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PLANE delays plaguing Brisbane at night are set to get worse and extend into the day as the airport closes its cross runway for five months.
Brisbane Airport Corporation said the 20-week closure from September was needed to undertake critical preliminary works ahead of construction of the new parallel runway.
Although only 23 flights a day take off and land on the cross runway, adding those flights to the main runway's schedule will mean a take-off or landing every three minutes across all but six hours of each day.
Consultations have been ongoing with airlines and Air Services Australia about how to best manage the closure which will impact heavily on the hectic Christmas holiday period.
Longer delays are also expected to mean an increase in parking revenue for BAC which last year collected almost $85 million in parking fees, or $232,417 a day.
Robert Mason from Civil Air Australia, which represents air traffic controllers, said he expected airlines would put up with delays and being put in holding patterns, rather than reschedule flights out of peak periods.
Already evening flights are being forced into holding patterns over Brisbane for as long as 40 minutes because the cross runway cannot operate at the same time as the main landing strip after dark.
The issue has contributed to worsening on-time performance data at Brisbane Airport, with one in four planes now arriving more than 15 minutes late.
BAC spokeswoman Leonie Vandeven conceded that the flight delays experienced at night were now likely to occur in the morning and afternoon peak periods as well.
But she said the work on the parallel runway was unavoidable.
"We have to construct a drain through the runway, realign the perimeter road, some taxiways are being moved and a new turning area is being built at the end of runway 1432," Ms Vandeven said.
"About 5 to 7 per cent of services use the cross runway. They can all be accommodated on the main runway during this period."
She said the corporation wanted to do the proposed work at the start of the parallel runway construction to avoid greater disruption in coming years.
The new runway is not due for completion until 2020 and is the subject of stalled talks between BAC and airlines over funding arrangements.
Mr Mason said reducing Brisbane Airport to one runway over Christmas would impact on air traffic controllers.
"For these types of situations you really need a spotter as well as someone doing the main control job," Mr Mason said.
"If the situation becomes too dangerous, there is the option of ground delays.
"That is aircraft being held on the ground instead of in the air, until it is safe to fly."
But John Lee, from the Tourism and Transport Forum, urged passengers and airport users to be understanding during the enforced runway closure.
"This is a case of minor short-term inconvenience for significant long-term benefits," he said.
"This is work that needs to be done and that will add substantial capacity to Brisbane Airport and that will benefit airlines and the tourism industry in Queensland in the future."
Brisbane Airport Corporation this year will introduce a new management system for the main runway, allowing airlines to pay for a time slot to ensure they land when they need to.
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We've mentioned mules lately, and Tom Toddy offers a story to prove that the mule is indeed a smart animal:
"When the Amite flooded out of its banks, it would deposit a large mound of sand on my neighbor's riverbank property.
"He had a well-trained mule, whose prime role in life was plowing the garden. The mule was used to pull a scoop to remove the sand pile.
"One day, trying to speed the process, my neighbor hooked the scoop to his lawn tractor and coaxed his wife into driving.
"The following day, I noticed the mule back in harness. When I inquired about the change, the reply was, 'I can cuss at the mule!'
"To get sand piled at the edge of the river, my neighbor had to extend himself and the scoop handles out over the water.
"Once, when he yelled 'GET-UP,' the mule BACKED UP and dumped him in the river.
"We all laughed at the incident, including the dumpee, and figured this was the mule's retort to all that derogatory language directed his way."
Special delivery
Charmian M. Kendrick says her sister, Jocelyn, and husband, Bob, were introduced to Community Coffee in 2000:
"They live in England and were in Baton Rouge for my daughter's wedding.
"They became avid Community fans. Whenever I go to England (every couple of years), I have to take enough Community to tide them over until my next visit!"
(To tell you the truth, Charmian, I'm having trouble picturing you boarding that plane, lugging a two-year supply of coffee!)
Clean those bayous
- Cajuns for Bayou Teche hold a bayou cleanup from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, meeting at the City Park boat launch in New Iberia. Blake Couvillion asks volunteers to bring their boats to "help clear the banks of the bayou for New Iberia's first-ever Dragon Boat Festival."
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- "Clean Up Bayou Lafourche" will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday from Griffin's Store in Leeville. Volunteers will work until noon, when they will be treated to lunch by noted cook T-Ben Griffin.
Pressing matters
Former Baton Rougean Gwen McKee says she and husband Barney (BRHS '58 and IHS '56 respectively) have something of a David and Goliath story.
Their Quail Ridge Press, in Brandon, Miss., now in its 35th year, has had a cookbook, "Great Food Fast," named the fifth best-selling cookbook in America in 2012.
Says Gwen, "We were in the midst of the big guys — Random House, Harper-Collins, Clarkson Potter, etc. — among the hundreds of thousands of cookbooks in print."
No fear
Gwen McKee says of the above-mentioned cookbook:
"This is our first pressure-cooker cookbook, and I, like so many of my generation, still had a lingering fear of pressure cookers with their little bobble tops waiting to explode.
"Not any more! These new pressure cookers are foolproof. …"
(I'm sure you're right, Gwen, but I can't help recalling the old adage "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.")
On to Branson
A garage sale will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Gray's Creek Baptist Church in Denham Springs to help the church's senior citizens get to Branson, Mo., for their annual Bible conference in April.
Pet line
Suzie Beeson recommends the website "Lost Pets of Baton Rouge" if you find a dog or cat:
"You can list them with picture and location. And if you have lost a pet, you can look for it there. It's free."
Special People Dept.
- At 2:15 p.m. Thursday, Landmark of Baton Rouge's oldest resident ever, Josefa Devesa, celebrates her 104th birthday with a "huge" party. Ashlee Abudyak, of Landmark, says that since Josefa only speaks Spanish, Denham Springs High School's Spanish class will sing to her in her native language.
- Arthur Wheat celebrates his 92nd birthday Thursday.
- Donald and Lorraine Simoneaux, of Baker, celebrate their 60th anniversary Thursday.
Generous George
Maxine Bradford, of Metairie, says, "The day before Washington's birthday, I asked my 8-year-old grandson if he knew who George Washington was.
"He said, 'Yes, he was a great man who gave us a lot of dollars.' "
Equal measures
Joe Guilbeau, of Plaquemine, says the recent European horse meat scandal reminds him of this story:
"A lot of horse meat was eaten in Europe after World War II.
"A soldier with the occupation forces went into a restaurant, saw 'rabbit sandwiches' on the menu and ordered one.
"Not tasting rabbit, he asked the waitress.
" 'There is a shortage of rabbits,' she explained, 'so we are adding horse meat to it.'
"When he asked what portion of horse meat was used, she replied, 'Half and half — one horse to one rabbit.' "
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Citrella's Citrus City!
Citrella is the Queen of Citrus City. You and your friends have won a free holiday to Citrus City in a Grand Raffle Draw! Congratulations!
All is fun until you reach Citrus City and are granted an audience with Queen Citrella to thank her for this wonderful gift. Her court is fragrant with smells of all the possible citrus fruits you can imagine! It's a heady fragrance, and you all are thrilled to be there!
Queen Citrella gazes down upon you all and starts laughing ominously! She says, "Oh, another batch of labourers for my Citrus City!". You are all shell-shocked! She goes on to explain that the "free" holiday is actually Queen Citrella's way of getting free labour to pick all the citrus fruits in her kingdom.
"But I am not sour-hearted", she says. "If you can decipher the Da Citrus code, you will not only enjoy your holiday here, but even get knighthood!"
Each of you is then given a chit. There are eight chits with eight different sentences on them. Can you find them out before you are given baskets and aprons to pick fruit? Hurry! Time waits for none and Citrella is not a patient Queen to wait!
Here are the sentences on each chit. Do you have it in you to decipher the code?
1. Other reasons are not given ever.
2. Let's eat maize or nuts.
3. Gray rats are petrifying, even frightening, run under if threatened!
4. Look, I made eggs.
5. There among nine goats, eating rolls in new egg-flavour!
6. Cannot let every minister, every non-minister to interfere, never ever!
7. Mend away not darn away, rags into nightgowns!
8. Please open my envelope, lost one!
AnswerAfter carefully looking through your chits, you all look at each other and smile, and thank your stars that you come from Crypto City, and you are none other than the eight advisors to the court of King Cryptoknite! You rapidly rattle off the code one by one, and Queen Citrella is forced to keep her end of the bargain, which turned out quite sour for her in the end!
The answer? Take the first letter of each word of the sentences. They form the name of a citrus fruit! These are none other than the citrus fruits that Citrus City is famous for -
1. Other Reasons Are Not Given Ever. - ORANGE
2. Lets Eat Maize Or Nuts. - LEMON
3. Gray Rats Are Petrifying, Even Frightening, Run Under If Threatened! - GRAPEFRUIT
4. Look, I Made Eggs. - LIME
5. There Among Nine Goats, Eating Rolls In New Egg-flavour! - TANGERINE
6. Cannot Let Every Minister, Every Non-minister To Interfere, Never Ever! = CLEMENTINE
7. Mend Away Not Darn Away, Rags Into Nightgowns! - MANDARIN
8. Please Open My Envelope, Lost One! - POMELO
As for the eight of you, you enjoy a great holiday and return back to Crypto City where you are further honoured as Knights of the Crypto Order!
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This is not great news. Sooo...Andrew Luck?
...I kid. Luck would be nice though. I think the Colts have enough talent to avoid getting the worst record though.
I just want to make sure before I drop him from my fantasy team.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
ESPN says he had "level 1 neck fusion surgery" today.
Now we drink.
Yep, it's coming out all over Twitter right now: At least 2-3 months out.
Well, I'm really hoping for a basketball season now. .
I'm not exactly an orthopedist, but NECK FUSION? That sounds terrifyingly career ending-y.
Reality hits.
In other news, the Colts signed Deandre McDaniel, undrafted S outta Clemson.
In college he got arrested for throwing his girlfriend down the stairs. It's kinda poetic really.
At least Lance has someone to hang out with now?
I think it depends on where its at. A c1 is different from a C7 fusion. IT looks like most are C5-6 or C6-c7.
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I really don't see any reason to bring Peyton back this season. I think it would be rushing it and there is no reason to rush it.
Andrew Luck would be wonderful but I think the Colts have enough talent to not get the top pick. I do think they could be picking top 5 and at the least in the top 10.
Now would be a good time for the NBA to end this lockout so Conseco has a chance to fill up. The last thing I want to do is watch the Colts in decline without seeing the Pacers rising.
Colts official Statement:
As previously stated on Monday, Sept. 5th, Peyton Manning has undergone further testing and consultation with several specialists regarding his rehabilitation. The results of these tests and the consensus of the consultations was that further surgery was warranted. Peyton has undergone this surgery today by having a single level anterior fusion. The surgery was un-eventful.
This procedure is performed regularly throughout the country on persons from all walks of life, including professional football players. Two former Colts players had this same procedure last winter and have fully resumed their careers. Rehabilitation from such surgery is typically an involved process. Therefore, there will be no estimation of a return date at this time. We will keep Peyton on the active roster until we have a clearer picture of his recovery process.
Peyton will immediately begin the rehabilitation regimen mapped out by the surgeon. We anticipate no further updates or availabilities beyond those required by the NFL Media Policy for the immediate future.
Thank you for your consideration.
Notice how the statement says two former Colts?
I think Manning will be back if we are still in it. If it looks like we are out of it by the time Manning can play, I would rather Peyton just sit out the year to make sure he'll be 100% healthy come next year.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
In examining "Outcomes following nonoperative and operative treatment for cervical disk herniations in NFL athletes," Dr. Hsu found that players who were treated surgically had higher return-to-play rates and longer careers than those who were treated nonsurgically. He presented the results of his retrospective cohort study at the North American Spine Society 2010 annual meeting.
Nearly 3 out of 4 (72 percent) of NFL players who were treated surgically for CDH returned to play and continued to play in an average of 29.3 games over a 2.8-year period after surgery. In contrast, less than half (46 percent) of those treated nonsurgically returned to play; those who did played an average of 14.7 games over a 1.5-year period before retiring.
After treatment for CDH, players in general had lower performance scores and started fewer games than they had before their injury. But, noted Dr. Hsu, this difference was not statistically significant.
I'll take that as good news if Peyton trully had CDH and not some other neck injury.
Thats funny I was just looking at the same article. http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=66722#jump
I would tend to think that the spinal fusion would only help the recovery not worsen the chances of him coming back.
Yeah, clearly having neck surgery's never a good thing but this seems like it could be more of a career saver than a career ender.
Just realized all those records he was going to shatter are probably safe now.
Fusion of the vertebrae means that they removed the herniated disk. The bones have to fully fuse before he can do anything. The colts are going to probably keep him active hoping he can come back and then place him on IR late in the season realizing that it's not worth jeopardizing his career and to say the least any hope to sell more season tickets.
He has got to be a lot more fragile after this surgery than before. That medical report did not indicate the general success of these operations only that those who don't have surgery are worse off.
We will no doubt be drafting a QB next spring.
Does anyone watch USC? If so, is Matt Barkley really NFL caliber?
Ugh.....just read an article on SI.com that this is the same injury/surgery that ended Sterling Sharpe's career. The doctor in the article says think of the spine like a chain, and you welded two links together in the middle. Peyton's range of motion will never be the same. Man I'm glad they got a Super Bowl ring.


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Yo this is thugspoet, had a couple other name over the years been on the nas forum since Stillmatic, was part of the Street Diciple street team also, been on Vampy forum for the past few years since the (white board) went down.
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what up fam!!
whats up bruh, we gonna make this site epic.
4 sho man!
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Twisted Mental....
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Understanding on the check in from the old NaS Street's Disciple's Forum. I have fond memories of the homey Alpo 88 gettin' exposed and sonned lol lol lol. Sh*t started gettin' outta' hand with different aliases and screen names and stuff and so Sony shut it down. Hopin' some of us have grown up a little since then lol. Peace.
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The sliest of the slimy Sly's reporting in. Not much of a track record on Nas forums, been a fan for a while though. Don't check SOHH or AllHipHop all that much, unless its big news or related to an artist I like. Used to check Rap Basement often before it just died. Now I usually just check This is 50 for info, they've been good so far, plus the comments from the dumb asses are fuckin hilarious. But this place seems to be developing onto an interesting community, think I'll stick around for a while... SON!
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I'm from the old NaS BBS as well. I remember P-Hill, Reigns, Sage the Infinite, Amante, I am... KalonReza and many others. It was a hilarious forum back then and it was somewhat sad to see it shut down.
I don't remember P-Hill, but I'm P-High here. PerpetuallyHigh! Who were you on there?
I only remembered two names- Illuminati NJ (tournament king) and Stu the Top Dogg (funniest alive), until I began researching the Nas BBS 11 years later. All the names are coming back- Sage, The Solid Spyder, Homer J Simpson, Osama bin Laden...
I think it was Stu who had posts about the different types of shit you can take, Law and Order: Vampire Hunters Division, arnold schwarzenegger, and Wu-Tang members beefing.
This was back in 2001- my freshmen year of high school - so many sleepless nights
That BBS taught me how to write raps
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umm ok.
Stu use to bless us with those fake lyrics....lol
Stu had the funniest parody of the Takeover...
I don't remember a word of it but I just remembering dying...
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BLACKICE..from the old Sony boards, also had another alias ATLSHINE.


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Hand Off (153 Possessions, 0.84 PPP (Points-Per-Possession), 46th):
One of Turner's bread and butter plays starts with him throwing an entry pass into the high post, which is followed by a rub-off screen and hand off to Turner for a top of the key mid-range jumper. Opponents often go under the rub-off screen, which frees Turner up for an open mid-range jumper, where he is shooting 45% from on the season. Turner does a good job of quickly setting his feet on these plays, and usually gets off an uncontested jumper.
Pick and Roll, as Ball Handler (188 Possessions, 0.84 PPP, 54th):
Turner is a good ball handler, and does a good job of shedding his man on a pick and roll screen. After the screen, he is good at patiently weaving his way through traffic, and will often times find himself an open mid-range jumper. Despite his affinity for mid-range shots, Turner will drive into the paint when given a lane, and he does a good job of getting to the rim, where he finishes at nearly a 60% clip. Turner would rank higher in this category if not for his high turnover percentage of 18.1%. He will often over-dribble, which allows the defense to collapse on him and forces him into making bad passes that are easily intercepted.
Isolation (131 Possessions, 0.78 PPP, 98th):
While Turner is a good ball handler, he settles for too many mid-range jumpers in isolation situations, which are easily contested. While he does usually shoot these at a high percentage, his accuracy suffers when his defender has a chance to contest. When he chooses to do so Turner is capable of beating his defender to the rim, but he does not do this often enough, which is why he is shooting 36% from the field in isolation situations.
Spot Up (153 Possessions, 0.90 PPP, 194th):
Despite his poor overall 3PT shooting percentage, Turner actually shoots the three ball reasonably well when he has a chance to set his feet. In spot up situations, Turner is shooting 33% (26-78) from three point range. When given sufficient time and space (such as on a kick-out after the defense collapses on a drive), Turner can somewhat reliably knock down long range shots, especially so from the corners. When forced to move off the catch however, his 3PT percentage plummets.
Transition (207 Possessions, 0.90 PPP, 212th):
Because of his ball handling skills, Turner can easily beat defenders to the rim in transition situations, and is quite proficient at drawing fouls after beating his man. However, similar to his tendencies in isolation situations, he has a tendency to settle for short range pull up jumpers in transition, specifically of the fadeaway variety. Turner also tries to force some passes in transition, which leads to a higher than average turnover rate.
Overall (1069 Possessions, 0.85 PPP, 285th):
Pros: Turner is a very capable ball handler, and is adept at shedding his man on screens. When he puts his mind to it, he is easily capable of beating his man to the rim, where he finishes at a decent percentage (60%). He is a very good mid-range shooter (45%), and he is capable of creating his own shot in this space. Turner also is capable of reliably knocking down open 3PT shots from each corner.
Cons: Turner is a bad three point shooter outside of the corners, and is even worse off the dribble or on the move. He settles for too many mid to short range jumpers (and sometimes even forces these shots against set defenses), when he is more than capable of getting to the rim and finishing. Turner is not a great passer, and will occasionally throw a pass he has no business attempting. He also sometimes overdribbles and allows defenses to collapse on him, and he tends to make poor decisions with the ball in these situations.
Off-Screens (52 Possessions, 0.85 PPP, 52nd):
Defensively, this is Turner at his best. He moves his feet well when navigating around screens, and usually makes good decisions when choosing to go under, over, or through the screen. He is quick to close out on his man after he gets through a screen, which allows him to easily contest shot attempts. He also rarely bites on pump fakes while he is closing out, which grants him time to regain his defensive position and forces opponents to play against a set defense.
Isolation (60 Possessions, 0.87 PPP, 153rd):
Turner is a slightly above average defender in isolation situations. He does a good job of shading his man towards his non-dominant ball hand, but his slow first step defensively often negates any advantage he gains from forcing his man into driving with his weak hand, and leaves him in a situation where he has to overplay his man in order to recover after getting beat off the dribble. This leaves Turner susceptible to step back or change of direction moves. Once again, Turner doesn't bite on pump fakes, which means he is rarely caught out of defensive position, and can therefore easily contest any jumpshots opponents take against him in isolation situations. Turner also has a strong base, which helps him prevent his man from backing him down in post-up isolation situations.
Pick and Roll, Against Ball Handler (108 Possessions, 0.89 PPP, 179th):
This is another area where Turner's slow first step defensively hurts him. While Turner does a good job positioning himself for the initial pick, he often gets hung up on the pick simply because he isn't quick enough to get around it at the same speed as his man does. He usually makes good decisions when choosing to go under or over the screen, but since he has trouble recovering when going over a screen due to his lack of footspeed, he will occasionally go under a screen that he should go over, which frees up his man for open jump shots.
Spot Up (251 Possessions, 1.18 PPP, 297th):
This category is Turner's bane defensively. Opponents are shooting a blazing 48% from 3PT land in spot up situations against Turner, and they are shooting it often (157 times). That's nearly 3 attempts per game, which means that Turner gives up on average 4.32 point per game from spot up three point attempts. Turner's main problem is that when opponents drive he often helps too far into the lane, which leaves his man wide open for a kick out and 3PT attempt. While Turner does try his best to close out, he often times has lost track of his man and is therefore too out of position to even get a hand is his mans face. Turner will also consistently ball watch while on defense, which results in him losing track of his man.
Overall (544 Possessions, 1.04 PPP, 400th):
Pros: Despite what his metrics may suggest, Turner is actually a sound individual defender. Turner has good instincts when defending against screens, and is generally good at getting around them despite his lack of quickness. He closes out well and rarely bites on ball fakes, which means he is rarely caught out of defensive position in 1-on-1 situations. Turner also has a strong base, which means he is difficult to back down, even for bigger and stronger players.
Cons: Turner is not a good off ball defensive player. He frequently loses track of his man, whether it be from over helping off the ball or simply ball watching from across the court, which results in lots of open jumpers for his man. Turner has a slow first step defensively, which allows quicker players to easily get by him. Turner's slow first step also strongly impacts how he deals with screens. He often will try to go under a screen in order to take away driving lanes since he is not quick enough to go over a screen while still denying penetration, and this can free up his man for open jump shots after being screened for. Turner will also occasionally get hung up on screens since he is not quick enough to get around them.


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Will try to keep this short, but it seems I have so much to say. I may get terminology wrong-please try to make my non-sense make sense the best you can. Not been playing long, but have seen huge improvement from first few round. Biggest issue now seems to be driving on long open holes.
I have owned a few distance drivers, and the only one that I can throw far consistently is an ASS. I can flip it and it glides beautifully. I failed with a Wraith. Threw a bud's Archon and was amazed. Looked at the charts and figured it was due to it being a bit more understable. Bought my own. That one is acting just like a Wraith for me. I suspect that speed is too much for me, but the bigger issue may be the huge rim. I have short fingers. I just don't feel comfortable gripping it and I get lots of nose up throws.
Last point: if I throw all my longer discs 10 times, and add them all up, my Cyclone is going to win that battle even though it will not have a single drive in the top 2 or 3.
I guess my question is, what would be a good step for a newb longer than a Cyclone? Should I just drop down to lower speeds in the Innova line?
Thanks for any help.


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TPW Commission Approves Proposed Changes in Size, Bag Limits on Some Lakes
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's Regulations Committee Wednesday approved the publication in the Texas Register of a number of proposed changes to freshwater fishing regulations. The proposals will be presented for public comment at a series of public hearings around the state this spring, and a final decision will be made by the Commission at its March 25-26 public meeting.
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Blue Catfish — Lake Lewisville (Denton County), Lake Richland Chambers (Navarro and Freestone Counties), and Lake Waco (McLennan County)
Harvest regulations for blue catfish on these reservoirs currently consist of the statewide limits (12-inch minimum length limit and 25 fish daily bag limit). Proposed changes would consist of a 25 fish daily bag limit with a 30 to 45-inch slot length limit, and harvest of only one blue catfish over 45 inches would be allowed. No harvest of blue catfish between 30 and 45 inches would be allowed.
Largemouth Bass — Lake Ray Roberts (Cooke, Denton, and Grayson Counties)
Harvest regulations for largemouth bass are currently a 14- to 24-inch slot length limit and a five fish daily bag (only one bass 24 inches or greater may be retained each day). Proposed changes would make Lake Ray Roberts consistent with the statewide limits for largemouth bass (14-inch minimum length limit and five fish daily bag limit).
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Alligator gar — Change daily bag limit from no limit to one alligator gar per day. Also institute a harvest closure in May to protect spawning adults in a portion of the lake that is within the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge and a portion of the lake upstream of the U.S. Highway 377 bridge to the Interstate Highway 35 bridge.
Blue and channel catfish — Change harvest regulations for blue channel catfish from a 15 per day bag limit to a 15 per day bag limit of which only one blue catfish 30 inches or greater may be harvested per day.
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The retrial of a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Lucasfilm has been set for early 2014, this time with a different Marin County judge.
The new trial judge, Paul Haakenson, scheduled the second trial for Jan. 28. Meanwhile, Lucasfilm and the plaintiff, Julie Gilman Veronese, agreed to go into mediation to try to reach a settlement.
The litigants return to court Aug. 1 to report on the outcome of mediation.
The new trial date was set during a brief hearing Tuesday in Marin Superior Court. Veronese's legal team is led by her mother-in-law, Angela Alioto, a prominent employment lawyer and a former San Francisco supervisor.
Veronese filed the lawsuit in 2009 after a job fell through at the San Anselmo estate of "Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas. Veronese, then 36, had applied for a position as assistant to Sarita Patel, the estate manager.
Veronese, who was hired but never started work, claimed she was terminated because she became pregnant. Lucasfilm attorneys denied the allegations, suggesting Veronese had a poor attitude and that she concealed her pregnancy until she was hired because she wanted to exploit the company benefits.
After a three-week trial that included testimony by George Lucas, a Marin jury ruled in 2010 that Lucasfilm committed pregnancy discrimination, failure to prevent pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination. The jury rejected two of Veronese's claims, retaliation and failure to accommodate a disability.
Veronese was awarded $113,830 in economic damages and $1.2 million in attorney's fees.
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Accommodation summary
|Rua Nova do Desterro, 1150 Lisbon, Portugal
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We rent 3 beautifull rooms in a traditional Portuguese building, on the old heart of Lisbon.
We are near Bairro Alto (night life), Rossio, São Jorge Castle, Alfama (Fado houses and best views of Lisbon).
Next door, you have typical restaurants with Fado, where you can enjoy the best grilled fish. We cook special vegetarian meals too! Or, if you prefer, you can shop in the local groceries and cook a nice meal at home.
All around transports (metro, bus, train, boats, bikes and typical "Streetcar").
Located 10 minutes from the airport by taxi or 15 minutes by metro (Martim Moniz station)
Very Beautiful zone with a lot of life around, day and night! This is the best place to stay if you came in holiday!
The apartment has a complete kitchen with a closed balcony ( smoking lounge), a large living, 3 rooms (Nature room, Zen room and the lovely room Amália) and 2 full bathrooms. Full house with central heating.
Room Amália:
- 2 real beds, equal, that can be used together (large double bed) or separate; with linen included.
- Mirror
- A sunny window :)
Zen Room:
- 1 dobble bed (king size)
- A lot of space to keep your clothes
- 1 full size mirror
- A sunny window :)
Nature Room:
- 1 dobble bed (king size)
- A lot of space to keep your clothes
- 1 full size mirror
- A sunny window :)
2 Bathrooms
- Equipped
Living areas:
- Living Room (with sofa)
- Two bathrooms
- Big windows throughout the house
- Sunny closed balcony near the kitchen (Smoking Lounge)
Extra services:
- Personal turist guide
- Rent a bike
- Personal Fotographer
- Chinese Massage / Acupuncture / Holistic Massage
- Tours in Lisbon, Sintra, Fatima, Algarve Portugal and all treasures:)
House rulesWe have 3 rooms for rent. The price mencioned is for 1 room. Please check us for availability, because calendar just works for one room, so sometimes it shows it is unavailable and it is not ;)
Smoking Lounge on the balcony!
There are no specific rules!
Live in our house as if it were your home!
Your home away from home :)
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Reviews of this property
I had a very pleasent stay in Lisbon. The apartment was clean and quite, location was perfect (walking distance to metro and the City center - Rossio Square). The hosts were very kind, discreet and helpful. My sincere recommendations.
Once again, a fantastic week in Lisboa at Claudia's place. The appartment is cool, really well situated and very confortable. Carlos was always ready to answer our questions and share good tips on Lisboa. Excellent!
This is a really nice, clean and cozy accomodation, with good facilities and an awesome and helpfull host named Carlos! Location is at walking distance from the citycentre. We had an amazing time in Lisboa and we did not want to leave at all
I recommend this place!
Carlos has been very kind.
Appart in a very good position (between the old part of the town and the "modern" centre), clean room and everything as in the pictures!
Super clean room, nice flatmate, big kitchen, central flat, metro and supermarket in walking distance (3-5 minutes) !
Highly recommended place! The apartment is conveniently located between two metro stations, with a walking distance to Baixa and even Castello Sao Jorge (if you enjoy sightseeing on foot). Room was quiet, rather small but comfortable with a large bed, and two bathrooms are a good idea, as the place gets busy sometimes. We stayed for 3 nights and didn't meet the hosts but were welcomed by Carlos the roommate. We are very grateful for precious tips regarding dining in Lisbon and places worth visiting along the coast! :)
acceptable place in good location to downtown. The rooms are a bit smaller than they appear in the pics and there are quite a few people lodging there. A bit of a students place, however fairly clean and quiet.
We didn't meet hte hosts, but Carlos was friendly.
Claudia is a courteous, friendly and lanky hostess and her roommate Carlos was very helpful. Your apartment is very clean and nicely decorated. Probably her apartment to the guest rooms of the quietest place of all Lisbon, which is extremely soothing and relaxing after a long stroll through Chiado or after a long Fadoabend in the Alfama and the Bairro Alto. The Santana district is very good transport and has its own character. Too bad that it was just a short stay and stop over at Claudia. I would have been very much longer.
Claudia ist eine zuvorkommende, sympathische und aufgeschossene Gastgeberin und ihr Mitbewohner Carlos war sehr hilfsbereit. Ihre Wohnung ist sehr sauber und schön eingerichtet. Wahrscheinlich ist ihr Apartment mit dem Gästezimmer der ruhigste Ort von ganz Lissabon, was nach einem ausgedehnten Stadtbummel durch Chiado oder nach einem langen Fadoabend in der Alfama bzw. im Barrio Alto äußerst wohltuend und erholsam ist. Das Viertel Santana liegt verkehrstechnisch sehr gut und hat seinen eigenen Charakter. Schade, dass es nur so ein kurzer Aufenthalt und Zwischenstop bei Claudia war. Ich wäre sehr gern länger geblieben.
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On July 1, the disposal fee most private trash collection companies pay to dispose of trash at one of the Fairfax County disposal facilities will increase $5.05 per ton. This increase will offset operational cost increases and the elimination of General Fund support for some elements of the county's Solid Waste Management Program.
The average household in Fairfax County generates approximately 2 tons of trash each year. As a result of the increased charges at disposal facilities, the average household can expect its solid waste collection fees to increase by about $1 a month.
Most households will see this increase passed on to them either by their trash collection service or through their homeowners associations. The Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program does not regulate solid waste collection fees charged to residents or businesses. While trash collection companies may have other legitimate reasons for increasing their disposal fees, only about $1 a month is attributable to the change in the county's disposal fees.
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Pebble Beach Co. Vice President Mark Stilwell heard plenty Thursday about his firm's plan to build affordable housing in the Del Monte Forest. And he's probably going to hear a lot more.
After more than a dozen residents criticized the plan during a packed Del Monte Forest Land Use Advisory Committee meeting, the committee unanimously voted to continue the hearing until Oct. 3 to allow a more thorough vetting of the project, including more public participation.
The proposed 24-unit rental townhouse project is designated for Pebble Beach Co. employees.
The affordable housing is a condition of approval for the company's larger Del Monte Forest "build-out" project.
Slated for nearly 2.5 acres off Congress Road near S.F.B. Morse Drive on a heavily wooded site near the Del Monte Park neighborhood in Pacific Grove, the project calls for cutting down 716 trees, including Monterey pine and oak. Contrary to claims by some critics, the site is not in 635 acres of the forest slated for preservation, said Stilwell and county planners.
Stilwell said the site was recommended by affordable housing industry representatives as the best location for employee housing because of its proximity to schools, shopping and transportation. He said company officials considered other sites, including the company-owned Corporation Yard in the forest and the Old Capitol site near Del Monte Shopping Center, which would be transferred to the county's control and preserved as open space if the current proposal is approved. But none of them offered the same advantages, including present ownership and water rights, Stilwell said.
Locating the housing inside the forest allows the company to avoid paying an additional $2 million penalty to the county in addition to the $5 million to build the project.
But neighbors blasted the proposal on a number of fronts, from traffic safety to the loss of a treasured wooded area where locals have strolled for years and enjoyed wildlife.
Neighbor Jon Pariser dubbed the proposal, along with the firm's other forest development plans, as "cosmopolitanism" that would endanger wildlife and the area's tranquility.
Resident Fred Hernandez said he had been concerned about the proposal since markings began appearing on trees at the site, and he called for company officials to work out a compromise with neighbors.
Several speakers called for an alternate site, and one speaker bluntly told Stilwell the project was "unacceptable" to area residents.
Others called for more details on affordable housing income levels and "what kind of population" would live in the development. One speaker insisted that Stilwell guarantee only Pebble Beach Co. employees would be allowed to live there or the project would risk losing its intended benefits.
Stilwell directed income questions to county planners, represented by Steve Mason and Joe Sidor at Thursday's meeting, and said he agreed the housing should be restricted to Pebble Beach Co. employees but it would be up to the county.
A few speakers argued the county had failed to provide proper notice of the meeting and called for the committee to further review the project to allow more public participation.
In response, committee member June Stock proposed continuing the hearing until later in the month, and the committee finally settled on early October.
Chairman Rod Dewar urged the public to read all the project information, including several related studies. Sidor said the information was available on the county Planning Department website at www.co.monterey.ca.us\planning under PLN No. 130447. He said the project would be given its own direct link on the department's website in the next few weeks.
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Diners at a California casino restaurant could not believe their eyes when they received the final bill for their meal.
It wasn't the price that made them look twice, but the words "Fat Girls" that were printed atop the bill.
Christine Duran and two friends ate at Chilly D's restaurant inside the Cameo Casino in Stockton, California. The bartender, Jeff, who had taken their order used the "Fat Girls" phrase as a means of description to use when delivering their food.
Duran's attempt at learning an explanation for the slur was met with puzzlement from the restaurant's manager. Duran says when she spoke with the manager, he "had like a smirk on his face, like it was funny but trying not to laugh," she said.
To try and smooth things, the manager offered the trio a 25 percent discount. When the women refused, the manager upped the deal to 50 percent which was also turned down.
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Unified Communications is changing the way that voice service is delivered on campus. Traditionally the jacks and wires used by the telephone set were separate from the ones used by the computer. By using Voice over IP (VoIP), we're now able to collapse both services to a single jack. VoIP allows you to plug your phone into the wall outlet, and your computer into the back of the phone. The first building to make this transition is Teacher's College. Other buildings will be brought online in the future. The non-VoIP areas will continue to utilize the same great digital and analog service that has served campus up to this transition. Multi-line VoIP service is provided by the Avaya 9611G VoIP phone. This device offers a backlit, color multipage display that supports up to eight incoming ringing line appearances and 22 feature keys that can be programmed as autodial, feature or busy line appearances. This unit does away with having to use paper overlays to tell what your buttons are, and allows you to program custom names in for all of your autodial and busy line appearances. The full duplex speakerphone and integrated headset control gives you the option of never having to lift your handset to answer a call. The Polycom IP331 telephone set handles single-line VoIP service. It uses an easy to read LCD display that shows caller-ID, and also offers a full duplex speakerphone and integrated headset control. Traditional telephone service continues to be provided through analog single line and digital multi-line devices.
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After seven years in San Antonio, Rackspace has sent me on the road to be a bit closer to some of our customers: I'm happy to be part of Rackspace's new four-member and growing regional New York City team.
Over the coming weeks I'll be writing some posts about what our customers are building, and how our team is helping them put it all together—so everything scales smoothly, of course.
My new home office is in Woodside, Queens. My wife and I lived in New York ten years ago, not too far from here. A lot of things have changed, but some things are just the same: street parking is still a hassle, and I'm not sure I'll ever understand the mysterious rhythms of garbage pickup in this city.
Here in New York, I'm doing the same thing I did in San Antonio: talking with our customers about how Rackspace can make their IT work better and finding solutions to make their crazy dreams utterly possible.
I'm meeting or talking with customers every day of the week, and I answer a lot of questions: How does the cloud work? How can we use it? How do we make it work for us? And our favorite: We've decided to move to the cloud—now what? Every day, the Rackspace team helps customers take their business to the next level, and implement the perfect hosting solution for their needs.
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Eero Saarinen designed this lounge chair in the 1950's, as a part of a seating series for the lobbies of The General Motors Technology Center in Warren, Michigan. Veering away from his usual inspiration, organic elements, he looked to the revolutionary design of a stock car for inspiration. He specifically focused on the stock car seat, which was known for not only its comfort but also its superb construction and upholstery.
To accurately represent the design of the stock car seat. Eero Saarinen first conquered the difficulty of obtaining a perfectly horizontal surface through the seat and armrests. Also, Saarinen leaning away from fiberglass, the original material for the frame of a stock car seat, had to devise a method of having the leather adhere perfectly to the frame for an aerodynamic look. Lastly, the importance of the seat having a slight angle to the rear, so that the person lounging would have the same feel of sitting back into the drivers seat of a stock car.
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Colletti puts onus of Dodgers' woes on players, not skipper
MILWAUKEE -- Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said his "perspective" on manager Don Mattingly "hasn't changed" and "the players still have to play."
Responding to increasing speculation that Mattingly could soon be fired because the Dodgers are in last place, Colletti said on Monday he believes ownership will be patient and cited last year's Giants, who trailed the Dodgers by 7 1/2 games at one point only to rally and win the World Series.
"Are we concerned? Yeah. Disappointed? Yeah," Colletti said. "We're one-quarter of the way through.
"[But Mattingly] has done fine. He's kept it steady. The players still have to play. It's a danger sign if people stop playing hard. Sometimes I see them play too hard. You have to look at the performance on the field. Are they driving in runners in scoring position? Are they scoring enough? Are they playing good-enough defense? The easy way out is to look at one person."
Even with a staggering number of injuries, especially to a pitching staff that was presumed deep, Colletti said he's been disappointed by the lack of production from a roster consisting of players he believes are in their prime.
"If you sat down at the outset of the season and wrote what we'd expect from each of them -- not career years, just from their track record -- you'd say we'd score a lot of runs," Colletti said. "It's more on the players than anybody."
Colletti said his expectations of players are to "play hard, play smart and play with passion," and for the most part that's what he's seen. He said this roster should score more runs even if Matt Kemp hasn't regained his power after shoulder surgery in October.
"It's a team sport, nine guys in the order," he said. "Teams win a lot of games when somebody is hurt or their production is not what it was. I think we're capable of more power. We have four guys [Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier and Hanley Ramirez] capable of 20 home runs, but one [Ramirez] has only played a couple games this year.
"We need to score more runs, be better in the clutch, If we do that, you'll see a different dynamic, including in the 'pen. We're asking them to protect one-run leads every day and that takes a lot. That doesn't mean to give the 'pen a free pass, but it makes a difference. There's no margin for error. If pitchers get offense, they can relax. If the offense scores a lot of runs, the pitchers can relax. When one is challenged, it takes a toll."
Colletti was not with the club over the weekend in Atlanta, where the Dodgers were swept, but he said he planned to join the club in Milwaukee even before the speculation about Mattingly began.
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Jack & Jill Nursery School II
68-05 Fresh Meadow Lane
Flushing NY , 11365
phone: (718) 939-8687
Little Meadows Early Childhood Center
67-25 188th Street
Flushing NY , 11365
phone: (718) 454-6460
|Community Board
Community Board #8
197-15 Hillside Avenue
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 264-7895
fax: 718) 264-7910
|Community Organizations & Services
Association for Children for Enforcement of Support (ACES)
Regularly scheduled meetings are held at Fresh Meadows Branch
P.O. Box 650677
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (877) 598-4837
Civic Association of Utopia Estates
PO Box 107
Flushing NY , 11366
Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association
6116 182nd Street
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
Jamaica Estates Association
P.O. Box 660086
Flushing NY , 11366
phone: (718) 657-2224
West Cunningham Park Civic Association
73-59 192nd Street
Fresh Meadows NY , 11366
phone: (718) 468-4298
|Fire Department
Engine 299 Ladder 152
61-20 Utopia Pkway
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
|Local Hospitals
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
4500 Parsons Blvd.
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 670-5000
New York Hospital of Queens
56-45 Main Street
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 670-2000
Queens Hospital Center
82-68 164th Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 883-3000
|Local Newspapers
Fresh Meadows Times
Available Online Only
phone: 718-260-4545
Queens Tribune
174-15 Horace Harding Expressway
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 357-7400
|Parks and Playgrounds
Farm Playground – P.S. 26
73rd Ave, 195th St & 96 PL
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
Fresh Meadows Park
Horace Harding Boulevard Bet 188 & 190 Streets
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
Holy Cow Playground – P.S. 179
Peck Ave & Harding Boulevard
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
Kissena Corridor Park
Peck & Underhill Aves
Flushing NY , 11365
Kissena Park
Oak Ave, to Hempstead Turnpike
Flushing NY , 11365
Utopia Playground
Utopia Pkwy & 73rd Avenue
Flushing NY , 11365
|Police Department
107th Precinct
71-01 Parsons Blvd
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 969-5100
|Post Office
Fresh Meadows Post Office
193-04 Horace Harding Expressway
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (800) 275-8777
fax: (718) 454-1100
|Private / Parochial Schools
Bais Yaakov-Ohel Simcha (9-12)
64-41 Utopia Pkwy
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
Herbert G. Birch School for Exceptional Children (Special Education)
71-64 168th Street
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 591-8100
Highland Elementary School (K-8)
193-10 Peck Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 357-4747
Saint Francis Preparatory School (9-12)
6100 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 423-8810
|Public Elementary Schools
P.S. 4 @ P.S. 179 (Special Education)
196-25 Peck Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 264-0916
P.S. 14 Annex @ P.S. 179
196-25 Peck Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
P.S. 26 Rufus King School (K-5)
195-02 69th Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 464-4505
P.S. 162 John Golden School (K-5)
201-02 53rd Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 423-8621
fax: (718) 423-8647
P.S. 177 @ William Prince (Special Education)
56-37 188th Street
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 357-4650
195-02 69th Avenue
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 464-4396
P.S. 811 CMHC @ Francis Lewis H.S.
58-20 Utopia Pkwy.
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 357-0535
|Public High Schools
Francis Lewis High School (9-12)
58-20 Utopia Parkway
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 281-8200
|Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
J.H.S. 74 Nathaniel Hawthorne (6-8)
61-15 Oceana Street
Bayside NY , 11364
phone: (718) 631-6800
J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan Middle School (5-8)
64-20 175th Street
Fresh Meadows NY , 11365
phone: (718) 358-2005
|Senior Centers
BFFY – Alzheimer's Day Care
157-16 65th Avenue
Flushing NY , 11365
phone: (718) 358-3541
fax: (718) 691-712
|Elected Officials
|NYC Council
Hon. Barry Grodenchik
District Office Address 73-03 Bell Boulevard, Suite 1N
Oakland Gardens NY , 11364
phone: (718) 468-0137
fax: (718) 468-0178
Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1807
New York NY , 10007
phone: (212) 788-6984
fax: (212) 608-6382
|NYS Assembly
Hon. Nily D. Rozic
District Office 159-16 Union Turnpike, Suite 210
Flushing NY , 11366
phone: (718) 820-0241
fax: (718) 820-0414
Albany Office LOB, Room 547
Albany NY , 12248
phone: (518) 455-5172
fax: (518) 455-5479
|NYS Senate
Hon. Toby Ann Stavisky
District Office 142-29 37th Avenue, Suite 1
Flushing NY, 11354
phone: (718) 445-0004
fax: (718) 445-8398
Albany Office Room 706, Legislative Office Building
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-3461
fax: (518) 426-6857
|US Congress
Hon. Grace Meng
District Office Address 40-13 159th Street
Flushing NY, 11358
phone: (718) 445-7860
fax: (718) 445-7868
Legislative Office 1317 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC, 20515
phone: (202) 225-2601
fax: (202) 225-1589
|Boro President
Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
For over 200 years, from the 1700s through the 1900s, the Fresh Meadows area was known as "Black Stump", allegedly because its various large farms were separated for identification purposes by rows of black stumps. In Colonial times only two roads crossed the area: Black Stump Road which is now 73rd Avenue, and Fresh Meadows Lane which was named for the fresh water meadows through which it ran. At the juncture of the two roads was the heart of "Black Stump". The British Army of occupation as well as Benedict Arnold walked these roads and were housed on the farms during the American Revolution. Colonial references to the area are few; however it is known that there was a tavern named Ryerson's Inn, located roughly on the south-west corner of 74th Avenue and Utopia Parkway. In November of 1933, the colonial building that had been Ryerson's Inn was demolished by its current owners: the Klein Family.
Dating back to the 1800s, the Black Stump School, old District #4 of Flushing Town, was located in the area which is now a small park at Utopia Parkway and 73rd Avenue. The Black Stump School was a one-room wood frame country schoolhouse, but it educated many children in the area. During the winter only 10-15 attended, but summer enrollment reached as many as 50 children. After the school was abandoned it became the headquarters of Black Stump Hook, Ladder and Bucket Co. #1 which fought farm fires in the area until 1913.
Throughout the 19th century, 75th Avenue was the only east-west road running between Utopia Parkway and Parsons Blvd. It was known by two names: "Quarrelsome Lane" and "Hellfire Lane". Unfortunately the origins of these names have since been forgotten.
About 1923, a Brooklyn sportsman, Benjamin C. Ribman, opened the Fresh Meadows Country Club. The 141-acre country club hosted US Golf Opens and operated until 1946 when it was sold to The New York Life Insurance Company. The company created the Fresh Meadows Housing Development, a post World War II project and model community to for returning WWII soldiers and their families. The development consisted of row houses and high-rise buildings, a shopping center, a theater, a public library and schools. Opened in 1949, the Fresh Meadows Housing Development was at the time hailed by community planner Lewis Mumford as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in the country".
The Fresh Meadows Housing Development still stands and most of the area has been designated a Special Planned Community Preservation District by New York City. This designation protects the unique character of well-planned communities. These communities characteristically have large landscaped open spaces and a superior relationship of buildings, open spaces, commercial uses, and pedestrian and vehicular circulation.
In November, 2003, Fresh Meadows lost its final link to its early farmland history. The Klein Farm, dating back to 1895 and the last of the working farms in the Fresh Meadows area, was sold to real estate developers. It had been one of the remaining four farms left in New York City, three of which are still located in Queens.
Fanelli, James, "Residents, Pols Oppose Klein Farm Sale," Queens Courier, 18 March 2004.
Jackson, Kenneth T. ed., The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University, 1995, 441.
Robinson, Eric P. Fresh Meadows. Online. Internet. Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens. August 23, 2005. http://www.queenschamber.org/QueensInfo/NeighborhoodPages/freshmeadows.html
On November 1st 1949 the first Fresh Meadows Library opened to the public. Its storefront quarters were provided by The New York Life Insurance Company within the Fresh Meadows Housing Development.
On September 23rd, 1958 the first Queens Borough Library built by the Fresh Meadows Housing Development was opened for service.
In August of 1997, the library was relocated to a temporary store front area while the library underwent a 600 sq. ft expansion as well as interior renovations.
In May of 1998 the temporary library space was closed and the materials were relocated to the new Fresh Meadows library.
On May 3rd 2000, the formal reopening ceremony was held at the newly renovated and expanded building. Among the scheduled speakers were Borough President Claire Schulman, City Councilman Sheldon S. Leffler, Library Director Gary E. Strong, and Queens Library Board of Trustees President Patricia Flynn.
Seyfried, Vincent. "Notes on Local Historical Sites". Origin Unknown


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POLICE stormed a Scarborough hotel today after a guest locked himself inside one of the rooms and threatened to harm himself.
Scarborough Police rushed to the Brindley Hotel on North Marine Road, Scarborough at 8.30am after a call was made to them fearing the safety of a guest inside the hotel.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "Police were called to the Brindley Hotel, North Marine Road, Scarborough, at 8.30am, following concerns for safety of a guest at the hotel.
"On arrival they located a man who had locked himself inside a room and was threatening to harm himself."
Police officers remained at the scene until 11.45am when the man came out of the room after talking with officers.
North Yorkshire police said: "Following negotiations with specially trained officers, the man left the room of his own accord at 11.45am and is currently in police custody."


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Islam's Real Attitude Toward Violence, Women, and FundamentalismFact & Fiction
Three features of Islam that worry people since the September outrage include: violence, the position of women, and fundamentalism.
First, violence. The popular Western image of Islam is of a religion of violence, the most violent in the world today if not in all history. That is utterly untrue. There are violent passages in the Koran, but they are no more violent than some passages in the Bible, and (a point often overlooked by reporters who quote them out of context) they relate specifically to occasions when Muhammad was struggling desperately to keep the revelation that was entrusted to him from being wiped off the face of the earth.
Muslims have also fought, as have the adherents of every known faith--wars of religion have scarred Europe's history from the beginning. But I shall leave assessing the record to Norman Daniel, whose Islam and the West: The Making of an Image is the most serious attempt that has been made to compare the use of force in Islam and Christianity. His conclusion is that what can be safely said is that Islam has resorted to violence no more than has Christianity, while adding that that is probably a conservative statement. He points out, as an example, that Spain and Anatolia changed hands about the same time. Every Jew and Muslim in Spain was killed, expelled from the country, or forced to convert to Christianity, whereas the seat of Orthodox Christianity remains in Constantinople to this very day.
To start at the beginning, with semantics, the word islam means explicitly"surrender," but it is related to the Arabic word salam meaning"peace" as in the standard Islamic salutation, assalamu 'alaykum,"peace be upon you." And when a virtuous Muslim enters heaven, it is said, the only word he will be able to utter for three days, over and over, is peace, the virtue he has been longing for his entire life and that now overwhelms him with its total presence. Between the bookends of the religion's name and its total realization in heaven stands history, and it is instructive.
When the Prophet Muhammad brought the Koranic revelation to seventh-century Arabia, a major part of his mission was devoted precisely to bringing an end to the inter-tribal warfare that was wreaking havoc in the region. Pre-Islamic Arabia was caught up in a vicious cycle of warfare in which tribe fought tribe in an unending pattern of vendetta and counter-vendetta. At the start the Prophet and his cohorts had to fight too in order to survive, but once their foothold was secure, he turned his attention to building peaceful coalitions between tribes, so successfully that when he died he left as his political legacy a solidly united Arabia. And into warfare itself Muhammad introduced chivalry.
No holds were barred in pre-Koranic warfare, but Muhammad introduced many traditions of forbearance. Agreements are to be honored and treachery avoided. The wounded are not to be mutilated or the dead disfigured. Women, children and the old are to be spared, as are orchards, crops, and sacred objects--no scorched earth policy or leveling of Hindu temples or destruction of Buddhist statues in authentic Islam.
The key--and inflammatory--issue, though, is jihad. Literally the word means only"effort, exertion, or struggle," but it has taken on the meaning of a Holy War. No full-fledged religion has been able to manage without a doctrine something like this--complete pacifism remains for smallish sects such as the Mennonites and Quakers. Egregious aggression must be halted, and murder, rape, and pillage defended against. So far, alas, so good. What is not good is that jihad has been turned by outsiders into a rallying cry for hatred against Islam--mention the word and up come images of screaming mobs streaming through streets while brandishing swords and destroying everyone and everything in sight, all at the beck of some Ayatollah or bin Laden. The truth of the matter is that Islam's concept of a Holy War is virtually identical with the Just War concept in Christian canon law, right down to the notion that martyrs in both are assured of entering heaven. In both cases the war must be defensive or fought to right a manifest wrong. Chivalry must be observed and the least possible damaged inflicted to secure the end in question. And hostilities must cease when the objective is accomplished. Retaliation is disallowed.
So, to face the hard question, were the destructive acts of September 2001 jihad? If the perpetrators saw those acts as responses to, first, continuing Israeli settlement of the West Bank and, second, the boycott cordon around Iraq and daily unmanned bombing of its territory, both regarded as acts of aggression against the dar al-salam, the House of Islam--to repeat, if the perpetrators of the damage saw their acts as responses to what they see as aggression, they doubtless saw themselves as waging jihad. Otherwise not.
On the second point of misunderstanding, the place of women in Islam, I can be brief. The treatment of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban was as cruel as anyone can imagine, but that has nothing to do with Islam. One of the most important principles to follow in trying to understand another religion is to distinguish between what is essential to it and defining of it and what, on the other hand, is cultural accretion that it has been picked up along the way. One of the times this distinction was brought home to me was when I was looking into the differences between the Protestant and Russian Orthodox missionary approaches to the Alaskan Eskimos. The Russian missionaries adapted the Christian message to Eskimo mores in every way possible. They learned their language, adopted their style of dress, and even incorporated their deities into the Christian angelic pantheon. By contrast, the Protestant missionaries seemed bent on Americanizing their converts as much as Christianizing them--teaching them English, dressing them in business suits, the works. Coming upon this second group of converts, a stranger who was ignorant in these matters might easily have assumed that Western garb was an ingredient of Christianity.
The actual status of women in the Koran bears no resemblance to the Western stereotype, which is woven of local customs that Muslims have assimilated to along the way. Muhammad's wife was educated, intelligent, and a highly successful business woman. Actually this issue can be resolved quite simply. I suspect that we all know Muslim women who hold important positions in American society--my roster includes a physician, a teacher, a television director, and a shopkeeper--and who feel no conflict whatsoever between their religion and their positions in Western society.
One of my favorite sayings of the Prophet that has received little notice has at least an indirect bearing here. On one occasion a companion of the Prophet heard a bystander ask him,"Who is most entitled to my good conduct?" The Prophet replied,"Your mother.""Then whom?" the man asked. Again the Prophet answered,"Your mother." The question was repeated a third time and received the same answer. It was only when the questioner asked his question a fourth time that the Prophet replied,"Your father."
Finally, fundamentalism. Islamic fundamentalism is very different from Christian. Both share as their root cause the sense of being threatened, but by different things. Christian fundamentalism took shape in the 1920s as a reaction against the threat (as seen by conservative Christians) of, first, Darwinian evolution which seemed to challenge the biblical teaching that human beings were created directly by God, and, second, the threat of"the higher criticism," which applies the tools of literary criticism to analyzing the Bible as if it were any other book.
Islamic fundamentalism is largely a regional phenomenon that centers in the Middle East--it causes few ripples in Indonesia and Africa. The reason it is powerful in Middle Eastern Islam is that 80 percent of the Muslims there are traditional in their outlook and way of life, while the 20 percent who rule them have been educated in the West and are modem in outlook and lifestyle. It takes no great feat of imagination to sense the threat the traditional majority feel from the ruling minority, and it causes them to dig in their heels. Two worlds, the old and the new, are in sharp collision.
Reprinted with permission of the publisher, HarperCollins.
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SaJ - 12/14/2003
Your so naive, its funny. You will see what happens when you die, then your reality will begin in the fire of hell. I hope you realize that your life is only 80 years long and that there is more then you see while your alive...anyone I hope you find some enlightenment cuz your destined for a miserable death.
me - 12/19/2002
OMG you are the only person i've met(read) that makes sence, i think the rest of the world is very very very very very stupid, i can not believe ppl like u exist, so there IS a chance for the human species, hell yea (no pun intended)
anyhow i hope ur happy and live life (then die at the end cuz that's what life is really about, there IS NO MEANING)
till latOr
nick mallory - 10/10/2002
All religion is bogus. Let's be clear on that. It doesn't matter how strongly you believe in something, it doesn't make it true. Allah is a fairy story, just as the god of the Christians or Jews is a figment of our imagination. Mankind sees patterns and tells stories, that is a source of our intelligence but when we invent such patterns such superstition enslaves us. We don't worship Apollo or the Aztec gods too much these days, our modern gods have as much reality.
The problem with Islam is that it hasn't undergone an enlightenment. Over the last three hundred years religion, fighting tooth and nail of course, has been usurped by Science, rationality and reason in the west. This has led to the West's triumph in the world. Although literal lip service is paid to Christianity, it's science that informs our understanding of reality and reason and interest, not divine revelation, which informs our democratic political debate. Islam has undergone no such enlightenment, it is 'fundamentalist' because it is believed. No-one outside a few loonies in Kansas really believes Christian cosmology (earth the centre of the universe anyone?) or biology (Adam and Eve, and presumably Smallpox and V.D. created with a click of gods fingers) even though many people still, if really pressed, might murmour a few words about there being some vague sort of spiritual something out there somewhere. Islam is at war with us because we are a post religious civilisation, Islam will lose this war for this exact same reason. Islam produces no technology, apart from the geological accident of oil, precious little in the way of economic production, indeed virtually no innovation at all. A culture which accepts spiritual dictats, rather than investigates phenomenon rationally, is doomed to stagnation and decline. The hatred in the Arab world for Isreal stems as much from the fact that the hated sub human jews can produce a vibrant, democratic, rich and successfull state in 8,000 square miles with a millitary power which has cheerfully whipped the bottom of the 300 million muslims in the 3 million square miles of the arab world as anything else.
This is a clash of civilisations. Not between the Christians and the Muslims, but between a scientific, rational, successfull, democratic modernity and a superstitious, credulous, tyrannical mediavelism. There is no doubt who will win it. We will win not through millitary conquest, but the fact that all the arab demonstrators i see are wearing american, T shirts and Jeans, waving mobile phones and going home to watch satallite TV.
A French writer is currently on trial for writing of Islam as the stupid religion. He's right, all religions are stupid, and the more you believe in them the stupider you are.
A Christian reader - 9/11/2002
I have read a few things on the internet. Not enough to become knowledgeable, but enough to recognize bias.
I got the feeling from reading your exerpt, Huston Smith, that you are a fair, honest, intelligent, and educated man. This posting gave me a better feeling of your world. You are a good writer and make good sense.
I have no interest in converting to Islam, but you helped me feel more understanding of it and of Muhammad, and I feel I could become friends with Muslims. Keep up the good work.
Roberta Seid - 1/24/2002
This excerpt is extremely distressing. It is intellectually muddled, analytically weak and profoundly ahistorical. There is usually a vast difference between a religion's theology, its foundational story and its institutional structure and history. The author has completely neglected these distinctions. Furthermore, moral and practical laws within a foundational text are interpreted and reinterpreted over the centuries. He offers no insights about these changes within Islam and its practices--though he does suggest that cultural customs overrode the Koran's strictures.
His defense of Islam's attitude toward women merits the same criticism and is deplorably weak--honoring mothers (women's role as childbearers)is hardly unique to Islam nor does it reflect much about women's role and rights within the religion. Indeed, his example of Mohammed's wife may reflect more favorably on the Pre-Islamic status of women than on their post-Islamic status.
Finally, his suggestion that Muslims could see 9/11 as jihad --which he claims occurs when Islam is under threat--because of Israel is patently ridiculous on many counts: 1) Israelis are hardly trying to threaten let alone eradicate Islam; 2) Many Palestinians are Christian, not Muslim; 3) He is confusing Arabism with Islam.....
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Some journeys are longer than others and for Southern California native, Reza Berahmand, his journey to building a bonfide cover car was certainly a long road. Reza's passion for Lowriders began even before he had his driver's license. "I used to build model cars and in 1997, I got into Lowrider bicycles,." he explains. In December 2007, Reza bought himself his first project car; a 1966 Chevy Caprice Super Sport. "It was all rusted out and in mid-2008, I traded it and some money for the '65," explains Reza. "I got my license at 18, and ever since then, I wanted a '65 − it was my dream car." When the right car came at the right time and price, he wasted no time and jumped on the deal. The journey had officially begun.
"When I saw the car online, it looked beautiful but when I went to go pick it up in Lynwood, it was in worse shape than I thought and I realized I was going to have to build it from the ground up." During the build, Reza ran into a lot of road bumps and critics but that didn't stop him from keeping the build going. "In the beginning of the build, I did a lot of things that I was told to do by others, but I never really did what I wanted to do to it," he says. This left Reza unsatisfied with his progress and he eventually began to rebuild the car to his liking Reza. "There was a while where I couldn't catch a break. I would fix a brake line and then the engine went out; then I hit the switches on my car for the first time and the quart panel buckled. It was one thing after another, but I never wanted to give up on it." Every time that he would get discouraged he would walk away from the build for a couple of weeks then he would be back on it. "Once I saw in my mind how it was going to come out, I knew that I could never give up on the build."
After three and a half years, he was able to complete the build and change the opinion of all his critics. One thing it taught me that I would like to say to others out there is that when you're building a car, don't worry about the critics. Just keep your head on straight and stay focused on your build, and it will eventually get done."
"When I broke the car out at my first show, it was one of the best feelings ever! Not only did I prove to myself that I could finish the car, but it also came out better than what I had envisioned," says the proud builder.
The year of 2008 brought a new chapter to Reza's career as well. During that year, a fateful trip to the Car Shop linked him up with Danny Soto. "He is a great guy. He never asked me to join Groupe; all he wanted was to help me build my car." In 2012, Reza began going to Groupe club meetings and that's when he knew that he was going to join.
Despite the phenomenal status this cover beauty has achieved, Reza insists that there are a few more modifications he wishes to make before he is ultimately done with the car. He is also currently working on a frame-off build for a '64 Impala. "I'm letting my mind go wild on this one and this time, I'm only going to build the car once," he says with a laugh. "I'm going to make sure that if I buy a part, that it's the part that I need."
Reza sends his gratitude out to: Mexico Collions Center, Krazy Kutty, Mack Upholstery, Tenarios Auto Body in El Monte, Yuma Plaiting, Danny Soto, Danny Boy, Rudy, all the Groupe Members and his family, girlfriend, and daughter for all the support.
Tech Specs
"Lyme Wire"
Owner: Reza Berahmand
Vehicle: 1965 Chevrolet Impala
City/State: Yuma, AZ
Club: Groupe CC SoCal
Engine: 350 installed by Krazy Kutty of Yuma, AZ with a custom exhaust, Accel distributor, Taylor custom colored wires, Bosch spark plugs and Optima battery.
Body/Paint: Molded hood and trunk. Javier at Mexico Collision Center in South Gate, CA used House of Kolor lime green pearl. Curley's Pinstriping did the stripping while Bug's Auto Art added the murals.
Interior: Mack from Mack's Custom Upholstery did the interior work. Also a chrome IdidIt tilt steering column and Dakota Digital gauges were installed.
Suspension: Molded arms and CPP brakes
Chrome: Yuma Plating in Yuma, AZ
Setup: The two-pump, four-battery setup was installed via combined efforts between Krazy Kutty and Cornado's Customs both of Yuma, AZ.
Tires: Coker Premium Sport 5.20's
Wheels: 13-inch