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read this today in the "other" paper. What are everyone's thoughts. Sorry for the link but it was not covered in the BT?
Who has the authority to patrol 278
I read through The Other Paper several times (online of course, as I couldn't obtain a paper copy from Ohio immediately) but couldn't find any mention of the story you're talking about. I read through practically the whole thing, but no luck. Check it out for yourself if you don't believe me (the web site is www.theotherpaper.com).
It would seem pretty out of the ordinary that The Other Paper would concern itself with happenings on 278, seeing as they are a Columbus-based paper that handles mostly local issues on a weekly basis. I thought that maybe since there are so many Ohioans here, maybe they were writing stories to let people know what to expect before their trip.
If that is the case, they certainly doesn't make the stories easy to find. I'm surprised you were able to come across it.
Are you sure you're talking about The Other Paper?
wish I could take credit for the following, but I can't. Don't know who to give credit to but this feels rather fitting with just a few of the words changed (BT)
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Speeding down the 278 passing the bulk of traffic from Rose Hill to quickly get in the left lane to turn onto Buckwalter I had the opportunity to see those Blue Lights. I saw a break in traffic and I took it only to get a bite from the blue lights. Ugh. Sure enough it was Down Town Officer Brown. $$$ & insurance points I was thinking to myself, because I was speeding. Over 60mph. Does it matter who pulled me over? We should all work together in life. Do we have to say "The other paper?" It's good to have a healthy market, both papers serve a purpose, both the Police and the Sheriff Depts do too. I value the other businesses in the area who do the same thing I do and in a good local economic climate we can all refer to each other, fill gaps and take care of the community on the whole. Yes, it made me cranky to get pulled over. At least somebody was watching.
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We always refer to the Island Packet as the "other" paper, at least I was nice enough not to refer to it as the "racket" like most do. I tried to find the article too about the light at Squire Pope, however I either can't figure out or can't find an archive selection. But I think it was back in early fall last year.
Not sure I understand the "troll song" post either.
Now that the article in the BT, today, what are everyone's thoughts?
"Go in the water even if it's cold"
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responsibility of enforcing the law and just like most everything else he has done, he has messed up by not have sufficient education to interpret the law. Reading and quoting from the paper this morning that in his (Tanners) opinion, "to be able to enforce the law, you have to obey the law" he said, I wonder when he will begin to do this? The BT posted the law and it plainly stated that Bluffton PD is with-in there right to police highway 278 when it borders the town. I have a kindergartner who explained this law to me. I believe that Tanner feels threatened by the Chief who has a world of college education (two degrees) and all of the progress he is making in the town. This is my thoughts, and both departments has the authority to enforce the law there and should and must do so.
I do feel that the speeding on 278 is a problem and I also feel that as construction is completed, with now 3 lanes, it will be more of a mess. Police presence, epsecially one's with radar are always a speeding deterrant. I remember when they first opened the 278 extension to 95. NO ONE dared speed. No one dared speed though town town Bluffton either when there was radar.
It may be a revenue concern for Tanner as the money is not going to his deparment. I do feel though that there are other places in BLuffton that should be patrolled more that are in "BLuffton".
But the law seems pretty clear:
" A street or highway which serves as the boundary between municipalities is under the police jurisdiction of both municipalities regardless of the municipality in which the street or highway is located.
I believe Tanner said all it would take is a bit of mutual understanding. Still it seems the issue would be mute if the town didn
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MOBILE, Alabama - Mobile Area Water and Sewer System will be flushing fire hydrants throughout the area during the month of October.
Locations scheduled to be flushed in October include neighborhoods near Wolfe Ridge Road, Springhill Avenue, Old Shell Road, Tuthill Drive, McGregor Avenue, Bit & Spur Road, Airport Boulevard, Michael Boulevard, Panorama Boulevard, Dawes and Cottage Hill roads, Saybrook and Hamilton Creek.
According to the utility, flushing is a maintenance activity that involves opening the hydrants and allowing water to flow freely for a short period of time. The routine service helps maintain water quality by cleaning out sediment and other particulates that accumulate normally in the water mains.
As a result of the flushing, water may appear milky or have some temporary discoloration. This discoloration does not affect the safety of the water. If discoloration or sediment is evident, MAWSS urges customers to avoid doing laundry for that day. Also, it is recommended customers allow water to run a few minutes to clear before using.
Signs announcing the week and day of flushing will be posted in affected neighborhoods. A monthly schedule of flushing sites and map can be found at www.mawss.com under "What's New at MAWSS" or by calling 251-694-3165.

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The Review visited Ordway Elementary to talk turkey — and Thanksgiving — with some of the school's first-graders.
Isaac Ellis, 6
Do you like Thanksgiving?
"I'm from Australia. They give presents on Thanksgiving. You give presents to your parents."
Why do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
"So they feel good."
How do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia?
"We just give thanks and go to some random place and have dinner with our cousins."
What's your favorite part?
"My favorite part is where I buy all the stuff for my mom."
Will you cook a turkey?
"Cook a turkey? Like we're going to hunt the turkey down?"
A lot of people go to the store and get a turkey.
"The turkey will still have fur, on the body."
They are frozen, and they take all the feathers off.
"And then you cut it?"
"That's what I would do. When we do Thanksgiving, we have ribs."
"Yes. They are my favorite."
Are they barbecue ribs?
"They look like barbecue. But they have the burned, if they want it. It's just like chicken."
Have you been learning about the Pilgrims.
"When we had the one Thanksgiving in Australia, I never heard about it."
On Thanksgiving, we talk about the things we are thankful for. What are you thankful for?
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Eastside Symphony sets two big performances
The Eastside Symphony is celebrating its 20th year with two big performances this fall.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, the symphony collaborates with The Concert Opera of Seattle to present a concert form of Giuseppe Verdi's Italian opera "Rigoletto." Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com are $17 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Tickets at the door are $20 and $15.
Next up is the Eastside Symphony's annual holiday concert, the symphony's only free event of the season. The holiday concert is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13.
Both are at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center, 17272 NE 104th St.
Recession or not, "we've had no decline in attendance," even at concerts with paid admission, said Eastside Symphony president Jeff Evans.
"It's still a cheap date," he chuckled.
And the buzz about Eastside Symphony is mostly through word-of-mouth.
"It's mostly from free publicity," said symphony vice-president Valentina Giovannetti. "People that do come, they're kind of hooked. It's just getting them there the first time and they're surprised that a community orchestra can deliver such quality. We also have a lot of support from friends and family — and we see ourselves as a family, too, coming together to have fun. The atmosphere isn't stressful. People see the joy that comes through our playing music."
And that includes people of all ages and from all walks of life — from high school and college students to adult professionals and retirees. They're united by a love of music and a desire to spread that good feeling around.
Gino Luchetti, a Concert Opera of Seattle member who is singing the role of the Duke of Mantua in "Rigoletto," said there is interest from Seattle's Italian community in this particular performance, along with other people seeking affordable opera experiences.
Operas are traditionally expensive to stage and produce, but the music, even without lavish staging, stands up by itself and "the singers do interact and emotion comes through," explained Luchetti.
While always hoping to expand its audiences, Eastside Symphony welcomes newcomers who wish to audition for the group, as well. Rehearsals are typically held on Thursday evenings at Redmond High School.
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Do you know where the floor is currently for a good buy-in price? Something, hopefully not stubborness or ego, compel me to want to buy more of this POS. Sincere thanks in advance to my respected fellows.
I would give the market a little time to digest whatever the FED will feed it this week out of its 2-day meeting. Currently they are putting about $45 billion a month into this market which has skewed the fundamentals on practically everything. I don't think we see any positive or negative news out of IMGN until we see the quarterly figures for Kadcyla sometime in July. If the market believes the FED will continue or potentially increase QE for infinity, then it will be party on. Thus, I think IMGN will trade with market sentiment until we see more information on Kadcyla sales.
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this looks like a good spot for put selling, or some buying, maybe a first buy. IMGN went from $18 to under $15 to $16.5 less than a week ago and traded over $16 yesterday and early today. It's your $ but this seems like a good entry point. I just bought a little TSRX for a trade, it's also down big today. IMO, not advice.
Thanks, Bioimmuno, old buddy. Feuerstein reports a big biotech fund liquidating. Question is whether this presents an opportunity for buying, or whether it ignites a firestorm of selling during this stock fire season of May.


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On the eve of Christmas in1941, Spencer Chapman, a British soldier from 101 Special Training School, and his reconnaissance team was sent behind enemy lines to gather information on the Japanese advancement and to meet the raiding party at Sungai Trong. After traveling through dense jungle from Parit to the Bruas road, they were unable to reach the rendezvous in time and had to find their way back to headquarters. Not knowing where the front line was, their plan was to slip down the Perak river at night at Parit, which will lead them straight to Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan), beating the Japanese who were on their way to take on Singapore. Sargent-Major Patterson, Sargent Sartin and Lieut.-Col Chapman would travel 50 miles on a badly holed ferryboat, without engine, through unknown territory where bombing and machine gunning was constant.
Inspired by this story, Keong and I made plans several weeks ago, to revisit Chapman's escape route by paddling two kayaks down Sungai Perak from Tanjung Belanja (near Parit) to Pasir Salak Resort (5 km short of Chapman's exit point at Kg. Pasir Panjang).
Our plan was simple, 2 vehicles – 1 parked at the take out point at Pasir Salak Resort and the other at Tanjung Belanja. As we paddle down river, we would camp a night at the half way point on an island near Bota Kanan, then continue to the exit point at Pasir Salak Resort the following day. From there, we'd pack the gears and kayaks, then drive our way back North to pick up the other car at Tanjung Belanja, and head for home.
At the put-in point, the only challenge we had was finding a safe place to park the car. But with luck, En. Harun who owned a house just by the river at Tanjung Belanja allowed us to use his house compound for our vehicle and packing area. Weather that Thursday was slightly gloomy, fortunately with no rain. Water level was apparently slightly lower, but according to the locals, had no cause for concern.
Once we were on the boat, the water had only a slight current. As the river was wide at the beginning, our speed was approximately 3 kmph when not paddling. This gave us a lot of sight seeing and photography opportunity. To be more accurate, we were paddling lazily, while cracking jokes for most of the day. In Keong's term, we were 'slackin' big time! But, that was just what we needed, "a fun no-rules expedition, with a buddy". We even decided to skip cooking lunch, and stopped by Parit town to buy some good old char siew meat!
About 5 pm, after a couple of island hopping to look for a camp site, we decided to stick to the original plan and camp at an island near Bota Kanan. Its was a good campsite, with plenty of dry wood for camp fire, and a small enough space for us to set camp. We both made our own meals, which was mainly pasta. For sauce, Keong had some sambal from a can, while I had some Punjabi lentil curry. We both sweat through that awesome meal.
Fishing was fun but was kind of a disaster as we didn't have much luck. I did however learn to set up a line on the rod. Thanks Keong!
After much discussion on 'how great life would be, if we could do this everyday', we went off to bed early. Well, at least that's what we thought. The mosquitoes were having a feast that night! While Keong was in the hammock with thicker protection, I was on the ground with a sleeping liner. Even with mosquito coils, they attacked hard. Having surrendered to them, I hid in the sack, sweating through those torturous hours till about 2 am, when the attacked simultaneously ceased. Puzzled, but not complaining!


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SHORTER, Alabama -- VictoryLand will reopen for betting on simulcast horse and dog racing on Friday as their lawyers seek the return of electronic bingo machines seized in a state raid last month.
K.C. Economic Development LLC, a business entity associated with VictoryLand, filed a claim today in Macon Circuit Court arguing Attorney General Luther Strange had no right to seize the gambling machines and other property from the casino.
"The property at issue in this case was being used in a legal manner consistent with Amendment 744 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 and the Macon County bingo regulations," lawyer Joe Espy wrote.
The attorney general's office last month raided VictoryLand casino near Shorter and seized more than 1,000 electronic bingo machines and more than $223,000 in cash.
The state is seeking the forfeiture of the machines and cash claiming that the machines are against the law. The case is pending in civil court.
In a separate court filing, the business also opposed state efforts to get the Macon County judge, who initially refused to sign a search warrant for VictoryLand, to step aside from the case.
Macon County Circuit Judge Tom Young initially refused to sign a search warrant for the raid until forced to do so by the Alabama Supreme Court. Young added a handwritten note on the search warrant that he was signing it with "the greatest judicial reluctance."
"Indeed, all the grounds for recusal at their core demonstrate that the state is seeking to oust a very conscientious judge who takes very seriously his duties to follow the law," Espy wrote.
The attorney general's office said Young should recuse himself because he has demonstrated prejudice against the state's case.
"We are happy to reopen and put some of our employees back to work," VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor said in a statement announcing the simulcast reopening.
McGregor said many of their employees "lost their jobs due to the illegal forced closing on Feb. 19th by the Alabama Attorney General."
Strange has said VictoryLand was operating in "open defiance" of state law.
State officials and casino operators have long disagreed over the legality of the slot machine look-alikes. VictoryLand, which was once the state's largest casino, shut down in 2010 during efforts to raid the casino. VictoryLand reopened in December.


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There's nothing better than having great relationships with your colleagues at work. So how do we develop and nurture these relationships?
Develop professional and trusting relationships
Think about the quality of your relationships and the importance of trust. As you navigate the people in your new workplace, professional associations and beyond, associated with your role, follow up with the people who you believe share similar values to yourself. Create a positive image and actively participate in meetings with these people you value and assisting them where you can in their projects. Find out what matters to them to create a strong foundation on which to grow your relationship. Build appreciation into the conversations or other means of communication. People will want to be involved with you if you can assist them to further their interests and service them in some way. Think about ways to build mutual trust and shared intentions.
Work at a range of levels to support and nurture those relationships, so that trust develops and new ventures can be pursued. When you find the right people to effectively work along side, people will collaborate with you and help you to leverage and grow your career too. You may be able to create mentoring opportunities. Seek out Professional Associations in your field. Go to the professional development sessions and networking events to engage width a wider group of people in your profession.
For further information about how to build successful relationships in this way, have a look at Melissa Giovagnoli's networlding website http://www.networlding.com. She has two great books that assist you to make networking meaningful – they are the Networlding NanoBook and Networlding Guidebook.
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WiFi only Galaxy Tab available April 4th?
With all the talk of Honeycomb tablets and dual-core processors, the Galaxy Tab is all but dead. If a terribly Photoshopped flyer being handed out at "technology fair" is accurate though, Samsung looks to be giving it one more go.
Rumored availability of a WiFi only Galaxy Tab has come and gone time and time again, but it looks like April 4th might be the magic date. The only problem? No one wants to buy a $400 tablet that features a single-core processor and Android 2.2 the same week the WiFi only Xoom is rumored to launch. If Samsung would have originally released the device at $400 to compete against the iPad 1, this may be a different story. But alas.
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Daryl Stiles might know the cars of Atlanta Motor Speedway's Friday Night Drags presented by ACDelco better than anyone.
At one time or another, the Williamson native has owned three cars that currently compete in Friday Night Drags and, in addition, he has built, tuned or repaired numerous others. Operating Stiles Body Shop in Riverdale as his full-time business, Stiles also caters to race cars at his home shop.
"I just love cars and racing," said Stiles, who has twice appeared in the finals of the Street Outlaw class in 2008 with one win. "All my life, my dad and his brothers were messing with cars and that's where I got into it. I have fun working on cars and I'll help anybody; I'm willing to give a hand to whoever needs help."
With a lifetime's education in automobiles and a willingness to lend a hand, Stiles lives up to his word. After attending the first ever Friday Night Drags three years ago and competing in the second event, Stiles immediately began supporting the Friday Night Drags community and offering assistance to anyone needing it.
"I knew a lot of the guys before I started coming down there, but when we started racing down there I started running into people I used to know and meeting new people," explained Stiles. "Then, I started to have people come into the shop who didn't know about Friday Night Drags. Once they saw my pictures, got interested and came down to the track once, then they started coming every week."
Since, Stiles has worked on a significant number of drag cars that appear at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as well as six competitor's vehicles who currently sit in the top-10 positions in their respective points category. He has even assisted competitors he lines up against in the Street Outlaw division, including points leader Danny Lowry.
"Danny [Lowry] and I are good friends and all that, but when it comes to racing, its serious business then," said Stiles, who currently trails Lowry by just two points in the Street Outlaw division. "Afterwards we're friends again, but we're enemies on the starting line."
In addition to the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro that Stiles currently drives in the Street Outlaws division, he has previously owned two other vehicles competing at Friday Night Drags. Johnny Sims, who sits in third in the Sportsman division, drives a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro that Stiles owned nearly 15-years ago and the first race car Stiles owned recently drove back into his life.
"I hadn't seen this old Ford Pinto in nearly 20 years when a buddy of mine showed up at my shop with it," said Stiles, referring to the 1977 Ford Pinto currently piloted by Russell Raines. "He found it in Fayetteville and brought it down for me to work on. I knew it immediately from the paint job."
After attending every race in the three-year history of Friday Night Drags, Stiles recently missed his first race with unforgiving back pain.
"It was disappointing," explained Stiles. "I love coming to the track and I would have come even if I didn't have a car to race, but I was hurting so bad. But, I was on the phone with friends the whole time so I could keep up with everything."
After missing two races, Stiles made his return to the track last week, but as a spectator.
"I finally got out and watch this past Friday, but I'm ready to go for this week," said an excited Stiles. "I've been racing everywhere since before I had a driver's license. I've never seen as good, big and fun a crowd as I do at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It's a lot of fun and I'm excited to finally get back out there."
And if Lowry thinks his friendly competing against Stiles isn't tough enough, he might have a second member of the Stiles family to compete with before too long.
"My wife and I have so much fun out there, we're already talking about letting my one-year old son, Nickelos, drive when he's old enough," said Stiles with a laugh.
Daryl Stiles can be seen competing against Danny Lowry and the Street Outlaw competition at Atlanta Motor Speedway's Friday Night Drags presented by ACDelco this Friday, July 25 and every Friday night through August 22. More information can be obtained by calling 770-946-4211 or by visiting www.atlantamotorspeedway.com


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Here Are My Favorite Comments From Chabad.org's "When Is Hanukkah?" page
My husband's a half-jew (on the wrong side -- his father's), so we're about as minimally invested in Hanukkah as anyone could be, without being not invested at all. But since Hanukkah involves eight days of presents, we still try and celebrate, even if it's only a little. The only problem is, the 25th of Kislev keeps moving around on us. Fortunately, I looked it up over the weekend, because in 2013 starts on a Tuesday, which is super, duper early. So if you haven't been planning your gifts ahead of time, or you've misplaced your menorah -- well, you'd better get on that shit, stat!
Anyway. When I went to the Google Machine to look up the dates for this year's festival of lights, I noticed that the people at Chabad.Org allow folks to leave a comment on their "When is Hanukkah this year?" page. Some of those comments -- complete with misspellings, grammar errors, and indicia of psycho-social disorders -- are noteworthy. Here are the top three:


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It will surprise no one to learn that the U.S. Census Bureau has established that, in the half-decade after Hurricane Katrina, more people moved from the New Orleans region to the Houston, Baton Rouge and Dallas areas -- and from those places to New Orleans -- than anywhere else in the world. It's the next three places from which new arrivals hailed that may grab some attention: Asia, Europe and Central America each contributed more than 1,000 people to the local population over the five-year period.
Tulane University geographer Richard Campanella, who analyzed the data, said the discovery shouldn't shock anyone, given the fact that Europe and Asia are each home to hundreds of millions of people. Similar bumps might well be seen in any other five-year period, he said.
"It's no surprise," he said, "though I think a lot of readers will say, 'Wow, we really are European.'"
Central America is much smaller, but Campanella suspects many immigrants from that region landed here searching for work in the booming recovery economy.
The latest census data track the movement of people between U.S. counties -- and to and from countries around the globe -- during the five-year period that happens to align neatly with the Katrina upheaval.
Respondents to the American Community Survey, which has replaced the long-form questionnaire, were asked whether they lived in the same residence one year before the survey date. Those who answered no were asked to provide their old addresses.
The bureau collected data annually from a small portion of the population, and results were estimated and averaged over the five-year period.
Census statistician Kin Koerber said the rapid emptying of the New Orleans region after Katrina and the protracted trickle back of residents -- along with the arrival of newcomers -- all has been aggregated into estimates that represent the area's migration patterns from 2005 to 2009.
"The exodus out and people coming back, it's going to be averaged over those five years," he said.
For those who left, proximity to southeast Louisiana and size tended to dictate where they landed, Campanella said. Beyond major Texas cities and Baton Rouge, he pointed down the list to Tangipahoa Parish and Lafayette, and to dense areas around Fort Worth, Texas, and Atlanta.
Apart from overseas transplants, the trend also ran in reverse. "The closer and larger the city is, the more it contributed" residents to the region, Campanella said, adding that any of those were likely Katrina evacuees returning.
Because the survey didn't track individuals, there's no way to know how many of those who reported leaving the region after Katrina also came back during the five-year period.
In all, nearly 116,000 people left the seven-parish New Orleans area and about 61,000 moved in, the data show.
Meanwhile, about 35,000 people moved across parish lines within the region, with the largest number trading addresses in Orleans and Jefferson. About 11,800 New Orleanians moved to the suburban enclave and about 7,100 people left Jefferson Parish for the city.
Only Harris County, Texas -- home to Houston -- took in more New Orleanians over the period, with about 12,300 transplants, the data show.
"This is almost definitely a Katrina diaspora that has become permanent, " Campanella said.
"There's a perfect example of the significance of proximity but also the significance of magnitude," he added. "Houston is 10 times the size of Jefferson, but Jefferson is 100 times closer and they're almost on top of each other" in terms of the number of New Orleans residents who moved there.
The data also confirm an influx of residents to St. Tammany Parish from St. Bernard, Orleans and Jefferson parishes.


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Yoga At Morris-Jumel Mansion
at Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Every Thursday and Sunday at 1 p.m., Morris-Jumel Mansion plays host to Awesome Asana Yoga, an hour-long exercise in body stretching and mind cleansing taught by Registered Yoga…
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Teen PASS
at Faber Park Field House (in Faber Pool and Park), Staten Island, Red Hook Recreation Center (in Red Hook Recreation Area), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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3 to 6 Club
at Walker Park, Staten Island
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Walker Park is offering various activities at the 3 to 6 Club, open to children ages 7 through 12 years, including art, literacy and sports.
Category: Best for Kids
Teen Fitness
at St. Mary's Recreation Center (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Youth and teens ages 12-17 years are can use utilize the cardio and weight training rooms to build strength and endurance under the supervision of trained personnel.
Category: Fitness, Best for Kids
Friday, November 27, 2015
Picture the Park Photo Exhibition
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Pelham Bay Park Picture the Park! Exhibit features 30 photos from each of five categories about Pelham Bay Park – Seasons, People in the Park, Wildlife, Infused by Bronx…
Category: Art
Children's Story Time & Art
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Enjoy interactive story time with songs, nursery rhymes, stories, and poems for toddlers and preschoolers.
Category: Best for Kids
Black Friday Hike: The Yellow Trail
at Parking Area (in High Rock Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
This epic 8- mile hike traverses the entire Greenbelt, from its Northeast corner in the community of Todt Hill to its Southwest corner in New Springville.
Category: Nature, Fall Foliage, Thanksgiving, Hiking
External Forces: An Exhibit by Artist Sarah Yuster
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This series of oil paintings by artist Sarah Yuster depicts artists in situ at various Staten Island locations, specifically preserved natural areas and parks.
Category: Art, Seniors
Holiday Train Show
at New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
See enchanting model trains zip through a display of 150 landmarks, each re-created with bark, leaves, and other natural materials.
Category: Art, Winter Holidays
Black Friday Meditation
at Ecology Building (in Wave Hill), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Avoid the malls this year and develop a worry-free outlook for the holiday season. Mindfulness meditation has been proven to relieve stress, help you focus, and even make you happier.
Category: Fitness, Thanksgiving, Seniors
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Corporate motivation to risk prevention: applied exploratory analysis in construction sector in Catalonia
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Date issued2012-01-01
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In this article, we have undertaken an exploratory analysis of the extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting an employer's safety motivation in the construction industry, and their correlation with firm size, management level, and perceived risk. We have employed a model based on previous research by Michael Wright for the Health and Safety Executive (UK). Methods: A sample of managers from 198 construction firms in Catalonia (Spain) were interviewed collecting relevant data. The exploratory factor analysis of this data detected two factors: extrinsic (prosecution, inspection, external pressure) and intrinsic (legal, responsibility, internal involvement). Confirmatory factor analysis did not rule out the presence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors (Wright), and the analysis with covariates (MIMIC model) showed significant positive relationships between extrinsic factors, management level, and perceived risk. It also showed a significant positive relationship between intrinsic factors and firm size. Conclusion: The aim of this study was to make a preliminary diagnostic of an employer's safety motivation. Our findings indicate that it is possible to develop external motivators (advice from inspection bodies, union activities, publicity of prosecution records, etc.) that are addressed to top managers and to firms more exposed to risk.We have also found that it is possible to develop internal motivators by introducing experience modification ratings, social accounting, advertising in the mass media, and promotion campaigns, particularly among bigger firms. Our findings will be useful to government agencies, company managers, and consultants and may be adapted for use in motivating midlevel staff to adopt participatory intervention programs.
CitationTerres, F.; Rodriguez, P.; Castejón, E. Corporate motivation to risk prevention: applied exploratory analysis in construction sector in Catalonia. "Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing", 01 Gener 2012, vol. Enero 2012, núm. 1-13, p. 1-13.
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Last month was the snowiest January on record for the Flint area, and almost the snowiest month ever.
The extreme weather is having an impact on the county's salt supply.
The county recently restocked its salt supply at its Oakley Street location as well as five outlying garages in other parts of the county, said Genesee County Road Commission manager-director John Daly.
Typically, the county starts the season with a full supply of salt and has to get it restocked in late February or early March. This year, however, it was time for more salt in late January.
Daly said he isn't sure yet if this new supply will get the road commission through the winter.
But some of the larger storms and colder weather have meant salt isn't effective, he added.
The salt didn't work so well during the record snowfall in the first week of January, which delivered a brutal one-two punch of extremely cold air and a foot and a half of snow.
"The problem there was that it was so cold we were down to the point where salt wasn't working very well, so we had to use sand," Daly said.
Daly said that generally salt is only effective in temperatures between 24 and 35 degrees.
"You've got a very narrow temperature range," he added.
Daly said he did not know yet if the department would have to go over the amount of salt it usually uses.
"We budget for two good winter storms and we've now had, based on what we're seeing right now, looks like 2.1 or 2.2," Daly said.
Daly said the county receives its salt from Detroit Salt Co. in Detroit.
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June 25, 2013 at 3:38pm
Well, Alfonso, I'm sorry about your nephew, but he sounds like a real dirtbag. Squatting? That's illegal. Demanding to be let into an apartment that's not yours? Illegal. Threatening people. Illegal. Assault. Illegal. Your stupid nephew was probably in this country illegally too. Perhaps if your nephew hadn't been a drunken criminal, he might still be alive.
Sorry, but the homeowner is in the right on this one. Someone breaking into your home and attacking your child? Excuse me, but as far as I'm concerned, if you get shot, that's your problem.
June 25, 2013 at 3:28pm
They're just upset because this could lead down the road to having voter i.d. laws in nearly every state. Can't have that? How will the felons, illegal aliens, and dead people be able to vote Democrat? It's the Democrats that are the only ones tha have a problem with this. What does that tell you?
To those who keep insisting that Republicans win by cheating: If that's the case, then voter i.d. laws should be able to prevent that sort of thing, huh? That means that Democrats should SUPPORT voter i.d. laws, not fight them. Hm.
They accuse their opposition of DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
Classic Alinsky.
In reply to the story Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act
June 24, 2013 at 9:09pm
See that a lot! Lol! Also, hefty men in speedos. Gag!
June 24, 2013 at 8:47pm
What's good for America is not passing this bill. The American people have made it clear: No Amnesty. If the politicians don't want to listen (how odd), then vote them out, regardless of party. They're pulling the same b.s. they did with Obamacare. DON'T LET THEM!
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June 24, 2013 at 5:55pm
In reply to the story Gun-Rights Rallygoers Defy Local Law, Confront 'Police State' Actions
June 24, 2013 at 5:49pm
You are right, Torrie. I'm afraid that talking may not be enough, and that's a frightening thing. The question is are there enough American patriots out there to be willing to take a stand?
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June 24, 2013 at 1:41am
How about a study on why members of Congress have **** for brains?
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June 24, 2013 at 1:39am
Lol! Excellent!
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Holder will get him out of jail in less than an hour.
(sarcasm on) How proud his family and community must be. (sarcasm off)
The New Black Panther Party is the new KKK—-except that if you're non-white, you're "entitled" to act like a bigot. So much for tolerance and diversity.
In reply to the story New Black Panther Leader With 'Kill Whitey' Face Tattoo Busted on Gun Charge
June 24, 2013 at 1:19am
This woman is a dingbat. She's apparently always been a dingbat—-must be all of the Botox injections. When ever she speaks all of the oxygen gets sucked out of the room. Her constituents must be equally dingy (or more so) if they continue voting her in.
In reply to the story 'You Suck!': Nancy Pelosi Booed, Heckled by Liberal Activists Over Snowden Comments
June 23, 2013 at 12:49pm
Disgusting. And members of Congress want to continue to perpetuate this nonsense. I'm tired of this country being milked dry by leeches that aren't even supposed to be here. The fact that they knew they were sending this money makes it even more disgusting. So Americans can go broke, and they're more than happy to pay off their minions with your money! How nice.
Of course, maybe someone would have caught on if they weren't so busy going after the Tea Party and other conservative groups.
June 21, 2013 at 9:52pm
Agreed. There isn't anything these people do that we shouldn't know about. The fact that they don't want anyone to know what they're doing speaks volumes.
June 21, 2013 at 9:51pm
This just keeps getting more and more disturbing as time goes on. WHY are they spying on people, regardless of who they are? What is the purpose of gathering all of this information? What are they doing with it?
It's a fair question to ask: Who is really running this country?
June 19, 2013 at 11:12pm
How pathetic. Is there no one in government with any spine at all that is willing to stand up for what's right and what's best for America?
The Supreme Court should have nothing to fear from this administration. And if they do, then the Obama Administration are nothing but a bunch of FASCISTS. Love how the Left throws that word around and fails to notice that it's their OWN party that's engaging in it. Morons.
June 19, 2013 at 11:04pm
How anyone can justify late-term abortion is beyond me. What is the excuse? Those babies can live outside the womb, even that young. So doesn't that qualify as murder? Didn't we condemn the Nazi's for doing this sort of thing? But what do you expect from a progressive? This is a group that believes in eugenics.
If you can't figure out by the time you're five months along that you don't want that baby, it's too late. Put the child up for adoption then. But this is disgusting.
Kudos to the reporter for asking the Congresswoman those questions. You saw the truth when she couldn't really give you an answer. And since when does a progressive care about what's Constitutional or not? They've never worried about it before.
In reply to the story Reporter Uses Logic of the Left's Gun Control Argument to Stump Dem Rep. on Abortion
June 19, 2013 at 11:31pm
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April 24, 2013 at 12:55am
Mr. Nanny State is at it again!
He needs to be waterboarded with a Super Big Gulp.
April 4, 2013 at 6:22pm
How refreshing to hear something intelligent from a celebrity-type for a change. And he's from the UK, so he should know about all of that Nanny State crap.
Why New Yorkers put up with Bloomberg's elitist nonsense is beyond me. But then again, I live in California, so nothing really surprises me anymore…;)
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March 26, 2013 at 4:18pm
This is why I never vote Democrat. Look at how they run things…right into the ground!
Quite frankly, it's no surprise. California has been going downhill since the 1960′s when all of the flower children grew up to be today's blooming idiots who are now running things.
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March 19, 2013 at 5:51pm
While I can't say that I approve or like the idea of hacking, this is one instance where it might actually be a good thing.
This is a body that just won't stay buried. No matter how much the Obama Adminstration wants it to disappear, it keeps showing up. Good! It must not disappear and it must not be forgotten! Everyone has been lied to all the way down the line on this thing, and Clinton, Panetta, as well as Obama have a great deal to answer for—especially to the families of these men.
As for the State Media…those neutered lapdogs will only report what the Administration wants them to report.
March 13, 2013 at 1:14pm
Her phony "outrage" over this is ridiculous. She's ridiculous. Look at how arrogant and smug she is, as if this is some catastrophe of monumental proportions: *gasp!* Because a court said that people could choose for themseves! *gasp!* Oh, the outrage!
Does she feel that way about abortion too? Doubtful. I wish fools like her would get as excited about something that actually matters, but that's asking too much I guess. She needs to go away. Just another Progressive loon that drank waaay too much Kool-Aid!
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FLINT, MI -- It's been a year.
One year, and Nicole Mansfield's death is still a mystery.
There has been no funeral, no burial, no death certificate.
May 29 marks one year since the death of a Flint woman whose body wound up riddled with bullet holes in Syria, 6,000 miles away from her hometown.
What was she doing there? Why was she killed? Whose idea was this anyway?
All big questions for the family. Big questions they're barely more closer to answering 12 months later than they were after 12 days.
For her father, Greg Mansfield, it's been heartbreaking.
"It's been horrible," he said. "It's absolutely horrible. That's the best way that I can explain it."
It was shortly after May 29 that reports out of a pro-Syrian government news agency said a U.S. woman named Nicole Mansfield and two others were killed in a confrontation in Idlib, in northern Syria, while fighting for an anti-government group. Found in their car, the agency said, were grenades, ammunition and a banner for Jabhat al-Nusra, a rebel front linked to Al Qaeda and declared a terrorist group by the U.S.
Leaked online were gruesome pictures, bulllet-riddled corpses that family member in Flint believe included Mansfield. Also photographed was a Michigan driver's license. Again, family members believed it was hers.
The U.S. State Department quickly said it was looking into the death. FBI agents showed up at Mansfield's grandmother's home in Genesee County. Government officials and law enforcement asked all sorts of questions, gave them reassurance.
Hold tight, family members were told. People are going to figure this out, people will try to get a body home and a death certificate.
They wanted a proper funeral. They wanted closure.
So far, they've got none.
Greg Mansfield is beginning to deal with the realization that he might not get the closure he wants.
"We either need a death certificate or her remains in order to do anything," he said. "That's where I stand."
Earlier this year, he said, there was some talk that they might get her body home. He connected with local funeral directors, but they wouldn't take the case. Too unusual, too much of a liability, he was told.
On top of that, Greg Mansfield said he was then told he would need to pay $6,000 to get her body back.
He wondered: Would he really get the body back if he paid the money? Would it even be her body?
"It was a mess," he said. "They gave us the runaround. They wanted a gob of money."
It hasn't been easy. Because this is no ordinary case. Simply locating and identifying the body involves delicate diplomatic maneuvering.
Mansfield is believed to be the only American killed in Syria's bloody civil war. There is no U.S. embassy in the warn-torn country.
State Department officials had reported they were working with Czech officials to investigate Nicole Mansfield's case. The Czech embassy in Damascus has the responsibility of assisting U.S. citizens and property in Syria.
Recently, the U.S. Government has taken a harder look at Westerners fighting in Syria. On May 21, the State Department said there are an estimated 9,000 foreign fighters who have entered Syria since the war began.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, said he continues to check with the State Department on the case.
"We continue to be in periodic contact with the State Department and understand that this case continues to be an ongoing investigation," Kildee said.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- BayFest was virtually visited by Journey, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, Boston, Rush and more beloved 80s bands during the Worx show on the Coca Cola Stage.
As the sun set on the second day of the festival, The Mobile-based band brought the fierce, pierced and tattooed crowd back in time with spirited and faithful versions of "Separate Ways," "Don't Stop Believin'" "Livin' on a Prayer," "More Than A Feeling" and more irresistible Me-Decade gems.
With grinding guitars, very Steve Perry-sounding vocals, and some psychedelic interludes, Worx made the nostalgia seem real,
At times, it seemed like BayFest had really beamed itself back to the high point of hair bands and hard rock.
Vocalist and guitarist Billy Leys' throwback red and black snakeskin-patterned trousers were also a hit with the crowd.
"I love your pants!" a female crowd member shouted out.
"I love them too!" he responded enthusiastically.
Worx also worked in some original songs, like the Black Crowes-esque "Retrosonic."
Fran Litten of Dauphin Island was thoroughly impressed by the band's renditions of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" and Boston's "More Than A Feeling."
"They were pretty much perfect," she said. "They were pretty much dead-on. They did those songs so amazing."
Litten said that if she'd known in advance that Worx was going to be playing classic covers she would have gotten to the show earlier.
She planned to spend the rest of the night listening to the hard rock heavy-hitters on the Coca Cola Stage
"Halestorm was the reason I bought the tickets," she said. "Godsmack is the icing on the cake."


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Tigers listening on Scherzer, Porcello interest
From the day the Tigers introduced manager Brad Ausmus and team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski talked about his pitching staff in terms of six starters, not five, you figured this was coming.
"We have some pieces we need to fit together," Dombrowski said last week, unprompted. "I mean, we do have six starters at this point. People are aware of that, with [former fifth starter turned reliever Drew] Smyly being available to start."
Once front office members gather for MLB's General Managers Meetings, it usually becomes apparent how things like that get solved. That came Monday from CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman, who reported that the Tigers have told teams they're open to listening to trade offers for Max Scherzer or Rick Porcello.
The Tigers listening on prominent players is nothing new. Dombrowski has said for years he'll listen on most any player on the roster. The only players who have been labeled untouchable in that regard over the years are Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. It would not be a shock for the Tigers to listen to offers on Doug Fister, either.
That being said, the GM meetings are the same spot where rumors picked up about Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson being available for trade four years ago. Both were dealt a month later at the Winter Meetings in a deal that brought a youth infusion and helped open up some payroll space for other moves that offseason, such as Jose Valverde's signing and the season of Johnny Damon.
Scherzer and Porcello are in vastly different situations. While Scherzer will head into his contract year as likely the reigning Cy Young award winner and potentially the top free agent on the market next winter, his high-strikeout form refined for consistency, Porcello has two years left ahead of free agency and a vast amount of room for growth at age 24.
Just what the Tigers can draw for either is the question that will mark the difference between listening and acting. Any team that entertains the idea of trading for Scherzer has to determine its chances for re-signing him when free agency is just a year away. On the flip side, trading him this offseason would allow the acquiring team to get a compensatory draft pick if he does sign elsewhere in a year.
The Tigers had six starters this past spring and were widely believed to be open to trading Porcello, but never drew the kind of interest that would spark serious talks. That was before a refined curveball and more consistent fastball command meant a big step forward in Porcello's development, from a jump in his strikeout rate to a drop in his batting average allowed. His 3.53 Fielding Independent Pitching was easily the best of his five-year career.
If the Tigers can address some immediate needs, such as bullpen or middle infield, and help add some young talent, it might take them beyond the listening stage.
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If they trade Scherzer they are saying they are not not trying to win it all. Fact is getting rid of the probable cy winner your going to weaken your pitching staff your team and your chances.
in my opinion you build a team that can get you to the WS, and you win it sometimes. At the same time, you manage your organization so that you don't go more than a year without making a 163 or wild card game, at least.
I get the feeling it is time to move forward by stepping back. Probably a starter has to go and we don't resign the 3 big FAs (omar, jhonny and beniot). Javier Lopez, Joe Smith will likely be the big pen acquisitions. IMO
of course there will have to be 2-3 more FAs signed besides them, but I just don't see any of the BIG NAMES being signed. No balfour no nathan.
These rumors will not go away but DD is the very best at trading. Now if can improve his draft picks and watch his extensions he gives to players.
Sources: Mutual interest has developed already between Tigers and free agent closer Joe Nathan. Nathan has Detroit high on his wish list.
Those 8 M saved if Porcello is traded could help pay him.
The 4 M saved with Veras could pay for Downs or Gonzalez .
well nathan is good but at 10M a year? at 40 that 10 will be a big risk!
why not see if benoit will come back for that money!?


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It was a most scintillating conversation.
Fourteen of us sitting around the dinner table. Eight were kids, which may explain the topic that had us captivated for a spell.
What happens to the holes in doughnuts when the holes are missing? And when they aren't there, are you still paying for them?
Someone wondered what had happened to doughnut holes because there used to be a time when one could count on having a fair sized hole, certainly big enough in which to stick your finger in the middle of a normal doughnut.
Several points were made in the ensuing conversation. Some thought the doughnut hole had gone the way of the Studebaker and the Edsel. Look at other things that have been lost over the years, they said. Everything from gas engine washing machines that had to be started the way a Harley is started now, with a good firm stamp of the foot, to slop pails.
Another point was that doughnuts themselves had changed to the point where nothing among them could be called normal and, thus, expected to have a hole. It would be like expecting a normal cup of coffee from Starbucks.
"Yes," someone interjected, "but you can still get a normal coffee at Starbucks if you insist on it. You have to be fairly aggressive, however."
The children in the group had been fairly silent up to now but a small iron was raised, À la the school classroom, seeking recognition.
"It's still possible to get a normal doughnut at Tim Hortons," she said almost timidly as if afraid of being scoffed at. "I saw a man buy one the other day."
"No!" A 13-year-old looked as if she couldn't believe it. "What did it look like?"
"Kinda strange," replied the other. "A funny kind of brown, just plain brown."
"What kind of decorations were on it?"
"There were no decorations all. Just this funny brown color."
"Well," put in another child, "what was it filled with?"
"That was another funny thing," said the first child. "When this man took a bite there was nothing inside except dough."
"And it was all brown on the outside?" This from a young boy of my acquaintance, so I should have known what was coming next.
"Yes, what about it?"
"That wasn't a doughnut," he stated to all around him, "that was a piece of -- --."
"Gregory!!" His mother shouted at him before he got the last word out, but there was no doubt what he intended to say and there was much merriment among the younger set. There was a, scattered carefully, hidden chuckle among the older crowd, too.
You may be tempted to dismiss this subject as being trivial and unworthy of our consideration, not to mention yours. You may be right. But it kept us going all through dessert which was - you guessed it - doughnuts.
Besides, what does a mixed group of kids and adults talk about these days without one of the two being excluded from the conversation? I know what adults are talking about: Jon and Kate and their tiresome little goings-on; and Michael Jackson.
The kids had never heard of either. "Desperate Housewives" seems inappropriate for the younger and Square Pants SpongeBob is too stupid for the older. My view is that it's too stupid for anyone but that's just me.
There was also some speculation as to whether or not Timbits are really doughnut holes gone wrong. Since there are many different size holes in doughnuts but only one size Timbit, most people felt that there was little correlation between the two.
Besides, as the youngest youngster pointed out the shapes of the holes and the shapes of the Timbits are radically different. He didn't say "radically".
Someone suggested that we try tasting a specific kind of Timbit, tasting a holeless doughnut of the same type and then tasting a doughnut with a hole in it on the same species and see if they all taste the same.
That seemed like a good idea, except none of the adults in the group wanted to spring for that many doughnuts, even in the interest of advancing science. Another someone thought it might be a good idea if we tried tasting the doughnut holes, but that was nixed by another youngster who said that the holes in doughnuts were too small to get your tongue into.
A woman in the group commented that this would certainly be true for men.
Someone else wondered if one bought a doughnut with no hole in it, was one still paying for the hole, and if one was, then one was definitely getting ripped off.
The last doughnut was consumed at this point and the conversation died a natural and grateful death.
One of the men spoke up.
"Interesting about doughnuts," he said thoughtfully.
"How so?"
"Have you ever stopped to think," he went on, "that there's no such thing as a square doughnut?"
"That's true," said another, "but there's square pizza. I saw it on TV".
"And," said the first man, "they often refer to the boxing ring as "the squared circle."
The woman who had made the comment about male tongues gave an exaggerated "poof".
"Ah," she said to the other women, "another sensible comment about the idiots who punch each other out for sport."
"Yeah," her husband said, "did you see St. Pierre on the Ultimate Fighter championship last night?"
"I did!" The boy who almost said -- --, said excitedly. "He almost killed the other fellow. There was blood going everywhere!"
"I told you not to watch that!" his mother said severely. "That stuff is worse for children than "The Simpsons".
"Which reminds me," her husband said to the other men, "did you see that new series "Hung"? My son, that fellow is really -- --"
"George!!" Again, just in time.
Back to doughnuts.
Ed Smith is an author and Telegram columnist who lives in Springdale. His e-mail address is email@example.com


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A section of I-220 in Shreveport was closed earlier this week after a semi-truck crashed, throwing roughly 35,000 corn dogs across the interstate, per KTBS.
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Enjoy the charms of a stately home without any of the worries, says Mary Wilson.
Living in a wing of a fine, period property has many advantages. You can experience the joys of being in a historic house without the usual expensive and time-consuming upkeep. Sir Peter Holmes, a former chairman of Shell, lived in a large house in Holland Park, west London, when he was working. Now retired, he has bought the ground floor of the east wing of Wardour Castle, in Tisbury, Wiltshire.
"I bought this apartment so that I would have access to a lot of grounds, without having to do any gardening," he says. "I also travel four or five months of the year, and a place like this is much more secure. My neighbours are nice too. It is like being in a quiet condensed village. I have a huge amount of space in lovely countryside."
Wardour Castle, a magnificent stately home designed in 1770 by James Paine, has been transformed from its derelict state by Nigel Tuersley, an ecologist and developer. He lives in the main part of the mansion with his family, having sold off two of the wings and converted the upper floors into 10 enormous apartments.
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There are a couple of ways to do freezer meal cooking.
On your own
- Double or triple a meal you are making for your family and freeze one and eat one that night.
- Designate a day to cook several meals and freeze them for another day, this can be done at any level 5 meals or 30. Whatever works for you.
With a group
- Get a group of about 4-10 people.
- Get together and bring your recipes.
- Decide on a menu.
- Then go home and cook your meals individually.
- Set a date and exchange your meals.
- Figuring out whether or not to divide cost equally could be hairy.
- Get a group of 6 people
- Get together and decide on a menu
- Choose a cooking day
- Choose a hostess and a co-hostess (they will do all of the shopping)
- Distribute Prep Work
- Cook, split the bill, and have fun working together
Choose a group size:
We have found that a group of 6 works BEST! You may want to start out small with just a couple of friends and go from there. Take caution on a group bigger than six because you may not be able to fit in the kitchen or fit all of the food in the cart at the store!
Serving Size Matters:
Find a group of friends with similar family sizes. It does not have to be exact. What matters is SERVING SIZE. You have to decide how many servings your group will provide. Everyone in the group gets the same number of servings. Maybe your husband eats like a trash compactor or your children eat like birds. So you have to decide how many serving sizes you want the group to provide. Then choose families that fit that. When we started our group my family consisted of me, my husband and our 13 month old. So 4 servings worked great. It allowed for leftovers for lunch the next day. A Fabulessly Frugal idea! Cathy has 7 kids so her group does their meals in servings of 6.
Picky Palates:
You also want to find people with similar tastes in food. You don't have to like ALL of the same things but it is much easier, and you get better variety if you like many of the same things. It is also important to be open minded regarding recipes. You never know if you or your family will hate something until you have tried it! If someone does not like a meal that we have made they just exchange it with someone for something else.
Does Brand Matter?
It does not matter to me, but it might matter to someone in the group. You have to figure out what these things are so everyone can be happy. I am so lucky that my group has ladies that all want the most frugal choice and are not too brand specific. There are a few things like Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and no thanks on cheap salsa. You just have to figure out what works for your group. For example I was in a group once that liked ground turkey instead of hamburger and I did not really prefer that. Also don't forget to consider ALLERGIES!
Choose a cooking day.
We do all of our communication through email, it is so nice because we don't have to play phone tag.
Plan a menu.
We usually do about 15 meals. When first organizing a group, you will have to get recipe ideas, suggestions, and input from all of the members. The recipes submitted should be ones that your family has not only tried (and liked), but that you know you freeze well too. Then everyone can vote on their favorites, or put the kibosh on one that they know for sure their family would hate. Everyone is given an opportunity to approve the menu so that we will all like the meals. After meeting a few times, you will have compiled a number of good recipes that you can repeat, while adding a few new ones each time. Be sure to use our Freezer Recipe database as a resource!
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Brian Hendrickson over at The Columbian has a very good, in depth look at the NBA's free agency class of 2009. And as Hendrickson notes, KP, and cap expert Tom Penn, were very deliberate in signing free agents Blake and Outlaw to two-year deals this summer, leaving cap flexibility for the summer of '09:
It's no coincidence that the free agency contracts Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw signed had only two years guaranteed and an option for a third. The Blazers are positioning themselves for the ultimate in flexibility: They currently have only approximately $32.9 million in salary committed to the 2008-09 season, and would have around $40 million committed if they activate the options on Blake and Outlaw's contracts for that season. Some decisions would have to be made on what free agents to keep (Martell Webster, Jarrett Jack and Channing Frye would be restricted free agents in the summer of 2009), but even if the Blazers sign those guys they still should be under the salary cap that summer, which means Portland should be very active in the free agency market that year.
But, as Hendrickson notes, the spending in '09 has a direct impact on the spending in '10 and '11 and Portland's big three:
That summer will offer a narrow window of opportunity, though: The next year, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Sergio Rodriguez become restricted free agents, and they'll command a good paycheck. And the summer after that, of course, is when Oden's rookie contract expires.
The list of potential free agents (restricted and unrestricted) for 2009, provided by Hendrickson, is deep, so I'll just include some marquee players:
LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland
Elton Brand, Los Angeles Clippers
Corey Brewer, Minnesota
Aaron Brooks, Houston
Kevin Durant, Seattle
Kevin Garnett, Minnesota (may be moot soon)
Allen Iverson, Denver
Jason Kidd, New Jersey
Shawn Marion, Phoenix
Steve Nash, Phoenix (he may not be able to move by then)
Greg Oden, Portland
Sergio Rodriguez, Portland
Brandon Roy, Portland
Al Thornton, Los Angeles Clippers
Channing Frye, Portland
Jarrett Jack, Portland
Chris Paul, New Orleans
Deron Williams, Utah
There are a lot of variables with this list, such as player and team options. But as you can see this is an extensive list that will have major impact on the future of the NBA.
You would have to assume Oden and Alridge will command the max and Roy will probably get around that, so that leaves the Blazers with little extra to play with. Now, I'm no numbers guru, but I doubt they would be able to grab a Chris Paul or Deron Williams with what they have left over. And both of those players will most likely get the max from their teams. But Portland could go after a next-level type player in turn.
So what's your take? Should all three of Portland's young stars get the max? Could they lure one of the premiere point guards away from their respective teams? Who would you like to see the Blazers pursue?


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