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President: Wendy Alton is the President and of the Livonia Bar Association. She is a trial lawyer and certified mediator for divorce and custody. She has practiced in Michigan courts for over 10 years, and presently focuses her practice in areas of family law, estate planning and probate. She assists her clients with a variety of matters, including divorce, custody, support, estate planning, special needs planning, wills and trusts, powers of attorney, probate estates, guardianships, conservatorships and prenuptial agreements. She can be reached at (734)821-1058 or firstname.lastname@example.com or online at www.psedlaw.com/
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Details On Undertaker's Opponent For Wrestlemania 29
Posted by Richard Gray
Over on WrestlingNewsWorld.com we've been extensively tracking Undertaker's status for Wrestlemania 29.
In late October we reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium that Undertaker felt neglected and was in jeopardy of missing his first Wrestlemania since 2000. Since then, his position has changed and he's had contact with WWE officials about putting together a Wrestlemania program for him.
As for potential opponents, the list seems to change week-to-week but here are four names that have come up in various scenarios:
All of the above rely on what happens with the rest of the card as Steve Austin is believed to be back in play.
Undertaker wants to face Brock Lesnar but so does Triple H and possiblyThe Rock.
Ryback seems the least-likely as the latest plans have him challenging for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania but we have the latest on his future at this link.
The framework is already in place for Undertaker vs. John Cena but Vince McMahon has been leaning towards a Rock vs. Cena rematch. Should he go in another direction, Cena vs. Undertaker could happen depending on what they do with Lesnar.
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Dolphin Discovery
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Dockside Dolphins
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If you've ever dreamed of entering the water and playing with dolphins, this is your chance! Stand on submerged platforms and hold, feed and touch our dolphins. You can even take the plunge and swim with them in Hawks Cay's tropical lagoon in the Florida Keys.
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1948 Bowman "Movie Stars" Complete Set PSA-Graded (36) - #1 PSA Registry!
Starting Bid - $500.00, Sold For - $5,875.00
Extraordinary ultra high-grade complete set of 1948 Bowman "Movie Stars." This is a rare and interesting set, with card fronts designed very much like 1948 Bowman baseball, and backs very much like 1949 Bowman baseball. Included are all the top movie stars of the day such as Eve Arden, Sonja Henie, Cesar Romero, Shelley Winters, William Demarest, and Yvonne De Carlo. The entire set of thirty-six cards has been graded and encapsulated by PSA. This is the Number One All-Time Finest set on the PSA registry. The set includes five PSA 9s, twenty PSA 8s, and eleven PSA 7s, with an overall GPA grade average of 7.78. The complete PSA condition composite follows: Five MINT 9: #2 (OC), 4, 17, 25, and 34. Twenty NM-MT 8: #3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, and 35. Eleven NM 7: #1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 27, 30, and 36. It is our experience that a vintage set such as this, in such extraordinary high grade, let alone the highest-graded set ever assembled, may be valued by the market at a significant premium to guide prices. Accompanying the set is an original window display poster (20 x 5 inches), an extraordinary rarity in its own right (one of only two or three in existence), advertising for this 1948 Bowman "Movie Stars" Series. The poster has an Excellent appearance, with a separation along one of the natural fold lines that has been reinforced with tape on the reverse. Total 36 cards plus one poster. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$1,500+. SOLD FOR $5,875.00
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Window On the World
Seeing the landscape in black and white.
By Rebecca Fish Ewan
Landscape design has always been intimately tied to optics. How
designers view the landscape affects how they do their work. So
it's useful to consider the tools with which landscape architects
can see and capture images.
The camera has been used to create images of landscapes since the
Renaissance. Camera is a Latin word, meaning room, and the camera
obscura, a centuries-old precursor to the handheld instrument, was
simply a dark room into which light entered through a small hole
in the wall. This light projected an image of the outside onto the
opposite wall where an artist could then trace this projected landscape.
Shrink the room down to fit into your hand, regulate the size of
the hole, bend the light a bit with a lens, slide in a strip of
light-sensitive film, and you have the basic workings of a modern-day
mechanical camera.
Beginning in the 19th century, black-and-white photography as print art and documentary tool dominated, color being experimented with but lacking practical use until the introduction of Kodachrome film in 1937. So, early landscape architectural work-gardens, parks, plazas, or street-scapes-was photographed in monochrome. The late A. E. Bye is well known for the use of black-and-white photography in his work (see "A Subtle Hand," Landscape Architecture, May 1996). He used the camera not only to document his work after completion but also as a design tool to help during client meetings. The subtle quality of the black-and-white print worked in stunning parallel with his simple, understated designs. Bye considered his landscape work a success if it looked as if nothing had been done, if the design didn't scream at the viewer. Using black and white for these kinds of highly refined and quiet projects can emphasize the design's minimalist sensibility.
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Milaca Public Schools teachers, paraprofessionals and administration are mourning the loss of longtime special education teacher Cindy Zillmer after she was killed in a car crash Friday night, May 31.
As the news of her passing spread throughout the school, several of the staff have recalled their time with the 57-year-old Zillmer who started in Milaca nearly 30 years ago.
"Cindy and I both came to Milaca in 1984, and we have been in special ed together for 29 years, so it has been a tough couple of days," Dave Dillan said.
Others may not have worked alongside Zillmer for quite as long, but the friendships they formed lasted more than a decade. Brenda Rueckert worked with Zillmer as her paraprofessional for the past 14 years.
"She was a very caring, dedicated, dependable person. She always had the students' best interests in mind and made them accountable," Rueckert said. "She would work endlessly to get her kids to pass their classes. She rewarded the students for their hard work. Manners were very important to students. She wanted them to say 'please' and 'thank-you.'"
Fellow paraprofessionals Peggy Timmer and Sandy Lanz will remember Zillmer for being a fun and supportive teacher who made coming to work enjoyable as well as accountable.
"Cindy made working at Milaca fun," Rueckert said. "She knew when to make us laugh and when to correct our behaviors. She loved her own kids as well as all of the kids she came in contact with. She made her students feel special and spent time getting to know them. She loved to play games with them, but only if they had all of their work completed."
Special education teacher Belinda Ash echoed those sentiments.
"Cindy has worked in the Milaca district for many years, and she has touched the lives of so many children," Ash said. "She will be greatly missed."
The sudden and tragic death of their coworker has Milaca educators not only grieving the loss of a vital team member, but a friend.
"Personally, I don't know how I will manage without her," Rueckert said. "She was one of my best friends. She knew when to rein me in. She knew when to be professional and when to be a friend. We spent a lot of time together both in school and outside of school."
Rueckert will also remember Zillmer's sense of humor.
"Cindy loved practical jokes. In fact, on my birthday this year she thought it would be funny to have students fill my desk with packing peanuts," Reuckert recalled fondly. "I am so happy that I was able to spend her last night with her."
Lanz, Timmer, and Rueckert were golfing with Zillmer the evening before she died.
"The three of us spent some time telling her how much we appreciated her and about the plans we had for her retirement party. She made us promise to be nice to her and not too embarrassing," Rueckert said.
Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at the Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in Foley and will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 6, at Foley High School prior to the services at 11 a.m. at the Foley Funeral home. Zillmer is survived by her husband, Ron, son, Zach, daughters Rachel and Kaitlyn and numerous family and friends.


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Chilly temperatures linger in the D-FW area
Photo: Tom Fox/Staff Photographer
Icicles hang from an cedar tree as Craig Clifton investigates the ice-coated remains of a burned home. Temperatures in the teens frozen water and foam sprayed from hoses as the firefighters battled the early morning blaze.
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Systemwide Events Calendar
Bingo NightSeptember 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Ballroom
This semester, Bingo Night is back and bigger than ever with amazing prizes, new games, and much more! Join us this Friday, September 13, from 7:00-9:00 pm, in the Campus Center Ballroom, to play bingo and minute-to-win-it games to have a chance to win UH Bookstore gift cards, an iPod Touch and other great prizes! Popcorn will be sold for 50¢, while supplies last, to satisfy your munchies. Bring your friends and join Campus Center Board Activities Council for this free event. Please note, IDs are not required for entrance, however winners MUST present an ID in order to claim Bingo and game prizes. Bingo Night Event Details - Friday, September 13, 2013 - Campus Center Ballroom (3rd Floor) - 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Entrance Information: - Food: Popcorn will be sold for 50¢! *while supplies last - This event is FREE! ***Presented by the Campus Center Board Activities Council (CCB AC)***
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Manoa Campus, Art Building, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
|Senator J Kalani English Tok Stori: Employing Pacific Studies
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies, Auditorium
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|Mathematics Colloquium
Manoa Campus, Keller Hall, room 402
|Zoology Final Oral
Manoa Campus, BioMed 103B
|Passion in Paradise: Argentine Tango for Everyone
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The initial point of teaching and learning is the biological equipment of the learner. The child's original nature, or what he inherits is the capital with which education must work. His intelligence, attitudes, interests, and desires underlie the educative process.. His acquisition of knowledge, his formation of habits and skills, and his development of abilities and attitudes are conditioned and limited by his biological equipment. The innate tendencies become available as a drive to teaching or stimulus to learning. It is the function of the school to provide the necessary conditions and opportunities by which these innate tendencies or biological equipment can be developed and applied. In other words, the school sets the teaching-learning situations which will be favourable to the child's growth and development.
The teacher may know many things and be ready to touch them, but he will have little success unless he has knowledge of the mind of his students and of what goes on there, which knowledge he can only learn by patient observation. The teacher becomes a learner, for he has to study the minds of the young, their ways of looking at things, their habits, their difficulties, likes and dislikes. He learns how these things are stimulated to exertion, how they are discouraged, and how one mood succeeds another. The primary concern of his innate tendencies, not the knowledge of child's specialty, but knowledge of the laws and principles of child growth and development.
There are many facts concerning the psychology of these inborn tendencies that are important and interesting from a purely theoretical point of view, but only those of primary importance to teaching and to learning will be considered. Some of the innate tendencies are intelligence, emotions, curiosity, interest and attention.
Intelligence and ability to learn are very important. Teaching and learning processes are conditioned by intelligence. Both activities must meet certain conditions if they are to take place successfully. Learning is impossible without intelligence. In other words, intelligence is the basis of learning. The effectiveness of learning is conditioned by the degree of intelligence. It is an accepted fact that students with high intelligence are easier to teach or to direct and guide than students with low intelligence.
The importance of emotions in teaching and in learning cannot be ignored. Teaching depends upon emotions for the motivation of learning. In teaching, the emotions of fear, anger, and love can be used as drives to greater activity on the part of the learner. They can also be used as checks on the students' behaviour, in or outside the classroom.
Curiosity is a valuable agent in education when it is rigidly valued and employed. Curiosity is highly important because it is a starting point of interest. Attention can be held only by arousing the interest of the students. Curiosity enlarges also the circle of interest. When rightly valued and utilized, curiosity and attention can be made valuable agents in education.
The problem of interest and attention, from the point of view of teaching, is not simply to arouse curiosity and to secure attention, but rather to have the attention fixed upon these activities which are desirable from the standpoint of teaching and learning; to give attention and to engage in mental activity or reflective thinking. We seek, in our work as teachers, not only to secure a maximum of attention to the field of work in which the students are engaged, but also to arouse interest and enthusiasm which will last after school days are over.


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FAU Dance Theatre Ensemble in Premiere Performance
BOCA RATON, FL (January 15, 2009) – The Florida Atlantic University department of theatre and dance announces the debut of the FAU Dance Theatre Ensemble with its production of "L'Histoire du Soldat and Other Dances." The production, which features artistic contributions from faculty in dance, theatre, music, visual arts and art history, and communications and multimedia studies, will take place on Friday, January 30 at 8 p.m., Saturday, January 31 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 1 at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. General admission is $16 and group tickets may be purchased for $12. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800-564-9539 or by visiting www.fauevents.com.
"L'Histoire du Soldat" (A Soldier's Tale) is a 1918 theatrical work that is based on music by Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the piece based on Russian folk tales about a soldier on furlough who sells his fiddle to the devil for a book that tells him things before they happen. Former Elliot Feld dancer and Dreyfoos School of the Arts faculty Jeff Satinoff's 50-minute ballet of this Faustian tale features Richard Gamble and Clarence Brooks (department of theatre, dance chair and dance faculty, respectively) in the principle roles of the narrator and the soldier.
"Other Dances" is comprised of several short pieces in a half-hour of dance. The first, "Cradle Song," was created by Boston-based choreographer Marcus Schulkind, who describes the dance as "the last waltz that a person is going to have: part memory, part tactile muscle memory, part return to past, part kinetic imagery for the future." "Cradle Song," the solo, becomes a duet as Clarence Brooks dances and Heather Coltman, chair of the department of music, plays a caprice for piano by Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
The second dance in the series is performed by the adagio team of Rome Saladino and Marina Putane who extend the physical range of the body with a Romeo and Juliet romance and a theatrically comedic duet with a chair. In another short dance, emerging choreographer Andrea Ollarvide's hauntingly stark solo echoes the universal fear of being left alone.
Isolation and loneliness is also the theme of "Rooms Etude," based on Anna Sokolow's groundbreaking dance "Rooms." Joey Bargsten, a professor in the school of communications and multimedia studies, composed the music and the text for this dance-film using Clarence Brooks' choreography to tweak space and reality in an Escher-like fashion. Finally, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" the quintessential Depression Era song and the title of Schulkind's contemporary work, showcases the indomitable spirit of man dealing with the challenges of living raging against the machine.
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The next time you need surgery, you may not be headed to a hospital. Each year millions of procedures are performed in specialized, ambulatory surgery centers. Kathy Fairfax is director of Lee Memorial Health System's Outpatient Surgery Center.
"Here to greet the patients as early as six o'clock in the morning."
The model is simple. The health system provides the location, equipment and assisting professionals. Individual surgeons book their procedures and get a turnkey operation.
"This is a great opportunity for them as well, and consistently the physicians work with the same staff," says Fairfax.
Surgeon Darren Miter performs a large share of his laparoscopic surgeries here.
"Patients who are planning on doing an outpatient surgery such as gallbladder surgery, hernia surgery, removal of skin lesions, soft tissue masses things like that are very conducive for the Outpatient Surgery Center."
There is an upward trend toward using surgery centers. It works well for doctors, but national surveys show patients are the overall winners.
A study done by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found one in four Medicare patients have used a surgery center, 98% reported it was a good experience. The reasons stated were: less paperwork, lower costs, convenient parking, friendly staff, comfortable setting and no waiting. Up to 95% of surgeries start on time.
"The surgery center does not have an ER attached to it so an emergency appendectomy, etcetera, doesn't happen to come in and disrupt the schedule," says Dr. Miter.The more frequent procedures are: breast surgeries, urological, gastrointestinal and gynecological procedures. All allowing the patient to go home the same day.


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It seems that the lawyers at the U.S. Department of Justice have noticed that the recorded music industry has changed a bit since 1941.
That was the year when the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" were top sellers. Recordings were sold as 78 rpm disks. And performers struck licensing deals with two non-profits, ASCAP and BMI, to compensate them for the playing of their music.
Those same deals govern the recording industry today, as the audience has shifted to platforms that didn't exist 73 years ago -- or even 15 years ago. The last time the Pew Research Project studied the question, in 2012, it said 40 percent of the audience listen to audio on digital devices, and that number was on track to double by 2015.
This has led to clashes between performers, the licensing rights organizations, and services like Pandora, which stream music online to paying and non-paying listeners. Many performers say they aren't being fairly compensated by some of the new services that use their performances.
Now the Justice Department says it will review the consent decrees that have governed such arrangements all these years. That means the department is collecting public comments and will decide whether to intervene to help arrive at new royalties and licensing formulas. Bloomberg BusinessWeek opines that this could pit songwriters against song performers.
The Justice Department announcement at justice.gov says it seeks comments to such questions as "What, if any, modifications to the Consent Decrees would enhance competition and efficiency?" and "Should the Consent Decrees be modified to allow rights holders to permit ASCAP or BMI to license their performance rights to some music users but not others?" The agency is accepting comments until Aug. 6.
(Licensing issues are complex and difficult to police, as The Oregonian noted last year, when farmers' markets ran into trouble with ASCAP.)
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In this year's selection for Monroe's community book, author Reyna Grande tells the story of her struggle to reach America.
Now you're being asked to tell your "Coming to Monroe" story.
Each year, the One Book, One Community of Monroe County program selects a novel for the community to read together. A series of events built around discussing the book are scheduled for March and April, 2014.
This year's book is The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande. It's a memoir, telling about Grande's life as a young girl in Mexico, her separation from her parents when they leave to search for a better life in America, and her eventual arrival in the U.S.
It's a story of sadness and sacrifice, but also an uplifting story of overcoming hardship to reach a dream.
We know that many Monroe residents also have compelling stories to tell about how they arrived in the area. Some go back to the early days of settlement along the River Raisin. Others are part of the migration to Monroe to work in paper or auto plants. And some are quite recent, involving first-generation immigrants to America.
The Monroe News, Monroe County Community College and the Monroe Historical Museum are joining together to tell those stories, as part of the One Book, One Community program this year.
Send us your "Coming to Monroe" story – whether it's simple or complex, straightforward or dramatic. Include photos to accompany your story, or send us a video to tell your story first-hand.
To see examples of "Coming to Monroe" stories click here.
We'll gather the various stories and present them to the community – kind of a tapestry of our history. Each of our immigration stories, woven together to create a picture of how Monroe came to become the community it is today.
You can submit your Coming to Monroe story by:
Submitting your story online by clicking here
Writing your story down and mail it to: Coming to Monroe, The Monroe News, 20 W. First St. , Monroe, MI 48161
Emailing your story as an attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com
Using your smart phone to record a "selfie" and email the video to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Be sure to include a photo or two.
Don't worry about the length. It can be a few paragraphs or up to 1,000 words.
If you're young and don't have much of an immigration story, record your parents or grandparents' story
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Hotels in West Hempstead
Nearby hotels
Anastasia's Bed Breakfast
3 Stars
8 Mead Street (to 1.09 km)
Housed in a Tudor home built in the 1920s, this Hempstead BB offers free Wi-Fi and a free continental breakfast each day. A business centre is offered so guests can keep up with their work. A flat-screen TV with cable channels is offered in each room at Anastasia's Bed and Breakfast. A seating area is provided as well. Rooms at the BB feature access to a shared bathroom with towels. Guests of Anastasia's Bed and Breakfast can relax in the shared lounge or prepare their own meals in the guest kitchen. In addition to the complimentary continental breakfast, guests can pay extra for a hot, home-cooked breakfast. Dinner is served as well. Hofstra University is just 5 minutes' drive from Anastasia's Bed and Breakfast, which is only 6 km from Roosevelt Field Mall. The Nassau Coliseum is 6 minutes' drive away.Search
Hotel The Garden City
4 Stars
45 Seventh Street (to 2.32 km)
Location The hotel is located in the heart of the historic village of Garden City, within walking distance from restaurants and shopping. The Long Island railway station is just steps away from the hotel and is convenient for a quick trip into New York City. This Long Island hotel is only 40 km from New York City, with convenient access to all major highways and La Guardia and John F. Kennedy International airports. Facilities This inviting Garden City hotel has been a favourite of the rich and famous, including the Vanderbilts, Astors, Kennedys and Clintons. From the post-Civil War beginnings to the roaring 20th century, the dawn of suburbia to the new millennium, the hotel has provided the highest quality services and accommodation. The guests can escape the pressures of everyday life in a peaceful setting. The hotel features luxurious accommodation and world-class amenities for both business and leisure travellers. Comprising a total of 272 guest rooms, the air-conditioned property welcomes guests in a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service. Facilities on offer to guests include a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a cloakroom, lift access and a hairdressing salon. Guests may dine in the café or restaurant and sip their favourite drinks in the bar and pub. Business guests are sure to appreciate the conference facilities. Furthermore, Internet access, 24-hour room service (for a fee), a laundry service, a car park and a bicycle hire are provided onsite. Rooms Reflecting a sophisticated, classical atmosphere, the spacious guest rooms function as cosy and comfortable retreats. They offer comfortable double or king-size mattresses for a restful night's sleep with nightly turndown service and cotton-rich terry velour bathrobes, a minibar for a fee and a 37-inch flat screen TV with satellite/cable channels. The en suite bathrooms are fitted with a shower, bath and hairdryer. All rooms also offer a direct dial telephone, a radio, Internet access, a safe, tea and coffee making facilities, an ironing set and a terrace. The air conditioning and heating are individually regulated. Sports/Entertainment The hotel offers an indoor heated swimming pool, gym, sauna, hot tub, sun deck and bicycles. Sun loungers are laid out for guests' use. Massages are available at the hotel. Meals A continental breakfast is served each morning, whilst lunch and dinner are offered from set menus and à la carte. Payment American Express, Diners Club, JCB, MasterCard and VISA are accepted as methods of payment. **At check in all guests will be required to present a Major Credit Card for incidentals.** **Guest not traveling with credit cards will be required to provide a cash deposit.**Search
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This comfy and convenient venue sits right at the heart of Long Island business area, but offers a lot more then the typical business hotel. Its perfect location makes it as easy to reach both the premium shopping venues in the city centre and the stunning ocean front of Long Beach. For all outdoor enthusiasts the nearby Bethpage State Park is the home of numerous hiking trails, biking and cross-country skiing routes. The establishment welcomes its guests to 83 cosy, modern rooms where their clean and fresh king or queen-sized bed will provide for the perfect night sleep. If they need to do some remote-access work the free WiFi and the large in-room work-desks will come in handy. While the 675 sq. ft. flexible banquet space is ideal for business meetings or special occasions.Search
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Hills to Design New Course in Franklin, Tennessee
Well-regarded golf course architect Arthur Hills has been retained by Southern Land Company (SLC) to design an 18-hole course in Westhaven, a new 1,500-acre development off Highway 96 West in Franklin, Tenn.
Hills and members of his firm, Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates, joined SLCs landscape architects and community development officials, Westhaven residents, local golf professionals and others for an initial walk-through of the site in December. Construction of the course will begin in early 2006, with its completion for the following year.
"Southern Land Company's selection of Mr. Hills' firm reflects our commitment to design and construct a golf course that will become a destination of choice for avid golfers," said Brian Sewell, senior vice president of community development for SLC. "Mr. Hills has established an international presence based on solid, challenging design principles that result in courses that are critically acclaimed and inviting to a wide range of players. Just like the community of Westhaven, this course will be distinctive."
Located on 200 acres of rolling hills and pastures in the northwest portion of the new community, the course is a "core " design, which means that no homes or streets will encroach on the fairways, enabling players to enjoy a golfing experience free of peripheral activities and traffic. The course will incorporate the sites existing terrain and landscape, as well as water features and tasteful landscaping.
"We have an opportunity to create within the Westhaven community a beautiful, playable course," said Mr. Hills. "One of our goals is to make the course fun for players at every skill level. The site provides the natural features to create an exciting variety of holes, including those along the Harpeth River; two holes along a meandering, historic stone wall; and many others that incorporate the rolling terrain."
Westhavens course, which will be named at a future date, promises to challenge experienced golfers, while offering beginners and families an opportunity to learn the sport and have fun. Also planned is a practice facility with a short three-hole course. Memberships will be offered to residents of both Fairhaven and Franklin.
"Since construction began, Westhaven has consistently outperformed our expectations," said Sewell, in comments related to residential sales. "We have attracted a diverse group of individuals and families who have built homes here based on the interconnectivity of the neighborhoods, the architectural integrity and the amenities. This course will be designed with those community elements in mind in an effort to further enhance the Westhaven lifestyle for existing and future residents."
Different holes on the course will highlight the natural amenities of Westhaven, including dense woodlands, creeks and the Harpeth River, wetlands and pastures. A large clubhouse being constructed on a high knoll will offer views of the course. Additionally, members will have access to a driving range, golf shop and short-game practice area.
"It will be a real treat to partner with the talented team at Southern Land Company when designing and building the course at Westhaven," said Chris Wilczynski, senior partner at Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates. "There is an overriding commitment to quality from both organizations."
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Security for Loranger schools discussed during delegation meeting
The Loranger Schools Delegation met to discuss their needs and concerns with members of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Tuesday, March 3.
"We need campus signs such as 'Office' signs to direct visitors to our Loranger schools offices, 'Gun Free Zone' signs, and even 'No Trespassing' also," said Loranger Middle School Principal Andre Pellerin.
"We have talked about the need of fencing for a while around the Loranger schools. We have been waiting two years for the fence," Pellerin added.
Last year, the Louisiana State Attorney General's office acting under the auspices of our parish conducted a safety audit. The purpose of the audit was to show what is safe and what is not and needs to be improved at the schools with the state attorney general's office giving recommendations for improving safety at the schools. The state office recommended both campus signs and fencing.
To fund the recommendations is the 50/50 Homeland Security Grant, but in Loranger schools cases, the grant money was only enough to cover their new security cameras which were also recommended by the state office.
"Weeks ago, we found windows broken at our school," LMS Principal Pellerin said. "We're so open. People come from the woods and off the street. Vandalism goes on constantly; we need a fence to keep the criminals out."
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The woman in Chickasha say scammers claimed to be sending out new medicare cards and asked for her bank account information. The scammers called from the number 409-574-1214.
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Causes of Anxiety During Menopause - FemHealth.net
Causes of Anxiety
Psychological causes for Anxiety.These are grouped in two, the ones related to disorders which are really uncommon, and the ones related to life stresses. The first ones are characterized because they are rare hereditary diseases provoked by chemical imbalance in the brain.
The second group is related to daily stress, overwork and fatigue. If these factors are not controlled, they could make you lose emotional stability, leading to anxiety. Usually these cases are temporary and anxiety stops when the stressful time ends. Either way, keep in mind that the physical causes for anxiety are much more likely to happen.
Phsysical causes for Anxiety.The main cause for anxiety is hormonal imbalance. Estrogen hormones have a definite effect on your mental state since they regulate the levels of cortisol, which is the hormone that produces stress. If your estrogen happens to drop, cortisol will not be controlled, producing more stress. Therefore, anxiety appears when your cortisol isn't appropriately controlled due to an estrogen level declination.
As anxiety generally grows progressively worse without treatment, it's necessary to inform yourself about the steps to take for controlling it. Imbalanced hormonal levels are the most common cause for anxiety; there are a variety of safe and effective treatments for it. Please, keep reading to learn about the best ways to cope anxiety.
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Sam Simon, Co-Creator of The Simpsons, Gives Away MillionsDresden Shumaker
Late last year, a man who is responsible for some of the funniest moments on television was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. We know the nine-time Emmy winner Sam Simon as the force behind hit TV shows like Taxi, Cheers, The George Carlin Show, The Drew Carey Show, and most notably The Simpsons.
Sam Simon developed The Simpsons with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks in 1989. Ken Levine, who was a writer on the show, credits Simon with making The Simpsons the show we all know and love. In an article in Stanford Magazine, Ken shares, "Is it too bizarre to say he made cartoon characters three-dimensional? His comedy is all about character, not just a string of gags. In The Simpsons, the characters are motivated by their emotions and their foibles. What are they thinking?'—that is Sam's contribution. The stories come from the characters."
When he left the hit show he negotiated a deal that maintained his executive producer credit in addition to giving him a share of the profits of the series every year. Now that he has, according to doctors, only months to live, the writer, producer, and philanthropist has only one thing on his mind: he wants to give away his millions to charity.
His first wife, actress Jennifer Tilly, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about Simon's decision to give away his millions, "I think it's really nice for him that he's doing it now and he gets to see the results of his philanthropy. He really does have a passion to survive, and the longer he's on the earth, the more good work he can do."
Already Sam Simon is watching his life's work make a difference in the world. He is seeing it. Much of his money will go to fighting hunger-related causes, as well as to animal charities. He has funded a mobile Veterinary Clinic in Los Angeles, established an organization that helps bring pets to assisted living facilities, and his Feeding Families program not only feeds humans but pets in hunger crisis.
In a powerful interview with Simon, Hollywood Reporter's Gary Baum asks, "Do you get frustrated with bad things happening to good people? Like, why didn't someone else get this cancer?"
Simon's answer amazed me, his entire outlook is amazing, to be honest. "No. I don't think that's what karma is. It never crossed my mind."
I wish Sam and his extended family and loved ones much peace as they navigate these next months.
{Read the full interview in The Hollywood Reporter}
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In a recent paper in AIDS, Smith et al. [1] used mathematical modelling to explore the issue of condom migration, or 'condom replacement', on the potential impact of microbicide use by female sex workers. Similar to an earlier paper that we published [2], they developed a static model of the risk of HIV acquisition, and used this to obtain a threshold level of microbicide efficacy and use required to offset condom replacement. Although there are some differences in the mathematics used to formulate the risk of HIV infection and the scenarios considered, in most respects our two analyses yielded similar conclusions. In particular, both concluded that condom migration/replacement is not a substantial concern in populations that have low levels of condom use (as did Karmon et al. [3] in a similar analysis).
However, we are concerned that only the positive policy conclusions are presented by Smith et al. [1] with regard to condom replacement among sex workers: 'For low/moderate efficacy microbicides, the risk of HIV acquisition in FSWs will be reduced – even if complete condom abandonment occurs – if prior condom use was low'.
This conclusion ignores the fact that, with proper counselling and support, sex workers can achieve a high rate of consistent condom use with their paying clients. A recent review of surveys of sex workers in Asia generally found that the median percentage reporting using a condom with their clients in the last sex act was over 75% [4,5]. There is also growing evidence across different settings that, following intervention, sex workers frequently achieve high levels of reported condom use with their clients [6–11], with as many as 96% of male military conscripts reporting using a condom at last commercial sex in northern Thailand, for example [7]. Although there exist many sex worker populations who have low levels of condom use with their clients [5,12–15] (and many more that have not been studied), it is important to acknowledge when considering microbicide introduction scenarios that in some settings sex workers have attained high levels of condom use.
Our analysis suggests that among groups of sex workers with high levels of condom use, migration may be of concern. We found that if sex workers originally used condoms in over 53% of sex acts but abandoned condoms altogether after the introduction of a 50% efficacious microbicide, then the risk of HIV will increase even if microbicides are used in every sex act [2]. If Smith et al. [1] had considered higher levels of condom use, they would have reached similar conclusions. For example, if Fig. 3 (b) had been extrapolated for higher levels of condom use, then a threshold for a 50% efficacious microbicide can also be seen [1]. From this, it appears that if sex workers had originally used condoms in over 62% of sex acts but abandoned condoms altogether after microbicide introduction, then the risk of HIV will increase even if microbicides are used in every sex act.
Our analysis also showed that if a microbicide of 50% efficacy against HIV and sexually transmitted infections is used in 50% of sex acts not protected by condoms then high-consistency condom users (who use condoms in 90% of sex acts) could only reduce condom use to 86% without increasing the risk of HIV [2]. However, this 'high-consistency condom-user' scenario was not discussed in the paper by Smith et al. [1].
The papers highlight the fact that further research is needed to explore the issue of microbicide introduction to sex workers. If women are able consistently to negotiate condom use with their clients, both models suggest that there may be risks associated with microbicide introduction if it weakens women's ability or resolve to negotiate condom use. At the same time, this result should not be used to withhold or limit the ability of sex workers to access microbicides [16]. Clearly, there is an urgent need for microbicides, to provide additional protection to the many sex workers who are unable to negotiate consistent condom use with their clients [5,12–15], and to the many more who cannot use condoms in their non-commercial relationships (despite achieving high levels of use with clients) [4,5,9,11,17–19]. Instead, such studies raise important programmatic challenges about how best to promote microbicide use in a way that does not undermine consistent condom use, recognizing that there are small margins for error. For, although mathematics can provide a quantification of the risks and benefits, operational and social science research is needed to identify how best to respond.
The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors alone.
Sponsorship: This work is supported by the Global Campaign for Microbicides at PATH, with funding from the US Agency for International Development. P.V. and C.W. are part of the Microbicides Development Programme, which is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). A.F., C.W. and P.V. are members of the DFID-funded HIV/AIDS and STI Knowledge Programme. The UK DFID supports policies, programmes and projects to promote international development.
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The best actor in the best scene from the best movie of 2012.
The French actor Denis Lavant has done some incredible things. In his latest film, Holy Motors, he plays eleven different roles, including The Banker, The Beggar Woman, the Motion-Capture Specialist, Monsieur Merde, and The Dying Man. Here, Lavant (as The Accordionist) leads a band on a stroll through the Église Saint-Merri in Paris as they perform R.L. Burnside's "Let My Baby Ride" in the film's show-stopping entr'acte.
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Accordion Dreams is a great new PBS show that I just got to see a preview of on my local Texas station. Try to catch it when it comes out nationally on August 30.
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On Monday night, the executive director of Teach for America in St. Louis, Brittany Packnett spoke to a full house at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Packnett was the keynote speaker at the city of Bloomington's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday celebration. Packnett discussed struggles and protests in the St. Louis area, particularly those surrounded the killing of Michael Brown in …Read More »
Bloomington-based Nonprofit Granted Money to Buy 700 Doses of an Overdose Antidote Drug
A Bloomington-based nonprofit organization has been granted money to buy about 700 doses of an overdose antidote drug. WFHB News Director Joe Crawford has more on that story.Read More »
Self-Described "Conservative" Charter School Approved for Monroe County
Today, supporters of a controversial new charter school in Monroe County announced they have received approval to open as soon as this coming August. The Seven Oaks Charter School was previously rejected by the Indiana Charter School Board. But the self-described "conservative" group organizing the school went around the state and received a charter from a private, evangelical Christian college …Read More »
A Conversation with Monroe County Commission Candidate Paul White, Sr.
After nearly three decades on the Monroe County Commission, Iris Kiesling has announced she is stepping aside next year. So far three residents have announced plans to run for her spot, representing District 3. Earlier this afternoon, WFHB News Director Joe Crawford spoke with one of those candidates. Paul White, Sr. is the only Republican so far to announce he's …Read More »
Mayor John Hamilton Discusses Contaminants in the Local Water Supply
Bloomington Utilities Department supplies water to about 120,000 people throughout Monroe and Brown counties. In recent months the Department has notified the public about increasing levels of chemicals known as disinfectant byproducts. Exposure to those byproducts can cause serious health problems, including cancer. This morning Hamilton laid out a plan for reducing those levels and increasing transparency at the Utilities …Read More »
Pence Addresses "Drug Dealers" directly in SOS Address
Governor Mike Pence addressed criminal justice issues during his 2016 State of the State address. For a response to that part of Governor Pence's speech, we spoke with Lindsey Badger, a board member with New Leaf New Life, which provides services to inmates in the Monroe County Jail.Read More »
Pence Suggests "Taking A Step Back From ISTEP" in SOS Address
Last night Indiana Governor Mike Pence delivered his annual State of the State address. Among the many topics covered in the 27-minute-long address, Pence discussed public education, specifically referring to the ISTEP test. For reaction to Pence's address, WFHB News Director Joe Crawford spoke today with Sue Wanzer, a member of the Monroe County Community School Corporation's Board of Trustees. …Read More »
Public Health Emergency Declared in Monroe County
Last month, the Indiana State Department of Health declared a public health emergency in Monroe County. The declaration is the result of an epidemic of Hepatitis C in the area. Earlier today, WFHB news director Joe Crawford spoke with the administrator of the Monroe County health department about what the declaration means. We bring you that conversation now for today's …Read More »
League of Women Voters Hosts RFRA Conversation with Local Legislators
The local chapter of the League of Women Voters hosted a conversation with local legislators over the weekend. Much of the conversation centered on discrimination against LGBT residents, which lawmakers are expected to debate at length during this year's legislative session. The forum was attended by State representatives Matt Pierce, Peggy Mayfield and Jeff Ellington, as well as State Senator …Read More »
Fairview Elementary to become "Home for the Arts"
Starting next school year, Fairview Elementary School is beginning a new initiative to be a "Home for the Arts." On Tuesday night the principal at Fairview, Justin Hunter, presented the plan to the Monroe County Community School Corporation's Board of Trustees. We bring you his conversation with the school board for today's WFHB community report.Read More »


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KU softball to host West Chester in NCAA Super Regional
The Kutztown University softball team will host West Chester in a NCAA Super Regional beginning Friday at 1:00.
It is the second consecutive year that the Golden Bears (32-21) will host the Super Regionals. Kutztown, originally the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic Region, will face West Chester (37-19), the No. 4 seed in the region, at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 17 in the first game of the series. Game two will be on Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. and if necessary, game three will follow at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The winner of the best-of-three series will advance to the NCAA National Championships in Salem, Va. beginning on Thursday, May 23. Kutztown is looking to advance to the National Championships for the second straight year after becoming the Atlantic Region Champions for the first time in school history last season.
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2007 Top Ten Public Works Leaders Named
One of the most coveted and prestigious awards sponsored by the American Public Works Association is presented each year to ten public works professionals whose professional excellence earned the distinction of Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year. The honorees are selected for their professionalism and expertise as well as their personal dedication to improving the quality of life in their communities through advancement of public works services and technology.
The 2007 Top Ten Review Committee consists of Committee Chair David A. Moody, Public Works/Engineering Director, City of Peoria, Arizona; Thomas A. Colbert, P.E., Public Works Director, City of Eagan, Minnesota; R. Marshall Elizer, Jr., P.E., Transportation Services Manager, Gresham, Smith & Partners, Nashville, Tennessee; Anthony W. Leffin, Public Works Director, City of Maitland, Florida; and Richard F. Stinson, Director of Public Works, Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Winners of the 2007 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year Award are:
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As Deputy County Administrator of Public Works for Pima County, Arizona, John M. Bernal, P.E., oversees and provides leadership and guidance to the directors and employees of the following Public Works Departments: Development Services; Environmental Quality; Fleet Services; Graphic Services; Regional Flood Control District; Transportation; Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation; and Wastewater Management. The County Public Works Departments oversee and maintain 2,100 miles of roads, 80 bridges, 2,000 washes and tributaries, 96 parks, 4,000 historic sites and 3,200 miles of sewer lines.
Since 2001, Bernal has served a constituent-elected five-member Board of Supervisors and an appointed County Administrator. Through management and oversight, he has successfully led 1,700 employees comprising the eight Public Works Departments and an additional four support units in spearheading a County-wide vision of managed growth and sustainable infrastructure. He has been involved with organizing and developing a 20-year Regional Transportation Authority program for $2.1 billion in highway and transit funding improvements in the Pima County region.
From August through November 2004, Bernal helped coordinate the efforts of the Metropolitan Education Ad Hoc Committee on Infrastructure near School Sites that was formed to develop policy proposals supporting educators in their quest for adequate infrastructure near every existing and future school site in Pima County. This effort helped meet fundamental requirements for the safety of school children by developing eight policy recommendations in the areas of planning and development, capital improvement programming and regulatory review. It was a major accomplishment for the committee as a whole to develop the policy proposals in record time.
"His skills have produced significant positive changes in the Tucson, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico, regions, as well as throughout the 2000-mile international United States-Mexico border region." - David S. Fabiano, P.E., President, APWA Arizona Chapter
Lawrence E. Bombara
Superintendent of Public Works
Town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Lawrence E. Bombara has been the Superintendent of Public Works for the Town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, for more than 20 years. He began in 1973 as a truck driver and equipment operator for the Town of Douglas, Massachusetts. He became the wastewater treatment operator in 1974 and superintendent in 1977 before being hired by the Town of Uxbridge in 1985. Bombara was the first and remains the only Public Works Superintendent hired by the Town.
Bombara's accomplishments for the Town are many, including overseeing a 40-year rolling stock replacement program; developing the installation of a new state-of-the-art water tank, which came in on time and under budget; leading his team in successfully acquiring land for future well field expansion; receiving a $250,000 grant to establish a walking and bicycle trail in the historic Blackstone River Valley; establishing the Town's GIS and Asset Management programs; and successfully closing and capping a sewage sludge landfill, replacing it with a recycling center for the Town.
An active member of the New England Water Works Association, Bombara led an aggressive capital improvement program in this relatively small community (12,600 pop.) by negotiating with property owners to acquire three existing wells at a former mill site which increased capacity by one million gallons per day. Since 1990 the Town of Uxbridge has tripled its water supply, while building in system redundancy, service versatility and increased time of storage.
"Mr. Bombara has a long history in the public works field and in that time he has proven himself an incredibly talented and dedicated local and regional official." - Dr. Jennifer Callahan, State Representative, 18th Worcester District
Frank "Cheech" DeCelles
Public Works Director
City of Plantation, Florida
Frank "Cheech" DeCelles is the Public Works Director for the City of Plantation, Florida. The department consists of 115 employees and the following divisions: Administration, Crafts, City Garage, Small Engine Repair, Landscape, Streets and Drainage, Irrigation, Custodians, Grass Maintenance, Resource Recovery Solid Waste Customer Service, Sign & Traffic, and Sidewalk Divisions.
DeCelles established a Sidewalk Division due to the many liability issues the City of Plantation was facing. He conducted a complete inventory and inspection of all sidewalks totaling 491 miles. In addition, he established criteria as to who was responsible for the repair and has averaged 300 to 350 repairs a year. The successful program has dramatically decreased the amount of trip-and-fall incidents, saving the City huge amounts of money in medical and legal costs.
The City of Plantation has been honored as a Tree City USA for the past 25 years. During that time DeCelles has been responsible for the maintenance of 17,000 trees within the community. Along with the maintenance program the City has a very successful tree planting program; the division averages more than 200 new tree plantings each year. Under DeCelles's leadership, the City also participates in a "Community Planting" where the homeowners and the City each pay half the cost for the trees. City staff members volunteer to work with the residents on weekends sharing their knowledge and experience and educating about proper planting methods to assure a better than 95 percent survival rate.
"The consistent degree of excellent appearance and high standard of operational function is evident throughout Plantation and is in large part a direct result of his effective management and guidance." - Rae Carole Armstrong, Mayor, City of Plantation, Florida
H. Reed Fowler, Jr.
Director of Public Works
City of Newport News, Virginia
H. Reed Fowler, Jr., is the Director of Public Works for the City of Newport News, Virginia, population of 185,200. He is responsible for 350 employees in Administration; the Operational Divisions of Building Services, Security, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Street Maintenance and Wastewater; and in Asset Management and Customer Service. He has served in a leadership capacity in the Public Works Department since 1984.
Under Fowler's direction, a new maintenance program for the Back and Sidelot Ditch Crews was initiated utilizing the growing GIS capability in the Public Works Information Technology section. Before using GIS, the department cut and cleaned city ditches once a year. By using GIS, the cleaning process starts at every major stormwater outfall or exit point in each area of the city and then works backward until the entire feeder system of back ditches and swales in this "service area" are clean. This eliminated any previously unclean ditch sections' debris or sediment from moving into and blocking the cleaned service area. As a result, there are fewer repeat service calls and the department maximizes manpower capability to ensure the year-round cleanliness and drainage effectiveness of all back and sidelot ditches in the city.
Fowler's professional involvement includes APWA at the national level (National Accreditation Council) and the chapter level (Board of Directors, elected 2002), the American Society of Public Administrators, and the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. His community service includes work with the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, United Way Campaign and Reformation Lutheran Church.
"Reed strongly believes in teamwork, and has established a number of teams to improve and enhance service delivery and response to emergencies as well as to citizen requests." - Randy W. Hildebrandt, City Manager, City of Newport News, Virginia
Bret Hodne
Superintendent of Public Works
City of West Des Moines, Iowa
Bret Hodne is responsible for the management of the Operations Division of the Public Works Department in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Operations Division employs 48 full-time employees and 12 seasonal part-time staff members and has a reputation of being a very customer service-oriented operation. Hodne is responsible for the Streets, Sewer, Unimproved Roads, Fleet Services, Building Services and Nuisance Abatement Divisions of the department.
For the past several years Hodne has served as a member of the Iowa LTAP Board of Directors. His leadership and vision have assisted greatly in the development of several key programs. One of the programs Hodne has devoted a significant amount of time to is the Road Scholars program. This program tracks the educational attendance of public agency employees that register and attend Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE)-sponsored training events. Throughout the program development process, Hodne provided CTRE with assistance to ensure the program would meet the envisioned goals.
For the past seven years Hodne has served as a member of the APWA Winter Maintenance Subcommittee. He chaired the subcommittee for several years, working diligently to revise the group's mission, invite new members and introduce new initiatives. Hodne and other members of the group are involved with several training initiatives that are being developed for the future. His leadership of this subcommittee has made it one of the most active groups in the APWA organization.
"Bret is innovative, creative, a problem solver and is willing to work with his staff, elected officials and the public to improve service delivery. Among his peers and employees he is a recognized leader." - Eugene T. Meyer, Commissioner, Iowa Department of Public Safety
Joseph C. Johnson, P.E.
Director of Public Works
City of Leawood, Kansas
Joseph C. Johnson, P.E., began his service with the City of Leawood, Kansas, in January 1996 as City Engineer. In August of 1996, he was promoted to the Director of Public Works. The Public Works Department has 53 employees, an annual operating budget of more than $15.2 million and is comprised of nine divisions: Administration, Engineering, Inspection, Fleet Maintenance, Facility Maintenance, Building Codes, Street Maintenance, Stormwater Management and Street Improvement Program.
Johnson implemented a program through the Fleet Maintenance Division to develop a vehicle replacement policy and vehicle replacement list for all City vehicles. This policy evaluates department vehicle replacement based on a ten-year planning horizon, thus aiding the City in its long-term budgeting and expenditure program. This also aids the City in planning on large purchases such as fire apparatus that range in cost between $500,000 to $1 million. The policy evaluates useful life and maintenance records to set a replacement date for each piece of equipment, allowing departments to replace vehicles prior to the time large maintenance expenditures are needed.
One of Johnson's principal commitments is to ensure that employees and coworkers have the motivation, education and training to enable them to carry out their responsibilities in an efficient and professional manner. He has followed through on his commitment by ensuring adequate budgets for training and encouraging his staff to participate in seminars and available educational opportunities. In addition, Johnson has supported staff's involvement and participation in professional organizations including APWA, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.[BW1]
"At Leawood, Joe has initiated many innovative processes to enhance the role of the department within the community with city agencies and officials, and professional growth of his staff within the Department of Public Works." - Mark R. Simpson, Managing Partner, LionsGate Golf Developers L.L.C., Overland Park, Kansas
Stuart A. Moring, P.E.
Director of Public Works
City of Roswell, Georgia
Since 1997, Stuart A. Moring, P.E., has been the Director of Public Works for the City of Roswell, Georgia, [BW2]responsible for solid waste management including curbside recycling collection and a regional dropoff recycling center, stormwater management and watershed protection, water supply treatment and distribution, environmental education and enforcement, fleet management, and liaison with Keep Roswell Beautiful, a volunteer environmental organization.
Moring founded the Erosion Control Task Force to coordinate policy and practice among all City departments, and ensure compliance with regulations by City crews. Recognizing the importance of education and enforcement to improvement in erosion control practices, the task force arranged for all City inspectors to receive the State three-day inspections course, and all construction supervisory staff to receive the DOT one-day Erosion Control Supervisors courses. The task force has conducted two seminars for developers and citizens to promote the best practice in erosion control.
Under Moring's guidance, the City of Roswell developed a proposal for a program of stormwater demonstration projects. This program received favorable consideration from the EPA and Congress, and four matching grant awards have been received totaling approximately $6 million. Two projects have been completed, a third is programmed for construction pending State approval and a fourth has been designed and is awaiting construction funding.
"In the Atlanta metropolitan area, water quality and non-point source water pollution problems threaten our environment just as in most urban areas of the country. Stu Moring has used his engineering expertise and leadership skills time and time again to make tremendous contributions not only to the City of Roswell but to our region and state to address these problems." - Pat Stevens, Chief, Environmental Planning Division, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, Georgia
William L. Pugh
Public Works Director
City of Tacoma, Washington
William L. Pugh began his career with the City of Tacoma, Washington, in 1974 as a traffic engineer and rose through the ranks to become Public Works Director in 1993. He oversees the operation and management of the following departments: Public Assembly Facilities; Human Rights & Human Services; and Community and Economic Development. In January 2006, Pugh was appointed Assistant City Manager in addition to his duties as Public Works Director.
Tacoma's curbside yard waste program began in 1990 during Pugh's tenure as Utilities Superintendent. The program continued to expand and evolve after he became Public Works Director. Yard waste recycling has increased more than 225 percent since the inception of the program. In addition, the curbside commingled recycling program was implemented in 1998 during Pugh's tenure as Public Works Director. The program is one of the most comprehensive in the nation.
Pugh was instrumental in the formation of an "Urban Village" Local Improvement District north of the downtown core area. This 11-block area will provide upgraded infrastructure to accommodate the construction of 2,600 additional living units, representing more than $300 million in private development construction. Due to Pugh's strong leadership in being able to communicate with the diverse community and offer innovative solutions to improve the city's infrastructure, the success of this private/public infrastructure partnership has caught the attention of other cities throughout Washington, as well as the cities of Vancouver, B.C., and Houston, Texas.
"His skilled management has taken brownfields and turned them into revenue-generating properties that have fueled hundreds of millions of dollars of economic development for the City of Tacoma." - Jay J. Manning, Director, Department of Ecology, State of Washington
Peter W. Steblin, P.Eng.
General Manager of Environmental & Engineering Services and City Engineer
City of London, Ontario
As General Manager of Environmental & Engineering Services and City Engineer for the City of London, Ontario, Peter W. Steblin, P.Eng., is responsible for Wastewater and Treatment; Roads, Transportation, Parking and Parks; Water, Environment, Animal Control and Customer Relations; Fleet, Facilities and Departmental Resources; and Administration and Development Services. The department has a total annual budget of more than $300 million and a staff of more than 800.
Steblin established the City of London Corporate Energy Management Program. Up to 50 buildings may be involved in an energy retrofit program that will proceed on a cost-recovery basis. In the meantime, the innovative electrical procurement strategy of block power purchases continues to provide dividends saving over $300,000. This initiative has also catalyzed the City's Facilities Asset Management System which is established and being data-populated and will serve as the information center for this significant initiative.
When Steblin's senior staff in the Wastewater & Treatment service area highlighted the scale of needs in the City's sewer system and treatment plants and the inadequacy of the sewer rates, he immediately supported a significant rate increase. He also encouraged development of longer-term plans that identify true needs and investigated opportunities for efficiencies. The plan balances the needs of the community, opportunity to service growth and needs specific to the environment. Over the past three years, Steblin has successfully received Council support for requested rate increases.
"Mr. Steblin has demonstrated leadership, technical capacity, integrity, and community awareness. His experience and personal commitment are the basis of this recommendation, as well as his positive record of achievement, and his personal commitment that London be well-positioned to meet its present and future environmental and related infrastructure challenges." - Tom Gosnell, Deputy Mayor, City of London, Ontario
Gary G. Warren, P.E.
Director of Airside Development
Metropolitan Airports Commission
Minneapolis, Minnesota
As Director of Airside Development for the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gary G. Warren, P.E., is responsible for administering and managing all aspects of master planning and implementing construction projects with MAC's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The CIP includes not only the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), but also the six reliever airports located around the Twin Cities area. Warren annually prepares the CIP airfield portion, which entails a six-year outlook.
Accepting the challenge from Northwest Airlines operations to minimize low visibility impacts during fog and snowstorms, Warren spearheaded efforts with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and his consultant team to install enhanced approach lighting systems and navigation aids (NAVAIDS) on three runways at MSP. He applied project funding through the FAA's Cost Share Pilot Program (AIR-21) and was granted more than one-third of the installation cost.
Responding to FAA directives to correct Runway Safety Area (RSA) deficiencies, Warren led a team in evaluating cost-effective alternatives to address the length deficiency of the runway 30L RSA. After investigating more traditional multi-million-dollar tunnel solutions, he convinced MAC and the FAA that a new cellular cement-block arresting system, an Engineered Material Arresting System, would be the best solution. Since its completion in 1999, he has made several presentations, given personal tours and answered questions of other airports and consultants from around the country interested in this technology. FAA now accepts this as a viable, cost-effective solution for addressing RSA length deficiencies.
"Mr. Warren has built a relationship with Air Traffic Control that fosters openness for accepting input on innovative ways of moving aircraft. He excels at not only directing and managing his staff, but also in relying on them for their expertise and openly welcoming their input." - Dawn M. Holst, Air Traffic Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Editor's Note: To see the Top Ten recipients from 1960 to 2007, go to APWA's National Awards Program web page at www.apwa.net/About/awards.asp?Display=top10list.


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Hi all,
there are tons of posts regarding how people have had success with getting of or reducing symptoms of RA, after going Primal.
My wife and I went Primal sometime in March.
We are not 100%, due to social occasions with the accompanying slip-ups, but all in all we are fairly primal.
We eat well, exercise and are, in general fairly happy with PB.
Everything has been going well, when suddenly my wife developed fairly severe RA. This still has to be confirmed by a specialist, but that is our doctor's diagnosis and symptoms fit as well.
How can this be?
Going primal would tend to help people with RA, not the other way around.
We are at a loss.
Here are some answers to points that have come up.
Yes, we do eat nightshades and always have. Never had a problem.
Yes, we do consume dairy, but very little and it used to be much more actually. Never had a problem.
No, we do not eat Gluten anymore. But didn't even have a problem there.
No we do not eat legumes, but used to, wihtout issues.
No, she does not get adequate sleep in the sense that she always feels tired
Yes, we have a fair amount of stress in our life at the moment
We don't quite understand what has changed, that might have brought on this condition.
Our only guess right now - a combination of stress and sleeping problems over a longer period of time, finally causing a flareup.
This is fairly new for us, so if any of you have pointers beyond the already available information, ideas on what to do, I would appreciate it.
Lugols is available at Amazon.Com. I suggest titrating slowly because iodine will displace toxins in your body.Iodine deficiency may be a major contributor to the widespread arthritis problems in the US. A home remedy for arthritis is consumption of two drops of Lugol�s solution each day. Two drops of Lugol�s solution contain thesame amount of iodine as one Iodoral tablet. Lugol�s solution is a water solution of 10 per cent potassium iodide and 5 per cent iodine.
Iodine Deficiency
For more on iodine deficiency, see Iodine References:According to thyroid expert David Brownstein, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, MOST CANCER, fibrocystic breast disease, prostate cancer, ovarian cysts, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, PAIN, arthritis, autoimmune disorders, and the list goes on, can be traced to IODINE DEFICIENCY!!!
Thyroid Disorders Most Often Due to Iodine Deficiency!
Can't tell you why the RA, but I've had success with the pain by eating celery. Lots of celery~ luckily, it's also considered a negative calorie food and is 'cleansing' ~ digestively speaking
Grizz, thanks for the info. Iodine sounds like it is involved in just about any ailment :-)
It's sort of like everybody will find something in that grab bag of symptoms.
What makes me a bit suspicious is that the salt we use is iodized and we like salt.
Sooo...I would assume we are ok with it.
However, I think we'll just have to have this tested and see how she measures up
I suffer with a form of arthritis called Spondylitis (it is genetic, I carry a gene called HLA-B27 which is a precursor for arthritic conditions). I know that eating starches can make mine flair up again even if it has been dorment for a while. Eating nightshades certainly won't help either, even though you say you have never had any problems with them (they are not the cause of RA but will most likely contribute to the severity of symptoms) and like anything it usually takes years of eating something before an intolerance presents itself unless of course you are allergic then the reactions are immediate.
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chemicals in our food & water.... things like Bromide, Fluoride & chlorine that displace what little iodine we have.
Iodine deficiencies & dosages
Iodine Deficiency - An Under-Recognized Epidemic
Iodine-related bromide symptoms may include but are not limited to:
eye lid twitching
foot twitching
tingling in hands or feet
dark thoughts (e.g., there is no reason to live)
depression (e.g., there is no reason to get out of bed)
mouth and tongue sores and cuts or "sore mouth"
"different" acne,"bromide acne," "acne-like eruptions" without "coniform." (Some iodine
users found zinc helps bromide acne.)
skin "cuts"
hair loss
brain fog
leg and hip ache (feels like arthritis)
rash (bromaderma)
metallic taste
sinus ache
cherry angiomas
runny nose
odd swallowing sensation (reported in old medical literature as "swollen glottis")
body odor (bromos is Greek for stench)
unusual urine odor
dry mouth
ureteral spasm, frequent urination (mistaken for urinary infection)
vision changes
increased salivation
dream changes
hormone changes
kidney pain
breast tenderness (transient symptom reported to resolve)
Iodine-related bromide detox symptoms and strategies
Every cell in our body requires iodine and the halide chemicals that displace iodine do not work well, causing a pandoras box of disease, depending on which organs are most taken over. The most common goitrogen is Fluoride added to drinking water in most cities, next most common is Bromide foumd in most foods.
At home test kit here:
Hakala Research - Home
You should do the fluoride + bromide test with the iodine test for test results to be accurate.
A simpler test is to just put a spot of Tincture of Iodine on your wrist to see how long the brown stain lasts. It should last for > 12 hours or you are severely deficient:
Iodine Replacement Therapy
My skin patch test was gone in only 3 minutes! The skin patch test is far from perfect, but good enough for a rough estimate.
There is also this notion that if you eat Paleo you're never going to get sick, have a heart attack or get cancer and you'll live to be 116 years old. These notions are false. I wouldn't look at a flair up as meaning her diet is bad or the cause, rather that sometimes diseases just flair up.
Example, I'm celiac. I don't touch Gluten with a 20 foot pole. At the same time, some beers don't bother me. A couple of croutons in a salad usually don't do anything to me. That said, I still have flair ups and issues from time to time with stuff like IBS, joint pain and brain fog. Point being, it can take quite some time to "heal".


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Guest Column
Our future is in their hands
by Don C. Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business
As the time for high school graduations approaches, I vividly remember my dad pounding into my head the importance of a college education. In his mind, unless I completed college, I would be doomed to a life of working in the copper mines.
My father--along with a lot of other parents--equated a college education with status and success.
Ironically, many of these folks are skilled craftsmen and women who are proud electricians, plumbers, or pipefitters. Yet it seems as though our society views them as second-class citizens--people who work with their hands, people who couldn't make it through college.
Pundits urge everyone to go to college, saying a college degree is the thing that will divide the "haves" from the "have nots" in the 21st Century.
But the fact is two-thirds of the high school students graduating from high school in June will not go to college. They will either directly enter the work force, go to a community or technical college, or enlist in the armed forces.
These young people are not second-class citizens, they are valued workers, the backbone of our work force. It is these frontline workers who will fix our computers, wire skyscrapers, and build the things the rest of us need and use everyday.
How well these folks do their jobs will have a big influence on whether our nation succeeds or fails in the 21st Century. So why would we think they have less value than a school teacher, a doctor, or lawyer? We should change that kind of attitude, and the sooner the better.
Without skilled craftsmen like my father, doctors, lawyers, and school teachers would be reading their work by candlelight.