text:
The Grundfos ALPHA3 marks the start of a new era in domestic circulators for installers. With the ALPHA3, it's never been quicker or easier to operate a pump within domestic heating systems.
Through the Grundfos GO Remote app, the ALPHA3 is now controlled directly on your smartphone, making pump setup and monitoring simpler than ever. The ALPHA3 also comes with built-in functionality to perform easy flow-based hydronic balancing with the Grundfos GO Balance app.
Full control via your smart device
The ALPHA3 is fully controlled via your smart device. It utilises integrated Bluetooth communication that connects to the intuitive Grundfos GO Remote app, ensuring smarter and more optimal operation. This enables you to easily exchange information between the pump and your smart device. From the moment the circulator is installed and connected, all pump operation, including setup wizard, is available in the GO Remote app (iOS and Android).
Grundfos GO Remote
Grundfos GO Remote is our easy-to-use platform for remote product control, selection and information. It offers you fast and intuitive control of all pump features for connected pumps such as the ALPHA3. It also gives you direct access to our online tools, saving valuable time on reporting and data collection.
Grundfos GO Balance guides you through every step of flow-based hydronic balancing with the ALPHA3 to make the process quick and easy. GO Balance is the first-ever mobile platform for hydronic balancing of two-pipe radiator and underfloor heating systems, providing documentation and saving you time.
The Grundfos ALPHA3 is suitable for:
- One and two-pipe radiator systems
- Underfloor heating systems
- Suitable for air-conditioning systems with liquid temperatures ≥ 2 °C
Key features and benefits:
- Built-in hydronic balancing
- Full control via Grundfos GO Remote app, offering step-by-step assistance for pump configuration, maintenance and commissioning
- Dry-running protection during start-up and operation
- Robust restart enables the pump to continuously attempt restarting with the highest possible torque
- AUTOADAPT automatically adjusts to the best pump setting in radiator and underfloor mode
- Market-leading efficiency
- Low noise level
- Fully controlled via smart device
- Assisted pump setup and hassle-free and operation
- Easy hydronic balancing of heating systems and corresponding pump setup
Frequently Asked Questions - ALPHA3-system
Are there subsidies for end users available for exchange of old pumps and hydraulic balancing
- Local legislation governs this. In Germany there is existing opportunity to receive subsidies for new build and renovations- Plans are pending for a major circulator replacement scheme in Germany though not voted upon in parliament yet.
Will the GO balance heat load estimation be accepted after 2016 (VdZ Verfahren A: specific heat load / Verfahren B: DIN EN 12831)? Is it planned to extend the app by DIN EN 12831 calculation?
- It is not in our current plans to extend GO Balance to cover DIN EN 12831. We will however continue to monitor the direction of German legislation during 2016.
Is hydraulic balancing with GO balance an officially accepted procedure (e.g. KfW)
- In Germany yes – this is in accordance with KfW and GO Balance even documents beyond the requirements in KfW.
When the LED color on ALPHA READER change from green to red, how long can I proceed balancing before I need to exchange battery?
- This depend on battery make and temperature. When AR turns off due to power shortage simply, just exchange the battery and continue the balancing. No data will be lost.
Can I use GO balance in systems with integrated pumps (exchange the pump in the boiler against A3)
- In principle, it is doable – however usually boilers encapsulate the pump and it will be difficult if not impossible to ensure radio transmission through the (metal) cabinet of the boiler.
How is the performance of the radiator calculated?
- The performance is calculated based on a log mean model that describes the power flow from the radiator based on the inlet temperature, the flow, and the nominal power. The inlet temperature is a user input to the App, the nominal power is the outcome of the radiator choice done in the App, and the flow is measured by the pump.
Explanation DeltaT?
- The delta temperature across the radiators is found from the difference between the supply and return temperature. The return temperature depends on the room temperature and the flow through the radiators and is calculated by the App depended on the user input values. This means that the DeltaT presented in the App approximates what will be obtained in the branch given the conditions of the house, and can be used for evaluating the radiator design.
Why is there a Zeroflow measurement?
- The zero flow measurement is necessary as the App needs to find out if there is a bypass or not in the boiler and, if there is a bypass flow, measure the size of the bypass flow.
Why is there a Baseflow measurement?
- The internal hydraulic resistance of the heating source (boiler, heat pump, etc.) is often considerable in size and is therefore necessary for calculating the pump pressure. The algorithm in that app that calculates the internal hydraulic resistance uses the measured base flow and therefore needs this base flow measurement, which is found by opening the two valves with the highest flow.
What if you have two radiators, but only one thermostat combined?
- Then they should be treated as ONE long radiator in the input fields. The reason for treating it as one big radiators is that the water through the valve affect the whole radiator, hence the flow reduction imposed by the balancing valve should be adjusted in accordance to the heat radiated from both radiators.
What to do in the case where there are more than one radiator and thermostatic valve in a room? (The designation thermostatic valve should be replaced by heating coil, radiator or similar)
- The App supports more radiators with thermostats in the same room. In this case, the App divides the needed heat power for the room between the radiators in accordance with the radiator sizes. Such that the lager radiators are expected to deliver a larger amount of the heat power compared to the smaller radiators.
Accuracy of target flow determination – how much does it count to do it?
- It is not possible to adjust to the exact target with many types of balancing valve system. Fortunately, it is not important to adjust to the exact valve just that the flow is inside the green area then the heating system will operate as intended.
Comparishment to other hydronic balancing-calculators
- The great benefit with the GO-Balance is that it utilizes measurements on the hydraulic parts of the heating system and thereby remove uncertainties in the calculations compared to traditional balancing tools.
Can I do a balancing with the ALPAH3 pump in lower speed II?
- The pump has to run I speed III to do the balancing. The reason for this is that the App reads the pump flow and pressure form the ALPHA3 pump and these readings has a higher precision when the pump runs at speed III.
Can I use GO balance in one-pipe-systems
- The GO-Balance is design for two-pipe system where the heating elements are radiators. This means that it cannot be used for one-pipe system.
What is the advantage to use GO balance instead of automatic valves (Heimeier Eclipse etc.)
- The automatic balancing valves will ensure that the flow in the given radiator branch is limited to the value set at the balancing valve. With automatic balancing valves, there are no need for the balancing part of GO-Balance. However, the App can be used for calculating the flow set-points for the automatic valves. The only drawback with automatic balancing valves is that they requires a fairly high difference pressure to work.
Can I use GO Balance when automatic valves (example Heimeier Eclipse) are installed
- With the automatic balancing valves, the maximum allowed flow in the radiator branches of the heating system is adjusted directly. The GO-Balance App can be used for calculating the flow set-points for the automatic valves, whereas the balancing part of the App is not design for this type of valves and can therefore not be used in this type of system.
Can I use GO balance in Tichelmann Systems
- The Tichelmann system is just a special type of two-pipe system. The GO-Balance works with two-pipe system heated with radiators, meaning that it can very well be used in a Tichelmann system.
Can I use GO balance in systems without pre-adjustable valves AND without return valves
- It is of cause not possible to balance a system without balancing valves. However, with GO-Balance it is possible to calculated, on which radiator branch a balancing valve should be installed to obtain a well-balanced system.
Can I use Go balance in systems with relay valve (Überströmventil). Do I have to consider anything there?
- Automatic bypass valves typically opens with increased pressure. The App is not designed for operating with active automatic bypass valves. Therefore, it is recommended that the automatic balancing valve is closed or adjusted to the highest possible opening pressure during the balancing routine. Note that when closing the automatic bypass valve the boiler is in risk for overheating, therefore it is very important that the boiler is switch off during the balance routine in this case.
Why do I NOT have to type in return temperature in GO Ballance to define Delta T
- The return temperature depends on the supply temperature, the room temperature, and the flow through the radiator. All these values are known in the App, and are used for calculating the actual return temperature that will be obtained for the radiator. The App uses the calculated return temperature and the supply temperature to calculate Delta T. The use of the calculated return temperature ensures the resulting Delta T is the one actually obtainable with the given system configuration.
When I use radiator type 4/"unknown radiatortype" (Sonstige) and type in the radiator power: do I have to type in the Normheizkörperleistung (75/65/20) or the radiator power related to the real (selected) flow temperature
- You use the nominal radiator power when operating under 50/20 conditions, i.e. with a mean radiator temperature 50°C above room temperature. Commonly listed in datasheets as "75/65/20" or "80/60/20" ratings. Has to be written as SI-value [W].
Why do I have to calibrate "Zero flow"? All valves are closed should mean no flow.
- The zero flow calibration is necessary as the App needs to find out if there is a bypass or not in the boiler, and if there is a bypass measure the size of the bypass flow.
Which radiator power data are embedded in GO Balance for the different types and radiator sizes
- The data used to estimate the nominal radiator power from measureable values, such as height and length, is attracted from datasheets from radiator manufacturers such as Riopanels, Stelrad, hg-tec, Yongkang Huand etc.. Data is only attracted for radiators whish fulfills the standards within EN 442-1.
If I lose the BLE signal of the ALPHA Reader/MI401 on mobile phone during balancing, can I just go back to an area with signal to proceed?
- Yes. You can put the phone down in the area where there is signal – and then return to the valve you are about to balance. Just turn on the sound on your phone, and the sounds will help to lead you to balance. The higher the tone, the closer you are at reaching the target flow for the specific valve. When the phone makes a repeated "ding, ding, ding" sound, you have reached the flow within the target margins of being balanced.
How can the principle of the calculation process of GO balance be explained (how does the app calculate the recommended flow).
- The recommended flow is calculated based on the expected power consumption in the room, which is provided by the use by the Watt pr square meter and the number of square meter of the room. The radiator power is matched to the room power by adjusting the design flow given the expected supply temperature. Finally, the design temperature is scaled to pressure obtained by the pump in speed III. After the valves are balanced the pump should be put into AutoAdapt that will adjust the pressure to obtain the desired design flow in all radiator branches.
Why is the calculated real flow (after balancing and after putting the pump in normal control mode like Autoadapt) not part of the report
- The thermostats continuously adjusts the real flow to obtain the desired room temperature. The flow adjusted during the balancing is the maximum allowed flow in the system and will only be obtained under extreme conditions. Therefore it does not make sense to show the real flow in the raport.
Is it possible to use Alpha Reader with other pumps than ALPHA3
- No. It is currently only the ALPHA3 that is able to "flash" data.
If you choose concrete and wood floor you cannot choose a higher room temperature than 19 degrees?
- You can, the floor type does not influence your options for desired room temperature + Different materials has different max allowed temp which should be obeyed.
What is the base flow used for?
- Base flow define all the resistance in the UFH system and have this data available for the APP to do the right calc. The base flow is used for the estimation of the flow resistance in the manifold and shunt.
Can GO Balance be use for fan coils and underfloor systems?
- We only support radiators and underfloor heating system- Two string Radiator systems with preset valves/ Lock shield valve.
Is the Alpha Reader V2 compatible for UFH?
- Yes, it is the same system for radiators and UFH.
How would you know the load distribution between radiators and UFH?
- We calculate how much power the radiators and the UFH can deliver and ask the user to distribute the remaining ( available heat energy ) power between the two systems.
How long did the balancing take in field test for underfloor or even mixed systems?
- from ½ hour up to 3 hours as it was a learning experience
- We have made some field tests - and as users get experience, it becomes faster. It is fairly fast.
Will we have video demo for UFH balancing process?
- Yes - we have prepared video for UFH and radiator, and we will have one for combined as well. (You can find videos at YouTube you tube under Grundfos go Balance, ALPHA3.
When will it be possible to see precise flow at the screen? Not only flow mark? On line
- There is no plan of implementing this.
Some heating systems include both UHF and radiators working with one pump (manifold has not own pump). Is it possible to balance these systems with GO Balance app?
- No, we do not support radiators and underfloor heating connected to the same pump.
Could you please explain (in details) how it is possible to measure such a small flow in a system, when pump work in a zone extremely close to the zero flow (closed valve). In this duty point eta is very low, and consumed power also very low.
- We perform the measurements and the balancing with the pump at maximum speed to ensure as large flows in the system as possible. During the process we measure the flow in the system with all valves closed and during the balancing we compensate for this zero flow when determining the flow value in the valve. Furthermore we have a minimum flow during the balancing to ensure that the flow in the valve is large enough to measure.
Does the app for radiators consider the question if the valve design is for 1K or 2K p-band?
- No it does not. The radiators are balanced so the radiators power output at maximum flow matches the radiators share of the power loss in the room it is in.
What is really measured? During measurement the pump delivers almost 6 meter head in speed III, and after balancing you switch to AUTOADAPT - low head - what happens with real flow in a system?
- The flow and head will become lower when the pump is set in AUTOADAPT. The flow we achieve during the balancing is not the design flow, it is up-scaled from the design pressure to the maximum pressure.
If an installer has a pretty good project with a precise flow for each radiators – a display of the real flow is a feature we need - could you please display the real flow and head in a system in a Go Balance app?
- It is an estimation not a measurement - we have a good enough relative flow measurement . The absolute measurements is not precise enough to be used for the balancing purpose.
How is balancing performed in your country today?
- In Sweden, I guess that in best cases look up tables are used for balancing thermostats. In most cases "gut feeling" or nothing at all...(When we talk about households).
Does the app for radiators consider the question if the valve design is for 1K or 2K p-band?
- No it does not. The radiators are balanced so the radiators power output at maximum flow matches the radiators share of the power loss in the room it is in.
What is the prerequisite for UFH?
- A UFH system with preset valves. To balance a UFH system we must be able to estimate flows in the floor pipe loops. We cannot do balancing if the system has a permanent by-pass.
Is thermostats in the room mandatory in order to balance an underfloor heating system?
- Yes, since we balance to achieve a required room temperature the system must provide means for a user to set the room temperature as well as feeding actual room temperature back to the controller.
Is there a difference between hydraulic & hydronic balance?
- There is no difference between the two. Hydraulics is the field of fluid mechanics and hydronics is the field of liquid based heating and cooling systems. We are using our hydraulic knowledge to balance a hydronic system, so you can use both terms in this context.
What do I do if an underfloor heating zone valve opens unexpectedly?
- Some underfloor heating systems has an automated valve exercise function, that can open the zone valves unexpectedly during the balancing procedure. If this happens you must remove the opened valve actuator, and manually close the valve.
Contact us
Select country to contact your local sales company
Contact us
Select country to contact your local sales company


text:
How to browse a Page/Website that No Longer Exists or Unavailable by Google Cache
Some time our preferred websites are unavailable or are closed and we can't access to their important information, but not all is lost: we can use the cache of Google!!
In fact, Google caches the most used pages in order to speed the searches and this cache remains many week in the servers.
There are many different ways to view the cached pages, but I report the most useful:
1. If you have the exact link of the page in the website, you can open this link and click on "Access a cached copy of …" .
Alternately you can add "cache:" before the link (Ex: cache:www.linkstreaming.com/streaming-flash-forward.html)
2. If you don't have the exact link in the website, you can do a Google Search like this: "nameOfSite nameOfContents". So, Google will search in our website a page with the contents those we need. The result will be a page like this:
Finally, if you use Firefox there is a extension ErrorZilla to view the Google's cached version of every pages but, personally, I prefer the others two methods.
All comments are welcome.
Read more...

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Explore palm-fringed beaches, ancient rainforests and the golden outback on a self-drive tour taking in the highlights of North Queensland. With 26 different routes to follow, the Great Tropical Drive takes you to some of Australia's best-known tropical attractions including the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree rainforest, Hinchinbrook Island and the Undara Lava Tubes.
Taste the flavours of the tropics on the Atherton Tablelands where local produce and fruity wines are popular, step back in time with an adventure into the western goldfields or discover incredible views as you drive between the two World Heritage areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest. Along the way you can cool off under a waterfall, visit a turtle hospital, go jungle surfing or learn how to hunt mud crab with a spear.
Encounter nature, Indigenous culture, food and wine, wildlife, heritage or adventure and know that natural wonders are around every corner. The Great Tropical Drive offers ever changing landscapes as it passes through unique regions of North Queensland including Cooktown, Port Douglas and Daintree, Cairns and its beaches, Mission Beach and the Cassowary Coast, the Atherton Tablelands, the Gulf Savannah, Townsville, Charters Towers and Hinchinbrook.
From Cairns you head north across the Barron River to the Cairns Northern Beaches including Trinity Beach, Palm Cove and Ellis Beach. The drive then winds along the edge of the Coral Sea past unspoiled tropical beaches to Port Douglas, the ideal place to cruise to the Great Barrier Reef.
Intimate, relaxed Port Douglas is the gateway to the Daintree, the world's oldest tropical rainforest. To the north is beautiful Mossman Gorge where you can discover the culture of the Kuku Yalanji people before driving through sugar cane fields to the township of Daintree. Take a crocodile spotting tour, fish for barramundi or marvel at the incredible birdlife.
Cross the Daintree River on the cable ferry for a leisurely drive through ancient rainforest, pausing at lookouts for a glimpse of the Coral Sea as you wind your way past pretty beaches to Cape Tribulation where the rainforest meets the reef. Turn your journey into a four wheel drive rainforest adventure, follow a food trail, or learn more about the Aboriginal people of the rainforest.
|Route Details
|Mode of Travel
|4x4, Car
Palm Cove and Port Douglas are cosmopolitan beachside villages linked by a spectacular section of the Great Barrier Reef Drive. With its long sandy beach lapped by the Coral Sea and a backdrop of rainforest-clad mountains, Palm Cove has the perfect setting for an intimate getaway. Everything is within walking distance in this friendly village where restaurants, shops and resorts overlook the beach.
Driving north pass through pretty Ellis Beach before the road hugs the coastline as it winds between the dual World Heritage areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest. Stop at a deserted beach along the way and linger at the Rex Lookout where an incredible 180-degree view of the Coral Sea and its coastline begs a photograph.
The road leaves the blue of the ocean for the green of sugar cane fields just before the palm-lined entrance to Port Douglas. Known as the place where A-list celebrities escape, this tropical village has an incredible array of restaurants, great boutique shopping and the iconic Four Mile Beach. It is the closest mainland port to the Great Barrier Reef and only a short drive to the Wet Tropics rainforest at Daintree and Cape Tribulation.
|Route Details
The short drive from Port Douglas to Daintree Village offers the opportunity to learn about the Aboriginal people who have called the Wet Tropics rainforest home for thousands of years. The Port Douglas and Daintree region is the traditional country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people who continue to have ongoing connections with the area and offer tours where you can experience their culture.
Mossman Gorge is the southern section of the Daintree National Park where steep mountains, thick with rainforest send the Mossman River tumbling over the Gorge's massive granite boulders creating cool, clear freshwater swimming holes. Take a picnic and discover the rainforest on one of the free walks around the Gorge or join a local Indigenous guide on their traditional land to learn how their ancestors trapped fish and safely prepared poisonous foods to eat.
In Mossman you can visit an Indigenous gallery where the resident artist will show you how to paint your own burnie bean. Experience traditional hunting at the coastal village of Cooya Beach where an Indigenous guide can show you how to hunt mud crab with a spear or relax with an Indigenous spa treatment at Daintree Village.
|Route Details
Daintree Village is perched on the southern side of the Daintree River and is famous for the resident saltwater crocodiles that live on its banks. The village has a number of crocodile, bird and wildlife spotting cruises that depart regularly where you can attempt to find Scarface, Fat Albert or Gummy. If eating croc is more to your liking, try a croc burger or croc san choy bow at a cafe.
Venture over the river on the cable ferry and explore the Daintree region encompassing Cape Kimberley, Cow Bay, Cooper Creek, Thornton Beach, Noah Valley and Cape Tribulation, where the bitumen road ends. Journey through the world's oldest surviving tropical rainforest to see an endangered cassowary, be dwarfed by an ancient king fern or swim in a clear freshwater creek.
Stepping straight on to the beach from the rainforest is a very special experience at Cape Tribulation where the dual World Heritage areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest meet. Spot turtles and dugongs as you kayak over the coastal reef, join a night tour to spotlight nocturnal animals, taste exotic fruits, explore the rainforest on horseback or fly through the rainforest canopy on a flying fox.
|Route Details
Chances are you will spot a cassowary on this drive. See the giant Golden Gumboot which stands 7.9 metres tall to mark Tully's record-breaking rainfall and climb inside for a view of the town, its sugar mill and Mount Tyson.
Tully is one of the best places to go white-water rafting with the mighty Tully River plunging through Tully Gorge National Park or kayak Banyan Creek at a more leisurely pace on an Aboriginal cultural tour.
Just 36 kilometres south-west of Tully is beautiful Murray Falls in Girramay National Park where the clear waters of the Murray River cascade over boulders into rock pools.
Head back to Tully to visit El Arish, a former World War 1 soldier settlement where the streets are named after generals and battles.
Next stop is laidback Mission Beach which has beautiful sandy beaches lined with coconut palms and tropical islands close enough to paddle to.
This picturesque 14 kilometres length of coastline comprises the four villages of South Mission Beach, Wongaling Beach, North Mission Beach and Bingil Bay. With a variety of accommodation and restaurants, Mission Beach is a popular base for exploring the surrounding Wet Tropics rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.
|Route Details
Journey back to another era - one of romance, gardens and castles - on the scenic Canecutter Way between Innisfail and Kurrimine Beach.
From Kurrimine Beach where most homes have a tractor to launch their tinnie for a day of fishing on the nearby reef, follow the old highway through lush sugar cane paddocks, tropical rainforest and fruit farms.
The tiny town of Silkwood is the home of Australia's smallest National Australia Bank and largest religious festival, the Feast of the Three Saints.
Drive on to the perfect picnic area at Liverpool Creek, near Japoonvale, before reaching Mena Creek, the home of Paronella Park.
Built in 1929, the ruins of a Spanish castle are framed by magnificent gardens, lakeside tunnels and bridges, all built by a Spanish immigrant to show his love for his wife.
Cane trains operate down the main street of quaint South Johnstone while nearby farms have old cane barracks still standing.
Don't miss the bakery at Wangan, home of award-winning meat pies, which can be enjoyed relaxing at Innisfail just minutes away.
Innisfail is home to Australia's largest collection of Art Deco buildings and an historic Chinese Joss House still in use.
|Route Details
|Mode of Travel
|4x4, Bicycle, Bus, Car, Caravan, Coach, Coaster, Four Wheel Drive, Helicopter, Limousine, Minibus, Motorcycle, Mountain Bike
|Route Type
|Suggested Stops
Paronella Park, Murdering Point Winery, Mena Creek Hotel and Falls
Explore deep into the past of our early colonial history and even further back to ancient Aboriginal culture - all from Cooktown, a beautiful, unspoilt, small coastal town surrounded by stunning countryside.
A life-size statue of explorer Captain James Cook stands at the very spot where he stepped ashore while much needed repairs were made to his ship the Endeavour, after hitting a reef in 1770. See the town's historic buildings, cemetery and museums to discover more about Captain Cook as well as Indigenous, European and Chinese history.
Head north on a four wheel-drive journey along Battle Camp Road to Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park. Queensland's second-largest national park features spectacular wetlands and extensive river systems that are home to an array of wildlife, especially birds and crocodiles.
People travel from all over the world to view the largest known collection of prehistoric rock art near Laura, the next stop on the circuit route. This area is known as Quinkan country after the Aboriginal spirits depicted at the Split Rock and Gu Gu Yalangi rock-art sites.
Next stop is Lakeland, also known as Lakeland Downs, a small farming centre and ideal rest stop south of Laura, before you reach Cooktown.
|Route Details
Explore the Hinchinbrook Heritage Trail to learn the history of Ingham and stock up on Italian fare at one of the town's many delicatessens before driving to a nearby beach for a picnic. Catch some waves at Forrest Beach or hook a fish at Taylors Beach further north.
Heading towards Lucinda, don't miss Halifax, a small community where historic building facades and heritage-listed mango trees line the main street.
You can access the Hinchinbrook Channel at Lucinda, a popular departure point for fishing charters and transfers to Australia's largest island national park, Hinchinbrook Island.
Nearby is Girringun National Park with the spectacular Wallaman Falls, Australia's longest permanent single-drop waterfall. Heading back towards Ingham, take the turn-off to Mt Fox, a well preserved dormant volcano, formed more than 100,000 years ago.
Wind through Paluma Range National Park on the historic Mount Spec Road to reach Hidden Valley where you may see platypus. The road continues to Paluma, a quaint village with historic bush walks to scenic lookouts.
Returning to Ingham, stop about 500 metres south of Ingham at the Tyto Wetlands, where you can explore lagoons and walking tracks which are home to more than 230 species of birds and wallabies.
|Route Details
Many travellers start their journey along The Great Green Way from the major regional city of Townsville.
Setting off along the Bruce Highway you will pass Townsville's northern beaches. Bushland and Saunders beaches both have boat ramps and accommodation, while Toolakea and Toomulla beaches are popular with bird watchers and anglers.
At Rollingstone, don't miss the heritage walk and Railway Museum. Nearby is Balgal Beach, a popular fishing spot with easy access to the Palm Group of Islands.
Winding through Paluma Range National Park, the historic Mount Spec Road features beautiful stonework, especially the masonry arch bridge over Little Crystal Creek where you can enjoy a dip before driving through rainforest.
Further along Mount Spec Road, which was built by hand during the Great Depression, is Hidden Valley where you are sure to see platypus.
The road continues to Paluma, an historic village with cosy tea houses, arts and crafts and an historic walk.
Thornton's Gap crosses Herveys Range west of Townsville following the tracks that once led to the goldfields.
At the top, the oldest known building in North Queensland, the Eureka Hotel, has been restored and is now the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms.
|Route Details
With amazing underground limestone caves and volcanic lava tubes this true adventure drive starts just an hour's drive from the coast at Mareeba and heads to the vast savannah plains of the great Australian outback.
At Dimbulah, you can take a detour to the historic former mining towns of Thornborough and Kingsborough to explore old cemeteries and see the well preserved Tyrconnell Gold Mine.
Nearby is Mount Mulligan, a dramatic escarpment known as Queensland's Uluru and the scene of the State's worst mining disaster.
If you're a train buff, stop at Almaden and join one of North Queensland's most unusual rail journeys aboard the Savannahlander railmotor.
Exploring the famous limestone caves and surrounding Australian scrub at Chillagoe is a must. Fish the Walsh River and visit the historic copper smelter ruins while there.
This trail is also your link to the fascinating Undara Volcanic National Park - home of lava tubes and gem fossicking. The remote park contains the remains of the Earth's longest flow of lava originating from a single volcano, occurring more than 190,000 years ago.
On the way back via Ravenshoe and Atherton, take a welcome rest at Innot Hot Springs to enjoy the waters' healing powers.
|Route Details
This drive is aptly named Western Heritage with western rural experiences and remnants of the gold rush heyday.
Along the Flinders Highway, Mingela's population may be small (about ten), but it's still a popular stop for those on their way to Charters Towers.
There are few historic town hearts as beautifully preserved as Charters Towers' One Square Mile, still proudly displaying some of the magnificent buildings and homes built during the flourishing gold rush days of the 1800s.
At Pentland see the historic railway station, Norwood Lockup, Burra Range Lookout, birdlife and the dry inland salt lake of Lake Buchanan.
Visit Dalrymple National Park and experience the changing landscapes from ancient geological formations dating back to the volcanic period to the salt lakes and natural springs of Fletcher Creek.
See parts of the former Dalrymple township, one of the first inland settlements in northern Australia.
One original track over Hervey's Range to the remote gold mining camps is still accessible through Thornton's Gap.
Once the Eureka Hotel provided a welcome rest stop at the top and the split log cabin circa 1865, one of the oldest buildings in North Queensland, has been restored as the Hervey's Range Heritage Tea Rooms.
|Route Details
Ghost stories and a giant carpet snake, coastal wonders and rugged mountains - you'll find it all on this drive from Townsville.
Bowling Green Bay National Park south of Townsville is almost 60,000 hectares of such contrasts. In the park, Alligator Creek descends in a series of cascades, deep pools and waterfalls while Mount Elliot dominates the landscape at 1210 metres.
On the north side of the mighty Burdekin River, 85 kilometres south of Townsville, the prosperous community of Ayr is the Burdekin Shire's main town. This prime sugar country also contributes one-third of the nation's mango harvest. Don't miss, Gubulla Munda, the giant carpet snake sculpture at nearby Plantation Park.
Home Hill, at the delta of the Burdekin River, is also a major sugarcane growing area. Drive south-west to Ravenswood, a wonderful example of a true ghost town. Once boasting 48 hotels and 5000 residents after the discovery of gold in 1868, the township was deserted after an industrial strike in 1912, and subsequently World War 1 in 1915.
There are just two gold mines in operation in the area, several historic buildings and legendary ghost stories. Stop at another historic town, Mingela, on your return journey to Townsville.
|Route Details
See nature at its very best on this waterfall trail. Just before Innisfail turn off to the Palmerston Highway, a gateway to the Atherton Tablelands.
Wind through the mountain range with spectacular lookouts and walking tracks along the way. The Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway gives you a close look at the World Heritage rainforest. Beautiful Millaa Millaa nestles in emerald hills surrounded by dairy farms and a circuit of waterfalls including Millaa Millaa Falls where you may see a platypus.
Included in the circuit are Zillie Falls and Elinjaa Falls which both have picnic and barbecue facilities. Picnic and swim at Malanda Falls, and spot fascinating wildlife including the elusive Lumholtz Tree-Kangaroo.
Yungaburra is a picturesque village with a streetscape largely unchanged since 1910, and the amazing Curtain Fig Tree only minutes away.
The remains of Atherton's Chinatown, dating back to the late 1800s, now feature at the community's restored place of worship, the Hou Wang Temple.
Enjoy great coffee and the mango wine at Mareeba and see the best of the region from a hot air balloon.
One of Kuranda's most treasured landmarks is the Barron River and its spectacular gorge which is home to the mighty Barron Falls.
|Route Details
Explore pretty beaches north of Townsville and drive the historic Mount Spec Road through Paluma Range National Park to Paluma to see arts and crafts.
Around Ingham you can see Mount Fox, a dormant volcano, Australia's longest permanent single-drop waterfall Wallaman Falls and the Tyto Wetlands with more than 230 species of birds.
Visit Cardwell's cultural precinct, take a trip to Australia's largest island national park, Hinchinbrook Island, and picnic at beautiful Murray Falls.
Go white water rafting at Tully and see the giant Golden Gumboot marking the town's record-breaking rainfall. You are sure to see a cassowary in the rainforest at one of the many walks around Mission Beach or kayak to Dunk Island to see colourful fish and coral.
Walk to the Great Barrier Reef at Kurrimine Beach then learn about the region's sugar history at the Australian Sugar Industry Museum at Mourilyan.
Admire Art Deco buildings at Innisfail, take in the view from the Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway along the Palmerston Highway and take a dip at the Babinda Boulders.
Access the islands of the Frankland Group National Park from Deeral and see Walshs Pyramid, one of the highest freestanding natural pyramids in the world, at Gordonvale.
|Route Details
Visit the Australian Sugar Industry Museum at Mourilyan, then do The Innisfail Town Walk to discover the Art Deco capital of Australia. From Cairns, travel on Kuranda Scenic Rail, an engineering feat of the 1880s involving up to 1500 men building the railway track, tunnels and bridges by hand.
The Atherton Tablelands became the largest military base in Australia hosting up to 300,000 troops during World War 2. Fly in an ex-military aircraft at Warbird Adventures at Mareeba Airport, pay your respects at the Rocky Creek War Memorial Park near Tolga and follow the memorial markers throughout the Tablelands.
Visit the century-old Hou Wang Temple at Atherton to discover the region's Chinese history.
Take the Heritage Walk though Herberton, the oldest town on the Tablelands, and visit Herberton Historical Village where restored shops, homes and businesses dating back to the 1870s have been filled with memorabilia.
Heritage-listed Irvinebank has architecture from the turn of the last century and Tyrconnell Mine features restored miners' cottages and a working 120-year-old gold ore stamper.
Explore what's left of the Mt Mulligan township where 75 miners died in a mining disaster under the shadow of the magnificent mountain known as Queensland's Uluru.
|Route Details
Visit turtles being cared for at Reef HQ Aquarium's Turtle Hospital in Townsville and see a colony of koalas at Magnetic Island.
Watch platypus at Paluma, then venture out at night to see gliders, night spiders, possums, bettongs and owls come to life in the dark.
Stop at Cardwell jetty to see dugongs and watch for dolphins as you paddle a kayak from Mission Beach to Dunk Island.
Encounter a cassowary in the rainforest at Mission Beach and watch for the electric blue flash of the Ulysses butterfly.
On the new moon when the tides are low you can walk to the Great Barrier Reef from Kurrimine Beach to discover sea cucumbers and starfish.
Colourful king parrots and musky rat-kangaroos are often seen at Josephine Falls, while Eubenangee Swamp National Park has more than 190 bird species, as well as crocodiles in the Alice River. From Bramston Beach you can access the Russell River National Park with a 4WD to see spectacled flying-foxes roosting or canoe along Babinda Creek to spot fish, turtles and often platypus. Turn off at Deeral for a tour to the islands of Frankland Group National Park where you can snorkel with turtles and watch seabirds.
|Route Details
See the reef and the rainforest in a day with Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours at Cape Tribulation and a high-speed trip aboard Jet Sprinter to snorkel at Low Isles Reef. Look for the glint of a crocodile's eye on a night spotting tour in the Daintree rainforest.
Hurtle downhill in a huge zorb ball and explore old rainforest logging tracks on a quad bike at Daintree Station before ending the day with a view of the Coral Sea bungy jumping at AJ Hackett at Smithfield.
Take a boat from Cairns for Fitzroy Island to explore the coral on AquaJet, a water toy that speeds you along under the water. Eyeball a four-metre crocodile as you swoop over him on a flying fox in the heart of the city at Cairns Zoom.
Head south to Tully to raft white water as it thunders through the rainforest, then take to the sky the next day for a tandem jump from 14,000 feet on to the sand of Mission Beach.
Hit the throttle on a jet ski to Dunk Island to explore its beaches and rainforest, and then back on the mainland ride like the wind on a BloKart along the ocean's edge.
|Route Details
Admire Australia's highest single-drop waterfall, Wallaman Falls, at Girringun National Park near Ingham before driving to Cardwell to access Hinchinbrook Island, Australia's largest island national park.
Discover swimming holes and waterfalls, especially beautiful Murray Falls in Girramay National Park, around Cardwell.
Camp beside the mighty Tully River or go on a butterfly walk at Tully Gorge National Park.
Mission Beach is surrounded by national parks with Djiru and Clump Mountain national parks on the mainland and Family Islands National park centring around Dunk Island. Walk through a forest of fan palms, swim in a cool creek or admire the views from the summit of Mount Kootaloo on Dunk Island.
Woroonooran National Park is accessed along the picturesque Palmerston Highway, near Innisfail, with highlights including the Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway.
On the Atherton Tablelands there is a waterfalls circuit including Millaa Millaa Falls. Take a short side trip to Bromfield Swamp to see a variety of birds including brolgas and marvel at the eerie, green stillness of Hypipamee Crater.
Swim in the Crater Lakes of Eacham and Barrine, stand in awe of rainforest giants like the 1000-year-old twin kauri pines and see the Curtain Fig Tree at Yungaburra.
|Route Details
Share a kupmurri meal with the Nywaigi people at Mungalla Station near Ingham and sit under the stars listening to the didgeridoo.
Next stop is Girringun Art Centre before doing the Yalgay Ginja Bulumi walk at Murray Falls in Girramay National Park.
Join Ingan Tours at Tully to make a rainforest fibre bracelet on a tour of traditional Jirrbal land.
Cool off at the Babinda Boulders where the spirit a Yidinji woman is said to cry out for her lost lover.
In Cairns watch artists making prints under the guidance of an Indigenous arts industry pioneer at Canopy Artspace, a gallery featuring Queensland Indigenous artists.
Travel on Skyrail Rainforest Cableway for a personalised walking tour with the Djabugay people at Barron Falls.
In Kuranda learn why Aboriginal people paint their body at Rainforestation's Pamagirri Cultural Centre, then journey into the Dreamtime at Tjapukai by Night at Caravonica.
Experience a smoking ceremony at Mossman Gorge Centre and paint a boomerang at Janbal Gallery in Mossman.
Hunt mud crab with a spear on a Kuku Yalanji Cultural Habitat Tour at Cooya Beach and enjoy an Indigenous performance and dinner in the rainforest at Flames of the Forest near Port Douglas.
|Route Details
Discover black sapote fruit on a tour of Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm, then try it made into ice cream at Floravilla Ice-Cream Factory at the Cow Bay turnoff.
Cross the Daintree River and travel to Port Douglas to buy fresh prawns from a trawler and sample the town's world-class restaurants.
Head to the Atherton Tablelands via Kennedy Highway to Kuranda and indulge in home-made fudge, rock candy or local honey.
Tour a coffee plantation in Mareeba and visit a boutique winery where tropical fruits like mango are the main ingredient.
Stop at roadside stalls or visit a farmer's market to sample and purchase tropical produce.
Pick strawberries at Shaylee Strawberry Farm at Atherton, visit Nerada Tea Plantation at Malanda, try smoked red claw at Tarzali Lakes Smokehouse Café, and taste yoghurt and cheeses at Mungalli Creek Dairy in Millaa Millaa.
Travel the Palmerston Highway to Innisfail for cheese and cured meats at Oliveri's Continental Deli and follow the Canecutter's Way where country pubs, a European butcher and an old fashioned bakery will tempt you.
Try bush tucker wines at Murdering Point Winery at Silkwood and end your journey with fish and chips at Kurrimine Beach.


text:
Newly released footage shows President Gerald Ford calmly and carefully recalling how Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson disciple, tried to kill him in a Sacramento park.
The roughly 20-minute interview taped in Washington for Fromme's trial was released Monday by a federal court as the result of a motion filed by a Sacramento historical group.
In the tape, Ford gestures gently with his hands and sips water as he answers questions from a lawyer about what began as a routine morning in September 1975 before Fromme pushed through a crowd on the street, drew a semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at Ford.
Ford recalled seeing a hand holding the large handgun amid the crowd before a Secret Service agent lunged at Fromme. The gun wasn't fired, and Ford wasn't hurt.
The tape had been sealed since the case and was largely forgotten in the years since. It was released at the request of the Eastern District Historical Society, a nonprofit that seeks to preserve the history of the federal court based in Sacramento.
The case was the first in history featuring oral testimony from a sitting president in a criminal trial.
In the taped testimony posted online by The Sacramento Bee, Ford recalled seeing a "weathered" woman in a brightly colored dress as he walked toward a building where he planned to meet with the governor.
She "appeared to want to either shake hands or speak, or at least wanted to get closer to me," Ford says.
He then saw a large gun coming through the crowd of well-wishers. But when asked if he saw the face of who was holding it, he answered, "No, I did not."
The gun was about 2 feet away from him, Ford said.
"It was simply the hand with the weapon in it, at a height between my knee and my waist, approximately," Ford said. He then described a frantic moment when a security agent seized the suspect and Ford was rushed away.
Fromme was sentenced under a law covering assaults on U.S. presidents. She was released from prison in 2009.
Fromme received her nickname from Manson's "family" because of her voice. She was never implicated in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, for which Manson is serving a life term in California.
Ford died at his Southern California home on Dec. 26, 2006. He was 93.


text:
Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links or search box below to find your way around.
Select this option if you would like your search to look in the text of FAQ items as well as their titles.
Select an option here to specify how you would like your search query to be treated. 'Any words' will return the most numerous but possibly least relevant results, while 'Complete phrase' will return only results that contain exactly what you are searching for.
This site is owned and operated by Team Compendium, Inc.All content is © 2000-2011 Team Compendium, Inc. The PokeGym is not affiliated with The Pokémon Company, International or any anime or video game companies.


text: Share Smaller TextLarger TextPrint I can't stress this enough: Stress is the enemy By Jennifer LaRue Huget Feb 22, 2013 0 Comments I'll never forget the day I knew something was wrong with me. I was sitting in a business meeting at which big decisions were being made. But I desperately wanted it to be over so I could get home and finish the cleaning, packing, getting the dog to the kennel, and the other three zillion items on my to-do list before leaving for a vacation with my husband and two young children the next morning. As I glared at the clock and pretended to listen to the proceedings, the right side of my face went numb. More precisely, it felt as though Elmer's Glue had been left to dry on my cheek, causing the skin to pull and stretch in an uncomfortable way. And my right eyelid felt heavy and stupid. I glanced around at the people sitting nearby, wondering whether they noticed my looking different. Apparently not. The meeting proceeded and finally ended. I drove home, worried and wondering what was up. The numbness and dried-glue sensation subsided, and I was able to enjoy my vacation. In fact, months passed before the other shoe dropped. On another stressful afternoon, my left fingertips began to tingle. That's when I began the series of medical appointments that ultimately led to my diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Since then, I've noted a strong connection between my stress level and my symptoms. During particularly stressful times, my legs become leaden. When that happens, I now understand that it's time to slow down and regain control over my life – and my MS. Stress is a widespread phenomenon in the United States, and, according to a survey released this month by the American Psychological Association, one that appears to be getting worse all the time. Among the survey's findings: "Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents say that their stress level has increased or stayed the same over the past five years and 80 percent say their stress level has increased or stayed the same in the past year. Only 20 percent said their stress level has decreased in the past year." On top of all that, only 37 percent of respondents said they were doing an excellent or very good job of managing stress. Like many of you, I am constantly juggling work and family and pets and all manner of other responsibilities, and simply committing to slowing down to reduce my stress doesn't make it happen. So how do I manage my stress? Number one on my list of stress-management techniques is physical exercise. I am fortunate in being able to take advantage of a gym, where I run on the treadmill, ride the stationary bikes, and do whatever one does on an elliptical trainer. I also do yoga. Lots and lots of yoga. It's calming to my body and soul, and I depend on it to deliver a feeling of calm and contentment no matter what's going on in my life. I also gain strength and support from the friendships I've developed with the people I practice yoga with. Just the practice of monitoring my breathing, remembering to inhale and exhale with intention, helps me relax. But perhaps the activity that delivers the biggest stress-reducing bang for the buck is my near-daily dog walk. Every weekday, and often on weekends, my two dear girlfriends and I take our three brown dogs for a long walk. It's good for the dogs – and even better for us. We gab and chat and complain and compare notes about our lives, our kids, books we're reading and TV shows we love (and some we hate). And every single time we walk, I come home feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and relaxed. As a bonus, the long walk tires my puppy out, so when we get home he takes a nice nap, and I can get my work done. It's a win-win situation – and a sure-fire stress beater. Not everyone has the luxury of a flexible schedule; I'm so lucky to be able to work at home and (mostly) design my own days. But I hope every one of you is able to carve out a few minutes to just breathe and be, to do some small thing that helps you find a bit of peace in the midst of your busy day. For more about stress management, visit nationalMSsociety.org/stress. Jennifer LaRue Huget, Blogger Jennifer LaRue Huget was diagnosed with MS in 2001. A freelance writer and children's book author, she lives in Connecticut with her husband, two teenage kids, and two brown dogs. Her website is www.jenniferlaruehuget.com.


text:
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ready to start their cleanup efforts.
The first hurricane to hit the United States this year will be remembered for striking New Orleans on the anniversary of 2005's deadly Hurricane Katrina – and providing a first, successful test of the city's pricey new flood defenses.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu concluded that the ring of defenses was "operating as designed."
Now a tropical depression, Isaac can still trigger tornadoes in Mississippi and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said – among the final acts of a storm that punched above its weight in terms of impact and often confounded forecasters.
One bright spot: rain that is expected to reach the central U.S. Midwest over the weekend, a godsend to farmers suffering from the worst drought in more than 50 years, even if too late for many of this season's crops.
Isaac caused widespread flooding and property damage in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, mostly because of its unexpectedly heavy and persistent rainfall. The system lingered near New Orleans for the best part of two days, sometimes moving as slowly as five miles an hour (8 km per hour).
"Most of them blow through and are over with. This one is just hanging around too long," George Dubaz, a New Orleans tour guide, said during the deluge.
The storm caused anywhere from $700 million to $2 billion in insured onshore losses, disaster modeler AIR Worldwide said late Thursday.
That would still leave Isaac, which came onshore as a Category 1 hurricane, well outside the 10 most costly U.S. hurricanes.
New Orleans' Audubon Park recorded 18.7 inches (47.5 cm) of rain in a 24-hour period during Isaac. That exceeded all records dating back to 1871, said Jeff Masters of Weather Underground. Many other locations in Louisiana and Mississippi logged more than 10 inches (25.4 cm) of rain.
Through it all New Orleans sustained mostly cosmetic damage such as downed trees and street lights. A massive police and National Guard presence – and a dusk-to-dawn curfew, now lifted – also helped keep things calm even as much of the city lost power.
The Port of New Orleans and the city's airport were ready to reopen on Friday, authorities said.
Surrounding areas, though, without the new protective federal flood barriers, did not fare as well from the relentless rain and huge storm surges brought forth by Isaac.
Some of the worst flooding was in Plaquemines Parish, southwest of New Orleans, where flood waters overtopped at least one levee and left many homes under about 12 feet (3.6 meters) of water.
Late on Thursday, local officials confirmed the death of a man and a woman in the parish town of Braithwaite. The pair apparently drowned in their kitchen as flood waters surged in. Earlier, a Mississippi man died after being hit by a falling tree.
Isaac killed at least 23 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before taking aim at the United States.
Slidell, a town of about 27,000 people northeast of New Orleans, took the brunt of a storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain, which left some neighborhoods under about a foot (30 cm) of water.
"You'd have never made me believe a Category 1 would dump this much water," said Sam Caruso, 71, a former mayor of Slidell who toured the town in his pickup truck on Thursday.
As the flood waters rose, some residents, including Caruso, wondered whether the new federal levee system had shored up New Orleans at the expense of low-lying neighboring parishes outside the system's protection – a debate that is likely to continue.
Benchmark crude oil prices slipped on Thursday after major oil facilities on the Gulf of Mexico made it through Isaac mostly unscathed.
The smallest of six Louisiana oil refineries began to power back up on Thursday and most other oil and gas companies in the U.S. Gulf Coast region were preparing to restart.
Some 700,000 residents and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi were still without electricity on Thursday, down from a peak of over 1 million.
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.


text:
1,000 Issues and Counting
In the culture of Polar Bear Plungers — about whom we write this week — our 1,000th issue puts us in the league of Super Plungers like Michelina Scotto, who return to the Bay's chilling waters (about 41 degrees this time of year) every hour on the hour 24 times.
One thousand issues means we've done the same thing often enough to have gotten good at it. If the 10,000-hour rule Malcolm Gladwell offers in his book Outliers is a true measure of mastery, we've got it by the numbers. One thousand hours divides into 250 40-hour weeks, about five years' worth. At such a pace, we hit that goal back in 1998.
We knew five years was something special. Though Gladwell hadn't yet written the book, we celebrated with Bay Weekly's Birthday Bash, raising $6,500 for the Oyster Recovery Partnership in a community-supported afternoon of music, food, fun, education and auctioneering.
In the 15 years since, we've doubled, tripled and now quadrupled 250. We've been there and done that 1,000 times. That many repetitions may put us in a zone where we can do the job thoughtlessly, but mastery doesn't equate to effortlessness. Each new issue consumes all we have. Each new issue is the only one that matters. Each one of those 1,000 — preserved in our 21 volume books as well as online — is Bay Weekly.
Once upon a time, we counted by ones, fives and 10s.
Seven issues was such a big deal back in the summer of 1993 that we threw ourselves a party to celebrate. Writer Angela Worland, who gave us this week's story of the lead up to her first Polar Bear Plunge, will feel that sweet first flush of achievement we knew back then.
Now I've got to count by hundreds.
We hit 100 with Volume III, Number 31, on August 3, 1995. Who knew? Back then we were all paying attention to Cal Ripkin Jr., who was playing his way, day after day, to breaking Lou Gehrig's "untouchable" record of 2,130 consecutive games. Husband Bill Lambrecht and I pride ourselves on practicing Cal Ripkin journalism: "They can fire your father and your brother and change your position," Lambrecht says, "but you still show up every day and play with everything you've got."
We hit 200 cluelessly on September 11, 1997, long before 9/11 become a date that sent shivers down the American spine. Home-grown Maryland rocker Bill Kirchen, of Huntingtown, dominates the cover, playing his guitar like a wild man and sharing his motto: "Whole lot of things I ain't done, but I ain't never had too much fun."
Part of the fun of Bay Weekly is interviewing people like Kirchen, who I'd first heard back in the 1970s, when he was playing with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
By the time Bay Weekly reached 300, on August 26, 1999, we'd passed the 10,000-hour mark. Vol. VII, No. 34 was just another issue, filling our whole field of vision while we made it, then just one more number. Two writers whose pictures hang in my office rogues' gallery wrote that week's features: Carol Glover previewed the upcoming community theater season, and Mary Catherine Ball interviewed stonemason Lothar Klinger, who was hard at work making a landmark we all now take for granted: the stone façade on Annapolis' then-new and unnamed Westgate Circle.
2001 was still an innocent year on June 28, when we reached 400. The roundness of the number passed unnoticed, but the issue was a big deal. In its 32 pages, readers found not only Fun, Fireworks and Fanfare but also our "Indispensable" summer special, 101 Ways to Have Fun on the Bay.
Even at 500 we weren't counting by hundreds. In our 11th volume in the year 2003, June 26 was just another week, albeit the one we took you out to the ballpark for Baysox mascot Louie's sixth birthday, when his guests were mascots from seven other minor league baseball teams.
We hit 600 on Memorial Day weekend 2005 with another double header: Scorching-Hot Summer Fun Inside Vol. XIII, No. 21 gave you 2005's Indispensable Guide to Summer on the Bay — plus, in the issue, a primer on Maryland butterflies.
The significance of our 700th issue, on April 26, 2007, was obscured by our 14th birthday the previous week — and by the opening of rockfish season. I remember the fun I had writing that week's feature story, Bay Fever, developing the story's fishing and boating sections around the stanzas of John Mansfield's poem, from which I borrowed the story's name.
On March 26, 2009, spring distracted us from noticing that we were creating our 800th issue. Vol. XVII, No. 13 was all about the season: bluebirds, neighborhood cleanups and the Roedown Races, that rite of spring (now in abeyance) for steeplechase racers and picnickers.
By 900, which snuck up on us on February 24, 2011, Bay Weekly was looking much like the paper you read nowadays. There I was, looking out at you from my weekly Letter from the Editor. Black history dominated that issue, where we introduced "Chronicler of Presidents" Ken Walsh, of Shady Side, and his new book Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House. With Barack Obama inaugurated for a second term this week, Ken will have to write a new chapter for his book.
And next week, we'll have to add another Bay Weekly, our 1,001st, to the stack. See you then.
Sandra Olivetti Martin
Editor and publisher; [email protected]


text:
What's the easiest way to detach eyelash extensions?
The pro who applied them should offer free removal. If you did the job, steam your face over hot water, and rub a cotton ball dipped in olive oil over your lashes for a minute. The oil dissolves glue so your fakes fall off, says Nicole Pozzetti, paramedical aesthetician at New York's TruSkin Clinical Spa.
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below


text:
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Triple Alliance and Triple Ententeäntänt´ [key], two international combinations of states that dominated the diplomatic history of Western Europe from 1882 until they came into armed conflict in World War I.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Formation of the Triple Entente
- The Rising Storm
- Formation of the Triple Alliance
- Bibliography
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
See more Encyclopedia articles on: Treaties and Alliances


text:
LXer Weekly Roundup for 02-Oct-2011
Kernel.org Still Struggles To Return: It's been nearly one month since Kernel.org was hacked -- the home to the Linux kernel source-code repository, among other services -- but it's still not back online yet.
This topic does not have any threads posted yet!
You cannot post until you login.


text:
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Chad Campbell ran off five straight birdies, the best start ever in the Masters. Jim Furyk charged up the crowd with four straight birdies late in his round. Even that notoriously slow starter, Tiger Woods, got in on the action.
Anyone worried that Augusta National had lost its excitement only had to listen to the sweetest of sounds Thursday.
The roars returned to the Masters.
Campbell led an assault on the record book with nine birdies in 15 holes before two late mistakes made him settle for a 7-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Furyk and Hunter Mahan.
"It is nice to hear some noises again," Sandy Lyle said.
Augusta National cooked up the perfect formula for record scoring -- warm sunshine and only a gentle breeze, along with inviting hole locations and greens that were soft and smooth.
The cheers came from all corners for 11 hours of golf that produced six eagles and 354 birdies. There were 19 rounds in the 60s, the most ever for the first round, and only four fewer than the entire tournament last year.
It was so easy that Woods nearly broke 70 in the opening round for the first time in his career.
Playing in his first major since winning the U.S. Open last summer, Woods ran off three straight birdies late in the afternoon and was poised to climb even farther up the leaderboard until he missed birdie putts of 8 feet and 4 feet, then hit a shot over the 18th green that led to a bogey and a 2-under 70.
Even so, it was his first time to break par in the first round of the Masters since 2002, one of four years he's won a green jacket.
"They must have felt sorry for us," Campbell said.
Masters chairman Billy Payne had said this year would be an important test to show that supersizing the golf course -- it has been stretched more than 500 yards this decade -- would not take the thrills out of the Masters.
The weather was ideal, yes, but the club did its part, too, with greens softer than they have been all week and hole locations that allowed players to attack the pins.
The result was 38 rounds under par, another Masters record for the first round.
Greg Norman played for the first time since 2002, and the 54-year-old Shark was shocked by all the changes. Even more shocking was that he shot a 70 and was mildly disappointed.
"Really could have shot a nice, mid-60s score today," Norman said. "I'm not complaining."


text:
When we learned Mitt Romney had tapped Paul Ryan to be his running mate, it was inevitable that we'd see a few fan-fictions where... well, where Mitt Romney taps Paul Ryan. I'd ask why we haven't heard about any Obama/Biden slash, but I'm pretty sure it's because no one wants to imagine Joe Biden naked. Here are a few choice excerpts from "Dressage," by Bailey Marie. What follows may not be safe for work, so proceed at your own risk.
"He took the final steps into the main stable area, shocked and delighted by the sight he saw. It was a horse, in a manner of speaking, but not really.
'Paul?' Mitt asked, curiously. 'Is that you?'
A meaty neigh came out of the man before him, stark naked and on all fours. He wore a mohawk of a wig, a $20,000 polished leather saddle over his back, and a plug stuffed into his backside that gave him a beautiful arching tail. He reared up onto his hind legs, revealing the horse-like manhood on his underside."
"The Congressman neighed and whinnied once more, rearing back just a little bit. He was ready and Romney knew it.
'I'm not in the mood for a saddle today, Congressman. I'm going to do this bareback.'"
"'Screw me like we'll screw the poor,' Mitt called out and he could feel a pressure building on his spread cavity… It grew and grew until he relaxed his muscles enough to allow his 'horse' entrance. He could feel the pressure deep in his stomach and pressing down on his prostate, tickling the naughty parts of his eternal soul."


text:
Yamaha Announces 2013 SX/MX Teams
Cypress, CA - Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. is excited to announce our professional race teams for the 2013 Supercross and Motocross Season starting at the Monster Energy Cup on October 20, 2012.
Leading the 450 charge is Joe Gibbs Racing (JGRMX) with their solid lineup of Justin Brayton, who is coming off a great 2012 Supercross season where he finished a career best 3rd overall, and Josh Grant who gave JGR their maiden win in Supercross at the season opener in 2009 and their first Motocross win at Red Bud that same year. With both riders having a successful history with the team, Justin, Josh and the rest of the team are putting their heads down and doing everything possible to start the 2013 season 100% ready to challenge for the top of the podium.
Star Racing is once again leading the 250 charge with class veteran Kyle Cunningham taking over the reins as team captain, mentor and competitor for rookies Jeremy Martin and Cooper Webb. Kyle is looking forward to entering the 2013 season healthy and ready to make his mark in the highly competitive 250F class. After an amazing amateur career that saw him win over two dozen titles, Jeremy Martin made his professional debut at the end of the 2012 Motocross season. Hampered by a shoulder injury he suffered just before the Loretta Lynn's amateur national championship, Jeremy's physical fitness wasn't quite ready for 30 plus minute motos, but with a top ten finish at the final National at Lake Elsinore, he showed he has the speed and determination to dig deep when it matters the most. The final member of the team is amateur sensation Cooper Webb. Cooper is scheduled to make his debut into the Professional ranks at the start of the 2013 Outdoor Motocross season. During the first half of the year Cooper will continue to refine his skills at key Amateur National events.
Rock River Powersports will once again field a competitive team for the 2013 race season, in addition to running Yamaha's highly popular "Pro Parts" program at all 2013 Supercross and Outdoor National events, with emergency parts available at a special price to help keep YZ riders on the track.
"We're excited to have some familiar faces as well as some rising talent on our teams for the 2013 season. It's a very capable group of teams and riders and we are looking forward to some exciting racing in the upcoming season" said, Racing Division Manager, Keith McCarty.


text:
"Chatting to Integral Danton (aka Warren Ellis) in The Wastelands about his newly acquired Dune Project stillsuit"
"I'm not sure I felt this at the time, but in retrospect, I think my trip to Knudepunkt could be termed an elaborate larp built for one, a larp conducted in public without the knowledge of those around me, a pervasive game... " Stark, Leaving Mundania, p234
I'm left with the same feeling as Stark, without having yet so much as played a Nordic game or attended a conference: once you know what a larp can be, then everything starts to look like one.
Furthermore, there's a realisation that the psychological phenomena which larp explores and manipulates might just be the missing link between a whole bunch of artforms, technologies and philosophies. Perhaps it is the ubiquity of the toolset in use, namely the human imagination, that lends it this interstitial quality: conceived in reductionist terms, Nordic larp is simply imagination-as-play.
Where does experimental theatre end, and consensual indoctrination into a covert ideology begin? Can a temporary intentional community, in and of itself, be a form of performance art? Can a performance art piece become a political movement instead of just a statement? These questions pivot on the fluid dualities of fiction and reality, of reader and subject, which can be upended with a flick of the wrist or a twist of the frame; if we assume altermodernism to have accepted and integrated (if not fully approved of) the ubiquitous ontological hollowness of the postmodern condition, then might Nordic larp be one of the first truly altermodernist forms, an experimental laboratory for the breeding of new metanarratives?
Maybe, maybe not. But Nordic larp's brisk defrocking of essentialist identity politics, and its repeated demonstrations that convincing and compelling constructs of ...


text:
We're here to help you find your perfect stay. We obsessively test every home available to rent in a city, and only accept the top 1%.
Serviced apartments, vetted for quality, perfect for business & corporate travel. Fully furnished with well-equipped kitchens, luxury bathroom toiletries and linens included. Central city locations, excellent transport links and verified WiFi. Move in today, for short or extended stays.


text: The Onion is without a doubt an oft' quoted American resource. Whether junk-attached to emails or headlining at reputable blogs (sic), much like Oprah, it is out there and ready for a consuming public. In 28 July's article, Apple got what could have been another funny kick in the pants from a hardy-har The Onion news story about the latest iPhone, the 3GI. The premise was great, a new – and this time invisible – product from Apple which offers much less than any other phone on the market, unless you are a believer.


text:
REAL ESTATE- $old
Stephen L. White to E. Randall Ralston, trustee, 21.0 acres, gift.
Edge Valley Preservation LLC to Helen J. and Lloyd U. Noland III, 28.851 acres at Bundoran Farm, 5473 Plank Road, $725,000.
Weather Hill Builders LLC to Jeremy Wilk, 1726 Painted Sky Terrace, Wickham Pond, $280,000.
Charles Eugene Harding to Charles E. and Marion M. Harding, 28 acres at 397 Glendower Road, Scottsville, $120,000.
Church Hill Development Co. to Todd Jankowski and Tammi Nagel, 0.148 acres at 1415 Wickham Pond Drive, Wickham Pond, $500,000.
Joseph C. and Kathleen L. Draego to Peter and Rachel Deluca, 1.377 acres at 1030 Stonewood Drive, Stonewood, $386,500.
Marie K. and Carl J. Wojtak to William A. McCarthy, 0.125 acres at 3425 Moubry Lane, Forest Ridge, $279,900.
Curtis W. and Ruby F. Seal to Anthony W. and David S. Seal, 21 acres in White Hall Magisterial District, gift.
Luke Lancaster to Troy W. Zeller, 0.416 acres in Crozet, $1,000.
Lupos LLC to Jeffrey B. Whitford, 2.591 acres at 3349 Richmond Road, Milton Heights, Keswick, $225,000.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Julie A. Bowns-Balik, 0.256 acres at 1339 Gate Post Lane, Highlands at Mechum's River, $410,599.
Adel G. and Kelly P. Baramki to Kelly P. Baramki and Gracie D. Parks, 0.126 acres at 389 Wildwood Court, Wildwood, gift.
Carroll Steven Simpson to Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity, parcel on Route 725, $129,100.
Church Hill Development Co. to David J. and Amber L. Handon, 0.041 acres at 1930 Tudor Court, Avon Park, $264,900.
Gaylor L. and Frances E. McDonald to Christopher H. and Margaret J. Jackson, 2.032 acres at 1400 Fox Path Court, Westwoods, $625,000.
Richard G. Carter to Rivers Edge LLC, two parcels at Rivers Edge Commercial Park, gift.
James E. and Krista M. English to William G. and Elisa M. Wood, 5.472 acres at 3895 Gilbert Station Road, Barboursville, $429,900.
Lambert Point LLC to Church Hill Development LLC, parcel at Lambert Point, gift.
Donna Entezam, trustee of Lighthouse Baptist Church, to Emma E. Carden et al., trustees of Grace Baptist Church, 4.771 acres at 3764 Pritchett Lane, Pineridge, $680,000.
Emma Carden, trustee, to Larry B. Hall, 5.18 acres at 1949 Northside Drive, $165,000.
Jeffrey W. and Laura J. Pugh to Howard Ziemer, 0.339 acres at 4825 Mechum's River Road, Highlands at Mechum's River, $350,000.
George R. Sago to Ashley D. Pillar, 2.149 acres at 7561 Langhorne Road, $305,000.
Liberty Homes Inc. to Michael and Jane Cerceo, 4.290 acres at 3693 Irish Road, Esmont, $198,000.
United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. to G&I VI Greens at Hollymead LLC, 14.315 acres at 1910 Powell Creek Court, $15,069,132.
Robert P. Yowell to Linda K. Yowell, 5.0 acres in Scottsville Magisterial District, gift.
Mark A. and Linda L. Vannatta to Linda L. Vannatta, 24.09 acres at 5775 Jefferson Mill Road, Scottsville, gift.
Robert and Christine K. Lyman to Christian and Joni C. Pechuekonis, 0.364 acres at 141 Blackthorn Lane, Lake Reynovia, $300,000.
Recontrust Company, trustee, to Bank of New York, trustee, 535 Panorama Road, Windover Ridge, Earlysville, $496,664.
Bank of New York, trustee, to Katherine G. Chapman, 7.124 acres at 535 Panorama Road, Windover Ridge, Earlysville, $508,700.
Ambrose C. and Rachel T. Cramer, trustee, to Rachel T. Cramer, 1930 Pheasant Lane, Pheasant Lane subdivision, gift.
Astec Partnership to Afton Scientific Properties LLC, 3.258 acres on the west side of Avon Street, $3,000,000.
Medallion Enterprises LLC to Harlan J. Brown, 0.198 acres at 8160 West End Drive, Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $460,000.
Shari T. Perkes to Scott Levokove and Jodi L. Ordover, 1/3 interest in 530 Summerford Lane, Ballard Field, Old Trail, $100,000.
Equity Trustees LLC, trustee, to Deutsche Bank Trust Company, 0.5 acres at 2891 Vest Walker Road, $86,200.
Inglewood Square LLC to Wendy F. Morris and Jennifer L. Haddock, unit at 1908B Inglewood Drive, Inglewood Square condominiums, $145,000.
Jan Bas VanBeek to Caroline M. Lamb, 1.627 acres on State Route 743, 4458 Advance Mills Road, Earlysville, $280,000.
Joanne S. Minard to Eileen P. and William S. DeCamp Jr., 10.31 acres at 2025 Browns Gap Turnpike, $350,000.
Jay Robert Jennings II to George R. and Paula S. Beard, condominium unit at 270 Riverbend Drive, Riverbend, $171,500.
Muzz LLC to Joan Schweitz, unit in University Village, 500 Crestwood Drive, $270,000.
Charles H. and Kristin M. Carter to Irl Dale Robinson and Vicki M. Andreaes, 0.262 acres at 2367 Ferndown Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $650,000.
Kenneth D. and Malvin M. Huff to Agnes S. Huff, 23,88 acres at 4692 Stony Point Road, gift.
Alison S. Dickie to Jason R. Henderson, 1.0 acre at 1036 Sunset Avenue Ext., $177,500.
Billy Joe Frazier to James M. and Amanda M. Davis, 1460 Orchard Drive, Orchard Acres, Crozet, $168,500.
F&P Enterprises LLC to James A. and Elizabeth B. Marshall, 25.0 acres in Scottsville Magisterial District, $145,000.
Joshua Popkin to Richard K. and Lois A. Haverstrom, 3.790 acres at 705 Marshall Road, Starfield, Troy, $162,500.
Weather Hill Builders LLC to Shirley A. Mann, 1730 Painted Sky Terrace, Wickham Pond, $279,000.
Weather Hill Builders to Cynthia A. Bayless, 1728 Painted Sky Terrace, Wickham Pond, $269,000.
Jessica S. Harrell, trustee, to Stephanie S. and S. Miles Dumville, 1.825 acres at 251 Ednam Drive, Ednam Forest, $400,000.
John C. and Mary K. Anderson to Terri J. Zweig, 0.598 acres at 1713 Mattox Court, Mosby Mountain, $480,000.
David L. Mathews to Kevin Uhrich and Rachel R. Ould, 0.618 acres at 1695 Wellesley Lane, Glenmore, $816,000.
Jerry M. and Judy L. Kamis to Gary W. and Barbara L. Lyons, 0.543 acres at 6635 Woodbourne Lane, Upper Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $235,000.
Gaffney MM LLC to Gaylord L. McDonald, 7033 Hampstead Drive, Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $295,000.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to University of Virginia Community Credit Union, parcel in Rockbrook, $358,700.
Samuel I. White, trustee, to US Bank National Associaton, trustee, lot, $128,700.
Lynn A. Miles to Dwayne and Julie Roadcap, 2.079 acres at 904 Virginia Way, Scottsville, $118,649.
Wendell W. Gibson Inc. to Luis A. and Gena T. Carrazana, 2.03 acres at 3558 Layton Drive, $670,000.
Ian B. and Hannah P. Gilliam to C&T Rentals LLC, 2.196 acres at 3174 Millie Lane, $155,130.
Christopher M. and Julia L. Petrie to Dean A. and Tara L. Kurtz, 5.090 acres at 3625 Graemont Drive, Graemont, Earlysville, $798,000.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Association, parcel, $385,400.
Jean Ann Burton, trustee, to Patrick O. and Ericka L. Lawhorne, 3.995 acres at 4343 Irish Road, Schuyler, $140,000.
Big Deal
United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. to G&I VI Greens at Hollymead LLC, 14.315 acres at 1910 Powell Creek Court, $15,069,132.


text:
Introducing the rock stars of the ocean
Giant cuttlefish are known as the "rock stars of the ocean" for their short lifespan, active sex lives and expressive behaviour.
And there's never been a better time to witness these spectacular and colourful creatures, who "live fast, die young", in their natural habitat than in the waters of the Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park near Whyalla.
Each year during June and July, the waters around Point Lowly are filled with thousands of giant Australian cuttlefish, with larger males the size of a medium-sized dog, measuring up to 60cm and weighing around 5kg.
Department for Environment and Water spokesman Chris Thomas said the cuttlefish start to congregate to breed in mid-May but the best time of year to experience them is June and July when the breeding season is in full swing.
"The waters around Point Lowly have rocky seabeds, which provide the perfect environment for females to lay and delicately attach their eggs," Chris said. "As part of their breeding, the males put on a spectacular display of colours and shape-shifting to attract and keep a mate."
Chris said swimming with large cuttlefish could be first be intimidating, but after a few minutes people realised they were oblivious to their presence.
"There is one thing on their mind – procreation."
He said numbers have increased since a record low of just under 13,500 in 2013 compared with just under 128,000 recorded last June.
You can see the cuttlefish up close by snorkelling or diving in waters around Point Lowly, also known as Cuttlefish Coast.
At Stony Point, about 20km north-east of Whyalla, there is easy access via a boardwalk to shallow water.
The next best spot is nearby Black Point. You will also find shelter from a north or north-easterly wind on the north-west point of Black Point.
The cuttlefish are active day and night, but the best time to swim with them is in the morning before the winds pick up in the afternoon.
You can go it alone, or book a tour with the Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries, $20-$80, at www.emsau.org
This article first appeared on www.thesenior.com.au


text:
Bunning And Short And Lidge… And Happ?
I don't really remember the last time I saw him, but it may have been 1987. I never knew his name and I could not then verify his story, but he claimed that he had been at every one of Gene Mauch's opening days since 1965 (and a lot of other Mauch-managed games, even some in spring training).
3 Comments
Sept. 25th 1973 Shea Stadium- Baseball changed forever
Going for a hunch doesn't always work for a manager either — ask Yankee fans what they think/thought of Casey Stengel NOT starting Whitey Ford in the first game of the 1960 World Series against the Pirates…
This discussion actually goes to the heart of a great question about what makes great managing. The best managing job I have seen in a post-season was Tommy Lasorda with the 1988 Dodgers. When he wasn't motivating them, he was making moves he never would have made during the regular season, and therein lies the point. Many managers adopted the attitude that in the post-season, they have to "dance with the one that brung them." But if changing throws off the other team, or rids the team of a divisive or destructive influence, shouldn't one change?
So, Lasorda outmanaged Tony LaRussa, who developed the reputation for managing great during the regular season but often running into trouble in the post-season when he is determined to take advantage of the bigger stage to show that he is as big a genius as he thinks he is. And during the average game, when strategy is at issue, Lasorda could not outmanage a pre-schooler. And now Charlie Manuel seems to have decided that since Brad Lidge got him one World Series win, he should stick with him. The next time one of his players is in a slump and Manuel wants him to sit on the bench, he should reply, "If Lidge doesn't have to, I don't have to," and see what happens.


text:
Minimum wage rise back on Conn. legislative agenda
HARTFORD -- For the second year in a row, Connecticut's largest business group and labor advocates are digging in for a fight in the legislature over raising the minimum wage.
Connecticut Working Families is backing legislation that would increase the minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $9 on July 1 and to $9.75 a year later. The legislation also calls for automatic raises in the minimum wage tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index, the federal measure of inflation.
Automatic increases would avoid annual political fights, say backers of the legislation.
"I don't know why any legislature would want to have this fight every year," said Lindsay Farrell, executive director of Connecticut Working Families.
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association, which represents 10,000 businesses in the state, opposes the legislation. It says higher labor costs will force employers to hire fewer workers and increase prices.
"While I applaud the committee's good intentions, I would suggest the best way to help individuals in entry-level and low-skilled jobs is to stop adding costs to employers in order to encourage more hiring and more opportunities for employee advancement," Eric Gjede, assistant counsel for the business group, said in prepared testimony to the legislature's Committee on Labor and Public Employees.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is noncommittal. A spokesman said in a statement that the governor supports "the ideals behind the legislation," but also understands cost pressures facing businesses, particularly in the weak economy.
"We must be mindful of the needs of businesses, especially given the current economic climate," spokesman Andrew Doba said.
Doba said Malloy has signed into law two bills that benefit the poor and low-paid workers: the Earned Income Tax Credit and legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave.
Last year, legislation to raise Connecticut's minimum wage passed the House of Representatives, but failed to come up in the Senate. Malloy said then he was concerned that raising the minimum wage would hurt business in a fragile economy. Ten states tie minimum wage increases to inflation.
Sen. Catherine Osten, Senate chairwoman of the Labor and Public Employees Committee, said she does not believe raising the minimum wage will undermine business and tying it to inflation is "a perfect way to go."
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, said the minimum wage legislation shows "total denial" of Connecticut's continued weak economy.
"Small businesses struggling and you're going to raise the minimum wage?" he asked. "It's just beyond comprehension."
Between 65,000 and 70,000 workers were paid the minimum wage last year, or about 4 percent of the state's labor force, according to the state Department of Labor.
Blanca Cabrera, who said she emigrated from Ecuador two years ago, is paid the state's minimum wage of $8.25 an hour at a Burger King in New Haven. She attended a legislative hearing on Thursday to support raising the minimum wage.
Through a translator, Cabrera said at a news conference before the hearing that the minimum wage provides a "salary of misery" and needs to be at least $14 an hour to meet her expenses.
Associated Press Writer Susan Haigh contributed to this report.


text:
Direct from the IslandsMay 9, 2012
Pure Fiji is a Fijian-made, natural skincare line that's formulated with pure coconut oil and flower extracts to nourish and moisturize the skin. The company gives back to the Fijian community through a variety of community projects that promote rural community development, sustainable industries and business practices, including the extraction of nut oils and leaf and fruit distillations that are used in Pure Fiji products. The line includes body butters, scrubs, shower gels, bath soaks, body lotions, oils, toners, creams, serums and hair care.


text:
This was a big weekend for biking.
Saturday was the Blessing of the bikes.
Here is my buddy Eugene doing a track stand in the Church of Saint John the Divine.
mmmm, sacralicious.
Then there was the NY Press and Transportation Alternatives sponsored: New Amsterdam Bicycle Show, a new convention for bikes, […]


text:
As much as we enjoy poking through modern ruins and imagining how the world might look after we're gone, there's much more to celebrate when people rebuild after disaster strikes. These photos show how the people of Sarajevo did just that, reconstructing their city after the ravages of war.
Photographer Jim Marshall took these photos for his series 15 Years, demonstrating Sarajevo's post-war reconstruction. He took the initial series in 1996, after the end of the Siege of Sarajevo, and then took the second series in 2011, photographing the same subjects from the exact same spots. In that time, the city didn't just get new buildings, the old ones were repaired, standing as more than mere monuments to their former selves.
15 Years [Jim Marshall via Retronaut]


text:
High quality
Stylish laptop bag
Xiaomi Laptop Backpack Gray
৳ 3,250.00
Item Code: XLB1
How to order?
To order call: 01722866668, 01678225511
By SMS you can place order by writing your name, address and item code then send at 01722866668, 01678225511
To place order online please click on add to cart button Then proceed to checkout after then fill up the billing details and click on the place order button.
High quality
There are no reviews yet.
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.


text:
trilobyte wrote:@Irreverent Moniker - I'm not sure about the pool of vomit part, but the only death this year was an older guy, on Tuesday, of natural causes.
@JStep - that may have been an old article, that's exactly what happened with the person who died in 2003.
The stats info I have for this year's event are 1 death (natural causes, on Tuesday), 3 arrests, and 42 citations. No info on number of injuries, we'll probably have to wait for the AfterBurn report for that.
I'm confused... The article that penrose posted http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1762310.html is not an old article. It was posted last month. It mentions the date that this person died. What sort of evidence do you have that this article is incorrect and/or that this person did not die at the burn this year?