has featured some great racing in all three regular divisions and 2013 should be no different. Frankie Herr returns as Super Sportsman champion, Gene Knaub is the defending 358 late model champion and Craig Morgan is back to defend the street stock title. Carmen Perigo, Jr. leads the early season Sportsman point chase after an early season win. Other winners this year have been Herr and David Socks. Over 50 drivers are on the 2013 Sportsman entry list and the division has easily boasted the highest car counts in any division at any track so far this season. WHATS HAPPENING The largest paying 410 sprint car race of the year is on tap Friday night at Williams Grove. The 30-lap Tommy Hinnershitz Spring Classic will pay $6,000 to the feature winner out of a total purse of nearly $30,000. Chad Layton won the event in 2010 and 2012. The 2011 race was rained out. There is a good possibility that Layton will not be in the field on Friday night to defend the title. Port Royal Speedway features Free Student/Camera and Autograph Night Saturday for its 410 Sprint, late model and 305 Sprint car program. All students ages 12-18 will be have free general admission and free admission to the pit area from 4-5pm for the camera and autograph session. Hagerstown Speedway will feature the Lucas Oil Late Model series Saturday night in the 50-lap $10,000 to win Stanley Schetrompf Memorial. Lincoln, Selinsgrove, Susquehanna, Bedford and Trail-Way all present regular shows this weekend. ANOTHER INJURY Super Sportsman racer Cody Fairchok was seriously injured last Saturday at Lincoln Speedway. The young Dillsburg racer crashed hard during hot laps and spent the night in the hospital. Fairchok suffered a fractured vertebrae, one compressed vertebrae in his neck and a chipped sternum. He will wear a neck brace for a few weeks and will be sidelined for a few months. Fairchok is the third driver in three weeks to suffer an injury during the early racing season. PIT STOPS Fred Rahmer won his third 410 sprint car feature of the season Sunday night at Susquehanna Speedway Park over Don Kreitz, Jr. Brent Marks, Logan Schuchart ahd Mark Smith while Ryan Wilson scored the 358 sprint car win over Kevin Nouse, Cris Eash, Rodney Westhafer and Tyler Ross. Matt Parks picked up the opening night win last Sunday at Bedford Speedway. Parks scored the late model win over JT Spence, Chuck Clise, Jeff Rine and DJ Troutman. Robby Black was the limited lat e model. For the third time this season, Daryn Pittman scored a win with the World of Outlaws as he drove to the win at Perris Auto Speedway last Saturday With the win, Pittman opened his WoO points lead to 133 points over Joey Saldana. Donny Schatz won Friday's WoO main at Kings Speedway over Chad Kemenah. It was a tough
weekend for several local sprint car
drivers. Friday night's Williams Grove Speedway opener will be a busy one for defending Super Sportsman champion Frankie Herr. Not only will the Carlisle veteran be starting off the defense of his championship, Herr will also have to be turning the wrenches on Nicole Bower's 410 Sprint car as the two divisions share the spotlight on the 74th season opener in the history of Williams Grove Speedway. But it won't happen this way every week as most of Herr's super sportsman races fall on a Saturday night so he will be focusing on Bower's sprint car operation every Friday at the Grove. Herr is looking forward to another year of Super Sportsman competition and knows it will be just as tough as it was a year ago, when the battle for the championship literally came down to the final lap at the final race in September. Herr hopes it won't be quite as exciting in that aspect this year but realizes he has plenty of competition ready to pounce on that title, one that he has won for the past three years and 18 times overall in his racing career. "We've got a lot of good competition, there's no doubt about it," Herr stated. "There are a number of racers capable of winning on any given night but we're ready for the challenge. We did our homework over the winter and our Dave Shultz are up to par so I think we're ready to have another good season." Newville's Russ Mitten gave Herr all that he could handle in 2012 and plans to do the same once again this year as will the likes of Scott Geesey, Carmen Perigo, Jr., Rick Barr, Bobby Hockenberry, Mike Enders, Scott Dellinger, the Fannasy brothers-Steve and Jay among others. "Last year we had some tough breaks that you can't control and it's part of the game and that certainly helped keep things closer than I'd liked," added Herr. "Russell had a great season and was right there every week. I think the turning point of the points came on the double points race when Russell won and we ended up breaking, but put an axle underneath just to stay on track and that made the difference in the final outcome of the year. You have to be around at the finish." Herr is also looking forward to the new lineup system being used this year for the Sportsman division. Officials have scrapped the "four week average" lineups as used in the past, and instead drivers will draw for heat races at every event but the top heat finishes will then be handicapped according to average points for the feature. This is the same system used for the Grove's Friday night divisions. "I think it's a good deal because it seems we got penalized for doing well and now we won't have that," he said. "Now you can go and draw a bad pill every week and you'll have to start in the back but you also stand a chance at drawing well. It will still be tough because you are going to have good cars in your heat race either way but the bottom line is, you have to make it into the handicap to stand a chance in the feature." LATE MODELS GET EQUAL BILLING Selinsgrove Speedway track promoter Charlie Paige announced last week that he will be making the track's super late model division an equal to the track's 358 sprint division this year. The 358 sprint cars have held the spotlight at the track over recent years but Paige has added a total of $1,465 to the purse for his late model division, bringing it on par with the sprint car class. The feature winner in each division will receive $1,500 to win a regular show. Paige also announced that the season ending point fund will be distributed to the top 10 drivers in points, rather than the top 15. The sprint and late model track champion will earn a $3,000 paycheck for a 2013 track title. CJB STAYING ON THE ROAD The Carlisle-based CJB Motorsports, owned by Chad and Jenn Clemens and maintained by Barry Jackson announced last weekend at the team will remain on the World of Outlaw tour for the balance of the 2013 season. Driver Paul McMahan got his first WoO win with the team last Saturday night at Silver Dollar Speedway in California and currently ranks runner-up in points, 78 points out of the lead. McMahan is the only driver within 100 points of current WoO point leader Daryn Pittman. The team, Central Pennsylvania's most professional appearing team over the past few seasons, had a driver change last year as McMahan replaced Fred Rahmer, who had driven the car for the previous five seasons. The team had tentatively planned on running all of the time trial shows in Central PA this season but with this announcement, that leaves a big loss for another quality car at some of the upcoming shows in the area. PIT STOPS Joining McMahan as a winner last weekend with the Outlaws was Kyle Larson, who recently made headlines after his spectacular crash during the Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway a few weeks ago. Larson won Friday night at the first ever WoO event at Stockton 99 Dirt Track in California… Shawn Seifert topped Mike Rutherford, Brian Carber, Tyler Esh and Heath Hehnly at last Saturday's season opening 600 Micro Sprint event at Trail-Way Speedway. Nik Gower was the 270 Micro winner over Rutherford, Jim Still, Steven Cox and Cory Myers while Scott Gobrecht won the Central PA Legends main over Robert Stough, Lucas Montgomery, Harlon Leppo and Chris Spidle. Port Royal Speedway hopes the third time is the charm Saturday night after two straight cancellations. A 5pm start time features sprints, late models and pro stocks along a visit by the Easter bunny and free chocolate bunnies to the first 200 kids handed out by Lance Dewease, Greg Hodnett and Tim Wilson. Lincoln Speedway will have a $4,000 to win 410 Sprint Championship Saturday night. Brent Marks is the current points leader in the Pigeon Hills. Hagerstown Speedway opens its late model season Saturday with a big Three State Flyers series event. For the 74th time in track history, Williams Grove Speedway is set to open Friday night. Track owner Kathy Hughes and track manager Justin Loh are all set for another great season of racing at the Monroe Township facility as the track once again will feature Friday and Saturday night action throughout much of the season. "We're ready to go and obviously the biggest change will be the Hoosier tires in the 410 division and we're hoping the racing stays as good as it's been with this change," said Loh, who along with Hughes were named 2012 Promoters of the Year by the voting panel of the National Sprint Car Poll. "Another change this year will be the 358 sprints drawing for starting spots for heat races just like the 410's. We're hoping we can attract some new cars during the season that can come and race and not get penalized if they miss a week. Features will continue to be handicapped for both divisions." While the Friday night sprint car program draws headlines each week, the Grove's Saturday Night Series is perhaps the strongest program going in the Central Pennsylvania area and 2013 looks like it's shaping up to be another good year for the SNS. "For the first time in many years, we'll have the Sportsman join the 410's on a Friday (March 29) and we're excited that over 50 cars have registered for the Super Sportsman this year," Loh added. "We'll still have the $5 grandstand admission every Saturday and we're looking to make the Meet and Greet's better this year by adding some workshops for fans to become more familiar with the racing" Meet and Greet's feature several drivers meeting fans before the races each week. Loh also said the track will bring back the racing program book for its Saturday Night series. Greg Hodnett (410 Sprints), Pat Cannon (358 Sprints), Frankie Herr (Super Sportsman), Gene Knaub (358 late models) and Craig Morgan (street stocks) are defending track champions. The 410 and 358 Sprints are on Friday night's season opening program. The Saturday Night Series begins on April 20. Twenty different drivers visited victory lane in the 410 Sprint car division last year with champion Hodnett leading the way with five feature wins. Brian Montieth (4), Rick Lafferty (3) and Brent Marks, Fred Rahmer and Logan Schuchart were two-time winners. In the 358 sprint ranks, Cannon led 11 different winners with three followed by two time winners Nate Hammaker and Mark Smith. Herr and Russ Mitten each had three Sportsman wins last year as nine different drivers scored a Williams Grove Super Sportsman win. Scott Geesey was also a repeat winner. Knaub led the way with five late model wins. Randy Stoudt was the only other repeat winner out of the seven drivers that scored a win while seven drivers took street stock wins with Morgan's four topping the division followed by Sam Rial's three. CHANGES AT THE PORT Port Royal Speedway will attempt to open its season Saturday night. The track season opener was rained out last week. Saturday night starting time for this week along with next week has been moved up to 5pm. Fans will be treated to double file restarts during late model feature events this season at the Port. The decision to change the restarts was made after conferring with several race teams. These starts will take place on all restarts until there are four or less laps to go, in which starts will be the normal single file. PIT STOPS Should weather be fine this weekend, it's a three race weekend as Hagerstown Speedway will try again to complete the Brawl in the Fall that was originally canceled last fall and then again fell victim to the weather last week. Features for the 410 Sprints, late models, big block modifieds and 358 sprints are on tap Sunday afternoon at the Maryland oval. Lincoln Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway will also see action Saturday night. Lincoln's show is a 410 sprint headliner while Selinsgrove will present its first 358 sprint car program of the season. Applications are now being accepted for the 13th annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Scholarship, honoring the memory of the late New Oxford sprint car driver that lost his life while racing with the World of Outlaws in 1999. The scholarship continues to be $2,000 and is awarded annually to a student enrolled at an accredited college, technical or business school. Applications are available at Tim Kaeding and Craig Dollansky were feature winners last weekend on the World of Outlaws tour at California's Thunderbowl Raceway. Daryn Pittman has opened up an 83-point lead already as Joey Saldana and Paul McMahan are the only two drivers within 100 points of the leader. It's the words all Central
Pennsylvania sprint car fans want to hear in
late February. 10/18 There are times during a
persons life that they cross paths with
someone that is just a genuinely good
person. 10/11 The drivers- Eric Tomecek and Pat Cannon. The owners- John Westbrook and Zane Highlands. These drivers and respective car owners will battle for the 2012 Williams Grove Speedway Tool Sheds of America 358 Sprint car point title in the final regular season race of the season at the track. Heading into the finale, Tomecek leads Cannon by 50 points after a long season of events as Tomecek looks for his first track title and also the first for his car owner Westbrook. Westbrook turned into sprint car owner several years ago after suffering a life changing injury at the Grove. Westbrook was paralyzed in a hard crash while racing his 358 sprint car. After his injury and extensive rehabilitation, Westbrook is now fielding one of the top cars in the 358 sprints ranks and would like nothing more than to capture that first title. On the other side, Cannon and Highlands are no strangers to wins and championships. In fact, should Cannon win the title, it will be his record breaking fifth Williams Grove title. He won titles in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 with the Highlands team. The team did miss one race this season at the Grove as they competed in a bigger paying 360 sprint car race at Selinsgrove Speedway. Both drivers have won one feature this season at Williams Grove while 13 different drivers have captured a win in the division. MORE RACING THIS WEEKEND While the racing season gets shorter with each passing week, there are still some events on this weekend's race schedule. Of course, Friday night will be the season final point race for the 410 and 358 Sprints at Williams Grove. Greg Hodnett has already wrapped up the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprint championship. Both Lincoln and Port Royal Speedway's will be in action Saturday night and both will feature the 410 Sprint cars in their season finales. Lincoln's show will be a 410 and 358 Sprint car program joined by the thundercars, going in their final points race of the season. Duane Watson is in the drivers seat for another thundercar title. At the Port, it will be the rained out Labor Day Classic to bring the season to an end with $4,500 going to the winner of the 410 sprint car main. The Super Sportsman join the program. PIT STOPS The All Star Circuit of Champions will bring a close to its season Saturday at Eldora Speedway where Tim Shaffer will wrap up another season championship. He will become only the third driver in the history of the series to win four straight national titles, joining Kenny Jacobs and Chad Kemenah. Dale Blaney is the Ohio region points champion while Daryn Pittman won the East region points. While the official press release hasn't been released, it appears Daryn Pittman will join Kasey Kahne Racing on the World of Outlaws tour in 2013 replacing Joey Saldana. Pittman has spent the past few seasons driving for Mike Heffner in Central Pennsylvania. As for Heffner, it will be interesting to see what direction he goes with his team. Does he stick with the "big name" driver or will a Central PA racer get a shot in the car. Expect Heffner to make an announcement soon. Doug Esh posted on his Facebook page that his car owners Dick and Leslie Leach are retiring from sprint car ownership and he will be joining a new team in 2013. The Leach's along with several of the Leach Motorsports sponsors will stick with Esh with his new team, which remains unnamed. With six races remaining on the schedule this season, Greg Hodnett and Danny Dietrich are a in tight battle for the Speedway Motors Central PA 410 sprint series championship. Following last weekend's events, Dietrich closed to within 61 points of Hodnett. The champ gets a $5,000 check and the runner-up gets $3.000. Hagerstown Speedway is now taking pre-entries for the upcoming Brawl in Fall, October 27-28. The event, which replaces the Octoberfest 30 will still feature Big block Modifieds, late models and 410 Sprints but the 358 Sprints have been added to this year's program. The modifieds and late models will go in 50 lap features while both sprint car classes compete in 30 lap features. If more than 35 cars are entered in the three premiere division, each race will pay $10,000 to win but with divisions with less then 36 cars, it will pay $7,500 to win. The 358 sprint winner will earn a $3,000 paycheck. Email reaches me at 9/27 This weekend's 50th annual
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Thanks to burda:ic we offer you more closed beta keys of LOCO (Land of Chaos Online). If you want to know more of LOCO, read this exclusive interview to Hendrik Loga, Product Manager for LOCO: Land of Chaos. Click over the image below to grab your key.
LOCO is a mix of three popular game genres. MMORPG, RTS and 3rd person shooter. Each character has lots of possibilities to get evolved like skilltrees, hundreds of weapons, armory and a lot of other items. The user earns EXP by killing hostiles, conquering strategically important positions or solving missions. Those can be invested into new abilities which should be adapted in response to the opponents actions.
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Karen Hardee, Jill Gay and Elisha Dunn-Georgiou
Integrating RH and HIV can greatly contribute to mitigating the AIDS pandemic by reducing unintended pregnancy; preventing perinatal transmission; expanding to more target groups; reducing gender based violence; meeting the needs of people living with HIV and providing our youth with the knowledge and services they need. Whether to integrate, how to integrate and exactly what to integrate will depend on a country's epidemiological profile, policies and program structures.
Experience with implementation of integration initiatives in countries around the world shows that scale up and sustainability requires attention to policy and program operations issues. This document, with links to a range of resources, will help CCMs, civil society organizations and others developing proposals for the Global Fund that contribute to preventing HIV and mitigating the effects of the AIDS pandemic through programs that link and integrate RH and HIV/AIDS.
Table of Content
- Introduction
- What is integration?
- What is the evidence that integration makes a difference to HIV outcomes?
- Given a country's context, what policies and programs could be integrated?
- What is Needed for Successful Integration? / Successful Round 8 Country Proposals To The Global Fund
- How can integration be monitored and evaluated?
- Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Manuals and Materials for Integrated Services
- References and Endnotes


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The Southampton Open Wireless Network
What is SOWN?
SOWN (the Southampton Open Wireless Network) is a project which aims to build a free-to-use wireless network in Southampton, UK. It is part of of the Southampton University Wireless Society (SUWS) which is also an Amateur Radio club. Our initial focus has been the University campus and Portswood / Highfield areas since that is where we live and spend most of our time, however anybody is welcome to join in and start setting up additional coverage in their area. Look at our wiki to find out more about SOWN.
Where is SOWN?
How do I connect to SOWN?
SOWN nodes are identified by the name SOWN in their network name (SSID). University of Southampton users can connect using their University login details. Community members need to register for an account. Look at our detailed instructions on how to connect to SOWN.
How can I get involved with SOWN?
As a first port of call you can either send us a email via our contact us form or join our IRC channel: #sown on irc.sown.org.uk. Look at our wiki to find out more about how to connect to our IRC channel as well as all the activities we get up to.
SOWN hold weekly meetings and are looking for more people to become involved so please come and join the fun!
We also hold monthly workshops that give the opportunity for everyone to get together and play with the network and wireless kit.
How can I help expand the coverage of SOWN?
You can request to host a SOWN[at]HOME node by filling in a node request. Please be aware that nodes can only be requested by staff/students of the University of Southampton. Due to the University's regulations, students in halls are not permitted to host nodes.
Is there any more information available?
Yes, our wiki contains lots of technical information about our network. You can also view our network topology.


text: A guide to van taxation 23 September 2011 by Parkers Team VED Bandings are not based on CO2 emissions Tax for vans registered before 2001 are based on engine size Benefit-in-kind taxation is set at £3,000 – a £600 annual bill If you thought van road tax was based on the same lines as car tax you'd be wrong. You might reasonably conclude that road tax rates for vans are based on CO2 emissions levels as it is on cars but you'd be wrong because VED rates are based on very different criteria. If a van is registered before 2001 the road tax charge is based on engine size so from April 2011 engines of up to 1549cc cost £130 a year and those of at least 1550cc cost £210. Six-monthly rates are £71.50 and £115.50 respectively. Euro4 vans registered between March 2003 and December 2006 are liable for £130 VED a year and £71.50 for six months and Euro5 vans are subject to the same charges. All vans registered outside of these dates pay road tax of £210 a year and £115.50 for six months. Similarly tax rates for the private use of company vans do not mirror the system for cars. All vans with a payload of at least a tonne pay a flat rate benefit-in-kind of £3,000 which means a £600 annual tax bill for employees on the 20% rate or £1,200 for those on the 40% rate. Added to that is a free-fuel benefit charge of £500, which is taxed at £100 in the 20% band and £200 in the 40% band. That all seems fairly straightforward but things do get complicated when you are trying to establish the difference between what is considered business and private mileage for employees using their employer's vans. If the van is used mainly for making goods deliveries or calling on customers and the only private use is commuting, there is no tax to pay but if the employee uses that van for regular personal trips they will be liable for tax, usually collected through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax code. If an employer considers that there is no tax to pay, they will need to keep sufficient records to show that the employee has the van mainly for work journeys and that private use is restricted to journeys between home and work. It's not completely rigid though. A one-off trip to the dump or say, helping a friend to move is not considered taxable but then again you'll be taxed if you take the van away on holiday. The tax charge is reduced if the employee does not have the van for the whole tax year, or if another employee also uses it for private travel. It's further reduced if the employee pays something for their private use. The fuel charge is not reduced further unless the employee reimburses the cost of all fuel provided for private use. To prove exactly what the tax burden will be employers can asked their employees to keep mileage records, sign an agreement about the use of the van and have the use of the van put into a contract of employment. The employer, if it considers an employee should pay reduced tax, must be able to show records of how its vans are shared. The employer must also record when the van has been off road for periods of 30 or more consecutive days if it wants a reduction and any contributions paid by employees towards private use of vans, and must supply proof that private fuel has been fully reimbursed. Tweet Related articles on Parkers The most reliable vans in 2011 Land Rover Defender 110 road test Nissan NV200 1.5dCi 108bhp road test Van drivers hit by Severn Toll hike Used electric van values run flat


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One of the often overlooked achievements of the NHL's victory over the NHLPA in the last CBA negotiations was the way the new system introduces more competing interests to the Player's Association.
The decision of the NHLPA to appeal the Ilya Kovalchuk contract is a good example of this. Under the old system, it was always in the best interests of the NHLPA membership to appeal overturned contracts – the affected player greatly benefits, while the other players benefitted indirectly in that every exorbitant contract (in term or dollars) helped raise the bar for other players and other teams.
Under the new system, that clarity is a thing of the past. While the affected player still benefits as directly and as obviously, the rest of the membership now suffers. If – as believed by virtually everybody, including the arbitrator who ruled on the appeal – the contract between Kovalchuk and the Devils was an attempt to circumvent the salary cap, the other players suffer because of increased escrow payments. It has become a zero-sum game; the NHL teams always pay the same amount of money, the only question is how it gets distributed.
Virtually every situation the NHLPA faces has the same difficulty of competing interests. Suspensions caused by injury bring about the same problem – the NHLPA needs to equally consider the interests of the player being suspended and the player who was injured.
Yet, despite those competing interests, the NHLPA only ever seems to represent one half of the equation. When the NHL hands down a suspension, the NHLPA might argue it was too long, but I can't recall them ever arguing for a longer suspension in the name of player safety, or in the interests of an injured player. The NHLPA opts to appeal contracts turned down by the league, but they've never asked for an investigation into questionable contracts – like those handed down to players like Marian Hossa and Roberto Luongo. In almost every case, the NHLPA defends the player directly affected; sacrificing long-term benefits for the majority of its members in favour of the short-term benefits of a single member.
This is probably the least-risk route, but the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that it's the wrong tack for the NHLPA to take.
In the long-term, NHLPA members benefit from preventing cap circumvention, in the form of decreased escrow payments. In the long-term, NHLPA members benefit from heavier suspensions, in the form of improved player safety.
What the NHLPA needs to do is identify the long-term goals that provide the greatest benefit to the greatest portion of its membership, and pursue a strategy that emphasizes those goals – a strategy that dictates what they appeal and what they ignore. My suggestions:
- Improved player safety
- Preventing cap circumvention and thereby reducing escrow payments
- Pushing for the relocation of teams with limited profitability into higher-profit locations
- Improving the number of contract options available to its membership – and if they're unable to increase the dollars coming from NHL teams (which they can't until the next CBA negotiations) then they should work to get their clients the most money from other leagues
It is the Players Association, not the league, that should be pushing for more punitive suspensions and less tolerance of illegal hits. While the league has some interest in reducing those hits (it doesn't look good when Steve Moore's broken neck makes the news in the United States) the interest of the NHLPA is both greater and more obvious – its membership shouldn't have to worry about career-ending injury every time they step on the ice.
Again, the NHL has some interest in preventing cap circumvention – protecting its small markets from illegal manoeuvring by the larger market teams – but at the end of the day, they have cost certainty. The same amount of dollars go out either way, only the allocation changes. The NHLPA on the other hand has a great interest in ensuring its membership doesn't have to pay outrageous amounts of escrow.
In the third instance, the NHL's interest in increasing league revenue (by ensuring teams are in the most profitable possible locations) is less obvious. Politics between individual owners, as well as the P.R. hit the league takes every time a team moves, make the interests of the league less than obvious. For the NHLPA, on the other hand, there is no such conflict – the more money the league makes, the more money available to their players. The fact that such pushing could act to create fractures between NHL owners is just gravy.
Finally, the NHLPA benefits from making more money available to its membership. When the NHL is the only legitimate option available to players, its teams have no motivation to increase the money going to NHLPA membership. Competition for players benefits the NHLPA – so the more money leagues in Europe have, the better, and the more they're able to compete with the NHL for players, the better for the NHLPA membership.
The last two points are directly out of sync with the interests of fans, and the first two could be argued to be, but that's not the NHLPA's problem. The NHLPA has to represent its membership – and it would do a better job if it took a long look at the big picture, rather than always defending the interests of the individual.


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By the 1960s, it was evident that the era of reservoir and dam building was nearing an end when the Army Corps of Engineers would not recommend construction of a massive reservoir on the South Platte at a place east of Brush called The Narrows. In 1964, concerned farmers banded together into the Lower South Platte Conservancy District to push for the project, which would have been the third-largest reservoir in the state next to the CBT's Lake Granby. But the reservoir plan was defeated by a vote of the taxpayers.
Despite the moratorium on reservoirs and increasing demands, the South Platte seemed to be growing. As far back as the turn of the century, the state engineer, as well as hydrologists at what was then Colorado A&M (and now Colorado State University) had noted that the South Platte was flowing longer than it had in the past. In fact, the river could be drained dry at one ditch's headgate and yet have water in it again a few miles downstream. Under "one-time use" Colorado water law, farmers do not have the right to recapture and reuse water that isn't consumed by crops after they've irrigated a field. They're required to return the unused portion, usually by ditches created for that purpose, back to the main ditch or river so that it can be used by the next farmer downstream.
These return ditches alone, however, couldn't account for all the water flowing in the river. The experts finally realized that some of the water had to be seeping from the ditches or soaking into the ground, then making its way to the river. And if that was the case, the water still belonged to whomever had a senior right.
Even with the added flow, the reservoirs couldn't meet the needs of all the water users on the South Platte. So the '50s marked the start of extensive reliance on irrigation wells. These were not small, household wells, but wells capable of pumping thousands of acre-feet from below the surface in a day. At first, no one gave much thought to where all that well water was coming from or the effect it might have on the river itself -- but that time was coming.
Water law was becoming more complex, and keeping up with who owned what priority right was increasingly difficult. River drainages obviously cross county lines, and decisions weren't always communicated from one district court to the next. So in its 1969 act, the legislature decided to divide the state up into seven divisions -- one for each of the major river drainages, and each with its own centralized, and specialized, water court with a single judge. The South Platte was the focus of Division One, with its court in Greeley.
But the act did more than create the divisions and courts. The legislature also established a "division engineer" position to oversee and police Colorado water law in each division, as well as consult with and make recommendations to the water court judges; the division engineer would report to the state engineer. The water commissioners, each responsible for a piece of the drainage -- such as Boulder Creek or the St. Vrain River or a stretch of the South Platte -- now worked for the division engineers.
The act attempted to bring well owners into compliance with the rest of the state's water users, too. Farmers with senior water rights had looked at their dry ditches and thirsty crops, and then at their neighbors upstream, who had junior rights on the river but were pumping thousands of gallons of water onto their fields, and complained: That had to be their water going to the underground flow. Few issues in Colorado carry the weight of water, and the lawmakers listened.
Well users were now required to register their wells and fall in line under the "first in time, first in use" doctrine - putting them at the back of the line. They would have to find a means to augment, or replace, the water they used and put it back in the river, or they would have to stop pumping.
Replacing water isn't as easy as simply buying some from an owner upstream and shipping it down the river to the injured party. The replacement water would never make it unless it was shepherded by the water commissioners past senior water rights holders, which the act authorized them to do.
This replacement process could cost more than it was worth. For every mile of river it travels, about 1 percent of the water is lost to seepage and evaporation. So about half of the 100 acre-feet of water released fifty miles upstream would be lost before the rest reached its destination. Well users preferred to find a source of replacement water near the point of impact on the river.
One of the first hurdles was determining how quickly underground water flowed to the river. Water pumped by a well a number of miles from the river might have taken years to reach the river; thus the "injury" and need to rectify it wouldn't occur until that point. This rate could vary depending on such factors as type of soil underground or steepness of the ground. So studies were conducted to map Stream Depletion Factors, or SDF, so that division engineers could calculate when water from a certain area could have been expected to reach the river.


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Management Team
Seth Richardson (CEO)
Seth co-founded DC Storm in the UK in 2004, designing and coding the early versions of its ground-breaking digital marketing technology platform. In 2006, Seth became CEO and has successfully taken the company onwards, orchestrating a number of key new product launches, and further developing its intuitive technology alongside first class service.
Well known in the Search and Affiliate space, Seth is respected within the industry for his expertise and knowledge. His astute business acumen assists brands to optimise their digital marketing via actionable insight and gives clients control across all digital channels; ensuring they have the competitive edge to succeed online.
Lewis Lenssen (Commercial Director)
As DC Storm's Marketing Director, Lewis has helped to mastermind the digital marketing technology company's growth strategy, building relationships with advertisers and the key agencies and networks looking to further optimise their digital marketing activity.
Previously, he founded and built the search specialist travel advertising agency Netizen Digital before turning his attention to helping a range of leading fashion and luxury brands to maximise their social media and online PR presence.
With extensive experience in digital marketing delivery, measurement and valuation, Lewis has a deep understanding of the channels available for marketing and building businesses online, but more importantly, how these should be tracked, analysed and prioritised.
James Collins (Operations Director)
James has spent his whole career in the IT industry and has held senior project management and consulting roles. As well as a sound understanding of technology, he has strong people management and change management skills that enable DC Storm to deliver excellent and scalable support services.
James joined DC Storm in October 2009 and has focused on building the professional service teams that support the DC Storm software. As well as a flexible and responsive client management and support desk, James has led the development of a training and accreditation program and a team of consultants.
Peter Hutchinson (Professional Service Director)
Peter started his consulting career working for Deloitte in their ERP implementation practice. In the last six years he has applied these skills to digital marketing and has been a director of a specialist search agency and a travel focused, full service advertising agency. Peter has a broad understanding of all channels of digital marketing but has also been involved in the detailed strategy planning and execution of several very large and successful search campaigns.
Since joining DC Storm Peter has provided consulting services to some of the larger clients and has helped several of the agency clients to plan the migration of their existing clients to DC Storm.
Tom Lewis (Client Services Director)
As Client Services Director, Tom runs a team of client managers, consultants and analysts, facilitating the effective delivery of bespoke tracking and attribution solutions that meet client requirements. Tom's project management skills and detailed knowledge of the complete digital marketing mix ensure the effective delivery of all DC Storm solutions, helping clients to realise maximum value from the Storm Platform.
Before joining DC Storm Tom managed agency teams specialising in the delivery of global multi-language PPC campaigns, gaining valuable experience with clients across a wide range of industries.