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hey, rene...no problem !
it's sad, at best, to see any living creature that can actually type a word come up with even the most lame of excuses for this sort of evilness...but, 'club boy' and his mutant offspring definately are giving stupidity a running dash for the gold medal. first...everybody and their brother is well aware that the only reason to club these pups to death is there is this slight window where their furs are valuable...and this is that yearly moment, so please don't try to blow smoke up my wazoo by saying you need the meat ! you need the fur. and the only way to get it is to club baby seals.
please don't think the rest of the real, intelligent world isn't aware that it is savage greed alone that keeps this practice going...not anything else. when the fields dry up, you move down the road..when the car plant closes, you go open a business, when the intelligent people all point out you are commiting barbaric acts...you ought to have enough dignity and humanity to realize, just like every other sentient being, it might be time...or, in this case, long past time, to consider doing something else.
please don't blow chunks up the stream with this lazy, ignorant, 'gee there just big rats' crap...nobody intelligent buys that crap.
when real, intelligent people realized we shouldn't kill all the whales, we stopped it. ( sad to see some have backslid on this, but sheer alzyness is sheer lazyness !) when we realized we can't cut down all the trees, we slowed down and found other means.
just because you, in your ignorance, can't figure out that you are perpetuating a myth and a lifestyle which glorifies savage killing, please don't delude yourself, or try to delude others, that somehow WE are the ones who are wrong.
if you don't have the chutzpah to at least stand up and say ' yea, i club baby seals purely for profit...mostly 'cause i'm lazy, stoopid and cain't figur nuthin else to do"...at least don't try ands tell us it's all for the greater good.
and, as far as the extremely lame ' gee...there's just so many of them.." kinda line...hey, move away, they won't bother you ! promise ! !
"oh...it's my life ! my family has lived here for generations !"
whooppee ! my grandfathers family lived in ireland for generations...when the famine hit, they left...they didn't club leprechauns or skin taters...because they were honorable and they moved on.
if anyone needs to get over anything, its the sad, demented few, who just don't have what it takes to stand up, and do the right thing.
there is nothing right about clubbing baby seals.
i don't care how long the innuits have done it
i don't care how long your families have done it.
when you are wrong...you are wrong...and this...idiocy...is wrong.


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With the government set to reopen after a 16-day partial shutdown, there continues to be discussions of blame and finger-pointing.
Much talk has been heard over who is at fault for the shutdown, and who is at fault for such things as closing the national parks and monuments during the shutdown. We're simply happy that the stalemate is over, at least for the time being, and that furloughed workers will be back on the job soon after lawmakers reached a compromise on Wednesday.
Most people don't care who is at fault for the shutdown; there's plenty of blame to go around.
Were the veterans who were refused entry into the World War II Memorial concerned with who was to blame for the barriers keeping them from the memorials? Probably not. We're guessing they were far more concerned with being told they couldn't visit a memorial dedicated to them simply because politicians on both sides of the argument were willing to make life miserable for as many people as possible during the shutdown.
While this ordeal is over, there remains much work to be done. Let's hope politicians get back to the business of providing responsible leadership to the people who elected them. While that is always our hope, we fully realize that we will, at some point, likely be disappointed again in their performance.

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Deanna White, the new president of Bombardier-owned fractional provider Flexjet, told us her company will continue to pursue what she called a "stealth wealth" clientele while offering customized solutions to clients' private air travel needs. Doing so, she added, may require bringing more capital into the business from Bombardier or "some other facility."
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Herb Kohler, Jr., the chairman and CEO of Kohler Company, likes to make good use of every minute. So when he learned that he'd be flying out of White Plains, N.Y., on the day I wanted to interview him, he suggested that we meet at the airport and have our talk in the air, en route to Teterboro [N.J.] Airport. He dropped me off there before flying home to Wisconsin.
January 25, 2013
When you get into the larger aircraft it becomes like a hotel, with dozens of staff supporting the plane based in a galley area down below. You have very comprehensive cooking facilities, and on larger aircraft we have looked at theatres, with spiral staircases and a Steinway grand piano.
November 26, 2012
It's not every day you get to share sushi and spring rolls with one of the world's most iconic actors, and I have dined out on the story ever since. Though John Travolta and I were hunched over a low table and the wasabi dip was making my eyes stream, I felt entirely at ease thanks to his friendly, down-to-earth manner–which perhaps explains some of his phenomenal success.
November 6, 2012
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You don't have to spend much time with George Antoniadis to figure out why he has achieved success with PlaneSense, the fractional-aircraft-share company he founded in 1996. Granted, he was probably in the right place at the right time with the right airplane, the economical Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop.
September 26, 2012
Fred Reid, who is known for his exceptional command of English, is also fluent in French, German and Hindi. He has lived in seven countries over 36 years and held prominent positions at four major airlines. He was the first U.S. national to lead a major international carrier, Lufthansa German Airlines and also was the founding CEO of Virgin America.
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To begin to understand the grand experiment that is Tony Hsieh's life, read two books. One is his own Delivering Happiness, a Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose, which explains not only how he built Zappos and his previous company but also his philosophy of over-the-top customer service. (The book debuted at No.
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Pedigree: DRG Collection. This coin was in Dr. David R. Golan's amazing set until 2007. Gabriel Murphy owned the set 2007-2011.
Jaime Hernandez: The 1979-P Susan B Anthony Dollars were produced in order to commemorate Susan Brownell Anthony, a civil rights leader for women's rights.
Even though it is one of America's most unpopular coins, I actually like the coins. As a kid in the early 1980's, I didn't see many of these coins in circulation, especially since most people hoarded them because of there unusual appearance. However, I still saw the coins periodically and I was curious as to why they were only worth a dollar, yet everyone seemed to hold them hostage when they had them.
During that time my father would have me do all the yard work and once I was done, he would pay me exactly, one dollar. However, if for some reason he had a Susan B. Anthony dollar in his pocket and no other change. He would just give me a verbal IOU instead. So, as a kid, I grew up thinking Susan B. Anthony Dollars were rare, since no one ever wanted let them go.
The Susan B. Anthony Dollars were unpopular in circulation because they were mistaken with quarters. Owners of vending machines also had to alter their machines in order to accept them and give them out as change.
Obverse: The obverse of the coin illustrates Susan B. Anthony's bust. The coin is encircled by an eleven sided outline in order to convey the Apollo 11 Goodwill messages left on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Reverse: The reverse of the coin displays a large eagle landing on the moon, which represents the Apollo 11 Mission of Landing on the moon. In the background, our planet Earth is visible from the moon. The words, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are arched towards the top of the design. Below, is the motto, E PLURIIBUS UNUM and towards the bottom of the coins design is the word, ONE DOLLAR.
Overview: 1979-P Susan B. Anthony Dollars in Uncirculated grades, are a dime a dozen. Many banks disliked having the coins and kept them in their vaults without ever putting them into circulation. When the coins did make it into circulation, many of them were hoarded and never spent.
The only coins hard to obtain are coins in grades of MS66 or higher. Coins in grades of MS66 are considered tough but not unobtainable, by any means. In grades of MS67 they are considered very tough but there out there, possibly a couple hundred exist in MS67 grades or higher. In MS68 grade they are considered the cream of the crop and there are very few in existence that would grade this high.


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Some pet owners may notice their dogs have dry, itchy or flaky skin in certain areas of their bodies, most notably the back, face, thighs and neck. Sometimes this irritated skin may be accompanied by an oily discharge. Typically, these are the signs of seborrhea in dogs.
Dogs normally have a slightly oily secretion called sebum on their skin. With seborrhea, an excessive production of sebum occurs. Affected dogs will often develop a very strong odor and have red, inflamed dry skin. Owners may also notice flaky white pieces of skin (dandruff) in the area where the dog normally sleeps. Seborrhea is one of the more common skin conditions in dogs and often leads to secondary skin infections in dogs.
While seborrhea can be a primary skin disorder, some dogs have a variety of underlying causes responsible for this skin condition such as allergies, thyroid disease, fungal infections and obesity in dogs. Fleas and ticks on dogs are other possible triggers for the problem.
If you suspect your dog is afflicted with seborrhea or some other skin condition, you should take the animal to a veterinary clinic. A veterinarian will be able to diagnose the skin disorder as well as any possible underlying causes and prescribe remedies which can give your dog some relief.


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Skip to comments.The radicalization of Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Older 'bomber' studied Koran for days at a time and witnes
Posted on 04/23/2013 12:23:56 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
In America, he had been a cocky and charismatic heavyweight boxer who wore fancy pointy leather shoes and slick white shirts down to the gym. In Dagestan, the volatile southern Russian region where he lived for a time as a teen and returned to spend the first half of 2012, he became a quiet young man who spent his days online studying Islam, nursing a growing anger against heretics.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
He's dead. The "cute sweetheart" ran him over. Why is this relevant?
Bottom line...he chose his path....he chose to pursue this and obtained whatever support and encouragement needed to carry out HIS plans....
And why isn't little brother in Gitmo right now?
Because godfather Obuthead is watching out for him.
Funny how reading the koran has an uncanny ability to turn someone into a mass murderer. I wonder why that is?
Doesn't the Koran give Muslims the order to "convert non-believers or else kill them"? Is this free speech, or marching orders to kill Americans? Hmmmm..
He was raised on Islam...He was in his teens when they came here. Daddy and mommy just moved back to the old country. Gee...how's that for timing. The whole family smells.
Just a wild guess:
"Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them(" 2:191)
Exactly! If the Koran is what 'radicalized' him, then it stands to reason that the evil he did he found IN the Koran.
No, no, no. If they just read the American press, they'd know both brothers were isolated loners who reacted violently because American society rejected them. It had NOTHING to do with Islam. Absolutely nothing. Not even a little. Islam is a Religion of Peace. Stop talking about Islam.
It is relevant because he literally was not radicalized in the US and this is in no way, shape or form an instance of homegrown terrorism.
I don't understand the bizarre constant studying of the Koran. It's, like, 14 pages long. How does one spends hours, months, days and years studying this book?
I also wonder about why that is so. In my youth, I enjoyed crazy cartoons that showed violence. (Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, etc.) I'm talking gore, blood and guts cartoons. Those cartoons were banned some fifty years ago because the PC folks said it would turn kids into mass murderers. Didn't happen. The koran was a tool used by Mo-ham-med to justify butchering and enslaving peoples he conquered. Pretty effective tool. It needs to be banned, more so than cartoons.
Because of the media's attempt to paint the Tsarnaevs as "typical American kids" and as "home-grown" terrorists who worked alone. This "refugee" was known by Homeland Security to be traveling back and forth from the Boston area to Dagestan, a hotbed of terrorists and potential jihadi connections to the Boston bombing.
You have to wonder how many more of his ilk are freely roaming around this nation as we speak.
Who gave him the money to go to Russia, and WHY did he go?
He was surounded by muslims in his home judging by the outfits mama wears. This didn't happen overnight, and the Russia trip just finalized it all. Who gave him the money for such a lengthy trip.
Yup! That's why the 8 Gangsters are trying to rush through their "immigration reform" bill. America doesn't have enough "hardworking" terrorists.
By virtue of his rhetoric and knowing the liberal community of Boston that he grew up in, it could as easily have been his high school social studies classes or the newspapers that he read that radicalized him.
We no longer put jihadists into gitmo.
Under Obama, they are either killed by drones, tried in a U.S. court, or possibly, and I stress possibly, renditioned somewhere abroad until we decide what to do with them. This was true before these brother jihadists went on their rampage and will continue to be true going forward.
As for current gitmo detainees (put there by Bush), we are by attrition of release gradually reducing their numbers...
With an eye toward closing it, as Obama promised.
And let me add, even if we did still put foreign operating jihadists there, we don't send American citizens on our soil, to gitmo.
And let me remind, the Obama Justice Dept. tried to sneak the gitmo detainees into a federal prison in Illinois and were rebuffed by just about everyone but Turban Durbin...
Excellent article at link. Lengthy read but very informative.
Once again we have to get the facts the MSM won't report from the foreign press.
Yep - Elmer Fudd and the Three Stooges as well! We were all going to be poking each others' eyes out from watching the Stooges. 'Cept that didn't happen neither.
That's my understanding (not having read it myself).
Straying slightly from topic...
I was over clicking through articles on the terrorists at the DailyMail UK...Anyhow, I noticed a picture of the two brothers and the dead one, #1 had on tennis-shoes/black sports shoes. Didn't he noticeably have on pointy-toe dress shoes in most of the images that we've seen?
I wonder if they made a play of changing shoes when they set down the backpacks? Sorry, just noticed that and it has puzzled me a bit.
It's gotta be more than that. Way back when wasn't there some toilets at Gitmo clogged by korans? Wouldn't that have required more than 14 pages?
Yep - there's one clue right there.
I was exaggerating. But it's not very big. Wen I look it up it says, 114 chapters vs 1189 (or so) chapters in a bible.
Probably still big enough to clog a gitmo toilet lol.
You forgot your /S at the end of your post.
To understand it properly (to the extent this is even possible) one needs to learn classical Arabic, and then also be able to understand all the literary structures and allusions in whats basically a poem. An awful lot of the Koran reads like gibberish, and plenty of it is contradictory. I understand that its a very difficult translation job. It doesn't help that the thing is basically unstructured, with no coherent organization by topic or temporally, like the Bible.
Its probably a bunch of inside baseball for which we no longer have the context. Maybe this stuff made sense to a resident of Mecca in the year 690 but its probably fair to say that much of the meaning of the thing to a modern reader depends on the assumptions the reader brings to it. The Bible, for the most part, is a model of clarity compared to the Koran.
The Koran is fairly short, but commentaries and expansions(based on oral traditions) on the Koran are as significant, and arguably in the matter of Islamic law and day to day customs, much more so. Much of the stuff there actually supercedes the practices demanded in the Koran. The Hadith (primary collection of oral tradition) run to dozens of volumes, a few much more significant than the rest, and govern some rather basic things like the five daily prayers - the Koran is not itself very clear on this point and can be read to require only two or three prayers.
The Stooges were fair minded, bopping each other as well as everyone they encountered. But the muzzies don't play fair. They hate women, relegating them to second-class status. Not allowed to do things the men do, and they torture, beat and deprive their women of freedom and even life.
Then there's the matter of hating infidels (non-muslim peoples), who are relegated to third-class status. If they think it's fine to beat and torture their women according to their koran, well, we rate lower than their women so it's a good bet they won't just poke us in the eyes. Islam is a gutter religion that needs to be discarded by humanity for everyone's sake.
Interesting. (:
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We ask Gold Awardees to give other Girl Scouts who are considering a Gold Award Project a realistic idea of what is involved. Below, Adrienne Spivey tells us about the challenges and rewards she encountered while implementing her project.
Project: Understanding the Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease for Kids
Adrienne's Gold Award project involved educating children about Alzheimer's disease. She created and produced a video to help children understand changes they may see in their elderly relatives and feel more confident interacting with them.
How did you come up with your idea?
My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when I was very young. I didn't understand why she would do or say certain things. With my project, I wanted to help other kids with the same problem I had.
Were you intimidated by the scale of the project?
Not really. I came into the project knowing its importance, and that actually inspired me, rather than intimidated me.
How did you keep up the momentum for the project?
I handed out cards with the link to my video on Youtube at local senior centers, Alzheimer's care groups, and the classes I presented my video to. Teachers at the schools I presented at even came up to me and asked for cards!
Were you ever discouraged? If so, what did you do to overcome that?
Never. I wanted to earn this award more than anything, and I knew how much it would help others.
Can you tell us a little story about some part of your project that was special to you?
Every time I presented the video, the kids would have great feedback. At one presentation, a little girl asked me "How do you join your troop?" I replied with "Do you mean how do you join Girl Scouts?" She then said "No, how do I join your troop?" It was so sweet and touching. Not only had I inspired her to join Girl Scouts, but she wanted to be in a troop with me. It was so cute.
How will people benefit from this?
Little kids who are confused by their grandparents' symptoms of Alzheimer's will have explanations for their grandparents' behavior and answers to their questions.
How did you feel after you finished?
I felt so proud and that I had really accomplished something great. I truly believe that I've made a lasting impact and that I've helped - and will continue to help - kids confused by the disease.
What advice would you give to other girls considering a Gold Award?
I understand that it's difficult to juggle school, activities, and work, so I understand how taking on a serious Girl Scout project could seem impossible. Think about the difference you will make by doing it, though. Think about the lives you'll change. Think about how you'll be campaigning for something you not only believe in, but that you created. This project may seem overwhelming, and even be a bit challenging at times, but the outcome and the rewards are worth it all.
Your Gold Project made a change for the better in your community. Did it change you
I realized how many kids are going through what I went through. I learned how to talk and relate to different age groups, and I definitely think I improved my public speaking skills. From this experience, I will take away a sense of pride from helping little kids understand the early stages of Alzheimer's, and from earning such a prestigious award.


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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) defines the Smart Grid as "an end-to-end transformation of our electric system that applies advances in technology to deliver a range of new benefits to all stakeholders", as stated in their Smart Grid Deployment Plan. This transformation is being driven by choices customers are making today including the adoption of renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles and emerging energy management tools and information services, as well as by the enactment of California's ambitious energy policy goals. SDG&E's vision for its Smart Grid transformation is to work in collaboration with key stakeholders to create the foundation for an innovative, connected and sustainable energy future.
While SDG&E's Test Year (TY) 2012 General Rate Case2 (GRC) application is awaiting a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision, deployment of Smart Grid solutions are nonetheless urgently needed to successfully implement state energy policy goals and to keep pace with the needs of customers. Driven by that urgency, SDG&E is already moving forward with most of its planned Smart Grid projects, while regulatory approval of its GRC is still pending. This Smart Grid Deployment Plan –2012 Annual Report ("Annual Report") provides stakeholders with an update on SDG&E's Smart Grid deployment as the San Diego region continues its rapid advance towards a smarter and cleaner energy future.
This Annual Report provides a status update to SDG&E's Smart Grid metrics, deployment costs, and benefits for the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 ("the Reporting Period"). Other information provided in the report includes additional highlights through September 2012.


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City park project deserves input from citizens
Marquette is home to one of the finest city parks in the region, and has hosted residents and visitors since even before the city acquired the property in 1886.
Since then, it has been preserved in the manner that famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted envisioned it would after visiting the 323-acre tract in 1891, saying : "A park on this site can have certain natural advantages possessed by no other that I have seen."
Not a bad assessment of the property by the man who designed New York City's Central Park.
Developments have been limited and pretty much followed the recommendation of Olmsted to keep the park as natural as possible.
The few facilities that have been built at the park are mostly concentrated near the entrance, with the interior and majority of shoreline left in its natural state.
This appears to be the same philosophy going into the next project planned at "The Island," which involves replacing the aged playground area with a modern, setting-appropriate play area.
The Presque Isle Park Advisory Committee has been working with U.P. Engineers & Architects since October to develop plans for the playground.
At 6 p.m. today, the committee and UPEA will be presenting those plans to the public at the Marquette Commons building on South Third Street.
Committee Chairman Bob Chapman said the panel's goal is to oversee development of a playground that will be accessible to all kids, regardless of physical ability.
In addition the committee worked hard to develop a playground that fits into the natural setting of the park. It will most likely be situated between the Island store and the MooseWood Nature Center building. Included will be parking improvements, gateways, fencing, seating and viewing areas and landscaping.
This evening's meeting is an opportunity for citizens to not only get a close look at the plans, but to offer comments on the project. This is the second and most likely last meeting on the project before the committee presents the plans to the city commission.
With the commission's OK, the committee can launch a fundraising campaign to make the roughly $300,000 project a reality.
With the project shifting out of the planning stages into the doing stage, we encourage all Marquette citizens with an interest in their wonderful park to attend today's meeting and offer advice.


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Room101 | Exposing Genocide in Darfur
Published on September 4, 2010
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Looking Back at Darfur. What happened, who was at the core of the violence and where do we go from here. Special Interview with Brian Steidle on Room101.
Brian Steidle, co-author of The Devil Came On Horseback, talks about his experiences in Western Sudan. Brain is a former U.S. Marine Captain and spent 6 months working for the African Union in Darfur as an observer. He took photos and wrote reports about the genocide taking place in front of his eyes. But no one seemed to care, so he took matters into his own hands. He left Sudan with the photos he had taken and headed back to the United States to raise the alarm. He joins G Living Host, Sarah Backhouse in our Room101. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos


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Nokia Corp. has finally showcased its first smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7 operating system. The phone looks like the recently announced MeeGo-based N9, but has a number of peculiarities.
Nothing particular is known about the first Nokia WP7-based device. But here is what we know: the code-named Sea Ray product looks like the N9, hence, it sports the same design and 854*480 resolution screen (something not confirmed, but something that is logical given the fact that WP does not seem to require high resolution). It is unknown what is inside and whether it sports ARM Cortex-A8-based Texas Instruments OMAP3630 or something from Qualcomm. There are differences: the LED flash is placed different on the backside of the product.
Based on the "screenshots" that were made public by Technet.hu web-site, the home screen of Nokia WP7 first-gen phone includes phone, messaging, e-mail, browser, Xbox live and two other features. This indicates clearly that Nokia did not customize its first WP smartphone to differentiate itself from other manufacturers.
It is noteworthy that the device shown by Stephen Elop, the chief executive officer of Nokia, was similar to Nokia N9, the current flagship of the company. Earlier rumours indicated that the company used Nokia X7 platform for development of its first Windows Phone-based device.
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Foster kids don't have to go it alone after 18
In the state's eye, they are legal adults, but most need help to learn how to live independently.
By KIT INGALLS
Published April 12, 2007
On their 18th birthdays, foster children are on their own, the law says.
Kids who were abused, neglected or abandoned, who are sent to foster homes, often end up on welfare rolls or homeless after they reach legal adulthood.
"One little girl I saw recently, she's been in 20-something foster homes in 13 years," says Circuit Judge Linda Babb, who hears Pasco County dependency cases. "These kids move around so much that their stuff is literally in a Hefty bag."
But now, they no longer have to go it alone, thanks to a county program that prepares them to live independently.
"We want these teenagers to know where they're going to be living the day after their 18th birthday, the hour after their 18th birthday," says Wanda Davis, who shepherds the teen independent living transitions program in Pasco County.
"They need to have some idea of what they're going to be doing. We don't want them to go from the dependency system (foster care) to homelessness."
Davis is an attorney for the guardian ad litem program, which provides volunteer advocates to speak for abused and neglected children in dependency proceedings. She also serves as volunteer guardian ad litem for 72 teenagers.
By statute, the Florida Legislature mandates independent living transition services for foster teens. In July, the guardian ad litem program began providing the services in the 6th Judicial Circuit, which includes Pasco and Pinellas counties.
The guardian ad litem program works with Safe Children Coalition, which oversees foster care in the two counties through a contract with the state's Department of Children and Families.
The transition program starts tracking the kids when they turn 13 and assesses them again at age 14.
The guardian ad litems ask the kids what they want to do when they grow up.
"If they say that they want to go to culinary school, are they taking the prerequisites for getting into culinary school?" Davis said. "Have they visited some of the culinary schools? We want to make sure that they get those field trips."
The children receive training in life skills, Davis said. They are taught how to pay bills and maintain checking accounts. They learn shopping, nutrition and cooking skills, hygiene and housecleaning skills, and parenting skills.
"They need to know where they're headed in life," she emphasized. "Do they want to go into the military? Do they want to go to vocational school? To a two-year college, or a four-year college? How do they get there?"
That support might take the form scholarships or college tuition waivers. It might be some type of transitional service or money available so they won't be homeless before they get their first jobs.
The volunteers make sure the kids have taken SATs, applied to college or signed up for a dorm.
"There are just a whole host of things that they're going to have to deal (with) when they turn 18. That's what we're trying to prepare them for.
"We want to make sure that they know about the support system that's going to be out there for them, not only before they turn 18, but also after they turn 18," Davis said.
Fast Facts:
To help
To volunteer for the Pasco County guardian ad litem program or its transition program for teens, call Jodi Bixler at (352) 521-5178 or (727) 834-3493.


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Our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a project designed to improve student learning over a five-year period. After input from faculty, staff, students, and the community, the area we decided to address is reading. The name of our initiative is Read for LIFE (Learning, Information, Fulfillment, Entertainment).
The QEP is part of our SACS re-accreditation process. In that process we demonstrate that our standards and actions comply with principles held in common with other accredited institutions in our region. That's the compliance part. We also rally around a student learning initiative that we believe in and work on together. That's the QEP.
We all are. Our topic emerged from ideas generated in a college-wide meeting. Our QEP's name and logo were chosen during college-wide contests. Our strategies evolved from a college-wide suggestion process.
BCTC faculty, staff, and students have expressed their views on reading in surveys and in open sessions. We've also contacted and consulted with members of our various boards - Board of Directors, Foundation Board, Alumni Board, and advisory committees.
Everyone! Students will benefit most, of course, because stronger reading skills will help them succeed now and over their lifetimes. But faculty and staff will benefit, too, as we improve how we teach and interact with students. We'll measure the impact of what we do and adjust further as we understand more. But since we'll be learning as well, through our own research and through our own professional development, everyone stands to gain.
Read for Life: Goals and Strategies


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- Double Anodized Spool and Handle
- Disengaging Levelwind System
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About This Reel
The professional's choice - the Shimano Chronarch 200E Series Casting Reel has been redesigned to deliver a whole new, yet strangely familiar, level of high performance. Built around the popular Curado E platform, it is easily palmable for comfortable, versatile functioning, and it's lightweight aluminum frame and graphite sideplates also provide a lightweight, rigid base of operations. Incredibly smooth as well thanks to its seven bearing system, composed of five shielded stainless steel bearings, one S A-RB bearing and one A-RB roller clutch bearing (6+1), the Chronarch 200E's HEG: High Efficiency Gearing also delivers the cranking power anglers need to tame the biggest bass. Big paddle grips and a sturdy handle also help facilitate incredible power and torque. Whether you flipping into tight cover or launching topwaters a country mile, the Chronarch 200E's VBS: Variable Brake System delivers complete cast control for a variety of applications and fishing conditions. Delivering the aggressive features and performance serious tournament anglers need, the Shimano Chronarch 200E Casting Reel is also available in a range of gear ratio for all your fishing needs.
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Customer Feedback
Comments: Love this reel! It is very comfortable, casts great & is buttery smooth. I would take this reel over the newer curado I any day.
From: Tim: MN 8/12/15
Comments: Probably the best reel I've used lately and am looking into to another one as my backup. Has great sensitivity and can cast a mile w/ a light jighead. Has great drag system and everything.
From: Benito: TX 11/21/14
Comments: I have owned my chronarch 200e7 for a few months now and love it. It is the smoothest most solid feeling reel I own. I have it paired up on a Denali jadewood 7' 6" xheavy and I love it. I have caught hundreds of bass and a handful of pike on it and other than a few paint scratches it's brand new. I love the power grips for. Fishin baits in cover. They allow. You to be able to get a good grip. In the handles for getting fish out of cover. 5 out of 5 all the way on this reel good job shimano. A must have
From: Leo: Burlington, VT 8/31/14
Comments: This is going to be my second full season with this reel, and let me tell you, it's fantastic! It's the smoothest reel I've ever experienced. One thing that jumped out at me is how rugged it is. I've dropped in water and in sand countless times, and all I have to do is take the spool out and clean it out and it's good as new. An amazing reel, more than worth the price!
From: Casey: Hope, RI 6/26/14
Comments: Freakin awesome reel. Seriously the smoothest reel ever. The first time I threw it I was wasting a jig to a tree and threw it way past the tree that's how far it casts. Buy. This. Reel.
From: George: SC 6/24/14
Comments: Unbelievable! Ive caught some big bass with this, drag is great! And the power nobs i have fallen in love with, noting else competes, well worth the money.
From: Blake: Camarillo, CA 5/30/14
Comments: Ive got one for you. Just purchased two of the E6's with tax return. Spooled the reels with 15lb P-line, checked the brakes, it had two out, checked tension. Tied on a 3/32 bullet weight, 2/0 gammy and 6" Zoom lizard and checked tension again and started pitching the lizard 20', easily - with no effort. Cant wait to pitch those 3/8 and 1/2 jigs. Should improve accuracy with less effort. Worth every penny, but I love all my Shimanos any way.
From: Mick: PA 5/2/14
Comments: I have been using the Chronarch 200e for 2 years now. Just like any other reel if you dont clean, oil, and grease the reel it's not going to be smooth. The best thing about the 200e is that its simple and easy to clean and maintain(you can find videos online that show you how). I have curado 200e's that are over 4 years old that still perform like they are brand new(even though they dont look like it). My chronarch 200e's are 2 years old and still perform like they are brand new. The reason why is because I take care of them which means cleaning, oil, and grease on a regular basis especially if your fishing 3-4 days a week like me. This reel is a powerful workhouse and a excellent caster that will last a long time if you treat her right.
From: Erik: MA 3/9/14
Comments: I used this reel for 4 months and finally ended up returning it to the store i bought it at. not a $200 reel by a long shot. I had multiple quality control problems with the one i bought. many things wore out and or had to be repaired in 4 months. not what you want out of a $200 reel
From: Slade: Bat Country 2/27/14
Comments: I was excited about this reel, but after used it for a couple club tournaments I wasn't impressed. It wasn't smooth at all. It had a lot of power just for the money it wasn't worth $200 dollars.
From: Dustin: Moss Point, MS
Comments: i got it for christmas and its pretty good, its not the lightest reel...BUT! the amount of power you feel with this reel is ridiculous. i also got the curado for christams aswell and i got 40lb braid, ive been rippin 6 pounders out of the thickest weeds and slop there is. other reels dont give you that powerful feel you need for fishing heavy cover. i will take the heavier reel with more power anyday, and thats just my opinion, alot of people might not agree but thats how i feel about this reel
From: Evan: USA
Comments: man am I glad that I spent the extra 40 dollars for this reel instead of getting another Curado because the curado is a piece of crap compared to the chronarch... this thing is smooth, casts a half oz rattle trap on a kvd crankin rod 63 yards if u want a quality reel get this reel
From: Kyle: fennville, michigan, united states
Comments: It's an ok reel. It's done the job cathcing monster largemouth, and pulled them out of the slop with no problem. But to be honest Iv'e used other reels that were 40-50 dollars cheaper that worked just as well. I personally prefer the curado to these, but they are a good real
From: Jack: Milford, CT
Comments: After being talked into buying the Chronarch over another Curado G, I was hesitant at first. i was super impressed with my G's, but didn't want to drop the extra 40 bucks on a Chronarch. After I bought it and ran some miles on it, all I can say is wow! What was I thinking not getting one of these. Super smooth, very well built and blows anything else I have ever had out of the water. Since my 200E7 first purchase, I have picked up an E5 and a 50E. I will be a Chronarch man for life
From: Richard: Edmond, OK
Comments: Just purchased two new Shimano's last month I got both the chronarch 200E7 and the curado 200G6 at the same time and I must say I have been missing out! The chronarch is an amazing reel super smooth and it cast a mile! I am going to be selling my EXO and Smoke hopefully in the next few weeks to pick up two more of these and complete my arsenal. Theres a reason Shimano is still on top they make a quality product ... yeah the reel might not be the lightest on the market but at least I know it's made with QUALITY components not cheap plastic like Abu's are. My EXO sounds like an old coffee grinder compared to this reel and the EXO is significantly more expensive. I will be fishing strictly with Shimano for now on!!!
From: CJ: PA
Comments: I bought the Chronarch as my first baitcaster 9 months ago and I wish I hadn't because now I'm spoiled. I recently bought a Citica as a second baitcaster and had to return it to buy another Chronarch. This thing is solid. If you're worried about the price don't even think twice about the Chronarch, just get it. You will not be disappointed.
From: Daniel: San Diego, CA
Comments: All i can say when i cast this reel is WOW!! really WOW!!!! I never owned a Shimano before but got one as a bday gift. Took it out during yesterdays tournament and tied on a KVD 1.5, turned on 3 of the brakes on the reel and adjusted spool tension and just bearly flicked my wrist to cast under a branch. This thing casted that thing like a bat out of hell! And the smoothness!!!! I was smiling the whole time! This reel is CRAZY SUPER smooth and quiet!! I must buy atleast 2 more!! Might be a Shimano guy after this.
From: Jacob: Waco, TX
Comments: bought this reel because a few of my friends bought them and i tried it and loved it. put it on the new quatum smoke micro guide rod and absolutely love that set-up! casts 1/2 oz jigs a mile and weightless senkos a mile jsut gotta tune it right and got me a 5 1/2 pounder with it.. just tune it and keep it lubed properly and she will last longer then you will...
From: Dustin: Spokane,Wa
Comments: I recently sold all my old Shimano Curado CU-200's and Chronarch 100A's to put towards upgrading to newer reels. All my old Shimano reels were upwards of 12-15 years old, had limited work and service done to them and performed like solid tanks. I now have 4 of the Shimano Chronarch 200E's (2 E7's / 1 E6 / 1 E5) and will get more as I get more technique specific rods as the quality is superb. You can complain all you want about these not living up to the Chronarch name and being a knock off Curado 200E. Reality is that these reels are rock solid that will last you for years. They are hands down the most simple baitcasting reels on the market. Out of the box, pop two brake caps out, adjust the tension knob, dial in your drag and you are ready. After you fish with these reels over and over, each cast is like a yo - yo on a string, deadly accurate and rarely backlash (unleash your brakes aren't set). For $200 this is the best value you can get in a baitcasting reel. They are awesome!
From: Blake: Scottsdale, AZ
Comments: This reel is amazing,it is impossible to get backlash with and casts a mile!I highly suggest this reel.
From: Tony
Comments: I have tried just about every single reel out there, s*** you not, from Black Max to a Steez and am now an avid Shimano user and like to consider myself a loyal customer. Hope to one day be sponsored by them, but that is neither here nor there. All I want to say is if you don't have the money to shell out on one of the Core models, stick to the Chronarchs! They're crazy affordable and have a quality about them that is way above it's price tag. That is my 2 cents. P.S. there's a reason Shimano has sold so many of these, just look at all the comments...whether good or bad these reels have a lot of attention behind them(pick one up!).
From: Mike: GA
Comments: Yeah these reels are not known for there lightness but that extra weight comes from QUALITY components. Which can't be said for reels such as..ehhmmm...the gen 3 Revos, when all you pay for is a light frame and literally paper cheap materials. This reel holds tons of line, pull there own weight(and then some), lasts for a very long time and still cast like a dream.
Comments: This is the best reel on the market for two hundred dollars and better than some that are even more expensive. This think can cast lures a country mile and ia butter smooth on top of that. Easy adjusting cast control and maintnence. For all of you who think that this is just a white and black curado you are wrong it has better Components in it and will cast twice as far. just save yourself a hassle and buy it you woll be in love the first time you spool it up and cast it
From: Riley: KY
Comments: I haven't got one of these yet but plan on getting a 5:5:1 on a Duckett Micro Magic 7'6" cranking rod.I have a Abu Garcia SX 7:1:1 and its INCREDIBLE. It's EXTREMELY smooth and I can cast it a mile.One of my friends has a Lew's Laser MG I think is the name of it and its like my SX,casts a mile and is very smooth. This reel is beautiful and why does it matter if its just an upgraded paint job on the Curado.I don't know or care about how other people think about it but I will pay the extra 20 dollars just because I think its more beautiful. I love the white & black on the Chronarch and hate the dark green on the Curados. According to everyone else's reviews,its a very smooth reel and casts a very long distance.It doesn't matter what reel its upgraded from or anything else,nothing is gonna stop me from wanting or purchasing this beautiful reel.
From: Austin: Bishopville,SC,USA
Comments: i have two of these reels love them both. But one i just recently purchased the spool wiggles when i cast and my first one hase a tick in it any sugjestions on what to do??
From: Zach: Chandler, AZ
Comments: Just got this reel. After inspecting it, this reel is exactly what I expected. Another outstanding product from Shimano. Nice drag, super smooth, looks awesome! Overall, great reel thats above and beyond expectations. Great job Shimano. Can't wait to see what's next.
From: Mike: IL
Comments: Had this reel for several months now, and it is a quality reel that casts great and has an amazingly smooth retrieve. The only bad thing I can say about it, is that it started making this high pitched chirping sound when I did a fast retrieve or just when I was reeling in general, it almost sounds like a constant cricket's chirps, if anyone has this problem just drop a couple drops of lube in the exposed teeth that are at the top of the reel and it will eliminate the problem. Other than that, aces!
From: GeorgiaBassin'
Comments:i love this real ive had it two days and have caught 20 bass on it.. it is worth the money big time
From: Tyler: FL
Comments: Really like this reel, i got the 6.5:1 ratio and it works great it's my all around reel and it's by far the smoothest outta the box and power is excellent! Will be upgradeing to all Chronarchs!
From: Adam: Clayton, NC
Comments: Best way to go. Love my 200e7. I couldnt afford the Curado 200e7 when it was on sale. Buy I got my Chronarch 200e7 which is pretty much the same reel. This Chronarch hands down best reel.
From: Sugar: MS
Comments: Killer reel. These Shimano's are just so great. Saltwater and freshwater use and abuse. I love this 2 tone color than the old curado e. You could ever go wrong with this reel.
From: Andy: ATX
Comments: My 200e7 is best all around reel for me. I use it with almost everything in my tackle box. And this reel has power and smooth drag. Casting mono and braid a country mile. Pulling fish out of any cover you name. Awesome reel for my first Shimano.
From: Brad: NC
Comments: Sweet sweet reels all I have to say. I own E5,E6, and E7. Its all I need for Bassin'.
From: Carl: OKC
Comments: I have a 201e7 and a 201e5. Amazing reels! Both reel extremely smooth and cast a mile. I plan on adding several more of these to my reel arsenal! Would recommend these to any series angler.
From: Doug: Lake Wylie, SC
Comments: Great so far! No complaints!
From: Jett: TX
Comments: i know these are repainted curados but i have a couple of each and they are both awesome shimano has made quality stuff and that is why they have a great reputation no one should be shying away from this awesome reel
From: Nic: IL
Comments: This reel is a great reel I just bought two this year! Would definitely recommend this product! I could have bought them locally, but tackle warehouse has the best customer service !
From: Peter: Acushnet: MA
Comments: same as curado bought a new curado to see the difference perform the same the curado has more features and the chronarch has more graphite but feels more refine and well put together but at $170 its ok I hope they would use the body of the core like the D ver. and metal side covers but well see in 2-3 year
From: Yen Yang: Fresno, CA
Comments: I don't know what these other clowns are talking about. I bought this reel and there is a noticeable difference between the curado E series. This is a much better reel and I love em so much I'm getting one in every speed. I'm replacing my curado 201e7's with these. Well worth the $. Great Job Shimano!!!
From: Ski: Windham, NH
Comments: I own a few Curado 201E7 and now this reel. Beyond all the other tiny differences, the chromarch does not have the "click" on the free spool. That was one of my favorite Curado features! Plus $30 rebate until the April 22nd.
From: Tom: Houston, TX
Comments: This reel is awesome!!!!!!! it cast very easily, its very light, drag is extremely smooth, its completely silent. If you have to 200$, get one of these reels
From: Gussy: Dallas, TX
Comments: I purchased a 201e7 last week, paired it with the 610 mh xf compre (spinner bait) and some 20lb power pro tied on a 1/2oz spinner bait and headed out on the water. I positioned my boat at the mouth of a small bay where I was able to throw my 1/2oz jerk bait almost to shore on a comparable set up. On my first cast with my new set up I had to stop the spool, b/c if I hadn't my bait would have been 40ft up on the shore. I couldn't believe how long this reel could cast, and on top of that it is extremely smooth. Just b/c this reel is similar to last years curado doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a chance. I am certainly glad I did.
From: Stephen: Ontario, Canada
Comments: I have 16 of these reels, they are better than the older model green Curados from the last couple years and 10x better than the new Curados and Citicas. Everyone who says they are crap, you are crap. You obviously don't know much about quality reels and good engineering.
From: Paul: Raleigh, NC
Comments: shimano pulled the wool over the anglers eyes with this reel,yes its a nice quality reel but they changed the color of a curado added a different name and jacked up the price...way to go for thinking outside the box and for innovation shimano,save your hard earned cash and just get the new citica or curado.
From: Sam: USA
Comments: Anybody crying saying "Oh it's just a curado 200 G" and "This reel feels cheap" you don't know quality when you see it. Don't listen to the negative crap, this reel casts super far, dosen't backlash, and will last forever, it's a shimano!! For those of you who are crying, go to wal-mart, buy you a spider-man fishing combo, and go fish in a mud puddle!!! Leave the big bass for us shimano guys!!!
From: Mrbond007: East Lansing, MI
Comments: This reel is amazing. Just like the Curado 200E.. Smooth and cast the best and dam far.. Its perfect
From: Sonny: East Wareham, MA
Comments: If you love the Curado 200E7 or 201E7 you will love this the same.. These reels are better in my opionoin than the Curado - G Series.. I love the Curado 201E7 for frogging and jigging.. So it was only right to grab a Chronarch 201E7
From: Sonny: East Wareham, MA
Comments: i think this reel is the way to go, it never gets back lash cast a mile with any bate and very smooth,its deff worth the money, i love it more than any thing i had, i had a smoke and it was marvelous at first but quantums are just really sensitive and not tuff, shimano is the way to go, deff recommend this reel more than anything
From: Daniel
Comments: This was my first Chronarch purchase, I've had half a dozen Curados. This doesn't even feel as nice as the CU200E series. Highly disappointed in Shimano for the new line of reels. Seems like they focused on Rods for 2012, not their reels
From: Alex: CA
Comments: Just got one of the chronarch 200e7 reels. I plan on river striper fishing with it, burning a swimbait with it. I loaded it up with some 30 lb. power pro braid and so far so good. Casts pretty far and is super smooth-was a quantum guy, now it looks like shimano is my new brand to roll with!
From: Eric: Lexington, SC
Comments: Shimano went backwards with this new line up not impressed at all. Once all my other Shimano reels are done in I will be switching over to Lews. I picked up a Lews reel and love it but these new Shimanos are junk compared to their old line up they had not sure what Shimano was thinking here.
From: Lance: Livingston, TX
Comments: First test out in the water and caught two slot reds and a keeper flounder. I use to own a curado E7 and its similar to looks but not in performance. This reel cast at least 10-15' more than the curado E7. I don't mind paying a extra $20 bucks. Matches real well with my castaway ML 6' 9" skeleton.
From: Oscar: Lake Jackson, TX
Comments: Definitely a step up from my Curado 201 e7. It's exceptionally smooth with a nice drag system and a sleak new look. It casts far and skips a jig great, and I'm fishing with 20 pound flourocarbon. It's a great reel for the money. I went out December 2nd and caught 2 fall/winter transition bass and it handled them well, even the fight was smooth. You can't beat a Shimano. It's a awesome reel.
From: Justin: New Jersey
Comments: Great reel even if it is a rebadged curado.Handled 3 lb fish with no problem.Good looking reel .I use it with the Kistler LS Z-BONE with 14lb Sunline FC sniper
From: Tony: West Chester, PA
Comments: I like the the 6:5:1 gear ratio, I like this reel alot, it's a shimano after all, and I'm a die hard shimano guy, but like everybody else is saying, it's kind of shady they tweeked it a little from the curado and call it a chronarch!, But all in all this is a cool reel!!
From: Mrbond007: East Lansing, MI
Comments: I just received my new chronarch 200e that I ordered without checking the reviews And found that it seams to be a down grade from the curado 200e I just got on sale for $60 less. My curado has a metal star drag and spool tention cap but the chronarch is plastic. Guss i have to swich to Quantum or pay the money for a Core now that chronarch is a lower end shimano reel. Also Read the boxs, the discriptions are exactly the same on the chronarch and curado E series. Same box different name!
From: Jerome: Tempe, AZ
Comments: Just got back from fishing it (201E5) out of the box with a Dobyns Crankbait Rod. All I can say is that it is much better then the junky ABU STX that I thankfully got rid of. This reel is smooth, casts a great distance and when I did decide to let the brakes all that way off the backlash was extremely minor. I am not a pro and have not touched the $300 and beyond reels but this is the best one I have ever fished. I know it is "the old Curado with a new paint job" but that was a great reel and so is this one. Thanks Tacklewarehouse.
From: Dennis: Harriman, NY
Comments: wow!! shimano went out of its way to produce this chronarch series, NOT! this is simply a curado E7 with a facelift and added price of 20 bucks. Good reel none the less but so was curado E7. As far as casting further, i cant tell it. I have 20 curado E7s and 3 chronarch E7 and they are exactly the same reel. the new curado G is not made in japan but mylasia and its missing 2 extra ball bearings ARB bearings as well, I guess now if you want a true curado you now have to buy a chronarch. Still a great reel though.
From: D.M. Toledo Bend, LA
Comments: I agree with you terry..the new chronarch is basically a curado and the new curado is a citica.
From: Chris: CA
Comments: I'm a 20 year Die-hard Shimano guy. I bought my first Chronarch 18 years ago for $200. I sold it on ebay last summer for $150. Smooth as silk, never serviced, and never so much as a drag washer was ever replaced. promise you that won't happen with this line of Chronarchs. I am DISGUSTED with Shimano for taking a Aston Martin and turning it into Chrysler 300. The Curado 200E is a great reel for the money, but it being worthy of donning the Chronarch name is insulting. Shame on you Shimano, such an awesome looking reel. Too bad I'll never own one.
From: Phillip: Meridian, MS
Comments: I also contacted Shimano and they admitted it's basically a Curado 200E, even built on the same tooling. Lots of on-line stores are selling the Curado 200E for under $140.00 w/ free shipping, I say save the $60.00 and get the Curado 200E while they're available. By the way the new Curado 200G has 2 less ball bearings thn the 200E and the drag knob is now plastic...
From: Terry: Houston, TX
Comments: Not a TRUE Chonarch. This basically the Curado 200E with added gear ratios. I checked with Shimano on this and they confirmed. Don't expect the quality and smoothness like the Chronarch 100D had, it's simply not there. You'll also note that they cheapened the Curado this year as well with the 200G. If want quality and smoothness like the Curado 200E had then the Chronarch 200E is your reel.
From: Chase: Moberly, MO
Comments: I have no complaints with the reel and of course I am happy with it, its Shimano. But the reel is exactly the same as the Curado, which is cheaper. Next one I buy will be another Curado.
From: Steve: Chesapeke, VA
Comments: I work at a tackle store, and we have these reels in already. They aren't nearly as good as the previous 100D series , which is sad, because that series was amazing, instead they dropped down to an upgraded Curado. Sad to see...
From: Ontario, Canada
Comments: This reel has the same specs as the Curado 200E, only difference is .2oz's.
From: Tanner: Hurst, TX
Comments: Checked these out already at the local tackle store, they are okay for the price point, but the 100D is a lot better looking and feels a lot better to me than this new model, would buy one if shimano made a 300 size model for swimbaits, but other than that ill just wait.
From: Kevin: So Cal
Comments: Very similar to the Shimano Curado 200E models, I like it. I have only used it once so far(just got it) It handled a 4 pounder with ease. It casts a LITTLE further than a Curado from what I have seen... It seems to have more drag power and looks beast. I use Shimano ONLY.
From: Ian: Longview, TX
Comments: UNREAL, I can cast farther than before and it is TOUGH. Should be sold for 400$ THANKS SHIMANO! Abu who?
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Kwik Goal Soccer Clipboard
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Keep plays and documents close at hand with the Kwik Goal® Soccer Coaches Clipboard. This 8-1/2" wide by 16" long soccer clipboard serves as a great visual aid for coaches working with individual players on the sidelines or the team during half time. A diagram of the field and dry erase surface allow you to easily draw up plays on the fly. Kwik Goal® offers a lifetime manufacturer's warranty.
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Making a Difference: Advising the President of the Philippines
This is the fourth post in a series titled "Making A Difference" where we highlight a different voice each week. See our full list here.
Not a day goes by that I don't wake up and think, "What am I going to face today? What kind of issue will it be: fish kill, pollution from industry, or destruction from a typhoon?"
As the general manager of the Laguna Lake Development Authority, I am responsible for managing and protecting the environment of one of the most densely populated areas on earth, the home of 25 million people, in the heart of the Philippines. I also serve as the environmental adviser to the president of the Philippines, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world.
The Philippines' development path has been heavily unsustainable. Over-extraction and over-consumption of the country's natural resources have made us more vulnerable to climate change-related calamities. Today the country is an ecological debtor—our nation's citizens demand more ecological resources and services than our ecosystems can regenerate.
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2014: Year in Review
As we are greeting the New Year, we want to take a moment to pause, thank our generous supporters and celebrate what we accomplished over the past 12 months. Here are the highlights.
A major milestone for us was the launch, last June in London, of Phase II of ERISC with our partners in the finance industry. Environmental Risk Integration in Sovereign Credit, a research project that seeks to quantify how environmental risk can impact the balance sheet of nations, is a joint program with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. We are grateful to participating institutions Caisse des Dépôts, the European Investment Bank, First State Investments, HSBC, Kempen Capital Management, KfW and Standard & Poor's, who embarked on that journey with us. We are looking forward to announcing first research results and findings in 2015.
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Footprint Conversations Around the World
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Latest Ecological Footprint methodology paper accepted for publication in Ecological Indicators
Every year, Global Footprint Network continues to improve the methodology for calculating the Ecological Footprint. The most recent Calculation Method paper has been accepted for publication in the journal Ecological Indicators: Integrating Sciences for Monitoring, Assessment and Management.
The paper documents the latest method for estimating the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity of nations, using the National Footprint Accounts (NFA) applied to more than 200 countries and for the world overall. Results are also compared with those obtained from previous editions of the NFA. According to the 2011 Edition of the National Footprint Accounts, humanity demanded the resources and services of 1.5 planets in 2008; this human demand was 0.7 planets in 1961.
Each new edition of the National Footprint Accounts supports the conclusion that we are in global ecological overshoot, where total demand for ecological goods and services exceed the available supply and regenerative capacity, while also causing carbon waste accumulation.
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Competitiveness 2.0: A Q&A with Robert Rapier
Energy expert Robert Rapier, the Chief Technology Officer at Merica International, writes and speaks about issues involving energy and the environment. Merica , a privately held energy company, is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations.
In this second of a two-part series on Competitiveness 2.0, one of Global Footprint Network's strategic programs, the Consumer Energy Report columnist and author of "Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil" explains below how energy constraints are becoming so central to a nation's competitiveness.
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Astronaut Launches Living Planet Report 2012
Humanity is now using nature's services 52 percent faster than what Earth can renew, according to Global Footprint Network's latest data, published in the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report. The biennial report, produced by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and the Zoological Society of London, was launched today by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the International Space Station.
Released just weeks before world leaders come together in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the report shows rising competition among countries for resources and land use.
"We've entered the era of the global auction," said Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., "where nations are now forced to compete fiercely for more expensive and less abundant resources. It's in their own self-interest to preserve and restore the natural assets they have within their borders and avoid ecological deficit spending. In a resource constrained world, such spending will become an ever more challenging economic burden."
Figure 1: Pathways into the future. How long can ecological overshoot be sustained? What are the cost and benefit of each path? Using more than Earth can renew is only possible temporarily – while there are sufficient assets to be liquidated and waste sinks to be filled up. Eventually, overshoot will be eliminated – the question is whether it is eliminated by design or by disaster.
The new figures released for humanity's Ecological Footprint and biocapacity (Earth's capacity to regenerate resources) show that now, more than ever, countries must manage natural capital as part of their strategy to secure ecological, economic and social success. This holds also true when deploying development strategies that aim at producing lasting progress, for instance for efforts to eliminate hunger and alleviate poverty.
As population and consumption increases, the pressure on the planet continues to grow. Global Footprint Network calculations show that in the past five decades, humanity's Ecological Footprint has more than doubled. In 2008, the most recent year for which data are available, humanity used the equivalent of slightly more than 1.5 planets to support its activities. In other words, nearly 40 years after Earth went into ecological overshoot, it now takes more than a year and six months for Earth to absorb the CO2 emissions and regenerate the renewable resources that people use in one year.
While humanity's cropland and fishing Footprints have increased, carbon continues to be the largest driver behind humanity's ecological overshoot. Carbon now accounts for more than half the global Ecological Footprint, at 54 percent. Land used for food production is another major factor in humanity's increasing Footprint.
While carbon is a major challenge, it must not be addressed in isolation. Moving from fossil fuel due to climate concerns to alternative sources will reduce the carbon portion of the Footprint, but may also significantly increase pressure on other ecosystems. The lack of biocapacity to accommodate the carbon Footprint also indicates that there may not be sufficient biomass available to substitute the current level of fossil fuel use, should that become necessary.
Though the numbers are stark, countries can still reverse trends. Using a Global Footprint Network Scenario Calculator, the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report offers potential outcomes based on different choices related to resource consumption, demographic trends, land use and productivity.
Comparing the Ecological Footprint of Countries
Examining the Ecological Footprint at the per-person level shows that people living in different countries vary greatly in their demand on Earth's ecosystems. For example, if everyone in the world lived like the average resident of Qatar, which presently has the world's highest per capita Footprint, we would need the equivalent of 6.5 planets to regenerate our resources and absorb the CO2 emissions. If everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4 planets.
A few countries are now on the verge of turning from ecological creditors to ecological debtors, including Indonesia, Senegal and Ecuador.
Countries that maintain high levels of resource dependence are putting their own economies at risk," Wackernagel said. "These countries will expose themselves dangerously to the global auction. But those countries that are able to work within both their financial and their ecological budget will not only serve the global interest, they will have the most resilient economies in a resource-constrained world. If our goal is to make progress last and secure well-being for all, then we can no longer afford to ignore biocapacity deficits in the new era of resource constraints."
You can download the latest results here, or check out your country's trend on our website, as in the case for Switzerland (Click here to see your country's Ecological Footprint.)
The top 10 countries with the largest Ecological Footprint per person are Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and Ireland. Countries on the other end of the spectrum such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh have per capita Footprints that, in many cases, are too small to provide for basic needs. These countries may well need to increase their access to resources if they are to bring large segments of the population out of poverty.
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Analysis of biocapacity also reveals vast differences between countries. More than 60 percent of the world's biocapacity is found within the borders of just 10 countries: Brazil, China, the United States, Russia, India, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Argentina and Congo. Biocapacity per person, calculated by dividing national biocapacity by a country's population, is also not equivalent around the world. In 2008, the country with the highest biocapacity per person in this report was Gabon, followed in decreasing order by Bolivia, Mongolia, Canada and Australia. With pressure on ecological resources escalating, access to biocapacity will be increasingly important to countries' competitiveness and to their ability to provide a good quality of life for their citizens.
"For lasting competitiveness, countries need a break with the past," said Wackernagel. "The good news is that addressing resource risks can open up economic opportunities and advance social equity. The solutions lay in better understanding the choices before us. For this, governments need the knowledge and tools to manage their ecological assets as well as their resource demand."
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As Global Footprint Network approaches its 10th anniversary, we remain committed to reversing these trends by working with governments and maintaining and improving our National Footprint Accounts, the gold standard for measuring key aspects of a country's ecological wealth and vulnerabilities. You can be part of this global effort by promoting our work, becoming a partner or giving a donation.
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UNEP FI Project Launch Follow Up
The joint project between the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Global Footprint Network to assess the financial materiality of ecological risk was launched at the UN Foundation in Washington DC on 17 October 2011. Opening remarks from Paul Clements-Hunt (Head of UNEP FI) and Susan Burns (Senior Vice President of Global Footprint Network) showed a clear commitment from both organisations to this potentially ground breaking project. Richard Burrett, of Earth Capital Partners, also gave an inspiring presentation detailing not only the importance of this project but also how investors currently perceive the financial relevance of natural resources.
It is clear that the tightening constraints on resources and their potential impacts on national economies are not included within current financial analysis. Yet such factors are thought to have growing implications for the long-term credit risk of many government bonds, especially those with long-dated maturities.
A host of financial institutions were in attendance at the launch and participated in a stimulating discussion around the evidence base to show that ecological risks are becoming material for economies and how key ecological data can be linked to the financial and economic indicators. This project will endeavour to shine a light on such questions to explore the role of natural resource accounting in strengthening risk models for government bonds.
Global Footprint Network and UNEP FI would like to thank all those who participated in the launch event and invite any other institutions who are interested to join the project.
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Participate in the 2012 Ecological Footprint Standards
Global Footprint Network is the standard setting body for the only Ecological Footprint standards in the world. The Ecological Footprint standards set forth quality criteria for Ecological Footprint studies of sub-national populations, organizations, and products. The goal of the Ecological Footprint Standards is to build consensus among practitioners regarding Ecological Footprint methodology, transparency, and communications. This consensus is important because it helps to establish a forum or a common platform for understanding and communicating about natural resource constraints. To that end, the Ecological Footprint Standards are used as a way of maintaining the scientific credibility and accuracy of Ecological Footprint studies, the policy relevance, and the consistency and appropriateness with which the method is applied and findings communicated.
Global Footprint Network's Ecological Footprint Standards have been established through a committee-based process that incorporates input from our Partnership Network and Public Comment. The Global Footprint Network Standards Committee is starting the process to review and revise the Ecological Footprint Standards. Participation in the Committee and Procedures for the Committee are outlined in Global Footprint Network Committees Charter. The result of this process will be updates to the 2009 Ecological Footprint Standards to be released towards the end of 2012.
Improving comparability The original goal of the Ecological Footprint Standards is to increase the quality, reliability and consistency of Footprint assessments. As the Ecological Footprint is being adopted by a growing number of government agencies, organizations and communities as a measure of environmental performance, there is an even greater need for quality, consistency, and reliability. This review and revision process for the 2012 Ecological Footprint Standards is a way to maintain this goal of improving comparability.
In addition, as the Ecological Footprint methodology is applied in different circumstances by different practitioners, advances to the methodology and communications strategies are being made. Conducting a review and revision process every three years allows Global Footprint Network to stay on top of advances in Ecological Footprint science and application. By engaging with experts, our Partner Network, and public comment every three years, our Ecological Footprint Standards can allow for a dynamic process that encourages innovation and action.
Your feedback is welcome during the entire process! Before the revised Standards are finalized in 2012, there will be two 60-day Public Review periods, one in March – May 2012 and the second in July – September 2012. These are your opportunities to provide more input as the draft develops.
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Including Ecological Risk in Country's Credit Ratings
UNEP FI project seeks framework for assessing government bonds
Could an abundance of natural wealth be a factor in positively influencing a country's credit rating and the quality of its bonds? Could a resource-guzzling economy be cause for a downgrade?
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and leading financial institutions will endeavor to shine a light on these questions with a groundbreaking project to explore the role of natural resource accounting in strengthening risk models for government bonds. The project seeks to incorporate how much natural wealth countries have – and how much they spend – into assessments of long-term credit risk.
Tightening constraints on resources and their potential impacts on national economies have been largely absent from financial analysis. Yet such factors are thought to have growing implications for the long-term credit risk of many government bonds, especially those with long-dated maturities.
"The global financial crisis has taught us more than anything that some of the core risks that affect the value of debt securities and derivatives can simply run ahead of our ability to understand them," said Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of UNEP FI. "This is why we must deepen our understanding of the risks posed by climate change, water scarcity and the overuse of natural resources for securities. We should not be caught off-guard again. This project is one of the first that tries to quantitatively and systematically consider the linkages between the use of natural resources and its impact on a country's core economic indicators that in turn influence the quality of its bonds."
The bond project was launched yesterday at workshop at a side-event to the UNEP FI Global Roundtable, which is taking place in Washington D.C. this week. The Roundtable draws hundreds of leading financial experts along with high-level government officials seeking to address the link between financial stability and environmental sustainability.
The project has two aims: it will investigate the linkages between ecological risk and country-level risk in sovereign bonds, and develop a methodology to explore how credit rating agencies, investors and financial information providers can integrate ecological data into their respective models. In particular, the analysis will look at the risks to countries whose populations and/or industries require more resources than is domestically available and which are hence reliant on ecological services from abroad.
"As resource constraints tighten globally, countries that depend heavily on ecological services from other nations may find that their resource supply becomes insecure and unreliable. This has economic implications – in particular for countries that depend upon large amounts of ecological assets to power their key industries or to support their consumption patterns and lifestyles," said Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel. "Meanwhile, those countries with reserves of valuable natural capital may find themselves in an advantageous position."
The project will substantiate the business case for financial institutions and ratings agencies to include ecological criteria as a key component of financially material country credit risk analysis. Institutions will thus be enabled to work towards better inclusion of financially-material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in financial products and services.
Learn More Read the Investment & Pension Europe article: Forests into Fixed Income.
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Public Comment Period Open on New Footprint Standards
The Ecological Footprint Standards Committee is inviting public comment on its proposed 2009 Ecological Footprint Standards. The standards are designed to ensure that Ecological Footprint assessments are produced consistently and according to community-proposed best-practices. These new methodological standards focus on Ecological Footprint studies for organizations and products. They were created over the past six months by the Ecological Footprint Standards Committee and the Standards Working Group.
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A meeting of the Audit Committee was held via videoconference at the Authority's offices at 123 Main Street, White Plains, New York at approximately 10:25 a.m.
The following Members of the Audit Committee were present:
Also in attendance were:
John S. Dyson Trustee
Gil Quiniones Acting President and Chief Executive Officer
Judith McCarthy Acting General Counsel
Edward Welz Acting Chief Operating Officer
Donald Russak Acting Chief Financial Officer
Karen Delince Corporate Secretary
Brian McElroy Treasurer
Thomas Concadoro Vice President & Controller
Dennis Eccleston Chief Information Officer
Lorna Johnson Assistant Corporate Secretary
Sheila Baughman Senior Secretary, Corporate Secretary's Office
Ken Deon Managing Partner, KPMG
Chairman D. Patrick Curley welcomed Trustees Foster, Nicandri and Dyson and senior staff to the meeting.
Chairman Curly said that, after discussion with senior staff, in the future, agendas for the meetings will be provided to the committee in draft form prior to the meeting so that, based on any comments, adjustments can be made to the agendas before the meetings. By motion made and seconded the agenda for the meeting was approved.
The minutes of the Committee's Regular Meeting of March 14, 2011 were adopted.
Mr. Thomas Concadoro presented highlights of the Authority's financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2011. He said that the reports are consistent with the results presented by the Chief Financial Officer to the Board in July and are required to be filed annually with the Authority's banking institutions by September 30, 2011. The highlights are as follows:
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Cash Flows
In response to a question from Chairman Curley, Mr. Concadoro said that funds transferred to the State and to be repaid pursuant to the MOU are treated as long-term receivables on the Authority's balance sheet. Contributions, which are not repaid, are reflected as a reduction in net income. In response to further question from Chairman Curley, Mr. Concadoro said that, from a compliance standpoint, additional loans would need to be evaluated as to asset quality before putting them on the balance sheet as assets. Mr. Russak added that, from a business perspective, the Authority would not want to see balances build up to a level such that it would be impractical for it to be repaid.
Responding to another question from Chairman Curley, Mr. Concadoro said that the report was prepared internally by staff and that KPMG was not involved in the preparation but were provided a copy. In response to a question from Trustee Foster, Mr. Ken Deon, said KPMG read the report in conjunction with the recent bond offering and obtained explanations for significant variations compared to last year.
Mr. Lesly Pardo presented an overview of the 2011 Internal Audit Plan to the Board. He said that 36 audits have been scheduled for 2011. As of August 31, 2011, twenty audits have been completed, six audits are in progress and twelve are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Approximately 67% of the audits in the audit plan are completed or in progress. Sixteen audit reports with 32 recommendations to improve the Authority's internal controls were issued, all of which were accepted by management. He said that the Internal Audit staff continues to receive full cooperation and support during the audits.
Mr. Pardo continued that of the audit reports issued to date, Internal Audit staff did not identify any material control deficiencies, that is, any recommendation that is not implemented would have an adverse impact on the Authority's operations, financial condition or impair its reputation. Most of the recommendations were for improvements to strengthen the Authority's internal control system.
In response to a question from Chairman Curly, Mr. Pardo said that SAP means Systems, Applications, and Products, and is the application that supports the Authority's key financial systems e.g., general ledger, accounts payable, customer billings, and human resources.
In response to a question from Trustee Nicandri, Mr. Pardo said that he was satisfied with the level of cooperation from management who has been very supportive.
In response to a question from Trustee Foster, Mr. Pardo said the approval process for union employees was informal and it was recommended that the Authority improve this process by using staffing authorization forms that are currently used for salaried employees. With respect to the Power Contract process, it was recommended that the process be formalized to ensure that all required procedures are being followed.
Mr. Donald Russak suggested that the next Committee meeting be held November. Chairman Curley said he would put this suggestion in abeyance; in the meantime, he will ask that staff plan for the meeting as previously scheduled in October.
The next regular meeting of the Audit Committee will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, to commence at approximately 9:30 a.m., at the Clarence D. Rappleyea Building, White Plains, New York.
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Alberta A. Torrey
Alberta Ann Marie Kaufman Torrey, 70, a resident of Lily Dale, NY passed away unexpectedly on Sa-turday evening (July 6, 2013) after a brief hospitalization in Erie, Pa.
Born Sept. 29, 1942 in Buffalo, NY, she was a 1960 graduate of Bennett High School in Buffalo.
Alberta worked at Sport Service in Buffalo for 10 years. Upon moving to Lily Dale, she was employed by the Lily Dale Assembly for 20 years; Fellowship of Spirit, 10 years; and was an inspector for the Board of Elections for 10 years.
Alberta had been a member of Lily Dale Spiritual Church since 1971 and a lifetime member of the Lily Dale Assembly. She also served as past secretary and treasurer in 1976 of the Lily Dale Church. She was vice president of the fire auxiliary in 1977 and past chaplain in 1995 and 1996. She also served as trustee from 1999-2001. She also was an avid pinochle player for the last 30 years.
She leaves behind one daughter, Mary (Roger) Kaufman Torrey and their two sons, Brandon and Garrett of Cassadaga, NY; and one son, Albert Raymond (Louise) Torrey of Cahokia, Ill.
She is also survived by her brothers, Raymond Hesslinger of Angola, NY, and Robert Toy; sister-in- law Marcia of Raleigh, N.C.; cousin Joseph Murphy of Depew, NY; her cat Missy as well as many nieces and nephews.
Alberta was predeceased by her parents, Albert E. and Genevieve Murphy Hesslinger Toy; and her husband of almost 35 years, Rev. Raymond C. Torrey.
Funeral services were held at the convenience of the family. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Silver Creek. Arrangements were by the McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.