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Is your business website working for you?
Most businesses today have an online presence or are considering the process of creating one. However, just having an online presence isn't enough. Is your website doing what you want it to do?
Some websites actually may have an undesired effect on prospective clients or, worse, drive traffic to your competition. While these unfortunate problems could occur for any number of reasons, usually, the solution is simple and easily remedied.
Here are some vital tips to ensure your website does what it should:
1. Get a pro – If you want a site done right, hire someone who creates websites for a living. If you had a water leak, you would call a plumber. Creating an online presence should occur the same way. A good web designer helps you avoid frustration and saves both time and money. There are many elements vital to your site's success that only a designer can implement effectively.
2. Keep it current – Regardless of format, whether your website is an e-commerce site, a Wordpress blog, or even a Facebook business page, keep the content updated. A site without new content on a regular basis (daily, weekly or monthly) soon will disappear from search engines, making it difficult for new customers to find you. Returning customers will notice if things change, and, hopefully, updated content keeps them engaged and coming back for more.
3. Avoid dead ends – When you are working with your designer (remember tip #1?), make sure when your website launches, all of your content is ready to go. Nothing is worse than the dreaded "coming soon" sign instead of the customer finding an active website, especially if your target market is unique. Have to change something or haven't created content yet? Just disable the link temporarily. If the information isn't visible, the customer will never know what was or was not meant to be there. Give your designer content regularly (remember tip #2?) and make it a priority to have all links functioning properly.
4. "3-2-1-contact!" – One of the most important services a website provides its visitors is a way to contact you. Nothing hurts you more than a customer with a question who cannot get an answer. A good website should answer most questions, but sometimes direct contact with another human being is better. Make sure your contact information is easy to find and easy to remember. In this case, more is always better. Phone, e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn – these are potential ways for you to be accessible to your clients. Make sure you use and check them regularly.
Michael J. Caro is the owner/principal of Purple Rose Enterprises, a local technology firm providing services such as Website/Graphic Design and Computer Repair/Support/Training. Contact him at 804-517-8376 or visit http://www.purpleroseenterprises.com
Local couple wins wedding at Lewis Ginter
Richmonders Jim Morgan and Dan Stackhouse were married at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Lakeside Mar. 7 month after winning the Say I Do! With OutRVA wedding contest in February. The contest was open to LGBT couples in recognition of Virginia's marriage equality law, which took effect last fall. The wedding included a package valued at $25,000.
Morgan and Stackhouse, who became engaged last fall on the day marriage equality became the law in Virginia, have been together for 16 years. They were selected from among 40 couples who registered for the contest. The winners were announced at the Say I Do! Dessert Soiree at the Renaissance in Richmond in February. > Read more.
Fourth-annual Healy Gala planned
The Fourth Annual Healy Gala will be held Saturday, Apr. 11, at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The event was created to honor Michael Healy, a local businessman and community leader who died suddenly in June 2011, and to endow the Mike Healy Scholarship (through the Glen Allen Ruritan Club), which benefits students of Glen Allen High School.
Healy served as the chairman of Glen Allen Day for several years and helped raise thousands of dollars for local charities and organizations. > Read more.
Ruritan Club holding Brunswick stew sale
The Richmond Battlefield Ruritan Club is holding a Brunswick stew sale, with orders accepted through March 13 and pick-up available March 14. The cost is $8 per quart.
Pick-up will be at noon, March 14, at the Richmond Heights Civic Center, 7440 Wilton Road in Varina.
To place an order, call Mike at (804) 795- 7327 or Jim at (804) 795-9116. > Read more.
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Two events this weekend benefit man's best friend – a rabies clinic, sponsored by the Glendale Ruritan Club, and an American Red Cross Canine First Aid & CPR workshop at Alpha Dog Club. The fifth annual Shelby Rocks "Cancer is a Drag" Womanless Pageant will benefit the American Cancer Society and a spaghetti luncheon on Sunday will benefit the Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club. Twin Hickory Library will also host a used book sale this weekend with proceeds benefiting The Friends of the Twin Hickory Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
A taste of Japan
Ichiban offers rich Asian flavors, but portions lack
In a spot that could be easily overlooked is a surprising, and delicious, Japanese restaurant. In a tiny nook in the shops at the corner of Ridgefield Parkway and Pump Road sits a welcoming, warm and comfortable Asian restaurant called Ichiban, which means "the best."
The restaurant, tucked between a couple others in the Gleneagles Shopping Center, was so quiet and dark that it was difficult to tell if it was open at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday. When I opened the door, I smiled when I looked inside. > Read more.
One beauty of a charmer
Disney's no-frills, live-action 'Cinderella' delights
Cinderella is the latest from Disney's new moviemaking battle plan: producing live-action adaptations of all their older classics. Which is a plan that's had questionable results in the past.
Alice in Wonderland bloated with more Tim Burton goth-pop than the inside of a Hot Topic. Maleficent was a step in the right direction, but the movie couldn't decide if Maleficent should be a hero or a villain (even if she should obviously be a villain) and muddled itself into mediocrity.
Cinderella is much better. Primarily, because it's just Cinderella. No radical rebooting. No Tim Burton dreck. It's the 1950 Disney masterpiece, transposed into live action and left almost entirely untouched. > Read more.
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Mobile, mobile-only, mobile apps, smartphones: Enough said
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The unsinkable dot-com model had water gushing in from more leaks than it could plug this past year. But why did so many financial analysts fail to spot the ominous iceberg and fail to broadcast an S.O.S.?
In January 2000, the future of Garden.com seemed as bright as a daisy. The 4-year-old web retailer of plants and garden gear beat pundits' projections for the quarter and its shares again garnered buy recommendations from several leading securities analysts and investment bankers.
But was Wall Street, still in the throes of its soon-to-fizzle love affair with Internet stocks, looking at Garden.com through rose-colored glasses? Though the top line was recommendations to buy the stock, a close look at details supplied in investment reports reveals thorns poking through a determined optimism. Analysts issuing positive ratings did mention, but sometimes downplayed or ignored, potential problems-problems that moved to center stage only a few months later as the dot-com engine began to run out of steam. Robertson, Stephens, for example, noted a drop-off in traffic figures for December 1999 from the previous month, but dismissed it as "consistent with historical patterns." The same Robertson, Stephens report questioned Garden.com's plans for a new offline advertising campaign given the saturation of dot-com ads, but concluded that offline and online content would support the campaign, driving traffic to the site. Thus glossed over were two emerging truths that would define the year for many e-retailers: first, traffic isn't so much the point as sales, and second, continued spending on brand building isn't necessarily the best way to get the sales.
In May, Garden.com was still generating buy recommendations-and at some firms, on into the summer. At that point, some analysts talked up concerns about the company's cash burn rate and options for additional financing. But citing positive indicators such as new orders and web site ad revenues topping projections, some held onto buy recommendations pending the company's announcement that it would reveal a revamped strategic focus and plans for financing in September.
Others didn't wait. San Francisco-based W.R. Hambrecht, for example, in August downgraded its recommendation on Garden.com shares, noting doubts about the company's yet-to-be-announced new strategy and questions about future financing. Still, it stopped short of telling investors to bail out now and instead rated the stock neutral. Three months later, Garden.com was headed for the place where it would end the year: six feet under.
Up in smoke
Garden.com's story isn't unique; it's just one of the most visible. Many web retailers experienced variations on the same theme in 2000, disappearing in startling poufs for reasons that seemed obvious once the smoke had cleared. By the time the year ended, at least 210 Internet companies had shut down, according to a report from Webmergers.com, an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of Internet properties. About half of them-109-were b2c e-commerce sites. The closures put about 15,000 workers out of a job and racked up a collective loss of about $1.5 billion in investment funding.
How does a fledgling industry attract, and lose, that much money that fast? More to the point, why didn't more web retail analysts call the biggest losses earlier in the year, or indeed at all?
For starters, the industry's growth has been so fast that the traditional methods of evaluation didn't seem to apply. Throw in overblown expectations, a dose of in-house investment banking politics and a stock rating system that requires a decoder ring and it's a perfect recipe for why the big crashes among online retailers weren't flagged earlier by more analysts. Now, a one-year-older and wiser industry-from investors to consultants to merchants-is well into 2001 with a firmer grip on what factors best predict winners and losers.
Outright sell recommendations from Wall Street analysts are as scarce as-well, let's say they've been as scare as venture capital money for e-retail start-ups was in the second half of 2000. That truth extends across industries. On a five-point scale that rates stocks for investors from one as a strong buy to five as a strong sell recommendation, sell and strong sell recommendations combined constituted about 1% of the 27,000 recommendations issued by analysts for stocks of North American companies last year, according to Thomson Financial's First Call, a provider of financial information and broker-sourced research.
"About one-third are ones [strong buy], one-third are-twos [buy] and one-third are threes [hold]," says Chuck Hill, First Call's director of research and a former investment analyst with more than two decades of experience. "Theoretically, you should have as many sells as you do buys."
So why isn't that the case? Hill speculates on two reasons. One relates to analysts' concerns about companies cutting off communication following negative recommendations, which happens rarely. A second factor is that a chunk of many analysts' compensation today comes from their company's investment banking business. "If you're the investment banker or the investment banker wannabe, you want to stay on a company's good side so hopefully the next time they have to raise money they'll come to your firm," Hill says.
In fairness, there are reasons for analysts to be optimistic in their ratings, Hill adds. Overall, the market does tend to go up over time, offering some justification for a positive bias-although that's a rationalization that doesn't hold up in the case of Garden.com or Pets.com. There's also a built-in enthusiasm most analysts feel for the industry they've elected to cover.
These points aside, however, there are further complicating factors. Not all analysts use the same terms in issuing recommendations, which makes comparing recommendations difficult. For all of the above reasons, it can take a playbook to figure out what a rating really means-a fact of life understood by experienced market-watchers. "Buy can mean hold; and hold, sell and strong sell could all mean sell," Hill says. And neutral can mean neutral, or it can mean that the company is in essence on the deck of the Titanic looking at the scenery.
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Agent says £120,000 per week star wants Liverpool transfer but no offers yet
Agent says £120,000 per week star wants Liverpool transfer but no offers yet - originally posted on Soccerlens.com Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wanted defender Glen Johnson to stay at the club, but with every passing day it seems like the England international will not accept a bit-part role rather wants to play regularly elsewhere. His contract expires at the end of the season...
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Agent: Liverpool star searching for new club - originally posted on Soccerlens.com Liverpool star Glen Johnson looks certain to leave the club in the upcoming summer transfer window with his agent claiming that the right back is looking for a new club. The Daily Mail reports that Johnon, whose contract with the Reds is set to expire in the summer, could opt for a move abroad for...
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Liverpool star to hold summer transfer talks in the next 24 hours - originally posted on Soccerlens.com According to reports from trusted and reputed Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla, Glen Johnson has decided not to renew his contract with Liverpool and could leave the club in the summer for an experience abroad. The right back has hardly played over the past weeks and with each...
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Weights from Copenhagen: Skoglund vs. Johnson, Nielsen brothers in action
All the fighters made weight today in Copenhagen ahead of the Nordic Fight Night at the Albertslund MusikTeatret on Saturday, which sees the return of the Nielsen brothers and rising Swedish star Erik Skoglund take on former world champion Glen Johnson. Full list of weights below: Middleweight – 10 Rounds: Patrick Nielsen: 73.8 kg Lukasz Wawrzyczek: 73.3 kg Light Heavyweight...
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In fact, all three victims in the shooting — Abu-Salha, 21, her husband, Deah Barakat, 23, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19 — attended the Al-Iman School in Raleigh, N.C., where Jabeen taught. Jabeen returned to StoryCorps Wednesday to talk about that 2014 conversation with Abu-Salha. Q&A: Sen. Ed Markey On Protecting Data Our Cars Are Sharing By NPR Staff • Feb 9, 2015 Cars and trucks today are computers, and a new report overseen by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., comes with a warning: As more vehicles have wireless connections, the data stored in them is vulnerable to stealing, hacking and the same invasions faced by any technical system today. How safe are we in our connected cars? Next Witness: Will The Yellow Smiley Face Take The Stand? By NPR Staff • Feb 8, 2015 Emojis can be a lot of fun. Little pictures on our phones seem to express sentiments when words just fall short. Sometimes we need to punctuate our sentences with a sad cat, floating hearts, maybe an alien head. 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Clarion Project, by Ryan Mauro, March 24, 2015:
The Presidential race for 2016 is gearing up and candidates are preparing themselves for the upcoming campaign. Senator Ted Cruz is the first to announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
As each candidate announces their intention to run, Clarion Project will provide a summary of each candidate's positions on issues relating to Islamic extremism, in order to help our readers make the most informed possible choice come voting day. Should there be any significant changes, we intend to update our readers on the positions of any given candidate.
As Clarion is a bipartisan organization, we will not be endorsing any party or any candidate. All information provided is intended as informative only and should not be taken as evidence of Clarion's preference for any given candidate.
As Senator Ted Cruz is the first candidate to announce, a summary of his record on Islamic extremism is what follows:
GOP Presidential Candidate Senator Ted Cruz: Record on Islamist Extremism
Senator Ted Cruz announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on March 23, 2015.
The following is the Clarion Project's compilation of Senator Cruz's positions on Islamist extremism. It will be updated as the campaign develops.
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Islamist Groups in America
- Sharia Law is an "enormous problem" in the U.S.
- A nuclear-armed Iran is "the single greatest national security threat" today.
- Current nuclear talks with Iran are the "worst negotiation in the history of mankind."
- The U.S. should have "vigorously" supported the Green Revolution in 2009.
- The U.S. should not partner with Iran or its proxies in fighting ISIS.
- Sanctions on Iran and North Korea will "ideally overthrow their current regimes."
Iraq and ISIS
- The U.S. should not deploy ground troops to Iraq to fight ISIS if they must rely on the Iraqi government or Iran-linked militias for security.
- The U.S. should first increase support for the Kurdish Peshmerga instead of sending additional ground troops to Iraq.
- The citizenships of Americans that have joined terrorist groups like ISIS overseas should be revoked so they cannot reenter the country or receive constitutional protections.
Muslim Brotherhood & Egypt
- The U.S. should have successfully pressured Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to oversee a democratic transition but should not have supported his removal because he was an ally.
- Criticism of his human rights abuses was acceptable but "[President Obama] went further than that to topple him and replace him with the Muslim Brotherhood, whose interest and animus was rabidly anti-American."
- The U.S. should have demanded concessions from the Muslim Brotherhood-led government of Egypt in return for pledges of additional foreign aid.
- The U.S. "failed to support those calling for more inclusive and tolerant leadership" during the reign of the elected Muslim Brotherhood government. He said, "One of the saddest things to see was posters among the people that said: 'Obama supports the Muslim Brotherhood,' 'America supports terrorists.'"
- He said the U.S. should have severed aid to Egypt once the protests against the Muslim Brotherhood began. The lack of support for the opposition made the U.S. "in both perception and reality — entrenched as the partner of a repressive, Islamist regime and the enemy of the secular, pro-democracy opposition," he wrote.
- The Egyptian military's popularly-supported overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood is a "coup" and all U.S. aid to Egypt should have been suspended. Sen. Cruz's position was even more hostile to the new Egyptian military's overthrow of the Brotherhood than that of the Obama Administration.
- The Egyptian military's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhoodis responsible for provoking the Islamist group into violence and attacking Coptic Christians.
- The U.S. should only provide aid to Egypt if it advances the creation of a secular and inclusive government that honors the peace treaty with Israel.
- He praised Egyptian President El-Sisi for calling on the Muslim world to stand against terrorists who act in the name of Islam.
- The U.S. should have swiftly called for the removal of Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2011 "when there was a unified, peaceful and secular opposition to him." However, on March 24, 2015, Cruz appeared to disavow a policy supporting Assad's removal by saying he's a "monster" but does not "pose a clear and present danger to America."
- The U.S. must not arm Syrian rebels because of the inability to determine which rebels are a threat to the West and the likelihood that U.S. supplies will fall into the hands of terrorists.
- The U.S. must take the lead in developing a plan to "go in" and eliminate Syrian stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists. This was stated in June 2013.
- In September 2013, he opposed the Obama Administration's proposal for airstrikes on Syrian WMD capabilities and other regime targets after it ignored U.S. warnings against using chemical weapons in the civil war.


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Conservation Ontario Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Public Hearing #5 Conservation Ontario, on behalf of all conservation authorities and specifically in partnership with Saugeen Conservation and the Grand River Conservation Authority, respectfully submits this paper in response to the Agenda outlined for Public Hearing #5. This paper addresses only those agenda items for which Conservation Ontario has expertise and perspectives. Conservation Ontario Recommendations Regarding Regulatory and Technical Issues for Specific Sources of Contaminants and Water Quantity: Agricultural Contaminants Conservation Ontario has prepared a Draft Submission for Proposed Bill 81, the Nutrient Management Act. This is expected to be endorsed by Conservation Ontario in September, 2001 and will be submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as part of the Public Hearing Process. This submission represents Conservation Ontario's draft recommendations on agricultural contaminants as they relate to Bill 81 and excerpts are included for this submission to the Walkerton Inquiry, Public Hearing #5. Bill 81 addresses one component of protecting surface and ground water resources from agricultural impacts – nutrients. Agriculture may also contribute other contaminants such as sediment, pesticides and pathogens to water. In the wake of Walkerton, source water management addressing all land use impacts including urban development, septic systems and agriculture is emerging as critical to safe water supplies. Conservation Ontario strongly advocates that there must be a Provincial Water Policy Framework developed in order to address the complex issue of protecting water resources in a coordinated and cost-effective manner. The Nutrient Management Act is one tool in a Provincial Water Policy Framework. Conservation Ontario recommendations strengthen water and source protection potential for Bill 81, the Nutrient Management Act and its proposed Regulations. 1 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 1. It is recommended that: Bill 81 and the Regulations be broadened to incorporate watershed characteristics to provide effective water protection. This requires that watershed scale information on hydrologically sensitive areas are incorporated and considered in the local site specific farm Nutrient Management Plan (NMP). And that: Conservation Ontario be consulted in the development of Bill 81 and the Regulations to ensure conformity with watershed protection and Conservation Authority requirements. Conservation Ontario overall supports the intent of proposed Bill 81 to provide a framework for intensive livestock operations and nutrient management and establish Provincial standards. However, the extent of water protection benefit can not be evaluated until the Regulations are released and reviewed. Although this legislation is helpful for protecting water, it falls short and requires additional considerations in order to achieve a higher level of water protection from agricultural activities. Bill 81 and the Regulations must incorporate watershed characteristics in order to provide comprehensive source water protection. For example, a nutrient application in an aquifer recharge area or a municipal water supply wellhead protection area would have different best management practices required for nitrogen loadings than if only considering the current nutrient management planning (NMP) requirements as recommended by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). Another example is that a new livestock operation may meet standards for construction but without consideration for hydrologically sensitive areas may be located in a significant aquifer recharge area. A complete environmental evaluation and understanding of watershed conditions is essential for intensive livestock operations and nutrient management to protect water resources. Bill 81 should include a clause to emphasize the importance of watershed considerations in nutrient management planning. The Regulations must further define how this can be incorporated into the NMP process. Conservation Ontario is available to work with OMAFRA and MOE on such a clause in the legislation and its further refinements in regulation. The Province needs to invest in providing readily accessible watershed characterization information. As a watershed management organization, Conservation Ontario can assist with watershed data development and provision. Conservation Authorities locally may also assist with the NMP review process. It is proposed that Bill 81 would provide the authority to provide Regulations governing distance requirements for manure and biosolids near wells and waterways. Conservation Ontario supports this as an important measure to protect water resources from agricultural activities. This distance should be based on a formula which would consider site specific characteristics such as topography, type of watercourse, soil type, and type of contaminant source. 2 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 Provincial enforcement ensures a consistent approach across the Province. Proactive inspections of management activities will be more effective than a reactive system. The proposed NMP Registry will ensure that data is available to manage nutrients on a watershed basis and that accurate accounting of nutrients is occurring. Surface and ground water monitoring are essential to monitor changes in water quality and implement measures to address trends before serious environmental impacts occur. Conservation Authorities in partnership with the Ministry of Environment are implementing regional surface and ground water monitoring networks which provide regional data. Local site specific water information would be ideal for baseline information. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture Baseline Water Well Testing Program is a good example of site specific information that can be collected. Monitoring is required to document and react to changes in water quality and to review the effectiveness of the NMP approach. It is very important that all stakeholders be consulted to develop Bill 81 and the Regulations to ensure effective program implementation. Meaningful opportunities must be provided. Conservation Ontario should be consulted in the development of Bill 81 Regulations to ensure that watershed and natural hazards are considered as well as Conservation Authority requirements such as Fill, Construction and Alteration to Waterways Regulations. This would ensure that standards developed are compatible with Conservation Authority requirements and watershed characteristics; for example, new livestock operations should not be located in a floodplain to protect against spills and earthen manure storages should not be located in a significant aquifer recharge area. Conservation Ontario supports the ability to delegate components of Bill 81 functions as it provides the opportunity for local cost effective delivery. Conservation Authorities deliver extensive local stewardship and watershed management programs. There may be opportunities to discuss where Conservation Authorities could provide viable cost effective service delivery in specific areas consistent with their other watershed programs. Conservation Authorities can also provide valuable input into NMP, agricultural best management practices and other Regulations based on their broad experiences delivering watershed and agricultural stewardship programs across Ontario. 2. It is recommended that: Bill 81 and the Regulations related to Nutrient Management Plans (NMP) be broadened to further protect ground and surface water by adding best management practices for agricultural pathogens management. In order to ensure adequate source water quality protection from agricultural sources, the NMP should be broadened to add best management practices for pathogens such as E. coli, cryptosporidium and giardia. Ontario research has shown that these pathogens are widespread in livestock manure and, as such, pose a serious potential risk to human health if present in ground or surface water sources. 3 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 There is extensive research on best management practices for pathogen control from livestock manure. These were developed in association with watershed source protection programs in other jurisdictions; for example, there are programs to protect the surface drinking water supplies for New York City and Syracuse in the United States. These programs clearly demonstrate how water quality can be protected by incorporating watershed characteristics in farm plans. It is recognized that further research is required for appropriate best management practices for pathogen management in Ontario. Agriculture, academics, government, Conservation Authorities and other stakeholders need to work together to research and develop best management practices for pathogen management, to establish a protocol for including this in the farm planning process, and to update this as new information becomes available. Bill 81 and the Regulations should incorporate consideration for best available pathogen management and define the protocol required in consultation with stakeholders. 3. It is recommended that: The Province of Ontario develop a comprehensive long term approach to address the complex challenges of agricultural non-point source pollution. And that: This approach include education, technical support, financial assistance, research and partnerships of farmers, business, federal, provincial and municipal governments and Conservation Authorities working together for effective program delivery. Non-point sources of pollution by their nature are difficult to control and require a different strategy than point sources which originate from a clearly defined location. Agricultural non- point source pollution requires a multi-faceted approach which goes beyond Bill 81 and should be part of a Provincial Water Policy Framework if water resources are to be effectively protected. Educational programs are critical to increasing awareness of agricultural practices on water quality and affecting management changes to protect water. Programs must be directed to nutrient management as well as the other potential impacts of agriculture such as pesticides, sediments and pathogens. The Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) is an established educational tool for identifying environmental risk areas including nutrients on the farm. The current EFP could be improved by incorporating watershed characteristics into the risk assessment. There are many farmers who have not yet completed the EFP. This point reinforces the need for increasing support for agricultural educational initiatives including the EFP, OMAFRA and Conservation Authority extension programs to protect water resources. The Province should offer financial incentives targeted to assist with implementing water quality improvement projects. Financial assistance could include loans, tax incentives or financial incentives. 4 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 Many Conservation Authorities deliver rural water quality programs providing financial and technical assistance. In the absence of Provincial or Federal funding, municipalities have recognized the importance of these programs for protection of water and have provided the core funding to these initiatives in recent years. A Provincial and Federal recommitment to financial assistance programs is required to provide clean water for public health. OMAFRA has funded some "new" agricultural water quality programs delivered by Conservation Authorities through the short-term "Healthy Futures For Agriculture" program. Similarly, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada has provided funding through the "Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Initiative". This Provincial and Federal financial assistance is necessary and should continue. These programs must provide a longer term implementation schedule for effective delivery and support existing rural water quality programs as well as new initiatives. The Province should build on the expertise and experience of Conservation Authority agricultural extension programs rather than create new programs. Conservation Authority agricultural program delivery and development involves many stakeholders including agriculture as well as provincial and municipal governments. The Province has an important role in agricultural best management practice research and development and dissemination of watershed information with relevance to the farm. BMP's must be continually improved to address ground and surface water protection, consider all significant contaminants and incorporate watershed considerations. There is also a need for readily available watershed information to be considered for the site specific farm plan. Conservation Ontario recommendations regarding septage and biosolids are detailed in the next section "Human Wastewater and Biosolids". Conservation Ontario supports the proposed banning of land application of untreated septage through Bill 81 Regulation(s). Conservation Ontario supports inclusion of biosolids applications on agricultural lands in the proposed Bill 81 and Regulations. This may achieve a higher level of water protection from land applications. Of course, the water quality impact of the Regulations can not be evaluated since they are not yet available for review. Human Wastewater and Biosolids 4. It is recommended that: The Province require wastewater be managed in a watershed context, particularly where there are major point and non-point sources of pollution located upstream of major water supply withdrawals. And that: For such areas the Province require water quality monitoring and water quality studies including assimilation studies so as to ensure that the receiving streams meet 5 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 Provincial Water Quality Standards and remove any impact on downstream water supply withdrawals (e.g. issues of public health, taste and odour, etc.). And that: The Province support research into new innovative methods for cost effective wastewater treatment. The impacts of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment discharges on receiving waters must be assessed beyond the point of discharge using a watershed analysis. The cumulative impacts of discharges on a receiving water body can be significant with upstream and downstream effects on the aquatic ecosystem and water users. This can be evaluated through water quality monitoring and water quality studies including wastewater assimilation studies on a watershed basis. A watershed based wastewater assimilation study would identify the assimilative capacity of the natural water system to receive current wastewater discharges. As well, it would analyse projections for future growth and development and assess the ability of the natural water system to assimilate the associated wastewater treatment requirements. Growth and development decisions must ensure that wastewater disposal requirements now and in the future can be adequately assimilated. This is particularly urgent where water systems have reached or are nearing their maximum carrying capacity in order to protect the aquatic habitat. In some areas of the Province, decisions need to be made regarding where wastewater allocations should be given thus directing development accordingly. Improved cost effective wastewater treatment could achieve higher treatment levels resulting in less impact on the environment and affected drinking water sources. Wastewater treatment is very costly and often requires Provincial grants to rural communities. Many rural communities are on private well and septic systems with a high risk of cross contamination. This often results in a municipal wastewater treatment system being required to service the community. Improved cost effective methods for wastewater treatment are required for long term infrastructure sustainability in rural areas. Any instream water quality studies should assess the effectiveness of point and non-point remedial measures to determine the most cost effective methods to reduce downstream water quality impacts. 5. It is recommended that: The Province work in partnership with municipalities, Health Units, Conservation Authorities and environmental groups to encourage those using and/or managing private septic and communal wastewater systems to implement best management practices in order to maximize the performance of the system and minimize surface and ground water contamination. 6 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 And that: The Province implement programs requiring mandatory inspections and maintenance of septic systems targeted to water quality risk areas. And that: The Province support research into developing innovative and cost effective technology for private septic and communal wastewater systems. And that: The land application of untreated septage be banned as proposed to be included in Bill 81, the Nutrient Management Act Regulations. Improperly constructed and managed septic systems are a significant source of ground and surface water contamination contributing nutrients and pathogens to the environment and in some cases the individual's own well. Conservation Authorities are involved in many stewardship initiatives including those directed to proper well and septic management. These include grants to upgrade faulty septic systems, education and outreach, individual home environmental audits and research and training. Some Conservation Authorities have also been delegated full or partial authority for delivery of the septic system program in some areas of the Province (e.g. Ottawa and Eastern Ontario). Conservation Authorities work with many partnerships in the delivery of these programs. Optimal treatment from a septic system requires proper management. Many people do not know how their septic system works, if they have one or where it is. There is a urgent need to have users and those responsible for their septic systems learn and apply best management practices to optimize the septic system's treatment thus protecting the water resources. The Province should develop a mechanism to address septic systems which are old, improperly constructed or poorly maintained and therefore pollute the environment. A re-inspection program should be implemented to identify and remediate these septic systems. Programs should be first directed to areas which are identified as water quality risk areas in the watershed. The implementation of these programs should be coordinated with others with septic program responsibilities as well as interested groups such as local cottage associations. In order to ensure that septic systems function optimally, a mechanism should be established for a mandatory septic tank pumping program as well. There is a need for cost effective and innovative new technology for domestic wastewater private servicing. Provincial resources should be directed to organizations such as the Rural Wastewater Center in Ontario for researching and demonstrating alternative technologies. This is crucial to manage the requirements of difficult sites (e.g. bedrock) and to make these systems affordable thus improving the rate of replacement of inadequate systems. Septic approval authorities must be provided training and education to keep abreast of acceptable new technology options. The proposed Bill 81, Nutrient Management Act and Regulations would provide authority for a regulation banning the land application of untreated septage over a 5 year period. It is 7 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 understood that copies of such a Regulation are not available for review at this time. Conservation Ontario sees this measure as very important for the protection of water resources. It is imperative to develop a strategy for alternative disposal of septage waste. This may require providing additional wastewater infrastructure capacity to handle septage waste disposal and treatment. 6. It is recommended that: Biosolids standards, approvals and procedures should be improved for greater water resource protection. Proposed Bill 81, the Nutrient Management Act will include biosolids applications on agricultural lands in its Regulations and this may contribute to a higher level of water protection. The water quality impact of the Regulations can not be evaluated since they are not yet available for review. Land application is one aspect of biosolids management. Biosolids in this discussion includes wastewater management byproducts from sewage, pulp and paper, food processing and other industrial processes. Wastewater treatment is important to protect human health and the aquatic ecosystem. It also results in the byproduct biosolids requiring management through land application, disposal or other means. Each biosolid has specific physical, chemical and biological compositions posing varying degrees of risk to the environment. Biosolids management requires a rigorous review and approval protocol to ensure environmentally safe applications that protect drinking water as well as the environment. Proactive monitoring and inspection is required to ensure that prescribed standards are being used in the biosolids application. Long term water quality monitoring is required to evaluate if there may be any adverse impacts from biosolid applications. Biosolid Certificate of Approval applications consider a broad spectrum of site conditions such as biosolid quality, soils, water table, and crop nutrient requirements. The biosolid utilization guidelines and approval process should be improved by specifying watershed considerations in the biosolid application requirements. For example, an aquifer recharge area may require a lower biosolid application rate. There must be further research to review all contaminants in biosolids and determine the potential for impact on surface and ground water and health. In addition, research is required into alternative wastewater treatment and biosolids treatment to achieve higher levels of treatment and reduce contaminants. Separation distances to wells and watercourses should be scientifically reviewed. The separation distances must be adequate to protect water and will vary depending on factors such as topography, soil conditions and biosolid quality characteristics. Agency roles to address biosolids procedures and complaint responses must be clarified and properly resourced to fulfill responsibilities. 8 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 Other Contaminant Sources – Landfills, Urban Development, Industrial Activity, Forestry, Mining Conservation Ontario recommendations are general in nature to encompass all contaminant sources rather than specifically addressing each land use activity. 7. It is recommended that: The Province implement a Provincial Water Policy Framework and a mechanism to require that the siting of different land use activities consider watershed characteristics to protect surface and ground water resources from contamination. And that: Approvals for land use activities evaluate their environmental impact including water quality and quantity to ensure a healthy ecosystem and sustainable water resources. And that: Each land use activity governed by its respective legislation, standards, regulations, and guidelines be reviewed for adequacy to protect water and that changes be made as required in consultation with the stakeholders . And that: Targeted education, financial and technical incentive programs be implemented as appropriate in partnership with stakeholders to increase adoption of best management practices. This is critical to protecting water as many contaminants originate from non-point sources and do not lend themselves to regulatory controls. Conservation Authorities involvement in various land uses includes watershed planning and extends from a regulatory function, to providing information, to delivering stewardship programs involving education, technical and financial assistance. Land use activities interact with the water cycle and impact on the watershed. Many different approaches can be involved in land use activities to minimize water quality and quantity impacts: • proactive planning to direct appropriate siting of activities so that watershed characteristics are considered and hydrologically sensitive areas are protected from contamination. • regulatory approvals with operational requirements • education and incentive programs providing financial and technical assistance to adopt best management practices Different legislation, standards, regulations, guidelines and/or best management practices provide the framework for each land use activity. The effectiveness of this framework for each 9 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 land use activity should be critically evaluated for its impact on water resources. A strategy should then be developed to address water quality risk areas in consultation with all stakeholders. This could include amendments to legislation, protocols for plan review and operational standards. Strategies must include consideration for future projected impacts as well. For example, urban development is a major source of water contamination as demonstrated in a number of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The magnitude of population growth expected for the Province warrants a greater effort and strategy to address urban design and contamination sources such as stormwater and erosion and sediment control. These are all factors affecting surface water and groundwater supplies as well as the effectiveness and costs of future treatment. Additional resources are required to compile and provide watershed information for evaluating land use activities' impact on water. For example, there are gaps in water quality data being collected in the Provincial surface water quality monitoring network. This program is currently being implemented in partnership with some Conservation Authorities but is very dependent on available resources and hence delivered in a variable manner across the Province. Hydrologically significant natural areas such as wetlands and forests must be identified and protected for their invaluable role in the watershed functions and buffering the effects of land use activity on water quality and quantity. Water Quantity 8. It is recommended that: The Province of Ontario support regional/watershed studies to determine: a) how much water is available from groundwater and surface water sources to meet: i) present and future water supply needs; ii) environmental or aquatic needs. b) the effectiveness of conservation methods in reducing water demand. c) appropriate drought management strategies. Increasing water demands from a growing population, additional industrial development and more intensive agriculture will put increasing demands on water supply from ground water and surface water sources throughout the Province. At present the Great Lakes system can adequately supply the lake based communities such as Toronto and Hamilton and pipelines from the lake can service some internal cities such as London. However, pipelines, largely because of their expense, do not solve the water supply dilemma for smaller inland communities and private rural users. At present, there are few regional or watershed studies available to estimate the availability of ground and surface water supplies. Regional studies are needed to estimate how much water is available for municipal water supply, livestock watering, crop irrigation, rural needs for processing and washing as well 10 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 as the needs of the natural environment (aquatic/fishing functions and wetland functions). Parallel conservation studies are needed to examine the effectiveness of management alternatives for reducing water demand. Watershed drought management studies should be developed as part of water supply studies. Recent droughts in 1997-98 and 2001 have stressed surface and ground water supplies throughout southern Ontario. More work is required in advance of such events so that they are not dealt with in a crisis management mode. 9. It is recommended that: Source protection include water quantity as well as water quality. Water supply for both human consumption and for supporting aquatic/fishing resources is dependent on maintaining adequate quantity and quality in both surface water and ground water. Increasingly, surface and ground water supplies are being depleted and water allocation will become an increasing contentious issue as growth proceeds. 10. It is recommended that: The Province support the development of decision support tools such as water budget and groundwater models to aid in the long term management of watershed water supply issues. Decision support tools such as water budget models and ground water modelling aid in: a) understanding the existing hydrologic process; b) determining the sustainability of water taking; c) determining the ecological impacts of such takings; d) identifying areas susceptible to droughts; e) determining the impacts of future scenarios on water supplies. Some future scenarios are: long term climate change, land use change, population increase and agriculture intensification. 11. It is recommended that: The existing Permit to Take Water program be reviewed and improved so that it becomes an effective regulation to aid in planning, allocating and protecting Ontario's water resources. The Permit to Take Water program is the principle means by which the Ontario Ministry of the Environment regulates the taking of water in the Province. Under Section 34 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, a permit to take water is required for most water taking of 50,000 litres per day or greater in Ontario. This permit applies to groundwater or surface water. 11 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01 On February 1, 2001, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) submitted a study to the Walkerton Inquiry that pointed to deficiencies in the management of water taking in Ontario (Reference: Ontario's Permit To Take Water program and the protection of Ontario's Water Resources – January, 2001 by ECO). The Commission concluded that "MOE's administration of Ontario Permit To Take Water program is inadequate and needs improvement … In the absence of such improvements there are serious questions about the usefulness of the information from the PTTW program. Without a database of reliable water taking information, there is significant risk that many water taking permits will be granted and land use planning decisions made without adequate knowledge of the availability of water resources. Furthermore, decisions about water resources will not be made in a transparent and publicly accountable manner, contrary to the goals of the EBR". Conservation Authorities, if properly resourced, can play a significant role in this regard in terms of assessing the technical merits of each application and providing advice to MOE in the context of an overall water budget for each watershed. The Permit To Take Water program plays a vital role in: a) assessing water demand, an essential part in determining the adequacy of available water supplies (Refer to Recommendation 8). b) regulating water taking in a fair and equitable manner. 12. It is recommended that: The various governments identify and quantify the roles of existing wetlands, forests and riparian areas and protect, enhance and restore those that provide water quality and quantity benefits. Wetlands, forests and riparian areas provide many critical hydrological and biological functions which maintain the health and abundance of freshwater resources. They filter pollutants and sediments and provide essential surface water storage and groundwater recharge. While provincial policies are in place to protect provincially significant wetlands, many wetlands are afforded little protection because they are not considered provincially significant or have not yet been classified and evaluated. Even when development is set back from wetlands, the flow of surface and ground water that sustains the wetlands is disrupted. Watershed studies are required to determine the benefits and water management roles of natural areas and to identify the management approaches that are necessary to best protect, enhance and restore key natural areas. Additional resources are required for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources or their delegates to update, classify and evaluate all wetlands in Ontario. 12 Conservation Ontario: 08/24/01
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As a Miles Davis fan, you won't want to miss this program on Ovation, airing Sunday, November 21 at 1:00PM.
When Discovery Channel debut's it's all-new series, Brew Masters this Sunday, November 21 at 10pm ET/PT, why not RSVP to join one of the Brew Masters Meetups or to watch at home.
Starting Sunday, Nov. 21 at 10PM on the Discovery Channel, join host Sam Calagione and his Dogfish Head team as they travel the world searching for the ingredients and techniques they need to produce beers of astounding originality. The first episode is about the Dogfish Head Bitches Brew!
WATCH the trailer now!
Monster®, a leading manufacturer of high-performance headphones and other advanced audio solutions, is teaming up with Magnolia Home Theater to "bring back the high-end audio experience" As part of the Monster and Magnolia effort to inspire consumers and to energize the CE community's commitment for "the Great Audio Experience," there will be a panel and demo set-up at this years AES in San Francisco on Saturday, November 6, from 4-6PM in the Moscone Room #122.
On the documentary that accompanied Sony's 50th anniversary reissue of Miles Davis' enduring classic 'Kind of Blue,' the sublime rapper Q-Tip noted the ubiquity of the best-selling jazz album of all time. "It's like the Bible," he said. "You just have one in your house."
Erin Davis Represents Sir Miles Davis Academy as "Principal for a Day" at 13th Annual Chicago Public Schools Event
WHO: ERIN DAVIS, son of late jazz icon MILES DAVIS, will represent SIR MILES DAVIS ACADEMY as "PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY" during the Chicago Public Schools 13th annual event, created by Mayor Richard M. Daley. He will be supported by his cousin, Vince Wilburn, Jr., nephew of Miles Davis, who was "Principal For A Day" in 2009, along with Vince Wilburn, Sr.
The Guardian newspaper's music blog today featured Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet as one of the 50 Greatest Moments In Jazz. The newspaper wrote, "Their solos were fresh and original, and their individual styles fused with a spontaneous fluency that was simply astonishing." You can read more of the article at The Guardian website.


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Ohio Governor's Police Panel Calls For More Oversight
A task force studying Ohio police and community relations has narrowed down list of potential recommendations.
This student-made video explores the career of veterinary medicine.
Owners of pets and other animals today expect superior veterinary care. To provide this service, veterinarians use the skills of veterinary technologists and technicians, who perform many of the same duties for a veterinarian that a nurse would for a physician.
Although specific job duties vary by employer, there is often little difference between the tasks carried out by technicians and technologists, despite differences in formal education and training. However, most technicians work in private clinical practice while many technologists have the option to work in more advanced research-related jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)


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I adore everything about Caitlin Wilson. Her designs are so punchy yet refined. I think her kitchen may be my most favorite kitchen of all time. So soft and lovely.
Category Archives: interiors
nesting boxes part deux.
Many of you were upset when my favorite Kate Spade nesting boxes that I used in our office were sold out. The are so great for organizing and stashing things away. The good news is that now they come in this fabulous green and black combo. How awesome is that Ikat print?
von fitz design.
I am so in love with the aesthetics of L.A.-Based designer team Von Fitz Design. So clean and modern, yet punchy and fun!
anthro's house & home.
Anthropology's House & Home LookBook is out- and it's pretty awesome.
Loving everything about these chairs.
How amazing is this bed?!?…and these campaign dressers?
I want to sleep on this couch. Now.This armoire makes me weak in the knees!
The combination of the distressed wood and the gold campaign hardware on this dresser make it so uniquely awesome.
This dresser may be my favorite of all.


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December 14, 2013
A lovely large handle for my lovely large hands (i'm a semi-pro judo player) & a stylish design. why do birds sitting on a wire not get electrocuted? low water content perhaps. nevertheless, i absolutely love my new mugs. keep up the good work mountain warehouse :)
January 06, 2014
I must like the mh logo as i have several t-shirts with it on, and now a mug. this was a bit of an impulse buy but it seems to function in all the ways a mug should.
January 21, 2014
Good sized handle
February 12, 2014
Lovely design and great quality
February 17, 2014
Nice simple pattern
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What Is Web 2.0, submitted by me. Perhaps my explanation of Web 2.0 was a little convoluted. Here's a visual aid from one of the key men behind Web 2.0 which does a much better job of explaining what it is than my unsophisticated and unfair representation.
If you can look at that and see anything over than an inscrutable mess, please roll your chair back until you cannot reach your keyboard and stay there.
Rock legend David Bowie has changed his identity with almost every album. Can you remember all these classic Bowie characters?
Tucker Carlson's idiot brother just called New York mayor Bill de Blasio's spokeswoman a "LabiaFace."
A psychic terrorist travels to the 1990s to win his true love by murdering her entire wedding party!
The SA Goons deliver another knockout round of soccer GIFs!
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text: It's only worth it if you stay in the rooms that start in the 400s and 500s because it's looking over the city and closer to the pool. I stayed on the first level room #203. Only a view of the parking and with binoculars I might see a bit of the city. Nice little balcony with tables and cchairs.... More