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- One of the five police officials alleged to be involved in drug trafficking already responded to the allegations
- General Edgardo Tinio said that he's willing to face Duterte in order to clear his name
- Tinio also said that once he clears his name, he would pursue early retirement
General Edgardo Tinio, one of the five police officials alleged to have involvement in drug trafficking already responded to the allegations.
In an interview, Tinio said that he was shocked of what the President said, "nanginig ang aking laman nang malaman kong isa ako sa mga nabanggit ni Pres. Duterte," he added.
(I was shaking when I discovered that I was one of the police officials President Duterte mentioned.)
READ: WATCH: Duterte names 5 generals protecting the PH drug ring
In his speech at the 69 Anniversary of the Philippine Air Force in Pampanga on Tuesday, Rodrigo Duterte finally named 5 police officials who are alleged to be related with illegal drug trafficking.
Tinio said that he's very much willing to face the president and clear his name. He clarified that he had "never touched" his fingers to drugs. The general even added: "Kaya kong magpa lie detector test, kaya kong humarap kahit kanino."
(I can undergo a lie detector test, I can face anyone.)
READ: LOOK! PNP starts strong with P1-B shabu haul
"Ang nakakalungkot, kung nabigyan ang presidente ng maling impormasyon at ako'y nadamay. Sira na ang aking pangalan," said Tinio.
(What's saddening is if the President was given wrong information. My reputation was already tarnished.)
Tinio then challenged the one who tipped Duterte to properly explain the details of his alleged involvement. He reassured the public that he's service was transparent, also citing his achievements in apprehending criminals.
READ: 'Filipino ID', eyed by Senator Trillanes
He said that once he clears his name, he would pursue an early retirement.
The other five include retired Director General Marcelo Garbo Jr, former National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) regional director Joel Pagdilao; General Diaz, former Regional director of Region 11, and General Vicente Loot, who is now the mayor of Cebu.
READ: NCRPO Chief Albayalde eyes better Metro Manila
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YAY! Congratz..... oph yea... dont think that I have forgoten about that set of Berserk trading cards... im just fucking lazy... sorry...
It means "Skull Knight" .
You may want to drop the "^" though (and congratulations ^^).
I wonder why Olivier wasnt.... Errr you should get the ideaÂ
So if Dokuro no Kishi means Skull Knight, what does Sôwa Ikanu mean?I've always wondered, and couldn't find it.
Just a thought... no intention of offending anyone and i really mean it... butI wonder why Olivier wasnt.... Errr you should get the idea
Aside wih what Aazealh just said this is as far as I could get... hope it helps http://www.skullknight.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=129.0
He's a professional translator.
How did you get the post? Did you have to pass some sort of infernal test where your life and sanity were threatened?
How did you get the post?
My god Aazealh, you're not going to tell him that you had to sacrifice your beloved poodle "Fifi"?!?!

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MIDDLE GROUND THEATER choreographer Colin Wulff, center, helps Sam Short, 12, left, and Silas Pohlman, 11, rehearse a swordfight scene from "MacBeth" during theater camp last Thursday morning outside the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
August 6, 2007
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center's staff of physicians include a number of elder statesmen like Robert LaFiandra, who has practiced internal medicine in the Middlebury area for the past 36 years. But in the coming years, the hospital will face a doctor crunch as LaFiandra and several others retire, and the hospital is trying to figure out how to fill their shoes.
"Finding people to replace me and other people of my generation is going to be a difficult problem for everybody," LaFiandra said. He plans to retire from full-time work around the summer of 2008, but continue to practice medicine on a limited basis.
He isn't the only one. About half a dozen other physicians will also be retiring from full-time practice within the next three to five years, or are already in semi-retirement and will stop practicing medicine completely, according to Fred Kniffin, president of the medical staff at Porter Medical Center.
"It's going to be a huge loss when these doctors retire," Kniffin said.
August 6, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Anonymous donors have stepped forward with a $500,000 matching grant that would allow the curtain to fall on a seven-year effort to renovate Middlebury's Town Hall Theater (THT) on Merchants Row.
Douglas Anderson, THT's executive director, said theater boosters must match the grant, dollar for dollar, by Dec. 31, in order to collect. The resulting $1 million would pay for the balance of interior renovations to the historic building and allow it to open up to plays and other events next year.
"This grant, if we match it, will get us back in that building," Anderson said on Friday. "It couldn't have come at a better time."
THT received official word of the grant offer on July 27. While Anderson could not reveal the donors' names, he did say they are Addison County residents "who have been friends of the theater for some time."
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — One of the county's main poverty-fighting agencies has drafted a priority list for the next five years that includes reaching out to new prospective clients, providing more counseling to help people escape the cycle of poverty, and establishing a mobile food shelf to assist county residents who can't travel to Middlebury.
Addison County Community Action Group (ACCAG) officials are currently fine tuning a "strategic plan" that will set forth the agency's service goals for the next five years. Jeanne Montross, executive director of ACCAG, recently shared some of the priorities in the plan, which has an over-arching principle: Helping people to better help themselves.
"What we're hoping the results will be, is that our interaction with clients will be less crisis-focused," Montross said. "There will always be a significant number of people who will need assistance, because there simply isn't enough money for them to meet their basic needs consistently. What we're hoping, though, is to help people to become more (financially) stable."
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|Shock Waves
|David Weddle,
Bradley Thompson
|Alec Smight
|Original Airdate
|September 23, 2010
|Previous Episode: Meat Jekyll
|Next Episode: Pool Shark
Shock Waves is the first episode in season eleven of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Langston fights for his life after being stabbed by psychopath Nate Haskell, while the other CSIs attend a funeral that turns deadly.
After Langston is stabbed by Haskell (as shown in the 10th season finale), Haskell is tased by the other cops and Langston is taken to the hospital along with Haskell where he hallucinates that Haskell is poisoning him through his IV tube. The CSI's assure Langston that he'll be okay.
Later, they attend the funeral of Franklin Clark, an LVPD officer that was killed by Charlie DiMasa (Dr. Jekyll). Nick wants to watch the funeral, but Brass tells him to leave because the family seems uncomfortable around him. As Nick is leaving, he notices some cockroaches attracted to a ticking sound coming from a van. Nick discovers a time bomb wire attached to the van. Before Nick tries to warn everyone, bombs go off in the casket and the surrounding tombstones. Everyone in panic rushes to the van, but Nick warns them to stay away before the van explodes, knocking him and everyone else down.
When Catherine asks Nick how he knew about the bomb on the van, Nick explains that it's odd for cockroaches to move around during daylight and his curiosity led him to discover the bomb. Greg takes Nick's suit jacket as evidence and Nick is sent to the hospital once again. Brass believes that Haskell is responsible for the bombing and then goes to visit Langston, who lost a kidney due to the stabbing. Brass interrogates Haskell about the bombing, but doesn't get anywhere and Haskell is sent back to prison.
Nick returns to work on the scene and meets bomb specialist, Kasey Monahan and together, they discover the three bomb residues along with a cell phone detonator that's buried underground. Catherine, Brass, Ecklie, and Langston (by video chat) go over the evidence together. Langston suggests that the bombs were placed strategically and the bomb in Officer Clark's casket was placed there to cause fear and make sure that the police took cover behind the tombstones. The tombstone bomb was placed there to injure the policeman that took cover behind them and leave them in only one direction accessible to the police which was the direction of the van. The bomb in the van was placed there to kill the officers that were heading in that direction. Haskell, because he only murdered singly and slowly, is ruled out as a suspect and Catherine thinks that the bomber has a "grudge against cops".
Catherine tries to convince Nick to go home, reminding him that he got shot and nearly blown up within the last few days, but Nick insists on working on the case. Catherine leaves Nick with a psychologist's card and tells him it's department-mandated that Nick should talk to someone about the shooting.
At the morgue, Doc Robbins examines Officer Clark's body (which was mutilated from the bombing) and discovers a SIM card that's consistent with the cell phone detonator as well as evidence that the bomb was small, meant only to cause panic. Sara is able to recover a phone number from the SIM card which belongs to Thomas Rand, a young military man that was killed in action a month before.When Brass talks to Mrs. Rand, she tells him that she donated Thomas' cell phone to a local community center. At the community center, a group of free-thinking Americans are holding a rally where a man named Dr. Huxbee is stirring up the crowd against the government and against governmental enterprises. The police arrive to break up the rally that leads to a fight which causes the police to use force in order to contain the situation.
While in the hospital, Langston looks over photographs of the cemetery before and during the bombs' detonation. He notices a small remote-controlled plane flying over the site. Realizing that the bomber used the plane to watch the bombing, Langston sends Greg over to the cemetery to get the plane. After Greg discovers a print on the plane, Kasey says the bombs were detonated by the plane's radio controller. The print on the plane matches 21-year-old Alex McCann, who is the older brother of 16-year-old Jason McCann, one of Dr. Huxbee's followers that were brought in.
Jason tells Nick that he bought the airplane for Alex. Alex wanted revenge because after their foster father was arrested, he snapped. Jason stated that Alex only intended to scare the police, not kill them. Nick is able to convince Jason where Alex is. Jason warns him that Alex has something else big planned for them.
Nick and Kasey enter Alex's house cautiously. They discover a trip wire, 9 empty bomb cases, and triacetone triperoxide, an ingredient when it's placed in the empty pipe bombs would create an explosion large enough to destroy a casino. They also discover an empty canister of hydrochloric acid. Realizing that Alex went to the store to restock, Nick, Catherine, and Vartann rush to the store to discover Alex coming out. When Alex pulls a gun out at them, Nick shoots him several times until he's dead. Catherine calms a shaky Nick down and they discover that Alex was planning on bombing the LVPD.
Meanwhile, Doc Robbins visits Langston and gives him a walking stick. Nick decides to schedule himself for some therapy sessions. Catherine gets a call about a homeless man's murder. Sara is sent home by Catherine, so Catherine takes Greg along instead. The homeless man died of blunt force trauma and was dragged into another room by the killer. Greg and Vartann follow the blood trail from room to room while Catherine and another inspector, David, looks over the body. Vartann's flashlight goes out and he has to borrow batteries from Greg. He drops one of them and it rolls toward a set-up tent in the room. Catherine senses that something is wrong and she notices a trip wire under the homeless man. She screams at Greg and Vartann not to touch anything. Everyone is able to get out of the way just in time as the tent explodes. Catherine says it's a sign and the bombings are not over yet.
The episode ends with Jason in his jail cell, smiling towards the camera before bowing his head down.
Main Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Raymond Langston
- Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Wallace Langham as David Hodges
- David Berman as David Phillips
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Guest Cast
- Larry M. Mitchell as Officer Mitchell
- Larry Sullivan as Officer Andy Akers
- Bill Irwin as Nate Haskell
- Justin Bieber as Jason McCann
- Sienna Guillory as Kasey Monahan
- Jude Ciccolella as Dr. Huxbee
- Lindsay Pulsipher as Sally Rand
- Pete Gardner as Dr. Scott
- Jeffrey D. Stevens as Paramedic
- Paris Tanaka as Doctor #1
- Gene Patrick Smith as Bomb Squad (uncredited)
- Arne Starr as Protester (uncredited)
- This story line would be concluded in the later season 11 episode, "Targets of Obsession."
- This episode marked series creator Anthony E. Zuiker's return to "CSI" on a day-to-day basis since the end of season 4 when he left to become the show-runner of the second CSI spin-off, "CSI: NY."
- Although listed in the opening credits, Wallace Langham does not appear in this episode.
- Jorja Fox rejoins the cast.
- Langston lost one kidney in the stabbing by Haskell.
- When Greg gets the SIM card from Sara he puts it in a card reader with the chip up and only halfway in. The chip is not making contact with any of the electronics in the card reader and it wouldn't be possible to read it.
See Also
- List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 11
- Category:Images from Shock Waves
|CSI:Las Vegas Season 11
|Shock Waves • Pool Shark • Blood Moon • Sqweegel • House of Hoarders • Cold Blooded • Bump and Grind • Fracked • Wild Life • 418/427 • Man Up • A Kiss Before Frying • The Two Mrs. Grissoms • All That Cremains • Targets of Obsession • Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead • The List • Hitting for the Cycle • Unleashed • Father of the Bride • Cello and Goodbye • In a Dark, Dark House


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|Jo Davenport, Sunshine on the River, 2012. Oil on linen, 183 x 168cm. Courtesy: the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
|Flinders Lane Gallery presents recent VCA Masters graduate Jo Davenport's first major solo exhibition. Exploring the intuitive tension between line, colour, text and the natural world, Davenport uses a series of mnemonic layers to synthesize personal narrative with symbolic gesture, creating abstracted maps of emotion, time and place. Davenport's works engage with a passing of time, where memories and thoughts from the artist's life mingle with those from a larger narrative.
|Opening: 2pm Saturday 6 October 2012
|Exhibition closes: 20 October 2012
|Location: Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
|Contact: 03 9654 3332
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This is not mere disregard for reliable data. It is an attempt by the state to put falsehood in the place of reliable data. George Orwell wrote books about this sort of thing.Read it here.
Really, what more is there to say? I wrote recently about the damage that results from turning ignorance into a civic virtue, and here's a prime example.
And looky here: it seems some of Harper's fans don't like what Paul has to say. And they don't like what the peer-reviewed facts and evidence about Insite and harm-reduction strategies suggest. And, of course, they think that name-calling and sticking their fingers in their ears and going "la la la, I can't hear you" are the same thing as reasoned argument.
A couple of weeks ago Bob Herbert wrote about America's continuing abandonment of education as a public good. If what we're witnessing is the decline and fall of Imperium Americana, that's got to be a big part of the reason.
This is the road the modern right wants to take: knowledge, experience and expertise are no longer qualities to be valued, but indicia of condescending, out-of-touch elitists, to be reviled, disdained and demonized. How much hope is there for a political strategy (or a society, for that matter) based on the deliberate cultivation of stupidity?
(Update: Chet has some further thoughts on the matter.)


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Our first month of Yarnbox has launched and the members seem pretty happy with it. As a perfectionist myself, I can see a little room for improvement, but all of the things I don't like I can make better in the next box -- that's how companies improve, after all.
Our yarn this month was provided by Zen Yarn Garden. It's their Serenity Silk Singles base which is fantastic -- a great blend of cashmere, wool, and silk that feels light to knit with, smooth, and extremely soft. We sent two skeins, each valued at around $35 retail, in custom-dyed colors that Zen worked up just for us. There are two shades of complimentary greens that can be worked with together or separately -- the yardage is really good enough to do whatever you want with them! The darker green is called 'Oasis' and the lighter, more variegated green is 'Eden'. 'Eden' is personally my favorite, but I have no idea what I'll be making with it, and I could certainly see Oasis working up into a great gifted accessory for someone next Christmas.
Also in this box were designer postcards from Denise Voie de Vie and Jennifer Wood. These ladies were fantastic to work with and it was really exciting to collaborate with them on their cards. We also got to include really great packets of Soak, which is pretty much my favorite wool wash ever.


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DGT supplies a non-electronic Walnut chess board with the same design as the popular DGT Walnut e-Board.
Great for tournaments that want to have matching boards and pieces alongside the electronic boards.
But it is also a beautiful chess board for use at home or club.
Use in combination with the non-electronic Timeless Chess Pieces.
January 14, 2019 by Digital Game Technology
Revelation II exists 5 years and DGT celebrates its 25 year anniversary: The Revelation Anniversary Edition!
January 07, 2019 by Digital Game Technology
New in the range of clocks, the Travel Timer in the color scheme white and blue.
October 24, 2018 by Digital Game Technology
Limited Edition leather e-Board set, only 50 made!
September 25, 2018 by Digital Game Technology
The new DGT1006 Backgammon Timer has a special feature: the delay option!
January 22, 2019 by Digital Game Technology
Adaptive intelligent Chess Computer Centaur, now on display at the trade fairs in Nuremberg and New York.
January 22, 2019 by Digital Game Technolgoy
Exhibiting at the leading trade fair of 2019 in New York we present DGT next innovative chess computer: Centaur.
July 25, 2018 by Digital Game Technology
An important maintenance release of the free DGT LiveChess software, including new features, was released in July 2018.
September 21, 2017 by Digital Game Technology
Read the DGT1002 review in the 130th edition of the Spanish chess magazine Peon de Rey.
As a leading electronics and digital company we develop innovative ideas into quality products and unique services.
We take play seriously and want to add fun, fairness and excitement to all games.


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Name: Anna Coke
Major: Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles
Expected Graduation: 2016
Where are you completing your internship? Stuart Weitzman in New York City
What is your 'typical' day as an intern?
On a typical day as an intern, I meet my boss at a Stuart Weitzman store in New York City. We usually remerchandise the windows and the store, and then take pictures of the changes. I make a report of the store we changed and send it out to executives in the company, all the Stuart Weitzman stores and store managers in America. In addition, I complete a variety of other tasks that my boss needs completed, including creating expense reports, taking care of inventory for stores or generating other reports that need to be sent out.
How are you using and applying classroom knowledge in your internship?
I am using knowledge from my merchandising class (such as use of color, design principles etc.) in the merchandising of stores. I am also using knowledge of branding from my brand management class by always thinking about the brand and what it says and what it is supposed to say. Additionally, I am using knowledge of basic skills (such as powerpoint) that I have learned and used in many of my classes.
What is one key thing you have learned during your internship?
One key thing I have learned from my internship is to always listen to everything and ALWAYS write EVERYTHING down. You will be given so many different tasks to do, and having to ask to have things repeated isn't professional. If you could share one piece of advice for other students who are preparing to complete an internship, what would it be? Work as hard as you possibly can and never complain. Always look for something extra you can do and go above and beyond in everything.


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After nearly 30 years of illuminating Billings' tallest building, the signs on the First Interstate Tower are getting updated. Crews have started the process of removing the signs, and as soon as the weather cooperates, all four will be retired and replaced with newer technology.
Even with all the growth in Billings during the last three decades, signage is pretty much the only thing that's changed in the downtown skyline.
The First Interstate Center capped the end of a building boom in downtown Billings — an era of the 1970s and '80s in which new buildings erupted upwards. And then stopped.
The Granite Tower went up in 1975, quickly followed by the Norwest Bank building (now Wells Fargo Plaza) in 1977. Norwest claimed the top spot in the sky for a mere three years before the Sheraton Hotel (now the Crowne Plaza) took that honor with its completion in 1980.
Just five years after that, the First Interstate Center went online, becoming the tallest building in Montana, and it has held that spot for nearly three decades.
That era also included construction of Rocky Plaza in 1982, the Sage Tower in 1974, the Liberal Arts Building at MSU-Billings in 1972, and the Terrace apartments in 1972.
Why, then, did Billings experience such a rapid growth upwards, only to stagnate in stature for the next 30 years?
Simple economics, it turns out, holds the answer.
"I'm sure someone, even myself, would be very pleased to build another building," said Harrison Fagg, the longtime Billings architect behind the former Sheridan Hotel and the Granite Tower. "But you have to rent it."
In the 1970s and going into the 1980s, office space in downtown was at a premium. Billings developer Steve Corning noted that the surge of high-density buildings was fed by an oil boom at that time in the Williston Basin.
Not only that, he said, but it was an earlier Williston oil boom in the 1950s that brought the previous wave of taller buildings to Billings, leaving behind what we call today Transwestern 1, the U.S. Bank Tower and several other prominent downtown buildings.
If booms bring tall buildings, then it is consistent that Billings' fourth-tallest building is still the Cereal Food Processor Inc. building. Built in 1917, it represents a time when wheat was booming in Montana because of a disruption of European agriculture during World War I.
Corning said even though we're experiencing a new Williston oil boom, there are some differences this time that mean another tall building may not be on the immediate horizon for Billings.
For one thing, he said, big regional corporations located their offices in Billings last time, a practice we're not seeing this time around.
"Corporate America is more focused on overhead than they were in the 1980s," he said.
Without those big tenants, putting up a big building becomes impossible. A building like the First Interstate Center, for example, depends on a big anchor tenant like the bank to make it possible.
Joel Long partnered with First Interstate Bank to build the First Interstate Center, which opened in 1985.
It's clear from talking to Long that he's still proud of the building. He's quick to rattle off all sorts of information about the efficiency of the heating and cooling system, the high-tech elevator upgrades and regular remodels.
As proud as he is of the building, though, he's much more humble about his involvement with it, giving a lot of credit to First Interstate Bank.
When asked about the idea of "leaving his mark on the city," the question struck him as odd.
"At the time we developed the building, it was something that was needed," he said.
At the time, three Transwestern buildings existed, and they were looking at putting together land for a fourth 80,000-square-foot building.
"The bank was willing to be the anchor tenant for 60,000 square feet, so we added 80,000 to it, and started out with a 15-story building," Long said. "And as the project got going, I added three floors, just because I felt that I could rent them over a fi-year period, and it just kind of came together."
When asked if he thought First Interstate Center would last for 30 years as the tallest building in the region, Long said it wasn't something he really thought about at the time.
"I guess no one has had the opportunity, or maybe the wherewithal, to take the risk," he said.
And tall buildings are a risky business. Just as the building of the First Interstate Center was nearing completion, the market began to tumble.
"We actually brought it online in the lower part of our economy, so I had to work real hard to fill the building up with tenants," Long said. "It wasn't a slam-dunk you might say, but with hard work and good finances it paid off in the long run."
The history of the market for office space downtown was a part of the discussion for Stockman Bank, as it made plans for its addition to the downtown Billings skyline. Its new building at North Broadway and Fourth Avenue North was finished towards the end of 2011.
Stockman President Wayne Nelson still remembers the crash from the '80s.
"All the oil companies pulled out, so there was this glut of office space," he said.
Once the bank was ready to put a new branch downtown, he said, a lot of factors went in to deciding how high they would build.
The bank closely watched the neighborhood, waiting on decisions regarding the Dude Rancher and the new library. Another major factor in determining the height of the new bank, Nelson said, was parking.
Originally the bank had been looking at a seven-story building, but ultimately decided on four stories when it became clear that the city had no plans to add parking near the site.
"There's no sense in having a tall building without parking," Nelson said.
Billings might not have gotten any taller over the past 30 years, but it certainly has increased its footprint. Even 20-somethings remember a time when Best Buy was the farthest thing west on King Avenue.
Corning said that for new companies coming to town, it simply makes economic sense to build with breathing room on the West End, close to the interstate, than to risk the capital with a large construction downtown.
He added that another factor that drives urban density is commute times, something that still isn't an issue for Billings.
"When you're basically a 20-minute drive from anywhere, the imperative isn't there," he said.
Although the imperative for high-density development isn't there, some would like it to be.
Fagg, who besides being an architect was a state legislator from 1968 to 1984, once introduced legislation that would have used tax policy to push cities towards more high-density growth patterns.
The idea, he said, was that if it costs more for an area to receive services, such as pumping water and sewer back and forth from the West End, taxes should go up for those areas proportionately.
Fagg doubts, too, whether another highrise is in the near future for Billings.
"There's still an awful lot of rental space on the market," he said, adding that the office space from the old James F. Battin Courthouse is now available.
"That's another 140,000 square feet in the market right now," he said.
And Stockman Bank's Nelson said many of the new businesses coming to town aren't creating a lot of office jobs, so there's nothing to demand any new tall buildings in downtown.
But with respect to Billings' Central Business District, Nelson said the thing to watch in the next 10 to 20 years will be what happens in the East Billings Urban Renewal District.
The Big Sky Economic Development Authority continues to complete environmental studies on the area, and plans have been drawn up to turn the MetraPark area into "Exposition Gateway," a grand entryway for the city.
Nelson said this, like any ambitious project, would take business leaders and all governments to get on the same page to move forward together.
But even when all the organizations are on the same page, he said, it might take the presence of a "visionary" figure to push the plan through to completion.


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Munich-based art historian and amateur sleuth Vicky Bliss (Night Train to Memphis, 1994, etc.) returns after a long hiatus to answer the burning question: Who would dare steal the mummy of King Tut?
Vicky and her longtime lover John Tregarth, formerly known as high-end thief Sir John Smythe, are dragged into the search for the stolen mummy by their Egyptian friend Feisal, who's desperate to recover it. Well-known for his expertise in bold thefts, John is high on everyone's list of suspects. Even Vicky and her wealthy, eccentric boss Schmidt can't be certain he isn't somehow involved. Their efforts to prove John innocent take them to London, Italy and eventually Egypt's Valley of the Kings, as both thieves and law-enforcement agents eagerly trail them. When the tomb keeper, the only other person who knew about the theft, is found murdered, the sleuths are forced to take Feisal's cousin Dr. Khifaya, secretary general in charge of antiquities, into their confidence. Soon a ransom note and one of Tut's hands arrive for Khifaya, whose efforts to deal with the situation on his own are doomed to failure. As Vicky and Schmidt hatch scheme after scheme to recover the mummy, John calmly conducts his own investigation, often disappearing for long periods of time. Despite all the madcap misadventures, good eventually triumphs.
An over-the-top adventure yarn whose potent brew of mystery and romance should make it another hit among the Peters (Tomb of the Golden Bird, 2006, etc.) faithful.


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Become a Volunteer
Each year, Aviva (formerly Christchurch Women's Refuge) supports literally hundreds of families and individuals to become safer. Volunteers help us undertake this important work by:
- Assisting with tasks that are vital to support the agency functions
- Becoming our advocates regarding the promotion of safety and non-violence for all women and children
- Raising awareness of issues involving discrimination towards women in society
- Taking part in various fundraising or profile raising events and activities
We only recruit volunteers to assist our work in non client-related ways - this means that you would not work directly with clients but would assist the agency with other tasks that are essential to our work e.g. helping with administrative tasks; collecting in-kind donations; picking children up from and returning them to school so that they can attend education groups in our offices; helping at events etc.
Volunteering can give you a sense of community and belonging and, even if it is a small task, you know that are genuinely helping the agency in some way to support women and children.
If you are:
- Professional
- Flexible
- Reliable
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- Living a life free of violence now and for the last three years
then please download the volunteering application and email the completed form to [email protected]
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Friday, 4 March 2016
Old West Photo Friday: An Old General Store in the Territory of New Mexico
If you needed to go shopping in the little community of Farmington in the northwestern corner of the Territory of New Mexico back in the 1880s, this was the only choice. It was the A.F. Miller store, which also doubled as Miller's home and farm.
Farmington was a small town with little to show for itself except some sandy fields, but it was located at the junction of three rivers and thus saw a fair number of travelers pass through. When the town was incorporated in 1901, records show it only had 548 residents. It got a rail link to Colorado four years later, which helped the town grow. Farmington became briefly famous in 1950 when there was a wave of UFO sightings over three consecutive days. The local paper gave it extensive coverage, noting that about half the population saw up to 500 flying saucers dipping and weaving in the sky. I don't see any flying saucers in this photo, though.
The New Mexico Digital Collections claims this is New Mexico's first store and home, which is quite obviously untrue. Other sources say it was the first store in Farmington, a more believable claim although I haven't found any proof to back that up. As a researcher you have to be careful with your information even if you're getting it from a usually reliable source!
2 comments:
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Probably wasn't the first store in the state, but certainly the first in the town. I wonder if the aliens would've shopped there?
- 4 March 2016 at 06:54
- Sean McLachlan said...
Now there's a short story idea! "Grizzled old Archibald Miller was stocking drygoods next to the ammo shelf when two alien grays walked in wearing stetsons. . ."
- 5 March 2016 at 00:54
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Playing around with some long exposure shots on the GoPro! The street shots are of me skating down the street with a flashlight.
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Paragliding trip to Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, with the fam. Spent all day the day before looking for a good spot to jump but weather was not on our side. Day 2, it finally happened! Scenic drive up the mountain, a hike up the the take off spot, and awesome view on the way down followed by some awesome food. And I got some longboarding in while i waited for my turn
Snake Run Cement Park
Part of the crew on a day trip to B-more to check out some spots and hang out. We stopped by this awesome cement skatepark which has been around for close to 40 years and ripped it up before heading to the city. Most of these parks got destroyed back in the day when skateboarding disappeared from the main stream but this one survived and is now actually considered a historical landmark! We put Lee behind the lens to get a few shots. This is a small collection from that day and a short GoPro video to show the flow of the park. enjoy!
Las Terrenas Trio
3rd times the charm! Finally got to spend the day here hitting every section of this road one at a time. And yea it was as awesome as I thought it would be All thats left now is get better and hit it again! Here are a few photos and a rough cut of the footage from the runs. Enjoy!
Las Terrenas
Finally doing another longboard post! Soooo. Ive been wanting to plan a longboard trip to Las Terrenas for a very long time now. The road winds up and down a mountain right next to the ocean. With so many different sections and difficulty levels, that you could be on this road all day long and still not have explored everything. We stuffed a truck with 6 people, 4 board, a few cameras. and headed out. Although we didn't get to ride the main parts of the road because of weather, ( and very poor planning on my part), we all got a little taste of the greatness this place could be. Here are a few shots from the trip.
Last crew member to join the party
The official crew, minus the photographer
The warm up hill, and the most longboarding we got in
The place we stayed had to donkeys that apparently wanted our company… or food. lol
Pit Stop at a surf beach on the way back home. Frustrated that no one decided to bring a "water" board… lol. By this point my mind was still on the road the amazing road that we left behind and didnt get to really ride… Next time we will conquer you…
And a rough edit from the trip:
Alexis Guzman Montan
Short film for Pro Kiter Alexis Guzman. On his visit to Cabarete we filmed at 3 different locations over the span of a few days, and put together a short edit. All shot on the 7D with the help of my brother.
Photos by Gabriel at WeTravelAndBlog.com


text: Humanities Religion & Spirituality What Are Indigo Children? Share Flipboard Email Print What does the phrase "Indigo child" mean?. Image by Erin Lester/Cultura/Getty Images Religion & Spirituality Paganism / Wicca Resources for Parents Basics Rituals & Ceremonies Sabbats & Holidays Gods & Goddesses Dreams & Meditation Divination Herbalism Wiccan Traditions Christianity Catholicism Islam Judaism Hinduism Buddhism Latter-Day Saints Taoism Alternative Religion Angels & Miracles Sikhism Holistic Healing Astrology Atheism & Agnosticism View More by Patti Wigington Patti Wigington is a pagan author, educator, and licensed clergy. She is the author of Daily Spellbook for the Good Witch and Wicca Practical Magic. Updated July 01, 2017 Raising Pagan kids can present unique and unusual challenges, and certainly few can be more of an issue if you've got a kiddo who displays unusual and occasionally disruptive behavior. While most people would see this as a good reason to get their child evaluated by a behavioral professional, in the Pagan community, there's a tendency to find magical reasons for what could be a medical or mental health problem. One of the common labels that high-energy Pagan children seem to end up with is that of the "Indigo child." This is a tricky situation - obviously, you want to get your child the help he needs, but on the other, you don't want to stifle his creativity and spirit. First, let's talk about the definition of Indigo Children. What is an Indigo Child? The phrase "Indigo Child" is one that became popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the metaphysical community, and was a term used to describe children who are believed to possess special traits that made them "magical." Often these traits were along a supernatural vein, such as psychic and paranormal abilities – telepathy, clairvoyance, astral projection, etc. The theory was that these children were magically gifted in a way that made them far more creative and empathetic than other, "regular" kids. There is even, in some circles, a school of thought that says these children are not even of this earth, and carry different DNA strands than the rest of us. Feel free to take that with a grain of salt. There's no scientific basis for the concept of the Indigo child, and later, the concept got stretched a bit, so that some parents who had children with unusual behavioral traits defined their kids as being Indigo children. This became a popular trend, particularly in the New Age community, and there were a few cases of children with learning disabilities whose parents refused intervention on the basis that their child was an Indigo child, and to try to change them would stifle their creativity. Pediatric behavioral specialists have theorized that the entire social construct of the Indigo child stems from parents who refuse to admit that their child has a behavioral problem – often ADD or ADHD, or autistic spectrum disorders – and that labeling the child as being not only special, but superior to other kids, is a parental coping mechanism. There's a ton of information out there about the subject, so I won't bog things down with any more detail. Behavioral Evaluation Okay, so now, let's get to the meat of the matter.. Should you take your child in for a behavioral evaluation? If your youngster's behavior is so out of the norm that teachers have brought it to your attention, you're doing your kiddo a disservice if you don't get him evaluated. Remember, an evaluation is just that – an evaluation. It's a way to find out, on a scientific level, what makes his little brain tick. There are any number of behaviors that could cause some alarm or concern, and subsequently, there are many reasons why a child's behavior might be out of the ordinary. He might have ADD or ADHD, sure. He also might have a nutritional deficiency or some other chemical imbalance that makes him act the way he does. He might not be getting enough sleep at night. He might be anxious about something that you're unaware of. The possibilities are practically endless with a young child. What About Medication? So on to the next question. Medication or not? Well, first of all, that's going to hinge upon whether or not a behavioral evaluation reveals something that can or should be medicated. Lots of kids with ADD and ADHD are medicated. Plenty are not. Some are functional without medication, some are not. There are some things that can't be medicated, but can be kept in check by learning new coping mechanisms. Whether you should medicate your child – for whatever reason – is not a question anyone can answer but you, because parenting choices are very personal decisions. That said, it wouldn't hurt to keep a couple of things in mind. First, if your child's behavioral issues are such that they prevent him from learning effectively, or if they disrupt the classroom so much that he prevents other kids from learning, then there are definitely topics that must be addressed. Second, you need to focus on what is best for your family. Don't worry about the opinion of strangers - Pagan or not - who believes your child's magical spirit and creativity are more important than his (and your) mental well being. This isn't about being a "Pagan enough" parent vs. being "unPagan," but simply about being a parent, and about raising your child to someday be a functional and self-sufficient adult. No matter what your child's diagnosis is, don't get hung up on labels. If you want to call him an Indigo child, feel free. If you think that's a silly term to use, then skip it. It's entirely up to you. Bottom line is that it's up to you to be an advocate for your child, and do what is best for his growth and development, without worrying about the approval of others. Continue Reading


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Oh-kay. So, as the mom of an almost 8-year-old boy, I'm not gonna lie: This video of an 8-year-old boy riding his tricycle down a busy highway in Rio de Janeiro pretty much scares the hell out of me. I mean, OH MY GOD did you get the part about how he's RIDING HIS TRICYCLE down a BUSY HIGHWAY?!?! Uh, yeah. Never mind the fact that none of the motorists whizzing past this kid are concerned enough to stop and find out what in god's name is going on. (Seriously, if you drove past a kid on a tricycle during your morning commute, would you just keep going??) Anyway. Point is, this video is kind of every mother's worst nightmare, no two ways about it. BUT. It is also sort of comforting, and before you flip out on me for saying so, allow me to explain why.
See, here's the thing: Not every kid is enough of an unsupervised daredevil to pull a stunt like this one, thankfully -- and while I hate to make any sweeping generalizations, I daresay this degree of extreme triking is less likely to occur here in the states -- but lots and lots of kids are unsupervised and daredevilish enough to do really, really, stupid things. Right? And they don't even have to be that unsupervised or that daring! Stupid kid stunt stories from my family alone include one about my then 10-year-old aunt trying to ride over some big abandoned cement cylinder with her bike, crashing into some bushes, and coming home with a branch stuck through her ear, and another about a cousin who thought his backpack doubled as a parachute and jumped out a window (somehow he survived with only minor injuries). "It's a wonder any of us makes it to adulthood," my grandmother used to say, and since I've had kids of my own, I can't help but agree.
Still. No two ways about it: What this kid does is NUTS. Check it out:
Heart in your throat much?? That is one lucky boy!
What's the craziest stunt your kid ever pulled?
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Title: Tales of the Mimetic Badarses - They Say
Series: Battletech/Mechwarrior
Originally Published: July 2010, Classic Battletech Forums
A random bout of inspiration saw me throw together an idea for an entirely new fic series. And by that, I mean that I thought of how I'd end it and the first chapter, and then figured that I'd come up with the rest along the way. Having stolen a good chunk of prose from an older (unused) fic of mine, I then went to work reconstructing it from the ground up and building the hooks for an entire series around it. The end result was surprisingly popular and spawned a series that I am continuing to sporadically work on.
And, since it's me, there's lots of character introduction. I'm terrible like that, but at least I front-load it.
Some portions of this fic were originally written c2003-2004; sadly, I don't seem to have a copy of the original any more having accidentally deleted it while working on this version. Classy!
Several of the characters are gratuitously re-used from other fics of mine. I'm lazy. I admit it.
The members of Ascendance Squad were never named or really introduced. They're blank slates for me to go wild with later, if I wanted to. Elehza herself is just weird, but she does have her basis in Battletech canon.
There are Arc Words here, specifically ones that would re-occur in the other "Tales" Fics, as well as even managing a few appearances in the Grand Theft Agro series. It's also referencing one of my own personal in-jokes. I'm terrible like that.


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While we used to use the forums to plan and prepare raids. The in-game calendar has proven to attract a wider group of players to the raids.
Although the calendar could do with a few improvements for the meantime all raids are posted on the calendar and then a destination is decided based upon the number and gearing of those who have accepted.
Last Will and Testament of the Emperor
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As the last time we were in Mogushan Vaults not many people rolled on the gear we decided to extend last weeks raid so that we just had the last boss to kill.
Interestingly enough, we had a practice attempt and after that we had a textbook kill. A guild achievement was earned and another feather in the cap for the Shining Force crew.
We read the last will and testament for the emperor and earned ourselves a 6/6 progress in the normal instance.
And now we move to Heart of Fear.
Elegon suffered an E.L.E.gon
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We've been trying to master those damn pillars for a number of weeks now and finally we were in a position where we could make a few attempts with two healers only.
After a couple of wipes it was clear that tonight could be the night and then due to an unfortunate timing error, yours truly descended down the pit of despair. A quick release and run in and a fresh buff and setup and things started quite smoothly, the right number of adds, the draw powers were blocked up to 4 and then the boss dps'd down.
Then in the last phase it was a case of whatever you can do to keep alive to help the healers, do it. So healing rain, tranquility's etc everything from non-healers was thrown in to the mix and before we knew it, the boss was at 5%. A little push further and down he went, suffering his own Extinction Level Event.
Shining Force 5/6 in MSV Normal, Well done everyone.
Spirit Kings Taught a Lesson in Heraldry
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After getting so close on Wednesday night after our first kill of Gara'jal we hoped that this would be the week where we progressed that bit further by having a second guild run for the week.
It was looking promising until a couple of last minute drop outs but things were not as bad as all that as one of our unwell members managed to drag himself out of bed to come along to the raid and brought his other half with him to make the numbers up.
We were certainly close on Wednesday as with the same tactics and a couple of practises on execution the Spirit Kings fell one by one to the swords and spells of the force.
Well done all
Gara'jal Earns a Rest in the Spirit Realm
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After a couple of attempts on our friend the Spirit Binder we seemed to be getting the hang of the spirit realm handling of the adds and we were getting closer and closer to the magic number where we can pop the heroism and finish him off.
On Wednesday, things were going well, we had now unfortunate deaths within the spirit realm for people not getting out in time and we were fast approaching the 20% mark with everyone alive.
Finally, we popped the heroism and then burned and burned and burned until a nice new boss kill was awarded to us.


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Stamped few flowers in Danube blue Momento ink and did fussy cut. Added those to Brown CS which is scored using MS score board. This is matted with base White CS,whose edges are distressed using Danube Blue.
Added a blue satin ribbon which is ruffled at one end and sentiment is added at another end with few pearls.
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Stamp - Kaisercraft Big flower - Itsy Bitsy, Medium,small flowers - Crafters corner
Sentiment - Krafters kart
White CS, Brown CS,Blue Satin,pearls - Stash
That's all about my card...Hope you all like it...
Entering this to following challenges :
Catchy challenges - Blue and Brown with White
And few goods news to share from my end :)
Won Nupur's giveaway....
Won 25$ gift card from Inspired from Stamping
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On challenging the growing appeal of neuroscience to remove blame
Sally Satel [a practicing psychiatrist] writing on James Q Wilson book "The Moral Sense" in honor of the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the American Enterprise Institute where Wilson was on the Council of Academic Advisers:
" Although we generally think of ourselves as free agents who make choices, a number of prominent scholars claim that we are mistaken. "Our growing knowledge about the brain makes the notions of volition, culpability, and, ultimately, the very premise of the criminal justice system, deeply suspect," contends Stanford University biologist Robert Sapolsky. "Progress in understanding the chemical basis of behavior will make it increasingly untenable to retain a belief in the concept of free will," writes biologist Anthony R. Cashmore.
Philosopher-neuroscientist Joshua Greene and psychologist Jonathan Cohen contend that neuroscience has a special role to play in giving age-old arguments about free will more rhetorical bite. 'New neuroscience will affect the way we view the law, not by furnishing us with new ideas or arguments about the nature of human action, but by breathing new life into old ones," they write. ' [It] can help us see that all behavior is mechanical, that all behavior is produced by chains of physical events that ultimately reach back to forces beyond the agent's control,' Greene adds. Other neuroscientists hope to see a general attitude 'shift from blame to biology.'
….Sapolsky, Cashmore, Green, and Cohen, seem to disagree, insisting that our deliberations and decisions do not make us free because they are dictated by neuronal circumstances. They hope that as the general public becomes more familiar with the latest discoveries about the workings of the brain, it will inevitably come to accept their view on moral agency. In turn, they predict, we'll be compelled to adopt a strictly utilitarian model of justice dedicated solely to preventing crime through deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation."
But Dr. Satel rejects this deterministic position …
"The belief that discoveries in neuroscience will threaten morality seems unrealistic. After all, the high degree of consensus across cultures regarding the value of proportionate punishment suggests that human intuitions about fairness and justice are deeply entrenched. That babies too young to have absorbed social rules from their parents behave as if guided by these foundations bolsters the view that reciprocity, proportionality, and the impulse to punish violators are so deeply rooted in evolution, psychology, and culture that new neuroscientific revelations are unlikely to dislodge them easily, if at all.
...By failing to reflect the moral values of the citizenry, which encompass fair punishment, the law would lose some, if not most, of its authority. What's more, a blameless world would be a very chilly place, inhospitable to the warming sentiments of forgiveness, redemption, and gratitude. In a milieu where no individuals are accountable for their actions, the so-called moral emotions would be unintelligible. If we no longer brand certain actions as blameworthy and punish transgressors in proportion to their crimes, we forgo precious opportunities to reaffirm the dignity of their victims and to inculcate a shared vision of a just society. In the words of Wilson, "if we allow ourselves to think that explaining behavior justifies [them] … virtue then becomes just as meaningless as depravity — a state of affairs in which no society could hope to remain ordered or healthy."


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has denied the petition filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest that requested the FSIS to issue an interpretive rule declaring antibiotic-resistant (ABR) strains of Salmonella (Hadar, Heidelberg, Newport and Typhimurium) to be adulterants in raw ground meat and poultry products.
The FSIS denied the petition because the agency does not consider raw meat and poultry products, including ground meat, to be adulterated when they contain Salmonella because ordinary methods of cooking and preparing destroy Salmonella. Also, the FSIS said that more information regarding ABR Salmonella infectious dose, virulence and heat-resistance was needed.


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The Sidekixx, a new group based in Los Angeles consists of Queen Sessi, Kool Kris and Nick Ralph. The group has recently made headlines on MTV with their new music video Turn It Up which has been a successful record. With a tour and show dates coming, there is no telling where they might take the music.
With EDM and Pop music becoming popular, The Sidekixx stands at the forefront of the movement. The follow single Wonder Woman is currently awaiting it's release.
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There has been a great deal of toing and froing this last month. I attended the Bite exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London and it was full to brimming at the Private View and as a consequence I had to return in order to see the work. I was taken by Gillian Thompson's dry point and Jane Waterhouse's Hare from her Wayfaring series.
|Wired – Gillian Thompson – Four Colour Dry point
|Hare – Wayfaring Jane Waterhouse – etching
The wonderful and fascinating thing about Printmaking is that although there are 'rules' many Printmakers manage to continually break them and find innovative ways of creating their images. I am fascinated by the two Printmakers above and wonder at their techniques!
Having finished my two paintings for the Oklahoma Heritage Museum, and a few others, I decided to go off on a little 'drive about' visiting old friends and family, sketching and taking photos on the way. I drove from Lincolnshire to Kent, to London, then down to Somerset. Briefly visiting Devon and Cornwall on a quest for wind swept trees for a commision and to Dorset because I just wanted to sit on a beautiful beach. Glorious weather made it possible to get some great photos and to sit outside on the ground to sketch and get bitten in places I would have preferred not to have been!
Below are some photos. The two paintings are for the Oklahoma Heritage Museum Small Works, Great Wonders exhibition in November. I have posted the Cottonwood painting before, but I was advised… (by my darling husband) to change the lines of the middle parts… and of course he was right.. you can compare with the image below… also this photograph was taken by a professional.
|Autumn Cottonwoods and Pond 12 x 12 Oil/Panel
|Early Snow 12 x 12 Oil/Panel
My daughter lives just outside of Glastonbury and I found a perfect spot for painting and sketching the Tor. I would love to teach a workshop in this area because it is so very beautiful. Please contact me if you are potentially interested for 2013 or 2014 via my website email. I am thinking May time because the wild flowers are particularly lovely, but early September would also work.
That's all for now folks!!
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|From Walton Hill Somerset


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If you go looking through BlackBerry World you'll find there is no shortage of radio apps available. You can find them for specific radio stations, specific regions and even specific genres. What's less common though is one app that combines all those radio stations allowing you to pick whatever stations you want to listen to whenever you want to listen to them. That's where the new app Rad.io comes in.
Rad.io offers over 10,000 stations including podcasts to choose from, local stations from your region, Categorical search: genre, topic, city, country and the developers also thought enough ahead to put in a sleep timer into the app. Additionally, it also includes basic features such as saving your favorites, a top 100 list and links to similar channels that you might also be interested in based on your listening history. All in all, it's feature packed.
Overall, it's a pretty nice app and best of all, it's available for free and if you wish, you can also sign up for a account and Rad.io to make the app experience better. A few things I should mention though, a lot of the stuff you'll see when you initially load it is German, don't let the dissuade you from using the app if you're not German. There is a ton of global content available, you just have to search for it. Also, that search is a bit slow but the more you use the app and the more content it caches, the faster the app will get.


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Heidi Klum & Gabriel Aubry's INC Campaign Released!
Heidi Klum wears a sweatshirt while making her way out of LAX Airport on Monday (February 16) in Los Angeles.
The 41-year-old model was seen arriving in town from New York City, where she was spotted at JFK Airport wearing a poncho upon arrival.
Heidi is featured alongside male model Gabriel Aubry in INC International Concepts' new "30 Years of INC" campaign. See some of the images in the gallery below!
"I'm excited to be the INC brand ambassador for 2015, it's such a milestone," Heidi said in a statement. "30 years is a huge accomplishment and I'm honored to be part of this celebratory year."


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Mike Gotch Memorial Bridge Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
April 20, 2012
The 260-foot Mike Gotch Memorial Bridge was dedicated on April 20, 2012, honoring the late San Diego City Councilmember and California State Assemblymember, who passed away from cancer in 2008.
The bridge connects the Pacific Beach Drive to Mission Bay Drive bicycle network over Rose Creek, which flows out to Fiesta Bay. "It provides a safe and convenient route for bicyclists -- a cause that Mike Gotch consistently championed," said San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer.
A whopping crowd of more than 200 bicyclists, park users, and other guests were in attendance to hear Councilmember Faulconer, former Mission Bay Park Committee Chair Steve Alexander, Campland on the Bay President Michael Gelfand, and City of San Diego Public Works Department Director Tony Heinrichs.
The speakers shared fond memories of Gotch's dedication to public service and discussed the efforts to help construct the bridge, bringing applause and laughter from the crowd during the joyous event. Concluded Gelfand, "His leadership leaves a legacy for all those who will cross the Mike Gotch Memorial Bridge today and for generations to come."
Alexander recalled how Gotch helped develop the Mission Bay Master Plan, which included the bridge. "I am delighted and impressed that the City worked so closely with the community, and (it) has now fulfilled its promise to make this a reality," stated Alexander.
Shortly after the official ribbon-cutting ceremony, Councilmember Faulconer, while riding on a metallic-blue colored bicycle, led a contingent of happy people across the bridge for the first time. Faulconer noted, "Beach lovers can finally bike around all of Mission Bay Park, one of San Diego's crown jewels."
"The state-of-the-art bridge has lighted pathway, marked paved lanes, and facilitates night-time use," said Heinrichs. "It took many hands on deck to bring this kind of project to fruition, but it was completed on time and within budget." The $2.9 million bridge construction started in May 2011 and was complete in 11 months.
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