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Conewago Valley School District's proposed 2013-14 school budget includes a 4.9-percent tax hike that exceeds the state index limit for the district.
Superintendent Rebecca Harbaugh said the property tax increase is needed due to higher retirement costs as well as costs for charter and cyber schools, combined with stagnant state funding.
At Monday night's meeting the school board revealed a tentative budget balanced with a 0.5023-mill real estate tax increase. That amount includes the 0.2246 mills allowed by the state index, plus an additional increase of 0.2777 mills, made possible by an exception granted by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, said Harbaugh.
Last year Conewago Valley raised the property tax by 0.2197 mills, pushing the millage to 10.2099 mills. At that rate, the owner of a $200,000 home paid $2,042 in taxes to the district.
With the proposed increase, Conewago Valley property taxes would be set at 10.7122, said Harbaugh, which means the owner of a home assessed at $200,000 would pay about $2,142 in school taxes, about a $100 increase over last year.
The district's tentatively approved preliminary budget shows some major expense increases that can't be reduced or eliminated by the district, said Harbaugh.
The district's state-mandated contributions to the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) will increase by $1,032,133, said Harbaugh, more then a 38-percent increase in cost, despite personnel changes that will leave 12 professional positions vacant following the retirement of 16 educators.
Earlier this year Conewago Valley announced an early retirement option for teachers as a move to eventually save the district thousands of dollars.
With the early retirement option the district agreed to pay 75 percent of individual medical insurance, including major medical, until age 65 for any eligible employee who had at least 25 years of service in the PSERS and was at least 55 years of age when they requested the early retirement option.
Normally the district pays 40 percent of an individual's medical insurance at retirement, said Harbaugh, so the option was good for the retiree and the district. The retirement incentive was not extended to spouse or family coverage, said Harbaugh.
While the retirements will lower costs in the long run, said Harbaugh, it also reduces the number of experienced teachers.
"When I added up the number it was absolutely stunning," said Harbaugh. "With those 16 retirements we are losing over 500 years of experience that will be leaving us on June 10."
Of the 16 retirements only three and one-half of those positions will be filled, said Harbaugh, as class sizes and curriculums will be remodeled and existing teachers will take up the slack.
Cyber schools and charter schools are also a cost to every district, said Harbaugh. According to state law the district a student lives in is responsible to pay tuition for any student in cyber schools or a 'bricks and mortar' charter school, said Harbaugh.
Cyber and charter school will cost 50 percent more next year, said Harbaugh, costing a total of $1,200,000 out of the Conewago Valley taxpayer's pockets for 92 cyber and 53 charter school students.
Cyber and charter schools charge the district $7,580 for a regular education student, and $17,143 for every special education student, said Harbaugh.
The district also operates its own cyber-school, which now enrolls 91 students, Harbaugh said, at a cost of about $4,000 per student. If students enrolled at non-district cyber schools would transfer to the district's, it would save the district about $500,000, she said.
That would amount to about 1.06 percent of the district's proposed 2013-14 budget of $47.3 million.
Harbaugh also said a "flawed" formula for allocating state funding to school districts costs Conewago Valley at least $1.5 million in additional revenue it should be getting.
"The state funding formula is broken and it's been broken for a long time," she said. "Sadly, it is the local taxpayers who must shoulder that financial burden."
The state subsidy that Conewago Valley currently receives is for the 2,978 students attended the district in 1993-94, said Harbaugh, but the district now has nearly 1,000 additional students while still receiving the same rate. There were 3,901 students in Conewago Valley School District this year, said Harbaugh.
Pennsylvania ranks 48th out of 50 in funding for public schools, noted school district President Keith Mummert.
The state revenue had a zero increase for next year and will bring in $29,993,172, said Harbaugh, while the federal revenue was actually reduced by 9 percent to $645,874.
Conewago Valley's projected expenses total $47,252,714, said Harbaugh, and without the tax increase the district's budget would have had a shortfall of $1,549,945. The budget will include 67 percent local funding, 32 percent state funding, and 1 percent federal funding, said Harbaugh.
The tentative budget keeps the same three goals the district revealed in January, said Harbaugh: to protect jobs with no layoffs; protect student opportunities so no programs are eliminated; and limit tax increases.
"Due to the number of retirements we didn't have to furlough anyone but we had to reduce some hours for support staff," said Harbaugh.
It is important to note that Conewago Valley has one of the lowest costs in the state for per pupil spending, said Mummert, and the district continues to work hard to keep costs low.
"It is an incredibly difficult budget year, maybe the worst year by far," said Mummert. "We were in a bad situation with the lack of state funding, increased pension costs, and the charter school situation. Those costs were all out of our control and there were not a lot of alternatives."
The proposed budget and tax increase will be advertised and will be brought back to the June 24 meeting of the school board for adoption.


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Billy Mills says the victory, considered one of the greatest in Olympic distance running history, was a gift.
It has been nearly 50 years now since those 1964 Tokyo Games. That's where Mills - the longest of long shots - ran nearly 50 seconds faster than he ever had in his life to become the first and only American to win Olympic gold in the 10,000 meters.
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A global management shakeup at Toyota Motor Corporation has hit African shores, with local Toyota chief Johan van Zyl called in to head the new position of chief executive of Toyota's operations across Africa
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It is "worrisome" that South Africa is losing many of its commercial farmers to countries to the north of it, academic and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele said on Sunday (24 March).
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Although Africa made huge strides in increasing human development in the past decade, gains could - with hundreds of millions of people being pushed into extreme poverty - easily be reversed should "significant progress" not be made in halting global warming.
By Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013 10:37
Growing affluence in emerging markets is good news for manufacturers of gas-guzzling vehicles.
11 Mar 2013 07:32
Franchise restaurant group Spur Corporation last week reported diluted headline earnings per share of 89.91c for the six months ended December' up 35.3% from the previous period.
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SA's biggest drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare expects its Asia-Pacific business to generate the biggest share of the company's revenue by the end of the year' its chief executive Stephen Saad said at the release of its interim results for the six months to December.
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Research in northern Ghana funded by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) showed that mobile money can help foster a savings culture and address financial exclusion.
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If Ian Khama has any say in the matter' and he most certainly shall' Chinese companies may not be collecting many more government contracts in Botswana in the near future.
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Shoprite Holdings is steamrolling ahead with its African expansion - the retailer has 136 stores in the pipeline as it eyes fast growing oil-rich markets like Nigeria and Angola.
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Resources group Anglo American PLC reported a 55% decline in underlying earnings per share to US 2.26 cents for the year ended December from 5.06 cents a year ago.
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A new-look Rainbow Chicken is taking shape amid enthusiasm from investors who have boosted its share price by a third since November. Driving the change is Rainbow's R1bn acquisition of Foodcorp and a R3,9bn rights issue, setting the scene for more positive developments.
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Re: "Lupus can't stop Maple Shade woman's weekly dinner parties" (C-P, May 15).
Rita Mignone is amazing! With delight and some trepidation, my husband and I look forward to hosting Thanksgiving dinner for our three daughters and their husbands and children who visit from New York for the weekend.
We laugh at the fact that we enjoy "leftovers" on Thanksgiving day because we do so much food prep the week before.
I am in awe of hosts who can put a feast like that together on a day's notice. I was humbled by this article and will think of Rita when I'm feeling stressed about this one meal.
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The Monterey High boys soccer team blanked Harbor 3-0 on a wet Wednesday to kick off the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III tournament.
Monterey, playing in the postseason for the first time in 21 years, won its first CCS tournament game.
The shutout is Monterey's third in its last four games and 14th this season. The Toreadores advance to the quarterfinals, where it will play third-seeded Burlingame on Saturday. ...


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Home Tour is an opportunity for locals to see the inside of unique Carlsbad homes, said Beverly Weston of the Assistance League. It's one of the largest fundraisers for Operation School Bell, a program to clothe underprivileged school children, and the other charities for which the Assistance League raises money.
This year, the Assistance League will be conducting $7 tours in two houses - one at 412 W. Shaw St. and the other in the brand new Spring Hollow subdivision at 1810 Amber Dr.
Debbie Milligan, the owner of the West Shaw house, says her home is one of the oldest in Carlsbad at almost 100 years old, and that's why Assistance League members approached her about showing it off.
To complement her old house, Milligan has a knack for decorating with old things - especially tarnished and tattered antiques, she said. And besides the unique Christmas decorations she recently put up in her living and dining rooms, Milligan has ornate clock, shell and poodle collections that will be on display for the Home Tour guests to see.
On the other side of town on Amber Drive, Assistance League members did all the decorating for homeowner Lanette Rostro-Avila, turning her bedroom into a tiger-themed "wild" room with a tree designed by Assistance League members Cindy Elkins and Nellie Weaver.
Rostro-Avila's home will have a total of four Christmas trees set-up and decorated by the time Home Tour begins at noon Sunday, Dec. 2, and lasts until 4 p.m. and Assistance League members are excited to show it off.
In addition to the tours of the two houses, the Assistance League will be serving refreshments and selling holiday décor at its Chapter House, 11 N. Canal St., Sunday. Weston warned that the food will go quickly, so people can start lining up outside around 11 a.m.
Weston said hundreds of people have participated in the Home Tour event in previous years, and it has been a great success due to all the support of the businesses and individuals in the community.
At 45 years old, the Assistance League of Carlsbad is one of the smallest chapters in the country, but Weston said the organization's national board is continually impressed with all that it is able to do around the holidays with only 35 members in such a small town.
For more information on how to support the Assistance League by attending Home Tour, contact Weston at (575) 887-6585.
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Troian Bellisario Responds to 'Pretty Little Liars' Photoshop Criticism
The girls of ABC Family's hit TV show, Pretty Little Liars recently posed for GQ in a bikini-filled spread. But as the stars began to post sneak peeks on Instagram for the issue out in June, the feedback they received was not so positive.
Hayley Hoover of The Gloss, a lifestyle blog, criticized Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, and Shay Mitchell for the extreme use of Photoshop in the spread and many of their fans joined in.
The girls are known for speaking out about the dangerous affect women's portrayal in media has on young women. Troian Bellisario opened up about her eating disorder to Seventeen, Lucy Hale urged fans to love themselves in their bikinis in Self and Ashley Benson called an ad for PLL a lie on Instagram because it was so Photoshopped.
"So doesn't this photo seem kind of… out of place?" asked Hoover.
But Troian was quick to respond sharing behind-the-scenes photos and a lengthy caption.
"So by now you have seen many a shot from #GQ and many people have said that we were photoshopped…" the Pretty Little actress captioned the pic. "OF COURSE WE WERE! that's a very specific type of photo shoot. And looking very blown out and perfected was obviously what they were looking for. Great. Cool. As long as we acknowledge how it was achieved so we know it's not real.
"Here's some behind the scenes of my body the way it is and was on the day," Bellisario continued. "I'm not mad at how these pictures turned out, the girls and I had an absolute blast. More fun than we've had on a photoshoot in a while, and I think you can see that in our eyes and smiles."
"But it's the same everywhere," the 28-year-old actress explained. "It's the same way on the posters of our show and even in women's magazines. This industry seems to invest more in perfection than in flaw. But flaw and individuality, to me, are what make a human being interesting, they make our stories worth telling … But my hips and thighs are a part of me (even though they magically weren't in some shots!) I get those things from my momma. And I'm happy To shake what my momma gave me."
While the other Liars didn't directly respond to the criticisms, Shay shared another behind-the-scenes photo.
Troian ended her rant by Instagramming a picture of all four of them from the shoot and captioning it, "I mean. Photoshopped or not. I work with three of the most gorgeous women on the planet. (Goddesses without hair and make up as well)."


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Lobbying the Early Congress Part 2
Mr. Pasley spoke about the manner of lobbying the first few Congresses under the control of Federalists. He examined how people… read more
Mr. Pasley spoke about the manner of lobbying the first few Congresses under the control of Federalists. He examined how people lobbied Congress from inside the institution and the closely linked formal society of late 18th century Philadelphia. He also recounted how a Rev. Cutler from Massachusetts used these intimate techniques to lobby members very differently from the clear exterior lobbying of the late 20th century. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience. close
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I am very happy to see that Nintendo isn't giving into groupthink. If they were they wouldn't be returning to a bright animated style of graphics which what was so hated by "fans" when the Wind Waker first came out. Now (amusingly enough) these same "fans" love the Wind Waker because the popular viewpoint tells them to.
If you truly do not like cell shading or hand drawn animation then that's great! Your opinion is important simply because it is yours. But if you do not like it because some idiot blogger somewhere said, "Cell Shading Sucks," then you're simply another sad victim of groupthink.
This game is going to be great whether link is super realistic or cell shaded. After all it's a brand new Zelda!


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Philadelphia's Legendary Garden Company, Burpee, to Host Harvest Festival Event in August
August 2011 – Warminster, PA – W. Atlee Burpee & Co. (www.burpee.com) will host its second annual Harvest Festival on Friday, August 19th and Saturday, August 20th from 10 am to 5 pm at Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Hailing the Harvest Festival as Burpee's showcase public event of the season, Chairman and CEO George Ball, invites gardeners young and old to come and enjoy the day's many activities and tour Fordhook Farm's spacious grounds and 15 display gardens.
"This is, first and foremost, a family-friendly occasion," says Mr. Ball. "We want this to be the kind of event parents, children and grandparents will enjoy together."
The Harvest Festival will include a range of activities, including guided garden tours, planting and cooking demonstrations, a fresh produce stand and a fresh tomato tasting tent. Children will be delighted to explore the Clash of the Titans sunflower garden, with its awe-inspiring collection of the world's tallest sunflower varieties, some reaching a staggering 15 feet.
The five-dollar admission fee includes a discount coupon for purchases made online at www.burpee.com . Food and drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
Fordhook Farm is located at 105 New Britain Road, Doylestown, PA 18901-2642.
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|The effect of cycle length on the atrial refractory period.
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|PMID: 6209644 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The effect of cycle length upon refractory period of the atria was measured in 34 patients. The effect of abrupt change in paced cycle length on atrial refractory period was measured by introducing after every eighth paced cycle (CLP) a test cycle (CLT) at an interval which was either 100 ms longer (CLT = CLP + 100 ms) or shorter (CLT = CLP - 100 ms) than the paced cycle. These findings confirm that: (1) atrial refractory periods shorten with decreasing cycle length during steady state pacing; (2) an abrupt change in paced cycle length results in a change in refractory period. This change is similar in direction but smaller in magnitude than the change which occurs in response to steady state pacing; and (3) there is no correlation between intraatrial conduction time and refractoriness.
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|Title: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE Volume: 7 ISSN: 0147-8389 ISO Abbreviation: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol Publication Date: 1984 Nov
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|Created Date: 1985-01-24 Completed Date: 1985-01-24 Revised Date: 2004-11-17
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A 20-year-old man was shot Thursday night in Neptune, police said.
Around 11 p.m. police responded to a call about shots fired on Monroe Avenue, near the Asbury Park border, said Neptune Police Chief Robert Adams.
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BREATHITT Co., Ky. (WYMT) - A Breathitt County family continues their fight for justice.
This as a grand jury indicted Delbert White for second degree manslaughter of 13-year-old Taylor Henson.
The indictment says White "wantonly" caused the death of Henson by striking her with a motor vehicle.
Police arrested White Wednesday morning at a home in the Lost Creek Community of Breathitt County.
Daisy Henson is Taylor's grandmother and said she remembers every detail of that July day when her life changed forever.
"Her last words were hey maw-maw," said Daisy. "My husband called me at 2:28 and said she was killed and I said no way, I just got off the phone with her."
She said it never gets easier.
Almost eight months later a cross stands beside the road where they found her body.
Daisy said, "I've cried a lot, shook a lot, prayed a lot, and hopefully justice is beginning to be served for Taylor."
A judge set his bail at $105,000.
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According to police, the driver of a blue Nissan sedan was going at a high speed and lost control of the vehicle. Police suspect the driver may have been drinking.
Northbound lanes of North Virginia Street were reduced to one lane for about an hour.
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Once again, the Ridge High School girls track team toppled the giant. The Red Devils stunned national power Columbia to win the NJSIAA North 2 Group IV title Saturday night at the Bennett Complex in Toms River.
Despite garnering just one gold medal, the Red Devils compiled 76 points---three more than Columbia. The outcome was reminiscent of the 2009 spring track sectional, also a Ridge squeaker by 4.5 points.
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An interesting thing happened last week. So interesting I've basically told all the people closest to me, and I'm going to tell you now.
Here it is. Ready?
A nice boy asked me out.
Jokes aside, this sort of thing doesn't happen to me often (i.e. ever). I'm not the "nice boy" type. (I told my brother this once, a sort've smirking, "Christian boys don't like me", and he said, "Jess, you don't want them to like you.")
Anyway, this friend of a friend recognized me at work, asked where I'd been (not at church, Nice Boy…) and then added me on Facebook. I was like "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM" but I also was super giddy.
He asked me to drinks this past Friday night, and leading up to it I had this weird experience where I kept thinking of all the things I want to defend about myself and then realizing I'm not actually sorry for them. I just wanted to clean up a little, make myself and my lifestyle more presentable, and then evoke someone's curiosity. Here I am though, this totally messy person with incomplete ideals and questionable coping methods.
I was reading the label of a Nawgan bottle the other day and became totally infuriated by its claim that they "ditched the calories" so you can drink it without guilt. Excuse me, Nawgan, but are you implying that we ought to feel guilt when we do consume calories? What? I wanted to die as a teenager when I ate more than six hundred calories a day, and its been too long and difficult of a road healing from all that for me to ever support a business that embraces this food/guilt association. I threw the bottle away, brewed coffee instead, and realized that no, I do not feel shame when I eat. I started thinking of all the other things I wanted to defend besides my body, and realized they don't need my defense either.
That I never had braces I'm not going to apologize for, because it never needs a defense.
And for the things in my life that do require a defense, I'm simply not qualified to give it.
I'm not unapologetic because I don't care. Quite the contrary. Its not that I'm excusing it all. I just know I'm not even capable of pardoning my behavior, my broken heart, or anything.
When Christians talk about resting in the idea that God's already taken the weight of a person's sin upon Himself, I don't imagine it as the kind of rest you skip into. Its more like when you're exhausted from working all day, having gone out drinking the night before, and you come home to your tiny studio apartment and the only thing your blurry eyes can make out is your bed. Its the kind of rest where you're so tired you don't even wipe off your mascara, or take off your bra; you just collapse into bed and pull the covers over your ears. Its the only option you've got; you'd fall asleep at the bar if you went out again.
That sleep, that empty-handed, totally desperate sleep, is more along the lines of what resting in God's hands feels like.
I just know I can't defend it; its not in my hands to defend what needs defending. And what doesn't need defending, I'm not going to bother with anymore.
<Not sorry about being vegan.
<Not ashamed of being a train wreck.
<Not ashamed of resonating with Jack Kerouac.
< Not ashamed of loving a rat, or of my broken toe nail. (Flip flopped feet don't belong in the horse arena, kids.)
Grace is a good thing. Our God is a good one. This life is drawing us closer to Him, by whatever nerve-wracking and heart-wrenching means necessary.
P.S. the date went well.


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Is there anything left worthy of a fckin up in housing?
Refinance rates were higher today with PNC and Chase raising them but Bank of America and Citibank lowering them to find your rates with out SSN "Refinance 123" is the best
I would like to buy a house for the first time in my life, but thanks to govt market interference and major military spending where I live... house prices have not corrected like they should have. Every single time the govt interferes in the housing market, the needed correction is slowed, but not stopped. The pain will be lasting for at least a decade due to that interference. Not to mention the fact that the Govt and banks are not listing all of the available homes in the inventory in order to intentionally manipulate supply and demand ratios. Shame on them... They should list all of the millions of homes that need owners and have a half price sale... It's a no brainer, but they are all greedy!
No, the government needs to back off. Any money from the government to help out will jsut come out of the tax payers pockets.
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The Langham, Boston
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Main amenities
- 318 smoke-free guestrooms
- 3 restaurants and 3 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Internet in the lobby
- Health club
- Valet parking
- Business center
- Childcare
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
What's around
- In Downtown Boston
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- New England Aquarium (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Boston City Hall (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Boston Tea Party Ship (0.4 mi / 0.7 km)
- Orpheum Theater (0.4 mi / 0.7 km)
The Langham, Boston is located in downtown Boston, Mass., across the street from Post Office Square. The Financial District, Freedom Trail, Faneuil Marketplace, and Boston Harbor are within 5 blocks of the hotel. Harvard Square is less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away.
Hotel Features.
Built in 1922 as the Federal Reserve Bank, The Langham, Boston maintains marble entryways, ornate gold-leaf ceilings, and Corinthian columns. The hotel is furnished with antique-style furniture and 16th-century maps. Café Fleuri serves Mediterranean cuisine in the building's 6-story glass atrium and features an open kitchen with a brick oven. On Sundays, the restaurant serves gourmet cuisine and hosts live jazz ensembles. BOND restaurant | lounge serves dinner daily and offers late-night entertainment Thursday through Saturday. The Reserve, a refined champagne lounge, offers drinks and light entrées. Chuan Body + Soul spa and fitness center provides a 6,000-square-foot (557-square-meter) health club with an indoor lap pool, spa tub, rejuvenation bar, and TechnoGym equipment with LCD TVs, and iPod technology. Massage services and personal training are available for a fee. A total of 12,000 square feet (1114 square meters) of function space accommodates up to 600 people. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access in the lobby and 24-hour concierge service.
This 9-story hotel offers 318 traditionally styled guestrooms featuring signature beds with pillowtop mattresses and down comforters. Rooms provide 37-inch flat-screen LCD TVs. Bathrooms contain Italian-marble floors, granite vanities, makeup mirrors, bathrobes, slippers, and Chuan Spa toiletries. All rooms include minibars stocked with gourmet treats and beverages for a fee. Rooms include complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access, turndown service, and MP3 adapters. Laptop-compatible in-room safes are complimentary. Rollaway beds are available on request for a surcharge.
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Chuan Body + Soul Spa has a 24-hour fitness center that includes a 6,000-square-foot health club with an indoor lap pool, spa tub, rejuvenation bar, and TechnoGym equipment with LCD TVs and iPod technology. Guests can receive signature spa treatments (surcharge) based on traditional Chinese medicine. Massage, body scrubs and wraps, and facials are among the offered treatments. Couple's treatments are also available in the Chuan Couple's Treatment Suite.
DiningCafe Fleuri - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch. A children's menu is available.
BOND - This restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Reserve - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare.
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Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of USD 29.00 for adults and USD 16.00 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
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In four games vs. Tom Brady, Terrell Suggs has three sacks, but none in last year's AFC title game.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees says there's one solution for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and an offense that scored 41 points against the Houston Texans last weekend.
"Tonya Harding," Pees joked this week.
While the Ravens won't knee-cap Brady before today's AFC Championship Game rematch with the Patriots, Pees says he might have the next best thing on his roster. Linebacker Terrell Suggs, fresh off a two-sack performance against Peyton Manning and the Broncos, harbors widely known disdain for Brady. ...


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Flooding charter schools with taxpayer cash not on
The National government is preparing to throw large sums of taxpayer cash at charter schools even before legislation allowing for them has been passed into law, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
"Documents released today make it clear that National is putting the funding needs of charter schools ahead of public schools.
"Not only will charter schools get money for setup costs, they will get property funding that their private sector backers will be able to keep should the school fold.
"Charter schools will also get their hands on funding for additional student support that public schools don't get to control.
"The schools are going to be funded as if they are a low decile school regardless of where their students actually come from. So much for funding based on need.
"Many of our existing public schools are struggling just to supply the basics. They could also do wonderful and innovative things if the government was willing to throw money at them as well.
"To add insult to injury, expressions of interest are due in before the legislation has even passed into law.
"So all those submitters who argued that charter schools should have to have qualified teachers, and should be subject to the Official Information Act and Ombudsman legislation have wasted their time. The government has decided to ignore their concerns before the select committee has considered their submissions.
"The whole concept of charter schools is based on the failed notion that increased competition and introducing a profit-motive will lead to better educational outcomes. Even the Treasury has argued that's nonsense.
"Labour is committed to making sure every school is a great school. That's where the current government should be focussing too," Chris Hipkins said.


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Heartland Express Inc. acquired Pacific, Wash.-based Gordon Trucking Inc. in a transaction valued at about $300 million.
The purchase, which was announced Monday, will set Heartland as the fifth-largest asset-based trucking company in the country, with a combined total revenue of $1 billion.
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Birdair To Build Roofs For 2010 World Cup Stadiums, Completes Indianapolis Airport Canopies
Birdair Inc., Amherst, N.Y., a specialty contractor for lightweight, long-span roofing systems and
custom tensile architecture applications, has been chosen as the roofing subcontractor for three of
four primary 2010 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Stadium
projects in South Africa.
Artist's rendering of Durban Stadium, designed by Birdair Inc.
Each facility will feature a unique roof design. The Green Point Stadium in Cape Town will have a bowl-shaped glass roof with a mesh liner. Durban Stadium in Durban and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth will have sweeping architectural polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fabric membrane roofs. The facilities will offer natural daylighting, solar shading, open-air design and other features.
In other company news, Birdair recently provided approximately 75,000 square feet of PTFE fabric membrane canopies for the new five-story, 2.5-million-square-foot parking terminal at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana. The fabric forms two 100-foot-diameter helical ramp canopies and a 500-foot center atrium spine canopy.
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Ladbrokes are giving 2,000 to one against.
William Hill are giving 3,500 to one against.
Lazy, derivative and fucking shit. There are no beginnings to your talents Lane, do you have a head injury?
You tell him, Truebiscuit. If he respects you then he'll stop posting now.
Hopeless unrealistic, Lane. Next you'll be suggesting he might actually make something recognisable as a joke!
Do be sensible, old(ish) chap.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ Jurors have found one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers not guilty of violating Kansas law requiring an independent, second opinion for the procedure.
Dr. George Tiller was acquitted Friday of 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from some abortions he performed at his Wichita clinic in 2003. Jurors found that he did not break a state law requiring that two Kansas physicians without legal or financial ties sign off on any abortion once a fetus can survive outside the womb.
If convicted, Tiller had faced a year in jail or a fine of $2,500 for each misdemeanor charge.
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LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant will almost certainly not be posting another season high in points in this game coming up vs. Washington.
Bryant adopted a shoot-first, think-about-the-team-situation-later approach Friday night in the loss to Memphis. Bryant actually shot quite well, but the other Lakers were left a little uncertain about their games given how aggressive he was. It was a topic worth talking over by Bryant, who had one assist in the game and couldn't get teammates to make clutch shots down the stretch, and Phil Jackson on Saturday.
"We had a discussion yesterday about all the things," Jackson said. "He has seen it himself in such a way this year and played such great basketball. He has been such a team leader that I just said, 'You're going to destroy the relationship you've built with the players this year.' And he said, 'Naw, it's not going to affect what we do. I just had to get out and vent what was irritating me about the game and our game.' So he was obviously irritated by the game prior to that with Charlotte."
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So, redirect my comments on that line of reasoning to the other guy. Again, I'm sorry for my mistake.
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Eric, thanks for that. I would like to scan the prints, as I suck at photoshop and I'd like to keep this project as traditional as possible.
Thanks for all the advice.
Flatness is important. do you think it's possible for RC to look like fibre (e.g. I prefer the look of FB to RC, but I suppose you could manipulate the latter digitally)?
4F, don't sweat it :) I had no idea what he meant when he said the APUG book...
Bob books
Of these six, Pixum was named Best in test but the overall ratings were rather good also for the other five. If you can get a copy of the magazine I think it can help you. I'm enclosing a link to them.
I've put together a few Blurb books and scanned both fibre and RC matt and RC Glossy for inclusion.
I found the slight "stipple" on the paper's surface, gave me (at least) a less than perfect result. A little soft, and for colour images refraction that looked woeful, so decided to print up all images to be included on RC glossy.
Cleaner scans resulted in better images - I can never seem to get negs looking right when scanning, so really prefer to print RC, scan and drop into the software.
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All RC and scanned on Agfa Duoscan 1200.
And Suzanne's comments regarding consistency are spot on too - have had some beautiful books from Blurb and some that look as if they had been printed on an Epson scanner with dirty, misaligned heads!! :O
The fiber paper "look" is an artifact of the paper the image is on. In your case that will be the paper in the book. Unless you're using a textured paper for the prints (don't!) fiber or RC will scan fine, but RC glossy, for the reasons stated, will probably give you better results. KIS (Keep it Simple).
Don't worry about print color, what I would do is scan RGB, desaturate in photoshop, and at the end convert to the CMYK profile Blurb recommends. If you want to give the image a tone, I would do so with a curve adjustment layer, but you may be asking too much of this type of printing to get a subtle color tone exactly right. Neutral is probably safer.
I like Blurb, but I have also seen nice books from Adorama and A&I.
Best of luck, it's very satisfying to hold a real bound book of your own creation.
When I recently asked a similar question it was unceremoniously deleted. I haven't participated in the site since
erkg beat me to it !
... scan 2x or more the resolution you want your final to be
so when you fix / dust &C it won't be evident ...
rz down
... save it at a lower resolution + the size you want it saved for your publication
its like skng and saving things for the gallery here,
you wouldn't skn anything at 6x8 @ 72dpi ... dust &c
but you would skn it at 300 or 600 so you can remove the dust &C
and when you shrink it down to 72dpi your "fixes" are not visible ...
have fun !
Thanks everybody. I'll be starting the quest soon and will post some results if worth posting.


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"Raising the retirement age would inflict further hardship among a group of workers who are likely to face health and economic problems in their 60s." –Doug Hart, President, Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans
"Of all the lies and confusion that still surround the Affordable Care Act, perhaps the greatest is that it is bad for seniors." - Dave Meinell, President, Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans
"My father died when I was three. Because of Social Security (survivors) benefits, my Mom, my younger sister and I survived." – Diane Fleming, DC Alliance Member
"We fear that Congress will balance the budget on the backs of the 98 percent, which is working Montanans and retired Montanans. We simply cannot afford these devastating cuts to vital services such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid," –John Forkan, President, Montana Alliance for Retired Americans
"Along with national parks and Social Security, Medicare is one of the best ideas we Americans have ever devised." -Tim Cunningham, New Mexico Alliance Member
"Seniors have earned and deserve their Social Security checks, and they shouldn't have to go to Congress every 10 years and beg for the program to be renewed." –James Parent, Alliance for Retired Americans Regional Board Member
"Today's retirees paid Medicare and Social Security taxes in every paycheck we ever earned. Now that we are retired, these programs help us to be able to stay healthy and pay our bills. They are the promise we make to people who worked hard all their lives, and we need to keep that promise for today's workers." –Tony Fransetta, former President, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
"Today's seniors want to lower the budget deficit. We do not want a large debt to be the legacy we leave to future generations, but we should not punish people who have paid Social Security taxes all their lives." –Jim Moore, former President, North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans
"Social Security should remain what it has been for 77 years – a solid, reliable way that generations of workers have been able to retire with dignity, economic security, and peace of mind." –Barbara J. Easterling, President, Alliance for Retired Americans
"The fight for Social Security and Medicare is part of a larger fight for justice and fairness"—Barbara J. Easterling, President, Alliance for Retired Americans
"The health insurance reform helps not just seniors, but also middle-class families and young Americans, who are just starting to see the benefits. Don't let Republicans take all that away." –Don Rowen, President Emeritus, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans
"Honoring the promise of Social Security and Medicare should not be a partisan issue. Honoring the contributions that we make throughout our working years so that we may feed and clothe ourselves, keep a roof over our heads and those of our family, there is no reason for that to be a hotly contested partisan issue." –Edward Coyle, former Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans
"We need to make sure that people who need Social Security to make ends meet will have it, and not fall victim to ill-informed and unnecessary cuts to these vital programs."
–Barbara J. Easterling, President, Alliance for Retired Americans
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Panel Rejects Calls for Social Security Cuts
December 03, 2010
The President's Fiscal Commission suffered a defeat Friday morning, as 11 of 18 panel members voted to support their far-reaching deficit-cutting plan. However, 14 of the 18 members of the Commission needed to vote for it to make it an official recommendation, and Commission Co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson acknowledged that Congress will not consider their work at least until next year. "Retirees were very relieved today when Commission members rejected their Co-chairs' proposal to balance the budget on the backs of retirees," said Barbara J. Easterling, President of the Alliance. According to The Washington Post, the panel's final blueprint for rebalancing the federal budget closely resembles the plan the Co-chairs released earlier. Like the original, it offers a prescription for reducing deficits by nearly $4 trillion by the end of the decade, in large part by slashing domestic spending, including Social Security. Future retirees would face significant sacrifices, including higher Medicare premiums and a retirement age of 69 in 2075. The proposal would also cut the annual Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment, and cut benefits overall for middle-income earners by 17% to 36%. The early retirement age would rise to 64 from 62. The final package would balance the budget more quickly than the original, wiping out annual deficits by 2035. To see how each panel member voted, go to http://bit.ly/eNp7FN.
Only one member of the panel, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), said immediately, when the proposal was released on Wednesday, that she would vote against the package. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) voted "Yes," despite Illinois Alliance members sending nearly 180 letters to him in a day recommending that he vote against the proposal. "The Co-chairs' recommendations turn a blind eye toward tax cuts for millionaires, and instead choose to callously make workers and retirees pay the price for our nation's badly-flawed tax and spending policies," said Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance. "Since Commission members of all ideologies have acknowledged that Social Security does not add to the deficit, why are these callous, draconian cuts the centerpiece of the Co-chairs' recommendations?" he asked. To see Coyle's full statements from Wednesday and today, go to http://bit.ly/hx2ujO. Also, visit the Institute for Women's Policy Research Social Security Media Watch Project at http://ssmediawatchproject-iwpr.org to see how much earners in various income categories would lose.
Alliance Responds to the Commission's Report – and Offensive Comments
On Tuesday, Alliance members were part of a broad coalition that overloaded the Capitol Hill Switchboard with a message of "Hands off Our Social Security!" - causing the phone lines to shut down. Tens of thousands delivered the message.
Earlier in the week, Coyle reacted to Simpson's comments that what Simpson termed, "the greediest generation" of seniors opposes his calls to reduce Social Security benefits and raise the retirement age. Coyle said that Simpson's comments were the latest in a long line of anti-senior slurs that sharply call into question his ability to objectively carry out the Commission's agenda. To see that statement, go to http://bit.ly/gaGmMo.
Further Fiscal Commission Action by the Alliance
For the past several weeks, state Alliance chapters have been preparing for the Fiscal Commission report. The California Alliance (CARA) held press events in L.A. and San Francisco last Tuesday, presenting over 75,000 signatures to Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), who is on the Commission, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), urging them to share the "NO CUTS" message with the Fiscal Commission and with Congress.
The Illinois Alliance held a press conference with the Champaign County Health Care Consumers the same day to tout their support for Rep. Schakowsky's alternative plan to reduce the deficit. This past Monday, the Arizona Alliance continued its activities with a press conference and an open letter to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In Pennsylvania, Alliance members lobbied Members of Congress in the southeastern part of the state, urging them to sign on to the Alliance's Social Security petition, and worked together with the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR). Additionally, after working with the Alliance, the Pittsburgh City Council passed a resolution to protect Social Security and reflect the Alliance's positions.
Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (FLARA) members have criss-crossed the state in their efforts to separate fact from fiction. In New Hampshire, a tour of forums has begun. In New Mexico, opinion pieces regarding the commission were published on the Democracy for New Mexico blog. In Connecticut, there was a press event at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. In Iowa, a large meeting of various community and progressive groups was held on Nov 17th, and a follow up event is being planned. Other states have also been active during this important period. Go to the Alliance blog at http://ara.typepad.com/blog to see more actions taken, letters sent, and future events planned, as well as photos, for states including Missouri, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
"Doc Fix": Congress Delays Medicare Payment Cuts for Doctors
Congress acted this past Monday to postpone a scheduled 23% Medicare payment cut for doctors. This cut was scheduled to go into effect on December 1st; however this recent congressional action postponed the cuts until January 1st to ensure that those receiving Medicare coverage would not be adversely affected. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and the ranking Republican Charles Grassley (R-IA) say they are working towards a one-year postponement to the cuts and ultimately a new formula to compensate doctors. "The delay lets us avoid immediate disaster, but a permanent fix is needed," said Ruben Burks, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance.
$250 Social Security Payment Being Held Hostage by Senate Republicans
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) last month said that they would work to introduce a bill granting a one-time $250 supplemental payment to Social Security recipients, who will receive no cost of living increase in 2011 for the second year in a row. The vote is being held hostage in the Senate because all Republican Senators wrote to Reid saying they will filibuster all bills until the Bush tax cuts are extended.
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Fox denied preliminary injunction against Dish Network
updated 07:54 pm EST, Wed November 7, 2012
Judge: insufficient evidence proving Hopper DVR damaging Fox
Judge Dolly Gee of the US District Court of the Central District of California ruled today that the Dish Network ad-skipping feature and automatic recording feature found in the Hopper digital video recorder system can continue to be sold and marketed. According to the ruling, Fox Broadcasting didn't demonstrate sufficient damages from the features to justify a preliminary injunction before a full trial can take place.
Fox intends on appealing today's decision, saying that "Dish is marketing and benefitting from an unauthorized service that illegally copies Fox's valuable programming."
Dish's general counsel, R. Stanton Dodge, countered in a statement that the court's affirmative ruling confirmed "a consumer's right to enjoy television as they want, when they want, including the reasonable right to skip commercials, if they so choose."
The court ruling and most of the comments by Fox Broadcasting and Dish Network are sealed. The court is holding the ruling, giving the companies an opportunity to redact trade secrets before it becomes publicly available.
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Seriously, if you aren't out fishing the backwaters for fluke or weakfish, clamming for black drum in Delaware Bay, setting a slick out for makos offshore, or pounding the South Jersey surf for stripers right now, then take up golf.
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"Fishing this week was up and down due to the weather, but fluke still seem to be plentiful and puffers can also be found in the back bays," said George Brennan, Brennan Marine, Somers Point. "The ocean didn't cooperate this week, so we have no information from the inshore reefs, but we did have reports of stripers being caught off the beaches. Also, the bridge fishermen have had stripers at night using clams and blood worms."
Brennan also reports that plenty of 3- to 5-pound bluefish are coursing through the baywaters, but interestingly, the catch of the week goes to Mike LaTorre, who actually weighed in a 19.7-pound smooth dog shark that measured, 49 inches and had a 23-inch girth. He caught it on a clam while drifting for flounder and it may be a state record!
But back to fluke for a moment. I headed out with Sean Reilly on the Low Tide and we hit the Ocean City backwaters for some lights-out fishing on the flatties. While drifting small 1/2-ounce bucktails tipped with bluefish strips, we had our limit of 10 fluke in four hours, all between 2 and 4 pounds. When the drift picked up with the outgoing tide, we switched over to a tapdancer rig, size 3/0 hook rigged with bluefish strips, and that was the money call to finish out our limit. The baywaters are producing best on the higher tide hours, as the low tide hours and incoming tides seem to have the fish on lockjaw with dirty water.
"Drum fishing in the Delaware Bay was excellent with many boats catching and releasing fish in the double digits up to 70 pounds," reported Cathy Algard, Sterling Harbor Bait and Tackle, Wildwood. "Drum have moved into the Jersey side with the Pin Top a good place to find the boomers."
Algard said back bay fluke fishing remains excellent with fish up to 4.5 pounds reported and the hot baits have been Gulp!, live Minnows and Mackerel strips. Weakfish also are moving in with more ferocity as bucktails tipped with pink Fin-S or Gulp! Swimming Mullet, Fishbites Bloodworms and Mirrodyne lures are hanging spiketooths to 4 pounds. Jim Rossiter of Bridgeton, nailed three weakies to 6 pounds as well as many snapper blues he could catch. Also in the backwaters, Charles Parker of Wildwood, boated a 30-inch bass while trolling a tube and worm rig. Offshore, more reports of makos hit the airwaves, but no weigh-ins were reported to Algard. Crabby Jack gives the crabbing 2.5 claws this week, stating: "There were plenty of crabs this week, but many of them are on the small side and this should get better now that the full moon is behind us."
"Drum fishing was red hot this week on our side of the bay," said Matt Slobodjian, Jim's Bait and Tackle, Cape May. "The area around Tussy's slough and the Pin Top gave up double digit catches for a lot of boats. Slaughter Beach is still producing some very good fishing, but most people are staying on our side."
Carly Sanborn of Mahwah, 14, weighed in a 72-pound boomer, her first, caught at the Pin Top. Fluke fishing is still mostly a back-bay thing with a few being picked at the Cape May reef, though Slobodjian also said that some action on fluke can be had behind Stone Harbor, Avalon, and Sea Isle.
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In a preseason game against St. Louis, Quan Cosby had the Bengals' first punt return for a touchdown since 2003.
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Cameron Pass Avalanche Fatality.
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I am reluctant to post this because the Denver Post articles is just plain horrible. A snowboarder was killed though regardless of the reporting. I certainly hope it was not a member of this forum. I am sure the CAIC report will be a little more factual and well researched.
One killed, one injured in avalanche near Cameron Pass in Colorado - The Denver Post
RIP fellow shredder.
Avalanche lung floatation device? That reporter really done his homework.
Just saw this checking CAIC this afternoon. Damn, RIP.
Snow was getting pretty heavy in the Vail sidecountry today. Pinwheeling and a small wet slide. Any idea if the warming played a part in this one?
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For sure the warm temps are having an effect. Unfortunately we have a snow pack stacked on top of a house of cards right. My plans for our tour tomorrow have backed off a ton already. Things can change in 24 hours, but it seems like we are in a snowy cycle. Probably going to have to play the conservative game. Bummer. There are still fun steep lines to be done, but a couple of the alpine shots are most likely out of the question. The three drainage tour has been great, and the roadside laps might be really good tomorrow too. We'll have a good time that is for sure.
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The Denver Post has made up for their crappy article with a rather good one about the accident. Jason Blevins wrote it and it is no surprise that it is well done. Jason is a well versed bc traveler and has done a good job on articles of this nature before. Sad, but a very good read none the less.
Colorado skier felt life fading during 3 hours buried in avalanche - The Denver Post
Well balanced journalism
Read these two articles in reverse order. Seems like the original report was updated to maybe not be quite as crappy, but this recent piece was really well done.
I know next to nothing about life in the BC, but thought that the accounts of how it went down and the stories from the various parties told a balanced tale. Seems like its hard to find that kind of unbiased reporting these days. I'm not sure I'll ever be a BC or even sidecountry caliber boarder, but articles like these are a great way to get a glimpse into all the aspects that go into it. Well done and thanks to Killclimbz for sharing it. It is sad, but there's something to be said for living life to its fullest, and for doing something you love to the end.
Saw your link on FB to this article on Saturday. Pretty heavy read, glad the guy made it out alive.
One thing I'm wondering is if they had trouble isolating the two signals, did they turn off the beacon on the guy they found first and still have trouble with the second signal?
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Good question Zag. I have no idea. From the sounds like the beacon was turned off to me, but they don't explicitly state that either. Regardless, when you are that close in, that shouldn't be much of an issue. A few things come to mind. That person may have had a cell phone on, Go Pro/POV device, or other electronic device. Could have also been a compatibility issue with the beacon, or maybe it was getting out of flux. Hard to say. I am sure CAIC will follow up on it with their findings once they have put more time into it.
yeah the beacon signal issue was odd?
In theory the two signals could be pinging at the exact same time, but at 457hz that would be hard to imagine. I wonder if they were using a multiple burial feature to block the first signal and it was blocking both? I notice that it can take up to 30 sec for my dsp to separate signals and indicate when multiple beacons are close by.
Frequency drift caused by an older beacon? nice feature on the dsp is that you can check other beacons to ensure they are still operating on 457hz.
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In 2011, Chestatee Elementary School had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Georgia average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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