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Michael Coup, who rode Charlie Morris' coattails to the pinnacle of power at the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, will join his former boss today behind bars.
Coup and Sandra Norris, a finance director who used her knowledge of Morris' criminal weaknesses to negotiate herself a $13,520 raise, will report this morning at 9 a.m. to the Okaloosa County Jail to begin four-year prison terms.
Convicted Oct. 19, 2010, of racketeering and grand theft, they become the first two from Morris' corrupt administration to serve state prison time. They've been free on bond since sentencing while appeals were being heard.
Two others, David Yacks, a former assistant supervisor of information technology, and Randall Holcombe, an assistant director of administrative services, have also been sentenced to four years in prison for racketeering and grand theft.
Morris has been in federal prison since 2009.
Teresa Adams, his former administrative assistant, has already completed a 36-month federal sentence and begun serving 20 years of probation for state crimes.
Paul Lawson, chief correctional officer at the county jail, said Coup and Norris will be treated no differently from any other prisoner when they arrive this morning to be booked and processed.
"We will have them until they are transferred to a state facility," Lawson said. "We anticipate that happening fairly quickly. We've made arrangements in anticipation of their arrival."
Coup, the former chief deputy of the Sheriff's Office, will eventually be sent to the Northwest Florida Reception Center in Washington County. The facility, near Chipley, houses minimum to medium security prisoners.
Arrangements have been made to house Norris at the Lowell Reception Center near Ocala. It is the oldest women's prison in the state and houses all levels of inmate, including those on death row.
Coup's last-minute plea for a reduced sentence was rejected March 23 by Circuit Court Judge Linda Nobles.
Coup and Norris were charged along with Yacks in late 2009 for their involvement in a bonus-kickback scheme contrived by Morris and Adams.
By giving trusted employees large bonuses, then asking that a portion of the bonuses be returned to him, Morris was able to take hold of taxpayer dollars that he used to gamble in Las Vegas and pay bills and buy gifts for a mistress, Sabra Thorton, whom he also paid $80,000 as his chief of staff.
Thornton's conviction on grand theft and theft charges was overturned by the First District Court of Appeals.
Coup was a lieutenant with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department in 1996 when Morris was elected sheriff. He left his job with the city after Morris was sworn in to work as a major overseeing the Field Services Division.
He became chief deputy in 2006 when Phil Irish, who also left the Fort Walton Beach Police Department when Morris was elected sheriff, retired.
At his trial, Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar asserted that Coup had received $106,000 in bonuses from the sheriff.
More than $5,000 in cash was found in Coup's desk the day the FBI entered the Sheriff's Office to arrest Adams — Morris was busted in Las Vegas — and begin its investigation. He was eventually fired by interim Sheriff Ed Spooner.
Spooner said he was "disappointed" by an internal investigation finding that Coup knew Morris was getting kickbacks from himself and others.
"With a person in that position, there's an expectation and a responsibility to take action when you see something like that going on, and that just didn't happen," Spooner said at the time.
Spooner fired Norris in June of 2009 after it was discovered she'd added 135.9 overtime hours to her paycheck for the Feb. 25-March 10, 2007, pay period. It was a pay period that immediately followed her return from a five-day stay in Las Vegas.
Norris was second in charge to Adams in the Sheriff's Office's finance department.
She told investigators Adams "asked" or "ordered" her — she gave two versions of the story — to give herself overtime pay, then to return the pay in cash to the sheriff for "charity purposes."
Investigators also determined Norris, upon learning that Morris was paying his chief of staff/mistress Thornton $80,000 and hiding her employment, entered the sheriff's office and demanded her salary be increased to equal Thornton's.
She received a $13,520 bump in pay.
Yacks is still awaiting the Court of Appeals ruling on his appeal.
Holcombe, who wasn't convicted until October of 2012, or sentenced until January, filed an appeal Jan. 23 and remains free on bond.
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The 5v5 traditional match got me thinking, this could be an opportunity for the WWE creative team to throw us a curve ball, take us all by surprise, and make us say "wow never seen that coming" but I fully expect them to drop the ball.
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Calliope Wong isn't woman enough for Smith College. At least that's what Smith's admissions office has decided.
Wong is a charming, smart teenager with a strong writing voice who calls Smith, an all-women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, her "dream college." She's also transgender. Last summer, she reached out to Smith to see if her application would be welcome. After some back-and-forth, Smith's dean of admissions, Debra Shaver, told Wong that she was welcome to apply as long as she checked the "female" box on her application and explained her situation in the Additional Information section of the application. Yet on March 10, Smith returned Wong's application unconsidered, citing her gender as the reason.
If that sounds like an unsisterly way for a women's only college to act, that's because it is. Feminists have been arguing for decades that neither our genes nor our genitalia should define our lives. Yet Wong has been found wanting in the woman department for exactly such reductive reasons.
The college claims its hands are tied by the law. Even though all of her other paperwork lists her as female, Wong is listed as "male" on her FAFSA, the form required of all students applying for federal financial aid. Smith officials claim this means they can't consider her application lest they jeopardize their status as a historical women's college, and thereby their federal funding. Wong can't change her gender listing on her FAFSA unless she undergoes gender-reassignment surgery, a difficult and expensive procedure not covered by most insurance. Few trans women who elect to have such surgery do so at Wong's young age, and many trans women elect not to have it at all, either for financial or personal reasons. That current law that requires people to surgically alter their bodies in order to "prove" their gender to the government should be a source of outrage, not a bureaucratic snafu.
But it's not clear that Smith's claims about the FAFSA form are even valid. Wong cites correspondence with the Department of Education that suggests that admitting her would not risk Smith's federal funding, and this article in the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender backs her up. But even if the Smith officials were correct, the controversy illustrates that, despite the considerable work the feminist movement has done to decouple the link between sex and gender—having a vagina, for instance, does not destine you for motherhood—certain feminist institutions (and certain individual feminists) are still invested in arbitrarily drawing the "lady" line at trans women.
Women's colleges were first founded in order to give women access to higher education—something they could obtain nowhere else back in the days when most universities were boys' clubs. They continue today based on the argument that single-sex education is better for women for a whole host of reasons, from eradicating sexism in the classroom, where many professors subconsciously call on men more than women, to modeling women's leadership and creating an "ageless women's network" (that's Smith's phrase) that can help alumnae get ahead when they'd otherwise be shut out by the "old boys' network." There's some research to suggest that women who attend women's only colleges do better in their careers, according to the Women's College Coalition's count. Although only a small percentage of female college students in the U.S. attend women's colleges, 20 percent of the women in Congress are graduates of women's colleges, as are 33 percent of the women on Fortune 1000 boards and 36 percent of the highest-paid women officers at those companies.
But despite their commitment to gender equality, many feminist institutions have long had trouble seeing trans women as part of the movement. Cisgender feminists of the 1970s often viewed their trans sisters with suspicion, as though they were men in dresses trying to invade "real" womanhood. Some women's centers, rape-support organizations, and lesbian-rights groups have gone as far as expelling trans women from their midst. The legendary Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has always barred trans women from entry (and still does). Second-wave thought leaders like Mary Daly called them "Frankensteins" and in her book, The Transsexual Empire, radical anti-trans feminist Janice Raymond accuses trans women of "appropriating" the female body and many other much less pleasant things. After decades of protest and education, many cis feminists and their organizations have "evolved" on trans rights, but it's not hard to find Raymond's heirs active today, even in the younger generations. Wong's case clearly illuminates how quick some feminists still default to some very conservative, essentialist beliefs about gender when it suits them.
The Smith debate is yet another example of transgender women being treated as wolves in sheep's clothing. It's a fear revealed as even more hypocritical when you consider that, as part of Western Massachusetts's Five College Consortium, Smith already welcomes plenty of cisgender men into its precious classrooms and onto its campus for social events. Not to mention that Smith is happy to educate and graduate transgender men as long as they identify as female when they originally apply to the school.
If the purpose of a women's college is to provide a place free of gender discrimination where women can flourish academically and socially, and to create lifelong networks that will help women overcome sexist roadblocks once they graduate, what argument can be made for excluding women in especially dire need of these advantages, on the basis of what makes them vulnerable in the first place? Transgender and gender-nonconforming people face staggering rates of violence and discrimination in pursuit of their educations, enough so a sixth of those surveyed left school. Employment outcomes are even worse, with trans people facing double the rate of unemployment as their cisgender counterparts.
Hostility toward trans people has not only been a problem for the women's movement. Last week, as Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was schooling Charles Cooper, the lawyer defending California's ban on same-sex marriage, on limiting access to social institutions for reasons based in biology, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)—the organization whose logo was lighting up our Facebook pages with red equal signs in support of same-sex marriage—was quietly erasing trans-friendly messages from their protest outside the court. It's just one incident in the long and ugly history between the organization many refer to as "Big Gay" and the transgender community. As far back as Stonewall, leaders of the "gay liberation" movement have echoed Mary Daly, referring to trans women as "misguided gay men" and cutting protection for trans rights from gay-rights legislation in attempts to make it more palatable to mainstream legislators. In recent decades, the HRC has been the standard-bearer for this strategy, including former Executive Director Elizabeth Birch who said that fighting for transgender inclusion in employment legislation would happen "over [her] dead body." It's clear that Big Gay sees trans people and their rights as an obstacle to equality for more "acceptable" queers.
Therein likes the key: If Smith has no legal or mission-driven motive to keep trans women out, we can only conclude it's because they simply don't want them there. And why would the administrators not welcome trans women? Only two reasons seem likely: Because they personally feel uncomfortable with or challenged by trans women, or because they're afraid the donors and parents who pay their bills feel that way.
Smith College positions itself as a leader of and for women. That has to mean all women, or else it's meaningless. If administrators there were half as outraged by the situation as they should be, they'd be demonstrating that leadership by calling for changes to the law in order to enable them to welcome trans women into the Smith family. So far we've heard not a peep along these lines from the school, or any of the other remaining Seven Sisters colleges.
If last week's Supreme Court arguments have taught us one thing, it's that you can't discriminate against people because they make you feel icky. If we expect our government to uphold that principle, it's time to start applying it to our own institutions. It's long past time for all feminists—and gay-rights advocates as well—to recognize what's been true all along: Transgender rights aren't some special interest distracting us from our issues. If we mean anything we say about our values, they are our issues.
Kyle McCullough
Thu, 2013-04-04 18:10
You mention: "gender-reassignment surgery, a difficult and expensive procedure." I wonder what the legal requirements there are. Is there a set size or shape? Or could a doctor just pierce her ears and say, "Looks like a woman to me." That could make for an interesting test case. But then if she won that case, where would that leave Title 9 - if a woman is defined as anyone who considers herself to be a woman?
I think that the transgendered have, in many ways, even more difficulty than the gays, facing more discrimination and obstacles.
J. Wojciechowski
Fri, 2013-04-05 13:30
I think you give short shrift to the risk Smith would face. The argument that you lay out, at least, that they would not lose federal funding, is based on a law student's article in a journal that is edited by other law students. Without commenting on the actual substance of the article, I think that's flimsy ground on which Smith would be laying significant sums of money.
(Though for what it's worth I do agree that real leadership on this would involve more than a shrug of the shoulders. "Sorry, the law sucks" isn't much of a response to serious injustice.)
Fri, 2013-04-05 23:51
Ugh. I had to make a new account just to post this comment (lame, American Prospect) and all I really wanted to say was that this article is lame, too. This article lays all of the blame on Smith, and none on the state law that say you need gender reassignment surgery in order to be listed as "female". That is a state law, not Smith's fault. Considering all Smith has done for women, lgbtq people, and their financial aid system for low-income women, you think American prospect wouldn't slay them over one single student. Why didn't Wong just check the "female" box if she identifies as female? Would Wong even get into Smith without this issue? I am tired of people blaming feminists for the lack of trans-rights. That badge belongs to conservative American and religious organizations, not feminists.
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What sort of message is that?
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Posted 28 January 2013 - 13:08
Again - it wasn't the idea behind the poll I'm opposed to. It was how it was formulated which made it a very daft move.
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Do I really have to explain again why the question was a bad idea? Come on now.
It would have been equally stupid to ask 'do you hate Microsoft' or 'do you hate Windows 8'. All it does is drive further wedges between the various factions the community splintered into, and make guest visitors question the intelligence of the news staff.
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Have you ever heard of journalistic standards?
No it would not be stupid to asks any of those things. Why would it be stupid to asks those questions at all?
There is always someone hating Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, LG, Motorola and so on. So why would it be bad to ask those things if you hate someone?
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Posted 28 January 2013 - 13:25
I was opposed to the article in question, not because I wanted to defend the company or anything else other than the poll question was asked in a biased way.
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Really? This needed an apology? It's hardly Watergate! Oh boy. <Wanders off smiling at the absurdity of life....>
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Free speech and the ability to express our views on different things is something that should be allowed everywhere.
Just a question though. If it'd been "Do you hate that stupid company Apple" then fair enough, but it didn't, it merely asked a straight forward question.
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For the past few weeks, I've been receiving email reminders that early registration for the 2015 APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) is underway. Separate emails inform me of how to reserve housing. Another batch tries to entice me with the various topics.
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Only TPTA Members Can Contribute
Toni Patt
While attending the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) annual conference last week, I got to chat with the chapter director for a few minutes. We were standing next to the election table and PAC table waiting for people to either vote, donate or
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A Bridge from PTA to PT
Toni Patt
Last weekend I volunteered at the Texas Physical Therapy Association annual conference. I sat at the election table and verified membership numbers during the day. Later I helped count ballots. During the slow times, I spoke with one of the professors
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Sometimes You Say the Right Thing
Toni Patt
Last week I wrote about my latest conflict at work . The others want to use capital budget to purchase a mechanical lift. I am opposed because mechanical lift transfers aren't functional. The patient is a passive participant. Last Saturday I was teaching
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Coordinating Our PT Requests to Congress
Toni Patt
I'm now participating in monthly conference calls for advocacy for physical therapy. Participating might be too strong a word. I listen. Others report. As a result, I've learned that much effort is being put into eliminating the therapy cap and other
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How Can This Be a Safe Discharge?
Toni Patt
This morning I was working on discharge planning with one of our case managers. A doctor was ready to discharge a patient and she had asked me for recommendations. I immediately said SNF. He wasn't able to safely transfer out of bed. I had yet to see
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Strategic Meeting
Toni Patt
As part of my leadership program, I attended the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) strategic planning meeting last weekend. The idea was to get newer and upcoming leaders to meet and mingle with people in leadership positions. We also got insight
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We're Not Going to Pay for That Brace
Toni Patt
A few weeks ago, a woman was admitted to our facility with a knee injury. She appeared to have ligamentous damage on top of arthritic deformities. She came to us for medical management and antibiotics prior to surgery. Before she was admitted, her orthopedist
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My Latest Continuing Education Course
Toni Patt
Last month I went to an onsite CEU course. Back in the day, I was a CEU junkie. I'd go not just for CEUs but if the topic sounded interesting. More recently I've had to cut back and limit myself to CSM. This year I got burned by the stroke course at CSM
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New Grad Readiness Survey
Toni Patt
Last week I completed an electronic survey asking if new graduate DPTs were ready to enter the clinic. Then it asked about specific areas of education and characteristics of new graduates and how they related to the first answer. It's about time someone
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HIPAA Violations Can Be Overheard Too
Toni Patt
The other day, I was sitting at a nursing station and overheard a conversation between a patient and a physician. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop. The patient was very hard of hearing and the doctor had to yell to be heard. The patient was yelling back.
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She Loves Her Job
Toni Patt
I always enjoy talking to the therapists who come to my course. Last week I met a PT I'll call Dottie. I don't want to use her real name, but she reminds me of someone named Dottie. Dottie has been a therapist since back in the day. She graduated years
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Selection for Recognition
Toni Patt
Driving home from work today, I was listening to a podcast of a morning radio show. They were making fun of a man who had been given some awards because he had been contributing regularly to the organizations. Because it's a local show, I knew who they
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Blatant Rudeness
Toni Patt
Usually when I go on a teaching trip, I have wonderful students. For the most part they pay attention. I get good questions. Some have fallen asleep because they drove three hours to get there. Others are obviously there for the CEUs. Last week I had
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Request for Submissions
Toni Patt
It's that time of year again. The company that I teach for is requesting submissions for an education summit next year. I'm supposed to select a topic, describe what it is and why I think people would be interested. Then I submit that and five references
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Enjoying the moment
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Location: Tracy, CA
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Wow man, thanks for the feedback....now I'm a bit humbled. Really, I know plenty of riders around here go to these same mind blowing places that I do, I just got tired of coming home with snapshots that made people say "oh that looks nice" (ho hum) and I'd be thinking inside "No, you don't get it, it was awesome!" I'm just SO glad that people are looking at my photos and getting it now.
This thread is becoming a lot of fun for me and sometimes I sit back with a beer and read it just to take me back to where I was in my mind, and as long as few of you are enjoying the journey to, I'll continue to post.
Yesterday I rode a bit over 400 miles, did a two mile hike and still had time to enjoy a few moments, and today I'm recovering from it I'm feeling a little lazy and thought I'd go through my photos later this week, but after reading your post I feel inspired to start right now. I should have some up in a couple of days.
In the meantime, a little story from after the last adventure that was cool for me.
This photo just showed up in my Email this last week.
A couple of weeks ago in the Alabama Hills I saw a photographer doing the same as I was and apparently he scouted the same spot for a sunrise photo that I did. There I was in darkness a half hour before sun up with my gear all set up and this guy rolls in literally 5 minutes before the first rays of light hit the mountain, a quick nod to each other and he quickly gets ready for the show. Not a word was spoken for about 15 minutes as the light transformed the landscape in front of us. Finally as things settle down two strangers acknowledge each other and we begin to talk of the awesome display we just witnessed, a shared experience. Another moment on the road.
What I didn't know is he took a couple of shots of me enjoying one of my passions and looking at it I can remember the thoughts in my head and the feeling of the place at the time. A special photo for certain, and thanks to a stranger, now friend, in the desert for taking the time to look me up.
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Joined: Feb 2009
Location: City of the Angels
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It's Total Recall...
Your images are what my mind recalls... of the places I've seen in your photographs. But you actually manage precision timing in setting up your photos. Honestly, I rarely am fortunate enough to visually capture many moments during the dawn or dusk "magic" hours as you so patiently do.
As I've said on other threads and have had the stark realization... It takes an extreme amount of patience beyond what great photographers require... to be a photographer by way of motorcycle. The additional patience to stop the fun of riding, to begin the fun of setting up for the photo... simply has me perplexed. The more I photograph my motorcycle travels, the more I have a greater appreciation for you that do it all so well planned, so patiently, so precise and so creatively.
And I personally love the balance of scenic photography on it's own... and also as a backdrop for a beautiful adventure bike, which conjured up the thoughts of the journey to and from. Additionally, I enjoy the short narratives that can be added giving the right subtext of the trips... like a simple reveal of the location, interesting or strange situations and drama involved.
You've certainly got the perfect balance going on.
And perhaps I'm one of the more fortunate ones in that I've experienced many of your locations first hand, so I can really appreciate how much more special you manage to capture these in photos. Just like I wish I could do, and as I swear they reflect in my mind from when I was there, only better... As I recall.
'"This whole memory lapse is gett'in to me. Hopefully I think I'll outgrow it."
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Joined: May 2009
Location: Merced, CA
Oddometer: 520
Great shots Dave,
keep up the nice thread/Blog!!!!
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Joined: Nov 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA, 94102
Oddometer: 925
Like Bob says, not sure how I missed this ... great photos. So there you go: five stars ...
A couple of relevant pics, in the spirit of Where Did You Ride Today?, to demonstrate how good your pics are:
Tioga Pass, January 8, 2012 ...
Yours truly, AFM#113, at Sears Point, July 1, 2012 ... My wife, Cary, is an ADV Rider, too (puddles), AFM#968 ... looks like we were both racing the weekend you were there ... wouldn't it be fun if you got some pics of us!
Looking back at Bodie on the way to Aurora Canyon ...
Puddles and the Alabama Hills, August 26, 2012 ...
Thanks for the wonderful thread! I'm sure we'll bump into one another in Nor Cal one of these days ...
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Really, really nice!!!
Great photo work.. I love seeing our area through the lens of someone else.
Enjoying the moment
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Tracy, CA
Oddometer: 2,785
So here I am two weeks later on my return trip to Lundy Lake. A nice day ride where I could devote the time needed to explore the area. Lunch packed and out the door a bit after 6 AM I'm excited as to what the day might bring. The two Sierra passes I plan on crossing were both shut down due to the first snow of the year, Tioga re-opened and I had faith that at some point in the day Sonora Pass would do the same. Doesn't matter as this ride isn't about the passes, but an eastern Sierra lake.
As elevation increases the temperature drops and it feels refreshing to use my heated gear for the first time in months. I love the crisp air, it makes me feel alive.
If you enjoy photography, trying to get across Tioga road without stopping for a photo is torture, but I was trying to make time. I ignored the changing colors in the morning sky, made it past Olmstead Point with just a quick glance at Half Dome and pushed passed the first view of Teneya Lake even though the shadows were dramatic and took my breath away once again. However, riding along the edge of the lake I couldn't resist the mist on the water, frost on the beach and reflections on the lake before the sun comes over the towering granite.
It was chilly, mid 30s, but that just made me feel a part of the scene. I could see the first rays of light peeking over the ridge and was glad I waited. The instant the rays hit the water the mist took on more of a prescence than smoke at a David Copperfield show. I always have time for this
Looking at where I just came from, for those of you not familiar with the area, that is the highway cutting through the granite next to the water. Much different than summer when this would be crowded.
O.K. now I'm going to make time. Really. At least until Ellery Lake with it's fresh dusting of snow. I hope I never get used to scenes like this.
A quick ride out into the desert and then back into Lundy Canyon for a look at the lake. I spied some old two track next to the lake for a better vantage point.
From there I went further up the canyon on a dirt road that would lead to the Hoover Wilderness where I was looking for a hiking trail.
The best surprise of the day was a neat series of ponds along the road that I had to stop and enjoy.
Wonder why they call these the Beaver ponds??
I really love this next photo, and not for the obvious reasons guys...
The rugged beauty of nature, with a silhouette of a softer type of beauty.
The road dead ends into a trailhead (hiking) and I set off in search of a well known waterfall. Lots of photographers up there doing the same, and honestly I wasn't impressed when I found it. Two miles of hiking and a bit dissapointed, it was time to get back to doing what I love best, riding away from the crowd.
Aspen lined roads made me slow down to enjoy where I was at.
lots of short roads to camping spots, but my favorite was an overgrown dead end that led to a footbridge that existed for the sole purpose of reaching a valve that would divert some water from this creek. This would be my lunch spot, for some reason a ride doesn't seem complete unless I find a hidden gem that I can claim as my own, and this was it for today.
Back on the highway headed North I take the turn off to Virginia Lakes. This is my idea of a powerline road. How can you NOT ride over the next hill to see what is there??
What is your favorite flavor? We've got them all in this grove.
Looking East I love the contrast of color to high desert.
Cresting Conway Summit is the classic view of fall colors with fresh snow on the mountains as a reminder of a looming winter.
This time of year I think of each ride over the passes as a gift as soon they will be inaccessible. This ride was no different.
Enjoying the moment
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I'll look through some of my AFM photos and see if I can find any of you guys.
I think it's inevitable our paths will cross at some point
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Location: NJ
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Awesome pics. What camera you using? And I'm guessing there's some post editing as well.
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Most of those photos were taken with a Nikon D5100, a pretty modest camera in the DSLR world, but for my needs has all the right features, and at least one you won't get on higher end cameras. Main selling point for me was the sensor, compare the dynamic range at base ISO with the bigger players and the 5100 stacks up well (often better). My post editing is pretty basic, final cropping and sizing with most of the adjustments being selective exposure. Shooting in RAW allows me to take full advantage of the sensors DR for the sunset photos where I can get proper exposure in the sky and foreground. I carry a basic 4 lens kit on the bike.
That being said a number of the photos in this thread were taken with my Canon G11, quite an amazing point and shoot if you do your part right
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Joined: May 2009
Location: Merced, CA
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Hey you inspired me to take a quick trip out to Lee Vining, the colors were peaking and the crowds no where to be found! Awesome day. Thanks for that!
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Location: City of the Angels
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Very relaxing in a time of need...
I am currently going through an estate dispursement from HELL... due to the recent passing of my father. I've spent numerous long nights in senseless heated discussions with my siblings over the most insignificant of details. Luckily I've been able to escape to the serenity of this thread for some relaxation and mental reboot.
I've been fortunate in having access to a Nikon D5100 and set it up in my topcase for a ride into the Wildomar wilderness. This is an area outside of Temecula in Southern California. I did a ride report mixing photos from the Nikon, a Panasonic point and shoot... and my IPhone during mulitple occasions to complete a ride report.
Honestly, it humbled me to a greater distance between myself and those others who are so truly talented.
My main problem ( or excuse) is that once I get my feet situated on the pegs of my bike... it's so damn hard to stop and set up for photos. I had two lenses and that was nearly overload in itself. The D5100 was great to play around with but I ended up relying so much on the presets and bringing a small tripod ended up being additionally complicated. And I realized first hand that it's not the tool as much as it's the toolsmith.
'"This whole memory lapse is gett'in to me. Hopefully I think I'll outgrow it."
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Perfect, that's what this is all about! Isn't it great that the ride to Lee Vining is a QUICK trip? Thanks for sharing
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More fast photos
After all of these weeks of riding to places were I could enjoy the serenity and peace of my favorite places I was feeling the need for something faster and louder. I spent the last two weekends enjoying some two wheeled competition and thought I'd post a little of the action.
With race seasons winding down I caught the last Supermoto USA race at Prarie City (Hangtown). I can't ever get tired of watching guys slide bikes on pavement in a manner that I have to be in the dirt to do! As usual the atmosphere was typical grass roots racing and I made a lot of new friends.
Now I don't want to flood my OWN thread with 100 photos so here's a few of my favs and if you'd like to see more here's a link to the entire gallery at my Smugmug page.
Note the smoking boot....yeah baby!!
Last weekend it was Vertical Dirt. Skips at Carnagie was holding the last Hillclimb of the season. Skip was kind enough to allow me on the hill for a different perspective then I've ever experiencd before. This hillclimb is some of the most difficult photography I've ever done, besides challenging light and action you really need to put yourself in harms way to get some of the angles I wanted. Sometimes out of control bikes rocketing towards me, roost hitting my back and the constant falling rocks from above that could take you out, all while trying to move and balance on hill so steep I can barely stand. I saw one hill worker fall and roll at least 100 feet. Challenging and exciting....exactley why I had so much fun and can't wait to try it again!
Full gallery here http://desertdave.smugmug.com/Motorc...6403981_fpmwwZ
Life on the hill
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"...when I handed the 40 ouncer to him, he got that far off stare that a cat gets when it just gets done licking its ass for the last 15". Yeah, THAT stare." -WTF-Over
"Don't come in here with your thoughtfulness, empathy, and reason... this is shit, up with which, I shall not put." -Boondoggle
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Enter the Bonneville
Not an Adventure bikes, but a new two wheeled adventure none the less.
I had a project 70s XS650 that I never finished and sold a decade ago. I realize some guys modernize these into cool street trackers, but honestly that was more of a commitment than I was willing to make at the time. It WAS fun for the retro factor since it made the right sound, shook like a paint shaker and looked like sex, but riding it was fun for a trip to yesteryear, not somewhere I wanted to stay for more than a quick novelty run. It was great eye candy in the garge. Like a grab a drink and just look at it awhile.
For so long now my bikes have been about purpose, with style being a distant second. I miss having a bike I could just go out in the garage and stare at for awhile. I've been eying the new Bonnevilles since they came out but it wasn't the right time until recently. A couple of weeks ago I bought one. It has cool for days and I've always wanted one. On paper the numbers were acceptable for an afternoon jaunt, but I didn't take this bike to serious. Just a toy.
Then I took her on some of my favorite local roads and was a bit shocked as to how much fun I was having. I haven't owned a real sportbike in years, but this thing is so small contrasted with my current rides that I couldn't help but feel a sport nature, quick steering but not nervous quick and low COG. Brakes are acceptable, but better than I expected looking at the two piston single disc. Injection has the Fueling spot on, better than a number of "premium" bikes I've owned with F.I.
Suspension sucks, but I can feel around that, easy enough to fix. Working in the garage today to bolt on an exhaust to make it sound right, and Works Performance for the rear. No it'll never be a sportbike but I'm sure it will surprise a few on my local roads and if I can't keep up, big deal, it's just a cruiser right?
And I once again have a bike that I can enjoy just looking at in the garage.
So a little adventure, breaking in an unfamiliar new bike with fresh tires in the rain on a road notorious for sand a gravel and now wet leaves. No ABS, no traction control, just the raw feeling of Man and machine making it happen.
You don't see me trying to take pictures like this of my Tenere or Strom tank
If nothing else this bike just rides so different than my others that it is fun for that reason alone. In a lot of ways it reminds my of my '78 SR500, which is the first bike that made me feel like I could hold my own in a canyon.
And at the end of the day it's still about Enjoying The Moment.
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RICHMOND, California - From the moment the U.S. Navy approved a plan to turn the USS Iowa into an interactive museum, veterans who served on the battleship from around the country began flocking to California to help with the massive restoration project.
"Iowans are interested in seeing the ship saved, and they should be," said John Wolfinbarger, 87, who served on the Iowa during World War Two. "This ship is named after that state."
The restoration, which carries a price tag of up to $12 million, got underway shortly after the ship was moved from the "ghost fleet" of Suisun Bay to Richmond, California in October.
Wolfinbarger has spent more than a dozen weekends on the Iowa while it has been docked at the Port of Richmond where the first leg of the project is nearing completion. During recently completed weekend tours, Wolfinbarger served as the ship historian.
"One weekend more than three thousand people came aboard," he said. "People want to see it."
On Sunday the ship was scheduled to begin tow to the Los Angeles area where it will officially open in San Pedro in early July. The likely final mission was temporarily delayed because of an approaching storm. While the Navy still owns the vessel, the Pacific Battleship Center (PBC) will run, possess and maintain her. The PBC is a nonprofit organization established in 2009.
"It's exciting, it's stressful, it's pretty much perseverance," said Robert Kent, president of the PBC. "We run into blocks pretty much on a weekly basis, but we just punch through them and keep going."
In February, Governor Branstad signed a bill pledging $3 million in state money for the project. The money has helped fund contract work, which has included anything from painting to a massive deck replacement project. It has also funded supplies for USS Iowa veterans who have returned to volunteer for the restoration. "We could have never done it without the state of Iowa," said Michael McEnteggart, who served on the ship from 1985-89. "So thank you, thank you very much."
McEnteggart, 46, of New York has spent the last three months in northern California where he helps with various projects. "I left everything, I put my stuff in storage, kissed my girlfriend goodbye, said goodbye to my friends and family and drove across the country," he said. "We're so thankful to the state of Iowa, and we'd bring the ship to Iowa if we could."
Fundraisers are currently only half-way to their goal of $10-12 million. Jeff Lamberti, a lead fundraiser for the project and the former president of the Iowa senate, said he expects the fight for funding will continue for another couple years. "We have enough to get it to L.A. and to get it open," he said. "Eventually we'd like to open as many as five different (onboard) tours."
Iowa's multi-million dollar investment has been the single largest investment into the project. As a thank you, the PBC is offering Iowans a free boarding pass simply by showing a valid state ID. "It's a really cool way to say thank you to the state of Iowa," said Kent.
A final "commissioning" ceremony has been set for the USS Iowa on July 4th. The ceremony will coincide with the ships annual veterans reunion. A handful of local USS Iowa veterans are expected to travel to Los Angeles for the festivities. "We bought (airline) tickets for my father's 80th birthday," said Chuck Cavanaugh of Cedar Rapids, who plans to visit the ship for the first time alongside his Dad. "It is going to be surreal to stand next to my Dad on the ship he was on."
Melvin Rhodes, 86, a Korean War veteran who served on the ship from 1951-53, said he plans to attend the event with his wife. "There's a lot of guys that were really anxious to get it saved and as a museum," said Rhodes, also of Cedar Rapids. "It's always fun to see those guys."
Dave Way, tour manager for the PBC, said the organization knows veterans like Rhodes have been keeping a close eye on their progress, something that provides a positive and uplifting pressure for the organization. "All of us have a giant love for this particular class of battleship and a gigantic appreciation for what the Navy has done for our country," said Way. "We're very committed for doing the best for the ship and the best in remembering all the crews."
Despite numerous inquiries from Iowans, Lamberti said there is no way the Mississippi River, the obvious choice, could handle the Iowa. "We just can't, it's too big. It's three football fields long," said Lamberti. "We can't get it to Iowa and we want the world to see the USS Iowa."
When the ship is towed into the Los Angeles area, three flags will by flying from her mast; The American flag, the California state flag and the Iowa state flag.
Iowa's approaching mission is expected to be its last. Since the Navy still owns the vessel they reserve the right to call it back into service in the event of a "national emergency". "That'll never happen, they don't need it and it's too expensive to run," said Wolfinbarger.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With an ad blitz and a tersely worded letter, BP is mounting an increasingly aggressive campaign to challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses following its 2010 oil spill in the
In letters that started going out Tuesday, BP warns lawyers for many Gulf Coast businesses that it may seek to recover at least some of their clients' shares of the multibillion-dollar settlement if it successfully appeals a key ruling in the legal wrangling spawned by the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
The London-based oil giant says it is sending hundreds of the letters to attorneys for businesses the company believes received excessive payments from the court-supervised settlement program.
"BP reserves whatever rights it may have to pursue any legal method to recover such overpayments," company attorney Daniel Cantor wrote in the letter.
James Roy and Stephen Herman, two of the lead plaintiffs' lawyers who helped broker the deal with BP, warned Cantor that his letter "misstates the law and violates BP's obligations under the Settlement Agreement."
"No process exists to alter the amount of an award after it has been paid," they wrote in a letter dated Monday. "It is obvious that the timing and tone of your letter is an attempt to discourage claimants from pursuing claims under the Settlement Program."
Meanwhile, BP also was placing a full-page advertisement in three of the nation's largest newspapers Wednesday that accuses "trial lawyers and some politicians" of encouraging businesses to submit thousands of claims for inflated or non-existent losses.
"Whatever you think about BP, we can all agree that it's wrong for anyone to take money they don't deserve," says the ad, which was scheduled to appear in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. "And it's unfair to everyone in the Gulf — commercial fishermen, restaurant and hotel owners, and all the other hard-working people who've filed legitimate claims for real losses."
In April, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier upheld a court-appointed claims administrator's interpretation of the multi-billion dollar settlement it reached with a group of plaintiffs' attorneys.
The London-based oil giant appealed the decision. A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear the case July 8.
"The Court has rejected BP's argument multiple times,"
BP's ad claims Barbier's ruling "interprets the settlement in a way no one intended" and results in settlement payouts to businesses that didn't suffer any spill-related losses.
"Even though we're appealing the misinterpretation of the agreement, we want you to know that the litigation over this issue has not in any way changed our commitment to the Gulf," it says.
BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said the newspaper ad is consistent with the company's efforts to keep the public informed of its economic and environmental restoration efforts.
"It explains the actions we are taking to defend the contract we agreed to and to assure the integrity of the claims process," he said in a statement. "But it is also intended to make clear that BP remains as committed today as it was three years ago to doing the right thing. While we are actively litigating the payments by the claims program for inflated and even fictitious losses, we remain fully committed to paying legitimate claims due to the accident."
Barbier appointed Lafayette-based attorney Patrick Juneau to administer the settlement program. BP PLC has accused
But the judge upheld the claims administrator's interpretation of settlement terms that govern how businesses' pre- and post-spill revenue and expenses — and the time periods for those dollar amounts — are used to calculate their awards.
In the letter to plaintiffs' attorneys, BP says it expects
"BP further notifies you that it also reserves any rights it may have to recover funds from the attorneys of claimants in the event of reversal, if those attorneys have a contingent-fee interest in the payment of the Claim," the letter says.
Plaintiffs' attorneys have said the payments to businesses were clearly spelled out in the agreement. They claim BP simply undervalued the settlement and underestimated how many claimants would qualify for payments.
They also asserted in a filing last month that BP had pointed to "four examples out of more than 40,000 filed claims that it hopes will shock this Court," and then relied on its own experts to claim "mistakes" or "overpayments."
The judge's ruling has not deterred BP.
Last week, BP called for an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by an attorney who worked on
A law firm allegedly paid Sutton a portion of settlement proceeds from claims he referred to the firm before he went to work for
BP estimated more than a year ago that it would spend roughly $7.8 billion to resolve tens of thousands of claims by businesses and individuals covered by the settlement. The company now says it can't give a reliable estimate for the total value of the deal.
Barbier also heard testimony earlier this year for a first phase of a trial designed to identify the causes of BP's April 2010 well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies involved.
Billions more hinge on the outcome of the trial, which includes claims by the federal government and
The spill began in April 2010 after the BP-leased drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded off the
BP set up a compensation fund for individuals and businesses affected by the spill and committed $20 billion. The claims fund initially was handled by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg but


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On Thursday, November 29, the City of Alexandria held its annual Employee Public Service Awards ceremony at the Lee Center to recognize those who achieved significant anniversaries in 2011. Mayor William D. Euille, members of City Council and City Manager Rashad Young joined department heads in recognizing the service of Alexandria's dedicated employees, including more than three dozen who serve with the Alexandria Sheriff's Office.
Please join Sheriff Dana Lawhorne in thanking and congratulating the following individuals who were honored for their years of service to the Office and to the people of Alexandria.
35 Years of ServiceMs. Rose M. Barnes(seen in photo with Sheriff Lawhorne and Mayor Euille)
30 Years of ServiceChief Deputy Tim GleesonDeputy Timothy Thorne
25 Years of ServiceMs. Shennell M. CoitDeputy Keith A. CraneLt. Brian DeSouzaMs. Liz DixonSgt. Brian GrenadierMs. Gloria G. HicksDeputy Isaac J. LovittDeputy William L. MorganLt. Monique ReaSgt. Joe PankeyCapt. Doug SchulerCapt. Wendy WebbMr. Rony Wise
20 Years of ServiceDeputy Marvia AndersonSgt. Candra L. CallicottDeputy Michael R. ColeMs. Cindy KapetanisDeputy Pedro J. OcasioDeputy Earlene S. Pierre
15 Years of ServiceMs. Amy BertschMs. Gladys Y. CoxMs. Debra F. DefreitasDeputy George R. GrayDeputy Treska V. LytleDeputy Robert H. RowlandDeputy Arlene B. VollinLt. Douglas R. Woehlke
10 Years of ServiceMs. Michelle C. FrierDeputy Alicia A. GreenDeputy Manuel Lee
5 Years of ServiceMs. LaTanya ErvinDeputy Juan F. GuzmanDeputy Jeffrey M. HinesDeputy Kha V. LeDeputy Quentin R. Wade
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Action director Ching Siu-Tung helms this fantasy film based on an old Chinese legend about an herbalist who falls in love with a thousand-year-old White Snake disguised as a woman. Jet Li stars as a sorcerer who discovers her true identity and battles to save the man's soul.
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Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war" to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results - until she meets Arthur Martin, a middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. While Arthur appears to be a likely candidate for her unique political strategy, his unwillingness to fall for her game only encourages Baya to pursue him, with surprisingly sexy consequences.
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Meridian Community College fastpitch softball coach Robert Eakins has some holes to fill defensively.
He can't think of a better place to start looking than with Shareda Brown of Starkville High School.
Brown, who only made four errors and had a fielding percentage of .991 at first base for the Lady Yellowjackets last season, signed with Meridian Community College Monday morning at the school library.
"We played enough games last year where we committed enough (errors)," Eakins said. "We did need some sound defensive players and one of our goals was we wanted to play good defense."
That's something Brown provided for Starkville coach Mimi Milling by leading the team in assists at first base and saved several bad plays from happening.
Milling said Brown was the type of player who could play anywhere on the infield for the Lady Jackets and was determined to improve her skills.
"She has the heart and wants to do it," Brown said. "She's the one who wants to stay 30 minutes after practice to work or however long she needs to. I think she is gong to offer (Meridian) more than just a physical athlete. She's going to be good mentally and emotionally."
Brown said it took quite a bit of practice to mature defensively and also credited the coaches at SHS, especially Sheila Coleman. She also thanked her teammates for their help.
"It was a lot to learn and a lot to take in, but the girls on the team taught me a lot on and off the field in terms of getting along with people and showing my talent," Brown said.
When she first went out for softball, Brown was looking to play a sport where she could get more playing time and wasn't getting that satisfaction from basketball.
Milling experimented with Brown at second base before settling her into a starter's role at third base in her first year to play at SHS.
Brown moved across the diamond to first base when graduation caused a need for the Lady Jackets at that position.
It was Brown's willing to play anywhere needed that was a strength.
Milling is going to miss Brown's spirit.
"She's the one who is always up no matter if you yell and scream at her," Milling said. "Her spirit is always high. That's what is going to hurt us because we don't have a leader in that department anymore."
When it came time to pursue a career at the next level, Brown contacted MCC and Eakins brought her in for a tryout.
"I did a little homework on her," Eakins said. "She's a good kid and ready to work. We liked what we saw in terms of good fundamentals. If she comes in and works on that, she can step in and help us. We want kids who want to be in school, we want kids that are disciplined and she fits those criteria. I think our school is one of the best to get an education. She can help us and help herself educationally and athletically."
Eakins plans to play Brown at first base or use her in the designated player role with the Lady Eagles.
Brown was attracted to the Meridian softball program which isn't too far away from home and liked the fact her mom could come see her play.
"I liked the coach and recent players they have," Brown said. "They are really nice and easy to get along with. I'm just happy to be a Lady Eagle."
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The beauty of the urn is that it can be used as a regal place to display a beautiful flowering plant, or its sculpted beauty can stand on its own. The impressive Versailles Cherub Urn is modeled after the impressive urns that dot the extensive gardens of Versailles and like so many of the original royal French urns, this one features twin, winged cherubs and a beautifully carved surface. The four and a half foot height also makes it a proud, centerpiece decoration for any garden.
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In some positions, jobs depend largely upon grants and contract renewals, and can therefore be somewhat unstable for long-term employment prospects. But because most in the field are highly trained and technically educated, few have difficulty obtaining new posts when funding dries up.
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