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newsweek made an interview with twilight director , Catherine Hardwicke. she talked about how trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen , talked about casting Robert pattinson as Edward
*For Twilight, Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen. Then she got a call about a guy in London. "I looked at a couple pictures and was like, 'I'm not sure,'?" Hardwicke says. "He had been fired from his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt." Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart. "I have footage of their first meeting at my dining-room table," Hardwicke says. "Kristen was like, 'It's got to be Rob!' She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke gave him the part, but he had to make a promise. "You've got to realize that Kristen is 17 years old," she told him. "She's underage. You've got to focus, dude, or you're going to be arrested. I made him swear on a stack of Bibles."
* When Hardwicke auditioned Evan Rachel Wood for Thirteen, she had her get into her bed with Nikki Reed. That's also where Pattinson kissed Stewart for the first time in his Twilight screen test. "That bed made Pattinson who he is right now," says Reed. Asked about her lair, Hardwicke laughs. "MTV came and did an episode in my house filming the bed. It's legendary," she says, flashing a wide—dare we say wolfish—grin.*
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@Glee do tell all can you get the directors book anywhere? Is it worth it to purchase?
@Jlopez I too agree I think the footage should be released, I think it would be awesome to see.
This is the first I have seen of the pic as well. I have to wonder if it is true and it looks that way as her hand seems to be pretty comfortable where it is placed.
Okay I am going to reach here but lets just say the reason why Kristen and Rob are so private and low key is because they don't want to hurt Nikki's feelings since they were bff's. You never know it may have been a huge secret because they thought she would be upset. I am trying to put myself in their shoes and it completely makes sense. In the same breath I do know how private Kristen is however she also seems like she is very caring and would want to avoid hurting a friend at all costs.


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2nd December 2007, 18:21
Discussion thread for Steam Fishing Vessels (http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Steam Fishing Vessels). If you would like to add a comment, click the New Reply button
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bob nightingale
2nd December 2007, 18:21
Discussion thread for Steam Fishing Vessels (http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Steam Fishing Vessels). If you would like to add a comment, click the New Reply button
K urgess
2nd December 2007, 19:17
Have we got some steam fishing vessel experts among our crew who can add some nice information to the directory?
If in doubt, ask Benjidog how to post there.
2nd December 2007, 21:25
I'm still stumped as to where to find this "new reply button." with all the will in the world, tonga, gulpers and bengidog tried to help last night, but I still can't get onto these "discussion threads. can anyone help me please with a step by step guide. I'm bally well computer illiterate and need help.cheers,neil.
K urgess
2nd December 2007, 21:34
Neil, the new reply button is a misleading name.
All it means is the green Post Reply button just below this message. You've just used it to post your message unless you used the quick reply option.(Thumb)
Purely a means of discussing the entry shown underlined in the first post of this thread.
In other words - this is the discussion thread.(EEK)
Click on the underlined words and they will take you to the subject in the directory to be discussed.
Unfortunately most of these threads are created by clicking on the "discuss" tab on the directory page.
This is usually done by accident.[=P]
If you go to the directory main page by clicking on the above link and clicking on main page it's a place to start looking at what's in the directory.
2nd December 2007, 22:29
thank Kris. I'll give it a go. cheers,neil.
Kenneth Morley
5th December 2007, 04:20
Hi A long time ago I sailed as deckie trimmer had 2 hours to trim enough coal for 24 hours. and then turn to on deck,the trawlers name I cann't remember we were out of Fleetwood and she was a Lowestoft trawler . By the way I found out you don't use fresh water for washing,other than that and the dozen dabs for breakfast a bit much to get used to,I enjoyed my time fishing out of Fleetwood Kenneth(Cloud)
gil mayes
5th December 2007, 10:21
Hello Kenneth
With a Lowestoft registration she would probably be a drifter/trawler landing seasonally at Fleetwood. If that was the case, bunker capacity would be about thirty-five tons, nominally three 12 ton plank sided rail wagons worth. Daily consumption when trawling would vary depending on the quality of the coa, but it would be 21/2 - 3 tons. It would be good to know the name of the trawler and the timescale you are talking about, I guess the 1950s.
27th November 2008, 18:44
Hi, Looking for any photos or info on the H144 Ruby Trawler built by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow and sailed out of Hull. My Great Grandfather was the skipper. I have found one photo but the library won't release it as they are not sure who owns the copyright. Any info welcomed.
6th July 2009, 22:55
Hello,i sailed on three of J.Croan's trawlers 1956,names were Bruce,Astros and Robert Croan.As an apprentice (ie)learning the job,steering,giving the trimmers in the glory-hole stoking up,hauling ashes,hauling in the nets,gutting,boxing the fish in the hold with the mate,and breaking the ice.Never had the seaboots off for ten days,and trying to wash in bucket o'water heated by the steam from the winchcocks could'nt get a lather for fish scales,however it was an experience and i was glad to get 9month in as sea time to get into the merchant navy.

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Information, they say, is a two-way street.
So while we offer plaudits to Fredonia village attorney Sam Drayo for attending last week's meeting on the proposed funding for a $38 million north county water district, we do not agree with his message.
"This may be a great thing and it may have some major errors in it, but we need the information," Drayo said last week. "We need to look at your recommendations and why you're recommending this, what are the reasons for it. We haven't seen it, we've just seen spread sheets; that's all we have in Fredonia, spread sheets."
Fortunately, County Executive Greg Edwards set the record straight on the village. The municipality is the only one that has not supplied information sought by the Chadwick Bay Regional Development Corp. since February.
So if the village believes it's being short-changed on information, it is just as guilty when looking at the total picture.
Edwards then added the urgency to what is desperately needed. "The reality is what we're asking Dunkirk tonight, whether or not they're supporting the request for dollars, is the same question others asked in Fredonia. Are you interested in assisting in some grant dollars?"
Can Fredonia and its Village Board approve an application to be a part of a grant for a future water district? We hope so.
If the village does not - and so many other entities have done so already - it almost seems hostile.
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It is the first time the country has designated terrorist entities not listed as such by the United Nations.
The four are Spain's ETA insurgency Euskadi Ta Askatasuna; Turkey's Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK; Colombia's FARC leftist guerrilla group; and the Somalia-based Al Shabaab, or Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen ("Movement of Warrior Youth").
Prime Minister John Key said designating the groups as terrorist entities reflects the country's commitment to the international campaign against terrorism.
"We are determined (to ensure) New Zealand is not a target of, or source of support for, terrorist activities," Key said in a statement. "These four groups have engaged in a range of terrorist acts including the indiscriminate killing of civilians and assassination of political leaders."
Under New Zealand law, the designation means any assets held by the groups and found in New Zealand either now or in the future will be frozen. It will also be a criminal offense to deal with their property or make property and financial services available to them.
Activities in support of terrorism _ like fundraising, recruiting or providing shelter _ are already criminal offenses whether a group is designated as a terrorist entity or not. The laws carry a maximum 14-year prison sentence upon conviction.
Key said the designations were important to constrain the operations of terrorist groups around the world.
"It would not be in New Zealand's interests to be seen by terrorist groups as an easy place in which to do business," he said.
New Zealand first adopted the tough measures against terrorist groups in November 2001, two months after the terror attacks on the U.S. World Trade Center.
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The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that Brad Paisley, headliner of the 3rd Annual ACM Fan Jam and Post-Award Concert, will perform at the event, with his special guests Dierks Bentley and Hunter Hayes joining the Fan Jam.
ACM New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's Department Stores nominees Brantley Gilbert, Jana Kramer and Florida Georgia Line have also been added to the line-up.
GRAMMY® Award-winning artist LL Cool J, star of the hit CBS drama series "NCIS: LOS ANGELES," and who will be releasing his new album Authentic on April 30, will make a special appearance during the event. GAC's Headline Country Host Storme Warren will emcee for the first time.
The concert will also feature an additional performance in support of the ACM Lifting Lives® on-stage moment, an annual initiative that raises money for designated charities, with the artist to be announced in the coming weeks. ACM Fan Jam is the fans-only, live concert event taking place in Las Vegas during and after the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
As previously announced, multiple ACM Award-winner Brad Paisley will headline the 3rd Annual ACM Fan Jam, which gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be part of the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Throughout the three-hour Awards telecast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, there will be live ACM Fan Jam performances by top tier music acts, via remote, from The Orleans Arena, with the party continuing in a Post-Award Concert. During commercial breaks, there will be a profusion of entertainment, including performances by country music acts, along with prizes and special giveaways only for attendees, such as autographed guitars, trip packages to music events and merchandise. Tickets for the ACM Fan Jam are priced at $55 and are on sale NOW by calling The Orleans Arena Box Office at 888-234-2334 or by visiting www.orleansarena.com.
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Is your 2012 starting off well so far? I had a pretty relaxed week – working on the VW, trying some new mouthpieces, revisiting some old music ... house cleaning stuff.
But, it's getting cold again, not as easy to daydream about the future when I can see my breath in the morning. And besides winter looking like it's going to settle in, there's this presidential campaign ramping up and it will likely be ugly. Most of the ugliness is going to be a relentless "appeal to fear" from both sides. You know, "Either 'we' are right or 'they' are right, but 'they' are REALLY scary; that's why 'we' are right."
Well, I'm not going to let them, or the cold, get to me. I'm keepin' my eye on the prize. We're important, our music is relevant, and if we approach our craft as a full-time job, we deserve to be able to sustain ourselves making music here in New Orleans. Regardless of your politics, the most important thing to remember about 2008 is that we accepted an invitation to challenge ourselves, and we don't need anyone else to continue doing that.
Last week, I had some very intelligent responses for my call to be "resolute" in the New Year, take the money off the table for the moment, and focus on what artistically substantiates why we are committed to creating in New Orleans. One of the best responses was from a local musician who views himself as newer to the scene and less established. He said simply, "What if you don't have a clear idea?"
Valid question. In a way, do we ever really know? Our experience and our experiences constantly influence the evolution of our personal aesthetic. I guess it isn't clarity of vision that I am advocating as much as strength of resolve. January, I pointed out, is usually a bit quieter, a good time to recharge and fortify our mettle.
I don't want to be a fear-monger like the politicians, so I will stop painting such a dire picture of the challenges posed by our unimaginative tourism industry. I'll ease up on how myopic our city's leadership is, and how they squander and under-support the resource we represent.
But, meet me halfway by not being too quick to view new bar gigs where our fans don't actually pay to hear us as signs that the scene is improving. Looking beyond the service and hospitality function of our music shouldn't seem grandiose. Also, don't dismiss the possibilities of having more dignified settings for our music where it can be appreciated properly and supported on terms that we choose.
As promised, we'll start looking closely at some real allies right here in New Orleans. In response to a colleague who suggested that we need more opportunities for professional development, next week I'll interview Mark Fowler, who runs the Tipitina's Music Co-op here in New Orleans.
In the meantime, keep thinking bigger and stay warm.
Evan Christopher, the author of this column, is a noted member of the New Orleans music community and a founding member of Nola Art House Music. Click here for an interview with the artist. He writes "Riffing on the Tradition" for NolaVie.


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Cool plugin find: Changelogger
Sometimes the cool plugins are the small little things. With the advent of the new changelog addition to the WordPress readme.txt standard, it became possible to parse these changelogs and show the changes straight into your WP Plugins section. This is exactly what the ChangeLogger plugin does.
It looks like this:
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His seminars cover such topics as slavery, citizenship, constitutional history, and American state- and nation-building. He is the author of The Trial of Democracy: Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860–1910 (1997, 2012), Principles and Compromises: The Spirit and Practice of the American Constitution (in Chinese, 2000, exp. ed., 2005, 3rd ed., 2012), and Discovering History in America: Reflections of Chinese Historians in the United States (in Chinese, co-edited with Yao Ping, 2010).
His book translations include Eric Foner's The Story of American Freedom (2002, 2003, 2005) and Give Me Liberty: An American History (two volumes, 2010).
Since 2003, he has been serving as the editor of the Chinese Historical Review, a transnational journal of history published by U.K.-based Maney Publishing.
A native of China, Wang Xi regularly lectures on American history in Peking University, where he holds a Changjiang Professorship in the History Department.
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Acer promised the official Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Iconia Tab A100 for mid-April but there were some issues with the refresh. Some have received the notification, some did not while some users managed to apply it and others being left waiting.
According to recent reports, Acer has ironed out the issues and the official Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update is now rolling out to the masses. Users are reporting that there are several updates for the tablet, among which one bumps the OS version to Honeycomb 3.2.1 and shortly after that to the latest iteration of Android. Let us know if you received your platform refresh and whether it was a smooth procedure or not.
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission has been awarded a $1,012,400 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, according to a press release from the commission.
The money will be used "to implement a re-employment and eligibility assessment (REA) initiative for Louisianans who are receiving unemployment insurance benefits," the release said.
Louisiana was one of six states chosen to receive the funds for the first time this year. In all, thirty-three states and the District of Columbia received awards this year.
The grant will fund an initiative called Re-employment and Eligibility Assessment in Louisiana (REAL), which will focus on 24,000 unemployment claimants in four parishes: East Baton Rouge, Caddo, Calcasieu and Rapides. According to the release, these parishes were chosen as representative of the state's mixture of urban and rural regions, emerging economic industries and population.


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Woodinville grad to compete in Ironman championship
Brad Schmidt, a 1996 graduate of Woodinville High School, has qualified to compete in the Ironman Triathlon World Championship Oct. 18 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
The competition consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run, all of which must be completed in a 17-hour timeframe. Training for the 140-6-mile event usually requires 18-24 hours per week for 6-8 months More than 50,000 triathletes attempted to qualify for the Hawaiin event, which is limited to 1,500 entrants.
While Schmidt was at WHS, he competed in cross country, track and wrestling. He later graduated with a degree in chemistry from Eastern Washington University where he was also a member of the track team. He is currently attending Palmer School of Chiropractic in San Jose, Calif.


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Getting a haircut is a relatively standardized process for many, regardless of gender. One phones or walks in to make an appointment at their favorite salon or barbershop. If there is a wait, you usually have the option of reading a magazine, watching TV, listening to the radio or possibly walking around the area.
While many have come to accept this as part of the hair-cutting process, one local man in town wanted something different.
"Being prior military, I know a lot of the guys on base don't have a specific stylist, so they would have to walk around the mall for two hours while waiting for their (hair) appointment," said Joshua Blackaby, owner of the newly opened Shear Sports Salon in the Prairie Rose Plaza. "(When Blackaby was stationed at Minot Air Force Base) I always thought it would be cool to be able to watch some TV or play a game while you waited."
It was his desire for something more and a chance meeting on vacation that Shear Sports Salon, which combines the services of a hair salon with the atmosphere of a sports bar, was born.
While vacationing in Cancun recently, Blackaby met a man who worked at a barbershop that offered their patrons a complimentary adult beverage while waiting for their appointment.
"I had never heard of that before and thought it was a very cool idea so I decided to run with it and being a huge ML (Major League) baseball fan, I knew what direction I wanted to go," he said.
That direction includes life-size images, jerseys and other memorabilia from the stars of every major U.S. sport plastered on the walls, a pool table, leather sofa and three large high-definition TVs that show sports exclusively.
While the decor and atmosphere might resemble a sports bar more than a salon, Shear Sports is a full-service salon that offers men, women and children's haircuts and coloring, tanning beds, waxing and will offer professional massage sessions in the coming weeks.
In the first month since the salon opened on June 15, Blackaby said the salon averaged seven to eight haircuts per day.
"I can't complain, business has been great, especially since we didn't do any advertising it was all word of mouth," he said. "Starting a business is always a gamble, but I think people are looking for something different and no other place offers what we do."
With the first month of business under his belt, Blackaby's focus has turned to marketing.
Using his experience as president of the Leads Division of Generation X-Solutions, an Internet marketing solutions company, Blackaby has begun advertising with traditional media avenues such as radio, TV and newspapers, as well as new social media networks like Facebook.
"Facebook is really the key (to our marketing) because that's the age group that we are targeting," he said. "All of our friends and groups can see what we have going on (as far as specials) and can leave comments for others to see."
In the week since the Facebook page was established, Shear Sports already has more than 230 friends.
To commemorate the opening of the store and to honor its theme, Blackaby said he and his staff are planning a grand opening celebration to take place at the beginning of the football season this fall and plan to add other amenities such as wireless Internet in the near future.


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-- The Book of Ecclesiastes
Actually, the version we're thinking of was performed by the Byrds, which couldn't be more appropriate.
Because, what we're suggesting here -- a way to get the maximum enjoyment out of your plants every season -- is, well, cheap.
And now that we think about it, there's actually a book angle to this column, too.
Or, more specifically, a library approach, since Marcia thinks of the garden as her own living library, one she borrows plants from in the winter, then returns them in the spring.
And, since I had as much to do with this as I did with picking out and creating the decorations for our daughter's upcoming baby shower -- in other words, not a darn thing -- Marcia will explain how it works.
Marcia: I always like to have a few pots in high-impact areas, places where I know I (and visitors) will see them regularly. For the summer, I'll plant them with veggies and annuals -- who can resist the colors and blooms?
And when the weather turns cold as it is now, I pull out the summer annuals and replace them with evergreens, so I have something beautiful and growing to look at during the gray months (which are not, despite what Dennis says, October-July 4).
Anyway, I replaced them with some tulip bulbs, ornamental kale and all kinds of evergreens that I dug up from the garden, which I tend to treat as a kind of lending library. I'm always digging up plants and tucking them into pots. Then, when the seasons change, I put them back into the garden.
It's an inexpensive way to fill a pot and gives me the opportunity to see the plants up close, in this case on our front porch and our back deck, the entire winter. Otherwise, they'd be lost in the garden and I wouldn't see them again until spring.
And to keep things interesting, I change what I put into the pots every year, and it's never the same arrangement twice.
I choose evergreen plants (by evergreen, I mean conifers as well as any plant that keeps its leaves year-round) because they look good even in deepest, darkest January. This year, I borrowed dwarf acorus, succulents, black mondo grass and carex and divided them while I was at it. (Hey, it's like getting free plants.)
I also dug up a dwarf hinoki, heather and heucheras, which all will be put back into the garden in the spring.
Ornamental kale -- OK, I did buy a few plants -- was added, too, and will go to seed at some point before spring, at which time I'll pull them up, and the tulip bulbs I planted beneath them will grow to take their place.
Because I do this, our outdoor pots never have a downtime and always have something beautiful in them, spring, summer, fall and winter.
And it really is pretty simple to do.
Here's how to replant pots for winter:
1. Pull up old plants in the pot.
2. Keep the old soil in the pot if it is in good shape. You want it loose, though, so break it up if it is compacted.
3. Don't fertilize this time of year -- that's something you'd do during the spring planting. Freezing temperatures would kill any new growth.
4. If you're going to layer with bulbs, you'll need to add lime or bone meal. Read the label and plant at the appropriate depth.
5. Plant your evergreen plants on top of or around the bulbs, making sure the bulbs can get through (in our case, the kale will be gone long before the tulips start growing).
6. In general, even though I don't count mine and tend to go with my gut, you should use an odd number of kinds of plants.
7. Using plants with different textures -- needles, broadleaved, grassy, etc. -- and colors can add visual interest.
8. Make sure your pots are in a high-visibility area. If you can't see them from inside the house or when you walk in or out the front door -- or even from the street -- they won't have nearly the impact this time of year.
9. Water them occasionally, particularly if they are under the eaves. And if doesn't rain for a couple of weeks (Dennis: Which means it's July), even if it's quite cold, plants that aren't under cover will need to be watered, too. You want them to be moist, not soggy.
10. Dress them up for the holidays -- add mini pumpkins (next) Halloween, ornaments or pine cones for the winter holidays, eggs for Easter.
Come spring, pull out the winter plants and start anew with summer vegetation. And make sure you return your borrowed plants to the garden.
You wouldn't want to get stuck paying an overdue plant fee, now, would you?
Marcia Westcott Peck is a landscape designer (pecklandscape.com) and Dennis Peck is not. He is the editor of The Oregonian's Living section, which is a good thing for him, because if he actually had to use his hands for anything other than typing, it would not be pretty.


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A State Department spokeswoman indicated Wednesday that the Obama administration is still not entertaining the thought of sending ground troops to Syria to attack the Islamic State, even after the terrorist group shocked the country by publicly executing a U.S. photojournalist.
Video released of the execution of James Foley prompted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to call for a direct attack against the Islamic State in Syria.
State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf said the government was looking at various options for responding to Foley's death.
"We are committed to bringing these people to justice," she said. "We are committed to fighting ISIL long-term. We are determining the best way to continue our efforts to do that."
But when pressed by reporters, she said injecting ground troops into Syria was not one of those options. "We've always said, all options except for boots," she said. "That is still the case."
Some of the steps the administration has taken to fight the Islamic State including working with other countries to shut off its access to money and foreign fighters. Beyond that, she had no other details on what other steps might be taken to bring Foley's killers to justice.
"I'm not going to outline what tactical military or intelligence options are at our disposal to respond here," she said. "But we have the ability to hold people accountable for what they've done."
Barring the use of ground troops, one possible option for the administration is to work to identify the group who killed Foley, and then somehow apprehend them and bring them to the United States for a trial.
Officials used that same approach to deal with those who attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Two months ago, a team captured Ahmed Abu Khattala in Libya, the first suspect seized from the Benghazi attack.
The problem is it took nearly two years to capture Khattala, which led to complaints from Republicans that there did not appear to be any effort to find the attackers. A similar delay in efforts to find the men responsible for Foley's death could lead to more criticism.
Harf was peppered with several questions about what steps the U.S. might take next because Obama himself indicated some new action would be forthcoming as part of a U.S. response.
"The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. We will be vigilant and we will be relentless," Obama told reporters at a press conference from his vacation retreat in Massachusetts.
"When people harm Americans anywhere, we do what's necessary to see that justice is done, and we act against ISIL standing alongside others," he added.
Secretary of State John Kerry added in a separate statement that the U.S. would continue to "confront ISIL."
"The world must know that the United States of America will never back down in the face of such evil," Kerry said. "ISIL and the wickedness it represents must be destroyed, and those responsible for this heinous, vicious atrocity will be held accountable."


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As a result of my friend Amy having the audacity to throw down the internet gauntlet that is the Ice Bucket Challenge, we helped christen the new MassLive offices on Monday by taking part in the ALS awareness campaign that many folks have surely seen by now.
For those who haven't: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is an awareness campaign for the disease better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Participants are given 24 hours to post a video of themselves dumping a bucket of ice water on their heads or else donate money. A lot of folks (like myself) are doing both, raising awareness and funding to help find a cure for the debilitating disease. Because, while the campaign is great, generating funding for research is the real motivator here.
• Donations can be made at ALSA.org.
The Ice Bucket Challenge has generated some snark from the "This is stupid" camp that inevitably pops up for everything on the internet. However, the numbers are showing that the campaign is making a real impact. Donations to the ALS Association have reportedly skyrocketed to $1.35 million between July 29 to Aug 11. That's up from the $22,000 they raised during that stretch the previous year.
"We are seeing 10 times the number of online donations every day," Carol Hamilton, development director of the ALS Therapy Development Institute told the Boston Herald's Steve Buckley. "We are seeing an incredible number of people who didn't know much about ALS last week and who do today."
Since it's taken off, the Ice Bucket challenge may have reached standard internet fad status. But at the very least, a lot of people are putting their money where their buckets are.


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By Bureau of Land Management Director Kathleen Clarke
WASHINGTON, D.C. – They come with benign names like June Grass, Foxtail Chess, and bufflegrass, or the soft-sounding Downy Brome. Though pretty sounding, these insidious invasive weeds are continuing to expand their range and dominate native plant communities across large portions of our Western landscape.
Unfortunately, these grasses are also extremely flammable and largely responsible for carrying fire into once healthy vegetative communities. While fire is a natural, even beneficial element in fire-adapted ecosystems such as pine forests, it can have devastating effects in areas less accustomed to flame. We're seeing some of those effects this summer in the Southwest and Great Basin.
The Sonoran Desert, for example, home of large saguaro cactuses and other native desert species, has evolved for hundreds, if not thousands of years without fire. The vegetation has not adapted defenses against flames.
Naturally spaced apart to maximize sparse rainfall, the vegetation would not carry flames. Until recent decades, that is, when Foxtail Chess, a friendly name for the invasive Red Brome, established a foothold and began to fill in between the native plants. That foothold created a pathway for fire.
In the 1970s, wildfires began to follow those pathways into the desert. This year's Cave Creek Complex, a 250,000-acre fire in Arizona, burned through areas of the Sonoran Desert where there was no recorded history of fire occurring. The impact from fire on the native vegetation has been immediate and severe, and it may be three to five years before the mortality rate of the large saguaros is fully known.
It remains to be seen what the long-term impacts of this year's fires will be on the land and vital habitats. The climate, vegetation types, and soils make rehabilitating these desert areas difficult at best.
Typically these types of non-native, invasive grasses reinvade with even more force following a fire. And they will continue to expand into new areas, creating more fire pathways in the desert to repeat this burn-spread-burn cycle.
This cycle has disabled once healthy landscapes, turning them into flammable monocultures of invasive weeds. Although we continue to seek ways to break this cycle, so far we've had only varying degrees of success.
This year, the expansion of these weeds has been exacerbated by heavy winter and spring moisture. The moisture did provide some relief from years of drought and delay the onset of fire season at higher elevations. But at lower elevations, it created landscapes laden with record-breaking volatile fuels.
Across the West, the invasive grasses range from two to five times the amount seen in an average year. Once ignited, these grasses will spread fire rapidly and erratically.
Already this year we have seen severe impacts on both land and humans. Nearly 100 homes and more than 200 other structures have been lost to wildfires. We've also seen hundreds of thousands of acres scorched, and we have weeks, if not months of fire season ahead.
As of early August, we have experienced 14,800 fewer fires than average, but the fires we've had have burned in excess of two million acres more than average. As we move into the peak fire season in the West, these trends are likely to continue.
All of this serves to heighten our awareness this summer and to remind us how quickly these light fuels ignite and rapidly spread fire. You cannot outrun one of these fast moving fires. As always, I encourage you to enjoy our public lands, but please be careful with anything that may ignite a fire.
You can also help stem the spread of these invasive and flammable weeds. For instance, use weed-free hay when riding or packing with livestock, and wash your four-wheelers to remove weed seed before trekking off to enjoy the public lands.
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The path filled with water and become overgrown. Apparently we weren't on the path at all, but some sort of water run-off. Backtracking up and around was the theme of the walk, as when we tried to hit the high ground, those paths often ended and had to return down again.
Seeing glimpses of civilization at the top of one of the bluffs raised our homes, but the walls are impossible to scale and another canyon came between us and the house I saw But finally a picnic area came into view and the walls gradually flattened to a more passable grade (and were covered in grass for grip in the rain).
Up on the highway we started to make a beeline towards town, but being up out of the valley meant the wind was strong and I was getting very cold. Hearing a friendly little honk from behind I flagged down the bus to take us into town. Spent the rest of the afternoon trying to get warm and dry before heading out a night.
Now getting out of Cappadocia seems to be a bit harder than getting in. Not that getting out is difficult, they just seem to know that they are out in the middle of nowhere and tourists and going to be leaving. There's also a bit of a fear factor about getting lost and not finding your way, and I think they're capitalizing on this. We paid 35TL for a ticket to get to Goreme - 8 � hours by bus. To leave and take a 6hr bus will apparently cost us 50TL. But they'll book it all for you at the hotel and arrange your bus transfer at the next town. Something's not right…So I decided that we could do it ourselves. Get to the next town and then look for our own connecting ticket.
It wasn't a problem at all and was cheaper as I'd expected! I guess the only downfall is that you don't know the times of the connecting bus and will need to wait around a bit. But for the money saved…?
Arrived in Gazientep bright and early at 5:30am with plenty of time to load up the bikes, eat some Kavalti, buy some famous baklava, and chat with the tea boy while waiting for the sun to rise.
Cycling was a dream today! Out of the mountainous region it was slightly downhill most of the way with a tail wind and sun breaking through. Yipee! Covered the 75 km to town before lunch. Even 2 puncture repairs couldn't't slow us down. Crazy road surfacing…I hope Syria's a might bit better as we're running out of tubes and patches.
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We're into the Northland's severe weather season...and to make sure all systems are "go" for alerting the public, the government held a mock drill today across the Midwest as LeAnn Wallace reports.
''You never know when disasters going to strike.''
And that's why Saint Louis County and the city of Duluth are using severe weather awareness week to prepare for weather emergencies.
The city of Duluth hasn't always been prepared, in 2006 seven of the city's tornado sirens were out of order.
But it will soon be out with the old sirens and in with the new, as Duluth makes preparations for new state–of–the–art tornado sirens.
Duluth Fire Chief John Strongitharm says this new equipment will be a huge upgrade from the city's outdated system.
With the new technology we'll actually be able to know if the sirens are working from a computer instead of having to go and listen to them at all the sites. If we start having problems with the sirens it tells us before it stops functioning.''
''Populated areas and schools are sure to hear emergency sirens but not everyone in St. Louis County are as lucky.''
''There's many areas that are developed that were undeveloped when the siren system was put in that can't hear it very well.''
And that's why Saint Louis County Emergency Coordinator Paul Lee says every one should have a back up alert method.
''Your own personal television and radio, or the Nowell weather radio, or it can be monitor radios like we use in the county, there needs to be a number of different means so the message can be heard.''
Duluth has a sound survey underway and has asked for bids for a new system.
The city hopes the new sirens will be in place by this summer.
In Duluth, LeAnn Wallace, the Northlands News Center.
These new sirens will actually have a voice capability near the waterfront so that people out on the lake can also be alerted to various emergencies.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The frigid beat-down on Central New York continues.
A low of 8 degrees is expected at 7 a.m. Monday in Syracuse, according to AccuWeather.com. That would break the record low for March 24 by 2 degrees. The record of 10 degrees was set in 1983.
The high is also expected to be a record-breaker Monday. The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 23, which would be the lowest high ever for March 24. The record is 26, set in 1956.
The face-numbing cold would fit right in with a particularly frigid March in Central New York.
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Santa Run begins Dec. 5
Beginning Saturday, Dec. 5, at
5 p.m. the annual Arlington Fire Department Santa Run will kick off starting in the 4100 block of 166th Street.
Led by a fully decorated fire engine, Santa and his team of helpers made up of Fire Department personnel, city of Arlington employees, and a variety of local civic groups all volunteering their time, will be out and about town greeting smiling faces and collecting donations for the Arlington Food Bank.
"Last year we handed out thousands of candy canes, collected over a thousand dollars and 6,665 pounds of non-perishable food for the Arlington Food Bank," said Ronda Davies, Firefighter and Santa Run lead organizer. While the Santa Run is pleased to help the local community with donations to the Arlington Food Bank, no donation is required. When you hear Santa's Fire Truck siren, come outside and say hello.
Go to www.santarun.net for maps of the various routes
Santa Run Schedule
Dec. 5 - noon
Santa's Parade, Olympic Avenue
Dec. 5 - 5 p.m., Route
4100 block of 166/168th Street, Totem Park
Dec. 6 - 5 p.m., Route B
NW of Smokey Point
Dec. 7 - 6 p.m., Route C
Regency & Downtown West
Dec. 8 - 6 p.m., Route D
Downtown East
Dec. 9 - 6 p.m., Route E
Twin Ponds, Kent Prairie
Dec. 10 - 6 p.m., Route F
Crown Ridge, Eagle Estates, Magnolia
Dec. 11 - 6 p.m., Route G
Crossings at Edgecomb, Uplands, Airway Mobile Estates, Hidden Glen
Dec. 12 - 5 p.m., Route H
Glenegale West
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Gleneagle East
Dec. 14 - 6 p.m., Route J
188th to High Clover
Dec. 15 - 6 p.m., Route K
Ronning Road & Cemetery Road
Dec. 16 - 5-7 p.m. Route L
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Seriously, at some point, people are going to begin to realize that you can't put a TV camera in the Red Sox dugout and expect everyone to act like they're sitting in a library.
Your latest example of shenanigans, courtesy Sox & Dawgs and Babes Love Baseball:
For the record, you can add that to a list that now also includes the lurking Bobby Kielty messing with Jacoby Ellsbury. Francona may want to start by working on Kielty, rather than going after Big Papi.


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While everyone else's Super Bowl parties on Feb. 2, 2014, might have microwave nachos and from-the-jar salsa, any self-respecting New York food and sports lover will be pulling out all the stops for a day with such snacking potential. Thankfully any number of excellent NYC restaurants will help you with that, ensuring that your Super Bowl spread vies for attention with the game itself. Massive hero sandwiches with a side of meatballs? We've found 'em. Restaurant-quality tacos and margaritas? Absolutely. Deep-fried wings to blow all other wings out of the stadium? We've got those, too. Behold our top eight spots to source Super Bowl snacks that go well beyond a bag of potato chips. Make sure to set up your order ahead of time as it's gonna be a busy day — and these amazing feasts take some prep time.
Taquitos from Taquitoria
Could anything be more football-appropriate than a pile of taquitos? Only if they're Buffalo chicken taquitos. This new Mexican snack spot on the Lower East Side specializes in the snack-sized, fried tortilla rolls, which are made with high-quality fillings: beef from Creekstone Farms, Berkshire pork, Bell & Evans chicken braised in Bloody Mary mix. Choose from its standard offerings, or — available Sundays only — try those Buffalo chicken taquitos, made from a family recipe Buffalo sauce, blue cheese and ranch dips, plus carrots and celery for extra dipping. Even better, there's delivery: from Canal Street to 23rd, and from the East River to Broadway 168 Ludlow St., 212-780-0121, taquitoria.com
Wings from Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken
The Blue Ribbon group has long been famous for the fried chicken served at its flagship restaurant in SoHo; this East Village newcomer puts that chicken in the starring role. Of course, football demands wings, and the joint's crispy ones are coated in a number of sauces; go for Blue Ribbon BBQ if you like things mild or, if it's extra heat you're after, try Fire, laced with habaneros. The Tailgater package is perfect for a party as it comes with 24 wings, fries, pickled cucumbers and dinner rolls; add in an order of spicy coleslaw or griddled corn for good measure. 28 E. First St, 212-228-0404, blueribbonfriedchicken.com
Barbecue from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
While large-scale takeout from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is a great bet any time of the year, the barbecue haven's indulgent eats are particularly well-suited to football parties. Its meaty, generously sized jumbo BBQ chicken wings, barbecue-sauced instead of Buffalo-style, are always crowd-pleasers, but why not make it a meal with an order of BBQ pork ribs, deviled eggs, fried green tomatoes with a smoked shrimp remoulade, pulled pork or brisket Dino sliders? Or just choose from among the restaurant group's package deals, which might include a full barbecue chicken, ribs, sides and cornbread all in one. Locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Newark; dinosaurbarbque.com
Tacos and Drinks from Salvation Taco
This modern Midtown Mexican spot, the work of April Bloomfield (of The Spotted Pig and The Breslin), is known for its tacos and its drinks – and its Super Bowl takeout package gets you a little of both. Included are spicy beer nuts; chips, salsa and guacamole; and Salvation Nachos, smothered in all-beef chili with cheese, cilantro, red onions and crema. Then there's the main event: brisket barbacoa, lamb shoulder or pork shoulder, served with a pile of corn tortillas for taco-making, along with its house margarita or Michelada mix. (All you have to do is add the tequila or beer.) There's spiced pumpkin tres leches cake for dessert, too. 145 E. 39th St., 212-865-5800, salvationtaco.com
Meatballs from The Meatball Shop
While the shop's takeout menu no longer calls its large-scale meatball order a Bucket of Balls, that's still what it's called in our hearts. Any of The Meatball Shop's standard offerings — beef, spicy pork, chicken, or veggie meatballs; with tomato, spicy meat, Parmesan cream, mushroom gravy, or pesto sauces — are available as a bucket (sorry, package) of 36 or 80 meatballs; sides (including pasta and polenta) are available, too, as are meatball sliders with a little extra notice. And pick up a few dozen cookies for dessert; they're made in-house and just as memorably tasty. Multiple locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, themeatballshop.com
Guacamole from Rosa Mexicano
Just about everyone loves guacamole — and most of us have our own secret recipe – but even sourcing enough ripe avocados for a giant bowl can be a pain in the neck. Consider leaving the avocado smashing to the professionals at Rosa Mexicano. The Guac-to-Go Party Pack, available for delivery or pick-up, comes with a Super BOWL — get it? — of the award-winning guacamole, plus all the house-made tortilla chips and salsas you might need. Multiple locations, rosamexicano.com
Wings from The WingBar
Wings are a centerpiece of any proper football-watch party, but not all wings are created equal. We're partial to the classic and beautifully done wings at The WingBar in Carroll Gardens, where they're fried up crispy and thoroughly doused in whatever classic sauce — mild, medium, hot, or BBQ — you want. (Plus carrots, celery, and blue cheese, of course. Don't mess with tradition!) Order in packages of up to 100 wings; then add fried pickles, mozzarella sticks or cream cheese jalapeño poppers, for yet more fried fare. 275 Smith St., 718-237-2728, thewingbar.com
Gameday Package at Parm
Meatballs, and wings and a giant hero sandwich? The Gameday package at Parm might have every other Super Bowl takeout option beat. This NoLita eatery is famous for its modernized takes on classic Italian-American fare, particularly sandwiches. That means the highlight of this feast is the hero, made with your choice of house-roasted turkey (so much more exciting than it sounds), an Italian combo, or chicken cutlet. But there's more: An order of Parm's super-sized, super-tasty meatballs and its Buffalo-agrodolce chicken wings. If you end up ordering this one, invite us over? We'll bring the beer. 248 Mulberry St., 212-993-7189, parmnyc.com
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Da Vinci Arts Middle School's annual master arts showcase, scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 26, and Friday, Jan. 27, expects to sell out quickly—as usual.
The show features student work in music, drama, dance and visual arts. The school's gallery opens at 6 p.m. for a juried visual arts exhibit and performances begin at 7 p.m.
According to a news release, this year's visitors will be treated to jazz, modern, African, and tap dances by guest choreographers Tracey Durbin--a well-known dance teacher who has taught at Oregon Ballet Theater, Reed College, Portland Ballet, Northwest Dance Project and Bodyvox-- plus Kemba Shannon, who has appeared in the Los Angeles cast of "The Lion King" and "The Color Purple" on Broadway.
Also on tap are musical works in African drumming, classic jazz, choir, advanced band, and the school's student rock band, Trogdor.
Tickets are $6 for general seats or $15 for preferred, reserved seats. For more information, contact Connie Cheifetz at 503-916-5356.
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FAIRMONT - Fairmont mentor Bob Bonk probably feels like he's been caught inside a revolving door during the last two Cardinal boys cross country seasons.
"Talk about bad luck for our program. Two years ago, our No. 1 returning runner's family moves away," Bonk said in reference to Josiah Johnson. "Then some time after the cross country season ended last year, our No. 1 returning runner's (Sanguja Hassan) family moves out of town."
However, similar to last fall - when the 2013 Cardinals' No. 1 runner Zac Ehlert returned to cross country after competing in soccer during his junior season, Bonk's 2014 roster did gain the skilled strides of Josh Sundblad and Nate Subbert.
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BACK ON?COURSE — Members of the Fairmont Cardinals boys cross country team opening the season by playing host to the Early Bird Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Fairmont High School include, front row (l-r): Head coach Bob Bonk, Nathan Willett, Ben Huinker, Jaxon Jurgens, Kaleb Linse, Nate Subbert, Steve Bulfer, Josh Sundblad, assistant coach Stew Murfield. Middle row: Assistant coach Mark Determan, Kellen Rodriguez, Ben Hernes, Dayton Pasch, Adam Carstensen, Noah Wolter, Cody Lane, Darrian Kueker, Nathan Olson, Andrew Moeller, Justin Olson, assistant coach Jen Kahler. Back row: William Saari, Wil Hillmer, Isaiah Johnson, Colin Stone, Brandon Williams, Blake Haugen, Tyrell Zieske, Martin Mittelstadt. (Photo by Leanna Becker)
Sundblad and Subbert, who each played football as sophomores a year ago, produced the top two results for the Fairmont boys program during Thursday's preseason time trials at Cedar Park.
"Josh and Nate have had a lot of success in track and field for us, and both are hard workers. They've been great additions to the team as has Steve Bulfer. It's his first year of running cross country, and I'm sure he will improve with each meet," Bonk said in reference to the only three juniors on the boys roster.
Combine the latest additions with top returning harrier - senior Kaleb Linse - from last fall's Section 2A and South Central Conference meets, and Bonk has a solid nucleus to compete in Friday's season-opening 12-team Early Bird Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Fairmont High School's practice football field.
Linse returns to the cross country course on the heels of a 53rd-place showing overall in the sectional competition and a 16th-place performance during the last-ever SCC Meet a year ago.
Linse finished fifth during the Cardinals' time trials last week, while sophomore Ben Huinker and eighth-grader Andrew Moeller posted the Nos. 3 and 4 fastest times, respectively.
Huinker placed 27th during last year's conference meet, while freshman Cody Lane took 28th overall by finishing only six-hundredths of a second behind Huinker.
Bonk expects all of the above runners "being in the thick" of competing for varsity spots, along with freshman Nathan Willett.
Ironically, with all of the offseason moves, the Cardinals enter the 2014 cross country campaign without an official team captain.
"We're a ship without a captain at the moment, but I'm positive that we'll have a number of guys emerging into leaders even without having the title of captain," Bonk said with a smile.
Fairmont will have to compete again against Class A powerhouses Martin County West, who holds the No. 1 spot in the preseason rankings, and Waseca, who's ranked No. 3, in the Section 2A Meet this fall.
"It will be awfully tough for any team to break into the top two in our section against the likes of Waseca and Martin County West," said Bonk. "It would be a nice achievement if we could be in the top half of both the section and (newly-formed Big South) conference meets this year.
"We won 58 percent of our meets last year, and if we could have another winning season with only one senior on the team, I would consider it a success. Obviously we want to win, but also set our program up for the future with these younger runners."
Bonk said a key to achieving any of the team's goals would be preparation, and he credits his assistant coaches for all of the work that they do for both cross country programs.
"They're great runners, great coaches and even better people," Bonk said in reference to Stew Murfield and Mark Determan, who received postseason coaching accolades from their peers in 2013.
Newcomer Jen Kahler completes this fall's Cardinal coaching staff.
"She's a great addition, and fits right in with us," said Bonk.


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Former South Hadley Selectboard member Dana Muller to run for office again
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SOUTH HADLEY – Former Selectman Dana G. Muller has taken out nomination papers to run for Selectboard Chairman Gregory R. Sheehan's slot on the board in the Dec. 19 special election. Sheehan, whose three-year term will expire in April, has decided to step down Dec. 18, so whoever takes over for him will have time to take part in the budget process in the annual Town Meeting held in May. If Muller wins Sheehan's slot, she will still have to run for it again in the town's April election. Muller is the second resident to take out nomination papers to run for a slot on the Selectboard, according to records in the Town Clerk-Treasurer's Office. Fire District 2 Water Commission Chairman Francis J. DeToma had earlier taken out nomination papers to run for the year and three months that will remain in Selectman Carlene C. Hamlin's three-year term on the board. Hamlin is stepping down to devote herself entirely to her post of town clerk-treasurer, which she won in April's municipal election. Residents seeking to be listed on the ballot in the Dec. 19 special election called to replace the seat held by the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., must return nomination papers with the signatures of 50 registered voters by Dec. 1.


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Auburn Mountainview opens league play with 24-23 win at Enumclaw | Prep football
Senior Devin Bryant's blocked point-after-kick in overtime proved the difference for Auburn Mountainview as the Lions posted their first South Puget Sound League 3A win at Enumclaw, 24-23.
The Hornets (0-1 league, 2-3 overall) drew first blood with Bryce Peterson catching a Peter Nordby pass for a 12-yard touchdown.
The Lions (1-0, 2-3) responded with senior quarterback Domenic Rockey and senior wide receiver Kekoa Nahaku combining for a 55-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
Auburn Mountainview went up 14-7 in the third quarter with Rockey and Nahaku again connecting for a touchdown, this time from six yards out. Rockey finished the game with 23-of-36 passing for 271 yards and two touchdowns. Rockey also had 16 yards on the ground.
In the fourth quarter Enumclaw's Peterson and Nordby notched another passing touchdown, this one from 32 yards, and Caleb Gwerder put the Hornets up 17-14 with a 20-yard field goal.
Junior Joey Cassano added a 35-yard field goal for Auburn Mountainview in the closing minutes to tie the game at 17-17 and force the contest into overtime.
Junior Ray Hardaway put the Lions up 24-17 in the second overtime period with a four-yard touchdown.
Enumclaw's Peterson and Nordby again connected, this time for a nine-yard touchdown.
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Panel on toll roads at Maltby Forum
The Maltby Forum will host a panel discussion Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., at the Maltby Community Club on "The Toll Road Projects: Their History, Their Intent, Their Costs, and Their Benefits."
Invited panelists include the six state legislators from the 39th and 44th districts, plus two local independent political researchers. An open question/answer/discussion session will follow the panel.
Panel organizers say Washington state administrators and planners are moving forward with a plan to convert our roads and highways to toll roads. "Different roads, and even different lanes of the same road or highway, will be differently 'billed' or charged, by means of a microchip attached to each car and sensors embedded in the road or mounted overhead," they said.
Questions about the project will include the cost to people, advantages and disadvantages, and the issues of privacy and the increasing monitoring/surveillance of the populace by government.
Maltby Forum meetings are held on third Fridays at the club. While no admission is charged, donations are accepted to cover hall rental and other expenses.
The Maltby Community Club is located at 8711 206th St. SE. For more information or directions, call Don Finrow at (360) 668-6773 or (206) 486-6628.


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It's all in the delivery
It is understood in the industry that retention of membership improves dramatically when each member participates in one additional credit union program. Ultimately, each credit union sets a goal to be each member's primary financial institution. Effective delivery will bring your institution a step closer to that goal. Meaningful programs have the best opportunity for approval by your credit union when they provide a unique benefit that is available based on credit union membership. Care is then required in choosing providers that share the credit union culture and are familiar with the special relationship between your member and your credit union. This due diligence involves checking vendor references to determine the extent of their credit union experience and history in delivering products that are measured superior against industry standards. Choosing the "right" partner will get you a quality program with a proven vendor. However, success will be measured by how effectively the program will be delivered into the hands of your members. Delivery requires a business plan with a step by step approach. There must be a distribution system in place that continuously provides benefit and will not rely on a surge of interest spurred from an initial introductory promotional event. Someone needs to be responsible for the results and drive the program to successful predetermined levels. The credit union needs to have an identified individual as well as the vendor. Each program requires some level of your credit union resources to install and run effectively. This level must be determined during the due diligence and selection process. There is often a tremendous variance between vendors with regard to this variable. Once you have selected a vendor for your program, the credit union driver must wisely allocate the necessary time and energy. Often the cost of the program can be minimized and the success accelerated by working with the right partner provider. Collaboration between your credit union and your selected vendor can assure successful delivery. This is a huge opportunity for marketing directors and credit union management. Vendors are anxious to share ideas and develop plans that deliver more products which will ultimately increase their value to their credit union partners. It is possible to achieve the perfect balance between in-house marketing and a dynamic third party provider. Credit union personnel can tap the powerful potential of a good partner through joint participation in planning as well as execution. The result of this process is a trust that enhances the reach of the marketing department. For example, some vendors will go the extra mile and cross-sell additional credit union products along with their core program. Such a relationship can only be possible if the credit union and the vendor understand the win-win opportunities that exist through this mutual effort. If a vendor is only willing to bring their singular product to the membership, there may be countless opportunities missed to properly service your membership. Members need to own or use multiple products and services to bring value to the credit union and also appreciate the value of their membership. Most importantly, delivery means reaching out to the member. Waiting for members to come and inquire about services does not reflect a philosophy of care. In fact, through the use of ATM's, drive-up windows and ultimately online banking, fewer members are actually being seen each year by Member Service Representatives. It is all too easy for a vendor to point to sophisticated marketing materials, phone messaging and Web pages. All of these are useful tools to attract member participation, however they do not replace seeking opportunities to approach members. These opportunities exist in lobbies and even more importantly at SEGs. Delivery of services to members and potential members where they work is the most effective way to accomplish multiple goals for the credit union while providing the ultimate in convenience for their members. There are very few vendors that specialize in SEG marketing and development. Such partnerships could be the key to future growth and program success. Good delivery strengthens ties to your SEGs. In order to effectively harvest the member relationships out of each SEG, care and attention is required. Too often after the initial introduction at employer groups, the credit union focus turns to the next new SEG. An outstanding distribution network that has the ability to market to your SEGs will maintain the ongoing connection to the employer groups while extending the advantages of credit union membership and programs to existing and potential members. This proactive and personal approach is exactly what differentiates credit unions from other financial institutions. A successfully delivered program is a reflection of a credit union taking customer relationships to the highest level. It is an indicator that they do not only talk about member relations but also demonstrate that core value through actions and strategic partnerships. Displaying a portfolio or long list of impressive products and services can lead to a false sense of accomplishment. It is ultimately necessary to ask for a member's business. This step is the bottom line in relationship building. Members are only in a true relationship with their credit union when they accept or participate in their credit union's programs. This real connection is a true example of a member's commitment. The more times this simple connection is made, the closer a credit union comes to becoming that member's primary financial institution. Commit to the delivery of great programs, and search for the right vendors who are willing to reach members in a personal way. Then watch for the proof of the success that will come. Your members will not only participate in your programs but they will say "thank you" for taking the time to visit and talk with them. They will thank you for the services and benefits put in place for them and for their families. They are there now. They are waiting for you. It's time to deliver!


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Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Report and ResponseThe final report for the Inquiry was tabled in Parliament on 22 May 2012. The report can be downloaded from the link below. For a hard copy of the report, contact the Committee secretariat. Contact the Committee Chair, Mr Neale Burgess MP, for comments or questions about the content of the report.
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Server's Test
Describe the Following:
"Anticipating Guest's Needs"
Build connection to guest
Be attentive
Respond Immediately
Refill, clear, suggest, order
Describe the Following:
"Who's Who"
Sheet used to track rotation of tables for each server
Lists which servers are scheduled
Start time
Station assigned
Describe the Following:
Describe the Following:"Team Support of Service Delivery"
Build connections
Make suggestions
Deliver the guest's experience based on pacing needs
Hot Food GO!
Provide refills
Describe a Genuine Italian dining Experience (List the 4 components)
1. Introduce yourself
2. Determine guest's reason for joining us
3. Determine if guest have time for a relaxing meal or in a hurry
4. Determine any special needs/children
Describe how you would build connections with your guests
Introduce yourself
Determine guests reason for joining us
Determine if guests have time for a relaxing meal or in a hurry
Determine an specific dietary needs/children
Describe Making Suggestion at:
LUNCH Inform guests about our complimentary wine tasting, wine list, and other beverage options. SIE one specific wine or one non-alcoholic beverage.
DINNER Inform guests about our complimentary wine tasting, wine list, cocktails, beer and wine options. SIE one alcoholic beverage.
At lunch, when guests are to receive both an appetizer and salad, what question should you ask the guest?
Is it OK to bring salad before appetizer?
At lunch, if a guest is having Soup and Salad as their entree, what should you say?
Ask if they want soup & salad at the same time
Why is it important to determine the guests pacing needs when building connections?
So you can make suggestions based on their time constraints and time delivery to meet their time constraints
How can you tell if the guest has time constraints at lunch?
Ask them before ordering as well as observe them
Where would you find a complete list of Gluten Free Options? List one.
Garden Fare Nutrition Guide
Garden Fresh Salad without croutons
If a guest asks for more nutritional information, what tool can you provide them with?
Garden Fare Nutrition Guide
List the available substitutions for guests requesting healthy options for any pasta or potato sides:
fresh vegetables
List the available substitutions for guests requesting healthy options for any pasta entree or sides:
whole wheat lequine
List the available substitutions for guests requesting healthy options for OG salad dressing:
low fat salad dressing
Team Support of Service Delivery is providing sercie support to Service Partner in 2 main areas. List them:
If you have a pitcher of iced tea, look to your Service Partner's guests before returning to service station
Always look for opportunities to pre-bus your tables as well as your Service partner's tables as you are walking through dining area
Describe the procedures for breadsticks and salads.
Breadsticks: When refilling breadsticks, offer remaining bread to guests and immediately get fresh.
Always use fresh basket and liner
One breadstick per guest, plus 1
Max breadsticks per basket is 5
Offer to refill for guest: "May I bring you some fresh, hot breadsticks?"
What is the up-charge (if any) for:
Meat sauce on Ravioli di Portobello?
What is the up-charge (if any) for Boat of Alfredo sauce for breadsticks?
List three quick -to-prepare appetizers you would recommend at lunch.
Create A Sampler Italiano (without stuffed mushrooms)
Dipping Sauces
When serving the bottle of wine, after the host has tasted the wine, the order of service is...
Serve clockwise: ladies first, men next and host last
Your next table has 2 adults and 2 teenagers obviously under-aged. What beverages would you suggest to this party?
Explain what "Hot Food GO!" means.
Enables us to deliver piping hot food to every guest consistently. Food never sits in the window! move quickly from window to table-no side trips to bar, service station or other tables.
When traying up food from the window, why is it so important to use pivot points?
So that food can be delivered without being "auctioned off".
List 3 ways a server can impact "Hot Food GO!"
Never let food sit in window
All team members support delivery of hot food
All food is delivered directly to the table without side trips
How do you respond to a guest who has a concern/complaint about food or service?
Notify Manager
Describe the server appearance standards.
Clean, wrinkle free, white long sleeve shirt with a button down colar
Tie with fitted knot
Neat, clean, crisp black slacks with crease
Black socks
Professional, closed toe and heal black with slip resistant soles
Clean, black Olive Garden apron
Green side towel in pocket
Clean hair tied back
Clean, short fingernails
Mild perfume
No visible tatoos
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Authorities are trying to determine whether the pilot of a small plane that crashed in the Florida Panhandle Sunday night bailed out in the skies over Shelby County, according to a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta.
A military aircraft that flew alongside the plane saw that the door to the aircraft was open, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
CNN is reporting that the pilot may have faked the emergency and parachuted into Shelby County.
"All indications now are that he made some type of false emergency call [and] abandoned the plane by parachute," CNN quoted Sgt. Scott Haines of the Santa Rosa County, Florida, Sheriff's Office.
Haines told CNN the pilot checked into a hotel in the Harpersville, in Shelby County, under a false name but was gone when investigators arrived there this morning.
CNN identified the pilot as Marcus Schrenker, 38, from Indiana.
CNN'S report says:
Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office got a call at 2:26 a.m. from the Childersburg Police Department in Alabama saying that a white male, identified as Schrenker by his Indiana driver's license, approached a Childersburg officer at a store.
Schrenker, who was wet from the knees down and had no injuries, told the officer that he had been in a canoeing accident with friends, the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Schrenker had goggles that looked like they were made for "flying," according to the release.
The pilot reported hitting turbulence over Huntsville at about 7:30 Sunday night, Bergen said. Then, he reported the windshield of the eight-passenger Piper Malibu he was flying had broken out. The pilot said he was bleeding, Bergen said.
The pilot lost contact, Bergen said. The plane flew, apparently on autopilot, across Alabama from north to south and into northwest Florida. It crashed at 9:15 p.m. near Naval Air Station Whiting Field near Milton, in Santa Rosa County, Bergen said.
Bergen said the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and Harpersville police are searching for the pilot. A secretary for Shelby County sheriff's office spokesman Capt. Ken Burchfield this morning said the Childersburg Police Department is the lead agency in the case.


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — About 900 New Hampshire customers are still without power after a weekend snowstorm.
Public Service of New Hampshire, which serves most customers in the state, said it hopes to have nearly all of the service restored Friday.
As many as 315,000 New Hampshire households and businesses lost power during the height of the storm.
The utility, which is a division of Northeast Utilities, said Thursday afternoon that power had been restored to more than 50,000 customers in the last 24 hours.
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Is it NTSC or PAL?
We do have some PAL gamers here.
What better way to celebrate the complete redesign of WiiChat than with a free Wii Game Giveaway! What game you ask?
Well the upcoming Captain America: Super Soldier. Here's a little more information on the game:
Become Captain America, the ultimate Super-Soldier, in the darkest days of World War II as you face the Red Skull and his army in this epic third-person action adventure. Wield Captain America's legendary shield to take out multiple enemies at once, deflect incoming fire back at your enemies, solve puzzles, and scale walls. Above all, hurl yourself shield-first into the fray, with the superior force of the world's first Super-Soldier at your fingertips. Engage in free-flowing combat and acrobatic platforming to infiltrate Hydra's massive and mysterious castle complex and battle the infamous Iron Cross, the forces of Hydra, and a host of nefarious enemies serving the Red Skull in an all-new Captain America story and adventure.
How do I win?
Starting now we are opening this thread up for members of WiiChat.com to post a reason why you enjoy the forum. Do you come here for the news? Have found some great friends here? We really want to know! What do you like best about the site? Whatever the reason may be, let us know!
We will randomly pick one member from this thread and make the announcement on Monday July 18th.
Good Luck Boys & Girls!!!
Is it NTSC or PAL?
We do have some PAL gamers here.
Spoiler Alert!@TNightsOfGaming - My inane prattle
I have a question too, do you have to be of a certain age or not?
I don't post much, but I visit often to keep up to date on the latest news, games, etc. Nice and clean site also.
I joined the Wii forum to make new friends and get info whenever I need it. This forum is a great way to do both of those things! I'm super glad I joined and I encourage other people to join as well. It even has info on other topics like music, movies, PS3, or even completely random things for those random bored moments. Over all this website is great! I expect more great things to come from it as well.
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Spoiler Alert!Originally Posted by Jordan
I'm a pretty veteran member and my posting has reduced. However, I come to the site often as a guest to check out the news, and to read what people post. Btw, great to see this redesign.
PSN ID: zapasant93
I hardly ever post, unless I'm trying to answer a question. I would like a copy of the game though. Plus, I like the new layout!


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JACKSON — Erin Garner, forward on the Trenton Catholic Academy girls' basketball team, did something before Wednesday's game that she's never done; head coach Khaliq Lewis-El relayed the fact that the 6-foot-2 junior read a pray that she composed to the team.
"Before the game, she stopped the team before we came out to the floor, and she opened up this paper, because she wrote a prayer," he said. "It was for everyone, and it was a nice paragraph-and-a-half. She prayed for both teams to play well, for both coaches to do well, for the fans to have a great game, and she finished it up with, 'Now let's got out and get this 'W.'' And you know what? She motivated our team."
Her words must have been very inspirational, because her and her team's prayers were answered as Trenton Catholic jumped out to a big lead against Gill St. Bernard's, the state's No. 4-ranked team, and kept right on rolling to earn a stunningly easy 70-53 victory over the Knights in the final of the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public 'B' Tournament.
The victory earned the Iron Mikes a trip back to the state final Saturday at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River against the winner of last night's late game between Morris Catholic (26-1) and Newark Academy (24-2). The time is to be announced.
Iris Young finished with 33 points to lead the Iron Mikes (22-6). Garner added 22 points and 14 rebounds.
"Isis is who she is," Lewis-El said. "Here's the thing: we knew what she could do all year, and we just wanted her to play within the system. Tonight, she did that and more. She scored when we needed her to, and she got the ball inside all game long. She just played a terrific game out there.
"Erin did tonight what we've wanted her to do all season, and she couldn't have picked a better night to do it. She was great on the boards; she shot the ball well, and she played tough defense inside for us. I'm really proud of how she played tonight."
The Iron Mikes took to the floor and put on a clinic in the first quarter, jumping out to a 13-0 lead. Young scored 11 points as Trenton Catholic owned a 19-10 lead after one.
Trenton Catholic vaulted out to a 29-13 lead to start the second after a Garner putback with 3:33 left.
Garner had missed her first six shots. She went on to score five more times, with four coming off assists from Young, as the Iron Mikes took a commanding 37-19 lead at the half.
"If nothing else goes right for us, this was our coaching staff's best job since we've been here," Lewis-El said.
One could quibble that, when the Iron Mikes topped nationally ranked Shabazz in the Tournament of Champions in 2011, that might have been bigger, but for this season, this was the Iron Mikes' best performance and against their toughest opponent. The win avenged a stinging loss at the hands of Gill St. Bernard's in last year's sectional final.
Trenton Catholic outscored Gill St. Bernard's 13-3 at the start of the third for a 50-25 advantage, 54-30 at the end of three.
Things got a little dicey and sloppy for Trenton Catholic in the fourth as Gill St. Bernard's narrowed the gap to 63-48 as
Taylor Rooks scored 19 of her 33 points, but the Iron Mikes put the game out of reach on buckets by Deja Ingram and Garner and free throws from Young and Tionna Garner.
"I missed a few shots early, and it bothered me, but I wanted to win so bad, and I wanted our team to win," Erin Garner said.
"I just gave it my all and forgot about the misses. When I wasn't scoring, I knew I had to do something else, so I started rebounding, and I got my confidence back up and then I started scoring.
"Isis got me a lot of great passes, and she was mad at me, because I missed a few shots, but I made up for it later. We came in wanting to try and get Taylor in foul trouble, and we did that and tried to keep her to a minimum point-wise. I'm just so happy with this win, and now we're going for a state championship."
TRENTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY (70): Young 10-3-4-33, Raysor 1-0-0-2, E. Garner 11-0-0-22, Senatus 2-0-3-7, T. Garner 1-0-1-3, Ingram 1-0-0-2, Labissiere 0-0-1-1, Jenkins 0-0-0-0, Pickett 0-0-0-0, Jackson 0-0-0-0. Totals: 26-3-9-70.
GILL ST. BERNARD'S (53): Sina 1-1-0-5, T. Rooks 6-3-12-33, Whitehead 0-0-0-0, Bennett 3-1-2-11, Ferreira 0-0-0-0, M. Rooks 1-0-2-4, Kramer 0-0-0-0. Totals: 11-5-16-53.
Trenton Catholic (22-6) 19 18 17 16—70
Gill St. Bernard's (23-5) 10 9 11 23—53


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President Museveni yesterday offered to implement several reforms East African leaders launched last year and urged other member states to reduce the cost of doing business.
Kampala- Ugandans will in the next three-and-half months have an opportunity to own Crane Bank after an announcement
The number of refugees fleeing the raging conflict in South Sudan into Uganda has increased to 40,000.
The Uganda Red Cross and international relief agencies said the number of Sudanese crossing to Uganda daily by road in the West Nile districts of Adjumani and Arua is worrying and has strained available relief support, with a disturbing probability of the current figures reaching 100,000 by February.
Ugandan soldiers were killed and others injured when the UPDF engaged the rebels just 90 kilometres outside Juba
RWAKITURA - President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with Mrs. Rebecca Nyandeng Garang De Mabior, the adviser on human rights and gender of South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit.
Plans to harmonise communication rates in the East African region have taken shape.
The first technical committee meeting for ICT cluster of Northern Corridor integration projects comprising of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan sat in Kampala yesterday and agreed to have both mobile communication, and broadband charges cut and unified.


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Ben Kingsley going to war in 'Ender's Game'
Sir Ben Kingsley is in talks to join Odd Lot's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's classic SF novel "Ender's Game."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner ("Gandhi") will reunite with his "Hugo" co-star Asa Butterfield in the film, which will also star "True Grit" ingenue Hailee Steinfeld. Additionally, there was talk last week that Harrison Ford was circling the film.
In "Ender's Game," a group of children (including Ender, played by Butterfield) are sent to an elite war academy where they partake in high-tech war games in order to prepare them for combat with a relentless alien race that has been waging war on humanity for decades. Steinfeld will play another academy recruit who befriends Ender.
Kingsley will take on the role of an aged war hero, who was long-thought dead.
The film is being written and directed by Gavin Hood ("X-Men Origins: Wolverine"). Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "Star Trek") are producing with Odd Lot's Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough. They're hoping to start shooting in February.
Kingsley can currently be seen in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," and will soon appear in "A Common Man" and in Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator."
What do you think of the film's cast so far? Is it faithful to Card's novels?


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September 20, 2010
It's generally not difficult to tell when I haven't spent a lot of time online over the course of a weekend—the Monday morning A La Carte tends to be a little bit on the skimpy side. And I guess that must have been the case this weekend. Good for me. Nevertheless, here are a few things of interest:
Can Christians Practice Yoga? - Al Mohler: "Some questions we ask today would simply baffle our ancestors. When Christians ask whether believers should practice yoga, they are asking a question that betrays the strangeness of our current cultural moment — a time in which yoga seems almost mainstream in America."
The Facts about Calories - Your infographic du jour (I have a soft spot for infographics).
Why I Am a Christian - John Stott's classic Why I Am a Christian is on sale at ChristianAudio.
Alice Cooper on Marriage - This is really an interesting video. Skip over the first few seconds (which are in Finnish or something) and listen to Cooper talk about how a man should love his wife.
When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short. —Thomas Brooks
Sex Isn't Selling
Sex Isn't Selling
Ten Chapters Per Day (Follow-Up)
Ten Chapters Per Day (Follow-Up)
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