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Candles, flashlights, matches, water, check. Back up batteries, radios, phones, check. Helmets, heavy blankets, check. But what about food? Here are some of the questions I've heard over the last few days as it relates emergency food preparedness.
What items should I have on hand in case of an emergency?
Ready to eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables and a can opener, granola bars, dry cereal, protein or fruit bars, peanut butter/nut butters, dried fruit, canned soups, stews & chilis, no- salt nuts & crackers, canned juices, non-perishable pasteurized milk, baby food/foods for infants and comfort/stress foods.
Keep in mind that when it comes to hunger, fiber rich foods help us feel full. Stock up on those fruits, veggies and whole grain varieties of the items listed above.
What about my diet?
Do you need to worry about your diet? Yes and no. If you are a diabetic or otherwise following a specific meal plan for health related reasons, then yes. Be sure to stock sugar free varieties of the items listed above when possible. Otherwise, the answer is likely no. During times of stress our bodies burn more calories than normal. Focus on foods that provide high quality energy, protein and calories. Good nutrition is important. Go back to basics and plan for a variety of items from the list above.
What else should I keep in mind?
Here are great tips from FEMA.
- Store at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
- Choose foods your family will eat
- Remember any special dietary needs
- Avoid foods that will make you thirsty
- Choose salt-free crackers, whole grain cereals and canned foods with high liquid content.
Also, check expiration dates on all foods regularly to ensure safety. And don't forget the bottled water.


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Drilling for oil and natural gas near Dinosaur National Monument is a hot topic at the Miner's Cafe on Brontosaurus Boulevard.
Owners Raymond and Ester Miner and their daughter Sandi Garcia say the town needs jobs. Drilling will bring those jobs.
"The town needs something, or it's dead," Raymond Miner said.
The Miners say energy development is Dinosaur's best chance to bring some people and their money into this town of about 320 people on the Utah border.
But not everyone in Dinosaur thinks drilling near the monument, known for its fossils and canyon land, would benefit the town.
At the other end of the boulevard, Leona Hemmerich and Bill Mitchem, owners of the Bedrock Depot, say drilling would hurt the town's tourism economy and possibly the water supply.
Retamco Operating of Bil?--lings, Mont., purchased the leasing rights for 7,736 acres of Bureau of Land Management land along the outskirts of the monument in February last year. The company hasn't done anything with the land since the purchase.
The land is along Harper's Corner Drive, a scenic drive that oil rigs would tarnish, Hem?--merich and Mitchem said.
"Anything along that scenic drive is bad news," Mitchem said.
Rigs ruin tourism?
When the oil and gas reserves Retamco plans to tap are depleted, the workers and their wallets will leave town, Hemmerich said. And when they leave, the town's tourism economy could be scarred forever, she said.
Bedrock Depot relies on tourism. Hemmerich said she often directs customers to take Harper's Corner, a scenic drive within the 210,000-acre monument. She said she worries that oil rigs would mar the scenery.
"Harper's Corner Drive is a scenic drive, and it needs to stay that way," Hemmerich said.
But the Miners argue the rigs would be temporary, only operating a month or two.
"I don't think these rigs will hurt anybody," Raymond Miner said.
Even without the rigs, tourism isn't exactly booming in Dinosaur, Garcia said.
Even during hunting season, which draws thousands of tourists to the region each year, Miner's Cafe had just two customers at about 11 a.m. Thursday last week.
"We have no tourism now," Garcia said.
Some in town have suggested the rigs actually might help tourism.
"I don't think it's necessarily a negative impact on tourism," Dinosaur Mayor Wendy Petersen said.
When she first arrived in Dinosaur, she was fascinated by the oil rigs in the region, Petersen said
The rigs could give tourists something more to look at, she said.
Murky water
Opponents of drilling near the monument also say it could hurt the town's underground water supply.
The town gets its water from an artesian well north of town, Hemmerich said.
If the rigs drill for oil near the well, Hemmerich and Mitchem say they fear the town's water supply wouldn't be safe.
"Could it pollute the water?" Hemmerich asked. "I think very possibly, yes."
If drilling did pollute the town's water supply, Mitchem said there is a chance the oil rigs and the companies that caused the damage could be long gone before anyone notices.
"It might not show up right away," he said.
But the oilman who bought the rights to drill near the monument said Mitchem and Hemmerich's concerns are unfounded.
"That is just a worry people shouldn't have," Retamco owner Steve Gose said.
Retamco will have to take special precautions with its operation because of where it plans to drill, said Vern Rholl, a Bureau of Land Management extractive resources official at the White River Field Office in Meeker.
The company will have to use cement to hold its pipes in place, Rholl said. Still, contamination is possible, though unlikely, Rholl said.
Although the Miners said they are confident drilling won't hurt the town's water, the possibility of contamination worries Hemmerich.
"There can never be an absolute guarantee," Hemmerich said.
Unknown reserves
Exactly how much oil and gas could be extracted and how many jobs could come to the area is unclear.
Retamco officials think the land they leased could be part of a large oil and gas vein running all the way to Utah.
"That area looks very promising," Gose said.
At the earliest, oil and gas extraction could begin late next summer, Rholl said.
If the area proves as rich in oil and gas as Retamco asserts, the area could be in for thousands of jobs and people, Gose said.
But if the area doesn't have enough oil and gas to make a large-scale operation viable, Gose said there could be less than a dozen additional people in the area for a very short period of time.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — After leading 4-2 at halftime, the No. 17/18 Penn State men's lacrosse team scored nine third-quarter goals en route to a 16-9 victory against Michigan at the first-ever game at the new Penn State Lacrosse Field on Saturday (Feb. 18) afternoon.
The Nittany Lions improved to 1-1 (0-0 CAA) with the Creator's Trophy victory. The Trophy is an annual series between Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. Senior midfielder Ryan Link (Englewood, Colo.), who scored a goal and collected a game-high six ground balls, earned Player of the Game recognition. Penn State will play Ohio State in its final game of the Series on Saturday, March 3.
Nine different Nittany Lions found the back of the net, including senior Jack Forster (Jenkintown), who led all players in both goals (5) and points (8). Sophomore Gavin Ahern (Rockville Centre, N.Y./3) and senior Matthew Mackrides (Newtown Square/2) recorded multi-goal games, while freshmen Taylor Stothoff (Sparks, Md.) and Kyle Zittel (Eden, N.Y.) both tallied their his first collegiate goals.
Sophomore Shane Sturgis (Downingtown) and Forster paced the team with three assists each, while junior Kyle VanThof (Penfield, N.Y.) added a pair of helpers. Eleven different Nittany Lions registered at least one caused turnover.
All three Penn State goalkeepers saw action against the Wolverines. Sophomore Austin Kaut (Morton) started for the Nittany Lions and made six saves for the win, while juniors Dave Baker (Havertown, Pa.) and Conor Baucum (Chevy Chase, Md.) played parts of the fourth quarter. Michigan netminders Dylan Westerhost, who started, and Cy Abdelnour made 9 and one saves, respectively.
Penn State outshot Michigan, which dropped to 0-2 (0-0 ECAC), by a 43-26 margin and won the ground ball battle, 34-24. The Nittany Lions were 2-for-3 on extra-man opportunities, while Michigan was 2-for-5.
In the first half, both teams failed to find their offensive rhythm before Michigan's Alex Vasileff opened the scoring with 6:46 left in the first quarter.
Penn State then embarked on a 7-1 run, tallying four of the next five markers to close the half. Mackrides netted the first Nittany Lion goal at the new field with 5:13 left before Forster closed out the frame's scoring with less than a minute to go.
Vasileff tied the game, 2-2, early in the second quarter before Mackrides registered a man-up goal and Forster scored his second of the game to close out the half.
The Nittany Lions then exploded for nine goals in the third frame. Ahern, who tallied three times in the stanza, netted the first two goals in the first 4:46 to give Penn State a 6-2 lead. After Michigan brought the game to 7-3, the Nittany Lions scored six straight in a 5:32 span, capped off by Stothoff's first marker, to take a commanding 13-3 lead.
The Wolverines added two goals late in the third and another marker early in the fourth to bring it to 13-6, but the Nittany Lions responded with three markers of their own. Forster registered his fifth of the game with 11:22 remaining before Zittel and sophomore Tom LaCrosse (Canandaigua, N.Y.) added goals to give Penn State a 16-6 advantage. Michigan ended the game with three goals in the final 6:08 to account for the 16-9 final.
The Nittany Lions will return to action Sunday, Feb. 26 when they visit No. 9 Notre Dame at 1 p.m.


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There's the story of a Rabbi who told his students that if they studied the Torah it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The Rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and then when your hearts break, the holy words fall inside." *
This I know: Truth doesn't crack my heart. Pain does. Truth doesn't bring wisdom. Pain that awakens me to Truth, does. I once believed a great sermon, a Christian best-seller, and a study on "Humility" would make me more humble, more forgiving, and more loving. It was never enough. It has taken pain to break my heart so God's Truth would fall inside.
Celebrity actor Rob Lowe wrote, "You stop growing emotionally the very moment you become famous." ** How so? Many celebrities spend millions to shield themselves from pain. They surround themselves with "yes" people. Yet, when the emptiness of celebrity sets in, or when they reach the point of near self-destruction, they take off to the Near East to sit at the feet of a Guru. They hope for a fast-track to wisdom, meaning, "truth," or maturity. But it never works. At least not for long….
This I've learned: Wisdom is not about avoiding or numbing pain. Wisdom is learning from it, growing in it, becoming stronger for it, and more dependent on Jesus because of it. Wisdom is using pain to build more wisdom into my life and make Jesus more glorious through my life. In many ways it still takes pain not only to break my heart so that the Truth would fall inside, but more so that Jesus would forever reign there.
* As shared by Anne Lamott in her book, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
** Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe


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Patriots | Patriotic music | |
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Listener comments! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:07pm
ROT(office)FL - glad my coworkers have gone home. Santorum! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:13pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
Ewwwww! Sarah is only sexy to depressed white prep school product men. Which I am not one of. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:21pm
The Paul Revere wiki entry of course is being watched closely. The "talk" page on it is where the controversy resides now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Revere | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:21pm
I assume that Sarah got through school with the help of a series of socially inferior smart girls. Does that sound likely? Currently, her intelligible tweets are evidently written by one Rebecca Mansour.... | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:23pm
you said it, Bronwyn! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:23pm
the CATS on the sofa in his photo were more appealing than him! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:28pm
I would guess that guys who do that self-pic don't worry about the quality of the shot because they wouldn't care about quality if the woman sent them one, so they don't even think about it. Of course it's pretty clear, if you read the Wiener transcripts, that he was thinking more about his body than about hers anyway. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:28pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
On the Bill Mahr Show, Weiner seemed great. Are any of us who we seem? Thanks for doing the hard research on porn, but the dual personality is now standard in "winner" USA. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:30pm
Came out later, actually, that some members of the press asked Breitbart to go to the podium because Weiner was late and they were all mobbed around Breitbart in the lobby and couldn't see or hear well. So supposedly it wasn't his idea after all. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:33pm
Note that Dan Savage, who initiated the rebranding of 'santorum', emphases that santorum is '...a sign that you're doing it wrong; there should be NO santorum.' Robert Anton Wilson has a book or two in which all 'dirty' words were replaced by the names of anti-sex activists and judges---"Rehnquist me!! Oh Bryant me!!!" | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:34pm
Just double-checked, but yes I had it spelled correctly. Breitbart, a 't' ends each syllable. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:35pm
A poorly made photo is more of a turn on, just as is truly amateur porn. And I think what he did, though a poor career move, was probably very fun. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:36pm
Ah, but the difference with the Repub congressman who resigned was that he was in touch with women in order to date them. Weiner was just chatting – at least so far he's saying he's never met any of these women and no one has yet contradicted that. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:41pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
Yes, Jay. That is right. I am hauling their asses to rendezvous all the time and NO TIP, of course. The number of creepy encounters is what makes them feel human, if they get away. and they mostly do! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:42pm
other david:
exceptional purring impression, 10/10 | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:43pm
There is an upscale hot dog: Asia Dog in Little Italy, Brooklyn Flea, and other places. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:44pm
ewww! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:44pm
Yes! +10 points for the purring! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:46pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
No hot dog is something to eat. Sorry. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:47pm
other david:
desert plankton | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:47pm
pseudopod... | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:49pm
other david:
bush tetras <3 TOO MANY CREEPS | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:53pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
And now you mention the best movie for me an my son of all time! Idiocracy should be required viewing for the unable to read. You both would be labeled "tards" in that world, of course, for your ability to speak like thinking persons! | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:55pm
that's geronimo jijaga pratt to you - he escaped to TZ and started an NGO | |
Tue. 6/7/11 7:55pm
Last minute comment: What endorsing a WEINER/MARK FOLEY TICKET?? | |
Tue. 6/7/11 8:01pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
Cannot describe it, but please accept my thanks that all Americans are not stupid. The real natives here have some "Thunk" in them and all the world loves you. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 8:01pm
other david:
what an awesome show <3 | |
Tue. 6/7/11 8:13pm
depressed Persian cab driver:
I knew him as Rick, sorry no tip. | |
Tue. 6/7/11 11:47pm
Santorum makes me ashamed to be from Pennsylvania. Interesting how the state founded by the Quakers could produce a "leader" whose every value and moral is the exact opposite of a Quaker. Quakers are peace activists; Santorum loves war. Santorum says screw the poor; Quakers believe charity is the first virtue. Etc. Etc. | |
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It's easy to tout your entrepreneurial culture. But it will fail if you don't follow the right steps.
Businesspeople love to talk about building "entrepreneurial cultures." The very term evokes the excitement and success of Google, Apple, and Facebook. The problem is that large established companies are often lousy at actually being entrepreneurial. Need I remind you about New Coke? Or Crystal Pepsi? Or the Ford Edsel and other failed launches?
The very things that ensure a company's survival and success act as obstacles to entrepreneurship.
Unfortunately, failures such as these can make companies risk-averse, even though the entrepreneurial behavior that leads to innovation is vital for business. But paradoxically, the very things that ensure a company's survival and success -- established routines, specialization to maintain competitive advantage, and structure and systems to ensure stable output -- act as obstacles to entrepreneurship.
Four key steps
While companies can succeed with routine and structure, they will find it difficult to lead the market that way. And today's hypercompetitive globalized business environment rewards companies that get to the market first. So companies that can find, support, and nurture their own entrepreneurs are the likeliest to succeed. Here's how they do it..
1. Break the silos. It's not unusual for large corporations to limit entrepreneurship to a few departments, such as R&D and IT. This totally misses the mark. I equate it to the practice of teaching entrepreneurship only in business schools and expecting all business majors to magically turn into entrepreneurs.
Yet entrepreneurs rarely come from business schools. They arise from fields as diverse as chemistry, psychology, mathematics, history, literature, or biology. In his 2010 iPad release speech, Steve Jobs elaborated on the reason for Apple's success: "It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing."
Universities should cultivate an entrepreneurial culture across all faculties. Similarly, large companies should create an entrepreneurial environment across all divisions. Engage the entire company in becoming more risk-tolerant and entrepreneurial. Unleashing multidisciplinary collaborative thinking will put the company in a better place.
Furthermore, breaking silos can potentially bridge the gap between innovation and entrepreneurship. Large corporations are generally not short on great ideas; what they lack is the entrepreneurial risk taking and passion to bring the idea to the market. Uniting the genius of the idea generator and innovator with the ingenuity of the entrepreneur is what ultimately makes companies successful.
2. Identify and foster talent. Not everyone in the company will have the innate talent to excel as an entrepreneur. Identify your elite performers across the company. Once you know who they are, look for their traits in your incumbents, and screen for those talents in new hires. Then allocate appropriate financial and nonfinancial resources to support these individuals and increase the probability of extraordinary performance.
3. Create the right environment. Just identifying talent isn't enough. Companies must create the environment to foster it. The most successful entrepreneurial environments:
Are open to risk taking. Encourage managers and employees to tolerate failure and accept change. This enhances a firm's capacity for breakthrough innovations.
Encourage trusting relationships. This creates a culture of trust among employees and managers. Having strong relationships in the workplace also encourages employees to take risks without the fear of losing their jobs.
Build skills and knowledge. Provide employees and managers with opportunities to learn and grow. Support new ideas and employee-driven initiatives.
Offer management support. When senior leaders don't walk the talk, no amount of entrepreneurial efforts made by employees or middle managers will work. Senior leadership's commitment to innovation, openness to change at all levels, and most importantly, delegation of appropriate authority to managers and employees to try new ideas sends a clear message to employees that the company is serious about creating an entrepreneurial environment.
Permit access to resources. Provide employees with resources, time, and material. Companies such as 3M and Google let employees spend 15% to 20% of their time working on side projects of their choice. Employees should know that they have resources available to embark on new and innovative projects.
Maintain a supportive organizational structure. Complex hierarchy and elaborate policies are designed to bring order, but they also constrain entrepreneurial activity. Simplify approval procedures, cut the red tape, and keep organizational flexibility.
Set realistic performance goals. Entrepreneurial undertakings, by their very definition, have unknown outcomes. Set realistic timelines and reliable performance measures for entrepreneurial initiatives. Design employee reward systems that accommodate failure, tolerate ambiguity, and keep the focus on long-term outcomes.
4. Continually assess the environment. Regularly monitoring and measuring a company's progress on the entrepreneurial path is crucial. Google wasn't built in a day. It takes time and effort to create an entrepreneurial culture. Annually surveying the heads of IT, R&D, and chief innovation managers about the state of the company's innovativeness or entrepreneurial ability is a good idea, but it's not enough. A leader may think the company is entrepreneurial, but for employees, the reality may be entirely different. So it's important to ask employees about how they perceive the environment. Do they believe that company leadership supports entrepreneurship? Does their day-to-day environment allow or encourage entrepreneurial thinking and action?
The right approach is to survey workers at all organizational levels. Capture each employee's opinion on the issue, and share results at the team level -- that's the level at which employees and managers work together to achieve change. Continued assessment enables executives to measure progress and keep the momentum building toward an entrepreneurial environment.
Take a risk
It's crucial to identify strategies that allow large firms to be entrepreneurial. Not all entrepreneurial efforts may yield benefits. But fostering an entrepreneurial environment helps companies create products and services that have significant social value, lead to business growth and wealth creation, and are sources of competitive advantage.
Just remember: Though the Edsel and New Coke linger as bad memories, Ford and Coca-Cola are still innovating, still fostering in-house entrepreneurship, and continuing to increase their market share.


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Hui Liangyu is not a household name in New Zealand.
Hui is the second-highest ranked of China's Vice-Premiers, a member of the State Council and also a Politiburo member.
The Hoover Institute recently predicted Hui would step down when the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party selects its new Politiburo next year.
But as the representative of the nation that looks set to become the Government's key banker, he is a critical player in this country's future.
Officially, Bill English wants to tap Hui's brain to understand China's views on a range of regional and global issues.
"That is important to New Zealand as we plan our future strategies in Asia," English said.
But it's not just China's stance on regional matters that English will be canvassing. Fresh back from the International Monetary Fund meeting with all its portents of woe including the potential for double-dip recession, English will be seeking some assurances that China will continue to invest a portion of its US$3 trillion reserves in New Zealand bonds.
That's already happening.
But it's now critically important for New Zealand's future that those channels are kept flowing. Particularly as the Key Government (assuming it is returned after the November 26 election) is likely to have to delay its planned partial state asset sales programme until the international economy hits an upswing.
That factor, combined with the inevitable impact of the international slowdown on the New Zealand economy (this has already dampened the Government's hopes of returning to surplus earlier that 2014-2015) will have coloured the talks which took place in Wellington yesterday and which will resume today.
Let's face it, this country is hardly likely to be the top priority for European or United States investors in the near term.
There has been talk that the Government will place at least one Treasury official in Beijing to ensure its plan to run credible finances is heard and understood at official levels.
It was not clear ahead of the Hui meeting whether China might seek open endorsement from New Zealand for its proposal for a new reserve currency instead of the US dollar. But that will inevitably come.
Behind the scenes various Chinese companies, many of them SOEs, have been scouting the potential to invest in assets ranging from mines (including Pike River), iron sands, oil and gas and infrastructure such as roads and rail assets (China is already selling rolling stock to KiwiRail) and have expressed interest in getting involved with the rebuilding of earthquake-stricken Christchurch.
The Key Government doesn't talk a great deal about the potential for China to deepen its overall investment footprint in New Zealand by taking such opportunities.
Not because it doesn't see the potential for win-win results. (Trade Minister Tim Groser is particularly eloquent on this score.)
But because the Government's spinmeisters are concerned that making a big deal of rolling out the welcome mat to some large Chinese investments may result in the Beehive getting ahead of public opinion (particularly with an electionpending).
This is a cop-out. But it's also realpolitik.
So while Cabinet ministers like Groser are somewhat constrained on this score, there are no such restrictions on former politicians.
At the NZ Technology Trade and Investment forum yesterday, former Victorian Premier John Brumby (now a director on Huawei's Australian board) emphasised China would overtake the US as the world's largest economy within 10 years. Brumby said China was simply following the path that Japan charted years ago where its focus on overseas investment naturally followed on from increased trade in goods and services with its trading partners.
Brumby predicts the scale of Chinese investment in New Zealand and Australia will become significant. He believes it should be viewed as an "opportunity - not a threat".
But right now that footprint is rather small. The US has A$550 billion ($690 billion) invested in Australia; the United KIngdom has A$472 billion and Japan A$117 billion; China has just A$19.5 billion invested there.
China has around $3 billion invested in New Zealand.
Presentations by NZ Trade and Enterprise chief executive Peter Chrisp, New Zealand Information and Communication Technologies Group chairman Bennett Midary and a raft of companies that are rapidly growing stronger business in China show that New Zealand grasps the opportunity this burgeoning nation presents.
But we have still to come to terms with the fact that investment will inevitably follow trade.
The moment that Hui's visit was publicly announced, it was obvious that the thorny issue of Chinese investment in New Zealand pastoral land would inevitably raise its head as he did the rounds of the top politicians.
The Key Government has already told the Chinese Government that the question of farm sales, in particular the sale of the Crafar farms to Shanghai's Pengxin group, is a "sensitive issue". The Government effectively passed the baton to the Overseas Investment Office when it tightened the foreign investment rules months ago. The OIO must first perform its own due diligence on Pengxin to see whether the company can indeed add value to New Zealand.
Key would obviously rather the whole issue disappeared until after the election. But the Chinese visit erodes that position.
* The Herald was a media partner for the NZ Technology, Trade and Investment Forum. The next event in the Rutherford Innovation Showcase is the Future Cities forum which will be held at the Langham hotel in Auckland today.


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Om Malik / GigaOM:
With Google's My Location, Who Needs a GPS? — Despite all the hoopla around location-based services, the fact of the matter is that a mere 15 percent of handsets have a built-in Global Positioning System. Given Google's recent wireless push, one shouldn't be surprised that Google is releasing …
Google Announces Launch of Google Maps for Mobile With "My Location" Technology — Google today announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, its innovative and widely used mobile mapping and local search application. New in v2.0 is a beta version of Google's "My Location" …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Maps for Mobile Shows Your Location — The latest version of Google Maps for mobile phones has a new feature called "my location". Instead of having to enter your location, Google Maps is able to find it. If your phone has GPS support the location detection should be very good …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Social Site Rankings (October, 2007) — Last month, I asked comScore to run some numbers on traffic to social sites (comScore calls them social networking sites, but they are not all social networks). This month, I asked them to do the same run again for October, 2007.
Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
Laptops for kids group sued over keyboard design — A Nigerian entrepreneur based in Natick says the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge stole his company's design for a multilingual keyboard. — Ade Oyegbola, founder and chief executive of Lagos Analysis Corp., or Lancor …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Office 2008 for Mac to feature iPhone sync capability — Microsoft is planning to provide as part of Office 2008 for Mac — the final version of which is due January 2008 — technology that will allow users to export PowerPoint 2008 presentations onto their iPods and/or iPhones.
Alex Iskold / Read/WriteWeb:
There's No Money In The Long Tail of the Blogosphere — In 2004 Chris Anderson wrote an influential book called The Long Tail. In it, he argued that the future of business is to sell less of more. The main premise is that collectively, things that are in rather low demand can amount to quite large volumes.
LinkedIn CEO: We'd only sell for "a helluva lot" — I sat down Tuesday afternoon in Mountain View, Calif., with Dan Nye, the newish CEO (he joined earlier this year) of LinkedIn. That's the company that is like Facebook for grownups, a businessperson's social networking site.
Epicenter, paidContent.org, Between the Lines, NYT, Silicon Alley Insider, The Social Web, TechCrunch UK, Mashable!, VentureBeat, cheezhead and bub.blicio.us
PR Newswire:
TiVo Announces Results for Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2007 — Announced relationship with NCTA and cable industry to enable cable operator installation and other support for TiVo standalone boxes — Entered into strategic partnership with NBC to provide their advertisers …
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
TiVo Q3: Beats EPS, But Business Still Screwed
TiVo Q3: Beats EPS, But Business Still Screwed
Google Blogoscoped:
What the Google Intranet Looks Like — What do around 16,000 Google employees stare at in the morning when they've arrived at the office? They might be looking at Moma, the name for the Google intranet. The meaning of the name of "Moma" is a mystery even to some of the employees working on it …
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
Is CondéNet's Web Approach Paying Off? — CondéNet today plans to announce it has struck a deal to distribute videos from its various Web sites, which cover topics such as food and travel, via YouTube. It is the latest in a string of partnerships for the digital division …
NewTeeVee, Silicon Alley Insider, rexblog.com, WebProNews, Valleywag, Mashable! and paidContent.org
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
MICROSOFT FLEXES WEB WITH NEW AD CAMPAIGN — Microsoft wants to show consumers where Windows meets the Web. — The software giant is gearing up for a major ad push to highlight how its suite of free online software connects to its Windows operating system over the Internet.
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Google Gadgets go cross-platform — Google is adding support for Google Gadgets in its Google Desktop for the Mac software. Google Gadgets, as you probably know, are mini applications with dynamic content that offer quick access for things like newsfeeds and to-do lists.
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Revised Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:54:23 -0600 (819 falls, 346 arches, 252 lakes, 49 rocks, 43 sinkholes, 20 balds, 13 peaks). Corrections and additions welcomed.
This site has GPS waypoints (latitude/longitude WGS84) and maps to interesting landforms in Tennessee. Some of these landforms are on private property, get permission first. Other formations are diffcult to access because they are off-trail. Many of the locations for waterfalls and lakes were harvested from the USGS database. WARNING: Some of the waypoints are extrapolated from descriptions or trail maps (class B1 data). Many of the waypoints are from site visits with GPS. Over time, more of the sites will be visited and waypoints verified. Sites whose location are particularly "uncertain" are noted with "?". Many of the sites do not have "official" names. Get out and enjoy the natural wonders of Tennessee!
arches | This section provides the location of over 346 arches, natural bridges, and rock windows in Tennessee. |
waterfalls | This section provides the location of over 819 waterfalls in Tennessee. |
rocks | This section provides the location of rock chimneys, rock gardens, and other curious rock formations in Tennessee |
peaks | This section provides the location of the 13 Tennessee mountain peaks over 6000' and high points for each county. |
balds | This section provides the location of the grassy balds along the mountain tops of East Tennessee. |
sinkholes | This section provides the location of sinkholes that have depths over 100' and sinkholes of distinction for each county. |
lakes | This section provides the location of over 252 lakes and reservoirs in Tennessee. |
regions | This section provides the location of various geological regions, craters, and natural areas of Tennessee. |
county | This section lists the landforms by county. |
Maps of the landforms include Maptech, CalTopo, google maps, mytopo, TerraServer satellite/aerial images, and Mapquest. For some formations there are also pictures and additional information. The USGS topo maps use CONUS 1927 datum, which can be more than 200m off (north-south) from WGS84 for UTM, but is typically only 7m off for latitude/longitude in Tennessee. There is also a clickable map that displays the locations of waterfalls, natural bridges, etc. all on the same map, or a Google locator map select address or click on map.
Waypoints |
Download waypoints (WGS84)
Download these waypoint files (.gpx) and use EasyGPS (free) to upload the waypoints from your PC to your GPS. Maptech .mxf waypoint files are also provided, CSV format. You can use gpsvisualizer.com or CalTopo.com to upload and view the gpx files on google map. These files are continually being updated, so be sure you have downloaded the latest version. Last revised Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:54:23 -0600
As if you didn't have enough maps to choose from already, this clickable state map will show arches, waterfalls, etc. all on a single scalable map. Also, USAPhotoMaps (shareware) will display multiple waypoints on the same topo or aerial image. See the commercial GPS/mapping products below, too.
Related information |
TN physiography illustration
geologic map of Tennessee
counties and landform regions
geology of
GSMNP Mt Leconte/ Abrams Falls
geology of Cades Cove
and another
Abrams Falls geology
Mt Leconte geology
geology of Ocoee River
and the whitewater center geology
karst regions/aquifers of TN
and limestone
karst map and sinkholes
caves-per-county map 2013
geologic history
Division of Geology
East Tennessee Geological Society
and TN
GIS data
East TN
earthquake info
or TN earthquake info
recent TN earthquakes
seismicity map
seismic hazard map
US seismic maps
and 2014 US seismic hazards
East TN coal fields
and OSM reports
Kentucky geology
tn geospatial GIS data
or TN GIS data
and UT's TN map info
maps of national parks in Tennessee
clickable (zoom/pan) GSMNP trail map
and interactive 1931 park map
clickable USGS
quadrangle map of GSMNP, zoom/pan
our clickable TN map/location selector
or Google locator map select by address or click
on map
map with distance and elevation tools
or google map with
profiles and contours
and more elevation data
Our google map with tracking and
elevation profiles
another google map nexrad
mytopo (a few glitches from new FS maps)
park maps (pdf's) '03
smoky mountains topo maps
TN USGS 7.5 topo quad maps by county
TN USGS topo
quad index map
TN TNMap TN GIS data
TN USGS map and GIS data topo tiffs
USGS topo quads (tiffs)
map symbols legend
new USGS topos (pdf) download
and older topos (geo pdfs)
Gmap4 hi res topos
or CalTopo.com historic topos and hires topos
with track-draw/profiles/print and gpx import ★ ★
elevation data 10m DEM
and TN DEMs
Topoquest USGS map finder
National Geographic TrailSmart
topo CD , trail maps on topo, GPS-ready for BSF and GSMNP.
TN county maps
or Google county map
History of County Formations in Tennessee 1776-1985 or
historic 1888 county maps
state of Franklin
TDOT state google map
road conditions
TWRA maps WMA's,
some lakes
East TN landform map
and WorldAtlas Tennessee landforms
maps of the Great Smoky Mountains
geologic maps
karst map
historical maps
or here
or here
or here
various generations of TN topo maps
or here
or here
pre-1945 USGS
topographic maps
and USGS
historic/current pdf's
Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project (HQSP)
center of Tennessee
and waymark
remotest point in Tennessee
3-D fly thru maps
Cades Coves, TN river gorge, Albright Grove
state map ravenmaps.com
Tennessee maps county, elevation
My Google maps
county high points
AT shelters
(most have iPhone google map option)
Google Earth KML files based on our waypoints:
TN waterfalls falls.kmz and arches arches.kmz Big South Fork landforms bsf.kmz Smoky Mountains landforms gsmnp.kmz or campsites camp.kmz or trails.kmz trails (2/22/08) TN lookout towers towers.kmz Appalachian Trail shelters atshelters.kmz and parking atparking.kmz Oak Ridge greenways gw.kmz |
Waterfalls of Tennessee ratings, directions (2nd edition)
Natural Arches of the Big South Fork (10+ in TN)
Natural Bridges of Tennessee 1979 bulletin (36+)
Caves of Tennessee (700+) 1961 bulletin
or Mathews
Descriptions of Tennessee Caves 1971 bulletin
books about exploring Tennessee
Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide Skelton, 2005
The Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Tennessee Mountains, online, trail info,
100 Trails of the Big South Fork
40 Hikes in Tennessee's South Cumberland
The Historic Cumberland Plateau
Hiking Tennesse Trails
Smoky Mountain Hiking Trails trail narratives, elevation profiles, map
Hiker's Guide to the Smokies
Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains
Hiking Tennessee
GPS info Bring a compass. It's awkward when you have to eat your friends.
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Serious question... How long does one have to hold an asset to turn it from gambling to investing? And how do you come to that measure?
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The sister of a New Zealand father-of-four killed at a family party in Queensland says her brother was an "absolutely awesome brother" who didn't deserve to die.
Kelly Dumper was yesterday flying out to Australia with another sister Michelle Lyons and mother Anne Dumper.
Ms Dumper's older brother Brent Dumper was shot dead at a party to celebrate his daughter's housewarming on Queensland's Gold Coast.
His murder followed a tragic coincidence that saw his 21-year-old daughter Jessica move in next door to his alleged killer, Bevan Carl Forsythe, 36, another expatriate New Zealander.
Forsythe is a second cousin to Jessica's boyfriend, and the couple had stayed in his house after moving from Beerwah to the Gold Coast.
While they were there the house next door became available for rent, and the couple moved in.
Ms Dumper told the Herald yesterday that Forsythe had been "trying to pick a fight" before he went to his house to get a gun.
The killing is the third tragedy for the Dumper family in the past few years.
The siblings' 64-year-old father died about four years ago of cancer then Ms Dumper lost a baby girl a year ago.
Mr Dumper - who has lived in Australia for about five years - returned to New Zealand to support his sister after she lost her daughter.
"We've just about had a loss a year, this is just a heartless one," Ms Dumper said.
"He was an absolutely awesome brother. He always had a joke, he was the life of the party. No one could ask for a better brother."
Mr Dumper left his Waiuku home for the Gold Coast about five years ago with wife Karyn and daughters Jessica and Kate.
Mr Dumper has two older sons from a previous relationship who both live in Auckland.
He married Mrs Dumper in Fiji after the couple met in Waiuku.
The family plans to hold a service in Beerwah, near Glass House Mountain in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, where Mr Dumper had worked as a real estate agent.
Mr Dumper's body will later be flown back to New Zealand for burial.
There had been no trouble between Mr Dumper and Forsythe before an argument allegedly developed in the back yard of the property during a housewarming party that began on Saturday evening and continued into the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Forsythe is also charged with the attempted murder of Michael Norman McMillan, 44, who allegedly narrowly missed being shot when he grappled with the gunman.
But close family friend Roger Guillemet said there had been no ill-feeling between Mr Dumper and his alleged killer before the party.
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Wouldn't it be awesome if Martin was just trolling us all and was actually nearly finished and released the book this summer?
I can dream, right?
Didn't Bronn name 'his' son after Tyrion, which made Cersei try and kill him?
Bran stared resentfully at the sweating boys below. "If I still had my legs, I could beat them all." He remembered the last time he'd held a sword in his hand, when the king had come to Winterfell. It was only a wooden sword, yet he'd knocked Prince Tommen down half a hundred times. "Ser Rodrik should teach me to use a poleaxe. If I had a poleaxe with a big long haft, Hodor could be my legs. We could be a knight together."
"I think that... unlikely," Maester Luwin said. "Bran, when a man fights, his arms and legs and thoughts must be as one."
Not sure what would happen between him and Bronn. Could go either way. The show made them too much of bros; in the books Tyrion knew what he was getting with Bronn.
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If you visit Michelle & Gerald's Southern Cuisine, expect to be treated like family. In addition to Southern hospitality, the Southern heritage of the menu is authentic.
Michelle and Gerald Flunder own the restaurant. His family is from Louisiana, hers from Texas and Mississippi, but they met in California more than 30 years ago.
They both cook. She does the baking.
It's the second time they've owned a Southern eatery in Glendale. They once had M and G Soul Food east of downtown. This new location has been open four years in the Catlin Court area, a neighborhood perfectly suited for independent restaurants.
Scene: Michelle & Gerald's is housed in a bungalow built around the 1930s. The furniture is farmhouse style with natural-finish tops and white-washed accents for a fresh, clean look. Floors are hardwood.
Decorations are strictly New Orleans; exquisite Mardi Gras masks hang on the walls and rest on the sills of the windows. Light pours in through the many windows for a sun-drenched atmosphere. There's also seating on the wrap-around porch.
Food: I was hungry for food from the Delta and wanted to try those specialties, though the café also serves breakfast fare such as chicken and waffles, eggs and pancakes.
I especially wanted beignets, New Orleans' legendary nuggets of fried dough sprinkled with powdered sugar, so we paced ourselves in anticipation of dessert.
Michelle bakes the rolls for the muffalettas, the signature sandwich of New Orleans.
At New Orleans' Central Grocery, the sandwich is layered with ham, salami, pepperoni and capicola meats, Provolone cheese and (the key ingredient) olive spread. The Italian-American lunch counter dates to 1906 and is the acknowledged home of the muffaletta. I've eaten there, and it's one tasty sandwich.
The traditional roll is round and similar to focaccia or ciabatta bread. Michelle's roll is like that but just a little lighter, dusted with cornmeal, and it's lovely.
At Central Grocery, the sandwiches are so big many people order a half or quarter. At Michelle's & Gerald's, you get two smaller ones ($7.95), which makes it handy to split with a friend or take home for later. They're simply great. The olive spread is just oily enough to soak its charms into the fresh bread and ample enough to add tang to the ham, salami and cheese. It's a cold sandwich, but you could bring one home and heat it up to melt the cheese.
The po' boy is another historic Louisiana sandwich. It's a type of sub sandwich lined with meat, usually fried, such as shrimp, oysters or catfish, as well as sausage or beef, and dressed with shredded lettuce.
At Michelle & Gerald's, we ordered the shrimp po' boy ($7.95), a buttery sub roll piled with eight shrimp fried in a cornmeal batter, lettuce and tomatoes, and served with ranch dressing. The roll was superior, though not baked by Michelle.
A little bit of acrobatics is required as the plump shrimp keep jumping off the roll. But stuff them back in and keep on eating. I tried to hold back on inhaling the whole thing, remembering the promise of beignets, but I was not entirely successful.
Besides, we still had a barbecued pulled pork sandwich ($6.95) waiting, and it was a burly one: a mass of tender shredded pork in a rich sauce spilling out of its sesame-seed bun.
The barbecue sauce is Texas style, more vinegary than tomato-y. This makes for a sharper sauce, a nice change of pace from the sweet at most barbecue places.
The accompanying coleslaw looked tempting with its julienned carrots and cabbage not so drenched in mayonnaise. But I'm thinking the cook bumped the salt shaker the day we tried it. One bite was enough.
Despite their reputation, fried green tomatoes have never been on my radar. At Michelle & Gerald's, they're small slices dredged in the same cornmeal batter as the shrimp and served with ranch dressing ($4.25), much like fried zucchini rounds.
Good enough, I suppose, but I'm not sure what all the fuss is about? I'll leave that to Southerners, just as I leave the whole cheese-curd debate to Wisconsinites.
Now the yams ($3.25) are another story.
These come in a little bowl, redolent with cinnamon and clove, maybe a hint of vanilla, and are so sweet and tender you could get away with having them for dessert. Think of them as sweet-potato pie without the crust.
Dessert: If you're looking for a typical Southern pie, don't miss the buttermilk pie ($3.25), baked by Michelle. It's a thin custard with a sort of pumpkin spice flavor, but its base is milk and eggs and sugar. The crust is flaky with a decided homemade taste.
But it was the long-awaited beignets ($3.25) that did me in.
More than half a dozen of these pillows of dough come in an order, and I downed them like crack cocaine. Much of their appeal was due to my trip to a French restaurant just a few days before where the supposed beignets, served with chocolate sauce (gilding the lily!), were leaden and hit my stomach like birdshot.
Michelle's are light and naked except for generous powdered sugar. They come warm, fresh and tender and are worth bagging up some of your meal for later to make sure you save room for beignets. Beignets are the gold standard of desserts in New Orleans as far as I'm concerned. I've enjoyed them at Café du Monde, which claims the original, and these are almost as good.
Drinks: Soft drinks, ice tea, sweet tea, juice and Kool-Aid are choices for beverage.
Lowdown: If you enjoy Southern cooking, you'll be whistling Dixie at Michelle & Gerald's. The menu spans just enough cuisines, including chicken and waffles, barbecue, fried fish and tastes of New Orleans. Side dishes include red beans and rice, fried cabbage, greens and grits.
There are worse ways to idle away an hour or two having lunch or dinner on the porch and sipping iced tea.
Beignets at Michelle & Gerald's Southern Cuisine in downtown Glendale.
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Tandoori spiced chicken salad with mint buttermilk dressing {recipe}
Bright. Bold. Beautiful. It's pasta salad done right.
Sloppy Joes get an Indian makeover.
Fish and shrimp in a beautiful bold Indian rice casserole.
Flaky, cheesy, buttery soft biscuits~ a perfect breakfast in the making
Strawberry and Jam filled Crostata.
Upside Down Sticky Toffee Pudding with Kumquats and Salted Cashews.
Healthy and baked crisp, these fries are tastily endowed with zingy chaat masala.
Quinoa, chickpeas, green spinach merge splendidly into this super patty.
Home baked bread, looped and layered to lovely capabilities, it is happy bread, indeed!
Beautifully seasoned and baked, fish in corn tortillas with tangy sweet cabbage slaw. When's dinner?
The four milks in this pudding make it an impressive yet easy no- bake dessert.
Seasoned and roasted paneer pieces find home in this extravagantly rich curry.
Elegant French macarons with a deliciously smooth strawberry buttercream. {recipe}
Sensational banana jam~lovely bread spread, tasty pancake dress-er and insane ice cream topper all in one jar.
Succulent pieces of chicken draped with saucy veggies and crowned with flaky puff pastry. {recipe}
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Our goal is to promote community empowerment through building local capacities to handle HIV/AIDS prevention programmes, nutrition, support and care services; handle self-help and income generating activities and education for the marginalized children.
We are a voluntary, not for profit community based initiative operating in eastern Uganda. The majority of people in eastern Uganda especial in Jinja District are either in subsidiary farming or involved in micro and small-scale business activities.To a great extent many are dealing in survival activities characteristics of informal sector operations. They include small holder farming, cattle keeping, market vendors, housemaids, brick making, tailoring, and handcrafts to mention but a few.
As development partners, non-governmental organizations are proving to be more effective at grass roots where government hands cannot satisfy/ reach.
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A recent article on CNN.com by Bob Green told the tales of three men who showed great graciousness to those whom less magnanimous men would have felt justified in chewing out. The article details how a four star general and a basketball star were mistaken for a waiter and a skycap, respectively, and chose to act with dignity and not embarrass the offending party. But my favorite anecdote is about old Blue Eyes. From the CNN article:
One of the most indelible stories about a person going out of his way to avoid humiliating another person was told in Gay Talese's 1966 Esquire article "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," widely considered to be perhaps the finest magazine profile ever written.
In the article, Talese described a party at the home of Sinatra's former wife, at which Sinatra, who maintained cordial relations with her, was acting as host. A young woman at the party, according to Talese, "while leaning against a table, accidentally with her elbow knocked over one of a pair of alabaster birds to the floor, smashing it to pieces."
Talese wrote that Sinatra's daughter Nancy, also a guest at the party, started to say: "Oh, that was one of my mother's favorite…"
Talese continued:
"[B]ut before she could complete the sentence, Sinatra glared at her, cutting her off, and while 40 other guests in the room all stared in silence, Sinatra walked over, quickly with his finger flicked the other alabaster bird off the table, smashing it to pieces, and then put an arm gently around [the young woman] and said, in a way that put her completely at ease, 'That's OK, kid.' "
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Purpose: Hartford Public Library (HPL) encourages public use of meeting rooms as gathering places to exchange ideas, access and share information and participate in programs created for public enjoyment, public education and civic engagement.
HPL's Board of Directors adopts the following rules, regulations and fees for public use of meeting rooms and event spaces:
For Non-Profit, Community Organizations and Government
For-Profit and Individuals
Downtown Library Meeting Rooms and Event Spaces
The Downtown Library has several rooms/event spaces available for public use.
Meeting rooms:
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Fee Schedule
Room Rate | Full Day | Half Day | Days |
Center for Contemporary Culture | $800 | $400 | Fri/Sat/Sun |
$600 | $300 | M-Thurs | |
Cafe | $500 | $250 | Fri/Sat/Sun |
$400 | $200 | M-Thurs | |
Ground Floor Classroom | $225 | $125 | Fri/Sat/Sun |
$200 | $100 | M-Thurs |
Government, non-profits, and community groups will not be charged a room rental fee for the use of rooms. Non-profits must show evidence of 501(c) 3 status.
Based on whether the Library is open for all or part of the program, additional charges apply for all users for facilities, security, and AV staff providing services. For programs that end after the regular closing of the Library, a minimum charge of one hour will apply. For programs or events held when the Library is closed to the public, a minimum charge of 4 hours will apply. Rate charges subject to change. The Library reserves the right to determine the appropriate staffing level required for the event based on the size and/or type of event.
Description |
Rate per hour |
Facilities Staff per person charge |
$51 |
Security Staff per person charge |
$27 |
AV Staff per person charge |
$56 |
For each event there is a flat $25 Equipment User Fee charged for the use of one piece or any combination of multiple pieces of audiovisual equipment/and or stage set-up.
Room Rentals require a 50% deposit two weeks in advance of the event; balance due on or before the day of the event. Additional charges may apply if the event exceeds reserved time.
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Room set-up, if required, is the responsibility of the event host. The events coordinator will assist with the room setup to accommodate reasonable meeting needs. Special room setups are limited to certain spaces. Library staff can set up the space for an additional charge.
If needed, the library can provide audiovisual equipment and technical support service for an additional fee. Only authorized library staff can operate the equipment. Please see available Audiovisual Equipment listed below. Use of audiovisual equipment other than that owned by the Library is not permitted.
A number of safety issues connected with holding events at the library are listed below.
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Egress routes may not be obstructed in any way and exit signs must remain clearly visible. NO EXCEPTIONS.Room Capacity
The maximum capacity set by law is posted in each meeting room. Exceeding the maximum capacity of a room is prohibited by law.Candles, Smoke and Open Flames
Candles, incense or any other smoke or flame-producing device are not permitted in the library. Such devices could easily set off the fire alarm system which would cause the evacuation of the building and summon the fire department.Decorations
Decorations used at events cannot obscure exit signs or doors. Nothing may be taped or affixed to any part of the rooms. Glitter and confetti is strictly prohibited.Electrical Cords
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An organization wishing to serve alcohol as a part of an after-hours event is required to secure a temporary permit or license, and submit it to the events coordinator two (2) weeks in advance of the event. Any required permits, special insurance or licenses will be the responsibility of the organization hosting the event.
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Happy friday friends!! For whatever reason, this week has felt particularly long. I'm not so secretly excited to sit back, relax and sip on an extra strong bevvy. If I had my choice, this lemon paradise cocktail would be it. I've yet to personally attempt it, but if I know MR Bartending at all, I know for a fact it will be perfect.
Jacquelyn ClarkLemon Paradise Cocktail
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prep time 3 Minute/s | cook time | total time 3 Minute/s |
- 2- Slices lemon
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- 1- Sprig mint
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Known for bling and Beyonce sightings, Miami isn't usually celebrated for its affordability. So how do you have a financially-feasible getaway in this city filled with glitz and glamour? Enjoy it like a local. According to the Miami Downtown Development Authority, it's one of the fastest-growing urban centers in the United States, boasting an 85 percent occupancy rate. Clearly, even with the current economy, frugal strategies exist to experience this star-studded city on the water that many consider out of vacation reach. Here are several you can use to enjoy your Miami getaway without going off budget.
Leisure: The Miami Beach Botanical Garden provides a free tropical oasis in the heart of South Beach totaling more than four acres. More of an art fan? The Miami Art Museum offers free admission on the second Saturday of each month. Exercise enthusiasts on the other hand, will want to visit Bayfront Park, which hosts free outdoor yoga classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m.
Dining: Bayfront Park is also a popular hangout for numerous food trucks selling frugal lunch fare. Visitors looking for affordable mid-day food can enjoy cart food by the bay, or take a short stroll up Flagler Street to the Paul S. Walker pocket park, one of several small green spaces in the city suitable for a money-saving sightseer's picnic. Tobacco Road, Miami's oldest bar, offers $5 lunch specials on Monday through Wednesday which include hot, hearty sandwiches, hand-cut fries and a soda. The establishment is also known for its live music, and one of the best Friday-night happy hours around, featuring 99-cent drinks for 99 minutes starting at 6 p.m.
Transportation: As any local can tell you, parking in Miami isn't usually cheap. That makes the Metromover, downtown Miami's above-ground rail system a popular choice for visitors and locals alike. The Metromover is free for anyone to ride, and stops at all major downtown destinations. Boarding times are convenient, with cars arriving every ninety seconds during rush hours, and every three minutes during off-peak times.
Accommodations: On Airbnb.com, a website listing guest spaces available with local home owners, I found a number of overnight accommodation options for two in Miami Beach offered at less than $100 each. For Beyonce spotters on more of a backpacking budget, South Beach Hostel provides dorm-style sleeping with complimentary breakfast and free Wi-Fi for less than $30 per night.
Theriault is the best-selling co-author of the book "10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget" and founder of TrekHound.com, a web site for independent travelers. She also founded TheLessonMachine.com, a website for teachers.


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What is an authentic parallel import? Wikipedia had this to say about it.
A parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. Parallel imports are often referred to as grey product, and are implicated in issues of international trade, and intellectual property.[1].
it just means its a grey import,its original.. Like the stuff from Kogan.
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The Colorado BLM cultural resources program manages archaeological, historical and traditional cultural properties and museum collections. Government to government relations with American Indian tribes that have cultural and historic ties to Colorado is essential to protecting cultural and natural resources on public land.
More than 48,000 cultural resource sites are recorded on Colorado's public lands dating from 12,000 years ago. There are 535 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 National Historic Landmarks. Significant sites include prehistoric Fremont rock art, ancestral Anasazi pueblos, Ute villages, and historic mines and towns.
Popular visitor destinations include Lowry Pueblo, Sand Canyon Pueblo and Canyon Pintado. The Anasazi Heritage Center (AHC), near the town of Dolores, houses several million artifacts, and includes exhibit areas and a laboratory. The AHC is part of the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument (CANM) which was designated in 2000. CANM provides special protection and recognition for about 164,000 acres containing one of the highest known densities of archaeological sites in the American Southwest.
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The State Protocol Agreement (Protocol), available on the right-hand side of this page, describes how the BLM and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will interact. This Protocol emphasizes a collaborative and cooperative relationship while striving to improve the management of cultural resources on BLM lands in Colorado and those that might be affected by the BLM's actions. It also ensures a program for continued and enhanced communication between the BLM, SHPO, Indian tribes and other consulting parties potentially affected by BLM undertakings.
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