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The City Council authorized Freese and Nichols to move forward with annexation plans Tuesday during a regularly scheduled meeting. City officials authorized the company in August 2013 to conduct a growth management study in preparation for potential annexation of areas outside the city limits, but within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The completed study identifies specific tracts north and west of Portland for annexation.
Freese and Nichols Planning Director Dan Sefko presented the company's annexation plan to the Council. It identifies two areas – a 1,845-acre tract on the northwest boundary of the city and a 599-acre tract that runs along the Nueces Bay to the west of the city – for proposed annexation.
"The northern boundary is mostly vacant, though there are some homes in the area," Sefko said. "This would give room to expand and bring in revenue."
Sefko said there are 159 residential dwellings within the two tracts.
Councilman John Vilo was concerned about whether people who live within the northwest tract would have to make certain adjustments if annexation there was approved, noting that some raise chickens.
"There's totally different uses for this property," Vilo said. "A lot of people moved out there because they didn't want to live in the city, so I hope we're able to protect the integrity of those neighbors, whatever we do."
Sefko said residents living in that area would be able to maintain whatever lifestyles they currently have.
"If you have land use (provisions), you have to allow homes to continue to have that use," Sefko said. "They are guaranteed by statute to do what they're doing."
Mayor pro tem Cathy Skurow said annexation would be beneficial for people living in that area.
"This is about protecting the assets of the citizens out there," Skurow said. "We are getting people who are interested in developing in that area. So, it's coming."
Sefko said a possible disadvantage to people living in the area, should the city opt to not annex it, is the future construction of wind turbines there.
"We have no control of land uses going on there," Sefko said. "There could be wind turbines put out there. We really can't manage the way the edges of our city look. That's the downside."
Assistant City Manager Brian DeLatte said there are two developers who are currently interested in developing land in the northwest tract.
"It's great land," Sefko said. "It's open; it's pasture. Someday somebody's going to want to develop it. Fifty years from now, you will be glad to have it."
City Manager Randy Wright said the city's expansion opportunities are limited to the north and west, due to an absence of available land south and east of the city.
"The most logical area for growth to occur is to the west, so the city can protect the assets of the city, and the assets of people who live in those areas," Wright said. "This will create orderly growth that benefits our citizens and those who live in those areas."
Councilman Gary Moore asked if other cities could annex the areas if Portland decided not to. Sefko said they could not, because the areas are in Portland's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
To accommodate a proposed 1,200 additional units being built in the area, Sefko said about $4.4 million would have to be spent in infrastructure costs.
"The annual estimated revenue would be $1.1 million, which assumes an average home value of $150,000," Sefko said.
The Council voted 6-0 to authorize Freese and Nichols to begin the annexation process on the northwest tract, which will cost $40,000. The company will finalize annexation plans, prepare information packets for affected property owners, post public notices, and conduct two public hearings to complete the process.


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Judy Dater contributed mightily to photography's break-out moment from Modernism in the 1960s. One of a handful of female photographers from that period, her compelling and insightful photographs established a new model in portraiture especially as it concerned the traditional depiction of women, and the depiction of male subjects by a female artist.
The finely composed portrait of George Livia is the first male subject by Dater in the museum's collection. Dater met her subject, as aspiring photographer himself, while teaching a workshop in Buenos Aires. He reciprocates our gaze with sincerity, intensity, even a romantic quality illustrative of the complexities that Dater coaxes from her subjects.
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Last week on Google Earth Blog we…
- Showed some ways to track hurricane hunters.
- Continued the A-to-Z series with DigitalGlobe.
- Took a "Google Earth Odyssey" with this great video.
- Showed some of the great new features in Google Earth 7.0 for Android, then shared some extra tips for using it better.
- Explored the 2012 Tour de France.
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At our Wastewater Treatment Plant, we have constructed a Geographic Information System (GIS) database for all our piping and valves. It has been a great success; we have each pipe associated with its drawing, mapped all our buried utilities (piping, electrical, fiber optic, instrumentation), hyperlinked photos. We have constructed an online Map Viewer which shows all the piping, pumps, and valves across our entire Plant. We have dedicated two people, full time to this long-term endeavor. It is a great tool that helps our Ops & Maint staff easily become familiar with the piping layouts and valve locations, a training tool, and is used in emergencies to find which valve(s) to close. They no longer have to depend on the person who will retire soon for the answers.
I am looking for anyone else who has constructed a GIS for their Plant? please share your experience.
I am the Manager of a small Town and we have recently implemented GIS to our tool box. Our wastewater plant valves and piping are marked and mapped. I like the idea of adding photos of the pumps. It has proven to be use full when we had a water leak and could see a map of the lines and what we were digging by and know how deep the line is.
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I was with my friends driving back from Watertown to Natural Bridge and noticed that i was being blinded by more then one light in the sky. when i looked around i found that the sun had 2 prism-like lights, one on each side of the sun, reflecting the sun's light. it was also making a bunch of rainbows in the sky. we ended up pulling over and snapping this picture with my cellphone. we counted 5 rainbows in the sky but they wouldnt turn up in any pictures. we were wondering if you could tell us how this happens because we have never seen anything like this before.
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Hitler Here is a well researched and lyrically written biographical novel offering first-person stories by the Fuehrer and a variety of other characters. This intimate approach invites the reader to peer into Hitler's mind, talk to Eva Braun, joust with Goering, Goebbels, and Himmler, debate with the generals, fight on land and at sea and in the air, and huddle in the death camps as, everywhere, civilization is consumed.
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Let's invite many of the greatest boxers, and their contemporaries, to tell their own stories, some true, others tales based on history. Peter Jackson barges into John L. Sullivan's hotel room to demand a fight. Jim Jeffries regales listeners about his barroom confrontation with Jack Johnson. A bar owner discusses the violent alcoholism of Battling Siki. Jack Dempsey and his detractors hold forth. Sonny Liston stars in three stories. Nelson Mandela boxes Barack Obama. The top 13 heavyweights are identified. Muhammad Ali, Jerry Quarry, Emanuel Steward, Alexis Arguello, Lennox Lewis, and Archie Moore and others also share experiences. They're frank about their serious business. They know there can always be Death in the Ring.


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Re-thinking the Annual Physical
Please note: the following refers to routine physicals and screening tests in healthy, asymptomatic adults. It does not apply to people who have been diagnosed with diseases, who have any kind of symptoms or signs, or who are at particularly high risk of certain specific diseases.
Throughout most of human history, people have consulted doctors (or shamans or other supposed providers of medical care) only when they were sick. Not too long ago, the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mindset changed. It became customary for everyone to have a yearly checkup with a doctor even if they were feeling perfectly well. The doctor would look in your eyes, ears and mouth, listen to your heart and lungs with a stethoscope and poke and prod other parts of your anatomy. He would do several routine tests, perhaps a blood count, urinalysis, EKG, chest-x-ray and TB tine test. There was even an "executive physical" based on the concept that more is better if you can afford it. Perhaps the need for maintenance of cars had an influence: the annual physical was analogous to the 30,000 mile checkup on your vehicle. The assumption was that this process would find and fix any problems and insure that any disease process would be detected at an early stage where earlier treatment would improve final outcomes. It would keep your body running like a well-tuned engine and possibly save your life.
We have gradually come to realize that the routine physical did little or nothing to improve health outcomes and was largely a waste of time and money. Today the emphasis is on identifying factors that can be altered to improve outcomes. We are even seeing articles in the popular press telling the public that no medical group advises annual checkups for healthy adults. If patients see their doctor only when they have symptoms, the doctor can take advantage of those visits to update vaccinations and any indicated screening tests.


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North Central College joins the ranks of outstanding universities and colleges nationwide that are leading the "green" movement through their own special programs and initiatives.
The Princeton Review has named North Central College as among the most environmentally responsible colleges in North America. The education services company selected the College for inclusion in the second annual edition of "The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition." The Princeton Review chose schools for the guide based on a survey of administrators at hundreds of colleges that the company polled in 2010 about their school's sustainability initiatives.
"North Central College recognizes that a commitment to sustainability is not a single program or final destination but rather a dynamic, integral part of our campus culture," says Abby Hahne, the College's sustainability coordinator. "Our inclusion in this guide is indicative of the progress North Central has made in providing a campus lifestyle which prepares and enables our students to compete for a growing number of sustainability-related leadership, service and employment opportunities."
The Princeton Review first created this resource for college-bound students in 2010 with the U.S. Green Building Council, which is best known for developing the LEED standard for green building certification.
In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, President Harold Wilde signed a new Sustainability Compact pledging to achieve the State of Illinois' highest recognition for energy-saving and environmentally friendly initiatives. North Central is among the first institutions of higher education in Illinois to seek gold status under a new Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact. The Compact includes objectives such as purchasing renewable energy, implementing green building practices, developing sustainable transportation options, improving water conservation and incorporating sustainable dining practices. Participating institutions are recognized by the state for achieving bronze, silver or gold status, depending on level of commitment.
"Only a handful of campuses so far have sought gold status," said Eric Heineman, sustainability policy advisor for Gov. Pat Quinn. Heineman attended the signing on April 18.
Wilde said the pledge is a fitting part of North Central's yearlong celebration of its Sesquicentennial. "We've always been an institution that has had a waste-not, want-not ethic," Wilde said. "You can't solve the problems in the world unless you first solve the problems in your own house."


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About Young Children
Young Children is a peer-reviewed journal from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Published five times a year, each issue offers practical, research-based articles on timely topics of interest. Our readers work with or on behalf of young children from birth through age 8. Readers include teachers, family child care providers, child development program administrators, resource and referral counselors, early intervention specialists, elementary school principals, teacher educators, students, researchers, policy makers, and others.
The editorial team and consulting editors use the following criteria when reviewing the content of articles submitted to Young Children. We look for articles that
- reflect the current knowledge base in early childhood education
- describe real life examples of developmentally appropriate practice
- provide practical strategies for practitioners
- cite relevant research findings, when appropriate
- suggest ways to involve families, when appropriate
- consider the roles of culture, ethnicity, and home language when relevant to the content
- support inclusion of children with a range of abilities
- show respect for gender, culture, and home language
Articles selected for publication in Young Children are considered a contribution to the profession; authors do not receive fees or royalties. Articles published in Young Children are peer reviewed and vetted by the Young Children editorial team.
Types of articles
Young Children articles vary in content, length, and writing style. Read recently published articles to learn what kinds of articles are published. Many authors write about a particular classroom, school, or teacher they have observed. If your article describes another educator's practice in detail, please acknowledge this contribution or consider including him or her as coauthor.
Young Children does not publish term papers, literature reviews, or reports of research methodology and findings. The journal does not accept articles already published elsewhere in print or electronic format. We expect that articles have not been simultaneously submitted to other publications. Young Children articles are written in an informal, conversational style. They use active voice (e.g., "The teacher planned…" rather than "Plans were made by the teacher…") and clear language. This makes the text easier and more enjoyable to read.
General Articles These articles address important early childhood topics. The following are the types of articles found in Young Children.
- Innovative, research-based teaching strategies.
- Early childhood theories and research, along with recommended practices.
- Specific issues affecting young children.
- Personal stories and observations
- Viewpoints - commentaries and opinion pieces where authors express their research-based opinions about specific issues or practices.
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- Research in Review articles summarize research and describe implications for practice. Authors work with the journal's Research in Review editors. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cluster Topic Articles Each issue features a group of articles that address different aspects of a topic. Although cluster topics are decided on many months in advance (see below), in order to respond to topical issues and trends, the editors may change the publish date of a cluster from time to time.
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The chart that follows provides Young Children's cluster topics through March 2018, the date of publication, and due dates for articles. Designations of N/A mean that Young Children is no longer accepting articles for that cluster.
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Math in the Early Years
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|September 2017
Global Practices that Inform and Inspire
|November 1, 2016
|November 2017
DAP Success Stories: Principals, Teachers, and Families Making a Difference
|January 5, 2017
|March 2018
Joyful Learning in Kindergarten
|May 1, 2017
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We are no longer asking authors to submit cluster proposals. Authors should submit their entire article. Cluster articles go through a similar review process as do regular articles. Clusters are limited to five articles. We regret that not all cluster articles can be sent out for peer review.
Formatting requirements
When submitting an article to Young Children, please adhere to the following formatting and submission guidelines.
All manuscripts must meet page-length requirements.
- Brief articles, personal stories, viewpoints and opinion pieces: 500-1500 words
- General and cluster articles: 1000-3000 words (please note--we are specifically looking for quality articles that are 3,000 words or less)
- Infographics based on research (submit concept and rough sketch)
If manuscripts are not formatted correctly, they will be unsubmitted until the appropriate changes are made.
- Make sure the name(s) of author(s) as well as specific workplaces/schools/program names do not appear on any pages of the article; all manuscripts are subject to blind review.
- Use pseudonyms in place of children's real names.
- Include subheadings throughout the article.
- Use Times New Roman font, 12-point type, double space lines, and at least 1-inch margins.
- Number the pages.
- Include the title and date in the footer.
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- Prepare the cover letter as a separate document.
- List the title of the article.
- Indicate the type of article (cluster topic, general, Viewpoint).
- List the name, affiliation, title, address, phone, fax, and e-mail for each author.
- Designate one author as the primary contact.
- Give the Manuscript ID for any manuscript written by a primary author or coauthor that was accepted for publication in Young Children within the last two years.
- Provide a brief summary of how one-third of the text offers useful and relevant information for teachers and other practitioners.
- Provide a brief abstract of 50 words or less
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Authors should provide accurate and complete information for references and resources. Young Children expects authors to focus on references published within the last 10 years (unless they are seminal sources) in order to reflect the most recent research and data. Use primary references when available and avoid online resources such as Wikipedia or Ask.com. Authors should also use the number of resources appropriate for the length of their manuscript.
Young Children follows Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, for spelling and The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, for style and reference formatting.
We encourage authors to include informative, interesting visuals (e.g., high-resolution photographs, children's work samples, charts, graphs) that enhance the content of the article and promote understanding. This is not a requirement.
Prior to submission, the author must possess completed model release forms for any recognizable person appearing in the author's photos (signed by any adult who appears in the photo and by the legal guardian of any child who appears in the photo). If the author did not take the photos but submits them with the article, the author must confirm that she or he has the right to publish the photos and that the photographer possesses the necessary model releases.
One sample model release and the visuals themselves should be uploaded as separate files in Manuscript Central as part of the manuscript submission. Do not include them in the body of the article. Young Children does not pay authors for their own photos when they are integral to the content of the article.
To make a photograph submission, please see our photography guidelines.
Authors are responsible for seeking and maintaining written permission from parents or legal guardians to include photos of children and adults. NAEYC may request to review these permissions.
For quoted material longer than 100 words, as well as figures and tables (or the content therein), authors must seek and submit to Young Children written permission from the copyright holder prior to publication.
How to submit an article
Young Children receives all submissions electronically through Manuscript Central. After creating an account, authors will find instructions for manuscript submission. Be sure to submit the cover letter, article, and photographs as separate files. Authors can contact Manuscript Central for assistance or e-mail the Young Children editorial staff.
With the exception of articles for clusters, articles are generally published 16 to 28 months after acceptance. Authors may check the status of their submissions in Manuscript Central by logging into the account and clicking on the "Submitted Manuscripts" link on the left hand side of the dashboard.
Please note: Individuals may submit only one article within a six-month period. Young Children's preferred practice is to publish a particular author only once per 12-month period. On rare occasions we make exceptions to best meet the needs of our readers.
Authors may submit only one article at a time. This holds true whether they are the only author, or one of several. If authors have written several articles for submission, they must decide which one to submit first.
After the article has been reviewed, the authors will be notified of its status. After receipt of this notification, the author may submit another article. Thus, only one article per author can be under initial consideration and review at a time.
Review and editing process
The Young Children review process generally takes 6–8 months from receipt of manuscript. The process is compressed for cluster articles. The schedule may vary according to the schedule of our reviewers, many of whom are on the academic calendar.
Steps in the Review and Editing Process
Time frame
Initial reading. Given the volume of articles we receive, not all articles can be sent out for review, nor can we provide individual feedback on articles that are not reviewed. The editor-in-chief determines whether articles will go out for review. There are a number of reasons why articles are not sent out for review. Sometimes articles do not meet basic guidelines for content, writing style, length, or format. At times, the journal has a backlog of articles or has recently published an article on the same topic. In some cases, we receive a number of articles for a cluster that address the same topic and age group. The editor-in-chief might recommend revising an article before it is reviewed by consulting editors.
12 to 16 weeks after receipt
Peer review. Articles that meet basic guidelines undergo peer review by members of NAEYC's Consulting Editors Panel. The reviewers provide comments and suggestions. NAEYC senior staff may also review articles.
16 to 26 weeks after receipt
Decision. Using all reviews as a guide, the editorial team determines one of the following as the next step.
The editor-in-chief notifies the author of the decision via e-mail. When necessary, this correspondence includes the reviewers' feedback and suggestions for enhancing the manuscript.
26 to 32 weeks after receipt
Revision. When authors submit revised articles, they must include a summary of what the author did to address the reviewers' feedback, through Manuscript Central.
Within 6 months of authors' receipt of decision e-mail
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Members of the editorial team read the revised manuscript, consider the author's responses to the reviewers' feedback and suggestions, and determine one of the following as the next step:
- Accept the article.
- Ask the author to make additional revisions.
- Advise the author that the manuscript still does not meet criteria for publication in Young Children.
With the exception of articles submitted and accepted for publication in a particular cluster, articles are generally published 16 to 28 months after acceptance.
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I don't want to get too personal here, but I've been known to canoodle my noodle every so often. And by known I mean I will strut back and forth in front of my window whilst trouncing that little cur within an inch of his life in full view of the neighbor. But as it happens, there are a subset of curiously misguided individuals out there who feel like masturbation is cramping their style or somehow distracting them from the many needful things they'd otherwise be inventing and millions of dollars they'd be swimming through Scrooge McDuck-style had they not stopped to shellac their own mudflaps.
For the benefit of those wankerati and the just plain curious, I figured I'd check out some of the anti-jiggletime suggestions and try them out myself, see if they worked. So peel off those yoga pants and have a read.
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The website healthguidance.org lets you know in its terms of service that any information on the site is not to be considered medical advice, which is why they chose the name "Health Guidance" instead of "Medical Advice," because it's remarkably different.
Gary Wickman, author of such engrossing topic pages as "how to chew food properly" and "fear of public peeing" tackles the subject of "how to stop a masturbation addiction" with some kick-ass tips that you're going to want to write down some place that isn't your penis because you're not even going to be looking at that wretched flesh dongle soon.
Gary gives some tips at first for just cutting back on the grubby rubbins to keep it manageable, but then at the end offers up some alternative ideas to occupy your time instead of trying to rub one out. So what should you do if you have the urge to play crotch whack-a-mole but for whatever reason you want to abstain? Watch an episode of your favorite TV show! After all, who among us hasn't been three belt notches deep in a stiffy and on the precipice of giving old Mr. Throb Knobble a trip to the finger gibbet when an old episode of Reba comes on and you just get whisked away to Pleasuretown without even putting a touch of stress on your prostate? I'd include a similar analogy here for women, but Wikipedia's page on female reproductive anatomy is barely hilarious at all. I have a half-formed joke about watching Two and a Half Men and its effect on your fallopian tubes. Maybe I'll work it in by the end of the article.
Ladies, feeling any eggs dropping?
If you're one of the sad few who doesn't have cable handy to wrangle your libidinous and terrifying loins, don't despair. Gary is not out of ideas just yet. He also suggests a good reward for yourself, instead of quaking your quim, is eating sweets. But wait, you say, won't you gain weight if you opt to have a Snickers every time your skin flute whistles for your attention? Oh shit son, you don't know Gary. He saw that coming and literally typed the following: "Try eating a couple of raisins."
I'm going to be honest; I legitimately had to stop masturbating when I read that the first time because I was laughing so hard. Why didn't I ever think of that? Feeling a little randy, are we? Couple of decrepit grapes oughta get that in check. Hey felons, prison sex got you down? Keep a box of Sunmaid raisins in your crack and turn that potential rapist into a definite friend for life! I'm not horny anymore, I'm just really sad that I'm eating raisins!
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I spent too long on this site unable to figure out if it was a joke or the misplaced ramblings of a guy with a tentative grasp on both English and his own penis. While there are clearly jokes on the site, it is presented in a legit enough way that I'm just going to go ahead and assume one person read this page with utter sincerity. What started as an article on what to do if you want to stop masturbating degrades fairly quickly, within two sentences actually, into an article on just other ways to masturbate. But it's not what you think, as the author, for some reason, is pretty convinced that masturbation is unhealthy. Like, with your hand. But any other kind of masturbation is somehow not masturbation and is therefore pretty much OK.
As we all know, garroting the Gerber Baby causes blindness and crippledness. It says so on the site. As it turns out, the problem with jerking off is that your hand doesn't fully enclose around your penis and that results in uneven pressure being applied, which I guess is like trying to fly a bomber on one engine or something. Everything is all askew and there's the potential for many casualties. Also the very act of using your arm is causing you harm and Cyclopean Eye so you should jam your Fleshlight into some kind of hobby horse or ottoman and hump at it like God intended.


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A Pictorial History of the United States
America has given so much to the world. This Friday, I want all of our readers to just sit back as RSBS leads you through the awsomeness that is American history. We start, as is our wont, at the beginning….
Happy Friday! Get out there and enjoy the heck out of the weekend.
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You forgot about Ronald Reagan fighting off the zombie hoards in Eastern Europe. Communism? It was just a red herring.
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Intercultural Festival set for March 9-15
Posted on March 06, 2014
A campus tradition that recognizes and celebrates varied cultures will take place March 9-15 in the Kirkhof Center.
Intercultural Festival will feature food, music, dance and displays from a variety of cultures and will showcase student organizations and guest speakers from diverse backgrounds.
More than 30 events will take place throughout the week, showcasing French, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Native American cultures, among others. See a full list of events at www.gvsu.edu/if.
Intercultural Festival has been a Grand Valley tradition since 2005, but has roots dating back to the first class of Grand Valley State College in 1963.
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Dam Removal should boost trout in the Battenkill RiverBy LISA RATHKE
The Associated Press | September 30,2013MANCHESTER Some locals keep secret how good the trout fishing can be on the Batten Kill in southern Vermont.
Now the removal of a decades-old dam on the rivers east branch is expected to boost the populations of wild brown and brook trout by giving them cooler water and more spawning habitat.
The fish are going to start to move through the site for the first time in a long time, so thats really exciting, said Roy Schiff, a water resource scientist and engineer working for the state.
Its part of a larger movement to remove now-obsolete and risky dams that would cost more to repair and maintain than to remove, freeing up the rivers and restoring the ecosystem to its natural state. In Manchester, home to the American Fly Fishing Museum, some anglers are cheering the dams removal.
Long gone is the sawmill that the Dufresne Dam was built in 1908 to power. The pond that the dam created was later stocked with sizable fish. But the earthen dam was too small and has been leaking for many years, creating safety concerns.
Big floods over the years, including the remnants of Hurricane Irene in 2011, overtopped the dam and damaged the embankment, Schiff said.
Officials determined that removing it would cost about $200,000, which is less than the cost of repairing and maintaining it.
So crews got to work this month, taking down the concrete spillway and earthen embankment. The eight feet of accumulated sediment was pushed onto the flood plain so it wouldnt affect the fish.
Finally, the river was restored to its original spot in the center of the channel, noted in historic plans from the 1900s.
The nice thing about dam removals is youre letting Mother Nature kind of take it back over so its not like were building things that have to function a certain way. Were actually just unbuilding things that we put in the rivers that were not using or are unsafe, Schiff said.
Locals might miss having a pond stocked with fish, but now theyll have a managed fishery with wild trout, Schiff said.
Small impoundments like this impact fisheries, Schiff said of the former pond. They warm the water. ... So we know that trout like cold water, so if you have these intermittent warm spots, they reduce the trout habitat.
Some trout died during hot, dry summers because the water temperature was too high, said Tyler Atkins, an officer with Southwestern Vermont chapter of Trout Unlimited. He said he hopes that the fish having access to the cooler, spring-fed water will decrease the mortality rate. Additionally, the trout will have access to more and potentially better spawning habitat upstream, he said.
Schiff, who is also a fisherman, knows it will pay off.
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EY announces Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award winners in the Pacific Northwest
Seattle, 6 May 2013
– Ernst & Young LLP today announced the finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award in the Pacific Northwest. The awards program recognizes high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. These finalists were selected by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be revealed at a special gala event on June 7, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue.
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Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon
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It's an act of generosity three small-town waitresses in Illinois will likely never forget.
A big-hearted patron at the Boone County Family Restaurant in tiny Caledonia, Ill., left the women each a check for $5,000 after overhearing them talk about their dreams and financial burdens, the Rockford Register Star reported.
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Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot Report Earnings This Week
On Thursday the two major big box retailers of just about everything report their quarterly results. Also on Thursday are two discount retailers, one who features goods and products that cost a dollar, the other sells discount clothing.
Market technicals continued to deteriorate last week on the back of significant market declines on the two days following Election Day. The majority of retail-related ETFs, consumer discretionary stocks, consumer staples stocks, and retail-wholesale stocks have negative weekly chart profiles. In fact seven of the eight retail stocks I profile today have negative weekly chart profile, and the eighth is overbought.
At www.ValuEngine.com we show that 12 of 16 sectors are overvalued, led by construction overvalued by 12.0% and consumer staples overvalued by 11.4%. That stated all eight of the stocks I am profiling today have buy ratings according to ValuEngine and six are undervalued.
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Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) ($49.35): Reports earnings premarket Tuesday. The stock has a buy rating according to ValuEngine with an elevated price-to-earnings ratio. The stock is above its 200-day simple moving average at $48.54. The stock set a multi-year high at $54.24 on Sept. 18. The weekly chart is negative with the five-week modified moving average at $50.60 and the 200-week SMA at $32.63. Investors and traders should employ a buy-and-trade strategy between the value level and risky level.


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On September 12, 1994, the National Security Industrial Association (NSIA) President, James R. Hogg, Admiral, USN (Ret.) informed Dr. Eugene G. Fubini that the NSIA had decided to establish the Eugene G. Fubini award. Dr. Fubini was retired at that time and was living with his son David in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Fubini passed away on August 5, 1997.
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1995: Michael Hardgrave, Rockwell International
1996: Tom Nyman, MITRE Corp.
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1998: Steve Kimmel, IIT Research Institute
1999: Steve Myer, McDonnell Douglas
2000: Not awarded
2001: Wayne Snodgrass, Northrop Grumman
2002: John Cittadino, JCC Technologies
2003: Robert E. Larned, USAF (Ret)
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Barre Police Log: Forklift, plugged toilet cause troubleMarch 26,2013
The following is a sampling of calls Barre police received in recent days.
March 18
A woman driving on Merchant Street ran into the blades of a forklift that were sticking out in the roadway on March 15. She said the estimate to repair her 2001 Subaru Forester was almost $6,000.
A two-car accident occurred on Summer Street around 10:30 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Someone was on a Washington Street porch peering in windows.
March 19
A two-car accident occurred on Summer Street around 7:30 a.m. No injuries were reported.
An eighth-grade boy was repeatedly backing a black car in and out of a driveway on Tremont Street.
Someone vandalized a vehicle on North Main Street.
On North Main Street, someone took $900 out of a womans account.
March 20
A two-car accident occurred on South Main Street around 3:30 p.m. No injuries were reported.
A womans wallet was stolen from her car on North Main Street.
On North Main Street, the driver of a red Hyundai purposely swerved to splash pedestrians with water.
March 21
A stray black Lab was found at the intersection of Route 62 and North Main Street.
On River Street, a cable was hanging across the roadway.
Someone stole beer from a Washington Street store.
March 22
A plugged toilet was flooding an apartment on Summer Street.
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March 23
A woman called saying she believed she had cat problems with too many felines and a flea infestation on Scampini Square.
Tools were stolen from a vehicle on North Main Street.
A black Subaru with a plastic bag in the back window was doing doughnuts on a neighbors lawn on Circle Street.
March 24
Someone smelled smoke inside a South Main Street building.
A 6- or 7-year-old child was sitting on a slanted roof on Seminary Street.
On Route 302, a man was jumping in and out of traffic.
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Skip to comments.Mel Gibson does deal on DUI
Posted on 08/18/2006 9:59:50 AM PDT by Hal1950
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Mel Gibson has escaped jail after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
The 'Mad Max' star agreed a plea bargain with prosecutors on Thursday (17.08.06) and in return was given three years probation, ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and told to enrol in an alcohol abuse programme for three months.
Mel - who was also fined $1,300 and had his driving license restricted for 90 days - was arrested on July 28 after being pulled over on Pacific Coast Highway, in Maui, for speeding.
He then launched into an anti-Semitic tirade, during which he allegedly said: "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
Afterwards, the 50-year-old actor profusely apologised for his comments.
Mel said: "I acted like a persson completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable.
"I am deeply ashamed of everything I said, and I apologise to anyone who I have offended."
Mel - who signed the plea agreement and waived his right to a jury trial on Monday (14.08.06) - did not appear in court for the hearing. His lawyer Blair Berk entered the plea on his behalf.
Malibu's deputy district attorney Gina Satriano said in a statement: "This was an appropriate outcome which addresses all the public safety concerns of drinking and driving."
Veronica, Brigada and her ilk are in denial on their "idol".
Oops. :)
I consider that recent for someone his age.
Anybody who is almost ninety, and making silly comments like those would have to be senile. Again, I have no respect for media people calling up parents of celebrities. If it was somebody that you liked and respected, I doubt if you would care for it either.
Should I take your word for it?
As I noted in the last post, that means Mel is an outright liar.
Wrong question: ARE YOU A HOLOCAUST DENIER who has found common cause with Hutton and Mel Gibson?
It is MY opinion that a ninety year old man who speaks the way Hutton Gibson does is senile. Anybody who speaks the way Mr. Gibson does has something wrong with them.
Do you think that Mel Gibson is going to say that his father is senile. Again, those of you on this board won't stop until Mel attacks his father-why is that so important to you???
Brigada will defend Gibson until we are all marched off to the Death Camps, such is her loyalty to her Idol.
You know you are disgusting-and just has somebody said about you the other day Julie, you talk about him like you are a jilted lover.
Brigada, dear, you are very sick - and you offer no intellectual argument at all in support of Gibson. Just your "love" for him.
No, you are the one who is sick. I am the one who is offering the arguments. You can't answer me one time why you keep posting here if you don't care about him. Why is that Julie. You are the one who is obcessed with him. Why you know more about him than I do. You have read more about him in the rags than I have. You are sick Julie, get over it dear.
Along with being a Hollywood insider you're a shrink too? Word have meanings, frequently hard to escape.
Hutton made numerous despicable comments, on radio and in the New York Times which received wide coverage throught the world. Applauded in many circles.
Would I expect Mel to acknowledge his fathers supposed senility, you bet. Or to say nothing.
Since you seem to want to push the issue, his response
He's very intelligent. He's in complete possession of all his mental faculties. And if he says something he has a reason why he says it and he can back it up.
is despicable. I have to take your word that Mel is lying, I don't think he is, but the response clealy validates his fathers positions.
It has been obvious for YEARS that Mel Gibson agreed with his father. And his father is dangerous - he write books and articles. He is not some senile old koot who sits on a street corner in his own urine and screams at people. And his new "wife" shares his beliefs.
No, dear - take some xanax, breathe deeply and admit that Gibson is a creep with some dangerous ideas (which you probably share).
No, I am not a shrink. It is MY opinion, just like you have opinion.
Of course what Hutton Gibson said was ridiculous, wrong, and terrible. And I don't know "any circles" where they were applauded".
And one final time I will say it-it ALL comes down to this-the only thing some of care about is that Mel denounce his father. For some reason that sticks in your craw. If he his disloyal to his Dad, sticks a knife in his father, than everything will be all right.
Ha ha This is what you do-because you have nothing to add and because I have hit a nerve with you when I ask you why you continue to post here if you don't care about Mel Gibson. You just can't answer that one can you Julie???
What a joke-admit it darling-your mad about him.
You do know SO much about Mel. My, my my I can't get over how much you know about him. Are you stalking this man??? You know I think I should call the police and tell them that there is a woman named Juliej who pretends that she can't stand Mel Gibson, but who knows just a "little" too much about him, to be truthful.
How could somebody who doesn't care anything about him, know so much??? I don't know Julie, there is something "up" with you???
See a psyciatrist, will you dear.
I presumed you had some basis for offering a diagnosis of senility. In the absence of some credentials, I'll go with Mel, who knows his dad, and states that he not only has all his faculties, but that he has a factual basis for his aberrant opinions.
No, I couldn't care less what Mel says about his dad.
Hutton is a despicable, hateful man.
My opinion, your's may differ.
I do care about Hutton's opinions. Particularly when they get international media attention.
If Mel says nothing, that's his business.
If Mel openly supports pop's opinions as honest or fact based, he's equally deserving of criticism.
"Loyalty" has nothing to do with it.
Perhaps you were thinking of honesty.
If you're speaking of years prior to the film, I've never seen that. Yes, his dad is a dangerous man, and yes, his wife agrees with him. And no, I've seen nothing to indicate he's senile. Aside from Mel's assertation that he's all there, he was perfectly coherant in his radio (as I noted earlier, I made a point of listening) and print interviews. Including less "mainstream" interviews I've both heard and read. His opinions in 2003 were perfectly consistant with everything he's said for at least the last couple decades.
I will disagree with you on two points.
Number 1. His views on the Holoacoast are hateful and dispicable. I totally agree with you. But from everything I have heard about him personally as a man and father, he is supposed to be very loving and kind. You can hold dispicable views, and still be loving to your children. I am not excusing the elder Gibson at all, personally I believe that he is a kook, but again from everything I ever heard of him, all of his family adored him.
Number 2. I still say that Mel Gibson is being loyal to his father. Again, that is my opinion. Your opinion is different, and once again there is something with the Mel Gibson critics that will NOT be satisfied until he jams a knife into his Father's back. I wonder why that is???
You are correct SJackson, there has never been anything prior The Passion about Mel Gibson and his father's beliefs. It was only until The Passion came out that they tried to align him with his father's beliefs.
I dismiss it because of his hateful comments and because of the photos with the young ladies.
So, if Hitler were your father, you would not denounce his terrible beliefs and practices?
Yes, even Hitler was nice to animals.
That is really a stupid analogy, not fitting of a Dodgers fan. Mel Gibson's father said stupid despicable things, he didn't murder six million human beings.
Now it is you who is making light of the Holocaost.
I would say see you at the series, but I don't think so.
That is incorrect: When the first Lethal Weapon movie came out lots was written about the father's beliefs particularly regarding the Catholic Church and his refusal to recognize the Pope.
So you are still here, posting about the man you are not interested in.
Julie-there coming to take you away, ha ha, there coming to take you away, there coming to take you away. There coming to take away he he, there coming to take you away.
It is all right dear, you can have a nice long rest. You can probably still get in a lot of reading about Mel. Maybe they will put you in with the man who was stalking Mel a few years ago.
You know it is interesting when I dislike a star, such as George Clooney, I can't even stand to see him on T.V., I change the channel immediatley, I don't want to waste a second on him, much less spend hours reading about him as you have obviously done about Mel Gibson. You know more about him than I do. And you have spent hours posting about him. Again, you are obviously so fascinated with him. You need to check yourself in someplace fast and fine out what is going on with you. You need help!!
Thats not what I said. His father's beliefs were known for decades. As was the fact that he was a celebrities son. It became an issue for Mel when he seemingly endorsed, at the very least excused his fathers views. That's entirely proper.
So, if Hitler were your father, you would not denounce his terrible beliefs and practices?... Yes, even Hitler was nice to animals. .That is really a stupid analogy, not fitting of a Dodgers fan. Mel Gibson's father said stupid despicable things, he didn't murder six million human beings .Now it is you who is making light of the Holocaost. I would say see you at the series, but I don't think so.
Actually, its a simple fact, Hitler was fond of animals, particularly his dogs. An example of minimizing the Holocaust would be Hutton, who contends Hitler didnt murder Jews.
What if we change the question to you would not denounce his terrible beliefs
and practices?. Well leave the actions out, concentrate on beliefs.
Would you condemn Huttons Holocaust denial? Would you condemn the suggestion that Alan Greenspan, Jew financier, be hung.
At the Wannsee conference, and in a party meeting the month before, Hitler suggested the Jews of Europe be exterminated for causing WWI and WWII. Would you condemn the belief that Jews caused WWI and WWII, or all the worlds wars.
If you read my posts, in all most all of them, I have said that what Hutton Gibson said was stupid, and dispicable. I even called him a kook. It goes without saying that I find his beleifs beyond dispicable.
But that still doesn't mean I feel media outlets should be calling the almost 90 year old celebrities of parents. I still believe in something called fairness.
Thank you. Apparently, our "friend" Brigada is still in denial about what a bad character Mel Gibson is. The thought that he is a bigot would tarnish her idealized image of him. On her coins she should write, IN GIBSON WE TRUST. She can deny it all she wants, BUT THE TRUTH WILL SET HER FREE.
"fairness"? Is it fair that Hutton Gibson spreads his poison without reproach from his own family? His second wife certainly shares his beliefs and Mel dodges when pressed for answers. They all spit on the same pot.
Unlike you and your "dream boy" George Clooney, I believe in standing up to bigots and not letting them get away with their poison. You are a party to evil.
Excuse me, know I now you are crazy, I wrote that I can't stand George Clooney. And you are calling George Clooney, "my dream boy". Along with everything else you can't you read.
And boy, you are REALLY standing up to evil, by sitting around on this board, writing about Mel Gibson for hours on end.
By the way, what does the National Enquirer have to say this week?
What does your great source of educational information say this week? That is really standing up to evil!!!
Do you know Julie if I thought it would enlighten you, I have tons, and tons of links I could attach here about Mel Gibson from friends, priests, ministers, reverends, family, colleagues who have spoken out about Mel in the last few weeks who have come out in his support of Mel, and told what kind of man he really. The kind of man they know him to be when he is sober. Charitable, honest, kind dedicated family man, the kind of man who has give millions upon millions to charity, but who doesn't want anybody to know about it, unlike most Hollywood stars. But because I know that you already have your mind totally made up, and don't want to be enlightened, I am NOT going to bother. You don't care to have your mind opened.
And by the way, you are YOU can deny it all you want but you are obcessed with him. You can say you don't care about him, but if you didn't care about him, you wouldn't have spent all these hours posting about him.
I am a proud Dodgers fan! I don't understand why people persist in defending Gibson when he has finally outed himself as the hateful person some of us suspected he was several years ago. He merely confirmed what I had already suspected: that he is a chip off the Old Block! Why do you make personal attacks on Veronica and Juliej? They are standing up for their own people.
I am a proud Dodgers fan also. Julie made personal attacks on me, and I am defending myself.
Who I choose to defend is my own business. I don't agree with you about Mel Gibson-I am entitled to my opinion, as you are entitled to yours.
I know many people who know Mel Gibson on a personal basis, and know him as a wonderful, kind, charitable, dedicated, devoted family man. As I told Julie, I could link to hundreds of stories here that would show Mel Gibson to be that man, but you have your mind made up, and you don't WANT to be enlightened any other way.
Mel Gibson got drunk, said horrible things, apologized twice, immediatley went into rehab, and is seeking help. As I have said several times, lets see what he does with the rest of his life. I don't know what your religion tells you, but MY religion tells me, to give the guy a chance if he is seeking help and redemption.
Mel Gibson - and others like him - are sorry only because they got caught! We all say terrible things in private but when they can go to the video/audio, that is it!
Oh you KNOW how Mel Gibson feels. My aren't you clever. You can judge who is truly sorry, and who isn't. You can see what is in anothers heart and soul.
My, I thought that was up to the Lord, God and Jesus to decide and judge. But, I am so glad that we now have YOU to judge us all.
Oh, and by the way, why don't you tell us what those terrible things are that YOU are saying in private?? Because you know whether you are saying them in private or public, they are still terrible, and you are going to be judged as such.
Boy, you Gibson defenders are way about there! Next you'll be saying that Holocaust denying racist Pat Buchanan doesn't really mean all those things he says and writes!
I notice that you can't reply to my comments. You say that I sound like Pat Buchanan.
Well, I say that you sound like Rob Reiner and his ilk. I hope that you are proud.
I have my hair than Rob Reiner will ever have! And you do sound like a female Buchanan - which is a moJar UGH!
Again, you can't respond to any arguments-instead you are talking about your hair???
You don't know anything about me, or what it is that I believe.
I know you vehemently defend Mel Gibson, a wackey human being if there every was one.
I know that there are many parts to Mr. Gibson, which is more than you know about him.
I also know that he produced, directed, and co-wrote one of the most beautiful movies on the Passion of Our Lord that has ever been created. For that I will always be grateful to him.
And as I have stated on this thread several times, I know people who know Mr. Gibson personally, not in a superficial way as you know him through the media, and YOU don't know anything about him.
Good statement brigada. And, I agree with you.
Some of the attitudes displayed here and elsewhere seem to deny that any apology was offered, much less the admitted state of mind -- impaired by alcohol -- that Gibson had that night/morning. He admitted his wrongs and is suffering the consequences. Also apparent is that many people evidently don't believe in "forgiveness" that Christ Himself demanded of his followers. We should recognize that a lot of his more "public critics" hated The Passion movie and attacked Gibson for that which was offered. Is it any wonder that many of those same folks were the ones who jumped on this bandwagon to attack him? Gibson deserves our prayerful support at this point.
Thank you very much for your support. I am not saying what Mr. Gibson did that night was not wrong, but as you said so eloquently, he has apologized twice, and he immediatley sought ought help. Those of us who claim to be Christians, should follow Jesus's lead, and pray for Mr. Gibson's recovery.
God bless you vox_freedom.
So am I!
Good grief, what nonsense! The man made a movie that you like so you think he walks on water and you idealize him?
What pray tell led yo to that conclusion?
Or, conversely, do you hate him because of his Passion movie?
I have disliked the man since I read about his upbringing and that was after the first Lethal Weapon movie - and about his family and their nutty dangerous beliefs. And the fact that he sourced some crazy nun who had a vision of Jews building a crucifix in the Temple which is absolutely forbidden by Jewish law. And his comment about his Anglican wife not getting into Heaven. Does that answer your question? And you think he walks on water! HE is also a terrible chauvinist.
Our Christian faith, according to the New Testiment, teaches that Jesus walked on water. Only a fool would think that Gibson is able to do so.
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"For two years, Google violated Texans' privacy rights and secretly collected personal information from their wireless routers. Today's agreement requires Google to destroy any personal data that was improperly collected and imposes important new privacy protections that govern the Street View program going forward."
Google's data collection effort was tied to its Street View project, which sought to enhance its Google Maps platform by deploying a fleet of vehicles nationwide to photograph residences, businesses and other improvements in municipal neighborhoods. Unbeknownst to the residents and business owners whose properties were photographed, Google's Street View vehicles were outfitted with specialized data collection devices that also scanned and stored payload data from wireless networks that were not password protected.
Initially, Google maintained that no emails, web search histories or other personal information was being collected by Street View vehicles – and that the collected information was limited to data that merely identified the existence and location of a wireless network.
The state's investigation subsequently revealed that despite assertions to the contrary, Google collected private information that was transmitted over unencrypted wi-fi networks for two years. Although information transmitted on these wireless networks was collected from 2010 to 2012, Google represented that it had not intended to collect and store network users' private payload data.
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Caterpillar pests of vegetables have long been the major issue for vegetable producers, he says, including diamondback moths, squash vine borers, hornworms and armyworms. "Those insects can cause 100-percent crop loss if control measures are not taken. Sucking insect pests such as stink bugs and leaf-footed bugs also are emerging problems in vegetable production. Stink bugs typically become a problem in mid- to late-season and heavy infestations may cause fruit and flower drop, affecting plant yield, says Majumdar.
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I'd feel more safe standing the middle of the street with a horse riding towards me than a car. In fact I think it would be hard for the rider to get the horse to trample me even if he was trying to. The animals natural instinct is to just go around you.
(Full disclosure: I have no actual real life experience with horses, the contents of this comment are based solely on many hours of Red Dead Redemption and my imagination)
Yeah, I remember my great grandmother talking about someone she knew how got killed by a runaway horse (and carriage.) The sense I got is that these kind of incidents happened mainly when the horse stopped being under the control of their drivers. I.e., when something spoofed them or they otherwise just 'had a mind of their own'.
As for Doug's statement that 'The animals natural instinct is to just go around you. ... It shows a lack of understanding of how horse-powered transportation functioned. Horses wore blinders. They could only see straight ahead ... And the driver turned their head to force them to see in the direction the driver wanted the horse to go. So horses always went straight unless directed otherwise by their drivers ... Because the horse didn't have a say in seeing where to go ... It was the stopping and going that the horse would have more say over ... As witnessed by the many 'run-a-way' horse accidents they experienced back in the day.
by Miles Grant on Nov 13, 2011 1:48 pm • link • report
But I do come across stories from time to time of children being run over by horses on the street. "Look both ways" didn't start with the automobile...
It isn't a bad article, but most of the opprobrium is reserved for people riding bikes on the sidewalks. But yes, we've got to save the right for walking in the city. As someone who walks everyday I don't have many issues with cars. Bikes, trucks, busses, and people with double wide baby carrriages -- yes. And firetrucks. I am so tired of firetrucks.
After Charles Gates, a broker, was caught in 1906 driving 25 miles per hour in an 8-mile-an-hour zone in the Bronx, The Times carefully noted that he appeared in court wearing a blue serge suit and light-colored spats. He expected to get off, but Magistrate Leroy Crane told him, You are a Wall Street man with millions, and you think that you can do what you please.
Really, the bottom line is that there was a battle for public space, car drivers won, and they're no allowed to drive as fast as they please. The only responsibility lies with pedestrians to GTFOOTW.
My guess is that as the demographics of the city continue to change, we're going to see lower speed limits and greater (any?) enforcement.
The Warfield family had some amazing people and stories. The King of England stunned the world by giving up his throne for "the woman I love," Wallis Warfield Simpson. And another member of the family ran a Chesapeake Bay passenger ferry business long before the Bay Bridge. They named one of the boats after him, the President Warfield. The Haganah bought the President Warfield, and renamed it the Exodus 1947.
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Look Randolph is an idiot and he shoots too much I know but the system promotes shooting so Randolph is essentially playing to his weakness and exposing it.
Randolph can be a shotblocking and REBOUNDING presence but he gets cauht up in impressing the fans and coaching staff on offense and should just play like Ronny Turiaf, not looking for the shot.
His rebounding is something that I feel Mike D is ignoring. Randolph is a good rebounder and his past numbers prove it and the last time he played i remember him grabbing 9 boards.
So idk what teh hell Danotni is doing with teh short roatation with not enough size.
Turiaf is good but only for 20 min cuz he cant stay on the floor and Amare just is not a center
We need Mozgov or Randolph to play a few min a game at least.
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It ain't over yet for Kelenna Azubuike .
Azubuike returned to practice Wednesday and said he believes he finally is on the verge of impressing the coaching staff enough to get him back on the court for a game. He may get his chance now that Shawne Williams likely will be suspended for a fight with the Hawks' Marvin Williams late in the game. Both players were ejected.
Azubuike would be a logical suspension replacement for Williams, though the rehab on his knee, on which he had patellar-tendon surgery, has been filled with stops and starts. He returned to scrimmages in mid-November, then shut it down again in December as he worked on his gait. Azubuike simply was not explosive enough in scrimmages for D'Antoni to consider playing him.
Azubuike said he feels that has changed.
"The difference this time is we've done a lot of strength work right to the injured part," Azubuike told The Post. "It's to a point it feels normal to push off it where before it was still that foreign feeling when I pushed off it. And we're doing stuff in the weight room to get that same feeling. When I get on the court it feels normal.
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Interesting! Can't see how he's a necessary piece though sadly.
Well I'll say this...
As good as Fields has been, if Azzy were healthy he'd be starting and we'd be better off for it.
I'd love for Azzy to be ready by playoff time...Crap if he's ready now...awesome
With SW suspended, Chandler hurting and Amar'e questionable... and being that NYK is playing DET next... I would think we should see AZZY next game if this report is accurate. ESPECIALLY if we build a nice lead.
Also wouldn't it be great to be able to have the option to bring him or Landry off the bench. We'd be just that much deeper.
From what i remember he is super athletic....i mean more so then 95 % of our roster
this guy is one of the best defenders in the league, solid 3 point shooter and fast break. hope to see him back
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Let me start of by saying that I like Landry Fields, ALOT.
When I say Azzzzzzy would be the starter I dont say it lightly. Ive thought it out.
I should also say, that like AR, Ive watched Azzy a handful of times and feel like I have a good idea of what he can and can't do..
I believe Azubuike would have cracked the starting rotation on a Mike D coached squad for a number of reasons:
1. Azzy is a real good 3 pt shooter. Mike D prizes knock-down three ball shooters who can space the floor. In the 08-09 season during which he started 51 games and played a total of 74, he shot .448 and made 94 threes. 45%.... Thats friggin solid. On a Mike D coached, SSOL squad he would be an asset for sure. When you watch him shoot, you see why. His mechanics are sound. Fields is an adequate guy from behind the arc, but Azzy is better right now, or at least was..
2. Hes not just a camper. This guy takes to the whole and finishes w authority. Hes explosive and has a knack for getting in the teeth of defenses. He can lay- in w either hand and often times will end a drive w an emphatic dunk. Ive seen him dunk in traffic a handful of times, nastily.
3. The guy is flat out fast. He runs the floor better than Landry for sure IMO. He would be ideal spotting up for threes and getting the ball and taking to the rim in transition.
4. Defensively, Azzzzzy was showing tenacity. He has a knack for coming up behind players and swatting the ball away, ala D.Wade or Lebiactch.. He can also get ya a steal or two per game. On this end of the floor, technically I think the two are a wash. Physically though, Azzy has a slight edge due to him being the better athlete.
Overall, I think Azzy was the better two way player. I think, based on the trajectory he was on and if healthy, he could have averaged 15- 18 ppg. on this team. He was the center piece in the trade of Lee and he would have fit in nicely.
Now Fields has shown hes smart, efficient and timely. He shoots an amazing .528 from the field. Mostly due to his effective board crashing and subsequent put-backing, and his savvy at finding open spaces in the defense which hes deftly exploited for easy lay-ins. Hes also taken 115 threes and made 45 for a percentage of .391.
Azzy kicks ass on offense in a more traditional way. He is the better slasher, (due to his explosiveness and solid handle) more explosive inside scorer and better shooter from deep. He would help our offense overall score more because we could space the floor better. He would also make teams pay at a higher clip. Azzy could easily have 70 or more threes at this point in the season.
Both players are good. But Azzy has more experience. Because of his talent-makeup I really think he could have become the kind of player that could propel this offense into more consistent, unpredictable dominance. He was also nothing to sneeze at defensively either and would have helped us there also.
I truly hope he can crack the rotation and help us this year.
yea azzy was the truth 4 real but i doubt he will ever be back to his old form i just cant see it even if he does return his explosiveness and leaping ability will be gone.
I know Azubuike can shoot, but I dunno if he'll ever have his athleticism and explosiveness. Let's hope he does...
From what I've heard and read he's a very good shooting guard, who can defend, hit 3's and play the game the right way.
Fields has been great for a second round pick, but it seems like Kellena has more natural ability than Landry.
The question is how much of that talent can be fulfilled after such a tough injury (although STAT's injury was a lot worse and he recovered 110%).
He could be a great role player come post season to defend the likes of D-Rose or D Wade. Those type of guys, because Felton is too slow for them and Fields too inexperienced.
I hope Mike D'Antoni plays him a bit, I'm looking forward to see him play since he arrived here in the summer.


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