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MEAC Champs Announce Additional Signees
GREENSBORO – The 2013 MEAC men's basketball champions, the North Carolina A&T Aggies, announced the signing of four additional players to a recruiting class that started with the signing of three players in November.
Steven Burrough (6-9, 220, Charlotte, N.C., Harding), Nicholas Reese (6-7, 190, Los Angeles, Westchester), Jerome Simmons (6-8, 230, Jacksonville, N.C., Massanutten Military Academy) and James Whitaker (6-5, 180, Portsmouth, Va., Norcom) will wear blue and gold for the Aggies in 2013-14.
In November, the Aggies signed Maurice Taylor (6-7, 200, Chestnut, Mass., Beaver Country Day), Bryan Akinkugbe (6-9, 225, Bowie, Md., Columbia State College) and Khary Doby (6-7, 195, Upper Marlboro, Md., Riverside).
On football's National Signing Day, the Aggies football staff announced Denzel Keyes (6-4, 210, Kinston, N.C., Kinston) will double as a football and a basketball player at A&T. Keyes led the Vikings to consecutive North Carolina Class 2A state titles in basketball. He was named game MVP in 2013 after posting 18 points and 10 rebounds in the 56-53 win over Waxhaw Cuthbertson at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
"The thing I like about all these guys is that they come from winning high school programs," said A&T head men's basketball coach Cy Alexander. "I think it is huge in the development of building a program, to get guys in your program, who understand what it takes to not only win, but win championships."
Burrough led Harding to the N.C. 3A regional semifinals this past season after averaging 10.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game. Burrough ended his career as the Rams' all-time leading shot blocker. He earned All-MEGA 7 conference honors two straight seasons, and he earned a spot on the Charlotte Observer's All-Area team. In December, Burrough posted a triple-double against West Mecklenburg with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 12 blocked shots.
"He is a really skilled young man who will need to learn how to compete at the collegiate level," Alexander said about Burrough. "He needs to get stronger in his upper body, but he already has a college lower body. He has a nice jump hook, and had the ability in high school to block shots. Hopefully, he can bring that to the collegiate level."
Reese's Westchester team went 29-7 last season and finished 12-0 in the Western League. Reese led the Comets to the California Interscholastic Federation Los Angeles City Championship, and they earned a spot in the state championship game. He was ranked as one of the best players in the state of California, earning first-team All-City honors, after averaging 14.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a senior.
"He is a good all-around athlete who obviously played in a terrific league in Los Angeles and competed against high-quality athletes on a daily basis," said Alexander. "Any time you can make first team in the city of Los Angeles, it probably means you're a pretty good player."
Alexander described Simmons as a "rebounding machine." "He's going to go get it. He has a nose for the ball," Alexander added.
Simmons attended the same high school as Adrian Powell, a player who helped Alexander win the 2013 MEAC title by being named Most Outstanding Performer of the MEAC tournament. Simmons averaged 13.9 points and 8.9 rebounds at Oakwood High School before transferring to Massanutten Military Academy as a senior, where he averaged 7.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
Whitaker comes from a solid basketball background. His father played at Virginia Tech and his uncle played at Seton Hall. His coach, Leon Goolsby, is an A&T graduate. Whitaker was second-team All-Tidewater after the Greyhounds claimed the Eastern District regular-season and tournament titles. He also earned all-district and All-Eastern Region honors. Whitaker's senior season ended with him averaging 15.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
"He will compete for playing time at the big guard position," said Alexander. "He probably needs to get stronger, but he knows how to score the basketball. He has a real good basketball IQ."
Alexander said he is looking to sign one more player to this recruiting class. The Aggies said farewell to seven seniors after losing to eventual national champions Louisville in the second round of the NCAA tournament. They will return two starters, guard Lamont Middleton and center Bruce Beckford, and one key reserve, guard Jeremy Underwood, next season.

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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/tax_desk_chain/
Disability rights activist chains self to tax office desk
Taking the direct route on system failures
Posted in Policy, 22nd September 2010 12:12 GMT
Opinion Poor system design and large inflexible bureaucracies are encouraging outraged punters to take the law into their own hands. Is this healthy? Or is government slowly teaching the electorate that the only way to get things sorted is by direct action and being unreasonable?
Take the case of disability rights activist Clair Lewis, who this week came close to suffering serious hardship as a result of a "glitch" in the tax credits system. She discovered that a problem that officials told her would take a month or more to fix could be resolved in just half an hour, after she threatened to handcuff herself to a desk in her local tax office.
About two months ago, Clair came off benefits and applied for tax credits. Such a step is always risky, since it creates a transition period, when money from one source dries up – and no money is yet available from the new. A few weeks later, she called the helpline, only to be told there was a glitch and to wait for a letter. Two weeks later, with no letter in sight, Ms Lewis phoned again and was told to wait - although an official suggested that there must be an error and it must have been her entering data wrongly. The same thing happened a week or so later, and on a number of occasions since.
Last week, Ms Lewis was finally told that a date of birth did not match to other data on the system - although this had "just come to light". She volunteered to send the information off, only to be told that she couldn't do so until the system had sent her an official letter asking for the information. When would that be? They couldn't tell, but as she wasn't priority, it could take a month.
Hardship payment? Sorry, no - because they don't make such payments to individuals where details need verifying. Urgent review of the case? Again, no - because the case wasn't priority. They couldn't review its priority status until it became a priority to do so!
That high-pitched hum off-stage is the sound of Franz Kafka spinning in his grave.
In the end, Ms Lewis did what any self-respecting activist would do: she headed into the centre of Manchester with sleeping bag and handcuffs in tow, called the press, and explained politely but firmly that she wasn't leaving the tax office until the issue was resolved.
Which it was, within about half an hour, by means of local officials and a phone call from a breathless manager from the Preston office.
Was this then a systems "glitch"? Probably not, according to a spokeswoman for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who was unable to comment on this particular case, but suggested that issues of this sort were often caused by data entry error and then compounded by staff unawareness.
An ordinary everyday story of bureaucratic cock-up? Perhaps. But this case highlights two disturbing trends being fostered by the UK systemocracy.
The first is a shuffling of blame off on to those who are actually victims of systems failure.
In another neck of the woods entirely are mistakes made by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). Over the years we have encountered a number of cases of individuals being misidentified by the CRB, and where this happens the victims of such error are then required to jump through a number of hoops – including possibly having their fingerprints taken – in order to rectify a mistake that was not of their making.
It is only natural if individuals who find themselves subject to such mistreatment in time decide that "playing the game" is no longer an acceptable option – and respond with extreme direct action. It is a good thing that Ms Lewis is now being assessed and likely to receive a pay-out in the next week or so. It's not so good that it took the intervention of the press and a threat to the good running of the organisation to make it happen. ®


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Foreign exchange dealers remember them as two of the craziest trading days in history.
Between the start and close of business on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 in 1998, the dollar dropped against the yen by almost 15% from peak to trough as banks and hedge funds let loose an avalanche of buy orders for the Japanese currency.
Daily turnover in the dollar versus the highly liquid yen was in those days second only to the greenback versus the Deutschemark, yet bid-ask spreads — the difference between the price at which buyers will pay and that which sellers are offering — gapped out on those two days to an unprecedented one-yen difference. In a sign that dollar buyers were few and far between, some traders barked out orders in "big figure" numerals — "129 bid, 130 offered" — ignoring the suddenly irrelevant decimal points in between.
The intensity of that market dislocation, and the sweeping global events that led to it, offer a warning about disruptions to the global financial system from the yen's current downturn. The currency's violent snapback 15 years ago, occurring at the height of the Asian financial crisis, was preceded by a three-year decline in the yen, not unlike that which yen bears forecast as the outcome from the Bank of Japan's recent move to ramp up its monetary stimulus.
As with now, Japanese authorities believed strongly in 1995 that the yen was overvalued. With the dollar dropping as low as Y79.92 in April that year, Japan's powerful export sector was suffocating while the economy strained under the costs of the Kobe earthquake. So the Bank of Japan boosted its routine "Rinban" bond-buying operations while Tokyo sought and received Washington's blessing for a weaker yen. A massive reversal ensued. By August 1998, the dollar had almost doubled in value to a peak of Y147.62.
The yen-weakening policy kept Japanese exporters happy and pleased the U.S. Federal Reserve because it put a lid on inflation. But it also unraveled the "Asian miracle." Businesses in Thailand, Korea, Indonesia and other "tiger" economies came under increasing pressure as Japan's competitiveness improved. And as their external trade balances deteriorated, speculators targeted these countries' pegged currencies, eventually triggering a domino collapse that would envelope the whole world.
Meanwhile, the short-selling bets that traders had placed against the falling yen were planting the seeds of their own destruction. With Japan's struggling economy paying the lowest interest rates in the world, global investors had piled into the so-called yen carry trade. They borrowed cheaply in yen and invested the proceeds in higher-yielding currencies such as the Thai baht and Russian ruble. But when the crisis unfolded and investors closed out those positions, they had to buy back the yen to repay their loans. In October 1998, after Wall Street banks bailed out Long-Term Capital Management and unwound its global portfolio of risky bets, these periodic "short-covering" rallies morphed into one all-encompassing stampede.
Is Japan now setting up a similar global disruption? Its central bank is about to unleash an unprecedented wave of money into the global system and traders, anticipating its effect, have driven the yen down 22% since its peak in September.
Much is different this time. There are far fewer pegged currencies for speculators to target, and giant stockpiles of foreign reserves mean emerging market central banks are well-armed to protect themselves. Still, the lessons from the 1990s are compelling and in this case it's more important that the advanced nations of Europe read them than developing countries.
No one can confuse the euro zone's zombie-like economies for the booming Southeast Asian tigers of the 1990s. But there's a risk of overvaluation building up in European bond markets that's reminiscent of Asia's artificially propped up currencies in the 1990s.
Despite Cyprus's banking meltdown and a toxic mix of unemployment and social malaise that threatens to revive the euro zone's financial crisis, bond yields for core European economies hit record lows this week as funds pivoted out of Japanese government bonds in search of higher yields. Everyone wanted to get ahead of the Bank of Japan's forthcoming wall of money. Alongside the Federal Reserve's monthly print run of $85 billion, the BOJ's plan to purchase Y7 trillion ($70 billion) in bonds per month will have a profound effect on global asset valuations. The risk is that those valuations detach from reality and must eventually correct, as they did 15 years ago.
Then there's the question of how China and other big exporting nations respond to the competitive threat of a sharply weaker yen. As with the Asian crisis, a potentially vicious cycle of "competitive depreciations" looms.
In a highly interconnected world economy, there are always unintended disruptions to global equilibrium when a country the size of Japan shifts policy so dramatically.


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There is no point in looking back at what should have happened because this will not solve the current problems of the long-term care facility. A task force has been established, made up of elected officials, the retired hospital CEO, hospital board members, health care district board members, and others, to figure out a way to improve the situation. What is unfortunate is that there is no one on this task force who has any expertise in long-term care. The "My View" article explains a few options that have been considered, but it seems that the biggest push is to implement a rural hospital sales tax.
There is another solution that has not been mentioned except by those in the long-term care industry. It is curious that this solution is being ignored. The solution involves changing the license of the care center to include Medicare reimbursement. Currently, it is only licensed to accept Medicaid. Anyone involved in long-term care management will tell you that in order for a nursing home to be financially viable it must receive Medicare reimbursement.
This is not intended to be a tutorial on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. The bottom line is there is a higher reimbursement for the federally funded Medicare program providing short-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation care averaging from $300-700 per day. The state-run Medicaid program provides long-term residential care at $150-180 per day.
After an elderly patient is admitted to the hospital and treated for an acute care illness, usually for three to five days, they may require a longer stay for skilled nursing and rehabilitation. In most situations a patient is transferred from the hospital to a nursing home for their post-hospital care and Medicare will reimburse for these services for up to 100 days. Because the care center in Moab is not licensed for Medicare, these patients have to stay in the hospital. When patients are transferred from St. Mary's back to Moab for post-acute care, they have to stay in the hospital. Even the patients who reside in the care center cannot go back to their rooms for the rehab portion of their care. They have to stay in the hospital.
Any long-term care manager knows that the worst place for a frail elderly patient is in the hospital. For quality care purposes alone, the care center should become a licensed Medicare skilled-nursing facility.
In my view, there are a couple of solutions that need to be investigated further before any suggestion of implementing a sales tax is considered. These options are as follows:
1. First and foremost is to change the license to include Medicare. Actively recruit long-term care experts to operate and manage the care center and provide an option to lease or buy the facility once the debt is paid off. As an incentive to the new management, the health care district could offer the vacant land it owns behind the new hospital and Grand Center to complete the vision of the MAPS project, which included senior independent housing and assisted living. The revenue from these new facilities could be used to subsidize some of the costs for the care center.
2. The other option, again, involves changing the license to include Medicare and letting the hospital manage the care center as it was originally intended. My guess is that Medicare did not allow the hospital to manage the care center because it was not licensed to accept Medicare. This issue needs further investigation. If there are other reasons Medicare will not allow the hospital's involvement perhaps there is a waiver available.
Both of these options should be supplemented by private funding through the Friends of the Canyonlands Care Center. My understanding is this organization was established to raise funds to assist with improving the quality of life for the patients residing in the care center. Private/public relationships are quite common in this age of the declining federal dollars. This Friends group should become more pro-active in its fundraising campaign.
Clearly, there are other options available that the task force needs to examine further. But the most important step is to allow the care center to receive Medicare dollars. This action alone will go a long way in ensuring the success of the facility without having to place the burden on the taxpayer.
Joette Langianese has a master's degree in gerontology. She was the chief Medicare/Medicaid compliance officer and long-term care consultant for Allen Memorial Hospital. Langianese served on the Grand County Council from 2001-2008, chaired the MAPS committee, and served on the Canyonlands Health Care Special Service District Board from 2002-2008. She is currently the executive director of a non-profit organization.


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2014: (Outdoor): competed in the high jump … wrapped up outdoor season with a personal best height of 5-02.25 for an 11th place finish at the New England Division III Championships (5/3) ... cleared 5-01.75 to finish fifth at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) … was runner-up at Bates (4/12) with a jump of 5-00.25 … finished sixth in her first outdoor collegiate meet, the Westmont Collegiate Classic (3/29) by clearing 5-01.00 … (Indoor): competed in the high jump and the 200m dash … ended indoor season tying her season best jump of 5-01.00 at the New England Division III Championships (2/22) … finished seventh at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) clearing 5-00.25 … recorded a season best 5-01.00 for a fifth place finish at the Bowdoin Quad (1/18), also recorded a season best 200m dash, crossing tenth in 28.80.
Off the Track: Majoring in mechanical engineering.
High School: A 2013 graduate of Atholton High School … MVP … captain … 10-time varsity letterwinner … also played softball and volleyball … National Honor Society … Science National Honor Society … French National Honor Society … interned at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory … MPSSSA Minds in Motion scholarship … GEBA academic scholarship … SWE Exelon Corporation scholarship.


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I was under the impression it was the other way round - that EU countries were getting their own DMCA + cutting you off the Internet (French idea, what a suprise
Except the DMCA was passed to normalize US copyright laws with those in Europe and there is no 3-strikes rule in the US.
Except that when the DMCA was enacted, it was to ratify the WIPO treaty which was being pushed by American media companies and therefore "normalization" didn't really happen, and the various 3-strikes laws being proposed are entirely new and not part of the WIPO treaty at all.
Except that when the DMCA was enacted, it was to ratify the WIPO treaty which was being pushed by American media companies and therefore "normalization" didn't really happen
Those WIPO treaties were being pushed by the American media companies to normalize with the more stringent copyright laws that were passed in the EU.
Those WIPO treaties were being pushed by the American media companies to normalize with the more stringent copyright laws that were passed in the EU.
What colour is the sky in your world?
Name ONE country besides the US that had DMCA-like copyright provisions before 1999. Just *ONE*.
There is no Fair Use for example in the UK. "Fair Dealing" isn't as extensive. Ergo, the UK law WITHOUT a DMCA law enacted was more strict than the US.
Blame Canada!
The problem, and what I believe is still before the CRTC is that ALL internet is Throttled.
Basically all internet is provided by two companies: Bell, and Rogers Communication. Phone and Cable respectively.
Independent ISPs buy their service from one or the other.
The Independents complained to the CRTC that this was an unfair buisness practice by Bell, that they are slowing their users connection. Bell's argument is that its is a fair playing ground because they treat their own customers like crap, and if the
I think Canada and Mexico should agree on the new regulations and then force the US to comply with them under NAFTA.
And restore copyright to the original 17 years with renewals until the literal person (not corporation) dies and no renewals after that.
Canada has twice the bandwidth at half the price we suckers in the USA pay for.
Canada has twice the bandwidth at half the price we suckers in the USA pay for.
Some of that has to do with the fact that we adopted the tech a generation earlier than Canada... and then we forgot^H^H^H^H^H^H ran away with the cash we were supposed to use to upgrade with.
I think Canada and Mexico should agree on the new regulations and then force the US to comply with them under NAFTA.
So you want the **AA to lobby their Canadian and Mexican counterparts to pressure their respective governments into complying with their demands?
There's already a word for that: harmonization.
Get a shitty law passed overseas and then "harmonize" your laws with the foreign one.
I guess what I'm really saying is that there's no reason to believe that Canada or Mexico will behave in a way that aligns with y/our interests over those of the media industries.
p>Canada has twice the bandwidth at half the price we suckers in the USA pay for.
I've spotted a crazyperson!... The USA is the land of the $50 (or less, i mean, cogent's $4) megabit/sec. Up here, I pay $142/megabit, without any bandwidth factored In. I spend nearly 2 grand a month on a 10 meg line, with 250gigs of transfer. I'm trying to make a small DC up in BC, and it's brutal, there's no way we can even dream of competing with US prices, not because of the dollar factor, but just because you guys get data for so rediculously cheep. And then there's cellphones! You guys can get unlim
Hey Ontario, Newfoundland called. They want their jokes back!
So hows that whole GM thing working out for you? EI eh? Lazy buggers! I hear no one has jobs there. Talk funny too! Well anyhoo, off to the oil to work smell ya later!
Hold on, are you talking about consumer internet? Because that's what I assumed the GP was talking about, and I'm paying about $50+tax/month for 10 Mbps (1.2 MB/s) with 60 GB transfer.
You're right about cellphone and dataplan rates sucking ass though. Add to that a *3 year* contract, that was enough to make me pass on the latest and greatest smartphones.
You guys can get unlimited phone/data lines, for less than a hundred a month, we get 4 gigs of data and 200 minutes for $85 a month. No unlimited anything.
Try Telus. The only cell carrier in Canada I found that has an unlimited data plan. It was about $40. Bell and Rogers can suck my left nut.
LOL HA! Like the US has always complied with NAFTA?
NAFTA is only accepted by the US when it is convenient to do so. They will do whatever they bloody well want.
Admittedly, I haven't been putting this issue under a microscope. But, I had the distinct impression that it wasn't the CRTC that was attempting regulation, but rather the politicians that were trying to push that through. History supports this as the CRTC has always been reasonable (with few exceptions) overall.
So, in reality, what this more than likely was, was a bunch of corps/etc and politicians trying to do something unreasonable. Then the CRTC went and looked into it (because they would have to) an
Don't we *want* regulation in order to ensure net neutrality?
Who are we rooting for right now?
And because ISPs will retaliate by promising "unlimited" plans, and then cutting you off if it turns out to be unprofitable for them. Even if they can't shape the traffic, they can still throttle the bandwidth to their own users.
ISP: "It's a bit more expensive, but you get all the bandwidth in the world."
Customer: "Sweet, now to BitTorrent..."
ISP: "Whoops, we didn't think you'd use all that much. Goodbye!"
Customer: "Breach of contract!"
ISP: "Haha, sue us. See if you can afford a lawyer."
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." -- Howard Aiken


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I am running out of room in my freezer for my bags of breastmilk. I have about 7 or 8 large ziplock bags with frozen milk in them. I got way ahead of myself and started storing from when DD was 1 week old, b/c I didn't want to take a chance on being short on any milk for her as I knew I had to go back to work when she was 3 months this time. I already gave two bags to my mom to keep in her freezer for when she watches DD, but I still have 7 bags in my freezer. I really can't see spending money on a mini freezer at this point. cheapest one I found is $160. I don't want to donate any just yet, b/c I plan for her to have BM only until she is a year, or even 15 months. I plan to mix BM with her cereal when she starts solids, etc. and plan to put BM in her sippy when she starts drinking out of a sippy cup.
Problem is, that I not only have ALL this milk stored up but i keep having to store MORE b/c whatever I pump at work I have to end up freezing, as well as most morning I have to pump off a few ounces prior to DD's first feeding casue my breasts as so full.
And, I pump each night that Im home, around 9-10pm before I go to bed, to just have that be a "session" and keep up my supply, since I have to when im at work on friday and saturday nights anyway. So, im easily getting 4-6 ounces daily, even prior to working. and then when i work, I get in just 3 pumping sessions at work, around 18 ounces, right now..im sure that may change and my output may go down once im back to work for a few weeks, i just started back this past weekend.[from 1030pm-730am]. I can't see to keep this milk in the fridge all week long until she needs to have EBM in a bottle again, which isnt for 6-7 more days. :???: .


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PAH hails employees during National Hospital Week
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Because National Hospital Week is a celebration of people, Punxsutawney Area Hospital is honoring its employees by recognizing the role each of them plays in extending a sense of trust to their patients and members of their community.
"A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope," hospital CEO Dan Blough said. "From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and vibrant community."
Thursday, the hospital celebrated its employees with two Service Award ceremonies in the West Wing conference room.
The first ceremony honored those employees with five and 10 years of service; the second honored those with 15 to 45 years.
A total of 70 employees were honored from more than 25 departments hospital wide.
Two employees were presented with their 45-year service award pins.
National Hospital Week dates back to 1921, when it was suggested by a magazine editor who hoped a community-wide celebration would alleviate public fears about hospitals.
The celebration, launched in Chicago, succeeded in promoting trust and goodwill among members of the public and eventually spread to facilities across the country.


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Press Release: Quincy Police Department
On Monday, October 28th at 2:27PM Quincy Police Officer Harold Barber responded to a call at the "Precious Gems" Daycare located at 803 East Jefferson Street. Once on scene the officer made contact with a mother who was there to pick up her three year old daughter due to a call from the daycare owner earlier to come and pick the child up.
The mother told the officer that the door to the daycare was locked and the lights were off giving her the impression that no one was there. The mother contacted members of her family and inquired if any of them had picked up her daughter prior to her arrival and she was told that none of them had picked up the child.
After knocking loudly on the door of the business an audible alarm began to sound and soon thereafter the woman's three year old daughter appeared at a window inside the dark business alone and crying. The Quincy Fire Department Rescue Unit force open a door to the business and Officer Barber retrieved the child who was obviously frightened but appeared unharmed.
The owner and employee of the facility could not be located on this date. The following day Quincy Police CID Investigators did contact the owner, Mrs. Willa T. Nelson, and conduct a criminal interview with her at police headquarters. Nelson told investigators that on the date in question she had a doctor's appointment and that she called the parents of the children at 1:25PM and told them to pick their kids up by 2:00PM.
Nelson went on to say that she did not account for the three year old child before leaving the facility but did not do this intentionally. When asked if something like this had ever happened before Mrs. Nelson stated that there was an incident in 2005 but she couldn't recall the details. Investigators later determined that in 2005 a child had been left unattended on the facilities playground. That case was forwarded to the Florida Department of Children and Families.
On Wedneday, October 30th a criminal arrest warrant was issued for the arrest of Mrs. Nelson for "Child Neglect". Nelson did turn herself in to the Gadsden County Jail later that day and was booked and released on her own recognizance until her later court date.
Arrested: Willa Tribue Nelson, DOB: 04-28-38, of 427 East Circle Drive, Quincy.
Charge: Child Neglect
Anyone having additional information on this case is asked to contact QPD Criminal Investigation Division, Capt. Troy Gilyard, at (850) 627-0140.
Mrs. Nelson's photo can be obtained by contacting the Gadsden County Detention Facility website.
By: Garin Flowers
October 30, 2013
Authorities in Quincy arrested Willa Tribue-Nelson, 75, Wednesday for child neglect. She's accused of leaving a three-year-old girl alone and locked inside Precious Gems, the daycare she owns in Gadsden County.
"The officers and the state attorneys office, after careful consideration and review of Florida statute, did feel that there was a clear case of child neglect that occurred here," said Glenn Sapp, Quincy Police Department assistant chief.
The alleged incident took place Monday. The mother of the child said parents were asked to pick their kids up by 2 p.m.
She said she got there a little before then, but saw Nelson's car was gone and the lights were off inside.
"I started to panic, I was getting nervous, I started calling my family members seeing if they got my baby, but everyone was saying no," she said, wanting to remain anonymous.
That's when she said her three-year-old ran up to the window crying.
"My heart just dropped," the mother said.
"This is an unfortunate situation for all involved, but as law officers we're sworn to protect our children," Sapp said.
A spokeswoman for Precious Gems said it was all a mistake.
"She was devastated, she was completely devastated. No daycare worker who has been working with children for 13 years ever wants to mistakenly leave a child inside a building all alone," said Leslie Steele, representative for Precious Gems.
Nelson was taken to the Gadsden County Jail and was released on her own recognizance Wednesday.
"She was very cooperative and remorseful about the situation," Sapp added.
The Department of Children and Families are also investigating. For now, Quincy police said the doors of Precious Gems will be closed until further notice.
By: Bailey Myers
October 29, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - 'It was a mistake.' That is what representatives from a local day care are saying after a three year old was locked inside the school. Police in Quincy are investigating Precious Gems Daycare Center.
Representative for Precious Gems Leslie Steele, "This wasn't anything done on purpose or anything like that. It was just a situation that took place. And you just tell that parent profusely that I'm sorry that this happened to your child."
Precious Gems says no one intended on a three year old getting locked inside the day care Monday afternoon, but that is exactly what happened. The mother of the trapped child explained, "Okay when I got here I noticed that her car was gone and the lights were off. I was ringing the doorbell and nobody came."
That's when her three year old ran up to the window crying. The Quincy Police are now piecing together what happened that day to find out who-- if anyone is at fault. Quincy Police Department Assistant Chief, Glenn Sapp explained, "That's really the crux of what we are trying to get to here. Was there knowledge or was there criminal intent to endanger a child."
Steele later said, "There were some policies and procedures that we are now reviewing that have to be explored and looked at because a child was left."
We have been told the owner of Precious Gems, Willa Tribue Nelson is cooperating with Police and the Department of Children and Families as this investigation unfolds. For now the doors of Precious Gems will stay locked and unanswered.
The mother of the trapped child explained, "I thought I could trust this daycare but I see that I can't... Can't trust no one."
Precious Gems Daycare stay closed the rest of this week.
The Quincy Police Department has informed us they will be submitting all the details of this investigation to the State Attorney's Office tomorrow morning. The State Attorney's office will then decided if any criminal charges will be filed.
By Julie Montanaro
October 29, 2013
A spokesperson for Precious Gems Day Care says the center will be closed down for the rest of the week and the owner is fully cooperating with both the police and DCF investigations.
A three year old was found locked inside the day care alone Monday afternoon.
Spokeswoman Leslie Steele says the owner, Willa Nelson, is devastated. She says Nelson is the only employee there right now and cares for five children.
Steele says parents had been notified that the day care would be closing early Monday afternoon and children needed to be picked up by 2pm. Steele says parents also got a follow up phone call to remind them.
Steele says she cannot comment on how long the child had been left alone. When asked how something like this could happen, Steele says all that is under investigation. Steele says she could not comment on whether the owner kept an in/out sign in sheet or whether she had checked it on Monday.
Steele says Nelson is working to improve policies and procedures to try to ensure this can never happen again.
Steele says Nelson has been in business at that location for 13 years and intends to re-open.
The Department of Children and Families web site shows Precious Gems was in compliance during its most recently inspection on February 7, 2013.
By: Bailey Myers
October 28, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - The Quincy Police Department was called to the 'Precious Gems Daycare' around 2:30pm Monday after a distraught mother called saying her three-year-old daughter was stuck inside.
The mother of the child said, "I was ringing the doorbell and nobody came." This mother, who prefers to stay anonymous, says the lights were off and doors locked when she came to pick up her three year old daughter from Precious Gems Daycare.
"I stamped on the door and everything. And my baby came running to the window crying . And my heart just dropped," Mother of Trapped Child explained. With her child locked inside, she dialed 911. Quincy Police arrived shortly and were able to get her three-year-old out safely.
Quincy Police say the child was the only person in the building at that time. Quincy Assistant Police Chief, Glenn Sapp said, "The next steps in this investigation are to interview the employees at this daycare and to get a timeline and find out just what happened."
The mother says the daycare called her that day to pick her daughter early at 2:00 but when she got there right before two, the building was already locked up. Police are still trying to contact the owner and manager to find out how this happened. Representatives with Precious Gems tell WCTV they will not be giving a statement at this time.
The young girl's cousin said, "If it was a parent leaving a child in the home they would have got her but now that it's a business they act like they can't do anything." Her mother explained, "I'm very scared with leaving her with anyone now."
Florida's Department of Child and Families has been notified. We're told they will be conducting their own investigation. For now there is no word on whether or not Precious Gems will be open for business tomorrow.


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The Miami Heat say Chris Bosh will be sidelined indefinitely because of a strained abdominal muscle.
An MRI exam performed Monday confirmed the diagnosis. Bosh was hurt late in the first half of the Heat's 95-86 victory over Indiana on Sunday in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Game 2 of the series is Tuesday night. Bosh's minutes will likely be filled by Joel Anthony and Ronny Turiaf, both of whom played extended stretches Sunday after Bosh departed.


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Jeffrey Lant, a Nebraska City police sergeant, announced Thursday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for Otoe County Sheriff.
Lant said he would establish 24-hour law enforcement coverage for the county and provide deputies with a clear chain of command with a supervisor for each shift.
Lant has experience in law enforcement in the U.S. Air Force and 16 years with the Nebraska City Police Department. He has been a sergeant for the past eight years.
Jeffrey Lant of rural Nebraska City announced on Thursday that he is a Republican candidate for Otoe County Sheriff.
Lant is a lifelong resident of the Nebraska City area and has over 16 years experience as a police officer with the Nebraska City Police Department, the last eight of which are as a police sergeant. Lant said he has served under three chiefs of police in Nebraska City and has grown both as a person and an officer through this experience.He said in addition to giving him his start in civilian law enforcement, Chief Kent Roumpf taught him the importance of understanding those he came in contact with and how it relates to discerning the best type of enforcement action to take in order to change a person's behavior. Under the leadership of Chief Bill Muldoon, Lant was promoted to the rank of sergeant and tasked with developing the department's first structured Field Training Officer (FTO) program for teaching and developing new officers.
Lant was also responsible for instructing defensive tactics and coordinated other activities such undercover operations involving the sale of alcohol to minors. Today Lant serves under Chief Lacy as his senior sergeant.
Lant credits Chief Lacy in furthering his leadership development by continuing to task him with leadership roles in the department.
Most recently Lacy assigned Lant the responsibility of developing and assuming the role of training coordinator. Lant has since created a training calendar for the department and coordinates monthly training for its officers. Lant maintains the department training records and reports this training to the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Academy. Lant said there a great officers working for the sheriff's office, but is calling for 24-hour law enforcement coverage.
Lant said he would make certain there would always be at least one on-duty officer that is ready to respond to your home in case of an emergency. Lant also pledges that he would implement a leadership structure to ensure accountability within each shift.
Prior to his start with the police department, Lant served with the United States Air Force as a security police officer. During his time in service with the Air Force and as a police officer, Lant has received an associate's degree in criminal justice from Metropolitan Community College and a bachelor's degree in management from Bellevue University. He and his wife volunteered with the Youth Group at First Evangelical Lutheran Church for several years. He has also served on the Deacon Board at Calvary Community Church for about five years. He served on the P.U.F.F. (People United for Families) board as well. Currently He and his wife operate a free soup kitchen in Nebraska City through the winter months. Lant's business experience encompasses more than just law enforcement. He owned and operated a lawn service giving him experience with employee management as well as fiscal responsibility. He currently owns several rental properties in Otoe County. Lant and his wife, Angie and their daughters have lived in rural Nebraska City for almost five years. His oldest daughter recently graduated from Nebraska City High School and will be going to college in the fall to work on a degree in Spanish translation and interpretation. Their younger daughters are currently home schooled.


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|Original Air Date: 9/29/2005
New Students
Hurricane Katrina has added new students to almost every school system around the state. The Alabama Department of Education reports close to 5400 new students have been added to the rolls. The impact of the new students will be discussed.
|Original Air Date: 9/28/2005
Economic Development After Katrina
Hurricane Katrina devastated businesses. Companies that sustained damage are faced with the prospect of how to continue operations. Some firms have announced plans to relocate away from the areas hit by the storm. How are economic recruiters working to lure those companies looking for new homes?
|Original Air Date: 9/27/2005
Head of Al Dept of Archives
The head of the Alabama Department of Archives and History Ed Bridges, Ph.D. talks about the upcoming Grand Opening of the buildings new wing. The ADAH plans to open the wing with a special West Wing Fling. Bridges talks about the new wing and the departments efforts to preserve Alabama History. He will also take viewer questions when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/26/2005
Mental Health Officials Take Calls
The Commissioner for the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, John Houston, along with Dr. Richard Powers from the agency, will discuss how they are helping those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The agency is providing mental heath, mental retardation and substance addiction services. They will talk about the need to locate people needing services. Houston and Powers will take questions from viewers who call toll-free 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/23/2005
Week in Review
Bob Davis of the Anniston Star and Jim Rainey from the Opelika-Auburn News will be among the journalists discussing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 9/22/2005
Shrimp Industry
Alabamas shrimp industry took a hit because of Hurricane Katrina. In the town of Bayou La Batre, most people survive off the sea food industry. Here the storm flattened buildings and tossed shrimp boats around, leaving some of them on land. Some businesses are back up and running or close to restarting operations, but the storm may mean the end of other businesses.
|Original Air Date: 9/21/2005
Dr. Bob Arnot
CNBC Medical Anchor for dLife, the television series for people with diabetes, Dr. Bob Arnot talks about his career in covering medical and foreign news. Arnot recently spoke at Auburn University Montgomerys Business Breakfast. Arnot has covered issues ranging from cancer to the war on terror, to civil unrest.
|Original Air Date: 9/20/2005
Former CIA Director
For 32 years, John McLaughlin was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. He was Deputy Director for four years and served as Acting Director following the resignation of George Tenet in 2004. McLaughlin now is a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University.
|Original Air Date: 9/19/2005
Higher Education Leader Takes Your Questions
The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, Mike Malone, Ph.D., will discuss issues facing state colleges and universities. Malone will also talk about how schools are trying to help students from colleges impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Malone will also take viewer questions when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/16/2005
Week in Review
Bill Perkins from the "Dothan Eagle" will be among the three Alabama journalists reviewing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 9/15/2005
Hurricane Katrina
Alabama continues to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Southern and western areas of the state have storm damage to clean up. The state is also serving as a home for evacuees from the storm. For The Record takes a look at the impact of Katrina on the state.
|Original Air Date: 9/14/2005
Gas Prices
Arleen Alexander from the Alabama Oilmen's Association and the Alabama Association of Convenience Store Owners talks about gas prices. As Alabamians continue to see rising prices at the pumps, Alexander explains what the business owners are experiencing. Alexander will also take viewer questions at 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/13/2005
Delivering Healthcare
Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Carol Herrmann discusses what the agency is doing in response to Hurricane Katrina. Herrmann will talk about how they are helping Alabamians and those from other states the storm displaced. Also there is another effort focusing on improving the delivery of healthcare. U.S. Representative Artur Davis led a delegation of hospital chief executive officers on a tour of the district looking at ways to improve access to medical treatment in the region.
|Original Air Date: 9/12/2005
Success By 6
Success By 6 works to make sure children are ready to enter school. The organization looks to improve early childhood development so when students enter school they are able to take full advantage of educational opportunities. Representatives will talk about the importance of early childhood education. They will also take viewer questions at 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/9/2005
Week in Review
Leada Gore of the Hartselle Inquirer and Kim Price from the Wetumpka Herald will discuss the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 9/8/2005
Disappearing Mills
Alabamas textile industry has lost thousands of jobs during the past decade. With the jobs gone, cities are wondering what to do with the old buildings, and how to help the former mill workers find jobs. We will profile efforts in Valley and Tallassee to solve those interconnected problems.
|Original Air Date: 9/7/2005
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Drayton Nabers discusses issues facing Alabamas judicial system. Nabers became Chief Justice in June 2004. He was appointed to the position by Governor Bob Riley. Nabers talks about his time heading the states high court.
|Original Air Date: 9/6/2005
International Investment Scams
Alabama Securities Commission Director Joe Borg says investment scams are going global. Borg went to Cartagena, Columbia for the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas. He represented the North American Securities Administrators Association at the meeting. Borg will discuss steps countries are taking to protect investors. He will take viewer questions when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 9/5/2005
Disappearing Mills
Alabamas textile industry has lost thousands of jobs during the past decade. With the jobs gone, cities are wondering what to do with the old buildings, and how to help the former mill workers find jobs. We will profile efforts in Valley and Tallassee to solve those interconnected problems.
|Original Air Date: 9/2/2005
Week in Review
Bill Barrow from the Mobile Register will be among the three journalists discussing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 9/1/2005
The 2006 Election
Some reports say Governor Bob Riley may announce whether he will seek re-election during a Labor Day barbecue. Republican Senator Harri Anne Smith says she is considering a run for Governor and has had some polling done. Smith could join Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley as a female candidate for the states top office. For The Record previews the 2006 election.
|Original Air Date: 8/31/2005
Grocery Wars
Theres a war underway in Alabama for the states part of the $950,000,000,000 Americans spend on food each year. Winn-Dixie is struggling in bankruptcy. Publix continues to expand in the state. Brunos is trying to adapt to new ownership. And Wal-Mart wants to take a bite out of the grocery business. Well report on the status of the grocery battle in Alabama and talk with UAB Economics and Marketing Professor Robert Robicheaux about the importance of your decision about where you buy your milk and bread.
|Original Air Date: 8/30/2005
Appointing Judges
Alabama Bar Association President Bobby Segall says a bipartisan committee of lawyers has drafted an amendment to the Alabama Constitution to have appellate judges appointed rather than elected. Alabama Republican Party Chair Twinkle Andress says the party will oppose any such plan to take the selection away from voters.
|Original Air Date: 8/29/2005
Hurricane Katrina
Alabama officials are keeping an eye on another hurricane that could hit the state. Hurricane Katrina drenched Florida on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, knocking out power to more than a million homes and businesses. Forecasters now say the storm could be a Category-Four hurricane by midday Monday. Right now it could hit land anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. State officials will out line whats been done and what they need residents to do.
|Original Air Date: 8/26/2005
Week In Review
John Archibald from the Birmingham News will be among the three journalists reviewing the stories making news in Alabama.
|Original Air Date: 8/25/2005
VA Benefits Review
The Veterans Administration may review benefits given to those suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome. The review will be to make sure persons entitled to the benefits are receiving the compensation.
|Original Air Date: 8/24/2005
Counties Fighting Drugs
Counties are looking at new ways to combat illegal drug use. Bill Hansell from the National Association of Counties, and Greg Borland from the Drug Enforcement Agency, will discuss some of the plans being initiated. They will especially talk about trying to stop the production, distribution and use of crystal meth.
|Original Air Date: 8/23/2005
School Choice
The latest reports on school performance make it possible for parents to transfer their children to new schools if they choose. Students may ask to move to a new school if their current school has been added to the federal list for improvement under No Child Left Behind. For The Record explores how parents can use this option and what school systems have to do to execute the program.
|Original Air Date: 8/22/2005
Unemployment & Employment Numbers
The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations reports the July unemployment rate was 4%, representing more than 85,000 Alabamians out of work. In addition to tracking unemployment figures the department overseas the state employment service and unemployment and workers compensation. Director Phyllis Kennedy will discuss the worker-related programs her department is running. She will also take questions from viewers when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 8/19/2005
Week In Review
Dave White from the Birmingham News, and Karl Seitz of the Birmingham Post-Herald will be among the three journalists discussing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 8/18/2005
Faith in Schools
What expressions of faith are appropriate in public schools and what expressions are not? School prayer and use of the Bible by teachers in the classroom are longstanding controversies, and politicians and political activists are mounting a grassroots effort to find middle ground on religious expression.
|Original Air Date: 8/17/2005
Alabama Housing Bubble?
Reports of a housing bubble have given homebuyers the jitters, from Maine to California. Is Alabama experiencing such a bubble? What happens if it bursts, and how can homebuyers protect themselves? A state economist and Montgomery realtor offer their perspectives and suggestions regarding this nationwide concern.
|Original Air Date: 8/16/2005
Redistricting Fight
The Alabama Republican Party wants to see the states legislative districts redrawn. The party claims the district lines are not drawn properly. At stake could be control of the Alabama legislature.
|Original Air Date: 8/15/2005
Public Safety Director
Colonel Mike Coppage is the 26th Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Coppage will discuss department initiatives like getting more state troopers on Alabama highways and the new drivers license being issued. He will also take questions from viewers when they call 1-866-552-0025
|Original Air Date: 8/12/2005
Week in Review
Quin Hilyer of the "Mobile Register" will be among the three journalists discussing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 8/11/2005
Gulf State Park
When Hurricane Ivan devastated Gulf State Park, controversy was stirred up over how the park would be repaired and managed. We'll look at the battle over public vs. private management and several lawsuits dealing with the issue.
|Original Air Date: 8/10/2005
Juvenile Recidivism in Alabama
More than 2/3 of Alabamians released from juvenile detention centers will be incarcerated again within two years, according to a new study. Childrens advocacy groups say more attention to mental health assessment and treatment could reduce these rates. Judge Sue Bell Cobb, founder of Children First, and Judge Aubrey Ford, past president of the Alabama Juvenile and Family Court Judges Association, discuss the study and its implications for Alabama.
|Original Air Date: 8/9/2005
Voting Rights Act
Freshman 7th Congressional District Representative Artur Davis and Historian Richard Bailey, Ph.D. will be our guests. Five of the twelve counties in the 7th District are listed in the top 100 poorest counties in America. Congressman Davis and Dr. Bailey will discuss the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, Health Care in the states Black Belt and more.
|Original Air Date: 8/8/2005
Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole administers adult parole and probation services. The Executive Director of the Board William Segrest discusses the boards work. He will also take viewer questions when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 8/5/2005
Week In Review
Barbara Bobo from the "West Alabama Gazette," Bill Perkins of the "Dothan Eagle," join Tim Lennox to discuss the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 8/4/2005
Gambling Issue
Shelby County District Attorney Robby Ownes plans to close down illegal poker games in the county. A business was recently raided that authorities claim operated an illegal gambling operation. The show will look at the issue.
|Original Air Date: 8/3/2005
2005 Film Industry
There are some movies being shot in Alabama, but some officials believe more films could be made in the state. The effort to lure filmmakers to Alabama will be discussed.
|Original Air Date: 8/2/2005
SCLC Meets in Alabama
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is holding its annual convention in Birmingham. The organization, founded by the late Dr. Martin L:uther King, Jr., plans workshops on issues ranging from youth leadership development to healthcare. This is the organization's 47th Annual Convention. Former Alabama State Senator Charles Steele leads the organization.
|Original Air Date: 8/1/2005
Iraq Pullout
U.S. Army General George Casey says a substantial number of U.S. troops could be pulled out of Iraq next year depending on the political progress in Iraq and if the rebellion can be kept in check. Casey is the top commander in the country. Retired Air Force Colonel John Warden, the designer of the air strike in the Gulf War, will discuss the possible pullout. He will also take questions from viewers when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 7/29/2005
Week In Review
Sallie Owen from the Mobile Register will be among the three journalists discussing the events of the past week.
|Original Air Date: 7/28/2005
State Finance Director Jim Main
State Finance Director Jim Main will be on "For The Record" discussing the recently completed special session. He will talk about the budget lawmakers passed and the state of Alabama's coffers.
|Original Air Date: 7/27/2005
Ireland And Alabama
When most people think about Irish and Alabama, epic football battles come to mind. But the ties run much deeper. UAB professor Kieran Quinlan says the connections between Ireland and the American South go beyond familial relations. His new book, Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South, explores the significant Irish presence in the South and Southern history.
|Original Air Date: 7/26/2005
Special Session Review
Alabama lawmakers work to complete a special session. The main task before lawmakers was crafting a General Fund Budget. There are also measures covering sex offenders and eminent domain. For The Record takes a look at the winners and losers in the session.
|Original Air Date: 7/25/2005
Deadly Heat in Alabama
Potentially deadly heat is endangering Alabamians well talk with Alabama Health Officer Doctor Don Williamson about steps you can take to protect yourself and your family and hell take your calls on that topic and others when they call 1-866-552-0025.
|Original Air Date: 7/22/2005
Week In Review
Steve Chiotakis of WBHM-FM Birmingham will be among the three journalists discussing the events of the past week.
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LEED BD+C: Homes v1 - LEED 1.0 pilot
United States
LEED Gold 2008
Gish is the only affordable housing development in the United States to receive both LEED for Homes and LEED for New Construction Gold certification.
Gish Apartments in downtown San Jose, California, is a 35-unit, transit-oriented family apartment complex that provides quality affordable housing for households earning 35% to 50% of the area median income. The complex includes efficiency, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments. Over a third of the apartments (13 of them) are set aside for residents with developmental disabilities. The complex is a model for the State of California's Multifamily Housing Program for mainstreaming special needs populations.
The mixed-use plan includes a convenience store and a beauty salon on the ground floor. Residents have access to a computer center and are provided with services tailored to support low-income families, such as financial literacy training, computer training, and after-school programs. Housing Choices Coalition provides coordination of services for residents who have developmental disabilities and facilitates communication among these residents, their case managers, and the property management team.
Gish Apartments is a groundbreaking development both for its architectural design and in its use of renewable energy technologies and other green building features. Gish is the only affordable housing development in the United States to receive both LEED for Homes and LEED for New Construction Gold certification.
Site Context
Gish Apartments was built on a vacant site that formerly housed a gas station with underground storage tanks. The site is approximately 18,000 square feet and has a high water table. This infill site is immediately adjacent to the Gish light rail station and is located along a busy corridor near retail and other medium-density residential uses. The building includes commercial retail space.
Project details
- Size
- 40,935 sf
- Use
- Multi family low rise
- Setting
- Urban
- Certified
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- Walk Score®
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Difference between revisions of "Talk:Detroit"
Revision as of 19:59, 27 December 2008
Dearborn's location
Dearborn is on the southwest side of Detroit, not the north as given in the beginning of the Understand section. (It is, however, a wonderful place to eat.)
Detroit's mansions
All the places given for mansions in the Understand section are outside of Detroit proper. There are many beautiful mansions within the city in Palmer Park, Boston Edison, Arden Park and Indian Village, to name a few.
Ford's first assembly line
Was not in Detroit, it was in Highland Park, which is surrounded by Detroit. http://www.ford.com/en/heritage/history/default.htm You cannot visit the building, but you can drive by it on Woodward Ave.
Get in - air
Windsor's airport is closer to the northern suburbs (and much of Detroit) than Metro Airport. Nearby airports are Flint Bishop, Toledo and Lansing.
Get in - car - street layout
Detroit is a grid on a wagon wheel because of the Great Fire. http://forums.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=205&category=locations
Eat section completely leaves out the Lebanese restaurants in Warrendale and Dearborn, Hamtramck's Polish restaurants, Jacoby's downtown, Sinbad's, etc. It also includes chains (why on earth would anyone come to Detroit and eat in a P.F. Chang's?) The Roostertail (next to Sinbad's) is only open these days for parties.
None of the Detroit area restaurants liked by the foodies on eGullet are here. Nor is any idea of price given (restaurants listed are on the expensive side).
Detroit certainly has some districts that I think deserve separate mentioning and description (e.g. Downtown, Midtown, New Center, Corktown, Greektown, etc - Hamtramck and Highland Park also, even though they are not municipally part of the city). We should at least get a map together of where these districts are to start with. --Locano 16:07, 11 November 2007 (EST)
Proposed Districts
In the interest if district-ifying Detroit, here is the list of districts that I am thinking of creating.
Under the suggestion of this talk page, first the information will be divided into districts on the Detroit page, and as the section gains more information it can be split into its own article. Comments, suggestions? --Locano 21:18, 18 November 2007 (EST)
The districts for the Detroit area need to be treated as metro districts. People don't travel by municipal boundary. They don't care where the dividing line is when they travel. There are too many significant sites scattered within municipal boundaries which are within minutes of one another for the Detroit area. The districs then need to include metro southwest, metro east, and metro northwest. That's the way its handled by every major travel guide for Detroit. 220.127.116.11 12:37, 27 December 2008 (EST)
The term 'Detroit' does refer to the greater Detroit area. The Detroit Pistons play in Auburn Hills, the Detroit Zoo is in Royal Oak for example. Grosse Pointe is within a few blocks of the city limit. People don't travel or book hotels by in a vacuum. Major destinations in detroit bill hail themselves from the Detroit area. The official convention and visitors bureau for the area is called Visit Detroit and its doenn't confine itself to the city limits. It was only proposed to make the districts, when the content reached a high level, and that content included the key points of the metro area. Those trodding into the topic obviously gave no respect to that or to the work of others. The districts should be treated as metro Northwest, metro Southwest, and metro East, and probably should be renamed, if some cannot understand the concept. Thomas Paine1776 14:54, 27 December 2008 (EST)
The situation in Detroit
Okay, so a lot of what I've read suggests that Detroit is not in good shape. I realize the point of a travel guide is to paint a positive picture of the location, but wouldn't it be useful under Understand to let people know that there are some problems there? For example, I would want to know whether crime was a problem there, and if there were neighborhoods that were safe/unsafe. Potential visitors who aren't aware of the situation in Detroit might go there and then be a bit disappointed.126.96.36.199 08:04, 15 August 2008 (EDT)
Detroiters out there?
Local hero has been working so hard on Detroit article(s) and I was wondering if anyone else lived in the metro area to help edit. All help appreciated! I myself will try and help a little bit (though never been). Keep smiling, Edmontonenthusiast 14:26, 26 October 2008 (EDT)
Is the do section really necessary, in that, it's lengthliness? It's quite long. If it isn't only keep the necessary ones, if it is district it because it looks so boring to look at. Keep Smiling, edmontonenthusiast [ee] .T.A.L.K. 16:30, 22 November 2008 (EST).


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TALLAHASSEE, FL- A draft-eligible freshman? Yes, Clemson's Chris Dwyer is a draft-eligible freshman. I found myself explaining that to Florida area scouts in Sarasota on Friday as to why I was heading up to Tallahassee on Saturday.
Dwyer certainly presents a unique situation as he could conceivably be in college for five years (if you add a redshirt) and be eligible after every one of them.
Dwyer will turn 21 on April 10th making him likely the oldest freshman in the country. But he has chance to become an early pick this June after going unsigned in the 38th round by the New York Yankees last year.
He's also unique in his body-type. Listed at 6-2, I eye-balled him to be just a shade over 6-0 with 200 well-sculpted lbs. Dwyer's lower-half is very strong and he's also much thicker in his upper-half than most big league pitchers, with sloped shoulders that more befit a position player. He's sort of built like Tampa Bay Rays ace Scott Kazmir but with a bigger frame. The San Diego Padres had a lefthanded relief pitcher named Craig Lefferts in the 1980s whose body and stuff was similar to Dwyer's.
It was not a stellar outing for Dwyer. Though his team would go on to beat Florida State in thrilling 11-inning fashion by the score of 8-7, Dwyer was knocked out in the fifth, struggling with his control. His line for the day: 4.2 IP, 4H, 3ER, 5BB, 6K.
But it's obvious what he brings to the table and it's a future average fastball with a plus curve and the strong body and delivery that should allow him to throw a high-inning workload.
Dwyer threw exclusively from the stretch, which is also unique for a starter. He was consistently 88-92 MPH for most of the start with average running/sinking movement on his fastball. Dwyer was up in the zone a lot and wasn't able to locate to the corners. His curveball was at times a plus pitch with a two-plane break in the high-70s. On this start, it was not consistent but I see the makings of a 60 major league breaking pitch in the future. Dwyer's curve is "spikey" in nature, with a sharp downward break. His over-the-top arm-slot is ideal for getting on top of the pitch.
Dwyer also showed good arm-speed on his change-up and the potential for a 55-60 change in the future. Again, it was inconsistent and some were so straight that they turned into slow fastballs. When it works, he maintains his fastball arm-speed it drops almost like a splitter.
Dwyer's athleticism is evident in his delivery. He uses his powerful legs and strong hips to generate torque. He doesn't rock on his back leg quite as long as the ideal, but I think overall his mechanics are good and there isn't a whole lot of strain on his arm. Dwyer has a long, fluid arm-action.
He has to show better command than this to be a first or second round pick in June and he has (reportedly) in his previous starts. By June, scouts will have a better idea. On pure stuff, he wouldn't last past the second.
Clemson's #3 hitter Ben Paulsen is a projected sandwich-to-second round pick coming into the spring. He really struggled during Saturday's affair against Florida State, going 0-4 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, and two strikeouts.
Paulsen had a poor approach Saturday. He struck out looking at three pitches in his first at-bat, then chased a low-and-inside ball on the first pitch in his second at-bat, hitting a weak pop-up to left field. In his other at-bats, he chased balls high and swung-and-missed in his kitchen. Lefties like FSU's Brian Bush really gave him fits. Paulsen just didn't recognize pitches early enough.
The one pitch Paulsen did handle well was on the outer-half, which is what his opposite field sacrifice fly came off of.
His struggles surprised me not only because of his preseason rating, but because he also showed a pure swing in batting practice. Paulsen generated average major league bat-speed with solid-average power in the present. He showed me a natural lift and good extension on his swing.
The only red flags were that he started his hands low and that he got out on his front foot. The latter concerned me with how he'd handle breaking balls and in the game he really struggled.
I'm led to believe this was just a bad game for Paulsen at the plate and I can see him performing much better on another random date. The swing is there to become a good hitter at the big league level.
Defensively, I project Paulsen as an above-average first baseman and believe he also has the potential to play a corner outfield position.
At first, Paulsen moves easily around the bag and showed solid-average range on a play in the hole. He has a 40 arm and near-average hands right now. Though he's a below-average (35) runner, he might have the right strides to become adequate in the outfield and I think his throws would carry even better than they do as an infielder.
At 6-3, 180 (by my estimation), Paulsen is lanky. He has sloped shoulders, a shallow chest, and slender legs. He'll get 10-15 lbs stronger by age 23-24, but I don't think his body projects beyond that. He'll be small by major league first base standards.
OTHER CLEMSON NOTES: RHP Graham Stoneburner came in relief for Clemson throwing four full innings behind Dwyer. He's a draft-eligible sophomore, having turned 21 last fall. Stoneburner is undersized (I estimated him 5-11, 185 with a medium frame), but a good athlete with plus arm-strength (91-93 MPH for most of outing). He also showed an average curveball at times (78 MPH), but it was inconsistent and hung too often in his last inning of work. Because of his lack of size, he doesn't get much downward plane on his fastball and the movement was well below-average. Still, there's a lot to be interested in and I think he has a chance to crack the first ten (or maybe five) rounds next June…. Tiger closer Matt Vaughn ended up getting the win and he's an interesting senior. The 6-3, 215 Vaughn doesn't have the prettiest delivery. In fact, there's a lot of effort. Vaughn jerks his head and falls off the mound after release. He doesn't have a lot of core strength and his hip rotation is slow. Nevertheless, he shows good stuff for two innings, locating his 88-90 MPH fastball effectively to the corners. Vaughn's curveball (75-76 MPH) projects to average and I believe his change-up can become a plus pitch. If someone drafts him and keeps him in the pen, I don't put it past him to make it all the way up because his smarts and stuff might be just enough to get big league hitters out for an inning at a time…. 5-7, 170 centerfielder Addison Johnson is an intriguing player with 65 speed and a strong lefthanded swing. He plays with high energy and has the upside of a good major league backup outfielder. Johnson has the instincts and range for center but a well-below average arm. He has a short enough stroke to hit for average with wood in the future (against MLB pitching). Johnson may fall into the 8th-10th round range and I'd call him a sleeper once he's in pro ball.
FSU NOTES: Sophomore-eligible outfielder D'Vontray Richardson started and got two at-bats against Chris Dwyer before being removed for a pinch-hitter. He went 1-2, grounding out to short and then hitting a high outside fastball off the right-center field fence for a double. His approach is still the same as when I blogged on him two weeks ago; no stride, swings early in the count. Still, I believe he has as much raw ability as any college outfielder in the draft. Richardson ran a 4.25 to first on his groundout…. FSU senior closer Jimmy Marshall came in for 2/3rds of an inning, retiring both batters while throwing a 90-92 MPH fastball to go with his big curveball. The solidly built 6-0, 209 righty will get draft interest as a mature money-saver. His curve is at times a solid-average pitch in the mid-70s, but he hangs a lot of them, too. Marshall's arm-action is clean and efficient with an over-the-top slot. I can see him going in the 7th-10th round area.
On Sunday, I head southeast to Gainesville to watch Florida host Tennessee. Lefty Bryan Morgado takes the hill for UT, a 6-3 draft-eligible sophomore with a chance to go early. We have UT centerfielder Kentrail Davis projected in the preseason as a first-round pick, himself. Outfielders Matt Den Dekker and Riley Cooper plus closer Billy Bullock highlight the Florida Gator prospects.
On Monday, I'll see Missouri HS phenom and potential 1st-round pick Jacob Turner pitch in Cocoa, Florida. The 6-4 righty will bring a horde of scouts to the space coast. Check back later for both of these blogs!


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Indeed. I was planning on buying a Kindle (I read a LOT), but now I'm not going to. This is inexcusable, even if the complainant in the thread is in the wrong.
I agree also - I was looking forward to a Kindle as my next gadget purchase. I'm actually rather tired of physical books lately. For some reason hardcovers are not a standardized height meaning bookcases end up with a lot of wasted space. Why are they all over the place? I go on reading binges when time and work allow and it's way too easy to have a pile of books but no two are the same. Storage is a pain! I'd rather just have a good electronic reader.
I can only hope the success of the Kindle and the projects like Openmoko means an open source type will come along.
This is just another reason why DRM is not a benefit to the consumer and why consumers should *not* support DRM.
Which reminds me, anybody know the status on TechCrunch's open source tablet? [techcrunch.com]
What does DRM have to do with this? The previous books he had bought would still be accessible. I have wireless turned off all the time on mine, sometimes months at a time, only when I buy something from the kindle store do I turn it on. Never has a file been unavailable.
The problem he had was the account was disabled. IE: There were no files being delivered. At all. He wouldn't have gotten books, mails sent to his @kindle account or subscription. The account was disabled, ergo it couldn't be accesse
This has nothing to do with DRM. I like the jump to conclusion though--kindle, suspended, must be a DRM problem.
Your post is just another reason why anti-DRM proponents gets such little respect.
You're right - it's not a DRM problem.
It's a rental problem wherein our corporate overlords are trying to convince us we are "buying" books when it fact we are only renting them, until the corporation decides to block access to the servers (or the company goes out-of-business). Now there's nothing wrong with renting, but the overlords should be honest about it, and the rental rate should be lower than if I bought the physical book. In most cases, neither is true.
What does this have to do with DRM?
The guy didn't lose the books that he had already purchased. What amazon did was the equivalent of Borders books getting angry with you and deciding that you're not allowed to shop their anymore.
A douchey practice, sure, but it really feels like people just want to hate the kindle for some reason.
Oh gawd, I'm defending a chunk of white plastic...i feel like a mac user..
what I meant to say was "DOWN WITH BEZOS!!!"
Actually it effectively reduced the value of his kindle to practically nothing overnight. would you buy a used kindle from this guy?
The value of secondhand ebooks must be pretty low too while its possible some titles might be to your taste a lot won't be and worth zero to you.
at least with paper books you don't have to find a buyer with exactly the same tastes as you. Nice thing about the guy with the second hand book stall he'd buy back books as well as sell them.
After reading that post and subsequent comments including the Amazon letter he received, there is no question in my mind: Amazon is guilty of theft.
The facts are these: He returned some items (that were not books or e-books) and had his account banned. Along with his purchase account, his Kindle account was also banned. If that meant he could continue using the books he already had, fine. But because of DRM, he cannot access the books he already purchased!
Ian [mobileread.com] says:
3) I am now unable to access archived copies of the Kindle books I've purchased legally, and have no other way to legally purchase DRM'ed books on the device.
4) I also have no access to videos I have purchased from Amazon.
By making legitimately purchased information unavailable to him, Amazon is stealing (this is traditional theft -- taking something away from someone without the person's permission). If you do not agree with this, consider this scenario: Barnes & Noble is dissatisfied with your behaviour as a customer, so they ban you from all of their stores. And then they come to your house and take away all the books in your library because they claim you no longer have a right to access them.
Be very afraid of the cloud. Companies will be able to do anything they want with your information.
Defective by design
If you buy a Kindle, you are locked into Amazon's Kindle store.
There are many sources for books that can be read on the Kindle.
Some Free Sites (Public Domain / Creative Commons)
MobileRead.com [mobileread.com] (look for
Some Pay Sites
Fictionwise.com [fictionwise.com] (look for
So your Kindle is still somewhat useful. I would hope that more competition arises and Amazon removes its Kindle services from its e-book services so as to avoid a nasty inevitable anti-trust suit.
In addition, you can back up your books from your Kindle, transfer the Kindle to a different account, and restore your books to it.
register your Kindle's PID
How do you find your Kindle's PID when Amazon makes sites delete information about KindlePID [mobileread.com]?
Like takedown notices have ever stopped information from getting out, before..
But Amazon's attempt to cover up KindlePID does signal Amazon's intent that owners of Kindle devices not buy DRM works from other providers.
This makes me wonder what would happen with my G1 if for some reason I lost access to my Google account. (You basically can't do anything on the phone without being signed in, though you can create a new account from the phone itself.)
I suspect I could just link it to another account and re-sync contacts, calendar, etc. But then there's the question of purchased apps. Are they linked to the phone, to the cellular plan, or to the Google account? It's something I hadn't thought about before.
He clearly states that he regularly returns big ticket items because they're 'defective'. I know a number of people that utilize this same exploit on a regular basis. They only shop at places with excellent return policies. They order big ticket items and when they realize they maxxed their CC or decide the novelty has worn off, they return them because suddenly they notice a defect. Most of the time this defect was either imaginary or simply the result of several days/weeks of playtime.
As this becomes a hit to company profits, they will have to be much more careful on returns....making it much harder on those of us with valid returns. Too bad they reinstated his account.
And Amazon has every right to refuse to sell him anything further, including additional books for his Kindle. However, they have to support his ability to use books he has legally purchased. (Yes, purchased. Not rented or licensed.)
I suspect their web R&D team is hard at work today on a way to "suspend" an account that prevents future purchases but continues to support authorization for past purchases.
It's one thing to tell someone that they're no longer welcome to order anymore, but it's quite another to retroactively disable anything that they've previously purchased. That's the distinction.
Many people abuse the flexible Costco return policy. Some of these people get their memberships revoked. At no time does Costco come in and say that they can no longer use items they've already bought.
Also you get people who are extremely picky and abuse return policies to return things that aren't defective, but just aren't perfect. Displays are a big one people do that with. It is extremely rare to have a perfect display. There are always some minor imperfections. Well you get people who will just return and return displays trying to win the lottery and get the perfect one.
This has led many places to have a "no returns" kind of policy for screens.
I can fully understand Amazon getting sick of this kind
It is also abused by the unscrupulous for products which decline in retail value over time (electronics, etc). Costco changed their policy on computer items to combat these losers.
If your account is flagged for returning shit, you're just dumb. Don't buy crap and then return it and expect to stay in a company's good graces for long. I think I speak for all people who ever retail when I say this to people who return more than 1 item every 6 months: Eat Shit And Die. You wouldn't abuse your friends and family like that, so why harrass stores and their employees, even if they're owned/employed by a soulless corperation. Something like 15% of items are returned (dollar amount perhaps), which significantly cuts into profits and drives up prices for everyone else. Fuck You.
/rant off.
i would kill myself before working retail again.
So you clearly never shop at Fry's. I have roughly a 50% failure rate for things I buy there -- and there has been more than one case where I had to exchange something several times before giving up and asking for my money back.
I don't shop at Fry's if I have a choice anymore, but my returns didn't make _me_ a bad person.
To me this demonstrates the tradeoff between the convenience and concepts of 'property' issues that emerge when content is moved from a real-world media (book) to a digital one. Where in this transition is it implied that the original content creator has the right to demand how the product is to be used? If I buy a [real] book from Amazon, am I to expect that if Amazon cancels my account--for a legitimate reason or not--they have the right to come to my house and take back all the books I've bought (or been gifted by friends/family) from them? That word "unacceptable" is not near forceful enough to express how wrong that is. But somehow if I buy an e-book for the Kindle, suddenly that same exact behavior is greeted with, eh, whatever, it's just DRM.
My parents actually ordered me a Kindle for a graduation present, but fortunately it had not arrived in time for them to give it to me at graduation. I had them cancel the order. (They got me an iPod Touch instead.) There's no way in hell I'm willing to accept ridiculous levels of DRM for the benefit of being able to read a book on an electronic device. BOOKS ARE CHEAP and they do not NEED an electronic delivery mechanism! I don't quite understand why on earth a product like the Kindle needs to exist.
BOOKS ARE CHEAP and they do not NEED an electronic delivery mechanism! I don't quite understand why on earth a product like the Kindle needs to exist.
Whats worst is that not only are books already cheap, but they're often CHEAPER in physical form than on the kindle. I was in the supermarket the other day and saw that they had Twilight as a mass market paperback. IIRC the price was $6.99 (cover - no store discount). The same darned book in eBook form, which is just a collection of bits costing many times less to reproduce than the book, is priced at $9.99. There is just something wrong with that. Plus, as a failsafe, books don't need a device that can break, or needs power, etc. Call me paranoid but with the current economic climate the world of "Mad Max" is looking like a possible eventuality, and the regular books will be useful far longer into that period than an ebook.
Plus, as a failsafe, books don't need a device that can break, or needs power, etc. Call me paranoid but with the current economic climate the world of "Mad Max" is looking like a possible eventuality, and the regular books will be useful far longer into that period than an ebook.
If we ever hit the 'Mad Max' stage, regular books like Twilight will be especially useful...as toilet paper and for starting fires.
If we ever hit the 'Mad Max' stage, regular books like Twilight will be especially useful...as toilet paper and for starting fires.
You mean, regular books will be useful as kindling ?
Wait... you're complaining about Kindle's DRM and you chose an iPod Touch instead? What's the difference? The Kindle doesn't require that you actually buy DRM'd content. It supports DRM free files too.
And for why e-readers exist... convenience. Plain and simple. Buy books online and have them instantly. You entire library can exist in a single device instead of on a physical bookshelf. Making your collection both easier to store and transport... plus doing away with the need to even own a book shelf.
...kindle to kindling?
My desire for a Kindle just dropped from "It's really cool and I am going to eventually have one!" to zero.
The main reason I have not cared for e-books is that I want ownership - I want to keep my books. Until now, I assumed I would with a Kindle, obviously not.
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Students who transfer to Thomas More College are eligible for a variety of scholarships. These awards are based on a combination of your financial need, college GPA and your application date. Transfer student candidates need to have completed at least 24 transferable credit hours with a minimum 2.0 transferable GPA to be eligible for financial aid. Fall- and spring-term entrants are eligible. Students must complete an application for admission and scholarship. To receive these awards, students must be full-time.
For transfer students who have attended more than one institution prior to attending TMC, financial aid awards will be determined based on academic performance at the most recent institution attended where the student has earned at least 12 transferable credit hours. If 12 transferable hours have not been earned at any one institutions, financial aid will be determined based on academic performance at the last institution attended with the greatest number of hours earned.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Nov 2012 14:21 UTC
Another (this time, unsurprising) scoop by The Verge: "Office Mobile will debut in the form of free apps that allow Android and iOS users to view Microsoft Office documents on the move. Like the existing SkyDrive and OneNote apps, Office Mobile will require a Microsoft account. On first launch, a Microsoft account will provide access to the basic viewing functionality in the apps. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents will all be supported, and edit functionality can be enabled with an Office 365 subscription." Smart move to get users to go subscription.
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RE: Am I missing something here?
by grumpyoldman on Wed 7th Nov 2012 20:01 UTC in reply to "Am I missing something here?"
Better in the lines of Microsoft's view point and interests - and for business' wanting software that, you would think or wish, should have no issues at all working with Office Docs.
But as a general consumer that have options like the free Kingsoft Office mobile app and what you've mentioned above, who just wants to be able to read some documents or make an occassional document, not much there really.


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Five years have netted us some wild times and some neat shows. But weve never had such a showing as we did in the fifth year of Pony Trails. Its still hard for us to believe that so many gave up their time and finances via missed work, gas, and food to spend a sometimes-eventful day with the likes of us.
What weve discovered is that folks in Washington state, Indiana, and Michigan like to drive their Mustangs (seemingly) more than those folks on the Eastern seaboard. All the people on our trails in the North Central and Western reaches just seem to be willing to go that extra mile to make a trail specialthat, or they just dont get out much. In any case, the top two trails are here to be talked about. Can anyone beat Mustangs Northwest, the Kings of Cruise based in Seattle? Well, theres always next (err) this year.


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THE threat of asbestos from buildings ripped up by storms along the coast eased on Monday after sites at Kiama and Sydney's east were inspected by WorkCover and government officials.
But it remains a hidden risk in tens of thousands of buildings that are vulnerable to wild weather. The Master Builders Association says about a third of the houses in NSW contain asbestos, including about two-thirds of structures built before the 1980s.
That was the case at the Malabar RSL in Sydney, which had its roof torn off early on Sunday, sending fragments of asbestos cladding spinning into nearby streets and backyards.
Specialist crews vacuumed up all visible scraps, in a joint operation run by Randwick council.
Fire and Rescue NSW Hazmat crews cleaned the roads and police blocked off Ireton, Victoria and Prince Edward streets and Bilga Crescent in Malabar on Sunday.
WorkCover waived the usual five-day waiting period and licensed the immediate clean-up, and urged any residents with concerns about debris to contact it or the council. The heavy rainfall appears to have stopped loose fibres from being transported far by air.
The massive scale of the asbestos problem is highlighted by the vast effort put into trying to control the substance, it said.
''During 2012 WorkCover NSW received 7495 notifications from licensed asbestos removalists for the removal of bonded or friable asbestos,'' a spokesman said. ''WorkCover also received 5447 notifications for demolition work, the majority of which would have also involved asbestos removal work.''
Data from the NSW Environment Protection Authority shows a big rise in the amount of asbestos being transported to landfill since new regulations came into force in 2007.
Altogether, 209,436 tonnes of asbestos-laced material was received at licensed landfill sites around the state in the year to July, a spokeswoman for the EPA said. In the previous year, 240,064 tonnes was buried in landfill, and the year before that, 114,608 tonnes.
Most asbestos in homes is safe and inert if not disturbed.