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No. 12 Reds: 19th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Cardinals.
Poor Zack Cozart.
In the year of Barry Larkin, it falls to Cozart to do the near-impossible — replace him.
Cozart, a broad-shoulder product from Ole Miss who has been developed with a patience rarely shown early-round college prospects, is the latest candidate to stop the revolving door at shortstop for the Reds. He does so as Larkin, who played 2,085 games in that spot, heads toward his July enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
Cozart's play will go a long way toward determining if the Reds can reclaim the National League Central title they swiped in 2010.
Mat Latos, the scatter-brained stud acquired from the Padres in an expensive 4-for-1 proposition, and the move of Aroldis Chapman into the rotation could go the furthest toward offsetting the 12-victory decline from 2010 to '11. But it's the rookie regulars, Cozart and catcher Devin Mesoraco, who will add energy and set the tone for Dusty Baker's team.
Since Larkin retired after the 2004 season, the Reds have had five primary shortstops, with only Felipe Lopez and default candidate Paul Janish carrying that responsibility in two seasons. They have tried 23 shortstops, getting veterans Rich Aurilia, Juan Castro, Royce Clayton, Alex Gonzalez, Orlando Cabrera, Miguel Cairo and Edgar Renteria on their way down and kids such as Lopez, Janish, William Bergolla, Ray Olmedo and Jeff Keppinger when they were colts.
Cabrera was an underrated piece of the playoff team two years ago, just as he had been largely overlooked in the White Sox winning the American League Central in 2008. Cabrera made the plays in the field (16 errors with '08 White Sox, 11 with '10 Reds) and wasn't an automatic out at the plate — and there's something to be said for a shortstop who does that. He doesn't connect well with his teammates, however.
Cabrera was with the A's in 2009, when the White Sox's victory total dropped from 89 to 79, and with the Indians and Giants last year, when the Reds' victory total dipped from 91 to 79. But as much an average shortstop can have value, the reality is Cabrera was what all of the Reds' shortstops have been since Larkin — a stop-gap.
General manager Walt Jocketty hopes Cozart will have the long run suggested by his play in 2011. He hit .310 in Triple A to earn a promotion and thrilled Baker with his play in a brief look before hurting his left elbow making a tag on July 23. He has had reconstructive surgery on the elbow but the Reds expect him to be healthy enough to win the job from Janish, a .221 career hitter, as it was his nonthrowing elbow.
Cozart isn't likely to be an All-Star, at least not unless he develops into a 20-homer guy. But Jocketty believes the 26-year-old is reliable enough to be a first-division shortstop. He has good hands and a quick first step, helping him cover ground in the field, and lines the ball around the park with the ability to hit home runs down the left-field line.
Cozart will have to play well to keep the organization from rushing 21-year-old switch-hitter Billy Hamilton, who stole 103 bases in the low-A Midwest League last year (the first minor leaguer in a decade to reach triple figures in steals). He's a lot more exciting prospect than Cozart and could be a perfect leadoff guy in front of Joey Votto and Jay Bruce one day.
But shortstop isn't a position for high-risk propositions. It's a place where you need a sure thing, sort of like Larkin.
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•With Votto two years away from free agency — and maybe one from a trade to the Blue Jays — Jocketty is gambling the Reds can reach the World Series for the first time since 1990. He traded Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal and Brad Boxberger, alongside Edinson Volquez, in the Latos trade. He also dealt lefty Travis Wood, second baseman Ronald Torreyes and outfielder Dave Sappelt to get setup man Sean Marshall from the Cubs.
•Alonso, Grandal, Boxberger, Torreyes and Sappelt were rated as the team's No. 3, 4, 10, 13 and 16 prospects, respectively, by Baseball America.
•The Cubs are especially intrigued by Torreyes, 19, who is listed as 5-9, 140 pounds but has hit .364 in 158 career games as a pro.
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•Votto, the 2010 NL MVP, is a great hitter, not a creation of Great American Ball Park. He has a better career home-run rate in home games but has hit better overall on the road, compiling a .984 OPS, 60 points higher than his OPS in home games.
•Chapman could be the breakout player of the season in the majors. He has come out of the bullpen in 69 big-league appearances over two seasons but started in Cuba and has No. 1 starter potential if he learns how to get ahead in counts. Hitters have exploited his lack of control, negating a rate of 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
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Ayurveda and Weight
Find Your Balance (Part 1)
Your weight and the overall shape of your body are influenced by a multitude of factors. All these factors interact: genes, economic status, lifestyle factors, diet choices, food quality, relationships and the environment.
So-called "yo-yo dieting" has been linked to poor health and shortened life. The fact is that most who lose weight gain it back within a few years. Some even regain more.
In both the Ayurvedic and the Western medical view, excessive weight can be caused by several factors.
In Ayurveda, obesity is regarded as medoroga, a disorder of meda dhatu, which includes fat tissue and fat metabolism. According to Ayurveda, obesity begins with an imbalance of the doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha), an imbalance of agni (digestive fire), an imbalance of the malas (waste products) or an imbalance of the shrotas (microcirculatory channels). This collection of imbalances then interferes with the formation of the tissues, or dhatus (pronounced da' too, singular) and leads to a tissue imbalance that we experience as excess weight.
From the Ayurvedic perspective, the key cause is found in lifestyle and diet choices that disrupt balance. Ayurveda views weight imbalance and obesity as something that should be corrected before it can contribute to other health problems.
The Ayurvedic word for digestion and metabolism is agni. Agni, loosely translated, means fire. It actually signifies something much more than just fire and includes the idea of a precise and powerful functioning intelligence. Agni has remarkable transformative qualities. All the food we take in must be transformed into that which can be made useful by the body (nutrients) and that which is not needed (waste). The nutrients, or most refined products of our agni, are then used to create the body's tissues (dhatus).
The Vicious Cycle
There are seven dhatus, and they are created sequentially.
The creation of dhatus is an ongoing, complex process. The key word is sequential. If at any stage there is an imbalance, this disrupts the whole sequence of tissue formation. The shrotas, or channels, play a big role, because they carry the information required to properly form the tissues step by step. If blockages occur in the shrotas due to toxins (ama), an imbalance starts. This explains the time-tested Ayurvedic teaching: "…to maintain balance and health, keep agni strong and the shrotas clear."
The cause of weight gain, from the Ayurvedic perspective, is cyclical. It begins with balance-reducing choices in diet and lifestyle that weaken the digestive fire, which in turn increases toxins, clogging the communication channels, and thereby disrupting the formation of the tissues. This poorly-formed tissue layer manifests as an increase in fat dhatu and an imbalance in Kapha dosha. This in turn leads to increased accumulation of toxins, which leads to a greater imbalance in fat dhatu.
And this causes a new problem: an imbalance in the naturally-flowing energy of Vata. When Vata is restricted or imbalanced, it ends up increasing agni – the digestive fire – leading to an increase in appetite and thirst. This leads in turn to an increase in Kapha and fat and the whole cycle starts again.
Breaking the Cycle is Easy
To break the cycle, the Ayurvedic expert (vaidya) determines the unique nature of the individual (called prakriti in Sanskrit), and the nature of the imbalance (vikriti). The essence of the recommendations generally comes down to addressing a few core issues: strengthening digestion (balance agni), removing ama (purification), improving dietary habits, adjusting inapproprite daily routines and lowering stress.
These changes ultimately support a stronger state of mind-body balance. In this state the body's powerful natural ability to purify itself and restore wellness operates unrestricted.
A variety of approaches help the body restore balance. They include avoiding the causes of the imbalances through better choices in diet and lifestyle; the use of herbal formulations that help remove ama, strengthen digestion and balance appetite; changing the kind of foods eaten and daily routine; aromas; exercise; and Ayurvedic purification therapy, known as panchakarma.
Research shows environmental toxins are also linked to weight problems. Removal of toxins may be an effective way to support balanced weight. According to scientific research, the Ayurvedic treatment known as panchakarma has been shown to be effective at removing fat-soluble toxins from the body.
The Raj Ayurvedic spa offers special traditional purification treatments called panchakarma. These spa treatments are administered by trained Ayurvedic experts who assess your state of balance, digestion and ama and then provide expert recommendations that help support balanced, healthy weight levels.
End of Part 1: Coming next week in Part 2: How Weak Agni Can Mean Easy Weight Gain
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Map Of A Nation : The Biography of the Ordnance Survey
Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The OS is a much beloved British institution, and Map of a Nation is, amazingly, the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it from its inception in 1791, right through to the OS MasterMap of the present day: a vast digital database. The Ordnance Survey's history is one of political revolutions, rebellions, and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
It's also a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.


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Neck surgery is fun. The anatomy is cool, it requires delicacy of technique, and it's a good example of the value of working in exact layers, to which I've previously referred. (There's also the fact that when the good part is over, it only takes a couple of minutes to close.) In particular, I'm talking about the thyroid. Despite being right under the surface, which makes it easily accessible, it's secreted under several layers, like the trinket in a surprise package (to quote my favorite book.) Skin, fat, platysma muscle, sternocleidomastoid muscle, omohyoid muscle, sternohyoid muscle, sternothyroid muscle. I was taught, once under the platysma, to develop abundant flaps up to the top of the thyroid cartilage, and down to the sternum and to divide those vertical muscles at the slightest provocation.
One of the best tricks I learned for thyroid surgery is to place sutures in the poles of the gland as I work my way to their apexes. Place a suture for traction, use some careful blunt dissection, place another higher up and pull some more. Sometimes it takes three or four sutures in each zone, but it really facilitates the process and is part of what allows leaving the vertical muscles uncut. With respect to avoiding injuring the laryngeal nerves, there are two ways to go: be sure you see them, or be sure you don't. I sort of like the latter. Meaning, don't cut, tie, or cauterize a damn thing until you are absolutely sure it's NOT a nerve. That protects as well as laboriously dissecting the little wisp of a thing. Never dinged one, happily.
There are big thyroid glands, and there are huge ones. Those big boys require a little more work to get there, cutting those muscles I like to avoid, but interestingly sometimes getting them to roll out and relinquish their grip is no harder than in the normal size ones. Sutures, however, are entirely irrelevant.
I think one of my professors might have been the first to use electrocautery to cut through thyroid tissue. Prior to that, the method was unbelievably laborious: take little tiny bites of gland with a little tiny clamp, cut above the clamp with a knife, leave the clamp in place and move higher, until the gland was entirely freed and the patient looked liked she was wearing an African necklace, made of at least thirty or forty clamps. Then every nib was tied with silk suture as each clamp was removed.
Way back when, it was also standard procedure to have an emergency tracheostomy set nearby for a post-op thyroidectomy patient, for two reasons: injuring both laryngeal nerves could leave the person in need of ventilatory assistance; and bleeding into the wound could compress the trachea suddenly. "Trach set at bedside" was part of my orders all during training and for a few years after. Somewhere along the line, it occurred to me that it really didn't make sense: bilateral vocal chord paralysis would be apparent in the recovery room. Bleeding (never had it happen) would only need a snip-snip on the skin closure. 'Course I'd also abandoned the taught-technique of tight closure of those midline muscles. I figured if there were bleeding, I wanted it free to flow away from the trachea. One more example of realizing not everything I was taught was true.
There are some situations at the very outset of which you know you're in for a good time; others where you know you're headed for trouble. I think of standing at the top of a cool water-slide on a hot day, surveying the scene and concluding you're about to have a great ride; as opposed to Butch and Sundance leaping off a cliff, to the sound of their own screams: Sheeeiiiiittt! Seeing a long-necked lady, Audrey Hepburn-like, arched back and ready for her thyroid operation, is the former. This is the latter, neck-wise.


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Bayfield Peninsula's Hwy 13 is now "Scenic Byway"
Move allows council to compete for federal grants
BAYFIELD, Wis. — Wisconsin officials have named a fourth scenic byway: Bayfield Peninsula's Highway 13.
The Wisconsin Lake Superior Byway follows the southern shoreline of Lake Superior for 70 miles starting at U.S. Highway 2 and State Highway 13 in Bayfield County. It continues around the peninsula and ends at County Highway H in Douglas County.
The views include boreal forests, sandy beaches, Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
The newly formed Wisconsin Lake Superior Byway Council will now be able to compete for federal grants. The route will also be marked with official signs.
The other three Scenic Byways are State Highway 35 between Prescott and Kohler, State Highway 60 between Lodi and Prairie du Chien and the State Highways 42 and 57, which circle the northern Door County peninsula.


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Sunday, Milton High School honored its two wrestlers who competed at Hershey in the state tournament.
Ryan Solomon placed first and Ryan Preisch placed third.
The pair rode into the high school on a fire truck, then a small ceremony was held in the school's auditorium to honor their accomplishment.
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Scientists from Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden and De La Salle University in Manila have discovered four new species of the extraordinarily colorful Insulamon freshwater crab on the island of Palawan, in the Philippines. The various species of purple and red-hued crabs are endemic to only one or a few Philippine islands — 50 percent of the crab species found on Palawan exist only on the island. As the crabs remain dependent on freshwater at all stages of development, they are unable to spread to other islands, causing them to already be endangered by the much-protested mining activities on Palawan.
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The discovery of the species came as part of the collaborative Aqua Palawana research program, and a paper on the subject was recently published in scientific journal Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. The unique appearance of the crabs is matched by their unusual development — they skip a saltwater larvae stage altogether, and instead develop fully in freshwater. Separated from their relatives for tens of thousands of years, they've developed their own distinct species and genera.
As the newly discovered four species are found to be endemic to Palawan, scientists reinforced that the area is an entirely unique environment. Intercontinental Cry explained "[t]he province of Palawan is part of the "Man and Biosphere Reserve" program of UNESCO and hosts 49 animals and 56 botanical species found in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is also the home of isolated and vanishing indigenous communities."
Nickel mining operations on the island are already reported to have caused pollution to the Togupon River, releasing unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium, a toxic and carcinogenic chemical into the freshwater on which the crab depends. Additionally, deforestation from mining has been blamed for flooding in the area, while government officials claim that the mining companies restore the areas once work is complete.
Additional mining operations have been approved, in spite of widespread protests "from people of all walks of life, and against the resistance of indigenous peoples," reports the Senckenberg Research Institute. In 2010 Canadian mining firm MBMI and its Philippine partners were granted approval to expand nickel exploration and mining on Palawan. An online petition opposing expanded mining operations by any company has so far gathered over six million signatures.
Dr Hendrik Freitag from the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden explained "The smaller the remaining natural habitat the greater is the risk to endemic fauna and flora. Even minor environmental changes can lead to extinctions. It is all the more important to do research in this region and show that the biodiversity of these islands is unique and worth protecting… that's why our next step is to investigate Palawan's species-rich freshwater prawns".
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Brandon Weeden threw for a career-high 364 yards and a touchdown and the Cleveland Browns did just enough to snap a 12-game road losing streak by beating the Oakland Raiders 20-17 on Sunday.
Weeden hit fellow rookie Josh Gordon on a 44-yard score in the second quarter and Trent Richardson scored on a 3-yard run after Sheldon Brown made a key interception deep in Cleveland territory when the Raiders (3-9) were driving for the potential tying or go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.
It all added up to the first road win for the Browns (4-8) since beating Indianapolis 27-19 on Sept. 18, 2011. The skid started a few weeks later with a loss in Oakland and went deep into this season.
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The Royal Danish Ballet
A very warm welcome to our new website. I hope you will enjoy finding out more about our exceptional school. Rossall is a hidden gem - a thriving and inspirational world-class school set in a beautiful coastal campus. We delight in the fact that we are close to the sea and the local communities of Fleetwood, Blackpool and Manchester, but feel very blessed to have such a charming and spacious campus in which to live and learn together. Whilst there is no replacement for a visit to experience the warmth and energy of our students and staff, I do hope that you will get a flavour of life at Rossall from our web pages. We look forward to seeing you in person!


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Results tagged ' USDA Farm Marketing Regulatory Programs '
My First Weeks at USDA
My first three weeks interning for USDA have been extremely interesting and enjoyable. A native of Austin, Texas, I grew up spending most weekends on my grandparents' farm, the same farm where we currently raise Texas Longhorn cattle. Instead of returning to Austin after the baseball season, I came to Washington, DC to take advantage of this great opportunity to learn about both agriculture and the government while also making a difference.
I knew USDA played a significant role in the lives of farmers and ranchers, but I continue to be amazed by the breadth of programs and agencies here. Rural Development, for example, does amazing work in rural communities, from building hospitals to improving water supplies to increasing the availability of broadband internet. I also have a greater appreciation for USDA's role in disease and pest control and its significant impact on the success of our country's agricultural output and economy over the years.
In addition to learning about USDA, I have been afforded some great opportunities through my internship. This week I went to a Tribal Leaders Reception for the National Congress of American Indians. I met several interesting people, both tribal leaders and people who work in other departments of the government. The reception was held in the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. It was my first time visiting the museum and reminded me of all the great museums and government buildings in Washington, DC. I have been to a few of them now, with my favorite two being the Library of Congress and the National Archives. I'm looking forward to more great experiences in the weeks to come.


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Not sure if this was posted earlier or not, but Hardware.info at the beginning of this month posted their review of over 33 different 8 series motherboards: "33 Haswell motherboard group test: 26x Z87, 4x H87 and 3x B8". Besides the fact that not one, but two GIGABYTE motherboards ended up getting the gold award (the Z87X-OC and G1.Sniper 5), I noticed something very interesting in the audio testing section. Out of all the boards tested, the Sniper 5 had the best dB(A) rating of 96.4. The next closest board came in at 92.3dB(A).
We use the loopback test in Rightmark Audio Analyzer, and connect the input to the output of the onboard soundcard. First we look at the signal-to-noise ratio, and Gigabyte convincingly takes the crown with its G1.Sniper 5 motherboard and the Creative Sound Core3D chip. It's expensive, but you get what you pay for.
It's nice to see the audio features we put on our gaming boards really do deliver the best onboard audio experience. As they didn't test the G1.Sniper M5 it would be interesting to see how that board would fair in terms of audio since it shares the same audio features as it's big brother. I can't really blame them though, since testing 33 motherboards for launch time must have been crazy.


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I have installed the sh script, and also bc onto my server.
I am trying to replicate the 'Pitch in Both Directions' example here: http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/ ... /index.php
My code is currently:
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$docRoot = getenv("DOCUMENT_ROOT");
exec("bash ".$docRoot."/cylinderize.sh -m vertical -r 150 -l 310 -w 100 -p 6 -d both -e 1.4 -a 0 -v background -b none -f none");
1. define the background image ('mug.png')
2. define the image to cylinderize ('sharks.png')
3. how/where I actually output the image in the browser
Can anyone help? Apologies if this is all straight forward and I am missing anything obvious but I am very new to this.


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Historic site preservation keeps getting more and more complicated.
The reality of imminent commercial space tourism is exciting — and threatening. The temptation for tourists to visit Tranquility Base, to walk in Armstrong's footsteps or to pocket some small treasure as a keepsake may be too strong to resist. Artifacts too small to notice may be trampled. Those too large to move may be vandalized. The three-dimensional relationship of these objects — which tells the story of the Apollo 11 crew's activities and makes the site so significant — could be destroyed. The integrity of this historical site could be irreparably damaged. It is imperative that these artifacts be protected in their current positions.
Your homework assignment is to design a brochure for Tranquility Base National Historical Park using the venerable Unigrid System.


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"American Idol" is billed as a music talent show, but it's ultimately an exercise in pop-culture democracy. The viewers who still care – about the show, and not necessarily about their phone bills – can vote, if not early, then often for two hours after the program.
"Idol" has proven phenomenally successful, at least during its first eight seasons, in engaging a mass audience by making viewers an integral part of the action.
The Fox show, in a smart move, is going to the people again as the producers try to figure out what's gone wrong this season, perhaps the weakest yet. A survey posted recently on the "Idol" website asks more than two dozen questions – many clearly aimed at rooting out dissatisfaction with the judges.
The poll offers viewers choices, variously, to check off or agree or disagree with statements like, "I do not like Ellen DeGeneres on the show" and "I would like Paula (Abdul) to return as a permanent judge next season."
Viewers also are asked to rank the guest judges who appeared during contestant tryouts before DeGeneres joined the show – among them Victoria Beckham, Kristin Chenoweth and Mary J. Blige.
Though the show remains TV's No. 1 program, the ratings are down, making the judges' panel a natural target.
To be sure, Simon Cowell's bitter last stand has bred tiresome bickering with host Ryan Seacrest. New judge Ellen DeGeneres can be entertaining at times, but hasn't quite found her rhythm with Cowell still commanding the spotlight. Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson speak in their own sometimes obtuse patter that doesn't carry the charm of Abdul's mélange of unabashed gushing and loopy non-sequiturs.
But the judges aren't the show's biggest problem. This season's focus on the panelists, the major changes aside, is primarily a product of filling the entertainment void left by a mediocre contestant lineup.
Rocker Crystal Bowersox is the best of the final four, and hopefully will emerge as the winner, though she probably would be no better than a Top 5 contender in most seasons. The other three left are likeable and reasonably talented, but are Top 12 material at best, compared to past years.
The online survey addresses the performance problem – "The talent is worse" is one check-off option. But most of the queries are about the show's format – more or less of the mentors? Favorite theme nights? – and, of course, the judges.
It's unclear whether the information gathered will lead to any major changes. It's also unknown whether the survey results, like the weekly votes on contestants, will be made public.
But we could be headed to the ultimate example of "American Idol" democracy in action: the audience could wind up voting judges off the show.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Art Opening honors artist, Mom, and FORCE member Dian Igou
Dian Igou was an accomplished painter and fiber artist and was completing the details for an upcoming art show. Dian had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer 12 years before but that did not stop her from creating beautiful art pieces. Her completed work was hung on November 1, 2008 at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Dian passed away on November 3.
Knowing what she would have wanted, her daughters went ahead and had the show's opening and reception on November 8th and donated the proceeds from the sale of her art to FORCE.
At the opening, Ingrid Haun and her sisters, Gabriel and Ariel, described FORCE and its vital work to attendees. "FORCE helped me and my sisters get through thedifficult months after we learned of our BRCA status, the decisions, the surgeries, and the recuperation. Our mother'scancer, and subsequent genetic testing, alerted us to our own high levels of risk. Because she was diagnosed, we most likely never will be. We received life-saving infomation as a result of her illness. Through FORCE, we received so much support for coping with the implications of our BRCA diagnosis. We owe so much to her, and to FORCE."
FORCE sends our deepest appreciation to to Ingrid, Gabriel and Ariel. We are very grateful for the donation and are in awe of their strength in moving forward with this show and their willingness to use this opportunity to educate others.


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Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Summer Seasonality
Our last challenge for Weekend Cook and Tell was for all of you to share your favorite in-season summer dishes. We called this Summer Seasonality. Your enthusiasm for summer delights was catching. We suppose eating these dishes with our eyes will ease the heat of the summer burn. Here's a peek at some of your most eye-catching dishes.
Katerina has been enjoying stone fruits and berries. She whipped up a Quick Peach and Blueberry Cobbler For Two , which she kindly shared with her husband. (We might have shared it with Hambone. Who can say no to those eyes?)
ChefDave deems freshly picked green Cubanelle peppers a summertime staple in his home. Once picked, those bad boys get stuffed, tossed on the grill, and then rapidly consumed. Check them out: Stuffed and Grilled Cubanelle Peppers.
This seems like the perfect summer recipe. It involves fragrant, fresh ingredients - and no cooking when it's hot outside! Raw Tomato and Basil Sauce from user meatballs&milkshakes. We can feel the tomatoes bursting in our mouths now.
Sometimes, summer bounty and its possibilities seem too good to be true.somaR posted a recipe that was perfectly lickable: Blackberry Ice Cream with Amaretto. Blossoming in somaR's backyard, were these Zucchini flowers just waiting to become Chickpea and Poppy Seed Batter Fried Squash Blossom.
ecca31 is really allowing veggies to be show their stuff in Asian stir fried noodle dishes. "It seems to allow me to use what the CSA is sending most effectively letting the veggies shine but letting me play with flavors.." We say, way to go. Noodles + CSA Veggies = Win!
Finally we have claireOOTO whose combination of vegetarian eating with CSA goods made for plentiful combinations of good eats. She took a beloved empanada and put her on twist on it to create Chard and French Lentil Empanadas with Caramelized Onions.
A big thank you to everyone who for their zest for this week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge. Be sure to head over to Talk and read about next week's challenge: Peachy Keen Perfection.
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Cheap Chewsday is a fantastic evening of food + community. CSU Newcastle and Jesmond Park Uniting Church have come together to offer friendship and a meal to international students and others who want to join in to build connections and hospitality. Each month a different local community prepares the meal - Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Vietnamese and more -- all for a gold coin donation.
- July 03, 2018 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Jesmond Park Uniting Church
Coles St
Jesmond, NSW 2299
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This essay will appear in Grace Lee Boggs' Living For Change column of the Michigan Citizen.
Manufacturing can save our cities. We should not view it only as dying. Instead, we must rethink it within a "community-scaled" framework that produces products, jobs, skills, relationships, and stronger neighborhoods.
The familiar narrative about manufacturing in the U.S. begins at the turn of the 20th century. Manufacturing gave us prosperity.It gave us global economic power. It created a robust middle class. It ramped up at unprecedented scales to meet the demands of mass consumption, particularly in the automobile industry. Cities like Detroit ("Arsenal of Democracy") and Philadelphia ("Workshop of the World") were hailed as success stories of the Industrial Revolution.
This revolution did not last forever. Deindustrialization began in the post World War II years. With automation the number of workers required on the line declined significantly. As the labor movement grew in strength, companies left for the suburbs. Today corporate urban flight extends overseas, and the bastions of American industry struggle with the devastating effects of disinvestment and rising unemployment rates.
Economic development solutions for de-industrialized cities often fall into two categories. The first looks at the physical conditions of thousands of derelict buildings sitting idly across the landscape and devises programs that rehabilitate neglected industrial buildings for commercial or residential uses. E.g. former factories are converted into luxury condos. The second approach focuses on job creation by building a "knowledge-based" economy. Advances in digital technologies have sped up globalization, placing a premium on jobs in this sector. To become a "knowledge city", cities invest in research institutions that develop technological innovations in science and engineering. Advocates believe that cities with a strong knowledge economy will increase their global competitive edge.
These prevailing approaches do not leave much room for viewing manufacturing as part of the equation for urban revitalization . Should every abandoned factory become high-end residential lofts? Is the knowledge economy the panacea for all de-industrialized cities? Instead, manufacturing is caricatured as an industry encumbered with union lobbyists or associated with a dying era, one that should step aside for the Information Age.
A Brooklyn-based non-profit is demonstrating the viability of community-scaled manufacturing. Through the acquisition, rehabilitation, and management of neglected industrial spaces, Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center has transformed six properties into top-rate facilities. These buildings mainly house custom-made artisanal operations, like woodworkers, upholsterers, and fabricators. Over 100 businesses reside in GMDC's buildings, supporting over 500 workers. The majority of employees are residents from the surrounding neighborhood, showing that community-scaled manufacturing can deter fears of gentrification and displacement.
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Thus manufacturing becomes a step towards broadening hands-on opportunities for many people. Jobs in trade and craft are good skills; community-scaled manufacturing recovers the societal value of jobs in which people make things. Its inherent small-scale demands a localized economy and has the capacity to advance craftsmanship, promote education, and build stronger communities.
Manufacturing can, should, and is taking place in our cities. More communities are recognizing the need to localize goods and services. The local food security movement reflects this understanding. Community-scaled manufacturing can realize similar outcomes. It has the ability to bring the consumer closer to the producer, decrease the ecological footprint of manufacturing, improve local economies, and encourage self-sufficiency. We can let go of the old way of manufacturing – its polluting factories and menial labor — and embrace the future of community-scaled manufacturing.


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The D.O.T. gonna gitcha.
Better get a CDL and a log book if ya wanna haul your car to a race.
Before I go into some more details check this part out. Since this racer had no logbook (do any of us?) the DOT Officer informs him he had to park the trailer for 10 hours since there is no way he can be sure this racer has driven more than the allowed 14 hours that day.
If the gubment wants to play that game I'll deduct the car, truck, trailer, maintainence cost, fuel for both of them and see how they like them apples. All of us should do it and see how quick and hard the IRS comes down on the D.O.T. buttwipes for taking a bite out of the war money.
One of the NASCAR mags was warning about this last year.
Already got my CDL. HG
It is an interesting article, my assumption is that it is more of the fallout of 9/11. It appears, to me anyway, when you first read it that the IRS and the DOT are in this together, but why would one need the other.?
The IRS can get all of the income info they need by 1099's, and what business is it of the DOT to try and determine what is or is not a Commercial Business on the side of the road.?
The best part of it is the "you are determined to be a commercial enterprise if you race for money and or deduct your racing expenses from your IRS taxes and show the winnings on a an IRS #1099." Without a slew of sponsors I didn't think you could make any money racing.
In my opinion it is an excuse to be able to stop virtually any truck on the road at any time, for any reason (most likely lookin out for terrorist)
Thank God for the Patriot Act!........BS!!!
DOT, get bent! Hope it hurts... I have a CDL and have been hassled by those ****** in the past.. For what it's worth, my buddy is a rock hauler. A DOT Nazi stopped him and made him scale his truck, 15 miles out of his way. Fuel burnt=his loss. Good guy, way laid back. He drove 20-25 mph all the way to the scale, and stopped for every light, wether it was green or not. He figured, if they're going to waste his time and $$$, it might as well benefit other drivers tying up the DOT monkey as well... Gotta love it! I know a guy who was stopped in NV. with a 40' trailer and a VW Beetle on it. He was hauling for himself personally. Since his truck was registered to his biusiness, he got a list of tickets as long as my arm, and one for no log book. Scares me a bit. I run from Co. to Fla. once a year, 40hrs on the road straight. My wife drives occassionally. Same deal, F-250 with a 40' trailer and 2 cars. Me no stopy at scales either. Bastards could have a field day! BTW, back in the day I got a ticket for no logbook, but I was a local=no logbook. Same bastards who gave me a ticket for being 200# overweight on an axle, but 2000# under my GVW. Ah, make it stop! My head hurts!!
I've been checking out a site for people who take used class 8 trucks, bus's and turn them into RVs. I am wondering how this is going to affect them since a lot of those things are huge!! I am in the process of building up a F350 crew cab Dually to tow mine and my buddies off road rigs, I was planning on getting a big goose neck trailer putting a camper on the front and the rigs on the back now I don't know.
I've owned a trucking company for 20 years, the DOT has always been this way, the Patriot Act didn't change anything. They'll write their own mother a ticket.
It's like dead beat dads, it's politically correct to fund and enforce. No legislator will defend loosening the regulations, and honestly, I don't want an 80,000 pound truck running down the road that isn't mechanically sound either. My wife and children are on these roads too.
I believe a pickup must be registered as total weight including the trailer it's pulling, and that is where you qualify for the DOT shakedowns. Contact an attorney that is familiar with the trucking industry and arm yourself with whatever documents are required by the state you are licensed in. Once you pass the weigh stations you have left the "commercial zone" of the city and fall under DOT jursidiction.
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Last edited by Centerline; 11-27-2005 at 02:45 PM.
The have not " always been this way". Enforcing regulations on commercial trucks, yes. Harassing a non-commercial 10,000 lb GVWR truck and trailer, no.
I totally agree, I don't want 80,000 lb POS on the roads either. These are apparently new regulations, the DOT around here would have been enforcing them a long time ago if they had been on the books.
I was the Equipment Manager for a construction company, when I left there you had to have a CDL if the GVWR was 12,000 lb or more and no log book was needed.
I can't help but wonder, then, how long before a private carrier (namely people like me), are going to need a CDL. Granted, I don't haul that much or that often, but I sure used to. I'd be close to that magic #10,000 every time I'd load up. With 6,000lb plates on the truck and the trailer. Couple that with the "not enough lighting" and I'd still be in the crowbar hotel. I guess it's a good thing nobody pays me for hooking up.... Nice to see it happened in Wisconsin.
In a while, Chet.
The DOT has the authority to pull over ANY motor vehicle. They have the jurisdiction to pull you over in your Buick going to church. They have been working the I-65 corridor here with the Metro Police for years now.I see them with passenger cars all the time,and trucks with trailers.Thank goodness we do not have to stop at the weigh stations.lol. Gonna get a Pre-Pass for my car.
If the DOT has a buick pulled over, he was speeding. They are an extension of the Highway Patrol and will enforce the law like any other cop.
I don't own any trucks registered less than 24,000, but even the lowly cab driver is required to have at least a class E CDL license. AND licensing your pickup with the combined trailer weight has been on the books forever.
Johnny Mac
Last edited by Centerline; 11-27-2005 at 02:45 PM.
According to my NM drivers license Class D. I am supposed to be able to drive "a single vehicle less than 26,000lb GVR. May not tow in Excess of 10,000lb GVR unless equipped with class 4 equilizer hitch or 5th wheel"
A fledgling DOT started thier hayday back in the early 80's after Reagan deregulated the transportation industry. The jypo truckers with worn out rigs and no sleep were free to roam the countryside, cutting each other's throats and killing people in the process. Once the government got a foot in the door on that one, armed with new highway death toll statistics, they realized what a gold mine they were sittin' on. They didn't take long to blow the department up to the monster it is today. The new DOT with thier monkey-suits, creepers and jump-scales are having a picknik with just about everybody who drives a truck of any kind. Surprized?
Commercial drivers who run for the big companies these days, no longer need to carry log books. It's all done with GPS and an onboard computer. Dispatchers know exactly where thier trucks are and how fast thier going without ever having to leaving the terminal. They know when your sittin' and when your rollin'....
Talk about Big Brother.. I'm just glad I gave it up over 20 years ago.
I still carry a class A CDL with doubles, triples and tank vehicles endorsments and a valid DOT medical card. It's kind of a personal memento to the better days when trucking was a better trade.. Just never know when I might need it in a pinch.
Last edited by PrimeMover; 11-27-2005 at 12:50 PM.
Get caught without a log book and see what they do,you will sit,or get fined or both. I work for an extremely large trucking company and that log had better be filled out correctley,and be up to date.Most all of our units have Pre-Pass or similar items depending on which state they run thro.It attaches to your windshield and when you pass under the reciever hanging over the interstate before the scalehouse,you will either get a green,or a red light flash up on it.If it is green,you do not even have to pull into the weigh station,even if they are opened.If it goes red,you pull into line.The DOT can scale you,then pull you over to do a full inspection of your unit,from rust on one rim from a loose lug nut to an inoperative marker light,they can nail you.One brake outo f adjustment can get you slammed.Plus,if you do get a fail inspection,you will have to get someone out to correct said defect before you can even leave.I have had to drive all the way to a scale house to replace a glad hand seal on a unit because the driver did not have an extra one in his truck.There are even a few heated scale inspection stations here in KY where the weather will not even save you.The way you present yourself to an officer all matters in how you get treated.Open the door and garbage falls out on the ground may get you a closer look,or if you take in a pile of unorganized papers,that can get you a closer look also.While the idea of having your tow rig and race trailer inspected seem bad,and I may not fully agree with the way the guy in the article was treated by the officer,some construction companies use the same type of trailer,and other companies also,who will pack them full.They run on electric surge brakes,and with all that weight and one short can cause an extremely heavy vehicle to become unstoppable.Keep your self prepared,keep your equipment nice and presentable(which most guys do) and hopefully they will leave you alone.
We watch video after video of new rules and regs,AND I AM IN THE SHOP!!! I do not even pull trailers for my company,except into the bays.Like all our new trucks have safety orange seatbelts in them,that way they are easily spotted by the company hounds and the DOT to see if that thing is across your chest.That I am sure,is just our companies policy and not a standard item on Class 8's.Yet,but I wonder if it will catch on,and the DOT then begins to require all new units to have them
As far as the DOT and passenger cars speeding,yeah,more than likely,but they can,just like police officers,pull you over for anything.They have the same authority as any cop when it comes to traffic.
There is a glitch in the Regulations ( -FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIERS SAFETY REGULATIONS- ).
While a motor vehicle (and combinations) can be defined as a CMV at or above 10,001 lbs., it is not required (in most cases) to possess a CDL unless the vehicle has a GVW of 26,001 or more lbs.
While you may not have to possess a CDL to operate the vehicle, you will have to register the vehicle with the FMCSA and usually home state domicile and comply with certain regulations.
Now if you can prove that the vehicle is not used for a money-making business (hobby class or maybe transporting personal vehicle), it is also not considered a CMV.
And while here, a motor home (regardless of size) is not a CMV. It is designed for personal use.
Please consult with a transportation lawyer for the fine print...
Pertinent excerpts from the regulations;
§390.5 Definitions.
Unless specifically defined elsewhere, in this subchapter:
Commercial motor vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle
(1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater;
Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single motor vehicle.
Gross combination weight rating (GCWR) means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination (articulated) motor vehicle. In the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, GCWR will be determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit and any load thereon.
Motor carrier means a for hire motor carrier or a private motor carrier. The term includes a motor carrier's agents, officers and representatives as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or accessories. For purposes of subchapter B, this definition includes the terms employer and exempt motor carrier.
Private motor carrier means a person who provides transportation of property or passengers, by commercial motor vehicle, and is not a for-hire motor carrier.
§390.5 Definitions (Regulatory Guidance)
Question 3: If a vehicle's GVWR plate and/or VIN number are missing but its actual gross weight is 10,001 pounds or more, may an enforcement officer use the latter instead of GVWR to determine the applicability of the FMCSRs?
Guidance: Yes. The only apparent reason to remove the manufacturer's GVWR plate or VIN number is to make it impossible for roadside enforcement officers to determine the applicability of the FMCSRs, which have a GVWR threshold of 10,001 pounds. In order to frustrate willful evasion of safety regulations, an officer may therefore presume that a vehicle which does not have a manufacturer's GVWR plate and/or does not have a VIN number has a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more if: (1) It has a size and configuration normally associated with vehicles that have a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more; and (2) It has an actual gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more.
A motor carrier or driver may rebut the presumption by providing the enforcement officer the GVWR plate, the VIN number or other information of comparable reliability which demonstrates, or allows the officer to determine, that the GVWR of the vehicle is below the jurisdictional weight threshold.
Question 4: If a vehicle with a manufacturer's GVWR of less than 10,001 pounds has been structurally modified to carry a heavier load, may an enforcement officer use the higher actual gross weight of the vehicle, instead of the GVWR, to determine the applicability of the FMCSRs?
Guidance: Yes. The motor carrier's intent to increase the weight rating is shown by the structural modifications. When the vehicle is used to perform functions normally performed by a vehicle with a higher GVWR, §390.33 allows an enforcement officer to treat the actual gross weight as the GVWR of the modified vehicle.
Question 5: A driver used by a motor carrier operates a CMV to and from his/her residence out of State. Is this considered interstate commerce?
Guidance: If the driver is operating a CMV at the direction of the motor carrier, it is considered interstate commerce and is subject to the FMCSRs. If the motor carrier is allowing the driver to use the vehicle for private personal transportation, such transportation is not subject to the FMCSRs.
§383.3 Applicability.
(a) The rules in this part apply to every person who operates a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce, to all employers of such persons, and to all States
§383.5 Definitions.
As used in this part:
Commerce means (a) any trade, traffic or transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place outside of such State, including a place outside of the United States and (b) trade, traffic, and transportation in the United States which affects any trade, traffic, and transportation described in paragraph (a) of this definition.
Commercial driver's license (CDL) means a license issued by a State or other jurisdiction, in accordance with the standards contained in 49 CFR Part 383, to an individual which authorizes the individual to operate a class of a commercial motor vehicle.
Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle-
(a) Has a gross combination weight rating of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds); or
(b) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 pounds or more); or
(c) Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or
(d) Is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in this section.
Gross combination weight rating (GCWR) means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination (articulated) vehicle. In the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, GCWR will be determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit and any load thereon.
Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
Hazardous materials means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CFR part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR part 73.
Non-CMV means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles not defined by the term "commercial motor vehicle (CMV)" in this section.
Out of service order means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a Federal, State, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation, is out of service pursuant to §§386.72, §392.5, §395.13, §396.9, or compatible laws, or the North American Uniform Out of Service Criteria.
§383.91 Commercial motor vehicle groups.
(a) Vehicle group descriptions. Each driver applicant must possess and be tested on his/her knowledge and skills, described in subpart G of this part, for the commercial motor vehicle group(s) for which he/she desires a CDL. The commercial motor vehicle groups are as follows:
(a)(1) Combination vehicle (Group A) Any combination of vehicles with a gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more) provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds).
(a)(2) Heavy Straight Vehicle (Group B) Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more), or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) GVWR.
(a)(3) Small Vehicle (Group C) Any single vehicle, or combination of vehicles, that meets neither the definition of Group A nor that of Group B as contained in this section, but that either is designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver, or is used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 172, subpart F).
§383.91 Vehicle Groups (Regulatory Guidance)
Question 1: May a State expand a vehicle group to include vehicles that do not meet the Federal definition of the group?
Guidance: Yes, if:
a. A person who tests in a vehicle that does not meet the Federal standard for the Group(s) for which the issued CDL would otherwise be valid, is restricted to vehicles not meeting the Federal definition of such Group(s); and
b. The restriction is fully explained on the license.
Question 2: Is a driver of a combination vehicle with a GCWR of less than 26,001 pounds required to obtain a CDL even if the trailer GVWR is more than 10,000 pounds?
Guidance: No, because the GCWR is less than 26,001 pounds. The driver would need a CDL if the vehicle is transporting HM requiring the vehicle to be placarded or if it is designed to transport 16 or more persons.
Your mileage may vary.
DO NOT stand there and tell Smokey he is full of it because KULTULZ said something different than what he is saying. If you drive a CMV even without the need for a CDL, you should make yourself aware of these regulations. Most DOT people are not that well versed in them or are trying to pull something.
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And DEERHUNTER is pretty much all I was hoping for, and my wishes came through.
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The event starts at 6 tonight at the campus fine arts building.
Kent State University at Stark will hold an information session about its nursing program Wednesday evening.
The event starts at 6 p.m. at the campus fine arts building. There will be separate sessions for potential incoming freshmen and potential transfer students.
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KM Cyberary - a gateway to Knowledge Resources
KM Cyberary - a gateway to Knowledge Resources started in 2002. The main objective of the KM Cyberary project was to provide a unique platform for all types of users to reach their information. This is an accumulation of e-resources, which give links to various useful e-resources viz. Knowledge Management, Librarianship, Philosophy, Health, Technology, ITES/BPO/KPO/RPO, ITIL, Call Centres, Business Information and other subjects.
I hope this gateway may be of some help for users who are in search of information
Article on this Project is published as a Chapter in an Encyclopedia:
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CLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers rookie guard Dion Waiters is out for Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Bulls because of a sprained left ankle.
Waiters, taken with the No. 4 pick in this year's draft, was injured in Saturday's double-overtime loss to Portland. He didn't play in Monday's game against Detroit and it's uncertain when he will return. Waiters is averaging 15.2 points and shooting 36 percent from the field.
Point guard Kyrie Irving missed his ninth straight game with a broken left index finger. He's expected to return later this month.


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Investing in our soft power assets – the GREAT campaign & the Spending Review
This is the fourth in a series of blogs on the upcoming Spending Review, and how Britain maximises its influence and soft power across the world at a time of declining budgets. This focuses on the GREAT Britain campaign, which has been a focal point for the UK's prosperity agenda. Find the others with the following links: FCO, British Council, BBC World Service.
Another ambitious initiative has established itself as one of the UK's more innovative soft power tools – the GREAT Britain campaign. Active in 144 countries, the £113.5 million campaign (2012 – 2015), is the government's major branding campaign to promote the UK as a destination for tourists, trade and investment, and students, in order to secure economic growth. As Director, Conrad Bird highlights, the award-winning campaign has focussed unashamedly in driving the prosperity / economic growth agenda with clear objectives aiming to stimulate foreign direct investment, tourism and strengthen the UK's economy – "…it is about jobs and growth for Britain; it is designed to make money for Britain". Conceived and coordinated from the Prime Minister's Office in Downing Street (but working with UKTI, the FCO, British Council, VisitBritain and VisitEngland), the campaign was recently commended by the National Audit Office, reporting a return on investment (so far) of £1.2 billion.
The campaign has not been without resource challenges, as James Pamment from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy explains, "Despite the potentially demotivating effects of cutbacks and the marketing freeze, GREAT has provided a focal point for the prosperity agenda. Backed by hard cash, positivity dividends from the Jubilee and Olympics, support at the highest political levels, and metrics which demonstrate value in a manner easy to understand, GREAT has opened the door to opportunities for organisations and staff at a time when resources have been stretched."
With over 400 businesses and high-profile individuals backing the brand with joint funding and sponsorship (contributing over £69m in cash and in kind support), the campaign is in an increasingly strong position to seek further support from the private sector given the increasing value of the GREAT brand itself, and track record in delivering results for business. With further campaign plans for the next 12 – 18 months (e.g. using the Bond movie to promote the UK, Exporting is GREAT campaign targeted at SMEs, tourism campaigns on Culture & Countryside, activity marking Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, supporting Liverpool's 2016 International Festival of Business), it is clear that the campaign is seeking to build on the momentum generated and will no doubt will be hoping for adequate resourcing for its ambitious plans. The 2015 Conservative manifesto hints at future support – "We will boost our support for first-time exporters and back the GREAT campaign, so we can achieve our goal of having 100,000 more UK companies exporting in 2020.


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By-law Enforcement Services
As part of the Building Section, under the Engineering and Development Services Department, By-law Enforcement Services is responsible for the administration and enforcement of bylaws pertaining to privately owned lands within The City of Belleville. Using these by- laws, staff work to enforce and resolve complaints from members of the public regarding a wide variety of issues in accordance with the Council adopted By-law Enforcement Policy Directive. Below is a list of the most commonly enforced by-laws, with a brief description of each.
Property Standards By-law No. 2012-79 as amended by 2018-82
The Property Standards By-law prescribes the minimum standard of maintenance to which every property within The City must adhere. The Property Standards By-law mainly focuses on occupancy standards for dwelling units, the condition of structures on a property, and the maintenance of required building systems. (Eg. Plumbing, electrical, heating systems, etc.)
Clean Yards By-law No. 2014-120
The Clean Yards By-law sets out the standards of maintenance for the exterior portions of privately owned properties within The City. This by-law is used to resolve issues such as: long or overgrown grass, weeds or vegetation on a property, excessive accumulations of garbage, refuse or miscellaneous debris, and the placement of derelict motor vehicles on a property.
Zoning Bylaws
The City of Belleville Zoning By-laws are used to determine what functions an owner is allowed to perform on their property. These by-laws govern an extensive range of issues, from the maximum width of a driveway, to the operation of a home occupation. The Zoning By-laws are also used to prescribe the permitted usage of any given property and the placement of accessory structures or buildings on a lot.
City of Belleville : ZONING BY-LAW NUMBER 10245
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Sign By-law No. 2006-55
The Sign By-law sets out the requirements for the erecting, placing and displaying of any sign or other advertising device within The City.
Submitting a Complaint
By-law Enforcement complaints must be submitted in writing through the online City By-law Enforcement Portal at this link https://building.belleville.ca/cityviewportal. Before submitting a complaint through the portal you must register with the City as a portal user from the portal site. Anonymous complaints are not accepted and will not be acted upon. To register as a portal user you are required to provide contact information including name, address, email address, phone number. This is to ensure By-law staff can contact you in the event further details are required about your complaint. Written complaints will still be accepted by filling out a complaint form that is available at City Hall or for download at this link General Bylaw Complaint Form.
*Please be advised that anonymous or verbal complaints will not be investigated or enforced. Complainants must provide valid contact information in writing, including mailing addresses. All personal information collected from complainants is protected under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; and will not be distributed or disclosed.
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If you have questions regarding a City of Belleville By-law which is not one of those listed above, please contact the corresponding department listed below.
Issues or questions regarding The City of Belleville Noise Bylaw should be directed to Belleville Police Services (613) 966-0882
Complaints or questions regarding the maintenance of City lands relating to The City of Belleville Garbage Bylaw should be directed to Belleville Environmental and Operational Services Dept (613) 967-3200 Ext: 3275
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The public is invited to attend three short plays presented by Penn State Beaver Theatre and written by Beaver campus students. The plays will be presented at noon on Oct. 20 and 22, and at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 in the auditorium of the Student Union Building. Tickets are $3 each.
Students involved in the plays are from the Theatre Production class taught by Carol Schafer, associate professor of theatre, integrative arts and women's studies at Beaver campus.
"Smooth-Talkers," a comedy written by Amanda Lee, a non-degree student from Beaver Falls, portrays two young men as they practice pick-up lines, and "Empathy," written by Frankie Mitchell, a sophomore engineering major from Darlington, depicts an encounter between two men who exchange previously undisclosed aspirations. "Home Sweet Home," a seasonal comedy set in a haunted house, is based on students' suggestions and improvisations.
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Following a family excursion to Yellowstone National Park, President Obama paid a visit to Grand Junction, Colorado where he continued to push his health care plan during the second town hall meeting of his trip out West.
"No one in America should go broke because they get sick," Obama told the crowd.
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Premier American contemporary artist Ann Hamilton schedules presentation at UH Manoa Art AuditoriumUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Department of Art and Art History - UH Manoa
Ann Hamilton, one of the premier American contemporary visual artists of our time, will be on the UH Manoa campus next week as a part of the spring semester Distinguished Visiting Scholars in the Liberal Arts Program.
She will survey her work over the last 15 years in a lecture presentation on Tuesday, March 21, at the UH Manoa Art Building Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. in a program entitled "By Mouth and Hand."
A performing presence has been a part of Hamilton's sculptural practice since her first installation in graduate school in 1984 in which she offered herself in a stilled posture wearing a bristling suit of painted toothpicks that became her animate skin. She has collaborated in theater and dance performances and won a Bessie award in the creator category. In 2000 she collaborated with Meredith Monk exploring her long-term interest in voice and uttered sound. Her most recent works, using a mouth-held pinhole camera, address the very edge of inside and out, just as her room-sized installations treat their planar linings as permeable membrane.
"Ann Hamilton's art works are incredibly imaginative," said UH Manoa professor of Art and Art History. "We are so fortunate to be able to host her on campus, and I am certain that her audience will be challenged and enriched by her visual thinking."
A program description from the art department says:
"The genesis of Ann Hamilton's large-scale site responsive installation work often begins in the body scaled gestures of speech and touch and the formative acts of uttering a sound by mouth or shaping a word by hand. In this lecture Hamilton will explore how these two gestures have formed and transformed her practice and approach to architectural space."
Hamilton has received wide critical acclaim and has won numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship, NEA fellowships and a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She represented the United States in 1999 at the Venice Biennale and in 1991 at the Sao Paolo Biennale. She has had solo exhibitions at major museums throughout the world.