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Mkomazi National Park
Area: 3,700 sq km (1,430 sq miles)
Set below the verdant slopes of the of the spectacular Usambara and Pare Eastern Arc Mountain ranges and overseen by the iconic snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, Mkomazi is a virgin breathtaking beauty exhibiting unique natural treasure and an immense sense of space. All this adds to the fulfilment of enjoyment visitors can expect. Mkomazi National Park provides a much needed and beautiful bridge between the northern parks and coastal attractions.
Every day, thousands of people pass within a few kilometres of Mkomazi on one of Tanznia's busiest highways. These and northern circuit safari-goers are invited to discover the treasures of this wedge of hilly semi-arid savannah – home of large herds of giraffe, eland, hartebeest, zebra, buffalo and elephant.
Our great drivers / guides are very well trained, experienced and knowledgeable and are here to make your dream come true and provide you a friendly, personal and high-quality service to make your stay unforgettable.
Mkomazi is a vital refuge for two highly endangered species, the charismatic black rhino and sociable African wild dog, both of which were successfully reintroduced in the 1990s. Nomadic by nature, African wild dog might be seen almost anywhere in the park, but black rhino are restricted to a fenced sanctuary, ensuring their safe keeping for future generations enjoyment and prosperity.


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The Clan of the cave bear is the first of Jean Auel's Earth's children series. Ayla, a tall, blond, blue-eyed girl lost her family in an earthquake. She is nurtured and protected by some members of the Clan, but there are those who would cast her out because of her strange and threatening ways. Ayla's adventures 25,000 years ago include details of the world as it might have been.
After being cast out of the Clan that had adopted her as a child by the new leader, Ayla shares a lonely valley with a herd of steppe ponies, harnesses their power, and discovers speech and love with Jondalar, a member of her own race.
Ayla and her young family are welcomed by the Zeladonii and they make a home for themselves in a stone cave, but, while their first priority is to care for her daughter, Jonayla, Ayla and her husband, Jondalar, encounter problems in their new community and Ayla uses her skills to come up with innovations to make life easier as she prepares for her initiation as a Zelandoni.
Ayla and Jondalar continue their epic journey across Ice Age Europe to join Jondalar's people, the Zelandonii, confronting new hardships and perilous challenges along the way. After their epic journey across Europe, Ayla and Jondalar have reached his home, the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region known today as southwest France. Jondalar's family greet him warmly, but they are initially wary of the beautiful young...
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Should I get vaccinated?
Yellow fever is a serious viral infection that affects people of all ages. Mosquitoes spread the disease in parts of Africa, Central and South America.
Vaccination is recommended to people travelling to countries with a risk of yellow fever. Some countries, including Australia, require proof of vaccination for travellers who are entering or have been in yellow fever areas. Once vaccinated, you will have lifetime cover.
How do I get vaccinated?
People over 9 months old who are travelling to countries with a risk of yellow fever should consider getting vaccinated. The vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women. Travellers should get the vaccine at least 10 days before travel.
Appointments are quick and at Craven's Pharmacy the yellow fever vaccine costs $120.00 with an appointment with the Nurse Practioner.
Fill out the contact form attached or book an appointment online today to protect yourself and your family.
You will receive a yellow book that is your International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis against yellow fever. It is very important that you keep this document safe and carry it with you when you travel. You may need to show this when entering certain countries, to prove that you meet their vaccination requirements.
If you lose your certificate, the place where you got vaccinated may be able to help. Otherwise, you may need to get revaccinated.
Book a Yellow Fever Vaccination
Due to supply issues we are currently unable to provide Yellow Fever Vaccinations.
Yellow fever facts
Yellow fever is a very serious viral infection. It is transmitted to people by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which lives in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Central America and South America. It predominantly bites during the day.
The disease name comes from the yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes (jaundice), which is caused by liver infection in stage two of the disease.
Yellow fever is an extremely serious infection. Getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce your chances of becoming unwell if you travel to an infected area.
Yellow fever incubates in the body for up to six days. After incubation, the onset of the disease is rapid and can have two stages.
Stage one is the initial infection and symptoms include:
- fever
- nausea and vomiting
- headache
- myalgia (muscle pain)
- stomach pains
- constipation
- flushed face
- eye congestion
- restlessness and irritability.
After stage 1, the infection normal settles and people experience 24-48 hours of remission. About 20% of people then suffer a relapse and enter stage 2, which is very serious. The symptoms of stage two include:
- high fever
- upper abdominal pain
- vomiting blood and black 'coffee grounds'
- internal haemorrhaging
- jaundice (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes due to liver infection)
- kidney failure
- liver failure.
Stage two infection results in death in up to 50% of cases.
High-risk groups
Yellow fever can affect anyone who gets bitten by an infected mosquito. Vaccination normally covers people for life. However, after 10 years, certain groups of people should get their antibody levels checked and get a booster shot if required. These groups include people who:
- were pregnant when they were first vaccinated
- had HIV when they were first vaccinated
- are staying a high-risk area for an extended period of time
- have had haematopoietic stem cell transplant since they were vaccinated
- work with the yellow fever virus in a laboratory.
Infection and transmission
Yellow fever is transmitted by the mosquito called Aedes aegypti. When a mosquito carrying the virus bites a person, that person can become infected. Uninfected mosquitoes can also get the virus by biting an infected person. The virus is incubated in the body for up to six days before symptoms start to show. This is why some countries, including Australia, require travellers to show proof of vaccination if they have visited areas with yellow fever, even if they don't feel unwell.
Side effects
Possible side effects to the yellow fever vaccination include a headache, mild fever and muscle pain. These can be eased by using a pain relief such as paracetamol.
Severe side effects to vaccination are rare. However, the shot may be dangerous to people who have a severe allergy to egg or gelatine. Speak to your pharmacist before getting vaccinated if you have experienced anaphylaxis after a previous vaccination. They can advise you on whether the vaccine is right for you.
Vaccination is not usually advised for babies under 9 months old or women who are pregnant or breastfeeding an infant who is less than 9 months old. People with a compromised immune system, a thymus disorder and those over 60 have a higher risk of adverse effects to the vaccination. If travel to a yellow fever infected area is unavoidable, vaccination may still be recommended by your doctor.
Severe adverse effects to the yellow fever vaccine are very rare. Serious viscerotropic (multiorgan system failure) effects occur in just 3-4 of 1,000,000 vaccinations. These cases are usually in older people or those with thymus disease. Between 1992-2014, only 200 cases of serious neurotropic (affecting the nerve cells) effects were reported worldwide. They mostly affected babies under 9 months old or people over 60 years of age. Some of these adverse effects included:
- meningoencephalitis (infection of the brain)
- acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (an autoimmune disease associated with inflammation in the brain and spinal cord)
- Guillian-Barré syndrome (an autoimmune disorder affecting the nerves)
- Bulbar palsy (impairment to the cranial nerves)
- death.
If you have any medical concerns talk to your pharmacist or doctor about whether vaccination is right for you. In some medical circumstances, an official vaccination exemption letter can be provided by your doctor. You need a new letter each time you travel.
If you feel very unwell, faint, short of breath or if your symptoms do not go away, you should contact your doctor.
Preventing yellow fever
Vaccination is the best way to avoid getting yellow fever. Many countries require evidence of vaccination on entry if you have been in an infected area. Yellow fever is present in 47 tropical and subtropical countries, 34 of which are in Africa and the remaining 13 are in Central and South America.
The Centres for Disease Prevention and Control can provide the most up to date information about whether a yellow fever vaccine is recommended for your travel.
It is also important to minimise your risk of being bitten by mosquitoes by:
- using insect repellent that contains at least 30% DEET
- covering as much skin as possible by wearing light coloured, loose fitting clothing with long sleeves and long pants
- treating your clothes with mosquito repellent
- avoiding going outside or having doors and windows open at dawn and dusk
- sleeping in a mosquito net (preferably treated with repellent) or a closed room and spraying an insecticide before going to bed.
Your pharmacist can help you choose the best mosquito repellent products for your travel.
Treating yellow fever
If you experience any of the symptoms of yellow fever within six days of visiting an infected area you should seek urgent medical attention.
In Australia, you must notify public health authorities and quarantine suspected cases of yellow fever.


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Abigail: Maintaining Healthy RelationshipsTo these character studies, Wayne adds his own experiences and stories that will help you apply each particular life lesson. Discover sound biblical guidance and wise counsel for living life more fully!
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Use the Eligibility and Benefit Inquiry (270) transaction to inquire about the health care eligibility and benefits associated with a subscriber or dependent.
The Eligibility and Benefit Response (271) transaction is used to respond to a request inquiry about the health care eligibility and benefits associated with a subscriber or dependent.
You can obtain detailed benefit information including member ID number, date of coverage, copayment, year-to-date deductible amount, and commercial coordination of benefit (COB) information when applicable.
Physicians and other health care professionals can perform eligibility (270/271) transactions in batch or real-time mode, based on your connectivity method.
Electronic eligibility verification may result in the following benefits:
Contact your software vendor or clearinghouse. If available, eligibility transactions may be integrated into your Practice Management System or Hospital Information System. This allows systems to automatically generate an inquiry and/or to enable automatic posting of the benefit information to patient accounts.
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"We are a design-build firm that often collaborate with architects and designers. We really enjoy the friendship and trust we gain from working with each other."
Master Craftsman Paul Driessen
Works in Progress — Ideas Manifested
Every project brings challenges; every solution, fulfillment. Below is a sampling of the current work Timber Innovations is crafting. This page will be updated as each project progresses from vision to reality.
Steel Framed Glass
New Home
New home build using steel, glass and concrete.
Challenge: Tall expansive window walls require special engineering to handle load-bearing requirements.
Solution: Steel framing, uncommon in residential homes, requires the Timber Innovations team's technical expertise and skills.
Challenge: Electrical and plumbing mechanicals cannot be concealed in glass walls.
Solution: Wiring and pipes have to be hidden in the ground and within the framework.
ARCHITECT: studio | de le:u
STATUS: Completed December 2019
LOCATION: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Shingle-style Beach Remodel
This is a whole house remodel of a New England Shingle-style beach property, which will be a vacation home for two families. The interior will be updated and, in some cases, reorganized. Upon completion, it will feature a central communal living area with two master bedroom suites and guest rooms in separate wings of the home for privacy.
ARCHITECT: Deep River Partners
STATUS: Completed June 2019
LOCATION: Oostburg, Wisconsin
Stone & Steel Modern
New Home
New home constructed of natural stone, steel beams and durable LP Smartsiding. It features a clerestory, where part of the interior ceiling rises through the surrounding rooftop. It contains windows to bring in natural light, fresh air and is also part of a passive solar plan. This architectural feature draws you into the center of the home. A second design feature, a large, private outdoor courtyard, was designed as an extension of the interior living space.
ARCHITECT: studio | de le:u
STATUS: Under construction
LOCATION: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Modern Treehouse New Build
This modern take on a treehouse matches the style of the home that sits nearby. It was designed to provide a play space for visiting grandchildren and a quiet reading sanctuary with a view of the river for the homeowners. The building will be composed of concrete anchors, wooden beams, galvanized metal and partially covered with Poplar Bark siding. The second floor deck and staircase cantilever from the structure. Since it faces the west, the treehouse will be built to withstand westerly winds common to this area.
ARCHITECT: studio | de le:u
STATUS: Completed July 2019
LOCATION: Wrightstown, Wisconsin


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My Year as President Has Come to an End
By Scott Mitchell
I am happy with the way it went, and what we as a board and as an association have accomplished. We started the year off with a nasty wet spring, in what has become an interesting economic climate for everyone involved in the turf management business.
The climate had most turf managers that I know evaluating every aspect of their budgets and asking themselves am I getting value, or a good return on my investment for the money I am spending, or "Do I really need to be doing this?". The WCTA was no different than those managers and, over the last few years has done the same process. This has resulted in a few changes, we have managed to cut the directors expenses significantly, along with build some efficiencies into day to day operations, and the conference. I believe we have done this and also increased the value to our members by keeping and increasing the things that are important to them. The quality of the speakers at our show is one example of this. We have put in a lot of effort to provide all of our members with qualified speakers that will appeal to a wide variety of turf managers. Another project that I am proud to say came to fruition during my term is the outsourcing of the Turfline News. Our goal was to provide a quality magazine, without losing its local appeal, while increasing revenues to the association, and freeing up time for our executive director to concentrate on other projects and again improving value to our membership. The biggest project of the year was the pesticide ban issue. This took an enormous amount of time and effort on most of our parts. And while the final decision is yet to be made, whatever is decided, I know that we have done all that is possible to make our voice heard. In closing I would like to thank Jerry Rousseau for all his help and hard work, Dave Duncan for always being there to support me, and the rest of the board for all their support and help as well. I will be here next year to help and advise as best I can, but have all the confidence in the world for your incoming President, Tab Buckner, best of luck in the coming year Tab, I know you will do a fabulous job!
Sincerely Scott Mitchell


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Might & Magic Double-Whammy
Here's a Might & Magic two-news-stories-for-one for you. Below we have the latest trailer for Might IV Heroes Of & Magic or whatever it's called this time. But then there's a surprise - the formerly console-only Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is now making its way to PC next month. There are details about that below as well.
Originally a DS game in 2009, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes eventually made its way to 360 and PS3 earlier this year. Four months on and the RPG reaches the PC, but with a slew of improvements. I think.
Ubisoft describes it thus,
"Might and Magic Clash of Heroes takes place 40 years before the Heroes V saga. Scattered across five different regions of Ashan, 5 young heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot, and ultimately save the world from Chaos."
For PC, says Ubisoft, the game is getting HD graphics, online multiplayer, and "exclusive items to unlock as well as a 1 versus 1 offline hot seat mode". Then there's a pre-order offer via the UbiStore that will see early adopters getting the first DLC free, which gives you new bosses to fight against.
The issue is, the console release was HD too, back in April, so it makes the claim that the PC version is improved by such a thing a little odd. Not sure what's happening there. Anyhoo. The other good news is it appears it won't be using Ubi's despicable 'always on' DRM, rather just a single activation. I can tell that from this pack shot:
And, as promised, there's the Gamescom trailer for VI & Might: Magic Heroes Of, right here:


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We consume quite a bit of gumbo in my family, so its only natural that I would judge the Sandestin Gumbo Festival now in its 29th year. It has become one of my favorite winter events in South Walton.
There is nothing more comforting than a steaming bowl of seafood, or chicken & sausage gumbo.
Every year, the day after Thanksgiving, we boil the turkey carcass for stock and make a rich and hearty turkey gumbo. But, when temps dip low like they dip last month, and with the kids coming home from college for the weekend, I decided to put together a feel good pot of seafood gumbo.
I think gumbo tastes even better when using fresh ingredients, and when you let it sit overnight.
Seafood Gumbo
- 3 pounds medium shrimp, heads on
- 2 pounds claw crab meat, picked for shells
- 4 crab bodies, if available
- 2 large onions, coarsely chopped
- 2 green bell peppers, coarsely chopped
- 1 medium head celery, coarsely chopped including leaves
- 2 ½ pounds okra, fresh if available, cut in 1/4 —inch pieces, or frozen cut okra, thawed
- ¾ cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 8 cups shrimp or seafood stock, heated
- 2 to 3 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons dried thyme
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 tablespoons Creole Seasoning
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Pepper Hot Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups green onions, finely chopped
- ½ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
- ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
De-head, peel, and devein shrimp. Reserve heads and shells for later use. Pick through crabmeat carefully for shells. Refrigerate shrimp and crab until ready for use.
Place chopped onions, bell peppers, celery, and okra in separate bowls. Set aside.
To make the roux, heat vegetable oil or bacon grease in a 10-quart heavy stockpot over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, gradually add flour, whisking continuously. Continue to whisk roux , adjusting heat as necessary to keep from burning. This may take 25-35 minutes or until your arm feels like it is about to fall off and the roux is a dark mahogany color. Be careful; if the roux burns, you will have to start all over again!
Carefully add chopped onions to roux and continue stirring with a large wooden spoon for 2 to 3 minutes. Onions will sizzle and steam when they hit the hot roux so caution is advised. Seasoned gumbo cooks have roux battle scars on one or both arms.
Add bell peppers and continue stirring for another 2 to 3 minutes; add celery continue to stir constantly for another 2 to 3 minutes. The mixture should now resemble a pot of black beans.
Slowly add the heated stock.
Add salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, thyme, bay leaves, oregano, basil, Creole seasoning, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir well. Bring gumbo to a boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to maintain a slow simmer, uncovered, for about 1 hour.
Add okra and bring back to a boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat again to maintain a slow simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or a day (until okra has lost its bright green color and is cooked down like the other vegetables). If gumbo gets too thick, add a little water. If too thin, continue to simmer uncovered.
At this point, you can cool the gumbo. It's always better the day after it has been cooked, although I've never had a complaint when I served gumbo the day I made it. Remove from heat and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Then place pot, uncovered, in an empty sink. Fill the sink with water and ice around the stockpot. Stir gumbo every 15 minutes to move the liquid to facilitate cooling. Gumbo will spoil if cooled improperly. When completely cool, refrigerate it, uncovered, for a couple of hours before placing it in an airtight container.
Reheat gumbo slowly to simmering. Thirty minutes before serving, add green onions, parsley, and lemon juice. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. Add shrimp and crabmeat. Mix well. Cover and turn off heat. Let sit for at least another 15 minutes while seafood cooks. It will stay hot for a long time. Adjust seasonings and serve over cooked white rice with French bread and butter.
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9:00 a.m.
Jack Duran, District 1 Thomas Miller, County Executive
Robert Weygandt, District 2 Anthony J. La Bouff, County Counsel
Jim Holmes, District 3, Vice Chairman Holly Heinzen, Assistant County Executive
Kirk Uhler, District 4 Ann Holman, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Montgomery, Chairman
County Administrative Center, 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Office, 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, during normal business hours. Placer County is committed to ensuring that persons with disabilities are provided the resources to participate fully in its public meetings. If you are hearing impaired, we have listening devices available. If you require additional disability-related modifications or accommodations, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Clerk of the Board. If requested, the agenda shall be provided in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. All requests must be in writing and must be received by the Clerk five business days prior to the scheduled meeting for which you are requesting accommodation. Requests received after such time will be accommodated only if time permits.
9:00 a.m.
FLAG SALUTE – Led by Anthony La Bouff, County Counsel
STATEMENT OF MEETING PROCEDURES - Read by Clerk.
a. Approved Jennifer Montgomery, as Chairman for 2012.
MOTION Uhler/Duran/Unanimous
b. Approved Jim Holmes, as Vice-Chairman for 2012.
MOTION Duran/Uhler/Unanimous
PUBLIC COMMENT – None.
SUPERVISOR'S COMMITTEE REPORTS – Supervisor Holmes advised he toured the Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility in eastern Ventura County.
9:15 a.m.
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE AGENCY/PLANNING/HISTORIC RESOURCE REGISTER APPLICATION PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY/HERITAGE CENTER – Approved the placement of the PCWA Heritage Center in the Placer County Official Register of Cultural and Historic Resources. This action is being considered pursuant to the Placer County Cultural and Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 15 of the Placer County Code).
MOTION Holmes/Duran/Unanimous
10:00 a.m.
2. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/EMERGENCY SERVICES/CAPITAL FACILITY FEE CHANGES – Conducted a public hearing and adopted by Resolution 2012-13 the 2011 update of the Placer County Fire Capital Improvement Plan that increases fees by 4.07% (covering a 22 month period) and establish a new fee for agricultural buildings. MOTION Holmes/Weygandt VOTE 4:1 (Uhler No)
11:00 a.m.
3. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/PROBATION – Public Safety Realignment:
a. County Executive – Reviewed the 2011 Public Safety Realignment Act and FY 2012-13 County budget projections.
b. Probation – Accepted the 2011 Placer County Public Safety Realignment Implementation Plan as recommended by the Community Corrections Partnership and approved by the Executive Committee pursuant to Penal Code Sections 1230 and 1230.1, and designated the Probation Department as the Supervising Entity for post-release community supervision of new state prison parolees pursuant to Penal Code Section 3451.
MOTION Duran/Holmes/Unanimous
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4. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – MOTION Holmes/Uhler/Unanimous to designate the 2012 Boards & Commissions Assignments to be confirmed at the January 24, 2012 meeting as follows:
Air Pollution Control District Board (Weygandt, Holmes, Montgomery, Uhler Alternate); American River Authority (Montgomery, Weygandt Alternate); Area 4 Agency on Aging Advisory/Governing/JPA Boards (Holmes Alternate, Alice Gonzales Primary Member); Auburn City Council/Placer County Liaison Committee (Montgomery); Auburn Dam Council (Holmes, Montgomery Alternate); City County Committee for Regional Development Issues (Duran, Uhler, Weygandt Alternate); Community Services Commission (Holmes) County Audit Committee (Holmes, Duran); Criminal Justice Policy Committee (Duran); CSAC/Board of Directors (Holmes, Duran Alternate); Economic Development Board (Weygandt, Montgomery); First Five Children & Families Commission (Holmes); First Time Homebuyer Mortgage Revenue Bond Program (Holmes, Alternate any other Supervisor); Flood Control & Water Conservation District Board of Directors (Weygandt, Duran); Golden Sierra Job Training Agency Governing Board (Uhler, Holmes Alternate); Greenprint Steering Committee (Duran); High Sierra Resource Conservation & Development Area (Montgomery, CEO or CEO Designee Alternate); Highway 65 Joint Powers Authority (Weygandt, Duran Alternate); Investment Oversight Committee (Weygandt); Local Agency Formation Commission (Weygandt, Holmes, Duran Alternate); Mental Health Alcohol & Drug Advisory Board (Holmes); Middle Fork Project Finance Authority (Holmes, Weygandt, Montgomery Alternate) Mountain Counties Air Basin (Holmes, Weygandt Alternate); Mountain Counties Water Resources Council (Montgomery, Holmes or CEO designee Alternate); National Association of Counties (Duran, Montgomery Alternate); National Association of Counties Western Interstate Region (Duran, Montgomery Alternate); Older Adult Advisory Commission (Holmes); Placer County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee (Weygandt, Holmes); Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (Holmes, Uhler, Duran Alternate); Placer County Transportation Planning Agency Countywide Steering Committee (Weygandt); Placer County Water Resource Council (Inactive) (Weygandt, Duran Alternate); Placer/Nevada Wastewater Authority JPA (Weygandt, Holmes Alternate); Placer Parkway Policy Advisory Committee (Weygandt, Duran); Regional Council of Rural Counties (Holmes, Montgomery Alternate); Remote Access Network (RAN) Advisory Board (Holmes); Roseville Ignite Advisory Board (Uhler); Sacramento Area Commerce & Trade Organization (Uhler, Duran Alternate); Sacramento Area Council of Governments (Holmes, Duran Alternate); Sacramento Area Council of Governments Advisory Committee Rancho Cordova-South Placer Connector (Holmes); Sacramento Area Council of Governments Capital Valley Regional Service Authority (Holmes, Duran Alternate); Sacramento Valley Air Basin Control Council (Montgomery, Weygandt Alternate); Sierra Sacramento Valley Emergency Medical Services Agency (Holmes, Duran Alternate); Solid Waste Independent Hearing Panel (Montgomery); Solid Waste Local Task Force (CEO); South Placer Regional Transportation Authority JPA (Uhler, Duran Alternate); Sub-Committee Policy Advisory Committee (Uhler, Duran); South Placer Regional Wastewater Authority (Duran, Weygandt); Tahoe Air Basin (Montgomery); Tahoe Conservancy (Larry Sevison, Montgomery Alternate); Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Larry Sevison, Montgomery Alternate); Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Advisory Planning Commission (Jennifer Merchant); Tahoe Transportation District (Montgomery or CEO Designee); Tribal County Advisory Committee (Weygandt, Montgomery); Truckee Tahoe Airport Land Use Commission (Montgomery); Veterans Memorial Hall Boards: Roseville (Duran); Lincoln (Weygandt); Loomis (Holmes) Auburn/Foresthill/Colfax (Montgomery); Water Resources & Energy Committee (Holmes, Weygandt); Western Placer Waste Management Authority (Weygandt, Duran).
a. North Lake Tahoe Resort Association - Approved the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association's proposed expenditure of up to $245,000 for capital improvements at the Northstar Drive Entrance and Roundabout, and the Squaw Valley Winter Pedestrian Trail Snow Removal Pilot Program.
MOTION Holmes/Duran/Unanimous
b. 2012 Legislative Platform - Adopted the Placer County 2012 Legislative Platform and authorized staff to pursue actions and to coordinate the advocacy program consistent with that document.
MOTION Duran/Holmes/Unanimous to adopt the Placer County 2012 Legislative Platform excluding Proposal #18 and authorize staff to pursue actions and coordinate the advocacy program.
MOTION Uhler/Weygandt VOTE 4:1 (Montgomery No) to include Proposal 18 to the Placer County 2012 Legislative Platform.
MOTION Uhler/Holmes/Unanimous to bring back the item in regards to the CalPERS amendment that would be necessary to allow local governments the opportunity to opt out of CalPERS.
c. Personnel – Received information regarding The Placer County Code's, Chapter 3 processes related to merit increases.
d. CalPERS Pension and Other Post Employment Benefit Plans - Presentation on the County's CalPERS Pension and Other Post Employment Benefit Plans from the County Executive Office.
e. Redevelopment – Received a verbal update on the December 29, 2011 California Supreme Court ruling resulting in dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies.
a. Bid, Job Order Contracting, Project #9486.01 – The Board took the following actions associated with Job Order Contracting, Project No. 9486.01:
1) Awarded the bid to Staples Construction Company, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $1,000,000 and to Fregoso Builders, Inc. (FB), in the amount not to exceed $1,000,000 and upon approval of County Counsel and Risk Management, authorized the Director of Facility Services to execute the contracts.
2) Resolution 2012-14 adopted authorizing the Director of Facility Services, or his designee, to execute Job Order contracts in amounts not-to-exceed $250,000, upon review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and delegating authority to approve any supplemental Job Orders consistent with the County Purchasing Manual and Section 20142 of the Public Contract Code. MOTION Duran/Weygandt/Unanimous
b. Bell Garden Apartments Relocation Plan - It is recommended that your Board (1) determine that the adoption of a Relocation Plan for the residents of Bell Garden Apartments is exempt from CEQA, and (2) adopt a Resolution adopting a Relocation Plan and delegating authority to the Director of Facility Services, or his designee, to take all actions necessary to provide relocation advisory assistance, moving expenses, and hardship assistance as specified in the Plan at an amount not to exceed $50,000.
MOTION Holmes/Duran/Unanimous to postpone the issue to February 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
c. Applegate Regional Sewer Pipeline Project:
a. Certification of Environmental Impact Report - Resolution 2012-15 adopted certifying the Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan for the Applegate Regional Sewer Pipeline Project (Project), and directed staff to file a Notice of Determination upon approval of Plans and Specifications for the Project.
MOTION Holmes/Weygandt/Unanimous
b. Plans and Specifications - Approved the Plans and Specifications and authorized staff to solicit bids for the Applegate Regional Sewer Pipeline Project (Project).
MOTION Holmes/Weygandt/Unanimous
c. Right-of-Way Contract and Grant Deed - Resolution 2012-16 adopted approving the Right-of-Way Contract and accepting the Grant Deed from John and Mary Belding in the amount of $60,000 for the Applegate Regional Sewer Pipeline Project (Project).
MOTION Holmes/Weygandt/Unanimous
d. Agreement/Construction Management and Environmental Services - Resolution 2012-17 adopted authorizing the Director of Facility Services, or his designee, to execute an agreement with West Yost Associates, Inc (WYA) in an amount not to exceed $384,776 for construction management and environmental services for the Applegate Regional Sewer Pipeline Project (Project). MOTION Holmes/Weygandt/Unanimous
1. Existing Litigation:
(a) California Clean Energy Committee, et al. v. County of Placer, et al., Placer County Superior Court Case No.: SCV-0030337 – The Board received a status report from Counsel and gave direction.
2. Anticipated Litigation:
(a) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Government Code §54956.9: one potential case – The Board ratified the decision of staff to file an administrative appeal with regards to its recently issued permit from Lahontan Water Quality Board and gave direction to Counsel.
(B) §54956.8 – CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR – The Board met with its negotiators and gave direction.
(a) Property: APN(s): 472-370-037-000
Agency Negotiator(s): Tom Miller, Jim Durfee, Mary Dietrich, Richard Burton, Anthony La Bouff
Negotiating Parties: County of Placer and BSB Roseville, LLC Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
(C) §54957.6 - CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS – The Board met with its labor negotiators for PPEO and gave direction.
(a) Agency designated representatives: Tom Miller, Nancy Nittler, Therese Leonard, Anthony J. La Bouff
Employee organization: PPEO. DSA
CONSENT AGENDA –Corrected Item 17c2 adding G to the second page of the resolution and Item 19b moved for discussion. Consent Agenda approved as amended with action as indicated.
MOTION Holmes/Weygandt/Unanimous
8. AGRICULTURE - Resolution 2012-1 adopted approving preparation of a Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) competitive Healthy Forests grant application and authorized the Agricultural Commissioner to execute the SNC grant application document in accordance with grant requirements. Grant funding will be used to support on-going eradication efforts of California Department of Food and Agriculture A-Rated noxious weeds in Placer County.
9. AUDITOR-CONTROLLER –Resolution 2012-2 adopted to establish a $10,000 "buy money" petty cash fund for the Placer Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Multi-Agency Task Force.
a. Resolution 2012-3 adopted congratulating the Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge and Railroad on their 100-year anniversary.
b. Approved minutes of December 6, 2011 and December 13, 2011.
11. CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY – Rejected the following claims, as recommended by the offices of County Counsel and Risk Management:
a. 11-072, Fairbanks, James, Not Stated, (Bodily Injury)
b. 11-160, Pautov, Sergey, Not Stated, (Bodily Injury/Personal Injury)
c. 11-168, Humphries, Billy, $2,900.00, (Property Damage)
d. 11-170, Grant, Larry, Not Stated, (Bodily Injury)
e. 11-171, Reynolds, Roxie, Not Stated, (Bodily Injury)
12. CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY – Rejected the following Leave to Present a Late Claim and its underlying Claim, as recommended by the offices of County Counsel and Risk Management:
a. 11-167, Fiorenza, David, $218,000, (Property Damage)
a. Civil Service Commission - Civil Service Commission – Accepted the resignation of Larry Webber, Seat #2, effective December 13, 2011.
b. Placer Sierra Fire Safe Council – Approved the reappointments of Terrence Otis Wollan to Seat 1 representing Greater Colfax area and Karen Calvert to Seat 5 representing Secret Town/Emigrant Gap, as requested by Supervisor Montgomery.
c. Greater Auburn Area Fire Safe Council - Approved the reappointments of Travis Travnikar to Seat 1 representing District 3, and Terry Davis to Seat 2 representing District 5, as requested by Supervisor Holmes and Supervisor Montgomery.
d. Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall Board – Approved the appointment of Rick Jones representing Alternate for Fleet Reserve Association League and Terry Crouson representing Marine Corps League as requested by Supervisor Holmes.
e. Civil Service Commission - Approved the appointment of Rick Ward to Seat 2, as requested by Supervisor Holmes.
f. North Lake Tahoe Resort Association Board of Directors – Approved the appointment of Eric Brandt to represent the Board of Supervisors. Term for this seat begins December 1, 2011 and ends on November 30, 2015.
g. Placer County Transportation Planning Agency - Accepted the resignation of Ron McIntyre, effective Dec 28, 2011.
h. Veterans Advisory Council - Approved the appointment of Charles Peterson of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1487, effective immediately.
i. Hazardous Vegetation Abatement Hearing Body – Approved the appointments of Jeff Landre and Kevin Turner to the Hazardous Vegetation Abatement Hearing Body as primary members and approved the appointment of Wayne Nader as an alternate member.
a. Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Submittal Authorization – Resolution 2012-4 adopted authorizing the Planning Division to submit a grant application under the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentives Program in the amount of $495,000 to the California Strategic Growth Council to initiate an update to the 1994 General Plan and prepare a Climate Action Plan.
b. Watershed Improvement Zone-American River Project Grant – Resolution 2012-5 adopted authorizing the Planning Services Division to submit a grant application under the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Proposition 84 Grants Program in the amount of $350,000 for a Watershed Improvement Zone on the American River.
c. NID Funding and Construction Agreement – Authorized the Chairman to sign a Budget Revision increasing Planning's budget revenues and expenditures in the amount of $303,645 to provide General Fund funding, to be reimbursed by California Watershed Grant Program revenues to NID for the construction of the Auburn Fish Passage project. With the previous Board-approved appropriation of $60,000 from the Open Space Trust Fund on December 13, 2011, the total funding provided is $363,645.
d. California River Parkways Grant - Approved a corrected Resolution 2012-6 designating the Director of Facilities Services as agent to sign the grant applications, conduct all negotiations, and submit all documents related to a California River Parkways grant for monies to be dedicated to the Hidden Falls Improved Access Grant project.
15. COUNTY COUNSEL - Appointed Gerald O. Carden, Chief Deputy County Counsel, or a designated representative of County Counsel's office, and Scott D. Christensen, Placer County Bar Association President to the Law Library Board of Trustees.
16. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/EMERGENCY SERVICES - Accepted an Assistance to Firefighters Grant of $203,600 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for purchase of Monitor Defibrillators (4) and firefighter turnout sets (31).
a. Project 08241, Plant 3 Entrance Road Improvements – Resolution 2012-7 adopted accepting Project #08241, Plant 3 Entrance Road Improvements as complete, and authorized the Director of Facility Services, or his designee, to execute and record the Notice of Completion.
b. 2011/12 Sewer Line Video Inspection, Sewer Maintenance Districts #1 & #2, Project 08245 - Resolution 2012-8 adopted authorizing the Director of Facility Services or his designee to execute a contract with Coastline Water Resources, Inc. for the 2011/12 Sewer Line Video Inspection, Sewer Maintenance District #1 and #2, – Project 08245, in an amount not to exceed $225,366, and approved any required change orders consistent with the County Purchasing Manual and Section 20142 of the Public Contract Code.
c. 2011 Local Jail Construction Financing Program, AB900/Phase II for Phase II of the South Placer Adult Corrections Facility, Project #4764A - The Board:
1) Authorized staff to submit an application to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)/Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) – 2011 Local Jail Construction Financing Program, AB900 – Phase II, in the amount of $30,000,000 to provide funding to assist in the construction of a 160-bed medium security housing unit and associated program/training space, as part of the South Placer Adult Correctional Facility (SPACF).
2) Approved Resolution 2012-9 as amended authorizing the Chairman to sign the application, designating the County Construction Administrator, Project Financial Officer and Project Contact Person and making various assurances to the CDCR/CSA required by the grant.
a. Adult System of Care - Approved Contract Amendment CN005140-A with Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing, Inc. to provide housing and transitional employment opportunities for clients with serious mental illness from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012, increasing total compensation by $30,000 for a revised aggregate amount of $200,284, and authorized the Director of Health and Human Services to sign this amendment and subsequent amendments up to 10% of the revised total amount.
b. Children's System of Care - Approved Amendment CN005025-A with Placer County Office of Education to increase funding for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and Mental Health First Aid Training by $59,300 from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012 for a revised total of $80,300, and authorized the Director of Health and Human Services to sign the amendment and subsequent amendments up to 10% of the total revised amount.
c. Community Health - Approved a grant from the Blue Shield of California Foundation in the amount of $100,000 for the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 to support County coverage planning efforts for the Placer Medicaid Coverage Expansion proposal, and authorized the Director of Health & Human Services to sign the grant agreement and any subsequent amendments.
a. Lincoln National Long Term Disability Plan Renewal – Approved an extension of the current premium rate and contract renewal for the employer paid Lincoln National Long Term Disability policy for the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013, effective January 1, 2012 and authorized Nancy Nittler, Personnel Director to sign the resulting agreement.
b. MOVED FOR DISCUSSION Recruitment Services - Approve a contract with Ralph Andersen & Associates to conduct an executive search for the position of County Executive Officer in the maximum amount of $30,000 and authorize the Personnel Director to sign the resulting contract.
20. PROCUREMENT SERVICES - In accordance with County Policy, non-contested competitively awarded bids under $250,000 are placed on the Consent Agenda. Authorized the Purchasing Manager to sign the following:
a. Blanket Purchase Order 17664, On-Site Maintenance & Engineering Services County's Enterprise Telephone Network, Administrative Services/Telecommunications - Approved Change Order #2 in the amount of $55,000 to Blanket Purchase Order #17664 with Nexus, IS, Inc. for On-Site Maintenance and Engineering Services in support of the County's Enterprise Telephone Network.
b. Blanket Purchase Order 18755, On-Site Maintenance & Engineering Services County's Two Way Radio Narrowbanding Project, Administrative Services/Telecommunications - Approved Change Order #1 in the amount of $35,000 to Blanket Purchase Order #18755 with Sutter Buttes Communications, Inc. for On-Site Maintenance and Engineering Services in support of the County's Two-Way Radio Narrowbanding Project.
c. Competitive Bid #10131, Countywide First Aid and Safety Supplies - Approved the award of Competitive Bid #10131 for Countywide First Aid and Safety Supplies in the maximum aggregate amount of $200,000.
d. Purchase Order, Three-Axle Dump Truck, Fleet Services - Approved the award of a Purchase Order as a result of a City of Roseville competitively awarded contract with Sacramento Truck Center for One Three-Axle Dump Truck in the total amount of $123,180.86.
e. Competitive Bid #10117, Herbicides, Fertilizers and Grass Seeds, Public Works - Approved the award of Competitive Bid #10117 to various vendors for Herbicides, Fertilizers and Grass Seeds in the maximum aggregate amount of $75,000.
f. Blanket Purchase Orders, Electronic Monitoring Equipment and Services, Probation - Approved the award of multiple Blanket Purchase Orders resulting from a Competitively Bid Public Agency Cooperative Agreement with 3M Electronic Monitoring, Inc. and G4S Justice Services Inc. for various Electronic Monitoring Equipment and Services in the maximum aggregate amount of $230,600.
g. Blanket Purchase Order, Election Precincts Drayage Services, Clerk Recorder/Elections - Approved the renewal of a Competitively Bid Blanket Purchase Order with Chipman Corporation for Election Precincts Drayage Services in the maximum amount of $114,900.
h. Competitive Bid #10132, Asbestos Abatement Services, Facility Services - Approved the award of Competitive Bid #10132 to Allied Environmental Inc. for Asbestos Abatement Services in the maximum amount of $95,000.
i. Cancel Blanket Purchase Orders and award Blanket Purchase Orders, Uniform Rental and Laundry Services, Countywide - Approved the cancellation of ten Blanket Purchase Orders with UniFirst Corporation and the award of a Blanket Purchase Order to Aramark Career Apparel for Uniform Rental and Laundry Services in the maximum amount of $170,000.
a. Abandonment - Resolution 2012-10 adopted abandoning a portion of an Offer of Dedication for a Drainage and Drainage Access Easement on Blue Oaks Drive, near Auburn Faith Hospital, in north Auburn.
b. Cook Riolo Road Bridge Replacement project - Resolution 2012-11 adopted approving the project plans and specifications, authorized the Chairman to sign the cover sheet, authorized the Department of Public Works to advertise for bids for the Cook Riolo Road Bridge Replacement project; and authorized the Director of Public Works to utilize funds from Traffic Impact Fees and County Service Area 28, Zone 22 Dry Creek Watershed to fund construction in advance of receiving Federal funding.
c. Foresthill Road Resurfacing and Restriping Project - Resolution 2012-12 adopted accepting the Foresthill Road Resurfacing and Restriping Project as complete and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute the Notice of Completion.
22. REVENUE SHARING – In approving the following appropriations, the Placer County Board of Supervisors makes the finding that each and every approved contribution serves a public purpose by promoting the general welfare of the County and its inhabitants; therefore, the County benefits.
a. Approved appropriation of $1,000 in Revenue Sharing monies to the Lazarus Project 12th Annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner Celebration to benefit housing and support services to homeless men and women in Placer County, as requested by Supervisor Weygandt ($250) Supervisor Holmes ($250) and Supervisor Uhler ($500).
***End of Consent Agenda***
b. Recruitment Services - Approved a contract with Ralph Andersen & Associates to conduct an executive search for the position of County Executive Officer in the maximum amount of $30,000 and authorized the Personnel Director to sign the resulting contract.
MOTION Duran/Holmes/Unanimous
23. Facility Services/Sewer Maintenance District 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant Compliance/Progress Update - Informational update on staff's progress on the follow up items requested by the Board related to the Sewer Maintenance District 1 compliance alternatives.
24. Personnel - Classified Service Merit Increases.
25. Sheriff - Review the Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) annual report (Exhibit A) for FY 2010-2011. The total received into the IWF account for FY 2010-2011 was $599,546 primarily from commissary and telephone revenue. In FY 2010-2011 a total of $575,043 was expended for the benefit and safety of inmates within our Corrections Facility. The balance ending June 30, 2011 was $2,456. Penal Code Section 4025 requires this report be submitted to the Board of Supervisors annually.
ADJOURNMENT – Next regular meeting is January 24, 2012.
January 24, 2012
February 14, 2012
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In this interview, I chat with Christopher Cantwell about the campaign to split the Alt-Right, the doxing of Ricky Vaughn and Weev's sketchy Jewish background. The interview culminates in the revelation that Andrew Anglin has admitted that Weev is a Jew and has known it for years.
Show Notes:
[1] Weev's past as an "anti-Semite hunter" in the early 2000s
[2] The iProphet Reverend Weevlos
[3] Full Disclosure doxes Weev in 2009
[4] Weev's mother sends emails to Full Disclosure in which she reveals that Weev has Jewish ancestry on both sides of his family and comes from a multiracial family. She claims to be a Native American and offers to ask a local rabbi in Richmond to settle the dispute
[5] Weev describes himself as White, Other, Native American in his LinkedIn profile
[6] Weev caught in lies about his dox on Full Disclosure
[7] Full Disclosure isn't an Antifa group and removed personal information about Weev's family
[8] Weev's grandfather was a Muskogee Indian who was born on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma
[9] Weev's mom's allegations of drug abuse and Indian ancestry verified
[10] Weev's drug abuse is featured in the NY Times
[11] Weev admits to being Jewish on the Goatse Security website
[12] Weev was the president of the Gay Niggers Association of America
[13] Weev when he was one of the closest comrades of the leaders of Occupy Wall Street
[14] Weev claims to be White, Other, Native American in his OkCupid profile
[15] Weev describes himself as a Bavarian Jew who preys on Gentile women in his OkCupid profile
[16] Weev caught in lies about his OkCupid profile
[17] Weev tells Gawker that he has Jewish ancestors
[18] Weev's parents attend his trial. His mom blows him a kiss
[19] Weev's longtime friend Alex Pilosov appears at his trial
[20] Weev is released from prison, goes on his Livejournal account, describes himself as an artist who makes things he despises look ridiculous and announces his plan to cover the internet in dongs and swastikas
[21] The grave of Weev's Indian ancestors
[22] Weev appears on CNBC after being released from prison to advertise his new hedge fund
[23] Weev is featured in the 2014 documentary The Hacker War
[24] Molly Crabapple defends Weev in Vice
[25] Breitbart notes that Weev used to be "the darling of the Left"
[26] Weev's debut on Daily Stormer complete with American History X swastika tattoo
[27] Weev's drug fueled speech referenced by the NYTimes
[28] Weev boasts about screwing Eastern European teenagers with your donations
[29] Weev comes out of the closet as a born again Nazi in October 2014
[30] Weev sends out of tens of thousands of flyers in which he unequivocally endorses the rape and murder of women and children
[31] Weev is the Brooklyn Nazi
[32] Weev hijacks the Alt-Right brand to associate it with Jewish stereotypes of Neo-Nazism
[33] Weev claims he has "realigned the world" in a manic episode in a recent YouTube video.
[34] Weev endorses beating, torturing and gang raping women
[35] Weev rants about the scold's bridle and going Turner Diaries
[36] Christopher Cantwell's domain was seized after Weev went on his show
[37] Dailystormer.lol was registered to Alex Pilosov's NYC apartment
[38] Who is Alex Pilosov?
[39] Alex Pilosov and Weev are good buddies
[40] Alex Pilosov's Jewish brother is a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi
[42] Alex Pilosov's connections to Adam Rothschild
[43] Weev hanging out in Alex Pilosov's apartment
UPDATE: Since I appeared on Radical Agenda, more information has come to light about Weev's background due to an outpouring of tips.
[44] Weev sometimes has a moral obligation to dox you
[45] Weev makes a video about putting Lauren Southern in a scold's bridle
[46] Weev fantasizes about replacing women with surrogates, prostitutes and sex robots
[47] Weev became a Neo-Nazi with a swastika tattoo to discredit the Weev app
[48] Weev was still using the OkCupid profile in 2017
[49] Weev created the OkCupid profile in 2009 long before he was arrested or went to prison
[50] Weev boasts about doxing a woman with her Social Security number
[51] Weev claims to be a blood Jewish relative of Theodore Herzl on Reddit in 2011
[52] Archived post of Weev admitting to be Jewish on Reddit
[53] Weev writes a letter from prison in 2013 where he once again compares himself to Raoul Auernheimer who was a prison in Dachau. He said the same thing on Goatse Security in 2009
[54] Weev claims to have blood ties to Theodore Herzl through the Auernheimer family on Reddit
[55] Weev's shady regular bitcoin transactions come from an unknown sugar daddy
[56] Weev talks about meeting with PayPal billionaires 5 months before he becomes a Nazi on Daily Stormer
[57] Weev is banned from Gab for making vague threats about another Oklahoma City. He has long idolized Timothy McVeigh
[58] Alex Pilosov is Weev's connection to the MAGA movement. He is also Guccifer 2.0
[59] Weev lived with Pilosov in New York City which is how he met Jeff Giesea and Peter Thiel
[60] Weev's ancestry


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Kia Ora (Be Well)
New Zealand, or Aotearoa as I have come to think of it, using the Māori name – the land of the long white cloud – is both familiar and foreign. Arriving into the Auckland summer from the UK winter is a sort of time travel. The seasons speed up. For the first few days it was not just the weather that was confusing me; I had a kind of existential panic: what am I doing here?
My trip was an opportunity to research the long history of pre-colonial performance in Māori visual culture, under the auspices of a British Council and Arts Council England fellowship: the Artists International Development Fund. From the outset, my hosts Auckland University and Auckland War Memorial Museum had warned me that it is both difficult and potentially discourteous to simply drop into an investigation of Māoridom. With a lived experience and history of racism and oppression, tangata whenua – the people of the land – are necessarily wary about outsiders coming over to 'study' them. There are also taboos against sharing knowledge with strangers. As Cleve Barlow states in Tikanga Whakaaro, his book which explains key concepts in Māori culture, 'I have pondered for a long time as to how best to disseminate this knowledge to others without revealing too much (as I was taught in my own training), but still being able to offer a useful basis from which others could achieve greater understanding.' [p.xvi]
It was certainly not my intention to pursue some sort of anthropological investigation, to appropriate, or even to fully understand Māori ritual. As much as anything I was interested to see how Māori culture operates alongside, without and within, contemporary pākehā (foreigner, white New Zealander) culture. A starting point for the research was to consider the pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony), whakapapa (statement of ancestry and belonging), and haka (war cry and celebratory). These ceremonies and rituals are what are superficially familiar, and in the case of the haka, internationally exported, but in terms of their rationale and context they are by no means familiar to those who have not spent time on a marae (the space of Māori community).
It was a good time to be in Aotearoa New Zealand, as discussions of national identity were everywhere.
The 1st February was Auckland Anniversary Day, a controversial commemoration, celebrating as it does the arrival of William Hobson, later the first Governor of New Zealand in the Bay of Islands in 1840. For the first time this year a dedicated Māori Festival ran alongside the regatta, funfair, circus and general merriment on a hot bank holiday weekend. Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival maintained a separate identity (and a separate venue) to the other activities of the day. There was no attempt to conjoin cultural celebrations.
There were wood carving workshops, traditional healing, classes in the use of medicinal plants, food and craft stalls, and both contemporary and traditional entertainment on the main stage.
To a casual observer it may have been easy to dismiss the festival as a kind of historical cultural performance of the kind 'put on' for tourists at Auckland War Memorial Museum. At the museum I had sat in the auditorium feeling slightly uneasy at the 30 minute 'Māori Cultural Performance', which is staged 3 times a day for visitors. The performers appeared to relish the opportunity to share their music and performance traditions and they did so with skill, gusto and humour, but in the museum setting, robbed of any wider context, it was difficult not to be reminded of the way in which museums and collections have made a fetish out of human display, and reduced the 'other' to exotic savage.
At the Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival however, it was not the same. For a start the audience was different. Friends, family and neighbours, had come to support Te Waka Huia performance group. On at least one occasion, a member of the audience sang a lengthy response from where she had been watching, and those on stage stood patiently waiting for this unplanned but not quite unexpected intervention to finish.
The song and dance were entertaining and enjoyable but to someone (like me) who doesn't speak Te Reo Māori, it was very difficult to understand what they were singing and dancing about. This shifted dramatically when the the group leader, came to the front of the stage and vehemently protested the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement that the New Zealand government was committed to signing in the following few days. He talked passionately about his belief that the TPP threatened Aotearoa New Zealand sovereignty and the rights afforded to Māori iwi (tribes) by the Treaty of Waitangi. He then announced that the Te Waka Huia had created a new protest haka, which they then went on to perform.
It was an forceful form of protest, full of emotion, and it also made clear that any casual understanding of the haka as a historical cultural performance, was untenable. The power of the moment was undeniable.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was signed on 4th February, against a backdrop of mass protests in the streets. Auckland is an extremely diverse city, perhaps a bit ghettoised, with communities sticking together separately, but at the protests it really did seem like the population was represented. Māori writer and political commentator Morgan Godfery commented, "Personally, I haven't seen Māori society this politicized in at least five or six years." One of the main grievances is that the Treaty of Waitangi states that the government must consult with iwi before entering into international accords, and this did not happen. (Other concerns, shared by many, include corporate companies being given the right to sue the New Zealand government under the investor-state settlement clause, which many fear would result in big business being able to hold states to ransom, and profit being put ahead of national decision making.)
Waitangi Day, which commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 followed on two days later on 6th February. Although it is the national day, it is a day that has been marred in controversy since the treaty was first signed. There are differences in the English and Māori versions of the treaty, which has led many to conclude that the Māori chiefs were subject to fraud. Indeed not all chiefs chose to sign the treaty in the first place. The treaty has been observed or ignored by successive governments since its signing, but in 1975 the Treaty of Waitangi Act gave it contemporary legal standing.
I spent the morning of Waitangi Day on the Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei marae at the open invitation of the community. Marae are on private land and it is common for there to be open days, where people are welcomed. These events are treated with formality and respect, in a similar way to an interfaith dialogue meeting.
The time-honoured protocol sets out a series of customs and rules. The pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony), includes the karanga (welcome call), whaikōrero (formal speech-making), and hongi (salutation of the pressing of noses and foreheads). After reading and discussing so much about Māori culture it felt both an honour and quite emotional to be welcomed onto a marae.
The difference between looking at a whare whakairo (carved ancestral house) and pataka (store house) in the museum close-up, that are being painstaking restored and the one at the centre of the Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei community, is like the difference between the dinner service mounted on the wall never to be used, and the plates you eat your off.
Both have value in different ways.
The current Prime Minister John Key has faced direct and personal protests on Waitangi Day, over several years. This year was no exception. Denied his usual speaking rights in protest at the TPP by the Ngapuhi Te Tii marae where the celebrations usually commence, Key refused to attend.
Key was also widely ridiculed for what many saw as an opportunistic and self-aggrandising attempt to change the New Zealand flag. Throughout my time in Auckland, there was ongoing consultation, debate and reporting about changing the flag ahead of the second referendum in March 2016. Alternative versions of the flag were seen flying on masts around the country.
Although many of the people that I spoke to agreed that it was inappropriate to have the Union Jack on their flag, they also felt the way the process of change had been handled was at best messy and at worst simply a way for Key to try and assert his own legacy. In the end the people voted not to change the flag. For many the real change that needs to happen is for the country to ditch the UK monarchy and become a republic. (What would happen to the Treaty of Waitangi, formed as it is between the 'crown' and the 'iwi', if Aotearoa New Zealand were to become a republic, I'm not sure.)
My impression over these weeks was that Aotearoa New Zealand is a politically active democracy with opportunities for public debate and an accepted convention of disagreement and dialogue. But as more than one of the many people I met told me, "It's not normally like this. You've come at a very particular time." It was extremely lucky, given my research interest, that there were these public conversations during my visit. It meant that the 'performance of nationhood' floated to the surface of social interaction.
Before I left the UK, I was invited to participate in a group show at the Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in Titirangi in West Auckland. Knowing that my time in Aaotearoa New Zealand was going to be taken up with my project, I wanted to create a work that I could easily export without it reducing the time I had for my research.
The title of the show was 'They Come From Far Away', and I decided to take that literally. What does it mean for an artist to be shipped in from across the world and to enter into the aesthetic, artistic, intellectual and social complexities of a different land? My ongoing investigation into the anatomy of the nose, led me to a particular interest in the Māori hongi – the pressing of noses and foreheads. So I created a 'golden hongi': a gold-plated double false-nose, cast from my own.
My plan was that a wooden packing crate would stand in the Te Uru gallery, the kind used to transport art and precious objects across the world: to export culture. My head would comically poke out of a hole cut in the wooden case. Strapped to my face would be the 'golden hongi', a double sculpture of two noses touching.
This golden hongi is not the warm touching of flesh, of nose and forehead together. It is a cold metallic offer, waiting for the perfect fit, a Cinderella hongi, perhaps. My aim was to press questions about cultural appropriation and the role of the artist in international exchange.
But having actually been welcomed onto a marae myself, having experienced the pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony), whakapapa (statement of ancestry and belonging), haka (war cry and celebratory), and having pressed my nose and forehead along a line of 20 or so members of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei, I became increasingly unsure and uncomfortable about my plan. On the one hand I remained clear about my intentions. On the other, I was unsure about how the piece would be (mis)read. I felt uncomfortable representing a living tradition of a marginalized people, albeit that the representation was itself trying to raise questions about misrepresentation through meaningful engagement. I perceived a gap between my intention and the potential reception by an audience.
In the end I decided not to show the 'golden hongi'. Instead I had a single golden nose that I had made sent express from London. The gold nose is at once a kind of protective armour and an ornamental piece of jewellery in a precious metal that is nevertheless still comical. Peering out of the packing crate, as if just shipped in from abroad, I still hoped to press questions about international cultural exchange, while purposefully making myself a comic curiosity.
In a way, my self-censorship – the removal of the 'golden hongi' – is symbolic of what I discovered from my research trip in general. I have left with more questions than answers about what it is possible to 'know' about another culture. I'm also not sure exactly how I can 'use' what I have learnt. Perhaps there will be no direct outcome but I have made many connections to the people and land of Aotearoa New Zealand and contributed to my thinking about the role of performance in the production of identity and nationhood.
In the words of the narrator of The Bone People by Keri Hulme:
'I salute the breath of life in thee, the same life that is breathed by me, warm flesh to warm flesh, oily press of nose to nose, the hardness of foreheads meeting. I salute that which gives us life.'
(First published 1984 by Spiral, Wellington. 2001 by Picador, p.321/2)


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The Boy Who Spoke to Stars has been selected as a teaching text at the British council school in Taiwan. We're very pleased for Reuben and for the kids. It's a fun book for older middle graders and up. Check out Reuben's responses to the questions below.
The kids sent Reuben a list of questions and he recorded video answers to them. Watch the video below.


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notation viewer, day 2
Spent an hour and added new abilities – you can now view music in the bass clef (and notes will be placed correctly based on that), note stems will be automatically up or down depending on staff position, and you can zoom in or out.
If you want to try it with your own files, create a MusicXML export (I'm using Rosegarden and NoteEdit for my own stuff), and gzip it, then place the gzipped file into the "tests" directory (for example, here).
Next step is multiple staffs, to show left and right hands simultaneously.


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August has arrived, prepare for multiple showers of dumps!
Cyborg Z for the Samsung Gam*Boy / Master System, a rare original Korean developed game of rather high-caliber for its era. Developed in 1991 by Zemina. Here's what our Korean gaming expert Derboo has to stay about it:
To add to the curiosity, the ROM image for Cyborg Z is compatible with both Sega Master System (Samsung Gam*Boy in Korea) *AND* MSX1. So this game should perfectly play in a MSX1 emulator as well. This is achievable since both systems uses a different entry points in the cartridge and the hardware are very similar.
This is coming from Masato's great Sega 8-bit collection which he allowed me to dump during my snowy trip to Hokkaido. Stay tuned for a bunch of upcoming Korean games!
Don't run, that's not all. We've got four SG-1000/OMV dump variations, the latest from our exhaustive run on hundred of old Japanese cartridges.
Earlier "v2.6" version of 007 James Bond (007 ジェイムスボンド) for the SG-1000 and Othello Multivision. Version is shown on title screen and you can compare it to the known dump which is labeled "v2.7".
Earlier "v10" version of Space Armor (スペースアーマー) for the SG-1000 and Othello Multivision. Now this is becoming tricky, because last year when we first released dumps for this game we labeled them [v0] and [v1], but this new dump comes earlier so we had to shift up the version numbers on existing dumps. Also because the title screen itself shows a version number we're including that in the filename but note that there's two variations of "v20". So two version numbers here! The summary is:
OMV d23b0e3e Space Armor [v10] [v0] [40k map]
OMV d5fdb4a3 Space Armor [v20] [v1]
OMV ac4f0a5c Space Armor [v20] [v2]
Alternate "40k map" dump of Congo Bongo (コンゴボンゴ) for the SG-1000 which matches the [v1] dump but is layed out using a different mapping and cartridge board. This is the fourth dump of Congo Bongo we have, hopefully the latest one! Read up the following post in this same thread for Paul Baker analysis of the memory layout.
Alternate "40k map" dump of Yamato (ヤマト) for the SG-1000 which also match the existing dump but is layed out using a different mapping and cartridge board. Generally this type of board came early in the SG-1000 cycle and was abandoned after a dozen releases in favor of using 1 ROM chip and linearly mapped memory.
And finally we've got a Prototype of Alien Syndrome (エイリアン シンドローム) for the Master System. Can someone identify the different between this build and the final one before the time bomb explode our space ship?
Temporary Transitional Attachment FairyPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:25 am
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The word from PaulPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:26 am
About Congo Bongo's dump:
Fortunately (?) it doesn't seem that this dump is earlier than the
others. This new version actually seems to come from the same code as
[v1] (i.e. 5a24c7cf), just altered to work with the 40k mapping.
Although the dump contains 40K in the form ABABC, actually accessed as
though it were AB--C. For comparison, [v1] is accessed simply as ABC.
Due to this discontinuity between B and C some data ($1be bytes) has
been moved from the end of B to the beginning of C, and everything else
in C has been shifted down. This results in some $ff padding being
removed from the end of C.
All addresses in the ROM which point within C are thus offset by $41be
The full list of differences between [v1] and this new ROM is:
- $1be bytes of data removed from the end of B, replaced by padding.
- This padding is not simply a series of $ff bytes. It seems that
the assembler has inserted RAM contents from the build machine
into the ROM.
- $1be bytes of data inserted at the beginning of C.
- $1be bytes of $ff padding removed from the end of C.
- Addresses pointing within C are offset by $41be bytes.
- The mystery last byte (see forum topic "Random byte in SG-1000
ROMs") is changed from $07 to $03.
Perhaps the new dump should be named something like
"Congo Bongo [v1] [40k map]"?
|Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:39 am
This is fantastic news!
After many years I finally see the game working on both my SMS and MSX :D
On top of that it is a fairly enjoying game to play.
|Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:31 pm
Much appreciated, thanks Omar and Masato!
I only got black screen with Cyborg Z in Fusion and Mednafen, but it ran in MESS, haven't tried any other emulators yet.
|Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:56 am
|As always, thanks!
|Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:20 am
+1 Black screen in Fusion
In Meka works perfectly! Very nice game! Thanks!
|Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:20 am
|Somebody please pester Steve Snake to add support for more Korean mappers in Kega Fusion.
|Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:07 am
as you could deduce by Bock's reply, you need an emulator which supports properly Korean mappers... MEKA and MESS do ;)
|Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:00 pm
|Thank you so much for Cyborg Z!!!
|Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:32 pm
Yo ho ho, ye hee hee, little brown jug how I love thee...
That was not the music I would have expected for Cyborg Z. Though, with the first boss being a cowboy that launches enemies from his stomach, I guess it kind of fits.
|Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:19 am
|If you do the joystick movements for the Konami code on the screen where you select 1- or 2-player mode (no other joystick movements before, or it won't work) in Cyborg Z, you get to a music test menu.
Sega mapper hack for Cyborg ZPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:47 am
Here's a patch in IPS format that allows Cyborg Z to work in flash carts and emulators that only implement the Sega mapper.
ROM that is applies to:
128K Cyborg Z (KR).sms
Checking for export header with matching CRC... NO
sha256:685530e434c9d78da8441475f795591210873622622b7f3168348ce08abc7f8e Cyborg Z (KR).sms
sha1:c2e661e9b68a78e5a5fae5ae297b5d964d82491e Cyborg Z (KR).sms
md5:0027ab3b7479cb1385e43d1f41bcddd6 Cyborg Z (KR).sms
mekacrc:38F62FF22B9B34B7 Cyborg Z (KR).sms
crc32:77efe84a Cyborg Z (KR).sms


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A Solihull man who fly-tipped doors, carpets, rugs and other household waste in a popular Birmingham park has been fined more than £6,000.
Adnan Qazi dumped the piles of rubbish including mattresses, bed bases, a chair, fridge and cardboard boxes in Scribers Lane, leading to Trittiford Mill Park, in Billesley.
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Birmingham Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday (5 February) how three men were seen dumping the rubbish from a van onto land at Scribers Lane on 15 April 2019.
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A mother-of-six has been jailed for claiming benefits when she had over £180,000 hidden in nine bank accounts.
Helen Ryan, 40, from Rumney, Cardiff, admitted seven charges of fraudulently claiming benefits after receiving more than £96,000 in benefits.
Her defence barrister told Cardiff Crown Court she was putting money away for her children when they grew up.
But Judge David Wynn Morgan jailed her for 24 weeks and said she should have declared the money.
The court was told that Ryan lived in a rented house with her three youngest children, aged 17, 13 and 10, while her partner Thomas Jack Jim Price lived in a caravan at a nearby travellers' site.
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She had a considerable amount of capital in her accounts and she wanted to hide it"
Ryan claimed £88,000 in income support and £8,000 of council tax benefits, but was not entitled to the money because she had more than £12,000 in savings.
Her bank statements showed that in 2003, two years after she began making fraudulent claims, she had £50,000 saved. At its height, it was £184,000, the court was told.
Ryan said the money was the proceeds of her brother's successful gambling on horses, but Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) checks showed her brother James was not known to bookmakers and racecourses.
Carl Harrison, prosecuting, said Ryan took "steps to conceal" her accounts from the DWP.
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"This was a top-end case. She had a considerable amount of capital in her accounts and she wanted to hide it," he added.
"Ryan made false representations on benefit forms and during interviews to keep the authorities in the dark relating to her true economic circumstances."
Three secret bank accounts were in her name, with another six in her children's names, and she lied about where she was living to open accounts with the HSBC and the Principality.
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It would perhaps be fair to describe these amounts as eye-watering, but there were relatively few withdrawals made and my client or her family have not lived a lavish lifestyle"
Peter Davies, defending, said: "In the travelling community value is put in saving money for the children.
"This is a simple case of a parent putting money aside for when the children are older."
Mr Davies said the money in the children's accounts was "consistent" with someone who had saved over a long period.
While she was was from a traveller background, she now lived at a fixed address, he added.
Mr Davies said the wrongly claimed money had been fully paid back.
"It would perhaps be fair to describe these amounts as eye-watering, but there were relatively few withdrawals made and my client or her family have not lived a lavish lifestyle.
"She seems to be living a very simple and ordinary life."
Judge David Wynn Morgan said: "Over a 10-year period £96,479 was dishonestly obtained from the taxpayer."
The judge said wherever the money came from it should have been declared.
DWP Minister for Welfare Reform Lord Freud said after the case: "Benefit thieves are costing the taxpayer almost £1billion per year.
"This money is intended to help those most in need not line the pockets of criminals."
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