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LaTray, 27 of Poquoson, Va., is the daughter of Gary LaTray, the Syracuse man accused of robberies in four states. Gary LaTray was captured Wednesday night in West Virginia.
"I'm feeling a lot of things right now," she said. "I'm sad, upset, very angry and I'm hurt. I can't believe that he could do this without thinking about us."
Katrina LaTray was 6 years old in 1989 when Gary LaTray robbed an AMSA armored car depot in DeWitt. He made off with $2.9 million. Katrina LaTray was living in Virginia with her mother and stepfather.
"I remember the FBI was watching our house," she said. "It was a big deal when the FBI busted into our house one day. They thought my stepfather was my dad."
Katrina LaTray said she remembers watching the news when her father was arrested in Virginia Beach five days after the heist in Central New York.Gary LaTray served 18 years in prison and, during that time, formed a new relationship with his daughter.
"He would call and we would talk on the phone," she said. "He sent me birthday cards and sent me paintings."
When Gary LaTray was released from prison in 2007, Katrina brought her two children to Syracuse to meet their grandfather.
"I was excited that they were going to be able to have him in their lives, because when I was young he wasn't in mine," she said. Now, Katrina hopes that her children, who are 8 and 4 years old, don't ask about their grandfather.
"They are too young to worry about it," she said. "I hope I don't ever have to tell them about him."
For two years, Gary LaTray worked for the Franciscan Ministries in Syracuse. He attended Alcoholic Anonymous meetings and hosted events for former drug addicts.
"The two years he was out of jail, we really did get close," she said. "He was forming a real relationship with us. I just don't understand how he could go mess it up again and go back to prison. I can't understand what was going through his head."
Katrina LaTray said the last time she saw her father was the summer of 2008. She was visiting family in Watertown and he rode his motorcycle up to see her.
"I've never been on a motorcycle before because they scare me," she said. "But I trusted him enough to take me on my first motorcycle ride. We rode around for an hour. I have pictures. I look at them now and I know we'll never be able to do that again."
Gary LaTray is accused in a spree of bank and store robberies in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland.
"For months now I've been waiting to get a phone call that he was caught or found dead," Katrina LaTray said. "I'm just glad that he is alive and no one else was hurt because of what he was doing."
Katrina LaTray, who hasn't spoke to her father since May 2009, said she wants to talk to her father and tell him how she feels. She said she hopes to be able to send him the letter she wrote.
"I want to tell him that I'm angry at him," she said. "But I hope that he gets the help that he needs and I'm sorry that he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. But most of all I want to tell him that I love him."


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The New York/New Jersey harbor buzzes with marine traffic, including ferries, tugs and barges, and ocean-going ships. Add to the mix recreational power boats, sailboats, personal watercraft and kayaks, and you have the challenge of everybody getting along.
To enhance harbor safety, the I Boat New Jersey program, working with the Coast Guard, has funded a video, available online at thesafeharbor.us. It is well worth the time to view it — it hits home.
More than two years of shooting went into the project, said producer Ray Fusco, with views from the bridge of a ship, the wheelhouse of a ferry, the deck of a sailing vessel and the cockpit of a kayak.
Some of the lessons: Kayakers should wear bright clothing and have a bright craft. "Make yourself visible, then assume that you're not." Never cross astern of a ferry backing out of a slip. Remember that you may be hard to spot from other vessels. Don't paddle out into the harbor without proper training and preparation.
Sailboaters, remember that a power boater may not realize your need to suddenly change directions when the wind shifts. Power boaters, likewise remember that a sailboat may need to change direction when the wind shifts.
Your vessel may seem big to you, but to those on a ship's bridge you may be just a speck in the water, maybe not seen at all.
A graphic animated view shows a deep-draft ship just squeaking through in a narrow channel. A staged collision with a ferry and a kayak will make you shudder.
The harbor is a nautical crossroads, with boats from the south heading to New England via Long Island Sound, or up the Hudson River to points north. The video will serve as a vivid guide to passing through the harbor.
The video is free for the showing by interested organizations, such as yacht clubs, said Fusco. For now it can only be viewed on the web, but a version will be available for download soon, he said. Jeff Folmsbee is the filmmaker and John Rako the executive producer.
Bill McGovern is one of the narrators,and he has a plea to boaters in the New York/New Jersey Harbor area: Please steer clear of big ships.
McGovern is a Sandy Hook pilot, one of a group of mariners whose job it is to guide ships into and out of the harbor, and he is acutely away of the limited maneuverability of those vessels and their absolute need to stay in the shipping channel.
He and his fellow pilots face another reality of boating life — recreational skippers may be knowledgeable and careful, or they may be rank beginners blissfully unaware of the danger of an encounter with a big ship.
If you see a ship coming, make sure you get out of the channel. If you break down in a shipping channel, wave something bright to call attention to your plight. Better yet, call an approaching ship on marine radio channel 13, which is monitored by commercial vessels. "They'll be very happy, ecstatic even, to know your intentions," he said.
McGovern considers it his mission, on behalf of all users of the harbor, "to get the word out" about safety. He will be delighted to give a presentation on the subject to your yacht club or other interested group. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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PENNSVILLE TWP. — A township man is facing a court date on animal cruelty charges after allegedly stabbing his neighbor's dog and causing injuries so severe that the animal had to be euthanized.
The three charges were filed against Scott D. Bertles, 44, of Pennsville, by Officer Ned Shimp of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on June 11.
They include maiming or needlessly mutilating a living animal, needlessly killing a living animal, and inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal by any direct or indirect means, according to the complaints.
A police report on the incident alleges that Bertles used a pocket knife in the incident which occurred on Thursday, May 9.
Police responded to Harding Avenue in response to an animal complaint around 5 p.m. that day.
Upon arrival, police were told that Bertles had allegedly stabbed his neighbor Amy Krupski's two-year-old pit bull terrier when he was walking his own dog down the street, authorities said.
According to authorities, the pit bull terrier, named Hades, had gotten loose from Krupski's property by jumping the fence and then became engaged with Bertles' six-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever.
The police report states that Bertles then allegedly pulled a pocket knife and stabbed Krupski's dog. The 100-pound pit bull "appeared to have incurred a horizontal slice to the top of its back ..." and "a puncture wound to the left side" that was "significant enough that some internal tissues was protruding from the wound," the report said.
The dog was taken to a vet.
According to the police report, Bertles was then located in front of his home with his dog where he admitted that he used his pocket knife on the pit bull to stop an attack. The police report states that Bertles said the pit bull "viciously attacked" his dog.
The report said the policeman at the scene found Bertles had no physical injury and that Bertles' dog did not appear to experience any injury — "just some wet fur around the neck area," the police report said.
On May 10, police spoke to Krupski by phone who explained to authorities that due to the dog's injuries, her dog was euthanized, according to the police report. The pit bull had been taken to the St. Francis Veterinary Center.
Bertles appeared in Pennsville Municipal Court on Wednesday for trial, but due to evidence discovery, the case was postponed to a future date.
"The charges are completely false — it was self defense," Bertles said Friday afternoon.
According to Shimp, who issued the SPCA complaints, if found guilty, Bertles could face up to $1,000 in fines or the possibility of 30 days community service to six months in jail.
The case is being handled by Judge John Jordan. The municipal prosecutor is Jean Chetney.
Krupski was also issued two animal control charges for her dog being unlicensed with the township and allowing an animal to roam.
However, Krupski said she is only pleading guilty to having an unlicensed dog.


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"I'm the baddest bitch", "I'm the realest bitch", "Ain't no bitch on my level".
The various ways so many female like to identify themselves is endless, but do you honestly hear how you're defining yourself. People don't seem to understand how much power their words have. The power of life and death is in tongue, so speak words of power over yourself. Why define yourself as a "bitch" and then get mad when a man does it?!
If you call yourself a "bitch" then that means everyone can call you that. So be wise with how you define yourself, and know your worth ladies. Because there's too many bitches out here and not enough queens.
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Two members of Alabama coach Nick Saban's staff – offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier and offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland – once worked with Arkansas coach John L. Smith when he was the head coach at Michigan State.
Nussmeier played at Idaho for Smith and was the first quarterback the coach recruited.
"I somehow saw some athletic ability there that nobody else did, because he didn't have much," Smith said Monday at his news conference in Fayetteville, Ark.
Smith, hired as Arkansas' interim head coach in the spring when head coach Bobby Petrino was fired, recalled that Nussmeier went on to win the Walter Payton Award, the Heisman Trophy of Division I-AA and then went on to play pro football before joining .
"He was a great player for us," Smith said.
After he finished his pro career as a player and assistant coach in the Canadian Football League, Nussmeier joined Smith at Michigan State.
Stoutland spent seven years at Michigan State, the last four with Smith as the offensive line coach.
"I hate those guys," Smith said when asked what it will be like coaching against them. "Yeah. They both have left, right? So they have to be traitors.
"The day you play them, you've got great loyalty and great love for those people. Again, they've been a part of you and a part of your family. So, going against them, it's like wanting to beat your brother. You never want to lose with your brother. I'm sure you got in fistfights with your brother growing up? … Afterwards, you're going to hug."
Saban was asked what it means to have two assistants who coached for Smith as a resource in an upcoming game.
"I think that John L. is a very, very good coach," Saban said. "But the systems that they're running there are certainly totally congruent with the offense they ran last year, which was coach Petrino's. And the defensive coordinator comes from Ohio State, and they're doing the same kind of stuff they did at Ohio State.
"If John L. was calling the plays or running the defense or something like that, that may be something that would be beneficial. We're just trying to look at what they do and do the best job we can getting our players in the best position to have a chance to be successful."


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The Making of Fiscal Cliff-Hanger: The Movie
Well! now we're making progress! Two "non-offers" sit precariously on the Fiscal Tiff table, both have been summarily dissed, so we can cut right to the political posturing, dog-whistling and bone-throwing of "serious negotiations" and still make it home for the holidays.
President Obama opened with a strong hand based, remarkably, on his campaign promises, stunning Republicans who fully expected him to cower in the face of their totally awesome ability to hold onto the House of Gerrymanderers. After several days of derision and tsk-tsking the President's offer, Republicans, true to their work avoidance ethic, dragged the Simpson-Bowles plan out of the recycle bin, gussied it up with a new cover page and submitted it to the White House as a counter offer.
Now, just to refresh our memories on the collossal flop that was the Simpson-Bowles Deficit Commission . . . it was a noble experiment in bipartisanship, but, at the end of the day, these guys couldn't gin up enough votes to schedule a formal presentation of their "plan" to Congress. And calling the Simpson-Bowles artifact a "Plan" is shamelessly gilding the lily because it is lighter on detail than Mitt Romney's campaign promises.
Simpson-Bowles failed out of the gate and is best forgotten. As such, it makes perfect sense that certain Republican pseudo-policy wonks, with the help of a substance-starved media, elevated Simpson-Bowles to a tribal fetish and were bound to resurrect it at their earliest possible convenience.
So it is that Mr. Bowles, appalled by the thought of the zombie report that bears his name reappearing on the president's desk was forced to issue an immediate press release detailing what a boneheaded idea Boehner & Co. had come up with, saying "circumstances have changed since" his remarks to the super committee in Nov. 2011. Well, now, I'd say that's an accurate assessment!
Bowles went on to say:
In my testimony before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, I simply took the mid-point of the public offers put forward during the negotiations to demonstrate where I thought a deal could be reached at that time. The Joint Select Committee failed to reach a deal, and circumstances have changed since then. It is up to negotiators to figure out where the middle ground is today.
While I'm flattered the Speaker would call something 'the Bowles plan, the approach outlined in the letter Speaker Boehner sent to the President does not represent the Simpson-Bowles plan, nor is it the Bowles plan.
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), the top Democrat on the House Ways & Means Committee threw in his two-cents:
Speaker Boehner's letter to the President today distorts the work of the Bowles-Simpson Commission, which assumed the expiration of the high-end Bush tax cuts and the continuation of the middle class tax cuts. Within that framework, House Republicans should join with Democrats in passing the Senate bill this week. Republicans remain in a state of denial. The recent election was not a status quo election but rather a validation of the President's often-stated position on taxes. We must remain optimistic that Republicans will accept reality and not push our nation over the cliff.
Yes, I suppose we must . . .
President Obama along with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi gave Boehner's counteroffer a big White House razzberry. The President actually responded via White House spokesman, Dan Pfeiffer:
The Republican letter released today does not meet the test of balance. In fact, it actually promises to lower rates for the wealthy and sticks the middle class with the bill. Their plan includes nothing new and provides no details on which deductions they would eliminate, which loopholes they will close or which Medicare savings they would achieve. Independent analysts who have looked at plans like this one have concluded that middle class taxes will have to go up to pay for lower rates for millionaires and billionaires.
While the President is willing to compromise to get a significant, balanced deal and believes that compromise is readily available to Congress, he is not willing to compromise on the principles of fairness and balance that include asking the wealthiest to pay higher rates. President Obama believes – and the American people agree – that the economy works best when it is grown from the middle out, not from the top down. Until the Republicans in Congress are willing to get serious about asking the wealthiest to pay slightly higher tax rates, we won't be able to achieve a significant, balanced approach to reduce our deficit our nation needs.
Meanwhile, Speaker Boehner also heard from his right flank who weren't crazy about his counteroffer for different reasons. Americans For Prosperity, generously funded by the Koch Bros, rustled up their policy director, James Valvo, who had this to say about Boehner's plan:
Speaker Boehner's counteroffer today offers disappointingly small spending reductions. After immediately giving in to higher taxes following the election, the Speaker has now followed up by pulling the best parts of the House budget off the table. The only way to solve the nation's fiscal woes is to reform the runaway entitlement programs and government spending. It is disturbing that this proposal may give up the entire FY2013 spending reductions agreed to in the BCA.
[BCA is the Budget Control Act, which was passed in August 2011 and got us here to the cliff. The cuts, which are projected to total $1.2 trillion, are scheduled to begin in 2013 and end in 2021, evenly divided over the nine-year period.]
One might say that Speaker Boehner is between Barack and a hard place . . . (rimshot).
My hero, Charles Pierce of Esquire summed the whole business up quite nicely, saying
. . . I'm sure Boehner accounts himself clever for throwing Bowles's discreet granny-starving back at the president . . . As was made clear today, the bad idea that was Simpson-Bowles, and the really bad ideas that Simpson-Bowles produced, are now John Boehner's ideas. They are the ideas presented by the losers . . . It's not every day one of your primary political adversaries steps up to take credit for your screw-up.
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No black screen involved. Maybe a little Dusting could clean this up otherwise there's something wrong


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Kevin Kerr did just about everything imaginable during an 18-year pro career. He won multiple championships in both ice hockey and roller hockey. He was a league MVP. He set the modern minor-league record for career goals with 677. And it's safe to say he was suspended as much as --- if not more than --- anyone in United Hockey League history. But when people talk to Kerr about his playing days, he says one story almost always comes up first.
Yup, the infamous incident with the Thunder Bay mascot!
It was Nov. 5, 1997. The Thunder Bay Thunder Cats were on their way to a 3-2 victory before 1,981 at Fort William Gardens when Kerr was whistled for hooking with 7:13 left in the third period. What happened next is one of the all-time classic stories in UHL history. On the eve of his first pro playoff game as a coach, Kerr took time out from his preparations to --- cue Paul Harvey --- tell you the rest of the story.
"I was in the penalty box and the mascot was bugging me, chirping behind the penalty box. So I picked up a water bottle and kind of tossed it at him. I didn't think anything of it and went back to watching the game. Next thing I know I get a water bottle in the side of the head.
"Basically, I ran through the penalty box and ... chased him into the back area where the locker rooms are. Not our locker room but the minor hockey rooms. It was a dead end so I knew he ... couldn't have gone too far. I went through the locker rooms looking for him and I saw his clothes hanging there. By this time, Robbie (Nichols, Flint's coach) had come into the locker room and asked what happened. I told him so we were walking through the locker room looking for him. There were two or three locker rooms that were joined together by a shower room.
"We had just about given up looking for him when we walked by a shower and I could see the furry feet of his mascot costume sticking about five or six inches outside the partition. I took two or three steps, jumped around the corner, screamed at him and he jumped. He had his Thunder Cat head in his arms and was basically in tears. Well, he was in tears.
"He was like, 'Don't hit me, I'll never do it again! Don't hit me, I'll never do it again!' We had a few
choice words and I told him 'Don't ever do that again.' I felt sorry for him. He was a 16-year-old kid at the time.
"I originally got suspended for two games but they rescinded the suspension because Gary Cook (Thunder Bay's general manager) had called the league and didn't want me suspended because he felt I would sell tickets, I was a good draw and they wanted me in their building. They just gave me a fine."
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text: Stevie J is a three-time Grammy award winning songwriter, musician and producer, and rose to fame in the 90's when he made his mark as an in-house producer for Sean Puffy Comb's Bad Boy Entertainment. He has worked with such artists as Diddy, the Notorious B.I.G, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans and the Jacksons and he also had a romantic fling with Eve. Stevie J is now claiming the position of artist with his new band, The Magnificent 757s, that he formed with long-time friend and former co-owner of Source Magazine, Benzino. Stevie J, the self-proclaimed "good guy" is ready to take his turn in the spotlight. So why is this fool so damn hilarious!? Supposedly a pimp, he messes with a man (JOSEline) and he always makes that stupid rat face when he gets mad or has something stupid up his sleeve lmao. Everybody hates him but loves him at the same damn time smh. Seriously, dude been fucking over his wife for like 15 years, he gets caught and says the dumbest shit lol. Stevie J doesn't even take himself serious and the show is a joke but I only watch it to see what that fool is going to do and say lol smh. So if you want to see a fool at his best check out Stevie J on Love and Hip Hop Atlanta and you will not be let down.


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Top news in the midstate
Check the roads. PennDOT is urging motorists to check 511pa.com in plenty of time to change your route if necessary. PennLive will also keep you posted on traffic problems and forecast updates as this (hopefully) onion snow hits the midstate. When the storm passes, if someone would like to plant Punxsutawney Phil in their garden, that would be OK with me.
For love of the "Mafia." Fans of the TV show "Amish Mafia" came from as far as Ohio to see the show star, Lebanon Levi. They paid $10 each, which will support Matthews Public Library in Fredericksburg, to ask questions and try to get an autograph.
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"I thought it was dead." A Kalamazoo, Mich., police officer was surprised when the driver of a suspicious car opened his car's trunk and a deer stumbled out and ran into a nearby woods. The car's owner thought he killed the deer when he hit it, and was taking it home for his family to eat.
Kerry's "spirited discussion" in Iraq. He confronted Prime Minister al-Maliki on letting Iran use its airspace for flights in Syria.
On the high court docket: gay marriage. "For the past four years, we've lived our lives in this hurry-up-and-wait, pins-and-needles way," says plaintiff Kris Perry, who challenged Proposition 8 with her partner.
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BAY CITY -- A Saginaw woman was behind bars and an Essexville man was fighting for his life after a head-on crash early Sunday in Bay City.
City police did not identify the injured man who was a passenger in a southbound vehicle that collided with a northbound vehicle in the southbound lane of the Independence Bridge about 3:30 a.m.
The wrong-way driver, a 48-year-old Saginaw woman, suffered minor injuries. Doctors at Bay Regional Medical Center treated her before officers hauled her off to jail.
The other driver, a 31-year-old Essexville man, was treated and released from Bay Medical Center, where doctors also are treating the man's passenger for critical injuries.
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Some times I find myself walking down the street and yelling "TAKE'M" as ducks or geese fly overhead. I am not the ugliest person in the world but I am among the most attractive. At least that is what my mom tells me. I love being grateful. If everyone were more grateful the world would be a better place. I love fixing broken people, mainly because when you are trying to help someone else with their problems you find out your own flaws. Which under normal circumstances would be unseen to yourself. I love sharing the "Good News" with people. If I see someone sitting in darkness I will go and offer my hand. A lot of the time they don't take it. But I learn more about myself in the short walk to where they were sitting than I would if I had kept on walking. I love Jesus. I also love you. Have a stupendous day!
Why I am a Mormon
I grew up in the church and I didn't quite understand it. As I have progressed in my journey here on earth I have found that it is the only thing that makes me the happiest. I found out that if I wanted to experience true Joy I needed this church in my life. And thats a fact.
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Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?
I have a huge testimony of prayer. My first experience that opened my eyes was actually a very petty experience. I was down in Nevada taking a firearms course and at the end of the course you take a test, and I was super nervous. I was scared that I wasn't going to get the score I wanted. So I prayed. It was a simple heart felt prayer. From that moment on my mind was crisp and clear. When we got our scores back I thanked God for granting me the peace of mind He gave me to perform on my highest level. Now this doesn't mean that God will give you anything but he does care about everyone because we are his children.
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I try my hardest every day to be more like Christ. It isn't always easy but I try.


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Castillo de San Cristobal is within a 5-minute walk of Da'House Hotel while other popular sites like San Juan Cathedral are within a 15-minute stroll. This 26-room hotel has a restaurant along with conveniences like free in-room WiFi and a nightclub. Centrally located in San Juan, the hotel is also a short walk from San Juan Gate and La Fortaleza - Palacio de Santa Catalina.
In addition to a meal at the onsite restaurant, you can also enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. You can get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café.
Da'House Hotel's 26 individually decorated rooms provide phones. Guests can stay connected with free WiFi.
Property features
Da'House Hotel offers a nightclub, a rooftop terrace, and free WiFi in public areas. A multilingual staff is on hand to help with concierge services, and offer sightseeing advice.
- Walking distance to Castillo de San Cristobal and San Juan Cathedral
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Nightclub
Da'House Hotel312 San Francisco St. San Juan 00901
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. This Colonial hotel also offers a nightclub, a rooftop terrace, and multilingual staff.
Da'House Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 26
- Number of floors - 4
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"We don't have a basement, so our whole house got flooded," Stocklin said on Friday.
She recalled coming home after the storm to find at least two feet of water in her residence in the Penn Beach section of the township.
Since 7 a.m. Friday, Stocklin, her brother and brother-in-law, were tearing up the carpets and dragging out items from inside the home.
"It was horrible. We couldn't even get in," Stocklin said about returning home.
She then described the pain of having to go room-by-room, removing the flooring and dispoing of household objects — her family members were carrying out wet carpets to the pile on the curb.
Everything on the floor was damaged and within her home, every room was hit, Stocklin said.
"Apparently, Salem County is not declared a disaster, but we need as much help as we can get. We really need FEMA help, if anything," she said. "Deputy Mayor Robert McDade has been very, very helpful to us."
Other Penn Beach residents were also seen Friday gutting their homes, cleaning up debris and pumping water from their residences.
Several streets down, Jeff Smith, of River Drive Avenue, was hacking away at the remains of a 30-foot tree that fell down Monday night.
"It came down into the road the other night. A big gust burst through and the tree fell and hit the middle of the road. I got a big pile of wood out back, it's insane," Smith said.
Salem County officials said the county will remain under a state of emergency at least through the weekend. County officials will re-evaluate next week.
Pennsville Mayor Richard D. Barnhart said Dumpsters were provided in areas that were heavily flooded to assist residents in cleaning out their homes.
According to Barnhart, all the standing water has been pumped out of the town. The majority of flooding occurred when the surge came over and breached the bulkheads along the Delaware River due to high tide Monday.
Barnhart added that the pumps were spewing water since the rain started Monday, along with two generators keeping everything working if the power went out.
Additional generators were rented to keep the water pumping.
"Everything was pretty well taken care of with getting everything cleaned up," Barnhart said Friday.
Resident Webb Reynolds said he returned home to a flooded crawl space and between $5,000 and $6,000 in damages from items that were lodged in his shed.
"I was expecting to come home to a lot worse. My heater was also ruined. I knew when the water was breaching the bulkhead there was no stopping it. When the water starts coming in, God is the only one in charge of the off switch. No one has a crystal ball to how much flooding and damage will happen," Reynolds said.
He was still pumping out the crawl space below his home and said he could feel the foundation of his kitchen and other floor areas shifting.
"It's a constant flow. You can talk about seeing disasters in other areas but when it is you it's happening to, it's a 180 degree turn on how you think," Reynolds said.
The mayor said he is looking into options for the future with how to manage a high tide and storm surge, but he is unsure of what can actually be done.
"I sandbagged my whole house. If it wasn't for my sandbagging, I would have lost a lot," Camp said.
In preparation for the incoming storm surge, Camp and his family rented a storage place and moved anything that could be damaged out of the house.
His house was pumped out steady from 2:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. the following day.
"If I didn't stay pumping, we would have been ruined," he said.
According to Camp, during the last storm, about $10,000 of damage occurred after four feet of water.
"This time, were weren't losing that," he said.
While residents continue to empty out their homes, pull up the floors and assess damage, they all said it could have been worse.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rep. Michael McMahon called the just-inked financial regulatory reform package "a big win for New York and a big win for the American economy."
McMahon (D-Staten Island/Brooklyn) said the legislation is a "pragmatic and appropriate response to curb many of the practices that led to the 2008 financial collapse, while still allowing our financial markets to remain the most sought-after and vibrant capital markets in the world."
Also on the economic front, McMahon drew attention to his support of a government waste bill that would stop over-payments and duplicate payments for products and services.
In other news, McMahon said he has secured $267,000 for two Outward Bound programs here for at-risk students, at the Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School and the Gaynor McCowan Expeditionary Learning School, both New Springville. The programs are operated in conjunction with the city Department of Education.
Also on the local front, McMahon pointed to an amendment he pushed to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance program for five years and raise the maximum coverage limits on flood insurance policies, saying the changes would help Island homeowners and calling it a "basic need for millions of Americans."
Meanwhile, continuing his efforts for improved mental health benefits for returning U.S. military, McMahon commended the Obama administration efforts to ease requirements for those seeking counseling and medical services for post traumatic stress disorder. The new protocol includes simplifying the claims process by reducing, in some cases, the evidence a veteran needs to produce.
In other health-related news, McMahon said he supports Obama administration goals of lowering the number of new HIV/AIDS infections through enhanced education programs, as well as increasing the number of newly diagnosed patients getting clinical care within three months. The new policy also seeks to boost the number of Ryan White HIV/AIDS program patients receiving continuous care.


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The law firm of Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C., has again teamed up with its client Children's Specialized Hospital, of Mountainside, to host a contest that gives the young patients of the hospital an opportunity to use their creative talent to help design the firm's holiday card.
Nine talented children from the Outpatient Brain Injury Program in Mountainside submitted drawings in this year's contest. Employees of the firm voted for the best drawing to be reproduced as the firm's holiday card.
Karmen, age 21, from the Mountainside site of Children's Specialized, created this year's card. On Dec. 10, at Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, Lindabury Shareholder Edward J. Frisch presented the nine artists with awards for their drawings. The firm provided presents to all of the children who participated.
"We love this program and are very fortunate that the Hospital continues to team up with us year after year to make it happen," said Frisch. "It's a great way to approach the holidays with the achievements of young children in mind."
Children's Specialized Hospital serves children affected by brain injury, spinal cord injury, premature birth, autism, developmental delays, and life-changing illnesses. Children's Specialized Hospital has ten sites in New Jersey and treats 20,000 children each year, making it the largest pediatric rehabilitation system of its kind in the nation.


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DeWitt, NY - A game of dodgeball could cost the Jamesville-DeWitt school district tens of thousands of dollars.
The parents of J-D student Yong Seong Cho claim their son's nose is deformed from a dodgeball injury during gym class Jan. 10, 2013, when he was in fifth grade. Cho suffered a blow to his face and had to be treated for a broken nose, which could not be straightened.
J-D administrators said they could not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit captures the national debate over whether dodgeball is an appropriate game for kids. Is it an innocent schoolyard pastime that spawned a successful 2004 comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller? Or is it a dangerous activity with little athletic value that promotes bullying against the weakest students?
The lawsuit described the J-D incident this way:
A substitute gym teacher decided to have the students play dodgeball in a gym with too many people and too many balls. There was no "safe zone" or place for students who didn't want to play.
Cho was not hit by a rubber ball, but by another student afraid of being thrown at.
The panicked classmate, who has autism, ran aimlessly around the small gym until his head crashed into the face of the injured boy, said the family's lawyer, Joseph Cote.
Parents Min Won Cho and Soo Ryun Lee are demanding the district pay for their son's medical bills, which will end up costing more than $30,000, according to the lawsuit. They are also asking for compensation for their son's pain and disfigurement in an amount up to $300,000.
The boy's nose is tilted to one side and his nostrils are different shapes, the father, Min Won Cho, said.
Doctors determined that the injured boy's nose should not be straightened until his 18th birthday, for fear that surgery now could cause problems as the boy grew, Cote said.
So the boy's nose will remain deformed until he becomes an adult.
"I try not to talk about it," the father said. "I don't want him to feel different. I tell him: 'It's going to be fine as you get older.'"
Dodgeball: Too dangerous for school?
Almost everyone remembers dodging those rubber balls as a child. Dodgeball is referred to as "the age-old schoolyard game" in court documents.
But the case also paints a darker picture of the group activity.
"It's dangerous and it has to be stopped," the boy's father said.
The lawsuit notes that the Society of Health and Physical Educators called dodgeball "not an appropriate activity" for schools. The group of gym teachers did not have any studies on dodgeball injuries, but said the game sent the wrong message to children.
"Some kids may like it - the most skilled, the most confident. But many do not!" the group wrote in 2006. "Certainly not the student who gets hit hard in the stomach, head or groin. And it is not appropriate to teach our children that you win by hurting others."
The group responded after the Hollywood comedy "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" and the TV show "Extreme Dodgeball." It noted the violent references used in the TV show, such as strategies to "annihilate opponents" and "throw-to-kill ratios."
"Is that the type of game you want children to be exposed to?" the group wondered.
Dodgeball was also on a controversial list of summer camp games deemed to pose "a significant risk of injury" by the state in 2011. The list was later rescinded after outrage over what many felt was harmless fun, like tag, Whiffeball and kickball.
Cote, the lawyer, says many children have nightmarish memories of dodgeball.
Unpopular or weak students are often picked on during so-called "human target games," the lawsuit claims.
"It's school-sanctioned bullying," the lawyer declared.
In the case of the boy's injury, Cote also pointed to other problems: the lack of a safe zone, a small gym with too many people and the inclusion of an autistic student who didn't want to play.
The injury
The student was watching the balls whizz by him during afternoon gym class, ready to catch one thrown at him.
With Cho's attention elsewhere, the frantic student crashed into him. His head smashed into Cho's face, sending him to the ground and fracturing his nose.
Cho's was taken for medical treatment. Later, plastic surgeons explained that he should delay fixing his deformity until he was an adult.
The boy's family took their claim to the district, but nothing was settled in a year. The district paid some of Cho's initial medical bills, but will pay none of his future surgery and medical expenses. That's when they filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court, Cote said.
The lawyer also said that the parents of the autistic boy were not contacted after the incident. They found out when Cho's family filed a lawsuit, Cote said.
The district never contacted Cho's parents directly, the boy's father said. The family is unclear how much investigation the district did into the incident afterward.
Cho remains popular at school, a straight-A student who plays soccer. His confidence hasn't been shaken by the injury, Cote said.
And he has no animosity toward the student who crashed into him, the lawyer said.


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Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson seemed offended at the suggestion that his team had little to play for the rest of the season.
A three-game losing streak with two of the defeats coming in overtime will raise those ideas.
But the Green Wave went out and vindicated Dickerson's faith in them with its 73-64 victory against East Carolina on Wednesday.
Achieving a third straight winning record, something Tulane hasn't done since 1997, is still uphill climb for the Wave (10-13, 4-6 Conference USA). Next up is Houston (15-7, 6-3), which Tulane has yet to beat under Dickerson, Saturday night at Hofheinz Pavilion.
But don't automatically put it down as an L, especially if the Wave plays defense like it did against the Pirates.
East Carolina came in No. 9 nationally in 3-pointers made at 9.0 per game. But Tulane put man-to-man pressure on the Pirates' outside threats, resulting in a 5-18 shooting night from beyond the arc for the visitors, with three of the treys coming in the final two minutes.
The Wave hustled underneath as well, using a 23-14 first-half rebounding advantage to help build a 33-21 lead. East Carolina never got closer than eight in the second half.
Dickerson also had said he was going to stick with his core players for the rest of the season, but redshirt freshman Jon Anderson got in and stayed in for a career-high 10 minutes, contributing a key steal along with taking a charge and forcing a jump ball with the possession arrow in Tulane's direction and freshman guard Trent Rogers played for 15 minutes, his most in 10 games, and a had an improvised 3-point play at the end of the half which gave the Wave that 12-point margin.
Dickerson acknowledged that it will take defensive efforts like this for Tulane to win any of its remaining games, but also pointed out that the confidence a team gets from winning keeps the defensive intensity flowing.
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New Horizons: Incorporating Socio-Economic Rights in a British Bill of Rights
Sandra Fredman
University of Oxford Faculty of Law
June 28, 2010
Public Law, p. 297, 2010
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No.56/2010
When the Human Rights Act was introduced in 1998, it was taken for granted that the project of bringing rights home simply entailed incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is only now, over a decade later, that attention is being paid to the content of those rights. Re-opening the debate portends both peril and promise. The risk of jeopardising existing hard-won rights jostles with the possibility of opening up new horizons. It is on the latter that this paper focuses. Particularly important is the prominence given to socio-economic rights.
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Holewa, A. and Kröger, G. and Nicke, E. and Clemen, C. and Herzog, S. (2009) Optimization of the struts in a bypass duct of a civil aircraft engine to minimize the circumferential pressure variation,. In: Proceedings 19th ISABE Conference (Paper ISABE-2009-1152). 19th ISABE Conference, 07.-11. Sep. 2009, Montreal, Kanada. ISBN 978-1-6008673 -6-1.
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The road to that lead, however, was rough for the Saints.
They spent the first two drives of a 31-27 loss against the Houston Texans getting close to the end zone and coming away with mere field goals.
On defense, the problems with the Saints' secondary that seemed so familiar showed up early and often.
"It's a game where you want to see some growth, want to see some steps from Week 1 to Week 2," Saints Coach Sean Payton said. "And in some ways I feel like we stepped backward."
There were worries and even a few boos at the Superdome before the 9:39 mark of the second quarter, when Saints running back Reggie Bush leapt over Texans cornerback Jacques Reeves and into the end zone on a 12-yard pass from quarterback Drew Brees.
Then with 59 seconds left in the first half, Colston jumped up in the end zone and made a 5-yard, one-handed catch, grabbing a pass that gave the Saints a 20-17 halftime lead.
Bush and Colston each had drops, but their catches were reassuring for a team that breezed through its first preseason game and discovered weaknesses in its second.
Texans quarterback Matt Schaub played all but the final seconds of the first half Saturday, finishing 14-of-16 for 187 yards and two touchdowns. The Saints' secondary was missing cornerback Mike McKenzie (knee injury) and safety Josh Bullocks (knee), and Schaub picked apart the unit in almost every opportunity, leading his team to touchdowns on its first two drives.
The trouble for the Saints came after they practiced with the Texans for three sessions earlier this week.
"Each unit, each player, we've all got a long way to go," Saints linebacker Scott Fujita said. "I've got to start by looking at myself in the mirror. We all do.
"Yeah, it's discouraging. That's all there is to say about it. I thought we were stronger in practice against these guys."
Schaub even picked out a specific target in New Orleans' secondary -- Jason David. The Saints' cornerback was burned by Texans receivers four times for 12 yards or more during those opening two drives, including on a 26-yard touchdown pass to Texans receiver Kevin Walter that gave Houston a 7-3 lead.
Walter had six catches for 100 yards, plus the touchdown.
Payton had barely anything positive to say about his team after the game. He emphasized the Saints' mistakes on defense, including missed assignments, lack of quarterback pressure and allowing big passing plays.
"It was just frustrating to watch," Payton said. "It was painful to watch that game tonight. It was painful."
The Texans were not forced to punt until more than midway through the third quarter, and for the Saints, the encouraging plays had to come from the offense.
After playing one drive in a win against the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 7, Brees played the entire first half Saturday, completing 12 of 17 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns.
Bush started the game lined up as a receiver, and he finished with seven rushes for 24 yards and the touchdown catch.
His scoring leap was almost reminiscent of his days at Southern Cal, and it came on a day when he was not expected to play. Bush was held out of Thursday's practices with soreness in his left knee, and Payton said that afternoon that Bush probably was going to miss the game against Houston.
Instead, Bush played, and the Saints had their first look in a game at a full roster of running backs.
"It felt good," Bush said. "No injuries, no problems, no swelling, anything. I felt good enough to go. I felt like I wanted to give a shot, and I also wanted to see where I am in Week 2 of the preseason."
Deuce McAllister started at running back and gained 4 yards on the Saints' first offensive play, drawing cheers and chants as he played in his first game since he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament last season on Sept. 24.
McAllister reappeared on the Saints' final drive of the first half, helping the Saints to their go-ahead touchdown and bringing his numbers up to four runs for 16 yards and two catches for 10 yards.
Colston, who struggled with knee problems during the early weeks of training camp, also made his debut Saturday, finishing with four catches for 22 yards and the touchdown.
But the big receiving numbers came from an established veteran and a young backup.
David Patten had two catches for 52 yards, including a 39-yarder down the left side of the field in the first quarter that came while closely guarded by Reeves. Lance Moore had three catches for 65 yards, all in the second half, including a third-quarter, 42-yard reception from Mark Brunell that set up a touchdown.
Backup fullback Kevin Dudley scored on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Brunell with 0:46 left in the third quarter, leading to a 27-24 lead for New Orleans. But that was the Saints' final score.
Third-string quarterback Tyler Palko could not escape a fourth-and-19 situation at his 17-yard line with less than two minutes remaining. The Saints came away with a loss -- and an idea of where they still need to improve.
"It was disappointing for me," Payton said, "and we've got a lot of work to do right now."
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Another surprising result was the higher rating from cowboys on knowing and understanding the mission statement. "I define knowing and understanding the mission statement with getting the big picture," Livsey says. A mission statement can provide that big picture perspective if it helps employees understand what the ranch is trying to accomplish.
For operations without a mission statement, job descriptions and a strategic plan, "getting the big picture" and understanding where everyone fits in is hard to accomplish.
"I don't think a lot of ranches have mission statements," she says. "They've never sat down and done a strategic plan. So it might be difficult to articulate the mission or the big plan if the general manager himself isn't quite clear on it."
Engaging employees starts with making sure you hire the right person, says Bob Kilmer, general manager of the Matador Ranch at Matador, TX. "For us to do that, it starts with a job description. My time is valuable and so is everybody else's time, so we want to define the job as best we can to get the right applicants."
However, Livsey says, writing a job description isn't as easy as it sounds. She's had ranch managers tell her it's among the most difficult things they do because it requires so much thought. "What do I want out of this person in relation to the broad goals for the ranch and in relation to other's people's jobs? That requires them to think about the bigger picture," she says.
Once they've hired an employee, the Matador Ranch uses R, R and E – roles, responsibilities and expectations – to help the employee define where they fit into the bigger picture. "As an employee," Kilmer says, "I need to know what it is you expect of me. What is my role on the ranch?"
The "C" word again
On the Matador Ranch, they communicate those expectations several ways, always with the overall goal of everyone doing their part to keep the ranch profitable.
"We're constantly working with people and coaching them," Kilmer says. "We have what we call tailgate meetings each morning to give people direction on what we're doing today. The other thing we do is schedule a periodic review – and it's not just the supervisor who provides input. Co-workers, people we work with, day workers, may all have the opportunity to provide feedback."
In these discussions, Kilmer reviews the expectations the ranch has of the employee and continues the coaching to help the person know what's necessary to achieve those goals. "They know what they are doing right and what they need to do to improve. That feedback is absolutely vital to the success of the business and more importantly, to the success of that employee."
The Matador Ranch uses a variety of incentives including a pay-for-performance system, where employees can earn a bonus if the employee exceeds their performance expectations and the ranch is profitable.
But there are other incentives. "It's not just money that keeps an employee here," Kilmer says. The ranch encourages employees to attend meetings and conventions, and pays their expenses to go. The benefit is employees who understand that what they do on the ranch matters to everyone else down the beef marketing chain.
Beyond that, there are other "soft" incentives. "These guys like to ride good-looking horses and they like to ride a horse that can go do something," he says. So the cowboys have a say in the breeding and culling decisions with the ranch's brood mare herd.
In addition, Matador employees have input into other areas of the ranch's operation.
"They may not make the final decision, but they're part of the decision process," Kilmer says. "We also encourage challenge – if you think a decision has been made without having all the best information, it's your responsibility to speak up. Our approach is to try to understand all perspectives and utilize the best knowledge."
However, he points out, being involved in the decision-making process is not an entitlement. "Just because your hired on doesn't mean you necessarily have decision rights," he says. "You earn those by your performance and your productivity."
Once earned, though, they become an important part of the overall satisfaction and pride that employees take in their job.
"If I want to motivate somebody, then I want them fully engaged as a team member," Kilmer says. "They're incentivized financially, they're incentivized by those soft incentives."
But he says perhaps the biggest incentive is that Matador employees feel they have some ownership in how the ranch is operated and are an important part of helping it be profitable. "If you feel like you're an owner of something, then you become motivated to make sure it's successful."
In Livsey's mind, it comes down running the ranch like a business, because that's how the operation will be sustainable.
"Implementing modern employee management practices shouldn't threaten the fact that you have family history or a ranch culture or traditions, which are all part of what makes our business really great and something unique, something special and something worthwhile. But I see in agriculture that we tend to focus on building a really great fence and not on building really great employees."


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Villa Velina - Fazana
Fažana welcomes tourists with a varied offering of recreation and entertainment options that suits all needs and interests. The abundance of unspoiled beaches makes it a great place to take a dip. On-site facilities include a bar, well-equipped kitchen, small gym, and a self-service laundry room.
Please note: pets are not allowed at this property.
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Villa Velina - Fazana
Hotel Info: 1-877-214-4288from $31
- Double Room
- Double Room, Balcony
- Family Room, Balcony
Also popular with travelers from the USA
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 12 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-10 PM
- Check-out time is 10 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- No pets or service animals allowed
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Valet parking *
In the hotel
- Fitness facilities
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1999
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
In the room
- Down comforter
- Separate dining area
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Refrigerator
Villa Velina - Fazana's small print
Also known as
- Villa Velina
- Villa Velina Fazana
- Villa Velina Hotel
- Villa Velina Hotel Fazana
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
This property does not have elevators.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: HRK 7 per person, per night for adults; HRK 4 per night for guests aged 12-18 years old. This tax does not apply to children under 13 years of age.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs HRK 70 per week
Rollaway beds are available for HRK 50 per day
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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Location: The site is located approximately 2 miles west of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Park at Coloma on Highway 49 in El Dorado County, California, along the scenic and popular South Fork American River. (Need a map? Click here.)
Description: One of the main features of the Dave Moore Nature Area is a loop trail about a mile long which goes from the parking lot trail head to the South Fork American River and back again passing through several habitat types. Nestled in the heart of Gold Rush Country, the trail is lined with remnants from nearly 150 years ago when Chinese laborers channeled creek water by hand with pick and shovel for gold mining. Tailing piles from the Gold Rush period blanket the area which lend to the characteristic landscape that makes this area so unique.
David Moore was born June 4, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee and died August 13, 2001 in Calistoga, California. He graduated from Calistoga High School in 1967. After graduation, he entered the Navy and served for a term of four years, then attended Humboldt State University where he graduated in 1975. For the next ten years, Moore was employed by the Bureau of Land Management as a Conservation Ranger. He was stricken with multiple sclerosis at age 35 and forced to retire in 1987. Moore was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, whitewater raft, and golf. His disability brought to his co-workers such an awareness of the struggle faced by disabled persons that they developed a nature area for the physically challenged along the South Fork of the American River near Coloma, California.
On June 4, 1994, National Trails Day and Moore's 46 birthday, the staff of the Mother Lode Field Office held a grand opening of the Nature Area, and dedicated it as the Dave Moore Nature Area.
Directions: From Eastbound Highway 50 - Take the Ponderosa Road exit and go over the freeway bridge to the stop sign. Turn right on North Shingle Road and proceed for 3 miles. Turn left at the "Y" onto Lotus Road and continue for 5 miles heading north. Turn left at Highway 49 and cross the bridge at the river. Continue for about 1 mile along Hwy 49. The entrance is on the left at the cobblestone wall.
From Eastbound Interstate 80 - Take the Highway 49 exit heading south at the town of Auburn. Continue along Hwy 49 through the towns of Cool and Pilot Hill, approximately a 14 mile drive. The entrance will be 3 miles south of Pilot Hill on the right at the cobblestone wall.
Visitor Activities: Hiking, picnicking, nature study, bird watching, jogging, swimming and baby stroller accessible. PLEASE NO EQUESTRIAN USE ON TRAIL.
Permits, Fees, Limitations: Although donations are accepted, there are no fees to enter the site. The Nature Area is open from 8:00 am to sunset.
Camping and Lodging Facilities: Camping is not permitted on-site. Day use only.
Food and Supplies: Food and supplies are available within a mile of the Nature Area in the town of Coloma. Potable water is not available. Bring your own water.
First Aid: Nearest medical facilities are in the town of Placerville.
Additional Information:
The South Fork American River is very popular because the rapids are relatively gentle and the countryside is rich in history. If you are not an experienced rafter, we suggest you make your trip with one the the commercial companies who operate on the river. All operators have met strict standards for safety and quality of service.


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IT'S IN BP's best interest to fund a first-rate marketing campaign to lure tourists back to the Alabama Gulf Coast. An investment now would help the state's coastal area stand on its own two feet, likely reducing the amount BP would have to reimburse in the form of lost revenue later.
But the clock is ticking.
As the oil giant continues discussions with the state regarding financial support for a marketing campaign, tourists are planning and booking their vacations.
Winter is the time to reassure everyone that Alabama's beaches are oil-free and the seafood is safe to eat. Otherwise, more families may go ahead and book a place somewhere else.
A few officials have expressed concern that the coastal counties won't be able to recover completely in one year. Indeed, it is a tall order. In 2010, Baldwin tourism was off by about half during the peak season, which accounts for 70 percent of the year's revenues.
The hit reverberated across Alabama, because the two coastal counties contribute a third of the total tourism-related expenditures in the state. It follows, then, that any investment that BP makes to market the coastal counties would actually be a big shot in the arm to all of Alabama.
Ultimately, the overall effort to improve tourism will need to include other plans for how to make the Gulf Coast more resilient — that is, less vulnerable to future disasters and downturns.
The Coastal Recovery Commission of Alabama has suggested, for instance, the construction of a Gulf State Park Convention Center in Gulf Shores, an idea welcomed by Gov. Robert Bentley.
A new convention center, along with a conference center on Dauphin Island, could help spread tourism revenues more evenly throughout the year. Off-season concerts and festivals could also play a part, as shown by last year's success with shows by Jimmy Buffett and Bon Jovi.
For now, though, BP has merely agreed that tourism marketing is important. The next step — which needs to happen quickly — is putting more money behind a campaign that delivers the good news about Alabama's beaches to the rest of the country.


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An earthquake was felt across the region early this morning. Here at the NWS Quad Cities we noticed minor tremors and slight shaking of our computer monitors.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) monitors and reports seismic activity around the globe. They report that this quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was located near Belmont, Illinois.
An aftershock also occurred at 1014 am CDT and was felt in parts of eastern Iowa and northern Illinois. According to the USGS the aftershock had a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale and was centered near the epicenter of the early morning earthquake.
Full details on the early morning earthquake can be found on the USGS web site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2008qza6.php
Details on this mornings aftershock can be found at: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2008qzbw.php
On this web site, you can also report what you felt and any damage that occurred.


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Notes and slides of a talk at the University of Tasmania Wednesday morning; to the University of the Third Age's 20th Anniversary function under the heading at their suggestion: Tasmania - Quo Vadis?
Tasmania - Quo Vadis?
Saul Eslake, Program Director - Productivity Growth, Grattan Institute
08.04.10 5:02 am
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Notes and slides of a talk at the University of Tasmania Wednesday morning; to the University of the Third Age's 20th Anniversary function under the heading at their suggestion: Tasmania - Quo Vadis?
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Should be required reading - a really thorough and excellent analysis.
Wow. Much sense here, and much food for thought.
Page 30 is just plain scary, though.
49% of Tasmanian adults, 2.6 pc more than the national average lack the minimum prose literacy skills required to meet the demands of every day life and work.
That's your biggest electoral system issue, right there: These people vote.
An important event, but a dismal picture. Eslake spoke only from an economic point of view but even that demonstrated very clearly just how wrong the two major parties are in relying on old technology, extractive industries based on unprocessed commodities such as mining and forestry that can no longer compete on the world stage, yet a dogged refusal to embrace new technologies and service-based industries.
The big question is will a chastened Bartlett, forced back to take responsibility for what he tried to dodge, get the message? The one bright hope is that there is definitely a qualitative change. A majority of voters gave their primary vote to the Greens in two electorates, Denison and Lyons. It is also significant that there are eleven new faces, nearly half the parliament, while several old stagers lost to younger members of their own party. Scott McLean was strongly pro pulp mill and lost as did Sturges, Llewellyn, and Daniel Hulme – a pointer to public feeling on forestry that an incoming government surely cannot ignore.
"A majority of voters gave their primary vote to the Greens in two electorates, Denison and Lyons."
Where were there more than 50% giving their primary votes?
Do we have an issue with numeracy as well as literacy?
Saul Eslake wrote: "Tasmania's most fundamental economic problem is its persistently low level of productivity."
Define the word 'productivity' and clarify who is to directly benefit from such 'productivity' Mr Eslake. Without clarification this entire article is meaningless.
PS: I suppose that Gunns Ltd, FEA and co think that productivity is the faster and faster rate of destruction of native forests as they convert them to woodchip with fewer and fewer workers involved in the process.
I defined "productivity" on slides 13, 14 and 15 as "value of goods and services per hour worked", and on slide 17 provided illustrations of some of the benefits of high productivity.
If past form is any guide, what we will now get from Ms Rosser is tedious argument over definitions, combined with some personal abuse. I don't intend to get involved in either
Ah, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!
If I was cynical, I'd say the situation is ideal for maintaining a solid population of poker-machine playing, beer drinking folks who don't ask too many deep questions. Gotta keep business going somehow.
And being serious, I just feel a little sad about the whole assessment. Although the reference to Mr Bartlett having a copy of the summary pinned up in his office did raise a wry smile. Like to see some evidence that he'll take action!
Mr Eslake wrote: "If past form is any guide, what we will now get from Ms Rosser is tedious argument over definitions, combined with some personal abuse. "
Oh, that's right. We've had a long online discussion about the extreme social and environmental danger inherent in such a narrow definition of productivity (""value of goods and services per hour worked").
The 'abuse' that Eslake refers to consisted of calling this logic 'nonsense'. He retaliated by questioning my character and accusing me of being the type of person that would genocide in Cambodia. [See the Tasmanian Times archives for this]. It was at that point that I refused to engage in further debate with Eslake on that thread.
Hardly 'productive' discussion….about as 'productive' as failing to measure real social and environmental costs in industrial exploitation.
Correction: "accusing me of being the type of person that would genocide in Cambodia" should read: "accusing me of being the type of person that would support genocide in Cambodia." It read like character defamation from Saul Eslake (just as his claims of my giving "personal abuse" without explicit examples could be equally interpreted as such.)
For those who want to read the thread where Eslake fails to answer the arguments against his narrow and dangerous interpretation of 'productivity' - and also fails to answer my arguments against his claim that we are all better off due to our increased 'productivity' go to:
An excerpt: Okay Mr Eslake, let's look at the points you raise one by one:
".. most people, if invited to compare their standard of living with (say) 25 years ago, would concede that they are better off today.."
You provide no evidence that that is, in fact, what 'most' Australians believe. So let's look at the indicators of quality of life and see whether such optimism is called for.
Health: Life expectancy has improved slightly but "the World Health Organization warns that the global burden of chronic disease is increasing rapidly, and predicts that by the year 2020 chronic disease will account for almost three quarters of all deaths. In Australia, the burden of chronic disease and its consequent effect on disability and death is growing in line with this trend."
Unemployment: Mr Eslake you have failed to provide a definition of 'employment'. Therefore one must respond to the Government-imposed definition and that is, if you work (and are paid) for one hour a week you are classified as 'employed'.....
Where does Eslake get off talking about personal abuse… I remember that long thread ... where he was unable to respond to logical economic arguments that challenged his paradigm of growth .... It was so priceless I kept a copy or two of Eslake's and Rosser's exchanges.
Perhaps I can remind him who it was that was actually abusive…
"Pol Pot had strong views about the way in which his people ought to live, and how to make sure that they lived that way. He and his mates sought to create a society in which there was no capitalism, no markets, no trade, no individualism, and no technological progress. There were certainly no "unacceptable parties or candidates" in Pol Pot's "Democratic Kampuchea" - I guess Ms Rosser would approve of that, too. No economic activity to speak of, so no pollution. All the regulation you could ask for. No problem with 'over-population', either.
So, Sister Number One, answer this question: how does "Rosserworld" differ from Pol Pot's?
Posted by Saul Eslake on 09/03/07 at 12:56 PM"
"If past form is any guide, what we will now get from Ms Rosser is tedious argument over definitions, combined with some personal abuse. I don't intend to get involved in either
Posted by Saul Eslake on 09/04/10 at 03:34 PM "
Appears to me, "Eslake" ! that you have already involved yourself ! poorly ! and petty ! i must say.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- Instead of having to hold a book near his nose to read it, 6-year-old Logan Kynes received a cutting-edge magnifying machine Wednesday that allows him to see words and objects about 75 times larger than their normal size.
"Wow," he said, zooming in on letters during a special clinic at the Regional School for the Deaf and Blind in Mobile. Logan suffered permanent vision loss after an accident, according to his mother, Rachel Kynes of Mobile.
"He's going to go grab grass and dirt and say, 'Let's look at this,'" she said when she noted the strength of the magnification. "He loves bugs."
A kindergartner, Logan is among about 10 low-vision students whose lives were transformed Wednesday by Sight Savers America.
Based in Birmingham, Sight Savers offered the young students free evaluations and exams and provided them with gifts of free equipment, such as closed-circuit television magnifiers worth $2,500 each.
The students had been identified by the Regional School as being able to benefit from the help.
Dr. Dawn DeCarlo, director of the Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, evaluated the students Wednesday and prescribed equipment that each would need.
The Sight Savers staff then offered training to the students and their families, before packing the vision equipment for them to take home.
"This really opens their world up," said Margie Haddox, a director with Sight Savers. "They can read under it. They can put games under it and play. They can do their homework."
Traditional glasses may be ineffective for some visually impaired children. But even those with optic nerve damage and congenital cataracts can find their vision greatly enhanced by visual aids such as the magnifiers, according to Haddox.
Wednesday marked the third time for Sight Savers to bring its traveling clinic to the Mobile area, said its president and chief executive officer, Jeff Haddox. He and Margie Haddox are husband and wife.
"We've helped more children with low vision in Mobile than any other part of the state," he said.
A scientist who emphasized vision research, Jeff Haddox created Sight Savers in 1997 after discovering that many young children weren't getting the eye care that they needed.
Funded through private foundations and government sources, Sight Savers has grown to serve more than 35,000 children annually in Alabama, Mississippi and six other states.
Early eye exams are vital, Jeff Haddox said, because there are some conditions — such as amblyopia — that can be treated with glasses if detected early.
For example, the chance of successful amblyopia treatment can be particularly good if diagnosed before age 5.
Said Jeff Haddox: "Every child should have a comprehensive dilated eye exam by an eye doctor."


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
The charter of the town of Stoughton, which is on file in
the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of
chapter 43B of theGeneral Laws, is hereby amended by striking out section 8-1 and inserting in
place thereof the following section:-
Section 8-1. Time of Elections.
Regular town elections for elective offices specified in this charter and for
other elective offices as required by the General Laws shall be held 27 days
before the annual town meeting. The polls shall not close before 8:00 p.m.
This act shall be submitted to the voters of the town of
Stoughton at an annual or special town election in the form of the following
question which shall be placed on the official ballot to be used for the
election of town officers "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year
1998, entitled 'An Act relative to the date of town elections in the town of
Stoughton', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes cast in answer to this question is in the
affirmative, this act shall become effective, but not otherwise.


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Welcome to Information Sciences and Technology Program
The Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) purposes to build "Leaders for a Digital Global Economy." To accomplish this goal, the IST curriculum is built from the ground up to give students the following skills:
- learning and managing the ever changing new technologies in the information technology field;
- bridging the communication gap between business professionals and information technology professionals;
- focusing on the application of technology as a solution;
- learning to work on industry problems in a team atmosphere; and,
- polishing oral and written communication skills.
What is Information Sciences and Technology (IST) ?
Information Sciences and Technology (IST) integrates a wide spectrum of knowledge and skills ranging from the design of hardware and software systems to considerations of the impact of information technology on society. IST is where information, people, and technology meet. This degree prepares students for careers related to how people create, modify, and use information technologies--and with what effect these technologies have on themselves, other individuals, organizations, and society.
This degree program covers a broad range of topics from software development to social media to business applications for technology. The major seeks to provide students with skills needed to hit the ground running in the working world. You will learn how to use technology to solve real-life problems, how to interact with a variety of people, and how to keep your skill set sharp as technology continues to evolve.
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"It's confusing and dumbfounding right off the bat,'' Dorney said.
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"I think if the facts that are presented are correct, I think that, certainly, he should be culpable and so should the rest of the administration for not reporting such a heinous act [to police].''
"[The Sandusky investigation] is going to taint his legacy, unfortunately,'' Keith Dorney said.
"But Joe Paterno, personally, means a lot to me. I think that he's the reason, along with my parents, that I'm the man I am today. I have the utmost respect for him as a coach and a human being, as far as what he's done for me.
"But unfortunately he did, again, if the allegations are correct, but he did make a serious judgment error.''


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Aqaei, a senior at Reynolds High School, is safe and with family, said Lt. Claudio Grandjean, a spokesman for the Gresham Police Department. He declined to offer any other details in a statement issued to the media.
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Welcome to The Wiichat.......Where the free can buy donuts.....
Just bought a Wii 2 weeks ago and the wife and I are enjoying it immensely. Thought I'd check this place out and learn and contribute a little.
Welcome to The Wiichat.......Where the free can buy donuts.....
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Welcome to wiichat!!
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WALL — A Lake Como woman faces driving while intoxicated and theft charges after she allegedly just missed hitting a police car while driving a stolen Lexus, according to a report on APP.com.
Felicia Moss, 31, was driving a 2004 Lexus on Route 33 that had been reported stolen out of Neptune earlier Monday night, the report said. She nearly hit a patrolman sitting in his car, the report said, then hit a curb when attempting to pull over.
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The very first concert Hubbard Hall presented, in the fall of 1977, was renowned Scottish artist Jean Redpath. On May 31, she again will take the stage!
Her vast repertoire of both traditional and contemporary material, and her delight in illustrating the quirks of the Scottish character in song and story, assures an entertaining, enlightening and moving experience. As Garrison Keillor said of Jean "A person doesn't make a life singing Scottish traditional music on the basis of charm. She has a fierce devotion to the music, as a Scot and as an artist. Everything she most deeply feels and believes in comes out in these songs. The songs aren't pictures. They're rocks. They are the mountain itself."
The New York Times said that Jean " possesses a [voice] that most classically trained art singers might envy. There is no one who interprets Scottish tradition more beautifully or with more affection."
Ms. Redpath takes the stage on Saturday, May 31, at 8:00 p.m. Admission is only $22 or $20 for members and $15 students. You may purchase tickets in advance at www.hubardhall.org or by calling 518-677-2495 weekday afternoons. Remaining tickets will be available at the door which opens at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited.
Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels.


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Well, there is nothing as humbling as pursuing publication. Really…well, besides hospital stays where any modesty you ever had is gone…but that's another post…
When you're putting your work out there for someone else to evaluate, words and characters that you've put together in the wee hours of the night (or morning) and no one has seen them but you, it can be pretty scary. After all, your characters may say things that make you laugh out loud or snicker or cry, but that's you…and maybe you're crazy. Right? Don't you ever wonder, "am I the only one that thinks this is good?" And despite how real your characters are to you, you ARE still laughing by yourself in an empty room…
And then when you finally get up the nerve to let your characters out into the big, bad world, they get sent back to you. Sorry. Not good enough.
So, last week or maybe the week before, I emailed my new manuscript to my agent. Now, I haven't signed on that long ago with her, so this process is still new to me. And this is only the second book she's seen from me, so I was um…a *little* nervous. And yes, I did have those daydreams where she calls me up and says "I don't know what I was ever thinking signing you…you don't know how to write!" It really is a tough business. Much tougher than even the *craziest* brides I've dealt with in my past life.
This weekend she sent me a quick email saying she read my manuscript and can we chat. Immediately I inhale as though horrific news has just arrived. I was sitting in the car beside DH, and the kids in the back seat, staring at the email, looking for a hint that maybe she liked it.
Here's how my conversation with the DH went:
DH: "What's wrong?"
ME: "She read it. And she wants to talk."
DH: (looking very confused at my reaction): "So?"
ME (Me shocked that he's not following my train of thought): "She didn't say anything. That means she hates it, or there's big problems."
…anyway the conversation went circular from there so I'll spare you the rest.
But that night I did speak with my agent and she liked it! She talked about my characters (like they were real people and laughed too-see we're not crazy!) She also spoke about some moments that she really liked, that were emotional…
It made my night. Really. I got off the phone feeling like maybe I can really do this…
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That's so awesome, Victoria…but of course, our mind can play such tricks on us when it comes to writing, doesn't it?
Am glad that she loved it…
Fabulous news, Victoria!! I have the same reaction to my inbox. Inhale. Get into brace position. Upchuck breakfast. 🙂
As if there was EVER any doubt! Frankly I look forward to the next post where the details of DH's foolishness are revealed 🙂 Men can be so … illiterately-literal when it comes to the subtle nuances of how-women-read-into-things. We're not LOOKING for intrigue, it's just that we're far more aware of emotions, even in what seems to be a simple line of text. In my next life I'm going to invent email that conveys emotion. Until then, I continue to faithfully read your blog … reading the lines and reading the emotions you convey between the lines 🙂 Love it. (And love your husband too for providing you with enough material to write a book about the hilarity of marriage!)
Yes, you can do this!! But wow, I would have been a nervous wreck over such a cryptic email, too! ha! The words, "we need to talk" are usually ominous, but in this case…how could they have been? That book is a winner!