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A new Target store is under construction at the site of the former K-Mart, and a widening of the highway with an addition of a center turn lane is planned.
Amsterdam Supervisor Tom DiMezza said the "end product of the project will be beautiful," but he advised patience while the it develops.
"It's a busy highway," DiMezza said. "We need to give the state time to complete their work."
Besides projects that are currently underway, several business projects are under consideration.
DiMezza said Wal-Mart had approval from the town to expand to a super center, but the company had yet to decide if it would make use of the town approval for expansion.
Also, a 70,000 square foot building at the Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse is under construction, but a tenant is "yet to be determined," DiMezza said.
"It'll probably be a 'big-box store of some type,'" he said.
DiMezza said he expected the Walgreens Drug Store across from Amsterdam Memorial Hospital to be up and running in April, while the Target retail store has a possible October opening date.
Walgreens will have a drive-through pharmaceutical pick-up and officials expect to have 25 employees, according to Carol Hively of Walgreens Corporate public relations.
Amsterdam Town Engineer Gary Kerzic said the original plan was for Walgreens and one other large structure. He said the plans were changed to include a second building that would contain a bank.
The State Employees Federal Credit Union branch may move to the site. A SEFCU representative had no further information available at this time except to say the company is in negotiations to build at the new location.
Kerzic said the proposed building is on the site of the Hurricana Farms — part of a historic district. The town owns a barn on the land and Kerzic said the structure needs to fit in with the look of the structure. The Town Planning Board needs to ensure that the building fits within the confines of the historic district, Kerzic said.
Plans at the Walgreens site also call for a additional 8,500 square foot building with the capacity to hold three stores. Negotiations are under way for possible companies to fill the center.
A public hearing on the Walgreens development is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. March 5, during the Town Planning Board meeting. Kerzic said he expects the board to approve the plan. If approved, the proposal will then move onto the town board for final approval.
Montgomery County Economic Development and Planning Director Ken Rose said another item that may hit the planning board agenda March 5 is an expansion at Power Pallet Inc. at 4715 Route 30.
"It's not really an expansion of their footprint, but they want to add some machinery and new employees."
Rose said Power Pallet planned to add 50 new employees with its expansion project and needed to get town approval to access a low-interest loan "to leverage [its] investment."
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce President Deborah Auspelmeyer said it is "wonderful to see new businesses coming into the area." She said it is not only good for Amsterdam, but also good for the entire county to have new opportunities opening up. She said it also will create jobs for the area, "which is always a good thing."
"Business expansion and growth along the Route 30 corridor and in Montgomery County is a wonderful opportunity for the residents and visitors of our area," Auspelmeyer said. "The diversity of choice is exciting and contributes to our economic development."
Auspelmeyer said the chamber also needs to remain cognizant of small businesses that have been in the area for decades that have been supportive of the community through the years.
One of those small businesses affected by the expansion of the area was Chizek's Hobby Shop. In spite of having to move his business, Ron Chizek of Chizek's Hobby Shop at 4768 Route 30 said he didn't see the coming renovations to the roadway as a bad thing.
It was all in the timing.
"I'm not upset about it," Chizek said last summer. "It was actually opportune timing."
After more than two years of planning and town meetings, the New York State Department of Transportation will begin proposed work on Route 30 from Voorhees Road near H&M Equipment south to the city this spring, DiMezza said.
"Unfortunately, there will be some inconvenience for some time," he said.
DiMezza said he expects the work to continue on Route 30 for about a year. Sidewalks will run over covered culverts where there are open ditches and connect to the city sidewalks on Market Street hill.
State Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Hoffmann said the price tag for the Route 30 project is about $6.4 million, with the county paying the $900,000 for the Log City Road realignment.
"We try our best, but you can't make everybody happy," Hoffman said.
"I'm the only business that will have to move," Chizek said. "I've seen a lot of accidents at this intersection, especially where cars pass on the right when people are making a left turn onto Maple Avenue. Overall, it's a good thing."
Dave Tokarowski of Down to Earth Natural Foods, located just north of the intersection of Log City Road, agreed with Chizek and said the change was needed.
"Most of the people on Log City Road will welcome the [traffic] light," he said. "It's always been hard to pull out of Log City onto 30A, especially heading north."
Tokarowski said the interchange from Maple Avenue Extension to Log City Road across Route 30 will be angled with a light and cul de sac so his business will no longer be accessed from Log City Road, but from Route 30.
"About a quarter-mile of Log City residents to the east will have to back-track to come up to Route 30, but they don't mind," he said.
Hoffman said the new Log City Road will cross between the former 84 Lumber Co. site and Chizek's.
"The existing intersection of Route 30 and Log City Road will be severed," Hoffman said. "There will be a dead-end street with a cul de sac and the new Log City Road, for want of a better term, will realign with Maple Avenue Extension."
Hoffman said he expects the project to start in the spring time and be "cleaned up for finish work" in spring 2009.
Robert Montenaro Jr,. of Frank's Auto, said his building at 4789 Route 30 was within five feet of the curb and he was given some options by the state DOT. He is south of Chizek's on the east side of the highway.
"We decided to tear the building down," Montenaro said Friday. "The property constraints won't allow us to just modify the building."
He agreed there was a problem with all the traffic on Route 30.
"We've seen cars in ditches," he said. "It's a good thing, but traffic trying to turn off to businesses across two more lanes of traffic will be difficult, also."
Chizek said his property was taken by eminent domain, but he felt he was offered a fair market price. He said he had the business for more than 20 years, starting first as a Magnavox TV sales and repair center in the 1970s, and changing to a hobby shop as the TV repair business died.
The business was sold to Mike Castelluccio of Fultonville where it reopened as Master Hobbies at 3276 Route 30A Aug. 6.
July 14 was the last day at the Route 30 location for Chizek's. He and his wife, Donna, said they took three weeks for inventory and closing things down, and then assisted the new owner in starting at the Fultonville location for a smooth transition.
"After that, we will do some traveling," Chizek said.
Richard Nilsen is a general assignment reporter and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com'>firstname.lastname@example.com'>firstname.lastname@example.com'>email@example.com.
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Construction personnel work at the Walgreens site on Route 30 in Amsterdam Wednesday. Amsterdam Memorial Hospital is seen in the background across Route 30.


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He thought he had seen it all during his two decades in Detroit.
On Monday, the Red Wings made another entry in the team record book, defeating the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 at Joe Louis Arena for their 15th consecutive victory at home.
They broke the mark first established in 1964-65.
"It's a special record, especially with all the great teams that we've had here over the years, going back to the '90s and early 2000s, too," Lidstrom said. "It's a special moment to do this in the middle of the season."
It also is rare.
It is the third-longest single-season home winning streak in NHL history. According to STATS, the last team to win at least 15 in a row at home in one season was the Philadelphia Flyers, who had a league-record 20-game home winning streak in 1975-76. The Boston Bruins also won 20 in a row at home in 1929-30.
"It's pretty cool," goaltender Jimmy Howard said. "I didn't know we were going to accomplish anything like that until the other day. It's great to be a part of."
Howard, who has been in net for all 15 wins and leads the league with 27 victories, made 27 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 10th of his career. The Red Wings led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 less than five minutes into the second.
Pavel Datsyuk had three assists, giving him 700 career points. He is the eighth Red Wings player to reach that plateau, doing it in 706 games.
His linemates also flourished. Todd Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists and Johan Franzen scored a goal.
Henrik Zetterberg ended a 13-game goal-scoring drought. Lidstrom scored a goal. Darren Helm also scored, on a pass from Drew Miller.
Miller's brother Ryan, the Sabres goaltender, was pulled at 4:32 of the second period, after allowing five goals on only 14 shots, victimized by his team's poor defensive play.
The Sabres have lost a club-record nine consecutive road games.
The Red Wings haven't been quite that bad on the road (11-13-0) but realize their home dominance might not mean much if they don't improve their play away from Joe Louis Arena.
"You can tell the guys are really playing with confidence at home," Howard said. "Now, we have to translate it into our road game."
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's main concern is getting points to keep pace in a tight Central Division race.
"I like the points, because if you don't get them, you're not going anywhere in the standings," Babcock said. "You always like to have crazy stuff like (records), but the bottom line is we got a game (tonight in Dallas) and we got to find a way to win because the standings are so tight."
Ty Conklin will start in goal for the Red Wings tonight at Dallas, giving Howard the night off.
The Red Wings have regained the aura of invincibility at home, something they lacked in 2010-11, when they were better on the road (26-11-4) than at The Joe (21-14-6).
"I think we're being more aggressive, we're going after the puck a little bit more and going after other teams," Lidstrom said. "For whatever reason, we've been playing more relaxed at home.
"We talk about trying to get a lot of shots and let the goalies work for it."
Zetterberg capitalized on a turnover by Jordan Leopold to open the scoring at 5:20. Franzen scored his team-leading 18th goal on a breakaway, after an outstanding backhand pass from Datsyuk, at 18:11. Lidstrom scored with 17 seconds remaining in the period, rushing in from the point to knock in the rebound of Bertuzzi's shot.
Said Datsyuk: "It was a little bit easy for us."
"You could see it on their bench," Howard said. "It's always tough giving up goals late in a period. The wind just came out of their sails."
The onslaught continued in the second. Bertuzzi scored on a nifty backhand from in front of the net at 4:19. Helm scored only 13 seconds later.
"Our plan against any team is to get on them quick and start playing our game," Drew Miller said. "It's unfortunate that (Ryan) got pulled. I don't think it was all his fault. I think of couple of those goals he really didn't have much of a chance."
Opponents haven't had much of a chance in Detroit, where the home team hasn't lost since Nov. 3.

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Remember Tila Tequila? She's a Nazi now. The former reality star posted (and then deleted) a photo of herself on Facebook, wearing a swastika arm band, Nazi hat and a skimpy silver outfit at Auschwitz. She also used the social media site to defend Adolf Hitler as a "special and sweet kid who had a dream to become a painter," but was bullied into something else. The 32-year-old starlet described herself as a "young lady who also had the same hopes and dreams as Hitler did," but was rejected when trying to convert to Judaism. Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, also sparked a
Fuhrer furor when she claimed Paul Walker's death was a "ritualistic murder" like her "wife" Casey Johnson, the late daughter of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson. Tequila also has a bizarre new song where she calls herself "Hitler, no, Hi-Tila."
» See the photo and read more at the New York Daily News.
Fifteen years after Matthew Broderick's disappointing version, a new "Godzilla" movie is here. The first teaser trailer shows a very small glimpse of the monster lizard, wreaking havoc on a city while soldiers take desperate, drastic measures to stop it. Directed by Gareth Edwards ("Monsters"), the film is described as "an epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla" with mankind threatened by its own "scientific arrogance." Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston, "Godzilla" roars into theaters May 16, 2014.
Whoa: "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin's next movie will be a Mae West biopic starring Bette Midler. The tentatively titled "Mae West" will be written by Harvey Fierstein ("Kinky Boots") and executive produced by Jerry Weintraub ("Behind the Candelabra") for HBO Films. The movie is is based on the silver screen legend's autobiography "Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It," chronicling her late start at the age of 39 -- Midler, similarly, didn't hit the big screen until she was 34 with "The Rose" in 1979. Still, it's an unusual pairing with Friedkin, whose career has ranged from 1971's "The French Connection" to 1994's "Blue Chips" (with Shaq and Jim Boeheim) and 2011's "Killer Joe."
» Read more at Slash Film.
Hollywood's Spidey senses are tingling -- or will be when the public learns Andrew Garfield is not signed for "The Amazing Spider-Man 4." The 30-year-old actor successfully rebooted the franchise not long after Tobey Maguire's "Spider-Man" ended, and has "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" lined up for May 2014 and "3" in June 2016. Sony recently announced a fourth movie in 2018, despite director Marc Webb's plans for a trilogy, which surprised Garfield. "I'm under contract for another one after this," he said of "Spider-Man 2." "As far as a fourth one... that's not anything to do with me."
» Read more at Slash Film.
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GARWOOD — The Garwood school board approved a five-year lease at Washington School, at its Feb. 21 meeting, for the Westfield Area Y.
The Washington School was closed in 2010 because of budget cuts and was vacant until Cranford school districts needed the building after a couple of its schools were flooded by Hurricane Irene. Students and staff of the Washington School were moved to Lincoln School in Garwood.
The lease allows the Westfield Area Y to use the whole facility and its grounds starting March 1. The Westfield Y plans to run pre-school and other childcare programs.
"They are making this a satellite Garwood facility," said Board President Adele Lewis.
The non-profit organization is entering into a half-and-half share with the town, according to the board's attorney John Geppert. He said any proceeds the Y will make will be split with the borough and any deficits that occur on their behalf should not affect the borough.
In other news, the district's summer tutoring program will be cancelled this year and president Lewis reported that the November elections will save the board approximately $6,000.


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Loose, S. and Meier, G.E.A. and Ivanov, M.S. (1) and Kharitonov, A.M. (1) and Kashkovsky, A.V. (1) (1993) Aerodynamic Tool for CFD Validation. 1993 European Forum "Recent Developments and Applications in Aeronautical CFD" Bristol. 01.-03. Sept. 1993.
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An "Atlas" of experimental data of integral aerodynamic characteristics for use on personal computers was developed. This system is created for validation of numerical methods and procedures and recording experimental data. The aerodynamic coefficiants fixed in the system have been evaluated from measurements in different testing facilities in Russia and Germany, which are able to simulate certain flow conditions. The system is organized in a hierarchical way and can be used by a graphical user interface, adapted to its hierarchical structure. This is providing an easy access to the data. Operating the system one is enabled:. to view the tables of aerodynamic characteristics obtained by experiments and/or numerical calculations. to view a 3-D image of each model at any viewing angle. to view a colour slide and a sketch with all dimensions of each model. to selcst and filter those sets of data which meet the conditions of search. to edit data in the table. to view the graphs of aerodynamic characteristics. to perform interpolations of experimental data. to insert new results of experiments/numerical calculations. to have a look at conditions of the performed experiments and facilities.
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PORTAGE -- The city says the area's largest commercial center is alive, well and well-populated.
Despite the economic downturn, people continue to buy and sell goods along South Westnedge Avenue at a healthy pace, Mayor Peter Strazdas says.
"When you take a look at almost 94 percent occupancy, that's almost unheard of in other metropolitan areas," Strazdas said.
Realizing that so many businesses are hurting and stores in so many other parts of Michigan are closing, he said, "Quite frankly, we were anticipating a drop. ... But , in essence, we had no drop."
The city's South Westnedge Avenue Commercial Corridor Annual Vacancy Study, based on end-of-year numbers from 2008, provides a snapshot of information about the restaurants, service providers, fix-it shops, banks, offices and other businesses established along the most trafficked part of South Westnedge.
The corridor runs between Kilgore Road and West Centre Avenue.
Occupancy of the properties directly on South Westnedge and just off it nearly matched that at the end of 2007, according to the study.
And at The Crossroads mall, only 3,861 square feet, or about 1 percent of the 379,000 square feet of available space, was unoccupied at the end of 2008.
In presenting the study to other city officials, City Assessor James C. Bush wrote, "The changes from last year's study is a mix of some last-year vacancies becoming occupied and vice-versa."
Courtesy of the Portage City Assessor's Office, here are some of the findings (the study did not include apartment buildings, greenhouses or industrially zoned properties):
• The corridor has approximately 225 properties.
• It hosts more than 375 retail, office and service businesses using more than 4 million square feet of space.
• The average daily traffic count exceeds 55,000 vehicles, making it one of the six busiest business corridors in Michigan.
• Of 3,331,667 square feet of business space in the corridor and directly on South Westnedge Avenue, 168,797 square feet, or 5.07 percent, was vacant, an increase from 4.2 percent a year ago.
• Of 871,603 square feet of commercial space just off South Westnedge, 93,065 square feet, or 10.68 percent, was vacant, a decrease from 12.93 percent a year ago.
• Of the 4,203,270 total square feet of space in the corridor, 261,862 square feet, or 6.23 percent, is vacant, a nominal improvement from 6.25 percent a year ago.
• The value of the real estate and personal property involved was placed at $472 million, which includes $61.9 million in personal property and $410 million in real estate.
• The value of real estate at The Crossroads was placed at $73.4 million.
Some other findings:
• There were no vacancies reported at The Southland Mall, home to T.J. Maxx, Barnes & Noble, and Kohl's, among other businesses.
• There were no vacancies in the Southland Annex, home to V & A Bootery, Don's Card Hut and a new Lane Bryant store.
• There were no vacancies at the Southland Galleria, home to Niskers Burgers Restaurant, Plato's Closet and a Centennial Wireless location, among other retailers.
• New vacancies include locations that had been used by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Classic Stereo, MacKenzie's Bakery and the Rite-Aid store at Kilgore Road.
• Among new tenants of the corridor are 2nd Chance, Bargain Books, Tuscany Salon, Ulta Beauty, Lane Bryant, and Aaron's Rentals.
This opinion column is written by Al Jones. He can be reached at 388-8556 or email@example.com.


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Altered Oceans - Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling, Los Angeles Times, 30 July - 3 August 2006. Five-part series. Winner of the 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science Science Journalism Award.
Anchialine Caves and Cave Animals - Thomas M. Iliffe, Texas A & M University, Galveston.
Animal Information Database - SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. There is an Animal Sounds Library and facts on many animals including:
Sea Turtles
Killer Whales
Bottlenose Dolphins
American Fisheries Society
American Littoral Society
Animal Planet
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum - Sanibel, Florida. With images of Sanibel shells.
Baltic Sea Marine Environment Bibliography and Database
Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON) - Hans.G.Hansson
Black Smokers - American Museum of Natural History research cruises to study deep-sea hydrothermal (hot water) vents.
BUBL LINK - BUBL Information Service, Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University,Glasgow, Scotland. See Marine Biology and Oceanography.
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans - The Library has an online catalog.
Catalog of Fishes Online - California Academy of Sciences. Catalog of the Species of Fishes is a "preliminary version of a database containing about 53,500 described species and subspecies of fishes."
Cephalopid Page - James B. Wood's site provides information on octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus.
Coastal and Marine Resources Centre - University College, Cork
Cone Shell & Conotoxins - The toxins used by these marine snails to immobilise their victims possess pharmacological qualities that make them valuable tools in medical research.
Coral Health and Monitoring Program - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida.
Coral Mortality and African Dust - U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology.
Coral Reef Alliance - Chappaqua, New York
Cousteau Society | Equipe Cousteau - Includes information on the Calypso, Cousteau and his team members, expeditions, films.
Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) - Offered by the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Library has useful directories, databases and other resources.
Discovery Online
Dolphin Research Center - Marathon Shores, Florida.
Echinoid Directory - Andrew B. Smith, Natural History Museum, London.
Emiliania huxleyi Home Page - Toby Tyrrell has gathered information and photographs on a species of Phytoplankton which turns the sea into a "milky turquoise colour during intense blooms" and plays an important role in climate change.
EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and and Watersheds
Farley Diatoms - Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard University houses a large collection of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae).
Field Guide to Anemone Fishes and Their Host Sea Anemones - Online book by Daphne G. Fautin and Gerald R. Allen published by the Western Australian Museum in 1992 "permits quick and accurate identification of the invertebrate hosts, as well as the fishes, through well-illustrated, easy-to-use keys and underwater photographs."
FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes - Searchable database has 28,500 species and can be searched by common name or scientific name.
Fisheries Research Service - UK site has information on Gyrodactylus Salaris, a parasite which infects the skin and fins of salmon, trout and some other types of fish in fresh water.
Florida Caribbean Science Center - U.S. Geological Survey
Florida Museum of Natural History - Their Ichthyology Department offers a International Shark Attack File.
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank - Over 10,000 images relating to freshwater and marine subjects. (University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.)
Global Coral Reef Alliance - Nonprofit organization for the protection and sustainable management of coral reefs.
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary - "One of the largest nearshore live-bottom reefs of the southeastern United States. The sanctuary is located 32 kilometers (17.5 nautical miles) off Sapelo Island, Georgia."
Great Barrier Reef Visitors Bureau - North Queensland, Australia
Great White Shark - Shark images from Douglas J. Long
Gulf of Maine Aquarium - With site index. Offers material on Lobsters and Turtles.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute - See Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder, Fishery Bulletin 74, Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 53, [Contribution No. 592, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution], United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1953.
Hatfield Marine Science Center - Oregon State University
Ichthyology Master Database - Florida Museum of Natural History
In Search of Giant Squid - Smithsonian
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - UNESCO
Kaikoura - National Geographic Society exploration of the deep-sea world of New Zealand's Kaikoura Canyon.
Marine Biological Laboratory - Woods Hole. Has a Marine Organisms Database and a Marine Species Index covering "approximately 210 invertebrates and fish." (See also the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) In the MBLWHOI Library are Digital Collections which include a Herbarium, Leuckart Wall Charts, The Flescher Fish Slide Collection, Early Years Photo Archives, Photo Archive Database and Alvin Ocean Floor Photo Database. In Digital Books you'll find the full-text of Development of the Squid (1880) by W. K. Brooks, Medusae from the Maldive Islands (1904) by H. B. Bigelow, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen (1778), Martinus Slabber's landmark book describing marine invertebrate larvae, as well as plates from the Atlas of the Voyage of the Astrolabe and Wandtafeln of Rudolph Leuckart (1822-1898) (teaching charts). There is full-text access to Lab Notes with Archives and the New Collecting Net
Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) - A branch of Canada's Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans providing data on Currents, Tides and Water Levels and Remote Sensing.
Marine Institute - Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Marshland Records of Life on the Tantramar - "Situated on the east coast of Canada, at the upper end of the Bay of Fundy, straddling the modern-day border between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Tantramar region exists in one of the largest tidal saltmarshes on the Atlantic coast of North America."
MIT Sea Grant - With information for educators on Zebra Mussels. MIT also has an Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab which has information on the Haro Straight.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Includes E-Quarium.
Mote Marine Laboratory - Sarasota, Florida
National Academies Press - Has more than 3,000 free online books available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Searchable and indexed by subject. There is a Marine/Maritime category. Recent titles include 50 Years of Ocean Discovery (2000), Sharing the Fish: Toward a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas (1999) and From Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health (1999).
National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse - "North America's most extensive technical library of publications related to the spread, biology, impacts, control of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis)."
National Association of Marine Laboratories
National Data Buoy Center - "Premiere source of meteorological and oceanographic measurements for the marine environment," the site provides access to dozens of electronic coastal observation buoys with real-time data on wind speed, air and water temperature and wave height.
National Estuarine Research Reserve System - "Network of protected areas established for long-term research, education and stewardship."
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Geographic - With Features Index.
National Library for the Environment - Provides a wealth of environmental resources including Briefing Book on Ocean & Coastal Resources,
Environmental Databases and links to Environmental Journals on the Internet.
National Marine Fisheries Service - North East Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole
National Marine Sanctuaries - Information about and links to 12 marine sanctuaries.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Highlights of this U.S. Department of Commerce site include access to the Library, and theNOAA Photo Collection with 10,000 digitized images of marine life, weather phenomenon, instrumentation, ships, ocean scenes and other historical collections. The State of the Coast Report - consists of 16 essays on coastal topics including Harmful Algal Booms, Sediment Toxicity, Chemical Contaminants in Oysters and Mussels and Extent and Condition of U.S.Coral Reefs. The National Severe Storms Laboratory has information on thunderstorms, tornadoes and other severe weather. The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States photo collection contains almost 300 plates from the Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals. Another valuable resource is WINDandSEA: Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator which provides links to "over 1,000 selected links to science and policy sites organized by topic and alphabetically. NOAA also has a Fisheries division which provides Fisheries Statistics & Economics.
National Sea Grant - Partnership between the nation's universities and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Their National Sea Grant Depository, located at the Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, offers a searchable Publications Database with over 33,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts (when available).
New England Aquarium - Boston
NMNH Fish Collection - Online Search - Smithsonian
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species - "Scientific reports, online/realtime queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information." (Florida Caribbean Science Center)
OceanExpert - Formerly the Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals, OceanExpert is a database, developed and maintained by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
OceansCanada - Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) - "Association of more than 200 field stations and professionals concerned with field facilities for biological research and education, primarily in North America and Central America. Provides links to member stations.
Pacific Biological Station - Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Pacific Salmon Information via the Internet - William Chappell, NOAA.
Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - Santa Cruz, California
Prince William Sound Science Center - Cordova, Alaska
Reef Education Network - University of Sydney (Unable to access 1/21/00)
ScienceDaily Magazine - Science news. Has search engine. Other news sites include Science News Online, which is searchable and provides selected full-text articles, ABC News: Science, Eurekalert, also searchable, Scientific American, with search engine, National Geographic News (searchable) and Unisci: Daily University Science News, (searchable).
Scientific American - Provides a Search Engine which will retrieve numerous articles on various aspects of marine sciences.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Located in La Jolla, California and home of the Birch Aquarium. Their Library has a Reference Shelf of Internet Resources. There's also a Scripps Pier Camera.
Sea Turtles
Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research - University of Florida
Caribbean Conservation Corporation & Sea Turtle Survival League
Proceedings - Annual Symposia on Sea Turtles - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Marine Turtles - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN)
Somatic growth function for immature loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in southeastern U.S. waters
Status Reviews of Sea Turtles Listed Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 by P.T. Plotkin, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1995 (145 pages)
Turtle Expert Working Group
Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior and Conservation by James R. Spotila, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
The Sea Turtle: So Excellent a Fishe by Archie Fairly Carr, Scribner's, 1984.
The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores by Archie Fairly Carr, University Press of Florida, Revised edition, 1979. Originally published byAlfred A. Knopf in 1956.
Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California by Archie Fairly Carr, Comstock, 1995. Originally published by Cornell University Press in 1952.
Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean by Osha Gray Davidson, PublicAffairs, 2001.
Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention by the National Research Council, National Academy Press, 1990. This book is also available free from the National Academies Press
SeaWeb - "Multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it."
Seaweed - Michael D. Guiry, National University of Ireland, Galway.
SeaWiFS Project - NASA's global ocean color monitoring mission provides images and data sets collected by the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View satellite
Shetland's Fishing Heritage - Information on the development of fishing industry in the Shetland Islands from the Vikings to 1970 provided by the North Atlantic Fisheries College in Scotland.
Shoals Marine Laboratory - Run jointly by Cornell and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island off the coast of New Hampshire.
Slug Site - Michael D. Miller's site is "devoted to the study of Opisthobranch Molluscs" and features a Nudibranch of the Week.
Smithsonian Magazine
Creatures of the Deep - Smithsonian Magazine, October, 2007. Review of The Deep by French documentary film producer Claire Nouvian (University of Chicago Press), 2007. The photos are fascinating, especially the Grimpoteuthis who looks cute enough to be a children's toy.
Sound Waves - Coastal Science & Research News, USGS
Stellwagen Bank Information System - National Marine Sanctuary; U.S. Geological Survey. Offers a page on From Whaling to Whalewatching - the Northern Right Whale.
Strategies for Pursuing a Career in Marine Mammal Science - Provided by the Society for Marine Mammalogy in Sarasota, Florida.
Tide/Current Predictor - (Unable to access 1/21/00)
Tree of Life - With a section on Vertebrata.
Universty of Maryland Aquatic Pathobiology Center
University of Washington Fish Collection - You can search the database.
UCSD-TV - Offers Video on Demand for various series. In The Birch Aquarium Presents is a 58 minute speech by Edward O. Wilson on "The Future of Life", given on October 31st when he was awarded the 2001 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
U.S. National Ocean Service
Virtual Field-Guide - UK site has index.
Bioacoustics Research Program - Studies whale communication. You can hear Marine Mammal Vocalizations. (Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University)
Whale Songs - " Follow the experiences of one American science teacher on board Song of the Whale in the Azores Islands"
Whale Watcher Expert System - Will ask you some questions to try to identify the whale that you have observed; Acquired Intelligence Inc.
Whale Watching Web - Part of the WWW Virtual Library, the site is maintained by Rauno Lauhakangas of the University of Helsinki, Finland.
WhaleNet - Wheelock College, Boston
WWW Virtual Library: Whale-Watching Web
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
World Fish Center
Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha):
Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes Region
Zebra Mussel Information Resources - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS), United States Geological Survey
Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) - Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon provides images and data about the zebrafish.


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Gay Police Association loses funding
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Quite right too. All this diversity b…llocks just leads to gays being pigeonholed and us living in ghettos
Do you really think that "diversity" leads to "gays being pigeonholed and us living in ghettos"? How do you explain the existence of the latter thousands of years before the appearance of the former?
I didnt write that
I was lying in my bed asleep 3 hours ago
someone is impersonating me
which begs the question: 'why on earth would they want to do that?'
ps Ive reported the comment
I think that diversity is a good thing – and in fact, anything which is DIVISIVE is the bollocks
We need to fund these organisations if we truly wish to have a diverse and reflective Police Force in this country.
There's a lot of this user hijacking going on.
I've had it happen to me. I know I'm outspoken but I still like to feel I'm responsible for the words I say, and not have someone misrepresent me.
It's very irritating.
Sadly I have complained a few times about this problem to PinkNews after having mine hijacked. They just say they are aware of the problem but don't have the time or resources to sort it.
To me that suggests they can't be bothered to protect loyal readers. It's why I stopped signing up to them and refuse to now.
Ah at last we see the conservative approach to diversity. Say diversity is a good thing, then act in a way to empower those who hate diversity.
God damn I really hate the tories.
So what? You'd vote for Labour and have us at the bottom of the foodchain? Below every other walk of life? So long as the black and Asian community were handed everything on a plate the rest of us could go to hell as far as Tony and his cronies were concerned.
well maybe that was the case in crazy land. Also criticising the tories does not make one automatically a labour supporter.
Also what the heck did labour give the black and asian community that other communities did not get?
Who was made below every other form of life by labour?
Racism and xenophobia are cool for some, if they think that's what it takes for them "to be at the top of the foodchain", meaning, being above those they deem should be below them.
Ignore Spanner. He's a BNP candidate.
Guess what? I didn't write that.
Whoever it is, fcuk off and stop acting like a child.
If you have a point to say, say it, but don't hide behind others like some puerile little twat.
Pink news needs to sort this hijacking out.
Whats the point of using an email address if anyone can still use the same name someone else uses?
Do they just use the emails to sell on to advertisers or something?
It's the only way immature idiots know how to debate, actually they don't know thats why they hijack other peoples names or constantly change theirs to have themselves agreeing with them.
Immature Hijackers…. yes you…. don't you know there are no winners or losers in debating just healthy differences of opinions but with nothing to prove. Sometimes you'll agree, sometimes you won't.
It's not big, it's not clever….
Has the Christian police associations been striped of funding too?
I think its called the Christian police fellowship
Of course not…what else did you expect?
no it is the Christian Police Association. Like the Gay Police Association except they have loads of money!
It would be unfair if the Christian police fellowship was to remain if others are going.
Treat all equally. Save money by all means but if your going to remove diverse groups remove them all.
A few years ago I attended a GPA conference as an IAG member in Brighton. The waste of money was phenomenal. All expenses paid, the conference was completely unprofessional. Police officers turned up in shorts and flip flops and finished early to head off to the beach. As a fellow public sector worker (medicine) and tax payer I was outraged at the waste of resources.
Actually all costs were paid for by delegates you imbecile
Well ACPO agreed with me when I formally complained to them about the misuse of funds. My CP is a police inspector and I have huge respect for the police service. However wasting tens of thousands of pounds paying for a weekend by the seaside undermines the whole diversity agenda. The conference was paid for by individual police forces that sent LGBT officers; not by the delegates themselves.
'Imbecile' is a vile and offensive term for people with learning disabilities – you should be ashamed of yourself.
Imbecile also means a stupid or silly person so less of the melodramatics. Actually you are more of a misinformant. Of course it was individual delegates who were charged. How you personally wiggled your way to getting a 'freeby' is entirely your own affair, not the GPA's!
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about so there is no point engaging with you further
£102,000 cut from a genuinely worthwhile service, and yet the government just spent £2 million on policing to "protect" the LibDem Conference in Sheffield. An estimated 2000 policemen and women descended on the city centre last weekend in what is said to be the largest operation of its kind in South Yorkshire. According to the Sheffield Telegraph only ONE arrest was made. It goes a long way to explain a government's priorities when the Deputy PM needs 2000 bodyguards, yet diversity training is found wanting. Laws might change, but a large part of society still needs to learn to respect us. Take the homophobia endemic in schools. Unchallenged, our future police force will graduate with an unbridled contempt for homosexuals – and who's going to regulate the bullying then?
The Tories are dismantling the structures that have been created to support and protect our community. The outcome of this is going to be felt sometime in the future. The support will cease to exist. That will translate down the line in more freedom for bigots, and less support and protection for their victims.
Here we go. Your laughable.
You clearly choosing what to read. It's not only the Gay Police Association is it.
Stop playing the victim. If Labour hadn't spent money we didn't have we wouldn't be in this mess.
They can spend £3 billion unnecessarily changing the NHS but they cant afford £100,000 a year for the GPA?
Come now jock, just because the tories say something doesnt automatically mean its true.
Educated enough to see for myself without 'the Tories' telling me.
Im sure that is true. But you didnt answer why they can afford 3 billion on an unnecessary reform, yet cannot afford 100k
It's not just 100k though is it?
In any case last year it was 51k. You saying it as if it is only the GPA that is going when it isn't so it would be a lot more than 100k.
As for the NHS, I guess I agree in part but they still waste so much money on unnecessary stuff while still employing way to many managers. Too many groups are taking money from front line services as a political stance. It is wrong when there is so much waste away from the front line.
Actually, the reform of the NHS is more to do with the privatisation of the health service. Also turning Doctors into managers who are entirely unqualified to 'manage' will be a disaster (and so say most Doctors!).
I don't agree with the doctors being managers either. However said that Labour did raise their wages without any thing for it. So what we did got was £200,000 a year doctors on less hours, surgery hours cut so that most working people couldn't see their GP unless they had time off and the end to seeing a doctor that knew you if they had to be called out leading to what we already know in some unqualified doctors.
Something had to be done. Problem is where they were supposed to be cutting those managers in the hospitals, they will instead be employed by the doctors.
On the other side something has to be done to improve health in this country. It is an appalling state of affairs that cancer survival rates are amongst the worst in Europe and the Western world. An end has to be put to deny people those life saving drugs and esp postcode lotteries.
However I do also worry that waiting times will get worse.
Meanwhile, our forces have deployed 120 cruise missiles against Lybia, at the cost of £300,000 per missile. In just one day they've managed to spend 36 million pounds. And that figure is just for the missiles, and just for one day.
One day of a missile attack on an oil rich country is 720 times the ammount that was funding the GPA for a whole year.
That means the cost of the first day of missile strike on Lybia would fund the GPA for 720 years.
How can you justify a dictator who slaughters his own people while the world just sits back and watches. I think you underestimate the Gaddafi regime. I think all considered the countries are being restraint. They are to stop him having the power to kill his own people just because they want Freedom. Have no illusions Gaddafi will massacre all those that went against him, Why do you think so many men (where were the women?) were trying to flee the country.
What part of humanity would have sat back and watch? I think the fact this is being done via the United Nations speaks volumes.
The fact Obama has made the point that on his part no troops will deployed is a good thing.
Have no doubt Gaddifi and his sons run a Very brutal dictatorship.
This action at the moment is right. How it turns out, well we'll have to see.
Lets no forget the Lybian people themselves have asked for help.
You facts are wrong anyhow. Our forces have Not fired 120 missles. That is mis-information. It is in a combined effect between several countries including Jordon and the UAE. It was 112 missles in a joint effort between the US and UK forces.
The missles are targeted on Gaddafi weapons, tanks, aircraft and communications etc. This is to try and stop him attacking his own people. You do know that anyone that disagrees with this man usually end up in a grave don't you?
You forget that many have already of Gaddifi's forces and ministers have defected and many more will also.
Also as for you usual pathetic Gay Tories – Duh crap (seriously grow up) you clearly conveniently forget that this has the full backing of Labour.
Oh and btw, I have no loyalty to Any party its about who speaks to me at the time of an election. Thats why they All have to earn my vote.
Dictator this, dictator that, regime change, blah dee blah. Duhhhhh Duh Duhhh
Do you really think many people fall for this false rhetoric, Jock? Only the gullible and those with side interests on the matter.
The keyword is Oil. Only oil matters. And only oil rich countries are attacked.
The GPA's and the Disabled Association's, 720 years of philanthropic funding being channeled to wage wars and kill for oil and political power. And a few days ago CallMeDave went on a trip to sell arms to future "dictators". LOL
Gay tories —> Duhhhhhh !!
Here Jock, the people of the following countries are in dire need of your "altruistic" support: Bahrain, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Somalia, Gabon, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, … the list goes on and on .. and on … but let's be honest shall we? Just a few of these countries above are really worth the effort$ of our most gloriou$ force$ … I'm sure you'll be able to identify them.
Something had to be done? How can someone justify this? How can someone be so reckless to support this state of affairs?
Gay Tories —-> Duhhhhh
Your so full of crap, Beberts. All you know is how to insult people but with just one pathetic phrase.
It's called democracy. Get used to it or move to an oppressive country of your choice.
About the cancer rates – labour reforms were actually causing cancer survival rates to rise, to the extent that by 2012 the statistic predicted that the UK's cancer survival rate would be better than Frances.
The £2m spent was because a whole load of people on the extreme left don't recognise the right for a party to hold a conference without being verbally and physically abused.
£2m spent, blame Socialist Worker etc.
What about the hundreds of thousands of pounds the police give to the homophobic evangelical Christian street pastors then?
Are you going to cut their funding to?
I certainly would hope so!
This isn't too bad, as news go.
The more the Tories undermine the police in any way, the less support they'll have once the riots start. :-)
That's what I'm bargaining on too lol. They'll turn on their government and we win. Revolution over. Neocons and warmongering bankers gone for good.
Although such organisations as the GPA are desirable, it is not desirable for them or for any single issue groups or work unions to be funded by the taxpayer.
Tell us why should the taxpayer fund a banker's bonus and not a disabled association?
Ignore de villiers – he'd probably protect the right wing if they murdered his children.
oh a new low life!
> Ignore de villiers – he'd probably protect the right wing if they murdered his children.
Edward, I'm disappointed that you have chosen to go for personal attack. I shall decline to return the favour.
> Tell us why should the taxpayer fund a banker's bonus and not a disabled association?
It should not. The UK Government is too weak over the payment of bankers' bonuses with taxpayers money.
Too weak? Hah! the lame "Taxpayer" nonsense excuse. Then the "Big Society" excuse that it's gonna pick up the pieces…
I cannot understand what you have written. I have already said that the UK government is too weak over bank bonuses and that taxpayers should not fund them.
I doubt he understands what he's written.
Helen, you make a good point. I hope we can find out if the Christian Police Fellowship has also been put on the chopping block.
Is it this one?
I also, have not seen any news that the Christian Police Association has lost it's funding: http://tinyurl.com/6g2x72b
Why would it? It says on their home page they are funded entirely by voluntary subscriptions.
I do think rather than make excuses they ought to find ways to fund these associations if they want them.
If you look at their accounts you will see they are regularly funded be the Home Office; http://tinyurl.com/63bh7bl
It is a shame they are to lose the money but at least it's fair if all support groups lose it. I don't see why members shouldn't pay a small subscription. It's important for GPA to stay at top management tables and to support members on the ground. I hope to God things really have changed for the better in the 'canteen culture'. I once knew a gay cop who left the force because the conversations he heard among his colleagues convinced him his life would be in danger if he were found out.
Although much ground has been made since the formation of the GPA there still exists pockets of homophobia. Importantly, however, is the issue of representation within the police. The GPA has been one of the main reasons why gay people join the police. Without it, they will return to the persecution they had pre-GPA.
The GPA ran aground years ago. All the good work for gay officers for the last 5 years has been done by Stonewall. The GPA is a waste of tens of thousands of pounds which would be spent far better on anti-homophobia projects for the public.
Actually Stonewall have not done anything to improve the internal strategic policy of the police service in order to make it more 'gay friendly'. That function is exclusively down to the GPA as mandated by ACPO and the Government (who are now puling the plug on the funding).
I agree Riondo, good comment…. The early bit not the bad last bit which kinda shows why they still need it.
Being a member of the GPA myself, I wouldn't mind paying a subscription fee. When I joined I made a donation but since then they have not asked for any further donations.
A thoroughly good decision. In no way should any public sector organisation have a separate team that deals in diversity issues. Diversity and equality should be the job requirement of EVERY member of the public sector. It should be part of ongoing training and should be a core value in any organisation, be that private of public sector.
Creating a team to deal with the issues has simply absolved people from taking responsibility and actually celebrating diversity and equality through every part of their role.
Good comment, I do agree with you however I do feel there is a need to make sure that people are able to turn to someone like themselves when problems arise, someone who does understand things from that angle weither, Gay, Disabled etc.
Very often people not in the know just assume they know and thats where we have problems. Plus it is fair to say we can't expect everyone to know everything.
This is partly true. Yes everyone has responsibility for equality and diversity however puting that into practice is where, in reality, it seldom works. What the GPA has managed to do is give LGB staff a 'visibility' within the police service. Considering that the vast majority of police officers are still 'in-the-closet' within the workplace, there requires to be a voice. How many openly gay senior police officers are there? None. Where progress has been made in areas such as race and gender, sexual orientation is still a marginalised group in the service.
You'll find my comment reflects the need for these groups and the important roles they play in the workplace.
Every time I read stories like this, every time I see our government pander to religious nut jobs and fail to deal with hate it makes me want to go back to ireland. I love the UK ive been here since I was 1 month old, but im fed up with there being no one to represent me. All the political parties pander to the religious fundamentalists.
Say what you will about Sinn fein, and they do have big problems, they do consistently abhor homophobia, they actually try to stop it and they do not empower homophobic institutions.
It saddens me to say that when Ireland is reunited im pretty certain ill leave and go home. Which is a shame as I think that british people just are not represented by their political class, the far right media just shapes every debate and every issue to such an extent that reason is just ignored.
I agree. I don't see how they can pick and choose. Either keep them all or rid of them all. It doesn't help the argument when they keep some and not others.
Either that or get them all self funded, which could be a better idea than no funding at all.
Sinn Fein?
Are you serious? In 1984, Senator (soon hopefully to be President of Ireland) was given 24 hours to leave his Dublin home by the thugs at his local Sinn Fein Office. David's reply was to walk head held high into the Dublin offices of Sinn Fein and tell them that in 24 hours he would give to every newspaper in Ireland a list containing all of the gay Sinn Fein members unlesss their threat was immediately revoked. It was.
Prior to that, my friend was killed by the IRA for no other reason than he was queer, out and proud to be queer.
Don't ever, ever try and rewrite history to suit your own aims. While Sinn Fein might now 'abhor homophobia', there are a number of men buried under the sands in some remote area of Ireland as they fell foul of this lot.
Sorry, I meant to include – Senator David Norris. Ireland's first out gay man when it was still a criminal offence to be gay. A man who has been changing the landscape of Ireland since the 1970s.
I really did not mean to cause offence about your friend. All I was commenting on was my experience with sinn fein in recent years. I was not born in 1984 so I admit I can in no way comment on what it was like to be lgbt then.
I would never,ever wish to rewrite history concerning all those who died. I am truly sorry if I gave the impression that was what I was doing.
I am in no way trying to rewrite history or sweep the horrible things sinn fein have done under the rug, I was merely saying now they oppose homophobia, also I have only ever really known the modern sinn fein so I am sorry if I missed out on previous homophobia, when I have been to talks by them they have always said they opposed it.
My experience of living in Belfast in 2007 was that groups like the Sandown church and people like Iris robinson stoked hatred of gay people, whereas Sinn fein people opposed it.
I would never wish to besmirch the memory of those who were murdered. Someone I knew and cared for died in Omagh in 1998 so please do not think I wish to support those who would kill others.
Also feel I should add the only time I have voted in Northern Ireland I voted for the SDLP not sinn fein.
Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you.
Just this lot bring back some awful memories. In the 1970s, 80s sexual deviants, as the IRA liked to refer to us back then were treated to especially brutal beatings. Today, they might have changed their tune, but don't be fooled by their hollow retoric.
Let's hope David Norris becomes Irelands next, and first out-gay President.
So why isn't ACPO/Home Office cutting the funding of the Christian Police Association???
They funded the Christian Police Association last year to the sum of £10,000 :
Hmmmm-m. Just another brick in the wall.
Of what though?
Here's the reason that the xtian plod squad is keeping it's funding:-
"Specifically find out the names of your local neighbourhood policing team and commit to praying for them." Don Axcell, the executive director of the 2,000-strong CPA and a retired sergeant for the Met, told Police Review today (Thurs): "In one particular area, an officer was investigating an incident but he had not been able to apprehend a suspect.
"He encouraged a church to pray for him and within days a suspect had been arrested and charged.
"In another area, an officer encouraged churches to pray about domestic burglary and over the year it came down by 30 per cent.
See we don't need the athiest police on the beat just the god plod squad a praying for devine guidance
For F's sake
Reading this Readers comments I'm bombarded with an RSPCA advert.
Look Pink News. Stop p!ssing off your core readers with misplaced adverts.
Blimey I know what you mean, it is a put off.
Yet again, Labours cash fountain and open ended cheque cost us another casualty.
If the Police force worked well I'd say there'd be no need but whilst I'm sure many do I think it's safe to say there are a few who let the force down. So sadly these groups are needed.
The fact that this group didn't have full time staff is irrelevent. The fact it had volunteers working to run it's 24 hour helpline suggests it is needed.
Staff need support no matter who they are. I hope something will be put in place that helps somehow replace this much needed organisation.
Problem is jock that such diversity organisations actually improve the polices ability to operate.
For example, with greater anti racist education and more hiring of ethnic minority officers the police are able to more effectively engage with minority communities. Which is very important as the only way police can solve crimes is if the public gives them information.
– Same with LGBT groups, many LGBT people are distrustful of the police, such groups as the GPA increase trust in the police, and hence increase the likelihood of people helping the police.
The police can only work if the public give them information.
Also – from 1997-2005 the economic deficit under new labour was smaller than under the 1990=1997 conservatives. From 2005-2007 it was of a similar size. Following the 2008 banking crash the deficit exploded.
Thus the huge deficit was caused by a unregulated banking system which all political parties pushed for. So it is silly to suggest that the state we are in now…
…. is the fault of new labour. It was a global financial crash coupled with the fact our economy is to dependent on services and finance, that caused such a large deficit. Not government spending between 1997-2007
Everyone knows that, but many can't care less about anyone else. Blaming Labour suits the interests of many people. Who cares about the old, the sick, the poor and the vulnerable, when one can wash their hands and let the "Big Society" magic make the undesirable disappear before their own eyes?
Yeah, think you need to re-read my comment, you'll see I Have actually said these groups are needed.
As for the economy you do seem to be leaving out Very important pieces like the fact the first thing Blair and Brown did when coming to power was remove the legislation which stopped the banks taking the risks that caused the crash and incidently are doing against. Also that Gordon Brown sold off all our Gold reserves that are traditionally kept solely for the purpose of selling when the country goes into recession so that money can be pumped into the economy, helping country and assets without having to put up taxes to much. Thats just two major errors Labour did when in power with the economy, that have had lasting effects.
When we had a government who insisted no-one could have seen the recession when the voters themselves had seen it for over a year is just pathetic and signs of how much the government treated us like complete fools.
about banks, meant "are doing again"
While, yes, I do question a few of the decisions being taken by this government on spending, I am not as naive to think that the last government left this economy is a right state.
Do I think it's best to get to grips with this faster, with the intention of giving a better economy quicker then yes I do. To leave such a deficit would be damaging in the long term, the quicker we get it under control the better it'll be country for us all.
However, who I'll vote for in the next general election, is not decided. They'll all have to work my vote, though Ed Milibore, Ed Balls-up really don't do it for me, considering they were the ines responsible for getting us in this mess in the first place.
You missed my point:
All parties of the last 30 years have advocated deregulation of the banks (except the greens who I voted for!) so they are all equally to blame.
My point was that government spending did not cause this crash- we have relatively low level of debt, and the deficit only exploded after an international financial crash.
I restate – labours deficit 1997-2005 was smaller than the conservatives 1990=1996. In many of those years labour had a budget surplus.
The large deficit was caused by an international financial crises, not labour.
Both labour and the conservatives are too blame for the fact we have an economy dependent on the financial sector, and deregulated banks, and the fact we have a trade imbalance.
I get your point, in part but your missing the fact that although the Tories deregulated the banks they made regulations to make sure banks couldn't take the risks with your money and it's that, that caused the crash.
This was one of the first things Tony Blair and Gordon Brown removed so in effect the banking crisis in this country was basicially down to that removal so that we can indeed blame Labour for this mess we are in.
I meant it was that regulations removal that caused the problem.
The Tories always pushed for deregulation. Now they're trying to blame that on Labour. Know your history.
Oh, I know my history. Unlike you I don't change it to suit my own argument, but it remains that The Tories allow more banking Freedoms they also put in regulations that stopped the banks acting recklessly with customers money.
In 1997 Tony Blair and Gordon Brown did two things. They gave the Bank of England the power to be independent and monitior Britians financies including inflation and they also removed that regulation that stopped banks acting reckless meaning that the banking system has since been left wide open to abuse and not only have we suffered but unless this government acts more on regulation will happen again.
I have to point out in 1997 I did vote for Labour.
LOL. Oh yeah, you know your "history"… you really know it… Shame that the history you know must be the one that suits your interests, or would it be delusions? When it doesn't, just change sides, and carry on regardless, choosing the history that suits you. And what's that? Really, you voted for Labour. OMG. You fell in in trap as well? LOL
Never mind Berbs!
I'd much prefer not live in a police sanctioned State if you all don't mind. There are days when I feel the rozzers breathing down my neck and that has nothing to do with my ganga intake but rather that the pigs are on every street looking for any excuse to bang up one of the LGBT community.
Paranoid from the 'ganga' intake are you?? Sad pathetic old fool.
I didn't post this. Use your own name, whoever you are, either invented or real. Thank you.
what a load of old cobblers
About time all this PC diversity and multicultural boll*cks was ditched and consigned to the wastebin of history forever. The soul and essence of Britain has been destroyed by this pernicious Marxist/fascist doctrine, as of course was always the design. Hey, it served to get us into the EU, God help us all!
William, take a pill (or loads). What diversity has to do with the ideologies of Marx or Mussolini is beyond me. Maybe you care to explain (though I doubt you can).
Yes of course there is that huge section in the communist manifesto concerning LGBT issues. Of course who can forget Mussolini's fervent speech in favour of LGBT rights. Oh wait, im sorry, that only happened in make believe land.
There's only one way to cut the national deficit and that is by simply increasing taxes. The wealthiest should be paying more. The only way to create more jobs is to bring back the manufacturing base to the UK. Just like the U.S., major corporations have shipped the bulk of manufacturing jobs overseas resulting in fewer jobs and less revenue going to the Inland Revenue.. Until those jobs come back to the home country, there will never be a decent job market.
Cutting social programmes is not the way to do it either. Once you take away the ability of the public to spend money, there will be none to spend and in a recession, you have to spend your way out of it. The Tory government is taking us down the wrong road. This will be disastrous in the long run. We should take a look at Germany, the power house of the EU economy, hardly affected by the economic down turn
> There's only one way to cut the national deficit and that is by simply increasing taxes.
If it were that simple then France would be the most successful government and the most debt-free state in the world.
With the homosexuals wanting equality, I would have thought this would be good, then everyone can be equal in one Police Association, all together.
"If the police is such a good employer, people should be able to be openly gay with dignity but that's not the case," Mr Codling said.
Absolute rubbish and bloody infuriating. Look at Stonewalls' top 100 employers and count how many police forces are in it.
The fact is that 1 million jobs were created in the public sector in the last 13 yrs which have now had to go. You can either have bobbies on the street or diversity and other support groups, not both. We simply cannot afford it. There are a lot of staff jobs that needed to go – and many ppl have a vested interest in keeping funding for various non policing roles; not necessarily the GPA. I have worked for many organisations and the police is THE most diverse aware and gay friendly i have ever experienced. we have may openly lgbt ppl in the force and we are all duty bound by force policy to promote diversity and equality in the workplace. If only ppl knew just how much emphasis goes onto diversity, they'd be bloody amazed.
It wasn't like this 15 years ago, when victims of homophobic abuse would at best be ignored or laughed at by the police. We can afford both, bobbies on the streets and the support of diversity groups. It's a matter of policy. If the police is diverse and somehow gay friendly now, it's thanks exactly to the likes of the GPA and others, that worked to instruct about homophobia from within the forces.
The Gay Police Association and all its off shoots are a waste of money so its good to see that their funding has been scrapped. I survived the Force for many years and as soon as there was a local in force gay group I experienced more homophobia from within than I ever had.
I suspect that the creation of a new gay support group simply brought already existing attitudes to the fore. It often happens and is not a reason not to have lgbt visibility. It simply has to be tackled.
This will ultimately lead to the usual fact of life being "Them versus Us".
I have worked with the Police on several occasions when a homosexual issue or problem has arisen in our local community.
Perhaps a government U TURN is needed ?. They are quite good at that !!
This debate has become really skewed. The existence of the GPA is certainly a "good thing" and should be supported.
Whether it should be funded by taxpayers is another question.
The GPA should be funded by its own members and/or by fundraising activities. It should not be for the state and all taxpayers to fund particular interest groups or for such groups to consider that there is an entitlement to tax funding.
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My car was the show car at the Philadelphia Int'l Auto Show in 1995. I tried to get a discount, but the dealer insisted on the MSRP, which I paid. At the time, I thought it was the best looking 4-door car for sale. In many ways, it still is. And it does turn heads, even today. Since is from the General's stable, getting parts is easy, and generally cheap. At first, the Comp T/A tires were hard to find, but now you can get MUCH better Kumho tires for less than $80 each. One thing that is unfortunate is that, my car being the "rarest, a 1995 DGGM", you cannot get the paint from the dealer or AutoColor anymore to fill chips. Rear seat room is poor, as are the quality of the interior.
This car "fits" me well. It looks good, it sounds good, it drives down the highway well. You can get replacement parts pretty much anywhere, even the Internet, for reasonable prices. The front seats are comfortable and fairly adjustable, and I love the tilt wheel.
Overall, build quality is poor. The multiple gray plastics inside the car turn different colors. The bumper and rear spoiler paint fade. Meticulous maintenance didn't prevent my LT1 from seizing at 155,000 miles. GM probably won't ever build another car like the SS, which won't be a big loss.
I purchased in 95. Had I known the 96 was going to be built with the floor shift and analog dash, I would have waited. Minor set back. I choose where I go with Chevy. It's black in color and has all the options available for that year. I have removed the impala ss from both rear quarters as it was a dirt collector. It's still a head turner, even the cops are quite inquisitive as to what type of auto as they are always pacing me. It's a keeper. I am the only driver and the ss is in pristine condition and plan to keep like that. Fun to drive. Lt1 is quite responsive and horse power can be increased a few mods that are reversible to oem specs. Great toy!
Our 95 Impala SS has been the best car through the years. It was a daily driver for many many years and since our kids have grown and gone it has become our project. We are lovingly restoring it to its previous glory. Ours being black is always and eye catcher and since the paint job even more so. We got tired of fighting the rear quater name decals so when it was painted we had it airbrushed on and clear coated. We just love it!
The LT1 is plenty power but when a Flow Master exhaust was added it sounds good and runs better. We have searched for wheels to put on but have not found any wheels that look as good on the car as the factory wheels. Great design Chevy!!
We put on the GM Performance cross drilled and slotted brake rotors, the high performance OEM pads and stainless steel brake hoses. Black Beauty will stop on a dime and give you 9 cents change!!!!
I had been the proud owner of my 1995 Impala for 9 yrs. I loved every mile: the car was stealthy, and total luxury. Unfortunately, 1 1/2 yrs ago, while waiting on a red light, I was rear ended so hard that the frame bent and my neck was broken. If you are still lucky enough to own one of these classics, please look into better neck restraint. My car was totalled and I am lucky to be alive. Keep an eye out for th other guy. I wish I had my lowrider back, and my neck, stock, too. With better neck restraint, at least I would have walked away without a titanium plate and screws where my neck used to be.
This car is is the last of the muscle cars, a sleeper. If you own one, baby your baby.
This car needs better neck restraints to protect from rear impact injuries,
You cannot find a better car than this one. If you apply any upgrades, which don't really need to be done, it will only improve the performance. This has to be one of the best cars ever made. As long as you do routine maintenance, this car will last as long as you own it.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Tuna the dog reveled in the attention of his fans during a hometown tour stop to raise money for the Animal Protective League.
Few stars have captured an adoring public as fast as Tuna. Not Togo, who led the way on the famed serum run in 1925. Not Bingo, the pooch on the Cracker Jack boxes. Not Lassie – OK, maybe Lassie. Tuna, rocking a black and white striped sweater – yes, he looked cool even on a warm day – met 126 of his fans who lined up at least 30 minutes before the two-hour meet-and-greet.
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Tuna is tops, tipping the Toledos at 12 pounds. Dasher adopted the mutt, who will be 4 in July, in December 2010.
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He is using his celebrity to promote the APL's efforts. Monday, Tuna held court at the APL's office on Willey Avenue in Tremont. Unlike many celebrities, Tuna started on time, getting a quick nail trimming right before the throng of devotees was ushered in.
Tuna's eight-city tour is sponsored by BarkBox, a mail-order dog-products business with a charitable component: With each subscription, it's donating $15 to the APL. Eight different animal groups are benefiting from his appearances on the tour.
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You can't be an overnight sensation without having a line of merchandise in your name, and Tuna has that. Linen bags with the now classic slogan (and also the name of his website) "Tuna Melts My Heart" were on sale. Calendars sold for $15. Eight-inch by 10-inch photos - with stamped paw print - went for $5. Ten percent of proceeds went to the APL.
What about that overbite?
Actress Eva Mendes has nothing on Tuna. Mendes, who might be well-known for her overbite, has said she was called "Bugs Bunny" because of her teeth. But she isn't in the same ballpark as Tuna. The dog was born with a serious overbite, his top row of teeth protruding way out. It gives him a cartoony look – hence the name.
"I call him the underdog with an overbite," Dasher says.
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It was his overbite that first drew Kelly Kiger to follow him. Kiger, a Cleveland State University student from East Liverpool, popped into the APL for a chance to meet Tuna.
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She beamed for a photo with Tuna.
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