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It seemed to take a while for the first breakaway to form, but once the dust settled, BMC found that one of its riders was soloing off the front, with a good chance to stay away for quite a long time. "We decided very early on that Jackson had enough of a gap that he should go ahead and stay away as long as possible," Chilcott said. "We knew today that through their tactical needs, the big teams like CSC and Astana would let a breakaway get up the road," Chilcott pointed out. "When the Kelly Benefits rider attacked, Jackson followed. As the three man break collapsed, there came a moment when Jackson's chances were on life-support. But he kicked it once more, and this time – riding solo - he was able to get a gap that quickly grew to 6 or 7 minutes."
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With the rest of his BMC team mates massing at the front of the peloton to help disrupt and discourage any taking too hard a chase after him, Jackson's solo break stabilized and in fact continued to grow. "The only thing that didn't go to plan today was that we didn't expect Jackson to be alone the whole time," Chilcott related, "but it turned out to work to our advantage as it gave him a chance to rack up points in both the sprint and the King of the Mountains classification." Once they realized Jackson was going to get some much time, the directors started to calculate the chances of his getting to the tope of the Coleman Valley Road climb first. "The King of the Mountain prize was certainly the driving force of the break," Gavin revealed. "Whether we defend it tomorrow depends on how Jackson is feeling after today's effort." With the climbs coming early in the stage, it will really depend on how Jackson feels coming out of the starting blocks as to whether he will take a chance on keeping the KOM jersey. "Tomorrow is not an enormously hard climbing day, but the Trinity climb is significant, and we'll just have to see how Jackson feels after today," Gavin said.
Positive results from today inspire confidence for tomorrow
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The Carbondale Public Library has a meeting room with seating capacity for 40 in an auditorium style arrangement. The primary purpose of the meeting room is to support library functions and to promote the library's programs of service to the community. It is also available to nonprofit civic, cultural and educational organizations for events open to the public. The fact that a group is permitted to meet at the public library does not constitute an endorsement of the group's policies or beliefs.
The Library Director or a designee authorizes use of the meeting room and maintains the schedule. If a question is raised as to the objectives and/or activities of any group or organization requesting use of the meeting room, the Carbondale Public Library Board of Trustees has the final authority in granting or refusing permission for use of the room.
The following regulations apply to the use of the meeting room and any departure from them must be authorized in writing by the Library Director.
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- Library programs and library-related programs have priority in the use of the meeting room at all times.
- The meeting room is available for use by organizations of a civic, cultural or educational nature, but not for social or religious gatherings, fund-raising, political or commercial purposes.
- Non-partisan organizations which do not endorse individual parties or candidates may be allowed to conduct meetings in the library at which current election issues will be discussed by candidates for public office, provided that all candidates for the same office have been invited.
- Groups of individuals under 18 years of age may use the meeting room provided they are supervised by at least one adult for every ten children in attendance. The adult supervisor will be responsible for any damage.
- Meetings which may disturb regular library functions shall not be scheduled.
- Activities involving more than normal wear and tear on the meeting room will not be permitted, i.e. projects involving materials which might cause damage.
- All meetings shall be open to the public.
- Scheduling
- An individual representing the group or organization desiring to use the meeting room must complete the appropriate application providing all information requested on the form.
- A $15 per use fee (effective January 2006) is required at the time of application. The room and kitchen facility (if used) will be left clean and in good order. All participants must vacate the room by five minutes before closing time, and a representative of the group must have the librarian on duty check the facilities for cleanliness, damage and room arrangement before the group leaves. Failure to comply with these regulations may result in an additional fee to repair damage, reimburse the library for custodial services, etc.
- Application to use the room may not be made more than 12 months in advance.
- Generally, no group or organization may use the meeting room more than once a month. Exceptions may be granted for workshops or educational classes or other reasons with the Director's approval.
- Groups using the library on a regular basis for meetings must reapply annually.
- The meeting room shall be scheduled for use during regular library hours only. Any group or individuals representing a group who remain in the room beyond the library's regular hours of operation will be charged an additional fee.
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- The kitchen facility may be used to prepare light refreshments or light luncheons which involve no cooking.
- Alcoholic beverages are not permitted.
- Clean-up is the responsibility of the group or organization using the facility.
- No dishes, utensils or kitchen equipment, except a coffee maker, will be provided by the library. The library does not supply coffee, filters or condiments.
- Responsibility for Equipment and Furnishings
- Art work may be hung from the picture rail. No signs, displays or exhibits shall be attached to the walls in any other manner.
- Organizations shall accept responsibility for the repair or replacement of damaged or missing equipment and furnishings, or for damage to the building's interior.
- No material, equipment or furniture belonging to groups or organizations may be stored on the library's premises.
- The library will not be responsible for any items left on the premises.
- The library is not responsible for arranging chairs, tables, or equipment for meetings. Groups using the meeting room are responsible for returning the furnishings to their previous arrangement.
- The library will allow use of its equipment (VCR, monitor, slide projector, screen, etc.) with prior arrangement.
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- Neither the name or address of the Carbondale Public Library may be used as the official address or headquarters of a group or organization, except the Friends of the Carbondale Public Library.
- Admission fees or collections are prohibited at meetings held in library facilities. The only exceptions are in the case of paid registrations which are necessary to cover expenses for workshops or institutes, or a fee to cover the actual cost of a library sponsored program.
- The Library Director or designee is authorized to terminate the meeting of any group or organization that becomes disorderly or objectionable and to deny subsequent use of the room to groups that violate policies and regulations.
- Smoking is not allowed in any part of the library at any time.
- Any group using the meeting room must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and are responsible for providing qualified interpreters or auxiliary aids upon request.
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- This statement of policy is subject to amendment at any time by the Carbondale Public Library Board of Trustees.
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I have made significant purchases from Lotus Sculpture over the past seven years. What I like the most is the outstanding quality of products and service. I have experienced over this periodof time that all of the vigrahams I received from you have been done with much devotion and they have life embedded within them. Thank you!Reviewer:Kumar Ramachandran (Tulsa, Oklahoma, US)
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I cannot say enough positive about my experience in working with Kyle at Lotus Sculpture. I made a purchase of a beautiful Buddha, and it was damaged during shipping. Kyle was so positive and supportive, professional and personable: as unhappy as I am over loosing the beautiful Buddha I had chosen, Kyle worked with me to find another. I am very delighted with my Buddha; the new one has arrived safetly and is even more amazing than Kyle could describe. Every time I have ever contacted Kyle with any question, he has been very quick to respond, and given me good information. My overall experience with Kyle and Lotus Sculpture has been very positive, and I am looking forward to future satisfying events. Thank you, Des.Reviewer:Ava Desiree Hutsell (Warwick, RI, US)
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- Materials: Indian Brass Cast in Delhi, India decorated with colored stones
- Total Height Including Base: 6.5 inches
- Base Width & Depth: 5 x 3.5 inches
- Weight: 5 pounds
- The brass Ganesh has colored blue, red and turquoise stones decorating the sculpture
- His head is slightly cocked giving Ganesha a playful look
- His right hand is held up in the abhaya mudra
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~A Hymn from Sri Bhagavat-Tathva~
The chubby, gentle, wise, elephant-headed Ganesh, or Ganesha, is one of Hinduisms most popular deities. He is the remover of obstacles, the deity whom worshippers first acknowledge when they visit a temple. He is also patron of letters and of learning; he is the legendary scribe who, using his broken tusk, which he often holds, wrote down parts of the Mahabharata epic. Ganesh is usually depicted colored red; he is pot bellied, has one tusk broken, and has four arms that may hold a pasam, a goad, and a pot of rice or sweetmeats. The sweet meats are held in a type of bowl known as a laddus. His appetite for these sweets is legendary and offerings of them are often left at his shrine.
Statues of Ganesh can be found in most Indian towns. His image is placed where new houses are to be built; he is honored at the start of a journey or business venture, and poets traditionally invoke him at the start of a book.
A pasam is a triple twine weapon. Each of the three twines represents, arrogance and conceit, Maya - the illusory nature of the real world, ignorance. In Hindu ideology weapons are a viewed as symbolic tools to destroy the ego rather than to cause any type of bloodshed. Goads (or elephant prods) are typically used to direct elephants. Goads are symbolic of how one should steer the soul away from the ignorance and illusions of this earthly world just as a mahout would steer an elephant away from any treacherous path.
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JOEL ROSARIO, SISTER DAWN, Winner: "The game plan was if she broke on top, go to the lead. I tried to stay with the other horse (Holding Her Ground) and keep my position, but save as much as I could for the last part. She was so relaxed on the turn that I thought she'd have something left. It's pretty much like what she does in the mornings."
JOHN SADLER, SISTER DAWN, Winner: "This filly's had some starts and stops and a few seconds along the way, but she's a nice filly and just getting her form back. We entered her in a turf race Saturday, but it didn't fill, so we supplemented her (for $1,000) to this one because she was ready to run. She can run on either surface. She's a late foal and should continue to improve. She has speed, so when she drew toward the inside I wanted her to run out of there. If you're second fine, but don't be afraid to go on. We have a lot of options with her but we'd like to get her out around two turns again."
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TCAL commissioner Steve Lopez and SJAA commissioner Randy Snider told the section's realignment committee that all 12 schools in the two leagues agreed that in 2014, Tracy, Lincoln and Lodi will move to TCAL to join West, St. Mary's and Tokay. Edison, McNair and Stagg will move to the SJAA, which would also include Bear Creek, Chavez and Franklin.
The two commissioners made the proposal during the committee's public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 29, at The Reserve in Stockton.
Realignment committee co-chairman Chuck Edmonds said the committee moved the SJAA-TCAL proposal to the top of the agenda, because it was the easiest.
"I think if you've been here a while you can see what we're looking for is not one school saying, 'I don't like this,'" Edmonds said. "We want leagues and schools who have communicated with each other on an agreement."
More than 150 school administrators and athletic directors showed up at the hearing, many to explain why their schools wouldn't fit into the proposals made at the committee's Jan. 8 meeting.
The Sac-Joaquin Section realignment committee is tasked with placing 183 schools into 26 leagues with consideration to schools' location, size and competitive level.
Most SJAA and TCAL schools have student populations between 1,880 and 2,710, which puts the schools in divisions I or II, depending on the sport. St. Mary's, a private Catholic school in Stockton, has fewer than 1,000 students, but it can compete in the TCAL because it can enroll student-athletes from other school districts.
"We basically applied the same criteria to our 12 schools that the section does in their realignment proposals, just a smaller group," Snider said.
Snider explained that the new SJAA-TCAL proposal is based on the types of sports the schools offer. Schools in the new TCAL would offer more sports, such as water polo, swimming and freshman teams, that not all the schools in the new SJAA offer.
Lopez noted that Kimball High could eventually be placed into one of the proposed leagues, but for now it will likely stay in the Valley Oak League.
Among the other leagues discussed, the VOL, now in Division IV, got plenty of attention. The committee heard resistance to moving Oakdale from the VOL up to the Division II Modesto Metro Conference.
Representatives of the MMC and the Division I Central California Conference said they prefer to keep the two leagues as 14 schools from three school districts.
Norman Antinetti, commissioner of the VOL, said both his league and the Division IV Western Athletic Conference opposed trading the VOL's Lathrop and Weston Ranch for the WAC's Patterson and Central Valley.
The realignment committee will have a revised master proposal for review at its Feb. 19 meeting, which is also at The Reserve in Stockton.
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At North Doublehead Cabin
North Doublehead 3053? and South Doublehead 2939?
Doublehead Ski Trail/Old Path
2.8 miles 1700? Elevation gain
Mark, Nat, Mike, Donna, Karen, Kevin, Judy and Emma
With the knowledge that friends were converging on New Hampshire from their southern haunts we made plans to intercept and interact doing what deep inside we all like to do best, share a good hike with good friends. The plan was laid to hike the Doubleheads in Jackson, though it mattered little where the hike was, and more that we got together and hiked, anywhere. Among the intrepid trekkers were three we had shared numerous hikes with, and two new ones that we had only shared hikes with vicariously through the internet for several years. It was good to see old faces and new, all familiar.
Ready to go!
We started out under partial sunshine along the ski trail to the summit of North Doublehead. The wide track allows for a good deal of social hiking as opposed to the single file corridor on so many hikes. We laughed and stretched and hiked up the the ever steepening slope as it made its sharp, steep turns towards the summit. Snowboarders who had been staying at Doublehead Cabin passed us on their way down. The clouds closed in as we rose through the forest and soon the fog was brushing the trees surrounding us. The views were swallowed by a blank sheet of nothingness but it was of little concern as the company more than made up for the MIA sunshine and great views from this double-headed gem of a hill.
Towards Black Mountain
At the Lookout Near South Doublehead
When views are absent senses tune into the finer minutiae, frost on beard lichen, snowflakes on spruce limbs, icicles on cabins, snowballs on dog's fur... When last we had visited South Doublehead it was hot and humid and the summit had dozens of large, well fed dragonflies darting about. On a previous winter trip we had frigid cold, but super clear air for spectacular surrounding views. It is the magic of the mountains that each visit, even if it might be to the same place over and over, is unique, and special, and can never get old in my heart... thanks to those who joined us, and took the time out of their lives to share with us to help make it a unique and special day!
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Coming Down the Old Path
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (May 15, 2009) — Hollywood Park has been granted approval by the California Horse Racing Board to adopt a four-day racing week through Sunday, June 14.
As a result, the following changes have been made to the schedule:
There will be simulcast wagering only on Wednesday, May 20; Thursday, May 28; Wednesday, June 3, and Wednesday, June 10. Wednesday, May 27 was originally a dark day and remains a dark day.
Live racing will be conducted Thursdays through Sundays with the exception of a special program MemoriaI Day week on Monday, May 25.
"Hopefully this will result in a better product for our patrons," track president Jack Liebau said. "Due to the tough economy, the number of horses available to race has been reduced as evidenced by the entry box."
Hollywood Park will continue to offer free general admission on Thursdays with live racing as well as $1 hot dogs, sodas and beers (12 noon until 3 p.m.).
The CHRB will re-consider Hollywood Park's request to maintain a four-day live racing day week for the remainder of the Spring/Summer Meet at its June 5 board meeting.
The changes were supported by the Thoroughbred Owners of California and the California Thoroughbred Trainers.
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