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BROOKFIELD - In hopes of creating a "skinny Ohio," Brookfield has been approved for a $27,000 grant to explore the possibility of combining police forces with Hubbard city and township.
According to Brookfield police Chief Dan Faustino, the police chiefs have been discussing merging services for several years, but it wasn't until he discovered that the idea could be funded through the state auditor's skinnyOhio initiative that the ball got rolling.
Headed by Auditor of State Dave Yost, skinnyOhio.org helps state agencies and local governments streamline their operations. One way this is done is through performance audits.
"If you can do it without increasing cost or decreasing services," Faustino said, "you might as well look into it."
The grant for a police district consolidation feasibility study came from the Ohio Development Services Agency out of the Local Government Innovation Fund and was approved at the end of November.
Youngs-town State University will possibly lead the research to streamline the services delivery through the combination of the departments. Brookfield will receive the grant agreement in January to start the study, along with 20 percent of the grant upfront to pay the university. After a final draft is put together, the townships and city will be paid 50 percent. Once each area agrees on a final resolution, the remainder of the grant will be paid.
According to Brookfield trustee Gary Lees, the goal is to provide better police services while possibly reducing costs.
"It certainly isn't going to reduce staff," Lees said. "But it would be helpful in a very severe crisis situation to have backup."
Lees said the next step will be for the heads of the police departments to meet with state Rep. Sean O'Brien, D-Brookfield, and YSU representatives at the beginning of the new year.
Hubbard Township trustee Joe Gleydura said they are hoping to start the study up after their reorganizational meeting at the beginning of the year.
"Realistically, we're a small department, so when you start talking about consolidations, it has to be equitable for everyone,'' Gleydura said.
The three police departments, whose headquarters are all within six miles of each other, are hoping for beneficial results.
"We're all anxious here to see the outcome of the study," Hubbard Mayor John Darko said.
"With the cuts we are seeing from the state, we're hoping to enhance our service here and find some savings,'' Darko said.
"I think everyone's belts are tight," Faustino said. "And even if they're not, you have to look into it."


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Hi dear A.net members,
Instead of having a regular holiday or city trip, this summer I decided to make a little tour through Europe. After quiet some planning I eventually came up with 12 flights to be made in 11 days. Some weeks later I added three more flights and one ferry trip. During this trip I would be visiting 6 countries and 12 different airports. This first part of my journey includes coverage of my first two flights. AMS-LCY on CityJet and LHR-CDG on AF.
The morning of my very first flight I was brought to the airport. Since I checked in the day before I only needed do drop of my bag and make my way to the gate. Since The Netherlands were in their school holiday's it wasn't very busy on the A4 towards AMS.
After arriving at the KLM bag drop I had to wait in line for about 15 minutes. After this, passport control was quick and I had time for my cup of pre-flight coffee. While drinking my coffee I decided to have a look at my gate. The Avrojet was already awaiting me after having her night stop.
Here's some brief flight information,
RJ85 EI-RJF 12 years old
On time departure at 08:10
Load factor 100%
I never flew the Avrojet before, but was warned on the six abreast configuration. Upon boarding everything looked very fine. It became worse after sitting down. Seats were not very wide and leg space was very average. At least the seats were very supportive and high enough.
Safety card.
Departure was on time. We where using runway 36L, which means a very long taxi. Climb-out was nice and the Avro seems to be a fine plane for flying this short leg. From where I was seated, it was impossible to make a decent wing view photo. Seeing the engines was not possible at all.
CityJet as on the seatback.
After this some drinks got served. I've had a very nice cup of coffee and didn't bother the sandwich. I remember it was very turbulent during our descent, and holding on with the coffee was quiet a challenge.
Landing at LCY was the toughest I've ever made. Nose was up for about 6 degrees and the ground was nearing very fast. I think if you weren't prepared, it would have hurted you. My neighbour woke up and started hugging the seat in front of him At least that was funny.
Arrival at LCY was smooth as usual. Immigration was cleared in 5 minutes and my bag was already circling around on the belt.
I now had 4 hours to make my way to LHR to be flying AF1980. That's right, the A380 flight. Unfortunately some weeks ago it was downgraded to an A321. I decided on flying it anyway.
I planned on having the DLR to Canning Town, and from there on to ride the tube to LHR. Unfortunately some signal failure that was just solved created a very congested Canning Town. It was impossible for me to even reach the trains. Therefore I decided on continuing on the DLR towards Banks. This took me 40 more minutes. After this I've had a very nice ride to LHR. I was relieved on being on the right train on time.
After arriving at LHR's T4 I dropped my bag at the left luggage facility and proceeded through security. The officer decided on being in charge, and asked random people to take of their shoes. Furthermore security was easily cleared. I even had some time left for lunch and coffee. Right after finishing lunch I received a message form Suryo. (Akhmad). He made it in to LHR and we should be meeting at the gate area. After 5 more minutes it was the second time this year I met up with Suryo and his partner. We agreed it was too bad we were flying the A321 and missing our change to meet so many A.net members on one flight. Suryo did meet up with FlyingFinn on the inbound flight though.
Gate area at LHR.
We were now ready for boarding flight AF1980 with a minor delay.
A321-200 F-GTAK 9 years old.
Load factor 100%
My first impressions of the plane were so much better than expected. The cabin looked really nice and well cleaned. Especially the AF carpet shows great attention for details.
Leg space. Just a short hour ago, A.net member Flyingfinn76 was seated on this very seat. 35F.
Safety card.
Flight crew was really friendly on this flight. The pilots were informing and the FA's looked really pretty. No fake FA smiles on this flight!
During taxi I unfortunately was seated on the wrong side of the plane. As Suryo, seated on 35A spotted all these exotic planes, this was all I've seen.
Take-off was decently powerful and soon we were on our way to Paris.
On this very rare occasion I decided on having coke over coffee. This catering very well matches the interior, what an eye for detail on this flight!
Soon after finishing my coke we started descending into Paris. Descent was smooth and quick. Before I knew it we landed at CDG in Easterly direction. Landing was better this time..
I know for a fact that I was not the first person in this seat today that gets excited about seeing this 757!
After reading so many negative stories about CDG and AF I was relieved over this very nice flight. Also the extreme chaos at CDG seems to be a bit overreacted.
Say goodbye to F-GTAK.
Since I've had 4 hours in Paris I decided on seeing some of the city. A return ticket on the all station service seemed to be nearing 30 euro! That is really expensive. It's not even a dedicated service. I said goodbye to Suryo and tried making the most out of my limited time in Paris.
Train to Paris. You decide what's better. Blurry faces of no faces?
After arriving at the railway station I used the subway to see the Notre Dame. I want to thank Suryo for giving me his still valid subway tickets.
I want to thank you all for reading. Replies are welcome as ever. Part 2 will follow soon, this includes flying the 757 and the A340.
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"Sonja is the only person I know that could play off bankruptcy fabulously," said Kristen Taekman, referencing the deep financial troubles dogging Morgan that could force her to lose her home.
But when Taekman stood up for Morgan after learning her 23-year-old boyfriend had stood her up partly because Singer had meddled and called his mother, tempers began to flare.
"I wanted to get a little dirt on him," Singer admitted to Morgan, while half the wives were, appropriately, in a mud bath. "He's a little young. He could be your son. It's incestuous. [Sonja] thinks between her legs instead of between her head."
"She ruined my relationship," said Morgan, still at odds with Singer.
"Sounds like Ramona's jealous," Taekman said, outraging Singer, who then tossed a glass of champagne in the model and mother's face as she sat in the hot tub.
"Are you crazy?" asked Taekman, who then doused Singer with water. "Is this normal behavior for a woman her age?"
"Kristen, you're a real b––h!" yelled Singer, upset that her previously perfect hairdo had gotten ruined.
"I teach my kids not to hit, not to throw," said Taekman, before adding the barb of the night. "Did Ramona miss that memo 65 years ago?"
But Taekman wasn't the only one to battle Singer, as Morgan continued her war of words with her former BFF, who continued to air Morgan's financial woes to anyone who would listen.
"There's a very good chance you won't be able to stay here, and I don't want you to be unprepared," Singer said over a glass of wine earlier in the day, when she met Morgan at her townhouse and urged her to sell it and look for a smaller apartment.
"Do I not have nine lives? Do I not have angels on my side?" Morgan asked. "You have to think positive. You must live in the moment, not in fear."
"I'm just coming out of sisterly concern," said Singer.
"I'm going to go light my abundance candle," replied Morgan.
"Light all the candles you want," said Singer. "It's not going to make all your money troubles go away."
The Real Housewives of New York City airs Tuesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.


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Blue Jays spring training
A look at the Toronto Blue Jays as they prepare for the 2013 baseball season.
Crenshaw Pete: Johnson is as dangerous as Trump; while Trump is unhinged and prone to psychofits, Johnson is prone to do absolutely nothing. As in zilch. Johnson's way of tending the garden is to let the weeds grow and whoever survives - survives. I like Bill Weld. He has his head on straight and knows how to govern. But Bill isn't running. I challenge all the newspapers who endorse Johnson to watch this "debate" with Chris Matthews and say with a straight face that Bill Johnson is competent: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kJMPVjeCA


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Quick observations from the New Orleans Pelicans 102-96 loss Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards in New Orleans Arena.
1. Seen it before
Once again Wednesday night, the Pelicans were done in by a miserable quarter. This time it was the second period against the Wizards when New Orleans watched the game slip away.
Washington outscored the Pelicans 33-16 in the second, hitting 63.6 percent from the field on 14 of 22 shooting.
It wasn't as if the Pelicans were dismal offensively. They hit 44 percent of their shots. But defensively, the Pelicans couldn't get a stop. At halftime, the Wizards led 61-44. It's the second time this season New Orleans has allowed more than 60 points in the first half.
They lost that first game, 124-112 on Jan. 1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Even though the Pelicans outscored Washington 52-41 in the second half, the earlier damage could not be reversed.
2. Gordon bright spot
Offensively, Pelicans shooting guard Eric Gordon had a nice game. He was driving successfully to the basket and penetrating against the Washington defense.
But for his trouble, Gordon only went to the free-throw line five times
on the night. Nonetheless, Gordon had the only hot hand against the Wizards. Gordon finished with 23 points for the Pelicans.
And with Ryan Anderson out for an indefinite period of time, New Orleans is going to need all the scoring help it can get.
3. Not feeling it
Swingman Tyreke Evans endured a miserable night against Washington. Through
three quarters, Evans had just three points, and those all came on free throws.
He was 0 for 5 from the field through the first three quarters, and with the Pelicans trailing by as many as 23 at one point, Monty Williams had seen enough.
Evans played just four minutes in the third quarter and stayed on the bench in the fourth as Williams went with Austin Rivers and Brian Roberts in the backcourt.
It was the fourth time this season Evans failed to make a field goal. He did not play in the final period.
Jimmy Smith can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 504.826.3814.


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A Plea to Reject the United States Supreme Court's Due-Process Review of Punitive Damages
Doug Rendleman
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
THE LAW OF REMEDIES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE COMMON LAW, Jeff Berryman, Rick Bigwood, eds., Toronto: Irwin Law, 2008
Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2011-14
Because the audience and readers of this piece are not United States lawyers, I supply background and I paint with a broad brush. In short, the United States Supreme Court's use of the Due Process Clause for judicial tort reform of punitive damages was a serious mistake. On the nebulous due-process foundation, the Court built imprecise yet wrongheaded doctrine based on misguided policy justifications. Other common-law countries ought to learn from our blunders, above all not to repeat them.
I wrote this for the Second International Symposium on the Law of Remedies sponsored by the University of Windsor and the University of Auckland. The Symposium was in Auckland, New Zealand, in November 2007. It will be published in 2008 in a book titled The Law of Remedies: New Directions in the Common Law edited by Jeff Berryman and Rick Bigwood. The footnotes are in Canadian, not Bluebook, form.
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WATCH: WIPB Introduces James Whitford
James Whitford's first few weeks as Ball State's men's basketball coach have been hectic. From moving from Arizona to Muncie, working to hire a new staff, getting to know his current players and getting started on the recruiting trail, Whitford has had plenty on his hands.
Through all of his busy days, Whitford took the time to sit and talk with the voice of the men's basketball team, Joel Godett, about his job and what his first few weeks have been like. The duo also discuss Whitford's prior coaching stops and his coaching influences, while touching on his goals for the Ball State program.
"Introducing James Whitford" aired five times throughout Indiana on WIPB-TV.


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My Son, Tony Hawk (NOT!)Dawn Meehan
It had been about three months since I'd taken one of the kids to the emergency room. I knew we were overdue for a visit, but was hoping against hope that no one would get hurt or sick before my new insurance kicked in. We'd been doing pretty well in my quest to avoid doctors at all costs until this weekend when Jackson got in a fight with his bike. And lost.
Jackson was supposed to be at home, cleaning his room and mopping the kitchen floor. Everyone else had completed their weekend chores, but Jackson kept finding distractions to keep him from his work. I dragged him inside and reminded him of his jobs for the twentieth time. I went upstairs to finish putting sheets on my bed when Savannah walked up to tell me, "Jackson fell off his bike and got hurt."
I'd like to say that I rushed to his side immediately, but I've experienced more than my fair share of "Jackson just got hurt" stories, and I knew from experience, that it probably wasn't a big deal. I mean, yes, Jackson has had more ER visits than all five of the others combined, but he sustains even more minor injuries on a very regular basis. I asked, "Is he really hurt or is he just trying to get out of doing chores?" Savannah looked a little freaked out and said something was sticking out of his stomach. This can't be good, I thought to myself and headed downstairs to check out the damage.
I found Jackson lying on the couch, tears making muddy little tracks down his dirt-covered face. He had dirt and sand on his limbs, his hair was matted to his face with sweat and he was crying that he was in pain. "Where does it hurt? What happened? What hurts?" I fired my questions in rapid succession, trying to ascertain how seriously he was injured.
Jackson's tummy hurt too much to talk, so he explained in short little bursts. "Riding bike. Tried to do a wheelie. Handlebars turned around. Flipped off. Bars jabbed me in stomach."
He lifted up his shirt and lowered the waist of his shorts to reveal a mass about the size of a baseball sticking out from his abdomen. I decided that either an alien had taken up residence in my son's stomach and was about to be born by bursting out through his skin which was quickly turning red and purple, or his guts had been rearranged. Each scenario was equally disturbing. This wasn't an injury that made me wonder, "Hmmm, should I take him to the ER or put some ice on it?" Nope, this was an injury that had me wondering, "Do I rush him to the ER myself or call an ambulance?"
Being new down here, I didn't know which hospital to go to. I quickly called my friend and asked her where I should take him, while issuing instructions to the rest of my kids. Trying to get Jackson off the couch and into my van proved to be a huge challenge and I was just about to dial 911 when he managed to slowly walk out to my car. Clay hopped in the van and despite my protests that he'd be bored and hungry, insisted he needed to come with us. I stupidly agreed to avoid a fight that would prolong our departure.
When we arrived at the hospital at 5:45, the triage nurse asked me for my insurance information. I had just gotten an insurance card in the mail on Friday. This was Saturday. (I want to jump for joy on the amazing timing, but I'm afraid to jinx it. Although I received my insurance card, I'm afraid the insurance hasn't quite kicked in yet. If my calculations are correct, it won't be effective for another week. We'll see, I guess.)
Anyway, we waited for what seemed like an eternity despite the fact that Jackson was pushed ahead of all the kids with runny noses and the man who had been having chest pains for a week even though he "only smoked 2 packs a day".
The doctor took a look at Jackson and ordered a CT right away. While waiting for the CT, a nurse started an IV and took some blood. Generally, getting stuck with any kind of needle, makes Jackson scream loud enough to be heard in the next state. He was in too much pain to care this time. If you know Jackson, that speaks volumes of his pain level. In fact, he kept mentioning things like, "This hurts more than my broken arm. This hurts more than my broken nose. This hurts more than the stitches on the bottom of my foot. This hurts more than my broken toe. This hurts more than the time I fell off the swingset and couldn't breathe. This hurts more than the time my arm got stomped on in football. This hurts more than . . ." This quite possibly could've gone on all night if the technician hadn't wheeled him back for the CT scan and broken up his train of thought.
The technician who took Jackson for the scan had a strong Jamaican accent and every time he asked Jackson a question, Jax gave him a blank stare, then turned to me for translation. He injected iodine and scanned Jackson's midsection. Then we went back to the room to wait. And wait. And wait. At around 9:30, after I pestered the nurse a few times, we were finally informed that the huge bump was just a large hematoma (fancy word for bruise). But, along with the blood and fluid in the muscle and tissue under his skin, there was also some internal bleeding. The CT showed a small amount of fluid and because of this, we were told that a pediatric surgeon needed to take a look and decide if he could go home, or if he needed to spend the night to make sure there weren't more serious injuries internally.
Around 11:00, they finally managed to get Clay something to eat, and they delivered the news that Jackson would be admitted for the night, but not at that hospital, no. He had to be transferred by ambulance to a different hospital with a pediatric unit. I rushed Clayton home, gave instructions to Austin and Savannah and sped back to the hospital where I found Jackson watching some BMX competition on TV. "Seriously, Jackson, seriously?" I asked, rolling my eyes. He flipped the channel to a Friends rerun. The episode where Joey had a hernia ran through my mind and I couldn't help laughing. Evidently, Jackson couldn't stop laughing either and every time he laughed, he'd start to cry in earnest because the pain was so bad, so he flipped to the Food Network until almost 4:00 AM when they finally loaded him up in the ambulance to take him to the other hospital. By this time, the pain meds were starting to wear off and he was running a fever.
I was thinking how much it sucked that I couldn't go in the ambulance with him, but someone needed to drive the car. And how much it sucked that I had to leave my other kids alone, but someone had to be with Jackson. And how much it sucked that I might have to miss some work. And how much it sucked that I'm not paid if I miss a day. And how much it sucked that none of this might even be covered by insurance. And how much it sucked that we were supposed to go to the beach later that day to meet one of Lexi's friends from back home who was here on vacation and now we couldn't do that. And how much it sucked that none of this would've even happened if Jackson had listened to me and been doing his chores instead of screwing around on his bike. It's at times like these when being a single mom to many (especially in a new place without much of a support system) just stinks.
But, on the bright side, the people were nice and attentive at the new hospital, there was a couch that opened into a bed for me, the room looked more like a hotel room than a hospital room, the doctor who saw Jackson there was young and cute, and best of all, his fever went away, he felt a little better the next day, and he didn't need surgery.
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The History Department of the University of Toledo is calling for papers for our Second Annual Cultures in Conflict conference. The title of this year's conference is "Cultures in Conflict: Oceanic Encounters, Entrenchments, and Empires, 1450-1750." With deepening research interest in such areas as the Atlantic World, Pacific Rim, and Indian Ocean, we wish to invite scholars examining all aspects of the social and cultural history of Oceanic empires during the early modern period. We hope that by gathering scholars of distinct interpretations we can formulate a more expansive understanding of Oceanic empires, their principal themes, and their global impact.
As with our first meeting, we are greatly interested in receiving proposals from scholars working in the Great Lakes (US and Canada) region to greater facilitate regional scholarly networks.
Our meeting will take place at the University of Toledo on April 15 and 16 of 2006. We have extended our submissions deadline to January 31, 2006.
We ask that you send two items for all individual entries: 1. Paper title and abstract of no more than 250 words, 2. A shortened (one-page) CV.
If you wish to present an entire panel please include a cover sheet with the panel name and a short (up to 250 word) description.


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Our business and productivity blog that aims to educate and interact with individuals who are looking to enhance and maximize their business and themselves.
There are many ways to measure the success of your blog depending on what you have as goals for blogging. You may be interested in driving traffic to your blog, raising awareness of your business, building a list of followers/subscribers, or establishing yourself or your business as an authority on a subject. There are many good reasons to blog, but how do you measure if you are reaching your goals?
Here are some blog measurement ideas to help give you insights into how well your blog is doing or even to help you decide what goals to aim for when blogging.
Of course there is the Return On Investment of your blog.
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Paramedics transported five children to a hospital Wednesday night after a collision involving several vehicles on the Loop 202 in Tempe.
Three cars collided on the freeway near Scottsdale Road at about 7 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said.
An 8-year-old boy, 6-year-old girl and 1-year-old girl were admitted to the hospital for unspecified injuries. Two other children, a 10-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl, were also taken to a hospital but released, officials said.
DPS would not disclose the children's current medical conditions.


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PennDOT uses new materials for bridge construction
CANADOHTA LAKE -- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is building bridges faster and at less cost with new materials.
A bridge under construction on Brown Hill Road in northeastern Crawford County includes abutments made of layers of compacted stone held and reinforced by a kind of plastic fabric.
The abutment is stronger than traditional cast concrete, can be installed faster and costs less than traditional materials, PennDOT bridge engineer Bill Koller said.
Return to GoErie.com for updates and see Saturday's Erie Times-News for coverage.


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Carol Osman-Brown, adjunct professor at Rio Salado College, is celebrating the Arizona Centennial in a unique way.
Osman-Brown has spent the last year collaborating
with fellow members of Arizona Press Women, a non-profit organization made up
of communications professionals, on a 308-page book titled "Skirting Traditions."
The book highlights female writers and journalists throughout Arizona's history.
"These women were ahead of their time; they paved
the way for women in the press and drew attention to important social issues.
In reality, they brought about a great change in our state. Sadly they are
often overlooked in the history books, which is why I was eager to share their
stories," said Osman-Brown.
The book, published in conjunction with Arizona's
Centennial celebration, chronicles the lives and accomplishments of 28 Arizona
women. These women exhibited resilience, creativity and the grit to survive,
whether on the frontier of a young state or in a male-dominated profession.
Proceeds from book sales will be used to fund
college scholarships for English and journalism students at Arizona colleges.
The narratives in the book move from the beginning
of Arizona's statehood in 1912 forward to the modern day, describing daring
feats, patriotic actions, and amazing accomplishments. Osman-Brown's
contributions consisted of her research and writings on Phyllis Leonard, who
authored seven internationally published novels and Patricia Meyers, a veteran
Arizona journalist and internationally renowned jazz critic.
"One of my favorite aspects of writing is really
getting to know what you are writing about. In my case, I feel like I really got
to know these women and their great accomplishments," said Osman-Brown. "I researched
and wrote on these women because they were both very interesting and I found
that I had a lot in common with them," she added.
Osman-Brown was raised in Phoenix and earned a
degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University.
Following an extensive career in the communications industry, which included
work with Arizona Highways Magazine and the Phoenix Gazette, Brown now enjoys
the rewarding work she does as an adjunct faculty member at Rio Salado College where
she has spent the last 25 years teaching magazine writing and journalism
classes to college students.
"If a student dreams of being a writer, they must
never give up. There are a number of opportunities out there. Just like the
women in the book if you are passionate about something, learn about it and
write about it," said Osman-Brown.
Osman-Brown says it is important for Arizonans to
learn about the state's historical figures because it will inspire them to
pursue their lifetime goals. "We stand on the shoulders of those who came
before us and we can learn so much from our history," said Osman-Brown. "I
believe that everybody has a good story. These Arizona women wrote and reported
on important social issues. They paved the way for women in the press and they
were some of the first to present a woman's viewpoint in Arizona."
Published March 24, 2012 in the Arizona Republic
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Rio Salado Adjunct Instructor Celebrates Arizona's Historical Women Writers
5 comments:
- Jacob Pursley said...
Great article!
- April 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- Sarah Emmons said...
Great way to celebrate the pioneering women of Arizona! Found this while researching a sales associate job description.
- May 5, 2012 at 11:12 PM
- Famous Women in Business said...
What the women had in common was their love of writing and journalism, and their ability to use the written word to earn a living, to argue a cause, and to promote the virtues, beauty, history, and people of the Southwest.
- May 8, 2012 at 2:53 AM
- Non Profit Attorney said...
What a wonderful idea to raise awareness of these amazing women and also raise needed funds at the same time!
Good job! kudos.
- July 1, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Jazz Zangeres said...
I know that, at the time, Patricia Meyers reviews got a lot of attention - but I didn't know she actually was a journalist! Thanks!
- August 29, 2012 at 10:41 PM
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The Jakarta Post
At first, Arif Hadianto, 30, went scuba diving only to find new things to photograph.
Later, he and dozens of friends went underwater to help the WWF save the coral reefs off Derawan Island.
Arif said he had had no hobbies when he graduated Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and took a public relations job with Berau Coal in East Kalimantan five years ago.
"In Yogyakarta I never missed a chance to watch new movies in the cinema. Now I have to live at mining sites that don't have cinemas," he said.
He soon found after-work activities. Armed with a camera he adventured around the 34,127 square kilometers of Berau, also called Bumi Batiwakkal by locals for its beautiful scenery and rich culture.
"I started taking pictures of the street stalls in Tepian and the lives of the children who have to climb the hills and cross the river to reach school," he said.
He uploaded his photos to fotografer.net, a site for Indonesian photography enthusiasts, hoping to introduce the landscape of Berau to the public — and as part of his company's corporate social responsibility program.
Soon, Arif found a real substitute for the movies he was missing. He started scuba diving, learned underwater photography and had his first adventure off Derawan Island.
"Although I literally fled after seeing a stingray, I found a colossal movie underwater that is remarkable and sensational."
Along with five colleagues, Arif established the Berau Coal Diving Club. "I campaigned at the office, inviting my office colleagues to dive together," he said.
The club attracted the attention of Bob Kamandanu, then president of Berau Coal. The management later provided a speedboat, meaning they no longer had to pay to rent a boat to go to Derawan Island.
The diving club now has 60 members, including employees of Berau Coal's business partners. They dive not only for fun, but they are taking active role in coral reef conservation around Derawan Island by campaigning against destructive fishing and the disposal of garbage into the sea.
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In those early years I discovered how to take the next step from my doctoral work on Coleridge into research on a fascinating group of nineteenth-century English intellectuals who inherited his ideas and aesthetics, the Cambridge Apostles. I began collecting primary materials for a life one of this circle, John Sterling (1806-1844), and realized that an edition of his correspondence was a precondition for the biography. Traveling to and fro upon the earth, I located Sterling manuscripts and made the odd discovery that worked its way into print.
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CLEMSON - Clemson football could be on the verge of a special 2013 season and such a campaign will be made easier by the favorable conference schedule it will enjoy.
The ACC released 2013 conference opponents on Friday, the first round of scheduling that will include new ACC members Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Clemson will entertain its toughest 2013 ACC opponents - Florida State and Georgia Tech - at home.
Clemson will also host Boston College and Wake Forest.
Clemson travels to Syracuse, N.C. State, Virginia and Maryland.
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The governor, however, quickly issued a statement saying that he could not support the bill and expected to return it to the Legislature with an amendment. The reason, he said, is that he doesn't trust the revenue streams that the bill counts on to reach its projected transportation investment numbers in the fourth and fifth years.
Legislative leaders said the amount of "new transportation resources" generated by the bill would start at $265 million for fiscal 2014 and grow to $805 million by fiscal 2018.
The bill would raise $448 million in additional tax revenue in fiscal 2014, with the new revenue reaching $598 million by fiscal 2018. The bill would also redirect funds from other areas of state government in order to increase the overall size of the package.
The new revenue would come from a 3-cents-per-gallon increase in the gas tax, an increase in taxes on tobacco products (including a $1 per pack increase on cigarettes), and new taxes on utility companies, software services and out-of-state corporations doing business in Massachusetts. The gas tax would automatically increase each year at the rate of inflation.
Legislative leaders said that one goal of the transportation finance package is to support the $300 million Chapter 90 bond bill for fiscal 2014 that the Legislature passed unanimously – and the governor signed – last month, so cities and towns can make desperately needed repairs to local roadways.
The decision about how much of the Chapter 90 funding to release is ultimately the domain of the governor's office, however, and the administration said late last month that until there is a sufficient revenue package to support state transportation priorities, it would only commit to releasing half of the $300 million. So rather than seeing the 50 percent increase they expected in the reimbursement program – from $200 million to $300 million – cities and towns were handed a 25 percent cut, to $150 million.
Local officials and other stakeholders have been actively urging the administration to release the full $300 million, but the fate of the remaining $150 million is still in limbo at this time. The governor's brief statement today did not mention Chapter 90.
Separate transportation finance bills passed by the House and Senate were sent to a conference committee on April 22. The compromise bill that passed today had been reported out last night.
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Well, kudos to Sarah Palin for getting in on the debate surrounding the pro-life ad to be aired during Super Bowl XLIV! The 30 second ad sponsored by Focus on the Family features Pam Tebow, mother of the University of Florida's senior quarterback, Tim Tebow, who was the only sophomore to ever win the Heisman trophy.
Pam Tebow, mother of five and wife to Bob Tebow, a missionary and evangelist, will be featured in the ad, along with her youngest son, Tim, witnessing to protecting innocent life. She was advised, while on mission in the Phillipines with her family, to abort the baby she was then carrying. Pam was taking medication for amoebic dysentary which doctors feared would cause fetal deformity to her unborn child. She refused, and we know the rest of the story.
Tim Tebow, the child who would have been aborted had his mother taken the advice of her doctors, is a happy, healthy, bright, college football superstar who shares his family's faith in the Lord and in the right to life for all.
Sarah Palin, also mother of five, has herself known anxiety during pregnancy. She was told when four months pregnant with her youngest son, Trig, that he would be born with Down Syndrome. Sarah Palin, too, chose not to abort the baby she was carrying. Her husband is quoted as saying when told of their unborn child's special needs, "We shouldn't be asking, 'Why us?' We should be saying, 'Well, why not us.'"
That Sarah Palin is advocating for CBS to "Do the right thing – don't cave – have the backbone to run the ad" is both a testament to her own belief in the right of the preborn to life, but also empowers other women facing difficult pregnancies to do the same.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Not content to allow former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin to have the last word on the Focus on the Family ad touting Tim Tebow's mother's decision to not have an abortion, the National Organization for Women (NOW) is attacking Palin.
As LifeNews.com reported Palin wrote a lengthy FaceBook post talking up the ad and Pam Tebow's decision to not have an abortion when pregnant with the college football star.
The potential 2012 presidential candidate said the ad and Tebow's decision"empowers women" to choose life when confronted with a difficult pregnancy situation.
Palin continued her criticism of NOW, which has called on CBS to flip-flop on its decision to pull the ad.
"For a pro-life, pro-woman, pro-family ad to be seen as offensive and not empowering women is puzzling," Palin told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Thursday. "It makes you wonder what is NOW afraid of?"


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Aaron McGuire of Gothic Ginobili on Cole Aldrich: "It's hard to find much to say about Cole Aldrich, all things considered. It's not that he's an awful player, but he's certainly not a good one — for a 3-year college player that came into the NBA at the age of 22, he's awfully unpolished. His freshman season was notable mostly in how ridiculously bad he looked — just a terrible fit on the court, seemingly several hundred steps slow on defense and several dozen steps lacking on offense. He posted a freshman PER of 7.0 and it felt a hell of a lot worse than that. Last season he had a PER of 17.7 (and a PER of 19.8 in the postseason), but I'm hesitant to really assess much value from that. First off, he was playing against busted competition — the Thunder blew out a hell of a lot of teams last year, and the vast majority of Aldrich's minutes came in garbage time during blowout wins. In fact, the Thunder went 25-6 in the 31 games that Aldrich saw the floor last year. Kind of skews the picture a bit. What's worse is that not only did he virtually only play in wins against poor late-game competition, he also managed to be part of bench units that were incredibly awful."
Matt Moore of CBSSports.com on KD, who finishes ranked second: "Durant has become a force only topped by our No.1 player (you know who), and he's just 23 years of age, 24 when the season begins. He's just getting started and he's already accomplished so much. To say the sky's the ceiling gives the sky too much credit for its altitude. He's no longer on his way. Kevin Durant has arrived. The only question is whether he can become great enough to claim this time as his own."
Zach Lowe formerly of SI.com on Derek Fisher's Hall of Fame chances: " Only because it will come up: No. Fisher has hit some monstrous shots en route to five titles with the Lakers, including the 0.4 shot against San Antonio, the tying and clinching shots in Game 5 of the 2009 Finals and an improbable series of baskets late in Game 3 of the 2010 Finals in Boston to swing that game — and that series. And there is precedent, in the form of K.C. Jones and others, for letting in low-scoring members of dynastic teams. But Fisher was a limited role player on two mini-dynasties set apart by a half-dozen seasons, and he has been a below-average player his entire career. And just to reiterate: Bernard King is not in the Hall of Fame. Fisher's had a nice career and his stewardship of the players' union will win him gravitas points, but he's not a Hall of Famer."
Perk didn't make the NBA's most terrifying list.
David Thorpe of ESPN.com on big men: "When a team drafts a big man in the top 10, the hope is he becomes that coveted "franchise center" most teams believe they must have in order to win an NBA title. Indeed, unless a team is blessed with top-flight wing players as the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat are, a featured and prodigiously productive center is typically one of the necessary components for a franchise to return to relevance."
Perry Jones in a Q&A: "A Big Five? That's a big deal (laughs). Pretty much just work hard and learn from Kevin. We're sort of the same size, sort of the same skill sets. He's just at a much better level. So definitely learn from him on the offensive end and being able to guard him on defense every day, or trying to guard him on defense every day, is gonna help me defensively. Hopefully I'll be able to do a lot for the team."
Jeff Miller of the O.C. Register on Scott Brooks: "The Lakers power forward, however, shouldn't feel special. Perkins is quite open and generous when it comes to being ornery. "He gives us an edge," Brooks said. "He hates his opponent. He's not happy unless he's unhappy. His teammates love him. He's always in a bad mood. I love guys who go out on the court and compete. He's not shaking hands and trying to be buddy buddy. He respects them, but he's going to try to beat them and then move on." So, this is what the Lakers are up against, even if so many of us are convinced the rest of the NBA is up against it. "There are a lot of good teams in the league," Brooks said. "We just can't focus on how good the Lakers are going to be." That's for the rest of us to focus on. Scott Brooks, nice guy, great guy, just months removed from the NBA Finals, is focused on something much larger."


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KAPOLEI, Hawaii - Asia-Pacific leaders held their annual summit Sunday, having claimed progress on a U.S.-backed free-trade bloc that received praise from U.S. businesses and labor, but drew a less-enthusiastic response from China and Russia.
The balmy weather for the gathering at a resort on the west side of the island of Oahu contrasted with pessimism over the economic outlook expressed by many attending the summit. With Europe again on the brink of recession, Asia's vital role as a driver of global growth is gaining even greater urgency.
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Panel Discussion on Immigration Reform in 2013
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What are our expectations about real changes in our immigration system?
What work should the organized immigrant community continue doing this 2013 to advance a pro-immigrant a social and economic justice agenda?
This administration has being focusing on enforcement only and more than one million immigrants were deported from the U.S during this administration. Does the government has the political will to make structural and positive changes to our immigration system?
President Obama won office again with 71 percent of the Latino vote. He has pledged to reform current immigration law.
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Lena Graber is a Criminal Justice Fellow at the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. Lena Graber's work seeks to reduce the government's abuse of immigration detainers–a tool used to maintain custody of potentially deportable individuals in local jails or prisons nationwide. Her work combines advocacy, technical assistance, and litigation to curb the excessive and unlawful detention of immigrants caused by detainers; as well as to separate state and local policing from immigration enforcement. Lena previously worked at the National Immigration Forum in Washington, D.C., where she helped coordinate national advocacy to improve border enforcement policy, analyzed federal budget and appropriations on immigration issues, and sought less punitive immigration enforcement policies at the national level.
Oscar Chacon currently serves as Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC). Until December, 2006, Mr. Chacon was the director of Enlaces América, a project of the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. Mr. Chacón served for most of the 1990's as executive director of Centro Presente in Cambridge, Massachusetts and served for many years as president of the Salvadoran American National Network (SANN). Mr. Chacon is a frequent lecturer in national and international conferences, as well as a media spokesperson on Latino immigrant issues in the U.S. NALACC, is a transnational network of community-based, Latino and Caribbean immigrant-led organizations, that is committed to building a more just society and seeks to raise the quality of life for immigrant communities in the United States, as well as communities in migrant-sending countries in Latin America.
Sarahi Uribe has made significant contributions to both the local and national struggles for immigrant rights. The daughter of immigrants, Sarahi attended Yale University where she worked for the immigrant community group Junta and was part of the historic campaign to win municipal ID cards for all New Haven residents, regardless of status. Prior to joining NDLON, Sarahi worked as a daylaborer organizer in Washington DC where she combatted wage theft and severe labor abuses. She is currently the National Campaign Coordinator at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). At NDLON she's lead a national campaign to expose the misnamed "Secure Communities" deportation program resulting in a formal federal investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement's lies.
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A 2-pole synchronous machine as shown in the cross-sectionaldiagram has the following dimensions: each air gap length, Lg = 2.5mm. The Cross-sectional area of the pole face, Ag = 500cm2. Permeability of the core, Mu sub c, is infinite.There are 500 turns (N) on the rotor. If the current, I in therotor is 5 amps, determine the flux density, Bg in the airgaps.
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Initially released in 2002, Studio MX is Macromedia's best-selling product. The 2004 version, which is available now, will deliver deeper cross-product integration. Studio MX 2004 is available with Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004. By using Studio MX 2004 with Flash Professional, developers can easily design Flash and HTML Web forms, add components, integrate with data and build in application logic and navigation.
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If you can't monitor everything yourself, why not let your computers watch your computers? This month we examine some practical techniques for network monitoring.
You can't inspect a computer network the way you inspect a line of show dogs. Dozens of processes are at work at any moment – all within a motionless rack or an innocuous beige case – and no one has enough eyes to watch the status of everything. While you stop to fill out another requisition form, files fly down wires, web servers serve up pages, data servers accept and log transactions, and CPUs execute millions of instructions every second. The need for network monitoring has been around for nearly as long as the need for networks. This month, we look at some tricks and tools for keeping watch.
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TRENTON — A construction crew demolished an abandoned three-story building today after a roof and wall partially collapsed this morning, trapping and injuring a homeless man who had to be extricated by firefighters.
The boarded-up home on the 500 block of East State Street near the city's train station began crumbling around 7 a.m., Fire Chief David Turner said. Firefighters called to the site heard the trapped man's cries and, after a building inspector said it was safe to approach the building, spent almost four hours working to rescue him.
He was pulled out shortly before 11 a.m. and taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center.
"I would imagine they will be keeping him overnight. His injuries were extensive," Turner said. "He had trauma to his head and to his legs."
The man had been sleeping on the porch and was buried by rubble in the collapse, fire officials said. His pillow, blanket and other belongings could still be seen as workers demolished the house.
Firefighters said that residents who gathered in front of the building told them a woman was living in the back of the house, but she was elsewhere when it collapsed.
The house is surrounded by vacant lots and appears to have been unoccupied for some time. Turner said it was in "disrepair" and was being used by squatters.
"It was marked as a hazardous building, and we have a lot of transients and vagrants," he said. "They need a place to sleep at night."
After rescuing the man the firefighters called in a Winzinger, Inc. demolition crew to pull off the front of the building and look for anyone else who may have been trapped. Firefighters used heat-sensing equipment to finish the search and confirm the house was empty, officials said.
"Thankfully no one else was found," Turner said.
The construction crew then completed the demolition, tearing down the house, a fence and a few trees nearby.
The listed owner of the building is MYG Management, which owns at least 18 properties in Trenton, including several on East State Street, according to city tax records from 2012.
Max Edelkopf, the CEO of MYG and a number of other companies that have owned properties in Trenton, said in an e-mail that the building was foreclosed on and resold four years ago. He said he did not know the name of the bank that foreclosed on the property or the new owner.
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I am writing a program that will allow the user to enter a string, if the string can be converted to a double precision value then the program will display the value. I have a program that I need to manipulate to make this work. The code is posted below(sorry it's a little rough). I need to figure out how to change this program so that it is checking the string entered to see if it can be converted to a double. Any help is appreciated.
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Where does it start going wrong?
Can you give some example input and what the program does when you enter that data?
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There are some odd checks in isvaliddouble() - you might want to think these through with a few example valid doubles. Why is it valid if it's one character long? Why do you need to check if it's one character long more than once? Why is the string valid if you come across a non-digit number? And, critically, what about the decimal separator?
Why are i and start double instead of int?
I'm not a fan of using exception handling instead of "else". However I can see that this could arguably be an exception so if you've been told to use exception handling then leave it in. Otherwise just use else.
Why are (complete entries) "+" and "-" valid? What would the value of these be? Zero?
You call atof() anyway, completely ignoring the return value of isvaliddouble(). Probably if isvaliddouble() returns FALSE you would want to skip the conversion and do something other than return a double - maybe return an error code indicating whether or not the conversion happened and pass in a pointer to a double, which would be used if the validity check passes.
Have you been told to write code to validate the double? atof() implements error checking so if you haven't been explicitly instructed to write code to perform double validation, you could just use the error checking built into atof().
You only check for a sign once but what about scientific notation? +1.2345e+5 is a valid number (and atof converts it correctly to 123450).
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We are using exception handling by the way.
The code above is just being used to check a DOUBLE value. An example. It asks the user to enter a string(which I just put there for reference to what I actually need the program to do) if they enter anything other than a double precision number it will spit out an error. If I enter 100 then it will just return 100.
Again, I need the user to enter a string. I need to check the string to make sure it can be converted into a double(I think this is where I am confused).
As for your questions as why the + and - are valid. I am absolutely not sure. I am trying to manipulate an example code in the book.The instructor insists it will be much easier to do it this way. I am finding it more difficult. I might just need to go back and rewrite the code without using the example.
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the supreme court interprets the rights.
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In the realm of cyberspace, telling kids not to talk to strangers doesn't quite cut it.
Phillipsburg School District Educational Technology Specialist Rosemary Rinker proved that with a presentation during Monday night's school board meeting.
A video Rinker played showed how an Internet predator could find, in just minutes, a teen's home address, the names of her family members, her phone number, which school she likely attends and other personal information. All that resulted from a simple web search after the predator found a screen name in a chat room. Other videos shared stories of real kids who were either solicited or bullied online. One boy committed suicide after learning from chat rooms and Internet conversations how to hang himself.
Rinker points parents and teachers to resources like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's NetSmartz Workshop Web site for important Internet safety tips. Further resources are listed on the school district's Web site here.
The district has held Internet safety sessions for parents, but they're looking for more effective ways to reach them. Rinker suggested giving brief presentations along with things like concerts and after-school movie nights.
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gus wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Is there any Hard Disk interface for the ZX81 ? searching on the WEB I
> can find an interface for connect the Commodore 1541 Disk Drive unit,
> but those days is really difficult to use floppy disks ,I think that a
> Hard Disk Interface is the best way to use the real hard.
> So anyone know about some HDD interface project ?
> If anyone want to build one I can work on the Software part.
> Thanks for any info,
> Gus
I by no means an am expert, but I dont believe there is... In fact I
believe the ZX81 predates the invention of the hard disk
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Any newbies in NC looking for a place to shoot?
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Competition Shooting
> Any newbies in NC looking for a place to shoot?
March 17, 2005, 05:20 PM
If you're in central NC and are looking for some matches to shoot let me know. We have four USPSA and one steel match each month in this area and are always looking for new shooters.
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March 17, 2005, 05:54 PM
Ok where exactly is the "central" part of NC that you are talking about??
March 17, 2005, 06:13 PM
OK, roughly it's from Wilkesboro east to Raleigh and from the VA line to Charlotte. We have matches in Creedmore, Carthage, Salisbury, Statesville, and Lexington.
March 17, 2005, 06:34 PM
Post a little more info please.
March 17, 2005, 08:21 PM
A steel match is held at Piedmont Handgun Association south of Lexington the 4th Sunday of each month. There is a USPSA match at the Rowan Cty. Wildlife Association range in Salisbury the 2nd Saturday of each month. I can e-mail you contact info if you'd like?
March 17, 2005, 08:37 PM
You guys have a shooting match in Carthage?? hmm..to think you guys are having a match in the birthplace (and future historic site) of THE best looking and most talented holster maker in the known world(that lives in Staley )...
Where is the one in Lexington?? How hard is it to find coming from Ahseboro?
March 17, 2005, 09:27 PM
The USPSA match in Carthage is at the Trigger Time Valley range and is one of the best in the state. It is the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Check http://swartout.com/fpsa/ for dates and times.
March 17, 2005, 11:24 PM
It is that proverbial "small world". When I was in Rock Hill, SC some years back, I used to shoot IPSC at Charlotte Rifle and Pistol Club, as well as Statesville. It was an FOP range, as I recall. We also used to shoot at Mid-Carolina Club, near Columbia, and as memory serves, and there was a match over in or near Virginia, Blackburn, Blackford or something like that. It was near an engineeringf school, I think.
Sounds as if you have found an interesting way to earn a living. Could you reference any particular articles?
March 18, 2005, 06:29 AM
PHA is in Churchland on HWY-150. www.phashoots.com
I'm a member there and have shot a few of the Highpower rifle matches but none of the pistol matches.
May have to give it a go.
March 18, 2005, 01:02 PM
Do you guys have matches year-round?
I'm currently overseas but I'll be living back in good 'ol Jacksonville around the June timeframe and I'm willing to drive a few hours for a good shoot.
March 18, 2005, 01:19 PM
Catuela - yep, we sure do as long as it's not raining or snowing. In the eastern part of the state there are USPSA matches in Havelock (I believe?), Southport and a new club on Ft. Bragg.
Navy joe
March 18, 2005, 01:22 PM
Sir Walter Match is absolutely great, I go there when I can, I like it because after not shooting for a year I know I can just get in my car and go (3 hours one way),
no phone calls, and no matter what the weather I will show up to find a great match with a full parking lot. I have to try the other NC clubs when I can.
If you are out east I have to plug my home club that I haven't been too in months, Blackwater Practical Shooters, come check them out, very convenient from E-City and VaBch.
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Council hears police department recommendations
by Jane McClure
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CARNATION--City Council members last week heard recommendations from Acting Police Chief George Potts and City Administrator Randy Suko on ways to strengthen the management of the city's police department.
Cmdr. Potts cited the department's lack of a formal reporting system to other city officials, the absence of established goals for both the deparment and individual officers, the lack of an up-to-date policies and procedures manual, no written guidelines for working with law enforcement agencies in contiguous jurisdictions and no weekly activity reports to the public as "red flags." Potts, on loan from the Redmond Police Department, has been taking the place of Public Safety Director Gunnar Otness, who was placed on administrative leave during the recent investigations into the conduct of Officer Frank Sloan.
Suko then presented specific policy recommendations designed to ensure consistency in responding to citizens. He said the city needs to provide financial accountability and monitoring of the department; define responsibilities of the mayor, council, administrator and chief; establish direct accountability of the department to the mayor, council and administrator; standardize record-keeping, file management and documentation practices and improve the response time to complaints made against city employees. The recommendations were referred to the Public Health and Safety committee for review, and Potts invited council members to ride with the officers during a shift to observe the department's work firsthand.
Mayor Pro Tem David Hunter announced that the Association of Washington Cities had completed its investigation of a complaint made against Carnation police Officer Frank Sloan and submitted its report. The council will review the report's findings over the next two weeks and consider actions to be taken. Hunter reaffirmed the council's commitment to the continued confidential handling of this matter to ensure respect for all those affected by the investigation. "This has been a difficult time for the city, for council, for staff and for Officer Sloan, who is a well liked individual," Hunter said. Hunter reported that the city's contingency fund was sufficient to cover the $30,000 in unbudgeted costs--mostly legal fees--that have been incurred by the city recently. He also reported that the city had two weeks remaining under its existing contract with the Redmond Police Department for the services of Cmdr. Potts. The King County Sheriff has offered to provide a sergeant to serve as Carnation's acting police chief for six months at no charge. The Public Health and Safety Committee was asked to review the matter and make a recommendation to the council in two weeks.
Councilmembers also discussed the process for selecting the next mayor. The council has 90 days to fill the position, which was vacated Mar. 3. Candidates must be registered voters and have resided within Carnation for at least one year. Hunter expressed concern that public input into the decision, though not required, may be desirable at this time. Councilman Don Raybuck said he had been elected to represent the citizens and was comfortable in supporting Hunter for the position. Support for Hunter also was expressed by Councilmembers Paula Turner and Ron Chapin, as well as by several in the audience. It was decided to keep the nomination process open through April, review candidates at the May workshop and vote at the May 19 council meeting.
In other council business, the city administrator apprised the council of delays the city has experienced in obtaining septic permits from the King County Health Department over the past year and a half. Projects adversely affected include the Carnation Town Center project, Pete's Club, renovation of the historic downtown hotel, Sandy's Espresso, Rusebud's and a subdivision off Entwistle Street. Those problems, along with suggestions for improving the process, were outlined in a seven-page letter to King County Council Chair Louise Miller.
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