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I'm wireframing a "resource library" for a client right now and am
struggling with presentation. They have numerous presentations,
documents, etc. that need to be easily searchable and sortable via their
public web site.
The requirements are...
* Must have a keyword search option
* Must be able to sort by topic
* Must be able to sort by the resource type (PPT, Document,
Webinar, etc.)
Here's a site where we've included filters for Topic and Type, but I
feel like adding a search box will clutter the interface too much and
confuse users.
I'd appreciate any ideas or examples of something similar.
Lacey Kruger
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The term 'issue' in the context of publications may be confused with
a single specific publication rather that a series of publications of
a given 'topic'.
How you display the interface also depends in large part how the
backend is locating the publications. I assume that the 'issue'
and 'resource type' act as filters, but it isn't clear whether a
search would override these filters or the search would only look
inside the subset defined by the filters.
Extracting the instructions from the descriptive paragraph would help
to isolate it visually and clarify.
-------------------------- if you want the search button to search
the entire database the instructions might read something like:
For up to date information to help you take action in your community
filter your search for publications by Topic and/or Resource Type:
...interface as you have it minus the submit
OR search our entire database for something more specific:
...search field
Then clicking in the search field should un-select any selections to
demonstrate that the search is overriding the selections and
searching the entire database. Then if the user trys to select
again, the search field should be wiped out to make clear its either
filter or search. It would also be good to visually group the
filters and search button, so that it is clear that the submit button
acts on the whole.
-------------------------- if you want the search button to only
search within the filtered selection the instructions might read
something like:
For up to date information to help you take action in your community
filter your search for publications by Topic and/or Resource Type
and/or any Keyword of your choosing:
further refine your search by typing in keywords separated by commas
(or whatever rules you defined):
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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You are right when trying to keep the search function as simple an
elegant as possible. But we need to think about the user, what is the
purpose if this function to her/him?
I think a text search input field is a must. People should be able
make searches based on the information contained in the document
(content, introduction, author, title, filename, keyword etc.). I
think this is primary. Using categories and file types as only search
options may make it more difficult for the user to find what he/she is
looking for especially if there is a high volume of documents.
This is not primarily an aesthetic issue, it%u2019s a usability
Ari Tenhunen
I totally agree with Ari. People are searching for a subject usually
using key words. The issues and the resource type is not the first
thing that comes in mind, they are secondary and a lot of people
never use them.. For searches for this type of data base (research
and publications) is usual to have a normal search and an advanced
one that can be unrevealed, and the issues and the type are usually
to find in the advanced options.
If it is not possible to search with key words on a certain page an
expert user is going to use google to find what he needs.
I think about a library catalog without key words search option. This
really scares me :)


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NIST Issues New Call for White Papers on Critical National Needs
For Immediate Release: September 8, 2009
Michael Baum
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a new request for "white papers" that outline or help define potential new funding competitions under the agency's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). A notice* in the Sept. 4, 2009 issue of the Federal Register solicits detailed analyses of critical national and societal needs that could be addressed by new technology developed with TIP support.
TIP promotes innovation in the United States through cost-shared funding for high-risk, high-reward research projects by single small-sized or medium-sized businesses or by joint ventures that also may include institutions of higher education, nonprofit research organizations and national laboratories. Competitions for TIP funding target large national and societal needs that arguably could be addressed or reduced through a program of high-risk, transformational research. Suggestions in the form of white papers from interested parties, including industry; academia; federal, state, and local governments; and professional organizations and societies are among the several sources consulted by TIP in deciding the scope of future competitions.
While TIP is interested in white papers addressing any area of critical national need, the program is particularly soliciting information related to several potential topic areas currently under consideration. These include:
The full text of the Federal Register notice is available at **
* Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 171, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, p. 45823.
**The Technology Innovation Program was cancelled in the fiscal year 2012 budget. All available TIP white papers are now located at www.nist.gov/tip/wp/index.cfm.


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This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of journalism. It combines theoretical perspectives on the making of news with primary source material produced by and about members of the news media. Students will read theoretical material on journalism alongside articles and columns appearing in the daily and weekly press and on television, news broadcasts, webcasts, blogs, interviews with journalists, trade articles, and professional reviews. Particular attention, using current examples, will be paid to understanding current upheavals in journalism, an industry and profession in the midst of great transition, and to learning how past scholarship helps understand the evolving field.
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The Heat led 49-44 at the half, with Chris Bosh having his best performance of the postseason with 17 first-half points, but the home side ran away with the game in the third.
Miami burst out with a 7-0 streak to grab a 12-point lead and LeBron took charge with two spectacular three-pointers and a ferocious dunk among his 14 points in the third.
James, who finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, now has 74 career play-off games with at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists, passing Michael Jordan for the most in NBA history.
The win puts Miami one victory away from a fourth straight appearance in the NBA Finals and a shot at a third straight title.
Miami have struggled with slow starts throughout the postseason but they were determined from the outset, grabbing a swift 8-0 advantage with all the points coming from Bosh.
"Coach drew up a play for me and I pretty much made my mind up that I was going to shoot it," said Bosh.
"After that, it's a funny thing but when my team-mates see me being aggressive like that and the shots do go in, they look for me a little bit more and I try to make their job a little easier."
While Miami credited Bosh and James for a strong performance, Indiana's Paul George felt the Heat had benefitted from favourable refereeing. Miami were given 34 free throws, double Indiana's total.
"I thought we outplayed them. It's just demoralizing when a game is lopsided, I'm sorry to say but that was the case again. How rare is it that we shoot 50 per cent, turn the ball over 14 times, out-rebound a team and lose?
"They made 30 free throws and that put them over the edge. I feel like we are just as aggressive as they are attacking the basket and making plays at the rim. Maybe this was just home cooking," he said.
James was having none of it.
"We did only have five turnovers and 20 points off their turnovers. That has nothing to do with the free throw line," he said.
It was a particularly fired-up performance from James but he rejected the idea that 'trash talk' in Game Three and further pre-game comments from Indiana's Lance Stephenson had contributed to his aggressive mindset.
"I don't need any motivation. I am motivated enough to try and get back to the finals," he said.
But George believed his team-mate's comments, where he claimed LeBron had shown 'weakness' in their on-court exchanges, had clearly backfired.
"Lance is young and that is a learning lesson for him. Sometimes you have got to watch what you say, you are on the big stage. Everything we say is going to be bulletin board material," he said.
Game Five of the best-of-seven series is on Wednesday in Indiana.
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Feb 1, 2011
Hobbyist General Artist
It has had a significant impact on it. And while digital art is newer, there is a love for traditional and vice versa. Some people can only succeed in one category, which is also fine. All art is amazing when it comes from the heart.
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Jan 31, 2011
Professional Digital Artist
because of my love for digital art, i make attempts to make my pencil art as neat, clean and dark as possible while maintaining my detail and intricacy. It is fun and challenging.
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Jan 31, 2011
Hobbyist Traditional Artist
A little of both. Digital can be super awesomely amazing, and when you mix some traditional art in there, KABLOOHEEEEEEY!!!!!!! Super duuper awesome amazingness!!!!!!!
......but sometimes, it can be either a failure, or it just........doesn't mix well!!!
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Jan 31, 2011
Hobbyist Digital Artist
Positively as it created a next step in art where traditional art is the base of something greater whop can be builded on with the computer art.
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I agree with mishakiara. Took the words out of my mouth in a small comment sum ^^
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Jan 31, 2011
Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I'm agreement with most of what has already been said. I like how we can do so much more with digital technology, but on the downside it's side swiped traditional artisic media. For example, not long after the huge success of Pixar's Toy Story, Disney withdrew all funding of hand drawn animation until The Princess & the Frog was made. Disney. Tried to get rid of what made it a household name for the sake of "in keeping with the times".
I'm all for innovation, but let us not forsake our roots! With them, the tree wil surely wither and die.
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Jan 31, 2011
Hobbyist Digital Artist
I think its honestly a bit of both. The pencil you can't have special effects, but can sketch. The digital you can copy and paste, blur, smudge, and also do other stuff, however not sketch. In all I think it might be WORSE.
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Jan 31, 2011
Hobbyist Traditional Artist
A bit of both really. I mean it gives us the abillity to fix the art and add things that we before couldn't. But art theft is so much easier now that you can change it with digital art.
But all in all I think is very positive
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Jan 31, 2011
Well both in a way! Posotively, because you can't do some things traditionally that you can do digitally, such as special effects. Smudges, textures and blurs are good tools when making digital art. However, traditional art was also negatively influenced because the market or "people" are more geared towards the digital art style and not so much traditional anymore. I like traditional because it has a more "hands-om" feel and you can do so much with it, like paint, sketch, color, and use charcoal, ink, markers, graphite, or most anything. With digital, you can't get that kind of feel.
But digital is pretty popular now, so traditional art is influenced in both directions.
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Jan 31, 2011
Professional Writer
I think it can be a little bit of both at different times. I mean, it's amazing what some people can do digitally that you could NOT do with traditional media. And we've had some amazing images created because of this.
But, now there's less traditional art, and less interest in traditional art. I remember at school... my gods fifteen years ago... when my art class went to an art gallery to show us different styles of art... and the first time I saw one of Van Gough's Starry Night I was literally speechless, I actually started to cry from the joy of the colours and lines and the obvious feeling in the paint.
There's just something physically beautiful about traditional art that I think has been lost to a lot of people because of the availability of digital media.
So I think it's a bit of both, good and bad. We don't go to museums or art galleries any more because we can visit them on our computers. It's like so many of us live only through a screen rather than going out there and experiencing it first hand.. you know? Now, I'm not saying down with digital art... not at all... but I do think we've lost something and perhaps only when the world slows down can we regain again.
Very good question.
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Jan 31, 2011
Student Interface Designer
i also think that it is negatively affected, since well it is mostly digital artsist that the industry is looking for. print media, movie industry - they all search for digital artists. BUT i also think that to be a good digital artist you have to be good in the traditional way as well.
ALSO digital painting is much cheaper than buying colours and pencils and all the rest - tranditional artists do spend a lot more money on their works...
equally i like both traditional and digital but as i said - being a traditional artist is harder as for work opportunities DUE to digital work. or at least i think so
you are all free to prove me wrong
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Jan 31, 2011
Professional Interface Designer
I think they have different audiences. My mom actually doesn't like digital art at all, no matter how fantastically they're done. She prefers traditional works, because, and I quote, 'they have a more nostalgic feel to them'. I think she likes paints on canvas and stuff.
I personally, like digital artworks. I somehow like the effects that can be done digitally, the smooth smudges, the textures, and stuff like that. I also like what cannot be done traditionally, the animation, flash, film, etc.
Although, the market now seems to be more geared towards digital (probably cause of its ease of creation as compared to traditional (as per most thinking), but this is my opinion), so I guess it has impacted negatively. xD
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FILM; Lives of Scavengers In a World of Plenty
By LESLIE CAMHI
Published: March 11, 2001
MODERN art, so frequently dismissed as garbage, finally came to embrace rubbish as an artistic medium all its own. For Charles Baudelaire, the Parisian ragpickers were poets who found inspiration in the city's teeming, trash-filled streets. Eugène Atget photographed their hovels, cobbled together from odd scraps of tin and lumber. Later, Picasso's Cubist collages, incorporating bits of newspaper and packaging, helped usher in the art of the 20th century.
Agnès Varda's ''Gleaners and I,'' which opened Wednesday at Film Forum and introduces a three-week retrospective of her work, is a warmly engaging and humorous documentary about people who collect and live off the refuse of our over-consuming society. It is also a whimsical tour through art history and a self-portrait by a radically independent filmmaker, who has worked for five decades outside the French mainstream.
''I only make films when something touches me very deeply,'' said Ms. Varda, who is 72. ''Here, I began to notice that at the close of day in open-air markets, after the tables are folded and the trucks are loaded, but before the ground is swept, there's about half an hour during which a whole host of people arrive, who do their marketing once the market is over. I watched a very old woman with a cane, who was bending down, so slowly, just to pick up an orange.
''Around the same time, I saw a report on television about new harvesting methods,'' she continued. ''A young farmer boasted about his machine, that it doesn't lose a single grain of wheat. Well, I thought, then what's left for the others? The pride of that young man, and that old woman who lived from garbage, began to work in my head.''
Her film takes part of its inspiration from ''The Gleaners,'' an 1857 painting by Jean-François Millet, which shows three women bending to pick up grain in a field suffused with amber light. Though today we glean facts or information, Ms. Varda reminds us of the word's agricultural origins. Gleaners were allowed to follow the harvest and claim as their own whatever the reaper had left behind.
Contemporary gleaners may do their scavenging in abandoned vineyards or curbside trash bins. Yogurt that has passed its expiration date, tomatoes too close to the ground for machines to harvest, oysters that have strayed from their beds and broken refrigerators are all fair game.
Crisscrossing France, Ms. Varda interviews an unemployed, alcoholic truck driver who gleans from economic necessity; a chef who gathers herbs and fruit from the fields around his two-star restaurant; an ecological activist who feels a moral imperative to eat what others throw away, and artists who find inspiration in cast-off materials.
A lawyer in black robes standing in a cabbage patch reads from the penal code asserting the legal right to glean ''between sun-up and sundown.'' Ms. Varda enjoys the absurdist contrast between his abstract language and the florid vegetables surrounding him. She never refuses an interesting digression. She is charmed to learn that one wine grower is an accomplished Lacanian psychoanalyst; another, a descendant of the photographer Étienne-Jules Marey. And she makes room for the ad hoc surrealism of daily life -- a dog on the road, for example, mysteriously adorned with a boxing mitt. Her film is pieced together from these seemingly useless bits.
In an empty lot, she discovers mountains of irregularly shaped potatoes, discarded by growers as unfit for commerce. A man quickly stuffs a few bags with them. Like those oddly formed tubers, he's ill fit for consumer society. He lives in a trailer without plumbing or hot water and supplements his companion's welfare checks by picking through supermarket dumpsters. Yet he's proud of his cunning and filled with quiet dignity. ''We're not afraid of getting our hands dirty,'' he says. ''Hands can be washed.''
Individualism and self-reliance have also marked Ms. Varda's career making films, 28 of which will be shown at Film Forum starting Friday. The retrospective is one of many honors this year: French critics recently awarded ''The Gleaners and I'' the Méliès Prize for best French film of the year. And on Feb. 24, Ms. Varda received an honorary César (the French equivalent of the Oscar).
''It's the kind of award they give you when you're either dying, or very old, or they don't know what to do with you,'' said Ms. Varda, a grandmother and devoted avant-gardist who remains alarmingly energetic. Last fall, when ''The Gleaners and I'' was shown at the New York Film Festival, she bustled feverishly around her hotel suite, offering fruit and coffee and showing off stills from her film, which was shot with a digital camera. This small, hand-held device allowed her to film the diaristic, intimate self-portrait of what she calls her ''new life as an old woman.'' Time, after all, reaps its harvest. What remains to be gleaned after its work is done? In the film, she inventories her graying hair, the leaks in her ceiling and the deep crevices of her flecked hands.


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Emmanuel Saez
|Emmanuel Saez
November 26, 1972
|University of California, Berkeley
|Public economics
|School or
|Neo-Keynesian economics
|Alma mater
|École Normale Supérieure
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paris School of Economics
|Peter Diamond
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
|Thomas Piketty
|Research on inequality
|John Bates Clark Medal (2009)
MacArthur Fellowship (2010)
|Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Emmanuel Saez (born November 26, 1972) is a French and American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] His work, done with Thomas Piketty, includes tracking the incomes of the poor, middle class and rich around the world. Their work shows that top earners in the United States have taken an increasingly larger share of overall income over the last three decades, with almost as much inequality as before the Great Depression. He recommends much higher (marginal) taxes on the rich, up to 70% or 90%.[2] He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2009 and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.
Saez has written extensively on the theory of optimal taxation and transfer, addressing topics such as wealth and income inequality, capital income taxation, and retirement. In addition to his theoretical work, he has authored a number of empirical papers, many of them applying the results from his theoretical work to US household data. His focus on the top 0.1 % of the income and wealth distribution has led to his political theories about the "great compression" and the "great divergence"[3][4] and led to significant research on the consensus about the ideal wealth distribution.
Saez's research on wealth and income inequality has largely focused on households at the top of the wealth and income distributions, which make up a significant portion of the US tax base.
Conservative critics, such as James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute, say that Saez and Piketty measure "market income," the total income before tax excluding income from government. Saez describes it as gross income reported on tax returns before any deductions. This excludes unemployment insurance, welfare payments, food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and employer-provided health insurance. Saez says that these are the best data available, as measured consistently since 1913. Critics say that they exaggerate inequality.[5]
In 2011, Saez and Peter Diamond argued in public media a widely discussed paper[6] that the proper marginal tax rate for North Atlantic societies and especially the United States to impose is 73% (substantially higher than the current 42.5% top US marginal tax rate).[7]
Together with Raj Chetty and others he researched social mobility in the US. They found substantial geographic differences across the country that were correlated with five factors: segregation, income inequality, local school quality, social capital, and family structure.[8]
Saez has been described as an "easygoing" person who loves surfing.[9] He has reportedly resisted overtures from the economics departments at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and his alma mater MIT.[citation needed]
John Bates Clark Medal[edit]
He was the recipient of the 2009 John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to "that American economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge."[10] Saez's research contributions have been mainly in the field of Public Economics. The 2009 John Bates Clark citation reads:[11]
"[Saez's] work attacks policy questions from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, on the one hand refining the theory in ways that link the characteristics of optimal policy to measurable aspects of the economy and of behavior, while on the other hand undertaking careful and creative empirical studies designed to fill the gaps in measurement identified by the theory. Through a collection of interrelated papers, he has brought the theory of taxation closer to practical policy making, and has helped to lead a resurgence of academic interest in taxation."
MacArthur Fellow[edit]
In 2010, the MacArthur Foundation named Saez a MacArthur Fellow for his research into the connection between income and tax policy.[12]
See also[edit]
Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States
- ^ "University of California, Berkeley". Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ For Two Economists, the Buffett Rule Is Just a Start by Annie Lowrey, New York Times, April 16, 2012
- ^ The "Great Divergence" Link PDF
- ^ The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/piketty-saezAEAPP06.pdf
- ^ The Fight Over Inequality By THOMAS B. EDSALL, New York Times, April 22, 2012
- ^ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/taxing-job-creators/; http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/delong120/English
- ^ Diamond, P.; Saez, E. (2011). "The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendation" (PDF). Journal of Economic Perspectives. 25 (4): 165. doi:10.1257/jep.25.4.165.
- ^ "Where is the land of opportunity? Intergenerational mobility in the US". VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ^ Lahart, Justin (April 25, 2009). "Berkeley Economist Emmanuel Saez Wins Clark Medal". Wall Street Journal
- ^ Clark Medal, Vanderbilt University
- ^ see http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/PDF_files/Saez_Bio_2009.pdf for complete text
- ^ "Meet the 2010 Fellows". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 28 September 2010.


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Fox Run Vineyards is a premium boutique winery located on the western shore of Seneca Lake. Come and experience the beauty of Fox Run while enjoying a vineyard tour and wine tasting by our friendly and knowledgeable tasting room staff. Treat yourself to a bite in our Café & Market, which features a wide variety of local cheeses and charcuterie, salads, soup, and wine by the glass or bottle.
Tours are $5 per person (free for children 15 and under.) Tour/ tasting combined is $8. Paid tours receive a coupon for $2 off one bottle of wine, valid the day of the paid tour.Tours are weather permitting, and go out at the top of the hour, every hour, with the last tour of the day leaving at 4 pm.
Visit our website for information about our Food & Wine Experience , VIP Tours, and group reservation policy.
Join Fox Run for our Annual Glorious Garlic Festival, the first weekend in August every year.
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Picnic Areas: with tables, scattered between tasting room and vineyards.
Wine Club Memberships available
Cafe & Market: Open every day, April through November, 11-5.
Special Wine Tatings: $50/person for VIP Tour. Please go to website for details.
Free Tours: Every hour at the top of each hour, last one at 4 p.m., weather permitting.
To make reservations for any of the services listed above, or if you have additional questions regarding these services, please contact the winery directly.
Copyright © 2015 Seneca Lake Winery Association. All Rights Reserved


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Newtown Township
Planning Commission
May 3, 2005
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (5/3/05): Mr. Fidler moved to approve the minutes of 5/3/05; the motion was seconded by Mr. Piazza and passed unanimously, with Mr. Bowe abstaining.
The Newtown Township Planning Commission met on Tuesday, May 3, 2005, in the lower level Township meeting room. In attendance were: Chairman Shawn Ward; members Jay Sensibaugh, Mike Piazza, Vince Lombardi, Beth Sanderlin, Shannon Wilson, Allen Fidler, and Frank Mendicino. Also in attendance were: Solicitor Dave Sander, Engineers Chris Walker and Matt Johnston, Planner Judy Goldstein, and Public Works Director Tom Harwood.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Shawn Ward called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (4/5/05): Mr. Fidler moved to approve the minutes of 4/5/05; the motion was seconded by Mr. Wilson and passed unanimously.
Note: The scheduled 4/19/05 meeting was canceled for lack of agenda items.
TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S REPORT: Mr. Johnston distributed his May 2005 report on traffic-related engineering projects in the Township and highlighted the following items:
Swamp Road Corridor Improvements: Mr. Johnston distributed copies of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission schedule for the Swamp Road Corridor TIP as requested at the last meeting.
No Turn on Red at Bypass and Richboro Road: Mr. Ward said he mentioned this in his report to the Board of Supervisors last month. Mr. Johnston said PennDOT agrees that sight distances are not an issue, and they are studying the history of accidents at this intersection.
Newtown Bypass/Buck Road/Richboro Road Improvements: Traffic signals have been installed and are being tested. Mr. Ward asked Mr. Johnston to look into line painting on the double left turn from Buck Road west onto the Bypass.
Newtown-Yardley Road TIP: The scoping meeting with PennDOT was postponed to 5/11/05.
CONDITIONAL USE – PNC BANK – 2500 S. EAGLE ROAD – TMP# 29-10-85: Engineer Mary Ellen Saylor and Frank Walters of PNC Bank were present to discuss their request to expand the existing shopping center to include a 3,500 SF bank, B-4 Financial Establishment Use. The site now contains parking areas, lights, and trees. Ms. Saylor said the bank site is part of a project that received final land development approval in 2003.
Mr. Walters displayed an artist's rendering of the planned building. He explained that PNC Bank is committed to sustainable construction and is making this design part of the corporative identity they are establishing. The design has been certified by the Green Building Council; over 50% of the materials in the building will be recycled and recyclable. The wood is harvested from forests that are being replenished and the building is designed to be energy efficient. Two such banks have already been built in Pennsylvania, and they have been very favorably received. He also said the atrium will glow at night, but there will be no light spillage beyond the perimeter of the pad.
The 4/26/05 Boucher and James letter was reviewed. The applicant agreed to comply with all applicable points. The following items were discussed:
- Item 3 – Hours of Operation: Mr. Walters said this part of the application should be amended to read: Monday through Wednesday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday and Friday 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and possibly Sunday 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
- Item 6 – Site Improvements: Ms. Saylor said everything has been done for the land development process except for the DEP signoff.
Mr. Ward asked about parking. Ms. Saylor said the applicant obtained a waiver to allow a minimum of 5.5 spaces per 1,000 SF of gross floor area. Nineteen parking spaces are required.
Several members had questions about how the drive-through window traffic will interact with the access to the site. Ms. Saylor said stop signs and traffic-calming devices will be used to slow down the drive-through traffic. Mr. Ward noted that the Commerce Bank site is designed the same way.
Mr. Piazza asked if there will be ATMs accessible to pedestrians. Mr. Walters said ATMs are planned for the inside of the building.
Mr. Lombardi moved to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve this conditional use application with the following conditions:
- Compliance with the 4/26/05 Boucher and James letter as applicable
- There will be a maximum of 11 employees on site
- The hours of operation will be from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Wednesday, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Thursday and Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday, and possibly from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Sunday
- There will be no noxious environmental effects or hazardous materials on site
- The applicant will obtain and submit a DEP exemption for sanitary sewer service for this use
- There will be no light spillover beyond the perimeter of the pad
- 19 parking spaces are provided
The motion was seconded by Mr. Sensibaugh.
Discussion of motion: Mr. Sander asked if the applicant will comply with Item 7.a of the Boucher and James letter regarding the plan scale. Ms. Saylor said they will.
Mr. Lombardi's motion passed unanimously.
PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISION – FLOWERS/MADANY TRACT (BROOKSHORE ESTATES PHASE II) – GAUCKS LANE AND WASHINGTON CROSSING ROAD: Attorney David Shafkowitz and engineer Brian Focht were present to discuss their proposed 29 lot single family residential subdivision. Most of the development is in Lower Makefield Township, but one lot and some improvements are in the CM District of Newtown Township. Several residents of Gaucks Lane were present and participated in the discussion.
Mr. Shafkowitz said Phase I of the development has received approval in Lower Makefield. The applicant is not seeking approval of Phase II in Lower Makefield until it is clear what Newtown Township wants.
The 4/26/05 Boucher and James letter was reviewed. The applicant agreed to comply with all applicable points. The following items were discussed:
- Item A.1 – Variances: Mr. Shafkowitz said there are some discrepancies between the Newtown ordinance and the Lower Makefield ordinance, but the Lower Makefield Board of Supervisors granted a waiver to allow a 30' cartway on Jase Drive. If the road can continue with a 30' width in Newtown Township there will be no need for a variance on impervious surface and the road will blend better into Gaucks Lane. Tom Ames, a Gaucks Lane resident, said the residents agree with a 30' road width and a 50' ultimate right of way.
- Item A.4 – Environmental Performance Standards: Mr. Sander asked if the open space is required to be contiguous. Ms. Goldstein said the Board of Supervisors can require this if they choose.
- Item B.1.b&c – Waivers: Mr. Shafkowitz said a sidewalk is proposed for one side of Gaucks Lane. He agreed to provide an easement and a fee in lieu for sidewalks on Washington Crossing Road if they are needed in the future. He also agreed to extend the sidewalk on Gaucks Lane to Washington Crossing Road.
- Item B.4.b – Street Lights: Mr. Ames indicated that the Gaucks Lane residents are comfortable with one street light at the intersection of Gaucks Lane and Washington Crossing Road.
- Item B.7.a – Driveway Width: Mr. Shafkowitz said a 10' driveway is needed to avoid going over the impervious surface maximum. A waiver is requested.
- Item B.9 – Water and Sewer Service: Mr. Shafkowitz suggested that Newtown Township request that Lower Makefield extend service to the new lot and the two existing properties on Gaucks Lane. He said the applicant will pay all connecting fees except for plumbing costs. Mr. Harwood asked that it be noted on the plan that these three lots cannot be served by American Water Company.
Mr. Fidler asked about room for a school bus to pull over and for students to wait for the bus. Mr. Ames said the stop is at Gaucks Lane and Washington Crossing Road. Mr. Shafkowitz said the applicant will make sure there is room there.
The 4/14/05 Pennoni Associates letter was reviewed. The applicant agreed to comply with all applicable points. The following items were discussed:
- Item 14 – Length of Cul-De-Sac: A waiver will be requested although the street is mostly in Lower Makefield. Mr. Ward asked that a snow removal easement be provided on the cul-de-sac bulb. Members discussed recommending that the Township agree to maintain this street in return for all the traffic impact fees from the homes.
- Item 33 – Fire Marshal Review: Members agreed that an updated review letter of the revised plan should be obtained from the Fire Marshal.
Mr. Sensibaugh asked about the open space. Mr. Shafkowitz said it will be the responsibility of the Homeowners Association. It will require very little maintenance as it is mostly wooded.
Mr. Ward asked that the applicant obtain an updated review of the plan from the Bucks County Planning Commission.
Mr. Sander said the list of concerns submitted to the Commission by Gaucks Lane residents at the 3/1/05 meeting and again tonight can be made part of the Planning Commission's recommendation. He reviewed the document and the residents agreed all points had been addressed.
Mr. Ames thanked the Commission for its responsiveness to the residents' concerns.
Mr. Lombardi moved to recommend that the Board of Supervisors grant preliminary approval to this plan, subject to the following conditions:
- Compliance with the 4/26/05 Boucher and James and the 4/14/05 Pennoni Associates letters as applicable
- Jase Drive will have a 30' cartway and a 50' ultimate right-of-way
- The Commission recommends that the Board approve the layout of the open space as submitted
- The applicant will obtain all required variances
- A waiver of Section 402.3.B&C to be granted to allow submission of an aerial photo in lieu of showing area features on the plan
- The applicant will provide a dedicated easement along Washington Crossing Road for future sidewalks and will pay a fee in lieu of installing sidewalks
- A waiver of Section 516 to be granted to allow no curbs on Washington Crossing Road and a portion of Gaucks Lane
- A waiver of Section 517 to be granted to allow no sidewalks on Washington Crossing Road and a portion of Gaucks Lane, but the sidewalk on the east side of Gaucks Lane will be extended to Washington Crossing Road
- If the layout dictates, a waiver of Section 508.2 should be granted to allow a 10' driveway
- Public water and sewer will be provided to the Martinolich and Majewski lots up to the property lines, and the applicant will pay all costs of the hookup except for plumbing fees
- The Commission recommends that the Board of Supervisors request that Lower Makefield extend water and sewer lines to serve the new lot and the Martinolich and Majewski lots
- A waiver of Section 509.1 to be granted to allow a 1150' cul-de-sac
- A waiver of Section 517.4 to allow a 5' grass strip between the sidewalk and the curb
- A snow removal easement will be provided at the end of the cul-de-sac subject to the approval of the Township Engineer
- The applicant will obtain and comply with an updated review by the Emergency Services Department
- If the Board of Supervisors is of a mind, the Commission recommends an agreement with Lower Makefield Township for Newtown Township to maintain Jase Drive, including plowing, and for Newtown Township to receive the traffic impact fees for all houses in Phase II
- The open space will be offered for dedication to the Homeowners Association
- The applicant will obtain an updated review by the Bucks County Planning Commission and comply with its recommendations
- The plan will be reviewed by the Township lighting consultant
- The applicant will comply with the concerns listed by the residents and submitted to the Commission at this meeting
- The applicant will excavate the macadam on Gaucks Lane on the portion of the road between the relocated Gaucks Lane and Washington Crossing Road, and submit a legal description and plans for the vacation of that portion of Gaucks Lane to Newtown Township
The motion was seconded by Mr. Wilson.
Discussion of motion: Mr. Mendicino noted that the development of this parcel takes away a significant part of the proposed route for a northern bypass.
Mr. Lombardi's motion passed unanimously.
PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISION – DOLINGTON TRACT (UPPER MAKEFIELD) – STOOPVILLE ROAD: Members received copies of a 4/12/05 Boucher and James letter regarding this project. Ms. Goldstein explained that this development abuts the Township and Mr. Harwood asked her to look at its impact on the Township. Mr. Walker said that Pennoni Associates has not seen the plan and cannot comment on the engineering aspects. Members agreed to make no further comment beyond the Boucher and James letter.
Board of Supervisors: No report.
APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAN – PRYDA LLC – 159 N. SYCAMORE STREET: Members received copies of the 3/9/05 approval by the Board of Supervisors.
APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAN – YAMAMOTO TRACT (FOXHALL ESTATES) – WASHINGTON CROSSING ROAD: Members received copies of the 4/13/05 approval by the Board of Supervisors.
OLD BUSINESS: None.
NEW BUSINESS: None.
NEXT MEETING (5/17/05): Mr. Ward noted that the next scheduled meeting falls on Primary Election Day. Members agreed to cancel the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: With no objections the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Gretta Stone, Recording Secretary


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L'Archet Concert Group will launch a new classical music series at 2 p.m. Sunday at East Stroudsburg University's Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.
For the first event, cellist Elizabeth Anderson will perform a solo recital of music by Bach, Shostakovich, Janacek and Beethoven. She will be joined by pianist Marija Stroke.
On July 19, the second concert will feature violinist Domenic Salerni in a recital featuring music by violinist composers. The third concert, scheduled for Oct. 4, will be a joint recital featuring violist Donald Dal Maso and composer/pianist David Lantz.
The concerts, which will take place in Cecilia S. Cohen Hall, celebrate the art of string instruments. L'Archet Concert Group plans additional chamber music concerts at Cohen Hall for the 2014-15 season, to be announced in September.
Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for seniors. Complimentary tickets are available for students.
For information, call 917-716-9245.
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Several organizations gave Mainers in need the opportunity to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday.
At the Portland Club, on State Street, hundreds of people showed up for a free meal served up by Wayside Food Programs, a nonprofit that gets food from a variety of sources and distributes it at no cost throughout Cumberland County.
Officials say it was the biggest Thanksgiving turnout yet.
"We work with people all year long, but we never have as big a crowd as we have in one day here," said executive director Mary Zwolinski. "We're seeing a lot of people that we see at our meals during the week, but it's nice to do something extra special this time."
Those who attended the dinner also were in high spirits.
"It's joyful because you meet new friends, and you meet old friends," said Bud Bizzell.
Wayside helps with mobile food pantries, community gardens and meals, among other programs.


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Posted 18 August 2011 - 04:58 PM
Hello everyone,
To celebrate three years of the wonderful Reviewers Academy, I decided to fix up a classic set to share with all of you. This set is by far the largest Classic Pirate set I own, and it has always had a special place in my heart. However, it's time to put it to the test- RA style! Beware this dangerous review of set 6281 Pirates Perilous Pitfall!
Set Name: Pirates Perilous Pitfall
Set Number: 6281
Number of Pieces: 364
Minifigs: 6 (3 Pirates, 2 Conquistadors, 1 Skeleton)
Price: $73 USD (according to Peeron)
Theme: Classic Pirates
Year Released: 1997
I no longer have the original box, so I'll skip straight to the instructions. The art depicts the action-packed set without being in your face, like some of the newer instructions. Although less prominent here compared to other Classic Pirates sets, the molded background has always been a favorite feature of mine.
Minifig Page:
The minifigures page is quite extensive as the boat, cannon, and palm tree are built here as well. Note that the instructions are all horizontal, an appropriate formatting for a set with a large base.
Random Page:
The instructions have a burnt parchment background that makes them seem like a treasure map to the completed product. Substeps are usually small enough to fit in small boxes, as seen here.
Stock Photos:
There are a few bonus action shots at the end, which may have appeared the original box. I like the Jesus Conquistador who can walk on water.
The back features a cute scene where the minifigs and accessories are stranded on an archipelago of adventure. As I mentioned earlier, I really love the molded backdrop!
On to the pieces! Like many Pirates sets, the color scheme is dominated by black. There's a good assortment of tiles, bricks, slopes, railings, and everything in between. This set certainly showcases a variety of molds!
Gray and Brown:
Next up are the grays and browns. There aren't as many uncommon molds, but there ate still plenty of piratey pieces like the rigging and the bridge. Curves and slopes are always good to have. If you need toothpicks for a party, this set has plenty.
The rest of the colors appear in lesser quantities, although you do get a good supply of greenery, including two different sizes of palm leaves. Also to note are the cool flags and the good 'ol crocodile.
Big Pieces:
To top off the incredible variety of molds, we get a rare baseplate, and a soda can's worth of BURPs.
I just love the printed foliage and mini waterfall on the big plate. The bright color scheme is just fantastic. One of the best large Lego bricks I've ever seen!
Pieces of Interest:
As I mentioned before, the set has a lot of excellent molds, many of which I've never seen before. The castle wall mold is fascinating, as are the Technic plates. The hinge is new to me, and the red window is a nice touch.
In addition to an army of toothpicks, Lego provided us with a plethora of accessories, treasure, and weapons. I guess they're necessary for such a big set, but I still feel like a kid in a candy shop looking at all of them.
There are six minifigures in the set: three Conquistadors and three pirates. Well, it's mote like two-and-a-half Conquistadors. The shiny armor and fancy plume make these guys some of the nicer Armada Soldiers. Note the the green commander has white hands according to Bricklink (and in the picture) but the set's art depicts him with yellow hands. I've changed them in the main set pictures.
The Pirates are a pretty nice looking bunch themselves. The pirate on the far right is apparently a captain, which is surprising considering he isn't as fancy as Redbeard and Iron Hook. The pirate in the center has a cool vest and a manly anchor tattoo. The older pirate on the left is a standard design, although I still like the brown hat and blue jacket. They're simple, but detailed enough to be interesting years later.
An extra view of each special minifig feature: some impressive plumes, shiny armor, hidden printing, and spiffy backpack.
Bits and Bobs:
As I mentioned before, the first things to be built are the boat and cannon. Despite the fact that the cannon is non-firing (I'm from the US), plenty of ammunition is provided. The boat is the perfect size for two, and I like the way it looks like the commander is threatening the rower.
Although the building process is quite captivating, it's actually quite unstable, The main culprit is the disjointed baseplates are stabilized by weight rather than brick connection. The build jumps around, which makes it a bit tough to follow without piece call-outs, but of course that's part of the fun. The bulk of the set is the baseplates, so for an expensive set it was a short build. (You can click the pictures for a bigger version!)
The Whole Set:
And we have our completed product! Between the opposing factions, bridge and booby-traps, we have a lot to look at!
First up is the shipwreck. It's really cool that Lego built an actual weathered ship hull, but the best part is that it actually has a rock that it crashed into front first! My one quipe is that the last slopes curve outward around the rock in an odd manner compared to the other slopes that go inward.
Somehow the mast and sail are still intact, and certainly contribute to the perilous pitfall atmosphere. Note that this is the same weathered sail as can be found in other Pirate sets, including the Cross Bone Clipper and Shipwreck Island (check my About Me page for reviews of them).
The wreck of the cabin is another neat feature. There are a few weapons left in the ruins, and the very back has two red windows, interestingly secured by a 1 x 3 plate.
Bridge Down:
Now let's take a look at the bridge between the wreck and land. The bridge is hinged on land, allowing pirates to strand other pirates on the cannon area of the wreck (maybe not the best idea!). The rope bridge is appropriate for an island wreckage, and it looks fantastic in the context of the set.
Bridge Up:
By attaching the string to a different part of the parapet, the bridge can be held open for the Conquistadors to row underneath. Another good feature, and we haven't even gotten to the really sinister traps!
Since the hinge and parapet are so foreign to me, here's a closer shot so you can see how they work.
Hiding around the side is a Conquistador skeleton! Lego knows their dramatic irony. And that baseplate print is just perfect too.
Outpost Back:
Hidden behind the outpost tower is a treasure chest full of gold! This is a great place for it, because like the skeleton, the pirates can't "see" it as they complete the course, but it's accessible for the user. Also here is a map and a glass, some simple but appropriate details.
Outpost Front:
From an upper view, you can see that a Jolly Roger proudly flies above the outpost, while a palm tree, some foliage, and a parrot adorn the surrounding area.
Rock Column:
Now we're going to take a look at the Pitfall itself. The spear cage and crown display both look good, but the black and gray really clash. The BURPs on top suffer from a similar color blending problem, but the thing that bothers me more is the fact that there are huge rocks on top of a tiny little tower!
String Trap:
Here's a view of what a pirate would see while coming up. I love how the two trap doors blend in very well, especially the gray plank.
String Trap Activated:
When a pirate steps on the gray plank, it lowers a keypin by pulling on its string. This causes the boulder to roll down and crush the unwary pirate!
Rock Roll:
Here's the mechanism that holds the boulder in place. Unfortunately, it's hard to keep the boulder rolling straight down, because its pathway is wider that the rock, meaning that it often leans. The keystone also can alter the boulder's course, typically making it fall too far to the left.
Around the back, you can see how thorough the hidden jail is- there's even a little set of bars underneath the plank!
Alternate View:
From this view, you can see the mechanism that activates the trapdoor into the jail. It's that little sliding handle under the vertical plant. I really like the plant because it allows the room to seem like a dead end, but opens up to allow you to play inside.
Gate Closed:
Next up is the jail itself. As I pointed out, it's thoroughly blocked on three sides. Thus, the spear door at the front is the only way to access it.
Gate Open:
The door swings smoothly on a hinge. This is a great example of the set combined functionality with a pretty looking design.
Jail Interior:
Inside the jail is pretty bleak. No furniture, only rock walls, bars, and water. There's plenty of space though.
The crown is what lures pirates into the trap, and it certainly looks enticing! The palm leaves are a cool way of highlighting it, while adding an air of mystery about it.
Trapdoor Closed:
The trap door (that drops into the jail) lies directly behind the crown, and has a pin that makes it easier to re-lift and lock it back in place. There are no tiles for minifigures to stand on, which makes it difficult to pull off a successful drop.
Trapdoor Open:
Pulling the switch I pointed out earlier drops the trapdoor in a nice swift motion.
Rock Back:
Another minor problem with the set is that you can see through part of the rocks on top, revealing a conspicuous and out of character hinge.
Rock and Roll:
However, when loaded, the BURPs are complimented by the boulder's smooth curves. We're ready to roll!
Design: 9/10 The set's bustling with activity, colors, and functions. From the cool-looking shipwreck, to the strong outpost, to the perilous spire, nothing is out of character. There are a few instances of poor color blending and funky designs, but they're very minor issues.
Parts: 9/10 Lego's provided us with a great selection of molds over a variety of different colors. And besides, who doesn't love that amazing baseplate?
Build: 5/10 A bit unstable coming together and too short for a set this big. However, because it skips around the baseplates, the builder is drawn in to the experience, making it fairly enjoyable.
Minifigs: 8/10 Great, simple designs and enough balance to create a battle. A good 'ol skellie and some nice accessories don't hurt.
Playability: 9/10 This set really has its play features down. A moving bridge, a rock trap, trapdoor, and opposing factions make this set one big play station.
Price: 3/10 According to Peeron, this set was $73. That's a ripoff! Sure there are lots of big pieces, including the baseplate, but for less than 400 pieces, it's a tough pill to swallow. I'm just glad I got it as a gift.
Total: 43/60 Overall, a good solid set. It features a good balance of parts, pirates, and play features. The major downside is the price, which I imagine has skyrocketed these days. However, the feature that really sets it apart from other sets is that it's great for display AND it's great for play. That's what makes it a true classic.
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Posted 23 August 2011 - 09:53 AM
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Posted 23 August 2011 - 09:57 AM
I was never the biggest fan of this set, it felt a little too gimicky rather than a solid construction that could be enjoyed after, but I was comapring it to Enchanted Island, Trading Post and Eldorados Fortress so I could have been a little harse.
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Posted 23 August 2011 - 04:09 PM
Is one of the best pirate sets because is diferent and has rare minifigs:
It has another captain, not Roger/Redbeard or Ironhook
It has the pirate with an anchor tattooed in his chest. This minifig only appears in this set and Red Beard Runner
It has 2 spaniards, spaniards are really rre minifigs
Is the only pirate set that includes a crown like part of a treasure
It has a different cannon, a nice shipwreck, etc
This set is GREAT
Posted 23 August 2011 - 07:57 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how much effort the LEGO designers put into making traps and play features. This one certainly has its fair share; though I suspect one might tire of the play functions after a little while. However, I'm impressed with how the whole thing comes together to form an 'obstacle course', as you point out.
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Inconspicuous, on 18 August 2011 - 04:58 PM, said:
The Pirates are a pretty nice looking bunch themselves. The pirate on the far right is apparently a captain, which is surprising considering he isn't as fancy as Redbeard and Iron Hook.
Oh yes, the mysterious unnamed pirate captain! I once started a speculation thread solely about him - it's still there somewhere if anyone wants to read it! I think he's exclusive to this set.
Anyway, I don't own this set, but I think the baseplate is really cool and worth getting one day. Oh, and since this review is new, I shall blog it!
Posted 15 September 2011 - 09:37 AM
Another very expensive set (considering ist size) was cross bone clipper and I think that pirates ambush and buccaneers were also expensive, so there must be somethin with this last wave of classic pirates that make it so expensive.
EDIT: I saw at bricklink that they were limited edition, so I guees that explains it.
Posted 15 September 2011 - 09:46 PM
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 03:38 PM
the only set that i do not have...one day one day :)
Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:27 PM
I gave the set an average rating, as it does have a lot of nice pieces actually, not to mention the whole rack of spears for the prison.
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:34 PM
the reason I want it so badly is because it's so varied, there's a bit of everything (from the classic pirates).
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 11:56 PM
I know there are a lot of people who don't look very kindly upon these final classic pirates sets that were released. For me, I've always thought that this set in particular looked like a lot of fun. I remember looking through those little catalogues that used to come with sets and eyeing the Perilous Pitfall, trying to figure out how the various traps might be constructed (and thus it's nice to see in detail how this set is put together). I've always been a huge sucker for big sets on baseplates with lots of play functions, and this certainly fits the bill. I love all of the little nooks and crannies and details spread about. The set seems to be a mash-up of so many movies scenes with the intention of providing the owner loads of potential for play. The set isn't trying to take itself seriously, and that's something that I really like about it - it's just good old wholesome Lego-y fun!
I wish the set were a bit cheaper to pick up MISB as it's one that I've always wanted. Perhaps one day I'll finally shell out for it...
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 02:28 AM
Anyway, as always, this set is awesome. Hell, i think that i can't find any set is not!
Posted 20 March 2012 - 11:30 PM
To this day, the pirate with the brown shirt and blue jacket is one of my favorite figures.
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'Glee,' Season 2, Episode 17, 'Night of Neglect': TV Recap
A night of neglect? Hey, "Glee," try a month and some days.
So what's been brewing all this time. As it turns out, more scheming, more diva-ishness and more of Holly Holiday. That is, the lovely and lithe Gwyneth Paltrow really fighting for that singing career.
Here, she has become officially tangled with Mr. Schue, which can only be bad news. She's a free spirit, anti-commitment, and available for only a limited time. But she's been helpful to Will, who cottoned to her idea of holding a benefit concert as a fundraiser instead of selling 20,000 pieces of taffy for Glee and the Brainiacs.
It turns out there are some geniuses in "Glee" and the four–including, somehow, Brittany–make a great academic-decathlon team. Brittany owned the "cat diseases" column in the Smarty Pants competition against rival Carmel, which lost after Artie tore up the "white rappers" category.
But they need $250 to get to the finals in Detroit, and that's where the members of Glee, after a bit of reluctance, is going to help them. The plan? Sell out a venue where they'll practice their songs for nationals as well as raise some money for both teams. The theme of the night? Sing songs neglected by the public, or so obscure you have to look it up in Wikipedia.
Problem No. 1: drawing an audience.
Here comes Sunshine Corazon, who's been living under a rock (well, hidden away in rival Vocal Adrenaline's choir group since the second episode of this season). She gives New Directions a deal by offering her 600 Twitter followers as attendees, but only if she's allowed to croon a Celine Dion song at the concert. Oh, boy. It's "All By Myself," and she milks that sad ballad with control and efficiency belying her young age. Even New Directions was impressed.
Problem No. 2: Sue and her henchmen.
With names like Sergeant Handsome, Pink Dagger and Honey Badger, Coach Sue recruits a crew of hecklers and troublemakers to thwart Will's fund-raising plans to go to Nationals. The League of Doom works its magic by distracting Tina so bad that her version of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers" ends up sounding like a flailing white swan, a poor man's Bjork. She cries for an hour.
Holly, though, was successful in deterring some of the hecklers with good-ole reasoning about living in a culture comfortable with insensitivity. They should cheer, instead of jeer. They pass, and leave. It gives Holly enough time to perform a scene-stealing turn with Adele's "Turning Tables." She looks great and sounds the part, but there's an element missing to her performance: veracity. (Watch this clip of Adele singing the song.)
Problem No. 3: The diva comes out.
Mercedes has always felt like she was playing second fiddle to Rachel. Rachel gets the best songs, and Mercedes has had it. Her friend Lauren offers to be her manager, and they get to work demanding humidifiers and puppies from their rider. After all, a diva has a reputation to uphold. But it backfires on Mercedes; she hasn't earned it, Rachel tells her. She's got to steal the spotlight from Rachel. And so, she makes a great attempt at it, with Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way," glamorously sung like a star she is. Mercedes won't be neglected now. We hope.
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Another Super Bowl With Two Top QBs
To reach the Super Bowl lately, it's taken a top-notch quarterback.
For the second straight year, two of the league's best QBs during the regular season have led their teams to the NFL's championship game. Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers was one of the top signal callers, by both traditional and advanced stats, while Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger was one of the best in the NFL at gaining yards while avoiding interceptions (though both could get better at avoiding sacks). Each defeated an inferior quarterback in the conference-championship games on Sunday, though neither was at his best. Each threw two interceptions and didn't throw a touchdown, yet helped his team win: Rodgers, with a rushing touchdown and a throw that drew a key pass-interference call, neither of which counts toward QB stats; and Roethlisberger with two 14-yard passes to gain first downs late in the game and allow Pittsburgh to run out the clock. This follows last year's Super Bowl matchup of five-time Pro Bowler Drew Brees and 11-time Pro Bowler Peyton Manning.
Most of the 20 starting QBs who have gone to the Super Bowl in the last decade have been above average, which is only logical: Super Bowl teams are among the league's best, so they'll be above-average at most positions, and quarterback is the most important. There have been a few notable exceptions, though. Six of those quarterbacks had regular-season ratings below 90, and two were sub-75, indicating they were worse than mere game managers, and their teams had to overcome their deficiencies to win titles: Rex Grossman, who started 16 games for the Bears during the 2006 regular season, winning 13 — and has started just eight other games in his career; and Eli Manning, who threw 20 interceptions in the 2007 regular season but raised his game in the playoffs and has maintained a higher level of play since.
Other QBs who seemed like mere game managers at the time they went to the Super Bowl have risen to the league's elite since. Tom Brady famously led the Patriots to a game-winning drive in the 2002 Super Bowl, but during the regular season and playoffs he had ordinary stats — and averaged just 27 passes per start in the regular season. Two years later, when the Pats went back to the Super Bowl, Brady was passing more, but about as effectively. It was only in his latter two Super Bowl years that Brady was playing like an all-time great. And Roethlisberger averaged just 22 attempts in Pittsburgh's first Super Bowl appearance this decade. Two years ago, he was passing more, but a lot less effectively. Only this year has he combined efficiency with high usage to lead the Steelers' air-oriented attack.
None of these quarterbacks was as bad as Trent Dilfer, who started eight games for the Baltimore Ravens in 2000, with little distinction, but had the good luck to ride Baltimore's D to a Super Bowl title. In 2008, Pro Football Reference's Chase Stuart broke down the best and worst of Super Bowl-winning QBs. He analyzed them using their passing, rushing and sacks, and compared them to their league contemporaries, as a correction for the NFL's trend toward passing and toward rules favorable to quarterbacks. Through the 42 Super Bowls played to that point — not counting Roethlisberger-Warner in 2009 and Brees-Manning in 2010 — Dilfer and Eli Manning had the worst Super Bowl seasons and worst careers of any Super Bowl-winning QBs. However, both were better in their Super Bowl victories than Roethlisberger was in 2006. He went 9 for 21, with just 123 yards, no TDs and two interceptions — and the Steelers still won, 21-10. This year, for Pittsburgh to win, it probably will have to be because of Roethlisberger, not in spite of him.


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LAKE PLACID, Fla. -- Pauline May, 95, formerly of Puxico, Mo., died March 22, 2009, at her home.
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LANSING (WILX)-- On day 9 of power outages in the Lansing area. Houses are still cold, patience is running out and people want answers.
As of late Monday afternoon, 800 Board of Water and Light customers are still without power.
One of the remaining BWL customers without power, Ronald Niedzielski,(lives on Brad Street) says he's been without power since last Saturday. He was told by a BWL customer service agent that he already had power, when clearly his whole street was still out.
"For them to tell me I had power since Christmas is a slap in my face," said Niedzielski.
It hasn't been easy for him and his neighbors.
"If something happens to somebody on this street because of that, I'm going to hold the city personally responsible."
BWL has 32 line crews working around the clock in 16 hour shifts. They believe the end is in sight.
"On December 31 at 11:59 pm is our plan to have all our services restored," said J. Peter Lark, BWL General Manager.
Lark says restoration has been taking so long because the closer BWL gets to finishing the harder it is to find out who doesn't have power.
"Until smart meters are in place we can never definitively know which home is on and which on is out. We are in the process of upgrading the system."
Because of the confusion if your power is still out you need to contact BWL either by phone or in person. You need to update BWL daily of your power outage situation.
Finishing before the new year is the goal, but for at least a few days afterwards BWL will be keeping all 32 crews in the area.
Larks says the aftermath of last Saturdays storm will not be easily forgotten. He even has kept some of the protesting signs from the 28th to remind himself of the customers need for information.
"I want to remember what happened and hope that it doesn't happen again," said Lark.
Lansing Police and Fire Departments are still doing door- to-door welfare checks in the dark areas. Anyone can call 9-1-1 to request a welfare check as the crisis continues.
The 800 customers without power doesn't include the nearly 500 single service reconnection requests. Those are the people whose connections are damaged, and must be repaired by an electrician before BWL can get your power back on.


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Covington's new footprint-style billet floorboards fit 1980s and newer Harley-Davidson trikes and 1986 and newer FL Softails equipped with floorboards. You can adjust the floorboards up to 1 inch forward or backward for a better fit. These floorboards come in black powder coat, chrome, or black with diamond-cut edges.
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More than 140 guests attended a Grandparents' Day breakfast at Delaware Valley Middle School Wednesday, a pre-Thanksgiving Day tradition.
Grandparents gathered in the school cafeteria where the strong smell of pancake syrup and sausages sweetened the air.
Principal Peter Ioppolo gave a short speech sharing happenings at the school.
He told the grandparents that students were just finishing a food drive with a goal of collecting 4,000 food items for the Ecumenical Food Pantry in Milford.
Students collected 4,638 items filling some 100 large boxes.
"The principal is fabulous. He runs a tight ship," said Joan Kuchiciki, 72, of Port Orange, Fla., who was visiting her granddaughter Dana Stroub, 12, of Shohola.
A few students from the music department performed some songs and then Ioppolo announced it was time to bring in the students.
Grandparents watched the door intently as students entered the room, waiting for a familiar face.
Students scanned the room searching for a grandparent.
There were smiles of recognition and greetings with lots of hugs and kisses.
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For decades Abaco Beach Resort has welcomed vacationers, boaters, anglers, and island hoppers alike. They've come for an escape. They've come for adventure. They've come for the real Bahamas.
Surrounded by endless offshore cays and barrier reefs, the legendary oceanfront retreat puts guests in the center of some of the world's finest cruising waters, fishing grounds and breathtaking natural wonders.
Grab your mask and fins and spend the day exploring the underwater playground or grab your camera to capture the rare Abaco Parrot. Adventure on land and sea awaits you here in The Abacos.
With over 100 barrier islands and cays there are literally hundreds of beaches one can enjoy in the Abacos.
Here are just a few of the most popular.
Located in Hope Town in Elbow Cay, you can take a swim over a live coral reef just 30 feet off the beach.
This renowned beach has some of the finest, whitest sand on earth fronting the brilliant turquoise of the Sea of Abaco. This gorgeous 3.5 mile stretch of beach was voted one of the best 10 Caribbean beaches in a Caribbean Travel and Life reader's poll.
Located on the tropical island of Man-O-War Cay, just a short ferry ride away from Great Abaco. This powdery white resort beach overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
Guana Cay has an incredible seven-mile-long beach that spreads out below a tall dune that offers breathtaking views of the tropical Atlantic as well as Sunset Beach that is perfect for…..yes, you guest it; beautiful tropical sunsets.
Just south, on Elbow Cay, visitors in the know head to Tahiti Beach (accessible only on foot, bike or by boat), a secluded gem of soft white sand that arcs out into calm clear water ideal for swimming. You're guaranteed to find a stretch of beach to call your own.
Located on the east side of Elbow Cay this beach offers spectacular views of the Atlantic and the best surfing in the Bahamas. The beach got its name from a group of California surfers who in the 1960's had to wait out a storm for the best waives and subsisted exclusively on Garbanzo beans for sustenance.
Located on the eastern end of Abaco, Ocean Beach has all the activity you'd expect of a tourist beachfront. There's plenty to do, including: windsurfing, diving, fishing and sailing. Enjoy beach bars and restaurants, local entertainment and lots of sand and sun.
Sandy Point Beach is located on the southwest tip of Great Abaco. Just 40 miles south of Marsh Harbour, Sandy Point Beach is also renowned for its large number of seashells.
This beach is protected from the wind, and within a 15-minute walk from the main town of Green Turtle Cay.


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Members of Support Our Public Schools said this morning that it has collected 48,000 signatures on a petition to make Dallas ISD a home-rule charter district.
The group needed to collected about 25,000 signatures to compel the Dallas ISD trustees to appoint commissioners to write a proposed charter for Dallas ISD. The group said it will turn in the petition to the school board this week.
"Forty-eight thousand people want this done," said Louisa Meyer, a member of the group.
The group's treasurer, Jeronimo Valdez, said he is confident that the 15-member commission can write a petition and get it on the November ballot before the mid-August deadline.
"It's as close as a mandate as you can get in Dallas ISD participation," Valdez said. "Those signatures clearly show that the city and DISD residents and parents want to see change."
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True story: Six years ago in my town, a seven year old girl was completing a class assignment by sketching anatomically correct pictures of men and women in provocative poses. Alarmed, the teacher quizzed the child, and alerted the school officials who contacted a social worker at the Department of Human Services.
The social worker interviewed the child who, it turned out, lived only with her father, the child's mother having abandoned the little girl some three years before, having yet to return or make any contact. During the interview process, the little girl made some allegations of sexual abuse which required further investigation. Eventually, a court hearing was held on the matter and the father's explanation for the realistic drawings was that he had an extensive collection of pornographic videos which she had perhaps seen.
While the father's story may have been true, the judge ordered extensive psychological and medical examinations for the girl, which necessitated separating the child from her father.
Those who witnessed the episode were touched by the drama. The social worker was forced to pull the child away from her father and before it was over, the worker, herself, had become distraught.
Another story: A 15-year-old boy is on the stand. His mother is seated at the defendant's table. I am questioning the child about allegations of abuse. The child is represented by counsel. We are here because the child has been acting up in school, and one thing leads to another, and a DHS social worker is called in. During the interview process with the social worker, the child relates episodes of incest with the mother.
The child is sent for in-house treatment where he confirms the occurrences of incest. His father has been long absent. No one seems to know where he is. As I question him, the child lies under oath about the incest. I put the social worker on, and she confirms his story. We later find out that he couldn't handle the responsibility for sending his mother to prison. Too much guilt. The social worker tells the judge that she will make sure he gets to his therapy sessions and he will stay under her supervision, for at least three more years.
Final story: After taking office over 10 years ago, I was confronted with an allegation of depraved child abuse. Although it couldn't be proven in a court of law, the strong suspicion was a six-year- old little boy had been sexually abused by his own mother. We knew he had been sexually abused; the problems was proving who had done it. It was a social worker who stayed with a scared child throughout the process and helped him get the help he needed.
As a county prosecuting attorney, over the years I have had a splendid view of the cussedness of human beings. I have dealt with rapists, murderers, thieves, child molesters, and other less ornery creatures who inhabit God's garden. I have also dealt with and been a witness to the suffering of their victims. By its very nature, the court system isn't really about redemption. However, the redemption I have seen in criminal cases involving children, usually comes in the form of a Department of Human Services social worker.
After a day of dealing with a severe child sexual abuse case, I ran into a minister friend. I told him about my day and how in cases of child abuse that I questioned God's silence. In response my friend said, "You are asking the wrong question. The question isn't: Where is God? The question is: Who is going to be the Christ to these children?"
Not excluding teachers, youth court counselors, or anyone else, who in times of crisis minister to children, my observation is that for many distressed children – particularly lower income children – the person most likely to be Christ to those children, is a state of Mississippi social worker. They make draw their salary from Ceasar, but my impression is that most of them do their jobs as if they are actually employed by God.
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Star's & Models International – based in exotic Yangon was established in 1995 and is Myanmars leading international model agency. It hosts a pedigree of real Myanmar celebrities and stars-the majority trained and groomed by John Lwin.
Myanmar models have a charm and natural beauty found in this international crossroads between India and China-totally unique to Myanmar. A hundred models are recruited annually, selected personally by John and then rigorous training and grooming skills are given as well as practical modeling experience before they are accepted to join the Stars & Models Elite Agency, of which only half will meet the standard required and move on to stardom !
John, a former international model returned to Yangon working from Singapore in 1994. This was at the bequest of several former multinational companies seeking his ability and skills required, for hosting and organizing their promotional product launches, Effective publicity and Events. Star Entertainment was established to fill and satisfy this domestic demand and remains today Myanmar's Premier Entertainment.
And Event Organizer complimenting the Stars and Models Agency. Most TV, magazines and Films will have models trained and contracted by Stars & Models International and organized by Star Event. Notably included is Myanmar's latest fashion Event – Myanmar Fashion Festival – promoted, hosted and organized by Star Entertainment.
Stars has evolved further corporate services as demand has increased by international corporations such as Stars uniforms and corporate gifts. These are exported worldwide as many multi nationals have placed large orders – they have found Excellent value for money and exceptionally good quality for their personalized corporate gifts and personalized company products. These are better value and quality in comparison to other regional suppliers.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through our website and contact us by email for further information and we welcome any of your enquiries that you may have . . . . . . .
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|Gaskin, J - UGA
|Harris, G - UGA
|Franzluebbers, Alan
|Andrae, J - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
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Publication Acceptance Date: March 13, 2007
Publication Date: April 27, 2007
Citation: Gaskin, J., Harris, G., Franzluebbers, A.J., Andrae, J. 2007. Poultry litter application on pastures and hayfields. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Bulletin 1330. Technical Abstract: Poultry litter is widely used on pastures and hayfields in Georgia. There are many benefits when it is used wisely. Producers should use nutrient management planning and recommended rates to ensure poultry litter is used in ways that maximize its benefits without harming the environment.


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YORK, Pa. - The York County HOG will hold its 16th annual David Milliken Derr Jr. Toy Run Nov. 3. It's a group ride to deliver toys to the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Children's Hospital.
Registration for the event is between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. that day in the parking lot of Sam's Club in Springettsbury Township.
Pennsylvania State Police will lead the ride and kickstands go up at 1 p.m.
Last year, more than 500 motorcycles and 600 people participated in the event.
Posted by Holly Wagner