text:
BNA - For Australian and visiting cyclists from Road to MTB, to Track to Freestyle
Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
For Roadies
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Only just received, so not built yet. But have intended spokes and hubs all ready to rock :/
Toing and froing at the moment whether to sell them and look at the 25mm, if of course they genuinely have a decent internal width.
These were supposed to be race wheels so I really wanted wider for better cornering.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
I bought a pair of FSC50-CM-25 's. 'U' shaped, light, super comfy and fast. Really happy with them. Didn't measure them internally but they were quite wide. I'm running 23 front, 25 rear tyres.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Im going to bite the bullet and get the new fsc50's with DT hubs. Can you still fit 25mm tyres on the new lighter 20.5mm rim? What lacing should I get, standard?
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Where are you planning to buy this? I want one too!
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Fitting 25mm tyres to a 20.5mm wide rim will cost you much of the aero benefits of the deeper rim since it will exacerbate the light bulb shape of the tyre on the rim.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
So after about 3000k of riding the BladeX 50mm Carbon clinchers, i'm going to rebuild the wheels with new spokes and nipples. It's got to the point I can't go 100km with out popping a nipple and hence breaking a spoke. done about 5 rear spokes since Christmas. The hubs and the carbon itself are as fine as ever, but with the constant breaking and replacement of spokes, it's proving more and more difficult to true and get rid of any pulsing in the brake surface.
So a new set of DT swiss comp spokes and Prolock nipples have been ordered.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Nothing worse than popping nipples
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
My nipple driver would take care of that problem.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Anyone know what's going on with Velobuild?
I go to their page and see this;
"VB Mall
The VeloBuild Mall is suspended. We will make a formal announcement about the future of VeloBuild on Tuesday May 14th. If you have an order in process you are about to receive your products or a refund. We will update you via email. (Check your spam folders also) We will also update here on the forum."
Looks as though they've suspended play for some reason.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Same as the counterfeit cyclewear shops perhaps - shut down by the US goverment.
Cycle touring blog and tour journals: whispering wheels...
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Talking about issuing refunds certainly doesn't sound promising for their future prospects ...
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Gee that would really encourage you to shop local.
I would go out of my way to buy online if that turns out to be the case.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Have had a popping nipple on one of the 38mm carbon clinchers on Saturday. This happens to one of the bike I built for my mate. I am now in the process of ordering DT swiss nipples and hopefully that will fix the problem as I do not really want to change the spokes. It all comes down again to we get what we paid for!
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Figured it would be something along those lines. Although they weren't strictly selling counterfeit branded gear. IIRC, they were fairly anti branded decals, clone bikes, etc. They even went as far as modding out pics and discussion re this.
I guess it could only be for assisting in on-selling frames produced via means of intellectual property violations??
Shame it's down as it was a pretty good resource for bulk buys.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
I've put around 1500k into these
and they've been very good - they feel significantly more stable than the 50mm full carbon clincher when cornering, accelerating, descending.
they weigh 1505g without skewers, tape, etc.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
That's a pretty impressive weight actually Winston.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Know what was happening in the early days, I would say it has nothing to do with counterfeit goods or the US Government (unless the IRS over tax)
Probably the effort of doing business with China and the Chinese ways
Factory offers to sell to Chinese middleman, VeloBuild arranges deal with Chinese middleman, Customer pays VB, VB pays Chinese middleman less commission, who ship product to customer when they get product from factory.
All you need is one factory or one middleman to stuff up a deal of 10 frames and VB is left holding the baby for a few grand and chasing somebody on the other side of the world.
The VB mall was being run as a business, if KillerBee was not earning a living from it and/or had problems like above, he has every right to close it.
Last edited by nickobec on Wed May 15, 2013 12:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
my blog Nick Cowie, member of Peel District Cycling Club
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
yeah I wanted to ride them around on general road rides, and also not bother swapping brake pads all the time.
So far, I think the extra 222grams of weight over the full carbons has been worth it.
They just feel more stable overall, carrying my high 80s bodywt.
I should also add cross winds just don't push them around as much...it is really really noticeable. These have the firecrest (toroidal) shape. Whether it is that or the extra weight who knows.
Anyway, will just keep riding them and see how they go. I'll have to get 20,000 out of them before I think they're quality.
A mate had a couple of spokes break on his Fulcrum 3s over the weekend. Now he has to wait for the LBS to order in proprietary spokes. Has reinforced that my next training wheels will be custom built with generic bits.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Is this a common problem? I've been thinking about a wheel upgrade, and wondering if I get something with non-standard spokes if I should ask for a couple of spares when I get the wheels. Or isn't it as simple as that?
Phil Liggett, TdF 2011, Alpe-d'Huez: "I reckon tonight in hindsight he may have won the Tour de France tomorrow."
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Good luck getting extra non standard spokes with proprietary wheels. Suppose there's no reason why you couldn't though...and keep them in your shed until you need them. This is the problem with non standards - my mate wanted to use these wheels in a big ride this Saturday, and they may not be ready as the LBS has to order the spokes in from the fulcrum agent.
My view is to spend less on any one wheelset, keep them generic, and have more of them...and same for frames.
The question shouldn't be "Can I afford a $10,000+ bicycle", but "Can I afford a $10,000 bicycle, and back up bike, and the servicing of both, so that I am never without a good safe ride".
If you keep wheels generic, you can eventually acquire the skill to build or rebuild yourself....and keep yourself on the road more.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
^^^this, well said!
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
"I'm not shutting down VeloBuild. I'm just getting out of the customer service business and turning it back over to crowd sourcing to put pressure on the sellers to get better.
Actually the business model is quite good if you can hire low cost CRM reps and like to work a lot of hours to get it started. We made a healthy chunk of change and got a lot of free toys. Investing in a better shopping cart would be a good idea... ours was crap.
VeloBuild was a hobby due to my love for bikes and saving a buck. My other businesses do far better and need my full attention... as does my fiancee, old cat and our new house
So... all the gloves (and moderators) are off. Post anything on VeloBuild you wish! We have invited every seller we know of to post as well.
BTW to the RBR mod... I hope this isn't in violation of your rules. You guys are welcome on VeloBuild anytime. This is just an effort to answer a lot of BS swirling around... fun BS to read... but still BS."
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
Latest result of my hobby. Wheelset will be carbon soon.
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
if anyone has a 54cm FM066 frame/fork they want to sell please let me know, new/used i dont mind.
English BB and mechanical please
Re: Chinese carbon frame and wheels thread
What about an 54 098, including int Di2 battery and Di2 cables?
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
Popular Bike Shops


text:
Being a member of the U.S. Senate has its privileges, but it may not be as easy as one might think.
Republican Ron Johnson says he has given up a lot in order to take on his responsibilities as a member of the Senate.
When Johnson headed off to Washington, he says he had ideas of what he wanted to do.
To his disappointment, Johnson says it has not been easy to fulfill these goals.
Johnson says he will keep pushing his ideas as he continues to work in his first term in office.
Copyright © 2015 Door County Daily News
Doorcountydailynews.com - WBDK - WRKU - WRLU - WSBW
30 N 18th Ave Suite 8 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Phone (920) 746-9430 · Equal Employment Opportunity Report
Nicolet Broadcasting, Inc is an equal opportunity employer - Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
This site was created by RiverBender.com.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|Biological versus mechanical valves. Analysis of 1,116 valves inserted in 1,012 adult patients with a 4,818 patient-year and a 5,327 valve-year follow-up.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 3807394 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|All surviving patients between 18 and 88 years of age receiving biological or mechanical prosthetic heart valves at the Yale-New Haven Hospital from January 1974 through January 1985 were analyzed for thromboembolism, anticoagulation-related hemorrhage, endocarditis, perivalvular leak, valve failure, need for reoperation, late cardiac death, and valve-related death. The rates of these events were analyzed in linear and actuarial terms over the 11 year period. A total of 533 patients received 606 biological valves (328 aortic, 252 mitral, 24 tricuspid, and two pulmonary, consisting of 482 Carpentier-Edwards, 108 Hancock, 15 Ionescu-Shiley, and one other), with a mean follow-up of 2,571 patient-years and 2,935 valve-years. They were compared with 479 patients with 510 mechanical valves (330 aortic, 175 mitral, and five tricuspid, consisting of 178 Starr-Edwards, 166 St. Jude Medical, 164 Björk-Shiley, and two others), which were implanted for 2,247 patient-years and 2,392 valve-years. We found a significantly increased incidence of thromboembolism (p less than 0.001) and reoperation for perivalvular leak (p less than 0.05) in the mechanical valves compared with the biological valves, but a significantly increased rate of valve failure (p less than 0.001) in the biological valves compared with the mechanical valves. The overall analysis comparing total morbidity and valve-related mortality significantly (p less than 0.01) favored the biological valves in the first 5 years of the study and the mechanical valves (p less than 0.001) in the second 5 years of the study. However, the net 10 year results showed no significant difference between the two types of valves. In summary, we found little direct evidence to strongly support the generalized use of one type of valve over another.
|G L Hammond; A S Geha; G S Kopf; S W Hashim
Related Documents :
|19267944 - Comparison of mechanical and biological prostheses when used to replace heart valves in...
4086144 - Mortality and survival for minamata disease.
11419894 - Aortic stenosis with severe left ventricular dysfunction and low transvalvular pressure...
15983914 - Bacteriological outcome after valve surgery for active infective endocarditis: implicat...
22452604 - Probiotic multistrain treatment may eradicate helicobacter pylori from the stomach of d...
9675664 - The case against routine post-operative therapy for prevention of recurrence in crohn's...
Publication Detail:
|Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal Detail:
|Title: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Volume: 93 ISSN: 0022-5223 ISO Abbreviation: J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. Publication Date: 1987 Feb
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 1987-03-16 Completed Date: 1987-03-16 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
Medline Journal Info:
|Nlm Unique ID: 0376343 Medline TA: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Country: UNITED STATES
Other Details:
|Languages: eng Pagination: 182-98 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
Export Citation:
|APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex
|MeSH Terms
Actuarial Analysis
Aged, 80 and over
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Thromboembolism / epidemiology*
Time Factors
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Myocardial protection in the neonatal heart. A comparison of topical hypothermia and crystalloid and...
Next Document: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory and cardiac failure in infants and children.


text:
Meet Philly's most hated band.
Aday after Richmond's freak show, Clockcleaner travel an hour to Charlottesville, Va., and arrive early on a pleasant but hot day.
The show's promoter introduces himself and says he's excited about the show. It's a Monday, school has let out for the summer, and he's still somehow managed to presell some 75 tickets.
"I think we're going to have more than 100 people here tonight, and that's just really great this time of year," he says cheerfully.
Clockcleaner are the openers. Tonight's headliner Deerhunter have recently been fitted for indie rock royalty by the kingmakers at Pitchfork, and despite Sharkey's insistence upon calling them "Queerhunter," they get along swimmingly.
"They have a sense of humor," Horner says. "That's a rare quality in music these days."
After some time passes, the show starts and, considering the previous night's mind-melter, it's relatively innocuous. Clockcleaner cover the Breeders' "Divine Hammer" to close their set, and as it concludes, Sharkey takes off his guitar and picks up an aluminum bat, which he keeps against his amp.
There's a garbage can hugging the side of the stage. Sharkey grabs it, empties it onstage and starts sifting its contents for plastic bottles, coffee cups or anything else that can be safely batted into the audience to a soundtrack of his guitar's feedback.
The show ends, and the promoter who'd been so friendly earlier in the night is now visibly perturbed. He calls on staff to sweep up the stage, and picks up bottles batted throughout the ballroom with an exaggerated motion and an audible moan.
Deerhunter play, gear is loaded out, hours pass, Clockcleaner collect payment.
The promoter, over it now and still beaming about the turnout, thanks Clockcleaner for their time and asks them to please consider coming back to sleepy ol' Charlottesville. "But you've gotta leave the bat in Philly," he says.
Pulling out onto a Virginia highway on the way back to town at well after 2 in the morning, Sharkey is asked if he ever stops to think what it might be like to play a show free of drama. Could he possibly daydream about pulling into a town like this, greeting a promoter, playing a show and getting paid without some sort of commotion?
"A couple of those kids in there came up to us after the show and thanked me for not mailing it in tonight," he says. "But I see your point."
He takes a long drag on a cigarette, and contemplates the prospect a second more.
"Nah, fuck 'em," he says, before driving off into the night.
Brian McManus (bmcmanus@philadelphia weekly.com) is PW's music editor.
Talking Teen Wolf and penises with Man Man and Clockcleaner. Also, Hannah Montana.
PW's 2015 Gift Guide
Food Fest: Neighborhoods unite for discounted food and drink specials
Judah Friedlander steps off the stage to put pen to paper
Dinner with Luke Palladino
A stage for our stories: First Person Arts & the art of storytelling
Apply within: PHL Live helps keeps talent within the 215
Thrill-a-delphia: Halloween happenings all around the city


text:
>Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports, & Weather, Angels Camp, Twain Harte, Jamestown | Union Democrat
Experts with the state of California continue to evaluate damage at the Twain Harte Lake dam, even as problematic movement in the granite that caused a leak on Sunday continued Monday.
Twain Harte Lake was drained over the weekend so cracks in the lake's dam could be evaluated. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat, Copyright 2014.
Local and state crews worked on the granite formation known as The Rock throughout the day over what is now a drained Twain Harte Lake. The state dam safety team pressed forward on an assessment that engineers said could take days, weeks or longer depending on what they find.
Local sewer provider Twain Harte Community Services District also started bypassing a main sewer line near the dam serving the Twain Harte community.
As work continued, the cracking activity in the granite dome anchoring the dam continued in the morning with another loud popping noise and noticeable movement. Tom Trott, THCSD's general manager, said district staff were on The Rock at the time.
Though not as significant as the explosion-like phenomenon that closed the dam on Sunday morning, the continued movement is concerning, especially as a special team from the state is evaluating what is causing the cracks and how they can be fixed — if at all.
"It does look like some cracks got bigger, and it does look like there are some new cracks," Trott said.
Once the state's assessment is complete, repairs to the concrete and metal dam adjacent the granite slab could take months, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
"It's not going to happen overnight," said Andrew Mangney, an engineer with DWR's Division of Safety of Dams Central Region.
For the complete story, see the Aug. 5, 2014, edition of The Union Democrat.
The Union Democrat is now online in a Replica E-edition form and publishes Tuesday through Saturday. E-Edition or Print Plus subscribers have full access.
If you are not a current subscriber, subscribe today for immediate access. Circulation: 209-533-3614
Weekly Arts and entertainment guide for Calaveras and Tuolumne counties
Available online every Friday or get it early in Thursday's print edition.


text:
|Product #: CTP3357_TQ
Working With Words (Resource Book Only) eBookKindergarten|Grade 1
Ships Free!
Please Note: This ebook is a digital download, NOT a physical product. After purchase, you will be provided a one time link to download ebooks to your computer. Orders paid by PayPal require up to 8 business hours to verify payment and release electronic media. For immediate downloads, payment with credit card is required.
This resource provides all you need to set up, implement, and manage 14 word work, literacy centers for loads of word-play fun! These instant centers target key literacy skills, are grade-level appropriate to allow children to work independently, and, most importantly, are lots of fun!
Customer Reviews:
Submit a review


text:
The Future of Television News
Mr. Kalb interviewed Mr. Koppel onstage about the future of television news and about Mr. Koppel's recent battle with… read more
Mr. Kalb interviewed Mr. Koppel onstage about the future of television news and about Mr. Koppel's recent battle with ABC corporate owners to keep "Nightline" on the air. He also talked about a recent trip to the Middle East and the urrent tensions in the region. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience. close
People in this video
- Marvin Kalb Executive Director Harvard University->Shorenstein Washington Office
- Ted Koppel Anchor ABC Television->Nightline
Hosting Organization
Related Video
A Conversation with Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw, recently retired CNN anchor, was interviewed by Marvin Kalb. He discussed his career as a…
The Economics of Journalism
A panel of journalists talked about the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl and its…
Politics, Morality and Media in the Age of Terrorism
Mr. Kalb moderated a panel discussion on terrorism, international efforts to combat terrorism, and the methods…
Reporting the War with Iraq
Following Mr. Koppel's recent return from reporting on Iraq, Mr. Kalb interviewed him about his…


text:
|ELPA Practice Tests are Available Via the Secure Browser
The 2013-14 ELPA Practice Tests went live on August 15, 2013. This year, the ELPA Practice Tests are only accessible using the Secure Browser, which can be downloaded for free at www.oaks.k12.or.us. New messages have been added to the practice test "guest" launch page in Mozilla Firefox, reminding users that in order to access the ELPA Practice Tests, users will need to change to the Secure Browser. The on-screen messages have been updated to help with that reminder.
Updated messages for users are available at the guest log-in portal and practice test log-in screens in Firefox at https://oakspt.tds.airast.org/Student/Pages/LoginShell.aspx.
|- end -
Related Topic(s):
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol Street NE Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 947-5600 | Fax: (503) 378-5156
General ODE Questions: firstname.lastname@example.com
|Copyright © 1998-2015 Oregon Department of Education


text:
Century Media announces ANOTHER CENTURY RECORDS, signs THE BLOODLINE, REV THEORY, LIKE A STORM...
- Written by James Zahn
Word on this has been circling for a bit, but now the cat is out of the bag - CENTURY MEDIA has formed a new record label, ANOTHER CENTURY RECORDS. The new label is set to focus on hard rock, and has signed three new acts - my friends, THE BLOODLINE (based right here in Chicago), New Zealand's LIKE A STORM and Los Angeles' REV THEORY. These bands join Century Media's FOZZY, ADRENALINE MOB, and OTHERWISE to round-out the initial roster. Century Media founder Robert Kampf shared a few words about the label this morning...
Otherwise is gearing up to release their sophomore album, Peace At All Costs, on September 16 and currently is having massive success with their single, Darker Side of the Moon, http://youtu.be/CHh9YSwZR0U, which is currently #29 on the US Active Rock charts. The album was produced by David Bottrill (Tool, Muse) and mixed by Jay Ruston (Steel Panther). The band is set to hit the road with Like A Storm next month and will be appearing at Sacramento's Aftershock festival as well as Louisville's Louder Than Life fest.
The Bloodline was formed by Shaun Glass (BROKEN HOPE, DIRGE WITHIN, SOIL) and features vocalist Travis Neal (DIVINE HERESY), guitarist Chuck Wepfer and Frankie Harchut on drums. The Bloodline is currently in the studio recording their debut album and deliver a huge fresh sound in Rock/Metal with massive hooks, soaring melodies and pummeling grooves that will ignite any listeners ears.
Rev Theory, formed in 2002, have sold over half a million albums and are currently wrapping up the recording for their next album. The first single, Born 2 Destroy, is making its way to radio soon. A teaser for the song as well as the single's artwork can be seen here. http://youtu.be/6OZ70NAGxYo
New Zealand's Like A Storm are the rock world's 2014 Cinderella story. The band self-released the EP, Chaos Theory: Part I and made their way over to the States touring with the likes of Sick Puppies, Shinedown, Alter Bridge and Creed as well as hit several festivals. The band sent their single, Love The Way You Hate Me, http://youtu.be/4im52LBhWnM to radio and personally called stations to play the track. The song became a hit, soaring up the charts, where it currently is sitting at number 22, making them the US's highest charting rock band ever from New Zealand. The band will have a new full length out on Another Century on October 28th and are currently on tour now, meeting up with Otherwise next month.
Hearty congratulations from THE ROCK FATHER to all!
The links you seek:
- Published in Music for Grownups
James Zahn
About James: A work-from-home Dad with a pair of daughters (Released in 2009 and 2012) - James Zahn is THE ROCK FATHER™.
Bringing over two decades of experience in the entertainment industry into the family realm, Zahn is an Illinois-based Entertainment Writer, Media Personality and Commentator.
He serves as a PBS KIDS VIP (Very Involved Parent), has made guest appearances as a member of the Sprout Kindness Crew, was featured in the Father's Day issue of Lake County Magazine, and is a former contributor to Chicago Parent.
Creatively, James has directed/edited music videos, lyric videos, and album trailers for the likes of FEAR FACTORY, DIRGE WITHIN, PRODUCT OF HATE, ARCANIUM and others, has appeared as an actor in feature films and commercials, written comic books, and performed in bands.
James and/or his work have been featured in/on CNN, NBC, G4, The Chicago Tribune, Blogcritics, Fangoria, Starlog, The River Cities' Reader. Slowfish, Oil, and more. He's appeared as a music expert on CNN's AC360, and in 2013 he's been quoted on CNN, Babble, The Huffington Post, and The Good Men Project, in addition to making appearances on ABC News and WGN.
Learn more here.
Connect with James on Facebook or Twitter.Website: www.facebook.com/therockfather


text:
Book your room at Doubletree by Hilton Campbell - Pruneyard Plaza
Two Queen BedsMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
One King BedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
King KitchenetteMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
King WhirlpoolMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Two Queen Beds, AccessibleMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
Junior Suite, 1 King Bed, BalconyMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Get an overview of this hotelMediterranean-inspired hotel at shopping plaza
Collect 200 points
Simply enter your Nectar card number when prompted. Your points will be credited 30 days after you return from your trip.*Offers may apply
By shops, services
Located at the PruneYard shopping plaza, this Mediterranean-inspired hotel is in the heart of Silicon Valley, within 5 miles of Santana Row restaurants, and downtown San Jose attractions.
Fitness Center
A 24-hour business center, outdoor pool, spa tub, and fitness center are on site.
Wi-Fi, DVD players
Guestrooms at Doubletree by Hilton Campbell - Pruneyard Plaza include free Wi-Fi, desks with ergonomic chairs, DVD players, and compact refrigerators. Deluxe rooms provide jetted tubs and wet bars.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
This Mediterranean-inspired hotel, highlighted by elegant earth tones, uses wood and stone elements in both the architecture and furnishings.
The PruneYard Plaza Shopping Center lies adjacent, with specialty stores, restaurants, and movie theaters. Silicon Valley business parks and downtown San Jose are within 5 miles (8 kilometers).
Doubletree by Hilton Campbell - PruneYard Plaza offers apples at the front desk all day, and freshly baked cookies for every guest at check-in. Additional amenities at this Campbell hotel include an outdoor fire pit and free DVD library.
This Silicon Valley property, with almost 5000 square feet (465 square meters) of indoor and outdoor event space and dedicated event staff, is the perfect venue for a wedding or conference. A 24-hour business center offers computers, a color printer, and complimentary high-speed Internet connections. A 1700-square-foot (158-square-meter) fitness center overlooks the shopping plaza.
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 6000
- Conference space size (meters) - 540
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 171
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge)
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free weekday newspaper
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- DVD player
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Shower/tub combination
Where to Eat
The Doubletree by Hilton Campbell serves breakfast 7 days a week in the Fireside Atrium. Lunch and dinner is provided for private events.
There are several dining options within the surrounding area.
Nearby restaurants:
Pacific Catch
Buca di Beppo
Kyoto Palace
Outback Steakhouse
Rock Bottom Brewery
Orchard City Kitchen
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel's complimentary fitness center--overlooking the PruneYard shopping plaza--offers cardio and strength-training equipment, including stationary bikes, stair machines, treadmills, exercise balls, and free weights. Men's and women's locker rooms include showers. A heated outdoor pool and spa tub are also provided.
Hike, bike, or jog on the Los Gatos Trail, located a quarter-mile from the hotel. Pruneridge Golf Course is a public course located five miles away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Hotel Name
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


text:
Lehi's Jamie Glaser opening a new virtual music school
Jamie Glaser, well-known in the music world of jazz and commercial music and a Lehi resident, is opening a new virtual music school called Jamie Glaser's Cyber School of Music.
The virtual format will allow him to staff his school with Grammy-award winning instructors from all over the world. Registration and more information is available on the school's website: http://gotocyberschool.com/Classes start this month with intermediate or beginning classes for ages 13 to 99.
He encourages those who wish to play the guitar to start with a qualified instructor early. Glaser said in a press release: "It is very important to start them (students) correctly right from the beginning. They can go online and pick up some hints from YouTube, but then what?"
He will also offer a class for music production which teaches Music Composition, Music Arrangement, Orchestration and the Business of Music.
Future plans include offering classes in Spanish and adding classes for other instruments, as well.
Glaser has been on more than 150 albums, and has been the guitarist with Bryan Adams, Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Lenny White, Gloria Trevi and dozens more. He recently completed four years at a charter school in Spanish Fork, heading the guitar department and music production classes. He recently finished a South American reunion tour with Jean Luc-Ponty.


text: Red Bull Racing presents "Rhythm of the Factory," a video highlighting the production of its brand new race car the RB9. Taking a more artistic approach, the video shows the different steps in the process of the creation of the vehicle as the sounds of production act as the soundtrack to "Rhythm of the Factory." Check out the video above and stay tuned as we wait for news for Red Bull Racing's next event. Enjoy!


text:
Montclair State University graduate student Scott Buchanan has been awarded $2,500 in the national CFCareForward Scholarship competition. Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, the scholarship program was established to honor young adults with cystic fibrosis and to help them achieve their goals in post-high school education.
Buchanan, who is pursuing a Master's degree in biology and expects to graduate in May, 2011, was one of 40 finalists to receive the award out of more than 200 applicants. This is the second year in a row he has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship.
As part of the application process, he was required to submit a creative presentation. Buchanan compiled a video collage showing highlights of his life, which can be viewed at www.cfcareforwardscholarship.com/winners-profiles/scott-b.php.
The scholarships were awarded based on applicants' creativity, academic excellence, community involvement and ability to serve as a positive role model for the CF community. National online voting determined the recipient of the $18,000 Thriving Student Achiever grand prize, which was won by a student at Southern California College of Optometry. A total of nearly 34,000 votes were cast.
"I got a ton of positive feedback and I know a lot of people at Montclair State voted for me. It's been very rewarding," said Buchanan, who graduated from Rutgers University in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in science (ecology) and from Glen Ridge High School in 2001.
Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was two-years-old, the 27-year-old has led an active life, playing on school football and baseball teams in high school, and jogging regularly. In addition to taking medication, he said he leads a healthy lifestyle and exercises as much as possible.
As a graduate assistant in the Department of Biology at Montclair State, he teaches laboratory classes to undergraduates and tries to inspire in his students the same passion for science that he has.
For the past four years, Buchanan has worked seasonally for the National Park Service at Cape Cod, conducting radio telemetry research about the habitat preferences of hognose snakes, which is also his thesis topic. "Not much is known about them and that makes them appealing," he said.
The non-poisonous snake is found in sandy soil habitats as far south as Florida and as far west as Kansas. In the Northeast, their numbers are dwindling, making them "a species of conservation concern," he adds.
After graduating, Buchanan hopes to work full-time as a biologist with the National Park Service or may pursue a PhD for an eventual teaching career.


text:
Before we begin, here is your daily dose of Les Miles. Actually, it's the only dose of Les Miles you need for this week. If you learn anything more from this postgame video about Saturday's Unlucky 13 vs. Tennessee, let me know.
**A warning going into Week 6 ...
There is a real chance almost halfway through the season of an unprecedented logjam at the top of the BCS -- six undefeated conference champions, four of them in BCS leagues.
It's early but there is some separation and definition to the season after five weeks. Alabama is clearly the class of the SEC. Nebraska and Oklahoma are undefeated in the Big 12, and can't meet until the conference championship game. Ohio State's trip to Wisconsin in a couple of weeks suddenly looks less daunting. Boise State is going to rush through the WAC. TCU and Utah are likely to decide the Mountain West head-to-head. Oregon looks like it is going to run away with the Pac-10.
If all that happens, here is one projection of how the final BCS standings might look. Is too early? Never. The first BCS standings will be released in two weeks.
1. Alabama: With all the talk about the Pac-10's strength this season, the SEC still rules. The Tide are all but assured of playing three more ranked teams -- South Carolina, LSU and Auburn.
2. Oregon: Pollsters are already falling in love with the Ducks despite a dicey strength of schedule to this point.
3. Ohio State: Like Alabama, likely to play three more ranked teams (Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan). If you think the Big Ten's strength will carry the Buckeyes into the top two, think again. Oregon's offense is stronger and will make a stronger case, especially on the road where Jim Tressel seems to play conservatively.
4. Big 12: I am well aware that Kansas, Oklahoma State and Missouri are also undefeated making it five in this league. I'm also projecting that, regardless, this is where an undefeated Big 12 champion would end up if everyone else wins out. Among the five Big 12 undefeateds: Kansas State plays Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Missouri. Missouri plays Kansas State, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Nebraska plays Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Missouri. Oklahoma plays only Missouri and Okie State. The Cowboys still have Kansas State, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
5. TCU/Utah: The Mountain West race will come down to the teams' Nov. 6 meeting in Salt Lake City. If either finishes undefeated it will most likely finish ahead of an undefeated Boise.
6. Boise State: There was bad, bad news for the Broncos on Sunday. They were jumped in both polls by Oregon for No. 3 in the rankings despite having superior accomplishments and super schedule strength to this point. Oregon has played a I-AA (Portland State) and a team that might as well be I-AA (New Mexico). Boise has played two ranked teams, one in the top 10 on the "road" (Virginia Tech at FedEx Field).
For the previous two weeks Boise, at No. 3, had gained on No. 2 Ohio State and pulled away from the No. 4 team. After one week of WAC play -- against admittedly horrible New Mexico State -- the voters have fallen in love with Oregon and are already damning the Broncos for their schedule.
There are 18 remaining undefeated teams. Five of those (28 percent) are in the Big 12. By the end of this week there will be 16 because of head-to-head meetings (Michigan State-Michigan, Nebraska-Kansas State). Also, by the end of the week a maximum of 11 teams will have the possibility of finishing undefeated because of assured head-to-head games. After this week only four undefeated teams will be alive in the Big 12; three in the Big Ten. Only one undefeated team (at most) will be able to come out of the Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC and WAC.
**Texas is out of the AP poll for the first time in 162 weeks (2000). The streak in the coaches' poll had lasted 192 weeks. Texas, 3-2, still has games left against Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M meaning it could be headed for its worst season since before Mack Brown arrived in 1997.
**TCU posted its first road shutout of an opponent in Gary Patterson's 10 years as head coach, 27-0 at Colorado State. That's significant because Patterson is a defensive wizard whose teams have finished tops in total defense each of the last two seasons.
**Speaking of the Horned Frogs, the interest in the Big East is apparently real and reciprocal. TCU could join the league as soon as next season. One reason: There is no financial penalty to leave the Mountain West.
**Poor Jaime Hill. The BYU defensive coordinator was fired after Friday's loss at Utah State. You expect that in the SEC, but at BYU? Hill joined the staff from the CFL in 2006 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2008. BYU, 1-4, is off to its worst start in almost four decades.
Some other d-coordinators who might want to watch their backs:
Tyrone Nix, Mississippi. The Rebs got upset by Jacksonville State giving up 49 points and got beat by Vandy, 28-14. Had to hold off Kentucky 42-35 on Saturday. Rebels allowing almost 33 points per game.
Doug Mallory, New Mexico. Not really fair because his future is tied to embattled head coach Mike Locksley. The Lobos have allowed a I-A-most 35 touchdowns and 52.6 points per game.
Co-coordinators Keith Patterson/Paul Randolph, Tulsa. The Hurricane gave up 51 points at East Carolina, losing on the last play of the game. Oklahoma State put up 65 on Tulsa which is 106th in pass efficiency defense.
Ray McCartney, Wake Forest. His defense has given up 68 points to Stanford, 24 touchdowns in five games and 36.8 points per game.
**Team Schizo: Washington has lost to the worst BYU team in years, got run off its home field by Nebraska and now has beaten USC in consecutive seasons.
**Team Schizo II: Kansas lost to Baylor by almost seven touchdowns, 55-7, in Waco. Not even the locals care about Baylor, a Big 12 doormat. There were an estimated 15,000 empty seats at Floyd Casey Stadium. It's bad when your team is intimidated by the Bears.
"When I went out there, they were bigger than I thought," KU linebacker Steven Johnson told the Kansas City Star. "I'm just like, 'What in the world are they eating?' "


text:
Selling Size 9.5 ThirtyTwo Boots
2 Attachment(s)
Selling my ThirtyTwo Trion snowboard boots. I have only worn these about 4 times. They look literally brand new. Size 9.5.
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if interested.
Forgot to post ... $50.00
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:00 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2015, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2


text:
According to the United States Attorney for the Western District...32-year-old Johnny H. Simmons was sentenced in US District Court for possession with intent to distribute and violation of the terms of a previous supervised released in a previous federal drug case. At the time of the offense, Simmons was serving a 60-month term of supervised release for another prison sentence. Simmons was sentenced to Six years and Nine months in prision and Four years of supervised release.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
CLIP-ings: March 22, 2013Internet Governance
Upcoming E-Sales Tax Vote: The Senate will decide whether to move the Marketplace Fairness Act forward, a bill that would require online retailers earning over $1 million to collect sales taxes from purchasers in those states that tax retail transactions.
Searching Arrestee's Phones: The ACLU sued the San Francisco Police Department on Wednesday, challenging warrantless searches of arrestees' cell phones as a violation of the First Amendment rights of those arrested as well as the rights of their contacts.
Update On E-Mail Privacy Law: A House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing focusing on law enforcement's access to stored information to update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act that outlines how government agencies can demand information from different entities and how they can conduct surveillance.
Information Security & Cyberthreats
FL Election Hacked: In the first documented cyberattack against an election in the U.S., an unsophisticated online hack from abroad successfully solicited numerous absentee ballots for a Florida primary election, demonstrating computer experts' worries for the corruption of the election process.
Intellectual Property
Safe Harbor Upheld: The Ninth Circuit rejected UMG Recordings' attempt to undermine Veoh's DMCA safe harbor protection, which immunizes user-generated content sites from copyright liability so long as they immediately respond to copyright holders' takedown requests.
Free Expression & Censorship
No NSL: A federal judge in California struck down the Patriot Act provision that allowed the FBI to secretly collect subscriber information from Internet companies and other communications service providers and that forbade those companies from disclosing the FBI orders known as National Security Letters.
Practice Notes
New Ad Rules: The FTC updates its guidelines for legally compliant online ad disclosures, focusing not only on web sites but also social media and mobile activities.
On the Lighter Side
Penguin With Ipad: Even penguins like Apple.
Editorial Fellows:
Grace Nam
Austen Ishii


text:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Biannela Susana, the mother of Cristian Fernandez, has pleaded guilty to first degree aggravated manslaughter to a child by neglect in the death of her 2-year-old son.
Susana's next scheduled court appearance is April 12 for a status hearing and they will sentence her then. She could receive 156 months to 30 years in state prison.
Susana was arrested in 2011 for the death of her 2-year-old son. Her other son, 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez, has been charged with first degree murder in his brother's death.
Fernandez's next court appearance is scheduled for April 19 in his first degree murder charge. He is also scheduled to appear for a final pretrial court appearance for sexual battery charges on June 19, according to the Duval County Clerk of Courts website. Fernandez is scheduled to go to trial for those charges on June 25.
First Coast News


text:
Underground Works
Groene Hart tunnel
High-speed rail line between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and AntwerpMore info
Discover our professional expertise in this movie.Watch the video
Energy and Environment
Flamanville 3 EPR power plant
Civil works for EPR reactorMore info
Linear Projects (motorways)
A41 Motorway
19.6 km of motorway between Annecy and Geneva - ConcessionMore info
Infrastructure Projects/Civil Engineering
Porte des Lilas
Paris ring-road cover slabMore info
River and Maritime works
Tangier ro-ro port
Ferry portMore info
Infrastructure Projects/Civil Engineering
Nelspruit Stadium
2010 FIFA World CupMore info
Consistent with the Group's values, combining the drive for performance and respect of people...More info
Bouygues Travaux Publics remains strongly committed to accident prevention, a strong component of which is the mobilisation of personnel...More info
Hello! Welcome to the Bouygues Travaux Publics website...More info
See our job offers and learn about our human-resources policy.See offers Send a resume
Hello ! Welcome to Bouygues Travaux Publics website. Everything in the construction business is about fervour and passion; and this site was designed with fervour to share our passion for our greatest achievements, the triumphs of our expertise and of the values we bring to our projects on a daily basis. Happy navigating!
An entity operating both in France and internationnally: The Concessions unit


text:
Northern Iowa football head coach Mark Farley speaks at UNI's media day at the UNI-Dome, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
- Filed Under
Cedar Falls, Ia. - When Jake Farley found himself sitting in front of his computer, and for the first time paying to watch Northern Iowa play, he knew it might be time to move back home.
All his life Jake has been around football. That was no different now, he was a member of the Kansas football team. Yet Jake couldn't stop watching the Panthers, and he felt as connected as ever.
"I knew all the guys by name that were on the team and I was watching on the computer screen," Jake said. "I felt like I was losing when they were losing." ...


text:
Paul Caffery
Manager, Business Requirements, iPower, Public Service Electric & Gas
Paul Caffery handles business requirements for iPower, the new customer information system launched in 2009 by Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G). The Newark, NJ-based energy company serves 2.1 million electric customers and 1.7 million gas customers across 2,600 square miles. In his 30+ years with PSE&G, Paul has spearheaded numerous mobile and wireless initiatives. With the implementation of iPower in March, PSE&G sends out more than 2,000 mobiles everyday to respond to emergencies, complete construction work and manage 850 service technicians, all of whom work remotely from their homes.


text:
NYPD Blue: Season 8, Episode 13
Flight of Fancy (3 Apr. 2001)
A man caught carrying a cash register takes Andy and Danny to a body. Fancy is packing up to leave. His replacement alienates the squad before he's even left.
Director:Kevin Hooks
Writers:David Milch (created by), Steven Bochco (created by), 3 more credits »
Stars:Dennis Franz, Ricky Schroder, James McDaniel | See full cast and crew »


text:
I will admit I was wrong about one thing…Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 12 Comments
Just want to clear this up because I will admit when I am wrong. My sister was mistaken. I have spoken to Principal Riza Cooper and the employees did not pay for the Christmas party in 2010, but did in 2009 and in 2011. I apologize for my misinformation, but completely still back up anything else I have said. I will keep yall updated as I find out additional information.
Just a little more information to back up what I "heard"Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Okay, so it's getting very depressing to get on Facebook and see a bunch of adults acting like teenagers by going back and forth fighting. I think it is very clear that the majority of us are definitely for the teachers/principal at EMS and I hope that that makes them realize how much they are appreciated.
So, at first, I did not feel like looking at all of this crap, but then I just glanced at it and started writing stuff down and found a lot of interesting stuff. So, all of this evidence of all of the "wrongdoing" is on Facebook. You can go to the Elgin Community Forum page and go to the photo albums and see MOST of the stuff there. There are lots of checks. I would say most of them are made out to HEB. Yes, a lot of it was party trays for faculty meetings, but a lot of it was coffee, creamer, napkins, cups, coffee stirs, splenda, sugar, etc. I even saw some school supplies in there, as well as cake for retirement parties, drinks for the school dance to sell, the giftcards that are in question, some cookies, orange juice when they had breakfast, candy at Halloween, etc. You can go to the page and view it all yourself. Yes, it is a lot of food, but it is a lot of other stuff too. There are a lot of checks to Powell's Printery in town for envelopes, paper, business cards, etc. I only saw two trips to Super Donuts, and they were used for the math department meetings. Five trips to Jaliscos for breakfast tacos. Two trips to Southside Market. Three trips to Meyers. A trip to Little Caesars, a trip to Ricardos Tacos, which were during Taks Testing. A trip to Mr. Catfish where $12.34 was spent on lunch for a guest speaker. A trip to Guadalajara for the new teacher luncheon. That is about all I see of the restaurants, but if you go look, be very careful and make sure you pay close attention. There are a LOT of duplicates.
Now, on to school supplies. These are supplies for the classrooms, mostly for the flex classes. A trip to Party City. A trip to Home Depot. Five trips to HEB for supplies or for cooking class supplies. A trip to Teacher Heaven. Eight trips to Walmart for plaques, crochet products, and other flex class materials. A trip to Radio Shack. A trip to Bloomers for gardening class. Three trips to Hobby Lobby. A LOT of reimbursement checks made out to teacher's who purchased their own supplies, along with the receipts for them. Nearly $8,000 spent on shirts for the students and teachers, and yes, everyone has to pay for them. This is a teacher fundraiser I would say. $250 to the dj for the staff party, but also $150 to the dj for the school dance. A few purchases of shirts for the administrators, a purchase for the school's police officer, a purchase for security for a school dance. The purchase of 1000 pencils to be used by the kids during TAKS. There was a field trip to an art museum. Feel free to go look at the checks yourself and then form your own opinion. Then we don't have people arguing about who is right, the Elgin Courier, or KXAN. You decide for yourself, but please pay attention to the many duplicates.
Okay, so after seeing all of that I was like hmmmm….I didn't see THAT much food spending!!! The bills from HEB were high, yes. Groceries are high, as we all know. Anyways…I kept wondering where all of the deposit information was for this "account." We are seeing all of this money coming out of it, but surely we get to see what is going into it. So, I find it. What little of it there is. Let me just tell you what I found. These are all deposits into the account. If they aren't, I am going to be specific and tell you what is really going on.
11/3/10-Deposit of $241.25 but I can't see the part of the page to see where it came from
11/3/10-Deposit of $252.90 and it says Costumes-I am thinking that this is because the kids paid to wear costumes on Halloween
11/3/10-Deposit of $8,696 from the Fundraiser-This is the money that all of the kids collected. Keep this in mind, because then we have to pay the company for the stuff that was ordered.
11/9/10-Deposit of $112.50 more from the Fundraiser.
11/9/10-Deposit of $63.90 from pickle sales.
11/9/10-Deposit of $61.65 from hat day (the students pay to get to wear a hat).
11/18/10-Deposit of $196.00 from the concession stand at the girls basketball game against Del Valle. This was weird because I was told that over 14 months, we only raised $250 in concessions!!! Lol.
11/10-Okay, here is where you pay attention. The top of this page is hidden so if you aren't paying attention to the page, you may ASSUME this is a deposit, but in fact, this is where we actually had to PAY Great American for our fundraiser items, so we subtract $4,999.23 from the fundraiser amount above.
11/19/10-Deposit of $520.50 from the Dance Concessions!
11/19/10-Deposit of $85.70 from pickle sales.
11/19/10-Deposit of $849.70 from Dance Ticket Sales!
11/19/10-Deposit of $41.75 from the online fundraiser profit.
12/3/10-Deposit of $128.40 from pickle sales.
12/15/10-Deposit of $171.00 from t-shirt sales.
12/15/10-Deposit of $180.00 for staff to wear jeans for the week.
12/15/10-Deposit of $35.00 from sale of agendas.
12/15/10-Deposit of $178.03 from pickle/candy sales.
12/16/10-Now we have to come out of money for the Fundraiser Prizes for the kids-so subtract $389.49 more from the original fundraiser amount….which leaves us with a grand total of $3658.90 that was raised from the fundraiser that fall of 2010. The teachers, on the other hand, raised $2,786 that MONTH that we can see, but I am pretty sure there is even more than that because the top of the pages are cut off and you can see where there are deposits that are not visible.
All that was showing for deposits on this facebook page was this month and a half back in 2010. I did find two other deposits throughout all of the posts though.
4/21/11-Deposit from Concessions on 4/8 and 4/15, agendas and t-shirt sales-$549.85
5/7/11-Deposit of $161.90 from pickle sales.
I don't know about yall, but all of this doesn't add up to me. We see all of these checks for things purchased from this fund, with checks dating all the way back to January 2010. Let's see all of the deposits since January 2010. Then let's decide what's going on. I was told yesterday that we had only raised $250 in concessions in the last 14 months. I was pretty sure that was impossible, unless we never had a concession stand! Then right here, we see in only 3 times a concession stand was open, over $1200 was raised.
I tried to get the check register from the middle school so that I can see all of the deposits, but I guess I have to do an open records request and it takes forever. So, I will look into it, but until then…here is some food for thought.
Now, with that being said….I am not trying to argue with anyone. If you don't believe what I say, go look at the stuff posted on the Elgin Community Forum and go through all of the records yourself. That is what we have been encouraged to do, and that is what I did.
Up early this morning…Happy Wednesday!Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Well, I guess I couldn't come down off the adrenaline rush from last night because I never really went to sleep last night. Finally, at 5, I decided to stop trying. Let's see what is going on today!!!
Well, on the front page of the Statesman, it looks like Mitt Romney has won two more states in the primary election, Arizona and Michigan. From what I understand, if he didn't win these states, it was becoming less likely that he would be the candidate because Rick Santorum has been kicking his butt. However, he did win, so he is still in the race.
Yesterday, the Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 19, 2008! That is great news and again, another sign at how our economy is recovering. After a report that consumer confidence jumped in February to its highest level in a year, the dow pushed on over 13,000 and stayed there most of the day. I would definitely say things are looking up!
Right now, it is 66, but should get up to 76 today, with a 20% chance of rain.
Tonight should get down to 61, with a 10% chance of rain, and tomorrow's high should be 81 with a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Awww, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcomed their third child and this time, it's a boy!!! He joins sisters, Seraphina, 3, and Violet, 6. How exciting for them!!!
Lindsay Lohan claims she has become a homebody and partying isn't for her anymore. With her legal troubles almost over, we will see if she sticks to that!
Not much on the agenda today….I do know that our JV and Varsity Softball teams won last night. Girls Varsity Soccer won last night 1-0!!! Go cats! I haven't seen anything about any of the other teams though, so if anyone has the info, please let me know and we will get it up here. I have a lot of information that I am about to go through, so once I get everything together, I will write a little more about things going on in town.
Everyone have a great day! Funny how I can't sleep at night, but now that it is 7 a.m., I think I could go straight to sleep! :) Totally forgot that today was Leap Day!!! How neat! Everyone enjoy the day that only comes every four years! :)
KXAN vs. ELGIN ISDPosted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 33 Comments
Okay everyone! I waited to see the story on KXAN before I wrote mine. Okay, so here it goes….
Not really sure what got this little investigation started, but several parents are concerned about the way the Middle School Activity Fund money is being used. While I understand the concern, I also think that KXAN is only covering a small bit of the whole picture.
In the last 14 months, I am being told that over $40,000.00 was in that Activity Fund. The money in this account comes from MANY sources, NOT only from student fundraising. The majority of this money is actually from the middle school concession stands worked at all of the athletic events. I am not sure how much yall know about the amount of money that is raised in concession stands, but I can assure you that it is a lot. It is also money from the student i.d. fines-when the student has to pay for a new i.d. or if they forgot to wear their i.d. Also included in this money is fundraisers that the teachers have. As KXAN said, a teacher can pay $50 to this account and be able to wear jeans for the rest of the year instead of only being allowed to wear jeans on Fridays. So, maybe it seems like the principal is spending all of this money that the students are raising, but in reality, that is not true. Of the $40,000 in the account, $10,000 on meals for the teachers is really not that much. 14 months is over a year. The receipts say that $1,102.04 were spent on breakfast tacos. So, lets say there are 100 teachers and they purchased one taco for each teacher at $1, that would only be 11 times. The thing is, I think we all know breakfast tacos are more than $1 and I doubt they only purchased enough for each person to have one. So, to provide breakfast tacos for the staff on a staff development day out of money raised in concessions is wrong? I completely disagree. If you told me that the principal was buying breakfast tacos for the staff out of the technology fund, that is to be used for technology devices used in the classroom, then this would be a whole other story!
Did anyone think to ask what the other $30,000 was spent on? I know they spend this money on the honor roll breakfast and lunches and field trips. The BBQ materials that were labeled for the lounge? Perhaps that was the wrong thing to label it, but I would be willing to bet that was the BBQ stuff for the Back To School Barbeque that they had for the kids in August. I know they also gave out backpacks full of school supplies when the kids came to get their schedules. It seems to me that everyone is reacting to these allegations without really thinking about it or knowing all of the facts. These teachers at the schools take care of our kids almost as much as we do. We trust them to take care of our children, but we think it is wrong for them to be able to have a Christmas party, or to have snacks at a faculty meeting??? I know that I appreciate everything that Sammy's teacher does for him. I respect her and would gladly buy her lunch for being able to take care of a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds all day and not just taking care of them, but having the ability to actually TEACH them. Yes, a lot of us are great parents that give our kids lots of attention and love, but if you aren't familiar with the school setting, then you don't realize how many kids don't have parents that give them attention and love. This is where the teachers come in. Sometimes a teacher is the only thing a child has! Come on people, why are we really upset about this?
What I also wondered is why did nobody ask Mrs. Cooper, the principal at the Middle School why she did this? I was then told that nobody is allowed to speak on these issues except for the administration. I just doubt that she came to this school district and decided to start spending money on things that weren't normally purchased out of this account. Do we know if this was done by principals before her? Does this happen at other school districts or other schools? I think if you investigated this even further, you would find that this is a pretty common practice. One of the administrators mentioned that it was used to keep the morale of the teachers up. I completely understand that. I know it is very common for businesses to do this type of thing for their employees. I have worked a lot of places and most of them have done this same sort of thing for us. I know the last company I worked for spent a ton of money on buying us breakfast and lunch all the time. This is a way to keep their employees happy and to make them feel appreciated so that they will keep doing a good job. Do you know what a teacher makes? Trust me, you don't want to! Why is it wrong for their principal to spend concession stand or id money, or when it comes down to it, even fundraiser money, to reward them for a job well done and to make them feel appreciated! I know I don't want my kid in a classroom with a fed-up, angry teacher that feels nobody cares about how hard they work every day to make sure are kids are capable of one day going out into the world and becoming successful.
I understand that everyone is upset because they believe that this is money that was raised by their kids and it should be used on the kids and not the teachers. I guess I have never really thought about where the money goes from the fundraisers. You know it is going to the school, but where? This could turn into a huge issue if you questioned where your money went for all of the things you were involved in and found out the truth, but I do think that so what if your fundraiser money is being spent on giving your kid's teacher a few perks throughout the year? What did you really think they were doing with it??? Spending it on playground equipment? Noooo, taxpayers pay for that! Spending it on keeping up the school? Noooo, taxpayers pay for that too. Perhaps you thought it went on supplies for the kids classrooms, noooo, sadly enough, most of the teachers come out of their pockets for a lot of the supplies in their kid's classrooms. Honestly, if someone told me we were doing these fundraisers to reward the teachers, I may actually want to do them.
How do you think that the Middle School teachers feel after this news story? Instead of constantly looking for what our schools or our community is doing wrong, let's look for the positive things. If you are unhappy with the school district, it's a free country, you can homeschool your kids or you can move and take them to a school that is perfect. Good luck finding one. Why don't we try thanking our teachers and administrators for a job well done. Nobody is perfect and it's pretty wrong to target a principal for taking care of her staff. Did you expect her to spend the money out of her pocket? Well I guess the taxpayers need to approve a new budget so that she can get a raise.
Several people have also been making comments about activity funds at other campuses. I can't vouch for all of the campuses because I am not familiar with them, but I can vouch for the high school. The High School has approximately 39 activity accounts. Every club, athletic group and each class all have their own fund. The miscellaneous account at EHS is the smallest of all of these since there are no schoolwide fundraisers. The money from these accounts is spent on the kids in the club/organization. For example, someone mentioned senior trips. These are paid for with the money which that class has raised over the past four years. Proms are more expensive each year and the bulk of the class' activity fund is spent on the prom. The students choose their location, food, band/dj, etc. I don't know about yall, but I know that the Class of '98 had a fun senior trip to the……wait for it…..STATE CAPITOL!!! Lol, so as far as senior trips go, if you want your child to have a good one, then I suggest you get in there and help their class raise a LOT of money!!!
Am I writing this as a journalist? Probably not. I am biased, true enough. Am I afraid to say the school district is doing wrong if I think they are? No. I would gladly say the same thing if I agreed with everyone. I do not mean to offend anybody in any way. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. When I started out writing this, I didn't even realize how strongly I felt about it. About midway through though, it dawned on me that everyone is mad that a principal is taking care of her teachers. HER teachers that take care of OUR kids. If you really think that those stupid fundraiser they do, I think the middle school sells cups, actually bring in $10,000, then I think you are very mistaken. As I said before, I do not want to offend anyone, and I am not taking offense about what anyone else has said. I just thought that since the KXAN piece was so slanted, then I should maybe write from a different perspective. If I had not seen that first, I doubt my story would be anything like this.
Last but not least, regardless of how you feel about this, thanks to all of the commotion, none of you have to worry about this happening anymore. The principals are no longer allowed to spend any of the money out of the activity funds without approval from the administrators. So….if your kids come home complaining that their teachers are always in a bad mood, take pride in the part you played.
Happy Tuesday!!! It's National Pancake Day!Posted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today, at IHOP, you can get a free small stack of pancakes in honor of National Pancake Day. So if you feel like traveling to Austin, or already are in Austin, there is a cheap meal!
I just read more news about the Ohio high school shooting we talked about yesterday where five students were injured with one dead…that has climbed to three dead now. How horrible. Prayers out to that school, town and the families.
It looks like with the shift in our economy, automakers are adding workers and shifts to their plants throughout the country, including in Texas. The problem is, the suppliers for all of the parts they need, don't have the parts, so that could put a stop to the growth! When the auto industry went downhill, many of their suppliers started doing other things and now, the auto industry is having a hard time finding the parts they need to keep up with their demand. I guess the good news is that at least that is a sign that times are getting better!
Currently, it is 71 degrees outside and should get up to 78. There is a 10% chance of rain.
Tonight should get down to 65 with a 20% chance of rain. Tomorrow's high will be 76 with a 30% chance or ain. So it looks like more warm, gloomy days….
Natalie Portman and her man, Benjamin Millepied, were wearing wedding rings at the Oscars, but nobody knew that they were married. Turns out, they were secretly wed and were, in fact, wearing wedding rings. At first, people were questioning if they were just engagement rings, but their jeweler confirmed that they are married!
This is exciting for me because I LOVE "Dancing with the Stars." They have announced their new list of celebrities for the 14th season! Sherri Sheperd, from "The View" will be dancing with Val Chmerkovskiy, who is the brother of the Maks, who also dances on the show, and will be dancing with Melissa Gilbert, who I remember most from "The Little House on the Prairie." Also dancing will be:
Family Matters star Jaleel White will dance with former champ Kym Johnson
• Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will dance with Tony Dovolani
• Soap star-turned-singer Jack Wagner will dance with Anna Trebunskaya
• Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver will dance with Peta Murgatroyd
• Extra host Maria Menounos will dance with three-time champ Derek Hough
• The Disney Channel's Roshon Fegan will dance with Chelsie Hightower
• Cuban heartthrob, actor and model William Levy will dance with two-time champ Cheryl Burke
• Singer Gavin DeGraw will dance with reigning champ Karina Smirnoff
• Music legend Gladys Knight will dance with Nancy Grace's former partner Tristan MacManus
• And singer Katherine Jenkins will dance with perennial finalist Mark Ballas
None of those seem too exciting to me, maybe Maria Menounos and Gladys Knight??? I guess we will have to watch and see. This season premieres on March 19 on ABC.
Okay, I know there is a lot of commotion around the KXAN clip that will be running tonight. I have had several requests to do a story on it. As most of you know, my mom is the principal at the high school. Because of this, I have to be very careful what I do or say because I don't want to jeopardize her position with the district, plus, I graduated from this school district and don't really want to be bad mouthing it. With that being said, after the piece is on tv and I also get the other side from the school district, I will do something on it. Please understand my position in this matter.
I don't have much on my calendar for tomorrow, only crafts at the Elgin Public Library at 4:30 p.m. Not sure why my calendar is so clear, so perhaps I will do some research today.
I hope everyone is attending all of the athletic events going on tonight though. Go Cats Go!!! Good luck to our soccer, softball and baseball teams!!!
High School Students who love to write???Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Bob Haisler, a teacher at the high school, gave me a great idea a few weeks ago. He told me I should get some of the kids at the high school to write articles for my blog. I LOVE the idea, but don't really know how to find the kids who may be interested! I have posted something on my facebook and had one response so now I am posting it on here. If you are a high school student reading this, please let me know if you would like to write an article that we can put on here! If you are a parent of a high school student that loves to write, please let them know about this.
I told Elijah, the student who has already contacted me, that it could be something about Elgin or anything that he wants to write about, within reason. He is going to get one of his favorite teachers to help him out a little bit and then get it to me. I would love to encourage any of the kids to write an article for me! Thanks for spreading the word!
Happy Monday!!!Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It seemed to fly by, didn't it? I hope everyone is enjoying their Monday!!!
It looks like Austin's ban on plastic and paper disposable bags will probably go into effect next year. 6 of 7 on the City Council want this to happen and they will vote on Thursday. That seems crazy, but I guess once you get the reusable bags, it won't be so bad. :)
A boy at an Ohio high school started shooting students this morning and one of five students shot, has died. It was about 7:30 a.m. and CNN says a mother of one of the students says the shooter was targeting specific students.
It is currently 65 degrees, and today's high should be 68 and there is a 30% chance of rain.
Tonight's low will be 61 with a 40% chance of rain.
Tomorrow will be much warmer with a high of 77, but with a 30% chance of rain.
So, I am sure you have seen something about the Oscar winners by now, but if you haven't…here we go! Best Picture went to "The Artist" which was a silent film, blah, Best Actor was Jean Dujardin from "The Artist", Best Actress was Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady", Supporting Actor was Christopher Plummer for "Beginners" and he was the oldest person to ever win an Oscar at the age of 82, Supporting Actress was Octavia Spencer for "The Help" and yay, at least one victory, and Director went to Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist."
There was also a lot of fashion at the Oscars, as always. I saw on "The View" this morning that there is a bit of controversy over Jennifer Lopez's dress because it appears that her areola's are showing, lol. Facebook was also going crazy over how thin Angelina Jolie looked. It was pretty nasty looking. She definitely needs a good meal or two!
Well, as you all know, this past weekend was the Little League "Night of the Champions" fundraiser and was a huge success!
I am looking on my calendar and have absolutely nothing going on today, but there are several things tomorrow.
Tomorrow at Neidig Elementary, they will be having an African America Assembly. At Elgin Middle School, they will be benchmark testing in all grades. Lots of sports going on at the high school. Girls Soccer here vs. Manor at 6 and 7:45, Boys Soccer @ Manor at 6 and 8, Softball here vs. Rudder at 5 and 7, Freshman and JV Baseball @ Rudder at 4:30 and 6:30, and Varsity Baseball here vs. Rudder at 7.
I hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the day!!!


text:
Upload News
Upload Events
Sail-World Canada Latest News
Welcome to Sail-World Canada
If you are having difficulty reading this email -
view in your browser
. To respond to this email
03 Feb 2011
Welcome to Sail-World Canada
More Offshore Racing News!
In the Barcelona World Race, it's become 'Follow the leader!' as routing options are now somewhat limited with the introduction of the new ice gates; Virbac-Paprec 3 still holds on to a 400 miles lead ahead of Spaniards Martinez and Fernandez, who are doing extremely well transferring their 49er Olympics and World Championships success to the much larger Open 60 Mapfre. Meanwhile, at the back of the fleet, one of the other Spanish teams, Central Lechera Asturiana +, is stopping in Cape Town for repairs on the keel hydraulics.
The Velux 5 Oceans yachts have being readied for heavy weather sailing as the skippers prepare for Sunday's start of Sprint 3 to Punta del Este, Uruguay. This is where history has been written in the past; howling winds, monstrous waves, point Nemo, the most remote point on earth and the rounding of Cape Horn. Only once on the eastern side of South America will the skippers finally catch their breath and head north to Uruguay.
As expected, French skipper Thomas Coville left Brest, France last Saturday on his solo round-the-world record attempt on board Sodebo; after 5 days at sea, he currently enjoys a 130 miles lead on Francis Joyon's reference time set on IDEC 2 in January 2008. Sodebo, a maxi trimaran built in Australia in 2007, has a 32m center hull supporting a 35m mast; she was specifically designed by Nigel Irens (designer of IDEC 2) and Benoit Cabaret to beat the round-the-world record while being manageable by a solo skipper.
In the Jules Verne Trophy, Banque Populaire V hit an an unidentified floating object last night while sailing at 37 knots in the Southern Atlantic; they immediately slowed down to evaluate the damage and, although it was dark at the time, an early assessment shows the crash box protecting the keel was damaged; more news to come! Pascal Bidégorry and his crew still enjoy a 450 mile lead on the record time as they head towards the Indian Ocean. At 40m, Banque Populaire V is the largest racing trimaran in the world; conceived by Bidégorry to accommodate a full crew, the yacht was designed by French naval architects VPLP (Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prevost) who also enjoyed recent success with BMW Oracle on the America's Cup scene.
Speaking of the America's Cup, all eyes have been on the prototype AC45 following it's recent launch in New Zealand; Russel Coutts took the helm last week: 'I loved it. It's a really responsive boat - it's not like driving the family saloon, this is a Formula One car,' Coutts said, predicting this scaled-down version of the AC72 Cup boat will do more than 30 knots in the right conditions. Sail-World brings you the most recent images and videos of the early trials in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.
While New Zealand was spared, Northern Queensland on the Australian east coast is being battered by cyclone Yasi; sustained winds of 215km/h have been recorded with gusts to 285. Unfortunately, the media predictions of 'what could be the state's worst cyclone in history' are looking to be rather accurate as major damage is being surveyed in many small coastal communities.
The boat show season continues with Halifax, Vancouver and Miami all in February! Watch for show highlights in upcoming newsletters! Tickets for the Rolex Sailor of the Year event are selling fast. Don't be disappointed. Reserve your table today!
All the best!
Guy Perrin
Sail-World Canada Managing Editor
Barcelona World Race - Dee Caffari discusses hardships via video
Coralie Rassinoux,
Barcelona World Race - British record-breaking yachtswoman, Dee Caffari shares in a video the hardship of going upwind in the Indian Ocean with co-skipper Anna Corbella onboard IMOCA Open 60 Gaes Centros Auditivos.... [
Share this story
America's Cup: Images from On-Board and Sail Auckland
Gilles Martin-Raget,
Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget, has been on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf again, shooting the prototype AC45 ahead of her handover to America's Cup Regatta Management next week, and the training by entered teams shortly thereafter.... [
Share this story
St. Maarten Heineken Regatta fleet numbers surpass 'Century Mark'
Heather Tackling,
St. Maarten Heineken Regatta has less than a month to go before the kick-off which this year runs from March 3-6, the entry list continues to grow at a rapid pace, and now surpasses over a hundred yachts (the 'century mark') competing in a half-dozen different classes.... [
Share this story
America's Cup: The AC45 Video Show
George Johns,
Over the past couple of weeks the AC45 has been turning head in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also been the subject of many hours of video photography, by one of the worlds best video cameramen, and editor, George Johns. Here we present a gallery of the video - just in case you missed something..... [
Share this story
Barcelona World Race red line speed
Barcelona World Race,
Barcelona World Race leading two are separated now either side of a venomous low pressure, but both crews were considering where to set the red line today, how hard they have to push to maintain their differential to the boats behind.... [
Share this story
Velux 5 Oceans - Blast from the past for Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Velux 5 Oceans,
Velux 5 Oceans - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person ever to sail solo around the world non-stop, was today united with the son of a New Zealand fisherman who he met on his historic singlehanded circumnavigation.... [
Share this story
Albacore Internationals to be held Sept 16-23 in Toronto, Ontario
Ken Yamazaki,
The 20th Albacore Internationals will be held from September 16th to 23rd, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. An exciting week is being planned with great sailing and social events. Racing will be held south of Toronto Island.... [
Share this story
Jules Verne Trophy 2011 - Brian Thompson reports
Brian Thompson,
Brian Thompson* is a crew member aboard the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V, which is attempting to break the 'fully crewed' Jules Verne record... [
Share this story
Barcelona World Race - Back to business?
Barcelona World Race,
The best news this morning is that the centre of the tropical depression which is whistling south south east, and contains N'ly and NW'ly winds in excess of more than 55kts and seas of 6-8 metres, is passing through the gap between the leaders Virbac Paprec 3 to the east and Mapre to the west of it.... [
Share this story
America's Cup: AC45 clocks a new speed record on the Waitemeta - Video
George Johns,
The AC45 set a new speed record of 29.9kts on Auckland's Anniversary Day as she ripped around the Waitemata Harbour with the Oceanbridge Anniversary Regatta fleet. Here's another George Johns' video of the day and the occasion - including some high speed bow dips.... [
Share this story
Barcelona World Race - Beating the depression
Barcelona World Race,
The duel in the Indian Ocean between the 'Red Cow Boys' – De Pavant and Audigane - on the VPLP Verdier designed Groupe Bel which is also known as 'Cochise' (ed note as in Cow Cheese!), and Alex Pella and Pepe Ribes, who signs his communications as 'Jack Sparrow' on the Red Pearl which is better known as the Farr designed Estrella Damm.... [
Share this story
Velux 5 Oceans—Fleet face toughest challenge yet in ocean sprint three
Velux 5 Oceans,
Howling winds and mountainous seas, the most remote place on the entire planet and the infamous Cape Horn – that is what lies in store for the Velux 5 Oceans racers during ocean sprint three. The 6,000 nautical mile leg from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este in Uruguay will see the four ocean racers head deeper into the Southern Ocean than they have been yet.... [
Share this story
Barcelona World Race - Caffari and Corbella go against the flow
Coralie Rassinoux,
At just over four weeks into the Barcelona World Race, Dee Caffari and her co skipper Anna Corbella are not having an easy time of it. Due to the combination of a high pressure system and the presence of additional ice gates imposed for safety reasons, the duo have been forced north which has resulted in them battling upwind conditions to make any progress along the race course.... [
Share this story
Book Extract: Paul Henderson - 'The Pope of Sailing' + Video
Paul Henderson,
Last month, in our New Zealand edition, we ran the following extract from former ISAF President, Paul Henderson's excellent book, 'The Pope of Sailing'. Henderson is a three time Olympian in three different classes, before going on to put back more into the sport than he had taken out of it.... [
Share this story
BVI Spring Regatta 40th Anniversary
Linda Phillips,
BVI Spring Regatta is celebrating several important milestones at this year's event (March 28 – April 3, 2011), including the regatta's 40th anniversary and many wonderful years of support from its oldest sponsors, Mount Gay Rum, Heineken and their distributor Road Town Wholesale (RTW), a Tortola-based food and spirit distributor.... [
Share this story
Velux 5 Oceans - Less than one week to go
Velux 5 Oceans,
There is less than one week to go until the start of sprint three of the Velux 5 Oceans round the world yacht race. Since they finished the gruelling second sprint from Cape Town to Wellington around two weeks, the Velux 5 Oceans skippers have hard at work preparing their Eco 60 ocean racing yachts for their next challenge.... [
Share this story
America's Cup: On board the AC45 - Wet, Wet, Wet ....
Gilles Martin-Raget,
Images from aboard the prototype AC45 on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour during the Oceanbridge Anniversary Regatta capturing this very wet action - and maybe a glimpse of what we can expect to see in the real thing . Winds in the harbour were recorded at a peak average of 29kts with gusts recorded at 35kts.... [
Share this story
Coville departs - the Round the World chase is on + Video
Sodebo Media,
Top French multihull sailor, Thomas Coville, has left on his round the world circumnavigation attempt, chasing Banque Populaire. Here is a short commentary on his start off Brest, along with images and videos of the departure. 'I dropped my buddies in the Channel Four and I approached Ushant, a figure that is always impressive with the island's lighthouse Stiff.... [
Share this story
America's Cup: AC45 - fast and furious on the Waitemata + Video
Gilles Martin-Raget,
The prototype AC45 was put through her paces again today on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour during the Oceanbridge Anniversary Regatta. Winds in the harbour were recorded at a peak average of 29kts with gusts recorded at 35kts. Not sure what speed the AC45 hit in these images, however she looks fast and wet...... [
Share this story
Jules Verne Trophy - Thomas Coville crosses start line + Video
Kate Jennings,
Jules Verne Trophy - Thomas Coville, skipper of Sodebo, crossed the start line today, Saturday 29 January 2011, at 11h07'28 UTC. To beat Francis Joyon's record, he will have to be back in Brest by 28 March at 0h40'34' UTC.&nlid=460712&tbl=<:tableName:>&ck=5vg<:password:>'>more]
Share this story
J class regatta announced for Newport, RI
Titch Blachford,
The J Class yachts Velsheda, Ranger and Shamrock V will be participating in the J Class Newport Regatta, the first of a series of global J Class events, culminating in the Hundred Guinea Cup race, Cowes 2012. The J Class will use this regatta to kick off a four regatta programme culminating in a race around the Isle of Wight in July of 2012... [
Share this story
Images of the Velux 5 Oceans racers in Wellington
Genevieve Howard,
The Velux 5 Oceans has arrived in Wellington for the start of the 5,800-nautical-mile-third leg from the capital to Punta del Este. The four Eco 60 ocean racing yachts are on show at the Race Harbour, alongside the Race Expo at Shed 6 at Queens Wharf... [
Share this story
Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - Race update
Greg Freeman,
Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - I am pleased to announce that the Notice and Conditions of Race for the 2011 Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot, is now available... [
Share this story
Jules Verne Trophy - Getting to the South + Video
Voile Banque Populaire,
It was 5.56 am (Paris time) this morning when the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V crossed the Equator, just 5 days 17 hours 44 minutes and 15 seconds since leaving Ushant. The maxi trimaran skippered by Pascal Bidegorry recorded the second fastest time in history on this section of the record attempt (Ushant to Equator)... [
Share this story
Velux 5 Oceans - Skippers open official race harbour in Wellington
Velux 5 Oceans,
Velux 5 Oceans - They might be fierce competitors on the water but the Velux 5 Oceans skippers also enjoyed some friendly rivalry on land today to mark the opening of the official race harbour in Wellington.... [
Share this story
Canadian Yachting - latest news
Yachting News from Canada...
For more details and news for this event, go to:
We have sending you our another Sail-World Canada Newsletter because you are already receiving an existing marine newsletter from us or because we believe this will be of interest to you. If you like this newsletter, do nothing, we will send you another weekly. If you don't want us to send you another newsletter,
and we won't.
Follow Sail-World on Twitter
Customised news feeds
Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have asked can they received their own customised
version of our Sail-World news feed. The answer is yes; customised in content, news category, for example or region of the world and appearance.
to view examples and get free news tickers for your site.
Too much sailing news? Not enough?
Change the frequency of newsletters, from once a week to a monthly newsletter. Change from html (graphics & pictures) newsletters to text only newsletter, (best for slow connections, mobile phones and PDA's etc. Change from Sail-World New Zealand Newsletters to Sail-World Cruising International Newsletters etc. Temporarily inactivate your subscription for a period, when you will be on holidays etc. or change to text for the same period. Or even (gasp) unsubscribe.
If you don't want us to send you another newsletter, a single
click here
and we won't.
Change your newsletter subscription profile here or take off list
If you are having difficulty with the above link, please copy and paste the link below into your browser
To subscribe to this newsletter
click here


text:
DHS news release
Oct. 27, 2005
(This guest opinion is being distributed as a courtesy to Workdrugfree, a DHS contractor that works with employers on drug-free policies and programs.)
The thin green line: Employers and medical marijuana
This guest opinion is by Portland attorney Paula Barran, a partner in the firm of Barran Leibman. Barran wrote this guest opinion for Workdrugfree, a contractor for the Oregon Department of Human Services. Barran will participate in a free employer workshop on this subject in Albany on Nov. 15; registration information is at the end of this guest opinion.
Length: 483 words
By Paula Barran
Marijuana is illegal, sometimes. Until the Oregon Supreme Court decides Washburn v. Columbia Forest Products, you won't know for sure if it's illegal on the job. Here's what happened, and what employers can do while waiting for the decision.
Federally, marijuana cannot be prescribed or used. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's right to enforce the Controlled Substances Act regardless of the laws in any state.
Oregon permits certain individuals to use marijuana medically for conditions that defy other legal treatment. Although not intended to stand workplace substance abuse policies on their heads, that has happened.
Oregon's Medical Marijuana law says employers aren't required to accommodate marijuana "in any workplace." But in Washburn, the Court of Appeals did not think it could stretch "in any workplace" to forbid an employee from using marijuana off the job, such as right before work. "In the workplace," the Court thought, meant physically "in" it.
Oregon's 2005 Legislature considered but did not pass amendments to the Medical Marijuana law. The scope of employer substance abuse policies now rests on the shoulders of the Oregon Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear argument in November.
In the meantime, as the Oregon Court of Appeals articulated in Washburn, here's what is at issue:
Employers have to do something while they wait for the Supreme Court. Some tips:
Look carefully at safety. If the Oregon Supreme Court decides employers must treat marijuana like any other medication, don't expect a free pass on workplace safety. Workplace laws require employers to meet both sets of responsibilitiessafety and non-discrimination.
Portland lawyer Paula Barran wrote this employer advisory for Workdrugfree, a contractor providing services to employers for the Oregon Department of Human Services. She will participate in a free Nov. 15 Albany workshop for employers co-sponsored by Worksource Oregon and Workdrugfree; information is available by calling (541) 758-2642.
Adobe Reader, or equivalent, is required to view PDF files. Click the "Get Adobe Reader" image to get a free download of the reader from Adobe.
Are you sure you would like to leave?
You are currently running an old version of IE, please upgrade for better performance.


text:
Silas Lyons: Experience downtown as a tourist
Eilyne Davis had clearly thought a lot about what she'd say when she was named Volunteer of the Year for Viva Downtown Redding on Thursday night.
Subscribe to the Redding Record Searchlight
Ready to subscribe to the Redding Record Searchlight? Choose between a Premium or Digital subscription below.
Need Help? Call us at 1-877-710-6185.
Monday-Friday: 6am-6pm / Saturday & Sunday: 7am-10am