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Gloucester County's Chamber of Commerce held its annual State of the County breakfast Friday, celebrating the past year of advancement and discussing the coming year's goals for the business community.
More than 300 local business leaders attended the breakfast, which was held in Rowan University's Student Center ballroom.
The event's keynote speaker, David Cohen, the executive vice president of Comcast Corporation, discussed his company's recent growth, planned expansions and dedication to the South Jersey and Philadelphia area.
"Our power and success is tied to the entire region," he said. "Comcast looks at this county as a vital partner ... I know the tremendous growth of Gloucester County is an essential part of what makes our region the exciting and energetic place that it is."
Recent growth at Rowan University, redevelopment projects in Glassboro, planned growth at the Port of Paulsboro and other expansions throughout Gloucester County were lauded by the event's other speakers as opportunities for additional jobs and infrastructure additions in the coming year.
"South Jersey is no doormat to anyone. Gloucester County is growing in jobs and job creation. This is a great day," said State Senate President Steve Sweeney.
In addition to the formal reason for the event, the annual breakfast is an opportunity for local business leaders and local government leaders to network and get to know each other and learn about what they're looking forward to in the coming year, according to Freeholder Heather Simmons.
"No one entity can do things all on their own," she said. "This is an opportunity to network and develop important partnerships ... The benefit is job creation."


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Still trying to decide whether to get the Xigmatek Dark Knight or the Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus. I've made a post before about the xigmatek dark knight but ran into a financial brick wall for a bit so I never got it. Then I see a new heatsink fan released called the Cooler master hyper 212 plus. I've seen a few good reviews, and they both seem to cool about the same, I think.
My rig info should be in the sig. I just like how the Xigmatek Dark knight looks, but the Cooler Master hyper 212 plus seems to be cheaper. Just wanted to get some opinions about the two or if you have a better suggestion for a cooler that is within the price range of those two.
*Oh was also wondering if i needed to remove my motherboard to install some sort of backplate for the CM hyper 212 plus? I looked at the manual and it has amd socket am2/am3, and was wondering if that meant for am2/am3 board only or if it is for am3 only boards as well?" sorry if that was confusing.
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FENTON, Michigan — A 32-year-old Fenton man is in jail today after threatening police with a bow and arrow following a domestic dispute at his home.
Fenton police responded after two 911 hang up calls to the man's home at 2:56 a.m. today near 2nd and Howard streets. While police were enroute, the man's wife, who is also 32 years old, contacted police and told them there had been a fight at the home and she left the residence.
Police found the man sitting in his driveway with a compound bow, which he raised and threatened the officers with as they approached. He retreated into his home after he refused orders to put the weapon down.
Argentine Township, the Genesee County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police Emergency Support Team assisted in setting up a perimeter and getting the man surrender after 7 a.m.
No one, including a 55-year-old woman who was in the home during the incident, was injured.
Police are working to secure a felonious assault charge against the man and expect to arraign him this afternoon.


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To the Editor:
When Ann Marie Buerkle repeatedly calls for abolishing the federal Department of Education, she displays lack of awareness of the reason for establishing such a department in the 1960s.
President Lyndon Johnson was aware of the inequality between the states in funds allocated to our elementary and secondary schools to serve children who need extra help, especially in reading and math. In different states there were different standards. The president realized many of these children could be our future engineers and surgeons, if only they received the extra help they required in their early years. The program was cleverly designed to serve children from high-poverty areas who also qualified based on educational needs. Naturally, such a huge endeavor required supervision from the states. New York has been diligent in supervising its programs and weeding out abuses. The Department of Education supervises the states to monitor the quality of services to students, and to identify and abolish waste, fraud and abuse.
There will always be problems. But a great nation such as ours needs this department.
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GULLANE, SCOTLAND – England's Lee Westwood is 18 holes away from his first major championship after firing a third-round 70 to move to three-under for the championship.
Westwood is two shots ahead of Tiger Woods, who carded a 72 on Saturday, and Hunter Mahan, whose round of three-under 68 moved him to minus-one overall as well.
2013 Masters champ Adam Scott is at even par through three rounds. American Phil Mickelson is at +2 for the championship.
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart wasted no time, um, possibly getting to business, once they landed in L.A. yesterday. Think they're finally answering our pleas to show us all a li'l more kissy stuff?
After they wrapped Eclipse early Thursday morning, the duo left Vancouver only to check in to the Chateau Marmont together yesterday afternoon.
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A source close to the couple tells us that Rob and Kristen were driven into Chateau's private valley Thursday evening.
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Target Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 5% Over 2007
Retail giant Target decreased its carbon intensity measured on a per square foot basis by 5 percent and measured against sales by 3 percent from 2007 to 2011, putting the company on track to met its 2015 goals of a 10 and 20 percent reduction against those measurements respectively, according to the company's 2011 corporate sustainability report.
In 2010, the company produced .0112 tons of CO2 equivalent per square foot and 46.75 tons of CO2 equivalent per million dollars of retail sales. The report does not provide figures for carbon intensity after 2007, only a percentage decrease from the baseline for the year of the report.
Target attributes the decrease in carbon intensity to energy efficiency projects in stores. The most significant of these was a floor lighting efficiency rollout, which converted four-bulb overhead fixtures to more efficient two bulb fixtures. Last year Target installed the new fixtures at more than 500 stores, bringing the total number of stores retrofitted to more than 1,100, or 62 percent of all Targets. The program should be complete in 2012, Target says.
Other CO2 reduction measures undertaken include a move toward using alternative refrigerants with lower global-warming potentials, and LEDs in place of fluorescent lighting in open-refrigeration units, according to the report.
This year the retailer plans to upgrade lighting in its store offices and backrooms and install variable-frequency drives on rooftop HVAC units at around 50 stores.
In 2011, 168 Target stores earned the Energy Star certification, meaning that 21 percent of its stores now have the label, up from eight percent in 2010. The retailer says that progress on this metric must be improved if it is to meet its 2015 goal of having 75 percent of its locations Energy Star certified.
Target has struggled with progress in its water use. Since 2007 the company has reduced its water use intensity – measured as gallons per square foot of space – by just 0.3 percent. The company increased its absolute water use over and above the 2007 baseline, but due to an increase in floor space decreased its per square foot usage. The retailer admits that improvement is needed in this metric if it is to reach its goal of reducing water use intensity by 10 percent by 2015, when measured against the 2007 baseline (see chart, below).
In 2011, Target installed what it calls "ultra-low-flow" sinks, toilets and urinals in its store restrooms, along with other water efficiency projects for ice cream stalls and and in-store Starbucks locations, the report says. The benefits won't be fully realized and measured until next year's report, which Target hopes will show a 1.4 percent reduction in water use in 2012.
In 2011, the waste Target sent to landfill increased 1 percent over its 2009 baseline, and the company sent 33 percent of its waste to landfill. Despite the increase the company says it is on track to reach its goal of reducing waste by 15 percent by 2015.
The company uses several recycling initiatives in an effort to decrease its waste sent to landfill. These include in-store recycling kiosks for customer use, which accept glass, aluminum, plastic bottles, plastic bags, MP3 players, cell phones and ink cartridges. In 2011 Target collected and recycled more than 1,000 tons of plastic, glass and aluminum bottles and cans, more than 7,000 tons of shrink wrap and plastic bags, and more than 7 million pounds of electronics, the report says.
Target made progress by introducing a composting system at Target headquarters and a metal recycling program, but says this progress was offset by "other challenges," including legislative changes nationwide that the retailer says have forced it to develop new waste management programs.
Next year Target will implement extensions to two existing recycling programs that should offset the increases made in 2011, the company says. The retailer plans to expand its food donation program to include a protein donation element and also plans to expand its paper recycling program.
In October, the company announced that it will sell only sustainable and traceable seafood in its stores by 2015, through a partnership with non-profit FishWise. To meet this goal Target is pushing a procurement strategy that works to improve the green credentials of its existing suppliers while also seeking out more eco-friendly suppliers, according to the report.
The company has also pledged to enhance at least 50 own-brand packaging designs to be more sustainable by the end of fiscal year 2016.
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No parking fees, No nightly amenity fees, No resort fees, and No WiFi fees. If just the two of you then you found the perfect place in paradise. This studio is priced perfect for a Hawaiian getaway. If you want to avoid commercial resorts and tall hotels then this is perfect. New King bed, small fridge, microwave, coffee maker, blender, Gas BBQ, beach chairs, boogie board, new beautiful Hawaiian sofa, dinette for two, big screen TV, DVD player, free high speed in unt WiFi, free parking and the best walking beach on island. The meandering bike path that takes you to miles and miles of white sand beaches is located HERE! Grab your snorkel gear, or a bike or two and head in any direction and have the day of your life. This ground floor unit is the PERFECT retreat. Sit on your lanai and enjoy garden and ocean views. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee, watch the sky light up over the ocean or take a walk on the beach for monk seals or turtle tracks.. Its all happening here. Centrally located so you can explore the entire island without spending hours in traffic. This is the most sought after destination ~ location, location, location. Where the climate is blended between the lush tropics of the north side and sunny days of the south side, you get the best of both. This is simply 'Old Hawaii'. Parking lot is covered with Large monkey pod trees. The tiki hut pool bar is a perfect place to end your that mai tai. Nearest town was voted by Forbes magazine as the prettiest towns in america, voted by travel land and leisure as one of the MOST beautiful coastal walks.
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Fell in love with Kauai when I stayed on the Coconut coast. Something about this part of the island that makes you feel like you are away from it all and have stepped back in time. I had a company managing my unit since 2005. I just recently started to self manage so I had over 60 5star reviews. I brought over a few for you all to enjoy.
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Love the coconut coast. No place better, no cliffs to climb down to get to your beach, no car needed to drive to a your perfect beach location, no racing to beat the crowds to stake out your perfect beach spot. Its all right here just a few steps out from your Lanai.
This really is a perfect location on the royal coconut coast. Does not get any better then being here.
We booked the Beachside Studio for a week in late Nov 2014, the room was a good size for the two of us and was updated and clean. The location was great, nice central location to head north or south. The access to the beach was excellent and we had a great view from the lanai. We would definitely stay here again. There was also items to use such as snorkel gear, boogie boards, beach chairs that came in very handy. We loved our stay here.
I stayed at this property two years ago, and realized I had forgotten to write a review! That is how wonderful this place was for my husband and I, after two years I still look back and reminisce about our stay. The property was simple and had all the essentials, along with a friendly and helpful staff. I loved the snorkeling equipment that was provided as well! Hope to visit again!
What a great time at this property! Second time at this property and first but hopefully not last with Pacificcondoskauai.com! Thank you! Beautiful! Hated to leave.
Wonderful little get away property. We enjoyed our stay in this lovely property. Furnishing, bed linens, towels and art work very tastefully done. Fantastic location, close to everything and easy to get to the South and North shores. Very quiet and nice landscaping . The beach is fabulous, golden sand,Palm trees and no crowds! The patio table outside is a a beautiful place to sit. Nice little amenities such as snorkel equipment, beach towels, beach mats and a small cooler came in very handy, a nice surprise ! We can't wait to go back again soon!!
Wonderful little get away condo. The furnishings, artwork and bed linens are tastefully done. The kitchen is very tiny but it works for breakfast and easy other meals. There is snorkel equipment,beach chairs, a small cooler and a sweet patio set outside for cocktails. Fabulous location, close to everything that you could need. The beach is so close and it is everything that you imagine in a Hawaiian beach, beautiful golden sand, palm trees and not crowded. Really perfect! The property is quiet as is the entire resort. Nice pool with plenty of lounge deck chairs and a bar. Highly recommend this property.
We thoroughly enjoyed out stay on Kauai. The location of this unit was ideal, very close to the airport so getting in and comfy right away was a breeze. The unit was very well appointed and beautifully decorated. The bed was VERY comfy! The proximity to the beach was the clincher. You can watch the sunrise above the ocean horizon from your patio. We saw whales breeching during the sunrise one morning, amazing! This location was ideal for getting anywhere. Everything was a breeze staying here. Nice pool and hot tub close by (but not too close).
This condo was just what the doctor ordered. We were pleasantly surprised just how much nicer the unit actually was inside. It has new furnishings, new mattress, new bedding and was plush. It had everything we needed from beach chairs to all the kitchen items needed to make BBQ, make coffee, keep drinks cold and make sandwiches for hikes. Mary thought of everything from soft coolers to beach toys. We loved having the ice machine just outside the unit. This condo was maybe 20 steps to the sand. You actually have an ocean view when you are sitting on the love seat from inside.The straight out view if you are standing deep in the unit is the beautiful gardens but when you step onto the patio ( I think its called a lanai) you have a beautiful ocean view. For the price of this condo we got much more than we expected. You can leave the slider open at night and hear the ocean. I would recommend this condo to anyone who is traveling in twos as it was perfect for us. Not too big and not too small-just right for our vacation. The only thing I would change is to stay longer. We stayed 5 nights and wished we had made our entire trip to this one location.
We did some island hops and the other places were 20 to 50 more a night and were not worth the added cost as the beaches were crowed and not near as unique.
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MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Office for the Aging will be holding its Senior Picnic at Midway State Park in Maple Springs again this year. It will be held on Friday, Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Sharpshooters have killed eight more deer in this Isabella County city, completing the community's "deer cull" with a total of 28 deer killed, according to the city Department of Public Safety.
The operation involved this month's "lethal removal" of the deer, which destroy landscapes, cause car-deer accidents and are associated with the spread of disease, according to a department press release.
Twenty deer were shot and killed in the first part of the project, the department reported Feb. 10. The project's goal is "to decrease herd size to a level that land can support," the press release stated.
During both portions of the cull, officials closed the area of the deer removal to the public, and noted the removal locations were not visible to the general public in Mount Pleasant, where public hunting is illegal.
The cull was conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services firearms experts and marksmen, who "must pass stringent firearms safety and proficiency qualifications before using firearms," according to the press release.
Police officers "provided an extra measure of safety and security in the area," the release stated.
A similar deer cull took place on Feb. 9, 2010. That project took place after complaints from residents and neighborhood groups, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger group coordinated with local businesses to process the deer taken in this month's cull, and provided a list of churches and needy residents to receive the donated venison, the release stated.


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Hectic! That's what the brand new principal of the brand new K-12 school in Sheshatshiu called the first day of real classes.
He had good reason to use that word. In one day, even before all the students expected for the coming academic year had even registered, the school already had around 300 children on the books which must be pretty close to a record for this central Labrador community. Day 1 last Tuesday, that is was only the first for kids attending classes in kindergarten to Grade 6, but lots of older students had shown up early, many of them bringing their parents. They could have waited until Wednesday to register but, like their younger schoolmates, they couldn't wait to check out their new classrooms, teachers, labs and, of course, the new gymnasium which, with its springy pro-basketball-standard wooden floor, its remote-controlled curtain and folding bleachers, and its plethora of new sports equipment, is by far the most popular new feature of the school.
The principal (who didn't really seem to mind how hectic his day was, since just about everybody was smiling and happy) had other words to describe the school itself. We have a fantastic facility, he said. We have an awesome staff, so it's not an issue of trying to convince parents anymore. Kids are going to want to come on their own. Young students of all ages had words of their own for the school. Good, some said simply, although others were more expressive: Beautiful! said one girl, while another delighted on how the new building smelled. It's clean! It smells fresh. It's a fresh start today! Clearly, the facility is a hit with everybody: students, parents, teachers and support staff.
It's not just all the clean new space, fresh new faces and shiny new toys that makes the place so popular, or the fact that as a successor to the dilapidated, despised and sometimes dangerous Peenamin Mackenzie School, it really didn't have to make much of an effort to be vastly superior. What has helped the people of Sheshatshiu take the new facility so readily into their hearts is the widespread perception that it is, unlike the old one, truly an Innu school not school board, but because the building itself expresses facets of Innu culture. Seen from above, it takes the shape of an eagle with outstretched wings, and the pattern laid into the brick cladding out front was taken from one found on a museum piece, a historic Innu coat.
The high popularity of the school not just among those who are supposed to attend it, but perhaps more importantly by those who have the power to send their children to it or keep them home means that when all are counted, the new school will likely have more registered students than anyone knew actually lived in Sheshatshiu. Not only will the school benefit from the usual start-of-the-year attendance bubble, but those many dozens of Sheshatshiu parents who never considered letting their children go to Peenamin Mackenzie, but sent them away to classes in North West River or Happy Valley-Goose Bay instead, will now happily let them be schooled in their home community.
However, all good things, somebody once said, must come to an end, so maybe Sheshatshiu's honeymoon with its beautiful new school won't last forever. But the staff seem confident that even when the fresh newschool smell is gone, attendance won't dive to the abysmally low double digits often seen at the old school. The principal and all his staff seem intent even eager to make sure the new school remains a place the community loves and the students want to attend. If they succeed, Innu education in Labrador will never be the same. It can only be better.
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Encouraging the construction of new houses in Fort Dodge should be a top priority of the local government, elected officials decided Monday afternoon.
''Right now, we have a housing issue,'' said Councilman Kim Alstott.
During a three-hour afternoon planning session, other council members and Mayor Matt Bemrich agreed that new housing is needed, thanks to the hundreds of jobs being created in the North Central Ag Industrial Park.
The next highest priority, enhancing recreation and entertainment options, spurred some debate, however. Bemrich said the possible construction of a new facility to replace the Fort Dodge Recreation Center at First Avenue South and 15th Street ought to be factor in the city's plan.
City Manager David Fierke said the local government's role in that project remains unknown.
The project's future may be tied to a proposed downtown street realignment that Councilman Mark Taylor referred to Monday as the ''crosstown disconnector.''
''They're not going to do any more planning until the city decides on the crosstown connector,'' Councilman Dave Flattery said of Recreation Center leaders. ''The downtown realignment is part of their planning process.''
Flattery said he believes downtown improvements should be at the heart of all strategic plans for the city.
''I feel that everything starts with the downtown,'' he said. ''To me, that's the initiative we have to start.''
Implementing the downtown master plan emerged as the third highest priority during the session.
Providing utilities and infrastructure needed for growth, ensuring that citizens are safe, and creating a community that is attractive to new businesses and residents rounded out the list of priorities.
Fierke and the city staff will now develop recommendations for implementing each of those priorities. According to Fierke, ways of measuring progress on each of the priorities will be established.
The elected officials developed that list of priorities during a session facilitated by Rick Brimeyer, the president of Brimeyer LLC in Ames. He has advised the city on planning and the implementation of lean government practices intended to weed out any unnecessary procedures in city operations.
Monday's session built upon the Envision 2030 document, which outlined a path for future growth in the community, and two previous strategic planning sessions conducted in 2007 and 2010. Public safety and infrastructure improvements were identified as the top priorities in past years.
Fierke said progress has been made in both of those areas.
''We were able to put together some reasonable steps and actually accomplished most of it,'' he said.
The expected influx of people coming to work at the Cargill and CJ Bio America plants in the North Central Ag Industrial Park pushed housing to the top of the list this year.
In a bid to spur new housing starts, the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance launched construction of four new houses in The Woodlands neighborhood on the city's northeast side this year. By selling those houses, the alliance hopes to show developers that there is a market for new homes in Fort Dodge.
Three specific strategies for improving housing were identified Monday. They are:
The housing incentives and infrastructure improvements would be targeted to what planners call ''infill development,'' which is essentially building on lots in existing neighborhoods.
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Gran Turismo 5 screeches past the 6 million mark
PS3 exclusive driving sim Gran Turismo 5 has shipped more than six million copies, according to developer Polyphony Digital.
In the latest series sales lists released by the creators of the game, GT5 is said to have shipped a total of 6.37 million units. That's as of December 2010 too, meaning that January and February 2011 are still to be accounted for.
According to the stats, the vast majority of the current total have shipped to the West. Europe accounts for 3.97 million of the total, while 1.58 million went out to the US. Just 600,000 went to Japan and 230,000 to Asia.
In total, a whopping 63.15 million copies of the Gran Turismo series have been shipped throughout its lifetime. The most successful is GT3 with a monstrous 14.89 million.
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A Decree issued by Innocent XI, 1 Oct., 1678, regulating the fees that may be demanded or accepted by episcopal chancery offices for various acts, instruments, or writings. According to this Decree bishops or their officials are not allowed to accept anything though freely offered:
In this last case, however, alms to be applied to pious uses may be demanded. A moderate charge, fixed by Innocent, may be exacted by the chancellor for expediting necessary documents, except those granting permission to say Mass, administer the sacraments, preach, etc. The Taxa Innocentiana is silent in regard to contentious matters, e.g. the charge for copies of the acts of ecclesiastical trials. Some maintained that Innocent's legislation was promulgated for Italy only, but it evidenced the mind of the Church, and at least in substance was of universal application. The Sacred Congregation of the Council on 10 June, 1896, modified the prescriptions of Innocent, decreeing that while taxes or fees may be imposed according to justice and prudence in matters pertaining to benefices and sacraments, especially matrimony; yet the sacraments themselves must be conferred without charge and pious customs connected therewith observed. In other matters not directly affecting the administration of the sacraments ; e.g. dispensations from the banns, it is decreed that:
The approval of the Holy See is required for the fees determined upon. Rome's sanction is given tentatively for five years to Italy, for ten years to other countries.
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Designed to present its readers with the full body of Catholic teaching, the Encyclopedia contains not only precise statements of what the Church has defined, but also an impartial record of different views of acknowledged authority on all disputed questions, national, political or factional. In the determination of the truth the most recent and acknowledged scientific methods are employed, and the results of the latest research in theology, philosophy, history, apologetics, archaeology, and other sciences are given careful consideration.
No one who is interested in human history, past and present, can ignore the Catholic Church, either as an institution which has been the central figure in the civilized world for nearly two thousand years, decisively affecting its destinies, religious, literary, scientific, social and political, or as an existing power whose influence and activity extend to every part of the globe. In the past century the Church has grown both extensively and intensively among English-speaking peoples. Their living interests demand that they should have the means of informing themselves about this vast institution, which, whether they are Catholics or not, affects their fortunes and their destiny.
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I have the same question with a bit of a twist - the 2.4" cores cost about $6 each @ Arrow, and make a lot of sense in a QRO transmit application. But, that is a lot of ferrite for a receive antenna choke when they get stacked 5 high for top band applications. I'm in favor of several chokes on the flag/pennant/Beveridge feedline so cost and size start to add up. The G3TXQ and K9YC charts cover RG8 and RG6 coax outside diameters, but not subminiature stuff like RG316, which should be super for receive only applications or "QRP" to at least hundred watts +/-. With RG316 sub miniature TFE coax it seems reasonable to use a type 31 1" od +/- core ( e.g.Fair-Rite 2631101902 1.122 od x 0.543id x 1.125 h in stock at Arrow) as it can handle many 316 turns and neither power handling or coax loss are concerns. The small core volume is a plus since I can then put it into a small box with the antenna-feedline matching transformer. The F-R chart shows a Z @ 1 Mhz of 32 ohms vs 12 ohms for the 2.4" size, and the Arrow prices are $2.28 vs $5.32 so the $/ohm ratio is about 1:6 for one 2.4" core and 1:30 for a stack of 5. I haven't seen any evaluations of such a design and was wondering if anybody has built and measured one. For those using RG6 feedlines, then some RG316 like 70 ohm coax is needed (or maybe just live with the mismatch). Any suggestions? Grant KZ1W On 4/22/2012 12:37 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > I am looking for a balun (common mode current isolator) recommendation for > my receive loops, if I need a balun. > Because of my lot size I only have pennant and flag type antennas. I feed > them with a binocular core transformer per W8JI's and other's web sites > where the primary and secondary are two separate overlapping windings. For > my receive loops (3 fed from both directions in order to get two directions > out of each) I bring the RG6 feedlines away at right angles for 15', then > drop to the ground then they are underground till they get to a aluminum > panel on my shed. The receive lines from the antennas to the shed are > 50-130' long. They terminate at a coax switch (I feed 12V through the coax > to switch directions on each pennant/flag) with a preamp on the aluminum > panel. The aluminum panel is tied into my common ground with the tower, > aluminum panel just inside the basement, AC mains box, etc. with lots of > ground rods (27), solid #4 copper wire and Cadwelds. The RG6 feedline runs > from the coax switch underground to the basement where it has a lightning > arrestor and a limiter. Then it runs up to the shack. > > Should I add balun(s)? Where - at the antenna feedpoints, at the feedline > to the coax switch? Multiple places? > For receive lines what is the recommended balun? RG6 (how many turns) > through 2.4" (or smaller) #31 type material (how many cores?). > > Tnx for feedback > N2TK, Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: firstname.lastname@example.com > [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:51 PM > To: email@example.com > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Balun Recommendation > > > On 4/21/2012 4:26 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: >> Yes Ian, I agree with you that "common mode current" on a coax outer >> shield is a complete misnomer. It doesn't describe what it is "common >> to". If it were really common mode current it would have the same >> current on the inner conductors as well as on the outer conductor and >> be in phase. > While common mode current may be a bit of a misnomer, it is accurate in that > the effect of "outer shield current" is identical to that of common mode > current in a balanced system because of the "pin 1 problem" > that K9YC has written so extensively about. Since the signal return in most > amateur equipment is not tied to a complete and effective shielded > enclosure, the outer shield current is *indistinguishable* from a true > common mode current as it passes through the unbalanced input/output > circuits of modern equipment. > > Again, if this "outer shield current" is sufficient it can appear in in > microphone inputs, be fed back into audio amplifiers or even be impressed > across control and power supply circuits. The results can be anything from > mildly annoying to fatal to the equipment depending on the level of the > common mode signal and the circuit involved. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 4/21/2012 4:26 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: >> Yes Ian, I agree with you that "common mode current" on a coax outer >> shield is a complete misnomer. It doesn't describe what it is "common to". >> If it were really common mode current it would have the same current >> on the inner conductors as well as on the outer conductor and be in phase. >> >> A better name for what is commonly called "common mode current" on the >> coax outer shield would probably be "outer shield current". >> >> 73 >> Gary K4FMX >> > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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A 68-year-old Dothan man was indicted today on charges of securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering that caused 87 investors to lose an estimated $3 million, according to a joint news release from the United States Attorney's office and the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC).
According to the release from Sandra J. Stewart, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Joseph P. Borg, the ASC director, Edward Lincoln Forehand, using the business name "USA Marketing," solicited investments from people, mainly in the Dothan, Pensacola, Panama City and other parts of Florida, between 2006 and November 2009.
Forehand told investors that he had a relationship with an individual (the "Associate"), who Forehand identified only as "an acquaintance of several years" and as a longtime family friend, authorities said in the statement.
The Associate had a business—Elite Marketing ("Elite")—Forehand would explain, which had agreements with colleges and universities to sell them cookware, which the schools would in turn resell as a fundraiser. According to the release, Elite required financing to purchase the cookware, he'd say, but the profit margin on the cookware was so large that Elite could afford to pay extraordinarily high rates of returns to those who would provide the financing.
Prospective investors received these representations either directly from Forehand or indirectly from persons who had passed on what they had heard about investing in Elite. According to the release, Forehand provided most investors with a document stating that the purpose of the investment was to invest in Elite, and promising an annual rate of return ranging from 175% to 325%.
Forehand failed to disclose to investors the fact that he was using investors' money for purposes other than investment and was only forwarding to Elite approximately 20% of the money that he was receiving from investors. In particular, during the period from 2006 to November 2009, Forehand received $6.2 million from investors but only sent $1,605,790 to Elite or to the Associate, authorities said in the release. Forehand used the remaining funds either to repay previous investors or for Forehand's personal expenses, including cash, purchase of real estate, improvements to houses, repayment of personal loans, and other personal needs.
Forehand also failed to disclose that in August 2009, six checks from Elite to USA Marketing totaling $600,000 bounced, that Elite never made good on the checks, and that from that point forward, Forehand stopped sending any investor money to Elite, the release stated. Forehand also concealed the Associate's true identity and the fact that this Associate had two prior criminal convictions based on fraudulent conduct.


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As is his custom, Bobby Lounge was wheeled onto the New Orleans Jazz Fest Lagniappe stage on Sunday (May 5) afternoon in what he calls his "iron lung." But don't worry. As Lounge explained, the device (actually an old-fashioned home steam bath, I suspect) is more a philosophical gesture than a medical necessity, though what the streamlined silver machine symbolizes philosophically remains somewhat of a mystery.
Perhaps it has something to do with Lounge's self-declared proclivity for being struck by lightning. Though catastrophic jolts of celestial electricity can have deleterious effects, Lounge reassured his audience that he is unchanged by the atmospheric incidents -- except for the fact that he's able to pop microwave popcorn by simply staring at the bag.
As always, nurses were in attendance during Lounge's performance.
Lounge said that were it not for extensive facial surgery and Botox injections he would have better expressed his emotions to his adoring audience. So, it was left to us to do the emoting, which mostly included giggling at the Mississippi-based satirist's endless web of seamy surrealistic observations on the behind-closed-doors human condition - unfiltered, we were assured, by the eastern liberal media.
At a spiritually crucial moment in the show, Lounge disappeared behind a curtain that was held aloft by his faithful nurses, to re-emerge in a white choir robe with sparkly silver protrusions on the shoulders. Thus adorned, Lounge was joined by a spirited gospel choir "The Recliners," who lent the afternoon a special grace.
Lounge delivers his cracked brand of comedy in the clear bass voice of a television pitchman as he insistently pounds out driving sonic accompaniment on the piano. Truth is, I've heard singer-songwriters who take themselves a lot more seriously, whose talent isn't nearly as serious. Don't let him fool you; Bobby Lounge is brilliant. Ask yourself, who else in the whole wide world could find a place in a song for the words "astronaut diapers."
I regretfully had to cut out of the show after the second gospel number. There's always so much Jazz Fest to do and so little time. Tell me if I missed anything at the end.


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Born in Baku, Kara Karayev was one of Dmitry Shostakovich's most distinguished pupils. Karayev absorbed his teacher's influence, binding it to his own distinctive use of native Azerbaijani folk melodies and harmonies to produce music in an eclectic range of genres. The Seven Beauties is the first full-length Azerbaijani ballet, and the suite heard here brims with an exotic array of appealing rhythms and melodies. The Path of Thunder uses elements of African and Afro-American music in its exploration of the theme of forbidden love in apartheid era South Africa. Karayev's Symphony No. 3 and other orchestral works can be heard on 8.570720.
BBC Music Magazine, February 2014
Red-blooded performances.
MusicWeb International, 23rd January 2014
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Dmitri Yablonsky is in cracking form in music that will appeal to all who like their music uncomplicatedly straightforward yet full blooded.
Gramophone Magazine, March 2014
There's nothing to scare the horses, and any reader with a soft-spot for, say, the Khachaturian ballets should definitely investigate...the RPO under Dmitry Yablonsky sound as if they enjoyed making this colourful repertoire's acquaintance...Well worth checking out at this price point.
Expedition Audio Recommended
There is no reason whatsoever to shy away from this album if you avoid the acrid tonalities of much 20th century music; Karayev's music is very easy to enjoy - saturated with exotic colors it can be hair-raisingly exciting or deliriously beautiful... This program benefits from magnificent readings by the Royal Philharmonic under the direction Maestro Dmitry Yablonsky and superb sonics from Naxos.... read more ...
American Record Guide, May/June 2014
He wrote The Seven Beauties as a symphonic suite in 1949 and then made a ballet of it in 1953; this suite is taken from the ballet. There are a few dances and an adagio, then an introduction and portraits of the beauties, the seven wives of Shah Bachram Gur, he the subject of a poem from 1197 by Nizami. The Path of Thunder was premiered in 1958 and awarded a Lenin Prize in 1967. South African writer Peter Abrahams's novel of the same name is its inspiration - the story of a mixed-race teacher who elopes with a young white girl. The music is most like Khachaturian's ballet music; it's enjoyable and colorful. The performance and sonics are just fine. Notes in English.
Recording information: Blackheath Concert Halls, Blackheath, England (09/29/2012/09/30/2012).
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Works DetailsKarayev, Kara : Seven Beauties, ballet suite
- Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky
- Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Notes: Blackheath Concert Halls, Blackheath, England (09/29/2012/09/30/2012)
- Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Ballet
Karayev, Kara : In the Path of Thunder, ballet suite
- Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky
- Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Notes: Blackheath Concert Halls, Blackheath, England (09/29/2012/09/30/2012)
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Ballet


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Whidbey Island Bank merger fails
Oak Harbor-based Whidbey Island Bank will not become Frontier Bank.
Washington Banking Company, the holding company for Whidbey Island Bank, notified Everett-based Frontier Financial Corporation this week that it is terminating an agreement and plan of merger worked out last September.
The problem is that Frontier Financial was unable to secure permission for the merger from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after regulators found concerns in a consumer compliance exam of Frontier. Chief executive officers from both companies said regulators are taking a much tougher line nowadays in the wake of problems in the banking market, largely as a result of insurance claims from Hurricane Katrina and the subprime mortgage crisis.
Were disappointed, but at the same time, this gives us more opportunities, said Washington Banking Company CEO and President Michal Cann. He explained that the company will explore options, which include remaining independent or partnering with a different bank.
In the meantime, Whidbey Island Bank will likely be hiring back support staff who were lost in the merger process. Many of the top administrators would have lost their positions if the merger went through, but now they get to keep working ?at least for the time being.
The ultimate fallout from the collapse of the merger may be litigation. Both companies are claiming that the other owes a $5 million termination fee for breaching the merger agreement.
We would have preferred a joint agreement of termination, said John Dickson, president and CEO of Frontier Financial, but they decided to take a little more aggressive action toward us.
Cann said Frontier broke the agreement by not being able to secure FDIC permission in a timely manner. Also, Frontier represented that it was in compliance with banking rules and regulations, but the regulators compliance audit apparently found otherwise.
Dickson disagrees that Frontier breached the contract over compliance issues. He said his company is making a counterclaim that Whidbey Island Bank broke the agreement by not allowing Frontier to have a 30-day period to cure the problems.
Cann countered that 30 days of continued uncertainty over the merger would not have benefited either company, or their customers, stockholders or communities.
Both CEOs hope that the disagreement can be worked out amicably.
We hold Whidbey Island Bank and employees in high regard and we are disappointed that it has come to this, Dickson said.
Consumer compliance exams, Dickson explained, deal with regulations and rules, such as fair lending practices. He said he cant disclose the exact issues identified because to do so would be a violation of federal law. The findings have nothing to do with money, he said, and Frontier Financial is financially sound.
Weve already resolved 90 percent of the issues they looked at, Dickson said. It had nothing to do with the quality of our loans.
Dickson said regulators told him that the merger would not be approved because of the compliance issues. He said regulators are being very difficult with consumer compliance right now because of the recent messes in the banking industry.
Im very frustrated with the regulators, he said. I dont think they are really taking into account the impact the lack of approval will have on our communities and customers.
The permission from the federal government was the last step in the merger process and the denial took everyone by surprise. Dickson said his company spent $1.3 million, before taxes, on the unsuccessful merger process. Much of the money was spent on legal costs and conversion of the computer systems.
Cann said Whidbey Island Bank also lost money, but he wouldnt say how much.
Shares of Washington Banking fell more than 22 percent Wednesday on news that the merger fell through. Stock in the 19-branch bank closed down $2.81 to $9.69, on more than 34 times its average volume.
Both Cann and Dickson said the stock fell to a level that was more in line with similar companies. The stock price had been buoyed by speculation over the merger, they said.
Cann emphasized that Whidbey Island Bank remains solid financially. In April, the company reported first quarter earnings were up 3 percent to $2.3 million compared to the first quarter a year ago.
We remain strong, with solid credit, strong loan growth and increasing profits, Cann said. In some ways we are running more efficiently.
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The need for introducing state to the service integration layer
Most enterprises serve several channels as entry points into their business. A bank offers ATMs, branches, Internet, and telephone banking as ways for customers to access their accounts. A retail chain has stores and a retail website on the Internet. A government agency offers its services over the Internet, through a call center, or at its public offices. In all of these cases, the offered information and related functionality should be consistent across all channels, which makes a case for establishing a common layer, the integration layer, that is located between various back-end systems and channel-specific front-end logic.
This integration layer contains a service bus with mediations. These mediations support non-semantic aspects of exposing existing provider logic. They also contain a service creation component in which existing providers are semantically composed into new services. For a detailed description of these concepts, I strongly recommend this article by Greg Flurry and Kim Clark. Figure 1 shows the structure of the integration layer as presented in that article.
Figure 1. The integration layer
In order to support requirements related to speed and agility, especially when focusing on customer-centric business demands, the need arises to push information closer to the channels that require it. In other words, the integration layer cannot rely entirely on existing back-end systems to offer information; it must be able to deliver important data very quickly, and that is often only possible if it stores this data locally. And that, in turn, requires the integration layer to be stateful. Given the customer-focused nature of many of the related business initiatives, what is most often stored locally, in the broadest sense, is customer-related information.
Hence, we need to support pushing (customer) data closer to its consumers whenever possible. And that comes with a number of challenges which we will analyze more closely below.
Different types of cache
There are two types of caching that play a role in the service integration layer. One is response caching. In a nutshell, response caching is the ability of predicting the outcome of a service invocation without actually executing the service provider. This can be most useful in cases where the exact same request message is sent to a service many times, and where each of these requests predictably leads to the same response message. It makes sense to establish this type of caching in the service bus, and it does not really violate the statelessness of the bus. Most products that support hosting services and service bus mediations will offer this type of caching. Again, an environment will only benefit from response caching if service invocations are repeated frequently, and if you can guarantee the accuracy of the information stored in the cache.
A different type of caching is what I will call operational caching. Here, information is used not by bus mediations, but by the provider creation part of the integration layer. Figure 2, based on a figure from the ESB article mentioned earlier, shows the different components of the integration layer, plus the two caching components.
Figure 2. Caches in the integration layer
Various architectural decisions have to be made when deploying an operational cache:
- The structure of the data that is cached. Typically, the data in the cache will be accessible by simple key; that is, no elaborate query capabilities are supported. If sets of business objects are stored, they can be put in the cache as single entities or be broken down into smaller pieces that have to be reassembled as appropriate by the calling logic.
Related to this, indices might have to be built that allow navigating relationships between entities that are stored separately in the cache. For example, in a banking scenario, if customer and account data is cached, the relationship between customers and their accounts might have to be navigable in both directions. That means it should be possible to retrieve all the accounts for a given customer and to retrieve the customer owning a given account. Index tables can help with this, but in any case, this requirement often results in two necessary steps to retrieve a piece of information.
- The lifetime of data in the cache. The lifetime of the data is influenced by multiple criteria, for example:
- Are all updates to the underlying back-end data store going through the integration layer, or can updates occur otherwise? If data is only updated through the integration layer that hosts the cache, it is easier to keep the cached data accurate.
- Is it acceptable that data in the cache might not be completely synchronized with the back end? Based on consumer requirements, changes to a business object that originate elsewhere in the system might not have to be reflected in the integration layer cache right away.
Different caching technologies can offer different types of lifetime support for cached content. The content could be removed from the cache based on last usage, based on when it was loaded, or be removed explicitly by a client application.
- The approach for loading data into the cache. There are two main principles for loading data into a cache:
- Side cache: Here, the client logic using the cache is responsible also for loading content. The logic will look for data, and, if it is not found, will retrieve it from the back end and store it in the cache for future use.
- Inline cache: In this case, the cache contains logic that is capable of retrieving data from the appropriate back end. The client logic attempts to retrieve data from the cache, and, if it is not there, the cache itself will load it.
- Client loader: Content that is very static can also be loaded into the cache offline. For example, cross-reference tables that only get updated occasionally can be pre-loaded into the cache by separate applications, so that no data has to be loaded into the cache during normal production use.
- Access modes and update scenarios. A cache is not a system of record. And it is (usually) not a transactional resource; it cannot participate in a distributed transaction. This means that if the content of the cache is updated, the related update to the back end – to the system of record – runs independently, and potential exceptions have to be handled manually. For example, if an update to a remote back end times out, you don't know if the related transaction completed or not. This means that the content of the cache might have to be manually synchronized with the back end, or be removed altogether.
Moreover, if multiple concurrent threads potentially access the same information in the cache, it has to be defined whether any type of lock can be obtained on cache content, or if and how optimistic locking conflicts would be resolved.
I don't believe that any of these considerations are specific to a service integration layer, or to the concept of SOA. The same set of questions will most likely have to be answered in any scenario where caching is assessed for better performance of a solution. Again, what makes this particularly interesting – and what I have found to be the context in which I encounter it more and more often - is the desire to move data closer to its ultimate consumer, and the service integration layer is one of the places where that can happen. But keep in mind that based on your specific use case and requirements, neither response caching nor operational caching might be possible or beneficial.
Rules rule!
Another aspect that is increasingly represented as a separate component in the integration layer is a decision-making part: a rules engine. As Greg Flurry and Kim Clark point out in their article, the integration could well include business logic, or rather, logic that touches on semantic aspects and which is owned and driven by business goals. This type of logic lives in the provider creation part of the integration layer.
Much of this type of logic is related to how existing providers are composed in order to create a new service provider, and within these compositions, business decisions have to be made. Traditionally, the decisions that are part of the "business integration" logic were implemented within the provider logic. But in cases where the criteria leading to a decision outcome change frequently, or at least regularly, it makes sense to delegate the decision making logic to a business rules engine -- which uses business rules that can be developed and maintained even by business people, without the need to engage IT.
Again, this logic belongs in the provider creation part of the integration layer and is thus not part of the service bus. Figure 3 shows the additional component we have added.
Figure 3. Adding a rules engine to the integration layer
Of course, this is not to say that the rules engine only exists in the integration layer. It can be leveraged elsewhere in the overall architecture. Here, it handles (business) decision making aspects of integration as a means of promoting additional separation of concern as a core architectural principle.
Business events
Staying within the earlier theme of increased business focus on the customer, enterprises not only want to have customer information readily available to all of their respective channels, they also want to be able to react and adapt quickly to customer behavior, market needs, and rapidly changing business goals.
To an IT organization, this means introducing the ability to consume relevant business events, correlating them as appropriate, and triggering resulting actions. The event sources span the entire IT landscape, from back-end systems all the way to front-end systems.
The one place that is aware of both the front-end and channel systems as well as the core back-end environments is the integration layer. Thus, it often makes sense to add the event handling component to that layer.
Still, you could argue that in a well structured architecture, such an event handling component does not belong in the integration layer. And that can often be the case; however, I have seen several concrete cases where the relationship between events and services is so close that positioning both in the same layer (the integration layer) makes sense.
To my knowledge, the terminology describing the relationship (and possibly overlap) between service orientation and event processing is not very well defined. Either of them seems to represent a different software engineering discipline with its own terms and concepts. I won't attempt to solve this here. My discussion is limited to the handling of business events in the integration layer, as a separate architectural component besides the service-related components that exist in that layer. To be sure, both interact with each other: events trigger services, and services trigger events.
Moreover, some of the elements of a service bus can be reused when dealing with events: event data might have to be transformed to support canonical models, event consumers and producers might only communicate via specific protocols, or the service bus might handle routing event data to and from the right places. Thus, putting the service bus in front of the event processing component is often efficient, which is yet another argument for placing the event handling into the integration layer (which, of course, contains the service bus).
The relationship between business event handling, decision making, and caching
Now that we have added three new components to the integration layer, namely the cache, the rules engine, and the event handler, a question to consider is if and how these new components are interacting with each other.
- Caching and events
The cache might want to publish interesting events; for example, when content is added to or removed from the cache, or when it changes. However, in my opinion, those are not really business events, and monitoring the state of the cache through events is usually not warranted.
But utilizing the operational cache makes a lot of sense for the event handler, especially considering cases in which events have to be correlated in order to trigger the right action. Data stemming from multiple events, possibly received over the course of a long time period, must be stored so that it can be put into a common context. Moreover, the data contained in the actual event might not be sufficient to detect the appropriate correlation; additional data might be required that either already exists in the cache or is stored there for later use.
- Caching and rules
The relationship between caching and the rules component is very similar. Since the caching component is normally a passive element (that is, it is asked to look for data, or it is told to store data), it will rarely, if ever, delegate any decision making to a business rules processing engine.
However, if a rules engine has to rely on state data to make certain decisions, then this state data might well be contained in the cache.
- Rules and events
This combination of components makes a lot sense. Event correlation, and the need to trigger appropriate action, is all about decision making. The decisions are based not on one set of input data that is available all at once, but instead on a set of events that happen independently from each other.
The most common use case that I find in these types of environments is that both the event handler and the decision engine depend on the cache to store data they need, and that the event handler delegates at least some of its processing to the rules engine, especially in cases where the rules are created and maintained by business personnel.
The need for an integration layer that includes both a service bus with mediations, as well as a service creation layer that enables creating new services from existing providers, is increasing. And, in many cases, there is an additional need for decision-making and event correlation, paired with the realization that relevant state must be cached in the integration layer to be available more quickly and more easily.
Hence, we have enhanced the architectural model by adding a caching component, a decision making component, and a business event handling component. Enterprises have begun to build systems that include these new components, and I expect this trend to become even more commonplace in the future.
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Public Art and Memorials UPPS No. 08.03.04
No. 3
Effective Date: 06/17/2013
Review: September 1 E3Y
01.01 For construction projects, one percent of the construction budget will be allocated for the acquisition of works of public arts, unless an exception is approved by The Texas State University System (TSUS) Board of Regents. These works of public art shall be located at or near the site of the construction project.
01.02 The president will determine an amount to include for public art and memorial projects when the first project budget is submitted to The TSUS Board of Regents for inclusion in the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP).
01.03 Others may propose permanent or temporary public art displays and memorials for location in public view on campus.
01.04 The TSUS must approve public art and memorial projects including erecting of statues and monuments.
01.05 This policy does not address student art installations which are covered by separate guidelines and coordinated by the School of Art and Design. Nor does it address art installations in the galleries located in Alkek or the Joann Cole Mitte Building.
02.01 Public art: Various forms including sculpture, paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, murals, and mosaics, whether physically present or electronically rendered, located in a place accessible by the general public. It is the specific intent to define public art as including all forms of artwork whether decorative or functional, interior or exterior, freestanding or integral physical part of buildings that are intended as artistic elements and whether designed by students, faculty, or professional artists.
02.02 Memorial: A structure of artistic value that is erected to commemorate an event, person or group. Statues or monuments may only be erected for persons who have made outstanding or meritorious contributions to the university or the System or who have attained the highest distinction in their respective fields of endeavor or for entities that have supported the university or the System in an exceptional or noteworthy way.
03.01 The following persons will comprise the PAC:
a. Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication (chair)
b. Chair of the School of Art and Design
c. Associate vice president for Facilities
d. Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction or his or her designee (for art associated with capital projects only)
03.02 For art associated with major new construction of a facility:
a. Deans and department heads of the representative building user groups will select ad hoc members from the building user groups to occupy the new facility.
b. The committee will convene shortly after the building committee is formed and before the design development documents are completed to ensure adequate time to determine the suitability of the art location, subject and appearance.
03.03 For art not associated with construction of a facility:
a. The committee will include appropriate members of the university community as ad hoc members as determined by the president.
03.04 The PAC meets on an ad hoc basis as public art proposals require review, or to address other public art planning issues. The PAC will base its recommendations upon committee consensus.
03.05 The PAC does not presume any authority over works of art, photographs, etc. that faculty and staff place on view in their offices.
03.06 The PAC will send the committee's meeting minutes to the University Archives to: document the work of the committee; to provide information about artists, donors, or historical origins needed for the catalog; and to notify the university archivist about changes or additions to public art and campus memorials.
04.01 The PAC will advise the President's Cabinet on the acquisition, placement, maintenance, removal, relocation, and rejection of public art and memorials on campus. Public art selection must address such issues as: artistic quality, appropriateness, site context, public sensibility, durability, maintainability, safety, and cost. The PAC will also work with the TSUS Office of the General Counsel on drafting, finalizing and updating the contractual documents (donation or loan form, etc.) governing these actions.
04.02 If new construction or major renovation is involved:
a. The PAC will solicit recommendations from the project architect and campus stakeholders such as students, faculty, staff, and alumni as appropriate.
b. The university will give first consideration to Texas artists (artists with a pre-existing and noteworthy connection to the state of Texas).
c. As appropriate, the university may utilize faculty members in the School of Art and Design to help the committee to develop artistic themes or select specific pieces of artwork. Faculty and staff members who will provide their artwork for consideration in a major construction project will be precluded from helping the committee as part of the selection process.
d. The PAC will submit its selected art to the President's Cabinet for review and recommendation of approval by the president.
e. The public art package will then be forwarded to The TSUS for final approval.
04.03 For public art in locations other than those associated with new construction:
a. The PAC may hold a public meeting to solicit input from the primary users of the space proposed to house the public art.
b. The PAC will make a recommendation to the President's Cabinet for review and recommendation of approval by the president for each project.
04.04 In accordance with the university's ongoing commitment to attracting and supporting a diverse community, the university will also give consideration to the representation of diversity when selecting public art and memorials.
04.05 Prior to approving the placement of memorials on campus in accordance with UPPS No. 08.03.03, Campus Memorials, the University Advancement Executive Council will consult with the PAC.
05.01 Those purchasing or making loan arrangements must secure and document funds prior to making any acquisition arrangements. If funding is contingent on philanthropic contributions, the appropriate official, as defined in UPPS No. 03.05.01, Soliciting, Accepting, and Processing Gifts and Grants from Private Sources must approve a formal fundraising plan prior to submitting the project.
06.01 The university archivist will develop and update a catalog containing a description of each piece of campus public art. Therefore, each piece of public art should have a catalog identification number, inventory tag number, RFID tag, or some other type of identification affixed to, associated with, or inscribed if necessary, for tracking location, monitoring condition, and managing inventory. This identification number and record will also include name of artist, title of work, date acquired, and other pertinent information.
07.01 The PAC will identify and evaluate art for removal according to criteria below and create a memorandum stating the reasons for removal with an estimate of the associated costs and revenues. The president must approve removal or sale of all public art.
07.02 The university's art collection account will receive the proceeds from the sale of the public art. Surplus art should be transferred to Materials Management and Logistics for proper disposal or sale in accordance with UPPS No. 05.01.02, University Surplus Property.
07.03 Criteria for determining removal, giving additional consideration to the historical value of the art work:
a. It is determined the university is unable to care properly for the public art or there is a marked discrepancy between the cost of the conservation and the public art's aesthetic, historical, or financial value.
b. It is determined that an object is of markedly inferior quality, either intrinsically or relatively, in comparison with other public art.
c. It is determined that the object now lacks a demonstrable relevance to the university.
d. It is determined that an object of quality is of such relative value that sacrificing it would strengthen another area of the university.
e. The university cannot reasonably guarantee the condition or security of the public art.
08.01 Reviewers of this UPPS include the following:
Position Date
Dean, Fine Arts and Communication September 1 E3Y
Public Art Committee September 1 E3Y
University Archivist September 1 E3Y
This UPPS has been approved by the following individuals in their official capacities and represents Texas State policy and procedure from the date of this document until superseded.
Dean of Fine Arts and Communication; senior reviewer of this UPPS
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs


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San Michele Things to Do
Gondoliers Graves
As this is the island cemetery for Venetians, it is only to be expected that some of the graves will hold gondoliers.However, I was quite saddened to come across the tomb of a gondolier who was only a few years younger than me. As You can see from my photos, the graves of these gondoliers were well tended, both had the gondola Ferro insignia...more
Ossario Commune
This was the first area that I looked around on San Michele- row upon row of stone plaques, each with an inscription and a small vase, many of which contained flowers. Some had a glass framed photograph - most of these were black and white and were probably taken by a professional photographer in the days when most people didn't own a camera, but...more
Tomb of Sergei Diagilev Greci or...
Many visitors to the cemetery come to see this grave, either to pay their respects to the Russian born ballet impresario, who founded the Ballets Russe, with such world renowned dancers as Pavlova and Nijinsky(who was one of his lovers) or because it's one of the graves that's signposted!Apparently his burial was interrupted by one of his fans...more
Monument to Victims of the Civil War
I took a photo of this monument, noted that it was for victims of the civil war, then moved onto the next point of interest. It wasn't until I got home and was looking at my photos, ready to download onto VT, that I suddenly thought - What Civil War? Was this in Italy and when? - scrambling into my memories of History classes at school didn't come...more
Greci or Orthodox section
Many people visit this section to see the graves of Diaghilev and Stravinsky, 2 of San Micheles most famous occupants. The entrance is guarded by 2 stone lions.Many of the graves hold Russian princesses, who resided in Venice.more
Military Section
This section of the Cemetery was for those members of the Italian Navy, Army and Air force. Each grave was marked with a paper Italian flag - similar to the ones that as a child I placed on sand castles at the seaside!more
Famous Inhabitants
The large catholic sections of the cemetery are well organised, regimented almost and well maintained. In contrast the Greek Orthodox and protestants graveyard sections are more overgrown with mosses and lichens on the tombs - more a forgotten, forlorn atmosphere here. A word of warning if you go looking for the famous graves - this area was live...more
Chapels and Capella
A small chapel 0 S Christofor - is also found amongst the cemetery graveyards. Worth a quick look in here to see the lovely frescoes and mosaics adorning the hexagonal chapel. Amongst the extensive cemetery are other small capella - it was a shame to see some in various states of disrepair with broken windows and broken gravestones inside -...more
Graveyards of San Michele
San Michele is mainly a catholic cemetery but there are also two mini-graveyards for other Christian sects: the Greci or Greek Orthodox cemetery, where Igor Stravisky and Sergei Diaghilev are buried; and the Protestant graveyard, whose most famous resident is Ezra Pound. (Jews have their own cemetery on the Lido, Venice's resort island.) In between...more
San Michele Cemetry
The cemetry island is quite large - in 1837 San Michele and its neighbour San Cristoforo della Pace were formed into one - now a large rectangular unit enclosed by the brick walls. The dead were formerly buried in the churches' courtyards but due to hygiene and space reasons in the 14th century San Michele and the islands nearby were assigned to be...more
Gothic Portal and Cloisters
Entry to the cemetry is via the gothic portal on the right hand side of the church - look up first though to see a nice bas-relief of St Micael fighting with a dragon. The colonnaded monks cloister (see other pics) is a very serene place - they do ask for visitors to be dressed respectfully. I was glad I had a scarf to cover my bare shoulders,...more
Codussi's Church of San Michele
San Michele is home to one of Venice 's first Renaissance buildings the church of San Michele built in 1469 by Codussi. It is built of Istrian stone whilst the bell tower is brick and is typical venetian gothic. The Emilioni chapel on the left has a huge white dome built at the beginning of the 16th century. Travelling back to Murano and seeing the...more
San Michele Restaurants
Nearby Restaurants/ Cafes / Take Aways etc: No restaurants on San Michele
As far as I know, there is no where to purchase food or drinks on the island - It was San Stefano - Dec 26th, and the churches were closed at my visit.
So, make sure You bring bottled water etc with You.
There are places to eat along Fondamente Nuova, near the Vaporetto Station, before your departure or on your return, or if heading onto Murano, Torcello and Burano after visiting San Michele.
My favourite places are Algiubagio -At the foot of the brick bridge - My favourite Restaurant in Venice!- but for a drink while waiting for the vaporetto, the outside terrace is a pleasant place, with views to San Michelle and over the lagoon.
Algiubagio also has a pizzeria and gelateria a few metres away - past the vaporetto station. Here I enjoyed a slice of the tastiest fresh pizza, followed by a very chocolaty ice cream Mmmmm! A few seats inside and out.
Tortuga Pub is just across the bridge on the first street- Salizzada di Specchieri - which takes you to the Gesuiti church. I enjoyed a tasty spaghetti carbonara (7 euros) while waiting for the waterbus to Marco Polo Airport.
I've not eaten on Murano, but there are plenty of places to eat in or take away.
Please see my Venice Restaurant tips for more info on the above restaurants.Related to:
- Budget Travel
- Family Travel
- Food and Dining
San Michele Transportation
By Water to Cimitero - the Cemetery...
To reach San Michele, the quickest way from Venice is from the Fondamente Nuove in Cannaregio sestieri, by the circular 41 or 42 Vaporetto (water bus), or on the same service from Murano.
It is possible to get on the vaporetto in San Zaccaria, or many other places around Venice, but it can be a long trip, especially if You jump on the vaporetto and its going in the wrong direction. The No. 41 travels an anti clockwise route, while the No. 42 travels clockwise
The only vaporetto station on San Michele is Cimitero, which you can see in the photo.
Vaporettos run roughly every 20 minutes from Fondamente Nuova. There is a ticket office, to purchase tickets.
If you have just missed one, I'd recommend walking a few steps to enjoy a drink on the terrace of Algiubagio - the restaurant at the foot of the bridge (closed Tuesdays), or enjoy an ice cream or slice of fresh pizza, from the pizzeria/ gelateria further to the left, which is owned by the same people
Just off the Fondamente Nuova is the Gesuiti church, worth visiting for its theatrical architectureRelated to:
- Historical Travel
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- Architecture
San Michele Off The Beaten Path
Public WC
Anyone viewing my Torcello 'Off The Beaten Track' tip will have read about the toilets there. Strangely, my San Michele 'OTBT' tip is about the toilets too!
Well when You've got to go, You've got to go!
This was probably my spookiest experience on the cemetery island. No one else was in the toilets when I entered.
While I was in the cubicle, I felt something tap on my shoulder!!!!!
For a minute, my heart stopped, and the hairs on my head stood up. Then it happened again.
Luckily I realised what it was - before I ran out screaming !- Looking up, the toilet is open to the skies - and Trees above - what I'd felt was a twig and a leaf falling onto me - Pheeeew!!
The toilets are clean, apart from the leaves and twigs etc that fall through the open windows.
They are free to use too!!Related to:
- Seniors
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The center is trying its best to make sure that every hungry mouth is fed and every tender wound is treated...but it is not experiencing the same volume in donations as animals.
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POCAHONTAS - For anyone who wants to walk, run or ride a bike on a trail, there are essentially two major options in Pocahontas County.
One of them is the mile-long Laurens Prairie Preservation Trail on the south side of its namesake city. The other option is a roughly nine-mile piece of the Three Rivers Trail between Rolfe and the border of Pocahontas and Humboldt counties.
There are smaller trails at Sportsman's Park in Laurens and Coopers Cove Park in the southeastern corner of the county.
An effort to add more trails was launched with a public meeting Wednesday night at the office of the Pocahontas County Conservation Board at Rosenberger Park. By the conclusion of the session, the 20 people in attendance decided to form a task force charged with developing a trails plan for the county.
"We've got some very strong interest here tonight and that was very evident in the comments," said Margo Underwood, the Hometown Pride community coach who led the meeting.
"I was thrilled with the turnout and the excitement expressed here," she said after the meeting. ''I thinking putting together the county trails plan and working with the regional planning efforts is going to be a real win-win for Pocahontas County and the region.''
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- Links to cities.
- Places along trails where exercise equipment could be placed.
- Connections to recreation areas such as Lizard Lake.
- Artworks that would dovetail with the recently announced public art initiative in the county.
About three miles of abandoned railroad right of way northwest of Laurens was identified as a potential trail location.
Building trails can cost $100,000 a mile even if the trail isn't paved. Shirley Helgevold, the assistant director of the MIDAS Council of Governments in Fort Dodge, gave a summary of the funding that's available for trails.
She said the sources of money include the state's Resource Enhancement and Protection program, the state's land and water conservation program, state trails funds offered by the Iowa Department of Transportation and regional trails funds from the federal transportation law.
The new trails task force includes Pocahontas County Supervisor Jeff Ives and Brian Reis, the director of the Conservation Board. Other members are Matt Hertz, of Laurens; Wanda Krier, of Fonda; Barb Smith, of Laurens; and Zach Wentzel, of Pocahontas.
The task force will meet for the first time at 9:30 a.m. March 5 at the Conservation Board office.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A convicted drug dealer resisted arrest after being caught with 23 glassines of heroin in New Springville, police allege.
Narcotics cops picked up Joseph Mizrahi, 25, of Wellington Court in New Springville, at the corner of Travis Avenue and Gadsen Place at 5 p.m. Thursday, about a mile from his home, according to court documents.
A detective found 23 glassine envelopes of heroin in Mizrahi's possession -- and when the detective tried to arrest Mizrahi, the man "resisted arrest by stiffening his arms and pulling away" from the detective, according to court documents.
He is charged with third-, fifth-, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, second-degree obstructing governmental administration, and disorderly conduct, according to a spokesman for the office of District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Mizrahi has previously served time in state prison after being convicted of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, with intent to sell, according to Donovan's office.
That arrest sprung from a December 2012 raid on Mizrahi's former residence in Meiers Corners, where police found 152 glassines of heroin in a pair of sneakers, as well as more heroin, two Xanax pills, two Suboxone pills, and fireworks, according to Advance records.