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No more marina hikes this year
After more than four months of discussion, the Port of Bremerton Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a staff-recommended plan for raising tenant fees at the Port Orchard Marina.
We have read over your proposal and studied it to death, said Commissioner Mary Ann Huntington, explaining that she agreed with most of the three-year plan that will raise rents steeply for new tenants as of January, but slowly increase costs for existing ones.
However, Im really concerned about a second increase this year, Huntington said, referring to the 7.5 percent hike proposed for July that would follow the 5.5 percent increase already imposed in January.
She suggested postponing the July increase until January.
Canceling any further increases this year was one of the requests repeatedly mentioned by the Port Orchard Marina Advisory Committee during their meetings with marina staff. But marina director Steve Slaton told the board that while he agreed with the tenants that spreading out the rate hikes over three years was the right thing to do, he decided to leave a July 2006 increase in his proposal.
Commissioners Cheryl Kincer and Bill Mahan agreed with Huntington, however, that there should be no more rate increases this year, and adjusted Slatons rate-increase schedule forward six months.
The approved schedule will begin with a 7.5 percent increase for existing tenants in January 2007, followed by increases of the same amount every six months until January of 2010 when the Target Rate is reached.
The Target Rate which raises slip rents anywhere from $20 to nearly $250 a month will be charged to all new tenants beginning this July.
The rate increases were first proposed last year as part of two directives the commissioners said they gave the port for creating this years budget.
We decided any new slips starting Jan. 1 would be rented at the market rate, and we couldnt understand why that wasnt already so, Mahan said when the new tariff schedule was approved.
Chief Executive Officer Ken Attebery said the rate increases were also driven by a need to address the sustainability of the marina over the decades, and that the increases will allow funds to be set aside for future repairs and upgrades.
Mahan advised the tenants early on that the port staff recommended we not do this, but the commissioners felt very strongly that we need to do this, he said, explaining that passage of state Initiative 747 had a dramatic impact on the ports ability to fund projects and pay for future replacement of facilities.
At Tuesdays meeting, marina tenant Robert Oliver addressed the board and expressed concern that the money collected from the rate increases might not be set aside for use on the marina, but instead be used for rising administrative costs or other expenses.
The intent of the replacement model was that the money (from the rate increases) be put into an account for marina improvements over time, Attebery said.
Mahan suggested the port allow the POMAC to review the marinas maintenance and operations budget and provide feedback.
Attebery responded by saying, My goal is to be as transparent in the process as possible.
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Monday, June 30JERUSALEM (AP) U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts says that Barack Obama is a 100 percent supporter of Israel and if elected will bring new spirit to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking efforts.
The 2004 Democratic presidential candidate also says an online campaign questioning Obama's background and credentials is nothing more than a character assassination. Jewish critics have charged that Obama is a closet Muslim and is soft on terror.
Kerry is on a congressional visit to Israel. He told the Associated Press today that Obama has a deep understanding of Jewish history. Kerry helped Obama burst on the national stage in 2004 and has been a strong and vocal backer of Obama's 2008 campaign.
Kerry arrived from Saudi Arabia and is slated to meet Israeli leaders before departing for Egypt.
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It was a calm-before-storm weekend in college football. Not a lot was accomplished that we didn't already suspect for weeks excepting the Pacific 10. Here's a quick trip through the country, west to east:
- Two big explosions in the crazy Pac-10 race simplified the landscape considerably.
Arizona, the only conference school to never have played in a Rose Bowl, had its dreams painfully extinguished again on the cusp of fruition. Dick Tomey's 1980s and '90s teams used to do this every few years but none of their crash-and-burns was any more agonizing than that of Mike Stoops' team's 44-41 loss to Oregon.
The Wildcats had the Ducks dead and let them back in it thanks to a line-drive 41-yard UO field goal that whacked the cross bar and quailed over, then a last-ditch Duck drive that sent it to overtime.
Meanwhile, Cal outscored Stanford in The Big Game, eliminating the Cardinal from Rose possibilities.
It all means the Civil War between UO and Oregon State a week from Thursday (Dec. 3) in Eugene decides the Rose Bowl berth. Do not miss this game; it will be a fireworks show.
You may remember, Oregon needed this game for its 1994 Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl against Penn State and had to invade Corvalis to get it in a raw 39-degree rain. Road wins are very hard to come by in this series but the Ducks pulled one off last year, blasting the Beavers' 65-38 to cancel OSU's first trip to Pasadena in almost half a century.
- Iowa rose two spots in the BCS rankings to No. 11 thanks to passing Wisconsin in the coaches' poll and LSU's loss to Mississippi. The Hawkeyes are now two spots up on Penn State (13).
Do not let this distract you from how BCS bowls choose their at-large participants. If either the Fiesta or Orange bowls choose Iowa or PSU it will have very little to do with their head-to-head game. It'll be about the live gate, those fans spending money in the area and gaining television viewers for advertisers.
- Speaking of which, here are a few TV numbers for the three combined Iowa and Penn State BCS bowls. Since the BCS system began in 1998, a total of 47 BCS bowl games have been played counting the stand-alone national title game created just three years ago.
Of those 47 bowls:
The post-2005 Orange Bowl between Penn State and Florida State ranks No. 20 in viewership with a 12.3 rating. That also ranks No. 9 among the 36 non-title games.
Rose Bowls traditionally are the ratings kings among non-title BCS bowls. And that PSU-FSU Orange Bowl drew more viewers than all but two non-title, non-Rose games. The only ones more popular were the post-'05 Fiesta (Notre Dame-Ohio State) and the post-'00 Sugar (Florida-Miami).
Among only BCS-era Orange Bowls, PSU-FSU ranks No. 3 behind only a pair of national title games – the post-'00 Oklahoma upset of Florida State (17.8) and the post-'04 Southern California rout of Oklahoma (13.7).
The post-2008 Rose Bowl last year between Penn State and Southern California ranked right behind at No. 21 with a 12.1 rating.
The post-2002 Orange Bowl between Iowa and Southern California ranked No. 29 with a 9.7 rating.
- Looking for maximum chaos in the BCS system?
Root for a Texas loss. Maybe Thanksgiving Day at Texas A&M, but even better if it's not until the Big 12 title game against Nebraska (Dec. 5 in Dallas). Imagine the pollsters having only 12 hours or so to decide what to do with the No. 2 spot if that happens. Either Alabama or Florida will already have a loss. Then Texas would have a loss. And Cincinnati, Texas Christian and Boise State all could very easily remain undefeated. It's madness!
- Finally, this from my friend, collegebcs.com guru Jerry Palm:
Jerry had not heard Joe Paterno's response to my question in the Michigan State post-game about how he intends to lobby for a BCS at-large bid for his team at the expense of its head-to-head conqueror Iowa.
"What do you want me to say? 'Pick us! Pick us!' What else can I say?" Paterno answered theatrically.
"I appreciate everybody wanting to know. And if I could, I'd get on the phone and call some people and say, 'You owe me. Or if not, you better watch out. There might be a horse's head in your bed.'"
Palm, who's a bit the lone wolf among pundits in predicting the Orange Bowl to take PSU over Iowa, cracked up when I read the quote to him. And then he said this:
"See, who's gonna get you 30 seconds on SportsCenter -- Kirk Ferentz or Joe Paterno? You know Joe's gonna say something funny or make you shake your head.
"Kirk Ferentz, I mean, nicest guy in the world, but he could walk down South Beach at night and the clubs would close."
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RNK Team SCR W-L HAR USA CMP
1 Florida (1) .966 11-0 1 1 2
2 Alabama (2) .961 11-0 3 3 1
3 Texas (3) .926 11-0 2 2 4
4 Texas Christian (4) .870 11-0 4 4 5
5 Cincinnati (5) .859 10-0 5 5 3
6 Boise State (6) .783 11-0 6 6 7
7 Georgia Tech (7) .776 10-1 7 7 6
8 Oregon (11) .672 9-2 10 10 7
9 Pittsburgh (9) .664 9-1 9 9 9
10 Ohio State (10) .652 10-2 8 8 11
11 Iowa (13) .525 10-2 13 13 10
12 Oklahoma State (12) .513 9-2 12 12 14
13 Penn State (14) .499 10-2 11 11 18
14 Virginia Tech (15) .475 8-3 14 14 11
15 Louisiana State (8) .365 8-3 16 17 13
16 Oregon State (24) .314 8-3 18 18 18
17 Miami (20) .278 8-3 21 21 14
18 Clemson (23) .263 8-3 17 16 22
19 Brigham Young (19) .262 9-2 15 15 23
20 Southern California (18) .259 7-3 22 22 16
RNK=overall BCS ranking (with last week's rank in parentheses) composed of these three components: HAR=Harris ranking, voted by 114 pollsters, mostly retired administrators and coaches; USA=USA Today poll ranking, voted by 59 active coaches; CMP=aggregate ranking of six computer formulas designed by independent programmers Jeff Anderson & Chris Hester (Seattle), Richard Billingsley (Hugo, Okla.), Wes Colley (Roswell, Ga.), Kenneth Massey (Blacksburg, Va.); Jeff Sagarin (Bloomington, Ind.) and Peter Wolfe (Los Angeles). SCR=overall BCS score compiled from all data./p
Others of note (with component ranks in parentheses): 30. West Virginia (30, 30, 25); 33. Temple (31, 32, 42); 46. Rutgers (nr, nr, 36); 51. Notre Dame (nr, nr, 47)./p
Source: Jerry Palm's collegebcs.com.


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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie and some commuters exchanged tweets on Twitter for more than six hours about delays on New Jersey Transit trains.
The Record reports Christie was sharing photos from followers that promote the Jersey Shore on Friday when others tweeted that Christie was oblivious to rail delays. Drift22 wrote, "You have no clue what's going on in Penn Station right now, do you?" And MilindShah tweeted, "Delays due to one tunnel are far too frequent."
Christie told the riders to "hang in there" and explained the delays were caused by Amtrak repairs.
Commuters soon criticized Christie for canceling a rail tunnel project during his first year in office. The governor said he scrapped it for fear of cost overruns.
@patrickdaly You don't see the $3-5b cost overrun there--you find the money to pay for that yet? Or the reason New Yorkers should not share?— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) August 12, 2014
@stevem_nyc @patrickdaly @GovChristie has no idea what it's like because they shut down Lincoln Tunnel when HE commutes to NYC.— Bitey Dunlop (@ArrogantMonkey) August 13, 2014


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Born 21 January 1989, Laura Reynolds will compete for Ireland in the 20km walk in London.
The Kildare woman's personal best in the 20km walk came on 9 June 2012 when she clocked 1 hour 32 minutes 34 seconds in La Coruna, Spain.
Reynolds is coached by fellow race walker Colin Griffin.
She represents Mohill & District AC, Co Leitrim, and has competed for Ireland at the World University Games and at underage European Championships.
In action on 11 August. Start time is 5pm.


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Upcoming Paul Creative Arts Center Events
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The UNH Department of Art and Art History will participate in a collaborative exhibition devoted to the theme of climate change that will run from October 21 to November 12, 2016 at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, N.H. Since last year, the department has been working with NextGen Climate NH and 3S Artspace to develop an exhibition of art works by current students, alumni, technical staff and faculty. All art works in "Rise: Climate Change in Our World" will address the topic of climate change. According to Prof.
Friday, October 28, 2016
All students pursuing a degree in Theatre & Dance must complete a capstone project which embodies the training they have received throughout their years at UNH. The performance majors appreciate the public's support at these events. These performances are free and open to the public.
- October 28 & 29, 2016: Acting and/or Musical Theatre Performance
- December 14 & 15, 2016: Acting and/or Musical Theatre Performance
- February 3 & 4, 2017: Acting and/or Musical Theatre Performance
- March 3 & 4, 2017: Dance Performance
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Nathan Jorgensen, saxophone with Hsiang Tu, piano
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Directed by Raina Ames
Thursday, November 3, 2016
UNH Music students perform varied repertoire.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
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Directed by Raina Ames
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Two UNH student jazz ensembles, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble and an instrumental Jazz Combo, will kick off and conclude a concert to be presented on Nov. 3, 2016 at 8 pm, at the 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH.
Friday, November 4, 2016
By Rachel Crothers
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Saturday, November 5, 2016
Auditions are required for all prospective Acting, Dance, and Musical Theatre option students . On the day of your visit, you will be on campus for approximately two and a half (2.5) hours. That time will be spent on your interview or audition. You will meet the faculty and staff and have an opportunity to ask questions during a comprehensive department overview.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
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Inslee: bipartisanship or elseThe Democrat says a divided House could see legislation mire.
"In the long run, the loser in the presidential election may be the environment, says Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Bainbridge Island).With the president and vice president both coming from an industry (oil) that has not been in the forefront on environmental issues, we won't see leadership from the White House on issues like global warming, Inslee said.After a short ski vacation in eastern Washington, the third-term congressman (he served an earlier term in the 4th District) met with his staff Thursday on legislative strategies for the upcoming term.The issues that will occupy Congress, Inslee said, will be taxes, education and health care. In all of those area, he thinks some action will occur.I expect some relief from the marriage penalty, he said, referring to provisions of the income tax code that can sometimes require a married couple, both of whom are working, to pay more in income taxes than they would if they were unmarried.And I think something will be done with the estate tax - raising the exemption level, lowering the tax rate, or even phasing out the whole thing.But he does not see any dramatic changes in income-tax rates, certainly not the $1.3 trillion tax reduction that Pres.-elect Bush has proposed.I don't think the tax-reduction proposal is what drove Gov. Bush's success in the election, and I think hardly anybody in Congress does, he said. There's a strong sentiment not to do anything in the neighborhood of what Mr. Bush has suggested, even among the Republicans in Congress.Inslee said a bipartisan consensus can emerge on education, predicting that federal assistance to help lower class sizes and build more schools may advance. He he would back a measure to create federal tax breaks for school construction.He will also continue pushing a measure to forgive federal student loans to graduates who will spend five years as a schoolteacher.The school system on Bainbridge is good enough that recruiting teachers here is not too much of a problem, he said. But in other parts of the country, it's a big problem. This measure would create some incentives to go into teaching instead of going to work in a high-tech job.A prescription-drug benefit for senior citizens and a patients' bill of rights are other areas where he thinks that there is a broad enough bipartisan consensus to get something done.He is less optimistic, though, about the environment and campaign-finance reform.I haven't heard anything from what will be the White House on those issues, he said.He said Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) will hold President Bush's feet to the fire on campaign-finance reform.This may be McCain's revenge, Inslee said of the finance-reform crusader who pushed Bush for the Republican presidential nomination.Enviro-woesBut Inslee said the news isn't so good on the environment, which lost its most high-profile champion with the defeat of Vice President Al Gore.The leadership is going to have to come from Congress on the environment, he said.Inslee said he and about 20 other congressmen have formed what they call the global climate change caucus to address the global-warming problem, which has been left without a spokesman in the wake of Vice President Gore's defeat.This is the sleeper issue of the next decade, he said, because the problems are coming on slowly. Politicians are good at putting out fires, but have more trouble dealing with problems that are over the horizon.Locally, Inslee would like to see Congress rescue fast-ferry service from Kingston to Seattle, which is no longer a priority of the Washington State Ferries system.The fact that fares are going up will help persuade Congress that the people are doing their part, he said. But realistically, this will be a tough sell.Inslee said the closeness of the presidential election and the even division in Congress will make bipartisan cooperation a necessity if anything is going to get done in the next two years. But the alternative - partisanship and the resultant gridlock - is also a possibility.It depends on the division within the Republican Party - that's where the friction and fireworks will be, he said.The moderates in the House are willing to work across the aisle, but the more conservative members may not be.Asked if Republican moderates have the numbers to push the more rock-ribbed conservatives towards the center, Inslee said:They have the numbers. The question is whether they have the gumption. "
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Food Stamp Users To See Benefits Cut
Georgians who receive food stamps will see a cut to their benefits starting Friday.
A family of four using food stamps can expect to get $36 less each month starting Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Laura Lester, spokeswoman for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, says less SNAP funding will drive more people to charity centers.
"We know where these folks will go," Lester says. "The congregations and the communities that serve them and try to help them with emergency food situations have already been stretched to the limit, so this prospect is somewhat terrifying."
The change comes from the expiration of a funding boost to the SNAP program that was in the 2009 Federal Stimulus Bill. SNAP covers about 1.9 million people in Georgia, an increase of about 890,000 since the bill was enacted.
Lester says the food bank almost doubled its distribution since the Recession began.
"The idea that more can be put on top of that is unrealistic," she says.
Separately, two congressional farm bills would cut SNAP funding. The House bill would cut food stamps by about $40 billion dollars over 10 years and change work and eligibility requirements. The Senate bill would cut $4 billion dollars.
Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss and Representative Austin Scott sit on a board trying to strike a deal between those two proposals.


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FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)-The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the June, 2011 airplane crash that killed Dr. Stephen Hatch, his wife and seriously injured his son Austin was the result of a stall due to inadequate air speed.
Hatch's single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed June 24th as it approached Charlevoix (Mich.) Municipal Airport after diverting from two other nearby airports.
The NTSB report also said Hatch failed to follow proper protocol after his first attempt at a landing, which contributed to the accident.
The Hatch family was flying from Fort Wayne's Smith Field to the family's summer home near the town of Boyne Falls in northern Michigan. The plane slammed into a garage in a neighborhood near the Charlevoix airport about 30 miles northwest of Boyne Falls.
Stephen Hatch was an anesthesiologist and partner in Pain Management Associates. He was piloting a similar plane in 2003 that crashed, killing his then-wife and two children. Austin Hatch also survived that crash.
Austin Hatch had made a verbal commitment to play basketball at the University of Michigan just weeks before the crash. He was in a medically induced coma for weeks and has since returned to Fort Wayne.
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Because we live in a house in Southern Australia with a largish garden near a river, snakes are frequent visitors. If they are about the house we try to kill them. But if they are down the river end they will just go on their way. One of our dogs was bitten by a four foot tiger snake and had to spend the night at the vets. Because he was a big dog he survived.
However snakes are protected species in Australia.
The most common Australian snakes that people come across include: (Click on the name for more detailed information)
Scientific Name: Pseudechis porphyriacus
Not hugely venomous and it lives in the Eastern ranges and along sand dunes near the coast. It is very common.
Scientific Name: Notechis scutatus
It is often striped with lighter bands running around its body hence its common name.
It is quite venomous but will generally only attack if surprised or threatened.
It is common even in newer suburban areas. I have seen them on remote beaches, as well as along rivers where there can be high populations. People going fishing along rivers and estuaries need to be on the lookout for them.
Scientific Name: Demansia textilis
A very common snake of mainly inland Australia which can grow quite large. Browns of nearly two metres have been seen in Western Victoria. It is very venomous.
King Brown Snake
Scientific Name: Pseudechis australis
A very common snake of the desert and Northern Australia which is as thick as a man's forearm, and often grows to three metres in length. It is very venomous.
Aboriginal children will throw good sized rocks at a king brown until its back is broken. These snakes are too big and too dangerous to approach with a shovel or the like. A shot gun might be used to kill them if they are in a house or about a garden.
The Taipan
Scientific Name: Oxyuranus scutellatus
A very dangerous snake which grows to over 2 metres. It lives in the dry interior and is widespread.
Death Adder
Scientific Name: Acanthophis antarcticus
This is found across the desert areas and along the coast of NSW and Queensland, and is very venomous. It is not as common as the other snakes listed.
Scientific name: Pseudonaja affinis.
This is related to the brown snakes and is common across the south western section from the SA gulfs to the Indian Ocean. Like the other browns its venom causes paralysis and has a powerful agent which interferes with the blood clotting.
They have very variable colours and patterns.
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This snake is generally found in the inland areas of Victoria and parts of NSW.
Sea snakes
Yellow bellied Sea snake
Scientific Name: Pelamis platurus
These are found mainly in the warmer areas but sometimes can turn up on Southern beaches. They are not usually regarded as a danger in the water unless you accidentally touched one. They are venomous.
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Death is less common these days because usually medical help is at hand
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Many Australians can tell stories of nearly treading on a snake, being frightened by a snake, or even killing a snake.
One of the best known snake stories is 'The Drover's Wife' by Henry Lawson which tells of a women's all night vigil to protect her children knowing that there is a snake in the wall of their slab hut.
Although deaths from snake bite do occur, (eg one elderly women was bitten by a tiger snake while she pruned the ivy on the fence, in Kew an inner suburb of Melbourne, in 2003), many more deaths from snake bite occur in Asia and Africa.
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text: The University of Exeter is conveniently located just 2km from Exeter city centre. Situated just 20 minutes drive from Dartmoor National Park and the sandy beaches of East and South Devon, it makes the ideal base for a short break or holiday. During university vacations, bed and breakfast rooms are available in Holland Hall, a student residence on the Streatham Campus. All bedrooms are En-Suite, with a wet room style bathroom, complimentary toiletries, tea and coffee making facilities, mini fridge, safe and Wi-Fi. Its glass-fronted dining room offers stunning panoramic views over the Exe Estuary. Please note that Holland Hall and all bedrooms are strictly non-smoking. All guests are welcome to make use of Holland Hall s communal area (subject to availability), which offers a TV and free Wi-Fi access. Free Car Parking is also available - subject to availability. A limited number of accessible rooms are available on the ground floor at Holland Hall. If you have a specific request, please state this at the time of booking. Our periods of availability for 2016 are as follows - Easter Vacation - 30th March - 20th April 2016 Summer Vacation - 15th June - 7th September 2016 Please also note that bedrooms do not have TV s in them All Rooms are non-smoking Please note this is not a hotel


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Anne Glass looked like she was going to hold onto her position on the Shelby County Board of Education during the early returns, but about midway through the vote count, challenger Aubrey Miller passed the incumbent to win the Republican nomination for the Place 2 seat.
There is no Democrat candidate, so Miller will assume the seat.
With 75 of 76 boxes reporting, Miller received 56 percent of the vote to Glass's 44 percent.
Glass had served one six-year term on the board.
The vote was close from the beginning. Of the 395 voters who completed absentee ballots, 50.3 percent voted for Glass while Miller received 49.7 percent.
When 13 percent of the votes came in, from boxes throughout the county, Glass held a slight lead.
Glass maintained that lead until the midway point, when Miller forged ahead.
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|Abstract: Section 1613 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Authorized the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide equitable relief from program ineligibility to participants in covered programs. This authority was effective May 12, 2002. NRCS published a final rule (69 FR 56345) on September 21, 2004, to implement the equitable relief provisions. In order for a participant to obtain equitable relief, NRCS, at 7 CFR 635.7 (b), provided that: "[P]articipants may request equitable relief from the Chief or the State Conservationist with respect to: (1) Reliance on the actions or advice of an authorized NRCS representative; or (2) Failure to fully comply with the program requirements but made a good faith effort to comply." The final rule made no distinction between the two bases for relief in providing regulatory guidance for obtaining such relief. NRCS is amending part of the equitable relief application procedure in 7 CFR 635.7 based on feedback received from participants and NRCS employees over the course of implementing equitable relief since rule publication in 2004. Participants were being required to initiate the request for equitable relief when the source of the violation or ineligibility was NRCS' erroneous advice or action even when the State Conservationist was fully aware of this fact. Participants and employees commented that NRCS was creating an additional burden by mandating that only a participant could request relief when an NRCS employee had provided incorrect information or actions detrimentally relied upon by a participant.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama -- It's not the nightmare they expected.
Three weeks after Interstate 20 East between the Interstate 20/59 split and I-459 closed for a massive rebuilding project, police in east Jefferson County say they are only seeing slight rush hour traffic increases and businesses are not experiencing the loss of customers they feared.
"It wasn't the nightmare we anticipated. There's been a little bit of a delay, but very, very slight," Trussville Police Chief Don Sivley said. "That's a good kind of surprise."
Alabama Department of Transportation officials said they did a better job of posting signs informing drivers to use I-59 and I-459 as interstate detours.
That's a lesson learned after a resurfacing project on I-20/59 closed portions of the interstate in Bessemer in 2012. That project resulted in heavy traffic on the Bessemer Superhighway and angered business owners and city officials.
The first week of the project brought traffic delays on U.S. 78, said Irondale Police Sgt. Kyle Roberson. After meeting with state officials, the timing of several traffic lights were altered, which Roberson said helped alleviate the problem.
"It's a lot heavier than what we're used to, but all in all it's going smoothly," Roberson said.
The owner of a Beacon Drive BP station in Irondale said since the start of the I-20 project he has seen a painful drop in customers, particularly in the morning and evening commute hours, but other Irondale institutions say it has not been too bad for them.
"It cuts down on the number of people from Birmingham to Irondale who can jump on the interstate, eat and get back to work in time," said John Musso, owner of the Gus's Hot Dogs in Irondale's Station at Grants Mill shopping center.
However, Musso said any slow down in business has been offset by the ongoing renovation of the shopping center.
At Irondale's Golden Rule Bar-B-Q, managing partner Sammy Derzis said a decrease in business has been "slight, nothing to worry about."
Derzis and Musso agreed the work needed to be done.
"It hasn't helped. It hasn't hurt. It's never good, but it had to be done," Derzis said. "It makes your week more erratic. You have a good day. You have a bad day. It's a necessary evil."
Leeds Police Chief Byron Jackson said traffic tends to back up along U.S. 78 near I-20's exit 140, sometimes for more than a mile, so during the evening rush hours Leeds police have posted an officer there to keep traffic moving smoothly, Jackson said. Jackson said there have been back ups on Rex Lake Road as well.
Diane Poole, executive director of the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce, said so far she has not heard any complaints from chamber members.
"They were bracing us for horrible traffic and so far I've heard nothing," Poole said.


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Staff just know some or none english, it was not offered me a map or any kind of instructions about the hostel. The location is great however the place is a little bit noisy the hostel was always clean. The atmosphere is weird seems more a house with guests than a hostel.
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One of the worst hostels I've stayed in. The manager just spoke Ukrainian, and didn't make any attempt to understand me and try to help me (although she was pretty effective in letting me know how much I had to pay). She was very rude and unpolite. Before 7 am she began to enter the rooms and talk loud as if there was no one sleeping. Just one shower and one toilet for over 20 people, you can imagine... Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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Doug Wibholm and Charlotte Vos announce their forthcoming marriage.
The bride's parents are Gordon and Joan Vos, of Mt. Carroll, Ill. The groom's parents are Ole and Becky Wibholm, of Blairsburg.
Vos is a 1997 graduate of Milledgeville High School and a 2011 graduate of Monmouth College. She is employed at the John Deere Des Moines Works.
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Charlotte Vos and Doug Wibholm
Wibholm is a 1994 graduate of Northeast Hamilton High School, a 2000 graduate of Iowa State University, and is currently a graduate student at ISU. He is employed at the John Deere Des Moines Works and also farms near the Blairsburg area.
The couple are planning a Sept. 3, 2011, wedding at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Williams and will reside in Ankeny.


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Submitted by Christine Heinz, Westerleigh
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 pounds ground turkey
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 (12-ounce) can beer, such as
Bud Light
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, seeds and ribs removed, chopped
3 habanero peppers, seeds and ribs removed, chopped (For hotter chili, add 1-2 more habanero peppers, seeded and ribs removed)
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
1 (15-ounce) can light red kidney beans, drained
For the garnish:
1 tablespoon sour cream
2 tablespoons shredded
Cheddar cheese, such as White Rose brand
In a large skillet over medium high heat, add olive oil, spreading oil over entire pan. Add meat. Move meat around the skillet with a spoon to be sure it browns evenly. Season with salt and pepper as it cooks. When meat is browned, drain off fat. Return meat to pan and add beer. Turn heat to high and cook 6 to 8 minutes until liquid reduces. Add chopped onion, garlic, jalapenos and habaneros. Cook 2 to 3 minutes until veggies have sweated. Add crushed and whole tomatoes, tomato paste and beans. Cook over low heat 45 to 60 minutes. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve in a bowl topped with sour cream and Cheddar cheese. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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on March 20, 2011 at 3:59 AM, updated March 20, 2011 at 3:59 PM
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Mickey Lauria, the owner of Total Performance in Wallingford, Connecticut, has a saying: "God must love T-buckets–that's why he made so many of them." While it might be accurate (though it was Ford who actually made more than 2 million variations of the Model T in 1923 alone), finding an original Model T to modify into a hot rod is getting harder to do.
But that hasn't always been the case. Back in the '60s, it was easy to find original tin to work with, but why would you want to work with 50-year-old metal when you could buy a new body made of 'glass for next to nothing? That was the thought four members of the Connecticut Street Rod Association had in the early '70s, one of them being Mickey Lauria. Mickey had been impressed with what Andy Brizio was doing out in California with his Instant T program–where you could go to one shop and custom-order your own T-bucket, or at least be able to buy any part you need to do the work at home.
There weren't a lot of one-stop shops back in 1972, and certainly not in New England, but that's what got Total Performance off the ground. In fact, that's where the name came from: Total meaning everything in one place. Over the years, the partners bought each other out, and by 1988 Mickey was the sole owner. And while he was doing well with it, he began thinking about the future and what he wanted to do with his business.
The Fad T, the style of T-bucket prevalent in the early '70s, was most aptly named. Big brass lantern lights, long windshield stays, and Coors kegs for gas tanks were all just fads. So when that look died (fads always do), Mickey was faced with what was he going to sell now? Well, what sold the basic concept of a hot rod T-bucket 30 years ago still holds true today: It is the least expensive hot rod you could build, and easily one of the cheapest types of cars you can still buy in kit form. Where one-stop shopping was innovative in the '70s, building an entire car on the Internet is what Mickey believes is the wave of the future. At www.tperfor mance.com, you can create a car online, add and delete options, find out what it will cost, order it, and have it delivered to your doorstep. Can't pay for it all in one chunk? Total is one of the few companies that will do lay-aways, allowing you to make payments for your car over the course of a year!
But what style to build? Nowadays hot rodders have a choice as to what their T-bucket will look like. Resto, Fad (yes, they're still out there!), traditional (with perhaps a flathead or a Red Ram Hemi), Performer-style with a blown big-block (you thought the power-to-weight ratio was high in your Cobra?), high-tech (with carbon-fiber pieces and billet aluminum wheels), and even rat rod style with an old straight-six, a six-pot log manifold, and 16-inch steelies on each corner set up with caps 'n' rings would look good in your driveway. Diversity is the key to why the T-bucket phenomenon hasn't died off after all these years–no two will ever look alike! Diversity can be seen in Lauria's business plan, too. In 1988, he purchased Ingelse, which manufactures multiple carb-induction systems for all sorts of engines (and heavily used in the Cobra world). A few years later, in 1990, Total's Pro Street T (riding the wave of popularity for cars with the Pro Street look) was named Best Street Rod Kit by KIT CAR magazine.
In 1992, Total began promoting their Coolflex line to the home builder–a product that came about by filling a need of the custom car builder. In the early days of hot rodding, if you went to your local auto parts store for a hose, invariably you'd come back with the wrong length. Coolflex hoses are flexible "fluid transfer" hoses for the radiator or heater and come in three lengths (12-, 24-, and 36-inch) in show chrome and four other colors. Now Coolflex lines can be found on all sorts of vehicles, whether they're show cars or not. By the mid-'90s, Mickey wanted to promote the ease at which these cars can go together, so he hauled a finished T around to different car shows, disassembled it the night before, then had his two teenaged daughters, Gina and Lisa, assemble the car at the show in front of a crowd. It was a great way to show how the cars went together and great publicity for Total Performance, too. In 1996, Mickey got hooked up with Shadetree Mechanic–the TV show that featured cars being built by the two hosts. When the show (the precursor to today's Two Guys Garage on SPEED Channel) aired five episodes of how to build one of Total's Ts, business shot through the roof.
In 2001, Total Performance became a dealer for the Dearborn Deuce, the '32 Ford convertible featuring a folding top that disappears into the upper rear apron (think Mercedes SL). Over the years, the Wallingford shop has expanded, now encompassing over 21,000 square feet with 26 employees. But Mickey's expansion plans didn't stop in Connecticut; he also has his eye on Florida. Destination Daytona is a new 100-plus-acre facility being built just north of Daytona, Florida, which will be devoted to the car and Harley-Davidson enthusiast. With car and motorcycle shops, a nine-mile cruising road, restaurants, a 300-room hotel, and much more when it opens in May 2006 (with a grand opening later that year in October), Mickey will have the only street rod shop there–a place for folks to see and buy his line of hot rods.
And back at Total, yet another branch of the T-bucket family tree is being produced. Lauria is looking into building a new track-nose T he calls the King T, which will feature a '23 front half and a rear section of a '27. It just seems you can't keep a good guy down! Sure, fads may come and go, but after 35 years in business, Mickey Lauria believes T-buckets are here to stay, and his ideas for them and his customers are what is going to keep Total Performance in the forefront for years to come!


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Well, that didn't take long.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reportedly bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion, as first reported by James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times. In Ballmer, the NBA will have its newest richest owner.
Ballmer will have plenty to do once he settles into the position Donald Sterling once occupied. While there are multiple aspects of the reported sale and transfer that still need to take place, Ballmer will have a few pressing needs to attend to once all the legalities are squared away.
It's an interesting situation for Ballmer, if only because he's buying a bit of a "fix-up" in a lot of ways for such an expensive price. This is by far the most an NBA team has ever sold for, and in comparison to the price tag of $550 million that it took to buy the Milwaukee Bucks, you can see that Ballmer has identified this franchise as having plenty of potential.
To unlock that potential, however, there are a few changes, both superficial and to the interior workings, that need to be made. Let's take a look at five action items for Ballmer as he takes over as Clippers owner.


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Tracking commentary and opinion from around Central New York, the state and nation:
Wednesday's Topic:
Gerald Scott, of Syracuse, writes about Holy Trinity in the Readers' Page of today's Post-Standard. Here is Scott's letter:
I was at Syracuse Planning Commission meeting in support of the request to deny the appeal from the Syracuse Diocese/Holy Trinity-St. John's Church, although I did not choose to speak. As I was listening to the testimony, pro and con, and the rebuttal comments from the parish attorney Andrew Leja, some thoughts occurred to me. Leja questioned why the parishioners had not come up with any suggestions for the adaptive reuse of the building and, in effect, criticized them for their failure to do so. The parishioners did not close the church; the diocese did, so why doesn't the diocese (or parish) have a member of its staff working diligently with the parishioners, the city, county and state governments and other interested parties to find a use for the building that will preserve its beauty?
Secondly, the appeal seems to hinge on the assertion by the parish that the stained glass items under discussion are not windows, but rather internal pieces of artwork and as such are not protected under the local designation as a protected historical site. Yet in the testimony I heard last evening, the parish and its attorney continually referred to the stained glass as windows. So what is it? Are they pieces of art or windows? It is clear to me they are windows and, as such, are protected integral parts of the church building.
I urge the Syracuse Diocese to do the right thing and work to find a way to preserve this landmark for all of the people of Syracuse to enjoy in perpetuity.
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» Hats off to crew that maintains vet cemetery
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And it also has a new high profile fan: actor Bradley Cooper, featured in films like "The Hangover," "The Hangover II," "Limitless," "The A-Team" and "The Words."
As of 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the official YouTube tally was 1,005,043.
Cooper gave his endorsement of the political satire flick Wednesday morning on "The Howard Stern Show," just minutes before Rock made an in-studio appearance to talk about a variety of topics including Mitt Romney, Eminem, Michigan beer and even deer hunting with Ted Nugent.
The "Americans" video is produced by Jameson Stafford, a Mount Clemens, Mich. native who also produced Kid Rock's new "Cucci Galore" video.
You can hear Cooper's endorsement on the Stern Show below, and watch the Kid Rock-Penn video, too.


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Cast members from the Christian Youth Theater (CYT) production of "Alice the Musical, a version of "Alice in Wonderland," will visit the Coeur d'Alene Public Library for programs on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
The CYT is presenting the production Feb. 22 through March 3 at the Kroc Center. Cast members will visit the Seagraves Children's Library, on the lower level at 702 E. Front Ave., for the 1 p.m. preschool programs and for school age children at 4 p.m. to read a story and sing songs.
No registration is required for the free program.
Children under 6 visiting the library need to be supervised by an adult or a person who is at least 14 even during programs. Children ages 6-9 should be accompanied by someone who is at least 14 who will remain in the building.
Patrons who need accommodation to participate in library programs or services are asked to contact the staff prior to the activity by calling 208-769-2315. For more library information visit cdalibrary.org. The library is a department of the City of Coeur d'Alene and a member of the Cooperative Information Network, cinlibraries.org. Library Director, Bette Ammon. Library hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m./Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m./Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For regular updates follow the library on Facebook and Twitter.


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Today only, Pfaltzgraff lowers this Farberware 15 Piece Forged Black Knife Block Set from $59.99 to $39.99. This set includes an 8 inch chef knife, a 7 inch santoku knife, an 8 inch slicing knife, a 5 inch santoku knife, a 5 inch utility knife, a 3 inch paring knife, and more. Shipping rates depend on shipping destination or receive free shipping with orders over $75. Sales tax is not charged in most states.No longer available


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Writer and activist Bill Carter will speak at the Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria Feb. 22-23. Carter is a leading critic of the Pebble Mine, an open pit copper mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska. A coalition of fishing, grocery and tourism groups has formed to oppose the mine. Carter is the author of "Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World" and "Red Summer: The Danger and Madness of Commercial Salmon Fishing in Alaska."
Thor Hanson, a writer who lives in the San Juan Islands, won the John Burroughs Medal for "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle." The medal is the highest honor in nature writing and Hanson is the first Northwest winner since Robert Michael Pyle in 1987. Hanson's other book is "The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda."
Fishtrap is having a 25th anniversary celebration on Feb. 23 at the Ecotrust Building. Speakers include Molly Gloss, Kim Stafford, Myrlin Hepworth and Ann Whitfield Powers, with music provided by Never Strangers.
Rick Bass, the Montana writer noted for his short stories and his writing about the natural world, recorded an album with art-folk band Stellarondo last year at Type Foundry in Portland, and now they're doing a few shows. Bass reads stories while the band accompanies him, and the reviews are terrific. They'll be at Music Millennium at 5 p.m. March 10 for an in-store appearance and at the Secret Society at 8 p.m. March 11 for a CD release party that will include an opening set by Willy Vlautin.
And speaking of Music Millennium, the Southeast Portland store has John Densmore, the drummer for the Doors, on its schedule for May 19. Densmore has a new book coming out in April called "The Doors: Unhinged" about his legal fights against his former bandmates to prevent the group's music from being used in commercials.
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The family of a murder victim in Camden could be vindicated after nearly eight years.
When Kenneth Fussell was gunned down on a Camden street in 2001, prosecutors did not have a motive. But word on the street was Fussell was a drug dealer killed in a robbery gone awry.
Today, prosecutors expect to show Fussell was an innocent victim who was mistaken for a drug dealer.
Ahmed Judgem who pleaded guilty to the murder, will be sentenced today.
The mistaken identity case was first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.


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Nicki Polan is executive director of the Michigan Boating Industries Association.
By Nicki Polan
As summer kicks off, Michiganders are looking forward to heading out to the lake and starting up those boat engines after a particularly harsh winter. But a poorly implemented federal policy is causing damage to our boats, threatening owners' safety and their bottom line.
This policy boondoggle — known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) — requires that more and more ethanol be blended into the U.S. gasoline supply despite the fuel's harmful effects on engines, including those of boats, but also those in automobiles, motorcycles and small equipment like chainsaws and lawnmowers.
Higher ethanol blends such as E15 (fuel containing 15 percent ethanol by volume) are being forced into the marketplace with little to no effort made to alert consumers of the detrimental impact to boat engines. Quite literally, this fuel could leave boaters stranded at sea. E15 has the potential to cause significant problems for the engines in virtually every power boat in the country, impacting the 80 million Americans who enjoy our nation's waterways each year, including more than 635,168 power boats in Michigan alone.
Ethanol can damage boat engines and affect performance—corroding metals, causing rubber to swell and leading engines to break down more quickly. The U.S. Coast Guard has raised concerns about ethanol use in marine engines after testing completed by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory confirmed that fuel blends containing more than 10 percent ethanol irreparably damages critical engine components due to raised temperatures.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of E15 for model year 2001 and newer cars and trucks, the boating industry has found that fuel containing more than 10 percent ethanol remains incompatible for boat engines. While boats are not currently approved by the EPA to use E15, misfueling at the pump is a real threat to boaters unaware that the fuel is not suitable for water bound engines. In fact, more than 95 percent of consumers have never even heard of E15 according to recent polling by AAA.
Unfortunately, E15 damage isn't limited to summer months when boats are regularly fueled up and on the water. Since boats have likely not been started regularly during the winter, ethanol leftover in the tank can absorb and attract water leading any remaining gasoline and ethanol to separate — a process known as phase separation. If phase separation occurs, rubber and plastic parts can become brittle and moving parts can crust up from impurities in the water that ethanol attracts, leading to further engine problems when boats are brought back out this spring.
The widespread damage this fuel can cause is simply unacceptable. The boating industry is a key part of the Michigan economy— recreational boating alone contributes more than $7.43 billion annually to the state economy and supports more than 58,800 jobs across the Great Lakes state. These jobs and economic opportunities are at risk if owners can't confidently fuel their boats without worry of harming their engine because of higher ethanol blends. Not to mention that numerous other industries whose goods and services supply the boating industry would be put in jeopardy without serious reform to the RFS and wider testing of E15.
Fortunately, momentum to reform the RFS is steadily increasing in Washington. A number of diverse organizations, including engine and auto manufacturers, car enthusiasts, dairy, livestock and poultry farmers, environmental groups, and anti-hunger advocates are speaking out about the high costs and dangerous impacts of the ethanol mandate.
And their voices are being heard. The EPA recently proposed reductions to 2014 biofuel blending requirements, signaling the administration's acknowledgement that the RFS is untenable as it stands. While this will provide some much-needed respite in the short term, it's no cure-all to averting issues that higher ethanol blends pose to engines in the long haul.
Policymakers such as Michigan's own Rep. Fred Upton have promised to further explore bipartisan solutions to the widespread consequences of the RFS. We hope they hold up their end of the bargain to prevent any further harm to our engines and American boaters.
Do you have a guest column on a statewide topic to share? Email statewide community engagement director Jen Eyer at email@example.com.


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Think iron is tough? Who'll be at the top of the heap after next Wednesday's Steelyard Chef contest? Between 6 and 10 p.m. on the grounds of St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral, chefs from four notable restaurants in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood -- Lolita, Fat Cats, Dante and Fahrenheit -- will compete to see which one deserves the honor.
Emerging Chefs, a group that stages cool culinary events throughout Northeast Ohio, is organizing the showdown in concert with Tremont West Development Corp. Ticket holders can sample a composed dish by each of the contestants -- as well as passed hors d'oeuvres prepared by the restaurants, brews from Goose Island Beer Co. and wines from Tremont's Wine Trends, plus desserts from A Cookie and a Cupcake. The Tony Koussa Jr. Band will provide live music.
Proceeds benefit Tremont West.
Steelyard Chef Competition: From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, on the grounds of St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral, 733 Starkweather Ave., Cleveland. Tickets for the event are $75 and can be purchased online at tremontwest.org.


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I receive email all of the time with lists of email addresses and quite frankly it really bothers me. It is not proper email etiquette to broadcast other people's email addresses, especially since people tend to guard their email addresses more than their telephone number.
First let's understand some of the fields found in most email programs. The programs contain Cc fields and Bcc fields. The Cc field or "carbon copy" allows you to send the email to many recipients with the addresses visible. This is good when you want everyone on your list to know that certain other people have received this email, such as for a committee meeting. But when you don't want everyone to see who has received this email then you should use the Bcc field, or "blind carbon copy".
The words carbon copy, don't necessarily make sense these days when it comes to computers. Carbon copies used to be made when typing on typewriters and using carbon paper to make the copies.
These words are a blast from the past but still effective. So you get the idea, a blind carbon copy, hides the email addresses from the various recipients.
The best way to send email with blind addresses is to use the Bcc field or the "blind carbon copy" field. Enter each address into the Bcc field, separated with a comma. You may type the addresses in or click in the Bcc field, access your address book and click on the recipient's addresses.
Keep in mind that you can type an email address in the To: and/or Cc: fields at the same time you are using the Bcc: field. The addresses in the To: and Cc: field will be visible to all recipients of the email but the Bcc: addresses won't be visible. This can be useful in a situation such as sending out a business letter and including your boss in a Bcc: so he/she knows that the letter was sent out.
Also be aware that the Bcc field may not be available in your email program unless you select it as an option or turn it on.


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A new trailer for director Walter Salles' cinematic adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel "On The Road" has become available and can be seen via Yahoo! Movies below.
"On the Road" tells the provocative story of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner, and his girl, Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Together, Sal and Dean travel cross-country in a quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them, in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of "it" -- the pure essence of experience. Seeking unchartered terrain and the last American frontier, the duo encounter an eclectic mix of men and women -- Bull (Viggo Mortensen), Camille (Kirsten Dunst), Carlo (Tom Sturridge), Jane (Amy Adams), Terry (Alice Braga), and Galatéa (Elisabeth Moss) – each adding meaning to their desire for a new way of life.
Walter Salles directs a cast that includes Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss, Danny Morgan and Marie-Ginette Guay from a script by Jose Rivera.
"On The Road" opens in a limited release on December 21st, 2012.
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The accident happened on Harrison Avenue near the 280 on-ramp around 2:46 p.m., police said.
According to police, traffic officers are in the process of cleaning up the accident now and attempting to reopen lanes.
Police could not comment on how many cars were involved or if there were any injuries, police said.


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An 8-year-old student at the PS 3 annex in Staten Island's Pleasant Plains section was faced with a pretty strange classroom distraction, this week.
It was shortly after snack time when the second grader happened to look down and was surprised by what she saw on the floor.
"When we're eating, it drops on the floor and a million ants come in the room," said Aleeya. "All these kids call out, 'there's a big ant over here' and I see them carrying the food. The teacher always says to just leave it alone."
Apparently the insects garnered more than just the students' attention. A letter was sent home letting parents know the situation is being addressed.
According to the note, written by Principal Donna Gioello, the building is no stranger to ants in the springtime.
"Perhaps due to its location, amid rolling fields and grass, we have always had some issues with insects at the annex," the letter reads. "Please be advised that we are aware that ants have been discovered in some classrooms. Department of Education exterminators will be in to conduct inspections and treat accordingly."
The letter also outlined a change in procedure regarding snack time, which will be held in the cafeteria for several days instead of in classrooms. School staff asked that families limit snacks to foods that do not produce a lot of crumbs, such as fruit or string cheese.
A Department of Education spokeswoman said it's common for principals to send out such reminders this time of year.
"This letter refers to monthly inspections we conduct at every school," said Margie Feinberg, the spokeswoman. "We are not aware that there is a major issue at this school. It is always good for schools to send out reminders that food in classrooms should not be left unattended."
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The Alabama Department of Public Health is making the clinic surrender its license or change management after finding that it failed to give safe and effective care, but the facility will remain open for five more weeks.
"If the state felt the public danger or this clinic warranted such restrictive action against the people operating it, why is it allowing those same people to remain in operation until May 11, 2012?" Rev. Terry Gensemer said, reading from a prepared statement.
Those attending the rally held large color photos of several women being loaded into ambulances on Jan. 21 to be taken to the hospital after getting care in the clinic. Those hospitalizations led to a state investigation and a 76-page deficiency report.
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HOLYOKE, MA–Down 4-0 after five and a half innings, the Valley Blue Sox pulled themselves off the mat, scoring seven unanswered runs in a 7-4 win over rival North Adams SteepleCats in the two squads' NECBL opener in front of 1,502 fans at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke last night.
North Adams scored first, getting a leadoff double in the third and using an error and a single to bring it home; they added a big three-run sixth, piling on four straight two-out hits to bring the runs home. In the process, the SteepleCats chased Blue Sox starter Nick Lewis from the game after 5 1/3 innings, though he allowed just three hits and two runs, walking two and striking out two.
However, from there, the Blue Sox bats awoke. After struggling to hit SteepleCats starter Shafer Shepard for the first five frames, center fielder Mendez Elder and shortstop Angelo La Bruna led off with back-to-back walks, and Elder scored when third baseman Frank Crinella grounded out. Left fielder Bobby Stahel doubled in La Bruna in the next at-bat.
Meanwhile, pitcher Joe DiBenedetto, who had given up two of his own runs in the sixth, settled in nicely, throwing a strong seventh to set the stage for the comeback.
Right fielder Michael Gilbert and catcher Justin Morhardt led off with back-to-back singles, and after a sacrifice bunt, Elder roped a double into the gap in left center to plate them both and tie the game.
Crinella brought in the go-ahead run with a grounder that was mishandled by the SteepleCats shortstop, and La Bruna scored on a wild pitch during the next at-bat. First baseman Tre Sikes drove Crinella home with a single to complete the five-run frame where the team batted around.
From there, Harrison Paige came in to pitch, and the Springfield native had a stellar debut, needing just four pitches to complete the eighth, and fanning a pair in the ninth, including a swinging strikeout to end the game and earn the save.
A box score for the game can be viewed here.
The Blue Sox next head to Montpelier, Vermont, tonight to battle the Vermont Mountaineers before making a trip to North Adams on Sunday. The Blue Sox return to Mackenzie Stadium Tuesday, June 10, against the Laconia Muskrats at 6:35 p.m. for Holyoke Gas & Electric Night.


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Firefighters, police officers top city earners
January 23, 2014
GLOVERSVILLE — Firefighters and police officers were among the city's highest-paid public employees last yea....
I belonged to CSEA, I am not saying usings are bad but I will say union employees are greedy. When I worked for the city of G'ville 13 yrs ago, I recieved 5 weeks vacation, 15 sick days, 3 personal days, 3 bereavement days, a clothing alotment twice a year, longevity pay, health insurance not counting the unwritten benefits I couldnt believe this union keeps demanding more. On another note, I hope mr rising star gets his wish to limit the minimum staffing to 5 bodies and on their way to a fire at his house a couple get hurt or delayed leaving 3 to save his house and his sorry you know what
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No clue, not from what I've read, from what I see and have seen and lived. That's a big difference my friend. I spent over 40 years cleaning up 'Manufacturing messes' in Union and non-Union facilities all over the Northeast and what has evolved is Unions, in short, controlling the flow and output with the workers stuck in 'follow the union rules or no job for you' mode. Is this situation any different?
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One of the reasons the taxes are so high in Gloversville & people continue to move out. How sad.
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I think people are unfairly going after the fire department. Look at the salaries of some of our great police force. How can they be on the force when I doubt any of them good pass a pt test like the NYS Troopers are required. Instead of sucking up the ot at the taxpayers expense maybe actually get out of their car and do their job and getting out the car to go sit in Stewarts doesn't count. It appears that the fireman actually do their job.
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I too belonged to the AFLCIO, in fact I was a union rep in my department. That does not mean that I accept their usefulness any longer. Government intervention on behalf of workers has made the unions, unnecessary. What they strive for now is staying alive in the union business and that is all that they are good at!
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Bill, if I was informed when I was young about this racket, I would have excitedly taken that test. However if I could retire after 20 years I would have 2 retirement checks in the bank and would be closing in on a third... that is what I call a RACKET! Great work if you can get it!
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I have skill and ability and belong to a Union. I did not for many years but I am glad that I do now. Private sector jobs*****when you have a family to raise, need insurance and want some retirement benefits. I waited a long time. So, get some skills, take a test and you too can be in a Union.
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Think of the dangers they face everyday!! What if the recliner tips over.....or the cable goes out.... What if the internet was down and video games weren't available....what if they were required to stay awake during daytime hours and not allowed to sleep because their other jobs overtaxed them... Get a grip people! They are blessed to have fallen into a cake job. Don't condemn them...they just happened to know the right people. That's the way the world works--not just Gville or Fulton County!
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Wasn't attacking you Bob, I was trying to understand where your hatred of Unions stems from. Now based on your answer I see It was Obviously not a negative personal experience you had so I can only surmise that it comes mostly from what you read today and what you CHOOSE to believe from that. OK, now I understand.
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The salaries don't bother me, but the buybacks do. Shouldn't happen. Use it or lose it like in many private sector jobs. Minimum staffing should not be collectively bargained for. It should be decided by the people who run the city and any mandated regulations. Over time, adjustments would be made to lower the overtime costs and a balance could be found. As far as the Mayors salary, people will think he is overpaid if they don't like him and not whine if they do. I believe we should make it a full time position, raise the compensation considerably and attract better candidates. Would anyone seriously hire someone to run a multi-million dollar company on a part time basis and pay them less than what an assistant manager for Walmart makes...We do. Sometimes you do get what you pay for!
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Now clue, I'd like to answer your other question 'have you ever been a member of a union'? Yes, the IUE in the early 70's. That being said, don't make the mistake of thinking if someone has never been in a union they have no reason to comment on unions because I will then demand anyone who does not own a gun better not comment on gun topics.
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Clue, the easy answer is unions have devolved into catering to the lowest common denominator. A contract and protection, instead of skill and ability have become the motivating factor for union membership. This is, of course, my opinion based on a lifetime of business experience and sweat in the Private sector. Anyhow, you, or anyone else, can attack my stance on any topic and I will never be offended, I enjoy defending my position.
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Those salaries are not high...Does anybody look outside this County because people outside this County are making a lot more than what they are making.
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Those salaries are not high...Does anybody look outside this County because people outside this County are making a lot more than what they are making.
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Be the Mayor of Gloversville and get unlimited time off. Hour worked for hour worked, he is the highest paid employee in the City.
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Take the test, TOT. Enjoy the perks.
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I believe that the position of fireman has a LOT of free time. Yes their job can have its dangers, it is what a fire is all about. But that free time and the days between work days lets them enjoy a lot of off time. There are perks to this job that is not only in pay!
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I think everyone should receive the exact same annual salary all over the world no matter what they do. There are jobs that are more dangerous than other jobs but there are no people who are more important than other people.
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I'm with you, Clue. While I'm also in a non-dangerous profession, the fact that I make within 30k of these people/heroes is embarrassing. Putting your life on the line is worth more than what they make. And to talk as if retiring after 20 or 25 years of that grueling (physically AND mentally) work as a cakewalk is an insult. Walk a mile.........
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to put this in better context by way of comparison...what does our mayor make for his part-time work on his part-time gig?
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Before you think I'm attacking your stance MrBob, be aware I agreed with your original post
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MRBOB...on a serious note, if you don't mind me asking, what drives your self proclaimed "distaste of Unions?" Have you ever been a member of a union? is it the fact that they help working people do just a little bit better? is it the fact that they helped end child labor? cut the workweek? enforce safety standards? what is it that pushes your button? or is simply the fact that you believe everything you read from the right? I certainly don't believe everything I read from the left....I investigate on my own when I have questions.
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"We all know how important these jobs are and the Risks that are involved, but to me these Salaries do not seem conducive to the area where most of the Fulton County work-force earn minimum wage or a little higher, is it me or do other taxpayers feel this same way?"....No I don't feel the same way. Lets bring in another WalMart then complain about low wages....yeah that's the ticket
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I agree with Adhiker. These jobs are dangerous and deserve to be well paid. I work in what can be considered a "non-dangerous" job (although I am upper management) and I live in Fulton county and I make more than everyone listed here....I also question why all articles are not open for comment? they know articles like this will draw out the usual naysayers...I also would NEVER subscribe to this rag
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Chiefs are not "In the union"
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This modern style Rioja young wine has been produced with grapes from vines located in clay and calcareous soils in Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Alta. It has followed the traditional production system in Rioja in contact with the grape skins and with a long maceration and significant colour extraction.
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The Oregon Humane Society is calling all costumed dogs -- and their owners -- to its annual Doggie Dash, which will be held Saturday at Waterfront Park.
The event, the society's major fundraiser, starts at 7:30 a.m., with last-minute registration. At 9 a.m., runners take off on the 2.5 mile loop followed by waves of walkers. Then at 9:45 a.m., walkers will set off on the 1.5 mile loop. The start and finish is at Southwest Stark Street and Naito Parkway.
The society hopes to raise $500,000 and set a new Guinness World Record for the number of costumed dogs in one place at one time. The current record was set in St. Louis, Mo., with 1,326 decked out canines. The society thinks it can top that. Last year about 3,500 dogs strolled, pranced and ran with their owners.
The photo for the record books will be snapped at 10 a.m. at Southwest Stark Street and Naito Parkway.
TriMet is letting riders board MAX, but not buses, with their pooches to attend the Doggie Dash. Canines must be in the back car, if there are two cars, and in a crate or on a leash with a muzzle or a Gentle Leader-type of collar.
For more details about the event, check the humane society's website.
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Usabilla UX Tweet Scoop – Week 13 of 2012
And our favorites from last week are:
Braden Kowitz (@kowitz) is an interaction designer at Google Ventures. In Story-centered design: Hacking your brain to think like a user he explains how he stopped designing screens and only works with storyboards, prototypes and screencasts for interactive products now. A really nice article, and by far the most retweeted and favorited external link we tweeted last week.
@AndrewTurrel talks about how The Extinction of the Scrollbar changes the User Experience of many products in UX Magazine.
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Now the opposition is back, cracking the whip of popular sentiment, this time to tell the commissioners they erred in striking a deal with TriMet, the mass transit agency, to pay $25 million toward the $1.5 billion Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail.
The two previous initiatives are small potatoes by comparison. If the anti-rail drive wins the 9,000-plus signatures it needs to go on the May ballot, and if voters approve it, Clackamas County enters troubled waters legally and also finds itself with a resoundingly untrusted leadership. The outcome will be instructive at many levels, but none more so than in governance itself.
County commissioners are sent to office by popular vote and view their jobs as making hard calls for the larger public benefit. The light rail project is one of them. But the rail line shows immediate benefit to only a portion of the sprawling county. And it traverses Oak Grove, an unincorporated area with longstanding, unresolved worries about TriMet's incursion.
Yet the rail line will tie Clackamas County to downtown Portland along the region's next high-growth corridor, helping to support thousands of new jobs by 2030 and fostering development along the way. It will cross the Willamette River, feeding Oregon Health & Science University's south waterfront campus and Portland State University to the west -- all the while easing roadway congestion to the south, in Clackamas County. American taxpayers will foot more than half the bill. Metro, TriMet, and the City of Portland are among the government bodies to join the Clackamas commissioners over the last decade in holding hearings for and signing off on the project.
But none of this works for James Knapp, an Oak Grove native and concrete contractor who heads up the petition drive. He cites crime rates associated with TriMet's rail stops and sees a threat to the small-town quality of life that is the hallmark of places such as Oak Grove. It's a sentiment that's hardly new. As far back as 1997, an anti-rail faction in nearby Milwaukie successfully recalled Milwaukie's mayor and two councilors over their support for rail.
Yet the project's price today, Knapp says, remains the most irksome part of the deal. At $200 million per mile, the rail line is worth more than it would take, he says, to purchase "rock star buses for the next 200 years" to meet the county's mass transit needs.
But there's fine print ahead. Clackamas County commissioners signed a contract with TriMet to pay the $25 million, money the county will have to find from citizens. Reneging on the deal would invite a lawsuit and possibly incur costs well beyond the $25 million while TriMet pushes ahead on the project anyway. Construction of the Willamette River rail crossing started last summer, with east side portions of the line set for heavy work next month.
The question now for Clackamas voters is how a county so rich in resources and integral to the economy and life of greater Portland wishes to participate in regional projects. Will a popular vote to push the rail line back be a check on overspending by tone-deaf county commissioners? Or will it signal a phobic, just-leave-us-alone attitude that thwarts momentum by Clackamas County on jobs and growth?
The question for Clackamas County's elected leaders, meanwhile, is how to read constituent sentiments well enough so they don't find themselves dragged to the woodshed following consequential votes. To fall so out of touch with voters would be to defect from democracy, undercutting governance for the greater good.


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The following Medicare advice is from Ray Hurd, regional administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
If you're a Medicare beneficiary in Massachusetts you've probably noticed some recent changes to your Medicare Summary Notice. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services redesigned the summaries to help you better spot potential fraud, waste and abuse within the system. Medicare Summary Notices are mailed every three months to people with Medicare Part A and/or Part B.
The summary shows you all of the services or supplies that providers and suppliers billed to Medicare during the three-month period, what Medicare paid, and the maximum amount you may owe the provider.
The redesigned notice makes it easier for you to understand benefits, file an appeal if a claim is denied and spot claims for services you never received.
In fact, being able to spot claims for services you never received is one of the best ways to sound a whistle on Medicare fraud.
I'm eager for you to see the changes we've made and I hope you'll be able to use your notice as another tool to stay informed about your benefits, while also keeping a watchful eye on billing activity.
When your redesigned notice arrives in the mail, here are a few ways you can diligently check your information and protect your benefits.
- If you have other insurance, check to see if it covers anything that Medicare didn't.
- Keep your receipts and bills, and compare them to your Medicare Summary Notice to be sure you got all the services, supplies, or equipment listed.
- If you paid a bill before you got your notice, compare your Medicare Summary Notice with the bill to make sure you paid the right amount for your services.
- If an item or service is denied, call your doctor's or other health care provider's office to make sure they submitted the correct information. If not, the office may resubmit. If you disagree with any decision made, you can file an appeal.
The last page of the redesigned notice gives you step-by-step directions on when and how to file an appeal.
For more information about the Medicare Summary Notice, visit: www.Medicare.gov.
As always, you should report any and all suspicions of fraud by calling (1-800) HHS-Tips or (1-800) MEDICARE.