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For anyone who came of age in Ireland during the 1970s, festivals loomed large. There were all kinds of great festivals on the calendar.
The Dublin Horse Show in August was in its pomp. The Listowel Writers Week was inaugurated in 1970 and down the road there was the Ballybunion Bachelor Festival, but, as is alluded to in Diarmaid Ferriter's magisterial study of the decade, "Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s," fans of music had the best craic of all.
The Sherkin Island Festival in 1978 lasted for seven days and seven nights, and it was only a one-day festival. Planxty played at the Claremorris Ham Festival in 1972, which, according to the band's lead singer, Christy Moore, consisted of a smoked leg of ham in Andy Creighton's Lounge window and eight late-night bar extensions.
"Many of these gigs," he once said Moore, "were followed by fierce sessions that often went on into the next day … one night I was on stage eight hours after dropping half a tab of very pure acid."
Ferriter, who is professor of modern Irish history at UCD and Ireland's most prominent broadcaster of history, explores an extraordinary range of topics in his 700-page volume – availing of an avalanche of recently available archival material – from the country's anti-apartheid movement to zinc deposits in Tara. Although the focus of the book is the 26 counties, he admits that the Troubles in the North, which ignited in 1969, defined the island of Ireland in the 1970s.
By the end of the decade, 1,900 had been killed, the worst year of atrocities coming in 1972, with an average of 30 shootings every day, most horrifically on Bloody Sunday in Derry when 13 people were murdered (and another fatally injured), and Bloody Friday when the IRA exploded 19 bombs over an hour across Belfast city.
There was ambivalence in the Republic of Ireland about the situation north of the border. The general public and politicians in the 26 counties, according to the historians referenced by Ferritter, were preoccupied with their own economy. As the RTÉ presenter and historian Brian Farrell pointed out the issue of the Troubles was more of a British Question than an Irish Question.
When it came down to it, people in the south couldn't fathom Unionists or the culture of Protestantism; meanwhile Unionists were deeply distrustful of their political counterparts in the Republic.
Unionists, according to Brian Faulkner, who was the last prime minister of Northern Ireland before the abolition of its government in 1972, were wary of the ideas politicians from the South might "plant" in the British mind. Jack Lynch, his opposite number, he disdainfully reckoned to be a "wily Irishman".
Politicians in the Republic realised too late, however, that if the dream of Irish unity was taken to its logical conclusion, it entailed full-scale civil war.
"One of the fears that Garret FitzGerald [Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1973-1977] would have had was there were suggestions at one stage in the middle of the decade that Britain might withdraw and, of course, that created panic," says Ferriter. "What happens then?
"What are the consequences of that – a potential apocalypse, which is one of the reasons [the Irish government] championed the cause of the SDLP. As far as they were concerned: if it was left to extremists on both sides, the result would have been civil war, and they had to be very mindful of what they called 'the Doomsday scenario', which was withdrawal without any plan.
"The other side of that was how much would a united Ireland cost? There is a line in the book, quoting Declan Kiberd, 'Make us pure, Lord, but not yet,' and not if it involves financial sacrifice on our part."
The chief driver for Ireland's entry into the EEC in January 1973 was money rather than any ideological yearning to get closer to continental Europe. Income per head in the Republic was two-thirds of the UK level that year. Conservative estimates suggested that a quarter of Ireland's population lived in poverty at the time. For example, 71% of the people surveyed by a group called People before Profit in Dublin's Pearse Street neighbourhood were without hot water in 1971. But how poor were people relative to Irish people today?
"This is all about expectations and what people are used to and what they expected," says Ferriter. "There are periods in the 1970s where there's a lot of money around even at government level. The Labour Party ministers were trying to increase welfare payments and welfare entitlements. They'd some success in that regard.
"One of the great myths was that the Irish people weren't as materialistic as people elsewhere but when they got access to money, people were taking foreign holidays for the first time, and they wanted the nice houses and the trappings of a consumer lifestyle; then when things go bad they complained viciously about taxes. Look at the big PAYE marches in the '70s and farmers didn't want to have to pay tax and were slowly dragged into the tax net.


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It's urgent we protect honeybees from pesticides
Beekeepers are reporting unprecedented losses this year — 40 percent or more — and new studies continue to strengthen the case that pesticides are a key factor in bee die-offs.
Building on a solid body of scientific evidence, two more studies released in late March confirm that common pesticides are directly harming bees. The insecticides in the latest study, neonicotinoids and coumaphos, are scrambling the circuits of bees' brains, leaving them unable to learn, smell or remember — all critical abilities for foraging honey bees.
Why, then, is EPA not taking swift action to protect these vital pollinators from bee-harming pesticides? The agency says it will conclude its review of neonicotinoids in 2018. This isn't good enough.
The science is only getting stronger, and protecting honey bees from pesticides is now more urgent than ever. EPA needs to step up, now.
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Stone Crow Designs is an eco-friendly women's wear and accessory line that is fashion forward, classically modern with a touch of social responsibility.
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At the age of 32 (when I started SCD), I felt a bit more seasoned after working in the fashion industry for a while; this helped me have more of a grasp on what I wanted to make available to my customers and the world. This lead me down the path of working with organic, sustainable, vintage, dead stock and upcycling products. As well as working with mostly American made products when possible. This has become as important to the line, as SCD wants show people that being socially responsible can be done in a very fashionable and forward way.
The Stone Crow Designs customer is a woman who enjoys life and enjoys making it apart of her wardrobe. She has a busy life that can include going to college, having a family, friends, and an awesome job that she adores. She also makes time for herself. She's a lover of art in some or all forms (fashion, fine art, music, film, home design, photography) and a lover of nature (weather being a part of it or just an admire). The SCD woman has many facets to her and so should her clothes. We want our customers to feel beautiful and comfortably stylish in SCD wherever her day may take her.
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by Jeff Wells
While the Gulf oil spill certainly has far-reaching consequences for people, the environment and industry, from a purely bird-centric view, the spill occurred in one of the worst possible places. The Gulf Coast serves as important habitat for hundreds of bird species, which use the region for breeding, wintering and stopover habitat. These birds, and the generations that come after them, are put at risk by the spill's potential impact on marsh and beach habitat.
The migratory birds of Canada's Boreal Forest make up a significant percentage of the migrating birds that winter in the Gulf Coast region or stop over during their travels farther south.
Canada's Boreal is home to more than 300 bird species, including 80 percent of North American waterfowl species, 63 percent of finches and 53 percent of warblers. Nearly 5 billion of Canada's migratory birds fly south in the fall, with many wintering or stopping in the U.S. Gulf region.
The Gulf Coast, especially the Mississippi River Delta, is vitally important for many wetland bird species. The marshes, beaches and tidal flats provide ideal nesting and migratory stopover habitat for millions of waterfowl, seabirds, shorebirds and other waterbirds. These habitats also house the fish, mollusks and other marine life of the Gulf of Mexico, which make up the food supply for these birds. Scientists worry that the impact on some of the smaller food sources like plankton could have a far-reaching ripple effect on the entire food chain.
As summer progresses into fall, the birds that winter or use the Gulf region to feed and rest during migration may be impacted by the oil spill. Beginning in early July and continuing into fall, many species of shorebirds that live and breed in Canada's Boreal and the Arctic migrate south.
By October, large numbers of ducks typically arrive in Louisiana marshes and spend the winter in areas rich with food. This includes species like the green-winged teal, American wigeon, ring-necked duck, and lesser and greater scaup, all of which have more than half of their breeding populations within Canada's Boreal. Most of these species are particularly reliant on the Louisiana coast. An estimated 40 percent of the green-winged teal, 30 percent of scaup and 20 percent of American wigeon and ring-necked ducks that depart the Boreal winter on the Louisiana coast.
When the oil spill first occurred, many experts rightfully feared this spill would have a detrimental impact on a variety of birds. Currently, nesting birds are bearing the heaviest burden. This includes beach- and barrier-island-nesting plovers, terns, gulls, herons, egrets and pelicans. Louisiana's coast is estimated to support 77 percent of the U.S. breeding population of sandwich tern, 52 percent of forster's tern and 44 percent of black skimmer. Sadly, many of North America's most at-risk species also spend some portion of the year in the region, including yellow rail, black rail, snowy plover, piping plover and short-billed dowitcher. Clearly, the oil spill has potential to impact these species, and for some, could have long-term implications for the health of their overall populations.
As fall migration begins, we may see additional impacts to birds as they return to wintering grounds along the Gulf. Adding to the toll of birds lost from direct contact with oil are the longer-term effects stemming from physiological impacts of ingested oil that may lower breeding success rates.
These factors pose the largest threat to the birds that either migrate through or spend their winters in the region. While the majority of attention to date has been given to local resident species, there is a chance for lingering impacts for many of the waterfowl and shorebirds that breed in Canada's Boreal Forest and the Prairie Pothole Region and migrate to or winter in the Gulf region. This includes mallards, northern pintail, green-winged teal, American wigeon, ring-necked duck and greater and lesser scaup.
Many migratory, wetland-dependent smaller birds and shorebirds, including black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover, greater and lesser yellowlegs, solitary sandpiper, least sandpiper, dunlin, stilt sandpiper, short-billed dowitcher, wilson's snipe and many others, will stop in the region to rest and feed before continuing on their journeys to the Caribbean and South America. They may encounter habitats and food sources contaminated with oil on their journey south that could cause mortality.
While there is likely little we can do to mitigate the effects of the oil spill on Canada's migratory birds, there is hope for many of these species. We have the opportunity to preserve critical summer habitat for billions of birds in Canada's Boreal Forest. By maintaining this largely intact forest ecosystem—4.4 million square kilometers of intact forest—we will save the "the other duck factory," also known as the "Bird Nursery of the North." This forest is home to more than 300 breeding bird species and provides habitat for nearly 5 billion migratory birds that fly south from the Boreal each fall.
Though Canada's Boreal is largely intact, industrial disturbance has led to habitat loss and fragmentation that affects bird populations. More than 30 percent of Boreal forest land has been allocated to logging, mining and other energy development, and only 12 percent of the forest has been permanently protected. Habitat loss and fragmentation is one of the leading causes of declining bird populations worldwide. By protecting the 1.3 billion acres of Canada's Boreal forest—one of the largest intact forest ecosystems remaining on Earth—we can give these critical populations of migratory birds a fighting chance of recovering from devastating occurrences such as the Gulf oil spill.
Dr. Jeff Wells is the senior scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative, an organization dedicated to outreach and education about the importance of the Boreal Forest region to North America's birds, other wildlife and the global environment. He is the author of Birder's Conservation Handbook.
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Join us for Beanie Lions, packed house
February 4, 2000
Lindenwood University is expecting a capacity crowd Saturday February 5 for its inaugural Beanie Lion giveaway.
You can check out the 9th-ranked Lindenwood women's team and the upstart men's team as they clash with Heart of America Athletic Conference foe MidAmerica Nazarene. MidAmerica's men's team is the top-ranked team in the country.
LU will give Beanie Lions to the first 500 paying customers and the first 500 LU students.
Leading the women's action is 6-foot center Jaime Bonney. She is one of the top 10 scorers in the country and No. 2 on LU's all-time list. Bonney averages 20.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. The Lady Lions are enjoying the best season in school history at 10-3 in conference play and 21-4 overall.
In men's action, Lindenwood features high-flying Chad Moore and sharpshooter John Copple. Moore averages 18.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Copple, who has connected on 58 three-pointers this season, averages 14.9 points per game. The LU men are 9-4 in conference play and 17-10 overall.
Doors at the Hyland Performance Arena open at 5:30 p.m., followed by the women's tip-off at 6 p.m. The men's game begins at 8 p.m.
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The new 16,000 square-foot addition and remodel of the Gordon Student Center at Onondaga Community College has captured two prestigious awards for design excellence from the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Interior Designers. King & King Architects of Manlius served as executive architect for the Gordon project and teamed with DSA Architects, out of Indiana, for their programming experience with the "one-stop" student services concept.
The awards are the AIA Merit Award Institutional Category from the American Institute of Architects – CNY Chapter, and the ASID "Best of Competition" Institutional Design Award from the American Society of Interior Designers – NYU/CE Chapter.
Originally constructed in 1971, the Gordon Student Center has evolved to better serve the needs of Onondaga Community College's nearly 11,000-student body, the second-largest in Central New York. The building now features "Student Central," a one-stop student services hub, and the Gordon "Great Room," a multi-functional space with an expansive view of downtown Syracuse.
The AIA Award comments from the selection jury were: "Detailing at the curved exterior wall with structure pulled away is simple and elegant. The building responds to the axes of the pedestrian traffic of the campus making the student center an anchor on the campus. The locations of student gathering spaces are responsive to the site and neighboring views, addressing the view of the city beyond. The project successfully tackles the renovation of a 1970's building making it a product of its time."
"The very mission of Onondaga Community College is to support the aspirations of students through academic rigor, highly credentialed faculty and modern facilities that serve as anchors to student engagement. The beautifully remodeled Gordon Student Center now exists as an inviting center of campus where students and the community can connect with the tremendous resources of the College. We are grateful to King & King for their superb work on this project," said Debbie L. Sydow, Ph.D.
"We are thrilled with the awards recognition for OCC and King & King, and are so pleased with the response from the campus and community. The success of this "Student Central" project would not have been possible without a group of dedicated individuals, the clear mission of OCC, and the commitment of the design team to turn their vision into built form." Kirk Narburgh, Partner-In-Charge - King & King Architects.
Both awards programs are competitive programs judged by peers who select based upon evaluations of submitted projects. Hundreds of projects are submitted by architects and interior designers throughout New York State and only a select few receive awards recognition each year.
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MARIETTA - Ohio school districts may soon have the option to ask voters to provide money for school safety and security - and nothing else.
There's no law preventing schools from using a variety of funds to pay for things like security personnel, bulletproof glass, double entryways and more.
But that money is also needed and used for a variety of day-to-day expenses and capital improvements, some required by law. Senate Bill 42, approved last week by the Ohio Senate's Ways and Means Committee, would allow public school districts to run a levy specifically for safety and security measures and dedicate the money solely to that purpose.
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Lowell Elementary teacher Karen Kubota uses her new keycard to enter the front door of the school. The Fort Frye Local school district recently added the keycard system to its buildings.
Tom Gibbs, superintendent of the Fort Frye and Warren Local school districts, noted the language of the bill does not specify what falls under the "school safety and security" category, so there could be a variety of legitimate uses.
"It could be for personnel in regards to a resource officer; it could be for equipment; it could be used for capital upgrades," he said.
Both Fort Frye and Warren made safety upgrades in the wake of the December shooting deaths of 20 young students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The districts' schools now have keycard readers to restrict access to the buildings, but Gibbs said they will be looking to expand the systems.
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Purposes for which school districts can propose levies:
* Current expenses
* General permanent improvements
* Specific improvements or a class of improvements that may be included in a single bond issue
* Support of a public library
* Parks and recreational purposes
* Construction and operation of a community center
* Operation of a cultural center
* Education technology
* If the district is a municipal school district, for the current operating expenses of both the district and "partnering" community schools
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It's too early to say whether either district would pursue such a levy, or if residents would support it, Gibbs said, but he thinks it could be a good option for schools to have in general.
Marietta City Schools are also moving forward with safety improvements without the aid of such a levy, said board of education member Bill Hutchinson. Security systems have been upgraded in recent years, and the board recently voted to seek bids for a project to keep all high school students under one roof by adding classroom space and a walkway to connect the main building with the auditorium and gymnasium.
"I don't foresee, unless there was something drastic, that we'd need to put a levy on for security," Hutchinson said. But "I think it's probably a good idea to be an option for schools."
At a January board meeting, a Marietta school district resident indicated her support for a safety levy in the district to fund additional protective measures. While there's nothing to stop a district from using current expense or permanent improvement levy funds on such projects, there's also nothing requiring them to do so, even if a board said that was the intent.
That's been a potential problem Gibbs has pointed out to Warren Local residents who said they would support a levy to restore high school busing. Even if the board and administration put forth a levy for that purpose, if a funding crunch came, they would be obligated to use the money raised to meet requirements of state law - which do not include high school busing.
But just as a permanent improvement levy cannot be used for anything except repairs and items that would last longer than five years, a security and safety levy would be limited to only security and safety-related expenditures.
That provision would make such a levy more appealing to Belpre resident Theadora Lynch, 64.
"That would be wonderful," she said. "I would definitely support it."
Marietta resident Anthony Wilson, 33, said school and safety are on his mind more and more, with his son ready to start kindergarten in two years. But before voting for such a levy, Wilson said he would have to hear exactly how the district planned to spend the money it raised.
If "they explain to me what they're using it for ... specific improvements, I think I would support it," he said.
Retired teacher Oran Adams, 77, of Waterford, said he too would need specifics but thinks a levy limited only to security measures would be "unnecessary."
"I can't see any kind of security things that would be so much they would need a levy for it," he said.
New Matamoras resident Melody Keene, 59, said money should be used for what the board and administration say it will, but she understands situations could arise in which a change might need to be made. She said she would trust a board made up of multiple individuals to make that decision, so a strict limit on how a levy would be used might not be necessary.
Salem Township resident Rodney West, 39, said he is wary of funding limitations.
"The more they restrict you to how you spend your money, the more they restrict you in everything else," he said. "It becomes the government controlling your money, not you controlling your money."
The bill has not yet been voted on by the full state Senate and state Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, said he needs to research it more but while he generally supports the ideas of schools having more options, he believes school security needs to be addressed at the state level first.
"We have a school funding formula that doesn't provide adequate funding for southeast Ohio," Gentile said. "I think school safety ought to be included in how the state considers funding."
Gov. John Kasich's proposed school funding plan has drawn criticism because it keeps funding for 60 percent of the state's district - including many poorer, rural ones - at current levels. Gentile said wealthier districts would have a better chance of passing a safety levy than cash-strapped ones.
"I don't think we ought to hinge quality education and whether we can provide a safe environment on whether we can pass a levy," he said.
Ohio Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, hasn't taken a position on the bill either. While he said he would need to learn more about it, he doesn't have a problem with the concept.
But Thompson said other measures might be better solutions, including authorizing multiple district employees to carry concealed weapons rather than using levy money to employ a single, uniformed security officer.
"I do think there might be more cost-effective - and effective - ways to address parents' concerns," he said. "I think what we try to do is provide flexibility to the districts to try to design something that makes sense for them."


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Dragon's widest and most advanced goggle, now shaped for medium-sized faces.
Endless peripheral vision—that's what you get when you pull on the APXs Goggle. Dragon took its wildly popular APX goggle, sized it down for medium-sized faces, and the APXs was born. In case you're not familiar with the APX platform, it's like the luxury SUV of Dragon's winter goggles. There's insane comfort, ultra-wide lens coverage, distortion-crushing and fog-busting optical technology, and helmet compatibility—no missile launcher though, maybe next year.
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- Lens is crafted with injection-molded polycarbonate to make it highly resistant to impact and scratches
- Super Anti-Fog lens design uses a moisture-repellent coating to keep sweaty vapors from building up on the inside of the lens
- Uni-directional venting pulls cool air in through the top of the lens and through dual vents in the top of the goggle frame
- Triple-layer face foam and a microfleece lining put a soft layer of padding between your face and the highly durable polyurethane frame
- Numbered lenses installation system uses etched numbers on the frame that line up with numbers etched into the lens so you know exactly how to align the lens to get the fit right the first time
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Love em
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Had them out all season. Never fogged up on me. Some say they are too big for helmets, I used my nrs kayak helmet worked like a charm! Good peripheral vision, reading snow in sunny, foggy, whiteout conditions all very well.... well whiteout speaks for it self! On top of all that, they look really cool and perform well. Didnt have fog issues like many say.. I would recommend them...
Lots of fog issues
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Bought these because of the frameless lens design and because they weren't as massive as some other frameless designs. They did look cool and fit perfectly with my helmet, but I couldn't get over the fog issues I was having. I skied a storm day on my home mountain in super demanding conditions (they reported 26
Cool goggles
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
I splurged and decided to get these for my friend's birthday. Needless to say they look dope! and she's super stoked to try them out. I'll probably end up buying a pair for myself in the near future since they look so rad
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These are nice set of goggles but they fog like crazy. Is it the pacific northwest where the air is more humid??? I could be just breathing and can see the fog coming and going on my goggles (without facemask) and if I'm not going fast the fog freezes over on my lens. I thought this was the issue of the past....Non other goggs of mine does that. I bought the GIGI signature edition, you're telling me GIGI uses this POS?
Best Goggles I've owned
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've owned a couple pairs of goggles during my times as a boarder (a whole six years whoa!) from Smith to Oakley and these are by far my favorite in terms of both style and performance. Ordered these just before the season started, and here in Ontario we've it all possible snow conditions already. My APXs have gone through all of them already and held up surprisingly well. Rainy? No problem. Chilly? No problem. Blizzarding? No problem. No foggy issues well through their 7th run of the season although I've heard of several people having issues with that. The frameless look is a very nice touch to the APXs' design. Replacing the lenses in the goggle is super simple and quick if you happen to be in a rush (wouldn't want to waste that precious shred time). Couldn't tell ya what they're like with a helmet though I go helmetless on the slopes.
Overall: 10/10
Dragon Alliance you've outdone yourselves
Great Goggles but scratch easy
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I love the wide vision on these goggles. I did have a few issues with them fogging up on me. The lenses scratch super easy too which sucks because they are so expensive to replace. I loved how fast the lenses could be changed out but decided to get a Smith Goggle for this season, it was cheaper to get brand new goggles with extra lens than trying to buy more replacement lenses for these. But they are a great goggle.
Fore-bare it a bit.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These things are great... In every way, except when it comes to comparability with a poc helmet. I've tried adjusting them every imaginable way (moving the straps up and down on my helmet, tightening, lossening, etc). One time I was fidgeting with my goggles at the base and somehow managed to slice my thumb open with them.. Blood everywhere. It took 3 lift rides before I found a ski patroller with a bandaid... But I did not return them! And yet I still find myself constantly adjusting them, and without fail there is a gap. The tragedy. Just be fore warned (ha! foreheads).
That being said, these google are amazing. I bought them at the beginning of the season and have used them for everything: skiing, hiking, mountaineering, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, etc etc etc.
In the variable winter lighting that prevails in northern New England during the winter these have provided ample definition and visibility; making that flat-light hidden ice a little more visible. They are also incredible at the whole antifogging thing, no matter how you tuck/cover/manipulate your neck guard around them. They only fogged up on me once, and I had just covered the vents on top with my hat, instant fix.
I'd highly recommend them, so long as you don't wear a poc helmet, or atleast don't really care about having a minute gap. But if you ask me, the positives of these goggles definitely out way the negatives, hence why I never returned them.
I hate the gap too! I got a cheap $10 windstopper head band and totally fixed the cold forehead gap issue
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- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I just got this item and was so pleased to see that it isn't AS MASSIVE as i thought. A lot of pictures i've seen it eats people's faces. It actually fits really nicely and nice in snug in my Bern Hard Hat.
Plastic on the frame isn't my favorite but definitely won't break. Lens is definitely nice.
Will have to put them to the test this week and see if they fog up or not. Fog can be managed if you know how to coordinate your gear, air circ, and heat so I generally disregard those in reviews... Plus i'm pretty thin on layers. Work some Cat Crap into new goggles usually does the trick if issues arise.
i'm pumped. will buy more lenses if these work out. pic to follow.
Fogging Problem
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These goggles look, are extremely comfortable, and allow for amazing peripheral vision; however, I'm not sure why they say "fog-busting optical technology." I couldn't get half way through a run without having to stop and wipe down the inside of the lens. They were fogging up from the first run.
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Nice, but.....
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
I got these goggles for my girlfriend and she seems to like them. the only thing that i was disappointed about was that they didn't come with an extra lens for night riding? every pair of goggles I've purchased weather cheap or expensive, came with an extra lens. Goggles in this price range should definitely include an extra lens. very disappointed.
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Bought these cause they looked cool but fogged up first time I used them. Not impressed with these.
Great goggles
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I have a small to medium sized face and have had to return other goggles due to fit. These fit perfectly and sealed my (Asian) face. Used them in single-digit to negative temps without fogging. Peripheral vision is wide enough that you don't notice the frame.
Love the color I ordered. I even got a compliment on the goggles from the ski lift guy. Highly recommend.
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These goggles rock! Not only do they look amazing, but the vision quality is superb. Both the red ion and blue/yellow lens work great in their respective conditions. These goggles vent really well, too. I tried this on and compared them to the Oakley Airbrakes. I just happened to like the fit of these best for my face.
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Dragon has good quality but I must tell everyone that the dual lense is NOT reliable. If you get snow/moisture between the lenses by either riding on a heavy snow day or by falling, you will not dry these out without coming off the mountain. Possibly I started with a faulty pair of lenses (not fully sealed) but very disappointed for $140.
Did not fit with helmet and face.
Really like the goggles so far
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These have great unobstructed vision and I like the look of the frameless goggle. It is very nice they come with low and high light lenses to change depending on the weather. There has been no problem with fogging thus far. They also come with a nice case which is great to put your goggles in after a day on the mountain to make sure they stay like new.
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I love these goggles. The fit works better for me than the Smith I/O and the visibility trumps the Smith Phenom. I have owned two pairs of the APXs and I honestly cannot see myself getting another goggle anytime soon. Awesome peripheral vision, perfect amount of foam where they are comfortable but not sitting too far off your face, easy lens changes, and I haven't had any fogging issues. I love the Jet lens for sunny days and the Pink Ionized or the Yellow-Blue Ionized for low light days.
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Are these mirrored lens's? I'm looking to...
Are these mirrored lens's? I'm looking to buy a pair with either red or blue lens and I'm looking for the most mirrored. Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, I'm a rookie skier! In some pictures you can see their eye's, in others you just see the reflection of the snow, hopefully that helps.
Most of them are, if you look if with the name of the goggle, it might say ion, or ionized, those are usually the reflective ones. Hopes that helps dude.
Do the goggles, lenses, and case come with...
Do the goggles, lenses, and case come with some kind of warranty, and if so what kind.
Dragon goggles come with a 2 year manufacturers warranty. All warranty inquiries or claims can be submitted here:
How would you classify your face small,...
How would you classify your face small, medium, or large. Is there some sort of measurement you can go by?
Does it come with bonus lens
Does it come with bonus lens
Hey Nick,
Any variant with two lens colors in the name will have those two lenses. However, none of the variants we have in stock do come with an extra lens.
Do any of these work in low light/night...
Do any of these work in low light/night riding... My local mountain RARELY gets sunshine so I'm always riding in rain or snow with lots of cloudy days... I also right at right often... Any suggestions would be helpful thanks
None of these lenses are true low light lenses, but we do sell extra lenses. Clear will be your best bet for night riding, yellow will be a great daytime flat light lens and I even use yellow for night riding sometimes.
Do these come with extra lenses? Many Apx...
Do these come with extra lenses? Many Apx goggles online offer a total of 3 lenses.


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HOUSTON -- The A's were down two center fielders after the club announced Monday that Craig Gentry had suffered a fracture of his right hand when he was hit by a pitch during a bunt attempt Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
The A's already were without Coco Crisp, who had missed two of the previous three starts before flying back to the Bay Area Sunday night to have his troublesome neck checked out one more time. Crisp underwent an MRI on Monday afternoon, with the results expected Tuesday.
To get the A's over the hump, they called up Double-A Midland center fielder Billy Burns, a 24-year-old speedster picked up in the trade of lefty reliever Jerry Blevins to the Washington Nationals last December. Burns, a switch-hitter, was hitting .250 with one homer, 23 RBIs, an on-base percentage of .333 and 51 steals.
For the moment, A's manager Bob Melvin said he will move Yoenis Cespedes from left field to center against right-handed starting pitching. Burns will start against left-handed starters.
Gentry wasn't awarded first base when he was hit by the ball because umpire Randy Wolf said Gentry was trying to bunt. Gentry had his hand examined by the A's trainers at the time, didn't think the injury was serious and continued to play. After the game, his right hand was X-rayeed and no damage was revealed.
When the hand was still swollen Monday morning, Gentry was taken for an MRI that showed a non-displaced fracture of his right hand.
"I did the same thing last year when Jarrod Parker hit me on the left hand," said Gentry, who was playing for the Texas Rangers at the time. "I only missed two weeks then and I'm hoping that's the case again this time."
Manager Bob Melvin concurred with the two-week timetable.
"It was disappointing news," Melvin said. "We know it's going to be two weeks, and hopefully that's it. It's a blow, but we're going to have to get past it. We're optimistic that's it, but you never really know."
Burns got the call because he's a natural center fielder, and that's where Oakland's greatest need is with both Crisp and Gentry unavailable.
"We needed a center fielder. He switch-hits, he plays the position well, and he runs very well, so we'll see what he has to offer," Melvin said. "This was a guy we gave a lot of at-bats to in spring training. He really impressed everybody in spring training. Couple that with we wanted a center fielder, and he was the guy.''
Gentry and Melvin saw something of a silver lining to the two weeks Gentry will miss. He's been troubled by a sore knee, and now he will have a couple of weeks to try to get that healthy as well.
The A's series coincides with the Houston area hosting a conference for KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) executives and teachers drawn from the organization's 162 nationwide schools, including 10 in the Bay Area. It's a program that is close to all three men. A's general manager Billy Beane is expected to fly to Houston Wednesday to be a featured speaker in front of the group Thursday.
A center fielder, the 24-year-old Wilson started the season in Double-A with the Twins, eventually working his way through the claims process to the Blue Jays and the A's. Under baseball rules, the A's have 10 days to trade him, release him, or sign him to a new contract.


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Roger out and Roger in then, pure magic this new set up eh. Where've you been Mr Mellie. Tell me when this board meeting's taking place and I'll jog along with you and bring my nut cracker.
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Own up, who #$%$ with the boards? Heads should roll for this appalling decision. I'm going straight to the top with this abomination. I'll set up a board meeting then i'll give them what for. WHoever done this deserves capital punishment, failing that a chinese burn or an eyebrow shaved off
Still testing. It's definitely on then, I've had a few calls. Bale's learning Spanish, but Ronaldo's already got the Manchurian twang. Wasn't too impressed by the news that your guys are spending quite a bit of time on the Tyne. Hope your lot haven't been shipping our Graham some bungs down.
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Ten thousand years ago, planet earth was undergoing yet another swing in a continuous series of climate changes. This time, a period of warming was under way that spelled the end of the most recent Ice Age. So what? you say. What has this to do with bottomland forested wetlands?
Well, if you are a waterfowler, and have an interest in the natural history of waterfowl and their habitats, then you have benefited in more ways than one from this period of climate change. Not only did the retreating glaciers shape the northern Great Plains, leaving behind countless prairie potholes of the Duck Factory, but as all that ice melted, much of the runoff rushed southward, forming a vast river that gave birth to what Native Americans called "Mississippi," which, legend has it, translates to Father of Waters.
That's an appropriate moniker, as the glacial runoff gave birth to an enormous floodplain that we know today as the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). Over several thousand years, as the period of warming continued and the glaciers retreated, the volume of runoff declined, and an intricate secondary network of rivers and swamps developed on the face of this roughly 24-million-acre floodplain. Ultimately, the soils, climate, flooding regime, and other factors combined to shape one of the most unique forested wetland systems in the world, called by some the Amazon of North America, and known regionally as the Delta.
This by-product of the last Ice Age became the most significant wintering area for mallards in North America, with upwards of 40 percent of the mid-continent population settling in the region's network of sloughs, cypress-tupelo brakes, and, in some years, flooded oak flats. The key attraction for mallards was that at least one or more of the river systems in the MAV typically flooded annually, providing predictable habitat in the unpredictable world of wetlands.
Such annual winter floods created, in all but extreme drought years, hundreds of thousands of acres of flooded forested wetlands. These areas typically provided abundant, high-energy food, particularly acorns from several species of oak trees uniquely adapted to this system, including pin, water, willow, and Nuttall oaks. Acorns are loaded with carbohydrates, and because ducks don't have to concern themselves with the Atkins Diet, or any of the other diet plans on the market these days, acorns are a food that ducks can readily convert to fat. For ducks, fat is the substance upon which their very survival depends.
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Founder Jim Brock, 51, and co-founder Jason Beatty, 42, met at NextSpace in downtown Santa Cruz and grew the startup to the point where a big player took notice of their product, PrivacyFix, for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
AVG Technologies, an Internet security firm based in the Czech Republic, bought PrivacyChoice in May for an undisclosed sum. Since then, Brock and Beatty have been working on privacy products for AVG's 155 million customers. Earlier this month, AVG released a free PrivacyFix app for smartphones and tablets. "We save you a lot of time and legwork," said Brock. "You could spend two hours yourself (on privacy settings) or five minutes with PrivacyFix."
The app works on iPhone 5, and the team is working to fix an issue that arose for the iPhone 4S.
Rather than pitch a product to venture capitalists or seek revenue from advertisers, Brock took a different route. His strategy was to create a database on privacy policies of 5,000 websites and 1,200 tracking companies and rate them on how well your privacy is protected.
"Companies license that from us," he said. "That revenue allowed us to build the consumer products.
"It was smart sustainable revenue," Beatty said.
PrivacyChoice became profitable while in startup mode and offered PrivacyFix to consumers for free.
AVG, the new owner, takes a similar tack, providing basic security services to users for free and charging for premium services.
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Brock, who lives in Santa Cruz, discovered how far tracking technology had advanced when his wife had a scary experience with targeted online advertising.
Then he realized the process of "opting out" usually meant companies kept collecting personal data on your online activity. They know if you're in the market for a new car and what you're buying at the drugstore.
"I think that is something people don't necessarily understand," Brock said.
Finding and changing the privacy settings can be time-consuming, depending on where on the website those settings are located and how many websites are tracking your activity.
"Facebook puts in tools to control that data, but they don't make it easy to find it," Beatty said. "They want your data to leak out so they can advertise to you." The PrivacyFix color-coded dashboard simplifies the process, monitoring Facebook, Google and LinkedIn on one easy-to-read page.
In the latest version, a green checkmark signifies the most private setting, a green exclamation point indicates you've chosen less privacy, and an orange exclamation point means something needs attention.
"We don't dictate choices for you," said Brock. "We're helping you understand what your data is worth to Facebook and Google and why your data has value in this economy."
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Brock found NextSpace, the co-working site downtown, a good place to hatch PrivacyChoice.
That's where he met Beatty, 42, who had already built and sold a software company.
"He sent out a request asking for expertise in security," Beatty said. "We kept meeting for lunch."
Beatty agreed to put aside his own projects to concentrate on coding for PrivacyFix while Brock focused on product features and design.
"A startup takes everything you have," Beatty said. "You have to completely focus to make it your priority."
He had no desire to drive over the hill to build the company in Silicon Valley.
"We wanted to do it in Santa Cruz," he said. "The classic argument that talent is not in Santa Cruz is not true."
When more help was needed, Brock called in Eric Whitefield, someone he knew from a previous job, as a full-time contractor. Other contributions were made by half a dozen specialists located around the world from Texas to Belarus and interns from UC Santa Cruz.
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Being at NextSpace made it easy to get feedback on the PrivacyFix product.
Spencer Lindsay, a digital designer who knew Beatty, volunteered as a beta tester.
"He's very good at security," Lindsay said. "I was queasy with the way companies can make money off your data so I found their project really interesting."
He was impressed how the designers used graphics to move from a version with too much information to one that he considered "very friendly."
Other privacy tools were available, but many were developed by hobbyists or nonprofits that did not have support.
"We were doing it for a living," Beatty said, "That's what it took to get it in front of the big anti-virus companies."
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AVG's head of corporate development was someone Brock did not know, but he discovered they had many close connections in common.
"We had lunch at one point and almost immediately realized there was a tight alignment in our companies' philosophy about how to deliver better privacy to consumers," Brock said. "Things moved quickly from there."
For Beatty, the sale was a proud moment.
"That's the dream," he said. "Like getting your book published, your album on the charts, winning the surf contest."
But it did not mean retirement.
"When you get acquired, you don't stop the next day," said Beatty. "You probably work harder."
Brock, Beatty and Whitefield joined AVG and kept their office in Santa Cruz. They added Jeff Lyon, a full-time contractor working at NextSpace to the team, and gained access to AVG's teams for quality assurance and design in San Francisco.
"We have a lot of resources now in all these different disciplines," said Brock, noting the improvements made for the new mobile app.
"In this economy, tech has done very well," Beatty said. "A dozen other startups I know of. We're part of this renaissance."
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WHAT: PrivacyFix, a free product to let consumers choose their level of online privacy. DEVELOPED BY: PrivacyChoice in Santa Cruz FOUNDER: Jim Brock, co-founder Jason Beatty ACQUIRED BY: AVG Technologies INFORMATION: www.privacyfix.com


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After the end of the clay season it is finally time for the green surface! Especially with the Olympics coming up - on the holy lawn in Wimbledon - this year's grass season is certainly a highlight in Roger's career. He will compete in the Gerry Weber Open in Halle this week.
After a first round bye, Roger either plays Germany's Florian Meyer (ATP 35) or America's Tim Smyczek (ATP 206). In the quarter-finals, our champ could then meet Canada's Milos Raonic (ATP 22). A possible semi-final against Alexander Dolgopolow (ATP 19) could then be the last step before a final clash with Rafael Nadal.
Sigue deleitándonos con tú juego,versus la mediocridad que impera en el tenis actual.En España se te admira.Ojala llége el 17 en WB.
tennis player who is still reaching SFs of grand slams should retire -what message does that send to tennis players who are still striving to get into top 20, 10 or 5? That they should not bother because no hope? He loves the game, he and family love the tour and he will finish when he's ready. He's set high standards and I for one believe he can still get those big trophies. It's always been tough, he just made it look easy, just like his beautiful shots of his. No one will ever take his place.
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*rogerpete25* It's true some of us might take an over optimistic attitude to Roger's possibility of success, but yours is excessively gloomy. There are many players who would like to beat Roger for the defeats suffered at his hands - Roddick is obsessive about this. But Nadal has defeated Roger (albeit mostly on clay) more than Roger has him. Roger has said he's feeling good and if he is, the other players should watch out, inc. top few; he's snapping at their heels. How can you suggest that a
rogerpete25...I don't believe what I'm reading in your post !!! Roger only needs 270 points to bypass Nadal and regain the #2 ranking. Roger has 4 titleS in 2012 with more to come. Roger isn't going anywhere except to more victories...
I believe Nadal feels a greater satisfaction beating Roger to make up for the early years when Roger beat him (but not on clay). Nadal is 5 or 6 years younger and Nadal will have several opportunites to beat him, especially if the rankings stay the same. I would think this would also frustrate Roger. I think Roger should consider retirement if the remainder of the year plays out badly for him (meaning losing at Wimbledon, Olympics, US Open). The other tournaments do not count in the big picture.
Just read that Roger has said he is fully fit - just where he wants to be - and feeling fresher and more relaxed than ever. Such good news - that's what we want to hear! We love, love, love you and the tennis you play.
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With just four games to go, the Huskies are smelling playoffs for the first time in school history. Battle Mountain took another step Friday with a a 12-7 win at Grand Junction.
"It was a solid win," Huskies coach Jerry Nichols said. "Grand Junction was ahead of us in the standings. That had big-time playoff implications."
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Battle Mountain's next scheduled game is Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Edwards against Summit. That said, the Huskies also need to make up their game against Evergreen, which was snowed out earlier this week.
In the meantime, Nichols wouldn't mind seeing his team win out to insure the schools first postseason appearance.
"We're looking to win out," Nichols said. "Quite frankly, I don't think we have to win out for the playoffs, but that's what I'm hoping for. If we do win out, then we make it easy. It's in our hands."
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USA, 2012, 117 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Drama
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: English
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Producer: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan GordonEditor: Jay CassidyScreenwriter: David O. RussellCinematographer: Masanobu TakayanagiPrincipal Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker
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Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has just been released from eight months in a psychiatric facility after having beaten his wife's lover to within an inch of his life. Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), an unstable young widow who's been dealing with the pain of her loss by sleeping with every man she sees, offers to help Pat with his improbable quest to get back together with his wife (Brea Bee). The relationship that develops between these two psychotics becomes the silver lining to the problems they're dealing with in this dramatic comedy. Having lost his wife, his house, and his job, Pat is living with his somewhat wacky parents (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver) in suburban Philadelphia. Along with wanting to help Pat get back on his feet, his mom and dad really want him to be as obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles football team as they are.
In adapting Matthew Quick's 2008 novel, writer-director David O. Russell (The Fighter) takes a long view Pat's journey toward recovery as he explores one of his favorite subjects, the dysfunctional family. Fast-paced dialogue moves Cooper and Lawrence through banter, soul-baring, misunderstanding, and reconciliation in the span of a single scene, as shocked friends and family—supposedly saner than the protagonists—squirm at one awkward social situation after another. Masanobu Takayanagi's hand-held camerawork and editor Jay Cassidy's twitchy rhythms practically zoom into Pat's busy, troubled, yet upbeat mind. Danny Elfman's music and the soundtrack supervised by Sue Jacobs thread in and out of the action, reflecting Pat's agitated mental condition.
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Talking WR's, I'd prefer the speedy Tavon Austin over them all... He'd fit perfectly in the Haley offense. Would return punts and KO's immediately.. He's small, but so is DeSean Jackson... Austin would def. rack up the YAC... my 2 cents.
Regarding Spence. ^^^ I agree. I doubt he'll ever pan out.
Patterson isn't the most polished, there are receivers more polished than him. Allen is one and Woods is another. What Patterson lacks is coachable....What the others lack they will never obtain.
If Jarvis Jones isn't there, I'd go Hopkins or Minter. It's tough to determine where Minter is rated right now but I think he is a perfect fit as a our 3-4 ILB of the future and could see playing time this year. I think Hopkins could immediately come in and beat out Sanders.
If Hopkins is drafted in the 1st then I would go Minter in the 2nd (if available), or Lacy (if available). If neither are available then I look for safety. There is A LOT of very good safety depth that will be available in the 2nd and likely the 3rd:
Vaccaro, Elam, Swearinger, Eric Reid, Thomas, Rambo, Jefferson, McDonald.
I know this is a mixture of FS and SS. I also don't see Vaccaro being head and shoulders above some of the other talent.
Below is the link I ws talking about. It was Bouchetts's 3-13 chat. More insight on Spence.
If you are going we in the first the. You have to take Tavon Austin.


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RandomSurge wrote: if you wanna talk "forced" just read some shakespeare
ChristopherWalken wrote: Haruki Murakami is someone I've been into for a bit. His short stories are great.
I'm reading Nabokov's Bend Sinister which is very good
SneebDotCom wrote: Some writers are gifted with putting words in the right order.... other writers are idea men... Tom Robbins is an amazing idea man.
I'm currently stuck on Notes from the underground by dostoevsky... he wrote it just for me i tell you... just for me!!!!
Jesse wrote: I love Murakami too... so far my favourite thing I've read by him was The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, but Sputnik Sweetheart was reallllll close. I shall read more.
Tom Robbins used to be one of my favourite authors. I read Skinny Legs And All when I was in grade 9 or 10 and I'm still pretty sure it was amazing. I read Another Roadside Attraction and sure did like it. I read Even Cowgirls Get The Blues and it was of comparable quality, but I started to realize something about him that I didn't like... he's insufferably sanctimonious. He writes with too heavy a hand jerking off neo-hippies and giving the finger to the supposed establishment. After a while it leaves me with a very bad taste in my mouth, and by the time I finished Half Asleep In Frog Pyjamas, I didn't want to read his stuff anymore. It's too polarized and acrimonious.
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A Brown County man has been charged after sheriff's deputies said he struck and injured a pedestrian.
Deputies said they were called about 9:40 p.m. Saturday to a home on Crosstown Road in Williamsburg, where they found 28-year-old Justin Tucker lying in the yard with serious injuries.
Tucker was flown by helicopter to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He remains listed in critical condition.
Deputies questioned witnesses and 25-year-old Fred Brockman Jr., of Williamsburg, and charged him with felonious assault.
Brockman has been released on $50,000 bond.
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Fire Chief John Hellmers has been suspended for three days without pay and ordered to repay the city an undisclosed sum following an investigation focused on his educational qualifications and supplemental pay.
The WDSU I-Team reported this summer that the city was looking into the coursework that Hellmers cited when he applied for, and received, compensation in excess of his base salary. Supplemental pay is awarded to some public employees who acquire specialized training or new degrees.
But Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni launched a probe when Hellmers allegedly failed to provide proper documentation.
The investigation drew to a close this month, but Hellmers said he will appeal the findings and the actions that have been taken by the city.
That hearing is expected to take place in November.


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Crawfish boil helps CASA
Published: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:53 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:53 a.m.
A crawfish boil earlier this month raised more than $52,000 for CASA of Terrebonne, surpassing the initial $30,000 goal set.
The event included 39 crawfish boil-off teams setting up early in the morning. Local band Serendipity kicked off the activities, followed by Houma blues guitarist Tab Benoit.
Winning teams were Greg Ward's team in first place, Lance Lapeyrouse's team in second place and Cliff Pierce's team in third place.
Laci Melancon, executive director of CASA of Terrebonne, presented the Courville family with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in Washington in memory of Herman Courville, who started the crawfish boil with friend Amos Mosley six years ago. Courville died in 2012. Mosley has continued the boil off in his friend's honor.
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Canada Stocks to Watch: Nexen, Progress, Precision, Spartan, Bird
By Judy McKinnon
Listed below are some of the stocks we expect to move during today's trading session.
The Canadian government late Friday approved Cnooc $15.1 billion takeover bid for Nexen and Petroliam Nasional Bhd's roughly $5.2 billion acquisition of Progress Energy Resources
Precision Drilling said it has set its 2013 capital-spending program at C$485 million, about half the C$920 million it expects to spend for all of 2012. It also implemented a quarterly dividend of 5 Canadian cents a share and said it expects to take a pretax charge in the fourth quarter of C$180-C$200 million on the decommissioning of rigs.
Spartan Oil said it has received an unsolicited takeover offer from a third party. It didn't disclose details of the offer.
Bird Construction said it has agreed to buy Nason Contracting Group Ltd. for about C$12.8 million.


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'The Walking Dead' Recap, Season 4, Episode 6, 'Live Bait'
The Governor – a, a hero?
The last anyone saw of the Governor, he was mercilessly and madly mowing down his own followers in a bloody killing spree by the side of an empty road. Tonight on "The Walking Dead," the villain who makes JR Ewing look like a Boy Scout returned, but not exactly as you might expect.
In "Live Bait," tonight's episode, the Governor is a broken man, who kind of, possibly, maybe, finds redemption with a surrogate family of survivors. That's not the only unusual aspect of this episode either: for the first time in this series' four seasons, hero lawman Rick Grimes is nowhere to be seen. Neither is anybody else from the former West Georgia Correctional Facility, for that matter. It's the first episode that hasn't featured a single one of them (by our reckoning, there are two other characters who have appeared in every single episode before tonight; who are they?)
That's something of a risk, considering how popular the show is, and how popular some of the characters are; from our Big Data mining (you know, looking at what everybody else on Twitter is saying on Sunday nights at 9 eastern) we'd say Rick is no better than the second-most popular character, behind Daryl, and he might even be third or fourth; Michonne and Tyreese have plenty of fans as well. Heck, after his epic turn in cell block A, Hershel's got new fans, too. Point is, people who like this show really like these characters.
But not one of them makes an appearance. This episode focuses solely on the Governor, whose psyche seems have simply disintegrated. After a brief flashback of him driving away with lackeys Martinez and Shumpert from the roadside massacre, the Governor sits in front of a campfire, utterly motionless. A walker approaches, steps right through the fire, trips and lies grasping at his feet. Still he doesn't move. Martinez shoots the zombie and saves him. He doesn't seem to notice any of it. Martinez shakes his head and walks off. The next morning, the Governor is alone, his companions gone.
He drives a truck through the gates of the abandoned Woodbury, and burns it to the ground. Then he walks, and walks, and walks. He walks long enough to grow a passable Duck Dynasty beard (speaking of, if there ever were a zombie apocalypse, we'd expect the Robertsons are one clan that would survive intact. Duck-call sales would suffer, but otherwise they'd be unscathed.)
At one point, he passes a corrugated metal barn, with various messages spray-painted on it, some crossed out with follow-up messages next to them. "Brian Heriot…we're at home…meet us…we love you…Brian Heriot…do not go home."
He wanders aimlessly, finally arriving in a small town that's virtually abandoned. He looks as bad as the walkers – even to the walkers, who sniff him but seem barely interested. He collapses on the ground, the will to live driven out of him. Then he sees a young girl in a second-story window of an apartment building, a little girl who looks suspiciously like his own deceased daughter, Penny. Is she real? Is she a hallucination? In his delirious state, the latter is a real possibility.
He wanders into the apartment building, and finds four people huddled in one apartment. The little girl, Megan, is real, and she'd holed up there with her youngish mother, Lilly, the mother's sister, Tara, and their father, a truck driver for the fictitious Gorbelli company who grabbed everybody when the world started falling apart and brought them here. The truck was filled with food, and it's parked outside, so they have a good-sized supply.
They grill him, and while he says almost nothing, they consent to let him stay the night, holding his nickel-plated Beretta just to be safe. Tara boasts that she's an Atlanta cop with enough firepower to kill him every day for 10 years (both are lies). The Governor tells them his name is…Brian Heriot. In a voice-over from the opening sequence, he tells them about Woodbury and the madman who built it and destroyed it, but leaves out that he is that madman.
We are huge fans of the Governor, and we like two things about this episode: the fact that the Governor's back, and the fact that his story isn't (yet) going in the obvious revenge direction. Some people grumble when this show doesn't move the story along at a breakneck (or breakskull) pace, but we enjoy these little forays off the main trail.
Part of the Governor's appeal is that he's got these two sides to him, that he's a man capable of great things – bringing together a ragged group of survivors and forming a viable community in the middle of hell – and capable of horrifying acts, like mowing down all his followers. We suspect we'll see the latter personality emerge at some point this season, but it's enjoyable to spend some time with the former (and we'd imagine David Morrissey enjoys getting to play both).
Rather quickly, in fact, he starts to resemble the man we first met, the smooth-talking, inspirational leader. Lilly, the nurse, is clearly interested in him while Tara's more defensive. It's possible Lilly sees something in him, but it's more likely she's just lonely. After all, if they've been holed up in that apartment since the spell-it-out hit the fan, then they've been in that tiny space for two some-odd years.
"Nobody ever mentioned just how boring the end of the world was going to be," Lilly says.
You can see where this is going, right? The Governor makes himself useful. The father is sick, stage-four lung-cancer. He's hooked up to oxygen tubes. The little girl is shell-shocked by the apocalypse, she generally responds only to her grandfather. Until, of course, the Governor shows up.
The Governor carries the father to his bed. He goes upstairs to an empty apartment to retrieve a backgammon set at the old man's request – finding a legless walker in a bathtub, the father's friend who apparently tried, and failed, to end it all. He goes to the local hospital to retrieve more oxygen tanks.
He makes himself most useful, however, after the father dies. Lilly calls Megan into pay her respects. "He's gone," she says. "I think he's been gone for a while." Oh, boy. The Governor realizes what the women don't: dad's going to turn. He tries to shuffle them out, but they don't understand what's happening, and in the confusion, he does in fact turn and lunges at Tara. The Governor grabs one of those oxygen tanks, and smashes the man's skull in, to the utter horror of the women, and especially to Megan.
They hit the road in the Gorbelli truck. When the truck breaks down (not before the Governor and Lilly have a late-night tryst), they walk. While walking, they cross paths with a herd of walkers, all standing by the side of the road by a sign for local pond (with a smaller sign hanging under it, "Live Bait, One Mile" it says). The Governor grabs Megan and they run into the woods.
The Governor and Megan fall into a deep, muddy pit, which is holding three zombies, and the madman who's acting the hero does an epic job of killing them with his bare hands in wonderfully grisly fashion. He and Megan embrace each other, a broken father who's lost his daughter and a broken daughter who's lost her father, surrogates for each other's heartbreak. "I'm never going to let anything happen to you," he tells her. This is not the Governor; this is Philip Blake, the man he used to be.
"Holy sh–," somebody says. The Governor looks up, and sees Martinez standing there. Seems his old life is about to cross paths with his new life.


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