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Washington County Parks programs are for the birds the next two weeks.
Bird banding, the American kestrel and two bird walks are programs offered at the Lake Elmo Park Reserve and St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park. Also covered at separate programs are animal camouflage, snakes and nocturnal animals.
Warner Nature Center naturalists present "Camouflage" from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Lake Elmo Outdoor Amphitheater. Participants can look at real animal pelts and feathers, play camouflage games and go on a hike to spot animals hiding in wooded areas.
Birding enthusiast Shelley Bowman leads an 11 a.m. Saturday bird hike through the scenic prairie and wooded trails at St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park. Participants should meet near the park's outdoor amphitheater.
Warner Nature Center naturalists are back at the Lake Elmo park at 7:15 p.m. Saturday presenting a program on snakes. Visitors can touch a live fox snake and learn about snake behavior, hunting skills and their habitat.
Jim Fitzpatrick, Carpenter Nature Center director and licensed bird bander, presents a "Bird Banding program at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at St. Croix Bluffs park. Learn more about native songbirds as Fitzpatrick sets up devices to capture songbirds, then studies, marks and releases the birds back to their habitat.
Bowman returns to St. Croix Bluffs park to lead a 2:30 p.m. bird hike Aug. 3. Participants will meet near the park's outdoor amphitheater.
The American kestrel is featured animal at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 3 campfire program by the Warner Nature Center at the Lake Elmo park. Visitors can discover the advantages and disadvantages of being a top predator by meeting a kestrel and learning why falcons are efficient hunters.
Como Zoo presents "Bump in the Night," a program on nocturnal animals, at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 3 at St. Croix Bluffs park. Visitors can discover the secrets of living in the dark by exploring the world of nocturnal animals.
All programs are free with either a $5 daily or $25 annual parking permit.
Lake Elmo Park Reserve is at the intersection of County Roads 19 and 10, one mile north of Interstate 94 in Lake Elmo. St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park is along the St. Croix River on County Road 21 between County roads 76 and 78 in Denmark Township.
Call 651-430-8370 for information about Lake Elmo park programs; 651-430-8240 for information about St. Croix Bluffs park programs, or visit www.co.washington.mn.us/parks for information about all county parks and programs.


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DEVON Young Farmers will be burying a time capsule tomorrow (Saturday) to commemorate the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs' 80th anniversary.
The capsule is to be buried at the site of the first Young Farmers' Club in Hemyock in a ceremony at 2pm when former members of the NFYFC, the largest rural youth organisation in the UK, will be joined by local dignitaries and residents.
Among the guests will be the chairman of Mid Devon District Council, John Berry, and Hemyock Parish Council chair Heather Stallard, and Cllr Ray Radford will also be attending on behalf of Neil Parish MP.
Also among the guests will be 84-year-old Brian Clist, a former club chairman from 1951 who lives at Mountshayne Farm in the Culm Valley.
Brian's farm has been in the family 300 years, and his father was the first vice-chairman of Hemyock YFC and attended the first calf sale on the grounds near where the time capsule will be buried.
His eldest son was also vice-chairman of Culm Valley YFC in the 1970s.
Brian said: "I'm delighted that Young Farmers' Clubs are still going strong, and I feel proud to know that my family were members of one of the longest running clubs in England and Wales.
"I can remember attending the sales back in the 1950s, learning traditional skills, such as rope making and stock judging.
"We also enjoyed the dances."
The ceremony is timely as it follows Culm Valley YFC's Show and Sale on April 11 – an event the club has hosted since Hemyock YFC was set up in 1921.
Anyone interested in finding out more can email cath.sykes@nfyfc. org.uk

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Pau D'Arco, or Lapacho, is one of a number of herbal medicines that has come out of the Amazon rainforest in recent years. As doctors find antibiotics less and less effective against mutating diseases, they are looking to nature for answers. Pau D'Arco has been exported from Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina for more than 100 years, but its remarkable properties have been obscured in the past by poor transport and storage that have degraded the herb. Scientists are now investigating its effect on diseases as varied as arthritis and even cancer.
Pau D'Arco's effects are two-fold when it comes to Candida. Firstly the herb helps to loosen the bowels. Not enough to cause diarrhea, but enough to wash out old fecal matter (see our cleansing page) and expose the Candida yeast.
Secondly, Pau D'Arco acts as a powerful antifungal agent. It contains several classes of compounds, lapachol, xyloidone and various napthaquinones. The most important of these is lapachol, which has been shown to inhibit the growth of Candida.
According to an overview of lapachol research published in 2007 (see here), "it was reported that lapachol has a significant effect against Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and Cryptococcus neoformans, that was similar to Amphotericin B. The presumed antifungal activity of lapachol is believed to be due to its interaction with the cellular membrane."
How do you take Pau D'Arco?
Probably the easiest way to take Pau D'Arco is in tea. Teabags are available from many online pharmacies and supplement stores. Capsules are also available but not as effective, while one innovative supplier has put Pau D'Arco in a spray that is administered orally and rapidly absorbed.
Who should not take Pau D'Arco?
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should not take Pau D'Arco. Also at risk are sufferers of blood thinning disorders, or those anticipating imminent surgery, as Pau D'Arco can thin the blood.
If used in large quantities Pau D'Arco has sometimes been found to weaken the immune system, so keep your doses small.
For lots more information on how to choose the right antifungal, take a look at my Ultimate Candida Diet treatment plan.


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Process Engineer
Barracuda Staffing Inc. in Tulsa, OK 74103 USA
Why work here?
"Our Talent is Finding Yours!"
It is the responsibility of this position to prepare process designs according to customer's inquiries which can be supported by process guarantee. The purpose of the Position is to provide the equipment sizing, instrumentation requirements and other design details to minimize equipment cost while maximizing process efficiencies. It is the goal of the position to help establish our company as the premier value-added provider of Energy equipment solutions in the markets we serve.
This includes but is not limited to the following:
· Provide information throughout the various proposal, engineering and fabrication phases to the estimating and project teams regarding all aspects of Process Engineering.
· Perform process simulations and develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFD's) and Heat and Material Balances.
· Compare process designs to previous published designs to determine design competitiveness.
· Develop sizing information for Process Equipment (heat exchangers, distillation columns, separators, filters, compressors, pumps, treaters, reboilers, contactors, etc.) provided in the form of equipment data sheets.
· Assist in developing plant or process control philosophy.
· Calculate plant/process recoveries and utility/power requirements.
· Stay current with technical developments in process engineering and process equipment.
· Develop innovative ideas and alternatives to be cost competitive during the estimating phase.
· Recommend process guarantee levels.
· Support Business Development in presenting technical details to potential clients.
· Provide technical direction and expertise to Project Engineering/manufacturing for work in process.
· Provide design and sizing of control and safety relief valves.
· Support electrical and mechanical engineering for line sizing, initial instrument lists, logic diagrams, cause & effects charts, pump NPSH requirements, hydraulic calculations, etc.
· Periodically participate in HAZOP meetings.
· Assist in start-up, commissioning and performance testing, as required.
· Perform field trouble shooting, as required.
· Periodic customer contact is required. Less than 25% travel is required.
This position demands excellent technical proficiency with process simulators such as ProMax, HYSYS, VMGsim, etc., and advanced level skills with Microsoft Office software including Excel. Requires an ability to work with minimal supervision and ability to prioritize workload to meet due dates. Must have effective analytical and problem solving skills and to be detail orientated while remaining creative and innovative. Demands proficiency in effectively communicating process concepts to both internal and external customers. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline, with a Master's Degree preferable. The individual must be a Registered Professional Engineer with a minimum of 5 years energy industry experience; 3 years of which must be in process simulations. Project engineering or operations experience is preferable. Field experience is highly desirable. Experience in an ISO 9000 environment is suggested.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:Heavy construction and process plant environment: periodically. Office environment: constantly.
About Barracuda Staffing Inc.:
Barracuda Staffing is a permanent placement and direct hire personnel agency working with skilled, non-skilled, professional and contract workers in the Industrial, Light Industrial, Engineering, Construction, Warehouse and Professional fields. Barracuda Staffing serves the business client by locating qualified employees, screening, initial interviewing and administering all new hire paperwork. Barracuda Staffing runs payroll and bills the client weekly. The professional worker is served with employment opportunities at no cost and pay rates that are within industry standards.
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Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is an Industry Fellow at the CSRM. Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is the Founder of the Sirolli Institute, a non-profit organization and social enterprise since 1995 that teaches community leaders, Governments and Corporations how to establish and maintain Enterprise Facilitation projects in their community.
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is a dynamic, innovative thinker and speaker with a commitment to encouraging the personal fulfillment of individuals and the empowerment of local and indigenous communities through entrepreneurship.
Italian-born, Dr. Ernesto Sirolli received a Laurea di Dottore in Political Science from Rome University in 1976 and a Ph.D in Philosophy. from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia in 2004. He has worked in Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South America, Asia and the U.S.A. in the field of local Economic Community Development.
In 1985, Ernesto pioneered in Esperance, a small rural community in Western Australia, a unique economic development approach based on harnessing the passion, determination, intelligence, and resourcefulness of the local people.
The striking results of "The Esperance Experience" have prompted more than 400 communities around the world to adopt responsive, person-centered approaches to local economic development similar to the Enterprise Facilitation® model pioneered in Esperance 27 years ago. Esperance community project is still active and has helped over 800 new businesses in the first 20 years.
Enterprise Facilitation has been documented in Dr. Sirolli's book: "Ripples from the Zambezi - Passion, Entrepreneurship and the Rebirth of the Local Economy."
Adopted as a textbook in an increasing number of academic courses in community and economic development, the book has helped to introduce Enterprise Facilitation to a new generation of economic development practitioners and civic leaders interested in growing their communities from within, one passionate person at the time.
A second book "How to start a Business –and Ignite your Life – a simple guide to combining Business Wisdom with Passion" is being released in April 2012.


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She hangs out with her ex
I think it was Sally who recently pointed out that there are no letters in our "set-ups" category. If you have a set-up-related question, feel free to ask. It's a sad little category right now.
I think we also need a money category.
And maybe a "jealous-about-the-ex category" for letters like this one:
Writing a bit on a whim here, but I'd be interested to hear what you or your readers have to say about this one. The story begins when I met someone I really liked earlier this year, let's call her Marge. When we met, Marge was dating someone else, but soon that ended and we began seeing each other. We've passed the "defining the relationship" conversation and have been exclusive for a few months now and are generally very happy. We spend a lot of time together, have had some great road trips and enjoy hanging out either alone or with our friends.
One negative thing that seems to come up from time to time is the ex, let's call him Jack. Marge and Jack had been friends for some time and had sort of an off-again (mostly), on-again (rarely) relationship with a close friendship in between the periods of dating. Even during the periods of friendship, he was very jealous - and only got worse during the brief periods they were dating. When Marge finally broke things off last year, Jack was very upset and even mistakenly berated one of Marge's other male friends at a social event, thinking he was the "new guy." Marge felt bad about causing Jack pain and tried to maintain the friendship, but eventually that became impossible and they cut off communication for a few months, which was hard for Marge because they shared a lot of mutual friends and the friendship is really important to her. Recently, they've been trying to re-commence the friendship, exercising together and occasionally getting lunch. At this point, Jack still has not been around any time I have been hanging out with their friends and would mysteriously disappear when I showed up at group outings.
Recently, Marge told me that Jack had invited her to attend a wedding with him ("as a friend") out of state. She mentioned that he really didn't want to go to the wedding alone, and he told her none of his other friends could make it. Not wanting to seem overly controlling, I only let Marge know I thought this was a bit weird, but I did not say I thought she shouldn't go (even though it made me very uncomfortable, I told her I had no rational reason why she shouldn't go). We both agreed that it would make the most sense for us to see how he acted when I was around, since that might give some indication about whether he intended to really be a friend or was just using this as a way to stay close to her. Well we all hung out at a party this weekend, and it was clear he was extremely uncomfortable around me. I am an approachable person and talked to everyone at the party, except for Jack. To me it seemed like he avoided engaging in any sort of conversation with me.
So now I am really uncomfortable. I am in disbelief that someone who appears to have these continuing issues with Marge would ask her to go to the wedding, and, to a lesser extent, I am upset that she'd agree to go with him. I am 100% certain that Marge would not cheat in any way and pretty sure he wouldn't try to make a move, but some part of me still just feels really uncomfortable with the situation, even though I can't rationally explain it. What should I do? Put my foot down and say it's a dealbreaker or suck it up and let them figure it out for themselves? Am I uncomfortable because I have issues with trust or because this is something inappropriate (i.e., going to a wedding with a recent ex)? To make it trickier, I still haven't told Marge I am uncomfortable and the wedding is soon. What should I do?
– Uncomfortable in Brookline
UIB, you don't have weird trust issues. She's in the wrong here.
You may be out of luck for the wedding depending on when it is. It's not fair to tell her a week or two before the event that you'd rather she not go. But when the wedding trip is over, it's time for a talk. You don't have to be the super cool boyfriend who shrugs when she's at the gym with an ex who still loves her. You do have to be honest boyfriend who says, "Just exactly what are you trying to do with this guy?"
Many letter writers say, "I trust my partner -- it's the ex/friend/gym buddy I don't trust." But that's not really true, is it? Your issue is with Marge, not Jack. And my issue is with Marge, not Jack. If Marge is really worried about Jack, she should set major boundaries with him so he can figure out that there's no future and get over her. And if Marge is worried about her relationship with you, she should go out of her way to make you (the new boyfriend) comfortable. Right now she's being bad to both of you (unintentionally, I hope).
When the wedding is over, sit her down and tell her that you're not loving this -- because no normal person would love this. Ask her why she thinks this is good for Jack. And ask her what she wants her relationship with him to be in the future. If she really wants a true friendship with him, she shouldn't be going to weddings with him. She should be going out of her way to show him that she's just a friend.
If she can't cut her close ties to Jack, well, there are things to consider. But know that you're not in the wrong for having weird feelings about this. It's time to disclose them.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
XYPRO In Management Buyout
Simi Valley-based XYPRO Technology Corporation, a developer of cybersecurity software for HP NonStop, said it has completed a management buyout from the company's founders and previous owners. The company said that Lisa Partridge, Barry Forbes, and Andrew Price bought out the company from prior owners Dale Blommendahl and Sheila Johnson. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. XYPRO was founded in 1983.


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Survey finds CEOs more confident on global economy
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DAVOS, Switzerland — With the worst of the global financial crisis behind them, CEOs are ready to move on from the fight for survival their businesses have been in for the past few years, a survey found Tuesday.
Accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, which conducted the survey, said the world's corporate leaders are "gradually switching from survival mode to growth mode." That could lead to more investment, growth and jobs.
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Food Lion Deals 3/19: Tomatoes, broccoli, chicken legs, London broil, Triscuit, Pop Secret and more!
Posted March 19, 2014
Food Lion has some good buys starting Wednesday, 3/19 including tomatoes, broccoli, chicken legs, London broil, Triscuit, Nutrigrain, Pop Secret and more! Please share any other deals you find!
Food Lion Coupon Basics
Food Lion does not double coupons
They have no limits on number of total number of coupons they will take, unless specified in the ad. You may only use a maximum of 10 (ten) coupons for the same item per customer. This includes coupons that are downloaded onto your personal MVP Card.
BOGO items ring up at half price so if you only buy 1, it rings at half price. You can use a coupon on each BOGO sale item.
You cannot use Food Lion store coupons and manufacturer's coupons on the same item. "Stacking" coupons like that is not allowed per the Food Lion coupon policy.
You can see their entire coupon policy on their website HERE.
The ad indicates that prices are valid for stores in these cities: Apex, Bunn, Cary, Clayton, Franklinton, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Louisburg, Morrisville, Raleigh, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, Youngsville, Zebulon. If you do not live in one of these cities, your ad may be different and you can check for any differences on FoodLion.com.
E-Coupons: You can now load RedPlum.com manufacturer's coupons to your Food Lion MVP card and when they scan your card at the register and you buy the qualifying items, the discount will come off automatically. I spoke with corporate and they confirmed that these are manufacturer's coupons and not to be combined with hard copy manufacturer's from the newspaper and other sources. She said their policy is only 1 coupon per product. No e-coupons will double. Click HERE for more information.
Quality Guarantee: Food Lion offers a double money back quality guarantee on all Food Lion store brands.
Free holiday dinner: Spend $40 or more in each visit on 6 different weeks and get a ticket fo reach week. Collect 6 tickets from 2/26/14 – 4/15/14 and get a $20 coupon. Must redeem tickets by 4/22/14. $20 coupon expires 5/6/14.
These deals are valid March 19 – March 25, 2014.
Sweet onions, .89/lb
Green peppers, .89 each
Red vine cluster tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Broccoli crowns, $1.39/lb
White potatoes, 5 lb bag, $2.50
Fresh express or Dole salad blends, various, $2.50
Navel oranges, 4 lb bag, $3.99
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb, bag, fresh, .69 per lb
Chicken wings, value pack, frozen, $1.99/lb
Top Round London Broil, $2.99/lb – good price
Boneless center cut pork chops, $2.99/lb
Chuck Eye or Denver Steak, value pack, $4.99/lb
Boneless sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $5.99/lb
Oscar Mayer bologna, 16 oz, select, excludes beef, BOGO for $2.00 - .75/1 coupon from Smart Shopper coupons link recently = $1.25
Oscar Mayer meat or beef hot dogs, 16 oz, select, BOGO - $1/2 coupon from Smart Shopper coupon link above recently
Gwaltney sliced bacon, select, 16 oz, BOGO for $2.69 each
Dairy & Frozen
Yoplait yogurt, 4 – 6 oz, .50 each
Coupon: .40/6 and .50/8 coupons from 2/2 SS
SavingStar: .40/6 SavingStar e-offer HERE
Total after both discounts = .36 each
Food Lion ice cream, premium, 48 – 64 oz, $2.00 – good price for 64 oz ice cream
Tombstone pizza, $3.00
Triscuit crackers, 3.5 – 10 oz, select, $1.88 - $1 printable coupon AND $1 Checkout 51 e-offer HERE = FREE after both discounts!
Kellogg's Nutrigrain bars, BOGO for $1.50 each
Coupon: $1/2 coupon from 3/16 RP, $1.50/1 printable coupon when you redeem 1000 points on Kelloggsfamilyrewards.com or .75/1 printable coupon when redeem 500 points on Kelloggsfamilyrewards.com
Total after $1.50 coupon = FREE! or Total after $1/2 coupon = $1 each (good deal)
Pop Secret popcorn, 3 pack, BOGO for $1.59 - $1 coupon from Smart Shopper coupons link above recently (coupon indicates redeem at Walmart but is a manufacturer's coupon that can be used anywhere) = .59 (good deal)
My essentials ketchup, 24 oz, .97
7UP, A&W, Canada Dry products, 2 ltr, .99
Ragu pasta sauce, $1.50 - $1/2 coupon from 3/9 RP OR $1/2 Food Lion digital coupon = $1 each – good deal
Kellogg's Froot Loops or Apple Jacks, BOGO
Coupons: .50/1 Apple Jacks and $1/3 cereal printable coupon from Kelloggsfamilyrewards.com, .75 and $1.50/1 coupons from Kelloggsfamilyrewards.com when you redeem points
Checkout51: $1/2 Checkout 51 e-offer HERE
My essentials peanut butter, select, $1.97
My essentials sugar, 4 lb bag, $1.99


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Madonna Reminds Us She Adopted An African Baby
Babies sell records, guys. At least, that's what Ashlee Simpson and Madonna are hoping. Now, I'm not saying that's the only reason Madonna is now being seen carrying around her Malawi-born son David in her arms, because I also bet that it's good cardio/strength-training. Burning calories is a top priority, people! Time spent toting her kid around is time she could vibrating on her magical metal exercise plate!
The gang hit up the Italian restaurant San Lorenzo in London, where David looked unimpressed and Lourdes looked like she was revealing a glimpse of the party girl we're all hoping she'll grow up to be.
Photos: FlynetOnline.com
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I Think I Love My Wife | 26 Aug 2007 // 5:59 PM
When you strip away all its jokiness and "Rock-isms", there's actually a good film hiding in here.
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) | 15 Mar 2007 // 10:00 PM
The movie is an erratic, noisy, and anxious paean to masculine desire. In a word, it's all about dick.


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John Mason will be remembered for his love of teaching, compassion and sense of humor.
Mason, 64, died Sunday in a single-car collision while driving westbound on State Route 299 east of Buckley Road. He died at the scene, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Doug Tupen said.
Longtime friend Danny Hagans said Mason was on his way to the coast to surf and visit friends when the accident occurred.
"It's so ironic because we all move around a lot, but we've driven these roads forever," Hagans said. "He's probably driven that road 10,000 times."
Mason recently retired after teaching math and science at Trinity Valley Elementary School for more than 20 years. He continued to work as a substitute teacher in the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District.
"He's going to be missed; he had a big impact on the local community and education," said former colleague Todd Clark, Butteville School District superintendent. "Everyone who knew him will be feeling it."
Mason served as vice principal at Trinity Valley for one year.
"When I became principal at Trinity Valley Elementary, I asked him to be my vice principal," Clark said. "People respected John when he spoke; he was the voice of reason. He went back to teaching after he realized administration work was not for him."
Clark said Mason had a great sense of humor, and recalled the pranks they played on each other while serving as school principal.
"He always rode his bike to school. I'd walk by his classroom and hide it somewhere in the school," Clark said. "Around Christmas time, I snowed his office with flocking -- turns out it should only be used on Christmas trees -- it took a while for us to get it off his walls."
An avid cyclist and surfer, colleagues said Mason had the right combination of fun and discipline toward his students.
"He's the real deal; he really connected with the kids," Trinity Valley teacher Jason Henderson said. "John was down to earth, and made it real for the kids. Students always came back to visit Mr. Mason."
Mason became a popular substitute in the district and traveled frequently after retiring, Henderson said.
"He's been all over the place since he retired. He's been living life big time," he said. "He liked to have fun, a kid at heart."
He won't be forgotten any time soon.
"He will be missed by many, many people," Hagans said. "He's in many people's hearts today."
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On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 20:52, Josh Berkus wrote: > Adam, > > > 9223372036854775807 > > > > It gets selected out as: > > > > 9.22337203685478E18 > > This is a property of FLOAT data types. They round. > > > Which appears to be rounded. When we cast it to numeric type we get: > > > > 9223372036854780000 > > > > Which also is rounded. It is still possible to find the row using the > > original value > > Hmmm ... is 15 digits the limit of NUMERIC? It may be. It must be the limit of float. Numeric can't produce any more than it was given and it was cast from float. bray=# select 653596708775675750507850507570708696432 ::numeric; numeric ----------------------------------------- 653596708775675750507850507570708696432 (1 row) -- Oliver Elphick olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Daniel 7:13,14
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Call for tighter rules on asbestos
The Government's contract with Fletchers for Christchurch's rebuild should be reviewed following revelations workers were exposed to asbestos-contaminated material, the Council of Trade Unions says.
Union president Helen Kelly called for the contract between the Earthquake Commission (EQC) and Fletchers to be reviewed to ensure stiff penalties were enforced for serious health and safety breaches.
The call comes after The Press reported a young plasterer, standing on a ladder and wearing no protective gear, used a paint scraper to unknowingly remove material riddled with asbestos from a textured ceiling in Cashmere, while a government department questioned why it was not told.
The companies involved both claim to have acted within safety protocols, but the incident has unveiled a worrying loophole in which tradespeople are being sent into earthquake-damaged homes to work with potentially contaminated material before it is tested.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is now calling for all employers to test for asbestos before sending workers on-site and said it would be making "preliminary inquiries" into the Cashmere incident.
Kelly said Fletchers seemed unaware of a requirement to report sites with asbestos present to the MBIE, while a report that two workers were called to a disciplinary meeting after raising safety concerns with their employer was a "grave concern".
The Government, both through EQC and directly, needed to "step up" and demand improved standards from those it employed to manage Christchurch's rebuild, including Fletchers, she said.
"It knows much of the work will be contracted out by these principals but must include in the contract that this is done safety and must impose penalties when this is not done.
"It is useless to have one of its departments expressing concerns about it while another is ultimately responsible for the breach."
Kelly said the public had lost confidence in New Zealand's handling of workplace health and safety, and she feared there was "likely hundreds" of other asbestos incidents unreported.
Exterior building firm Goleman, which is at the centre of a government investigation into the handling of asbestos-contaminated material at Christchurch Hospital, was the contractor appointed to manage the Cashmere job on behalf of Fletcher EQR.
Former Goleman employee Evan Hyett, 52, witnessed a young plasterer scraping ceiling material containing friable asbestos while wearing no protective gear at the site last October.
"He had it in his eyes, in his mouth and all over his face," Hyett said.
Goleman general manager Luke Goleman said employees raised concerns and a sample of the material was tested and came back as positive for white asbestos.
Work on the site halted immediately and Fletchers was informed, he said.
"The issue was dealt with in full accordance with Fletcher EQR's health and safety guidelines."
Goleman did not tell the ministry because it was a subcontractor to Fletchers, he said.
A Fletchers spokesman said testing showed asbestos was present in the building material but not on the workers' clothing or equipment.
The ministry was not informed because "there is no compulsory requirement for the company(ies) involved to notify MBIE".
However, MBIE Canterbury Rebuild health and safety programme director Kathryn Heiler said the ministry should have been told "when the employer became aware that asbestos may have been present in the workplace".
Under the 1998 Asbestos Regulations, the handling, demolition or maintenance of any part of a building containing friable asbestos requires notification to MBIE.
"This situation highlights the need for employers and employees to be aware that repair, maintenance and building work being done in Canterbury may contain asbestos. Hazards should be identified and appropriate controls put in place before any work commences to ensure it is undertaken safely."
The emphasis should be on identifying asbestos before the work begins, Heiler said.
Fletchers health and safety protocol states all damaged properties suspected of containing asbestos, or built between 1940 and 1990, require mandatory testing.
The tests could be ordered by a Fletchers contract supervisor or the site contractor, a Fletchers spokesman said.
Fletchers was aware of previous incidents where asbestos was found after work had begun on homes and the spokesman was not sure at what point asbestos tests were expected to be conducted.
Canterbury District Health Board medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink said the health risks of dealing with white asbestos mostly centred on the long-term exposure to future homeowners, rather than the short-term exposure to tradespeople. Prolonged, chronic exposure can cause lung diseases, including cancer.
Pink supported the Government's calls to test potentially contaminated material prior to workers being sent in.
"If the risk of exposure is there, then we need to minimise it . . . it cannot be a retrospective thing."
Contractors who raised the alarm over potentially exposing patients to asbestos at Christchurch Hospital are taking their employer to court for negligence.
Exterior building firm Goleman was last week informed another two of its employees had quit over the asbestos saga and that they would be pursuing a personal grievance over the company's alleged health-and-safety breach.
The contractors were exposed to white asbestos while working on the roof of the hospital's earthquake-damaged Parkside building in early April and raised public concerns over the way Goleman allegedly failed to warn its staff and put patients at risk to the hazardous material.
The Press published the employees' concerns early this month.
Two days after the story ran, industrial abseilers Liam Milner, 24, and Neil Silcock, 27, were summoned to a disciplinary meeting with Goleman for breaching their contracts by talking to the media.
The meeting was held earlier this month and Milner and Silcock attended along with their lawyer, David Beck.
They received no disciplinary action.
Beck, of SB Law, wrote a letter to Goleman last week informing it that both Milner and Silcock were resigning and pursuing a constructive dismissal case against the firm.
"They have decided to resign on the basis that they do not believe their employer can guarantee their health and safety," Beck said.
The pair will be seeking distress damages for a loss of wages and good references for future employment.
Goleman manager Luke Goleman said he could not comment as the incident was under investigation by the Government.
Test results confirming the presence of asbestos on the hospital work site were obtained by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) on April 2 and Goleman was advised to stop work immediately.
The four contractors maintain they were not told about the risk and continued to wander through the hospital unknowingly wearing potentially contaminated material until Fletcher EQR shut the site down eight days later.
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Doug Berky in "No Show": A combination of the
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Police are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a milk churn used to collect church donations in Great Livermere.
The incident occurred between 9.10am and 7.30pm on Friday June 27 outside St Peter's church.
The church had used the milk churn for over 30 years to collect donations.
It was secured to a gate post by a lock and chain, which were cut off by the thief.
The milk churn is valued at around £50 and it is estimated there was around £150 of donations inside.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the St Edmundsbury Rural North Safer Neighbourhood Team on 101 quoting reference BR/14/443, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Shout! Factory is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with a special web-only Turkey Day Marathon featuring six classic episodes hand-picked and hosted by Joel, complete with new skits and riffs!
Turkey Day was an annual Thanksgiving Day marathon of MST3K episodes that used to air on Comedy Central from 1991-1995. The Sci-Fi Channel also ran a Thanksgiving marathon in 1997, unofficially known as Turkey Day '97. Now, 16 years later, Turkey Day is back!
The streaming event will start at 9am PT / 12 noon ET on Thursday, November 28th at MST3KTurkeyDay.com.
Fans who have suggestions for episodes they'd like to see included are encouraged to tweet Joel (@JoelGHodgson) with their votes.
Use the hashtag #mst3k to join in on the party with fellow MSTies on twitter. Follow @Shout_Factory and @JoelGHodgson for updates.
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Hodgson will be programming, hosting, and testing your MST3K knowledge during the Turkey Day bonanza, and he has enjoyed diving back into the series' 198 episodes. "It's really been interesting, and I really loved getting to go back and look at these shows, especially the Mike/Kevin/Bill episodes, which I'm not as familiar with," Hodgson said. "They've been extra funny because I don't know any of the jokes. That's been a really cool thing." He does, however, bemoan the lack of Thanksgiving-centric monster movies available for riffing purposes. "A giant turkey would really fit in the lexicon of things like Gamera. You have Gyaos and Godzilla, Rodan, and Turkathon. Actual turkeys are horrifying. Their temperament is terrible, and they're just tall enough to go for your crotch. And they seem to have a genetic predisposition to go for your crotch. They're also really stupid, right? They're famous for being stupid and delicious. That's exactly what you want."
Joel will also be doing a Reddit AMA starting at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET on Tuesday, Nov. 26th. He'll be available to answer all your questions until 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET.
Here's a look back at the first Turkey Day from 1991:
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The BAE Bofors 155mm gun is back in the competition for a record fourth time for a multi-billion dollar heavy artillery gun order from the Indian Army.
BAE Systems, the owner of Bofors, has said that that it has "submitted to the Indian ministry of defence's latest RFI (request for information) for towed 155mm howitzers, following previous tenders which were cancelled because of the inability of other potential suppliers to meet the tender conditions."
Along with its Indian partner, Mahindra and Mahindra, the company has offered a version of the FH77 B05 155mm howitzer. It says "a significant proportion will be manufactured in India to meet the specific needs of the Indian Army."
In the last trial, which was cancelled by A.K. Antony's defence ministry in July, the Bofors gun and ST Kinetics's iFH 2000 were the only guns in the competition.
Army sources said the trial was cancelled because STK's gun was not calibrated to fire Indian ammunition. But STK sources say they were not given the time sought to re-calibrate their weapon for the summer trial in the Rajasthan desert.
The tender was cancelled because STK's disqualification made BAE Systems the only vendor and the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) lays down that procurement must be based on competition, defence ministry sources said.
The guns — the Bofors GH 77 B05 and STK's iFH 2000 — that the companies had brought for the trials are still in India. The cancellation of the tender pushed the Indian army's field artillery modernisation programme, already behind schedule by 10 years, at least two more years behind.
Andrew Gallagher managing director and chief executive of BAE Systems India said, "BAE Systems is confident that the FH77 B05 is the best heavy towed howitzer in the world today and meets the requirements of the Indian Army". The Indian Army used the earlier version of the howitzer in the 1999 Kargil war.
The army plans to buy and produce a total of 1,580 guns of the 155mm/52caliber category. For 23 years now, the army has not added a single big gun to its arsenal since the Bofors FH77B02, contracted by the Rajiv Gandhi government, raised a row over kickbacks.


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Blake Lively Is The New Face Of L'Oreal Paris, Because She's Worth It
The former Gossip Girl star was revealed yesterday as the new face of L'Oreal Paris in an elaborate announcement ceremony in the French city. Clearly Blake went all out for the event, wearing a seriously gorgeous white Balmain dress. It's like perfection just oozes out of her pores.
No wonder the folks over at L'Oreal Paris were so eager to get her. Although Blake seems pretty excited too.
told the crowd at the event:
"I am thrilled and honored to join the incredible women who represent L'Oréal Paris. From the versatile and motivational brand ambassadors, to all the women who proudly wear L'Oréal Paris each day. I grew up with the inspiration of their message, 'We're worth it'. What an important value to instill in women. That beauty is rooted in confidence. That is key. That is why I'm so proud to be a L'Oréal Paris woman."
So I can assume that there will be lots of L'Oreal plugs on her new Goopish website for young people. Too bad that Blake's hottie husband Ryan Reynolds wasn't there to cheer her on. I like when they do things together. Also, remember when she and Penn Badgley were a thing? He looks really good shirtless.
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Cape Town - A Gauteng netball player is recuperating in a Cape Town hospital after being paralysed in a highway smash on her way to a tournament in the city.
Netball SA (NSA) chief executive Blanche de la Guerre said the young player had sustained a neck fracture and the specialist treating her had said she would have limited use of her arms.
The specialist had told NSA their priority had been to stabilise her neck.
Her family had asked that she not be named, De la Guerre said.
"Two other players are still in hospital in Worcester but the rest have been discharged from hospital.
"The two who are still in hospital are expected to leave by the end of the week.
The Boland netball association is providing them with accommodation and counselling," NSA said.
The team from Sedibeng in the Vaal Triangle had been travelling to the Spar National Netball Championships in Cape Town on Sunday when the driver of their team bus lost control of the vehicle, which rolled down an embankment between De Doorns and Worcester.
"The player who was paralysed in the accident was transferred to the Tygerberg Hospital because of the severity of her injuries, and there are plans to move her to the spinal rehabilitation unit at Groote Schuur as soon as possible.
"She will later be taken back to her family in Johannesburg," NSA said.
De la Guerre said NSA was doing everything it could to assist all the players, including bringing two members of the seriously injured player's family to Cape Town.
They would also arrange to fly the other players back to Joburg.
"We have spoken to lawyers and will advise the netball association on the way ahead, including working with the taxi association and the Road Accident Fund," she said.
"We have had a meeting with a representative of the taxi association, who have also offered their support."
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They do make up their own rules as they go along. I'm sure the government-sponsored departments of youth and family services (whatever name they use in the various states) are even worse, but I had a run-in with a
social worker when my wife and I were adopting a few years ago.
We had to undergo a series of lengthy and invasive interviews with a licensed "adoption services" social worker as part of the home study evaluation process. I had thought "home study" was basically just a one-time, white glove inspection of the house. Oh, no! It's an entire process, involving much time, energy, and money (mine). They also probe every orifice of your personal history.
I'm a Vietnam veteran. She wanted official clearance reports from the police departments of every place I have ever lived, including every station to which I was assigned while in the Army. I served in Vietnam. She wanted a document from the Vietnamese government certifying that I had never been arrested in that country. I pointed out that the government in power when I was there no longer exists and the current government of Vietnam wasn't likely to have records of what sexual or child abuse charges the former government of South Vietnam might have had for American servicemen. She finally settled on a report from the U.S. Army archives saying they had no records of me doing anything naughty.
Then came the guns. Even before we got to her actual home visit, she freaked when she learned I own (gasp!) GUNZ! She told us that ("of course") all firearms have to be locked up. I pointed out that, since at the time we had no children living with us, my guns did NOT have to be locked up. However, they were anyway, so she didn't take on that argument.
Then she said ALL ammunition had to be locked up. I again pointed out that there is no law requiring that I keep ammunition under lock and key. Her response, after some sniffing and coughing and hemming and hawing, was (get ready, here it comes) "Well, WE require it." (She said the same thing about a carbon monoxide detector.)
So I found a company that had moved out of its old headquarters and left a bunch of furniture, begged the site manager to give me one of those 2-door black steel office cabinets, threw a cheap padlock on it, and I had an ammo cabinet. In fact, it didn't hold nearly all my ammo, but she didn't recognize 50-cal ammo cans as what they are so she saw a cabinet with some boxes of "bullets" in it, and she was satisfied.
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The Ducks are trying to capture their third Pacific Division championship in franchise history. The previous two division titlists fared with very different results in the Stanley Cup playoffs as the 2006-07 club hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup while the 2012-13 team was unceremoniously bounced in the first round by Detroit.
Winning the division, in short, does not guarantee postseason success. But the race for the Pacific carries more meaning these days because of the NHL changing to a more division-based playoff structure.
Here is a look at what the Ducks need to do win the Pacific and the meaning it carries for them as they build up to Game 1 over the next two weeks.
Entering Tuesday, the Ducks have 106 points followed by San Jose with 103 and the Kings with 94. The Ducks have seven games remaining (four at home), the Sharks have six (four at home), and the Kings have six (two at home). Each has one game remaining against the others. The Kings visit San Jose on Thursday. Anaheim plays host to San Jose on April 9 and visits the Kings on April 12.
In the new format, the top three finishers in each division are guaranteed spots in the postseason. The remaining two spots are considered wild-card entries and go to the teams with the most points in each of the two conferences, regardless of division finish. The team with the conference's most points will be the No. 1 seed and will face the wild-card team with the lowest point total, while the other division winner will face the top wild-card finisher. The second- and third-place teams in each division will play each other in the first round.
The Ducks are in position to win their second straight division title. If the playoffs were to start today, they would be seeded second and would draw Minnesota in the first round.
The Wild has 89 points but lost two of the three meetings with the Ducks this season and has goaltending issues with Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom out. Young Darcy Kuemper is battling an injury and they may have to rely on one-time Ducks netminder Ilya Bryzgalov in goal.
If the Ducks let the Pacific get away, they would start with the Kings in the first playoff showdown between the Southern California teams. L.A. is not that far removed from winning it all in 2012 and still has Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Quick in goal.
Better to take their chances with Minnesota right off the bat and let the Sharks and Kings duke it out, as they did for seven tough games last spring. The Ducks would have home ice either way, but it'd be better to wait to try to beat Quick four times in the second round.
The Ducks would win if they get a combination of nine points won by them or lost by San Jose. Even if the Sharks were to win their final six games and finish with 115 points, the Ducks can go 4-2-1 and hoist another division banner because they hold the first tiebreaker for number of regulation and overtime wins (47 to 37). And if the Sharks don't win out, Anaheim simply won't have to do as much. If both teams win their games until the April 9 showdown, the Ducks could be in position to clinch that night.
They're pretty well locked into the third slot out of the Pacific. The Kings can't catch Anaheim for first in any scenario since the Ducks already clinched the five-game season series with three wins in the first four meetings.
And reeling in the Sharks is daunting as San Jose has an 11-point edge, so the Sharks will have home ice, which decided last year's seven-game war in L.A.'s favor.
Having said that, the Kings have eight straight wins on the road and were 14-3 in their past 17 overall until losing Monday at home to Minnesota. They will be a tough out no matter what.
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45,000 Bottle Rockets in Two Minutes
Posted July 6, 2007
Being a big fan of bonfires and crude pyrotechnics, I fully endorse this video.
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Posted July 6, 2007
Being a big fan of bonfires and crude pyrotechnics, I fully endorse this video.
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That was awesome! I would love to have been there...
Excellent fun! Great job!
(as to who picks them up... in a couple months they'll all be compost ...they paper and stick)
even wholesale...45 k worth of rockets is gonna take it outta the pccket...for their 1.58 minutes of fame on youtube.
I agree that the government needs to get out of my business, if I want to smoke pot, crack etc...run around with low class members of the opposite sex then that is my business...
Why clog the courts with meaningless crimes? If I want to waste my money and time with fireworks..fine...or worse if i want to leave up my Christmas lights all year round...you know who you are...look outside right now...do you have droopy lights..icile ones long burned out? You know who you are.
Bottle rockets are illegal in NC. Someone could poke their eyes out. By the grace of God, we must abide by the laws enacted by our legislature. We must 'do it for the children'. Ban all adult activities..........
Awesome. Its a Darwin Award waiting to happen! Sign me up!
Look like somthing we might have done if we'd just thought of it. Cool!
Hmmmm, I wonder who stuck around to pick up those 45,000 dead bottle rockets....
It makes me proud to be an American. We can have a display like that and we all gather around to watch it as opposed to running for cover. Wait, I think I just equated being an American with lacking common sense. Oh well. Yeehaa!!
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Samsung has rolled out its latest commercial for the Galaxy Gear, touted as "The Next Big Thing."
The TV spot takes viewers through 80 years of technology with devices from The Jetsons, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Knight Rider, Predator and Star Trek ... before we see a 360-degree look at Samsung's latest device with the tagline: "it's finally real."
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Jimmy Westlake: Summertime's delightful dolphin
July 30, 2013
The summer sky is dominated by several giant constellations that eat up a lot of territory: Hercules the Strong Man, Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer and Ursa Major the Great Bear, to name a few. Tucked between these sky hogs are a few tiny constellations that are a snap to locate precisely because they are so small.
Delphinus the Dolphin is a great example. Even though Delphinus contains no star brighter than third magnitude, one's eye is immediately drawn to its small, distinctive shape.
To locate Delphinus, start by first finding the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle: Vega, nearly straight up, Deneb, a little fainter and to the northeast, and Altair, to the southeast of Vega. They will be high in the eastern sky by 10 p.m. Just east of Altair, you will find the small diamond-shaped pattern of Delphinus the Dolphin. The four main stars form the head and body of the dolphin and a fifth star, off to the lower right, marks his tail. It requires little imagination to see a dolphin jumping up out of the celestial sea. You can just about cover the entire constellation of Delphinus with your thumb held at arm's length. The diamond-shaped asterism of Delphinus also is popularly known as Job's Coffin, supposedly suspended halfway between heaven and Earth.
The Dolphin's two brightest stars are the ones marking the top and right points on the diamond. The origin of their unusual names, Sualocin and Rotanev, was a mystery for many years. They first appeared in a star catalog published in 1814 by the Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Italy, but several decades passed before British astronomer William Webb solved the riddle. It seems that an observatory assistant named Nicolaus Venator was in charge of the star catalog project, and he played a practical joke on the rest of us. If you reverse the letters of the two star names, they spell Nicolaus Venator. Thus, the sneaky assistant achieved immortality by naming two stars in Delphinus after himself.
The star at the tip of the Dolphin's nose, named Gamma Delphini, is resolved with any small telescope into one of the most beautiful binary stars in the heavens. Gamma's two colorful stars are just more than 100 light years from Earth and require 32 centuries to orbit each other. If you own a telescope, aim it at Gamma Delphini, the Dolphin's nose, for a real celestial treat.
Professor Jimmy Westlake teaches astronomy and physics at Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus. His Celestial News column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today. Check out his astrophotography website at http://www.jwestlake.com.


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In some distant, breezy January a century from now, the pundits will congregate along Ocean Drive to herald the 100th Art Deco Weekend. In the shadow of whatever remains of Miami Beach's architectural splendor, they will celebrate the colorful history of that narrow spit of land, the legacy of South Florida's grand tradition of hype, hucksterism, and as that era passed, of redevelopment.
And with an annoyed, dismissive gesture toward the hodgepodge of high-rises that comprise the southern tip of the island, one of the older scholars will tell the story of the legendary Marriott project.
As short-lived as it was grandiose, nothing better symbolizes late-twentieth-century Miami Beach's dreams of development glory than the Marriott Corporation's scheme to turn a good portion of a 255-acre neighborhood into the largest vacation resort in Dade County. The lavish complex never materialized, of course; the plan fell flat on its face after only a year of negotiations, but not before striking fear of eviction and demolition into the hearts of the hundreds of people who stood to lose their homes to the bulldozers.
The idea first surfaced in October 1989, after the city solicited bids for, of all things, a parking garage. Instead of a stopgap solution to the city's parking woes, Marriott proposed to raze eight city blocks and construct two hotels with a total of 3000 rooms, 2400 units of apartments, time-shares, and condominiums, and at least two retail shopping centers. The estimated cost: $800 million.
When local residents and property owners got wind of the plan, they also got organized, forming the South Pointe Association to stand up to Marriott and the City of Miami Beach. For anyone who lived in the area (bounded by Sixth Street and Government Cut, between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay), the threat of eviction was immediate and very real. In 1973, with the blessing of the state legislature, Miami Beach commissioners had declared the area blighted and created a special "redevelopment district," in the process granting themselves the power of eminent domain, which allowed the city to seize private property. If city commissioners were enamored of Marriott's plan, they could force property owners to sell their land so the project could go forward.
For eight months city officials negotiated with Marriott and its partner in the venture, Rahn Properties of Fort Lauderdale. Administrators rejected the initial proposal, whereupon the developers reduced the scope of their project by two-thirds. But the plan finally fizzled on a humid afternoon in June 1990, as a Marriott vice president announced that the developers were unable to commit to a schedule for building the complex because they could not secure financing. While most of the players in the brief but big-time Marriott game agree that a lack of money was at the root of its demise, former Miami Beach city manager Rob Parkins says the vocal residents of South Pointe played a big part in killing the deal. "The people's objections significantly affected the ability of that deal to go forward," asserts Parkins, who left Miami Beach earlier this year to manage the affairs of Palm Springs, California.
"I was greatly relieved that the city would not try to condemn my home," recalls George Lowander, who attended the city hall meeting at which Marriott acknowledged its financial problems. Lowander moved to South Pointe from Coconut Grove more than six years ago. He bought an efficiency condominium at First Street and Collins Avenue, and liked the area so much he bought another apartment, and then the Diamond and Crystal apartment houses in the 100 block of Collins Avenue. All but one of his properties fall within the area that Marriott wanted for its resort complex.
As unrealistic as the Marriott project seems, it hasn't been the most outrageous plan ever proposed for the seaside redevelopment district. That distinction belongs to developer and Fontainebleau Hilton owner Stephen Muss, a member of the board of the redevelopment agency. Muss proposed transforming the area into a "New Venice" by bulldozing most of the 372 buildings and replacing them with 4300 hotel rooms, 2600 residential units, and 470,000 square feet of retail shops and entertainment facilities. And, of course, canals. The price tag: $1.2 billion. Not to mention the eviction of 6000 elderly residents to make room for the world-class resort that would be built atop the rubble of their homes. Fortunately for the residents, no master developer stepped forward. After a half-dozen years on the drawing board, the vision was scrapped.
By the end of 1982, fed up with the lack of progress and with the increasing ravages of time, grime, and crime, city commissioners fired the board of the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency and appointed themselves in its place. They vowed to lift a ten-year-old moratorium on new construction and building improvements that had caused the neighborhood to deteriorate to an unprecedented degree. The following year Beach commissioners approved the South Shore Revitalization Strategy, which, despite Marriott's rude interruption, remains in effect to this day. That revision calls for boutiques and restaurants with a marine-related theme near the Miami Beach Marina on Biscayne Bay, a core of retail shops around Joe's Stone Crab restaurant on Biscayne Street, office buildings along Fifth Street, high-rise development along the waterfronts, and lower-density residential housing in the interior.
The specter of the city's power of eminent domain in South Pointe did not vanish, however. That fear still looms over Miami Beach's oldest neighborhood, which lies south of the borders of the famous Art Deco District. In the past three years commissioners have invoked their power in order to acquire private property in a three-block tract where Cobb Partners Inc. of Coral Gables intends to build town houses, and city administrators admit they might well use eminent domain again if a project requires it. Some property owners, such as Lowander, say it is this threat of condemnation and confiscation that is holding back redevelopment of their neighborhood. "It's difficult to go ahead and plan a future with condemnations staring at you," says Lowander. "It's hard to deal with."
Despite South Pointe's shaky history, it still attracts people willing to stake money on it. Artist Dana Hotchkiss, for example, purchased a run-down eight-unit apartment building at 222 Ocean Dr. for $525,000 in the spring of 1989. She spent another $50,000 to turn the place into a home for herself and her long-time companion, Fred, a gray mutt of terrier and poodle extraction. She parks her silver Mercedes convertible in a first-floor apartment that she's converted into a garage. Across a hallway is a spacious studio with white walls, a bleached parquet floor, and a view of Ocean Drive. The studio is an empty canvas for the concrete benches, small metal tables, and large abstract paintings Hotchkiss creates. Above the studio is her living quarters, with a spectacular view of Ocean Beach Park and the Atlantic Ocean just beyond. "When I bought this building," Hotchkiss says, "I had no idea what was going on in the neighborhood. I learned just before closing that I could have my property condemned and taken from me. Unlike most, I went ahead with my purchase. People told me I was crazy. But I decided to play the odds."
Developers Louis Gross and Howard Gottlieb are playing the odds, too. Along the 300 block of Meridian Avenue, they want to build eighteen three-bedroom town houses that will sell for more than $120,000 apiece. Private investors will finance the project, for which an architect is drawing up plans. Gross and Gottlieb say they expect ground breaking to take place sometime next year. The duo is not worried about the city condemning their land, Gross says, because they are building what the city wants in that location.
Four blocks away at 140 Ocean Dr., David Colby and Wilhelm Moser recently opened a restaurant next door to their remodeled Century Hotel. Further up the street, just north of Dana Hotchkiss's house, are three vacant 50-foot lots owned by the Mau Mau Corporation, whose directors are Emilio and Gloria Estefan of Miami Sound Machine. The Estefans razed two apartment buildings on the tract. Their attorney, Jorge Hernandez Torano, says his clients have no plans for developing the site at this time.
Other South Pointe gamblers include Kay Statz and his business partner, Norbert Flasch. They plan to build sixteen upscale town houses on three vacant lots at Second Street and Jefferson Avenue. Ground breaking is scheduled for early next year; preconstruction prices range from $139,000 to $169,000. When completed, the town houses will be the first new homes built in the neighborhood since the high-rise South Pointe Tower was finished in early 1988 at the tip of the island.
Statz, president of Camp Development Co., has had the city agree in writing not to condemn his property if he finishes at least one four-unit building within one year of starting construction. "We're not spending $1.8 million on this property to have the city take it away," Statz says. "I wouldn't spend a dime if the city could do that."
State law requires the city to pay "fair market value" for each property it acquires under the law of eminent domain. But unlike regular real estate deals, a person whose property has been condemned has no choice but to sell, and there's only one prospective buyer: the city. Using two appraisers, commissioners determine the "fair market value" and make an offer. If the owner rejects the offer, the city can sue, allowing a jury to decide if the proposed price is truly fair. (In an area such as South Pointe, where the city stalled development for such a long time, a "fair" price might be computed on the basis of neighboring property, whose value was equally, artificially deflated.) Should the jury determine that the property owner is entitled to significantly more than the city has offered, the city can back out of the deal entirely.
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The threat of condemnation can affect how a banker views a prospective loan, says banking expert John Zdanowicz, a finance professor and director of Florida International University's Center for Banking and Financial Institutions, which conducts research and provides training seminars for the banking industry. A loan on property subject to condemnation is riskier than most, because there is no guarantee that the borrower will receive enough money from a forced sale to pay off a bank note. "The incentive for government is to underprice, obviously," Zdanowicz says. "They're not going to pay true market value because they have the power of the state behind them to underprice."
Eminent domain and its potential for court tie-ups is risky business for the city, too. And it's expensive. In 1988 city administrators put together a large tract by condemning private property for the Cobb town-house project, a three-block chunk of real estate between First and Second streets, and Alton Road and Washington Avenue. Mel Mendelson, a former city commissioner, demanded three-million dollars to cover the cost of relocating his 5000-square-foot meat packing plant, which stood at 833 First St. The city offered him $669,000, the highest of two independent appraisals. Mendelson hired eminent-domain attorney Toby Price Brigham and went to court. Both parties eventually settled at $1.2 million. But after three years city administrators still need to agree on deals for the purchase of eleven of the 23 properties required for the Cobb project. All those cases will most likely be decided in court.
So far the city has spent more than five million dollars in land acquisition, relocation costs, and fees for lawyers and consultants for the Cobb project. They've got another $1.65 million if needed, says Bill Harrison, deputy director of the redevelopment agency. Cobb, in turn, will pay the city only $4.6 million, a price it negotiated before the condemnation process began. "Because of the cost of litigation involved in condemnation, where the [city] pays attorney costs on both sides plus all consultant fees, the days of large-tract acquisition are behind us," Harrison says. "After the dust clears, the only people who will come out of this making a lot of money are the lawyers."
Regardless of whether commissioners wield the power, eminent domain in South Pointe means the area remains designated as a redevelopment district. And that designation translates into increased options for city funding. According to Carla Talarico, who took over as acting city manager when Rob Parkins left town, the financially strapped city needs to maintain that designation to keep open the option of financing future development. Seven-million dollars in tax-increment revenue bonds were sold to cover the cost of acquiring the Cobb tract, says Talarico, and funds for repaying those millions are available only as long as the redevelopment agency exists. Tax-increment financing, which is based on the assumption that property taxes will rise as redevelopment occurs, allows city and county property-tax money to be earmarked to pay off specific bond issues. Talarico says the city administration will ask the state legislature in the 1992 session to extend the life of South Pointe's designation as a redevelopment district for ten years beyond its current expiration date of 2003.
Assistant City Manager Stuart Rogel asserts that with county, federal, and state monies dwindling, the city must hold on to all the authority it possibly can. "The only thing available is the redevelopment authority," he argues. "The real estate market is terrible. We just need to learn our lessons on South Pointe, which are many. We don't give enough incentives for small development, and we are looking at that. One of the things we learned is that having eminent-domain powers throughout an entire redevelopment area casts too much of a cloud on the ability to develop. We have to be more specific on what sites we are going to pursue eminent domain."
South Pointe Association president Tamra Sheffman doesn't take much comfort in Rogel's assessment or in Bill Harrison's assurance that the city is unlikely to grab any more big chunks of land. Her board of directors wants commissioners to ban all condemnation that benefits private developers. "Hearing that the city might not do more large-scale condemnations doesn't make me feel any better," says Sheffman. "I don't believe it. The redevelopment agency is in place and it can be called on to be used."
In November, after a typically contentious election campaign, Miami Beach voters brought many new faces into city hall, and with them some changes in attitude. Among the new commissioners only one - Sy Eisenberg - feels the status quo is fine as far as South Pointe is concerned. The two incumbents, Martin Shapiro and Abe Resnick, have said the city should restrain its impulse to invoke eminent domain. Mayor Seymour Gelber, who campaigned on a platform of chasing special interests out of city hall, is even more firm in his conviction. "I'm opposed to the menace of eminent domain," he says. Newly elected commissioner Neisen Kasdin observes, "It's finally sunk in that the restrictions on small-scale development were counterproductive. South Beach began to come back with small-scale development and rehabilitation, and the city failed to recognize that South Pointe was the same market. The forces driving change north of Sixth Street should be given free rein south of Sixth Street."
This past week the commission asked city administrators for options regarding how best to deal with South Pointe and the problems of its redevelopment designation. A discussion of the issues is scheduled for early January.
The commission's new perspective has led many South Pointe residents and small developers to believe their situation might improve. "What I can't figure out is that it took so long to realize what's going on in the neighborhood," says developer Kay Statz, who has undertaken renovations all over South Beach. "Everything that has happened to this point in South Beach has been because of private incentives. But it's not because the city was smart enough to help these people. On the contrary, they did everything to stop them. Now the city is waking up, after they started making tremendous revenue from the sales tax."
When an update of the eight-year-old revitalization strategy is completed next spring, a series of meetings will be held to solicit public comment. "That plan was written at a different time, in the real estate market," Assistant City Manager Stuart Rogel says. "It now requires a look to see what has worked and what hasn't. Conditions have changed. We need to see what techniques and strategies should be used to encourage redevelopment." Rogel adds that the update most likely will limit condemnation to certain areas.
Aside from the threat of losing their property, South Pointe inhabitants have reason to fear an onslaught of high-rise architecture. To date, only the luxurious 24-story condos of South Pointe Tower, and Alton Road's thirteen-story pair of Rebecca Towers, which provides subsidized housing for the elderly, loom skyward. A grand scheme in its own right, the South Pointe Towers project realized only a fraction of its blueprinted hotel/residential promise before sliding into bankruptcy. The fate of the still-undeveloped land from the aborted project will be decided by a federal judge. More than likely, high-rises will go up at the tip of the beach.
For one thing, the city's current zoning code places no height restrictions along the waterfront. And for another, the economics of development encourages high-rises along the water. Because waterfront land is more expensive than inland property, a tall structure stands to bring in more money than a small one, unless tax or other artificial incentives are added to skew the equation. Additional sky-scraping towers are likely to be built on fourteen acres of bayside property along Alton Road, a by-product of the ill-fated "New Venice" plan that the city offered to South Shore Developers Inc. after a court battle five years ago. Another strategic triangle of waterfront land lies just west of South Pointe Park. Some of the vacant 5.5-acre site is in public hands (the city and the housing authority), the rest is privately owned by a group of Alaskan investors. All of it is prime high-rise property.
In fact, says Carla Talarico, the only waterfront in South Pointe that might be spared the ascent of massive towers is Ocean Drive north of Penrod's Beach Club. Planners will consider that idea in their update of the redevelopment plan, she adds.
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Critics fear the seemingly inevitable big-time waterfront development will effectively wall off the ocean and bay from the rest of the neighborhood, creating a claustrophobic clone of West Avenue or the concrete canyon of upper Collins Avenue. "The area shouldn't be plasticized with high-rises," says attorney Toby Brigham. "That would destroy its character. There are plenty of other places where that kind of development can go." Tamra Sheffman, president of the South Pointe Association, suggests that planners wouldn't have to look far: "I would like to see high-rise in the middle and low-rise on the ocean, so people in the middle could still see what is happening all around them."
As far as the neighborhood's historic aura is concerned, much already seems destined to be lost. Which is a shame. The creative energy of South Beach's Art Deco buildings didn't disappear south of Sixth Street, preservationist Nancy Liebman says. Small buildings with Art Deco features went up along the lower end of Ocean Drive and throughout South Pointe. Some gems still stand, such as the Century and Nemo hotels, but many others, such as the Corsair Hotel at the foot of Ocean Drive, have already fallen victim to the wrecking ball. "As in the Art Deco District, it is the collection of buildings that's important," stresses Liebman, the executive director of the Miami Design Preservation League, which successfully fought to have South Beach's historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "That's why even the Century Hotel wouldn't stand on its own. It just happens to resemble everything that is uptown in the Deco district. The context has been lost."
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University of Miami professor Aristides Millas - an architect, preservationist, and urban planner - worries about protecting the historic buildings that remain in the neighborhood. "The problem with South Beach is you can't have preservation on one side of the street and `anything goes' on the other side," says Millas. "You have to be sensitive to this historic area, which contains some of the city's oldest buildings. It's where the history of Miami Beach began, and there has been no attempt to save any of it. I've always been mystified about why the city wants to continue the redevelopment designation. As long as that redevelopment agency stays in, they'll try to put deals together and really destroy the fabric of the neighborhood.


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- Happy blogiversary to A Rootdigger (started 3 May 2008) and Aunt Barb's Papers (started 3 May 2013).
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Throughout the month of May, GeneaBloggers will be listing the Military Memories: 31 Writing Prompts to Celebrate Your Military Ancestors created by GeneaBloggers member and author Jennifer Holik.
May 3: Community Impact. Describe the impact the community where your family lived had on the war effort. How many men and women did they send off to fight and serve? Did the community have a war plant? Who worked there? Did any of your relatives work in a war plant or support the war effort through their job?
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