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Flood Related Information:
- What is Urban Flooding?
- Why You Need Flood Insurance
- Myths and Fact about the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- Lookout for Landslides
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What is Urban Flooding?
Recent flooding in the Northwest was not limited to the major rivers and floodplains. In fact, urban flooding also posed a significant hazard and caused damage. In cities, paved streets, and other impervious surfaces prevent natural absorption into the ground. Storm water runs from hard surfaces such as rooftops, paved streets, highways, and parking lots directly into sewer systems that quickly become inundated causing them to backup.
As development increases, more of the natural absorption process of the ground is diminished. The result is more water being channeled into sewer lines than can be processed causing an urban flood.
Innovation in urban flood mitigation is most evident in the form of Low Impact Development (LID). LID attempts to restore the natural drainage function by encouraging localized treatment of water on site at both residential and nonresidential structures. Instead of channeling rain/storm runoff directly into municipal drains, LID uses natural absorption by way of vegetated swales, smaller retention ponds, and efficient use of non-impervious ground on a site by site basis. It has been described as "rain water harvesting" because it uses the water on site (either through rain barrel storage, rain gardens, or natural ground filtration to intended locations away from the foundation). By reducing the amount of water to be handled by the sewer system, and reducing the amount of non-treated runoff that enters natural waterways, LID promotes local flood mitigation.
There are many benefits of LID. It mitigates urban flooding, preserves natural landscape features by minimizing environmental disturbance, reduces the effect of hard surfaces, and facilitates localized retention and infiltration opportunities. It is also recognized by the state of Washington (RCW 35.67.020 (3)) as a means of reducing building costs while protecting natural habitat along streams and local waterways. In conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating Systems (CRS), as well as FEMA Region 10's, Higher Regulatory Standards, local homeowners and elected officials can further reduce the cost of flood insurance community wide while improving the environment.
Why You Need Flood Insurance
The Risk is Real:
You can live miles away from water and still be the victim of flooding. Nearly 1 in 4 flood insurance claims are paid on policies in low-to-moderate-risk areas. It does not take a major body of water, or even a major storm, to cause a flood. Anything from a broken sewer line to a slow moving rainstorm can cause flooding. In high-risk areas, your home has a 26% chance of being damaged by a flood over the life of a 30-year mortgage.
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Flood Insurance is Affordable:
The problem of flooding may be widespread, but the solution is simple. There are a large number of private insurance companies nationally that offer affordable flood insurance backed by the federal government. Policies are available to homeowners, condo owners, apartment owners, renters and business owners alike. If you live in a low to moderate-risk area, a flood policy can cost around $100 a year. That amounts to less than 30 cents a day to protect your property against a natural disaster that costs more than $2 billion in the U.S. every year. Fortunately, even in the most high-risk areas, a flood insurance policy can cost about $500 a year.
Disaster Aid is Not Always Available:
Many people assume they will never need flood insurance because they believe federal disaster assistance will be available. However, flooding does not always receive a federal disaster declaration. Even when it does, aid is usually offered in the form of a loan which must be paid back with interest. Flood insurance, on the other hand, pays for all covered losses, and unlike loans, that money does not have to be paid back. A home's structure can be covered for up to $250,000, and its contents up to $100,000. For businesses, structural coverage is available up to $500,000, and up to $500,000 for contents. Don't count on others to bail you out - take the initiative to protect your home and business.
How Do I Know if I'm In the Floodplain?
The floodplain is identified as "Special Flood Hazard Areas" in your community's Flood Insurance Study and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). The flood level shown for these Special Flood Hazard Areas has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any one year. That translates into a 26% chance of flooding over a typical 30-year mortgage period as compared to a 1% chance of fire damage over the same period. The building permit officials in your community have these documents available for you to see.
What is Substantial Damage?
Substantial Damage is damage, of any origin, to a structure where the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damage condition would equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of its pre-damage value.
When Does the NFIP Affect Me?
The NFIP requires participating communities to regulate, with permits, any new or substantially improved structures during non-disaster periods and to monitor and identify any substantially damaged structures as a result of a disaster within the community's floodplain areas.
Participating communities adopt an ordinance that requires any new buildings to be elevated above the projected flood level within the identified floodplain. Nonresidential buildings have the additional option of being dry flood proofed. Existing buildings that are substantially damaged or improved (50% or more) must be elevated or flood proofed to meet the same construction code standards as new construction. When you apply for a local building permit you will be informed if you are in a floodplain and what further steps are required to repair or reconstruct your building.
Myths and Fact About the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Who Needs to Buy Flood Insurance?
Everyone in a participating community in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). To clear up some misconceptions about National Flood Insurance, the NFIP has compiled the following list of common myths about the program and the real facts behind them, to give you the full story about this valuable protection.
See our video: Myths and Facts about Flood Insurance
|Homeowner's insurance policies cover flooding.
Unfortunately, many homeowners do not find out until it is too late that their homeowner policies do not cover flood damages. Only National Flood Insurance covers damage to your home and belongings caused by flooding.
|Federal flood insurance can only be purchased through the NFIP (FEMA) directly.
|NFIP flood insurance is sold through private insurance companies and agents and is backed by the federal government.
|Only residents of high-risk flood zones need to insure their property.
|Even if you live in an area that is not flood-prone, it's advisable to have flood insurance. Over 25 percent of the NFIP's claims come from outside high-flood-risk areas. If you live in an area not shown as a floodplain, not only can you buy insurance, but the rates you pay will be less than if you lived in a mapped floodplain.
|You can't buy flood insurance if you are located in a high-flood-risk area.
|You can buy federal flood insurance no matter where you live - as long as your community participates in the NFIP. The NFIP provides affordable flood insurance coverage for any walled and roofed building whether it is in a mapped floodplain area, or in areas where no floodplain map exists.
|Federal disaster assistance will pay for any flood damage.
|Before a community is eligible for disaster assistance, it must be declared a Federal disaster area. Federal disasters are only declared with a request from the governor following widespread and devastating flooding. The premium for an NFIP policy, averaging $360 a year nationally, is less expensive than the annual interest paid on a federal disaster loan.
|The NFIP does not offer basement coverage.
Yes, it does. While flood insurance does not cover basement improvements, such as finishing walls, floors or ceilings, or personal belongings that may be kept in a basement, such as furniture or other contents, it does cover structural elements, essential equipment and other basic items normally located in a basement. The following items are covered in a basement, as long as they are connected to a power source and used as intended:
More Information: National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA)
Lookout For Landslides
Besides flooding, rainy weather can induce another disastrous problem: landslides. By looking for common indicators you can determine if your property is prone to sliding. Find where the water is coming from. Get out in the rain and check areas like hill slopes, gullies, driveway and street drainage, roof gutters and downspouts. Next, see where the flow originates and where it goes. Concentrated flow can cause great damage.
Wet, Weak, and Steep:
Slope failure problems are caused by any combination of water saturation and flow, weak, heavy, earth materials, and steep slopes. Remember, water is the most common trigger of slope failure!
Channels, streams, gullying, ponding, and erosion on hills all indicate potential slope problems. Road and driveway drains, gutters, down spouts and other drainage can concentrate and accelerate flow. Ground saturation and concentrated velocity flow are a major cause of slope problems and landslide triggering.
Deposition of soils and vegetation at the base of slopes indicate possible erosion, flow and creep from ground cover above.
Vegetation can indicate slope conditions. Bare slopes may show erosion and sliding. Trees that bend downhill show creep of upper soils. Trees tilting uphill may show deep rotational landsliding. Patches of younger vegetation may show former slope failure. Horsetail ferns or other moisture craving plants often indicate saturated ground and springs.
Deformed Structures:
Foundation cracks; doors and windows our of line or sticking; tilted floors; sagging decks; cracks in masonry; cracks in driveways and roads; gaps between floors and wall; failing retaining walls; tilted power poles. These are all signs of slope instability.
Loose Fill:
Loose fill at the top of a slope due to yard waste, "cut & fill" land grading, or other processes can aggravate slope instability.
Information complied from:
FloodSafe, a Publication of FEMA and WMD Emergency Management Division


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Smirking in the Boys Room: Why Tonight's Orange County School Board Meeting Should Bother You.
Pretty sure we knew what we were getting ourselves into when we decided it might be a good idea to show up at tonight's controversial meeting of the Orange County Public Schools board of wisdom. These painful things happen with alarming regularity: Smoke signals are sent to fidgety folks clinging to Bibles and hypothetical whatnots that justify hatred in the most oblique and indefensible ways; miserable trolls open their mouths and utter justifications for the tread of their shoes holding on to the dirt of the past because, you know, GAY is just one variable too far; the collective conscience of thinking beings seizes and stirs at the notion that we're even sharing air with these drummed up pronouncements of concern; the world ends. We've been here before, largely with the same players, and usually we win the argument regardless of the idiocy and offense we've endured. Still, tonight held the unique charm of being dressed with concern for our children, concern largely carried by parents who claimed they were out of the loop (because policy is always a surprise) while citing talking points from virulent, obviously organized emails. "Protect Children" read some stickers from some blazers attached to some people intent on doing exactly the opposite. The county fair was here again, and with it, the buckets lined for vomit.
At issue, of course, was the passage of new rules into the sovereign school board books that would include sexual identity and persuasion in a manner that would match the present code of county and city Human Rights Ordinances. Namely, teachers and students would be protected from discrimination, because they should be and that is a fact. So, how is it that it all became such a rancorous mess? Well, just listen to Florida Family Policy Council president John Stemberger in this clip from FOX 35 (which, it should be noted, needs a little help with headlines) and watch as state Rep. Joe Saunders, D-Orlando, shoots him down.
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This is what a nondiscrimination policy drags up from the muck these days: bathroom paranoia. That's what we learned tonight from the first couple of hours of public comment at the board meeting (we left when we couldn't take it anymore; we'll report the results in this space when we know them….HRNK!!!! EVERYTHING PASSED BECAUSE WE ARE AWESOME) and that's why we're angry. Following numerous monologues on just how painful it might be for a child to witness a cross-dresser in a locker room, a pedophile in a classroom, a gay in a bathhouse – or, three Polish people walking into a bar? – an ACLU representative issued the following bit of genius: "I'm struck by how many opponents focus on bathrooms. What would Sigmund Freud think if he were alive?" A comedy of terrors, it was, one that simultaneously equated homosexuality with alcoholism, the endtimes, drug addiction ("just like California!") and every other malaise this society suffers while going on to regale the failed Exodus Ministries with praise for its efforts to return "thousands" to "normal." Alarmingly, many of the opponents of the measure were self-declared Christians, some with actual church titles. Not so alarmingly, none were willing to admit the dangers of cloaked elderly men with crucifixes in church assembly hall bathrooms.
"Maybe there is a need for a third bathroom," opined one of the peanuts from the gallery. OK, fine. But do you understand that somewhere out there a child in peril is hearing this crap from a parent's mouth? Do you really think it's worth your efforts to go out and speak against inclusiveness while warning against cross-dressing bullies that don't exist? Do you know anything of which you speak? No, you probably don't, as you're not quizzed on that before you procreate and indoctrinate your brood with the same bigotry that allowed you to torture the other gay kids in your own 1978 locker room. This is a cycle. This is abuse.
Perhaps most disturbing in all of the unraveling was the "discrimination against the majority" argument that included a Jacksonville attorney warning that these specific proposed freedoms would prevent kids from exercising their own free speech, that hatred taught to them in their various Bibles (via their nefarious parents). This one: Gay people shouldn't exist, much less have any freedoms. And trans folks? Don't even ask us to get our heads around that! Where does it end?
It ends here. There is no boogeyman coming after your kids, and there aren't enough fictitious bathrooms in the nation to make any of your dream scenarios a reality. There are many different kinds of people out there, and it will probably do your kids a service to know that. Moreover, if your kid happens to be one of those frightened to death (literally) by the very notion of being different, it may just save your family. Please stop being mean. Now.


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|Beware of the Counter Offer!
You've been approached by another company, and offered a position that should allow a good career growth opportunity, and a moderate increase in compensation. You've analyzed, if not agonized over, the decision to leave a good (or bad) job for what could be a better one, and have accepted, or decided to accept, the new position. However, upon tendering your resignation, your current boss asks you to stay. This appeal is known as a counter-offer, or buy back.
In recent years, it seems to be the norm, and almost the expected course of action. "It's almost like a part of the accepted divorce proceedings, and allows the boss to save face with his boss," explained one departing executive. "And it sometimes has to take its course"
But take care not to fall into the trap, or be blind-sided to your own detriment. You should understand what's about to be cast upon you. Counter-offers are typically made in conjunction with some form of flattery.
Counters usually take the form of:
These tempting gestures inevitably create confusion and buyer's remorse. Career changes are tough enough as it is leaving a comfortable job, friends, location, etc. for an unknown and challenging opportunity in which one must reprove oneself. These anxieties frequently cloud the best of logic. But just because the new position is a little scary, does not mean it's not a positive move. It is just usually more comfortable to stay.
Of course, we all prefer to think that we are MVP's, and want to believe these manipulative gestures, but beware! Accepting a counter-offer or appeal to stay is the wrong choice to make.
Think about it. If you were worth "X" yesterday, why are they suddenly willing to pay you " X + Y" today, when you were not expecting a raise for some time? Further, reflect on how you felt when someone resigned from your staff.
The reality is that bosses/companies do not like to be fired. Your boss is likely most concerned that she/he may look bad, and that this could jeopardize his/her career. S/he is judged by the ability to retain staff. When a contributor quits, morale suffers. Further, your leaving might jeopardize an important project, cause a greater workload, or foul up a vacation schedule. It's never a good time for someone to quit, and it may prove very time consuming and costly to replace you, especially considering search and relocation expenses. It is much cheaper to keep you even at a slightly higher salary. And, it would be better to fire you later, on the company's time frame.
"We have made counter offers on occasion, if a good person approaches the issue professionally," states a former senior partner of a Big-6 accounting/consulting firm. "But usually it was a stop-gap measure because we couldn't afford a defection at that point in time. We did not count on those people long term, and usually they'd burned bridges two or three levels up, if not with their immediate manager. It definitely put them in a career holding pattern." He went on to recall a long conference between himself, his boss, and two subordinate managers, in which a counter offer/raise to a person two levels down was approved. "Immediately after that meeting, my boss called me, and said, 'We can't afford to lose him now, but our number one priority is to find a replacement, ASAP!' And, we replaced him within a few months."
Another senior executive from a major financial service organization shared the following opinions, "If it's a real 'hitter', I'll try to get him to stay. But to be honest, any additional compensation is 'stealing' from his future earnings, and I'll always question his convictions, knowing he can be bought. Further, I'll wonder if I can really count on him (which equates to limited future opportunities). In other words, the damage is done."
While your employer may truly consider you an asset, and may genuinely care about you personally, you can be sure that your interests are secondary to your boss's career, and your company's profit or survival. In other words, flattering offers and comments are attempts to manipulate you to do something that is in your employer's best interests, and not necessarily yours. It's not about you.
The negative ramifications to accepting a counter-offer are numerous.
Where did the money or responsibility come from? Was it your next raise - just early? Will you be limited in the future? Will you have to threaten to quit to get your next raise, or might your (cheaper) replacement be sought out ASAP? One client executive who preferred to remain unnamed, commented that "90% of the time, accepting a counter-offer is the wrong thing to do. And, if the business is so dependent on one person, it's a weak business."
You've demonstrated your unhappiness, or your lack of blind loyalty, and will be perceived as having committed blackmail to gain a raise. You'll not be considered a team player again. Many employers will hold a grudge at the next review period, and you may be at the top of the next Reduction-in-Force "hit list". "Like an adulterous affair that has been discovered, the broken trust is never fully recovered," stated one client that requested anonymity.
Apart from a short-term band-aid treatment, nothing changes with the company. After the dust settles from this upheaval, you'll be in the same old rut. In fact, statistics indicate that more than 80% of those accepting counter-offers leave, or are terminated, within 6-12 months anyway. In our search practice, although counter-offer acceptances are discouraged, 50% of those who did succumb had re-initiated their job search within 90 days. In fact, one candidate called us back in 5 days!
One executive candidate told us "It was exactly like you said it would be....they butter you up, give you more money, but nothing really changes. In fact, they can get worse." He went on to say "My immediate boss was really agitated, since his boss interceded. At raise time he told me that none had been budgeted (since I'd already gotten a raise), and that if I wanted, I could negotiate with the President as before." This gentleman, by the way, left the company within months.
Attempted buy-backs demonstrate disrespect for your well-thought-out decision, and your commitment to the new company. Should your current employer decide to eliminate your position, or skip you for promotion, just try to counter and change their minds. Fat chance! You've analyzed, accepted, and committed to the new company, which has surely made plans and accommodations around you, and is counting on you. Don't sell out, or back out. Stand by your word. Everyone will respect your decision and integrity, and if the previous employer was sincere about your value, they'll likely make a spot for you in the future.
Look at the two opportunities, your old job and the new position, as if you were unemployed. Which holds the most real potential? Probably the new one, or you'd not have accepted it in the first place.
Two things are certain . . . (1) You can normally expect a counter-offer, and (2) you should hold a steady course from the beginning, and stick with your decision to move on to a bigger and better future.
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Slicked Back Roots Are The New Glam Hair Trend, But Where Do Kim Kardashian And Diane Kruger Rank On Our Scale Of Slick?
GALLERY >> The Slick Scale
It seems like the new glam waves aren't big and bouncy, they're slicked back to the scalp. Diane Kruger is the latest celeb to slick her roots behind her ears. The likes of Kim Kardashian and Blake Lively are fans of the look too, with celeb looks ranging from Croydon face lift to old-Hollywood side parting.
Click through our gallery to see the many degrees of slickeration.
(PS. Miss Kruger is definitely a 55% slicker.)
Blake Lively
Hello old-Hollywood glamour. Blake Lively's brushed out barrel curls are huge, but are balanced by a smooth section of hair tucked behind one ear.
A subtle 20% slick from Blake. Must smooth harder.
Try the look by using a bobby pin to hold a one-inch section of hair behind your ear.
Katy B
Like Blake, Katy B keeps one side of hair smooth and the other wavy. B keeping the the waves more relaxed the look is sleeker.
Katy B get a 30%. Good effort, needs more Brylcream.
Create similar waves by twisting your straighteners away from your head as you run them through your hair.
Kim Kardashian
Kim slicks down the roots of her entire head of silky straight hair. A brave move! The look is kept looking casual with a centre parting, so it looks as though she has just tucked her hair behind her ears incredibly neatly.
This is definitely a 50% slick. A smooth manouvre.
Use a wax spray and a fine toothed comb to create a similar effect yourself.
Kim Kardashian (again)
Woah there. We know double Kim action is a bit intense, but just look at her hair! This time round she has slicked her hair backwards with more of a wet look finish for a uber-glam 70's pool siren vibe.
This has to be a 70% slick, with bonus pool siren points.
Gonna try this? Tease the roots of the top section of your hair before using mousse to slick it down - it will make the look softer.
Katy Perry
We love how, with Katy's hair pulled back so tightly, all the attention is on her face! We also love that the little pouf at the top and the major bun at the back make this hairstyle red carpet ready, rather than Monday morning commute.
85% slick superstar goodness over here.
Run a gloss spray over slicked back hair with your hands - it will give mirror shine and a smooth finish.
Lara Stone
Woah. The slickiest of the slick. Lara Stone rocks the Croydon facelift in a way no mere mortal can - tight at the scalp and super wet-look.
Did we hear you say 100% slick?
Use the wet-look gel, left over from your boyf's high school years, to create this look. You'll need a good pair of cheekbones to pull it off though.
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On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28th 2013, InspireME Personal Fitness Training will be hosting its 10th Annual Turkey Trot.
The trot consists of a 3-mile course through Bath, which individuals can run or walk. It starts at 8:30 in the morning. Registration will take place the morning of the event at 1 Front Street. To register runners are required to make a $20 cash or check donation and/or non-perishable food contribution to the Bath Area Food Bank in lieu of an entry fee.
To start the trot on time we ask trotters to show up between 7:00-8:15 a.m. for registration. This is a great way to burn off some of those extra calories and support a group of people who struggle for their next meal.
The money raised will help the Bath Area Food Bank feed hungry Mainers and support the Maine Wounded Warrior Project. Everyone is encouraged to come walk or run, and don't forget to bring your families…the trot is a good way to promote a healthy family activity for the holiday.


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HYATTSVILLE, Md. - Steven Kidwell received a bizarre ticket in the mail from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles in August, but a WTOP TicketBuster investigation finds it was for license plates that have not been issued since 2004.
Department of Public Works officer Steven C. Starks wrote the ticket for illegal parking at 3300 N Street NW on June 28, 2013. Starks has been with DPW since April 1991, according to public records. Since no one paid the ticket within 30 days, the DMV mailed out a notice on Aug. 2 to Kidwell, doubling the $30 fine.
"I knew I hadn't been in D.C. in a long time. So I opened it up and it said I owed a ticket for a license plate I didn't recognize. It's not like anything I have," says Kidwell. "I was hot. There were four letter words, there were definitely a few."
He contested the ticket online with the DMV, which adjudicates tickets in the District, and simultaneously contacted WTOP TicketBuster.
"I see a lot of your stories and the DMV requests documentation. But I don't have documentation for a vehicle I don't own, so I thought it would be a nightmare and I needed some help," says Kidwell.
The ticket was written for Maryland plates FXP207. But Kidwell's two vehicle registrations don't match, or even closely resemble, FXP207. Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) searched their records and verified Kidwell's account.
"MVA records indicate that the registration associated with MD TAG NUM: FXP207 was cancelled on 02/10/04. The record also indicates that MVA received both TAGS at the time of cancellation," writes MVA spokesman Buel Young in an email to WTOP.
We disclosed the statement from Young to the D.C. DMV, which agreed to drop the citation against Kidwell. DMV spokeswoman Vanessa Newton says the MVA information was sufficient to warrant a dismissal.
But still unanswered is one key question: How did Kidwell receive this notice in the first place?
Currently, there's no system in place to catch an erroneous ticket before a notice gets sent to the wrong driver.
When a ticket goes unpaid in the District, its vendor Xerox State and Local Solutions researches the license plate on the original ticket. The results from Maryland or Virginia databases only include the name and address belonging to the license plate. Color, make or model aren't included. Therefore, if a ticket writer makes an error on the license plate, there's no way for Xerox or the DMV to notice a discrepancy before a warning notice goes to the incorrect driver.
But in this case, FXP207 doesn't correspond to any driver, so it's unclear how Kidwell's name came up in a computer.
"I don't understand how this happened. Bad data in, bad data out. Someone doing data entry doesn't get it right. I just have no idea. I work in IT and it shouldn't happen," says Kidwell.
"How did this get associated with me and how do we get this disassociated from me now -- because I'm worried that I will get more bad tickets with this license plate in the future."
WTOP asked the DMV about how it happened, but didn't receive an answer.
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This version of MacBS2 is a work in progress, and as such, it is incomplete and probably buggy. Here's a partial list of things that are missing.
- No support for slots
- No memory map
- No built-in BASIC STAMP reference
Another thing to look out for is that you'll need to download and install the latest driver from FTDI. Unfortunately, I have experienced several kernel panics using this driver. Hopefully they'll sort it out soon.
MacBS2 3.0.6 may 26, 2013
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MacBS2 3.0.5 may 9, 2013
- Fixed bug in syntax coloring that could corrupt source code.
MacBS2 3.0.4 may 2, 2013
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Category: Community Venues
Region: Uptown/ Eat Street
Now in its 15th year, MCAD's annual art sale is a scene to behold. Here, you'll find over 6,000 works on display in various rooms, in hallways, and stacked in hidden corners as every square inch of the three-floor event space will be utilized. The sheer amount of artwork can be overwhelming at first. But whether you are looking for something in a specific dimension, visual style, or just a cool gift, you'll certainly find it here. The show and sale features the work of students and alumni, and includes comic art, paintings of any scale and style, photography, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, and pretty much anything else you can imagine. The event is usually packed Friday and Saturday, when admission is a little more economical, but things tend to move smoothly and it is usually pretty easy to navigate the crowd should you want to take a closer look at something that catches your eye. Proceeds from the event directly benefit the artists and the school's scholarship fund.
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turkey drumsticks
3 quarts
2 large
onions, chopped
carrots, chopped
3 stalks
celery, chopped
4 cloves
garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon
1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon
ground dried sage
1/2 teaspoon
dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon
dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon
celery salt
2 cups
uncooked egg noodles
been doing this for ages only I use the turkey carcass after Thenksgiving. Great way to use all the bird.
Did not care for this at all. Followed recipe to a "T". Had a funny after taste and just didn't look appealing at all. I guess I'm just not a fan of dumping everything the pot and simmering it.
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Oh. My. Goodness. Did everyone's "old man" make this after every Thanksgiving? Mine didn't but I learned from my father in law how to make this. He always boiled down the turkey carcass and used the "juice" from that and pieced out the bones from the meat and added more chopped leftover turkey and he added a cup or so of leftover turkey gravy, a little worchestershire and a couple bay leaves. (He didn't add that much salt, but he did add quite a bit. I only season to taste because I'm not a big salter of food.) It's one of my husband's favorite parts of Thanksgiving and now that my father in law has been gone for almost five years, I make this for my husband and boys and we reminisce over our favorite memories of him. Thanks for posting this recipe, it's such a wonderful recipe that I'm sure is not just a family tradition for only our family.
My family enjoys turkey noodle soup, but I rarely made it because I always made it with the turkey carcass. Now we can have turkey noodle soup anytime!!! This recipe was straightforward, easy to make, and the result was DELICIOUS!
Use fresh turkey drumsticks - they're cheap, come in an easy to handle pack of 2 or 3 and always available in our local market. Much better result and easier to handle than a leftover carcass which has had most of the flavor cooked out of it already. Follow the recipe as written for best results.
This is an excellent soup! I did use 1/2 tsp (maybe more) of black pepper because we are big fans, and also added about 1/2 a cup of heavy cream (I do this with nearly all my soups). It was fantastic. The herb mix is just perfect. This works just as well with white meat too.
Very good. Will be making again. Totally used recipe no changes.
A very easy and delicious recipie. It is even better the next day. I used rice the second day instead of noodles and I liked it better.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Old Man's Turkey Noodle Soup
Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 234
Calories from Fat: 52
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What Is a Coastal Ecosystem?
The Coastal Program is one of the Service's most effective tools for voluntary, citizen and community-based fish and wildlife habitat restoration and protection on public and privately-owned lands. Coastal Program staff are located in 24 priority coastal areas, including the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, and the Pacific.
All these water and land forms interact as integrated ecological units. Shorelands, dunes, offshore islands, barrier islands, headlands, and freshwater wetlands within estuarine drainages are included in the definition since these interrelated features are crucial to coastal fish and wildlife and their habitats. A variety of animals, and plants complete the ecological system. The definition of "coastal ecosystem" also applies to the Great Lakes, where enormous bodies of freshwater play an ecological role similar to oceans.
Coastal wetlands are commonly called lagoons, salt marshes or tidelands. If you live along the coast, these natural systems are likely to be a common sight, although in many areas, coastal wetlands were among the first places to be converted and developed for human activities.
About Us
Our Nation's coasts provide important fish and wildlife habitat, far beyond their limited geographic extent. Coastal ecosystems comprise less than 10 percent of the Nation's land area, but support far greater proportions of our living resources. Specifically, coastal areas support a much higher percentage of the Nation's threatened and endangered species fishery resources, migratory songbirds, and migrating and wintering waterfowl.
Today, these species and their habitats face serious threats in coastal regions from human population growth and the development and disturbance that are often a consequence of growth. Population projections indicate that our coastlines will continue to receive the majority of the Nation's growth and development, promising to compound today's habitat losses.
As habitat is degraded, reduced or eliminated, plants and animals suffer population losses that can lead to the need for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Service's Coastal Program is working to avoid further species declines by enhancing the agency's efforts within the Nation's coastal areas and securing funding for conservation, including habitat restoration efforts.
How the Coastal Program Works
The Coastal Program integrates all Service activities in high priority coastal ecosystems to:
Since the great majority of the Nation's coastal areas are in private hands, conservation of these ecologically important habitats is vital to protecting coastal natural resources. The key is to find solutions that ensure self-sustaining natural systems despite conflicting demands on our natural resources.
The Coastal Program provides incentives for voluntary protection of threatened, endangered and other species on private and public lands alike. The program's protection and restoration successes to date give hope that, through the cooperative efforts of many public and private partners, adequate coastal habitat for fish and wildlife will exist for future generations.
Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership in California receives 2011 Coastal America Partnership Award
The Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership was recently recognized as a 2011 Coastal America Partnership Award recipient. This award from President Obama is the Administration's highest level of recognition for conservation partnership efforts, recognizing outstanding collaborative, multi-agency and multi-stakeholder efforts that leverage and combine resources to accomplish coastal restoration, preservation, protection, and education projects. The Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership is comprised of numerous partners brought together to achieve a common goal of improving water quality and protecting and restoring important coastal wetlands of the Monterey Bay region in Central California. The partners include Federal and State agencies, local non-profit organizations, local biologists, organic and conventional farmers, and a local High School. The highly successful collaborative effort has led to the permanent protection, restoration, and enhancement of important coastal wetland and upland habitats associated with the Watsonville Slough Complex, one of two large wetland complexes draining into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Over the last 3 years, the partnership efforts have acquired 490 acres within the slough complex and initiated numerous restoration projects that will improve water quality and habitats for federally–listed species, as well as many resident and migratory bird species along the Pacific Flyway; all while demonstrating sustainable farming practices in the region. The Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership helps meet regional goals of the partners by working to improve water quality, and improve habitat for coastal species while simultaneously maintaining the agricultural heritage and economic viability of the community of the Monterey Bay region.
Coordinated land protection efforts by the Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership has resulted in the Land Trust of Santa Cruz (Land Trust) owning and managing 490 acres of agricultural lands and natural habitats in the middle slough region. The wetlands and uplands associated with the Land Trust properties acquired through the Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership efforts provide a vital habitat linkage between numerous other existing protected lands in the slough complex including those owned by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The partnership efforts will help to maintain connectivity between populations of the federally threatened California red-legged frog and the threatened Santa Cruz tarplant in the slough system. The Land Trust properties will also help to both expand and enhance existing habitats not only for these listed species but also other native species including the recently delisted California brown pelican. Listed species associated with aquatic habitats downstream of the Middle Watsonville Slough region will also indirectly benefit from the water quality improvements and include the endangered tidewater goby and the threatened South-Central coast steelhead. The Land Trust is working in conjunction with the Coastal Conservancy, USFWS Coastal Program, Natural Resources Conservation Service, CDFG, the County of Santa Cruz, the local non-profit Watsonville Wetlands Watch and others to restore wetlands and upland habitat in a number of the tributary sloughs. The Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership extends the benefits of other projects in the upper slough region including those supported by the State Coastal Conservancy, the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz, and the City of Watsonville for Ramsay Park and Manabe Wetlands in the Upper Watsonville Slough. The Middle Watsonville Slough Partnership will also help to prevent further harmful outputs from reaching the downstream estuary where numerous other federally listed species occur, and eventually help to prevent harmful outputs from reaching the coastal/marine habitats of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Kelly Osborne, Alexandra Burke and Sophie Ellis Bextor design charity shoes for DP
Three stars known for their individuality and fashion sense have turned their talents to shoe design, with a limited edition range of high heels for Dorothy Perkins.
The 'Stand Tall' collection of charity shoes will be sold for £45, with a very generous £10 going towards Breast Cancer Care with every sale. That's a great price for shoes that could become collectables, especially with proceeds going to such a good cause.
The shoes themselves reflect the stars' individual personalities, and are perfect for party season. We particularly love Alexandra Burke's design; the black sequinned courts shown above, which are just so pretty with their delicate floral pattern. By buying a pair of these shoes you'll be helping support thousands of women touched by breast cancer, so why not look out for them? They'll be available in stores from October.


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Pronunciation: /pəːsɪˈvɪə /
Definition of persevere in English:
verb[no object]
Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success: his family persevered with his treatment (as adjective persevering) she has been a remarkably steadfast, persevering, and dutiful woman
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- We persevered through all the difficulties but got there in the end.
- The saddest part is that despite all of the hassles and law suits, they continue to persevere.
- Still, we persevered and in spite of the traffic it was soon actually rather pleasant.
persist, continue, carry on, go on, keep on, keep going, not give up, struggle on, hammer away, be persistent, be determined, see/follow something through, keep at it, show determination, press on/ahead, stay with something, not take no for an answer, be tenacious, be pertinacious, be patient, stand one's ground, stand fast/firm, hold on, hold out, go the distance, stay the course, plod on, plough on, grind away, stop at nothing, leave no stone unturned
informal soldier on, hang on, plug away, peg away, stick to one's guns, stick at it, stick it out, hang in there, bash on
late Middle English: from Old French perseverer, from Latin perseverare 'abide by strictly', from perseverus 'very strict', from per- 'thoroughly' + severus 'severe'.
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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - A vacationing Louisiana woman has died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony in Orange Beach.
The Press-Register of Mobile reports it happened early Sunday at Seaside Beach & Racquet Club.
Baldwin County Coroner Stan Vinson told the newspaper that the 24-year-old woman was vacationing with some relatives when she fell to her death about 1:40 a.m.
The coroner said two people saw the woman fall from the side of the resort that faces the Gulf of Mexico, but they did not see what caused her to fall.
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Peppermint Kisses Recipe
"These are fun, refreshing and low in fat!" notes field editor Lynn Bernstetter of Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
- 2 egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 peppermint candy canes (one green, one red), crushed
- In a bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add salt and cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff and glossy.
- Spoon meringue into a pastry bag or a resealable plastic bag. If using a plastic bag, cut a 1-in. hole in a corner.
- Squeeze 1-1/2-in. kisses of meringue onto ungreased foil-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle half with red crushed candy canes and half with green candy canes.
- Bake at 225° for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until dry but not brown. Cool; remove from foil. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 3 dozen.
Originally published as Peppermint Kisses in Taste of Home December/January 1996, p12
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Reviewed Nov. 10, 2012
"I like to tint them lightly."
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2011
"A nice healthy alternative sweet treat :)"
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2011
"Very easy to make and very tasty. Used red and green striped candy canes. Piped them out on the smaller size so it made a lot of kisses. Great addition to our cookie trays. Will make again."
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2010
"This is a family favorite...everyone askes me to make this every year"
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Sir Alex Ferguson has quashed speculation that he is upset with Phil Jones' call-up to the England Under-21 squad, although he is surprised by the youngster's inclusion.
The manager thinks the versatile defender, who has enjoyed a tremendous start to 2013, should be in Roy Hodgson's senior party for the friendly against Brazil at Wembley.
Despite press reports that United are unhappy at the prospect of Jones playing in the European Championship in the summer for Stuart Pearce's side, Sir Alex understands the situation.
"I haven't paid much attention to it," he admitted at his pre-Fulham press conference. "I'm surprised he's in the Under-21s and not the full squad.
"I think it's happened quite a few times to players [being dropped back to Under-21s]. Is it understandable to the players? That can be the difficult thing to manage. The players, once they're in the full squad, think they've achieved that - he's played for the full squad.
"If they then take a step back, it can be hard to manage that. But he's 20 years of age and Stuart Pearce wants to pick as good an Under-21 squad as he can get. And that includes players like Phil Jones."


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Friday, 04 May 2012 00:00Marie E. Vames, 90, of Southold for six years and Port Washington, died on April 26, 2012 at Palliative Care Unit, Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was born on May 2, 1921 in Winthrop, MA, daughter of Walter Lamplough and Anita Fougeré Lamplough. She was educated at Winthrop High School. She married Peter Vames on Oct. 28, 1945 at St. Peters in Port Washington.
Marie Vames was a founding member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Atlantic Hook and Ladder of Port Washington, Cow Neck Bay Historical Society, Jamesport Homemakers. She made beautiful baby bonnets and other needlework projects. She loved to make people laugh.
Predeceased by her husband Peter Vames; her sister Mildred Dougherty; brother Walter Lamplough Jr. She is survived by her daughter Anita Busby of Peconic Bay, son Stephen P. Vames of Babylon; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren (one more due in June). Also survived by her uncle Walter "Pat" Fougeré, age 94. (They grew up as brother and sister) and her sister Margaret Cathey.
Arrangements were made by the Horton-Mathie Funeral Home, Greenport. Funeral Mass at St. Patrick's RC Church, Southold. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Pegasus House Palliative Care Unit at Peconic Bay Medical Center, 1300 Roanoke Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901, Attn: Denise D'Ambrosia.


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I write to you to address a dire situation that we, as a community, are facing. The New York Blood Center is asking for assistance over the summer to maintain the necessary supply of all blood types, but specifically O-negative.
The summer months pose the greatest difficulty for the Blood Center as they historically see a drop in donations. I hope this letter serves as a reminder and I urge all residents to continue to help those in need by donating blood. Every donation goes a long way to help saving the lives of those in medical emergencies.
I, along with Legislator Rose Walker, will be hosting a blood drive at the Farmingdale Public Library on August 25 from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact my office at 516-571-6212.
To find other locations to donate blood or for information on how to organize a blood drive, please call toll free 1-800-933-2566 or visit www.nybloodcenter.org.
I thank all of you in advance for your generous donations as we continue to help make our community stronger and more prepared for any sort of emergency, both small and large.
Legislator Michael Venditto
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By Jennifer Carrico
The drought of 2012 affected nearly every farmer across the Corn Belt and it continues to linger, making farmers wonder if the 2013 growing season will have a pot of gold at its end.
"Right now our subsoil is very dry," said Lynnville, Iowa, farmer Roger Zylstra. "I have lived on or near this farm my entire 61 years and this is the driest I've ever witnessed."
He said the topsoil moisture is not in terrible shape right now, with moisture being seen about 18 inches down on his farm in east central Iowa. But he stressed the need for timely rain throughout the growing season to get the most out of this year's crop.
Iowa State University Extension Climatologist Elwynn Taylor said the drought of 2012 was the continuation of a weather pattern that started in 2010, moving from the east and south, up into the upper Midwest.
"The 2012 event ended a several-year drought in the northwest United States and ended a six-year continuous string of above-trend U.S. corn yields," he said.
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Saturday March 1, 2014:
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Satisfy your sweet tooth at our 4th annual Chocoholic's Delight! Local chocolate vendors from the community will bring in sweet treats for you to sample and enjoy. Make reservations below or by calling Carol Casey at 256-830-4447 ext. 290. Register early because you don't want to let this sweet treat melt through your fingers!
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Maple-Apple Baked Beans
This is an old French-Canadian recipe. We use pure maple syrup, but it's the apple slices that make this my favorite recipe for baked beans.
12-14 Servings
Prep: 1 hour + standing Bake: 4 hours
4 cups dried navy beans
10 cups water
1 pound sliced bacon, quartered
1 large onion, chopped
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 cup maple syrup
3 medium tart apples, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown
maple sugar
Place beans in a soup kettle or Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2
in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover
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Drain and rinse beans; discard liquid. Return beans to the pan; add
10 cups water. Bring to a boil Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30
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Line the bottom of a 4-qt. baking dish with bacon. In a large bowl,
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syrup over the top. Cover and bake at 350° for 3 hours, gently
stirring occasionally and adding reserved bean liquid if needed.
Arrange sliced apples over the top. In a small bowl, cream butter and
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Since I'm abstaining from fried foods this month I thought I should probably come up with a recipe that would make me say "French fries, who?!" Because living without the decadence of fries is just not ok with me. So, these paprika parsnip fries were born. Baked, not fried, and topped with a preserved lemon cashew cream sauce they're vegan, healthy and COMPLETELY WONDERFULLY DECADENT!!! Oh, and silly easy. The trifecta of awesome, in my book. French Fries who? That's right. Have at it! xx- Sarah
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Corot to Cézanne: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Jan 25, 2013 - Jun 2, 2013 12 PM - 5 PM
UVa Fralin Museum of Art, 155 Rugby Road / Charlottesville, VA 22904
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon's generous gifts to the Commonwealth of Virginia include French, British sporting, and American paintings and sculpture on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as over a thousand prints and drawings. This exhibition features highlights from their important collection of French drawings. The works span almost 150 years from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and include masters such as Géricault, Delacroix, Ingres, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Cézanne, and Picasso. A small group of works by other artists are included by virtue of their affinity with the aims of the French School during one of its most creative and innovative periods. The works on view range from formal academic studies to more experimental ones; they document change, not only across the period, but also within the work of individual artists like Corot.
In his autobiography, Paul Mellon wrote of his affinity for drawings such as these, noting "...preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas." It is hoped that visitors to this exhibition will share Mr. Mellon's enthusiasm.
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BY STEVE GREENBERG Staff Reporter March 30, 2014 6:10PM
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 30: Aaron Harrison #2 of the Kentucky Wildcats shoots the ball against Derrick Walton Jr. #10 of the Michigan Wolverines in the second half during the midwest regional final of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 30, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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INDIANAPOLIS — With a little over eight minutes left, Kentucky's Aaron Harrison was scoreless. A non-factor. A talented freshman guard falling way short in the biggest game of his team's season.
Now, he's a hero for all Big Blue eternity.
Harrison made four three-pointers down the stretch against Michigan. The last one, from the left wing despite a perfect close-out by Caris LeVert, splashed in with 2.3 seconds left, putting the Wildcats on top by three.
The game ended 75-72 after Nik Stauskas' halfcourt heave for overtime bounced wide off the backboard.
It was a sad way to go out for Michigan, but another great day for college basketball's marquee event. This simply has to be one of the wildest, most exciting NCAA tournaments in memory.
Kentucky-Wichita State set the bar. Kentucky-Louisville and Wisconsin-Arizona might have topped it. Then Kentucky-Michigan came along and blew everyone's mind.
"You don't know how to feel," Harrison said on the court after the Wildcats had cut down the nets.
Did Harrison know the game-winning shot was good before it went in?
"A little bit, I knew," he said.
But not really? "Not really."
What matters is that Midwest Regional No. 8 seed Kentucky — a preseason No. 1 that lost its way for much of the regular season — is rolling to the Final Four in Arlington, Texas, having survived a murderers' row of Wichita State, Louisville and Michigan, three of the teams from last year's Final Four.
"When you think of who we had to play?" coach John Calipari said, shaking his head. "And the games were all epic games."
Stauskas scored 24 to lead the Wolverines, who tried valiantly but, in the end, failed to keep Kentucky from exploiting an enormous size advantage. Led by Julius Randle inside, the Wildcats outrebounded Michigan by 11 and scored 46 points in the paint.
Kentucky trailed by 10 points in the early going but rallied for a 37-37 halftime tie thanks to 10 points each from freshmen James Young and — who? — Marcus Lee.
Lee, coming off the bench in place of the injured Willie Cauley-Stein, made for an instant story. The former McDonald's All-American — hey, this is Kentucky — had nearly as many DNPs (15) as field goals (19) entering the game and had played all of one minute in the tourney.
Pretty amazing, but Harrison sure topped it.
"It's part of basketball," Stauskas said of Harrison's dagger.
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Lebanon: Ross visits the Middle East where Lebanon is on the brink of civil war as the conflict in neighbouring Syria intensifies. Contains distressing scenes. (S3, ep 4)
Northern Ireland: In an investigation closer to home, Ross and the team travel to Northern Ireland during the July marching season. (S3, ep 3)
Papua New Guinea: In a startling instalment, Ross Kemp visits one of the most diverse yet chaotic nations on Earth. Contains violence & distressing scenes. (S3, ep 2)
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"Lance has given most of his life to this community," Jager said. "I can think of nobody right now that is more deserving, especially since Lance's health is deteriorating quite a bit and he's served us so well."
The annual award will be given to a Eureka resident who does outstanding work for the city, either over a lifetime or for a single project, Jager announced during last week's city council meeting. A plaque will be displayed in the lobby with a photo of the selected recipient.
"I think it is so fitting," Councilwoman Melinda Ciarabellini said. "I can't think of anyone else that has contributed so much of his life to public service as Lance to the city of Eureka."
Madsen served 11 years on the council before stepping down in December due to health reasons. He worked as a Eureka police officer, a child abuse investigator and for the Eureka Housing Authority for 25 years.
He was also involved in the city's waterfront revitalization project, the East-West rail project, the Land Bridge Alliance, the Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods and was a liaison on the Eureka Redevelopment Advisory Board before the state's redevelopment agencies were dissolved.
Council members Mike Newman, Linda Atkins, Marian Brady and Chet Albin all said Madsen deserves the honor.
"I've known Lance for many, many years," Albin said. "I just say, 'Thank you, Lance, for everything you've done for the city of Eureka.'"
Newman said the award is a tribute to Madsen's public service.
"Lance has been sick the entire time he's done this last go-around as a city councilman," he said. "Frank saw that, and so did I."
It's also designed as a tribute to him, Newman added.
"He's done a lot of good for us for a long time," Ciarabellini added.
Jager said he will have Madsen or his family accept the award at a future council meeting.
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The assistant police chief in Hutchinson is in hot water after alleged police brutality. The officer accused, Captain Troy Hoover, has been placed on administrative leave after a complaint that he grabbed a 25 year-old man by the neck and told him to stay away from his daughter.
The alleged assault took place late last month. Now, the NAACP is also involved and hopes the situation doesn't simply get swept under the rug.
"They're supposed to be trained professionals and have restraint in issues like that," said Darrell Pope with the Hutchinson chapter of the NAACP.
Hutchinson city officials are not commenting on exactly what punishment has been handed down to Hoover other than to say he's been placed on administrative leave. A complaint was filed with the local chapter of the NAACP after Hoover reportedly confronted 25 year-old Stacy Hem in the police department parking lot, grabbed him by the throat, and ordered him to stay away from his daughter.
"Hem said that he told the captain that he had no interest in his daughter," Pope said, "but that his daughter was a grown woman and could make her own choices."
Hem, who is black, filed the complaint last week at the urging of another police officer who witnessed the incident. He also filed a complaint with the police chief, but when asked what consequences Hoover would face, the city manager said it's a private personnel matter.
"It's an unfortunate incident and the officer involved knows that it was something that he shouldn't have gotten himself involved in," said City manager John Deardorff. "It's an unfortunate set of circumstances that led to the situation."
The KBI is also doing its own investigation, but the NAACP's Pope says if it were any other citizen, it could be considered a criminal matter.
"We'd just like to know that something is actually happening and it isn't just a deal where the fox is watching the chicken house," Pope said. "We hope they don't just do some window dressing and go back to business as usual."
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It takes surprisingly little snow to hang up most cars these days. As long as your car is just stuck in a little snow, feel confident that there are a number of tricks to help you get it out. Getting too reckless while trying to extricate your vehicle from the snow can cause damage, particularly if your vehicle happens to be caught on an object that is obscured by the snow, such as a curb.
Before doing anything else, try the following steps:
-> Rock the vehicle: by putting the car alternately into drive and reverse you can literally rock your car out of the place you are stuck. This takes some timing but is my favorite method since it doesn't involve leaving the vehicle or touching any snow.
-> Take the floor mats out and put them under the stuck tire(s) for traction: This can be quite effective but tends to be a little messy, especially if you are wearing nice clothes.
-> Wait for a passerby: Nothing brings out the community spirit quicker than helping out someone in need of a push. Two days ago, my 4-Wheel drive vehicle was stuck in front of my place for about 10 seconds before I switched into 4-wheel drive. In the meanwhile, neighbors from up the street were already headed down to give me a push.
Of course, as the old adage says, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Try the following strategies so that your car doesn't get stuck in the first place:
-> Throw some extra weight on over the rear axle in a rear wheel drive vehicle: Carrying bags of sand in the trunk is common, but carrying cat litter has the benefit of allowing you to use it for extra traction if you do get stuck.
-> Invest in winter tires: If you live in an area that gets more than one good storm a winter, give yourself some peace of mind. They are no more costly than regular tires and will allow you to go, even when other drivers are stopped by road conditions. I keep my winter tires on all summer long and have NEVER been caught unprepared by a freak ice storm.
-> Keep Moving! Virtually everyone who gets stuck in snow does so after having stopped or parked the car. If you are in a place where you might get stuck, keep the car moving, even if this means creeping through a stop sign when it is all clear or parking farther away from your destination.
Abide by these preventative tips, and you'll thank yourself more than once.