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FORT WALTON BEACH — The City Council has allowed its staff to continue to negotiate with the developers of the Landmark Center in hopes that they can come up with a development agreement that will allow the project to move forward.
The first of at least two public hearings was held Tuesday night to discuss the proposed development agreement for the Landmark Center, a 122,000-square-foot mixed-use project being developed by Ft. Walton Development Partners. It would include 90 hotel rooms, 15 corporate apartments, a swimming pool, 31,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and a 343-space parking garage.
To see the background documents from Tuesday's discussion on the Landmark Center, click here.>>
At the start of Tuesday's public hearing, Steve Christopher of Ft. Walton Development Partners presented a revised version of its proposed development agreement after the city staff recommended earlier that the council reject the one initially submitted.
In addition to reviewing the new development agreement application, City Councilman Bobby Nabors made a motion to allow the staff to negotiate with the developers to come up with an agreement before the next public hearing scheduled for Feb. 12.
"It sounds like we've made a lot of progress with the development, and I think we can get to a point where we can all agree that the projects works for both sides," Nabors said. "I'd like to try to get to that point."
One of the main reasons the city staff recommended the council not approve the initial application was that it was not consistent with the already-approved development order for the project.
Based on the original development order from August 2007, the city would lease land to the developers to build a parking garage with a minimum of 343 spaces. The city would then have purchased the parking garage for $3.66 million, but allow the developers to retain exclusive use of 36 parking spaces. The city would have the authority to decide if it wanted to charge users to park there.
However, the application discussed Tuesday proposed that the city lease 220 parking spaces in the garage for 30 years for $4 million. It would be paid over eight years with money from the Community Redevelopment Agency fund, as well as a portion of the utilities, taxes, insurance, management and security fees for the parking garage.
Although the motion to allow the staff to resume negotiations with the developers was approved unanimously, Councilman C.H. "Bull" Rigdon urged the council to make a decision at its Feb. 12 meeting.
"We have kicked this back and forth about this project, and I think it's (not) for our benefit and the developers' benefit we keep saying 'move this and move that.' I think this council ought to say we're either for it or we're against it," Rigdon said. "Let's tell these people we ought to build or no we shouldn't. Going to another hearing is not going to solve the problem."
Rigdon said he would not vote for the project as long as the taxpayers have to pay the $4 million.
Residents packed City Hall for hearing. Several of them spoke in favor of the project while others were opposed.
Chris Gibson of Fort Walton Beach said she was concerned the Landmark Center would add to the traffic on an already congested U.S. Highway 98, among other issues.
"We don't know what the future's going to bring," Gibson said. "What's going to happen if for some reason the CRA doesn't bring in the money it thinks it's going to bring in? That obligates the city as a whole (for the money) to come out of its general fund to pay for this amount of money they're asking for … That means you would have to raise our taxes in order to pay for this."
Jonathan Sansom spoke in favor of the project. He said Fort Walton Beach was in its grandeur 20 years ago and was named one of the 20 best small cities to live, but has regressed.
"It is a constant complaint that this city continues to handicap the progress and growth that it has the potential of moving forward with," Sansom said. "When we have private investors who are willing to bank on this area and we as city leaders are not doing our due diligence to really be progressive and partnering with them, but looking for every reason not to, then I think it really falls on the head of the leadership of our city and the responsibility of it lies with us in this room.
"I've lived here all my life," Sansom added. "I have had to sit in the traffic of 98 for hours just to go over Brooks Bridge. I'm very aware of that traffic. I don't like it, either, but I would much rather see a way to capitalize on that traffic rather instead of just complain about it as it passes through Fort Walton Beach into Destin."
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Levon Helm's Last Waltz
Except, possibly, to his onetime musical cohort Robbie Robertson—who may be glumly realizing that people will be unlikely to get this choked up when he passes—the outpouring of online love for ex-Band drummer Levon Helm, who died last Thursday after a 14-year battle with cancer, was no surprise. Even so, I'd have bet anything my own mourning would stay on the remote side. Live and learn.
Calling myself only a very occasional fan of the Band would be an understatement. True, they were one of the first acts I saw live back in the Pleistocene era—with Aerosmith opening for them, in hindsight the night's most piquant joke. But they were never renowned for fireworks in concert, and their show was pretty dull.
I still think the one and only Greil Marcus should have pumped up Creedence Clearwater Revival or the Grateful Dead instead of the Band in Mystery Train. Among that landmark book's four major topics—Elvis, Sly Stone, and Randy Newman were Marcus's other "inheritors"—there can't be much doubt which pick turned out to be the least durable. At best, we're talking two emblematic but never quite seismic albums featuring a handful of classic tunes, followed by a lot of misfires and guff that climaxed in the most overweening goodbye-to-all-that (The Last Waltz, which Helm reportedly hated) in rock history.
If not for their fortuitous linkup with Bob Dylan—an association Helm staunchly sat out for the most part—I'm not sure the Band's impact or influence would deserve more attention than, say, the Lovin' Spoonful's, let alone the Byrds'. And so far as impact and influence worth praising goes, I'll take the Stooges any day. Nonetheless, within minutes of learning last week that Helm probably wasn't long for this world, I reacted in the usual contemporary way of instinctively heartfelt tribute. That is, I googled "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and posted the YouTube link I'd decided I liked best, visually augmented by somebody's not too badly chosen vintage imagery of the Civil War. And as always, Helm's incautiously distance-free lead vocal—politically incorrect, since nowadays, mourning the Confederacy's demise without irony is no quick ticket to enlightened kudos—had its way with me.
Not only the Toronto-born Robertson's Americana whisperer, Helm the Arkansas cotton farmer's son personified an often history-disdaining counterculture's links to hardscrabble roots that both predated and outlasted World War II, adding that most pined-for and usually most illusory of rock values—authenticity—to what remained, in essence, Robertson's highly sophisticated and self-conscious frontier mummery. (There may be excellent reasons to prefer his outfit musically, but their 19th-century gravitas wasn't any less of a deliberate construct than Alice Cooper's theatrics.) Because I was as cowed by the Band's prestige rep as most collegiate rock fans when I started listening, it took me a long time to work out that the only songs of theirs I had any emotional investment in—or just honest-to-gosh enjoyed, which may have been the gateway—were the ones Helm sang lead on.
Beyond the deep affection summoned up by his passing, which was more vivid in my case for having been mostly unsuspected, the '60s-generation milestone that's stayed largely subterranean here is that Helm can't be described as having died young. By today's standards, 71 may not qualify as anyone's idea of dotage, but it's still past the biblical three-score-and-ten—an old-fashioned benchmark that seems suited to him. Boomers are used to losing their musical heroes prematurely; even Jerry Garcia and George Harrison were only in their fifties. A death like Helm's, on the other hand, brings our own mortality into view—winter's coming, and that's all there is to it. Call me sentimental for wishing that the very last to go is a triumphantly 98-year-old Charlie Watts.
David in Nashville
Mon, 2012-04-23 15:16
I began my Friday history class on the New South at Vanderbilt by playing the "Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" clip from *The Last Waltz*--not my favorite performance, but it well captured Levon Helm's passion. As it happened, my students had just done a unit on southern Confederate memory [white and black], including a look at efforts by the likes of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to control it. I told my students that there was more real historical experience in that song than in all the mealy-mouthed UDC catechisms ever drafted. Hardly any of them had ever heard of Levon Helm [Hardly any of them are from Nashville, actually; his Rambles at the Ryman were among the most important musical events of the last few years], but I think they got it.
Mon, 2012-04-23 15:56
"politically incorrect, since nowadays, mourning the Confederacy's demise without irony is no quick ticket to enlightened kudos" - except the song doesn't mourn the Confederacy's demise, but the narrator's brother's demise, in a war where farmers and the working class died for the privilege of the elite. Not the same as glorifying a slave-holding culture at all.
Tom Carson
Mon, 2012-04-23 18:08
Dear LdeG, we agree about "a war where farmers and the working class died for the privilege of the elite." But claiming that the song doesn't mourn the Confederacy's demise seems like a bit much to me. The "night" in the title is the night the speaker learned that "Richmond had fell," after all -- not when his brother died. I don't think of the song as a glorification, just testimony.
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If you have followed the discourse of your interest through this far you'll probably want to know how the delivery process works. This is where the scriptures come in so please follow the may links that are provided.
- Destructive Traits Final Process
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- The spiritual process is the same universally through all of the destructive traits.
Destructive behaviors are manifestations of the same universal root cause. ReprobateCore
For those lucky enough to have these manifestations the universal root cause is more evident to see and prove and therefore extract. Sadly for the many that are more able to contain these manifestations socially the root cause is hidden and deniable and therefore less likely to be dealt with.
God uses these manifestations both to prove the root cause, but also as a vehicle of proving His greater hope and plan and sufficiency. PersonalDestructiveTraitsIntro
In Jesus Christ dict:all Jesus we have the total package, the total sufficiency salvation redemption atonement sanctification reconciliation mercy grace truth judgment forgiveness. We have the accurate reflection of God's truest image.
In the resurrection of Jesus Christ we have been given tremendous promises kjv@2Peter:1:4 - joy peace wisdom knowledge Holy Spirit instruction renew and most importantly in our immediate discussion the new creature kjv@2Corinthians:5:17 note:NewCreatureInChrist filter:NT good fruit .
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kjv@Romans:10:9-11 Paul speaks to the belief and acknowledgement.
kjv@Romans:12:1-3 Paul speaks of a means of daily self sacrifice that proves out God's perfect and acceptable will.
kjv@2Peter:1:4-12 Peter outlines continual steps of daily application. David conquers kjv@Psalms:56:13
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Mumbai, October 9, 2013
Jet Airways' JetPrivilege, India's largest frequent flyer programme, today announced its partnership with ColorPlus, the ready- to- wear smart casual brand for men.
Thus, JetPrivilege will provide yet another new opportunity for members to earn JPMiles in the ever expanding retail category with this new partnership.
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The mission of the Graduate Program in Education at Morningside College is excellence in teaching. Morningside offers the Master of Arts in Teaching degree, as well as graduate teaching endorsements. The program supports professionals as they continue to develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are characteristic of an effective educator. It prepares them to be leaders and role models for others in their workplace.
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Carlsbad's shift to merit raises may be explored by others as way to rein in costs
The approximate total increase in California state worker compensation costs since 2006-07
Sacramento San Diego County was at the vanguard of public pension dial-backs that swept California last year. Now, Carlsbad's decision to do away with automatic pay increases for government employees as they accumulate years of service could put the county at the forefront of a new wave.
Public employee contracts often make news when disputes arise about "across the board" raises, which boost pay scales top to bottom. Lesser publicized are the automatic "step increases" that generally accrue to employees as they serve time on the job.
In a deal with unions, Carlsbad has put a stop to that, opting to spend the same amount of money on merit increases instead.
"When I hear that employees will get raises based on performance, I say, 'Welcome to the real world,' " said Kris Vosburgh, executive director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. "It would be nice if other cities around the state followed suit."
Leaders of some cities believe embracing a similar pay system could be the answer as they look to rein in costs and recover from the economic downturn. Unions are viewing any attacks on egalitarian pay with suspicion.
"It's going to be interesting to see what happens with other agencies," said Chris Burdick, a retired public-sector union negotiator in Northern California and now an arbitrator in Marin County. "The unions will fight like wounded tigers to avoid the spread of this."
Much like pensions, which were once available to employees of many sectors but have become a government phenomenon, the step increases are an obscure but standard perk enjoyed primarily by public employees.
Any broad campaign to ax automatic raises is sure to face stiff opposition, much like San Jose and San Diego faced last year in their battles to curb lifetime pension benefits awarded to public employees in the days when the state seemed flush with cash.
Steven Kreisberg, national collective bargaining director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said the demoralizing aspects of a so-called merit system outweigh any motivations. Supervisors don't spend enough time to accurately gauge performance, Kreisberg said, and the measurement instruments relied upon by agencies are often not valid.
"Managers hate it because it's a zero sum game," he said of dividing up a merit-pay pool. "They can't give everyone the ratings they deserve."
Kreisberg declined to predict whether Carlsbad's innovation would become a trend among municipalities in California.
Critics of the automatic pay hikes have characterized them as hidden. Unlike across-the-board raises, governments rarely mention when their employees receive hikes based on years of service. Despite years of belt-tightening, employee costs have continued to grow in part because of the built-in raises.
Even amid much-publicized budget cuts, increases in California state worker compensation costs have cost nearly $10 billion since 2006-07.
Carlsbad's actions appear to be rare, if not unprecedented, in the state. A spokeswoman for the League of California Cities said she has yet to hear of another city making such a move.


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Peter Eckersley writes "At the EFF we were recently contacted by the organisers of the Melbourne Free University (MFU), an Australian community education group, whose website had been unreachable from a number of Australian ISPs since the 4th of April. It turns out that the IP address of MFU's virtual host has been black-holed by several Australian networks; there is suggestive but not conclusive evidence that this is a result of some sort of government request or order. It is possible that MFU and 1200 other sites that use that IP address are the victims of a block that was put in place for some other reason. Further technical analysis and commentary is in our blog post."


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IOWA CITY, Iowa - Jon Bon Jovi made it clear that he planned to vote for President Obama in the upcoming election, but didn't instruct the crowd to.
"Just vote," Bon Jovi told the crowd of a few thousand gathered in Hubbard Park in Iowa City on Friday.
The music legend played a handful of his biggest hits during an event put on by the Obama campaign. Prior to the performance a half-dozen speakers, including congressman Dave Loebsack, encouraged the crowd to vote democrat.
Many standing in-line told KCRG/The Gazette that they could not be persuaded by Bon Jovi to vote in either direction.
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I love this quilt….especially for a little boy (or girl) toddler bed. This one is a crib size, I thought maybe it would be mega cute on my Ryan's toddler bed someday….except I already have his circle quilt and it would clash with Ben's quilt since they share a room. Luckily that's an easy fix…I'll just make new ones. Anyways, this is a great quilt for a beginner and a fast weekend project or last minute baby gift quilt.
The fabrics are from lots of different lines. The fish are by Heather Ross, there are a few polka dots and orange basket weave by Denyse Schmidt, a sort of polka dot by Heather Bailey, the darker blue and binding is Anna Marie Horner, and the aqua dot and orange/aqua dot is Amy Butler. Wooo that's a lot to remember. Oh and the back is Michael Miller's Zoology in Citron.


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I know I already said it…but I heart this quilt. I wish you could see it in real life because pictures just don't do it justice.
The backing is an aqua sheet from Target and it's almost EXACTLY the same color as Kona Aqua. The aqua in the quilt top is Kona Aqua and you really can't tell any difference between that and the backing. The weave is tighter on the sheet and its softer than Kona Aqua too…it makes a great backing. (in my Target they sell the flat sheets in boxes against the wall, I think it was $7.99)
This quilt is going to be perched in my living room for a long time….or at least until I make a new favorite….hmmmm.


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Flooring it down a track's longest straight could be the most fun you can have driving a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, other than maybe giving a ride to a hearthrob like Jennifer Lopez. But if the ZR-1 is a race car weighing only 2,800 pounds, having about 520 hp, a 7,500 rpm redline, and no passenger seat, who needs Jennifer Lopez?
Needing to test this, coming off a turn my boot was flat on the floor. At about 4,000 stuff really began to happen! My head snapped back as the car got a little loose. I straightened her out then watched the Monster Tach climb past 6,000. The exhausts, 2 feet from my ear, began a roaring, 32-valve howl. Just short of 7,500, I shifted.
But, I'm ahead of the story.
Eight days before, Monday, Nov. 1, 1999: I got to work to find a voice mail from Pirate Racing's Jim Van Dorn, "Hey! You comin' next Sunday? If you are, you can drive 'em. Call me, dude."
I called back "Where at?"
"Rupert's, just outside of Pahrump. Shoot some photos for us then you can drive both."
"You sure? I got no recent seat time in a race car and a lot of my driver's stuff got lost when I moved last year."
"Driving the 'Phoenix' really ain't that bad, and the C5 is even easier. Rupert will be there to give you a few pointers. Jus' bring a helmet. You don't really need a suit for an 'informal test,' do ya?"
Pahrump, Nevada, is known for searing summer heat, as a tourist jump-off point for trips to Death Valley, farming, a casino or two, legal whorehouses, and the Spring Mountain Motorsports Park. In the winter the track is home to the Bragg-Smith Advanced Driving School and occasionally serves as a race car test track. In the summer, it's useless for anything other than car-company hot weather testing. Good thing I was there in November.
The Pirate Racing ZR-1, dirty, battle-scarred, and maybe a little tired after two seasons of racing, was sitting there waiting for me. She got right in my face with brilliant purple/yellow/white paint, two sewer-pipe exhausts under the driver's door, and Goodrich g-Forces on A-Molds all around.
Then, I opened the hood to a incredibly bright, yellow engine. "Fer crissakes, Van Dorn, you you guys really have an 'attitude' problem," I giggled, taking in the sight of the screaming-yellow-zonker of a motor.
"That's us Pirates," "JVD" quipped as I squinted at the 5.7-liter LT5.
I was a little apprehensive. My study of this car's performance in two years of SCCA Speedvision World Challenge racing showed she could be fast, but also high-strung, temperamental, and a little unreliable. Hearing crewmembers call her "the bitch" did me no good. If cars are females, this one was a riot grrrrl. "You wanna piece o' me, sucker?" she seemed to ask.
It was bad enough that I'd never driven this car before, but I'd never seen the track on which I was going to test it, either. Now seemed like a great time for those "pointers" Van Dorn mentioned. Track owner Rupert Bragg-Smith was nearby talking to some of the Pirates. "Tell me about your track, Rupe?" I asked pensively. Bragg-Smith looked northeast to the farthest part of his facility. With the confidence owning your own race tack must bring, he said "Uh-it's pretty technical," and turned away. Guess that'd be all the "pointers" I was to get that day.
Van Dorn helped me strap into the old ZR-1, then pointed out the master switch, the fire system button, the ignition, pumps, and other important switches. He fastened the window net and quipped, "The rev limit's 7,500. Have a blast, dude."
I flicked on all those switches, pushed the starter button, and the LT5 roared to life. It settled to a 1,000-rpm idle, and I daydreamed as 10 quarts of oil warmed up.
Set the Way-Back Machine for 1992 Only two ZR-1s have been successful in professional racing. One is the Morrison Motorsports/EDS/Mobil 1 World Record car currently in the National Corvette Museum. The other is the racer I was sitting in.


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Staff Writer | January 12,2013A Rutland dentist has admitted to billing the government for fake procedures.
Dr. Peter Gray pleaded guilty Friday in Rutland criminal court to four of the 23 charges against him two felony fraud charges and two misdemeanor charges of false pretense in a Medicaid fraud case.
The remaining 19 charges are expected to be dropped at sentencing.
Grays plea agreement with the Vermont attorney generals office calls for a sentence of six months to six years in prison, suspended with probation except for 110 days of home confinement. Sentencing is scheduled for late February.
The resources being what they are, this provided a certainty of a felony conviction and provides protection for the public, said Assistant Attorney General Linda Purdy.
While Gray will not go to jail under the deal, Purdy said, home confinement is considered a form of incarceration.
Its really not as nice as it sounds, she said, noting that the conditions of his confinement must be approved by the Vermont Department of Corrections. Nonviolent crimes, money crimes like this, people do not get incarcerated.
Purdy also said there were collateral consequences, such as a five-year prohibition against working in any practice that receives Medicare, Medicaid or Tri-Care funds, and the likelihood that the Vermont Board of Dental Examiners, which has already seen fit to suspend Gray before, could take action against him.
Gray is also required to pay $50,000 in restitution. Purdy said the state had put a hold on roughly $80,000 in Medicaid claims Gray made and that the restitution will be taken from those funds.
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A FORTHCOMING trade mission between Britain's Energy Coast businesses and Japan and South Korea shows the size of the opportunity opening up for Cumbria.
That's the view of the two men who have invested so much in the vision of Britain's Energy Coast to deliver economic and social transformation for West Cumbria.
As Britain's Energy Coast's outgoing acting chief executive, Tom Gilroy, 61, has done so much to get the West Cumbria Economic Blueprint to this stage – a key strategic document launched back in June.
The delivery of the vision is now in the hands of 56-year-old Steve Szostak (pronounced Shostack) as the organisation's newly-appointed chief executive.
We meet up in Workington, both men around the same table, blueprint in the middle. The excitement about where BEC has come from, and where it is going, is palpable.
Tom has done the job he set out to do, combining four previous organisations – BECWEC (formerly West Lakes Renaissance Urban Regeneration Company), West Cumbria Development Agency, West Cumbria Development Fund, and West Lakes Properties Limited into a single organisation – Britain's Energy Coast.
He has done this while maintaining the support of the three nuclear partners – Sellafield, Nuclear Management Partners, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – and the three local authorities – Cumbria, Copeland and Allerdale.
He said: "It has simplified the situation for businesses and inward investors with one recognisable brand.
"Before they were confused as to who did what, now they know who to go to. We are now a one-stop-shop."
The merging and strengthening of these organisations was only one of Tom's three primary objectives while at the helm. The others were to get momentum behind the programmes spanning regeneration projects and business support initiatives and to produce a strategic direction for West Cumbria through the blueprint. He sees the appointment of Steve as furthering all of these three key ingredients.
In terms of the regeneration project, which he probably gets asked about most, he is proud of the progress of the Albion Square office complex development in, Whitehaven and the continued improvements being made to the Port of Workington.
Albion Square is seen as an opportunity to have a big impact on the local economy in Whitehaven, with almost 1,000 workers on site, spending their money in the town.
"They will be spending their money in Whitehaven, it's where they will buy their sandwiches at lunchtime, it's the shops and services they will use," says Tom. And it will also help transform mindsets around travel to work in West Cumbria which Tom says is crucial if the area is going to make the most of the infrastructure available.
"It will get 1,000 people off the Sellafield site and represents a lot of cars no longer making that journey," says Tom, who wants to see far greater use of the rail network along the coast, and less obsession with what Britain's Energy Coast is going to mean for the area's roads.
"Eddie Martin (Cumbria County Council leader) talks about the 'art of the possible' and that's the mindset we need to take on roads. It's not about focusing on the impossible – dualling the A66 to Penrith is not going to happen in my lifetime.
"But what we can focus on is what is achievable, such as making the most of the railway system, using the port system. Carlisle Airport also has a very important role to play. We can develop integrated transport hubs at Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport. I'd far rather focus on what we can do, than what we can't."
In terms of timescale for Albion Square, Tom sees the development being handed over to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for its offices in January. And he sees it being completed by the end of 2014.
The £5.7m investment in the Port of Workington is only the start of what Tom sees as a bright future for the port.
With developments at Sellafield he sees the port as the single most important infrastructure development on Britain's Energy Coast.
Skills and training are also a vital part of the plan. And the new £7m Britain's Energy Coast Construction Skills Centre at Lakes College, Lillyhall, Workington, due to open in April, is a major part of the plan. "It will prepare local people for the opportunities arising within the nuclear and low carbon economy," says Tom.
This is where Steve comes in. He sees part of his role to help bridge the skills gap between the opportunities emerging in West Cumbria and the capabilities of the workforce.
"We know there is going to be a growth in demand for well-paid opportunities and that industry needs certain skills.
"We must narrow the gap between industry need and local skills on offer," he says.
Steve wants the private sector to help bridge that gap and help develop the skills of the local workforce to give the chance to grab the opportunities that are going to become available.
He wants to continue to attract skills from outside the area but not at the expense of the west Cumbria workforce, who he wants to have the skills and training ready to take up the challenge.
"What we don't want is unemployed plasterers sitting at home watching a minibus full of plasterers coming in from away when they could have done the job themselves," he says.
Coming from a regeneration background Steve also sees a strong social benefit from the blueprint in terms of closing the gap between the haves and the have nots.
He said: "There is something wrong when we have areas on Britain's Energy Coast coming out at the wrong end of government indices on fuel poverty.
"We have got to do something about that. I'd hope at the end of my time in this job that (the level of fuel poverty) is no longer the case."
He also wants to see West Cumbria looking more outward for opportunities, highlighting the forthcoming trade trip to Japan and South Korea.
Expanding the horizons of West Cumbrian supply chain companies to seek opportunities in the global nuclear marketplace was identified as a key part of the blueprint.
He said: "Britain's Energy Coast is facilitating 12 businesses from this area to explore businesses opportunities in Japan and South Korea. It is not about Britain's Energy Coast going, although the brand exposure is obviously great; it is about us helping businesses in West Cumbria to market themselves to companies in countries actively looking for link-ups with our world-class supply chain.
"We want companies to start thinking globally because the opportunities out there around the world are vast. This area has been self sufficient and there is nothing wrong with that, but we don't want to be isolationist, we need to explore outside Cumbria, the North West and the UK.
"This trip to Japan and South Korea is West Cumbria dipping its toe in the water and seeking to build business partnerships for the long-haul."
Tom adds that the clean-up job at Fukushima in Japan stands at around £10bn, while there are new build and decommissioning opportunities across Asia and Africa and between 40 to 60 reactors in Europe which need decommissioning. "West Cumbria has to get in on the act," he adds.
West Cumbria itself is facing a potential £90bn nuclear opportunity, he says, including two or three new reactors, a new grid connection, new spent fuel facility, new Mox plant, and new disposal facility.
Plus there's the whole area of innovation and diversification which comes from the mix of energy opportunities on Britain's Energy Coast. These include wet renewables such as tidal and wave and wind as well as anaerobic digestion.
"It is so much more than nuclear and we mean that. Britain's Energy Coast is about building a diverse and sustainable future and we're not looking to put all our eggs in the same basket again," says Tom.
While he believes Britain's Energy Coast will benefit from clarity from government in relation to the nation's energy policy, Tom is satisfied that the initiative has the ear of senior government ministers who know the crucial role the area already plays, and the opportunities for the future.
Steve is keen to continue to build that profile with projects which "turn heads". "If it's to do with energy and it's the world's best, it's got to be here," he says. "We have an important selling job to do.
"Cumbria can be out of sight, out of mind, almost unknown.
"But some of the UK's most exciting projects are going on in this area. We want to turn heads."
Steve's approach, again learned from his regeneration background, is to work collaboratively, to build an "in it together" approach with stakeholders and the community.
He says: "What is great for me is that they have all signed up to the blueprint. The three local authorities have all made a big commitment to this document as well as our funding partners."
And Steve makes no bones about the fact he wants the area to be known for cutting edge technology ahead of its world-renowned Lake District landscape.
"People keep talking to me about tourism, but I'd far rather have half a dozen world-renowned scientists visiting here to see a state-of-the-art renewable energy experiment than half a dozen walkers popping down the coast from Keswick.
"I actually get a buzz when I approach Workington and I see all this industry. I don't mean smog, and grime, and 'it's grim up north'. I mean leading, state-of-the-art industrial innovation.
"I'd like renewable energy researchers and academics to be visiting us for that reason and then, coincidentally, see that we have superb coastline and hills to enjoy during leisure time. That would be a good way round for me."
Tom highlights world class research facilities the area now has with the Dalton Cumbrian Facility and the state of the art technology it will soon be installing there.
"If you provide scientists with one of the best toys in the world to play with, they will come from far and wide to play with it," he said. "And we have it right here in West Cumbria."
He sees a "blossoming area of academia" with the University of Liverpool also now "knocking on the door" at the West Lakes Science and Technology Park, in addition to the well established but equally important institutions such as UCLan and, of course, the University of Cumbria.
"We cannot forget that UCLan was the first and remains crucial to the innovation and R&D agendas, and so much more", concludes Tom.
And this, combined with the natural resources of wind, tidal, wave, and wood, the manufacturing capability, skills and training, and the expertise of the nuclear industry makes for a compelling proposition.
Major decisions lie ahead which will have an even more major impact.
There's the National Grid route with the preferred option being the "ring" route around the edge of Cumbria.
"Not everyone will be happy," says Tom, "because it will mean pylons. But the connection is absolutely vital, not just for West Cumbria but for the energy ambitions of other areas of the county."
He recognises the energy opportunity is countywide, with the whole coast, including Barrow, and energy projects throughout the county, but he's unashamed that the engine room, the core of the activity to drive Britain's Energy Coast, lies in west Cumbria. "A strong west Cumbria makes a strong Cumbria," he says.
He cites superfast broadband as an area where BEC can play an active role and interact with businesses to help deliver a better outcome for Cumbria.
When it comes to the area's health Britain's Energy Coast is a strong advocate of the area's new hospital. And Steve sees benefits from encouraging a healthier population, with the right mindset, to make the most of the opportunities. He sees this as an indirect benefit from some of the social improvements to come from Britain's Energy Coast's investment.
"I want us to work with businesses, organisations and communities to make lasting, sustainable improvements.
"We are not about signing blank cheques, we are about investing in the future. We're shifting from a funding pot to a commissioning agency.
"With our Investing in Business initiative we are talent spotting to fund businesses which are going places.
"I have come from a background where every single penny was important. And that's not a bad approach to have.
"I am looking forward to working with partnerships to make that money sweat and earn a return for Britain's Energy Coast. We need private sector buy-in; they are our biggest advocates. And I want to work with the LEP and help deliver Cumbria's objectives."
Tom says the innovation and diversification elements of the Blueprint were shaped by private sector businesses themselves. "Because of that, they own it and because of that it's likely to be successful," he said. "We've always said that Britain's Energy Coast exists to support businesses in the best way we can – as an advocate, facilitator, and when required, to intervene directly. But at the end of the day it will be the businesses that instigate real economic change and create new business and job opportunities."
Tom is heading back to Sellafield to work on security projects but he'll still be on hand for advice for Steve. And he knows he leaves the Britain's Energy Coast business in good shape.
"This is one of the best teams I have ever worked with," he says. "We are a small organisation which can make a big difference and with Steve and the team there's the passion and drive here to do just that."
Steve says: "I'm like a kid in a sweet shop. Tom has left so many well worked-up projects and there's so many great ideas on how we can take West Cumbria forward. My job is about delivering them and helping to realise this area's undoubted potential."
For Tom the joy will be seeing what he helped start come to fruition. For Steve, the opportunity has only just begun.
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I have an older Viking spa that the heater, which was working perfect, just quit. I am experienced with electrical, so I got out my toolbox and dvom and found an open heater element. Replaced the element and refilled the tub, still no heat. With the spa running in standard mode, no trouble codes, I tested at the element, no power. I checked the fuses, all good.
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