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Minnesota scales back deer hunt
By John Myers / Duluth News Tribune
Fewer Minnesota deer hunters will get the chance to shoot antlerless deer this fall, under conservative deer hunting regulations announced Wednesday by the Department of Natural Resources.
After years of allowing many hunters to shoot more than one deer, in some cases several deer per year, the DNR will allow hunters to harvest only one deer across 95 percent of the state in 2014.
Northeastern Minnesota hunters will see the most dramatic changes, with much of the area in so-called bucks-only zones where no antlerless permits will be available. That rule will apply to youth and disabled hunters as well.
It's the first widespread bucks-only regulation since 1997 and is hoped to leave more does in the woods to replenish the population faster.
"This is the most conservative deer hunting season we've had in … two decades,'' said Steve Merchant, the DNR's wildlife populations and regulations manager.
Only bucks may be shot in 14 deer permit areas in northeastern Minnesota, including areas 108, 117, 118, 119, 122, 126, 127, 169, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181 and 199.
Lottery deer areas, with a few antlerless permits each, include areas 101, 103, 105, 110, 111, 152, 155, 156, 159, 171, 172, 173, 179, 183, 184 and 197.
Only around Duluth, in area 182, can hunters buy up to four extra permits and take up to five deer total. It's one of the few areas of the state where wildlife managers say far too many deer still roam.
The DNR urged hunters to carefully read the regulation booklets that should soon be available wherever licenses are sold. It may be the first time for many hunters that they can't shoot a doe, or have to apply for antlerless permits.
Minnesota has nearly 400,000 licensed deer hunters each autumn. DNR officials say they don't expect a large drop-off in licenses sold because hunters go afield for more reasons than to put venison in the freezer.
The DNR for more than a decade has moved to reduce deer numbers across much of the state, including northeastern Minnesota, encouraging hunters to take many deer to reduce damage caused to agricultural crops and forests and cut back on collisions with vehicles. That effort worked, greatly reducing deer numbers. But then the northern half of the state saw unusually severe winters in 2013 and 2014, reducing deer numbers even more, in many cases below the DNR's long-term management goals.
"It is true we were very aggressive'' in offering doe permits and reducing deer numbers for many years, Merchant said. "But the two severe winters is what really packed a punch."
Not only do some deer die due to exposure and starvation, but many does had only one fawn this spring or none at all. Healthy does usually give birth to two or sometimes three fawns each spring.
"We're going to have to rely on mother nature to give us a break in order to grow that deer herd back,'' Merchant said.
The good news, DNR officials said, is that after two tough winters in 1997 and 1997, followed by reduced hunter harvest, deer numbers bounced back within just three years.
Merchant said the total deer harvest this autumn could drop below 150,000 for the first time in decades and could even drop as low as 120,000. In 2013, hunters using firearms, bows and muzzleloader rifles combined to shoot 171,882 deer statewide, already down 40 percent from the record high harvest of 289,017 in 2003.
Mark Johnson, president of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, said the DNR's conservative approach "is definitely heading in the right direction."
"Some people are going to complain if it's bucks only. But most hunters will understand this is going to keep more does on the ground and lead to more fawns next year," Johnson said. "There's a learning opportunity here for the youth that there's more to deer hunting than just taking a deer."
While many hunters have complained that the DNR allowed the deer herd to drop too far in recent years, Johnson said the DNR's action this year should help restore faith in the agency's management abilities.
"It takes a long time to lose the public's trust and even longer to get it back. But this goes a long way toward getting it back,'' Johnson said.
In 69 of Minnesota's 128 deer permit areas, hunters must be chosen through a lottery to shoot an antlerless deer. In 38 areas, hunters have the choice of shooting a doe or a buck. Bonus permits allowing hunters to shoot more than one deer will be available for only seven of the 128 units.
"Many hunters voiced concerns about current deer densities and their hunting experiences in recent years. We heard from hunters at the listening sessions we conducted, in the online comments we solicited and by contacting us directly," Leslie McInenly, big game program leader for the DNR, said in a statement. "This past winter only added to those concerns so this year's conservative approach will protect more antlerless deer, reduce the statewide harvest and allow the population to rebound."
Hunters can enter the lottery for antlerless permits beginning Aug. 1. The deadline to apply is Sept. 4. Hunters may apply using both their firearm and muzzleloader licenses. If hunters are selected for both licenses, they must select the one season in which they want to shoot an antlerless deer.
Deer hunting licenses, lottery applications and special hunt applications are available at any DNR license agent, by telephone at (888) 665-4236 or online atwww.mndnr.gov/buyalicense. Lottery winners will be notified in October.


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Daily Caller Executive Editor David Martosko said Tuesday that the publication was verifying with its source whether a woman who claimed she was paid for sex by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was compensated to make the allegation. A Washington Post story published Monday claims she was. But Martosko refused to state that the Daily Caller's version of events was in doubt.
"Have you gone back to your source who set this up to verify these women were not paid?" CNN's Brianna Keilar asked Martosko.
"We're doing that today. And I'd be more than happy to come back on the air and talk to you about it," Martosko said.
Martosko contended that the initial Caller article had been backed up by a Miami Herald report in which Dominican attorney Melanio Figueroa denied taking part in the alleged scheme.
Figueroa told the Miami Herald on Monday that those allegations are "totally false":
"It was a case that I handled for these women and faithfully represented them for what they said," he said.
Figueroa said that it has been months since he has had contact with any of the women who appeared in the videos and that he no longer represented them. "These are lies by Galván," Figueroa said. "What he is saying is a lie."
Martosko pointed to those quotes in the Miami Herald Monday as proof that the Daily Caller's story stands and said they verified their story when they initially ran it. Asked about the possibility that Figueroa, who is implicated in the affidavit, is lying, Martosko retorted, "Look, it's possible the sky is orange, that doesn't mean it's so."
A woman, Nexis de los Santos Santana, and a Dominican lawyer, Miguel Galván, said in an affidavit cited by the Washington Post that Figueroa had approached them about filming the video incriminating Menendez as part of a divorce proceeding and offered to pay them.
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Nicholas E. Chimicles
Mr. Chimicles has been lead counsel and lead trial counsel in major complex litigation, antitrust, securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty suits for over 30 years. Representative Cases include:
- Ardon v. City of Los Angeles (Superior Court, County of Los Angeles). A $92.5 million telephone tax refund settlement with the City of Los Angeles after plaintiff won a landmark decision in the Supreme Court of California securing the rights of taxpayers to file class-wide tax refund claims under the CA Government Code.
- W2007 Grace Acquisition I, Inc., Preferred Stockholder Litigation, Civ. No. 2:13-cv-2777, involved various violations of contractual, fiduciary and corporate statutory duties by defendants who engaged in various related-party transactions, wrongfully withheld dividends and financial information, and failed to timely hold an annual preferred stockholder meeting. This litigation resulted in a swift settlement valued at over $76 million after ten months of hard-fought litigation.
- Lockabey v. American Honda Motor Co., Case No. 37-2010-87755 (Superior Ct., San Diego). A settlement valued at over $170 million resolved a consumer action involving false advertising claims relating to the sale of Honda Civic Hybrid vehicles as well as claims relating to a software update to the integrated motor assist battery system of the HCH vehicles. As a lead counsel, Mr. Chimicles led a case that, in the court's view, was "difficult and risky" and provided "significant public value
- City of St. Clair Shores General Employees Retirement System, et al. v. Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc., Case No. 07 C 6174 (N.D. Ill.). A $90 million settlement was reached in 2010 in this class action challenging the accuracy of a proxy statement that sought (and received) stockholder approval of the merger of an external advisor and property managers by a multi-billion dollar real estate investment trust, Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. The settlement provided that the owners of the advisor/property manager entities (who are also officers and/or directors of Inland Western) had to return nearly 25% of the Inland Western stock they received in the merger.
- In re Real Estate Associates Limited Partnerships Litigation, No. CV 98-7035 DDP, was tried in the federal district court in Los Angeles before the Honorable Dean D. Pregerson. Mr. Chimicles was lead trial counsel for the Class of investors in this six-week jury trial of a securities fraud/breach of fiduciary duty case that resulted in a $185 million verdict in late 2002 in favor of the Class (comprising investors in the eight REAL Partnerships) and against the REALs' managing general partner, National Partnership Investments Company ("NAPICO") and the four individual officers and directors of NAPICO. The verdict included an award of $92.5 million in punitive damages against NAPICO. This total verdict of $185 million was among the "Top 10 Verdicts of 2002," as reported by the National Law Journal (verdictsearch.com). On post-trial motions, the Court upheld in all respects the jury's verdict on liability, upheld in full the jury's award of $92.5 million in compensatory damages, upheld the Class's entitlement to punitive damages (but reduced those damages to $2.6 million based on the application of California law to NAPICO's financial condition), and awarded an additional $25 million in pre-judgment interest. Based on the Court's decisions on the post-trial motions, the judgment entered in favor of the Class on April 28, 2003 totaled over $120 million.
- CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 6:04-cv-1231 (M.D. Fla., Orl. Div. 2006). The case settled Sections 11 and 12 claims for $35 million in cash and Section 14 proxy claims by significantly reducing the merger consideration by nearly $225 million (from $300 million to $73 million) that CNL paid for internalizing its advisor/manager.
- Prudential Limited Partnerships Litigation, MDL 1005 (S.D.N.Y.). Mr. Chimicles was a member of the Executive Committee in this case where the Class recovered from Prudential and other defendants $130 million in settlements, that were approved in 1995. The Class comprised limited partners in dozens of public limited partnerships that were marketed by Prudential.
- PaineWebber Limited Partnerships Litigation, 94 Civ. 8547 (S.D.N.Y.). Mr. Chimicles was Chairman of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee representing limited partners who had invested in more than 65 limited partnerships that PaineWebber organized and/or marketed. The litigation was settled for a total of $200 million, comprising $125 million in cash and $75 million in additional benefits resulting from restructurings and fee concessions and waivers.
- In Re Phoenix Leasing Incorporated Limited Partnership Litigation, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Marin, Case No. 173739. In February 2002, the Superior Court of Marin County, California, approved the settlement of this case which involved five public partnerships sponsored by Phoenix Leasing Incorporated and its affiliates and resulting in entry of a judgment in favor of the class in the amount of $21 million.
- In re the Mendik Real Estate Limited Partnership, N.Y. Supreme Ct. No. 97-600185. Mr. Chimicles, as co-lead counsel, negotiated a settlement which provided for the prompt sale of more than $100 million of the partnership's real estate assets. Additionally, as co-lead counsel, Mr. Chimicles, together with partner Pamela Tikellis, negotiated the settlement of a suit filed against the general partners of Aetna Real Estate Associates, L.P., providing for the orderly liquidation of the more than $200 million in that partnership's real estate holdings, the reduction of general partner fees and the payment of a special cash distribution to the limited partners. (Aetna Real Estate Associates, L.P., Area GP Corporation and Aetna/Area Corporation, Delaware Chancery Court, New Castle County, Civil Action Nos. 15386-NC and 15393-NC).
- Continental Illinois Corporation Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 82 C 4712 (N.D. Ill.) involving a twenty-week jury trial in which by Mr. Chimicles was lead trial counsel for the Class that concluded in July, 1987 (the Class ultimately recovered nearly $40 million).
Practice Areas:
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1973
- University of Virginia Law Review; co-author of a course and study guide entitled "Student's Course Outline on Securities Regulation," published by the University of Virginia School of Law
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1970
Memberships & Associations:
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee Member, 2008-2014.
- Past President of the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys based in Washington, D.C., 1999-2001
- Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the American Hellenic Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Member of the Boards of Directors of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia.
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- United States Supreme Court
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Eastern District of Michigan
- Northern District of Illinois
- District of Colorado
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Court of Federal Claims
- Southern District of New York
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2017) -an honorary organization of lawyers, judges and scholars whose careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.
- Recipient of the 2016 Thaddeus Stevens Award of the Public Interest Law Center (Philadelphia).
- American Hellenic Lawyers Association 1996 Honoree.
- Variety-The Children's Charity 32nd Annual Vincent N. Mariniello Award Recipient.
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2004 Honoree in recognition of professional achievements and history of charitable contributions to educational, cultural and religious organizations.
- Pennsylvania and Philadelphia SuperLawyers, 2006-present.
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Rugby heroes get rousing welcome home
FANS turned out in force to give a rousing reception to Ireland's Women's World Cup rugby heroes at Dublin Airport.
The Tricolour, balloons, and banners festooned the arrivals area to mark a remarkable sporting odyssey.
The fervour in Terminal One was a special acknowledgement of the team's historic win against the mighty New Zealanders.
Supporters sang their hearts out with Ireland's Call, Amhran na bhFiann, and The Fields Of Athenry ringing around the airport.
The crowds had been gathering for well over an hour and cheers of excitement erupted as the Irish team emerged from arrivals.
Leading the women in green was captain Fiona Coghlan as she and her team mates were mobbed by some of their most fervent supporters.
But there was also a distinct tinge of disappointment among some of the players, who clearly felt that the ultimate prize had been within their grasp.
"We achieved our goal of making the top four, but when you get there you want more," Fiona told the Irish Independent.
"We didn't perform at the business end of the season.
"However, beating New Zealand was a high, and woke up the whole tournament and threw it wide open. But as a sportsperson you're there to win."
She also said her decision to retire from international rugby was due to the impact it is having on other aspects of her life.
Yet the win over the Black Ferns - something their male counterparts have yet to achieve in over a century of games against the All Blacks - will remain a sporting landmark.
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As a professional athlete, Kevin is often referred to as a hero. While he strives to be an athletic role model, Kevin recognizes that the true heroes of our world are those courageous individuals who give selflessly to serve our country or help another and in doing so lose their life. Kevin is not alone in this recognition. Beginning in 2011, he partnered with Ray Allen from the Celtics, Shawn Thornton from the Bruins, Wes Welker from the Patriots, and Taylor Twellman from the Revolution to support the children of these fallen or severely injured heroes with the Athletes for Heroes program. With the goals of increasing confidence, instilling pride and providing an opportunity to experience the camaraderie and companionship of being a member of a team, this new arm of Youk's Kids will fund team activities and provide academic support services for children who have lost a parent while in the line of duty or while saving the life of another.
include anyone who has perished or been severely injured while saving another. They include military servicemen and women, firefighters, police officers, and ordinary citizens who risk their life to save another.
At Youk's Kids we believe providing the funding for these children to participate in the following activities will give them the necessary skills to determine their future in light of their personal tragedy.
Whether through a sports team or an arts program, participating in a team or group activity provides structure and positive role models to children. These activities teach perseverance and allow children to develop a strong sense of focus and concentration. They challenge children to develop the skills necessary for handling pressure and coping with both success and failure. Through team activities children learn to work cooperatively toward a common goal and more importantly, gain lasting friendships, and a sense of belonging.
Research overwhelmingly indicates that parental involvement positively affects student achievement and that a child who loses a parent or whose parent is severely injured is at greater risk academically. Youk's Kids recognizes the challenges these children face and strives to not only support them with remedial services such as tutoring and SAT courses but nurture their academic growth by funding opportunities for academic enrichment with specialty camps and classes.
Kevin and his fellow athletes also want to honor these children by providing experiences that might otherwise not be available to them. Throughout the year, Youk's Kids will organize opportunities for the children of our fallen heroes to not only interact with professional athletes but to come together as a group and share experiences. Whether it is a bowling party, attendance at a game or a holiday extravaganza, Youk's Kids will work with our partners to create memorable days for the children.
Kevin Youkilis, Boston Red Sox
"As an athlete, I am often deemed a hero when I hit a walk-off homerun but in truth the real heroes are those who unselfishly step up to make our lives safer or who guarantee our freedom. Sometimes, they end up sacrificing their lives for the betterment of others. It's an honor for us to be able to help support their families in their time of need"
Wes Welker, New England Patriots
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"I am truly honored to be a part of Kevin's Athletes for Heroes program and have the opportunity to help children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. Their parents sacrificed their lives while serving their communities and their country and left many loved ones behind. Through Athletes for Heroes, we can give the financial and emotional support to these kids and their families that can make a positive difference in their lives and hopefully help them through these difficult times."
Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution
"Playing professional soccer and scoring a goal does not make me a hero. It is a job. The real heroes are those who are out there fighting on a daily basis to make all of our lives better. This is the reason I chose to support Youk's Kids and Athletes for Heroes. I am proud to be a part of this initiative supporting the true heroes in our world."
Ray Allen, Boston Celtics
"Growing up on military bases my whole life, I realized that I was surrounded by heroes - soldiers and people in uniform that sacrificed themselves for the good of our country and the future of our nation. These brave Americans did whatever it took to put themselves in harms way to protect our way of life. Those are our true heroes."
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KSP Detail Speedway Race Day Traffic Plans
Kentucky Speedway
(Sparta, Ky.) – Thursday marks one week until the start of the big race weekend at Kentucky Speedway.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race will be held Thursday evening, June 28, followed by the Nationwide Series Feed the Children 300 on Friday, and the Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 Saturday.
State and track officials are taking every step to avoid any semblance of a repeat of the traffic debacle that marred the inaugural Sprint Cup race last year. On Thursday, Kentucky State Police unveiled the traffic plan for the races.
Also making a difference will be about 20,000 new parking spots across from the track on Kentucky Highway 35. Track owner Speedway Motor Sports, Inc. invested $10 million to create the new parking. A pedestrian tunnel has been installed beneath the highway to keep pedestrians safe and from slowing incoming and outgoing traffic.
Wider highways have been added, too. Kentucky 35 will have five lanes and on race day can expand to seven.
Vehicles exiting Interstate 71 may also have an easier time approaching the track as the southbound exit to Kentucky 35 has added a third lane.
State police did offer tips for race fans who will descend upon the Sparta race track:
Leave early to avoid delays.
Delays are still possible as with any major public or sporting event.
Be patient and do not participate in aggressive driving behaviors.
Thousands of race fans will travel on foot to the track from their parking spaces. Please be mindful of pedestrians and use extra caution when nearing the Speedway and returning home.
Troopers are asking that commercial truck traffic avoid I-71 through Gallatin County for the Friday Nationwide race and Saturday Sprint Cup race to help alleviate congestion. The state police have provided alternate routes:
Commercial Motor Vehicles in transit between Louisville and Cincinnati are advised to utilize Interstates 64 & 75.
Traffic traveling towards Louisville from Cincinnati: Travel I-75 to Lexington. At exit 118, merge onto I-64 West. Continue I-64 West to Louisville.
Traffic traveling towards Cincinnati from Louisville: Travel I-64 to Lexington. At exit 75, merge onto I-75 North. Continue I-75 North to Cincinnati.
The KSP ask the public to forward the information to route managers, drivers and other personnel who may be affected.
Ky. Gov. Approves Of Speedway Improvements
Kentucky Speedway Makes Plans To Keep Fans Updated On Traffic And Parking
Ky. Speedway Simulates Traffic Situations
Ky. Speedway Continues To Add Parking
KY 35 Closes At Speedway For Construction
Ky. Awards Road Construction Contract At Track
Ky. Speedway Adding 10,000 Parking Spaces
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Nuclear Power's Promise Pales
Care2 Earth Month: Back to Basics
This year, Care2 decided to expand Earth Day into Earth Month, since there is so much to explore when it comes to the environment. Every day in April, we'll have a post about some of the most important topics for the environment, exploring and explaining the basics. It's a great tool to help you get started with helping the environment — or help explain it to others. See the whole series here.
Ever since the atom was unleashed, some have said that the future of energy is nuclear. Even some prominent environmentalists argue that nuclear power is a green energy source because it does not cause carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Like so many environmental issues, nuclear power is complex. Here are some facts and figures to help you decide where you stand on nuclear power:
Nuclear power is big. The US is the largest generator of nuclear power, accounting for more than 30 percent of the global generation. Thirty power companies operate 104 plants in 31 states in the US. Most reactors were built between 1967 and 1990. The top 10 companies account for 70% of generation.
We depend on it. Our dependence on nuclear power has actually increased. Nuclear accounted for 11 percent of all power generation in 1980 in the US; it was up to almost 20 percent in 2008.
Nuclear is relatively inexpensive – in the short term. According to the World Nuclear Association: "The operational cost of nuclear power – 1.87 ¢/kWh in 2008 – is 68% of electricity cost from coal and a quarter of that from gas."
Waste not… However, the picture changes when one examines the cost of disposing of nuclear waste. This ongoing problem is in need of urgent attention. A blue ribbon panel reporting to the Energy Secretary has noted the urgency of dealing with nuclear waste amid problems of where to site storage facilities, how to fund them, and what body should have oversight. Some 65,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel is stored at about 75 operating and shutdown reactor sites around the U.S., with more than 2,000 tons being produced each year.
The US government provides incentives to build nuclear power plants. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 offers tax credits and federal loan guarantees to incentivize construction of advanced nuclear power plants. This year saw the approval of the first new nuclear plant construction since the Three Mile Island incident in 1979.
Nuclear jobs are green jobs?! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: "In private industry, the utilities industry accounted for 65,700 Green Goods and Services sector jobs, or 11.9 percent of total private utilities employment. Among theindustries involved in private sector electric power generation, nuclear power had the highest GGS employment with 35,800 jobs in 2010."
Nuclear isn't safe. After the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last year the world saw the unthinkable happen, as a nuclear power plant on the coast was hit by the double disaster and suffered a meltdown. Could such a catastrophe happen elsewhere? The Fukushima events have greatly affected the adoption and promotion of nuclear energy around the world. Germany, for instance, shut down eight nuclear plants in the wake of Fukushima and revamped its energy policy. Switzerland and Spain have banned any new plant construction.
In the US, five nuclear reactors are in zones prone to earthquakes. Given the danger of released radioactivity, nuclear plants need far greater safety and security than, say, a solar power facility. Any number of elements, even a large swarm of jellyfish, can threaten a nuclear plant.
More Americans (but not most) are questioning the value of nuclear power. A recent Harris survey shows that slightly more Americans (though not a majority) now believe the risks of nuclear energy outweigh the benefits (41% to 40%).
There are alternatives…and no easy answers. While renewable energy still accounts for just 11 percent of US energy use, the sector is growing. Other countries are making great strides with renewables: Iceland generates over 80 percent of its energy from renewables. In addition to wind, wave, solar and geothermal alternatives, new technologies and efficiencies are needed. A 2009 study by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found that more than 58 percent of the energy generated in the US is wasted every year due to inefficiencies such as wasted heat, particularly in the transportation sector. Government subsidies also create false advantages and artificially low prices for the nuclear and fossil fuel industries.
From the Titanic to the Hindenberg to Three Mile Island and Fukushima, time and again we have seen that technology is neither perfect nor predictable, and is often no match for nature. There is no magic cure to our quest for clean, abundant energy, but for many in the green movement, that search cannot include nuclear…the consequences of failure are just too high.


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When I saw you laying there on the side of the road, I froze. You had obviously been hit by a car on your bike, for I saw the mangled thing not far from you. You were laying still, but I could see you breathing, at least I think I saw you breathing. I didn't know what to do, so I rode right on past, pretending like I didn't see you. I rode about 50ft and for a moment thought of turning back and maybe finding the courage to help you, but I didn't. I've taken first aid and CPR at work; they require it, but I never really felt comfortable with my "certification." I hope someone stopped to help you, I really do. I've been thinking about you quite a bit and I feel like a coward for leaving you laying there on the side of the road...but I can't really say that if I saw you again I wouldn't just keep on riding. I guess I'm a coward and a dick, but I hope you're alive; I really do.
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5. If using savings bonds for education purposes, bond owners may not have to pay savings bonds interest income, based on the education tax exclusion. This allows qualified taxpayers (based on tax filing status, income and other criteria) to exclude all or part of the interest earned on their bonds from their gross income. The bond owner must pay education expenses to a qualified educational institution and can only cover specific education related expenses. The education tax exclusion can only be applied to education expenses incurred in the same year. Go to http://www.savingbonds.com Bond Information Center for details on Education Bonds.
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Wagon House is an original stone and slate barn for self-catering, with its own garden. This property has been converted to a high standard of 4 star award. It is on working family farm where there is sheep and cattle in the fields nearby. Also adjacent to the North Cornish coastal path. With excellent pubs and restaurants only a few miles away. The property has easy access into the well fitted kitchen including fridge/freezer, washing machine and microwave, leading into the dining room, which also has a sofa for comfort and TV/DVD/freeview. The dining doors open onto a slate patio with garden furniture and a fenced garden ideal for children. On the ground floor is the master bedroom with en suite, a twin bedded room and the family bathroom with bath and shower. Upstairs is the living room and third bedroom and en suite.
Electric, heating, bedlinen and towels are included in the price. Guests are requested not to smoke inside the property. Pets considered. Car park.
Our 4 holiday cottages are all converted farm buildings, built from traditional stone and slate. They all vary in size and all receive Enjoy England 4* grading.
Each property have their own garden with patio and garden furniture. Parking on site.
Our cottages consist of four different properties -
Wagon House is our largest property which has 3 bedrooms. Master bedroom has a king size bed with an en suite shower room on the ground floor. A twin bedded room and a family bathroom are also on the ground floor. Third bedroom with en suite and living room are up stairs.
Entrance open into the kitchen which has a modern shaker kitchen with washing machine and dishwasher. Inter-grated fridge/freezer, electric over and ceramic hob. There is a utility sink as well as the kitchen sink. Well equipped for all your needs.
HENDRA BARN which has 2 en suite bedrooms. The double bedroom en suite has bath with shower over. The twin bedroom has en suite with shower enclosure. A lovely open plan kitchen/dining and living area which has a wood burner.
Sleeps 4 - please note we can add an extra guest bed or t/cot for small child/infant. This is placed in the double bedroom.
COBBLE COURT has 2 bedrooms. The second bedroom has sloping ceilings and will accommodate 1 adult or 2 children. There is 2 single beds, one slides under the other for storage.
The main bedroom is a generous size with a king size bed and is on the ground floor. Shower room also on ground floor.
Lovely open plan kitchen/dining area and living space with 2 sofas.
WHEEL LODGE has 1 double bedroom. This is our smallest property.
Well equipped just like all the others. Open plan kitchen/dining and living area.
Wagon House access - entrance door, patio door to garden, kitchen, dining room, master bedroom, twin bedroom and family bath room which also has an enclosed shower are all on the ground floor without steps. the only rooms up stairs are the third bedroom and living room. There is a sofa and tv in the dining room.
Beautiful property with a lovely garden which has a slate patio, wooden benches and a slate and granite garden table. Enjoy your evenings watching the stars as there is no street lighting or just look across the fields, which often have sheep and lambs happily grazing nearby. There is everything you will need for a home from home holiday with a well equipped kitchen.
Deposit to be arranged when booking. Dogs may be accepted on request and a charge will be made.
We had a lovely stay with our dogs. Lovely location for visiting the area.
Would recommend and definitely stay again.
We had a lovely week in Wagon House, which is cosy and very well equipped. Everything we could have needed was supplied, and we were greeted with a delicious home-made cake on our arrival.
The only thing we would have changed is the weather! Thank you.
A beautiful character cottage in the heart of the Cornish country sideVery comfortable with all mod cons.
A very friendly atmosphere,a beautiful Christmas tree,card and chocolates welcomed us on our arrival for the Christmas holiday.Port Issac is only a couple of miles away and a visit here is a must. This cottage is highly recommended.
A fantastic experience from start to finish. Spotless , spacious accommodation of the highest order with every detail thought of. A lovely welcome from Phil and smooth booking with Angela. 5min drive to Port Isaac if the rugged walk doesn't appeal and , 15 mins from our favourite beach at Rock. 50 mins to Eden Project and Looe/polperro . We can't recommend this property highly enough and can't wait to return
Thank you for the lovely cake and milk !!
We found this Farm accommodation whilst looking at other properties nearby and what a bit of luck!. It's in a lovely working farm setting a couple of miles from Port Isaac, but is within easy reach of the coastal paths - great for walking the dogs. Lovely accommodation with good facilities, enough room and very clean. Angela was very kind and baked us a lovely cake for our arrival!
Our dogs were was also made very welcome, although they can be a little naughty.
We would definitely recommend it to others as it's within an easy drive of wherever you want to go in Cornwall.
Neat and clean, well-equipped and nice with original roof timbers etc. I liked the door in the living room of which the upper part could be opened separately, just like a real barndoor.
The unspoilt fishing village of Port Isaac and the little beach at Port Gaverne are around 5 minutes by car or can be walked. There are many individual shops and great places to eat. Also be sure to see the small streets of Port Isaac hidden behind the main street.
King Arthurs legend is all around the area and Tintagel castle is a fascinating place to visit. The Great Hall at Tintagel house the most amazing stained glass and is often unknown.
Boscastle is a picturesque village with the harbour and walk along the cliff path. The are also several circular walks and narrow streets to stroll around.
Wadebridge is a small town busy with individual shops and many places to eat and drink. This is also a popular starting point for the Camel Trail. Hire a bike for the day and cycle to Padstow or towards Bodmin. The trail is 17 miles, trafic free and extends from Poley's Bridge, Wenford to Padstow.
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway travels to Bodmin Parkway where you are able to walk to Respryn and Lanhydrock House, a lovely National Trust property with gardens and woodland walks.
Padstow has many shops, bakeries, pubs and restaurants. From the harbour you can take boat trip for fishing or pleasure.


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There is one thing that got me through all those sleepless nights after my daughter was born. Alcohol. Oh, sorry. I wasn't supposed to share that. No, alas, I was a good mommy and refrained.
Nightgowns. I don't care if you're having a boy. I don't care if you don't have kids (you're going to a baby shower someday). You need to invest. Because in the middle of the night, when you haven't slept in three weeks and you have to do yet another diaper change, no one . . . NO ONE . . . can manage those little snaps and buttons on those cutesy wootsy sleepers. NO one.
So don't waste your money. Seriously. For the 0 to 3 month range, nightgowns were about the only thing my daughter wore – a few onesies during the day and one gorgeous dress that I got a whole day out of (Parent secret here: for the most part, 0 to 3 month clothes are a rip off. You buy them for us, our kids never wear them)
But Baby Yap Yap is the one place I've got bookmarked for every baby shower from here on out. Devoted solely to nightgowns for the 0 to 3 month set, bodysuits and tees for the kids up to 24 months, Baby Yap Yap can keep them clothed for the first few years.
Reasonably priced and ultra soft (100 percent cotton, of course), the Baby Yap Yap Night Owl gown is one of those 0 to 3 month must haves you know they'll actually use. The line drawings are simple, clean and classic – and come in other critters too. Silly Goose, Copycat and Hungry Hippo get the Inside Out stamp of approval as well.
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In Hollywood, when directors lose creative control of a film, or are otherwise just too embarrassed to attach their name to a project gone awry, they use the pseudonym "Alan Smithee." This practice started in 1969 with Death of a Gunfighter and soon became the director's guild's official scapegoat for dissatisfied and disenfranchised directors. Shrouded in a fog of denial, these hangover-helpers will make you feel better about yourself no matter what you've done.
• Ruby (1977)--Florida drive-in proprietor Ruby Claire (Piper Laurie) is an alcoholic ex-lounge singer whose mobster husband's spirit comes back from the grave for revenge. He does this by possessing their daughter, Leslie, and using her to slaughter all of his old cronies who, for some reason, work at the drive-in. This movie is extra creepy because of its setting in 1970s Florida; and Leslie (Janit Baldwin), who, incidentally, looks like a cross between Shelley Duvall and that snotty kid from River's Edge.
• Solar Crisis (1990)--Charlton Heston stars in this sci-fi-asco that is equal parts disaster movie and pre-apocalyptic action/thriller. To save the earth from a massive solar flare, mankind must detonate a talking (!) anti-matter bomb on the surface of the sun. (Think Armageddon.) Meanwhile, Admiral "Skeet" Kelso (Heston) marches around saying "Damnit!" and ordering people to tell him they love him. Jack Palance sweetens the pot with a cameo appearance as a crazy, heroic lunatic.
• Burn Hollywood, Burn (1997)--A movie about making movies starring Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, Coolio, Chuck D, Sly Stallone, Eric Idle, and Ryan O'Neil, in which Hollywood finally "outs" the Alan Smithee legend. The mild-mannered Alan Smithee (Eric Idle) finally gets an opportunity to direct a blockbuster and is horrified to find that evil producer Ryan O'Neil intends to butcher it. When he finds that he cannot replace his name with Alan Smithee because he is Alan Smithee, all hell breaks loose. Chock-full of tinseltown insider nudge-nudges and wink-winks, this movie will have you rolling (your eyes). LANCE CHESS


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Cumin Grilled Shrimp and Asparagus
Succulent grilled shrimp and fresh green asparagus get a big flavor boost from fragrant spices and a splash of citrus.
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Level: Moderate
Yield: 4 servings (cost per serving of $3.13)
Serves: 4
- 2 small navel oranges
- 1 c. couscous
- 2 scallions
- Kosher salt
- pepper
- 1 lb. thin asparagus
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 20 large peeled and deveined shrimp
- ½ tsp. ground cumin
- ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
- Heat grill to medium-high. Cut one orange in half. Cut the remaining orange into 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Squeeze the juice from half an orange into a medium bowl (you should have about 1/4 cup). Add the couscous, scallions, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1 cup hot tap water and let sit, covered, for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss the asparagus with the oil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Season the shrimp with the cumin, cayenne, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Place the asparagus, orange slices, and orange half on the grill (the halved orange cut-side down) and cook until the oranges are charred and the asparagus is tender, 2 to 3 minutes per side; transfer to a plate.
- Add the shrimp to the grill and cook until opaque throughout, about 2 minutes per side. Squeeze the grilled orange half over the shrimp just before they are done. Fluff the couscous with a fork and serve with the shrimp, asparagus, and orange slices.
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By Ralph Cantos
In this beautiful photo taken in 1925, the newly completed LA High School Main Building stands proud and majestic at the corner of West Olympic and Rimpau Blvds.
I believe at this time the L line was a money maker for the LARY. It certainly had the same ridership potential as the nearby P line just a short distance to the south.
But West Olympic Blvd. was in a constant state of improvement. Once known as West 10th Street, it only went as far west as Crenshaw Blvd. where the L line cars jogged over to Country Club Drive via Victoria Avenue and then back to the "new" Olympic Blvd that was being extended westward towards far-off Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.
n the early part of the 20th Century, Rimpau Blvd. was the "edge of town" where LARY car lines (including the L, P and W) ended. The PE's Venice Short Line handled passengers heading for the "hinterlands" of Culver City, Palms, Mar Vista, Venice, and Santa Monica.
By 1940, the City of Los Angeles gave the LARY and the L line the "royal boot." Major reconstruction of Olympic Blvd. was well under way, and the L line did not fit into LA's "master plan" for its "automotive wonderland" then envisioned be City traffic "experts." The L line was replaced by the "new and improved" motor coach line #90. I am more the sure that patrons of the L line would have preferred PCCs rather then jarring Yellow Coach Diesel Buses that were forced on them. The P line must have benefited greatly by this dreadful mistake made by traffic "experts."
As a final note, the beautiful Main Building of Los Angeles High was severely damaged in the 1971 earthquake, and sadly, was torn down sometime in the mid-1970's to be replaced by a modern box-like building, probably designed by the same "experts" the City of LA had in its Planning Department.
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James Earl Jones to star in "Driving Miss Daisy"
SYDNEY (AP) — James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury say despite their decades on the stage and screen, they're still thrilled by acting in their 80s.
The veteran actors were in Sydney on Monday to rehearse for their upcoming roles in the stage production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-Prize winning play "Driving Miss Daisy." The production will tour throughout Australia starting next month.
Jones says being enthusiastic about what he does keeps him energetic even as he approaches his 82nd birthday this month. Lansbury says being on stage gives her a rush that can't be matched on the screen.
Both actors jumped at the chance to perform in "Driving Miss Daisy," which began as an off-Broadway play and inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
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They went from swinging a broad sword to swinging their hips like a broad. No wonder the muzzies are flocking there.
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90 to 30?
Howabout 30 to 90?
I know the UConn Women's basketball program is sainted and beyond anything but the most reverential adoration. But come on.
90 to 30?
105 to 28?
119 to 50?
102 to 45?
105 to 49?
101 to 41?
94 to 37?
97 to 25?
Is that sports? The fawning goes on how well they play and how god-like is the coach. But is that what we want from our squeeky clean sports? Massacres? Scores run up crazily high?
This is getting a little stale.
Okie doke. They have to cut the budget. Since it is so often said by government haters hat there are so many people sponging on the federal budget, clusters of special interests gorging at the public trough, here's a start; what government hater would ever object to cut:
Fort Jackson in South Carolina
Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina
Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina
The McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina
The Naval Weapons Station Charleston in South Carolina
Brooks City-Base in Texas
Dyess Air Force Base in Texas
The Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas
Lackland Air Force Base in Texas
Randolph Air Force Base in Texas
Fort Bliss in Texas
Fort Hood in Texas
Fort Sam Houston in Texas
Red River Army Depot in Texas
The Naval Air Station in Texas
NAS Corpus Christi in Texas
Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas
Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
Hurlbert Field Air Force Base in Florida
MacDill Air Force Base in Florida
Patrick Air Force Base in Florida
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida
Camp Blanding in Florida
Air Station Clearwater in Florida
Blount Island Command in Florida
NAS Jacksonville in Florida
Naval Air Station Key West in Florida
The Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida
Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida
Naval Station Mayport in Florida
Naval Support Activity Panama City in Florida
Moody Air Force Base in Georgia
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia
Camp Frank D. Merrill in Georgia
Fort Benning in Georgia
Fort Gillem in Georgia
Fort Gordon in Georgia
Fort McPherson in Georgia
Fort Stewart in Georgia
Hunted Army Airfield in Georgia
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany in Georgia
Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia
NAS Atlanta in Georgia
Done with that there's so many more to cut in Alabama, Mississippi, Wisconsin, etc.
Oughtn't the Iraqis have invaded America?
If pursuit of weapons of mass destruction is the passport to walking into someone else's country and wrecking the place, who could say the Iraqis or Afghans don't have the same call on coming here that we claimed in going there?
What country has more weapons of mass destructions just lying around than gun-crazy-America?
Imagine, too, that there was an outfit somewhere whose principal mission was to promote weapons amd policies and a lifestyle that have killed far more Americans than did Osama bin Laden? Or the Viet Cong? Or the North Koreans? Or Adolph Hitler? Or the secessionist slave states? Or imperial Britain asmashing its uppity colonists? Would we stand for that?
Of course not. We rattle around the earth blowing up peoples by the thousands or the ones and twos because they don't like or us or talk big about harming some of us. While we kill ourselves by the tens of thousands. With guns.
But the gun madness and its manufacturers and promoters in the NRA and the Republican party national platform think we don't have enough guns and no matter the bloodshed their lunatic policies have spilled. American blood. None of our enemies have killed as many of us as has our gun culture — and those who promote it, ankle-deep in the gore of American children, American grief.
Who is our greater enemy then?
Who deserves our strongest assaults then?
Who has harmed us most and who needs to be controlled entirely?
Al Qaeda? Or guns?
Count the corpses and come up with the anwser
What do they imagine, these people who put their love of guns above even their own children and higher than life itself? What will they say when called to the fiery judgment for their awful actions: "I have this bit of paper that puts me beyond Your wrath for all the death and soul-scalding pain. I have this man-made slip of protection that over-awes Your love of your precious creation, the peace Your message sings. No matter how high the corpses might mount, no matter how deep is the tide of the blood of all God's children, I have the right to have done this."
Can anyone believe that the eternal hellfires, the spiders and serpents and isolation from the face of God forever, can be deflected by some scrap of law or legislation, some bit of misery-wracked cavil crafted by the Founding Fools who were so right on the commerce clause and footnotes to taxation but so horribly, catastrophically wrong on slavery, the equality of all and the unending wash of sorrow from guns?
Can any amendment, any gun club card, persuade the Creator that the ghastly destruction of his children, the agony of those who love them so, is right because in one miserable place it is merely legal? Those who work so powerfully for this pain will someday stare deep into the eyes of Justice. Do they believe that they can shield themselves from the hereafter they have earned behind some ancient bit of foolish man's law?
This love of the gun more than the love of our neighbors may go unrewarded here where the men with the guns and the money intimidate all, but there is a greater weighing ahead. It is what we have been told.
And if there isn't, then to hell with hell.
Cliff schmiff.
Are we ever going to learn?
With each change of seasons we are supposed to be wring our hands and wail to the heavens at the latest End of the World Crisis!!!!! in Washington. Twice a year or so they tell us that Sky Is Falling!!! Doom is inevitable!!! All Is Lost!!! And then nothing happens.
Well, what happens is that they sit down and do what they're paid to do and resolve the crisis. At the last moment. And we all crawl back in from the roof ledge and put aside the butter knife with which we were to cut our wrists in panic and despair.
Like Lucy and the football they do it do us every year — every single year — and we fall for it every time.
Has anyone ever, even once, heard of a "10th-hour solution"? A "7th hour" resolution? Of course not. All negotiations are miraculuously completed at the very last instant. That's the way the game is played. You can't get the other guy to compromise in advance — you need the tick-tocking of some imaginary clock — some Mayan clock, maybe — to allow them to go back to their blood-calling stalwarts and say a compromise is necessary with those demons on the other side.
It always happens. It happens like the tides.
Yet the media and other marionettes dance the panic tune as if it were Verdi. Just as no one would believe the political polls which forecast almost to the ballot how the 2012 elections would come out because where's the fun in that? so, too, do nearly intelligent journalists caanter around around like monkeys to hurdy gurdy music about the crisis de jour and never once look back to the truth that they did the exact same thing a few months ago.
Can Speaker Boehner go back early to his fire-breathers and say, "We had to give a little?" Of course not. Can President Obama whistle up his supporters early and sday, "It's time to be practical because it makes sense to be practical now?" No. They have to let it seem to slog toward some imaginary brink (which can be repaired in plenty of time thereafter, anyway) with the hollow-heads running around pellmell As If This Has Never Happened Ever Before In The History Of The World. Except last summer. And spring.
Come on, just do your job and stop scaring people.


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Taking the Plunge as a Real Estate Broker/Owner
I have been talking for years with Mark Madsen about opening my own real estate brokerage here in the Las Vegas Valley. I finally stopped talking and took action! On January 1st, 2011 I officially opened my own Las Vegas Real Estate Brokerage, Shelter Realty Inc.
Prior to making the decision to start my own real estate brokerage, I weighed the pros and cons and spoke with several broker/owners to hear firsthand of their experiences. I also calculated what I paid my broker for the last two years and what I expected to spend this year if business continued to grow and it was eye opening! It became evident that the only decision I had was to open my own real estate and property management brokerage.
After making the decision to move forward, I wrote out a business plan and tried to account for everything that needed to be done prior to opening. Little did I know that it is almost impossible to account for everything!
So, if you're thinking about taking the plunge like I did, here are top 5 issues that I didn't account for when I opened my own real estate brokerage.
- General Liability and E/O Insurance (More expensive than I estimated)
- Business license requirements (As a property manager, you are required to be licensed in all cities in which you manage a property, not just the city in which your office is located, like I had thought)
- Client/Landlord Response (It took much longer than anticipated to get back signed addendums from landlords authorizing the transfer to the new company)
- NAID Number (I forgot to apply for an NAID Number. Can't sell a HUD home without one!)
- Peer Support (Others around you aren't always excited to see you succeed)
Even though it's only been a few weeks, I feel re-energized about real estate as if I was a newly licensed agent again and I am looking forward to sharing my experiences as a new broker/owner with others.11 comments
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Cheryl Johnson January 17th, 2011 6:02 am
A good portion of Property Management is Crisis Management … stuff that can't be planned for in advance … Except it is pretty much a given that most Plumbing Disasters will happen late Sunday night on a three-day holiday weekend. 🙂
Joe January 17th, 2011 6:12 am
Good luck Tony. My wife and I took the 'plunge' 3-4 years ago and have never looked back. I think in another few years (or even months) you'll feel the same.
jay seville January 17th, 2011 7:40 am
Being indie rocks! It's great not having to ever apologize for offending somebody in the marketplace that needed to be put in his place…not having to be concerned about higher ups coming down on you for being forthright or even regional figures smashing you into making an apology on behalf of the company.
Couple tips:
1) get real estate accounting system–LoneWolf systems works for me and provides a ton of support $1000 and $125/month
2) don't get behind in accounting–learned this the hard way
3) virtual offices only run $200/month for a legal business address
Jeff Brown January 17th, 2011 11:18 am
Welcome to the Go-To Guy club. You'll now learn, firsthand, in real time, what the following really means.
Good news? You're the Go-To Guy.
Bad news? See 'good news'. 🙂
Judy Orr January 17th, 2011 9:55 pm
Congratulations Tony! I always thought you owned your own brokerage.
Teri Lussier January 18th, 2011 4:21 am
Congratulations Tony!
Mark Madsen January 18th, 2011 11:52 am
Congrats Tony. It sure makes things exciting with our online activities knowing that we're representing a company you own vs work for.
Wayne Long January 21st, 2011 6:19 am
Awesome Tony!! Congratulations!! I predict it is going to be a fun and challenging year. 🙂
Dylan Darling January 25th, 2011 12:52 pm
Great news Tony! It looks like you've thought this out well. I've been thinking about opening up my own shop sometime in the near future. Its hard to make the leap though… May 2011 bring you much business.
Mike Taylor January 25th, 2011 8:22 pm
Congrats Tony. You are right, it is impossible to account for everything, but it is about having a plan and having a plan that is flexible especially in the beginning. You will be glad you went the indie route in no time at all.


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The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said today's Alberta government royalty announcement largely delivers on the positive direction established with the release of the competitiveness review report in March.
"The new fiscal details are particularly positive for the competitiveness of Alberta's natural gas and will enhance the industry's ability to strengthen the economy and create jobs for Albertans," said CAPP president David Collyer. "On the oil side, changes are not as significant. We are encouraged by the broader application of the lower up-front royalty rate, which will stimulate new oil drilling activity."
A review of Alberta's position as a competitive place for oil and gas investment relative to other North American jurisdictions was completed in March 2010. The review considered the role of Alberta's fiscal regime, the regulatory framework, technology and innovation and the overall business climate. As a first step to improving Alberta's oil and gas investment climate, maximum royalty rates were lowered and an existing up-front five per cent royalty rate feature was made permanent.
CAPP believes the Government of Alberta's announcement of fiscal details today will help restore investor confidence in Alberta's oil and gas industry. Increased oil and gas investment in Alberta translates to increased activity, jobs and public revenues, all of which contribute to quality of life in Alberta.
The oil and gas industry makes up about 50 per cent of the Alberta economy and employs one in six Albertans, with substantial related employment created in sectors such as hospitality, transportation, food services, consultation, construction and real estate. Each dollar invested in the oil and gas sector creates three dollars of value in Alberta's economy across the province, particularly in rural communities.
The next important step is to address the regulatory competitiveness of the province and take steps to improve the regulatory system.
"An improved regulatory framework must maintain environmental standards while improving the efficiency of the system. At the same time the oil and gas industry must continue to improve environmental performance," Collyer said. "We are encouraged by the process the government has established and the ambitious timeline adopted for addressing regulatory reform."
CAPP represents companies, large and small, that explore for, develop and produce natural gas and crude oil throughout Canada. CAPP's member companies produce about 90 per cent of Canada's natural gas and crude oil. CAPP's associate members provide a wide range of services that support the upstream crude oil and natural gas industry. Together CAPP's members and associate members are an important part of a $110-billion-a-year national industry that provides essential energy products. CAPP's mission is to enhance the economic sustainability of the Canadian upstream petroleum industry in a safe and environmentally and socially responsible manner, through constructive engagement and communication with governments, the public and stakeholders in the communities in which we operate.
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Oil and gas accounts for:
- 25% of private sector investment in Canada
- 25% of value on Toronto Stock Exchange
- 50% of the Alberta economy
Alberta produces 73% of the oil and 76% of the gas produced in Canada. The energy produced in Alberta heats homes and buildings, generates electricity and manufactures a variety of products, including transportation fuels, lubricants, waxes, plastics, synthetic rubber and asphalt.
Alberta Economy
Alberta's resources make up the foundation of our economy. Being competitive, stable and predictable encourages the investment that equals jobs, strong GDP and a high quality of life for all Albertans.
A recent University of Alberta study (see footnote) indicates the Canadian economy was technically in recession for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 over which GDP growth rates were -6.6% and -8.5%, respectively. Alberta unemployment peaked in August 2009 at 7.7 per cent, a 13-year-high. At the same time investment in conventional oil and gas fell from $21 billion in 2008 to current levels of $13-14 billion, creating a negative impact of over $20 billion in the Alberta economy.
Each dollar invested in the province's oil and gas industry creates three dollars of value in Alberta's economy. The more attractive our province is for investment, the more Albertans benefit.
Restoring investor confidence does not mean instant prosperity. However, a reputation for strength and stability positions Alberta for positive and long-term economic growth and benefits.
A steep drop in business capital spending in Alberta's energy sector has had a significant direct impact on the oil and gas industry and also a depressing impact on other sectors of Alberta's economy, especially manufacturing and wholesale sales. In the Alberta oil and gas sector 19,000 jobs have been lost since July 2008. For the construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and professional services sectors these figures are 23,400, 34,600, 12,600, and 19,200, respectively.
In Alberta, according to the Canadian Association of Oil well Drilling Contractors (http://www.caodc.ca/) the daily average of active rigs was 277 of 550 available drilling rigs are operating in Alberta today.
- Each active drilling operation supports 138 jobs for Albertans (75 direct).
- According to the provincial Alberta Energy department, one out of every six Albertans is directly or indirectly employed in the energy industry.
- Across Canada, some 500,000 jobs are directly or indirectly supported by the industry.
Some of the direct jobs associated with the energy industry include:
- Engineers: Petroleum (i.e. Reservoir, Production), Mechanical (i.e. Mechanical, Rotating Equipment and Development) and Materials
- Trades: Pipefitter, Ironworker, Rig Technician, Electrical and Instrumentation
- Business and Operations Support: Medical Personnel, IT Specialist, Specialty HR, Production Accountant, Finance, Occupational Health and Safety and QA Specialist
- Operators: Motorhand, Derrickhand, Driller, Field Operator, Well Services Operator (experienced) and Service Technician
- Field Workers: Drilling and Service Rig Work (i.e. Floorhand) and Seismic (i.e. Recording Crew Helper and Observer)
- Specialized Skills: Experienced SAGD Professional, In Situ Heavy Oil Technical Professional and Shale Gas Specialist
- Others: Mining and Construction roles (i.e. Site Superintendent and Construction Safety Office and Labourer)
In 2008, the petroleum industry invested $54 billion in Canada, including $39 billion in Alberta. Additionally, our industry paid $8.5 billion to the federal and provincial governments in corporate income taxes and $10.7 billion in royalties to Alberta.
Historically, natural gas has been the largest source of resource development revenue for Alberta, accounting for more than $55 billion in royalties paid to the Alberta government over the last decade. This amounts to about 56 per cent of all provincial revenue from non-renewable resources over that period.
To date, 2010 Alberta land sales for conventional oil and gas leases total $739 million, already surpassing the total ($732 million) for all of last year.
*Recession in Review: The Alberta Economy and Employment "Weathering the Storm," University of Alberta, February 2010.


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What do you suppose really happened on July 7, 1947, at the Roswell Army Air Force Base to cause Col. William "Butch" Blanchard to announce that a flying disk had been captured?
An announcement of that magnitude would have to be carefully considered and not issued without direction from the highest authorities in Washington, D.C.
The mystery of what happened at Roswell hinges on what took place behind closed doors that day. Official records indicate that absolutely nothing out of the ordinary occurred at the base during the entire week. Everyone who believes that, please raise your hand.
No mention is made of anything unusual being brought to the base. There is no mention of a flying disk press release, no mention of calls from throughout the world seeking further information, no mention of calls to Eighth Army Headquarters in Fort Worth, or to top officials in Washington, D.C.
There are people who believe the Army's story. I put them in the same category as the crazies who talk about bodies being found. There had to be much activity. Numerous personal accounts tell of a flurry of officials and workers who flew in for some purpose.
Placitas UFO researcher Karl Pflock considered the question of why Col. Blanchard issued the news release and concluded that Blanchard was a "loose cannon."
My guess is that Pflock felt he had exhausted all other explanations. Blanchard simply overreacted. That's possible except that it doesn't explain why such an embarrassment to the military didn't end Blanchard's career. That's what normally happens.
But Blanchard, who disappeared for awhile after issuing the news release, continued his rapid advance through the ranks in increasingly responsible positions. In 1965, he became vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and promoted to a four-star general.
Blanchard was considered a sure bet to become chief of staff when he suddenly died on May 31, 1966, of a massive heart attack in his office at the Pentagon. That sounds more like someone who always played by the book and was part of the team.
It appears someone much higher in the chain of command may have badly misjudged the best response and likely paid for it with an early retirement.
The military's latest explanation is that it was covering up the discovery of a spy balloon it was developing to detect Soviet nuclear testing. Some of the material found fit that description. But those balloons were landing all over New Mexico at the time and shouldn't have triggered that big a reaction from the Army.
My inexpert guess is that something else fell out of the sky in the days before July 7. Besides spy balloons, research was being conducted in New Mexico on much more advanced aircraft using German scientists captured two years before.
The Soviets also had taken their share of scientists and a feverish race was on to see whose scientists would be first to perfect some of the advanced projects Adolf Hitler had his scientists developing.
One of those projects was revealed in a November 2000 Popular Mechanics article based on information released by the Air Force in 1997, 50 years after the Roswell crash.
In the late '40s, we were developing what was called a Lenticular Reentry Vehicle. It was a modified disk, flat across the back, and partially nuclear powered. The technology for takeoff had not been developed so it was designed to be taken by a heavy-lift balloon to 170,000 feet and released.
At the 1997 Roswell UFO Festival, a film company had a display depicting the '47 UFO crash. The spacecraft was shaped just like the pictures in the Popular Mechanics article.
A retired aircraft mechanic from Alamogordo, who was employed at White Sands Proving Grounds in 1947, had been telling me for a year that he had worked on spacecraft there and he was sure one of them was what crashed at Roswell.
He just happened to be at the exhibit the same time I was. He pulled me aside and said he worked on a craft just like that.
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Having seen the earlier posts this week on Vertical Farming and Falling Garden reminded me of these Sky Planters I came across at A+R. Award-winning, New Zealand-raised Patrick Morris values the natural world and its conservation as much as Morris Designs strives for the betterment of human environments and offers a new way of enjoying plants with his revolutionary process.
The Antipode Planter offers not only another way of growing plants but also seeing them. As they hang from the ceiling instead of standing on the floor. Did I just walk into a Dali painting? A locking disc holds the soil and plant in place, and an innovative reservoir system that both conserve water and your personal time gradually hydrating a plant's roots. Put on your anti-gravity boots. One looks lonely, interesting, but lonely, while a grouping brings a new twist to the term "hanging garden".
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Big Walkabout October 30th 2013 start Darwin
Hey! Just looking for anyone else going on this trip?! Or on the Alice and Kakadu trip which I think starts at the same time - drop a message! x
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Hi! I'm planning on doing this trip on the 27th oct!
Hi I'm booked on the 30th for this tour!! Have you booked yet? So excited!!
Yay exciting! Yep we are all booked :) x
Aw yay! Are you going alone? When do you get into Darwin? X
No I'm going with my boyfriend! We haven't booked the flights yet but we're planning to fly in to Darwin around the 22nd. Where are you from?
Awww cool. I'm going alone! A little nervous though! Aww cool. I'm literally getting to Darwin the day before! I'm from leicester. You?
My friend and I are doing the 5 days from Alice Springs so we will meet up with your group on 4 November.
I'm starting the tour at Alice Springs on Nov 4 with Melissa, can't wait, ready to go nowwwwwww :)
Ditto I can't wait! Ahh that's cool guys, are you doing any other tours before/after this one? Is Alice springs only 5 days then?
I'm planning on going on the Big Walkabout with Sailing from Darwin on 30th October. Haven't booked yet but will be very soon. Hoping to go on this one with my mate but I did a 35 day tour in America a few years ago on my own and it was the best thing I've ever done… I'm sure this will top it though!
We are just doing the 5 day section, I think we have a couple of free days either side in Alice Springs
I'm going on this trip too, all booked, arrive in Darwin the day before, yet to book a hotel for that night, any suggestions? Feel free to add me on facebook to chat more, lindsey ditchburn.
I've made a facebook group if anyone's interested, thought it could be easier for us to get to know each other! :) Also Lindsey not sure if I've found the right person but it appears we have a mutual friend already! Small world! https://www.facebook.com/groups/544256622290133
Hey Diane Fc what's ur name on fb? I've requestedpto join! Who's our mutual friend?
Here's the link to me – Tom Thorpe? https://www.facebook.com/dianefc
Hi my girlfriend (Rhianna) and i are doing this tour! really looking forward to it!
hey guys! i'm going to the beaches & reefs tour starting november 8th, so i will meet u in cairns!
oh cool u have made a facebook group! request sent.
Hi guys, I am doing the sunsets and suf tour which starts at the whitsundays on the 11th Nov, so I presume its part of the big walkabout tour?
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I am the engineer in charge of the coating line at our plant. We produce copper products here. Some of these products are nickel plated. We apply clear UV-curable and thermoset-acrylate coating to these products. There is no adhesion problem with the copper parts. However, the coatings do not always adhere to the nickel plated parts and this has become a quality control nightmare. V. K.
Adhesion to nickel plating can be a problem. As I understand it, and please remember I am an organic chemist not a Plating Wizard, plated nickel deposits in platelets with spaces between them, similar to those between floor tiles. Corrosion occurs in these spaces causing poor adhesion. The longer the period between plating and coating the poorer the adhesion of organic coatings. The best way to solve the problem is to coat as soon as possible after nickel plating. Usually, if you can't coat immediately after plating, sanding and light abrasive blasting will promote adhesion. This will be a problem in your case. Since you are applying a clear organic coating, the abraded nickel will show through. Therefore, your only choice is to coat the nickel plated parts immediately after plating.


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