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Caruso Law Offices, PC
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The Law Offices of Bruce S. McDonald is a personal injury and medical malpractice law firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, providing impassioned advocacy for victims of injuries caused by negligence throughout the surrounding areas of New Mexico. The firm's attorneys have several...
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The Fine Law Firm is a personal injury law firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico providing counsel of legal representation to injury victims throughout New Mexico. Established in 1975, the firm has earned a solid reputation for excellence founded upon the values of hard work, high...
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Law Office of Samuel I. Kane, P.A.
Personal Injury Lawyer in Las Cruces, New Mexico(575) 526-5263
The Law Office of Samuel I. Kane P.A. in Las Cruces, NM, takes personal injury cases for clients. The firm is able to stand with victims of train accidents, car accidents, dog bites, medication mistakes or other problems. The firm provides clients with high-quality legal advice.
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Will Ferguson & Associates
New Mexico Personal Injury Attorneys(505) 243-5566 or (800) 251-5566
Will Ferguson and Associates in New Mexico focuses on personal injury cases. The law firm has caring individuals who are tough when facing opponents in the court room or negotiations. Attorneys for the firm work to ensure that clients throughout the state recover compensation for...
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Killian Davis Richter & Mayle, PC
Grand Junction, Colorado Personal Injury and Car Accident Law Firm(505) 242-0707
Killian Davis Richter & Mayle, PC is a Grand Junction, Colorado personal injury firm which represents clients throughout the area in all types on injury claims, including work-related injuries and workers' compensation claims. For clients who have been injured in any way as the...
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Adam D. Rafkin, P.C.Ruidoso, NM 88345
New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer(575) 257-0129
Specializing in catastrophic personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Serving greater South-Central New Mexico including Alamogordo, Ruidoso and Roswell.
BFD LawyersAlbuquerque, NM 87107
Albuquerque, New Mexico Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Business and Estate Planning Attorneys(505) 234-7007
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Khayoumi Law FirmAlbuquerque, NM 87102
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Law Office of James H. Wood, PCAlbuquerque, NM 87102
Personal Injury Attorney in Albuquerque, NM(505) 906-6774
If you are struggling through the pain of a personal injury, you need to make sure that your case is studied with the relevant attention of a legal professional. A personal injury attorney serving Albuquerque will be more than able to work with you and for you towards the case completion that's...
Revo/Smith Law Firm, LLCAlbuquerque, NM 87111
Albuquerque, New Mexico Personal Injury Attorneys(505) 293-8888
The Revo/Smith Law Firm, LLC has given New Mexico residents the care and expertise of a seasoned trio of personal injury attorneys, each deeply committed to the firm's founding principles of exceptional customer service, personal attention, and courtroom aggression. Attorneys Terrence Revo, Roger...
Ring Jimenez Accident AttorneysAlbuquerque, NM 87104
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We represent injured people and family members who have lost loved ones throughout the state of New Mexico. Our attorneys are local and are dedicated to getting you results. Your only job is to get better. We'll take care of everything else.
Sanders, Bruin, Coll and WorleyRoswell, NM 88201
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A full service law firm serving central and southern New Mexico including Albuquerque, Roswell, Hobbs, Artesia, Alamagordo, Carlsbad, Socorro, and Las Cruces.; Founded by Truman T. Sanders, Jr. in 1945, the firm has grown from two to ten attorneys. We have served Roswell and the State of New Mexico...


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Much in the vein of the popular comic book series Vampirella, 30 Days of Night and Walking Dead, Night revolves around FBI Agent Sabrina Voght and her pursuit of what she suspects to be a werewolf killer hiding among inner city gangs. The plot takes several twists and turns before the killer is revealed and many other surprises are thrown at the reader as well.
We spoke with writer, Troy Hasbrouck, about NIGHT.
The Big Bad Wolf: Can you give our readers a synopsis of Night?
Troy Hasbrouck: NIGHT is not just a werewolf or vampire comic. The series is designed to
be open to each and every creature of the NIGHT. Werewolves, Vampires,
Minotaur, we've got them all.
The Big Bad Wolf: Who are the main characters?
Troy Hasbrouck:
The series centers around a female FBI Agent named Sabrina Voght. She
works a little out of the usual realm of the FBI and focuses on the
macabre cases that no one else wants. When things get rough, the fangs
come out, literally. She's a vampire, but that is not what defines her.
tortured souls here.
Her partner, Agent Andrew Whildon is a biochemist
and he's developed and drug based on the properties of human blood that
help her keep her vampirism in check. The cast of heroes is rounded out
a young werewolf on the run by the name of David Skinner. He initially
introduced as a suspect, but it turned out he was just a decoy for the
true villain. We've got a nice cast of bad guys featuring a warlock by
the name of Mr. E, an older than written history vampire by the name of
Anubis Peribsen, a zombie animator turned zombie himself, Dwayne Jones
jokingly referred to as "Zombie Boy and lastly our the arch enemy of
Sabrina is a character based on the blood countess herself, Elizabeth
The Big Bad Wolf: Can you catch us up with the current storyline?
Troy Hasbrouck: Well, in the previous story arch, Sabrina was tracking David Skinner and
once it was determined he wasn't the murderer she was looking for, the
teamed up and defeated Mr. E. Next, Sabrina was called to Florida to
investigate several Goth massacres and she herself ended up being
and tortured by Elizabeth Bathory. So, in Night issue five, Skinner and
Whildon team up to search for Sabrina. Skinner ends up fighting
newest vampire clan and determines that Sabrina has been taken to a
part of Canada called Yellowknife. The newest issue released soon deals
with Sabrina and what she finds in Yellowknife.
The Big Bad Wolf: What is next issue due out and what number is it?
Troy Hasbrouck:
Most likely the next issue that will be in print will be the Witch
/ Night Crossover story that I co-wrote with Monarch Comics' Vincent
Ferrante. Elias Martins from the Brazilian studio did the pencils for
crossover issue and they are fantastic.
After that we're going to re-launch NIGHT with a new number one. The
teams have changed and it seems like a perfect time for new readers to
jump in so we're starting Night volume 2 with a bang!
The Big Bad Wolf: Is there a trade out that collects the past issues?
Troy Hasbrouck: There are two trades, Night volume 1 collects Night issues 1-3 and this
available through LULU as we speak. Night Volume 2 Behold Bathory is
going through a few printing revisions but should be available through
LULU by the end of the month. Night Volume 2 collects Night 4 and 5 as
well as Shades of the Night 1 and 2 and for extra punch we threw in some
of the backup stories from other one-shots.
The Big Bad Wolf: What can we expect from this series in terms of blood and gore?
Troy Hasbrouck:
Once again, thinking of ways to maximize readership, I always say this
a PG-13 book. There is definitely blood and violence. Stakes being
into hearts, throats slashed, that's all represented, but no entrails
hanging out or nudity.
The Big Bad Wolf: Night has its own spin off series as well, Shades of the Night. Can you
tell us a bit about this series?
Troy Hasbrouck: Once I hit the convention circuit pretty hard, I started meeting all
very talented artists but their style didn't necessarily fit the look
was created for NIGHT. I was also running into a trend with buyers that
were reluctant to try a new series when there was already five issues
So Shades of the Night, was created as a continuity free series telling
stories from Sabrina's past, present and future with no ties to the
previous issue. Its wide open on the artistic front too so I can pick an
artist whose individual style fits the script and give them free reign
let their style loose! So now the new readers can pick up an issue if
like the artist on that issue and read it without having to feel
to picking up the next issue.
The Big Bad Wolf: What issue is that on and when is the next one due out?
Troy Hasbrouck:
Shades of the Night Issue 1 and 2 are both in print now and I have, at
moment, four SOTN scripts currently in production. That's the beauty of
the concept of this series. It doesn't matter who finishes first because
there is no order to the series. My hope is to have NIGHT Volume 2
1 and 2 completed by the 2009 convention season and to have NIGHT 3 and
completed by the end of the year and the Shades stories will go to print
as they are completed but I imagine at least 2 or 3 will be complete for
this summer's convention season.
Big Bad Wolf: Is both Night and Shades of the Night an ongoing series?
Troy Hasbrouck: Yes, with NIGHT being the flagship title complete with cliffhanger
Big Bad Wolf: How much are the books?
Troy Hasbrouck: $2.99 for the Black and White issues and $3.99
the color issues.
Big Bad Wolf: Who's the creative team on the Night series?
Troy Hasbrouck: Initially Buddy Prince
on the series and he was the artist on Night 1-4, but he has decided to
move on to other projects so DC White stepped in to fill the void with
Night 5. For the second volume of the series I have begun working with a
Brazilian art studio maintaining a steady art style so the only
artist from the first volume will be DC White.
Big Bad Wolf: What about for Shades of the Night?
Troy Hasbrouck: Issue one was drawn by a very talented friend of mine, Clayton Moore.
a big zombie fan so I had to give him the "zombie boy" story to work up.
It's actually a trilogy but we're saving the second two parts for later.
We want to use "zombie boy" sparingly. The second issue was drawn by
Crowson and he did these beautiful pencil illustrations that I felt
obligated not to cover up with any coloring so they are printed straight
from his pencils. His issue is actually a chapter from a novel that I
wrote featuring Sabrina's first night out, her first mission. Upcoming
have Erik Williams doing some fantastic water colors. Troy Rider will be
bringing some realism to Shades and David Faught will be bringing a
The Big Bad Wolf: Where can our readers find out more about Night?
Troy Hasbrouck:
The best place is www.jesterpress.com. We've got a listing for our
convention appearances and character bios listed so there is some cool
stuff to check out there as well as just all the cool pin-ups from the
various artists but you can also reach us at
The Big Bad Wolf: In closing, what would you like to say to our readers about Night?
Troy Hasbrouck:
I thank you of course for this opportunity and if this interview has
sparked an interest, then you can have your local shop order all our
through Haven Distribution. www.havendistro.com.
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After months of huge, heavily marketed summer blockbusters full of explosions and magical incantations, I think were all about ready for a change of pace. Im looking for good indie movies, and since Ive already seen The Hurt Locker and 500 Days of Summer (and if you havent, make it a priority) then theres Adam, which opens this weekend in select theaters.
It stars Hugh Dancy as a man with Aspergers Syndrome who meet cutes with an upstairs neighbor named Beth, played by Rose Byrne. We have an exclusive clip from the movie, selected by the films producer Miranda de Pencier. This is her favorite scene and she explains exactly why in the embedded video below:
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Opposition is growing to the repugnant measures which Israel has
implemented in Palestine and the list is growing against what is certainly
a policy of apartheid.
Mass ill-treatment of Palestinians by Israel is continuing unabated and the world
remains indifferent. For most western countries genocide and inhuman
violations against Palestinians is not their business. But you can fool people
some of the time, maybe most of the time, but not all the time.
When some former Israeli top brass call for a two stateresolution to the Palestinian crisis, it is time that the Israeli take notice
move forward instead of splitting hairs.
Professor Juan Cole has made a significant comment on the action of
the new Pope and what he says is an eye opener for people of faith
throughout the world
Apart from the outstanding views, magnificent scenery
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Do not be misled into believing that the Dome of the Rock is the Al AqsaMosque, They are two separate buildings.
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BUFFALO, NY-- Buffalo businessman and developer Carl Paladino says boarding schools may be an answer for the city schools' low graduation rate and various problems in the districts.
Paladino, who ran as the Republican candidate for NYS governor last year, told Common Council's Education Committee that school administrators are failing to help some of the city's students in serious need. He cited the example of some young black men who cannot fill out a job application at his business because they lack proper reading and writing skills.
Council members were told that just over 57 percent of Buffalo students graduate and only 31 percent of black males actually get a diploma. Ellicott District Councilman Darius Pridgen called for an education summit to address the issues. Councilman Michael Kearns said he would not back any increased funding for city schools unless he saw efforts to improve.
Paladino said he was impressed by a recent television report on boarding schools in Minnesota. He says such schools for children ages six and up would help provide esteem as they would wear clean uniforms, get decent meals and learn basic study skills to succeed in school and in life.
Paladino says that could also help correct problems for troubled children in dysfunctional families and give them a better chance in life. School officials at the meeting said everything should be on the table as they seek solutions.
District Superintendent Dr. James Williams did not attend the meeting. He has been the target of frequent criticism from Paladino.
School Board President Ralph Hernandez tells 2 On Your Side that some suggestions may require state legislation or approval. But he has invited Paladino to appear before the school board to present his ideas on February 2nd at City Hall.


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WASHINGTON DC (WUSA) -- Jessica Doyle has been combing through the day's Daily Deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. Here are some of her favorite deals.
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How about some outdoor fun in Negril, Jamaica? Jackie's on the Reef is offering a 4-night holistic spa getaway for $670. It includes a spa, yoga, snorkeling, and breakfast and dinner. It's through Google Offers. You have to buy your own airfare before booking the hotel.
$39 gets you a complete auto detailing package, normally a $135 value. Empire Auto Detailers will come to you - as long as you're within 25 miles of Beltsville, Maryland. This one is also through LivingSocial.
If you have an offer you've seen or if you are a local merchant, post them on Jessica Doyle's Facebook wall. Tweet at her @financialista on Twitter. E-mail Jessica at email@example.com
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No, Cheryl Burke. I mean this isn't the Oscars, but how loosey-goosey are we supposed to get?
I like Jillian Rose Reed's froofy dress, but I do not care for those shoes.
Okay, I'm starting to get embarrassed about how many of these people I've had to google to figure out who the hell they are. Sadie Calvano is one of those people.
Olga Fonda is wearing an approximation of a dress.
Okay Molly Tarlov, you big weirdo. I think she looks amazing–like a sexy witch who just wants to read poetry with you.
Heidi Klum really went for it: severe hair, pointy, embellished shoes, sequin clusters, giant earrings, and an insouciant shoulder flourish. You do you, Klum.
Tell me I'm not looking at a bandage dress that zips all the way up. Hello, Jessica Alba?
Malin Akerman! Who did this to you? GIVE US A NAME!
Nina Dobrev does sequins and stripper heels right.
Bailee Madison gets a nomination for best dressed.
Next up: a vampy sexy Queen Latifah, a white beaded pant suit, and Chris Pratt making my heart flutter.


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Barbie Thomas, a 37-year-old woman who lost her arms in a freak accident, garnered a standing ovation at the USA Junior Bodybuilding Championship. More
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V Magazine's 'Girl Power' issue sure does have a lot of diversity. Apparently, "girl power" encompasses everyone from that creepy human Barbie person to…well, actual powerful girls. For their "Studs" editorial, V shot several androgynous women ("athletes, artists, lovers") whose queer identity marks them as "studs" rather than "tomboys," at least according to the woman in the accompanying video. Because it's fun to imagine I am friends with cool and attractive people, I'm going to make up personalities for them. As lovers. More
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WHEELING - The Wheeling Park softball team has waited an entire year for this moment.
A return trip to the state tournament.
A season ago, Coach Dee Davis' Patriots were shut out in the Class AAA championship game by Hurricane.
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Wheeling Park pitcher Carly Greer and the Patriots missed out on a chance to clinch a championship last season. This season, Park makes a return trip to the state tourney looking to finish what they started.
That group, mostly comprised of juniors, are now seniors. They know this is their last chance at a title.
''We're all excited to go back,'' Patriots ace Carly Greer said. ''It was the best time of our whole junior year. All year we talked about getting back to states.''
After Park's first sectional game, an 8-6 loss to Brooke, the return trip looked as though it was in doubt.
But sometimes losses have a funny way of putting you back on the right path.
''I think it really helped us losing that game,'' Greer said. ''It kicked us into gear. We knew we had to win the next two and keep winning from here on out.''
The Patritos (18-6), who finished eighth in the final Class AAA poll of the season, look to improve on their five-game win streak at 10 a.m. Wednesday when they face Ripley (21-7) in the opener of the state tournament at Jackson Memorial Park in Vienna.
The two previously met in last season's state tournament with Park coming out on top, 8-3.
The Vikings, who defeated Greenbrier East, 6-2, in the Region Three title game, will likely throw senior ace and first-team All-State pitcher Chelsey Hager.
''She's really good,'' Greer noted. ''We were lucky to score eight runs off her (last year). They made a few errors, too. Maybe the same thing will happen and we'll play our game and beat them. I think, for the first round, it's a good matchup. Hopefully, we'll get the win.''
While the loss to Brooke helped reboot Park, a position switch has also paid dividends for the Patriots.
Senior Kelsi Johnson, who started and played most of the season at third base, is now at shortstop, while freshman Kat Donzella, the original shortstop, is at third.
Greer noted since the switch, Park hasn't lost a game.
Shortstop became an intriguing position for the Patriots as early as November when senior Marissa Tucker, who played second base last year but probably would have been switched to short, tore her ACL during basketball practice.
''Losing Marissa is something we've had to overcome, but I think we're doing a good job out there picking each other up when we make an error,'' Greer said. ''It actually helped us become closer, having to fill in that spot.''
Counting Tucker, Park lost a total of three players from last season's squad, yet, despite the experience returning to the tournament, Greer said the nerves have taken their toll.
''I've been nervous all week,'' she said. ''I'm probably the most anxious person ever. All week, I've been looking up (Ripley's) schedule and seeing who they played and what the scores were. I'm really excited to go back, but I'm really nervous.
''Sometimes nerves can hurt you, but sometimes they can help you a lot. Every big game that I've pitched in, I think I've actually pitched better because of my nerves and I'm trying harder and pitching my heart out.''
She's not the only one. Park's other pitcher, Skylar Carrington, has really come into her own during her junior season.
''Skylar does an awesome job,'' Greer said. ''She always can come in and get out of a game, get us out of the close ones. During the second Brooke game in sectionals, she really showed what she could do. We had two girls on with no outs in the bottom of the seventh and I started saying, well it was a good year, a fun last game, but she got out of it and we won. Then we won the next one and we haven't stopped since.''
With a solid duo in the circle, there's one last piece to the puzzle for Park - eliminating errors.
''One error makes five errors and five errors make 10 errors,'' Greer said. ''It just goes from there. Just like, once you get one hit, you get more hits. We've really been trying to limit our errors, which was a struggle for us at the beginning of the season, but I think we're getting a lot better.
''As of right now, all of the games that we've had to win, we've won. And we haven't made errors.''
Win or lose, Park will face two Top 10 teams in the second round in No. 1 Musselman and No. 6 Lincoln County, who knocked off Hurricane.


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All Star Game
The All Star game with Steve Crawford and Fred Forman
2014 Tractor Ride Friday
Day 1 of the tractor ride is ready to roll
2014 Tractor Ride-Thursday
The 2014 WNAX Tri-State Old Iron Tractor Ride is getting ready to roll again this year.
Devastating Destruction in Wessington Springs, SD
The following are pictures after a tornado tore through Wessington Springs, South Dakota on 6/18/2014.
Trips: Chicago
WNAX listeners travel to the take in the sights of the Windy City, and a Chicago Cubs game
Trips: White Sox vs. Twins
We took two buses to the Metrodome July 11 &12 to watch the Twins take on the White Sox.
Flight 93 & Gettysburg
See photos from our East Coast Trip. In this gallery are photos from the Flight 93 Memorial and Gettyburg Battlefields.
Trips: Plymouth & Boston
More Pictures from our trip as these days we visited Plymouth & Boston.
Trips: New York City
Pictures from the first 2 days we spent in New York City.
Twins-Royals Weekend
It ended up being a great sports weekend...and here are some of the pictures from the first two baseball games of the weekend!
Trips: Vikings vs. Packers
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Thousands of Johnson County residents facing a potential water rate increase can give their opinion on the hike during an upcoming public hearing.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, the state board that will consider a request to raise Indiana American Water rates, will host a public hearing at Franklin Community High School at 6 p.m. April 8. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which represents consumers in rate increase requests, will present an information session at 5:30 p.m., outlining the process for rate changes.
The proposed rate increase would cost $2.45 for most consumers using 5,000 gallons a month, according to a news release from the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Members of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission will not answer questions during the public hearing. Staff from both state agencies will be available for questions before and after the hearing.
The commission considers consumer input when deciding on rate increase requests. Customers also can submit written opinions at the public hearing, online at www.in.gov/oucc.2361.htm, by email at email@example.com, or by mail to Consumer Services Staff, Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, 115 W. Washington St., Suite 1500 South, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Comments should include a name and address, and reference: IURC Cause No. 44450.


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Biography of M. C. Escher
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Baseball Sweeps Viterbo, 9-1 and 15-0
March 29, 2002
Chicago, Ill. - The University of Illinois at Chicago baseball team was clicking on all cylinders as they swept Viterbo, 9-1 and 15-0 at Les Miller Field on Friday night to extend their winning-streak to eight games.
Junior Curtis Granderson (Lynwood, Ill./T.F. South) led the charge for the Flames (15-3) in the opening game as he went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored on the night, including a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. Granderson was a double short of his second-career cycle.
Sophomore Mike Hughes (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Fremd) also turned in a solid performance for the Flames as he went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a RBI.
Senior Larry Banks (Cicero, Ill./Nazareth) improved his record to 5-1 on the season as he scattered three hits and struck out four batters in seven innings of work. Viterbo's Ben Burt took the loss as he allowed seven runs and nine hits in six innings of work for the V-Hawks.
UIC scored a total of 14 runs in the fifth and sixth innings as they thrashed the V-Hawks in the nightcap. Granderson and Hughes, again, paced the torrid UIC offensive attack in the second game, as Granderson was 4-for-5 with a RBI, while Hughes went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Granderson and Hughes each had a pair of doubles.
Junior Eric Xidis (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) improved to 3-2 on the season as he scattered four hits and struck out four V-Hawks batters in six innings of work. Viterbo's Ben Moore took the loss for the V-Hawks as he allowed six runs in five innings.


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Kansas also created a series of project-management standards and distilled those principles into a 250-page textbook. State project managers now receive 120 hours of classroom instruction and must pass a certification exam. Many Kansas IT vendors have taken the training as well, added Heiman.
"This helps keep everyone on the same page. We have a common language and common reporting standards," he said.
Concurrent with overhauling its technology governance, Kansas has taken a more businesslike approach to IT systems.
"We want IT to contribute to the revenue stream of government. That raises the bar because now youre standing the test of the market," explained Heiman. "That drives not only a lot of our architecture, but also the selection of our projects. Were taking projects that have a fairly high cost/benefit payout -- ROI [return on investment] where the
break-even point occurs at 12-18 months."
Practical Innovation
Like Kansas, Alaska significantly improved its Digital State position. After placing ninth in the 1998 survey, the state rose to third in this years ranking based on the strength of numerous practical e-government offerings.
For instance, Alaska recently unveiled an application that provides a single, online source for all government public notices. The system offers a convenient source for information on meetings, regulatory hearings, attorney general opinions, competitive solicitations and other information.
"Its one-stop shopping for all government public notices," said Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer. "That may not sound very sexy, but a lot of the world needs those notices and its very frustrating for individuals and organizations when they cant find that information."
Alaska -- with its sparse population spread over a territory the size of California, Texas and Montana combined -- has a powerful incentive to implement e-government services. Indeed, many of its communities are reachable only by boat or light aircraft, said Ulmer.
Therefore, online applications -- like Alaskas recently installed small business and occupational licensing systems -- offer citizens a huge increase in convenience. "In some states, you can just drive to your local government office and get your work done," said Ulmer. "We have literally hundreds of villages that are not connected by roads. So moving these kinds of transactions, as simple as they may be, to the Web helps erase distance as a barrier to doing business with the government."
Alaskas commitment to Web-based services shows in its second-place finish in Digital States e-commerce category, which measured progress in developing online permitting and licensing systems. Furthermore, the state earned top-10 rankings in categories covering the movement of tax transactions and voter information to the Internet.
Alaskas Telecommunications and Information Technology Council (TIC) played a central role in the states technology success, said Ulmer, who chairs the 20-member council. She credits the TIC -- comprising commissioners of all major state agencies and representatives from higher education and the state Legislature -- with fostering IT innovation and coordination across all sectors of Alaskas state government.
"This has created enterprise-wide thinking about telecommunications and information technology. You dont have a whole bunch of colliding and competing systems," said Ulmer. "[The TIC] allows us to cross-pollinate
good ideas. And it allows us to set standards and have those standards actually enforced."
Rags to Riches
Fourth-ranked Illinois qualifies as this years most-improved state after finishing near the bottom of the 1998 Digital State survey. Chief Technology Officer Mary Barber Reynolds attributed the turnaround to executive leadership, saying Gov. George Ryans unwavering commitment to e-government allowed her to push an agenda that calls for IT
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I've been reading through some past articles on Sudbury education. A new year is a good time to think about new ways of doing things, and so I'd like to refer you to an essay by Daniel Greenberg, a found of the original Sudbury Valley School and a long-time staff member there. It's called "Sudbury Valley School: The Birth of a New Paradigm for Education" and it's on the Sudbury Valley School website. It outlines some of the ideas behind Sudbury education and talks about how the school's founders decided to do things they way they do there.
Here is my favourite quotation from this essay: "I want to end with the essence of what the school is about: that a child is no different than an adult in the respect that is due to them from the rest of us. And the easiest way to get into this paradigm, the easiest way to break out of all of these other preconceptions, is to keep reminding yourself of that simple fact. Every time you interact with a child, stop yourself for a second – you can train yourself to do this – and ask, 'Would I behave this way to an adult?' Would you walk up to an adult and say, 'Haven't you been sitting a little too long staring at the roof? Wouldn't you like to read a book that I have for you?'"


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Recycling Tree
Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.
100th Day of School Recycle Craft
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Nili, an 11th grader from Jerusalem, was photographed standing alone against dozens of black-clad policemen during evacuation of Amona. Though photo earned photographer Balilty a Pulitzer, Nili says it is 'nothing to be proud of'
Efrat Weiss
Published: 04.20.07, 07:34 / Israel News
Efrat Weiss
Nili with Pulitzer-winning photograph (Photo: Guy Asiag)
The moment after
Nili says that after the photo was taken, police beat her and she absorbed numerous blows. "People who see the picture ask me: What were you thinking? What were you doing, one girl against a wave of policemen in black? Why didn't you run away?
Balilty's Pulitzer-winning photograph (Photo: AP)
Nili's mother, Devorah, described what happened after the snapshot was taken. "What happened afterwards was completely different, and there are pictures documenting that too. The police pulled Nili by the hair and beat her with clubs. It was simply horrifying.
The picture was taken during violent clashes that erupted when police evacuated illegal homes in the West Bank settlement of Amona, west of Ramallah, in February 2006. Security forces were operating in conjunction with a court ruling which authorized the razing of nine houses on the settlement.
Some 200 people were wounded when hundreds of settlers and their supporters forcefully resisted the evacuation.
The Associated Press photographer Balilty said that he and a number of other photographers were covering the events, and at a certain point they decided to split up to capture different views.
'We're not broken'
"The violence and cruelty at Amona didn't break us, but strengthened us," said Nili, who says she would willingly


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Lifting the Sky kicks off our list with two cowgirls. Blue is a 12-year-old girl with a wandering ranch-hand mom and an ability to see "lights" around people and animals, but she doesn't think of herself as a rancher.
"As for me, I was no cowgirl like my mom. I was okay on a horse and pretty good at helping to round up the cattle or to check on the cows and calves, and I could even fix fences if they didn't need to be stretched. But there were some things, like branding, that I absolutely, totally hated. I shied away when it came time for weaning the calves and sending them away from their mamas. Mam always said I was overly sensitive and should just get over it. Easy for her to say. Sometimes I figured being overly sensitive was the worst possible trait one could have. Especially if you lived on a ranch."
It soon becomes clear that her kind of sensitivity is a valuable skill at Far Canyon Ranch. Blue nurses two bum calves back to health, and takes in a lame antelope, which leads her to some surprising discoveries. Author Mackie D'Arge lives on a ranch on the Wind River Reservation, and she uses her first-hand knowledge to create realistic scenes of ranch life and to depict the austerity and natural beauty of Western Wyoming.
In Bull Rider, Cam faces the test of his young manhood when his older brother Ben returns from Iraq seriously injured. Before all this happened, he would rather hang out in town (Salt Lick, Nevada) and perfect his skateboarding skills than ride a bull. Ben was the bull rider in the family, after all. Cam takes his first ride as a dare, with his brother watching. It doesn't go so well (he blacks out), but it does give him the itch to ride:
"I sat on the fence and tried to act cool, like blacking out on the back of a steer happened to me every day. Meanwhile, Darrell got settled for his ride. He picked the big black Brahma. Andrew pulled the gate clear back and man, that bull shot out. He bucked high and landed four-footed, turned right, and then threw his head back, then ducked it to the left. Darrell went flying off to the side. He hit, bounced to his feet, hopping one, two, three, four. He sprang up the fence like a jack rabbit and landed next to me.
'So, you gonna be a bull rider like your brother?'"
Author Suzanne Morgan Williams has created a compelling story of two brothers and of rural life. It's actually one of the first stories for young readers that I've read about the effects of having a family member serve in Iraq. (And I love the bull riding scenes... you have to love a 1,600-lb bull named Ugly.)
Heart of a Shepherd is another story of a family member who's gone off to war. Brother, "a full-time sixth grader," takes on a lot of the family ranching responsibilities with Grandpa when his dad goes to Iraq. (His four older brothers are away at school, preparing for military careers.) He's a sensitive kid.
"Probably Frank will just tell me something depressing like Half of all the bum lambs die in their first week, and a bunch more don't make it past a month. Just don't get too attached. I know he's right. Nobody fusses about death except me. They always shrug and say "That's life," in exactly the same tone of voice that they say "That's baseball" when I strike out.
The things is, I hate striking out and I hate death. I hate it every time. Nobody teases me when I get all sad, but I see them shake their heads at each other like they're wondering, How am I ever going to be a real rancher? And what else am I going to be? Ranching and soldiering is what men do around here."
In her debut novel, Rosanne Parry has captured the complexities of modern ranch life. She beautifully portrays the values of sensitivity, humility, and hard work that Brother needs to learn to take his proper place on the ranch and in the family.
The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones is very different from the other books in this post, but I love it so much I couldn't leave it out. This is an old-west-style adventure tale of Prometheus Jones, an African American wrangler who wins a half-blind horse (which he names "Good Eye") and hooks up with a cattle drive bound for Deadwood. Along the way he makes a few friends:
"I hand the ropes of the steers to the young Indian, but he don't take the braided hemp. He stares at me, then wipes his finger along my cheek and looks to see if I'm painted same as him, only black.
I rub the white paint on his face, and it comes off a faint powder on my fingers.
Ole Woman watches us. "That white paint is good luck to Pawnee scouts," he says. "Don't mess with that."
I smile and nod. The Indian takes the rope and smiles back at me like I'm some traveling-show curiosity."
Author Helen Hemphill was inspired by the autobiography of Nat Love (a real-life African American cowboy) and the late-19th-century pulp westerns of Edward Wheeler. A smart, funny, action-packed book.
Thanks for indulging my love of all things cowboy. I'll close with wise words from real-life cowboy/Vaudevillian Will Rogers:
"Never kick a cow chip on a hot day."--Heidi


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March 11, 2010
HOUSTON, TEXAS - The California baseball team - behind the stellar pitching of sophomore right-hander Erik Johnson and home runs from sophomore catcher Chadd Krist, freshman third baseman Tony Renda and junior first baseman Mark Canha - upended No. 9 Rice, 8-6, Thursday night at Reckling Park in Houston. The Golden Bears improved to 8-3, while the Owls dropped to 8-6.
Johnson finished the game pitching 6.0 innings with two hits, no runs, one walk and six strikeouts. For the year he is now 3-0 and has not given up an earned run in 19.0 innings. In those 19.0 innings, Johnson has recorded 20 strikeouts with only four walks.
Cal junior right-hander Brian Diemer (2.2 innings, four hits, two runs, three walks, one strikeout) was able to earn his second save of the season when he got Chad Monzingo to line-out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
The Bears had jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Sophomore right fielder Danny Oh hit a one-out double down the right field line off Rice starter Taylor Wall (0-3, 5.2 innings, four hits, six runs, two walks, five strikeouts). Junior first baseman Canha followed with a single to third base and then Krist knocked his fifth home run of the season over the left field fence.
Cal added three more runs in the sixth inning. Junior second baseman Brian Guinn led-off the inning with a walk and was advanced to second on Oh's sacrifice bunt. The Owls then selected to intentionally walk Krist to face freshman third baseman Tony Renda. Renda proceeded to hit his first collegiate homer - a three-run shot to left-center field.
Rice came back with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning off Cal senior right-hander Daniel Wolford (two unearned runs) to make the score, 6-4. But the Bears tallied two runs in the top of the eighth. With one out, Canha hit a homer to left field. Then with two outs, Renda hit a triple to center field and later scored on a bunt single by sophomore left fielder Chad Bunting to give Cal an 8-4 advantage.
The Owls responded in the bottom of the eighth when Anthony Rendon hit a lead-off homer off Diemer to make the contest, 8-5. It then got interesting as Rice scored another run in the bottom of the ninth on a bases loaded walk before Diemer got Monzigo to line out to Guinn at second base. Guinn immediately threw to first base, but that throw was not in time, yet Canha was able to throw pinch runner Abe Gonzalez out at second base to end the game.
The Bears continue their series against No. 9-ranked (Baseball America) Rice in the second game of the four-game series, Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT in Houston.
Home Runs:
Cal: Krist, three-run homer in the first inning. Renda, three-run homer in the sixth inning. Canha, solo home run in the eighth inning.
Rice: Rendon, solo home run in the eighth inning.


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Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick
The final song to be mixed in stereo for the Sgt Pepper album was the reprise of the title track. It was followed by The Beatles' first recording session since 3 April 1967.
The 10 stereo mixes of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) were made in the control room of Studio Three, from 5-6.15pm. George Martin was not present, so they were created by balance engineer Geoff Emerick and tape operator Richard Lush.
Martin was present for the evening recording session, which took place from 7pm to 2.15am. The Beatles returned to the original take three from 13 February 1967, erased two of the tracks and overdubbed bass guitar on one and glockenspiel, whistling and trumpet on the other.
In the studio were producers of the Yellow Submarine film, the soundtrack for which the song was intended for.
The film producers were wandering around the studio and they had to sort of go along with this - I saw some very sad faces while I'm playing this trumpet.
The Beatles then returned to take 11, a reduction mix made on 14 February, and George Harrison sang two lead vocals. He was joined by McCartney on vocals and trumpet for one of the takes. One of the drum tracks for take 11 was replaced with piano, timpani, Mellotron and organ.
The two versions of Only A Northern Song - takes 3 and 11 - were mixed together during the following day's session.


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Chopped Mystery Basket Weirdest Ingredient Bracket Tournament — Announcing the Winnerby Joseph Erdos in Shows, May 8th, 2013
Some of the mystery basket ingredients that get used on Chopped are pretty unusual, to say the least. But the culinary producers who come up with them don't just draw them out of a hat — though sometimes it does seem that way! They take their time to decide on the ingredients, making sure the basket components are just right and actually manageable. FN Dish queried the culinary producers to find out the top 16 weirdest basket ingredients they've had on the show. The list of ingredients ranged from goat brains to gummy eggs over easy — almost no ingredient is off-limits.
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Cristobal was born July 8, 1954, in Karnes County, the son of Selestino Medrano and Delia Briones Medrano.
Survivors include his daughter, Sandra Medrano of George West, Texas; his sisters, Olga Campbell, Delia "PeeWee" Elgin, Jovita Rosas and Teri Zapata; his brothers, Selestino, Jr., Armando, David, Alfonso, Arturo, Gary, Henry and Johnny Medrano and his 3 grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Yolanda Farias.
Visitation was held Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, at Eckols Funeral Home Chapel, Kenedy with a prayer service held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Runge Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Cristobal's brothers.


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Synopsis: Writer/director/actor Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas. Pursued by an overly ardent groupie and his own demons, he sinks deeper into a swamp of humiliations. [Synopsis courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival]
Oh thank heavens. Finally, it's Academy Awards weekend. On Sunday evening, we'll all tune in to watch a parade of the anoited in sparkly haute couture gowns and even sparklier diamonds hand out golden statues of little nude men. And groan and nod sagely and screech out, "I told you so!" as the winne...Read More »
Tribeca Film and the Film Society of Lincoln Center are giving two films, "Rubberneck" and "Red Flag," by writer-director-actor Alex Karpovsky a double feature run at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Like his frequent collaborator Lena Dunham ("Girls," "Tiny Furniture"), Karpovsky stars himself ...Read More »
Alex Karpovsky, best known for his acting roles in Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" and "Girls," is readying the release of two upcoming films later this month, and distributor Tribeca Films has released the final posters for both films.Read More »
Tribeca Films has picked up North American rights for two films by Alex Karpovsky, "Rubberneck" and "Red Flag." Both films Karpovsky wrote and starred in, and center on a young man's awkward navigation of relationships.Read More »
Tribeca Films has announced the acquisition of "Rubberneck" and "Red Flag," both written, directed and starring Alex Karpovsky, for limited theatrical releases. The deal also extends both films to a variety of video on demand methods, including iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, Goo...Read More »
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This weekend sees such diverse personalities as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and "Girls" star Alex Karpovsky on the big screen. Johnson's vehicle "Snitch" isn't snatching much praise from critics, while Karpovsky has written, directed and starred in the double feature "Rubberneck" and "Red Flag," recei...Read More »
Watching "Red Flag" at a film festival is a delightfully meta affair, a darkly funny autobiographical road movie from "Girls" and "Tiny Furniture" star Alex Karpovsky. Yes, he's not just one of Dunham's boys on the hit HBO show, he's also a promising filmmaker in his own right, and he plants his 'Fl...Read More »
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Binic is a small table lamp with a vivid design and available in six different colours. The lamp from the Foscarini house was designed by the French designer Ionna Vautrin.
Binic imparts empathy and it convinces with an independent character. As a gift idea or for the personal use Binic is affordable and versatile: a real "Take-Away" product or "Love at first sigh", like the young designer Ionna Vautrin would say.
Binic is small but full of strong personality. With its pleasant, poetic and a little caricature-looking form it attracts all attention irresistibly. Binic projects a soft light that acts like a private lighthouse: angularly downwards. The light does not shine directly from the illuminant, but it is damped by a board.
Binic possesses an aluminium foot and a polycarbonate shade. The upper round volume with a glossy surface and a satined cone base seems to be gravity resistant. Despite this, Binic is completely stable because the weight difference is only a visual effect.
The designer Ionna Vautrin designed a range of six colours to offer a wider dimension to the lamp like this. White, green, red, orange, petrol, grey: a wide colour tone range for a design product, to be integrated in every furnishing style but overall, this was made to suit every personality that chose Binic.
Ionna Vautrin was inspired by her origin region, the Bretagne, its sea and her sea travelling for Binic. The main inspiration for the small lamp was given by the wind bags from the boats. The word "Binic" itself is the designation for a lighthouse at the coast in the Bretagne.


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The annual 'Crockett Christmas' was observed at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park in Limestone on Dec. 8, 2012. The event featured re-enactors, traditional music and seasonal treats.
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Braxton Family Values Recap: On That Baby Train
August 16, 2012 09:18 PM by Shayla Perry
It's time to get your feelings out! The Braxton sisters are back for another season of drama and trippage on We's Braxton Family Values, and we've got all the highlights from the season premiere. What's going on with Toni, Tamar, and the rest of the ladies?
This season on Braxton Family Values….
Tamar is still on the baby train with her "husbanger," Vincent, hoping to bring a little one into their family, but unfortunately, it's going to be a bit harder than she thought.
Fertility treatments three times a day? Uh-uh. BUT, everything looks good for the egg retrieval.
Towanda offered to carry the baby for Tamar, and she's seriously considering it. How else is she going to be able to pursue her solo career and "drop it like it's hot" on stage?!
That's something that Towanda's going to have to discuss with Andre first, though.
And maybe Trina should talk things over with Vincent, too. He's not sold on the idea of rubbing his sister-in-law's belly, but he is willing to meet a few surrogates. Trina's only request: they all have to be from "tribe ugly."
Things haven't been going so well for Traci. The hair salon she tried to start in the DMV (DC area) didn't quite work out, and with Toni looking for new back-up singers, it looks like she's going to need to spend a lot of her time looking for a J-O-B. And that's some "BO"! (In our Traci voice.)
Toni – "the superstar" – has a new album coming out, which means she'll be busier than ever promoting it. First, she's gonna need those "doo-whop-pop-chicks"….and she's got all of her sisters to help her find them.
She whittles it down to four that Trina and Towanda are helping her get ready. Except, after she sees them dance, Toni's thinking she needs to find some different girls. Will she end up asking her sisters to step in for her after all?
Mama Evelyn is doin' her own thang, working as a life coach. She and Doc aren't engaged anymore, (officially making him a "was-band") but she still wants him to help her out with her business, so they meet and talk about how they can collaborate. Will this lead to a little sum'n sum'n down the road? Doc hopes so, but it doesn't sound like mama's havin' that…yet.
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Why Was Cortez Shaw Eliminated on American Idol Tonight? 3/7/2013
Taking what he learned from Hollywood Week, Cortez Shaw attempted to recoup the judges' favor with his version of Bruno Mars's "Locked Out of Heaven" during the Top 10 guys semi-finals round. While his vocals were stronger this time around, the judges didn't think it was the best song choice for him.
Apparently, voters felt the same way, because Cortez failed to make the cut for the Season 12 Top 10.
The Dallas native, who auditioned last year too, said this season was his "second chance at redemption."
In his Road to Hollywood video, Cortez sat down with americanidol.com to discuss his idols (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston), his Idol inspirations (Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard), and why he thought he had what it took to be the next American Idol. As he put it, "This is my dream. This is my passion."
It's interesting to take a look back at his audition last year, as Randy Jackson seemed to want to cut off his rendition of Adele's "Someone Like You". A bad case of Adele burnout, perhaps? But Jennifer Lopez let him finish, and he was ultimately sent to Hollywood.
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Chesapeake VA accepts $100m private toll bridge proposal on Elizabeth River
Chesapeake City Council voted Tuesday evening (Jan 27) to accept a private venture proposal to build a approx-$100m high level toll bridge over the Elizabeth River between South Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area. The proposal from Figg Bridge and Britton Hill Partners, a private equity group, means the group will gain title to the 80 year-old city lift span Jordan Bridge and its approaches and land on either side of the river in return for construction of a new fixed high level span.
Figg Bridge/Britton Hill formally put the project to the city in an unsolicited proposal Dec 22 2008. After a period to see if there were competing offers - there weren't any - the City council took up the proposal last evening. Speaking on behalf of the investors was Linda Figg, president of Figg Bridge of Tallahassee FL and Philip Shucet, a consultant to the group.Ā Shucet was Executive VP at Michael Baker Co and a former Commissioner of Transportation in Virginia. He lives in the Norfolk area.
Shucet has been the principal local representative of the group, organizing meetings, giving presentations and answering inquiries from local groups and officials.
Shucet told us tonight there was good support for the private bridge project on both sides of the river, and no opposition. He says a renewed crossing is regarded as important to the economy of the area. Plans for mixed use redevelopment will be given a boost by the bridge.
The five member City Council voted unanimously to accept the Figg/Britton Hill offer last night.
The City came under heavy criticism when the old Jordan bridge was closed November 8 last year, and city officials said they could not fund repairs or replacement.
They said on their calculations tolls would only support about 20% of the financing cost of a replacement span and 80% would have to be paid out of city tax revenues.
The original lift span bridge was build privately in the 1920s and operated as a private toll bridge but taken over by the city some decades later.
The deal
The City will convey the land and structures on both sides of the river to Figg/Britton Hill. The river is an active waterway and part of the Intra Coastal Waterway network. A permit is still needed from the US Coast GuardĀ which certifies crossings as compolying with shipping needs.
The central span of the bridge will be 111m (365ft) and there will be 44.2m (145ft) overhead clearance for a channel width of 68.6m (225ft) bounded by channel fenders, slightly wider than the old lift bridge provided.
The City and the bridge group will work for permit from the Coast Guard as an emergency replacement in an effort to get construction under way by March.Ā
The new bridge will provide direct access from the east to the large Norfolk Naval Shipyard with 15k employees and various other industries on the west side of the river. Norfolk is home base to the US Navy's Atlantic fleet including three large aircraft carriers and supporting warships. It begins on the east side at an interchange with I-464 and ends for the moment on local streets.
The Figg/Britton Hill group promise to finance the new 2-lane bridge at no cost to the City and to have it open by July 4, 2010.
Financing is set up, Shucet tells us.
Of concrete box girder construction the bridge will haveĀ a 12.2m 40ft roadway deck shown striped for one travel lane each direction and 2.4m (8ft) shoulders each side. There is also a barrier protected 2.4m (8ft) pedestrian/bike way.Ā
The group gets the right to operate all bridging in the corridor and the obligation to provide a second span to allow 2 travel lanes each direction when traffic volumes require the extra capacity.
The bridge will be about 1525m (5000ft) long with approach grades a maximum of 5% and about 30 piers, the spans typically being 46m (150ft) over land. The estuarial river is about 600m (2000ft) wide needing eleven spans over water.
The project will immediately serve local streets on the Plymouth side but has been favored in area planning studies as part of a new 7.1km (4.4 mile) expressway standard loop extending the Martin Luther King Freeway south from the northern ports area across I-264 and swinging east to join I-464 via the Jordan Bridge.
Toll collection will be cashless all-electronic - a combination of E-ZPass Virginia transponders and video tolling.
The bridge will be privately owned in perpetuity and not be the subject of any direct controls over toll rates, although the bridge will face competition from tunnels just a few miles to the north and I-64 to the south.
Traffic on the old lift bridge was only about 7000 vehicles per day. The investor group hopes to increase that several fold, it appears. Traffic on the old bridge was hampered by a 2.7t (6000pd) weight limit and 20 to 30 bridge closings each day for ships to pass.
One forecasting by the Hampton Roads MPO showed a potential for 56k veh/day as part of the expressway loop. At a toll of $2 that would be $41m/year.
In the early years with the western end on local streets traffic of 12k to 15k/day looks more likely and revenue in the range $9m to $11m/yr. (Our numbers TRnews)
Bridge design and construction is likely to cost around $80m and land acquisition, removal of the old bridge and other costs about $20m. (Our numbers TRnews)
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well. im going to call this one done. took approximately three days, nonstop. but thats what summer vacation's for, i guess.
This is going to be the area my new DnD campaign is going to be focused around, untill about fifth level or something; it really depends on how the adventure pans out.
what i really like about this map is that it allows me to go back later and decide what and where i want different locations to be; while at the same time it gives the impression of a fully developed city.
Good stuff and a good idea to detail as you go (hope we get to see those parts).
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You are right. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job prospects in accounting are expected to increase by 22 percent through 2018. Most accountants have a bachelor's degree and work in four main areas: public accounting, management accounting, government accounting, and internal auditing. Accountants help ensure that a company or organization's finances are run efficiently, public records are prepared accurately and taxes are paid on time. In this era of greater scrutiny of company finances, the BLS expects that their estimated job growth has the potential to boost even a bit more. And, the BLS notes, those accountants who enjoy the greatest job security are the ones with additional certification or licensure, specifically CPAs.
Since CPAs are the heavy hitters in the accounting world, I decided to take a look at how an average CPA salary compares with other accountants' salaries. It turns out that CPAs enjoy more than just better job security. For example, when I compared the salary that a CPA brings in versus a senior tax accountant I discovered a significant difference. Even though both positions sound high level, according to PayScale's database, a senior tax accountant with over 20 years of experience earns somewhere between $60,000 - $85,000 per year. Meanwhile, a CPA with 20 or more years of experience earns between $65,000 - $110,000 per year. Thanks to the extra training and certification required, CPA salaries cross the six-figure threshold.
Interested in learning more? The National Society of Accountants website is a useful one if you'd like to find out more about working as an accountant, but not a CPA. CPAs have state associations they belong to so you can look up your local one online. On the national level, there's the website for The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants that may answer some of your questions.The BLS notes that an accounting career can give you flexibility in your work schedule, such as working from home or on off hours, and that accounting skills can lead to other careers, such as post-secondary teacher, cost estimator, financial analyst, loan officer, personal financial advisor, tax examiner, collector, and revenue agent.
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"HI! COME this way!"
That's what it seems to say, the egg-yolk-yellow door in the courtyard of this otherwise well-mannered Cape Codish kind of place, powder gray with white trim.
Not only is the front door loud, it's tall, 8 feet tall. And when it opens there is homeowner Ken Olsen, who stands 6-feet-8 himself.
"It has to have a specific site condition for it to work," he says of a home's design. "So much of it is simple, straightforward architecture," he says of this one.
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Yep, Ken Olsen is an architect. So is his wife, Susan. (Olsen Associates | Architecture + Planning) The Olsens have lived where the architecture jobs led them. From Fremont to Bainbridge Island to here on the western side of La Conner in a community called Shelter Bay. The Olsens love La Conner's natural beauty, for years stopping by on trips aboard their boat. Dropping anchor, they have also discovered its deep roots in art and agriculture.
"We're both really interested in how people live in cities and how people live in communities," says Susan. "We can't stop thinking about it."
"Capturing that feeling of community and how it fits in with the people and the landscape," says Ken. "Like Madison Park. You walk around there and you know where you are, it's palpable. That feel you're part of a neighborhood that's part of a larger whole."
That's how the conversation goes in this house of architects. However did they settle on a place for themselves?
"We were at lunch one day at Piatti's in U Village," Susan says. "They had white paper for tablecloths with crayons, and we started drawing the house."
"We still have that tablecloth," says Ken.
"We were piling it on, everything we wanted, like most people do," Susan says. "Then we went back to it. We had to make choices."
And then Ken reveals the real secret: "We took turns being the client."
It worked.
The Olsens created for themselves a contemporary-Danish-Cape Cod, three styles of design they admire (2,200 square feet, two bedrooms, two baths). The home, built by Steve Swigert in La Conner, sits by the bay, the Olsens' boat out back bobbing to the tide. Because homes here are close together, the roof is gently sloped in consideration of the views of others. Allowable height is 15 feet, so the Olsens dug down to open rooms to the roof as much as possible. Each room has a relationship with either the water out back or the courtyard out front.
Cost was a consideration, too. The Olsens brought their project in at less than $150 per square foot with a simple structure based on a box. Rooms are "same box, different use," Ken says. (The kitchen-dining room, for instance, is the living-room box turned sideways.) Windows (trimless) are Pella. Cabinets are maple (Canyon Creek in Monroe). The kitchen counters are black pebbled laminate. Floors are concrete. The studio hallway is lined with built-in bookshelves. Shutters at the windows are a nod to the couple's East Coast roots. The furniture? "Thank God for Ikea," says Susan.
Even the outdoors got the architects' critical eye(s). "We made a conscious decision to use fine pea gravel because it sounds good and it slows you down. It's like a beach."
"This level of detail is vital," says Susan.
Their conversation continues.
Rebecca Teagarden writes about architecture and design for Pacific NW magazine. Benjamin Benschneider is a magazine staff photographer.


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15 Awesome Indoor Trees for Arbor Day
Arbor Day is April 24th!
Arbor Day is a fabulous day to go out and plant a tree, but if you don't happen to have any land, it's the perfect day to stay in and plant a tree. These thriving specimens from our House Tours are sure to inspire your green thumb...or make you green with envy, if you're me.
High-Tech Tradition: Artisanal Products from Socially Conscious Companies
In August of last year, Larry Downes and Paul Nunes noted in the Harvard Business Review that the internet, typically classified as a "disruptive innovation" (one that disrupts and displaces an existing market), has paradoxically helped revitalize traditional, artisanal crafts: "Today's rich trade in heritage goods is happening because of disruptive technologies, not in spite of them." E-commerce has allowed socially conscious companies to sell wares to a global market, consequently encouraging and protecting indigenous crafts, and here are a few companies doing just that.
How To Clean a Brick Fireplace with All-Natural Cleaners
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Tackling soot in your fireplace is a really messy, hands-on job. Though it might be tempting to use a powerful commercial cleanser to get the job done quickly, think about trying one of these all-natural options first; they are safe and just as effective as most commercial cleansers.
Here's What Really Happens to All That Stuff You Recycle
If you've an avid recycler like myself, chances are you've wondered, as you stuffed all your bottles in the bin — what really happens to all this stuff? Maybe you're curious about why some places require you to sort out cans, plastic, and glass, while in other places, everything can be all jumbled up in the same container. How does all that disparate stuff get sorted? And does it really all find a new life?
The Dos & Don'ts of Growing Mint
It's fragrant, fast-growing, green, and compliments fruits, vegetables and meats. It's also its own ice cream flavor. So what's not to love about mint? If you've ever grown the herb, you know where I'm going with this, but if you haven't and are interested: read on for the dos and don'ts of successfully growing mint in your home garden or in a container.
House Plant Cheat Sheet: 10 Great Vessel & Plant Pairings
Pairing a houseplant with the right vessel can bring out its beauty—drawing attention to a sculptural form, the drape of a vine or enhancing its color or texture. It also needs to support the plant and its specific needs. We've rounded up a few of our favorite shoppable combinations and explained why they work.