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Traditionally, taking care of your floor meant vacuuming the carpeted areas and seeping and mopping the hard wood and tiles. Vacuums have improved significantly over the past years, so why not the methods of taking care bare floors? The truth is, there have been great advances, and one of the most comprehensive steps is the floor polisher.
A floor polisher is able to clean bare floors in a variety of ways. In essence, it transforms the process of mopping into a simple, streamlined maneuver. Not only do floor polishers use water to mop the floor, they also incorporate shampoos to make sure not a speck of dirt is missed. Additionally, they use scrubbing brushes to reach even deeply embedded grime.
Though floor polishers make mopping easy, their biggest virtues lie in two things no mop can do. Through the polishing process, these machines are able to actually remove the appearance of scratches and other blemishes on the floor. For areas with a lot of traffic or that endure the frequent scratching of animal paws, scratches are unavoidable, but their removal can bring new life from the floor.
The second truly unique feature of floor polishers is the layer of polish they create actually serves as a protective barrier for the floor. This means that while some scrapes and scruffs may appear, the floor is better able to withstand the difficulties of daily wear and tear. Over time, this not only helps the appearance of the floor, but also can extend its life.
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My 2nd Dilemma, delaying my choice of pots concerns colour.
I like to arrange my pots in terms of colour so all my Wuyi Pots are Reddish Brown and my Dan Cong pots are a Dark Brown.
Looking at the photos reveals a deep range of apparent colours, but often the only clay detailed is given as 'The raw material is purple clay ore in HuangLong Mountain '
Is the colour solely down to the clay, or does the level of firing affect the colour?
I think you said your pots (unless special order) are always medium thickness and medium fired.
So -
Do your Zi Ni and Ziqie Ni always turn out a darker brown?
Do Qingshui Ni and Dicao Qing always turn out a lighter brown?
I am tempted to buy an Archaized style in a darker brown colour, the flatness of the pot and the large opening under the lid would be suitable for Dan Cong leaves
Model: Archaized pot001
only says Purple Clay Ore and does not look dark enough for me,
would it look darker in ZiQie Ni?
Could you (or anyone) explain the difference between Zi Ni and ZiQie Ni?


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Real farm bill needed
THUMBS DOWN: House Republicans may consider it a victory that the House passed a stripped down version of the U.S. Farm Bill, one that separates the Food Stamp program out of the legislation. But the chances of this version of the Farm Bill getting through the House/Senate Conference Committee seems very slim. The Democratic-controlled Senate is sure to insist on the inclusion of the Food Stamp program. A compromise version that includes the Food Stamp program is unlikely to get past the House.
So farmers are back where they started the growing season, with no idea what is going to happen to the programs they relied on before.
We are not averse to the idea of dividing the Farm Bill as Republicans want to do, but more practically, we want a farm bill that will be able to pass through both houses of Congress and get signed, to give farmers some guidance in their farming decisions.
Schell's development
THUMBS UP: We're happy to see the August Schell Brewing Co. is back on track with its expansion plans. The expansion will add a new building, which looks a lot like the old buildings (nice touch), for a new yeast propagation system, water tanks and "breight beer" holding tanks. The second part of the project, which would have cut into the surrounding hillside to create more space for brewing tanks had to be changed because of excessive cost.
Schell's has been asserting itself in the state beer market with its quality brews and its old-style tourist touch. We wish the Martis well in this expansion.
To bee or not to bee
THUMBS UP: We appreciate the tolerant attitude the City of New Ulm had toward a swarm of bees that made a short stay downtown this week. On Tuesday, a swarm of bees landed in a tree on Minnesota Street, right in front of Frandsen Bank. No one panicked. The city put some barriers around the tree to warn people off, and by the next day the bees were gone, off to a new hive location.
Contrast that with the City of St. Paul, where officials felt the need to do something about it when a swarm of bees landed in town, at a busy downtown intersection across from the St. Paul City Hall. Police called the fire department, which sprayed fire retardent foam on the bees, killing thousands of them.
We prefer New Ulm's reaction.
Twister inventor
THUMBS UP: We must give a Thumbs Up and a thank you to the Minnesota man who invented the game Twister. Charles "Chuck" Foley, who died July 1 in St. Louis Park, created the game that calls for you to put your right hand on blue, your left foot on yellow, etc, until participants fall to to the ground in a laughing heap.
Foley developed the game in the mid-1960s, and it took off in living rooms all over the country. Kids liked it, and so did older folks who enjoyed the coed contact it provides. It is a game where the play is more important and more fun than the winning, and it was an iconic game that won a spot in at least two major motion pictures. Thanks for the laughs, Mr. Foley.


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I have a stack of Sveba-Dahlen classic pizza ovens, and they rock!I was very weary of an electric oven at first because I have only ever used gas.I can set deck heat, top heat, & front to rear differential independently to get everything perfect without much difficulty
Ive heard a ton of good things about these ovens.....but they are rare....where did you pick them up??Thank you for your time.
I'm curious about the cost of running an electric oven vs. a gas oven. I am currently using gas, but am interested in switching to electric. I'm just concerned about what it might do to my electric bill. What has been the experience of those who have switched from gas to electric in regards to operating expense?


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GLSA hosts Glover Memorial Ski Race
MARQUETTE – Great Lakes Ski Academy athletes prevailed in speed, scholarship and skills during the annual Shelley Glover Memorial Ski Race at Marquette Mountain Jan. 18-20.
Gabby Gencheff paced the GLSA athletes on the slopes by winning the overall Shelley Glover award for slalom, as well as taking the Downhill event and the Giant Slalom.
Meanwhile, her teammate, Jakob Bogo, was honored for his academics. Bogo was awarded the Shelley Glover Memorial Scholarship, given annually to a USSA Central skier who exhibits excellence in academics, athletics and community service.
Bogo, a home-schooled senior, plans to use the funds next year to begin his college studies in engineering.
Named for former USSA Central athlete Shelley Glover, an athlete/scholar who died following a training accident in 2004, the three-day event featured four different races across varying age groups.
Racers in the Under-8 and U-14 divisions raced slalom, kombi, and GS, while those U-16 and older competed in slalom, downhill and GS
The event also featured the first-ever Central Division Skills Quest, a judged competition designed to ensure that athletes master the elements necessary for advancement in ski racing.
GLSA athletes consistently came out on top over the weekend, dominating the Skills Quest and taking 16 first places in the race events.
First place finishers for GLSA included: Nick Weber (U-18 SL, Friday); Brad Seaborg (U-14 SL, kombi); Aaron Grzelak (U-12 kombi, GS); Hayden Kauppila (U-10 SL, GS); G. Gencheff (U-18 SL, downhill, GS) Josie Snyder (U-14 kombi, GS); Aidan Gayner (U-12 kombi, GS); and Megan Soria (U-10 SL, GS).
Other GLSA racers finishing in the top 10 were: Nick Cecconi (U-21); Luke Johnson (U-18); Dylan Larson (U-18); Joe Weber (U-16); Eric Gencheff (U-16); Nathan King (U-16); Drew Thomas (U-14); Louis Hindman (U-12); Logan Audette (U-10) Samantha Ziegler (U-14); Hanna Johnson (U-14); Hannah Soria (U-14); Natalie Robinia (U-14); Sadah Scheidt (U-14); and Kayley Elmblad (U-12).
GLSA U-14 boys made a clean sweep of their Skills Quest division, with Seaborg winning gold, Adam Skendzel taking silver and Thomas grabbing the bronze.
Kauppila, Snyder, Gayner, and M. Soria also won Skills gold in their respective divisions, with Grzelak and Audette picking up silvers, and Robinia taking a bronze.


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Summer Food Program Set
Chautauqua Opportunities Inc.'s Youth Services Program will participate in the Summer Food Service Program for the 2013 summer season.
The United States Department of Agriculture program is administered through the state Department of Education. It is an extension of the Free and Reduced School Lunch program and is designed to insure as many Chautauqua County youth as possible receive at least one healthy, balanced meal during the day throughout the summer months.
Meals will be provided based on eligibility to all children 18 years and under, or adults 19 and up with a physical or mental disability without charge. Meals began June 24 and continue through Labor Day.
For operating times and meal information, visit one of the following participating sites: BOCES Hewes Center, Camp Gross, Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County, Fredonia Central School, BOCES LoGuidice Center, Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown, Boys & Girls Club Camp, Little Seeds at Connections South, Eastside YMCA, Jamestown YMCA, Chautauqua Lake Central School, Silver Creek Village Park, Pine Valley Central School, Welch Field-Westfield, Lillian Dickson Playground, Johnson Street Playground, Allen Park Playground, Fletcher Elementary Playground, Lincoln Elementary Playground, Ring Elementary Playground.


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Family of missing man asks for public's help
A watershed —?where does the H2O?go?/Biological Bits
What exactly is a watershed? No, it is not a shed or building where water is kept, but sort of, courtesy of Mother Nature. There are many definitions of what makes up a watershed, some simple and some complex. Several are included for your understanding.
A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off it, goes into the same place. A watershed is the geographic boundary, usually defined by ridges, of a lake, creek, river or stream. A watershed carries water 'shed' from the land after rain falls or snow melts. Drop by drop, drip by drip, water enters the soil, groundwater, creeks, and streams making its way to large rivers and eventually the sea.
Famous late 19th Century scientific explorer John Wesley Powell's definition is: "That area of land, a bounded hydrological system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common watercourse and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded they become a part of a community."
Simply stated, everything we humans do in a watershed will ultimately impact what goes on in its streams or lakes. It is not a simple issue, but very complex. All factors that go into making a stream, as well as the makeup of stream habitats, are extremely complex and interwoven. Factors that go into a stream's composition include: precipitation, topography, soils, land uses (which determine sediment and contaminant loading of groundwater and surface runoff), sunlight or shade, and streamside vegetation.
The amount of urbanization/development of a watershed has a dramatic effect on the amount of precipitation delivered, how fast to streams, and how much enters the soil or evaporates back to the atmosphere. Urban watersheds typically have fewer trees, thus less transpiration and more hard surfaces like roads, roofs, parking lots, etc., which leads to increased runoff, higher stream flow, and perhaps flooding during rain events or snow melt. Science has demonstrated that once more than 10 percent of a watershed is hardened, negative impacts will be seen in watercourses.
There are 63 major watersheds in Michigan, with 30 of those being in the U.P. The Saginaw River watershed is the largest land area-wise, containing 6,260 square miles despite the main stream being only 20 miles long. The Grand River watershed is the second largest in area and has the longest mainstream at 260 miles. The Menominee River watershed is the U.P.'s largest containing 4,070 square miles and is 116 miles long. It includes land area in Wisconsin and empties into Lake Michigan.
The Ontonagon River watershed is the largest in the U.P. that empties into Lake Superior. It is 1,362 square miles in area, over five counties: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon and Vilas (Wis.). There are 200 lakes over 10 acres, one of which is the largest lake in the U.P., Gogebic at 13,048 acres, which is more than 20 square miles. The watershed has almost 1,300 miles of stream, most of which are quality trout waters.
Most of us live in the Portage watershed, in which there are several sub-watersheds, including Big, Boston, Coles, Denton, Dover, Gooseneck, Huron, McCallum, Mill, Peepsock, Quincy, Schlotz and Swedetown creeks and the Pike, Pilgrim, Sturgeon and Traprock rivers.
As there is an approved watershed management plan for the Pilgrim River, a closer look will be interesting. The Pilgrim River watershed contains 15,546 acres or 24.3 square miles in central Houghton County. Three townships, Adams, Chassell and Portage, lie partially in the watershed. There are 31.8 miles of stream, with 21.7 miles named, and the mainstream Pilgrim being 11.8 miles long. The headwaters rise in the Range Towns of Atlantic Mine, Baltic, Painesdale, South Range and Trimountain flowing east and north forming the mainstream around Superior Road, before emptying into Portage Lake. The watershed is 58 percent forested, 25 percent open, 12 percent wetlands, 4 percent developed, and 1 percent lakes or ponds. These cover types result in good water quality and an excellent trout and steelhead fishery. Although 873,526,000 pounds or 436,763 tons of copper were mined in the watershed, it remains relatively untouched from the mining, as the ore was stamped and smelted in another watershed.
Watershed management is absolutely in the best interest of any watershed and can help the communities it supports best manage its liabilities such as flooding, while enjoying the economic benefits. Watershed management can be difficult with multiple political units involved. A case in point is the Ontonagon River watershed, in which there are two states, five counties and many townships and municipalities involved. Mother Nature does not understand, nor listen to politics.
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Turkey Taquitos
- 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 white onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno
- 1 1/2 cups shredded turkey
- 1 1/2 cups shredded jack cheese
- 1/2 cup Mexican-flavored canned tomatoes, drained and chopped
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 18 white or yellow corn tortillas
- Serving suggestion: Serve with Cranberry Salsa, recipe follows
- Special equipment: toothpicks
- Cranberry Salsa
- 1/2 cup canned whole cranberry sauce
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Zest and juice of 1 lime
- 1 jalapeno, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 white onion coarsely chopped, covered and microwaved for 1 minute
- 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup Mexican-flavored canned tomatoes, drained and chopped
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Sweat the onion, garlic, and jalapeno in a saute pan with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Remove from the heat and add to a large bowl. To the bowl, add the shredded turkey, cheese, tomatoes and season with salt, and pepper, to taste. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.
Warm the tortillas in the microwave for 10 seconds so they are pliable.
Fill the tortillas with a tablespoon of filling and roll into a thin taquito, securing with a toothpick. Keep the taquitos covered with a damp towel before cooking otherwise the corn tortillas will dry out and crack. Heat 2 cups oil in a straight-sided pan to 350 degrees F. Place the taquitos in the hot oil in batches and shallow fry until crisp, rolling to cook all sides, about 3 minutes.
Drain the taquitos on paper towels and salt. Remove the toothpicks before serving.
Place the cranberry sauce, cilantro, lime zest, lime juice, jalapeno pepper, onion, red pepper, green pepper, tomatoes, and salt, and pepper, to taste in a food processor and pulse until blended, but still chunky. Serve with Turkey Taquitos.
Recipes courtesy Melissa d'Arabian
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Happy 4th of July to everyone! We just finished our hamburgers and corn and I'll partake of some black cherry ice cream once the boys go to bed. This morning, though, I had some time in the workshop to complete a couple of dressers to introduce two more of my milk paint colors and to get the pieces ready to take to Lucketts tomorrow. So, without further delay, say hello to Lucketts Green…
Here's the dresser before…
So, why is it called Lucketts Green? Well, if you've ever been to Lucketts, you would know immediately why I call it that. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, this is why…
It's very similar to the color of the shingles on the exterior of The Lucketts Store. And for those of you who don't know, it's one of my favorite places on earth and I am privileged to be a vendor there.
Lucketts Green is a very fresh, spring green that has a vintage feel. It sort of reminds me of jadite and 1950's counter top appliances.
I really wanted the paint on this piece to chip and flake a lot, but it didn't this time, so I sanded it gently with a palm sander and then a sanding sponge. Some of the paint started to flake a bit, but it mostly adhered to this piece. I stripped and refinished the top of the piece, replaced the knobs and finished it off with the furniture wax that will be carried with my line.
I love the edge of the top of this piece. It's so chunky.
I put this dresser on my usual "dresser photo shoot wall" and left it there before I load it up in the van to take to Lucketts tomorrow. I walked by later in the day and realized I really like it there!
(Just keeping it real with the shoes and sippy cups.) I'm not going to keep it though, but I may have to find a piece to use this green on in my house, though. It looks great with the blue.
Next up…Typewriter.
(If you want a preview you can check out my
Facebook page…)
By the way, the giclee print for my cow painting, Eulalie, is available at Cindy Austin's Etsy Shop.


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A quick look at the 11-game NBA schedule for Friday, March 29, ranking games by watchability (all times p.m. Eastern):
MUST-WATCH: Miami Heat (56-15) at New Orleans Hornets (25-47), 8, NBATV
The 27-game winning streak is over, but that does not change much for the Heat. Miami remains the best team in the league, and now LeBron James is angry and motivated. No one would be surprised if they ran the table through the rest of the regular season to finish 67-15. That said, the Hornets have played really well lately as they have hosted many of the best teams in the NBA. The Heat are the sixth playoff-bound team to visit New Orleans in the past 10 days, and the Hornets stunned the Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets in a span of six days in the middle of that stretch. So does one loss begat more losses, or was Wednesday an abberation?
2. Los Angeles Clippers (49-23) at San Antonio Spurs (54-17), 8:30
The Clippers have more or less fallen out of contention for a top-two seed in the Western Conference, and they now are clinging to the No. 3 slot. That's a big one because there are five elite teams in the West, so the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds will be stuck with each other in the first round. The Spurs, meanwhile, want to hold on to the top seed in a close race with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
3. Utah Jazz (36-36) at Portland Trail Blazers (33-38), 10
There was a time, not too long ago, that these teams were both in the deep West playoff field. The Jazz can get back in it with a win against the Blazers, who probably are too far removed, sitting in 11th place with three games between them and the No. 8 Los Angeles Lakers.
4. Houston Rockets (39-32) at Memphis Grizzlies (47-24), 8
As with the Clippers, the Grizzlies have an imperative to win and avoid bad playoff positioning. Unlike the Clippers, they're stuck in fifth right now. The Rockets can pull to within half a game of the Golden State Warriors for the No. 6 seed with a victory.
5. Brooklyn Nets (42-29) at Denver Nuggets (49-24), 9
The New York Knicks are on a six-game winning streak, which has put the Nets in a position to where they probably can't win the Atlantic Division. But they still can and should grab the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Nuggets have more hope for lateral movement as the West's No. 4.
6. Atlanta Hawks (40-32) at Boston Celtics (37-34), 7:30
The Celtics turned around a five-game losing streak Wednesday night, but they still are playing poorly entering the playoffs. The Hawks have been more up and down.
7. Oklahoma City Thunder (53-19) at Minnesota Timberwolves (25-45), 8
Kevin Durant is always fun to watch. Ricky Rubio is always fun to watch. And the Timberwolves might be playing mad after being robbed Wednesday night.
8. Charlotte Bobcats (17-54) at New York Knicks (44-26), 7:30
The best part about the Bobcats is how crazy some of their box scores seem. Their roster is like a list of college stars we've forgotten about since.
9. Washington Wizards (26-45) at Orlando Magic (18-54), 7
The Wizards have looked like a playoff-caliber team with John Wall. The Magic are shooting to pass the Bobcats for worst record in the NBA.
10. Philadelphia 76ers (28-43) at Cleveland Cavaliers (22-48), 7:30
The 76ers have about the smallest window of opportunity to make the playoffs imaginable. The Cavaliers are full of injury and misery.
11. Toronto Raptors (26-45) at Detroit Pistons (24-48), 7:30
There was a time when these teams were just about even with the 76ers in their outside shots at the playoffs. Now, they are more like the Cavaliers.
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Midnight By Carole Hochman
Love Letters PJ Set/ Sizes: 1X-3X
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Luxury and simplicity are always an elegant combination, as this PJ set undeniably proves. Silky-soft knit top drapes freely below the hips over a full-length pant. So classic when worn with the Love Letters Robe over them.
- Box pleats at the neckline and center back create a loose, flowing fit.
- Raglan shoulder and cap sleeve.
- Pants have a narrow tunnel elastic waistband.
- From Midnight by Carole Hochman.
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Topic: Drying up model duplication by subclassing?
I have an app that requires login authentication by 2 different types of users (Tutors and tutees) The models are not identical but they share a lot of common methods. My first thought was to have a parent model and create a subclass for each of the 2 types of user
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# Lots of code to do authentication etc
class Tutor < User
# Code specific to tutor model
class Tutee < User
# Code specific to tutee model
This doesn't work as I anticipated. There needs to be a "users" table in the database and I don't want that, just tables for tutor and tutee.
Is this approach possible or do I need to resort to an include instead?
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Huskies fall in quarterfinals
TRAVERSE CITY-The Atlanta baseball team had high hopes in Tuesday's quarterfinal game against Maple City Glen Lake (28-7), but fell for only the third time all season, 8-3, against a tough pitcher and a rough fourth inning.
Pitcher Garrett Badgero started for Atlanta and struck out five hitters in the first three innings, but struggled with control in the fourth inning, walking two batters and hitting four. Reliever Josh Barrett came in for the final out, but the damage had been done.
"Garrett and Atlanta have all my respect. He's a great hitter and they're a tough team. They made us struggle throughout the game. I know he (Badgero) threw a lot in the regional game (on Saturday), so I feel like he might have been a bit wore out. If he had a full tank of gas, this game would have gone a lot differently," Lakers coach Kris Herman said.
The Huskies (24-3) had jumped to a 2-0 lead in the third inning after facing two 1-2-3 innings against Lakers pitcher Thomas Waning. Waning struck out two hitters in the first two innings.
However, a balk by Waning against Brock Baum and a walk to Jay Webster put two men on base for Atlanta. A double by Caleb Cumper drove in Baum while a sacrifice fly by Badgero helped give Huskies their lead.
Badgero struck out three hitters in the third, but the four batters he hit in the next inning helped set up a Lakers' rally that put the Huskies down 6-2.
The Huskies ran into trouble against Waning in the fifth inning as he struck out three batters in a situation when Atlanta needed to rally. Barrett answered back by striking out two and throwing out another batter at first.
Badgero slapped a single, got to second on a passed ball and was driven in by Jacob Dobbyn for Atlanta's third and final run of the game in the top of the sixth inning.
Unfortunately for the Huskies, Waning struck out three batters in the inning to end any rally chances.
Barrett ran into trouble against the top of the Lakers order in the sixth inning by walking Tristan Williams, giving up a single to Waning and a two-RBI triple to Trevor Aspey that put the Lakers ahead 8-3.
Atlanta got a break when Austin Odziana hit what should have been an RBI double for the Lakers, but he forgot to hit first base on his way to second. Atlanta coach Sean Barrett told first baseman Larry Krzeninski to tag first while Odziana stayed glued to second. Krzeninski tagged first for the final out of the inning.
The Huskies seemed to have a solid rally started in the top of the seventh inning with a Barrett single and a Baum walk. Unfortunately, Webster hit into a double play to end the game.
"We ran into a really good team but we beat ourselves today. We had that one bad inning and it got into our heads and we just couldn't recover. I still think we were the better D on the field today," Sean Barrett said.
This game was the last high school game for four Atlanta players: Badgero, Cumper, Baum and Derek Reeves.
"We're losing some good players but our core group will still be here. My infield guys are all coming back and (Jake) Chambers will be back. He'll probably turn into my best player and pitcher for next year and we should be as good as ever," Barrett said.
Eric Benac can be reached via email at email@example.com or by phone at 358-5690. Follow Eric on Twitter @EricBenac.


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Working for MOD
Careers in the Ministry of Defence
Join the armed forces
If you are interested in a career in defence, please see the armed forces websites:
Join the reserves
Do something different! Join the reserves.
The UK reserve forces play a vital part in our nation's defence. Find out how you can get involved and what is on offer for reserves.
Is it for you?
All types of people are putting their spare time to better use as reserves in the armed forces. Being a reserve is as rewarding as it is challenging. You'll train and deploy alongside our regular forces, doing things you never pictured yourself doing, learning new skills and meeting people who, like you, want more from life. Read about it from others who have taken up the challenge: reserves case studies.
All the reserve forces (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Air Force) are actively recruiting: follow the links to find out what opportunities are available to you and how to join.
Royal Navy Reserves 'life without limits'
Army Reserves (formerly Territorial Army) 'be the best'
Royal Marines Reserves 'it's a state of mind'
Royal Air Force Reserves 'live a challenging life'
You may also wish to consider becoming a Cyber Reserve
What's on offer?
For reserves:
- adventure, travel, personal development and life long friendships
- paid for training days
- additional annual tax-free training bonus
- there is even a pension from April 2015
- your military training will be recognised with civilian accreditation
Find out more about the changes to the reserves in future reserves: key facts.
For employers:
Are you an employer of reserves? Is one of your employees thinking of joining the reserves?
We will:
- provide additional financial support to small, medium sized enterprises
- save an employer £8000 worth of development skills training
Find out more about reserve service and what benefits it can bring to your organisation in the employer support measures: key facts chapter.
- Defence Relationship Management (DRM) provides support to both reserves and their employers.
Find out how DRM can help you and your employer.
Are you in the NHS? We are recruiting medics.
Find out how you can use your skills as a reserve and progress your career at the same time on the NHS careers reservist website.
Civil Service careers
For Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian jobs please see Civil Service Jobs
The 'Civil Service core competence framework' applies.
For information about opportunities in equipment and support see Working for (DE&S)
Non-civil service jobs are advertised on our departmental pages, please see Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) for more information.
For information on working as a statistician in defence visit the Government Statistical Service
For information about opportunities with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), see 'Working for Dstl'.
Security vetting
We process 3 main types of National Security Vetting (NSV) checks and clearances.
Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) for people employed in posts with proximity to public figures, access to information or material assessed to be of value to terrorists or unescorted access to establishments assessed to be at risk from terrorist attack. A CTC does not allow a person access to or knowledge of protectively marked assets.
Security Check (SC) for people employed in posts which have substantial access to secret assets or occasional controlled access to top secret assets.
Developed Vetting (DV) is needed for people with substantial unsupervised access to top secret assets.
A small number of clearances are granted where the risks are managed through follow up work and monitoring. We call this activity 'Aftercare'. We also process Aftercare for all MOD clearances that are granted normally.
See National Security Vetting publications
Equality and diversity
MOD is committed to diversity and all walks of life, irrespective of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion and without reference to social background or sexual orientation.
Foreword by the Permanent Under Secretary and Chief Defence Staff
The MOD is a large and complex organisation, being a Department of State as well as being responsible for our armed forces. We are fully committed to attracting and retaining staff who reflect the diverse community that we serve. Additionally, where we interact with, or provide services to, members of the public we will take action to address the needs of all.
Equality and diversity is not a policy we pursue simply because the legislation requires us to. We pursue the policy because it is morally right and because it makes excellent business sense. Valuing diversity is about appreciating and enhancing everything that everyone, regardless of background, has to offer.
Last year saw the introduction of the Public Sector Equality Duty - a provision of the Equality Act 2010. The Duty plays a key role in ensuring that fairness and transparency remains at the heart of the work public bodies and that public services meet the needs of different groups. To that end we are publishing a range of information about our equality and diversity policies and practices. We have now published our Strategic Objectives 2012 to 2016, which follows the public consultation document on proposals for our equality objectives 2011 to 2014.
The post-Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) resource constraints and service and civilian workforce reductions make for a challenging environment but Defence Transformation is an opportunity to ensure we work smarter, and in line with the spirit of the new legislation, that we focus on outcomes rather than process. We have a very positive story to tell; there remains, however, much to be done. We are keen to encourage greater engagement with staff and will continue to look outside the business to see how we can learn from each other on applying best practice on equality and diversity.
Equality and diversity in the armed forces
The armed forces today offer a wide range of jobs, and can be called upon to operate in many roles, around the world. In an increasingly fast-moving world, they come into contact with a wide variety of cultures, situations and environments. We need people with talent, energy and motivation, who have the ability to work under pressure and thrive on new challenges. We are committed to recruiting and retaining the best people for the job from all walks of life, irrespective of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion and without reference to social background or sexual orientation.
The armed forces are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring a working environment free from harassment, intimidation and unlawful discrimination, in which each individual is not only valued and respected – but encouraged to realise their full potential.
Our equality and diversity policies are not about political correctness. Operational effectiveness depends on cohesion and teamwork, which are enhanced by treating everyone fairly, with dignity and respect. And it is right that the armed forces should be representative of the diverse society they exist to defend.
The MOD Equality and Diversity Scheme 2008-2011 which encompasses race, disability, gender, age religion or belief and sexual orientation sets out how the Armed Forces will meet the statutory requirement to promote equality and diversity.
Read more about equality and diversity in the Royal Navy, Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF).
What we expect from our people
We expect every one of our people, whether uniformed or civilian, to fulfill their personal responsibilities:
- to foster a working environment where all personnel feel comfortable and are welcomed and valued for their unique contributions to operational effectiveness
- to promote a working environment that values dignity, respect and fairness
- to promote standards of best behaviour and comply with the law with regard to creating equality of opportunity and not discriminating against others
Affiliations and partnerships
The MOD is a member of the following organisations:
- Stonewall
- Race for Opportunity
- Opportunity Now
- Employers Forum on Disability
- And affiliated to a:gender
The MOD has now published its Strategic Diversity Objectives.
Diversity action plan
The Civilian diversity action plan 2012 has been drafted and is awaiting Permanent Secretary approval. It will be published here in due course.
A separate armed forces plan is being coordinated to support delivery of the Strategic Objectives.
UK armed forces equal pay audit
This report details the findings of the first Equal Pay Audit for the UK armed forces. It compares the average salaries of male and female, and white and black minority ethnic personnel doing broadly equivalent work.
The armed forces have been working hard in recent years to increase recruitment and representation from UK ethnic minority communities. The services continue to commit significant effort and resources to engage and raise awareness among all of the UK's minority groups and to encourage members of those groups to consider a career in the armed forces.
All 3 services are particularly active in diversity action and mentoring within areas with large ethnic minority populations aimed at promoting service careers. They are engaged in numerous and varied initiatives to encourage more young people from ethnic minority backgrounds to join the armed forces. Intake from ethnic minorities into the UK regular armed forces was provisionally for the 12 month ending 30 September 2009 4.8 per cent for the Royal Navy, 11 per cent for the Army and 2.6 per cent for the RAF.
The armed forces aim to reach 8 per cent ethnic minority representation by 2013 (in order to reflect ethnic minority representation in UK society). Ethnic minority representation in the regular armed forces has risen substantially in recent years from just over 1 per cent in 1999 to a provisional figure of 6.6 per cent as at 1 October 2009.
We are committed to increasing this representation and want to see more personnel from these groups coming through to senior positions. The armed forces recognise that it will take many years before the benefits of their recruiting efforts are realised and ethnic minorities are fully represented at all levels in the services. The armed forces need the very best men and women; irrespective of race, ethnic origin or religion.
Women play an essential part in the armed forces, which includes many challenging and dangerous roles that carry immense responsibility. Many of these are frontline roles such as flying combat aircraft, serving on warships and ground combat support roles. Servicewomen currently represent around 9.5 per cent of the total armed forces strength.
The armed forces are committed to maximising opportunities for women consistent with the need to maintain combat effectiveness. The majority of posts in the armed forces are now open to women: 71 per cent of posts in the Navy, 67 per cent of posts in the Army and 96 per cent of posts in the RAF.
The percentage of women serving in the armed forces is increasing. In the UK's regular Forces the percentage of women has increased from 5.7 per cent in 1990 to 9.5 per cent as at 1 October 2009. The RAF has the highest percentage of female personnel (13.7 per cent), followed by the Naval service (9.6 per cent) then the Army (7.9 per cent).
As at 1 October 2009 there were 18,250 women in the armed forces. 3,860 were officers and 14,380 in other ranks. The total number of armed forces personnel (male and female) is 191,320. (all figures are provisional)
Women hold key positions in the armed forces and are now reaching senior ranks, such as Captain in the Royal Navy, Brigadier in the army and Air Commodore in the RAF. The attainment of 2 Star rank (Rear Admiral, Major General or Air Vice-Marshal) and above has tended to depend on operational experience in the Combat Arms and at present there are no women in these ranks.
However, as women are increasingly deploying on operations they may attain these higher ranks with time. This increased contribution to the combat effectiveness of the armed forces is reflected in the award of medals for gallantry for the first time to women during operational deployments.
These include:
- the Military Cross awarded to Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt of the Royal Navy
- the Military Cross awarded to Private Michelle Norris of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman
- the armed forces have a generous occupational maternity scheme. However, continuing difficulties in reconciling family (especially child and elder care), service commitments to go to sea or deployment overseas remain obstacles to career advancement for many women. Significant efforts are however being made to introduce more 'family friendly' policies to aid the retention of female personnel.
All recruits need to be fit and able but some minor disabilities that do not interfere with an individual's employment need not necessarily be a bar to joining.
Promotion of equality and diversity policies
Strong leadership and understanding by all personnel, especially those in key positions of responsibility, is necessary to encourage a military culture that is seen both to promote and welcome diversity. The service chiefs have given a strong personal commitment to the importance and benefits of diversity in order to bring about real change.
Education and awareness of diversity and equality issues is essential. We regard this as a high priority area.
The Joint Equality and Diversity Training Centre at Shrivenham has a vital role to play. This centre, unique within Europe, provides training for dedicated equality and diversity advisers and all senior officers. We want to see senior managers confronting prejudice and acting decisively to remove it.
School leavers, apprentices and Welbeck College
School leavers
Whether involved in combat, peacekeeping duties or the provision of humanitarian aid following natural disasters, the armed forces depend on the support and expertise provided by our civilian staff. We would like this to be you.
The MOD offers many varied opportunities for school leavers throughout the UK where you can make a real difference to defence. The number of different careers are too many to list in full, but they include personal secretary, pay clerk, commercial officer, project and admin support, finance clerk, commodity manager, course administrator and recruitment and marketing, along with many others.
All these roles are absolutely vital to our mission in defence, giving a unique vision and access to some of the most interesting work in government. Perhaps you could be a commercial officer buying vehicles for the army. Perhaps you could be a personal secretary to a senior civil servant who decides the latest defence policy. Perhaps you could be a commodity manager routeing supplies to a recent disaster area.
But we don't just focus on your current job, we place an enormous emphasis on your future. Every single person in the organisation is given comprehensive training and development, including the opportunity to develop cross-disciplines.
As the MOD is so large it is entirely possible to change career direction, perhaps even study for professional qualifications, while retaining your status and similar conditions of employment - including your pension and leave allowance. Examples would be engineers moving into personnel or accountancy, and administrators becoming graphic designers or logisticians.
This is in addition to a number of management development schemes aimed at the full spectrum of the MOD workforce, designed to help you fulfil your true potential.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the largest provider of apprenticeships in the UK with achievement rates that are well above the national average. Apprenticeships are available to civil servants and the armed forces.
There are around 20,000 apprentices on a programme in the armed forces at any one time, ranging from engineering and construction to hospitality and animal care, with new schemes recently developed such as digital information. The department has achieved over 150,000 apprenticeships.
The MOD and its agencies are also one of the major providers of civilian apprenticeships within the Civil Service, with 20 schemes on offer and more being planned. These range from craft and technician apprenticeships, to engineering and management. The types and numbers of apprenticeships available each year vary based on business requirement.
Apprenticeships are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification while working and can last between 1 to 5 years depending on the apprenticeship. The qualifications range from a level 2 (equivalent to 5 GCSEs), a level 3 (equivalent to 2 'A' levels) all the way through to a level 7, which is equivalent to a Masters degree.
The MOD offers the following civilian apprenticeships:
placements through the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, in business, finance, and project delivery
- MOD Information Apprenticeships which include IT, software, web and telecoms professionals, and information security
- purchasing and contract management roles through the Defence Commercial Apprentice Programme
- engineering, finance, commercial and Civil Service Fast Track in Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), a bespoke trading entity of MOD
- engineering, laboratory technicians and business administration in Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an executive agency of MOD
- IT and business administration in the UK Hydrographic Office, an executive agency of MOD
Welbeck: The Defence Sixth Form College
Welbeck College in Leicestershire is an MOD sponsored sixth form college that invests in the future of young people who have a strong desire to take up a science or engineering based career in the armed forces or the Civil Service.
Welbeck has provided the Army with many of its future technical officers for over 50 years. In 2004 the college became a quad-service institution, admitting students with a career ambition to join The Royal Navy, The British Army, The Royal Air Force or to become MOD Civil Service engineers.
The college has become one of the UK's top sixth form colleges and has an outstanding academic reputation. It offers a unique programme of personal, physical and intellectual development which provides our students with a rounded education specifically designed to meet the needs of today's modern technical armed forces.
The programme does not end after a 2 year A-level programme, the MOD continues to monitor and support students through university and on to professional training with their respective armed service or within the MOD Civil Service.
Graduate recruitment programmes
Fast Stream
Our premiere development scheme for graduates is Fast Stream, although many graduates also enter through applying for vacancies on Civil Service Jobs.
Defence commercial graduate programme
The defence commercial graduate programme recruits graduates for MOD purchasing and contract management roles. Full details available in the Commercial Graduate brochure.
The MOD also recruits engineering and science graduates into DESG via various schemes.
MOD Information Graduate Scheme
The Ministry of Defence is on the look out for technology savvy, problem solving individuals to join the MOD Information Graduate Scheme.
Family friendly policies in the armed forces
The armed forces offer occupational leave schemes which follow, and in some cases, exceed statutory provision for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
Armed Forces Occupational Maternity Scheme
All servicewomen regardless of their length of service are entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave. Eligible Servicewomen are also entitled to receive statutory maternity pay. The Armed Forces Occupational Maternity Scheme (AFOMS) provides qualifying women (those who have at least a year's continuous service and who intend to return to work for a minimum of 12 months following maternity leave) with full pay for the first 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave.
Servicewomen who have given birth are screened from deployment in the UK or overseas for at least six months after the birth of their child, unless they volunteer otherwise. The services also endeavour not to deploy both serving parents at the same time, where this does not compromise operational capability.
The armed forces occupational paternity leave scheme provides qualifying fathers with 14 days of ordinary paternity leave, instead of the statutory provision of 10 days, with 2 weeks' full pay rather than the statutory paternity pay rate at the time of the birth of a child or a child's placement in the case of adoptions. Additional paternity leave was introduced for members of the armed forces in 2011 and this enables parents to share responsibility for looking after their children in the case of births and placements for adoption.
The armed forces are exempt from the flexible working provisions of UK employment legislation, as working patterns that might compromise the operational flexibility of the armed forces are incompatible with regular service. Arrangements are in place to improve, where possible, the work-life balance of both male and female personnel. These include:
- career breaks of over 3 months and up to 3 years
- special unpaid leave of up to 93 days
- variable start/finish times of the working day
- short-term home working
- compressed hours (working longer on some days to allow an earlier finish on other days)
- an allowance of 38 days' leave, 8 of which are public holidays


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Hey H,
That would have been hysterical if he did that thing with "You never give me your money". I would have laughed at that. Who cares if she found it funny or not, well you know how I feel about that "person".
In the few videos I saw of the concert I thought his voice sounded good although there were moments he squeaked or was off key but I didn't care and how many others did?
I thought he looked great and sounded great and I think he is off work until the Queen's Jubilee in June.


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Peter Thomas Morgan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Chair of Psychiatry, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
Research Interests
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Sleep Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit | Neurocognition, Neurocomputation, and Neurogenetics, Division of | Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) | Program for Obesity, Weight and Eating Research (POWER) at Yale | Yale Cocaine Research Clinic
Research Summary
I am interested in the neurophysiology of substance dependence for its own sake and as a window into understanding cognition and behavior. The major focus of my laboratory is the examination of the role of disturbances of sleep and sleep-dependent memory consolidation in chronic substance use and other mental illnesses. My laboratory has found that abstinent male cocaine users suffer from an "occult" insomnia. Although their sleep is objectively poor and they exhibit cognitive disruptions related to this poor sleep, they believe that their sleep is unimpaired.
Recent findings suggest that modafinil, a wakefulness promoting agent, reverses some of the sleep deficits associated with chronic cocaine use.
Extensive Research Description
My recent and current human subject studies have examined sleep and learning in cocaine dependence and the relevance of GABA neurotransmission thereon, and have sought neurophysiological markers of alcohol craving. Experimental tools used include EEG/ERP, polysomnography (PSG), cocaine self-administration, neuroimaging, and a variety of standard and newly developed cognitive tasks including visual, motor, and verbal learning tasks, as well tasks of attention and memory.
Another project examines lucid dreaming and what differentiates lucid dreamers from non-lucid dreamers in terms of brain function. This project is directed at understanding the brain processes that lead to different types of consciousness.
Selected Publications
- Morgan PT, Kehne JH, Sprenger KA, Malison RT. Retrograde effects of triazolam and zolpidem on sleep-dependent motor learning in humans. 2009; Journal of Sleep Research (in press).
- Morgan PT, Paliwal P, Malison RT, Sinha R. Sex differences in sleep and sleep-dependent learning in abstinent cocaine users. 2009; Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. 93:54-8.
- Morgan PT, Pace-Schott EF, Sahul ZH, Coric V, Stickgold, R, Malison RT. Sleep architecture, cocaine, and visual learning. Addiction, 2008; 103: 1344-52.
- Morgan PT, Malison RT. Pilot study of lorazepam and tiagabine effects on sleep, motor learning, and impulsivity in cocaine abstinence. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2008; 34:692-702.
- Morgan PT, Malison RT. Cocaine and sleep: early abstinence. The Scientific World Journal. 2007; 7:223-30.
- Peter T. Morgan, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Zakir H. Sahul, Vladimir Coric, Robert Stickgold, Robert T. Malison. "Sleep, sleep-dependent procedural learning and vigilance in chronic cocaine users: evidence for occult insomnia", Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 82:238-249, 2006.


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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES: Crash Leads to Bumps, Bruises and a Second Chance for U.S. Women in 5000m
BEIJING, China - Bruised and battered U.S. wheelchair racer Cheri Blauwet (Palo Alto, Calif.) convincingly says she's fine to re-race the women's 5000m (T54) this Friday. Tonight, she and teammates Amanda McGrory (Champaign, Ill.) and Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.) competed in the event until a horrific crash altered the course of the race so much so, that not only were two athletes carted away by ambulance, but all final results were disqualified.
Spectator cheers quickly turned to gasps after wheelchair racer Edith Hunkeler from Switzerland, who appeared to have missed a turn, collided with other racers on the track. Blauwet, who was in position behind Hunkeler, took a nasty spill, scraping her head, arms and shoulder.
"That's what makes this sport so unexpected and exciting," said Blauwet. "You hope to be on the other side of the crash, but tonight I wasn't. I am concerned about the other girls and hope that they're all okay."
Only five of the 11 athletes who began the women's 5000m finished. In third position was world record holder in the event, Amanda McGrory, with a time of 11:54.84. U.S. teammate Shirley Reilly came in fifth at 12:40.11.
While McGrory was initially awarded the bronze, further review of race footage by officials led them to throw out all results from the competition. All three U.S. racers will give it a second shot on Friday - time still to be determined.
In the field, Ed Cockrell (New Athens, Ill.), silver medalist from the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, finished sixth in the shot put with 916 points and best throw of 14.67. Cockrell, who was emotional after his competition, expressed his disappointment.
"I came in to this well-trained, well-coached and ready to go," said Cockrell. "I just didn't come through in the end. These guys [competitors] are so talented and they just really pulled through tonight."
Below is a quick glance at what's on tap at the track tomorrow, Tuesday, September 9.
Up Next:
Session One
9:10 Men's 5000m (T12/13)/prelim - Peter Gottwald (West Chester, Pa.)
10:25 Men's 100m (T12)/semifinal - Josiah Jamison (Chula Vista, Calif./Vance, S.C.)
12:26 Women's 100m (T54)/prelim - Jennifer Goeckel (Seattle, Wash.), Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.)
Session Two
17:15 Men's 400m (T12/13)/prelim - Royal Mitchell (Chula Vista, Calif./Ridgeland, S.C.)
18:12 Men's 100m (T44)/final - Brian Frasure (Apex, N.C.), Marlon Shirley (Chula Vista, Calif./Tremonton, Utah), Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.)
18:25 Women's 200m (T44)/final - April Holmes (Chula Vista, Calif./Somerdale, N.J.)
19:30 Women's 400m (T53)/prelim - Jessica Galli (Savoy, Ill./Hillsborough, N.J.), Anjali Forber-Pratt (Needham, Mass.), Cheri Blauwet (Palo Alto, Calif.)
20:30 Men's 400m (T53)/prelim - Adam Bleakney (Champaign, Ill.), Joshua George (Champaign, Ill.)
21:00 Men's 400m (T54)/semifinal - Erik Hightower (Glendale, Ariz.)
For complete track & field competition results, visit http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/AT.shtml.
For more information or to arrange an athlete interview, please contact Beth Bourgeois at 139-1075-4847 (if calling from the U.S., dial 011 86 plus the local number).


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Sometimes we have to make some difficult cuts for a one-hour show, but, with Walter Brueggemann, a kind of rock star in the theological world, it becomes even more challenging. The audio above includes one of these behind-the-scenes moments.
When Krista asked him to read a biblical verse that means something special to him, he responded by reading an excerpt of Psalm 146. Why he chose it and his explanation is even more intriguing.
Listen in and let us know how you react to his understanding of these verses.


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Windom chooses concrete
To the Editor:
On March 26, the Windom City Council voted to accept the concrete paving alternate for its 2013 street project. This is their third consecutive vote for concrete streets.
Windom understands the value of concrete streets and the large cost of blacktop ownership. The concrete bid was 12 percent higher than blacktop, and the projected cost of ownership to choose blacktop and maintain it for 30 years was over $1 million more than concrete. Just think:?Spend extra money today to save a tremendous amount of money later.
The process in Windom has been:
1. The desire for concrete, the most used construction material in the world.
2. Equivalent design. This is the most important step to have comparable designs and bids. Every inch of base and paving has its own strength value and equal design leads to competitive bids.
3. Evaluate bids. Many projects in the last few years saw concrete as the low bid. We also provide a life-cycle ownership comparison to show the large amount of money spent to maintain blacktop vs concrete over 30 years. Regardless of the initial bid concrete is always less to own.
4. Choose concrete, the obvious choice.
Both Worthington and St. James have concrete streets more than 80 years old and although they are not in new condition, these communities have spent very little money these streets.
As other communities are choosing concrete, it is time for Fairmont to get back to a concrete mindset and choose concrete to pave the roads in Fairmont.
Mitch Voehl
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The federal jury court on Friday ruled for Apple in the well-known smartphone patent infringement case. The Californian jury found Samsung Electronics guilty of infringements of patents that belong to Apple. The court will now have to make certain orders to Samsung, who will most likely appeal the decision.
According to Associated Press news-agency, the jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages. Apple originally demanded $2.5 billion from its No. 1 competitor. The jury did not recommend awarding Samsung any money in its counterclaims that Apple had violated some of its patents, CNN reports.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the jury sorted through 28 different Samsung devices that Apple finds accusing of its patents. Samsung reportedly infringed as many as seven patents and two other related claims, which cover technologies ranging range from the look of on-screen icons to the detection of finger gestures on the touch-screen.
"This is a huge win for Apple. $1,051,855,000 is just large enough to make it the largest surviving patent verdict in history," said Mark Lemley, a Stanford law professor, in an interview with CNN.
Apple accused Samsung of copying the iPhone smartphone design and technologies used to make it possible with its Galaxy-series and other devices back in 2011. Samsung, in its turn, accused Apple of other infringements of its patents. The legal clashes between the two consumer electronics giants have been ongoing since then.
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Teen says she was turned away from prom for having large breasts
SILVERDALE, Wash. - It's supposed to be one of the most memorable moments of a teen's life, but one Central Kitsap High School student said she was turned away from her senior prom for having a large chest.
Brittany Minder is sharing her story because she doesn't want anyone else to suffer the pain and humiliation that she did on a night meant for celebration.
Minder's search for the perfect prom dress took her all the way to Canada, but when she showed up at the senior prom in her brand-new gown, she was told she couldn't come inside.
"In my opinion, I feel that it is because I'm bigger chested and there is more cleavage that you can see, and there's nothing I could really do about that," she said.
According to the school's dress code, strapless dresses are allowed as long as cleavage, midriff and lower back are covered.
"It was blatant from the start that the school was not being fair in how they were enforcing that rule," said Minder's dad, Gary Minder.
Minder's parents have no problem with the rules, but say their daughter was singled out for having a large chest.
"All women are not created equal, and you can not compare a golf ball to a grapefruit. It ain't gonna happen," Kim Minder said.
Gary Minder wonders what kind of dress the school would have found acceptable.
"A girl like Brittany should not have to go to a dance in a burlap sack because she's large busted," he said. "It's ridiculous."
A school district spokesman said if a student's appearance does not meet the dress code, staff members will help them come up with a solution that allows them to attend the event.
In Minder's case, she wasn't allowed in the prom until she covered her cleavage with a shawl. She only stayed for about an hour.
"I felt self-conscious and they took the magic out of the night," she said. "It was tough being there after all that happened. I didn't feel comfortable. I already had a blow to my self-esteem. I didn't really want to be there anymore."
Minder said her gown was designed for a woman with a larger bust, but now it's a painful reminder of a horrible night and she's not sure what to do with it.
"An important night of my life was ruined, and there's no way I can gain that experience back," she said.
Minder said she's worn dresses with a similar neckline to other dances without any problems. Her parents say they want a public apology.
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LA CROSSE, WI (WKBT) - For the third time in the last decade, the La Crosse School District is considering asking voters for more money.
An operating referendum will likely appear on the upcoming Spring ballot after school board members introduced the idea at Monday's meeting. The measure would allow the district to spend $23.75 million over five years, or $4.75 million each year.
The $4.175 million current referendum expires at the end of this school year - it was voted into place back in 2008. Administrators are asking for another five-year commitment to avoid cutting programs and teachers.
"We've had two consecutive five-year referendums that our community has supported, so we're asking our community to re-commit, support us one more time, support public education and their school district," said Randy Nelson, the district's superintendent.
The nearly $5 million a year would fund teachers and other staff, building maintenance, and new technology upgrades - stuff the current referendum is already working to keep. The district's security upgrades were paid for by the expiring measure.
Janet Rosseter is the district's director of business services, and she's the one keeping tabs on every school budget. She wasn't surprised by the need for yet another referendum.
"I'd like to have a year where I could deliver could news that we have enough money this year to meet all the needs of all the programs," she said. "That hasn't happened yet, and I don't expect that it will [ever] happen."23536258
It's certainly not happening this year. Taxpayers are paying about $100 yearly on a home valued at $100,000 under the current referendum - the new measure would bump that up by about $15. But without it, Rossester said teachers will be the first to go.
"If we don't pass the referendum we'll have to make dramatic cuts to staff, because they make up 83 percent of our budget," she said.
Nelson is concerned for the effect it would have on students' ability to learn one-on-one from teachers.
"The impact that it will have on our classrooms will be to raise class sizes, probably at elementary, and middle, and high school [levels]," he said.
School referendums aren't exactly rare in Wisconsin. During the 2012-2013 school year, 28 were passed in the state, and 13 failed. Both of La Crosse's previous referendums, voted on in 2004 and 2008, passed.
The School Board still has to sign off on the referendum. If members approve it, the measure will show up on April's ballot for voters to make the final decision.
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Skip to comments.Consensus Forming for Lame Duck Deal To Delay Sequester Cuts
Posted on 11/08/2012 4:36:37 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Link only, per FR policy: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121108/DEFREG02/311080005/Consensus-Forming-Lame-Duck-Deal-Delay-Sequester-Cuts?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Wonder what the "deal" is? Boehner give away the house?
we are sooooo screwed
Let it all go to crap.
Let it go off the cliff. Everyone gets what they want - spending cuts, tax increase and an end to war. Nirvana!
Seriously, I'll take the tax increase to have the pleasure of watching the govt dependent ox gore flowing in the streets. I drive my car another 100,000 and watch the multitude of grasshoppers freeze.
What's that German word again? Schaden-something...
Presactly. At least with sequestration we get some social spending cuts with our tax hikes and defense cuts. I am sure that, otherwise, any "cuts" will be quietly put back in later. Furthermore, under sequestration, at least the tax hikes will be across the board and right into Obama's precious forty seven percent.
I suggest that Atlas Shrug, go pick up his Obamaphone and head to Colorado to smoke a bowl...
Of course he will. Surrender is the only negotiation tactic he knows.
Maybe Colorado is on to something. Before committing economic suicide, smoke a bowl legally.
I don't care what they all do anymore. I have lost all my fight. Raise taxes til it hurts and it still won't be enough. They will always be back for more. I want the whole country to feel major pain. That is the only thing that may bring the voters to their senses.
I don't care what they all do anymore. I have lost all my fight. Raise taxes til it hurts and it still won't be enough. They will always be back for more. I want the whole country to feel major pain. That is the only thing that may bring the voters to their senses.
The lib's and nonvoters deserve what they get. Fail.
Its already crap.
Ok I voted Romney . Saying first.
Part of me thinking of those suffering now who voted Obama in '08.
4 years is not long enough punishment . 8 would be better to help them understand consequences more .
Imagine graduating and not getting a decent job until your 30. Living with your parents till your 35.
It gives me some ease that the punishment fits the crime.
House GOP= rubber stamp
I'd be interested to see what sort of deal they could come up with that they think would delay the day of reckoning. It's coming, and probably would be no matter what happened Tuesday.
And then on to Washington state and have that homosexual marriage done.
Let it all go to crap.
I agree, let them hang. I'm prepping for the worst. Let it come.
The DC Hacks used this sequester deal to up the Debt Ceiling after the 2010 elections.
Remember the GOP Kabuki Dance?
Get ready, they are about to hoodwink us again.
And I don't mean the democrats. I mean Bonehead and Cantor and the
GOP. Greece is coming to America, sooner than later.
Speaker Boo Hoo should do absolutely nothing.
Over on Twitter there is a trending hashtag... #LetTheTaxCutsExpire
The dingbat libs who started appear to be unaware that Bush cut taxes for everyone.
They really do think he only cut them for billionaires and zillionairs. LOL!
They can't be told....they need to live it.
I'm stocking up as well. It's the only thing I can control.
A part of me would like to see Boehner hold a press conference announcing that the House will support the Presidents agenda but make it clear that the republicans disagree with his policies, but will let the American people witness first hand what Socialism will do to our economy in short order. I would like to see him finish by pointing to a phone number for all Americans write down and call when they have had enough of the Socialist utopia and return to what our founders so eloquently spelled out fo0r this great Nation
why work when you are getting punished for it....
whatever happened to being rewarded for working hard?
I want to a look into his eyes and ask "how could you do this to your kids?"
I guess they need to save face....but I'd rather see the cuts happen right across the board...
That is how I feel right now. Crash the entire system and maybe someday it can be fixed.
Ask a liberal to fill in the blank to this:
When the rich get poorer, the poor get ________ .
'Sequestration & Obama', repeat endlessly. OWN IT.
America may have to lose a decade to gain a century.
When you were a toddler you did stupid things that caused painful physical injuries like most people did. That's how we learn .
Sometimes bad things happen are good for us to understand their bad.
Lack I'd a decent income and doing remedial jobs beneath your level of intelligence give you time to think about what's really important .
Sometimes people don't learn lessons. That happens to.
What will happen it that we will get defense cuts, but the social spending cuts will never materialize.
I don't think I would feel any schadenfreude from letting it all burn, but I also think that it is impossible to make people understand the looming disaster unless they feel the pain.
Dems use Republicans to kick the can down the road over and over, therefore just keeping us above the collapse enough to keep it going.
People are indoctrinated. They won't see the folly until they have to live with it's consequences.
Called "learnin' the hard way".
When the rich get poorer, the poor get ________ .
........FREE Obamaphones?
The House needs to pass a bill making all the tax cuts permanent. If Reid and Obama kill it, then make them wear it when taxes are increased on everyone.
Just buy all the ammo and food you can get.
Any deal should include permanently and immediately rescinding all Obamacare waivers. Everybody pays.
We have 3 grown children. One Big Lefty, One Conservative and One who has finally seen the light in the past four years - only as a result of the efforts of her wonderful, conservative husband. After our day of mourning on Wed, last night Hubby and I were discussing our options and plans for moving forward. The kids know our position, and so do our grandchildren. We had specifically talked about the election and what it meant for their futures - in fact one 5-yr old grandchild asked the Lefty why Barack Obama wanted to take more of their money?
We are going to do our homework re where we spend our dollars. No purchases of anything made in China - no matter how "inexpensive". I'm going to scour the Internet re any public statements or Corporate policies that I find objectionable - no money to them either. That goes for our favorite restaurants too. If the owners are Lefties, our disposable income (what will be left of it) can go elsewhere. No movies - family time is better spent in conversation and reading, we might even bring out the Monopoly Board. Making our charitable dollars go to those in our community in need - through our church. Working on trying to be a good Christian by volunteering more time in our community - If we can each show one person what the love is Christ is all about, that is a good thing.
Two additional, specific things.
1) We were looking for a small condo in the city where our three children's families live. I sent the realtor a note last night. "Based on the results of the presidential election, we are not going to pursue a condo purchase. We strongly believe that the policies of the current administration are diametrically opposed to meaningful job creation and thus, any significant economic recovery is now unlikely. Being retired, that means being squeezed by prospects for less investment income, higher taxes and rising prices for EVERYTHING. A condo is no longer part of the plan."
2) The wills are being changed. What little will be left of the Lefty's share will skip him and go into a trust for his beautiful children. Perhaps we gave him too good of a life growing up. He never knew hardship. It is so easy to go gaga over Lefty drivel when you aren't worried about your future.
FReepers, please let me know if you have any suggestions for what else we can do. BTW, perhaps we can have a specific forum here on FR where we can specifically share ideas. Any "research" can be posted. Lastly, perhaps there is some way that can "unite" to push for Voter ID laws and get involved to make sure that voter lists can be cross-referenced for multiple registrations and what about the integrity of vote COUNTING?!?!?!
just my thoughts...
Fine with me if we cut defense. What good's a military when the CiC plans to sell us out to Putin and Beijing anyway? If anything, he'd use the military on us.
I'd skip his kids too. They're going to be little lefties if your son raises them as such.
LOL, you have a point there.
Ha, good one. We are pretty relentless with the conservative doctrine. We try to teach them history and economics and instill good Christian values.
He wants us to help out watching the little ones, he gets what he doesn't pay for :-)
You may have heard the saying that no good deed goes unpunished. Through successive rounds of tax reductions, the GOP has lowered the tax bite to the point that wealthy liberals (or libertarians) have forgotten what it was like to pay higher taxes. Ultimately, we may have to raise taxes in order to give ourselves the opportunity to reduce them at a later date thereby splitting the liberal coalition between the hard-working libertines who are weary of paying extortionate taxes and the wastrels who sit around and do nothing all day and expect to be paid for it.
Schadenfreude! ( pleasure at another's misery).
I agree. Let the taxes ROLL! Because the middle class will get a real whammy and then they can't blame the Republicans.They got what they wanted...deal with it.
I agree...no one makes a change till they feel pain...soft pedaling the disaster won't change anything.
EXACTLY, let the cuts expire!
They were 5 percentage points across the board. If you were in a 39.5% bracket they went to 34.5% a 12.7% reduction. If you were in a 10% bracket they went to 5%, a 50% reduction. You see, the Bush tax cuts helped the lower income more than the upper income by a factor of at least 4. That's right, the tax cuts were FOUR times larger for the lower income persons than the upper income persons.
LET THE TAX CUTS EXPIRE. Let them ALL expire! DO NOTHING and they will end.
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Don't forget about the crying. Crying is a very effective negotiating tool used by women.
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