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Dale, whatever you do, don't mention that you've blogged about Apple when you do the show on Thursday. My hubbie has had an iMac for over a year and he will be watching cos he's very curious about what prices The Q have managed to blag. I don't want him coming anywhere near your blog cos I'll be in right bother if he sees what I've been up to!!
And anyway, what are you playing at doing another blog so soon??!! We'll never get you to two pages now! There's absolutely no chance on a 'tec'y" blog! I'm not impressed, In fact, I've got the monk on so I won't be back for a while!
I just wanted to say hi and give the followers of the 'Fox Blog' a gentle reminder if you haven't seen the promo currently running for a VERY exciting premiere show that I'll be presenting at 10pm this coming Thursday.
It's Q Technology featuring Apple – it's absolutely fantastic that we can bring you a range of superb products from such an iconic brand.
I can't tell you how excited I am to be the lucky presenter for this show and I'll be working alongside Lee Hohbein, one of my favourite technology guests and also a big fan of Apple.
We've got a stunning line up for the show including the amazing iPad 2 – you really have to spend a few moments holding the iPad 2 before you switch it on; it's innovative design is so light and it's only 0.34" thick yet feels so sturdy – it just feels right in your hands and then you switch it on WOW! It's so easy to surf the web, check on your emails, read an ebook or watch a video.
For the techies it has a dual-core A5 chip, meaning it loads apps quickly, has wonderful graphics – and the touch responsive screen is sublime. Look I better stop!
But don't worry, there's so much more to tell you during the show. We'll also showcase the superb iMac desktop with it's all-in-one capabilities blending power and performance with amazing design! The model we will feature has a powerful Quad Core i5 processor from Intel and a huge 1TB of storage.
We will also be featuring the beautiful MacBook Pro with it's durable 'unibody' enclosure, Multi-Touch trackpad and energy efficient design with fantastic battery life and many other innovations inside it's cool exterior.
We also have amazing iPod Nano and iPod Touch media players; my kids have the iPod Touch and they never seem to put them down, whether playing games, listening to music, watching and recording videos and much more!
The iPod Nano is small and sleek and provides music right at your finger tips; it's even wearable! With its Multi-Touch screen it's great fun, with FM radio and Live Pause and a choice of great colours. We even have the amazing Apple TV which, amongst many other tricks up its sleeve, allows you to watch HD movies and web TV shows using your home network.
Honestly, I could go on for pages and make no apologies for my obvious gushing excitement – believe me I have only just scratched the surface on how this show could change the way you currently enjoy your multi-media world. Or did you discover Apple many years ago and want to upgrade or add to your collection? I'd love to hear from you if so and look forward to you joining Lee and I at 10pm this Thursday, December 15th.
Dale x
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December 13, 2011 at 7:06 pm -
Dale, whatever you do, don't mention that you've blogged about Apple when you do the show on Thursday. My hubbie has had an iMac for over a year and he will be watching cos he's very curious about what prices The Q have managed to blag. I don't want him coming anywhere near your blog cos I'll be in right bother if he sees what I've been up to!!
December 13, 2011 at 11:02 pm -
Hi Dale,
I discovered the Apple ecosystem a couple of years ago and can say I'm truly hooked by it. On my 3rd iPhone, writing this on my Macbook and got the iPad too for the commute to and from work so I can read up on stuff. Everything about it is just stunning and works really well.
I'd definitely describe myself as a complete geek but love everything apple!
December 15, 2011 at 1:23 am -
Oh Marian – I can sense your nervousness!To be honest there's so much to talk about during the show My blog is unlikely to crop up!
Hi Darren – You are not alone – I'm on my 2nd iPhone model and am seriously considering replacing my PC notebook with a Mac but what? a MacBook, Pro/air,iMac ? Decisions heh! I've recently bought the AppleTV and it's so typically Apple – very compact, Simple to set up and use and just brilliant ! Hope you enjoy the Show but it sounds like you already have most of the line-up!
cheers for now Dale
December 15, 2011 at 8:38 pm -
Dale, you were very quick again………… blogging. I didn't get the chance to tell you how much I loved the picture of you and your brother. I also didn't get the chance to thank Jill Franks; thanks Jill. Hope Windy Wen from Wigan is okay; you did make me laugh Jill x
Ma, you mustn't be too hard on Daleo re his 'techi' blogs; after all, we're always going on about our gadgets. I will be watching though because that iPad2 sounds verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry interesting Dale – you naughty tease!!
Christmas is getting very close now and I'm soooooooooooo in the Christmas mood. In fact, I can feel another couple of Christmas songs coming on. Do you think you are ready Daleo for a couple more songs? Doesn't matter if you're not really, cos I'm gonna sing 'em anyway. Are you there Ma? Lots of love Ma, please feel free to join in. Right, on yer marks, get set, goooooooooo
You better watch out
You better beware
Be very afraid
Show your face if you dare
Ma and Gail are coming for Dale ………………
You've heard us on your blog Dale
You know what we're about
Hows about a 'One Time Only'
OMG I hear you shout
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Let's go all the way ………………………
To the North Pole
To see Santa
Who's parked up on his sleigh
Hey ……………………………………..
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Let's go all the way ……………………….
To Daleo's with mistletoe
Hey Dale what do you say
Hey ………………………………………
I must go now Dale because I've got to get ready for your 10 o'clock show.
Galeo xxx
December 15, 2011 at 10:43 pm -
Hi Dale
Just watched the show (blink and you missed it!) I knew the products would be popular but did you think it would be that popular? Wow I dont think i'd seen a show complete so quickly. Yes i've got a few devices but always on the lookout. I've got one of the last of the White Macbook models before they discontinued them and its still good but do wish I'd gone for the aluminium instead. I loved the look of the iMac and my wife loves the look too as she hates wires so if we opt for a new desktop in the future I suspect we may go that way.
Re your decisions I guess it depends on what you want to do. The Air is very fast but you'll be limited with the space you have to store stuff so its very much that balancing act. I run all sorts of IT stuff on mine like virtual machines so I need storage and portability so I'd stump for the Macbook pro.
I'll stop wittering on now but I"ll be looking out for the next Apple show.
All the best
December 17, 2011 at 9:08 am -
I'm back Dale. Did you miss me gorgeous?! Of course I didn't really have the monk on. Actually, they're not my type Daleo ……… bit too quiet for me!!! No, there's just so much to be done this time of year and parties to go to, etc, etc…………
There really isn't much to go at for me and Gail on this blog though and, as you can see, you've caused Gail to hit the sherry again! Mind you, I can see you've made an effort with the old double entendres…… "it feels just right in your hands" and "touch responsive" …… nothing gets past me Dale'icious as I'm sure you've come to realise! Does amaze me how you can get soooooooo exited over an apple though! That said, congratulations on what was clearly a runaway success of a show.
And now, just in case this is your last blog before crimbo Dale ……. here is a seasonal message from HM………… (that's 'hilarious' (your words Dale) 'Ma')!
Deck Dale's blog with comments jolly
Fa la la la la la la la la
Join the ladies 'off their trolley'
Fa la la la la la la la la
Double entendres, innuendoes
Fa la la la la la la la la
Fill yer saucy boots, Ho Ho Ho
Fa la la la la la la la la!
A very happy Christmas Dale to you and your loved ones (big crimbo smacker for Toby Dog X) xxxx
Lots of love and good wishes to all the fans and followers of The Fox's blog, especially the lovely Gail with whom I have had a ball this year … Happy Christmas sweetie and I look forward to lots more fun and frivolity in 2012. xxxx Not forgetting the Q's blog editing team who make it all possible! xxxx
December 18, 2011 at 3:05 pm -
Gail – you've got me all Christmassy with your wonderful re-mix of the Springstein Classic – not sure what Bruce would make of it but I loved it! Jingle Bells all the the Wahay! more like it!Dale x
Hi again Darren – Yes blink and you missed it ! You're right – Normally Lee and I would be ecstatic that a show sold out of all it's stock in 20 something minutes but actually we were disappointed that the Q Tech show featuring Apple sold out so quickly – We had both put so much effort into doing Apple's great line up justice – only to find that 2/3 lines sold out from preview! we only got a very limited time to squeeze in one or two quick demos of the remainder! Oh well – it still leaves me slightly unsure of the right machine for me – infact Charlie Brook and I have had the same thoughts as you outline above – but whatever we decide I know we won't be disappointed – cheers for Now! Dale.
December 19, 2011 at 1:25 pm -
merry christmas Dale, and all at qvc,just using your blog to thank Marian and Gail for lightening my day with their wit french and saunders had better watch out, please lets have another year of it and once again have a lovely christmas and a great new year to everyone xxxxx Gill
December 19, 2011 at 6:49 pm -
merry xmas and happy new year when it comes dale
December 20, 2011 at 10:22 am -
Morning Daleo, Ma and Gill,
Another quick one Daleo as I'm off shopping, AGAIN!!! This time of year I don't know whether I'm coming or going (NO comments please Ma). I'm so glad you enjoyed our little 'sing song' Dale x
Blink and you missed it eh; been there done that eh Ma!! Anyway, bet Dale prefers a pair, oops I mean pear.
Ma, my lovely pal, can I ask you what a 'double entendres' is? Is it a drink Ma; if so I'll have a double too.
I must go now Dale, but I will be back SOON. Hello Gill, even though we've terrorised poor Daleo all year, it's nice to know that we've put a smile on your face xx Happy Christmas to you and a healthy, happy New Year.
Happy Christmas to you Daleo and your family and also to my best pal, Marian. Lots of love Ma xx
I must go now Dale; I'm so tired I can't dot another i or cross another t (you can see what films I watch can't you Dale).
Before I go I want to write something that I heard at the weekend, which I think sums Ma and me up perfectly:
Growing old is compulsory
Growing up is optional
Lots of love, Gail xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
December 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm -
Only meeeeeeeeeeee!
I'm coming alright. Oh yeeeeeeeesssssssss indeedy ………… to The Q's 2012 Beauty Bash of course! Well what did you think I meant Dale??!! Got my invitation last week, so get your name down for hosting the afternoon bash gorgeous ……….. yeah right!!
It'll be all 'New Year, New You', but I think I like me just the way I am and, as you say Gail, growing up is optional!
Merry Christmas Gill and it's nice to know you enjoy the madness. I'm not sure sometimes where it comes from but, as long as it keeps coming, (there I go again Gail!), I'll keep it up (ooohhhhh, one for you there Daleo)!!
December 22, 2011 at 7:17 am -
Ay Gail, it's just dawned on me that we need to aim higher! Yes, if its true that Dale prefers a pair (oops, I mean pear!!), then getting to page two on his blog will never be good enough. We need to make it to page three!!!!!! LOL!!!!
December 22, 2011 at 11:04 am -
Ma, I was getting a bit worried that we may be keeping all the 'serious' bloggers away, but as it is the season for NUTS I think we're okay for now. I'll think about that another time; after all, tomorrow is another day!! (another insight into the films I watch Daleo).
Have a happy birthday Dale. I'm just off shopping, AGAIN!!
Gail xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
December 22, 2011 at 8:07 pm -
HM, I like you just the way you are too x Beauty bash eh; sounds a bit violent to me Ma! Have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year. Lol, Gail or Gaileo; doesn't matter which, I've been called worse. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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The Lakers are rallying around the rest of the NBA's Lonzo Ball hate
Marcin Gortat's prediction didn't work out so well for the Washington Wizards.
The Wizards center promised All-Star teammate John Wall would "torture" Lonzo Ball, ripping the Los Angeles Lakers rookie's father in the process, and Wall doubled down, ensuring "no mercy" on Ball. The Lakers took it personally, using those comments as motivation in practice before carrying the momentum into Wednesday's 102-99 overtime win, holding Wall to a 7-of-22 shooting night in defeat.
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"The competitor in Lonzo, of course he didn't take it so well," Lakers forward Brandon Ingram told reporters after Thursday's practice. "And with his teammates behind him, we didn't take it so well."
"I did bring it up in shoot-around today," Lakers coach Luke Walton added on Wednesday, via the Los Angeles Times. "It's nothing personal but we defend each other. If people want to talk about our players, we should be offended. … We're not just going to [take it]. I don't know if that was part of it but our guys were much more locked in tonight."
Oh, it was part of it, all right.
"Yeah, 100 percent," Ball told the media after the win. "It started at practice. Everybody bought into it getting ready for this game, and you could see it on the court. When we were guarding tonight, we were all playing for one another. No one was playing selfish, we weren't leaving guys on islands. John Wall is one of the fastest point guards in all of the NBA, and you saw every time he had the ball, we had people on both sides of him. So, it was definitely a team effort tonight."
Ball wasn't spectacular. He didn't make a shot until the third quarter, finishing with six points on 2-of-11 shooting, but he added 10 assists (against one turnover), eight rebounds, a block and a steal. The result was a game-high plus-13 rating, thanks to plays like this ludicrous outlet pass to Larry Nance Jr.:
Lakers QB Lonzo Ball to Larry Nance Jr pic.twitter.com/B1wRvBj2yp
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) October 26, 2017
"It would be a lot easier to win if I make some shots," Ball added to reporters afterward, "but I'm going to rebound, I'm going to try to defend every time I can, and I'm going to find the open man."
Luke On Lonzo: "Even when he misses his shot, he still impacts the game in such a positive way."
Zo finished w/ 6 pts, 8 rebs, 10 assists.
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) October 26, 2017
The Lakers are so high on Ball's ability to impact the outcome despite his 31.6 percent shooting that Walton's main concern is that there aren't enough of the rookie's minutes to go around for everybody:
"The way Julius [Randle] was rolling to the basket in the fourth quarter [against New Orleans on Sunday], I'd like to get them some minutes together," said Walton, via the L.A. Times. "You could go down the line. The way that Brook [Lopez] can stretch the floor, I'd like to keep Brook and Lonzo in together. Unfortunately a lot of those guys are overlapping positions and we're not going to play Lonzo 48 minutes."
Wall did make Lonzo look silly on occasion:
Wall crossover scores on Lonzo pic.twitter.com/LEkosv6lnX
— ⓂarcusD (@_MarcusD2_) October 26, 2017
Then again, the same could be said about any point guard in the NBA, and Ball didn't back down:
Wall brought the thunder, and Lonzo went back at him.
This is fuuun. pic.twitter.com/h9tLDKR75X
— ESPN (@espn) October 26, 2017
That moment when you realize Lavar Ball was right about Lonzo not losing twice in the same week pic.twitter.com/0sz8zTzkIU
— Collin (@CollinJustin1) October 26, 2017
The Lakers made life equally as difficult on Wall as he did on Ball. A game-worst minus-12 on the night, Wall turned the ball over four times on his way to nine assists and missed 15 shots, including 10 of his last 11 attempts — three of which were blocked by Lakers forward Julius Randle in big moments:
In the end, the lasting image was Wall trying to draw contact from Ball on a game-tying 3-point attempt that never had a chance, all while Wizards teammate Bradley Beal was open in the corner:
John Wall going against Lonzo Ball to end the game, misses 3-pointer pic.twitter.com/Kki8uYN5vm
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 26, 2017
"We have to find a better shot. He's better than that," Wizards coach Scott Brooks said of Wall's shot afterward, via The Washington Post. "Something that we're going to have get better with. I thought Brad was open at the end but I trust John's decision. I didn't like the shot but I trust his decisions. He's made a lot of great decisions over the years, especially with me the last year and four games [of the 2017-18 season]. So I live with those decisions but we have to get better with them and he will."
Things all seemed to go according to LaVar Ball's plan, once again.
LaVar Ball's message to the Wizards: They better beware cause Lonzo ain't losing again. Not in the same week!https://t.co/4ksxnSRU5d pic.twitter.com/VA8JDfRUFS
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 23, 2017
Lonzo's father promised after the Lakers' loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, "Washington come in Wednesday? They better beware, because Lonzo isn't losing again. Not in the same week."
To which Gortat fired back on Twitter:
man….. pleaseeeeee!!! @JohnWall will torture him for 48min
— Marcin Gortat (@MGortat) October 23, 2017
he will kill his son one day
— Marcin Gortat (@MGortat) October 23, 2017
Gortat doubled down on those comments with NBC Sports Washington prior to the matchup:
"To be honest with you, I don't see anything genius about that," said Gortat. "You know, the same-case scenario could be, I could go to the media and say that I'm much better than Shaquille O'Neal or I could punk Hakeem Olajuwon under the basket. Am I going to look genius? No, I'm gonna look like a moron, so bottom line is I don't think that's genius what he's doing."
"Obviously, he got a little bit of hype about his son, and people put a microphone right in front of his face, so that's why he's talking. But at the end of the day, I don't think he's doing any good to his kid. Because at the end of the day, people are just going to wait for him, and because of his comments, his kid's gonna have a tougher job in a game."
Wall endorsed The Polish Hammer's comments prior to the game, promising "no mercy" on Ball. This was tamer than Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley calling Lonzo a "weak ass [expletive]," but the message was the same: Opponents want to make Lonzo pay for his LaVar's brash promises.
Brooks tried to temper his players' comments:
#Wizards coach Scott Brooks with a very strong and personal take on LaVar Ball.
To Brooks, all he sees is a pops proud of his boy. pic.twitter.com/otMsBlCimY
— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) October 24, 2017
But the bulletin-board material damage was done, and the Balls got the last laugh. Even with nine minutes remaining and the Wizards leading by double-digits, LaVar continued to guarantee victory:
"Who is Marcin Gortat?" added Lonzo's dad. "He ain't ever done an interview in his life until he said my name or my son's name."
When the buzzer sounded on a Lakers victory, LaVar made sure Gortat remembered his face:
After the game, LaVar Ball met Marcin Gortat.
Ball yelled: "Gortat! Don't you leave me!" and the two cordially embraced for a quick hello
— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) October 26, 2017
And the Wizards had no choice but to give Lonzo and the Lakers their due:
Both John Wall and Lonzo didn't play well, but Wall was quite complimentary of Ball. pic.twitter.com/Pd0ptZloAc
— Kitty K (@yourfavjewgirl) October 26, 2017
Bradley Beal on LAL: "We didn't respect them from the get-go. We thought it was going to be easy….We have to respect them. They earned it."
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) October 26, 2017
We shall see if Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors heed Beal's advice. They face Lonzo's Lakers next.
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Ben Rohrbach is a contributor for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @brohrbach

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Jeg føler jeg drukner i bøger, og får næsten stress af alle de bøger jeg allerede har som jeg endnu ikke har læst. Alligevel kan jeg ikke lade være med at kigge efter nye bøger 😉
Kasie West: Pivot Point
Knowing the outcome doesn't always make a choice easier . . .
Addison Coleman's life is one big "What if?" As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It's the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought. When Addie's parents ambush her with the news of their divorce, she has to pick who she wants to live with—her father, who is leaving the paranormal compound to live among the "Norms," or her mother, who is staying in the life Addie has always known. Addie loves her life just as it is, so her answer should be easy. One Search six weeks into the future proves it's not.
In one potential future, Addie is adjusting to life outside the Compound as the new girl in a Norm high school where she meets Trevor, a cute, sensitive artist who understands her. In the other path, Addie is being pursued by the hottest guy in school—but she never wanted to be a quarterback's girlfriend. When Addie's father is asked to consult on a murder in the Compound, she's unwittingly drawn into a dangerous game that threatens everything she holds dear. With love and loss in both lives, it all comes down to which reality she's willing to live through . . . and who she can't live without.
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Den lyder simpelthen så spændende! 🙂
Det forstår jeg virkelig godt. Jeg skal også have den købt, når jeg engang får SU igen og har overstået flytning. Nogle gange må man jo desværre prioritere lidt 🙂


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A man who jumped over the White House fence in October and was taken down on the lawn by Secret Service dogs was sentenced Thursday to time served and a year of supervised release.
Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md., who was arrested Oct. 22, pleaded guilty April 17 to entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, according to the U.S. attorney's office. He was then released from custody on personal recognizance, having served about six months.
During his year of supervised release, Adesanya must stay away from the White House and other facilities protected by the Secret Service, the U.S. attorney's office said.
In the October incident, a Secret Service agent said, Adesanya had climbed a fence and run toward the north doors of the White House, ignoring agents' orders to stop. The Secret Service then released two dogs, Special Agent John Grimsley said in an affidavit last fall.
"One dog, Jordan, confronted Adesanya, who kicked the dog," Grimsley said. "The other dog, Hurricane, knocked Adesanya down."
Adesanya told agents he would keep returning until he saw President Obama, Grimsley said.
At the time, Adesanya was facing two other cases in District of Columbia Superior Court. He jumped over a security barrier at the White House on July 27 and, three days later, tangled with police officers while trying to enter the Treasury Department grounds, the cases alleged.
Prosecutors agreed last month to dismiss those cases if Adesanya complies with mental health treatment and stays away from Washington for four months.
For more news, follow @raablauren on Twitter.


text: Share: Comments Print October 3, 2013 at 1:08 PM DOT hopes to reopen White Pass for weekend Posted by John de Leon The Associated Press YAKIMA — The state Department of Transportation hopes to reopen one lane of Highway 12 near White Pass in time for weekend travel. Spokeswoman Meagan McFadden in Yakima says traffic will be directed through the washout area by portable lights. The highway will remain closed to oversized vehicles. She says the contractor will have to bring in a lot of fill to replace ground that gave way Tuesday following heavy weekend rain. The 500-foot long washout is three miles east of the White Pass summit. A 45-mile stretch of highway between Packwood and Naches is closed. The department plans a temporary fix with a permanent repair next spring. Comments | More in Traffic & Transit | Topics: Washington State Department of Transportation, white pass


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HUBBERSTON - from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833)
HUBBERSTON, a parish in the hundred of RHÔS, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Milford, on the turnpike road from Haverfordwest to Haking, or Old Milford, containing 1013 inhabitants. This parish is situated on a creek or inlet of Milford Haven, at the upper end of which are the remains of a religious establishment, formerly called Pill priory, built upon a pill which separates this parish from that of Steynton, and which, though it has obtained the name of Hubberston priory, is locally within the latter parish. Botolphs, the seat of Anthony Innes Stokes, Esq., an elegant modern mansion, erected on the site of some of the conventual buildings of the priory, though not within this parish, closely borders upon it, and is equally remarkable for the style of the building and the beauty of its situation, commanding a pleasing view of the haven, and of the adjacent country. Boat-building is carried on to a considerable extent at Haking, or Old Milford, and affords employment to a few of the inhabitants of this place, which is now included within the boundaries of the new contributory borough of Milford. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £6. 2. 8. 1/2, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. David, is a small, ancient, and venerable structure, in the early style of English architecture, with a lofty square embattled tower: in the chancel are three elegantly canopied recesses, probably for the officiating priests, or perhaps appropriated to the dignitaries of the priory on particular occasions. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists; and a spacious building has been left by its late proprietor for the free use of ministers of every denomination. Mr. George Roch, in 1707, bequeathed a small rent-charge for teaching poor children, and for the relief of distressed housekeepers of the parish; and in 1752, Mr. James Allen bequeathed £50 in money, to be invested in the purchase of land, and the produce to be annually distributed among the poor: these bequests produce about £6 per annum. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £184. 6.
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May 21
11:27 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a man in his 80s who was very weak and unable to stand up from the 400 block of Briarwood Lane to Hillsboro Community Hospital. Hillsboro Fire Department provided lifting assistance.
12:03 p.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke Hospital to McPherson Hospital.
12:35 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman with right-side weakness from the 1500 block of East Main Street in Marion to St. Luke.
9:47 p.m. — Peabody ambulance made an advanced-life-support transfer from HCH to Via Christi-St. Francis for a woman in her 50s with chest pain.
May 22
12:54 p.m. — Marion Fire Department responded to a gas leak on Tanglewood Drive. Another gas meter was hit in the 200 block of Vine Street at 12:59.
9:30 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to the 100 block of 90th Road for a medical alert. No transport was made.
9:06 p.m. — Marion ambulance, Marion Fire Department, and Marion rescue responded to a car accident on U.S. 77 north of K-256. No transport was made.
10:36 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a man with chest pain from the 100 block of West Marion Street in Goessel to Newton Medical Center. Goessel first response also responded.
No dispatches.
4:52 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to a man in a ditch ¼ mile west of Hillsboro on U.S. 56. No transport was made.
7:14 p.m. — Peabody Fire Department responded to the 200 block of North Sycamore Street for a residential fire alarm. A smoke alarm went off during cooking; there was no fire.
7:52 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a man in his 80s with prostate problems from an RV pulled off on U.S. 77 3 miles south of Lincolnville to St. Luke. Lincolnville first response provided a second responder when Marion ambulance had only one responder.
6:48 a.m. — Marion ambulance took a man in his 80s with diabetes who was feeling weak from the 1800 block of 275th in Pilsen to St. Luke. Lincolnville first response also responded.
4:09 p.m. — Peabody ambulance took a man in his 40s who had a tree fall on him when he cut it down from the 400 block of North Sycamore Street to Newton Medical.
7:31 p.m. — Peabody ambulance took a man who was found unconscious from an alley in the 600 block of 5th Street to St. Luke.
8:47 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to a domestic disturbance with law enforcement on the scene 500 block of North Elm Street. The ambulance took a patient to Newton Medical.
9:21 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a woman in her 40s who fell out of bed and hit her face from Peabody Care Center to Wesley Medical Center. Florence ambulance was initially called but didn't have a second responder.
3:41 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a man who was very dehydrated from the 200 block of North Coble Street to St. Luke.
8:33 p.m. — Marion ambulance transferred a patient from St. Luke to Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita.


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Peace Arch State Park
May 1st - October 1st, 2019
April 14th, 2018
Peace Arch International Park is located on the US/Canada border between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia. The 40 acre peace park that surrounds the Peace Arch is the location of this annual outdoor sculpture exhibition.
Each year, the park's picturesque landscape and magnificent gardens host the exhibit now in its 21st year. Over 500,000 visitors tour this international historic site annually. The mission of the international fine arts program is a
catalyst in the development of international fine artists, while creating a greater awareness and appreciation of the Peace Arch and the International Park.
This years exhibit features sculptures by Jean-Guy Dallaire, Shirley Ericksen, Serge.
A self guided tour brochure featuring the exhibition and park history accompanies the exhibit. The brochure is avaialable in the park and at area visitor information centers.
The exhibit is FREE! However, a Discover Pass is required to park your vehicle inside the state park. Passes may be purchased at the park kiosk located adjacent to the parking area. All the concerts are on the U.S. side of the International Park just south of the U.S. Kitchen facility.
April 24th, 2017
Celebrate the Second Annual
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What happens if I want to order an item that is flagged as OUT OF STOCK?
Occasionally due to popular demand we run out of stock of a particular item. No need to panic. Items listed as 'OUT OF STOCK' will be back shortly.
If you like you can email the team at AVL Designs by using the CONTACT FORM and we will ensure that you are put top of the list to be notified when the item is back in stock. We produce locally, so generally waiting periods do not exceed 2 weeks.
If it marks "Discontinued" next to the size, then unfortunately it is gone for forever. We have stopped production on the item and the stock has sold out.
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We design and produce of high fashionable wear from bridal wear to evening wear to a client's specific requirements and measurements. The garment therefore is literally must be made to measure as specified for the client.
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We design Dance wear for dancers to perform before an audience. Our designs may be custom designed for use in a specific dance performance, or it may have a traditional design, such as those used in some ceremonial and folk dances. Typically, dance costumes are designed to harmonize with the dance and not hinder the movements of the dancer.
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Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed raising transmission charges on short-term and mediumterm electricity transactions by up to 35%, a move seen by industry as detrimental to the sector.
The move will hurt large industrial consumers the most as they will not be able to source cheaper power from spot markets or through other short-term arrangements.
In the draft regulations on sharing of inter-state transmission charges and losses, the regulator has proposed to increase open access charges on shortterm transactions by 35% and on medium-term transactions by 25%. The commission has expressed concern over the trend of increase in short-term power contracts that could result in inefficient transmission planning and increase congestion in the system.
The volume of short-term transactions has increased from 24.69 billion units in year 2008-09 to 63.96 billion units in year 2014-15. However, the prices of electricity of short-term transactions has come down from about Rs 7.29/unit in year 2008-09 to Rs 4.28/unit in year 2014-15. "This trend may increase the volume of short-term transactions in future. In this scenario, it is likely that generators may not apply for LTA (long term access) and to evacuate power under STOA (short-term open access)/ MTOA medium term open access or it is likely that there is less long term PPAs leading to lack of LTAs thereby inefficient transmission planning," CERC has said in the draft.
Majority of stake holders, including conventional and renewable power generators, industry associations, consultants and discoms, who responded to the draft guidelines, opposed the move.
India Energy Exchange said the rise in charges was irrational as transmission capacity is not reserved for short-term electricity trades that use residual capacity in the system.
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This 2018 season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is perhaps the most emotional one, as players are finding it hard to control their feelings and adrenaline rushes are causing confrontations.
After the Ahmed Shehzad- Mohd Amir altercation, one more incidence between Shahid Afridi and Saif Badar came to light.
The match between Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans on Saturday saw Shahid Afridi getting hit for a huge six by 19-year-old Saif Badar. Afridi rattled Badar's stumps the next ball and rudely pointed him towards the pavilion, during the celebration of the wicket.
Karachi won the match easily and Badar shared the video of his wicket and captioned it "Still love you Shahid bhai #legend."
Still love you Shahid bhai❤ #legend https://t.co/BhscumlPz0— Saif Badar (@imSbadar) March 10, 2018
Shahid Afridi saw the tweet and apologized via Twitter saying, "Im sorry what happened that was momentum of the game..I always support my youngester. Good luck"
Im sorry what happened that was momentum of the game..I always support my youngester.Good luck— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) March 11, 2018


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These pathetic weasels need to be found, dobbed in, whatever…Gutless and those who are protecting them are even weaker. STAND UP
James Lehane says his wife Andrea will be remembered as an extraordinary person. (Supplied: Andrea Lehane fundraising page)
A mother of two who was critically injured when she was struck by a motorcyclist in a "callous" hit-run will have her life support switched off, her husband has confirmed.
Andrea Lehane, 34, was walking through a pedestrian crossing at a Carrum Downs shopping centre in Melbourne's south-east when she was bowled over by a mini-motorcycle.
CCTV captured the moment she was struck. It shows a group of motorbike riders speeding off after the collision.
Ms Lehane's husband James issued a statement to Macquarie Radio saying his wife had suffered "unsurvivable brain damage" in the crash.
"The team at the Alfred [Hospital] have done an extraordinary job but the damage done has been confirmed to be too great," he said.
Mr Lehane said his wife's life support would be switched off at some point today or tomorrow.
He said, for his wife's final act of generosity, the family had consented to organ donation.
"I will be taking her children, her three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter to see their mum for the last time before this occurs."
Mr Lehane said in the statement that his wife would be remembered as an extraordinary person.
"She was very content in her life and loved and cared for her family and friends. She always put them first," he said.
"She will always be remembered and missed. Words cannot explain how I feel."
Yesterday, Victoria Police Inspector Bernie Rankin appealed for the motorcyclists involved to come forward, saying he was certain they knew what had happened.
"It was just callous," he said.
"Even the motorcycles following the offending one that struck the woman saw what happened, saw the whole thing unfold in front of them.
"They were aware she hit that ground very heavily and of course, they would also be aware the likelihood of her suffering serious injuries was high."
Mini-bikes 'a recipe for disaster'
The mini-motorcycle that hit Ms Lehane was most likely an illegal cheap import from China, according to the Victorian Motorcycle Council.
Vice-chairman Peter Baulch said they were slipping through a loophole in legislation and design rules.
"It's just a recipe for disaster as we've seen this week," he told 774 ABC Melbourne.
"I'm not normally a supporter of regulation for regulation's sake … but clearly there is a void or a gap in our current regulations that allows these illegal bikes to be imported and sold.
"Unfortunately it puts the burden back on police to enforce the existing regulations in respect of helmets, protective clothing and the like."
Mr Baulch said history indicated banning the motorbikes would not work.
"Unfortunately experience tells us that when these culprits are apprehended they get a gentle slap on the wrist from authorities — there's no real deterrent to prevent this recurring," he said.
Frankston Council ban on mini-motorbikes difficult to enforce
Frankston Council, which takes in Carrum Downs, banned unregistered mini-motorcycles in 2007 under local law after complaints about noise and risk of serious injury.
Mayor Sandra Mayer said police had seized eight motorbikes in the past year in the area while the council had impounded another 10.
But she said it was a difficult problem to tackle.
"We used to have community safety meetings a couple of times a year in the area and the police would always say, 'Well, we can't very well chase someone on a bike through a park in a police vehicle'," she said.
"One thing you can do as a resident, if you know where these people live, if they're your neighbours, then notify police."
Bedside vigil kept for Melbourne mother Andrea Lehane after Carrum Downs hit and run
A Melbourne mother who was run down and left for dead by a gang of young hoons on mini "monkey" motorbikes has suffered "unsurvivable brain damage".
The family of Andrea Lehane, who described her as "extraordinary wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunty, niece and friend", confirmed her condition as they kept a vigil at her bedside, radio station 3AW reported on Friday.
Ms Lehane, 34, was struck walking across a pedestrian crossing in the Carrum Downs Regional Shopping Centre car park about 5.10pm on Wednesday.
She will leave behind two children aged three and four.
Her distraught husband, James, released a statement on Friday morning, saying his wife would not survive the incident.
"On Wednesday afternoon my family's lives changed in an instant from a careless and avoidable accident," he said.
"As a result of the impact, my wife suffered unsurvivable brain damage.
"The team at The Alfred have done an extraordinary job, but the damage has been confirmed to be too great.
"Being a nurse, Andy was always keen on organ donation, so as a family we have consented to her going through a complete organ donation process.
"Some time today or tomorrow she will go into theatre, with her life support machines, for her final act of caring and giving.
"I will be taking her children, her three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, to see their mum for the last time before this occurs.
"She was an extraordinary wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunty, niece and friend. She was very content in her life and loved and cared for her family and friends – she always put them first. She will always be remembered and missed. Words cannot explain how I feel."
Mr Lehane has requested privacy for his family, saying they would like time to grieve.
Ms Lehane was flown to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition with severe head and chest injuries on Wednesday.
Police described the behaviour of the five motorcycle riders, believed to be teenage boys, as "callous".
Confronting CCTV footage shows them roaring through the busy carpark and slamming into Ms Lehane as she nears the end of the pedestrian crossing.
The first rider passed her, then performed a wheelie, while the second bike, carrying two people, struck her.
The two boys fell off the bike, after which the passenger ran off, while the rider jumped back on his bike and sped off.
One woman, who asked not to be named, described the horrific sight of seeing her laying face down on the ground.
"Everyone was just trying to help her out," she said, still visibly shaken.
"There was just blood everywhere, flowing everywhere.
"They need to do something to make it safer."
She said one bystander had jumped into a nearby car and chased after the group of hoons fleeing on their bikes.
"My thoughts are for her now," she said, after laying a card among the flowers.
Meanwhile, local residents have likened the shopping centre car park to a "drag strip".
"Everyone drives way too fast around it, like a drag strip, and definitely not enough lighting at night. She was hit on the crossing!" one woman said on Facebook."Too awful for words."
Residents placed flowers and a teddy bear next to the pedestrian crossing where the woman was struck, along with notes expressing support and sympathy.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with you, get well soon," one note reads.
"We weep for all, we pray for humanity," another states.
Detective Inspector Bernie Rankin, from the Major Collision Investigation Unit, said it was not yet clear whether the youths were riding "monkey" bikes or other motorcycles.
Frankston Council, which takes in Carrum Downs, was the first in Victoria to ban the bikes in 2007.
It is illegal to ride most monkey bikes, also known as pocket bikes, on public roads or footpaths.
But is not illegal to own one for use on a private property, such as a gated farm and the small vehicles can easily be bought online.
In general, the bikes have a top speed of 70km/h.
Most monkey bikes, formally known as miniature motorcycles, do not comply with the Australian Design Rules and cannot be registered as a motorcycle.
"Riding a monkey bike without a valid motorcycle licence means a rider will be committing two offences, including driving an unregistered vehicle and driving without a licence," said Robyn Seymour, the director of vehicle and road use policy at VicRoads.
However some monkey bikes, including a line manufactured by Honda, do comply with Australian Design Rules and, therefore, can be registered.It is understood those select bikes have the right compliance plates to meet Australian road safety standards.
Frankston Council, which takes in Carrum Downs, was the first in Victoria to ban monkey bikes entirely in 2007.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Melanie Moorhouse, Head of Careers and Higher Education at St Clare's in Oxford, helps demystify the IB Mathematics curriculum changes and offers some useful recommendations on selecting your Maths options to complement your learning goals or future academic...
Scholarships for the IB Diploma
St Clare's offers a number of academic scholarships and bursaries to students who would benefit from and contribute to the academic, creative and sporting life of this lively international community.
Awards are made on the basis of academic ability, likely general contribution to College life and financial need. All awards run for the two years of the course, although renewal for the second year is subject to satisfactory performance and conduct. Two awards are designated as Anne Dreydel Foundation Scholarships, the founder of St Clare's in 1953.
Eligibility for scholarship
Scholarships are awarded to students of strong academic ability, while bursaries may be awarded to students who would benefit from and make a considerable contribution to College life.
Two Music Scholarships are also offered. They will cover the costs of weekly musical instrument tuition for students taking Music as an IB subject, during both years of the IB Diploma course.
We welcome applications from students from both the UK and overseas. However it is a requirement that all shortlisted applicants attend our Scholarship Day, which consists of two written examinations, a group exercise and a series of short interviews with staff members at St Clare's.
What do our scholarships cover?
The maximum award is for full tuition fees (day students) or full tuition and residential fees (residential students). No more than two full residential and tuition scholarships will be awarded. A larger number of smaller awards will be made and may include some awards of more than 50% of total fees. Awards do not cover associated costs such as books, exam fees and trips.
All awards of scholarships and bursaries are "means-tested" and it is a strict requirement that the parents of applicants must disclose fully their income and assets and provide documentary proof of income.
Please contact Chris Osbourn, Admissions Registrar, with any questions you may have about the application procedure or Scholarship Day.
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Pre-IB work-related learning day Our Pre-IB work-related learning day took place on Wednesday 13 February 2019. The aim was to promote teamwork and give students the opportunity to develop key employability skills. Our students were asked to design and construct a...
St Clare's global citizens making a difference
St Clare's global citizens making a difference Nicholas Zhang, an International Baccalaureate student at St Clare's, has undertaken a range of work to commemorate the Holocaust and raise awareness of the Kaifeng Jews. It was in early 2018...
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William C. Martin, M. D., is one of the representative and widely known physicians and surgeons in Huron County,
having engaged in practice at Monroeville since 1914. He was born in Medina County, Sept. 10, 1883, the son of
William J. and Jennie E. (Watters) Martin.
William J. Martin and his wife are natives of Medina County. He was reared on his father's farm and engaged in
general farming in Medina County until 1892, at which time he removed to Cleveland. Until his retirement in 1915
he was interested in the real estate and building business. Mr. Martin is a Democrat and has held numerous township
offices. He is a member of the Methodist Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin only one child was born, William C., the
subject of this sketch.
The early education of William C. Martin was received in the district schools of Medina County. He is a graduate
of Lincoln High School, Cleveland, and in 1905 and 1908 received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of
Medicine at Western Reserve University. He served as an interne at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, until 1910, and
spent the following two years in the outside patient department of the hospital. After being associated in practice
for one year in Cleveland, Dr. Martin came to Monroeville in January, 1914, where he has established an excellent
practice. During the World War he served with the rank of first lieutenant, U. S. Medical Corps.
Doctor Martin was married in 1914 to Miss Margaret Papworth, the daughter of George S. and Emma (Werner) Papworth,
natives of New York and Ohio respectively. Mr. Papworth is deceased and his widow lives at Monroeville. Doctor
and Mrs. Martin are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Jane.
Doctor Martin is a Democrat and in 1924 was an alternate delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Madison
Square Garden, New York. In 1928 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Houston, Texas, and
served in the capacity of secretary of the Ohio delegation. He was a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee
in 1926, and for the past ten years has been county chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. Doctor Martin
served as mayor of Monroeville from 1926 until 1930, and is now vice mayor and member of the council. In 1928 he
was the candidate of his party for Congress in the Thirteenth Ohio Congressional District.
Doctor Martin is identified with the Huron County, Ohio State, and American Medical Associations, and belongs to
the Order of Military Surgeons of the United States. His lodge affiliations are: Roby Lodge, F. & A. M., No.
534, Past Master; Huron Chapter, R. A. M., No. 7; Norwalk Council, R. & S. M. M., No. 24, Past Master; Norwalk
Commandery, K. T., No. 18, Past Commander; Toledo Consistory, 32nd degree; Zenobia Temple; and B. P. O. Elks, No.
730, of Norwalk, Ohio.
Doctor Martin is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is former president of the Monroeville Exchange Club. In
1928 he was the candidate of this party for Congress in the Thirteenth Ohio Congressional District.
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In this weeks Charleville Regional Report we showcase the busy Easter weekend across the region, bring you comments from our new Mayor, Annie Liston, talk about suicide prevention, plus more! New Mayor for Murweh It's been right down to the wire for this year's local election. Murweh … [Read more...]
safeTALK event in town tomorrow
Tomorrow morning a suicide prevention workshop, safeTALK, is being held at the Charleville Town Hall. safeTALK is a three-hour long training program that aims to prepare helpers to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first-aid resources. It has been … [Read more...]


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Columns at a new residential development under construction in Johor Bahru, Malaysia were in need of strengthening at the basement carpark due to a construction error.
A proposed Tyfo® System retrofit to enhance the capacity of the columns was adopted by the consultant and main contractor as the most cost effective and efficient solution to rectify the columns and allow for the continued progress of the construction works at the floors above.
The work was carried out to completion for 35 columns using our Tyfo® Fibrwrap® System in time to meet the contractor's overall progress schedule.


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Divine Planning- Abundant Profits is a 4 week course + 4 Weeks of Implementation to help you build a frame work so your business can achieve consistent results.
The course is more than a course it's a system and away of doing business - designed to grow your business consistently in a sustainable way.
For four weeks we cover the CORE of Divine Planning- Abundant Profits The 4 PLANS, this will give you the order and frame work in which to run your business- We follow that with our BRAND NEW 4 Weeks of Implementation - each week, giving you the tool's and info to FULLY implement the 4 Plans in your business and activate your abundant profits, via your Divine Business Plan
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"Friction- free" NI border
Premiers defend their closeness to US President Trump despite immigration row and pledge UK and Ireland will stay close after Brexit
By Bernard Purcell
There will be no return to a hard Border in Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Theresa May pledged in Dublin this week.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Taoiseach Enda Kenny to discuss Brexit – the formal start of which began with the Article 50 Bill in the Commons on Tuesday – she said she also "wants" to keep the Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland.
Mr Kenny said he made it clear to Mrs May that "any manifestation of a hard Border" would have "very negative consequences that she fully understands". In turn, Mrs May said she understood that the ability of people to move freely across the Irish border is "an essential part of daily life".
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"We need to find a solution which enables us to have as seamless and frictionless a border as possible between Northern Ireland and Ireland so that we can continue to see the trade, the everyday movements that we have seen up to now," she added. "Of course we also want to ensure that we carry on with the Common Travel Area, which was in existence long before either of us were members of the European Union or its predecessors," said Mrs May.
Both heads of government also said they would press ahead with controversial plans to embrace US President Donald Trump despite international uproar at his Executive Order barring muslims from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen certain entering the US.
Ireland, which will be expected by the UK to police its territorial Border with the EU after Brexit, operates pre-clearance for US immigration at Shannon Airport.
Mrs May, whose officials had earlier in the day tried to distance her from President Trump's action and the decision to offer him a State Visit, was more resolute at the Dublin press conference saying the visit will go ahead despite protests and an on-line petition of more than 1.5 million signatures opposing it.
Mr Kenny said he would go ahead with next month's annual St Patrick's Day trip to ensure a vital line of communication between Ireland, the white House and 50,000 undocumented Irish 'illegals' and millions of American Irish was not broken. He said he did not agree with President trump's action singling out those seven countries and predominantly Muslim people.
But, he said, it was important to "say face-to-face to the president the issues that are of importance to us".
"I don't want a situation where 35 million Irish-Americans or the 50,000 undocumented Irish who are in the States are left without contact or connection during St Patrick's week.
"We have had great influence in the US over the years – we still have that influence and we intend to use it."
Ms May said the UK will remain a reliable partner for Ireland saying the two countries had strong family ties. "There will be no "return to the borders of the past," she said promising that the Border would remain invisible and "friction- free".
Minimal disruption
She affirmed the UK's commitment to the Belfast Agreement and to power sharing in Stormont. Mr Kenny said that while Ireland will remain a committed member of the EU it would set itself an "absolute priority" of ensuring minimal disruption to trade between the UK and the EU and the UK and Ireland.
"Our two governments are agreed that a close and friction-free economic and trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, including Ireland, is in our very best interests," he told a press conference. "As the UK prepares for its formal notification under Article 50, we want to see that these deep trading ties between our two countries are recognised and facilitated.
"That will continue to be an absolute priority for my government, not just in our discussions with the British government, but also with our EU partners, as we prepare for the negotiation process on the EU side of the table."
Ms May said staying in a full customs Union with the EU would leave the UK unable to agree free trade deals with other countries outside the EU bloc which she intends to do.
"We have of course said we do not want to see a return to the Border of the past – that isn't just a phrase, actually it symbolises the sort of seamless, frictionless border that we want to see in the future," she said. "Of course there are elements of full membership of the Customs Union that would restrict our ability to trade and do trade agreements with other parts of the world but I believe, and this is what we are working on, that we need to find a solution which enables us to have as seamless and frictionless a border as possible between Northern Ireland and Ireland so that we can continue to see the trade, the everyday movements, that we have seen up to now."


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Broad-winged Hawk
Just a quick post. On my rounds this morning, I saw this guy (a Broad-winged Hawk) perched on a light pole. So I pulled over and got out to take some photos. He sat there and let me take a few pictures before flying off. I was about 20 - 30 feet from the pole where I pulled over. Then after this guy flew off, just about 100 yards further ahead, there was another one sitting on different light pole (maybe the mate). However, when I pulled over to get out, it flew off immediately, but I managed to get a few shots of it flying in the sky over the trees :) This was a lifer for me :)


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Salsa Thursdays! Let's Dances!!
It's kind of my secret guilty pleasure. But, I let the cat out of the bag. I enjoy watching Dancing With The Stars...(even thought of taking dances lesson). What you too! Let me share some information that you should know!
Every Thursday, Salsa Thursdays now kicks off with a free beginner lesson before the social dancing. So come for the lesson and stay to practice your moves. This upscale salsa dance night is hosted by the Yakima Salsa Dance Company in the lounge of Gilbert Cellars Wine Bar. This is the only event in the area that plays pure salsa music accented by bachata, cha-cha, and merengue stylings. Beginners and experienced dancers are welcome.
Gilbert Cellars
Downtown Yakima
5 N. Front St., Ste. 100


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I'm tired of hearing how the poor cinemas are struggling to stave off the double threat of the internet and DVD retail sales; about how they are unable to make a profitable living out of showing movies on their big screens.
Frankly cinemas are getting exactly what they deserve. If they can't make a living off the extortionate prices they charge and they are not prepared to change then they don't deserve to be in business.
I have two children. They love movies and will watch just about anything ("age-appropriate" as my 7-year-old says). But I object to having to fork out close on R200 to take myself and them off to see a film. And that's before I've bought the obligatory popcorn and Slush Puppy.
Most new kids movies are now released in 3D, which adds a premium to an already expensive ticket price. I checked. Three tickets for a movie tomorrow morning will cost me R63 each (+ the charge for the 3D glasses if I don't already have). That turns a fun morning out into a begrudging expense.
Clearly I am not the only one feeling this way. When we do eventually enter a cinema it's very often with just a couple of other patrons. A few weeks ago my son and I were exactly 50% of the audience when we went to see the fantastic Rango.
What can cinemas do?
The most obvious thing is to drop prices. Seriously, we would be in the cinema every single week if ticket prices were dropped significantly. As it is we probably manage a cinema visit once a month or even less. The money we likely would have spent at the cinema is now spent on rented DVDs and bags of popcorn that we make at home.
The less obvious way, perhaps, is for cinemas to change the way they do (some of) their business.
I'm no expert in the field of film licensing (and I suspect this is the heart of the problem) but how about cinemas running cut-price mornings during school holidays where off-circuit movies are shown? Or running "movie mornings" where kids (and those of us that never grew up) can buy a single ticket to see a couple of all-time-favourites? My kids loved Star Wars when they finally saw it and I'm sure they would love ET as much as I did. They also love the Toy Story series and would watch it again and again.
It's not always about the movie with kids. It's a social thing and my kids often watch the same film over and over again, and still laugh at the same bits. But it's even better with other kids around, which they don't always get at home.
I still remember spending Saturday mornings down at my local cinema which was old, run-down and decidedly musty but showed Bruce Lee movies. All my friends were there, it was chaos, and probably the most fun we could ever have had. We came back week after week and it was always packed.
I don't know if this would work in today's world but if cinemas don't start adapting they are going to get exactly what they deserve.


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Leading the Successful City.
Is there a City Leadership dividend? Is there a link between city success and city leadership? What contribution does effective leadership make to a city?
Greg Clark, Senior Fellow, ULI EMIA
Municipality of London
There may be some obvious observations:
Successful businesses don't locate in failing cities too often.
Successful cities don't have failing leaders too often either.
Successful city development requires influential leadership as well as good management.
Successful regions have successful cities, and successful cities strengthen regions.
In a complex, dynamic, and internationally connected world, locating roles and responsibilities for taking forwards the complex city development agendas becomes very important.
City development is not like orthodox public services, where a defined service is delivered to a relatively well-known customer/population base within a defined geography. City development operates both within governmental spheres and within markets, where the final customer might be one of many at the start, and where factors well outside the control of local and provincial governments impact upon the outcome.
In a complex, dynamic, and internationally connected world, locating roles and responsibilities for taking forward complex city agendas becomes very important
Development processes also happen within a wider geographical space than local government, and in some cases at a larger space than provincial or national governments, which implies that substantial inter-governmental co-operation is required.
Equally, the time frame in which city development outcomes appear are more akin to business cycles (12-15 years) than to the electoral cycles (3-4 years) of governments. Given all of these factors, it is highly desirable that economic development is orchestrated as a partnership activity between public, private, and institutional sectors, with substantial vertical and horizontal collaboration on the public sector side. A long term strategy which includes realistic and measurable short term goals and outputs is required and this should be an activity that is customer and investor facing and utilizes appropriate organizational vehicles to deliver this (such as development agencies/corporations).
If this is accepted it becomes clear then there are two roles for public sector organisations and governments. The first is to attend to fundamentals of delivering economically sensitive public services in a very robust and effective way (these would include infrastructure, education, planning, amenity, etc). This would also include ensuring that there is the necessary co-ordination of public sector endeavours in place, such as co-ordination on investment into different types of infrastructures or the co-ordination of regulatory regimes. The second is that government should collaborate extensively, and foster co-operation at a broad regional level with private and public sector actors, to ensure that market sensitive development interventions are delivered in a professional and supported manner (these would include planning and development, branding and promotion, support to businesses and investors, investment facilitation and financial engineering, management of commercial spaces, and fostering of entrepreneurship and innovation).
It is also clear that success in this kind of local economic development framework has other practical imperatives that include the necessity to recognise and understand the functional interdependence of the local or sub-regional economy. This can be seen in the interaction of markets and infrastructure, logistics platforms and catchment areas for Central Business Districts (CBDs), universities, airports and hospitals. Another imperative is to build a leadership function for the local or sub-regional economy as a whole (either through collaboration or through reform of governance, or both) to articulate a vision for the region and to be accountable for efforts to achieve the vision. It is critical to address co-ordination and integration failures. Governance reform may be necessary although often much can be achieved from driving more impact out of existing arrangements through common agenda setting and a commitment to joint action.
This leads on to the big question, which cities will be the leading world cities in 2100? There are many new factors to consider. Extended globalisation, emerging markets, climate change, technology, terrorism, population growth, and science will all play a part. Which cities will lead the world in 2100?
The process should identify and measure the significance of the local or sub-regional economic contribution to the success of the wider territorial unit (the state, province, or nation) and communicate it well. This might be seen in terms of fiscal contribution, economic and administrative functions, population and employment, gateway and logistics activities, the visitor economy, the hosting of institutions or identity and character.
It is also necessary to assess the major challenges facing the local or sub-regional economy in an international context, recognising the need to be internationally successful, not simply domestically dominant. There are now a wide range of formulae that can be applied to judge relative progress and success – amongst others, the work of the Globalisation and World Cities Group, the Mercer Index and research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
There should be a focus on long term fundamental issues that will support improved functionality of the local or sub-regional economy. This includes attention to fundamental drivers of growth (skills, innovation, enterprise, and employment rates) and contextual factors (infrastructure/connectivity, the quality of housing and amenities, the performance of public services, the operating environment for business, and broader quality of life).
It is desirable to work towards a single purposeful plan for the locality or city-region. Integrate the different strategies and plans into one framework which is underpinned by a core evidence base and expressed as a single narrative. It is the coherence and interaction of combined plans and strategies that really matters, as well as engaging support from higher tiers of government and identify how wider benefits can be achieved from local or sub-regional success. Typically, this involves assisting a national government to recognise the contribution made by major metropolitan areas and to establish a new settlement or agreement about how they are supported.
The building of greater investment and financing capacity is very important in order to move from a low investment/low return equilibrium to a high investment/high return equilibrium through engagement with the private sector, better use of financial innovations and assets, and the capturing of value to support long term investment. In many cases it also requires raising additional levies and taxes for specific purposes.
Implementation capability has to be built at a scale required to make decisive interventions on the major challenges facing the locality or sub-region. This may require the development of new agencies or entities, the disposal of existing ones or more ambitious priorities for those that exist already. It nearly always involves using existing tools in bolder and more imaginative ways, as well as creating new ones. It is helpful to identify catalysts that can accelerate progress on solving key problems and utilise them to foster momentum fully.
success also brings problems like congestion, price rises, and shortage of amenities (such as housing or office space). How well city leaders solve these 'growth challenges' is central to success in the longer term
These might be projects or events that have the ability to deliver immediate and short term outcomes, but can also foster momentum on longer term goals – for instance the hosting of major events. A further issue is to measure and benchmark progress regularly against agreed goals and engage media attention in the long term issues and trends facing the locality or sub-region. Support should be given to those leaders that have taken the longer term, bigger picture view of what is in the best interests of the interdependent region and celebrate success. And it is important to build a local or sub-regional identity that represents the essence of the region and promote it effectively through major channels. This may involve building champions for the region, from both within and outside, and encourage them to present the region positively through key media channels. The region should be open to the world and ready to make adjustments to benefit from international opportunities.
London and New York
In the year 2000 it was clear to many that London and New York had emerged as the world's leading cities at the millennium's end. In some ways, the 1900s had been New York's Century, and the 1990s had been London's decade. New York was great, but London was back.
In the past, New York and London both grew by serving rapidly expanding markets. New York's rise in the 20th Century can be in part observed as linking a rapidly growing USA to global markets, London's growth in the 18th and 19th Centuries owed much to its role as an Imperial Capital, and the market that this Empire brought. In the later years of the 20th Century both cities took decisive roles in serving a rapidly growing and integrating global economy, especially, though not solely, with advanced financial and business/professional services. The dominant roles of engagement in the global economy; the English language, Anglo-American legal systems and capital markets, the internet and electronic trading appear to have favoured London and New York, as the two leading cities in the domestic systems from which they come.
This leads on to the big question, which cities will be the leading world cities in 2100? There are many new factors to consider. Extended globalisation, emerging markets, climate change, technology, terrorism, population growth, and science will all play a part. Which cities will lead the world in 2100?
But could anyone, 100 years earlier in 1900, have predicted that London and New York would reach 2000 in such a great position, or have possibly imagined all that has happened in the 8 years since? Let's go back to 1900.
City leadership is at the heart of all of city success. Like firms, cities do not succeed by accident. We have no science of city leadership yet. It is in the interests of business to develop one
In 1900 London was the largest city in the world had, to a large extent, become the victim of its own success. From its position as 'indisputably the greatest city that had ever existed in the world' in the early part of the 19th century, the Londoners of 1900 'appeared for the first time to acquire a sense of sight and smell and realize that they were living on a dung heap' as Peter Hall notes.
New York's population in 1900 was 3,437,000 for the newly (1897) consolidated five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. It was the fastest growing city in the world. Similar to London before it, success came with baggage, but 'New York became the gateway, toll station, and hostelry through which immigrants passed in their abandonment of the Old World for a better life in the New'.
Century 21: whose century will it be?
Towards the end of 20th Century London and New York, often along with Paris, sometimes with Tokyo, and occasionally with Hong Kong and Los Angeles, began to be recognised as the leading cities in the world. A review of the rapidly growing range of city indexes in 2008 reveals how much London and New York have taken on a lead.
The indexes show us that there is a perception that London and New York have certainly begun to dominate on measures of economic power, global connectivity, and financial hubs. Paris and Tokyo do well on many measures but London and New York are the more international cities, it would appear. Many of the softer measures of quality of life, sustainable development, and amenities suggest that London and New York have some distance to go on social and environmental measures however.
The Global City Indexes
The major indexes are published by UN, OECD, and other inter-governmental bodies, and by ULI, Mercer, CWHB, Mastercard, Standard and Poor and many others. What the twenty five key global indexes reveal, despite all of the problems of data and lack of objectivity is the ability to identify some short to medium measures of city success. These might include:
– Connectivity and accessibility.
– Industrial/Economic structure.
– Quality of life, place, and amenity.
– Skills of labour force.
– Innovation and Creativity.
– Cost base of cities, Business Environment and Entrepreneurship
– Image and identity.
– Leadership and strategic implementation capacity.
Population is a good core measure of urban attractiveness; people really do chose to live in cities. The global age is an urban age
These are undoubtedly important factors and ingredients and go some way to help understand why some cities do better than others, especial over one or two business cycles.
However, if our concern is to understand how London and New York became the most successful cities of the 20th Century and to begin to consider what might be the important ingredients of city success into the longer future, the next 100 years, we might observe the additional roles of other factors. This involves understanding what will make a city successful over five or ten business cycles. From this longer term perspective other things may be important:
– Openness to International Populations.
– Power (and adaptability) of the city Identity and Brand.
– Location and Access to growing markets.
– Role of city in fostering/brokering International Trade.
– Power and influence of language and regulatory/legal/financial systems of the city.
– Depth of artistic, architectural and cultural endowment.
– Success in adjusting to shocks, and luck/skill in being on the right side of conflicts.
– Investment in the city from all sources (including higher tiers of government).
– Sustainability in terms of climate and environmental sensitivity.
– Sustained City leadership and investment advocacy.
This list is not comprehensive and there are important relationships to explore between these factors and between the two lists. For example, fighting and winning world wars brings horrific costs, but it may also allow a country to impose its systems of doing business more thoroughly internationally and favour its own cities as future hubs in the process. Equally, access to growing markets for cities, might be due to the growth of the domestic economy (New York in the 20th Century) or due to integration with other Economies (London in the 1990s), and in the future it might mean which cities capture the best global roles in emerging markets.
Whether we look for long term signs or short term factors we can understand more about how all major cities can succeed by understanding where London and New York have succeeded and failed, and what they can do about it, including learning from each other.
City leaders and long term success
The debate about what kind of leadership cities need in the 21st Century is beginning in earnest. Our modern era places enormous emphasis on the success of cities. 50% of the world's population now live in cities and urban areas, and it will be 75% by 2025. This is a 2400% increase in the number of urban residents over a 100 year period since 1925. Population is a good core measure of urban attractiveness; people really do chose to live in cities. The global age is an urban age.
The quality of life and place, the amenities, ambience, and facilities of cities become a critical competitive tool in attracting knowledge workers, who are themselves the magnets for external corporate investment and local expansion
The current period of Globalisation has provided cities with new opportunities to act on their own behalf, as previous eras have done. The recent internationalisation of economics and trade frees cities from some of the rigid national urban systems and hierarchies that were the feature of the 'nation state driven' 20th Century, and allows them to express new international roles. So Miami, Barcelona, and Bangalore can emerge from under the shadow of New York, Madrid, and Mumbai to become international players in their own right.
But globalisation also opens up cities to external challenge, much more of the content of the city economy is now contested through international competition, so constant adjustment is necessary. Cities have to chart their course through a global economy, not just try to participate in it. A Milan, or a Berlin, that slip down the numerous international city rankings due to failure to solve their problems adequately, need to try to find a way back. City leaders have to solve the problems before structural decline sets in.
One key implication of the shift to knowledge based economics is that whereas the people used to follow jobs and firms, these now follow the people. Advanced firms will locate where talented workers are willing or wanting to live. The quality of life and place, the amenities, ambience, and facilities of cities become a critical competitive tool in attracting knowledge workers, who are themselves the magnets for external corporate investment and local expansion. This is why leading bio science centres such as Singapore, San Francisco/Bay Area, Basel, and others are placing great stress on high quality of life, but it is also why established financial centres like London and New York seek to become greener and cleaner, and why emerging world cities like Helsinki, Frankfurt, Seattle, and Seoul must become better places to live and offer richer opportunities to enjoy life.
City leaders that are in tune with the needs of international firms and leading sectors can make a big difference if they calibrate local services and infrastructures to support them, and actively try to solve the local operating problems such firms face. But does city success really add to the performance of firms? What does a city and its leadership do for business?
The core insight about this comes from what the theorists call 'agglomeration economies'. They recognise that the world is not 'flat' (as Thomas Friedman puts it) although the rules and systems are increasingly flat and 'open', the world is in fact 'spiky' (as Richard Florida has it) with an open system in fact contriving to encourage large numbers of firms, investments, and activities to concentrate in a smallish number of very dense places (the leading cities).
Firms congregate in some cities rather than others for two basis reasons. Either:
– The cities offer the high calibre infrastructure, logistics, real estate, digital facilities, and efficient public services relative to the price paid for them (in taxes and operating costs) because the quality and orientation of those factors are what the business needs, and the costs of providing them is shared appropriately with others who use them.
– The cities have large numbers of other firms present that offer access to suppliers, services, skilled staff and capital. The cities are 'an internal market' in, often specialised, business inputs that is a competitive advantage in the external competition the firms face.
The world is not 'flat' – although the rules and systems are increasingly flat and 'open' – the world is in fact 'spiky' with an open system in fact contriving to encourage large numbers of firms investments and activities to concentrate in a smallish number of ver dense places (the leading cities)
These are called 'urbanisation' and 'localisation' economies but they frequently work together with one reinforcing the other. Madrid's expansion of transport capability with the award winning Terminal 4 at Barajas combined with the speed at which it has introduced a metro subway system are key ingredients in an urbanisation economy. Dublin's success in attracting and building clusters of IT and Bio firms underpinned by a rapidly internationalising labour force, is a great example of localisation benefits. But cities like London and New York find the two reinforce each other: in London a strong lobby of well organised businesses campaign for a fast cross city train (CrossRail) to be built and agree to help finance it. In New York, business backs the plan to streamline regulation in financial services in order to be more successful in the long term.
So city leaders can encourage and foster these agglomerations, by understanding what businesses need locally and by reinforcing the clustering effects. However, success also brings problems like congestion, price rises, and shortage of amenities (such as housing or office space). How well city leaders solve these 'growth challenges' is central to success in the longer term.
Central to this is the that city leaders are able to make in improving the platform the city offers for business success. So, what are the links between city leadership and business success?
City development and problem solving
However, success also brings problems like congestion, price rises, and shortage of amenities (such as housing or office space). How well city and national leaders solve these 'growth challenges' is central to success in the longer term. Central to this is that the leaders are able to make in improving the platform the city offers for business success. So, what are the links between leadership and business success?
– Communication with business is essential. Leadership is at the heart of cities making the most of the opportunities and challenges of a global knowledge driven economy, and how well cities provide a platform for business success. This involves the leaders knowing and communicating what business the city is in. Being clear about the city's economic rationale and unique advantages is the first step. Agreeing to solve business problems for the good of the people is the second.
– Organise the real economy. Because city economies are bigger than city boundaries metropolitan or city regional leadership and co-ordination is key. City and national leaders must lead their regions and bring the key business assets of the regional economy together despite multiple authorities. There must be robust mechanisms for doing this.
– City economies are led by teams not just by individuals, leaders have to galvanise other leaders in business, institutions (such as Universities), at higher levels of Government, and at the regional level, around the competitive strategy and performance of the city in order to succeed.
– Active Influence. Cities have different direct competences and powers. City leaders must both provide their own inputs well (services, investment, facilities) but they must also influence those provided by others (such as transport authorities, energy providers, and airports).
City development operates both within governmental spheres and within markets, where the final customer might be one of many at the start, and where factors well outside the control of local and provincial governments impact upon the outcome
– Services to business. Some city services are more important to firms than others, and firms are differently sensitive to local services. So planning, sanitation, education, transport, policing are important to firms in different sectors, and at different points in their life cycles.
– Investment. Attracting external investment is a key task for city leaders because public finance alone is not enough for city success, either in quantity or orientation. Business investment is needed in the productive platform of the city. The city leaders must provide the investment prospectus and reduce the costs and risks of investing in Belfast by better facilitating external investment and improving the pace and quality of the local and national response to investment. Public assets are also important ingredients in investment attraction and should be managed actively to leverage investment.
– City Centres, Central Business Districts, Airport Zones, and major development areas are key focuses for business success. They must be led and managed well. They provide the productivity of place.
– Cities increasingly offer a brand platform which is a key part of the branding of firms located there. City leaders must lead the articulation and co-ordination of the brand and communicate with active commitment and enthusiasm.
– Openness. City leaders can play a key role in attracting the multi-lingual populations that are the competitive advantage of diversity in serving firms in a global economy.
– Business investment is sensitive to environmental performance of cities. Cities have to adjust to a low carbon economy and enable businesses to accrue the benefits in sustainable investment.
City leadership is at the heart of city success. Rudy Giuliani in New York reduces crime and has the impact of opening up the city and many formerly 'no go' districts for external investment. Pascual Maragall in Barcelona develops the plan for making the Olympics a catalyst for the city's future, and Enrique Penalosa returns the streets of Bogota to the people building a safer and more open city.
But does it need to be an a directly elected Mayor? Can't good city leaders do it without being a full time Executive? Brilliant individuals can succeed without the tools of an Executive Mayor. But Executive Mayors have some advantages. Firstly, businesses recognise this model of leadership (as 'business like') and are often more willing to co-operate with it. Second, higher tier Governments recognise the direct accountability in this model and are more willing to devolve authority to it. Regional partners recognise the mandate too, and are more willing to be led by politicians with a large and explicit mandate. More than these though, directly elected mayors offer a decisive Image and Identity for their city. But all of this supposes that they do a good job. A poorly performing Mayor can be worse than no Mayor at all.
City leadership is at the heart of all of city success. Like firms, cities do not succeed by accident.
We have no science of city leadership yet. It is in the interests of business to develop one.


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Words by KC Deane -
Winter in the Tahoe area has finally arrived! Recently I got back
from slaying powder in Colorado to find Reno blanketed in a foot of new
snow. Bentley from DOS media also heard about the recent snowfall and
was quickly on the road to Reno.
Christmas night Jason Badger, Bentley, Justin Anderson and myself
began setting up for a long night of filming. We started off on the
double kink which some of you Reno locals might recognize. I was also
stoked to try out my new urban ramp which I finished a few months ago
and have been waiting to use it. Despite the fact that this rail has
been hit many times before I wanted to get a new trick that had never
been done on it. Justin and I quickly started working on our tricks,
and Justin was slaying. So finally, I started working on transferring
from rail to rail. It was a super hard trick since Clayton's double
kinks are not that close together. In the process I managed to shear my
binding off after getting caught in the rail and Anderson had one of
the best crashes Ive seen in a while! Check out the movie to see what
Putting in work
In yo face!
Mr. Anderson
After staying up for 48 hours straight and filming urban with Bentley
we decided to take a day off while the backcountry settled and the
avalanche danger subsided. We headed out the following day with photog
Ben Meester and DOS athlete Christian Mares into the Tahoe
backcountry. After Bentley cruised into the parking lot 2 hours late
we took off to try and find a place to build a feature. We found this
spot that had a REALLY tricky landing zone, It was a step-over hip that
had a super steep landing into a ravine. leaving little room for error.
The lip build took us around 3 hours, but turned out to be really fun
and I started things off with some flat spins. A couple hits in, I got
the shot on the flatspins, then Christian and I decided it twas time
for some double flips. I dropped in and set my spin just right,
however.... I somehow managed to come up about 10 feet short and land
on the knuckle. With the early season snow pack i drove my knee into a
rock that was just under the surface. As it turns outs, the rock is
much harder than my knee.... who knew?! That ended my day and we
headed out, thankful to have gotten my first shots of the year in the
GTS Flat 3 - Photo by Ben Meester
Double back attempt - Photo by Ben Meester
Spinnin and Grabbin into a New Year! - Photo by Ben Meester