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Brookhaven National Laboratory covers 5,265 acres. Approximately 1,700 acres have been developed near the center of the site. The topography consists of gently rolling terrain with elevations 43.6 to 120.1 feet above sea level within the western rim of the Peconic River watershed.
The site is situated in a deep flow recharge area for Long Island's sole source aquifer system. Soils are generally porous although some low-lying areas have clay accumulations and have formed wetlands. Six major state and/or federally regulated wetlands exist at BNL, with several additional small pocket wetlands situated along the northern and eastern portions of the property. Vegetation on site is in a variety of successional stages due to such past influences as land clearing, fire, local flooding, draining, and artificial plantings.
Environmental studies conducted at BNL by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the NYSDEC, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and recently by Lawler, Matusky and Skelly (LMS 1995), have mapped several wetland areas, have identified 230 plant species, 85 nesting avian species, ten reptilian species, nine amphibian species, 15 mammalian species, nine fish species, and identified 14 confirmed breeding sites for the NYS endangered eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), and identified a resident population of the NYS "Special Concern" species, the banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) in several sections of the Peconic River on-site. Occasional transient individuals of federal and state listed endangered species utilize the BNL site for resting and feeding during migration including several raptors, including the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), and various species of owls [sawwhet (Aegolius acodicus); short eared (Asio flammeus); great horned (Bubo virginianus); screech (Otys asio); barred (Strix varia)]. In addition, these studies have further identified twelve plant species (including seven fern species) found on-site to be protected under NYS ECL15 ecological communities on or adjacent to BNL and, within the Peconic river corridor on-site, more than 20 inter-related plant communities have been identified and their locations mapped (Inoue and Naidu, 1986). BNL lands also provide diverse habitat for a host of other wildlife species, which, while not listed as endangered, threatened, or "species of special concern", are important to a viable ecosystem. A site-wide biological inventory has been prepared as part of this effort (LMS 1995). This document details the affected environment and wildlife utilization within a 3.2-mile radius of BNL.
Identification and Mapping of Natural Resources
Through efforts of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services and the Upton Reserve an updated vegetation map has been produced. This map continues to be updated and improved as field observations suggest needed corrections.
The vegetation map is only one layer in a growing and very functional Geographic Information System (GIS). Other layers that are either developed or in the process of being developed include soils, wetlands, roads, survey routes, radio telemetry tracks of several species, deer count information, prescribed fire, native habitat restoration areas, invasive species, and photo point locations.
GIS is a powerful tool that is used to store natural resource information and allows the comparison of layers. This comparison allows natural resource managers the ability to see where problems may be and where to focus efforts.
Reference: BNL 2003. Natural Resource Management Plan for Brookhaven National Laboratory. BNL-71870-2003.
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A Singapore Childhood Remembered Rumble!2012-07-30 1 10 Share Tweet
Non-airconditioned SBS busses, HDB flats – do you remember those? How about the MRT when it only had 5 stations? In light of National Day, that's around the corner, we're having a nostalgic rumble! Pagers, candy now banned, simpler ways of entertainment – show us what your fondest memories are Singapore!
In lead up to the National Day Tea Party the Lomography Gallery Store Singapore is hosting on August 9, 2012, we're having this rumble to get the spirit going!
What Singapore Means to You
Most of us were born at least in the early 90s when technology was just becoming what we know today. I count myself as lucky, to be able to have had a taste of both the old and the new world in which we're currently living.
While we often sigh and miss those early days of our youth, we don't spend too much time reflecting, remembering exactly what the smells were that we were once so fond of, the names of children we once called "best-friend" at age 5.
So we'd like to see what Singapore means to you – your earliest memories, fondest encounters as a primary-school kid, snacks that have gone out of production, and anything that screams "nostalgia".
- Photos must have at least 3 tags including "Singapore" as a country tag.
- Selected photos will be displayed at the Lomography Gallery Store Singapore on August 9, 2012 at our National Day Tea Party.
- The grand-prize winner will be announced live at the event and will win a childhood snack-pack and 15 piggy points to spend online!
- Limit to 5 photos per user.
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Tom Cruise in The Color of Money
Tom Cruise is phenomenal. He gives a nice show, but he really can play pool. This is my favorite scene from the movie. Starring – Tom Cruise as Vincent and Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson. Songs: Eric Clapton – "It's In The Way That You Use It" & Warren Zevon – "Werewolves of London".


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Amazon Canada: Knack for PS4 only $40 (Save $20)
Bring platformer beat 'em ups back in to your life for $40 from Amazon Canada!
First I want to talk about the deal then I want to talk about the game. The deal is great. The PS4 is brand new and games are still $60. There is no reason to put PS4 games on sale right now since the console is so new and the holidays are here. Regardless, here it is, Knack for PS4 for only $39.99! That's $20 off the original $59.99 price. One thing to note is that some company seems to have bombed Amazon and is showing up as the first search result when you search for Knack on Amazon.ca. They are still selling the game for $59.99 so make sure you use the link above to get the better deal!
I'm a huge gamer but I'm weird in that I don't have a lot of time to game. The main reason for this, of course, is life. I work full time overnight, do BargainMoose, write fiction and have a wife and kid. That doesn't leave me a lot of time to game. Because of that I don't watch a lot of game trailers or read much news. If I do I just get frustrated because I'm watching videos or reading news about great games that I will never have time to play. While I had heard of Knack, I hadn't looked in to it because the game I got with my PS4 is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Looking in to Knack would just be torture.
But for you, dear reader, I have tortured myself. And what torture it was! I really, really want this game. It's a platformer beat 'em up that is very similar to Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. I even googled "Knack Spyro" just to make sure I wasn't missing something. I wasn't, there are a bunch of articles on how Knack harkens back to Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. If you loved those games and much as I did, Knack is a game you need to get. If you don't know who Crash and Spyro are, well, shame on you. Don't miss out on knowing who Knack is!
Since it's over $25, shipping is free!
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Chambers was banned for two years after testing positive for the anabolic steroid THG and his suspension runs out in November this year.
But Collins says the British Olympic Association should reverse the decision to ban him from the Olympics for life.
"It was too harsh," Collins told Radio Five Live. "They should reconsider."
Chambers has been in America learning American football but has not ruled out a return to the track.
Collins added: "He is a great guy and I have never had any problems with him. We are friends.
"I would like to see Dwain come back and compete again. He is a good person.
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BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police in Bennington, Vt., are trying to find out who took more than half a ton of copper tubing from a former school.
Lt. Lloyd Dean of the Bennington Police Department says the caretaker of the former Mount Anthony Union Middle School reported this week the tubing had been taken from the basement ceiling.
The school was built 100 years ago as Bennington High School. About 50 years later, it became a middle school that served five towns. When a new middle school was built in 2004, the building was sold to a developer for $200,000.
The Rutland Herald reports the building was sold at auction to a Canadian developer in 2009.
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Speed the Plow
Posted By Alex Belth On June 10, 2010 @ 9:57 am In Bronx Banter,Glenn Stout,Sportswriting | Comments Disabled
With Father's Day fast-approaching, consider Will Leitch's [2]smoothly-written memoir, Are We Winning? [3]It's a brisk and funny read. Will is really in his element here, flourishing. Ya heard?
And while we're talking fathers and sons, do yourself a favor and check out this post by Glenn Stout [4]:
Most of my memories of my father are somehow wrapped around a baseball – playing catch, him taking me to games or watching me pitch. It was the one way we really connected. But in high school I tore my rotator cuff and had to stop playing. We didn't have as much to talk about after that.
Almost twenty years later my shoulder healed and I joined an adult league, one in Boston and later, another in Worcester County, where I then lived. For three or four years I was in both leagues and played fifty, sixty games each summer, usually pitching and playing first or third.
I'd call home every week and for the first time since I was a kid my conversations with my father were wrapped around baseball again. I sent him the ball after I won my first game since I was sixteen years old, and a t-shirt I got for making the league all-star team. I was as proud of each as of any book I've ever written, and so was he.
Fine work by Glenn, as usual.
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[3] Are We Winning? : http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Are-We-Winning/Will-Leitch/e/9781401323707/?itm=7&USRI=will+leitch
[4] check out this post by Glenn Stout: http://verbplow.blogspot.com/2010/06/last-pitch.html
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Finance chiefs aren't likely to favor the accounting oversight board's proposal to require an Auditor's Discussion and Analysis report.
David M. Katz, CFO.com | US
June 22, 2011
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board members Jay Hanson and Daniel Goelzer are warning constituents about the possible negative consequences of a PCAOB proposal that would require auditors to spin a "narrative" about their clients in addition to giving their usual pass/fail opinions on company financial reports.
CFOs are not likely to warm to the proposed changes, which would require that an Auditor's Discussion and Analysis (AD&A) be included with an auditor's report. The AD&A "could include a discussion of the auditor's views regarding the company's financial statements, such as management's judgments and estimates, accounting policies and practices, and difficult or contentious issues, including 'close calls,'" according to a PCAOB fact sheet.
Strongly favored by investors, the AD&A plan drew heat from companies and accountants during PCAOB staff outreach sessions. "Most preparers, auditors, and audit committee members indicated that management or the audit committee, rather than the auditor, should provide additional information about the company," the oversight board reported.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Hanson, a former auditor with McGladrey & Pullen for nearly 32 years, cautioned that "auditors are not analysts or investment advisers. They are not trained to evaluate and communicate the overall business and strategic risks of the companies they audit."
Hanson also warned that the plan could delay the delivery of audit reports. "With filing dates as early as 60 days after year-end, increasing complexity and judgments in almost all accounting areas, the concentration of calendar year-end companies and no excess capacity in the audit profession, how will it all get done?"
For his part, Goelzer questioned "whether auditors should move beyond their traditional role of attesting to information that management prepares. Under some of the ideas floated in the [PCAOB] concept release, auditors would be required to provide commentary on such matters as management's judgments and estimates and its selection of accounting policies and practices."
The PCAOB plan would also require the use of "emphasis paragraphs," involving such issues as significant management estimates and areas of measurement uncertainty. Under current PCAOB standards, such paragraphs aren't required but may be added at the auditor's discretion.
The proposal would also require auditor assurances on information outside a company's financials, such as management's discussion and analysis, non-GAAP information, and earnings releases. Currently, there's no requirement that auditors provide assurance on such information.
Clarifying "the language about what an audit represents and the related auditor responsibilities" would be another requirement under the plan. Issues clarified in the auditor's report could include auditor's responsibilities for fraud, financial statement disclosures, management's responsibility for the preparation of the financials, information outside of the financial statements, and auditor independence.
Comments on the proposed changes to the auditor's report are due no later than September 30.


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To begin, please forgive my english, I'm french (yeah, well, you know...)
Ahem, anyway
I have a HUGE problem
Here are all the things I have done :
1. Received my HP DV5 1010EF Laptop that had Vista pre-installed.
2. Formated and installed XP instead, with a driver that enables the S-ATA or AHCI thing on my hard disk (I am not an expert, sorry).
3. Didn't find the drivers for the sound for XP, so decided to switch to Vista.
4. Formated C
5. Tried to install Vista with my brother's Vista CD that he got with his Dell.
The installation goes fine until the last step. "End of installation..." .
And it stays like that for ages.
I read on forums that it was because of the S-ATA or AHCI thing on my hard drive that is causing Vista problems to install.
But I formated! So the PC should be like day one!
I have tried :
Clear CMOS
Hard disk test (passed the quick test and slow test, no errors)
Memory test (no errors)
Formating again
Nothing seams to work...
Please help me
Thank you!


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A guy with a van that had four-wheel drive would take us into the city for $150.
This consists of a scoop of about one cubic yard capacity, suspended from a four-wheel wagon gear.
They used Sam's panel truck, which had a four-wheel drive and mud tires.
It was thirty feet in length, four-wheel trucks being attached at the ends, very much after the present fashion.
He started the jeep, then shifted into his own four-wheel drive.
Mary and her husband are outside the gate in their four-wheel.
"You are thought too grand to drive in our four-wheel," she said, smiling.
The driver started it again, shifted to four-wheel drive, and tried to ram forward.
The audience are in an agony for fear Ernestine is too slow, or calls a four-wheel cab by mistake.
A pile of pigskin luggage was ready for the four-wheel dogcart.


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Europe ACCESS Global MSL Pressure/Thickness/Rainfall Analysis Chart
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About ACCESS Global
Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS). Based upon the UK Met Office Unified Model system. ACCESS G is the global numerical forecast model operated by the BoM. It is run twice daily (00Z and 12Z) and provides forecast data out to 240 hours with a horizontal resolution of 25km and 70 vertical levels.
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Western Queensland drought leaves graziers facing more impossible choices
For the first time in four years western Queensland sheep grazier Peter Clark has lambs in his flock, but as drought maintains its stranglehold on the region he may still be forced into another heart-wrenching stock reduction.
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Caching in Mobile Forms or any solution for that matter, plays key role in the performance. On the other hand, cache takes finite space to store intermediate artifacts that means you trade memory for better performance. In Mobile Form solution, we have exposed different strategies of caching to fine tune this trade off. I'll first describe all the levels and what do they mean and then how to change the levels.
Mobile Form has 3 different strategy of caching that can be controlled using the configuration.
|Cache Strategy
|This cache strategy enforces the solution no to cache any artifact. This will, in practice, slow performance and high memory availability due to absense of cache.
|This cache strategy dictates to cache only those intermediate artifacts that are generated before the render of the form like template containing inlined fragments and images.
|This cache strategy enforces the solution to cache almost everything that can be cached. This includes rendered html content besides all the artifacts from Conservative level. This should result in best performance but it will also consume more memory for storing all the cached artifacts.
Aggressive caching strategy means you will get O(1) or constant time performance in rendering a form as rendered content of the form is cached.
The following section describes how to change the caching strategy based on you requirement:
- Go to http://[server]:[port]/lc/system/console/configMgr and look for "Forms Configuration" and click on it. You see a dialog like following:
- You can select Cache strategy using the drop down.
Besides Cache strategy, one can also configure total in memory cache size and the upper bound on the size of the individual artifacts to be cached. HTML Forms, as of now, only do in-memory caching using LRU strategy.
If you select 'None' cache strategy, the cache gets cleaned up.


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To: Mayor Allen Green
Vice Mayor Mary Martin
Councilman Dennis Kennedy
Councilman Robert Pohlmann
Councilman George Steindoerfer
From: Kenneth W. Parker, City Manager
Subject: Agenda Commentary for Regular City Council Meeting of
October 23, 2007
Date: October 16, 2007
Item 1 - Pledge of Allegiance
Item 2 - Silent Invocation
Item 3 - Roll Call
Item 4 - Report from KemperSports Management
At this time, a representative of KemperSports Management will make a report to the Council regarding Cypress Head Golf Course.
D. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (Agenda)
Item 5 - Annual WalkAmerica Event Request
Harrell, Senior Community Director of the Central Florida Division of the March
of Dimes, is requesting the City of Port Orange to be a 2008 Greater Halifax
Walk America Site Sponsor by allowing the use of the Kenneth W. Parker
Amphitheater grounds as a staging area for the Greater Halifax WalkAmerica to be
held on Saturday, May 3, 2008, and also the 2009 and 2010 events.
The total cost for renting the facility would be $1,116.25 (cost estimate
attached). Staff recommends that
Council approve the City being a site sponsor for the 2008 Greater Halifax Walk
America to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2008, and for future events in 2009 and
2010 at the City Hall Complex and that Council not waive the event cost of
Manager's Comments: As
you know, this has been one of the major charitable organizations the City
employees have supported over a number of years.
I have served as the Honorary Chair of the WalkAmerica event in Volusia
County for the past two years. I am
not serving in that capacity this year. Last
year, the City Council required WalkAmerica to pay $1,000.
Although Parks and Recreation staff has recommended the City co-sponsor
the event, I must recommend the City Council require the cost to be recovered.
This would be consistent with the City Council's directives.
E. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (Non-Agenda)
Item 6 - Annual Contract – Piggyback State and County Bid Purchases
Each year, the Information Technology Department will purchase items that exceed $25,000 in value, each of which must be brought before Council for approval. As in the past, we often desire to piggyback active State and County bid contracts and purchase direct from the State contract. The commentary attached shows a list of these items by contract number, description, and expiration. Evidence of State contract authorized vendors according to the attached list will be produced to the City Purchasing Coordinator during the requisition process. This practice complies with the City purchasing policies once authorized by City Council. Staff recommends that Council approve the piggybacking of State and County bid purchases and the use of defined State contract equipment and supplies listed on the attached commentary.
Item 7 - Amendment to Architectural Contracts with C. T. Hsu & Associates, Inc.
C. T. Hsu has provided a proposal for additional services for drawings, specs, pre-bid, and bid items as well as engineering work for voice, data, telecom, and other systems as noted in their proposal. Proposed cost increases are as follows:
Police Station: Increase of $72,341, bringing contract total to $905,841
Fire Station 72: Increase of $4,857, bringing contract total to $233,750
Fire Station 75: Increase of $9,249.61, bringing contract total to $237,750
Staff recommends that Council approve the amendment to the contract with C. T. Hsu & Associates to provide additional services and work for the new Police Station and Fire Stations 72 and 75 in the total amount of $86,447.61.
City Manager's Comments: There are several items included in this requested change order. The first relates to the additional civil engineering cost for Fire Station 72. The Civil Engineer is requesting $3,907.10 associated with the City's decision to bid the site contract separate from the overall contract. The Civil Engineer indicated that they incurred additional travel cost and meeting cost associated with the City's decision to bid the site work separate from the general contract. In fact, there were several questions at the recent fire station pre-bid meeting related to the site work that is currently being performed by others. The Civil Engineer had to respond to the questions raised by the General Contractors. The coordination is somewhat more complicated than dealing with one General Contractor as was originally contemplated when the original contract was brought forward for City Council consideration. The second request for Fire Station 72 relates to the design of the telecommunications system for the building. This includes the design for wiring the building for computers as well. This is not part of the electrical design. The amount is $950.
The third item is a change order for Station 75. The amount requested is $9,249.61. The first amount relates to the additional work required by the engineer when the City decided to bid the site work separate from the general contract. Additional meetings were required as well as additional coordination. The amount for the early site work package is $3,907.10. The second component is $950 to the electrical engineer for telecommunication design including computer wiring. The final component is $4,392.51 related to a bad survey. The City is attempting to recover the funds from the survey firm for the incorrect survey.
The fourth component relates to changes at the Police Station. The first is $11,800 related to the telecommunications system to include the voice/data/telecom and audio visual systems for the Police Station. The second component is $51,383 for the design of the security systems associated with the Police Department. The final component is the cost related to the site work packaging. The cost associated with breaking out the site work into a separate bid package is $3,907.10 to the engineer and $5,250 to the architect.
It is estimated that the City saved 38% by bidding the site work separate from the building package itself. It appears that the cost savings from bidding the site work separate from the building will more than cover the additional engineering cost associated with separating the bid into two components.
We are disputing the engineer's request for additional compensation for design related to the sewer design for the Police Station. They have requested an additional $11,783.72 in design fees associated with the design of the sewer system. We have provided them with an alternative approach that should eliminate this request.
Item 8 - Piggyback of Volusia County Contract – Backflow Device Testing and Certifications
Per FAC 62-555.360, the City is required to maintain a cross connection program. The program includes annual testing and inspection of all backflow prevention (BFP) devices. BFP's are typically installed immediately after the meter on potable water services. Their purpose is to protect the city's drinking water system from potentially being contaminated by pollutants that may be injected into the drinking water plumbing after the point of connection to the City system. City policies place the responsibility of testing and maintaining BFP's on the owner. In the case of commercial and multi-family developments, the parcel owner must provide the required annual testing. However, the City itself bears this responsibility on single family residential connections.
In April 2006, Volusia County competitively bid and awarded a BFP testing contract to the firm of 24/7 Construction, Inc., and County staff have indicated that they have no objections to their bid being "piggybacked." Subsequently, after a meeting with City staff, the firm of 24/7 Construction, Inc. has supplied a letter indicating their willingness to perform the same services for the City of Port Orange under the terms of their agreement with Volusia County.
We are requesting that Council approve a "piggyback" contract to the firm of 24/7 Construction, which lists the price of testing as $17.50 per device. As of September 2007, the City has 6320 individual BFP's located on single family residential properties utilizing reclaimed water for irrigation. This makes the annual testing cost $110,600 (assuming no additional devices are installed).
Resolution 07-90 approved September 18, 2007 provides for collection of monthly fees in an amount of $1.70 to offset the cost of outsourcing the BFP testing. Fee collection is to begin January 1, 2008. At the time of this writing, the Finance Department is preparing a budget resolution for Council consideration on October 16, 2007, increasing both the 401 revenue and the operating budget Professional Services account 40108005333113 for this purpose.
The Public Utilities Department is requesting Council approval of the "piggyback contract", and an approval of an initial purchase order to 24/7 Contractors in the amount of $90,000.
Staff recommends Council approval to "piggyback" of Volusia County, Florida Contract #06-B-49PW Backflow Device Testing and Certifications awarded to 24/7 Construction, Incorporated, to authorize an initial purchase order in the amount of $90,000, and authorize the Mayor and City Manager to sign contract documents of behalf of the City.
City Manager's Comments: As you are aware, this is a requirement of the State of Florida. We will begin charging a fee related to the testing of the backflow devices. This fee will be charged only to those individuals and businesses that have the device and an annual inspection is required.
Item 9 - Request for Special Council Meeting to Discuss Pending Litigation
The City Attorney desires advice concerning pending litigation in the case of Lamar vs. City of Port Orange, Case No. 2004-31518 CICI. The subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to a strategy session related to litigation expenditures and settlement negotiations. This suit involves Lamar's claim for compensation for billboard structures damaged in the 2004 hurricanes.
Staff recommends that Council approve the City Attorney's request regarding Lamar v. City of Port Orange to schedule a Special Council Meeting on November 13, 2007, at a time noticed by the City Manager to be held at City Hall convening initially in the Council Chambers for an attorney-client strategy session.
Item 10 - First Reading – Ordinance No. 2007-32 – Amending Chapter 16, Section 5(b) and Chapter 2, Section 2, of the Land Development Code relating to Special Setbacks and Requirements for Sunrooms (Tabled July 17, 2007) (Re-Tabled October 16, 2007)
We recommend that this item remain on the table.
Item 11 - Resolution No. 07-101 - Budget Appropriations
The City authorized acceptance of an interlocal agreement with Volusia County regarding a joint drainage project. The attached resolution appropriates a reserve for future funding of this project. Staff recommends approval.
City Manager's Comments: This relates to the joint acquisition of the retention pond on Sunglow's property that is needed for South Williamson. About two years ago, I approached the City Council about participating in the construction of the retention pond. As you will recall, our participation was related to meeting the higher stormwater standards for stormwater discharge into Spruce Creek. We thought the right time to meet those standards was during the construction of South Williamson by Volusia County. As we proceed through the condemnation process, the City, since we are the lead governmental agency, will need to have money ready to deposit with the Court after the hearing. A date has not been set for the hearing. This appropriation will provide the funds to make that initial deposit when the amount is set by the Court. Volusia County will be providing funding for their share of the pond acquisition.
Item 12 - Second Reading – Ordinance No. 2007-19 – Rezoning and Approving a Master Development Agreement and Conceptual Development Plan – The Altamira Shopping Village Planned Commercial Development (PCD) (Continued to Date Certain of October 23, 2007)
This item was continued at the October 16, 2007, City Council Meeting.
Item 13 - First Reading – Ordinance No. 2007-18 – Approving a Master Development Agreement and Conceptual Development Plan for the Port Orange Nova Road/Madeline Avenue Wal-Mart PCD (Continued to Date Certain of October 23, 2007)
Attached is a letter from Karl Sanders regarding the Wal-Mart project. Mr. Sanders is asking that this item be continued until January 15, 2008.
City Manager's Comments: The applicant has requested additional time to provide answers to questions raised by the City of Port Orange. It is my understanding that the City of South Daytona is having additional traffic studies performed that will need to be considered by all parties. Therefore, this delay will provide additional time for the questions to be addressed related to all of the outstanding comments. It is essential for the City Council to have all the information before making a final decision.
Item 14 - Final Site Development Plan/Wal-Mart NE Corner of Madeline Avenue and Nova Road
This item needs to be considered at the same time as Item 11. I request that this item be continued to January 15, 2008.
Item 15 - Conditional Use – RV & Boat Storage – 4465 Spruce Creek Road
This is a request to approve the Conditional Use request of Spruce Creek Partners, LLC, to allow the continuation of the existing RV and boat storage at 4465 Spruce Creek Road until March 22, 2011.
The applicant has also requested that the application fee be refunded. The City's application fee for a Conditional Use is $450 and the actual cost of legal advertising. A waiver of fees is at the sole discretion of the Council; therefore, no Commission or staff recommendation is provided.
Planning Commission Recommendation: The Planning Commission recommended approval, 7-0, of a Conditional Use Permit to allow the continuation of the existing RV and boat storage facility at 4465 Spruce Creek Road until March 22, 2011.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval.
City Manager's Comments: The City Council needs to be aware that costs were incurred for publication and for review of the application. Those costs do not go away simply by waiving the fee. In reality, if the City Council waives the fee, it means that it is simply being paid in a different way by the City of Port Orange's General Fund. An option that the City Council may desire to pursue is to request the Eastport CRA to reimburse the City for the fee.
Item 16 - Request for Re-Consideration of the Scheduling of the SummerTrees Plaza PCD
The City Attorney and the special counsel for eminent domain, Ken McIntosh, are recommending that the City Council reconsider its motion regarding the scheduling of the Summer Trees Plaza PCD. Upon Council's determination to reconsider the motion, the attorneys are recommending that the first reading for Summer Trees Plaza PCD be scheduled for November 6, 2007.
Staff recommends that Council approve the scheduling of the first reading of the Summer Trees Plaza PCD on November 6, 2007.
City Manager's Comments: This is extremely important that this item be placed on the City Council Agenda. The motion that was originally passed by the City Council placed the PCD in an indefinite time table based upon the property owner doing certain things. The motion to reconsider simply places the item back in the status it was when it was originally considered.
Item 17 - Final Site Development Plan and Public Improvements Agreement – LaQuinta Inn & Suites
This is a request to approve the Final Site Plan and Public Improvements Agreement for the LaQuinta Inn & Suites, as recommended by the Planning Commission. The proposed development is a 72-room hotel on 1.82 acres, with associated site improvements.
Planning Commission Recommendation: In August 2007, the Planning Commission recommended approval, 6-0 (Commissioner Parker, excused), of the Final Site Plan for the LaQuinta Inn & Suites. The Planning Commission's recommendation for approval is subject to the conditions outlined in the attached staff report.
Staff Recommendation: The two outstanding technical comments from Staff relate to executing a Public Improvements Agreement and providing a temporary off-site construction easement, as well as a 20-foot wide easement to cover the proposed fire hydrants and water lines.
Item 18 - Second Reading – Ordinance No. 2007-52 – Petition to Establish a Community Development District
Staff recommends approval.
Item 19 - Comments/Concerns from Council Members
At this time, Council Members may discuss various matters of concern.
Item 20 - City Council Committee Reports
At this time, Council may report on various committees to which they have been assigned.


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Scouting high school football recruits is a calculated crapshoot
Steve Fullerton never played football until eighth grade, but was 6-foot-4, 230 pounds, and could run the 40-yard dash in a respectable 4.8 seconds by his junior year at Seneca Valley. When a scouting service ranked him among the nation's top 20 tight ends, Fullerton was thrilled.
Eleven years later, Fullerton marvels at the memory.
Instead of going to a major-college program, Fullerton saw his stock — and recruiting ranking — plummet his senior season. He signed instead with Division II Slippery Rock, where he became a four-year letterman and three-year starter.
"Once I saw those rankings come out, I definitely thought I was going to a Division-I school, for sure," said Fullerton, now 29, who lives in Cincinnati. "It was really crazy. I'd never even heard of Rivals.com. Before you know it, the rankings came out. Whenever I found out I was ranked that high is when I went on the site and started following it. Now, it's the premier site for ranking kids."
Scouting service rankings have since become more sophisticated but recruiting remains a calculated crapshoot, as evidenced by the disparity between Rivals.com and its chief competitor, Scout.com. Both services rely on regional analysts to scout players on film, at skills camps and games. Both use a star system to rank college prospects but on separate scales that sometimes sees the same player decidedly different.
"It's as inexact a science as NFL Draft, even more so because there's more of them," Rivals.com national scouting director Mike Farrell said. "Plus they're high school kids; they haven't finished growing yet. It's really a difficult process. You just do the best you can. Our rankings are for the fans. If we're wrong, it's like, oops. The guys still coaching at those schools might be out of a job because of it."
Scout.com director of scouting Scott Kennedy said the service awards five stars, its highest ranking, to the nation's top 50 players. The lone WPIAL player to earn that honor is Hopewell running back Rushel Shell, a Pitt recruit who is ranked the nation's fourth-best running back and No. 18 overall player. Those ranked from Nos. 51 to 300 receive four stars — six WPIAL players fall under this category — and the next 700 get three stars.
Only time will tell whether the scouting services were right.
"The word 'right' I wouldn't use, I'd never use," Kennedy said. "When you're talking about the future, you're never right or wrong. At least let me be wrong before you tell me I'm wrong. ... Half the first round in the NFL goes bust. Those are the best guys in the business, with the most to lose. It's a humbling experience. A lot of it boils down to character. Very rarely do you have a guy with great physical skills, good in classroom and a strong work ethic who fails. There's usually stuff that you can't account for.
"Getting it right is impossible. Nobody gets them all right."
Farrell said Rivals.com awards less five stars, ranging from 24-32 each year, but more four stars (about 300) than its competitor. That explains, in part, why it ranks Shell as the nation's No. 6 running back but only a four-star despite setting WPIAL, state and national rushing records this past fall.
"I don't think Rushel Shell is a five-star running back, and a lot of sites have him as that," Farrell said. "I've watched a lot of film and the level of competition he's playing is not very good. He's put up amazing numbers and everybody wants to put that fifth star on him because he's a record-setting running back. Rushel Shell, from his junior to senior year, I didn't see him improve that much."
Gateway coach Terry Smith has had an up-close look at both the scouting and ranking process, after working regional combine camps for Scout.com and coaching three times in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Among the dozens of Division-I recruits that have played for the Gators, three were five-star prospects: cornerback Justin King (2005) and linebackers Shayne Hale (2008) and Dorian Bell (2009).
"It affects them because they definitely pay attention to it. They look at it. They know if they're five stars or no stars. You overhear them talking in the weight room or at workouts. They're very conscious of it," Smith said. "As a coach, you try to relay the message that it means nothing because it's an outside source creating the ranking. Where did it come from• No one knows.
"For me, I'm basing my opinion on what I see that day in front of me. I haven't watched film on them. I don't even know the kids who are ranked. I just say, 'Here's who the best players were.' Sometimes it matches up. Many times, it doesn't match up. Being in the industry, I understand how the system works. But I'm a football coach who bases it on performance alone. The writers, there's a whole lot of intangibles they're basing their opinion on. Sometimes, I would shake my head."
Fox Chapel's Adam Bisnowaty had a similar reaction upon finding out that he was ranked a four-star recruit and the nation's No. 19 offensive lineman by Rivals.com but only a three-star and No. 36 by Scout.com. When the Pitt recruit played in the Semper Fidelis All-American game, where he had a chance to compete against other highly ranked recruits, he realized that his performance was more important than his reputation.
"That's the first thing you're waiting to see as a junior, as a four-star or three-star. When they first come out, you're shocked or wowed," Bisnowaty said. "I was pretty excited to be ranked one of the top 50 linemen in the country. It made me push myself harder. If the kid I'm going against is a five-star, I wanted to show everybody that I was better than that guy and prove that I'm better than them. At first, it's a big hype to see where you stand among your peers but it really means nothing. Stars are stars but when you're on the field it doesn't matter at all. It's how you perform."


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Eleemosynary. E-L-E-E-M-O-S-Y-N-A-R-Y. Of or relating to charity, the giving of alms. If this word is not in your dictionary then come to Edwards Productions' staging of a play by that title. Be prepared to learn something about language, life and eccentricity.
This one-act play combines the emotional effect of an abandoned child and a scorned mother with the humor of an eccentric old woman and an overachieving spelling bee champion to form one compelling narrative about three generations.
Dorothea (Bev Rectenwald) portrays an unconventional woman who gives her daughter, Artie (Emily Schwartz Keirns), a most unusual upbringing. Dorothea's dissatisfaction with her sheltered life led her to seek solace in spiritualism and idiosyncrasy. Eventually, Dorothea's odd habits and drive to succeed pushes Artie away. The two live apart for many years without speaking until Artie calls Dorothea and announces that she is pregnant. After Echo (Natalie Gudel) is born and Artie's husband dies, the two move in with Dorothea. Artie continues to feel overwhelmed by her mother, and when she is offered a job in Europe, she jumps at the chance, leaving behind Echo to be raised by her grandmother Dorothea. Dorothea sees Echo as another chance to raise a daughter, and she emphasizes the importance of education and becoming self-sufficient. Echo, the granddaughter has an innate intelligence that resonates with truth when her fascination with words wins her the trophy at the National Spelling Bee. The play is the story of three women who long for knowledge, intellectual stimulation, and freedom. It tells a story of pain, choices, reconciliation, anger, and avoidance. Mainly, Eleemosynary tells about love, both the good and the bad.
In Eleemosynary, playwright Lee Blessing, like he does in all his work, celebrates the joy of language and its intrinsic power to create storms of imagery. Director, Brent E. Blalock had seen this piece done many years ago at a theatre festival. He fell in love with it and had always hoped of directing it for himself. When meeting up with these three talented actresses, he knew that now was the time.
Performance dates are Friday, March 26th, Saturday, March 27th (doors open at 6:30pm, dinner at 7pm, and the show is at 8pm) and Sunday, March 28th (doors open at 1pm, dinner is at 1:30pm and the show is at 2:30pm) at Simpson United Methodist Church, 2501 Harrison Street in Fort Wayne. Tickets can be reserved by calling 260-496-9293. The cost of the dinner and show is $20.
Edwards Productions Inc. was started as a traveling theatre group five years ago by Brent Edward Blalock and Scott Edward Rigdon. Their purpose in starting this was to provide education and a safe atmosphere for newcomers to theatre. Today, Edwards Productions Inc. is a federal non-profit 501©3 organization with an all-volunteer staff to help promote "education as well as entertainment" in the field of theatre.
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What is Clinical Education?
Clinical Education is the application portion of the professional PT program. Your experiences at various clinical facilities will assist you in integrating the classroom material and applying that knowledge to various patient populations and settings.
It is the philosophy of the School of Physical Therapy to insure that every graduate is well prepared to enter the profession as a generalist. Therefore, during clinical education, you will be expected to select a variety of practice settings for your clinical experiences.
Each of the five clinical education courses is graded on a credit/no credit basis. Specific objectives and grading criteria are required and are distributed prior to each course. Credit is received when all the grading criteria have been completed. Seminars are associated with each clinical education course and attendance is part of the grading criteria.
- The Director of Clinical Education (DCE) is the faculty member responsible for coordinating the clinical education program.
- TWU is also a member of SARA, http://nc-sara.org/
Both the Houston and the Dallas campuses adhere to the same schedule.
Clinical Education Handbook
For clinicians and other interested individuals, the Clinical Education Handbook as a PDF document is available for review. It contains information about the clinical education process at TWU along with many links to documents associated with Clin Ed Objectives and Grading, Student related Policies, and Evaluation forms to name a few. Links also exist to web-based information from the APTA and the Texas Consortium of Clinical Education.
Health and Insurance Requirements for Clinical Education
- Health history and record of immunizations
- Measles vaccination, mumps, tetanus and completed Hepatitis B vaccination series.
- Valid CPR Certification
- Proof of malpractice liability insurance (fee included in tuition payment)
- Proof of medical insurance including emergency care
- TB screening test and/or health clearance
- Additional immunizations required by the State of Texas, the University or the clinical site
- Proof of knowledge of blood borne pathogens
- Proof of training in HIPAA regulations
NOTE: All these items must be current during the entire academic program.
Criminal background screens and drug screens will be conducted during the first semester of the program. The cost of these screens is kept as low as possible and is the responsibility of the student. For many clinical sites, successfully "passing" the screens conducted at this time will be sufficient; however, some clinical sites may require a more current screen. In this case, the student is responsible for the arrangement and the cost of the additional testing.
Clinical Education
Number of sites currently under contract with Texas Woman's University: approx. 350, throughout the United States. TWU is also a member of SARA, http://nc-sara.org/ .
Types of clinical practice settings:
- Acute care with various specialty areas (neuro/ortho trauma, ICU, wound care, etc.)
- Rehabilitation centers/institutes
- Outpatient clinics
- Pediatric hospitals/clinics
- Wellness and Performance Arts centers
- Women's health clinics
- Industrial medicine centers
- Sports medicine clinics
- Skilled nursing/Extended care facilities
- Home health services
- Transitional living centers
- Public school settings
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At least one and possibly two clinical experiences will be scheduled out of commuting distance from the campus. Students should be prepared for the additional expenses of housing, travel and meals for these internships. When necessary, every effort is made to allow single parents with small children to remain within commuting distance, although specific internship sites cannot be guaranteed.
The program is completed in May. At this time, graduates are eligible for Temporary Licensure and to sit for the licensure exam in order to practice physical therapy in the state of Texas. Those graduates who plan to practice in other states will need to contact the specific licensing board for individual state license requirements.
For specific information not addressed here, you may email either Dr. Peggy Gleeson, Director of Clinical Education in Houston firstname.lastname@example.com or Dr. Dale Anderle, Director of Clinical Education in Dallas firstname.lastname@example.com.
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basement family room
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
all with the help of the amazing darlene from fieldstone hill. i have mentioned darlene before when i joined her list of 'master designers'. (you can click on the logo to the right to read more about that)
here is our basement family room now:
its where we can watch movies together. have large groups playing games and socializing.
its where i walk on the treadmill and my husband runs on the treadmill.
it is very functional but has not really had too much thought put into the decor. these couches are 12 years old (still love them!) and and the tables, lamps, etc. all came with us from the move.
its almost been two years since we've moved so we were ready to call upon darlene for some help!
i was put on her wait list............ and it was worth the wait!
this is what she came up with!! along with a sketch (to scale) of exactly where to put my furniture, and a complete source list, with links, of what accessories to purchase, where to purchase them and where to put them in the room.
i'm chipping away at it. i've ordered some prints to hang on the front of the bookshelves (i've saved pictures of this idea but never thought to do it!), purchased the paint color for the back of the bookshelves (doesn't that look awesome?!) and ordered up the rug.
once i gave darlene all the measurements she needed (room, furniture windows etc.) she was ON IT! i really appreciated the promptness and attention she gave me. thank you so much darlene!
having someone help me come up with a complete look like this has been SO helpful! i really enjoy design and doing this myself, but working with darlene was a huge treat.
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What a beautiful inspiration board! I love the curtains and tufted chair:)ReplyDelete
& soon there will be some new baby toys down there too <3
it's gonna be great!! i love her design. the room already had great bones with those great built-ins and the pretty wall color.ReplyDelete
This is beautiful! Where do you find those cute round end tables?ReplyDelete
Those curtains are beautiful, they look like Anthro ones. If they are, be careful to measure them! I had to return six panels and go another direction in our bonus room because they were six inches shorter than described. :(ReplyDelete
If those are Anthro curtains, not sure but they look familiar, be careful...I had to return six panels I bought because they were six inches (or more!) shorter than described. So strange!ReplyDelete
I've always been curious to see exactly how online consults for home decor go. Thanks for the peak. I'm excited to see the finished product :)ReplyDelete
Sara! Thank you so much for your kind words! Working with you was a treat, and I know that you are going to add such beauty and love to this space {especially with all those good nesting hormones!}.ReplyDelete
I read the comment about the Antropologie curtains, and I think it would be worth calling them. If they truly run short {how odd!!!}, one option could be ordering a size larger so that you can have them hemmed to perfection.
Anyway, thank you again for posting these thoughts! It was a blessing to me if I could add a touch of joy to your home!
- {darlene}
Oh wow, that looks amazing! I cannot wait until we have the time to refinishing our basement! The built in bookshelves have me drooling!ReplyDelete
How amazing! I absolutely love the ideas, and it seems like you two were meant to work together.ReplyDelete
can't wait to see what you do with the room...love her work!!!ReplyDelete
those bamboo shades add such a warmth to any room and I'm thinking those panels are from anthropologie, right?
hope you're feeling better!
- SpeattleMarch 15, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I really love the curtains and the pops of color, but wouldn't you want the couch to face the fireplace?ReplyDelete
Congrats on your pregnany! Very exciting! I just my 4th baby 3 weeks ago and am in heaven with my sweet newborn! Can't wait to see what you do with the nursery!ReplyDelete
I love that for a basement space, it's still so bright and vibrant! well done!ReplyDelete
ohhh my... what a beautiful home you have :)ReplyDelete
This room looks wonderful!ReplyDelete


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"The hills are alive..."
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View 64 Days in Europe!!! on audandcat's travel map.
For as long as I can remember, the songs from The Sound of Music have been in my life. One of my earliest memories is having neighborhood friends over and being slightly embarrassed as my sister Lennie mixed each of my friends into a line of her friends according to height. Then, made us march around the house singing the *do re mi song* in Von Trapp family style. I think that regardless of who you are or where you grew up, the sights and sounds of this movie become fond, lasting memories. So, when we found out that we would be passing through Salzburg, Austria … I couldn't help but picture myself singing and twirling through the foothills of the Alps.
Each of us had researched the tours that take you around to all of the sights from the movie but, they all seemed a bit overpriced. So, we decided to write down all of the major stops from the movie tour's web site then walk it out ourselves to be frugal. We came across a Panoramic Tours kiosk along the main drag of Salzburg early on and decided to take a look at what they were working with. I wheeled and dealed with one of the guys and managed to get a "student" discount for Cat and myself. We hopped in our VW mini van and took off. Our guide was an older man. He was a very animated, handsome, Salzburg native who spoke perfect English. He was full of information not only about The Sound of Music but of the history of Salzburg as well. Within the city limits of Salzburg we were able to see the Abbey where Maria is a nun novice, the outside of the amphitheater where the Von Trapp's perform as a family for the Nazis, and the back side of what was used as the Von Trapp family home. This palace (now owned by Harvard University) is on the lake that the drape clad kids fall into. The lake is lined with the trees, that the Captain, Uncle Max and the Baroness see Maria and the children hanging from while driving back into Salzburg and that same road is where the kids and their governess ride their bikes during the Do-Re-Mi song. We also saw the original gazebo where Lisel & Ralph first locked lips and where Maria & The Captain realized that they fell in love. Ahh.
We then set out for a scenic view of the city of Salzburg from the Alps. As we drove along our tour guide serenaded us to the soundtrack from the movie. After driving on the autobahn & some windy mountain roads, our driver stopped to show us the breathtaking vantage point of Lake Wolfgang at the base of the Alps. This was the backdrop for the opening scenes of the movie. He then took us to the small village where the interior of the wedding scene in the movie took place. We checked out the church then indulged in some tasty crisp apple strudel. No wonder it was on Maria's list of favorite things!
As we concluded our tour and pulled back into Salzburg's city center we listened to Edelweiss and Cat and I agreed that it was money well spent. We wouldn't have been able to see 3/4 of the things that we did had we opted to do it ourselves. Now I only have two problems 1. I really want to watch the movie again 2. I'm going to have The Sound of Music soundtrack stuck in my head for the rest of my life.
Till next time...
So long, farewell
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Happy New Years from FirstShowing.net - Time to Kick Off 2011!
by Alex Billington
January 1, 2011
Happy New Years! Yet another year has come and gone but it only means bigger and better things are yet to come. We just recorded our year-in-review episode of the The Golden Briefcase yesterday, and looking back at 2010, I think it was actually a damn good year overall, with some unforgettable, generation-defining films like The Social Network, Black Swan and Inception. But it's now 2011 and things are already looking good this year. We've got lots of new sequels, epic conclusions and many new introductions that we've been waiting years for. Here's to another great year of entertainment and, of course, more great movies to come!
Looking at 2011, there's a lot of great movies on the line-up this year: Apollo 18, Rango, I Am Number Four, Battle: Los Angeles, The Beaver, Sucker Punch, Source Code, Your Highness, Scream 4, Fast Five, THOR, Priest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Tree of Life, X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Green Lantern, Cars 2, Caesar: Rise of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, The Sitter, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cowboys & Aliens, Conan, Moneyball, Real Steel, The Thing, The Three Musketeers, Contagion, Immortals, The Muppets, Hugo Cabret, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes 2, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, We Bought a Zoo, and of course, Steven Spielberg's War Horse. Whoa!
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BEAMING Jack Murray had his dreams come true when he was invited to meet his football heroes at the Macron Stadium.
The five-year-old, from The Crescent, Horwich, also had his shirt signed, pictures taken with the squad and had a kickabout with his favourite Whites player Tim Ream.
The special treat was offered to the five-year-old when his mum Karen started chatting to Tony Kelly about her son's brain tumour — without realising who he was.
Straight away Mr Kelly made some calls and the family was invited to meet the team ahead of their final pre-season friendly against Vitesse Arnhem.
Although his brain tumour is not cancerous, Jack, who was diagnosed with Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) last month, will have to have at least six weeks of chemotherapy to shrink it.
Mrs Murray, aged 40, said: "I have never seen Jack so happy.
"He's had a tough few weeks and is about to have more, so I'm so grateful to the club for giving him such a treat.
"He said his best moment was having a kick-about with Tim Ream.
"It all happened because of a chance meeting with Tony whilst watching the Ironman triathlon. I didn't realise who he was at first.
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Cafe Adobe's "Party With Santa: Breakfast & Cookie Decorating"
Cafe Adobe
Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM (PST)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Santa, Mrs. Claus and two of their best elves are flying the sleigh to Houston to have breakfast with Cafe Adobe customers this December! On Saturday, December 14th and 21st from 9 to 11 a.m., Cafe Adobe is hosting a "Party With Santa" breakfast at its Clear Lake, Sugar Land and Memorial locations. The holiday celebration will include a delicious buffet style breakfast, festive cookie decorating, and of course, the opportunity to snap photos with jolliest couple, Mr. & Mrs. Claus!
You must reserve a spot for Party With Santa, which is $15 for adults and $10 for kids, with children 2 and younger getting in for free. Bring a new toy for Cafe Adobe's toy drive benefitting the H.E.A.R.T. Program and receive reduced reservation prices. Call one of Cafe Adobe's locations for more information and to make your reservation today!
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Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM (PST)
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As with all good dance institutions, Cecil Dancenter adheres to a dress code. We feel that it allows the instructors to view proper body alignment as well as it promotes discipline and uniformity. We use the following dress code:
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Toddler Dance (age 18 months - 35 months):
Attire: Comfortable clothing or dance attire with bare feet, sneakers, or ballet slippers
Creative Dance (age 3), Dance Basics (age 4), and Dance Fundamentals (Kindergartners):
Attire for girls: leotard & tights(dance skirts may be worn), pink ballet slippers
Attire for boys: shorts/sweats, t-shirt, black ballet slippers or jazz shoes
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Act NOW: Early Day Motion tabled on the Food Supplements Directive
As we began writing this, one Early Day Motion was on the table, now it's two, but we are jumping the gun...
There are a whole swathe of EU Directives that will be hitting us in the UK and across Europe in the coming years. The one that requires urgent attention at this moment is the Food Supplements Directive 2002.
This particular monster has been in transition for several years, and has been the subject of legal challenges by The Alliance for Natural Health. Victories were achieved, movements made, but on the 31st December 2009, a number of perfectly safe supplements become ILLEGAL. We have no doubt this will shock and surprise many British consumers when they vist their health food stores in 2010. Some of the biggest casualties include MSM, Silver and Vanadium.
But this is just the tip of one very jagged iceberg, on the next rotation of implementation, we will see the EU restricting the upper dosage limits on many, many safe supplements. You see, its quite OK for EU citizens to unavoidably be exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals in every day life. or to drink or smoke themselves to death if they so choose ...but taking "too much" vitamin C (for example), well that just won't do will it.
They havent even got their teeth into The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive, the Human Medicinal Products Directive, Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations et al.
We digress. If you care about Natural Health, your health freedom, and your continued access to health supplements, you can either do nothing, or do something.
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As we mentioned, there are two early day motions on the table, both tabled within days of each other, write, ring or email your MP and urge them to support one or both (ours is not to wonder about the logistics of the politics of there being two EDMs, it's great to see cross party support, what a shame its so fragmented).
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Cooler Master Cosmos Sby Christoph Katzer on 9/2/2008 4:00 PM EST
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SilentWOLF9 - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - linkI just built my latest setup in this case and the install was a breeze. It would have been handy for a motherboard tray but oh well. The overall craftsmanship and feel of the build felt very high as I was working in it. CM did include many ties/stickies/mounts for cable management, in addition to the several motherboard panel cutouts it has been AMAZING! Best looking cable management in any build of mine yet, and with great ease.
Took it to the last LAN party and it was the talk of the place (room full of Stackers, Raven, Sniper, etc.). Very sleek looks, and easy to carry using the top handles (as far as full towers go).
Lighting accents are subtle and attractive. (granted my last case had neon blue that would shroud out LV)
Great airflow and very quiet. I've added 3 Yate Loon fan's to the case as well.
Plenty of space inside//No GTX200 series hitting your hard drives.
Qualms about the case: -Slide cover over front usb/1334 can be hard to slide back and forth, I feel like I'm going to bump the touch sensitive powerbutton as I do so.
-No reset button up top? blah.
-Again the motherboard tray would have been nice.
-I also have had a problem with aftermarket cpu coolers. Silly me I just went by case dimensions and figured the 2" listed would be safe to install Prolimatech's Megalems. The side fan hits on it, and until I figure out how to mod it (ideas appreciated) side door is off. Even so, temps of all components are lower than a clone build of friend's hardware (920,260gtx,x58) in Raven case.
-Removing psu filter is blocked when a case fan is mounted next to it. Reply
gamer4ever - Thursday, April 02, 2009 - linkthe case looks good, it has a lot of room, it collects dust very nicely no matter how clean is your room, the negative side is that it has problems with aftermarket coolers i have a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 and the huge side case cooler interferes with my cpu cooler and i cant close the side door unless i remove it, the other bad thing is that it doesnt have a motherboard plate or whatever is called and because of it you have to do all your work inside the case, it comes with small amount of coolers, you have to use screws to secure your hdd. no matter what this case is very good Reply
gonks - Thursday, September 04, 2008 - linkyou'll need to have the floor very clean, or your vga will suffer XD Reply
Zstream - Friday, September 05, 2008 - linkNot really clean, all I did was place a piece of cardboard from each foot next to the airflow so the carpet does not get in the way. Either way it is not that dusty in my house and vacuum on a weekly basis. Reply
yyrkoon - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - linkCable management - Is really going to be terrible with this case, unless they include 'sticky ties' or something similar. Another option would be to buy a power supply with cables that are longer than you need, and clip them to length. Personally, I would rather mod the case by cutting holes in it, or fabricating something into the case rather than mess with the power supply cable lengths. Either way, it would be a lot of effort.
Interior design - After taking one look at the outside, then afterwards looking at the inside it is obvious that cooler master does not care about the interior. It may be functional on some level sure the interior looks very similar to a $5 usd case . . . and that drive cage with fan . . . are you sure the person who designed that was not a kindergarten student using construction paper, scissors, elmers glue, and tape ? Perhaps their engineers should spend less time on the outside, making pretty shapes, and instead spend some time on decently designed interior items(so that $210 usd does not feel like a waste).
Lots of other things like the 'fan grill' on the back could have been improved by simply cutting a hole for the fan there, and buying a $.50 fan grill cover, and placing it on the outside. Water block holes ? How about still cutting the holes, putting the rubber bushing in a bag, and screwing a plate over the holes for those who do not wish to use them. Same for the bottom facing power supply 'inlet' cover it with a plate, and let the user decide if they want to use it. Maybe they could even supply a fan guard. Power supply may be on the bottom, but it is not partitioned. Motherboard tray ? Or how about just putting enough space behind the motherboard area that allows you to cleanly wire your system (Cue the Antec p182)? I could go on all day.
In the past if I wanted a no frills case I would have bought a MaPower case. Now days you can buy the cheapest Lian Li case that looks very nice/professional on the outside, pop the side door off, and still be equally impressed. Maybe these cases do not have the 'bling' the younger generation likes (gah!), but at least they look professional, and are very functional. Without having to worry about taking a finger off for whatever reason. Need I mention that even the small things sold as expansion accessories by Lian Li like bay conversion are also very nice/professional looking? Reply
Dianoda - Thursday, September 04, 2008 - linkI figured that I'd follow your windy rant with a possibly windier rant of my own. So if you skipped yyrkoon's post, do yourself a favor and skip this one, too. To start, CoolerMaster does include 'sticky ties' with this case, quite a few of them, too. Not that I needed them for my build, because there was adequate space for the cables I was using (such as sata data and power cables and nearly all the front panel cables) to travel between the motherboard and the right side of the case.
Oh, and your comment on the HD cage has got to be the shoddiest attempt at a put-down I've read in a while. I don't understand the point of it. It's an HD cage, it's sturdy, provides airflow to the HDs, has vibration damping and is otherwise perfectly functional, I don't really know what more you could want from the thing. Unless you actually have more than 4 HDs, in which case, buy another HD cage from CM, problem solved. Sure, it sucks that you would have to buy it, but if you don't need it, you're probably glad you didn't have to pay for it. And why should the power supply be partitioned? With the mounting method the case uses the PSU is effectively isolated with regards to heat anyways (air intakes through dust filter on bottom of case and flows out through the back). The P182 is a completely different case designed for a different purpose, mainly low acoustics. The reason why the PSU is so isolated in that case is so the heat and noise from it don't escape into the rest of the case or into your room. A PSU at bottom of case equals less noise in the vast majority of situations because it's farther away from your ears.
It's also pretty hard to do Mid-tower, low noise, fair price, and low temperatures at the same time. The P182 is somewhat of a jack of all trades in this respect. Whereas the Cosmos S is clearly a champion of airflow, and heat doesn't have the potential to build up in the case quite like a Mid-tower design might, even one as excellent as the P182. And good luck trying to fit an extended PSU in the P182, it won't happen without removing/modding that lower chamber fan. I've tried and it could work better, its a great case, but it's no full tower.
I won't argue that a MB tray would be sweet, but this thing is already plenty heavy and plenty big (at nearly 40 pounds). And with regards to Lian Li, their cheapest Full-Tower case is still more money than this CM case at $240. Reply
icingdeath88 - Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - link'nuff said. Reply
teohhanhui - Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - linkWere you sleepy when you were writing this article? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - linkHe may not have been, but apparently I was. Christoph speaks English relatively well, but his native tongue is German (and probably fluent in French too). I read through his text and dictated corrections using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, but as advertised it's only about 97-98% accurate. I didn't pay close enough attention and some errors slipped in, but they've now been squashed. Reply
R4F43LZiN - Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - linkI like it. Good looking and if I had the money to build my dream system I would be probably using a case like this. I liked the 3 slots for fans on the top (to use as a radiator mount). Reply
Waylay00 - Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - linkThe Cooler Master Stacker was released in 2004. That would make it four years, not six years. Reply


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A DECISION to lift cycling restrictions in Bournemouth could break down the 'us-and- them' attitude residents have towards cyclists, a councillor has claimed.
Labour councillor Dennis Gritt said he fully supports the move to allow cycling in The Square and at Pier Approach for a trial period and questioned why the town had such an "anti-cycling attitude."
However, the controversial move has been branded "madness" by another councillor and has sparked fears of an increase in accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians.
Cllr Gritt, who represents Kinson North, said: "It's a brave decision and it's an attempt to get away from this us-and-them attitude towards cyclists which strangely seems to ferment in this town.
"It's an anti-cycling attitude which seems to have always been around and I cannot understand it. I remember the first cycle route I campaigned on was in Glenferness Avenue and people said then we couldn't have that there.
"I also supported cycling on the promenade which I think is an unqualified success.
"We've got to support this trial and remind cyclists to be aware of pedestrians and of the speed limits and then I am sure it will be a success too."
However independent Cllr Ron Whittaker, who rep-resents Throop and Muscliff, said: "One only has to look at the speed of some cyclists when they come down Richmond Hill and hit The Square to see that this will cause a problem.
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It was a business trip to Hong Kong many years ago and the pair were intent on getting the latest tech gadget – a hand held video camera.
Helou negotiated what he thought was a cracking deal for himself and his chairman. But a few days later on a flight to Singapore, Helou was reading a newspaper where an advert showed the same camera for a lower price.
"We traipsed down Orchard Road and this guy has these things for $500 cheaper," Lawson recalls. "We walk out of the store and the guy comes running out saying he can do it even cheaper. I thought, 'no don't tell him that!' We got back to Sydney and Gary goes out and prices them in Australia and sends out an email and says, 'we've saved $1000'."
Helou, who was SunRice chief executive for 11 years, doesn't do things in halves.
In the two years since taking the helm of the nation's biggest dairy exporter,
Within months of joining in October 2011, Helou overhauled the senior executive ranks as he set about slashing more than 300 jobs across the company as part of a plan to cut costs by $100 million.
He also picked brawls with global titans. Japan's Lion suffered a body blow in April when the once sleepy farmer co-operative stole its private label milk contract with Coles.
Helou stitched up a 10-year deal, delivering revenue of $2 billion and underwriting the investment of state of the art plants to process milk more cheaply, allowing Murray Goulburn to make a profit where Lion argues it could not.
Next July one in every 10 cartons of fresh milk sold in this country will be processed by Murray Goulburn – 3 billion litres annually. This puts it ahead of Lion and New Zealand's Fonterra.
But now Helou faces an even tougher test – the battle to buy rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter. In one of the most exciting and unpredictable pieces of corporate action for years, Murray Goulburn surprised the market with a $7.50 cash per share bid last month. The offer trumped rival Bega but was soon beaten by Canada's Saputo, which returned fire with a $8 cash bid.
Meanwhile, Lion has snapped up 10 per cent of WCB at prices as high as $9.25 a share to protect a cheese packing contract. This could force Helou to woo over the same company he dealt a body blow to just six months ago.
For Helou this is more than just a game of ego.
Death wish
"We have to grow or we are going to shrink," he says. "Markets are exploding with growth, our competitors are growing and we are static. That is a death wish."
Sit in Helou's expansive office at Melbourne's swanky Freshwater Place and you can't help but get swept up in his enthusiasm. Littering his desk are Tetra Paks from the Murray Goulburn stable.
He is a big user of Murray Goulburn's Devondale Barista's Own frothing milk for his daily lattes and cappuccinos. Those that know Helou well say he could probably do without the caffeine hit.
The early riser, high-energy executive is known for demanding the best from his people and not suffering fools lightly.
"He has this passion and energy," Murray Goulburn chairman
Helou grew up in Beirut. When he was eight years of age, his dad, a pipeline welder, decided to relocate his family from Lebanon for a better life in Sydney.
Helou has stayed in Sydney. He commutes to Murray Goulburn's offices from his home in Dural, a leafy nothern suburb that also counts Myer's Bernie Brookes and Harvey Norman's Gerry Harvey as residents.
The father of two university students spends weekedays in Melbourne and weekends at home with his family, tending to his veggie garden. He has fruit trees and declares he is very good at growing cucumbers. "I grow fantastic Lebanese cucumbers, which are the best cucumbers by the way," he says.
Helou, the second eldest of five children, studied chemical engineering at University of NSW before doing a Masters of Commerce. His first job out of university was designing lead-acid automotive batteries for Century Batteries. It was not for him. Marketing, however, was. He joined conglomerate Pacific Dunlop and a few years later was sent to Hong Kong to establish Asian markets for the company's brands including Edgells, Birds Eye and Peters Ice Cream.
But it was at SunRice where Helou made a name for himself. In 2003, three years after becoming chief executive, NSW's Riverina suffered a one in 100-year drought. It would persist for five years.
Rice production collapsed from more than 1.5 million tonnes in 2002 to just 19,297 tonnes in 2008 – the worst crop since 1929.
"It was a catastrophic scenario," Helou says. "SunRice faced total industry shutdown and market exits due to severe product shortage." Helou jumped on planes finding new sources for rice he could market as SunRice. "It was unimaginable the drought would be as long and as severe," Lawson says. "He has the ability to reinvent himself. We went from being a processor to a considerable buyer of product and maintained our brand. That was substantial change."
Australian plants were mothballed but not sold off so they could be re-started when local production returned.
"We managed to trade our way out, without dropping revenue or profit, without losing strategic international market share and retained the industry's technical and operational skill set to rebound when crops returned to normal," Helou says. He described it as his toughest challenge as a chief executive.
"It was a massive effort by a group of gifted and driven professionals. After this episode, you feel like you are ready to face any business or market scenario."
Opinions divided
One of Murray Goulburn's biggest suppliers and shareholders, Roma Britnell, says she is impressed by Helou.
"Murray Goulburn had to be more efficient. He has come in and done what needed to be done," says the dairy farmer. "He is very engaging. He has a strong character but I think he listens."
Yet there are those that are highly critical. They say Helou has not delivered the promised $100 million in cost cuts. They claim he fired factory workers only to go and hire expensive executives at the head office – which Helou switched to the CBD after ditching a contract to lease space 11 kilometres north west of the city at Essendon Fields. Helou disagrees. He is subleasing out the Essendon Fields office space, arguing the CBD location costs Murray Goulburn less.
"To say he is polarising is an understatement," one former worker said. "He is erratic. He flips and changes but when he gets on a path he is totally fixated by it. He's been an agent for change and that is what the organisation demanded but some of the decisions have been curious."
There are concerns Helou's aggressive expansion plans are tipping Murray Goulburn in to too much debt. It plans to debt fund its $420 million bid for Warrnambool.
Helou is unapologetic, saying the deal would push its gearing to 52 per cent, which was below the 65 per cent Fonterra reached during a similar expansion phase. He is also reviewing the capital structure, which includes investigating the option to create a similar share trading scheme set up by Fonterra, where farmers retain ownership but outside investors can buy shares to enjoy dividends and capital growth.
This could provide a capital injection to reduce the debt load. Helou took SunRice to a listed structure on the National Stock Exchange and championed a $610 million takeover offer from Spain's Ebro. He insists nothing has been decided but does say, however, that Murray Goulburn will remain a co-operative.
He disagrees he could be putting the business at risk if drought or some other event conspires to cut milk production, saying Murray Goulburn sources milk from numerous regions in Victoria and has expanded to Tasmania.
He is both frustrated and angry that Australia's milk production has dropped in the past decade while New Zealand's has soared "As soon as I got here one of the first things I did was to get a 10-year trend. I fell off my seat. Seriously. I said, it's a great challenge. "Our share of world trade has plummeted from 15 per cent to 16 per cent 10 years ago to about 7 per cent. That's deplorable. Obviously we are not competitive."
Trails behind its rivals
Critics argue for all Helou's enthusiastic talk about cutting costs to pay farmers more Murray Goulburn still trails behind its rivals on milk prices.
Former chairman
"I don't think it [ Murray Goulburn] will ever be a leader in the milk price but it does set the pace and other companies look at it and pay a little bit more. The way I see it is if those companies have to go to their shareholders to say 'we can't give you as big a dividend because we have to pay more for our milk' then he's doing the job. The other companies have to pay to hold their milk."
Helou is determined while his chairman remains pleased.
"We have a vision to a leading food company globally," Tracy said. "He is progressing that quickly. I think it is fair to say that many of the things that were setting out to achieve in three years have been brought forward."
The Australian Financial Review