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The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [officials website] on Friday overturned [opinion, PDF] the corruption conviction of Vic Kohring, a former Republican member of the Alaska State Legislature [official website]. Kohring was caught on tape accepting cash from Bill Allen, an executive for Alaskan oil services and engineering company VECO Corp. [official website]. The court held that Kohring was unfairly denied access to evidence which would have helped his defense, including information which casts doubt on Allen's credibility:
[E]vidence of Allen's sexual misconduct with a minor would have shed light on the magnitude of Allen's incentive to cooperate with authorities and would have revealed that he had much more at stake than was already known to the jury. Beyond facing serious criminal charges, the newly-disclosed information shows Allen was very distressed at the prospect of his alleged sexual misconduct becoming public ... The newly-disclosed information also illustrates Allen's difficulty with remembering key facts, as well as Allen's and Smith's differing (and sometimes changing) recollections as to how much money they paid Kohring. Setting aside for a moment the question of the information's admissibility, the information is exculpatory and has impeachment value.The court found that Kohring's Sixth Amendment [text] Confrontation Clause rights were violated, ruling that knowledge of Allen's sexual misconduct, as well as the newly-revealed information about Allen's memory regarding the financial exchange, would have helped Kohring challenge his credibility as a witness and allow the jury to more fairly evaluate how heavily it would weight his testimony.
Kohring was convicted [NYT report] in November 2007 and sentenced to 42 months in federal prison on extortion, bribery and conspiracy charges, based largely on FBI video surveillance [ADN video archive] evidence. But in 2009, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] asked the court to remand the case of two convicted Alaska lawmakers [press release], including Kohring, to district court and to release the prisoners on their own recognizance, admitting that DOJ prosecutors did not disclose all necessary information [JURIST report]. Several other Alaska lawmakers, as well as VECO's CEO Bill Allen and Vice President Rick Smith, prominent lawyer Jim Clark, and several high profile lobbyists, were also indicted, convicted, or pleaded guilty [ADN backgrounder] to corruption-related charges. In April 2009, the DOJ dropped the charges against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens [US Congress backgrounder] when similar errors were discovered [JURIST report].


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An overnight hammock/recumbent trike expedition. November 2011
Link to YouTube video (in HD, no less!)
Gear list is at the end of the written report.
Why did I do this little trip? I've always wanted to tour by bicycle and now I am the proud owner of a luscious orange (color is important) German-made recumbent tadpole tricycle.
Beals Point campground (Folsom Lake SRA) is about 13 miles from my house, quite useful for my first human-powered-vehicle overnight.
It took me an hour and a half to get to the campground and two and a half to get back. My average on the way out was 9 mph, and back was just over 5 mph. Yes, you saw that right. 5.2 mph. Oy.
Take a look at this little diagram for part of the reason:
RidewithGPS gives these stats for my outbound leg
Elevation: + 1089 / - 1814 ft
Start Elevation: 1189 ft
End Elevation: 486 ft
Minimum Elevation: 126 ft
Maximum Elevation: 1334 ft
and this for my return trip
Elevation: + 1783 / - 1070 ft
The other reason for my lethargic pace is that I'm pudgy and middle aged.
At noon I rolled out of the garage, down the driveway, shifted to my most grannyiest gear, and slogged up the STUPID hill in front of the house. Every from-the-door-tour will start this way so I ought to get used to it.
Then I got to fly down the first hill on the main road and attained 37.3 mph! That's the fastest yet I've coasted on this bike. Or any bike. Ever.
My nostrils flapped in the wind. Weird feeling.
I traveled primarily on roads (usually no bike lane but with a shoulder of varying quality) but used a bikepath over Folsom Crossing (the road/bridge replacing the old dam road across the American River just below Folsom Lake).
There are multiple construction projects all around Folsom Lake.
Sometimes Folsom Crossing is closed around noon for blasting or other exciting things. I timed it just right to have a nice break in the shade of the construction company's office parking lot (not that I was trying, but it worked out fine). No blasting was audible.
After Folsom Crossing, although I could have continued on the bike path to the campground, I chose instead to take Folsom Auburn Road, since I needed to pay my camping fee at the kiosk.
$25 for the off season, no biker discount.
I chose Site #1 since I was tired and wanted to set up camp and there were two trees Right There and I'd have plenty of 'campground TV' to watch since I was right off the main drag.
While I was setting up, I realized that I had packed neither climbing carabiners nor Dutch Clips for my hammock. No matter. I made it work anyway.
Unthreaded the straps from the hammock, wrapped them around the trees by threading one end through the other end's sewn loop, rethreaded hammock.
And I even remembered to take them off the trees the next morning!
I loafed around and read and people-watched. Had some tea.
I critter-watched (turkeys, squirrels, bicyclists)
Loafed some more and ate dinner (sandwich from the deli I'd stopped at on my way through Folsom).
Gathered some HUGE pinecones (sorry, forgot a pic of those) which helped my twig and small branch fire look Much Bigger than it was.
Finally crawled into my hammock (I had my Crowsnest 3/4 underquilt and Burrow top quilt) and read or listened to some podcasts.
Got up multiple times in the night (why did I have two cups of tea with dinner? I KNOW better!) Smelled a skunk one time.
Woke up for good at 6:30am and wandered around the lake shore for a while, then packed up and headed back.
Back over Folsom Crossing, then up all the hills I'd gleefully sailed down less than 24 hours before.
I whined a lot climbing up the hills, but I also had a chance to stop and admire the landscape. In a car I fly by at 55mph so I miss a lot.
Remember the 37.3 mph hill? Well, I had to go back up that. Ugh.
Arrived home 23 hours after I'd left, with way too many pics and video to process.
Gear thoughts:
I wore exercise shorts and a short sleeved golf shirt (wicking and very comfortable) on the way out, and lightweight wool (long sleeves and long pants) on the way back. Temps were in the mid to upper 60s on the way out and about 10 degrees cooler with more wind and not much sun on the way back.
If I had been riding into the afternoon on the way back, I would have stopped and switched back to the lighter clothes.
I tossed the Primaloft jacket in the bag on a whim, and I'm glad I had it along. I did not use the wool zipneck jersey or the booties or the fleece gloves. Or the rain pants.
It was nice and cool but not too cold at night: perfect for snuggling in the Burrow and also for having the tarp fairly high up. I'm glad I put the doors on the south west end, since that's where the early evening and early morning breezes were coming from.
My trike weighs 40 pounds (not something I can change) and my total gear weight (bags, food, water) was 29 pounds. 8 pounds of that was bike tools.
HP Velotechnik Scorpion full suspension trike.
9-32 semi custom cassette, 26-42-52 front, 155mm cranks, 20" wheels all around.
OES tarp with guy lines and 1 set doors, stakes
WBBB hammock
Burrow topquilt, Crowsnest underquilt, Gossamer Gear pad
Caldera cone w/ esbit stove, Ti pot/mug/spoon
Tea bags, milk, sugar
Food bars
Some sandwich from the grocery store along the way
Oatmeal packet
Couple of bananas
One pair exercise shorts and golf shirt, sports bra, socks, bike shoes
Helmet and ball cap
Wool zipneck jersey
Wool long underwear set and hat and fleece balaclava for sleeping. Booties.
Fleece gloves and wool socks
Homemade primaloft pullover
Rainpants, lightweight, for windblocking or light rain
Windbreaker, high viz
Pliers, allen wrenches and one Torx
Master links and some spare chain, chain tool
3 tubes and mini pump w/ gauge
Tire levers, patch kit, boot
Gorilla tape and zip ties
Bike lock
Sunscreen, lipbalm
Toothpaste, brush, floss
1/4 bar of soap, deodorant
Toilet paper, hand sanitizer
Collapsible bucket
First aid kit
Notepad + pencil
Celphone and charger
Camera and spare batteries
Small tripod
Paperback and headlight and ipod
Water bottles
Arkel tailrider bag
Arkel RT-40 panniers, one lined w/ trashbag for clothes and hammock
Sea to Summit dry bag lined with trashbag for quilts
Boom pouch for camera, phone

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Should I earth my CD player chassis?
Hi everyone,
I have a CD63ki, and running my finger along the chassis I can feel a buzzing sensation, presumably some current is running through it. (the buzzing is not there when unplugged)
I talked to an owner of a CD63se who had exactly the same thing with his machine. He grounded the chassis to his house earth and the buzzing went, he also felt there was a small increase in SQ.
Is this totally safe to do?
Why do I and others experience this phenomenon?
What else can I do to check and improve the players earthing arrangements?
Should I ground the 'ground' of my home-made clock PSU to the house earth too?
|5th September 2003, 12:05 PM
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the buzzing feeling comes from some capacitve transferred mains current, together with the cap of our human skin creates this feeling...
try reversing mains plug! (cap of transformers is most times not symm, so there is a different current)
did you test the current to earth?
|5th September 2003, 03:04 PM
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Hi Alf,
Thanks for the advice!
I have mains polarity correct - tested with an EMI meter for lowest field strength (unless it's different plugged in where it is now compared with where I tested it - never thought of that!!).
When you say "test the current to earth" do you mean one probe on the chassis and one on my house earth? And is that voltage or current setting on my DMM? (my electronics knowledge is basic, sorry!)
So should I be earthing it? You didn't say if I can...
|5th September 2003, 03:45 PM
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I've always found CDP chassis to sound better under several feet of it.
|5th September 2003, 03:51 PM
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|5th September 2003, 09:22 PM
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I tested for current by putting an electrode to ground and one on a chassis screw. I measured fluctuating current from 0-4uA, mainly staying on 1 or 2 uA.
Interesting thing: when I put the probes across the buzzing went, and took them off it came back again.
I guess I should just earth the thing, I shouldn't get any ground loop hum as my amp has no earth connection...
|5th September 2003, 09:56 PM
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(just in case anyone is following this thread...)
I've temporarily earthed the player now, just using a piece of speaker wire from a screw to a ground terminal I fitted to my power strip.
Buzzing is gone and the sound seems slightly improved. I could be imagining this of course, but I hear a quieter background and better coherance.
Thanks for reading.
|5th September 2003, 11:01 PM
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I find earthing is extremely important in many audio systems, so I'll post some comments and ideas on what I have done in the past..
First off, I find that by putting an isolation trafo between the power and my amp makes a huge difference in sound, just because it cleanes up the signal a lot. After doing this I grounded the amp to its own exclusive ground rods. This made quite an improvement.
Next thing, I put a saturation isolation transformer on the CDP. To do this, I put the trafo in the line like a normal iso transformer, then ran a ground directly to the CDPs transformer primary winding, this way, the CDP trafo is grounded, but not the whole CDP except for using its connection to the amp, this way there isn't a ground loop.
I did the same things with the other sources, such as turn table, VCR, other transports, reel to reel, whatever I had.
On the VCR I used an iso transformer for the cable input, that way there isn't a ground loop to the cable system, which for some reason has really lousy grounding.
As for the darn computer. There's iso trafos about to go between it and the amp cause it's causing all kinds of problems...
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|5th September 2003, 11:21 PM
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Mains tweaking
Good stuff, thanks for the ideas.
I've been thinking about getting a nice big isolation transformer for my cd player, and putting it in a box with some transient suppressors, x and y caps, and maybe some large caps too, but money is a little tight right now, so it will have to wait. I don't see how this solution could be much worse than some rather expensive line filters commonly for sale.
Currently, I use a Russ Andrews Silencer, and a box I put together with some caps including a 10uf lighting cap across L+N, and some transient supressors. (Gives a richer, more mellow sound)
When I have (much) more money I will get a very big transformer just for my amp, but I don't want to choke it with anything smaller or even the same size as it has inside.
I added a .33uf cap to my cd player, as well as a series choke for both L+N. These helped the sound a little.
Also, I totally modified my Belkin power strip by removing the circuitry, cleaning the power rail connectors, and changing the lead for a thick braided beast I made. (these made the sound cleaner and less distorted, and the bass loads better!)
Lots of fun is power! I have no time for people who don't believe power tweaking will make a difference - it does!!
|6th September 2003, 12:03 AM
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Oh, believe me, power is very important.
For my amp's isolation transformer, I use a 5KVA delta isolation transformer and run it 220 most of the time. This puppy will handle about 25 times the power of my current amp, which is a Harman/Kardon A402. It is 40W per channel. I have however run much much larger amps off this transformer with great performance and improvement over the usual setup.
I find that with good isolation transformers, you don't need much other filtering (inductors and caps). This is because the transformer becomes almost resonant at 60hz it takes a great deal of energy to push transients and high frequency noise through the core. Almost all of this noise ends up being dissipated as heat since the core is very inefficient for transferring it. I find a little tiny bit of noise can get through, but some proper grounding usually finishes that off and maybe putting some small caps to ground from the secondaries.
As for the CDP, it's using a saturation transformer. These use a cap to cause great saturation of the core. This generates much heat, but the result is a very accurately regulated output voltage with very clean power. Noise is even harder to get through these transformers since the cap and transformer creat a resonant circuit that will eat noise up like nothing else. The input voltage can vary a great deal with the output generally staying within 1% of 117V. This makes the CDP sound very detailed and with less stress.
If you can stand the transformers running very hot, this is a good idea to use the saturation type. The only other problem is that they are very expensive. I get mine from retired aircraft ground management equipment and obsolete cable TV distribution systems. This stuff is easy to get your hands on if you're in the local ham radio club of a town that's upgrading stuff. I've recieved all kinds of used equipment in almost perfect condition from the airport, including a sperry RVR computer and a complete ILS system.
For the 5KVA delta, that I took off my uncle's boat when he was re-building it. I got the old radar and a pile of other stuff.
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2012 USA Pro Challenge once again draws more than 1 million fans
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SUMMIT COUNTY — Despite the dark shadow cast by Lance Armstrong, cycling remains an extremely popular spectator sport, with this past summer's edition of the USA Pro Challenge once again drawing more than 1 million viewers, according to race organizers.
Almost incredibly, race organizers this week sent out a press release on the race that didn't include a single mention of Armstrong, who helped found the race, or the fact that the winners of the first two editions of the race, Levi Leipheimer and Christian Vande Velde are inextricably linked with the Lance Armstrong story.
Instead, the press release focused on the economic benefits of the race, estimating that it generated a $99.6 million economic impact on the state, as visitors flocked to towns along the route, spending money on lodging and in local restaurants.
Fans from outside the state and Coloradans traveling 50 miles or more to take in an event stage contributed $81.5 million on lodging, food, transportation and entertainment. The remaining economic impact comes in the form of team, staff, sponsor and vendor spending, employment created by the event, and the resulting tax effects of the race.
The study suggests that about half the spectators traveled to Colorado specifically to watch the race, and 76 percent said they were very likely or likely to return to watch the race next year.
"The crowds at the 2012 USA Pro Challenge were unlike anything I've ever seen outside of the big races in Europe," said Shawn Hunter, CEO of the Pro Challenge. "Driving the course every day and seeing the enthusiasm and passion from the fans lining the streets really gave a sense of the growing support for the sport of cycling in the U.S. This race showcases Colorado and provides an incredible economic impact that will hopefully be here for years to come."
Given the pervasive problems of doping, lying and cheating, It's hard to say if the sport will maintain its popularity or fade away like pro boxing, but for now, the Colorado race looks like it will continue to be a big success.
The 2012 race attracted spectators from at least 25 states across the country, with the top five after Colorado being Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona and California. It also proved an exceptional following among Colorado residents, one of the significant contributing factors to the level of enthusiasm displayed by spectators along the entire 683-mile course.
"One of our main goals is to grow competitive cycling in America and the USA Pro Challenge is doing just that," said Steve Johnson, president and CEO of USA Cycling, the national governing body for bicycle racing in the United States."From the level of competition, to the huge crowds of fans lining the streets, to the overall organization, this race is exactly what we need in professional cycling."
Additional findings from the report:
- Spectators traveled in groups, with the average party consisting of three people.
- While the median household income of Colorado residents is $56,456, race spectators averaged a household income of $110,000.
- Spectators were satisfied with almost all parts of the race and the experience, with more than 86 percent saying they were very satisfied or satisfied with the race.
- More than half of spectators in attendance reported they ride a bike for fitness, while roughly 21.9 percent responded they ride a bike occasionally or not at all.
- This was an audience that appreciates the world class level of competition at the USA Pro Challenge and watches major cycling events on television, with 93.4 percent stating they watch part of the Tour de France.
- The race drew spectators for various reasons with 64 percent wanting to witness the elite level of competition, 45 percent interested in the destination cities and 46 percent wanting to experience the start/finish festivals.
- Spectators' experiences with the USA Pro Challenge positively influenced their view of the State of Colorado, with 75 percent of out-of-state visitors stating they are more likely or much more likely to visit Colorado again based on their experience at the USA Pro Challenge.
IFM designed the study from the outset to address many of the contentious issues surrounding economic impact assessments. Key areas addressed included:
- Substitution effects – Since local fans will often spend similar amounts on local sports and other entertainment, IFM did not include the local fan spend in the economic impact report.
- Time shifting – Colorado is an attractive destination for travel, so IFM deliberately filtered respondents to ensure they were not capturing data from spectators already in Colorado, independent of the Pro Challenge, and also used elimination questions to remove those fans who intended to come to Colorado in the near future independent of the race
- Sample sizes – Large samples were taken at all stages, distributed across the race locations.


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Kai Ryssdal: We begin this next item with a definition. "Botnet" is the word in question. It's a noun, sometimes capitalized. A network of computers infected by a program that sends unsolicited emails, attacks websites and reaps all sorts of other digital mayhem.
The Rustock botnet is the biggest one out there, capable of sending out 30 billion junk emails a day. Or it was, until Microsoft got its Digital Crime Unit on the case. You didn't know Microsoft had a Digital Crime Unit? Join the club.
Here's Marketplace's Steve Henn.
Steve Henn: You can think of a botnet is to imagine an army of zombie computers under the control of an evil spamming mastermind. Rustock was really a network of roughly a million PCs that had been infected with malware, and then could be commanded to send out spam.
Richard Boscovich: That's a great analogy really, because a zombie doesn't have a mind of its own.
Richard Boscovich is a lawyer at Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit, which led the fight to take down this spam-spewing monster.
Boscovich: So the idea was we had to locate where the command and control center was, how it was being operated and sever that connection.
Boscovich wanted to lob off the zombie's head, so he filed suit against the unnamed operators of Rustock and then started looking for allies. He found one at Pfizer.
Patrick Ford: Viagra is probably the number one spammed product out there.
Patrick Ford is head of global security at Pfizer and a former FBI agent. Working with Microsoft, he made drug purchases based on Rustock spam.
Ford: The results of those buys were either counterfeit product, meaning it looked like Pfizer, or it was unapproved product that was made in India or shipped into the United States.
But even though Rustock's head has been chopped off, a million infected zombie computers are still out there waiting for their next command.
In Silicon Valley, I'm Steve Henn for Marketplace.
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MONROE, Mich. - Authorities say a hungry burglar apparently made and ate a sandwich at a southeastern Michigan home before taking off with a $25 towel rack.
The Monroe Evening News reports the theft happened sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning while a family was away from a Monroe home.
Police in the city about 35 miles southwest of Detroit say nothing else was missing besides lunchmeat and cheese. A plate was left behind on a counter.
A police report didn't name any possible suspects.
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The Town in the Orchard'
Tenbury Wells, once said to have been called "my little Town in the Orchard" by Queen Victoria is now perhaps best known for it's Christmas Holly & Mistletoe sales, but has so much more to offer the visitor.
Situated on the banks of the River Teme and marking the border between Worcestershire, Shropshire & Herefordshire, Tenbury is something of a hidden gem. Some days it's a bucolic reminder of times past, other days a bustling market town.
The high street is lined by nearly 100 mostly independent businesses selling everything from Apples to Zebra Polish.
Some talk of the Tenbury stagger due to number of licensed premises, but the wide choice means there is one to suit every taste from the traditional drinking pub to a restaurant providing modern fusion cuisine. There are also several pubs & cafes serving tea, coffee and light refreshments.
Tenbury still retains the kind of retailers that are now distant memories in many towns such as a Bookshop, Ironmongers, Fish Shop, and also has a good range of Gift Shops, Ladies Clothes Shops, a Shoe Shop, and specialist shops such as a Gun Shop, numerous Ladies Hairdressers and two Gents Hairdressers.
You can take a virtual stroll through town by visiting
Along side local supermarkets other specialist food shops supply a range of local produce. The main Market day is Tuesday, with a smaller market being held on Fridays & Saturdays. On Tuesday, in addition to stalls in Market Square, visit the Country Market in the Scout Hut next to the Swimming Pool.
What else to see
St, Mary's Church, much restored in the 19th century after flood damage, has a Norman Tower and inside the well preserved Acton Tombs and the shaft of an Anglo Saxon Cross.
When walking around Tenbury let your eyes wander and look at the wide range of interesting architecture. Tenbury boasts a large number of listed buildings, and the observant can spot unusual decoration to some of the Georgian buildings.
There are several 17th century half timbered buildings left in Tenbury, although many are obscured by Victorian brick frontages. The obvious 17th century buildings are the pubs of which the most ornate is the Royal Oak, with the oldest probably being the Pembroke House.
Tenbury's most bizarre building is the Pump Rooms designed in the Chinese Gothic Style by James Cranston of Birmingham. Inspiration came to him after some greenhouses he had designed, replacing the glass by wrought iron sheets. It was one of the earliest examples of prefabrication, with the sheets being made in Birmingham and assembled on site.
Tenbury Wells had the 'Wells' added to its name last century to help promote the Mineral Water Wells that had been found in the town from 1840 onwards.
James Cranston also designed the ovalshaped, Round Market to enable farmers' wives sell their butter and poultry inside, with walls to keep out the winds and rain.
Collect a TownTrail leaflet from the town Tourist Information Centre and follow the route to discover other interesting buildings and facts, or follow the Tenbury Art Trail.
One of the buildings on the trail is the
Tenbury Museum
on Cross Street. One showcase is dedicated to a set of gruesome old surgical instruments donated by Tenbury Hospital. Local man Dr Henry Hill Hickman (1800-1830) practised in Tenbury and pioneered the use of inhalation anaesthesia some two decades before ether and chloroform began to be used.
To explore the beautiful Teme Valley have a look at
and enjoy the relaxing photographic tour.
The latest edition to the Town's interesting & quirky buildings are the new toilets in Market Street. The design, chosen by public vote, was inspired by the many Hop Kilns that can still be seen in the area.
If you would like to stay in or near Tenbury, there is a wide range of accommodation to suit all tastes and pockets. From pub accommodation, through Bed & Breakfast and Self Catering Cottages, Lodges and Rooms to a Country Lodge Hotel - details can be found on the
Where To Stay pages
Visitors are made very welcome to the Town. Contact the
Tourist Information Centres
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Life is messy. Just look at Joseph. You might remember the Old Testament story. He was tossed in a pit, wrongfully imprisoned, forgotten, and dismissed. But Joseph's story contains an audacious promise. Whatever mess you face, God will use it for good. He did for Joseph, and he will for you. In the meantime don't become bitter or angry. Do what Joseph did. Trust in God.
©2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc. (P)2013 Max Lucado
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Thank you for this book. It has made me think and appreciate God more. God does use all situations for our good. He does this to those who love Him. I love God and thank you for this book.
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Written on: 12/02/2006 by Timix1 (33 reviews written)
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A lush, elegant production that does right by the book and gives the underrated Keira Knightly the role of a lifetime.
Bad Points
At a mere two hours, its pacing is overly brisk at times.
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While it will never satisfy those rabid Jane Austen fans who demand that every last syllable of the book be brought to life onscreen, there is a great deal to like about this latest film adapation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. It features gorgeous art direction and cinematography (including a couple of long, intricate camera shots that snake their way impossibly through crowded scenes), not to mention a strong cast led by a charmingly feisty Keira Knightly (a revelation here as Lizzy) and which also includes the likes of Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench. I've read about the protests from some P&P/BBC fans who believe that Colin Firth is the one and only Mr. Darcy, but Matthew MacFadyen is more than up for the challenge.
Complaints? Only the obvious: condensing a book of this scope into two hours of screen time results in the skimping of much of that tome's rich detail and plotting. Remember Lizzy's comment to Jane that her love for Mr. Darcy "has been coming so gradually, that I hardly know when it began"? Well, that line doesn't ring quite as true in this film. Had I not read the text first, I might have found the pacing - and the couple's burgeoning affection for each other - a little too brisk for my liking. Things like Lizzy and Wickham's budding relationship, the visit to Pemberley, and the family crisis over Lydia's quickie wedding are painted with the lightest of strokes. Mr. Collins' engagement to Charlotte comes as a complete surprise since the two never even share a scene together before the wedding announcement (a single shot of the two conversing in the background or sharing an awkward look is all that would have been required to plant the seed for the audience).
Having said that, I'd argue that, in relation to the mid-90's TV miniseries, certain aspects of this production just feel more right. In this updated version, one can actually believe that Jane might be considered the beauty of the Bennet family. The Mr. Collins here comes across more like the nerdish, serious-minded clergyman that I had pictured while reading the book than his downright creepy-looking BBC doppleganger. The humble, almost ramshackle Longbourn estate in this adaptation gives you a better sense of the Bennet family's meager means and more keenly illustrates why the union of Lizzy (that 'young woman of inferior birth') and Ol' Moneybags Darcy would seem so ill-suited in everyone's eyes.
Don't get me wrong; I did like the BBC version, but if anything it clung too slavishly to the text. I don't believe that a successful film adaptation of a book requires a page-by-page re-enactment (I've said it before and I'll say it again: the LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy is the benchmark by which all future literary adaptations should be compared, and Peter Jackson made all kinds of alterations to the books). Some of the omissions are entirely forgivable, even welcome; sure, Mr. Bingley's married sister and her hubby Mr. Hurst are nowhere to be found, but they served no real purpose in the book, so what's to miss? Plus, the BBC version has all that dancing! Yes, I understand the social importance of those balls to early 19th century England, and I'm sure all those dance steps are probably some metaphor for the intricate pas-de-deux shared by Lizzy and Darcy during their initial conversations; still, there are times when I felt like I was watching an 1814 version of 'Dirty Dancing' "nobody puts Lizzy in the corner!"
As such, an ideal film adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE would probably fall somewhere between the BBC production and its big-screen counterpart. Still, it's hard to imagine a two-hour version coming off much better than this.
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I feel that Keira Knightly is in fact overrated. Her acting does not excite me and I did not find her Elizabeth nearly as enjoyable to watch as Jennifer Ehle's and feel she was rather undeserving of her Oscar nomination. On the whole the film was interesting and became more enjoyable as it went along. I thought that Matthew Macfadyen's performance perfectly displays Darcy's social & class problems and his beautiful emotional side. Judi Dench as Lady De Bourgh added brilliantly to the film. Overall I did enjoy this film though no where near as much as the 1995 BBC adaptation which I feel had the time to explore the characters and the story more fully.
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I love this one! I used to have one of these clocks years ago and I miss it. I find these 'ball clocks' to be awesome! Unfortunately I lost some balls for it and haven't found one to buy since then. The bottom is the hours, the middle and the top are minutes. Read it from the bottom up. Say the bottom ball was on 6, the middle ball 25 and top on 2. That would be 6:27. At 1 o' clock watch all the balls get dumped to start over!
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Survey respondents generally had no memory of television advertising designed to encourage visits to the state exchange website. Only 19 percent said they remember a television ad featuring the band Los Lonely Boys, 15 percent remembered a humorous ad featuring an accident-prone young man, and 17 percent remembered an ad featuring New Mexicans talking about the risks of not having health insurance.
The exchange sponsored live events around the state where shoppers for insurance could speak with an exchange representative. Only 15 percent of respondents had heard of the events.
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"As a board member, I would say I would have expected a higher penetration of awareness of the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange," he said.
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No. 7-seeded Galina Voskoboeva had a fast start but Jovanovski rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) win. Jovanovski suffered seven service breaks, including three in the final set.
Voskoboeva got her final break with Jovanovski serving for the match but Jovanovski, who won just 51 percent of the points on serve, took three of the last four points in the tiebreaker to advance.
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Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ousted Meusburger with a 6-3, 6-0 rout in 51 minutes. Torro-Flor dropped just 11 points over eight games serving and didn't face a break point. Olga Govortsova topped Cadantu 6-3, 6-2 with a pair of breaks in each set.
Mandy Minella edged by Nastassja Burnett 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in a match between unseeded players. Minella fought off all three break points she saw in the second set while cashing in her one chance for a break.
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Jamie Hamilton is the proud new leader of the Duke Road Race Rankings going into the Vauxhall International North West 200.
The KMR Vauxhall Kawasaki team rider took the lead after the Around-A-Pound Tandragee 100 Road Races last Saturday.
Despite an impressive double by Michael Dunlop – his second in seven days – Hamilton's victory in the Supertwins race, his second in a week, plus a pair of sixth places in the Supersport and Open races put the youngster 48 points ahead of the Ballymoney man.
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xfce4-terminal 0.2.8-5 arrived on my laptop with recent upgrade from xfce-etch to xfce-lenny, but it doesn't display quite right and the package is marked as having a conflict with "terminal". But "terminal" is "not a real package", says aptitude, and there are probably 100 or more incomprehensible (to me, anyway) files in /usr/share/ and elsewhere with references to "terminal". Some are for "gnome-terminal".
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As the Crimean peninsula remains under Russian security and administrative control following recent clashes between protesters and the government, Ukraine's communication networks have been disrupted, and Ukrainian sites have been defaced with pro-Russia propaganda messages or taken offline, according to news reports from the BBC news service.
Those on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have engaged in "hacktivism," which refers to cyberattacks based around social, political and religious issues, has surrounded similar international conflicts including those between Russia and Georgia, and Russia and Lithuania in 2008.
It's difficult to know the origins of these attacks, but it's suspected that these nationalistic online attacks were either sponsored or at least tacitly condoned by the countries involved.
Cyber-Berkut, a Ukrainian hacktivist group, has claimed responsibility for vandalizing 40 websites since the dispute began.
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Discussion in 'Racing' started by doyle, Apr 16, 2013.
:sad indeed
Hope Pau heals fast and recovers fully in good time.
Say what you want about quinn but I am proud of the guy and the way he has been riding after his injury. And its been cool to watch his updates on the intrawebs from this rally.
PAL is such a fantastic warrior. The guy is like the Energizer Bunny and I'm sure he will heal and keep on going. It's always comforting to see him running near the front of the pack year after year and still doing so into his 40s.
Best wishes to PAL for a smooth recovery and continued off road adventures.
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Wow - Coma pulled 2 mins on Speedy at PC 1 and has prevented anyone from closing
Coma wins by 4 seconds. :eek1 Coma and Goncalves finish with Goncalves +0'00" which mean he made up his 2' start deficit but didn't pull out the additional 5 seconds needed for first.
Chaleco wins the stage. Kuba +1'50", Goncalves +2'42", Coma +4'42" :eek1
So speedy caught Coma but couldn't outpace him to the line - must have been some race towards the end !
First I recall a stage finish tied up on times like that.
One fact has emerged from this and that must be that the two bikes have the same top end speed ?
PAU are going to be out for 3-4 months, the situation seemingly being as good as it can be with a fractured femur.
So he should be back for what will potentially be again the big pre-Dakar event in Oct - Morocco?
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I have not been following,....man so sorry to hear about pau. Heal quick man!!!
I was just thinking how PAU was going strong in the last two events and that this may finally be his year ... Shame.
I wish him quick recovery.
Nice flying finish
To the bitter end, that is just awesome!
I had one too many on Thursday night so didn't get to the Bivvy until near 7am. By that time all the bikes had started but managed to get a look at Pau's bike which apart from a cracked fairing didn't look bad. Obviously the sand is harder on the human body than machines.
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DUBUQUE — Thomas Lee Powers, 70, of Dubuque, formerly of Washington, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at his home.
Visitation was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home in Dubuque. Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Tom was such a happy person.. I would see him when he walked to and from work . he always said hello ...so pleasant.. you don't see that many happy people and he was one of them.. sad he is not gracing his families lives anymore.. Jo-Ann Zager
Barb, I was so saddened to hear of Tom's passing. He was such a neat-jovial guy with a big heart and an infectious laugh!! I have you in my thoughts and prayers. Bill Westphal


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If you're just hanging with your bros, your dudes, your fellows or what have you, you might think it's fun to take a little video of a passing Hells Angels gang. You might think it's innocent. But the Hells Angels have a reputation to maintain, so they'll smash in your fucking window.


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Orange Glazed Salmon and Stir Fried Veggies
Orange glazed salmon with stir fried veggies is a quick, easy, and healthy dinner recipe. This is one of my favorite easy salmon recipes, because it's so packed with flavor.
My sister in law Jamie has been raving about this orange glazed salmon recipe for a while. I finally tried it not long ago and she was so right, it is absolutely delicious. The whole family enjoyed it, including my kids. I served it along side some simple stir fried vegetables. It was one of those nights where I was trying to clear out the produce drawer, so everything went in the pan. Surprisingly, my kids enjoyed all of the vegetables too. Usually, they eat most of their veggies raw (tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini slices, carrots) but they really dug into the stir fry that night, and I was so happy about that.
Making the orange glazed salmon is incredibly easy!
The salmon is first coated with some cajun seasoning and then dressed in a very simple glaze, made of orange marmalade and lime juice. You can easily make this for any weeknight meal in no time. For the veggies, I used a wok, heated on high heat with a little canola oil. Slice zucchini, carrots and onions, and cook them for just a few minutes, so they still have a little crunch to them, then sprinkle them with some salt and pepper.
When making a stir fry like this, make sure you slice up the veggies to about the same size. This will ensure everything cooks up at the same speed and keeps everything crunchy – or not so crunchy – whatever you desire. The broccoli I cooked separately, the same way, but I added a tiny bit of sesame oil and a nice pinch of sesame seeds at the last minute. Good stuff.
I hope you enjoy the orange glazed salmon stir fry as much as my family does.
Orange Glazed Salmon
Yield: 4 servings
- 3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 boneless, skinless salmon fillets (6 oz. each)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup Seville orange marmalade (like Crosse & Blackwell)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Combine Cajun seasoning, brown sugar and salt in a small bowl. Rub over both sides of fillets.
- Saute fillets in oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes. Turn and saute an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Blend marmalade and lime juice; swirl in skillet until melted. Carefully turn fish to glaze on all sides. The salmon is done when it begins to flake when tested with a fork.
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24 Responses to "Orange Glazed Salmon and Stir Fried Veggies"
Hey GirlFriend! This looks SO good. Our family (even my picky daughter) LOVES salmon and my hubby LOVES cajun flavors….. So we are going to make this sometime this week. Can't wait to try it with these yummy veggies. You rock the best recipes. YUM! Have a super day.
I so wish I liked slamon….I've tried! This glaze looks amazing though. I'm thinking maybe it'd be awesome on chicken?
Salmon is probably my favorite fish – and my husband's least favorite. Which means I can only eat it when he's away or when we're out to dinner. So sad.
This recipe does look pretty darn amazing.
this salmon sounds wonderful! I've never used this marmalade before but love the citrusy taste of orange so i'm sure i'd like this recipe!
So glad you tried this recipe Aggie and that the family loved it too! Your stir fry veggies go perfect with it. I love this healthy easy dish.
I really love the sound of this and it looks delicious.
It does look good Aggie and the fact that is healthy too is just a bonus.
I love the orange glaze! Great meal!
Mmm, just got hungry reading this post. I am always up for a new way to prepare salmon. This sounds great!
This looks great, salmon is one of my favorites. I generally do shrimp or a white flaky (boring) fish for the kids but I'll give this a whirl.
Isn't it great when we are able to use up all those veggies! Of course I have a rabbit now to help out if something goes a little to far for our tastes 😉 LOVE roasting veggies and the marmalade glaze sounds amazing!!
Have a GREAT weekend!!!
Looks fantastic, I love salmon!
oh lawd i love this – the cajun spice would pair beautifully against the sweet of the orange sauce – not sure it gets any better than this one – will definitely try it the next time we have salmon!
omg looks great. I am bookmarking this one. Still no power here but I got a blog up even though.. Hope you had a good weekend
We love any type of glazed salmon. yummy!
This looks not only healthy but absolutely delicious.
I love salmon and this sounds and looks great!
I tried this today and it was AWESOME!!! The only thing I will change the next is only use two tablespoons of cajun seasoning…not because it was too much but because I use smaller pieces of salmon! Thanks for posting! 😉
I never think to stir-fry veggies as a side dish! Great idea! I'm also going to have to try this salmon dish as well… looks wonderful!
This looks so yummy and full of flavor Aggie! I just made stir fry veggies the other night too – but had to add Shrimp. Unfortunately Grumpy will not eat Salmon. I keep telling him it is because he has not had it served to him in the right way!
Made this tonight.. even my picky 3-yr old daughter loved this (didn't use the spice rub just brown sugar on hers). Have to say this was very easy to make.


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NEW YORK – On Wednesday, the city of San Francisco will hold itsvictory parade for the baseball Giants to celebrate their first-ever WorldSeries title since moving to the West Coast.
It's an event that D.C. United owner, Will Chang, who is alsoa part owner of the Giants, wants to replicate for his MLS club.
"I'd like to be able to build the sport of soccer to thepoint where the whole city comes out and celebrates when we win the MLS Cup,"Chang told MLSsoccer.com. "My goal in life is that the whole District ofColumbia come out like the city of San Francisco is going to come out andcelebrate. … If we can do that, I would have accomplished a major goal of mine."
Chang has been part of the Giants ownership group since2004, two years after the team's last World Series appearance. But he has beena fan of the baseball club since he was a kid.
Growing up in Japan, Chang played baseball and soccer,alternating between catcher and right back. Already a fan of the YomiuriGiants, he immediately fell in love with the American version of the Giantswhen he moved to San Francisco. The two teams share the same logo and colors.
So it's of little surprise that real emotion comes across inhis voice as he recounts his experience of the final out of the 2010 World Seriesagainst the Texas Rangers – the prayer by closer Brian Wilson and catcherBuster Posey throwing his mask in the air.
As the mainstream sports media told the story, the misfitsfrom San Francisco had conquered the baseball world. Chang takes issue with thelabel.
"I think it's not justified," Chang said. "We wereconstantly underestimated. We scored as many runs as the Texas Rangers hadhits.
"What's a definition of a misfit? … A lot of credit goes toour manager and our general manager for identifying where the holes were andplugging those holes with veterans. We did sprinkle a few veterans to shore up ouryouth, but for us to be labeled as ragtag is not a fair assessment."
The Giants were a team based on homegrown players. The fourplayoff starters, the team's closer and the starting catcher all came through theclub's farm system. It's no coincidence that D.C. United share the samephilosophy and now feature the youngest ever Rookie of the Year, 17-year-oldAndy Najar.
"Unless you are a very, very big-market club that can affordto purchase the best players around the world, to be competitive you have tohave a good youth and scouting system," Chang said. "We have a good youth andscouting system at D.C. United. We have an excellent scouting system at the SFGiants.
"I want to really put more time and energy and effort indeveloping homegrown talent like Andy Najar and Bill Hamid and we have a numberof others that are coming up."
Chang says his main priority in 2011 is to work on bringingan MLS Cup championship back to DC.
From titles to homegrown talent and victory parades, Changwants to carry over several of the experiences with the 2010 Giants to D.C.United and win the club's first MLS Cup since 2004.
He also wants to see the baseball and soccer clubs closestto his heart become similar in one other important aspect.
"The Giants ownership group takes a very much quasi-publictrust type of philosophy of ownership and we treat the San Francisco Giantslike it really belongs to the people of San Francisco and we're just trustees,"Chang said. "That's the type of philosophy I want to bring to DC where the peoplein DC feel like D.C. United belongs to them and I'm just a custodian of somethingthat belongs to the people of DC."
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Scientists have identified two putative plant transcription factors that are essential links in the symbiosis of rhizobial bacteria and legumes, according to two reports in this week's
"The interesting aspect of this is that we have a couple of GRAS proteins here that are fairly well positioned in the signaling pathway with clear phenotypic effects," Michael Udvardi, of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany, and coauthor of a Perspective accompanying the studies, told
Legumes initiate the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plant by emitting flavonoid compounds that are recognized by the bacteria. Rhizobia then produce Nod factors, oligosaccharides that elicit dramatic alterations in the gene expression and metabolism of both organisms. In the past few years, scientists have identified genes for "the small set of key regulators"–including a Nod factor receptor and possible plastid cation channels–in the initial steps of symbiosis, according to Ton Bisseling at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, coauthor of one of the papers. But for the first time, researchers have identified players at the first step that is specific to the rhizobia/legume interaction—what Bisseling and colleagues call Nod factor response factors.
Previous studies had demonstrated that
According to the reports, the findings were consistent with earlier evidence that related proteins in the GRAS family are known to regulate transcription in other plants and contain structural elements–including leucine-rich regions and homopolymeric stretches in the N-terminal region–often found in transcriptional regulators.
Using green fluorescence protein tagging, the authors found that NSP1 and NSP2 localized to the nucleus, where they compensated for the nodulation defects in
It will now be important to look for "interactions between key regulators," such as the genes "directly activated by NSP1 and 2" and the potential dimer interaction of the proteins, Bisseling said in an E-mail. According to Udvardi, the next steps in this research will also involve "deciphering the subsequent changes" in the plant's gene expression, which he said "is more difficult genetically because of pleiotropic effects downstream." The next wave of genetic tools–functional genomics approaches such as DNA profiling assays–will be crucial to complement classic methods, he said.
Udvardi said the implications of the studies may go beyond legumes. Though legumes are the only plants that use rhizobia for their nitrogen fixing needs, 90% of land plants have been using part of the same signaling pathway for the past 460 million years to get help from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in obtaining phosphate and water from the soil, he said. And less than 20 million years ago, plant nematodes appropriated the same pathway elements to invade legumes.
According to David Bird of North Carolina State's Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism, who did not participate in this study, a paper he coauthored earlier this year suggests that these parasites may even have acquired genes directly from Rhizobia through horizontal transfer. The imminent completion of model legume genome sequencing projects–by this year or the next, according to Bird–mean that discoveries made here could quickly be transferable to other plant species, Udvardi said.
Correction (posted June 22): When originally posted, this story misattributed the designation of "Nod factor response factors" to the paper by Kalo et. al. rather than to the paper by Smit et. al.


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Such social media sites as Facebook and Twitter are enormously useful for reporting, distributing and aggregating information about earthquakes. But don't overlook the apps you can download to your cellphone or to such tablets as the iPad. Scott Paulson and I took at look at the offerings and decided that you can't go wrong with apps like USGS Seismic and Tectonic. There's also a good app called iTsunami, covering a related area of seismicity.
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text: January 4 2013 - 4:00AM 2012 in pictures NewsfacebookSHAREtwitterTWEETemailwhatsappIt was a big year of news for Yass and this gallery shows some of the most memorable photos of the first six months of 2012. January: Business owner Rodney Luff contemplates installing security cameras to deter vandals. A spate of malicious damage in the main street during July led to calls to toughen alcohol bans in the precinct. January: Australia Day is always a huge event on the Yass Valley calendar, with dedicated community members recognised for their service. In 2012 the list of award recipients included Dr Syd Dobbin (AM), Wendy Findley, Kevin Bruce, Colin Thompson, Brendan Darmody, Russel Whitehurst, (front) Nicholas Whiting and Nathan Reynolds-Furry. January: On the Australia Day weekend Yass becomes a hot spot for touch football fans every year, and 2012 was no different. The annual Touch Knockout was again a huge success. Pictured is a player from Macquarie University. Photo: RS Williams. March: Works on the Yass Dam wall were put on hold after record rainfall caused flooding across the valley. Although Yass town missed out on most of the flood hassles, Wee Jasper was hit hard, along with properties along Yass River. Photo: Kezia Gabriel. March: Burrinjuck Dam also overflowed during the floods across the Yass Valley. March: the Yass Golf Club Piranhas claimed its fourth triggs Shield in as many years. The Golf Club scored 186 from their 45 overs and opponents Bowning could only manage 70 in reply. The Golf Club is on track to make it five this season, sitting on top of the table. Photo: RS Williams. March: Gunning resident Jay Gribbin holds up a glass of brown muddy Gunning water. The town was faced with boil-water alerts for several months before the community was successful in attaining funding to build a new plant. Photo: Goulburn Post. April: Liberal stalwart Alby Schultz announced his plans to reture at the next election. The 72-year-old planned to paint, ride his motorbike and spend time in his men's shed. May: Yass was a busy place during May. One beautiful weekend hordes of people filled the streets for the farmer's markets, fire station open day and the National Trust visit to local historic properties. Here, Simon Mitchell and Ray and Max Middleton test out the Fire and Rescue NSW equipment. June: Funding for the Rae Burgess Centre dried up in June and hundreds of Yass' most vulnerable were facing being left out in the cold in December. Trustee Alfred McCarthy (pictured) was hopeful the trust would find more funding. Thankfully funding was sourced to extend the service until June this year. A new Friends of the Rae Burgess Centre was formed to find a solution to the ongoing funding problems. June: Natalie Blundell has her Olympic dream dashed for the second time. Blundell narrowly missed out on selection, despite being happy with her lead-up events. The selectors went for a more experienced squad which went to London and ultimately performed poorly.facebookSHAREtwitterTWEETemailwhatsappView More Local BusinessesList Your Business Here


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