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As most Rotarians know, November is typically dedicated in the Rotary world as the month we focus on and celebrate The Rotary Foundation. Many non-Rotarians don't realize that the most significant accomplishments of Rotary are happening every day through the vast resources and work of The Rotary Foundation.
When Rotary was started in 1905 by Paul Harris in Chicago, it essentially began like any "networking businessmen's group" with an emphasis on providing service to the community. Through the development of the Rotary Foundation a little more than a decade later, Rotary has left and continues to leave a tremendously significant mark on the world, and humanity.
The Rotary Foundation's mission is to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. They accomplish these broad goals by focusing on three general areas: Humanitarian grants, educational programs, and the Polio Plus program.
Humanitarian grants from The Rotary Foundation come in several forms. Matching grants are funds given to match the efforts of two or more Rotary clubs in two or more countries where a service project is being conducted. Our Detroit Lakes clubs have been involved in these projects in third world countries, helping to build new clinics and schools. Health, Hunger, and Humanity grants fund projects are meant to become self-sustaining, involving at least two or more clubs in two or more countries where significant numbers of Rotarians actually participate in the project. The goals of these grants are to alleviate poverty and provide essential services.
The Rotary Foundation sponsors several types of educational programs. The Ambassadorial Scholarship program awards scholarships to students studying at a university in a foreign country who serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill. They also provide a fellowship to persons studying at various Rotary Peace Centers for the area of peace and conflict resolution. Finally, the group study exchange (GSE) program is a cultural and vocational exchange of teams made up of non-Rotarians traveling to each other's countries.
The Detroit Lakes Rotary clubs have been especially active in the GSE program. We typically host citizens from other countries in our community for a few days each year, and we've had several DL residents who've gone abroad participating in the GSE program over the years.
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8 Cebu City firms told: Yield-A A +A
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
CEBU CITY -- Eight establishments in this city allegedly overstepped into a three-meter area along some of the city's waterways, a situation that contributes to the flooding problem.
City Attorney Jerone Castillo said the establishments will be served a notice of violation because their structures either encroached on the easement of rivers, creeks and other waterways, or blocked these.
Castillo said they want the establishments to remove the structures or make corrective measures as soon as possible, as a way of helping the City prevent floods. These include Ayala Center Cebu, Gaisano Main, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) and Visayan Electric Company (Veco).
"We need to restore the easement of rivers. There are so many violations, which is why we are calling on these big business establishments. We are not suing them, suing them is the last resort. We will serve them the notice of violation and ask them to make corrective measures and restore the three-meter easement at their own cost," Castillo told reporters.
If they fail to heed the notice, the City will have no choice but to file a case against them, he added.
As this developed, the Cebu City Council's committee on budget and finance yesterday said the council is not delaying the implementation of drainage projects.
"As far as 2013 and 2014 are concerned, there is no pending drainage project because nothing has been endorsed to us," said Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who heads the budget and finance committee.
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The City Government, through the Cebu City River Management Council (CCRMC), will send the notices regarding the easement violations starting next week.
According to the evaluation report of the CCRMC's technical working group, the establishments that violated the Civil Code of the Philippines are Ayala Center Cebu, the sub-station of Veco in Barangay Banilad, the PLDT office on Osmeña Blvd., the Lhuillier pawnshop's branch on Escario St. and Lot 8 Condominium in Barangay Kasambagan.
Prince Court Motel in Barangay Mabolo, and Gaisano Main and the Dimsum Break branch on Colon St. also have violations, said City Hall lawyer Mary Rose Salvatierra.
Article 638 of the Civil Code states that "the banks of rivers and streams, even in case they are of private ownership, are subject throughout their entire length and within a zone of three meters along their margins, to the easement of public use in the general interest of navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage."
City officials earlier lamented that encroaching on the three-meter easement makes the waterways narrow, and causes water to overflow.
Salvatierra said that they decided to go after the big establishments immediately to send a message that not only residents along riverbanks are being singled out.
Also, the waterways around the eight establishments lead to Mahiga Creek, which the City is focusing on because it overflows easily.
"The council would like to make an impression that we do not tolerate violations of our laws, especially now that the problem is very evident, as can be seen after the flooding. Also, if you call the attention of those residing near waterways, they would say 'Unaha usa na ningyong dagko.' So we would like to set that example," Salvatierra told reporters.
Castillo and Salvatierra assured that all violators will be given due process.
Once they receive the notice of violation, the establishments or individuals will be given 10 days to reply and explain why they encroached on the three-meter easement.
The CCRMC and the establishments' lawyers will then sit down for a technical conference and resolve the issues separately since their violations are different, Castillo said.
Even before they could service the notice of violation, the lawyers said that Veco already met with the CCRMC and committed to correct the violation.
Veco's sub-station on J. Panis St. in Banilad reportedly encroached on the three-meter easement of Mahiga.
In separate phone interviews on Tuesday, Veco corporate communications manager Theresa Sederiosa and PLDT Cebu Business Zone head Bong Lintag said they will cooperate with the City and correct their violations.
Lawyer Jeanette Japzon of Cebu Holdings Inc., which manages Ayala Center Cebu, declined from commenting on the matter until they receive the notice from the City.
Salvatierra recalled that there used to be a lagoon outside the Ayala Center Cebu, where The Terraces now stands.
The manager of Gaisano Main, Ester Racho, said this is the first time she heard that their establishment violated the required easement.
She assured that they will act on the notice as soon as they receive it.
A portion of Gaisano Main's building hangs over the creek at the back of the building and encroaches on the three-meter easement.
The managers of Dimsum Break and Prince Court were not available for comment on Tuesday.
Castillo said they appreciate Veco's immediate action and hope that other violators would do the same.
"At least we have one establishment helping already. We can show that Veco has taken the lead and we hope others will follow," he said.
Problems with Cebu City's drainage have again surfaced, after a heavy rain last Thursday caused floods and stalled traffic on some major roads.
It was earlier reported that some P252 million worth of drainage projects have not yet been implemented because of the lack of the council's approval.
Of the total amount, about P100 million in drainage projects were set aside by the City under its 2012 annual budget, P52 million in 2013 and P100 million in 2014.
But Councilor Osmeña explained that the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) has only endorsed to the council P15,356,188 worth of drainage projects, for their approval.
The amount was charged to the 2012 budget yet, she said, and the endorsement was made only in July this year.
Also, Osmeña said Tuesday that the City has allocated a total of P400 million for drainage projects this year.
However, the executive department has realigned P300 million of the total amount to fund the P325-million first supplemental budget of the City this year.
The bulk of the supplemental budget, amounting to P300 million, was used for the rebuilding of the Cebu City Medical Center.
Earlier, DEPW said the council has not yet passed a resolution allowing them to charge the drainage projects to the lump sum appropriation account, that's why these have not yet been implemented.
The resolution is needed so the City Budget Office will sign the approved budget contract for the project. It is among the requirements so the bidding for the project can proceed. (Sun.Star Cebu)
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on September 03, 2014.
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Are we at war?
By Hilary Lewis
July 10, 2013
[This blog has been updated with recent developments.]
I'm not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan, class-warfare or the war on Christmas - I'm talking about a mine site in Wisconsin.
At the beginning of the year Al Gedicks of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council wrote a guest blog post which mentioned that Wisconsinites had "mobilized public opinion against Gogebic Taconite's (GTac) proposal for a giant open pit iron mine." Then in June, 15 protesters headed over to the site for a demonstration that didn't get out of hand, but Gogebic felt differently.
According to Wisconsin Public Radio there were no reports of violence. One protester allegedly stole a cell phone and a camera from a geologist working on site, and there were allegations of vandalized property and road barricades.
So, just to be clear, the protest didn't get out of hand and it wasn't violent.
How did Gogebic respond to this small group of concerned local citizens? Gogebic officials hired armed guards (also referred to as 'paramilitary-style guards') from Bulletproof Security in Arizona (remember this mine is in Wisconsin), a firm that also provides private border security on the US/Mexico border.
It's clear to me that this is a huge overreaction. And I am not alone. Two members of the state legislature have vocally opposed the presence of the armed guards. State Senator Bob Jauch said, "I'm appalled. There is no evidence to justify their presence. What would you use those weapons for except to hurt somebody?"
But Bob Seitz, a Madison lobbyist representing Gogebic, maintained "the guards are going to stay."
The whole thing reminds me of another time military lingo had crossed paths with our work in the extractive industries - the psyops story that broke in late 2011 when TX Sharon attended a fracking industry media conference. There she heard first hand from industry employees that fracking companies were using military psychological operation tactics to divide communities and push their agenda.
Will treating citizens as enemy combatants and hiring armed guards be the new normal?
On Wednesday July 11 the armed guards were removed from the site because the contractor failed to obtain proper licensing from the state. Under state law, they could now be fined up to $500 or jailed for up to six months, and BulletProof Security could be barred from working in Wisconsin for one year.
Bob Seitz, representing Gogebic, however, said that as soon as the state issues their permits the armed guards will be back.
Update 2
According to a Wisconsin activist, a new group of armed guards, likely from the company Watchmen of America, were on patrol last Thursday, just one day after Gogebic pulled the Bulletproof guards.
For more information:
- EARTHblog Wisconsin's Mining Moratorium Under Attack
- Wisconsin Public Radio Police Confront Protesters Near Site Of GTAC Exploratory Drilling
- Wisconsin State Journal 'Bulletproof' Arizona security team raises hackles at Gogebic mine site
- The Raw Story Private paramilitaries guard Wisconsin mining site from protesters
- Wisconsin Watch Paramilitary-style guards 'are going to stay,' mining company vows
- Wisconsin State Journal Unlicensed guards pulled temporarily from Gogebic mine site
- Mother Jones Mining Company Deploys More Masked Militiamen Against "Eco-Terrorists"
- Bluedaze (TX Sharon) PSYOPS
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A Day of Fellowship with Bishop Nikolaus Messmer in Nurenberg
Paulsen, Nina. "A Day of Fellowship with Bishop Nikolaus Messmer in Nurenberg." Volk auf dem Weg, July 2009, 17.
This translation from the original German-language text to American English is provided by Alex Herzog, Boulder, Colorado
Bischop Messmer (left) and Official Inspector Dr. Hoffmann
On June 20, organized by the Missions Procurate of the German Jesuits for the third time since 2007, an entire day was dedicated to fellowship with Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. (Society of Jesus - the Jesuits) of Bishkek, Kirghistan, in the Academic Caritas-Pirkheim House in Nuremberg.
Dozens of guests from near and far attended the get-together; many of them having lived in Kirghistan or Kazakhstan before their immigration to Germany. The service was led personally by Bishop Nikolaus Messmer. He was assisted by, among others, Brother Hieronymus Messmer, S.J. (of Upper Bavaria) and Dr. Alexander Hoffmann, Inspector for Catholic Germans from CIS-States (Bonn).
The get-together was overshadowed by a sad loss: Father Otto Messmer, S.J., who had planned this day of getting together and had partially been able to organize it before he was brutally murdered in Moscow toward the end of 2008. For several years he had been the Superior of the Jesuits in the Russian Region. Of nine children of the Messmer parents, who had settled in Karaganda after 1956, four sons had become priests, and three daughters had become Sisters of the Eucharist.
After the death of Father Michael Koehler, who beginning in the early 1960s had established a Catholic community in Frunze, now Bishop Messmer then worked in Bishkek and returned there after his ordination and spending eight years as priest and pastor. Subsequently, between 1998 and 2006, he served as Rector of the pre-seminary in Novosibirsk, with a three-year interruption while he studied higher theology. Since 2006 he has been Bishop and the very first Apostolic Administrator in Kirghistan.
Acts of mercy and support for poor, suffering and marginalized people continue to be the most important tasks of the Catholic Church in Kirghistan. Additionally, Bishop Messmer is working toward a dialog with other churches in that overwhelmingly are Islamic countries. The majority of German-Russian Catholics has emigrated to Germany, and church services are thus now conducted in Russian. Priests and sisters of various orders are concentrating on caring for many different nationalities and religions and for street kids, and they visit homes for the elderly and handicapped, and prisons.
A particular dream of Bishop Messmer continues to be to have a Cathedral in the center of Bishkek. The current church building, erected in 1969, stands at the edge of the city and thus it can hardly contribute to the improvement of communication. A piece of property for a new church has already been purchased.
As before, the Catholic Church in Kirghistan depends heavily on assistance from abroad. For this reason, these kinds of days of being together and meeting are intended to contribute to the establishment hereabouts of a circle of friends who will support a new beginning of the Catholic Church in Kirghistan.
Our appreciation is extended to ALex Herzog for translation of this article.


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According to National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Harris, heavy rainfall and ping pong to golf ball size hail can be expected around 4 p.m. in the northern and eastern parts of Killeen and Fort Hood. However, heavy rain and some hail was seen falling by 3 p.m.
Traffic on parts of U.S. Highway 190 in Killeen was nearly at a standstill due the heavy rain and hail, made worse by high winds.
An additional storm currently in Burnett County may also hit Killeen shortly after.
Once the rain is done, a cold front is expected to move through the area, bringing a 49 degree low for tonight.


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"60 Years of Holden" builds on the success of its predecessors (45 and 50 Years of Holden), bringing together vast amounts of technical information and specifications on the 100 model series that Holden has produced since it began manufacturing. Beginning with Holden's pre-1948 history, this book charts Holden's course in Australia, with every model from the 48-215 to the current VE Commodore. "60 Years of Holden" will become a reference for years to come and the sheer volume of detailed specifications makes this a unique source of all things Holden.
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Audience: General
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[Viaje del Sol Series.6] Sumptuous Lunch @ Ugu Bigyan!
By this time, it is already 1pm coming from the Kubli Springs. The highlight of the tour has always been Ugu Bigyan which is a sure winner in terms of food and overall ambiance. This is my first time to eat lunch here and we already know that the merienda is superb. For P350/head, you get a generous serving of the best Filipino lunch I ever tasted and looked forward to. This is not your usual Gerry's grill or Dencio's but home-cooked Filipino food at its finest. They don't have an ala carte menu but a fixed lunch set depending on what fresh ingredients would be available. C'mon lets savor Ugu's food via these food shots...
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Roman Catholic Church Rejects Feminist "Baptism"
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Affirms That Church Must Follow Christ's Mandate
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 29, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith clarified that two formulae for baptism that
remove the masculine names for God are invalid and undermine faith
in the Trinity.
The congregation's statement, made public today, responded to two
questions concerning the validity of baptism conferred without
referring to God the Father and Son.
The first question is: "Is a baptism valid if conferred with the
words 'I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the
Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier,' or 'I baptize you in the name of
the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer'?"
The second question is: "Must people baptized with those formulae be
baptized 'in forma absoluta'?"
The responses are: "To the first question, negative; to the second
question, affirmative."
Benedict XVI, during a recent audience with Cardinal William Levada,
prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved
these responses, which were adopted at the ordinary session of the
congregation. The Pope ordered their publication.
The text of the responses bears the signatures of Cardinal Levada
and of Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the dicastery.
An attached note, signed by Monsignor Antonio Miralles, professor of
dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Holy Cross University, explained
that the responses "concern the validity of baptism conferred with
two English-language formulae within the ambit of the Catholic
Church. [...] Clearly, the question does not concern English but the
formula itself, which could also be expressed in another language."
"Baptism conferred in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit," the note continued, "obeys Jesus' command as it appears at
the end of the Gospel of St. Matthew. [...] The baptismal formula
must be an adequate expression of Trinitarian faith, approximate
formulae are unacceptable."
"Variations to the baptismal formula -- using non-biblical
designations of the Divine Persons -- as considered in this reply,
arise from so-called feminist theology," being an attempt "to avoid
using the words Father and Son which are held to be chauvinistic,
substituting them with other names," the note clarified. "Such
variants, however, undermine faith in the Trinity."
In a commentary on the responses, Cardinal Urbano Navarrete, former
rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, clarified: "The
response of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
constitutes an authentic doctrinal declaration, which has wide-
ranging canonical and pastoral effects. Indeed, the reply implicitly
affirms that people who have been baptized, or who will in the
future be baptized, with the formulae in question have, in reality,
not been baptized.
"Hence, they must them be treated for all canonical and pastoral
purposes with the same juridical criteria as people whom the Code of
Canon Law places in the general category of 'non-baptized.'"
This implies that if they have received other sacraments, they are
invalid as well and should be re-administered.
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PRIME Minister David Cameron's speech yesterday triggered a heated debate on whether EU membership is good for business.
But even those most vigorously opposed to leaving were strongly in favour of securing concessions from Brussels.
The most pro-European businesses are largely drawn from among the big corporations, particularly those with a global reach, while smaller firms tend to be more sceptical.
The CBI said it would work in favour of membership of a reformed EU, while the Institute of Directors said many of its members wanted to bring powers back.
The uncertainty has been unsettling and there is a danger that other EU members will effectively call Mr Cameron's bluff by refusing to make concessions, offering a Gallic shrug to an "out" vote.
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In the Swiss resort of Davos, where bosses are gathered for their annual talking shop, there were suggestions that some multinationals would pull out if the UK were to leave.
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Take a romantic trip to the picturesque Murray River region by indulging in a peaceful escape for two at the tranquil Madison Spa Resort in Moama
No need to worry about getting your preferred dates. The Booking Guarantee means that if you try to make a booking within 14 days from purchase and can't get your preferred dates in the validity period, you can get a full refund
The Madison Spa Resort is set amid a majestic Red Gum forest near the charming town of Moama with wineries, restaurants and endless countryside to explore at your leisure
Relax and unwind in a luxurious Deluxe Spa Room featuring a romantic two person oval shaped spa bath overlooking stunning river gum scenery, complete with a gas log fire, spacious ensuite, granite table, leather sofa and much more
Only $169 for one night (valued at $384), OR $279 for two nights (valued at $689)
Your package also includes:
A scrumptious full cooked buffet breakfast for two every morning of your stay
A complimentary bottle of wine on arrival to help you settle in
Enjoy complimentary half-day bike hire for two so you can explore local scenic trails around the 40 acres of beautiful bushland and beyond with towering gumtrees, the majestic Murray River, and sprawling vineyards at your fingertips
A $50 dinner voucher to use towards a delicious three-course a la carte meal for two at the resort's on-site Konosirs Restaurant - enjoy the al fresco dining area overlooking the pool, serving dishes like prosciutto and rosemary scallop skewers, herb crusted lamb rack, and a decadent mango meringue roulade
Two x $30 day spa vouchers to be used towards any heavenly hour long (or more) treatment at Madison's serene Day Spa using premium Pevonia products - try the caviar signature facial, full body aromatherapy massage, deluxe manicure and many more choices
Enjoy a two-for-one discount on all activities (like mini-golf, rock-climbing and pedal boats) at Billabong Ranch Adventure Park and receive a 20% discount on all horse trail rides
Take advantage of two-for-one tickets for a relaxing one-hour cruise along the mighty Murray River aboard the PS Emmylou with Murray River Paddle Steamers – the gorgeous steamer is powered by a completely restored 1906 steam engine
Receive two-for-one entry to the National Holden Motor Museum, Australia's largest single brand car museum - see over 40 vehicles including rare prototypes, historic film footage, and a photographic exhibition
Feel free to make the most of Madison's on-site facilities – cool down in the outdoor lagoon style pool with 25 metre lap lanes, recharge at the indoor roman bathhouse with heated indoor spa and tranquil relaxation pool, and enjoy the infrared sauna
What We Like
Echuca / Moama is one of the region's leading holiday destinations with the beautiful Murray River, wineries, paddle steamers and restaurants galore - all just under three hours from Melbourne
Madison Spa Resort is a tranquil retreat offering the unique experience of combining the beautiful Murray River bushlands with outstanding accommodation
Splash around in the resort's landscaped lap pool, unwind in the outdoor spa or relax by the cascading waterfall
The perfect escape from the city when looking to spoil your special someone
You can view all the terms and conditions relating to this offer by clicking on the 'Fine Print' tab above
Valid for stays from 19 January 2015 to 2 April 2015 (bookings must be made before 2 March 2015)
Voucher is valid for stays from Sunday to Friday only
Blackout Dates: Not available for stays during the following period, 26 January 2015; 13 February 2015 to 15 February 2015; 7 March 2015 to 8 March 2015
Surcharge: Saturday night stays will incur a surcharge of $255 per night, payable directly to Madison Spa Resort (Saturday night stays are subject to availability)
Booking Guarantee: Make a booking within 14 days from the date of purchase and if you don't get your preferred dates (within the validity period) we will give you a FULL refund (evidence of attempted booking must be provided to our Support Team via email no more than 2 days after the 14 day period). Refunds are not available if you are unable to secure your preferred dates after the 14 day period
Strictly subject to availability and please book early to lock in your preferred dates. After the booking guarantee period, bookings for specific dates during the validity period will be accepted on a 'first in, best dressed' basis
Voucher is valid for two adults only, extra guests are not permitted
Travel insurance is strongly recommended. We suggest purchasing travel insurance as soon as possible after purchasing this voucher
Credit card, photo ID and voucher must be provided at check-in. Please note, all guests are required to provide a Security Bond of $10 via an imprint of a Credit/Debit Card OR a $100 Cash Bond if no Credit/Debit Card is supplied upon check-in
50 dinner voucher at Konosirs Restaurant is only valid for a three-course meal from the a-la-carte menu valued at up to $150 per couple (excludes drinks). You pay $50 per person. $10 surcharge applies for 300gm steak and dozen oysters
Please note that Konosirs Restaurant is closed for dinner on Sundays
Day spa vouchers valid Monday to Friday only and are valid for one treatment only each. Day spa vouchers cannot be combined and are valid for use on treatments of one hour or more in length
Advanced reservations for spa and dinner are required and subject to availability, please book early to avoid disappointment
Advanced bookings are required for Madison Spa,Konosirs Restaurant, Billabong Ranch, Holden Museum and Murray River Paddle Steamers (Emmylou), please call as soon as you know your travel dates and mention your voucher with Madison Spa Resort
Members can purchase and use up to two vouchers for themselves and multiple vouchers as gifts for different recipients
Purchase two vouchers and extend your trip! For example, you can buy two x two night vouchers and enjoy a four night stay (subject to availability). Maximum of two vouchers may be combined per booking
All surcharges are payable directly to the hotel
Travel insurance is strongly recommended. We suggest purchasing travel insurance as soon as possible after purchasing this voucher
Strictly no refunds for this voucher for amendments and change of date - fees are at the hotel's discretion/policy
Not valid in conjunction with any other offer or on existing reservations
Any unused portion of the package is non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for other services or cash
Voucher must be presented at check-in
Package cannot be split
Offer only available for consecutive nightly stays
Additional expenses such as (but not limited to) flights are not included with this voucher
Value has been determined based on the hotels published rack rates provided and the value of inclusions
All activities and services are subject to availability
Redemption instructions can be found on your voucher
How to get there
Getting to the Madison Spa Resort is easy! You can reach Moama via a leisurely three-hour drive north of Melbourne's CBD.
Madison Spa Resort
Madison Spa Resort
80 Meninya Street, Moama, NSW
Our Booking Guarantee is our commitment to you to ensure that you get to travel when you want to travel and not when you have to travel.
And why do we offer this?
Well it's quite simple, we love to travel just as much as you do and we understand that it's hard to find dates to suit your work, family and personal commitments, so we guarantee you that if you can't get the dates you want we will give you a full refund. Yes, that's right...a 100% money back guarantee if you aren't able to book the dates that you want! It can't get much better than that!
How does it work?
It's very simple - make your booking request within 14 days of purchase and if you don't get your preferred dates (within the validity period) you will receive a FULL Refund. If you aren't able to get your preferred dates you'll get a refund directly back to your credit card (or PayPal account).
What do I need to do?
Simply make your booking with the hotel(s) by e-mail within 14 days of purchase and if you don't get your preferred dates simply contact our support team via email with evidence of your attempted booking - within 16 days from purchase to get a full refund.
Minimal effort for maximum peace of mind! Purchase with confidence and assurance.
Room Features
Bushland views
Two-person oval spa
Large vanity with separate shower room
Remote control plasma
Remote control reverse-cycle air-conditioning & heating
Tea & coffee facilities
Iron & ironing board
Licenced mini bar
Gas log fire
Leather sofa
Marble table
Resort Facilities
Outdoor Lagoon style swimming pool with 25 metre lapping lanes
Indoor Roman bathhouse, with hydro spa pool, a tranquil relaxation pool
Infrared Health Sauna
Massage and Beauty Therapy using Pevonia products
Resort shop
Bike hire
DVD hire
Great room, spacious and super clean, love the in room spa next to the window, staff were great, pool and sauna both good facilities. Spa treatments were excellent and very informative. For the price you can't ask for more, great value for money. Stayed here at least 6 times and this place is consistently great."Trip Advisor
Really enjoyed our stay. Very spacious room including a 2 person spa overlooking the bush lands. Roman spa was great to unwind after days of sight-seeing and shopping. Sauna was great. Did not have a meal here, but will definitely be back to stay again and have a meal."Trip Advisor
We stayed here and had a very relaxing time. Breakfast was great! All in all it was a very nice place to go for some time out."Trip Advisor


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NEW ORLEANS, April 24 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Thursday repudiated remarks by the Rev. John Hagee, a leading televangelist who has endorsed McCain's U.S. presidential bid.
Hagee, who operates a church in San Antonio, has drawn fire for calling the Catholic Church "the great whore" and a "false cult system."
During a campaign appearance in New Orleans Thursday, McCain called Hagee's comments "nonsense," Fox News reported.
A reporter asked if McCain would reject Hagee's endorsement.
"It's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's nonsense," McCain said. "It's nonsense. I don't have anything additional to say about that. It's nonsense."
McCain then apologized for Hagee's comments.
"I reject that categorically and I would point out there's a lot of people who have endorsed me," he said. "They support my views. That does not mean that I support -- would I consider repudiating his endorsement? I certainly condemn those parts of his remarks."
McCain said he appreciated Hagee's support for Israel "and for many of the good things that he and his church has done."
He said his association with Hagee is different from Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Chicago, whose sermons often included rhetoric that Obama has repudiated.


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WASHINGTON — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they said, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors' offices or hospitals as a result.
Among the health risks of hunger are spiked rates of diabetes and developmental problems for young children down the road.
The doctors' lobbying effort comes as Congress is working on a compromise farm bill that's certain to include food stamp cuts. Republicans want heftier reductions than do Democrats in yet another partisan battle over the government's role in helping poor Americans.
Food stamps, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program feed 1 in 7 Americans and cost almost $80 billion a year, twice what it cost five years ago. Conservatives said the program spiraled out of control as the economy struggled and the costs are not sustainable. They said the neediest people will not go hungry.
The health and financial risks of hunger have not played a major role in the debate. But the medical community said cutting food aid could backfire through higher Medicaid and Medicare costs.
"If you're interested in saving health care costs, the dumbest thing you can do is cut nutrition," said Dr. Deborah Frank of Boston Medical Center, who founded the Children's HealthWatch pediatric research institute.
"People don't make the hunger-health connection."
New study offers support
A study published this week helps illustrate that link. Food banks report longer lines at the end of the month as families exhaust their grocery budgets, and California researchers found that more poor people with a dangerous diabetes complication are hospitalized then, too.
The researchers analyzed eight years of California hospital records to find cases of hypoglycemia, when blood sugar plummets, and link them to patients' ZIP codes.
Among patients from low-income neighborhoods, hospitalizations were 27 percent higher in the last week of the month compared with the first, when most states send out government checks and food stamps, said lead researcher Dr. Hilary Seligman of the University of California, San Francisco. But hospitalizations didn't increase among diabetics from higher-income areas, she reported Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs.
Seligman couldn't prove that running low on food was to blame. But she called it the most logical culprit and said the cost of treating hypoglycemia even without a hospitalization could provide months of food stamp benefits.
She is working on a project with Feeding America, a network of food banks, to try to improve health by providing extra, diabetes-appropriate foods, including fresh produce and whole-grain cereals and pastas, for diabetics at a few food banks in California, Texas and Ohio.
Last year, research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts estimated that a cut of $2 billion a year in food stamps could trigger in an increase of $15 billion in medical costs for diabetes in the next decade.
Other research shows children from food-insecure families are 30 percent more likely to have been hospitalized for a range of illnesses. But after a temporary boost in benefits from the 2009 economic stimulus, children whose families used food stamps were significantly more likely to be well than kids in low-income families that didn't participate, Children's HealthWatch found. About half of food stamp recipients are children, and 10 percent are elderly.
Variety of cuts
How much would be cut from the food-stamp program ranges from $400 million a year in a Senate-passed farm bill to $4 billion a year in the House version. Congressional negotiators now are eyeing about $800 million a year in cuts.
That would be on top of cuts in November, when that 2009 temporary benefit expired. According to the Agriculture Department, a family of four receiving food stamps is now getting $36 less a month. The average household benefit is around $270.
Since then, food banks are reporting more demand because people's food stamps aren't stretching as far, said Maura Daly of Feeding America.
Conservatives pushing the cuts said they want to target benefits to the neediest people, arguing that those who are truly hungry should have no problem getting assistance if they apply. The final bill will most likely crack down on states that give recipients $1 in heating assistance in order to trigger higher food stamp benefits, a change that wouldn't take people completely off the rolls.
The bill also will likely add some money for food banks and test new work requirements for recipients in a few states, a priority for many Republicans.
Democrats and anti-hunger groups opposing the reductions have said that cutting food stamps could worsen health and raise health costs for the poorest.
Dr. Thomas McInerny, past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said too often, poor families buy cheap, high-calorie junk food because it's filling, but it lacks nutrients needed for proper child development. The two main consequences are later-in-life diabetes, and iron deficiency that, especially in the first three years of life, can damage a developing brain so that children have trouble learning in school, he said.
"The children may not look malnourished the way children in Third World countries look," he said, "but they are malnourished."


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Joe Martinez Returns to the Giants: More Than Just a Win in the BoxscoreAugust 5, 2009
Before his first career start in the major leagues on Wednesday, the last time we had seen San Francisco Giants pitcher Joe Martinez was when he got hit in the head by a Mike Cameron line drive in the third game of the season.
In between were seven days spent in the hospital and intensive care unit, a trip to San Jose for a couple rehabilitation starts, some minor shoulder inflammation that put his rehab work on hold, and a six-start stint at the Giants' Triple-A affiliate in Fresno.
But now he's back in the big leagues. And he got a win to top it all off.
His line won't blow you away—5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 K—but that's expected when a guy is making his first-ever start in the big leagues, let alone somebody who is coming off of what Martinez did in his last outing. Other than the second inning where the Astros scored all of their runs, Martinez was calm and collected as he always is.
He was effective even though he had been away from a major league mound for over four months and wasn't rattled one bit.
Sure the storylines were aplenty going into the game, but don't you think Giants manager Bruce Bochy wanted to leave Houston with another series win under his team's belt as well?
Yet, even though he overcame a liner to the head and spent weeks upon weeks in the minor leagues rehabbing, Martinez didn't show any kind of fear on the mound. The best thing about Martinez's outing today against Houston—no walks.
How many times have you seen a guy not walk anybody and then be successful because of it?
When you're playing in a bandbox like the Big Juice Box, giving teams extra runners just doesn't scream out to the masses that you'll be getting a victory. Martinez gave up seven hits, but not walking anybody balanced things out.
It didn't hurt that Martinez's battery-mate, Eli Whiteside, also had his first career home run come in the form of a grand slam.
There was so much more that went into this start than just a victory for the Giants and Martinez. If the Giants had taken the loss and Martinez pitched well, there still would've been reasons to be happy about getaway day in Houston.
It would've been a moral victory even if he got tagged with the loss. You can't deny that.
The Astros might of not had the Big Puma in the lineup Wednesday, but they still have Miguel Tejada and Carlos Lee attempting to pepper the Crawford Boxes every plate appearance they record.
Add the fact that the Giants barely scratched out three victories the last time they hit the road and to win two games in the matter in three days means they've got some confidence going the next time a roadie beckons.
Yet the Giants find themselves in a situation that they need to have even their fifth starter pitching well because they are in the National League Wild Card race.
The last thing the Giants need right now as the dog days of August get underway is to have a revolving door at the backend of the rotation. Shuffling guys back-and-forth between Fresno an San Francisco is something that the coaching staff and GM Brian Sabean certainly don't want to start doing.
And that is why Martinez's start, beyond the liner to the head and subsequent four-month absence, means more than just a story in tomorrow's paper. Martinez doesn't need to be spectacular, leave that up to the big boys named Cain and Lincecum, but just go out there and be solid.
That's what Martinez did Wednesday and the Giants bats did the rest.
You get your fifth starter pitching well to go along with the way the other four are pitching lately, the Giants won't have to completely rip the cover off the ball at the plate to get victories.
One start doesn't cement his spot in the rotation for the rest of the season, but it certainly helps Martinez's case going into the next couple of weeks.
And he got his last out of his outing via strikeout. Every pitcher loves that.
So far so good. Test No. 1 passed with ease.


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Strike idles Port of L.A.'s biggest pier
Updated 10:25 pm, Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Los Angeles --
Striking workers shut down the largest terminal at the Port of Los Angeles for a second day Wednesday, ignoring an arbitrator's order to return to work and raising the possibility of a larger job action that could paralyze the nation's busiest port complex.
About 70 clerical workers struck the APM Terminals operations on Pier 400 on Tuesday, raising the ante in a 2 1/2-year contract battle over union claims that management has been outsourcing well-paid jobs out of state and overseas.
Only a handful of workers were picketing early Wednesday, but dockworkers were honoring the walkout and the terminal remained closed, although only two cargo ships were affected, port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.
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"It's not crippling the port by any means. We've got eight other container terminals up and running," he said.
The port is not operating at its peak because shipment of Christmas goods ended several weeks ago.
"The holiday goods are either already in the stores or in warehouses," Sanfield said.
Los Angeles and Long Beach together have the nation's busiest port complex. The twin harbors handled $273 billion worth of cargo last year.
The strikers are from the Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Local 63. Their contracts with 14 companies that operate most of the terminals at the twin ports expired in June 2010.
Years of contract renewal negotiations ended with talks breaking off Monday, leading to the walkout.
An arbitrator ruled Tuesday night that the union was negotiating in bad faith with shippers and the strike was invalid. However, the order was ignored pending a planned Wednesday meeting between the union and shippers. A second arbitrator also was expected to rule within two days on whether to uphold that order.
Clerical workers held brief strikes in 2010 and 2011 that also ended after arbitrators ruled them improper.
For now, however, "they're on strike and picket lines are being respected," said Craig Merrilees, an ILWU spokesman in San Francisco.
The union risks a "dangerous escalation" if it continues to ignore the order, said Stephen Berry, lead negotiator for the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, which represented the 14 terminal operators in contract talks.
"It could lead to a spread of the job actions beyond just one terminal" and that, in turn, could prompt shippers to lock out employees, Berry said.
Still, it was unlikely that either side would want a repeat of a bitter, 10-day lockout at a number of West Coast ports in 2002 that caused an estimated $15 billion in losses.


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Kudos to Congressman Tom Petri for calling a federal highway transportation bill, dubbed the "American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012" by the House leadership, for what it regardless of who is behind the measure.
"It's not a jobs bill for Wisconsin," Petri, a Republican from Fond du Lac, told The Northwestern's Washington bureau reporter Larry Bivins. "They're taking jobs from Wisconsin and giving them to other states. That's why I voted against it."
The reauthorization of the federal transportation bill is always a massive political circus because billions of dollars in federal highway dollars are at stake. Among other flaws in the House version of the bill is that it returns Wisconsin to a donor status, where federal gas tax dollars generated here are sent to other ones. There are good reasons why national priorities occasionally take precedent over state ones, but for years Wisconsin sent more federal fuel tax revenues out of state than were returned, something noted by Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb.
For more than a decade, Wisconsin only received 70 percent of the money it contributed to the trust fund that pays for roads, bridges and mass transit projects. As a result, the state's highways and bridges suffered along with commerce and citizens forced to drive on substandard roads.
More recent bills restored a measure of fairness to allow the state to begin to catch-up on projects. For example, in 2009 and 2010, the state saw 103 percent and 105 percent returns on the dollar. The House legislation would reduce funding for Wisconsin over the smaller amount it received last year, some $62.6 million less for fiscal year 2013, and make it one of five states that would not seen an increase in annual funding for 2013-2016.
Seventeen other states would gain from Wisconsin's loss with highway fund increases of more than 20 percent and give others with more than 30 percent increases, according to Bivins' report. A better bill would even out the amount of revenue from fuel taxes returned to states and avoids wide swings that make sustainable planning and projects impossible.
Petri, the senior Republican leader on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was the lone Republican to vote against the bill earlier this month, putting him at risk for irking his party's leadership. The political veteran, no doubt, understood that it's better to anger powerful members of Congress than your constituents back home by supporting a bill so-stacked against their state.
The Final Thought: House transportation bill bad for Wisconsin.
Source: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20120229/OSH0602/202290379/Editorial-House-highway-bill-bust-Wisconsin


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Non-linear bioconvection in a deep suspension of gyrotactic swimming micro-organisms
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The non-linear structure of deep, stochastic, gyrotactic bioconvection is explored. A linear analysis is reviewed and a weakly non-linear analysis justifies its application by revealing the supercritical nature of the bifurcation. An asymptotic expansion is used to derive systems of partial differential equations for long plume structures which vary slowly with depth. Steady state and travelling wave solutions are found for the first order system of partial differential equations and the second order system is manipulated to calculate the speed of vertically travelling pulses. Implications of the results and possibilities of experimental validation are discussed.
Key words: Bioconvection patterns Swimming micro-organisms Gyrotaxis Travelling waves Fokker Planck equation Amplitude equation
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Lutzker & Lutzker was recently retained and filed suit on behalf of Great Seats, Inc. ("Plaintiff") in federal district court in Maryland against Great Seats, Ltd. ("Defendant"). The suit appeals the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("TTAB") issued earlier this year, dismissing Plaintiff's opposition to Defendant's application to register the GREAT SEATS mark. Lutzker & Lutzker deliberately chose to file in federal district court (rather than appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals), because the district court venue affords the opportunity to present evidence that was excluded from the TTAB record. In addition, the Complaint alleges that Defendant has, without authorization, used Plaintiff's GREAT SEATS mark, causing confusion in the marketplace and falsely indicating that its business, goods are services are associated with or endorsed by Plaintiff. Plaintiff traces its use of the mark as early as the 1980s, whereas Defendant claims a first use in 1992. The mark has become widely known as the source of authentic and reliable ticket sales for a wide variety of concerts, performances and sporting events throughout the United States.
Lutzker & Lutzker Sues Over Infringement of GREAT SEATS Trademark
Lutzker Blog Update: Ben Sternberg Attends ABA Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries
Ben Sternberg attended the ABA Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries. He shares his thoughts on the blog.
Lutzker Blog Update: Arnie and Susan Lutzker Attend INBLF Summit in Barcelona
Arnie and Susan Lutzker attended the INBLF Summit in Barcelona, Spain. See the blog for Susan's update.
Nonprofit Organization to Focus on Film and Exhibition from Dresden, Germany
Arnold and Susan Lutzker have organized the Cultural Treasures Foundation, a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation, to promote international understanding through art and culture. The Foundation's chairman is Ambassador Richard C. Barkley, who was the last American ambassador to East Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany (1988-1990) as well as American ambassador to Turkey (1991 to 1994). The Foundation's first major project will be focused on Dresden, Germany and will be loosely tied to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. The current vision is for a two-part project designed to educate Americans about the history and culture of the city. The first phase will be a documentary film produced for television, with a possible companion article or publication, focusing on the fascinating but little known history of the building and rebuilding of the city and the pivotal figure of Augustus the Strong, whose vision catalyzed the development of the city's architectural resources and its collection of treasures. The second phase of the project will be a traveling art exhibition of objects representing a cross-section of treasures from the Dresden State Art Collections (such as Italian cityscapes of glorious 18th century Dresden, world-renowned Meissen porcelains, objects from the Turckische Cammer of the Royal Palace evidencing the Saxon fascination with all things Turkish, and treasures from the Green Vault of the Royal Palace). The Lutzkers met in Dresden with the head of the state museums in June.
Lutzker Blog Update: Arnie and Susan Lutzker Attend INBLF Summit in Sydney
Arnie and Susan Lutzker attended the INBLF Summit in Sydney, Australia. See the blog for Arnie's update.
Lutzker & Lutzker Sues Toys "R" Us for Trademark Infringement
Lutzker & Lutzker has filed suit in federal district court in Maryland against Toys "R" Us on behalf of D&L Company, creators of the award-winning STOMP ROCKET® toy. The suit alleges that Toys "R" Us has manufactured, distributed, and sold, under its exclusive "Sizzlin Cool" line of outdoor toys, a children's air rocket toy called the STOMP BLAST ROCKET in violation of federal and state trademark law and state unfair competition and unfair trade practices law. Among other things, D&L claims that the infringing Toys "R" Us product dilutes the goodwill that it has built up in its STOMP ROCKET® trademark through years of advertising, promotion and sales.
Benjamin Sternberg Joins Firm as Associate
Lutzker & Lutzker is pleased to announce that Benjamin Sternberg has joined the firm as an associate. Ben began his affiliation with the firm as a law clerk during his second and third years at George Washington University Law School. He will continue to work in the firm's litigation practice as well as with intellectual property counseling/contractual matters and trademark prosecution. Ben is a member of the New York Bar.


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* By Clementina Sarange – Akili Dada Intern
Three shouts of joy in place of five, this is where the battle begins, even at birth the girl child begins a struggle that she does not comprehend as the odds stack against her. She is groomed to care for others, to cook and clean, to do the simple and 'safe' things. In some cases her designated place is to be the kitchen – in fact this is to be her permanent home. Her choices are more often than not made for her, not of her own accord, but of the societal placing. Every day she eyes the paper with print and the blank white sheet that holds the creation of her brothers' imaginations. She longs to bear the weight of the bag that she sees him come home from school with every day, if only for a day, just for a moment. This seems to be what gives him the upper hand. Years down the line she brings forth a new generation of her kind that has a flame and thirst for the same thing she yearned for, but with greater determination. She is willing to risk it all that they may actualize their potential in a diminutive and ostracizing society. This is the journey of a girl.
Those fortunate enough to escape the grim reality shone above, and that gain access to education and who have the privilege of owning her own dreams still face challenges. They look around for role models that she can look up to, but instead are faced with overbearing facts about women in leadership all around the world. One of the most powerful nations, America now ranks ninety-eighth in the world for percentage of women in its national legislature, down from 59th in 1998. While in countries like Brunei women have not been able to cast votes since 1962 and in Lebanon women are denied the right to vote because they do not meet the requirement of having an elementary education. You see with such disheartening realities, it's easy for girls to lose hope and give up, but women like Angela Merkel of Germany, Louisa Diogo of Mozambique and Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine have made in spite of these challenges and stand as pillars of encouragement that give girls hope.
The average girl in my community holds big dreams for her community and country. Although Kenya has made quite progressive strides towards equality, it remains that there are more foreign role models for us to look up to than local. Few mentors to help us actualize their dreams. Not to say that we lack our own but that our voices are few and far in between and those that stand out still face other obstacles in their paths. A good example of this is the battle for equality in the Kenyan parliament. We finally got to the point as a nation where positions were opened up for women in the form special seats for women representatives and party nominees. Progress indeed, but this progress is under threat as voices of discord have arisen challenging the need for 'special seats' and threatening to set us back or at the very least slow down the progression.
It was these realities that the average girl faces and is set to face in the course of her life that inspired my colleagues and me in the Akili Dada Gap Year Program to take action and initiate a project that allows us to serve as role models of leadership to our Dadas at the Dagoretti Rehabilitation Centre. It's not enough to leave the role model choice to the far-fetched high-ranking women. It's time to create a local change. With the support of Akili Dada and in conjunction with PACE, we undertake various activities aimed at improving the responsibility levels and chances of acquiring leadership roles for the girls in future. We use sports like volleyball and football for goal setting and to instill the values of discipline, self leadership and endurance; arts like music, drawing and dance to boost the girls thinking capacities; farming to instill values of entrepreneurship; and most importantly education to provide them with grounds to base their success.
For them having relatable and tangible experiences is far much more beneficial than distant examples of leadership. With girls helping their fellow girls, this world will go far in the next 50 years because the change we want will come at the rate and in the ways we need when it happens locally, for and by our own communities.
It is time for our youth, for us, to drive civic engagement at a local, national and continental level to make the change we want for the girls and women.


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|September 21, 2006, 09:47 AM
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Powder for lead
I've started to like Precision Bullets.
Up to now, I've primarily used Titegroup with Barry's plated bullets.
I recently heard a theory that Titegroup burns too hot, thermally, for lead, and actually melts the base of the bullet.
What do you guys think about that theory?
Will VV 320 do the same thing?
What powders do you like with lead?
Details: .45 SA Milspec, Precision Bullets 200 SWC, Federal 150 Match primers, Armscor brass, powder to be decided.
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|September 21, 2006, 11:27 AM
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Melting bullets? It's a theory
I doubt the bullet is in contact with the hottest part of the flame long enough to melt.
Mostly I reload .38 & .357. When I load .45, I only have jacketed bullets. I bought some Win231, and someone gave me some Unique and Bullseye, so those are the powders I use. I haven't found a difference in accuracy (up to 25 yards), they all seem to work ok.
|September 21, 2006, 11:35 AM
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I have purposely compared Titegroup against regular Clays for leading in a .45acp, using 200g lead semi-wadcutters. Soft, target loads only.
Titegroup does lead the barrel more than Clays.
Not a whole lot, but readily discernable and it did add to my cleaning time.
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|September 21, 2006, 08:19 PM
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Actually, when you consider temperatures only, all powders will burn at a temperature much hotter than necessary to melt lead.
But, as pointed out by sleeping dog, the flame contacts the bullet base for a very, very short time. If you recover fired lead bullets, you will note that the imperfections due to the sprue cut-off on the base are still very clear.
A candle flame is certainly hot enough to give your finger a wicked burn, yet you can wave it through the flame quickly with near-zero effect. You can do the same with a lead bullet and a propane torch (and if you must try this, please use pliers and not your fingers).
Leading is cause by friction ... and more pressure on the bullets base = more friction (all other things equal). If Titegroup were to provide a fast pressure spike, it may result in more leading. But I would expect all powders in its speed range to behave about the same.
I still believe that the major cause of leading when using target velocity loads is either an undersize or excessively hard bullet (or a combination).
|September 22, 2006, 12:36 AM
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The manufacturer recommended load for IDPA and practice for my Wilson Combat pistol is 5gr. of VV N320 with a 200gr. LSWC. I'll be buying powder, primers, and bullets tomorrow. I'll tell you how it works this weekend.
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|September 22, 2006, 07:48 AM
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Run a 15 or 20 round magazine of TiteGroup loads through your gun, back it way down to 2 or 3 rounds per second. Record the temp of the barrel and slide over one minute after firing.
Now do that with Clays, Unique, and whatever else you want to try.
If you can recover bullets you won't see the difference on the base, but around the edges of the base. This will be readily apparent with really hard bullets. Most commercial cast bullets are WAY too hard. A fast pressure rise to peak helps with overly hard bullets.
Jammer, for what you want I load Clays and deal with a little leading. It shoots great, soft and clean. N310 is just as nice at twice the price. If you want no leading at all try Unique, in my experience it will lead less than every other powder I have tried when used with the same bullets at the same speeds.
Most of the competitive shooters I see are using Clays. The rest use TiteGroup or 231. The 231 shooters seem to be guys that just won't change from the way things used to be, and the TG shooters seem to be guys that want just one powder for 9mm, 40, and 45. I don't recall talking to anyone that has loaded Clays in 45 that went back to their old powder that wasn't using a Lee loader either. The Lee powder measures don't really care for flake powders.
|September 22, 2006, 08:59 AM
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"The 231 shooters seem to be guys that just won't change from the way things used to be..."
I've tried Titegroup and Clays in quite a few of my guns -- .32 S&W Long, .38, .357, 9mm, .44 Spl., and .45 -- and I keep going back to 231 for most of those rounds. Most because I've quit reloading 9mm, and I've switched to Trail Boss for .44 Spl.
Because I've yet to identify any benefit or bonus of using Titegroup or Clays over 231.
My guns aren't appreciably cleaner, my groups aren't smaller...
In fact, I still have a half pound each of Titegroup and Clays in my reloading storage room. They're sitting next to the new 3lb jug of 231.
I may burn up the last of my Titegroup in my .32-20 S&W, though.
The big question is, why change for change's sake? If you have a long history of success with a particular powder, and it does everything that you ask of it, why run out and chase the next super duper whiz bang golly gee product that comes to the market?
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|September 22, 2006, 10:11 AM
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Mike Irwin wrote:
Maybe my lot of 231 just burns a little more dirty than most? I dunno. After having my Mil-Spec start to jam after only about 50 rounds of 231 loads due to powder fouling, I got fed up and started using Clays. I have yet to have a jam after several hundred rounds of Clays loads, and that's without cleaning the gun. I pretty much only use 231 now for .38 special, and light loads in .357 mag and .44 mag. I do like it, just not in .45 acp anymore.
|September 22, 2006, 11:14 AM
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"How's that working out for you."
I'm shooting lead in my S&W 24-3 with a 6.5" barrel, so I'm more than happy to keep the loads fairly sedate. Trail Boss, so far, has been EXCELLENT in my gun. It shows better shot-to-shot consistency than any of the other powders I've tried in it, with correspondingly better accuracy.
My personal theory on that is that it's because Trail Boss fills so much more of the case so the powder is in a more consistent position every time. 231 and the others I've tried require charges that are so small that you can barely even see them.
"it is incredibly dirty in both my Springfield Mil-Spec and Sig P220."
I don't have a 220, but I do have a Mil Spec, and I don't find 231 to be any more or less dirty than either Clays or Titegroup.
I've fired as many as 300 rounds of 231 lead reloads through it in one day without any malfunctions. The only time I get malfunctions is when I let the slide rails get dry, and then I'll even have malfunctions with factory hardball.
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|September 22, 2006, 03:09 PM
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Thanks Mike, I think I'll try a pound of Trailboss.
|September 22, 2006, 04:10 PM
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Mike, I have shot a good bit of 231, at least 3 pounds in 45 alone. It has always been really dirty for me, worse than Unique by a bit and we know how maligned Unique is....
I first used Clays in 45 over ten years ago, and I have burned over 100 pounds of it in shotguns and handguns. It has always been cleaner and just as consistent. I have guns that will see a couple thousand rounds between cleanings, I just could not get there with 231, not even close with lead bullets.
I don't have anything good to say about TiteGroup.....
|September 22, 2006, 09:12 PM
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I shoot 45acp with 200 grain lswc over red dot and have no leading at all.
It is not the cleanest powder in the world, but the gun needs cleaning after shooting anyway. I have also had good luck with bullseye. These are mild target loads, bullets cast from wheelweights with a small amount of tin solder added. Lube used is 50/50 beeswax alox. I have also shot some lubed with lee liquid alox. Personally, I think proper diameter and lube is more important than powder choice to prevent leading.
|September 23, 2006, 12:50 PM
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I've used a lot of Red Dot over the years. It is, by far, my favorite powder for moderate 12 gauge loads for clay sports.
I did try it in a couple of pistol loads once -- 9mm and .38 Spl. It was unbelievably filthy.
I'm simply not finding the same results that you are, HSmith. Clays might have been a bit cleaner for me, but it wasn't anything that I could identify readily or that made a huge impression on me, so I switched back to the known entity that had provided, and which continues to provide, excellent service.
I'll dig it out again and give it another try, though, and see what I think.
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A man fell onto the tracks at Farragut North Friday, and two other Metro riders sprang into action, pulling him back onto the platform as a train approached.
It happened around 1:30 p.m., when an older man stumbled onto the tracks.
Michael Schearer of Glen Burnie, Md., was on his way to Union Station, waiting on the platform. That's when a mundane commute became anything but.
"I don't know if he just stumbled [but] he just fell on the tracks," Schearer said.
As the train entered the station, he and another rider jumped down and pulled the man to safety. "We just tried to get him off the tracks as fast as possible."
The man was injured, and Schearer and other rider stayed with him until help arrived. The man who fell was transported to a hospital.
After that, the two rescuers went their separate ways.
He told NBC4's Derrick Ward that he doesn't consider himself a hero and would do it again. "If that was me or anybody else, I would hope that someone would do the same thing," he said.


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Rick Tocchet is fortunate to have friends such as Wayne Gretzky.
Because if he didn't, if he were coaching someplace else, for someone else, it wouldn't matter much that the National Hockey League has cleared him to return to work in February.
It wouldn't matter because there wouldn't be any work to return to.
Other teams in the same situation would have cast aside Tocchet without a second thought. Other people would have distanced themselves from a man who brought disrepute to his profession, if not potential embarrassment to his game. Other owners happily would have moved away from a man who pleaded guilty to his role in a sports gambling ring, as well as charges of conspiracy to promote gambling.
But Gretzky and the Phoenix Coyotes gambled that the NHL would go light on Tocchet -- which it did -- and that was apparent when the club never filled the assistant coaching position he vacated amidst so much noise and consternation almost two years ago.
The Coyotes wanted him to return, and now wait for his return.
This was both personal and professional for Gretzky. This was his assistant coach, his friend, in trouble. For hockey reasons alone, Gretzky the learning coach, needed Tocchet the more experienced coach. That's the hockey side of the equation.
The personal side may never be completely explained or unraveled. But yesterday, NHL investigator Robert Cleary indicated without any doubt that Tocchet had placed numerous bets for Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones-Gretzky. Gretzky's loyalty to Tocchet, in this case, was also about family. No one knew more about his wife's gambling habits than Tocchet, the man placing the bets.
And now all of this will go away.
In the end, Operation Slapshot -- as so named by the New Jersey State Police -- was no more than a flick shot. It had little to do with anything in the NHL. It had little to do with hockey. It happened only to involve a famous name, the most famous name in the sport and the wife of the most famous name in the sport.
"After we got past the headlines and the hysteria, this probably didn't have anything to do with NHL hockey," commissioner Gary Bettman said yesterday. "... A lot of good people were needlessly and inappropriately dragged through the mud."
Bettman is both correct and incorrect in his approach to Tocchet, claiming what amounted to a two-year suspension -- from the time Tocchet took a forced leave of absence just prior to the Olympics in Turin in 2006 to this coming February -- is punishment enough.
Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't.
The question here is: Does Rick Tocchet get it?
The answer here is: We're not certain he does.
We're not certain because he has yet to be respectful enough to the league to follow the guidelines that were placed upon him when his leave of absence (suspension) began.
Tocchet was told, in no uncertain terms, that he was not to gamble while on leave from the league, but he did. He was told not to associate with NHL people or anyone involved with the game or the league, but he did. He showed incredibly poor taste by participating in the World Series of Poker this past summer.
Ostensibly, this is akin to either violating parole or the terms of his NHL bail. And for reasons not truly explained by Bettman, the NHL shrugs it off. Even when talking about gambling in the game -- but not on the game -- Bettman took a rather laissez faire stance.
On one hand, he said he was adamantly opposed to any NHL player, or person, gambling. On the other hand, he said he assumed that hockey had the same percentage of gamblers as there are in society. And in between all of that, he said it is a privilege to work in the NHL and that those who do so, need to be held to a higher standard of conduct.
Can you say contradictions?
Bettman also went on to make the point, on more than one occasion, that professional sports gambling in New Jersey is not an illegal activity. He didn't make the point that Tocchet or, for that matter Mrs. Gretzky, weren't in New Jersey when they were making their bets -- or phoning them in across state lines.
The investigator, Cleary, did explain that Tocchet was being paid a percentage of winnings. He just wouldn't go into how high those figures were. Tocchet did plead guilty for his part in running a sports gambling ring.
For that, he got two years probation and what amounts to a two-year suspension from the NHL.
Rather soft punishment for bringing disrepute -- overblown as it was -- to the game.
Phoenix Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet is implicated in Operation Slapshot, described by New Jersey State Police as an illegal sports gambling operation.
Tocchet is granted an immediate leave of absence by the National Hockey League and told to refrain from any contact with league or club personnel.
Disgraced State Trooper James Harney, who claimed to be in a partnership with Tocchet, pleads guilty to conspiracy, promoting gambling and official misconduct.
A third man, James Ulmer, pleads guilty to bookmaking and agreed to co-operate with authorities.
Tocchet pleads guilty to promoting gambling and conspiracy to promote gambling.
Harney is sentenced to five years in prison. In court, he did say that he and Tocchet had been equal partners for five years.
Tocchet is ordered to serve two years probation for his role in gambling ring.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman approves the re-instatement of Tocchet from his leave of absence effective Feb. 7, 2008. Conditions have been placed on his reinstatement, which can be revoked.


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The last home game of the season is considered 'Senior Night' where all senior players on the team are honored. Wednesday night at Viejas Arena was no exception. SDSU honored their six seniors before the game against Air Force, giving them framed jerseys and a standing ovation. The Aztecs then came out and beat Air Force 58-51 in front of a sold out and frenzied crowd. SDSU won with their defense and in spite of shooting less than 34% from the field, their second lowest shooting percentage of the season. After leading by 5 at the half, the Aztecs let the Falcons back in the game by giving up several three pointers and shooting a terrible percentage from the free throw line. The Aztecs have one remaining game, a road matchup against Boise St, that is important to win to remain the #4 seed in the MWC Tournament.
The Aztecs had some real shooting woes. Not only did SDSU shoot 33.9% from the field, they also only managed to shoot 51.9% from the free throw line and 23.5% from beyond the arc. With a tough road matchup looming against Boise St and the Mountain West Conference Tournament next weekend in Las Vegas, they need to find their stroke. The Aztecs seem to live or die by their jump shooting abilities on any given night.
Saying good bye to the seniors will be tough. The Aztecs are losing three impact players as well as three other beloved seniors. DeShawn Stephens, Chase Tapley and James Rahon, all main stay players and starters have played their last home game at Viejas Arena. Replacing three seniors will not be an easy task, but the Aztecs do have several freshman, recruits and transfers with loads of talent. The Aztecs other seniors are Narbeh Ebrahimian, Aaron Douglas and Jeremy Castleberry.


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CALGARY - The next Calgary Stampeder who gives a quarterback a smack upside the head could get one himself.
John Hufnagel spoke to his team prior to playing the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Saturday night about not getting hands up high on the opposing QB.
The warning didnt stop Charleston Hughes from hitting Kevin Glenn on the helmet after he released a pass.
With two roughing the passer penalties in the 32-20 win over the Ticats at McMahon Stadium, the season total is now eight in six games.
Hughes infraction was the worst because it extended a drive that resulted in a Ticats field goal.
Were trying to address it, said Stamps head coach John Hufnagel Sunday. Its not being unattended. The only thing we can do is work hard to correct this problem.
With Charleston, its something Ive been trying to coach. Ive told them they cant leave their feet and hit the quarterback high if he doesnt have the ball on contact. Thats exactly what it was. Thats being called this year, and thats why I was disappointed with Charleston.
Hopefully hes not a repeat offender with that.
On the same night the offence came together and looked closer to the dominant group it was last season, the penalties on defence were the biggest issue for the Stamps.
The good news for Hufnagel is it was cleaned up as time went on against the Ticats.
In allowing just 15 yards of offence in the third quarter, the Stamps defence had one of its most dominant frames in Chris Jones tenure as defensive co-ordinator.
In fact, Hamiltons first first down of the second half came on a roughing the passer penalty by DeVone Claybrooks for a hit below the knees.
Hufnagel doesnt place as much blame on the veteran for that call.
He was coming off a block, Hufnagel said. He lost his balance and was going down. He fell into the quarterbacks legs. The only thing I can instruct DeVone on is to do whatever you can to defy gravity and try to miss the quarterback. Make an attempt to miss the quarterback.
The Stamps lost receiver Landan Talley for about six weeks with a dislocated shoulder. If Ken-Yon Rambo cant practice Monday, the Stamps will get Jake Allen ready to play Friday at the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Linebacker Daren Stone suffered a biceps injury and is questionable this week, but middle linebacker Juwan Simpson and fullback Rob Cote should be able to practice after recovering from knee injuries.
Although the 12-point win was the largest margin of victory in any Stamps game this season, the lead was still just five heading into the final minutes.
These close games should help later in the season.
We got stronger as the game went along in all three phases, Hufnagel said. In the second half, all three phases made some plays to help win the game. We talked about the necessity of having that playing against good teams and Hamilton is a good team.


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