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Montville Municipal Building, 195 Changebridge Road
8:00PM Regular Meeting
Stated for the record.
Moore – Present Thomas
Buraszeski – Present
Donald Kanoff – Present James
Marinello – Present
Deane Driscoll – Present Carl DiPiazza (Alt #1) – Present
Cartine– Present Kenneth Shirkey
(Alt #2) – Present
Hug – Present
Also Present: William Denzler, Planner
Hank Huelsebusch, Engineer
Bruce Ackerman, Esq.
John Whipple, Esq. (Mr. Ackerman's
partner) present for a portion of the meeting
Stated for the record
The following application was
carried with notice preserved to 4/1/09:
ZC30-08 Sabbatino – 85
Jacksonville Rd. – B: 32, L: 1- variance for
accessory structure addition in front yard – Notice Acceptable ACT
attorney for JLJ&J agreed to allow the Krase application to proceed first.
ZC26-08 Krase – 9
Cedar Rd. – B: 113, L: 52 – building coverage
3,051 s.f. where 2,696 s.f. is
setback 19' where 50' required for addition to single family home– Notice Acceptable ACT BY: 5/5/09
on behalf of the applicant: John Krase, applicant; TiinaVaska, AIA
Ms. Vaska. AIA - sworn
A1 – colorized site plan and floor plan
A2- data sheet
Ms. Vaska - The house is set
back to the rear of the property. It is
located outside the building envelope. Propose
a dining room and bedroom addition.
Variance requested for rear setback 19' where 50' required. Existing
sidewalk will be removed. This is the
best location for the addition. Total
square footage of house proposed will be 3,100 s.f. There is no basement. The neighbor to the left is here in support
of the application. The elementary
school is to the left and rear of the property.
A3 – colored photos and elevation of existing home
Ms. Vaska - The Krase's want
to keep the integrity of the house. The
deck is to be removed.
A4 – photo board of site
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Ms. Vaska – The driveway has
sufficient area to turn around.
Indicated on exhibit A4 the area where the planner considered patio as
building coverage and asked the board to decide if they consider it building
coverage since most or the wood patio is at grade. The data sheet indicates the building
coverage calculations done by my office and those by the planner. Requested the board decide if there is a
variance for building coverage of 300
Mr. Denzler – Building
coverage is 370 s.f. over based on the interpretation of the wood patio in the
rear. It is considered a structure since
it is a wood structure and not slate or paver.
The existing rear setback is 25' where the proposed is 19' for the
addition where 50' required. There are
woods to the rear of the property on the school site. Ms. Vaska – We have minimized the impact to
the neighboring property. Mr. Denzler –
How does the proposed addition relate to the character of the
neighborhood? Ms. Vaska – It is in
keeping with the size and character of the houses in the neighborhood. Mr. Denzler – The property is in the CWR zone
and underground storage tanks are not allowed.
Ms. Vaska – The owner has already applied for the removal of the
underground storage tank. Mr. Marinello
– Does the driveway have sufficient turnaround area? Mr. Huelsebusch – Technically
it meets the criteria. Ms. Vaska – I
have turned around in the driveway. Mr.
Huelsebusch – The applicant will need certification from an engineer that there
is no runoff from the proposed addition or drywells will be required.
Open to public
Dan Como- Oak Ln – sworn
I have no objection to the
application. It is an improvement to the
Mr. Cartine asked f or
clarification of building coverage as it relates to the wood structure. Mr. Denzler explained that any structure
above grade is considered building coverage.
Closed to public
Motion to approve the
application for rear setback and building coverage, addition in accordance with
other homes in the area, irregular shaped lot, addition in the rear of the property, there is no
impact to the rear of the property since woods, no negative impact to the
neighborhood made by: Mr. Hug; Second
by: Mr. Driscoll; Roll call: Yes - Hug,
Cartine, Kanoff, Buraszeski, Driscoll, Moore, Marinello
Stenographer present
ZSPP/FCD01-08 JLJ&J Marketing (Kids
R Kids) – 217 Changebridge Rd. – B:
138, L: 8 – prel/final site plan/use variance and associated c variances for
construction of a child care center and medical office (separate buildings) on
the same lot. Carried w/notice from
Present on behalf of the
applicant; Josh Mann, Esq.; Mark Walker, PE; Peter Steck, PP; Craig Peregoy,
Traffic Engineer; Larry Kraxberger, Director of Franchise Sales for Kids R Kids
Josh Mann, Esq. – This is a continued
hearing. The property is currently vacant.
We have a planner here this evening.
Will also have operations testimony from corporate office, and have
traffic engineer and engineer.
Mr. Walker, PE –
Previously sworn
Changes made to the plans.
Exhibit marked in:
– revised colorized site plan 2/4/09
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Mr. Walker – Reviewed the
site for the Board. The evergreen buffer
has been extended along with board on board fence, eliminates a variance for
buffer. The day care facility and
pediatrician office are now one building eliminating another variance. Increased the setback from the pediatrician
office to 33.21', reduced the degree of variance to the property line. We met with the County on ingress and egress
on site along with the Traffic Safety Officer and Mr. Huelsebusch. We have created a dedicated left hand turn
travelling north. We lose 4 parking
spaces due to changes but a safer access drive.
Currently requesting 96 parking spaces, will construct 83 and propose banking
13 spaces. According to ITE we only need
65 spaces for this type of use. There is
no issue with sight distance.
Mr. Walker - The site lighting will be turned off
at 7pm but there will be security lighting.
Reviewed conditions in the Board Engineer's report. The soil on site was contaminated, there is
an approved clean up plan with DEP. The
arsenic does not move within the soil.
We have done post excavation sampling showing some contamination and had
to create another plan which was approved by DEP and the additional soil has
been removed from site. We are waiting
for the last excavation sampling results.
The area has been filled with clean soil. We found some hits in the wetland area and we
are waiting for wetland permits to be able to remove. We are confident that there will be no more
soil removal required.
Craig Peregoy, Traffic Engineer
- sworn
Changebridge Road is a County road.
Did traffic counts during time periods that a child care center would be
open. Changebridge Road is commuter
oriented. Reviewed the trip generation results
for the board for the busiest hour of daycare center along with pediatrician
office. Plan to mirror the left turn
lane to Gathering Road
on the north side of the road. The
applicant proposes right-turn in and right-turn out from the site. There will
not be disruptions to Changebridge
Road. There
will be a maximum of 100 vehicles picking up and dropping off. It takes about 5 minutes to drive in drop
off/pick up and leave. 25 parking spaces
would work for pick up and drop off and we have 58 additional spaces which
would include staff and pediatrician office.
Plenty of parking spaces proposed on site.
Larry Kraxberger, Director of
Franchise Sales for Kids R Kids International.
- sworn
We are located in 13 states. The
children would range between 6 weeks to 12 years in age at the day care
center. There are enrichment programs
proposed. There would be summer camps
which are trips off site. The hours of
operation would be 6am-6:30pm. All employees
will have background checks. There are mandatory
sanitary requirements for the center. We
do at least 2 surprise inspections on the sites per year. There are 32 cameras throughout the building.
A person cannot enter the lobby without a password. Once in the lobby, the parent must sign in on
a computer with a code, parents must be present. I have done 78 of these facilities throughout
the country. Only 2 sites have more than
50 parking spaces. Number of staff
should be 45-47 part time staffers, not more than 25 at any one time. We segregate ages of the children including
on the playground.
Peter Steck, PP – sworn
This is an irregular shaped
lot. The lot is burdened by wetlands. It is located on a busy road. The applicant proposes one building with 2
uses; daycare and medical office.
Reviewed the surrounding area for the Board. The property is split zoned R27D in the
front and R27A to the rear. Daycare
centers are a conditional use in R27D zone.
The property is located next to an industrial use. The variances requested are related to the
conditional use standards. There are
setback standards of 33.21' where 100' required, parking relief paving 83 where
96 required. Parking setback 32'
where50' required to residential zone. Daycare uses (play areas) have to be
100' from closest residential use. The
office use and day care are conditional uses.
Daycare is an inherently beneficial use.
A3 – building envelope exhibit prepared by Dykstra
Walker dated 2-4-09
Mr. Steck – Exhibit A3 shows
the building envelope for the site and shows that it would not be able to be
built upon. The part of the property to
the north has 2 rows of evergreens proposed with a fence in between to protect
those properties to the north. The
zoning ordinance recognizes that this site is not suitable for residential
use. Most of the activity of the site is
away from the residential use. The
negative requirements can be satisfied without detriment to the zone plan and
zoning ordinance.
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Mr. Denzler – Will there be testimony
on the variances for signs? Mr. Steck –
Free standing signs are not allowed and there is a need for a free standing
sign since building setback on the property. The sign is needed for safety
reasons to the public. Mr. Denzler – The
wall sign variance for size of letters 18" vs 25" proposed. Do you need a sign that is bigger than the ordinance
allows? Mr. Steck – Changebridge Road is a very busy road, this
is a use that will have different flows of people over time. The letter size is
needed for visibility.
Mr. Denzler- Is there any
interaction between the pediatrician office and daycare? Mr. Kraxberger – No there are security
measures so there would be no interaction.
Mr. Denzler – The 2 reserved
spaces, I am concerned with the safety of them being located in the entrance
aisle. Mr. Peregoy – Yes, it is
safe. Mr. Denzler – What type of
delivery vehicles proposed? Mr. Peregoy
– Box trucks, no tractor trailers. Mr.
Denzler – Suggest backlit signage since it would be softer in a residential
area. Mr. Denzler – We have heard no testimony
on the pediatrician office, number of exam rooms, employees, etc? Mr. Mann – We do not have a tenant at this
time, the name may not even be called Montville Pediatrics as shown on the
plan, but the applicant will agree to a condition that this will be a
pediatrician office only. Mr. Denzler – Based
on size of the development, 3 ½-4 units would be required per COAH. Mr. Steck – The COAH need is neutral as it
relates to the approval of the variances, the applicant, as of now, has to pay
the 2 1/2 % fee unless the bill passes to suspend the fee. Mr. Denzler-
The Township is under SCARCE Resource under COAH, the town cannot process
building permits. The Township is preparing
a new housing plan. Suggest a requirement
in a Developers Agreement; recommend condition the application subject to DRC
recommendation. Mr. Huelsebusch – The
ingress/egress proposed is much better than originally proposed, am satisfied
with offsite improvements.
Mr. Cartine – How many
pediatricians, employees, exam rooms? 7
exam rooms means at least 2 doctors. Mr.
Mann – We do not have a user yet so do not know how many doctors or employees. Dr. Kanoff – Is there cooking on site? Mr. Kraxberger - There is a full kitchen and
full time cook on site. Dr. Kanoff – Have
not heard any testimony on odors, dumpsters, etc? Mr. Walker – The dumpster is attached to the building
and totally enclosed in the front of the building. Dr. Kanoff – Are dumpsters allowed in the
front yard? Mr. Denzler – It is totally enclosed
and looks like the architecture of the building. Mr. Kraxberger – There will be no problem
with odors from the site. Predict 200
kids per day but not at the same time, in and out during the day. Meals served would be breakfast, lunch and 2
snacks, convection oven to be used. Mr.
Mann - The applicant will work with the Health Department and the Town as it
relates to installation of reasonable apparatus to help reduce odors. Mr. Hug- Believe we are underestimating the
number of parking spaces as it relates to the pediatrician office, doctors,
nurses, receptionists, drug reps. Is the
day care center open on Saturday? Mr.
Mann – No; not on Sunday either. Mr.
DiPiazza – I believe it is dangerous for the people coming out of Gathering Road to
the left and crossing the cars crossing south to the site.
Mr. Marinello – Is this one
building? Mr. Denzler – It is considered
one building with the enclosed structure.
Mr. Denzler - Eliminating pediatrician office will eliminate setback
variance and will help with circulation on site.
Alfred Ferraro, owner – sworn
Mr. Hug – If the medical
office was not approved, would you still build child care center? Mr. Ferraro – Yes.
Mr. Driscoll – Concerned with the traffic
safety on Changebridge Road
from this site. The pediatrician office hours
are off peak from the day care peak hours.
Mr. DiPiazza – Suggest a no drop off sign installed in the bypass
lane. Mr. Walker – Agreed. Mr. Shirkey – There is no garbage facility
for the pediatrician office so is medical waste carted across the parking
lot? Mr. Walker – There is no dumpster the
for pediatrician office we would have to either add a dumpster or use garbage
cans. Mr. Hug – Most garbage companies
in this area use front loaders so do not see the practicality of a totally
enclosed dumpster. Mr. Walker- The doors are opened and dumpster
rolled out.
Open to public - none –
Mr. Marinello – Discussion or
motion? Mr. Hug – Not prepared to
render a determination without more information on kitchen facility, ingress/egress
and doctors office testimony. Mr.
Driscoll and Mr. Buraszeski
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agreed. Mr. Cartine – Don't know what the pediatrician
office use has to do with the child care facility. I need to know what is being cooked
there. Mr. Marinello – How many other day
care centers in town have ancillary uses and how does this center compare to
other centers in town. Mr. Cartine- A pediatrician
has night hours and it is closer to the residential neighborhood.
Mr. Mann - Requested that the
use of a pediatrician office be approved and than when a tenant is found, condition
that the tenant must come back before the Board. Mr. Hug - Will you be amenable
to withdrawing the medical office. Mr.
Mann requested a break to discuss with his client.
5 minute break
Motion to go into closed
session to discuss pending litigation made by: Mr. Buraszeski, Second by: Mr.
Cartine, Roll call: Unanimous
Upon return from closed
session the Board continued with the JLJ&J hearing.
Mr. Mann – The applicant has
agreed to withdraw the pediatrician office and requested a vote on the day care
center only. We will also be willing to
have another meeting with the County since Changebridge Road is a county road but at
the end of the day it is the County's jurisdiction.
Mr. Denzler – Reviewed
variances without the medical office for the board. Variances for 100' setback where proposed at
50 +/-; wall height for signage, letter height for signage. Do they need such a large free standing sign?
Will work with the Design Review Committee to get to a reasonable sign. Mr. Mann agreed. Mr. Denzler – Additional variances: 2 signs
per one use, parking setbacks and lack of loading spaces and design waiver for
parking space size. Mr. Denzler – What
do you proposed to do with the area that the medical office was in? Mr. Mann - Will grass in the area where the
medical building was proposed.
Motion to approve the
application for day care center, subject to testimony, DRC review, medical
office withdrawn, all professional and agency reports, board of health review
and approval of food preparation, Mr. Huelsebusch to attend Board of Health
meeting to discuss odor/scrubbers made by: Mr. Driscoll; Second by: Mr. Hug; Roll
call: Yes - Hug, Cartine, Kanoff, Buraszeski, Driscoll, Moore, Marinello
of January 7, 2009 - Eligible: Kanoff, Cartine, Moore, Driscoll, Hug, Buraszeski, DiPiazza,
Shirkey, Marinello
Motion to adopt made by: Mr.
Driscoll, Second by: Mr. Hug. Roll call: Yes- Kanoff, Cartine, Moore, Driscoll,
DiPiazza, Shirkey, Marinello; Abstain – Hug & Buraszeski
& Assoc. – Trust for: $375, $312.50, $625, $250, $500, $375, $937.50, $875,
$1,250, $625
William Denzler & Assoc – Trust for: $31.25,
$218.75, $125, $656.25, $187.50, $718.75, $93.75,
$343.75, $281.25, $125, $250
Pashman Stein – Trust for: $4,087.50
Motion to approve made by:
Dr. Kanoff, Second by: Mr. Hug, Roll call: Unanimous
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ZC29-08 Reier – 20 Crest Terr. – B: 125.03, L: 12 – variances for
slopes and fence for installation of pool, patio and retaining walls - Approved – Eligible: Hug,
Cartine, Kanoff, Buraszeski, Driscoll, Moore,
Motion to adopt made by: Buraszeski; Second by:
Driscoll; Roll call: Yes - Hug, Cartine, Kanoff, Buraszeski, Driscoll, Moore,
ZC11-08 Tartaglia – 21
Bogert Rd. – B: 151, L:6 – dismissal
to dismiss without prejudice made by: Driscoll; Second by: Buraszeski; Roll
call: - Yes - Hug, Cartine, Kanoff, Buraszeski, Driscoll, Moore,
ZC34-08 - Feno - B: 93, L: 5 - 10 Hillcrest Rd.
– withdrawn
The Board Secretary indicated
that the Feno application was withdrawn by the applicant.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Grogaard
Recording Secretary
Certified true copy of minutes adopted at Zoning Board
meeting of March 4, 2009.
Linda M. White,


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Forecast discussion: A strong high pressure system centered over Indiana at the moment is bringing dry weather for the entire east coast. This included, Providence, of course, as we had beautiful but cold sunshine on Friday. We will see the sun mostly in the morning, as some mid and high level clouds begin to move over the region by Saturday afternoon.
As we close out the weekend a weak area of low pressure, known as a trough, will come out of the Great Lakes. It will meet up with some upper level dynamics, to help create a low pressure center in the Mid-Atlantic Sunday afternoon. We will see some snow showers develop in the area by Sunday afternoon. However, this is going to be a pretty weak system. We may see a coating of snow by Sunday evening. Light snow showers will continue through the evening, and end by Monday afternoon. The most snowfall I can see will be about 2 inches, mostly north and west of the capital city.
By Monday evening, Arctic air will reign back down into New England from Canada. Temperatures will be bitterly cold Tuesday night, with lows falling into the middle single digits. With cloudy skies Wednesday night, temperatures will rebound into the middle to upper teens. I am still watching a potential coastal storm for Thursday. However, at this time, it appears we will stay on the warmer side of the low. So, the precipitation will start off as snow showers, before changing or mixing with sleet and rain. The precipitation will change back to snow showers Thursday night, before ending Friday morning. At this time, the computer models are either keeping the low's center near the coastline, or completely taking it out to sea. For now, my confidence in Thursday's forecast is very low.
72 hour forecast:
Tonight: Clear skies and cold with a low of 12.
Saturday: Mostly sunny in the morning, with increasing clouds in the afternoon. We will see a high of 31. Winds will come from the west-northwest at 7-10 mph.
Saturday night: Mostly cloudy and a low of 18.
Sunday: Overcast with light snow showers around 2 p.m. and a high of 31. A coating is possible by midnight.
Sunday night: Light snow with a low of 19.
Monday: Light snow showers ending by the early afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies expected the rest of the day. We will see a high of 27. A coating to a total of 2 inches is possible by Monday afternoon.
Monday night: Partly cloudy and bitterly cold with a low of 10.
Extended Forecast:
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 24-27, lows 6-9.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 26-29, lows 16-19.
Thursday: Snow showers by the early afternoon, mixing or turning to sleet and rain. Highs 37-40, lows 27-30.
Friday: Light snow ends by the beginning of the morning commute. Highs 38-41, lows 24-27.


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Chapter One
Being a real faerie princess is not what every little girl actually dreams of, Ever Rose thought as the crimson Kaai demon attempted to suck the marrow from her right forearm. Little girls thought of big gorgeous ball gowns, tiaras, glittering wings to fly on and handsome prince charmings to whisk them away. Certainly there were no massive and blood-thirsty underworld spawn in those visions. Ever would laugh to herself about this if she wasn't holding back a scream of pain. She raised her plasma 6-shooter and blasted the demon right between two of its four glowing lime eyes, covering her even more in the stench of something somehow worse than decaying human bodies left to ripen in the sun. Kaai demon blood wreaked the most of all the forest creatures. "Ugh!" Ever used her free hand to wipe some of the black blood out of one of her lavender edged gold eyes.
Immediately she had to duck the pouncing attack of another Kaai demon. That one got a blast to the back of its elongated oval head as soon as the demon landed. The tail whipped back at her in a last death throe and the jagged scales cut across her cheek. "Fuck, even dead you all suck."
The two shots had echoed out in the clearing of the forest lit with summer sun. A gathering of Kipple birds took flight-- from dark olive Quaalox trees with star-like leaves-- their tangerine and violet wings picking up a cool breeze.
Ever glanced at the birds for a second, wishing she could escape with them.
A third Kaai demon hissed from her right and she turned to aim her gun at its forehead.
The demon crouched on all fours for a moment with its razor-like knees and elbows tightening to launch. Even crouched, it towered over her 5'2 frame. Long pointed ears twitched as it listened.
"I don't think so!" She clicked the trigger and nothing happened. "Shit!"
A reptilian grin gaped across its face exposing glistening fangs. Its tail spasmed with excitement as the demon leapt toward her.
She reloaded faster than she ever had before and managed to get a shot off right as the Kaai demon was upon her.
The demon exploded in a disgusting mess of blood, bone and tissues all over her.
She tried to sit up but the weight and caustic odor held her down. "Mother fucker!" She pushed off the bigger chunks and stood up, dripping, and began scanning the wide clearing she had entered too hunt for any other demons. Kaai demons loved to travel in packs. Her once-grey dress, with long tight sleeves and laced up the back, stuck to her skin in too many places as she moved slowly around with her gun ready to fire at anything that so much as looked wrong. The heat was making the smell worse, but the scent fell to the back of her mind. Ever panted from the fight and her heart still pounded a crazy jungle beat full of adrenaline.
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She twirled around when she heard a rustling but it was nothing more a stale breeze blowing over a poisonous red Goozaa berry bush.
After perhaps 15 minutes, her injured arm started to shake from holding up her gun. Nothing else seemed to be coming for her. She holstered her weapon and looked down at her forearm. She tore off what was left of her wrist guardwhich apparently is no use to prevent Kaai demon fangs from ripping up your fleshand beneath the drying black blood she could see the shredded skin and muscle. "Akiya is going to have a field day figuring out how to fix that one," Ever muttered to herself. Just add it to my list of other angry scars. Thank Goddess the Kaai demon loves to suck your insides out instead of swallowing you whole. It is large enough.
Ever tore the bottom of her tunic in a spot that had remained mostly black death free and wrapped her injury with it and then her hand-woven leather belt to prevent bleeding out on the walk. She didn't want people chuckling over her death because she'd been stupid. Ever thought that might be something crazy to think about. Maybe it's shock? The adrenaline finished seeping away though and brought sharp agony in its place.
Fantastic. She huffed, flicked her bloody white braid over her left shoulder, and picked up her black and silver bow that had gone flying in the attack. She dusted it off, slung it back into its proper place and walked back through the trees towards the fence as her thigh-high leather boots snapped twigs beneath her feet. She didn't care at the moment if she was making too much noise. She was pissed. Her quiver bounced on her back in a comforting rhythm, jostling the hand crafted arrows inside, and she finally slowed her pace. "Just out to hunt up some dinner, but noooo, I can't go Goddess damned anywhere," she snarled.
Sunlight sparkled down from the mint green skies through the Quaalux trees which were so tall they looked like they kissed the sky and lit the path in cheer. Some of their star-like dark olive leaves tumbled down in a whirling breeze past their intricately lined trunks.
Small Kipple birds called symphonies to each other from their long pointed beaks while fat Mikkels with big bushy tails, and large tufted ears raced to-and-fro across tree branches in little brown blurs.
Summer blooms in a wide range of vibrant colors and shapes ran hazily past Ever and she slowed down and tried to avoid stomping. All the splendor of the forest's flora would never allow you to be annoyed so long.
She turned her face to the sun and basked a bit in the warmth that touched the cleaner parts of her skin. I need a bath, she caught a whiff of herself as a cool breeze tickled her pointed ears, or maybe three. This sun wouldn't last too much longer she knew. In Ethovaa there was only two months of summer and that meant only two months of respite from the bitter mistress that was the winters. Temperatures went from about 60 degrees and plummeted down to at least negative thirty. A small shiver passed through Ever just thinking about it.
A large branch breaking to her left caught her attention. She unholstered her plasma 6-shooter from her left hip and turned to look.
A Taalika brown and white deer-like creature with velvety antlers-- stood on four spindly legs with tiny hooves and stared at her with its impossibly large blue eyes. Its short snout wiggled as the rest of it stayed so still.
Ever sighed with relief and changed out her gun for her bow and arrow. The bow felt solid and like second nature in her calloused hands. She took aim and as she went to release the arrow, she heard a piercing screech and suddenly a Kaai demon dove on the Taalik. Ever gasped and quickly put her bow back as the Kaai demon occupied itself with tearing the Taalik's throat out. Blue blood splashed out onto the moss covered forest floor as Ever stood still for a moment and sent a prayer to any Goddess listening. Then she sprinted the rest of the way through trees, not stopping until she reached the reinforced steel electric fence. Kaai demon eating my arm? It' gotta die. Trying to launch a marrow-sucking pounce? Still gotta die. Ignoring me for a succulent Taalik meat? I'm the fuck outta here! The Quaalux trees streamed past her and a few skinny branches snapped at her face and snagged at her tunic, but she kept up the pace.
When she reached the gate, Ever typed Akiya's code in the keypad with haste, slipped through and closed the gate behind her. The Darjaanx Forest was not a part of her Uncle Hastingas the Tortious's land, but she didn't want to take the chance of him tracking their entry codes. Ever never used her own, but cycled through her groups, and some of the guards' codes she memorized. The Taalik were kept in gated off sanctuaries like this one, and were hard to come by, so the King sometimes monitored the comings and goings of people in other forests. Ever didn't dare use one of the King's sanctuaries as those gates required hand print and eye scans. Killing someone and using their hands and eyeballs just didn't seem appealing in the least.
She let out a breath she hadn't noticed she held as she put her forehead to the cool steel. Shudders ran through her whole body as Ever breathed deep and slow, trying to calm her heart.
As soon as her heart returned to normal, a thunderous wave of nausea hit her. She stooped over with her hands on her knees and retched until nothing was left.
Her forearm started to throb. "Yeah, yeah, I know you're there." She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand as she turned away from the gate and made it to her horse, Thaak.
Horses here in Ehtovaa were like most in the human world except they had fur instead of hair and came in many more exotic colors.
Thaak had golden zebra striped fur. He stood tied to a wrought iron light post in the open, but actually had been bespelled to be invisible to everyone but her.
Ever put her hand on his flank and whispered, "Vaalmya". He was now visible to all. Luckily one didn't need a kibaan stone to break the spell. Goddess only knew where that had ended up.
She mounted Thaak's broad back and took the reins in her good hand. Ever shouted, "Yah, Thaak!" and he jumped into a break neck gallop.
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Re-do of my untitled Science Fantasy. This is the title for now and I have changed the MC name from August Wysteria to Ever Rose. I believe that sounds more princess-like haha.
EDIT 1/10/2013. Changed the title and some words.
EDIT 1/10/2013. Changed the title and some words.
You use a lot, and I mean A LOT, of white space lines xD I understand you want to re-align the focus but to the end it kinda gets irritating. You have an excellent feeling to add details, some writers just dont detail their stories, others detail it to the endless. But you always add just enough detail to make it intruiging but less enough so i doesn't get boring to read. All your names are awesome as well (although I think Ever Rose is a wee bti cliché) and it is clear you made this world up which makes it even more awesome. I am looking forward to chapter 2 ^^
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Somewhere between a road trip to SUNY Stonybrook to see Jimi Hendrix in concert, reconnecting with his former bandmates from his freshman-year college band Soft White Underbelly (the members of whom would later move on to form Blue Öyster Cult), and a soul-searching journey to India, self-proclaimed "white Jewish kid from Long Island" Jeffrey Kagel manifested into Krishna Das, a spiritual advisor many hail as "Yoga's rock star". After a trio of albums firmly planted in the transcendental mysticism of Hindi instrumentation, the guru of such music greats as Sting, Madonna, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, and Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen makes an unconventional return to the rock format with Heart as Wide as the World. Backed by an ad-hoc group consisting of former Pat Metheny Group bassist Mark Egan, drummer Jerry Marrota (who has worked with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, and Elvis Costello), and onetime Donald Fagen Band keyboardist Kevin Bents, this seven-track set of chants is just as inspired by Das's days listening to blues giants Bukka White and Skip James as it is from the spiritual guidance of his own guru, the Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba.
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Pugoy I, Svrdlan E, Ghobrial M, Edalat-Parsi K, Sawant A, Mills P, Naing S. A High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Medical Outpatients in the Central Valley, California. 21st American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Clinical Congress, Philadelphia, PA.


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Author: MadashellandnotgoingtotakeitI have listed the Virginia address, where the National Commander resides and reigns over his kingdom of ministers spread throughout the U.S.A. This organization is one of the (If not THE) richest charities in the country. They appeal to good-hearted people as a 'poor' charity that 'does the most good' for people. They helpp themselves, mostly. I had opportunity to see them over quite a few years, in various locations. The scam is this: 1. Take some people that attend church for awhile, or the kids of existing officers, send them to 'school' and teach them to become officers, then send them out to various cities to either become assistants, or to be in charge of the local organization. 2. Once in charge, these people are not supervised, other than whether they raise their quotas of donations and pay the higher up people a 10% share of their monies raised. Since they are generally ignorant and incompetent, but since they are 'ministers', they get away with all kinds of abuse and mismanagement, as well as illegal activities in some cases. 3. To further the problem, The Salvation Army is top heavy with older officers and has huge administrative costs, which they try to disguise to donors as 'program' costs. The officers rarely do anything, other than bark orders (no matter how ridiculous), so they have to hire outsiders to do their work, driving costs up even more. Most of their 'program' costs are church-related activities, which are basically related to the ministers' costs. 4. The entire organization, including the National Commander, are in the 'brotherhood of the church' and refuse to see anything bad or negative about the place, even with proof of problems. Their responses are to dump any complaints back to the original source, or to the persons complained about, for THEM to resolve! That's like asking the fox to resolve the issue of his eating the chickens! Why do they cover up for each other? *Mainly, to preserve a great deal for their ministers and their families. The organization raises billions yearly (they could pay off the national debt today!), which mainly (I'd estimate 80%) goes to pay for salaries of TSA (The Salvation Army) ministers, their wives, their kids' needs, their vehicles (these are for 'church' use, yet are almost always unmarked?), their vehicle gasoline, their vehicle insurance, kids drive the cars too, their home phones, their cell phones, their utilities, their houses (these are usually $500,000 homes in great areas-what's Israel live in?), their trips to 'conferences', their ful medical/dental for them, spouses and kids (even adult children with them). And, they get food for free, plus petty cash for anything in between. Not bad, but it gets worse: Each one of these dill rods also has to have an assistant set of officers to run the church, or to run programs, or just to be the whipping boy (if right out of their 'college'). Yeah, each set of 'assistants' is also given all the freebies listed above. You could estimate the costs for houses, living expenses and salaries (and retirement perks deferred for them) per couple as $100,000 per year EASILY, and that's not counting the higher up people like in Virginia. So what happens when you report fraud, mismanagement, abuse or other problems? *First, they deny or ignore it, hoping it will go away. Then, they take anything you report, send it in total back to the origin of the complaint for them to resolve! Like washing their hands of the problem?? The minister that is responsible for the problem simply either explains it away (this is always taken at their word, since they are 'ministers' too), or blames someone else that is not an officer (ie, throw them under a bus?). In the worst case, such as legal problems (there are documented reports of minister couples having violent DV situations, officers stealing money, officers' kids abusing cars or property, molestation concerns, etc) what does the Salvation Army do? They simply move the offender to a different location far away. This is regular and common, but they call it 'answering the Lord's call to move' or some silly crap, which is used for many things. People working for The Salvation Army (regular employees) are treated very badly, including harassment by the ministers, other staff, church people. There is no recourse because of the fact the Salvation Army is seen as a holy institution, no one believes it, especially the public that keeps giving them money. They pay well below the local average in wages, explaining that the employee is working for a 'poor' organization doing the 'lord's work' and shouldn't expect high wages-most employees are under Federal Poverty guidelines due to the organization's own set salary scales! When the officers hire their own kids or parents to work (yep, it's nepotism, happens ALL the time), they get paid above average wages, or overpaid for less work. Nice. Why are wages low? To pay for the extravagant lifestyles of many of the officers! They run low on money due to mismanagement, they simply lay off employees and make the remaining crew work harder-the officers don't help, they are 'busy'. If a good lawyer or person that does reporting/news wanted to have a great story, investigate this place. It's amazing. Contact current and ex employees, they'll tell you the real story about the harassment and abuse by officers. By the way, when you donate your property, it is sold and the money goes into big old trust funds that are invested to make even more money; these are used to buy the big houses the officers live in. Start with the local Salvation Army property lists- just look at the values, go see the houses. If you investigate officers, just look at the costs in their accounting offices for just them and their families-forget the 'church' cost excuses. Every local Salvation Army officer is taught to 'poor mouth'. They appear pious on TV and say 'we're not going to be able to feed anyone this year' and look at the ground. Donations then pour in, usually more money than anything else, all is good again. Same routines with special events, toys, programs, etc. They fundraise to pay themselves/buy new cars and toys. What a joke! My advice to any good church person, Christian, or donor: DO NOT give the Salvation Army a dime, now or ever!! They are a classic Rip-Off. Don't believe the lies about 'doing the most good'. Those Red Kettles raise money that never sees a poor person, it goes into the 'general fund' which is the officers' pockets! Any program run there (like shelters, food, etc) is paid for mainly by government funding (oh yes, they get HUD money, state money, local government money, FEMA) that restricts the usage-they've tried for years to circumvent government regulations to allow use in the church, to no avail. The Salvation Army was a great organization before 1980. They were respected and built a wonderful reputation. Then, they got greedy. Now, it's all about getting a piece of the pie for themselves. In the pre-greed era, the Sally ministers were few, worked very hard and lived simply. They helped people in need, had few staff and litle administrative support. Now, it's PR directors, HR departments, Admin support, mail appeal (yes, they pay companies to raise even more money!), wills and estates experts, legal teams, IT departments- none of this crap is program related!
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Personal Note: This weeks article was authored by my Dad, Rudy Hilton, who I often say has forgotten more than I know. Most in this town doesn't realize that at one time R. J. Reynolds had its own construction operation, which if compared, would have been ranked as one of the largest in the world. Dad was part of that operation, which not only involved construction, but also maintenance of all R.J.R facilities. Later in life he served as Director of the Physical Plant for Wingate & later Samford Universities.
In my home, your home and in almost every home you list or sell is a device which, if it malfunctions, creates the explosive potential of nearly 200 sticks of dynamite, enough to destroy the home and kill all the occupants. It is part of most, if not all, of your sales. You didn't know you were in the business of marketing bombs, did you? Do you think you might want to read this one?


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The Woman Warrior
by Maxine Hong Kingston
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After my grandparents gave their daughter away to her husband's family, they had dispensed all the adventure and all the property. They expected her alone to keep the traditional ways, which her brothers, now among the barbarians, could fumble without detection. The heavy, deep-rooted women were to maintain the past against the food, safe for returning. But the rare urge west had fixed upon our family, and so my aunt crossed boundaries not delineated in space (1.20).
Kingston's family expects their daughter to carry on their culture and traditions while letting their sons move away from the family. Kingston shows how this different treatment according to gender manifests itself within family dynamics.
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Sisters used to sit on their beds and cry together, she said, as their mothers or their slaves removed the bandages for a few minutes each night and let the blood gush back into their veins (1.25).
Kingston rewrites the painful practice of foot-binding Chinese women's feet as an opportunity for sisters to share with one another.
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He may have been somebody in her own household, but intercourse with a man outside the family would have been no less abhorrent. All the village were kinsmen, and the titles shouted in loud country voices never let kinship be forgotten (1.33).
The situation with No Name Woman's lover is an example of how communities do not protect all their members equally.


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2.3 Billion in Clean Tech Manufacturing Funds
Obama announces big clean energy plans. Photo Credit: Whitehouse
Tens of thousands of green jobs will be created through $2.3 billion in new Recovery Act funding for Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits. The funding, announced recently by President Obama, will be divvied up among 183 projects in 43 states. All projects will enhance domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies in solar and wind power, energy efficiency and Smart Grid technologies.
The tax credits finance up to 30% of investments in clean energy manufacturing, focusing on American-made products in an effort to put people back to work and meet President Obama's ambitious goal of doubling U.S. renewable energy output within three years. A further hope is that these investments from the federal government, combined with over $5 billion in private investments, will help spur American leadership in the global clean energy market.
The 183 projects fall into four clean tech sectors. A few examples of projects in each category follow:
- Smart Grid. Credits will aid in the expansion of an Itron, Inc. manufacturing facility, where the company's OpenWay CENTRON smart meters are made. CENTRON meters are the first smart meters for the residential market that provide built-in, two-way communications and a remote on/off switch. The meters give more choice to customers and help utilities provide higher reliability and lower costs. Itron claims that one year's production of their smart meters could reduce electricity use by 1.7 million MWh per year.
- Building Efficiency and Energy Management. W.L. Gore & Associates produces an advanced membrane for high-efficiency fuel cells to power buildings and vehicles, in addition to an advanced turbine filter that improves the efficiency of gas turbines.
- Solar Energy. PPG Industries will use the credits toward the manufacture of a double anti-reflective coating for glass to make solar cells more efficient. The coatings are made with a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) originally pioneered by PPG and necessary to solar cell function.
- Wind Energy. TPI Composites will build a new manufacturing facility in Nebraska to produce next-generation wind turbines, creating 200 new jobs. They will also expand an existing facility in Iowa in order to meet the expected increase in demand for wind power products. TPI's specialty lies in its composite materials that enable the creation of lighter, stronger turbine blades and vehicles.
Collectively, the companies receiving the Recovery Act awards predict the creation of more than 17,000 high-quality green collar jobs. Selected projects must be in place by 2014, although the feds estimate that 30% of them will be online by the end of 2010.
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After the battle of Granicus Alexander split up his army: he left Parmenio behind with the main force, while Alexander himself went south with a smaller force. He travelled southwards along the coast of Asia Minor. From there he went northwards again, deeper into Asia Minor, until he reached Gordium where he joined the main force again. The only strategic reason for this small expedition might have been that he wanted to secure the coast of Asia Minor. But why did he not use his complete army for this? However, you must realise that Alexanders journey was often also an exploration, and sometimes even a pilgrimmage. He wanted to see and learn as much as possible from an empire which he considered his already.
With his complete army he marched southwards again, into the Cicilic plains. Now he formed a serious threat for Lybia, and also for the heart of the Persian empire and Darius knew that he had to come into action quickly. He was lucky as just at this time Alexander got the flu, and he had to stop his journey for a while.
Phase one: Darius taking the initiative.
Encouraged by the sudden pause in Alexanders journey Darius marched out with his immense army. He had chosen his route very well as he slipped past Alexanders army without anybody noticing him. Finally he moved through a northern mountain-pass and entered the plains of Issus. Alexander had left many men behind in this city who had become sick just like him. Darius showed no mercy and killed every single one of them. Now Darius had positioned himself between Alexander and the Hellespont: Alexander would get serious problems with his supplies, and there was no way back to Macedon...
Alexander was surprised by this sudden movements of the Persian army and he realised again that he had a worth opponent. Darius was not just a great organizer like most Persian high kings, he was also a great commander. Nevertheless Alexander never lost his nerve as Darius had made a big mistake in spite of his genius movement: he was in a small area which was caught between the ocean and mountains. In this small area Darius could never use his 600000 men optimally.
The battle.
The position which was chosen by Darius looked a lot like the battlefield at Granicus. There was also a river at Issos, but it did not hold any water at the moment as it was the end of autumn. Still, even a dried up river formed a barrier which could slow down the enemy. The river Pinaros became thus a part of Darius' plans. He had been thinking about his tactics for a very long time, and it must be said that he used his troops in a very smart way. He placed his hired hoplits behind the river while light troops and cavalry formed a shield on the other side of the river.
Like said before: Darius had used his forces in a very smart way. Really, his only problem was that he was not fighting an ordinary person: he was fighting Alexander the Great. Alexander had a very mobile army like we know and he sent light troops from his right wing into the mountains to neutralize the Persian light forces there. He also sent a part of his heavy cavalry from his right wing to the left wing to stop the expected attack of the Persians cavalry. However, he made sure that he had enough cavalry left on the right wing for a concentrated charge.
Alexander has two options at this moment: he could attempt to encircle the Greek mercenaries with his cavalry or he could let the Greeks break through and encircle his army. He can not retreat with his cavalry to fill up the gap as then the left wing of the Persian phalanx could attack the Macedonian phalanx in the side. On the left wing the situation is also critical for Alexander. His cavalry seriously outnumbered and is having a really hard time to stop the attack of the Persian cavalry. The Macedonian formation almost falls apart when Alexander sends in light forces to help the cavalry. With the help of these slingers and javelin-throwers the left wing managed to maintain their position.
The Macedonians gain confidence when they notice that Alexander had forced a gap in the Persian formation, and the left wing of the phalanx managed to cross the river Pinaros. The Macedonian cavalry on the left is still in the same position as at the start of the battle, and the Persian cavalry is almost encircled by Macedonian light troops because of the sudden advancement of the phalanx. The word about Darius' flee spreads out over the battlefield, and the Persian left and right wing collapses. The center still holds its position until Alexander attacks it in the rear with his cavalry.
The results of his battle.
Darius managed to get away thanks to his fast chariot, but his mother, wife, and children are captured by Alexander. The most obvious strategy would have been that Alexander would move to the east together with his army and the royal hostages, to the heart of the Persian empire, before Darius had the time to recruit new soldiers. However, he was determined to fulfill his first plan: he had to gain control over the coastal areas. He made a very wise decission as the Persian and Cypriotic fleet were not only still in Persian service, but they were also still able to launch an attack against Macedon. Then Alexander would have to face the bizare situation of two countries whose armies were occupying the other country.
Alexander moved southwards down the Syrian coast and Sidon and Byblos surrendered to him without a fight. Completly different was the situation at Tyre: the citizens acknowledged his leadership, but they refused to let him into the city. Alexander was not impressed by the city, which seemed almost impossible to conquer, and he started the siege. After a long time he managed to take the city, which was furiously defended by its citizens, and he continued his journey southwards.


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Kind of had a mini panic attack last night/this morning. I took a pregnancy test this morning, and it came up negative, so I started Provera today to get this cycle going and start Clomid. I'm just so scared that Clomid won't work, and nothing will work. Yes, I realize I'm overreacting for no reason but I'm so scared this will never work for us. I've been running consistently for quite a few weeks and the scale has gone up a little, and I've been keeping my eating in check by lowering portion sizes and choosing healthier alternatives. I know it's harder for women with PCOS to lose weight but this is getting ridiculous. I'm going to go buy insane amounts of quinoa to eat rather than pasta/bread and I'm going to bump up on the veggies even more.
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Bell-Ans; Soda Mint
painfull noncontagious sores that form inside the mouth and on the lips
Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), or sodium hydrogen carbonate, also known as baking soda and bicarbonate of soda, is a soluble white anhydrous or crystalline compound, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially.
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