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Madison boys basketball beats Stockbridge Valley in thriller
Madison >> The first time Madison's boys basketball team faced Stockbridge Valley Tyler Eaton scored 19 points to lead the Blue Devils to an 18-point victory.
Eaton only scored 11 in the rematch between the two rivals Monday but none were bigger than the last two. The sophomore's shot in the closing minute of overtime proved to be the difference in a 61-60 victory.
"I was happy it went in," said Madison coach Dan Mitchell. "He makes those shots pretty regular."
Eaton's basket gave the hosts the lead for good in a back-and-forth overtime period between the rivals. Jake Brouillette gave Madison (6-5, 10-7) the lead to start the extra period before Stockbridge Valley's Evan Kinney and Peter Oot scored to put the visitors up two. Logan Snyder and Brouillette scored back-to-back baskets to give the Blue Devils a 56-54 lead. Tyler Harrington answered for the Cougars with a driving layup to tie the game, setting the stage for Eaton's heroics.
"My teammate set a pick for me and I saw a lane," Eaton said. "I pulled up and floated it and it went in. I felt relieved to be closer to the win."
Madison was closer to the win but it wasn't a done deal and Stockbridge Valley (0-8, 1-16) had three chances to tie or win the game in the closing seconds. Oot traveled under the basket to give Madison possession and Evan Rivers made one of two free throws to put the Blue Devils up 61-58. Kinney drove to the basket on the Cougars next possession and Madison's Alex Galler tried to slide between Kinney and the basket to draw a charge. The Blue Devils' senior was a second late and was called for blocking as Kinney made the basket. With Madison's crowd filling the packed gymnasium with as much noise as they could the Stockbridge Valley senior missed the free throw and Galler grabbed the rebound and was fouled. The Cougars would get one last controversial chance for the win after Galler missed both free throws. The referees called a held ball on the rebound and gave possession to Stockbridge Valley, despite the fact that the Cougars were given possession after the last tie-up. Oot got the ball under the basket but couldn't get a shot at it as a host of Madison defenders swarmed the ball to seal the victory.
"It's awesome," said Eaton of beating the Cougars. "Especially on senior night to get the seniors a win in their last game."
Early on it looked like Eaton and his teammates would earn an easy win over Stockbridge Valley, taking a 21-12 lead late in the second quarter. However, the Cougars closed the half with a free throw by Kinney, a layup by Oot and a 3-pointer by Mike Staudt. Eaton answered with a 3-pointer of his own but the ball left his fingertips just after the buzzer sounded and Madison took a 21-18 lead into halftime.
Harrington opened the second half with a pair of free throw attempts thanks to a technical foul on Galler during the break. He made one and converted a driving layup on the possession to tie the game at 21-21. The Cougars took their first lead of the game moments later on a free throw by Brad Kiehn but Madison responded with a 13-5 run. Eaton, Snyder and Brandon Hummer did the majority of the scoring during the stretch, which enabled the Blue Devils to take a 34-27 lead. The teams exchanged baskets for the remainder of the third period and Madison lead 38-31 entering the fourth.
Stockbridge Valley caught a break on another questionable call to start the quarter. Snyder appeared to kick a pass from Staudt right to Harrington. The referees did not blow the play dead and Harrington made a driving layup and drew a foul. He converted the free throw to cut Madison's lead to four and then scored off back-to-back inbound plays under the basket to tie the game at 38-38. Another Harrington free throw moments later gave the Cougars a one-point lead before Brouillette and Oot exchanged baskets. The Stockbridge Valley senior then made an ambitious effort to extend the lead. Oot dove to recover a loose ball and ended up seated still with possession under the basket. The defenders rushed by him and Oot - still sitting - put up a shot.
"I thought if it went in it would be really, really neat," said Oot. "And I was wide open."
All things considered the shot came close but ultimately caromed off the rim. Brouillette scored again on the ensuing possession to give Madison a 42-41 lead before back-to-back baskets by Kinney and Oot put Stockbridge Valley up three. The teams exchanged baskets before Brouillette made back-to-back shots to give the Blue Devils a one-point lead in the closing minute, the second one a difficult jumper over Harrington's outstretched arm. With 11.5 seconds left Kinney was fouled by Lucas Nassimos and made the first free throw. After a timeout by Mitchell, Kinney missed the second free throw. Eaton missed a shot at the buzzer to send the game to overtime and set up his own heroics.
Brouillette scored 18 to lead Madison, 14 of those points coming in the fourth quarter and overtime. Snyder added 14 to go with Eaton's 11 in the victory.
"Evan Kinney did a good job on him (Eaton)," said Mitchell. "When the point guard can't get in rhythm the offense can't get in rhythm and I give Evan all the credit."
Harrington scored a game-high 24 for the Cougars in defeat while Kinney scored 15 and Oot added 11 to round out Stockbridge Valley's double-digit scorers.
Stockbridge Valley 7 11 13 19 10 - 60
Madison 11 10 17 12 11 - 61
Stockbridge Valley (0-8, 1-16): Mike Staudt 5, Peter Oot 11, Connor Bartlett 2, Evan Kinney 15, Brad Kiehn 3, Tyler Harrington 24.
Madison (6-5, 10-7): Tyler Eaton 11, Wayne Wratten 1, Alex Galler 4, Lucas Nassimos 2, Evan Rivers 2, Brandon Hummer 9, Logan Snyder 14, Jake Brouillette 18.


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Conservation ActionsThis species is listed on CITES Appendix I. It is confirmed as occurring in two protected areas: Na Hang Nature Reserve and Cham Chu Nature Reserve (Le and Boonratana 2006), and may occur in others (M. Richardson pers. comm.). Based on interviews and specimen information, it may occur in Yen Tu Nature Reserve in Quang Ninh Province, but it is unclear whether a population survives (Le Khac Quyet pers. comm.).
Nadler et al (2003) recommended the following conservation actions to preserve this species in Viet Nam: undertaking of further field status surveys; expansion of the protected area network and improvement of protected area management; mitigation of impacts from dam construction; and other options for conservation, including assessments of its behavior, diet, and ecological relationships in order to support a captive breeding program, and planning for subsequent release into a suitably designed, well-protected natural areas which can support it. Subsequent to these recommendations, the results of a stakeholder consensus workshop proposed: establishment of a species and habitat protection program; long-term monitoring program; long-term field studies on behavioral ecology; surveys; expansion of protected habitats; strengthening of protected area management; public awareness and conservation education; participation of stakeholder communities; relocation of stakeholder communities; and implementation of recommendations (Le and Boonratana 2006).
An important conservation measure is the establishment of a species habitat/conservation area for Khau Ca Conservation Area in Ha Giang Province. Strict law enforcement is needed wherever the species still survives (Boonratana and Le 1998).
Action Plan
A Conservation Action Plan for the Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey in Viet Nam - 2006
Location InformationThis species is confined to a few areas in far northeastern Viet Nam (Groves 2001). Historically limited to areas east of the Red River (Nadler et al. 2003), its distribution has become dramatically restricted in recent decades due to massive deforestation and intensive hunting (Nadler et al. 2003). It is currently known only from small forest patches in Tuyen Quang and Bac Kan Provinces, and to a lesser extent in Ha Giang and Thai Nguyen Provinces (Nadler et al. 2003).
Population InformationThis species is endemic to northern Viet Nam, and very rare (Nguyen 2000). A study of the Tat Ke Sector of the Na Hang Nature Reserve in 1993 estimated a density of less than 8 individuals/km2 (Le and Boonratana 2006); a later study, in 2004-2005, found far lower densities. It has been suggested that hunting pressure is the reason for low densities in Tat Ke Sector, and former densities may have reached 20 individuals/km2 (Le and Boonratana 2006). The highest estimate for any one population was in the Ban Bung sector of the Na Hang Nature Reserve, at between 90 and 110 individuals in 1992 (Ratajszczak et al. 1992). There is a suggested trend of decline in both sectors of the Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tat Ke and Ban Bung (Le and Boonratana 2006). There are estimated to be about 250 individuals throughout its known range, though the global population could actually be higher, due to the possible occurrence of this species in other areas where it has not yet been recorded (Le and Boonratana 2006).
ThreatsThese animals are reported as threatened from habitat degradation and hunting pressure. There is an increase in habitat disturbance from humans in the southern sectors of the Na Hang Nature Reserve. They are not shy and do not necessarily flee when encountered by humans, increasing the chance of being shot (Nguyen 2000). Hunting is the most immediate threat to this species (Nadler et al. 2003), despite claims from various sources that it is not hunted. The only reason more individuals are not shot is due to the rarity of the species, and not because of law enforcement or awareness of the species importance (Long and Le Khac Quyet 2001).
Although this species is not usually targeted for bushmeat hunting due to its "foul-taste", it is shot when encountered, and consumed or used in traditional "medicine" (Le and Boonratana 2006; Nadler et al. 2003). It has been found in trade in China, where it may be used for "medicinal" purposes (Nadler pers. comm.), although this is likely to be limited. There is a high hunting pressure in the area where it lives, as evidenced by several gunshots heard almost daily during field trips (2004-2005) in the Na Hang Nature Reserve (Le and Boonratana 2006). Shifting and settled cultivation, as well as other land development activities, also pose a threat (Le and Boonratana 2006; Nadler et al. 2003). In the past, excessively intense and unsustainable legal and illegal logging and gold mining were the biggest threats. Recently, the development of a hydroelectric power project along the Gam River in Na Hang has caused large areas of its habitat to come under construction (Le and Boonratana 2006; Nadler et al. 2003). Also, sudden increases in human populations, especially construction workers, have led to increased demand for meat, and thus increased hunting pressure (Le and Boonratana 2006).
IUCN Red List Account LinkPlease click here to see the species' IUCN Red List Account page.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Marleau scored his 32nd goal of the season with 7:29 left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
The Sharks had blown a 3-1 lead and were 0 for 5 on power plays before Marleau rocketed a shot past Edmonton goalie Ben Scrivens after Scrivens had deflected a one-timer by San Jose's Brent Burns.
Dan Boyle, Andrew Desjardins and Tommy Wingels also scored for the Sharks, who moved within one point of first-place Anaheim in the Pacific Division.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and two assists for Edmonton, which lost for the fourth time in five meetings between the teams this season.
It was a much-needed win for the Sharks, who came into their final homestand of the season after falling out of first place in the division following back-to-back losses to Winnipeg and Colorado.
San Jose has already locked up a playoff spot, but is trying to avoid a first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Kings.
The Sharks still face an uphill climb. Four of their final five games are against teams in playoff contention.
This one nearly got away after San Jose built an early lead.
Edmonton scored two goals in a 38-second span in the second period to tie the game, then took the lead when Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the game 6:16 into the third.
After Burns' tied it off an assist from Joe Thornton, Marleau sent the crowd at SAP Pavilion home happy with his game-winner.
Antti Niemi made 25 saves for San Jose.
Taylor Hall scored the other goal for Edmonton. Nugent-Hopkins nearly had a hat trick after being credited with a goal in the second, but it was later awarded to Jordan Eberle.
Scrivens set an NHL record for most saves in a regular-season shutout when the two teams played on Jan. 29, but wasn't nearly as sharp this time.
Neither was Niemi.
Desjardins' third goal of the season 3:11 into the first put the Sharks up 1-0. Desjardins scored off a deflection in front of the net after Scrivens stopped a shot by Tyler Kennedy.
Hall tied it on a power-play goal for Edmonton after a roughing call against Boyle.
Boyle, penalized twice in the first period, made up for it with another point-blank shot in front of the net that made it 2-1.
After San Jose's power-play unit missed a chance to pad the lead early in the second, Wingels tapped the puck past Scrivens for an even-strength goal that gave the Sharks a 3-1 lead.
Edmonton tied it with two goals in 38 seconds.
Nugent-Hopkins, who had an assist on Hall's goal, scored to cut the gap to 3-2 before Eberle's game-tying shot. Nugent-Hopkins was originally credited with the goal after the play was reviewed and upheld, but a scoring change later awarded the shot to Eberle.
Nugent-Hopkins put the Oilers ahead when he scored 6:16 into the third before Burns tied it for the Sharks midway through the final period.
Notes: Hall's 26 goals are tied for the team lead. David Perron also has 26. ... Sharks F Raffi Torres sat out his 12th straight game.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Marleau scored his 32nd goal of the season with 7:29 left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.


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The best thing about any good fashion documentary is the fact that you can watch it while dressed in sweatpants and a towel turban. Sometimes there is no greater thrill than watching Karl Lagerfeld casually dismiss entire swaths of the population while I'm wearing tube socks bought at clearance from TJ Maxx. Now who's punk-rock, fashion world?
Most of us only know about fashion from what we've seen on reality TV competitions and Meryl Streep comedies, so documentaries like The September Issue, Valentino: The Last Emperor, or Unzipped provide thrilling glimpses into alien territory. We don't necessarily need a thorough knowledge of fashion to enjoy them — we need only be able to enjoy the absurdities of art and wealth.
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's is one of the newer entries in this tradition of fascinating docs. While a century-spanning look into New York City's shmanciest department store may not seem like an expansive, authoritative portrayal of fashion as a whole, the film makes a case for just how inextricably linked Bergdorf Goodman has been to the fashion world. From its deep ties to Hollywood, the European design scene, politicians, and even its famed hallucinatory holiday window displays, it's likely that this department store has had a greater influence on New York culture (and by extension, world culture) than most people realized. Now it's the subject of a documentary, which also happens to feature a famous set of twins who used to be on a show about a house that was full. Important.
But while this film felt informative and immersive enough, it's likely much too hagiographical to be taken seriously as a historical document. Bergdorf's — with all its highly amusing talking head commentary from Joan Rivers, Susan Lucci, and countless other entertainers and eccentrics, plays more like an oral history by perpetual insiders that may not prove all that illuminating for ardent fashion fanatics.
So where did you personally fall on that enjoyment spectrum? Let's talk about this thing!
Possible Discussion Topics
1. So many former reality TV stars. Ever since the advent of Project Runway and Tyra Banks and whatever bogus fashion lines the Real Housewives are constantly starting, TV's representation of the fashion world has never really felt particularly genuine. Like, high fashion wouldn't have anything to do with exposure that coarse, right? Yet here we were, confronted by the reality that the Nicole Richie, the Olsen twins, Ally Hilfiger, and other former low-pop-culture fixtures are now reputable movers and shakers in this industry. Good for them, or R.I.P. fashion?
2. Designers, Old and New. Obviously anything featuring interviews with Michael Kors, Joan Rivers, or Karl Lagerfeld will be a hoot; those people are undisputed authorities in the New York glamour space. But what about that montage of young designers whose work had been rejected by Bergdorf Goodman? The unvarnished pathos of these designers' frustration must have been one of the more anxiety-inducing sequences in the film. Is it problematic to celebrate an institution that has dashed the dreams of so many?
3. Bergdorf Goodman Fashion Director Linda Fargo's anecdote about being mistaken for Anna Wintour: Charming story or major shade?
4. So Bergdorf Goodman prides itself on being able to raise its prices during economic recessions, yet Bernie Madoff's arrest destroyed its sales overnight? Sounds like a slippery business model.
5. In order to skirt zoning laws, Andrew Bergman and his wife had to list themselves as janitors in order to live in the penthouse of the Bergdorf Goodman store. Do you ever get the impression that sometimes rich people can do whatever they want? Be honest.
6. Would you spend $6,000 on those sequined shoes? Or would you, as John Lennon once did, drop half a mil for 80 fur coats on Christmas Eve? Also, did it ever occur to you that personal shoppers at Bergdorf Goodman can make upwards of $450,000 a year? (It didn't to us.)
7. Are those window displays works of high art or just very expensive psychedelic trips rendered in shiny bric-a-brac? (The Brass Menagerie was the best one, right?)
What else occurred to you while watching Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's? Let's do this!
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder that may require surgery if it doesn't heal on its own, according to the New York Daily News.
An MRI revealed the tear, the Daily News reported. The team previously announced Anthony would have the shoulder examined.
Anthony first hurt his shoulder on April 14 against the Indiana Pacers. Now it seems he played the entire Knicks playoff run — 12 games — with a partial tear.
"It was bothering me since it happened," Anthony said Monday. "To be able to play with that and get through the pain, it just came a point where you just try not to think about it. That's where I was at mentally."
He aggravated the injury in the first round against Boston. After the Celtics series, a banged-up Anthony said his arm "just kind of popped in and out a little bit."
The team is "hopeful" that Anthony won't need surgery, telling the NBA's scoring champ to take it easy "for the next three to four weeks" until he can be reevaluated, the Daily News reported.
New York was eliminated Saturday by the Pacers.
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Disc 1: In the Dream focuses on music from the last three Dream Theater albums, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, Train Of Thought and Octavarium; featuring complete band performances of six songs from these albums as well as new studio performances of the drum tracks and Mike's in-depth analysis of each song.
Disc 2: On the Side covers a wide range of Mike's side projects, including his work with TransAtlantic, John Arch, John Petrucci/G3, Fates Warning and Overkill. In addition to the nearly 6 hours of high quality, all-new content, excerpts of rare performances are also included - including a detailed look at each of Mike's tribute bands, paying homage to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Rush!
Disc 3: Bonus Material contains four additional, exclusive Dream Theater tracks filmed on the band's 20th Anniversary tour, three live drum solos featuring duets with Charlie Benante, Jason Bittner and Richard Christy, a tour of Mike's infamous "Albino Monster" drumkit and bonus clips including unreleased live solos, studio footage and more.
In addition to state-of-the-art, studio-quality digital audio and video, In Constant Motion also includes special features such as:
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Follow Friday - Getting Caught Up on All the Wonderful Posts
Here's just some of what caught my attention:
I saw a tweet (can't remember whose right now...memory like a sieve) about an incredible story that had to be checked out. So, of course, I did. I found myself at the Provenance blog and an incredible and sad story by Judy Wilkenfeld called Evidence. After searching for answers about what happened to her father's mother, sister and brother during the Holocaust. She got her answers and some surprises. Check out her incredible tale!
If you haven't discovered SaveAGrave.net yet, you really should. Follow on their site, on Facebook and Twitter. You won't regret it. Lots of brilliant news related posts on what we genealogists/family historians love...cemeteries. Every day I'm amazed at the amount of news stories out there on this subject. I was particularly thrilled when I saw a FB post on the Avondale Mining Disaster. Being from coal miners in northeastern Pennsylvania it certainly touched me to see someone caring and determined to not let those people be forgotten. You can check out the news article that SaveAGrave shared on the Times Leader called "Recalling Avondale". Don't forget SaveAGrave's website, Facebook page, and Twitter account (@SaveAGrave)!
Over at Sleeping Gardens was a beautiful post called Ceramic Flowers. I am stunned at how beautiful and delicate they look. I don't know if the majority of the ceramic flowers hold up this well, but they are truly a gorgeous touch. I'm surprised they aren't more widely seen and used!
As I was checking through the Geneablogger's Daily Blogroll I came across a post about scanning Black and White photos from Julie at Wandering Roots, called Tuesday's Tip on Scanning Black and White Photos. You know (and this is going to sound bad), but I can be lazy with some things. Everyone can from time to time, but I didn't realize I had been lazy with my scanning. I mean I scan at 600 dpi and I know all about the .TIFF vs .JPEG/JPG stuff, but that's not where I was lazy. It never crossed my mind to scan black and white photos in the scanner's black and white mode. Julie's excellent post shows what happened when she scanned everything the right way, but in B&W. Me...I would still be sitting there scratching my head and cursing the scanner for not working properly. For once my laziness paid off...I had been scanning in color the whole time, not realizing it was a good thing! Thanks for sharing, Julie! Go and check it out!
Sassy Jane Genealogy had an excellent post called Google Maps and Uncommunicative Records. She shows us how to make use of Google and the officiant's address that appears on some marriage licenses. Not going to ruin the surprise. Head on over and check it out. It would have taken me years before this dawned on me!
And finally (at least for this week...still have more to share next week!) there is a new blog called The Catholic Gene. As described on the blogsite it is a collaborative blog where the authors have 2 things in common: "a love for both genealogical research and the Roman Catholic faith". You don't have to be Catholic to follow this blog, but if you're doing any research involving Catholics you'd be a fool not to follow them. I'm very excited to see all the posts that are sure to come from their genealogical bevy which includes: Cecile Marie Agata Wendt Jensen, Craig Manson, Denise Levenick, Donna Pointkouski, Jasia, Lisa A. Alzo, Lisa (aka Smallest Leaf), Sheri Fenley, and Stephen Danko! I'm so excited...I'll have to do a first communion blog post soon!
Until next time, have fun tending those roots!
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OK , There's talk of closing the 'garage' and maybe going back to what we use to have back in the day.
So here goes , feel free to post a few pictures of your ride , maybe keep it to say 5 , do a write up about it ,Start with what you have , make model etc, try to include things like extras you have added, work that you have done/doing , trips and adventures you have been on , and maybe anything else that you may feel needs to be added .
Please add a link to your blog , website , photo dump ect ect
Like I say this is just a trial run to see what kind of input we get from you the members
Please don't reply to anyones thread , otherwise it will just get clogged up with rubbish , if you need to add anything like pictures or text just use YOUR E D I T function
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LED (light emitting diode) is currently being widely used, among other things, traffic signal lights and indicator lights of the vehicle. Efisasi value (lumens per watt) LED increasingly make this light source is used widely in the field of lighting.
LED is highly efficient light sources. Average white LED lamps that are marketed produce light efisasi of 32 lumens per watt (lm / W), and the results of the latest technological development is expected to produce 80 lm / W. LED operating life which has made a long-white LED light is very attractive.
Menghitung Resistor LED Super Bright Nyala Putih
The following formula to calculate the required resistance is as follows:
R = (Vs-Vd)/Id
- R = resistance is needed (Ohm)
- Vs = voltage source / power supply (Volt)
- Vd = LED forward voltage (Volt)
- Id = LED forward current (Ampere)
Lights will be used 3 pieces LED, when the voltage source using a 12 VDC car batteries. The question now, what is the ideal resistor values to inhibit voltage 12VDC, so that the LED does not die quickly?
So, (-12V (3.6 V * 3)) / .03 A = 40Ω
Thus, the resistor value for 3 pieces LED lights that are installed in series 20Ω
how to install it as below
- The voltage (Vd) and current (Id) white LED can be seen in the datasheet below
- DC Forward Current 30 mA
- Reverse Voltage (IR = 100mA) 5 V
- Forward Voltage 3.6 - 3.8 V
- Peak Pulse Forward Current (1) 100 mA
- Avg. Forward Current (Pulse Operation) 30 mA
- Operating Temperature -30 to +85 0C
- Storage Temperature -40 to +100 0C


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FORT COLLINS — A former Longmont police officer who admitted to the attempted sexual assault of a woman in Loveland was sentenced Tuesday to eight years of sex offender intensive supervised probation.
Christopher Martinchick, 43, also must register as a sex offender and was ordered to serve six months in jail on work release.
Martinchick pleaded guilty in 8th Judicial District Court in November 2013 to attempted sexual assault, a class 5 felony, and invasion of privacy for sexual gratification, a misdemeanor.
Martinchick was arrested last July following a Larimer County Sheriff's Office investigation into a reported sexual assault that occurred in Loveland. The adult female victim told police that on two separate occasions, Martinchick engaged in sexual activity with her while she was sleeping and under the influence of a prescribed muscle relaxant.
Sexual images taken without the woman's consent while she was sleeping were found on computers and a cellphone that the sheriff's office searched as part of the investigation.
Conditions of the sex offender intensive supervised probation include that Martinchick must comply with any counseling or substance abuse treatment as recommended, have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 other than his own children, register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victim.
Martinchick must report for work release within 14 days. He will also serve two years supervised probation concurrent with the sex offender intensive supervised probation.


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Landscape near Shoreham: Samuel Palmer (c. 1826-1835)
I surprise myself by how much pleasure I live alone in. Fields where a month ago men bound up their wheat all day, and the harvesters, leaning on their instruments like flagging vines, complained of heat, while hirundines passed across the sky in great assemblies, are now a brown stubble under mist in a cool blue dusk, with sweet moon light all around, while stone-curlews cry late into the fine sharp starlight-tempered evenings.
Hop-picking goes on without interruption, as it continues warm. The whole air of the villages is perfumed by effluvia from the hops drying in the kilns. Is it this aromatic resonance that makes my brain feel pleasantly drowsy when I am on my walks, or when I am alone composing? Night dews, days calm and cloudless. I am alone and not myself, far from home and in a warm situation. The farm women gather in the pear-mains, golden rennets and golden pippins. Sweet days, golden eves, red horizons. Just at the close of day several teams of ducks fly over the cathedral fronts from the forest, headed off probably to find a congenial stream. My chance of immortality is to learn the tune of nature's quiet power.
Keats's manuscript draft of To Autumn, made in Winchester in the early Fall of 1819. The draft shows the poet, here poised at the calm peak of his swiftly-maturing powers, composing rapidly but also with a propulsive exactitude in his word choices, each stage of working revision indicating a significant forwarding of the poem. The fluid compositional labour appears to have slowed for a regathering of thoughts in the middle stanza, especially in lines 15-16; here the viewer of the working draft, even at this distant remove in time, can almost sense Keats -- who required of his work that one be able to "feel it on the pulse" -- "feeling for" a solution to the problem he has set for himself: that is, to sketch a full, evocative, "inscaped" (to borrow the term of another English poet, Hopkins) "character" of the season. Looking at his manuscript draft up close one may be tempted to make out a hidden poetics of process at work, beckoning to the later reader from within the several wonderfully serendipitous "slips of the pen"; of themselves these seeming mistakes may be fancifully said to create mini-poems: as when the exploring draftsman writes of a recumbent Autumn's "hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind", and it comes out "winmowing". Is it not possible to see in that alluringly errant holograph line an image of Autumn's hair being both winnowed and mown, as field-grass is, by the gentle breeze?


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How quickly 2007 seems to have blitz'd through my visual frame. One minute I am just throwing out the New Cards joyfully wishing me a great 2007 and hark – here's the new crop of cards for 2008! Time to take stock and recount what started as promising marketing approaches that either fizzled or were badly executed.
So here new years revelers is my top ten list of marketing disappointments for 2007.
1) Beware the Google machine – are you scared yet? They are into radio buying, TV ad space, wireless, software and what next? Companies that get too big too quick implode. Think Time Warner/ AOL. Everywhere I turn I bump into them – feels like invasion of the Google machine. I am getting scared.
2) A second life for Second life? Typical. People thought it was the next "big" thing and next thing you know – people start dissing it. Advertisers cry – "is no one there?" and start back peddling. Oh grow up. New ideas take time to jel – learn how it works and use it right and well.
3) A rose by another name is still called affinity marketing. Ok – today it is called viral marketing a.k.a. social media a.k.a. community marketing and on and on. Let's remind ourselves – that this is just a new name for what 15 years ago we called affinity marketing – described as "birds of a feather flock together". Today, the basic "birds of feather flock together" concept has not changed but the ways we can deliver the message has increased substantially. The good news is that now we can reach an affinity group cheaper with a lot less lead time or fuss. The better news – you can start this type of program with just a little smarts and even less cash. The best news – it is interactive. The "many to many" model is an engagement model that is ongoing and can be sustained over time. A marketers dream, but don't let the buzz of "viral marketing" scare you. You can do this type of marketing yourself – and don't let any social media agency tell you otherwise.
4) SEO can't get no respect. SEO is one of those unsung heros of the marketing world. But it is often overlooked and underappreciated. Why? Because it is so misunderstood and worse lots of folks out there selling the digital version of snake oil. "Get to first page ranking – guaranteed in 30 days". We've all seen that ad. But find a credible technology provider and you'll see real results. Better yet. Read up on it yourself. You won't have to do it – but you'll know better what to expect.
5) Mobile marketing – like trying to catch a cloud in your hand. I worked on 802.11 back when wireless penetration was barely at 40%. Now that there is near virtual wireless penetration – everyone and his brother (I think I mean that literally) is doing wireless marketing – pushing content, ads whatever to people on their phones. Enough already!!! The backlash will surely hit hard and heavy. Worse – many of these ventures doing wireless marketing are not well developed. If you want to play in wireless marketing – watch your step —
6) Blogging is no silver bullet. Hey I love blogging (ya think J) but don't think it is a silver bullet to replace good marketing strategy and execution. It is seductive to put all your eggs in the bloggin basket. Resist the temptation. Blogging is a tactic that should be part of a well developed plan.
7) Public Relations activities still stuck. PR agencies are stuck somewhere in the 1980's. They still think that their main goal is to get NYTimes coverage. That's nice but it does not actually build business anymore. It is far more productive to evolve how PR works. A few "big" announcements deserve to get news pick up but far more often you should focus on what's news to your prospective customers who can generate revenue. If you plan these two levels of PR – you can get the front page of BusinessWeek and more revenue from customers. That's the way to unstick your PR.
8 ) Is the shine coming off the PPC model? It is true dear friends and if Google could hear me now they would no doubt disagree. The Google PPC machine has peaked and now is the time to understand how to minimize costs while optimizing revenue. Try this experiment. Reduce PPC by 10% – and track if you see a difference. I bet you won't. You may even be able to reduce by 20% before you see some drop off. I suggest you use some of the new tactics to augment what was your PPC budget. You may even see more revenue.
9) eMail marketing – don't open till you see the whites of their eyes. This is a tough one but email marketing effectiveness is harder and harder to achieve. Between fear of fraud emails, SPAM filters and all else – emails have even less of a chance of getting through. Stick to emails that are to your own customers with real offers. That works better than ever before and focus on other tactics to gain new customers.
10) Security in digital marketing. It is a battle many are losing and it is sad to report that even if a site has all the security in the world it does no good if a user's PC has been compromised. The key is to help your customer stay safe online. If you can, offer them digital safety tips. Better yet – you can offer them great free security software – like Comodo Firewall. It's free, it works and your customers will appreciate the tip. They stay safe and you can be assured that they will remain secure customers.
So here's my wish to you all for 2008 – may your marketing be fruitful and frugal – and to all a good night.
Judy Shapiro
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- 8 slices country-style white bread, sliced 1/2-inch thick
- 12 ounces farmhouse Cheddar, sliced
- 12 ounces of Muenster,sliced
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 slices bacon, cooked to desired doneness
- Dijon mustard
Heat griddle or large skillet over medium-low heat.
Assemble sandwich: Generously spread Dijon on 4 slices of bread. Top with slices of Cheddar and Muenster, 3 pieces of bacon. Place the remaining bread on top and spread with butter. Place on skillet buttered-side down and butter the remaining side. Cook until cheese is slightly melted and bread is browned. Flip the sandwich and continue to cook until cheese is thoroughly melted and sandwich is golden brown.


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December was a very busy – and confusing – month for consumers who tried to sign up for health insurance through the Washington Healthplanfinder.
Ultimately, consumers had a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 23 to, at a minimum, create an account in the Healtplanfinder. If you are one of those people, you have until Jan. 15 to complete an application, select a plan and pay the first month's premium for coverage that will back-date to Jan. 1. For more information, refer to the Healthplanfinder's frequently asked questions about retroactive enrollment.
If you did not meet the Dec. 23 deadline and you still need insurance, you have until Jan. 23 to select a plan and pay for it to have coverage effective Feb. 1.
Open enrollment for 2014 coverage ends on March 31. People eligible for Medicaid will be able to enroll through the Washington Healthplanfinder all year.
You can read more guidance from Washington's Health Benefit Exchange in its Dec. 30 news release.


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You're only as good as the company you keep. Unless, of course, you're a men's basketball team in the West Coast Conference.
In that case, you are either Gonzaga, or you are one of the eight schools nowhere close to as good as Gonzaga.
We were reminded of this again on Saturday, when the No. 7 Zags scored a 65-63 victory over a USD team that wouldn't go away.
It's OK, though. The Toreros got to face a Final Four contender. The fans got to boo the conference celebrities in a game that came down to the final play. And for one night, nearly every seat at Jenny Craig experienced that rare feeling of someone actually sitting in it.That's the good thing about Gonzaga, which lures TV cameras and thousands of bodies to watch one of the nation's premier college basketball programs. The bad thing? The other WCC schools seem to be asking "why can't we be that program?"
"For a coach in the WCC, it used to be about graduating kids and putting a good product on the floor. Now, it's about winning," said former USD coach Brad Holland. "For better or for worse, that's because of Gonzaga."
Holland knows better than most the pitfalls the "Gonzaga effect" can have on the rest of the conference. He coached at USD for 13 years before being let go in 2007, when his Toreros again failed to win more than half of their conference games.
He also had plenty of company.
Whether it was Loyola Marymount's Rodney Tention , Pepperdine's Paul Westphal, or Santa Clara's Dick Davey – who coached the Broncos for 15 seasons – WCC coaches have been clearing out their offices at a whirlwind's pace this millennium. And if you don't think that's a direct consequence of Gonzaga reaching 14 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, then you need to promptly remove your blinders.
It's easy to see why the rest of the conference thinks it could mimic Gonzaga's greatness. "They're a faith-based school with 5,000 or so students. We're a faith-based school with 5,000 or so students. What am I missing here?"
Well, likely, you're missing money.
When the Zags made their Elite 8 run in 1999, the school saw a massive spike in applications. Basically, the Tournament served as $5 million worth of free advertising, which prompted the university to think "huh."
The cash then floweth.
USA Today reported that Gonzaga coach Mark Few makes just shy of $1 million annually. His assistants take in over $200K, and the team takes charter flights for the majority of its road games. As much as you'd like success to be about X's and O's, it's probably much more about dollars and cents.
That's why – and this sentence has probably never been written before – Spokane is the perfect place to be.
The late LA Times sports columnist Jim Murray once wrote "the trouble with Spokane is that there's nothing to do after 10 o'clock. In the morning." And while that comment might tick off an Applebee's manager or two, Murray was absolutely right.
But that's also why one Gonzaga home game can give an adrenaline junkie a lifetime fix. In the words of current USD coach Bill Grier, a former assistant coach at Gonzaga "that is their pro team up there."
That ambiance is awfully tough to replicate in San Diego, LA or San Francisco – WCC cities where one step outside opens you up to hundreds of entertainment options.
Don't get me wrong, Gonzaga is still great for this conference. Like what Tiger Woods did for golf, the school's success trickles down to everyone else in terms of TV time and general competitiveness.
But perhaps the rest of the WCC schools should adopt Grier's attitude, who said of the Zags "that's the program I worry about the least. It's the other schools that I'm thinking about."
You can't be something that you're not.
It's good to try to compete. It's healthy to want to keep up.
But firing coaches left and right? Making winning the one and only thing?
Seems like the WCC Zagged when it should have zigged.


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My favourite meal of the day is breakfast. I could have breakfast foods for every meal and be a very happy woman, but that doesn't mean I'm munching away on sugary cereal every day. Most mornings I treat myself to a fruit and vegetable smoothie that gives me the energy boost I need to start the day, but sometimes I
forget to wash the blender need a change in the mornings and decide to make something else. Today was one of those days! I wanted to have something filling and healthy for breakfast, and I wanted it to be delicious too, and here is what I came up with from the ingredients in my fridge.
- 2 eggs
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup salsa
- 2 tbsp crumbled feta
- Handful of baby spinach leaves 10-12 leaves
Heat a small frying pan at medium on the stove top.
Beat the eggs, milk and salt and pepper in a bowl until mixed.
Pour the mixture into the pan. Let sit for one minute before adding anything.
Add the salsa, spreading it evenly over the pan.
Sprinkle the crumbled feta cheese over the egg mixture.
Place the spinach leaves on top.
Let it sit in the pan until the outside edges of the omelette start to brown.
Carefully fold the omelette in half.
Cook until the open edge of the omelette is no longer watery.
This could also serve two for breakfast if you add a fruit salad on the side. It was just for me this morning, so I ate it all myself. Lucky me!


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While the Vatican has picked the highly disciplined Jesuits as advance men for planning papal pilgrimages and to run its worldwide broadcasting network, the notion of a Jesuit pope is still being absorbed in the Holy See.
Before Pope Francis, no one from the nearly 500-year-old missionary order had been pope.
Previous popes have punished Jesuit theologians for being too progressive in preaching and teaching. The last pontiff, Benedict XVI, sent a polite but firm letter inviting the order's worldwide members to pledge "total adhesion" to Catholic doctrine, including on divorce, homosexuality and liberation theology.
So, just what is the Society of Jesus, as the Jesuit order is formally called, and what makes it so appreciated yet so feared at times by the Vatican?
Seven men, who bonded together as they took their first religious vows of chastity and poverty in Paris in 1534, founded the Company of Jesus. It later changed its name to the Society of Jesus.
Principal founder was St. Ignatius of Loyola, and companions in the venture included St. Francis Xavier, whose evangelical zeal inspired, along with Franciscan founder St. Francis of Assisi, the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in his pontifical name choice, Pope Francis.
Visitors in Rome can see the four small rooms where Ignatius spent his final years, including the bedroom where he died and the dining room where he chatted with missionaries before they set out for India or the Americas.
The order counts some 19,000 members worldwide, making it the largest male religious order in the world.
The founders first hoped to go to the Holy Land to convert Muslims, but when Turkish warfare foiled those plans, they headed to Rome instead. Their order's constitution won papal approval in 1540.
The Jesuits set off to foreign lands where they zealously toiled as missionaries. Francis Xavier and Matteo Ricci, an Italian who helped introduce Christianity to China in the 16th century, were among them. In Latin America and North America, the Jesuits were nicknamed "Black Robes" by the Native Americans for their characteristic garb.
Another claim to fame is education. Some 3,730 Jesuit-run schools worldwide educate 2.5 million students. Ignatius founded what became the most prestigious pontifical university in Rome, the Gregorian, whose degree is an essential entry on CVs for those aiming to rise in the Vatican's hierarchy, lead dioceses or become Vatican diplomats.
Three Jesuit priests who sailed into Yokohama harbor in Japan founded Sophia University in Tokyo. Another major Jesuit school is Georgetown University.
Pope Francis' academic training is classic Jesuit - broad and intellectually challenging, a mix of practical material and humanities. He trained as a chemist, and taught literature, psychology, philosophy and theology.
The Jesuits push a social justice agenda and their work with the poor in Latin America in the late 20th century sparked worries in the Vatican that they were embracing Marxist political movements.
Some Jesuits, especially in the United States and the Netherlands, questioned papal pronouncements on birth control, priestly celibacy and the ban on women priests.
During Benedict's papacy, a Spanish Jesuit, the Rev. Jon Sobrino, a well-known champion of liberation theology, saw some of his writings condemned by the Vatican as "erroneous or dangerous."
Last year, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington blasted Georgetown University for inviting President Barack Obama's health secretary to give a speech. U.S. bishops have clashed with Obama's administration on health care and contraceptives.
Another Jesuit school, Seattle University, angered conservative Catholics by inviting a former governor who supported abortion rights to speak.
Jesuits in Europe were a significant force in the Counter Reformation after the rise of Protestantism on the continent. Their imposing Baroque churches in Rome are one legacy of this.
As the Holy See's own spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Jesuit, put it Thursday: Jesuits are "known for service" to others and not for wielding authority.
Milan Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, another Jesuit, was said to be a top contender at the start of the 2005 conclave that elected Benedict. But, suffering from Parkinson's disease, like John Paul II, he was quoted as saying that "the church doesn't need another ailing pope" and took himself out of contention.
In the same conclave, Bergoglio reportedly was the top vote-getter behind Benedict, but made clear to his fellow electors that he didn't want the job, paving the way for Benedict's election.
The Rev. Robert Drinan, a Jesuit, was elected to the U.S. Congress during the height of the Vietnam War on an anti-war platform. When he died, in 2007, Sen. Edward Kennedy, hailed Drinan as a "profile in courage."


text: It was great to see Mike Simonson's review of RCB lightcurves in the latest AAVSO newsletter. It is cool that so many stars, including R CrB, itself, are in deep declines. It is still a bit of a mysetry why some of these stars seem to be in decline all the time and some very rarely go down. The only good study I know of that shows which stars are the most active is Jurcsik (1996, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996AcA....46..325J). As Mike pointed out, one of the least active RCB stars is MV Sgr. Its only known declines are reported in Hoffleit (1959, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1959AJ.....64..241H). MV Sgr is also unusual in that it is one of the rare hot (Temperature ~ 20,000 K) RCB stars. The apparent change in amplitude does look strange. If you look at Figure 8 of De Marco et al. (2002, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AJ....123.3387D), it looks like MV Sgr has faded about a magnitude in the last 50 years. Keep observing it!


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Rail safety is being compromised due to Government cutbacks, according to a TUC report.
Reduction in funding to Network Rail (NR) has led to staff shortages, less frequent inspections and the increasing use of workers employed on zero-hours contracts, the report said.
Rail employees said that when safety concerns were raised, they were rarely acted upon, and "as a result workers were much less likely to raise potential safety issues".
Based on interviews with rail workers, t he report was carried out on behalf of the four unions behind the TUC's Action for Rail campaign - Aslef, RMT, TSSA and Unite - by the Working Lives Institute at London Metropolitan University.
The report said workers were worried that a major accident could happen "as a result of the culture that has developed in rail maintenance where safety is threatened because of a lack of resources".
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "When track workers - who see with their own eyes when safety corners are being cut and where crucial maintenance jobs are delayed - warn that a major accident could be just around the corner, it's surely time for ministers to wake up and act."
The RMT said: "Corners are being cut and essential maintenance work delayed as the obsession with meeting cuts and targets overrides the delivery of safe and efficient services."
Unite said: "Safety for passengers and those that maintain the railways should not be sacrificed on the all-too-familiar altar of cost-cutting and a lack of resources."
And TSSA said: " We need firm action to ensure that track workers who leave home in the morning are sure of getting home safely every night."
Aslef said: "The Government must fund NR to the level that enables it to guarantee not just to maintain, but to improve the rail service's safety record."
A total of 11 people gave views to the report compilers.
Of these, five were NR staff, four were employed by contractors, one was an RMT trade union official and one was a TSSA trade union official.
A spokesman for industry body the Rail Delivery Group said it would " keep working together to find ways of improving safety even further".
An Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) spokesman said: "The rail regulator will never allow savings to come at the expense of safety."
A Department for Transport spokesman said: "Safety must be a top priority, and we look to NR and the ORR to ensure that the rail network is run in a safe and reliable way."
NR said: "De spite this report being based on the views of just five of our 35,000-strong workforce, parts of it echo with our own analysis and gives us an interesting glimpse into areas we need to overcome and address."


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Library Closed July 4th
Roselle Public Library will be closed Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open Friday, July 5, at 9:30 a.m.
Your Library is always open at http://www.roselle.lib.il.us!
Visit us online to check the catalog; review your account; renew things you have checked out, put things "on hold," amd more.
Browse the databases to find out how to repair your car, research your family history, manage your portfolio, learn a new language, delve into Roselle's past, and more!
Link to eMediaLibrary to download an audiobook or an ebook.
Link to Tumblebooks to read picturebooks with your kids.
And there's more!
Visit us online and explore what's availble... even though the building is closed!


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The classic balconette bra gets a makeover in cool zebra print.
It is great for everyday wear as the seamless sides give an invisible look under clothes and the lightweight, moulded cups offer superior comfort.
The underwire support and improved padding offers improved fit and shape.
Adjustable straps are lined for softness.
Matching panty is sold separately.
Product Specifications
Material: 82% Nylon, 18% Spandex
Available in 32B, 34B, 36B
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Erik Manassy is the founder of Jets Twit, a blog dedicated to everything New York Jets on Social Media. [http://jetstwit.com/] Erik is also the founder of the Manassy Media Group, L.L.C.
- Braylon Edwards warned Ochocinco that he's not too good at sharing his quarterback. Nick Mangold killed a tiger for tiger blood?
- Mark Sanchez has been VERY active on Twitter recently. So what does the QB have to say?
- Darrelle Revis was in Disney this weekend for ESPN the Weekend.
- Fireman Ed JUST got over the loss in the AFC Championship game and is back on twitter.
For more on the Jets, Twitter, Facebook, and Erik, check out his blog Jets Twit, http://jetstwit.com/
Follow Brian @brian_bassett and Erik up on Twitter @e_man and @jetstwit.


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|Gléowine from The Lord of the Rings Online
|Biographical Information
|Physical Description
|Images of Gléowine
Gléowine was a minstrel of the King's House of Rohan in the late Third Age.
[edit] History
Gléowine composed an immortalizing song about Théoden and his ancestors after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It was said that he never composed another song afterwards. Sadly, only the last stanza survived:[1]
Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope he ended;
over death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.
[edit] Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Gléowine is a major character in the Lord of the Rings Online. He was Horn's mentor. He is first encountered being banished from Edoras at the command of Gríma Wormtongue, and later accompanies the player and his old apprentice on their journeys in the Riddermark.


text: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Last Call for Proposals: CPG/CPA Development Member teams that want to apply for financial support from APTA to develop clinical practice guidelines and clinical practice appraisals are reminded that the deadline for applications is next week, September 15. Proposals for CPG/CPA development must focus on clinical practice areas that are important and relevant to the practice of physical therapy. The proposal must be supported and submitted by an APTA section. Each proposal will be considered individually and will be awarded in part or in full depending on the priorities of the association and the strength of the proposal. For more information or for a copy of the proposal submission document, contact Anita Bemis-Dougherty, director, Practice Department, at email@example.com or 800/999-2782, ext. 3176.


text: If you have a problem understanding any lesson or if you have other questions, just email me by using the form below. I will get back to you as soon as I can. You can also ask me to translate small sentences or words for you. I will do it as long as I have time to spare.


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The pumps have a robust powder-coated, easy fill reservoir and are supplied with hose and 1/2" BSP connectors.
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To buy any of the Pump International products online please access our ONLINE PUMP SHOP.
Pump International is a hand pump manufacturer established in 1964 with the Patay brand.
We supply the industrial, service industries and marine markets with pumps for de-watering; fuel, oil or chemical transfer, pressure test and bilge pumps.
We also design and manufacture pumps for all manner of special purposes
Pump International will be attending the landscape show on the 17th and and 18th of September at Battersea Park in London. The show established as the


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patrickaa317 wrote:Gunn217 wrote:I think the 10 man roster is only for "just in case" scenarios. You can use whoever you want.
Makes sense but when you say I can use whoever I want, is it limited to the 10 men on my roster or is it limited to anyone that is in our clan?
skillfusniper33 wrote:benga wrote:can bracket be posted on page 1
hard to look for it every time I want to see it
It is on the first post, the second image I think, it is up to date with the matches that are for the first round I believe. If any wars have finished then it is out of date, but I don't know if they are or not
Maybe we aren't looking the same thing.
There are no brackets for the whole thing.


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Blogger Alamanach commented on my last blog about how it only consisted of my rant about the Pagan half of Christmas and not the Christian half. I don't know much about the Christian Christian half, but here's my take:
Is Christmas Pagan?
This is not a Christian propaganda post. Nor is this a pagan propaganda post. This is only an attempt to delve into the mysteries that have so boldly expressed themselves, yet have managed to keep their nature.
Is Christmas Pagan? I have never wondered such until I reached the age of ten. My family and I have never really celebrated Christmas (they're strict SDA's) When I shared this bit of information with my peers, the ghastly look of awe spread across their face as if to say, "Blasphemy!" Continue reading


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Praise for Fortress of Mist
"Sigmund Brouwer's masterful storytelling and eye for detail turn Fortress of Mist into a grand—and harrowing—adventure for every reader. You'll feel the grime of castle dungeons, the sting of sword blades, and the elation of victory. It's a story full of surprising twists, shocking betrayals, and baffling mysteries. But at its heart, this book is about courage, wisdom, and hope—and losing yourself in a fabulous story well told."
—Robert Liparulo, author of The 13th Tribe, The Judgment Stone, and the Dreamhouse Kings series
"Sigmund Brouwer spins an exciting story with Fortress of Mist, full of classic elements and clever twists. His style is reminiscent of the wonderful Lloyd Alexander, and I felt both comfortably familiar with the unfolding story and pleasantly surprised by new plot developments. As the young orphan hero struggling to establish himself as ruler in a
world of courtly intrigues and dangerous Druids, Thomas will appeal to boys and girls, young and old. Brouwer keeps us guessing, and I was particularly interested by his use of scientific "magic." An engaging read that will leave readers eager to pick up the next volume."
—Anne Elisabeth Stengl, author of the award-winning Tales of Goldstone Wood series
"From the first line, readers will be hooked into this page-turning adventure. An engaging and compelling read."
—Debbie Viguié, author of Kiss of Death


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Fisticuffs in a day care center led to the arrest Monday of a Navy-bound mother when staff tried to stop her from leaving with her son.
Fisticuffs in a day care center led to the arrest Monday of a Navy-bound mother on allegations she punched staff members and set off a fire extinguisher when they tried to stop her from leaving with her son, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Sharetta Renae Robinson, 34, of 741 NW 8th St., was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, child abuse, battery and criminal mischief following an incident that occurred about 11:05 a.m. at La Petite Academy at 3009 Archer Road, an arrest report states.
Robinson earlier received notice of a March 5 court hearing regarding her parental rights, Officer Ben Tobias reported. The notice stated that Robinson would give up her parental rights if she did not attend the court hearing. Robinson did not appear as scheduled, and her parental rights were removed.
Robinson got into the day care Monday by entering a code on a keypad, but once inside she was told by staff that she was not allowed to visit her son.
The report states she was in the toddler room when she grabbed her son and tried to leave.
Staff members grabbed the boy and tried to keep him inside while another staffer tried to separate Robinson from her son, according to the report.
Robinson kicked and punched a staff member and then got a fire extinguisher off the wall. She attempted to hit the staff members with it and then sprayed the chemical all over the office, police reported.
Some of the chemical got in the face of the boy, police said.
Under questioning, Robinson admitted to spraying the office with the fire extinguisher but denied hitting anyone, police reported. The report states she told officers she wanted to say goodbye to her son because she is joining the Navy.
On Tuesday afternoon, La Petite Academy emailed a statement to The Sun.
"We were advised by the proper authorities that the individual was to have no contact with the child," the statement said. "Our staff followed this guidance and our procedures to ensure the child's well-being. Nothing is more important than the safety of the children in our care."


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Friday, March 30, 2007
A heartfriendly warm buckwheat and mushroom salad
Yet buckwheat groats definitely deserve a place at your kitchen table, at least occasionally. They're unusual and different, hence interesting. Buckwheat is naturally gluten-free, the groats have a lovely nutty flavour and tender texture - and they're good to your vascular system. What's not to like!? Buckwheat porridge is widely known here in Estonia - either as a dish on its own, or as a side dish instead of potatoes or rice. To make things easier, you can even buy pre-cooked buckwheat flakes these days, which make a lovely breakfast porridge.
Here, however, is a main dish I came up with last week. I wasn't sure what to call it in the beginning. It's not a stew, as although it's moist, there's no liquid to hold the components together and warrant the name. It's not a buckwheat 'risotto', as there's no element of creaminess. So I decided to go with a 'warm salad'. I served it with thin, long slices of crunchy carrot, but some spicy salad leaves would make a good accompaniment, too.
A warm buckwheat and mushroom salad
(Soe tatra-seenesalat)
Serves 4
1 Tbsp canola oil
200 ml buckwheat groats
2 carrots, coarsely grated
1 onion, finely chopped
0.5 tsp salt
0.5 tsp black pepper
500 ml water
a generous handful of fresh parsley, chopped
1 Tbsp canola oil
300 grams of mushrooms (a mixture of champignons, oyster mushrooms, chantarelles etc), coarsely chopped
Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add the buckwheat. Stir for a minute, until the groats are glistening with oil. Add the onion and carrots, reduce heat and fry gently for a few minutes, until onion has softened a little. Do not burn!
Season with salt and pepper, add the boiling water. Cover and let simmer for about 15 minutes, until the groats are al dente or tender, if you prefer.
Meanwhile, fry the chopped mushrooms in oil, until they're wilted and slightly browned.
Add the fried mushrooms to the buckwheat porridge, stir gently to combine. Sprinkle generously with parsley and serve.
Earlier @ Nami-nami:
Buckwheat and mushroom oven pie (September 2005)
This is also my entry to the Weekend Herb Blogging, this time hosted by Anh from Food Lover's Journey.
14 comments:
- Evelin said...
tavaliselt saab tatart kodus ikka suurem ports keedetud ja mulle meeldib seda kohutavalt igasugustes nö pannitoitudes kasutada, tatraga sobib muide väga hästi austrikaste. Peakski oma erilise lemmiku kohta kirjutama: juurseller+sibul+tatar+ananass+india pähklid+austrikaste. Kõht läheb tühjaks:)
- 5:58 pm, March 30, 2007
Buckwheat groats are reasonably well known in vegetarian, whole foodie circles (probably thanks to the Western macrobiotic crowd?).
That is a great recipe to try, thanks!
- 11:49 am, March 31, 2007
- Mallika said...
Very healthy indeed. Are they readily available?
- 10:44 pm, March 31, 2007
- Freya said...
I've never tried buckwheat groats but I love using buckwheat flour in pancakes. Looks delicious!
- 4:08 pm, April 02, 2007
- Kalyn Denny said...
This does sound just wonderful. Sorry you didn't think of WHB, but there's always another one coming next weekend!
- 5:56 pm, April 02, 2007
- Plume said...
Buckweat groats, or rather kasha, was my favourit grain as a child.
I eat it often at my local vegan restaurant, but I don't cook it at home because I always end with mush, topped with uncooked grains...
I'll try your recipe!
- 6:42 pm, April 02, 2007
- Jeanne said...
Mmmm, being a big fan of bulghur and pearl barley, this sounds like something I must try! I must have a loom and see if they have buckwheat in my local health store - they seem to stock every other exotic grain...
- 4:14 pm, April 03, 2007
- Anh said...
Pille, I love buckwheat a lot! It is kinda expensive here though... Your dish sounds lovely. If only I could find buckwheat groats more easily!
- 2:40 pm, April 09, 2007
Hi Pille, this sounds really good - I'll have to look out for those buckwheat groats!
- 11:47 am, April 10, 2007
- Pille said...
Evelin - ma vist jään veidi oma veidi eestilikumate tatraroogade-liistude juurde:)
Kate - I can imagine that. Back in Edinburgh, health food stores were the only places I could buy buckwheat- until the so-called Polish stores came along after the EU Enlargement in May 2004.
Mallika - as you're based in England, I'd check out either the health food or Polish stores - I'm sure you'll find some!
Freya & Paul - then you'd probably like buckwheat groats, too.
Kalyn - I might just jump on board this week!?
Plume - kasha doesn't have to be only buckwheat, no? If you first fry buckwheat in some oil/butter and then add hot liquid (whether it's water or stock), then you shouldn't end up with mushy and/or uncooked grains.
Jeanne- check them out, maybe they stock this 'exotic' grain indeed:)
Anh - as I said above, I had hard time finding buckwheat groats in Scotland just few years ago. They weren't easily available even in health food stores, but since the EU enlargement it became more available. Hope you'll find a good - and affordable - source soon!
Sophie - thank you!!
- 3:22 pm, April 10, 2007
Yum -- just made this for lunch. Excellent!
- 11:20 pm, November 03, 2008
Not bad but very plain. Really needs some more kind of herbs or spices in there for flavour.
- 4:15 pm, September 04, 2009
- Pille said...
Anon. - well, people's tastes are very different. A good mix of mushrooms adds a flavour of their own, there's salt, pepper and parsley. Add much more, and you'll disguise the nutty flavour of buckwheat grain (IMHO).
- 4:22 pm, September 04, 2009
- Unknown said...
I've eaten buckwheat before, but never cooked it. This recipe was soooo easy! And delicious. Thanks so much :-)
- 4:03 am, February 28, 2010


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – May 13, 2011 – The Fayette County Sheriff's Office in Georgia will use software from Spillman Technologies to share data and increase efficiency.
In the past, divisions within the sheriff's office were utilizing separate RMS systems, making it difficult to share law enforcement data, said Fayette County Sheriff's Office Major Bryan Woodie. In addition, he said the agency's former public safety software system wasn't user-friendly and personnel could not retrieve the data they needed.
"We were putting a lot of information into the system, but we could get very little out," he said.
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- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
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- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 4 pounds ripe bananas peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced 1/4-inch thick, about 1 1/2total
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- 1 cup heavy cream whipped to soft peaks
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- A few drops vanilla extract
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Melt butter and sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat. Gradually add cookie crumbs and stir to combine well. Press crumb mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Bake crust 10 to 12 minutes. Cool completely.
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- When custard has chilled, make topping by whipping cream with sugar and vanilla in a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Fold in most of the remaining chocolate cookie crumbs, reserving a few for garnish.
- Stir custard to loosen, if necessary. Spread over bottom of prepared crust. Top with whipped cream mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Scatter remaining chocolate crumbs over top just before serving.


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Trustees Of the Trust Fund Lisa Stewart, Karen Brown and Marion Trafton were present at the recent meeting.
The trustees commended Elizabeth and Jeff LeClair for keeping the Milton Triangle flower bed in good shape this summer and fall and agreed to disperse a sum of $43 from the Lockhart Fund for flowers. Thanks and appreciation for a job well done go out to Kathy and Joe Stanley for the fall flowers in Veteran's Park in honor of Milton's veterans.
The trustees approved an invoice in the amount of $1,975 from the water district's capital reserve fund to purchase a "mud sucker" for the water district.
Selectmen Tom Gray, Bob Srnec and Bob Bridges met with Police Chief Mark McGowan, Fire Chief Nick Marique, and Public Works Director Pat Smith to discuss the proposed town owned Vehicle Policy, which states;
Only authorized town employees are granted permission to operated town owned vehicles, unless prior written approval. Town owned vehicles are not to be used for personal business and not outside of a scheduled workday. Vehicles are not to be taken out of the State of NH without prior written approval, exception is emergency/public safety vehicles responding to mutual aid and public work vehicles during the course of normal operations.
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Was 40 seconds of The Day of the Doctor earlier today not enough? How about another 70? The BBC are giving out trailers like they're going out of fashion!
Turns out, the trailer released earlier today was the one due to go out tomorrow evening, so now the BBC have decided to put both new trailers out today.
Did that TARDIS just smash through a wall, into a squad of Daleks?
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During the 2003-2004 academic year, 72 Hampden-Sydney students studied abroad in 11 different countries. The length of study ran from a full academic year to May Term courses and ranged from Europe to Central America to Australia and New Zealand.
On September 2, many of the participants gathered in the Parents & Friends Lounge and several shared stories of their adventures.
G. W. Zuban '06 of Chesterfield, VA, studied at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, for the Spring Semester 2004.
G.W. chose St. Andrews because of its solid academic reputation and it because is substantially larger than Hampden-Sydney College but not in an urban environment. Early on, he could not find a building where one of his classes was held and stopped another student and asked directions; it turned out to be Prince William, who gave him directions.
Forrest Smith '06 of Farmville, VA, spent the academic year at University of Glasgow.
He arrived the end of August. Forrest called it a "surreal experience." "I always wanted to go to Scotland, and I threw myself into the culture. First, I tried haggis. It is a brilliant dish; I loved it. With haggis and a pint of Guinness you can't go wrong. The people of Scotland are warm and friendly; if you ask directions, they don't just give you directions they take you there."
"The university experience was like independent study. Professors are very approachable but you are largely on your own. There is much reading. The routine is paper, project, exam, and go home."
The rugged terrain is just as it would have been 400 or 500 years ago. This was the Scotland I went to see, and I was not disappointed. I traveled to Loch Ness and Loch Lomond and took 3- or 4-hour hikes on trails up the mountains. Scotland is so very green.
Jordan Gaul '05, of West Chester, PA, spent the academic year at St. Catherines College, Oxford University, England.
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"It was the best decision I have made thus far; of the 95 in the program, 10 were men."
"We began with a month in Tours and then moved to Paris, where I lived with a host family and attended the Sorbonne. The Sorbonne is extremely different form Hampden-Sydney – huge classes, little support – a different experience."
"Sweet Briar was great about side trips. We went to Monet's Garden a Giverny and the American Cemetery at Normandy. I spent Christmas in Brussels. All the guys in the program decided to go to Sweden, and we found a 19 Euro plane fare to Stockholm. Several of us took a 16-day spring-break trip to Morocco including riding camels across the Sahara for two days. It was a phenomenal trip, so very different from anything I had ever seen. The skies and colors of Morocco are beyond belief."
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Joseph Yarborough '06, of Golf Shores, AL, spent the spring semester at James Cook University in Cairnes, Australia. He took courses in management, psychology, and aboriginal culture.
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"In Australia what you learn above the surface is nothing to what you can learn under the water; diving with a whale is like being with a dinosaur.
We took a 3,000-mile 16-day road trip from Cairnes to Sidney. Up in the rain forests, there are trees that take a hundred years to grow. On the beaches the views are breathtaking. There are gorges with waterfalls that shake the earth. At Barron Bay are the prettiest sunsets you will ever see."
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HRM, POWER and possible spaces of becoming human
|HRM, POWER and possible spaces of becoming human
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|What has power to do with Human Resource Management (HRM)? Perusing HRMtextbooks one will find, that power as a concept, only seldom is approached explicitly. When the subject of power is addressed directly, it is primarily as a question of bargaining power between organisation and labour market institutions, the power of a leader or person in terms of the right to execute punishment and the duty to obedience or empowerment, as a countermove to the effects of bureaucratic workplace routines "... where initiative is stifled and workers become alienated"1. Indirectly one can identify power as interesting in the HRM-literature, as a question of influence or status of HRM as a function in business. Does or does HRM not play a central role in business? Is HR part of top management? That is questions concerned with how power is distributed as a commodity in reality. This paper is taking up the concept of power as a distributing force of reality, as opposed to a distribution of commodities in reality. In this way the position on power adopted is similar to the in Deleuzes words very simple definition of power by Foucault: "Power is a relation between forces, or rather every relation between forces is a 'power relation." (Deleuze 1999: 70). This way of conceptualising power has as a consequence, that power always has several sides: Power is not essentially repressive Power is not unilateral, but requires both "masters and mastered" Power is practiced more than it is possessed. The first point is serving as both the way in and the way out of this paper. The paper will pry at the workings of power in order to unfold power as a positive as well as repressing force using HRM as the practice where power is working. "The exercise of power is a "conduct of conducts" and a management of possibilities" (Foucault, 2000: 341) Consequently, the way to study power is not to try to "find it", but to see, how it is practiced. (Deleuze, 1999: 71) Studying power in HRM therefore becomes a question on grasping the power relations and force fields emerging from HRM-practice. One could therefore ask the question: "What is HR about – and what is HR practice?" Barbara Townley (1994, 1998, 1999) has done this extensively and demonstrates how a foucauldian analysis focuses on practices, which structure social relations. (Townley, 1998: 194) Townley conceptualizes HRM as the medium through which the employment relationship may be organized or disciplined through technologies of the self.
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Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
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Fruit brown to black, glabrous to hairy
Species in genus: ± 250 species: North America
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A study published by the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) shows that, as with adults, disclosure of a positive HIV status to potential sex partners can be difficult for teenagers who were born HIV-positive. Of the 330 teens in this report, however, 18% did not know that they were HIV-positive.
Among the teens, 28% had engaged in sexual intercourse. Of these, 62% reported unprotected sex, while 33% disclosed their HIV status to their first sexual partners.
Of the 92 teens engaging in sexual intercourse, 42% had an HIV viral load greater than 5,000 copies/ml (uncontrolled infection). One of the research authors, George R. Seage III, D.Sc., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, said that it may help youth adhere to their HIV therapy if it was explained to them "that ART [anti-retroviral therapy] can dramatically reduce the likelihood of sexual transmission of HIV."
The study concluded that, "As PHIV+ [perinatally HIV-positive, or infected at birth] youth become sexually active, many engage in behaviors that place their partners at risk for HIV infection, including infection with drug-resistant virus. Effective interventions to facilitate youth adherence, safe sex practices, and disclosure are urgently needed."
The full-text PHACS study, "Sexual Risk Behavior Among Youth with Perinatal HIV Infection in the United States," published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, is available at oxfordjournals.org. The study also pointed to guidelines for making children and teenagers aware of their HIV infection, from the American Academy of Pediatrics; see pediatrics.aappublications.org.


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The question: What to do in Walton County about tourist growth?
Here are the facts: The number of overnight tourists in South Walton in 2002 was 1,017,978. The number of overnight tourists in South Walton in 2008 was 2,898,578, which was a 185 percent increase. Based on these growth numbers, all of Walton County and particularly South Walton could experience increased gridlock on our roads during the ensuing years.
The only recent significant reduction in the number of overnight tourists in South Walton was due to the BP oil spill in 2010 when the tourist count was 1,515,528. For 2011, there was still a lingering negative effect caused by the oil spill.
The statistics source? �Visitors by Season� and �Overnight Tourist Estimate Trend� published by Walton County TDC.
So far in 2012, we have all experienced, and probably gladly, a dramatic increase in the number of overnight tourists and the not-so-�glad� related traffic issues.
From these statistics, who could deny the probability that within the next decade the average yearly count of overnight tourists could reach and exceed 3,500,000, which is only a 20.7 percent increase over the 2008 statistic?
That frightening tourist growth count could be the ruin of South Walton because of the potential traffic on the roads, especially for Scenic Highway 30A with its two lane road and its bike path, both of which carry on them potential disaster, gridlock, and allow no place to park.
What is the solution? What needs to be provided by our county government?
Here are suggestions to give to our commissioners:
*Widen 30A to include an exclusive lane for fast bikes and golf carts.
*Require Regional Utilities to upgrade the reliability of the water mains.
*Require development of several parking areas on appropriately located county land on arteries running north and south.
*Endorse a privately owned and operated transportation system in South Walton and add service to and from north Walton.
*Create a Gulf-front boardwalk from one end of the county to the other, wide enough for all to enjoy, i.e., pedestrians to walk and jog, allow recreational, slow bikes, and have sheriff deputies patrol the boardwalk on bikes, which will keep them fit.
Your first reaction is: �It can�t be done because the Gulf-front owners would prevent the boardwalk!� that is what was said in all the other beaches and they proceeded. Those owners will be the first people going for their morning walks/runs on the boardwalk. Your second reaction is: �The boardwalk and the needed changes to the roads and infrastructure will cost millions!�
When you simmer down and consider the suggestions, you will agree that somehow they need to be done. Forward-thinking counties have created such an amenity. We can no longer ask our tourists to put their children on bikes on the existing bike path that is the shoulder of the highway. Having bikes on the shoulder of 30A is irresponsible. Someone is going to get killed. All walking/jogging and recreational bike riding should be on the Gulf-front boardwalk.
A hurricane may wash away the boardwalk, but we are impacted by a hurricane, on the average, every 10 years. That many years of enjoyment of the boardwalk for all that live here and visit here is just about the time for the maintenance of the boardwalk anyway.
Not just a few, but hundreds of other oceanfront areas in the United States have successfully achieved this. We just need to start the planning. There has been a plan in the works since 1996, but not much has progressed. We have to restart the plan now, since the millions from the BP settlement will be here to pay for the suggested changes.
Additionally, the Southwest Airlines half-cent payment from the TDC is being reduced or eliminated. With those funds staying in the TDC, that half-cent could provide substantial funding toward paying for the suggestions. There are also the Obama infrastructure funds that could be allocated.
In that regard, here are more specific issues to contemplate for the betterment of Walton County:
*Seasidepresents a bottleneck to the widening of 30A at Seaside, but the county could buy the right-of-way to allow the widening there.
*Other 30A communities will have to allow widening also
*Unlike many counties, Walton County owns a majority of the land and the right of ways that need to be dedicated for the use of those of us who live here and the tourists who come to enjoy our paradise
*While our cherished Coastal Dune Lakes will be modestly affected by the widening of 30A, the impact would not be any more than what occurred when 30A was created
With the voices of many forward thinking Walton residents being heard at BCC meetings, action will begin. I believe the overnight tourist impact is here to stay, even when hurricanes and oil spills hit us; but, we can overcome those. Join me in the urgent demand for proper and well-engineered improvements to our wonderful area for the betterment of all.
Daryl Dodson is a Miramar Beach resident.