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The social media world can be very overwhelming. The key is to focus on just a few platforms to start with, and then build and branch out from there. No business starts by opening 100 stores, so don't feel like you need to be on every platform right away. Like all good businesses, you will grow and gain followers over time. Just relax and have fun with it!
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Pavement were an unbearably-indie-rock band from Stockton, California. Forming in 1989, the band were mildly-popular throughout the USA, before throwing in the towel in 1999. Despite moderate success, Pavement were never on a music label at all. Rock pundits have often put the band's success down to the band's dashing good looks, the lead singer's status as a powerful religious figure, and the fact that between 1990-1999, 47% of the USA was buying, selling, or making, hallucinogenic drugs.
Members included Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Barry Gibb, Bob Nastanovich, and Gary Young.
- 1 History
- 2 Trivia
- 3 Discography
- 4 See Also
Humble Beginnings, Dismantle the Candlemaker[edit]
Pavement formed in Stockton, California, in 1989. Drink partners and ex-car salesmen Stephen Malkmus and Scott 'Sick Staircase' Kannberg met to record their first album, Dismantle the Candlemaker. Recorded with aging hippie, raging alcoholic, and mysterious drummer Gary Young at Kannberg's mansion, the album went Super-Platinum-With-Cheese, earning all three millions of dollars (Canadian) each by 1992. While the Kannberg and Young tried to explain that the success was caused be the album's groundbreaking bad quality, Malkmus, and everybody else, agreed that the success was surely down to the fact that Malkmus himself had been uncovered as 'The Second Coming', a powerful religious choco-phenomenon.
Unimaginable Success, Mirror, Mirror[edit]
Spurred on by the success, Malkmus fired the 'unsettlingly ugly' Young in favor for three newcomers, bass player Mark Ibold, drummer Barry Gibb, and tax-returner Bob Nastanovich. The newly-reformed settled down in 1993 to write their second album, Mirror, Mirror. An album full of songs about brown hair, chiselled chins, and big penises, Mirror, Mirror was, as predicted, a huge hit, going Mega-Super-Platium-With-Cheese-Hold-The-Pickles. "I wrote the songs about myself," commented Malkmus in an interview in 1994.
New Name, New Album, Simply Malkmus[edit]
After the further success of the previous album, and Malkmus' growth as a religious choco-phenomenon, the band once again re-entered the recording studio in 1995, but this time under the name Malkmus. Malkmus had opted to rename the band, stating in various interviews that he was the band, and the band was him. "You're all talentless pricks. Except me. So buy my, I mean, our..." stated Malkmus in 1995, "..buy my album".
The product of the recording process was Simply Malkmus, a 2-CD, 4-LP album that covered an array of musical perspectives, eclectically mixing the band's previous indie-rock efforts with gangsta rap, traditional native american music, and christian gospel. The album was promoted with a world tour, taking the band's music to such far-away, unimportant places such as Nigeria, Kent, and Wales. The album went Mega-Super-Double-Platinum-With-Cheese-Hold-The-Pickles-Extra-Mustard.
Creative Differences, Dreamboat Kannberg, I Can't Believe It's Not Malkmus- Oh, wait, it is![edit]
While the band was touring in Nigeria, Scott 'Sick Staircase' Kannberg was overcome by an 'overwhelming spiritual experience'. Kannberg, in his own words, explained that after seeing 'this many Black People', he had discovered a new-found disrespect for White People. Kannberg reportedly wrote many songs on the subject, but the efforts were shelved in favor of another Malkmus-centered album. The album, I Can't Belive It's Not Malkmus- Oh, wait, it is!, released in 1997, hit Mega-Super-Duper-Double-Platinum-With-Cheese-Hold-The-Pickles-Extra-Mustard-Do-You-Want-Fries-With-That?.
The Inevitable Breakup, Solo Careers, The Story of The Malkmus[edit]
Following the release of the band's final album-to-be, The Story of The Malkmus, which went Mega-Super-Duper-Triple-Platinum-With-Cheese-Hold-The-Pickles-Extra-Mustard-Do-You-Want-Fries-With-That?-No-Thanks-I'll-Just-Have-A-Milkshake after it's release in 1999, the band broke up.
Citing creative differences, Scott 'Sick Staircase' Kannberg left, to form his critically acclaimed band, Sick Nigger. Ibold and Nastanovich left shortly afterwards, stating that Malkmus' ego had become 'ridiculously huge' due to his success. Afterwards, Barry Gibb was told to stop snivelling, and to that he might as well just go home.
Malkmus, unaffected, embarked on a solo career of his own (see Stephen Malkmus). Mark Ibold now owns a pony farm in Kentuckistan. Bob Nastanovich is now a full-time Dog Racing pundit, and owns several big-winning Greyhounds. Barry Gibb is reported to have formed the tastefully named Hardcore group Spastic Bastard, as well is collaborating with his brothers in a project tentatively titled 'The Bee Gees'.
- All the members of Pavement/Malkmus are married. Barry Gibb has seventeen children.
- Malkmus purportedly married a teenage girl from Florida, whom he calls "my ho". "My ho" is the famous nickname Ibold gave Conor Oberst during their brief friendship during the making of Dismantle the Candlemaker.
- Did you know that Scott Kannberg's house is bright yellow?
- When the band was touring for Dismantle the Candlemaker, Malkmus performed in several shows wearing nothing but clothes.
- Steve Shelley, Mayor, King, Sheriff, and Prime Minister of The Land of Chocolate, managed the band for the Mirror, Mirror tour.
- Bob Nastanovich pays off his gambling debts by funding a seedy pyramid scheme in Tennessee.
- Mark Ibold is a man's man.
- No he isn't.
- Yes, he is!
- Don't mess with me, man. I know what the fuck I'm talking about.
- It is widely known that Mark Ibold has cut Malkmus' face out of all the photos in his scrapbook.
- Malkmus likes PONIES?!?1
- Scott Kannberg has webbed feet.
- Pavement are local ape-boy Adam Peter Evans-Labrie's favourite band. Apart from Iced Earth, of course.
Studio Albums[edit]
- Dismantle the Candlemaker, No Shit Records, 1992.
- Mirror, Mirror, Malkmus Records, 1994.
- Simply Malkmus, Malkmus Records, 1995.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Malkmus- Oh, wait, it is!, Malkmus Records, 1997.
- Story of The Malkmus, Malkmus Records, 1999.
- Gay Tracks, No Dick Records, 1990.
- Straight Tracks, No Pussy Records, 1990.
- Railroad Tracks, No Shit Records, 1993.
- You Call That A Penis?, Malkmus Records, 1995.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #6 O.S.T, Malkmus Records, 1997.
- Wingtip Fever, No Shit Records, 1992.
- Shavin Pubez, Malkmus Records, 1994.
- Sha-La-La, Malkmus Records, 1994.
- Doo-Doo-Doo, Malkmus Records, 1995.
- Doo-Wop, Malkmus Records, 1997.
- I Wish I Had Stayed In Car Sales, Malkmus Records, 1997.
- Malkmus Concerto Movement #3, Malkmus Records, 1999.
- At Home With Malkmus, Malkmus AV, 1995.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #1, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #2, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #3, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #4, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #5, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Backstreet Blowjobs #6, Malkmus AV, 1997.
- Malkmus Pumps Iron, Malkmus AV, 1999.


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Plans for a new recreation/community/senior center and a donation from an area hazardous waste landfiller were the newsmakers at opposite ends of an otherwise routine Lewiston Town Board work session Monday.
Members of the recreation center committee, organized earlier by Supervisor Steve Reiter, presented details for the complex, eyed on land fronting Lewiston-Porter High School on Creek Road, currently owned by the Lewiston-Porter School District. Estimated to cost $9.6 million, including land acquisition, proposed plans for the Town of Lewiston Recreation and Senior Center envision a 140,000-square-foot multipurpose facility. It would feature a 90,000-square-foot multipurpose field designated for athletic uses, including baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, football and volleyball. The field would also be open to other activities, such as tournaments, conventions, car or boat shows, trade shows and concerts.
A 7,300-square-foot area would house a college-size basketball court, and an 18,915-square-foot area box field, which would see such uses as indoor box lacrosse and roller hockey.
A new Lewiston Senior Center would also occupy an estimated 6,300 square feet of space at the site, replacing the existing 4,000-square-foot facility on Lower River Road and also accommodating the services and needs of Sanborn seniors. The new facility would be designed as the needs of Lewiston Senior Center operations dictate. Reiter said one of the project's goals would be to provide a better quality of life for Lewiston's seniors through use of a new facility, and would build upon plans for nearby senior housing proposed earlier by People Inc.
"We wanted something in the center of the community," said committee member Ron LaDuca, of the rec/senior facility's proposed location on the Lewiston-Porter campus. "We wanted something vibrant."
Committee members had initially considered three locations - the current Lew-Port site, an area on the western side of Creek Road directly across from the Lew-Port campus, and a site on Upper Mountain Road.
"We favored the Lewiston-Porter campus," said committee member Gary Rose. "We saw this as an excellent fit."
The Lewiston-Porter Board of Education has been negotiating with the town on the land sale. Lew-Port Superintendent of Schools Chris Roser said the district is considering a purchase price of $5,000 per acre for the land. The land sale matter is expected to be addressed Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Lew-Port School Board's monthly meeting, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Resource Center.
As to financing, Reiter said he and the committee had been considering three different bond payment scenarios -- 40 years, 30 years and 25 years - to pay for the center's construction. Reiter discussed different funding options Monday, where Greenway money would be among those used to help pay off the bond debt, and others possibly coming via assistance from neighboring communities such as Porter and Youngstown and also from sponsorship sources. The town currently receives $510,000 in annual Greenway funding as a result of its earlier participation as a host community stakeholder in the State Power Authority 50-year relicensing agreement finalized in 2007. Under one scenario, a 50-year bond for example, Reiter said the town could utilize $350,000 yearly in Greenway money from the annual $510,000 to provided to Lewiston, with remaining money - estimated to be $35,000 - coming from such sources as funding from neighboring communities or sponsorships.
Reiter said that in light of the new rec/community center discussions, the town has re-evaluated its Greenway projects at nearby Joseph Davis State Park and decided to lower its expectations, with new plans now limited to the boat launch facility and a campground in the park. "We decided to scale back" on projects, said Reiter, noting concerns by State Parks officials on the town's earlier plans. Reiter said those two projects would total $2.5 million in Greenway improvement money for the park. Greenway had approved up to $5.7 million in improvement monies for JDP this past year.
Of the rec/community center proposal, Reiter called it "a wise use of Greenway money," adding the project "has no effect on the tax rolls; it's taking a piece of school property and putting (it) on the town's."
As to operating costs, Reiter and committee members envisioned the center would be profitable to the town from a number of its expected operations, including revenues from use of the main fields, the basketball court, lacrosse facilities, tennis and fitness uses, plus those revenues from parties/ meetings, and the pro-shop and snack shop expected to operate. The facility would be active with a variety of uses from November through May and have an "off-season" with uses limited to fitness and tennis memberships and other activities.
The entire project proposal is now available online for public review atwww.lewistonrsc.org.
At this writing, the proposal remains in active negotiations with the town and the Lew-Port School District. "The Town Board will eventually be talking directly with the school board as to what kind of agreements will be made regarding use of the facility," said Reiter. "Right now we envision the school will sell the property to the town; the town will own the property, the town will own the facility and the town will have control as far as the utilization of it."
Once the Lew-Port School District reaches agreement with the town on a sale of the lands, Reiter and committee members envision an active schedule as to future activities. By mid-January, site selection and site reviews would be completed; and various preparations under way or completed en route to a expected spring groundbreaking followed by an active construction schedule. An October 2013 public use opening is forecasted.
Roser indicated Monday that with the likeliness of the town's recreation/community center becoming reality, the district would be re-evaluating its own plans for capital projects at the high school, including the gym, and would also be considering new options for student athletics/use at the facility.
More to come as news develops.
Other major news from Monday came at the end of the Town Board's work session, where members of Residents for Responsible Government appeared and voiced their opposition to Reiter and the Town Board accepting a $5,000 donation from CWM Chemical Services LLC in the form of a sponsorship to help fund operations of the Lewiston Family Ice Rink this winter.
At issue is what RRG members see as a conflict of interest with the town taking money from CWM. Over the coming year, CWM is expected to become the focus of intense state Department of Environmental Conservation reviews and public hearings on its seeking a new toxic waste landfill facility (Residuals Management Unit 2) and the possibility of long-term operations expansion in Porter. RRG members argue the donation represents CWM influences to the town in light of its expansion plans, that other municipalities have declined CWM sponsorships/donations and that Lewiston should do so as well. (See RRG letter on Page 4 of today's Sentinel)
"Please don't try my patience," said Reiter as he opened the forum to RRG for what he called "an informal meeting. I'm only doing this because I understand your concerns. I would like to hear your concerns."
Reiter added the board would not be taking any action on the matter.
RRG comments included those by:
•Karen Allen of Lower River Road, who argued the town should return the $5,000 donation. "Schools have not accepted money," said Allen, adding, "When they (CWM) are asking for their license and expansion, this is going to look bad, like they have supported the town."
•The Rev. Charles Lamb, a RRG member, who said that by accepting CWM's donation he felt that Lewiston is compromising its earlier stand on opposing CWM expansion.
•RRG President April Fideli, who noted Lewiston's past opposition to CWM. "For the town to be truly effective it cannot both oppose and support this company."
•Residents Dennis Dueling and Margo Walker. Dueling questioned why other funding could not be considered by the town; while Walker said the town's taking the money raises "a conflict of interest" in light of its stated opposition to CWM
•Resident Amy Witryol, who questioned a CWM ad that appeared in last week's Sentinel listing the Town of Lewiston's ice rink as one of the company's beneficiaries in 2012. It's "very unfortunate to see the town mentioned in a paid advertisement for a company it is opposing," Witryol told the board. She added there's "a lot of entities mentioned" in the ad that told her they had not received CWM money and were surprised on their inclusion.
Witryol also asked the board why "it cannot figure out a way" to fund town operations, including the rink without accepting money from CWM, particularly as the company moves to pursue a new landfill. "Accepting $5,000 is not worth the risk" to the town as it's being seen as condoning CWM's activities, she said.


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16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Sunday, December 24, 1911:Succeeded in getting my verses learnt for today at least. Went to Sunday School this morning. After buying Xmas presents, I find it my horrendous duty to distribute them, so down to Besse's I went to present her with my charming Xmas present. This evening Ruthie and I went up to McEwensville to attend the Xmas services at the Lutheran Church. B. was there. Today was different from all other days in this year, I believe. I didn't have anything to do with the dishes all day.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
I can just picture a teen writing this entry–with its total focus on the things that are important to a 16-year-old. Who was B.? . .
But I'm going to focus on the Christmas Eve service–
When I was a child I regularly went to candlelight services at Messiah Lutheran Church — the same church Grandma attended on Christmas Eve a hundred years ago. I wonder if the services changed much over the years.
In the middle part of the last century, I remember singing wonderful old-time carols —We Three Kings, Joy to the World, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark the Herald Angels, . .. . ..
We'd end with Silent Night after all of the lights had been extinguished except for the candles we were lighting.
(Of course, there was no electricity in 1911—so the church would have been lit with lanterns and candles for the entire service.)
I don't know why, but I have strong memories of one year when an elderly woman didn't extinguish her candle at the end of the service, and took the flickering light out into the cold night.
I remember asking my mother why the woman didn't follow the directions—and my mother said that the old lady was remembering Christmas's from long ago and that we should let her be. I looked at the woman and could see how happy she looked as her face was illuminated by the flickering light.
Traditions, like Christmas Eve services, can so wonderfully pull the young and the old together.


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Joerg Sprave's latest slingshot takes a very simple concept and makes it wonderfully fun and dangerous: What do you throw that you'd rather fire out of a high-powered homemade slingshot? Throwing knives!
But there's so much potential for more. What else? Baseballs, bowling balls, molotov cocktails, lawn darts, horseshoes, boomerangs, acid, dem 'bows, anvils, Wolverine, cell phones, cars, husbands, bird houses. And like, other stuff too. Glad to see Joerg's back to his roots lately, between this piece of wonderful and the last month's steak knife lawsuit magnet. [YouTube]


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Re: How to structure applications using a RDBMSby gav^ (Curate)
|on Jul 19, 2002 at 01:10 UTC ( #183101=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
You might want to look at two cunning modules by Michael Schwern/Tony Bowden, Ima::DBI and Class::DBI. The first gives all your classes nice cached DBI handles and SQL statements. In your class you set up your SQL statements:
Which you can then retrieve in anything that uses the class:
I like this approach because all the SQL lives in a seperate module and doesn't mess up your main application. It also has some handy shortcuts like:
Now Class::DBI is a great abstraction layer if, like me, you don't like to play with SQL at all. An example:
Now like magic you have a class to talk to the database and hide you from the horrors of SQL:
This came out a bit longer than I expected, but I hope it might help somebody :)
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First in a series about 9/11
Given the serious and sensitive nature of the somber events of September 11, 2001, this week's blog post does not include my regular Fire-dog isms. I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank all of the brave firefighters, paramedics, emergency responders, occupant EAP team members and others who gave their lives to help others on 9/11. My firedog hat is off to you all.
With the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 just around the corner, we would like to take the next five weeks to discuss the lessons the world has learned from that fateful day and recommend emergency precautions that you should take now to give you and your family, friends, employees and colleagues the best chance of surviving another terrorist attack.
Remembering 9/11:
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and thousands of people working in the buildings.
Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. A third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon. Hijackers redirected the fourth plane toward Washington, D.C., targeting either the Capitol Building or the White House, but were diverted when passengers tried to retake control. The airliner crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania, leaving no survivors.
Nearly 3,000 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attacks. Among the 2,753 victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, there were 343 firefighters, 60 police officers from New York City and the Port Authority, and 8 private EMTs and paramedics. Another 184 people were killed in the attack on the Pentagon. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of more than 70 countries.
Ten things we've learned from 9/11:
- We can't afford to take our safety for granted. The aftermath of 911 will likely be with us in perpetuity. The plus side to this is that many people now realize they should take steps to protect themselves and prepare for potential future attacks.
- Terrorism can cause thousands of casualties and/or extensive damage to buildings as well as infrastructure. According to the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 cost nearly $2 trillion.
- Security-related incidents will impact transportation. The 9/11 attacks affected public transit, commuter rail, commercial vehicles and ferries, and resulted in the need for significant road repairs. Further, restrictions could be placed on domestic and international travel and citizens may be asked to evacuate and avoid certain roads or areas for their safety.
- Law enforcement involvement is necessary at local, state and federal levels due to the criminal nature of any and all terrorist attacks.
- Resources for physical and mental health in affected communities will likely be overwhelmed.
- Public fear, fed by extensive media coverage, may continue for a prolonged period of time.
- Workplaces, government offices and schools might be closed.
- Terrorism has many faces. Osama bin Laden, Timothy McVeigh, a female suicide bomber…terrorism has many faces. And, as MSNBC travel columnist James Wysong notes: "We must never judge a book by its cover."
- Clean-up could take many months and cost millions.
- As a people, we share what Time Magazine writer Nancy Gibbs called, "a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion."
What You Can Do to Prepare
Referring to these ten lessons, in our next several blog posts, we'll examine specific steps you can take so you and your loved ones will BE SAFE. Once you have determined the possible events and their potential affects to your community, you'll want to discuss them with your family, friends and coworkers.
When a disaster strikes, prior planning and clear decisive action can help save lives. For the latest emergency management training for facility/building managers, contact RJ Westmore, Inc. Our new Version 2.0 e-based training system offers the best emergency training system with automated and integrated features. Visit RJWestmore.com for more information and remember to BE SAFE.


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Peter Hoffman's Seven Arts has moved into self-distribution and is lining up a remake of the family property Thomasina after acquiring rights from the late author Paul Gallico's estate.
The film will go through Seven Arts Film Distribution, which will focus on digital releasing and include theatrical releases where appropriate. The goal is to distribute six to eight films a year.
Peter Hewitt will direct the Thomasina project from Jim Hart's screenplay about the titular enchanted cat.
Meanwhile Hoffman remains optimistic about moving ahead on his long-gestating Boris Akunin adaptation The Winter Queen to star Milla Jovovich.
The project has been reconfigured as a UK-Hungarian co-production with Budapest-based Pioneer. Fedor Bondarchuk will direct from Henry Bean's fresh draft of Paul Verhoeven's adapted screenplay based on Akunin's 19th century-set conspiracy thriller Azazel.
Hoffman is eyeing a possible April star tin Budapest.


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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has
announced the Francis Howell School District as the best public school district
in St. Charles County. Winners were selected by readers' choice for the "Best
of St. Charles County" publication.
"It is an honor to be selected as
the best school district in St. Charles County," said Superintendent Dr. Mary
Hendricks-Harris. "Francis Howell continues to be a great district due to the
collaborative efforts of our students, staff, parents, and community."
For the past 22 years, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and
the Suburban Journals of St. Charles County have celebrated 100 + readers'
choice winners in the area. Winners were chosen by an online reader-submitted
vote that took place in November. Honorees are the top vote-getters in
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Waste War II? Van der Linde Recycling boldly attacked
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I'm not that big of a fan of recycling, but holy crap! That's some serious damage by people who were NOT messing around. I hope they catch whoever did it.
We love taking our trash there, which we do ourselves, since trash trucks won't come down our road. I'm sure this was related to the other companies that have lost money since Van der Linde came into business. It's a shame, because single stream recycling provides a great service to our community. I hope he can get back up and running soon.
Not kids. Someone trying to send a message. This isn't North Jersey and it's hard to see one of the local trash haulers doing this, but former employees or someone with personal animus.
I don't use their services, preferring instead to dump my trash in places like Rio Mills Road, so I'm still fat, dumb, and happy even with them shut down.
I'm surprised they don't have cameras there, but they will now.
If you can't beat them, destoy them? Chicken shits. I hope whoever did this is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and then some. Mr. Van der Linde, I hope you can get through this and thanks for all you do.
what is wrong with society ,people are so stupid I hope they catch the person or persons involved maybe they should have there hands cut off .Ever since this hard working gentleman mr van der linde started this project alot of dumb people have tried to put him out of bussiness,I persoally think they have a great thing going on there they are a clean place and they are very friendly
re:"I'm not that big of a fan of recycling"
Ok. So, if you weren't a big fan of chocolate you'd note that before saying you thought such a crime, if perpetrated against a chocolate shop, was wrong?
I don't see what there ISN'T to be a fan of, frankly. With Van Der Linde, you throw your recyclables away and his single stream system filters them into proper receptacles to be recycled. Zero effort by the consumer, maximum payoff for the environment. I guess "Tim" would prefer that glass, plastic and paper be stored within the Earth instead of reused?
I'm sorry, but you'd have to be really, really dumb to not be a fan of recycling. That or really, really lazy.
For whatever reason, trash pickup is a business that seems to attract such hardcore tactics.... Not a coincidence that waste management was Tony Soprano's stated profession.
Meanwhile, people are forming their worldviews based on what they saw on t.v. shows....
People simply refuse to believe that Charlottesville and the surrounding counties are no longer the sleepy little peaceful communities they once were. Organized gangs are already here. Organized crime has moved in. JADE is one large joke in squashing the organized drug trade that's already set up shoppe here. It's not just something you see on TV shows like The Sapranos any longer. It's here. I wouldn't be surprised to see an organized hit put out on Van der Linde. The body will most likely never be found, and the murder will never be solved.
I agree with GSOE but don't think it will end up same way . Looks to be opening gambit for a buyout of the business (offer he can't refuse) so to speak . It is a good business which they want to be the owners .No point in getting in trouble over homecide which would also screw up the business transfer . Perhaps Mr Vander Der Linde family and he will make a decision to sell , get his money back out with the new friendly owners keeping him on to run it for awhile to permit social acceptance . My family are quite involved in this type of business ,very interesting characters one of them sued Christies for art rip offs and won ,he also had control of the world copper market for a short period and made hundreds of million of dollars over a weekend . He is Canadian, Herb Black from Montreal .
This has gotten out of hand! Ever since he opened the facility, people have been flocking to bring their trash there! He capitalized on an amazing idea, because WM/allied/BFI, etc didn't offer the advantage of not having to sort their trash. My trash goes to the Van Der Linde facility, and I can't tell you how convenient and easier it is than the previous situation of taking an entire pickup truck full every other week or more often to the recycling center.
It is certainly not hard to imagine that corporate greed could be behind this attack. Also, it's a shame that human garbage can't be recycled along with the trash....
Hey Hook Editor--since when is it appropriate to speculate about the imminent murder of a local person here? This is highly offensive and reprehensible; please remove it:
"I wouldn't be surprised to see an organized hit put out on Van der Linde. The body will most likely never be found, and the murder will never be solved."
Funny how, in a few short years, all the big corporate trash companies will stop putting our trash in landfills and build MRF's just like van der Linde's. Hope somebody crossed a state line to commit the crime and the FBI can give this case a little of their extra special love.
I hope there is a huge cash award offered for information about whoever did this. The community needs to get behind Mr. Van der Linde and help solve this reprehensible act.
Agreed. A $50,000 reward would work wonders in solving this crime.
But it's a shame people have to be paid in order for them to cooperate with law enforcement. On the other hand though, people also have no incentive to cooperate and help solve crimes. When citizens do help solve major cases, the police sit back and pat themselves on the back in the media. A prime example of this was when a victim recently provided the information needed to capture the local serial rapist who had been terrorizing this area for over 12 years. The police broke a few of their own arms patting each other on the back claiming what a good job they had done. The police hadn't even come close to an arrest for 12 years, and a little girl had to solve the case for them.
Biff, get over yourself.
One of my boldest speculations for the last decade is that a line of duty death in local law enforcement is long overdue. They're on borrowed time already in my opinion. Does saying this make it highly offensive and reprehensible? Or would it perhaps cause the local cop shoppes to be even more careful out there?
People lay down their lives for basic human rights one of them being Free Speech . When it is used others try to shut free speech down by claiming it to be offensive or some other technique commonly known as politically correctness . Biff Naked claims to be offended by someone using the M word and wants to curtail another's freedom of expression of something everyone is thinking .Well i find it offensive for someone to call themselves Biff .....LOL
Frank, Biff is a very confused individual if he thinks what I said is highly offensive and reprehensible.
But anyhow, along the lines of free speech, I cautioned a cop about something he had posted on his Facebook page the other day. I then had to listen to his spill about his serving the country in military service, his knowing and understanding the Constitution, and his right to freedom of speech on his Facebook page. More power to him if he thinks he can post anything he wants to on his Facebook page.
In other words, free speech isn't all it's cracked up to be. A cop in Washington state was recently fired for posting he has to work with a lot of immature cops on his Facebook page. The police chief claimed his comments undermined the integrity of the department. And the cop lost his appeal at getting his job back. This of course if just one example of freedom of speech gone wrong. All of this reminds me of Biff, freedom of speech is great when it applies to him, but not to others. :)
The person who cracked the serial rapist case was not
a "little girl" but an adult woman and a very brave one at
Don't go and get all technical on us. :)
She was a little girl compared to the size of the rapist!!!
A reprehensible crime--yes. This facility being the ultimate in recycling? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Typical "dirty MRFs" such as this one can only max out at about 30% recycling rates. I've heard DEQ say they don't have the authority to investigate complaints about recycling claims, so the complaints were never actually investigated. Regardless--sorted materials are much cleaner. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is!
I think all the trash the entire country of America generates should be hauled to one spot and we could build a giant ski mountain, say somewhere in the midwest where they don't have any mountains. That would be cool.
Hey Frank you understand the difference between free speech and a moderated forum right? I've had posts deleted because they were too racy for The Hook. And that's OK; it's their forum. And it's uncool to talk about an actual person as the likely victim of an impending murder. Way uncool and bad karma too.
Gasbag you're really due for the getting over self process. You're always here like the Belmontic Oracle, but does anyone ever recognize your acumen and hire you for your consulting expertise or relegated to working security at birthday parties?
Birthday parties? No. I'm not sure there's a big demand for birthdy parties yet. I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion. It would have to be more entertaining than standing in Barnes & Noble making sure nobody steals a book. Probably less chance of having a girl abducted and killed right under the noses of several hundred security officers too.
But I and several other people were hired to do security at a funeral recently. It was more of a bodyguard and escort nature though. Got to meet several famous celebrities too. Who would ever have thought they had relatvies living in a place like Charlottesville?
OK, now back to your first paragraph above.... Are you sure your comments weren't deleted by The Hook because they were highly offensive and reprehensible?
Biff -- I have had a few deleted also but always thought it was due to Frank speech .
Gasbag you take hits and bounce back like a freakin' Bozo punching dummy. But seriously think about talking about a person with a name and a face and at the least the connection of being a member of your community and saying "Yeah they're gonna kill him." Karma is never foiled by the resilience of your own ego, and that's just not how people in a community are supposed to speak about one another.
Now go put on the "Toys R Us" badge and get on patrol. It's gonna be a rough one out there!!!
I said, no more shines. Maybe you didn't hear about it, you've been away a long time. They didn't go up there and tell you. I don't shine shoes anymore.
Sorry Biff, my days of pinning a badge on, having to punch in at 8:15 a.m., having to answer to about 3 or 4 different supervisors, working late more often than not, and getting called out every third night and every third weekend are over. And I have never been happier in my life than I currently am.
I do still have a large collection of law enforcement badges though. You wanna borrow them one night and play with them?
A story about high grade vandalism sure took on a life of its own. Mr. Van Der Linde took a timely and innovative business concept, ran with it and made it a big success. Obviously, given the litigation&extortion attempts it generated, his success has been at others' expense in some cases and that he's the object of hostility in his industry seems beyond dispute.
If he ended up dead, it wouldn't be the first time in this area that business rivalries ended in murder. GBSOE's speculations are well founded. There is no sin in his saying so and I "get" that some people think it's a jinx to mention it in public. But you can trust that anyone having dark designs on Mr. Van Der Linde isn't going to rely on the spark of suggestion from this forum to formulate those designs into a plan of action.
All morons hate it when you call them a moron. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 6
GSOE You are a unique person, maybe a little nut's
you too Angel eyes SCARY
Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss Crazy,
I didn't simply end up crazy.
I had to be driven there.
And it's not really a bad place to be.
What has been done to Peter Van der Linde is both criminal and cruel. The fact of it means that we have peculiarly dangerous people among us, ones more devious and perhaps more skilled than the usual perpetrators of local violence and vandalism, ones also bold enough to attack someone very much in the public eye not to mention someone who is a party with thousands of us in a public contract, ones whose acts necessitated immediate involvement by a state agency tasked with protecting people by protecting air quality, water quality, etc..
So I'm very curious about why it took going on four full days for this to come to public attention via a weekly publication's website and why our newspaper of record has yet even to mention it. I'm not talking about details. Peter Van de Linde and police investigators are right not to jeopardize investigation and prosecution by divulging what they have in the way of evidence and suspects. I'm simply talking about the fact that such a crime occurred at all, that it had environmental implications, and that those who committed it -- or at least those who hired them -- are probably still here.
Police reports are public record. Relaying them to the public is one of the most basic tasks of journalism. Given the lag in this case, everyone should be concerned about what we could expect in the event of, say, a terrorist threat both bold and devious and perhaps skilled as well.
Excellent point Antoinette. Several news outlets have not done their jobs in reporting a critical local story. The ones I can site are the Daily Progress, Wina, Chn29, CvilleWeekly, CvilleNews, and CharlottesvilleTomorrow. Only The Hook and Chn 19 have reported this story, and yet as you note, we need all the coverage possible to find and prosecute the perpetrators of this violent, outrageous crime against Mr. Van der Linde and the entire community who depend on his services.
The silence from these news outlets warrants an explanation.
Hopefully the county commonwealths attorney is prepared to bring 26 counts of destruction of property when a culprit is caught and not just a single one? And if speculation proves true and more than one person/entity was involved, Mr. Van derLinde should look into a civil suit under 18.2-499 (if I remember correctly) the Virginia Civil Conspiracy Statute. Conspiring to injure another in business, trade or reputation allows for a tripling of damages suffered.
I've often wondered why this area doesn't have a police
blotter like so many other places large and small.
I think I can shed a little bit of light on this question.
What you see and read in the media outlets is often controlled by the official law enforcement press releases. For example, and without going into a lot of specific details, an official law enforcement press release about an arrest was sent to all the media outlets 3 hours before warrants were written by the magistrate. After having realized they had made one big terrible mistake, the cop shoppe lied to the magistrate in order to still obtain the warrants. Can you imagine the repercussions if they had not been able to obtain arrest warrants after issuing a press release 3 hours prematurely to the media outlets? The magistrate later said he never would have issued the warrantas if the cop shoppe had not LIED to him under oath.
As far as Van der Linde, the cop shoppes have little interest in issuing an official press release about criminals vandaling three dozen trucks. Why do they have very little interest in making such a press release? Because the first question the public would ask is where all the cops were while vandals spent hours destroying over three dozen trucks! It's not the type of press release where they can pat themselves on the back and claim to be doing such a terrific job like in the example in my first paragraph.
A lot of what you see in the media outlets is also a result of insider information being passed on to the media outlets. For example, the recent sexcapades in the county police force, it was most likely leaked to the media by one of their own employees. This is also the type of press release you will never see being released voluntarily by the cop shoppes.
Crying in a bucket, Gasbag, it wouldn't take me "several hours" to disable 26 vehicles by myself, and I have only a rudimentary knowledge of mechanics. If the persons involved exercised some caution, then it's pretty obvious that they could get away with it without the police seeing them. I'm a law-abiding citizen, but even I can figure out that this crime probably involved stealth and maybe even some form of crouching to keep out of sight?
This fantasy that you and a few others have that the police are somehow omnipotent and omniscient is ludicrous. It's a basic fact of physics that they can't actually be everywhere at the same time (especially in a county like Louisa). I doubt that wondering where the police were that night is the "first" question people are asking. Instead, most folks are probably asking "Who did it?!" Your frame of reference on news stories is bizarrely tiny.
I hope the perps are caught and they throw the book at 'em.
I think Vanderlinde should also try and use the Rico statute, the way it was used against him, and see how they like them apples. Its clear this is not something the average public is interested in doing, and I am not bvuying some big mafia thing. I think these are a group of local players.
Mr/Mrs/Miss Small, I am sorry. I thought the story said 36 vehicles, not 26. I must not have been using my reading finger the other day.
I guess you are right, exercise caution while committing crimes. There must be a lot of criminals exercising caution nowadays as you say, because so many crimes remain unsolved.
You did make an interesting comment though..... if these crimes took place in Louisa County as you say, why is Lt. David Wells of the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Department investigating them?
Mafia activities aren't necessarily big. It controls the
bakeries in parts of Italy for example.
Still no mention of this terrible crime in the Daily Progress. This warrants an investigation in itself.
Some police departments issue press releases. Others don't. But whether a department makes that effort or not, crime reports are matters of public record to which both members of the press and private individuals have a right of access.
At several points in my 40-plus years of writing for newspapers and magazines, it has been part of my job to telephone local law enforcement agencies every morning to find out what incidents occurred in the previous 24 hours. When I was The Richmond News Leader's state correspondent based here, I called both Charlottesville and Albemarle departments. Each of the agencies with which I dealt had someone designated to take such calls -- usually the supervising officer on the shift. None with whom I dealt ever failed to give me the relevant information. Whether there's any room left for such news in the amazing shrinking Daily Progress or not, it still should be someone's job there to check daily not just with Charlottesville and Albemarle Police but with the departments in adjacent counties as well.
And that is to say that this place does have a police blotter -- one that once upon a time was printed daily and later was printed weekly. The Richmond Times-Dispatch still carries a selective daily version of Richmond-area crime reports. So does The Washington Post for the Metro DC area.
I don't doubt that Charlottesville officials are delighted at the demise of such daily detailing of bad and/or dangerous behavior here. To have every incident come out would contradict their non stop self-congratulation and suggest that all those silly, meaningless awards they announce the City winning are silly and meaningless. But crime news is the ultimate in need-to-know information and citizens should demand it.
There is a high probability in my opinion the culprets are within the parties named in the article . The X-employee who did time may still have an axe to grind and the haulers about to loose their work with UVA may not be very happy that they would soon have food taken off their tables by MRF ...
Other papers may have their nose too high in the air to be able to stoop down and cover a subject as this . In the recycling,junk,garbage business it is easy to do well if one gets over that hurtle of reaching down to pick up stuff .One man's garbage is another man's gold or to turn another phrase "everyone wants to make money in garbage but no one wants to get their hands dirty ".
Frank Speaker:
The subject in the Van der Linde story is not garbage. The subject is criminal activity -- industrial sabotage, destruction of property, trespassing, illegal dumping of toxic substances, ad inf.
All part of the territory and then some with the characters in the demolition ,recycling,garbage ad inf. The players often started with nothing but end up in the opposite end of the economic spectrum with amazing real power . There is an ongoing shady side of bribery,strong arming,heavy bill collecting , you name it maybe even the M word. It all generates from the core business but seems to always to be interwoven and goes without saying that is part of the price for the service. Large players generally have a paid off insider within government,and industry to get the inside track on commodity . It amounts to large theft rings . Delivering bribe goodies at Christmas in parking lots at night around the country gets to be a chore Arrg....
Gasbag-- my bad, you are correct about the jurisdiction.
Agree with NancyDrew that it's bizarre that the story hasn't been covered more extensively, especially by the news-starved DP.
Betting this was a yet to be named disgruntled former employee, and not Mr. Kendrick.
Allied Waste....no. Too much to lose. If they were successful they would regain Charlottesville territory, but if caught they would lose huge national credibility. Major companies like Wal Mart, etc would not want to do business with them. Big company squashed small town business man...not cool.
Waste Management....no. They are van der Linde customers. Ditto other small garbage and dumpster guys.
This was either personal or someone trying to 'muscle in' from Jersey, etc.
I agree,Dave.Let's not jump to mobbed-up conclusions.This company has had all kinds of turnover.There are no benefits for drivers .No insurance,nothing.I'm sure investigators are poring over the long list of ex-employees.
Van der Linde's single stream recycling facility is called a dirty mrf. Dirty MRF's accept recyclables along with wet food waste and other non-recyclable material. Van der Linde has made false claims about the recovery rate at his dirty mrf. In reality, dirty mrf's are not very effective in recovering recyclables from household trash. Moreover, Van der Linde tries to pass this process off to the public as state of the art, when it has been around for decades. Van der Linde claims he recycles your household waste when he really loads it on transfer trailers and sends it to Shoosmith Landfill.
hmmm some comments interesting, but my main question is can we let the facts unravel (can the press please put some effort in?) and then form opinions? wish i knew it all, too...
No names no pack drill but there is the one about the Hazmat operator . He was being paid big bucks to receive and process or find a safe end use for the Hazmat but he was using the cheap method . Dumping it into the ocean .
Trash Lies and Frank Speaker:
I don't know Peter Van der Linde either personally or professionally. But I do know on both levels when someone is being trashed reprehensibly by accusers who bravely hide their real names while tarring another's. If either of you has evidence of the unethical and/or criminal behavior you ascribe to him, it is your responsibility as a citizen to report that evidence and that behavior to proper authorities immediately. If you have no such evidence, it is your responsibility as a moral being to admit that here and now.
Antoinette W. Roades....You seem to be totally misreading my comments and or perhaps you are simply otherwise in a general confused state of mind or on some mind altering substance or just having a bad day ?.I have made absolutely zero accusations against Mr Linde . Your comments are totally off the mark and off the wall . Mr Linde seems to be an independant operator and operating above board . I have no idea how you came up with your screwed up comments but i suspect you can write books and books to try to justify them if not by fact but perhaps may try the volume route . On the other hand I happen to be well aware of my responsibilities as a citizen and have performed them many many times in service within various venues ,thank you very much. I, therefore,don't require to be lectured by your good self in that respect but thank's again anyway !!!!! I suspect by bravely declaring your name you feel you have licence to trash and tar me incorrectly and still retain your self declared higher moral ground, or is it the holier than thou space ?. What makes you think i have not also declared my correct name ? I used to enjoy reading your stuff and felt you were a fair person , however, you now give me great pause !!
"Frank," what else was someone to infer from what you wrote above if not that Mr. Van der Linde was involved in shady activity? You also seem to have been implying that hazardous materials collected there were dumped in the ocean. If you weren't referring to Van der Linde's operation, then that certainly was not apparent from what you wrote.
"All part of the territory and then some with the characters in the demolition ,recycling,garbage ad inf. The players often started with nothing but end up in the opposite end of the economic spectrum with amazing real power . There is an ongoing shady side of bribery,strong arming,heavy bill collecting , you name it maybe even the M word. It all generates from the core business but seems to always to be interwoven and goes without saying that is part of the price for the service."
I just want to say that the comments in the Hook are way more interesting than the articles that generate them. What a bunch of nuts. Too bad words are not energy. A little bit of kindling here creates a lot of hot air.
Frank Speaker:
And as follow up to a statement that anyone would read as an accusation against Peter Van der Linde for complicity in ocean-dumping of hazardous materials -- which, of course, would also involve falsification of records -- you accuse me of using drugs and/or operating with diminished capacity.
Obviously, hurling imprecations with a paper bag over one's head is a marvelously freeing experience. I fear, however, that after a lifetime of trying hard as I possibly can to be sure that what appears under my byline is true, I'm just too old and too set in my ways to experiment with any other approach.
But please don't let me give you even a moment's pause. By all means hurl away.
Roades ----I am only pushing back at your false accusations .Having your name and picture in public perhaps goes with the territory of a professional writer but you do yourself no favours by the clap trap of your erronous imaginative additions to my comments . The situation i was referring to regarding Hazmat was about another person, who owns another company,in another country than Mr Lind . He is a family associate and an amusing ,amazing rags to riches story, however, was dealt with by the applicable levels of the law in his jurisdiction in that instance. I don't recall the details final disposition of that case . How you or anyone else could construe my general comments about the industry or an unnamed case and what everyone knows goes on in the industry as specific accusations against Mr Lind is mind boggling .Heck the story here is about Lind being on the receiving end of such practices . It appears you are going to stubbornly maintain your twisted perceptions and false allegations that i have smeared Mr Lind . Therefore an apology from you for false accusations probably wouldn't be as forthcoming as one demanded by yourself based your unfounded statements .
Why oh why do I read comments? Look, this is addressed to those of you with some intelligence who are actually interested in the issue at hand, in this case, a targeted case attempting to destroy a business. If you are really interested in the topic, just talk about that, and please ignore the moronic nonstop commentary by anonymous people with large agendas but with no actual life. My experience with toddlers throwing tantrums is that it is best to ignore inappropriate pleas for attention. I wish for once I could find a local thread that has not been hijacked by idiotic trolls.
Frank Speaker:
As another poster also noted, when read in the context of the current thread your comments about Hazmat illegalities could be construed in no other way than as referring to Peter Van der Linde. And no amount of baroque blustering on your part can alter that.
Thank you and I second your motion. As I said in all posts prior to FS's flailing at me personally, what happened is a very serious crime against an individual. And it's also a crime with other victims -- among them, Peter Van der Linde's employees, subcontractors, customers, the environment, et al. As such, it should have been reported widely by now both to alert the public to potential dangers and to enlist the public in investigative efforts.
But it still has not been reported beyond The Hook's initial story -- which did not run until almost four full days after the crime's discovery -- and a brief pickup of that story by the Newsplex. So I'm still very curious about what is and is not happening on that score.
Rhodes---One can intrepret anything anyway they wish i suppose. You wish to fabricate a false story to your personal liking . Even when explicidedly advised how wrong your story is you stubbornly support your false story and use it to fabricate false accusations . Your story at this point actually becomes a little tale . How disappointing . Me flailing at you ? Just the contrary as the self appointed mother hen here it was you that have tried to bully me with your off the mark statements . Very perplexing how someone could work so long in a profession that strives for accuracy and end up on an open blog attacking folks by making up false stories .You seem to be guided by the doctrine that if a person tells a lie often enough then people will believe it .You say there was a crime reported in the foregoing story . Very observant of you , at least you got that part right .
Frank Speaker:
I refer you to cookie jar, who somehow seems to have escaped your rococo wrath:
cookieJar June 7th, 2011 | 1:23am
"Frank," what else was someone to infer from what you wrote above if not that Mr. Van der Linde was involved in shady activity? You also seem to have been implying that hazardous materials collected there were dumped in the ocean. If you weren't referring to Van der Linde's operation, then that certainly was not apparent from what you wrote.
"All part of the territory and then some with the characters in the demolition ,recycling,garbage ad inf. The players often started with nothing but end up in the opposite end of the economic spectrum with amazing real power . There is an ongoing shady side of bribery,strong arming,heavy bill collecting , you name it maybe even the M word. It all generates from the core business but seems to always to be interwoven and goes without saying that is part of the price for the service."
Roades --- Maybe you should get a cookie out of the jar ,have a glass of milk and go outside and get some fresh air . May do wonders to clear your head from your currant fuzzy thinking . As an experienced writer/editor you must know you are trying to weave a false story here . You initially incorrectly lumped me in with the Trash Lie poster who did say negative things about Mr Lind .Cookie Jar made his post after you made your false accusation but you say you were referring to him/her . You are clearly making up juvenile stories as you go along . So go outside now and play with the others , no fibbing now !!!
Perhaps your speech is frank and maybe in some cases to the point. Your reading and writing skills are somewhat lacking though.
If you meant to convey anything other than accusations against Mr. Van Der Linde you did not do that in your earlier posts. If you meant no harm to Mr. Van der Linde, a simple clarification was all that was needed once the question of your intent was raised. To attribute a straightforward reading of what you wrote to "fuzzy thinking" is ludicrous.
A song for Vandy
"... baroque blustering..." Love that-- Toni Roades for the win.
Frank Speaker, your syntax is so garbled, there's no way that anyone can reasonably make sense of it. I too assumed that your dramatic non sequitur comment was directed against Mr Van der Linde (for that is indeed his correct name). After all, he is the topic du jour, and we, the great unwashed public, don't know nothin' about your family's associates, either foreign or domestic.
Doesn't take long for you folks to lose the point of the article.
Going to the videotape will solve this one..........
I was referring to a case involving one of the world's largest ROV owners and operators in another country while y'all are talking about dumping Hazmat into the Charlottsville Ocean .
Frank, this is obviously going to come as something of a surprise to you, but there is an ocean not far to the East of us.
Nothing surprises me from you quasi-intellectuals . So how did you envision him doing this dumping ? Loading up boats and heading out to sea or just tossing the barrels of Hazmat off the end of one of the Charlottesville Piers ?
Went by the Ivy landfill/transfer station today and they are handing out flyers announcing a change in fees. As of July 1, non-Albemarle County residents will be charged a $10 fee per transaction. Is the City no longer part of the RSWA?
Since you don't seem to get out much Frank, I've got another couple of surprises for you.
One of the roads at Zion Crossroads is an older East/West route known as US Route 250. It connects to many other roads that reach as far as the great ocean mentioned above. The other road at Zion Crossroads goes a short distance and then connects with a more modern East/West route known as Interstate 64. That road leads directly towards the great ocean.
As far as how exactly someone dumps hazardous waste into an ocean once one arrives at it; you are the only one here claiming knowledge of those matters.
Question is..........has there been any investigation of this matter past "gee, look what happened here...." ?
Cookie Jar ---I doubt land locked areas would try your suggested method ,too risky .Folks around seashore keep a close watch on the slightest movements lots of surveilance especially of outsiders . Also very risky transporting the stuff over any distance wouldn't you think . Lots could go wrong ,hard to explain a road accident where a bunch of PCB's end up spilled all over the roadway .This occours say normally when transporting old transformers . They are messy to handle and full of toxic material but they got to be collected ,dismantled and recycled .In landlocked areas illegal dumpers would try to burn or bury material i expect .Less movement decreases chances of discovery . Find an old abandoned mine shaft,dig a hole in a remote area or devise a method of burning the evidence so to speak .The Communinst countries made a right mess of their toxic waste handling .
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"I just wanted to recycle, thought it would be good for the environment," says Van der Linde, shaken by the war's escalation from courtroom to carnage. "But I guess this is what you get when you take food from a dog when he's still eating."
This is pure BS. Vandy is trying to win sympathy aluding that another garbage player did this to him. What does he pay his help, is it anything near living wage? How does he fire people, fair-and-square or cut thier pay drastically?
This was obviously personal. He pissed someone off and they took the law into their own hands, judge, jury, and executioner in the wee hours. Pete knows who did this but he won't say. Maybe he's afraid to get beat up for telling the teacher.
Okay. This is pure PR bs. Learn more about recycling from the GreenopolisTV channel. Check out their latest video filmed at the Sustainable brands conference; you should see it: http://youtu.be/ig_NqccETlI


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web - Set a main page and/or error page for one or more buckets
gsutil web set [-m <main_page_suffix>] [-e <error_page>] gs://<bucket_name>...
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The Website Configuration feature enables you to configure a Cloud Storage bucket to behave like a static website. This means requests made via a domain-named bucket aliased using a Domain Name System "CNAME" to c.storage.googleapis.com works like any other website. For example, a GET to the bucket serves the configured "main" page instead of the usual bucket listing and a GET for a non-existent object serves the configured error page.
For example, suppose your company's domain name is example.com. You could set up a website bucket as follows:
Create a bucket called www.example.com (see the "DOMAIN NAMED BUCKETS" section of "gsutil help naming" for details about creating such buckets).
Create index.html and 404.html files and upload them to the bucket.
Configure the bucket to have website behavior using the command:
gsutil web set -m index.html -e 404.html gs://www.example.com
Add a DNS CNAME record for www.example.com pointing to c.storage.googleapis.com (ask your DNS administrator for help with this).
Now if you open a browser and navigate to http://www.example.com, it displays the main page instead of the default bucket listing.
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http://www.example.comas the URL to the requester, and a GET request for
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Ciggarettes can cause cancer, which can kill you.
Alchohol can cause cirrhosis of the liver, which can kill you, but it makes for a wonderful pair of beer/alchohol/wine goggles and the rhythmically challenge deserving of dancer roles in the new Breakin' Movie.
Prostitution can cause an STD, GSW or Stab wound, which can kill you or hurt like hell for a very long time, but you get off.
Marijuana can cause cancer, which can kill you, but it is so much fun, who cares.
Riding a motorcycle can only kill you if you fatally crash your motorcycle into, say, a wall, car, another motorcycle, you become a victim of over-correction, or God decides to squish you with his finger. Otherwise, the chances of dying in a motorcycle accident parallels the chances of dying in a car accident. If the car in question was an SUV and you were on the motorcycle, your chances are dipped in your disfavor. Likewise, if the car in question was a Pinto, your chances are dipped in your disfavor, but with the added bonus of a great ball of fire.
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I say smoke, drink, snort, wack, ride, pop, shoot, inject, oggle, watch, eat and do whatever makes you feel good becuase none of these options are available in neither heaven or hell.
Always a twisted thought away,
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Posted by The Maharaja at 1:15 PM
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OH Bee Juan
Cigarettes DON'T cause cancer. Smoking them does. I have no problem with tobacco products. It's just the smoke. Which smells fine to me when it's not cigarette smoke.
The Maharaja
You are absolute correct. I stand corrected and am not ashamed to say it. However, I am ashamed to stand, so I sit corrected.
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Gary Collins has passed away at the age of 74.
The TV actor and host died a little before 1 a.m. Saturday morning in Biloxi, Miss. of natural causes, TMZ reports.
Remember other celebrities we've lost this yearOver the past 50 years, Collins has made appearances on everything from Charlie's Angels and The Love Boat to Dirty Sexy Money and Yes, Dear. The Emmy winner is also famous for hosting the talk show Hour Magazine and the Miss America Pageant in the 1980s. Collins separated from his wife, former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley, last year.He leaves behind three children, one from Mobley and two from his previous marriage to Susan Lachman.


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Jane Eyre [RNIB Edition]
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Jane Eyre remains a classic of 19th-century English literature and is the most famous and influential novel by Charlotte Bronte.
Published in 1847, one of the most popular of all English novels, the story tells of the rise of a poor orphan girl against overwhelming odds. It is a work of fiction with memorable characters and vivid scenes exploring themes that have as much relevance today as in the time it was written.
British novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855) was the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters whose novels have become standards of English literature.
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What listeners say about Jane Eyre [RNIB Edition]
- Tad Davis
- 17-05-10
I enjoyed this as much as, or more than, any other audiobook I've ever listened to. High praise, but it's true. It's a perfect marriage of writer and narrator. The story itself is enthralling: Jane is a feisty heroine, a survivor with a difference: she's adaptable and assertive and completely without the sense of self-pity that usually accompanies the "survivor" label. The novel has everything: staggeringly well-written scenes, totally believable characters, haunting atmosphere, beautiful descriptions of the natural world.
Lucy Scott, as far as I can tell, hasn't done much in the audiobook line, but she's no novice. She's the actress who played Charlotte Lucas in the "Colin Firth" version of "Pride and Prejudice" in 1995. Her performance here is absolutely flawless, at times heartbreaking and at times giddy with excitement and joy. A wonderful listen. Don't miss it. Really. Download it and listen to it even if you think you hate Victorian fiction. You won't after you hear this one.
17 people found this helpful
- Robert
- 12-08-10
Extraordinary and Beautiful
What new and enlightening could possibly be added to reviews about Jane Eyre that has not already been written. Most people read this book early in their education. Luckily this was not my experience because had I read it earlier, I might not have thought to return to it later in life only to appreciate it even more.
I think that many books are not appreciated because of their narrators. Thank you Audible for having multiple renditions by different narrators. I was able to listen to samples and read reviews about each. I finally settled on the reading by Lucy Scott and I believe I could not have been more pleased. This selection was absolutely spectacular. Listening to Ms Scott's voice is like listening to music. Her narration of the voice of Mr Rochester almost immediately, without strain or stretch, has you hearing the voice of a gentleman.
Looking at the reviews of all the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen, we find that they are mostly by women. I can only conclude that books of this ilk are mostly read and appreciated by women. As one of the opposite gender I can only say that there is much to recommend here to my brothers as well as sisters. I could not recommend a book or narrator more highly. The two together are extraordinary and beautiful.
11 people found this helpful
- Camille
- 02-02-10
Wonderful Book, Fantastic Reader
Lucy Scott is a marvel as Jane Eyre. This is one of the best-read classic novels I've ever heard on audiobook. Scott brings the characters of Charlotte Bronte to life, especially Eyre. The novel itself is a timeless mixture of romance, psychological portrait, and social commentary. I can't recommend this one highly enough.
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- Dave Nielsen
- 13-05-09
good listen
I really enjoyed this audio book. The reader was enjoyable to listen to. Her timing and inflections carried me along with the story, and made me feel like I was part of the tale.
The book Jane Eyre has a good storyline and is a great read. I find the book moving... At times I found myself in tears, and then exhaulting at the happy moments.
Definately worth the credit.
9 people found this helpful
- Tosin
- 05-11-09
Wonderful rendition
this narrator's voice is very pleasant to listen to. i thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end......once you start listenning you can't stop.
what a delight.......the right emotion at the right time.....I will definitly listen to Lucy Scott again! please narrate more books.
7 people found this helpful
- amy
- 21-06-09
Loved It
I was not sure about listening to this in the unabridged format, but I absolutely loved it. Once I was in I had to keep listening to find out. One of my New Year's Resolutions was to discover the classics, and I have just loved this and Sense & Sensibility and Pride & Prejudice. I plan on listening to all the Bronte sisters. Wuthering Heights is next.
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- Carlos
- 19-06-10
You won't err with Jane Eyre
I bought this book for my wife; she has read the book many times. Since it was on my iPod, I thought, "What the heck. I bought it, I might as well listen to it." Never having read Jane Eyre, I did not know what to expect. I discovered a delightful narration and pleasant story. Lucy Scott did a wonderful job of reading the book. She made my daily commute to-and-from work something I actually looked forward to.
6 people found this helpful
- Kristen
- 12-06-10
I have recently started running again after a several year break from the activity. To entertain and distract myself I decided I would listen to some of the "classics" while I am hitting the pavement ... this was WONDERFUL! The story is amazing (no surprise) but the narration is also WONDERFUL! Lucy Scott's narration, her ability to bring characters to life through her voice and speach made the story even so much better! Thank You!
6 people found this helpful
- Sarah
- 13-01-11
This book is fantastic! My new favorite. And Lucy Scott really brought it to life. I was disappointed to see that she hasn't narrated many other books for Audible- I wanted to listen to her narrate all the classics!
5 people found this helpful
- 11-04-10
Wonderful. Could not be better. First class narrator. Great Expectations with True Love. Purchased for my daughter's high school reading [trying to get her out of cliff notes and spark notes] and when she was done I thought why not? Definitely more of a "woman's" book but the passion and love expressed by the male and female characters was poetry indeed. The 2 forwards by the author are sparkling and stand alone as great content and are quite relevant to modern discourse. Listening to this now tempts me to buy more classics.
5 people found this helpful
- Jacqueline
- 04-02-09
The best audio book I have heard in some time. The reader brings the book to life.
7 people found this helpful
- Margo
- 27-07-09
Brought to life!
This was an absolutely amazing listen. I've never read the book, and this was a delight to listen to. I even played it while I was on the treadmill! The reader's voice was absolutely perfect.
6 people found this helpful
- Sydney
- 17-03-09
I'm not a huge Bronte fan but this reading is hugely entertaining, perfect match of reader to writer. Jane's trace of a northern accent is a lovely touch. Gets all the romance and pathos and intelligence and even squeezes some humour out of it. I can't imagine a better version, better than reading the book! A crazy bargain at under 5 pounds too.
6 people found this helpful
- Tom
- 24-07-11
An enjoyable audiobook
I confess that I had never read this classic before, having perhaps been illogically put off by not liking "Wuthering Heights", and was expecting a rather heavy and overwrought experience, so it was a pleasant surprise that the book was so enjoyable. The characters of the two main protaganists - Rochester and Jane Eyre herself - are not at all as they are perhaps assumed based on film versions. Jane turns out to be feisty and independent-minded and Rochester warmly vulnerable. The story bowls along at a good pace, even though at times it gets bogged down a tad. Best of all is the narration which really brings the book alive.
I might give Wuthering Heights another chance!
5 people found this helpful
- James
- 09-12-09
The best value on the site
This is an incredible reading. The classic story itself is so vivid and original that it deserves to be hear from that respect, whilst on top the reader, Lucy Scott, gives one of the best, most adapted performances of any audiobook i?ve heard.
Buy it!
3 people found this helpful
- Andrew
- 17-11-09
Lucy Scott's reading is wonderful - genuine and heartfelt without ever being thespish or self-important. If Lucy records any more classics, I shall certainly be snapping them up!
3 people found this helpful
- Gillian
- 09-04-12
I read this book as a teenager. Listening to this, brought back all the pleasure I felt then. I can thoroughly recommend this version. Beautifully and sensitively read, I ended up wishing the book was longer!
2 people found this helpful
- Sue
- 19-01-11
Excellent reading of a wonderful classic
This is a fabulous story, beautifully read.It must be the best value for money on Audible.
2 people found this helpful
- 21-07-10
You'll never get tired of this book
If you've never read Jane Eyre and feel intimidated by its length, this is a great way to enjoy the story without any effort. It's surprisingly modern and never becomes tiresome.
The narrator is good but personally I find the voice she gives the Rochester character artificially masculine. She makes him sound heartless. It is not at all how I imagine the character would speak. A question of taste, I suppose. The rest is well-read.
2 people found this helpful
- Clare
- 12-01-14
Loved, loved, loved!
Fabulous book. First time I have read this book. Have seen various adaptations so vaguely knew the story, yet how much more is in the book?! I now find all of the adaptations poor, because in the book you are being narrated to by Jane herself. There is so much feeling and emotion here which is totally missing in films, as she spends most of the time silent!
Back to the book. The narration is excellent, Lucy Scott could read the yellow pages or a bus timetable nicely. I can't get into the complexity of the story, but if you are already a Jane Eyre fan, you will love this audio version. If you have never read it, highly recommended.
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I love the last picture, i want my bathroom to look like that!ReplyDelete
yes, I thought the same when I saw it yesterday the first time:)ReplyDelete
I like the Plywood revival going on. I wonder how practical it is for wet spaces, like the kitchen. It doesn't look like they're lacquered.ReplyDelete
i love all of the strong white with splashes of color here and there. this house really is perfection!ReplyDelete
Agreed on the perfection of this place. I've always been a huge fan of clean simple places!ReplyDelete
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I love that simple bathroom setup!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, so gorgeous! LOVE the bathroom.ReplyDelete
L O V E that bathroom. And I also love that lamp on the kitchen counter. Bet it looks so pretty at night.ReplyDelete
I'm pretty much echoing everyone else's comments, haha love the bathroom!ReplyDelete
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