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STUART — The changes to the Martin County comprehensive growth management plan, spearheaded by former county commissioner Maggy Hurchalla, are on their way to final approval, county commissioners decided Tuesday.
"This is really just one stop in the process," said Clyde Dulin, senior planner for the county. "This is not the final adoption."
Hurchalla volunteered to work on changes to three of the 17-chapter comp plan: chapter 1, the preamble; chapter 2, definitions; and chapter 4, future land use elements. The plan has won five awards since its creation in 1982 and hasn't had any major rewrites since 2009.
She's suggested smaller nitpicks at language, like eliminating the words "Urban Service Boundary" and replacing them with "Urban Service District," to larger changes, like establishing a concrete definition of "comparable" development to be defined as 90 percent the same as adjacent development, instead of being argued case-by-case as it has in the past.
Should the proposed comp plan amendments meet final approval, residents will see a change in how commissioners make decisions on various development project, including a "cooling off" period that prevents changes to a comp plan amendment seven days before any public hearing to allow the public to fairly evaluate the proposed changes.
Commissioners voted 4-1, with Commissioner Doug Smith dissenting, to approve the proposed comp plan amendments and send them to the state for review.
"I think staff's efforts on this are nothing less than heroic," said Commissioner Anne Scott.
More than a dozen residents got up to speak their praise and their concerns with the changes and Hurchalla's involvement with the process.
"Simplification is needed," said Catherine Winters, a Port Salerno resident who said changes were being made in a complicated way that made it difficult for people to understand the impact of the commissioners' decision. "Understanding for more than a handful of people is necessary."
Others applauded Hurchalla's efforts and their gratitude for what they called the restoration of the original comp plan, despite the challenges of some.
"I don't think there is anything you can do to avoid being challenged," Hurchalla said. "Except (to) do what's right."
The next steps are for the comp plan changes to be reviewed by various state and local reviewing agencies to provide comments to the county, then finally to come back to the board for final approval, no sooner than July, said county staff.
Hurchalla's suggested changes to the plan have been under scrutiny and constant adjustment since November 2012.
"Now, could I sleep for a week? Please?" Hurchalla said with a laugh.
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FORT MYERS - Southwest Florida kids may already be back in school, but Labor Day weekend came along for a little well-timed break.
Scores of children craving non-academic activities turned out on Saturday and Sunday for Bass Pro Shops' Family Fun Weekend.
Bass Pro employee Briana Caran estimated that more than 100 children showed up over a two-day period to shoot paint balls, operate tiny race cars via remote control devices, and engage in bean bag tosses.
Karla and Jeff Thompson, of Fort Myers, showed up with their girls Kristen, 5, and Bridget, 7, for a little fun overlooking the lake behind Bass Pro at the Gulf Coast Town Center.
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Great British Bike Rides by Dave Barter, Vertebrate Publishing £25.00
A pretty good selection of route with lots of useful detail.
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Dave Barter's Great British Bike Rides presents 40 well-thought-out, challenging routes that will appeal to sportive riders looking for some solo adventures.
With the Wiggo effect still reverberating there's been a plethora of books on British bikes rides in the past few months to coincide with the gusty damp season we still call summer. Some have been gentle encouragement to new cyclists, others jumping on the bandwagon a little and lacking sufficient detail and encouragement for you to get out there.
Written by David Barter, a former post office engineer with the cycling bug and possessing - judging by his gaunt author photo - a body fat count of about 5%, Great British Bike Rides is a tougher propostion by far.
In the book's four regions - Southern England, Northern England, Wales and Scotland - Barter has created some fine routes, carefully constructed to keep you away from busy roads as much as possible and challenge you each time.
I would first bear in mind Barter's comment concerning fitness on page 13. 'Most of these rides are within reach of any cyclist who has recently completed a distance of sixty miles or more.' If you've recently completed 60 miles in Norfolk then many of the rides - the North Yorks Moors ride has a maximum gradient of 32% - are going to be a bit of a shock. However, there are full maps and significant hills are given their own gradient charts so you can't say you weren't warned.
It's not all punishment. I notice with relief that Barter wisely swerves the punishing coast road west of Weymouth on his Dorset route but it's still wise to study very carefully the gradient charts and leave any route with a substantial black colour coding denoting 'extreme' until your legs are ready.
There's a particularly fine route around Anglesey and Snowdonia at a hefty 91 miles; the Scottish routes look lovely, and Barter successfully balances pain with gain to give you routes constructed more for their overall pleasure than a masochistic obsession with gradient.
You're encouraged to use online sites to construct your own pocket maps for each route and there are downloadable GPX files of each route. Nevertheless, those of you without a Garmin will have no problem translating these routes to good old fashioned paper as your forefathers did.
Regrettably there are one or two errors with a few facts and figures. The rather generous inclusion of Rutland, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk as part of the Northern ride section for instance. For those who get a nose bleed north of Birmingham it might seem fine, but as a general rule of thumb anything south of a diagonal line drawn between the Mersey and the Humber is not in the North.
Barter's description of Mow Cop in Cheshire as 'an utter horror story' is painfully accurate but unfortunately the gradient chart isn't. It shows a climb of over 16km and a maximum gradient of 16.5%, when Mow Cop is 1.45km and tops 25% for the final brutal 150 metres.
As purely a matter of personal taste I would ride the Bowland route shown back-to-front as the climbs, for me at least, are more satisfying that way around and that's probably why parts of it are run that way for the Pendle Pedal each year.
Quibbles aside it's a well thought out and presented guide to some of the best cycle routes in the UK for people who want to feel as if they're doing a sportive without having loads of portly gents in loud lycra crunching gears around them the whole way.
A pretty good selection of route with lots of useful detail.
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Make and model: Great British Bike Rides by Dave Barter, Vertebrate Publishing
Size tested: N/A
About the tester
Age: 47
I usually ride: A 20 year old Condor Italia on the school run. My best bike is: Condor Moda Ti - summer bike
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Every week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
I really enjoyed reading this book. I don't know enough of the rides to pick out the errors mentioned but it's an enjoyable and insightful read and I look forward to ticking a few of these off.
I love the fact this review has a weight, at 621g I don't think I'll be taking the book with me on any of the rides!
posted by netclectic [128 posts]
26th June 2013 - 9:22
The books sounds good, and Rutland is definitely not Northern England.
But by your Mersey / Humber criteria then Ben Swift, Adam Blythe, Steve Cummings, Malcolm Elliot, Chris Boardman and Vin Denson would all be southerners!
posted by Chris James [316 posts]
26th June 2013 - 9:36
"If you've recently completed 60 miles in Norfolk then many of the rides - the North Yorks Moors ride has a maximum gradient of 32% - are going to be a bit of a shock." Yeah because the chalk ridge that forms Norfolk's coast is completely flat.
Has this reviewer ridden much in Norfolk? There are flat bits on the fens and broads, where the winds can still cause you pain as you can't avoid them, but the rest is very not flat. Not sure about 30% but there are several over20 in places and long drags in the teens. Most riders avoid them when possible.
posted by a.jumper [833 posts]
26th June 2013 - 10:16
Hi all, Dave Barter here. Thanks very much to Road.cc and in particular Dan, for reviewing the book.
To clarify a couple of things:-
1) The Mow Cop climb length. I detailed the climbs in the book from when you start ascending rather than the "classic" segment. This explains the length as I wanted to give an indication of the full task, you will see this with other climbs in the book that often start earlier than the classic route. I should probably have named it "The Full Mow Cop Monty"
In terms of gradient classifications, these are difficult. My graphs work from Nasa height data which is not accurate down to the nearest centimetre, equally, the road signs are often "exaggerated" I think Mow Cop is somewhere between the 16.5% and 25%, when I rode it I was not convinced of 25% as I think the preceding length of climb make the top section feel much worse than it is..but us cyclists will always debate these things. We need a clinometer on every road climb to settle it. Any volunteers?
2) North/South categories. In the book we had to segment the rides into sections logically. Years ago I had a big row with a northern friend about what constitutes North v South. After five pints and a number of dust ups we settled on the Watford Gap. This has a latitude of 52.3 whereas Rutland Water has lat 52.6..phew! Just sneaks in the north by my argument. This was another area of the book that would always cause debate and contention. I had to draw the line somewhere and was probably always going to cause a little bit of offence.
Hopefully the book will continue to cause debate, my mission has always been to point road cyclists firmly in the direction of Great Britain and give them some ideas as to where to ride. Route direction and climb difficulty classification will always be subjective, but you can't comment until you've ridden them. Dan has it bang on with his final paragraph, look beyond the sportives, there's plenty more stuff out there that can be ridden on your timetable.
posted by davebarter [5 posts]
26th June 2013 - 12:08
Fell free to add the review copy to the next schwagg-fest. If not sounds like this is going straight on the Christmas list (just round the corner folks) to help digest those mince pies....
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posted by daviddb [132 posts]
26th June 2013 - 14:58
I love your comment about Dave's body fat.
I read and enjoyed his previous book and (at the time) sought a photo of him to confirm he was built like a whippet and could justifiably beat my time up Ventoux
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Yay silver! Nathan is having a nap and I shall have one, too. Had a shocking night last night. Nathan was good but I have a horrible tickly throat cough!
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Have just put Luke down in his cot for the first time, he really is getting too big for the bassinet so time to change over. I am going to have a nap too as the tickly cough and snotty nose has got me.
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Gisses, I tried to reply to you last night but lost it - maybe the old thread had already been locked.
Just wanted to offer some sympathy, and say sometimes we really need to ask for what we need straight out. Would your DH give you regular time out if you asked him for it? Is there anyone else who can do some babysitting for you?
Anyway, hope you are feeling better about things today.
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Brownbear - Toby is gorgeous! Such a big grin!! We're planning a road trip driving from Sydney to Melbourne in a month's time - any tips?
geckogirl - Don't feel guilty about tummytime. You can easily add in tummytime everytime Liam wakes up before he feeds. Its especially good to get into this habit as you don't want to feed immediately after awakening (or they'll expect to be fed every time they wake). I also incorporate tummytime if I need to dash out to get something or a quick bathroom break. I also think it really depends on the baby because DS could lift and turn his neck at 2 weeks (and he was 2 weeks early!)
gisses - great pic of Leah! Looks like she was mid sentence and you surprised her LOL. re: me time - very important!! Have you read up on Tracey Hoggs EASY method? The Y stands for YOU =) Agree with au*lit that you need to get DH to give you timeout. Even just a walk around the block can help!
purple_daisy - hope things have improved! Like poorginger, I'm not looking forward to the 12 week growth spurt!! By wonder weeks calender, this is in around a weeks time for us - eep!!
runnybabbit - Nathan is SO cute! Love the soccer ball on his head. Funny because I did the same thing a few weeks ago and popped a chicken ball on DS's head. Is he eurasian? Pic haha
chantelM - Is Axel better now?
Speshelle - Olivia is so sweet! I just want to hug her heehee
AFM - DS has again changed his sleeping habits. Last night, he wouldn't go down for his 7pm bedtime properly until after I gave him another feed at 9pm afterwhich he slept until 3am! Then he slept in bed with me from 4am to 8am with only one resettle at 5am. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary yesterday, so not too sure how I can replicate that lol
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raindodot - Axel is starting to get better. Still coughing but is getting much happier again the last two days...
Time out - I am also one that doesn't really get time out. I try to take 10 mins a night in a hot bath but that is about it. My MIL has babysat once. I am actually having a girls night this Saturday and I can't wait! So excited, just going to be hanging at a friends house, drinking and listening to some music. Some much needed me time
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Hi everyone.
Had a job interview that went pretty well today. I wasn't actively looking for work, but I think three hours a fortnight (on Saturdays) is pretty practical, and will be extra pocket money for a meal out or something. And maybe as time passes I'll increase my hours; there appears to be the scope for that, so that's good. I should start at the end of this month. DH can have Nathan while I'm at work and I'll only have to express one feed and then express after work.
It'll be nice to feel like a professional again and think about work stuff for a change!
raindotdot Yes Nathan's Eurasian, but I think he looks mostly like me (Chinese)! He certainly looks very much like I did as a baby.
Nathan has been a shocker in the car lately. Every drive has ended in his super sad face and him gasping for breath from crying so hard. It just breaks my heart.
Posted 10 August 2011 - 04:20 PM
runnybabbit: Congrats on the job! Sad about Nathan and the car. We usually rely on a car ride to calm Liam down before we get home. Makes it easier to settle him into a nap.
raindotdot: Felix is so cute!
AFM: I can't make Liam out at the moment. Had a fantastic day where he slept most of the time then yesterday it was the day from hell where he hardly slept at all. I only got about 3 hours sleep last night. Had mother's group this morning so finished feeding him there about 11:30am and he's been asleep pretty much ever since. It's now 4pm and he hasn't woken up yet! I hope that doesn't mean he's going to be awake all night. I'm going to have to set up a routine. I just didn't want to wake him this arvo because its been so hard to get him to sleep for the past day or so.
Highchair: Jackpot on allclassifieds.com. Scored an Ikea Antilop high chair secondhand! We rarely go to Sydney and I'm not travelling all that way for a high chair so its great to pick one up locally and a bit cheaper! Won't be able to use it until he's much older but at least its ready to go.
Engagement Party: I have an engagement party to go to in about a week and I've been begging the groom to tell me what they would like as a present. Basically to take pity on me as it is so difficult now to go out shopping with a baby when you don't know what you are looking for. All my shopping trips are now well thought out campaigns!
Unfortunately DH won't be able to go with me so I'll be there by myself with Liam and it doesn't start until 7pm! I won't be able to stay long as Liam will just get strung out being out so late. I'm a little bit worried about attending my first social visit without help. Its easy at mother's group as everyone is being possetted on and breastfeeding and changing nappies etc. Very different when you're the only one with a baby. Ah well. Another milestone, I suppose.
Hope everyone has a great evening with lots of quietly sleeping babies!
Posted 10 August 2011 - 09:51 PM
Quick post.
I am desperate for some me time. Lachie is cat mapping and Olly wants to be carried all tithe time, the house is a mess and I have quite a few card orders. I have also had nipple thrush, the flu and mastitis so have been really run down. Dh is also away from last Saturday until next Monday.
Have Lachie's shots tomorrow
Posted 12 August 2011 - 04:57 PM
Mands sorry to hear that. Can you ask your folks/in-laws/friend from mother's group to come over for a few hours?
Geckogirl we must be from the same place. I get a lot on allclassifieds too, got so many ripper bargains before DD was born. I keep an eye on it for mcns too.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Posted 12 August 2011 - 05:24 PM
purple_daisy ILs took DS1 for two nights which was good and the boys went to kindy. the anti=biotics kicked in and are working wonders. thanks for your support
Gecko_girl Good luck at your engagement party.
Runnybabbit heard any more on the job interview?
Gotta run. Lachie has dropped his arvo nap (of only 30 mins) but from 5:30 on he is feral.
Chat soon
Posted 12 August 2011 - 08:49 PM
Mands you're not having a good run, are you? Glad to hear the antibiotics have kicked in. Hope you can get a bit more help and some rest. Make sure you're looking after your immune system. Vitamins C & D and some zinc might help. Does your DH work FIFO?
Geckogirl can you order a present for the engagement party online instead of going out to the shops? Peter's of Kensington have great homewares at excellent prices. I can understand your apprehension about the party. Henry has been going to bed around 7 pm. The other day my brother came over so we kept him up to see his uncle. By 8/8.30 he was tired and crying. I can imagine he'd be no fun at a party and I wouldn't like our chances of settling him to sleep in someone's bedroom (plus I'd be too worried I wouldn't hear him if he was crying).
I finally got around to reading the photo uploading instructions. So here is Henry!
Posted 12 August 2011 - 10:45 PM
OMG au lit Henry is beautiful! I love babies in stripes; Nathan has lots of stripey clothes, too. Henry is just GORGEOUS, I love that little smile.
mands I hope the mastitis clears up soon, and hope that thrush stays away -- I'm trying to stay away from antibiotics as much as I can now. Big hugs and hope things settle down for you soon.
The job interview went well, so I'm going to start in a fortnight and work every second Saturday morning. Each shift will only be three hours, so adding travel time, I'll only need to express one feed for DH to give Nathan.
At our mum's group meeting today we propped the babies up in a row on the sofa and took a photo -- Nathan with his five girls. So cute.
Posted 13 August 2011 - 06:02 AM
RunnyBabbit Great on the job. I am soooo sick of being on anti-biotics and all the infections I have had in the past 6 months except the jaw infection have been staph infections . And as soon as I go on the ABs the bloddy thrush kicks in. I am pumping myself full of probiotics at the moment. I am even breaking open capsules and rubbing them on my nipples so DS can get some and so it stops the thrush.
au*lit DH is a long haul Qantas pilot he is on the B747-400s. I am taking zinc tablets and multi-vitamins and . Henry is adorable. I think we have had a gorgeous bunch of babies
Got to run, Lachie seems to know when I am on EB
Posted 13 August 2011 - 09:38 AM
Oh Mands - you poor thing. I was feeling sorry for myself with DHs shift next week, but at least I am healthy and I will still glimpse him for an hour or so each day! I hope teh drugs kick in proper this time and you can get on top of it all.
runnybabbit - congrats on the job - seems to work nicely for you! Plus being back in the workplace may also help a bit with the PND. Nathan is just adorable - in fact all our bubs so far are!! Must be autumn babies!
au_lit - another gorgeous little man!! I feel I should be baggsing one for Tabitha to marry!!! She has a black/white stripery suit too - I am sure everyone thinks shes a boy when she wears it but I don't care - i call it her jailbreak outfit.
geckogirl - Tabitha also threw in some monster sleeps last week for 2-3 days (like 3-4 hours) but was then back to her 1 hourly naps. I figured she is doing some growing, and I am trying really hard just to go with the flow for now as they are still so little and doing so much developing and growing and figuring out of the world.
as for the party - we have a carry cot that attaches to the pram that we sleep her in while we are out for dinner etc. I give DD her last feed and then pop her down; when we get home I top her up and pop her down in her cot - would Liam sleep while you were out? Or is it too much drama getting him to go down? He may last a bitlonger at a party - much more to look at. Anyway, i am sure the couple will understand - its tricky with such a new baby and being by yourself.
AFM - off to Spotlight with my mum and sans children today to get christening supplies. Sad that I am so excited about it...
Posted 13 August 2011 - 09:22 PM
Awww shucks... thanks girls. I think he's pretty gorgeous but it's lovely to hear other people say so too! The top in the photo is a 000 and only just still fits him. I put it on at every opportunity and I'll be sad when I can't get it on anymore.
Mands a pilot - how glamorous Really, I'd struggle to cope (I count down the hours until DH gets home some afternoons) so I reckon you deserve a medal. Hopefully the free/cheap flights to holiday locations make up for it, at least some of the time.
Congrats on the job runnybabbit! Sounds perfect - I reckon 3 hours a fortnight is all I could manage at the moment. My mums' group has far more girls than boys too. I'm really going to miss the group when we go back to Perth - I've been meaning to ask you how the groups work over in WA. It's probably too late for me to join a mums' group but too early for playgroup. Maybe we can start up our own Perth group. I'm going to be in the Western suburbs, at least to start with, anyway.
Redsgirl I think that people think Henry is a girl in some of the outfits I dress him in. Especially as I bought a lot of gender neutral stuff before he was born. Doesn't help when people refer to him as 'she'. But then, when my niece is dressed in navy blue she gets called 'he', even when the navy blue has flowers on it! I guess it doesn't really matter that much, and once he's old enough to care he'll be able to tell people he's a boy!
ETA Redsgirl are you having a christening for Tabitha? Did I miss that in earlier posts? Hope it goes well and she doesn't cry! Should be lovely for you
Edited by au*lit, 13 August 2011 - 09:25 PM.
Posted 14 August 2011 - 05:41 AM
au*lit I used to be a flight attendant too . When he is home he is home for min 5 days solid, so that is great too.
RedsGirl I do that with Lachie's sleeping when out too, but we have a capsule that attaches to the pram
Posted 14 August 2011 - 01:16 PM
Mansa - Hope you are feeling better soon. It is so hard to get over an illness when you don't have any time to care for yourself.
au*lit- Henry is absolutely beautiful
AFM - Axel had a couple of days where he was having a nice long middle of the day nap! It doesn't happen so much now. He tends to only sleep for about 30-40 mins at a time during the day but as soon as I get him up he is cranky and wants to go back to bed within half an hour. I think he is confused as to what he wants to do
I am going back to work on 6 Sep. I am so nervous about leaving Axel. I wish I could stay home with him forever
Posted 14 August 2011 - 07:16 PM
Hello all!!
It has been ages since I posted! My computer has died and my phone has issues posting in this forum! It has been very frustrating! I miss chatting to everyone!
Oliver is 13 weeks tomorrow. Time has flown! He is bringing so much joy! He is feeding like crazy! Last weigh in he was 6.5kg(at11 weeks).
I hope everyone is going well. I'm still computer less so I can't post too often but I'm here reading everything
Abbi and Oli
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Posted 14 August 2011 - 08:05 PM
Mands - for the thrush - use live yoghurt - works much better than probiotics which won't actually work if you put them on your skin. Most supermarkets do a natural live yoghurt - it works wonders and is so much cheaper than canesten!
Posted 14 August 2011 - 08:25 PM
Fay thanks forthe tip. I have some natural yoghurt in the fridge
Posted 15 August 2011 - 09:20 AM
RedsGirl & au*lit: Thanks for the advice on the engagement party. I really wish we had cot attachments for our stroller. We don't really have anything to settle him into when we go out. I tried out some slings on Saturday but Liam just screamed - he hates them. So I'll probably just have to find a lounge chair and settle in for the visit. I don't expect to be there for very long! As for presents, if I had more time, I think Peter's of Kensington would be a great idea. I'm doing more and more shopping online these days! Unfortunately, there won't be enough time for delivery. However, I have managed to pin the couple down to a specific present so I can focus my shopping.
au*lit: I agree with everyone - Henry is gorgeous! My DH and I each have our favourite outfits for Liam. So I've bought the same outfit in a couple of different sizes so we get to enjoy them a bit longer as he grows!
runnybabbit: Congratulations on your new job! Its nice to get out of the baby environment for a few hours and remember there's a whole other world out there!
First Father's Day: I'm getting a mug for DH with Liam's photo on it and with DH's favourite catch phrase he uses with Liam (you can put whatever text on you want). But the best thing is that it has almost the same background pattern of DH's favourite Liam outfit! I've ordered two and will put one away as a keepsake of DH's first Father's Day so even if the first gets broken it won't matter. Gotta love online shopping!
Gotta run. Liam's started crying!
Posted 15 August 2011 - 11:36 AM
Hi everyone.
My names Emma, I'm new to EB and I'm also a first time mother so I joined a chat group to get to know some mothers whose children were around the same age as mine (although larger and more developed in comparison). My twins Theodore and Ebony were born on the 12/05/2011, 5 weeks early.
I've seen a few pictures of your children and they are absolutely adorable.
I hope to get to know some of you in future and that I will be welcome to join in the conversation.
Emma, Theo and Ebby.x
Posted 15 August 2011 - 01:30 PM
Welcome Emma.
My little one was 4 weeks early and I think there is another who was 5 weeks early too . How are your beautiful twins going?
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July 3rd, 2014
Springfield, Ill. — This past March, Lincoln College began offering the College's Accelerated Bridge to Education (ABE) program at Lincoln Land Community College's Capital City Training Center in Springfield and the program is growing.
Lincoln College signed a partnership agreement with Lincoln Land Community College in July of last year to allow for a smooth transition for Lincoln Land graduates to enter the Accelerated Bridge to Education program. The agreement is especially attractive to graduates of Lincoln Land Community College's ASAP offerings which provides an accelerated format for working adults to earn their associate degree.
"We are very excited to partner with Lincoln Land in providing Lincoln College's unique model of accelerated bachelor degree programs designed for working adults," Lincoln College President John Blackburn said. Lincoln College's ABE Program has allowed the College to earn its designation as an Adult-Learning Focused Institution.
Lincoln College's ABE program is convenient and flexible for the full-time, working adult-learner which has made it very successful at the College's Normal campus and in Oglesby, Illinois at Illinois Valley Community College. Unlike many other accelerated degree completion programs across the country, ABE students may take a session off when 'life gets in the way' and return to their coursework without having to wait for the next 'group' or cohort of classes to start. The College is now offering the same flexibility, convenience, and quality to adult-students in Springfield.
The fully-accredited ABE program offers bachelor's degrees in Criminal Justice Studies, Business Management, and Health Services Administration making the offerings attractive to students already working in those fields.
ABE also offers two applied baccalaureate degrees – in Entrepreneurship and Organizational Leadership – which are designed to allow students to earn a bachelor's degree without losing any college credits earned in the pursuit of their Associate of Applied Science Degree. "These A.A.S Capstone degree programs recognize the academic credits these students have earned in an applied science field and assists them in pursuing the benefits that a Bachelor's degree offers in today's workplace," said Jeff Kratz, Dean of Academic Affairs.
ABE students typically take one course at a time, meeting one evening per week for a five-week period. By using this format, the ABE program allows adult, working students to complete as many as 27 credit hours per calendar year toward their bachelor's degree requirements. Potential students have 9 possible start dates throughout the academic year.
Information Sessions on the ABE program in Springfield are held every month at the Capital City Training Center. Upcoming dates include July 15, 2014 and August 11, 2014 at 5:30 pm with later dates available at abe.lincolncollege.edu.
For interested students who cannot attend an Information Session, additional information on the ABE program in Springfield is available by contacting the ABE Admissions office at (309) 268-4338 or e-mailing the program at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sam Cahill (Maguire) begins his latest tour in Afghanistan and his chopper is shot down. He is presumed dead. As his family, including his wife (Portman), brother (Gyllenhaal) and father (Shepard) mourn his loss, they try to move on with their lives. Then Sam unexpectedly returns home…
In truth, that cast performs admirably, Sheridan's gift with actors squeezing terrific performances from Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal. The last plays Tommy, the prodigal son, a petty crook and, in the eyes of his Vietnam vet father (an excellent Sam Shepard), a bit of a tit. So often overshadowed by his co-stars, Gyllenhaal here holds his own against a deliberately stiff and twitchy Maguire, who stars as Sam, the older brother, a captain in the Marines and the apple of his family's eye, and an unravelling Portman, who's fractured character, Grace, is Sam's childhood sweetheart and the mother of his two cute daughters.
While Bier's film is deeply romantic, focussing on the love that blossoms between brother- and sister-in-law, Sheridan's remake shifts the emphasis onto family, and he mines his drama from the two brothers' changing circumstance. The film pivots around an act of transgression that plays out in the combat zone, during Sam's capture by the Taliban. It is a truly shocking moment, and it signals Sam's emotional nadir, from which he struggles to recover.
The film is far from flawless — the scenes in Afghanistan leading up to the key moment are a little lacklustre and we never fully learn how the boys' upbringing affected Sam, even though there's the suggestion that he, too, suffered under the weight of his father's expectations. Sam may appear the perfect family man, but in drama, as in life, appearances can be deceiving.
Despite strong performances from the leads, when it comes to pacing and power, it's the Danish original that edges it. Still, a sturdy and affecting remake that brings a powerful story to an even wider audience.
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H&F Bakery's launch has been delayed (though I parked next to a nicely decorated delivery van tonight). The overwhelming response to the product at the Saturday market at St. Philip's has sent them back to the org charts.
PS. The answer to last week's QOTW- What is the next project for the Five Forks folks (RESTAURANT EUGENE, HOLEMAN & FINCH and H& F BACKERY)?- is an oyster bar.
I asked one of the H&F proprietors about the oyster bar. She practically broke out in hives.
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Since the start of 2007, there have been more than 350 homicides in Louisville, and Mayor Greg Fischer took his time listing them year by year.
There were 75 homicides in 2007, 76 in 2008, 70 in 2009, 62 in 2010, 51 in 2011 and 23 so far in 2012.
"Each one of these is unacceptable. Each one has got a brother, a sister, a grandson, a granddaughter behind it," Fischer said Monday during the first meeting of a group set up to reduce violence in western Louisville. "We can read the numbers, and they tell us that it will probably happen again unless something changes." ...


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PPL revenue rose by 11% to £170.8m last year with income from public performance and overseas expanding even faster.
The UK music licensing company reports the new record annual figures include money coming from public performance up 18% to £64.8m, broadcasting and online bringing in an extra 5% to £69.4m and international earnings up 13% to £36.6m. The broadcast rise was helped by a new deal with BBC covering radio and TV and running until 2017.
The amount of money distributed to PPL's record company and performer members went up by 12% to £146.6m, helped by its cost to income ratio being cut over the year from 14.9% of money collected to 14.4%.
PPL CEO Peter Leathem said: "I am delighted to be able to report strong growth across all of our three main income streams as a result of the continued good progress PPL is making as a company as well as the astonishing success and popularity of UK music domestically and around the world. The growth in our International collections was clearly supported by the UK continuing to punch above its weight on the global stage.
"We are very aware of, and sensitive to, the ongoing difficult economic environment as it clearly affects not just our members, the vast majority of whom are small businesses and sole traders, but also our licensees as well. The significant growth of public performance income from businesses such as bars, shops, and offices was particularly pleasing and was largely achieved through a continued drive to raise awareness of licensing requirements with new local campaigns across the UK as well as improvements to internal processes and systems which continued to lead to more effective customer service delivery."
PPL chairman Fran Nevrkla said the 2012 results gave him a double pleasure.
"They are strong by any measure and demonstrate the effectiveness of the management succession process. My congratulations, in his first year as CEO, to Peter Leathem and the rest of the team," he added.


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Tiger's Tourney: The (now, Northwestern Mutual) World Challenge Preview
- Updated: November 27, 2012
Posted: Tuesday, 11/27/12
Well, I'm sure most all of you have seen the World Challenge – it is even on Sportscenter highlights. It's Tiger's Event. Come on. Okay, I understand. When the Thanksgiving Day turkeys hit the tables, typically the golf clubs hit the closets and the Golf Digests either hit the shelves or in some tragic cases – the recycling bins. But don't lose that golf itch. There is some more great golf to watch!
What is the World Challenge?
Known from 2008-2011 as the Chevron World Challenge, it is now simply the World Challenge – or Tiger's event. The 2012 edition is the 13th playing of the World Challenge. This year the sponsor carousel moves to Northwestern Mutual, with many of the proceeds benefitting the Tiger Woods Foundation.
Historically, the tournament has sported a 16-man field composed of the defending champion of the event, the top 11 players in the world and 4 sponsors exemptions selected by the TWF (…the Tiger Woods Foundation). In 2008, a change was made to the field hosting 18 players consisting of the most recent winners of the four major PGA tournaments, the top eleven available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion, and two special exemption players selected by the TWF.
Although the event is recognized as an unofficial money event by the PGA Tour, it still presents a purse of over $5 million and offers Official World Golf Ranking points to players – something that has been under some scrutiny over the years. (We all remember Tiger winning and then heading to the Fruit Roll-Up Open last year. The complaints are indeed legitimate, right?)
A Little History
Two years ago, McDowell finished off his storybook 2010 season by winning the head-to head showdown against Tiger. Remember his clutch putting on the last few holes to throw some Tiger-clutchness back in Tiger's face?
Last season, Tiger got back in the winning circle. Golf fans got giddy watching him climb back on the proverbial horse to continue his run at Jack's many records. Tiger has 5 wins in the World Challenge.
Furyk has won it, Luke has won it and Davis has won it.
Short history.
The Field
This tournament is loaded every year. The only three glaring absentees are Rory McIlroy (busy from winning in Dubai), Lee Westwood (who I think is playing in the Nedbank or in Thailand or something), and pro golfer Phil Mickelson ('pro golfer' is me poking some fun at his self-introduction in his Embrel commercial).
The field features all of the first namers – Tiger, Bubba, Rickie, Webb; all of the top ranked Americans – Stricker, Snedeker, Mahan, Watney, Bradley, Kuchar, Johnson, Dufner, Furyk and Van Pelt; and even a couple European Ryder Cup members – McDowell and Poulter. I guess Jason Day is the odd ball of the bunch.
The Course
In the first season, the tournament was held in Scottsdale, Arizona at Grayhawk Golf Club. Since then, the host club has been Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. It is 7,052 yard design, cut through the rolling forests of California featuring a gorgeously manicured course with many protected areas including an Oak Savannah. Who doesn't like Oak Savannahs?
The course record is held by Mr. Woods himself with a score of 62.
Picking the winner in this event is really a crapshoot. Toss some noodles at the wall and see what sticks, I guess.
The tournament offers so many good players with no bearing on who is truly playing well and who isn't. We haven't seen PGA Tour golf in 2 months. The fall series is interesting and all, but the FedEx Cup finished in September. I honestly, don't know who's even playing great golf right now.
Jason Dufner: Hard to count out Tiger, but I like Jason. He played well in the Ryder Cup. He's a likable guy who put together a great 2012 season, often overshadowed by the seasons of Rory, Tiger and Webb (and probably rightfully so). We've talked a lot about Jason this season, let's see him win it.
This may be the only event where I am going to pick the player to finish in last place. This event offers no cut line and even the player who finishes in last place will cash a check of $120,000. Four rounds at Sherwood CC and a guarantee of $120,000? Sign me up.
But who's going to cash the last place check?
Jason Day: I actually like Day a lot too. He's a great player, but I am making this pick for a few different reasons.
1. He hasn't played in a 4 round event since the McGladrey Classic (October 21)
2. He's the only Aussie in the field. The odd ball of the group.
3. I picked a Jason to win, let's pick a Jason to lose.
Signing off from the World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California,
Troy Klongerbo
(I only wish I was in California.)