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WITH Worcester's best supported sports team facing the prospect of relegation, the question of the lasting effect that will have on the city looms.
Worcester Warriors playing in a lower division could mean lower crowds at Sixways, and less people visiting the city, but the impact on the city's economy is deemed to be quite minimal.
Amanda Millichip, Assistant Tourism & Marketing Manager of Destination Worcestershire, said: 'We are sorry to see Worcester Warriors may be relegated.
"Although many fans travel in by coach, and do not tend to use local accommodation, pubs and food outlets, it is inevitable fans that do use the opportunity to extend their visit with an overnight stay are less likely to do so."
In any sport, relegation is deemed bad, but the outlook for Worcester is one of general positivity.
The Warriors were playing in the rugby championship in 2010/11, and is a time not deemed to have been too damaging to the city's economy.
Adrian Field, of Worcester BID, said: "Last time they were relegated it was not a massive issue.
"Worcester has a loyal following and away fans will come like they did last time. There's no reason for that to change.
"If relegated, they will be top of the tree in that division, so attendances may not be impacted too heavily.
"We expect the pubs and hotels to do well if they go down, as Worcester is an attractive place to visit and to stay for a weekend. "
One pub owner, whose premises is seen as a rugby supporter's club, doesn't expect to be impacted too heavily either.
Rob Turner, manager of Mount Pleasant Inn, said: " We have a good affiliation with the Warriors.
"In terms of them going down we are quite confident the pub will be OK.
"We have a good set of regulars coming here, and we show a lot of rugby anyway, not just the Warriors.
"When Warriors were in the Championship they were getting good crowds into the city."
The City Council are also echoing the views that Worcester's visiting numbers and economy should be relatively unscathed if relegation comes to fruition.
Jeoff Williams, Deputy Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder, Economic Prosperity, said: " I have been a season ticket holder for several years and Worcester has an avid following of supporters.
"We would prefer to stay in the Premier league, but if the Warriors do go down it's not all doom and gloom.
"It can be used as an opportunity to showcase the city to a whole new set of fans, as well as the club's fantastic ground and facilities which are among the best in the country.
"There will be a whole new set of fans and crowds to attract here for the pubs and hotels."
Worcester Warriors were contacted but declined to comment until their league status was confirmed.
Attendance figures:
The figures below only apply to home matches in the league, not cup matches or friendlies.
The two league campaigns will both see 11 games at Sixways throughout the season.
- In the 2010/11 season, around 74,000 fans attended matches at Sixways Stadium.
-That is an average of around 6,700 fans per home game.
-During this season's campaign around 76,800 fans have visited Sixways
-That is an average of around 6,900 fans a game, based on 11 matches, not 10, and the attendance for the 11th match staying true to the average.
-If the average attendance is applied to the remaining home game, it would mean a total of around 83,700 fans for the entire campaign.
-If relegated, and attendance figures stay the same for next year's Championship campaign, it would mean around 9,700 fewer fans attending home league games for the year.
-There is still one more league game to be played at Warrior's home ground to be played against Gloucester on Saturday, May 10.


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Michelle Williams + 12 More Actresses Who Have Played Not-So-Wicked Witches
Michelle Williams stars as Glinda the Good Witch in 'Oz the Great and Powerful'… but we think these other witchy ladies could give her a run for her money!
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Between all the fabulous Oz-themed beauty goodies that have been coming out recently and the series of thrilling trailers, we don't think it's possible to be more excited about Oz the Great and Powerful than we are! In it, Michelle Williams as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, is joined by Mila Kunis as Theoora, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Rachel Weisz as Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East, and… well, let's just say that this doesn't look like your grandmother's Wizard of Oz. It's in cinemas this Friday, and we can't wait!
Since we've given you a list of deliciously wicked fairy tale villainesses before, we thought we'd do something a little different this time around in honor of the occasion: A roundup of our favorite good witches. True, Glinda is far from the only witch in Oz, and this brand-new take on it looks to be a little more morally ambiguous anyway; but from Alyson Hannigan's Willow Rosenberg to Eva Green's Serafina Pekkala, we can't think of anyone else we'd like to sit down with more to enjoy Oz the Great and Powerful than these witty, witchy, nots-so-wicked ladies. Who's your favorite witchy gal? Tell us in the comments!


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Just 45 minutes by Fast Cat, Fitzroy Island Resort offers affordable 4.5 star accommodation including Ocean Suites, Resort Studios, Beach Cabins and Self-contained Apartments. The resort facilities include a beach front restaurant, large pool with swim up bar, dive shop, indoor cinema, Foxy's bar, a general store and Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.
There are plenty of activities for the whole family at Fitzroy Island including sea kayaking, snorkelling the fringing coral reefs, glass bottom boat tours, walking trails, paddle boarding, fish feeding, dive lessons and dive tours as well as its own cinema and games room.
Camping is also available. Fast Cat transfers to and from Fitzroy Island depart daily and tickets can be pre-booked from Fitzroy Island Resort.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team posted a Saturday split in doubleheader action as the Lions claimed a 4-3 nail-biting win over Barry University, but dropped a 2-1 nightcap to the Bucs in a game that was decided by two homers. The Buccaneers improve to 11-10 overall and 5-1 in the Sunshine State Conference while Saint Leo is now 16-8 and 3-3 in conference play.
Game one saw Saint Leo put together all their offensive production in the third inning when they scored four runs, two coming on a bases-loaded single by Michael Revell. The five-hit inning would ultimately prove to be the difference in the game.
Starting Saint Leo pitcher Charles Neely (4-2) managed to keep the Buccaneers' bats at bay, going seven innings and only allowing a single run.
The Bucs made things interesting in the final two innings when they cut the lead down to a single run. With the Lions leading 4-2 heading into the ninth the Buccaneers led the frame off with a single. The next batter, Bryant Elliot, launched a shot into deep right-center field. The ball would carom off the bottom of the fence and roll along the warning track. While the ball was rolling, Elliot would manage to advance to third, but would be held up there, with only the leading runner scoring.
The next batter would hit a shot to third baseman Taed Moses, who would fire the ball to Daniel Torres at home to get Elliot. After that, reliever Adam Albers would pick up the save as he managed to get the final two batters to pop out.
Game two came down to a pitcher's duel between Saint Leo starter Rick Teasley (4-2) and Barry starter Jordan Wellander (4-2). Both hurlers would throw complete games as the offense came down to two 0-2 pitches from Teasley. Both pitches resulted in Buccaneer round-trippers and amounted to all the scoring from Barry in the game. It was all they would need as Wellander only surrendered five hits and the one run he surrendered, scored in the first, was unearned.
Today's split, matched with yesterday's 8-3 Buccaneer win, gave the SSC series to the visitors from Miami Shores, Fla., marking the first conference series of 2012 the Lions have not won.
Getting the start in right field, Revell combined to go 4-for-7 with three RBI as he was the only Saint Leo player to register multiple hits in both games.
The Lions will now look toward an upcoming two-game mid-week series with Georgia Southwestern. Saint Leo and the Hurricanes will get the series underway at Southard Stadium on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. For the latest news, information, and updates on the baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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800 mourners say goodbye to Maddox Derkosh, child killed at zoo
Little Maddox Derkosh loved to look at the world around him, the Rev. David Bonnar told about 800 mourners who gathered on Friday to say goodbye to the child.
"One of the most distinguishing features of Maddox were his eyes," Bonnar told those crowded into St. Bernard Church in Mt. Lebanon for the Whitehall boy's funeral. "His eyes were even more pronounced by his trademark glasses. In his short life, he saw so much with those eyes."
Maddox, 2, died on Sunday at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium when he fell into the African painted dogs exhibit and the animals mauled him.
Police have said his mother, Elizabeth Derkosh, 33, lifted the boy to the top of a railing at the exhibit, and he fell into the enclosure. Pittsburgh police are investigating.
Family members and others attending the child's funeral in the Roman Catholic church declined to comment. Many at the services arrived holding tissues and grabbed more from church staff to wipe tears as they followed the small white casket and family members out of the church after the services.
"I have been a priest for nearly 25 years, and I have never experienced such a heart-wrenching moment," Bonnar said. "This is a tough time for so many."
The funeral was held in the same church where the Derkoshes were married and where Maddox was baptized, Bonnar said. The couple held each other as they walked into the church behind their son's pallbearers. Bonnar urged those in attendance to resist the temptation to remain in the darkness of grief and anger.
"Maddox was a child of the light," he said. "He was happy and joyful and could light up a room like a Christmas tree."
Bishop David Zubik, who met with the family on Thursday, could not attend the funeral and instead wrote a letter that Bonnar read.
"What is in my heart is that you may know God's tight hug in this time of great sadness," Zubik wrote. "I have no doubt — and I know that you believe it so too, that dear Maddox is working hard from heaven as your new guardian angel."
The family asked for donations of toy trucks in lieu of flowers, so they could give the items to a charity at Christmas.
Betty Borzilleri, office manager for William Slater II Funeral Home in Scott, said staffers there quit counting the number of toy trucks, but she said there are "thousands." An apartment at the back of the funeral home with both an empty living room and dining room are full of trucks, she said.
Bonnar said someone brought a toy dump truck to the church from Evans City.
"We have been getting so many trucks at the church that some might think we have become a satellite Toys R Us store," Bonnar said. "Jason and Liz, I want to commend you, for even in your unspeakable suffering and pain, you are consciously thinking of other little ones by asking for toy trucks.
"God knows you have a rough road ahead, but with this effort, the healing has already begun."
Margaret Harding is a staff writerfor Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-380-8519or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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ASUS P5B Deluxe: ATI CrossFire and Intel P965 Tangoby Gary Key on 9/22/2006 7:00 PM EST
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Madellga - Monday, September 25, 2006 - linkhttp://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php...">http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php...
Coolaler has posted on XS some benchmarks for SLI on 975 and 965 chipsets.
True, there are small differences between the setups (FSB and multis), but CPU speed was close enough.
You can see an impact between 15% and 20% for going from the 975 to 965 when running SLI with hacked drivers.
This other thread has SLI on the 965 for a 7600GT, but no comparison to the 975
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php...">http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php... Reply
Gary Key - Monday, September 25, 2006 - linkI have seen basically the same results in internal testing here, just that I cannot publish those numbers. ;-) Reply
Maruta731 - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkIt will be worthwhile to test the X1900GT and X1800GTO. Dongle-less Crossfire depends entirely on the PCIe interface for inter-card communication; it may expose a significant bottleneck in the 965 board's PCIe x4 slot. And realistically, many users who decided to save a few bucks with a 965 board will probably want to use these mainstream cards.
I have also heard somewhere that running two X1900GTs in Crossfire requires a RD580 board. Always wondered if it's true, because then Conroe users effectively lose this option. Reply
Gary Key - Monday, September 25, 2006 - link
quote:I will get a board up to Derek for further testing shortly. I do not have the dongle-less CrossFire cards at this time. Reply
It will be worthwhile to test the X1900GT and X1800GTO.
jive - Monday, September 25, 2006 - linkInteresting phrase, as I thought SLI is not officially supported on any of these two platforms:
This simply means that as games become increasingly complex and data bandwidth increases then the differences between the P965 and 975X in CrossFire or SLI operation will widen.
Any comments? Reply
Gary Key - Monday, September 25, 2006 - linkThis was more of a forward looking statement (already addressed the unofficial SLI driver situation) and also to address any issues with readers saying they can run SLI on their Intel boards now. If NVIDIA and Intel ever come to an agreement then the statement holds true, if you decided to run the unofficial SLI drivers on the P965 then the overhead from the hacked drivers along with the DMI slowdown will create a performance delta between the 975X and P965. Reply
Madellga - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkGary, nice article. I think it is the first time I see a comparison on the performance hit caused by the x4 bottleneck. It would be interesting also to see in a future article how does a pair of 7900 GTXs running in SLI using the hacked drivers stacks against the XFire solution.
I wonder if this move will drive Nvidia in the future to allow also SLI on the 975 or 965 chipsets. We know it can be done, perhaps it is a commercial or licensing problem that is blocking it. Reply
nlr_2000 - Sunday, September 24, 2006 - linkBut like the article pointed out, it's not the x4 PCIe slot but the interface between the Northbridge/Southbridge causing the performance hit. Reply
formulav8 - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkPlease bring back the bar graphs. That is all.
Jason Reply
Frumious1 - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkHell no! Not for this type of article - leave the scaling graphs in place. I would much rather see one graph (with numbers below) showing how cards scale from 1280x1024 through 1920x1200 instead of three separate graphs. Single bar charts are only effective when showing one data set. Reply
SLIM - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkDoes overclocking the FSB (holding memory and cpu clocks constant) help alleviate some of the bandwidth and timing issues? Or, does overclocking the FSB not affect transfer rates between the MCH and ICH?
If the latter is the case, then who will be the first manufacturer to step up with MCH/ICH bus overclocking?
Any thoughts from the anandtech folks about a follow up article, or have you already tried increasing the FSB? Reply
Gary Key - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkI am working on the overclocking aspects today. I just received the final bios code so I will update the article this weekend if there is a significant change in performance when overclocking both chipsets. If not, I will comment on it in here. Reply
SixFour - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkWould that actually affect performance? Reply
SLIM - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkProbably not. Reply
Gary Key - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkNo differences in system performance between that drive and the trusty BenQ DW1640 that it replaced. Reply
DigitalFreak - Friday, September 22, 2006 - linkIf you're going to spend that much money on a Crossfire setup, why would you skimp on the motherboard? Bad idea. Reply
cmdrdredd - Friday, September 22, 2006 - linkSkimp on the motherboard? If you buy an E6400 and want to overclock you would not get a 975x board anyway. You would get a 965 board because they achiegve much much higher FSB. It's not going cheap at all, it's actually playing smart. Reply
yyrkoon - Sunday, September 24, 2006 - linkNo? Thanks for telling me, and everyone else what we'd do . . . The latest ABIT 975x board is looking rather attrative, and I know I'm not alone here. Anyhow, why would I step backwards in time, for overclocking, especially when the added performance boost really isnt worth it ? Memory compatability issues ? Lack of SLI support ? I think I'll spend a little more for current technology.
It's only playing it smart, if all you care about is overclocking. Alot of us who are enthuiasts, also care about stability, which means the system in question needs to be up for more than a few days. All my systems MUST be up for months at a time, and if they dont 'pass' this qualification *something* changes until they do. Its been my experience that systems pushed to the edge, often only exibit at best, a few days up time before a crash. Often times, this behavior includes mild overclocks aswell.
gersson - Friday, September 22, 2006 - linkNah just more choices for 965 users.
Quite surprising. Is there anything that's not allowing SLI to work too? Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, September 23, 2006 - linkIn a word, NVIDIA. All they need to do is support SLI on non-NVIDIA chipsets and it would work. SiS did a driver hack a while ago for their chipset, but NVIDIA nuked that with the next driver release... and bought up SiS just for good measure. Reply
nlr_2000 - Sunday, September 24, 2006 - linkYou mean ULi not SiS. ;) Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, September 24, 2006 - linkULi, SiS... what's the difference? LOL I knew I screwed that up. Curse the lack of edit (again)! Reply


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This lab explores the application of two bass drums (and double pedal) in the rock, jazz/rock, and funk/fusion styles. Technical coordination studies include feet positioning, continuous and noncontinuous grooves, and double bass fill/solo concepts.
This course is a continuation of ILPD-211. It will develop integrated applications of all Afro-Cuban percussion concepts for the drum set. Topics include drum set performance with no percussionist and with one or more percussionists, physical integration of percussion instruments into the drum set for simultaneous performance by one player, and creation of custom sets and setups for specific musical situations. Topics will be examined from both traditional and nontraditional perspectives.
This course is a continuation of ILPD-211. It will develop integrated applications of all Brazilian concepts for the drum set. Topics include drum set performance with no percussionist, with one or more percussionists, physical integration of percussion instruments into the drum set for simultaneous performance by one player, and creation of custom sets and setups for specific musical situations. Topics will be examined from both traditional and nontraditional perspectives.
This lab is designed to prepare the student to work in the diverse field of musical theater. Focus will be on developing authenticity of style and sound. Students will analyze drum set and percussion charts from various eras of musical history, up to and including the present day. Midterm and final exams will be customized to the student's principal instrument.
In this course, students listen to traditional and contemporary examples music from Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico, with a focus on the percussion rhythms and their application to the drum set. The students learn sample percussion patterns, performing them on percussion instruments and adapting them to the drum set. They also learn how to orchestrate these rhythms on different parts of the drum set, and how to improvise in an authentic way in a modern setting.
In this course students will thoroughly examine the music and drumming styles of the post-bop and modern jazz idioms. These studies include advanced repertoire development, three- and four-way coordination studies for time keeping, polyrhythmic applications, improvisational concepts along with the listening, transcription and analysis of the work of master drummers Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette among numerous others.
This course will focus on the Moeller technique. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Moeller technique for drumming. Named for drummer Sanford A. Moeller, this technique has been popularized by Moeller student Jim Chapin since the 1930s. Drawn from Civil War era drumming, the Moeller method combines a variety of techniques with the goal of improving hand speed, power, and control while offering the flexibility to add accented notes at will. The course explores the various uses of the Moeller technique in a wide range of drumming styles, providing demonstrations and detailed explanations. Analyses of drummers includes: Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Philly Joe Jones, Papa Jo Jones, Max Roach, Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Jojo Mayer.
An introduction to cajón playing that will cover the history of the instrument from its origins in Peru to the contemporary setup with other drums and foot pedals. The course will cover traditional musical styles from Peru such as the Landó, festejo, and the Marinera, as well as Spanish flamenco. This course is highly recommended to all hand percussionists and drum set majors who wish to improve their overall understanding of Latin music through the adaptation of cajón playing. This instrument has transcended borders and is becoming a standard part of the set up for percussionists in global music, jazz and pop, or any musical setting.
In this lab, students explore the delay beat style of of time keeping, which is rooted in '90s hip-hop and is experience a current resurgence in modern hip-hop. This style of time keeping was originally developed by producers and beat writers, but is often now interpreted by acoustic drum set players since artists in the genre are using live bands in performance. Students analyze the music of pioneering artists who use the delay beat style, including J Dilla, Flying Lotus, and Thundercat. Students approach this style by using specific note rates to identify the push and pull effect created by the programmers, rather than relying on feel alone.
Rhythms, song styles, and percussion instruments of Cuba and other Afro-Caribbean regions. Development of performance skills in various rhythm styles through study of basic techniques of characteristic percussion instruments.
An intensive study of Ghanaian music from the Ewe, Ga, Ashanti, and Dagomba speaking people of West Africa. Areas of focus include interlocking support rhythms, call and response dialogues, and beat transposition along with unconventional stick and hand technique. Students will learn from a combination of two teaching styles, oral tradition, and Western notation.
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D-backs cough up early lead as Bolsinger stumbles
Enciarte goes deep, but rookie endures shortest start of career
ATLANTA -- The D-backs had scored only two runs in Mike Bolsinger's past two starts, saddling the right-hander with back-to-back losses despite his 1.98 ERA in 13 2/3 innings against the Giants and the Padres.
So when Arizona gifted him three runs in the first on Saturday afternoon, the early outburst seemed like it would be plenty for Bolsinger. But instead he faltered, and the offense couldn't keep up as the Braves beat the D-backs, 10-4, at Turner Field.
The defeat sealed a losing record for Arizona's current road trip and marked the D-backs' sixth series loss in the past eight since taking consecutive sets against the Rockies and the Braves to begin June. Arizona is 8-16 since those series wins.
"We had some opportunities to make some plays; they made some plays," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "It hasn't been a very good trip for us."
Bolsinger gave up seven runs (five earned) on 10 hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings, his shortest of eight starts in his fledgling career. In his previous two turns, he only surrendered eight hits combined.
"Today was probably the worst that I've had commanding," Bolsinger said. "Everything I was throwing was kind of up. I really didn't have a feel for my curveball, and I couldn't throw the inside fastball to righties. That was a big difference maker."
Bolsinger's struggles wasted what was an optimistic offensive start for a slumping Arizona lineup that made Atlanta starter Aaron Harang throw 30 pitches in a three-run first.
The explosive first inning and Ender Inciarte's first career home run helped the D-backs score more than two runs for only the second time in the past nine games.
Arizona batted around in the first inning courtesy of two rare errors by Gold Glove shortstop Andrelton Simmons. Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Montero and Gerardo Parra provided the RBI hits as Goldschmidt's run-scoring double put him on base safely for the 26th consecutive game.
But the good fortune ran out there, as the offense sputtered beyond its great start, hitting into four double plays that wasted leadoff runners in the third and seventh innings and killed one-out rallies in the eighth and the ninth. After leading the Majors with 160 double plays last season, the D-backs have hit into 71 in 2014.
"We hit into four double plays -- that's tough to score runs," Gibson said. "We were 2-for-4 with runners in scoring position, yet we erased four runners on double plays."
Meanwhile, Bolsinger struggled mightily with his location, resulting in a hit parade. He allowed five extra-base hits, including triples to B.J. Upton and Freddie Freeman, who entered Saturday's game with only six triples in 2,289 career plate appearances.
But the big hit came in the bottom of the fourth courtesy of Simmons, who redeemed himself after his rough defensive first inning with a two-run double that put the Braves ahead for good, 5-3.
Freeman then tripled home Simmons and scored on a Justin Upton sacrifice fly. Upton, who also homered, has hit .375 (15-for-40) with three homers, 10 RBIs and a .490 on-base percentage against his former club since being traded to Atlanta.
"They just hit the ball," Bolsinger said. "There were mistakes that I made, and I definitely paid for it."
Gibson added: "He made some mistakes, couldn't locate. It's hard to defend when you can't locate. He just wasn't able to get the ball where he needed to get the ball."
After three straight seasons of .500 baseball, the D-backs are struggling to stay afloat this year. They have spent only two days out of last place in the National League West since the season began, hampered by their rough 8-22 start.
But for a team that has 10 rookies on the active roster, a 28-31 record since April 30 is both promising and frustrating. As Goldschmidt said when the club arrived in Atlanta on Friday, Arizona is "just trying to be a little more consistent."
"We're trying hard. We're concentrating. We're trying to put all the things together," said Inciarte, echoing Goldschmidt's sentiments. "Things are not going well some days. We've just got to be more consistent, and we weren't today."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Question from Omaha, Nebraska.
We had a terrible winter (heavy snowfall) that created snow mold on lawns. Any thoughts on what to use to either prevent or keep it from getting worse?
Question from Omaha, Nebraska.
We had a terrible winter (heavy snowfall) that created snow mold on lawns. Any thoughts on what to use to either prevent or keep it from getting worse?
I have not had much experience with snow molds, but from what I know they can be reduced best by letting your grass go into its dormant cycle as naturally as possible. That means not fertilizing within about six weeks of the date your lawn will go dormant. Additionally, making sure to remove grass clippings and leaves from the lawn helps to reduce the cultural characteristics that molds thrive in. If you get an early snow, before the grass goes dormant, that's when snow molds are likely to develop. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do to prevent it, but you can try to be conscious of where you are mounding snow, like near the driveway and walks, because the micro environment underneath those piles of snow creates good conditions for molds.
Snow mold will usually clear up in the spring. Treat the spots where the grass is dead- rough up the dead spot and seed it.
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I concur. When in doubt, power wash.
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Hey KY: Is there a tree or anything that hangs over the patio? We have a massive oak that hangs over our deck. Couple of years ago, the tree got aphids/scale. Our deck would get nasty. I would pressure wash, but the deck would be disgusting again in a matter of days. Once we had the tree treated by an arborist for the scale, the nasty drippings stopped and the deck would stay clean.
Thanks for the further replies. No, no trees in the area, and yeah, I'm suprised anything could be on there due to the amount of sunlight we can get. Oh well, power washing always seemed like a fun tool to play around with so may start there and see what happens.
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I am planning on moving at least one maple sapling this fall. Should I do it now or in a month when the leaves are off it. I am in Northern Vermont if that makes a difference or even if it doesn't.
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The fall is when we plant trees for the reasons SunDeck said. They get settled in their hole and get to wake up slowly next spring in the natural cycle of things.
With the climate being the way its been, we've also invested in those tree watering bags and use them on young trees.
A good time for putting in a lawn as well.
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Up here it is essentially fall now. Should I wait until the leaves are off or just whenever it is a good opportunity? We are not expected to reach 80 again this season. Ex. Here is my forecast for the next week.
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THE MOTHER of jockey Jan Wilson, who died in a fire at a block of flats in Norton in 2009, has condemned the decision to censure building inspectors over checks on the property where her daughter perished.
A "very severe reprimand" was issued by the Construction Industry Council to an approved building control company in the wake of a formal complaint raised by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority following the fire at Norton, North Yorkshire, in which Jan, 19, and another young jockey, Jamie Kyne, were killed.
The finding follows a lengthy complaint process initiated after the investigation into the blaze, which saw labourer Peter Brown jailed for manslaughter.
Jan WIlson's mother Margaret Wilson, of Forfar, Scotland, said the finding was "hardly a slap on the wrist" for the building control inspector JHAI Ltd over the way it dealt with a submission relating to the flats.
JHAI said there had been a "procedural error" relating to the issue of a final certificate for the Buckrose Court property without consulting the fire authority.
However, the block where Jan died did comply with building regulations. The CIC said the sanction did not prevent JHAI continuing to operate as an approved inspector.
It also said the formal complaint made by the fire authority was confidential. The outcome for JHAI Ltd was a severe reprimand, published on the CIC website – a penalty heavily criticised by Mrs Wilson.
"We know two families have been devastated by what happened that night and there were all the other people who had the horror of getting out of that building. Mistakes were made and yet you have to look and look to find the judgement and there is no penalty at all," she said.
In a response to the CIC judgement, JHAI chairman Matt Read said the lapse which led to the "dreadful and tragic" outcome had occurred under previous owners.


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Homer yields more than a pair of runs
Fans' generosity magnifies the value of milestone for Loftus
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | August 22, 2012 12:16 PM ET
The 2012 season is Loftus' first in the professional ranks, and to say that it didn't begin in the manner that he would have liked would be an understatement. Through his first 21 games, Loftus, the Diamondbacks' 46th-round selection in the 2011 draft, was hitting an abysmal .169. Even worse, his slugging percentage stood at .239.
"The whole entire year I was kind of pressing," said Loftus, speaking prior to the Aug. 20 ballgame in Yakima. "It was not the way I wanted to start my career."
But things took a dramatic turn for the better July 14, when Loftus blasted his first home run of the season during an away game against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. He'll always cherish the moment.
"I got a curveball out in front on a 3-2 count -- I was just trying to see the ball and hit it hard and it went out. I thought it was gone for sure," he recalled. "That was a big thing. My dad had collected all of my home runs in high school. He was really proud."
But Loftus' father, Ray, wasn't able to collect this particular home run. Ray was back home in Minnesota, following his son's exploits via the Bears' Internet radio broadcast. Loftus says that, when he hit the home run, his father was "probably sitting at home right next to the computer, rocking back and forth."
As elated as Loftus was to have hit his first long ball -- to have gotten that monkey off his back, so to speak -- there was a tinge of disappointment in that he didn't have the ball as a keepsake. It was scooped up by an unknown fan in the Volcanoes' outfield picnic area, never to be seen again.
Or so Loftus thought. But when he arrived at the ballpark three weeks later on Aug. 7, his 23rd birthday, he was pulled out of the locker room and told that there was a package waiting for him. Furthermore, a reporter and photographer from the local Yakima Herald Republic were there to do a story on his reaction to the contents of this package. Loftus, caught totally off guard, was then handed a birthday present that he'll never forget: his first home run ball.
It turns out that Loftus' home run was retrieved by a fan named Randy Knox, who was in attendance with his wife Tammy. According to the Herald Republic, the Knoxes live in Deerfield, Ill., but were in the Salem area visiting their daughter. After they returned home, the Knoxes did some research on the home run ball he had snagged and discovered that it was Loftus' first home run. They then contacted Bears announcer John Hadden, who arranged to have the ball sent to Yakima County Stadium.
"The family that gave it to me, they left me a really good note saying just to enjoy baseball and have fun with it," said Loftus. "Ever since then, I've been a totally different player. I'm very honored and very humbled that there are fans out there that will do that. Sometimes you can get caught up in the game so much, you forget about what you're playing for. That brought me down to earth a little bit."
Indeed, Loftus has put up far better numbers in recent weeks. He's batting .298 and slugging .468 in the month of August, and in the game that followed my interview with him Monday, he delivered a clutch three-run double in the seventh inning that sparked an eventual 8-7, come-from-behind win over Boise. Things are looking up, but no matter how the rest of the season plays out, Loftus will always have a treasured keepsake from his inaugural professional campaign.
"You play a lot of games but this is something that is very, very meaningful," said Loftus. "I'll have that ball for the rest of my life, and probably show it to my kids some day."
Loftus has the note that the Knox family sent him hanging in his locker. It reads:
Hi Joe,
Congratulations on hitting your first home run as a professional player. Randy enjoyed getting his first home run ball at a game. We hope you hit a lot more home runs. We will be following your career. May God bless your time as a professional player. Remember to have fun! It's only a game.
Best wishes,
Tammy and Randy
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com and writes Ben's Biz Blog. Follow Ben on Twitter at @bensbiz. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The court hearing for Richard Newton, the Melksham man accused of murdering his wife on Sunday has been postponed due to heavy snow.
Newton, 51, of Barnes Wallis Close was due to appear before Bristol Crown Court this morning, but his hearing has been delayed after the court was closed.
He was arrested on Monday in Devon after his wife Suzanne 45, was found dead at their home in Bowerhill.
He was initially taken to hospital in Taunton where he spent the night under police guard, but was brought to Melksham police station for questioning on Tuesday and later charged with her murder.


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I am currently developing a system which enables people to create a profile by entering their name, email address and password. They will then receive a confirmation email. Once they click their confirmation email they will then be taken to a screen to enter details for a wide range of 15 different fields to create a full, detailed business profile.
However I am unsure on the best way to go around it. Should I use to two seperate tables or keep it all combined in one. It would be much easier to use one table but Im not sure if this is technically the best thing to do.
Does anyone have any views on this please?
What benefit do you foresee by having two tables?
None, thats why I want to keep it to one table.
I think there are occasions when splitting tables can lead to benefits (search for vertical partitioning sql tables) generally for reasons of optimization.
In this case you seem not to be doing it for reasons of optimization, so you might be spiralling into the trap of premature optimization.
Speaking as a PO repeat offender I can only say, it was a fair cop. Guilty as charged.
I think the premature optimisation thing is largely a myth. You should plan for the future. It's a natural part of good design.
To really answer this question you need to know how much data you plan to store in regard to the profiles. What columns do you need, what is the length of each column? What is the total bytes per row? How many rows do you anticipate?
Once you have those answers you can then see how paging may affect your table. Will your rows exceed the length of a page and thus require splitting into two pages which will cause a slower lookup? Then split it into two tables, you will gain a little bit here. However, split it in a smart fashion. If there is some data that you will not query very often, move that data to a separate table and only query it when you need it. Otherwise you really don't reap the benefits.
You can easily do this after you are setup using 1 table. I've done it numerous times in Production environments. After hitting millions of records we were seeing a performance hit due to the records being split across pages. So we moved the very large data (blobs, text, etc) to its own table. Then later on, we still were getting some records splitting across pages so we moved data we didn't access very often into its' own table.
In the end we had 3 tables containing the data and our performance was speedy again. It was then we quickly learned if we had a rough idea how much data would be stored in each column and how often we needed to access each column we could have avoided all of that in the beginning. Did it hurt to learn it later? No. Maybe you don't really know how your users will use some of your columns, or how often they will be used, so learning it later isn't going to hurt.
Premature optimization lies at one end of an extreme whose opposite end is no plan at all.
Maybe it is a myth for you, but it is not for me.
Yeah, if you're talking about an extreme case, perhaps. But I think looking at a relatively simple database structure and considering breaking it into smaller tables to make your life easier in the long run is an example of a fairly simple optimisation that should be considered upfront. I'd hate to never plan anything for the future and end up with a system that was extremelly difficult to change as a result. I tend to plan for change and optimise early, but not to the point of "analysis paralysis" or anything like that.
I'm currently working on a system that will track online games for a company. The company has customers that themselves have games attached, and it all needs to be done as a cms. I say "customers", but right now the plan is that there will only be tracking for one customer (the customer can have thousands of games and everything needs to be logged and tracked on our end). I'm simplifying this because I can't give out much real world information on it. The point I'm making here though is that I've already designed it so that we could be tracking games for multiple different companies, even though this was never part of the requirement spec. If in a year's time we sign a contract with another company and need to monitor their games, we can now do it relatively easily. This added maybe a week's worth of development time for me and is not something that we will be using from the start. The thing is though, if I hadn't done this and we needed this functionality in a year, it would have been much more difficult to change. So I took the spec and planned ahead for the future, even though this wasn't part of the requirements and I was not asked to do it. I think this is actually a good thing to do. That's an example of early optimisation that I would not consider premature.
Thanks, I'm glad you replied @aaarrrggh; and I agree with your assessment, naturally.
I seems to have been a long time since Premature Optimization (PO) has been mentioned when it used to be a frequent criticism flung about between the power users that used to inhabit the now defunct PHP Application Design (PAD) forum.
By nature I am an extremely cautious developer, and fully recognise and appreciate everything you have said in your reply.
I think perhaps the most important thing about PO is that exists as a moniker, a label if you like, because like many I stop and think about how a system might evolve in the future and try to make sure the door is left open for extension etc without having to re-write the whole thing.
Now, my as brain knows the phenomenon of PO exists -- that you can over-engineer a solution -- I can say to myself, "hang on are we sure this is not going down the road of premature optimization here?".
Then I can mentally double back, go back to the spec, ask more questions of the decision makers etc and see if I can justify the extra planning I seem to be doing.
The counter to PO often seemed to end up summarized in language such as "just do the simplest thing which works, and if that causes your code to run slowly with bottlenecks and so on, then refactor.". That may seem glib, but can be true some times.
The problem is as a new developer you don't have the confidence to know whether you will be able to refactor your code later and you may fall into the "analysis paralysis" loop of constantly thinking about your code, but being unable to decide what to write for fear of failing. Again, I have been guilty as charged in the past.
In trying to find a link for the OP I stumbled across the dual monikers of Vertical Partitioning and Horizontal Partitioning of tables. I knew about Vertical Partitioning but did not know it had a name, and had never really thought of using Horizontal Partitioning, ever (that I can remember). Now I have an extra tool in my arsenal, and it has a shorthand, a name.
So, I learned something new.
Good thread, and a good opening question @justlukeyou;. Sorry if the talk of PO has dragged it a bit off-topic.
Another technique that is really good for this is using Agile practices, having "Three amigos meetings" or just pair-programming can help tremendously in this scenario.
:weee: Wohoo! and good reminder for me to brush up on my moniker names.
On the contrary, I think this is the exact direction this discussion needed to go. All of these tie back to the OP questions and that is what I enjoy about SitePoint. You usually don't get just an answer, you get a discussion on the topic at hand, things you may not have considered that end up being vitally important.
i think u can create two table and these r PARMANENT table and TEMPORARY table so when user register all data will be saved in temporary table after that when hr varify his/her account by email then all data trasfa from TEMPORARY to PARMANENT and temporary data will be deleted After that he can update his profile
Hi,I am using the same system than you in my strollers website.I'm no expert on the subject, but someone a little more prepared than I recommended me to use two seperate tables. I think this is better option for optimizing the website.
But I think that if you are doing for the first time then its look also matters. I think you won't want your visitors to get confused finding stuffs.


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Merchants prepare for playoffs
Junior B team is 30-3-1 with four games left in league play
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 06:00 am
Losing isn�t the way the St. Albert Merchants do business in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.
The 30-3-1 Merchants are banking on their regular season success will produce the team�s first Founders Cup championship since 2005.
It�s the most prolific record in team history since the 1997 Money Men finished an amazing 36-0.
�We�ve got to keep winning,� declared left-winger Brent McGugan, who scored four goals in Friday�s 7-4 win over the Morinville Jets at Akinsdale Arena. �We�ve had a successful season and we have to carry that into the playoffs.�
The Merchants strung together two victories after their season-high 17-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 defeat in Beaumont on Jan. 17.
�We�re trying to get a winning streak going before the playoffs and then keep going and going,� McGugan said. �That loss made us look at the bigger picture. We were just in the mode of we�re going to win every game kind of thing. Now we�re back to work at practice and we�re working hard.�
The Merchants have four games remaining in league play and are guaranteed a bye in the best-of-three opening playoff series.
�We�re approaching those games hard. We�re going to basically give it our all and go into the playoffs with a great mindset,� McGugan said. �Hopefully we hit our peak in the playoffs and keep winning.�
A potential playoff preview is Friday�s clash with the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks at 8 p.m. in St. Albert. The Hawks � the top team in the east at 23-9-1 � knocked off the west division-leading Merchants 6-2 on Nov. 8 in the Fort.
After the loss the Merchants rattled off 17 consecutive wins by a margin of 110 to 37, including four shutouts.
�We�re not going to win every game. That happens rare, even though I know one of our Merchants� teams did that,� McGugan said. �The thing about this team is about 95 per cent of us know each other really well so we had chemistry going into the season. We all enjoy going to the rink every day, working for each other and as a collective group to keep winning because everyone knows winning is a great feeling.�
The Merchants are averaging a CJHL-best six goals per game and 2.38 against after defeating the Jets (16-16-2) for the third time after dropping the league opener to Morinville 6-5 in overtime in St. Albert.
�It was a good team effort against our rivals that we don�t exactly like,� McGugan said. �At one point it almost turned into a fight-filled game but we toned it down after a big scrum (in the second).
�It definitely almost turned into a classic.�
Ryan Harrison scored the only goal in the first period, with linemates� Casey Reid and McGugan drawing assists.
McGugan, Jed Groenenboom and Jordan MacPhee padded the lead in the second before Keegan Arcand of the Jets struck on the power play with 1:42 left in the period.
�We got up really early on them. We were playing our game and then we slowly let them back in but by the end we shut them down,� said McGugan.
He potted his second and third goals in the contest three minutes into the third on the power play, with Dan Rombough assisting on both while quarterbacking the power play.
The Jets replied with three straight as Branden Domoslai, Arcand and Craig Hills (power play) lit the lamp before McGugan sealed the deal with his team-high 25th goal.
�The last one was kind of significant. They had scored their fourth goal and one of their guys came by our bench shaking his jersey for some odd reason. A few shifts later our line had an awesome shift. We were all working hard and we scored so I had to go back and return the favour so I shook the jersey right in front of them,� said McGugan, 19.
It was a memorable night for the St. Albert product who played his last midget AAA campaign with the Canadian Athletic Club before hooking up with the junior B Edmonton Mustangs last season.
�To score four goals felt different. It never really happens to me,� McGugan said. �It was a good feeling and to do it against the Jets was more significant you could say, just because of the rivalry we have with them.�
McGugan�s five-point outburst gave him 45 in 31 games after recording 13 goals and 31 points in 36 games with the Mustangs.
�I�ve tried to establish myself and earn a spot in the lineup and hopefully I�ve done that,� said the security camera installer. �I�ve been working hard, harder than I've ever worked before I guess. I�m just trying to enjoy the season, which has happened. I don�t think I�ve ever had such a successful season with any team.�
ICE CHIPS: Reid�s three assists against the Jets lifted him into a tie with Josh Jewell for the team lead in points with 48 apiece.
Jets� netminder Mike Brown (12-13, 4.50 GAA) faced a game-high 43 shots and Merchants� all-star Justin Pawlenchuk (21-1, 2.50 GAA) stopped 18 shots.
A total of 33 infractions for 146 penalty minutes were handed out. The Merchants led the way with 18 penalties for 81 minutes against the second-most penalized team in the CJHL.
Sunday the Merchants visit the Edmonton Royals (14-18-2) at 8 p.m. at Confederation Arena.


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Professor Serano teaches a course on the criminal aspects of human trafficking.
Professional Experience
Serano has worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division since 2003. Since 2010, she has served as the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for the Southern District of California, a national program designed to combat child exploitation offenses. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Serano worked at an international law firm in Los Angeles where she handled matters involving labor and employment, antitrust and intellectual property.
Honors and Affiliations
In 2013, Serano received the Federal Bar Association's Hon. Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award and the "Top Prosecutor" Award from Women in Federal Law Enforcement. She received the U.S. Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community Partnerships for Public Safety in 2012 and was a finalist for the 2011 Homeland Security Investigations Executive Associate Director's Award for Outstanding Investigative Accomplishments. She served as associate editor of the Inter-American Law Review. She is a member of the Welsh American Inn of Court, Lawyers Club of San Diego and the San Diego County Bar Association.


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If anyone is interested on my little jaunt on Sunday....I ended up running 33 miles!
Croydon Ultra Race Report
Jerry A runners blog-updated daily
Nice run, Jerry. Getting lost due to poor directions thing would have been really annoying! Looks like you took it in stride.
Live the Adventure. Enjoy the Journey. Be Kind. Have Faith!
Nice run, Jerry. Getting lost due to poor directions thing would have been really annoying! Looks like you took it in stride.
The problem with misdirection is it breaks the concentration and really puts me off as you have to stop and start hunting around. My 15 mile spilt was 2:11 and I knew I was due a few walking breaks and was well up for a sub 5:00 hour 30 miles which was my main goal but was happy to pass thirty in 5:13.
That evening I started sneezing and it has now turned into man flu.....
Hey Jerry, I hope you are feeling better?
I thought of you during my 50K on Saturday. I got lost TWICE because of poor course markings, and it was not fun. Could have been worse as some people went 5 miles extra. I would bet that 80% of those on the course got lost at least once.
I think the only thing that generally annoys me with bad mapping is that we do turn up to races with a plan (or at least some form of visualisation) as to how to run the course and with a time expectation. If I be truthful I was looking to do a sub 5 hour, 30 mile run as it was on road/pavement and hard path and was well within my abilities. However when a wrong turn is made it is very easy to dismiss the PB/Good Time goal as I for one lose the psycological aspect of the attempt...I think I mentioned I hit the 30 mile mark at 5:13 and I know that 13 + minutes were wasted going around the "long way", stopping to ask or retracing steps.
However, if you attend events with the view that it is a map-reading course with enormous hills, mud and water crossings it is a challenge You v The terrain and it is a known fact that you and others will take the wrong turn and it isn't a problem but all part of the fun.
As for 80% of the field getting lost in your event then that is solely down to the organisers and I hope they do a "lessons learnt" exercise.
Back to my 30 mile event, I sent an email to the organiser who lives about 8 mile away from me and have offered to run the course with him before next year so that he can see the shortfalls in the race and he has accepted the offer.
BTW...I am seriously impressed with your race turnover in the past 2 months
BTW...I am seriously impressed with your race turnover in the past 2 months
Thanks, Jerry! Been doing a marathon or more once a month for the past 7 months. Have plans to keep doing it until Jan 2013. Who knows why.


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Donkey Kiss: The compassionate act of issuing a Donkey Punch to one's partner in a manner whereby said partner suffers from insomnia or some other form of sleep abnormality thus rendering that person unconscious which in turn results in a much needed night of slumber. The beneficial physical byproduct of executing the Donkey Kiss is made all the sweeter and more satisfying knowing that you are doing something so deeply motivated in kindness and selflessness.
My wife had been complaining from several sleepless nights, wrought with angst around the "rigors" of her daily life, so I kindly "Donkey Kissed" her in the back of the head as I whispered "Sleep tight my princess" and then gently removing my unit from her can. We both slept soundly that night.
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In this podcast from the show floor, Dennis Holmud, senior specialist at Aasted, explains how his company is using the process for its SuperNova Energy Tempering Machine, type 800 CTS.
The machine uses the same principle as the old slab process on the marble plate, but crystallizes only one third of the mass, making an even longer crystallization time than in a traditional tempering machine.
Holmund claims that Aasted's method improves the quality by shearing the chocolate into smaller crystals giving a thinner structure to the chocolate when it is hard.


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A philanthropic businessman who received an OBE for his services to Kingston has died.
Peter Jarvis, a former Rotary Club president and chairman of the Round Table, died on Thursday, January 30 after a short illness. He was 78 years old.
Mr Jarvis was a former deputy chairman of Kingston Hospital, secretary of Kingston Chamber of Commerce and a magistrate at the former Kingston Magistrates' Court.
He was also the founder of children's charity Kids Out, which organises trips and gifts for disadvantaged and disabled young people.
He was awarded an OBE for his services to Kingston in 1994.
Daughter-in-law Lavinia Walker said: "If you ask anybody, they would say Peter was very kind and generous, both with his time and his money.
"He was quite quiet, quite self depreciating, but strong with his views.
"He could ruffle a few feathers at Kingston Council when he needed to."
Mr Jarvis was born in Kingston on February 18, 1935.
His family moved to Surbiton during World War Two, before returning to the town.
After starting out as an accountant, Mr Jarvis joined his family's printing business, Victoria Printing in Richmond Road, Kingston.
Mr Jarvis was heavily involved in charitable groups including the Rotary Club and the Round Table.
He was also instrumental in raising £1.3m for a new MRI scanner for Kingston Hospital in just 12 months.
He retired in 1994, at the age of 58, selling the business to Jagger Print.
He was awarded an OBE that same year.
Despite living in Byfleet for the past 28 years, Mr Jarvis retained his strong Kingston links.
A memorial service at Guildford Cathedral on Monday was attended by hundreds of people.
Gordon Moulds, chief executive of Kids Out, said: "Peter not only helped found Kids Out, he was a trustee from the start and treasurer. He did masses of work.
"Kids Out has gone from helping about 200 kids a year to averaging more than 25,000.
"He never sought any glory himself. He always looked to give to others. He was a true gentleman, and very clever too."


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Five years ago Gabrysia Filarowski was close to death as she waited for a heart transplant.
But today the Horsforth youngster is full of energy as she celebrates the fifth anniversary of the operation which gave her life.
Gabrysia, now six, owes her survival to the skill of medics at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and to the bravery of the donor family whose own child had died.
The Filarowski family are eternally grateful for the chance which has been given to Gabrysia through the 'miracle' of transplantation.
As they marked the fifth anniversary this week Gabrysia's mum Angela urged others to join the organ donor register.
She said: "She continues to do extremely well - medically she is 'tip-top' with all recent checks showing things to be really great. She is full of energy - always on the go! Dancing in festivals - taking exams, and doing really well at it all.
"Its incredible that we are five years down the line and Gabrysia has reached this amazing milestone. When she was transplanted we were told a new heart will hopefully last five to ten years so we are delighted to have had this extra special time with her and clearly we hope and pray that it continues for many years to come. Obviously we don't know how long we have with her but we continue to live life to the full doing everything we can to live as normal and fulfilled life as we possibly can."
Gabrysia's family have raised thousands of pounds for the Children's Heart Unit Fund, which raises money for equipment, facilities, aftercare and research for the Children's Heart Unit and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Freeman Hospital.


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Your doctor will ask about your medical history. A physical exam will be done. The diagnosis of BPH is fairly obvious if you have the typical symptoms and you fit the risk profile—older male. At this point, the primary concern is that you do not have prostate cancer.
Certain tests will be done to confirm the diagnosis of BPH and to rule out
prostate cancer.
First is a digital rectal exam. For this exam, your doctor inserts a gloved finger into the rectum. From here, your doctor can feel the surface of the prostate. The size of your prostate will be estimate and your doctor will look for anal diseases, and possibly identify a cancer.
Further testing will likely be done to check for cancer, determine the need for treatment, and to select the best treatment. Testing may include the following:
General tests
—These may include renal function tests with measuring of blood creatinine and a urinalysis, which is usually done with a dipstick.
Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
—PSA is a protein made by the prostate gland. PSA levels may increase when prostate cancer is present but other noncancerous conditions like BPH can also cause an increase in PSA. Your doctor may use these test results in conjunction with other tests to determine if your symptoms are caused by a cancer or BPH.
Residual urine determination
—This is a means of measuring the amount of urine left in your bladder after you have urinated. The amount of urine you cannot pass is important because that residual can lead to an infection or other kidney problems. For this test, your doctor will usually perform or obtain an abdominal ultrasound procedure to determine the volume of residual urine in your bladder. Alternatively, if a precise determination of the volume is indicated for clinical reasons, he may insert a catheter (tube) into your bladder after you have urinated.
Urine flow study
—This involves testing to determine how easily and rapidly your urine flows and how much pressure the bladder generates to empty itself. This will likely be done by a urologist, a specialist in diseases of the urinary tract.
Cystoscopic examination
—A cystoscope is a long, thin instrument that is inserted through the penis and into the bladder. This test is usually done in those patients in whom the diagnosis of BPH is in doubt. The cystoscope has a lens and light that allow the urologist to see the urethra, prostate, and bladder. Certain procedures can also be performed while under anesthesia using this instrument, such as opening up the passageway through the prostate.
—This test measures urine flow and bladder pressure. It is usually done in those patients who fail drug treatment or are being considered for a surgical procedure.
Transrectal ultrasound
—An ultrasound is a safe way to visualize internal organs. The closer the probe is to the target organ, the better the pictures. Therefore, the ultrasound probe is inserted into the rectum to take photos of the prostate, which is just millimeters away. Cancers of the prostate can be detected this way.
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11:36am Friday 16th May 2014
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MOTORISTS are being urged to slow down after almost 70 were caught speeding on one of Northwich's main roads last month.
The call comes from Police Community Support Officer Phil Hambleton, who carries out regular speed checks on Manchester Road, which links the town with the A556 Chester Road.
A total of 69 motorists are to be reported for breaking the 30 speed limit following police speed checks in both directions.
Manchester Road is one of the busiest routes in and out of town, and boasts a 30 speed sign near the A556 junction, numerous 'Police Speed Check Area' signs and an interactive speed sign.
PCSO Hambleton has been carrying out speed checks on the road for the past two years, during which the monthly figure for those being reported has been falling after peaking at more than 200 last year.
"Last month's figure was among the lowest we have seen, which I believe is due in part to the fact that we have been out doing regular checks and are seen so much," he said.
"We want to keep the figures down and keep people safe, both motorists and members of the community. I would like to go out there and do a speed check session where I don't report anyone for breaking the speed limit."
He said local people were concerned about speeding, and he had been approached by residents thanking him for carrying out the speed checks.
"Speeding has always been an issue on Manchester Road, and residents come up to me when I am doing a check and tell me how fed they are about it," he said.
"I would like motorists to drive within the speed limit, and not to do it because they see me but because it is the right thing to do.
"We will continue to carry out speed checks for as long as we can see there is a need for them and there is a demand from the community."
PCSO Hambleton carries out a speed check at least once a week, at any time of the day, lasting several hours.
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Budweiser Sharelunker No. 400 Comes From Lake Amistad
Kansas Angler Lands 13.1-pound Bass Worth $5,240
ATHENS, Texas — And the winner is ... Jason Baird of Gypsum, Kansas.
Fishing the Castle Canyon area of Lake Amistad about noon Tuesday, Baird and guide Ray Hanselman, Jr., spotted a big bass on her bed. After 45 tension-filled minutes during which the big bass darted at the Smallie Beaver creature bait in the White Trash pattern at least 15 times without taking it, she finally bit.
Thinking the bass weighed perhaps 8 or 9 pounds, Baird was going to lip it until it came to the boat and they realized it was much bigger. Hanselman then handed Baird a net so he could land the fish, which was 26 inches long and 21 inches around.
"This was my second time to fish Lake Amistad, and I'd never sight fished before," Baird said. "Amistad is awesome. There were so many big fish on beds in there."
The 34-year-old Baird and three friends drove all Monday night to get to the lake to fish. "I had seen on Bass Center on ESPN that Budweiser ShareLunker 398 had been caught, but I did not know my fish might be eligible for the prize for number 400 until we called another guide after I caught it and he started screaming to get the fish weighed and call the ShareLunker hotline," Baird said. Baird, who is Parks and Recreation Director for Herington, Kansas, was using a Falcon rod with a Quantum spinning reel spooled with 30-pound-test braided line.
In addition to the usual prizes of a Budweiser ShareLunker jacket and a fiberglass replica of the fish, Baird will receive a cash award of $400 per pound of fish and a G.Loomis rod with Shimano reel valued at a total of $600. Prizes will be funded by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, Anheuser-Busch and G.Loomis.
What does an angler do after catching the probable fish of a lifetime and gaining an unexpected windfall in the process?
Go fishing again. What else?
Baird and friends and Hanselman were back on the water at daybreak Wednesday, just as Budweiser ShareLunker program manager David Campbell was pulling into the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center after an 895-mile, 16-hour round trip.
Following a quick examination and measuring session, the fish forever after to be known as Budweiser ShareLunker No. 400 was swimming circles in her new home, peering at curious photographers through the picture window in her personal tank. If all goes as planned in the coming weeks, she will mate with a male descendant of an earlier ShareLunker to produce several thousand offspring that will be stocked into Lake Amistad and perhaps other public lakes in Texas.
And in 8 or 9 years, another lucky angler may find himself enjoying a very personal connection to the present drama in the form of another, perhaps even bigger fish on the end of his or her line. Making that happen as often as possible is the ultimate goal of the Budweiser ShareLunker program.
Anglers legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass in Texas waters may enter it into the ShareLunker program by calling David Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or by paging him at (888) 784-0600.
For information on the Budweiser ShareLunker program, including current and previous season records, go to the TPWD Web site.
The Budweiser ShareLunker program is made possible through support from Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Since 1991, Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, has contributed millions of dollars in funding to support conservation causes and fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation programs in Texas.
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text: Flint Journal newspaper 7 May 1978 RICHARDS - Cornelia E., Formerly of 910 Garland Street, age 90, died Saturday May 6, 1978 at McLaren General Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM Tuesday, May 9, 1978. Floral Chapel Dodds-Dumanois Co. Funeral Home, Dr. Roger H. Sharpe officiating, burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Richards will remain at the Funeral Home. Suggested visitation 2-4 and 7-9 PM Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Richards was born in Dryden, Michigan, January 5, 1888 and has been in Flint for the past 55 years. She was very active in the Sr. Citizens at Pierce Center. Surviving are: 1 son, David Rose of Clio; 2 daughters, Mrs. Garfield (Olive) Newberry of Flint and Mrs. Thomas (Marguerite) Price of Brownsville, Texas; 6 grandchildren;8 great grandchildren; many cousins; She was preceded in death by her daughter Georgiana Horton in 1972. Arrangements by Dodds-Dumanois Co., 901 Garland Street.


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Rural and Inner-City Youth Big Winners in TPWD COOP Grant Round
AUSTIN, Texas — Students and families from rural communities and inner cities will experience a taste of Texas Parks and Wildlife Departments' programs and facilities, some for the first time, as a result of the latest round of Community Outdoor Outreach Program grants.
"This is the first time we've had so many rural communities to participate in the Community Outdoor Outreach Program, said Darlene Lewis, program director. "We recognize there is as much need in the smaller communities as in our larger cities and it's nice to see more communities taking advantage of this program."
Lewis attributes the increase to the TPWD's effort to conduct grant writing workshops around the state, promoting the program and offering technical assistance to applicants.
Twenty-one sponsors will receive funding to get kids and their families outdoors:
- (Austin) Austin Independent School District — Kealing Middle School's program will allow students and their families to participate in a series of day camps which will increase awareness of outdoor education, nature and recreation while focusing on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills testing components. ($49,760)
- (Austin) Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas — Outdoor mentoring programs are planned as well as group activities which will include wildlife photography, hunting, orienteering, camping and more. ($30,000)
- (Austin) Boys & Girls Club of the Capital Area — Students participating in the after school program at Bedichek Middle School will get a chance to experience fishing, camping, rock climbing and more. ($11,796)
- (Austin) Lifechangers, Inc. — 450 8th and 9th graders and their families will learn about the environment, TPWD sites and get to fish, hike and study plants. ($49,800)
- (Austin) Pflugerville ISD — Students at Westview Middle School and their families will experience a series of day camps which include challenge course activities as well as lessons about endangered species, camping etiquette and plant identification. ($49,900)
- (Boerne) Friends of Cibolo Wilderness — "Kids on the Creek" program will allow San Antonio area school districts to participate in Project Wild and other outdoor service learning projects. ($47,960)
- (Corpus Christi) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries, Inc. — This is the first time this location in the Nueces Delta will be available for open water use by youth and other groups. Ten overnight camping trips are planned and activities include canoeing and fishing. ($36,314)
- (Corpus Christi) Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi — Funding for this program will be used to support five one-week outdoor/environmental summer camps and three one-day kayaking events for nearly 300 participants. ($20,374)
- (Corsicana) Boys & Girls Clubs of Navarro County — 150 students will visit state parks where they will learn about plant and wildlife identification, forestry and horticulture, and hike, canoe and fish. ($14,964)
- (Dallas) Episcopal Diocese of Dallas — 150 students in the Dallas area will attend a 4-day Environmental Stewardship camp. Among the programs and activities listed are Project Wild, archery, mountain biking, astronomy and angler education. ($49,388)
- (Hideaway) Partners in Ethics and Character Education, Inc. (ECE) — More than 57-hundred students will attend Adventure camps to learn survival skills, hiking, rock climbing and more. ($23,568)
- (Houston) Houston Arboretum — Students from Kindergarten through the 7th grade will get hands-on experiences about our natural resources in this 155 acre classroom. Funds will be used to help cover transportation expenses and to buy equipment and supplies. ($42,150)
- (Houston) Jr. Anglers & Hunters of America Inc. — Some 3,000 students will participate in outdoor activities at community centers, parks and urban bayou areas. ($49,968)
- (Houston) Nature Heritage Society — Year-round programs in environmental education and outdoor recreation will be offered to 550 students around Houston. ($29,750)
- (Livingston) Abundant Light of Livingston — 250 students will experience the outdoors learn about conservation and the preservation of natural resources. They will also fish, camp and learn about the cultural resources in Livingston. ($39,290)
- (Mabank) Mabank ISD — This program will provide outdoor recreational opportunities to rural, low-income students from surrounding communities. ($38,095)
- (Mason) Texas Equestrian Trail Riders Assn. — 6th and 7th graders will get to participate in an old fashion trail ride leaving out of Old Ft. Parker near Groesbeck. They will participate in period games, experience the life of the pioneers and learn Dutch oven cooking. ($12,707)
- (Rogers) KIDFISH — More than 30 fishing events are planned around the state to allow children an opportunity to fish as well as learn about ethics, conservation and having fun. ($50,000)
- (San Antonio) Kayak Anglers Society of America — "Heroes on the Water" will bring the rehabilitative aspects of kayak angling to veterans and their families who have suffered injuries while serving our nation. ($50,000)
- (White Oak) White Oak ISD — Student groups will take their classrooms outdoors, partnering with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Nature center to conduct water experiments in the wetlands area and virtual walking tours. ($49,992)
- (Zavalla) Lake Sam Rayburn Nature Center — 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will participant in ACTS (Angling, Canoeing, Testing and Stewardship). They will be mentored by TPWD aquatic biologists, a professional fisherman and fishing volunteers to learn about water safety, a healthy fishing environment and lakeshore littering issues. ($29,047)
TPWD staff have scheduled grant-writing workshops around the state. They include:
- San Antonio — August 13, 2008: 9am -12 noon at the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, 10750 Pleasanton Rd, San Antonio, TX. 78221
- Houston — August 19, 2008: 1pm — 4 pm at the Houston at the Galveston Area Council, 3555 Timmons, Houston, TX 77027
- Bandera — August 26, 2008: 9 am to 12 noon — Silver Sage Activity Center, 803 Buck Creek, Bandera, Texas.
- Grapevine — September 10, 2008: 9am-12 noon at the Bessie Mitchell House / Botanical Garden, 411 Ball Street, Grapevine, TX 76051
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Started to post these in the block party thread, but there are a lot of pictures and it turns out the nachos were more of a meal and less of an appetizer.
The Nachos
First I smoked the pork shoulder to 200F using hickory and a simple dry rub I applied the night prior (salt, pepper, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, a little brown sugar).
Cut up the fries and soak in cold water.
Do the first fry, then throw in the freezer. Meanwhile, cut and saute onions, shred cheese, pull and sauce pork.
Also, I saved some of the "pit fat" for the brussel sprouts and sauteing the onions.
Then I did the second fry and built the nachos.
I put it under the broiler to melt the cheese, then I added the banana pepper and "food lube."
Brussel Sprouts
First, I wrapped them in foil with lemon, olive oil, salt, and pepper and baked for 20-30 minutes. Then, I sauteed in the rendered bacon fat and butter.
Then, I added some chicken stock and some pit fat.
After the stock reduced, I threw them under the broiler and tossed them with the bacon. Voila!