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After actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in a fall from a horse, Robin Williams arrived at his hospital room dressed as a doctor and announced that he was a proctologist, there to examine his friend immediately.
"For the first time since the accident, I laughed," Reeve later wrote in his autobiography.
On Tuesday, following Williams' suicide at age 63, Reeve's family recalled that act of friendship as well as Williams' later commitment to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, dedicated to curing spinal cord injury and one of many charitable organizations to which Williams gave his time.
He supported scholarships at The Juilliard School in New York City, raised money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and hosted Comic Relief with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, television specials to benefit homeless people.
Reeve told his family that Williams had helped him know that, somehow, he would be okay, Reeve's family said in a statement.
"Robin's unparalleled legacy on screen will last through the ages," the family said. "But beyond the gift of laughter, he gave our family and the Reeve Foundation the gift of his simple, steadfast friendship. It's a gift we'll treasure forever."
Williams was Reeve's roommate while studying at The Juilliard School. He attended the school in the 1970s until withdrawing in 1976, was awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts degree in 1991, and provided tuition for a drama student each year through the Robin Williams Scholarship.
"His caring ways and effervescent personality will be missed by all who were touched by this special person," the school said in a statement.
One of the recepients was actress Jessica Chastain, who posted on Facebook: "Robin Williams changed my life. He was a great actor and a generous person. Through a scholarship, he made it possible for me to graduate college. His generous spirit will forever inspire me to support others as he supported me."
For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Williams appeared in movie theater trailers and national television spots for the hospital's Thanks and Giving campaign, among the celebrities asking people shopping during the annual holiday season to donate to the hospital. This year's spot was scheduled to be shot on Aug. 27 by Tony Thomas, a producer of Dead Poets Society, in which Williams' starred, and a son of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas.
"The only thing that surpassed Robin's brilliance was his overflowing generosity," Tony Thomas said in a statement.
Last year, Williams appeared with a 10-year-old girl named Darcy Cassidy, a patient at St Jude. She and other children from communities across America are benefitting from the hospital's lifesaving research and treatment, he said then.
"I'm a cowgirl," she says in the movie trailer, holding on to a horse's rope.
"A tough cowgirl battling a rare and inoperable brain tumor," he says and leaves her in giggles as he makes a face and jokes about his wearing sandals on a farm.
St. Jude said that Williams' humor made its patients laugh and his generosity touched their hearts.
"The world has lost a comedic genius and the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have lost an angel in their corner," Danny Thomas' daughter, Marlo Thomas, said in a statement. "Robin comforted them, made them laugh and gave generously for many years of his time and talent to raise funds needed for their care and their cure."
In California, where he lived, Williams was a friend of the Challenged Athletes Foundation, cheering competitors on at the finish line of the San Diego Triathlon Challenge. He was expected this weekend at a race in Northern California.
The executive director, Virginia Tinley, said that Williams gave his time to the group, which added to the reputation of the event, she told NBC Bay Area.
Williams also supported the San Francisco Zoo, which named a monkey after the comedian in June. Williams' namesake was appropriately a Howler monkey,
An appreciation for Williams' humor shaped a statement from Peter Wilderotter, the president of the Reeve Foundation.
"While our hearts ache with the loss of our friend, it is unlikely Robin would want us to mourn his passing with silence, but to celebrate his life through laughter," he said. "Together, let's remember Robin for the man who made the world laugh."


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Customers are warming up to Wallenda's high-risk brand, stunts and all.
Years ago, veteran Canadian wirewalker Jay Cochrane gave young Nik Wallenda a tip about the limits of razzle-dazzle.
"He said, 'Nik, you're doing a great job, but you can't be doing those fakes anymore, you're going to scare off potential customers,'" recalls Wallenda. "I said, 'This is what I do — I'm a showman.'"
Last May, a month before his historic skywalk across Niagara Falls, one of Wallenda's showbiz "fakes" caught up with him. Near the end of a 300-foot-long walk in Baltimore, for one heart-stopping moment, Wallenda appeared to slip. The Sarasota native, who today says he was in complete control of the stunt, finished safely to cheers of relief.
"Within an hour," says the 34-year-old tightrope walker, "we got an email from ABC going 'WHAT WAS THAT?' in all-caps. It really freaked 'em out."
As a result of the stunt, network executives insisted that Wallenda, for the first time in his life, wear a safety harness or they would pull the plug on the Niagara Falls adventure. The rest is history.
On Tuesday morning, the owner of six Guinness world records for acrobatics will perform his first hometown wirewalk since 2010. Reverting to true form, Wallenda will make the short trip without a safety tether, and there will be nothing to break his fall except the asphalt of U.S. 41, roughly 180 feet below his wire.
But what a difference three years — and the Niagara Falls coup — make. With an unprecedented skywalk over the Grand Canyon looming this summer, customers are warming up to Wallenda's high-risk brand, stunts and all.
He recently scored a deal with swanky Swiss watchmaker Jean Richard, which will likely rate a GQ magazine spread. Topps, the baseball card giant, is producing a limited-edition Nik Wallenda special insert for release this summer. Scheduled for publication in June is an autobiography titled "Balance: A Story of Faith, Family, and Life on the Line."
And Wallenda anticipates additional endorsements once the Grand Canyon date — with a no-tether clause guaranteed — becomes official.
"We know when it's going to be, I just can't say yet," says Wallenda, who will make a formal announcement on an upcoming edition of NBC's Today Show. "But we're ready to move and get more sponsors."
Wallenda's New York agent, Winston Simone, says an unencumbered wirewalk across one of America's geological wonders will likely sweeten the commercial draw.
"The issue of the tether actually had a dual edge," Simone said in an email. "Some potential sponsors thought that wearing a tether softened the achievement. I don't find any resistance from any quarter now that he's not wearing a tether."
Either way, the immediate order of business is crossing Bayfront Drive, or U.S. 41, on Tuesday.
The Sarasota walk
From 10:45 to 11:45 a.m., police will reroute traffic as Wallenda ascends a crane planted in the parking lot of Marina Jack, just east of the Unconditional Surrender statue. From there, around 11 a.m., he and his 42-foot-long, 45-pound balancing pole will test a 5/8-inch-thick steel cable and proceed north to the roof patio of Marina Tower.
Wallenda watchers who attended his last Sarasota wirewalk will note similarities of scale. Like Tuesday's performance, the 2010 Watergate-to-Ritz-Carlton walk unfolded from approximately 200 feet up. That one also covered roughly 600 feet, and took 12 minutes to traverse. But there could be a significant difference on Tuesday.
"The last time, I had a big condo blocking the wind," says Wallenda during a break from his Circus Sarasota engagement, where he will be performing through Feb. 15. The Circus is also contributing $15,000 toward Tuesday's production costs.
"This time there's nothing to protect me from the wind," Wallenda says. "I'm totally exposed."
Last week, Sarasota city commissioners dismissed new City Manager Tom Barwin's suggestion that Wallenda wear a safety harness, and unanimously approved the wirewalk.
Wallenda told the city he chose the venue in order to showcase Sarasota's skyline, Ringling Bridge, its Bay waters and islands for global audiences.
Virginia Haley, president of tourism promoter Visit Sarasota County, estimated the skywalk would generate between 50 million and 75 million "media impressions."
"It's always an honor to walk in my hometown and it's great to know Sarasota's behind me," says Wallenda, who expected more pushback on the harness issue. "I just hope a lot of people will turn out on Tuesday because to see it live is a totally different experience than watching on TV."
As always, Wallenda's father, Terry Troffer, will supervise the critical rigging, which will be strung across U.S. 41 after midnight on Tuesday and broken down 24 hours later. The retired circus performer once toured with Nik's legendary great grandfather Karl Wallenda, who fell to his death on the wire in 1978 at age 73.
Mindful of his son's improvisational showboating — in 2010, Wallenda lay down on the wire midway between the Sarasota high-rises — Troffer says he never knows in advance what Nik will do.
"There's always an element of danger or finality if things go wrong. There's an element of concern when anybody walks the wire, so yeah, I worry," Troffer says. "But you make safety your priority, you make sure everything's in place, and that's all you can do. You don't let it eat at you."
So far, the risky business is beginning to pay off with some unlikely opportunities. In the second year of his Jean Richard contract, for instance, Wallenda may have the option of designing his own watch.
"I'd probably want a watch that tells you how high up you are, altimeter readings, wind speeds, things that reflect what I do," he says. "I'd also want a piece of cable incorporated into it somehow."

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[Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of Nucleus Research] noted that a business may spend about $80,000 on a systems administrator to manage e-mail and desktop office software. For the same amount of money, Google Apps allows a business to support 1,600 users, she noted. Simply in terms of staffing, "this may be a better proposition even if Microsoft were free," Ms. Wettemann said.As usual, your mileage may vary:
[Dave Girouard, Google's vice president and general manager for enterprise] said Google's products were not replacements for Excel or Word, which he admits are more powerful. But he added that for smaller businesses and for certain groups of employees within larger companies, Google Apps could be a substitute for Microsoft's products.That is to say, very large companies, organizations that care deeply about information flow, or teams that advanced features will continue to see value in more traditional offerings from vendors like Microsoft.
Of course, this news isn't particularly earth shattering. Tim O'Reilly, for one, has been talking about Software as a Service for many years. You can view this announcement Google Apps as part of an ongoing ballet between Microsoft and Google, Microsoft and the rest of the industry, or Google and the rest of the industry. Or you could view it further validation of the concept of software as a service, or of the web as a platform.
I look at it differently.
Computing is a young field, and still in the midst of its Cambrian Explosion. New platforms emerge periodically. Some platforms become wildly successful, while others fade away with nary an artifact of their existence. The web is certainly the most successful platform in recent memory.
A great platform, like the web, reinvents the industry: it throws out old assumptions, brings new tools and new practices to bear on software development, and makes the impossible not only possible, but ubiquitous. Most importantly, a new platform gives us a clean page to start thinking about how to build systems. Given a great new platform, greenfield projects become the rule, not the exception; the only way to truly adopt a new platform is to throw out the old applications and start anew.
Yes, greenfield projects that require scrapping the old and starting from scratch are a good thing. But there are a few caveats.
As Joel Spolsky points out, rewriting an entire project simply because it's ugly or poorly engineered is never a good idea. This is just the siren song of second system syndrome, and it should always be avoided. Joel points out that the Netscape engineers were wrong to embark on a grand rewrite project in 1998, and lists similar projects that attempted to rewrite existing code, all of which failed. (Had Mozilla been a commercial software project, it would have failed just as surely as Quattro Pro and Copland did. Mozilla succeeded in the long run simply because it wasn't a commercial project, and it had the luxury to take years to complete.)
These lessons simply do not apply in the context of Google Apps. Starting a desktop office suite may have been a good idea in the early 1990s, before Microsoft Office established its monopoly and dominated the category. Today, starting a desktop office suite from scratch is either foolish, insane or both (except when the laws of physics and economics are suspended, as in open source projects that take years to complete).
Why is Google's office suite special? Not because it's Google. The rules didn't apply because Google Apps isn't a "desktop office suite." Writing a office suite for the desktop is still a bad idea, for the same reasons it was a bad idea ten years ago. But Google didn't do that. They solved an existing problem on a new platform (and bought some key components to hasten the process).
This is precisely what PC software vendors did 25 years ago, with packages like 1-2-3, dBase, and WordPerfect -- provide new solutions to old problems on a new platform. This is why Google is clever, not stupid.
By solving an existing problem on a new platform, Google Apps sidesteps the need to maintain or mimic all of the bug fixes that took years to identify with Microsoft Office. This renders many of Joel's objections to software rewrites moot, and makes it not only feasible, but desirable to rewrite applications from scratch. The same is true for the thousands of apps that were rewritten in Java, Perl, Python, and other languages to move to the web, and move away from the bugs, constraints, and limitations of earlier platforms -- desktops, mainframes and dialup terminals.
Not only are these rewrites a good idea, but a rewrite on a new platform in a new language is an excellent idea, especially when those new languages offer a higher level of productivity.
Claiming the "new platform exemption" doesn't make a rewrite project instantly magical and wise. Plenty of platforms come and go without changing the computing landscape. If you lived through the 1990s tech bubble, you may remember Microsoft Bob, Windows for Pen Computing, Pointcast, Marimba, BeOS, OS/2, Newton, MagicCap, OpenDoc and Pink. None of these efforts produced a viable platform. In hindsight, efforts to rewrite applications for these platforms turned out to be a complete waste of time.
Rewriting a program from scratch to target a powerful new platform does make sense. This was true in the 1980s with the PC, the 1990s with the web, and today with the AJAXified, RESTful web. Looking at the software industry in this way, it's certain that new platforms will emerge in the future. Most of them will fail, but a couple may be so powerful that they change all the rules.
How do you prepare for the next great platform? Really powerful new platforms tend to come along with new languages, so being nimble and learning how to learn new languages helps. Sticking with a single language and platform is generally a losing plan for a lengthy career. The software industry is dynamic, and needs practitioners that are able to adapt quickly. Failure to adapt to changing market demands is a recipe for deep specialization, obsolescence, or entry into management.
Learning new programming languages isn't sufficient; NewtonScript may have been interesting for a while, but it was a total dead end. Many lackluster platforms were built around C++, and none caught the imagination like web stacks for Java, Ruby or Python. Pascal, xBase and BASIC were strong contenders in the early PC era, but now those skills are nearly to worthless. Environments like Smalltalk and Common Lisp remain some of the most powerful ever created, but they have yet to lead to a widely adopted platform; this may or may not be an important concern.
How should you choose which languages to learn? One way is to follow the trends, and see where the industry is moving. In the 1990s, objects were big and getting bigger, so C++ was a good place to start, at least until Java came out and simplified that model. Smalltalk was a better choice, since all of the key concepts to object oriented programming start there. With a background in these fundamentals, picking up new languages like Python, Objective C, C#, and Ruby much easier.
Today, there's a move to simplify object oriented systems. Closures are a hot topic, which means looking into functional languages like Haskell, *ML and Lisp/Scheme. Prototype-based languages are becoming popular, which means looking deeply into JavaScript, but also Io and Lua, or going back to the source and studying Self. However, if you understand class-based languages, prototype-based object oriented programming isn't a huge jump. Better to focus on a functional language instead.
Although I have a lot of respect for the ML and Lisp language families, my money is on Haskell (surprise, surprise). First, Haskell is directly influencing C# 3.0 and the other .Net languages, via new technologies like LINQ. Microsoft's C# team isn't alone here; features from Haskell are slowly percolating into Java and Perl as well.
Additionally, Haskell takes a strong stance on functional programming, by forcing programs to be pure and side-effect free. This approach can be quite severe, but it does have some key advantages. The lack of side effects leads to a shared-nothing programming model, which eliminates entire classes of bugs for multithreaded programs. And with massively multi-core/multi-CPU systems in the near future, a better threading model is going to be a key feature of the next great platform. Transactional support for threads via STM can't hurt, either.
While I'd like to say that Haskell has all the indications of becoming the next great platform, I don't believe it is. However, the next great platform is likely to be strongly influenced by languages like Haskell. Since we don't know what that platform will be, it's best to go to the source and get a sneak preview of what we should expect to see soon. That platform, when it arrives, will be another game-changer, making the apps we develop today obsolete, just as Google Apps is making desktop office suites obsolete today.


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Nicola Zanetti-Magic Stone Aroma Diffuser
At Design Interviews
Interview with Nicola Zanetti : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Nicola Zanetti : Nature and magical atmosphere were the two main guidelines to follow, finding a shape that should be pure but not trivial. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Nicola Zanetti : The magic effect of a "black box" that makes surprising things. Our target was to make the product in 3 parts only and keep away from competitors "vase" shapes. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Nicola Zanetti : Promote it on magazines and fairs. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Nicola Zanetti : firstly we moved on the research phase and sketches. The first phase took us at least 1 month, then the refining phase up to the pre-engineering, developed in different steps took around 3 weeks. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Nicola Zanetti : The brief was given by the client. The need was a new outlook different from what was on the market andd additional features. We developed this concept and added the capacity touch button control. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Nicola Zanetti : This product is already on the market with different brands, divided per country. The most famous is the german Leifheit .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Nicola Zanetti : because this product is related to helthness of mind and soul, not just a food processor. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Nicola Zanetti : No, this product was designed by myself, even if usually we work in team, sometimes a concept comes alone. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Nicola Zanetti : we like to think this design can fit almost all customers taste. It is pure, new, related to nature but a bit technological too. Once you try it you will like to turn it on every evening. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Nicola Zanetti : Many competitors use technological shapes that put the outlook in the field of appliances, some other use "japanese style" shapes, we tried to make a natural , modern outlook in line with modern houses and traditional souls. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Nicola Zanetti : Magic stone is the synthesis of the magical use and ambient that you can create with essential oils and led lights and the classical shape of oriental tradition, the river stone. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Nicola Zanetti : mind and soul. then I used pencil and Rhinoceros with Hypershot. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Nicola Zanetti : modern pureness and easy of use. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Nicola Zanetti : I worked with teh company engineer to match the design with technical needs. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Nicola Zanetti : Technology has the main role, since this "under skin" magic is made thanks to technology .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Nicola Zanetti : Basically what we do for all projects: benchmark of products on the market, competitor's product analisys, technology research to find something new to add to the new product. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Nicola Zanetti : simplify it as much as I can...you know: less is more .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Nicola Zanetti : Since I feel this is really something improoved step by step until a good level of design. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Nicola Zanetti : to relax :) .
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MOVIE REVIEW- Soap and sensibility: Making believers of non-Janeites
There are two kinds of soap operas: the traditional melodrama and the darkly comic satire.
The Jane Austen Book Club represents a third kind, with all the events that can be crammed into six lives and those they touch, but told in a sweet, funny way. It's also a feast for Jane Austen fans, in case they're hungry again after Becoming Jane, combining discussion of and elements from all six of her novels.
You'll get more out of the movie if you're as Austen-tatious as the characters, but some terrific actresses make the story interesting, probably even for Austen neophytes.
When Daniel (Jimmy Smits) leaves Sylvia (Amy Brenneman) for another woman, the women in her life try to console her. Her grown lesbian daughter, Allegra (Maggie Grace), moves back in with her. Bernadette (Kathy Baker), who's been married six times and is open to a seventh, suggests getting a group together to read and discuss Austen: "Six novels, six people– we'll each be responsible for one book. All Jane Austen– all the time."
Jocelyn (Maria Bello), who avoids commitment as well as any man, and whose dog just died, thinks a younger man is just the "distraction" Sylvia needs. When she meets Grigg (Hugh Dancy), Jocelyn tries to hook them up, oblivious to the fact that he's really interested in her, to the extent that he joins the club and promises to read all the books, even though he prefers science-fiction.
Then there's Prudie (Emily Blunt), who's included in the club but doesn't do anything special for Sylvia because she has problems of her own. She's married to Dean (Marc Blucas), "a complete Neanderthal," an insensitive (but handsome) lout "who would cancel a trip to Paris for a basketball game." Prudie's a schoolteacher, and there's a student, Trey (Kevin Zegers), who appears to be flirting with her. Can she at least wait until he graduates? To make life complete, there's a visit from her aging-hippie mother (Lynn Redgrave).
The story extends over the period of their six monthly meetings, with some discussion of Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and finally, Persuasion. Each woman goes through changes, but for the most part they follow the Austen rule: "Nothing in haste."
While the other women deal with the men in their lives, Allegra finds a girlfriend, Corinne (Parisa Fitz-Henley), while skydiving. They last a few months. Later Allegra goes to the hospital, and when a woman (Gwendoline Yeo) says, "I'm Dr. Yep," you just know that's Yep as in "Yep, I'm gay," the famous line from Ellen DeGeneres' Time magazine cover in April 1997.
Director Robin Swicord, who adapted the book by Karen Joy Fowler, understands what Jocelyn means when she says, "Reading Jane Austen is a frickin' minefield." Swicord's screenplay avoids the mines, and the occasional firecracker she sets off does no harm.
I've found that someone who's obsessed with a topic can make it interesting to others, at least for a short time, through their contagious enthusiasm, especially if they can discuss it with some intelligence. The Jane Austen Book Club is like that. With its contemporary setting and excellent actresses, it won't turn off non-Janeites, even if it leaves them wondering why those people are so excited about her.


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We are told by the London Telegraph that the resources of the "LAPD (are) stretched to limit as hunt for Christopher Dorner enters fifth day."
The Los Angeles Police Department has been stretched to the limit after five days hunting for Christopher Dorner, America's most wanted man, as he seemingly vanishes into thin air.
It is important, up front, to remind ourselves of what we don't know at this stage about Christopher Dorner's one-man guerrilla war against the LAPD. He may be lying dead, frozen up in the mountains. He may be lying low in a hideaway in South Central, awaiting his next chance to strike. It is this "ghost in the machine" that has gripped the imaginations of the LAPD and motivated them to shoot up innocent newspaper delivery ladies and make other panicky moves that telegraph just how shaken they are by the fact that one of their "Only Ones" is doing this to them. The law enforcement bureaucracy likes to believe that they, personally, are untouchable. Dorner has proven the lie and it scares the bejeezus out of them.
Not that I have any sympathy for Dorner. Based upon what I can tell from his unredacted "manifesto" he is a gun-control advocate and one seriously ill and confused human being. Based upon his apparent targeting of innocents (the daughter of his representative in the LAPD grievance process) he is not only a madman but a vicious animal. All of his blather in the "manifesto" is as nothing compared to that bestial act. Indeed, if Dorner had been guided by 4th generation warfare principles, he would have restricted his target list to more difficult-to-target people in the LAPD chain of command, beginning with the Chief and working his way down.
Or, if he was a normal human being who was really as principled as he claimed, he would have chalked up his firing to life lessons learned, left California and made a new life for himself somewhere else. But he didn't.
But forget about Dorner and look at the lessons his personal war teaches. One man -- ONE MAN -- has for almost a week frightened and tied up the law enforcement resources of an entire state (and I'm sure the Feds are making their contributions behind the scenes too). This is a cautionary tale for any citizen disarmament advocate who blithely assumes (as stupidly as the LAPD was last week) that the "authorities" are up the challenges of the 4GW civil war that their appetites seem bent upon creating.
If the ghost in the LAPD machine teaches anything, it is that the resources of the modern surveillance police state are not even up to the challenge of one madman, let alone a determined, thinking minority.
A cautionary tale, indeed.


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Cromer double death update: Bodies are North Norfolk District Council leader and his wife
PUBLISHED: 08:15 03 December 2012 | UPDATED: 17:05 03 December 2012
One of Norfolk's leading council figures has been found dead in a garden near his Cromer home – just yards away from the body of his wife.
Keith and Andrea Johnson were found by police yesterday afternoon with shotgun wounds after worried residents reported an incident at Compit Hills.
Ambulance, air ambulance and police raced to the scene but were unable to save the couple.
Mr Johnson was the leader of North Norfolk District Council, a former Cromer mayor and a long-serving member of both the district and town councils.
The double death has sent shockwaves through Cromer, where the couple were prominent and much-loved figures, often seen at carnival, council, Christmas and other events.
Only this weekend, Mr Johnson was helping to organise the town's Christmas market which was part of a weekend of light-up events to usher in the festive season.
And on Friday he was mixing with dignitaries at the opening of a Waitrose store at North Walsham.
Later the same day, he was posing for EDP photos to urge organisations to come forward to take on a redundant annexe of the NNDC headquarters at Holt Road, Cromer.
He was elected as leader of NNDC earlier this year, succeeding Helen Eales. And he threw himself into the job with vigour, embarking on a tour of town and parish councils with NNDC chief executive Sheila Oxtoby.
This morning, scenes of crime officers were expected to still be at the scene of the double death, combing the bungalow and gardens for clues.
Last night, crime scene tents covered the two bodies, with four police investigation cars and a number of other police vehicles lining the street.
A police community support officer was stationed at the entrance to Compit Hills, ensuring that only residents could get in, while the area close to the scene of the incident was cordoned off with police tape.
Initially, nobody was allowed to come in or out of the close. But restrictions were loosened after a few hours, with those living away from the immediate area of the incident allowed to get to their homes.
News of the tragedy soon spread around the close-knit community.
Neighbours quickly identified who had been involved.
One woman, who lives with her family a few doors down from Mr and Mrs Johnson, said: "It's a huge, huge shock. We cannot believe it. It's so quiet up here. If you thought of any place where this sort of thing would happen, it certainly wouldn't be here."
She added: "The average age here is very high. I only walked past their house with my daughter about 15 minutes before it all happened. It's so terribly sad."
Mr Johnson's close friend, Benji Cabbell-Manners, had been away for the weekend and spoke of his "terrible shock" at hearing the news.
Other friends and colleagues, including town, district and county councillor Hilary Thompson, town clerk Julie Chance, deputy mayor David Pritchard and fellow NNDC and Cromer man John Lee were still digesting the news last night.
Mr Johnson was also secretary of the Anglian Combination football league, and retired in 2011 after a 39-year career in local government at Sheringham Urban District Council and NNDC.
He was born in Sheringham, and attended Sheringham Primary School and Paston Grammar School at North Walsham.
He was a football referee for many years and highlights included officiating at the Womens FA Cup Final and refereeing at Carrow Road.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Welcome to our blog
The call came a few days ago. The call that we have been waiting for. The call that our families and friends have been waiting for. We leave in two weeks. So our families and friends can follow our adventure and meet you too, we are creating this blog. Before we leave, I will give more details about how the process is supposed to work. For now, I have to check the weather in Kazakhstan to see when the temperature will dip below freezing ... as a daily high, not a low.
That's it for now. Short and sweet. We invite all of you to follow our adventure and our travels.
6 comments:
- Melissa said...
so excited to read and talk to you about this as things progress. It has been a long time coming and we could not be more thrilled for you. If you need some winter coats for your trip, let me know! :)
- October 25, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- Rita and Steve said...
The adventure begins - We love you both - Mom and Dad
- October 25, 2008 at 7:29 PM
- linda & joe said...
got it amd we're happy as hell. Love, Linda & Joe
- October 26, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- linda & joe said...
During a terrible blizzard your grandmother Jennie called to tell me not to send the children out without sweaters. In honor of Jennie--take a sweater! We're very excited for both of you and the baby. We're with you all the way on this great adventure. Keep warm Love you--Joe and Linda
- November 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM
- Es and Bern said...
Dear Shana and Larry,
Your writing has produced the very same goosebumps as I had when mom told me that the call had come. Your forthcoming journey is going to be imprinted in your minds forever. With your very positive outlook, with your already tested perseverance, with the abundant love that you hold in your hearts we know that your journey will officially begin your lives as parents. May your first excursion be all that you've dreamed!
With much love, Esther and Bern
- November 6, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- art2046 said...
Oklay let's try this again. I do not now what happened to our first post? but what the hey...wil try again.
It was wounderful to read that you and Larry are their safely and all is well. God Bless
love art and sandi
- November 11, 2008 at 5:24 AM


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"When You're a Dog" is a children's song by Andrew Barkan '02 and Polly Hall '04 (below). It won the 2012 Joe Raposo Children's Music Award, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Invited to perform at the New York City awards ceremony, Barkan and Hall needed a backup "dog choir."
They enlisted Alexis Weiss '04 and Mara Levi '99, once Bluestockings with Hall, and Pedro Soto '99 and Chad Mills '04, former Zumbyes with Barkan.
The six sang "When You're a Dog" in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Dec. 12, 2012.


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Banned on Facebook
I know there are people out there who don't like me. But I don't think they should be able to use Facebook like this to get at me. And this story isn't just about me. It's about everyone who uses Facebook to promote themselves and their work. If anonymous complaints can shut you down, that's interference with your livelihood.
— Comic artist Wendy Pini, after receiving her second Facebook ban, for posting a widely shared photo by artist Ryan McGinley to her wall


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The Wikipedia page on Culture is excellent
Guerrero Mexico: Read The Mex Files today
Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) (PHY.U) insider selling
Somebody named Eric Sprott...
The Friday OT: The Stranglers; Walk on by
How we know the selling in junior miners isn't over yet
Chart of the day is...
...gold, hourlies:
But fear ye not, mortal, as tomorrow is All Saint's and evil will be banished from the Earth. Or summink.
Sheldon's bonuses
Thanks to reader MB, these fun little datapoints reach IKN Nerve Centre™
Now is that cool data or what? Thanks MB.
This Thing Isn't like That Thing, Burkina Faso edition
This thing:
Interest in Burkina Faso's resource potential continues to grow with 7 producing gold mines built since 2007 ranking it 4th amongst the African nations, and it is now attracting the interest of mining companies because it is a politically stable democracy with good infrastructure.
That thing:
Pinetree (PNP.to) distressed selling continues
Lookie at what Sheldon did to Coro Mining (COP.to) yesterday at the close:
Betcha they're more worried at PNP about this price than they are at COP.
Dalradian (DNA.to) provides a market litmus test
- You got a new PEA
- You got a strong post-tax IRR
- You got that even at today's lower gold price.
Chart of the day is...
Things that Steve Todoruk of Sprott needs to buy
1) A dictionary. It's Colombia.
2) A map. It's not where you think it is. Honest. Buy one, look, check carefully the relationship between Ecuador and, let's say, Argentina. Or Chile. Or Brazil.
This is how this piece written by said dumbass gringo begins.
PS: Ecuador's surface area is greater than that of The United Kingdom, Steve. Buy a pocket calculator as well.
Somebody please tell the British press corps that it's Colombia, not Columbia
Ferfuxsek, it's 2014. Dumbass gringos.
From here.
Pinetree's liquidity issue
UPDATE: Add U308 Corp (UWE.to) and Mega Uranium (MGA.to) to the list.
UPDATE 2: Kind reader G gives your humble scribe the headsup on Stockwatch, which has also noticed Pinetree's apparent distress.
Finally, Sheldon Inwentash's Pinetree Capital Ltd. (PNP) slipped 1.5 cents to 16.5 cents on 1.16 million shares. As we discussed yesterday, Pinetree seems to be on a selling spree, having sold 5.8 million shares of African Gold Group Inc. (AGG: $0.04) last week. The sales left it with 15.9 million shares, but today African Gold traded another 22 million shares, making it the most-active stock on the TSX-V. It told IIROC it had no material changes. International Northair Mines Ltd. (INM: $0.07) was the second-most-active trader, slipping one-half cent to seven cents on 7.4 million shares. Mr. Inwentash and Pinetree own 11.7 million shares of this company, and have yet to disclose any sales on SEDI. The third-most-active trader was Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (YEL: $0.04), which closed down one cent to four cents on 5.99 million shares. Mr. Inwentash and Pinetree own 3.1 million shares of this company, after unloading 18 million shares at four cents last week. Pinetree is in need of cash. It had $150,000 as of June 30, at which time it valued its investments at $188-million. This is down from $609-million three years earlier, when the stock was trading over $2.
Anglo American and Galbraith's bezzle
"At any given time there exists an inventory of undiscovered embezzlement in — or more precisely not in — the country's businesses and banks. This inventory — it should perhaps be called the bezzle — amounts at any moment to many millions of dollars. It also varies in size with the business cycle. In good times people are relaxed, trusting, and money is plentiful. But even though money is plentiful, there are always many people who need more. Under these circumstances the rate of embezzlement grows, the rate of discovery falls off, and the bezzle increases rapidly. In depression all this is reversed. Money is watched with a narrow, suspicious eye. The man who handles it is assumed to be dishonest until he proves himself otherwise. Audits are penetrating and meticulous. Commercial morality is enormously improved. The bezzle shrinks."
Your B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) free passes...
Ebola spam mail
Mining PRs and the Ottotrans™, Part 87
This is what they wrote:
And this is what it meansTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) - African Gold Group, Inc. ("AGG" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AGG), responding to a request from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, wishes to confirm that the Company's management is unaware of any material change in the Company's operations that would account for the recent increase in market activity.About African Gold Group
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) - African Gold Group, Inc. ("AGG" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AGG), responding to a request from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, wishes to confirm that the Company's management knows that Sheldon Inwentash is dumping the merry fuck out of its stock but doesn't know why. He's doing it on other positions, too. So stop asking us.
About African Gold Group
Let's see what Freeport (FCX) has to say about its exploration activities in Serbia
From the 3q14 earnings call, today:
"Now Serbia. There's nothing in the natural resource business like Greenfield exploration. I mean nothing. The idea of making some investments in exploration defining a new asset in creating huge value. That is the happiest day you can have in a company like ours. And you know in the oil and gas business it happens a lot more frequently than it does in the mining business and that is again the support of about prices you go back to you think what are the big success stories you know during my long career in the mining business Greenfield exploration. They are few and far between. Few and far between. We have an active program Jim Bob worked with and we find Junior mining companies around the world on exploration concepts that have the potential to be big. The to look at anything unless it has the potential to be big. So that is why you haven't heard from us about this program. This does. You've been there. There have been some really exciting core holes that are controlled. A lot of work needs to be done. It's in an area that's traditional mining area for the government of Serbia is very anxious to see us come in and invest. The current status is we are not actively drilling out. We are working on partnership arrangements with our partner there. I saw them briefly in London when I was there last week. And we are excited about it. But it's longer-term a lot of work to be done but it is a greenfield project that if it is successful could add a lot of value to the company."
Vancouver Venture takes a fond look back at Peak Oil
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, 45 minutes after the open on this beautiful Tuesday morning. A near-term trade, should help pay for the trick-or-treat toothrot and the pumpkin pie.
Yes, Red Kite has taken a majority position in LME copper. So freakin' what?
"It's unclear why a single buyer is holding such a large amount of the copper stocks in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses, but..."Stop. Right. There.
The gold/copper ratio, a revisit
The referenced chart of October 22nd found here. Today's update here:
B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) 3q14 production
- Libertad did well enough.
- Limon was well down due to water problems (no mention that killing employees due to the water problems was a main part of the issue, but hey...capitalism)
- Masbate underperformed again.
"...due to lower than anticipated production in the third quarter, the Company now expects its full-year 2014 consolidated production guidance to be marginally lower than previously guided."
The most interesting slide of the Lundin Gold pitch...
...is this one. It contains the state burden expectations for the Fruta del Norte (FDN) project in Ecuador.
One of those occasions when reading the footnotes pays off.
Employment opportunity for mining engineer
The IKN Weekly, out now
The IKN Brazil election prediction from October 13th
BREAKING: Dilma wins
The fast count numbers just released say that Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected in Brazil with 50.99% of valid votes, with 4.7% of fast count votes left to be tallied. Therefore it's close enough not to be able to call on the (normally very accurate) fast count and we'll have to wait until something official comes later, but the chances of Aecio Neves (on 49.01%) are now very slim indeed.
UPDATE: With 96% of votes, Dilma's now on 51.09%. This one is over.
UPDATE 2: 97% of votes counted, Dilma 51.32%, Aécio 48.67%. What's more, we hear the few remaining votes to be added are from the Northeastern region which is a PT (Dilma's party) stronghold. We may get close to my 52/48 guess after all, but the main news is now a done deal. Dilma wins.


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The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature Patricia Smith on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Smith will also participate in a question-and-answer session earlier in the day, at 3:30 p.m., in the Martha Miller Center's Fried-Hemenway Auditorium (Room 135).
The public is invited to both events. Admission is free.
Called "a testament to the power of words to change lives," Patricia Smith is recognized as a force in the fields of poetry, playwriting, fiction, performance and creative collaboration.
She is the author of six critically-acknowledged volumes of poetry, including "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah" (finalist for the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America), "Blood Dazzler" (a National Book Award finalist), and "Teahouse of the Almighty" (a National Poetry Series winner), all from Coffee House Press; "Close to Death" and "Big Towns, Big Talk," both from Zoland Books; and "Life According to Motown," just released by Tia Chucha Press in a special 20th anniversary edition. She also edited the crime fiction anthology "Staten Island Noir." Her other books include "Africans in America" (Harcourt Brace), a companion volume to the groundbreaking four-part PBS history series, and the children's book, "Janna and the Kings," a Lee & Low Books New Voices Award winner.
Smith's work has appeared in "Poetry" (including the journal's 100th anniversary edition), "The Paris Review," "Granta," "Tin House," "TriQuarterly," "poemmemoirstory," "Ecotone," "Able Muse" and many other journals; and in dozens of groundbreaking anthologies, including "Best American Poetry," "Best American Essays," "Villanelles," "Killer Verse--Poems of Mayhem and Murder," "American Tensions--Literary Identity and the Search for Justice" and "100 Best African American Poems."
Her contribution to "Staten Island Noir," the story "When They Are Done with Us" won the Robert L. Fish Award from the Poetry Society of America (for best debut story in the genre) and is upcoming in "Best American Mystery Stories 2013." She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, for her poems "The Way Pilots Walk" and "Laugh Your Troubles Away!" In the summer of 2012, she was awarded fellowships to both Yaddo and the McDowell Colony, where she worked in a studio once occupied by James Baldwin.
She is a four-time national individual champion of the notorious and wildly popular Poetry Slam, the most successful competitor in slam history. She was featured in the nationally-released film "Slamnation," and appeared on the award-winning HBO series "Def Poetry Jam."
An accomplished and sought-after instructor of poetry, performance and creative writing, Smith appears often at creative conferences and residencies, customizes workshops for all age groups and is available for intensive individual instruction.
She is a Cave Canem faculty member, a professor of English at CUNY/College of Staten Island and a faculty member of the Sierra Nevada MFA program.
Additional information is available online at http://jrvws.org.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St., on Eighth Street between College and Columbia avenues. The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street.


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Good news, Katy Perry fans: Though Marion Cotillard's whale trainer character in "Rust and Bone" loses her legs in an accident as Perry's "Firework" plays, the actress says she's not too traumatized by the empowerment tune.
"The song's become something very special to me," says the Paris-born Cotillard by phone from New York. "And we listen to it a lot with the team I work with. I love the song."
In the film, opening Friday, Stephanie (Cotillard) copes with tragedy through help from Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a nightclub bouncer who defends Stephanie in a fight before the accident. The 37-year-old Oscar winner ("La Vie En Rose," "The Dark Knight Rises") says her feelings about fighters vary.
"If you fight as a kind of sport, kind of a game, so it becomes something powerful and not something specifically violent [that's one thing] … but when you fight in the street, when you fight because you get in a fight with someone who says something bad, [it's] not showing strength," she says. "It can be weakness to be a fighter. Because you are just a violent person."
Cotillard wasn't happy when a friend tried to defend her in real life against "someone who was annoying me." "I got so mad because I didn't want him to get into a fight," she says. "I used to go to see boxing and I used to love it, but seeing people fighting in the street because of an argument or something, this is something that I cannot stand."
People may not expect someone as glamorous as Cotillard to enjoy boxing, but she doesn't see herself that way. "It's part of an actor's life to sometimes show glamor," she says. "In my real life I see myself as a human being who learns a lot of things, but I would not describe myself as glamorous. I would describe myself as just a simple human being."
Cotillard's Stephanie character has anything but a simple journey in "Rust and Bone" as she tries to reclaim her sense of self after the tragic accident with a whale she is training. Cotillard emphasizes the role of sexual identity in that process. "That's a beautiful way to put the energy back into your body," she says.
The whale accident comes as a jolt in "Rust and Bone," but Cotillard has been familiar with surprises lately—particularly regarding her character in "The Dark Knight Rises."
"I didn't tell anyone what my character does in the movie," Cotillard says of her friends, "and they were pretty shocked." (Spoiler alert: She sleeps with Batman and tries to kill him. Cotillard notes her friends focus more on the killing aspect.)
These serious movies tend to be her forte career-wise, but Cotillard admits to loving "dumb" American comedies, including Adam Sandler films. She's particularly fond of "Step Brothers" due to her love for John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell (she also says she loves Steve Carell and Vince Vaughn).
Yet when asked to name an actor she still wants to work with, Cotillard said Kate Winslet. When I suggest a comedy starring the two of them, Cotillard offers an idea for the title: "Step Sisters."
If she had unlimited time in Chicago: "I would want to go and visit my friend who lives there. And I would go to Gibson's. And Green Mill. I loved it, too."
On working with whales: "The thing is I didn't have much time to prepare this movie because I was filming another movie, so I arrived five days before the shooting and we had worked before with [director] Jacques [Audiard], but with the whales I arrived five days before the shooting and that's when I met with them and I started to learn how to [do] all the gestures to make them do what you want them to do. I love animals and I've always had a strong connection with them. My trainer, the woman who worked with me, she was really amazing and she made my job very easy … If you do the right gestures, you feed them well, they will actually do whatever you want them to do."
On, as seen in "Rust and Bone," topless swimming being more common in France than the U.S.: "There's a freedom with our bodies in France maybe, I don't know."
If it's more difficult to lose arms or legs: "Oh my God, I don't know. It's hard to compare. It's really hard to lose a part of your body. No, I'd rather not lose anything. [Laughs]"


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The Black Album
Religion is for the benefit of the masses, not for brain-box types like you. Those simpletons require strict rules for living, otherwise they would still think the earth sits on three fishes. But you mind-wallahs must know it's a lot of balls.
An Asian kid from Kent goes to college in London and teams up with a sympathetic group of anti-racists. But it's 1989, the year of the fatwa, and as Shahid begins a hedonistic affair with his lecturer, his radical Muslim friends want to steer him away from the decadence of the West.
We're not blasted Christians. We don't turn the other buttock. We will fight for our people who are being tortured anywhere - in Palestine, Afghanistan, Kashmir, East End!
Hanif Kureishi's witty stage adaptation of his strikingly prescient and acclaimed novel The Black Album humorously considers how the events of 1989 have shaped today's world, where fundamentalism battles liberalism.
A co-production with Tara Arts, The Black Album premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2009.


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Thousands of Chicago-area people will get a taste of Spain Saturday at the first local staging of The Great Bull Run.
The Americanized and tamer version of Pamplona's famous Running of the Bulls takes place at Hawthorne Race Course in south suburban Stickney.
"It's a legendary event. Everyone knows about it; it's a bucket list item. But it's the danger that draws people to it. People want to test themselves. They want to see, 'Do I have what it takes to go out there with these massive animals and run alongside of them?'" organizer Rob Dickens said.
Dickens says he came up with the idea after he tried to go to the Pamplona event in 2012 but found traveling to Spain prohibitive.
"You have to book everything about a year in advance, and it costs about $4,000 a person for your flights and all that. So that's when I decided, why not bring something similar here to the U.S. to make it more accessible?" Dickens said.
Event organizers say they won't be using the kind of hyper-aggressive bulls that run in the Pamplona version. The Hawthorne bull run will also incorporate a safety fence that participants can climb, and riders on horses will follow the bulls and lasso the animals in case one gets too aggressive.
Last year, officials from the Humane Society of the United States requested an investigation into what they called an "unlicensed event," and complained the event posed a danger to the animals.
But Dickens says that worry is unfounded.
"The federal government did look into what we were doing and said there's nothing to see here. Basically, we don't hit the bulls to make them run, or shock them, or do anything else. It's their natural stampede instinct to run when they see one of their fellows running," Dickens said.
The Hawthorne event falls days after a Chicago author was injured during the Pamplona event.
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Rarely are parents and teachers on the same page.
Now I see what the call for extras was for.
Ladies and Gentlemen: the American Education System at its finest...
Seriously, now is a really good time to invest in Taipei...
"They're deep fried."
Finally, someone agrees with me.
Something there went horribly, horribly wrong. The children were actually educated.
Won't someone PLEASE think of the Parents?
I betting the parents whose children were educated by Jamie Olvier during Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution were behaving exactly like that!
Everyone knows field trips to the Piranha Petting Zoo is safer.
Well. That was depressing.
Also, i thought the pizza is a vegetable thing was a myth. Looked it up, and... yeah.
maybe a few thousand kilometers and an ocean isn't enough.
Oh come on guys. Clearly people who weren't quite intelligent enough to figure out how to wrap a banana in an overcoat must be smart enough to raise a kid. Right?
In spite of the lead-in I was absolutely not ready for the parents to be that fantastically dumb and stubborn about being dumb. Excellent episode.
Awesome episode, that actually very well describes what a lot of people of my generation will be as parents.
I work in a school, this is *hilarious*.
There's not a day that goes by where I am told Storage Wars is on and my reply is of course "Texas or Original". Well played sir, well played.
Bravo, opening with the nailgun factory joke but then turning the whole thing on its head is just amazing. That has to be one of the best pitched and least predictable sketches i have ever seen.
"Overachivers are people who are too smart" Ahahahahaha! Oh man that bit got me.
Best moment watching the look on the extra's face after mentioning donkey seamen.
I just googled "pizza is a vegetable" and wow....
Hey! Pizza is a step up. In my day they tried to classify ketchup as a vegetable.
Good work, guys. I did not see that particular role reversal coming! Loving the stinger as well, I burst out laughing at their utter dissapointment for not getting refurbished nailguns!
How did you choose which extras got to speak: Thunderdome or 6 round Swiss?
Yayyy social satire!
This really isn't much of an exaggeration, and that makes me very, very sad.
Be a very intereting Loading Time...
Still don't know why I don't watch these more often, it's hilarious. And, according to the label, Manwich has is supposed to have a full serving of vegetables too :D
Bob's rusty nails and medical waste emporium would have been the safe bet for field trips since the invention of medical waste back in 1902.
"TLC is the learning channel?"
lol'd so hard when they said that in the huddle. Great job guys!
That was hilarious, but a little bit too true.
I was looking at the writers list, since I couldn't pin down who wrote it, and there were a lot of writers on this one, how come? Was it just a brain-storming session that turned into a "hey how about this" and "lets do this" kind of thing, or was it more a one persons idea that blew up from there?
Well, that was... bleak. Undeniably funny, yes, but bleak.
How many wigs does Kathleen own, anyway? I seriously didn't recognize her until she started speaking.
Educated, politically aware AND health conscious children? Is this a vision of a utopia? I want to live there.
This was seriously... bar none... the BEST one I've seen yet.
"TLC is the learning channel?!"
"I don't have a school in my house..."
"24 hours is like.... all day..."
I laughed so gods damned hard it hurts...
It was beautiful... pure and simple.
Sadly based on what ive seen in the united states the parents in this episode may even be dumber than they are portrayed. For example there are people in this country that want the government to stay out of their medicare which is government run. They get food stamps and think they are entitled to it yet at the same time want to abolish all government run social programs without realizing that food stamps are a government run program or if they know they think rich people will pick up the slack because they believe what Fox says.
Did you not have enough people as extras to fill the entire classroom or did you purposefully keep the room that empty to make a statement on the lack of parent attendance/participation?
Yeah, that's what you'd think, until the kids pass laws mandating euthanasia for people over 25 because they are a drain on their efficient society.
I'd settle for educated, politically aware and health conscious adults....
Question: How true is this? Please tell me it was incredibly exaggerated, and few adults are that stupid. Please.
Oh, and this was one of the most hilarious things I've seen in a while!
Yeah, Logan's Run isn't a proper vision of the future, just saying. And if the most efficient society is the one where people over 25 must die (it won't be, but let's say it is), and with efficient meaning = The one with the most people living decent, happy, fullfilled lives, then what's wrong with it?
This was brilliant, though. Great episode.
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Host a Grits Bar Brunch
Come Sunday morn, serve up any of our basic grits recipes with decadent toppings.
Iain Bagwell
Start with Slow-Cooker Grits. Simplify your morning and soak the grits the night before.
- Or try this twist: Slow-Cooker Cheese Grits
Prepare recipe as directed, stirring in 1 cup (4 oz.) shredded sharp Cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese with cream until melted.
Then, create a grits bar. Offer staples that your guests can mix-and-match to create mouth-watering flavor combos. These are our favorite:
- Boiled Shrimp + Easy Creole Sauce
- Bourbon Mushrooms + Spinach + Swiss + Bacon
- Chopped Ham + Shredded Cheddar
- Caramelized Onions + Shredded Smoked Gruyère
- Shredded Barbecued Pork + BBQ Sauce + Sautéed Spinach
Wash it down with Bloody Mary Punch. Instead of stirring all the ingredients together, serve optional shots of vodka on the side, and let your guests add it or not.
Take it one step further and use your grits as batter for Georgia Grits Waffles. Serve with Vanilla Crème Anglaise and Maple-Bacon Praline Syrup.


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Christopher Lake Area Code is 306 and Time Zone is Central (GMT -06:00).
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|Southeast Spotlight
Annual Ski Sale this Saturday
Published: 11/04/2010 13:45:00
The Annual Ski Sale is this Saturday; it's a great opportunity to get some new ski gear or trade up some of your old stuff. It's a wildly popular event and has been going on for a long time.
VIDEO: The Annual Ski Sale is this Saturday; it's a great opportunity to get some new ski gear or trade up some of your old stuff. It's a wildly popular event and has been going on for a long time. (Image: Mikko Wilson / KATH-TV)
We found out just how long from Sean Edwards, the Chief Emeritus of the Ski Sale.
"Well the ski sale started with the Juneau Ski Club way back in the 60's when they were still skiing up at 3rd cabin up in Douglas and it's been the primary fundraiser for the Juneau Ski Club and the Juneau Ski Patrol ever since then. We've been down at Centennial Hall since the early 90's, and it's a consignment sale and we take in equipment, ski gear, snowboard gear and other outdoor equipment. So if people want to consign gear to us we'll have check in from 5 to 8 tonight, from 4:30 to 9 on Friday and from 7:30 to 9:30 on Saturday morning. They can bring their gear in, we have the consignment sheets available in the lobby at Centennial Hall, they come in, they write down some descriptions and pricing information on their equipment, bring it in, we go ahead and tag it and we'll put it out on the floor, it's all organized. The consignment fee is 20% and its split between the Juneau Ski Patrol and the Juneau Ski Club and it goes to fund the Juneau Ski Club's youth racing programs and training programs and it also goes to fund the Juneau Ski Patrol and we use it for our training budget and buying training equipment and that kind of stuff. "
The doors open Saturday morning at 10, but if you're serious about scoring some new gear, be there early because the line gets really long, and the good gear goes quickly. The admission is a mere two dollars.
Sean also voiced a rather common Juneau wish; "Hope to see everybody down there you know, it's a great way to see all of your friends that you haven't seen since you were up on the mountain last year, and keep doing your snow dances."
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text: That is good to know. I just ordered my corbin flat from fred at arrowhead, and am drooling with anticipation. I was a little hesitant because i haven't sat on any of them, but its good to know that some else likes it, AND TO BRING US BACK A DAY, WHAT EXACTLY GOES IN TO TURNING A KLR INTO A SUPERMOTARD?---- THAT IS PRETTY BAD ASS! and to be clear, pictures of your bikes with the mods that you have been done would great. Let us all see your hard work! have a great night


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Tailoring Accordance 10 to Your Personal Tastes
Accordance has always been extremely customizable, but Accordance 10 offers new ways to adjust its look and functionality to your own personal tastes. Here are a few of the new options you should be aware of.
Customize your Toolbar: The new toolbar now places a number of features and resources at your fingertips, but you can customize it by control- or right-clicking it.
The contextual menu which appears lets you choose how you want the toolbar items displayed. I prefer to use the small icon size and to display both icons and text labels. Users with small screens may want to choose the Text Only option to save on vertical space.
To customize which items are included in the Toolbar, select Customize Toolbar… from the contextual menu.
You can then drag additional items from the menu onto the toolbar, or drag items you'll never use off the Toolbar to remove them. In addition to the default set of items, I've added the Atlas, Timeline, and Search Selection items. The last of these replicates the functionality of the Search button on the old Resource palette: namely, it searches the current text or tool for any word you select.
Change the Zone color and look: Open the Preferences dialog and select Appearance from the list of settings.
You'll see a couple of options related to the appearance of zones. First, you have the option to Hide tab area if only a single tab. Check this, and whenever you only have a single tab in a zone, you will just see a thin zone title area rather than a full-blown tab.
Tabs won't appear until you open a second tab, saving vertical space in single-tab zones.
You can also customize the Active Zone Color. I prefer Dark Blue, but Molly Ringwald might prefer something like this:
You can choose from a variety of pre-selected colors, or even create a custom color.
Library Panel or Popover? Also in the Appearance settings is an option to display the Library as a popover rather than as a panel. Where opening the Library as a panel moves the other content in a Workspace to the right…
opening it as a Popover leaves everything in place and simply places the Library on top of it:
If you want to leave your Library open all the time, you'll want to open it as a panel, but if you like to leave it closed and only open it when you need it, you may find you prefer the popover interface. Whatever you select as your default, you can always choose the opposite simply by holding the Shift key down when you click the Library icon in the Toolbar.
So which of these options do you prefer? What items do you have in your toolbar? Do you always want tabs or do you like saving space when there is only one tab in a zone? Which zone color do you like best? Do you prefer the Library as a panel or popover? Do you ever switch between the two? Let us know how you've tailored Accordance 10 to your own tastes in the comments on this post.
Archived Comments
How do make the SEARCH show ONLY the verse I am looking for rather than defult to show ALL VERSES?
Slight improvement as well as the construct window, but I agree with Mr./Mrs. Lee, Aug. 21, who said, "3D looking Toolbar with 3D colored-icons, 3D Analysis charts and graphs (think iWork), 3D looking buttons (examples: Vs, Ch, Bk; Art; AA; L), Timeline app (horrible), 3D syntax trees, highlighters (in User Notes), and Diagrams (are you kidding!)." I think this is what some of us have been wanting-asking for this decade.
Though, the Toolbar is cool as well as the Unified Window, Library is definitely improved (Categories, Book covers, text info.), & Images & Reading mode, which I'm starting to use often. :-)
Tim Conrad
If you want your search to always default to just the verse you are looking for without the context, go to your Accordance preferences, select "Search Tabs", and uncheck "Add automatic context".
Hope this helps. :)
I discovered that if I save my open window as a workspace first thing, it doesn't crash as I open other modules and rearrange the windows. If I don't save first, it crashes when I go to detach the panes or rearrange them. Hope this helps the problem solvers. :)


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As part of the USDA's nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and National School Breakfast Programs, Aramark, a leading provider of school food and nutrition services to more than 3,000 K-12 schools across the nation, continues to develop new and innovative Healthy for Life™ recipes. Designed to ensure students receive an appealing, balanced meal consisting of foods from all major food groups, the USDA's standards focus on obtaining calories and other key nutrients from fruits, vegetables, lean protein foods, grains, and milk with proper serving sizes for a student's age and activity level.
Some of the USDA's menu requirements include:
~ All grain items served are whole-grain rich.
~ Requiring fruits and vegetables. While our menus have always offered a variety of vegetables and fruits every day, students are now required to take at least ½ cup at breakfast and lunch.
~ Offering flavored milk in fat-free or skim varieties while unflavored or white milk will be offered as skim or 1%.
~ Limiting the number of desserts offered to allow for an increase in higher nutrient foods.
~ Reducing the sodium in breakfast and lunch meals with levels prescribed by age/grade group.
~ Limiting saturated fat to less than 10 percent of total calories with no trans fats permitted.
To help students understand school breakfast and lunch programs, signs are posted on each service line to show students how to select a reimbursable meal (in locations participating in USDA programs) as well as to help them recognize how their menu choices fit into the key food groups needed to ensure a balanced diet.
We draw from an extensive database of age-appropriate recipes developed by our dietitians and chefs and tested with our students to help districts meet or exceed state and national nutrition guidelines.
What's on the Plate? For more detail, click here.
~ Fresh vegetables and fruits, fruits packed in juice or light syrup and 100% juice
~ Salads with reduced-fat dressing
~ Low and non-fat dairy options
~ Lean beef, chicken, fish, and/or vegetarian options
~ Whole grains
~ Lower-fat cheeses
If you would like to see a copy of your child's school cafeteria menu, click on the Menus & Nutrition page, check on your school district website or contact your school's Food Service Director for more information.
If your child has food allergies, please contact your school to discuss menu options available.


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I was pleased to see your special May 2007 issue on trade justice and applaud your coverage of fair trade. While I appreciate the attention to fair trade in Great Britain and am inspired by its practice in the United Kingdom, I was disappointed that little attention was given to the exciting and rapidly growing fair trade movement in the United States. With the exception of the excellent article on Divine Chocolate ("Not Just Heavenly, It's Divine," by Dan Nejfelt), in which the role of Lutheran World Relief is highlighted, scant reference is made to the growing consumer awareness of fair trade in the U.S. and the involvement of thousands of churches, synagogues, and other faith-based organizations.
There is also no attention to the key role of fair trade certification in the U.S. and its positive impact on farmers and their families in developing countries. On the "What Can I Do?" page, there's no mention of the Fair Trade Certified™ label, an important tool for consumers to identify fair trade products. The fair trade system can work only if we buy the products, and public awareness is clearly linked to recognition of symbols such as the fair trade label.
Janet Dorman
Berkeley, California


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Let me rephrase that for those Mages amongst us without an Arcane Intellect buff
No Mage Food = No Mage Heals!
Ohh that came out the same… I guess I don't think it's that hard to understand.
For a while there I was getting so annoyed (and it isn't the 1st time I have been annoyed about this), that as soon as I zoned into a BG and saw a Mage, but no table I would write in BG chat…
No Mage Food = No Mage Heals!
Occasionally people would join in on the chorus.
Most of the time the Mage would come through with a table.
My Guildy Dara kept saying that I better be careful, or it would catch on… apparently she was right. When I was on holidays over the Christmas period, she sent me a screen shot… yes someone else clearly stating the facts at the beginning of the BG… No Mage Food = No Mage Heals!
I've heard lots of excuses, the most common being a lack of reagents, which always stuns me because what little I know of Gnomeaggedon, I can still create Mage food, if only one stack at a time without reagents (sounds like the good ol' days) and I generally have 4 stacks myself.. so a quick trade is not out of the question.
Maybe you just don't know where 1 of the 6 reagent vendors is in Stormwind.
The thing I don't understand is how they could run out of reagents… they stack in 100, that's 50 tables before you are out of reagents…
On those occasions where the Mage wouldn't be forthcoming with scraps from his table, I then declare..
No Heals for YOU Mage!
Just in case there are still Mages out there that haven't dabbled with the dark side of Healing… Healers know who you are, and are quite capable of making split second decisions about whether to heal you or the guy next to you.
In fact, I have been known to make the decision to heal the other guy – when there was no other guy.
Yes both the mages in this shot are slackers that never voluntarily provide food… though they do when prompted.
Luckily for them, they are my mates, so they get the odd heal for free.
Yes I:
- have stood by and watched you die.
- have seen your yells of
- have said previously No Mage Food = No Mage Heals!
- and finally, yes, I have said No Heals for YOU Mage!
- had your chance to buy some heals… for the cost of two Arcane Powder at 7-10 silver each.
- chose to allow Healers to go OOM without a 0 cost replacement
- chose not to buy insurance
- chose to fight without heals
Good choice.
I encourage all Battleground healers to clarify the terms of healing with the Mages at the beginning of the battle, even if you are fully loaded on Mage food, the others might not, and you have the power to request it.
Gnomer and Out!
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CL&P, United Illuminating, announce power restoration projections (video, photos)
HARTFORD -- Connecticut Light & Power projected it will "complete substantial restoration" of power for the vast majority of its customers by Monday or Tuesday.
The United Illuminating Company, the smaller of the two utilities, said its projections are for service restoration to 95 percent of its customers before midnight on Monday, which leaves about 16,000 out of that range.
The announcements were made Thursday by Bill Quinlan, a vice president at CL&P and James Torgerson, chief exective officer of UIL Holdings at a press conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Hartford.
Quinlan said at CL&P "vast majority" means approximately 98 percent of its customer base of 1.3 million will be restored by Monday or Tuesday, leaving 24,804 without power until later into next week.
"This is a realistic estimate," Quinlan said, despite the many variables they had to consider.
"If we are able to pull this off, in my view, this is among the best restorations you will see in the industry."
CL&P had restored 475,000 outages by Thursday morning with 600 critical facilities, such as hospitals and fire stations back on line and 300 to go. Quinlan said some 250,000 were without power as of Thursday morning.
Quinlan said some areas are more difficult than others, particularly the southwestern portion of the shoreline and the eastern shoreline along Stonington, both areas that were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.
He said those customers in the dark "have our undivided attention."
Quinlan said they have to set in excess of 1,000 new poles, replace several thousand spans of spans of wire and fix many transformers.
"There is a lot of work ahead of us particularly in these severely impacted parts of the state," Quinlan said, amounting essentially to complete rebuilds of the distribution system.
Quinlan said they expect to have 2,000 lineman within a few days and have 1,080 now with a firm commitment as of Wednesday from 300 more.
He expected that the vast majority of polling places will have power before Election Day.
Quinlan said the central portion of the state will have its power restored the quickest
Torgerson of UI said it will try to do better than 95 percent restoration by Monday night, but for now that is a realistic projection.
The UI executive said they plan to get the lights back on for 20,000 customers today. They have restored power to 92,000 homes and businesses since the storm hit with a total of 108,000 still without service.
Torgerson said by Friday they should have 1,050 working on restoration with employees putting in 16 hour days, mainly during daylight.
He said by Friday they will have town by town estimates on restoration times for each of its 17 town service area.
Torgerson rejected criticism from Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch that UI was favoring the suburbs over the state's largest city in its restoration effort.
He said they brought back 13,000 more customers in Bridgeport since 6 p.m. last night and got power to two priority schools. Torgerson said they spread their resources among all 17 towns.
"We show no prejudice for any town," he said.
UI has fewer than 200 polls it has to reset, he said, and they hope all the polling places within its jurisdiction are with power by Election Day.
Torgerson said its restoration projections are based on an assessment of two-thirds of its area. UI restored power to 30,000 more customers on Wednesday.
CL&P senior vice president Bill Quinlan said 360,000 customers had already had their service restored by Wednesday afternoon. UI senior vice president Tony Marone said service had been restored to 130,000.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made stops in Madison and Guilford Wednesday as part of his tour of hurricane damage in shoreline towns in the southeastern part of the state. His other stops Wednesday included Clinton, Westbrook, Stonington and New London. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman made a stop in Milford.
Thursday, Malloy is scheduled to tour heavily damaged areas with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
Malloy's office distributed a collection of aerial photos taken by the Connecticut National Guard showing demolished houses, neighborhoods under several feet of water and tennis courts and athletic fields destroyed by wind and water.
The governor said at a 4 p.m. news conference that crews throughout the state were working hard to clean up damage and restore power. But he said empathized with increasingly frustrated people going into their second full day without power.
"I know if you don't have power you might not care much that they're working hard," he said. "Trust me. I get it. ... We're going to drive those who have the privilege of being our utilities to do as much as they can as quickly as they can."
Quinlan, of CL&P, said he wasn't worried that the company would fail to live up to expectations after giving a restoration estimate.
"I think we are going to challenge ourselves to do a thorough analysis of the damage assessment data," he said. "We are going to do an analysis of the resources we have available to put against that damage. We are going to give you the best possible estimate of our restoration projection."
Quinlan said crews had eliminated safety risks and were moving into "restoration mode." The first on the restoration list are hospitals, firehouses, police stations and wastewater treatment facilities. He said Wednesday that crews had energized more than 2,200 of them with 500 to go.
Marone, of UI, said the company's report Thursday will not have the specificity of when each street will be cleared, but that will come later.
Check up-to-date outage information.
Tweed New Haven Regional Airport reopened Wednesday only to have the first two US Airways Express flights get cancelled because of a lack of a functioning weather indication system and approach lights.
Those issues were expected to be fixed in time for the final flight set to land Tuesday, said Airport Manager Lori Hoffman-Soares.
A number of general aviation flights took off and landed earlier in the day, Hoffman-Soares said.
In another example of normalcy returning, more than 25 school systems opened on Wednesday, but 47 shelters are still being run by the Red Cross, primarily in Bridgeport, with 1,500 people sleeping there Wednesday.
Limited Metro-North train service will resume Thursday between Stamford and New York City while the railroad works to fix two tracks from New Haven for use by Friday.
James Redeker, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, said the Stamford run is about half of the normal schedule. He urged those who do not have to commute into New York City, which has been crippled by storm, should not do so.
"They are working feverishly to restore two of the four tracks between New Haven to Stamford" to restart service from the Elm City, Redeker said.
The commissioner said two of the New Haven tracks have wires on them and switching problems need to be repaired before all four tracks are operable.
Malloy said there were 11 instances of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday afternoon -- up from three Wednesday morning. He reiterated that homeowners need to vent any fuel that they are burning in order to avoid putting themselves in danger.
The governor said he reached out to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to lobby for an extension for when the common application for college admission is due. Duncan can only make a recommendation on the extension, but Malloy said it was his understanding the deadline would be extended from today to sometime next week.
The state has gotten an extension on when the Race to the Top application was due to Nov. 7.
Malloy said that while helping Connecticut residents remains the top priority, his staff has reached out to the staffs of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to offer assistance.
"My heart goes out to them," Malloy said. "We are going to be good neighbors. We will do anything we can."
Malloy said the state leant a UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to the state of New Jersey.
Both New Jersey and New York City have also been declared federal disaster areas, and Obama joined Christie -- a Republican and an outspoken supporter of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- for a tour of damage Tuesday.
Obama held a conference call Wednesday with executives from utility companies throughout the country.
Malloy also said he is talking daily with Secretary of the State Denise Merrill to make sure the election preparations go smoothly. Officials were considering extending in-person registration for the presidential election another day. It had already been moved up from Tuesday to Thursday night.
Though local officials throughout the state had taken varying approaches to trick-or-treating Wednesday night, Malloy said the governor's mansion - which had 1,100 candy bars on hand - would be "open for business" for Halloween.


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CollegeResponse Recognizes Kent State University as Top Site for National Depression Screening Day
Kent State University's Psychological Services was recognized by CollegeResponse Screening for Mental Health as one of the top universities for its National Depression Screening Day efforts.
"We are very pleased to be recognized for the work that we do around National Depression Screening Day," says John S. Schell, senior psychologist and co-coordinator of National Depression Screening Day at Kent State. "National Depression Screening Day is our most important outreach effort, and it is good to know that we have been successful in educating the Kent State community about depression, and more broadly, the importance of college mental health."
Psychological Services has sponsored National Depression Screening Day for 18 years, and the program has grown ever since. The National Depression Screening Day event last October had 468 individual participants and 1,205 online screenings completed. CollegeResponse acknowledged Psychological Services' efforts, saying "Your in-person numbers were excellent!"
"In past years, National Depression Screening Day was an in-person event held on a specific date in October," says Carrie Berta, staff psychologist and co-coordinator of Kent State's National Depression Screening Day. "Over the past two years, we have been able to extend National Depression Screening Day to Kent State University at Stark and have now implemented an online screening component that allows individuals to access the screening tool and receive referral information 24 hours per day."
The online screening continues to be available and can be accessed atwww.mentalhealthscreening.org/screening/kent. It is sponsored and endorsed by University Health Services and Psychological Services for the assessment of mood, anxiety and PTSD.
"We would like for the community to know that depression screening is not just one day; instead, mental health is important to be aware of on an ongoing basis," says Berta.
Berta and Schell hope to keep growing Psychological Services' mental health efforts by expanding the screenings to other Regional Campuses and offering screenings at different locations on the Kent Campus.
"It is good to know that students in particular are taking advantage of these resources, with National Depression Screening Day and the online screening being two important services that we offer," says Schell. "With increased awareness, students realize that it is important to take care of themselves psychologically."
The screenings were free and open to Kent State faculty, staff and students. Attendees had the opportunity to engage in confidential mental health screenings to assess depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. After the screenings, mental health professionals were available to discuss results with participants. The program also served as an information resource for people to receive facts about mental health issues, substance abuse, stress and suicide.
"National Depression Screening Day is an important event on campus," says Berta. "Students can become more aware of the signs and symptoms of mental health conditions. Students also become aware of the resources available to assist them in terms of counseling or therapy. National Depression Screening Day and the online screening benefits students in a number of ways."


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Regulatory Commitment History
|1. A documented set of Regulatory Commitment specific Records (i.e. Regulatory Commitment Records) that are collected and managed, over time, with the specific intent to capture change details and meet the needs of requirements such as but not limited to audit, governance and recovery.
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|1) The Semantic Root Noun for this term is: Regulatory Commitment
2) Semantically Related Terms: The "Regulatory Commitment Management Glossary"
3) The Regulatory Commitment Management Home Page covers much more about other related terms and concepts associated with this term or phrase.


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Local Area Attractions Near Los Banos West / I-5 KOA
Forebay Golf Course
Have fun at the Forebay golfcourse, Restaurant and lounge.
San Luis Reservoir and O'Neil Forebay
Activities include fishing, boating, windsurfing and waterskiing
Los Banos Creek Reservoir
Great Fishing
San Luis and Merced National Wildlife Refuges
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 26,800 acres of wetlands, riparian forests, native grasslands, and vernal pools. A thriving population of the endemic tule elk is showcased by one of three auto tour routes. The Refuge is host to significant assemblages of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and plants; some of which, such as the California tiger salamander, the long-horned fairy shrimp, and San Joaquin kit fox, are endangered species.
In 1966, the first parcel of the Refuge was purchased with Federal Duck Stamp funds to provide a sanctuary for migratory waterfowl. Over the years the Refuge has steadily grown in size and today it is comprised of six contiguous units: San Luis, East Bear Creek, West Bear Creek, Freitas, Blue Goose, and Kesterson. The San Joaquin River bisects the eastern portion of the Refuge.
The Refuge is a major wintering ground and migratory stopover point for large concentrations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other waterbirds. Large flocks of green-winged teal, northern shoveler, mallard, gadwall, wigeon, cinnamon teal, northern pintail, ring-necked duck, canvasback, ruddy duck, and snow, Ross', and white-fronted geese swarm over the mosaic of seasonal and permanent wetlands that comprise a quarter of the Refuge. Waterfowl generally remain until late March before beginning their journey north to breeding areas. However, some mallard, gadwall, and cinnamon teal stay, breed, and raise young on the Refuge.
Shorebirds including sandpipers and plovers can be found in the tens of thousands from autumn through spring. Large flocks of dunlin, long-billed dowitchers, least sandpipers, and western sandpipers can be seen feeding in shallow seasonal wetlands, whereas flocks of long-billed curlews are found using both wetlands and grasslands. More than 25 species of shorebirds have been documented at the San Luis NWR.
The San Luis NWR has played a key role in the recovery of the tule elk, a non-migratory elk subspecies found only in California. Prior to the mid-1800s, an estimated 500,000 tule elk lived in California. Due to over-hunting and loss of natural habitat, they were driven nearly to extinction by the turn of the twentieth century – by some accounts, the population was reduced to as few as 20-30 individuals. In 1974 a herd of 18 animals was established in a large enclosure at the San Luis NWR and has since thrived.
Elk from this herd are periodically relocated to join other tule elk herds, or establish new ones, throughout California. A true wildlife recovery success story, the statewide tule elk population has recovered to more than 4,000 animals.
Less well-known are the extensive upland habitats found on the Refuge. Many of these habitats are characterized by saline and alkaline conditions in conjunction with low rainfall and an arid climate that characterize the San Joaquin Valley. These habitats support a rich botanical community of native bunchgrasses, native and exotic annual grasses, forbs, and native shrubs. Trees, such as the valley oak, cottonwood, and willow are found along riparian corridors. In these areas, visitors might encounter coyotes, desert cottontail rabbits, ground squirrels, western meadowlarks, yellow-billed magpies, and loggerhead shrikes, as well as northern harriers, white-tailed kites, and other raptors coursing over the vegetation. Stately great blue herons, great egrets, and white-faced ibis are frequently sighted throughout the Refuge.
The Refuge contains the Complex's Visitor Center and Headquarters, which features an exhibit hall with interactive educational exhibits about wildlife and habitats and a classroom for conducting environmental education fieldtrips for visiting schools. The Visitor Center is open daily.
The Refuge has three auto tour routes with associated nature trails and observation platforms from which the public can view and photograph wildlife and nature. The Refuge also allows fishing at designated sites and has a large waterfowl hunting program.
California Aqueducts
Activities include fishing, bicycling and jogging trails