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City of Winsted
City Council Work Session
Conference Room Lewis Room
June 16, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Steve Stotko
Council Member Bonnie Quast
Council Member Dave Mochinski
Council Member Tom Wiemiller
Absent: Council Member Tom Ollig
Staff Present: Brent Mareck, City Administrator
Deb Boelter, City Clerk-Treasurer
I. Call To Order
Mayor Stotko called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
II. 2010 Budget Process
Mareck presented the schedule for the 2010 Budget Process.
Mareck presented the City of Winsted's 2009 and 2010 Local Government Aid (LGA)
unallotment as proposed by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Mareck presented the City Council with a 2010 Budget Worksheet and asked them to provide
input on the proposed budget by Friday, June 26, 2009.
III. 2008 Audit Proposed Action Plan
Mareck presented the Proposed Action Plan in response to the Auditor's findings during the 2008
IV. Updates
a) Winsted Wildcats Baseball Club Liquor Liability Insurance
Mareck stated that the State of Minnesota does not require the Winsted Wildcats
Baseball Club to have Liquor Liability Insurance because their 3.2% liquor sales are
under $25,000 a year. Mareck asked the City Council if they would like to require that the
Winsted Wildcats Baseball Club obtain Liquor Liability Insurance.
The City Council asked Mareck to obtain more information and present at a future Work
b) Metro West Inspection Services, Incorporated - Billing
Mareck stated that he contacted Metro West Inspection Services, Incorporated to
ask if they would consider changing the way they bill the City of Winsted for
building permits. Currently, they bill the City of Winsted when the building permit is
finaled out. Metro West Inspection Services, Incorporated has agreed to bill the City of
Winsted as soon as they receive the building permit in their office.
c) Blight Ordinance - Updates
Mareck reported that the staff has been working on updating the City of Winsted's Blight
Ordinance. The proposed changes have been forwarded to the City's Attorney, Fran
Eggert, for review.
d) Postage Machine
Mareck stated that staff is currently looking at the possibility of discontinuing the City's
Postage Machine lease with Pitney Bowes to reduce spending.
e) Ochu Property 130-6th Street South
Mareck gave an update on the blight issues at the Ochu property at 130-6th Street South.
f) McLeod County Board of Commissioners Meeting
Mareck distributed an informational flyer on the McLeod County Board of Commissioners
meeting to be held in the City of Winsted Council Chambers on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
at 7:00 p.m.
g) Winsted Police Department - Squad Car
Mareck stated the Capital Equipment Fund is scheduled for the purchase of a new squad
car in 2009 and asked the City Council if Henrich should prepare car specifications for a
new squad car. The City Council asked that Henrich attend the next City Council Work
Session to discuss the purchase of a new squad car in 2009.
h) Mareck's Performance Review
Mareck distributed his Performance Review worksheet to the City Council and asked
them to complete it for his Performance Review scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
i) Winsted Volunteer Fire Department Human Resources Training
Mayor Stotko recommended that Personnel Committee members of the Winsted
Volunteer Fire Department be offered Human Resources training opportunities.
j) Employee Annual Salary Increases
Mareck asked the City Council if he should put the employee annual salary increases on
the July 7, 2009 Regular City Council meeting agenda for approval. The City Council
discussed and stated yes.
V. Adjourn
Quast motioned to adjourn. Wiemiller seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Deborah R. Boelter
City Clerk-Treasurer
City of Winsted
City Council Meeting
Council Chambers
June 16, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Steve Stotko
Council Member Bonnie Quast
Council Member Dave Mochinski
Council Member Tom Wiemiller
Absent: Council Member Tom Ollig
Staff Present: Brent Mareck, City Administrator
Deb Boelter, City Clerk-Treasurer
Fran Eggert, City Attorney
Mike Henrich, Chief of Police
Mike Mensen, Police Officer
1) Mayor Stotko called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
a) The Pledge of Allegiance was taken.
2) Consent Agenda
Mochinski asked to remove item f) Closing of "Uncollectible" Accounts Utility Billing,
authorizing the closing of "uncollectible" accounts in the utility billing system from the Consent
Agenda. Mochinski stated that he would like the uncollected accounts to be forwarded to a Collection
Agency. Mareck stated the uncollected accounts will be forwarded to a Collection Agency.
Mochinski motioned to adopt the Consent Agenda with item f) Closing of "Uncollectible"
Accounts Utility Billing removed from the agenda. Quast seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
a) Minutes - City Council Work Session June 2, 2009
Accepted the minutes of the City Council Work Session of June 2, 2009.
b) Minutes Regular City Council Meeting June 2, 2009
Accepted the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of June 2, 2009.
c) Special Closed Meeting July 7, 2009 (Vollmer Room)
Approved a Special Closed meeting on July 7, 2009 immediately following the Regular City
Council meeting to conduct the City Administrator's annual performance review.
d) Resignation Park Commission Monica Hertzog
Accepted the resignation of Monica Hertzog from the City of Winsted's Park Commission.
e) Appointment Park Commission Cheryl Sutton
Appointed Cheryl Sutton to the City of Winsted's Park Commission.
f) Closing of "Uncollectible" Accounts Utility Billing REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
Authorized the closing of "uncollectible" accounts in the utility billing system.
g) May, 2009 Financial Report
Approved the May, 2009 Financial Report as presented.
h) May, 2009 Building Permit Report
Approved the May, 2009 Building Permit Report as presented.
i) Claims
Approved the Claims List for June 16, 2009 in the amount of $77,569.94, check numbers
788E-793E, 7851-7865, 500319E and 15443-15490.
Certificate of Commendation Dave "Bean" Gailey Winsted Volunteer Fire Department
Mayor Stotko presented Dave Gailey with a Certificate of Commendation for his years of service as a
volunteer on the Winsted Volunteer Fire Department.
3) No Public Hearings.
4) No Old Business.
5) New Business
a) Master Plan Winsted Airport Bolton & Menk, Incorporated
Mareck stated that in 2008, the City of Winsted began a Master Planning process for the
future development of the Winsted Municipal Airport. The process included conducting a
survey among the Winsted Municipal Airport users and City of Winsted citizens, meetings
with Minnesota Department of Transportation/Office of Aeronautics (MN DOT/OA) and the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and an Open House with hangar owners.
Mareck also stated that at the December 3, 2008 Regular City Council meeting, the City
Council reviewed options for the future use of the airport, which included the following:
1. Full Build Out: Complete a twenty (20) year full build out of the airport, including an
additional cross-wind runway, land acquisition, road closure and obstruction removal.
2. FAA Paving: Slight relocation of the runway to the north, to allow for a paved
surface, along with obstruction removal, land acquisition and one (1) business
3. Paving: Pave the existing turf runway in phases over a long period
(approximately ten (10) plus years) using only federal funding.
4. Turf Strip: Leave the turf strip "as is."
5. Sell the airport.
6. Close the airport.
At their December 3, 2008 Regular City Council meeting, the City Council voted for
Option Two (2), which included a slight relocation of the existing runway to the
north, along with obstruction removal, land acquisition and business relocation of the Winsted
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association.
All projects constructed via the Master Plan have a current funding level of ninety-five percent
(95%) by the FAA. The City has created an annual "improvement fee" to be collected from
hangar owners, which will provide the City's five percent (5%) match on future projects.
The Airport Fund currently has a deficit of $89,583, which will have to be eliminated
through a budget transfer at the July 7, 2009 Regular City Council meeting.
Mareck stated that the Winsted Municipal Airport Commission has reviewed the proposed
Master Plan and is recommending that the City Council approve as presented.
Mareck introduced Ron Roetzel and Marcus Watson, Bolton and Menk, Incorporated.
Ron Roetzel addressed the City Council giving a brief overview of the December 3, 2008
Regular City Council meeting where he and Watson presented the City Council with the
aforementioned options to consider for the future use of the Winsted Municipal Airport.
Watson presented the Winsted Airport Master Plan and the following:
• Airport Development Options
• Airport Development Rankings
• Preferred Alternative
• Preferred Alternative Option Two (2)
• FAA Recommended Ultimate Plan
• 3,900 Feet Ultimate Airport Layout
• Near-Term 3,200 Feet Impacts
• Possible Implementation Scenario 3,200 Feet
• Project Next Steps for Master Plan
Mayor Stotko asked if the proposed runway plan means that the road and utilities west of the
airport would have to be relocated. Roetzel stated yes.
Quast asked who would pay for the relocation of the road and utilities. Roetzel stated that it
is an eligible expense under the FAA grant funding.
Wiemiller asked if the Winsted Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association would have to be
relocated. Roetzel stated yes and that the relocation is also an eligible expense under the
FAA grant funding.
Mayor Stotko asked if the proposed Master Plan is a twenty (20) year Plan for the Winsted
Municipal Airport. Roetzel stated yes.
Mochinski stated that having the Master Plan will continue to designate the Winsted
Municipal Airport as a National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) airport.
Roetzel stated that the Master Plan indicates to the FAA that the City of Winsted has a
viable airport; therefore, the City will continue to receive NPIAS entitlement grant funding.
Quast motioned to adopt the "Master Plan" for the Winsted Municipal Airport.
Mochinski seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
b) Blight 140 Sherman Avenue East
Mareck stated that for the last several months, the City has been trying to rectify blighting
conditions at 140 Sherman Avenue East. The process was complicated due to some legal
and financial proceedings that the property was involved in. The City is now free to enforce
the Blight Ordinance, which allows for the City Council to certify the conditions and order their
abatement (removal) from the property.
Due to the significant amount of blight and the length of time the blighting conditions have
existed on the property, the City Council is being asked to certify the blight and order its
abatement if the property owner does not meet the deadline of June 22, 2009. If the
property is in compliance by June 22, 2009, the city shall take no further action; however, if
the items are not removed, the City can begin the abatement process on June 23, 2009,
rather than waiting until after the July 7, 2009 Regular City Council meeting. The abatement
of the blighting conditions appears to be the most efficient way to deal with this issue,
considering that the property is now lender-owned.
Mareck stated that the estimated cost for removal and disposal is $4,230.
Mareck presented pictures of the blight conditions at 140 Sherman Avenue East.
Mareck presented Resolution R-09-07 certifying blighting conditions at 140 Sherman Avenue
East and ordering their abatement by means of contracted removal by the City of Winsted.
Quast motioned to adopt Resolution R-09-07 certifying blighting conditions at 140
Sherman Avenue East and ordering their abatement by means of contracted removal
by the City of Winsted. Wiemiller seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
c) Luce Line Trail Signage Plan
Mareck stated that during the last several years, the City has explored a variety of ways to
connect the "severed" portion of the Luce Line Trail through Winsted. Currently, a winter trail
easement exists to bring snowmobiles along the trail just south of the SJ&F, 151 Baker
Avenue West; however, no similar route exists for bikers, walkers and other similar trail
users. At one point, the City considered making Kingsley Street a one-way to facilitate a
connection of the Luce Line Trail through downtown Winsted, but after a Community meeting
this idea was abandoned, and the Community was in favor of a striping and signage plan.
Mareck stated that due to the current economic conditions, the plan lost some momentum;
however, a signage plan is being proposed as a low cost alternative to doing a more
comprehensive on and off street trail and striping plan. The signage seeks to develop the
theme as "Gateway West" to the Luce Line Tail, as the identifiable theme for users to
remember and recommend Winsted as a key location along the trail. The proposal features a
large kiosk sign in Southview Park and a medium sized kiosk in Mill Reserve Park, along with
several directional signs in the City directing users from the east side to the west side of the
trail in Winsted.
Mareck stated that the estimated cost of the signage project is $4,431. The proposal
includes a sponsorship component, which with full participation, will pay for the project in four
(4) years. Mareck has already received three (3) sign sponsorships.
Mareck presented pictures of each sign type and design.
Mareck stated that the Park Commission reviewed the proposal at their last meeting and
recommended that the City Council move forward with the design of the sign. In addition, the
Park Commission wanted the signage to have a type of accommodation for snowmobile
traffic. Mareck stated that when considering snowmobile traffic along the route, the City
Council should take into account that the City's current ordinances prohibit snowmobile
operation in this manner through the City.
Wiemiller stated his concerns that the proposed location of the signs only directs trail users
through downtown Winsted and does not bring them to where the Luce Line Trail starts up
again southwest of Winsted. Mareck stated that the last sign will be located in the Westgate
Housing Development; however, an additional sign could be added further down McLeod
County Road 1 near the trail connection and that the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (MN DNR) may want to sponsor the last sign.
Quast stated that she likes the signage designs and the proposed sign locations, but
would also like to see another sign added further down McLeod County Road 1 to assist trail
users in finding the Luce Line Trail connection.
Mayor Stotko recommended that the back of the signs provide directions going east.
Mochinski stated that he does not believe that there should be a separate post for
informational brochures. Mochinski expressed his concerns about keeping the brochures
updated and the box filled with brochures. Mareck stated that he had already discussed it
with the Herald Journal and the brochure box can be added to one of the other sign
locations. Mareck stated that the City would be responsible for keeping the brochures
updated and the brochure box filled.
The City Council discussed and agreed that staff should proceed with the Luce Line Trail
signage project.
d) Downtown Design Guidelines
Mareck stated that in 2006, the City's Downtown Renewal Commission developed a set of
"Downtown Design Guidelines." The guidelines address signs, awnings, building materials,
color, windows and other items associated with the redevelopment of building facades in the
downtown. The guidelines were intended to be incorporated with a potential grant award to
downtown businesses and the development of the Lakefront Promenade; however, with the
grant application going unfunded in 2006, the guidelines were never formally presented to the
City Council.
Papa Tom's Bar & Grill did incorporate some of the plan's components into the façade
restoration of the building.
Mareck stated that adopting the proposed Downtown Design Guidelines would assist
property owners in developing consistent façade treatments in preparing building
applications for upcoming grant funds. At this point, the guidelines would not be enforced
through an ordinance, but would be linked to obtaining grant funds for a development project.
Mareck presented the Downtown Design Guidelines.
Mayor Stotko stated that the signs and awnings, as recommended in the Downtown Design
Guidelines, would really be a positive addition to any building and should not be cost
prohibitive for a business owner to do. Mayor Stotko also stated that he thinks the Downtown
Design Guidelines are a good tool for downtown business owners to use and should be
Quast stated that she would like to see the downtown building owners use the Downtown
Design Guidelines to make improvements to both the front and back of their buildings,
especially the back of the buildings in the Lakefront Promenade area.
Mochinski asked what the status of the Small Cities Development Program Grant funding is
and if the property owners who had shown an interest in using the funding have been
contacted. Mareck stated that business owners interested in receiving funding to make
improvements to their buildings have been contacted.
Mareck stated that he will contact Shannon Sweeney, David Drown and Associates, to
work together to prepare an informational packet for each business owner detailing the
process for obtaining the grant funding, the steps for making improvements to their buildings
and the Downtown Design Guidelines.
Wiemiller motioned to adopt the "Downtown Design Guidelines" for the City of
Winsted. Quast seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
6) Department Report
a) City Clerk
Deb Boelter, City Clerk, reported on the following:
Shortly after my last report on March 3, 2009, Kirchoff and I attended the Municipal
Clerks and Finance Officers Association (MCFOA) Annual Conference. We attended
some very informative and educational work sessions. The networking is also an
important benefit of the Conference.
Blight Inspections.
2008 Audit is complete and will be presented to the City Council at the July 7, 2009
Regular City Council meeting.
Kirchoff received two (2) scholarships to attend the first (1st) year of the Minnesota
Certified Municipal Clerk's (MCMC) Institute the second week in July, 2009. One
scholarship is from the MCFOA in the amount of $350 and the other is from the
International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) in the amount of $300. The total
cost for the program will be approximately $900.
Boelter, Kirchoff and Zeidler attended Banyon Data Systems software training on
May 15, 2009. We all obtained new information on the programs the City of Winsted
has. As a result, we were able to make adjustments to the existing programs that the
City has and are using additional features of each program.
Liquor Licensing was completed in May and June, 2009. This year a checklist was
distributed to each licensee to verify that they qualified for the type of license they
were applying for. It helped to make the application process go smoothly for them
and for the City.
Zeidler accompanied the Public Works Department when they did the remote meter
reading for the June, 2009 utility billing cycle. Zeidler did this to understand this
aspect of the software program.
In an effort to save money, the City is electronically transferring all utility bills to the
Herald Journal for printing and distribution. In the near future, the program is going to
be enhanced to allow residents to print a copy of their bill from their utility account.
Any bills that have been printed will not be mailed resulting in a savings to the City in
printing and postage costs.
7) No Open Forum.
8) Announcements
a) State of Minnesota - Local Government Aid Unallotment
Mareck presented Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's proposed 2009 and
2010 Local Government Aid (LGA) unallotment for the City of Winsted.
9) Adjournment
Quast motioned to adjourn. Mochinski seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Deborah R. Boelter
City Clerk-Treasurer
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text: During this time of the year colrs are saturated in the most beautiful hues. The rich greens, browns, and creams are some of my favorites. Every color combination seems to works in harmony when used for home decor, tablescapes or floral arrangements. It must be that feeling of harvest that inspires us to create such beautiful settings for the holidays. I have created some color combos that I hope will inspired you. Have fun and enjoy your holiday celebrations.

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Funny Haley things!
I made impossible pie the other night (I just posted the recipe, here it is!). Not only do I love it, but it's a good way to sneak some veggies into the table, usually.
I served it up all hot and fresh and yummy. Harper dove right in and loved it. Haley grabbed the fork and went for it! I was so excited, I thought I was out of the woods and was going to win the veggie war for the day when all of a sudden, she grabbed the fork and, with precision accuracy, carefully extracted a piece of broccoli from the mix, holding it up like a mom who just pound a Playboy under her son's (or husband's) bed. I knew I was done for…
Haley: "Mom, what is this?"
Me: "It's impossible pie, baby. Isn't it awesome?!"
Haley: "Yeah, but… is this broccoli?!"
Me: "Yeah, Hal. It's good, just eat it."
Haley: "Mommy, it's impossible for me to eat this."
Why, God? Why me? I can't even with this kid…. how am I supposed to make her eat her vegetables when she is hysterical about it?! IT'S SO DAMN HARD TO BE MAD! What do you even do?!
Oy vey….


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| Like a small hotel with view on Grand Canal and near Rialto Bridge in Venice
Located on Riva del Carbon, in the San Marco district, an old Doge's residence is home to the little hotel Palazzo Bembo, a comfortable gothic residence in the historic center of Venice, with a view of the Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge.
Palazzo Bembo offers unique experiences in rooms with dreamy atmospheres that still have some of the original furniture, some precious water colors from the nineteenth century and gorgeous Murano glass objects.
Just a few steps from Palazzo Bembo, you will find Rialto, the heart of Venice, enlivened by the famous fish market, old shops and market stalls; an extraordinary place, rich with pubs and restaurants where the evening starts with the traditional Venetian cocktail, the spritz.
In addition to being face to face with the Rialto Bridge and its infamous market, you're just a few steps away from Ca' Farsetti, the twelfth century Venetian-Byzantine palazzo now home to the town hall. You're close to the Goldoni theater where a rich season of shows by the theater's Venetian playwright namesake, William Shakespeare and Eduardo de Filippo are on the program.
Palazzo Bembo is in Riva del Carbon at numbers 4793 - 4785, on the Grand Canal in front of the Rialto line 1 and Alilaguna Orange Line and near private water taxi station.
The Rialto Stopof public boat line 2 is just a few feet away. Line 1 and 2 stop in front of the Santa Lucia train station and Piazzale Roma car terminal.
Alilaguna Orange line is the public boat service that go directly to Venice Marco Polo Airport.
St. Mark's Square is just 5-minutes away by foot. Walking there you can enjoy other splendid side trips to places like the Mercerie, crowded route full of shops that joins Rialto with St. Mark's Square. Here you'll find the best of the best, from the fantastic boutique windows to the most beautiful handcrafted Murano glass and the most spectacular architecture of the Doge Palace and impressive bell tower.
Print the map with the directions to reach us


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by "Ellery Queen"
1st printing, August, 1963 (#6205)
Cover artist unknown
The perfect weapon — King Gresham smiled again. "You were a sucker. You were the patsy in the middle. The expendable man. And they couldn't wait."
"What?" Harry asked blinking. "What did you say?"
"Don't you know? You mean you still don't see it?"
"See what?"
"That you'd been framed by may wife and her lover? Ah, she didn't tell you about Tony? Oh, yes, Tony and Karen. I've known about it since the day it started. What I didn't know was that theirs was no ordinary liaison. I didn't know they were planning my murder and were only waiting for the right weapon to come along. You!"
We put the name "Ellery Queen" in quotation marks above because by the time this book was written, the cousins Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905 — September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905 — April 3, 1971), were no longer writing their Queen paperbacks themselves. Kill As Directed is a "house book" — in other words "Ellery Queen" is the brand name to sell the book, in which the famed detective doesn't even appear. The book was written by the mostly forgotten crime fiction author Henry Kane, a lawyer that gave up law for the career of writer and eventually went on to publish a good 60 books, none of which are still in print (though some are available as ebooks). Born in 1918, date of death unknown, he invented and wrote 30 books featuring Peter Chambers, a PI as forgotten as the author. (According to The Thrilling Detective website: "Peter Chambers is a swingin' kinda guy, who started life referring to himself as a 'Private Richard' and ended his career in a handful of soft porn novels. What a dick!")
by Robert Edmond Alter
Black Lizard Books — No edition information
Original copyright 1966; publication date 1986
Cover Art by Kirwan
Jerome Jennings
All Star AS 123
Copyright 1967
Cover artist unknown.
"Viola finished stripping the sweater and bra off the young girl's body. They were both naked to the navel. Bolts of raw lust captured Viola's senses; whimpering hoarsely, she cupped the pink-brown nipples and made love to them. Therese cries aloud with ecstasy. Her bare mounds quivered and trembled as they accepted Vi's hungry mouth and hands.
'Please don't tease me any more!'
by Dashiell Hammett
Pocket Books Edition (#196)
Cover art by Hoffman
First published 1932 (Alfred A. Knopf).
15th Printing, July 1945
by Saul Cooper
Hillman Books, New York (#133)
Printed 1959, published 1960
Cover artist: Everett Raymond Kinstler.
by Richard R. Werry
Signet, 1st Printing, May 1952 (#938)
Cover artist: Raymond Pease
"If Jeff Cravath, a respected married, small-town business man had not felt guilty about his wartime affair with a Navy nurse, he would never have paid blackmail to the man who claimed to be her husband...
If Jeff had not feared a showdown with this sinister, hard-boiled stranger, he would never have met Norma, the voluptuous, animal-like waitress who worked in a roadhouse on the outskirts of town...
If Jeff had not encountered Norma, he would never have been catapulted into the explosive events that erupted into shocking violence and ripped the lid off small-town scandals."
The cover painting is by Raymond Pease. According to Ask.com, Pease, who was born in 1908 in northern Vermont, died of Alzheimer's Disease around 1991 in Prescott, Arizona, where he was living with his wife Harriett. Due to his illness, he had quit painting by 1989. "Pease attended Grand Art School, the National Academy of Design, and received a B.F.A. degree from Yale University, School of the Fine Arts. [...] He continued his studies at the Ecoles des Beaux Artes and the Academie Julian, as well as with private teachers in Paris, France."
by Shelby Foote
Signet, 1st printing, November 1952 (#970)
Cover art by James Avati
Foote went on to write a total of six novels, a variety of non-fiction books and to gain a certain level of celebrity as a commentator on documentary films such as PBS's The Civil War (1990). Born November 17, 1916, in Greenville, Mississippi, he died in Memphis, Tenn., on June 27, 2005, at the age of 88.
The cover art is by the great James Avati (December 14, 1912, Bloomfield, NJ – February 27, 2005, Petaluma, CA); Grant Books, the publisher of The Paperback Art of James Avati, says that he "is regarded as the pre-eminent painter of paperback covers in the second half of the 20th century [and that] he was known in the business as the 'King of the Paperbacks'." On our own bookshelves, we have paperbacks by Faulkner, Caldwell and Moravia that display his cover artwork.
on creating his cover for Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road:
by Glen Chase
Leisure Books, 1st printing, 1975 (#260ZK)
As told to W. T. Brannon
Pyramid Books, 1957 (#G280)
The back cover of the Pyramid edition includes the following blurbs:
Erle Stanley Gardner — "A must for every sucker in the United States and required reading for everyone who wants to keep from being a sucker."
Craig Rice — "'Yellow Kid' Weil is a fascinating book. It definitely proves that facts are stranger than fiction. Wow! What a book!"
Brett Halliday — "It is extremely difficult to put the book down once you have started it."
The first page blurb says:
"A fabulous rascal — In his long and checkered career as a confidence man, "Yellow Kid" Weil mulcted the public of over $8,000,000 and established a reputation for connivery that has never been equaled.
A dapper rogue who managed somehow to stay one step ahead of the police, "Yellow Kid" used phoney oil deals, willing women, fixed races and countless other dodges to fleece a gullible public.
Now in his own words comes the unvarnished truth about his nefarious and knavish schemes — the famous "Spanish prisoner" fraud, the case of the doctored thoroughbred, and a hundred other intriguing swindles that made him an unparalleled menace to the pocketbook of suckers."
Dell, 1st Dell Printing, Aug 1967 (#1665)
Cover by Livoti
The film version, for which Marlowe also supplied the screenplay, starred Laurence Harvey and Mia Farrow and was directed by Anthony Mann. Or at least Mann directed most of it: he died during the filming and Harvey took over the directional chores.
The cover art of this edition was supplied by Victor ("Vic") Livoti, a once highly active cover and film poster artist who, like so many, seems relegated to obscurity. Our search of the web turned up little, but Obits for Life did supply the following: "Victor Livoti, of Norwalk, passed away on March 23, 2009, after a long illness. Born in New York City on April 1, 1923, he was the son of the late Francis A. and Mary Marinelli Livoti.
Mr. Livoti served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He studied at the National Academy and the Art Students League in New York City. He worked for many years as an illustrator and was an avid golfer.
Victor is survived by his wife of 30 years, Maria Castagnetti Livoti; and their daughter, Victoria Livoti of Norwalk. He is also survived by two children from a previous marriage; a daughter, Amanda E. Livoti of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and a son Victor M. Livoti of Norwalk; as well as three grandchildren."


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The obese 'mummy's boy' too fat to be a suicide bomber: Classmates say 23-stone chemist behind terror plot to murder 2,000 people in attack 'bigger than 7/7' was 'idiot joker'
- Irfan Naseer's own mother called him a 'mummy's boy'
- He and Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, wanted 'to rival 9/11'
This is the 'mummy's boy' deemed too fat to be a suicide bomber who wanted to kill thousands of people in a UK terror attack worse than 7/7.
'Big' Irfan Naseer, 31, is facing life imprisonment after being convicted of planning the biggest terrorist atrocity the UK has faced in generations.
The 23-stone chemist, who plotted to plant eight rucksack nail bombs in crowded places around the country and was the ringleader of a gang who wanted to turn Britain into 'a war zone'.
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Mummy's boy: Pictured when he was younger, Irfan Naseer was branded a class joker - but years later plotted evil attacks on the UK
But behind his fanaticism, his own mother called him a 'mummy's boy' and his school friends branded him a 'joker' and 'idiot' as he tried to entertain them in the playground by rapping.
Nicknamed 'Chubbs' at school, one ex-classmate,told The Daily Mirror: 'He used to write his own rap music and perform it to us. It had us in stitches. He was the class idiot.'
Another former friend told the Daily Mirror: 'In about 2008 or 2009 he cut all ties with his old school friends.
Irfan Naseer, nicknamed 'Chubbs' began plotting bombing attacks across the UK
'Never in a million years did we think he could be responsible for such an evil plan.'
He was one of the 'four lions' gang and it was bulky frame that helped him to work on his bomb-making skills while at training camps in Pakistan.
He was too overweight to go on physical training exercises, and admitted he was mixing chemicals rather than 'running up and down the mountains with weapons'.
Naseer gained an A at A Level chemistry, and honed his skills during a four year pharmaceuticals course at Aston University in Birmingham, coming out with a 2:2 degree in 2003.
He barely worked afterwards and spent his time showing his fellow terrorists how to make a bomb out of sports injury treatments.
His fascination for science first began during experiments at school while studying for GCSE chemistry classes, when the teacher showed him how to distil chemicals with a Bunsen burner.
'When I was doing my GCSEs, one of the teachers did an experiment where he had a Bunsen burner and he threw a chemical on to the fire', he told the court.
'It caused a massive flame which blackened the roof, and that kind of got me into it.'
After a raid on the group's headquarters in Birmingham, Naseer had chemistry textbooks left over from his university days on his book shelves in his bedroom, mixed in with a Jihadi flag and terrorist handbooks.
Ashik Ali and Irfan Khalid were found guilty of planning a string of bombings that prosecutors said could have been deadlier than the July 7 attacks in London
He had also searched repeatedly online for bomb making tips and details of how to concoct homemade explosives.
Among his Internet search history was a website containing the Anarchist's Cookbook.
Big Irfan admitted in court he had spent eight-and-a-half years memorising the Koran, from the age of 19.
He wanted to treat himself to a quad bike in the run up to his martyrdom and was overheard telling his fellow plotters: 'It's good fun, yeah, but I wouldn't do it on the road - that's not befitting, bro.
Irfan Khalid and Irfan Naseer (right) were 'central figures' in a terrorist bomb plot they planned to inflict across the UK
The trio funded the plot by pretending to be Muslim Aid charity street collectors
It was Naseer's bulky frame that helped him to work on his bomb-making skills while at training camps in Pakistan
Charity funded terror: The men posed as fundraisers for a Muslim charity (left) then used the cash to pay for bomb devices such as this alarm clock (right)
'A guy with a beard and that sitting on top of that doesn't look good.'
Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, all from Birmingham, were convicted on Thursday of plotting the 'spectacular campaign' designed to claim as many lives as the 2005 London Underground bombs that killed 52 innocent people
The trio, who met at school and called themselves the Four Lions after the black comedy film by Chris Morris, even funded the plot by pretending to be Muslim Aid charity street collectors.
Police received no intelligence from the Muslim community in Birmingham about the terror cell, even after relatives of four of the gang discovered they had travelled to Pakistan.
The only time police were contacted about any of them was over an allegation of aggressive fundraising, concerning their charity street collections.
The lack of information raises questions over Prevent, the Home Office's strategy to combat violent extremism, which has police community engagement at its core.
Detective Inspector Adam Gough, senior investigating officer in the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit, said the extended families of Ishaaq Hussain, Shahid Khan, Khobaib Hussain and Naweed Ali 'became aware' the men had gone to a terror training camp when Khan called home.
Although the families immediately pressured them into returning, none contacted police.
Police and security services were aware the four were travelling, and they had been recorded talking about getting their families into paradise through their martyrdom.
But officers decided against stopping them at that time to preserve the surveillance operation.
According to detectives, none of the men received any terror training as they left the camps after a day.
Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale said that while the 'ideal' scenario would have been for the relatives to inform police of what had happened, the families had 'tried to do their best to bring them back and stop them from getting into harm'.
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It's Quotable Sunday thanks to Toni at A Daily Dose of Toni. I love Quotable Sunday, it's the day that we share a few of our favorite quotes. I decided to share a few grandparent quotes this week. Being a grandmother has become one of my greatest roles in life. I had no idea that I could love anyone as deeply as I love my grandson. He is the joy of my life.
Here's a few quotes that express how I felt about my grandparents, and a few quotes to express how I feel about my grandson:
If nothing is going well, call your grandmother - Italian Proverb
Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting - Anoynymous
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. - Alex Haley
Perfect loves does not come until the first grandchild. - Welsh Proverb
There's no place like home except Grandmas. - Author Unknown
What a bargain grandchildren are. I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars worth of joy. - Gene Perret
When a child is born so are grandmothers. - Judith Levy
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. - Ogden Nash
Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. - Author Unknown
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I have been reading excellent analyses by Chris Whalen on potential systemic banking crisis. I missed the RGE Monitor Panel Discussion, but I enjoyed reading the report by Naked Capitalism. I find Whalen's and others' argument that a systemic banking crisis involving many U.S. banks is likely, starting with the failure of the Bank of America Corp. (BAS)'s attempt to absorb Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC) convincing.
The Wall Street Journal (May 29, 2008) reports that BAC is pushing aside David Sambol, chief operating officer of CFC, and having BAC's chief technology officer Barbara Desoer to head the combined mortgage operation after BAC acquires CFC. The article argues "Speculation has swirled for months that the deal could fall apart, but putting Ms. Desoer in charge is a sign that Bank of America is turning its attention toward how to squeeze value out of Countrywide." And adds "Bank of America officials increasingly believe that the Calabasas, Calif., lender is more valuable because of its broker and branch network than its corporate culture. As a result, the bank indicated the Countrywide brand name is likely to disappear at some point." It seems still possible that with further scrutiny BAC concludes that it is more efficient for them to force CFC to restructure through a formal bankruptcy procedure before absorbed into BAC, as Whalen has been suggesting.
Assuming Whalen's scenario is the right one, it will be very important for CFC's bankruptcy to proceed smoothly. The case of CFC will be an important test case for a lot more insolvency cases that will follow. As Whalen concludes his blog on May 12, 2008,
And a Chapter 7 filing by a creditor of CFC will prove once and for all that a large bank holding company can go through a market-based resolution without a subsidy from Washington. For that reason alone, we'll buy dinner at Sparks Steakhouse for the holder of CFC debt that pulls the trigger first.
I wrote in my blog on May 13, 2008, there are many examples of "not-to-do's" in the Japanese experience with the banking problems. There are, however, some positive lessons as well. One of them concerns a systemic approach to the problem of systemic insolvency in the banking sector. The example comes from the Japanese experience in 1948.
No, it is not a typo. It is nineteen FORTY eight, sixty years ago. After the World War II, many Japanese companies found themselves insolvent, because the government decided to repudiate wartime liabilities to those corporations as well as wartime guarantees on their bank loans. The total losses are estimated to have been 92 billion yen, almost 20% of GNP in 1946 (and we should note the level of GNP used here is much smaller than its prewar peak). This meant that many major industrial firms in Japan were near insolvent and almost all the banks which lent to them were insolvent.
Japanese government and the Occupational Force (led by the U.S.) implemented a system-wide scheme to solve the problem. Here I give a very brief description of the restructuring of the banks under the scheme. I once wrote a longer and much more detailed description of the scheme ("Cleaning up the Balance Sheets: Japanese Experience in the Postwar Reconstruction Period," in Masahiko Aoki and Hyung-Ki Kim (Eds) Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies, The World Bank, 1995).
First, the balance sheet of each bank was separated into two parts as of August 11, 1946. The "old account" included the assets that may be uncollectible as a result of suspension of wartime compensation and (on the other side) unprotected portion of the deposits and the capital. The "new account" included the assets that are safe (such as cash and government bonds), interbank loans, and protected deposits. The idea was to allow banks to continue operation using the new accounts while the old accounts are restructured, so that the system-wide restructuring does not interfere with the working of the financial system very much.
Then, the old account was reorganized. The assets were re-evaluated, and the liabilities were reduced to match the re-evaluated level of assets. When the liabilities and capital in the old account was insufficient to cancel the losses in the assets, the government paid the difference. Many banks ended up losing almost all capital and substantial majority of unprotected deposits. Surprisingly, only one bank ended up needing the government compensation, so the direct cost of bank cleanup for the government was just 0.4 billion yen (less than 0.1% of GNP). (The situation was different for agricultural banks that had much higher proportion of small and hence protected deposits.)
Finally, the banks were forced to be recapitalized by issuing new shares to the public. Many banks finished restructuring the old accounts, merged the cleaned-up old accounts with their new accounts, and issued new shares in late 1948. Contrary to the initial concerns, most issues were well subscribed, and many banks succeeded in achieving the goal of having the capital ratio above 5%.
The Japanese episode of handing the system-wide insolvency problem gives several useful lessons. An obvious one is that it is possible to deal with systemic insolvency even under the environment as chaotic as the immediate post-war Japan. The insolvency problem was solved without costing taxpayers very much. It is also remarkable that the recapitalization of the banking system happened without serious problems. This suggests that there was sufficient amount of capital that was willing to come in, once the balance sheets were cleaned up, even right after substantial amount of capital had been written off.
The large deposits, which also suffered from the restructuring, also came back relatively quickly. A paper by Herbert Baer and Daniela Klingebiel ("Systemic Risk When Depositors Bear Losses: Five Case Studies," in George G. Kaufman (ed) Banking, Financial Markets, and Systemic Risk, JAI Press, 1995) examined what happened the level of deposits after the restructuring in Japan. They found that the amount of deposits declined immediately after the restructuring of the old account, but started to recover within a couple of years. This is what they found for the four other cases from other countries (including the U.S. after the Great Depression) where depositors incurred substantial losses in banking crises. Thus, depositors are also willing to come back to the banking sector once they believe that the balance sheets have been cleaned up.
A key question for the U.S. is whether the current institution (bankruptcy code and other restructuring mechanism) is enough to handle the potential large scale insolvency problem in the banking sector. The case of CFC seems to become an important test case.


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It's inconvenient, it's panic-inducing and it's time-consuming; it's the dreaded website shutdown and it's going to happen to you sooner or later.
Your non-profit's website can go dark for any number of reason, but it's usually technical difficulties or because it's receiving an update/facelift. These things happen. Updates are especially inevitable, a sort of necessary evil. But as much as a website shutdown is unavoidable at times, it still causes headaches for members and upsets would-be visitors to your site.
Luckily, social media can help cure some of what ails your organization when its website goes on vacation. Having a social media strategy for a website shutdown is important and can serve as one part of a larger plan for your non-profit when dealing with emergencies.
Twitter and Facebook are great social media platforms to use during a website shutdown. Both sites allow you to get the word out fast and efficiently while giving your community access to your organization without using its website.
Twitter and Facebook are great platforms to use to notify your community if you know your website is going to be down. It is important to post frequent messages with details of the shutdown in the days leading up to it. This way, your community will know what's going on and can plan their actions accordingly. You definitely don't want your community renewing their membership or donating money at the time of a shutdown. Twitter and Facebook can help prevent that.
If your website blacks-out without warning, Twitter and Facebook are great tools to notify your community, handle criticism in a helpful and transparent manner and help your community with any questions they would normally look to the website to answer. Twitter and Facebook are great for this because they allow you to instantly connect with your community and have conversations that could save your members, donors and volunteers time, money and headaches.
YouTube is another great tool to use during a website shutdown, especially if you know ahead of time that your site is going to be unavailable to your community. Being unable to access a website can mean not being able to contribute money, sign up to volunteer, learn about an organization or become a member, no matter how much you care about the organization. Making a YouTube video can help guide your community and ensure that even after the website shutdown, people come back to your site again and again.
Making a YouTube video ahead of a planned shutdown can help communicate important points to your non-profit's community in an engaging and lighthearted way while including a human element to the process. It can help explain the need for a shutdown (a retooling, general maintenance, etc) by describing how one inconvenience will make the experience better for a long time to come. Explaining ways that your community can stay involved or find information during a website shutdown can also be a fun and informative way to handle the issue.
Shutting down your website, even if it's just for an hour or two, can be a tough, but necessary decision. When it happens without warning, it can be a nightmare for you, your organization and its community. Having a plan in place to deal with this issue is important to responding quickly and ensuring your community doesn't abandon your non-profit. Social media can be a huge factor in this strategy and can put a positive spin on an otherwise unsavory activity. Building a strong social media presence today can help you with your bugs and glitches tomorrow.


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The Oscar-winning actress looks absolutely stunning in these lost modeling shots from a black and white photo shoot she did when she was just 16-years-old.
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After returning from vacation during which several Windows updates were applied and my router suffered a hard power cycle, my Windows 8 Desktop can no longer ping other devices on the same subnet. Specifically:
- Win8 can ping the router
- Win8 can ping google.com (no internet connectivity problems at all!)
- Win8 cannot ping a Win7 laptop, Android phone, or Airport express on the same network
- Router can ping the Win8 machine (and all other devices)
- Other devices cannot ping Win8 machine
Since the Win8 machine can ping the router and google, I don't think this can be a firewall setting issue (I have tried it with Windows firewall on and off), or a Private/Public network issue.
When the Win8 machine pings any local devices, ping returns 'Destination host unreachable' and the target IP winds up in the ARP cache as 'invalid' entries, with MAC Addresses of 00-00-00-00-00. I have tried adding a static ARP entry to the Win7 machine, but all that does is change the ping response to 'request timed out' instead of 'destination host unreachable'.
The Win8 machine's routing table looks normal to my non-network-techie eyes (the subnet in question is 192.168.1.*):
IPv4 Route Table
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.6 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.6 276
192.168.1.6 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.6 276
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.6 276
220.127.116.11 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
220.127.116.11 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.6 276
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.6 276
Persistent Routes:
The oddest thing to me is that the Win8 machine can ping the router, and the router can ping the Win8 machine, which seems to eliminate most solutions I found with 2 days of goggling.
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#I ACCEPT NEW BEGINNINGS, #a miracle in beginnings, #accept endings, #expectations, #goodness, #all things change, #discernment
May 22nd
I give thanks today for new beginnings. There is a miracle inside of each beginning. There is also a gift in newness.
In my expectation of a new beginning, I acknowledge I am required to accept endings. I must make room for the newness to enter my reality. I cannot hold two thoughts for the same thing. When my true desire is for newness to be manifested, there will be something that I am required to release. I do so graciously with love.
Are my thoughts in total alignment with my expectations? Perhaps it is time for me to release some old worn out beliefs about what I am entitled to receive in this life. Do I have a habit that prevents me from living the life I desire? I know I am to release it to allow the new beginning to take form and manifest. I gladly release without any attachments. There are no thoughts of lack and scarcity in my newness. I am fully open to receiving all that my heart desires.
I allow goodness to flow into my life and affairs. I remove all blockages in my thoughts and words. I push towards the prize. I accept the gift of newness. A fresh beginning is mine.
I may mourn the leaving of something yet I trust I can and will survive. I choose to live totally in faith and trust the process of renewal. I willingly make room for new beginnings.
I accept new beginnings and I know that all things change. I can choose to accept that new beginnings are a natural occurrence. That each moment represents a new beginning and the moment that has just ended is gone forever. I can never again relive that same moment in time. I am grateful for my wisdom of discernment.
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I am a few weeks behind schedule on the blog front... it is hard to believe it is over 2 weeks now since the 9th edition of the now-legendary Steep Vanoise week! Where last year we had 5 days of waist-deep powder, this year was a complete contrast with chalky snow on North faces and some sublime spring snow on the sunny sides:
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Day 2: Steep, smooth spring snow you say? Oh go on then...
Day 3: Bellecote North face and a 'Brucie (or Simon) bonus':
Day 4 - perfect spring snow out behind Les Arcs:
Day 5 - a massed ascent & descent down to Le Col with both teams with some 5 star spring snow with not another track showing:
Many thanks to IFMGA Mountain Guide Dorian Labaeye who was assisting me on the coaching/guiding duties, and thanks to Jack, Amanda, Rod, Michael, Dan, Gavin, Mark, David and Pete for being 2 great teams!
See you in 2018 for the 10th birthday of Steep Vanoise - provisional dates are 12-18 March so pencil them in to your diary now!
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Stock exchange of London is suffering through great tragedies as UK Government is now transformed into a small budget surplus as expected in July as the FTSE 100 index falls with 16.5 points and comes on 6852.4.
After the European Union Referendum the stock market of London is facing many ups and downs as the points of this market are falling gradually as there is surplus of £ 1bn for these months in FTSE 100 but this is less tan £ 1.2bn of last year 2015.
Before 2015 there is a time that London Stock Exchange market is one of ruling countries in index as the shares are in surplus of more than £ 1.9bn which is expected by the economists there but with passage of time points are falling gradually.
In share index of FTSE 250 the value of point fall is 3.4 points and bring it to 17867.7 the reason behind this fall and rack up of public finance is just due to the new taxes are applied on everything as that time taxes increase in an instant.
IG market analyst Joshua Mahony said that "This has been somewhat of an indecisive week for financial markets, with holiday season meaning that trading is thin and lacking any clear directional bias."
Rank rose 1.9p to 223.5p, William Hill raised 13.2p to 316.2p, on the other side 888 also8.8p lifted at 213.8p.
In afternoon trading the major lift in the FTSE 100 Index are Centrica (+2.3p to 236p), EasyJet (+21p to 1099p), Morrisons (+1.5p to 193.7p), BAE Systems (+3.5p to 531p) and Fresnillo (+15p to 1952p).
In afternoon trading the faller lift in the FTSE 100 Index are Persimmon (-38p to 1739p), Standard Chartered (-14p to 621.3p), Taylor Wimpey (-3p to 154.3p), Legal & General (-3.7p to 204.6p) and Prudential (-25.5p to 1371p).
The major risers in the FTSE 250 Index are William Hill (+13.2p to 316.2p), Kaz Minerals (+16.8p to 196.8p), esure Group (+8.6p to 265.3p), PayPoint (+30p to 1009p) and Metro Bank (+77p to 2412p)
The major fallers in the FTSE 250 Index are International Personal Finance (-6.3p to 269.5p), CMC Markets (-7.8p to 270.2p), Virgin Money (-5.8p to 279.7p), Tullett Prebon (-6.9p to 359.7p) and Pagegroup (-7.1p to 347.3p).


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Russia have qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Romania – who had initially secured the slot – Spain and Belgium were docked points for repeatedly using ineligible players during the qualifying competition, World Rugby said on Tuesday.
After a "remodelling" of the qualification process, Russia emerged top to advance to next year's tournament in Japan. It will be their second appearance following 2011 in New Zealand when they lost all four pool games.
Germany, who have never been in a World Cup, now have another chance as they are promoted to face Portugal in a play-off, though the winners face a daunting final step with a two-legged play-off against Samoa.
The winner on aggregate will qualify for Japan 2019 in Pool A, alongside the hosts, Ireland, Scotland and Russia. The loser will still have a chance of progress via the Repechage competition in November.
Tuesday's announcement is the latest twist to a complicated and controversial series of matches as, following an investigation by the independent Judicial and Disputes committee, the three nations were docked five match points for each ineligible player used.
Belgium were found to have fielded five ineligible players and were docked 30 points along with a suspended fine of £125,000.
Spain used Mathieu Belie and Bastien Fuster, who have both previously played for France Under-20s, in eight qualification matches, leading to a 40-point deduction and a £50,000 suspended fine.
Romania had only one ineligible player, Sione Faka'osilea, who previously played for Tonga Sevens. They were given a £100,000 suspended fine and their 30 docked points overturned their World Cup qualification.
All the decisions are subject to appeal within 14 days and Romania said they would seek to overturn the committee's ruling.
"The Romanian Rugby Federation (FFR) cannot accept a decision in which teams that knowingly violate regulations or ignorance are treated identically to those who comply with all procedural steps required," the FFR said in a statement.
"Participation in the World Cup must not be concluded by such a decision."
Spain's initial appeal to replay their match against Belgium, when a Romanian referee was in charge and Spain's shock defeat sent Romania through at their expense, was rejected, despite the sport's governing body supporting it.
"Having considered all the evidence, including submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Spain and Belgium, the independent committee refused the request made by World Rugby and Spain to set aside the result of the match and determined that the match should not be replayed," the committee said in a statement.
In reference to the entire investigation, the committee added: "Although mistakes were made by Rugby Europe and participating unions, they had not acted in bad faith. The committee also recommended that World Rugby re-emphasise the importance and sanctity of Regulation 8 (eligibility) and any other steps that will prevent a repeat of these circumstances."
The Spanish Rugby Federation said they were very disappointed by the decisions, having sought clearance for Belie and Fuster from their French counterparts, and were considering an appeal.
"It should be recognised that the (eligibility) rule is confusing and World Rugby should have created a procedure and created a system to avoid these type of undesirable situations from happening," the federation said in a statement.
The Russian Rugby Federation, however, said the sanctions were fair.
"I am very glad that our arguments were heard because the federations of Romania, Belgium and Spain committed grave violations of the regulations, allowing these players (to take part in the qualifiers)," the federation's deputy chairman Kirill Yashenkov said.
Eligibility for international rugby is a notoriously complicated affair, with countries often nominating their own choice of "capture" level team that ensures a player cannot then switch nationalities.
Recognising this, the independent committee added in its report: "World Rugby might want to consider whether to maintain a database showing players who have been captured by Unions."
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16th & Lewis streets
Photograph of T.J. Raney High School. Photo by Larry Obsitnik.
Appeared in Arkansas Gazette, 5 August 1959.
School no longer in operation
Building no longer exists
Although T.J. Raney was not operated by the Little Rock School District, we felt it was important to include here for historical reasons.
T.J. Raney High School was formed in the autumn of 1958. It was named after Thomas J. Raney, a prominent Little Rock businessman.
Governor Orval Faubus enacted a law that enabled him to close all four of Little Rock's public high schools when the LRSD School Board decided to proceed with the integration of its schools after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The 1958-59 school year is referred to by many as the "Lost Year" because the high schools were closed.
The Little Rock Private School Corporation was formed in September 1958, aided by Governor Faubus, with the intent to open private schools for white students in the empty high school buildings when they were shut down. The School Board went as far as to actually lease the then-vacant buildings to the corporation, but the Supreme Court stopped the action, saying that "evasive schemes for segregation" could not be used to nullify court orders.
The Little Rock School District made an effort to fulfill its dedication to educate the high school students of Little Rock and briefly entered into agreements with the three local television stations to broadcast teacher-led lessons in the mornings for the displaced high school students (KATV, the ABC affiliate, broadcast classes for sophomores; KTHV, the CBS affiliate, showed courses for juniors; and KARK, the NBC affiliate, broadcast courses for seniors). Only the basic courses -- math, science, English and history -- were offered, but it was better than nothing at all.
The Private School Corporation leased a building formerly used by the University of Arkansas Graduate Center at Little Rock at 16th and Lewis streets. About 750 students attended Thomas J. Raney High School, which officially opened for business on 22 October 1958.
Obviously, not all of Little Rock's public high school students attended Raney High School. Two smaller private schools, Baptist High and Trinity Interim Academy, also were formed.
In all, 3,665 students were affected by the closure of the high schools. Of 2,915 white students, 1,120 enrolled in private schools in Little Rock and nearby Conway, 877 were in other schools in Arkansas, 275 were in out-of-state schools and 643 did not go to school. Of the 750 African-American students, 229 were in other public schools in Arkansas, 79 were attending out-of-state schools and 442 were not in school.
One hundred eighty-eight students graduated from T.J. Raney High School at the end of the 1958-59 school year. Governor Faubus spoke at the school's commencement ceremony.
Although it was termed "private," students were not charged tuition to attend. The school relied on government funds (money that the Little Rock School District lost when its high schools were closed) as well as contributions from businesses and private citizens for its operating costs.
Raney High School was only in operation for the 1958-59 school year. The Little Rock School District reopened its high schools (with its plan for integration intact) the following year, and the Little Rock Private School Corporation announced that it was out of money.
LRSD archives.
Arkansas Gazette, August 5, 1959, several stories related to Central High School and T.J. Raney High School.
"Little Rock 1957: Pages from History," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Arkansas Online website
"1958-1959: The Lost Year Project" website: http://www.thelostyear.com/index.html
Central High School 40th Anniversary website: http://www.centralhigh57.org/
If you have information about a Little Rock school or photographs you would like to contribute to this project (we will return photographs if requested), please contact us!
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Can USA250 Make Philly the Star of America's 250th Birthday?
In 1999, Dick Vermeil, the legendary former Eagles coach who had taken over the St. Louis Rams two years earlier, delivered three words of inspiration to his new team, which had finished the previous season 4-12—last in its division: "Why not us?"
Led by a former grocery clerk-turned-quarterback named Kurt Warner, the Rams won the Super Bowl that season.
In their own way, Sam Katz and Andrew Hohns and Meryl Levitz and the rest of the folks at USA250, in trying to get Philadelphia to do something very un-Philadelphia—i.e., to not blow it—are putting up their own sign to all of us, asking: Why not us?
"I'm not unmindful of the tendency of Philadelphia to think less of itself, to identify barriers and focus only on them," Katz says. "But I am also not unmindful that there is a new generation, and new blood, that is doing things here that go largely unreported, all without the help of government. So yeah, I am optimistic."
"Oh, the city is just so different," Meryl Levitz says, mulling the changes since 1976. "I think in these last few years we have gone from zero to 90. Things have changed so much, physically, emotionally, virtually, for people. Center City has pushed out. There is this momentum and growth."
She says this in the seductive cadence of a model on a TV commercial cooing about her hair coloring. I want to believe her. We all do. And yet there is a lot of my brand of cynicism in Philadelphia—some of it unjustified, but most of it, unfortunately, not. When you live in a town where the mayor can't give a budget address to City Council because he's shouted down from the gallery, where union thuggery is not only tolerated but actually encouraged, where large numbers of the people who come to the Convention Center say they won't be back, it's hard to imagine the bright shiny city on the hill, its soundtrack by John Philip Sousa. During our conversation in her office at the GPTMC, Levitz gushed to me about Katz's documentaries on city history, telling me, "I can look at those and say, 'So that's why John Dougherty is John Dougherty.' I can see him there."
Unfortunately, I can see him right here. Along with Pat Gillespie. And the 17 members of City Council, all looking for their slice of the pie. And their counterparts in Harrisburg and Washington, and at Comcast and GlaxoSmithKline and Penn and the Parking Authority and the cheesesteak shops in South Philly, for that matter. I want to believe that everyone will come together, put the civic good first, put an oar in the water and start rowing toward a spectacular 2026 with no consideration for personal gain. But somewhere inside me sits that 13-year-old boy still looking forlornly at his TV set. He, shall we say, has his doubts.
Could we really pull this off? In my search for an answer, I call A.D. Frazier. Frazier was the chief operating officer for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, a $1.7 billion enterprise and one of the few Games to close its books in the black. I tell him what the Philly-ites are up to and ask him to tell me what he didn't expect, the obstacles he didn't see coming as the Games came together. His answer deflates me: "I never expected that there would be so many people I had to deal with who had their hand out," he says. "Believe me, anything like this is going to bring them out of the woodwork." He tells me how "the city of Atlanta was our most difficult adversary," how the then-mayor (who was later sent to prison) made sweetheart deals that wreaked havoc with traffic and security. The Games were a success, he declares, investing $500 million in new infrastructure, including a new stadium for the Atlanta Braves. But the road wasn't without its bumps.
That, of course, is to be expected in producing an event so massive. But an Olympics lasts for three weeks. Philadelphia is trying to do something that stretches for an entire year, possibly two. It seems unfathomable. And yet part of me admires the fact that Hohns et al. are trying, that they're out there conjuring and dreaming. Why not us?
"If Philadelphia is going to prove to the world that it, not New York, was the cradle of democracy in the North American continent, that's a more gossamer goal than putting on the Olympics for a few weeks," Frazier tells me. "And I gotta tell you, there will be a lot of people who are going to say, 'Why do we have to do this? We're already Philadelphia. Everybody knows who we are.' … But you've got plenty of good bones to work with there.
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A second referendum on Scottish independence could be held as early as next year, Nicola Sturgeon has suggested.
The First Minister said Scotland was in a "very, very strong position" to secure a favourable outcome in negotiations on Britain's exit from the European Union and could hold a veto on any deal struck by Theresa May's government.
But Ms Sturgeon threatened to stage a second referendum on independence if Scotland is taken out of the EU, following the 2014 vote to remain part of the UK. She suggested a referendum could take place within months of the formal Brexit being launched.
In a series of TV interviews yesterday, Ms Sturgeon did not rule out another vote in 2017 if the Scottish Government was "not on board" with negotiations when Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – the formal mechanism for leaving the EU – is triggered.
She said: "At that point that [a second referendum] would be an option and a decision that I would have to consider, if we had found it impossible to defend Scotland's interests within the UK."
Ms Sturgeon claimed the new Prime Minister had strengthened Scotland's hand by tying the activation of Article 50 to getting approval for "a UK-wide approach" to negotiations with the EU.
Last week Ms May used the first major engagement of her premiership to visit Edinburgh for talks with the First Minister about Brexit, having earlier made the preservation of the "precious, precious Union" her top priority.
The Prime Minister pledged to "listen to options" from the Scottish Government, and added after the meeting at Bute House: "I won't be triggering Article 50 until I think that we have a UK approach and objectives for negotiations. I think it is important that we establish that before we trigger Article 50."
Ms May's comments have been interpreted by some as offering the Scottish Government a veto on triggering Article 50.
Ms Sturgeon said yesterday: "Certainly, from what she said after the meeting, I think that puts Scotland now in a very, very strong position and puts me in a strong position."
The First Minister also reiterated her belief that a separate deal could be done that allowed Scotland to retain its membership of the bloc from within the UK.
She said: "We're in uncharted territory and when you're in uncharted territory with effectively a blank sheet of paper in front of you then you have an opportunity to try to think things that might have previously been unthinkable and shape the future."
Ms Sturgeon claimed the mood in Brussels had changed since 2014, when EU leaders were unfriendly towards the Scottish Government's independence bid, and suggested there was support for Scotland's continued membership of the EU.
She said: "What I encountered in Brussels was a warmth, an openness, a great sympathy to the position that Scotland finds itself in. Things have changed fundamentally."
Ms Sturgeon's comments could anger anti-EU MPs who question Ms May's commitment to leaving the bloc, despite the Prime Minister's previous assurance that "Brexit means Brexit".
Leave campaigner and Labour MP Gisela Stuart said she was "worried" that a second referendum could be called on the UK's exit deal, putting Brexit at risk.
Meanwhile, David Davis, the cabinet secretary in charge of Brexit negotiations, dismissed the idea that Scotland could negotiate a separate deal with the EU to preserve its membership while staying in the UK.
"I don't think that works," he said. "One of our really challenging issues to deal with will be the internal border we have with southern Ireland, and we are not going to go about creating other internal borders inside the United Kingdom."
Mr Davis said the UK government "will try as best we can" to address Scottish concerns about the impact of Brexit, but added: "They can't have a veto because there are 17.5 million people who have given us a mandate; they have told us what to do, we can't disobey it – but what we can do is to try to do what we can to minimise any disruption or turbulence or problems."
Mr Davis also suggested that EU citizens who arrive in the UK between last month's referendum and the date the country exits the EU could lose their right to live and work here.
He said he was in favour of offering existing EU citizens in the UK a "generous settlement" as part of Brexit negotiations, but warned that a cut-off date could be imposed to stop migrants arriving from the continent "in a big rush to try to grab a set of advantages".
Mr Davis said the status of EU citizens would need to be negotiated alongside that of British residents in EU countries.
The SNP's Europe spokesman, Stephen Gethins, said: "It is shameful that instead of trying to offer any sort of reassurance for EU nationals living and working in the UK, the Tories are content to use EU nationals as bargaining chips in their Brexit negotiations.
"David Davis's comments lay bare the priorities of Theresa May's 'nasty party' Cabinet and once again show how unprepared the Leave side and the UK government were for the possibility of a Brexit vote."


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Simple Talk for Tough TimesPosted: May 9th, 2011 | Author: Todd | Filed under: events, illustration, local twin cities | Tags: book, illustration, mha, simple talk for tough times | Comments Off
Congratulations to Marcia Carlson for being recognized by the Minnesota Hospital Association as the 2011 Caregiver of the Year for her creation of the book Simple Talk for Tough Times. This book, already in its second printing, is being distributed throughout the Allina Health System. Marcia's background in social work and long experience with healing environments among other things helped guide her authorship of a simple book that helps adults diagnosed with cancer talk to the children in their lives about "the elephant in the room" in a way that kids can understand and learn to accept. Kudos to the rest of the team as well: Sandy Herrala, Connie Fiebiger, Melissa Berggren, Adrian Lewis and John Dailey. I am very pleased to have been included on the team as the illustrator.


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