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Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I hadn't planned on speaking on this amendment--there are plenty of other voices to do it--but I argued against this amendment in committee. I repeatedly argue against this amendment. I really don't know why we have to repeat this exercise, other than it won by one vote the other time, and we're going to correct that mistake tonight, I will tell you.
But the author of the amendment--the amendment is a wolf in sheep's clothing in that the gentleman offering the amendment isn't in favor of project labor agreements. As a matter of fact, all the people who have spoken----
Are you in favor of project labor agreements? I don't want to slight you if you are.
I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. FLAKE. Wherever they make sense, that's fine. I just don't want a finger on the scale either way.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. I hear you. And if that was true, the wording of your amendment would be----
Mr. DICKS. Will the gentleman yield just briefly on that point?
Mr. LaTOURETTE. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.
Mr. DICKS. Just briefly, the President doesn't require that they use a project labor agreement. He just suggests that they might be able to use it. That's pretty neutral.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. Reclaiming my time, well, let me say this. You know, I do agree with the gentleman from Arizona, which I very rarely do, that, in fact, under this administration, there's sort of a feeling that we should have PLAs, which I happen to think is a good thing into my part of the world. However, this language is almost identical to the Bartlett amendment that was in the defense authorization.
To my belief, this was written by the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Associated Builders and Contractors are not in favor of project labor agreements. Neither are most of the people, including Mr. Culberson. He's very proud of the fact that they don't have any unions in Texas. Well, we've got them in Ohio.
And I'll tell you, here's the difficulty with this and why this is a wolf in sheep's clothing. What the problem is is, if an agency determines that they want to proceed with a project labor agreement, this language prohibits them from doing it because it prohibits any contractor or subcontractor who may bid a piece of that job to be required to enter into a union contract. And that's the difficulty, because if the agency, independent, without any thumbs on the scale, says, You know what--well, I've got to tell you, CRS is wrong. CRS is flat-out wrong. They're a great organization. They're flat-out wrong.
But what this does is say that if the agency, and let's just take one that's in the news here in Washington, D.C. So the Metropolitan Airport Authority that controls the three airports in this area decides they want to do a project labor agreement, the board votes that way to do a project labor agreement on the silver line which is going out to Dulles Airport and it's covered by this bill, they cannot do a project labor agreement because this language isn't neutrality. This language says you can't have a project labor agreement because nobody, subcontractors can't be required to the terms and conditions that would be in a project labor agreement.
So make no mistake about it, CRS notwithstanding, this is to kill project labor agreements. And if you have that position, that's a great position. You can have that position. Mr. Culberson, I believe, has that position.
Mr. CULBERSON. I do.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. He does. I know he does, and we've talked about this. And you know what? He can have that position.
But what you can't do is bring an amendment to the floor that pretends to do one thing and, in fact, does another.
If you don't want project labor agreements to even be considered, vote against Mr. Grimm's amendment. If you think that they should be in the mix, you need to vote for it.
Mr. CULBERSON. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. LaTOURETTE. I am happy to yield to my friend from Texas.
Mr. CULBERSON. Our point was that in right-to-work States where we have virtually no labor unions, we don't want contractors to be required to adopt prevailing wages or adopt union guidelines in order to bid on a contract. And in States like yours, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, you should be free to do so.
And I think the way, truly, if I may, the way the amendment is written, we have obviously a difference of opinion, but it is written very clearly that the government cannot require or prohibit contractors from adopting these PLAs, so it leaves it really up to the local VA to decide whether they're going to bid it out to a nonunion shop or a union shop, depending on the State. In your State, fine. In Texas, you know, we're a nonunion State.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. Let me take back my time and say that I think it's unfortunate that Texas doesn't feel they have to pay living wages for construction jobs. But beyond that, let me say that, if the language said that, we wouldn't be having this discussion. But the language doesn't say that.
So let's say the VA down in Texas makes a determination that they want to do a project in Texas under a project labor agreement. They can't do it. They can't do it under this language. They are deprived of doing it because, to have a project labor agreement, they would be forced to require the contractors and subcontractors to abide by the terms and conditions of that agreement. I'm telling you that that's what it says, JOHN, honest to gosh. There is a better way to write this. This wasn't written by friends of PLAs, and it needs to be passed.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
(By unanimous consent, Mr. LaTourette was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
Mr. LaTOURETTE. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson).
Mr. CULBERSON. I think we're headed in the same place, which is that you'd like to preserve the ability to hire union contractors in Ohio, New York, and New Jersey. We share that. I have no objection. Under the 10th Amendment, if that's what you guys want to do, God bless you.
So what I would ask is that perhaps we could postpone the consideration of this amendment briefly. Would you guys come up with some language to amend Mr. Flake's language to make it even clearer in your mind; so let New Jersey run New Jersey and New York run New York and Ohio run New York, and let Texans run Texas?
Mr. LaTOURETTE. We don't want Ohio to run New York. I think the gentleman misspoke.
Mr. CULBERSON. I want Ohio to run Ohio.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. We've got enough stuff going on in Ohio.
Mr. CULBERSON. Will you offer an amendment, because you're a very capable legislator, and may we postpone the consideration of this amendment briefly so that you could amend his language to let Texans run Texas and Arizona run Arizona and Ohio run Ohio?
Mr. LaTOURETTE. And you're a gifted orator.
A couple of things. One, I appreciate the gentleman's invitation, but I don't want to postpone the consideration of the amendment.
Mr. CULBERSON. We've got other work.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. There is going to be a rolled vote, I assume. You're not going to take extra real time.
Mr. CULBERSON. No, but we could fix this, though.
Let's fix this.
Mr. LaTOURETTE. There is going to be a rolled vote, and I will be happy to work with the gentleman; but we're going to stand on the Grimm amendment in case we can't come to some accomodation, which I hope we can, not written by the ABC.
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just a curiosity question... this amp has 2 trim pots per channel (TVR101 and TVR102), but is DC servo and the DC offset has no adjustment, correct? if one is bias voltage, curious as to the purpose of the second.
sorry if it is obvious as i am pretty inexperienced in topology.
Head over to the lounge and ask Mr. Curl nicely. He will say two things for sure. The adjustments are VERY touchy, so unless you know what you are doing, paws out. The second is they were never right from the factory.
Can't wait to hook mine up to my new SEAS speakers I just finished.
perhaps i will wander over there..... he already gets asked so many questions and i have seen him state over and over that he is not responsible for all of the final design, so i don't really want to bother him directly with a question from a complete noob.
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|Hm, the funniness of this one tended to pass me by. I think it waved, but I didn't recognize it.
|It was hard for me, as a whitebread American, to catch this concept -- it needs some background. (Readers might try here and consider that "La Sape" is reputedly derived from "La Société des Ambienceus et ces Personnes D'Élégance.") See endnotes.
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On concept: People who aren't familiar with the African scene may find this article puzzling. The author could partially remedy this by clarifying exactly what "La Sape" is from the start. The difficulty is of course to do this humorously and with a light touch.
I like the concept partly because it is not just another bit of American television or computer game culture -- there are so many articles based on games and TV cartoons that one does not wish to read any more of them. "La Sape" is actually a real article on something outside meme-land.
On prose: There are some unhappy turns of phrase in the piece. I'm not sure if they crept in because the author does not use English as a cradle-language or if he was just a bit careless.
- "Although most blues and jazz music is for lesbians the fact that now days in Paris, Brussels, London and the Congo all SAP members have no money, 16 children but still manage to dress chic Al Capone."
English idiom would more probably be "the fact is that nowadays in Paris" and "still manage to dress as chicly as Al Capone." Or better, since "chicly" is a crap word, "as fashionably as Al Capone"...although Al Capone is considered very stodgy in the West. One might instead reference David Bowie, Jay-Z, Kanye West, or Leonardo Dicaprio.
At any rate, a careful set of revisions to comb out the syntactic tangles would help the article immensely.
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Inlaws don't like me(150 Posts)
Been with DH for 8 years. Went through a financial crisis recently which put us under a lot of strain.
Then during an argument, DH blurts out that his family criticise me and he often has to defend me. Things they said about me include: that I've 'got it easy' and should get a job (I'm a SAHM to 2 toddlers who is actually struggling with the role).
I (naively) thought his family really liked me! Until now I had no reason to think otherwise. So I emailed them (politely) and asked them to clarify if it was true. They confirmed that they did say those things.
Now I'm worried. DH is a mommy's boy and loves his family fiercly. He hates me at the moment. I'm afraid they could push him into hating me more, and could crumble our marriage. There is, after all, only so much 'defending' DH can do (I'm upset that he even has to).
So basically my question to you guys is: If your inlaws don't like you, does it spell curtains for the marriage?
I have written (a lot) with small children around. It is doable. But you need to agree this course of action with your husband, and try to lift your terrible depression and anxiety as at the moment it is running you and not the other way around. Good luck OP.
Why is writing pie in the sky?
Why not find out more about it?
Do you love it? Are you any good? Do you need professional input e.g. Curtis Brown in London run creative writing workshops.
Is this something you could pursue a bit more?
I think if you felt fulfilled a d mentally challenged, you wouldn't give a stuff what your in laws think and your oh would belt up too.
However, sahm role is really important too but it's not for everyone and you could be laying foundations for your writing.
Op, why don't you talk to your husband, call a truce and see what you can arrange? Even putting children in a nursery for a couple of mornings a week might give you the break you clearly need.
It is hard with little ones, I am a sahm, but my dh is very supportive. However I am looking at ways to earn money all the time, blogs, I know a few mums who sell cards or have coffee mornings to raise money for a local hospice, run toddler groups etc.
I think he has spoken to his parents, which is fine if you have problems, wouldnt you want your dc to talk to you? He shouldn't have told you, but maybe he was trying to illustrate a point - you say you were already arguing. I think you shouldn't have emailed them as it would cause the trouble it has, but its done now. Just apologise and move on- the only thing they could do was ignore your email, which maybe they should of. Why didnt you just call them?
Bar work is not the only option, and tbh it's not easy and very tiring, plus badly paid. Could you do tutoring in the evenings? Or approach companies interested in your degree, through direct mail, linked in, consultantcy - and arrange childcare should anything come up?
I have to live with him.
Eh no you done't have to do anything you don't want to do
That's why I don't agree a bar job would suit you, I think your brain needs occupying
I think there's some truth in that. I'm a writer at heart. But obviously that's a pie-in-the-sky job. I'm currently writing a book as a means of intellectual exercise.
So what if your dh cares? He's a mummy's boy so hardly valid an opinion then is it?
I have to live with him.
So what if your dh cares? He's a mummy's boy so hardly valid an opinion then is it?
You're very good at negativity aren't you? Very quick to dismiss any suggestions.
And I'd just like to clarify, I don't think you should work, I think you might benefit from working out of the home. I have, I enjoyed a year or so at home, I am very glad I restarted my career when I did, I also think I avoided getting very depressed by doing so. SAHM is a very valuable role, but it is not for everyone and I wouldn't do it again in a million years!
Why do you have to work around your husband's hours? You could pay for childcare out of your joint wage given that it is a joint expense. I also agree working out of the home would be a good move for you, you sound very intelligent but very frustrated, and depression/anxiety is always worse if you are stuck at home. That's why I don't agree a bar job would suit you, I think your brain needs occupying, I think a bar job would just ramp up the arguments/general drama of the whole situation (rushing round to friends in tears, police being called, it all needs damping down).
How about tutoring? There is a lot of call for tutors depending where you live and you could get them to come to you or tutor at night in your degree subjects (or even what you did at A level).
Having said that, I don't think you should work extra on top of being a SAHM to two very small children. That is a job in itself and very tiring. I would only think getting work would benefit you if it replaced some of the time you spend at home with the children.
With 2 degrees you are absolutely employable
Not what people have said here.
Yes he made a childish jibe: sort it out between you.
I didn't believe him, because his family have always been friendly and lovely to my face. I wasn't expecting them to confirm that they actually said those things!
Stuff what his parents think. Who cares?
To answer your Q - DH carees. He's a mommy's boy.
Bar work isn't really going to get you very far. Aim higher. A lot higher.
Can't think of many jobs that I can squeeze around DH's hours. I also suffer from crippling anxiety, so I'm worried that a 'high powered job' would bring me to my knees.
Yes mutual moaning & sympathising thus making OP the bad guy!
It sounds like the op's oh has been bitching about her to his parents though.
Don't underestimate the influence a manipulative in law can have. My in laws secretly poisoned my DH's mind against me from the day we married. I thought they liked me too
2 faced gits!
They chipped away at him for 3 years. I wondered why he was always in a foul mood when he'd visited them without me! Anyway we eventually separated & it all came out & when we got back together they were openly aggressive towards me in front of the DCs & I'm glad to say he manned up & threw them out of the house.
Your DH needs to realise that you & the DCs are his immediate family. Not them. They are his extended family & not his priority & he needs to tell them it is not acceptable for them to bitch about you to him. End of.
Stuff what his parents think. Who cares? If you spend your time making decisions based on what other people think, then you may as well just do what they tell you.
If you get another email from mil, just say that you're sorry for involving them and that it is actually none of their business so sorry again for involving them in your marriage.
You need to be thicker skinned with your oh. If he criticises you again, tell him he would find it hard to be a sahp too and that he should be more supportive. Then ignore any other negative crap that comes out of his mouth.
Meanwhile, you're clearly clever. Bar work isn't really going to get you very far. Aim higher. A lot higher.
Why not think of a role you'd like to work in - research it properly so you are sure it's something you'll do unlike your law degree - and start laying some foundations now.
You could research the roles in your chosen area fully. investigate more study if necessary. Get a few books from Amazon on it.
How old are you? Grad training schemes could still be an option. I mean two firsts are very impressive. Don't waste them in bar work.
Don't look to others for approval. It's pointless. If you want to work and change your financial situation then start casting about.
Totally agree with happychick
what a mess! I'm really sorry to say this but you both sound like kids. In fact, everybody sounds like kids.
He makes a childish jab at you while you are arguing: 'my parents don't like you!' (pulease!!)
You immediately email parents, asking 'is this true'
She emails back saying 'yes it is. You should pull your weight'
How old is he? He sounds about 9.
What's she doing wading in to an argument between a man and his wife
What were you doing involving his parents? Yes he made a childish jibe: sort it out between you.
and btw if a therapist 'tells' you to do something then the therapist has got it wrong. or you're hearing the therapist wrong. A therapist doesn't 'tell' a client to do anything. If your therapist is 'telling' you to do things then get rid and get a therapist who
isn't codependent knows their stuff and has effective supervision .
Some of your posts are along the lines of 'he did it first waaah'. Please, you are parents - argue like adults. What are you teaching your kids? The insults you fling at one another - are the kids within earshot?
BerthatheBogCleaner's post is spot on, IMO.
^Child maintainence wont give you enough money for you and two children to live on. Its there towards the children but both parnts are expected to support them.
My friend is in a situation where she may be splitting with her husband. She is also a SAHM and is entitled to maintenence for the kids AND herself. It's deffo enough to live on (£2k per month for her). We phoned citizens advice.^
You can't manage on 50k plus, yet you think you could on 24k? How? And you're also trusting the CAB rather than a solicitor? Risky, at best: as you know (I also have a law degree, and from an extremely good university - and I did study family law specifically, so I promise you equity and trusts is only relevant to a share in the family home) law moves so fast the textbooks are outdated within 3 years and the CAB are advisors, not solicitors. Spousal maintenance would very possibly apply while your kids are preschool, but where wives are young and the marriage relatively short, and where there is not much money in the pot, even without extensive work history the current expectation is that you will support yourself as soon as possible, and provision is generally calculated with that in mind. It's not assumed that the father should support the woman in an ongoing capacity as it was 20 years ago, and if the CAB told you otherwise then all I can say is you should check their information before making any life-altering decisions on it - and your friend needs to do the same.
With 2 degrees you are absolutely employable, if you want to be. You might need to start by volunteering or interning, to gain experience, but of course you're employable. Studying and then having kids isn't sitting on benefits - you've been using the time constructively.
I think you really, really need to work. I think you have to for your own sanity, and I am really glad you've started a thread on that front. I also think you need to start counselling for yourself and also for the relationship (bluntly I would think any sexual issues are symptomatic rather than causal from what you say) and I would at the least post in Legal here to clarify your financial situation, because I do not think your assumption that you'd get long term ongoing maintenance for yourself is correct. How well educated is your friend, and what is her work history? It's meant to be a bridge, not a lifestyle.
Hang on in there. The early toddler years are so hard - you'll almost certainly find paid employment far easier in many ways, given your academic success.
Any good at maths, OP?
No. I'm dyslexic. Absolutely terrible at maths. I've just made a new work-focused thread here
If you work evenings the DCs are in bed by then. How does that show him that childcare isn't a picnic?
I take it he likes clean clothes, nice meals and a happy home life. I assume during Mon to Fri you take on day to day domestic stuff so he doesn't have to do his job then come home to a bearpit. Then how do you share childcare and chores at weekends?
Earlier I suggested sitting down and methodically going through outgoings and figure out how you and he can manage if you look for work. It might wait until your eldest starts pre-school. But you can plan ahead. Assure him you are pulling your weight. Ask him if he has any better ideas.
You mentioned the age gap. He can't have been immune to the satisfaction of having a lovely bright younger partner when you began dating. More than 'eye candy' of course I am not suggesting it wasn't a marriage of equals. Now he is feeling his age and the weight however wanted of 2 small DCs plus unwaged wife. He feels cross and embarrassed at having been caught whinging to his parents. Sulking is neither attractive nor sexy so I don't know what he thinks he'll gain. Perhaps for all you know, they ticked him off for being so wet as to throw what they may have uttered in a moment of 'there, there son' sympathy at you during a row.
In a nutshell both of you feel got at and undervalued. Any chance of a babysitter and a calm talk somewhere away from home and DCs?
Before this escalates any further, wave a white flag of truce and parlay - not surrender - and talk to him.
A couple of points about you working -
(1) You and dh need to do the same total amount of work, including paid work, childcare, housework. You shouldn't expect to go out to work and still do all the housework.
(2) your salary doesn't need to cover childcare costs - the children are a joint responsibility and childcare comes out of your joint income. Your dh needs childcare while he works too, and if he can't get it for free he has to pay for it. Obviously this may mean that your joint income decreases if you work, but if dh is so insistent you work, he'll have to put up with that
So (when he deigns to talk to you again) it may be worth pointing out that you'd love to work and are seriously considering it, but has he realised that this will mean that his workload will increase, and your joint income may drop?
And I'd try to leave your ILs out of it. You don't have to be talking with them at all, do you? Ignore, ignore, ignore.
Oh lovely this makes me so sad, life isn't about wanting to feel numb, about just existing. It's about laughing, and loving.
It's not sounding like there's much of that in your life at the moment.
The ILs are not the problem. We all can see that. Being a sahm doesn't give you much gratification especially if your toddlers like mine;
Toast cut into squares not triangles
Butter on his sandwich, which he didn't want
Tidied a toy away he wanted
.... That's just today.
But it should come from your dh and I think he's massively letting you down as well as missing the contribution you are making
You did drag his parents into it, he shouldnt have told you what they sais but likely did so in anger. Actually involving them in the argument was your oung and what children do.
Spousal maintainence is rare nowadays and you didnt give up a career for him as you have already said you have never worked!
You can ask to be admitted so that you can get help, and your husband would be expected to look after the children. A doctor would need to agree that this is necessary.
It could help you, because you'd get counselling, and support, and you obviously don't have any support at home. But it's likely that he won't have changed when you get released, and that's a big problem. I don't know how you fix that.
Employment and the in-laws aside, your husbands lack of ability to support you through your depression is horrific. It's such a horrid illness, and you really need support and patience and help. Instead you've got someone behaving like a rather malicious third child, sulking and generally making life harder.
Is your GP supportive? Do you know where your local mental health services are based?
I have read both of your threads and I just can't understand how there is ever going to be any progression within your relationship if you carry on like this.
Your husband sounds so immature, the argument and subsequent contact with the in-laws is not great. But there seems to be a fundamental problem with you and your husband not agreeing on the basics.
If you can't get that right I would just start planning to leave now.
I have two children the same age as you, have been a SAHM, now back at work - and I am SO grateful for it. It's tough!
On your other thread someone suggested leaving him to the childcare for a couple of days, he will then understand what your day is like.
My husband never once questioned the house looking insane at the end of the day, in both of our minds the children are the priorities, sometimes the house was tidy, more often it wasn't and we would pitch in together after bedtime to sort it out. That's what a partnership is.
Any good at maths, OP? You could do an AAT - law comes in handy in accountancy - which could lead onto accountancy qualifications.There are jobs out there, inc in schools for when your DC are older.
And you like studying...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev is upset again with Ohio lawmakers, saying a new brewery bill introduced this week could scuttle its plans to buy a wholesale distributorship in Lima.
State Reps. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, and Ron Gerberry, D-Austintown Township, introduced House Bill 174, which would prevent breweries from buying beer distributors in the state before a new law prohibiting such ownership takes effect.
House Bill 174 follows the passage last month of Senate Bill 48, which prohibits big brewers from owning or having a financial interest in distributors in Ohio. But the bill doesn't go into effect until the end of July. Buchy and Gerberry's legislation would prevent breweries from moving on deals before then. It includes an emergency clause and would take effect immediately if signed by the governor.
Since Senate Bill 48 was approved, Anheuser-Busch announced an agreement to buy C&G Distributing Co. Inc. in Lima. The brewery had protested the passage of Senate Bill 48.
Buchy's office said the intent isn't to stand in the way of that sale, but to promote competition within the beer industry. But Anheuser-Busch believes the legislation would impact the deal.
"As we work to promote business in Ohio, it is important to address looming issues that threaten the growth of industry," Buchy said in a prepared statement. "Ohio's Legislature made its intentions clear with the unanimous passage and the signing into law of SB 48. House Bill 174 will stop manufacturers from using a loophole to gain a monopoly in the beer industry in Ohio.
"This bill will allow competition to drive the beer market and ensure consumers have access to the best products available. Monopoly-like actions threaten Ohio's economic recovery and hinder entrepreneurship and job growth."
Anheuser-Busch, which operates a brewery in Columbus and already owns a distributor in Canton, issued a lengthy statement today (May 23) opposing the measure:
"Anheuser-Busch is strongly opposed to any bill that restricts the free market that has long existed in Ohio's beer industry. Government interference in private business transactions would be contrary to the pro-growth environment that has made Ohio a great place to do business.
"In fact, we've owned a distributorship in Canton since 1994, serving more than 1,000 restaurants, bars, convenience and grocery stores throughout eastern Ohio. Between our distributorship and Columbus brewery, we employ nearly 800 Ohioans.
"We're proud of our products, have invested significantly in them and have a strong interest in how they're brought to market.
"There has been no showing, in legislative hearings or anywhere else, that there is some kind of problem in the beer industry in Ohio that requires intrusion by the Ohio General Assembly. We urge the legislature to reject anti-competitive public policy."
Gary Guagenti of C&G Distributing also had sent a letter to House Speaker Bill Batchelder, R-Medina, last week protesting the possibility that lawmakers would introduce legislation that would prevent the sale.
"Please understand that the decision to sell was made in the best interest of our families, our employees and our customers," he wrote. To read the full letter, click here.


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The growth management process established in this Plan will shape urban and rural development patterns in the unincorporated areas of the County and guide what happens in the foothills, mountains and agricultural areas, as well as in the community separator areas. More specifically, the growth management strategy in this Plan is intended to reflect six factors that will guide decision-making:
|Table 2.1 Existing Predominant Land Use - Front Range Study Area
|Dry Land
|Commercial and Industrial
|Residential Improved
|Residential Unimproved
|New Subdivision
|Home Owners Association
|Mobile Home
|Tax Exempt
|Cities and Towns
|Incomplete Data, Lakes, or Road ROW
|Source: Larimer County Planning Division, March 1996.
Table 2.1 describes the existing land uses in the Front Range Study Area. The recently approved residential projects show a trend toward relatively large lots. In the urban growth areas (UGA's) residential densities are averaging about one unit per acre. This is a significantly lower density than the commonly accepted urban density of two to six units per acre. Lots outside the UGA but within the Front Range Study Area are averaging about 3.3 acres.
The average lot size for minor residential developments (MRDs) is significantly higher, almost 15 acres per lot. While these minor residential developments make up 10 percent of the new acreage, they create only three percent of the new lots. Outside the Front Range Study Area lots tend to be much larger on average because many parcels are being divided into 35 acre lots.
This trend toward large lots will have two effects. It will lead to scattered development, which increases the cost of services, and it will require that more agricultural land be taken out of production to accommodate residential development.
The Larimer County growth management approach builds on, and refines, the themes that have been identified to guide the County in its planning and implementation efforts. This approach has four key dimensions:
Consistency: The implementation documents, particularly the Land Use Code that will include zoning and subdivision regulations, performance standards and incentive programs, will be consistent with Master Plan principles and policies.
Concurrency: Adequate public facilities and services are provided concurrent with new development and they must either be in place, or adequate funding mechanisms established, prior to completion of any project, so new residents are not left without required facilities and services. Level of service standards will be established for urban areas and rural areas consistent with the County's capital improvement program and fees collected to offset the costs of growth.
Cooperation: An intergovernmental growth management approach is more effective than having individual jurisdictions act independently on growth management policies. The County will continue to work with cities and towns to plan for future urban areas adjacent to communities and help the municipalities implement community separators. The County will also continue to coordinate with the State and Federal land management agencies that have planning and management responsibilities in the County.
Compatibility: New development needs to be compatible with existing uses and with the environment. The idea is to be a good neighbor and a good steward of the land. Compatibility will be enhanced through neighborhood meetings, buffering requirements, performance standards and environmental review.
These four key dimensions are addressed throughout the Master Plan and
in the Land Use Code.
The growth management system includes strong commitments to environmental resource protection and provision of adequate public facilities. The system uses level of service standards and performance standards to protect resources, while at the same time offering creative options for site planning. The performance-oriented approach allows more flexibility than traditional zoning and it will allow development to reflect the rural character of disparate parts of the county.
This growth management system affects the timing, location and quality of new development with the overall objective of enhancing livability within the County for existing and future residents. Because this will be a major new step, it will be important to monitor progress of Plan implementation and the effects of these measures on existing resources. The County will identify those resources and indicators to be used to monitor the impacts of new development and identify where potential problems may be occurring so remedial measures or mitigation can be put in place to avoid adverse effects.
One of the major growth management challenges in Larimer County is to ensure that development does not cause a deterioration in the level of service provided to existing residents. The County's growth management system does not include any attempt to control the rate of growth through building permit caps, limits on lots created or similar mechanisms. Instead, it relies on a combination of regulatory and financial mechanisms - adequate public facility regulations, capital expansion fees and capital improvements planning - to ensure that facilities are in place to serve new development as it occurs.
The County's growth management approach emphasizes a regional, multi-jurisdictional approach to ensuring adequate public facilities. A regional approach is necessary because the systems of facilities and services required to serve new development cross jurisdictional boundaries. On the one hand, many of the public facilities that serve development in unincorporated areas, including water, wastewater and fire protection, are provided by municipalities or special districts. On the other hand, many of the facilities and services provided by the County, including detention facilities, open space and County roads that function as regional transportation corridors, benefit residents of both incorporated and unincorporated areas.
Recognizing the need for multi-jurisdictional solutions, the County's growth management system includes adequate public facility standards that are coordinated with municipal and special district service providers and regional capital expansion fees that may be assessed on new development in both cities and unincorporated areas, where appropriate. Implementing such a regional approach will require close cooperation between the County, municipalities and special districts.
Adequate Public Facility (APF) regulations are most defensible in the context of a long-range plan for providing major public facilities. They are not designed to be a means of preventing growth or of requiring developers to construct major system facilities having community-wide benefit. In the event that a developer offers to construct or contribute a portion of the cost of such a facility in order to have it in place earlier than would be possible with existing funding sources, reimbursement agreements, pro rata agreements or other mechanisms will be encouraged to ensure that the developer is not forced to contribute a disproportionate share of the cost.
The County's approach to ensuring adequate public facilities is based on quantifiable standards that can be measured, mapped and monitored. In many cases, these standards are different for urban and rural areas, in recognition of the different levels of service that are appropriate in very different environments. For example, the traffic threshold triggering the need for dust mitigation or paving of gravel roads is more stringent in urban areas due to the higher population densities that characterize urban areas.
In some cases, it is appropriate to establish different standards within urban or rural areas. For example, water storage requirements for fire fighting purposes are higher in wildfire hazard areas. Similarly, different standards may be appropriate when the affected facility is an existing facility that is more difficult to upgrade (e.g., an existing road with narrow right-of-way) than a brand new facility.
In order to implement its principle of growth paying its own way, the County will continue to use the capital expansion fees which are specifically authorized, proceed cautiously on an expanded capital expansion fee program and work with other jurisdictions to clarify the role of capital expansion fees in growth management systems, through the legislative and judicial processes.
Capital expansion fees must be clearly tied to the impacts of development on public facilities, and must be used to provide or improve facilities that benefit the development in question. In order to meet these legal requirements, the County must perform a careful analysis of existing conditions and the public facility needs which are attributable to new development. The County will begin with a study of the County road system, to determine the feasibility of using capital expansion fees to finance improvements made necessary by growth and development. The County will also review other fees, dedications and fees-in-lieu to ensure that the methodologies for calculating land and fee requirements are consistent with current case law and are fair.
Wherever possible, the County will seek to establish partnerships with other entities providing similar public services, i.e. transportation, to share capital expansion fee revenues and coordinate improvement projects.
While capital expansion fees can be used to finance some growth-related improvements, the County also has a number of existing capital needs, such as obsolete bridges, that cannot be attributed to future growth. Consequently, the County's capital needs will be addressed through a long-range capital improvements plan that is funded with a variety of revenue sources in addition to fees. This two-pronged financing approach will result in an equitable sharing of the capital costs attributable to growth and pre-existing capital deficiencies.
In the mid-1970's Larimer County joined with the Cities of Loveland and Fort Collins to establish future urban service areas in a coordinated manner. This effort ultimately resulted in the adoption of Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) between the jurisdictions and designation of Urban Growth Area (UGA) overlay zoning districts around the two cities. These Agreements and UGA boundaries have been amended several times but the basic purpose and structure have remained the same.
In 1994-95, Larimer and Weld Counties, and many of the municipalities within these Counties, with assistance from the State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs, funded a regional planning study. This study made numerous recommendations pertaining to the desired form and pattern of the region and identified opportunities for coordination and collaboration on land use issues. One set of recommendations suggested the criteria upon which urban growth boundaries should be based and another suggested that there be some degree of consistency among the various Intergovernmental Agreements in the region. In later meetings held to work on implementation of the above recommendations, it was thought that additional geographical boundaries should be considered for the purpose of long-term planning and coordination among jurisdictions. Also, it was noted that at least one municipality did not care for the use of the word "growth" in the term "urban growth boundaries."
Accordingly, the Master Plan uses the term "Growth Management Area"(GMA) to refer to what current IGAs with the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland refer to as Urban Growth Areas. In addition, the Master Plan calls for the establishment of two additional geographical boundaries that could be established beyond a municipality's growth management area: the "Cooperative Planning Area" (CPA) and the "Community Influence Area" (CIA).
Map 2.1 (not included in the Web version of this document) shows existing adopted Intergovernmental Agreement areas. The map is intended to be dynamic and flexible and inform users of the Plan of the current status of City/ County IGAs. The three principal terms - GMA, CPA and CIA - are intended to provide a consistent framework for this Plan and future City/ County IGAs. These terms are defined below.
Growth Management Area (GMA) boundaries should be based on a plan for providing urban-level services to the area within a 20-year time frame. The area does not necessarily need to be served exclusively by the municipality for all services, but the designated area should be serviceable by an existing urban service provider. For example, the GMA may include areas currently served by a water or sanitation district, with which the municipality has established a service area agreement. The municipality should, however, intend to annex the Growth Management Area within the 20-year time frame, and to provide the GMA with a full range of urban services in the future.
Within Growth Management Areas, the County would agree to approve only urban-level development according to the city's adopted plan, and the cities would agree to annex all properties when they become eligible. Policies and regulations in the Intergovernmental Agreements should specify required facilities, design standards and phasing criteria for new development. The County would agree that urban development will not be approved outside the GMAs except in specifically named areas and according to the adopted County Plan.
The intent of the County is to reinforce Growth Management Areas as the only location of future urban-level development in the County (except for the unincorporated community of LaPorte). The County will work with each of the cities and towns in Larimer County to reach mutually-beneficial Intergovernmental Agreements which address the principles of the Master Plan and the growth management concerns of each jurisdiction.
The various municipalities in Larimer County have differing definitions
of "urban development" and "urban services." To provide a policy basis
for working with municipalities to define and establish GMA boundaries,
the County will define these terms to mean an average density of at least
2 housing units per acre and existing or planned availability of public
water and public sewer.
The County will also work with jurisdictions on approaches for areas which are not planned for urban development and/or urban services within the city plan's time frame (i.e., 20 years) but where development may have an impact on present and future city growth patterns. These areas are termed Cooperative Planning Areas (CPAs). The CPA is a cooperative strategic planning area for the residents and landowners, the municipality , and the County. It may include areas that could eventually be annexed and provided urban services based on topography or other service provision factors. It may also include areas that because of existing development patterns, service-delivery constraints or other factors, are not planned for urban development or services (as defined above).
Municipalities that could someday "grow together" could jointly identify their respective cooperative planning areas so they do not overlap, and therefore avoid having future disputed annexation areas. This arrangement could be used to avoid future "annexation wars," and to plan for community buffers or separators.
Community Influence Areas (CIAs) will also be addressed in Intergovernmental Agreements. Development applications within these areas will be referred to the adjacent jurisdiction(s) for close coordination during the development review process. Community Influence Areas may overlap those of other municipalities.
The schematic above illustrates the conceptual relationship of Growth Management Areas, Cooperative Planning Areas and Community Influence Areas.
The second phase of the Estes Valley Planning Project includes appointment of a Joint Town-County Planning Commission and development of a single zoning and land use code for the Plan area, which will apply both inside and outside Town limits. This approach is unique to the Estes Valley and required special State legislation to authorize the Joint Planning Commission. The Estes Valley Comprehensive Plan is referred to in the County Master Plan for information and clarity, but it is a "stand-alone" document which will be implemented through a separate set of land use regulations and procedures.
Early in the PLUS process, the County Commissioners and Planning Commission members decided that an incentive and performance-based approach to land use development was preferable to a traditional rezoning approach. Besides being more acceptable to many landowners, the performance-based approach allows more flexibility in addressing the disparate parts of the County. Three new growth management tools addressing resource protection through incentives and performance standards are proposed to be included in the Land Use Code:
Left is a subdivision typical in Larimer County. Right is a clustered plan with the same number of lots and preserved open space.
TDR programs have been used in several areas of the country, and in Colorado, as an incentive-based method of protecting important resource areas and other lands that public policy would like to remain undeveloped. For several years, Larimer County has been exploring the possibility of using this type of approach, but the details of an appropriate program have not yet been developed.
The Plan for the Region between Fort Collins and Loveland (see
Section 3.3) recommends TDRs as a possible
implementation tool for that area to protect important resources between
the two cities.
A transfer of development rights program has the potential to assist in the protection of critical resource areas using a tool that appears to be attractive to many landowners. Implementation of a TDR program will probably require close coordination with one or more of the municipalities in the County to enable the areas of increased density to be located where appropriate services are available. Many details of this approach remain to be worked out and the County will continue to pursue its options.
The Board of County Commissioners appointed an Agricultural Task Force in 1996 to propose principles and strategies to protect the future of agriculture in Larimer County. The Task Force returned a report to the Commissioners in January 1997, which includes a wide range of principles and strategies, some of which extend beyond the purpose of a County Master Plan. The concepts which relate most closely to the physical development of the County have been incorporated here and in the following chapter (see Section 3.2).
The major growth management strategy proposed which pertains to agriculture
is the creation of a voluntary Agricultural District. An agricultural district
is envisioned as working with a package of incentives (for example, tax
incentives, priority lands for transferring or purchasing development rights,
limited development options, etc.) to producers who volunteer to participate.
In turn, for example, producers might agree to withhold their land from
development for a specified period of time and to offer first right of
refusal to area land and water banks should they later decide to develop.
Four other programs are recommended by the Task Force which will require additional work to more fully develop and implement. These programs are included in the Action Plan (Section 7.3). These future programs include:
The OEDP Committee continued to meet and recommend economic development strategies to the County Commissioners and other government entities until early in 1996. At that time, the Committee completed drafting an Economic Development Policy for Larimer County, which was adopted by the County Commissioners. In mid-1996, the County Commissioners appointed an Economic Development Advisory Board, including some former OEDP Committee members. The charge of the Economic Development Advisory Board is to advise the Commissioners regarding economic development issues and assist the County Commissioners in developing an economic development plan for Larimer County.
The Larimer County Department of Community Services has been active in housing programs for many years. Programs have included a very successful Weatherization Program which provides home improvements to promote energy efficiency to low income households. The Department coordinates a Housing Rehabilitation program and Housing Vouchers and Certificates, which qualified renters can use to buy-down housing costs. The Department also developed the Affordable Housing Information System (AHIS), which examines and reports on current and projected housing demand, housing stock, and development patterns. A report, Affordable Housing Demand in Larimer County 1996 - 2000, which was derived from the information system, is available from the Department of Community Services.
The County is a participant in the Larimer County Affordable Housing Task Force, a consortium of public, not-for-profit and private agencies and individuals whose mission is to educate and encourage development of affordable housing throughout the County. Larimer County is also a member of Funding Partners, which seeks to provide funding sources for affordable housing. The primary role of the County is to support municipal and private efforts to create affordable housing.
Beyond the policies and programs which provide or encourage affordable housing as defined above, there is great concern with the impact of planning policies and regulations on the cost, or affordability, of housing in general. Rapid and sustained growth has pushed housing costs to new highs throughout the region. The drafters of the PLUS Master Plan believe that its principles and strategies are generally neutral on the issue of housing affordability. The primary reason for this belief is that residential densities will not change under this Plan; that is, downzoning to larger residential lot sizes will not be required. In some cases, however, requirements for Adequate Public Facilities will increase development costs which will be passed on to new home buyers. This strategy is viewed as preferable to the alternatives of having taxpayers subsidize public facilities made necessary by new development, or allowing service levels to deteriorate.
The dual issues of affordable housing and housing affordability will remain priorities. The Action Plan (Section 7.3.1) recommends an on-going work program to develop strategies for affordable housing, including possible provisions in the Land Use Code and Building Code to eliminate barriers to private sector affordable housing.
In the shaded section below, each primary paragraph (in bold type) is a statement of principle. The subparagraphs are strategies for implementing the principle.
GM-1 Larimer County shall plan for long-term growth and physical expansion based on environmental, land use, community design and infrastructure considerations.
GM-1-s1 The Land Use Code shall be designed to implement the principles of the Master Plan and shall include provisions for environmental review and protection, consideration of compatibility issues and site design, and adequate public facilities.
GM-2 Service demands of new development shall not exceed the capacities of existing roads and streets, utilities or public services.
GM-2-s1 The Land Use Code shall define level of service standards and require that all new development meet or exceed the adopted standards. Level of service standards shall be geared to the needs of urban areas and rural areas and the County's financial resources.
GM-3 Larimer County will use transfer of development rights as a tool to protect important County resources, where appropriate.
GM-3-s1 Larimer County shall continue to develop a transfer of development rights program in cooperation with the municipalities of the County.
GM-3-s2 The transfer of development rights program shall include a means to identify or define areas where transfer of development rights will be used to protect important resources, called "sending areas."
GM-3-s3 "Receiving areas" shall be consistent with growth management and land use principles of the Master Plan and shall have adequate public services and facilities.
GM-4 Larimer County shall continue to allow for urban development within cities and designated urban areas.
GM-4-s1 Urban development areas will be designated only where public water and sewer are available or planned, and where projected densities are at least 2 units per acre.
GM-4-s2 Intergovernmental Agreements shall clearly define an annexation policy that is consistent with city and County growth management principles. In development not eligible for immediate annexation, the County will require applicants to meet city criteria, standards and fee structures adopted by the County, so that the areas may eventually be annexed as they become eligible without extensive capital improvements or costs. The County also will encourage annexation of land that is to be developed with urban uses or at urban densities so provision of urban level services by Larimer County is minimized. Binding annexation agreements also will continue to be required.
GM-5 Larimer County, in cooperation with municipalities and after consultation with residents, landowners and other affected interests, shall establish Cooperative Planning Areas (CPAs) and Community Influence Areas (CIAs) adjacent to Growth Management Areas (GMAs), where appropriate, to provide for protection of future City or Town interests.
GM-5-s1 Strategies for growth management in Cooperative Planning Areas will be detailed in planning studies and included in Intergovernmental Agreements.
GM-5-s2 Larimer County shall send referrals to all municipalities within their respective Community Influence Area.
GM-6 Larimer County shall cooperate with municipalities to maintain distinct and separate urban areas.
GM-6-s1 Responsibility for defining and providing buffers between communities shall be shared between the adjacent municipalities and the County and shall be defined in Intergovernmental Agreements.
GM-6-s2 Cities and the County may jointly pursue acquisition strategies including transfer of development rights programs to implement protection of community buffers.
GM-7 To protect rural character, the County shall maintain current zoning and provide new standards and performance requirements for Adequate Public Facilities, Rural Conservation (cluster) Development, neighborhood compatibility, protection of environmental resources and restrictions in hazardous areas.
GM-7-s1 Existing zoning uses and minimum lot sizes will be the basis for new development in rural areas. Purpose statements will be established for all zoning districts to clarify how they will be applied. Additional site development standards, buffering requirements and performance standards also will be incorporated into the Land Use Code to implement this principle.
GM-7-s2 New rural development will be clustered, using new requirements for Rural Conservation Development. The character of rural development will vary, based on the natural characteristics of the site, distance from public facilities and accessibility. (See the cluster development description in section 3.2).
GM-7-s3 The Rural Land Use Process will be encouraged in rural areas as an alternative to 35 acre rural development.
GM-8 Agriculture shall be recognized as an important economic, cultural and environmental resource value-provider for the County.
GM-8-s1 The Land Use Code may provide a mechanism for creating a voluntary agricultural district. An agricultural district is envisioned as working with a package of incentives (for example, tax incentives, priority lands for transferring or purchasing development rights, limited development options, etc.) to producers who volunteer to participate. In turn, for example, producers might agree to withhold their land from development for a specified period of time and to offer first right of refusal to area land and water banks should they later decide to develop.
GM-9 Permanent and on-going communication between agriculture and the County is essential.
GM-9-s1 The County shall establish a permanent Agricultural Advisory Board made up primarily of full-time farmers to keep it informed on agricultural issues and to assist in keeping agriculture important and viable in Larimer County.
GM-10 The protection of agricultural land and water in Larimer County shall be based on a combination of incentives, voluntary participation and measures to strengthen the viability of agriculture.
GM-10-s1 The Agricultural Advisory Board shall develop implementation strategies to protect agricultural land and water in Larimer County.
GM-11 To retain agriculture and the resulting open space, environmental quality, wildlife habitat, etc., afforded by it, it is necessary to adopt programs that will help agriculture be economically viable and reasonably competitive with other potential uses of agricultural land.
GM-11-s1 Larimer County shall continue to study and implement programs which assist the business of agriculture. Agricultural Enterprise Zones and creation of a regional land and water bank shall be considered and a Right-to-Farm Resolution shall be adopted.
GM-11-s2 Regulation of farm improvement projects and routine agricultural operations shall be required only to the extent to protect health, safety and welfare.
GM-12 Respect for private property is essential to the maintenance of agriculture.
GM-12-s1 Agricultural landowners must be able to exclude public access in order to protect crops, livestock and conservation practices and to limit liability, littering, pollution, disruption of agricultural activities and other problems.
GM-13 Larimer County supports the development of a local economy which is increasingly self-reliant and that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.
GM-13-s1 County-sponsored economic development activities shall be supportive of existing businesses and retain existing employment, as well as fostering new employment opportunities which create a positive impact on the County.
GM-14 The role of Larimer County government in economic development is to support and facilitate other public and private economic development efforts which are consistent with the adopted Economic Development Policy for the County.
GM-14-s1 The Economic Development Advisory Board shall continue to coordinate with other economic development agencies in the region and provide recommendations to the County regarding requests for County support of economic development activities and projects.
GM-14-s2 Larimer County shall consider incentives and/or otherwise support economic development projects and programs which are consistent with growth management, land use and other principles and strategies of the Master Plan.
GM-15 Larimer County government shall encourage the development of affordable housing as needed through support and incentives to other public, nonprofit and private sector developers, rather than developing, owning and operating housing units.
GM-15-s1 Larimer County will continue to work with affordable housing advocates to propose modifications to the Land Use Code and Building Code that will encourage development of affordable housing without compromising principles of the Master Plan or building safety.
GM-15-s2 The County shall adopt a uniform definition of "affordable housing" to provide clarity and uniformity when considering issues and requests related to affordable housing.
GM-16 Affordable housing in Larimer County shall include efforts to provide an appropriate mix of housing types and opportunities to meet the needs of all persons in need of housing.
GM-17 As much as possible, new affordable housing development shall be located close to relevant services.
GM-17-s1 Development of affordable housing is seen as a regional issue and the County will partner with other government entities to address the problem.


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The Breegus System was a star system at the very edge of the Polaris Galaxy. The Breegus Nebula was its entrance. It was close to the center of the universe, as the Great Clock, which was at most 50 ft away from the exact center, was located here.[1] The Breegus System was free from the iron fisted rule of Tachyon and thus did not suffer. However, the system was generally lawless, and crawling with mercenaries and petty tyrants. Polaris Galactic Government did have a small influence here, as Terachnos was aligned with them; however, due to time anomalies, was to busy to stop Nefarious forces from occupying Terachnos.
It was here that a number of significant events occurred during Ratchet's search for Clank, who had been kidnapped by Doctor Nefarious after he initiated a new plan to take over the Great Clock after being defeated by the duo and Captain Qwark in the Solana Galaxy. Many groups and races including the Fongoids, Vullards, Agorians, Terachnoids, Valkyries and Nefarious Troopers were encountered in the Breegus System. General Azimuth retreated to the system in exile after Emperor Tachyon's attack on Fastoon and the disappearance of the Lombaxes. Captain Darkwater was also known to have visited the Breegus Star Cluster.[2]
Known sectors
- Breegus Minor was mentioned in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction located in the Breegus System.
- Throughout A Crack in Time, players could see the remains of space pirates who had attacked a Vullard's junk hauler.
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Australian shares have started September with a small rise despite disappointing local and international economic numbers.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 7.6 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4323.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 6.6 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4345.6.
Poor data out of China, a surprise drop in local retail sales and ex-dividend trading in large stocks such as BHP were all a drag on the market early on.
''We did have competing forces – we had quite a strong lead from the US market from Friday night but offsetting that was the negative PMI from China and the pretty disappointing retail sales result locally,'' said CMC Markets senior trader Tim Waterer.
China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to a nine-month low of 49.2 index points in August, from 50.1 the previous month, a drop that was mirrored by a separate PMI index by HSBC.
Locally, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed that retail spending fell 0.8 per cent in July, coming in well below expectations of a 0.2 per cent rise.
Mr Waterer said a glass half-full approach from traders helped push the market back up into gains.
''[Traders are] thinking 'yes while the economic numbers were weak, it may prompt some central bank activity, both here and potentially in China','' he said.
The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow to decide on the cash rate, but economists near unanimously predict the central bank will stay on hold for a third straight month.
However, the weak local data has raised expectations of a rate cut later this year, which contributed to the Australian dollar plumbing a six-week low of $US1.0240.
Mr Waterer said the market was also heavily influenced by miners who, despite BHP trading ex-dividend, regained much of their earlier losses.
BHP finished down 38 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at $31.41, while Rio Tinto added 61 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at $49.85, and Fortesque rose 2 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $3.56.
There was little activity among the banks, ANZ added 2 cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $24.84, Westpac gained 8 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $24.85, NAB rose 9 cents, or 0.35 per cent, to $25.30 and CBA led the gains, up 25 cents, or 0.45 per cent, to $54.99.
''Once we found our feet after being down, it was quite a muted trading session in the afternoon. Some of which is down to the fact that the US is on holiday this evening,'' Mr Waterer said.
Consumer discretionary stocks took a blow after the weak retail data, which showed that department store sales slumped 10.2 per cent in August.
Myer fell 7.5 cents, or 3.8 per cent, to $1.92, David Jones slipped 3 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $2.39 and JB Hi-Fi lost 17 cents, or 1.9 per cent, to $8.96.
Mr Waterer said a number of events could be prompt fireworks on the market later in the week. Highlights are Thursday night's meeting by the European Central Bank on interest rates and employment data expected out of the US on Friday.
Last week's speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke pointed to the possibility of more monetarly stimulus for the American economy if Friday's numbers don't show an improvement in the labour market.
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M&C reports: The government of Taiwan has handed half-a-million dollars over to Nicaragua to finance projects to strengthen the country's institutions and to promote investment and foreign trade.
Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday in Managua that the assistance was part of an agreement that Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos and Taiwanese Ambassador Wu Chin-mu signed Tuesday.
Santos said it highlighted the 'extraordinary cooperation, collaboration and understanding' between the two countries since Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was inaugurated in January 2007.


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2017 is bringing us exciting opportunities to staff Day Camps. We are currently looking for 14-15 year olds to volunteer as Den Guides, 16-17 year olds to work as paid Camp Staff teaching program areas, and 18+ year olds to work as either paid Camp Staff at Von Oven or paid Specialists who work not only at Von Oven, but also to other camps throughout the Council. Please fill out the Attached Day Camp Application and turn it in to me or to the Naperville or St. Charles Scout Shops and we will contact you for an interview soon. Forward to your friends and invite them to come and have fun with us this summer!
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I am an at-will employee. Treated unfairly for sure. Attacking my professional practice and judgement with no documentation to back it up. Talking about me as I witnessed in an unplanned video call. Placing me on paid suspensions with no detail as to why. If the discrimination is characteristic it has not been said bluntly. I was hired in an area where they knew I was a novice nurse in. In less then nine procedural orientations expected me to function independently. Now that I am functioning independently they say they have gotten concerns that I am not able to function independently yet at no time have that pulled me out of my independent role of function.
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May 27, 2012
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There's also a 8-megapixels camera with zero-lag in the Samsung Galaxy SIII that captures your moments vividly. As a person who likes photography, I can't wait to test its camera! Moreover, you can view your amazing shots with the 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display! Took too many photos or videos? No worries, as SIII comes with up to 64GB of storage space via microSD. That's why the SIII is the ultimate 'smart' phone that understands and knows what you need even before you do.
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- Merryn said...
- 27 May 2012 at 15:12
- Kelvin 'finalkt3' Tan said...
No money to get it. LOL.
- 27 May 2012 at 16:31
- Caroline Ng May Ling said...
I is tempted to get this! LOL!!
- 27 May 2012 at 16:47
- Hilda Milda™ said...
Too bad I'm not in KL for the time being SOBS anyways, good luck!! :D
- 27 May 2012 at 21:29
- SiMon Har said...
Merryn: Good girl :)
Kelvin: ohh... me 2 :(
Caroline: I love its features too! so tempting right?
Hilda: oohhhh... thx :)
- 27 May 2012 at 21:42
- Isaac Tan said...
Yummy. Hehe
- 27 May 2012 at 22:09
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A new definition of opening a can of worms ...
I encourage you to first read a 2011 blog by Dr. Sarah Janssen, a physician and senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Then read Barry Estabrook's most recent blog about the FDA's decision to be made March 31.
Estabrook is a two-time winner of the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards for food writing. His first, for a gourmet feature about labor abuses in Florida's tomato fields, led to his acclaimed book "Tomatoland," about how industrial agriculture has ruined one of America's favorite foods.
His blog "Politics of the Plate" earned Estabrook his second Beard award in 2011. He lives on a 30-acre tract in Vermont where he gardens, tends hens, taps maple trees and brews hard cider from his own apples.
An excerpt from Estabrook's most recent blog:
"You almost certainly have BPA in your bloodstream – nine out of 10 Americans do, here are the government's test results. It's also in some of the places most likely to affect the most vulnerable among us: studies have found BPA in breast milk and amniotic fluid in the umbilical cord. BPA, or bisphenol-A, is a compound used to make the plastic that lines the inside of food and beverage cans. Unfortunately, it doesn't stay bound to the containers. Most of the BPA flowing in our veins and arteries enters through packaged food we ingest. It's not the sort of chemical you want flowing through your body. BPA mimics the effects of the female hormone estrogen, causing reproductive problems along with cancer, obesity, and abnormal brain development."
Take a few minutes and follow these links on Dr. Sarah Janssen and Barry Estabrook; they will expand your horizon and Mr. Estabrook's book "Tomatoland" will certainly change your perspective of the tomato industry.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
yarn along
It's the new selection for my book club and it is deeply engrossing.
Actually, if you wanted to know the plot, I don't know what it is yet, but the exposition is really interesting.
The knitting is a hat for my husband.
I needed something instantly gratifying after working on the mittens for so long. I just have to weave in that last end and it will be finished.
What are you knitting and reading today?
Head over to Ginny's to see what else is on the needles.
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- Sarah Jane said...
Read Freedom in the fall and saw him speak at Talking Volumes. The last 100 pages were my fave and he was a hoot!
- February 16, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Carol said...
Finishing projects always feels so good. Your husband should love this hat.
I'm still working on my shawl, but I'm on the border now. The end is in sight! http://blog.mymummyknits.com/yarn-along-9/
- February 16, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Swanski said...
Nice hat! I just finished one for my husband and it was nice to have a project done in two days!
- February 16, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- house full of jays said...
Nice hat! Finishing and more finishing...satisfying but dull. ;)
- February 16, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Oh I love when a new book arrives. Happy reading! The hat is great. Love a quick knit that is gratifying.
Blessings, Elizabeth
- February 16, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Meredith said...
it's great to get something finished, bravo!
- February 16, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Kerry said...
Ooh, I've heard great things about Freedom. Cute hat for the hubby!
- February 16, 2011 at 8:22 PM
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Super cute hat! I love it!
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For Lauren Little, it's all about making connections.
The professional and technical writing major spends her summers volunteering and works during the school year giving tours as a Club Red ambassador and an Orientation Leader.
One day, Lauren was performing with a student gospel group, when the mom of a student she'd given a tour to came up and said, "Lauren, you did so well!"
Thing is, Lauren had given this tour two years before. No wonder the orientation leader won a Student Ambassador Award.
"That's the kind of connection I want to make," Lauren said.
Lauren was just starting high school when her brother Derek died.
"It really changed my perspective of what I do now and why I do it," she said.
"Any race I've ever run, any bar I've ever jumped over, sandpit I've jumped into — I've always had a vision of Derek in the back of my mind. That's my motivation for everything."
But Lauren remembers what it's like to be young and not sure where to go with her life. Lauren volunteered with Salvation Army throughout the summer in metro Detroit. That's how she met Tia Russell, who had an idea about what they could do to help young people. She and her friend Tia Russell began an organization called Take My Hand. Take My Hand is aimed at helping children ages 12 through 19.
"That's when a lot of people get lost," Lauren said.
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"And now, I want to take that person's hand and walk them through whatever they're going through," Lauren said. "When I was in high school freshman year, you wouldn't have thought that I was graduating, or that I was going to make anything of my life."
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By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Sideshow Thu, Jan 31, 2013
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An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager.
Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified as Alois Bell) told Welch's manager at the St. Louis-area Applebee's that the ensuing firestorm had "ruined" her reputation.
"I give God 10%," Bell wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip and scribbling in an emphatic "0" where the additional tip would be. "Why do you get 18?" (There were more than eight people in Bell's party, triggering the auto-tip.)
Welch, who snapped a photo of the bill from a fellow server and uploaded to Reddit, defended her right to post the receipt. "I thought the note was insulting, but also comical," she told Consumerist.com. "And I thought other users would find it entertaining.
Bell, a pastor at Truth in the World Deliverance Ministries Church, was not amused, and she called Welch's manager to complain.
[It was] a lapse in my character and judgment, Bell told the Smoking Gun, adding she did not expect her easily recognizable signature would be, as her friend informed her, all over Yahoo. You went viral!
[Related: Pastor leaves waiter note on receipt: I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?]
My heart is really broken, Bell added. Ive brought embarrassment to my church and ministry.
A spokesman for Applebees said it apologized to Bell for violating her "right to privacy" and confirmed that Welch is no longer employed by the franchise."
Welch was surprised that Applebee's fired her, "especially because there was nothing specific in the employee handbook admonishing this behavior."
"I had no intention of starting a witch hunt or hurting anyone. I just wanted to share a picture I found interesting," she said. I come home exhausted, sore, burnt, dirty and blistered on a good day. And after all that, I can be fired for embarrassing someone who directly insults their server on religious grounds.
Welch also isn't buying Bell's embarrassment. If this person wrote the note, obviously they wanted it seen by someone," she said. Ive been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time Ive seen the Big Man used as reasoning."