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The Natural Resources Conservation Service has approved the request from the San Rafael Soil Conservation District for development of a rehabilitation plan for the Millsite Dam within the Ferron Watershed. The 35 year old multi-purpose dam located just upstream of the town of Ferron was constructed for irrigation, flood prevention, sediment control for rural agricultural land, municipal and industrial use as well as recreation.
"Because of the age and condition of the dam and the changes in safety and performance criteria, we have asked for assistance from NRCS in rehabilitating the dam to ensure it remains safe and continues to function as it was designed," said Roger Barton, District Board Chairperson. The dam was designed for a 100-year lifespan and has provided irrigation storage, flood protection and recreation for 35 years, but now updates are needed to bring the structure into full compliance with State Dam Safety and NRCS safety and performance criteria.
The NRCS will soon begin looking at alternatives and developing a rehabilitation plan. Landowners and others who are involved or affected by the project will have an opportunity to provide input into the plan. Rehabilitation alternatives can include removal of the dam or combinations of several other options such as replacement of concrete and metal components of the principal spillway, increasing the height of the dam and width of the auxiliary spillway, and other options depending on conditions of the dam and what is located downstream.
The Millsite Dam is one of 10 dams built in the Ferron Watershed. These 10 dams provide an estimated $3 million in annual benefits. This is Utah's first rehabilitation project initiated through the Watershed Rehabilitation Amendment to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. The Act authorizes the USDA-NRCS to work with local communities and watershed project sponsors to address public health and safety concerns and potential adverse impacts of aging dams. If the plan is approved NRCS can provide 65 percent of the funding for rehabilitation and the other 35 percent of the funding will come from state and/or local appropriated funds.


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Now that it has approval from voters, Springfield's casino bid is a step–or more–ahead of it its competitors in West Springfield and Palmer. The three communities are trying to secure western Massachusetts' lone casino license.
Palmer is the only community of the three not to have an agreement with a casino operator. The town and Mohegan Sun continue to negotiate a deal for a billion-dollar resort casino near the Massachusetts Turnpike. Mitchell Etess is the CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. He says they are hoping to have an agreement by the end of the month . Etess says there is a reason why it's taking longer in Palmer than it did in Springfield or West Springfield.
"We were very, very thorough in providing a lot of information, a lot of outside studies and consultants to the town of of Palmer and I'm not quite sure the rigor and detail and studies were made in some of the other jurisdictions."


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The Life Instinct: unification, the eternal return, the perpetuation and MAINTENANCE of the species, survival systems and operations, equilibrium.
– Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969!
Here are five books I read this month, and pictures of three more. An asterisk means the book (or zine) came out less than 365 days ago. (The green polish is Selena Gomez Nicole by Opi. I don't own the bottle but I did bonk my thumb running for the #18, and a nice lady at the library let me do a touch-up. The silver is Wet n Wild.)


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Indiana Code 6-3.1-30.5 and Indiana Code 20-51 create a School Scholarship and School Scholarship Tax Credit Program. Funding for scholarships will come from private, charitable donations to qualified scholarship granting organizations (SGOs). Donors (individuals or corporations) will be eligible to take advantage of a 50% tax credit. While there are no limits on the size of qualifying contributions to an SGO, the entire tax credit program has a limit of $8.5 million for FY2016, and is increased to $9.5 million for FY2017. This permits up to $17 million in donations and scholarships for FY2016, and up to $18 million in donations and scholarships for FY2017.
A scholarship granting organization is eligible for certification from the Indiana Department of Education if it is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is organized at least in part to grant school scholarships. An SGO cannot limit the scholarships it provides under the program to children attending a particular school. SGOs will be required to meet organizational and financial reporting requirements.
Parents will apply for scholarships from a certified SGO, which may establish certain requirements for the scholarships they provide. A student is eligible to apply for the program if the student is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than two hundred percent (200%) of the amount required to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program.
A participating school is a public or nonpublic school to which an eligible student is required to pay tuition or transfer tuition to attend and which voluntarily agrees to enroll the student. Participating schools must be accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education or a state, national or regional accreditation organization and must administer the ISTEP+.
Both the Indiana Department of Revenue and Indiana Department of Education have adopted rules to implement the program. The Indiana Department of Education has created an application and agreement for certification as a scholarship granting organization.
An organization that seeks certification as an SGO must submit the application and agreement as well as documents that establish eligibility under applicable statutes and rules. The documents must include:
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- List of Approved Accrediting Agencies - updated 01/25/2017
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Virgin Australia launches new partnership with Showbiz International to offer events and entertainment tickets07/08/2012
Virgin Australia today launched a new partnership with Showbiz International to enable Velocity Frequent Flyer members to earn Points when purchasing events and entertainment tickets on 'the box office'.
'The box office' is a website that offers event tickets and packages for a range of experiences including concerts, theatre, opera, ballet, musicals, sports and other major events in Australia and New Zealand. Velocity Frequent Flyer members will earn 3 Points per dollar spent at 'the box office'.*
Velocity Frequent Flyer General Manager, Phil Gunter said: "Since Velocity Frequent Flyer first launched, we have been committed to offering our members a range of entertainment experiences for which they can be rewarded.
"'The box office' will allow us to take these offerings to a whole new level, providing a one-stop shop for a range of events, along with exclusive benefits including access to ticket pre-sales, special offers and all-inclusive event packages.
"We are also pleased to offer the most competitive earn rate of any Australian frequent flyer program in the event and entertainment ticketing space", Mr Gunter said.
Showbiz International CEO Craig McMaster said: "Showbiz is Australia's most highly regarded premium and speciality ticketing partner, and we're proud to announce this exciting new partnership and join with Velocity Frequent Flyer and Virgin Australia to launch 'the box office'.
"Virgin Australia is actively supporting both presenters and performers, and the Australian live entertainment industry. We are very excited that we can add to this with a fantastic new platform that we are confident will deliver a first class ticketing service and online experience for Velocity Frequent Flyer members", Mr McMaster said.
Virgin Australia is the official airline sponsor of a range of arts and cultural events which are currently featured on 'the box office' including Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap and Legally Blonde – The Musical.
Visit 'the box office' now at www.showbiz.com.au/virginaustralia or www.showbiznz.co.nz/virginaustralia (within New Zealand).


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PRICE-Ephraim James Henrie, born Oct. 29, 1918 to Mary Elizabeth Quinn and Melvin James Henrie, died Feb. 23, 2011 at his home. He married Jennie V. Barney Dec. 15, 1938 in Price, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Jennie preceded him in death. Lela Mott Thacker became his second wife on Oct. 14, 2000 in Price, Utah. He said he was a lucky man to have loved and been loved by two good women.
He left school after the 10th grade to help support his family. He worked for Livingston Dairy, which he later purchased. Tiring of cows he went to work in the logging industry where he learned to operate a cat. This began his career in construction. He worked as an equipment operator until he opened Henrie Construction. He ran this company for 44 years.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he served as a Young Men's leader, a bishopric counselor, the second bishop of the Carbonville Ward and as a high counselor.
He served in the Army of the United States in the 271st Field Artillery Battalion during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations. His unit saw action in New Guinea, the Philippines and was among the first troops to occupy Japan. He enlisted as a private and was discharged as a first sergeant.
He is survived by his wife, Lela; children Joan (Darwin) Hunt, Price; Thelda Wimmer, Price; Lonnie Thacker, Salt Lake City; Arbra (David) Wall, Mountain Green; Stan Thacker, Salt Lake City; Nedra (Carey) Seal, Ogden; sister Alice Dimick, Florida; 14 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Jennie; siblings, Melva Huntington, Wallace (Dick) Henrie, Blain Henrie, Phyllis Henrie, and son-in-law Jack Wimmer.
Funeral services were held on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the Westwood LDS Chapel (175 North 1280 West-Price, Utah). A viewing was held on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary (680 East 100 South-Price, Utah) and also on Monday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Interment was in the Price City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Eph at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Strong start for Canadians at under-21 world championships in beach volleyball
HALIFAX – Number-one seeds Garrett May and Danny Demyanenko of Toronto posted victories in their opening two matches in men's round robin play on Thursday to open the 25-country under-21 world championships in beach volleyball.
Fiodar Kazhamiaka of Waterloo, Ont., and William Sidgwick of Toronto also won twice.
May, who won the under-21 world title last year with Sam Schachter of Toronto, and Demyanenko defeated Haralds Regza and Armands Abolin of Latvia 22-20, 19-21, 15-11 in the morning and Jiasu Dou and Jiaxin Wu of China 21-11, 21-17 in the afternoon.
"We had two great matches today, especially when you consider that Danny and I have only played together for a month," said May after his second win of the day. "We got behind early in both matches but we settled down in both and were able to side out better, play to our strengths and get the wins.
''I feel the pressure as a defending champion and playing in my home country but it's also a good feeling knowing I am playing here in Canada."
Kazhamiaka and Sidgwick, the sixth seeds, opened with a victory over compatriots Nick Del Bianco and Ben Chow of Surrey, B.C., 21-18, 17-21, 16-14 then downed Tkakumi Takahashi and Tatsuya Watanabe of Japan 23-21, 21-19.
Del Bianco and Chow, seeded seventh, bounced back to win their second match over Jose Ruiz and Maikhol Salcedo Valero of Venezuela 21-11, 21-12.
In women's competition, Alexandra Hudson of Mississauga, Ont., and Charlotte Sider of St. Stephen, N.B., are 1-1 in round robin play while Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto as well as Sarah Gosselin of Granby, Que., and Sara Robichaud of Gatineau, Que., both dropped their opening two matches.
Competition continues Friday with the third and final round robin matches for the 24 teams in both the men's and women's draw and round one of the elimination matches.
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August 29, 2013
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Exactly one year after they made one of the biggest trades in baseball history, the Dodgers and Red Sox completed a three-game series Sunday night at Dodger Stadium.
Both teams remained mediocre last season following the nine-player trade but this season both have emerged as division leaders and World Series hopefuls.
The teams had completely different reasons for getting together for the deal but, remarkably, making the dramatic moves allowed both to significantly upgrade their championship hopes.
"We wanted to build credibility," said Dodger general manager Ned Colletti.
"We showed the fans the new ownership is for real."
The Dodgers became the first team in baseball history to acquire two players in a trade who had more than $100 million remaining on their contracts.
Adrian Gonzalez had around $160 million remaining and Carl Crawford $102 million. The Dodgers also acquired Josh Beckett and Nick Punto.
Suddenly the Dodgers emerged from the Frank McCourt era into a new life under the direction of Mark Walter, Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten.
The Dodgers also signed Zack Greinke as a free agent and Yasiel Puig as a newcomer to United States baseball, both receiving millions.
"In baseball you have to spend a lot to be successful," said Johnson.
So they're a serious contender now, entering September 10 games ahead of second place Arizona and further ahead of San Francisco, which won the World Series twice recently.
The Red Sox had an opposite goal, dumping expensive salaries of players not performing well in a losing season.
They spent a great deal of the money saved on new players. They signed Shane Victorino, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster and gave Dustin Pedroia a new $100 million contract.
I was impressed with Pedroia over the weekend when the Red Sox took two out of three games from the Dodgers. It was the Dodgers' first series in the last 19, spanning two months, when they lost. They had either won or broken even in every series since June.
We have now identified the five National League teams who are going to be in the playoffs. The Dodgers and Atlanta Braves will win their divisions. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati are dueling for supremacy in the Central Division and all three will make the playoffs.
What will happen next? The team playing the best will get to the World Series against a suitable opponent from the American League.
The Dodgers are drawing around 50,000 for each game these days. It's pretty cool.
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At a recent farm-to-table dinner at the Gibbet Hill Grill in Groton, Massachusetts, I found myself in deep conversation about beets with Bill Adler. He's a bigwig in the hip-hop music world and an encyclopedia of information on myriad subjects. He's also a beet fanatic. His wife, Sara Moulton, a celebrity chef, isn't.
"There was a great meeting of cultures in my house," Bill laughed. "After Little League baseball practice, the great American sport, my Russian parents would give me a tall glass of cold beet juice—instead of milk or lemonade—and I loved it."
Sara's face puckered in distaste, quickly changing to a smile. "I love my husband," she said, "so I had to figure out a way to embrace the beets. I came up with a recipe that even I can't resist."
Sara, a former executive chef at Gourmet magazine and now host of a popular PBS cooking show called Sara's Weeknight Meals, riffed on taking a common salad combination—roasted beets, walnuts, and goat cheese—and serving it with pasta. This dish is arrestingly beautiful on the plate, rich and creamy without gobs of fat, easy, quick (the beets go in raw), and vegetarian. (Swap out the feta and substitute a dairy-free ingredient and it's even vegan.)
As for us, we're crazy for these root vegetables–they're earthy and sweet, and come in oh-so-beautiful colors, from deep, purply reds to rich, egg-yolk yellows to silly pink-and-white-striped. All are filled to capacity with vitamins and other nutrients that promote heart, liver, and colon health.
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Taking the first step is always the hardest. The hardest part about starting a fitness and exercise program is just getting started. Here are a few tips to help you get started.
- Consult your physician. Always speak with your family physician before undertaking an exercise program, just to make sure that you're health enough to exercise. They can also provide you with other valuable information to help you get started.
- Decide whether or not to join a gym. This is probably the biggest decision to make. If you can afford a gym and can work it into your schedule then it's definitely the way to go. If you can afford a personal trainer then you'll see even better results. Working out at home can be effective, but the lack of equipment might possibly slow your progress.
- Plan your program. Any program should include cardiovascular training, strength training, and even flexibility conditioning. Whether at home or at the gym you need to include all three phases into your workouts. Always start and finish your workouts by stretching. Warmup with cardio training and then move on to strength training.
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Top Teachers: Todd Ritter
Henrico H.S., drama
It was a circuitous path that led Todd Ritter to his job teaching drama and technical theatre at Henrico High.
But after 11 years, he still views it as "the best job in the world."
Prior to teaching, during his 15 years in professional theatre, he noticed that student volunteers or interns were often the hardest workers at the theaters where he spent time. "Their wide-eyed appreciation for theatre was always so refreshing," he recalled.
When he moved to Richmond, Ritter was asked to be the guest artist at the Center for the Arts and immensely enjoyed working with the students there. After two years, the previous teacher moved on, and suggested Ritter apply for the job.
Today, he sees artistic endeavor and study as the glue that holds education together.
"Without art education, we lose perspective. Art can be the spark in a child that brings them back to their desks the next day."
In many respects, said Ritter, his job entails helping parents and students understand that "art does not occur in a vacuum," and that playwrights, artist, dancers and songwriters are influenced by the world and events around them.
"We as artists cannot help but let the outside world mold what we do as artists," he said. "Therefore, it is essential to study history and other art forms in order to gain perspective."
One of his favorite teaching memories, in fact, involved a sophomore who came running into his class many years ago.
"Mr. Ritter!" the student said. "We were talking about the Greeks in history today, and I completely understood what the teacher was talking about because of your lectures last year!"
Another thing he enjoys about the job is working with "my fellow teachers – some of the most dedicated and passionate teachers that I have ever met." Among the role models who have inspired him in college and beyond, he said, is the center's past director, Lee Hanchey.
"If I can do half the things that she accomplished as a teacher, I know I will be a success," he said.
Parents, he said, have also made his job much easier; some are so "fiercely loyal" that they continue to support and help him years after their child has graduated.
On the other hand, there are many parents he has never met, or has only met at graduation – even though in many cases he has worked with their child for four years.
He can't help wishing that more parents understood how crucial it is to be involved all the way through high school.
"As a father of two very young children," he said, "I already understand where they are coming from. By the time your child reaches high school you have served on enough committees, bought enough wrapping paper and baked enough cookies for two lifetimes.
"But as a high school teacher I wish they could hold on for just a few more years."
High school students may be young adults, but they still need guidance and encouragement – as evidenced by the senior whose mind he changed about college.
"[The student] felt that they didn't stand a chance of getting in, but after much persuasion, they tried and got accepted.
"Whenever I think back to that moment," said Ritter, "I know that I made a difference, and I use that feeling to drive me when I get really stressed at work."
Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
RIR's Christmas tree lighting rescheduled for Dec. 12
Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
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Given the warm weather lately, Saturday's RVA Polar Plunge Winter Fest, benefiting Special Olympics Virginia, might actually be enjoyable! Other weekend events you're sure to enjoy include the 14th annual Richmond Kids Expo at the Richmond Raceway Complex, the Richmond Symphony and The Taters in concert at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, and the Richmond Ballet Minds in Motion Team XXL performing at the Henrico Theatre. This is also the last weekend to check out HATTheatre's production of "Bill W. and Dr. Bob." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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CalendarThe University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts will present Manual Cinema's "Mementos Mori" at 7:30 p.m. in Alice Jepson Theatre. Manual Cinema's most ambitious show to date, a cast of six puppeteers use hundreds of paper puppets, seven overhead projectors, two cameras, and three screens to create a live "movie" in front of the audience. Accompanied by four musicians and live sound effects, the result is a rich mosaic of cinematic storytelling. Tickets are $17 to $34. For details, call 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu. Full text


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Canadians rebound with impressive win at Junior Pan Am Cup
PANAMA CITY – Bradley Kufske of Abbotsford, B.C., scored 18 points to lead Canada to its first victory in round robin play at the Junior Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament on Thursday.
The Canadians defeated Mexico 25-16, 25-22, 20-25, 25-20 to even their record at one win and one loss. Chile defeated Puerto Rico in straight games to grab top spot in Group B at 2-0 while Canada and Puerto Rico are 1-1 and Mexico is 0-2.
Three other Canadians scored 12 points each. Lucas Van Berkel of Edmonton who registered six of his points on blocks and added two service aces, as well as Daniel Moreau and Nicholas Hoag, both of Sherbrooke, Que.
The Canadians conclude the round robin Friday against Puerto Rico. The top team in each Group gets a bye to the semifinals while second and third place must play a quarterfinal on Saturday. The semis are Sunday and the placement matches Monday.
The men's national junior volleyball team sorted by province:
Alberta: Tristan Aubry, Edmonton; Jay Olmstead, Edmonton; Lucas VanBerkel, Edmonton; Branden Schmidt, Winton; Jarron Mueller, Calgary.
B.C.: Alex Davis, White Rock; Bradley Kufske, Abbotsford; Derek Thiessen, Coquitlam.
Manitoba: Brett Wiess, Winnipeg.
Ontario: Tyler (TJ) Sanders, London.
Quebec: Nicholas Hoag, Sherbrooke; Daniel Moreau, Sherbrooke; Tommy Bélisle, Quebec City.
Saskatchewan: Braden McLean, Birch Hills.
Head coach: Georges Laplante, Montreal
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Around the Nation - Debut Edition
Kent Wilson
August 21 2011 09:31PM
It's been a big summer for the Nations. We've added some stellar talent to Leafs Nation, Canucks Army and Flames Nation. We had five writers at the draft and managed to debut Flames Nation radio. Oilers Nation radio has grown in audience with each iteration. And the return of the Jets allowed us to add the newest member site to the network.
Wanye's motley empire has grown and with that growth has come some notable content along the way. As a result, we have decided to start collecting some the network's best posts each week in one, convenient link dump.
So without futher ado, we present Around the Nation:
Rick Rypien
A number of different Nation takes appeared after Rick Rypien's tragic passing. Chemmy of Leafs Nation expressed his growing distaste with fighting in hockey in the aftermath. Guest blogger Trevor Pesiloski for Canucks Army opines on the difficulties and stigmas people with psychological problems face while Dean Belanger has a more personal take a Jets Nation, including links to potential help for depression sufferers.
Finally, Jason Gregor implores everyone to allow the facts to come out before partisan factions of the "fighting/no fighting" start using Rypien's death as a talking point in the debate.
New Faces
After a rigorous search and some contentious voting (see comments), Flamesnation added frequent commenter and moderator Vintage Flame to the voices of the Nation. VF's debut post was a shot across the bow of Calgary's northern neighbors, replete with both detailed tables and insulting photoshops.
Leafs Nation added the detail oriented JP Nikota to the roster and he has already published two in-depth articles on Leaf shot and goal location from last season. The second article deals with Nikolai Kulemin's big jump in shooting percentage and whether it will be will be sustainable.
Finally, Jets Nation added Dean Belanger and Matt Eichel to the rotation.
In case you missed it, Thomas Drance tracked down a french Roberto Luongo interview regarding his criticisms of Tim Thomas during the playoffs and had it translated by Stuart St-Amant. James Murphy of ESPN Boston picked up the story and used St-Aman's translation, but without attribution to Canucks Army. NESN Boston ran with it as well, but gave CA a hat-tip, as did Puck Daddy. During a twitter exchange on the matter, Murphy claimed that any attribution he gave to Sy-Amant/CA was edited out of the final cut of his post.
- Jonathan Willis discusses the Oilers dreadful record in one-goal games last year and suggests the team might be in line for an improvement on that front. Robin Brownlee transcribes some of Jason Gregor's interview with coach Tom Renney, specifically the bits on the utility of stats in hockey. Renney's answers struck me as entirely reasonable, including:
Like everybody else, we all pay attention to chances-plus/minus, you know, and the synergy between yourself and a defence partner or the synergy between a line, the synergy between a group of five guys, and what does that chance total look like at the end of the period, the end of a game, the end of a segment?
...I do pay close attention to that and spend a number of hours after each game sort of reviewing the game and looking at chances for and against and try to identify the synergy that might be taking place. That's important to me.
- Flamesnation's discussion of Calgary's enduring mediocrity concluded with my own look at the Flames underlying numbers against the elite teams in the NHL last season (they are predictably underwhelming). The rest of the series is summarized at the end of the post as well.
- Pension Plan Puppets takes a long look at the Leafs October schedule, including number of home games and strength of schedule. He even looks at the Leafs opening record going back to 2005-06.
Speaking of retrospectives, Danny Gray considers the Leafs summer of 1997, a time of drastic change for the organization. Bill Waters was actually the interim GM for a time that off-season.
- To go with the Lunogo interview, Thom Drance also tracked down a translated Henrik Sedin interview, originally from Jonatan Lindquist and managed to discuss Canucks goaltending prospect David Hoznik with Jerome Berube of Hockey Prospects and Justin Goldman of the Goalie Guild. Not that puck stopping prospects are of immediate interest to Canucks fans given their depth in the crease.
That was but a modest sampling of the Netowork's output last week. Be sure to click around to see everything the Nations has to offer.
August 21 2011, 10:07PM
Can you please make links underlined in your article text?
It's very difficult to see very dark blue links next to black text on a white background. Thanks.
I kinda agree, and you must be colour blind like me, quite often I miss links since there is nothing to highlight them and the colours fade into each other and nothing pops at us.
In other regards, great work on the nations Kent, I do click back and forth and check them all at least once day, can't wait for the season to start.
August 21 2011, 10:20PM
Cheers. We should have some interesting announcements near season start as well.
Interesting announcements like how the flames are going to be loosers* to the oilers 6 times this year ;)
*Yes I said "loosers" intentionally and with obvious sarcasm before the grammar police come and say "haha you spelled looser, your dumb, its loser!"
Can you please make links underlined in your article text?
It's very difficult to see very dark blue links next to black text on a white background. Thanks.
August 21 2011, 10:35PM
Fixed. I agree the default color scheme on ON can be problematic for links purposes sometimes.
I was noticing that same problem at JN as well in this morning's link dump. The blue just blends in, so underlining or bolding will be the way to go from now on.
Interesting announcements like how the flames are going to be loosers* to the oilers 6 times this year ;)
*Yes I said "loosers" intentionally and with obvious sarcasm before the grammar police come and say "haha you spelled looser, your dumb, its loser!"
You're not your. It's not its.
"Those guys in Edmonton are so stupid!"
You're not your. It's not its.
"Those guys in Edmonton are so stupid!"
Actually either its or it's is now acceptable.
Actually either its or it's is now acceptable.
Crap... Really? Education ain't what it used to be.
August 22 2011, 03:59PM
Crap... Really? Education ain't what it used to be.
Yaa... Your a stoopid looser. And so are the grammer and spellign police. Their never gunna get a gf
August 22 2011, 04:00PM
For real though, thanks for the update Kent. The Nations are taking off!
August 22 2011, 04:04PM
Yaa... Your a stoopid looser. And so are the grammer and spellign police. Their never gunna get a gf
Actually, I think that was his bid in part to add to the sarcasm that was my comment eh.
Mind you, I do work construction and its been along while since I was in school so my grammer probably ain't all it could be... meh its a blog and not a school paper.
All we need now is a special edit button for the mods that whenever someone spells Gagne it auto corrects to Gagner :)
Make it so Kent!


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Nigeria's President Buhari appoints former investment banker Kemi Adeosun as finance minister, putting her in charge of Africa's largest economy.
Seth Terkper : "Ghana has a hopeful economy"
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VHCC Rotaract Club will be selling raffle tickets from now until November 2, 2012 for $1.00 each (Buy 3, Get 1 Free) for the Jason Sabbides painting. The drawing will be held on November 2 at 2:00 p.m. All proceeds will be used to assist VHCC student's purchase art supplies for VHCC art classes. Purchase your raffle tickets in Michael McBride's office (ISC 128D) and in the Wolves' Den.
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Plan now for 2013.
by Patti Hurtgen, Hoard's Dairyman, Online Media Manager
"Rethinking your feeding options for 2013" was the topic of discussion on yesterday's (October) Hoard's Dairyman webinar presented by Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois. Drought-stressed feed, low yields and high prices force dairy producers to look ahead at what their options are moving into next year. Zinpro Performance Mineral sponsored the webinar. Learn more about the sponsor at www.zinpro.com/dairy.
Strategy 1: Lower your costs in 2012
Hutjens challenged listeners to look at income over feed costs, feed efficiency, feed cost per pound of dry matter, feed cost per 100 pounds of milk produced and feed costs per cow. Hutjens used a ration with Illinois-based feed prices and had a $7.33 price tag to feed each milking cow per day. A $20 per hundredweight price for milk was needed just to break-even.
Strategy 2: Evaluate your forage status at the farm
If it looks like you will be short of forage, look to cull cows with reproductive issues, high somatic cell counts and low producing cows. Another consideration is to sell lower-end young stock. Hutjens found that raising heifers costs $1,700. But we could currently buy heifers for $1,500. Obviously, heifers that will not be profitable as milk cows should be culled before calving.
Adding by-product feeds to your rations can also help stretch your feed supply. He recommends purchasing forages now so that inventory is not depleted before next year's forage is ready.
Strategy 3: Calculate "good buys"
Depending on where you live, feed prices will vary for many reasons including growing costs and transportation. Hutjens demonstrated FeedVal 2012 and Sesame, two programs that can determine if a feed is a good buy, based on its nutrient value and cost. Details on these programs can be found on the webinar at www.hoards.com/webinars by the end of the week.
Strategy 4: Find "free feed"
While feed will not magically appear on your dairy, there are ways to keep it from disappearing before it can be fed to cows. He suggests monitoring weigh-backs to see how much extra feed is being left in the manger, with a goal of 1 to 2 percent. (In normal years up to 5 percent is acceptable.) Another way to control lost feed is to look for feed that is trapped in equipment (tires, ledges and so forth) or spilled. Wind and birds can fly away with your valuable inventory, while rain damage can soak up portions of good quality feed. Some dairies even pay bonuses to feeders when the ration is mixed within 5 percent of the specifications, because excess feed or short supplies in a ration can cause bigger problems in the long run. Another way to prevent losses includes covering bales with plastic or tarps, and storing hay on palates or under cover.
Strategy 5: Control your risk
With the weather this year, there is greater risk not only to feed quantity, but quality. Corn silage can be susceptible to aflatoxins, mycotoxins, yeast, mold and nitrates due to this year's climate. Hutjens shared reports from two feed laboratories on the current feed tests and how that can affect milk quality through residues. He recommends testing your feeds and removing any at-risk feeds immediately to avoid the costly problem of dumping a tank of milk due to residues. Your milk cooperative can help you by monitoring milk weekly for any changes as producers begin to feed from this fall's crops.
Hutjens believes 2013 will be a challenging year, but high producing cows will still be profit centers. Good decisions should be the same when made with $16 or $22 per hundredweight. Focus on forages, by-products, feed additive selection, and starch as economical and healthy strategies. And Hutjens reiterated his Golden Rule: Never give up milk production. Don't make sacrifices that will not benefit you or your cows in the long term.
The next webinar will be on Monday, November 12 at noon (CST). "Sorting through our cropping strategies" will be presented by Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The respected forage specialist will address cropping strategies in the wake of drought and record-high feed prices. He'll focus on the drought's impact and a long growing season's effect on established alfalfa and new seedings, including winterkill. Dan will discuss the role small grains can play in filling forage needs. Register for the free webinar at www.hoards.com/webinars.The free webinar is sponsored by Merial's "Best in Class Dairies" program.
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School Delays for Thursday 1/24/13
• Columbia-Burbank Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool
• College Place Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool
• Prescott Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, Buses on main roads only
• College Place Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool
• Paterson Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No preschool, Buses on snow routes
• Walla Walla Sch. Dist. - Thursday, January 24 -- Walla Walla Public Schools are operating on a two-hour delay this morning. Morning preschool programs, breakfast services, AM Explorers and 5th grade strings class are canceled.
• Kahlotus Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool
Waitsburg School District will have a two hour delayed start on Thursday, Jan 24. Classes begin at 10:30 a.m. No elementary ski program today.
All Boardman schools- Closed
All Irrigon schools- Closed
Helix School District- Closed
Hermiston School District- Closed
Hermiston Early Learning Center- Closed
Ione School District- Closed
Pendleton School District- Closed
Hawthorne Early Learning Center (Pendleton)- Closed
Nixyaawii Community School- Closed
Stanfield School District- Closed
Umatilla School District- Closed
Update- Echo School District- Closed
Milton-Freewater Unified School District (no a.m. or p.m. kindergarten)- 2 HR Delay
Eastside Early Learning Center (Milton-Freewater)- 2 HR Delay
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- Samsung leadership crisis may be worse than you think (Feb 21) - Fortune
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- Toshiba seeks at least US$8.8 billion in chip stake sale (Feb 21) - Bloomberg
- Harman approves Samsung merger (Feb 18) - AndroidHeadlines
- Samsung to use Sony batteries in Galaxy S8 phone (Feb 17) - Wall Street Journal
- Apple has teamed up with Broadcom to build wireless charging for iPhone, says JPMorgan analyst (Feb 17) - CNBC
- Infineon braces for Wolfspeed deal collapse over US security fears (Feb 16) - Reuters
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- Digitimes Research: Shrinking tablet market prompts China touch panel supply chain to look for growth elsewhere
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- Xiaomi likely to unveil in-house developed CPUs on February 28
- Marketech profit climbs to 12-year high
- AUO undaunted by China competition, says chairman
- New iPhone shipments to reach 100 million in 2017, says TrendForce
- LG Display may become supplier to Samsung
- Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches Mi Note 2, Redmi Note 4X
- Taiwan market: kbro to upgrade cable modem access to Internet to 500Mbps
- Acer unveils smart roadside parking management system
- Testing solution provider Chroma Ate posts 2016 EPS of NT$4.53
- Foxconn turns to China, initiates large-scale recruitment for company
- Gamania Digital Entertainment aims at revenues of over NT$10 billion for 2017
- China market: White-box smartphone supply chain faces increasing pressure from brand vendors
- Panasonic, Sharp capitalize on JCM to export PV modules, says report
- TPV to set up LCD TV factory in China, says paper
- TPK to quit touch panel production for Apple Watch, say sources
- Foxconn chairman pledges shares for loans
- Digitimes Research: Global electric vehicle market heating up
- China adds PV installation capacity of 34.54GWp in 2016, says CPIA
- Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile to collaborate on 5G NR trials at 3.5 GHz
- Qualcomm begins comeback fight against Korean FTC
- Worldwide public cloud services spending forecast to reach US$122.5 billion in 2017, says IDC
- Intel pushing new 5G chip
- Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments up slightly in January
- PCB maker Tripod sees EPS hit 5-year high in 2016
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- Toshio Maruyama of Advantest receives SEMI Marketing Excellence Award
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
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Back to 2006 when total revenues for the third-party module market reached US$12.2 billion, Taiwan had over 15 vendors shipping DRAM modules under their own brand...
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Worries about a global economic downturn have taken a toll on a number of industries, with the semiconductor industry being no exception. Players in the semiconductor...
- Foundry overview - Sep 2006
Taiwan's semiconductor industry has begun to out-run its global peers, once more, in 2006. This followed a trough in 2004, caused by over-inventory, plus volatility...
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Skip to comments.Woman Falls 17 Stories to Her Death; AP Implies She Deserved It
Posted on 08/02/2013 3:44:57 PM PDT by grundle
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I have a friend who I only go to her home in the summer time when we can sit outside at the picnic table because I break out in hives inside if I sit down - because I am allergic to her husband's cologne and it has permeated all of their furniture. He understands this and never wears that cologne when we go out together or they come to my home.
Do you think people object to cigarette smoke just because they are jerks or busybodies?
Not all, but most I have encountered are exactly that. In fact, encountered a group of them just yesterday. They walked through the door, that has a sign stating smoking was permitted and immediately started complaining about it.
Or could it be possible that it really, truly is an obnoxious odor?
Totally a subjective opinion because others do not find it to be obnoxious.
LOL...I remember when I was a little kid, my pediatrician smoked, and he lived well into his 80s.
Her nose is really sensitive to farts. She can't smell cigarette smoke, but farts she knows.
So you choose to be, "pretty social," but the people who smoke where you choose to socialize should curb their behavior to accommodate your choice of activities and venues?
If it bothers you so much, stay home.
The smoking didnt kill her, did it?
Saying that smoking is hazardous to your health when someone died from causes unrelated to smoking is silly. She was killed by falling from a 17th floor balcony. There's no reason to be outraged by the cigarettes, but rather the outrage should be focused at her building management. Seriously.
I don't expecg go see "penthouse letters" on FR.
Nice change of subject from what was said in #43 and my response to it.
I was a smoker, a toker and a midnight joker.
You always had a choice, little man, without making a federal case out of it.
If you're a sensitive non-smoker, just don't visit smokers.
If you're a militant non-smoker, don't invite smokers to your house and presume a) that they will accept your invitation; or b) That they will insist on smoking in the house of a neurotic, controlling freak.
And don't go there. The story in NOT about smoking in a place of employment, or a public or commercial building.
Yeppers. Doctors are people and about 15% smoke just like the populace. The other 85% didn't quit smoking.....they quit buying. Bums and tightwads all.
I'll bet you anything that for statistical purposes this will be ruled as a "tobacco related death." A few years ago in Louisiana there was a group pushing for some major restrictions/bans on where you could smoke. I looked at some of their literature, and my eye was caught by a graph showing the ages of "tobacco related deaths." It seemed strange to me that any kids under 18 would have used tobacco long enough to kill them, and yet the graph made it looked like a handful of them had one year. I did a little research on my own, and found that the minors had died in house fires that were suspected of having been started by a lit cigarette.
They were listed as, "tobacco related deaths."
A humanitarian!
Agonizing over others making choices that lower the value of their own house.
We used to call people like that irrational busybodies. Or controlling twits.
I don't believe smoking is as much of a hazard as we are constantly being told, no. I see many more ill people who are ill as a consequence of poor diet or alcohol. Perhaps some people are more sensitive to the effects than others.
There are studies to prove anything. Some studies show smokers have less chance of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and pancreatic cancer. Anecdotally, I don't recall those specific diseases being prevalent back when smoking was ubiquitous. Right now, I know of 3 people who never smoked, yet are dealing with terrible cancers. I know others who have suffered from autoimmune conditions from an early age and who neither smoke or drink, have never done drugs and eat healthy diets. I know older, long term smokers who are fit, healthy, rarely ill and still working. Everyone knows of such instances.
I would not smoke in someone's home, car or in an enclosed public space if it is not desired/allowed. I think the edicts against smoking outside are silly.
I mainly wish Americans would go back to not interfering in the lives of others. Smoke, drink, eat whatever you please and engage in whatever recreational activities you choose and don't hassle or guilt-trip others about their personal choices. We all die of something, some people are healthy until the end and some die sooner than others.
If one checks the photos of the railing, as i see it concrete formed with NO
re-enforcement by rebar/iron!
It happens that crooked Contractors skimp/skip on the rebar that codes call for.
Yes, those references are for Manhattan only. The other boroughs have their own lingos.
First off, I've never smoked. In the 1970's, I was a hospital patient sharing a room with a smoker. I was there for two days.
I felt fine until they wheeled in Thelma. I was fine, that is, until she woke up and lit up the first of many cigarettes, which she chain smoked. After awhile, the fumes began to nauseate me, and my head to ache.
Up until that time, smoking was rare enough in my family life that when I went out, I sort of enjoyed the smell. Now I was trapped, and I had to endure it.
The room stayed hazy all of the time. When Thelma's family visited in the evening, they all smoked. I complained to the nurses and the doctor, but those were different times. While they were sympathetic, I was told Thelma and her visitors had every right to light up, even if it sickened me.
My eyes, nostrils and throat burned from the smoke. I'd walk down the hall and sit in the waiting room, but smokers were there, too, or the cigarette odors they left behind.
Because I couldn't leave and go home, I resented being forced to inhale the smoke and have its residue stick to my hair, skin, gown and bedding. I could taste it, and I couldn't wait to get out of there!
When I finally did get out to our car, my head began to clear. I brought the odor home with me, and my parents complained about it, too. I showered and washed everything, but it took a couple of days for the odor to fade from the house and the car.
Now, the smell of cigarettes is rare enough again that I sometimes enjoy the smell of them. However, based on my experience when I was 19, I don't know if I could physically tolerate smoking in close quarters for very long.
Thelma and her visitors? Why they were just plain offish, selfish and rude individuals. They didn't know whether I was in for tests, or sick, and they didn't care.
That's the way it was. "Good times", indeed.
She worked for the New Yorker and Cosmopolitan???
Well then, OF COURSE she deserved to fall off a 17th story balcony.
Let me guess, they built the Building when Bush was President, right?
Is there such a thing as "Big Railing", and did they meet privately with Darth Cheney at the White House?
What the hell are you talking about?
I simply posited ta guess that the railing may have given way due to naughty time on the balcony. I never said that sex outside marriage or sex outside on a balcony should be a capital offense. Now did I ever say that if the woman was having sex that makes her any less a victim.
It's you who is being a bit quick to judge here, not me.
Oh, yes. Sorry. They are different parts of Manhattan. Roughly, though there are specific (and to the north, different) streets bordering them, the UES, for example, is the area to the east of Central Park and the UWS, that to the west. It is 59th St. that is the southern border to all three, and this building is two blocks south, on 57th.
The next little chunk of the City to the south is 'Midtown', and on the eastern side of the island, it is Midtown East. Though there are also some smaller neighborhoods within those larger areas, and this building is also in a smaller neighborhood called Sutton Place.
Manhattan is only one of the five larger 'boroughs' of the City overall.
What the heck are you talking about? I said if they want it, that's fine—and that applies to landlords too.
Hello—if you're that allergic to raw seafood, you can not work in a fish market.
The theory, right or wrong, is that second-hand smoke is bad for everyone, where of course exposure to raw shrimp in the rare environment of a fish market isn't bad for the majority of people.
Again, right or wrong, the theory is that second-hand smoke is bad for everyone, not just some rare few.
I can understand that view, but local governments can also determine if they think something is a public health hazard and place limits thereof.
That is so funny, but I totally understand. I've gotten much better over the years, but still not a fan of heights. Went on Oh My God Road near Idaho Springs, Colorado a few years back. Was totally freaked out because it was this kinda narrow dirt road. It didn't help that there was remnants of a car or two that had went over. Can't remember when the 2nd time happened, but I was much better at dealing with it then.
The main attraction was their waterfall :) ....and Beau Joes mountain pies.
Yes, public health hazards like salt, trans-fats, >16 oz. sodas, and firearms.
Are you being sarcastic or are you being serious? I hope you are being sarcastic. If not you might want to reconsider your tag line.
First off, I dont know where you are getting that her date was a black man. Ive not seen his race reported in any article nor could I find any pictures of him. His name is Stephen Close and while that name doesnt preclude him from being black, it doesnt sound at least stereotypically like a black name. He is reported to be in real estate and while he does not live in the same building as Rosoff, he does live nearby. I found what I think is his profile on Linkedin but there is no picture and I dont have a Linkedin account to view his full profile. But I seriously dont think that even if Close is a black man, that this says anything negative about her character especially if he was like her, an educated professional. I would point out that Clarence Thomas and Dr. Thomas Sowell are married to white women. FWIW, Ive never dated a black man - Im not particularly attracted to black men, but as a single white woman, if I met an intelligent, educated, successful, politically conservative and morally upstanding black man with whom I shared common interests, that I would rule him out merely because of his race.
I read one article that she met him on-line, inferring perhaps that they met through an on-line dating site, but being that they were both professionals, they could have met through Linkedin or as he did live in her neighborhood, she could have met him at any of places prior to that evening. They were on a first date but that doesnt necessarily imply that they had never met prior to that night.
Next, you say she was out drinking but all the articles state that they had gone out to dinner at a nearby Mexican restaurant Maya. After their dinner, she invited Close back to see her apartment and have a nightcap and had a smoke on her balcony (oh the horrors adults having an adult beverage and even more horrible smoking a cigarette I bet they also had salty Mexican food that night - has Mayor Bloomberg been informed yet?) And being that Close is in real estate, inviting him to see her apartment may not be as you imply, a purely sexual encounter. And the NYPD have stated that so far they do not believe that alcohol was a factor. I am guessing that the toxicology report will either confirm or refute that.
She fell to her death at approximately 12:30 AM and while that sounds very late to be out on a date on a weeknight, remember that this happened in Manhattan and she was an advertizing executive for a startup agency and he was a real estate professional. It is not at all unusual for folks like that to work until 8 or 9 PM or even later (heck Ive been known to be at my office that late). And restaurants in NYC are open very late as most are very busy with long wait times so I dont find it at all strange that one might not come home from a simple dinner date at around midnight. And so what if they had a drink or two during dinner?
I am sure that it was the apartment management's fault and the drinking alcohol and smoking who knows what had no effect on her judgment or balance and had nothing to do with her demise. Many drunk women who have just had sex with a stranger sit on weathered and partially rotted wooden railings 17 floors up while they smoke. If one checks I am sure that the same type of tragedy has played out many times even among Amish women.
Again, you are implying that she was at fault because she was drunk (facts not in evidence) and that this and smoking who knows what because yes of course they must have been smoking one of those funny cigarettes especially if she was out on a date with a black man because all black men are dope fiends (again, facts, his race and drug use, not in evidence) and that they had just had sex with a stranger (once again, facts not in evidence).
If you look at the pictures of the balcony railing, they dont appear to be wooden to me. They appear to be a metal of some type, looks to me to be a hollow aluminum railing and it is being reported this morning that they were not up to code and that the building management had not had them inspected, had delayed the scheduled inspection so if that is the case, they are in part responsible.
Yes, her date was concerned about her sitting (or leaning) on the railing just before it gave way. Although she told him shed done it many times before, was that bad judgment on her part? Yes. Does that mean she was some drunken floozy who invites strange men or strange black men back to her apartment to have sex with her? No.
(The Amish) I live and work in Amish country central PA. Read up about Rumspringa sometime and Im not talking about those Breaking Amish shows. While most Amish are morally upstanding and for most Amish youth, Rumspringa is pretty tame, there are some who experiment with alcohol, drugs and pre-marital sex. FWIW, you should know that many of the Amish here in Lancaster County grow tobacco as both a cash crop and for their personal use and many do smoke tobacco (pipes but not cigarettes, cigarettes being considered too worldly) and some distill and drink alcohol in moderation. Every once and a while I hear about an Amish youth being pulled over for DWI while driving a buggy.
While we're at it, I hope you'll answer my other question: New Yorkers refer to numbered street intersections, such as "3rd and 21st," without specifying which are Avenues and which are Streets. I'm assuming Avenues run in one direction and Streets in the other. The question is: what convention are they all using, which is unstated but universally understood? My assumption is that it's "Avenues, then Streets," because that's alphabetical.
Yes, when they use that shorthand, they are referring to streets in Manhattan, and if they're First through 10th they are avenues. The avenues, plus Broadway and a couple of smaller fringe streets, run north to south. The streets go up to something like 244th, including part of the Bronx. They generally use the street (or avenue) that the address is actually on before giving the cross street. And you're right, if simply referencing an intersection, the avenue comes first. They'll slap an "Ave." and/or a "St." on if it's open to confusion.
Thanks for the clarity and generosity of your replies. I've now learned a couple of things I long wondered about but had no one to ask.
Thanks for that clarification and my sincere apology to you for thinking you were not being sarcastic.
You are correct in that news stories are often inaccurate and lacking in important details or are just plain sensationalist.
You're welcome!
Okay, it seems I read too much into your comments — I apologize for that. (Although I still wonder about your imagination.) Some other writers were clearly being judgmental. They need to give their heads a shake. The woman is a victim, plain and simple.
You should write a book about your exposure to smokers and the pain it caused you but I see you already did.
Yes, I like to write. Bye.
Well don't get all huffy and puffy......
BTW, a psych unit didn't give special considerations to patients on lock down for suicide watch back then. If you were breathing smoke...you were still breathing and alive. That's all that mattered.
If that's your story, glad you are okay but you need to lose that big old chip on your shoulder.
Wow. You sure get off being a bitch. You must be a member of Thelma's family.
Thelma and her visitors? Why they were just plain offish, selfish and rude individuals.
Many psych patients often use name calling to verbalize their own self-hatred. You could google "transference" but I'm sure you are familiar with the term. If not, try googling "liberal mental illness" and "name calling."
Later, flo. Need to run to the store and get Aunt Thelma a pack of smokes.
Go bite a rabid animal. It might sweeten you up, addict.
Now you want me to "bite" you. You really are sick. Please don't start cutting yourself or doing any other form of self mutilation. Get some help, flo.
Oh, and by the way, joules, or whatever your name is, exactly who is doing the "transference" here, insinuating I'm a "psyche patient"? Ha! Ask my dearest love, Joe 6-pack, how I feel about smokers. As you know, he is one.
But back to transference, you can add my little "chip" to the mountain on your shoulder. How about "huffy, puffy", words that incidentally describe a smoker to a 'T'?
The truth is, you've got your nose out of joint because I blew a hole in your selfish nostalgia about the good old days, smoking up hospital corridors.
You know not everyone remembers your indoor smoking so fondly, but then you were just trying to bait folk weren't you... for sport... in the wee hours... like you are wont to do almost every night? Sad.
Come on joulez, you can still devour another pack of fags before you conk out. It's not even midnight.
You are getting creepy, flo. "Bite" "devour" "bait" "fags" "psyche" but my favorite is "joint". Typical lib pot head thinking. Interesting.
BTW, you should ping someone when you talk about them.
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