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AK «Kalachnikov» Kristoff shoots Peter Sagan in Saint-Etienne
Alexander Kristoff won the gallop near the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne where green jersey wearer Peter Sagan lamented one more loss. This is the first Tour de France stage win for the Norwegian with initials AK who claimed Milan-San Remo earlier this year.
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The stage in pictures
Tour de France 2014 - Etape 12 - Bourg en Bresse / Saint Etienne - Le team AG2R La Mondiale, leader du classement par équipe © ASO/X.Bourgois
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Tourist attractions
The Ain Prefecture awaited the 21st century to welcome the Tour de France and witness, in 2002, the first stage win of the future Green Jersey, Thor Hushovd.
Five years later, another sprinter, Tom Boonen, lifted his arms to the sky and also captured the Green Jersey that would stay on his shoulders all the way to Paris. In recent years, on the 2012 Criterium du Dauphiné, Bradley Wiggins had sealed his overall success by claiming a time-trial that was to finish in Bourg-en-Bresse.
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Ain (01)
Population : 39,900 inhabitants (Burgiens), 73,400 inhabitants in the 15 communes of the Bourg-en-Bresse Agglomeration
Economy : Main centre for heavy goods vehicles in France, Second largest region in Europe for industrial bodywork, 3,500 businesses in the agglomeration, agri-business centre, campus with 3,500 students, Exhibition centre
Culture : Royal monastery in Brou registered in the Centre des monuments nationaux, timbered houses, H2M (contemporary art space), La Tannerie (current music scene), theatre, Music Conservatory. Festivals: À la folie pas du tout, les Ain'pertinentes (bienniel d'Art citadin), Les temps Chauds (world music), Saturdays in town (summer performances in the city).
Sport : USBPA rugby (Pro D2), JL basketball (Pro B), FCBP football (National), International Show Jumping, Tour de l'Ain (cycling)
Specialities : Bresse chicken (AOC), Giraudet's quenelles, bleu de Bresse cheese, émaux bressans (jewels)
Sustainable Development : "smart routes" to explore the city by bike, exchange platforms between different modes of transport, development of a sustainable habitat, target Zero pesticides in green spaces.
Labels : Child friendly town, Artisans du monde fair trade area
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Because of its central position on the map of France, the "city of weapons and bicycles" failed to be on the course of the Tour before the war, but then hosted it 22 times since 1950. Some big names triumphed there including the likes of Geminiani, Bobet, Hinault, Herrera or Zoetemelk. The last visit of the Tour to Saint-Etienne was back in 2008. After close to 130kms, breakaway companions Marcus Burghardt and Carlos Barredo battled it out in a final sprint to the line of stage 18. Advantage Burghardt!
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Population : 180,000 inhabitants (Stéphanois), 400,000 inhabitants in the 45 communes of the agglomeration community of
Saint-Étienne Métropole
Economy : 20,000 businesses, more than 50 world leading companies (Focal JMlab, number one in the world for high quality acoustics, Stronglight, make ultra-light cranksets for bikes, medical textiles), City of Design, point of reference in France, training of national excellence, 25,000 post-bac students
Culture : first Zénith in the Rhône region – Alpes, Museum of Modern Art (more than 19,000 works of which 1,500 design pieces, one of the largest collections in France of XIX, XX and XXI works), Site Le Corbusier (the larges turban site designed by Le Corbusier in Europe). Events: International Design Biennial (140,000 visitors in 2013), Words and Music Festival, Festival of books
Sport : AS Saint-Étienne (football League 1, 10 championship titles in France, national record). Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in the process of renovation for Euro 2016
Specialities : Weiss chocolates, Franck Deville macaroons
Sustainable Development : VéliVert (self service bikes), three tram lines
Proverb : Saint-Étienne, Visionary workshop
Jersey wearers after the stage 21
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With the average compensation for disability discrimination in 2010/2011 at £14,000 (and the highest pay-out in the same period of £181,000), are you confident that your company policies and procedures will prevent an Employment Tribunal claim for disability discrimination being made against you?
Disability discrimination is unlawful in the UK (a disability is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities). Whether deliberate or not, discrimination would occur when a worker or potential worker has been treated less favourably than others on the basis of disability.
If you or any of your staff are likely to do any of the following then you need to think again:
- At an interview, fail to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled applicant which put them at a substantial disadvantage
- Not shortlist an applicant for interview because of assumptions about a disability
- Allow the physical features of the premises to make a disabled employee unable to work
- Terminate employment because of long term absence for depression
Being guilty of any of the above, or similar, means you are asking for trouble. The good news is that help is at hand to protect your company against Employment Tribunal claims being made.
Protecting your business from Employment Tribunal claims
Do you know what to do to ensure your company is protected? Black, White and Grey will assist you to find solutions to problems encountered with disability discrimination in the workplace. Even the following simple measures can help:
- review and amend your equal opportunities, recruitment and harassment policies and procedures in light of the Equality Act 2010 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- have a disability policy covering all aspects of employment from recruitment to termination of employment.
- communicate these policies and procedures clearly to all workers
- ensure that all management level staff and those involved in the recruitment process are given training on the main provisions of the Equality Act 2010 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- make sure that your employees know that any grievance about disability discrimination will be taken seriously, even if it is raised informally.
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There are four types of disability discrimination which stem from workers' rights not to be discriminated against on the basis of disability, as contained in the Equality Act 2010.
1. Direct discrimination - a person is treated less favourably than others because of disability. An example of this is where a worker is refused flexible working hours to look after a disabled spouse, yet the same request has been granted to workers who do not have disabled spouses.
2. Indirect discrimination - the employer has a provision, criterion or practice which has the effect of placing workers who share a disability at a particular disadvantage and cannot be objectively justified. For example, all workers are required to use the same type of computer at work. This may put a person with dyslexia at a particular disadvantage, if reasonable adjustments are not made.
3. Harassment - unwanted conduct that has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity and creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive environment to work in. It also occurs where the unwanted conduct is because of another person's disability. For example, making jokes about the disability of a worker's spouse.
4. Victimisation - where a worker receives less favourable treatment compared to others because they have exercised a right not to be discriminated against under the law. An example of this would be where a worker has made a complaint of disability discrimination or intends to do so or has supported another worker who has made a disability discrimination complaint, which resulted in their own unfair treatment.

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Two suspects in the robbery of a South Londonderry convenience store have been caught, township police said Friday.
As part of the continuing investigation into Sunday's robbery at the Hess Express in Campbelltown, the South Londonderry police released photos from the surveillance videowere able to use the information and verified that the unmasked person seen on the video was Randall Allen Madsen, 22, Palmyra, police said. He had no fixed address.
South Londonderry police located Madsen trespassing at 430 E. High St. in Palmyra at 11:47 p.m. Thursday, police said. He was taken into custody, transported to Lebanon County Central Booking and arraigned in front of District Judge Thomas Capello on charges of robbery and two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery. He was placed in county prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Police were able to make a subsequent identification of the suspect in the mask as Richard Lucas Fogleman, 19, also of the Palmyra area, police said. Fogleman turned himself in to police on Friday on unrelated summary charges from Lancaster County. He was also taken to Lebanon County Central Booking, where he was awaiting arraignment late Friday on charges of robbery and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery.
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Pranksters of the world need to observe a moment of silence for Ralph Napierski, a man whose trickery reached religious proportion when he almost managed to sneak into Monday's pre-papal conclave meeting at the Vatican.
As ABC News reports, Napierski, who falsely identifies himself as a bishop and runs a website only rivaled by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, began posing for photos with the other top holy men who had arrived for the first Meeting of Cardinals since Pope Benedict XVI gave up his prime post last month.
The German national's performance was so convincing that he even managed to sneak into the single file line of cardinals heading toward the ultra exclusive tete-a-tete at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
[ Related: Pope watchers keeping tabs on Vatican 'backroom boys' ]
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If the story of what happened in Benghazi was dramatically stripped down from the first draft of the CIA's talking points to the version that emerged after the Deputies Committee meeting, the narrative would soon be built up again. In ensuing days, administration officials emphasized a "demonstration" in front of the U.S. facility in Benghazi and claimed that the demonstrators were provoked by a YouTube video. The CIA had softened "attack" to "demonstration." But as soon became clear, there had been no demonstration in Benghazi.
More troubling was the YouTube video. Rice would spend much time on the Sunday talk shows pointing to this video as the trigger of the chaos in Benghazi. "What sparked the violence was a very hateful video on the Internet. It was a reaction to a video that had nothing to do with the United States." There is no mention of any "video" in any of the many drafts of the talking points.
Still, top Obama officials would point to the video to explain Benghazi. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even denounced the video in a sort of diplomatic public service announcement in Pakistan. In a speech at the United Nations on September 25, the president mentioned the video several times in connection with Benghazi.
On September 17, the day after Rice appeared on the Sunday shows, Nuland defended Rice's performance during the daily briefing at the State Department. "What I will say, though, is that Ambassador Rice, in her comments on every network over the weekend, was very clear, very precise, about what our initial assessment of what happened is. And this was not just her assessment, it was also an assessment you've heard in comments coming from the intelligence community, in comments coming from the White House."
It was a preview of the administration's defense of its claims on Benghazi. After pushing the intelligence community to revise its talking points to fit the administration's preferred narrative, administration officials would point fingers at the intelligence community when parts of that narrative were shown to be misleading or simply untrue.
And at times, members of the intelligence community appeared eager to help. On September 28, a statement from ODNI seemed designed to quiet the growing furor over the administration's explanations of Benghazi. "In the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously following protests earlier that day at our embassy in Cairo. We provided that initial assessment to Executive Branch officials and members of Congress, who used that information to discuss the attack publicly and provide updates as they became available."
The statement continued: "As we learned more about the attack, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized attack carried out by extremists. It remains unclear if any group or person exercised overall command and control of the attack, and if extremist group leaders directed their members to participate. However, we do assess that some of those involved were linked to groups affiliated with, or sympathetic to al Qaeda."
The statement strongly implies that the information about al Qaeda-linked terrorists was new, a revision of the initial assessment. But it wasn't. Indeed, the original assessment stated, without qualification, "we do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al Qaeda participated in the attack."
The statement from the ODNI came not from James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, but from his spokesman, Shawn Turner. When the statement was released, current and former intelligence officials told The Weekly Standard that they found the statement itself odd and the fact that it didn't come from Clapper stranger still. Clapper was traveling when he was first shown a draft of the statement to go out under his name. It is not an accident that it didn't.
The revelations about exactly how the talking points were written, revised, and then embellished come amid renewed scrutiny of the administration's handling of Benghazi. Fox News spoke to a Special Ops soldier last week who raised new questions about what happened during the attack, and the State Department's inspector general acknowledged that the office would be investigating the production of the Administrative Review Board report on the attacks because of concerns that investigators did not speak to a broad spectrum of individuals with knowledge of the attack and its aftermath. On May 8, the House Oversight and Government Reform committee will hold another hearing on the matter. And Republicans in Congress have asked the administration to release all of the emails, something that would further clarify how the changes came about.
Stephen F. Hayes is a senior writer at The Weekly Standard.
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A tornado hovers over the Breezy Point section of Queens, New York, on Saturday.
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Sunny skies, low humidity and autumnal temperatures will greet South Jersey residents today after a fast-moving cold front on Saturday night ushered out the tropical moisture that has hung over the region for the past week.
Severe weather predicted for the tri-county region Saturday never materialized, but it did spur damage in Delaware and New York City. A tornado caused some damage in the Big Apple.
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Barbie and I were on a quest. We'd heard the slogan "rippin' good cookies" and the rumor of a bakery in Ripon.
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The other is a criminal trial that began Tuesday in federal court in Pendleton with 70-year-old Harney County rancher Dwight Hammond Jr. and son Steven D. Hammond, 43, as defendants, accused of setting fires -- and burning weeds -- to improve range conditions.
Government court documents suggest the father-son operators of Hammond Ranches Inc. near Diamond became impatient with BLM over the time it took the agency to complete environmental studies before doing controlled burns of rangeland. The trial could last up to three weeks.
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 15.7 million acres in Oregon, one-quarter of the state's land base. About 1.2 million acres are infested to varying degrees with noxious weeds, some of which are domestic, while 5 million more acres are home to invasive weeds from abroad, said Erin McConnell, a BLM weed specialist in Baker City. Infested areas are growing at a rate of up to 15 percent per year, she said.
Nationally, weeds probably infest 20 percent of the 245 million acres BLM manages. That's up from 14.4 percent a decade ago.
BLM's current strategy is to tackle smaller infestations first and hope to get some improved tools for dealing with larger infested areas later, said Mark Wilkening, a spokesman for the agency in Vale.
"When you have these huge areas infested with cheatgrass and Medusahead, it's going to take a lot of effort and a lot more money than we have available to do that," he said. "If they can keep a small infestation from becoming large, that is where they are going first."
Losing the battle
Hamstrung for a quarter century by herbicide rules, litigation and injunctions, BLM is losing the battle with weeds, said Clinton Shock, superintendent of Oregon State University's Malheur Field Station near Ontario, which works with farmers to improve agricultural production.
Claiming to have "seen whole valleys get swallowed up" by weeds, Shock told a recent forum on the proposed Owyhee wilderness: "We cannot afford to have a future where ranges are dominated by Medusahead rye, whitetop, Scotch thistle, African wiregrass, yellow star thistle, Russian knapweed, spotted knapweed, Canada thistle, leafy spurge, Rush skeletonweed and other invasive noxious species."
"We are kind of limited to basics," said Carolyn Chad, associate district manager of BLM's Vale District in Malheur County.
Faced with a recent outbreak of leafy spurge in Idaho, with no effective chemicals to fight it, Chad recruited a herd of goats. "As an agency, we've tried to be fairly innovative," she said.
BLM has tried using biological controls, often insects, in place of chemical herbicides, but the testing and approval process is lengthy and expensive, she said. The agency also must follow federal environmental review regulations with public scoping before embarking on a weed campaign, which can take from a few months to a few years, and often includes legal challenges, BLM officials said.
Matt Little, a spokesman for the 1,200-member Oregon Natural Desert Association environmental group in Bend, acknowledged that BLM has a tough job fighting the spread of weeds on the high desert, but said the process protects the land and the people who live there.
"The laws were set up so the analysis on environmental impacts are thorough and are open to the public," he said. "I think the laws were written wisely."
Budget cuts also nibble at BLM's rosters and effectiveness. In Oregon, agency employees have dropped from 1,595 three years ago to 1,457 today.
Wilderness complication
The proposed Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness is a vast tapestry of sagebrush, juniper, alkali and gray-as-death rimrocks, and possibly the largest remaining contiguous segment of wilderness-quality terrain in the continental U.S., said Chris Hansen, another spokesman for the Oregon Natural Desert Association.
Antelope, coyotes, Bighorn sheep, wild mustangs and even a few horseback cattle rustlers live out there. It boasts 500 archaeological sites, 100-mile-long frontier stagecoach roads and gun-ported stone fortresses dating to the 1870s.
Chad acknowledged a wilderness designation "would complicate matters." Still, wilderness legislation can include caveats permitting certain types of access, she said. Otherwise "you are having to use a pack string or on foot" to battle weeds and fight fires, she said.
Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for the Center for Biological Diversity, a 340,000-member environmental group based in Tucson, Ariz., said wilderness is more likely to halt the advance of weeds by squeezing out motor vehicles.
"One of the ways weeds get spread is through roads and through vehicle traffic," he said. "Where you have ecosystem health, you are less likely to have invasive species established in the first place."
Kim Leval, director of the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides in Eugene, said chemical herbicides should be the last resort when dealing with invasive weeds and then employed only in spot applications to protect waterways, salmon, wildlife and humans from the chemicals.
"Invasive species are a really tough issue," said Leval, who wants more research on nonchemical alternatives to herbicides. "One of our questions for BLM is, will you ever really control it?"
Some relief may be on the horizon for BLM. The agency in 2010 approved a state environmental impact statement allowing BLM use of 17 weed-fighting herbicides in Oregon east of the Cascades and 14 west of the Cascades. The snag: Each BLM district must draw up an individual environmental plan, Chad said.
No eastern Oregon districts have completed the process, BLM weed managers said, and carrying out the plan is at least a year away and probably longer than that.


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I watched a sales pitch video where the marketer showed his results for advertizing a Chicken Coup eBook (try not to laugh too hard) product via Google PPC.
It confirmed my suspicions that there is a fine line between profit and loss for affiliate marketing using PPC.
To make it work, they displayed image Ads on the content network to get maximum CTR and lowest CPC.
There conclusion was that image Ads produce better results than the text Ads on the content network.
Their initial CPC was $0.11 and after their quality score was improved by split testing many variants of Ads, it was reduced to $0.07 CPC.
Unfortunately, they didn't mention anything about their landing page. Direct linking is not allowed with AdWords due to the difference in display URL to landing page URL.
Once their campaign was optimized, they got 1.84% CTR and had around 125,000 clicks with 788 sales. So the click to sale ratio was like 0.6%
They spent $9,257 on clicks and made around $17K in sales. So it looks like a healthy return.
But if their CPC had remained at $0.11 it would have still been profitable but with a much reduced profit margin.
Disclaimer: I was scribbling down notes whilst listening so may have made an error here or there.
Hopefully this provides some insight into the realities of PPC marketing (such as the need to risk relatively large amounts of money on campaigns, get lots of clicks and optimize) and maybe some of you guys could post examples.
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Rhode Island â Road Accident Litigation
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union and is sometimes considered the most picturesque. But this serenity is quite often disturbed by what the US lawmakers feel is the alarmingly high rate of car accidents in the state. Rhode Island Car Accidents have gone up by 14% according to the reports published by the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Even though the overall number of accidents is relatively small due to the actual population and size of the state, nevertheless, Rhode Island Car Accidents laws are governed by strict tort laws.
The personal injury law is governed by Tort; any person who suffers damages can use the tort law to seek compensation from the personal responsible. The compensation is mostly financial, which could be anything from medical expenses, insurance and emotional and physical trauma, missed opportunities and loss of future income.
Any personal injury can be caused by two main factors which are covered in the tort law, intent or negligence. In some cases both parties look for out of court settlement rather than going for a long drawn protracted battle.
Settlement â The Guidelines
An out of court settlement is what primarily the personal injury lawyers aim for. The out of court settlement guarantees the victims a quick resolution to the litigation and therefore is of immense value. In many Rhode Island Car Accidents cases as well, an out of court settlement is what the attorneys try to get.
The main reason for a settlement is because the plaintiff is going through a lot of trauma and probably has to deal with medical and other expenses; in this situation it is surely better to get complete the litigation process and reconnect with a normal life. However, there are some fine lines in out of court settlements, as the defense attorneys clearly knows the settlement urgency they do negotiate heavily about the compensation amount.
Secondly, any settlement mostly comes with a waiver which the plaintiff has to sign. The signing-off the waiver in some ways exonerates the defendant as a settlement does not mean acceptance of guilt. The waiver may also include the fact that the plaintiff will not claim for damages regarding the same incident ever again.
Lawyers….what does this mean?
What does the following statement mean if said by a lawyer? "file suit and the litigation process begins" what is the process and generall how long does it take—also is the cost of this extra aside from the normal fee of 33%? Thanks!!!
Those who work on Contingency generally charge that on the net amount, after costs. Costs include everything except the attorney's time.
The contents of the process varies.
You have to File and give Notice by having the Defendant Served (Some places Service comes before Filing). That much is a given.
After that, if the Defendant doesn't Answer, you can ask for a Default, and you skip down to Judgment.
If they do Answer, you may have all kinds of Discovery, including Depositions, Interrogatories, Request for Production of Documents, and Demand to Disclose Defense. This can take some time, months.
Once that's done, you get to a Trial, which can also take some time to get calendared, and may take a day, may take two weeks.
Once the Trial is over, you get a Verdict, which might be a Judgment in your favor.
If you get a Judgment, it's another matter altogether getting it paid.
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True Story: The New Jesus
[Editor's Note: Jack Grisham is an author, hypnotherapist, T.S.O.L. front man and all-around troublemaker. This column may or may not be factual, with characters who may or may not be real.]
Jack Grisham
"I need 10,000 words on this new Jesus. Can you do it?"
I stared at him. He was overweight, unqualified and a total cunt.
"You want 10?" I asked. "I'll give you a million, you fat fuck."
"Perfect." He handed me an address and a time. "Go here, talk to the master, and write it up. They say he's the second coming of Christ. I say he's full of shit."
The address I was given was straight-up downtown, a shit-hole apartment building housing derelicts and Section 8s. The Lord Our God was three flights up. I climbed the stairs and knocked on the door.
"Hey, Jesus! Open up."
I was let in by a prostitute. I knew her--Reckless Mary worked the bars on Oliver Street. I brushed her ass as I walked in. She pushed back against my hand.
"Is that what you're looking for baby?" she asked. "You come up here for ass?"
She was hot, I'll give her that, but I was short on condoms and pressed for time. "No, baby, I'm . . ."
"Looking for me?"
It was the new Jesus. He was maybe 5-foot-2, if he lost the sandals, and he was a flabby 300 pounds, with red hair, freckles and a pair of ears on him that made him look like a clown.
"You gotta be fucking kidding me," I said.
"Why, because I look like this?" He rubbed his belly. "I made a mistake last time--I was too comely. The message was lost under that dashing romantic figure--slim and handsome, blond. You painted me, nailed to the cross." He farted. A foul odor filled the room. "Oh, no, there won't be any of that loving martyr business going down here. This is the new and improved Jesus."
I took in the vibe of the apartment: The couch I was sitting on was more dog bed than settee, the few chairs were made of chipped Walmart wood, the carpet torn, stained and worn, and Mary standing in the kitchen, rubbing her itchy crotch while she sucked religiously on a glass pipe. It was trash.
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Winterset Ski Club's Annual Picnic, And Tag Sale, September 14Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Winterset Ski Club will host its annual picnic and, new this year, Ski/Snowboard Tag Sale on Sunday, September 14, from 1 to 5 pm at Dickinson Memorial Park, 50 Elm Drive.
Burgers, dogs, and drinks will be provided by the Winterset Ski Club, which asks that attendees bring along an appetizer, side dish, salads, or desserts to this wonderful opportunity to meet with old friends and new members of this family-friendly Newtown-based club.
Newtown's Winterset Ski Club Wins On Snow Carnival For First TimeThursday, May 2, 2013
After almost a month of waiting for final results, Newtown's Winterset Ski Club has finally learned it finished first in the 2013 Winter Carnival. The Annual event, hosted by the Connecticut Ski Council, was held at Okemo Mountain in Vermont, March 1-3. This was the first time Winterset won the event, after having participated for more than 20 years.


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Radiant in Residential
Seattle condo to feature radiant heating and modern amenities
Many new condominiums and homes that are being built across the country are using the latest in radiant heating technology, in an attempt to maximize on the eco-friendly and comfort-based method for providing warmth. A new residence in Seattle, Washington, is the latest real estate to feature this type of amenity, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A new west Queen Anne condo with a high-end $50,000 remodeling job has been put on the market for local Seattle residents who want an efficient and modern home with a quick commute to the city, the news source reported.
The expansive 1,104-square-foot residence comes complete with the latest amenities and modern luxuries, as a chef's kitchen, spa-like bathroom and radiant heating are featured in the condo, according to the Post-Intelligencer.
Eco-friendly amenities like the radiant heating and quiet, efficient air conditioning system will allow residents to enjoy the latest luxuries that are available, the news source reported.
Radiant heating allows for maximum comfort due to the low noise levels and heated floors that can make a winter much more enjoyable for any individual.


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Dorothy Elizabeth (Bulle) Breeden, 89, went to be with her Lord Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, 2013.
She was born in Augusta County Dec. 1, 1923, a daughter of the late Hugh Bulle and Stella Western Bulle.
Dorothy graduated from New Hope High School and was a member of Harriston United Methodist Church. She enjoyed cooking and gardening and spending time with her family.
The family would like to express a special thank you to Shenandoah Nursing Home and Dr. Christopher Heck for the care they have shown Mrs. Breeden.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Breeden; her daughter, Joan Phillips; her brothers, Malcolm Bulle, Carl Bulle and Clarence Bulle; her infant sister, Lois Bulle and son-in-law, Ronnie Painter.
She is survived by her children, Judy and Rodger Via of N.C., Roy and Linda Breeden of Weyers Cave; Joyce and Mack Kershner, Linda and Doug Monroe and Betty and Randy Nelson all of Crimora and Bobby and Wanda Breeden and Susan Painter of Grottoes. Also surviving are twenty grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Hamilton of Waynesboro and Hazel Andes of Grottoes and brother, Bobby Bulle of Staunton.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in the Chapel of the Charlton and Groome Funeral Home, 961 Goose Creek Road, Fishersville. Burial will follow in Edgewood Cemetery, Grottoes.
Active pallbearers will be Roy Breeden, Bobby Breeden, Kevin Kershner, Jeff Monroe, Andrew Nelson and Eric Breeden. Honorary Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 - 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at the funeral home and other times at her home or the home of her son, Bobby.
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1. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesSidney Mitchell Apr 25, 2012 7:17 AM (in response to othermotte)
Hi Gary,
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles thus far with your experience with our chat support.
If you are still having questions around the system handling emails please post your query here and I'll assist you further.
Otherwise you can log a ticket with both your concerns with the system emails and your prior chat support experience and we can investigate/escalate accordingly per your request.
- http://www.businesscatalyst.com/support/request
Kind regards,
2. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesothermotte Apr 25, 2012 11:55 AM (in response to Sidney Mitchell)
I didn't even know there was chat support! Where does one find it?
I raised the problem by raising a support request and that is where I got the response that I referred to.
It is Case Number OBNW4325844.
You will also see the subsequent exchanges on the matter which are equally unsatisfactory.
3. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesSidney Mitchell Apr 25, 2012 12:17 PM (in response to othermotte)
Thanks Gary for the details.
I've reviewed the case and I agree that more details should have been provided here.
Basically this is currently a known issue that our engineers are working on resolving however this has mainly been for sites under the US center. Your site is actually under UK center which is odd for this to be happening in the first place so I've since reassigned the case to our escalation team to investigate further and to respond back with more details.
The current note from our team...
In some cases, we have had reports of intermittent delays for operational emails sent from our system. These delays can be from a couple of minutes up to a couple of hours.
Our operational team is already investigating these issues and they're working on resolving them. We hope you will see an improvement in the next couple of days however if the issue still occurs please provide us the system email type (e.g. workflow notification, invoice email, email marketing test email etc.) and the email address that's not receiving it properly, and we will investigate this further.
We will be responding back to your ticket ASAP once we identify what's causing this based on the information you've provided in your initial case message.
To access chat support you would follow the same path of submitting a ticket. Portal -> help&support -> contact support -> select chat support instead of submitting a case. http://screencast.com/t/TcbUlP4zq
- http://www.businesscatalyst.com/support/request
Hope this helps clarify a bit more.
4. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesothermotte Apr 25, 2012 12:31 PM (in response to Sidney Mitchell)
I appreciate your helpful intervention.
With respect to chat support, it doesn't come up as an option for on our screenflow, presumably because we are still on a Goodbarry version of support. I do have a partner account but was advised that I woyld lose support if I transferred teh Goodbarry one account. But anyway, the support ticket systems works pretty well most times.
Thanks again for your help.
5. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesLittleBigJoe Apr 26, 2012 10:53 AM (in response to Sidney Mitchell)
Are there any updates to the email delays with the US data center? I have several customers who are frustrated with the delays - user registrations and product purchase notices are taking between 15-45 minutes in most cases to get to the user. When your site is 100% eProduct, the delay actually prevents the end user from accessing the content that they purchase right away. I hopped into live chat with Parikshit, but was told that there are no issues w/BC email and that it was a problem I should take to my external email provider. I was under the impression that these system emails have nothing to do with the email service I use.
6. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesSidney Mitchell Apr 26, 2012 11:03 AM (in response to LittleBigJoe)
Hi Joe!
Apologies for the incorrect response given during chat as you are correct the system emails are different from BC email services.
This should have since been resolved or at least improved. However if still experiencing issues at the moment please log a ticket instead so we can properly investigate and escalate ASAP. Provide the system email in question as well as the email addresses being delayed.
- http://businesscatalyst.com/support/request
Kind regards,
7. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesLittleBigJoe Apr 26, 2012 11:08 AM (in response to Sidney Mitchell)
Thank you, Sidney. Case OBNW4331708
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8. Re: how does one escalate truly terrible support responsesSidney Mitchell Apr 26, 2012 11:15 AM (in response to LittleBigJoe)
Thanks Joe!
Case escalated and we'll respond ASAP.
I'll also update this thread on the status of the "delayed system emails on the US center" to inform the community once completely resolved.
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HARPERS FERRY -- Development of 683 acres around an abandoned limestone quarry would seriously damage what the superintendent of Harpers Ferry National Historic Park calls hallowed ground, he says.
"I think it would be a desecration of the national park,'' Superintendent Don Campbell said of the proposed construction of residential and commercial lots.
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James P. Campbell, a Leesburg, Va., lawyer for the developers, has been trying to persuade Charles Town City Council to annex the land near Millville Road and U.S. 340, which he described this week as unsightly and "moonlike.''
Though the land could be used for dense residential development, Campbell's clients are proposing only 200 homes.
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Action on the annexation request was delayed March 21 by a faulty description of the site in a petition, but the Charles Town Planning Commission may discuss it Monday night. City Council will meet afterward.
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How many people here actually have sat in on religious/spiritual discussions with people who aren't completely off their dial insane?I don't really consider my mother insane, but she's still fundamentalist. Same goes for... pretty much my mom's whole side of the family. Shit, one of my best childhood friends is a pastor in the same synod (we went to confirmation classes together), and I still talk to him, and don't consider him insane. It's possible to have some batshit crazy religious ideas and still be "normal" in the rest of your life. This is the issue I have a problem with. When an otherwise intelligent and sane person throws all that out and starts believing, apparently unwaveringly, in the ideological equivalent of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, then my brain disconnects a little.
No one I know, Christian, Pagan, Hindu, Jew, or otherwise has ever claimed that their beliefs are verifiable. We all know they're not to anyone other than ourselves. The only people who claim that its verifiable and totally correct and omg-you-non-believer-you're-*gasp*-wrong are fundamentalist whack-jobs, playgans and predators. Not people that should be taken seriously by anyone IMO....which is something I said earlier upthread. The part I take issue with is that you seem to think that the only people that count are the ones you've talked to. I've talked to a lot of people about religion, and they run the gamut from totally on-the-level about their beliefs (that is, acknowledging they're just beliefs) to batshit insane to the point it takes over their lives. And yes, it's a lot easier to talk to the ones that are "sane," but I still think that most religious beliefs stem from a desire to feel special in a world that loses a little bit more of its wonder every day.
These are all things the brain does. Biology. Nothing magical about it.
If I poked the right bit of your brain with an electric wire, I could make you see God.
"Yeah, if all the planets had formed from a spinning disc of dust & rock, the moon would be all jaggy round the edges, not smooth."I'm not even sure what he means by this.
Well, yes. That's the point. "Spirituality" and "god" is all in your head.
Gandhi once said: "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
Which is all very clever and quotable, clappityclapclap, but more importantly has about it the ring of, oh-ho-yes, #TRENDINGTOPIX. That man was totally ahead of his time.
"I like your Science. I do not like your Scientists. Your Scientists are so fucking Neurotic And Dull."
#ModernGandhism. PLAY ALONG.
Man, this thread is depressing. an secular humanist.I'm not religious in any way but the idea of people shitting all over faiths and spirituality because they're fictions is fucking stupid.
Now, dogma and especially dogma enshrined in law is fucking stupid, but personal faith is not, or maybe it is but it's the particular strain of stupidity that makes us who we are. None of us are perfectly rational beings. We all have faith in something.
Fictions help us perceive and explain our world.
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A walkout by the system's 6,000 faculty members would mean an end to classes for the 120,000 students who attend universities that include Indiana University of Pennsylvania, California University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, Clarion and Edinboro in Western Pennsylvania.
Negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the union stalled after both sides agreed to cancel a negotiating session scheduled for Wednesday in Philadelphia.
"We mutually agreed to the cancellation because they had not responded to a counter-proposal we gave them two weeks ago," she continued. "We are getting a bit concerned that they're not moving at all."
Professors could strike when the spring term starts in January. She said the union offered to enter arbitration to reach an agreement but the system rejected the offer.
Kenn Marshall, a system spokesman, said talks will resume Jan. 4.
Students would have to bear any increase from a new contract, said system officials.
"Our overriding concern, as it has been throughout these negotiations, is the cost to our students and their families," Vice Chancellor Gary Dent said in a statement. "Our students pay approximately 73 percent of the costs necessary to operate our universities through tuition and fees.
"We have made clear the essential elements we need in this agreement, which include cost savings to offset proposed salary increases; redesign of our health care plan to more closely align it with that offered to more than 80,000 state employees ... and a plan to begin to address our annuitant health care costs," Dent continued.
He said the union has "rejected almost every element."
Union officials said they agreed to cancel the negotiating session because the state system's negotiators were not willing to make a counter-proposal to the union. The two sides have been negotiating for two years. The union contract with the state expired 18 months ago.
Mike Slavin, chairman of the theater department at California University of Pennsylvania and president of the California chapter of the union, said the system is forcing professors into a strike in the spring. Although the union voted to strike, members agreed to postpone a walkout while negotiations continue.
"They're not even willing to talk to us anymore," Slavin said. "I think they think we won't do it (strike)."
He said when the union announced to students that it would postpone a walkout, the system stopped negotiating in good faith. Slavin said state president Steve Hicks sent an email Wednesday telling the 14 local chapter presidents that the state has no interest in continuing negotiations.
Slavin, who is a member of the union's negotiating committee, said PASSHE is trying to split the union by offering coaches one package, full-time faculty another, and part-time faculty a third proposal.
"This is effectively separating the union into pieces. They're going after some of our weakest people," Slavin continued. "They're pushing us to the brink. We're at the point we're going to walk out."
The state system reached an agreement earlier this month with its 400 coaches but Slavin said there has been little progress over salary, health care and pension benefits for full and part-time faculty.
"We thought we were making progress. They refuse to move. They said we have to move off our mark."
Under the provisions of the former contract, professors received a 3 percent increase in 2009 and 4 percent the following year. They also received increases in each pay step, according to the contract. Some full-time professors, who were at or above the maximum pay scale, received a 2.5 percent additional increase in lieu of longevity.
In the final year of the previous contract, professors received salaries ranging from nearly $73,000 on the first step to nearly $108,000 on the 13th step.
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A UC Hastings alumnus running for San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is having a last-minute campaign meltdown, as he faces allegations of "unwanted physical advances."
So far, Julian Davis, a recent law school grad, faces two separate allegations — including one from a law school classmate.
Nothing has been proven, and Davis is still in the race. But he's lost the endorsement of some incumbent city supervisors, as well as the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
So what is Davis accused of? Let's see…
Davis was in hot water earlier this month after Kay Vasilyeva accused him of touching her beneath her clothes in 2006. Davis denied the accusations and directed his lawyer to send her a cease-and-desist letter.
Then, earlier this week, SF Weekly ran a story concerning allegations by a different woman (gavel bang: SFist):
The accuser tells SF Weekly that, following a Hastings-related party in late 2010, she shared a cab ride home with Davis, who lived in the same neighborhood as her. She claims Davis repeatedly told the cab driver to make only one stop — at his or her place — and not two. She claims she rebuffed Davis' verbal advances, leading to an alleged physical advance. "Davis grabbed my face and wrenched my neck towards him as he tried to force me to kiss him. He simultaneously put his hand on my thigh," she wrote to [Davis's lawyer, James] Wagstaffe.
"None of this contact was welcome, and I clearly articulated the word 'no' more than once. The cab driver asked if I was 'OK' a number of times." When the cab pulled up in front of Davis' residence, she claims, he asked her inside. She declined. She alleges Davis then gave her the middle finger and shouted, "Fuck you, bitch!"
SFist called the alleged exchange "royally douchey." Davis denied the accusations via SFWeekly's online comments, writing that he was "not going to comment further about anonymous uncorroborated attacks."
The accuser's name appears on emails sent to Davis and his lawyer, James Wagstaffe, an adjunct professor at Hastings (who has appeared before in our pages). Her story was corroborated by some of her Hastings classmates, who told SF Weekly that she mentioned the incident around the time it allegedly happened. Apparently she didn't tell police or Hastings administrators so as "not to rock the proverbial law school 'boat.'"
To be fair, she said Davis subsequently apologized for making her uncomfortable.
A tipster (who claims not to be one of the four who spoke to SF Weekly) wrote to us with additional allegations about Davis:
I was in the class of 2012 with Julian. He was (and still is) a pretty notorious guy from our class. I can honestly say I don't know a single person from our class who ever had a nice thing to say about him. In class, he always acted entitled, arrogant, rude to professors, and generally douchey. He allegedly had to switch con law sections 1L year because of yelling at the professor. There were many Julian moments in the handful of classes I had with him, but the most memorable for me was when he refused to participate during a cold call. When the professor grilled him for being unprepared, he had a hissy fit and stormed out of the classroom, wooden bookholder and all. Given the way he treated everyone at Hastings — students, staff, professors — I would be shocked if he got one vote from anyone associated with UCH.
Sounds like the next week may be tough for Davis, if people continue to come out of the woodwork with opinions like these.
We reached out to Julian Davis by email but have not yet heard back; we'll update this story if and when we do. If you have information to share about him, positive or negative, please feel free to email us or text us (646-820-8477). Thanks.
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The decision to lower the water level of Lake Cumberland comes as no surprise, since the Army Corps of Engineers made clear its plans and the dangers of inaction several years ago.
Nevertheless, the start of work this week sends a shudder through adjoining areas of Southern Kentucky, and understandably so.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher said that in four counties alone -- Pulaski, Wayne, Russell and Clinton -- the annual economic impact of tourism exceeds $150 million.
The consequences of dropping and maintaining the lake to a level 43 feet below the normal summer pool are almost certain to reduce the number of visitors substantially, including the large contingent of boaters from Louisville and Lexington.
Surface acres of water will be reduced by 13,000 acres, cold-water fish and hatcheries could suffer significant harm from rising water temperatures, hydropower generation faces reductions, and up to 90 percent of the lake's boat ramps will be out of the water.
Real people, real businesses and real jobs will be affected. Moreover, the federal government has the right to manipulate pool levels without payment of damages.
Nevertheless, there can be no argument about the urgency to proceed. The corps says the Wolf Creek Dam, which forms the lake, is being seriously weakened by seepage through its foundation and places it in its highest-risk category.
A dam failure, which the corps warns is possible, could cause massive flooding, heavy loss of life and catastrophic damage downstream on the Cumberland River, including in Nashville.
The corps' Web site insists that the project is a high priority with the corps and the Bush administration and has been funded to move at the fastest pace possible.
We hope that continues, but the scene in Washington will bear watching. This administration has run up a huge deficit as it pursues a costly war and excessive tax cuts simultaneously. Funds for domestic needs have often fallen far short, as the people of New Orleans can attest.
Meanwhile, state government should stand ready to provide assistance, perhaps in the form of money to extend boat ramps or to conduct advertising campaigns touting the continuing tourist and recreation assets in the region.
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Health concerns for gay men and men who have sex with men
That men who have sex with men are at an increased risk of HIV infection is well known, but the effectiveness of safer sex in reducing the rate of HIV infection is one of the gay community's great success stories. However, the last few years have seen the return of many unsafe sex practices. While HIV treatments have dramatically increased life expectancies, there is no substitute for preventing infection. Safer sex is proven to reduce the risk of receiving or transmitting HIV. All health care professionals should be aware of how to counsel and support maintenance of safer sex practices.
2. Substance Use
Gay men use substances at a higher rate than the general population, and not just in larger communities such as New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. These include a number of substances ranging from amyl nitrate ("poppers"), to marijuana, Ecstasy, and amphetamines. The long-term effects of many of these substances are unknown; however current wisdom suggests potentially serious consequences as we age.
3. Depression/Anxiety
Depression and anxiety appear to affect gay men at a higher rate than in the general population. The likelihood of depression or anxiety may be greater, and the problem may be more severe for those men who remain in the closet or who do not have adequate social supports. Adolescents and young adults may be at particularly high risk of suicide because of these concerns. Culturally sensitive mental health services targeted specifically at gay men may be more effective in the prevention, early detection, and treatment of these conditions. At Brown, Counseling and Psychological Services can help with these problems.
4. Hepatitis Immunization
Men who have sex with men are at an increased risk of sexually transmitted infection with the viruses that cause the serious condition of the liver known as hepatitis. These infections can be potentially fatal, and can lead to very serious long-term issues such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. Fortunately, immunizations are available to prevent two of the three most serious viruses. Universal immunization for Hepatitis A virus and Hepatitis B virus is recommended for all men who have sex with men. Safer sex is effective at reducing the risk of viral hepatitis, and is currently the only means of prevention for the very serious Hepatitis C Virus.
5. STIs
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur in sexually active gay men at a high rate. This includes STIs for which effective treatment is available (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, pubic lice and others), and for which no cure is available (HIV, Hepatitis A, B, or C virus, Human Papilloma Virus and others). There is absolutely no doubt that safer sex reduces the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, and prevention of these infections through safer sex is key.
6. Prostate, Testicular, and Colon Cancer
Gay men may be at risk for death by prostate, testicular, or colon cancer. Screening for these cancers occurs at different times across the life cycle, and access to screening services may be negatively impacted because of issues and challenges in receiving culturally sensitive care for gay men. All gay men should undergo these screenings routinely as recommended for the general population. All college-age men should conduct regular testicular self-exams and be screened by a medical provider for testicular cancer.
7. Alcohol
Although more recent studies have improved our understanding of alcohol use in the gay community, it is still thought that gay men have higher rates of alcohol dependence and abuse than straight men. One drink daily may not adversely affect health; however, alcohol-related problems can occur with low levels of consumption. Culturally sensitive services targeted to gay men are important in successful prevention and treatment programs.
8. Tobacco
Recent studies seem to support the notion that gay men use tobacco at much higher rates than straight men, reaching nearly 50% in several studies. Tobacco-related health problems include lung disease and lung cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, and a whole host of other serious problems. All gay men should be screened for and offered culturally sensitive prevention and cessation programs for tobacco use.
9. Fitness (Diet and Exercise)
Problems with body image are more common among gay men than their straight counterparts, and gay men are much more likely to experience an eating disorder such as bulimia or anorexia nervosa. While regular exercise is very good for cardiovascular health and in other areas, too much of a good thing can be harmful. The use of substances such as anabolic steroids and certain supplements can adversely affect health. At the opposite end of the spectrum, overweight and obesity are problems that also affect a large subset of the gay community. This can cause a number of health problems, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Our Nutrition section includes information on healthy eating, sports nutrition, eating concerns and campus resources.
10. Anal Papilloma
Of all the sexually transmitted infections gay men are at risk for, human papilloma virus --which cause anal and genital warts -- is often thought to be little more than an unsightly inconvenience. However, these infections may play a role in the increased rates of anal cancers in gay men. Some health professionals now recommend routine screening with anal Pap Smears, similar to the test done for women to detect early cancers. Safer sex should be emphasized. Treatments for HPV do exist, but recurrences of the warts are very common, and the rate at which the infection can be spread between partners is very high.
Adapted from Vincent M. B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, Board of Directors, GLMA
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West Elementary School Principal Terri Garrett said in the last drill at the school, staff members had an automated external defibrillator, such as this one, hooked up to a mannequin in less than two minutes.
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It could happen in an instant.
A student is walking down the hallway when, suddenly, he turns blue and falls to his knees, clutching his chest in pain.
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