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Chairman Davis and Members of the Committee: When President Bush took office almost two and half years ago, he placed a priority on changing how America's military does business; he charged the Department of Defense to transform to meet the threats of 21st Century. When September 11th came, it only amplified the fact that, while the world had changed dramatically, certain laws and regulations governing the Department of Defense were vestiges of an earlier, much different, much less immediate era. The American people need and deserve a transformed Defense Department, one that is poised and prepared to defend our national security in this new era, possibly the most dangerous America has ever confronted. A critical part of this transformation is the Defense Transformation Act for the 21st Century. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss with this Committee, focused as it is on reform, the Defense Department's perspective on this Act.
We have witnessed in Iraq another magnificent effort by our men and women in uniform and their coalition partners; they can claim a great achievement on behalf of freedom—for America and for Iraqis who were victims of a vicious regime. They have freed us from an enormous threat and given an entire people reason to believe that representative government is within their grasp. They performed their missions with incredible courage and skill, and we are enormously proud of them.
Along with those qualities, much of the success we witnessed came from certain transformational changes. Our unparalleled ability to conduct night operations has allowed us to virtually own the night, and the close integration of our forces has resulted in an order of magnitude change in how precise we are in finding and hitting targets from just a decade ago, to name just two dramatic examples.
And as we continue to wage the war against terrorism, it is imperative that we continually take stock of how we can further transform the Department of Defense—because when the world changed so dramatically on September 11th, it was vital that the Department of Defense change dramatically as well. As we have seen so vividly in recent days, lives depend, not just on technology, but on a culture that fosters leadership, flexibility, agility and adaptability.
Why This Legislation
To foster these qualities and bring DoD into the 21st Century, we need legislative help. One of the key areas in which we need your help is in transforming our system of personnel management so that we can gain more flexibility and agility in how we handle the more than 700,000 civilians who provide the Department such vital support—or to deal efficiently with those who don't. The ability to do so is nothing less than a national security requirement because it goes straight to how well we will be able to defend our country in the years to come.
In truth, this is neither a new nor a partisan issue. No less than three administrations have tried to fix a system that is, by most accounts, seriously broken. In an age when terrorists move information at the speed of an e-mail, money at the speed of a wire transfer and people at the speed of a commercial jet liner, the Defense Department is still bogged down, to a great extent, in the micro-management and bureaucratic processes of the industrial age, when the world has surged ahead into the information age.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, for example, finds it difficult to recruit candidates so critical to this information age—the telecommunications, IT and professional engineering and science candidates who are also so attractive to industry—because of inflexible and time-consuming laws that govern recruiting. When industry can offer the best and brightest jobs on the spot at job fairs, we must compete for these same individuals using a hiring process that can take months. If this system is slow in bringing promising talent on board, it can be equally slow to unload people with proven problems. In one case at the Defense Logistics Agency, it took nine months to fire an employee with previous suspensions and corrective actions who had repeatedly been found sleeping on the job.
Our legislative proposal, the Defense Transformation Act for the 21st Century, would be a big step forward in addressing such obvious shortfalls in the current system. The bill before you will also give the Armed Forces the flexibility to more efficiently react to changing events with the ability to more rapidly move resources, shift people and bring new weapons systems on line.
We have proposed a process for moving a number of non-military functions that have been pressed on DOD over the years to other, more appropriate departments. We have proposed more flexible rules for the flow of money through the Department to give us the ability to respond to urgent needs as they emerge.
We have proposed elimination of onerous regulations that make it difficult or virtually impossible for many small businesses to do business with the Department of Defense. We have proposed expanded authority for competitive outsourcing so that we can get military personnel out of non-military tasks and back into the field.
And we have proposed measures that would protect our military training ranges so that our men and women will be able to continue to train as they fight while honoring our steadfast commitment to protecting the environment.
This bill involves an enormous amount of detail. As you work through it, you will inevitably find that almost every regulation had some plausible rationale behind it, but it is important to keep in mind what the sum total of all these industrial age bureaucratic processes does to our ability to develop an information age military. The cumulative effect of the old processes that we are seeking to change with this proposed legislation impacts not just small details, but our ability to defend our nation and to provide the brave men and women who perform that task with the absolutely best support they deserve. Allow me to name a few of these old processes.
First, the inability to put civilians in hundreds of thousands of jobs that do not need to be performed by men and women in uniform puts unnecessary strain on our most precious resource—our uniformed personnel. Today, we have some 320,000 uniformed personnel doing essentially non-military jobs, and yet we are calling up Reserves to help deal with the global war on terror.
Second, the overall inefficiency of our management system means that taxpayers are not getting the value they could get from their defense dollars. And, perhaps more important, the men and women whose lives depend on the support that the dollars deliver are also being short-changed. Despite 128 acquisition reform studies, we have a system in the Defense Department that, since 1975 has doubled the time it takes to produce a new weapons system in an era when technologies in the private sector are arriving in years and months—not in decades.
Third, the encroachment on our ability to train adequately in an era when training increasingly represents the most important qualitative edge that the US military enjoys, threatens a collision that will endanger the lives of our servicemen and women. That collision has not yet happened, fortunately, but it behooves us to take appropriate measures now to ensure that it does not.
Fourth, our limited flexibility to manage our civilian work force will make it increasingly difficult to compete with the private sector for the kinds of specialized skills that an information-age military needs for its support, but that will be in increasingly high demand throughout our economy.
And finally, and perhaps most important, our slowness in moving new ideas through that cumbersome process to the battlefield means that the equipment and processes that our remarkable men and women are making use of are still a generation or two behind where they ought to be. As we have seen in both Afghanistan and Iraq, we need every bit of qualitative superiority that we can achieve in order to save lives and to more rapidly and precisely defeat the people who threaten the security of the United States. Our objective is not merely to achieve victories, but to have the kind of decisive superiority that can help us to prevent wars in the first place, or if they must be fought, that can enable us to win as quickly as possible with as little loss of life as possible.
Mr. Chairman, the Department is already engaged in substantial transformation. We have reduced management and headquarters staffs by 11 percent. We have streamlined the acquisition process by eliminating hundreds of pages of unnecessary rules and self-imposed red tape. And we have implemented a new financial management structure.
But these internal changes are not enough. DOD needs legislative relief to achieve authentic transformation. And we need the Congress's help to transform how we manage people, how we buy weapons and how we manage our training range. We need Congress to enact the Defense Transformation Bill.
Why This Legislation—Now
We understand it would be ideal if there were more time for you to consider this bill. But, we also recognize the fact that if we were to delay and not get on this year's Defense Authorization Bill, this legislation may not become law until late 2004 or even 2005. And given that our adversaries continue to look for vulnerabilities and opportunities, delay will only work against us. And we believe this bill offers a substantial step forward in improving the overall conditions of the Department's civilian workforce.
The bill before you is the product of many months, indeed years, of work inside and outside the Department of Defense. Much of the content of the civilian personnel package is the result of personnel demonstration projects that Congress authorized the Department to undertake decades ago.
More than 30,000 DOD employees have participated in the demonstration projects that other Congressional committees helped to pioneer. Without the Congress' leadership and this committee's leadership, this bill would not be something we could be considering today.
Over the past year, this bill has gone through an extensive interagency process and comes to you with the full support of the administration. And the Congress has played a vital role in the development of this initiative.
Although, as has been pointed out, in its final form the bill did not reach the Congress until April 10, in the months leading up to its formal delivery, we had over 100 meetings with members and staff on the various provisions. That helped to shape, in substantial measure, those things that we thought should be presented to the Congress and those things that should not be. The input that we have received from the Congress has been invaluable in the development of the bill that is before you.
It is a fact that, in other U.S. government agencies, major portions of the national workforce have already been freed from archaic rules and regulations. We need similar relief. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, the Department of Defense must transform for the 21st century not just the way we deter and defend, but also the way we conduct our daily business. And we need to get this done right now. The world changed drastically on September 11, but the laws and regulations governing the Department of Defense have simply not kept pace.
We realize that achieving the goal of reforming the Defense Department's civil service system requires some bold moves to constitute real transformation. We are asking you now to help us take such a bold step. That we are fighting a difficult war on terrorism that promises to be of some duration only makes the need to do so to reform our personnel system even more pressing. We must fix this system now. We cannot afford to wait.


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Harmonix is dropping the need for plastic guitar, drum and keyboard controllers for its next game, Rock Band Blitz, the downloadable Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game that plays like the music game maker's first two PlayStation 2 games (Frequency and Amplitude). This is a Rock Band game played with standard controllers, that works with your existing Rock Band music library and is meant to be played solo (but also against friends).
It's arcadey, "more gamey" and "kind of silly in some ways," according to its creators.
We got a chance to go hands-on with Rock Band Blitz at GDC last month, tapping away at the Xbox 360 controller's left and right bumpers in time with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." This is what we learned.
Rock Band Blitz plays not unlike the PSP entry in the series, Rock Band Unplugged. Players fill up from one to five note highways, each based on an individual music track (guitar, bass, drums, vocal, keyboard). They'll tap out left and right notes to the beat, strum or tune of each highway, either by tapping left on the d-pad and a face button, or with the left and right shoulder buttons. Successful streaks fill out a note highway, making it glow, and filling out all open note highways during a measure of a song offers a big bonus.
It's a game of plate-spinning, making sure that notes are being hit and lanes are kept lit as you bounce from left to right to left to right.
Tapping out all those notes in Rock Band Blitz may become a bit complicated and fast-paced, so Harmonix has programmed in a few power-ups that make scoring big much easier. Players can choose which power-ups they'd like to use in their load out before each song. If you'd like to launch a pinball around the note highway, clearing out note gems as it bounces around, that's one option. Another is a bottle rocket that destroys note gems in a big splash. Yet another is a "bandmate" that will play a track for you while you focus on a separate tracks.
Harmonix says we can expect 10 to 15 power-ups in the final game. Unlocking them requires "Cred," Blitz's experience metric, and purchasing these disposable power-ups consumes in-game currency, coins, which players can win by playing solo or by challenging their friends in asynchronous multiplayer.
Rock Band Blitz will feature multiplayer Challenges that will pit your left and right beat-tapping skills against fellow players. These are weeklong competitions between two players, a chance to see who can outscore and out-combo a rival on a song-by-song basis. Players can issue those Challenges to friends via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, with the victor taking the spoils (Coins) and the leaderboard position.
Think of it like a whittled down version of EA's competitive Autolog features built into its Need for Speed games, a high-scoring contest that will drive Rock Band Blitz players to perfect their performances. An opponent's current Challenge score on a song will be ever visible as you play the same track, a constant reminder that you are about to outpace or fall short of a rival's performance.
Rock Band Blitz will ship with 25 songs of its own, songs you can then use in Rock Band 3, if you so choose. Harmonix hasn't said how much the game and its two-dozen-plus tunes will cost, but hinted "it will be much cheaper than what you'd normally pay for" 25 downloadable songs.
While Rock Band Blitz is a very different game from the Rock Band titles we've seen on consoles, it's a great answer to the questions "When are you going to make another Frequency/Amplitude game, Harmonix?" and "What else can I do with these hundreds/thousands of current Rock Band music tracks I've already paid for?"
Blitz will come to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network some time this summer from Harmonix. Start warming up your preferred tapping extremities in anticipation.


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T. Rex Body Plan Debuted in Puny Raptorex
Raptorex displays all the hallmarks of its famous descendant, Tyrannosaurus rex, including a large head compared to its torso, tiny arms and lanky feet well-suited for running. The Raptorex brain cast also displayed enlarged olfactory bulbs—as in T. rex—indicating a highly developed sense of smell.
"It's really stolen from tyrannosaurids all the fire of the group," Sereno said. All that Raptorex left for its descendants is "a suite of detailed features largely related to getting bigger."
Sereno marvels at the scalability of the tyrannosaur body type, which when sized up 90 million years ago completely dominated the predatory eco-niche in both Asia and North America until the great extinction 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
"On other continents like Africa, you have as many as three large predators living in the same areas that split among them the job of eating meat," he said. But in Africa, the allosaurs never went extinct, as they did in North America, possibly presenting an evolutionary opportunity for Raptorex. "We have no evidence that it was a competitive takeover," said Sereno, "because we have never found large tyrannosaurs and allosaurs together."
Henry Kriegstein, a private fossil collector, brought the nearly complete Raptorex skeleton to Sereno's attention after buying it from a vendor. After Sereno and colleagues finish a more detailed study of the fossil, it will be returned to a museum in Inner Mongolia, the place where the fossil was illicitly excavated.
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Minneapolis Public Schools hosted its Back to School Jam on Saturday.
Information about school enrollment, educational programs, family resources and community partners were offered to families and students to help prepare them for the upcoming school year.
The event was from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 17 in the parking lot of the Davis Center, 1250 W. Broadway Ave.


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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is taking aim at the nation's most dangerous employers with a new Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP).
The new program, which will take effect by early June, focuses OSHA enforcement resources on recalcitrant employers who endanger workers by demonstrating indifference to their responsibilities under the law.
This supplemental enforcement tool includes stiffer penalties; increased OSHA inspections and mandatory follow-up inspections in these worksites; and inspections of other worksites of the same employer, where similar hazards and deficiencies may be present. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov/dep/svep-directive.pdf.
Tens of thousands die from workplace disease and more than 4.6 million workers are seriously injured on the job annually.
"For many employers, investing in job safety happens only when they have adequate incentives to comply with OSHA's requirements," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, David Michaels. "Higher penalties and more aggressive, targeted enforcement will provide a greater deterrent and further encourage these employers to furnish safe and healthy workplaces for their employees."
"SVEP will help OSHA concentrate its efforts on those repeatedly recalcitrant employers who fail to meet their obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. It will include a more intense examination of an employer's practices for systemic problems that would trigger additional mandatory inspections," said Michaels.
Last year, OSHA assembled a work group to evaluate its penalty policies and found that currently assessed penalties were too low to have an adequate deterrent effect. Based on the group's recommendations, several administrative changes are being made to the penalty calculation system outlined in the agency's Field Operations Manual. The penalty changes will increase the overall dollar amount of all penalties while maintaining OSHA's policy of reducing penalties for small employers and those acting in good faith.
The current maximum penalty for a serious violation, one capable of causing death or serious physical harm, is only $7,000 and the maximum penalty for a willful violation is $70,000. The average penalty for a serious violation will increase from about $1,000 to an average $3,000 to $4,000. Monetary penalties for violations of the OSH Act have been increased only once in 40 years despite inflation.
The Protecting America's Workers Act would raise these penalties, for the first time since 1990, to $12,000 and $250,000, respectively. Future penalty increases would also be tied to inflation. In the meantime, OSHA will focus on outreach in preparation of implementing this new penalty policy. For more information on the penalty policy, visit http://www.osha.gov/dep/penalty-change-memo.pdf.
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About time, lets see if it sticks and is used.....
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Columbia City's girls basketball team and Whitko's girls basketball team both fell in Class 3A sectional championships Saturday.
Columbia City lost to Norwell, 74-61, and Whitko lost to NorthWood, 56-47.
Churubusco's girls basketball team lost a Class 2A sectional semifinal Friday night to Fort Wayne Canterbury, 82-46.
Read more about Saturday's championship games in the Monday edition of The Post & Mail.
HAMILTON — Churubusco's boys basketball team picked up its second win in three games Thursday night, topping Hamilton on the road, 46-37.
Hamilton jumped out to a 13-6 lead in the first quarter, but the Eagles worked their way back into the game in the second quarter, outscoring the Marines 16-10 to make the score 23-22 in favor of Hamilton at halftime.
The Eagles mounted on their comeback in the third quarter, topping Hamilton 8-4 to take the lead, 30-27, going into the fourth quarter.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City's freshman boys basketball team played its make-up game with Carroll Wednesday night in Columbia City.
The Eagles were handed their third loss of the season, falling 51-38 to the Chargers.
Carroll took a 34-16 advantage at halftime, after several Columbia City shots weren't falling.
The high-scorer for the Eagles was Jordan Bechtold, with four 3-pointers and a final tally of 18 points.
Rob Wood scored eight points.
Andrew Jagger added a 3-pointer of his own to go with his five points.
OSSIAN — Saturday night's weather wasn't the only inhospitable thing, as the Columbia City boys' basketball team traveled to Norwell for a Northeast Hoosier Conference match-up.
The Eagles fell behind early to a Norwell squad that held the Eagles to eight first-quarter points and maintained control throughout the contest, on the way to handing Columbia City a 60-47 loss.
The Eagles fell behind early in the first quarter, as the host Knights came out firing with two threes from David Vogel on individual moves against the Eagle defense.
HUNTERTOWN — Eleven Whitley County wrestlers cleared the second hurdle on the way to a possible individual wrestling state championship.
Columbia City led the way, advancing six of its seven Carroll Regional qualifiers to next Saturday's Fort Wayne Semi-State. Churubusco will have four wrestlers in semi-state competition, while Whitko advanced one wrestler.
Columbia City took third as a team, being nudged out of second in the last bout of the day by Leo, the New Haven sectional champion.
WARSAW — For the first time in a few years, a Columbia City girls swimmer for the IHSAA state swim meet.
Senior Andrea Richter took home first place in the 100-yard butterfly in the sectional in a time of 1:00.53.
With the win, Richter received one of the 20 automatic berths to the state meet that goes to each sectional's champion.
The honors kept coming for the Lady Eagles. Head Coach Debi Bosselman was named coach of the year for the sectional.
She piloted Columbia City to a fifth-place finish, with the Lady Eagles rolling up 225 points.
HUNTINGTON — Columbia City's girls basketball team fell just short of a win on its final game of the regulator season Friday night.
After not going to school most of the week due to weather and Friday's power outage, the Lady Eagles traveled to Huntington North Friday for a game that was rescheduled from Thursday.
The despite a fourth-quarter rally by Columbia City, the Lady Vikings prevailed, 49-42.
The Lady Eagles took a 10-7 lead in the first quarter, but let Huntington North go on a run in the second quarter. The Lady Vikings outscored Columbia City 17-9 in the second.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko's girls basketball team picked up its last Three Rivers Conference win of the season Friday night, topping Northfield 50-46 Friday night.
After a back-and-forth battle between the rivals, Whitko pulled out on top in the final minutes, forcing Northfield to foul, and scoring 5-of-7 from the charity stripe to take the win.
In a low-scoring first quarter, the Wildcats pulled ahead with a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Brianna Cumberland to make the score 8-6.
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco's boys basketball team failed to make it two wins in three games when it fell to Lakeland Friday.
The Eagles had defeated Central Noble last week, then fell on the road to Angola Monday. Friday, 'Busco was edged out at home 48-44 by the visiting Lakers.
The Eagles now hold a 2-12 record and are 2-4 in the NECC.
It was a tight contest that was tied at halftime, 19-19. Churubusco had a shot at the end to tie, but missed, and left Lakeland to shoot free throws.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Columbia City Eagles freshman boys basketball team was handed their second loss of the season when they played the New Haven Bulldogs Friday night.
It seems the ball just wouldn't go in the basket for the Eagles.
At the end of the first half, the Bulldogs were ahead 17-12, but the Eagles couldn't catch up by the end of the game with the score ending in 39-20 in favor of the Bulldogs.
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Twenty-two students stepped into the cool evening air outside Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport an hour and a half ago. The group appeared weary from a long journey, but happy to be here at last and definitely ready to begin a new adventure. They made it through immigration and customs in record time, about an hour, and we boarded the bus for a quiet hostel in Miraflores. Tomorrow we begin the program with a day of orientation here in Peru's capital. Now it's time to get some rest.
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Two Oregonians took first and second place in 13abc's Extreme Weight Loss Challenge, the results for which were announced live from Super Fitness in Toledo May 20.
Robert Michael Ray, owner of Oregon Village Apartments, took first place in the contest by losing 114 pounds over the course of the sixmonth challenge, which included monthly group challenges and weighins for the five competitors.
Volunteers working with One Voice for East Toledo posted a map in their so-called "war room" that keeps tracks of properties surveyed for the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation, or land bank.
"The goal of the land bank is to have a data base of all properties in the whole city of Toledo, so that's important," said East Toledo Family Center community builder Jodi Gross, the One Voice leader.
Bowling Green State University, Ironwood Block Watch, Oakdale Community, East Toledo Family Center, the One Voice for East Toledo Initiative, LISC, and a number of other collaborators will be painting another mural on East Broadway at the viaduct.
BGSU graduate Maura Meyers has been chosen to design the mural and help lead a team of university students and volunteers in painting a mural.
The Village of Oak Harbor finished some municipal business Monday, affirming a contract with its new administrator and picking a person to fill a recently vacated council seat.
Village council voted unanimously for a $70,000 annual contract for new Village Administrator Randy Genzman. The contract is open-ended, containing no specific date for reviews for re-negotiations and no clauses for buyouts in the event of an unexpected departure as previous contracts have provided outgoing employees.
The Eastwood school board Monday took another step toward seeking voter approval for a new elementary school on the district's central campus, passing a resolution requesting that the Ohio School Facilities Commission update the project data for fiscal year 2015.
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Chaves Things to Do
Igreja Matriz.
Igreja Matriz is a romanesque church that is not the most interesting church from the outside, but very pretty inside with some very interesting wooden work and both the roof and the floor is made out of wood.I wish i could have posted some photos from the inside of the church, but there was a service going on when i was there, so i decided not to...more
The roman bridge.
The roman bridge is an old bridge dating back to the roman times that is 140 meters long and spans over the river Tamega in Chaves.It's closed for traffic and really a nice piece of work.It dates back to the 2nd century AD but has undergone many restaurations since then.It's very pretty and is one of the things that makes Chaves such a charming...more
Every old town has its Pillory or Pelourinho in portuguese, and usually located in central areas almost ever in front of the City Hall or Municipal Council. This one is beautiful, isn't it?more
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When i wandered around the town, I was impressed with the beautiful wooden balconies, I found similar balconies in Tenerife Island ? Spain ( maybe it has some influence of Spain because Chaves is a town near the border of Spain).more
Termas de Chaves
The Termas of Chaves (Thermal springs) are located a few minutes from the city centre by foot. It seems that is one of the hottest springs in Europe. That water attracts both tourists and people seeking the treatment of rheumatism, kidney dysfunction and hypertension. The Water bubbles up at a temperature of 73ºC (163º F).more
Igreja da Misericordia
It seems that the Misericórdia Church is worthy of a visit, unfortunately i didn't have time to go inside, but i could admire its Baroque facade style.I had read that it has an exquisite interior lined with 18th century azulejos (glazed tiles).more
Castelo de Chaves
In Chaves you will find a beautiful castle from the 14th-century that overlooks the Praça de Camões ( medieval square). Since 1978 inside the castle there is a small military museum where you can see uniforms, suits of armour and other regalia.more
Inside the fortifications
Inside the fortifications you will be able to enjoy a beautiful garden and a great view over the valley of Chaves and The Serra do Brunheiro (Mountain). The walls were built when the war of Restauração (Guerra da Restauração).more
Igreja Matriz
The Igreja Matriz ou the Mother-church is a beautiful church of a Romanesque origin from the XII century.It has a beautiful inside, don't miss!more
Chaves Hotels
Hotel Casino Chaves
Lugar do Extremo - Valdanta, Chaves, 5400-581, Portugal
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Forte de Sao Francisco
Alto da Pedisqueira, Forte De Sao Francisco, Chaves, 5400-435, Portugal
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Rua Rainha D. Mafalda no 81, Chaves, 5400-581, Portugal
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Nice local food
Behind the massive red door of this granite building, you have a huge space filled with wooden tables, portuguese style pavement and barrels in the walls. The food is simple and cheap and there are many tapas to try.more
Very charming restaurant with excellent...
Adega Faustino is an old restaurant in Chaves that has been run for over 100 years by the same family.The interior is really charming and very rustique where the floor is made from cobblestones.It used to be a place where people from out of town could go for a drink after having sold their goods at the market and there used to be space to tie up...more
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Enjoy the town by train
Well it seems that are usual to find this kind of nice transportation on the towns. Actually i didn't try it this time on this town but i can say that it is a good way to do a tourist circuit.
Chaves Off The Beaten Path
Pedra Bolideira.
Pedra Bolideira is a giant granite rock located 18 kilometers outside Chaves.
It's just one of many giant rocks in the area, but this one is a little different as it has broken in to two many thousadn years ago and despite weighing several tonnes and being 10 times 3 meters you are able to make it move by giving it a little push.
It looks like the rock has been cut in two with some giant knife and it's a bit of an odd sight.
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Favorite thing: The river that runs in Chaves is the river Tamega. I loved the colour of that river so peaceful.
You can admire some swans and ducks there.
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Yarmouth back on track after win at GNG
GRAY—Tuesday night, despite a strong effort, the Yarmouth boys' basketball team lost at home to defending Class B state champion Falmouth.
The Clippers weren't about to start a losing streak.
The best thing you can do with a loss is quickly leave it behind and Yarmouth had an opportunity to do that Wednesday evening when it traveled to Gray to face the Gray-New Gloucester Patriots.
Yarmouth scored the game's first eight points and after the Patriots came to life and took their only lead, 19-17, the Clippers closed the first half on a 20-2 surge to essentially end all doubt.
The second half saw a parade of reserves, who all contributed, and Yarmouth gradually extended its lead and went on to a 77-42 victory.
The Clippers put a whopping 14 players in the scoring column, led by senior David Murphy, who had a game-high 18 points, as they improved to 8-3, dropping Gray-New Gloucester to 2-9 in the process.
"We got another night to prove ourselves," said Yarmouth coach Adam Smith. "That's what great about athletics. I thought we had a great start to this game, but Gray showed that they were up to the task. I thought they played really well, but we got our heads wrapped in this game. We got after it."
Taking care of business
So far this winter, Yarmouth has played the top teams in the league tough and have dispatched the squads it was supposed to handle.
The Clippers pounded visiting Kennebunk in the opener, 89-52. After falling at Falmouth, 84-65, Yarmouth rebounded to down host Poland, 75-47, then dropped a hard fought contest at Greely, 57-49, before closing 2013 with a 66-52 home win over Cape Elizabeth. The new year featured wins over host Freeport (73-32), visiting Waynflete (86-64), host Traip (85-46) and host Cape Elizabeth (67-55). Tuesday, the streak ended with a 55-48 home loss to Falmouth.
Gray-New Gloucester opened with losses to Greely, Fryeburg, Cape Elizabeth and York before enjoying a win at Wells. After closing 2013 with a home loss to Lake Region, the Patriots opened with 2014 with a home victory over Traip. Losses to Cape Elizabeth, Lake Region and Fryeburg followed.
Last year, Yarmouth handled Gray-New Gloucester twice, 70-46, at home and 54-38 in Gray.
Entering Wednesday, the Clippers had beaten the Patriots five consecutive times, dating to a 57-54 Gray-New Gloucester win Jan. 11, 2011, in Yarmouth.
The Clippers showed no after-effects from Tuesday's loss, racing to a quick lead.
A Murphy jumper 27 seconds in opened the scoring. Senior Nate Shields-Auble then scored his only six points of the game in a 66-second span, burying a floater, hitting a short jumper in the lane, then scoring on a putback, making it 8-0 Yarmouth just 2:06 in.
The hosts broke through with 5:18 left in the first quarter when junior Andreas Kariotis hinted at a big game to come with two free throws.
Senior Tyler St. Pierre added a layup, but Clippers junior Adam LaBrie countered with a 3 to make it 11-4.
After Kariotis made a layup, Murphy set up junior Jordan Brown for a fastbreak layup. Kariotis scored on a putback, but senior Wyatt Jackson set up junior Cote Sawyer for a layup and a 15-8 lead.
The Patriots continued to chip away as the period wound down as senior Sam Johnson took a pass from junior J.T. Magno and hit a 3 and after sophomore Cody Cook scored on a driving layup for the visitors, Kariotis took a pass from junior David Chanlatte and made a layup and Chanlatte was fouled after a steal and made both free throws to cut Yarmouth's lead to just two, 17-15, after one.
Gray-New Gloucester kept the pressure on early in the second period and was rewarded by taking a short-lived lead.
Just 58 seconds in, a putback from Kariotis tied the score. Magno then took a pass from St. Pierre and made a layup to put the Patriots ahead, 19-17, with 6:45 to play before halftime.
"Gray has offensive weapons who can knock down shots," Murphy said. "We left them open."
The rest of the half would belong to the Clippers, however.
After Murphy finished a feed from Sheilds-Auble with a layup to tie the game, a baseline jumper from Cook with 4;23 to play gave Yarmouth the lead for good.
Murphy followed with an old-fashioned three-point play (layup after a steal, foul and free throw), sophomore Musseit M'Bareck hit a jumper, Cook scored on a putback and M'Bareck hit a jumper to cap a 15-0 run.
Magno set up sophomore Eric Anderson for a layup to end a 5 minute, 17 second drought, but LaBrie scored on a leaner and in the final minute, after a Jackson steal, the ball came to Murphy, who knocked down a 3 to make it 37-21 Clippers at the break.
In the first 16 minutes, Yarmouth forced a dozen turnovers while committing only five, enjoyed a 21-16 advantage on the glass and got 10 points, three steals and two assists from Murphy, seven points, six boards, two steals and a pair of blocks from LaBrie and six points each from Cook and Shields-Auble to get some breathing room.
"The Falmouth game was so hyped up, so it was good to be able to come right out again," Murphy said. "We try every time to come out firing, knocking down shots or working our butts off defensively."
The game was never in doubt in the second half as the Clippers showed their depth.
A Murphy 3-pointer 57 seconds in extended the run to 23-2. Kariotis stemmed the tide with a 3-ball, but Murphy countered with another and the lead was 43-24.
A layup from Yarmouth senior Ethan Gage and a pair of Gage free throws were answered by a driving layup from Kariotis, but Murphy scored on a driving layup, Gage sank a 3 and Cook scored on a driving layup to make it 54-26.
"It's tough for sophomores," Smith said. "Cody's had his struggles, but when he plays well, he knows it. He feels it and continues to play better."
After Kariotis made a free throw, Yarmouth's reserves began to assert themselves as Brown set up senior Jackson Bartlett for a layup, Jackson made a free throw and Bartlett fed Brown for a layup. A free throw from Magno and a floater from Johnson pulled Gray-New Gloucester back to 59-30 after three periods.
The Clippers' starters returned for a short stint to the start the final stanza.
LaBrie opened the quarter with two free throws and a 3. After St. Pierre sank two foul shots, it was the backups' turn again, as junior Sam Morris made a layup after a steal. Kariotis countered with a putback, but senior Michael Salvesen put home a missed shot to allow Yarmouth to double up the Patriots, 68-34.
After two foul shots from Gray-New Gloucester senior Spencer Harriman and another from Anderson, Jackson stole the ball and fed Cook for a layup. Anderson made a free throw and Kyle Keenan took a pass from Magno and made a layup, but Clippers senior Ben Still scored on a putback, senior Ben Thompson sank a 3 and Salvesen set up Sawyer for a layup for Yarmouth's final points. Single free throws from Magno and Anderson brought the curtain down on the Clippers' 77-42 triumph.
"It's always good to get the blood flowing and play another game," Cook said. "We put (Falmouth) behind us. We move the ball well and I got open shots. We ran transition well. It was fun. It's a lot more relaxed when the gym's not as full, but every game matters. We just turned it up. We were more focused. We played much better defense."
Murphy, who struggled against Falmouth, not scoring in the first half and winding up with just eight points in that loss, led the way with 18 points, which included three 3-pointers.
"Falmouth's a good defensive team," Murphy said. "It was a little hard to get going. Tonight was a little more relaxed."
LaBrie had 12 points and shared team-leading honors in rebounds (seven) and steals (three).
Cook impressed with 10 points, four rebounds and a steal.
Gage added seven points, Shields-Auble had six, Brown, M'Bareck and Sawyer four apiece, Thompson three, Bartlett, Morris, Salveson and Still two each and Jackson one.
Only junior Adam Clark failed to score and he had two rebounds, a steal, an assist and a blocked shot.
In short, it was a dazzling team effort.
"I don't know if it was noticeable in the stands, but I noticed that whoever was out there played great defense and did a good job moving the ball," Murphy said.
"Tonight, we weren't looking ahead or anything, I just wanted to get a lot of guys in and replenish our momentum," Smith said. "When I extended the bench, it's not what we've been doing, so it took awhile to get the legs going. I thought in the second half, the rotations were better and everyone settled in and played really well defensviely, which helped the offense. The starters feel good when that happens. They root for the guys who work so hard in practice get minutes and look good doing it. They like that. It gives a boost to the team."
The Clippers enjoyed a 40-34 rebounding advantage (Shields-Auble also had a team-high seven, while Bartlett and Jackson both snared five off the bench). Jackson also had three steals as Yarmouth pilfered the ball on 18 occasions. Shields-Auble had three blocks.
The Clippers turned the ball over 16 times, but forced the Patriots to give it away on 26 occasions. Yarmouth finished 6 of 10 from the foul stripe.
For Gray-New Gloucester, Kariotis tied Murphy for top scoring honors in the game with 18 points and led all players with nine rebounds. Anderson and Johnson both had five points, Magno and St. Pierre each finished with four and Chanlatte, Harriman and Keenan had two apiece. The Patriots made 14 of 24 free throws.
Showdown time
While Gray-New Gloucester (13th in the Western Class B Heal Points standings, only 10 teams make the playoffs) returns to action Friday at Old Orchard Beach, Yarmouth (fourth in Western B, behind Morse, Greely and Spruce Mountain) will be hosting Greely in its biggest game of the season. It will be the last time the Clippers see the Rangers in the regular season and Heal Points and playoff positioning will be on the line.
It will also be an opportunity to make a statement.
"It's at our gym this time," Murphy said. "It's always great to have homecourt advantage. It will be a tough game."
"For our 12th game of the season, playing a big rival, I know we're looking forward to it and I know they're looking forward to it," Smith added. "It will be a good crowd and a lot of intensity. I hope we continue to play well. The scoreboard will take care of itself. We just have to take care of our effort."
Following Friday, Yarmouth has home games left versus Wells, York, Gray-New Gloucester and Freeport and games at Fryeburg and Lake Region.
The Clippers can still get better, perhaps even good enough to return to Bangor the last day of February and win a second state title in three years, but there is still a lot of work to do.
"We have to control our effort, play good D and work hard," Cook said. "We have to focus on what we can control."
"I feel like we're starting to grow as a team," Murphy said. "We're much closer than we were at the beginning of the season and we're sharing the ball. We're heading in the right direction."


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Boston Herald: A harsh reality for Lauzon
By Herald staff
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Joe Lauzon, a quiet, 22-year-old college graduate, is about to enter a new dimension.
Thats because the Brockton native and East Bridgewater resident will be hitting the Spike TV airwaves, beginning April 5, as a member of the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 5.
Lauzon, a lightweight with one huge UFC fight on his resume, joined 15 other lightweights in a Las Vegas house in mid-January for the filming of the program, which runs 13 weeks. Though he is prevented contractually from revealing how he made out, the bottom line is that things wont be the same for the budding star after the show is done airing.
Its going to be pretty insane, Lauzon said. I think if youre coming out of that show, the road is a little easier. The UFC enlists time, money and effort into us.
Fighters such as Diego Sanchez and Chris Leben have carried the popularity theyve earned from the show and transferred it into successful careers in the UFC. Though Lauzon is a self-admittedly low-key guy, the potential fame would be just another remarkable step on an unorthodox rise.
Its ridiculous, Lauzon said. All the pieces have fallen into place for us. Every move we make is the perfect move.
Lauzon was a baseball player at East Bridgewater High, but he and his friends loved to emulate the WWF and practice wrestling moves on each other. We tried to beat each other up. We had no idea what we were doing.
A ju jitsu demonstration at his school, by his now-trainer Joe Pomfret, began to turn Lauzons role-playing into the real thing. Lauzon started learning mixed martial arts and then began fighting in local shows. A key connection -- a friendof a friend happened to be a college roommate of UFC president Dana White -- led to correspondence with the UFCs matchmaker.
Id e-mail him and say, What do you want to see me do? Hed e-mail back saying I need to beat a couple of better guys. I traveled around a little. I tried fighting at a lower weight class. I took a couple of fights in a row that were real tough fights.
Persistence, and a little more luck, worked into the equation. Lauzons brother, Dan, who would also become a UFC fighter, was living at the time with UFC fighter Drew Fickett in Arizona. Fickett kept pushing Joe Lauzon to the people at the UFC until the breakthrough finally occurred. Lauzon was tabbed to be the victim for former lightweight champ Jens Pulvers return to the UFC in September of last year.
When I was offered the fight, we looked at it and said, Do I do it or do I back down? But looking at it, I had nothing to lose, Lauzon said. If I lost, I would have lost to the former lightweight champion in my first UFC fight. And what if I did win, that does everything for me.
Of course, Lauzon did win the fight, knocking out Pulver in the first round, and changing his life forever.
It opened up all kinds of doors, Lauzon said. Once I won that fight, it cemented me in. Dana told me that night, I want you on the (Ultimate Fighter) show. If you want, youre on. You dont even have to try out.
My first reaction was, Take my brother. Im already in. My brothers not at this point yet. Personality-wise, my brother is more interesting. Im kind of shy. Hell do anything to make an impression.
But Lauzons brothers age, 18, prevented that. The reality show participants must be at least 21, because of potential alcohol consumption at the house.
They wanted to have a real hands-off approach for the show. They told us that they werent going to baby us, Lauzon said.
As for the show, Lauzon thinks he will come off pretty well to the American public.
Im a pretty quiet kid, Im not going to open my mouth and say stupid stuff. I think what I meant to say is how I said it. Of course, you never know with the editing they do. When they edit, they can change anything. How you come off is up to the editing.
Ironically, the coaches on the show are B.J. Penn, and none other than, Jens Pulver.
There were no problems between me and Jens, Lauzon said. Overall, it was an excellent crew and a great mixture of guys. There were a half-dozen that were phenomenal, a half-dozen that were pretty good.
And Lauzon?
I think I was in that top group, he said.
Lauzon blog for Herald
Lauzons local roots will pay off for UFC fans in the Boston area as he will be providing an ongoing blog that will run on bostonherald.com.
None of the 16 fighters have seen the final product that will air each week on Spike TV, beginning with the debut episode, April 5, at 10 p.m. The show will subsequently air Thursday nights at 10. Lauzon will be able to view each episode the day before it airs on Spike. He will then provide Herald readers with his reaction to that nights show, which will be posted online immediately after the show is done airing.
This will give Herald readers an unparalleled inside look at the goings-on of the popular show.
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Joe Lauzon, a quiet, 22-year-old college graduate, is about to enter a new dimension.
Thats because the Brockton native and East Bridgewater resident will be hitting the Spike TV airwaves, beginning April 5, as a member of the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 5.
Lauzon, a lightweight with one huge UFC fight on his resume, joined 15 other lightweights in a Las Vegas house in mid-January for the filming of the program, which runs 13 weeks. Though he is prevented contractually from revealing how he made out, the bottom line is that things wont be the same for the budding star after the show is done airing.52 blocks documentary: arrived
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By Toni MaltagliatiAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2007 A former Army sergeant and his family are settling into a brand new house this month in New Bern, N.C., custom-built to insure his war injuries will not keep him from independent living.
"Well, we need the house because Eric is in a wheelchair all the time, so we need it so he can get around the house by himself," said Stephanie Edmundson, wife of Eric Edmundson. The former soldier was wounded by a roadside bomb while riding in a Stryker armored vehicle, Oct. 2, 2005, in Iraq, according to Homes for Our Troops officials, which took on the project for the family. The explosion left Edmundson unable to talk, walk, eat or drink, though he does have the ability to move his legs.
The home features wide doorways, an open architecture without hallways, lower counters, sturdy hand rails and other hardware for accessibility.
"He can move his chair with his feet," she said. "So he can help himself. … Quality of life is important in having Eric home, being able to be a husband and dad."
More than a dozen businesses in the New Bern area donated building materials, engineering services and labor for the project. In the end, the total cost for Homes for Our Troops was $5,000. Since the project came in so far under budget, another home will be built for another wounded warrior, said John Gonsalves, president of the group.
"This is one of nine homes that we're going to dedicate between now and the end of the year," said Gonsalves.
A key-handover ceremony was held Oct. 6, before the family moved in. A military honor guard and local government officials, residents and business owners gathered to watch the former sergeant's wife sit in his lap so he could carry her over the threshold of their new house.
"They are just an awesome family, the three of them together … their gratitude," said Donna Russell, who with her husband Bill Russell, own the Kit Corp., which acted as lead contractor for the project. "He just brought things home … for us, so that we understand the sacrifices that they make every day."
The only visual difference for the suburban home on the outside is a long, gradual ramp system at the entrance. Indoors, hardwood floors, crown molding, tile and marble ensure the house blends in well with nearby homes.
"One of the things I always say about our projects is that they end up being a reflection of the community," said Kirt Rebello, chief project officer at Homes for Our Troops. "And if you look at this house, the community really stepped up."
Donating their resources was not a difficult decision for the local business people, according to Donna Russell.
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Backstage with Baldy
Vienna – July 9th
I'm fascinated by the human brain, and for the sake of this write-up, the subconscious stuff in particular.
What got me thinking about this was a dream I had last night, and what might have caused it.
Since things got up and running again back in 2006, there hasn't been a single leg of any tour where I haven't had a dream about Layne, which is what happened again last night.
Usually they're very sad, and sometimes they're just kind of random and weird.
But the point is, being on tour with this band always triggers a Layne dream (or two) in me.
I was talking to a fan of the band backstage at Knebworth last week and he asked about Layne.
He was a bit nervous asking because he thought it might be a touchy subject, but I'm always happy to talk about Layne, as long as the conversation is respectful and not too personal.
Stories of Layne and Mike Starr pop up a lot out here on the road as well.
Something will trigger a memory, then one of us will recount an old story and someone else will pipe in with another recollection.
I love it when that happens, because the tragedy of how things ended tends to overshadow the public's perception of Layne & Mike's lives.
But for those of us who were there in the early days, we had an immense amount of good times and fun, and that's important to remind ourselves of, even if the general public never hears about it.
I know it's been a long time since we lost Layne, and it doesn't seem like three years since Mike passed away.
Life continues to move on, and it's not always easy.
One of life's great misfortunes is when you lose a loved one before their time.
As Jerry once said, the best you can hope for is to find a way to pick up the pieces and move forward.
I would give anything to have Layne & Mike here with us today, but that's not the reality we're living with, and given the circumstances, I'm glad that Sean & Jerry & Mike have picked up the pieces and continued on.
I think it's cool that Sean has LSMS painted on his kick drum, and I think it's great that Jerry mentions Mike & Layne at virtually every concert they play.
Part of the tremendous blessing of this band having a second life is the opportunity to keep a light shined on two very special people who helped start it all.
So I don't mind the dreams when they come, regardless of how sad or melancholy they make me.
It also helps to have a forum where I can vent a little, and remind everyone who reads this that Layne and Mike are never forgotten, and always in our thoughts.
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At least two FBI agents specializing in high-tech crimes met with Perry campaign officials on Friday to discuss the incident.
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Today, the Comptroller of the City of New York along with the presidents of several large unions sent a letter to some of the biggest baddest banks in the foreclosure mess and told those banks to get their acts together and start making mortgage modifications.
In a press conference in lower Manhattan, Comptroller John Liu, Michael Mulgrew, President, UFT, George Gresham, President, 1199 SEIU, John Samuelsen, President, TWU Local 100, and New York Communities for Change announced a letter sent to Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo demanding that the banks do "everything possible" to avert foreclosures.
The heft and power of these entities as depositors and investors is such that they expect the banks to sit up and take notice. The banks have a deadline of September 1st or 45 days to respond with a plan.
While the City and the pension funds have not outright threatened to take their business elsewhere if the banks don't start doing modifications, the implication is clear.
Further, this public action could inspire other municipalities and large pension funds to follow suit.
One of the things that frustrates me is that neither the servicers nor the trustees of RMBS will tell you who the investor is. They will often say that the investor won't let them modify. This makes no sense.
As I previously pointed out, the investor almost always does better by modification than foreclosure. The servicer does better in foreclosure. Yet the trustees, who owe a fiduciary duty to get the best return for the investor, seem to prefer the foreclosure route which results in a near total loss for the investor.
The investors have the ability to force modifications by suing the trustees to make them do those modifications.
So, municipalities, state pension funds and unions have two tools at their disposal: 1) threatening to move their deposits and, 2) if they hold RMBS in their portfolios, forcing the trustees to write down principal and adjust interest rates to return non performing mortgages to a diminished but still performing status.
By today's actions, we see that they are beginning to use tool #1. Hopefully they will begin using tool #2 before all the value is gone from their RMBS investments.
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The State Department is presenting a global webcast on February 4, titled "From the Street to Mainstream: The Evolution of Rap/Hip Hop Music." The host of the webcast, rapper and State Department Music Ambassador Toni Blackman, will be joined by Pras Michel, a founding member of the hip hop group the Fugees, to discuss "how rap and hip hop have increased social awareness of the African-American experience — and raised even broader issues in contemporary society." Some of Michel's more inflammatory comments in the past raise questions about the appropriateness of his appearance with the U.S.'s music ambassador on a government-sponsored webcast representing America to the world.
In 2008, Michel was interviewed by Katie Halper about Michel's documentary Skid Row, which chronicles the rapper/filmmaker's experiences "undercover for 9 days and nights as a homeless person in downtown LA's notorious Skid Row." Michel lamented in the interview that the "African-American generation is lost. They're not being represented correctly." He found fault with Bill Cosby and Oprah for just "point[ing] fingers." He called Michael Jordan a "sell-out." But he saved his harshest words for some well-known black conservatives as he contrasted them with then-presidential candidate Barack Obama:
Michel added, "By the way, I don't formally support Obama. I just want people to know I really like him." However, according to the Washington Free Beacon, Michel did go on become an Obama supporter, was a White House guest, and even became a founding member of Organizing for Action with a $20,000 donation.
Besides Barack Obama, Michel noted in the interview some other African-Americans he admires:
The Washington Free Beacon also noted some of Michel's remarks about his experiences in Somali in 2009 when he was filming a yet-unfinished documentary about Somali pirates and his ship was hijacked by those very pirates. Michel seemed to blame the U.S. Navy Seal rescuers for fueling anti-American sentiment:
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The BISSELL Pet Foundation is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
with a mission to help reduce the number of homeless pets in shelters and to
support organizations dedicated to the humane care and treatment of animals
Our Goals:
- Host low cost spay/neuter clinics
- Conduct public vaccine and microchipping events
- Educate citizens on the health benefits of spay/neuter and inform them of the economic savings of reduced shelter population
Imagine a world where nearly every homeless animal gets adopted; where people do not have to care for a large number of animals that just show up on their doorstep. There are places like this in the United States. Why not make Northwest Arkansas one of them?
In 2007, Spay Arkansas was formed as a nonprofit to work towards proactive solutions to our pet population problem. Reducing the number of animals by offering low cost spay/neuter services is part of the answer to pet overpopulation. Active adoption events by shelters and rescues combined with transport of animals out of our area, to communities where animals are needed, has resulted in a reduction in the total number of animals euthanized. And, there is still work to be done.
9,500 animals entered our local shelters in 2012 . Approximately 24% of these animals – 2,245 – where euthanized. Comparing these numbers to 2011 figures where 10,600 animals found themselves in a shelter environment, we have made progress. In that year, 3,800 animals were destroyed because there were not enough homes. The euthanasia rate that year was 36%. We continue to seek further reduction in these numbers and are committed to providing every citizen who wants their pet altered that opportunity at a price that is within their means.
Since Spay Arkansas opened the doors for low cost altering of dogs and cats in 2011, more than 15,000 surgeries have been performed. Our independent doctors of veterinary medicine and trained staff perform, on average, 35 operations each day.
Low income citizens, rescue groups and shelters are welcome to have their pets altered at a price that is affordable. We know that 70% of the animals that enter shelters come from the lowest income households, so why not save the taxpayers money, save the animals needless suffering and limit the negative psychological impact upon our shelter workers? Let's continue this important work and create a community where companion animals are given the care that they deserve.


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Project: Farm Tractor
Status: Ongoing
For years we have had to hire a tractor once a month to assist with small grading work and brush cutting in our firebreaks. It would be ideal if we could save on these costs by purchasing our own second hand tractor with the necessary implements.
Estimated Cost: R50 000.00
Completed Projects
Project: Cold Room
Status: Target Achieved
Because of our growing lion population we constantly need to expand our meat storage facilities. A cold room would be of great benefit to the sanctuary and the lions!
Special thanks to the following sponsors who donated materials, equipment and their expertise to construct our cold room: Emerson Climate Technologies, Metraclark, WSP Group, Intastor Panel Instalers & Refrigeration Solutions.
Project - New Lion Camps
Status: Target Achieved
We are currently inundated with pleas to provide a lifetime home to numerous lions in desperate need, but can only do so with financial support. We need to raise R100 000.00 so that we can complete the construction of another three new lion camps.
Mr Phillip Wollen of the Winsome Constance Kindness Trust (Australia) has sponsored the construction of three new lion camps.
Project: Two Way Radio's
Status: Target Achieved
To ensure the efficient and professional running of the Park we require two additional 2 way radio's.
Many thanks to CLUB TRAVEL for their kind donation of 2 radio's.
Project: Clearing and Landscaping of New Land
Status: Target Achieved
The new area needs to be cleared to enable us to start construction on new lion camps.
Completion of this phase was made possible by the Marchig Animal Welfare Trust, Ray and Elizabeth Dalcher and Mike Dooley.
Project: Meat Storage - Freezers
Status: Target Achieved
The increase in the number of lions we provide sanctuary for has create a logistical problem with regard to meat storage. We currently make use of 5 large chest freezers.We ideally need two additional chest freezers. The projected costs for two freezers are R 2 900 each.
Many thanks to Fransje van Riel and family for donating a chest freezer.
Project: Construction of new lion camp
Status: Target Achieved
We have recently had to split our group of four males due to increasing aggression in the group.
Chumba and Mufasa will remain together and Badboy and Shyboy will be housed in a new camp. Because of the split we have decided to split the camp the four boys were living in, creating a new 6000 sq. meter camp.
We need to raise R25 000 to enable us to undertake this construction.
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What can we learn from Mandela's life?
I hope readers saw Tracy Warner's wonderful column in Friday's edition on the late Nelson Mandela, a truly extraordinary human being who changed the course of history in South Africa by leading the struggle against apartheid and who chose forgiveness and reconciliation over hatred after the struggle was completed.
One of the aspects of Mandela's story I find particularly endearing was his well-documented personal flaws. For all of his remarkable accomplishments in working to rebuild South African society after apartheid with dignity and compassion, he had a messy personal life. His was a life of contradictions and inconsistencies, as a news story in that edition detailed.
We seem to have difficulty in this country acknowledging that every individual has the potential for good as well as ill. Living with that paradox is much harder than characterizing people as one or the other.
In the wake of Mandela's death, the question we are left with is whether we should simply remember his accomplishments and leave it at that or step back and challenge our assumptions about the supreme value we place on retribution to the exclusion of forgiveness.
Our penchant for retribution gets played out in many ways, including the "three strikes" laws that have helped America lead the world in the number of individuals incarcerated, often for lesser offenses. We're spending enormous amounts of money keeping lesser offenders locked up, but does this make us really make us safer?
I find it interesting that Mandela was criticized in his own country for his willingness to forgive those who did unspeakable things to preserve the power of the ruling class in his country. Many wanted him to seek vengeance.
He chose the difficult but infinitely more effective path.
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Odd Future's "Loiter Squad" TV Show Trailer Revealed
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All may be one of the most critically divisive Hip Hop acts of the past decade, but that hasn't stopped them from finding an audience. Now, fresh off Tyler, the Creator's recent VMA win, Adult Swim has announced that they have picked up a new TV series starring the Wolf Gang set to debut next year.
According to a recent press release, OFWGKTA's "Loiter Squad" has been picked up by the late night cartoon network. Although details on what will actually appear on the 15 minute program are slim, previous reports indicate that the show will resemble "…a mixture of 'Jackass' and 'Chappelle's Show,'" featuring sketches, man-on-the street segments and pranks.
The "Jackass" connections don't stop with the show's description, however. Dickhouse Entertainment, the "Jackass"-founded production company comprised of Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine and "Otis" director Spike Jonze, will produce "Loiter Squad." Tremaine and Adult Swim Nick Widenfield will also act as executive producers for the show.
"Loiter Squad" will invade homes March 25th.
Nas says he's past Nasty. He's filthy!
Nas gives us a tour of his Queens neighboorhood in the video for "Nasty." and reveals that he'll be working with Frank Ocean (from OFWGKTA) for his 10th studio album.
"I had the chance to meet Frank. It was great. He's young. He has so much to give the world. He just so many great ideas. Some of his lyrics, I undnerstand them a little too well. I'm a fan. I'm just happy to work with him."


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A Plowboy Football Camp in Roscoe led by the Roscoe football coaching staff will be held Monday through Wednesday, July 18-20 at the Roscoe practice field.
The camp is for students entering grades 2-9 and is from 9-11:30 a.m. each day. Registration for the camp begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 18 at the Roscoe practice field. Pre-registration is encouraged to help with ordering camp T-shirts. The $25 cost includes a T-shirt.
The 2011 Mustang Foot-ball Camp has been scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, July 18-20 at Mustang Bowl.
The camp will be for students who are entering grades 4-9. The hours for this year's camp are 6-8 p.m. each day. Registration for the camp begins at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, July 18 and no pre-registration is necessary. The cost is $30. Checks should be made payable to Mustang head football coach Craig Slaughter.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 48 calls for service, issued five citations and made six arrests on July 7, 2011.
The SPD received 31, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
• Family violence assault — 700 block of E. 12th.
• Family violence assault — 200 block of W. Avenue D.
• Family violence assault — 700 block of Hill.
Arrested by SPD
• Female Juvenile, 14 — Family violence assault and resisting arrest.
• Victoria Coffman, 21 — Theft.
• Jeffrey Williams, 32 — Theft.
• Meighan Elliott, 23 — Warrants.
• Frenchesca Rico, 18 — Warrant.
Sweetwater ISD recently named their 2010-2011 Campus Teachers of the Year, along with the Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year for the district. The following are the recipients of this very high honor:
• Amy Hernandez – J.P. Cowen Early Childhood Center
• Amy Nixon – Southeast Elementary
• Tracy Holmes – East Ridge Elementary
• Irene Armstrong – Sweetwater Middle School
• Brandie Gee – Sweetwater High School
• Teresa Slaton – Sweetwater Intermediate School & SISD Elementary Teacher of the Year
• John Cox – HOBBS Alternative School & SISD Secondary Teacher of the Year
Any students looking to apply to the University of Texas at Austin in the future may have another outlet of financial assistance for college from a local source.
Billy Roy Mathews has lived in Sweetwater his entire life and is a graduate from the Austin school. In 2010, a scholarship program was started as a tribute to Mathews to award one honor student accepted to the university a $2,000 scholarship.
Lucinda L. (Cindy) Wiltse, age 58, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2011 at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital.Â
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2011 at Lamar Street Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Payne officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.Â
Cindy was born May 14, 1953, in Albia, Iowa to John Irwin (Jack) and Georgeann Waller Lathen. She married Philip Dean Wiltse on Nov. 3, 1973, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a homemaker.Â
Tracy Lee Turner, age 38, of Maryneal, Texas, and formerly Brady, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011, at her residence in Maryneal. She was born on Oct. 31, 1972, in Mason, Texas to Edward Lee Keith and Glenda Beth (Crisp) Keith. She married Charles Patrick Turner on April 15, 2000 in Menard. She was a homemaker and attended the Maryneal Baptist Church.