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Duane M. Bryant, M.D.
Comprehensive Ophthalmologist
Dr. Duane M. Bryant is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a B.S. in Psychology. He has a Master of Science degree from Loyola University in Maryland in Pastoral Counseling. He earned his M.D. degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Bryant completed his Ophthalmology training at the Friedenwald Eye Institute in Baltimore, MD. He is a Comprehensive Ophthalmologist and has been serving the community for over 30 years. Dr. Bryant also does expert witness work, medical peer reviews and independent medical exams.
Recent Work Experience
1976 – Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1980 – Doctor of Medicine, University of Maryland, Medical School, Baltimore, MD
2001 – Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling, Loyola University in Maryland, Columbia, MD
1980-1981: Flexible Medical Internship, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1981-1984: Ophthalmology Residency, Medical System, The Friedenwald Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Cataract surgery
- Glaucoma
- Laser surgery
- Ocular trauma
- Diabetic Retinopathy (Medical Treatment)
- Vein Occlusion (Medical Treatment)
Community Involvement and Activities
Volunteer, Medical Missions – British Guyana & Volunteer, Healthcare for the Homeless & Hospice Care Volunteer Physician, The Joseph P. Ritchie Hospice Facilitator & Group Spiritual Direction Preacher/Mentor, Prison Ministry
Professional Society Membership
2016 Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology
Medical Licensure
Active Maryland
Recent CME Courses - 2014
Retinal Physician Symposium, May 16-18, 2014; Kiawah Eye Meeting, May 29-31, 2014; Diabetic Retinopathy and Vein Occlusion, Nov. 21, 2014; Current Concepts in Ophthalmology-Wilmer, Dec. 4-6, 2014
Recent CME Courses - 2015
SEAK: How to Start, Build, and Run a Successful Disability and File Review Practice, Feb. 6-7, 2015; Diabetic Retinopathy and Vein Occlusion, Nov., 2015; Current Concepts in Ophthalmology-Wilmer, Dec., 2015


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I'm playing Ni No Kuni when my daughter sits down beside me, enthralled by the visuals. "It looks like Ponyo," she says. "It's made by Ghibli," I tell her. That was all it took for her to be interested in her first RPG.
Then came the fun part. My daughter knows nothing about RPGs. The closest she's played is Zelda, which is honestly not a true RPG. (Don't hurt me.) In these last few weeks, it was my pleasure to start teaching her the basics of role playing games.
"You're not going towards the star Mom!"
First rule of RPGs: don't go where they tell you to go. Go everywhere else first.
We've all done this. We avoid way points like the plague. We all know there is going to be a boss battle or cut scene there, and we just finally got through a cut scene or boss battle. Now we want to explore. Plus, you know there is a treasure chest at the end of that dead end. It's a RPG staple.
Only my daughter doesn't know this. She wants me to head straight for the boss, the cut scene. So I do. Then I show her all the things we missed on the way there. It's like a light bulb went off in her head. Point made. Continuing on...
Talk To Everyone (Repeatedly):
"They like you now that you have different clothes. You're not a freak anymore."
Quests are the RPG bread and butter. Side quests are like the desert. It takes time to get there, but the rewards are worth it. And so many people in Ni No Kuni need something from you.
My daughter started complaining about how I was talking to everyone, until a cat lady gave us a quest for flowers. To an 11-year old girl, that was the most amazing thing ever. From then on, I not only had to talk to people, but she would remind me if I skipped someone, or if they were a cat person. Cat people had to be talked to repeatedly.
"It that a robot? Magic it Mom!"
Speaking of quests, there is the whole issue of balancing quests. You have to remember where you are going, or what you are collecting, or who you are (Gasp!) killing. You have to remember where you saw something interesting.
As we ventured through Golden Grove, my daughter and I happened upon a robot that (contrary to my daughter's idea) did not spring to life when I magicked it. And believe me, we went through every spell available at the time. She gave up and told me it mustn't have been important. I urged her to remember where it was, because I had a feeling it was important. Let's hope at some point I'm right.
Save Often:
"Did you just die!?"
This might actually be the second rule of RPGs, but it wasn't important until I left the beautiful forest and ventured into the desert. And died in the first fight. I guess Drippy wasn't lying when he said to head straight to the next city. I guess the first rule doesn't always apply. (Wait, should "save often" be the first rule? Probably.)
Anyway, my daughter was heart broken. And Oliver made it worse by saying something about his mother. I thought she would cry. This was the thing I most dreaded. Most of the games my daughter has played don't have death. Skylanders get tired, Pokemon faint, Mosnter High girls are mostly dead or immortal. Yes, Link can die, but somehow a fairy floating above his head makes it less real. This was honestly a sad thing. It broke my heart. But in that instance my daughter taught me something: You continue because the world still needs saving.
I think that might be the actual first rule of RPGs.

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BAKER � On paper, Baker School's football game with Holmes County should heavily favor the Gators. Baker, 2-0, is coming off a 35-21 win over Sneads and has scored 77 points in the two wins.
BAKER � On paper, Baker School's football game with Holmes County should heavily favor the Gators.
Baker, 2-0, is coming off a 35-21 win over Sneads and has scored 77 points in the two wins.
Gator quarterback Jon Beck teamed up with tight end Kodi Nixon for a pair of touchdown passes in the win over Sneads. Austin Martin returned a Pirate fumble 60 yards for a touchdown. And senior tailbacks Richard Stroheker and D.J. Thomas each scored on a short run.
The Blue Devils limp into Friday's 7 p.m. game at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium with an 0-2 record. Adding insult to injury, they have been outscored 82-0 in the two losses.
Not only is Baker averaging 38.5 points a game, the Gator offense is averaging 419.5 total yards a game.
Thomas is leading the charge having already rushed for 449 yards and five touchdowns. Beck, who is only a sophomore, has thrown four touchdown passes in the two games.
Baker coach Matt Brunson is pleased with the play of the Gators in Friday's win
"Sneads has got some very big guys and is very athletic," he said. "I feel like we've gotten a little bit better each week.
"Our offensive line played well. Our fullback, Brandon Engler, did a really nice job blocking and our tailbacks were able to rush for about 350 (yards) and we threw for another 115."
Even with everything seeming to tilt heavy in Baker's favor Brunson refuses to look past the struggling Blue Devils.
"Holmes County is a shotgun team that likes to it out on offense," he said. "They are a 4-3 defensive team. They did a great job containing us last year and scoring points on us and we would love to return that favor.
"Bonifay (Holmes County) is a team coming in that we've had a little history with. I think it will be two small community high school football teams getting after each other. I think it will be a great atmosphere for football."
At the end of the day Brunson knows the best way for the Gators to pick up their third win of the year is just to play their style of football.
"We just have to do what we do," he said. "We don't worry too much about our opponent, but they are going to throw it around and we are going to have to contain the pass a little more this week than we have in the previous two.
"We just have to offensively do what we do. I think our offensive play kind of sets the tone for everything else that happens."
Baker Football
Who: Holmes County at Baker
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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Accommodations for guests at Ithumba are scarce (only one party at a time) and it is a remote area in the northern area of Tsavo East Park with no game drive roads. Getting there is a long 7 hours of traffic and bumps from Nairobi. And it is dusty. But our trip there was unforgettable. There is something very special about seeing wild animals in their natural habitat. And because the elephants there were all or partially raised by humans, it is possible to get very close.
Not only did we see and spend time with our third and oldest orphan, Tumaren, I was able to have a real communication. She was not as rambunctious as last year when she tried to steal my sunglasses, but she warmed up to me and appeared to remember me.
Her best friend seemed to be Kilaguni, who had been attacked by hyenas when a baby and is missing his tail and little bites from his ears, but yet a very spirited and happy guy. Wendi who is already 9 years old, big and beautiful, comes back to visit quite often. She was found at only two days old and raised completely by humans. She is very curious and affectionate still. Some worry she is still too trusting of humans which may put her in greater danger.
It was extremely dry in Tsavo, just before the rainy season. The Sheldrick huge water truck arrived every day with plenty of water for the orphans. Since it was so dry, huge wild elephants would also show up to drink. While we were there we saw several groups of big bulls come for water. I was surprised as I had been told that bull elephants generally stay solo, but caretaker Benjamin assured me that they usually travel in groups an do not like to be isolated.
Benjamin explained that they normally wouldn't get that close to people, but they knew that the keepers are taking care of the young elephants, and also they need the water. They lined up like very civilized beings, and they let the babies drink first. Sure there were a few pushy ones, but they seemed to work it out quickly among themselves and then all was very copacetic. Many times I watched them drinking together in a synchronized way and moving that way too when it was time to go.
Elephants are very vocal, and when it was time for their bottles, those young elephants hollered loudly and made noises that would seem scary if you came upon them in the jungle. Elephants are also very tactile. I was privileged to be greeted and caressed by a few different elephants. -older orphans, as well as ex orphans who had been living in the wild for a few years and were quite large.
It was spectacular. I was able to share intimate time with them and it is one of the greatest and deepest thrills of my life. It felt highly spiritual communing with another very evolved species. I felt a great deal of love flowing from the elephants straight into my heart. I have felt a great deal of bonding with pets in the past, which has also opened my heart. Yet pets are truly dependent on us to be their guardians. Elephants have lived in the wild and are an independent group. When they choose to embrace you it is special indeed.
Daphne Sheldrik writes beautifully about elephants and their emotions: "Animals are more ancient, more complex, and in many ways more sophisticated than man. In terms of Nature they are truly more perfect because they remain within the ordered scheme of Nature and live as Nature intended. They are different to us, honed by natural selection over millennia so they should not be patronized, but rather respected and revered. And of all the animals, perhaps the most respected and revered should be the Elephant, for not only is it the largest land mammal on earth, but also the most emotionally human."
Like many people, I am in love with the elephants. I can't help but want to do everything I can think of to help them thrive and keep them from harm. I am starting a website called ThrivingElephants.org and I will post my articles and photos. I will support the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in any way I can, as well as continuing to work to help liberate the captive elephants in the US and around the world from their lives of slavery and abuse.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has recently been featured in the Imax film, Born to Be Wild in 3-D. (In Los Angeles, it can still be seen at the California Science Center -- located in Exposition Park, just two blocks west of the Harbor (110) Freeway at the Exposition Boulevard exit.) Dame Sheldrick told me there will be a sequel and they will try to capture on film one of the ex orphans having its baby. Two are pregnant who still visit the Ithumba Camp.
The elephant orphanage is a must-see attraction for anyone visiting Nairobi and sure to be a highlight of any African trip to those who visit during its daily limited visiting hours in the Nairobi National Park.
Visitng the baby elephants first hand is an experience one will always remember. Helping to foster one costs only $50 per year. The thrill of following your adoptee through her growth into a wild elephant: priceless.To reiterate a comment made by Benjamin, chief caretaker at Ithumba, "I have two families now - my family at home and my elephant family."
Please see Part 1 of this article,
and Part 2,
Photos by Georja Umano
Georja Umano is an actress/comedienne and animal advocate.
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Quote from: AnonLover on July 04, 2015, 14:26LA County appears to have a new'ish online search website setup now that is free:http://apps1.lavote.net/CLERK/FBN_Search.cfmThe problem is that they don't say who the name belongs to, and I want to track names that CoS has been flipping around for years. (It's one of their ways for pulling fast ones by shifting ownership of a name between various entities.)
LA County appears to have a new'ish online search website setup now that is free:http://apps1.lavote.net/CLERK/FBN_Search.cfm
Search organization or owner :Narconon That brings up all the fresh start fictitious names, 'doing business as ' names current and expired
Maybe you should change the title to State of California, County Fictitious Business Name Registrations
A fictitious business name statement (D.b.a. or "doing business as") must be registered with the county clerk of the county of the registrant's principal place of business if the business is any of the following:Sole proprietorship doing business under a name not containing the owner's surname, such as Smith Accounting Services;Partnership; or,Corporation doing business under a name other than its legal nameFictitious business names are not filed with the Secretary of State's Office. There is no provision in California for registration, in a central registry at the state level, of fictitious business names. You must contact the city and/or county clerk and/or recorder where the principal place of business is located for information regarding filing or registering fictitious business names.
L. Ron Hubbard Library is probably a FBN for Church of Spiritual Technology, but I have the feeling that they shuffle that one around.
I'm sorry... the others are in San Diego Countyhttps://arcc.sdcounty.ca.gov/Pages/fictitious.aspx
I'm not finding L. Ron Hubbard Library in the search. What's the proper name on that one?
Is 'Hubbard Academy of Administration' another face of 'Hubbard College of Administration'??
Hmm. On second thought, these search result records seem to be likely suspects as well:ABLE | 2011012487 | - | 4/20/2011 ABLE | 2015076657 | - | 3/25/2015WISE ENTERPRISE | 2014253413 | - | 9/9/2014
Solution: Under the California Public Records Act, "Fictitous Business Name Statement" documents should be obtainable: http://www.lavote.net/contact-us/public-records-act-requests/make-a-public-records-act-request


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Most historically and predominantly white institutions (HPWIs) now desire some number of black students on their campuses. However, recent theoretical scholarship suggests that HPWIs' desire for and willingness to embrace black students is predicated on their racial palatability. The theory of intraracial discrimination stipulates that white gatekeepers are increasingly inclined to screen blacks to "weed out" those they perceive as too concerned with race and racism.
Research on sexuality and space emphasizes geographic and institutional forms that are stable, established, and fixed. By narrowing their analytic gaze on such places, which include gayborhoods and bars, scholars use observations about changing public opinions, residential integration, and the closure of nighttime venues to conclude that queer urban and institutional life is in decline. We use queer pop‐up events to challenge these dominant arguments about urban sexualities and to advocate instead a "temporary turn" that analyzes the relationship between ephemerality and placemaking.


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The City of Baxley will hold a Called Meeting on March 13, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall located at 282 E. Parker Street, Baxley, Georgia. The primary purpose of the called meeting is a public hearing as well as any other business that may come before the Mayor and Council. The public hearing will offer opportunities for comments on a Zoning Amendment filed by Elzie Larry Mosely, Sr. and Vivian F. Mosely for property located at 285 Anthony Street. The petitioner requests his property be rezoned from the present Residential (R-12) zone to a Business (BR-1) zone. Legal description as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being and situate in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia bounded, now or formerly, as follows: Northerly by property of Standard Oil Company; Easterly by lands of C.A. Hardy.
This is the same property described in that tract certain deed from James Michael Dennis to Jack Thomas, dated January 18, 2000, recorded in Deed Book 337, Page 20, public records of Appling County, Georgia.
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Looking at trends and predictions from the beginning of 2013, many anticipated that it would be a transformational year as healthcare organizations evolved to confront the challenges of a changing marketplace. As the year draws to a close and we look to the future, despite the lack of clarity regarding many elements of healthcare reform, there are several core tenets that will likely continue to drive transition within our industry.
While each of these trends is widely acknowledged and publicized, their pervasive impact on healthcare real estate warrants further examination. Healthcare providers will be challenged to provide higher quality care to an expanded patient base at a significantly lower overall cost. To achieve these objectives and thrive in the marketplace of the future, many healthcare organizations will be required to transition and transform their portfolio of real estate assets, as well as the manner in which those assets are planned, financed, constructed and managed.
Expanded Coverage for All?
Until very recently, prevailing expectations held that the Affordable Care Act would result in a net increase in the number of insured Americans by as many as 30 million individuals. However, the highly publicized shortcomings of government sponsored insurance enrollment portals, the relative lack of interest in enrollment among younger age cohorts and the increasing number of individuals receiving coverage cancellation notices in the past two months may actually result in a short term decrease in the total insured population.
Financial Incentives - Focus on Patient Outcomes
Providers have traditionally been compensated for episodes of care. There has been little financial incentive to coordinate care between physicians and many procedures are criticized as contributing little to patient outcomes. This reimbursement environment is commonly criticized as a primary driver in the escalation of healthcare expenditures in this nation.
A central objective of the Affordable Care Act is to transition to a Value Based Reimbursement environment in which "bundled payments" are made to coordinated teams of care providers and are based on patient outcomes rather than the number of procedures performed. There will be little to no reimbursement for patient readmissions. This seismic shift will mandate that high quality patient outcomes are achieved consistently in the most coordinated and efficient manner possible.
Responding to Insurance Expansion and Reform – The Role of Healthcare Real Estate: So, how does real estate enter the discussion regarding insurance and financial incentives? To achieve the objective of delivering best in class patient outcomes in a consistent manner at the lowest possible cost, providers will benefit significantly from standardizing best practices across their organizations. As "form follows function", healthcare real estate portfolios must be comprised of replicable care environments. It is difficult to expect consistent patient outcomes unless the very environment in which that care is delivered is also consistent.
Here Today....There Tomorrow
Advances in medical technology have driven a shift in procedural volume to the outpatient environment for decades. With the added imperative to provide care in the lowest cost responsible setting, this trend is expected to continue. Advances in technology will not only enable a continued shift from inpatient to outpatient procedures, but it's highly likely that certain elements of care currently provided in outpatient and medical office environments can be achieved through remote monitoring and electronic communication while patients remain at home or work.
Organizing for Success
While the physical environment of care continues to shift, the organizational structure of healthcare providers must keep pace as well. The hospital centric model of the past has already given way to a hub and spoke network of care in most markets, where outpatient centers provide convenient and accessible care to patients and refer volumes to affiliated inpatient facilities.
The prevailing hub and spoke network will give way to a distributed model of care that is physically dispersed yet highly integrated. Electronic medical records and advances in medical information technology will allow seamless handoffs between care providers, many of whom will be geographically dispersed across the network. Primary care and internal medicine specialists will coordinate care regimens, a patient centric concept known as the "medical home."
Responding to Organizational Transformation – The Role of Healthcare Real Estate: Reflecting the significant capital investment in acute care facilities and traditional medical office environments that currently resides on providers' balance sheets, the transition of healthcare real estate portfolios to nimble, distributed networks of care will be a long term process. Given the lengthy cycle of major facility planning and development schedules, it's imperative that providers initiate coordinated market and facility planning efforts today in order to begin their journey of transformation.
The Future Ain't What it Used to Be
The seismic shifts in healthcare finance being driven by insurance reform threaten the long term viability of many healthcare providers who have traditionally operated near breakeven. According to Moody's Investors Service, nonprofit hospitals had a strong balance sheer in fiscal year 2012 but profitability metrics were down compared with FY 2011. For the first time since FY 2008, Moody's found that growth in expenses outpaced revenue growth in nonprofit hospitals and health systems. Even a modest shift in revenue outlook for these organizations may constitute the difference between operating in the black or confronting financial loss.
While a substantial portion of the nation's hospitals and health systems are non-profit institutions, there is common recognition that erosion of financial performance will compromise the ability to provide philanthropic and charity care. "No margin – No mission." Few expect brighter prospects for revenue; therefore, organizational survival will depend on the ability to decrease expenditures without compromising care.
Competing Demands for Scarce Capital
Despite concern regarding future operating margins, the demand for capital investment is greater than ever. Conversion to electronic medical records is an enormously expensive undertaking, often running into the hundreds of millions of dollars for large health systems. Mergers, acquisitions and affiliations among providers also demand organizational focus and capital.
Responding to Margin Compression – The Role of Healthcare Real Estate: Real estate assets often constitute the single greatest balance sheet asset for healthcare providers and real estate related expenses are typically exceeded only by the cost of labor on providers' income statements. To meet the imperative of cost reduction, in the most general terms, healthcare real estate must be developed and operated in a more cost effective manner. Facility layouts also have an integral impact on the efficiency of patient care delivery processes; and therefore play a key role in reducing labor expense without compromising quality of care.
One of the most significant byproducts of insurance reform and financial pressures faced by healthcare providers has been an unprecedented wave of industry consolidation. Many independent hospitals and small health systems are not sufficiently capitalized to effectively reinvest and reinvent themselves. Similar challenges are faced by physicians operating in small group practices as they struggle to cover traditional costs such as malpractice insurance, as well as the added burden of conversion to electronic medical records.
Coupled with the prospect of "bundled payment" reimbursements, these forces are driving consolidation in order to allow providers to better coordinate care and to spread costly investments across a larger operating platform. According to an Irving Levin report, healthcare mergers and acquisitions activity during the third quarter this year soared 16 percent over the second quarter of 2013. There were 267 deals announced, which is 20 percent more than the third quarter last year. Many of these alliances break from the traditional mold, including the acquisition of physician practices by insurance providers.
Responding to Consolidation – The Role of Healthcare Real Estate: As health systems, hospitals and physician groups merge and affiliate, the resulting portfolio of assets is often poorly positioned to serve the organization's needs in an efficient manner. Fragmented networks of leased and owned facilities are located in close proximity to each other. Multiple systems and protocols are used to manage the development and operation of assets. Legacy policies and procedures are not synchronized.
To meet the challenges of coordinated care and cost reduction, a transition plan must be enacted through which optimal facility network distribution and co-location of care providers is achieved. In many cases this will result in the consolidation of redundant and inefficient facilities, while in other cases there will be a need to develop facilities in new markets in order to effectively achieve population health management goals. Migrating to a common, best in class platform for managing consolidated portfolios of facilities often requires investment in both training and new technology.
As the pace of transformative change within the industry accelerates, healthcare leaders must heed the call to act decisively in order to position their organizations for survival and success. Effective planning, development and operation of healthcare real estate assets will be a critical element in ensuring that best in class, patient centered care is delivered consistently and cost effectively. As margins are compressed and care is increasingly distributed across broader provider networks, the integration of strategic, financial and facility initiatives is more critical than ever.
Within every challenge lies opportunity. Best wishes to all in capitalizing on those opportunities in the year ahead.


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Rag & Bone Produced Their Best Yet for Fall 2010
Rag & Bone Produced Their Best Yet for Fall 2010
>> From look one, a cool knit kilt on Kasia Struss, it was clear that David Neville and Marcus Wainwright are on to something this season. For their first women's-only runway show (men's was shown separately this time around), Neville and Wainwright moved to a new venue — a brick-walled SoHo loft spacious enough for two extra-long runway corridors; in between, a row of oversized spherical lanterns emitting a soft glow. As for the show, it was by many accounts their best one yet.
Cozy knit ponchos, camouflage anoraks, and pleated skirts were pulled together in a stellar styling job by former Marie Amelie Sauve assistant Vanessa Reid (who was also responsible for the stunning layering in Missoni's Fall 2009 collection). Miniature black belts buckled over pant cuffs and wrists, pouches hung from waist belts or belts around the thigh, and more belting went around the shoulders and across the back, harnessing a select few looks. Accessories were out in full force: bolo ties over button-up shirts, knee-high socks, mittens, and scarves.
Rag & Bone is known for their top-notch casting — label favorites like Jessica Stam, Lily Donaldson, and Coco Rocha were nowhere to be found, but Lily Aldridge walked, explaining the Kings of Leon appearance front row (she dates the lead singer).


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Kansas City groups get $120K for Middle Blue River
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) - Two Kansas City nonprofits are getting a total of about $120,000 in federal funds to improve areas around the Middle Blue River.
The regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency says the grants to the Blue River Watershed Association and the Heartland Conservation Alliance are part of about $2 million in funding EPA's providing to organizations around the country to help protect and restore urban waters.
The Kansas City groups are getting about $60,000 each for projects that include involving underserved youth in water quality monitoring studies and identifying vacant land in the watershed for possible low-impact development.
The Urban Waters Federal Partnership is a collaboration of 13 federal agencies working to reconnect urban communities with their waterways. The Middle Blue River was added as a project in 2013.


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By COLLEEN LEDDY
Who shrunk my Crocs?
That's what I thought upon seeing the tiny hot pink Crocs, a miniature version of my own, sitting at the base of the stairs the other day.
Ah, Caroline's home.
Toys scattered everywhere. Little piles of little clothes, removed quickly from her body as pajamas replace them before she knows what hits her. Wet clothes hanging over the shower doors. The long box of Bruynzeel markers tucked among the framed photographs atop a bookshelf.
I love it all.
Even when it means doing laundry late on a Saturday night. I never do laundry late at night, not after David goes to bed anyway. I have had one too many bat encounters in the basement, where the washer and dryer are, to ever willingly go down there when I don't have a fully functioning and awake knight in shining armor close by.
But Caroline and Rosie were leaving the next morning and I felt responsible for all those afore-mentioned wet clothes. It's my fault for not removing every last interesting-to-an-18-month-old-curious-little-girl item in her path.
And pretty much everything is interesting to her, but especially the bookshelf in the corner of the living room which contains all the catchall cigar boxes and tins and pencil boxes full of crayons, embroidery thread, little pads of paper, stickers, old Scotch tape, beads, glue, ink stamps, colored pencils, regular pencils, and those afore-mentioned Bruynzeel markers.
That box of Color Express Mega-Point markers from Holland proved the most problematic for me. They are supposed to be washable, but they are as old as when Maddie was in elementary school I would guess. They're like new, however, still vibrant and moist, and every time Caroline opened one she pulled the cap off across her stomach and dragged the thick marker tip along her shirt in the process, fat marker tip after fat marker tip meeting resistance with her shirt.
She's at that stage of wanting to do it herself...and how can you squelch that independent streak? Inwardly groan and know that you'll be scrubbing those marks out...and hanging those little wet clothes over the shower doors.
I love those markers...they have little elephants on them...and Caroline, with her love of elephants, seemed destined to find them...or maybe it's our love of her response to "What does an elephant say?" She makes a close approximation of an elephant trumpeting and raises her hand up past her head as if it's an elephant trunk.
Language and brain development unfolding...it's such a gift to witness.
Tonal inflection is everything when Caroline speaks.
"No, no," she'll say in a soft concerned voice, the second "no" stretched to two syllables. She means "Oh, no!" and she says it whenever something isn't quite right.
"The eensy weensy spider crawled up the water spot, down came the rain..." we sing, and she's saying, "No, no," with deep concern for the spider about to get washed out.
When a bright lightbulb catches her eye, she squints, points and says, "Ow!" Rosie and Taylor have drummed it into her that zoning out and staring at lightbulbs will hurt her eyes. She extrapolates that to the pre-flash of a camera...witness that on my facebook page in a photo taken by Andi Rorick.
Stars in the sky, the star design on her pants, metal star decorations on people's houses sets her singing, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..."
"Momma told the doctor and the doctor said, no more monkeys jumping on the bed," she sings, and wags her pointer finger.
Maddie, also home for the weekend, can't distinguish Caroline's words or what she's singing.
"What's she saying?"
But she can totally appreciate the cuteness factor.
When Caroline declares "all done" in turn as she observes each of our empty plates at dinner, I thrill inside that she's gone from declaring she's "all done" with everything from eating to reading a book, to observing that other people are also "all done."
She's so aware and so curious and so smart, so why can't she comprehend that she can't splash in the giant dirty greasy puddle in the parking lot? I love how she throws her head back when things don't go her way. She is just so sweet even when she breaks down...and so incredibly sharp!
My heart just sings that someday soon we will get to repeat this, that baby Ryland, home after 84 days in the hospital, will be singing about monkeys and spiders and stars—and a miniature version of David's blue Crocs will be sitting at the base of the stairs.


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Sandtop Bay is one of the lovely sandy bays which make Caldey Island off Tenby such a desirable place to visit. This beach is accessible by taking a pleasure boat ride from Tenby across to Caldey Island.
Situated on the island's western shore, Sandtop Bay looks out towards Lydstep and Old Castle Head with Stackpole Head and St Govans Head in the distance.
But, with all its visual beauty, Sandtop Bay has an ugly side. It is regarded by the locals as very dangerous for bathing, and some say they would not even paddle there without feeling insecure. The reason for this is that there is always a venturi effect in any sound, where the narrowing of the channel causes the currents to race and the projections of headland and island cause swirls and changes of direction, which make the waters unpredictable, especially at the turn of the tide.
At high tide, the flow round St Margaret's Island, and through the fang-like rocks between it and Caldey, accelerate and collide with the heavier mass of sea rounding West Beacon Point from Carmarthen Bay. The contrary currents that scour Sandtop can whip someone out of the bay in a moment, and the steeply sloping shore creates a strong undertow - so beware bathers!


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I know I should not write more than one article a week, but I know Ron, Sandy, Joe, and now Melissa will understand my passion for genealogy and for writing about it.
Monday Melissa wrote a comment on my blog…
She's the one who was stuck with her Lagacé lineage.
Hi Pierre,
I haven't forgotten about you. I've been so immersed in all the wonderful information you've found for me, that I've been neglecting nearly every other aspect of my life. I guess it would be a bit of an understatement to say I have a 'bit' of an obsession with genealogy!
I appologize for not getting back to you sooner. I've found some more info which you may be interested in checking out yourself.
Take a look.
Let me know if you find anything good.
You see, it's very dangerous stuff when you answer one of my messages left on Ancestry… You don't know what is going to hit you.
As for Sandy, you know she has been sending a lot of pictures since we first met on the Internet a month or so ago…
This is my favorite picture.
Sandy did not know the identity of the young women, so I saved that picture under the name "sisters".
This picture was part of the collection someone gave her a long time ago.
If you have been reading this blog recenty, you know I have posted an article on Joe.
Joe lives in the United States and he wanted to share a picture with me.
La société Saint-Jean-Baptiste
You can zoom in by clicking on the image.
His grandfather Joseph Terrien is on the left top row. Joe thought my great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé (Dennis Lagasse) was also in this picture.
Joe took the time to write me, just as I took the time to write to Melissa.
You see Stanislas was Joseph Terrien's uncle or Joe's granduncle if you prefer. Joseph's mother was Marguerite Alexandre the sister of Henriette Alexandre who was Stanislas' wife.
Joe and I are third cousins!
I know very little about Henriette Alexandre and I would wish I had a picture of her.
I also know very little about "la société Saint-Jean-Baptiste".
Last year, someone sent me a picture. He had little information about it.
I knew it was taken around 1906-1907 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines because I could identify some men in the picture.
circa 1906
You can zoom in by clicking on the image.
Déjà vu?
These men are part of "la société Saint-Jean-Baptiste" in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines. The medals are the same.
As for Joe's picture, I know his grandfather was born in 1866. In the picture he looks to be in his mid-thirties. We could date the picture around 1901.
Joe says I can share what information he has given me.


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Fat and happy: Character, donuts available in Belmont
ADDRESS: 708 Graves Street
NEIGHBORHOOD: Belmont in Charlottesville
SIZE: 1,490 fin. sq. ft., 344 unfin.
LAND: 0.09 acres
CURB APPEAL: 8 out of 10
AGENT: Karen Ball, Loring Woodriff Associates, 249-3199
We're suckers for older houses, thus Charlottesville is our kind of town, as neighborhoods like Fry's Spring and Belmont, the latter the site of this week's tour, are full of early 20th-century places with lots of character.
Properly handled, such buildings can be maintained and even renovated without losing an ounce of charm. This brown stucco house fits that bill, making the most of its square footage inside, a flat landscaped lot outside– plus a separate garage.
Let's get this out of the way: you can see the iconic Spudnuts shop from the front porch, about 100 yards away– enough of a walk to burn off the calories in a tiny bite (call it one-sixteenth) of the famous potato donut confection. Walk back and forth 96 times, and maybe you can burn off a donut or donut.
But in addition to a workout, the location has things we can sit and talk about over coffee and donu– okay, okay. Sorry! In other food news, the haute cuisine and adult beverages of downtown Belmont await three blocks away. There's even a sweet shortcut: Monticello Road is accessible via a footpath at the end of Little Graves, a dead-end street sharing one side of this corner lot with "big" (we suppose) Graves.
Inside, a wider-than-usual foyer combines with nine-foot ceilings and bright colors to create a spacious effect. Original hardwoods have aged well, and cover every floor upstairs and down save the bathroom (speaking of which, there's only one, and it's upstairs).While it's roomy enough for a chat between, say, an agent and a writer, the lonely loo also contains a double-stacked washer and dryer– convenient on the sleeping level, especially in older houses where basements are more like cellars.
The wall separating the kitchen pantry and hall closet could come down to house a first-floor powder room: we highly recommend this for any parents of potty-training toddlers who may opt to settle here!
Our bathroom break over, we see the same wide foyer upstairs, plus two bedrooms and a smaller office overlooking the front yard. The only closet is in the front bedroom, and while its narrow confines might house the wardrobe of Flat Stanley, it ain't gonna work for anyone with shoulders. The current owner uses a portable wardrobe, and has also put down a floor in the walk-up attic to create easily accessible storage space.
Having lived four years in Germany, where built-in closets don't exist, we wouldn't really mind to missing closets, but your second child might grow to resent having to crawl under 12 pairs of hanging trousers to get to her bed. If you move in here, then, best pretend you're a Chinese citizen and stop at one kid.
The eat-in kitchen is spacious enough to accommodate dancing: we recommend a mirror ball to match a certain appliance that can only be described as Disco-licious. While the cabinets have been updated, the Harvest Gold gas stove dares you to replace it. The seller loves its Castro-like endurance, but she's open to providing a new one.
Other than that prop from That '70s Show, the cooking space has one more unique feature: until now, we'd never seen a pantry with a window– if you opt to make it a half-bath, every claustrophobic frequent urinator who visits will surely thank you.
Having coaxed more than maximum mileage from the kitchen, we walk through the back door onto a peaceful porch. The previous owners were landscape architects, and they mixed slate, mulch, and plants to create a Zen garden that covers the lot– no grass to mow. The basement provides more storage but is accessible only from the outside, and the already-wired garage could become a studio or office.
Get to work on the garage! Where else will you stash your Spudnuts?
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!


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[Sale] Velokraft VK-3 (XTR, Dura-Ace) - best recumbent ever for sale!
Velokraft VK-3
Probably the best and most versatile recumbent ever made. Extremely fast, comfortable, reliable. Easy to ride. Light and beautiful. A dream bicycle. Best friend. Marvellous bijou made of carbon fiber.
My beloved one can be now yours. I sell it with broken heart, but I will not be riding it for the next couple of years.
Please read the general description and specification.
About VK-3
VK-3 description: http://velokraft.com/vk3.html
Made from carbon fiber, kevlar and vectran.
Weight (without the tailbox): about 24 lbs (10,5 kg)
Size: L (for height 175-194 cm / 5 feet 9 inches - 6 feet 4 inches)
VK-3 is semi-lowracer, but thanks to the full suspension, it is very comfortable and allows for off-road riding. Suspension work is perfectly separated from pedalling (no squat or pedal-kicks).
On flats, an amateur can easily achieve more than 50km/h / 31mph. Strong amateur may ride 60km/h / 37mph. With some help of gravity, 90km/h / 55mph will not be a problem (tested!).
Big and easy to mount tailbox is perfect for shopping or short journeys.
The bicycle was used as a demo and test bike at Velokraft company and my personal bicycle for some time. Frame, fork, handlebar were checked at Velokraft and are in perfect condition (no scratches, no dents). All other parts are a bit more used (I made changes to the original setup, put my XTR parts etc.), but all are working perfectly fine. Please expect some scratches at brakes, deralieur, signs of wear at disc brakes, drivetrain - normal signs of use. Anyway, the bicycle is ready to go!
Mileage is hard to tell - a few thousands km. Frame, fork and other carbon fiber parts should easily withstand 60 000-100 000km / 37 000-62 000 miles.
Parts and accessories:
Brakes: XTR hydraulic, 160mm discs, dual-control levers
Shifters: XTR dual-control
Cranks: Dura-Ace 172,5mm
Chainrings: 61 T (Spec) / 53 T (Dura-Ace)
Front deralieur: Dura-Ace
Rear deralieur: XT
Rear hub: XTR
Front hub: Pantour suspended, 10mm of travel (useful, expensive, but I don't like it - it does not work properly in winter, snow and ice gets inside etc.)
Rims: Alexrims DA, 36 spokes, 20'' (406)
Damper: Rock Shox SID (perfect!)
Headset: Cane Creek
Chain: XTR/DuraAce (for the photo I put old one, very worn out - I will replace it)
Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon 20'' (406)
+Carbon headrest
+Kevlar-carbon fiber tailbox 60l / 16 gallons
+Light cordura tailbox 15l / 4 gallons (not on a photo)
+Front fender (not on a photo)
+Carbon fiber kickstand
The bicycle will be shipped from Velokraft company (Zielonki/Krakow, Poland, Europe).
Shipping cost:
Europe: 100 euro
USA/Canada: 220 USD
Other: please ask
Just to compa new VK-3 framekit (only frame, damper, fork, handlebar) costs 3300 euro / 4100 USD. Tailbox costs 590 euro / 730 USD. [Official Velokraft prices for 2012].
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Chris Brown needs to confine his freedom of expression to where his neighbors can't see it.
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety has denied the R&B star's bid to keep the grafitti mural on a wall facing the street outside his house--and it's already being painted over, E! News confirmed Thursday.
Brown was cited in May for having "unpermitted and excessive signage," fined $356.16 and ordered to have the mural removed after neighbors complained that it was, in their eyes, an aesthetic blight on their street. A compliance date was set for May 23.
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PHOTOS: Art (well, memes) inspired by Chris Brown's neck tattoos
"They jump right out at you. They aren't just at the curb by the bins. It is all the way up the side of the house. I can see them in a commercial area," City Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district includes Brown's home, told the Los Angeles Times after the ruling.
"There were complaints from the neighbors and the neighborhood association, and city code inspectors acted appropriately and required the homeowner be in compliance with city codes."
But not wanting to give up the colorful monsters (pictured at right) without a fight, the singer's attorney, Mark Geragos, filed an appeal with the city of Los Angeles on June 3, arguing that the wall art was "for the sole purpose of enhancing the architectural and aesthetic features of the residential property."
PHOTOS: Massive celebrity mansions
"More importantly, however," Geragos added in his filing, "the murals are a reflection of the homeowner's aesthetic taste and a reflection of free speech and expression protected by the First Amendment."
And despite the further rejection, Gergagos told us that they are "still pursuing" their fight against the mural's removal. "The appeal is still alive," he said.
Lawyer and client will be reunited Monday, when Brown's presence is required at a probation-violation hearing pertaining to his 2009 assault on Rihanna.


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Fashion Round Neck Lace Applique Satin A Line Short Homecoming Dress, BTW282
Description of dress
1, Material: lace, satin, pongee, elastic silk like satin
2, Color: picture/custom color, please order fabric swatch if need.
3, Size: standard/custom size.
For custom size, please check measuring guide and leave below measurements in the note box when ordering:
bust:______ cm/inch
shoulder to shoulder:_______ cm/inch (measured from back)
shoulder to nipple:_______ cm/inch
shoulder to waist:_______ cm/inch (measured from middle of shoulder over nipple to natural waist)
nipple to nipple:_______cm/inch
armhole:_________ cm/inch
hollow to hem of dress:_______ cm/inch
4, Shipping:
Rush order is within 20 days, normal order is within 30 days, ship worldwide by UPS/DHL/some special airline.
Except Unite States, most buyers need to pay customs taxes, we'll mark around $40.00 on the invoice to save cost for you, then you just need pay less taxes.
Returns Policy
Each dress is made to order from us, including standard size dresses. The custom nature of our dresses means our cancellation and Return Policy is stricter than other items, so it's important to order carefully.
1, For sample dress that you email me for this request( dresses are in standard size with picture color(size must be less than or equal to US14) can be returned freely, Contact us within 2 days after you receive goods, we can't accept return of goods more than one month.
2, For normal order or custom order(Color not as picture shown or Custom Size) and Plus size(larger than US14),If your product arrives in a defective manner, mis-shipped or color error, you are qualified to get a refund. However, if the item is not faulty or it is made accordance with the size you ordered but does not fit, please note that we will Not accept your returned item.
3, Refunds are issued to your original payment method. Refunds cannot be returned to alternate cards or different forms of payment.
4, Returns must be received in new condition; unworn, unwashed, and with the hygienic liner intact. Items returned with obvious use, makeup, animal hair, dander, deodorant, perfume, or similar product stains may be subject to refusal
5, Shoes must be returned in their original shoe box and placed inside an additional box for shipping transit. Damage to the shoe box makes shoes ineligible for return. If received damaged, shoes will be shipped back and subject to additional shipping costs.
6,Original shipping is non-refundable.
If there are quality problems, we also hold the right to refuse any unreasonable returns, such as wrong size you gave us, but we offer free alternation.
Please show us photos of error firstly, there are 3 ways to solve it.
1, Send dress back to get full payment back.
2, get 50% discount to keep it.
3, We will remake one and send it as soon as possible, the first dress no need to send back.
Rush order: within within 20 days or even earlier, shipping cost is $30.00 extra more.
Normal time: Within 30 days (From May to Dec).
Around 30-35 days (From Jan to April), it's busy season, so produce time will be a little long.


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Nikon announces Coolpix S52 and Wi-Fi enabled S52c
Nikon unveiled a pair of new ultracompacts this evening: the Coolpix S52 and physically identical Wi-Fi enabled Coolpix S52c.
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The latest additions to Nikon's Style ("S") line, the new 9.0 megapixel cams use the 38-114mm 3x zoom from their predecessors, the Coolpix S51 models. A 3.0-inch LCD dominates the back of the new models, which continue Nikon's trademark "wave-surface" ultracompact body design.
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Both cameras use Nikon's optical Vibration Reduction technology and EXPEED image processing. The S52 and S52c expand on the low-light capabilities of their predecessors with sensitivity up to ISO 3200. Face detection, red-eye correction, Nikon's D-Lighting technology, and the Pictmotion advanced slideshow function add to the list of highlighted features.
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Wi-Fi image transfer is the S52c's headline attraction, allowing shooters to send images via email or upload them to Nikon's my Picturetown photo sharing site. We were a bit cool toward the last Wi-Fi enabled Nikon we reviewed, but the manufacturer continues to streamline wireless transfer functions and we're cautiously optimistic that this technology may finally come into its own in the near term – perhaps with this model.
Both cameras will be available in May. The S52 is priced at $249.95 and available in red or black, with the black-only S52c adding $30 to the base sticker price.
Nikon Coolpix S52/S52c Specifications:
|9.0 megapixel, 1/2.5" CCD
|3x (38-114mm) zoom, f/3.3-4.2
|3.0", 230K-dot TFT LCD
|Shutter Speed
|Not Specified
|Shooting Modes
|Auto, Scene, Movie
|Scene Presets
|Portrait, Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show
|White Balance Settings
|Fluorescent, Incandescent, Flash, White Balance Preset, Auto, Daylight, Cloudy
|Metering Modes
|Not Specified
|Focus Modes
|Face-Priority AF, Auto AF
|Drive Modes
|Normal, Burst
|Flash Modes
|Slow sync, Red-eye reduction, Redeye reduction with slow sync, Flash cancel/ flash off, Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction, Anytime flash
| Self Timer Settings
|10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off
|Memory Formats
| Internal Memory
|File Formats
|Max. Image Size
| Max. Video Size
|640×480, 30 fps
|Zoom During Video
|Not Specified
|Rechargeable lithium-ion, 200 shots
|USB 2.0, AV output, DC input
|Additional Features
|Vibration Reduction optical image stabilization, D-Lighting, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, Wi-Fi Image Transfer (S52c)


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Contrary to some of the other excellent JSF 2 libraries out there (like PrimeFaces, or RichFaces), OmniFaces does not contain much if any of the beautiful visually oriented components that those other libraries are already known and loved for. As such, OmniFaces does not and probably will never contain things like rich table or datagrid components. OmniFaces is more geared toward "utilities" that solve everyday practical problems and workarounds for small shortcomings in the JSF API. Such utilities and workarounds can be based on components, but OmniFaces does not necessarily strive to be a "component library" perse. OmniFaces can just be used together with any component library.
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Why, given her dabbling in management consulting, hedge-funding and coattail-riding, is an hour of her time valued at an amount that most Americans her age don't make in a year?...Dowd quotes Rick Cohen writes in The National Philanthropy Quarterly:
If she really wants to be altruistic, let her contribute the money to some independent charity not designed to burnish the Clinton name as her mother ramps up to return to the White House and as she herself drops a handkerchief about getting into politics.
"Donors and institutions that are paying [Bill and Hillary Clinton] and their daughter huge sums for their speeches may very well be buying recognition and face time with powerful political leaders who they hope will be able to deliver political favors in the future. It is troubling when corporate donors give to political charities with a more or less obvious expectation that softer and gentler treatment will ensue in the future."I assume they've checked out the legality of all of this, but considering the strictures on campaign finance that dog so many other political candidates, I don't see why this is allowed. In any case, there should be a political price to pay.


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Sting of Stanley Cup final loss lingers as Rangers pack up for summer
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Instead of getting ready for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final in what would surely have been a rocking Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers quietly packed up their lockers and headed toward summer vacation.
The pain and disappointment of Friday night's season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Kings was still palpable Monday as players went through exit interviews at the team's suburban practice facility, but one by one they took positive looks back on their unexpected post-season.
After all, it had been 20 years since the Rangers played with the Cup on the line.
"It's a little early," star goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. "I am proud of the team and what we did and how we overcame different challenges — not only in the past couple of months, but throughout the entire season.
"We have a lot to be happy about, but right now you're still disappointed about not winning."
Had they been able to score in overtime on Friday or in either of the first two games of the final in Los Angeles — which were also both decided in OT — New York would have hosted Game 6 on Monday night.
The series would have been 3-2, one way or the other, and Rangers fans would have been firmly behind their club as it moved closer to a championship.
"The last two or three days have been even worse than today," forward Carl Hagelin said. "Now it's kind of faded off. It's enough crying now. You can't cry much more.
"It could've been a game tonight, but we're going to have to live another day."
The Rangers have reached the conference final in two of the past three seasons, and now have taken it a step further. Only a few veterans in their room, such as Brad Richards and Martin St. Louis, had gotten to the final before this run.
The collective experience they now share as a group could bode well.
"It's hard to swallow right now, but give it a couple of weeks," forward Derek Stepan said. "I think we'll look back and we'll see how much fun we had as a group and be able to look at it and say, 'Hey, we played some really good hockey.'
"We've got a good balance of guys. The organization did a good job of building this team, getting the young guys and getting the old guys. We've got a good blend."
As is always the case at the end of the season, changes will be made before the team gets back together for training camp in about three months.
One player who likely won't be there is Richards, who has become a prime candidate to have his contract bought out by the Rangers to give the club much needed salary cap relief. New York has one remaining amnesty buyout available and it must be used by July 1.
The cap room that would be saved by getting Richards' contract off the books could go a long way to signing potential free agents the Rangers have and others who could come in from other teams.
"We're going to work on putting a good team on the ice, but every year is different," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Next year's team is going to be different and you've got to go through the same process. It's going to be a challenge to make the playoffs and then you take it one series at a time."
Richards took on a bigger leadership role after captain Ryan Callahan was traded to Tampa Bay for St. Louis in March. His voiced carried in the room even as his play declined as the playoff run got deeper.
Vigneault limited his ice time to fourth-line minutes in the final two games against Los Angeles.
"If you look at Brad's overall season, he had a real good year," Vigneault said. "In the final series, I don't know if it was a combination of some other guys might have been playing a little bit better than he was, but we had some decisions to make in Game 4 and Game 5."
No decision on Richards' status had been made by Monday afternoon and he didn't speak to reporters to discuss what might lie ahead for him, either.
Vigneault excelled in his first season as coach after he replaced the fiery John Tortorella and he will also be looking to win that elusive championship. The Rangers haven't hoisted the Cup since their last Cup final experience in 1994. Vigneault took the Vancouver Canucks to the final step, too, only to fall to Boston in 2011.
"Each year you play, your drive gets bigger and bigger," Stepan said. "This group has been close and certainly that drive is going to be there for next year."


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"We don't meet people by accident. Each and every person that crosses our path does so for a reason." –
I've never been a believer in the deterministic universe, that everything happens for a reason, but sometimes it's hard to dismiss.
When Columbia announced that our #OmniTen trip would be on the Rogue River I laughed. I've only been on the Rogue a couple of times since my dad passed away but when I was younger we did regular trips down the Rogue and I know the river well. Columbia was going to take us to my old stomping grounds and I knew it would be emotional for me.
Then the fires started.
The fires closed down the river. Some friends of mine put in on the last day they allowed anyone on the river and they pushed to get off the river as soon as possible because parts of the valley were so choked with smoke you couldn't breathe. This was 2 weeks before our trip and every report estimated the river would be closed for at least 3 weeks as fire crews struggled to get the Big Windy fire under control. Columbia was scrambling to come up with plan B.
Several days before we were to converge on Oregon for our adventure, the word got out that the river was going to open back up. Plan A was back on schedule and we would be floating the Rogue. At the same time, this meant a scramble for the outfitter, Rogue Wilderness Adventures, to grab some last minute guides for the trip. Aaron DeSilva was one of those guides, setting our paths on a collision course.
I wasn't planning to be on Aaron's raft. I had intended to grab a spot on the other boat, but ultimately ended up in Aaron's crew and as others traded spots throughout the trip I stayed put.
Aaron is a local guy and grew up running the Rogue, and other rivers, with his dad. Even though I moved away from the area to pursue a career, we shared similar stories. We both grew up playing in the larger than life shadows of adventurous fathers, learning to live a life of actions not talk. We both grew up on the river, developing an appreciation and respect for the river and the outdoors. We both developed close friendships with our fathers in our adult lives, something that doesn't seem to happen as often as it should.
So when I found out that Aaron had lost his father I understood, all too well, what kind of impact that had. It was later, when I accidentally walked across him having a private moment with the river, that I started feeling that our meeting was intentional. Walking back from the river's edge he smiled and shared that he was scattering a handful of his father's ashes in the water, something he had been doing on all his trips since losing his dad. This hit home hard and I mentioned that I had done the same with my father.
This was right above Blossom Bar, one of the most technical runs we would deal with on the three day trip. Blossom can be tricky, and if you don't nail it the consequences can be severe. Aaron had been looking for his good luck charm, the Bald Eagle, all day. He was nerved up as we float toward Blossom. Only a couple hundred yards away from the top of the rapid he spotted a Bald Eagle resting in tree leaning out from the canyon wall. We quietly floated past, Aaron never took his eyes off the bird and it returned his gaze until we had passed it by. Aaron's mood changed, nerves seemed gone and Blossom went by without incident. Good luck charm indeed.
Later that afternoon we ended our river trip and piled into the shuttle vans. Everyone randomly grabbed a seat and Aaron and I ended up in the same vehicle. Due to road closures because of the fire, we had to take the long way back to Grants Pass which meant a long detour south into California…right along 197 and the Smith River. This had already been an emotional trip for me, but it was going to get worse. Not only would we be driving right by my parents' old house, but the accident that took my dad happened along highway 197.
An eight year old scab was quickly torn open as we drove along 197. Knowing Aaron would understand I mentioned what I was feeling and shared the significance of where we were. It was then that I learned just how raw and recent things were for Aaron. While I had lost my dad almost 9 years ago, he had lost his only 9 months ago. It came together, Aaron is the same age I was when I lost my dad and the closeness of their relationship had left him adrift. No one understood the depth of what he had lost and he couldn't communicate it even to his wife. And here I was, eight years ahead of his position and understanding exactly what he was going through.
We had an emotional exchange as we drove along 197, the rest of the bus quietly gave us the space to talk (either out of respect of awkwardness). I offered understanding, I offered advice, but most importantly I offered proof of the healing nature of time. Strangely enough, this exchange brought me a measure of closure. I really, really hope it brought Aaron a measure of relief as well. I remember that first year and I would have given anything for some true understanding. It was a very lonely time.
The Rogue River was fantastic and Columbia puts on a hell of trip. Rogue Wilderness Adventures and their guides do a bang up job providing way more comfort than most of us are used to outdoors. And having Ninkasi Brewing along was some seriously tasty icing on the cake. All in all an unforgettable trip with some really genuine and amazing people.
After the trip I received a message from Aaron, he had found me on Facebook and reached out. He had found some of the articles I had written about my early adventures with my dad. He mentioned he had enjoyed our talk and asked if I had written more stories about my dad, so I sent him some links. I told him that writing had eventually helped me work through some of the loss. For Aaron, the river is where he finds peace.
In chatting back and forth after the trip I learned a lot. His father, Tom, had been running the Rogue River since the 70s. Everything Aaron knows about rafting and the history of the Rogue (which is extensive) he learned from his dad. They also shared a love of flying and sky diving. Aaron's description of his dad reminded me of my own, "The rogue is one of his favorite places in the world. On day two you could always find him sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of mule creek with his feet in the water and a cold one in his hand. My dad was always my best friend, father, mentor, roommate, coach and most of all my true hero."
Blossom Bar in particular holds a lot of significance, and dusting the river with his father's ashes upstream of the rapid Aaron had been looking for guidance. I've done the same thing myself. Aaron and his father, with their love of flying, have always told each other that if they came back they would want to come back as a bird. Aaron looks for a Bald Eagle on every trip now, thinking of it as his father watching out for him. To Aaron it was no coincidence that the Bald Eagle appeared as we approached Blossom Bar and he felt the strong, reassuring gaze of his father that morning.
Hopefully I'll get to see Aaron again one of these days, maybe share another trip on our favorite river. But I can't shake the feeling that so many events came together for us to cross paths. I just can't help but think it was not an accident. Even if we never cross paths again, we connected at a pivotal time that made big ripples in our own little ponds.
Well played, Universe….well played…


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11-12-2011: Papelbon signs with the Phillies
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Four years and $50M, that's what it took for Jonathan Papelbon to bid adieu to the Red Sox. The deal reportedly contains a vesting option for a fifth year at a salary of $13M or so. GM Ben Cherington noted that the Red Sox were not really a match for Paps and what he wanted going forward, but he will be missed for at least the first couple of years, I would think. My suspicion is that the Red Sox shied away from any four year deal because of their ongoing concerns about his shoulder.
Papelbon was just a great, great player for this club at a time when we desperately needed a strong closer. His memorable performances and personality will be missed.
It's not that Papelbon is irreplaceable – there are a lot of relievers out there who are closer material – but I would rather not be dealing with another unknown quantity coming into 2012. The scouts and the data suggest that Daniel Bard is the most ready option to take the ball in the ninth, and I'm glad that Bobby Jenks should still be around next year as well. We'll still need two more solid arms back there, though.
The good news? Papelbon did not go to the Yankees or anyone else in the AL. Still, we could very well be seeing him in the World Series one day soon. I just hope that it'll be later rather than sooner, because he is still a tough, tough matchup. Making a move to the NL is a great move for Papelbon, and he is likely to put up some staggering numbers there if he can stay healthy.
Thanks for the memories, Jonathan, and best of luck to you. At least until the World Series.


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Paid parking in Parliamentary Triangle: Workers chase big pay rises to cover fees
Rank-and-file Canberra public servants will need pay rises of nearly $4000 this year just to cover the cost of parking their cars each day in the city's Parliamentary Triangle.
An analysis by The Canberra Times shows wages will have to rise by between 3.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent for the most common classifications in the public service in Canberra, just to keep pace with the $11-a-day parking fees due to start on July 1.
As unions and the Abbott government move closer to war over pay and conditions, the analysis shows bureaucrats working in and around the national precinct look set for a big rise in their day-to-day living costs
An Executive Level 1 public servant, the most common classification in Canberra, paying a marginal tax rate of 37 per cent would need a 3.6 per cent or $3929 pay rise to absorb the $11-day-day parking charge.
A worker on an Australian Public Service level 6 classification, the capital's second most common, would have to get a 4.4 per cent pay increase, well above the rate of inflation and much more than the federal government looks prepared to offer.
Resentment is running high among the tens of thousands of bureaucrats who work in and around the triangle and have enjoyed free parking since Canberra's early days.
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The public service's 117 pay deals expire in June and with the bargaining process still delayed, Public Service Minister Eric Abetz has scoffed at a union pay claim of 4 per cent a year over three years, which he said was "out of touch" and would cost jobs.
The government says public servants will get no pay rises unless their agency bosses can prove the wage increases can be offset against "productivity gains".
Canberra MP Gai Brodtmann, said on Thursday that it was unfair to force drivers to pay for parking in an area where there was little "amenity" such as shops, cafes or services.
"I have always been concerned about the impact of paid parking on public servants working in the Parliamentary Triangle," Ms Brodtmann said.
"And I have always argued that if they are to pay for parking they need to have access to the services available to public servants working in other town centres, such as Woden and Civic.
"That's why I initiated the inquiry into amenity in the Parliamentary Triangle.
"It's not fair to expect public servants to pay for parking without any services."
Correction: An earler version of this article had incorrect salary estimates.
Noel Towell is State Political Editor for The Age


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|Fay Dunbar
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One of the following:
Auror (possibly)
- "I'm taking my N.E.W.T. Potions this term!"
- —Fay speaking to Harry Potter.[src]
Fay Dunbar (born c. 1979-1980) was a pure or half-blood witch who aspired to become a member of the Auror Office. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after purchasing her wand from Ollivanders Wand Shop, her first year being the 1991–1992 school year. She shared a dormitory with Lavender Brown, Hermione Granger, Parvati Patil and a girl who became her best friend.
Fay was a fan of Quidditch, and liked to play as a Beater. She planned to try out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team in 1993. That year, she took Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, hoping to become an Auror. In her fifth year, she achieved an Outstanding Ordinary Wizarding Level in Potions, the only grade Professor Snape would accept, and excelled while Horace Slughorn was Potions master.
It is unknown if she fulfilled her dream after graduating from Hogwarts.
Early lifeEdit
Fay Dunbar was born in late 1979 or early-to-mid 1980, presumably into a pure-blood or half-blood family, as she seemed unfamiliar with a Muggle hairdryer. She thought that Quidditch was the greatest sport in the world, and her preferred position was, apparently, playing Beater. She was also a fan of Gobstones.
At the age of eleven, Fay was accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland, and purchased her wand, equipment and books at Diagon Alley.
Hogwarts yearsEdit
First and second yearsEdit
- Fay: "I think Quidditch is the greatest sport in the Wizarding world!"
- Girl: "I don't like Quidditch, it's too fast paced for me."
- — Fay conversing with her new friend.[src]
After arriving at Hogwarts Castle, Fay was Sorted into Gryffindor House, presumably after Tracey Davis was made a Slytherin, meaning she was brave and daring. She shared a dormitory in Gryffindor Tower with Lavender Brown, Hermione Granger, Parvati Patil and a ginger girl. Fay and the ginger girl befriended, while Parvati and Lavender grew close and Hermione gradually became friends with Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley.Fay's friendship with the girl was unlikely, as, whereas she loved Quidditch, her friend found that it was too fast-paced for her and did not like it. However, they were rarely seen without one another and became almost inseparable. The both of them came to dislike Draco Malfoy , Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who were renowned as bullies. She also came to acknowledge that, in her opinion, the Ravenclaw Quidditch team had the most handsome players in the school, though she conisdered Cedric Diggory as the best-looking.
At some point in her first few years, Fay may have joined the Gobstones Club.
As second years and above are allowed to have their own broomsticks, Fay brought her broom to Hogwarts and rested it against her bed. She also kept her Beater's bat at the foot of her bed, by her trunk. At the end of her second year, when her class had to choose their elective subjects, Fay chose Care of Magical Creatures, presumably believing that Professor Silvanus Kettleburn was still teaching, and Divination. These two subjects were also chosen by all the other girls in her dormitory, though her friend also did Arithmancy.
Third yearEdit
- "Hello Hermione! I'm going to try out for the Quidditch team next term!"
- —Fay speaking to Hermione Granger in her dormitory.[src]
At some point in the summer holidays, Fay's mother or father signed her Hogsmeade permission form, allowing her to go to Hogsmeade at designated weekends.
After the summer holidays, Fay returned to Hogwarts, though this time Dementors were standing guard at every entrance. Neither Fay nor her friend liked the Dementors. After Fay heard that she was doing the same subjects as Draco Malfoy, she was highly displeased, and wished she did not have any classes with him. Her friend felt the same about having Care of Magical Creatures with Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe.
Fay planned on trying out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. As she had a Beater's bat by her bed, she presumably liked playing Beater, but the team already had two; Fred and George Weasley. However, it is possible that she hoped she could replace one of them, or was simply confused.
Fay and her friend, as well as Parvati and Lavender, were up and ready for their first day before Hermione was, though Parvati and Lavender had already left. While Hermione rushed to her class, the two friends remained in the dormitory, talking for a while. In the lesson, they were taught about Boggarts by Remus Lupin, the new teacher as of Professor Lockhart's departure, and had a practical lesson on how to destroy them. Fay faced the Boggart, and it frightened her by becoming either a rat, rattlesnake or eyeball, the other two belonging to her friend and to Lavender.
During the first Care of Magical Creatures, they went into the forest, which Fay's friend was afraid of because of the Dementors, and were told that their copies of The Monster Book of Monsters, which had bitten them, had to be stroked in order to open. When Professor Hagrid, who took Kettleburn's place after he resigned, introduced the Hippogriff Buckbeak, Fay, along with the rest of the class, did not seem to be able to believe her eyes. After Hagrid asked for a volunteer, she was afraid and stepped back, leaving Harry Potter to interact with Buckbeak instead. She watched apprehensively behind Hermione and Ronald Weasley, and applauded happily after Harry flew the Hippogriff. Unfortunately for him, Malfoy insulted Buckbeak, who proceeded to attack him. Fay ran and hid behind a rock with her best-friend and Parvati. The class was dismissed while Hagrid took Malfoy to Madam Pomfrey in the hospital wing.
Fay went to Hogsmeade Village, on at least the first weekend they were allowed, and went with a girl other than her friend, she may not have been able to go.
After Sirius Black broke onto Gryffindor Tower, Fay slept with the rest of the school in the Great Hall in squashy purple sleeping bags that Professor Dumbledore conjured. However, she returned to her normal bed the day after, and spent most of her time talking with her friend in their dormitory.Fay was later present during the Divination lesson that Hermione, after being insulted by Professor Trelawney, stormed out of the class. At the time, she was crystal-gazing with her friend, and looked up in surprise after Hermione left. She returned to her work straight away, and was later one of the last out of the classroom. On the Divination staircase, she walked with another girl, rather than her friend, who walked into Harry Potter.
Fourth and fifth yearsEdit
- "I think Cedric Diggory is the most handsome boy in the school."
- —Fay speaking to Hermione.[src]
In her fourth year, Fay and the rest of the school mourned the loss of Cedric Diggory during the Triwizard Tournament. Fay had said the year before that she though Cedric was the most handsome boy in the school.
In her fifth year, Fay sat her Ordinary Wizarding Levels. By this time, she had decided she wished to be a member of the Auror Office and be a Dark wizard-catcher. She achieved an Exceeds Expectations or Outstanding in Transfiguration, good marks in Herbology, Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms and an Outstanding in Potions.
Sixth and seventh yearsEdit
- "I think one of the girls in my dormitory has a machine for drying her hair."
- —Fay answering Harry's question.[src]
In her sixth year, Fay studied hard for her Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, still wanting to become an Auror. As Professor Snape was Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that year, Horace Slughorn taught her instead. This year, she could often be found in the Middle Courtyard, near the Transfiguration department.
Shortly before the Christmas holidays, Harry Potter was looking for a Muggle hairdryer for Arthur Weasley, a collector of non-magical artefacts. Fay told him that one of the girls in her dormitory had "a machine for drying her hair", most likely referring to her friend.
That same year, Fay also played Gobstones with Harry, who was trying to defeat all the Gobstones players to win the Gobstones Cup.
The attendance of Hogwarts being made mandatory in her seventh year, Fay probably returned to the school under Headmaster Severus Snape. It's assumed that she participed in the Battle of Hogwarts, once that Harry Potter claimed that the entire Gryffindor table remained after McGonagall's order to those who didn't want to fight, or were under age, leave Hogwarts.
Later lifeEdit
It is unknown if Fay survived the Second Wizarding War. If she did, she most likely became an Auror, as, even if she had not achieved the grades, all those who participated in the battle were permitted to begin training at the Auror Office.
Physical descriptionEdit
Fay was considerably taller than her friend, with brown hair which reached her shoulder blades. She had blue eyes and often wore her uniform tidily, though she took off her jumper and robe during one Care of Magical Creatures lesson and carried them around on her arm. Occasionally, she wore her hair in pigtails, like her friend.
Personality and traitsEdit
Fay was more outgoing than her friend, openly shouting "go away!" one morning when Hermione rushed passed her, while her friend just exclaimed "hey!". She was the only girl in her dormitory who liked Quidditch, and was unashamed at saying that Cedric Diggory was the most handsome boy in the school. She was also rather slack, staying in the dormitory while everyone else ran off for Defence Against the Dark Arts. Fay's greatest fear was either a rat, a rattlesnake or a bloody eyeball.
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy". It appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Arthurian legends in the name of Morgan le Fay. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century. In some cases it may be used as a short form of Faith[2]. Means "castle headland" and comes from the old barony of Dunbar, now in East Lothian in Scotland. The place name Dunbar itself comes from the Gaelic dun meaning "fort" and barr meaning "summit". Locality from the town of Dunbar, at the mouth of the Frith of Forth, Scotland, so called from its situation on the rock which at this place projects into the sea[3].
Behind the scenesEdit
- Fay was named only in the video game adaption of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. However, from the little we learn of her in this game, we can identify her with one of Hermione's roommates seen in The Prisoner of Azkaban game:
- Fay says that one of the girls in her dormitory has a hairdryer. Harry proceeds to ask Hermione. Therefore, she is one of the "unidentified Gryffindor girls".
- As she shares more physical characteristics with the brown-haired roommate than the ginger, we can tell that they are one in the same.
- Fay and her friend were the only two fifth year Gryffindors who did not join Dumbledore's Army.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (First identified as Fay Dunbar)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ After Harry asked Fay about a hairdryer, she answered "I think one of the girls in my dormitory has a machine for drying her hair", implying she is not entirely familiar with the Muggle world.
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/fay
- ↑ http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?type=n&terms=dunbar .


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Pennsylvania to return suspect in fatal hit-run to New York
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A man arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with a gruesome car crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to a hospital waived extradition Thursday and will be taken back to New York.
Julio Acevedo, 44, surrendered to police in the parking lot of a Bethlehem convenience store on Wednesday and was later ordered held without bail overnight in Lehigh County Prison on a charge of being a fugitive.
Police in New York say Acevedo is wanted on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He is accused of speeding down a Brooklyn street at 60 mph early Sunday and crashing into a car carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, who died Sunday. Their premature son, delivered by cesarean section, died Monday.
Acevedo told Judge Kelly Banach he had finished the 11th grade, was unemployed and that he lives in Brooklyn with his mother. He wore an orange jump suit and was shackled at the ankles and wrists.
His surrender Wednesday evening was brokered by a friend who had been in touch with police earlier in the day. The friend met officers at New York's Grand Central Terminal and then led them to Acevedo in Bethlehem, about 80 miles away, police said. The friend had told police that Acevedo would surrender after consulting an attorney, but none was with him when he turned himself in, police said.
Acevedo told the Daily News that he was fleeing a gunman who was trying to shoot at him when his borrowed BMW slammed into a hired car carrying the couple. He told the newspaper he fled because he was worried he'd be killed. But police said there were no reports of shots fired in the area at the time of the wreck.
The couple belonged to a close-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, which is home to the largest community of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000. They were members of the Satmar Hasidic sect. The couple's son was buried Monday near his parents' graves, according to a spokesman for the community. About a thousand community members turned out for the young couple's funeral a day earlier.


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Does Your Dog Need Vitamins?
Providing your dog with vitamins, minerals and other nutritional components is important to your pet's health and well-being. The best way to do so is by feeding it a high-quality, complete and balanced diet. Often you may be tempted, for a number of reasons, to supplement your pet's diet with table scraps or other nutritional supplements.
It is actually better for your dog if you forego supplementing its food, however. Here's why:
Risks of Supplementing
It is important for concerned pet owners like you to realize that quality dog foods are carefully formulated to meet the caloric needs of your pet. In addition, quality dog food provides the essential amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals specific to the nutritional requirements of your dog. Quality foods are complete and balanced for a specific life stage or lifestyle. By adding table scraps or other supplements, the delicate nutrient balance can be disrupted.
The interaction between different minerals is very complex. Research has shown that not only are the individual levels of minerals in a diet important, but so is the proper balance. An excess of one mineral may affect the absorption of a second. This could lead to a deficiency in that second mineral.
One common supplement is feeding additional meat. However, because meat contains 20 to 40 times more phosphorus than calcium, adding meat to a balanced diet will upset the calcium to phosphorus (or Ca:P) ratio, which is important for proper bone development and maintenance. This may prompt your dog's body to absorb calcium from the bones in order to reach the right balance. Ca:P ratio should range between 1.1 and 1.4 parts of calcium for each 1 part of phosphorus.
Excess amounts of calcium have been associated with several bone diseases that affect growing puppies. If you own a large-breed puppy, for example, you may believe it requires extra calcium for proper development of bones. However, adding yogurt, cottage cheese, or calcium tablets to the pup's diet will only upset the body's delicate mineral balance. Remember that large-breed puppies will consume more food and receive the calcium their bodies need by eating the recommended portions. The best way to support a normal growth rate is to feed growing dogs adequate, but not excessive, amounts of food that are part of a balanced diet, using a portion-controlled regimen.
Complete and Balanced Food
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) regulates the pet food industry and has established certain nutritional requirements for dogs and cats. These requirements are published annually in the AAFCO Manual. Only pet foods that have met the strict testing criteria established by AAFCO can carry the "complete and balanced" statement on the label. Check to make sure your dog's food has it.
So, while supplementing begins with good intentions, it is often unnecessary and it can upset the delicately balanced nutritional requirements of your dog.
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Temporary infrastructure
A lineman from Davis H. Elliot Electrical Contractors works to untangle a 20,000 volt distribution line on Park Street. We had a thunderstorm in Charlottesville on Sunday, August 15. Some trees dropped limbs, others snapped. How do they do it in the big leagues, like New York City? Where are their wires? In Charlottesville, I'd be surprised if we spent more than a hundred thousand dollars last year putting this infrastructure underground, less than we'd spend sending a half dozen children to school.
Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.Read more on: Trees
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In the big cities the power lines are buried
If you put lines underground what do you do with the bucket trucks and their operators? Maybe they could go to the apple orchards and then we wouldnt have to "import" labor. And in the fall they could hang "Holiday" lights and remove them after the "Holiday". Take down all the traffic light cameras. Use them to fly banners at UVA football losses. Or maybe we could sell them to the Tea Party so they can watch other countries from our backyard.
Even Staunton has their downtown lines buried! Given how we value the trees around here, burying the lines is worth the $$ and the temporary inconvenience to have reliable power.
Deez storms be scarin me mane! HURRICANE COMIN!
There is a general desire among many parties to move overhead utilities underground. The reason it hasn't happened everywhere is that it is shockingly expensive. Based on rule of thumb cost estimates, the $100,000 you mention would move about two telephone poles worth of wires underground.