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China may allow the yuan to appreciate in "a bigger one-off move than people talk about," Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill says, probably by at least 5% to cool down the economy. "They may also consider having a wide band to let it move more frequently on the daily basis to stop speculative players." (ETFs: CNY, CYB)
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Chinese banks have been lending money at an astonishing clip until recently. Apparently in the last 2 months, they've already loaned out half of what was expected for all of 2010. The government has called a stop to that practice, and now with this announcement it's become clear that China's going to rein in the amount of money creation. It's a move to put a halt to money creation, or inflation. So at the very least, this would be "dis-inflationary", perhaps the first steps toward a deflationary scenario. It's not really deflationary, but a step in that direction. With the Chinese markets already showing considerable weakness lately, this move might be a catalyst for further acceleration in that direction.
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MrSpeaker replied to sam1133's topic in REX SIMAIR - Carrier / Pilot SimulatorSo sim air is going to be subscription based right? Pretty sure it will be. No problem though if the price per year is right
MrSpeaker replied to briansommers's topic in General DiscussionDam with six minutes to go I never really thought of it.
Respectively speaking..no matter when it is released and no matter how much 'tireless testing' is being done - upon release there will be many, many immediate and quite valid bugs and subsequent patches, hotfixes and service packs no matter when it gets 'finished. Software developing never really ever gets done. SP1 SP2 so on and so forth..endlessly. Tell them to let US test it. Let the customers get more involved. we would love to do it for FREE.You would get thousands of eager and knowledgable FSX/REX testers. Better then 20 hand-picked cronies..eh? ..like windows 7 and Windows 8 do public previews. Just a suggestion - recruit many more testers by doing a Public Beta. I can't take all the credit for this advanced testing method..it is Bill Gates' idea. By those comments it appears that you have no idea how complicated software development is, the last thing these REX guys need is a huge pool of testers (most of who would be inexperienced with the goals and results of which the development team are trying to accomplish) sending them bug reports, it would just create a backlog of issues and confusion. I want my new weather engine just as badly as you, but I have tremendous respect for these guys, they know what they are doing, and for god sake man they are giving this to us for free, just like they gave us OD for free, Wow in this day and age who does that. My thanks to REX and their BETA TESTERS who you referred to as cronies. Its not all fun and games for them.
So can I just uninstall REX completely and install the Full version on REX Essentials OD?
Hey Tim if your need someone to break the software give it to me
MrSpeaker replied to Noel's topic in General DiscussionIn such a small niche market it was a good policy not a bad one, come on this is business 101
MrSpeaker replied to timest999's topic in REX3 | Essential Plus/Overdrive for FSX, FSX:SE, and PREPAR3DIt looks great, but my question is will it be able to hold those overcast depictions or will it break a part like every single weather engine I have used, ie all the hifi weather engines, freeware ones, default msfs...
MrSpeaker replied to JTH1969's topic in General DiscussionInstalled it, played the fist two required missions, joined a multiplayer session, got bored crashed my plane into another player (Actually got a reward for this ) then quit.
MrSpeaker replied to timest999's topic in REX3 | Essential Plus/Overdrive for FSX, FSX:SE, and PREPAR3DI want to see more pic's of essentials in action. Please Also will it be able across a network as easy as ASE/AS2012? I never really tried to get the old REX weather engine to do so, not sure if its possible.
MrSpeaker posted a topic in General DiscussionAnyone around here ever purchase a storebucks voucher from the fss store? I bought a 30$ voucher to send to a friend and it has yet to show up in my account. Does it take time? Anyways just wondering if anyone has done this before and ran into problems.
MrSpeaker replied to rstough's topic in General DiscussionThis is the first I have heard of REX Essential Overdrive, I don't care if I have to pay, man you guys have to start charging for something
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So what your saying is that Simair is somewhat similar to these types of products? This is all really needed to know.
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A study completed by Easter Seals Society and the Autism Society of America in 2008 revealed that 70% of parents of children with autism were concerned about their child's education, as compared to 36% of parents of typically developing children. Only 19% of parents of children on the autism spectrum felt that their children were receiving education to adequately prepare him or her for life, compared to 56% of parents of children without disabilities (Samuels, 2008). Parents are obviously concerned about the educational programming of their children on the autism spectrum and are turning to homeschooling for a solution.
Some benefits to homeschooling include the following. Gusman ("Homeschooling Children with Autism: 5 Reasons Why it Works," 2006) shared five reasons why homeschooling may be best for children on the autism spectrum. These include: instruction which provides for optimal learning and maximized progress; the environment can be adapted at home more easily than it can be at school for the child's sensory difficulties; flexible scheduling is more easily arranged at home, and less time is wasted on non-academic tasks; better opportunities for more positive socialization are provided through homeschooling; and the child's interests can be incorporated into their schoolwork and studies.
The decision to homeschool is a lifestyle choice, not just an educational choice. It is a big decision to make but where do parents start? The following are recommendations that parents may want to take into consideration while making the decision to homeschool.
Remember that homeschooling will involve the whole family. Is your marriage strong enough to survive the time and effort that must go into successful and effective homeschooling? Parents must agree on the methods and strategies to be used in homeschooling their child. Parents already have enough stress and worries because of having a child on the autism spectrum, so adding more stress by not being in agreement together should be avoided.
What are your plans for providing equal time for siblings? How will you handle it if a sibling wants to be homeschooled as well? Some siblings may be jealous of the attention the homeschooled child will receive, so it is a good idea to schedule in special, and alone, time with the sibling(s).


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They have been purportedly hired by the federal and Louisiana governments.
About three years ago, I read Sinclair Lewis 's book, It Can 't Happen Here, which describes how a hayseed good ol ' boy southerner managed by treacherous handlers becomes president. They tear apart one after another American institution --schools, health care, while at the same time appointing politically loyal incompetents with no experience to manage all aspects of US government and other bureaucracies. The media are totally controlled, with uncooperative editors and reporters jailed or killed (Aug. 30th: UN inquiry called for after 18th journalist killed by US troops)
Lewis describes how towns and cities become militarized, how people are sent to jail without trials, or with fixed trials by crooked, corrupt judges appointed by the corrupt president and his cronies. (Jose Padilla and the Death of Personal Liberty)
Gun toting militias terrorize the nation at a local level, with the redneck morons handed leadership roles in every community, with the right to summarily execute people who say the wrong thing. Resistors are threatened with imprisonment or death if they don 't go public supporting the party line.
Lewis wrote his book in 1937, having see Hitler 's rise to Power. We 've seen many articles describing how similarly the Bush administration has operated, starting with When Democracy Failed by Thom Hartmann. In 2002, Hartmann 's article seemed to reek of conspiracy theory and paranoia to some. Now, it is a frightening portent, characterizing too many parallels suggesting that we are much further along the dangerous road that Sinclair Lewis created as a fiction.
The thought of armed, privately paid mercenaries roaming the streets of a major American city, a city filled with Democrats, with poor, helpless African Americans and the most independent, insistent upon being self-sufficient Americans is horrifying. These guns for hired are reportedly authorized to not only make arrests but also to use "lethal force. "
We know that when hundreds of victims of the levee floods --New Orleans residents and tourists --tried to cross a bridge to safety, police officers from Gretna, in the Jefferson Parish, fired over their heads and forced them back into the flood ravaged, toxic water deluged city.
An American city is under military rule, with citizens being dragged and handcuffed out of their homes, helpless, frail old women thrown around, manhandled, captured and thrown into transport trucks. FEMA has created "detainment camps " which people are not allowed to leave, where they get two meals a day, are not allowed to cook, can 't leave to go to church ....
This can not be. This must not be allowed. We must do all we can to end this. President Bush has asked the nation to hold a vigil next Friday. And we must hold one, but not quietly in our churches, temples and mosques. We must go to the streets, raise our voices and tell these betrayers of democracy that it 's over, that they can 't do this. Tell your congregations you don 't want to sit in a building a passively allow this to happen. Wake up your church, your synagogue, temple or mosque and lead them to a local demonstration --a vigil that truly, spiritually supports the victims of both Hurricane Katrina and the Levee Flood Bush 's incompetent appointees and stupid funding withdrawals caused.
America is at risk. You can no longer just read about it. You must do something today, not just donating money or goods to the victims in Mississippi and Louisiana. YOU are a victim of this disaster and you have to ask yourself what you 're going to do today, what you did last week, what you will do next week to save the USA. Do you live in another country? You can still support publications that tell the truth. You can still contribute to private think tanks.
Send your legislators this message. Write to your newspapers. Tell them to end the martial law, the mercenaries and detainment camps.


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TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott is pledging to permanently eliminate manufacturing equipment sales taxes and create new incentives to encourage more science and engineering graduates.
Scott plans to highlight his "Jobs for the Next Generation" proposals during campaign stops over the next two weeks. The first stop is Monday in Pompano Beach.
Florida legislators in 2013 agreed to temporarily exempt state sales taxes on manufacturing equipment purchases. If re-elected, Scott wants to make permanent the exemption of more than $100 million a year.
Scott also wants more graduates in science, technology, math and engineering fields. He is proposing incentives to state colleges that come up with low-cost degree programs in those areas.
The governor also wants stipends for teachers so they can spend time with high-tech companies during the summer.
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The unrest in the Middle East began a year ago when 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in Tunisia to protest his treatment by police. His suicide in December 2010 ignited a revolution fueled by activists who used social networking tools to complain about economic disparities, unemployment and long-standing corruption. Protests were organized. Riots ensued. Pro-democracy rebellions erupted across the autocratic Arab world and North Africa, culminating with the collapse of Libya in August. Fighting continued this fall.Televised events in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen caused HR professionals to debate whether it was safe for their expatriates to continue working in countries imploding from revolution. Many employees were evacuated as protests grew deadly. For example, in Syria the government cracked down so arduously on protesters that between mid-March and the end of September nearly 3,000 people were killed, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.At press time, unrest has dissipated across some portions of the region. Many employers have sent employees back. But the question isn't just whether it's safe to return to the region, but whether it's feasible.
Business as UnusualIf a business wants to return to a country following a revolution, it's important to remember that the country left behind will never be the same, experts say.Consider life in Libya. "The changing sociopolitical landscape poses greater threats to companies beyond the requirement for physical safety of people and assets," says Nathanael Jarrett, who serves as a travel security manager for International SOS, a provider of medical assistance and security services, and Control Risks, a risk consultancy."The potential for an escalation in criminal activity, violent protests, greater and aggregated levels of corruption, and opaque or confusing bureaucratic processes, combined with having to deal with decentralized or localized stakeholders or other third-party influencers on business operations, will add to the complexity of conducting business in the new Libya and impinge upon company reputation," Jarrett predicts. In an article for CNN this September, Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, wrote: "The protesters … still have no leadership and have yet to translate their protests into any coherent political and economic reform program. With initial objectives in Egypt and Libya met—the overthrow of dictators that ruled over them for years—they have not been able to move into the next phase of building an alternative system of governance."One of the first questions experts say business leaders should ask is: How do you mind the store if you don't know who's minding the store? Due diligence is important. HR professionals know, however, that this is "the nature of working in the developing world," says Gary McGillicuddy, founding partner of The Birches Group LLC, an HR consulting company based in New York City. "There's not always a court or a government office to adjudicate things. There are regime changes and the new guys come in, and all those understandings need to be re-evaluated. That's the fundamental nature of working in a developing country—the lack of clarity around governance, about the rules of law."Judith Wierman, GPHR, has seen this firsthand. Wierman is director of HR and senior global business partner for Nalco, a water treatment company that does offshore oil production. It employs several hundred people in the Middle East and North Africa.
After a revolution, 'There's not always a court or a government office to adjudicate things. ... Understandings need to be re-evaluated.'
Risk AssessmentUltimately, sending people back into areas affected by the Arab Spring—despite the potential for violence—is a "country-by-country decision," says Lisbeth Claus, SPHR, GPHR, a professor of global human resources at Willamette University in Salem, Ore. Even then, she says, HR executives should not be making this decision alone.Nor should they rely solely on input from chambers of commerce or ministries of foreign affairs in the countries where they seek to do business—or even the U.S. State Department—because, experts say, it can often take them days to report on unrest."HR does not have the skills to evaluate this," Claus adds. "Rather, HR professionals should be turning to security consultants who are working in the countries they intend to send employees to, and/or talking to locals who are employed there so they can effectively assess the situation."Ultimately, "each company needs to weigh its own risks and see if it needs to be there," says John Rose, president of Business Travel Services for Travel Guard, a division of New York City-based insurer Chartis.For instance, when evaluating security concerns, Jarrett says, "an oil block operator with a multimillion-dollar operation and a staff of 200 will think differently of a local militia group in the operating vicinity than, say, a team of engineers working on the oil block for a short period. Both companies will wish to mitigate risks to their staffs, but the level of security measures they adopt will have vastly different outcomes on their operations."Having security plans, policies and procedures for dealing with any contingency is crucial, he and other experts say. These days, it's not just about how much you're going to pay someone to return to someplace treacherous."Companies used to throw money at employees" to get them to accept international assignments in dangerous places, says Ed Dombkowski, Buck Consultants' national practice leader for global special benefits. "They used to give them extra bonuses and hazard pay. Now, the money has become less important than individual security."Companies should assess their risk, experts say, and determine whether or not sending an expat into a potentially explosive environment is critical. There are a myriad of questions to consider:Can someone local perform the same job?Will expatriate employees need security? What type of security is necessary? Will they need bodyguards, armed personnel or bulletproof cars?Will employees be working in an office or on a compound? Will they be driving around meeting clients out in the open? Is it safe for them to do so?Will expatriates be allowed to return with their families?Once the business case for sending an expatriate has been addressed, companies will need to fully brief employees about conditions in the country and prepare plans of action in case violence erupts again and figure out what to do in case of emergency.HR professionals must establish whether it's financially necessary to send an expatriate and what liability issues exist if that employee is kidnapped and held for ransom or simply disappears. Security should be in place, and ensuring the person's health and welfare should be considered. Insurance, mobility and evacuation plans should be in place, too.
To Go or Not to Go?True, some parts of the region remain more volatile than others. In early September, the Israeli embassy in Egypt was attacked, increasing tensions in the region. Experts point out that companies seeking to expand or resume operations in Egypt should consider that some Egyptian nationals are trying to leave because of that country's flailing economy.According to The Egyptian Gazette, Egypt is the largest economy of the Arab Spring states. In 2010, its gross domestic product (GDP) was $497 billion and ranked 27th in the world. And although exports grew GDP more than 5 percent in 2010, the average Egyptian lives in poverty. Some Egyptians "want to leave because of the economy. They want to relocate their assets to the United States because it's safer economically speaking," says Peter Asaad, co-author of The HR Immigration Pocket Reference (Immigration Solutions Group/SHRM, 2010). Asaad is managing attorney at Immigration Solutions Group PLLC in Washington, D.C., which assists HR professionals and individuals with employment issues."They're looking to buy a house or create a business in the U.S. with the ultimate goal of moving all of their assets to the United States because their businesses in their country have been impacted by the unrest," he explains.In the end, "it doesn't really matter if you're sending them to Tunisia or Switzerland," Claus says. Every country, every location is potentially dangerous because you're not in a familiar environment. "Don't assume that just because you're sending somebody to London or Paris or to Oregon or New York City [that] it's a familiar environment," she says. "People behave differently in unfamiliar environments. You need to be prepared for all interventions."And resuming business in a violence-prone environment really needs to be worth it.Because, Dombkowski says, "the last thing a corporation wants is to send someone to a troubled area and worry about repatriation of mortal remains."
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"My goal was to do something that was authentically me, which I hadn't done before in any way."
Laura Mvula sips a scalding coffee and manages to look graceful perched on a bar stool, surrounded by straws and napkins in Greenpoint's Uro Café. Leveling her gaze with a stately precision, she's sporting five-inch nude heels while speaking about the Biblical allusions in the above lyrics, which appear in the Psalms and several other places. On her debut release Sing to the Moon, Mvula plays with tensions in secular and sacred culture, shouldering an immense heritage and probing it with a strikingly fresh voice.
She grew up in Birmingham, England as the daughter of an Elder in a Pentecostal church, equally inclined toward musical and spiritual study. Early interviews infamously reference grueling hours of piano practice and she alludes to her dad's strict tutelage in all things Miles Davis. Then there's her African-Caribbean heritage alongside a British upbringing and a degree in classical composition—this influx of sounds and cultures simmers to a boiling point in Moon.
Laura muses through longing and fulfillment, consistency and capriciousness, the ephemeral and the eternal, but latches onto those issues with a personal take that feels intimate, even otherworldly. These songs grapple with existential questions wrapped in compositional structures that rarely make their way into the mainstream sonic fold anymore.
"I'm so happy in this album, for me, because it was one of the first tools that enabled me to publicly have this new conversation, and a way of expressing my questions, profound doubts, and fears. That struggle—'Like the Morning Dew' kind of defines the whole album," she said.
I'm so happy in this album, for me, because it was one of the first tools that enabled me to publicly have this new conversation, and a way of expressing my questions, profound doubts, and fears.
The song begins with Mvula's own voice recorded in twelve part harmony and then tripled—an indication of her ingenuity and thundering determination to be heard. A song about waxing and waning, this track does get at the heart of Moon, the cyclical nature mimicking the cosmic body it's directed toward. The album continues on in this vein, pop truncated to fit within vocal acrobatics and orchestral abandon, religious-heavy lyrics from a woman who no longer knows exactly what she believes in.
"I don't know where I'm at spiritually, but I'm okay with that," she admitted. "I grew up in a Christian home, I still feel like I'm growing up in a Christian home," Mvula laughed. "It's my default context. That's how my worldview was shaped. I guess the conversation within myself and with the world and with my relationships is just different now."
For a woman who has taught musical education, directed choirs, participated in musical groups, and even done clerical work for an orchestra, it seems inevitable that Laura finally end up here: in the realm of the divas. Now, a cloud of celebrity has descended, and it seems more than a little unfamiliar to Mvula. In moments, her natural shyness is palpable, at other times, though, passionate responses burst forth, trumpeting her reluctance to get personal about her art.Continue Reading


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Simple Definition of rapport
: a friendly relationship
Examples of rapport in a sentence
Carter had some conventional assets. Although he was a southerner, he had an easy rapport with blacks and the early support of some key black leaders in his home state … —Jack W. Germond, Fat Man in a Middle Seat, 2002
The name "horse whisperer" appears to be an ancient one from the British Isles, given to people whose rapport with horses seemed almost mystical. —Paul Trachtman, Smithsonian, May 1998
… is said to have established an unusual rapport with the Afghan officers through demonstrating his respect for their traditions and way of life. —Carey Schofield, The Russian Elite, 1993
Moreover, I shall … be arguing that the strength of even the more formal Southern writers stems from their knowledge of and rapport with the language spoken by the unlettered. —Cleanth Brooks, The Language of the American South, 1985
He quickly developed a good rapport with the other teachers.
She works hard to build rapport with her patients.
There is a lack of rapport between the members of the group.
Did You Know?
Report comes from the French verb reporter and rapport comes from the French rapporter. Both verbs mean "to bring back" and can be traced back to the Latin verb portare, meaning "to carry." Rapporter also has the additional sense of "to report," which influenced the original English meaning of rapport ("an act or instance of reporting"). That sense of rapport dropped out of regular use by the end of the 19th century.
Origin and Etymology of rapport
French, from rapporter to bring back, refer, from Old French raporter to bring back, from re- + aporter to bring, from Latin apportare, from ad- ad- + portare to carry — more at fare
First Known Use: circa 1661
Rhymes with rapport
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Definition of rapport for Students
: a friendly relationship
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Medical Definition of rapport
: harmonious accord or relation that fosters cooperation, communication, or trust <rapport between a patient and psychotherapist>
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April 20, 2016
Board Members Present:
Margaret Christle – Chair
Alison Armstrong, Vice-Chair
Cynthia Saunders, Secretary
Natalie Cherbaka
Karen Drake
Ginny Gardner
Curtis Jones
Larry Spencer
County and Affiliate Liaisons Present:
Ellen Hall, Montgomery Friends of the Library
Linda Devito, Floyd County Board of Supervisors
Mary Biggs, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
Board Members Absent
Tim Thornton
County and Affiliate Liaisons Absent:
Gail Billingsley, MFRL Foundation
Kit Haggard, Floyd Friends of the Library
Staff Members Present:
Paula Alston, Library Director
Ruthie Bellman, Recorder
Paula recognized the Board by presenting books that are placed in the collection in their individual names. She thanked them for all of their work with the Board.
Ms. Alston congratulated Board Chair Margaret Christle who was voted Montgomery County Teacher of the Year.
Call to Order: Trustee Margaret Christle called the monthly meeting of the MFRL Board of Trustees to order at 7:15 p.m., on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Christiansburg Library.
Roll Call: Ms. Christle
Acceptance of Agenda: A motion was made by Trustee Natalie Cherbaka and seconded by Trustee Alison Armstrong to accept the April 20, 2016 agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
Approval of Minutes: The motion was made by Alison Armstrong, seconded by Ginny Gardner and the board voted to approve the March 16, 2016 minutes.
Public Address: None.
Unfinished Business: Feasibility Study
The Board received a copy of the RFP for the Feasibility Study. Library Director Paula Alston asked for comments and suggestions for wording, etc.
The study will be out for bid for 30 days. It will go out to two firms and a couple of other companies that are earmarked. We have $35,000 budgeted for the study which only includes Blacksburg and Christiansburg Libraries. Trustee Larry Spencer and Ms. Christle along with Ms. Heather Hall, Procurement Manager and Steve Phillips, General Services Manager from Montgomery County and Ms. Alston will be the committee to work on this project. We asked for one original and 4 copies of the study. We are asking for 19 copies of the final approval to go to the Library Board members, the Board of Supervisors, Ms. Alston, Ms. Hall and one each to the Town of Blacksburg and the Town of Christiansburg.
Ms. Alston asked Board members if there was anything to add to the study that has not already been covered. She stated that we are looking for some sense of the direction that these two libraries should go. The prevalent questions are if we should renovate, build, or re-build and if so, where?
Ms. Alston stated that the useful life of a library is about 20 years. We will check to see if there was a feasibility study done for the current Christiansburg Library. Ms. Alston suggested the board look over the RFP and send suggestions or comments to her. Mr. Spencer said that they should do a specific status of the current buildings as part of the evaluation. Trustee Karen Drake suggested that this will help with the Board of Supervisors in their decision making on this. Ms. Cherbaka offered that this will make the statement of need a bit more clear.
Mr. Spencer made the motion to move ahead with the RFP for the Feasibility Study, Ms. Armstrong seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken. The motion passed unanimously.
Roll Call Vote
Aye No
Margaret Christle X
Alison Armstrong X
Natalie Cherbaka X
Karen Drake X
Ginny Gardner X
Curtis Jones X
Cynthia Saunders X
Larry Spencer X
New Business: None.
Ms. Alston reviewed the Accomplishments for FY16 with the Library Board. These will directly coincide with the Evaluation of the Director.
After review of the Accomplishments and brief discussion, the Board was pleased with the accomplishments of the library system.
Report of the Director
We have completed nine months of the fiscal year and should be at 72% of budget.
We are in good shape in Floyd.
We are doing better on revenue collections since we dropped the library fines on the revenue report. We did not estimate for passport fees at the beginning of the fiscal year. We will do that for FY17. We hope to ask the county for the overage at the end of the year.
We received a letter from Unique Management Solutions that effective June 15, 2016, they will no longer be able to report fines to the credit bureaus. They do not see this as an issue and the consensus among libraries around the state using UMS is that most will take a "wait and see" approach. Ms. Alston recommends we do this as well. We will then reassess the effectiveness of UMS for us in January of next year to see if we continue to use them. We have made money, but we are also getting our materials back. We pay $8.95 per account.
We added Niche Academy in March. (MFRL Academy) This is the service that offer videos to demonstrate how to use various databases or download books. Patrons are able to navigate to it from our elibrary page. There is a little blue "HELP" slider on the right side. It is now called "MFRL Academy." We have had well over 1,000 people view the videos in the last two months.
My Heritage is a new database. We do not have the stats on it yet. We are working to get them.
Programming / Collection
Ms. Alston showed an example of the Nature backpack we are making available in conjunction with LVA and Virginia State Parks. We have 10 backpacks available to patrons and currently nine are checked out. There was an article in the paper last weekend about the backpacks.
The Backpack Program in Meadowbrook will continue this summer. Branch Supervisor Cindy Minnick has made some changes for this year's program. It will run from June –August 4. This year they will do it on Tuesdays at the Library and will run the in library program the same as last year.
On Thursdays, they will take the library van and tent and set up at the Mountain View Community Mobile Home Park in Shawsville, as well as the Riverview Mobile Home Park in the Lafayette area. They will be passing out bags of food to families with kids, have crafts for the children, and the VA Extension office will also be participating and handing out healthy snacks. They will take Little Library books so the kids have a book option. On the last day, kids will receive school supplies provided by the Ladies Circle in Christiansburg and Advantage Title of Christiansburg as well as a few other private donors. Children will also receive a free book from donations, hardbacks from Soho Center that targets libraries that participate in feeding programs. The school will send out announcements all summer via their phone tree and the schedule will be in the LINCLetter. Ms. Minnick has lined up volunteers to pack the bags and will be shopping at Feeding America with the funds that they receive to make their dollars go farther. She will be meeting also with Feeding America to make sure that we are still up to code for storing the food. Funding for the Backpack Program will come from the Shawsville Lay Ministerial Association, Shawsville Ruritans, Mt. Valley Charitable Foundation, and the Blacksburg Kiwanis. Ms. Minnick worked with Debbie Pluckett who is in charge of the Backpack Program for EastMont Elementary School and she said the donors supporting the Backpack Program at the school will continue to support it in the summer months for the library.
Ms. Alston has had two requests to have fine forgiveness periods. One request was for during the Summer Reading Program (SRP) for teens. Sarah Pahl, Youth Services Coordinator description of the program is to have the teens be asked to complete a Bingo sheet for the Summer Reading Program. Bingo is achieved by completing five activities in a row. Activities range from reading to attending programs. Teens that get Bingo can turn their card in for a chance at a grand prize awarded at the end of SRP. (Amazon Fires, one per branch.) Ms. Pahl would like to offer teens an additional incentive. In addition to completing Bingo, teens that write three Book reviews can choose from either fine forgiveness for up to ten dollars or be entered in another raffle (for a different prize, to be determined). These incentives will only be redeemable once." The Library Board agreed that this would be an acceptable avenue for fine forgiveness for teens.
The other was a request from the Blacksburg Library to have a fine forgiveness week during either National Library Week or Library Card signup week, which is in September. After some discussion the Board agreed not to move forward with a fine forgiveness program at this time.
There was a second request from a patron who would like us to consider a three week check out for new material and a four week check out for older items. We've had two weeks for new and three for older throughout the duration of Ms. Alston's tenure with the library. After much discussion, the Board agreed to leave things as they are and remind the patron that she can renew the materials she has (as long as there is no prior hold placed on the item.) Ms. Alston will speak with the patron and let her know.
Ms. Alston reminded the Board of the All Staff Day to be held on April 29. The committee that planned the day has asked that everyone bring an item to be sent to the Women's Resource Center.
Facilities / Technology
We are having more air conditioning issues in the Christiansburg Library. A part has been ordered and should be in next week. It is the unit that covers the front desk area and part of the adult section of the library
Jessie Peterman will be receiving $400 from the Floyd Rotary Club to buy a new train table for the children's area. The table they currently have is very popular but old, very dirty and missing parts.
The IT staff have replaced network switches in Christiansburg and Floyd and have reimaged all public computers in Meadowbrook and Blacksburg to update the web browsers and plug ins.
Our Lexis Nexis subscription, which is paid for by the law library fund and only on one computer in Blacksburg, expired in January. We don't get the renewal notices so it took a few days for us to realize we no longer had access to it, then a few weeks to find our rep again. It is now working but we don't have access to stats. Chris Elledge is working to rectify that.
Ms. Alston pointed out that our website slider area is now larger and only features slides promoting services, not programs. We also have the next three days of programs listed on the front page. There is a new engine driving the calendar entries.
We have had some internet connectivity issues over the last 30 days. Our DNS server became unstable. The server is the Virtual Machine/Server. The unstable DNS caused system wide outages. The upshot to this is that we may be replacing the server soon since downtime is unacceptable. Our goal is to provide consistent, fast internet access for our patrons. The fast part has also been an issue of late so we are looking into the cost for providing more bandwidth, too.
Mr. Elledge has been encouraged to replace the current server. He is also checking into the cost of increasing band width from Citizens.
We currently have two Circulation Specialists positions vacant, one in Christiansburg and one in Blacksburg. We are not looking forward to the departure of Jenny Barrowclough, the Assistant manager in Christiansburg. Her husband finished his PhD and found a job in Illinois. Ms. Barrowclough has been a creative and dedicated employee for almost five years. She gave us three months' notice so we are delighted to have her until early July.
A bag of marijuana was found on the floor of the Blacksburg Library by the display unit. The police came and picked up the item for evidence / storage.
A Blacksburg patron was viewing pornography on the public computers. Staff reminded the patron of the library policy. The patron ceased using the computer immediately and voluntarily. The patron has been banned for three months.
A Christiansburg patron has been asking other patrons to use their phones and also has used the circulation desk phone. He also has been observed getting uncomfortably close to young female patrons. Staff will observe him and call the non-emergency police number if the issues consist.
Committee Reports
Executive Committee: Did not meet.
Development Committee: Did not meet.
Leadership Committee: Did not meet.
Policy Committee:
Policy 101 Registration of Patrons
This policy has been revised adding Radford University and including the City of Radford.
Ms. Drake made the motion to accept the revision, Trustee Curtis Jones seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Policy 107 – New River Public Libraries Cooperative (NRPLCoop) Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement
Ms. Drake made the motion to accept the policy as revised, Ms. Armstrong seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Policy 115 – Patron Behavior
After discussion and a few revisions to be made to the policy, Ms. Armstrong made the motion to accept the policy with the revisions Ms. Gardner seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Policy 303 – Community Rooms
The Community Room policy was revised by allowing alcoholic beverages be sold in libraries for fundraising library programs only. It also clarifies the equipment that is available to the public and adjusted some of the wording to be more clear. Ms. Armstrong made the motion to accept the Community Room Policy with revisions as stated, Ms. Gardner seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Policy 304 – Solicitation
Ms. Drake made the motion to continue the matter of the Solicitation Policy, Ms. Armstrong seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Floyd Friends of the Library:
The Floyd Friends of the Library held joint meeting with Montgomery County Friends of the Library.
Montgomery Friends of the Library:
The Garden Tour will be July 9. All gardens to be toured will be in Blacksburg this year. The event will be held from 9:00 – 5:00. The plan is to advertise broadly. We would like to raise $6000 from this event.
The Montgomery Friends added a line on the membership form to add additional donations. Donations of around $3,000 were received by the Friends by adding the line.
The membership software company that is used by the Montgomery County Friends of the Library has gone out of business. We will have to find a new software program before October.
MFRL Foundation
The next Foundation meeting is May 5.
Motion to adjourn
Trustee Cynthia Saunders motioned to adjourn the meeting and Ms. Drake seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 9:16 p.m.
Approved by the Library Board
Cynthia Saunders, Chair
Ruthie Bellman, Recorder


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Elizabeth Banks with her husband Max Handelman. Photo: Getty
Last week we brought you news that Mila Kunis was co-producing a feminist TV series. Well, can we get a 'when it rains it pours' shout-out up in here because it looks like Elizabeth Banks is doing the same thing. The actor will star in and executive produce the new show alongside her husband, Max Handelman.
Deadline reports that the untitled sitcom for CBS is about 'an Ivy League feminist who comes to L.A to become an assistant professor and ends up moving in with two "Playboy Bunny" type females. While they seemingly have nothing in common, all three are striving to be modern empowered women but with very different ideas of how to achieve it.'
We know that, superficially speaking, this series ticks all the 'sexy ladies wearing bunny suits' boxes for those TV executives who need the ratings. But we have to say, the plot, while seemingly retrograde is kind of relevant right now. We're occupying a space in history where women are derided for being 'bad feminists' if they care too much about makeup and shoes; a time in which celebrities such as Kim Kardashian become ostensibly famous for sex tapes. The concept of 'sex positive' feminism appears to have been overshadowed up by raunch culture, leaving not a few teenage girls confused - and even suicidal - about the devastating consequences of posting half naked shots of themselves online. Which brings us to the current debate about 'slut shaming' and whether or not reclaiming the word is the antidote to the current climate of victim-blaming.
Meanwhile, the message, now more than ever, appears to be that being hot is the most powerful currency you can have as a woman. And yet! Feminism, especially in Australia, looks to be mainstreaming, with our own Prime Minister unafraid to call out misogyny when she sees it.
We can only hope that the sitcom takes a smart look at the issues we're currently facing. We'd hate for it to hit the lowest common denominator of women hating on other women for not 'doing feminism correctly'.
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|Starting point:
|St-Martin VS
|Getting to the start:
|Bus from Sion to St-Martin/Eglise
|Getting to your destination:
|Bus from Eison/La Crettaz to Sion
|Technical challenge:
|Physical challenge:
|9.4 km
|Hiking time:
|4 hourrs 30 min
|Diverse guesthouses in St-Martin; Alpage de Loveignoz; Alpage d'Esion
|Time of year:
|Mid June until the end of September
Start of this hike is a bit tough but later well rewarded. From St-Martin the path to follow reveals a continuous climb, first through fields and on via the protected woods, past the village and on up to the Alp Loveignoz; during which you ascend a total 700 meters in altitude. Now it's definitely time for a stop – and what could be more welcome than a charming little mountain-catering establishment (in support of the Alpine economy, but not as restaurant) with a small but delicious variety of own cheeses, rye bread and drinks.
The tour continues above the woodland tree line, hence offering clear views of the sharp jagged peaks in the backdrop together with Dent d'Hérens and Dent du Perroc. Climbing moderately, the path along a sunny slope now leads up to the Alp L'A Vieille – where summer sees the legendary Eringer cows out to graze. This breed of cow has long made its name as a fighter beyond the valley confines to which it owes its name - Eringer of course stemming from Val d'Hérens (Eringertal). The way to the Eison/La Crettaz hamlet now continues over pastures, passing picturesque Maiensäss huts on the way.
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The careful planning of a tour will ensure that you also derive the maximum pleasure and enjoyment from it. Please take the time to contact the local information centre and enquire about route and weather conditions before setting off. Your intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.


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in the Air as Whitener Bags $3,000 I-95 Toyota LM Run!
(May 21, 2016) - A battle. Some magic. Another
battle. More magic. The Magicman endured all of that and Mark
Whitener took home the $3,000 I-95 Toyota Late Model Challenge
Series feature Saturday evening at Golden Isles Speedway. Whitener,
Middleburg, Fla., won his heat and started the finale outside
of polesitter, fast qualifier and other heat winner Devon Dixon.
The latter wheeled the Big Frog Shock and Suspension Technology/Dave's
Towing/Big Frog Signs and Graphix Koury-powered Rocket to the
point at the drop of the green with Whitener in hot pursuit.
Dixon would only open a couple car length advantage
until the first magic for Whitener's United Land Clearing/Racecar
Engineering Koury-powered Longhorn. Dixon was collected by a spinning
lapped car on Lap 11 sending the Apollo Beach, Fla. pilot and
Big Frog Motorsports machine pitside. Whitener inherited the lead
and stayed there, but not after a plethora of cautions and a battle
with Tyler Crowder. Both survived a Lap 13 caution that saw a
good amount of vehicles with damage and stopping to have sheet
metal pulled. | more
Lloyd 'Lucky'
to Take Limited Super 5 Challenge Win at GIS!!!
(May 14, 2016) - It was good to be out front.
Or maybe it was not. Michael Lloyd took advantage of demolition
derby-type situations and won the Limited Late Model Super 5 Challenge
at Golden Isles Speedway Saturday evening. "It was good just
to finish," Lloyd said. "The car had some damage, but
the night turned out all right. I'd rather be lucky than good
any time."
Polesitter Woodrow Mullis had built a straightaway advantage
as Lloyd moved into second in the 25-lapper. The 17-year old superstar
was then gathered in a crash from Cecil Eunice spinning in turn
three on Lap 12 and was forced pitside to change a tire. "We
started picking off some cars," Lloyd said. "We were
way behind. (Mullis) probably would've won if he wasn't in the
wreck, but we were gaining people said." | more
Results from Golden Isles Speedway on April 23, 2016
(April 23, 2016) - Donnie Ashford has proven
more than once his Diggin Deep Racing team is not afraid to put
the racer on the trailer and travel. The Deland, Fla. ace made
his first 2016 appearance at Golden Isles Speedway pay off. He
took the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Super Challenge 5 Series
feature Saturday evening and beat a top flight of cars in the
process. Ashford, coming off a win at another track a couple weeks
before, cashed in on the $2,000 first prize and launched to the
top of the special GIS series.
He wheeled the CLX Engineering/Parrish Shade Tops/Allen
Plumbing/Tom's Pizza/HMS Tire Conditioners Camaro over Shaun Washam,
Cole Exum, Bud Chancey and Brian Grantham. Brian Wooten, who won
the first two, NPSS features at GIS, was seventh at the checkered
flag behind Kyle Livingood. | more
Results from Golden Isles Speedway on April 16, 2016
(April 16, 2016) - The offseason could not pass
fast enough for Billy Ammons. No one could pass Ammons Saturday
at Golden Isles Speedway. Not even close. Ammons rocketed from
the pole position and dominated the Enduro 25-lap Super Challenge
5 Series feature on opening night at GIS. He pocketed $1,000 for
the victory. Charles Smith tucked into the runner up spot at the
green flag, but, even with a handful of restarts, had nothing
to muster to overtake the longtime racer.
John Carlino drove well and was helped out by attrition
to take third with three laps left. Kyle Davis started 17th and
picked his way to fourth followed by Tim Keener. The Super 5 Challenge
Series is a five-race series for all GIS regular classes.
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Smith Holds
Off Conley For GIS Sunday NeSmith Late Model Win!
7, 2016) - David Smith of Inman, SC held off a spirited
challenge from Cale Conley of Vienna, WV to win the 50-lap Round
5 of the RockAuto.com Winter Shootout for the NeSmith Chevrolet
Dirt Late Model Series on Sunday at Golden Isles Speedway. Smith
led all 50 laps in the Upstate Wholesale Cars Special, but that
did not describe the racing action. (Bruce
Carroll Photo)
Smith was the only car that did not hot lap before the race
because Smith knew what the track was going to be like in a rare
daytime race for the NeSmith Late Models. The track did get black,
hard and slick, and it was also a track Conley liked after running
the pavement last season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
"Getting the pole last night was the key to winning this
race, but I knew somebody was with me during the second half of
the race," Smith said. "Cale is a good racer and I
knew he wouldn't do anything to get us both in trouble.
He really made me hit my marks and cover the bottom. We didn't
hot lap this morning because we only had four tires for this race,
and we didn't want to wear them out." | more
Josh Richards
Grabs $15,000 Georgia Boot Super Bowl of Racing Finale!
7, 2016) - On Sunday afternoon at Golden Isles Speedway,
Josh Richards takes the $15,000 finale of the Georgia Boot Super
Bowl of Racing. The event was sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series. Jonathan Davenport, the reigning LOLMDS National
Champion made a valiant effort on the final lap to pass Richards,
but he spun allowing Richards to take the checkers first for the
second time this weekend. Jared Landers slipped by Davenport for
second, while Davenport re-gained control of his car to cross
the line in third. Scott Bloomquist was fourth, followed by Eddie
Carrier Jr.
Davenport led the first lap of the 60-lap event
before Richards grabbed the lead on lap two. Richards then held
the top spot over Davenport until lap 35 when Davenport was able
to forge back into the lead. The two then dueled as Richards rallied
back into the lead for good on lap 46.
"I kept watching the crew guys that were giving
me signals. I knew he [Davenport] was still close when I was leading.
He [Davenport] actually helped me when he passed me because he
showed me another line. For a day race, the track had plenty of
grip to it. I was conserving my tires, I didn't know if they would
last, but they did. The track crew did a great job with the track!
To win twice down here, it's a great start to the season."
| more
Boot Super Bowl of Racing Finale Postponed to Sunday
(February 6, 2016) - Saturday night's Georgia
Boot Super Bowl of Racing finale has been postponed. Rain began
falling during FAST Shafts B-Main #1, forcing Speedway and Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials to postpone the remainder
of the event to Sunday, February 7th.
On Sunday, festivities will get underway with pit
and general admission gates opening at 10:00AM. A drivers meeting
will take place at 12:00PM, and Hot Laps will be at 12:30PM. The
finale will conclude with the running of Keyser MFG B-Main #2,
followed by the 60-lap, $15,000-to-win main event. Armbands from
Saturday night's event will be good for Sunday afternoon.
Super Bowl
of Racing Race Report (Afternoon Show) - February 6, 2016
(February 6, 2016) - The super powers were evident
Saturday afternoon at Golden Isles Speedway. "Superman"
Jonathan Davenport flew to the point at the drop of the green
flag and rolled to the Edward Coggins Memorial 30-lap Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series Super Bowl on Dirt feature victory. Davenport
beat Friday night's winner Josh Richards to turn one and led every
circuit in green to checkered fashion and pocketed $7,000.
Brian Shirley also moved by Richards early as the
choice of groove was right down on the low brim. Richards made
one last effort at the checkered flag with Shirley nosing ahead.
Jared Landers and Steve Francis came next. The chassis battle
is even at one. Rocket Chassis took the top two spots Friday.
Saturday's first of a day/night doubleheader went to Longhorn
in first and second.
Nick Hoffman repeated his Wednesday win in the Southeast
Dirt Modified Series. The North Carolina Elite Chassis pilot took
the lead early, waited out a handful of cautions and sped to the
30-lap, $2,000 victory. Friday night winner Kyle Strickler overtook
Cody Parker near the halfway mark, but could not catch Hoffman.
New York's Rich Michael, Jr. kept his string of third place finishes
in tact - taking the position for the third time in as many races.
Nick Stroupe and Derrick Ramey rounded out the top five.
| more
Davenport Dominates $7,000 Edwin Coggins Memorial at Golden Isles
6, 2016) - The reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
National Champion, Jonathan Davenport led all 30 laps to win the
Edwin Coggins Memorial on Saturday afternoon at Golden Isles Speedway.
Davenport would get the jump on last night's winner, Josh Richards
to the lead at the outset of the feature. Brian Shirley would
get by Richards on the opening lap and hold the position until
the checkered flag, barely edging Richards at the finish line.
Jared Landers and 11th starting Steve Francis rounded out the
top five.
"The whole key to the race was the start. I
knew I had to beat Josh off the start. We found a rubber streak
there that helped us in lapped traffic, I was a little nervous
trying to get by those guys. I finally decided to get to the outside
and go by them because I knew the guys behind me were probably
pretty close"
"We couldn't do this without the help of a
lot of people. Troy Baird of Baird Transport, Bryson Motorsports,
Mac Trailers, and everybody else that supports us. We still have
work to do. But it's a big confidence boost for the team."
| more
Super Bowl
of Racing Complete Race Report - February 5, 2016
(February 5, 2016) - Drivers before the feature
cited tire wear as a reason to be conservative. Josh Richards
must not have listened. The Rocket blasted from his pole starting
position and won the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series 50-lap feature
Friday evening at Golden Isles Speedway during the Super Bowl
on Dirt. Richards built a sizeable advantage over Brandon Shepard,
but saw that shrink during cautions and late in the race when
Shepard made a last charge. The New Berlin, Ill. pilot even snuck
by Richards, Shinnston, W.V., at the line with four laps to go
and then slid too hard into turn one handing the top spot back
to Richards. It may not have mattered anyway as the Rocket Chassis
house car was just that good on its way to a $10,000 pay day.
Shepard, who subbed for Richards a couple years
ago in that ride, held off a charging Jonathan Davenport for the
runner up spot. Davenport spun early in the race, kept going,
dropped back to 15th and the 2015 LODLMS champion mounted his
charge back to the front. Jared Landers and Chris Madden rounded
out the top five.
Kyle Strickler started third, but led all 40 laps
to become the second different Southeast Dirt Modified Series
winner in two Super Bowl races. Ohio's Jessie Wisecarver attempted
a couple inside moves during the latter stages and settled for
second. Rich Michael, Jr., Jason Beaulieu and Chris Arnold came
next. | more
Edge Dominates
Night One for NeSmith Late Models at Golden Isles Speedway
5, 2016) - Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL was the man to
beat on Friday night at Golden Isles Speedway, as he won Night
1 of the RockAuto.com Winter Shootout for the NeSmith Chevrolet
Dirt Late Model Series. Edge took the lead from Ryan Carter of
Blackshear, GA on lap three, and never looked back in the 50-lap
race to claim the top prize of $2,500. (Bruce
Carroll Photo)
Edge started out the evening by out-qualifying the
29-car field with a lap around the 4/10-mile clay oval in the
Edge's Gas Company Special in 16.344 seconds to earn the pole
position for the bug show. Edge took the lead on the initial start,
but a multi-car tangle in turn one brought about a complete restart.
Carter got the hole shot on the next green flag,
and put his Mark's Auto and Collision Special in the lead. Edge
was able to get his momentum up on the second lap, and then sailed
around Carter to take the lead he would never relinquish on the
third tour around Golden Isles Speedway. | more
Josh Richards
Holds off Brandon Sheppard to Win at Golden Isles!
5, 2016) - Josh Richards held off a late race charge
from Brandon Sheppard to win on the opening night of the Georgia
Boot Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on Friday Night.
Richards led but all but one lap on his way to victory in the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event.
Sheppard; the 2015 LOLMDS Rookie of the Year; briefly
took the lead from Richards with four laps to go, but Richards
regained the top spot moments later and went on for his seventh
career LOLMDS win. Sheppard crossed the line a car length and
a half behind in second, followed by; last year's series champion;
Jonathan Davenport, Jared Landers, and Chris Madden.
"We had a pretty decent car the whole race,"
said 28-year-old Richards. I was concerned about tire wear tonight;
I felt like they were giving up towards the end. When we got into
traffic, we were able to run the top around those guys in clean
air and a clean track, which sure helped us, because those running
behind me didn't have that advantage." | more
Boot Super Bowl of Racing LOLMDS Opener Postponed at GIS
4, 2016) - Due to heavy rain, tonight's opener to the
Georgia Boot Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway has
been postponed until Saturday, February 6th. The event on Friday,
February 5th will go on as scheduled with pit gates opening at
12:00PM and the grandstands opening at 3:30PM. The Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series drivers meeting will take place at 4:30PM, followed
by hot laps at 5:00PM. Friday night's event includes a full program
of: Hot Laps, Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains,
and a 50-Lap, $10,000-to-win main event.
On Saturday, February 6th the pits will be cleared
and re-open at 8:00AM. Pit passes for both the Saturday morning
make-up event and the Saturday night event must be purchased on
Saturday morning. The grandstands will open at 10:00AM. The drivers
meeting will take place at 10:30AM with Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series hot laps set for 11:00AM. Saturday morning's Edwin Coggins
Memorial includes a full program of Hot Laps, Miller Welders Time
Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and the 30-lap, $7,000-to-win main
At the conclusion of the Saturday morning make-up
events, the grandstand gates will be cleared and re-open. Saturday
night's program will see hot laps beginning at 5:00PM followed
by a full program of: Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races,
B-Mains, and the 60-lap, $15,000-to-win Georgia Boot Super Bowl
of Racing finale. | full
Super Bowl
of Racing Night One Race Report - February 3, 2016
3, 2016) - During open practice Tuesday, fans saw Rhett
Carter's car would be something as special as all the offseason
improvements at Golden Isles Speedway. That carried over to Wednesday's
Super Bowl on Dirt opener on the Georgia red clay. Carter led
all 30 laps to win the GIS Late Model feature and finished nearly
a straightaway ahead of runner up Kyle Vansickle. (Troy
Bregy Photo)
"This thing ran great from the start,"
Carter said of his 44 Trucking/Mac Forestry machine. "I can't
thank all the people that help enough."
Carter put quick distance on the field and threaded
rather easily through lapped traffic. Donnie Chappell stayed the
closest early, but fell victim to mechanical woes to bring out
the event's first caution on Lap 16. Jason Fitzgerald, Brandon
Dewitt and Cecil Eunice rounded out the top five. | more
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Activist, philosopher, teacher, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, DERRICK JENSEN holds degrees in creative writing and mineral engineering physics. In 2008, he was named one of the Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World," and in 2006 he was named Press Action's Person of the Year for his work on the book Endgame. He lives in California.
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LIERRE KEITH is a writer, small farmer, and radical feminist activist. She is the author of two novels, as well The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability, which has been called "the most important ecological book of this generation." She's also been arrested six times. She lives in Humboldt County, CA.
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Deep Green Resistance starts where the environmental movement leaves off: industrial civilization is incompatible with life. Technology can't fix it, and shopping—no matter how
For years, Derrick Jensen has asked his audiences, "Do you think this culture will undergo a voluntary transformation to a sane and sustainable way of life?" No one ever says yes.
Deep Green Resistance starts where the environmental movement leaves off: industrial civilization is incompatible with life. Technology can't fix it, and shopping—no matter how green—won't stop it. To save this planet, we need a serious resistance movement that can bring down the industrial economy. Deep Green Resistance evaluates strategic options for resistance, from nonviolence to guerrilla warfare, and the conditions required for those options to be successful. It provides an exploration of organizational structures, recruitment, security, and target selection for both aboveground and underground action. Deep Green Resistance also discusses a culture of resistance and the crucial support role that it can play.
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Activist, philosopher, teacher, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, DERRICK JENSEN holds degrees in creative writing and mineral engineering physics. In 2008, he was named one of the Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World," and in 2006 he was named Press Action's Person of the Year for his work on the book Endgame. He lives in California.
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This is hardly the first book to acknowledge the desperation of our current predicament. Many books have addressed the devastation of our planet's oceans, soil, and forests, have pointed out that we are living in the midst of an anthropogenic mass extinction of unprecedented speed and voracity. It's easy to find books discussing the ongoing genocide against indigenous peoples, and the ongoing devastation of their landbases and rivers for the profits of the rich, working under the malicious banner of "progress". We have many books about soil erosion turning farmland to desert, and pesticide effluents killing rivers and leaving dead zones in our oceans. Many books are available that acknowledge we live in a pornographic culture and a rape culture, a culture with little respect for women and children. For decades books have been telling us that toxic chemicals from factories have entered our bodies, that women can no longer even nurse without passing along dioxins to their children, toxins dangerous at even at a few parts per trillion. We have books that recognize that corporations, as persons, are genocidal maniacs who will profit from any atrocity they can possibly get away with, will leave our planet a barren husk so long as we do not stop them. Nor is this even the first book to argue that we must stop them. What is different about Deep Green Resistance is that it is the first book that offers a solution that is scaled to the size of our predicament. In the past, books have usually suggested answers such as getting involved in your community, making better consumer choices, writing letters to the editor, planting gardens, donating to worthy charities, and spreading awareness of the problems we're facing. These are good moral decisions to make, but as political tools for change they are not effective, and it becomes an immense problem when these sort of actions become the backbone of our movement for a saner world. Self-improvement and token actions, although they might help us to relieve guilt, are not going to cut it. If we are going to save this sickly planet, we are going to need to organize ourselves squarely against systems of power, and fight them as hard as we can. The authors of this book have clearly thought long and hard about how we need to organize, how we need to strategize, and what sort of pitfalls we need to watch out for. If you love this planet as much as I do, I hope you read this book and take what it has to say to heart. We will need all the heart and courage that we can muster.
Jensen's main contribution is the preface and his name on the cover of the book. Keith does a lot of really verbose crabbing about groups of people who, while annoying, don't actually have any power and wouldn't be viable recruits for a resistance movement, anyway (i.e. neo-pagans and people who spend a lot of time and money at personal-growth workshops). She also I think alienates some good and useful people simply because she finds them eccentric or misguided. That being said, I do like how she illustrates that alternative culture and resistance culture are not at all the same thing, and she draws upon a wealth of knowledge about the history of resistance movements.
Like the last reviewer wrote, we hear about the problems of our current environmental situation from every angle. The oceans are dying, species are going extinct at rapid rates, deforestation, desertification, and catastrophic climate change which has already begun or is on it's way. Rape, racism, genocide, war, economies failing, governments becoming increasingly fascist as resources run out. These are realities we all know, and although those of us on the left have tried many many things and efforts to stop them, they are still happening. With these facts in mind, among many others including peak oil and human population overshoot, the situation looks bleak. Deep Green Resistance addresses this situation for what it is. No false promises, and no easy consumer choice decision. It calls for a political resistance movement that addresses systems of power that are destroying the planet as well as aiming to rebuild new systems once the destructive ones come down. It is a broad strategy that calls for an aboveground movement to build a culture of resistance and sees the necessity of a broad range of tactics to prevent any more environmental damage to the planet, as well as soften the crash for the rest of us, human and non-human, who are around after oil runs out. The book also delves into what a culture of resistance looks like (an oppositional culture) when what we have on the Left is an "alternative" culture. This book is vitally important. Whether or not you agree with all of what is said in here, there is something for everyone to do to to resist what's happening to the planet. Like Derrick says, we need it all. A highly recommended read for people who liked Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Endgame by Derrick Jensen The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith


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We will forget about Chris Webber shortly. Injuries have eroded his ability to explode to the basket. He never developed a low-post game, so he's an inconsistent scoring threat in the clutch. He's a bunch of numbers and a great quote.
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