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The 13 Watchdog team is getting immediate action and results one day after our investigation showed a public body in West Michigan didn't have enough board members to have two legal meetings.
We reported West Michigan's regional entity, the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, violated its own by-laws that say "at least 1/2 of the total number of Members" are needed to conduct a legal meeting. Meeting minutes show votes were taken without a majority of the members present.
Two meetings we evaluated on August 6, 2015 and August 7, 2014, had 19 members participate and take votes. Ottawa County Administrator Al Vanderberg who chairs the GVMC board meetings confirmed there weren't enough people attending those meetings to create a legal quorum. At full strength, there are 49 members from 38 governmental units representing local communities in Kent, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Allegan and Ottawa counties and across West Michigan.
At Thursday's monthly meeting, 33 of 49 members were marked present for the meeting. Meeting minutes show that's the biggest turnout for a scheduled monthly board meeting for the GVMC since September of 2011. On average, over the last three years, we found 26 of 49 members were present.
The 13 Watchdog team found an embarrassing string of absences from leaders in four communities. Representatives from Tallmadge Township, Allendale Township, Caledonia Township and the city of Ionia have not attended Metro Council board meetings in close to three years. They've all missed 17 straight meetings according to minutes posted on the government's web site.
Representatives from all four of those jurisdictions were marked absent at Thursday's meeting as well.
GVMC board member and Gaines Township Supervisor Don Hilton said Thursday he was aware of our investigation and says the local entities should patrol the situation if members never show up.
"If they are not doing what their board or council expects them to do, it's up to that board and council to take action and replace that individual," Hilton said.
We found leaders from four other governments in our area missed nine straight meetings, missing every official vote last fiscal year. The list includes Grandville, Lowell, Rockford and Cedar Springs.
The Grand Valley Metro Council is a very important entity that is largely unknown to people in West Michigan. At least $80 million dollars of public money flows through the entity and taxpayers from all 38 units pay thousands of dollars in dues to be part of the group. The Metro Council focuses on environmental work, mapping and transportation planning. Numerous road projects are approved through the Metro Council and planners work to protect one of West Michigan's most valuable environmental resources, the Grand River.
Ottawa County Administrator and GVMC board chairman Al Vanderberg initially acknowledged the mistakes and agreed that the meetings that were conducted without a quorum were not legal.
"Absolutely it's a serious issue especially if you're conducting business on a day when you don't have a quorum," Vanderberg said.
"If we voted on something (during those meetings) that, technically, that vote would be invalid," Vanderberg said.
Vanderberg later clarified his comments to say he was mistaken when he said the GVMC did not hold "legal" meetings.
"A quorum is not required by law," Vanderberg wrote in an e-mail. "I agree that holding a meeting without a quorum could have legal consequences."
An Attorney General's opinion written by former Attorney General Mike Cox in 2009 indicated a board is not able to "render any decision in the absence of a quorum."
There were a couple of votes taken during the two meetings in question that were initially invalidated by GVMC leaders. The most difficult to figure out was the vote to add two new members. On August 6, 2015, the GVMC board voted on a resolution to allow Nelson Township and the Village of Sparta to become members.
Now those memberships and everything they've voted on in the past year are in question.
Grand Valley Metro Council attorney Jim Brown indicated in a letter provided to us that he believes Nelson Township and Sparta are full-fledged members. He thinks the courts would forgive the mistakes made on the quorums because other government mistakes have been forgiven by the courts in the past.
Ultimately going forward, Vanderberg laid out several changes that will immediately happen as a result of our investigation.
Vanderberg says he will now establish a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, announcing it and putting it in the minutes of the meeting. He asked members to sit at the table in the front of the board room instead of sitting in the crowd.
"It's just something we'll be more intentioned in the future to make absolutely sure we have it before a meeting starts," Vanderberg said.
Vanderberg also says he will send notifications to jurisdictions that have chronic absences requesting better attendance.


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It appears the Chiefs won last year's swap of disappointing former first-round picks.
The 49ers waived wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin today after acquiring him last August from Kansas City for wideout A.J. Jenkins, San Francisco's 2012 first-round pick.
Baldwin, the No. 26 pick in 2012, had his salary reduced from $1.4 million to $645,000 in February, with a chance to make up the lost income in unlikely-to-be-earned incentives. The 49ers had a pressing need at wide receiver last year with Michael Crabtree sidelined by a torn Achilles, but Baldwin managed just three catches for 28 yards in seven games. Baldwin has often appeared lethargic in training-camp practices leading up to his departure
Meanwhile, Jenkins remains on the Chiefs' roster after collecting eight catches for 130 yards in 2013.
The 49ers claimed wide receiver L'Damian Washington off waivers from the Cowboys to assume Baldwin's spot on the roster. Washington (6-4, 200), who was waived by Dallas on Saturday, had 50 receptions, 893 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2013 as a senior at Missouri. Washington, 23, had 50 catches, 842 yards and five touchdowns in his first three seasons.
An undrafted free agent, Washington ran a 4.43 40-yard dash and had a 32-inch vertical jump at the combine. Before he was waived by Dallas, Washington sustained a shoulder surgery in early June and missed the rest of the offseason program.

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I'm a member of the here-to-fore ``silent majority'' in Douglas who is opposed to the proposed conveyance of land above Douglas to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. As I now understand the proposal, it looks like a bad idea. The amount of land involved is huge; the size of ``south Douglas'' would more than double. Many of us who live in old Douglas love the sense of community in the older small homes, and the friendly neighborhoods. More high-density development like that between Douglas and the bridge would be an unwelcome change. More high-end-large-home-rich-people development would also be an unwelcome change.
But the point is, we don't know what would happen; we didn't have any input when the original deal with AMHTA was made. It is not enough to say that there will be plenty of time to comment when and if AMHTA proposes to develop the land. The AMHTA has a fiduciary duty to maximize income and value for its beneficiaries. It is its job to develop the land and increase its value. It is not, for example, an option for the AMHTA to decide the best use of the land would be open space. It is an option for the city. The city should go back to the drawing board and hold public hearings on which land, if any, to convey to AMHTA. An option that should be considered is to just pay AMHTA for the land the city wants, and not convey any land to the trust authority.
It may be that, after full discussion, the option chosen by the city will turn out to be the best. And it might even be that AMHTA would be happy with a couple of small units of small, single family homes commensurate with the flavor of downtown Douglas. But right now we're buying a pig in a poke, and I don't like it.
Deborah Vogt
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Toe Bone Spurs (Exostosis)
Many people complain of pain between their toes. These painful areas can exist between any toes, but is very common between the 4th and 5th (baby) toe. There is often a hard area or a "corn" between the toes. The skin may also appear flakey or discolored. These areas are most painful while wearing snug-fitting shoes. Women may experience this with high-heeled or pointed-toed shoes.
Another common location for bone spurs is the outside edge of the 5th toe, very close to the toenail. The skin and nail edge may become very tender from shoe pressure.
Home treatment for these problems is difficult. Sometimes patients will try applying over-the-counter corn removers or topical antifungal creams. The corn medications can temporarily remove some of the painful corn, but this type of treatment is usually not satisfactory, since the corn will return. The antifungal creams will be ineffective since these conditions are not generally caused by a fungus. Placing a soft pad between the toes can help, however the pad can be irritating. It tends to move around, has a sticky adhesive, and it can create increased pressure.
Effective Treatment
In order to correctly diagnose this problem, an x-ray is required. The x-ray will usually reveal that there is a small bone spur underlying painful corns on the adjacent sides of the two toes. It is the bone spurs that are the true cause of the problem - not the corns! Topical or skin treatments of any kind will not address the bone spurs.
Once the location of the bone spur is determined by x-ray, treatment takes 15 minutes. In the office, using local anesthesia, a tiny 1/4" incision is made, and the bone spur is removed with a special surgical burr. The incision is then closed with one or two sutures. A small dressing is applied to the toe(s). The patient is able to walk immediately in a wide-fitting shoe or sandal. There is minimal discomfort following the procedure.
Within a month after the procedure, without any additional treatment, the painful corn will start to disappear from the toe.


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December 4, 2012
Cassini Data Indicates Saturn's Moon Titan Is Icier Than Thought
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
Titan, Saturn´s largest moon, has long been projected as an icy body with a vast ocean of liquid water underneath its crust. A recent analysis suggested that heat generated from within the natural satellite helps keep this ocean from freezing due to interactions it has with Saturn and the other moons. And now, a new analysis of the moon´s topography and gravity indicates that its icy outer crust is twice as dense as previously believed.Scientists have long been intrigued by Titan because of the similarities it shares with Earth. Much like our planet, Titan has a seemingly layered structure, loosely similar to that of an onion.
"Titan probably has a core that is a mixture of ice and rock," said study author Howard Zebker, a professor of geophysics and of electrical engineering at Stanford University. He added that the rocky core is overlain by an ocean and thick icy crust. The rocky core is believed to contain radioactive elements left over from the formation of the solar system. As these radioactive elements decay, they generate heat, much like they do inside Earth. On Titan, this radioactive heat is vital to keeping the ocean from freezing solid, Zebker explained.
Zebker is part of a team interpreting radar data from Titan collected by NASA´s Cassini mission, which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. He has been studying the topography, and has combined improved data of the moon´s surface with newly released gravity measurements to paint a new picture of the moon´s internal structure.
"The picture of Titan that we get has an icy, rocky core with a radius of a little over [1,200 miles], an ocean somewhere in the range of [135 to 180 miles] thick and an ice layer that is [120 miles] thick," he said in a statement.
Previous models of Titan estimated the icy crust to be only about 60 miles thick. With this estimation in hand, Zebker said there should be less heat generated from the core than previously believed. If there is less heat coming from the core, then it is likely the core is more icy than rocky.
While this is a plausible scenario, there is some complication involved. Titan´s shape is not truly spherical, but rather distorted by the gravitational pull of Saturn, making the moon more oblong along the equator with flattened poles. When gathering data on the gravitational field of Titan, the evidence suggests the moon should be spherical. But the new data throws that out the window, indicating more distortion than is seen in the gravitational models.
This discrepancy means that it is much more complicated getting a good idea of Titan´s internal composition.
For the moon to exert its observed gravitational pull, the average density from any given point on the moon down to its core has to be the same, Zebker explained. For the data to line up, the density of material under the poles must be slightly greater than under the equator. And since liquid is denser than ice, it would be reasonable to say the ice layer must be slightly thinner at the poles than it is at the core, with water following suit in a reverse fashion.
Zebker and his team of graduate students calculated that the thickness of the icy crust must be about 10,000 feet (nearly 2 miles) less than average at the poles and 10,000 feet greater than average at the equator. And the combination of gravity and topography further suggests that the average thickness of the icy crust is about 120 miles.
For the icy crust to vary in thickness across the surface of Titan, the heat distribution within the moon would have to vary as well. If this is the case, then it is unlikely the variation would come from the core–as heat generated there would be fairly uniform in all directions outward. Therefore, the variation in ice thickness could be the result of variation in Titan´s orbit around Saturn.
"The variation in the shape of the orbit, along with Titan's slightly distorted shape, means that there is some flexure within the moon as it orbits Saturn," said Zebker. While the other moon´s around Saturn´s orbit exert some tidal influence on Titan, the primary tidal influence comes from the planet itself.
"The tides move around a little as Titan orbits and if you move anything, you generate a little bit of heat," he added.
These tidal interactions are more concentrated at the poles than at the equator, which means there is slightly more heat generated at the poles, which in turn melts a little more ice at the bottom of the icy crust, thinning the ice in that region, Zebker said in the statement.
Zebker will present the study findings at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco today (December 4).
He also plans to continue studying Titan for as long as the Cassini mission is active, which is scheduled to operate through 2017.


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The search engine optimization world is an ever changing field. The only constant thing about this business is change. It is encompassed under the dynamic wing of website designing. If you are unsure how to design your own site you can always use a web design company to help you get started.
Very many changes have been implemented in the world of web designing and with that SEO has been taken to a whole new level. Algorithmic changes, web set up models, web layouts, crafty image captions, extended form elements, deeply focused landing pages, new versions of media players and 3D transition effects are among the developments that have pushed the marketing world to the greater heights that it has achieved to date.
What would previously run smoothly within a website months ago is now considered obsolete as it is of no relevance as it was before. Search engines are also not far behind, and they have made remarkable changes to their services and have made them more user friendly than they were before. It is of very great importance that websites keep up to date with every new twist and turn in the market before the turn of events takes the better of them in the fabled world of SEO.
The following are some of the things to take into consideration in regards to current trends in the search engine optimization. These trends are attributed to the dynamism of the tech industrial giants worldwide. They include:
Is the content really king?
A while back there emerged a phrase 'content is king'. Since then, this has probably been the most popular and most repeated line among all bloggers and professional search engine optimization experts. However, in recent times, the legitimacy of this phrase has been put to question, is content still the king of it all? Without a shred of doubt, high quality content is certainly the key to increasing traffic to a website, unlike quantitative meaningless content.
Websites with high-quality content certainly would not compare to sites that major in producing lots of low-quality content that will not attract any visitors. High-quality websites most have an edge over low-quality uninformative websites
However, owing to current times high-quality content is not enough to get your website to the front page of a search engine's result page. This is partly attributed to the new designs in the web industry that increase the attractiveness of a website and make it more appealing. One will need to market content in front of as many digital eyeballs as one can manage to reach. The content should appear as appealing as possible and designed using the newest trends such as 3D transition effects, flat design elements (natural text boxes, text shadows or rounded corners), video demonstrations (animations and audio formats included). All these are current trends that have taken and continue to lift SEO services to greater heights.
Exposure is everything. So long as the content in a website is as informative and detailed as possible the website will gain a lot of publicity as it has been proved by the current trends.
Social Media
The current status of social media in the society is one noticeable and very prominent attribute to the current trends. The effects of social media on website publicity and traffic generation in SEO cannot go unnoticed. Though not direct, article and digital materials shared over social media have been among the major reason of the booming trends in these current times. Article and sharing of digital materials over social media has been on the rise. This has in turn increased the number of eyeballs getting to see what a website has to offer. As a result, there is increased traffic generation. The social media nowadays play a great deal in search engine optimization. People are increasingly becoming interconnected and in the process search engine optimization is gaining popularity in the website design arena.
Google is wiser than ever before
The search engine web designs including search engine algorithms used to index sites on search results pages and also advanced content filter mechanisms which are wiser and better than the preexisting ones. These advancements have led to increasing high quality and informative content in web sites.
Fraud within SEO world has been on the rise. As a preliminary, search engine and web designers have made recent breakthroughs that are helping to curb this vice.


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You might think that I'm going to tell the same story that he CS Lewis, and that might be what I would do so if I were writing a post that is in my teens. But here is where it goes wrong. First of all, I don't like the way Eddie is portrayed, first he gets Turkish Delight, then he is chained to the reindeer, which it you think about it is strange. What's also strange is that witch does seem to be motivated, not only does she put her charge in chains, but she doesn't even care about his three companions. Don't get me wrong, there have been intermittently incompetent people, who will do almost anything to screw things up, so it's not surprising in that respect. But if you're going to take a picture villainess, you might as well do it well, so that they are real companions will learn something. I also rather suspect, if you don't mind, that be would not think of Turkish delight as the first thing on his mind, there are a few good renditions of it, most of the use rather bland. It you know where to find it, often in a large city, you can try some for yourself.
So in her ire, she scheming how to turn things to their best example. She remembered living on Charn, which was oriental - that's the Near East to Americans - and her hints mimicked that style of long tapering movements. She was not proud of this, is merely something that she did, neither more nor less. She was practical, and level headed, and so did not notice this at all. She noticed that her companion saw, but it was only something that he watched, and did not feel anything about it. She was a scheme person, all the way down through to the inside - and what's more, she was going to stay this way. Unlike Eddie, who was just gone through a phase, and would eventually snap out of it -if someone like witch did not interfere.
In other words, they knew a great deal about each other, and each one hoped they was one aspect which would be hidden from the other. In any Eddie's it was very simple, and transparent to the Queen: he wanted power, and he thought that in time, if he with survive long enough, there would be no more queen, and he could take over. What he did not know was she had a secret, that anyone could have told him - if only he would listen - that was she was immortal, and so there was no reason for her to give one inch of her power. You can see, that her secret was a great deal more useful than his was. She just needed to keep her secret from him, which wouldn't be surprising since all of her minions were not talking, and the rest of Narnia, now, would not speak to Eddie and less they really had to - and not on the topic of her immortality. They were only going to say what did to be said, and not one bit more. Though they were honest, and not lie for the sake of lies. It is only a very few creatures which will lie. Human beings among them.
"So, what is your purpose? You can call me by Jadis, which is mind secret name, all the rest refer to me as Queen." She began with a mellifluous - that's with a magnificent flourish - beginning.
"I just wanted to hide from Peter, when I came in to this place." he said.
Now in another context, anyone else would not realize that they are was any other place than Narnia, or lands associated with it. But Jadis new that there were planets connected to this one which with magic you could go between. Eddie did not realize that he was talking to someone who had traveled between worlds, and was preparing a trap for him. She even knew that he was probably from Earth, because she had briefly visited. And if you read book 6 you'll realize, she didn't like Earth at all.
Instead with the same tone of voice, she continued: "Due you have other friends?" If it had been Lucy, Peter, or Sandra, they would have said yes immediately, but Eddie was warned - though he wouldn't exactly know how - and began to realize that the Queen, or Jadis, which CS Lewis took from French, meaning long ago, or Persian, where it meant "witch", or probably both. Of course Eddie did not realize this, speaking neither French nor Persian.
"Just Peter." He replied, though the witch knew better. That's the thing about dishonest people, they know when they are talking to other dishonest people, in the main. She also knew that there were two boys, Eddie and Peter, and she would have to assume that there were at least two girls. So she had to get all of them together. The problem was there could be more than four, and so she would have to get all of them. Because if there were four or more, it wouldn't do any good to dispose of Eddie.
"You must take the to where Peter is, and we will... persuade him that he would do best to join us. There are two very powerful warlords, Aslan and Tash, who would love to sink their teeth in to mine small realm of Narnia." In this she meant - and he got it - that Peter would be subservient, if not actually dead.
"Do you want some food? After all, it may take some time to persuade Peter, when we can find him."
Now several things were spinning in his mind. One of these was why we were the room was should bright, why was it kept so dim? Because for him, light were something you could turn on or off. There just wasn't something quite right about that. The other thing was he was sure that when they reached Peter, she would find out about the two girls. And, though he was not sure about this, he was sure that he would be treated the same way as the other children - and he realized that that was going to be nasty. So there was a creeping worry that this was going to be the and for him. And while he did not care about Peter, Lucy, or Sandra, he did care about himself. So he would have to play along until he could get away.
"Why is this room so dark, when it could be brighter?" he asked.
"Before my time they liked it than bright, rare as I like it quite a bit dimmer, so I turned the lights down." What she did not say was that she was older than this room, and she what were lights were - which was - if you think it - absurd. Everything else in this world was younger - but she did not want to disturb the way things were - in case there was some magical that she didn't know, there were a lot of things which were like this. She didn't want to medal with anything, in case there was a trap.
Then add that moment, she turned her eyes away to address some correspondence to Hasta Olmak, the guardian of the northern border - where things were much more rowdier than even Narnia, should be. Not only were the Giants not able to take instructions, they were quite dim. And dim Giants were not what the Queen wanted. At that moment, he looked across the table and tried to see if there was something he could palm, in order to use it later. Fortunately, there was, a knife, which slid between his thumb and forefinger to keep in his pocket. Than as quickly as she turned away to answer the correspondence, she was again centered on Eddie, but he had done his work.
"I'll tell you a secret." Proclaimed witch, though she had her reasons, they were not good.
"What's that?"
"I was not born in Narnia, or on any place else on this planet. And I think you are saying the same way. Am I right?" The witch said.
He didn't seem like much a leap. "Yes, how did you know?"
"Most humans, indeed all the I have met, our from Earth, and most of my kind, are from a world called Charn, or a related planet. Thus I felt you to be from Earth." She did this to confirm what she already suspected.
"Why is that important?"
"It means we're alike. All of the native populations, don't have anything but living to attend to. Its only we, from other worlds, which wish to strive for something better." She put an emphasis on this, hoping that that would be enough to calm Eddie. And it might have worked just a few minutes before, but now Eddie was on edge, and knew that the Queen, the witch, or Jadis, did not mean him any thing like the best for him. He looked outside, their were for stairs up on the second level, but he did not know if they had troops. He was right, there were troops gathering even as they spoke.
Then searched, for windows or other things that might be a means of escape, but this did not see. It was almost as if he was being tracked, and that he would trapped, and that was never a good feeling.
But the Queen wasn't concerned about whether or not he was frightened, or nervous, because she had moved on, and she was thinking about other topics.
Just then a footman entered in to be room, with two other men beside him. They were a good deal shorter than you would expect, and in human terms they would be dwarfs, but there was something odd about them that made it clear they were not little people, but fully formed, and if I had time I would show you the difference between them, and little people. Little peeple have a defect, but there child can be normal. These would stay the same.
"We have the stone faun that you asked us to bring back."
"Yes, yes, putting down over there." The Queen replied, though she had only a little brain to worry about him. She had long since devoted enough time, she saw, to Thomas - because this was exactly the faun that Lucy had met. If she had just a little bit more brainpower, she would have connected that this faun was the same one that had found Lucy. But she didn't quite have that much brain power left, and it wasn't as if she'd actually asked whether this one was human, and that his all the difference in the world. But she did no the contents of his library - with books like "Is Mas A Myth"- etc.
But Eddie saw something quite different, he had never seen anything that was condemned to die. And it was not pretty - even though it was not human - there were signs that it had feelings. He looked up and down the whole figure, and every minute change was represented. The only difference was, he was gray and cold, and he realized that everything was just the way it would be represented. The knife was now to escape with.
He reached out to touch him, and under his breath, to low to resolve, he said: "Goodbye little faun." He saw packages which were turned to stone, and realized that they had caught him on aware, with the Queen right there - and that to was sad. What has he been thinking of? Here was a perfectly good faun, changed to stone, and it was going to stand perfectly still. And then he realized that there were eyes in the faun which were circling his own, as if to say that there was something recognizable. And not was truly horrible to think that the faun could recognize his face, and to nothing to about it.
"Come to me, little man, we have work to do." She motioned with her right arm, continent that he was hers, and would do anything at least for a short while. Then he would learn that she was greater than he was. But he knew that already, told by the eyes of a faun.
He stared at the faun one last time, and then followed the witch, who was now nothing to him but a witch. Then clambered outside into the snow, and he faintly saw that there was grass, and he didn't remember seeing that before. Then he saw the witch, who was truly shaken, and tried not to display any sort of feeling, but there was a discussed that only just registered. And then he knew that things were going wrong, and he had to get away. If he did not go because of the faun, he might have been just aware enough to retreat in the face that was coming. You and I will knew this has Christmas Eve, and it was the sign that the forces of Aslan were coming back to rescue Narnia. But one of the things that was on the list, was to get Eddie back on side, actually it was very important. Though neither the witch - or indeed anyone - knew that. But there were signs that few would miss in the coming hours.


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Still life in the Tramp's vest
Turf moor
Pompey were reminiscent of Nigel Benn yesterday, there we were out on the ropes, and out of nowhere came a giant right hook to ko an opponent, we may be doomed, but we will not go quietly, kicking and screaming is the Pompey way, and you can bet there will be a few more bloody noses in the Premiership before we depart.
Avram Grant decided to tinker a little once more, he still perservered with just one up front, but Webber was certainly playing a more supporting role. Hos masterstroke though was removing Marc Wilson from the firing line of central defence, he was placed in the 'Basinas' role in front of the defence, he has had his doubters of late, he was about to ram some comments down some peoples throats.
Pompey came out and it was like watching a team freed from pressure, the ball was on the deck and the passing a bit better than of late, we were not playing like Arsenal of course, but I reckon we could of matched their youth team!
Burnley are in as deep relegation trouble as Pompey, their home form is what has kept them afloat, but they were conceding possesion to the team with the hangman's noose around their necks and almost went behind in the first quarter of an hour, Belhadj fired in a cross toward Webber who deftly flicked home, the flag was up though as he had strayed marginally offside.
It took only a further 10 minutes though, and Webber was involved again, he weved and jinked and fired in a cross-shot that Piquionne managed to get to, he had got goalside of Carlisle and fired home.
The goal fired Burnley into a bit of life, they were in a game and decided they had better up their own ante, Fletcher almost pulled them level, he outstipped Rocha and then fired over James' bar, McDonald was next, he crossed from the right and James did well to squirt it out for a corner.
Pompey were undone by route one once more, but make no mistake this was a quality goal, Jensen pumped long and Paterson with his back to goal managed to lift the ball up and over James, a great opportunist goal.
There was quarter of an hour of the half to go, Burnley were on top, Elliot forced a low save from James and then came the first in a hat-trick of penalty shouts aginst Carlisle, Webber crossed and the son of Richard Whiteley got his hand in the way, both officials missed it however and Pompey were denied.
Quincy was off and Utaka was on, but O'Hara was next to threaten, he took a return pass and smashed a shot aginst Jensens' bar, the ball bounced down and Foxe blocked Webber's follow-up, so close.
This was a great game, something we have been denied a bit lately, and the second half was going to be little different. Piquionne almost got in first, but Mears produced a last ditch tackle to deny him, he did the same a couple of minutes later, but this time the hapless Carlisle was up against him, his challenge was not so clean and Pompey had a spot-kick.
Half a dozen players ran away from the responsibilty, and O'Hara stood up, he hit his penalty firmly enough, but it was to close to Jensen, he saved like he had a Fratton earlier in the season and scores were still level.
The penalty save lifted Burnley once more and Fletcher should have made Pompey pay, Mears crossed from the right and the Scot headed over from six yards with only James to beat, a real let off.
Both teams were going all out for a win, Burnley went all out with Eagles and Cork coming on, this led to a ten minute spell of Claret pressure, but James was never seriously threatened again.
Pompey got a second go from 12 yards on 75, Clarke intercepted a throw ment for his 'keeper, he was caught by both Utaka and Webber and responded by flattening Utaka, Pompey had another golden chance. This time Yebda fought off Wilson for the chance, and he smashed home, sending Jensen the wrong way for his second Pompey goal, Pompey were in front once more.
Burnley predictably threw everything at pompey now, but the defence held out, ably aided by Wilson in front of them, Rocha was the most static of the rearguard however, and he first took a yellow for a bodycheck on Eagles, and the repeated the dose 5 minutes later and saw red for the second time in his fledgling Pompey career.
Pompey were able to see out the 5 minutes injury time, Diop having a little cameo, heading clear a dangerous centre, his only contribution but a telling one.
Star Player
Time to bounce back?
Never has a ChumbaWumba song seemed more apt!


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The owner of a Broughton Street business was arrested Wednesday with a large amount of marijuana and weapons after local drug agents executed a series of search warrants.
Mark Redman, 29, was arrested in an operation conducted by Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team agents Wednesday that included search warrants at his store "Elev8ed," in the 400 block of West Broughton and in two other locations, said CNT Agent Gene Harley, the agency's spokesman.
The search warrants that were conducted at the business, at a location in the 200 block of West 37th Street and in the 300 block of Stonebridge Circle resulted in the seizure of about 13 pounds of marijuana Harley described as "high grade," estimated to be worth about $30,000. Twelve firearms including assault rifles, ballistic vests, items commonly used to distribute marijuana and an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency were also seized in the operation.
Harley said the investigation began earlier this year when CNT and U.S. Postal inspectors noticed suspected drug activity at the Broughton business.
Redman, who faces felony counts of drug trafficking, possession of a knife or firearm while committing a crime and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, was denied bond Thursday in Chatham County Recorder's Court and remains in the Chatham County jail. Harley said the investigation is continuing and additional arrests are expected to be made in the case.


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By Harold Carter
(Copyright, 1916, W. G. Chapman.)
James Randall, standing at his
garden gate, was at peace with all
the world that sunny morning in
early summer. His wife and daugh
ter were at church; he himself had
been kept in by a cold, but the weath
er was so balmy it had tempted him
into the garden. As he stood there,
secure in his sense of social integri
ty, not a memory of the past trou
bled him.
Up the street came a tramp. Ran
dall frowned. Tramps were not en
couraged in that suburban district,
which prided itself upon its social
order. The man stopped at the gate
and regarded him quietly.
"Got a dime to spare, mister?" he
Randall's hand sought his pocket
It was his instinct to be charitable,
but on second thought he refrained.
The man might be an impostor. No
man needed to be out of work these
"I guess there was a time when
you done your bit of panhandling,"
said the beggar, sneering.
Randall looked at him with grow
ing horror, clutched at the bars of
the gate and breathed like a man
with apoplexy.
"Yes, Jim, it's me Bright," said
the tramp. "I found you at last, and
I guess I'm going to talk to you. I
chose Sunday because, hearing you
was a church warden, I guessed you
wouldn't want folks to see us togeth
er. There's an hour yet before your
folks come home. You see," he add
ed, with a grin, "I got you pretty well
down in black and white before I
came here."
"Come into the garden," said Ran
dall feebly.
The tramp followed him in, and
they sat down on the bench in front
of the living room. The tramp could
pee into the neatly furnished house. 1
"Sort of spick and span, ain't it?"
said the tramp. "A little different
from the state penitentiary, I guess.
Maybe your memory carries you
back 15 years?" he added banter
ingly. "What do you want? Blackmail?"
demanded Randall roughly.
The tramp put out a bony hand
and gripped bim by the shoulder.
"More," he said laconically. "I
want the thing you hold dearest in
life, Jim. No, not your life, your
reputation. I'm going to put you out
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of your home and make you ashamed
to meet the eyes of your neighbors,
you you blackguard, you cur!"
Randall did not say a word, but
Shivered upon the seat as if struck by
ague, in spite of the sun.
"Fifteen years ago," the tramp
continued, twisting his mouth as if
a spasm of pain was racking him,
"you and I was inmates of the peni
tentiary. Correct? I see it is. I was
serving three years for robbery and
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Bowcock, P. and Perkins, M. (2003) 'Aspects of classical backgrounds and scattering for affine Toda theory on a half-line.', Journal of high energy physics., 2003 (02). p. 16.
In this paper we study various aspects of classical solutions to the affine Toda equations on a half-line with integrable boundary conditions. We begin by finding conditions that the theory has a stable vacuum by finding a Bogomolny bound on the energy, and analysing the possible singularities of the field at the boundary. Using these constraints and extensive numerical investigations we classify the vacuum configurations and reflection factors for Ar(1) Toda theories up to r = 5.
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|Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a registered charity supporting the conservation of heritage buildings and structures in recognition of their contribution to the city's economy, sustainability and culture.
Introducing our Inaugural Season of VHF Guided Bike Tours!
Brand new for 2013, Vancouver Heritage Foundation is offering guided bike tours. Take a ride through our bike-friendly city and learn some history while you're at it! Our inaugural season includes two different tours both with experienced and enthusiastic guides to inspire a range of cycling enthusiasts. Reserve your spot here for VHF's Bike Tours, visit www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org or call 604 264 9642.
First up is the Places That Matter bike tour. Join historian and avid cyclist John Atkin on a tour via Vancouver's bike lanes of Vancouver Heritage Foundation's Places That Matter plaque sites Saturday, May 25th from 1-3pm. Learn why these hidden (and not so hidden) places were chosen as part of 125 sites (plotted on Google Maps) to receive our lovely blue "Places That Matter" plaques. On the tour, you will hear the stories and see the plaques that have been installed around the city, and then make a special stop midway to take in the Nellie Yip Quong House plaque presentation live! The tour starts at Canada Place and will travel along bike lanes to get to Strathcona, False Creek, and Fairview Slopes, over the Burrard Street Bridge, and back to Robson Square (very close to the location of the archival photo pictured above).
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
- Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Starting Point: 999 Canada Place (at the information kiosk) and ending at Robson Square. Please arrive prepared with a bicycle, safety equipment, water bottle, and anything else you may need to enjoy your ride.
- $20/person + tax. Get your tickets here.
- Spokes Bicycle Rentals is generously offering a 30% discount on bike and equipment rentals to anyone attending one of our Bike Tours. Rental includes a bike, helmet and lock. Please note BC laws require all riders to wear bike helmets.
- This bike tour is recommended for intermediate cyclists (those comfortable with city cycling and mild inclines)