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Here at Cracked, we take science fiction movies very, very seriously.
So when a creature flick comes along that is so preposterously ridiculous, so patently absurd, so monstrously unscientific ... well, we don't actually notice until years later when we need a premise for an article. But then we have no choice but to feel betrayed and scream "BULLSHIT!" at the top of our lungs.
6The Facehugger
As seen in: Alien
The Facehugger was just one of several horrific stages in the life cycle of the alien race in Alien. Basically, the thing was an octopuss-looking abortion of squirming slime, whose whole purpose was to implant the next phase of itself into a host. And it did so by facerape.
It latched on to a guy's mouth and pumped its offspring down his throat, which later burst out of the poor fool's chest.
Why We Call Bullshit:
What do aliens eat? Do the movies ever establish that? Well, they'd better eat the exact same damned diet as humans, since their offspring apparently have to survive on the exact same nutrients found in a human body. After all, a human embryo/fetus requires an incredibly specific set of nutrients, so much so that artificial wombs are still science fiction. And keep in mind, this species didn't evolve specifically to use humans as hosts--as far as we know, they had never encountered humans before the events of the first film.
Alien tries to bullshit its way around this by saying that the Alien's DNA merges with the host; this becomes totally ridiculous when you realize that, despite sharing a good 99.9 percent of our DNA with chimps, we're still genetically incompatible with the fuckers. Since the Alien is way, way less like us than the chimp, this would be like saying a Komodo Dragon could successfully impregnate a human.
Hello, ladies.
But even that analogy breaks down when you realize that the Alien was not only completely different from humans, it was completely different from every living creature on the planet. Yes, unlike carbon-based life (a.k.a. fucking everything), the Alien was a silicon-based creature: At one point in the movie, we see it replacing its exoskeleton with polarized silicon, which would be like if you replaced your skin with glass.
To update our comparison, the Facehugger's reproductive method would be like if your window came to life and made passionate love to you, and then a week later you gave birth to shot glasses.
5The Sarlacc
As seen in: Return of the Jedi
The Sarlacc, for the zero of you who've never seen Return of the Jedi, was a desert creature that strongly resembled a sandy, tentacled anus. It lived mostly underground, except for its gaping pothole of a mouth which, along with its 37,000 layers of teeth were exposed in the hopes of securing some clumsy grub.
Why We Call Bullshit:
There's no way the Sarlacc could get enough sustenance to survive.
First off, the creature you saw in Return of the Jedi--presumably an adult--was completely immobile and relied on prey just rolling down into their mouths, sort of like the pitcher plant. Except the pitcher plant (A) can blend into its surroundings since it looks like another plant and not like a massive hole in the ground, (B) it doesn't live in a fucking desert, so there are actually plentiful insects for it to trap and (C) is a plant, so it has sunlight and photosynthesis going for it. The Sarlacc has none of that.
Enjoy your sandwich, Sarlacc.
Also, the pitcher plant isn't fucking enormous. You can't run the metabolism on a creature that size without a massive amount of food. "But wait," you say, "it's never really clear how large the Sarlacc is - it was buried in the sand, for God's sake!" This is Star Wars we're talking about here. Professor Wookiee Hans Deetoo has it covered:
Can't you leave anything to the imagination, nerds?!
See that tiny bit up there with the tentacles? That's the part you saw in the movie. Turns out the vast majority of the Sarlacc is underneath that, sort of like an iceberg--except icebergs don't need to eat.
According to that image, the mouth is three meters wide; assuming it's to scale, the damn thing was roughly 45 meters long, making it way bigger than even the blue whale, an animal that needs up to four tons of food daily.
Wookiepedia tries to bullshit their way around that by saying that the Sarlacc digested its food over a thousand years, which would be like saying that you could survive on a single Oreo for your entire adult life as long as you ate it slowly enough.

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Originally Posted by Hansom
i can tell you this
he dident die vs madara...
in the small flashback video hes still standing wile madara go to the ground....
What there is no flash back that shows hashirama standing while madara is falling, all the flashbacks show both Madara and Hashirama on the ground both barely alive after that fight.
The LumberJack named Bob killed him...
Originally Posted by megaamine
he died in battle!
certainly but to broad
Originally Posted by sage22
They already showed him lose a fight so you know he could be killed by an unknown ninja.
where does it showed that hashi lose?
Originally Posted by uchiha asuku aliyu
i rep who ever killed hashi... Maybe he got seduced and raped to death by some fodders..
kishi wont go there :D
Originally Posted by thegame
No. We know enough to deduce that Hashirama is dead. Else he couldn't be ressurected in edo tensei.
If you take someones chakra and seal it in something, surely that might make it possible to bring out that person, but he will only be there for the time the amount of his chakra sealed will last. Like Minato or Kushina. Minato could only stay with naruto shortly since he had just sealed a bit of his own chakra inside naruto.
??? r we talking about different subjects??? what to do what u said with mine?
Originally Posted by Luv2smash19
the tree madara was strapped to from hashiramas dna was big and powerful enough to create zetsu and sustain life he needed that thing bad
what about it?
Originally Posted by Ranificent
Darnit! Now I gotta come up with a new cause of death as you took the words right out of my mouth
Well the only thing we can truly be sure of is he died young. Edo Madara was made special by Kabuto, but Oro's Edo tensei was imperfect, he brought them back as they were(ie; young corpes....died young). I'm gonna have to think about this one
yes that was the proof ORO edo.. that hashi died young
hmmm my guess would be that he died via a virus of some sort, or as u stated he might have died using the same jutsu tsunade uses.. the regeneration tech he uses make his cells duplicate faster thus healing faster... however u only have a limited cells and using this tech would shorten ur life span .. so its very possible that the 1st died by over use of this technique maybe in the battle against madara.. and by the end of the battle he might have used the technique so much that after the battle he only had a month or so to live maybe more .. i think this is the most likely way he wouldve died and would also explain y he died at a young age
Originally Posted by Kirikoe
hmmm my guess would be that he died via a virus of some sort, or as u stated he might have died using the same jutsu tsunade uses.. the regeneration tech he uses make his cells duplicate faster thus healing faster... however u only have a limited cells and using this tech would shorten ur life span .. so its very possible that the 1st died by over use of this technique maybe in the battle against madara.. and by the end of the battle he might have used the technique so much that after the battle he only had a month or so to live maybe more .. i think this is the most likely way he wouldve died and would also explain y he died at a young age
perfectly said
Originally Posted by MinatoTheYellowFlash
I think Madara killed him or.....obito ? xD obito owns the 1st, i hope he did fight him.
Such a retarded comment J-man wouldn't have been born at that point, let alone minato or obito
if obito was alive at the same time he'd have to be older then Minato which makes no sense
ramen guy killed him
Originally Posted by ChiefHermit
ramen guy killed him
brilliant thinking mate :D
Maybe his still alive, just like Madara
Originally Posted by Sharingan user
Maybe his still alive, just like Madara
haha not happening.. oro brought him back as an edo which proves he was dead and he was then sealed with the death reaper
Originally Posted by Kirikoe
haha not happening.. oro brought him back as an edo which proves he was dead and he was then sealed with the death reaper
hahha.. nicely explain again :D
I guess we'll never know
I dont think he died because of his ability to regenerate his wounds, because its like his Wood Release. His power is using his chakra to produce life, so i think he just uses the same ability on himself but not as "Wood Release"
nice theories... someone must have killed him
He signed onto narutobase and died because of all of his wankers.....
He was drunk behind the wheel. Car accident.
Originally Posted by u wanna die
HASHIRAMA SENJU's DEATH is still a PUZZLE
He is the only deceased Hokage whose death hasn't been shown.
the SECOND HOKAGE :
Tobirama Senju - sacrificed himself to allow his students to escape
the THIRD HOKAGE :
Hiruzen Sarutobi - sacrificed himself to save the village via Shiki Fujin to seal Oro " my man " chimaru
the FOURTH HOKAGE :
Minato Namikaze - sacrificed himself to save the village again, kushina and baby naruto via Shiki Dujin to
seal Kyuubi inside naruto
So as you read this thread i believe you have also your own list on how HASHIRMA SENJU died maybe ill put mine in
this thread :D
1. OLD AGE - but i strongly doubt this coz Hashirama died rather quite long before Tobirama. hashi
should be only a couple of years older than tobirama.. Thus there is no chance of death
due to old age. Plus when ORO edo hashi and tobirama in part one they both look young
2. DIE YOUNG - hashi must had died young since his brother took over at a relatively young age.. but still the
reason is still unknown
3. OVERPOWERED - well i think Hashirama is incredibly hyped but as the story unfolds he lives up to
this hype by defeating EMS Madara, collecting the Kyuubi, and with high level jutso in his
disposal.. i cant imagine how would anyone at that time could come near his power..
4. DYING IN BATTLE - Dying in war is highly unlikely because if he may have sustained fatal wounds during
a fight ... but he could heal himself... maybe some injuries just can't be
be healed
5. DIED by POISON - this can happen but very unlikely too.. coz we all know how skillful
a medical nin hashirama is... Maybe some poison is toxic enough
just like what kabuto done to supress senju DNA in yamato
image possible because of ROLLIN.. thankz bro
6. KILLED BY A MISSING NIN [kakuzu and kin/gin bro] -we know Hashirama divided
his bijuu collection between the ninja villages at the moment to sign peace
after Shinobi World War I, which makes Mizukage II and Tsuchikage II unlikely to
be Hashirama's killer... so a missing nin could likely kill hashirama and the
perfect candidate would be kin and gin bro and kakuzu but..
In databook 1, they say Tobirama took over the command of Konoha after his
elder brother's death, so Hashirama must have been dead by the time the
KinGin brothers attacked Raikage II and Hokage II. and that leave us to KAKUZU..
but then again since he only claimed he fought him and didn't claimed he killed
him, the odds are low that he took his life. Although it is possible that Hashirama
make it out of the battle barely alive, to die a few days latter, Kakuzu not
knowing how badly he injured his adversary..Still kakuzu gets the credit..
7. KILLED BY MADARA UCHICHA - When i say killed
by madara it means after they fought hashirama has been seriously injured then died
later in the war by unknown ninja.. so the credit still goes to madara :D
8. USING A FORBIDDEN JUTSO - this would be the most likely that had happen... HASHIRAMA may have use
a FORBIDDEN JUTSO to save himself during or after a battle or to save his
comrades... This would be my pick right here :D
- I have read this theory made by BLACK DUDE and its sound similar.
Hashirama is said to have high level healing jutso.. maybe this jutso as stated
has cause his life span to shorten.. like what tsunade jutso did.. when she
release that thing in his forehead :D
We all know that it was stated in the datebook that he died in the war.. but how [did he run out of chakra] or who[ by himself]? or why [ for the greater good ]? hahha
So the list may go on depending on how you view hashirama death...
PS : i didnt include images coz it tends to make the thread very long and assume we all read same manga here :D
it makes people not wanting to read coz the thread will look too long :D
enjoy reading :D
The huge amount of DNA Madara took in the fight took his longetivity and life force away, and he stepped down. Died at 50-60 I suppose.
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WEST TOPSHAM John Guy Laprise, 70, of Crossroad, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, in the arms of his granddaughter, with the family present.
Born March 28, 1943, in St. Gerard, Quebec, he was the son of Leopold and Imelda (Ouellette) Laprise. In 1961 he moved from Canada to Stonington, Maine, and later to Vermont, finally settling in West Topsham.
On Sept. 10, 1983, he married Vickie Hatch in the same West Topsham home they shared at the time of his death. They also have raised two grandchildren in their home since 1999.
For many years he was employed as a sandblaster for several local granite companies, retiring in 2006. After retiring from the granite sheds, he then drove a school bus for several years.
A gifted singer and musician, Guy enjoyed being a member of several bands over the years including The Merry Mariners in Maine, and Carol and Company and I-89 in Vermont. Other special times were snowmobiling, riding motorcycles, camping in Maine and Vermont, hanging out in his garage, watching FOX News, playing pool with his uncle Gerard and friends, fixing things around the house, and especially time spent with his wife, his mother, children and grandchildren.
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[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/identify-stressful-thinking-habits
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/tips-change/reading-stress-relief
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/interviews/interview-shauna-shapiro
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[18] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term26
[19] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/../../../../../../../../../explore-healing-practices/yoga
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/../../../../../../../../../explore-healing-practices/qigong
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[23] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/../../../../../../../../../explore-healing-practices/creative-therapies
[24] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/../../../../../../../../../take-5-stress-relief
[25] http://twitter.com/#%21/UMNCSH
[26] https://www.facebook.com/CenterforSpiritualityandHealing
[27] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/other-relaxation-methods
[28] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/practice-mindful-relaxation
[29] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/relaxing-your-pet-quick-tip
[30] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/tips-reducing-your-stressors


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Commuter Access Act in motion
MARTINSBURG – Senate Bill 103 was approved unanimously by the West Virginia Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Tuesday, according to state Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, the lead sponsor of the bill.
Known as the West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Act, SB103 would allow CSX Transportation to apply for a tax credit in the amount that it charges the Maryland Transit Authority to use its tracks in West Virginia to operate the MARC Brunswick Line.
The Brunswick Line runs several trains Monday through Friday between Martinsburg and Union Station in Washington, D.C., with stops at Duffields and Harpers Ferry. About 400 commuters catch the trains in West Virginia daily.
In a phone message, Snyder said 373 commuters signed a petition supporting SB103, which played an important part in the committee approving the bill.
If passed by the Senate and House of Delegates, the bill would take effect July 1, 2014.
According to the fiscal note summary provided by the State Tax and Revenue Department to the Legislature, the tax credit would be about $250,000 the first year and about $770,000 the second year.
"The track fees are expected to increase by roughly 3 percent each year, according to the West Virginia State Rail Authority," the fiscal note summary states. "The tax credit and the resultant reduction in the General Revenue Fund would be expected to increase at the same rate."
Now, West Virginia does not contribute financially to the operation of the commuter rail line into the state. The State Rail Authority maintains the stations at Duffields and Harpers Ferry. The City of Martinsburg owns and maintains the station in Martinsburg.
A surcharge is added to tickets sold in West Virginia to help offset the cost of running the MARC service in the state.
While the Brunswick Line is the only commuter service in West Virginia currently, SB103's provisions would apply to any state involved in providing commuter rail service in West Virginia.
"There is a lot of support for commuter rail service in the Morgantown area, where people come from Pennsylvania to West Virginia to work," Snyder said in an earlier interview.
State Sen. Robert D. Beach, D-Monongalia, is a co-sponsor of SB103. He also is chairman of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Morgantown is in Monongalia County.
This is the second year Snyder has introduced the bill. He has made it one of his priority pieces of legislation for the current session, and he feels confident of its passage this year, he has said.
The West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Act would not only give the state a seat at the table, but make the state a player in the MARC commuter rail service, Snyder has said.
"This act would encourage commuter rail service in West Virginia," he said earlier. "Mass transportation, commuter rail is essential to a modern society. This would show West Virginia's commitment to commuter rail service, that it's important to the state."
– Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128, or email@example.com.


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Bill Ackman's Herbalife Short Is Subprime Bet 2.0: Street Whispers
Updated to include disclosure of Third Point stake in Herbalife
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- After roughly six years of battle, it took the choking off of credit to the subprime mortgage market for hedge funder Bill Ackman to see a multi-billion dollar short bet on bond insurer MBIA(MBIA) payoff.
Now Ackman, the head of Pershing Square Capital Management , is hoping a roughly $1 billion short bet against multi-level marketing supplements supplier Herbalife(HLF) will provide a quicker payout.
While Ackman's bet against MBIA, once among the nation's top municipal bond insurers, was vindicated by a souring of mortgage and structured securities the firm guaranteed prior to the financial crisis, his short position in Herbalife follows a similar logic.
Notably, Ackman's accusation that Herbalife's supplements and weight loss products are little more than a pyramid scheme hinges, in the near-term, on a ground level flight from the company by its millions of distributors who are spread across 80-plus countries.
In the financial crisis, an award winning CNBC documentary House of Cards detailed how it was the choking off of funding to key go-go real estate markets, which eventually spelled the demise of the U.S. subprime mortgage market and the trillions in securities tied to it. According to Ackman, a potential flight of Herbalife distributors could, similarly, kink the operations of the supplements seller and cause its downfall after an over 30-year history in the public eye - were the company to be a pyramid scheme.
Without the lubricant of new money, Herbalife might suffer a similar fate to the subprime market and the housing securities MBIA guaranteed, according to Ackman's implied logic. He pegs Herbalife's worth at $0.
On Wednesday, Ackman's bet against Herbalife took a dramatic twist when a late morning filing disclosed that Dan Loeb's Third Point had taken an 8.24% stake in Herbalife.
Third Point's long position means that Ackman has big fight on his hands and very credible doubters, as Herbalife management prepares to publicly defend the company against allegations it is a pyramid scheme. Third Point's stake, which is roughly half the size of Pershing Square's short position, may also shore up confidence in Herbalife and cut against Ackman's quickest way to a potential payout.
Late on Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an inquiry into Herbalife, citing unnamed sources.
Ackman, who unveiled his bet against Herbalife to CNBC on Dec. 19, subsequently told Bloomberg News that part of his intent in detailing the short trade just ahead of the New Year was to undermine confidence among Herbailife's distributors prior to their 2013 re-up, potentially toppling a pyramid scheme he alleges the Los Angeles-based company orchestrates.
In the same way a credit withdrawal cascaded through the housing market, Ackman's near-term bets on a Herbalife payoff center on a flight of money.


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In case you needed clarification: today was overcast, and today I got a nasty sunburn. When my dress is on in a certain way, it sort of looks like I've developed my California tan, but move the dress straps and you can pretty much hear my skin screaming for aloe. Luckily, this burn will serve as a reminder of the great day I had, and surely, when the burn fades (heals?) into a tan, the memory will not.
There are currently two entries in draft form: one about that NOVA program on Oliver Sacks, and one about research that Ani and John have done on Snowball the dancing, Backstreet Boys-loving parrot. Over the course of the next few days, entries will rain down on "ILaSGOoMH," as I am now referring to the blog.* I pronounce it ee-lahs-goom.
*I'm obviously not calling my blog "ILaSGOoMH." I call it "my blog." If I were, though, what language would people think I was speaking? Ee-lahs-goom sounds kind of German to me, but I don't know German.


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Bond Commissions Are Misunderstood
Bond commissions are a mystery to many investors, according to a study conducted for Charles Schwab. Though the overwhelming majority of survey respondents (98%) said receiving competitive pricing was either extremely or somewhat important, 44% did not know how much commission is in their broker-adjusted bond prices. Only 35% thought they received the best pricing from their brokers. Finally, 21% didn't think the quoted bond prices included commissions.
A probable cause of the confusion is the way bonds are priced. Whereas commissions for stock trades are clearly posted on brokerage websites, bond commissions are not. Rather, brokerage firms mark up or mark down bond prices. Markups and markdowns adjust the bond prices to reflect the firm's commission. In other words, instead of being charged a published commission of $7 to $10 per trade, as is the case with stocks, investors pay a fee that is based on the security's price and fee.
Knowing what you will be charged typically requires a call to the broker. Charles Schwab's website says no commissions are charged for Treasuries and $1 is charged per corporate and municipal bond (with a minimum $10 charge and a maximum $250 charge). Scottrade says it applies a markup and a markdown to Treasury and municipal bonds, while charging $35 plus $3 per bond for listed corporate bonds. TD Ameritrade charges $25 for Treasuries bought at auction. Commissions for all other bonds are billed on a net yield basis, which is the same as a markup or a markdown. Fidelity does not charge for Treasuries and lists a $1 per bond fee for corporate and municipal bonds, but states in fine print that its affiliate may separately mark the bonds up or down.
Given this pricing structure, it is not surprising that 93% of respondents thought understanding bond pricing was important, but around 40% said that it is too time-consuming or too complicated to find the best price.
If you invest in individual bonds, call various brokers and ask what their pricing structure is. In addition to any flat fee that is charged, ask how markups and markdowns are calculated. (If possible, give examples of bonds you might buy or sell.)
Source: "The Bond Investor Study by Charles Schwab," October 2011. Commissions from Schwab.com, Scottrade.com, TD Ameritrade.com and Fidelity.com.


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We have spent the last several months working to select a new assessment contractor that will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Enhanced Regular State Assessments beginning in 2006.
The future tests will be designed to measure the Illinois Learning Standards and meet all state and federal testing requirements. We are committed to selecting the vendor that will provide the best system and the best value for the state.
I convened a special task force that met with me over the past year to make recommendations regarding the enhanced tests. We used their advice to write the specifications for the contract bids. I am proud of this broad-based involvement and I am now taking an additional step. We are convening a special meeting of the State Board on April 16, at which I have asked the bidders to make presentations outlining the basics of their proposed testing systems. I have invited a group of representative stakeholders, including many on the task force, to hear the presentations and ask clarifying questions. All of the invited attendees will be asked to complete comment forms after the meeting for our review prior to making a contractor recommendation to the Board.
The State Board Education Policy and Planning committee is tentatively scheduled to meet Monday, April 19, at which time they will discuss the vendor presentations and the written public comments. I anticipate that a recommendation will go to the Board at its regularly scheduled meeting on April 22.
While the meeting will be open to the public, seating will be limited. Therefore I encourage all of you to listen to the meeting which will be available through a live audio stream on our web site at www.isbe.net.
Date: April 16, 2004
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: State Board Room, 4th Floor
Illinois State Board of Education
100 N. First Street
Springfield, IL 62777
I am confident that this cooperative process will yield a positive end result.
Thank you.
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
of Education
Also in this week's message:
Legislative Update
The General Assembly is adjourned for a two week spring break however the Senate Education Committee will hold its third hearing on SB 3000 (the creation of the Department of Education) and SB 3001 (the changes to the School Construction Program) on April 13 at 10:00 a.m. at the Carbondale High School. I would encourage those in the area who have concerns with these issues to attend the hearing and make your concerns known to the Senate Education Committee.
Below is a link to the Official Committee Posting
Consolidated Grant Training to Serve ELL Students
Training opportunities for learning about the consolidated grant will be offered in April at the following locations: Harper College, Kane County ROE, ESC 4-Chicago Heights, Unity Point-Carbondale, DuPage ROE Professional Center. See our website for information on how to register for one of these training sessions. http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/e030304.pdf
Bilingual/ESL Job Fair
Illinois Resource Center will hold a job fair for bilingual/ESL teachers and administrators on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at the Lodge McDonald's Office Campus in Oakbrook, Illinois. For more information call (847) 803-3112.


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Interest high in Berlin town administrator jobBy David Delcore
Staff Writer | July 23,2014BERLIN An interim town administrator is now in place, 11 resumes are in hand, interviews will be scheduled over the next several days and the Select Board is moving swiftly to replace Jeff Schulz.
Though he accepted a job offer in neighboring Northfield earlier this month, Schulz was still on the job in Berlin last week.
He took over as Northfields new municipal manager on Monday, hours before the application deadline for candidates interested in his old job.
Berlin is now officially in transition mode, but Select Board Chairman Ture Nelson predicted Tuesday it wont be there for long.
After huddling in executive session to review newly submitted applications Monday night, Nelson said hes hoping the board will be in a position to make a job offer by mid-August and that a permanent replacement for Schulz will be on the job by Labor Day.
It is entirely possible he already is.
Among those who applied for the job is Tom Badowski, who was hired as Schulzs assistant last October and on Monday night was appointed as his interim replacement until the search is complete.
Nelson, who said the board has settled on a short list of five candidates, described Badowski as a viable option, though he stressed he would be treated equally with the other four semifinalists.
According to Nelson, the job opening attracted candidates from Vermont and beyond, though he said most of those still in the running are from Vermont or New Hampshire or have previously worked in Vermont or New Hampshire. Several, he said, have something Badowski doesnt extensive municipal experience working for comparably sized communities.
Some of the candidates have more town experience than Tom (Badowski), but Tom has Berlin-specific experience, he said. Thats what this whole process is about deciding who will be the best fit for Berlin.
A school board member in Moretown, Badowski is relatively new to municipal government, having spent the bulk of his career working in the private sector. Before taking the assistant administrators job in Berlin he was employed as the general manager of the now-closed Moretown Landfill. Badowski has a background in civil and environmental engineering and got his start working for a three-county solid waste authority in Pennsylvania.
Although Badowski is something of a known commodity, Nelson said he was pleasantly surprised by the caliber of many of those who applied for a position that wasnt even available a month ago.
I was extremely happy with the candidates we got, he said, suggesting the board has what appears on paper to be five solid options and wont waste any time drilling deeper.
Board members Jeremy Hansen and Roberta Haskin have been tasked with conducting an initial round of interviews, Nelson said. That process will likely start later this week and continue through next week.
If all goes well, Nelson said, Hansen and Haskin will recommend the full board bring back one or more of the finalists for a second interview next month. He said he was hopeful that recommendation would be ready for the board when it meets Aug. 4.
Though there is no rush, Nelson said he is optimistic the board would be in a position to make a job offer next month.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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An apparel company has created a new type of underwear that they claim protects women from sexual assault. Tara Culp-Ressler of ThinkProgress.org explains why this is such a bad idea.
A company named AR Wear is making waves by marketing "a clothing line offering wearable protection for when things go wrong." The line includes several different types of underwear and shorts that are intended to be difficult for a sexual predator to remove, and the founders explain that could help women feel safer when they're "going out on a blind date, taking an evening run, 'clubbing,' traveling in unfamiliar countries, and any other activity that might make one anxious about the possibility of an assault." AR Wear has currently raised about half of its $50,000 fundraising goal on the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo.
It's fairly clear that AR Wear's founders have the best of intentions. In a press release about the crowdfunding campaign, they explain that they want to help women reclaim control over what happens to their bodies. And on theirIndieGoGo site, they note that as long as sexual predators are still out there, it's important to protect women from them.
Nonetheless, their effort has been widely criticized, derided as a new type of chastity belt for the "modern rape victim." That's not because people are opposed to preventing rape, of course — it's because AR Wear seems to be missing a few crucial points about the reality of sexual assault. Here's what the campaign gets wrong:
1. Rape isn't an accident.
From the onset, the tagline of AR Wear's campaign signals that this isn't exactly the right framing for effectively tackling sexual assault. Marketing anti-rape underwear "for when things go wrong" suggests that sexual assault is an accident, or simply a night of partying gone sour. It subtly frames the incident in terms of the victim's bad luck rather than in terms of the perpetrator's decision to rape. In fact, sexual assault isn't a slip-up; it's a crime that a rapist has consciously committed.
"A woman or girl who is wearing one of our garments will be sending a clear message to her would-be assailant that she is NOT consenting. We believe that this undeniable message can help to prevent a significant number of rapes," AR Wear notes. That's not exactly right, either. Extensive research has shown that the people who commit rape aren't simply confused about whether or not their victim consented. Rapists typically carefully select their victims and use a variety of tactics to manipulate them in order to accomplish their goal of sexual assault. In fact, especially when it comes to date rape, it's often the victims who are confused about what constitutes consent, and that's how the rapist gets away with it.
To read the full article, go to http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/05/2889411/anti-rape-underwear-sexual-assault/.


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I've been gone a few weeks, but I can explain: I just bought a motorcycle. Which means that I've pretty much spent the last fortnight on a motorcycle, thinking about a motorcycle, fixing a motorcycle, almost crashing a motorcycle, gazing longingly at a motorcycle and pushing a dead motorcycle around a parking garage looking for a jump. I could try to give you some useful advice here, like "Don't take the Motorcycle Safety Course with a fever," or "When the floaty elf tells you to 'ramp that shit,' don't listen -- that's just the fever talking." But that stuff is probably pretty apparent to most of you, and if it's not, try listening to the elf a few times; some lessons you can only learn from mistakes. So instead, I'm going to tell you about a few very obvious fundamentals that, honestly, any idiot could figure out -- but that nobody ever seemed to mention to this particular idiot before he got himself into this mess.
4We Go Way Too Fast
A few motorcyclists just read that heading and thought something like "Fuck yeah, we go too fast! We're daredevils, bro. You suckers can keep your cages, we're free." (Yes, some bikers refer to cars as "cages," because literally everything has its embarrassing elitist jerks.) But I'm not talking about the reckless velocity of dudes without enough brain cells to comprehend mortality. I meant exactly what I said: "We all go way too fast."
First, let me say this: I'm not a wizened old hand at this motorcycling business (for example, I refer to it as "motorcycling business"), and so far I spend most of my bike time wobbling to a terrified stop after every pothole. But my limited experience atop a motorcycle has taught me a valuable lesson already, and it is this: All of us -- every human being alive today -- are traveling way, way faster than we have any right to. And I don't mean "We're in too much of a rush," like it's some symptom of our modern world; I'm saying that, since the advent of the engine, humanity has always flitted about at a ridiculously incomprehensible speed. It's just that we're removed from it in our cars: They're aerodynamic and sound-proof and shock absorbing and sealed off from all external stimuli to make commuting an isolated and relaxing experience.
Source."Look at us, honey: We're commuting! How droll."
But on a motorcycle, you sit right down on top of an engine with wheels, and the second you start moving, you realize that even our posted speed limits are still three to eight times faster than our species was ever meant to go. Our stupid eyeballs and ears and brains simply cannot reconcile our established rate of travel without all the buffers of a car around us, because our instincts understand that this should not be possible. But on a motorcycle, suddenly you comprehend the wrongness of speed. You feel every tiny bump in the road as you hurtle over them at a sacrilegious pace, the wind screaming in your ears, because that's what happens when you try to outrace the very air itself, objects flying by too quickly for your eyes to fully register.
"We are running way too fucking fast!" your primal brain screams. "How did this even happen?! ARE WE FALLING?" And then your rational brain glances in the rear view mirror and says "Speed up, man, this is a school zone: You have to do at least 20 mph."
Source."No, it's OK, little girl. You can cross. See? He's stopped to cry for a bit now."
That's not just me being a pussy about the whole thing (I mean, it is totally that, but there are other factors, too). When the automobile first started seeing major usage, the U.K. passed the Motor Car Act in 1903 to dictate proper road speeds. Here's the debate lawmakers had about the matter. There were some passionate responses to the matter on both sides, with some advocating reduced limits, while others argued for the limits being abolished entirely. A fairly typical argument went like this:
"[Mr. Nussey] wished to protest against the great speed at which motor-cars were driven. He thought the danger would be increased and not decreased when motor-cars came more generally into use, and he urged the right hon. Gentleman to meet this danger in time. It had been suggested that there should be a sphere of danger and another sphere of comparative safety, but he thought those in the danger sphere would have a very bad time indeed. It was no use being able to recognise the number of a motor-car after they had been nearly killed."
Man, is this when they lowered the speed limits to 55? How fast were they going that they wanted to designate special "danger spheres" for suicidal motorists? Why does a speed limit debate read like panicked religious zealots reading the Book of Revelations? And while we're at it, what is a Danger Sphere, and can I have one?
Source.Is it this? It's this, isn't it?
For answers to (most of) those questions, here's the rest of the quote:
"... and the only effective way to deal with the question was to make cars illegal which ran at more than about 15 or 20 miles an hour, or whatever speed was fixed as reasonable. He hoped something of this kind would be done, otherwise what was now a great nuisance might become a great danger."
That's right: This bitter debate regarding the crazy, irresponsible, blasphemous highway speeds at the time was about raising the speed limit ... from 14 to 20 mph. That's ridiculous now, seeing those numbers. They're talking about speeds lower than our absolute bare minimums like the devil himself was hurtling by their houses every night leaving little Back to the Future flame tracks in his wake. But if you want to understand why, just hop onto a motorcycle. Early cars were built somewhat similarly to modern bikes: They were small, open to the air, bumpy, windy, loud, careening minimalist carriages that made you pay for every mile with an ounce of old-timey fear urine. But nobody ever tells you that before you go out and buy a motorcycle.
There's no helpful FAQ out there that says "Caution: We've all been defying the laws of nature this whole time, and you're about to realize it."
3Other Drivers Hate You
You've probably heard that phrase before, or something like it: "Drive like they're all out to get you," your drunken, paranoid uncle might have told you, right before he took you out for "driving lessons" that always seemed to start at one bar and end at his house. But I mean it literally here: If you ride a bike, every other driver on the road despises you. As soon as you set ass to motorized cycle, you become Unclean.
I don't know if it's something in the perceived image that mounting a slightly narrower than normal vehicle makes you more of a man, or a tough guy, or a reckless daredevil, but traffic hates motorcycles. Not only hates them, but possesses a rage so intense that murder is the only solution. Other drivers will tailgate the crap out of you, regardless of your speed, and that's kind of a bigger deal when, y'know, you don't have a tail or a gate. So there's a several-ton steel box traveling more than fast enough to crush you to death in a nanosecond, and its operator has decided that his safe stopping distance is "up your asshole." And there's no way to make him back off, either. He's comfortable there, inside your asshole; he shows no signs of moving. He's going to make a life up in your colon -- hell, he's already planting a garden and having his mail forwarded there, so you better get used to him.
Source."Margaret, come look! The Rectal Daisies are coming in! Truly, we are blessed with the bounty of this asshole."
Drivers will also pass you in-lane -- just flying by on the right in a one-lane street -- because a bike is smaller, so there's technically enough space to slip by. Technically there's enough space to fit your Prius in a school gymnasium, too, but shockingly, it's still generally frowned upon when you mow down a dodge ball game. And if you think I'm embellishing, or that this behavior is exclusive to me and how I ride (which, for the record, is a bit timid, all adorably knock-kneed and shaky-legged like a newborn deer), check out this study by the California Office of Traffic Safety.
The survey was conducted to find out whether Californians knew that lane-sharing was legal for motorcycles (that's when you drive in the space between lanes to cut through traffic). Most did not, but that's not the interesting part: The interesting part was exactly how many of them -- 7 percent -- freely admitted to the survey conductor that they "tried to prevent lane sharing." That dry, objective phrasing makes it sound like no big deal, but the only way you can "try to prevent lane sharing" is to abruptly block a lane with your car when you see a bike coming (i.e., ramming a motorcycle off the road).
Source."It's not road rage; it's justice! He can't do that! I AM THE LAW."
That is a shocking piece of information to volunteer to anybody at any time, and 7 percent of people freely admitted it to a total stranger. Find any other scenario where nearly one out of ten passerby will casually, almost happily cop to attempted murder on a regular basis:
"Excuse me, sir; were you aware that commercial fishing within two miles of the coastline is legal in California?"
"Why, no, random stranger, I was not! And in fact, I regularly hurl knives and flaming bottles of kerosene at boats when I see them fishing too close to the beach! Hahaha, joke's on me, I guess! Welp, see you later, I'm off to stab pedestrians crossing at intersections without crosswalks -- have a good one!"


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Final warning.
As I stated in my last blog post with the still photos from this scene, there is video from this scene.
The scene lasts about a minute & you can quite clearly hear dialogue from the likes of Lee Arenberg (Leroy/Grumpy), Ginnifer Goodwin (Mary Margaret Blanchard/Snow White) & Josh Dallas (David Nolan/Prince Charming) as they yell at the Mayor, who is tied to a tree.
Lots of speculation has arisen on whether this is a dream sequence, or real. I got to say, its very hard to know for sure. My feeling is its a real scene, but that the end result of this will not break the curse.
I saw some of the filming for the finale, episode 122 as well, and knowing what I saw in that shooting, I am more inclined to think this scene is real.
In any case, here is the video of the Dwarves, Ruby Red, Granny, David & Mary Margaret, Dr. Hopper, Henry & of course Emma, giving Regina some nastiness back.
As with all my sets, if you re-post my photos/videos, do so with proper credits & DO NOT remove the tags, or they will be removed from your site & the site may penalize you however their rules state for such infractions, which may include legal or civil penalties.
If you want photo/videoss untagged for your site, images are for sale untagged, just inquire... as are autographs of the stars at the link tagged "Once Upon A Time autographs" on the left.


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ITS Calendar
July 2013
Monday, July 1st
- Network maintenance in Sayles-Hill
- Sayles-Hill will be offline from 5PM until 10PM.
- 5:00 pm, Sayles-Hill
Tuesday, July 2nd
- Network maintenance in Leighton Hall
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Weekend Race Roundup - April 15, 2013
15/04/13 - With the 18th edition of the Ishigaki World Cup and the Premium Asian Cup in Chengdu, ITU racing was full steam ahead in Asia this weekend. Wet weather conditions challenged the athletes in Japan, while... |Full Story
Ryan Fisher storms to first World Cup win in Ishigaki
14/04/13 - Wet weather conditions couldn't keep Ryan Fisher (AUS) from storming to his first ever World Cup title in Ishigaki with a monster performance on the bike and run courses. The rising star capitalized on... |Full Story
Japan sweeps women's podium in Ishigaki
14/04/13 - Although wet conditions plagued the women's race on Sunday, that didn't stop a strong Japanese team from sweeping the podium in front of a home crowd. Olympian Ai Ueda blasted through the three-lap... |Full Story
World Cup action continues in Ishigaki
10/04/13 - The World Cup circuit heads to Asia for the second stop of the series in familiar Ishigaki, Japan. The small island has been a staple on the ITU calendar for nearly two decades, with this weekend's World... |Full Story
France's David Hauss comes from behind to claim debut World Cup win in Ishigaki
22/04/12 - France's David Hauss allowed his brilliant run to carry him to his career first ITU World Cup victory, after he made up a 50-second deficit from T2 to win the 2012 Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup on... |Full Story
Canada's Kathy Tremblay scores debut World Cup victory in Ishigaki
22/04/12 - Canada's Kathy Tremblay credited her first ITU World Cup win to a new mindset, after she ran away from the field at the 2012 Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup in Japan on Sunday. Tremblay was one of the... |Full Story
2012 Ishigaki World Cup Press Conference Highlights
21/04/12 - Pre-race day in Ishigaki and the Local Organising Committee welcomed David Hauss, Aileen Morrison, Kyle Jones, Melanie Annaheim and members of the Japanese National team including Ai Ueda and Yuka Sato as... |Full Story
2012 ITU World Cup season continues in Ishigaki
17/04/12 - The ITU World Cup series returns to Ishigaki for an incredible 17th consecutive year in 2012. The small island southwest of Japan's mainland has been on the World Cup circuit since 1996, making it the... |Full Story
What's ahead in the 2012 ITU World Cup series
15/03/12 - The 2012 ITU World Cup series is just 10 days away, so here is a quick preview of what is in store for the ITU's longest running series in this Olympic year. 2012 ITU WORLD CUP EVENTS Mooloolaba (AUS) -... |Full Story
Ishigaki and Monterrey World Cup show now available
04/06/11 - The latest ITU magazine show is now available on www.triathlonlive.tv. The show features the Ishigaki and Monterrey World Cups, and is packed with the best race action, behind the scenes interviews and... |Full Story
Three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper (USA) finds gold in Ishigaki
17/04/11 - American Hunter Kemper finally found gold and the World Cup podium also welcomed two brand new medallists in a thrilling men's race in Ishigaki. In a race that had plenty of breaks and surprises, it... |Full Story
Barbara Riveros Diaz continues great start to 2011 with win in Ishigaki
17/04/11 - Chilean Barbara Riveros Diaz has continued her stellar start to the 2011 season by running away with the Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup title in Japan. Riveros Diaz claimed bronze in the first ITU... |Full Story
Ishigaki Press Conference Highlights
16/04/11 - Jenkins pulls out from the race due to brush burns caused by bike crash in Sydney. International athletes are united to give Japan "happiness and love." Summer has arrived in Ishigaki, a tiny island in... |Full Story
Ishigaki World Cup Preview
14/04/11 - The second round of the 2011 ITU Triathlon World Cup series is Ishigaki, a scenic island in southwestern Japan. A total of 129 athletes from 33 nations will line up on the starting grids for this... |Full Story
Monterrey and Ishigkai Magazine Shows Now Available
28/05/10 - The complete, 52-minute TV magazine show from the Monterrey and Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cups is now available at triathlon.org/tv. The shows contains exclusive action and interviews from both races... |Full Story
Meshcheryakov on Top in Ishigaki
25/04/10 - Russian Valentin Meshcheryakov claimed his first World Cup title on Sunday in Ishigaki with a time of 1:54:02. Japan's Yuichi Hosoda also secured his first World Cup podium, finishing just five seconds... |Full Story
Niwata Wins in Ishigaki
25/04/10 - Three-time Olympian Kiyomi Niwata of Japan won the Ishigaki World Cup title this afternoon, topping Great Britain's Liz Blatchford in a thrilling finish. The 39-year old put on a long sprint at the final... |Full Story
Ishigaki World Cup Preview
21/04/10 - The ITU Triathlon World Cup Series heads to Ishigaki, Japan this weekend for round three of this year's Series. This year's race marks the 15th time Ishigaki has hosted a World Cup, making the event... |Full Story
Video Feature: Ishigaki, Triathlon Paradise
20/01/10 - A tropical paradise and holiday island of Japan, Ishigaki is the longest serving ITU event having run for 14 years since 1996. Athletes are household names here, with multiple winners enjoying... |Full Story
Exclusive Video: Courtney Atkinson
17/11/09 - Our third Exclusive Video of the series looks at the incredible relationship between Courtney Atkinson and the Japanese island of Ishigaki, the location of the longest standing ITU Triathlon World Cup.... |Full Story
2010 ITU Triathlon World Cup Calendar Announced
04/11/09 - With nine ITU Triathlon World Cup races added to the calendar, the 2010 triathlon season will provide the world's best triathletes with an unrivalled chance to compete at international cities and venues... |Full Story
Atkinson Makes it Two in a Row
26/04/09 - Courtney Atkinson of Australia stormed home for his second world cup victory of the year at the 2009 Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup this Sunday. This is Atkinsons fourth win at the Ishigaki race since... |Full Story
Ide Thrills Home Crowd in Ishigaki
26/04/09 - Juri Ide delighted the home crowd by winning round two of the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Cup Series today on the Japanese island of Ishigaki. Leading for most of the race, Ide crossed the line in 2 hours 3... |Full Story
Athletes Looking Forward to Racing
25/04/09 - Australia's Courtney Atkinson has become a legendary figure on the Japanese island of Ishigaki as the three time winner looks forward to a tough race on Sunday afternoon. "The conditions here are pretty... |Full Story
Atkinson Returns to Ishigaki
20/04/09 - The picturesque Japanese island of Ishigaki welcomes triathlon back to its shores for the fourteenth time this weekend as the ITU Triathlon World Cup circuit descends on the longest standing World Cup... |Full Story
Whitfield on top in Ishigaki
13/04/08 - Sydney Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield of Canada continues his quest for another Olympic title with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup today. Whitfield showed a field of top Olympians that he... |Full Story
Snowsill Triumphant in Ishigaki
13/04/08 - Australian superstar Emma Snowsill added to her extensive medal count today with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup. Snowsill led from start to finish claiming her eighth world cup title in a... |Full Story
Ishigaki World Cup history
12/04/08 - For the 13th straight year, the spotlight will be on Ishigaki as the small island hosts the third stop of the 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup series. No world cup in ITU history has had a more successful... |Full Story
Athlete Interviews from Ishigaki
12/04/08 - Tune into the Pre-Race interviews with the top athletes competing in today's Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup. ITU's voice of triathlon, Barrie Shepley, takes a candid moment with many of the sports... |Full Story
Live Coverage Sunday
11/04/08 - Tune in this weekend for full live video coverage of the 2008 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup. This marks the 29th time Japan will host a World Cup and 13th consecutive year in Ishigaki, making it the... |Full Story
Ishigaki Preview
08/04/08 - The small fishing island of Ishigaki, Japan comes alive this weekend as it hosts the longest-running world cup and a favorite stop for many of the world's best. Last year's women's race was a... |Full Story
Greetings from Ishigaki!!
13/03/08 - With exactly one month to go until the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup, the Ishigaki LOC would like to send greetings to all National Federations and invite them to the longest running world cup in ITU... |Full Story
Fernandes and Atkinson Joyous in Japan
18/04/07 - Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal and Courtney Atkinson of Australia have won the 2007 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup, in Ishigaki, Japan. While Fernandes waited until the final run lap to make her decisive... |Full Story
Ishigaki Highlights Now Available
16/04/07 - Video highlights for the 2007 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup are now available. Watch Vanessa Fernandes and Emma Snowsill continue their battle for dominance in the Elite womens race. Courtney Atkinson... |Full Story
Fernandes wins 15th WC in Japan
15/04/07 - Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal has just won the 2007 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup, in Ishigaki, Japan, with a time of 2 hour 4 minutes and 16 seconds. In blustery, wet conditions, Fernandes was able to... |Full Story
Japan set for round 2 world cup
12/04/07 - The 2007 BG Triathlon World Cup series continues this Sunday, April 15, in the fishing village turned tourist destination of Ishigaki, Japan. The 12th edition of the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup will... |Full Story
Ishigaki - 1 week to go.
08/04/07 - We hope that your preparations are going well for this year's race. If you have not already done so, please be sure to email us with your updated arrival and departure information. Please email this... |Full Story
Live video coverage from Ishigaki.
01/04/07 - Make sure to tune into live video coverage from Ishigaki next weekend. The second stop of the 2007 BG Triathlon world cup series takes athletes and fans to the unique harbour side course of Ishigaki,... |Full Story
3 months to Ishigaki World Cup
15/01/07 - También texto en español. This year will be our biggest in our 20 year history with 1,500 athletes participating in the age group category. Registration now open at... |Full Story
Kiwi Tanner wins in Ishigaki!!
16/04/06 - The clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped to 18 degrees Celsius as the Elite women took the start line. Pre race favourite, Annabel Luxford (AUS), pulled out early in the race due to a sore foot... |Full Story


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Lonberger and others from Gateway Planning visited Goliad in the fall to study ways the city could attract more tourism and utilize land to create more affordable housing.
"The No. 1 opportunity is the Eagle Ford Shale," Lonberger said. "It's on the minds of everybody. Trucks are everywhere. A lot of things are happening and bringing in new investors. All municipalities have this on their minds. There's an influx of workers and many retail stores can't hire people because nobody will work for them because they're all going to work for the gas play. How does Goliad invest today in projects that will last the long-term?"
Lonberger said Goliad could improve the infrastructure to attract more tourism dollars.
"The secondary key opportunity is linking you history, your tourism and your neighborhoods in a meaningful way," Lonberger said. "Using the places you have as you have done with your Market Days, the presidio and everything else. Use those to move forward. Instead of people being bused in to check out the presidio, why not try to provide them an opportunity to stay and linger longer? That allows more tax dollars to be generated in your restaurants and stores.
"One way to do that would be to create walk/bike links to the different sites to your historic square. You already have a trail system, but there are key elements that can be improved and connected to even allow connection to the high school."
Lonberger said there is sufficient vacant land in the city that can be developed to generate more value.
"Currently, there's 289 acres out of your 792 acres of area that can be developed on that's either vacant or underutilized," Lonberger said. "It's land within your city limits and generating lower value than something with improvements on it would. That's 36 percent of your total city area."
Lonberger said some of the vacant land could be used to address the housing shortage in Goliad.
"A lot of your educators, city staff were not or are not able to live within the city limits," Lonberger said. "Rents were going up here seven months ago when we were here and I'm sure it's worse. A lot of these parcels can be utilized through public-private partnerships with the city working with landowners to figure out ways to actually add housing that's in the community to create a stable tax base and bring people that can connect to all your wonderful amenities that you have in the city."
Lonberger said Goliad needs to find ways to keep tourists in the city longer.
"The best way to do that is not add in bulk with more Best Westerns but to add more boutique hotels," Lonberger said. "There is vacant land really close to the historic square. It's not a high investment for someone in this area. This area has a lot of wealthy folks who like to invest in properties and relocate homes to make them bed and breakfasts."
Lonberger suggested the city look into developing a lodging facility near the San Antonio River using private and public funds.
"San Antonio is the only other city that has the San Antonio River running through its downtown," Lonberger said. "So it's something to be embraced. What's interesting about this city, though, is there is no connection to the river itself from downtown. You can disc golf, but there really isn't anywhere to hang out and have a restaurant or lodging."
Goliad Mayor Jay Harvey said the city's biggest challenge is getting investors to jump on board.
"One issue we have is getting developers to come," Harvey said. "How do you get people to come here and invest in the community who have the money to be able to build a lodge on the river?"
"You have to find the right person that the city is comfortable with teaming up with," Lonberger said. "There are ways to attract folks, but it's not relying on them to find you. You have to go out and find them."


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This shaded polygon map shows the percentage of prime farmland that is used as forest land within each 8-digit hydrologic unit. Areas with 95% or more Federal area are shown as gray. There are 46.8 million acres of prime farmland used as forest land. 14% of all prime farmland is used as forest land.
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A Land Cover/Use that is at least 10 percent stocked by single stemmed forest trees of any size which will be at least 4 meters (13 feet) tall at maturity. When viewed vertically, canopy cover is 25 percent or greater. Also included are areas bearing evidence of natural regeneration of tree cover (cutover forest or abandoned farmland) and not currently developed for nonforest use. For classification as forest land, an area must be at least one acre and 100 feet wide. [NRI-97]
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A hierarchical system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that divides the United States and the Caribbean into 21 major regions, 222 subregions, 352 accounting units, and further subdivided into 2,150 cataloging units that delineate river basins having drainage areas usually greater than 700 square miles. [USGS]
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Land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these uses. It has the soil quality, growing season, and moisture supply needed to produce economically sustained high yields of crops when treated and managed according to acceptable farming methods, including water management. In general, prime farmlands have an adequate and dependable water supply from precipitation or irrigation, a favorable temperature and growing season, acceptable acidity or alkalinity, acceptable salt and sodium content, and few or no rocks. They are permeable to water and air. Prime farmlands are not excessively erodible or saturated with water for a long period of time, and they either do not flood frequently or are protected from flooding.[SSM, USDA Handbook No. 18, October 1993]
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Houseflies regurgitate on food to tenderize it, spreading harmful bacteria from their previous meals. And their squirming offspring aren't much better company ... although they do play a vital role as nature's recyclers.
Flies love to feast on putrefying, decaying flesh...with a side of dog poop.
There's good reason to swat a fly off your food. Every time one lands on a new food source, it regurgitates a special digestive liquid to tenderize the meal and lick up the juice. That means bacteria from its last stop just landed in your potato salad.
Flies can eat anything from filthy garbage to filet mignon.
But their offspring may have even more voracious appetites.
Maggots. Fly larvae look disgusting, but they act as nature's recyclers, breaking down dead animals.
After just a few days of gorging, the maggots retreat into a pupa, the end stage of a life cycle that goes from egg to adult in as little as a week.
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A new Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permit review process and the draft policy for implementing it met with criticism at the September 17 board of directors meeting of the Pike County Conservation District (PCCD) in Blooming Grove. Specific concerns were cited about the hasty process involved and the potential for "politicizing" the prioritization of permits.
"We just got this about two weeks ago and the comments have to be submitted to DEP by the end of the month," said PCCD executive director Susan Beecher. Staff are currently reviewing the policy and developing comments.
Beecher acknowledged there is a need for greater efficiency and more coordination between DEP and PA conservation districts. However, the conservation districts had no input in the policy development. "I'm seeing some things that I'm concerned about and that could have been discussed if we were at the table," she said.
Beecher attributed part of the problem to the fact that the policy covers most permits that DEP issues. "It not only applies to NPDES permits for construction, it also applies to sewage permits, mining permits, air quality authorizations and more," she said. "It's not clear what our role is going to be in some of these processes that are unfolding, and it would have been really helpful for us to be involved."
Beecher also expressed concern that the rollout date is next month. "I think that's really ambitious given what has to happen in the meantime," she added.
"Can you give us any insight on why they're streamlining this?" asked board chairman Scott Savini.
"I'm not sure why," responded DEP Northeast Region Assessment and Planning Section Chief Carl Deluca. "This is central office, strictly, and the governor's office working. They want better communication with each regional office and the central office is taking more of a role in providing the policies needed and proper guidance in a more timely manner."
"I think we're basically all in the dark as far as how this is actually going to play out," said Beecher.
"As it's coming out, we'll get it to you, but we're hearing it as fast as you're hearing it at this point," said Deluca.
Beecher expressed alarm over the timeframes being set for specific permits. "The oil and gas program permits range from 14 to 43 days and that includes the erosion and sediment control general permit for gas transmission lines. So we could have a project where there's hundreds of acres of earth disturbance over miles and miles of transmission line and the permit decision guaranteed time for that project would be 43 days. That is outrageous."
Deluca noted that DEP is "trying to come up with a game plan," given that the agency will have only 10 days from the date of receipt in which to deem an application administratively and technically complete.
"The devil's in the details," said Beecher. "Those are the kinds of things that concern us. To have our technical staff review a plan along with all the administrative details in 10 days is really ambitious."
Changes to the prioritization process were also cited as potential problems. "Currently, when a plan comes in, it gets put in line for review," said Beecher. "That's going to change under this policy. Permittees in Pike County who might have fairly small projects that aren't considered important in terms of this prioritization that DEP is setting up are going to get lost in the shuffle.
"DEP staff are going to be focused on projects that maybe have some regional importance, that might have higher employment numbers, that may have some political connections that we don't have in Pike County. We've always tried to be fair in reviewing projects in the timeframe in which they come in. Doing it any other way is going to set our staff up for some difficult political situations."
"It's going to set me up for some difficult political situations," said Pike County Commissioner Rich Caridi.
"So we've politicized the process. That's what it amounts to," said PCCD board treasurer Linda Cioppa.
Beecher said there remain many "unknowns" in the policy. "There are so many things being left to interpretation," she concluded. "In terms of consistency and fairness and environmental protection, this policy has a lot of concerns."
In other matters, DeLuca reported that DEP's four-county enforcement action on Tennessee Gas Pipeline's 300 Line project is underway. "We've been working with PCCD staff to get all of the inspection reports, photos and violations for the Pike County portion," he said. "I commend your staff and you, Susan, for the way you presented it." PCCD staff were also praised for their exceptional record-keeping practices, which may be utilized by DEP for training purposes.
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Snapshot of a Stock: The Balance Sheet
Step 1: Why Should I Study a Company's Financial Statements?
Successful investing has no secret formula. A good strategy and a basic understanding of the rules of the game are required to do well in the long run. Since financial statements are basic tools of fundamental analysis, it is important to be able to read and analyze them.
Financial statements provide the means to measure the performance of the company and its management. These statements allow investors to compare one company's performance to other companies and industry norms. Items reported in the financial statements, such as sales, earnings, and cash flow, help value and growth investors gauge the worth of the stock price.
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Why Should I Study a Company's Financial Statements?
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What Are the Crucial Figures in the Assets Column?
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The amount of emphasis you place on various parts of financial statement analysis depends upon your viewpoint. A credit analyst extending a short-term, unsecured loan to a company might emphasize the firm's cash flow and liquidity. An investor with a growth strategy looking at stock may look closely at items that impact a firm's ability to produce future earnings. A value investor examining a distressed company may also concern himself with the financial structure of a firm to identify whether it has the resources to work its way through a difficult period. When working with financial statements, you must keep in mind that they are historical records and public information. Spending a great deal of time scrutinizing financial statements with the hope of finding hidden assets is generally not a productive use of spare time.
There are three primary financial statements—the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement. The balance sheet indicates the current financial position of the firm. The income statement summarizes the sales and profit performance over a period of time, while the cash flow statement details the use and generation of cash over a period of time.
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