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Water: Best Management Practices
Dry Detention Ponds
Subcategory: Retention/Detention
Dry detention ponds (a.k.a. dry ponds, extended detention basins, detention ponds, extended detention ponds) are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g., 24 hours) to allow particles and associated pollutants to settle. Unlike wet ponds, these facilities do not have a large permanent pool of water. However, they are often designed with small pools at the inlet and outlet of the basin. They can also be used to provide flood control by including additional flood detention storage.
Dry detention ponds have traditionally been one of the most widely used stormwater best management practices. In some instances, these ponds may be the most appropriate best management practice. However, they should not be used as a one size fits all solution. If pollutant removal efficiency is an important consideration then dry detention ponds may not be the most appropriate choice. Dry detention ponds require a large amount of space to build them. In many instances, smaller-sized best management practices are more appropriate alternatives (see Grassed Swales, Infiltration Basin, Infiltration Trench, Porous Pavement, and Bioretention (Rain Gardens), Alternative Pavers, or Green Roofs.
Regional Applicability
Dry detention ponds can be applied in all regions of the United States. Some minor design modifications might be needed, however, in cold or arid climates or in regions with karst (i.e. limestone) topography.
Ultra-Urban Areas
Ultra-urban areas are densely developed urban areas in which little pervious surface is present. It is difficult to use dry detention ponds in the ultra-urban environment because of the land area each pond consumes.
Stormwater Hot Spots
Stormwater hot spots are areas where land use or activities generate highly contaminated runoff, with concentrations of pollutants in excess of those typically found in stormwater. Dry detention ponds can accept runoff from stormwater hot spots, but they need significant separation from ground water if they will be used for this purpose.
Stormwater Retrofit
A stormwater retrofit is a stormwater management practice (usually structural) put into place after development has occurred to improve water quality, protect downstream channels, reduce flooding, or meet other specific objectives. Dry detention ponds are useful stormwater retrofits, and they have two primary applications as a retrofit design. In many communities in the past, detention basins have been designed for flood control. It is possible to modify these facilities to incorporate features that encourage water quality control and/or channel protection. It is also possible to construct new dry ponds in open areas of a watershed to capture existing drainage.
Cold Water (Trout) Streams
A study in Prince George's County, Maryland, found that stormwater management practices can increase stream temperatures (Galli, 1990). Overall, dry detention ponds increased temperature by about 5°F. In cold water streams, dry ponds should be designed to detain stormwater for a relatively short time (i.e., less than 12 hours) to minimize the amount of warming that occurs in the practice. If the temperature of the water is a factor, then alternative best management practices may be more appropriate.
Siting and Design Considerations
Siting Considerations
Designers need to ensure that the dry detention pond is feasible at the site in question. This section provides basic guidelines for siting dry detention ponds.
Drainage Area
In general, dry detention ponds should be used on sites with a minimum area of 10 acres. On smaller sites, it can be challenging to provide channel or water quality control because the orifice diameter at the outlet needed to control relatively small storms becomes very small and thus prone to clogging. Low impact development techniques and on-lot treatment controls are recommended for smaller sites.
Dry detention ponds can be used on sites with slopes up to about 15 percent. The local slope needs to be relatively flat, however, to maintain reasonably flat side slopes in the practice. There is no minimum slope requirement, but there does need to be enough elevation drop from the pond inlet to the pond outlet to ensure that flow can move through the system.
Soils / Topography
Dry detention ponds can be used with almost all soils and geology, with minor design adjustments for regions of karst topography or in rapidly percolating soils such as sand. In these areas, extended detention ponds should be designed with an impermeable liner to prevent ground water contamination or sinkhole formation.
Ground Water
Except for the case of hot spot runoff, the only consideration regarding ground water is that the base of the extended detention facility should not intersect the ground water table. A permanently wet bottom may become a mosquito breeding ground. Research in Southwest Florida (Santana et al., 1994) demonstrated that intermittently flooded systems, such as dry extended detention ponds, produced more mosquitoes than other pond systems, particularly when the facilities remained wet for more than 3 days following heavy rainfall.
Design Considerations
Specific designs may vary considerably, depending on site constraints or preferences of the designer or community. Some features, however, should be incorporated into most dry extended detention pond designs. These design features can be divided into five basic categories: pretreatment, treatment, conveyance, maintenance reduction, and landscaping.
Pretreatment incorporates design features that help to settle out coarse sediment particles. By removing these particles from runoff before they reach the large permanent pool, the maintenance burden of the pond is reduced. In ponds, pretreatment is achieved with a sediment forebay, which is a small pool (typically about 10 percent of the volume of water to be treated for pollutant removal).
Treatment design features help enhance the ability of a stormwater management practice to remove pollutants. Designing dry ponds with a high length-to-width ratio (i.e., at least 1.5:1) and incorporating other design features to maximize the flow path effectively increases the detention time in the system by eliminating the potential of flow to short-circuit the pond. Designing ponds with relatively flat side slopes can also help to lengthen the effective flow path. Finally, the pond should be sized to detain the volume of runoff to be treated for between 12 and 48 hours.
Conveyance of stormwater runoff into and through the dry pond is a critical component. Stormwater should be conveyed to and from dry ponds safely in a manner that minimizes erosion potential. The outfall of pond systems should always be stabilized to prevent scour. To convey low flows through the system, designers should provide a pilot channel. A pilot channel is a surface channel that should be used to convey low flows through the pond. In addition, an emergency spillway should be provided to safely convey large flood events. To help mitigate the warming of water at the outlet channel, designers should provide shade around the channel at the pond outlet.
Maintenance Reduction
Regular maintenance activities are needed to maintain the function of stormwater practices. In addition, some design features can be incorporated to ease the maintenance burden of each practice. In dry detention ponds, a "micropool" at the outlet can prevent resuspension of sediment and outlet clogging. A good design includes maintenance access to the forebay and micropool.
Another design feature that can reduce maintenance needs is a non-clogging outlet. Typical examples include a reverse-slope pipe or a weir outlet with a trash rack. A reverse slope pipe draws from below the permanent pool extending in a reverse angle up to the riser and determines the water elevation of the micropool. Because these outlets draw water from below the level of the permanent pool, they are less likely to be clogged by floating debris.
Designers should maintain a vegetated buffer around the pond and should select plants within the extended detention zone (i.e., the portion of the pond up to the elevation where stormwater is detained) that can withstand both wet and dry periods. The side slopes of dry ponds should be relatively flat to reduce safety risks.
Design Variations
Tank Storage
Another variation of the dry detention pond design is the use of tank storage. In these designs, stormwater runoff is conveyed to large storage tanks or vaults underground. This practice is most often used in the ultra-urban environment on small sites where no other opportunity is available to provide flood control. Tank storage is provided on small areas because underground storage for a large drainage area would generally be costly. Because the drainage area contributing to tank storage is typically small, the outlet diameter needed to reduce the flow from very small storms would very small. A very small outlet diameter, along with the underground location of the tanks, creates the potential for debris being caught in the outlet and resulting maintenance problems. Since it is necessary to control small runoff events (such as the runoff from a 1-inch storm) to improve water quality, it is generally infeasible to use tank storage for water quality and generally impractical to use it to protect stream channels.
Regional Variations
Arid or Semi-Arid Climates
In arid and semi-arid regions, some modifications might be needed to conserve scarce water resources. Any landscaping plans should prescribe drought-tolerant vegetation wherever possible. In addition, the wet forebay can be replaced with an alternative dry pretreatment, such as a detention cell. In regions with a distinct wet and dry season, as in many arid regions, regional detention ponds can possibly be used as a recreation area such as a ball field during the dry season.
Cold Climates
In cold climates, some additional design features can help to treat the spring snowmelt. One such modification is to increase the volume available for detention to help treat this relatively large runoff event. In some cases, dry facilities may be an option as a snow storage facility to promote some treatment of plowed snow. If a pond is used to treat road runoff or is used for snow storage, landscaping should incorporate salt-tolerant species. Finally, sediment might need to be removed from the forebay more frequently than in warmer climates (see Maintenance Considerations for guidelines) to account for sediment deposited as a result of road sanding.
Although dry detention ponds are widely applicable, they have some limitations that might make other stormwater management options preferable:
- Dry detention ponds have only moderate pollutant removal when compared to other structural stormwater practices, and they are ineffective at removing soluble pollutants (See Effectiveness).
- Dry extended detention ponds may become a nuisance due to mosquito breeding if improperly maintained or if shallow pools of water form for more than 7 days.
- Although wet ponds can increase property values, dry ponds can actually detract from the value of a home (see Cost Considerations).
Dry detention ponds on their own only provide peak flow reduction and do little to control overall runoff volume, which could result in adverse downstream impacts.
Maintenance Considerations
In addition to incorporating features into the pond design to minimize maintenance, some regular maintenance and inspection practices are needed. Table 1 outlines some of these practices.
Table 1. Typical maintenance activities for dry ponds (Source: Modified from WMI, 1997)
Semiannual inspection
Standard maintenance
Annual maintenance
5- to 7-year maintenance
25- to 50-year maintenance
Structural management practices can be used to achieve four broad resource protection goals: flood control, channel protection, ground water recharge, and pollutant removal. Dry detention basins can provide flood control and channel protection, as well as some pollutant removal.
Flood Control
One objective of stormwater management practices can be to reduce the flood hazard associated with large storm events by reducing the peak flow associated with these storms. Dry extended detention basins can easily be designed for flood control, and this is actually the primary purpose of most detention ponds.
Channel Protection
One result of urbanization is the geomorphic changes that occur in response to modified hydrology. Traditionally, dry detention basins have provided control of the 2-year storm (i.e., the storm that occurs, on average, once every 2 years) for channel protection. It appears that this control has been relatively ineffective, and research suggests that control of a smaller storm might be more appropriate (MacRae, 1996). Slightly modifying the design of dry detention basins to reduce the flow of smaller storm events might make them effective tools in reducing downstream erosion.
Pollutant Removal
Dry detention basins provide moderate pollutant removal, provided that the design features described in the Siting and Design Considerations section are incorporated. Although they can be effective at removing some pollutants through settling, they are less effective at removing soluble pollutants because of the absence of a permanent pool. A few studies are available on the effectiveness of dry detention ponds. Typical removal rates, as reported by Schueler (1997), are as follows:
Total suspended solids: 61%
Total phosphorus: 19%
Total nitrogen: 31%
Nitrate nitrogen: 9%
Metals: 26%-54%
There is considerable variability in the effectiveness of ponds, and it is believed that properly designing and maintaining ponds may help to improve their performance. The siting and design criteria presented in this sheet reflect the best current information and experience to improve the performance of wet ponds. A joint project of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the USEPA Office of Water might help to isolate specific design features that can improve performance. The National Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) database is a compilation of stormwater practices that includes both design information and performance data for various practices. As the database expands, inferences about the extent to which specific design criteria influence pollutant removal may be made. For more information on this database, access the BMP database .
Cost Considerations
The construction costs associated with dry detention ponds range considerably. One recent study evaluated the cost of all pond systems (Brown and Schueler, 1997). Adjusting for inflation, the cost of dry extended detention ponds can be estimated with the equation
C = Construction, design, and permitting cost, and
V = Volume needed to control the 10-year storm (ft3).
Using this equation, typical construction costs are
$ 41,600 for a 1 acre-foot pond
$ 239,000 for a 10 acre-foot pond
$ 1,380,000 for a 100 acre-foot pond
Interestingly, these costs are generally slightly higher than the cost of wet ponds on a cost per total volume basis. Dry detention ponds are generally less expensive on a given site, because they are usually smaller than a wet pond design.
Ponds do not consume a large area compared to the total area treated (typically 2 to 3 percent of the contributing drainage area). It is important to note, however, that each pond is generally large. Other practices, such as filters or swales, may be "squeezed in" on relatively unusable land, but ponds need a relatively large continuous area.
For ponds, the annual cost of routine maintenance is typically estimated at about 3 to 5 percent of the construction cost. Alternatively, a community can estimate the cost of the maintenance activities outlined in the maintenance section. Finally, ponds are long-lived facilities (typically longer than 20 years). Thus, the initial investment into pond systems can be spread over a relatively long time period.
Another economic concern associated with dry ponds is that they might detract slightly from the value of adjacent properties. One study found that dry ponds can actually detract from the perceived value of homes adjacent to a dry pond by between 3 and 10 percent (Emmerling-Dinovo, 1995).
Design References:
Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. 1992. Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual-Volume 3: Best Management Practices. Denver, CO.
Watershed Management Institute (WMI). 1997. Operation, Maintenance, and Management of Stormwater Management Systems. Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Washington, DC.
Other References:
Brown, W., and T. Schueler. 1997. The Economics of Stormwater BMPs in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Prepared for Chesapeake Research Consortium. Edgewater, MD. Center for Watershed Protection. Ellicott City, MD.
Emmerling-Dinovo, C. 1995. Stormwater Detention Basins and Residential Locational Decisions. Water Resources Bulletin 31(3): 515-521
Galli, J. 1990. Thermal Impacts Associated with Urbanization and Stormwater Management Best Management Practices. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Prepared for Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD.
MacRae, C. 1996. Experience from Morphological Research on Canadian Streams: Is Control of the Two-Year Frequency Runoff Event the Best Basis for Stream Channel Protection? In Effects of Watershed Development and Management on Aquatic Ecosystems. American Society of Civil Engineers. Edited by L. Roesner. Snowbird, UT. pp. 144-162.
Santana, F., J. Wood, R. Parsons, and S. Chamberlain. 1994. Control of Mosquito Breeding in Permitted Stormwater Systems. Prepared for Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL.
Schueler, T. 1997. Influence of Ground Water on Performance of Stormwater Ponds in Florida. Watershed Protection Techniques 2(4):525-528.
Information Resources
Center for Watershed Protection (CWP), Environmental Quality Resources, and Loiederman Associates. 1997. Maryland Stormwater Design Manual. Draft. Prepared for Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD.
Center for Watershed Protection (CWP). 1997. Stormwater BMP Design Supplement for Cold Climates. Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds. Washington, DC.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1993. Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters. EPA-840-B-92-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC.


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November 30, 2015
On Friday, March 02, 2012, at 12:33PM, officers with the Huntsville Police Department responded to a reported bank robbery at First Financial Bank located at 33 S.H. 75 N.
Upon their arrival to the area, officers were advised the suspect – a white male later identified as George Vanschenck (DOB 01/13/65) – had fled the bank and ran into a local health club. Officers followed the direction of the witnesses and were able to take Vanschenck into custody without incident. They were also able to locate a large amount of cash in Vanschenck's vicinity which was later found to coincide with the amount of money taken from the bank during the robbery.
During the investigation, it was determined that Vanschenck had entered the bank and provided a teller with a note advising that he had a bomb and to give him money. Upon receiving the money from the teller, Vanschenck fled the bank.
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"Due to the quick-thinking citizens who came to our aid, the suspect was captured quickly and the stolen money was recovered," he said. "The Huntsville Police Department is extremely grateful for the community cooperation seen today. It makes our jobs so much easier."
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Three major themes surfaced in this study. First, trust is associated with alliance success. Based on our interview it also appears that trust in the early stages of the alliance formation is often based on reputation, intuition about a partner, and early negotiation meetings. This initial trust is often tentative and is built on limited information. Second, entrepreneurial companies often have specific technology, people, and product ideas as their bundle of resources. These often smaller firms have the flexibility, culture and innovative ability to create knowledge which is inimitable for larger firms.
The authors believe that this is the first article to suggest that trust and partner integrity are interwoven. When each firm represents its resources accurately, deeper levels of trust may develop in the alliance. As the alliance continue, trust can deepen further as the result of each partner's integrity and continued knowledge sharing. However, longevity alone does not deepen trust; it must be accompanied by the demonstrated trustworthiness and integrity of each firm. Trust by itself is not a competitive advantage. However if trust deepens as a result of demonstrated capabilities on the part of each alliance partner the deeper level of trust will facilitate more knowledge transfer which may lead to a competitive advantage. The authors posit that trust is not stagnate, but fluid, and can either deepen with an alliance relationship or lessen. The primary determinant of whether trust deepens or lessens is the integrity displayed by each partner with regard to their managerial and technical skills. If each partner accurately represents their skills and is willing to share this knowledge, trust will deepen.The second finding is that entrepreneurial firms often lack sufficient managerial expertise, financial resources, and distribution/marketing abilities is, not a remarkable finding. It has been typically known that entrepreneurial firms may lack the resources to complete the product development process and/or to take the product to market. What is different about this research is that the authors have identified these voids and demonstrated that they can be filled by forming an alliance with a larger firm. Larger firms typically do have the financial resources, and firm structure that can assist entrepreneurial firms in the commercialization of their knowledge. By forming an alliance with one another, entrepreneurial and large firms are apparently able to complement each other's tacit and tangible resource sets, as demonstrated by the significant effects on performance which were found for the entrepreneurial firm.
Third and also not probed before, is the possibility that the tacit knowledge which exists in each company can be shared in the alliance structure. Smaller firms are able to acquire the knowledge of, or learn from, their alliance partner in a cost effective and accelerated manner. In the present era of discontinuous change, knowledge may well be a scarce commodity since privately-held knowledge is a basic source of advantage in competition (Conner & Prahalad, 1996). Governance processes that allow for new combinations of knowledge and knowledge value creation, may ultimately be responsible for competitive performance differences. Entrepreneurial small firms often have high levels of technology specific knowledge, and are attracted to new opportunities and the creation of new markets (Rumelt, 1987). However because of a lack of financial, administrative, and marketing ability, these smaller firms may not be able to commercialize their product. Knowledge based resources are particularly important to the entrepreneurial firm as often this the asset that the larger organization is unable to replicate. Forming alliances with a larger organization allows the entrepreneurial firm to maintain its independence and knowledge producing abilities while incorporating the tacit administrative and marketing knowledge of the larger firms.
Relationship Between Trust, Resources, and Alliance Success.
In summary, forming alliances with a larger organization allows the entrepreneurial firm to maintain its independence and knowledge producing abilities, while incorporating the tacit administrative and marketing knowledge of the larger firm. Successful alliances are important to entrepreneurial firms because they enable the commercialization of the firm's unique resources. Entrepreneurial firms with technology specific knowledge can improve their competitive position by associating themselves with larger organizations which are unable to replicate the smaller firm's knowledge.
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Posted By Barry Ritholtz On August 28, 2007 @ 7:15 am In Consumer Spending,Employment,Real Estate | Comments Disabled
As I mentioned in earlier this year, we sold our house [1], and moved late March.
Since settling in, we started some work on a house that was 50 years old, pretty much all original condition. We extended a half bath into a full bath, renovated the upstairs bathroom (Mrs. Big Picture called it "The ugliest bath in America"). We put in Central A/C; In the den, we had to replace the rotting sheetrock in one wall, and we added high hats, tiled the floor with slate, lots of other little items. An old tree that was hanging dangerously over the main part of the house had to be pulled down, and as long as we were doing that, we yanked out all of the overgrown shrubs in the front of the house.
What's been amazing — and very different than the last renovation work we did 3 years ago — is just how quickly and easily contractors have been to find:
• The tree folks removed two big old trees, and ground the stumps down to sawdust — a week after we hired them;
• The bathroom and tile guys were supposed to start late August – and due to cancellations, they began work a month early. They are just about done — 4 weeks before they were scheduled to start;
• Keyspan Energy installed the Central A/C — only a week after giving us an estimate, a crew of 6 guys came to the house and installed a 3 1/2 ton Trane unit, and all the venting;
• On Friday, we spoke with the painter, who was highly recommended by friends. We needed them to pull down old Wallpaper, spackle, prep, and paint the full interior. When are they going to start work? They began yesterday. Oh, and they were exceedingly reasonable;
In short, every contractor we spoke with, booked, or began work was unbelievably available, flexible on time, negotiable on price.
Perhaps this recent headline has something to do with it: Construction job losses could top 1 million [2].
While BLS is reporting that construction job losses are de minimis, the reality int he real world is that Job losses in the construction sector are significant. Unlike what you may have heard, I do not believe nonresidential commercial construction is anywhere near offsetting the loss on the residential building side:
"Construction employment fell about 15 percent in both the
1990s and 1980s recessions, and it dropped about 18 percent in
the recession of the mid-1970s, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
In each case, the sector's declines were far steeper than
overall job losses, and recovery took longer. But in the 2001
recession, declines were relatively modest as consumer-led
demand offset weak business spending.
About 7.7 million Americans are employed by construction
companies, according to the BLS, down about 75,000 from a peak
in September 2006. The sector's unemployment rate of 5.9
percent compares with 4.6 percent for the overall labor force. A 15 percent decline now would mean more than 1 million
jobs lost."
According to BLS economist, Chris Goodman, there is a closely correlation between construction spending and nonresidential commercial construction job cuts — on about a 6 month lag. "Construction spending in June fell for the first time since
January, while private residential construction posted its 16th
straight monthly drop."
During the boom, contractors were unbelievably busy, non-negotiable — and bit difficult, given all the demand. Not surprising, that is no longer the case these days.
Anecdotal evidence for sure — but the degree and severity of the change has been quite astonishing . . .
Construction job losses could top 1 million [2]
Nick Zieminski
Reuters, Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:34PM EDT
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As one of the sexiest pop stars on the planet, there's no doubt Shakira has a rocking bod. But with a hit TV show, a new album, and a new baby, the 37-year-old songstress has a lot to juggle. And by the looks of her super fit and firm physique, there's no doubt she makes serious time for her workouts.
In fact, the "Hips Don't Lie" singer trains with fitness guru Anna Kaiser, owner of AKT InMotion Studio in New York City, who most recently helped Shakira shed baby weight and get back into sizzling shape. "Being consistent with exercise is the biggest hurdle to overcome for every woman," says Kaiser. "Shakira also works so hard. She gives 150 percent with everything she does."
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Shape: Shakira looks fantastic! Tell us what you've been doing with her.
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AK: I did help with meal plans, especially because in the Latin culture, they love foods high on the glycemic index or with large portions of meat. I recommended small meals throughout the day to help fight against that dreaded food coma. The meals range from 200 to 300 calories each, five to six times a day. When you get very few breaks during the day and you don't get a full night's sleep, you need those small meals to keep your energy up.
Shape: What was on her menu?
AK: One meal option is a piece of poached chicken the size of your fist with a green salad sprinkled with lemon juice, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and celery. Another is a cup and a half of quinoa with minced veggies, all cooked at once so the quinoa absorbs the nutrients. For snacks, a vegetable puréed soup with pumpkin seeds, olive oil, or flaxseed oil works. We'd also incorporate 125-calorie protein shakes with ice, water, stevia, and a chocolate whey protein mix that had 12 grams of protein. You can also add berries and a scoop of almond butter. Shakira also loves oranges with almonds.
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Shape: She had a baby in January 2013. What is most important when it comes to getting in shape after pregnancy?
AK: It's important to work slowly and intelligently in your strength work before revving up the intensity. Start with deep diaphragmatic breathing to reengage and reconnect with your abdominals. Cardio should remain low-impact at first. You can gradually kick up the intensity. Interval training is a great way to incorporate short bouts of strength and cardio efficiently too (moms have small windows of time!). You can even integrate yoga poses between intervals to get more out of one session.


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One of central Scotland's most attractive glens, 34-mile-long Glen Lyon is also one of its longest. It has a rushing river, thick forests, and the typical big house hidden on private grounds. There's a dam at the head of the loch, a reminder that little of Scotland's scenic beauty is unadulterated. The winding road lends itself to an unrushed, leisurely drive, past the visitor center at the access to Ben Lawers, a popular climb, and on to Killin.
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Miami, FL-- Orange-juice lovers woke up to an unexpected surprise today after thousands of people discovered crude oil in their favorite fruit. The thick, gooey oil was also discovered in Florida's lemon and lime crop. The kumquat crop wasn't affected, for some reason.
Agriculture experts were stumped by the dilemma. It's believed the crude oil condensed from tiny droplets in the atmosphere over the past few months. The oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico has been gushing oil since April 20. This new problem was completely unexpected.
Shoppers at a local Toke 'N' Poke grocery store seemed unconcerned with the whole thing.
"It taste a little different, but we didn't mind." said shopper Eureka McMuffin. "The car needed a little oil anyway, so it was no big deal." she said. She lit a joint and did some more shopping.
Agriculture experts say there is no reason to recall billions of dollars of Florida's citrus crop--unless more people complain.
When President Obama was informed of the problem, he quickly showed his leadership skills.
"Just drink kumquat juice, that's my favorite drink anyway!" said the world leader.


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Lima Bean, Zucchini & Spinach Soup
Yep…I'm bringing back the soup.
It's quite fitting too, since the temperature in DC has plummeted rapidly since the end of September. Watch tomorrow will be 90 degrees and sunny and then I'll look like a fool. Then again, nothing is cold in comparison to the long winters at my previous alma mater in upstate NY. Getting a light sprinkling of snow in September or 16 inch snow storm in mid-April were all normal occurrences there.
When most students are busy sun bathing, breaking out the bikinis, and reveling in the lovely spring weather, we were busy putting on our heaviest winter gear, wiping out on black ice, and freezing our butts off braving the long walk to lecture halls. Don't believe me? Here's the proof:
I kid you not, my friends. By the way, that mid-April snowstorm was also the visiting day for newly accepted applicants. I'm guessing our applicant yield wasn't so great that year.
Back to the soup…
I bring you…
Lima Bean, Zucchini & Spinach Soup
From Seriously Simple by Diane Worthington
Seriously Simple Ingredients:
- Fresh or frozen lima beans
- Zucchini
- Fresh Spinach
- Leeks
- Chicken or Vegetable Stock
- Fresh lemon juice
Equipment: Immersion blender, regular old blender, or food processor
While I normally end up making adaptations to favorite recipes, I made this soup by the book, literally. Which one? Another one of my favorite cookbooks, Seriously Simple, by Diane Worthington (read my recap here). Why mess with a good thing? Of course, that being said, you could easily change up a few things with this recipe, such as adding more lima beans for extra protein, more spinach, or even some potatoes and other veggies.
However, I love the simplicity of the original.
It is so smooth, filling, and the lima beans add a delicious, butter-y taste. Hence, their 'butterbean' nickname.
Find a beautifully easy-to-follow ingredient list and recipe directions on Google Books by clicking here.
The original recipes says it makes enough soup for six, but I think that's being a tad on the stingy side. If you were making this as a first course for a dinner party (which is how I first tried this one myself), that might be fine, but if you are making this for a main course, I would say it serves about 4 people (so each person can have one and half bowls). If you want leftovers, I would do 1.5 times what the recipe calls for or you could easily double it. You can always freeze soup and to be honest, most soups taste even better the second day around.
It's even better with Cheesy No-Knead Homemade Whole-Wheat Focaccia…but you'll have to wait for that recipe in my next post!
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Your soup looks fabulous! I'm in a very soup-ish mood lately too. I live right outside of DC (west) and I had to wear a coat this morning. Brrrrr!
that looks so good! and totally healthy too! i need a punch of greens in my life right now.
Thanks Teri! I love this soup, it is in my top-five favorite soups ever, I have to admit (and that's a difficult thing to rank). It's really simple and the ingredient list is easy enough to get on hand. Let me know if you try it
Hey Andrea! I love hearing from fellow DC area bloggers. I went to check out your blog and your kids are adorable (love your blog name as well). I used to have a chocolate lab, so I completely know what kind of mischief they can get into (ours used to eat EVERYTHING!). This soup is great for the weather we've been having recently! Still can't believe fall has come so quickly. Thanks again for saying hi!
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this soup will be so perfect to enjoy over the colder months! i love when bloggers make soup, theres so many wonderful combinations out there, and this looks WONDERFUL and HEARTY <3 .. and not to mention HEALTHY 😉 xo
Thanks Kelsey! It is a one of my very favorite soups. I promise you won't be disappointed
I love simple soups, and even in the dead of summer, I can eat them! Looks delicious!
I completely agree with you on that one, I can eat soups at any time of the year. It's also great to have chilled soups in the summer too! Love your blog name!
<3 Laura
thanks for the post
This soup looks pretty nice. I hope it doesn't take too long. Thanks!
It really is simple. Let me know if you try it!
I am so glad that you all like my recipe! For more recipes like this one, you can visit my website as well, as http://seriouslysimplefood.com.


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Greenhut Blasts Sheriff, Union Boss Over Alleged Deputy Lies Under Oath
|Steven Greenhut
At issue, according to Greenhut, is that Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and deputy union boss Wayne Quint were peeved that prosecutors told the public of documented evidence that deputies lied under oath to protect another deputy who'd twice fired a Taser into a handcuffed, already restrained suspect sitting in the back of a patrol car.
But, says Greenhut, Hutchens and Quint didn't seem nearly as outraged by the deputies' alleged lying--even after both received multi-hour, detailed briefings by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and his senior staff.
Greenhut suggests that "bad behavior" by OC deputies might be more the norm than Hutchens and Quint want us to know and he praises prosecutors, especially DA spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder, for refusing to cover up the situation.
Read his opinion piece HERE.
Hutchens told me and the Register's Larry Welborn that she is concerned by the DA's allegations and will, after her internal affairs unit conducts its own probe, punish any wrongdoing if she thinks it's appropriate.
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Dubbed "Outfitted," the pop-up will highlight L.A. brands such as Luv AJ, Penelope and Coco, and MinkPink, as well as brick-and-mortar retailers like Virgo Downtown. In addition to the free mimosas and treats (including Sprinkles cupcakes and cocktails designed by Julip Made), shoppers can also take advantage of a complimentary hair-styling sesh. So, whatever your Saturday plans entail, don't miss out on the chance to score some sunny Lala Land goodies right here in the District.
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This ain't your trucker's trucker. This is the big time, wheelin' and dealin'. The Brixton Wheeler Mesh Hat can't sit still. The Wheeler is a mesh snap-back trucker cap with a Brixton embroidered patch. Patch sports Brixton Mfg Co. Reg. U.S. PAT. OFF. in black and white. 60% cotton, 40% nylon. Available in colorways as seen below.


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Try a lip scrub for the perfect flake-free pucker
With being out in the sun more than usual, I find myself with dry, flaky lips, no matter how many times I apply my lip balm with sunscreen. It just seems as if they are chronically dehydrated, regardless of how many liters of water I chug down during this heat wave.
However, I recently tried a lip scrub, and now I'm hooked. It's a complete addiction, and I use them at least once a day. Here is a roundup of my four favorites:
Lipscuff by The Body Shop ($12, thebodyshop.com) is unique because it actually comes in a tube and doesn't make nearly as much mess on your fingers as a typical pot scrub does. Contains crushed fig stone granules to gently exfoliate with marula oil and beeswax to moisturize.
Philosophy is a popular brand, and it's easy to figure out why. They never disappoint with their high quality items at a reasonable price point. Kiss Me ($15, Nordstrom.com) is an exfoliating lip cream with just enough exfoliating beads to remove the problem, and a minty taste to finish things off. Easily removed with a tissue.
Lip Strip by Laura Geller ($19, beauty.com)combines organic Brazillian sugar with spearmint and peppermint oils for a refreshing scrub that leaves lips deeply hydrated.It tastes wonderful, but I wouldn't consider eating it, no matter how good it tastes! We know sugar scrubs do wonders on the body, now give it a try on those lips.
Sara Happ Lip Scrub ($24, Amazon.com), a cult classic created in a kitchen in 2005 has long been a popular product among beauty editors and junkies alike. Just rub it on in a firm circular motion, then wipe away with a tissue. My personal favorite is the brown sugar scrub created with caramel. Yum!


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The (potential) U.S. copyright czar and you
Mike Linksvayer, May 9th, 2008
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "PRO-IP Act" 410 to 11. The bill, if also passed by the U.S. Senate and made law, could create a "copyright czar" office and greatly expand copyright enforcement in and outside of the U.S.
Slashdot is of course running the story. A comment by Slashdot user analog_line lays out (with a brashness to be expected in a Slashdot comment thread) voluntary responses to increasingly onerous copyright restrictions — responses which you can participate in:
Don't get me wrong, I think this is insane, and I hope it goes the way of similar bills before it, but the tighter the so-called "content cartels" grip on their copyright, the more persuasive the arguments for Creative Commons, GPL (v2 or v3), and other similar copyright-related social movements become. The same laws that protect the iron grip of Disney on Mickey Mouse for as long as they can legislate it, also protect those who participate in the Creative Commons (like Nine Inch Nails to take a totally non-random example) from the Disneys, the Time Warners, and the Sonys of the world. They can only be the gatekeepers of "the culture" if YOU choose to pay the entry fee. There's plenty enough out there that they don't control, that they CAN'T control anymore. All this sound and fury is trying to make people focus on them instead of looking for alternatives. There's no such thing as bad publicity, and all that.
The onus is on those who claim that art should be for love and not money to put up or shut up. If you're an artist, go make some art under something like Creative Commons that both allows you to make money off it when someone else is making money off it (and sue the pants off them if they don't pay you for it), and allows people who aren't making money off it to spend as much money as they want spreading the word about how awesome you are. If you're not an artist, don't forget that artists need to eat as much as you do. Actually reach into that wallet and give money to artists that take a chance and produce work that you like under a Creative Commons license (or some other license with terms that aren't crazy) and be as generous as you can afford. Every Tom, Dick, and Sally that releases something under Creative Commons isn't worth supporting just because they're releasing as Creative Commons. There is a TON of freely distributable junk out there. However there ARE people out there that every one of us reading this story would feel comfortable supporting, and rather than shovel money on a monthly basis into Comcast's, or Sirius', or Time Warner's or whomever's bank account for content that isn't worth using as toilet paper, a small fraction of that money could make a world of difference for one of the people that IS taking a risk and releasing good content under terms that are reasonable.
Where the hell is the Creative Commons Foundation of the Arts, taking donations and patronizing quality artists that release work under the Creative Commons like the foundations supporting free software? Do you think this stuff grows on trees?
Regarding analog_line's last paragraph, there are many experiments with "crowd funding" of art, now mostly still small experiments. While those are exciting, and I hope to see much more innovation in this area, there is a vast infrastructure for patronage of the arts (more private in some jurisdictions, more state-run in others). Perhaps some of these patrons will encourage funded artists to release work under CC licenses — what is the point of funding creation (where the funding is publicly spirited) if that creation is not legally accessible to the public without a copyright czar watching over their shoulders?
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Perhaps I had not fully understood before, or been exposed to enough amazing CC content before, but this post has catapulted the idea of making art under the CC license to my top priority list. Aha!
Analog_line actually made clear three arguments for how creators that apply a Creative Commons license to one's work could work to make money for grub. 1) Protect your content if ever you had to sue a multinational. 2) Allow your work to be seen, maybe go *viral*, and establish your reputation as a hot commodity, because your work is so awesome. 3) Get public funding from entities that are charged with funding 'public' art.
Thanks Analog_line, and thanks Mike Linksvayer for reprinting.


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Brazilian. Bermuda Triangle. Landing Strip. No, I'm not talking about taking a private jet to a private island with my sexy Latin lover, I'm talking about hair "down-there". The amount of hype around vajayjay coifs (or lack thereof) is alarming, to say the least. It seems like everyone has an opinion on how us women should be groomed in our nethers, without much of a real care as to what we think about the situation.
But apparently, thank God, everyone is really concerned with what men think about how to style our baby-making entrance! Nad's surveyed 1,000 men earlier this month and surprisingly an all-bare down-there is no longer en vogue. Nearly half (43 percent, to be exact) of the men questioned said they enjoy a groomed, trimmed Jean Valgina, and not the seemingly popular full-out Brazilian. Ladies, rejoice! Rip up your salon rewards card! Go buy the box set of Big Love with the 60 dollars and the subsequent itching you'll be saving yourself this month!
This news is good, I guess. I'm mainly hopeful because maybe it means we're finally ushering out of a glossed up, oiled down, Barbie-bodied internet porn era that has dictated how men have deemed women desirable over the last two decades. On the other hand, this whole survey seems totally irrelevant, because I don't know about you, but I don't really care what men think I should do with my pubic hair. Because it's mine, and I've never been in a sexual situation (although I'm sure they exist) where someone has gotten down there and been like "fuck nope". I do what I want with my body. Period. Full stop.
But now, ladies, we have to deal with this fuckery. That's right — a San Francisco waxing salon is now offering, and I can barely type this without wincing, Vajacials. Which is pretty much what you think it is, a facial for "down there".
BellaSugar.com reports: …the 50-minute treatment ($60) involves four steps. First, skin is cleansed with an antibacterial body wash and witch hazel. Then, a papaya-based exfoliating gel goes on before the esthetician extracts ingrown hairs. After that, an anti-freckle, anti-acne, or calming mask is applied. It finishes off with an application of lightening cream.
Am I the only person that would actually rather just wipe my ass with the 60 dollars and flush it down the toilet then prescribe to this completely ludicrous, male-gazed bullshit? The only part of this that sounds even slightly worth the time, money, and (I'm sure) discomfort is the extraction of ingrown hairs, because every woman knows what a Satan-spawned horror those can be. But I'm sorry, anti-freckle, anti-acne, or calming mask? Come again? My vagina does not need calming, thank you very much. Although maybe she does after reading this garbage. And a lightening cream!? I wasn't aware that she was too dark. Are we now discriminating against vagina color? Is that a thing that exists?
…holy shit, there's a market for labia dye, so apparently so!
She's just chilling, living her life, cool like the other side of the pillow. It's not an open wound that needs to be tended to. If you didn't know, your girly bits basically regulate themselves. It's been proven time and time again that douching or anything with scents, sprays, or harsh chemicals is bad for your gal pal. Just don't fuck with it. And don't give into the social pressure to fuck with it; be it waxing, shaving, plucking, or making it smell like the inside of Strawberry Shortcake's oven filled with rainbows and sparkles. It's an organ that is pure in purpose and capable of the biggest miracle on Earth: birth. Do whatever you want with it. Give it a mohawk and a dye-job and tell everyone it's name is "Spike" for all I care. But make sure you're doing it for you, and not to please any of it's potential (and lucky) admirers.
What do you think? Should men have a say in your grooming habits? Do you think "Vajacials" are as bogus as we do? Let us know in the comments below.
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Coach Parking In Canterbury
Excellent parking facilities are available at Canterbury's St Johns Coach Park (CT1 2SY), map and directions). Using this park only costs £10 for 12 hours.
The coach park is ideal for school groups - there are lots of toilets, seating areas and no time restrictions, with maps and information in the high season available in the coach park's Welcome Centre.
At the end of the day visitors may rejoin their coaches at Canterbury Coach Park.
A two bay coach drop off and collection point is now available at St George's Lane for coaches that off-load from the left hand side. It is located in front of the new Whitefriars shopping centre and is just 400 metres from the cathedral.
The drop-off is only available to coach operators who have a registered and pre-booked a dropping off/collection time by calling 01227 378131 The use of the drop-off is included in the cost of parking at Kingsmead Coach Park which is unchanged at £10 per coach for 12 hours. The drop-off will be supervised at all times and coaches that have not pre-booked will be turned away. You will be allocated 20 minutes time slots for dropping off and collecting passengers. If you are unavoidably late, you can notify the supervisor by mobile phone who will make arrangements to accommodate you.
Additional coach dropping off provision is also available in Station Road East (CT1 2RB)
Open from 6am to 8pm daily, the facility is available free of charge and does not need to be pre-booked. Access to the drop off bays is from Wincheap roundabout using the turning by the Round House public house. Passengers can reach the city via the pedestrian bridge, over the ring road to the city walls. Routes are wheelchair accessible, either along the city walls or through the Dane John Gardens.
For more information call 01227378131
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AGRILIFE: Time to think about your heart
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Throughout the first half of February, we are swarmed with decorations and candy that remind us of Cupid, love and Feb. 14. While the hearts that cover Valentine's Day merchandise are meant to represent love, they should also serve as a simple reminder for us to take care of our hearts. The next time you see one of these hearts, think about your own heart and ask yourself if you are living a heart-healthy lifestyle.
While the rates of death due to cardiovascular disease are on the decline, it is still the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. Many risk factors of cardiovascular disease can be controlled by living a healthy lifestyle and making wise choices every day. A proactive approach to heart health also involves visiting your doctor to find out about your cholesterol and blood pressure.
While some risk factors of heart disease are out of our control, such as age and genetics, there are many things we can control through our everyday choices, including what we eat and how much we exercise. A heart-healthy diet is nutrient rich and includes lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low fat dairy products. It limits foods that are high in calories and low in nutrients and also limits saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol and sodium.
It is recommended that healthy people ages 18-65 exercise at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week. The exercise you do can be whatever you enjoy the most — swimming, jogging, walking, biking or playing a sport. The important thing is that you are engaging in physical activity. Finally, as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle, you should make the pledge to quit smoking or vow to never start. While many people associate smoking with lung cancer, which is correct, it also is a major risk factor for heart disease.
One added bonus to living a heart-healthy lifestyle is that it also is a cancer-preventive lifestyle. Not smoking, exercising regularly and eating healthfully will help reduce your risk of developing certain types of cancers along with greatly benefiting your heart health.
Seeing one of Cupid's hearts also should remind you to visit your doctor and find out how your own heart may be doing. You should have your blood pressure measured to know if you have pre-hypertension or hypertension, which is high blood pressure. It is estimated that one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure. Having hypertension or pre-hypertension can increase your risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure.
While at the doctor's office, you should have a blood test to determine your cholesterol levels. Having high cholesterol levels may put you at increased risk for heart disease. Knowing you have high cholesterol or blood pressure can help you and your doctor make decisions about changes you can make to help lower or decrease these numbers and lower other risk factors.
Kathy Aycock is a Tom Green County extension agent with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
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Shero, Pens 'Poni' up for scoring-line winger
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General manager Ray Shero wasn't afraid Tuesday to pony up for a scoring line winger the night before the NHL trade deadline expired.
After the Penguins' 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at Mellon Arena, Shero announced a deal with Toronto for scoring-line winger Alexei Ponikarovsky — a 6-foot-4, 229-pound winger who will likely play to the left of center Evgeni Malkin.
Ponikarovsky is likely to join longtime friend Ruslan Fedotenko on a line with Malkin, the leading scorer during the regular season and playoffs last year. Ponikarovsky, 29, and Fedotenko were born a year apart in Kiev, Ukraine.
"He's a good, hard-working winger," said Fedotenko. "He drives to the net hard. He's a good player. I think it's a good addition.
"We're ready for the last 19 games now, and the playoffs."
Shero agreed, and acknowledged he was surprised the Penguins could land a scoring winger after dealing a second-round pick to Florida on Monday for defenseman Jordan Leopold.
"It pushes some guys down in the lineup," Shero said of this acquisition, adding that the Penguins are "capped out" on making another move related to the NHL roster before the today's 3 p.m. trade deadline.
The Penguins are about $100,000 within the NHL's $56.8 million salary cap. The should have just enough cap space to recall AHL players for practices as the regular season wraps because returning Olympians are likely to be given reprieves from upcoming practices.
To land Ponikarovsky, who had scored 19 goals and recorded 41 points in 61 games with Toronto, the Penguins surrendered a prized prospect in winger Luca Caputi. To make room for Ponikarovsky's prorated cap hit of about $488,000, they were forced to deal veteran defenseman Martin Skoula, who counted approximately $133,000 against the salary ceiling.
Skoula, 30, had appeared in 33 games after signing late during training camp. He had played in only three of the last 18 games.
Caputi, 21, a 6-3 winger who could add to his 200-pound frame, was at one time considered the top forward prospect in the organization. Eric Tangradi was among four prospects Shero would not move at the deadline. Others were 2010 first-round pick Simon Despres and developing defensemen Robert Bortuzzo and Ben Lovejoy, who is a candidate to play in the NHL next season.
Shero also steadfastly refused to move the Penguins' 2010 first-round pick, and he wasn't looking to deal Caputi, the club's fourth-round pick (111th overall) in 2007.
"(The Maple Leafs' offer) kind of came back to me in the afternoon, and Luca was the guy they wanted," he said. "We had a long discussion internally. That was not a guy we wanted to trade or looking to trade. But at the end of the day, Ponikarovsky was that guy for us.
"I didn't think this was a deal we'd be able to do, and if you'd have told me we could have done this a few days ago I'd have said, 'No way.' This gives us a chance to be a good team again."
Defenseman Alex Goligoski said the acquisitions of Leopold and Ponikarovsky, each playing on expiring contracts at a combined approximate cap hit of $880,000 (prorated), sends a clear message to teams looking to dethrone the Penguins as Stanley Cup champions.
"I think the idea was to get a couple of players that could come in here and help out, and maybe put a little fear into other teams," he said.
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Ashbourne's St John Street Gallery raises cash for air ambulance
Posted: May 14, 2014|
THE sale of donated art by a gallery has helped to raise funds for the county's air ambulance.
Derbyshire artist John Connolly, 59, gave three paintings to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance.
The idea had been to auction the paintings but Mark Courtney, owner of Ashbourne's St John Street Gallery, offered to sell them for no commission. Mark said: "John exhibits his art with us anyway so, when the air ambulance approached us to see if we would help, we said yes.
"The paintings sold for £750 and we are delighted to have been able to help such a worthwhile charity."
John, of Bolsover, said: "The vast, sweeping horizons of the Peak District, the rugged terrain and ever-changing light over Cumbria, North Yorkshire Moors and the shorelines of Cornwall all provide me with a rich variety of subject matter.
"And visitors to any of these areas are very aware of the excellent work done by the air ambulance service, as so much of the countryside has no access.
"I wanted to say thank you to the charity and that's why I donated three paintings."