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WordPress 3.0 is coming out very soon (apparently they missed their original deadline, see the schedule here) – and it has one killer feature for anyone who maintains multiple WordPress sites: official support for multiple subdomains and (unofficial) support for multiple different domains. This means that one only has to maintain and upgrade one WordPress installation.
Here is my guide to setting up WordPress 3.0 with multiple different domains and subdomains – based on the experience I got from moving my own blogs to WP 3.0 beta 2 (still waiting for the final release before moving clients as well).
Installing WordPress 3.0
The basic installation process is the same as that of WP 2.9. Download, unzip, set up the database and the set up wp-config.php. If you aren't going to use the multi-site support, then not much will change. Brief instructions below.
Multi-site mode with Apache
You will need to separately enable the multi-site mode, as well as take care of your Apache settings. WP 3.0 will handle all the requests it gets from a single directory, which means that all your subdomains must use that directory as their DocumentRoot/VirtualDocumentRoot.
Furthermore, WP 3.0 will assume that if you are using multi-site mode with subdomains, you want the subdomains under the first site's URL – ex. if your first WP 3.0 install is under www.domain.com, then WP 3.0 will set up subdomains in the format subdomain1.www.domain.com.
That means that if you want to use first-level subdomains (ex. blog.domain.com, subdomain2.domain.com etc.), you have to set up WP 3.0 so that your first blog is using the bare domain (ex. domain.com) and not on the www.domain.com subdomain.
0. (Optional) Bare domain setup for Apache
The way in which you setup your bare domain (and forward from the www -subdomain to the bare domain) depends a lot on how you have set up your domain originally in Apache.
I have been using virtual hosts to host multiple sites, with each subdomain having its own directory. This means that I had to add an additional Vhost directive before my original Vhost directive in httpd.conf. Here is how I did it:
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias domain.com blog.domain.com subdomain1.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/www
As you can see in the first Vhosts directive, I have used the ServerAlias directive to specify domain.com, blog.domain.com and subdomain1.domain.com to be served from the DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/www (which is where I have installed WP 3.0).
In addition, I still have the rest of my subdomains served from a VirtualDocumentRoot, and have a forward from the www.domain.com -subdomain to the domain.com bare domain.
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias *.domain.com
VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/%1
# rewrite www to bare domain
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com$1 [R=301,L]
Apache will use the first matching VirtualHost directive (see "An in-depth discussion of Virtual Host Matching" for more details).
If you want to test your setup – remember to restart Apache – you can use an online redirect checker such as: http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/
1. Get the files and unzip them
2. Edit wp_config_sample.php
You can use https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ to generate the secret keys
3. Enable multisite
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
to wp-config.php after the secret keys
4. Log in, go to Tools/Network
Select either the blogs-as-subdomains or blogs-as-directories option and install.
5. Make the changes detailed on the post-install page
WP 3.0 gives you a number of changes you will need to make manually to .htaccess and wp-config.php.
Adding a new subdomain
You have now set up the multisite functionality. Next, add a subdomain (see below for how to add a different domain).
1. Login in on your main site
2. Go to Super Admin (new menu at the top)
3. Use the add site form to add a new subdomain
4. Configure your DNS and add a Vhost for the subdomain
Make sure there is a DNS entry for your subdomain – if you don't have a wildcard redirect for your domain to your server. If you did the Apache configuration, all you need to do now is to set up your DNS so that the subdomains you want are mapped to your server.
Quick tip for Windows: edit C:WindowsSystem32driversetchosts and add a temporary hosts entry for your new subdomain, such as:
220.127.116.11 subdomain.domain.com
This will allow you to test the subdomain without having to wait for DNS to propagate. Under Win7, you need to start Notepad as an Administrator (right-click) to edit the file.
5. All done!
Try navigating to your new subdomain. It should be set up now!
Adding a new (different) domain
1. Use the add site form to add a new subdomain
You will use the default tools to create all the tables, then you will make a small number of changes to make WordPress accept a different domain. All credit for this method goes InterconnectIt – see their writeup here.
2. Configure your DNS and add a Vhost for the subdomain
The easiest way is to add another ServerAlias domain to the original domain's VirtualHost -> ServerAlias directive.
If you try to access the site now, you will get a "Registration" page. This means the Vhost is working.
3. Edit the wp_site table to include your new domain
This table stores all the domains that can be used in WP 3.0.
Leave "id" empty (it is an autoincrement field), set "domain" to the domain name, "path" should be /.
Make a note of the id your newly inserted row gets after saving, since you will need it in the next step.
4. Edit the wp_blogs table to use the new domain
Find the row for the subdomain you added earlier. Change "site_id" to the id given to the new row in the wp_site table. Change "domain" to the domain name you want to use.
5. Edit wp_[blog_id]_options to use the new domain name
The WP 3.0 multisite database schema is sharded by having the blog id in the table names. By default these are in the form wp_[blog_id]_*, so you will need to find which set of tables contains your new blog.
Each WordPress blog stores a small number of settings which need be changed to use the new domain name. You can use the query below to find the mentions of the domain in the options table:
SELECT * FROM `wp_[blog_id]_options` WHERE `option_value` LIKE "%subdomain.domain.com%";
For me these are: siteurl, home, fileupload_url. Change them to use the new domain.
6. Done!
Do you need to move an existing WP 2.9 to WP3.0 multisite? If you are moving an existing site to the WP multisite you've set up, check out my second tutorial on the topic.
Did you run into problems enabling themes or plugins on your separate domains? Have a look at how I solved a number of issues related to the separate domains setup.


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World Wetlands Day 2005 -- Mexico
Mexico designates 4 Ramsar sites for World Wetlands Day
Following the high profile events of World Wetlands Day last year with 34 designations, this year Mexico continues to increase its number of Ramsar sites by adding four more to the List of Wetlands of International Importance. The new designations are a dune slack complex in the city of Veracruz, a national park in the island of Cozumel in the Caribbean, and a coastal lagoon and a mountain lakeshore in Michoacán state, where the WWD celebrations will be focused this year. Mexico now has 55 Ramsar sites with a surface are of 5,115,393 hectares.
Summaries of the sites have been prepared by Iván Darío Valencia.
Humedales del Lago de Pátzcuaro. 02/02/05; Michoacán; 707 ha: 19º34'N 101º40'W. The southwestern sector of Lake Pátzcuaro, lying at 2,035 meters asl in an endorrheic basin of volcanic origin, is the shallowest area of the lake, with extensive areas of marshes of American bulrush Scirpus americanus, Cattail Typha latifolia, Grassleaf arrowhead Sagitaria graminea and Black flatsedge Cyperus niger, as well as communities of Banana waterlily Nymphaea mexicana and Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis. The lake is rich in endemic fish species such as the Bulldog goodeid Alloophorus robustus, Chirostoma estor, Algansea lacustris, Goodea luitpoldii and the molluscs Opeas patzcuarense and Potamopyrgus patzcuarensis. It also provides habitat for two globally endangered species: the Black-Polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa and the salamander Ambystoma dumerilii. Surrounding areas are densely populated and the lake has provided livelihoods for the P'urepecha indigenous people and their descendants. The lake is renowned worldwide for hosting the Day of the Dead celebrations in November in several of the villages on its shores and islands. Problems arise from eutrophication and siltation due to erosion in the basin, disposal of untreated waters from agriculture and urban areas, overfishing and invasive species. There is a permanent dredging program of silted areas and an ongoing plan to recover populations of Chirostoma estor. Ramsar site no. 1447.
Marshes in the southern shore of lake Patzcuaro - Pantanos en la zona sur del Lago de Patzcuaro. Foto: Iván Darío Valencia, 2004.
Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel. 02/02/05; Quintana Roo; 11,987 ha; 20º16'N 087º02'W. National Park. The site covers the coral reefs off the southern coast of Cozumel island, one of the prime destinations for divers worldwide. Hard and soft corals, zoanthids, polychaets, actinarians, hydroids, sponges, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and reef fish are very diverse, as well as algae and sea grasses. The park is habitat to numerous endangered species, such as the Loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green (Chelonia mydas) turtles, the Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula) and the endemic Splendid Toadfish (Sanopus splendidus). Lobster, crab and pink conch Strombus gigas are comercially fished, populations of the latter having recovered following a prolonged fishing ban. Highly conspicuous fish are the Cat (Ginglymostoma cirratum), Tiger (Galeocerdo cuvieri) and Blacktip (Carcharinus limbatus) sharks, as well as the Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana). The reefs develop in underwater cliffs, whereas there are some coastal lagoons and sand bars at the tip of the island. On the shore, stands of Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle and coastal scrub are the main vegetation types. Over 1,500 divers visit the park every day, and there are concerns over the impacts of scuba diving, especially at night. Hotel development has contributed to a deterioration of water quality through their discharges. A management plan is in place since 1998 regulating diving, fishing, navigation, anchoring and other activities. Ramsar site no. 1449.
Sistema de Lagunas Interdunarias de la Ciudad de Veracruz. 02/02/05; Veracruz; 141 ha. 19º10'N 096º10'W. On the periphery of the city of Veracruz and within the city itself, 18 humid dune slacks comprise the site, the largest being Laguna Olmeca with 60 ha. These are rare geomorphologic features that have permanent water but depend entirely of rainfall recharging the aquifers. Communities of jointed flatsedge Cyperus articulatus, Frog fruit Phyla nodiflora, Cattail Typha latifolia, and Pontederia sagittata populate the site. Noteworthy fauna include Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis, Snowy Egret Egretta thula, American Coot Fulica americana, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis and Wood Stork Mycteria americana. Filling or dredging for land reclamation and urbanization are the biggest threats to the lagoons, and many have already disappeared, thus reducing the flood control services the slacks provide for the city. Low water quality is also a concern in most of the lagoons. Foot paths have been constructed along the shores and some restoration work has been carried out, dredging sediments in some of the water bodies. The municipality of Veracruz has recently taken over the management and restoration of the lagoon system. Ramsar site no. 1450.
Laguna Costera El Caimán. 02/02/05; Michoacán; 1,125 ha; 17°58'N 102°16´W. A long coastal lagoon bordering the steep Pacific shoreline close to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas, the site has two mouths connecting intermittently to the sea and dividing a sand bar. The lagoon is covered by stands of button mangrove Conocarpus erectus, Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle and White mangrove Avicennia germinans. Several endangered species inhabit the site, such as the American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus, the Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix, the Jaguar Panthera onca and the Green turtle Chelonia mydas. Coconut production, subsistence fishing and small-scale tourism are the main uses of the area. Adverse impacts arise from the felling of mangroves, sewage and industrial discharges, invasive alien species, dredging, filling, housing development and waste disposal. The site is expected to be declared a Protected Area soon after designation. Ramsar site no. 1448.
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The Leech Lake Tribal College campus was buzzing with activity during the Student Orientation Day.
Outreach & Recruitment
Karl Rangikawhiti Leonard, Maori artist, Master Weaver, and Fulbright Scholar visits LLTC for a cultural exchange June 16-20.
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The 18th annual Anishinaabe Sobriety Run passed thru the Cass Lake area today.
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Evangel Profile
Kevin King: Assistant professor of kinesiology and clinical education coordinator
February 20, 2012
Kevin King, assistant professor of kinesiology, has worked as an athletic trainer for all levels of athletes – from elementary school children to professional athletes. Prior to joining the Evangel faculty in 2007, he was the Program Director for Sport Strength and Conditioning for Cox Health Systems in Springfield, Missouri. He now instructs Athletic Training students.
Outside of the classroom, King enjoys hiking and camping as well as watching his favorite sport, soccer. One of the highlights of his life was attending the 2002 World Cup in South Korea. He also travels outside the United States periodically on missions trips, having served in places like India, China and Kyrgyzstan.
Kevin and his wife, Kimberly, have three children, Kayleigh, Kannon and Kambell.
How did you become interested in kinesiology?
My interest in kinesiology really stems from a blend of interests in sports and the medical field. Athletic training is the purest blend of the two, making it a natural fit for me. I was also very interested in fitness programs and strength and conditioning for sports, which led to my higher education in kinesiology (exercise science specifically). Ever since I was running track in high school I have been interested in the schedule and design of training sessions and what makes them different for each sport.
What has been the highlight of your career so far?
I have had several highlights in my career. It is always rewarding to work with a sport that is successful, and I have had some opportunities to work with teams that have made deep runs into playoffs on state and national levels. But the experience I prize the most actually came in the way of a couple of Evangel University students whom I supervised during their internships before I started working here on campus. Watching them learn and grow as clinicians was extremely rewarding and a big part of the reason I started teaching.
What do you enjoy most about teaching at Evangel?
My favorite part of teaching is watching students grow into capable clinicians who I know patients and clients will and should trust. Also Evangel students tend to be respectful and genuine in their speech and actions, and that is refreshing as a teacher.
What makes the Kinesiology program at Evangel special?
The Kinesiology Department at Evangel has great faculty with real world experience in their fields who genuinely want their students to be successful. But we take that a step further and prepare them to go out into the world and be difference makers for Christ.
What advice do you have for prospective students, especially those interested in pursuing a degree in Kinesiology?
Learn the science that backs what you are planning to implement as a clinician. It is good to know what kinds of exercise and physical activity are best used in different situations, but it is better to understand why those activities should be used. By understanding the science behind the decisions we make in manipulating different exercises and activities, we gain the ability to more efficiently manipulate and choose different exercises and activities in a given situation. This gives us as clinicians more control and therefore an increased ability to help our clients reach their goals safely and efficiently.
The second piece of advice is to stretch ourselves to learn about different sports teams or populations of people that we are not as familiar with. If we confine ourselves to only working with groups we are the most comfortable with from our high school experiences, we limit ourselves as clinicians, which limits our job opportunities and the amount of people we can help.


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Hi, I'm Jaden, a professional recipe developer, food columnist and food photographer specializing in fast, fresh and easy recipes for the home cook. Most of my recipes are modern Asian! About meFast, fresh & easy recipes for the home cook.
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How to buy Gai Lan
It's easy to pick out the best Gai Lan, or to see if it is fresh and tender. Select a bunch, look at the ends of the stalk. If they are dry, crusted and shriveled. Don't buy. The middle of the stalk should ideally be one color – a creamy, translucent color. If you see a solid white circle in the middle of the stalk, it may mean the Gai Lan is a little old. It still could be good – look at the leaves and the buds for more clues to how fresh it is. Why is this so important? You briefly steam the Gai Lan so that it is tender crisp, so if the vegetable is old, you'll really taste the bitterness.
Most Gai Lan have white flowers, though there are varieties that include both white and yellow flowers (probably a cross between gai lan and Chinese greens called yu choy) The flower buds should be tight and compact – there should be buds not open flowers. Lots and lots of open flowers means the stalk is older and past its prime for eating and it will be more bitter and chewy.
As with many Chinese stir-fry dishes, the ginger in this dish is cut into 1/8″ coins – the large pieces gently infuse the cooking oil and aren't necessarily meant for eating. When we cook family-style, my Mom just leaves the ginger coins in the finished dish, and we just push them out of the way when we eat. Of course, you can remove them prior to serving if you'd like. The whole garlic also infuses the cooking oil and after toasting, it becomes soft and wonderfully sweet. Sometimes, I double the amount of garlic cloves because I just love eating the cloves of garlic!
Chinese Broccoli Recipe (Gai Lan)
Ingredients:1 pound of Chinese broccoli (Gai Lan)
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
5 whole garlic cloves, peeled and gently smashed but left intact
1/4 cup vegetable stock
1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine (or dry sherry)
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 inch of fresh ginger, cut into 1/8" coins and smashed with side of cleaver
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
To wash the gai lan, trim 1-inch from the ends of stalk and discard. In large wok or pan (large enough to hold all stalks), heat just 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil over medium heat. When the oil is just starting to get hot (the garlic should sizzle upon contact) add the whole garlic cloves and let them fry until golden brown on all sides. Be careful not to burn the garlic, you just want to toast them - if the garlic starts turning dark brown, turn the heat to low. Toasting the garlic should take about 2 minutes. While the garlic is toasting, in a small bowl mix the stock, wine and sugar and set aside.
Turn the heat to high and add the ginger, fry for 30 seconds. Add the gai lan stalks and use your spatula to scoop up the oil so that every stalk has been bathed with the ginger/garlic-infused oil for 30 seconds.
Pour the stock mixture into the wok and immediately cover the wok with a tight fitting lid. Turn the heat to medium and let the vegetable steam for 3-4 minutes, until stalks can be easily pierced with a paring knife or fork.
Remove the gai lan to a plate, leaving any remaining stock mixture in the wok. If you want, pick out and discard the ginger coins. To the wok, add the oyster sauce and sesame oil and bubble and thicken on high for 1 minute. Pour the sauce mixture over the gai lan and serve.
Chinese Spinach Recipe (Yu Choy)
Recently I've got myself some Yu Choy, and the yellow flowers look exactly like the Gailan here. Another "cross pollination" I've seen is on bok choy and baby boy choi-the resultant is Tagu Choy! I'll try to take some pictures and post them in my blog.
And yes, Gailan with Oyster sauce is such a classic! Love this.
Where's my plate of Hong Kong noodles ?
I just put in a call to Mom and left msg about the mysterious yellow flower Gai Lan….
I haven't tried Tagu Choy – taste same as Bok Choy?
HK noodles coming soon!
What an amazing post. When I first went to college, I attended a conference for Asian-Americans. Growing up as one of of the only Asian families in my state, I wasn't sure I would relate to the experiences of other Asian-Americans. At the conference, the speaker told a story about how his parents never attended his baseball games, and when they finally did, they did not embrace or high-five him like how the other Caucasian parents did to their kids, but they said, "Why did you miss the ball? We are ashamed." However, later in life, he looked backward and realized how hard his parents worked (often late nights) to put him through college (unlike other Caucasian parents) and how they gave him the best things they had, at their own expense.
The Asian culture shows love in a beautiful way, although differently from the majority culture in America. Thank you for sharing your story, it made me reflect on the differences and appreciate them.
Thank you Passionate Eater! Our generation is has evolved – we Asian bloggers revel in communication and expression. I remember as kids, saying "I love you" to parents was an awkward thing. Now, my kids say "I love you" 5 times a day – 4 of those times are because they want something….like chocolate!
I have to scrape of the outer skin of the Gailan then cut them on the bias before I stir fry else the Gailan I get is very fibrous.
Sometimes I add shrimp and scallops to my Gailan stir fry. I have the recipe in my blog
SimCooks- I'm going to try it with Fried Dace & Black Beans next time…
yes yes yes, and chinese po-po also pick up the food in a lil' chinese spoon, slowly blow the heat off the food, gently spoon tt into our mouths, such lovely passionate gesture oo..I want some of tt gailan with crispy "ham yu" (salted fish)
YUM! ham yu! I'm hungry now.
Dear Jaden,
Beautifully written article about your Mom and her love. You Mom must be so proud of you now.
The way that you cook your Gai Lan is the way that I cook mine. My husband cooked Gai Lan for me for a whole month when I was recovering from C-section after the birth of my 3 rd child. I never got tired of eating it.
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I just wanted to add I have done WAY too much research and prepared gai lan with oyster sauce at least 4 different ways – and this one is by far my favorite. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Mmmmm, kailan is tasty and crunchy….love it all the time
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I made this and it was so good. Thks for the recipe
I tried this recipe with broccoli rabe and added toasted sesame seeds as a topping. The bitter rabe with the savory sweet sauce played well together. Thanks for the tasty idea.
I used to live in Boston with my cousin and his wife (who is from China) and she opened up my eyes (and stomach) to a whole new world of asian cuisine (something that I'm forever grateful for). I completely fell in love with chinese broccoli when she took me to a dumpling house and I haven't been able to find that taste again. I'm so excited to try this! Thanks for posting!!!
this was my first try at cooking veggies…and it was delish…
thank you so much…will do again and again…
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Very well written recipe, clear and straight forward. Personally, I believe no other stir fries are as delicious as stir fried Gai Lan. This dish that took my heart away 20 years ago as someone new in Hong Kong and new to its culture is still my most favourite food of all time. I would even go as far as to say that it's one of the foods among some other great chinese foods that made me love Hong Kong when i first came here from India. I enjoy eating this wonderfully delicious heart-warming dish all year round in Hong Kong.
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A tale of a serial cable
Finally the BeagleBoard has arrived. Unfortunately custom offices are charging me additional US$ 30. Ripping the package open I am shocked: It's so tiny! On first sight I can't find the OMAP processor. Almost by chance I find the explanation reading through some web site. Following the PoP construction principle (Package on a Package) the memory chip is mounted on the CPU.
A yellow LED shows that the power supply via the USB port is working. For connecting the BeagleBoard with a PC you need an AT/Everex serial cable, which plugs into the pin header of the board and has a RS-232 serial port on the other end. You might have a hard time getting one of these at your local dealer because stuff like this is considered "legacy" these days. So better order one together with your board.
Unfortunately the cable I found at some old-school dealer seems to have a different pinout than required. It just doesn't work whatever pinout or settings in the terminal program Minicom I try (it's 115200,8N1, no flow control for those who know). Luckily my workmate has recycled one that works from an old PC. So upon plugging in the BeagleBoard the TI boot loader appears:
Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 Starting OS Bootloader... U-Boot 1.3.3 (Jul 10 2008 - 16:33:09) OMAP3530-GP rev 2, CPU-OPP2 L3-165MHz OMAP3 Beagle Board + LPDDR/NAND DRAM: 128 MB NAND: 256 MiB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Audio Tone on Speakers ... complete OMAP3 beagleboard.org #
That's US$4.50 down the drain for that alleged Everx cable, but whatever, it's working now. Next step will be to install an actual Linux distribution on the small computer.
Good tip on the detailsGood tip on the details of the cable jeff. I'm one of those perfectionists who likes to assmble as much of my system as I can - which includes the cables!
Thanksthanks for your valuable hints and links
Everex cablesThe older Everex-style cables are actually pretty easy to alter---just strip a portion of the cable between the ends and have at it. You can figure out which wires go where with a multimeter. The beagle board only uses two pins (3 and 5). Reverse them to use a standard serial cable, or pin directly if using a null-modem cable. Here's my page on it:
but there are many better ones, particularly on Meld (http://meld.mvista.com) and elinux.org (http://elinux.org).
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15 U.S. Code § 636j - Expedited disaster assistance loan program
(a) Definition
In this section, the term "program" means the expedited disaster assistance business loan program established under subsection (b).
(b) Creation of program
The Administrator shall take such administrative action as is necessary to establish and implement an expedited disaster assistance business loan program under which the Administration may, on an expedited basis, guarantee timely payment of principal and interest, as scheduled on any loan made to an eligible small business concern under paragraph (9) of section 636 (b) of this title, as added by this Act.
(c) Consultation required
In establishing the program, the Administrator shall consult with—
(1) appropriate personnel of the Administration (including District Office personnel of the Administration);
(d) Rules
(1) In general
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue rules in final form establishing and implementing the program in accordance with this section. Such rules shall apply as provided for in this section, beginning 90 days after their issuance in final form.
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The rules promulgated under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) identify whether appropriate uses of funds under the program may include—
(v) restarting or operating a small business concern in the community in which it was conducting operations prior to the applicable major disaster, or to a neighboring area, county, or parish in the disaster area; or
(3) Terms and conditions
A loan guaranteed by the Administration under this section—
(B) shall be a short-term loan, not to exceed 180 days, except that the Administrator may extend such term as the Administrator determines necessary or appropriate on a case-by-case basis;
(C) shall have an interest rate not to exceed 300 basis points above the interest rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that 1 bank charges another for reserves that are lent on an overnight basis on the date the loan is made;
(E) may only be made to a borrower that meets the requirements for a loan under section 636 (b) of this title, as amended by this Act;
(F) may be refinanced as part of any subsequent disaster assistance provided under section 636 (b) of this title, as amended by this Act;
(G) may receive expedited loss verification and loan processing, if the applicant is—
(i) a major source of employment in the disaster area (which shall be determined in the same manner as under section 636 (b)(3)(B) [1] of this title); or
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Not later than 5 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall report to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives on the progress of the Administrator in establishing the program.
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There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
[1] So in original. Probably should be "636(b)(3)(E)".
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First look: Oracle NoSQL Database
Oracle's take on the distributed key-value data store is fast, flexible, and enterprise-grade seriousFollow @peterwayner
To test the speed of Oracle NoSQL, I concocted a low-end test that put more stress on the database engine than on the networking. I started up the single-node NoSQL server, then stuffed in 358,400 keys attached to values that were strings with about 30 characters in them. This ran in about 119 seconds on an old, underpowered Mac. Using an older machine with a small amount of RAM is one way to test performance under limited resources.
As a comparison, I stuffed the same pairs into a new version of Voldemort, an open source Java-based NoSQL server from LinkedIn that doesn't offer ACID promises. It took 180 seconds on the same machine.
I was happy with this admittedly simple test because storing data in Oracle NoSQL seems to involve a bit of overhead. Creating the keys requires building arrays of strings, and object instantiation is often the bottleneck for Java code. It didn't seem to matter in these tests.
In all, Oracle NoSQL was a pleasure to try because it offered so many serious features developed by a company with a deep history of serious data management. There are dozens of small ways in which the tool is more thorough and sophisticated than the simpler NoSQL projects. You get a number of different options for increasing the durability in the face of a node crash or trading that durability for speed. The documentation is solid and written by working engineers with deep experience in storing data for enterprise customers.
Oracle NoSQL might not offer the heady fun and "just build it" experimentation of many of the pure open source NoSQL projects, but that's not really its role. Oracle borrowed the best ideas from these groups and built something that will deliver good performance to the sweet spot of the enterprise market.
There is one way, though, that Oracle NoSQL Database departs from Oracle's long tradition. I've always found it difficult and occasionally impossible to install Oracle's main database and get it running. The open source community, by contrast, has always done a better job of smoothing this process. Some say the most important thing MySQL did right was testing and retesting the installation until it was bulletproof and simple.
The Oracle NoSQL Database clearly came from a development team with experience in open source tradition. The only installation headache I had went away when I changed
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Knights shut down Crimson Wave
CHESTER - It had been six long years since the Thomas Dale boys basketball team had defeated Petersburg during the regular season of the Central District.
For Eddie Goss, that was enough motivation for his Knights as they broke that streak with a powerful 79-70 Central District victory against the Crimson Wave Tuesday night in Chester.
"We looked to give these kids motivation and they didn't need much after we told them that," Goss said.
As Thomas Dale has always done in the past given Petersburg a run for its money, this time the Knights were not backing down.
From start to finish, Thomas Dale was owning the boards as well as making good on its jump shots.
Petersburg could barely keep up at times and during that time the Knights just kept on coming as Kavon Waller, Collin Fleischer and Chris Clark became nuisances the entire night.
"When we play with energy like that, we are a pretty good team," Goss said. "Every time we play Petersburg it is a war. They respect us like we respect them."
While Petersburg tried to stay within reach of Thomas Dale with James Byers getting some valuable baskets off the glass, foul trouble plagued the visitors.
Gevon Arrington got two quick fouls in the first quarter and was forced to sit most of the first half as he picked up another in the second quarter.
Thomas Dale took full advantage of Arrington's disappearance on the court and answered with constant easy baskets.
Despite being within six points after the first quarter 21-15, the closest that the Crimson Wave would get to the Knights was the very first basket they scored to cut the lead to 21-17.
From that point on, the lead continued to grow for Thomas Dale as it was Joe Smith who took over for the void of Andrien White.
In the second quarter alone, the sophomore nailed a 3-pointer along with two other key baskets to help boost the Knights.
"Smith is a great shooter. We don't feel bad when we have to switch him in for Andrien because he can come in and do the kind of job he did tonight," Goss said.
During the second quarter, Petersburg tried to get back into a rhythm but Thomas Dale was causing a ton of pressure for the visiting team which in return led to a 10-point deficit.
"Teams that play that 2-3 zone slows you down. They made their shots, executed and ran their stuff offensively," said Petersburg coach Rick Hite. "That 2-3 zone forces you to make good decisions and score points against you."
While Petersburg was continuing to play catch up, the visiting team managed to catch a break right before half as Kaimonne Douglas drilled a 3-pointer to cut the lead to seven points at 36-29.
Later in the third quarter, Petersburg was able to get a few good defensive stops on the full-court press.
As a result, the Crimson Wave cut the lead to its smallest at 41-37 with under five and a half minutes to go.
However, as Thomas Dale had done all game long, it went back to its roots of finding Fleischer inside for the baskets as well as finding Smith at the right time for his two 3-pointers.
"When we needed to get one more stop, we couldn't get it," Hite said. "They came ready to play with a purpose and passion."
Petersburg would make one last attempt in the fourth quarter cutting the lead down to 52-47 but that would be the closest the visiting team would get.
The momentum boosted even higher for the Knights as Chris Clark got the steal off and went in for the huge dunk. That wowed the crowd and pushed Thomas Dale to victory.
With the victory, Thomas Dale is now in first place of the Central District at 6-1 with the first half of the district regular season coming to a close.
Thomas Dale will host Colonial Heights on Friday as Petersburg (5-2, 8-5) will host Dinwiddie on Friday at 7:15 p.m.
Arrington 6, Byers 6, Walker 11, Jackson 3, Barksdale 10, Watson 2, Douglas 20, Adams 2, Morris 6, Blackwell 4 Totals: 24 (16-23) 3-pointers: 6 (Douglas 4, Barksdale 2)
THOMAS DALE (8-4, 6-1 in district)
Smith 15, White 13, Waller 16, Fleischer 18, Clark 14, Johnson 2, Holliday 2 Totals: 26 (23-34) 3-pointers: 4 (Smith 3, Waller)
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Work intensification, fear at work and job-related well-being in Britain
Starts: 20 May 2013
Monday 20th May 2013, 12:30pm - 3:30pm, Nunn Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL (Map)
Professor Alan Felstead from the Cardiff School of Social Sciences is leading a team of researchers who are investigating the impact of the recession on working lives. The research is based on a survey of workers carried out across Britain in 2012. At the launch, the authors – Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, Francis Green and Hande Inanc – will present headline findings of the survey and invite the audience to discuss them. Three themes will provide the focus for the event:
- Work intensification
- Fear at work
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Monarch Takes Flight
Ridgecrest City Council picks Cal UAS for Grant funding
On June 18, 2014, the Ridgecrest City Council committed to fund a Cal UAS Manufacturing facility in Ridgecrest, CA through an Industrial Economic Development grant. A number of local citizens voiced an urgency to release the TAB funds allotted for this purpose without further delay, and Cal UAS was the clear front runner for the community's support. Along with several residents and business leaders, the Indian Wells Valley's Economic Development Council chose Cal UAS as their number 1 priority for funding.
New and Improved Agricultural Drones
Tetracam and CalUAS team up to produce agricultural drones
This could not come at a better time, especially in California where type of technology can help them get through a historical drought. Combining the Monarch drone with a state-of-the-art aerial farm mapping robot and the specialized camera from Tetracam, will provide farmers, foresters and other managers of environmental assets with essential real time information that was once only available from manned aircraft or satellites.
Historic drought emphasizes need for precision watering
As our leaders fight for immediate relief for the millions of residents -- including the bulk of California's critical agriculture industry -- in the face of our drought crisis, the leaders in the forefront of the precision agriculture movement are addressing the importance of precision water as part of our long-term solution in effectively and efficiently managing what is arguably our most precious resource: water.
Our leaders let an opportunity fly by - The Los Angeles Times
Despite legitimate concerns about the domestic use of drones, California's bid to be chosen as a testing site deserved vigorous political support. It didn't happen.
SACRAMENTO - You might think that testing robotic aircraft for future civilian use would be a quintessential California enterprise. But not if you're a U.S. senator from the state. The governor's not exactly a cheerleader for the idea, either.
Eileen Shibley: FAA didn't pick Kern for drone integration, but we won't quit - The Bakersfield Californian
As Californians collectively scratch their heads over the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to leave our country's historic leader of the aerospace industry out of the process of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into national airspace, the CalUAS team has been hard at work assessing what this decision means for our future.
Here's the good news: nothing has changed in terms of our continuing down the path of leveraging the unparalleled resources of our region to propel commercial drone technology forward. We still have the best airspace, the best ranges, the most exceptional scientific minds and a culture of technological collaboration.
Cal UAS moves forward - The News ReviewLeaders puzzled by FAA decision to leave California out of aerospace venture
CalUAS - In the wake of the FAA's Dec. 30 designation of six test sites for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into national airspace, local leaders expressed disappointment that CalUAS was left out of the selection.
However, confidence that the Inyokern Airport-based effort would play a role in the development of unmanned technology was unanimously expressed among the members of the CalUAS team, as well as among the political representatives of the region.
Danish news crew visits Inyokern Airport - The News ReviewTeam Cal UAS shows off capabilities, potential for unmanned systems
CAL UAS - The local effort to create a safe haven for the advancement of unmanned systems at Inyokern Airport has attracted the attention of a Danish news crew, which spent Monday with team members of Cal UAS in an effort to capture the existing technology and document how industry is waiting for the skies to be opened up to full development of those innovations.
Cal UAS Day sees high numbers - The Daily Independent
Inyokern Airport enjoyed a successful turnout Saturday as it hosted its first Cal UAS Portal Day.
The number of people in attendance soared higher than 5,000 as both locals from Ridgecrest and Inyokern and those from across the state nosed around vendors and displays.
The day started at 9 a.m. By noon, cars were parked on the side of Highway 178 leading to Highway 14, with people hiking in.
Cal UAS: Technology provides various opportunities - The Daily Independent
INYOKERN - With a highly successful turnout on Saturday, Cal UAS Portal and Inyokern Airport received a show of support from the community as well as interest in what lay in wait for curious technology buffs.
Cal UAS Portal celebrates its second anniversary this month, as it formed two years ago with the idea that it could bring development of unmanned aircraft systems technology to Inyokern and the Indian Wells Valley.
Cal UAS Day attracts 6,000 - The News Review
Glowing political endorsements, breathtaking aerial displays and a miniature technology expo helped usher in the communitywide embrace of Cal UAS Portal last weekend when Inyokern Airport hosted an open house showcasing the strides the local effort has made as a candidate to host the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace.
Cal UAS Day: Elected officials give united endorsement - The News Review
The significance of Cal UAS Day as the emerging candidate of merit in the Federal Aviation Administration's endeavor to integrate unmanned aerial systems into national airspace was established when the open house at Inyokern Airport kicked off Saturday to glowing affirmations from elected officials at the federal, state, county and local levels.
Pilots captivate audiences, promote aviation culture - The News Review
While members of Team Cal UAS showcased the assets at Inyokern Airport last weekend, two of the local pilots who dazzled audiences at the event gave first-hand testimonies to the importance in perpetuating the technical cultures of aerospace development and aviation.
Inyokern named as GOBiz innovation hub - The Daily Independent
RIVERSIDE - Inyokern and the Indian Wells Valley have long been a hub of innovation. On Tuesday, Inyokern popped up on the grid as Gov. Jerry Brown's Office of Business and Economic Development (GOBiz) publicly broadcast the area as one of its newest innovation hubs. It is the first expansion of the network in nearly three years.
Drones: A golden economic opportunity - San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego has everything going for it as a local business alliance competes with 24 similar groups in 23 other states to become one of six federally designated test sites for unmanned aerial systems - drones. San Diego has everything, that is, except the active political support of California's top political leadership. With literally thousands of good jobs and billions in economic impact at stake, that lack of political punch is mystifying - and could be costly.
USDA State Director given tour, breakdown of Cal UAS Portal - The Daily Independent
INYOKERN - Inyokern Airport's California Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portal team snagged an opportunity to brief the United States Department of Agriculture's top person in California on Thursday.
IYK unveils CalUAS Portal
"We think this is a huge opportunity for our area, and an equally important opportunity for all of California," said Eileen Shibley. As states around the nation are posturing for the highly competitive selection process for FAA test sites to integrate unmanned systems (UAS) into national airspace, the IWV Airport Board committee driving the local effort has unveiled its plan for the CalUAS Portal - which has IYK at the center.
IYK: Touchstone of the Past, Present, Future
A local asset that helped shape the past and present of the Indian Wells Valley promises to play an equally pivotal role in establishing our region as a hub of innovation. The brand-new, state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar terminal at Inyokern Airport may be the most visible change at the local facility, but according to General Manager Scott Seymour, the upgraded infrastructure is just the beginning of the barely tapped potential of the local resource.
Support grows for IYK test-site effort - The News Review
The same natural advantages that made the Indian Wells Valley home to one of the greatest sites for research, development, test and evaluation of military weaponry in the country could spur similar growth on the civilian side of the fence if an effort being led by the China Lake Alliance is successful. According to Alliance Director Mick Gleason, Inyokern Airport has everything the Federal Aviation Administration is looking for in the process to identify six test sites across the country for integrating unmanned systems into national airspace.
IYK: Center of high-tech activity
"The pristine 7,100-foot runway 15/33 at nyokern Airport will soon echo with the sound of the future, as our high-performance, all-electric Long-ESA executes taxi-testing, first flight and world record attempts at this wonderful facility," Chip Yates of Flight of the Century announced Tuesday.
Alliance moves ahead on IYK proposal
With the announcement of a formal timeline and additional insight into what information the proposals should include, the China Lake Alliance is pressing forward on its effort to have Inyokern Airport designated as one of six national test sites for unmanned aerial vehicles. Last December Congress passed legislation issuing a directive to the Federal Aviation Administration to "develop a plan to accelerate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into national airspace."


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recently released the Therapeutic
Community Curriculum training package to meet
the need for training entry-level staff in the basics
of the therapeutic community model of treatment.
The long tradition of community as a method of treatment
fosters personal growth by changing an individual's lifestyle
through a community of concerned people working together
to help themselves and each other.
Therapeutic communities have evolved to serve an ever-increasing
range of special populations with substance use disorders,
including women with children, older adults, adolescents,
people with co-occurring mental disorders, people with
HIV/AIDS, people who are homeless, and people involved
with the criminal justice system.
The newly released training package was developed in
response to a need for a document based on Therapeutic
Community principles. SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment (CSAT) and a panel of experts met in 2000 to
provide guidance for the initial development of the curriculum.
Only experienced trainers who are familiar with the therapeutic
community treatment model should present the curriculum,
which is geared primarily toward clinical and nonclinical
staff working in a therapeutic community for the first
The curriculum provides an understanding of the essential
components and methods of the therapeutic community model.
Its primary goals are to provide a common knowledge base
for all staff members working in these communities and
to encourage training participants to work on their professional
growth and development.
The package contains a trainer's manual, a participant's
manual that can be photocopied for each training participant,
and a CD-ROM with PowerPoint presentations for the modules.
The PowerPoint slides also can be printed and copied
onto overhead transparencies.
The trainer's manual includes general preparation instructions
and two appendices ("Ice Breakers" and "Positive
Visualizations") that are applicable to all modules.
In addition, each module includes detailed, session-specific
instructions for trainers; exercises for participants;
a module overview, including goals and objectives and
a content timeline; and the presentation. The participant's
manual includes the participant orientation, resource
sheets, module summaries, and a module review, which
functions as a learning assessment.
The curriculum comprises 11 modules designed to allow
for flexible delivery schedules. The complete in-service
training can be delivered over several consecutive days
or can be offered over the course of several weeks or
months. Each module also can be used separately to target
a specific training need. This learning approach includes:
A mixture of presentations, discussions, and exercises
to simulate the self-help and mutual self-help learning
processes used in therapeutic communities
Frequent use of a static small-group exercise format
Time for participants to reflect on and write their
thoughts and feelings in personal journals
An assessment of learning to be completed by participants
in their small groups at the end of each session.
Participants who complete the training will experience
and understand the therapeutic community process through
participation in simulations and role-plays and will
experience an enhanced sense of belonging to a therapeutic
community. Although the curriculum is designed as an
entry-level training, it is not intended to take the
place of immersion or other clinical skills training
or ongoing clinical supervision.
The Therapeutic
Community Curriculum training package is available
free of charge from SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20847-2345. Telephone: 1 (800) 729-6686
(English and Spanish) or 1 (800) 487-4889 (TDD for hearing
impaired). Ask for NCADI Publication No. BKD533 (trainer's
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Confessions of a former Ayn Rand follower
Here's some fun (if not depressing) reading for your Monday morning.
When, as a self-absorbed college freshman, I first came across the Russian emigre author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, she seemed like the coolest thinker ever – what selfish person doesn't want to hear that being selfish doesn't just feel good, but actually is good, too? …
Much to the lament of my philosophy classmates, I was that girl who frequently (and loudly!) argued in favor of Rand's illogical claims that altruism doesn't exist; that selfishness is a virtue; and that "rational egoism" is the only right way to live.
Thankfully, I grew out of that phase. Not surprisingly, but a few years of minimum-wage work cleaning up cat faeces, without benefits, and other thankless, unstable odd jobs made me question Objectivism's foundations and rekindled an earlier interest in anarcho-syndicalism. …
What's scary is that so many Americans have not grown out of that mentally puerile phase. Instead, this contingent – now largely comprised of Tea Party radicals – remains mired in her pop philosophy.
Keep reading here.
Utilitarianism taken to the extreme
Zach Weiner, in his philosophically focused comic strip Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, has attempted to illustrate what society might eventually look like if it operated on pure utilitarian calculation:
You can read a couple of my previous posts on utilitarianism here and here.
An interview on disgust
Recently the Purdue University newspaper The Exponent sat down with a philosophy professor there, Daniel Kelly, for a brief interview on his forthcoming book "Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust." I'd not previously heard of Kelly's work, but it looks interesting. Take a look:
1) How did you become interested in the topic of disgust?
Part of what got me interested in philosophy in the first place were questions about what makes people tick, how humans are continuous, but also distinct from other creatures in nature, and (of course) What It All Means. While I was in graduate school, exciting new research was taking place at the intersection of philosophy and the cognitive sciences, specifically in moral psychology. As I looked into that, I saw that some of the most interesting work was exploring the surprising link between disgust and morality. It was a promising area for the type of conceptual contributions a philosopher could make, too, since it seemed that people from different disciplines and perspectives where saying things about the emotion that were equally plausible, but that also looked incompatible with each other.


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Border, fire protection top issues in 2006
• Residents of Semiahmoo ask Blaine City Council for a building moratorium, charging that the city had turned a "blind eye" to infrastructure improvements in relation to population growth. At a June 26 council meeting, residents asked council members to put a halt to approving building permits in Blaine until the city is able to address the issue of road improvements, sewer capacity and long-term water needs.
Documents from the Semiahmoo Residents Association (SRA) using city figures, cited an "astronomical 85 percent growth rate" anticipated during the next several years. City council member John Liebert called the complaints "totally erroneous" and said the city "definitely was not permitting development that will come in and put our community at risk."
• Two Blaine women announce their plans to walk to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Teri Price would go on to walk 60 miles in three days for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk later that August. Stafholt Good Samaritan employee and breast cancer survivor Laurie Hart would go on to raise money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life later that July and raised several thousands in donations.
• Blaine resident Jeff Teichert announces his campaign to run for state Court of Appeals judge against incumbent Judge Mary Kay Becker. Teichert, a native of Provo, Utah, and former missionary for the Mormon church, garnered the support of organizations such as the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW), the Affordable Housing Coalition action arm of the BIAW, and the Whatcom County Republican Party but ultimately was defeated by Becker in the September election.
• Three Blaine residents – Austin Markusen, 31, Daniel Cunningham, 22, and Jared Fullen, 25 – were arrested at a house in the 4600 block of California Trail Road for their suspected involvement in a drive-by shooting on Kickerville Road just south of Loomis Trail Road on July 29. According to Whatcom County sheriff Bill Elfo, Markusen and Cunningham were arrested by deputies but Fullen, who refused to cooperate, was gassed out of the house by the Whatcom County Special Response Team (SRT). Inside the house, police found quantities of methamphetamines, a flare gun and a .38 caliber handgun. All three were booked into Whatcom County jail.
• One of the drivers in a February 28 multiple-car crash that killed two Blaine high school girls and injured two others was sentenced to a maximum of 80 weeks in a juvenile detention facility. The 17-year-old Blaine high school student and Point Roberts resident was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and two charges of vehicular assault. She will also have to fulfill community service requirements.
• Homestead Northwest, a Lynden-based development company, makes headlines when it announces that it purchased the 87-acre golf course located near the Blue Fish restaurant on Birch Bay Drive for $4 million. The land was formerly owned by Iskum, which is affiliated with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Grand Ronde, Oregon. Homestead president Jim Wynstra said the company has plans to create a 9-hole golf course with a driving range on 41 acres and save the remaining acreage for condominiums and possible resort and commercial development.
• Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security held a meeting in Bellingham to listen to testimony from Blaine border patrol agents and local law enforcement officials. They concluded that ports of entry at the U.S./Canadian border are in need of more funding, staffing and resources to comply with federal recommendations for increased border security – especially with the anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• Following years of uncertainty and changes to lease agreements, Stephani's By the Bay owners Stephani and Eric Smith said they will close their doors forever, disappointing its fans such as Birch Bay residents Jody Fox and Teddy Boatwright. "It's the best food and best service on the bay," Boatwright said during one of her last visits to the restaurant in August. Stephani Smith said the couple had plans to move to eastern Washington and open a similar restaurant there.
• A proposal to forge a sister city relationship between the city of Blaine and Pugwash, Nova Scotia, was voted down a second time by Blaine City Council after council member John Liebert made a motion to reconsider the idea. The proposal was first rejected in April, after council members Jason Overstreet and Bonnie Onyon both said they had "serious concerns" that it would be "too political" and that the city of Pugwash had "serious political overtones."
• After a long-standing debate over a sister city relationship with Pugwash, Nova Scotia and the politics of their international peace conferences, Blaine mayor Mike Myers showed his support for peace by endorsing a United Nations proclamation declaring September 21 to be a Day of Peace, as recognized by the city of Blaine.
• The Whatcom County Fire District 13 board of commissioners declares in writing to the county council that the district can no longer guarantee its ability to serve new construction projects in their district. The letters are required by Whatcom County Planning and Development Services before county officials are able to approve new developments. Fire chief Tom Fields said in order to provide the appropriate level of service, the district would need an impact fee of approximately $2,500 per living unit.
• Fire district 13 officials announce at an October 2 meeting at the American Legion Hall their decision to appeal a Whatcom County Council decision to approve Fred Bovenkamp's 676-home Horizons development at Semiahmoo. In May, Bovenkamp had informally agreed to pay a voluntary mitigation fee to help with increased costs his development would impose on the district but later retracted his statement. Whatcom County Council member Barbara Brenner said that even with the steepest impact fee available, the district would not be able to make up costs that were lost with the passage of I-747, a state initiative that put a 1 percent cap on revenue increases from property taxes.
• By a narrow vote of 4-3, Blaine City Council voted to keep the Blaine Municipal Airport, halting any possibility of development for the 42 acres of prime industrial-zoned land on Blaine's east side. Council members Bruce Wolf, Charlie Hawkins, Mike Myers and Ken Ely voted to keep the airport while Bonnie Onyon, John Liebert and Jason Overstreet voted to close it.
• Blaine city officials help unveil the Vigil, a bronze sculpture created by Blaine artist Bob McDermott, on October 14. The statue commemorates Blaine's early fishing days and Icelandic heritage and was paid for largely through donations from community members and groups such as the Pacific Arts Association.
• A U.S. Customs and Border customs inspector in Blaine is charged with smuggling illegal drugs and acceptance of a bribe to allow smuggling of illegal drugs from a Vancouver, B.C. woman Canadian authorities described as a prostitute. Desmone Bastian, 30, an inspector at the Pacific Highway crossing in Blaine, was arrested by U.S. officials and held on a $20,000 bond.
• Brown and Cole, Whatcom County's 97-year-old grocery store chain, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after their sales declined from $400 million to $300 million over the past seven years. Brown and Cole president Craig Cole said the company's Cost Cutter stores throughout Whatcom County will remain open until further notice, although stores in Sedro-Woolley, Yakima and Sunnyside would close.
• A new program introduced by Washington governor Christine Gregoire could expedite border waits by utilizing hand-held scanners that would read bar codes on the back of Washington and B.C. driver licenses. Gregoire said she developed the program in response to anticipated economic setbacks as a result of a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passport requirement for all travelers both entering and leaving the United States.
• Two storms caused some of the worst damage residents in the Blaine and Birch Bay area have witnessed in years, knocking out power to more than 15,000 customers in Whatcom and Skagit counties and causing flooding to many residents in those areas. Officials clocked winds up to 80 miles per hour causing fallen trees and wide-spread power outages.
• A cold weather snap brought freezing temperatures, wind, snow and ice to most areas in Whatcom County, and caused 911 dispatchers to be flooded with calls regarding automobile accidents, injuries due to people falling on ice, water flow activations from cold weather, broken pipes, downed power lines and chimney fires. "We got to the point where we were triaging the calls," said fire district chief Tom Fields. "We weren't responding to everything." Fields added the biggest problem was people not using good judgment with their vehicles, citing 12 or 13 vehicles stranded in a ditch along a single four-mile stretch of I-5.
• The controversy surrounding the Blaine Municipal Airport was stirred up again when Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials told Blaine City Council members during a conference call that Blaine should expect far less money than promised by the Blaine Airport Commission.
Commission chair Doug Fenton asserted he was confident the city could still recoup the original $2 million expected for 2007 through different funding sources but several council members said they remained wary.
• Property values for Blaine and Birch Bay nearly doubled following a quadrennial valuation assessment by the Whatcom County assessor's office, increasing the assessed valuation of Blaine to nearly $500 million. Because of a 1 percent cap on increases in property tax revenues to the city, however, Blaine finance director Meredith Riley said residents should expect their property tax levy rate to decrease. Whether an individual's annual property tax payments will increase depends on the amount their property value increased, she said.
• During a regular meeting of Blaine City Council, council member Ken Ely made a motion to re-examine the economic feasibility of the Blaine Municipal Airport, suggesting that the Port of Bellingham outline one or two development proposals for the 42 acres of land currently occupied by the airport.
Council members John Liebert, Jason Overstreet and Bonnie Onyon voted with Ely in favor of the proposal. Overstreet, however, added that even if the port suggests closing the airport he still would not be willing to go ahead with the current funding plan.


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