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WESTFORD – Al Fletcher likes to tell a story about his daughter, Pam, who at the time was not yet 3. When the lifts closed at the end of one day, she threw a tantrum demanding that they be started up again so she could continue skiing.
Since Al owned the ski area, Nashoba Valley, the lift operator called him to ask if he should indulge the little girl.
"Hell, no,'' Al remembered saying. No one can quite remember how long the tantrum went on. But everyone knows how that girl grew up to be a national champion ski racer, World Cup winner, Olympian, and television commentator, a career arc undoubtedly fueled by the passion that tried to get that ski lift restarted so many years ago.
Now Pam Fletcher, "Fletch'' to her former teammates, is back at the ski area Al founded nearly a half-century ago, and that is carrying on its original mission, catering to families. Run by the family that founded it (Pam's brother, Al, bought it from their father), she serves as events marketing and sales manager.
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If you've never heard of power industrialist J.D. Ross, don't feel bad – neither had I. This towering historical figure masterminded the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project and was friends with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, yet he doesn't even
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Photographer Kat Thorney and I joined a cadre of regional journalists for an all-inclusive media day at the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project on June 20.
The trip showcased the variety of tours offered by Seattle City Light, the power company that provides 20 percent of Seattle's electricity from the three dams they operate in the North Cascades (also known as the American Alps).
Our tour began in Newhalem, a Seattle City Light company town. From there we were guided to the uppermost dam at the foot of Ross Lake with lunch provided by the North Cascades Institute (NCI). We also took a boat ride on Diablo Lake and toured various powerhouses and dams along the way. The fascinating history behind the dams, the majesty of the rugged terrain in which they were built and collaboration with the North Cascades National Park and NCI make the tours offered by Seattle City Light a worthwhile way to spend a day in the mountains – even if, like us, you go on a rainy day.
Michael Aronowitz, Christian Martin and Andrew Pringle were our guides for the day. Aronowitz is a senior environmental analyst for Seattle City Light; Martin is NCI's communications manager and Pringle is a ranger for North Cascades National Park.
Newhalem is one of only a few remaining company towns in America. Most of Newhalem's several dozen residents are
employees of Seattle City Light. The Craftsman-era houses of the village are precisely laid out and well maintained, but over the years the number of staff needed to operate the dams has dwindled, so some of the houses sit empty.
Just upstream from the village is the Gorge Powerhouse, one of three powerhouses along the Skagit River. The river enters a tunnel a mile upstream, which tapers to increase the force of water turning the turbines of the generators inside the neoclassic building.
The backside of the Gorge Powerhouse, completed in 1924, is tucked against a cliff. The shaded mountainside helps cool the building and its generators in an early application of geothermal cooling. Ross came up with the idea, and it's likely he was behind another cool flash of brilliance that allowed the Gorge tunnel to be dug.
Engineers needed to temporarily dam the river to dig the tunnel, but all efforts were thwarted because the river kept leaking under whatever was piled on top of it. The riverbed was pure sludge, and bedrock was too far down to seal the dam. To solve the problem, engineers pumped a super-cooled saltwater solution deep into the earth, which froze the leaking river and created an ice dam. That kept the dam frozen long enough to complete the project.
Ross was a genius of marketing as well as engineering. He wanted the project to attract tourism as a means of promotion, so
he strived to make it as beautiful as possible. He became an amateur botanist, and beautiful gardens still grace the buildings at every turn. He brought in hundreds of exotic animals and installed an electric forest – an illuminated walkway through the trees along Ladder Creek Falls above the Gorge Powerhouse. The path was dappled with colorful lights at night, and popular music entertained tourists, who came to the project by the trainload to witness the wonders of hydroelectric power.
From the Gorge Powerhouse we were vanned up to the Diablo Powerhouse. We toured the loud and impressive generator room and walked along catwalks above the massive generators.
The topography of the North Cascades is extremely steep. The sheer walls of the gorge surrounded us throughout the tour, and the further east we went the narrower and steeper the gorge became.
For the engineers who built the dams, the topography posed a significant challenge to transporting workers and materials to the upper dams. An unusual rail lift was their solution. Rail cars were uncoupled at the bottom, pulled onto a short track and raised sideways, one-by-one, up a steep slope, then pulled onto another rail and re-coupled at the top. The funicular lift used cables and a heavy counterweight to lift each car. It was still operating as late as 2004, but due to the rarity of the system, replacing worn parts became cost prohibitive. Today, it is no longer used because it was reclassified as an elevator by the Department of Labor and Industries and it doesn't meet elevator industry standards.
After the Diablo Powerhouse tour, we drove over the top of Diablo Dam, which drops 389 feet to the riverbed below. When the dam was completed in 1930, it was the highest in the world.
At NCI, Martin told us about the institute before treating us to a world-class lunch buffet. NCI is all about environmental sustainability. It offers immersive educational experiences ranging from interpretive weekends for vacationers up to a master's program in environmental education.
In keeping with their green ways, the chefs at NCI use only the freshest, locally sourced, environmentally sustainable ingredients and prepare them in the headiest ways. There was a meatloaf on the table with no meat in it that rivaled the beefiest, tastiest meatloaves I've ever eaten.
Our stomachs full, we headed to the boathouse and boarded the Cascadia for a ride on Diablo Lake. Our ride took us to the east end of the lake, and from the top of Diablo Dam to the bottom of Ross Dam.
All three of our guides took turns on the microphone, informing us about everything from the construction of the dams to the
history of human settlement in the area to the geography, flora and fauna of the North Cascades.
We passed an island and were told that in the heyday of Diablo Dam tourism, Ross bought a colony of monkeys to inhabit the small island so people could see them on the boat tours. The monkeys were gathered and brought into a house on the lakeshore each night. Along with the electric forest and the magnitude of the construction works going on, they added a fantastical element to the spectacle Ross had created.
As we neared the base of Ross Dam, we entered a narrow gorge with steep cliffs on either side. The winding gorge afforded occasional views to peaks, ridges, valleys, cascades and slides, sometimes reaching dizzying heights before disappearing into the clouds. Then we reached the bottom of Ross Dam, a 540-foot high facade of concrete holding back Ross Lake, which stretches 23 miles north and into Canada.
To me, the most impressive fact of the whole tour is that the dams, although they are approaching a century old, still provide clean, reliable power to millions of homes.
The whole project is one of the most environmentally sustainable hydroelectric utilities in the country, because it was built high enough in the Skagit watershed that it doesn't interrupt any migratory fish runs.
Had it been a clear day, the snow-capped peaks surrounding the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project would have undoubtedly taken center stage, but even in the clouds the spectacle of massive human works among imposing geography created an aura of mystique, and made for a day well spent.


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The Principals: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra, Kenny Marino, Daniel Jordano. Directed by Amos Poe.
The Premise: Over the course of one night, Johnny (Spano), a young drug lord on New York's Lower East Side, finds himself fighting to escape his trade for the safety of his wife (Vernon) and infant daughter after the cops close in on his organization. Further, he's ordered to burn down the apartment complex his mother (Lampert) and sister (Gertz) live in, which leaves Johnny scurrying to settle the score with his heartless employer (Serra).
Is It Good? Co-writer and director Amos Poe came from the burgeoning transgressive-art scene of the 1970's and 80's, where punk acts thrived at CBGB's and filmmakers like Jim Jarmusch and Abel Ferrara came into their own as part of a movement known as "No Wave Cinema." While Poe is a lesser-known name in this scene, his "underground" efforts led to "his first 35mm film," according to his official website.
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Is It Worth a Look? Absolutely. I only found out about this film a few months ago, and I'm entirely grateful to Gary Warnett's blog post about exposing me to the riches of this small but extremely worthwhile film that should be considered essential viewing for any fan of Scorsese, Schrader or Mann.
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Nile Rodgers—who composed the film's score—was a founding member of the popular disco group Chic, best known for their hits "Le Freak" and "Good Times." Rodgers produced several hit albums in the 80's, including David Bowie's Let's Dance and Madonna's Like a Virgin, and later went on to compose scores for films like Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop III.
Alphabet City, the bureau of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is given that name because of the unique designations of its streets: Avenues A, B, C, and D are the only streets with single letters in all of New York City.
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Child abuse and neglect in the UK today (Radford et al, 2011) is a major piece of NSPCC research which interviewed over 6,000 young adults, adolescents and parents of younger children.
Participants were asked whether anyone had tried to make them do anything sexual whilst they were under the age of 18 years. Parents of children aged under 11 years responded on their child's behalf. Older teenagers and young adults were also asked if they had done sexual things with an adult when they were still under 16 years or with an adult in a position of trust whilst they were still under 18 years.
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From: Radford, Lorraine, Corral, Susana, Bradley, Christine, Fisher, Helen, Bassett, Claire, Howat, Nick and Collishaw, Stephan (2011) Child abuse and neglect in the UK today . London: NSPCC.
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From: Information obtained by NSPCC from 41 police forces in England and Wales under the Freedom of Information Act. See: NSPCC (2014) Sexual abuse of under-11s: reports to police rise 16% in 2012-13. London: NSPCC.
The Ministry of Justice does not provide a breakdown of sexual offenders against adults versus offenders against children. Therefore these figures include all registered sex offenders.
From: Ministry of Justice (2012) Table 1. In: Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) annual report 2011/12 (PDF) . London: Ministry of Justice.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, the NSPCC received further information on registered sex offenders from the National Police Improvement Agency.
These figures cannot be compared with the total number of registered sex offenders taken from the MAPPA annual report as they relate to a later date in 2012 and more sex offenders were added to the register in the intervening period.
From: NSPCC (2012) Nearly a thousand registered child sex abusers reoffended . NSPCC press release, 18 November 2012. London: NSPCC.
From: Grubin, Don (1998) Sex offending against children: understanding the risk (PDF). London: Home Office. pp.v-vi and p.26.
From: NSPCC (2013) Harmful sexual behaviour: NSPCC research briefing . London: NSPCC.
Cawson, P. et al (2000) Child maltreatment in the United Kingdom: a study of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect . London: NSPCC.
Horne, L.et al (1991) Sexual abuse of children by children. Journal of Child Law, 3(4): 147-151.
Kelly, L., Regan, L. and Burton, S. (1991) An exploratory study of the prevalence of sexual abuse in a sample of 16-21 year olds. London: Polytechnic of North London, Child Abuse Studies Unit.
Morrison, T. (1999) Is there a strategy out there? In: Erooga, M. and Masson, H. (eds) Children and young people who sexually abuse others: challenges and responses. London: Routledge.
Royal Belfast Hospital and Queen's University of Belfast (1990) Child sexual abuse in Northern Ireland: a research study of incidence. Antrim: Greystone Books.
People convicted of child abuse image offences
Analysis of 284 cases reported in local and national news of people convicted for making, possessing or distributing indecent images of children.
Sexual and physical violence against children in Northern Ireland: a statistical overview of recorded crime 2008–10 (PDF, 393KB)
Analysis of offences recorded by the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Child protection register statistics
Our annual summary of child protection register statistics for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
How to find, understand and use statistics about child abuse
A brief introduction to child abuse statistics.
Comparing child abuse statistics over time and between countries
Explains the issues around looking for trends in statistics over time, within the UK and internationally.
Findings from an NSPCC FOI request sent to all police forces in England and Wales.
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As a power sequencer, PowerPort has independent turn-on and turn-off delays, with simple daisy chaining for remote switching of single or an unlimited number of multiple units. Control wiring can be up to five miles in length without performance degradation, based on using 24 AWG. The PowerPort has two modes of operation: maintained and momentary. These terms refer to the type of switch that is attached to the remote terminals, and determine the functionality of the unit. The mode may be easily changed by moving a suitcase jumper on the circuit board.
Maintained mode will be the choice in the majority of installations. It can support two remote switches: a Master and an Auxiliary. PowerPorts can simply be paralleled together and wired to a single switch location. If an Auxiliary switch is desired, it can wire into the Master, as it is series connected. In these cases, the Master switch needs to have three positions: Off, Remote, On.
As is evident from its name, maintained mode is designed to be operated by a remote latching switch (maintained contact). When the switch contact is closed, a turn-on delay cycle is started with the timing set by the DELAY ON front panel control. After the delay has started, but before power is available at the receptacle, the Power Status indicator will be lit. Once the delay has elapsed, if the incoming voltage is in the acceptable range of 80-140 volts, power is applied to the receptacle. The Power Status indicator turns off and the Outlet On indicator lights. If power is never sensed at the receptacle after the delay time has elapsed, the Power Status indicator will flash.
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As the name states, this mode is designed to be operated by remote momentary switches; one ON and one OFF. Momentarily depressing the ON switch will start a turn-on delay cycle; time set by the DELAY ON front panel control. Status indicators are identical to Maintained mode. When the OFF switch is momentarily pressed, a delay off cycle is started; time set by the DELAY OFF front panel control. The Power Status indicator comes on during the delay cycle, and when the delay time elapses, power to the receptacle is removed. The Outlet On indicator goes off, as well.
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The PowerPort has a convenient three-position front panel switch allowing remote control to be overridden for troubleshooting purposes. The ON position turns on the power to the outlets immediately, ignoring external commands. Similarly, the OFF position immediately turns off the power to the outlets. The third position, REMOTE, allows normal, remotely controlled operation. Should a remote command be received by a PowerPort while switched into the ON or OFF modes, the PowerPort will indicate a fault condition by blinking the POWER STATUS indicator. If the switch is moved from the ON position to the REMOTE position, power to the outlets is turned OFF and will need a turn-on command to initiate startup.
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The former Kabul Bank's powerful shareholders claim they have repaid all their loans, but the head of the special tribunal on the Kabul Bank collapse has insisted they still owe money.
Shamsul Rahman Shams said Wednesday that Mahmoud Karzai and Mohammad Hassin Fahim have not repaid their loans from the former Kabul Bank.
He said the issue is being followed by the Financial Disputes Resolution Commission (FDRC) but without any satisfactory results.
"Still, the issue about the debts of Karzai's brother who was one of the shareholder's of Kabul Bank and Hassin Fahim has not been resolved. The issue is being studied by the Financial Disputes Resolution Commission but it has not been fruitful," Shams said.
President Hamid Karzai's brother Mahmoud Karzai owes $9 million and the vice-president's brother Mohammad Hassin Fahim owes $3 million, he added.
Mahmoud Karzai rejected the statement, saying that he is only in debt of $6 million to Shahin Money Exchange whose owner was former Kabul Bank chariman Shir Khan Farnood.
In turn, Karzai accused the tribunal, the Financial Disputes Resolution Commission and the Kabul Bank Receivership Department for complicating matters.
"These three organisations have made the issue so complicated," he told TOLOnews. "I only borrowed $6 million from Shahin Money Exchange and did not borrow from Kabul Bank."
"I wish the bank crisis was being assessed abroad in the US or Dubai courts," he added.
Hassin Fahim did not respond to TOLOnews' requests for comment.
FDRC head Abdullah Dawran said the bank's crisis is very complicated, but that most of those who were part of its collapse are being accounted for.
"Karzai and Fahim are part of the commission's work but there are others who have a hand in the crisis who we're dealing with here," Dawran said Wednesday.
Shams' comments come ahead of the verdict of the Kabul Bank special tribunal on the involvement of 22 people in Kabul Bank's collapse in 2010.


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I have a New Skete --born in 2010. He has a lot of Vom Kirschental lines. He is very solid nerved and a beautiful boy--not soft at all, very aloof to strangers but loves those who we invite in. He's doing very well at Nosework and his health is stellar.
Just wanted to add that as a recent experience.
nope. this is a co-operative unit , not a militaristic outfit. the dynamics are fluid and not rigid . goals may change you , but they don't change basic , intrinsic , animals psychology
what some see as handler hard might be handler difficult
Its all abput your goals. I train for sport now what once worked for me to achieve a well behaved pet is no longer sufficient.
I dont really care to get into the whole alpha argument but I will say this. Any social grouping of animals or people that works towards a common goal be it a wolf pack, herd of horses or a team working on tech development have a member or members that are dominant or leaders. For some its natural for others its a struggle. What works for one person wont work for all.
I have never had to use an alpha roll on my gsd its not necessary. I have used it on another dog I own who truly believes he is my number two and can bully the other dogs and people in the house..he is also 8lbs and fears nothing..lol. One day I will find a gsd with his heart and confidence.
Different things work for different dogs and people regardless of what is being pushed as the new fad in the dog training world.
|just to add , this was my experience, my opinion . Others might have quite different experience and opinion. If so , good .
exactly Nancy. Large and long bodied . Soft backs . Soft ligaments and muscle tone . And yes nervy dogs . More than one I met had car sickness and sound sensitivity - thunder storms. Startle .
I met more than a few because they were in the neighbourhood , or in my husbands teachers' network . I saw them when they came asking about an evaluation and could I recommend a good trainer for them.
They loved their dogs but I don't know of anyone that expressed an interest in getting another from them.
In the beginning I asked , have you contacted the breeder , see how they can help you. Seems there was a consensus of disinterest , no calls or letters returned , no help extended. I was put off by the "merchandise" attitude - you've bought your dog , good luck . Reputations are made and they have to be kept. I think there was an interest in the 70's and 80's still with communal living -- and somehow they became marketable.
I can't find it for the life of me but I seem to recall an alternate story that Job Evans had about the monastery and the first dog Kyr , mentioned as the mascot and inspiration for the breeding program.
Kyr was supposed to have been a guide-dog failure , the Monks took him in. I think in one book or magazine Job had said that Kyr was with them for a short while - he disappeared . I took that to mean that he ran away ? In another account Kyr is the monastery companion. UNLESS there was a Kyr one and a Kyr two. Or I am wrong on this altogether .
|I met one of the dogs they had bred in the mid 80s. Nervy. Large.
I am quoting those excerpts directly out of the book !
The first edition came out, I added it to my resource library , I read it , read portions of it to "training" friend (no email or computers in those years!) discussed.
My thought was that there was going to be a lot of bad training that needed to be undone, and there was.
|did you have original version?
|Funny I don't remember any of that stuff in the book- what I found helpful was there schedule for housebreaking a puppy-think its helpful to have a schedule-guess an book is what you take from it though
had a friend who stayed with them for a week , this was in the early days .
her comments were , nothing special , and that the dogs seemed inhibited , cowed .
you can see it in the book. page 144 , teaching a recall . One dog is crouched , dogs have heads turned not looking at their handlers. The dogs all have this touch of worry about them , ears back, tails tight .
The pup page 113 being helped along to recall by reeling in the tether looks totally unenthused, not impressed -- pud dunk pud dunk , reluctant. A pup should fly in for attention , especially when the target is a young boy.
Another image, if you remember is page 153 , one of the monks straddled behind a mature golden retriever . The caption below the picture says "another method of teaching the down is to lift both front legs and lean over and down the dog, easing it into the down"
This approach was recommended for "some larger breed (GSD, Great Danes, St.Bernards) might need even more body contact and pressure to insure a smooth down. For these breeds, or for dogs who fight the first method, try a slightly modified approach as follows: lift both front legs together, with your hands just below the dogs elbows, and lower the dogs front. At the same time , lean over and into the dog, putting your left knee on the dogs on the dogs back.
The first few times you may find this movement uncoordinated , but with repetition it will become smoother. Since your face will be quite close to the dog's , you can reassure the dog easily and even use your chin to help lower the dog's head.
The motion is equivalent of falling on top of the dog, without actually doing so " ending quote taken from page 152
YIKES ----- so many things patently wrong ---- the dog is resigned OR will bite you , or struggle and resent you . The dog may be anticipating an alpha roll. A woman , petite , most likely will tackle land on top of the dog . And where is all the "connection" "relationship" ???
I remember my daughter who was probably 5 or so at the time looking at the book and asking me "what is that man doing with the dog" --
I got the book first addition , always excited to add to my extensive library -- read it and was agitated by the "stuff" .
Then shortly after my friend did the week long visit.
oh well I did get a book , another copy , with a written message and autograph .
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A renal ultrasound is a safe and painless test that uses sound waves to make images of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.
The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located toward the back of the abdominal cavity, just above the waist. They remove waste products from the blood and produce urine. The ureters are thin tubes that carry the urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
During the examination, an ultrasound machine sends sound waves into the kidney area and images are recorded on a computer. The black-and-white images show the internal structure of the kidneys and related organs.
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The renal ultrasound will be done in the radiology department of a hospital or in a radiology center. Parents are usually able to accompany their child to provide reassurance and support. Your child will be asked to change into a cloth gown and lie on a table. The room is usually dark so the images can be seen clearly on the computer screen.
A technician (sonographer) trained in ultrasound imaging will spread a clear, warm gel on your child's abdomen over the kidney area. This gel helps with the transmission of the sound waves. The technician will then move a small wand (transducer) over the gel. The transducer emits high-frequency sound waves and a computer measures how the sound waves bounce back from the body. The computer changes those sound waves into images to be analyzed.
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The renal ultrasound test is painless. Your child may feel a slight pressure on the abdomen as the transducer is moved over it. You'll need to tell your child to lie still during the procedure so the sound waves can reach the area effectively. The technician may ask your child to lie in different positions or hold his or her breath briefly.
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"This marks an important victory for Bowling Green, where voters have affirmed that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are part of the fundamental social fabric of the city."
— Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 — With the final vote now officially tallied, voters in Bowling Green, Ohio, have passed two ordinances protecting people from discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and public education based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. Last year, the city council added those categories to Bowling Green's Fair Housing Law with Ordinance 7905, and the Unlawful Discrimination Ordinance with Ordinance 7906. The majority of voters backed those ordinances, allowing LGBT people to be protected under the city's nondiscrimination laws. According to the results released today, Ordinance 7905 passed 52.67 percent to 47.33 percent and Ordinance 7906 passed 51.65 percent to 48.35 percent.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force contributed to this victory through staff and financial support provided to One Bowling Green, the locally-driven, grassroots campaign that defended the nondiscrimination measures.
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"This marks an important victory for Bowling Green, where voters have affirmed that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are part of the fundamental social fabric of the city. Bowling Green now joins more than 125 other cities nationwide that have enacted such nondiscrimination ordinances. In affirming fairness, voters also rejected a reprehensible campaign grounded in lies and fear-mongering. Congratulations to One Bowling Green and all the volunteers who ran a strong and successful campaign. Their leadership has led to a victory that creates a stronger and more welcoming city for everyone. We thank all those who stood for fairness in Bowling Green."
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"Bowling Green stood for fairness and equality. Now Bowling Green residents will not have to live in fear of being fired from their jobs, denied housing, or discriminated against in public education and public accommodations simply for being who they are. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's training, expertise, financial contributions and full-time, on-the-ground staff were a critical part of our grassroots campaign."
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Apples are starting to drop from trees, which means it's time to make one of my favorite fall desserts, the Tarte Tatin. Also known as an upside-down caramelized apple pie, this French classic works best with two kinds of apples, Pinky Lady and Golden. Granny Smiths, though, will not work (it's a texture thing). I […]Read more
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Few fashion labels command as much esteem as Christian Dior, the eponymous French brand founded in Paris in 1946. Starting next year, Atlantans will be able to command its wares at the new shop slated for Buckhead Atlanta. (The multiuse development starts rolling open Thursday.)Read more
Atlanta Braves break ground on Cobb's SunTrust Park
When the uninvited public is away, team and county dignitaries will play
It was party time in East Cobb, Tuesday morning be damned, courtesy of the county's newest corporate citizen. The Braves laid down AstroTurf beneath the dance hall-sized tent they pitched in the middle of the barren Cumberland construction site that will, in two years time, be their new home—the newly christened SunTrust Field.Read more
The Other Buckhead
Drive 65 miles east and you'll find a town of 171 that shares a name, but little else, with its Atlanta counterpart.
The Town of Buckhead is open for official business on Tuesdays. Cheryl Saffold mans the phones at town hall; most calls she fields are about business licenses. One of the first questions Saffold asks, politely, is whether callers are sure they have the right number.Read more
Crown & Caliber offers an eBay alternative for luxury watch re-sales
Hamilton Powell's business appraises, buys, cleans, services, and sells watches in two months
Out of a nondescript Buckhead office, Hamilton Powell, a fourth-generation Atlantan, consigns some of the world's finest watches: Rolexes, vintage Glashüttes, Patek Philippes.Read more
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iSWAT Development Day event this Saturday in Southwest Atlanta
On September 20 from 9 a.m. to noon, neighborhoods in Southwest Atlanta will host iSWAT Development Day, a collection of speeches and bus tours through the area that highlight redevelopment initiatives in an effort to attract chefs, restaurateurs, and grocers. Participants will meet at 884 Murphy Avenue.Read more


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Christmas night, troopers were called to Heritage Drive in Georgia when that person saw the suspect trying to get into a locked car.
The homeowner confronted the man. Police arrived before 19-year-old Keith Benoit could flee.Police say the Milton man had things he had stolen from multiple cars.
Benoit is due in court in February.
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People living along Corkscrew Road described Friday's hearing as frustrating. While the sand hauling continues ahead of schedule, the wheels of justice are moving slowly.
Five communities along Corkscrew Road as well as the Miromar Outlets have sued Collier County and the sand hauling companies.
They want the sand hauling companies to restrict hauling to overnight hours or to use Alico Road instead of the busy Corkscrew Road.
Both sides faced a judge for the first time Friday - a month after the lawsuit was filed.
The judge set a hearing for one week about Collier County's motion to have the case thrown out based on jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, residents and their attorneys say the danger along Corkscrew Road continues.
The work could be completed by the time the lawsuit is settled.
The attorney for Collier County said the beach renourishment project is two months ahead of schedule. He says it is now two-thirds complete and is expected to be finished by Christmas.
Friday marked the deadline for Lee County to file additional paperwork with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in its effort to stop the sand hauling.
Lee County announced it will not re-file a petition with the state to stop the hauling on Corkscrew Road.
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Social Security is the federal government's largest single program; outlays in fiscal year 2010 totaled $706 billion, roughly one-fifth of the federal budget. About 54 million people currently receive Social Security benefits. Most are retired workers, their spouses, their children or their survivors, who receive payments through Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI). The remainder are disabled workers or their spouses and children, who receive Disability Insurance (DI) benefits.
Tax revenues credited to the program totaled about $670 billion in fiscal year 2010, almost all from payroll taxes. A very small portion—about 3 percent—comes from income taxes on benefits. Revenues from taxes, along with intragovernmental interest payments, are credited to Social Security's two trust funds—one for OASI and one for DI—and the program's benefits and administrative costs are paid from those funds.
Today CBO released additional information about the long-term projections of the Social Security program's finances that were included in The Long-Term Budget Outlook (June 2010, revised August 2010) and in Social Security Policy Options (July 2010). The methodology used to develop those projections is described in CBO's Long-Term Model: An Overview, a background paper published in June 2009.
Today's publication updates the projections included in CBO's Long-Term Projections for Social Security: 2009 Update. As we reported in June 2010, the long-term gap between Social Security's spending and revenues that CBO is currently projecting is larger than the shortfall projected in our August 2009 publication.
The first group of exhibits—exhibits 1 through 8—examines Social Security's financial status from several vantage points. The second group—exhibits 9 through 16—examines the program's effects on various categories of Social Security participants in terms of the average taxes and benefits for those groups.
As detailed in the first eight exhibits, CBO projects that:
- Over the next few years, the program's tax revenues (that is, the trust funds' receipts excluding interest) will be approximately equal to its outlays. However, starting in 2016, as more of the baby-boom generation enters retirement, outlays as scheduled under current law will regularly exceed tax revenues. As a result, under current law, both trust funds will gradually be depleted.
- The DI trust fund will be exhausted in 2018 and the OASI trust fund will be exhausted in 2042. It is a common analytical convention to consider the DI and OASI trust funds in combination. CBO projects that, if legislation to shift resources from the OASI trust fund to the DI trust fund was enacted, as has been done in the past, the combined trust funds would be exhausted in 2039. However, because of the uncertainty surrounding the various factors that affect the program's revenues and outlays, that date could vary quite a bit.
- The resources dedicated to financing the program over the next 75 years fall short of the benefits that will be owed to beneficiaries by about 1.6 percent of taxable payroll. In other words, to bring the program into balance over the next 75 years, payroll taxes would have to be increased immediately from 12.4 percent to 14.0 percent and kept at that higher rate, or the benefits specified in law would have to be reduced by an equivalent amount, or some combination of those changes and others would have to be implemented.
As shown in subsequent charts beginning with exhibit 9, the amount of Social Security taxes paid by various groups of people differs, as do the benefits that different groups receive. For example:
- People with higher earnings pay more in Social Security payroll taxes than do lower-earning participants, and they also receive larger benefits. Because of the progressive nature of Social Security's benefit formula, replacement rates—the amount of annual benefits as a percentage of annual lifetime earnings—are lower, on average, for workers who have had higher earnings.
- The amount of taxes paid and benefits received will be greater for people in later birth cohorts because they typically will have higher earnings over a lifetime, even after adjusting for inflation, CBO projects. However, replacement rates will be slightly lower, on average, for later birth groups because their full retirement age (the age at which they can receive unreduced retirement benefits) will be higher.
In many of the exhibits throughout the publication, we created a distribution of outcomes to quantify the amount of uncertainty in our Social Security projections. The analysis was based on 500 simulations in which most of the key demographic and economic factors in the analysis vary according to historical patterns. For example, we examined the percentage of simulations in which the trust funds are exhausted by a specific year. In 37 percent of CBO's simulations, the funds are exhausted before 2035. In 84 percent of the simulations, the trust funds are exhausted by 2050. In 97 percent of the simulations, the trust funds are exhausted by 2084.
The analysis was prepared by Noah Meyerson, Charles Pineles-Mark, Jonathan Schwabish, Michael Simpson, and Julie Topoleski of CBO's Long-Term Modeling Group under the supervision of Joyce Manchester.


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David Petraeus' cushy CUNY gig: $1,500 an hour
The disgraced former general will earn $150,000 for one course at the NYC public university, leaving the average adjunct far behind.
Updated July 16, 2013
Take a scandal, a former public figure and an eager university, and you've got the recipe for a new type of academic class. Call it How to Get Disgraced and Still Make a Bundle 101.
Details are emerging on one of those recent hires, and some folks in academia are crying foul. The City University of New York, a public institution, will pay former CIA director and Army General David Petraeus $150,000 to work three hours a week during the academic year to lead a seminar, according to documents published by Gawker and obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request.
That means he's earning roughly $1,500 per hour, based on a 16-week academic semester. Petraeus also has a teaching gig lined up at the University of Southern California, which hasn't disclosed his pay.
Adjunct professors at CUNY usually earn less than $3,000 per course, which would work out to $63 per hour, assuming three hours of instruction per week. Adjuncts also put in extra hours through grading and advising.
Petraeus' position will be paid for by fundraising rather than taxpayers' dollars, a representative for CUNY told Gawker. His pay was also trimmed from an initial offer of $200,000 per year, although it wasn't clear why or when the reduction happened.
Petraeus' pay highlights tensions within academia between high-paid celebrity professors and administrators and lower-paid teaching staffers, as well as for students and their families, many of whom are struggling with tuition increases that are outpacing the rate of inflation. On top of that, student loan rates doubled to 6.8% Monday after Congress failed to resolve the issue.
As for CUNY, it now relies on adjuncts to teach half its courses, according to the CUNY Adjunct Project. The reason? Adjuncts cost much less than tenured or tenure-track professors, starting with annual income of about $25,000. A full professor at CUNY can make from $56,000 to $102,000, the site notes.
Other disgraced public figures who have transitioned to academia include former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has since taught at City College, and former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, who taught in Kean University's MBA program. Like Petraeus, both Spitzer and McGreevey left office amid a sex scandal.
Petraeus' pay scale isn't being well received within the ranks of academia. One commenter on the Chronicle of Higher Education noted: "This could pay for 3 entry level full-time positions at many state and community institutions. . . . Once again, the elite wins."
Update: Petraeus asked CUNY to reduce his salary to $1 per year, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing his attorney. "The general never was taking on this teaching assignment for the money," Robert Barnett, his lawyer, told the newspaper. Petraeus waived the salary to remove the controversy over his work with the school, he added.
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Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO estimates that implementing S. 933 would cost $72 million over the 2014-2018 period. Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.
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Wheeler Peak (Nevada)
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Wheeler Peak, looking east-southeast in late afternoon light
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|7,563 ft (2,305 m)[2]
|White Pine County, Nevada, U.S.
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|38°59′10″N 114°18′48″W / 38.9860572°N 114.3133307°WCoordinates: 38°59′10″N 114°18′48″W / 38.9860572°N 114.3133307°W[1]
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Wheeler Peak, elevation 13,065 feet (3,982 m), a mountain in the Snake Range of the Great Basin, in the western United States. It is named for George Wheeler, leader of the Wheeler Survey of the late 19th century.
It is located in Great Basin National Park, in eastern White Pine County of central-eastern Nevada. It is the highest point in the National Park, and second highest point in the state. The summit is located 14 miles (23 km) west of the Utah border.
Peak Features[edit]
Wheeler Peak has an impressive headwall above a large glacial cirque, large moraines and an active rock glacier. The top of the mountain is covered by deep snow most of the year. A paved road runs from the Great Basin National Park visitor center to several small camping areas, the highest more than halfway up the mountain. The mountain's prominence is due to a Miocene detachment fault that brought the deep Cambrian Prospect Mountain quartzite to the top of the mountain.
Wheeler Peak—Boundary Peak[edit]
The distinction of highest point in Nevada goes to the summit of Boundary Peak, so named because it is just east of the Nevada-California border, at the northern terminus of the White Mountains. Wheeler Peak is, however, the tallest independent mountain in the state since Boundary Peak is considered a subsidiary summit of Montgomery Peak, whose summit is in California. The topographic prominence of Boundary Peak is 253 feet (77 m), which falls under the often used 300-foot (91 m) cutoff for an independent peak. Also, Boundary Peak is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from its higher neighbor.
By contrast the prominence of Wheeler Peak, at 7,563 feet (2,305 m), is the twelfth largest in the contiguous United States.[3] It is also the twelfth most topographically isolated summit in the contiguous United States.[4]
Nearby features[edit]
The limestone Lehman Caves, at the base of the mountain, feature a large collection of shield formations. Tours of the caves are offered year round by the National Park Service. Higher up on the glacial moraine is a grove of ancient Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of great age. A Bristlecone Pine named Prometheus, which was at least 4,862 years old and the oldest known non-clonal organism, grew here before it was inadvertently cut down in 1964 as part of a research project. Limber Pine, which can live for over 1,000 years, are also found in the area.
See also[edit]
- Mountain peaks of the United States
- List of highest points in Nevada by county
- List of Ultras of North America
- List of Ultras of the United States
- ^ a b "Wheeler Peak". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ "Wheeler Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States". Peakbagger.com.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheeler Peak (Nevada).
- "Wheeler Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- "Wheeler Peak". Great Basin National Park. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-10-16.


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Stuttgart. Today Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and his daughter Stephanie 'christened' two imperial eagle chicks in Stuttgart, naming them Asta and Artus. The two young birds of the species aquila heliaca, which is threatened worldwide with extinction, hatched six weeks ago in Greifvogelpark Hellenthal, falconer Horst Niesters' sanctuary park for birds of prey in the Eifel region. This successful hatching is regarded as a sensation in expert circles.
Dr. Porsche was chosen as 'godparent' to the imperial eagle babies on the initiative of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC). "With this gesture, we should like to say 'thank you' to Dr. Porsche for his many years of great personal commitment to the international protection of species and to the sustainable use of nature", said Dieter Schramm, President of the CIC.
"If we wish to bequeath an intact ecological heritage to following generations, we must be more careful with nature and our environment. A reckless or indifferent attitude to flora and fauna leads to damage which can never be made good. This is why the protection of endangered species is especially close to my heart", said Dr. Wolfgang Porsche.
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Three Monticello seniors signed letters of intent on Monday. Katie Cersley (soccer), Matt Hunt (football), and Mariah Williams (volleyball) have all made plans to continue their athletic careers in college.
Katie Cersley will join her older sister Erin at Troy University next fall and play defense for the Division I Trojan soccer team. Cersley was second-team Jefferson District selection the last two seasons.
Senior lineman Matt Hunt will attend Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. Hunt was a captain for the Mustang football team this season, earning first-team All-District honors. He'll join Charlottesville's Mason Sherry at Alderson-Broaddus and play for the first-year program.
Mariah Williams will join West Virginia Wesleyan College, a Division II volleyball program. She leaves Monticello as the single season assists record holder with 810. Williams lead Monticello to their first ever regional tournament birth her junior year.
"Mariah fit in immediately when she walked onto campus," said head coach Jackie Murphy. "The returning members of the volleyball team and Mariah clicked instantly. It was a perfect fit for both parties. Her personality, academic commitment and hard work on the court is a wonderful combination and we can't wait for her to come in and compete next fall. Mariah has a wonderful court sense. She feeds the attackers and really spreads the offense. Mariah's release is high and quick, something that will be successful in our program."
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Kick off the weekend in grand style in one of the world's grandest concert halls, while meeting with fellow classmates and trustees.
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Suffolk Night at the POPS!
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