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At Grandmaster Park's Korean Tae Kwon Do Union, Grandmaster Park is a recognized leader in providing the best in training available in Korean Tae Kwon Do. He achieves this by consistently exceeding his commitment and expectations of his clients and community. These services are delivered by team-oriented and responsive staff who participate in routine world class training and development programs taught directly by Grandmaster Park himself.
At Grandmaster Park's Korean Tae Kwon Do Union you will learn from a recognized leader in this ancient and authentic Martial Art. He is committed to developing world-class Tae Kwon Do training to individuals, teams, and the community at large. He personally and professionally trains his team of highly qualified and responsive staff members.
Grand Master Park Castillo, an 9th DEGREE BLACK BELT has been teaching Martial Arts for over forty years. He is a teacher of teachers and is known throughout the world as a preeminent martial artist with a primary focus in the field of Tae Kwon Do. He counsels other Korean Martial art masters throughout the country and he has developed his programs to include philosophical, physical and meditation aspects of the art in such a way that he is recognized as an innovative and caring teacher.
Master Park Castillo has held world championships in open martial arts sparring competitions for many years and has won well over 200 trophies and medals. He has also been instrumental in the development of Tae Kwon Do as an Olympic sport while maintaining strict traditional Korean roots of his style.
Grand Master Park Castillo states, "Tae Kwon Do is a way of life – a way of looking at things – a way of solving life's problems. In my school, students are taught to relax, reduce stress, and cope with difficulties that arise in life." For the kids and the young adults, improved school grades and changes in behavior automatically come with the practice of Tae Kwon Do.
~ Grand Master Park Castillo
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By Hindustan Times
Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- Back in 2005, Priyadarshan's Garam Masala hit t theatres with a rumour that ' Akshay Kumar had forced s John Abraham's role to be edited out. It was staunchly denied. ' The last month, it was reported that John has come in Akki's way after the latter's favourite filmmaker, Vipul Shah, decided to launch a project with his Force actor. And in the process, stalled work on Akshay's Singh Is Kinng sequel.
But John is completely unperturbed. "Akshay and I have developed a close bond. And these rumours don't influence us. We don't hare the kind of equation hat we read about each other in papers. If something comes out in the media, he clearly asks me, tune ye bola kya?' (did you say this?) or I can ask him if he made any statement. And we will honestly say 'yes' or no'. We share a very open relationship," says John.
As Akshay and John team up again in Rohit Dhawan's Desi Boyz, the latter insists heir equation never really changed. He adds: "The only difference is that I was very new and raw in Garam Masala. But in Desi Boyz, Akshay now has someone whom he can relate to personally and professionally with his comic timing, and can work with easily. And that makes a lot of difference."
In fact, Dhawan has already revealed that contrary to his reputation for stealing his co-stars' lines, Akshay would insist that some of his dialogue be given to John. "I've learnt a lot from Akshay, especially about comic timing. Today, I've evolved as an actor and enjoy my space," says John.


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This is the approximated average of what goes through my brain every day.
My iPhone alarm goes off. I hit snooze, secure in the knowledge any catastrophe severe enough to affect my work in a way I couldn't deal from a random computer would be severe enough that I'd have to stay home anyway.
My iPhone alarm goes off. I hit snooze, secure in the knowledge that I do white-collar work for a tech startup, so I can get there, you know, morningish, as long as I'm sober.
My iPhone alarm goes off. I hit snooze, because… I dunno. So comfy.
Dammit. Slept through the snooze for half an hour. I really was going to be on time today. I glance out the window to see if the weather could excuse working from home. Sunny. Damn. May as well get to it.
Because nobody cares what I look like, I un-self-consciously pull on the jeans and t-shirt I threw on the floor eight hours ago. If anyone notices, they'll chalk it up to my manly laziness. One minute later, I finish my morning routine by chugging a liter of free tap water, waving a toothbrush at my face, and glancing in the mirror to make sure my hair isn't sticking up. Hair looks good. I congratulate myself on being tall.
I glide past my mailbox, which is probably full. I check it about once a week, pull out the mail, flip through it, and stuff it back in, unless it's too full, in which case I just carry a handful straight to the trashcans outside my building. I know that no piece of mail without a handwritten address will affect my life in any meaningful way. I don't rely on physical correspondence with any private or government agency to get my food and utilities, and my creditors can suck it. If it's important, someone will call me.
Halfway to the train. Only have to dodge a couple of slow people today. Why the hell can't everybody move as quickly and gracefully as tall and healthy 30-year-olds in comfortable shoes?
A loud conversation signals danger to me. I hate loud people. Just trying to draw attention to themselves. Why can't they just accept the natural respect granted them by other human beings? Doesn't everybody get that? I glance in the direction of the noise and see the conversationalists are black. Damn. I don't hate black people, I hate loud people. But black people in America tend to be louder. No, dammit, certain cultures tend to be louder. I dislike loud white people too. Like Italians. Is that racist? They're white, so it's cool right? What's with loud people? Is it a cultural thing? Economic? Why can't everybody just shut up so I don't have to think about this? Jesus, I don't care what you need to do to get by in your neighborhood, just keep it out of my brain space.
Rounding the White Castle. Still hung up on whether or not I'm racist. I have black friends. Bah, classic excuse for a racist. I repeat the word "nigger" in my head several times to be sure it still makes me uncomfortable. It does. Good. Not racist. I stop thinking about it.
I swap my shades for my glasses in the subway for easier reading on my Kindle, which I just loaded up with another batch of random books. People don't read enough. Why doesn't everybody have a kindle with $3000 of literature on it? As I put on my glasses, it occurs to me that people still associate glasses with intelligence. My genetic shortcomings are advantageous to my career.
On the train, looking over 90 percent of everybody's heads. I'm still feeling bad about going off on a long-rehearsed rant about a former employer being a "short, awkward sociopath" to a friend who was slightly shorter than the aforementioned employer. I learned at OkCupid that height is for men what weight is for women, and I knew that some men were uncomfortable with being short, and my former employer had a very tall friend, so in my occasional rage fantasy, I spout this to his face as a remark to leverage possible self-image issues. My friend, without blinking, says, "He's not that short," and I feel like an ass. It takes me back to another friend who was standing on a chair for a show and said, "So this is what it's like to be tall," and I looked at him and realized I didn't even know he was short. I don't notice anyone's height unless they're at least four inches taller than me. I just see "people my height," "giant freaks," and "everybody else." It didn't occur to me people might be concerned about their height until I was in my late 20s.
At Starbucks, reading various things off signs and menus and newspapers while I stand in line. As long as something is mostly in English, I can read it. I grew up with people reading and explaining complex literature, in houses that had multiple rooms dedicated to storing books. There are few topics of nonfiction or styles of prose my upper-middle class childhood didn't expose me to, and that left me with an enormous vocabulary and a broad system of background knowledge with which to tackle almost anything. Jeez, doesn't everybody have that? Childhood is for reading, right? I shake my head, then use my over-educated middle-class vocabulary to read the back of a CD entitled "Music for Little Hipsters."
I smoke a cigarette outside my office. Smoking is the only thing I do anymore that makes me feel awkward around strangers, and my office is on a particularly bad street for that, with a trickle of people wandering by with kids and dogs and a never-ending series of trucks making deliveries. I hide my cigarettes from children, try not to blow smoke in people's faces, and stand in an area calculated to annoy the smallest number of people. I know it's hopeless, since my bouts with quitting taught me that a normal nose can smell a cigarette from half a block away, but I try to be a good little smoker, because I know I'm killing myself and I should quit and I don't want to bother anyone. At the same time, I'm waiting for some asshole to say, "You know cigarettes are bad for you?" or, "That's disgusting," so I can tell them to fuck off, because I know at least a few people are thinking it, and at least one person shoots me a dirty look every day. I spend most of my cigarette breaks in this state of being apologetic and angry at the same time. Must suck to feel that way about something you have no control over, amirite?
Made it to the office, checking email. No emergencies. Next, in order, I check The Doghouse Diaries, xkcd, smbc, what-if.xkcd, Facebook, Twitter, and reddit. Gotta ease into a desk job, you know?
Time for the 11:00 AM shit. I hear regularity is a sign of good health, which boggles my mind, considering my lifestyle, and especially my past lifestyle. I guess it helped to be born into a family with no genetic or historical markers indicating susceptibility to any known disease. I play my turn in Scrabble on my phone and wash up.
11:10 AM to 1:50 PM
Work. It's generally not that hard, despite it being a job that evolved out of a hobby. I developed lots of hobbies while frittering away the seven years of on-and-off college my parents paid for me to occasionally attend, so odds were one of them would turn into money. I was finding myself, you know?
Lunch! I toy with the idea of picking up a sandwich and eating it on my desk, but decide to do my usual routine of sitting down at a restaurant and reading for an hour over a gourmet meal and a glass of wine, because I can. I bring up Yelp and peruse restaurants. I've been searching for the perfect meatball for the last few years, because I found it once in a Holiday Inn on 31st street. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed, and nothing else has passed muster since. I suspect they were veal, which troubles me morally. I have time to think about the morality of my eating habits, so might as well. Unless I accidentally find the perfect meatball and start suspecting it's veal and adopt a Google No Evil policy. I look longingly at a few veal recipes, but can't bring myself to consume a tortured animal with foreknowledge. I feel good about myself. I decide on an Irish beef stew, pack up my Kindle, and head out.
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Work, chit chat, a dash of Facebook. A great deal of chatter in the IRC chatroom, equal parts mutual tech support, politics, and mom jokes. We joke about how diverse we are: we have an Asian, an Indian, and a couple of black people, although one of them is Canadian so he doesn't really count. Hell, we even have two girls. In a PROGRAMMING chatroom. Look at our goddamn rainbow of hands across Benetton.
On the train home, wondering what I'll look like when I get old. Aging well so far, despite the smoking. If I quit, I could probably attract grad students in my late 50s as long as they had daddy issues. I pause for a moment to consider labeling uncountable relationships as daddy-issue situations, because of course "daughter issues" would be creepy. Seems like a complicated thing to think about after a long day in front of a computer. I stop thinking about it when an unusual number of attractive women get on the train at Union Square, and I have to focus on trying not to eye-rape them, because that would be rude. I congratulate myself on overcoming this struggle. At no point do I concern myself with if and how people are looking at me.
Walking home from the subway, enjoying the fantasy of someone attacking me so I can kung-fu them into recognizing that I have taught them an important lesson about dignity. Of course this is just a fantasy because I've never been attacked and don't expect to be. I've walked through dark factory parking lots a mile from the nearest streetlight and the worst that's happened is somebody told me I wasn't allowed to take pictures of the facility. I can't recall ever being in a place where I was scared because of the way I look. Once I was seeing a girl who lived in Harlem, and when I got off the subway I looked around and thought, "Wow, I'm the only white person I can see. So this is how black people feel in Maine. Neat!"
I'm on my second glass of wine at the bar. It's on the tab that I run once a month, that I'm allowed to have because whenever somebody mentions it's hitting mid-triple digits, I can pull out a card and pay it, due to the hobby-job I complain about that pays me more money than most of the people I know because the market is demanding people who can make birds fly into pipes. Nobody has considered me a threat to their business since I cut my hair.
I arrive home with my backup bottle of wine, since I need to get home before the Chinese delivery place closes. I know no one will judge me for the wine besides my parents, because I'm doing stuff for the economy or something. I have a 10 to 8 job: I'm contributing. Doing my part. Where's the wine opener?
I'm trying to decide what to turn on: Xbox, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Apple TV, Nintendo, or Ouya. I've actually run out of toys to buy. I congratulate myself on my restraint. I feel like I should use my Xbox more, since I bought it to deal with the emotional trauma of a bunch of people getting fired at my old job. Not me, of course. Can't buy an Xbox when you've just lost your job. I bought some indie games to support indie developers, because that justifies everything. I download Oblivion, and commence the noble pursuit of playing a game on the gigantic TV I bought to prove I was an adult.
Getting kind of late. I brush my teeth and congratulate myself on getting to the hygiene part of the evening before the evening turned into wee hours. I laugh at the phrase "wee hours" because I went to some liberal arts schools and we always laughed about the wee hours when we were crushing our pills and smoking our joints. The word "lamentable" echoes in my head, and I feel proud of knowing what it means, because I went to high school with people who didn't.
I smoke a cigarette and look at the letter tacked to my wall from Jose Armando Vasquez Lopez. He's a child I briefly sponsored through Children International. My debit card expired during this sponsorship. I tell myself I didn't know it expired, but I'm lying. I had the right intentions, didn't I? Somebody else sponsored him after me, before I got the chance to write back. Not my fault, I was giving away money, wasn't I? I feel like a bastard every time I see it, but I don't take it off the wall. I did something, briefly, and here's my proof. Also, it reminds me to guilt myself. I congratulate myself on being a good person.
Definitely working from home tomorrow. Need to put the finishing touches on an essay displaying the self-awareness that totally excuses me from being complacent in the system of extortion and slavery that produces most of my toys. As long as you know your ironic t-shirts are produced by child labor, that's cool, right? It's just a worldlier irony.
I consider going off grid for a week. Because the grid is the problem, and I can leave it for a few days and find myself again. Because there will always be a job waiting for a tall straight white boy who knows python is both a snake and a language. I can take time away from it all, because I don't need to scramble at the hint of protein. I don't need to worry about next week because there will be a safety net for me, no matter what I did, no matter where I am. I'm the all-American boy anyone would weep for if I ended up on the back of a milk carton.
I feed my cats and give them catnip. They reward me with purrs. I put Buffy on Netflix and fall asleep to an episode of season 5. I consider shaving, but I'm a bit drunk, and it won't affect my job, and I'm just attractive enough to not have to think about how attractive I am.
My iPhone alarm goes off. I hit snooze, because I don't have to give a shit. I congratulate myself on not caring.


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Floodplain Information
Up to date tidal information and tide prediction model from Stevens Institute.
Stevens Institute http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/sfas/d/index.shtml?station=U233
Bayview Drive in Strathmere floods between elevation 3.2′-3.5′
USGS Tide Gauge at Ludlam Thorofare http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=01411350
USGS Tide Gauge at Great Egg Harbor Bay http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=01411320
Resilience Planning
Upper Township participated with the NJ Resilient Coastal Communities Initiative and worked with the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to access the Township utilizing the "Getting to Resilience A Community Planning Evaluation Tool" and they prepared The "Upper Township Getting to Resilience Recommendations Report" which can be found at http://www.prepareyourcommunitynj.org/case-studies/ . The Nature Conservancy has also prepared a report for Upper Township to assist us in restoring our backbay coastlines. It can be found here!
Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) Update – Updates 7/25/16
FEMA have released the Preliminary FIRMS on June 30, 2014 and is now accepting requests for appeals of the line from both Municipalities and property owners. This release of the FIRMS has not changed the flood zones from the previous release of the Preliminary FIRMS. You can review the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) which is the basis for the Preliminary FIRMS. The existing FIRMS will remain in effect for flood insurance purposes until the new maps are approved, tentatively in Spring 2015. The Preliminary FIRMS will be used for new construction or substantial improvements.
FEMA has prepared a fact sheet regarding the FIS and FIRMS. Additionally FEMA's website http://www.region2coastal.com has an abundant amount of information helping residents Knowing your Risk, Knowing your Role and how to Take Action.
The Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS) can be found here!
How to find my Flood Zone?
You can contact the Paul Dietrich at 628-2011 ext. 244 or FEMA has a website that you can look up your flood zone using your address. http://www.region2coastal.com/sandy/table
Local Flood Hazard
Flooding can be a health and safety hazard in portions of Upper Township. Flooding in our Township is caused by three sources: tidal flooding, tidal flooding influenced by a coastal storm floodwaters from stormwater runoff. Tidal flooding routinely occurs in routinely in the Strathmere both during severe coastal storms and rain events coinciding with full moon tide cycles. Floodwaters usually may be 1-2 of water along Bayview Drive and can exceed five feet above the normal high tide. Occasional tidal flooding can occur along the Cedar Swamp Creek and Tuckahoe River. Floodwaters on the mainland may occur after a rainfall of either long duration or high intensity, which may result in flooded streets and yards.
There is usually sufficient warning of coastal flooding to allow property owners to move personal items and vehicles to higher ground. During 2009 the Township received higher than normal rainfall during the year which raised the groundwater elevation which caused localized overtopping of stormwater infiltration basins, especially in Seaville on Peach Orchard Road, Laurel Ridge Road and Winchester Court. The Nor'easter storm in November 2009 caused flooding throughout the Township; most roads in Strathmere and heading into Strathmere were impassable with more than four feet of water; Tuckahoe Road, Butter Road and Tyler Road were flooded with 1-2 feet of water from the Cedar Swamp Creek.
Your property may be high enough that it was not flooded recently. However, it can still be flooded in the future because the next flood could be worse. If you are in the floodplain, the odds are that someday your property will be damaged.
Flood Safety
- Do not walk through flowing water. Drowning is the number one cause of flood deaths. Currents can be deceptive; six inches of moving water can knock you off your feet. If you must walk through standing water, use a pole or sick to ensure that the ground around you is solid. After a flood, look before you step, the ground and floors are covered with debris. In addition, mud can be very slippery.
- Do not drive through a flooded area. More people drown in their cars than anywhere else. Do not drive around road barriers, the road or bridge may be washed out.
- Stay away from power and electrical lines. The number two killer after drowning is electrocution. Electrical current can travel through water. Report downed power lines to the New Jersey State Police at 609-861-5300 or 911.
- Have your electricity turned off by the Power Company. Some appliances such as TVs' keep electrical charges even after they have been unplugged. Do not use appliances or motors that have gotten wet unless they have been taken apart, cleaned and dried.
- Look out for animals, such as snakes. Small animals that have been flooded out of their homes may seek shelter in your home. Use a pole or stick to poke and turn things over to scare away small animals.
- Be alert for gas leaks. Do not smoke or use candles, lanterns or open flames unless you know the gas has been turned off in your house and the area has been ventilated.
- Inspect your property now and evaluate what objects, such as small barbecue propane gas tanks & trash cans. Patio furniture may become buoyant and possibly float away. Water or wind could propel a picnic table through a neighbor's window.
- When notified to evacuate, do not hesitate to do so immediately. The Upper Township Office of Emergency Management monitors storm events very closely and only orders the evacuation notice when it is in your best interest to move to higher ground or an evacuation shelter.
- Look for the brochures in Town Hall that range in topics from hurricane awareness to disaster preparedness. There are additional brochures that offer tips for planning and preparation that can be taken now, in advance of an emergency.
- If you need help during an evacuation, need transportation or have special needs, you can register with the Upper Township Office of Emergency Management at 609-628-2367. Names and addresses are kept confidential. Don't wait until a storm event happens if you feel you may need assistance! Help us plan to help you by notifying the Office of Emergency Management today.
Flood Insurance
Your Homeowners Insurance does not cover damage caused by floods. You do not have to be located in a designated flood hazard zone to be eligible to purchase flood insurance.
Only half of the properties located in our special flood hazard zone are protected with flood insurance. The balance of our neighbors will not receive insurance compensation in the case of flood related damage. Flood insurance is required by all lending institutions before providing you with money to purchase, renovate or refinance a home in the flood zone. A limited amount of coverage is available to cover the contents of your home, such as carpeting, appliances and furniture. Please contact our local insurance agents concerning coverage, rates, deductibles and exclusions. Filing a claim does not change your rate since rates are set on a national basis.
Property Protection Measures
There are several ways to protect your home from flood: 1) elevate your structure above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE); 2) make your walls waterproof and place watertight closures over your doorways and windows. This technique is known as retrofitting or flood proofing. The Upper Township branch of the Cape County Library in Petersburg and the Schiavo Library in Strathmere has books and literature available on these issues in their reference section.
Any building alterations will require a construction permit from the Upper Township Construction Office.
Grading Permit
Always check with the Zoning or Engineering Department before you build on, alter, regrade, or fill on your property. A permit may be needed to ensure that projects do not cause problems on other properties.
If you see building without a Township permit sign posted, contact the Construction Dept. at 628-2011 ext. 220. or lot clearing & grading, contact the Code Enforcement Officer at 628-2011 ext. 245
Check out the following information on floodproofing, flood insurance and flood safety.
Township Flood Services
Upper Township participated with the NJ Resilient Coastal Communities Initiative and worked with the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to access the Township utilizing the "Getting to Resilience A Community Planning Evaluation Tool" and they prepared The "Upper Township Getting to Resilience Recommendations Report" which can be found at http://www.prepareyourcommunitynj.org/case-studies/
The first thing you should do is check your flood hazard. Flood maps and flood protection references are available at the Cape May County Public Library – Upper Branch. You can also visit the Zoning or Engineering Department at the Municipal Building to see if you are in a mapped floodplain. If so, they can give you more information, such as depth of flooding over a building's first floor and past flood problems in the area and copies of Elevation Certificates on buildings built in the floodplain since 1991. They also have a handout on selecting an architect, engineer, or contractor.
If requested, the Township Engineer will visit a property to review its flood problem and explain ways to stop flooding or prevent flood damage. Call the Engineering Department at 628-2011 ext. 244. These services are free. If you are in a floodplain or have had a flood, drainage or sewer backup problem, check out these sources of assistance.
The County's GIS website can show you which flood zone your property may be in. Go to www.capemaycountyims.net, select link to Maps then Parcels. Click Flood Plain layer to be on and REFRESH the map. You can then zoom into the area you are interested with the zoom tools or use the search feature. Call the Engineering Department at 628-2011 ext. 244 for assistance using this tool.
There are also no-cost measures you can take to prevent a loss from rising flood waters. Consider moving furniture, electronic equipment, or important papers to a higher spot within your house. Tops of cabinets or attic spaces can be used as temporary storage space.
There are several different ways to protect a building from flood damage. One way is to keep the water away by regrading your lot or building a small floodwall or earthen berm. These methods work if your lot is large enough, if flooding is not too deep, and if your property is not in the floodway. The Engineering Department can provide this information.
Another approach is to make your walls waterproof and place watertight closures over the doorways. This method is not recommended for houses with basements or if water will get over two feet deep.
A third approach is to raise the house above flood levels. A small wood frame house can be elevated for less than $10,000.
These measures are called floodproofing or retrofitting. More information is available at the Cape May County Library – Upper Branch, the Strathmere Public Library and the Upper Township Municipal Building. Important note: Any alteration to your building or land requires a permit from the Construction Department.
Even regrading or filling in the floodplain requires a permit.
If you know a flood is coming, you should shut off the gas and electricity and move valuable contents upstairs. It is unlikely that you will get much warning, so a detailed checklist prepared in advance would help ensure that you don't forget anything.
Natural Floodplain Functions
The floodplain or flood hazard area is an area that is inundated by floodwaters of a stream, river or by tidal waters of the Tuckahoe River or the Atlantic Ocean. The natural function of a floodplain is to store the floodwaters or storm tide, on a temporary basis, until the water recedes to its usual stream channels and normal coastal tide elevations. In river systems, the floodwaters inundate the floodplain area along the defined channel, replenishing soil moisture and depositing fertile silt from the river channel. Along the coastal areas in Upper Township, tidal wetlands provide a temporary reservoir for floodwaters due to storm tides, which are higher than normal tides. The floodplains also protect our community against storm-related erosion by wave action or scour and battering by debris.
Flood Warning System
In case of an emergency, you should listen to the available Emergency Broadcast System. In addition to the Comcast Cable System on TV, Channels 2 or 69 in Strathmere, you can also tune your radio to:
(Radio stations will be updated later)
When a WATCH is issued, conditions are a real possibility and may threaten our community within 36 hours
When a WARNING is issued, the storm event is expected to hit the area within 24 hours.
In the event of an emergency, Police, Fire and First Aid personnel will perform "route" alerting. Alerting will be by mobile public address systems and door-to-door operations. When told to evacuate, do so without hesitation.
Drainage System Maintenance
Upper Townships' drainage systems consist of natural and man-made watercourses and storage basins that must be maintained in order to prevent flood damage from smaller, more frequent storm events. Drainage systems also are found in streets, roadside ditches, underground recharge systems as well as open channels and detention and retention basins.
The Upper Township Public Works Department inspects our storm water drainage systems on a semi-annual basis. Our maintenance program includes inlet cleaning, pipe cleaning, drainage basin maintenance and street sweeping. To report improper activity such as dumping in our lakes, lagoons and drainage basins, please call the Department of Public Works at 609-628-2647 or our Code Enforcement Officer at 609-693-2011, ext 245.If this occurs after normal business hours, please report the incident immediately to the police at 609-861-5300.
Local Flood Hazard Map
The Flood Insurance Rate Maps & Flood Insurance Study are available for review at the Zoning Office or Engineering Department in our Municipal Building at 2100 Tuckahoe Road in Petersburg. Then Engineer's Office can provide you with a written map determination for your property upon request. You may call (609) 628-2100, ext. 244 for your specific request, or if you have any questions.
Elevation Certificates
Elevation Certificates are required on any new construction or a building that requires substantial reconstruction for a structure that is located in the Flood Hazard Area. The Township of Upper maintains copies of Elevation Certificates and is also available online via the link below. You must know the Tax Block and lead Tax Lot for the property you are requesting. A list of the elevation benchmarks that are maintained by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is available at the (EMAIL) which you can reach at 609-628-2011 ext. 244.
Click to see available online Elevation Certificates
Floodplain Related Sites
Cape May County Flood Insurance Study
Cape May County Flood Insurance Study FACT Sheet
Preliminary Flood Map Address Look-up Tool
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Flood Barriers
Flood Vents
Mandatory Requirement for Deed Restriction for Garage & Storage areas below Base Flood Elevation
Department Contact Info:
Paul Dietrich, P.E., P.P., CFM, CPWMMunicipal Engineer2100 Tuckahoe Road, Petersburg, NJ 08230


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Grill Green This Summer
We're just about to replace our dying Weber Smokey Joe grill with something a bit more substantial for our summer grilling needs (we're torn between the Big Green Egg, the classic Weber One-Touch with the beautiful blue finish or the stylish foldout design). But what you put into that grill or smoker for fuel can be just as important as what you put ontop to cook...
We grew up using the tried and true Kingsford brand, but now prefer real wood or lump charcoal because of the taste. We're not sure whether the Trader Joe's lump coal brand we've used before is free from polluting mineral coal or other additives such as borax, sodium nitrates, or anthracite coal. Currently we compliment the lump charcoal with some dried apple tree shreds from our local farmer's market vendor to add more flavour. Of course, cooking with propane gas is the cleanest and healthiest, but we're fond of the smokier flavour afforded by a grill, so we've passed up on moving onto a propane device despite their sexier finishes.
So to balance our desires for tasty grilled foods without the pollution, we're looking into trying out these wood briquettes recommended in a recent LA Times post called Nature's Grilling Products that supposedly burns cleaner and produces less ash (good for fire safety too). Sounds like a fragrant blend, made of mesquite, ebony, eucalyptus, and a blend of other Mexican tropical hardwoods. We wonder if these blends make cleaning the grill any easier? But taste is king, so we'll report back once we get our new grilling setup up and cooking.
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By Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief
Post updated on January 10, 2013; see final paragraph. Amanda Trujillo, MSN, RN, is a nurse who until recently worked at Banner Del Webb Hospital in Sun City, Arizona, until she was fired for, as she claims, just doing what she's obligated to do as a nurse—specifically, providing a patient information about a surgical procedure in an attempt to support fully informed decision making. (You can read her e-mail detailing her story here. She did not, as she has pointed out in comments, ever attempt to directly obtain informed consent herself.)
Ms. Trujillo says that, when the patient had a change of heart about the surgery, she requested a hospice consult. After a physician complained that Trujillo had overstepped her scope of practice, the hospital filed a complaint with the Arizona Board of Nursing, which has launched an investigation.
Ms. Trujillo has gone public with her story, sending e-mails and tweets to editors, public officials, bloggers, and the news media. The nursing blogosphere is full of posts with her story—Emergiblog, vdutton's posterous (which has her attorney's response to the complaint), and thenerdynurse, as well as a number of others. On January 31, she was interviewed on local television. She makes a compelling case that she was advocating for the patient's right to information, and one wonders why she was fired and is under investigation.
As we have been for 112 years, AJN is all for coming out in support of nurses. Do we believe a nurse's first duty is to the patient? You bet. We're also all about accuracy and facts, and in this case, it's been tough getting information from all sides. While certain assertions have been repeated in most of the supportive blog posts we've read, the undertone is that there is more to this case than the obvious.
Here's what we've learned so far from the other parties: According to Joey Ridenour, MN, RN, FAAN, executive director of the Arizona Board of Nursing, "While the investigation is ongoing, information is kept private to protect the nurse should the complaint be unfounded." She noted that while Ms. Trujillo can go public with details, the Board cannot. She did verify that Banner Del Webb Hospital filed a complaint about Ms. Trujillo's practice on April 26, 2011, for "non-compliance with Federal, State or contractural arrangements."
Ridenour also verified that at the January 24 Board meeting, the Board reviewed the case, voted to continue the investigation, and requested a psychological evaluation of Ms. Trujillo. When I asked if this was unusual, she said that in general, if the board feels that there is a lack of understanding in complex cases, the Board will ask for "expert opinion." The Board will reconvene in March to review the findings and rule on the complaint. In the interim, Ms. Trujillo's license remains active and without restrictions.
I spoke with Arizona Nurses Association executive director Robin Schaeffer, MSN, RN, CNE. The Board has been criticized for not supporting Trujillo. Schaeffer says the association is "right there to advocate for nurses," but it must wait for the Board investigation to be completed. Until then, it will monitor the situation. It's the association's policy not to comment on the specifics of any ongoing investigation and the association supports the Board's obligation to regulate the profession. I asked Schaeffer about any conflicts of interest that might prevent the AzNA from supporting Ms. Trujillo's position, and she said that, contrary to what's been purported on some Web sites, she is NOT an employee of Banner Health.
I haven't had any response to phone calls to Banner Health, but on its Twitter page they have noted that "Banner Health, like most companies, does not publicly discuss employee matters." No surprise there.
It's regretful that any nurse has to go through what Ms. Trujillo has gone through, and we hope all will work out well for her. We're following the story and will update you when we have more facts.
Our follow-up post: "Boards of Nursing and the Amanda Trujillo Case"
Also of interest: this post from nurse/blogger Not Nurse Ratched giving a link to the official Arizona Board of Nursing Notice of Charges in the case.
Addendum: January 10, 2013: The eventual outcome of this case can be seen in the "consent agreement" that Amanda Trujillo has signed with the Arizona Board of Nursing, which states that she "admits the Board's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law" and agrees to fairly onerous terms for continuing to practice as an RN on probation. Thanks to blogger Not Nurse Ratched for providing a link to this document in her recent post about the case and its unfortunate history on the Web.


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Archive for January 21st, 2009
Douglas Adams' guide to Australia
As (to the best of my knowledge – please correct me if I'm wrong) I'm the only Aussie here, I thought I'd give you a quick primer on the land of my birth. But not by my own hand. I'd just bugger it up.
Douglas Adams, writer of the five-part and inaccurately-named Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Trilogy, seemed to equally adore and fear this wide brown land and penned the following survival guide to Australia, pre-dating Lonely Planet by many years and being a lot more accurate with the information he provided. Except for the bit about snakes: Australia is crawling with the bastards. Of the top dozen deadly snake species on this planet, we have more or less all of them. But I can forgive Douglas a small error. After all, it's impolite to call attention to the grievous errors of a deceased person. Unless they're named Hitler.
[Photo: Douglas Adams signing books (2000). (from Wikimedia Commons)]
Anyway, without further ado, I present:
Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the Bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight" proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.
The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other land masses and sovereign lands are classified as either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three. Typically, it is unique in this . . .
George, meet Barry. Now sod off.
Don't let the Whitehouse door hit you in the arse on the way out. On the other hand, I hope someone jams your pinky finger in it. And smacks you in the nuts with an army boot.
But, seriously, now that he's gone, I guess we can't rag on Dubya anymore. Sure, he's given the world enough material (both unintentionally comedic, in a painful, Ricky-Gervais/Steve Carell-in-The-Office kind of way as well as just plain tragic) to last the next 8 years, but have pity – he's unemployed now. He's likely to stay that way too – given his oratory skills it's doubtful he'll be able to make a living on the lucrative public-speaking circuit like his silver-tongued predecessor Bubba Clinton. But hey, there's always Pop to turn to. Hell, who do you think got him his last job? And the one before that? Oh well, he's got plenty of time to work on his golf game – and no pesky-ass reporters asking him about boring shit like wars or deficits or hurricanes or drowned cities.
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Yes, the Bush Administration is now gone, with Bush himself finally helicoptered out. And just look at this exquisite satellite photo of yesterday's crowd for the swearing in! We'd like to think that the American people have now seen the light, and that we can now rationally approach solutions to the massive problems we now […]


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We are coordinating having Jay Epstein present a workshop on "Parent/Chile Data Modeling with Entities", the presentation he gave at Drupal Camp 2014. He presented this topic in Brevard recently and there was a lot of interest and requests for workshops for which he agreed to do.
A date and location are being sought but we need a headcount of interested persons so we can consider options. This will be a full day workshop held in Brevard County.
If you are interested please respond and ask any questions you might have. We will try to get them answered.
If you have not seen the presentation here is a link to the presentation:
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Great response to the discussion. But I know there are more of you out there that would benefit from this workshop. Let me know who you are so we can plan for the right crowd.
In discussion is what type of project Jay(Jeppy64) can use for the workshop. Right now the suggestion is a Drupal Camp web page that could become a distribution for future camps. Building on the event, the itinerary, the sessions and the attendee registration for each session. Other suggestions can be made.
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My son is graduating from high school on May 31rst, so that weekend is obviously an issue for me. I do know that the prior weekend (the 24th is memorial day). Other than that, the only conflict I can see on my side is my sons orientation at UCF which is June 11th and 12th.
Again guys... thank you so much.. you rock! Aside from my few schedule conflicts, I am SO looking forward to being up there to hang out with all of you.


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March 8, 1983
The President today announced his intention to appoint Rita Di Martino to be the Representative of the United States of America on the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund. She will succeed Marjorie Craig Benton.
She is presently serving as district manager, public relations, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. She was senior business consultant for the New York State Department of Commerce in 1974 - 1978. She was with Thomas McGrath Associates, Inc., in New York City in 1968 - 1974.
She graduated from Richmond College (B.A., 1976) and Long Island University (M.P.A., 1977). She has three children and resides in Staten Island, N.Y. She was born March 7, 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Nomination of Donald Moncrief Muchmore To Be a Member of the National Museum Services Board
March 8, 1983
The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald Moncrief Muchmore to be a member of the National Museum Services Board of the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring December 6, 1987. He would succeed George C. Seybolt.
Mr. Muchmore is executive director of the California Museum of Science and Industry, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, and executive vice president of the California Museum Foundation. Previously he was senior vice president of the California Federal Savings and Loan Association. He has also served as chairman of the board of the Museum of the Sea aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach and as president of the Western Museums Association.
Mr. Muchmore graduated from Occidental College (B.S., 1945). He has two children and resides in Long Beach, Calif. He was born December 26, 1922.


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MDIV in Youth, Children & Family Ministry
Master of Divinity in Youth, Children & Family Ministry
Over the past decade, children's ministry and youth ministry have experienced a revolution. Churches are recognizing the importance of a more holistic ministry approach. Rather than thinking of ministry strictly in terms of artificial age categories, more and more churches are staffing their ministries with women and men who understand the broader dynamics of youth, children, and their families.
In response, Northwest Nazarene University has created a fully online Master of Divinity degree in Youth, Children & Family Ministry. The Master of Divinity has long been considered the "gold standard" for ministerial preparation. NNU's specialization in Youth, Children & Family Ministry can prepare you for ministry in the local church or parachurch while establishing a strong and deep foundation in theological training for life-long ministry and leadership.
Many of our students are serving in full-time or part-time ministry assignments while others are serving presently in volunteer capacities. Whether you are heading into a vocational ministry role as a generational or family ministry pastor, youth or children's pastor, or you are a layperson desiring advanced training in the context of parachurch ministry, Christian schools or camping, NNU's fully online Master of Divinity: Youth, Children & Family Ministry track will equip you for the ministry to which God is calling you.
YCFM students can choose either a Master of Arts or Master of Divinity track. MDIVYCFM students complete an online orientation, 39 credits in their pastoral ministry core, and 36 hours of specialization in Youth, Children & Family Ministry. After completing an online orientation, MAYCFM students focus their studies strictly around the same eight Youth, Children & Family Ministry courses in which MDIVYCFM students take as their specialization, as shown in the comparison chart to the right.
MDIVYCFM students can complete their degree one course at a time in as little as 50 months, with most summers free. MAYCFM students are able to complete their programs in as little as 21 months, with no course work in June or July. NNU's MDIVYCFM program has also been validated as meeting the educational requirements for ordination in the Church of the Nazarene*.
As an expression of NNU's commitment to the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, our MDIVYCFM program empowers students to serve young people and their families with a knowledge of and commitment to the family system. Along with studies in Bible, theology, philosophy and church history, NNU's fully online MDIVYCFM track equips ministers with the proper tools to lead this dynamic, ever-changing group.
Earn your degree from a leading institution in online theological education with associate membership in The Association of Theological Schools and over 80 years of continuous regional accreditation.
Financial aid is available for those who qualify, or students may take advantage of a zero interest monthly payment.
To maximize contextualization, all of our students participate in a mentor relationship with someone in their own ministry setting. Ministry mentors receive a small stipend for the support offered.
*While this NNU program has been validated by Nazarene Clergy Services as meeting the educational requirements for ordination, denominational polity gives final authority on such matters to the district, not to general authorities.
Course Descriptions
Specialization Courses
BIBL7330 — Youth, Children, Families & Faith Throughout Scripture (4 Credits)
This course will survey and examine selected passages from the Bible [such as The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) and Paul's treatise on the Body (I Corinthians 12)] that deal specifically with issues pertaining to young persons, families, and the formation of faith, character and community. This course will also give attention to broader issues of biblical interpretation that are concerned with reading the Bible in formative ways that gain expression in various forms of Christian practice.
BIBL8090 — Advanced Biblical Exegesis (3 Credits)
An in-depth exegetical study of an Old Testament and/or New Testament book(s). The course will emphasize the historical occasion, purpose and theological message of the selected biblical books. It will survey relevant contemporary biblical hermeneutics. It will utilize inductive, grammatical, historical-critical, literary, and reader-oriented exegetical methods. The course will self-consciously focus on interpretation within and for the believing community.
PHIL7330 — Postmodern Culture & Families (4 Credits)
This course will involve readings in modern and postmodern philosophy in an effort to understand how these important philosophical shifts have affected families. Students will be expected to demonstrate how postmodernity has affected the traditional family, given rise to significant changes in the definition of family, and how to minister to families based on this understanding.
PRTH6000 — OnRamp Program Orientation (0 Credits)
This course orients students to the resources, procedures, electronic operations, and expectations of the program.
PRTH6990 — Supervised Ministry (4 Credits)
Under the direction of a ministry mentor, students will be involved in practical ministry experience in a local ministry context. Special attention will be given to preaching, counseling, teaching, education, evangelism, and administration. This experience will be under the direction of the instructor in cooperation with the supervising ministry mentor.
THEO7130 — Theological Foundations of Christian Education (4 Credits)
This course is designed to provide an underpinning for Christian education by examining John Wesley's theological sources. Particular attention will be given to how theology informs Christian educational ministry practices.
YCFM6130 — Foundations of Youth, Children & Family Ministry (4 Credits)
This course focuses on developing one's personal vision and practice of youth, children & family ministry and gives attention to the foundational and diverse elements of this ministry. It will explore the biblical and theological foundations of ministry with young people and families. Special attention will be given to those in early to late adolescence (11-29 years of age). Attention will be given to the church's responsibility to young people in and beyond congregations. This course emphasizes incarnational and missional approaches to the gospel, as well as young people's own agency as participants in the total mission of the church.
YCFM6230 — Family Ministry in Practice (4 Credits)
This course will explore the nuts and bolts of creating a ministry plan from nursery through senior adulthood. Issues such as scope and sequence will be addressed as well as contextualization.
YCFM6530 — Leadership in Ministry (4 Credits)
This course explores recent literature written about both secular and ecclesiastic leadership. Students will be shepherded through a process of honing their own philosophy of leadership in the Church. Attention will be given to case studies and the formation of a practical theology of leadership.
YCFM6730 — Missional Ministry (4 Credits)
This course explores the biblical mandate to follow the call to "go to all nations," especially as it relates to young people and families. Students will learn how to articulate and pass on to others the biblical and theological view of evangelism and outreach. Through readings, lecture, projects, and discussion, students will learn how to design an incarnational as well as relational ministry program which takes seriously Christian care and evangelism with unbelieving young people and families.
YCFM7930 — Developmental & Spiritual Formation of Youth, Children & Families (4 Credits)
This course will survey the key developmental periods of a young person's life. Attention will be given to puberty (transition from childhood) and how adolescents grow into adults, stages of family life, and family.
Pastoral Ministry Core Courses
BIBL6760 — Old Testament Interpretation (3 Credits)
This course introduces key strategies and exegetical tools particular to interpreting the Old Testament. Students will develop exegetical skills and the ability to recognize Scripture's theological texture through study of selected texts from the different genres of the Old Testament.
BIBL7760 — New Testament Interpretation (3 Credits)
This course introduces key strategies and exegetical tools particular to interpreting the New Testament. Students will develop exegetical skills and the ability to recognize Scripture's theological texture through study of selected texts from the different genres of the New Testament.
CHED6160 — Congregational Education & Formation (3 Credits)
The course provides a Wesleyan approach to Christian discipleship by integrating Wesleyan theology and current developmental theories. The course explores how pastors can develop educational ministries that foster faith formation and Christian discipleship in local congregations. Particular attention is given to the role congregations play in forming faith disciples through teaching, worship, and congregational life.
CHIS6560 — History of Christianity I (3 Credits)
A study of the historical development of Christianity from 150-1500 C.E., from the Patristic period through pre-Reformation. The course will trace theological and doctrinal development as well as offer a general survey of the history of the Church in its ecclesiastical and cultural contexts. The student will have opportunity to read primary as well as secondary sources, and do research on a specified and focused area of interest.
CHIS6960 — History of Christianity II (3 Credits)
A study of the historical development of Christianity from 1500-present, C.E., from the Reformation through the 20th century. The course will trace theological and doctrinal development as well as offer a general survey of the history of the Church in its ecclesiastical and cultural contexts. The student will have opportunity to read primary as well as secondary sources, and do research on a specified and focused area of interest.
PHIL7560 — Philosophical Foundations of Ministry (3 Credits)
This course will provide the fundamentals for logical reasoning, review the philosophical foundations of theology, explore contemporary issues in the philosophy of religion, and develop methods for making ethical decisions within the framework of Christian values.
PRTH6760 — Spiritual & Personal Formation (3 Credits)
This course examines spiritual formational practices with particular emphasis on the personal and spiritual formation of the minister. Students will gain personal spiritual formational practices for the purpose of developing them holistically.
PRTH6960 — Missiology & Contextualization (3 Credits)
This course provides a study of the challenge and complexity of mission within the cultural diversity of today's world. Students will review the historical dimensions of missiology, develop biblical and theological foundations for missional ecclesiology, and strategize for cross-cultural communication of the gospel.
PRTH6990 — Supervised Ministry (4 Credits)
Under the direction of a ministry mentor, students will be involved in practical ministry experience in a local ministry context. Special attention will be given to preaching, counseling, teaching, education, evangelism, and administration. This experience will be under the direction of the instructor in cooperation with the supervising ministry mentor.
PRTH7560 — Pastoral Leadership (3 Credits)
This course will help to equip ministers to lead and manage churches and mission agencies. Special attention will be given to the student's ability to conceive and articulate purpose, mission, and vision for ministry and assist the student to develop the strategic means to realize that vision.
PRTH7960 — Preaching & Worship (3 Credits)
An advanced study of the methods of homiletics as well as applying principles of biblical interpretation to worship and preaching. A major focus of the course will be on practical application to selected biblical passages through the writing and preaching of expository sermons as well as a study of the Christian practices of the Church including baptism, funerals, weddings, and the Eucharist.
THEO7560 — Christian Theology I: Wesleyan Theology (3 Credits)
Students will explore the theological issues pertaining to the classical doctrines of the Wesleyan tradition. This exploration will focus upon the main characteristics of the nature of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the human person, sin, salvation, the Christian life, the Church and sacraments, and eschatology.
THEO7960 — Christian Theology II: Contemporary Theology (3 Credits)
Students will reflect theologically on life and ministry by exploring various sources of theological reflection. In particular, dominant themes and figures in contemporary theology will be explored. In this exploration, students will compare and contrast distinctive characteristics of Wesleyan theology, including various understandings of holiness, with issues found in contemporary theology.
Program Outcomes
- The graduate understands and is able to explain Wesleyan-Holiness Theology as it relates to Scripture, Christian tradition, reason, and experience in the practice of ministry.
- The graduate identifies characteristics of the cultural context of ministry and assesses them through an appropriate theological perspective, compares existing cultures with alternative cultural expressions, and develops personal and corporate practices consistent with the Kingdom of God.
- The graduate practices the means of grace (spiritual disciplines) that lead to emotional and spiritual health, personal Christian theological virtue, and responsible social engagement.
- The graduate integrates Christian theological themes in the understanding and practice of ministry and leadership.
- The graduate understands both the history and contemporary characteristics of human development, adolescence, and family systems theory necessary for engaging in youth, children and family ministry.
- The graduate values the role of Practical Theology in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition and philosophy to inform practices fostering young persons and families.
- The graduate articulates and embodies a Biblical understanding of faith formation within the community of faith including the family.
- The graduate demonstrates a dynamic integration of practice and philosophy of leadership suitable for ministry in the Church and in the world.


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We are so excited to announce our first summer Nanny of the Month (June) for 2014….Nicole Hill!
Nicole has been active in our On-Call pool since the beginning of 2012 and has also been placed in numerous part-time positions. One family Nicole has worked consistently with says, "Nicole is absolutely wonderful. She has such a positive personality and attitude about everything. The kids absolutely enjoy her and can't wait until she returns. We feel very lucky to have Nicole in our lives."
One On-Call client who recently had Nicole offered the following story as an example of Nicole's can-do spirit: "Nicole was great!! That evening, she texted me that the boys were asleep, and that the only mishap was that a branch, from a tree in our front yard, suddenly crashed to the ground while she was reading books to the boys. She had the presence of mind to talk to our gardener, who mowed the lawn earlier that evening, and was still working in the park across the street, to come back and clean up the mess that was strewn all over the front entry way. I admired her for how she handled the situation and was grateful I didn't have to step over a bunch of tree limbs in my dress when we got home. I think a lot of people would have left things for the parents to handle later, but she chose to get the job done, and we appreciated that a lot!!
We asked Nicole what her favorite way to spend a laid back summer day with kiddos was and she responded, "I am queen of the picnic lunch or dinner. Come rain or shine (mostly shine in the summer months) I love packing up lunch/dinner, the kids and taking it outside. I let the kids decide what they want to fit in the picnic basket (one rule-it all must fit in the basket!) and off we go. Usually to the front yard :)."
We would love to have you as our nanny to take us on picnics, Nicole!! We can't thank or appreciate you enough.


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"The hearing is going to give Internet companies a chance to testify before Congressman Smith puts the final touches to the legislation."
"We have seen spokespeople from three of the four companies quoted as saying they will attend. Let's see if they accept the formal invitations, and we will take it from there. We would certainly like to hear more about the technologies they use over there. Are there cookies that can be used to track dissidents?"


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This is a Carnival of Genealogy 58th Edition article – and with the spirit of genealogy it is all about those spooky stories about an ancestor. With this particular edition, you all have to guess if it is fact or fiction….and I won't reveal which it is until after October 15th (when the submissions are due)
Without further ado, here's the story:
When I was about 13, I went to go visit my Grandpa in Tennessee for two weeks with my cousin and my aunt.
My Grandpa lived in a small town called Elizabethton in Carter County. It is literally in the middle of the Appalacian Mountains in eastern Tennessee, right near the border of North Carolina. The town has one drive-in movie theatre and two ma-n-pa grocery stores. The real part of "town" is a street with a library, a small city hall, and a donut shop. People live on dirt roads and everybody knows everybody (literally). The place to be on a Friday night are at the church get-togethers or at this gigantic barn where everyone listens to country music and line dances.
So, this story starts off with the second night I was there. My Grandpa had made this delicious spaghetti dinner and everyone was sitting on the back porch talking. My Grandpa started telling stories of his teen years and I made the mistake of asking him what his parents were like. He quickly told me that he did not discuss his parents and I was not to bring the subject up again. Needless to say, I was very confused and a bit hurt but I kept to myself.
As I went to take everyone's plates into the kitchen, my Aunt Phyllis (My Grandpa's sister-in-law) took me aside. She told me in hurried whispers that she could help me fill in some of the gaps that I had in my genealogy. She offered to show me around the area and take me to where my Great Grandparents were buried.
So the next morning, my Aunt Phyllis, Aunt Deb, my cousin Jen and I went driving into the hills of Tennessee. The roads were filled with long winding roads. There were no houses, no street lights, no stores or buildings – Nothing. We finally turned down a dirt road and continued driving up the mountain. We finally reached a driveway that led up to a small one story house. It was abandoned and I learned that it had belonged to my Aunt Bet – my grandpa's sister. We walked carefully through the tall grass (we were warned against snakes) and got to the backyard. The grass was so overgrown, that you could barely see the fence. We walked into the fenced area to find a small family cemetery of sorts.
The most recent headstone was of my great grandparents – and it was one of the few that I could actually read. Everything was overgrown, and I began trying to push back the grass to take pictures. Although it was daylight, the trees and overgrowth made it difficult to see. Everyone was walking around the area, observing the stones and attempting to read them.
As I was trying to make out the letters on one plastic make-shift headstone, I thought I heard my name. I turned around to find everyone doing their own thing. I shook it off as my imagination and kept taking pictures. I was so facinated to be in the place of my ancestors final resting place.
I then began taking notes when I could've sworn I heard barking dogs. I looked around to find everyone looking nervously around – wondering where the dogs could possibly come from. There were no other houses around…how could there be dogs. Then, my aunt screamed and we all began running towards the car. As I was running, I tripped over what I thought was a rock. As I looked down, I saw a small headstone in the ground.
I moved the grass back to find a small headstone with the words "Inf. Dau. of Monroe and Matilda Dugger". I instantly stopped and everyone began gathering around me. Everyone stared in confusion because they had never heard of an infant daughter that had died. My Aunt Deb was thoroughly creeped out and I had the chance to snap a photo before we left.
As we were driving home I noticed that my knee was bleeding. I began wiping the blood away with a tissue in the car – only to discover that there was no cut. I immediately felt the creeps.
Once we were back at my grandpa's house that night, my aunt grabbed a magnifying glass to look closer at my knee. Sure enough, we couldn't find a single cut or scrape…and no one else on the trip had been bleeding.
Alrighty – truth or fake? I think you all have some guessing to do…


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A Veteran's POV on Writing Military Romance
Annual General Meeting w/ Board of Directors (2016-2018) Elections followed by A Veteran's POV on Writing Military Romance with USMC Veteran and romantic thriller writer C.T. Charles. Cheryl discussed the military mind, customs, terminology, and subculture with information on how to find the resources you need to make your military heroes or heroines and situations realistic and accurate in your writing.


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Personal details of 700 Lincoln students available online
The personal details of almost 700 current University of Lincoln students are publicly available online. Michael Passingham reports.
Student accommodation — the worst offenders
An investigation by The Linc has revealed unsatisfactory standards of student accommodation in Lincoln. Univerisity of Lincoln students feel let down by approved accommodation companies.


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Manitoba's utilities regulator is warning consumers to be wary of people selling residential natural gas contracts door-to-door.
The Public Utilities Board says some salespeople are approaching homeowners claiming they are representing Manitoba Hydro or Centra Gas.
The board says this isn't true.
It says such salespeople are independent agents representing natural gas marketers.
The board says if consumers believe they have been defrauded or mislead they should contact the natural gas company or the utilities board.


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Legoland and Madame Tussauds owner Merlin Entertainments has made a promising start to its new financial year, helped by the success of the Lego Movie.
The firm, which also owns the Edinburgh Dungeon, said like-for-like revenues jumped 12 per cent during the 18 weeks to 3 May, with demand also receiving a boost from favourable weather.
However, chief executive Nick Varney said sales growth will be "considerably more challenging" to deliver in the coming quarter, due to tough comparisons with strong summer trading last year.
He added: "As a consequence, underlying trading is consistent with the long-term growth trajectory and full-year expectations remain unchanged."
The private equity owners of Merlin – the world's second-largest visitor attractions operator after Walt Disney – floated 30 per cent of the group in November, raising £957 million in the process.
The firm aims to open a Legoland in Dubai in 2016 and is working on plans for a venue in Japan.


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For Immediate Release March 26, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) today lauded the decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to side with the U.S. on a challenge to China's export restrictions on rare earth elements, tungsten and molybdenum. Rare earths and other products are used in smartphones, automobiles, the defense industry, and wind turbines and are mined almost exclusively in China. Tungsten and molybdenum are used as strengthening elements in a number of steel products. The U.S., joined by Japan and the European Union, in 2012 challenged China's export quotas after they were cut by about 40 percent. AISI has long-supported the challenge and praised the decision by the WTO dispute settlement panel, which was announced by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman this morning.
"This decision illustrates that China cannot continue to manipulate the global trading system by promoting its own industry to the detriment of U.S. and other global manufacturers. These metals include critical raw materials for steelmaking, and the export restrictions clearly favor Chinese producers already dealing with a massive overcapacity in steelmaking," AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson, said. "This is yet more proof that China deliberately evades its obligations as a WTO member. The Chinese government knew in 2001 when it joined the WTO that it could not impose export quotas on these elements, and it did so anyway. We are pleased to see the U.S. government working with our allies to address China's unfair trade practices and hope that the vigorous enforcement of the global trade rules continues."
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Wave Systems, an affiliate of private equity firm ESW Capital, acquires collaboration software developer Jive Software for $462 million, adding it to the Aurea technology solutions group.
Post-acquisition the Jive product offering will be integrated into the Aurea customer experience management platform. The result gives Aurea an internal and customer-facing community creation tool as well as access to the Jive customer list, one including the likes of T-Mobile, Schneider Electric, McAfee and EMC.
The Jive core product, the Jive Engage Platform, enables colleagues, co-workers and partners to communicate and collaborate with user platforms, group forums, status updates and other social networking tools. Meanwhile Aurea has a technology platform and global delivery capability required to build, execute, monitor and optimise the end-to-end customer journey across a range of industries.
"Jive, in combination with Aurea, enables us to bring customer experience and employee and customer engagement together," Aurea says. "We look forward to helping Jive clients get the maximum value out of their investment with Jive. Everything we do is driven by our singular core value of client success."
Go Jive Software Enters Agreement to Become Part of the Aurea Family of Companies


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Have you dreamed about working a flexible schedule which allows you to miss that rough commute to work? Have you wished for a compressed work week that allows you to work four days instead of five?

Or, the luxury of luxuries, have you thought about telecommuting from home – even if only part time? If you share these dreams, don't wait, get ready to negotiate. You can negotiate a flexible work schedule.

The advantages of a flexible work schedule for employees are clear and well-documented. So, plan to negotiate a flexible work schedule with your employer in mind. The negotiation is not about you. It's not about what works best for you and your family.

The negotiation is about the advantages to the employer for allowing you to work a flex schedule. With thoughtfulness and a little creativity, you can turn every advantage to you and your family into an advantage for your employer.

Will You Need to Negotiate?

Increasingly, employee-friendly workplaces have flexible work arrangements written into their policies and procedures. Check your employee handbook and talk with Human Resources staff.

In one New York publishing company, employees can work from home two days a week. In a large computer company, 55% of the employees telecommute, most of them full-time. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Seventy percent of Cisco Systems employees regularly work from home at least 20% of the time. So do 34% of workers at Booz Allen Hamilton and 32% at S.C. Johnson & Sons."

Ask around in your organization to see if other employees have flexible schedules. Find out what they did to negotiate the schedule and heed their tips for making the schedule work.

Organizations with flexible work schedule policies also have guidelines. These often include that employees must have alternative childcare arrangements made so telecommuting parents are free to work.

Others define the availability of the employee for frequent communication and require attendance electronically at meetings. Some stipulate the length of time required to respond to a communication.

Make a Plan to Negotiate a Flexible Schedule

Don't approach your boss about a flexible schedule without a plan. You have just one chance to negotiate if your company does not have a policy. Make it easy for the boss to say, "yes."

Think about what you want to negotiate. What work schedule will provide the work-life balance you'd like to achieve? Think about your life and your job. Can you work components of the job from home? If so, how many days would be ideal? Or, will a later start time allow you to drop the kids at daycare?

Take a serious look at your life and work habits. Some employees cannot work from home. The laundry is always calling or bills need to be paid. They find the company of coworkers stimulating and would miss office banter.

Ask yourself if you are able to compartmentalize your life. Employees who do this well are the best candidates for telecommuting.

Determine How the Flexible Schedule Will Benefit Your Employer

Once you've created your plan for what you want to negotiate for your flexible schedule, think about how the flexible schedule will benefit your employer. Perhaps you will be able to work the two hours you now spend commuting.

Less stress will make you a better employee. Knowing that you can drop the children at daycare and pick them up will make you less concerned about their welfare.

Many employees find they get more work accomplished by starting early or staying late or telecommuting. Employees find they can accomplish more work when there are fewer interruptions. If telecommuting is your flexible work solution, negotiate around the fact that your employer won't need to supply daily space or an office for you.

When you are ready to negotiate, make your case. Offer to try the flexible schedule on a trial basis to reassure the boss, coworkers, and customers that the arrangement benefits all parties.

Write a Plan to Negotiate With Your Employer

Your written proposal should include the following:

Why you want a flexible schedule;

How a flexible schedule will benefit your employer;

If telecommuting, describe your home work station and equipment;

How you will maintain frequent communication with your boss, customers, and coworkers;

How you will accomplish the work and attain your goals;

How you and your manager can regularly review the effectiveness of the flexible work schedule with a periodic evaluation;

The support you will need from your manager to make the flexible arrangement successful; and

Any needs you have specific to your position and job responsibilities.

Negotiate With Your Supervisor

Assuming you have created a viable plan that benefits both you and your employer, set up a meeting with your supervisor to request a flexible schedule.

Keep in mind that your supervisor has the responsibility to carry out existing company policy and to ensure fairness and consistency across his or her department and other company departments. When you negotiate for a flexible schedule, you are not the only consideration.

Your written plan, shared with the supervisor, will help your cause.

Seek to agree on communication standards, goal achievement assessment, performance evaluation markers and assessment of success, and ways to evaluate ongoing success with your manager, customers, and coworkers.

Especially important is the feedback loop you establish with your manager so that his or her concerns are addressed. Your manager needs to be able to defend and support your flexible work schedule in your work community. Trust me. Other employees will soon request the same or similar accommodations. You will want your decisions to be viewed as fair by your other employees.

A flexible work schedule can work successfully for all parties. You need to negotiate your case, reassure your employer that you are working and contributing in his best interests, and find ways to measure and publicize the success of the arrangement.

You need to assure that communication with coworkers and customers is as successful as prior to the flexible work schedule. Measure your results. Communicate results. Keep in touch. Attend your weekly meetings.

Work the core required business hours. Understand that the responsibility to succeed, when you negotiate and work a flexible schedule, lies squarely in your court. Good luck.


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The Next Thing: Your Own QR Code?
9 comments:
- Sean said...
I love the idea of QR Codes. So much so that I had some Zazzle buttons made up with various codes on them. One for Twitter, one that points to my page at http://about.seanabray.net and another with a fuller set of contact information. Great way to share info, and easy to wear on the strap of my backpack.
- March 28, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- JIm Calloway said...
OK, I've been contemplating how would it go on a lawyer's business card as well. At this point I think you pay for printing two sided and have it printed on the back--at least until more people know what it is.
- March 28, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Jennifer Stephens said...
Interesting. I created one that goes to the DALL Blog, Lex Scripta. See our blog post at http://dallnet.blogspot.com/2011/03/qr-codes.html.
- March 28, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- Jennifer Stephens said...
I like the idea, so I posted about this at Lex Scripta (blog for the Dallas Association of Law Librarians).
- March 28, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- shank said...
I guess I fail to see the relevance for lawyers. Could you explain? I mean, wouldn't recipients of the business cards need scanners?
- March 29, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Toby Brown said...
To shank's question about how QR codes on business cards would be used, Larry Bodine offers this response: http://blog.larrybodine.com/2011/03/articles/marketing/i-just-got-business-cards-with-my-qr-code/.
- March 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- John S. Gillies said...
I caught a news story on TV during the weekend about a tatoo shop in Seattle that is doing big business in personal QR codes tattooed onto some easily accessible body part (e.g., bicep).
The only individuals interviewed were members of rock/punk bands looking for ways to increase brand awareness, but I'm guessing that it's only a matter of time until lawyers start doing it!
- April 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- JBTec said...
I started putting QR codes on last year, but I believe this was a bit before it was widely adopted. My company mass produces our cards, so there is no place to inject custom images into the process. I used clear envelop address labels to print my QR code on and then simply stuck that on the back. As long as it was straight, it looked close to printed.
As far as where it pointed. I used a dyndns URL (#####.office-on-the-net.com) that I can forward on to any URL. Currently it points at LinkedIn, but I had it pointed at my twitter account before that. I would recommend using a domain name you have control over so you can change the landing point of the QR code without updating all your business cards with a different code.
- April 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM
- Paul Smith said...
As QR barcodes reach the mainstream, individuals, businesses and non-profits are incorporating this new technology into their marketing and advertising campaigns. With software from the website http://www.barcodeconnections.com businesses, corporations, individuals and non-profits can design build, track and analyze their QR barcode campaigns. More specifically, then can track:
1. How many people scan your QR code. (Total number and unique scans)
2. Where people scan your barcode. (The geographic location)
3. When people scan your barcode. (Hour by hour, in realtime)
4. How long individuals spend on your website after scanning your QR code.
5. Total number of website pages individuals view after scanning your QR code.
6. The bounce rate of people who visit your website after scanning your QR code.
With these tools, firms are better able to evaluate how customers interact with their marketing materials, and adjust their campaigns accordingly.
- May 3, 2011 at 12:03 AM


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Greek leaders enter talks to form coalition
Negotiations to form a new Greek government are reportedly well advanced, with an announcement possible in the next 24 hours.
One day after declaring victory in Sunday's election, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras spent the day in talks with other pro-bailout parties as he tried to form a government.
Speaking after receiving a mandate to form a government from the country's president Karolos Papoulias, Mr Samaras said: "A national agreement is an imperative... We need to resolve the question immediately."
But his most likely coalition ally, Evangelos Venizelos of the socialist Pasok, said he wanted a national unity cabinet including other leftist parties.
"The best thing would be to form a government of national responsibility ... discussions on the formation of a government should be completed on Tuesday," Mr Venizelos said.
Mr Samaras said he had struck an agreement with Mr Venizelos on the formation of "a government of national salvation" by Wednesday.
Second-placed radical leftist bloc Syriza, which has called for the EU-IMF bailout deal and its harsh austerity conditions to be torn up, has already ruled out joining any coalition led by New Democracy.
The once-mighty Pasok, now reduced to third place after the dramatic rise of Syriza, said it would support Mr Samaras but had not yet decided whether to join the government or just offer parliamentary backing.
There is intense pressure at home and abroad for a quick settlement to calm fears of a possible stalemate.
With nearly 100 per cent of ballots counted in the election, New Democracy has won 29.7 per cent of the vote, ahead of Syriza on 27 per cent and Pasok on 12.3 per cent.
A 50-seat bonus automatically given to the party that comes first would give a theoretical New Democracy-Pasok alliance 162 seats in the 300-seat parliament, enough for a majority broadly committed to the 130-billion-euro ($164 billion) bailout.
Mr Samaras said Greece would fully meet its commitments but added: "We will simultaneously have to make some necessary amendments to the bailout agreement, in order to relieve the people of crippling unemployment and huge hardships."
In deep recession, crushed under its huge public debt and forced to slash public spending and hike taxes repeatedly, Greece is struggling to restore its near-bankrupt economy, and a new government could face new protests after taking office.
This is just a respite. Nobody thinks the crisis is over. Everybody expects things to get worse again and for there to be yet another crisis at some stage. It's just a matter of when. That's what most people feel here at the moment.
And of course it's not just about Greece; it's also about Spain, it's about Italy, it's about all those other countries in the eurozone that feel under threat because the catalyst for the moment is Greece, but that caravan can very easily move on.Europe correspondent Philip Williams
Crisis 'postponed'
There have been hints from the German government that they may consider extending the terms of the bailout but a full renegotiation is unlikely.
"The crisis has been postponed, not necessarily averted," Theodore Couloumbis, political analyst and vice-president of Athens-based think-tank ELIAMEP, said.
"For this government to last it has to show results. You can't continue with 50 per cent youth unemployment and a fifth straight year of recession," he said.
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras promised to continue his opposition to the painful austerity measures demanded of Greece.
"I don't think anything good will come out of these elections," Dinos Arabatzis, a 56 year-old taxi driver who voted for New Democracy, said.
"Whoever is in power now will get burned. Samaras will get burned, and Tsipras will come out much stronger if we go to elections again - that's what worries me."
The Greek election result initially brought relief to global markets, however investors remain concerned that the debt crisis will spread from Greece to the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, Spain.
Spain's long-term borrowing rate has shot above 7 per cent.
Borrowing rates above 7 per cent - the level at which Greece, Portugal and Ireland were forced to seek bailouts - are considered unsustainable by many analysts.
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Jade Hotel Beijing Reviews
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Affordable and handy to central Beijing city Feb 28, 2012
Arrived by taxi from Beijing airport, and dropped off in the alley which is not seen by front desk, so the staff were'nt in a position to see me or assist with my luggage. Check in was simple, and they had my prior reservation details. Key deposit of $100RNB was taken, and returned on departure so long as you returned the electronic door key.
Staff member helped me with my luggage and escorted me to my room which was a little small, but adequate. Clean bedsheets and pilllows, TV, chest of drawers, bedside caninet, and open wardrobe area. Jug for hot drinks and complimentary teabags. Bathroom clean and well stocked with the usual toiletries and towels.
Not much of a view, but comfortable room.
Restaurant and bar was downstairs around the side of the front desk, roomy and clean. Lots of tables and chairs to cater for large group or sit on your own. Free Wifi area in front lobby and restaurant and bar. Food was OK, and the bar stocked local and a few foreign beers. Staff were helpful and friendly.
All in all a comfortable and stress free stay, and only a 5 minute walk to the Forbidden city and 5 minute taxi ride to Tian amen square. Recommend the Jade Hotel.
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Jade Hotel is a 2 star convenient business hotel located in the center of Beijing, also the heart of the old Beijing, near of Forbidden city, Beihai, Tian anmen square, etc. It owns totally 102 rooms, dividing into king bed rooms and twin bed rooms. In the Chinese traditional style rooms, there are complete facilities and furniture, high speed internet in the hotel charges of CNY10.00 per hour, and daily newspaper is available for free, the desk, the chair, and the sofa are full of old Chinese lingering charm. The conference room could contain 30 persons, suitable for private meeting. Chinese restaurant supply traditional home food, and the delicate bar is a romantic places for guests to enjoy the own time. In the spare time, it is also a good choice to come out of the hotel and walk along the quite road, seeing the folk house which has gray tile and white wall. Customers should check in before 18:00 on the arrival date. Guarantee to valid form of payment is required at booking during the peacetime. Cancel 3 days prior to arrival date through original booking agent or internet channel to avoid penalty of 1 room night No-show fee. Direct cancellation request by phone or fax will NOT be accepted. Early check-out charge-A charge may apply. Late check-out condition if customer checks out between 12 noon and 18pm-half of the daily room rate will be charged, if one checks out after 18pm-the whole day room rate will be charged. During some big events or peak time, the hotel may need the whole room rate as deposit and hotel will not accept any cancellation, modification and no-show after the booking, or the whole deposit will not be refunded by hotel. Parking
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