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Osred ( 697 – 716) was king of Northumbria from 705 until his death. He was the son of King Aldfrith of Northumbria. Aldfrith's only known wife was Cuthburh, but it is not known for certain whether Osred was her son. Osred did not directly succeed his father as Eadwulf seized the throne, but held it for only a few months.
At the time that the usurper Eadwulf was overthrown, Osred was only a child, and the government was controlled by the powerful Bishop Wilfrid, presumably assisted by ealdormen such as Berhtfrith son of Berhtred. Osred was adopted as Wilfrid's son at this time. Wilfrid's death in 709 appears to have caused no instability at the time, which, together with the rapid rise and more rapid fall of Eadwulf, speaks to a degree of stability and continuity in early 8th century Northumbria which would not long outlast Osred's reign.
In 711 ealdorman Berhtfrith inflicted a crushing defeat on the Picts, in the area around the upper Forth, but the reign of Osred is otherwise unremarkable politically. Domestically, a variety of ecclesiastical sources portray Osred as a dissolute and debauched young man, and a seducer of nuns. More positively, Aethelwulf's De Abbatibus describes Osred as energetic in deeds and words, mighty in arms and bold in his own strength and Bede referred to him as a new Josiah.
Osred reached his majority in 715 or 716, and within a very short period he was killed. The manner of his death is unclear. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that he was killed "south of the border". David Rollason and N.J. Higham presume that the border is question is the southern Pictish border, and that the Picts slew Osred.


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Having numerous pieces of body art etched to her body, Mena Suvari plans to hide them all during her nuptials and so she is having her wedding gown customized.
Mena Suvari, who has been very vocal to reporters when talking about her future wedding with fiance Simone Sestito, has just revealed that she is having her wedding gown customized in an attempt to hide the many tattoos she has. The 30-year-old actress' tattoos among others include a lion on her neck and upper back.
"I think it would be considerate to (Sestito's) family to have my tattoos covered, since there are two nuns on his mother's side of the family," says Mena when explaining that she plans to hide her tattoos on her wedding day because she wants to please her future mother-in-law. Though already planning on her wedding dress, Mena tells New York Daily News she and Simone haven't set a wedding date just yet.
In a different interview with OK! Magazine during U.S.A. Network's "American Character: A Photographic Journey" launch held at Stephan Weiss Gallery in N.Y.C. on March 12, Mena said that her nuptials to Simone may take place next year. "Knowing that one day it will happen, I think it's just the whole essence of it. Thinking about how it should really be your most important, special day, and getting your family together. Simone and I really want to make it everything we always wanted it to be," she gushed.
Mena Suvari and Simone Sestito, who is a music producer, reportedly first met in 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival while she was promoting her big screen movie "Stuck". The pair began dating soon thereafter. Their engagement was covered by the media in July 2008. Prior to engaging to Simone, Mena was married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann.


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Regulatory trends for 2015 and beyond
The panel, "Forward Look: Regulatory and Enforcement Trends," was moderated by Merri Jo Gillette, partner at Morgan Lewis, and featured regulators from various government agencies.
Can companies hide possible fraud through compliance investigations?
There is likely going to be an appeal of a recent decision by a three-judge panel regarding Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), a defense contractor, and whistleblowing over alleged fraud.
Breaking down silos: Business or legal? Attorney-client privilege in mandatory investigations
A company can have multiple purposes for conducting an investigation. Some are mandated by regulation, compliance programs or internal company policies (all considered business purposes) and others are undertaken solely for legal advice. Even when business and legal purposes are both in play, the ability to preserve attorney-client privilege is...
Pro-whistleblower organizations ask SEC to clarify protections for employees
There is a renewed effort to clarify the protections given to corporate whistleblowers by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) and the Labaton Sucharow law firm.
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Focus on the acts of joint venture partners and agents
KBR asks alleged rape victim to pay its legal fees
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KBR victorious in sexual assault case
A Houston jury has said Jamie Leigh Jones wasn't raped six years ago while she was working in Iraq for KBR, a defense contractor and former subsidiary of Halliburton.
In our December 2009 Circuit article, "Court rejects arbitration clause in gang-rape case," InsideCounsel reported the story of Jamie Leigh Jones, a 19-year-old clerical worker for Halliburton Co./KBR Kellogg Brown & Root.


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An organization making application to the Chief of the State Police to conduct or operate "Beano" or "Bingo," an organization licensed under this chapter to operate "Beano" or "Bingo," a commercial beano hall permit applicant or a commercial beano hall permittee shall permit inspection of any equipment, prizes, records or items and materials used or to be used in the conduct or operation of "Beano" or "Bingo" by the Chief of the State Police or the chief's authorized representative. [1999, c. 74, §5 (AMD).]
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Growmark, Inc., Bloomington, Ill., has acquired the Canton, SD Propane Terminal from Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. This acquisition will bolster Growmarks's access to propane, expand its propane storage capacity, and enhance Growmark's ability to provide a reliable supply of propane to its members and customers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Kevin Carroll, Growmark Vice President, Energy and Logistics, said the acquisition provides a strategic opportunity for both our wholesale and retail propane businesses. "Our retail division, STAR Energy, recently acquired Siouxland Propane, expanding our footprint into the South Dakota geography. This terminal will support the expanded footprint and enhance our supply for other areas of our System. It's a strategic move that strengthens our presence in this geography."
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This is an appeal by Antonio Dionisio and Charles Bishop Smith from separate orders finding them in contempt of court and committing them to custody for failing to furnish voice exemplars to the Special February 1971 Grand Jury for the Northern District of Illinois.
On February 17 and 19, 1971, Dionisio and Smith, having been called before the grand jury and advised that they were potential defendants in its investigations, refused the jury's request that they furnish voice exemplars which would be compared with voices contained on Federal Bureau of Investigation tape recordings of telephone messages intercepted pursuant to a court-ordered wiretap.
On February 19 (Dionisio) and February 23 (Smith), the district court ordered that the two witnesses:
The manner in which it was proposed to take these voice exemplars is as follows. The witness would be taken to an office of the United States Attorney and would be requested by FBI agents to read from a transcript of the conversations which the FBI had recorded earlier pursuant to the court-ordered wiretap and with which the witness' voice was to be compared. While reading from this transcript, the witness would speak into a telephone and his voice would be recorded on a machine operated by other FBI agents in some other room in the building. The witnesses would be permitted to have their counsel present at the United States Attorney's office where the scripts were to be read.
Both Dionisio and Smith refused to furnish the requested voice exemplars; and on February 22 (Dionisio) and February 23 (Smith), they were committed for contempt for their refusal to comply with the district court's order. Dionisio and Smith filed notices of appeal on February 23.
The district court, having determined that the appeals were frivolous and taken for delay, refused the witnesses' motions to set bail or to stay the commitment order pending appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 1826(b). On the witnesses' emergency motions, this court found the constitutional questions raised too substantial to justify characterizing the appeals as frivolous and ordered the witnesses admitted to bail.
Appellants contend that the procedure attempted by the grand jury violated their fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. This is not the law. United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 222-223, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149 (1967); cf. Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263, 265-267, 87 S.Ct. 1951, 18 L.Ed.2d 1178 (1967), and Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 764, 86 S.Ct. 1826, 16 L.Ed.2d 908 (1966). They further contend that the procedure violated their sixth amendment right to counsel. That contention is also without merit, particularly in view of the option extended to the appellants under which their attorneys would be permitted to be present. Cf. Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263,
Appellants also urge that the compelled production of voice exemplars for the grand jury upon its subpoena violates their rights under the fourth amendment. This argument raises an important and seemingly novel question.
It is now settled that the fourth amendment is applicable to the grand jury process. Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43, 26 S.Ct. 370, 50 L.Ed. 652 (1906). That case dealt with the production of documents under a subpoena duces tecum. The Court believed that a grand jury "order for the production of books and papers may constitute an unreasonable search and seizure within the Fourth Amendment." Id. at 76, 26 S.Ct. at 379. Applying the test of reasonableness, the Court held the subpoena to be overbroad, stating that, "A general subpoena of this description is equally indefensible as a search warrant would be if couched in similar terms." Id. at 77, 26 S.Ct. at 380.
Since Hale v. Henkel, courts have struck down grand jury subpoenas which were unreasonable under the fourth amendment. Schwimmer v. United States, 232 F.2d 855 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 352 U.S. 833, 77 S.Ct. 48, 1 L. Ed.2d 52 (1956); see Application of Linen Supply Cos., 15 F.R.D. 115 (S.D. N.Y.1953). As stated in Application of Certain Chinese Family Benevolent & Dist. Ass'ns, 19 F.R.D. 97, 99 (N.D.Cal. 1956), the grand jury's subpoena power "must not be so exercised as to impinge upon the prohibition against unlawful searches and seizures."
It may be argued that the fourth amendment applies only to overbroad grand jury subpoenas calling for documentary evidence.
The Government argues that it is premature to consider these fourth amendment
The record shows that the instant grand jury is investigating possible violations of federal criminal statutes relating to gambling and that pursuant to its investigation it has received in evidence voice recordings which were obtained under orders issued by the district court pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2518. Since the Government was apparently unable to identify some or all of the voices recorded, the grand jury seeks to obtain voice exemplars from those whom the Government suspects of having participated in the recorded conversations. The interception order is not part of the record nor has it been furnished to appellants. The Government does not claim that the order named Smith or Dionisio or was based on probable cause for belief that either was committing, had committed, or was about to commit an offense enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 2516, or that the facilities involved were leased to, listed in the name of, or commonly used by either of them. Thus, we do not reach the question whether compulsion to furnish voice exemplars is the ultimate permissible step in the invasion of someone's privacy authorized by the antecedent interception order and whether the probable cause underlying the order makes such compulsion reasonable. For all that appears, Smith and Dionisio may be persons who were suspected of being the other parties to conversations with individuals whose privacy the Government had obtained the right to invade, thus being persons whose privacy was still constitutionally protected.
We believe the proposition to be clearly established that under the fourth amendment law enforcement officials may not compel the production of physical evidence absent a showing of the reasonableness of the seizure. Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721, 89 S.Ct. 1394, 22 L.Ed.2d 676 (1969); Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616, 6 S.Ct. 524, 29 L. Ed.2d 746 (1886). It is evident that the grand jury is seeking to obtain the voice exemplars of the witnesses by the use of its subpoena powers because probable cause did not exist for their arrest or for some other, less unusual, method of compelling the production of the exemplars.
The Government and appellants assert that whether the fourth amendment bars the procedure here attempted is really a question of whether probable cause must exist for the compelled production of physical evidence by a grand jury. The fourth amendment, however, not only proscribes the issuance of warrants without probable cause — a proscription not applicable here because no warrant was involved — but also prohibits searches and seizures which are unreasonable. It is the proper application of the standard of reasonableness to seizures in the grand jury context with which we must be concerned.
In Davis v. Mississippi, supra, the police detained and fingerprinted a large number of Negro youths in their investigation of an alleged rape where the assailant was described only as a
We think this language applies with equal force to the instant situation. The fourth amendment bans "wholesale intrusions" upon personal security whether such intrusions stem from illegal arrests or from grand jury subpoenas ostensibly issued only because of the Government's bald statement that the witnesses are potential defendants. The fact that the investigation in this case was conducted under the aegis of the grand jury does not excuse its unreasonableness. The dragnet effect here, where approximately twenty persons were subpoenaed for purposes of identification, has the same invidious effect on fourth amendment rights as the practice condemned in Davis.
We agree with the Government's observation that the grand jury is not required to have a factual basis for commencing an investigation and can pursue rumors and clues which further investigation may prove groundless. The grand jury does not need probable cause to subpoena witnesses. But that is not to say that the grand jury may misuse its subpoena power to effect a seizure which in other contexts would be violative of the fourth amendment.
We reverse and remand to the district court with directions to vacate its contempt judgments and commitments.


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Newly Escaped Drug Lord El Chapo Threatened Donald Trump On Twitter
The Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison last weekend allegedly threatened Donald Trump on social media.
Daily Mail reports Joaquín Guzmán, better known as El Chapo, slipped through a hatch in his cell on Saturday and crossed a mile-long tunnel before emerging in a house near the Altiplano prison.
According to Daily Mail, Trump once said Guzmán represents "everything that is wrong with Mexico."
Guzmán had reportedly been free for just a day when the Republican presidential hopeful continued to share his remarks on Twitter, saying,
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with 'El Chapo', the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
…Trump, however, would kick his ass!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
El Chapo's official Twitter account, thought to be run by his son, reportedly tweeted back in Spanish,
If you keep pissing me off I'm going to make you eat your words you f*cking blonde milk-s*****.
According to the New York Daily News, Trump contacted the FBI to investigate the threat.
Guzmán, whose drug cartel is said to bring in more than $3 billion a year, made his escape 16 months after being arrested in February 2014.
In 2001, he hired prison guards to help him flee a maximum security prison, and authorities suspect employees of the Altiplano facility also played a role in Saturday's escape.
The tunnel Guzmán used may have taken a year to build, and it contained air vents, lights, oxygen tanks and a motorcycle to speed up his escape.
Additionally, the tunnel's construction required the removal of approximately 3,250 tons of earth, and the prison workers possess radar technology that is supposed to pick up tunneling attempts — yet, there were no reports of such activity.
Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said 18 employees of the Altiplano prison were detained for questioning.
Citations: Mexicos Billion Dollar Drugs Lord THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter Account Run by His Son and Taunts the World After His Dramatic Escape rom Prison (Daily Mail), Donald Trump Who Promised to Kick El Chapos Ass Calls FBI After Mexican Drug Lord Threatens Him on Twitter (New York Daily News)
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Building Surveyor - Chartered Independent Surveyor
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- From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
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- Closes
- 23 Apr 2017
- Sector
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About the Company
An independent firm of RICS Regulated Chartered Surveyors and Property Consultants based in North West London. Since 1967 the Partnership has developed a reputation for providing comprehensive professional advice on a broad range of building and property related matters to commercial, public sector and residential clients throughout London and the South-East of England.
Our client are seeking a Building Surveyor who has exposure to the Residential and Commercial sector. The role requires the Surveyor to undertake a variety of building surveying work including:
·Construction project design, specification and contract administration
·Party wall and other neighbourly matters
·Building and condition surveys
·Building pathology/defects analysis
Candidate Requirements
·Degree educated in Building Surveying or similar
·Ideally 2 years industry related experience
·Full driving licence
·The ability to take on a high degree of responsibility, excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills, combined with a high degree of self-motivation and time management
·Proven experience of working for an organisation within the residential and commercial sector
·Able to demonstrate a broad-based knowledge of building construction work, monitor contracts and supervise on site and demonstrate effective prioritisation and decision making skills
·Experience in the use of AutoCAD is an advantageThe client is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual who is comfortable working on their own initiative within a small private practice and is committed to upholding the values and standards to which we adhere. For the right person there is an opportunity to progress to director level.
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Go to church, get fit: A YMCA-certified trainer hosts Be Fit exercise classes at 10 a.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Tuesdays at Keystone Presbyterian, 7905 Van Dyke Road, Odessa. Free. Call (813) 920-5180.
Idle-'Wild West' Family Festival: The Halloween alternative features food, hay rides, bounce houses and more from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Idlewild Baptist Church, a mile east of Dale Mabry Highway on Van Dyke Road. $3 per person, $15 maximum per family. Food costs extra. Call (813) 264-4636, ext. 461.
Harvest Festival: The fest features trunk or treat, games, food, music, hay rides and more from 5-10 p.m. Saturday at Genesis Church, 10925 Tarpon Springs Road, Odessa. Free. Call (813) 920-2251.
Trunk or treat: Children can trick or treat from the trunks of decorated cars from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hills United Methodist, 904 W Linebaugh Ave., near N Boulevard. Call (813) 932-8081.
Americana worship service: A bluegrass band leads worship during the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services the first Sunday of each month at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 304 Druid Hills Road. Call (813) 988-4025.
Men's Bible study: The group meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at Victory Tabernacle, 4411 Kelly Road. Call (813) 886-8247.
Men's Bible study and breakfast: Men meet up for food, fellowship and study at 6:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, 709 W Linebaugh Ave. (813) 932-6149.
Questions about Catholicism? Be part of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults inquiry meetings, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Timothy Catholic, 17512 Lakeshore Road, Lutz. The meetings are for adults interested in becoming Catholic. Call (813) 968-1077, ext. 244, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Taylor Swift Back at No. 1 & More in Casey's Taste of Country
Taylor Swift is back at the top of the Billboard chart. Her single "Ours" is the fifth single and fifth consecutive #1 song from her 5x Platinum-plus Speak Now album. Not sure if Taylor will ever get tired of all the success. She also has two songs on the soundtrack album of "The Hunger Games", which is currently #1 on the iTunes Albums Chart. That album is expected to be the top album on the Billboard's All-Genre chart this week.
Jason Aldean is offering up the cowboy hat he wears in his videos to his fans. The replica, called the new Asphalt Cowboy Jason Aldean Hat, is a palm straw hat dyed black with the same hat brand as on the Jason Aldean Brush Hog hat and Georgia Boy hat. More details can be found cowboycountryhat.com.
According to WCNC.com, Luke Bryan is rumored to be making an appearnace on the upcoming season of ABC's "The Bachelorette." Luke reportedly performs his hit single "Do I" as well as his current single "Drunk On You" while bachelorette Emily Maynard takes one of her suitors on a date. Season 8 of "The Bachelorette" premieres May 14th so we'll all have to watch specifically to see Luke.
And remember Sugarland fans, the duo will be appearing on tonight's episode of Dancing with the Stars. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will perform "Run". They will be joined by pop singer, Matt Nathanson. According to soruces, they will also return to sing "Find the Beat Again".


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I drove through the Texas panhandle many times on the way to Colorado before I actually stopped for more than an overnight rest. To my surprise, I have come to love this area for unexpected reasons. The feeling of complete openness is hard to describe while at the same time, hard to miss. There is much more here than meets the eye.
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Sifiso Zulu slept in his Medium-B jail cell for the first time on Thursday night, and this morning, just like each morning since then, he would have woken up to a breakfast of about seven slices of bread, with a dab of jam and butter – but only on the top slice.
Correction Services confirmed last week that Zulu had been moved from the prison hospital into his cell, but could not say how his medical assessments had gone.
Warders from the prison say Zulu is sharing a cell with up to 50 prisoners. If he is lucky, he may be in a cell of 39 criminals, the lowest number in a Medium-B cell.
Zulu's new lifestyle will be a far cry from the one he was accustomed to outside the prison walls – with snazzy suits, parties and alcohol being replaced by prison overalls, communal eating and water. If he is well behaved, he will be let out into the prison yard for an hour, warders said.
But Zulu has been eased into prison life. After handing himself over to prison authorities on May 12, he was first admitted to the prison's high-care unit, where he was sleeping on a hospital bed – the same bed, according to sources, that Schabir Shaik used.
The beds in the cells are steel.
The socialite would have at least had time to become accustomed to prison food. A prison source, however, said "young men" who had been visiting Zulu in hospital had been bringing him food.
But now he is on the real prison menu, eating food described by the warder as "grossly unappetising".
"In the morning they will get a bit of runny porridge and six to eight slices of bread with one bit of butter and jam on the top slice. They will also get a cup of tea."
For lunch, at about 2pm, Zulu and his fellow prisoners will enjoy some phutu with gravy and cabbage – which looks as if it has been boiled. They will also get a small piece of chicken, fish or pork. "It's smaller than a quarter chicken from Nando's," the warder added.
With a cup of juice, this is the last proper meal for the day.
The bread from the morning, as well as another helping of a butter-and-jam stack given to him during the day, will have to last until the following morning.
Prisoners have access to water throughout the day.
Zulu received many visitors while in hospital – apparently also long after visiting hours. But if he follows the rules now, he will be able to have visitors only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.


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Former DIFF'RENT STROKES star Todd Bridges hired an army of prostitutes to deal drugs for him during his 1980s heyday as a dealer - so he could get paid twice, for cocaine and sex..
The ex-child star became a drug user towards the end of the hit show's run in the mid-1980s and a gun-wielding narcotics boss on the mean streets of Los Angeles, dealing speed, crack, cocaine and marijuana when the sitcom wrapped in 1986.
Both respected and feared, the actor surrounded himself with women, so he could get the most out of clients.
He explains, "They would sell drugs to johns (clients) and also have sex with johns, so I got paid in a double way... I was a pimp in a lot of ways."
He hit a new low when he became hooked on methamphetamine after having an orgasm the first time he tried the hard drug.
Bridges, who was still trying to escape memories of being molested at 11, says, "I thought that that was the drug that would take me through everything else because it really covered up everything that I was feeling... I was numb to society, I was numb to life... I felt that's what I deserve... that's who I am."
In a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on her U.S. talk show show on Wednesday (28Apr10), the actor revealed he once stayed awake for 14 days straight when he was high on methamphetamine. He eventually suffered psychosis and seizures.
He recalls, "I started seeing these little green men that came up and I thought that my grandmother had put these inside my house... and they were running around and I was chasing at them and I was shooting at them... I was crazy at that point."
Bridges broke down in tears as his mother, who was in the studio audience, sobbed as she recalled how she prayed to God and said, "If you wanna take him, take him; I don't wanna see him like that... I said, 'I'm giving him back to you.'"
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Practice Area: Criminal defense
Outcome: 1/2 Found Not Guilty - 1/2 No Real Fines
Description: 8 people were charged with camping in the "infamous" Camp Paradise case which lasted 3 days. I came in to help threat the last minute to aid with the defense and helped get 1/2 of the defendant's found not guilty and the remaining were not required to actually pay the fine imposed. The city spent an obscene amount of money on the issue and still basically lost for all practical purposes.


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August 19th, 2011 – PADI Executives take an Eco Dive
It was a beautiful August day when Crystal Dive hosted a group of 19 of PADI's finest for a day of Eco diving on Koh Tao's shores.
The day started when the crew disembarked at Koh Tao and were given a detailed and entertaining presentation on Koh Tao's marine conservation and reef restoration projects. The crew included CEO Drew Richardson, Project Aware Asia Pacific's Joanne Marsten, marketing representatives from Asia Pacific and head office in the Americas as well as many regional managers.
Led by IDCS Nathan Cook and his son Kailash Cook the group, received a professional presentation with some great information traded between both the audience and the presenter. The bulk of the presentation focused on the volume of diving gracing Koh Tao's shores and the many projects both Crystal and Eco Koh Tao, in conjunction with Marine Conservation Koh Tao are involved in to try to reduce the pressure on these precious natural resources.
The afternoon saw Nathan lead the group to two artificial reefs both of which are home to coral nurseries to help rehabilitate those particular locations. At Twins, in Buoyancy World we took some coral fragments from our coral nurseries and transplanted them onto an artificial reef structure designed specifically to receive coral transplants.
Our second dive took us to Crystal's 'in-house' artificial reef, Junkyard. The viz wasn't so good but the project's goals were obvious to all who joined in the dives, illustrating how much life can be drawn to a barren patch of sand with the help of a bit of structure.
It was nice to see the PADI office bods out diving and enjoying their diving. It was especially enlightening to see the genuine interest displayed from all participants and a real belief in the need for such work. We are thankful they took this time to join us.
Thanks especially to Eco Koh Tao's Simon Dowling and Ecodiver'sIzabelaKasprzyk & Sylvain Pigeon for their assistance on what was a couple of busy dives.
Project Aware www.projectaware.org
Marine Conservation Koh Tao www.marineconservationkohtao.com
Crystal Dive www.crystaldive.com
Eco Koh Tao www.ecokohtao.com


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Yes, that would be fine....except I open an internet window on that computer.
Can't do it. I get a message that says: "The connection was reset. The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be teporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." I don't know anything about a firewall. I can get a few websites but not yahoo. I tried with both firefox and safari. I also have a gmail account but I can't access that either on the other computer.
Sorry to be so high maintenance, but I typed in that address and got the same message. Do you think if I checked out the firewall that that would help? I don't know how to access the firewall. You'd need to direct me on that.
Did all that and then tried to get onto yahoo through both safari and firefox. Neither works. The safari message says "Safari can't open the page "www.yahoo.com" because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again."
I unchecked everything under parental controls, but still nothing. Neither firefox nor safari work.
I just re-checked, and everything seems to be enabled under parental controls. I had originally asked the justanswer guy to help me disable spider solitaire, because I'm addicted to it. Well, that sure blew up in my face because now I can use only a few websites. For some reason I can go to www.lwvdelaware-newcastlecounty.org
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Grandma's Easy Kids Can Make It Homemade Ice Cream
Sunday, July 19th is National Ice Cream Day. I can't think of a better way to celebrate it than by helping the kids make their very own homemade ice cream. But you don't have to have a fancy electric ice cream maker to create this wondrous treat. There are two very easy ways to take milk and a bit of sugar and turn it into ice cream! Of course you can always use an ice cream maker, we recommend that you check out ice cream maker reviews before deciding which one is best for your family.
I can't take credit for this craft idea, as someone told me when I was a cub scout leader and we tried it. I had eight very happy little cub scouts kicking coffee cans all over my yard and then eating the ice cream. It was a hit, and has been done many years since then.
My scouts are all grown men now, but on the 4th someone asked me if they could make Kick the Can Ice Cream!
Kick the Can Ice Cream
Supplies for each kid:
- A l pound coffee can and a 3 pound coffee can
- 1 pint of half and half
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 4 T. of your favorite instant pudding mix (any flavor works!)
- 10 cups of ice
- 1 and ½ c. rock salt, kosher salt can be used
- Duct tape
Step one: In a medium bowl, you have to mix together the half and half, the sugar and your pudding mix
Step two: Put the l pound coffee can inside of the 3 pound coffee can and pour the milk mixture into it.. Cover the small can with it's lid and seal it tightly with duct tape.
Step three: Surround the small can with half the ice and about ½ to ¾ c. of salt.
Step four: Seal the 3 pound can with it's lid and tape it tightly shut. Now the fun begins!
Step five: Have two kids stand across from each other and start kicking the can back and forth, rolling it between each other. Encourage them to be gentle!
Step six: After 10 to 15 minutes of kicking, open the cans and check to see if it's ice cream. You might need to scrape down the sides and stir gently to incorporate the more frozen mixture on the insides of the small can. Replace lid and can back into larger can and add more ice and salt as needed
Step seven: Make sure you've resealed with the duct tape and kick for another 10 minutes.
You'll have ice cream after that!
Plastic Bag Ice Cream
This uses whole milk instead of half and half and less sugar, so it's a bit healthier but not as rich as the kick the can ice cream. Still delicious and fun to make though.
Step 1: Put 1 cup of whole milk and 1 t. vanilla and 2 T. of sugar in a quart size Ziploc bag. Seal
Step 2: Mix 4 c. of ice with ¼ c. of kosher salt in a gallon size plastic zip loc bag and place the smaller bag with the milk mixture into the larger bag with the ice. Seal the larger bag shut.
Step 3: Shake and shake some more, about 10 minutes. Avoid squeezing it. Two kids working together always seem to have more fun at this task than just one, but even with yourself it's kind of fun!
Step 4: Remove the smaller bag and wip off any ice and salt. Squeeze it into a bowl and eat right then, or you can place smaller bag in freezer to let is harden a bit more before eating.
It's better than the Ice Cream Truck can bring..!! You can use chocolate milk to make chocolate ice cream and we've smashed up strawberries or other fruit in a blender and stirred it in before we put the mixture in the freezer to harden.


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The number of high-priced drugs being subsidised by the Commonwealth has dramatically increased in recent years as pharmaceutical companies produce more targeted therapies for smaller groups of patients.
According to the federal Health Department, there are 61 drugs listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that cost more than $5000 each time they are dispensed.
In 1991, $2800 would have had the same buying power as $5000 today. Yet the most expensive drug listed on the scheme in 1991 cost $843 – less than a third of this amount.
In response to a question from Liberal senator Linda Reynolds, the department said while there were a similar number of drugs costing $20 or less in 1991 and 2014, "the number of higher cost listings has grown significantly".
More than 500 drugs are currently listed on the PBS with a cost of between $1001 and $5000.
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, the expert body which recommends medicines for subsidy, is preparing to consider a second application for the listing of Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi. The committee rejected the drug for listing last July on value for money grounds. The Health Department has since revealed the estimated cost of the drug at its initial asking price was more than $1 billion over five years.
In the United States, the cost of a 12-week course of Sovaldi is about $US84,000 ($102,000).
Last year, the total cost of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which includes more than 3000 drugs, was just over $9 billion.
The most expensive drug on the PBS is Soliris, a treatment for a rare kidney condition, which was listed on the PBS last December. The average cost of the treatment is more than $500,000 a year per patient for life.
Stephen Duckett, a former head of the federal health department who now heads the health program at the Grattan Institute, said the end of the era of new "blockbuster" drugs – those which provide a benefit to large groups of people, such as cholesterol-lowering medications – had led to the emergence of "highly targeted drugs for a very small segment of the population".
"What we're seeing is you still have quite large drug development costs, and they have to be amortised over much smaller populations which end up as much more expensive drugs per dose."
Philip Clarke, professor of health economics at Melbourne University, said pharmaceutical companies figured governments could bear higher prices for more targeted therapies because the smaller number of patients limited their overall cost.
Medicines Australia chief Tim James said all drugs which were listed on the PBS had been rigorously assessed by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. "No other spending in the health portfolio is subject to such stringent assessment of cost effectiveness, which means Australians can be assured that PBS medicines always represent excellent value for money," he said.
Mr James said research and development costs had risen as treatments become more complex and targeted, but he said reforms which had driven down the price of off-patent drugs by up to 97 per cent had ensured the overall cost of the PBS was sustainable.
Professor Duckett said "the very purpose of the PBS" was to make such expensive drugs accessible to individuals by spreading the burden of their cost across all taxpayers.


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Royce Da 5'9″ Talks Past Eminem Beef, Dr. Dre Support
Detroit rapper Royce Da 5'9″ is experiencing a career renaissance. The highly regarded lyricist is part of the Slaughterhouse supergroup — with Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I — and under the moniker Bad Meets Evil will be dropping an EP with Eminem titled 'Hell: The Sequel' on June 14. The Shady Records affiliate — he has an independent solo album, 'Success Is Certain,' due out July 26 — spoke with HipHopDX about some of the drama that has shadowed and at times stalled his career.
Although Eminem and Royce are back on good terms, they famously fell out years ago. After going into some details of his ongoing feud with Canibus, Royce explained that the Bad Meets Evil project came about after he and Slim Shady got back into the studio together again.
"Normally, if you gonna do an LP where Em is involved, you start with a plan and then you go in and you do records," Royce explained. "This didn't come together like that; it just happened naturally. We just started cuttin' songs, just to be working with each other again, with no intent in mind. We didn't even know we were gonna do that many songs, so at around five or six songs, we lookin' like, 'Yo, man, we got these records, I think we should do something with 'em.' That's when we decided, 'You know what? We can just do this as Bad Meets Evil and just make it an EP.'"
At one point, Royce Nickel Nine was working closely with Dr. Dre, but found the bulk of his contributions to 'The Chronic 2001′ removed after his manager Kino made remarks to Vibe Magazine that the producer didn't take kindly to. Nevertheless, Royce has contributed to Dr. Dre's forthcoming 'Detox' album and insists he and the Doctor never had a problem.
"Me and Em, we had a falling out," said Royce. "Me and Dre never fell out. We never had a problem with each other — no words, nothing. I think people confused the comment that [my manager] Kino got accused of making and Dre's reaction to Kino; I think they confused that with me and Dre having a problem. If a grown man said something, or he's accused of saying something, that a grown man doesn't like, he has a right to react how he wants to react. If he decides, Alright, I'm not f–kin' with him though, then that's that. It is what it is. But me and Dre, it's always been love. I've seen him since that, even when me and Em wasn't really talking like that, and he showed me love."


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Eyes and big nose.
Non existent arrogance.
1. Robert Jordan - Wheel of time books
2. George Martin - Song of ice and fire books (Game of thrones)
3. Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha
4. Milan Kundera - The unbearable lightness of being
1. The Fountain
2. Rocky horror picture show
3. Oldboy
4. Who's affraid of Virginia Woolf
5. Dans la maison
6. Lord of the rings
1. Boston legal
2. Death note
3. Modern family
4. Six feet under
5. Game of thrones
2. brain
3. soul
That's it. Living simple and not attaching to people and stuff makes you happy :buddhism: :D
That aside, I like
1. My Mother
2. My friends Ivan, Jelena, Jovana and Filip.
3. Internet
4. Chocolate
5. Yoga
6. My fans xD
Probably spending time with a friend, watching movies and series, or arguing witch one to watch :D
I'll admit almost anything : )


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How important is a rain plan – VERY IMPORTANT!
Some times we hate to say the "R" word, but we have no control over the weather when it comes to outdoor weddings. Don't drive yourself crazy constantly checking the weather reports. With all of the heavy rains in Georgia, we were forced to call off a recent outdoor ceremony and move the nuptials inside a ballroom, which we did without a hitch.
Things you should do in case of rain:
- View the back up space in advance. If the space doesn't work, ask the venue for a second option.
- Work with your vendors to make sure your outdoor vision can easily be transferred to an indoor location.
- Lastly, talk to your photographer about possible rain day photo ops! (colorful umbrellas, rain boots, etc.)
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New Toy
I had a pistol I no longer wanted. It was just sitting in a case neglected.
I decided to sell it, but the economy here is such that nobody's buying, not even the gunstores any longer, though they're trading.
So, I traded.
Got a used Hi-Point 995.
This thing is butt ugly. In no way is it pleasing to my eyes.
However, it shoots. And shoots. And shoots. I ran all sorts of 9mm ammo through it and couldn't get it to malfunction.
The red dot dialed in quickly, and I was drilling targets to empty. I have some Golden Saber Bonded 124gr+P that were doing a number on water filled milk jugs at 50 yards. After I brought it in, I loaded it up with them, keeping the chamber empty.
Regardless of how ugly it may be, it's a shooter, and points very instinctively for me. If I need finer aim, the 5moa red dot will keep me on target out to at least 50 yards.
I'm thinking about eventually getting an aftermarket stock. They say you can't fix ugly, but I dunno... some of these stocks they have out look OK. I just wonder about the ergonomics though.
I do wonder how fast the bullets are leaving the barrel. The Golden Sabers advertise 1250fps from a 5" barrel, so keeping with the 50fps per inch, it would come out to 1800fps, which I can't quite believe. Maybe 1350 or 1400.
I figure it'll do the job when I need a rifle but don't quite need a rifle cartridge.
And... it's fun. :D
Josh <><
kool... what pistol did ya trade for it?
An old, worn out, Charles Daly 1911. I made sure it was safe and shot, threw in a couple CMC shooting star mags, and called it good.
I came out ahead or broke even. That 1911 was junk. Safe junk but junk. Over the few months I had it, this is what happened:
1) Wouldn't feed anything, including ball. Fixed that.
2) Front sight fell out of the dovetail.
3) Window that the slide stop rode through was cast down too low, and I had to file it up a bit to make it actually stop the slide. As well, since it was down to low, the slide stop's retaining tab wouldn't keep the danged stop in there. The stop had to be soldered up then filed down.
Then, I came to find out the frame was warped a bit. Not badly, but just enough.
Went out, bought a stock RIA of new manufacture, customized it the way I know I needed, and once I was sure it was reliable, I sent the CD down the road.
Josh <><
I kind of like the way they look, sounds like I may be the only one though. I bought the 9mm version, nice little carbine. Seems to be a very good shooter so far, no complaints.
Good choice.
As you can tell by my avatar, I like Hi-Point firearms. They are cheap, simple, safe, accurate, and reliable. You'll have tons of fun at the range with that carbine.
It's also excellent for home defense, and it is known as the all around utility gun.
Congrats on the trade.
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Council weather update: 5.30pm
5.30pm Wednesday 5 March 2014
Council weather update: 5.30pm
Residents from 20 households in Brittan Terrace and part of Park Road in Lyttelton have been evacuated due to damage to a fuel storage tank.
Brittan Terrace and Park Road have been closed. People who live in these locations are advised to go to Lyttelton Service Centre at 15 London Street. It has been set up as an emergency reception area where people can drop in with questions and requests for assistance. The community is running the centre and helping to assess housing needs and direct people where to go.
People who normally pass through the affected area to get home or live west of Lyttelton are advised to use the alternative route via Cressy Terrace. It should be noted this is for light vehicles only. An alternative route if via State Highway 75 and Gebbies Pass.
Some residents on Canterbury Street, Lyttelton, have chosen to evacuate their properties after a retaining wall suffered damage. A section of Canterbury Street from Ripon Streetto Somes Road is closed to traffic until further notice.
It is anticipated that Dyers Pass Road will be reopened for light traffic early this evening.
Geotechnical staff are in the area and Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team are helping. These experts will continue to monitor any potential land slip hazards.
Electricity has been restored to Akaroa and Orion is working to restore supply to other affected areas.
Staff have been going door-to-door in Riverlaw Terrace area in Woolston to check on the welfare of residents.
Police will be on roads during the anticipated busy period up to 6pm. Drivers are urged to use caution while travelling.
People coming home from work and discovering damage should try to contact their insurer. They are reminded to check that neighbours, friends and family are okay. For emergency situations, dial 111.
Council waterways contractors will be on call overnight.
Water tankers are on standby to deliver fresh supplies to Banks Peninsula tomorrow if needed.
Council warns that floodwaters are likely to be contaminated and people should avoid contact. Anyone who comes into contact with contaminated water should wash their hands and remove and wash any clothing that gets wet.
There are a number of streets where kerbside collection has not been completed. Collections will be done in the following streets tomorrow:
• Owles Tce, New Brighton, Pages Rd to Harvey St (green waste)
• Julis Tce, Shirley (recycling)
• Draper St, Avonside (Recycle only)
• Pream and Allison Pl, Shirley (Recycle only )
• Emmett St, Shirley (Recycling, from Riselaw St to Shirley Rd)
• Slater St, Shirley (recycling/organic (from Shirley Rd to Warden St).
An assessment will be done early on Friday as to whether collections in the Residential Red Zone will take place that day. It is unlikely Avonside collections will happen this week.
Okains Bay Campground: Closed
Okains Bay Campground is currently without power, partly flooded and has a number of fallen trees and branches. Staff are on site and will reopen the camp when power is resorted, conditions improve and fallen trees to be removed.
Rawhiti Golf Course:
A number of trees have fallen at the course. The course has moderate surface flooding and will remain closed for the next two days. Friday's golf tournament has been cancelled.
A decision whether to open for the weekend will depend how long it takes for ground to dry and fallen trees to be removed.
South Brighton
Campground: Limited service available,
South Brighton Campground has suffered significant surface flooding, which has affected the entire campground. Campground managers are on site and have relocated campers, some services will remain closed until conditions improve.
South Brighton Reserve
People are asked to stay away from the area as there is a danger loose branches could fall.
The Council's Welfare Centre at Mairehau High School, 440 Hills Road, is to stay open until 7pm. An assessment will be done on the need for it and if it no linger required it will close at 8pm.
The same situation applies for the centre at Woolston Primary School.
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Hundreds of people took part in a Petts Wood 'Running Man' tribute run yesterday, in memory of the local celebrity who inspired so many.
James Gilson (above), famed for his topless runs through Petts Wood, died in April at what is thought to be the age of 87.
His death triggered hundreds of online tributes, while hundreds lined the streets as his hearse travelled through Petts Wood on the day of his funeral.
The 6.5k event, entitled 'The Spirit of Running Man', started at 10am in Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood, near St James the Great Roman Catholic Church.
David Manclark with his daughters Lacie, 8, and Elle-Louise, 9
Taking in some of the route Mr Gilson used to run, it finished outside the Royal British Legion in Queensway, Petts Wood.
A little memento of the run could be purchased for £5, while a raffle - with prizes contributed by local people and businesses - took place after the run.
Fred the dog is pleased with his medal
The money raised is thought to be in the region of £2,000, and will be split between two charities, St John Ambulance and Cancer Research UK.
One-year-old Baby Ava congratulating mum Carla Smith
Donna Carroll, 53, who organised the event and set up the Facebook group 'Fans of the Running Man' said: "The event was a huge success, better than I thought it was going to be.
"James' daughters and grandchildren turned up and they thought it was brilliant. They told me he could never really believe how many people were interested in his running, so he would have been totally overwhelmed by this."
On the 'Fans of the Running Man' Facebook page, Mike Delaney said: "Well done to everyone taking part today and to Donna and the organisers, you did a fantastic thing putting this together! What a great feeling for James' family today."
Ashley Smith and Michael Bennett enjoy a refreshing pint after their run
Suzi Skinner added: "Amazing morning. Let's hope this is the first of many. Well done to all that organised it. I think he was looking down with a very big smile."


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David Reutimann will drive for Tommy Baldwin Racing in 2012, the team announced Tuesday.
Reutimann's entire Sprint Cup career—171 races over six seasons—had been with Michael Waltrip Racing, which announced late in the 2011 season it would be releasing Reutimann at the end of the season.
Reutimann, 41, a two-time winner in the Sprint Cup Series, will be a teammate of Dave Blaney, who finished 32nd in the Cup standings in 2011.
TBR is still seeking sponsorship for Reutimann and Blaney, and details regarding car number, sponsors and team members are pending.
"Tommy has built a really good organization from the ground up in a really short amount of time," Reutimann said. "One of the things I like about Tommy and what's refreshing about him is that he is just a racer. There are lots of things he could be doing, but instead he is at the shop every day working hard to build the organization from the ground up.
"There are not a lot of true racers in the garage, and he is one of them. It's the way I was raised with my Dad, so we are on the same page. I'm just really looking forward to the season and see what we can do."
TBR competed in all 36 races in 2011 and placed its No. 36 Chevrolet in the top 35 owner points. Baldwin entered the Cup series in 2009 and is winless in 94 starts. The team has one top-10 finish—Blaney finished third in October at Talladega. The team also fielded a second car for five events in the second half of the 2011 season.
"Reutimann will be a great addition to our program and to Dave Blaney," Baldwin said. "Last season, we met our goal of running the entire schedule and making the top 35 in points. This season our goal is to continue our progress on the competition side. Having two veteran drivers in Reutimann and Blaney is a very important step in our program's growth.
"We are still working on finding funding for next year, but having a car guaranteed in the first five races, including the Daytona 500, is a big step for our team. We had success last year with our partners. Although Golden Corral will not return in 2012, they were very happy with the exposure they received. We hope they have shown other companies the value of our program and that our program will once again align with their business objectives."


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A Warm Welcome Awaits at Warcombe
A Holiday to Remember
Nestled into the hillside above Lee Bay is a 4 bedroom farmhouse that guarantees holidays to remember and memories to treasure for familys of up to 9.
Warcombe Farmhouse is picture perfect, a stately period home oozing charm and character. Lovingly renovated, the 500 year old farmhouse has retained many of its original features where possible, and anywhere they could not be saved the new has been seamlessly incorporated to tie in with the old.
This light and airy farmhouse has plenty to offer its guests from its large bright rooms to its sweeping garden, perfect for secluded sunbathing and alfresco dinners.
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Built facing south, the farmhouse benefits from having the sun on it for the majority of the day. Thick walls and under-floor heating ensure Warcombe is warm and cosy in the winter months but these same original walls make sure in the summer months, when the temperatures rise, the farmhouse is a cool haven in which to relax.
Set away from the lane, Warcombe Farmhouse offers peace and tranquillity throughout the year. The only sound disturbing the silence is the birds cheerfully singing in the trees and the rustling of the leaves in the breeze.
Warcombe Farmhouse is also fitted with WiFi so there is no need to be cut off from the world, whilst staying in this rural retreat.
So Much to See Just a Few Miles From the House
The farmhouse is ideally located just a mile from the pretty North Devon village of Lee Bay, where there is a small rocky cove and a family and pet friendly pub, the Grampus Inn.
The golden sands of Woolacombe beach are also just a short drive away. This world renowned beach is famous for its clean water, sunbathing and water sports.
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On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground, spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil into Prince William Sound. On Saturday, an oil barge collided with a ship in Texas' Galveston Bay, spilling an unknown amount of oil near important bird habitats as the height of spring migration approaches.
Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, responded to this news on the anniversary of one of the nation's worst oil spills:
"Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez crashed into a reef in Prince William Sound, it appears we have not yet learned our lesson. This weekend, a barge collided with a ship in Texas' Galveston Bay, spilling an unknown amount of heavy oil and threatening important habitat for migrating birds.
"The impacts of oil spills continue long after the TV cameras have gone home. It is still possible to find oil on the shores of Prince William Sound that is nearly as toxic as it was a quarter-century ago. Sea otter populations have recently returned to pre-spill levels, but orcas, herring and many other species still have a long road to recovery.
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Policy, planning & tools to support sustainable transportation, land use & resource conservation
Conference Agenda
Thursday April 5, 2012
Ridgway Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
Presented by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast – Beaumont Room, Ridgway Center
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome & Introduction – Spink Pavilion
- David Wilson, East-West Gateway Council of Governments & St. Louis Earth Day
- Peter Wyse Jackson, PhD, President, Missouri Botanical Garden
9:00 –10:30 Keynote speakers – Spink Pavilion
- Thad Simons, President and CEO, Novus International, Corporate Leadership and Sustainable Sites
- Marie Venner, Venner Consulting, What We Can Do with Better Data—The Big Picture
10:30 – 11:00 Break/Transition, Coffee available in the Beaumont Room
11:00 – 12:15 Morning Concurrent Sessions
Session A – Missouri Room, Ridgway Center
New Data to Inform Planning – Land Cover & Natural Communities in GIS
- David Diamond, PhD, Director, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
- Jennifer Reiman, GIS Manager, East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Moderator: Mary Grace Lewandowski, Corridor Studies Coordinator, East-West Gateway
A discussion about benefits to planning and engineering professionals in the St. Louis region available through new regional and project-level ecological significance data that was developed from information about habitat patch size, community type composition, and landscape context (e.g. proximity to urban areas or public lands). Important data layers include current vegetation, which was modeled from satellite remote sensing, digital soils data, and data from digital elevation models; extant wetlands; and wetland restoration potential. New elevation and tree height data from LiDAR informs wetland type mapping and is used to create fine-resolution digital elevation models to inform wetland restoration potential.
Session B – Garden Room, Ridgway Center
Fresh Approaches to Stormwater Control
- Jay Hoskins, P.E., Civil Engineer, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Web-based Toolbox for Best Management Practices
- Steven W. Polk, P.E, EMBA, Principle, Stormwater STL, The Real Cost of Post Construction Stormwater BMPs
- Gene L. Rovak, P.E., C.F.M, Senior Project Manager, Horner & Shifrin, Inc., Hydraulic Modeling of Best Practices (Moderator)
Managing stormwater in the 21st Century involves much more than the traditional engineering and costs for design and construction. Many development professionals have therefore been hit hard with unanticipated site development costs that have been budget busters if not deal breakers. The great recession has only intensified the pain and complicated the recovery. A new toolbox of best practices has been developed to assist planners, landscape architects and engineers. If you would like to participate in a discussion about stormwater modeling, or real life stormwater BMP successes and failures, this is a must-see workshop.
Session C – Botanical Room, Ridgway Center
New Vision for Community: Downtown Redevelopment Projects
- Sara Runge, P.E., Civil Engineer & Tim Slazinik, RLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect, Arcturis, The (Not So) Secret Garden: Citygarden Revealed
- Ryan McClure, Communications Director, CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation, CityArchRiver 2015: Enhancing the Arch Experience for Everyone
Moderator: Bill Ruppert, Horticultural Cooperative of Metro St. Louis
The Arch and Citygarden are iconic destinations for St. Louis and represent key ingredients in developing a sustainable community. CityArchRiver 2015 is a project to address the unique challenges facing the Gateway Arch and its surroundings. This historic initiative will connect, invigorate and expand our regional icon and improve the visitor experience for residents and tourists. Citygarden is a prime example of a successful public/private partnership that has transformed two blocks of downtown St. Louis while setting the bar for the continued development of the Gateway Mall. Citygarden provides an escape within an urban setting, while incorporating and showcasing sustainable design elements.
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch and Networking, Spink Pavilion
1:15 – 2:00 Afternoon Plenary – Great Rivers Greenway's Planning and Implementation Strategies for Sustainable Greenways across Multiple Communities
- Susan Trautman, CPRP, Executive Director, Great Rivers Greenway
- Lonny Boring, Project Manager, Great Rivers Greenway
Moderator: Scott Emmelkamp, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C, Principle, Planning Design Studio
Discover how the Great Rivers Greenway District (the District) is making the St. Louis region a better and more sustainable place to live. The session will provide an overview of the District, its history, guiding principles and sustainable design practices. The District thoughtfully approaches the challenges of coordinating projects through multiple jurisdictions and incorporates a variety of sustainable design features into its greenways.
2:00 – 2:15 Break/Transition, Light Refreshments Available in the Beaumont Room
2:15 – 3:30 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions #1
Session D – Missouri Room, Ridgway Center
Measuring Your Success: Green Infrastructure Rating Systems
- Tom Blair, P.E., Assistant District Engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation, Green Roads Certification Standards
- Hunter Beckham, ASLA, SWT Design, Sustainable SITES
- Megan Riechmann, Matrix for the HUD Sustainability Plan
Moderator: Stephen Ibendahl, Sustainability Planner, HeartLands Conservancy
Metrics are a valuable tool for communities to use to determine the impact(s), or "return on investment", of implementing environmental best practices and creating sustainable communities. The chair of the Environmental Best Practices Sub-Committee for the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development will summarize existing available measurement tools, present pros and cons for use in the region, and share a status report on the development and use of metrics for the new toolkit being produced as part of the committee's work.
MoDOT is reducing the environmental impacts of roadway construction by introducing sustainable planning & technology into these projects. MoDOT's Green Credits program, Quiet pavement, Pollution reducing (Smog Eating) pavement, Flocculent Bags to protect Water Quality, etc., are changing the standard approach to highway construction.
The Novus International Global Headquarters and SWT Design joined the international pilot project program to evaluate the SITES™ rating system for sustainable landscapes. Sustainable landscapes can clean water, reduce pollution and restore habitats, while providing significant economic and social benefits to land owners and municipalities. The Novus site tests performance benchmarks associated with specific credits within the Sustainable Sites Initiative. SWT Design led a multi-disciplinary team from conceptual master planning and design, through engineering and construction documentation, to the production of a long-term operations and maintenance plan.
Session E – Garden Room, Ridgway Center
What is Working; What is not? Enabling Flexible Response to Problems
- Rick Macho, Resource Conservationist, Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District, Tales from the Inspector –BMPs & results
- Bruce Litzsinger, Division of Environmental Compliance, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District – Creating Codes to Support Green Practices – Results from a Regional Study
Moderator: Steven Polk, Stormwater STL
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) have completed 380 inspections on stormwater permitted sites in Madison County since 2004. Inspections address erosion and sediment control issues, but the most important aspect has involved educating the developers, contractors, municipal inspectors and engineers as to the proper erosion and sediment control measures.
Based on a study of local codes and ordinances that may affect local land use and stormwater practices, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District recommends certain chances in codes and ordinances for local governments that wish to improve water quality.
Session F – Botanical Room, Ridgway Center
Using the Data: Case Studies from Other Communities
- Marie Venner, Venner Consulting
- David Diamond, PhD, Director, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
Moderator: Mary Grace Lewandowski, Corridor Studies Coordinator, East-West Gateway
These consultants have worked in a number of states on issues related to the US DOT Ecological program or natural community mapping. This session provides an update on what is happening in other states and regions and draws comparisons to the St. Louis metropolitan region.
3:30 – 3:45 Break/Transition, Light Refreshments Available in the Beaumont Room
3:45 – 5:00 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions #2
Session G – Missouri Room, Ridgway Center
Looking to the Future: Cutting Edge GIS
- Stephen Kinzy, GISP, Regional Manager, Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) – St. Louis, Performance Based GIS
- Kirk Larson, Vice President of Operations, Midland GIS, Using GIS for Municipal & Utility Management Solutions
Moderator: Roland Biehl, Engineer, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
GIS is one of the hottest technologies in Local Government because of its ability to help organizations visualize information regarding community problems and thereby develop cost-effective solutions. Developing a successful GIS program can be a daunting challenge: establishing the necessary hardware and network infrastructure, selecting the appropriate software products, designing and implementing mission critical applications and training staff. "Performance based approach to GIS" emphasizes high value return-on-investment GIS applications, and addresses proper data collection and management methods. The presentations will resolve common misconceptions of GPS data collection and demonstrate how, with accurate utility locations, cities can quickly and efficiently evolve from paper maps and a "file cabinet" utility management system to an easy to use, centralized system to enhance daily productivity and increase operational awareness on every level. Utilizing geo-technology to develop a utility asset management program gives cities the ability to consolidate all of their GPS-located utility features, attributes, inspections and relevant media (sewer video, as-built drawings or utility maps) into a simple, yet powerful and centralized web-based GIS program. With GIS, cities have the ability to obtain a "bird's eye" view of their utility infrastructure. Cities can maintain and analyze this data to effectively manage resources, recognize maintenance trends, develop long-term capital improvement plans and much more.
Session H – Garden Room, Ridgway Center
What Experience Tells Us – The Future of Green Infrastructure
- Susan McCrary, P.E., Senior Engineer, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, MSD's Green Infrastructure Pilot Program for CSO Volume Reduction in North City
- Jim Zhou, PhD, P.E. Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville – Porous Pavers and Green Alleys
Moderator: J. Tracy Boaz, AICP, Regional Supervisor, Private Land Services Division, Missouri Department of Conservation
MSD's Long Term Control Plan outlines a green infrastructure program to reduce Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) that are directly tributary to the Mississippi River. Green infrastructure projects on properties currently owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) in North St. Louis City will redirect stormwater from reaching the combined sewer system by capturing and diverting it to locations where it is detained, infiltrated into the ground, evaporated, taken up by plants and transpired, or reused.
Permeable pavements capture stormwater on site, reduce peak flows of runoff, recharge groundwater, and mitigate surface pollutants. A pilot study was conducted on three alleys in the City of St. Louis to evaluate the performance of permeable pavements including both permeable asphalt and bricks. This presentation introduces the technical considerations of permeable pavement as well as the status and findings from this green alleys project.
Session I – Botanical Room, Ridgway Center
Bringing Efficient Multimodal Transportation into Diverse Communities
- Ann Rivers Mack, Executive Director, Trailnet
- Laura Barton, RideFinders
- Courtney Sloger, Online Media Specialist, Metro St. Louis
Moderator: Jennifer Allen, Active Transportation Manager, Trailnet & Livable St. Louis Network
A region is more sustainable when people have multiple choices for how they travel. The key to efficient multi-modal transportation often requires strong feedback and engagement from the community to determine how best to use scarce resources, encourage use and communicate opportunities. Metro is using online media and partnerships to reach diverse communities and improve transportation optionswhile increasing customer value. Trailnet is developing bike and walk plans for communities throughout the metropolitan region in order to facilitate choice in transportation options. Riderfinders assists people who rely on motor vehicles with finding carpooling, vanpooling and alternatives to driving alone.
5:00 – 6:00 Reception: Please join us in the Beaumont Room for a networking reception with a complimentary open bar and light refreshments. Attendees may also visit Sponsor tables or tour the Garden's rain garden and pervious pavements installation. Presented by Novus International.
Both Days: $150 | Conference Only (Thursday): $110 | Workshop Only (Friday): $75


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At Town Council
Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 06:00 am
Police seek shooter
Morinville RCMP are looking for the public�s help to find out who shot a bullet at a local home earlier this month.
Sgt. Mark Mathias briefed town council on the shooting at last week�s meeting.
Last Jan. 4 at about 7 p.m., police got a call from a residence on the edge of the town in Sunshine Estates. Upon arrival, they found a �large calibre bullet� had apparently struck the front of the house, punched through and ended up inside the home. The two adults in the home were uninjured.
While police don�t know for sure where the shot originated, they believe it likely came from quite a ways out of town, Mathias said in an interview.
�There�s no evidence at this time indicating this was a targeted shooting,� Mathias said.
Police suspect the incident may have been accidental and have no suspects at this time. Shootings are very rare in Morinville, he added.
Mathias urged all residents to keep safety in mind when handling firearms, as a missed shot can travel great distances.
�You always have to be careful of where you point a loaded gun,� he said.
Anyone with information on this shooting should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Please report thefts from cars
Mathias also asked residents to step up with reporting crimes in order to help stop a rise in thefts from cars.
Morinville has had a spike in thefts from cars recently, with about 15 to 20 reported in the last three months on various nights, Mathias told council. He suspects that there were many more thefts that were not reported.
�The vast majority of vehicles that have been broken into were unlocked and unsecured,� Mathias noted, suggesting that the thief (or thieves) may be targeting unlocked cars.
Many also had valuables such as wallets or cash left in the open, he continued.
�Those, again, are very tempting to criminals.�
A thief can hit half a dozen cars in a few minutes, Mathias said, making it very tough to catch one in the act.
�These things are a needle in a haystack,� he said.
That makes it all the more important to report all crimes to the police, he continued � even the little ones.
�Policing is extremely statistics-driven,� he said. �If there�s 50 vehicles broken into (in South Glens) and zero are reported, we�re not going to be down there. We�re going to be where other crime is reported.�
Crime reports also affect the town�s ability to get more officers from the RCMP, noted Mayor Lisa Holmes.
�If you report it, and our (crime) stats go up, then we get more officers.�
Rotary stumps for regional arena
Town council should aim to build a regional recreation centre when it thinks about replacing Morinville�s arena in this year�s budget, says the local Rotary club.
Joel Chevalier of the Rotary Club of Morinville spoke to town council last week about the need to build a regional recreation centre.
Town council is set to debate later this year how to replace the aging Ray MacDonald Sports Arena. Administration reports suggest a replacement arena could later grow into a regional recreation centre.
The Rotary Club held two open houses last fall to gauge local interest in a regional recreation centre.
The club found strong support for the concept from many groups, Chevalier said. The provincial and federal governments were also pushing regional initiatives through their grant policies.
�We have a strategic opportunity right now, and I think we can deliver on it.�
Chevalier urged council to work with local groups and governments, particularly Sturgeon County, to get a regional recreation centre built by 2017.
�The need is immediate for our region and our community,� he said.
In an interview, Holmes said council will look at both a local and a regional recreation centre in its upcoming budget.
�Just because something is located in Morinville doesn�t mean it can�t be servicing the region,� she said.
Holmes said she plans to speak with Sturgeon County council about the idea at a joint council meeting later this month.


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