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Monaco Hickey has been announced as the preferred construction contractor for the redevelopment of our Ryrie Street office complex.
Monaco Hickey will work with us and our architects, GHD, over the coming months to refine the design and identify any potential cost savings.
Our planning permit has been approved by the City of Greater Geelong and construction is scheduled to begin in August.
Our architects have created new photo-realistic renders depicting the new office complex from the front (Ryrie Street) and rear (Aitchison Place).
The updated plan features a redesigned western infill, swept back at ground level to maximise the forecourt and mirror the reverse flying buttresses of the state government building on Little Malop Street to the north.
Up to 100 jobs are expected to be created during construction.
Bringing our corporate activities under one roof will boost efficiencies and productivity. We will save up to 45% on operational, maintenance and energy costs. We'll reap the benefits of reduced travel time and a connected, collaborative, modern workspace.
Alongside other exciting infrastructure projects like the new Geelong Library, we are looking forward to breathing new life into the city's cultural and business precincts.
Want to be the first to know about our exciting new developments? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We'll be using the hashtag #RyrieHQ.
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Do you prefer to pay your bills over the counter, in person?
Our Ryrie Street customer service centre is now closed for major building works, but you can pay your water bill (and most other bills) over the counter at any Australia Post Outlet.
Barwon Water's service region includes over 50 post offices, so there's bound to be one near you.
Australia Post post office locator
You can also pay your water bill over the phone, online, or by a Direct Debit payment arrangement.
Please pardon our progress — our customer service centre at 61 Ryrie Street, Geelong, will close from Monday 8 December 2014 for major building refurbishment works to begin.
Over the next three years, our head office will be transformed into a flexible, modern workplace, accommodating all our Geelong-based employees under one roof. In the meantime, our staff will temporarily relocate across several sites and our Ryrie Street service counter will close.
Infrastructure projects: Ryrie Street office refurbishment
Do you have an enquiry about your water supply or your water bill? Please call us on 1300 656 007. Speak to a real person from our Geelong-based call centre.
We offer several ways for you to pay your water bill, including:
If you would prefer to pay your account in person, over the counter, you can do so at any Australia Post outlet.
There are two post offices within a 7–8 minute walk from our Ryrie Street office:
There are more than 50 Australia Post outlets across Barwon Water's service region.
Australia Post: office locations and hours
Barwon Water's biosolids drying project has won the Sustainable Water Management category at the 2014 Banksia Sustainability Awards.
The award recognises "leadership and innovation in assuring continued environment and community access to quality freshwater resources and vibrant marine environments".
The biosolids drying facility, which is operated by Plenary Environment and Water Infrastructure Group as a public-private partnership, is located adjacent to the Black Rock water reclamation plant in Connewarrae. The facility converts biosolids — a by-product of the sewage treatment process — into nutrient-rich farm fertiliser.
The plant receives almost 140 tonnes of wet biosolids every day. Since it began operation in September 2012, the plant has slashed our annual greenhouse emissions associated with sewerage treatment by 30% and taken thousands of trucks off the road.
The Banksia Foundation is a well-established not-for-profit organisation dedicated to working with industry and community to focus attention on environmental excellence and sustainability.
Each year, as part of National Water Week celebrations, water utilities across Australia call for entries in the long-running poster competition.
This year, more than 360 posters were received from primary schools across our service region.
Last week the winners were announced and awarded. The winning posters were displayed at the Barwon Water pavilion at the Geelong Show and will feature this weekend at the Colac Show.
Congratulations to all the students who participated, and well done to the winners and runners up.
Ruby Bolton
Portarlington PS
Cate Kelly
St Therese PS
Bailee Rowarth
Elliminyt PS
Grade 1/2
Boris Katic
Herne Hill PS
Amber Cain
Birregurra PS
Chloe Zahl
Portarlington PS
Grade 3/4
Rosie Gittings
Birregurra PS
Leah Canavan
Meredith PS
Gabe Hanlon
Birregurra PS
Grade 5/6
Elvie Bayes
St Therese PS
Ella Johns
St Therese PS
Charlotte Morgan
St Therese PS
See the winning and runner-up posters on our Facebook page
Come and see the inner workings of Barwon Water's Ryrie Street head office as part of Open House Geelong this weekend.
Visitors can see the building's refurbishment plans, which will allow us to accommodate our Geelong-based workforce in one building.
The tour will also take in the boardroom, featuring ahuge hand-painted mural by renowned local artist and illustrator Robert Ingpen.
10 am — 3 pm,
Saturday 25 October 2014
Tours to run every 30 minutes
Barwon Water
61–67 Ryrie Street, Geelong
Barwon Water is one of 17 buildings open to the public for free as part of the Open House Geelong initiative.
The day allows the public to explore great contemporary, historic and sustainable buildings and spaces they would not normally be able to access.
We are looking for community members to join a community and agency group to discuss future uses of Painkalac Reservoir.
The reservoir will be taken out of service when Aireys Inlet and Fairhaven are connected to the greater Geelong supply system via a pipeline from Anglesea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in July next year.
We are looking for 8–10 representatives from a range of sectors including residents, businesses, community groups and environmental groups to join up to four Barwon Water members in an advisory group.
Painkalac Reservoir community and agency group members should:
Painkalac Reservoir community and agency group: terms of reference and expresssion of interest
We anticipate that the community and agency group will convene every second month until November 2015. We may need to meet more often, or extend the timings.
Expressions of interest are welcome until 5 pm, Friday 31 October 2014.
Barwon Water's Board of Directors yesterday approved the construction of a pipeline connecting the coastal towns of Aireys Inlet and Fairhaven to the Geelong water supply network via Anglesea.
The connection was chosen as the preferred option for replacing the existing 25-year-old water treatment plant, which has reached the end of its operational life. The alternative was a new treatment facility built next to the existing plant.
The Board considered a number of factors in making its decision, notably:
The 11-kilometre pipeline from Harvey Street, Anglesea, to Aireys Inlet will cost $6.6 million, $2.7 million less than a new treatment plant. It will source water from the West Barwon catchment via the Wurdee Boluc Reservoir which also supplies greater Geelong.
Currently, Aireys Inlet and Fairhaven are supplied solely by the Painkalac Reservoir, which will be taken out of service but maintained for fire fighting purposes and ensuring continued environmental flows into Painkalac Creek.
Aireys Inlet water supply upgrade: Q&A on Board decison 21 August 2014 (PDF 35 KB)
Media release issued 22 August 2014: Pipeline given the green light
More information: Aireys Inlet and Fairhaven water supply upgrade
Barwon Water's Ryrie Street head office will be refurbished to accommodate all Geelong-based office employees.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine today announced plans to centralise our Geelong offices.
The project will see the Ryrie Street complex refurbished and updated to accommodate all office-based employees in a single location.
Barwon Water's Geelong staff are currently split between two outdated offices: Ryrie Street in central Geelong and Lonsdale Street in South Geelong.
Centralising employees in one building will mean increased productivity, efficiencies and cost savings, including reductions of up to 45% on maintenance, operational and energy costs.
Importantly, the project will be price neutral, with operational savings and consolidation of buildings to fund the work.
More on the Ryrie Street refurbishment
Victorian Premier's media release: $25 million Barwon Water HQ upgrade another boost for CBD
For more architect's impressions and updates, follow us on Facebook
The Aireys Inlet / Fairhaven water treatment plant is approaching the end of its operational life and we are considering two upgrade options:
We are hosting another community information day to provide project updates and cost comparisons.
The project team will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to your feedback.
10 am — 2 pm
Saturday 9 August 2014
Aireys Inlet Community Centre
6 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet
Aireys Inlet and Fairhaven water supply upgrade


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Hey guys , recently my theme got soft disabled on the fact that theme check was taking over 30 seconds to test the theme. I would really like a clarification why this is a requirement factor as the time taken depends on factors such has number of files ( including css ,sass , js) and processor speed of Reviewers MAC or PC not that theme has bugs .
1. Simply when sass files are present in theme folder, the number of test cases increases you can see here
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2. I can make it clock under 20 seconds by adding all code in lesser files but that goes against re usability .. I want framework to be flexible and want frontend code to be in templating form.
3. Neither in themeforest requirements or wp guidelines it is mentioned that if theme check takes more than 30 seconds theme is not complaint.
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text: It's the last week of the field hockey regular season and Stearns is looking good, but Old Town needing a win today.The Coyotes with a great chance, but the deflection slips just wide of the cage. Stearns is 3rd in Class C right now and they get one here on the tip it from Kristen Manzo. Old Town never gave up and they came back to win it, 2-1 in overtime, on a goal from Jossie St. Jean. The win just might get them into the playoffs. They've got one game left on the schedule.


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From the Journal of the House of Representatives,
Message to Legislature. (May 18, 1915. pp. 1749.)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives:
Dear Sir: I herewith return without approval House bill No. 389, file No. 240, enrolled No. 166.
"A bill to amend section one of act number ten of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to establish a board of health for the city of Detroit,' to provide for the appointment of the members thereof by the mayor of said city.'
I disapprove House enrolled bill No. 166 (H.B. No. 289, file No. 240), because public health matters should be removed as far as possible from political influence. A governor is quite as likely to observe this fundamental principle as the mayor of a city. The proposed change involves no plea for economy nor any plea for a better handling of health requirements.
I therefore decline to sign this bill.
Very truly yours,
Woodbridge N. Ferris


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Prima Riesling is an early harvest style of wine made from grapes picked three to four weeks before the rest of the vineyard. Chosen for their fine citrus flavours the grapes were carefully selected when their natural sugar levels were near 10º baumé. The final wine has been made in a semi-dry style which retains some of the fruit sugars in balance with the chalky mineral acidity. The naturally lower alcohol of the wine further heightens its refreshing character.
Prima Riesling is our first use of the Vinolok closure for Pewsey Vale, a reusable and recyclable glass stopper that visually enhances the exotic nature of this wine whilst preserving its pure fruit flavours.
With an altitude varying between 485 metres and 500 metres, Pewsey Vale sits 250 metres above the Barossa Valley floor. The cooler temperatures found at this height encourage a longer ripening period which extends well into autumn. This longer ripening period is essential for producing superior quality grapes with exceptional flavour and character - hallmarks of Pewsey Vale wines. Block to block variation enables winemakers to select from separate parcels of fruit to tailor wines to the Pewsey Vale style, ensuring consistency from vintage to vintage.


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By Giuseppe Muro
Henri Lansbury admits that he is hungry for more first-team action after getting a taste of the big time in the Carling Cup.
The midfielder has been linking up with Arsène Wenger's squad on a more regular basis this season and made his full debut in September when he scored against Tottenham in the Third Round tie at White Hart Lane.
That was Lansbury's first goal in an Arsenal shirt and now he wants to force his way even further into his manager's plans.
"I'm just going to keep pushing on into the first-team squad. I've just got to keep working hard at my game and hopefully I'll get my chance," Lansbury told Arsenal.com.
"I've been in and out [of training with the first team] and I'm just going to keep working hard everyday. I was on the bench against Partizan Belgrade and that was my first Champions League game - it was a great experience and I want to be in it again."
Lansbury, who spent part of last season on loan at Watford, is thriving in the environment of training with the senior team.
"You just can't stop learning from them. Just watching the way they play and to train with them most days – [I learn from] the way they move the ball and their movement and positioning on the field.
"It's good to train with people like Samir Nasri. They're more than happy to help me out, I talk to them all the time and they help me a lot."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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1. Re: no jmvfw in java.library.pathgimbal2 Mar 5, 2012 10:43 AM (in response to 921740)Not that I ever used JMF, but as far as I know JMF also has native libraries (DLL, SO) which need to be made available to the runtime. Hence the UnsatisfiedLinkError, the JRE is not finding a required native module. When running from Eclipse you will likely need to manually set the proper libraries in the project settings (in the build path).
2. Re: no jmvfw in java.library.path921740 Mar 5, 2012 1:21 PM (in response to gimbal2)There is no DLL files in the JMF folder, the lib folder contains only jar files, which i tried to add to the build path, but not working.
When searching online it seems that this is all i have to do, but this jmvfw thing eclipse cant find, i dont know what it is, at least none of the jars is named like this...
3. Re: no jmvfw in java.library.path921740 Mar 5, 2012 1:49 PM (in response to 921740)Ok, now i figured out why i was missing the dll files in the jmf folder - under the installation i had checked the "move dlls to system32", and for some reason, the dlls was never added to the system32 or to the jmf folder. weird, but trying to install the jmf again, i unchecked this, and now i have all the dlls in the jmf lib folder. But now i have a new exception:
Exception in thread "VFW Request Thread" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: JMFSecurityManager: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Program Files (x86)\JMF2.1.1e\lib\jmvfw.dll: Can't load IA 32-bit .dll on a AMD 64-bit platform
Any idea how to solve this??
4. Re: no jmvfw in java.library.pathgimbal2 Mar 5, 2012 1:50 PM (in response to 921740)Hmm, I see that the download has a cross-platform "alljava" version of JMF, but also operating system specific ones (which WILL have native libraries in it):
So I am wondering if the jars being used are mixed up somewhere.
5. Re: no jmvfw in java.library.pathMSC Mar 6, 2012 12:28 PM (in response to 921740)You need to remove your Java SDK 64bit and install 32 bit version , JMF is not working with 32 bit .


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The Who?
I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ~Marilyn Monroe
Hi! My name is Marrie {pronounced; MARY}
My Life in Cliff Notes: Born and raised by my single father in Northern California My past lives include retail mall rat, pre-school teacher, and ABA service coordinator for children with Autism and now an infamous blogger and freelance writer. I played out the American dream… got married, bought a house, had a child, got divorced. My current status according to Facebook , "married" and {like the song goes} loving every minute of it!
Other Useless Factoids About Me:
- I smoke, drink, curse and don't apologize for it.
- I'm a domestic Goddess, devoted mother and step mother, and totally Geekalicious.
- Favorite Eats: Lays Plain Chips, Eggplant Parmesan, Pancit, Cupcakes, and bacon.
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Southwest Voices
Director Ryan Heller leads the 40-voice Chorus Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble in a concert featuring works by Austin, Texas, and southwestern composers: Donald Grantham, Craig Hella Johnson, Abby Gostein, Thomas Pavlechko, Robert H. Young, Stephanie K. Andrews, and Benjamin May. May 17-18. Sat., 8pm; St. Theresa Catholic Church, 4311 Small. Sun., 3pm; St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 606 W. 15th. $20 ($15, seniors, students).


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In what turned out to be a very evenly-matched opening round playoff contest, the Lakeridge volleyball team simply couldn't steal momentum back from Aloha once the Warriors found their footing last week.
As a result, the Pacers' terrific season ended with a 22-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 defeat at home.
Lakeridge got off to a strong start in front of a boisterous home crowd. Lexi Ross had four early kills, accounting for Lakeridge's first four points and Michaela McNairy was also solid early on with a tip and two kills that gave the Pacers an early 8-6 advantage.
Lakeridge then rattled off four straight points on Chelsea Canlas's serve and eventually led 19-13.
Aloha rallied back quickly thanks to good serving by Kimberli Boswell. Still, a handful of miscues by the Warriors gave the Pacers a 24-18 lead in the first game.
Aloha rattled off four straight points before a hitting error gave the Pacers the first set.
Lakeirdge then appeared well on its way to seizing control of the match when it won the first six points of the second game.
But, after a time-out, Aloha rallied back.
The Warriors' block was solid all night and, back-to-back stuffs helped the visitors tie the game at 11-11. Those blocks came in the midst of a 9-1 Aloha run.
The Warriors were also solid at catching the Pacers off guard with second-touch dumps over the net and tips over Lakeridge's big front line.
Boswell was particularly dominant for Aloha and, on her serve late in the second game, she recorded a pair of aces to help seal it and even the match.
Aloha then jumped out to a quick 13-6 lead thanks to kills by Boswell and strong serving from Sarah Bain.
But Lakeridge kept itself in the set with strong play from Ross and Anna Spalding at the net as Spalding used tough angles to come up with kills.
As the Pacers tried to claw back into the third game, service errors killed their momentum, eventually allowing Aloha to take a 23-16 lead.
But Lakeridge ran off six of the next seven points and appeared to be back playing the type of volleyball that gave the team the lead earlier in the match.
Aloha held on for the 25-22 win in the third game which put Lakeridge with its back against the wall.
The Warriors were determined to put the match away early in the fourth game and used good defensive scrambling to take a 6-1 lead.
Strong serving by Sarah Grewenow cut into that lead and kills from Ross, Spalding and Krissy Hengesh helped the Pacers come back to take a 13-12 advantage.
Aloha came up with some crucial side-outs to keep itself in the game and, trailing 18-15, the Warriors then went on a 6-1 run to take the lead.
Lakeridge got back-to-back kills by Hengesh and Rebecca Perkel to tie the game but Aloha then won a pair of terrific points and ended up scoring the final four points of the match to move on in the postseason.
The loss ended another strong season for the Pacers in which they claimed the No. 2 spot in the ultra-competitive Three Rivers League despite only having five seniors on the roster.
Lakeridge will graduate Grewenow, McNairy along with Megan Dunn, Emily Owens and all-league setter Megan Russell but should prove to be a force in league again next season with many of its top contributors returning.
And with West Linn losing virtually its entire team to graduation after this season, the Lions may be more vulnerable at the top of the Three Rivers League than ever before.


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gailr wrote:I'd been consigning mine to the same original post, like archeological layers. Time to let go of this one:
"Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people."
- Heinrich Heine
It wil be missed; as one of us wags said elsewhere, Gail's wisdom truly impacted.
But a most worthy successor !


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Archive for January, 2012
The Super Bullpen1
Yesterday the Blue Jays signed former closer (not that it matters) Francisco Cordero. Surprsingly to some fans at only 1 year and $4.5 million Cordero's contract is the largest guaranteed free agent contract that Alex Anthopoulos has signed in his short tenure as Blue Jays General Manager. Now as the offseason is coming to a close Anthopoulos has acquired four top end relievers in Sergio Santos, Jason Frasor, Darren Oliver, and now Cordero. With the Jays having already had Casey Janssen they now have five different guys with late inning experience. To me that doesn't matter, but to the fans who believe in the flawful (Yes I made that up) save statistic, it carries a lot of weight.
Beyond that on paper the bullpen surely looks good, definitely one of the better bullpens the Jays have had in the past decade, well until we see the production of course. Collectively Sergio Santos, Darren Oliver, Francisco Cordero, Casey Janssen, Jason Frasor, Carlos Villaneuva, Litsch had a 3.23 ERA in the 2011 season. That number would rank 6th in the league, which is 15 spots higher than where the Blue Jays 3.88 bullpen ERA ranked this year. Of course that looks good, but rather than hyping up the bullpen as many are, I thought I'd take a conservative approach.
As I said before the bullpen sure looks good on paper and has pretty good depth with Joel Carreno, Chad Beck, and more, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will perform. Last offseason the Jays signed Jon Rauch and traded for Frank Francisco expecting a couple of pretty good pitchers. In 2010 the collective ERA and FIP between the two of Rauch and Francisco was 3.44 and 3.03 respectively. Only one year later at the end of the 2011 season their collective ERA and FIP was 4.20 and 4.53. The collective ERA was 0.76 points higher and the FIP was a whole 1.50 points higher. Granted some of the production loss can be attributed to injury, but injuries are just another potential issue with relief pitchers.
Now getting to this year's potential relief pitchers there is some upside, but there's also reason to be concerned.
Sergio Santos
Being a converted shortstop, despite being 27 this will only be his third year in the MLB. So far he has been effective with a 3.29 ERA, 2.97 FIP, and 31 saves if you care about that stuff. On top of that Santos raised his strike rate and lowered his walk rate in 2011. Though all that is encouraging what also happened last year is Santos' HR/FB% raised to 11.3% and his BABIP was a concerning .269. Granted these numbers could be statistical anomalies as both were more "average" in 2010. I guess the real problem here is just that there isn't a lot of data on Santos, but he does have one of the best sliders in the league and doesn't have a whole lot of innings on the arm.
Darren Oliver
Oliver at 42 is almost twice the age of Brett Lawrie, but like a fine wine has only gotten better with age. The whole thing on Oliver is that he has posted a better ERA every year for the last five years, but what is even more encouraging is the 2.77 FIP that he posted in 2011. One thing to consider is that his strikeout rate dropped last year, but so did his walk rate so it kind of balances it out. The only real knock on Oliver would be his age and how long he can sustain success, but even that is a argument with really no basis.
Francisco Cordero
Cordero on the surface looked to have a pretty good year in 2011 with a 2.45 ERA and 37 saves (Whoopee!), but just a quick look at his FanGraphs page has quite a few reasons why he wasn't very good in 2011. For starters Cordero's FIP was at 4.02 and 1.57 points higher than his ERA, which is never a good thing. Beyond that it looks like he was pretty lucky in 2011 with an unsustainably low BABIP at .214, 80 points lower than his career average and a LOB% at 82.3%, 5.4% above his career average. Finally the stuff seems to be declining as according to Pitch/FX (via FanGraphs) he lost 1.5 MPH on the Fastball velocity. All of this sums up to an interesting 2012 for Cordero, if he doesn't get lucky again, we could be looking at a long season.
Casey Janssen
Janssen had a very good 2011 and was arguably Toronto's best relief pitcher. Beyond that there isn't much need be said. The peripherals match up with the ERA, the velocity was consistent. The only real knock I see on Janssen is that from year to year he has been a bit inconsistent, but this year and previously in his career he has shown he can be a great relief pitcher. The question really is will we see that great pitcher in 2012?
Jason Frasor
Frasor was a piece of the Colby Rasmus trade at the 2011 trade deadline and now its seems the Jays only payed pennies on the dollar to re-aquire Frasor. Besides that, over his career Frasor has been as consistent as a relief pitcher not named Marian Rivera can be. He has only posted an ERA above 4.50 once and and posted the third best numbers of his career last year. I'd really like to point out something wrong with Jason Frasor, but to my knowledge there just isn't anything.
Carlos Villaneuva
Last season Villaneuva was the swingman of sorts for the Blue Jays. He filled in when the Jays needed a starter and he wasn't as bad as Jo-Jo, but that sure isn't saying much. This year with a bevy of options for the rotation Villaneuva will almost surely be in the bullpen, where he belongs. Though despite that what is concerning about Villaneuva, last year he almost cut his K% in half, which is never a good thing. Maybe it was the extra innings that caused a lack of Ks, but I'm not so sold. Villaneuva had similar production to the rest of his career, but if he doesn't start striking guys out it could be difficult to sustain success and he could add another half a point on his ERA to match his xFIP.
Jesse Litsch
I remember the days when Jesse Litsch was pitching way above his head to a sub 4.00 ERA as a starter and how the peripheral stats suggested he would regress. Now he has reached that point and stats like xFIP and SIERA suggest that he will get better and sometimes I just don't get it. If he pitches to his peripherals again he could put out some very good production and if he doesn't well then he just won't be a very good pitcher, kind of like last year.
Final Thoughts
On paper the Jays bullpen looks scary good and maybe the best they've had since the early 90s. But as we baseball fans should know bullpens are volatile and things don't always turn out the way they were "supposed" to. Notwithstanding the great bullpen that Anthopoulos built, I don't really see the value in all the money on the bullpen, when for example you could have let Joel Carreno pitch instead of Francisco Cordero and he could not have possibly been much worse. Some say that Anthopoulos is stockpiling arms for the trade deadline, but once we get to the deadline I'm sure we'll realize teams are willing to pay as much as they used to.
The reason being that in past years when a good, but not great relief pitcher went to free agency he'd likely end up being a Type B free agent, meaning the Jays could have gotten a supplemental first round pick out of him. That means that in negotiations at the deadline Alex could have always said that whatever you're offering, it better be worth more than a supplemental first round pick.
Now with the new CBA nixing the Type A and Type B free agent systems all of these good, not great relief pitchers will be worth nothing come the offseason. So rather than having the leverage of the possible pick that Anthopoulos could obtain, if he really wants something out of them, he'll have to take whatever he can get. More often than not I'm guessing the "prospect" will not be better than a supplemental first round pick, nor will it be worth half of the salary that is paid out to the reliever. If Alex Anthopoulos truly wanted a good bullpen thats fine he built one, but to suggest he's stockpiling arms seems a bit naive.
Of course we haven't seen how the market will react to the new CBA, so come July 31st I could be the one looking like the idiot. Because we all have to remember that last year Anthopoulos did trade some relief pitchers for one of the better young outfielders in the game at last year's trade deadline. At the very least this "Super Bullpen" should shush up the FAN 590 Jays Talk callers, and for both our sanity as well as Mike Wilner's I sure hope that happens.
As a side note I know the last couple posts have been kind of crapping on people's expectations, but in the next post their will be something quite a bit more optimistic so you can stay tuned for that.
Time to Play the Waiting Game4
Depending on who you ask the 2011-2012 offseason for the Jays could be classified as any number of things. On one hand Anthopoulos hasn't addressed all of the pieces on his wish list, having only bolstered the bullpen, but not acquired the middle of the order bat and front of the rotation starter that I'm sure both he and the fans wanted. Though on the other hand he did address the most pressing need, the bullpen, by acquiring Sergio Santos and Jason Frasor through trade and signing Darren Oliver in free agency.
Some people would call that a quiet offseason, but those three changes to the 25 man roster are the same amount that the Yankees have made. Maybe the fans are just a wee bit spoiled from last offseason when there was five trades (6 if you count Olivo) plus another two major league signings, but theres no way anyone can expect that pace to continue. Last offseason many of those trades and signings were completed to fill roster spots, but this year is that really needed?
Before the year Kyle Drabek had, some pegged him as a guy with #2 starter upside and before all his injuries Dustin McGowan had top of the rotation stuff. What's to say one of those two starters or even a player like Henderson Alvarez doesn't step it up and improve. Beyond that even a player like Brett Cecil could return from mediocrity, or a player like Brandon Morrow could finally live up to his peripheral stats. Of course this is for the most part highly unlikely, but with this much uncertainty in what the above players could do and also what players like Travis Snider, Colby Rasmus, Eric Thames, and even Brett Lawrie might do, why rush the process?
Looking at the Jays record last season they finished at exactly .500 a record of 81-81 and ten games out of a playoff spot. Some players will surely improve and having Brett Lawrie at third instead of Jayson Nix is definitely a plus, but how can we know how good the team will truly be? Using Sky Kalkman's WAR Calculator as well as the Bill James projections (via Fangraphs) I found that James puts the Jays' win count around 90 wins, but he also puts both the Yankees and Red Sox at around 105 wins meaning he thinks the Jays are still 15 games worse than the beasts of the east. Looking at other projections systems the sentiment seems to be similar.
In the latest Cairo projected standings (A projection system I generally like) they have the Jays at 78 wins and 15 games out of a playoff spot. No matter what projection system you use be it Bill James, Marcel's, PECOTA, Cairo, or even just your gut feeling, there is very little way to work the numbers such that they end up with the Jays in a playoff position. As well according to the two projection systems I cited, not even 2001 Barry Bonds would push the Jays into the playoffs in 2012.
With all that said there's no need to punt the season and call it quits now (like the Oakland A's), but rather take a wait and see approach and with knowledge gained in 2012 to put that towards a better team in 2013. By 2013 prospects like Anthony Gose, Deck McGuire, Drew Hutchison, and Travis d'Arnaud will likely be pushing for spots on the 25 man roster out of spring training. As well if the Jays feel like they are really one player away at the point a quick look at MLBTR's 2013 Free Agent Class page shows that top of the rotation starters Matt Cain, Cole Hamels, and Zack Greinke could all be potentially available with a more than formidable supporting cast of Anibal Sanchez, Francisco Liriano, and Brandon McCarthy all of which have had at least one 4 WAR season in the past two seasons.
Of course any number of these guys could be extended particularly Hamels and Cain, but with a more certain team going in to 2012, the Jays will have a better view on what their financial flexibility will be as well as their playoff proximity. Furthermore rather than attempting to acquire a top of the rotation starter in a weak market (i.e. 2011-2012 offseason) they would be doing it in a saturated pitching market. We saw what happened to a less saturated pitching market this year when Buster Olney tweeted that free agent starters Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson, and Hiroki Kuroda were dropping their asking prices. As well as the major pay cut that Madson took because of a saturated closer market. All even more reason to wait out the 2012 season. And as an added bonus in 2013 there is the possibility that there may be two wildcard teams an indescribable addition to the Blue Jays playoff chances.
On the whole despite what some may believe the Jays haven't and won't really "need"anything this offseason. Anthopoulos recently responded to the question of whether or not the roster the Jays have now will be the one they have going in to spring training while on the FAN 590 stating that, "Right now I would say yes, but I'm hopeful that something breaks in the next 2-3 weeks." Some are hopeful that this means something will happen, but I take it as Anthopoulos just continuing the interest in the team, but still stating that he pretty much has his team set for spring training. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is your choice, but in my opinion I am more than happy with the Jays offseason. They addressed their biggest need without sacrificing too much of the future and they left themselves in a position to let players like Travis Snider the ability to work out their issues. Here's to a hopeful 2012 that gives us a better picture of what is to come in 2013 and beyond.
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With the Blue Jays offseason in a bit of a slump and the Darren Oliver signing being the most exciting thing at the moment, I found myself having to write about something different. Rather than speculating on Garza rumours or a possible (I use that term loosely) Prince Fielder signing, I have come to the realization that other than the occasional non-consequential signing the Jays likely won't do much in terms of roster changes this offseason. Instead they will likely stick to their plan of building from within and then keeping the talent in the organization. Up to this point the latter half of the plan has only needed to be addressed to a small extent, but now with young talented players like Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus, and the centre of this writing piece Brandon Morrow all possibly needing extensions, Alex Anthopoulos definitely has his work cut out for him.
Morrow as most of you probably know was traded to the Blue Jays from the Mariners in December 2009 for right handed reliever Brandon League. Seattle had drafted Morrow in the 2006 draft with presumably the intention of making him their closer. At the time this seemed fine as Morrow had the velocity and plus pitch that you traditionally look for in a closer, but as time went on the Seattle front office and coaching staff created some kinks in Morrow's development. These kinks being that towards the end of the 2008 season, the Mariners decided that they would begin to move Morrow to the starting rotation and out of a relief role, utilizing the ole Earl Weaver strategy.
Long story short Morrow's stints as a starter didn't turn out as expected and it resulted in the Mariners demotion of him to AAA as well as the multiple changes between roles in the starting rotation and the bullpen. Due to this Morrow began to become a "change of scenary" for Seattle in the sense that he didn't need to be traded, but would likely have trouble succeeding in Seattle organization through the development process they had created. Ultimately all of this hoopla turned out well, for the Jays at least, as it led to the trade that landed them Morrow in 2009. Reports initially coming from the Blue Jays organization subsequent to the trade suggested that they intended on using Morrow exclusively in the starting rotation, giving Morrow a clean slate to work on.
Now what does all this mean and why is it at all important to a possible contract extension. Well if you simply look at Brandon Morrow's service time and age you would see that he is heading in to his second year of arbitration and is eligible for free agency after the 2013 season. But if you take into account the time that Morrow spent with the Mariners and how he was never really used as a full time starter there, then Morrow is in some sense of the word a third year player.
In terms of the actual contract extension this means that rather than the negotiations acting as if Morrow is a guy with 4 years of service time, Anthopoulos could make the argument that Morrow is really just a third year player coming off his sophmore season. I'm sure Morrow's agent would have something to say about that, but it would be a good argument for Anthopoulos to make. If that is the route that Anthopoulos takes I'm sure guys like Jon Lester, Yovani Gallardo, Ricky Romero, and Jaime Garcia would come up in terms of comparable contracts, all of which signed for around 5 years and $30 million.
Now obviously it is quite unreasonable to expect Morrow to take that type of contract when MLBTR already projects him to make $4.2 million in arbitration this year. Instead I'm sure Morrow's agent will come back comparing Brandon Morrow to the recently extended John Danks and rightfully so. Danks signed an extension for 5 years and $65 million with the Chicago White Sox this offseason. Had he not signed the extension, Danks would have been eligible for free agency after the 2012 season one year before Brandon Morrow.
The Danks comp likely to be brought up would be interesting as Danks and Morrow are very similar but different at the same time. They are similar in the sense that both players are in their fifth year in the MLB and close to free agency, but due to time spent in the minors Morrow has one less year of service time and 3 less years of full time starting experience. Other than that one similarity they are pretty different in their execution, but both have been good starters over the last three years. Danks has the higher fWAR in the last three seasons, due in large part to a higher innings count. He also holds a lead in the traditional stats like ERA and Wins, which often increase arbitration and sometimes free agency earnings. Though on the other side Morrow holds a firm lead in his K% as well as the more sabrmetric and predictive stats such as FIP, xFIP, and SIERA. (Customized FanGraphs stats table here)
What this all boils down to is that in the end Morrow will likely get a lot less guaranteed money than John Danks, but also significantly more than Ricky Romero. Danks' contract is worth about $65 million and Romero's is worth $30.1 million, it seems like such a simple-minded way to do it, but if you take the average of those two contracts it is about $47.5 million over 5 years. If there is to be a $47.5 million dollar extension proposed, I'm thinking it will probably work out something like this…
If you look at the layout of the proposed contract, depending on how good they think Brandon Morrow really is, the contract seems to work out for both sides. Morrow gets some added financial security and the Blue Jays get 3 years of Brandon Morrow's free agency at a reasonable price with a chance at quite a bit of upside. Using the current assumption of approximately $5 million = 1 WAR we can figure that for Morrow to be worth the contract extension he only needs to produce 1.9 WAR per year. If we use FanGraphs version of WAR we see that over his past two years as a starter Brandon Morrow has averaged 3.5 WAR per season, far and above the value he would need to provide in order to fulfill the proposed contract extension.
Even if we use the less optimistic Baseball Reference version of WAR we can see that over the past two years Morrow has averaged 1.5 WAR. Then using Sky Kalkman's WAR Spreadsheet, we can figure out how much Morrow has to improve to fulfill his contract. As expressed in the first table over the course of his contract Morrow has to be worth an average of 1.9 WAR per year. In the past two years Morrow hasn't been at that mark, but if you take his average ERA from the past two years and then assume a steady innings increase you get a total of 11.0 WAR, which is still 1.5 WAR in surplus value. Even if you assume that he misses some time to injury, Morrow would still have to miss roughly 140 innings over the course of the contract, which isn't unprecedented, just to be worth the 0.1 WAR less than the value of the contract.
Finally if you at all believe that Brandon Morrow will reach his "potential" that predictive stats such as his 3.51 xFIP or 3.31 SIERA over the past two years indicate, then that is all just added value. If you believe that over the course of his contract that Morrow will match his xFIP (top half of the table below) with the same innings counts as in the above table then he will be worth approximately 24.8 WAR, which is 15.3 wins of added value. Then if you are a real dreamer and believe that Morrow can match his SIERA (bottom half of the table below) he will be worth about 27.6 WAR, which is 18.1 wins in surplus value.
Of course almost all of this is speculative research and depends quite a bit on Morrow accepting a contract similar to the 5 year $47.5 million dollar contract proposed earlier, but the contract at least in my opinion seems pretty fair and through this has a very good chance of providing surplus value. Though as I stated there is always the chance that Morrow would turn down that contract as he has been known to follow some sabrmetric stats or as he calls them "nerd" stats. He may feel like he has more potential to outperform this contract, but financial security is always nice too, especially for a pitcher. Then there is also the off chance that the Blue Jays organization feels like he isn't even worth the proposed amount. Whatever it is we as fans can only hope that at some point Brandon Morrow reaches his "potential" and doesn't just become one of those players with the great peripheral stats, who never lives up to them.
The Anthopoulos regime has been good with extensions thus far after handing them out to players such as Jose Bautista, Ricky Romero, and Yunel Escobar, we can only hope that the Jays front office continues the trend going forward. With Brandon Morrow and whatever other young cost controllable player the Blue Jays acquire.


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Dovercourt is a small seaside town in Essex, England. It is older than its smaller but better-known neighbour, the port of Harwich, and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Today the towns are contiguous.
The Saxon lord Wulwin/Ulwin was lord in 1066; by 1086 the estate was in possession of Aubrey de Vere I and remained part of the barony of his descendants the Earls of Oxford until the 16th century. It formed part of the dowry of Juliana de Vere when she married Hugh Bigod in the mid-12th century, and the sub-tenancy passed to the Bigod earls of Norfolk who held it as one knight's fee of the Veres. Countess Juliana's son Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk founded a chapel at Harwich and granted it to Colne Priory, Essex, a Vere foundation.[1]
Dovercourt is rich with civil war history and as a seaside resort offers shops and cafes for visitors and residents. The main shopping area is The High Street, with shops from independents to the national chains. The town is served by Dovercourt railway station.
In 1863 Trinity House erected two cast iron lighthouses on the beach. They were used until 1917 to guide ships around Landguard Point; the two lights aligned indicated the right course. The deep-water channel is now marked by buoys. The lighthouses were restored in the 1980s.[2] The lighthouses are sometimes known as Dovercourt Range Lights.
The 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! was filmed in Dovercourt, at Warner's Holiday Camp, which transformed into Maplin's. The camp, under the direction of Anna Essinger and aided by several of the staff from Bunce Court School,[3][4] had been used in 1939 for refugee children arriving to be placed in foster homes in the Kindertransport mission,[5] and was later re-developed as a housing estate, which is known as Hightrees.
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- Hanna Bergas
- Roy Salvadori - winner of 1959 Le Mans 24 hours and Formula One driver
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- ^ Morant, History of Essex, vol. 1, pp. 497-8.
- ^ "Dovercourt". Harwich & Dovercourt Town Council Official Guide. Local Authority Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Photos and short history of Bunce Court Town of Faversham website. "Bunce Court, Otterden" Retrieved September 28, 2011
- ^ "Refugee Children in Britain: Testimony of Hanna Bergas" Yad Vashem History of the Holocaust.org Retrieved October 7, 2011
- ^ Cox, Murray (2008-11-23). "'We lived on hope and promises'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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After months of preparation and flat-out hard work, the staff and volunteers at the new Oasis and Rainbow Center are ready to open the doors for the grand opening on Oct. 11. Arriving on a most auspicious day – National Coming Out Day, observed internationally to celebrate being out and open as LGBT people – the event will showcase the big, bright center at 2215 Pacific Ave. and reveal some exciting things in the works for the South Sound's LGBT community and friends.
The casual, come-as-you-are grand opening runs from 3-7 p.m. There will be door prizes every hour, snacks to munch on, entertainment, and speakers including Mayor Marilyn Strickland. Drag diva extraordinaire Jenuwine Beauté will be the emcee. Tours will be given, and guests will hear about what's in the works as the center continues to develop and meet its potential.
The Rainbow Center will also unveil its new logo at the event. For a sneak peek, "like" the Rainbow Center's Facebook page where the design will be posted the morning of Oct. 11.
The center already opened to the public on Aug. 1, but that was before all kinds of improvements were made to the 6,000 square-foot space. Now there are comfy couches to sit on, room dividers are in place, the computer lab is up and running as is the lending library, shiny wood floors have been installed, and more progress is being made daily. People are taking notice too, as evidenced by the flow of foot traffic.
"Our numbers are up and people are coming in and staying for a long time," said Rainbow Center Executive Director Michelle Douglas.
This is a nationwide first for Oasis, a drop-in, support and resource center for LGBT youth ages 14-24, to have a home base, and it appears that area youth are responding to it.
"It's been busy," said Oasis Director Seth Kirby. "For Oasis, we've doubled the number of youth on a given night and that's amazing. They are very much enjoying having a public location, and that's been really exciting to see."
Douglas said the response from the broader community, and the center's new neighbors, has been very positive. From the City of Tacoma and Pierce County AIDS Foundation, to local businesses and individuals providing in-kind donations and services, the support has been affirming and encouraging, according to Douglas. "The thing I appreciate the most is that a tremendous number of people have come together to make this possible, and they've given generously of their money, time, thoughts… I don't know that it could be more supportive than it has been."
It's also showing to be a smart move to locate the new center so centrally to bus lines. "We did an analysis and we got the best transit access we could get. We're definitely seeing the impact of that," Douglas said.
The new center has received praise from those who have stopped by to check it out, especially those who have been long active in working for equal rights for LGBT people. "We've seen a lot of tears, disbelief and incredible joy," Douglas said. "What is so important not to forget is that we started from an incredibly strong foundation. We have people who have been working for LGBT rights in this community for 40, 50-plus years and this center is built because of their hard work. This came because of their legacy. To have one of those pioneers and leaders walk through here and see what they've built, it's a very emotional thing."
The center's capital campaign continues to move full-steam ahead. Visit http://www.orctacoma.com for the latest in how the fundraising is going and to make a donation. In a nutshell, "milestone #1" to get the walls, floors and interior space finished is just about complete. "Milestone #2" is designated to provide funds for furniture and needed kitchen appliances and to complete ADA and security enhancements. "Milestone #3" is about preparing for the long-term future, such as rent differential and a maintenance/repair fund.
Those attending the Oct. 11 grand opening will hear more about the capital campaign and about something special being planned as the holidays approach. Called Home for the Holidays, the center will become a haven for LGBT people who want to be with their community during the holidays, especially those whose birth families don't accept them.
"We'll be hosting an all-Oasis and Rainbow Center Thanksgiving dinner for the first time," Kirby said. "That's something that Oasis has traditionally done, but now we get to do it with the Rainbow Center too." He said that at the grand opening, guests will hear about how they can help make the center nice for people to be there during the holiday season.
The center is helping make life better for homeless LGBT people as well, youth in particular. "When we shut down last night, the last six people out the door were homeless," Douglas said. She and Kirby want to change that.
"Nationally, about 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT, and I would say that's probably pretty close to accurate here in Pierce County as well," Kirby said. The center has partnered with Tacoma's REACH Center and its Housing 4 Success program for youth and young adults who are experiencing homelessness. H4S works to put these youth in housing first then works with them to provide relevant, intensive, life skills to help them get back on track to achieve stable housing and a personal path to self-sufficiency. Kirby expressed gratitude in how REACH invited Oasis to be part of H4S from the beginning.
"The result is that we now have somebody on site to provide housing intakes for youth, and that's just something we've never had before," he said. "For so long we've told (homeless youth) to just go to Seattle. There's still not a youth shelter in this community or a safe place we can send people that we know of immediately that evening, but there are now options for more transitional housing."
Douglas said some of the youth have been fortunate to secure housing with friends of the Rainbow/Oasis center. "It's great for them to go into a living situation where the LGBT piece is not an issue," she said. "We are in very big need of more families. We have people ready to go into housing and we don't have enough supportive LGBT families to put them in."
A community forum will be announced in the coming months to provide information on what it's like to be a host home and all that it entails. Keep watching for this and more as the Oasis and Rainbow Center continues to develop.
"It's an excellent time to stay tuned," as Douglas put it. "We have a lot coming up. We're just beginning to understand what this space offers us."
On Nov. 2, the Rainbow Center will hold its annual major fundraiser, the Black & White Gayla, in a new location at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. Bigger and better than ever before, this black-tie event will include dinner and dancing, a live and silent auction, the Rainbow City Band's jazz ensemble Purple Passion, and much more. The event provides the center with 40 percent of its operating budget, so help the center out by purchasing tickets at http://www.rainbowcntr.org.


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Get into the house, nixie, you crazy pup; you've lost your walk.
Here the nixie waved her tail triumphantly, and flirted it in the hunter's face in a way that was too provoking to be endured.
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Her face was flushed and her nixie eyes were dancing to the mischief she contemplated.
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"water fairy," 1816 (introduced by Sir Walter Scott), from German Nixie, from Old High German nihhussa "water sprite," fem. of nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz (cf. Old Norse nykr, Old English nicor "water spirit, water monster," also used to gloss hippopotamus; Grendel's mother in "Beowulf" was a nicor), perhaps from PIE *neigw- "to wash" (cf. Sanskrit nenkti "washes," Greek nizo "I wash," Old Irish nigid "washes").
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By Laura Lennie, News Staff

Fifty United Church is getting ready for another peachy extravaganza.

Twenty-five church members and community volunteers are baking more than 1,500 peach pies this week at the new Fiesta Mall Fortinos for the 47th Winona Peach Festival this weekend.

The five-shift process of filling, cooking and boxing the pies begins today (Wednesday) and will continue tomorrow and Friday.

About 35 to 40 people lent their hands to peeling peaches and preparing homemade filling for the eight, nine and 10-inch pies this week at the church.

Volunteers made the pastry for the nine-inch pies in April. They used commercial pastry for the eight and 10-inch pies.

They also made 512 jars of peach jam and jelly in February for the festival.

Church member Kathy Cushnie said the group that bakes the peach pies is mainly made up of younger people who are still employed and not always available to help with some of the other preparations for the festival.

"Busy, fun and happy describes the atmosphere pretty well," she said. "We work around a large table in the bakery and there is lively conversation, along with lots of laughs. We are very grateful to Fortinos' Joe Caruso, Sandra Zezza and all of the staff for making us welcome once again, especially as they are still in opening mode."

The Winona Peach Festival is organized by a dedicated group of volunteers to help support 20 churches, service clubs and sport organizations within the community.

Each group is a registered charity or not-for-profit organization and uses the festival as a fundraiser for its organization by offering food products and games. Funds raised help churches to support community outreach programs, service clubs to tackle community projects and sport organizations to keep registration costs down.

Fifty United Church has been making peach pies for the event since it began in 1967.

Cushnie said the best part is being at the festival.

"We enjoy meeting the visitors to the park and seeing the pies and jam just fly off the shelves; we have always sold out," she said. "We continue to do it because we are part of the Winona community and everybody pitches in. We do it because we enjoy working together and we feel we are making a contribution to our church and the charities we support."

The church uses about 50 per cent of the money it generates from the event for general expenses and upkeep of the church.

The other half is divided between a local food bank, Inasmuch House, Interval House, Mission Services, Wesley Urban Ministries, United Church of Canada Mission and Service Fund and Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Cushnie said the festival is a long-standing tradition in the community and is made possible through a number of dedicated volunteers and great organizations.

"We're very proud to be a part of it," she said. "The festival is a great fundraiser. The event is a great way for people to come together, have fun and support the community."

Cushnie said while every year brings its challenges, the church aims to continue to bake up a peach pie storm for as long as it can.

"Every year, we wonder how long we will be able to continue; we are, after all, a relatively small congregation," she said. "Some of our senior members are finding it difficult to do as much as they used to and the younger ones are busy with jobs and/or small children. Nevertheless, we hope to be part of the festival for some time to come."

The Winona Peach Festival runs Aug. 22 to Aug. 24 at Winona Park.

For more information on the festival's attractions and offerings, visit www.winonapeach.com.


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MOSCOW - A successful Olympics behind him, President Vladimir Putin is facing what may become the most dramatic challenge of his rule: how to respond to the turmoil in Ukraine, a country he has declared vital for Russia's interests, which is home to millions of Russian-speakers and hosts a major Russian navy base.
Some in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east and south already have begged the Kremlin to help protect them against what they fear could be violence by the victorious protesters who toppled Ukraine's Moscow-backed leader. Putin has refrained from taking a public stance on Ukraine amid the Sochi Games, but the mounting tensions could quickly leave him with a stark choice: Stick to diplomacy and risk losing face at home, or open a Pandora's box by entering the fray.
If Moscow openly backs separatist-minded groups in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula that serves as the base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, it could unleash devastating hostilities that Europe hasn't seen since the Balkan wars. And ignoring pleas for help from pro-Russian groups in Ukraine could shatter Putin's carefully manicured image of the tough ruler eager to stand up to the West, eroding his conservative support base at home, where his foes could be encouraged by the Ukrainian example.
Facing such high risks, Putin has remained silent, weighing his options. His premier, Dmitry Medvedev, on Monday poured scorn on the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced President Viktor Yanukovych, and questioned their legitimacy as the new authority.
"If you consider Kalashnikov-toting people in black masks who are roaming Kiev to be the government, then it will be hard for us to work with that government," Medvedev said.
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Wine of the Day, No. 136Posted by Fredric Koeppel under Cheap Wine , Rioja , Spain , Uncategorized
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Well, darnit, it's a gloomy, drippy day in our neck o' the woods, and I hope the weather is better wherever My Readers find themselves. In recompense or hope, I offer a delightful, inexpensive white wine from Spain's Rioja region, If this one doesn't lift your spirits, you have a heart of stone, and I'm unfriending you right now. The CVNE Monopole 2015 is made from the indigenous viura grape, not a grape we tend to rave on all night about but one that certainly performs handily when treated with thoughtful simplicity. (CVNE, by the way, stands for Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, is often written as CUNE, and is pronounced "koo-nay.") The color is very pale straw-gold; aromas of green apple, roasted lemon and lime peel are highlighted by notes of jasmine and honeysuckle, acacia and almond skin. The texture is sleek and silky, buoying tasty stone-fruit and citrus flavors, animated by bright acidity and touches of limestone minerality and brisk salinity that foreshadow the wine's appropriateness with fresh seafood or with shrimp or chicken salad or, in general, with all sorts of lighthearted picnic fare. 13 percent alcohol. This vintage marks the 100th anniversary of the production of this wine, the first made in Rioja. Drink now through 2017. Very Good+. About $13, marking Excellent Value.
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On Wednesday, Apr 4, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced that 27 prisoners would be free from jail when Maoists will release the Italian tourist Paolo Bosusco and Jhina Hikaka. While the Italian ambassador wants to meet Patnaik to discuss over the issue.
"Considering the safety of Jhina Hikaka, our young tribal MLA (of the BJD), our government has decided to facilitate the release of 15 members of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha and also eight left-wing extremists now lodged in jails in Koraput and Malkangiri districts," Patnaik said.
Meanwhile, Hikaka appealed Patnaik to release those who were in prison on false charges, stated that state government is "neglecting" him because he is a tribal. "In such a situation I will not be able to work for my area and, if necessary, I will resign as MLA," he added.
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Der Empfang und die Betreuung durch den Verwalter (gardien) waren herzlich. Die Gutsbesitzer (Vermieter) sind hilfsbereite und beeindruckende Persönlichkeiten, die offen sind für Gespräche mit den Gästen.
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David Cameron has given his strongest hint yet that Britain will take the lead in pressing for a relaxation of EU sanctions on Burma as he expressed the hope that recent political reforms will be irreversible.
As he prepared to become the first western leader to visit Burma since Aung San Suu Kyi triumphed in recent parliamentary byelections, the prime minister indicated that he hoped to be able to use his visit to argue in favour of a change in EU sanctions policy.
"What I see happening in Burma is a potential flowering of freedom and democracy and I think that from everything I've seen – although I will see for myself tomorrow – it seems as if the president of Burma is intent on taking a new path and wants to see a progressive flourishing of freedom and democracy," Cameron told students at the Malaysian campus of Nottingham University.
Cameron appeared alongside his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, who pressed for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the Association of South East Asian Nations after visiting Burma. Cameron said: "Those aren't just my words, or the words of the prime minister of Malaysia, that is the feeling of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has suffered incredibly – an incredibly dignified struggle for democracy.
"I hope that following my meetings tomorrow I will have the confidence to go back to my country, to back to others in the European Union, and argue that the change in Burma is irreversible, that they are set on a path towards democracy, that in a world of difficulty and darkness and all sorts of problems, here is one bright light that we should encourage, and we should respond in a way that makes that regime feel that it is moving in the right direction and that the world is on its side."
On Friday the prime minister will round off his Asian tour when he visits Burma, weeks after the landslide victory in the parliamentary byelections by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.
Cameron will visit President Thein Sein in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw. The president has won international praise for allowing Aung San Suu Kyi's party to contest the byelections in the face of opposition from conservatives in his regime, who were said to be shocked by her victory. The prime will also visit Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon.
Earlier, in a speech in Jakarta, the prime minister praised Aung San Suu Kyi and, noticeably, Thein Sein for his "courage" in pursuing reforms.
Cameron said: "Where reform is beginning, like in Burma, we must get behind it. So let's pay tribute to those who have for decades and at huge personal cost to themselves fought for that freedom and reform. Not least, of course, the inspirational Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Let's pay tribute also to the leadership of President Thein Sein and his government, which has been prepared to release political prisoners, hold byelections and legalise political parties that had previously been outlawed.
"And let's show that when they have the courage to reform we have the courage to respond."
The prime minister's use of the word courage to describe the leader of Burma's military regime may raise eyebrows. Gordon Brown devoted a chapter of his book on courage to pay tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi's long fight against the dictatorship.
Downing Street has carefully balanced the trip to show support for Aung San Suu Kyi's 24-year struggle for democracy, which began when she abandoned her life in Oxford after the military regime's violent crackdown on protesters in 1988. But No 10 also wants to send a warm signal to the president.. The prime minister's apparent decision to take the lead in calling for the lifting of EU sanctions is likely to lead to wry smiles in Brussels. Britain was, until recently, in the lead in demanding sanctions remain in place.


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Series documents cases heard before the circuit courts and the U.S. district courts. U.S. district courts were administered by the federal government during the territorial period and subsequently replaced by the circuit courts upon statehood in 1859. Case files include exhibits, transcripts, indexes, and legal documents such as indictments, subpoenas, fee bills, articles of agreement, bonds, summons, executions, petitions, and injunctions. The case files document civil and criminal actions such as debt, theft, divorce, land claims, arson, murder, rape, assault and battery, and boundary conflicts. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.
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Re: Much faster ConvexHull implementation
Carl K. Woll wrote:
> However, in case you are still interested, I've improved convex[] on my
> machine so that it's about an order of magnitude faster for random points in
> the unit square and 2 to 3 times faster for finding the convex hull of the
> vertices of a convex polygon. In fact, it seems that the scaling is not much
> worse than linear for my test cases with up to a million points. I suppose
> this may be because at least part of the O(n log n) dependence is due to
> sorting, and since Sort (as well as Ordering) is an extremely quick built-in
> function, it takes extremely large data sets before Sort dominates the
> scaling. I'm sure there are also pathological cases where the scaling would
> be much worse, but I haven't spent the time to construct any. I could send a
> notebook with this newer algorithm to you if you are interested in testing
> it.
I did work on algorithms to identify the pareto frontier, which is a
similar problem to finding the convex hull. Here were two papers that
addressed it. This was Jon Bentley's PhD thesis topic a few (or more)
years ago. The second talks about dealing with randomized data sets,
which result in not all that many points on the convex hull compared to
the total number of points in the set.
1Bentley, J., "Multidimensional Divide-and-Conquer," Communications of
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A high tech company's threat of a lawsuit against a man who posted a negative review of its product on Amazon.com is being decried as 'bullying' and the company has lost it's right to sell products on Amazon as a consequence, but a local business and trademark attorney says legal threats like this is an indication of the maturation of the internet, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"We're starting to see now, very traditional causes of action, like defamation or business disparagement or libel finding its place in new media, including social media," said Debra Innocenti at the local form of Strasburger and Price.
The Florida man got a 'cease and desist' letter from Mediabridge after he wrote a negative review of one of its routers on Amazon. The letter told the poster that his claims were 'false, defamatory, libelous, and slanderous.'
Innocenti says, far from being a brake on free speech on line, the arrival of the sorts of protections which are commonplace in traditional media may make the internet a more believable place, and may end up making its consumer reviews and comments a lot more useful.
"The reviewer or the user on these web sites are frequently not even a customer," she says. "It may actually be a competitor and it is often somebody who has not even bought the product."
She says legal actions like this are not aimed at genuine customers who have purchased the product or used the service and are legitimately dissatisfied with it. Instead, it is aimed at internet 'trolls' who for malicious reasons post fake and disparaging reviews of products for personal gain, because they have been hired to do so, or for other reasons.
She says the introduction of libel, slander, and business disparagement actions on line, far from chilling free speech, are actually bringing to on line media the same protections which have been added to traditional speech for years. She says a 'troll' would face the same potential legal problems if the person posted a fake review in a newspaper.
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So I got all the parts needed, and have been a bit wary of trying this repair myself. Anyway, gotten a few quotes and they're just ridiculous.
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I laugh and say its a 4 hour job, to which 3 places in a row have now said "For a non-SC 2wd, yes its 4 hours. For a Supercharged 4x4, its listed as a 13 hour job."
So uh, my question is, WTF?! Is this true?? Does anyone know where they might be looking to get this info, and can anyone who's done a belt on an SC'ed 4x4 tell me how long it actually took? I thought I was looking at like $250, which I'd be OK paying. The numbers I'm getting are just stupid though...
4 hours is my normal. I've done one in 2.5 hours before, but they were replacing their radiator at the same time so I didn't take the time to clear out the fins on the old unit, just swap everything over.
I charge $300 for the job. But I do it at my house with air tools. I take the front tires off to get the front end down so it's a ton easier (no stepping on stools to get over the support).
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