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PACIFIC JUNCTION - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad last visited Mills County just over 11 months ago. The event that day was the ribbon cutting for the Highway 34 Bridge connecting U.S. Interstate 29 in Mills County and to Sarpy County and Highway 75 in Nebraska.
Last Tuesday, Sept. 8, Branstad was back in Pacific Junction for a stop at the Loess Hills Harley Davidson with some words on economic development and the power of infrastructure improvements on rural businesses.
Last Tuesday, Branstad was back in Pacific Junction for a stop at the Loess Hills Harley Davidson with some words on economic development and the power of infrastructure improvements on rural businesses.
Glenwood Community High School senior Jessica Arnold has been named a semifinalist in the distinguished National Merit Scholarship program.
Arnold, the daughter of Gary and Kim Arnold, is among 16,000 national semifinalists who will have the opportunity to compete for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million. The scholarships will be awarded next spring.
Lyndie VanNess smacked 10 kills and Kaycee Clark eight to lead Glenwood in a 25-13, 25-11, 25-14 sweep of Atlantic in Hawkeye 10 Conference volleyball Thursday.
"I was happy, overall, with our efforts," said Glenwood coach Maria Jacobus. "We had a consistent offense and did a good job covering the floor on defense. Our blocking got better as the night progressed and we had numerous players that contributed to the win."
The Glenwood boys and girls cross country teams both placed fourth at the 47th Annual Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Cross Country Meet Saturday at Iowa Central Community College.
Harlan took home the boys team title with 45 points. Glenwood was fourth with 143 team points.
Phoenix Larned of Sioux City West took home the individual title with a time of 17:13.
MONDAMIN - The East Mills football team's game plan was simple in it's first road game of the season: be physical on both sides of the ball.
Mission accomplished.
The Wolverines (2-0) set the tone early with a smashmouth, opening drive and then turned it over to their defense who dominated the line of scrimmage, limiting West Harrison to 12 net yards and zero first downs in the first half of a 52-16 victory at Mondamin Friday night.
Glenwood dominated Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson from the opening kickoff Friday night en route to a lopsided 45-6 victory at Ram Memorial Field.
The Rams improved to 2-0 while the Yellowjackets remained winless on the young season.
"I'm really proud of our team. I thought they played hard," Glenwood coach Cory Faust said. "We're starting to practice better and I was happy to see it pay off on game night.
The City of Glenwood has closed its books for the 2014-2015 fiscal year with a financial picture that is slightly better than expected.
According to city administrator Brian Kissel, Glenwood's "unaudited" general fund deficit is currently at $19,558.67. After months of speculation of just how far the city was in the red, the current figure, which Kissel determined in a meeting with Susanne Gerlach of Public Financial Management, Inc., paints a slightly better picture for Glenwood's finances than anticipated.
Two motorists were killed in seperate accidents over the weekend on Highway 34 in Mills County.
A head-on collision around 10:30 p.m. Friday claimed the life of 46-year-old Brent Jack of Emerson.
According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, Jack was driving eastbound on Highway 34, one mile west of Hastings, when his 2008 Dodge Caliber crossed the center line and collided with a westbound 2014 Ford Taurus driven by David Blum, 46, of Glenwood.
Jack, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Iowans will elect representatives to their local school boards in statewide elections Tuesday, Sept. 8. Voting will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at all polling sites.
Seats are being contested in both the Glenwood and East Mills Community School Districts.
In Glenwood, incumbent board president Theresa Romens is running for one of two at-large seats up for election, along with former board member Henry Clark and Curt Becker.
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FLIGHT 529, FROM ATLANTA TO Gulfport on the Mississippi coast, had always been a favorite of Robin Fech, a flight attendant with Atlantic Southeast Airlines. "It's midday, and I'm usually in a good mood and full of energy," she says. Nothing about the flight last Aug. 21 seemed out of the ordinary. The plane had leveled off at 18,000 feet, and Fech had begun dispensing drinks and pretzels. "I just remember a major jolt, which felt like a hit," says Fech, 37, one of three crew members and the only attendant on the 30-seat Embraer twin-engine turboprop. She looked outside just long enough to catch a frightful sight: The plane's left propeller had drastically shifted out of alignment, and its engine was badly ruptured. "It was just silver innards with intestines flying in the air," she recalls.
Fech—who became a flight attendant less than three years ago—remembers thinking, "We're in trouble. We're in real trouble." Then, for the next 9 minutes and 20 seconds, as the crippled aircraft plowed toward a fiery crash in a Georgia hayfield, she remained so levelheaded that many survivors of the crash, which killed eight people, say they owe their lives to her remarkable cool. "She was almost scary calm," says passenger Byron Gaskill, 57, an engineer from Munroe Falls, Ohio. "There was no screaming or sobbing or panic. Robin just took charge." Adds Alan Barring-ton, 35, a human resources manager from Roswell, Ga.: "I can't forget her face, so calm and reassuring. We all felt there was something terribly wrong. So how could she have maintained her composure?"
Fech isn't sure, but at the time she realized she needed to focus attention away from the chilling sight on the left wing. "They didn't need to be sitting and looking at that," says Fech, who quickly snapped down the window shades on that side. "The passengers were looking at me with eyes as big as saucers," she told PEOPLE in her first interview since the crash. "I was trying to put their minds at ease."
On the phone, First Officer Matt Warmerdam told Fech they were turning back toward Atlanta. "I prepared for the worst," she says. She showed passengers how to brace for an emergency touchdown (the position can vary depending on seat location), then went from row to row to have them demonstrate. She reassured everyone that emergency landings were practiced all the time, stressing that the plane was designed to fly on just one engine. What she didn't know was that the damaged propeller unit had somehow shifted out of place, making it nearly impossible to control the aircraft. (Investigators, who say metal fatigue caused a blade to fracture, should determine by next spring why the plane couldn't recover.)
Oddly, the ride in the crippled plane wasn't too bumpy, and an overcast sky made it impossible for passengers to know how quickly they were falling. Still, Fech says, "it was obvious everyone was scared—just so scared. But no one was losing it. Not a scream. Not a peep."
Not, that is, until they spotted the tops of the pine trees. Without warning from the cockpit, the plane careened toward impact. With seconds to spare, Fech strapped herself into the attendant's jump seat, yelling "Hang on, you all! It's going to be rough!" The plane smashed into a field just beyond the trees. Fech can remember saying, "Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!" before she was knocked out. She was unconscious as the craft broke into pieces, the cockpit and first two rows sliding in one direction, the cabin in another.
Fech came to minutes later, bleeding, disoriented and surrounded by the fire caused by spilled fuel. She shouted to passengers to flee the inferno (not realizing that many already had), then pried off her safety belt and leaped through the shattered fuselage to safety outside. "Everybody was in flames," she says, her voice breaking at the memory. "I can't describe it." With help she rolled a woman to safety, and, spotting a man in burning jeans, she struggled to remove his melting tennis shoes and pants. "But I couldn't, I just couldn't," says Fech, who doesn't know his fate.
Within minutes of the crash, rescue crews arrived. Running on adrenaline, Fech kept working—going from passenger to passenger to ensure they were getting help. Finally, EMS workers got her to mind her own injuries: a severe head wound and a broken right arm. Not until the ambulance ride across the field did she shed a few quiet tears.
In all, four passengers plus pilot Ed Gannaway were killed that day; three more passengers died in the hospital in the days and weeks that followed. Survivor Chuck LeMay, 42, an Air Force major from Bellevue, Neb., who had been headed for Biloxi, Miss., for a weather conference, says the death toll could have been worse if not for Fech. "You know, you can be trained in procedures," he says, "but the truth is, you never really know how you're going to behave in a situation like that until you're right in the middle of it."
Looking back, Fech says the self-discipline she learned as a dancer helped prepare her for the crisis. Growing up in Athens and Lumber City, Ga., she took up ballet as a girl and eventually turned to jazz-style dance. She and her younger sister Clemmie, 35, taught at an Athens dance academy run by their mother, Claudette Underwood, who divorced their father, Duane, a catfish farmer and ex-Navy fighter pilot, when Robin was in high school. (Duane died in May.) After her own 1992 divorce, Fech says, "I knew I had to be involved with people," so she enrolled in ASA's three-week flight-attendant course.
These days, the closest Fech gets to flight is watching flocks of Canada geese soar above the deck of her apartment in Warner Robins, Ga., near Macon. Though her right arm is still in a brace, the head injuries have mostly healed. "The physical part is going well, but I haven't begun to deal with the emotional part," says Fech, who has begun seeing a therapist recently to work through the trauma. Will she continue to fly? "Boy, have I been asked that question a lot," she says. "I'd like to say yes, but I still don't know."
She does know that she feels an almost preternatural pull toward the survivors, a desire that first came right after the crash. "It's a very focused kind of love, and it was stronger than anything I've ever felt," she says. "I just know I want to see everyone again, to hug everyone who was there." She can be certain the hugs will be returned.
GAIL CAMERON WESCOTT in Warner Robins
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If you are trying to get away from synthetic vitamins and medicines, but not impact your health and wellness, there are numerous natural remedies out there for you. One of the best options you will find is cinnamon. How can cinnamon help you improve your health?
Fist, you will find that cinnamon can help you lower your cholesterol level. It affects the levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol in your body. This helps prevent the onset of heart disease and keeps your arteries healthy, as well.
Another benefit of consuming cinnamon is that it can help regulate your blood sugar. This is important for those with diabetes, as well as those at risk of developing diabetes. It has also been shown to help alleviate yeast infections that cannot be treated medically.
For those worried about stroke due to blood clot formation within the body, cinnamon has been shown to have an anti-clotting effect on the blood, though not enough to stop the formation of clots at the point of cuts (a problem with medication that does a similar job). You will also discover that cinnamon has antibacterial properties, which has ramifications for your entire body, from your digestive system to infections.
Finally, some scientists believe that consuming and even smelling cinnamon can give your memory and brain functions a boost, though this has not been studied in-depth as of yet.
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ELBERTON -- Throughout the two murder trials of Albert Wymbs, his attorneys seized on what they said was a lack of evidence to convict their client in the 1996 stabbing death of Angela Harris.
On Thursday, an Elbert County Superior Court jury agreed, finding Wymbs, 30, not guilty of murder after just 90 minutes of deliberations.
''I knew he was innocent the whole time,'' said a jubilant Shay Flint, Wymbs' sister. ''My brother may have done some things in his life, but he is not a murderer.''
Stunned family members of Harris, a 24-year-old medical technician found murdered in her home near the Madison County-Clarke County line, were overcome with grief and raw emotion upon the reading of the verdict.
''There is no justice!'' one enraged family member sobbed as she ran from the courtroom after the jury had been excused.
Family members were too distraught to comment immediately after the verdict. District Attorney Bob Lavender makes a practice of not commenting on jury verdicts.
Athens defense attorneys Jim Smith and Scott Davis hammered at the prosecution's case throughout the trial, a case based largely on a shoe print trail and the testimony of two former friends of Wymbs. The defense called no witnesses in the four-day trial, instead choosing to emphasize what the prosecution didn't have.
''They didn't have any evidence, and they know it,'' Smith told the jury in his closing argument, noting there was no fiber, blood or fingerprint evidence linking his client to the murder. ''That's why they waited to prosecute this until they found somebody to sing their song.''
Wymbs had been a suspect since the day of the murder, when a bloodhound led investigators from tennis shoe prints at the Harris home to Wymbs' grandmother's home six houses down the road. Authorities later seized an empty Nike shoebox from the home that experts said would have contained the type shoes which left the tracks. The shoes were never found.
Authorities have said they didn't have enough evidence to charge Wymbs until summer 2000, when Terrell Young and Shloin Dious told investigators Wymbs had confided in them about Harris' murder.
But both former friends proved to be less than stellar witnesses for the state during the trial.
Dious admitted under cross-examination she was threatened by jail time if she didn't cooperate, and Young acknowledged he was cut a deal on a burglary conviction for his testimony. Their witness-stand accounts of Wymbs' incriminating statements were reticent, at times incoherent and required frequent prompting by Lavender.
Wymbs was originally tried on the charges last year in Madison County, where a hung jury led to a mistrial. The trial was moved to Elberton because of publicity surrounding the case.
Afterward, Davis said of the verdict, ''You never know what a jury of 12 people will do, but the evidence just wasn't there.''
Wymbs is far from a free man, however. He will be returned to the state prison system, where he is serving a five-year sentence after pleading guilty last year to a string of Athens burglaries. And a Clarke County grand jury in February indicted him on charges that he kidnapped and raped a University of Georgia student in 1994. Police say they have DNA evidence and an eyewitness in that case, in addition to another incriminating statement from Young.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, June 7, 2002.
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Students used washable marker, coffee filters, and starch spray to create this beautiful display outside of my classroom.
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Rene Magritte Man in the Bowler Hat Portraits
4th Graders have been studying Surrealism art in art class. The surrealism art movement looked to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images (putting impossible combinations together). Most of all the Surrealist artists wanted those who are viewing their artwork to THINK!!
4th graders looked closely at the work of Rene Magritte. He painted in a realistic style. While the objects appear to the viewer to be recognizable, the composition of those recognizable objects appears fantastic.
4th Graders recreated Magritte's self portraits Son of Man and Man in the Bowler Hat. Students first sketched their portrait, painted it in, and then outlined in black. They then choose an image that had meaning to them in some way as the object placed over their face.
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First graders read the story, I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! The little boy in the book LOVED to paint, except he painted everywhere but the paper!
First graders drew self portraits and then outlined in Sharpie. Next they painted in with water colors. They could be as crazy as they wanted in their color choices to paint themselves in, just like the little boy in the story. We then added purple handprints. (They thought it was so cool to get their hands painted purple:)
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Lovely Hotel
A very nice clean hotel that has most of what you need; nice size rooms,gym, sauna, nice breakfast. The hotel staff are nice and accomodating and helpful. Not too far from the centre of town.
Would recommend it wholeheartedley.
Not bad at all!
Stayed over for one night with my girlfriend and although it's not a spectacular hotel, it was very good for the money.
Room was clean and staff were friendly and very helpful. Location wise it's a great place - very close to all amenities etc.
I'm glad I got a parking space (the last one!) otherwise I would have had to park at the station but I'll definitely stay there again.
Great Hotel
I chose this hotel because it was one of the cheapest in central Leeds (on a Friday night). I was not expecting much, but we were amazed by the quality of the hotel. The rooms were larger than normal, everything looked new and clean, and everything worked. The hotel was very quiet for the central location.
Pleasantly surprised
I stayed here for one night, and was expecting the usual chain hotel with corresponding 'couldn't care less' service. I was surprised by the standard of the room and the friendliness of the staff. It was the first time in many years that I've actually felt as through the staff, both at the front desk and restaurant, cared how I was and tried to make my stay comfortable.
The room was large and well appointed, and the breakfast was good. All in all a great experience.
Good value
Stayed for one night at the weekend, and I thought the Novotel was good value, but I suspect it may be more expensive during the week.
The hotel is brand new, indeed there is quite a lot of building going on in the area. It is nicely, if blandly decorated. The lobby and bar are pleasant, but we did not try the restaurant.
Rooms are smallish, we found evidence of some slack cleaning - carpet was not vacuumed etc. Having said that it was not dirty, and there were no problems otherwise.
I would stay here again if I needed somewhere cheap for the weekend - the location is handy for the city centre, only 5 mins walk.
Good enough at the price
A classic hotel for those on expenses. Have stayed quite a few times. A quality Novotel experience - the same room as if you are in a Novotel in London, Dijon or Vienna. Friendly, helpful staff. Clsoe to town centre and station.
Tidy, clean well sized rooms. Gym etc somewhat minimalist.
Breakfast very good - worth skipping solids the previous night!
Not bad if can't get a room at the Park Plaza
Generic Scandanavian interior lacked personality, but room was clean and well maintained. I wonder how long it will take this hotel to start to look a little scruffy around the edges however, as the fitting out is clearly of the budget Ikea genre.
The bathrooms are pre-fabricated "capsule" bathrooms and are just horrible - clean, but plastic everywhere. The WC was separate from the bathroom however, which was nice.
I had a room service dinner on the evening I stayed here and the food was served promptly, was hot, and of truly excellent quality.
On a trip to Leeds this place had a good location, and I would stay here again if I couldn't get a room at the Park Plaza.
Very Friendly
Stayed at the Novotel for 1 week commencing 22/11/04-on business.
Without exception all the staff went out of their way to make you feel welcome. The hotel is clean and modern and very well sitiuated for Leeds town centre and train station( 5 minute walk). I would recommend this hotel.
Another week, another business meeting. Leeds Novotel was booked on my behalf and the Accor group are pretty reliable & this hotel didn't let them down.
Room was comfortable in a modern functional way. Big king sized bed, plus a sofa bed, spotless bathroom and unusually the toilet was in a separate cubicle (this was a bit spartan and could have done with a picture on the wall!)
Fab shower - like a waterfall on a hungover head.
Dinner was excellent. We had private dining, but the food was from the table d'hote menu. Top notch ingredients - seared duck starter - perfect rack of lamb for main. Service was attentive throughout my stay - from reception to passing room-service waiters in corridors.
Room service breakfast was continental only and a bit disappointing.
Very centrally located - would recommend to any visitors to Leeds.
Loved Leeds
The hotel is new which is in keeping with the "new"Leeds that is growing all around. Location is ideal as you are five minutes walk from the railway station close to all the shops and nightlife. The reception and bar areas are bright and clean with young staff eager to please.
The rooms are clean, functional but slightly dull in decor which was in contrast with rest of the hotel.
The bar downstairs seemed to be a popular meeting place and there were plenty of eating places within a few hundred metres. Breakfast was buffet style and service was brisk, efficient and friendly.
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HOUSTON (AP) - A proposal to turn the iconic but shuttered Houston Astrodome into a massive indoor park and build a tree-lined green space around the structure could cost nearly $243 million, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit research group focused on land use.
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The Pilkington Apartment is a luxury self-catering holiday apartment for couples, totally self-contained, with its own entrance and designated parking space in the private driveway.
This lower ground floor conversion offers a luxury bathroom with large walk-in shower, dining kitchen with unique barrel-vaulted ceiling, double bedroom and spacious lounge, only 500 metres from town centre. Facilities include free wi-fi, ipod docking station, TV and DVD player, separate utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer, mud room and storage for golf clubs, etc.
The apartment forms part of A-listed Victorian villa, with many original features and a large, well-maintained garden area for barbecues, including a covered garden loggia. The apartment was completed in June 2013, and all fixtures and fittings are of a high standard ensuring the maximum comfort for our guests.
Golf, fishing, riding, skiing, walking and shopping all available close by.
Full housekeeping services also available. We are open all year.
The Pilkington Apartment is the perfect place to kick back and relax.
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A group of dentists is requesting changes in Amarillo Independent School District's vending contract with Coca-Cola vending, citing increases in cavities and obesity among those who consume soft drinks.
Dr. Steve Austin with the Panhandle District Dental Society said the health-care costs outweigh the money the district gets from Coke.
"From our perspective, it's a no-brainer," he said. "The cost to people in the district is so great compared to benefit, so why do it?"
The district signed a $2.2 million, 15-year contract in 1999 and receives $465,000 a year.
Austin said that money, while significant, is less than 0.5 percent of the total budget.
If changes can't be made and keep the contract, Austin suggested taxes could cover the lost revenue.
However, AISD expects to be at the maximum tax rate of $1.50 per $100 valuation for the 2003-04 school year.
Austin presented his concerns to the school board last week.
A representative from the dental society has met individually with all board members, including Austin's brother, Jim Austin.
His request is to adjust the vending contract by changing the selection and quit allowing students to sip on 20-ounce sodas in class.
AISD teachers currently have the option of allowing students to have soft drinks in class.
"Cokes are to be a treat, not a staple of our diet," Steve Austin said.
He points out several statistics about soda consumption and health.
n A 12-ounce soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar.
n One extra soft drink a day increases risk of obesity by 60 percent.
n A person who consumes three or more soft drinks a day has a 17 percent to 62 per- cent higher risk of dental problems.
n The average male teen-ager consumes 3 soft drinks a day.
Bill Pevehouse, the Amarillo sales center manager for Coca-Cola, said his company is not even averaging selling one drink per student per week in AISD.
"They've got their studies, and we've got ours," he said. "It's all about exercise."
Pevehouse said student soft-drink consumption is a parent issue.
"Parents have to make the decision," Pevehouse said. "Not a couple of dentists, the school board or Coca-Cola."
AISD Superintendent Rod Schroder said he appreciates the dentists' concerns, but they come at a tough financial time for the school district.
"We're really stretched for resources," Schroder said. "We have to consider economic impact of these decisions."
Schroder said the AISD is looking at compromises, changing the selections, lessening vending times or making sodas more expensive than healthier drinks.
Austin requested the situation be placed on the next meeting's agenda and that AISD respond within 10 days of that meeting.
The board's next meeting is Dec. 16. The agenda has not been set.
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We still have spaces available on our Sunday and Monday trips for the Havergate Adventure this week. All details on how to book can be found below.
This is the perfect time of year to explore our wild isle, and our special Havergate Adventure, taking place this weekend, will help you get the most out of a visit, whatever your age or interests. Whether you want to learn more about the island's wildlife, or just enjoy the charm and serenity of this special place, the knowledgeable RSPB Woodbridge Local Group members will treat you to a two hour guided tour that fits the bill.
Access to the island is, unsurprisingly, by boat only, so a trip to the island helps you really feel you're getting away from it all. Boats for the Havergate Adventure leave Orford Quay every hour from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm between Saturday 13 – Monday 15 August. Homemade refreshments will be available to purchase and binoculars available to borrow so you don't miss out on anything!
Tickets can be booked in advance from RSPB Minsmere nature reserve on 01728 648281.
For more information on our full events programme at Havergate Island, visit www.rspb.org.uk/havergateisland.
I am fortunate enough to look after the wildlife on Suffolk's only island, found on the beautiful River Ore. Havergate Island is a peaceful haven made up of saltmarsh, shingle and saline lagoons which support a wealth of wildlife. For those of us that think variety is the spice of life, the wonderful thing about Havergate is that it changes throughout the seasons, offering a different wildlife spectacle as spring warms into summer and autumn's warm colours give way to a more sedate winter palette.
At this time of year, brown hares can be seen lazing in the sun amongst the gorse and short eared owls can often be seen gliding over the island hunting for food. Summer and autumn offer fantastic views of waders such as avocet, redshank and godwit and it still thrills me to spot our rare spoonbills, which can frequently be seen loafing on the lagoons.
The lagoons are wonderful, but it really does benefit to explore the whole of the island. Wildlife wonders can be found in every corner of Havergate. As I move around the reserve at the moment, specialist spiders and beetles scurry across the shingle, I spot ground lackey moth caterpillars making their way across the sea lavender and thrift and butterflies feeding on plants in the more sheltered spots. If I get really lucky I have the joy of experiencing a vole run across your path.
This is the perfect time of year to explore our wild isle, and our Summer on the Island event taking place next week is a perfect opportunity for you to experience this wonderful place. The RSPB's boat 'October Storm' will depart Orford Quay at 9am, 10am, 12 noon and 1pm. The guided walks on the island will last 3 hours and you will return to Orford Quay around after 3.5 hours.
Price: 17.50 for adults RSPB members; £22 for all others; 3-17 yearsold pay half adult prices. Places are strictly limited, so advanced booking via Minsmere is essential.
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Although we no longer run in the residential volunteering scheme we are still happy to have a couple of long term volunteers who know the Island well stay out there. Mike was on the island for 3 weeks and below you can read up on what he got up to.
Havergate Island blog – July 2016
This year on the island was my eleventh since first arriving in July 2006 following my first ever residential volunteering trip on Ramsey Island that May. Since then I have also volunteered on Coquet Island and South Stack Cliffs. Spot the trend?
All these exceptional places are of course unique with a wild beauty that draws me back year on year. They are also managed by an incredible group of managers and wardens to whom I owe my thanks for the experiences they have offered me and to a band of residential volunteers whose friendship I have savoured over the years.
The experience on Havergate differs from the others in the fact that it is isolated with no warden on site and now with generally only one residential volunteer on the island at any one time. This suits me well as I enjoy the freedom this offers and should a tricky situation arise the speed boat or October Storm is really only 10-15 minutes away. Each evening a text of "all ok" to Lyndsey the warden is the rule.
This year I was the first residential volunteer since a couple had been on the island in early May. Consequently the island was in need of some tlc. Getting around is via the path that runs end to end and this is made much easier if the grass is mowed, especially if it rains. So, the first job I try to do is mow the path, clear the entrances up to the hides and clean up the steps on the two "bridges". The jetty also needs attention, more of that later!
The paths were really overgrown (see pics) and added to the grass was the black mustard which all agreed was exceptional this year on the banks and paths. So, clearing the edges was the priority before the mower could get through. A job that normally takes me half a day took this year just over double that, although rain, just when I reached the North delayed matters a bit. Mowing the paths, weeding the entrances to the hides and the way across the bridges is an effort but really satisfying. The island looks so much better and it's then a pleasure to move around.
Lyndsey had set me a really interesting body of work for my stay and we spent some time on the first day prioritising the tasks. Featured amongst these were making two triangular shaped barn owl boxes (one had already been made by a previous volunteer, John), fixing metal straps to the doors of the work shop and tools shed to deter burglars, cleaning and sterilising the 7 water butts which collect rain water, sorting out the work shop and tool shed, hare counts, bird surveys including gull chick counts on each lagoon, cleaning hides, fixing the flooring in the volunteer accommodation, clearing vegetation in front of hides, lagoon water height and salinity checks, putting up signs etc.
I mentioned the jetty earlier. Those who have visited the island will know that the jetty is midway along its length and juts out into the river, where it is in a perfect position to pick up weed growth. In any volunteer visit clearing the jetty of weed to make access safer for visitors is a priority but as the weed cover grows quickly it is best to prioritise the clean to just before a visit. I timed this to before the bbq (a thank you for local volunteers and partners) during the last week I was there and just before a photographic weekend. Over the years each volunteer has struggled with how best to clean the jetty. Bristle brooms, spades, paint scrapers, wire hand brushes and the like have all been tried. In the past a wire hand brush proved most effective although laborious. Whilst I was there this time I attached such a wire brush to a decking brush Lyndsey had bought. Both worked for a time but became clogged so my recommendation for the future is an industrial quality wire bristle broom.
One of the highpoints of Havergate is of course the wildlife. When I am there, June-July, the preponderance of birds these days are the large gulls, mainly lesser black-backed and herring gulls with a few greater black-backed gulls. In addition, and a very welcome sight, are the black headed gulls (head colour changing already as I left the island in July) and common gulls, the latter who are becoming increasingly low in numbers as the years go by. There are also large numbers of Canada geese. My highlights this year were a short eared owl cruising the north of the island, avocets (although none of the chicks survived more than a few days), common terns (who were laying probably second clutches of eggs) at Cottage Flood, spoonbills (up to 12 at any one time but not yet breeding), marsh harriers, peregrine, kestrels, little egrets, greylag geese and a curlew sandpiper. Not the sort of "haul" that a real birder would be impressed by but it suited me. One of the species that I most missed during my stay was the godwit which in past years had always put an appearance, in their spectacular breeding plumage, especially on Cuckold lagoon. They were absent but present elsewhere were redshank, curlew, whimbrel and dunlin.
On the mammal front I never saw more than 5 hares at any one time (and no leverets), but they were seen from north to south of the island, voles seemed abundant and clearly the recently mowed paths made them probably easier to catch by the owl.
Although there are no amphibians on the island, all water bodies are saline to some extent, common lizards are present and I saw two this time, one with regrown tail near Belpers hide and a juvenile near North hide. So they are well spread but not common. What are common are ticks. I like ticks (my career was in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry and ticks and other ectoparasites were my speciality) and last year I did some blanket dragging on the paths which revealed large numbers of what were identified as Ixodes ricinus, the common Castor Bean tick of sheep etc. These happily infest, and will feed on humans, and walks up the island, especially around Belpers hide, proved very productive when later inspections of legs were made. Lyndsey is currently involved, on Havergate, with a national project to survey ticks for a group based out of Liverpool University.
During my stay a consultant entomologist came onto the island to do a day's survey and interestingly spotted starlet sea anemones (Nematostella nectensis) in all lagoons. His early impression was that as you went from north to south down the lagoons the density increased and he surmised that this was probably substrate dependent. He proposed that the most productive areas were a thin layer of mud over a sandy/gravelly bottom eg Cottage Flood. The first time I had seen these animals was in 2006.
Other highlights were the appearance of a pair of guys in a round GB rowing boat being towed up to Orford one evening by a small RNLI rib (www.roughreadyrow.com) and a Thames barge, the "Pudge" (see pic) which had been one of the "small boats" at Dunkirk. The rowers returned the next evening to continue their epic journey for charity.
Will I continue to volunteer on Havergate Island? You bet as it is a unique and remarkable place. The accommodation is excellent, there is a composting toilet (chemical toilets are now thankfully gone), the work is both interesting and varied and the isolation really appeals to me.
My thanks go to Aaron, Dave and Lyndsey, the latter of whom made my stay so welcoming and interesting.
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The usual place to start discovering Bogotá is Plaza de Bolívar, the heart of the original town. In the middle of the square is a bronze statue of Simón Bolívar (cast in 1846), the work of an Italian artist, Pietro Tenerani. This was the first public monument erected in the city.
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Arena Friday 23 August 2013
coming up on Friday's show.....films for review include the "The Magnificent Seven" protecting the underdog, a childhood friendship put in danger by irritating adults in "Little Men" and Irish troops battling mercenaries in the Congo during "The Siege of Jadotville" and the latest albums from David Bowie's back catalogue, Billy Bragg and Warpaint
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Skylight presents intimate take on 'Porgy & Bess'
In the summer of 1926, George Gershwin returned home from rehearsals for a new musical. Wired and needing to clear his head, he picked up a recent bestselling novel as bedtime reading. He didn't put it down until he had finished it the following morning. The novel was DuBose Heyward's "Porgy."
In "The Life and Times of Porgy and Bess: The Story of an American Classic," Hollis Alpert describes what happened next: Gershwin was so excited "by the story and its author's apparent musical sensitivity" that he immediately wrote Heyward and suggested they collaborate on an opera. Nine years later, it made a now-legendary Broadway debut as "Porgy and Bess." »Read Full Article(1)
Setzer brings swinging holiday cheer to Potawatomi
On the 16th day of November, Brian Setzer gave with glee: 5 sax men, 4 trumpet players, 2 backing singers...and drums dressed in tinsel, glittering.
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Next Act Theatre offers solid primer on Marxism with 'Groucho'
Like the Marx Brothers' early vaudeville show, Next Act Theatre's"Groucho: A Life in Revue" is a "skule" act. It gently and congenially educates the audience about one of America's great comedians, Groucho Marx, whose remarkable career included Broadway, movie and TV hits built around his wisecracking persona.
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Charlie "Spazzmaster" Callahan is a filmmaker on Reviewtopia, Geekvision, and Reviewers Unknown. He reviews everything from games to theme park rides & hosts the reviewer community Livestream on Fridays & Saturdays. He is known for an epic storyline on par with Atop the Fourth Wall & having multiple characters all played by the same person. He frequently appears on Some Jerk with a Camera and was also part of Project Million.Spazz's shows include:
- Insert Title Here and Spazz in General: Spazz reviews pretty much whatever he wants.
- Call It What You Like: A non-review sketch show featuring various internet reviewers.
- Monster Vlogs: Spazz and his wife Haley talk about Universal Monster Movies.
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- All Just a Dream: Season three was a video project of the character Spazz. Which in of itself was all a dream in Lord Epic's mind.
- But You Were There, and You, and You: the characters in season 3
- Continuity Nod: His review of Small World references the events of Some Jerk with a Camera's review of the same ride.
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- Fan Boy: Spazz in spades.
- Gag Boobs: Spazz sports a fine pair in Project Million
- Improbable Weapon: The Dino-Gun, among others
- Mad God: Lord Epic is portrayed this way
- Only Sane Man: Charlie
- Squee!: When Spazz loves something, he let's you know it, ferociously
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We believe the bloated steel sector in China will come under increasing pressure over the coming quarters. While concerns over maintaining employment has continued to prevent drastic cuts from taking place , a clearer-eyed analysis of recent events in China suggests to us that the government will eventually throw in the towel and allow market economics to work its way . Indeed, masked by the delivery of perpetual government's support, an overwhelming number of domestic steel mills would have batten down the hatches under current market conditions. Subsequently, they have failed to restructure themselves in a manner that will allow for more robust and sustainable growth.
W e are starting to see signs of a broader realisation on the part of Beijing that the previous government's state investment-led policies were inherently unsustainable . Following the splitting of the state behemoth Ministry of Railways (MoR) in March, Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings recently announced it would be filing for insolvency after the default of US$541mn in outstanding bonds. The demise of Suntech is particularly surprising to us as it marked the first corporate bond default in Chinese history and , crucially , a default of the world's largest solar manufacturer. Sun tech's demise can be attributed to significant overcapacity, depressed margins, weak demand and persistent losses - traits , as we discuss , are very much visible in the steel sector.
Steel Sector Running Out Of Luck
With a string of precarious fundamentals weighing heavily on the industry, we believe that the decades of blind expansion and artificial government-led support are finally about to catch up with the Chinese steel sector. Firstly, significant overcapacity will almost certainly have to be addressed in the face of mounting debt levels for steelmakers and local governments (the primary purchases of domestic steel) . Compared with the global average of 78 %, t he debt-to-equity ratio of the ten larges t Chinese steel mills is currently at 137% , with gearing of companies such as Inner Mongolian Baotou reaching a staggering 216 %. Faced with sluggish demand and persistent overcapacity, many of the domestic steel mills will struggle to repay their obligations at a time when many of local governments , the principal buyers of steel for infrastructure projects, are grappling with swelling debt problems.
|Mounting Debt Stress
|China - Select Steel Producers, Debt-To-Equity Ratios
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), rating agencies and investment banks have all raised concerns on Chinese local government debt. P rovinces, cities, counties and villages across China are now estimated to owe between US$1.6-3.2trn, equivalent to 20-40% of the size of the Chinese economy. This notwithstanding, concerns about the overemphasis on fixed capital formation, coupled with a desire to boost private consumption will continue to encourage the Xi administration to loosen its grip on the steel sector. We expect cost rationalisation to gain grounds over the coming quarters and cases of better-performing firms being forced to acquire other loss-making state-owned steelmakers are likely to embark on a sustained downward trend. To highlight, Angang Iron & Steel was forced to take over unprofitable firms such as Panzhihua Steel despite posting losses of more than US$644mn in 2012.
|Steel Industry Margins At The Brink
|Price Ratio: China Steel Rebar/Iron Ore Import Price
Secondly, domestic steelmakers are currently suffering from razor thin margins . According to the Chinese Iron & Steel Association (CISA), high iron ore prices relative to steel prices have left the Chinese steel industry as the least profitable of the country's 39 industrial sectors. Profits for 80 major Chinese steel producers plunged by 98% y-o-y (year-on-year) to reach US$254mn in 2012, with total margins hitting a meager 0.04%.
|The Boom Years Are Over
|China - Select Indicators (% Chg y-o-y)
Thirdly, demand for steel products will further weaken with the slowing of the Chinese economy . W e forecast China's real GDP growth to reach 7.5% in 2013, which would not only imply a further deceleration from 2012's 7.7% print, but also sits some way off consensus projections of 8.1% . While our forecast may be a little on the bearish side, recent develop ments in China provide us with solace that the current economic rebound will prove fleeting. Specifically, China's real GDP growth came in at 7.7% y-o-y in Q113, versus consensus expectations of 8.0%. This is the fifth slowest quarterly growth outturn in over a decade, and is concerning given the ramp up in liquidity seen over recent quarters (see: 'Inflation On Its Way But Not Here To Stay', April 11). The gap between credit growth and real GDP growth appears to be heading in the wrong direction, which is a natural consequence of the poor quality of investment that has been undertaken over recent years.
|Less Bang for Their Buck
|China - Real GDP Growth (% chg y-o-y) & Total Social Financing (CNYbn)
Fourthly, Chinese steel mills have started to see their bottom line deteriorate rapidly. It was reported that 16 listed steelmakers, who reported their annual results for 2012 so far till April 2, choked up a combined loss of US$690mn last year. Of these, only four companies reported y-o-y profit growth. In contrast, only three listed steelmakers posted losses in 2011 and one in 2010.
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As a result, the Chinese government is explicitly pushing ahead with efforts to consolidate the industry. In a bid to bring 60% of total capacity under the control of its top 10 mills by 2015, China is set to close 7.8mnt (million tonnes) of outdated annual steelmaking capacity this year. While this constitutes only 1.1% of China's steel output in 2012, the fact that the new leadership under President Xi Jinping is willing to enact such reform during times of slowing economic growth marks a major step towards industry consolidation. It is also telling to note that a series of measures aimed at curtailing production and rectifying the stubborn overcapacity has been unveiled across the other metal and coal sectors.
Capacity Reduction Alone Will Not Suffice
While the government's waning support for domestic steel mills is key to tackling the crux of overca pa city, the restructuring of China's steel sector should not be confined to capacity reductions alone. In our view , an overhaul of the industry's distribution mechanism warrants significant attention. T he current model of using traders as the main source of distributing steel fails to pain t an accurate picture of the true levels of consumption in the country. With limited know ledge about the medium and long- term deman d trends of the companies that they service , production at domestic steel mills is often driven by speculation of stimulus measures or seasonality impact . Consequently, inventories through the supply chain can become excessiv e and led to extremely volatile prices. Nonetheless, we note that chan ges to the distribution system are unlikely to take place anytime soon. While the steel industry has been championing the need for more direct sales between steelmakers and the consumers, it will remain an arduous task to dislodge the strength of the prominent trader lobby in China .
While the deteriorating underlying fundamentals suggest that consolidation of the steel industry is almost inevitable, we are aware that this will not materialise into anything significant over the near-term. C oncerns over maintaining employment will continue to take precedence and constrict the ability of the Chinese leaders to deliver potentially painful economic and political reforms over the coming quarters.


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Super 8 - Amsterdam's 67 air-conditioned rooms provide free local calls, ironing boards, and desks. TVs come with cable channels, and free WiFi keeps guests connected. Hair dryers are also standard.
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This Amsterdam motel also offers coffee/tea in a common area and RV/bus/truck parking. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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The following flash cards are examples of Orature Literature from: Sundiata, Voice of the Wild Goose, Hymn to the Great Aten, Ogun Kills on the Right, Most Beautiful Youth Who Ever Happened, Metamorphosis, The Story telling Stone, and He is More than a Hero.
"Then she laughed derisively with that fierce laughter which cuts through your flesh and penetrates right to the bone. "
Imagery- Sundiata
"...brought up from the depths by the animals and put upon the turtle's back and patted by the beavers' tails and allowed to grow before it could receive her who had fallen rom the sky."
Imagery- The story telling Stone
"Take your bow, Simbon,
Take your bow and let us go.
Take your bow, Sogolon Djata."
Repeat-and-vary. Sundiata
"I am the mighty silk-cotton tree that looks from on high on the tops of other trees.
And I, I am the strangling creeper that climbs to the top of the forest giant."
Parallelism- Sundiata
"They have washed your body and clothed it with beauty. They have set a fire in your eyes."
Parallelism- Song of a Mother
"Be proud as I am proud. Be Be happy as I am happy. Be loved as now I am loved."
Repeat-and-vary. Song of a Mother
"He gives one to the woodcock- who dyes it in indigo. He gives one to the coucal- who dyes it in camwood. He gives one to the cattle egret- who leaves it white."
Parallelism. Ogun Kills on the Right
Mast of iron, chief of robbers, you have water, but you bathe in blood."
Imagery- Ogun kills on the right.
"No earth hung balanced in surrounding air;
No sea reached far along the fringe of shore."
Parallelism- Metamorphosis
"Does the woman who spins ever reject a spindle? Does the woman who dyes ever reject a cloth? Does the eye that sees ever reject a sight?"
Call and Response- Ogun kills on the Right
"That was the first time when the burnt air glowed
White-hot, or icicles hung down in winter."
Imagery- Metamorphosis
"modesty and truth
And righteousness fled earth, and in their place
Came trickery and slyness, plotting, swindling,
Violence and the damned desire of having."
Parallelism- Metamorphosis
"But what can I tell my mother to whom I return every day when I am laden with catch?"
Call-and-response. The Voice of the Wild Goose
"And love of you goes round and round"
repetition(round and round) Most Beautiful Youth Who Ever Happened
You fill every land with your beauty.
You are beauteous, great, radiant,
High over every land;
Repeat-and-vary. Hymn to the Great Aten