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Fishing, hunting, resort focus this year
Just in time for the Independence Day parade, the Forest Lake History Museum opened Monday, July 2 at 67 S. Lake Street.
Last year's museum was huge. Timed to coincide with the celebration of Forest Lake High School's 100th graduating class, it included hundreds of historical displays.
Housed in the former Hardware Hank building at 79 S. Lake Street, it was the first Forest Lake museum since the 1993 Centennial.
Like last year's, the 2012 museum uses material on loan from residents. And once again, a building to house the displays was provided by Lake Area Bank of Forest Lake. The building was recently the site of Forest Lake Embroidery, then Army Recruiting.
But this year the displays are focused on Forest Lake's past as a resort town.
Glen Berg, executive director and curator of the Forest Lake Area Historical Society, said Forest Lake was settled for its timber, but when the railroad arrived in the 1860s, the city became a vacation destination. (The old railroad bed, now the Hardwood Creek Trail, still contributes to recreation in Forest Lake.)
Even the museum building is part of the history, Berg said. Bob Johnson's sporting goods store, Johnson Outboard Motors, was located there in the 1940s and 1950s. In addition to selling bait and fishing equipment, Johnson also rented cabins by the lake.
Some folks stayed in hotels. Photographs show the Euclid Hotel in 1907, the Forest View Hotel in 1917, and the Hotel Vexio.
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In keeping with the recreation theme, the museum displays artifacts from Forest Lake's ice skating and roller skating past. Berg said Skateland, a local rollerskating rink, was owned for a while by the Vogels. (Elsie Vogel was the author of "Reflections of Forest Lake," a history written in 1993 that is consulted often by the museum workers.)
Ice Follies, a national touring company, was owned by residents Eddie and Lu Shipstad from the 1930s to the 1970s, Berg said.
Uniforms from the Forest Lake marching band and Clear Lake ball team can be seen.
The canning kitchen has a 1929 GE Electric refrigerator that still works, and a gas stove from the late 1920s. Berg said the owner was still using it until three years ago, but stopped because it could bake only a dozen cookies at a time.
A Forest Lake Depot Morse code telegraph and RCA Radiola 16 are on display. Modern communication equipment is used to offer visitors a DVD show with photos and music.
The museum will be open until August 26. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays 10 to 3.
Admission to the museum is free, but donations are welcome.
Volunteers are needed to help during the open hours. To serve as a volunteer, call Glen Berg at 651-464-6132.
A raffle to support the museum will be held on the museum's last day this summer, August 26. Tickets are $2 each, and prizes include an afghan, two tickets to a Minnesota Twins game, a St. Croix Winery wine and cheese basket, and a $25 gift certificate from Forest Lake Embroidery.


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Lady Gaga Sings PAL JOEY In New Tony Bennett Duets Album Live Tease
Iconic crooner Tony Bennett teams up with chart-topping pop superstar Lady Gaga for a new duets album containing multiple American Songbook standards and a new live tease of Gaga performing a showstopper from PAL JOEY is now available to view.
Gaga impresses with a short clip of herself onstage singing the incomparable Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart staple "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered" from PAL JOEY in a new clip now available to view.
Last year, Bennett shared, "We're working on it from now until June, and then we'll record in June. She's phenomenal."
In remarking further upon the controversial pop star and how their collaboration works in the recording studio, Bennett relayed, "I get along great with her. She's looking forward to it and so am I."
Bennett reveals, "It's the best time of my life right now. I'm 86 years old and I really feel like I'm just starting out right now, because I want to prove that I can get better as I get older."
No release date or title has been announced for the currently in-development album project, expected to be released later this year.
Bennett and Gaga previously collaborated on a duet of the classic "The Lady Is A Tramp" for Bennett's bestselling DUETS II album. New footage of that recording session was recently released and it was covered in a BroadwayWorld article here.
Check out the original article here.
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Chromalloy CF6 gas turbine blades have reached the 10,000 flight-hour mark for the first time with an unidentified major airline. The blades are produced by BELAC, Chromalloy's joint venture with various commercial carriers who are attempting to avoid the high cost of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) blades by using alternative parts manufacturer approval (PMA) blades.
These are "a proven alternative to new OEM blades," said San Antonio, Texas-based Chromalloy. PMA has become a generic label for any non-OEM part and gained widespread attention when Pratt & Whitney announced that it would manufacture high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades for CFM International engines. It is thus a fast-growing sector of the aerospace industry.
"This is a significant milestone by the fleet leader of BELAC's CF6-80C2 HPT blades," said Chong Yi, president of Oldsmar, Florida-based BELAC. "Our blades are subject to the same type of rigorous engineering design and manufacturing processes and FAA scrutiny as OEM blades," added Yi. The company did not specify the scale of the savings that could be made by carriers using its blades, but it can be as much as 30 to 40 percent.
PMA parts are common in the U.S. but have raised suspicion in Europe and elsewhere, although they have nothing to do with counterfeit parts. However, aircraft appraisers warn that such parts can affect the resale value of aircraft and can cause problems where prohibited by the terms of a lease. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has developed a plan whereby FAA-approved PMA parts can be used but does not yet have an equivalent to the FAA PMA approval process. In fact, by definition under the FAA process, PMA parts must "meet or exceed the performance, reliability and durability specifications of OEM parts," explained Chromalloy.


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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Two birds at Huntley Meadows in Alexandria, Virginia
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- eileeninmd said...
Hi Denise. You are good at id-ing the birds. And you are right on the White-throated Sparrow. Beautiful birds and lovely photos. I enjoyed my one visit to Huntley Meadows, I hope to return there this spring. Have a great evening and a happy week ahead.
- February 10, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- TexWisGirl said...
should be white-throated sparrow. :)
- February 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM
- (Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...
Stunning shots. I love your new header photo as well.
- February 10, 2013 at 7:48 PM
- Country Gal said...
Wonderful photos ! I think that is a White Throated Sparrohttp://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/idw This is the website I use to help me identify birds ! Oh I love your header photo as well ! Thanks for taking us along nothing better then fresh air sunshine and birdies to photograph ! Have a good evening !
- February 10, 2013 at 7:55 PM
- Lois Evensen said...
What lovely birds. Great "action shots." :) We were in Alexandria, VA, this morning. It was a beautiful day there!
- February 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM
- Cloudia said...
Aloha to YOU
from Honolulu,
Comfort Spiral
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- February 10, 2013 at 8:34 PM
- Cloudia said...
sweet birds
Aloha to YOU
from Honolulu,
Comfort Spiral
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- February 10, 2013 at 8:38 PM
- KaHolly said...
Great job!!
- February 10, 2013 at 9:33 PM
- Leave It To Davis said...
I envy these women who know the birds by sight! I also would love to know what kind of birds I am taking pictures of. Maybe we should find us a bird watchers book?
- February 10, 2013 at 11:36 PM
- diane b said...
Its a cute little sparrow with his yellow dot and white throat. The cardinals are so colourful. I find birds herd to photograph. Good luck with your birding.
I hope you weren't badly effected by the snow storm we saw on TV.
- February 10, 2013 at 11:53 PM
- Linda said...
You are doing well with your bird photos.
So many different varieties to photograph
where you are and interesting to see.
- February 11, 2013 at 5:10 AM
- Valerie said...
Seems your identification was spot on, Denise. The only Whitethroat I know is a warbler type bird.
- February 11, 2013 at 6:45 AM
- sandyland said...
lovely here and below
- February 11, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Mary said...
Very nice White-throated Sparrow shot! And Cardinals do love to hide in the bushes and make it hard to get photos. I think they must know that they are bright red and vulnerable, so they are always jumpy. Even though I have lots of them here, I have more trouble getting their photos then a lot of the other birds.
- February 11, 2013 at 10:35 AM
- Linda Gross said...
Every time I see a post from you about Huntley Meadows, I relive the one time Bob and I were there. I hope one day we are able to make a return trip! Lovely photographs of the sparrow and cardinal.
- February 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM
- Gary said...
Yup that's what it is!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
- February 11, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Anni said...
I'm definitely far from any expert advice on sparrows, I found one the other day out walking, and tho it was ID'd in my guide book, I certainly wouldn't have known one sparrow from another. They're so common.
As for the female cardinal...she's a beauty in the 'tangle of branches'...that's what makes a photo so interesting; I think. Nature/natural surroundings.
- February 11, 2013 at 2:42 PM
- An Historical Lady said...
Sigh....So lovely. We are buried in over 2 feet of snow here!
- February 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM
- Debbie said...
The white throated has those pretty yellow eyebrows, the cardinals are always hard to capture. They like to hide among the branches! Pretty captures!
- February 11, 2013 at 6:51 PM
- Mama Zen said...
What beautiful birds!
- February 11, 2013 at 7:58 PM
- Kay said...
When I looked in the bird book, there were tons of pictures of sparrows. It's hard to tell them apart. Great shots! The cardinal is so pretty.
- February 12, 2013 at 1:07 AM
- Cezar and Léia said...
I'm always enchanted by your pictures, these are adorable birds!
- February 12, 2013 at 5:48 AM
- Carver said...
Wonderful shots of the birds.
- February 12, 2013 at 11:56 AM
- Gill - That British Woman said...
Cardinals are always a joy to see this time of year, adding a bit of brightness to a dull day,
- February 12, 2013 at 7:09 PM
- EG CameraGirl said...
What fun to be out and about taking photos of birds! Yep, a white-throated sparrow. :)
- February 13, 2013 at 6:48 AM
- eden said...
Great shots of the bird. he photos.
- February 17, 2013 at 5:37 AM


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When watching the latest Nintendo direct the first portion of the video reminded me of a very important IT concept known as the Systems Development Life Cycle or SDLC. This is a method that is used by software engineers to manage the creation of software. During the Nintendo direct I saw some evidence of this method being used in the Wii U's OS.
The cycle starts with finding what the requirements for the system or software will be. This includes looking at the current system, gathering information from users, etc. Next the system is put to paper. Once the system looks good on paper work begins on it. After it is tested it is put to work. Finally the system is maintained and updated until a new system is need.
I personally do not think this method has been wildly used in console gaming. One reason for this is the length of most consoles' lifespans. I would go as far as to say that the Wii U is the first system to be built to take advantage of the SDLC. This is not to say that the 360 and PS3 were not made with the ability to update in mind but that they were not a major requirement for their development. I would say that the Wii U takes things a step farther and tries to be more agile.
Agile software development is another method that takes the SDLC and kicks it into high gear. A developer works closer to its customers by releasing components when they are done and improving them based on feedback. The 3DS was the first sign of Nintendo testing some agile concepts. Both the Wii U and 3DS launched with a minimal OS loaded. They also however, were and are still planned to receive lots of updates over their lifecycle. This is how agile works. The software is released in stages. Each time new features are added and old ones are improved based on feedback from real users. The advantage to this is that the developers spend less time guess what customers want and have a more direct line of communication with them. The downside is that this is not normally used for consumer level software that is expected to be "complete" outside of the box.
This should not be confused with "code and fix" were a person or team just writes code and fixes it as bugs arrive. Instead the developer tries to go through the steps of the lifecycle as quickly as possible so that they can continue to build and add on to the system with real world requirements. Examples in gaming can be seen in PC games like Team Fortress 2 and MineCraft. Both games started off in their most simplest form. As people started to play them feedback from real players was used to constantly update the game. This allows the games to evolve and better meet the needs of their communities. When Valve launched TF2 people complained about the lack of maps. Valve claimed the lack of maps was due to the fact that people only play a handful of favorites in most multiplayer games. So they waited to see what those maps would be before making more.
Getting back to Nintendo it is not hard to see them doing the same things. Instead of waiting a long time for the next major update they are already laying out their future road map. This hints that they planned on using a method like the SDLC all along. Of course I can only speculate as companies rarely reveal their whole development process. One thing I am sure of is that next generation consoles will look to provide improve methods to better support software development life cycles for both their updates and for game developers. It is the direction many other software developers are headed on more open platforms and I doubt that console will want to be left out.


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Most of you already have seen the implosion of Texas Stadium (and of Jerry Jones, for that matter). But here's a chance to watch it as if you were actually there. The following video includes two panoramic views, one of each side of the stadium. I'm pretty sure this is how fish see the world. I enjoy the camera cutting out as the debris falls; it was like watching the end of "The Sopranos" again, but actually conclusive.
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That's too bad, it's really the end of an error… I mean era.
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Don't worry, Satan moved over to JerryWorld before the implosion.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dimpie you are the least funny person on this board is there a way we can get him banned. What is that picture of Eli you jerk you baby penis to every night?
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I am waiting for the Imperial March mash-up version of this with baited breath.
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The new indictment says that Mr Lieberman actively worked to secure the appointment of Ze'ev Ben Aryeh as first an adviser in the Foreign Ministry and then as an ambassador to Latvia. This, claims the indictment, was "a form of recompense for someone who had committed grave acts on his behalf".
The original indictment only accused Mr Lieberman of failing to reveal to those appointing these positions that Mr Ben Aryeh had given Mr Lieberman information about an investigation against the then foreign minister.
Mr Lieberman is accused of summoning his deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, and telling him to ensure that Mr Ben Aryeh was appointed the ambassador to Latvia. Mr Ayalon has now been announced as a prosecution witness after Mr Lieberman surprisingly omitted him from Yisrael Beiteinu's list of Knesset candidates
"I repeat I did not break any law and that has not changed. I want this matter to be quickly sorted out in court." - Avigdor Lieberman
Mr Lieberman responded to the new indictment by saying: "I repeat I did not break any law and that has not changed. I want this matter to be quickly sorted out in court."
Continuing to cause controversy on Friday, Mr Lieberman said that diplomatic negotiations can resume between Israel and Palestinians only if the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas steps down. Mr Abbas had said in an interview with Haaretz that if the stalemate in negotiations continued and construction of settlements did not come to an end after the elections in January, he would dismantle the PA and ask Israel to take over control of the West Bank.
Mr Lieberman responded: "We are congratulating Abu Mazen [Mr Abbas] for reaching the correct conclusion, that only after his disappearance from the leadership of the Palestinian Authority, it will be possible to renew the diplomatic process."
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Musings about the value of pitchers
There was an article yesterday by Chris Mulligan of the Fantasy Baseball Generals that dealt with an interesting topic. I started to type up a comment to it, but I realized that there is a lot to say on the matter and that I'd be better able to organize my thoughts as a full post.
In the article, Chris contemplates the concept of "pitcher tiering." He notes that guys like Johan Santana, Tim Lincecum, and Jake Peavy (among a few others) are head-and-shoulders above the rest of the pitching crowd and deserve early round treatment.
He then wonders, though, why "second-tier" starters like Roy Oswalt, James Shields, and Jon Lester are taken in the early-middle rounds (rounds seven through ten) when they often post stats similar to guys like Zack Greinke, Derek Lowe, and John Danks — guys who will be taken after round 12. I'm not big on the cherry-picking of stats he uses (I could just as easily pick out a "second-tier" and "third-tier" pitcher whose stats are significantly different), but this leads into an interesting line of thought that I haven't discussed here very much.
My answer to the question
The simplest answer I can give to Chris's question is "opinion." Opinions about pitchers vary wildly (yes, the same is true of batters, but this is true to a greater extent for pitchers). Last year, Lincecum would have been considered one of those "second-tier" pitchers that Chris says he will avoid in 2009.
Whether or not that is the right or wrong decision is a discussion for another time. What I'm saying is that a lot of the people who took Lincecum in, say, round eight, took him there because they thought he was a good value. They thought he was closer in value to a round two Jake Peavy than to a round 12 or 13 John Maine. They thought he could outperform the average round eight pitcher.
Market value
That those owners ended up being correct (or were incorrect in the case of a "second-tier" guy like Aaron Harang or Francisco Liriano) doesn't matter. People will always have opinions on players and will act based on those opinions. A player's market value (read: where he ultimately gets taken) is, simply put, the most favorable of these opinions.
All it takes is one owner to like Marco Scutaro enough to draft him in round five. As ridiculous as it sounds, Scutaro's market value would be round five in that scenario.
This is a bit simplified (that owner would consider everyone else's opinion of Scutaro when deciding where to take him), but the basic point remains: a player's market value is determined by whoever is highest on him. And because opinions of pitchers vary more than for hitters, the situation Chris discusses exists.
Different criteria
The thing with pitchers is, people come to their decisions on them based on very different criteria. It's hard for someone to credibly say that Ryan Theriot has a lot of 'raw power' and will hit 40 HRs in 2009; the guy is 5'11, 175 pounds and has seven career home runs. I'd bet, though, that we could find someone who thinks Andrew Miller's 'stuff' could allow him to post a 3.50 ERA in 2009. Just as easily, we could find someone to point to Miller's 5.87 ERA or 4.94 LIPS ERA and say "no thank you."
In addition to stuff, which we actually can quantify (in a way) with PITCHf/x data now, there are a number of other factors people use that are more abstract and subjective. Some people might say that Zach Duke — a soft-tosser who does not possess the traditional definition of 'stuff' — has great 'poise' or 'command' and is a breakout candidate in his age 26 season. Still someone else will argue, pointing to his three year streak of 5.00+ LIPS ERAs.
And oftentimes — this is where things start to get heavy, but very interesting — two owners can come to two very different decisions on the same player and both be considered correct. To illustrate this point, take a look at this line:
+---------+-------+------+------+---------+------+------+------+----------+------+ | LAST | FIRST | ERA | FIP | DIPS v2 | xERA | tRA* | xFIP | LIPS ERA | QERA | +---------+-------+------+------+---------+------+------+------+----------+------+ | Pelfrey | Mike | 3.72 | 4.02 | 4.09 | 4.29 | 4.58 | 4.70 | 4.74 | 4.91 | +---------+-------+------+------+---------+------+------+------+----------+------+
This is Mike Pelfrey's 2008 line with a slew of different ERA estimators. Let's simplify things and pretend we are looking at a league of complete statheads, and the numbers are the only things they will look at. The question is, though, what numbers? FIP thinks Pelfrey's ERA should have been 4.02 last year. Baseball Prospectus's QERA thinks it should have been 4.91. That's an 0.89 point difference — the difference between a twelfth round pick and not getting drafted.
Yet, if the person making either decision gives me the basis for their decision, I wouldn't tell either one they were wrong. I would go as far as to say they were right.
On this point of either decision being correct, the fact is that there isn't much difference between the top ERA estimators. I use LIPS ERA for two reasons: 1) because my tests have shown it is one of (i.e. tied for) if not the best of the predictors and 2) because I like the methodology of it better than any of the others.
While this individual decision on Pelfrey might be wildly different, the results on the whole are similar. In the long-term, someone using LIPS ERA (a complex ERA estimator) will do better than someone using FIP (a very simple ERA estimator), but the difference might not be as large as you might think.
I believe using LIPS ERA would be slightly beneficial in the long-term, but using FIP (or any of the other estimators for that matter) wouldn't necessarily be incorrect. One might be preferrable to another, but they are similar enough where I won't begrudge anyone who uses something different, and I'm sure you could poll some of the top analysts and get a couple of different answers on which they prefer.
(As a side-note, I don't recommend using just one year of any of these stats to project future performance. It's far better to look at multiple years as well as other factors in a complete projection system.)
Wrapping up
So back to the matter of that second-tier/third-tier distinction, hopefully we now understand why we see these distinctions and why, inevitably, people will disagree. Even using something quantifiable, like stats, we can come to drastically different—but not incorrect—conclusions. Add in things that aren't quantifiable (some of which are complete non-sense), and the gap in those conclusions gets even larger.
An owner in one of my leagues hates Carlos Marmol, and I have no idea why. His numbers are great, and his stuff is great. Yet this owner doesn't like him. Perplexing, but a perfect illustration of my point.
I know that some of the concepts I've discussed are a little abstract, so if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me or comment. This is a topic that will be debated for a long time to come, but hopefully this has gotten you thinking and provided a little insight.
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Turns out the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change review will be jointly requested by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and IPCC, which will greatly add to the influence of the effort. "The mechanism by which such an independent review will take place is under active consideration," IPCC says in a statement.
Chris Field, who co-chairs the IPCC's Working Group II, hinted at some details in an interview with ScienceInsider yesterday. He envisioned the organization running the review being "a major scientific society or a coalition of National Academies of Science." It wasn't that UNEP was imposing the review on IPCC but that the two groups were requesting it in a "partnership," he said.
The organization doing the review would set the terms of reference, said Field, but he said he "hoped" the review would look into a few questions: "Are the IPCC procedures what they should be? Are the procedures being followed properly? Are the authors trained/being given guidance sufficiently? Are new structures needed for new challenges, like correcting errors?" Also, he said, "I would love to see guidance on conflicts of interest from the review."


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Washington, DC [Friday, October 7, 2011]—Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced that for the second consecutive year, it has received the highest 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluator.
Only 15% of America's charities have received this top designation two years in a row.
In a letter to Laurie Fenton Ambrose, LCA President & CEO the rating agency said: "We are proud to announce that Lung Cancer Alliance has earned our second consecutive 4-star rating."
Ken Berger, President & Chief Executive Officer of Charity Navigator called the designation "exceptional" and said "this differentiates Lung Cancer Alliance from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."
The rating is based on a review of fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency.
"Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way," Berger said.
Fenton Ambrose said: "This is an honor not just for the organization, staff, board members, and volunteers, but for all those who have put their confidence in us to lead the movement for change and help save lives today. We will not let them down."
Founded in 1995, LCA was the first lung cancer organization to provide on staff support services for patients and their loved ones, and to launch a national awareness campaign on lung cancer statistics, the stigma associated with the disease and how little research funding was actually going to the leading cancer killer.
Still the only national organization focused exclusively on providing support and changing health policy, LCA was the first to secure a federally-funded lung cancer research program and has been the leading voice on low-dose CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer.
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Professor Rod Sullivan practiced maritime law for 25 years before joining the faculty at Florida Coastal School of Law and is a Board Certified specialist in Admiralty and Maritime Law. During his years of practice he tried over 100 jury and non-jury cases in both federal and state courts in Florida and Georgia.
Professor Sulivan regularly teaches Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, and the global Climate Change Seminar.
Professor Sullivan successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Edgar Townsend in the case of Atlantic Sounding, Inc. v. Townsend, 129 S. Ct. 2561 (2009). In a 5-4 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas the Supreme Court decided that a seaman who was wrongfully denied medical care by his employer could seek punitive damages.
Professor Sullivan appeared as counsel for certain voters in Nassau County, Florida in the 2000 Presidential Election recount case in Tallahassee, Florida which came to be known as Bush v. Gore. He also served in the Merchant Marine Ready Reserve program of the U. S. Naval Reserve, earning the rank of Lieutenant.
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My FICO is currently at 725. My report shows $11K in revolving credit on 2 open accounts, of which I'm using 70% (I know, read on). I have $22000 in student loan debt. My average age of accounts is 6 years, I have perfect payment history and 1 inquiry.
I've had several significant credit events over the past 30-60 days that have not yet appeared on my report and I'm curious as to: a) when those events will effect my FICO; and b) to what extent (positivle or negatively)? I've tried to provide as much context as possible above and below.
1. In November I closed on a refinance of a mortgage that was previously in the name of my in-laws and wife. It's now in my name and my wife's name. Approx $180K. First payment to be made 1/1/14.
2. In mid-December I paid off approx. $7000 of the credit card debt.
3. Yesterday I was approved for the Chase Freedom card at a $1K limit. It's in the mail.
I'm expecting all of this to be a net benefit to my score, but I'm not sure about the mortgage and the additional credit card. I'm looking at possibly buying a new car soon and I'm wondering what kind of shape I'll be in come February/March.
Thanks in advance.
I'm not sure about the mortgage, but I expect that the greatly reduced utilization will dominate the HP + TL for the Freedom, giving you a gain.
Another angle here might be to revisit the DTI issue, and ask where you're at with monthly payments relative to your income.
Initally you will take a drop on your credit report because of the inquiries and the new account as it affect the AAoA. The good news is that you pay off your 70% of the credit card which should ease you with that drop. I would avoid apping for anything for atleast a year to let the inquiries lose affect to your FICO score and let it grow. Your credit should be much better come that time.
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Thanks. My DTI is currently at about 25%. Would lowering that have significant effect?
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Thanks. My DTI is currently at about 25%. Would lowering that have significant effect?
I expect that the significant drop in utilization will dominate all the other changes and will be an overall good sized plus.
DTI doesn't affect credit scores at all.
I mentioned DTI not because it affects scores, but because it affects your ability to get approved for any sort of CC or other loan.
I believe that there starts to be concern around 35-40.
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New footage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214's crash landing shows the horrific accident that killed three and injured dozens.
The footage comes as the National Transportation Safety Board began its investigative hearing into the landing Wednesday. The July 6 flight crashed at San Francisco International Airport, killing three teenage girls and injuring about 200 passengers and crew, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
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MUSIC; Never Mind the Monster, Watch Out for That Set
By DANIEL WAKIN
Published: July 9, 2006
STAGEHANDS power-drilled screws into sheets of plywood on the stage of the New York State Theater one morning late last month. Four layers -- comprising 1,100 sheets -- were laid down over the spongy floor that usually supports the delicate limbs of dancers. And workers installed an aluminum truss underneath so the floor would not bow or collapse under the extraordinary weight it would have to bear.
Meanwhile a giant chassis lay in a 53-foot trailer that was backed into a stage entrance. Metal skeletons, chunks of fiberglass and motors lurked in other trucks and throughout the theater's bowels, all waiting to be assembled into an 18-ton rotating wall that will rest on top of the plywood armor.
The wall, 46 feet long and 28 feet tall at its highest, is the main scenic element of ''Grendel: Transcendence of the Great Big Bad,'' the much-anticipated new opera composed by Elliot Goldenthal and directed by his companion, Julie Taymor, which will open at the Lincoln Center Festival on Tuesday and be performed again on July 13, 15 and 16.
Rarely has one element of scenery loomed so large. Such concern is not just because the element itself is so enormous, or because ''Grendel'' is making its New York debut as the centerpiece of the festival's 10th anniversary season, or even because the opera is its largest, and one of its most technically challenging, productions.
There is another reason for anxiety: Just before the work's world premiere at the Los Angeles Opera, which co-commissioned the piece, the machinery of the wall failed, forcing the cancellation of the first performance, a highly unusual event. The mini-debacle, at the end of May, unleashed an unwanted wave of news media attention and chatter in the hothouse world of opera.
''Grendel,'' based on the 1971 novel of the same name by John Gardner, retells the Anglo-Saxon poem ''Beowulf'' from the view of the monstrous Grendel. But for the creators and backers of the opera, it is the wall that has loomed as a monster.
Its technical problems have threatened to overshadow a prodigious creative achievement by a formidable artistic team, a work that has been more than 20 years in the making and has cost $2.8 million to produce.
''It screwed up one performance,'' Ms. Taymor said. ''It was a drag, and so much copy has been written about it. You say, 'God sakes, it happens all the time.' '' The show's backers also like to point out that the delay was really just precautionary, that everything worked out in the end, and that audiences liked what they saw. ''When they got it to work, it worked,'' Ms. Taymor added, ''and we're very pleased.''
Still, Lincoln Center officials refused to let a reporter observe the wall's installation, permitting only a brief glimpse of preparatory work from the auditorium. Access to backstage was denied, and a tape of the Los Angeles performance was allowed to be viewed only on an ''off-the-record'' basis. Officials and publicists offered a barrage of messages advising that the set was not the story.
Lincoln Center officials said they were confident that the wall would work faultlessly, as it did in subsequent Los Angeles performances. During assembly in the last week of June it tested fine, they said. But for some opera lovers, Lincoln Center devotees, Julie Taymor fans and informal odds-makers, in the days before the curtain rises the question inevitably would linger: Will the wall hold?
MS. TAYMOR said she and Mr. Goldenthal first began discussing an adaptation of ''Grendel'' as early as 1984, when they were working together on a musical theater piece. She had read the novel in college, at Oberlin, shortly after its publication and wrote a paper comparing it to the original poem. Mr. Goldenthal also was a fan of the novel.
''It was a big sensation back then,'' she said. ''It's never really died with me or Elliot.'' That summer, at a workshop in Milwaukee, they developed a brief sketch. In 1992 Mr. Goldenthal produced a scene. Encouragement from the music director Seiji Ozawa led him to envision ''Grendel'' as an opera.
''It just seemed right as an opera,'' Mr. Goldenthal said. ''In opera you look for collisions, dramatic collisions.''
''Grendel'' offered the opportunity to dramatize the collision between modern themes, like the monster's alienation, and the ''mythic templates'' of the poem's medieval themes, he said.
''Both Elliot and I were attracted to that point of view, the outsider, the person who walks on the edge,'' Ms. Taymor said.
The couple made proposals to a number of opera houses, including Los Angeles's, to no avail. Ms. Taymor also spoke with Nigel Redden, who at the time was acting as a consultant for a proposed summer festival at Lincoln Center. But eventually she and Mr. Goldenthal moved on to other projects, a number of them collaborative.
In 2000 Pl?do Domingo arrived at the Los Angeles Opera as its artistic director. (He is now general director.) He and Edgar Baitzel, the house's chief of operations, began reviewing old proposals and came across ''Grendel.'' They reached out to Ms. Taymor, who was in town to work on her Broadway adaptation of the Disney movie ''Lion King.'' She put them in contact with Mr. Redden, who was by then the director of the Lincoln Center Festival, and the joint production was solidified in 2003.


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Quatre-Vallées (i.e. "Four Valleys") (Gascon: Quate-Vaths) was a small province of France located in the southwest of France. It was made up of four constituent parts: Aure valley (Gascon: Aura), Barousse valley (Gascon: Varossa), Magnoac valley (Gascon: Manhoac), and Neste or Nestès valley (Gascon: Nèsta or Nestés).
Originally part of Comminges, the valleys of Aure, Barousse, Neste, and Magnoac were detached from Comminges in the 11th century and were divided between the counts of Aure, vassals of the kings of Aragon, and the counts of Astarac (in Gascony). The line of the counts of Aure ended in 1242 without a male heir, and the county of Aure was inherited by the counts of Labarthe (residing in La Barthe-de-Neste), who by then possessed the three other valleys of Neste, Barousse, and Magnoac. Thus, the four valleys were unified under the counts of Labarthe, and began to be known as Quatre-Vallées. The counts of Labarthe were vassals of the kings of Aragon, and so Quatre-Vallées was part of the kingdom of Aragon.
The Quatre-Vallées were a buffer zone between the county of Comminges and the powerful county of Armagnac (in Gascony), and were coveted by both, until eventually in 1398 they became a possession of the counts of Armagnac. In 1462, Count Jean V of Armagnac ceded the fief of Quatre-Vallées to his incestuous sister Isabelle of Armagnac. Isabelle, who had given her fortune to charities, ended up in utter poverty, and on top of it she became paralyzed with hemiplegia. Taking advantage of her weakness, Gaston de Lyon, Lord of Bezaudun and seneschal of Toulouse, lured the poor Isabelle into selling him the Quatre-Vallées against 5,127 gold crowns (écus d'or), which he never paid, always postponing payment in the hope of a rapid death of Isabelle.
At the same time, in 1475, as the king of France obtained Roussillon from the king of Aragon, the Quatre-Vallées were officially detached from the kingdom of Aragon and entered the kingdom of France. However, they were still not part of the royal domain, and were just one of the many independent fiefs of the kingdom of France.
Eventually, the maneuvering of Gaston de Lyon alerted higher authorities. Gaston de Lyon then sent his private doctor to Isabelle, and this one saw to it that she would not live long enough to embarrass his master. In August 1476, the paralyzed and forlorn Isabelle of Armagnac, who in her youth had been promised to the king of England, died in horrible pain after drinking a potion prepared by the doctor to "cure" her. She was only 45. Gaston de Lyon immediately claimed the Quatre-Vallées. His attitude was so revolting that the duke of Alençon and the duke of Vendôme, relatives of Isabelle of Armagnac, sued Gaston de Lyon to prevent him from obtaining the Quatre-Vallées. The trial lasted for more than a century. At last, ruined and discouraged, the descendants of Gaston de Lyon ceded the Quatre-Vallées to Henry III of Navarre, who owned many Pyrenean fiefs (Béarn, Lower Navarre, Bigorre, County of Foix, Nébouzan).
At the start of the French Revolution, the Quatre-Vallées remained quiet. They had been freed and exempted from feudal taxes and corvées for centuries already, and so they did not demand equality and the end of privileges like the other parts of France did. At first it was planned that Quatre-Vallées would gather with the provinces of Nébouzan and Comminges, and that the three would elect common representatives to the Estates-General in Versailles. The Quatre-Vallées saw this as a breach of their Statutes and autonomy, and they sent a letter of protest to Versailles. Eventually, they were allowed to send their own representative to the Estates-General. This representative was assigned the task of preserving the privileges of the Quatre-Vallées at all cost. However, there was not much he could do when feudalism and all the privileges were abolished by the French National Constituent Assembly in the night of 4 August 1789, and so the Quatre-Vallées lost their old privileges.
The area remained very traditional well into the 20th century, and modernity progressed only slowly. Like the rest of the Pyrenees, Quatre-Vallées suffered a lot from rural exodus. Today, the low population density of the Quatre-Vallées have turned them into a haven for nature lovers and people wishing to discover some of the wildest parts of the Pyrenees, where a spectacular landscape is combined with a rich historical heritage and many old monuments.
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AT LEAST 245 revellers have died after a fire swept through a packed nightclub
in Brazil.
The blaze at the jammed hotspot Kiss in the southern city of Santa Maria,
broke out while a band was performing.
Reports say that fireworks were going off at the time.
Up to 2,000 partygoers were said to be inside and hundreds were injured.
Many battled to escape the flames after fire broke out at around 2am – but
they struggled to get through the club's only exit.
Several are said to have died after inhaling toxic fumes.
Ezekiel Corte Real, 23, said he helped people get out of the club, and added:
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When a federal jury in Denver decided Terry Nichols should be spared the death penalty for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing, Richard Wintory saw firsthand the anger, disbelief and disappointment in the eyes of victims' relatives.
When Nichols was later given essentially the same life sentence after being convicted in state court, the families didn't have the same reaction, said Wintory, who was a prosecutor with the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office at the time.
Wintory, now an assistant Arizona attorney general, said he sees parallels on the horizon in the case against Jared Lee Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others in the attack at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event.
When those Colorado jurors reached their decision, Wintory said, the victims' family members were so distraught that they went to Bob Macy, the district attorney at the time, and demanded he fulfill his promise to try Nichols in state court.
While they "felt they had not gotten a fair shake in federal court," Wintory said, they were more accepting of the verdict after Nichols was tried in Oklahoma, by Oklahoma prosecutors with an Oklahoma judge and Oklahoma jurors.
That, he said, is why he was pleased when Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall announced last week that she wants to pursue charges on behalf of all the Jan. 8 shooting victims in Tucson - civilians and federal employees alike.
Those charges would be in addition to federal charges Lough- ner already faces. Loughner is accused of killing U.S. District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, and shooting Giffords and two more of her aides, who were all federal employees. U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns of San Diego has been assigned to preside over Loughner's case. For now, the case remains in U.S. District Court of Arizona.
But regardless of where the federal trial is held, LaWall's plan would mean Loughner will be tried in Arizona at some point, even if it's not necessarily in Tucson.
"When you know that the people in whose hands the fate of your loved ones rests is a hand that has held the soil of your home as well, it's a big deal," Wintory said.
Many times Wintory has seen victims' family members visibly relax after the jury selection has ended. They've heard the jurors talk about where they work and live and go to school, and it's familiar to them.
"The family will tell me: 'That's a good jury' or, 'That will be a fair jury,' and it doesn't necessarily have a damn thing to do with what they think the verdict is going to be, but it has to do with, 'These people are from here; they get it,' " Wintory said.
LaWall said she fully expects to be criticized for prosecuting Loughner if federal authorities, who already have filed charges, obtain a conviction. That will be especially true if jurors decide he should get the death penalty.
However, she said, "it's just really important to cover our bases. Nothing is ever certain. Even if he gets convicted, it's not certain that it won't be overturned for some reason, legal or factual."
In addition, federal prosecutors will pursue Loughner under federal statutes alleging the victims were killed because they were at a federal event or engaging in federal business.
State prosecutors will pursue Loughner under regular murder and attempted-murder charges, LaWall said. In addition, she intends to seek an indictment for the dozens of people who may not have been shot but were endangered.
The emotional needs of the victims must be addressed locally, LaWall said.
"It's important in the bigger picture because the victims in this community need to know they got justice in this community," LaWall said. "That's really, really important."
Loughner faces one federal count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government - Roll and Zimmerman - and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee, aides Ron Barber and Pamela Simon.
U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke released a statement Friday saying: "For good reason, Federal law dictates these offenses be tried in this District (Arizona). We are moving forward and confident in this course."
By Thursday night, LaWall said she had offered her personal condolences to many of the victims and their family members, and was continuing to reach out to others. At this point, she said, the focus has been on their emotional needs, not the legal process.
Only Barber has asked about the legal process, she said. She told him it will likely be years before Loughner comes to trial in state court.
Perhaps that will work to the state's advantage, LaWall said.
The more time that goes by, the less likely a judge will feel the need to move the case out of Tucson, she said.
The last time a judge moved a case outside Pima County, it was both a logistical and emotional nightmare, LaWall said.
Christopher "Bo" Huerstel and Kajornsak "Tom" Prasertphong were tried in Prescott in August 2000 in the slayings of Robert Curry, 44, James Bloxham, 17, and Melissa "Lisa" Moniz, 20, at an east-side Pizza Hut.
Curry's sister, Kathy Weir, stayed in Prescott for 3 1/2 weeks of the five-week trial.
She wasn't home to run her business; she spent every night in a hotel, ate out every meal and didn't have the luxury of having friends and extended family members nearby for support.
The financial burden was lifted by the county, but "it was extremely difficult," Weir said.
She left before Huerstel's verdict was even announced because "it was too traumatic to have to sit there doing nothing" during the 30 hours it took them to reach a decision, she said.
Although he is sympathetic to the plight of victims' families, defense attorney Michael Piccarreta said there are more important things to be considered when someone is facing murder charges and a possible death penalty.
"It's an inconvenience, but these cases are so serious. Why do we want to take the risk of having a potentially unfair trial and having to do it again in two to three years?" Piccarreta asked.
He said that he doesn't believe Loughner can be tried in Tucson, simply because so many people in town are connected to the victims. Plus, the level of media attention has been unprecedented.
LaWall should file charges against Loughner, but rethink actually taking Loughner to trial at the conclusion of the federal case, Piccarreta said. By then, a verdict will have been rendered and more facts will be known.
Apart from the need for finding unbiased jurors, Piccarreta said, location isn't an issue for him.
"I don't think it makes a hill of beans' worth of difference as to whether justice is done in our own community or elsewhere," Piccarreta said.
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Two Israeli soldiers were killed today, two others injured and Two Red Cross International officials also were wounded in two shooting attacks by Jordanian troops at the Allenby Bridge over the River Jordan. The two attacks were followed by an artillery exchange which lasted 90 minutes.
The shooting began as an Israeli liaison officer approached the bridge to arrange for the crossing of several Arab families under Israel's family reunion program. In the first salvo, the two soldiers were killed and the other two wounded. Israeli troops returned the fire and attempts were made to rescue the wounded Israeli soldiers. An agreement was reached for a cease-fire and the Red Cross officials moved onto the bridge to help bring back the wounded soldiers. The Jordanians suddenly resumed fire, wounding the Red Cross officials. The Israelis opened artillery fire and extricated the two wounded soldiers who were taken to Hadassah Hospital.
An Israeli border policeman was killed and three others injured when the half-track in which they were riding hit a mine today south of Ashdod Yaacov in the Beisan Valley near the Jordanian border. Officials reported that pamphlets of the El Fatah terrorist hand and explosives were found nearby.


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Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper into our governing laws to see how so much is tied to taxes and why. Though I understand the value of tax dollars and what they mean in Pennsylvania, I am not sure the laws, which permit them by our taxing bodies, have been, truly, in accordance with the intent and written tax laws.
Primarily, in our state, real estate tax is the No. 1 tax and permitted to be used by the school district, city or borough, county and township. No one can argue, this is how services and needs are paid for; however, it is to be a fair tax, but has it been?
First, all real estate and land must be assessed. The law called for the assessment to be on "actual value," for which a property would sell, but the courts, not your government, have interpreted "actual"to mean market value, the price a purchaser would be willing to pay. I don't see anything wrong with their interpretation, but the law requires the assessments to be changed as the market values change.
Our commissioners, now and prior years since 1981, have tried to dodge this requirement of change. By review of the homes built and sold since 1981, many taxes have had to been lost for our taxing bodies, at all levels. In turn, services may have been cut or eliminated and the need to increase real estate taxes continues on old assessments. Buyers have proven they are willing to purchase the "older home," built before 1981, at a current market value where their property assessment does not change with the purchase. Homes that once sold in 1981 for $10,000 can now be bought, today, for 10 times that amount or more, depending on location, home and yard improvements.
Then our school districts and municipalities were granted the right to tax wages and profits of their community residents, in the late 1940s. Before the '80s, everyone seemed to be working, and the tax provided much working capital for both taxing bodies. In between those years, the occupational privilege tax, called "the right to work tax," was adopted by the majority of school districts and municipalities, which placed an annual $10 sharing tax on every employee or self-employed person within the taxing boundaries. Today, that same tax has changed to $52 in support of the fire company and police departments that serve the employee's area. The wage tax has remained at 1 percent on a dollar, except in certain cities, like Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and our local Washington, where they are permitted a higher percentage on those who live and work within their boundaries.
Sometime after the wage tax was introduced, the state gained approval for a state income tax and eventually adopted a sales tax. To own a car, you have a license. Buying your gas, oil and parts includes taxes. Utilities charge you a tax. Everything has a hidden tax if you look close enough, but what amazes me is the franchise fee you must pay for having cable, or the 911 phone charge, if you have a home phone. Operating a computer goes through the Internet, so you are involved in this fee, but what about those with cellphones? A family of five with such phones – versus a retired couple who rarely make a call out or receive a one-a-week call in – pays none of these fees?
No one likes to pay taxes, and it hurts worse when they become unfair. If the real estate tax rules were followed, regarding market value changes, I think we taxpayers could have a better respect for elected officials who dwell more on fairness than on personal reactions. It don't make much sense arguing against tax rules and regulations unless you are empowered to make new changes.
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Gateway and Whitewater: Grappling with growth
Whitewater and Gateway are small communities south of the Grand Valley. Both are trying to grow and carve out their identities. On the surface, they don't share many similarities.
Whitewater is an easy commute into the Grand Valley; Gateway is 43 miles beyond Whitewater up Unaweep Canyon. Gateway is becoming a destination for visitors from all around the world; Whitewater is becoming home to a few people who want to experience life in the country. Gateway has John Hendricks and his financial acumen to bring infrastructure to the area; Whitewater has 300 households who can't afford to pay for the infrastructure needed for the 20,000 people the county expects in the next 20 years. However, both are struggling with the issue of growth.
Gateway Canyons Resort has changed the face of Unaweep Canyon. Although some residents may complain about rising taxes and abundant tourists, most are happy to have a consistently open gas station and a grocery store. Those who have taken jobs at the resort are happy not to be driving into Grand Junction every day for work.
"One of the things that I am proudest of is the store we built," says John Williams, President of Western Sky Investments LLC. "It had been years since someone could buy gas, milk, dairy products or meat products."
The resort has other reasons to take pride in its neighborliness. The Hendricks family built a modern wastewater facility for the resort in 2005; the town of Gateway was added in 2006. The facility was built so that it could be enlarged not just for the resort's expansion, but for the eventual growth of the town, too.
"Gateway Canyons is a very well-planned resort," says Julie Constan, an engineer with Mesa County Public Works Department. "The resort has been really good about cooperation."
Gateway Canyons also built employee housing on-site and has plans to build even more housing for seasonal workers. Plans are in the works for a 400-acre property that could become a private golf course, complete with luxurious golf course homes. The resort also has a private water system that they will expand to include the golf course community. Currently, the town is on well water. If the town is to grow, a public water system is a critical hurdle that must be leaped.
The uranium mines which once played such a crucial role in the area's economic growth are getting ready to open once again. Although the mines themselves are near Gateway, George Glasier, the president of Energy Fuels, the mining company, anticipates that most employees will live in the Nucla/Naturita area, where housing is available and less expensive.
Public water and sewer are two issues that are at the forefront of development in Whitewater, too. Clifton Water recently built a 1,000,000-gallon storage tank to serve the residents who live in Whitewater. A new 10-inch water line was also installed to not only better serve current customers, but to accommodate expected growth.
"We have to stay just one step ahead of the growth," says Dale Tooker, the manager of Clifton Water District. The company is caught between a rock and a hard place; trying to anticipate and be ready for growth that may or not be at the level projected by the Mesa County Planning Department while also affordably serving the customers it already has.
"We serve 37,000 people in Clifton with 12,000 individual taps," says Tooker. "Most of our capital improvements should go to the 12,000 existing customers regardless of the projections for growth."
Residents in Whitewater are currently pursuing a public sewer service. A meeting at the fairgrounds was held on February 6 to discuss whether residents want to build their own wastewater treatment facility or pump wastewater uphill and connect with either Clifton or the Persigo facility.
Although building a facility would give residents more control over the growth, it could also be a more costly process, and there is more risk involved. In connecting with either of the larger districts, costs would be spread out to more homeowners.
"Even if you didn't make the meeting, the county will still be soliciting input from the public," says Constan. "We will take a recommendation to the county commissioners on Feb 25." Those who want more information are welcome to contact Julie Contan at 255-5045.
The county is in the process of developing a master plan for Whitewater that's currently in front of the county commissioners. The plan includes various multiple-density housing zones, a business park, recreational areas and recommendations to create a pleasant community.
"We're getting it in place so when the sewer plant comes in, everybody will be able to go forth and build," says Michael Warren, Senior Planner with Mesa County.
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Monday was a mixed day for me. I went into the weekend as I had the past few Fridays: with very few trading positions and sitting mostly in cash, other than long-term-income positions and core index positions. I did not take advantage of yesterday's dip, so I did not participate in the late-afternoon rally. It had me second-guessing myself a bit. I wouldn't call today a victory, though. There is no benefit in calling out hindsight. As I said earlier today, telling folks today they should have sold Friday is like telling a dying Abraham Lincoln he should have avoided Ford's Theater; it doesn't do a bit of good. So, we have to work with what's in front of us rather than what's behind us. I am still sticking with the chart of the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) that I posted earlier today, which I am updating here.SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) Source: StockCharts.com View Chart » View in New Window »
Facebook (FB) is actually running higher into earnings this afternoon. Based on the chart, I believe $22 or $17.40 is possible post-earnings, which makes straddles around the $19 or $19.50 strike somewhat attractive to me, preferably on the November expiration. But the Oct. 26 expiration may actually be worth a look on a small scale today. This oversold position of the stochastics has been a place where bulls can sometimes catch a big bounce, but the results are mixed. The bad news is it has only been 50/50, but the good news is the bounces from this level have come with good size. I will probably regret saying this, but the chart actually looks bullish to me into earnings....135 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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