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Central Indiana counties that charge a tax on hotel and motel stays are experiencing rising hotel occupancy rates, even higher innkeeper's tax collections and survey results that show advertising brings in visitors.
Innkeeper's taxes raise about $700,000 per year in Brown County and more than $40 million in Marion County. That money goes back into marketing by local visitor and tourism centers and helps promote businesses, such as convention centers, hotels, restaurants and wineries, which generate as much as $4.4 billion annually in Indianapolis.
Johnson County Council members will vote Monday — on whether to adopt a 5 percent innkeeper's tax. That tax is an additional charge on guests' bill at hotels, motels or bed-and-breakfasts. The money can be used to fund a visitor and tourism bureau, which would market county attractions, events and businesses.
Tourism bureaus in other counties spend from 60 to 80 percent of their innkeeper's taxes for marketing and say those efforts are paying off. Counties track annual tax collections, hotel occupancy rates and website and social media hits to gauge how well the advertising is working.
In Brown County, innkeeper's tax collections have increased 3 to 5 percent annually, showing more people are staying in hotels and cabins, Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Jane Ellis said.
Visit Indy employees are working to book conventions and events in the city for dates as late as 2021 as well as fielding daily calls from people asking about wine trail locations or other attractions in and around Indianapolis, Visit Indy spokesman Chris Gahl said.
And in Hamilton County, advertising and development money put toward parks, historic districts and arts galleries have helped increase the county's tourism revenue by about 10 percent in recent years, executive director of Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau Brenda Myers said.
After paying administrative costs such as staff salaries and operating expenses to run a center, the rest of the money raised by hotel and motel taxes is spent on advertising, including printing and distributing travel books and brochures, taking out newspaper, radio or TV ads and maintaining a tourism website. In Brown County, the visitors bureau is limited to spending no more than 40 percent of its $700,000 in revenue on administrative costs, Ellis said.
Focus on promotion
County council members haven't discussed whether to set a specific cap for administration expenses, such as salaries, in Johnson County, but council member Loren Snyder would want to put one in place.
Limiting the amount spent on salaries and running an office would make sure the most money possible is being spent promoting the county, which is the point of creating the bureau, Snyder said. He is in favor of the new tax.
Tourism generates about $209 million for Brown County each year, and Ellis said she has proof that the advertising works.
Local hotels ask guests to take a survey about where they're from, what they're doing in Brown County and how they found out about the activities they're doing. If the tourism bureau advertises in the Cincinnati area, staff members watch for spikes in the number of web visits from southern Ohio and the number of guests booking rooms, she said.
Visit Indy tracks how full city hotels are and monitors occupancy rates to see if they go up with marketing programs, Gahl said. The tourism bureau also has staff members who contact national associations to get them to bring their events to Indianapolis, such as the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, annual firefighters association conventions or the nation's largest tabletop gaming convention, he said.
"A key barometer for any city as it relates to tourism is hotel demand. Are your hotels full? Certainly that is a key barometer we monitor and look to positively influence," Gahl said.
Counties study different statistics and compile those numbers into an annual benchmarking report, Ellis said.
"There's probably about 20 things on there. We look at innkeeper's tax collection, we look at food and beverage tax, we try to look at sales tax, we look at our website traffic, we look at social media," she said.
Measuring effectiveness
Both Indianapolis and Hamilton County use a Carmel-based marketing analysis group that will poll people in an area where they advertised to see how effective the campaign was. They'll ask if people saw the ad, if they looked for more information about the area and if they planned a trip, Myers said.
For example, Indianapolis spends about $1 million for a summer ad campaign every year and one recent study showed that generated about $83 million in new tourism revenue for Indianapolis, Gahl said.
Gahl hopes Johnson County will open its own visitor bureau and become part of the regional tourism effort. While Indianapolis draws in the most people by far with large conventions and professional sports teams, visitors certainly may spend time across County Line Road in Johnson County, he said. For example, Visit Indy gets multiple calls each year about Mallow Run Winery in the Bargersville area as people look for central Indiana wineries, so staff already help direct tourists south of the city, he said.
Johnson County would be able to promote itself and add to the regional draw of the Indianapolis area, Gahl said.
"If they have a drumbeat of the tourism message going out, it helps the region," he said. "Whether you're a convention delegate or a leisure visitor, county lines aren't visible."


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A new ordinance proposed for consideration Monday afternoon would change the way city residents file appeals to St. Augustine's planning and zoning and historical review boards.
The ordinance requires those filing an appeal to have legal standing, meaning they must have a direct interest in the outcome. For example, a city resident who did not like a zoning variation decision may not file an appeal unless he or she was affected.
In addition, the grounds for the appeal must be stated. This could require additional documents being filed or the appeal being thrown out if there are insufficient grounds.
City Attorney Jim Wilson, City Manager Bill Harriss and Mayor Len Weeks were not available for comment Friday, but Mark Knight, director of planning and building, said frivolous appeals needlessly use up the city's time and expense.
The ordinance was presented, he said, "in the event there is an appeal just for the sake of appealing. People appeal just because they don't like the (zoning board's) decision, not because there were reasonable grounds.''
He cited an appeal by Diane Mills, a resident of Lewis Speedway, who appealed a zoning decision allowing 100 homes on a tidal creek next to her home. Originally, she did not state a reason for the appeal.
Later, Mills' attorney, Deborah Andrews, cited many reasons for an appeal during her hearing before the City Commission. The commission gave her a partial victory, reducing the number of homes allowed.
But, in an unusual twist, the developer of that 34-acre parcel, Tide Water Development, recently appealed Mills' appeal, forcing the city to seek a mediator.
Under the ordinance, a hearing would be granted within 30 days.
Knight said the procedure now allows anyone to come to City Hall, pay the $120 fee and file an appeal.
"Somebody's not going to like all decisions. (With this ordinance), the city's now saying, "What's your basis?' '' he said.
According to St. Augustine resident Robert Hall, who has filed an appeal with the city about the Monson decision, the ordinance comes suspiciously close to the filing of his action. The Monson Bayfront Resort, which has historical ties, has elicited controversy over its reconstruction plan.
"The coincidence of it being proposed at this time would be very strange, otherwise,'' Hall said. "The implication (of the ordinance) is that my appeal doesn't have any basis.''
Hall is fiercely opposed to the Monson project, saying it vastly increases the size of the current hotel structure on the site, allows St. Augustine's first underground parking garage and destroys historic ruins.
"They keep giving the city away, giving its history away, with inaccurate structures. We definitely have something to sell. We'll lose it. I got concerned about the exceptions the city keeps making,'' he said.
He says the appeal form has no space to describe the basis of an appeal.
"It's going to make it much more difficult to appeal,'' Hall said. "People who are not lawyers could be denied that opportunity because they didn't word things in a technical way.''
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text: I have 3 Walmarts that I ride my bike to depending where I'm at. Two of them have little kiddie grade school type bike racks that aren't even bolted to the ground. The new store doesn't have anything. I talked to customer service and they told me to do the contact suggestion thing online so I did. I don't like locking up to the handicapped signs when those people are trying to park or leave. Dangerous! I'm sure it wouldn't cost them very much to do it. Target and even Costco, where a bike would be pretty much useless without a trailer, have modern big tube bicycle racks.


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Current Interest
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
Science & Technology
Young Adult Literature
2008 Robert Kirsch Award
Paula J. Giddings, Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching (Amistad/HarperCollins)
Runners Up:
H.W. Brands, A Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Doubleday)
Ernest Freeberg, Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War,
and the Right to Dissent (Harvard University Press)
Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
(Random House)
Jackie Wullschlager, Chagall: A Biography (Knopf)
Barton Gellman, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (Penguin Press)
Runners Up:
Steve Coll, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
(The Penguin Press)
Dexter Filkins, The Forever War (Knopf)
Jane Mayer, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror
Turned into a War on American Ideals (Doubleday)
Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Viking)
Marilynne Robinson, Home
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Runners Up:
Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture (Viking)
Richard Price, Lush Life (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Joan Silber, The Size of the World (W. W. Norton)
Marisa Silver, The God of War (Simon & Schuster)
Zoë Ferraris, Finding Nouf
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Runners Up:
Uwem Akpan, Say You're One of Them (Little, Brown and Co.)
Sadie Jones, The Outcast (HarperCollins)
Roma Tearne, Mosquito (Europa Editions)
David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Ecco)
Mark Mazower, Hitlers Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe (The Penguin Press)
Runners Up:
Michael Dobbs, One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro
on the Brink of Nuclear War (Knopf)
Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the
American Civil War (Knopf)
Thomas J. Sugrue, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil
Rights in the North (Random House)
Rick Wartzman, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (PublicAffairs)
Michael Koryta, Envy the Night
(Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur)
Runners Up:
Colin Harrison, The Finder (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Simon Lewis, Bad Traffic: An Inspector Jian Novel (Scribner)
Nina Revoyr, The Age of Dreaming (Akashic Books)
Tom Rob Smith, Child 44 (Grand Central Publishing)
Frank Bidart, Watching the Spring Festival: Poems
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Runners Up:
Jorie Graham, Sea Change: Poems (Ecco)
Marie Howe, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems (W.W. Norton)
Cole Swensen, Ours (University of California Press)
Connie Voisine, Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream
(University of Chicago Press)
Leonard Susskind, The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics (Little, Brown and Co.)
Runners Up:
Avery Gilbert, What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
(Crown Publishing)
Kenneth R. Miller, Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for Americas Soul
Martin J.S. Rudwick, Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of
Geohistory in the Age of Reform (University of Chicago Press)
Carl Zimmer, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life (Pantheon)
Terry Pratchett, Nation (HarperCollins)
Runners Up:
Candace Fleming, The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
(Schwartz & Wade/Random House Childrens Books)
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins)
Oscar Hijuelos, Dark Dude (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf Productions)


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SEATTLE (AP) — The parents of a mentally ill Bainbridge Island man who was shot by police and then left to bleed to death can purse their lawsuit — and the judge says the family can seek damages for pain and suffering, even where state law would normally bar it.
U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton in Tacoma denied a request by the city of Bainbridge Island and two police officers to dismiss the claims Monday.
Doug Ostling was shot and killed in his apartment in 2010 after he made a rambling 911 call. When police arrived he told them there was no emergency, but officers said they saw him inside with an ax.
State law would normally restrict potential damages to lost income for a key claim in the case. But the judge says that law is inconsistent with federal civil rights statutes, and he won't apply it.


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The Purti Group today is one of the fastest growing professionally owned enterprises in India. Purti has grown from being a Retailer to one of the largest and respected group in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State in India.
Purti has created world class processing/manufacturing units for producing Sugar, Power, Ethanol, LPG, Bio-Diesel, Bio-Fertilizers, Biomass processing, Agro based products, FMCG like various Spices, and Soybean Oil. Apart from the above manufacturing units the group has interest in Infrastructure and Trading sector.
Over the past few years, the group has diversified into emerging business areas in the fast expanding Indian economy. It is committed to sustainable business practices. Our health safety and environment, management system is based on parameters of Global standards. Purti has taken keen initiatives in renewable & alternate energy sources, ecological balance, recycling of byproducts to create value addition and minimization of industrial waste. It has ISO 9001:2008 certified working segments.
Bagasse (i.e. fibrous matter that remains after sugarcane is crushed to extract its juice.) is used as fuel for generating electricity. Molasses (i.e. thick dark syrup produced during boiling down the sugar cane juice during sugar refining) is used for making Ethanol, Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA) and Rectified Spirit (RS).


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Franklin Park Vipers provides a youth baseball and softball program for ages 5 through 17 years old for the residents of Franklin Park and the surrounding communities. The Vipers organization has been a proud affiliate of the Park District of Franklin Park for over fourteen years. We provide an indoor training facility that Vipers players can use for free, once they are registered. The training facility has two batting cages and an open area for throwing and pitching. Indoor clinics and practices start after registration and will continue until the weather permits us to go outside (April 1st). Our spring/summer season runs from mid-April to the end of June, consisting of 16 to 18 games. In addition to the regular season, we have participated in Sunday leagues, summer tournaments, Fall Ball and trips to Cooperstown, New York. Our league is run and managed by volunteers. Every season we look for ways of improving and with volunteer help, we can accomplish those goals. Registration for the 2013 season will be held at the practice facility at 4045 Tugwell Street in Franklin Park.
Registration dates are:
Saturday, January 17 - 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Friday, January 23 - 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 24 - 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Mark White at 847-800-5574 or Phil Fontanetta 630-272.2473. For more details, please visit www.leaguelineup.com/franklinparkvipers.
This fall Thunder Soccer will begin its 33 year of providing a quality recreational youth soccer program for kids in the Leyden community.
The Thunder Soccer Club was established in 1983 and is conducted primarily by parents as volunteers that become Coaches and Board Members. Thunder Soccer Club is a member of the Illinois Youth Soccer Association (IYSA) based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. IYSA is associated with US Youth Soccer. In March 2009, Thunder Soccer was recognized by IYSA and its 375 member clubs as the 2008 - State of Illinois, "Youth Soccer Club of the Year."
Registration for Thunder Soccer's Fall season will be held on two dates: Saturdays, August 22 and August 29 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) at the Community Center. Fall practices will begin on Tuesday, September 8. The program includes twice-weekly practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at various parks and schools in the Leyden area. Games are played on Sundays at West Leyden H.S., 1000 Wolf Road, Northlake. This season's first games will be played on Sunday, September 13. The final games will be played on Sunday, November 1.
Our Spring 2015 season sold out before the end of the second registration date. Don't be left out. More volunteer coaches will allow more kids to play. Volunteer to Coach at registration.
Participants must be 5 years old by September 1, 2015. The program is intended for boys and girls in Kindergarten through eighth grades. Each participant receives a uniform (shirt and socks) participants provide shin guards and black (pull on) gym shorts. Soccer shoes or cleats are not required. Gym shoes are acceptable for practice and game play. Thunder sponsors a "Shoe Exchange" for our players to donate previously used soccer shoes to the program and players may "borrow" a pair to use for the season and to return them to the Thunder "Shoe Exchange" at the end of the season. In accordance with IYSA rules, Players must wear protective goggles. Eye glasses are not allowed to be worn in practices or in games.
Registration fee is $65 per player, with discounts for siblings. Your registration fee includes, Two one-hour weekly practices and one game per week (weather permitting), Supplemental Liability Insurance through IYSA, Team Photo package, Game award and Trophies for each player.
For more information, contact Richard Link at 847-233-9176 or Miguel Valdez at (847) 233-9176.
Play football or cheerlead for one of the best organizations in the area. Regular season runs from August 1 through October 31. For registration or more information call Bill Otte, 708-562-8323. Visit their website at www.leydenbears.com.
Organizes an elite level of amateur competition of local teams. Inaugural season operates from January through April ending the season with an all-star game. Exciting competition can be experienced Sundays, 11:30 am - 4:00 pm at the Community Center.
The league is dedicated to promoting and creating an amateur and competitive sporting atmosphere for volleyball. Activities of the organization include organizing volleyball leagues and tournments. More information can be found on their website at www.plschicago.org.
The mission of the West Suburban Special Recreation Association is to provide superior recreation services for persons with disabilities.
West Suburban Special Recreation Association
Phone: (847) 455-2100
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.WSSRA.net
WSSRA offers programs for persons with a wide range of disabilities and handicapping conditions.
This includes individuals who have:
The variety of programs include:
To learn more about the process, services, participation, and WSSRA programs or how to register, visit www.WSSRA.net or call (847) 455-2100.
Click here for the Inclusion Booklet.
In addition to the many sports programs offered by the Park District of Franklin Park, there are several organizations that coordinate instructional, recreational, and competitive youth programs. Volunteer parents and adults are the backbone of these programs. For more information on Thunder Soccer, Vipers Baseball and Softball or WSSRA, please contact these groups directly.
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Please see below for our current accommodation rates. Please note that in High Season, we require a minimum stay of 3 nights.
Accommodation Type
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|Oceano Studio, situated adjacent to main beachfront hotel with compact kitchenette.
|Double Superior, Non Sea View
|Ocean Front Mini Suite.
|Deluxe Ocean Front Mini Suite
|Jacuzzi Suite
All rates per room per night and include 10% local tax. In order to proceed with the booking we require one nights deposit payable by credit card (16 digit Visa or Mastercard number & expiry date).
Please note, El Oceano Hotel is recommended for adults. No activities are available for children.
Start every day right at El Oceano by joining us for breakfast. Continental (per person), 10.45€. Full English (per person), 13.75€.
Prices shown include local tax.


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Bus.io application monitoring middleware
Monitor you bus.io apps with
var bus = require'bus.io'3000;var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';bususemonitor;
A full list of options.
The monitor sends messages to the bus so you can configure how it delivers the messages.
var bus = require'bus.io'3000;var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';bususemonitoractor:'bus monitor' target:'bus monitor' action:'monitoring stuff' interval:1000;
monitor will collect stats about your
bus.io app. It keeps track of messages going
in the bus, on the bus, and going to the socket. It will trigger a
report event at an
interval. You can pass the
interval as an option.
var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';bususemonitorinterval:1000;
You can listen to the
report event and consume it however you best see fit.
var events = require'events';var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';monitoron'report' console.logreportdata;;bususemonitor;
monitor has a built-in cheesy app that will aggregate
reports and send them to its clients.
var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';monitorapplisten3030;
You can also just run the app too.
$ cd busio-monitor$ npm install$ PORT=3000 node app/
var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor';
Create a new
monitor given these options.
var monitor = require'bus.io-monitor'actor:'me' target:'me' action:'report' interval:1000;
Access the current
report the
monitor is populating.
var report = monitorreport;
Setst he report to a new one.
Gets the built-in application that visual reports the data.
You can flush the current
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monitoron'report' console.log'report' reportdata;;monitortick;
This will stop the
tick() method from being called each interval.
This method is called whenever you attach the
monitor to a
bus. However, you
can always start it again if you happen to clear it.
Triggered each time we collect data from a
monitor.on('data', function (data) { console.log('data');});
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tick() method is invoked.
monitoron'report' console.logreportdata;;
monitor populates a
report with data it receives from the
data event.
var Report = require'bus.io-monitor'Report;
Makes a new
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var data = 'organism' 'insect' 'cricket';var key = reportkeydata;assertequalkey 'organism.insect.crieck';
Populates a report by incrementing the values given the points. Or if they do not already exist sets them to 1. This may sound confusing so look at the example below.
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data() you will get this output.
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Install node.js (See download and install instructions here: http://nodejs.org/).
Clone this repository
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> sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
To run the tests, just run grunt
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Lens on xz-2 but the TCON 17x
I've just received the Lens tube adapter by kiwifotos for my OLY xz-2, i was wondering if someone gave a try to mount different kind of lens (macro-tele-or whatever) on this compact camera. In the next future i'll consider the possibility to buy the tcon 17x but before that i'm really curios to know if other lenses fit the adapter and if they work right with the camera...
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Review by amurpha08
October, 20 2008
Pros: the engine and wiring is very easy to work on
does not go as fast as i would like it to
Review by samfuchs
April, 07 2007
Pros: Great Power, 4 door is nice, handles ok.
Cons: Extremely bad gas Mileage, MY F150 gets better gas mileage
Review by rompn4x
January, 02 2007
Pros: Good looks, solid foundation, loads of aftermarket upgrades, makes for the ultimate prerunner truck.
Cons: 2.5 is kinda gutless, 7.5" axle on 4 cyl. can't handle abuse for long
Review by peterwolfs
August, 28 2006
Pros: Reliable, great little hauler. Nice interior for a truck.
Cons: Terrible gas mileage with 3.0 V6 and Four Wheel Drive
Review by zerotsm
August, 21 2005
Pros: A good work truck with good fuel economy.
Cons: Has vacuum pulse hubs which may fail at any moment.
Review by drb1956
August, 01 2005
Pros: Do the scheduled maintenance, and you'll drive virtually worry free.
Cons: The 2.5L is just adequate power, but not a "serious performance" engine.
Review by sliim
September, 28 2003
Pros: Girls like it!
Cons: none
Review by margk
February, 11 2003
Pros: Reliable, Durable, stereo rocks
Cons: 4.0L motor, hard to access back seats, accessory problems, customer service while under warranty
Review by punkid182
December, 08 2002
Pros: Looks, Comfort, Power, Ruggedness, Options
Cons: Gas, Space, Clutch
Review by sponsellerfd
April, 24 2002
Pros: low priced, nice mpg, interior nice
Cons: Maintenance, maintenance....
Review by surfy101
February, 28 2002
Pros: Nice exterior, fun to drive.
Cons: No power!
Review by nicktod
February, 13 2002
Pros: Nice Look
Cons: Poor Manufacturing, Tiny Interior with Terrible bucket seats.
Review by knowinit
October, 15 2001
Pros: Body style, interior comfort
Cons: Gas mileage
Review by juvalenc
July, 01 2001
Pros: Fun to drive
Cons: Fuel consumption,lack of power
Review by PhoenixFlight
May, 28 2001
Pros: Looks great and functions at a highly reliable level.
Cons: None.
Review by alicia_81
May, 25 2001
Pros: It looks so good. Very comfortable
Cons: None
Review by kermie530
April, 08 2001
Pros: The sporty-ness, amzing pickup, strong hauling for small size
Cons: The worthless back seat
Review by gohan0010
April, 08 2001
Pros: It's American built, Ford Tough, and It looks good for it's size
Cons: It's lower in Hp than the bigger trucks.
Review by chrisgould
April, 06 2001
Pros: Roomy, sporty look, plenty of power for my uses
Cons: haven't found one yet
Review by Kathy6085
February, 24 2001
Pros: The truck is very easy to drive and is a fun vehicle to drive.
Cons: The cab is very small.
Review by siranthony7
February, 20 2001
Pros: Rides quiet, lots of room. Many features, great styling.
Cons: Stiff 4 wheel drive. Bed covers are hard to put on, mainly the leather snap-ons.


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UG's winning ways at rugby continue
The University of Guyana rugby team proved they are no flash in the pan after they defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rugby team by 48 points to 28 to win the Bounty Farm Products 15-a-side competition organized by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday in the National Park.
It was the second tournament win in succession for the university players following their victory in the GDF anniversary tournament recently.
National player Rondell McArthur led the way with three tries while Lance Adonis supported with two tries and for good measure even threw in a conversion.
Other tries came from Michael and Danny Anderson and Telroy McAlmont while Godfrey Broomes converted two of the tries and Alistair Walker, one.
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Unraveling the Molecular Wiring that Controls Endothelial Cell Plasticity
Blood vessels, the pipes that serve as conduits for nutrients and oxygen, are critical for the repair and regeneration of any human tissue/organ. Our work focuses in developing novel technology to effectively grow the cells involved in the formation of new blood vessels. The findings generated thus far, and presented in this application as preliminary support, indicate that a specific subset of genes effectively regulates the metabolism of vessel-forming cells and drastically change their proliferative potential. The experiments outlined in this application will further explore these initial findings to improve upon this technology and understand the underlying reasons (mechanisms) that drive this change in proliferation potential. Findings from this application are likely to significantly improve our ability to generate blood vessels in a large number of tissues and thus, the present application has broad implications for regenerative medicine.
Regenerative Biology is clearly the next frontier in Medicine. Research advances performed by investigators in California will result in patents benefiting the University and the State. Specifically within this application, the technology to be investigated has the potential to significantly improve our ability to give rise to cells that form blood vessels. These cells are critical to construct the pipes (blood vessels) that deliver nutrients and oxygen and that are essential in the regeneration of any tissue. In this manner, findings from the outlined experiments are likely to be incorporated in a large number of applications aiming at renewal, repair and /or de novo reconstruction of multiple tissue types, as blood vessels are an integral part of all human organs. In addition, the present proposal will offer employment and training to at least two individuals.


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Brutal Attack On Nigerian Village Kills More Than 125
At least 125 people were killed in an attack on a market in a Nigerian village near the Cameroon border. The violence is suspected to be the work of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which has also claimed responsibility for abducting more than 250 girls from a school last month.
CNN says that the attack targeted "an area that troops had been using as a base in the search" for the kidnapped girls.
The attack on the village of Gamboru Ngala occurred Monday, but it wasn't widely reported until days later. A resident says soldiers kept the area cordoned off for days. The reported death toll has varied widely, with local and international media reporting that anywhere from 125 people to more than 300 were killed.
NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton filed this report for our Newscast unit:
"A senator for Nigeria's beleaguered northeastern Borno state confirmed the attack on Gamboru, saying gunmen shouting, 'God is great,' drove in a convoy to the remote area, near neighboring Cameroon.
"Ahmed Zanna says that during the rampage, the assailants killed residents, razed dozens of buildings, burned vehicles and stole food and motorcycles."
Reuters spoke to a resident who survived the ordeal and witnessed its horrible aftermath:
"Talatu Sulel... said she survived by hiding at home with her children. Afterwards, she went out with the police team to see the devastation.
" 'I counted 85 dead before I lost interest in counting. This is horrible, ' she told Reuters by telephone. 'They burned vehicles, cars and 17 trailers loaded with cows and grains in the market.' "
The state of Borno is also home to Chibok, where hundreds of girls were taken by Boko Haram gunmen more than three weeks ago. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, released a video this week saying he planned to sell the girls.
The mass abduction, and the government's response to it, has sparked protests. Other nations, such as the U.S., Britain, and France, have offered their help in the search for the girls.
As Ofeibea reports, "Nigerian police are offering a $300,000 reward to anyone helping to locate and rescue the students. More girls were kidnapped in a separate raid this week."
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Obituaries - 1/7/2007
Borrelli, Wilma
Brown, Donald
Evans, Gailen
Fox, Phyllis
Haehn, Sylvester
Hammond, Patricia
Hendrickson, Vivian
Knott, Joyce
Lauten, Laura
Myers, Leonard
Poncia, Gary
Sadelack, Karen
Scheft, Joseph
Yamanaka, Terue
Sybil F. Edwards
Glen K. Engsberg
Tamra Wyss Ruddeck
Laura Lauten, 58
ESCONDIDO - Laura Lauten, 58, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, at Life Care Center.
Born July 18, 1949, in New York City, she lived in Escondido 11 years.
Ms. Lauten was preceded in death by her father, William "Bill" Lauten, in 1999.
She is survived by her mother, Lyn Cawley Lauten of Escondido; brother and sister-in-law Guy and Sharon Lauten of San Francisco; and sisters Nancy and Moira of New York.
A Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Church of St. Timothy (Canyon Road) in Escondido with the Rev. F. Martinez officiating. A private cremation is planned with inurnment in early spring at the Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village, N.Y., with the Rev. Tom Miller officiating.
The family suggests memorial donations to Elizabeth Hospice, 150 W. Crest St., Escondido, CA 92025.
Accu-Care Cremation Center is handling arrangements.
Joseph Scheft, 89
OCEANSIDE - Joseph A. Scheft, 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.
Born June 16, 1917, in Cincinnati, he lived in Oceanside for 18 years.
Mr. Scheft was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jeanne Scheft, in 2005.
He is survived by his daughters, Florence Lynn Scheft of Oceanside and Pamela Mezaraups of Columbus, Ohio; sister Selma Garber of Eugene, Ore.; and one grandchild.
No services are being held. Interment at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside is planned.
Eternal Hills Mortuary is handling arrangements.
Wilma Borrelli, 77
VISTA - Wilma Ann Borrelli, 77, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Tri-City Medical Center.
Born May 12, 1929, in Chicago area, she lived in Vista for 17 years. She was a teacher at St. Mark's Lutheran School in Sauk Village, Ill. for 25 years.
Mrs. Borrelli was preceded in death by her husband, Dominick Michael Borrelli, in 1990.
She is survived by her sons, Donald M. Borrelli of Hammond, Ind., and Robert E. Borrelli of Posen, Ill.; daughter Christine Harrell of Vista; brother Bob Witzke of Washington; 10 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held in Illinois. A private interment is planned at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside.
Allen Bros. Mortuary, Vista Chapel, is handling arrangements.
Terue Yamanaka, 90
CARLSBAD - Terue Yamanaka, 90, died on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006.
Mrs. Yamanaka is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Rene and Jeff Wustman of Carlsbad; sister Mirry Fujita of Sacramento; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Jiro and Grace Yamanaka of Los Angeles; sister-in-law Masako Miyake of Montebello; and two grandsons.
Memorial services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 2,s at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar.
Karen Sadelack, 63
OCEANSIDE - Karen Council Sadelack, 63, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006.
Born Feb. 7, 1943, in Gary, Ind., she lived in Oceanside and previously in Minneapolis and Hobart, Ind. She graduated from Hobart High School and then was employed by Prudential Insurance for 22 years. She enjoyed cards and cribbage and served as social coordinator for her apartment complex.
Mrs. Sadelack was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers David and Myles.
She is survived by her daughter, Kelly Schultz of Oceanside; sons and daughter-in-law Ed Jr., and Doreen Sadelack of Ham Lake, Mich., and Christopher Sadelack of Oceanside; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services have been held. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
Memorials in her memory, may be made to the Vitas Hospice Care. For further information, please call Rees Funeral Home ñ Hobart Chapel at (219) 942-2109 or www.reesfuneralhomes.com.


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Yes the fonts clash between BMC and Boyd and I don't typically like BIG letters on BIG rims BUT damn this get's a HOT vote from me - It's a beautiful build
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2009 Specialized 'Roubaix comp' with Sram Force - S-Works bar/stem
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Juror in Vybz Kartel case slapped with multiple charges
(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives from the Kingston Central Police Division have now charged the juror in the Vybz Kartel murder trial who allegedly tried to sway others to change their verdict to not guilty.
Football coach, 50-year-old Livingston Cain of Stony Hill, St Andrew has been charged with five counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
He is to appear before the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, March 18.
Cain was arrested at court on Thursday shortly after the 10 to one guilty verdict was handed down in the keenly-watched Kartel trial.
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Seems like an excessive spread this morning at the start. Are we going to make progress today or churn some more.
Probably churn but it was nice to see snss trade off the lows at the end yesterday. It just feels that they want to keep her above 5. I'm looking forward to seeing the fund and institutional ownership numbers for the end of the quarter. I think we'll be pleasantly surprised again. GLTU
My guess is that we churn through July. We may hear initial news regarding continuation (or not) of one of the LI - 1 studies in August (that's the suggestion in conference speeches by SNSS management). My hunch is that news from LI-1 will move the stock - continuation of those studies will be seen as evidence that VALOR will suceed. Of course, discontinuation will be seen as evidence that VALOR won't succeed, and it will also be seen as meaning that first line is off the table. So - hope for continuation of the LI-1 studies.
What will you compare to? Below are two sources I follow.
From Yahoo:
% of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: 29%
% of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 57%
% of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 80%
Number of Institutions Holding Shares: 82
From E*Trade:
Name; Shares Held; Position Value; % of Total; Holdings; OutstandingShares Owned; Investment Style
Alta Partners 2.8 M $15.4 M 5.64 5.88% Moderate
Bay City Capital L.L.C. 5.6 M $30.8 M 11.28 11.76% Low
BlackRock Financial Management... 2.1 M $11.7 M 4.30 4.48% High
Fidelity Management & Research... 5.1 M $28.0 M 10.25 10.70% Moderate
Merlin Nexus 3.0 M $16.3 M 5.95 6.21% Low
New Enterprise Associates (NEA... 5.6 M $30.8 M 11.27 11.76% Low
Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC 3.3 M $18.1 M 6.60 6.89% Low
RA Capital Management, LLC 4.9 M $26.6 M 9.73 10.14% High
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Recalling the stars of your dad's record collection
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Justin Bieber and Skrillex are going to have to start apologising hard.
The camping festival feels like a particularly British experience, here are some of the best.
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Just short of 50 years ago, the Slocum House was rescued from destruction by Hermine Decker, a theater arts instructor at Clark College, Robert Hidden, and John Broughter of the Fort Vancouver Historical Society. It was moved to its location and renovated to house a community theatre. The Slocum House Theatre Company proudly debuted their first production in 1972. All productions have been performed and directed by volunteers and it has continuously produced fine live theatre since then.
However, recently the theater board was notified by the city of Vancouver that its rental rates would be increasing as of January. The rent to the Slocum House is a whopping 400 percent what it was. This will effectively close this beloved theatre company. There will be no more entertaining and inspiring productions; gone will be the youth program that the Slocum House has offered during the summer, where young people can experience theatre from the creation of an idea through the performance.
A valuable community treasure will be lost if we allow the Slocum House Theatre to be closed. Please join me in expressing your disapproval to our mayor and city council. Remind them that this building was brought there specifically to be a community theatre.
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Bowling, Bocce Coming to Georgetown Park That bowling might be going to Georgetown Park was first reported at a meeting ...
Bowling, Bocce Coming to Georgetown Park That bowling might be going to Georgetown Park was first reported at a meeting ...
Rigo Landa of Georgetown Hairstyling, the classic, old-school barber shop at 1329 35th St., NW, will officially retire Nov. 8.
At the ANC meeting Oct. 31, the O and P Street Project was praised. A new live-music venue and eatery at 34th and K streets announced its plans.
Did you see Michael Jackson, the Jedi knight, the mellow Darth Maul, the V-for-Vengeance crew in front of the bank and President Barack Obama? And President John Kennedy? Only in Georgetown -- with our friendly but firm Metropolitan Police.
The floodgates are up at Washington Harbour. With Tony & Joe's and Nick's Riverside Grill just re-opening after 18 months due to an April 2011 flood, there was concern for the revamped restaurants and the soon-to-open ice skating rink at the Potomac River complex.
Once again, the Georgetown Gala, a benefit for the Citizens Association, got residents, business leaders and politicians talking, singing and dancing at the Russian Embassy.
Buffalo Exchange to open in Georgetown on October 27.
The Georgetown restaurant scene keeps getting brighter: Fabio Trabocchi plans to open a seafood place at Washington Harbour, and Michel Richard plans to re-open Citronelle.
The Georgetown Business Association enjoyed a reception Oct. 17 at Degrees Bistro in the Ritz-Carlton with autumn-inspired drinks.
Check out what's opened and closed in Georgetown recently.
News on the Washington Harbour Ice Rink, West Heating Plant auction and S&R Foundation.
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Washington Harbour's owner MRP Realty says the 11,800-square-foot Washington Harbour Ice Rink will be opening before Thanksgiving.
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Indian Investors Turn Defensive
MUMBAI – Indian investors are returning to defensive stocks with foreign investment flows slowing as the initial euphoria of the government's recent economic reform measures begins to fade.
A flood of foreign fund investments that followed New Delhi's announcement of economic reforms in mid-September and early October has also taken the local stock market to levels that aren't sustainable, leading to a correction in cyclical stocks, analysts and dealers said.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index closed up 1.0% at 18791.93. The highest point the benchmark reached this year was 19137.29, on Oct. 5.
Analysts said the index is holding on close to the 2012 high because of support from defensive stocks -- companies such as makers of consumer staples, which don't suffer much demand slowdown even in periods of economic uncertainty.
"It is the defensive stocks that are moving up and keeping the benchmark index in a range," said A.K. Prabhakar, a senior analyst at Anand Rathi Securities.
Stocks of companies like cigarette maker ITC and detergents and personal products company Hindustan Unilever EQHINDUNILVR 0.79 % are popular among Indian investors during times of uncertainty due to their consistent return on investments.
Mr. Prabhakar said these stocks offer a "place to hide for fund managers in a market where one does not know where to invest."
Uncertainty has returned to the market because of concerns over how the government will get Parliament's support for its Oct. 4 proposals to lift foreign investment in insurance and open up the pension sector to overseas investors. The other reform steps such as increasing investment in retail, aviation and broadcasting, announced last month, do not require Parliament's approval.
Also, expectations the central bank will cut its policy interest rate have receded after recent data showed a pickup in inflation.
Foreign institutional investors sold a net $17.8 million of Indian shares Tuesday -- the first time they have reported net sales in four weeks. They purchased a net $3.51 billion of local shares in September and another $2.01 billion so far in October, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
The deepening uncertainty has helped ITC and Hindustan Unilever. Both stocks hit all-time highs this week.
ITC ended Thursday up 1.3% at 291.40 rupees ($5.49), just off its record high of 290.85. The company is scheduled to report its second quarter results Friday.
ITC has the biggest weighting of the Sensitive Index's 30 stocks, at 10.04%. The stock has gained 44% in 2012.
Hindustan Unilever was up 0.5% at 575.65 rupees Thursday. The stock hit a record high of 579.60 rupees touched Tuesday.
Since the government announced its recent reform steps in mid-September, ITC has gained 8.1% and Hindustan Unilever 5.7%. These stocks and the Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods Index, up 7.7%, have outperformed the Sensitive Index, which has gained 4.3%.


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He was the drummer for the Beatles in their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg. His mother, Mona Best, was the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. The various early incarnations of the Beatles played the Casbah more than 90 times. Best has co-written a large format book The Beatles: The True Beginnings (by Roag Best with Pete and Rory Best). Today he writes, records and tours with his own group, The Pete Best Band.
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Summary:After losing a leg in an auto accident, an actress focuses her energy on refurbishing the loft where she lives with her husband. Their relationship is strained, however, by the arrival of her half-sister, whose extroversion puts into question the stability of the relationship between the older couple.


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Sadly the invasion of Rhodes did not go according to plan and the Allies were unable to establish air supremacy over the area, with the result that the Germans counter attacked on 5th October, 1943. Kos is a very small island and (as my father put it) with "nowhere to run" the allied forces were largely captured within the week. They were held for a short time in the castle on Kos whilst awaiting transport to the mainland of Greece, where they were marched to Athens. Here my father temporarily lost contact with many of his comrades due to sickness and being confined to a series of hospitals.
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A/Sqd.Ldr. Ralph Van Den Bok DFC.. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve "B" Flight (CO) No. 214 (FMS) Sqdn from East Horsley, Surrey)
Further to my researches into the service career of this interesting and remarkable man, with whom my father flew a number of missions or "Ops" in 1944/45,I now have something approaching a proper "story".
Ralph Van Den Bok was born in London, in about 1907, of a Dutch father and Australian mother. After school, he attended Dulwich College, and by the outbreak of WW2, was working at the London Stock Exchange. In 1940,he applied to join the RAFVR, and was granted a commission as a Pilot Officer on Probation (July,1940). After training as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Ralph joined No.408 (Goose) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with whom he flew 30 Operations as a "Wireless Air Gunner ", to use RCAF parlance.
In August 1941, Ralph was "Gazetted" as a Flying Officer, and continued to serve with No.408 Sqdn, rising to become a leader , and so always flying with the Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander John D Twigg, RCAF. In the summer of 1942, following a brave but unsuccessful attack on the German cruiser "Scharnhorst", and having exhibited outstanding devotion to operational flying, Ralph was awarded his first DFC (Gazetted August 1942, at which time he was also Gazetted as a Flight Lieutenant).
Within a few weeks, however, Ralph's aircraft, a Handley-Page Hampden, was shot down over Belgium, returning from a mission to bomb Saarbrucken, by Luftwaffe night-fighter "Ace" Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget in a JU 88. The pilot Wing Commander Twigg and the rear gunner, Flt/Lt Maitland DFC were killed, but Ralph and Flt/Lt Gordon Clayton Fisher, RCAF, baled out and after contacting Belgian esacape organisations , in Ralph's case "Comete" ,they returned to the UK. Ralph was then awarded a second DFC, Gazetted November 1942.
Ralph was then accepted for training as a pilot,and was sent to Hagersville, Ontario, Canada,where he was awarded his wings, aged 38. Returning to Britain, he joined No. 12 OTU at Chipping Warden, where he "crewed up" with my father, then Flt/Sgt John Mills RAFVR, who became Ralph's Wireless Op/Air Gunner, they first flew together in Wellington bombers in June 1944.
After further training in Stirlings of 1657 Conversion Unit, they became "operational" with No.214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, which flew Radio Counter-Measures (radio/radar jamming) sorties using Boeing B 17 "Flying Fortress" aircraft, from RAF Oulton in Norfolk.
In January 1945, Ralph was promoted to Acting Squadron Leader,and became Commanding Officer of "B" Flight of No.214 Squadron.By the end of hostilities,in May 1945, Ralph had flown a further 17 "Operations",and had exhibited such qualities of leadership and devotion to duty that he was awarded his third DFC ,in October (Gazetted November 1945). He remained in the RAF,in the rank of Flight Lt. for many years after the war, resigning his commission (as a Sqd/Ldr) in the Reserve in 1955. After flying a Proctor for a while with Standard Oil (ESSO), Ralph was, sadly, badly hurt in the Lewisham Rail Disaster of 1957, losing a leg to gangrene. He died in Salisbury in 1976.
I am deeply indebted to Adrian Van Den Bok, in Australia,for all the information he has provided about the life of his admirable and inspirational father, without whose skill and professionalism I would not be here today to write this tribute.Roger Vaughan Mills
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A. E. Van Den Bogaert . Royal Air Force 320 (Netherlands) Squadron from Holland)
(d.11th Jan 1943)
A E Van Den Bogeart, a Dutch national, served in the Royal Air Force with 320 (Netherlands) Squadron during WW2.
On the 11th January 1943 Hudson '863' of 320 Squadron was lost on a training flight over the Irish Sea.
It's crew members were:
- Off. A.E. Van Den Bogaert - Missing in Action.
- Off. F. Schut - Missing in Action.
- Cpl. B. Corporaal - Missing in Action.
- A.F. Post - Missing in Action.S Flynn
Sqdn Ldr Ralph Van Den Bok DFC & 2Bar.. RAFVR 214 squadron
I am most interested in Squadron Leader Ralph Van Den Bok, DFC & 2Bar. RAFVR, as my father, Flying Officer John Tudor Mills (Wop/AG), flew on Ops with him in Boeing B17 F & G aircraft of 214 Sqdn, based at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, part of 100 group, during 1944/45. Records of the squadron's activities are somewhat sparse, in view of what they did (ECM etc). I have been quite unable to determine S/Ldr Van Den Bok's nationality, although I suspect that he might have been Canadian,as he was awarded his first DFC in 1942, as a Flying Officer, whilst operating with 408 (Goose) Squadron, RCAF (although he himself was RAFVR). From bits and pieces that I have managed to unearth, I gather that he was shot down by Flak at some point and escaped through Belgium, but I don't know the details. 3 DFC's is quite an achievement, he was awarded one of them for "Devotion to operational flying", or words to that effect. I would really like to find out more about him.Roger Mills
Van Den Burg . Royal Air Force No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF from Holland)
On 9th August 1944 a RAF plane, a Mitchell FR143 NO-S of 320 squadron, ditched at sea at 11:44 hrs (GMT)
Crew Members were:
- Van Den Burg
- C.A.G. Pieters - WIA
- Sgt. Wams
- Sgt. Hoffman
All were saved by ASR WalrusS Flynn
Sqd.Ldr Pieter Robert Marie van der Heijden . Royal Air Force 541 Squadron from Holland)
My Uncle, Squadron Leader Pieter Robert Marie van der Heijden was stationed at RAF Benson with the 541 Sqadron from 28/7/1940 until he was killed on a photo rec mission off the coast of Holland, year unknown. I would very much like to hear from anyone who knew my Uncle Pieter and any details of his fateful mission. I understand he had the reputation of being somewhat of a "maverick" amongst his conteporaires and was shot down whilst flying a mosquito on recon, as a result of low flying over his homeland.
Also anyone who may have known his younger brother, Johanus or "Johnnie" who was killed after the war, when his plane blew up during radar testing in July 1945J.P.M. van der Heijden
P. van Der Watt . from New Zealand)
J. Van Dijke . Royal air Force 320 Squadron (Netherlands) from Holland)
On 25th October 1943 a plane, a Mitchell FR166 of 320 squadron was hit by flak nr. Brest. It was ditched at sea at 14:47 hrs (GMT) at 49'40 N - 04'30 W.
Crew members were:
- J. Van Dijke - Captured by the Germans and became a POW
- H.A. Kaufman - Captured by the Germans and became a POW
- C. Schot - Captured by the Germans and became a POW
- C.J. Bank - Missing in Action.S Flynn
Sgt Carolus Ludovicus "Charles" van Heugten . Royal Air Force 320 Sqd. from Netherlands)
(d.22nd Nov 1942)
Carlus Ludovicus van Heugten was my wife's uncle. He was from a family of military pilots. His brother Fons was a military pilot in The Netherlands before the war and emigrated to Australia afterwards. His brother Willem, my father in law, got his training in the Netherlands in 1923 at 17 year of age from the first military instructor here, Versteegh. He later on moved to former East Indies (now Indonesia) to serve with the N.I. Navy Airforce. At the Japanese attack he moved to Australia via Broome and from there to the USA to join as flight instructor the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School in Jackson, Mississippi. He ended his carreer as airline pilot with KLM.Jan Kamp
Sgt. Carolus Ludovicus Gerardus Van Heugten . Royal Air Force 320 Squadron (Netherlands) from Holland)
(d.21st Nov 1942)
On 21st November 1942 the Hudson EW903 of 320 Squadron was lost off the Dutch Coast.
The crew members were:
- Sgt. Carolus Ludovicus Gerardus Van Heugten - Missing in Action
- Sgt. Laurens Abraham Hoogteiling - Missing in Action
- Lac Jacob De Ligt - Missing in Action
- Lac Jan Adrianus Den Ouden - Missing in ActionS Flynn
Pilot Officer Johannes Henricus Josephus Van Loon . Royal Air Force 320 Squadron (Netherlands) from Holland)
(d.9th Nov 1942)
On 9th November 1942 a Hudson EW912 of 320 squadron failed to return from anti-shipping-patrol and was lost at sea.
The crew members were:
- P/O J.H.J. Van Loon - Missing in Action
- P/O Richard De Boer - Missing in Action
- Lac Hindrik Jongman BEM - Missing in Action
- Lac Johan Frederik Mijsberg - Missing in ActionS Flynn
Johannes Antonius "Joop" van Lunenburg . Dutch Army (d.24th Jan 1944)
Around 1999 I learned from an aunt that I was named after my uncle Joop, Johannes Antonius van Lunenburg as I have same initials. Until then uncle Joop has never been mentioned by neither his four brothers nor his two sisters. Before my mother died at the age of 92 she gave me a picture and an "in memoriam" of Uncle Joop. but no further story and from my side I asked no further questions. Surfing around the internet for my last name I came at the Institute of Genealogie in Holland and to my surprise I found a death certificate of my uncle made in Chech and German language more or less confirming what was on the "in memoriam" and the cause of death, blood poissoned because of etc. It also states that he was a Dutch soldier and in a firm handwriting there is STALAG XIA. In my opinion Stalag means POW camp but how does a dutch soldier get there and why has nobody ever talked about him. I have my thoughts but is it possible to get a story straight?
Jos van Lunenburg
Leroy "Bud" Van Natta . US Army 634th AAA AW Battalion 106th Inf Division
My father, Leroy (Bud) Van Natta was captured during the battle of the bulge and sent to Stalag 4B, where he spent the remainder of the war. He was in the 634th AAA AW Battalion attached to the 106TH. He mentioned that they used to smuggle in cirgarettes into the camp in the sleeves of there coats. Once he mentioned that an SS Officers' son approached the fence and asked a prisoner for some gum and when the prisoner did not have any the Kid told the guards to shoot the prisoner which they did. If anyone remembers my Dad please let me know.Leroy Van Natta
FO John Victor Van Tighem DFC. Royal Canadian Air Force 428 Ghost Squadren from Strathmore AB)
Bernie Van Tighem
F/O Reginaif van Toen . Royal Air Force 10 OTUSimon Moriaty
Fus. Antonius J. Van-der-Donk . Dutch ArmyS B Flynn
Mil Mstr Petrus Theodorus VanBeek . Dutch Navy from Holland)
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