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Implementing Agricultural Best Management Practices Restores Aquatic Life Use
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Waterbody ImprovedUncontrolled runoff from non-irrigated crop production had impaired the aquatic life designated use of Dutchman Creek, causing the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) to add the creek to the 1998 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list of impaired waters for nutrients and siltation. Stakeholders implemented a successful U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-funded outreach and education program in the Dutchman Creek watershed that promoted no-till agricultural practices and prompted landowners to convert more than 400 acres of environmentally sensitive land back into forest. These changes improved water quality and restored the creek's aquatic life use, allowing Illinois to remove the creek from its 2008 303(d) list of impaired waters.
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Data collected as far back as 1994 show that Dutchman Creek was not supporting designated uses for aquatic life, in part due to nutrients and siltation. These data also suggest that non-irrigated crop production was a likely source of these impairments. As a result, Illinois EPA placed a five-mile segment of Dutchman Creek on the 1998 section 303(d) list of impaired waters.
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The Dutchman Creek watershed encompasses slightly more than 100 square miles of Johnson County's 348 square miles (Figure 1). Illinois EPA used section 319 funds to implement three nonpoint source pollution control projects that, while not targeted specifically to the Dutchman Creek watershed, benefitted the creek. The first project, funded by a 1994 section 319 grant, provided an education and outreach program to promote no-till farming practices to operators in Johnson County. This grant allowed the Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District to buy a no-till drill that producers could rent (Figure 2). During the two-year project, operators in the county planted 2,784 acres using this drill. The second project, funded by a 1996 section 319 grant, provided cost share for producers to convert environmentally sensitive land (highly erosive, riparian stream corridor, or prior converted wetlands) within the Cache River watershed back into forest. This project converted 300.1 acres back to forest in the Dutchman Creek watershed. The last project, funded by a 2000 section 319 grant, was a second phase of the Cache River project. This project converted 124.5 acres back to forest in the Dutchman Creek watershed. These two forest planting projects had documented estimated load reductions of 2,620 tons of sediment, 5,000 pounds of nitrogen, and 2,500 pounds of phosphorus per year in the Dutchman Creek watershed.
Data from 2004 show that Dutchman Creek's aquatic life use is no longer impaired. The fish Index of Biotic Integrity showed a rating of 50, and the macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity rating was 59.7. Both of these indices are well above the Illinois threshold of > 41, where aquatic life is no longer considered impacted. Therefore, Illinois EPA determined that Dutchman Creek fully supports its aquatic life designated use and removed the creek from the 2008 section 303(d) list of impaired waters.
Partners and Funding
The Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area administered the two Cache River forestation projects. Excluding administration costs, a total of $26,799 in section 319 funds and $28,615 in state and local funds was spent in the Dutchman Creek watershed to implement the 424.6 acres of tree planting.
The Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District administered the county's no-till drill project. Countywide, the project used $13,176 in section 319 funds and $8,784 in state and local funds for education and to purchase a drill for operators' use. The district has continued the program and now has four no-till drills available for producers to rent.


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This topic contains 7 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated by Au Coeur 1 year, 8 months ago.
March 28, 2014 at 12:52 am #97080
I've been operating largely based on word of mouth marketing (which my clients are awesome about!) and social media, but I am trying to ramp up my business and am curious what marketing/networking strategies have worked for others. Are you a member of the chamber or other local networking groups? Are you in the phone book? Do you pay for advertising anywhere specific?
I'm especially interested in how people go about finding clients who understand the value of website design. Recently it seems like I have been getting a bunch of inquires from people who expect to get a really fancy website with tons of custom features and plugins for cheap (like $200), and when I quote them they are shocked and don't end up hiring me, which is frustrating when I have spent an hour or more preparing a proposal for them. I don't consider myself a "high end designer" as I was called today; I'm just realistic about how much my time is worth. I have prices (including my hourly rate) published on my website so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, and yet…
Any thoughts on marketing and/or finding clients with realistic website budgets would be greatly appreciated.
Mother. Web & Graphic Designer. Lactation Consultant. Blogging about how it all fits together, most recently from northern Colorado. Visit my blog or my design site.March 28, 2014 at 9:34 pm #97222
I get work from word of mouth, but most of my business comes from online – people searching and finding me on forum boards like this, LinkedIn, and other boards, Twitter, etc. And I'd have to say lately – more people are finding me than I am finding prospects – I guess that's a good thing. One thing I would suggest to you is before you engage in any really deep conversation with the prospect – put your cards on the table. Just say, "My rates for basic website development starts at $XXX.xx and go up based on the custom features your require." That statement right there should let them know they should reply, "Oh, that's not in my budget." Do that before drafting a proposal. If they say that's good, then move on to the proposal. Don't engage in a two hour discussion only to find out they don't have money or they don't have enough money. I have to explain to potential clients that they are buying "my time and my skill sets" in addition to the website. I had a guy say to me, "I don't know how to do this, can I pay you to do it and then you show me how to do it?" When I said sure and here's the price – he squawked at it and proceeded to say, "I only need you to do this, this, and add this and that. Your price is too high." I said, "Sir, not only are you getting my time to do this, this, and add this and that…. you then want me to spend 4 hours of my time to show you how to do this, this, and add this and that." If you feel that my price is too high, you can find someone else to do it for you. My issue with prospects is this – how do YOU tell ME that my prices are too high – when YOU cannot do what I do? Those are the very people I turn down for work – they don't understand the time and commitment we are putting in to their vision and they are not being respectful of that. It may take you some time to build up a brand where people will just contact you out the blue.
Some other resources you can use – 1) look for smaller community newspaper and run an ad (an ad in the same places where your clients are asking you to create ads for them!), 2) there are several free publications where I live like Jewish Women's Network – they publish a monthly magazine, 3) go to coffee houses and look at the magazines and poster boards – I've seen a lot of interesting things in there. I got quite a bit of business by going and sitting in coffee shops early in the morning but since you have children, that might not work out good but who knows, 4) and get really active on Twitter – Twitter has helped me a lot! Good luck!
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One more suggestion – always go back to previous clients' websites, browse around and see how you can make their websites better. You might see that they are having difficulty with something and you can say, "Hello, I stopped by your website and I think there are a few things I think you can improve upon or there are some new tweaks I can add to make this or that look better. I just recently did this to two former clients and they hired me right away to implement those suggestions.March 28, 2014 at 10:41 pm #97230
Thanks for the thoughts, anitac. I do think I might need to make a point of verbalizing my starting price. I have that information available on my website but it would seem that is not enough, especially in cases where the prospects are unwilling to name a budget range (which usually ends up meaning their budget is to low).
And though I have been doing a lot of updates to past websites at client request, I hadn't thought that I might approach past clients to see if they want me to improve things. I feel like I'm pretty good at putting myself out there and generally have the right amount of work from people who have found me, but it is always interesting to hear how others go about actively searching for clients.
And, yes the kid thing does make it hard sometimes to go to networking events.
Mother. Web & Graphic Designer. Lactation Consultant. Blogging about how it all fits together, most recently from northern Colorado. Visit my blog or my design site.March 29, 2014 at 9:02 am #97263
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You're welcome. And @aucoeur you should get really active on Twitter. Start following people in the niches you'd like to market to. You can get work from all over the world. I helped someone in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday – Reach for the World… not just your community! Good luck!March 29, 2014 at 1:16 pm #97312
You know I have been avoiding Twitter like the plague. It seems like something that is only effective if you have a lot of time to put into engaging with people, and I don't want to be tied to my computer or phone all the time. What's your strategy for Twitter and how much time do you put into it?
I have found Facebook to be very useful for me (I have gotten multiple clients from people liking or sharing my photo "ads" on Facebook). Pinterest, too, is very useful, and I also use Instagram but not really for my business. I blog and I think that is really what helped me when I was getting started, because I occasionally write about working from home or share some screenshots of what I have been working on and that makes my blog followers more aware of what I do. I have gotten a couple of clients who found me in a very round about way: I always leave a URL to my personal blog on comments I write on blogs/websites; the clients read my comment, visited my personal website, then found their way to my business site and decided to hire me. Of course, I also get a lot of clients because they clicked my byline in the footer of a website that I built. I am going to try to do some WP/Genesis/related blogging on my business website and recently started playing around with Google Plus, mainly for SEO purposes.
I feel really comfortable with my social media strategy for now. I have clients in multiple states across the country (MA, NY, NJ, TX, WY mainly). We just moved to Colorado in January, so I am really looking to build my local client base. I just spent a while going through my website and trying to update the SEO to better reflect my new geographic area. I'd like to go to some chamber events, but with two kids at home and a working hubby that makes things a little more challenging. Likewise RE WordPress meet-ups, although I am excited that I do have the possibility of networking with other developers now (I never lived in an area with many other WP developers before). I've gotten involved with a Mom Owned Business Association which is useful because I can take the kids to meetings, but I am beginning to suspect most of the members don't have the budget to afford my services. That led me to think about paying for advertising as a possibility until I can improve my SEO for the local area. I'm definitely going to print up some fliers to put up around town. Just thought I would see what others have found useful for their local areas.
I really appreciate all of your ideas and input, Anitac.
Mother. Web & Graphic Designer. Lactation Consultant. Blogging about how it all fits together, most recently from northern Colorado. Visit my blog or my design site.
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There is also this issue of not just finding people who need websites, but people who have the budget for a custom website. Businesses that recognize the value of a well built/designed site and are will to pay for it. That to me has been the trickier part. I have been getting plenty of inquiries lately but not with budgets that are worth my time.
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How is it that it's a problem for Aria to be dating Ezra, but Spencer can get with Wren, an doctor already done with medical school! it's icky because aria was Ezra's student and ezra can lose his chance to teach. It breaks more code of ethics. Just because Wren was Melissa's bitchboy, cheating on her with spencer wont revoke his license to cure people but get him deported for being a cradlerobbing pedo. Oh btw i dont condone their relationships - I'm channelling ella
Kol: Damn I'm way hotter than everyone here, thank god
oh bbbb, i want drive your stupid face down to wickery bridge. rofl
I bet Damon's been with every Gilbert there is? Or probably someone related.
dont forget Petrovas sick sick DELENAtards.
Love your gross ship you hillbilly sickos
ugh georgina is the only reason to watch the show
at least book elena was outfront about it, but tv elena is a fucking hypocrite about which is why that bitch doesnt deserve anything.
elena gets tortured let's trend it to J. Plec. Dear Fatty McMuffin,
please let Elena get burned alive for our entertainment. Please tweet this
kitty/bored now is just mad because he has no reason to fap about on this show. Even though this show sucks now, the girls (us) we still have kol to fap and pop our ovaries from. Seriously, if we weren't such massive pervert pigs this show doesnt mean anything.
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presentation or two in our time. For some it was the Etruscan
vases that put us under; for others, the jargon-dense drone
utilizing 15 different foreign termsennui, weltschmertz,
malaisefor deadly-effing-dull. But then, statistically
speaking, the vast majority of us never had Camille Paglia
as a professor.
When Paglias first book, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence
From Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, hit the marketplace
in 1991, it was met with hue and cry rarely afforded academic
works. The pro-porn, lesbian, libertarian art historian/philosopher
raised eyebrows and hackles with her examination of perversity
in art and literature, gaining a nomination for a National
Book Critics Circle Award in the process. Later booksSex,
Art, and American Culture; Vamps and Tramps: New
Essays; and an examination of Hitchcocks The Birdsreinforced
Paglias reputation as a firebrand cultural critic.
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because popular culture has abandoned any sense of class,
its audience doesnt have to follow suit. What put me over
the edge was when people started calling strip clubs gentlemens
clubs, says Mike Dugan, the Emmy-winning writer, comedian
and creator of Men Fake Foreplay. Are you kidding
me? Whos supposed to be keeping an eye on that?
Fearing that respect for the opposite sexand the healthy
relationships that result from itmight be easing itself
into extinction, Dugan crafted Men Fake Foreplay,
a humorous look at the forces that keep men and women together
and the cultural paradigms that have a nasty habit of driving
them apart. While the subject matter for Foreplayboth
the live show and the book that Dugan wrote while touring
the show through Europemight initially seem a bit cliché,
hes quick to point out that this isnt just another variation
on the Men Are From Mars routine.
no shortage of male comics that make fun of women and female
comics that make fun of men, but there are very few male
comics saying, Yeah, women have their idiosyncrasies, but
theyre actually pretty cool, he explains. You dont
need to complain about men leaving the toilet seat up or
women getting PMS to explore human relationships in a way
thats going to make people laugh.
Dugan, who won televisions most prestigious award while
writing for HBOs Dennis Miller: Live (Before he
became a fascist, Dugan laughs) says the live version of
Foreplay is far from being your standard clip show,
despite sampling liberally from the book.
morning shock radio to reality television and daytime talk
shows, Dugan doesnt shy away from the targeting the trends
that, he says, are all part of the problem when it comes
to developing healthy relationships.
have to overcome their adolescent impulses and appetites
in order to have successful relationships, but we have to
do that in a media and advertising culture whose survival
is 100-percent dependent on men continuing to live in those
appetites, he says. The real whores, he adds, are shock
jocks like Howard Stern, whose career has developed into
a monologue of fart jokes and requests for female guests
to shed clothing. And unfortunately, he sighs, The assholes
are winning.
So instead of ignoring the trends (which he compares to
the boorish drunk at a dinner party . . . whipping his
dick out and pissing in the punch bowl), Dugan says he
wants to address them head-onwith the hope of showing people
how ridiculous many of the negative influences on male-female
relationships really are. What started out as an attempt
to figure women out, he explains, quickly became a more
introspective project.
just trying to reconcile some of those things that we think
about and ask, Why is it like that? or Why did I do that?
he explains. Because its pretty clear that my sex drive
doesnt always have my best interests in mind.
Dugan will bring Men Fake Foreplay to the Egg this
Saturday (April 2). Tickets for the 8 PM show are $25, but
theyre selling fastso call 473-1845 as soon as possible
if you want a seat.
The Everyday Object in American Art
the old put-down about abstract art is that anyone can do
that, the philistines critique of the new show at
the New York State Museum may be that everyone already owns
Around the midpoint of the last century, artists such as
Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg (his Giant BLT is pictured)
and Jeff Koons began co-optingin earnest or in ironyimagery
from sources more mundane than sublime: Warhols ransacking
of the idiom of American advertising is well-known, and
pop and domestic culture proved similarly rich veins of
material. Now, whether this approach was uninspired charlatanism
or a dada-beholden means to illuminate the unfamiliar and
poetic aspects of the familiar, the extraordinary within
the ordinary, and encourage us to reexamine our surroundings
with fresh eyes, is a subjective call; but we all think
a giant BLT sounds pretty good right now. And were thirsty,
too: Anybody remember where we left Luncheon in Fur?
opens in the West Gallery of the New York State Museum
(Empire State Plaza, Albany) on Saturday (April 2). The
show runs through July 10. 474-5877.


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In a clear hangover from the buying induced jump in the summer and fall due to the home buying tax credit, Dec Existing Home Sales totaled 5.45mm annualized, 450k below forecasts as both single family and condos/co-ops saw declines from Nov. The falloff was from 6.54mm units in Nov and 6.09mm in Oct. This figure measures actual closings where the contracts were likely signed in Sept-Oct when the fate of the Nov 30th expiration of the tax credit was uncertain. Months supply rose to 7.2 from 6.5 as inventories rose in both categories. Median prices did rise 1.5% y/o/y and rose 4.9% m/o/m to $178,300, the most since July. Both thru the artificial suppression of mortgage rates and the home buying tax credit, the industry has lifted off the mat but we're left with the distortions where the true equilibrium between supply and demand won't be realized until the summer when both have run its course.
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If defensive lineman Marcus Forston is about to get the call up from the practice squad, he sure sounds like a guy who doesn't know it.
Doing his best Sgt. Schultz ("I know nothing"), the Patriots' practice squad member said he hasn't been informed of the team's plans in the wake of defensive lineman Vince Wilfork's right Achilles tendon injury.
For the time being, Forston said he'll just keep plugging away on the practice squad, which has two defensive linemen -- him and A.J. Francis -- on it.
"(I'm) just looking at everything as a blessing," said Forston. "There's a lot of guys wishing they were in the position I'm in now. Even though it's on the practice squad, I'm still in this position, living in my dream and hopefully getting better and hopefully some changes as far as me getting better and showing the coaches I'm ready to play on Sundays."
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Travis Gunther, center, presents his painting 'Happy Wisconsin Cows' to Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Travis's father, Peter Gunther, is to the left.
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Travis Gunther of Wausau likes Wisconsin and isn't afraid to make his preference public.
After he saw a commercial for the California Dairy Council that claimed California cows were much happier than Wisconsin cows, Travis decided to make a painting of two "Happy Wisconsin Cows."
He presented the painting Sunday to Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch at the GOP Prayer Breakfast at the Patriot Center in Rothschild.
Travis painted the picture of the happy cows in his art class at school, and included Rib Mountain in the background.
When she received the picture, Kleefisch quipped, "Wisconsin cows are happier, there is nothing artificial, their udders are bigger, filled with genuine milk."
Travis is the son of Peter and Mary Gunther of Wausau.
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Parisi Speed School and Riverside Athletic Club in Merrill, with the help of their athletes and members, were able to donate food to the local food pantry.
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Founded by editors Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard first appeared in September 1995 and quickly became a must-read for anyone wanting to understand American politics and culture. We've now collected from the almost 500 hundred issues published during our first ten years a large treasury of timeless writing about dozens of subjects--politics, of course, but also art, books, music, movies, you name it. And we are offering the pieces from those early years in e-books, one titled The Best of the Weekly Standard 1995 to 2000 and the second The Best of the Weekly Standard 2000 to 2005.
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Washington State Ferries boss David Moseley leaving after 6 yearsMarch 18, 2014 at 11:56 am | In Transportation, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
11:56 AM: WSDOT assistant secretary David Moseley, who runs Washington State Ferries, has just announced he is leaving after six years. The announcement is in an early edition of his e-mail newsletter, which usually arrives on Fridays. No word yet on a successor.
12:32 PM: Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson promises a "national search" for the next WSF boss.
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Hopefully the next head of the ferry system won't have a family/friend connection to the the Sect. of Transportation. This kind of fraternization has been rampant at WSF for many, many years. Also, they would do well to not hire from within, as the system is run by a 'good-ol'-boy' network, promoting those that don't really have the experience/knowledge to do the job adequately, not to mention the pay raises that come with these 'promotions'. I wish WSF well in their endeavors to find a good fit, some one that has the ability to think and speak for themselves, not be a puppet whose strings are pulled by the 'good-ol'-boys'.
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why is there not more talk about how the state ferry system has been beleaguered by money and staff issues. Last September, Moseley apologized after 31 ferry trips were canceled over a single weekend. The ferries system also came under intense scrutiny in a KING 5 investigative series that questioned millions of dollars in potential waste and problems with accountability.
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The Chargers cleaned house after the 2012 season, firing coach Norv Turner and GM A.J. Smith. / Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Former San Diego Chargers general manager A.J. Smith foretold there would be a "new era in Chargers football" if the team wasn't successful this past season.
That new era has officially begun with the hiring of a new general manager, Tom Telesco.
The Chargers announced they have hired Telesco, a member of the Indianapolis Colts' organization for the last 14 years and the team's director of player personnel since 2006. Telesco remained with the Colts last year when Bill and Chris Polian were fired. Telesco will be introduced by the Chargers at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
Telesco's connections to Bruce Arians and Jim Caldwell will make them hot names in connection with the Chargers' search for a new coach, particularly with Arians, whose name has been connected to San Diego for a while now.
Arians, 60, is slated to interview with the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, though his recent trips to the hospital both in Baltimore on Sunday and in Indianapolis on Tuesday have muddled his schedule for the week a bit.
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July 24, 2014
Cecil B. Beihn, 87, of Lexington, widower of Juanita Adams Beihn, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
A Woodford County native and retired 32-year Herald-Leader employee, he was a World War II Army veteran and member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Services were conducted Saturday, July 19, at the Lexington Cemetery Mausoleum by Pastor Nate BeVire. Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, 483 W Reynolds Road, Lexington, KY 40503.
Guestbook at www.BlackburnandWard.com.
James M. Carigan, 93, widower of Marjorie Ryan Carigan, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Lexington Country Place.
Born in Hodgenville, he was the son of the late William E. and Gertrude Cundiff Carigan. Raised in Liberty, he graduated from Casey County High School in 1938 and obtained a civil engineering degree from UK in 1942. He was employed by the TVA, was a home builder and served 30 years with the Kentucky Department of Transportation. He worked for the State Department in Saudi Arabia for three years and served for two years with the Army Corps of Engineers in Virginia. He was a pioneer in highway location and design using aerial survey and computer technology. Instrumental in the first computer designed road in Kentucky, he worked on New Circle Road, I-64, the Blue Grass Parkway, the Watterson Expressway, and I-71. He located the Camp Nelson Kentucky River bridge on US 27 and the Kentucky Legislature resolved that a mile of US 27 be named the "Jim Carigan Mile." He was a member of the Liberty Christian Church, the Association of Transportation Engineers, where he twice served as president, the Society of Civil Engineers, the Society of Photogrammetry Transportation Hall of Fame, the Casey County Educational Hall of Fame, and he trained and raced Thoroughbreds for 35 years.
Survivors include three children, Jim (Lin) Carigan, Lawrenceburg, Pam Wingate, Lexington, and Betsy (John) Chinn, Frankfort; his life partner, Jean Rochelle Moore, Versailles; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Following cremation, there will be no visitation or services. Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to Old Friends Equine, 1841 Paynes Depot Road, Georgetown, KY 40324.
Guestbook at www.BlackburnandWard.com.
Patricia Endriss Mansfield, 78, of Woodford County, wife of Silas Mansfield, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the St. Joseph Hospital.
Born in New Haven, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Williams Endriss. She had attended the University of Connecticut and graduated from Penn State University. She was a member of the Troy Presbyterian Church, sang in the church choir for 33 years, and was a member of Chapter "S" of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
In addition to her husband of 57 years, she is survived by a daughter, Marci (David) Smith, Victor, Mont.; a son, Will (Susie) Mansfield, Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Marianne Endriss, Carlsbad, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Following cremation, a memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Troy Presbyterian Church by the Rev. David Duggan. A reception for family and friends will follow services. Blackburn and Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to the Troy Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 11021 Troy Pike, Versailles, KY 40383.
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Violet Marie Pariseau, 85, of Versailles, widow of George Pariseau, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Taylor Manor Nursing Home.
Born Nov. 11, 1928, in Milford, N.H., she was the daughter of Archie and Irene Welch Collins.
Survivors include a daughter, Judi Courtney, Frankfort; two sons, George Scott (Mary) Pariseau, Texas, and Ray (Sue) Pariseau, Nebraska; five grandchildren, Jeff Gibson, Todd Gibson, Lisa Gibson Richardson, Samantha Courtney, and Amberle Pariseau; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A gathering of family and friends was held Saturday, July 19, at Clark Legacy Center, Versailles Road, Frankfort.
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It's amazing how much can happen in one week here. A week ago I was in Jordan and now I am living here in Beit Sahour, a village near Bethlehem. It's nice feeling less like a tourist here. Egpyt and Jordan were amazing, but I was ready to settle down when we arrived at the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) office in Beit Sahour. After a quick meeting with the group, my Palestinian host family arrived and Ashley Handrich and I headed off to the home we will be living in for the next two weeks.
I have a love-hate relationship with the food here. Love, because it is delicious, and hate because I eat altogether too much of it!. How can I refuse fresh baked pita bread? Not only have carbs always been my weakness, but there are such interesting things to dip it in, like Dibis a spread made by cooking grape juice until it is thick and oh so yummy. My host mom, Suzy, is sending some back to the States with me.
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Jeff Van Gundy goes off on Dwight Howard in a nationally-televised rant (VIDEO)yahoo.com Jan 28, 2013We've attempted in several ways, over nearly a day, to write a column around Jeff Van Gundy's televised rant about Dwight Howard. The vent, pitched in the second quarter of Los Angeles' 105-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, was on point a…Share Tweet
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To the state Thruway and Department of Transportation, which will unveil more than 90 designated "texting zones" for drivers.
The zones will be located at pull-off areas and rest stops. In addition, nearly 300 signs will be posted along state highways, to inform drivers of these safe texting areas.
The initiative is part of the state's efforts to crack down on the distracted driving that is associated with cellphone use. Fines and penalties for texting while driving have also increased.
Officials hope their efforts will help reduce the number of accidents associated with texting.
We should all take notice of the message the state is sending us about texting - "It can wait."
To Family Promise of the Mid-Hudson Valley, which is endeavoring to curb homelessness among families in Dutchess, southern Ulster and Orange counties.
The organization's board president, Christy Steiner, said, "Families are the largest growing segment of the homeless population and the average age of a homeless person is only 9 years old."
To help alleviate this issue, Family Promise partners with more than 25 interfaith congregations that agree to shelter homeless families in church buildings overnight. A family may stay at each congregation's living quarters for a week at a time before moving on.
Family Promise also provides additional services through its Beacon of Hope Day Center in Beacon. These services include laundry, showers and acquire assistance from local agencies to find housing.
For more information, please visit: http://www.familypromisemhv.org, or call: 845-838-3764
To the Kimlin Cider Mill, which is receiving much-needed restoration work. The Town of Poughkeepsie mill, built by the Kimlin family in the 1880s, has been in disrepair since the 1990s, when cider production at the mill ended.
More than 10 years ago, the mill was purchased by the Cider Mill Friends of Open Space and Historic Preservation. The group has arranged for the structure to be stabilized, as well as the replacement of deteriorating boards, installation of new windows, and exterior painting.
The group will hold a cider tasting event on Oct. 26. They will offer a tour of the mill, a cookout, raffle and, of course, the opportunity to enjoy homemade cider.
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She has been in private practice for 25 years at Saint Mark's Rehab, PLLC, as well as the multispecialty Manhattan Medical Center, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
She practices Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Sports Medicine and general Rehab Medicine and supervises an excellent team of physical therapists in both centers. She is an Allergan Physician Speaker and a qualified injector of Botox for hyperhidrosis, migraine headaches, cervical dystonia and spasticity.
Hospital affiliations include Beth Israel Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical Center (includes resident teaching). She is a consultant at Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home.
She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York Medical College and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. She has authored a textbook chapter "Exercise in the Elderly" (Clinical Geriatrics, Panthenon Publishing Group, 2003) and a research paper on Carpal Tunnel and Overuse Syndromes (Archives of PM&R 1993).
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Billy, the PT, is amazing, though he's often treating multiple patients at once which can get frustrating. The doctor on the other hand is another story. She told me after the initial consultation that she wanted to see me in 4 weeks, and when I go to schedule an appt, I was told she wasn't available until early March. She is never in the office, has strange hours, and it's nearly impossible to ever get into see her. She seems like she is a good doctor in terms of her knowledge, but I can hardly speak to that since she only has ever spent about ten minutes with me the entire month and a half I have been going to therapy.
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Office is not the most modern but very little wait time. Dr Podhorecki is pleasant & professional, she diagnosed me in about 15 minutes and my subsequent physical therapy so far has been encouraging. Recommended.
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Does direct tv have a triple play? If so how much does it cost?
They do through 3rd party providers (you can order everything through them, though). I have TV through them, internet through Cablevision (for now), and phone through Vonage. In total, I am paying just a tiny bit less than Cablevision's / FIOS's triple-plays, and enjoying a much better TV experience.


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The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations (Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations)
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Have you ever found yourself grasping in vain for that ideal descriptive word lost somewhere within the misty recesses of your vocabulary? Or felt frustrated that an oddly shaped structure or pretty setting you wished to portray in writing didn't quite translate clearly to paper?If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then The Describer's Dictionary is exactly the book you need. Open it, and you have not only just the right words but―bringing them to life―stellar literary examples of descriptive writing as well.
The Dictionary concern itself with the observable, from shapes to buildings to human beings. "Referably" organized, the book uses a handy reverse, definition-to-term format that makes it easy to zero in on the term you're seeking. For example, look up "Noses" to find "aquiline," "leptorrhine," and "snub-nosed." And as an inspiration to any writer―showing how it's done by the best―hundreds of colorful and evocative descriptive passages from such diverse authors as Dickens, Darwin, and Updike appear on facing pages, making this a singularly and richly different kind of reference book.
The craft of description lives in literature, conversation, journalism, and personal letters. For help in painting pictures with the English language, The Desciber's Dictionary is one of the most indispensable reference tools you can own.
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According to Iowa court documents, Bloomfield, 73, formerly of Iowa City, filed a written plea not guilty Tuesday to the first-degree murder charge against him.
Bloomfield is accused of killing his wife, Frances Bloomfield, who was found dead Sept. 22, 1997, in a ditch outside of Rockford, Ill. Authorities think she was strangled to death a couple days earlier at the couple's home in southeast Iowa City and her body was dumped in Illinois.
John Bloomfield at the time said he had been away on an overseas business trip and returned home that morning to find the family car stolen and the house burglarized. Authorities discovered blood stains on the floor and walls of the couple's home, and the car was found months later stripped of its license plates at a New Jersey airport.
Johnson County trial information released Wednesday states that Bloomfield allegedly "returned to his home from a business trip and struck his wife in the head and then strangled her with a ligature before wrapping up her body and dumping it along a road in Rockford, Illinois."
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Preview: Miss Van "Wild At Heart" @ Copro Gallery, Santa MonicaJuxtapoz // Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Former Juxtapoz cover artist, and continually one of our favorite fine artists working today, French-born, Barcelona-based artist Miss Van is set to open a new exhibition, Wild at Heart, at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Internationally known for her poupées, the French word for dolls, Miss Van's dreamlike narratives are filled with spontaneity and lightness. Yet they also reveal a darker side that has evolved from her experience as an acclaimed graffiti artist.
Kobay KronikTattoo // Monday, July 30, 2012
Born in Nicosia/Cyprus, Greece, in 1987, tattoo artist Kobay Kronik began his career after graduating from high school and serving in the Turkish Military. He opened his first studio in Nicosia and in 2009 began attracting attention by winning awards at national and international conventions. Kronik later moved to Istanbul where he continues to work in his second studio as a custom tattoo designer.
The Louis Vuitton waffle maker by Andrew LewickiJuxtapoz // Sunday, July 29, 2012
You can now eat luxury (and there are a ton of people who gobble up LV goods like they are waffles, and we are pretty sure that LV makes their low end bags like waffles). OTIS graduate Andrew Lewicki has created one of our favorite sculptures of the year; the Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker. Waffles from here go for $32. Joking. Not really.
The Paintings of Michael PageJuxtapoz // Sunday, July 29, 2012
We have seen the works of Michael Page over the years at Copro Gallery and Shooting Gallery, but this year we have become increasingly impressed by the works of the San Francisco-based painter. Each work is acrylic and oil on canvas, each one appearing to be a discovery of a distant universe or surreal dream brought to canvas.
LEGO Street Fighter SetJuxtapoz // Saturday, July 28, 2012
Custom LEGO builder Julian Fong took over a year to create the custom LEGO Street Fighter mini set, just in time to celebrate the landmark video games 25th birthday. The hand-painted figures have even been submitted to become an actual series.
The Works of REMEDJuxtapoz // Friday, July 27, 2012
Featured in our August 2012 issue is French-born, Spain based fine artist and muralist REMED. What first attracted us to REMED? Simple; his use of color to create simple, flowing characters reminded us of the great abstract artist that came before him. But this application to the street works have brought international attention to REMED, and we think this is as good as time as any to showcase a range of the artist's work.
Top 20 Alex Pardee WorksTop List // Friday, July 27, 2012
Alex Pardee went to my high school's rival school. In saying that, I really wish I had some sort of Varsity Blues like story to tell you, but I really don't; I just wanted to make anecdote to lead this list of our Top 20 Alex Pardee paintings...
Umbrella Installation in Águeda, PortugalJuxtapoz // Friday, July 27, 2012
Perhaps the filter on these photos by Patrícia Almeida make these even more eye-catching, but we are showing you this because we think its a great idea for a public art project. In the town of Águeda, Portugal, colorful umbrellas are hung over promenades, giving your walk an interesting hue and something quite lovely to gaze up at.
Reframe by Adam Scales, Pierre Berthelomeau, and Paul Van Den BergJuxtapoz // Thursday, July 26, 2012
For the 2012 Festival of Lively Architecture (yes, that is a festival) architects Adam Scales, Pierre Berthelomeau, and Paul Van Den Berg created Reframe, a structure that gives the illusion of an 3-dimensional portal. From above, the structure appears to be a well-contstructed cube, but is when you walk around and experience the piece that the new dimensions begin to appear.
The Banksy OlympicsJuxtapoz // Monday, July 23, 2012
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Johannesburg - Silence and rumours. This is all the family and negotiators for kidnapped Bloemfontein teacher Pierre Korkie have after the deadline for his R33 million ransom passed on Saturday.
Negotiators from Gift of the Givers have had no communication with the al-Qaeda kidnappers for 13 days, the foundation's director, Imtiaz Sooliman, said yesterday.
Family spokesman Michael Venter said they had been "inundated" with rumours that Korkie had been released and speculation about his health, but cautioned people not to believe it unless it had been verified by the government.
Sooliman also warned against believing a so-called anonymous mediator in Yemen, who was quoted in AFP reports at the weekend.
The mediator was quoted as saying the kidnappers would not execute Korkie and that an extension could be arranged if the South African government was prepared to respond to the demands.
"Can he produce proof of life? Can he arrange for us to talk to Pierre? If not, we will not pay too much attention to this 'lead'," Sooliman said.
Last week, Yolande Korkie begged her husband's kidnappers to release him because he needed medical treatment.
Pierre and Yolande were kidnapped in Yemen in May last year, but Yolande was unconditionally released last month.
"If Pierre is gravely ill, but still holding out, it is my opinion that they will not execute him for now," Sooliman said.
He said this was because al-Qaeda's leaders were concerned with the group's public image.
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Police find arsenal in home after man busted for heroin
PORTLAND, Ore. - Thirty-five firearms -- ranging from Hollywood-style guns to high-powered rifles -- were seized as part of a heroin investigation Wednesday in Southeast Portland.
Police arrested Joshua Michael Buettner, 30, and Jehna Gowanlock, 26, on drug charges following a lengthy investigation into the sale of heroin.
Investigators said Buettner was armed with a handgun in a shoulder holster when officers contacted him on SE 82nd Avenue in the Lents neighborhood on Wednesday. Police said he had an ounce of heroin in his possession at the time.
When they went to Buettner's residence on SE 75th Avenue in the Foster-Powell neighborhood, officers said they found 34 additional guns, including handguns and rifles, in his home.
The firearms were found under piles of clothing and hanging in closets as well as other parts of Buettner's apartment. Police said they also found two safes and ammunition in the home.
"A lot of collectors have way more," said Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson. "They're people who collect them as a hobby kept safe. They're not out dealing heroin."
Investigators are trying to determine how Buettner obtained the weapons. A source told KATU the guns were legally purchased, but investigators wonder if he used drug money to purchase them or planned to trade them for drugs.
Officers said the investigation began in January and is still ongoing. Investigators said they will check the serial numbers on the weapons to see if any are stolen and can be returned to their rightful owners.
Buettner and Gowanlock were both charged with multiple drug crimes and taken to the Multnomah County Jail, according to police.


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By Prossy Nandudu
Buganda Kingdom is considering allocating Kigo prisons land to Uganda Manufacturing Association (UMA) for an industrial park, the Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has said.
"The industrial sector is crucial for job creation. Buganda has enough land, in this case Kigo prison land would be suitable for an industrial park, but we will have to discuss further," Mayiga said.
The Katikkiro was responding to a request from manufacturers for more land to increase production for the growing demand of Ugandan commodities both local and regional market.
Buganda kingdom owns the 328.6 acre-land on which the prison is located also housing the Kigo farm and other new structures that include a school and accommodation facilities of Prison warders. It is located on Kyadondo Block 273 plot 38.
Mengo establishment battled with the Government over the return of Kigo prison. Court ordered the Government to pay sh11.5bn to Mengo for utilizing the facility since 1993.
The prison was built by Sir Edward Muteesa II, Kabaka Ronald Mutebi's father, in 1952. The kingdom properties were grabbed by the Milton Obote regime after abrogating the constitution in 1966.
Mayiga said that once more industries are set up in Uganda; more jobs will be created for majority of the youth who are unemployed.
He made the remarks while receiving a check worth sh50m from the Uganda Manufacturer's Association (UMA) towards the reconstruction of Kasubi tombs that were torched four years ago.
UMA chairman, Amos Nzeyi, said that there is a growing demand for Ugandan commodities from neighboring countries hence the need for more land for manufacturing.
"Before war broke out in South Sudan, most of our commodities were heading there in addition to DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi so we have to manufacture more for home and regional consumption," explained Nzeyi.
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A 23-YEAR-OLD man has died after the car he was driving struck a tree near the Staffordshire/ Shropshire border.
The crash happened just after 1am this morning on A53 Market Drayton to Loggerheads road.
A West Midlands Ambulance spokesman said the car, a red BMW, suffered significant damage.
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CENTER POINT, TEXAS (Trinity County). Center Point was a farming community in northern Trinity County. The town's name derived from its location halfway between Nogalus Prairie and Honest Ridge, both of which were common school districts. In 1923 the schools were consolidated, and a new school was built at Center Point. In the mid-1930s the community had a school, a church, and a number of houses. Its school later closed, and in the early 1990s only a few scattered houses remained in the area.
Patricia B. and Joseph W. Hensley, eds., Trinity County Beginnings (Groveton, Texas: Trinity County Book Committee, 1986).
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The IndyCar Series has wrapped up a
two-day test session at Barber Motorsports Park with an eye toward
possibly returning to the track for an official race as early as
the 2010 season.
Barber is one of only two preseason test sites before the
circuit's April 5 season opener in St. Petersburg, Fla. The session
that ended Monday was as much a tryout for the track as it was
practice for the drivers.
Several drivers praised the facility, which already holds an
annual AMA Superbike race and a Grand-Am Road Racing event. They
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Track officials estimated that approximately 10,000 people
attended Sunday's seven-hour session about a 30 miles from
Talladega Superspeedway.
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Jeremy Ott was the winner of the 4-cylinder stock feature on Saturday night at Trail-Way Speedway.
Ott took the victory over outside polesitter Mike Potts, while Eric Hollenbach took third spot.
In other Trail-Way features, the winners included Brian Walls in limited stocks, Dennis Dorosz in figure-8 cars, Chelsea Weaver in powder puffs and Shawn Crunkilton in scramble cars. John Shorb Jr. won the junk car demolition derby.
Elsewhere, Paul McMahan, driving the No. 51 previously piloted by Fred Rahmer, was the winner late Friday night of the Williams Grove Speedway's National Open preliminary feature.