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What a headline … According to Politico reporters, "Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday he would seek to bar the agency from relying on studies that don't publicly disclose all their data." Well, that seems good. Science is built upon people being able to study all the data and reproduce the results obtained by other scientists. It is the basis of the peer-review system.
Now check out the headline that Politico used on the piece: "Pruitt scales back EPA's use of science." The EPA is switching to a system that uses more robust science that can be scrutinized. Yet Politico's headline editors go with a misleading headline meant to cast Pruitt as a scientific luddite. The Politico editors know very well that people don't read beyond headlines on social media, and they are trying to influence public opinion against Pruitt.
VoxTales! Woo-oo! ? … One of the most vile moments after former first lady Barbara Bush's death was when a California professor viciously and venomously attacked Bush in a tweet. The Washington Examiner has the story of how "Vox rewrites history" to make that professor look like "the victim." Vox's Anna North writes, "Randa Jarrar's case is a reminder that when a woman of color speaks out on her views about race, she faces unique dangers."
Jarrar viciously attacked a woman moments after her death, but she's the victim. While the mainstream media wants you to think Vox is an unbiased source of explanatory journalism, remember it was created by Ezra Klein, a former associate editor at The American Prospect. That publication has as its stated mission "to advance liberal and progressive goals."
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Joyful … Back in the day, it seems progressive superstar MSNBC's Joy Ann Reid was quite the homophobe. Last year reports surfaced that some of her writings at her old blog disparaged gays, and she apologized. Now someone has used the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to uncover a treasure trove of content worse than originally thought. Well, the folks who run the Wayback Machine are rejecting Reid's claims of hacking.
MSNBC is standing behind Reid for the time being. But this is a reminder: The internet is forever. That's something Reid understood all too well back in December 2016 when she tweeted, "Nobody tell her about the wayback machine." Twitchy has the hilarious details about how that tweet "did not age well."
Malkin vs. Acosta … This morning CRTV's Michelle Malkin appeared on "Fox & Friends," and the discussion turned to CNN's Jim Acosta and a recent profile in Vanity Fair. Acosta believes that President Trump "could inspire violence" against reporters by Trump voters — mainly because he believes that some of those voters "don't have all their faculties." Malkin tore into Acosta. CR's Chris Pandolfo has the details and video of Malkin's beatdown.
Despite New York City being the home to the Evil Empire of the New York Yankees, it's a pretty good town. And New York in spring is fantastic. This weekend there's an even better reason to visit: Michelle Malkin will be screening an episode of her award-winning "Michelle Malkin Investigates" at the Manhattan Film Festival on Sunday. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Michelle and experts on wrongful convictions. CRTV is giving away three pairs of tickets. Enter and find out more about the screening at this link.
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Some of my creations
|I made a journal for my 6 year old granddaughter for her 6th birthday. This is her in character
form as a fairy. Turned out cute. Love it.
|Vase of flowers. This is another project from the Brave Girls Art School I have been taking.
This is really pretty in person.
|Another piece of art inspired by Brave Girls Art School
|This is a snapshot of a drawing I did, it is 1"x1". I am going to some encaustic art with it.

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A setting sun peeks through lacy clouds, silhouetting the raised feather scars ridging my skin in blood-orange light. I peer down at the sharp lines, the harsh slope of my brow humped above the bridge of my nose. The breeze whispers, catching at the rumble of my empty stomach. It's been days since I was banished to this hellish play at "being human"–I expected it to be more fantastic. Chipmunks and rattlesnakes won't sustain me for long, and I don't dare take on bigger game. Not that I've seen any–the land is bone dry and crowded with tumbleweeds. Despite the day scorching the soles of my bare feet, I shiver. I miss the lush tropics of home. Perhaps I should have learned obedience. Perhaps I should have begged. Perhaps…
but no matter now. The Council is steadfast in their decisions, especially when wrong.
Sighing, I slip long-nails beneath the neckline of my tank and trace my punishment. To remind me of my sins, the Council left the hole they tore my heart through seeping and unhealed. Two fingertips come away stained with the fires I can no longer call forward. My chained feathers shriek, agony shifting across my skin before settling into mourning. I purse my lips. They're going to need to come to terms with this new life. Without a heart, my body is a prison.
"Wicked ink!"
Startled, I whirl. Caught up in pity, I missed his approach. He jostles in his saddle, the long strands of the creature's white hair tangling across his fingers. I squint, eyeing the animal warily. It's shorter than a camel, shoulders reaching just above my head. The lack of a hump concerns me. In this dry heat, where does this mutant keep water? I frown, puzzled, before realizing the stranger expects an answer.
"Thank you." My voice is hard caramel, the melody of a phoenix turned to gravel and dust. I cough and start again. "So, your… Um…" The beast's name alludes me, so I gesture at it instead.
"Oh, you mean Sabah, my horse!" He says, bobbing his head and crooning under his breath.
"Of course. I knew that. Horse." Except I didn't. Horses are creatures of myth where I come from, strange four-legged slaves of man. I grew up hearing the tales: Black Beauty, Flicka, Seabiscuit. All doomed to a life of grueling labor and terrible treatment. Their names flitter through my thoughts, a rapid fire succession of sound, and I cringe. According to legend, horses died out mere months before humans. I narrow my eyes, studying the pair.
Close-shaven, his dirty blonde hair grows like prickly weeds across his head. His skin is sun-rough but smooth, no discernible sign of family heirlooms or magical curses. His gaze is steady and unnerving, the color of his irises akin to that of pine trees in late fall. I blink, and his aura comes into focus: moss green center, a haze of gray around the edges. For a higher being, nothing about him screams special apart from the black flakes floating around his head. There's something cruel lurking beneath his skin, a monster needing chained. I toss a grin his way, slipping the tip of my tongue across my lips. "And you…?"
"Wallace," he says. "Wallace Balkerson."
He thrusts his hand toward me, palm flat and fingers open. I wrack my brain, but the greeting customs I learned in my youth don't tell me how to proceed. A funny niggling pushes at the back of my neck; I swat at the spot, chewing on my lip, and ignore his gesture. He has the skin of a forest nymph, the eyes of a mermaid, and the name of nothing I've ever come across. Confused, I try again. "Wallace. Right. So…where are we, again?"
He half-turns in his seat, slack-jawed and wide-eyed, to gape at me. "You mean you don't know? Didjer boyfriend boot you out the car and leave you stranded, darlin'?" He chuckles, a different glint stealing across the gaze he roves over my white scars, my bare feet, my low-cut shirt. None of his words make sense to me. His actions, on the other hand, speak loudly. A faint flush steals across his cheeks; I can hear his heart pounding against the cage of his ribs. It strikes an off-balance beat with his steed's hooves. I ignore his question, scooping my long white hair from my shoulders and balling it above the nape of my neck. "Right. What'd you say yer name was?"
"Opal," I purr, reaching the stroke the horse that should not exist. It's beginning to dawn on me that the lessons set by the Council are not strictly facts. Perhaps the Council lied–and not just about the crime I was supposed to have committed. I glance again at the guy: chin peppered with stubble, sunburn callusing his arms, flat eyes and erratic aura. For all I know, he's a master of disguise–a rogue djinn, or a well-crafted golem. But that niggling at my skin says he's something different. Something evil.
"That's a pretty name," he murmurs. His voice is deeper, a dark and seedy desire leaching over his tongue. I imagine the circles his thoughts are racing in. I can almost see the number of young, impressionable women destroyed and bleeding at his feet–a heap of savagery and ugly violence. This guy is a beast of a different nature–the kind with a penchant for pretty words and cruel fists. My stomach rumbles again–a loud, angry mewling. "You sound hungry, siren eyes."
I wonder if it's time for me to forge my own path; I've been banished to a world that's no longer supposed to exist, after all. I might as well make the most of it, right? I grin, sliding my tongue across my sharp, pointed teeth. I wonder if the demon running rampant through this man's veins flavors the flesh. "Yes. Yes, I guess I am."
As night falls across Wyoming, his screams remain unheard.
***copyright Elizabeth Mathis, 2015***


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Hello everyone! As part of Short Story Saturday, I have posted another short story, this one entitled The Rosean-Tenebris War. Please enjoy.
Lady Aequitas wept. Her kingdom was splintering at the seams. The Land of Rosea had invaded the Land of Tenebris after years of peaceful coexistence. All effort made to unite the land of Libertas appeared to be for naught.
Continue reading "Short Story Saturday: The Rosean-Tenebris War"


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For most cancer patients and survivors who are actively employed, completing on-the-job tasks becomes more difficult than it was pre-cancer. In fact, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association, "nearly 25% of cancer survivors said they felt less productive at work." Add to that the fact that many patients need to take an extended leave of absence at some point during treatment, and the result can equal a significant loss of income. That's why it's critical to understand your insurance benefits and your company's policies. The more you can maximize your job security/benefits, the better. For the full article, click here.
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When I worked at Pine Cove, I sometimes felt like an impostor. I listened silently as my peers compared their their family vacations in Italy and France. In stark contrast to their Patagonia shorts, Chacos, and trendy t-shirts that "only cost $20," I donned my second-hand shorts and free volleyball tees. I came from a world vastly different than that of my coworkers. If America had a caste system, they would be kshatriyas, and I would be sudra.
Yet, the three summers that I spent as a photographer at Pine Cove were the best summers of my life. My coworkers were hospitable, gracious, and selfless. Despite our differences, we worked together to further the Gospel. In my opinion, the collaborative attitude of camp staff perfectly exemplifies the Apostle Paul's admonition in Romans 12:16 to "Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight."
Paul did not write these words only as a good practice for his readers; he lived by this rule himself.
Like my Texas friends, Paul had a lot of accolades. He wrote in Philippians 4:3-4, "If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I have far more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless." In short, Paul was the ideal Jew from a good family, and he was devoutly religious. From a human perspective, he had every reason to scorn lowly Jews, and the culture expected him to snub Gentiles.
However, Paul "counted those things as loss" (Philippians 3:8) so that He could live for Christ, choosing to witness to the unsaved and serve local churches rather than zealously submitting to the Old Testament Law. Paul, like the other humble individuals that we have studied, had an accurate view of himself. Paul was "a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel" (Romans 1:1). As such, he befriended all people–from the worthy physician Luke (Colossians 4:14) to the unworthy slave Onesimus (Philemon 1:10). Paul ignored his own accolades for the sake of the Gospel.
Thus, our fifth step in the pursuit of humility is living peaceably with all people.
Let me know in the comments:
- Have you ever felt like an impostor in a group of friends?
- What types of people do you find easy to love or hard to love?


text: The 11th annual Three Angels Tennyball tournament was held on August 1 at the Twelfth Street softball fields in Moundsville. The event is held in memory of JoBeth Gross, Danielle Block and Courtney Block, who lost their lives in a tragic plane accident in New York on May 21, 2005. All proceeds benefit a scholarship fund at Bishop Donahue, where JoBeth and Danielle attended high school. Twenty Four teams competed in the 2015 tournament and the BD BOMBERS took home the championship. Members of the BD Bombers include: Bryce Jones, Jared Yates, Brett Moore, Jesse Padlow, Zac McCoy, Alex Riedel and Zach Riedel.


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Virginia's VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Open for Nominations
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Nominations for the 2019 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award are now being accepted. North American publishers and self-publishers are invited to search their 2019 catalogs for literature that highlights diverse subjects or characters. More details pertaining to the award and eligibility can be located at https://www.vla.org/vla-graphic-novel-diversity-award. Deadline for the award is January 31, 2020.
The VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award is sponsored by the Diversity & Inclusion Forum of the Virginia Library Association. The purpose of the Association is to develop, promote, and improve library and information services, library staff, and the profession of librarianship in order to advance literacy and learning and to ensure access to information in the Commonwealth of Virginia.


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Aaron Crowley
Economies change, cultures change and, of course, political regimes change. Industries change, too.
And while shifting circumstances abound, it is important to remember and know that some things do not change; some things endure.
Here are 10 enduring truths to consider:
1) The customer is always right. Customers often have unrealistic expectations. They have limited understanding of natural stone. There is limited time to educate them. These are all undeniable facts…yet they are irrelevant if your goal is a satisfied customer who will speak well of your company on social media. The companies that endure are the ones that manage to do unreasonable things for unreasonable people.
2) Success cannot replace relationships. The passion to succeed is almost as intense as the will to live and often, when success or the life of the enterprise is on the line, the most important people to the leader seem to suffer the most. A successful business cannot fulfill the God-given need for healthy, strong relationships, but healthy relationships can sustain a leader during times of duress. Balance between the two is literally life and death.
3) Your potential is limited by your ability (or willingness) to delegate. Companies with great potential never reach it if the owner and managers can't let go and effectively delegate. Owners and managers who assign critical tasks to specific positions, define the standards, and provide operational steps to follow for their staff will free the organization to grow and free themselves from the tyranny of chaos.
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6) Cash is king. Companies that are liberal with spending and lackadaisical with collections are chronically short of cash. The consequences of such behavior leads to limited resources for maintaining vendor relationships, the inability to capitalize on opportunities, unable to weather short term declines in the business.
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8) Granite is heavy and if you are careless it can kill you. Fabrication will always be a potentially dangerous business for those handling granite slabs and bundles. Regular safety reminders, discussion of safe slab handling techniques and regular inspection of equipment will save lives.
9) Employee turnover is EXPENSIVE. No matter how you slice it, anytime an employee moves on unexpectedly, great expense is to be expected. The longer they've been on the team, the greater the disruption it will mean.
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Seasons of upheaval, uncertainty, and revolutionary changes expose the true character and test the beliefs of the people living through them.
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Aaron Crowley is a stone shop owner, innovator and inventor, author, speaker, and consultant to mid-size stone companies. Contact him at .


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The Gihon can be thought of as two sections, the upper and the lower. These are separated by a mile of scenic flatwater through rolling Northern Vermont hills. For a short run you can do just the lower, but the upper is certainly worth the flatwater.
Upper section:
Starts with a 25ft dam. This is clean and incredibly fun. Folks being led down for their first time are rarely allowed to scout (it is much more fun this way). Check the bottom for wood and then slide over a few boat widths to the left of the center abutment. If the level is above 3 on the painted gauge the hole at the bottom will start to get a bigger until the point where you won't want to run it.
Several class IV ledges/rapids follow in a beautiful gorge-like setting. The culmination is Mustang, a big 3 stage rapid that plunges into a narrow gorge. The left side is a dangerous looking crack and should be avoided. The hole at the bottom is generally flushy but gets big as the level rises. After this rapid is some gentle run-out and then the start of a mile or so of flatwater through rolling farm fields.
Lower section:
Begins at the obvious horizon line. This two stager is referred to as Bed-Head. It is the hardest rapid on the lower and can be portaged on the left. Following are a half dozen or so class IV ledge rapids. You can paddle all the way into town or take out below the rapid after the powerhouse covered bridge.
The guage listed here is on the nearby and large Lamoille. The Gihon rises quicker and drops quicker, so when the level is coming up or down on the Lamoille the Gihon is likely a step or two ahead.
There is a painted gauge on the RR abutment of the powerhouse bridge.
1 is minimum
1-2 is low
2-3 is medium
3-3.5 is medium high
3.5-4 is high (some of the rapids start to close out)
4+ is higher than recommended.
The upper section put in is at the bridge on Whitcomb Island rd. Right turn off of 100c North from Johnson. The first drop is a 25-30 foot dam slide that should be run to the left of the abutment. Big but fun and safe, please be descrete here. After a short section of II there is a ledge drop that splits the flow around some outcroppings. There is a bad piece of wood in the left side, run the extreme right channel for a fun 4 foot boof. This is closely followed by "Balls to the Wall", a fun dynamic drop of perhaps 8 feet. A few minor holes to punch, then move far right (against the wall) and ride the tounge. The pool below the boof on the left is not deep. The river then splits around another ledge, both sides can be run, but at all but very low water, the left side offers a fun boof left. This drop is followed by the gorged in triple drop that I've heard called Mustang after retired hair-boater and Director/camera man Brent Buckman. This should always be scouted for new wood. Takeout and scout from river right. Sneaks open up for the first two drops on the right. Low water also offers a fun double boof lead-in to the last drop, a constriction that splits around a boulder. The left side looks like a potentially bad pin situation, the right side is clean. Mustang drops a total of 20-30 feet over maybe 50 yards. It is a bueaty of a rapid. There is an awesome seal slide into the gorge just below the last drop for those that wish to walk it. After a few minor rapids there is a section of very scenic flat water, maybe 10 minutes. The next drop is Bed Head. Great class IV run that comes up often. Look for Lamoille in Johnson to be 1500 and spiking, or up over 2000. Near-by run is the North Branch Lamoille. This river does collect wood after high water.
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by Will Robens
Permits are not required for this reach.
Take 100C North out of Johnson.
Take out:
At the covered bridge 1/4 of a mile up the road.
Put in (lower):
Approximately 1 mile up from the take out turn right onto Sinclair road (just before crossing the river). There is a small pull off next to the river about 1/10 of a mile up the road here, across from a small sugar shack. If it is spring and they are there please make sure to talk to them to make sure it is okay you use this pull off.
Put in (upper):
Do not turn on Sinclair road - instead continue across the river and up 100C for another mile or two until you see Whitcomb Island Road on the right. Take this Whitcomb Island Road until you cross the river again and come to an immediate T. There is a pull off on the left directly above the bridge, please do not block the fire hydrant, and be discrete/considerate here as there are houses and families around.
Brenton Petrillo
The Gauge
Dam on upper Gihon.
If someone gets hurt on a river, or you read about a whitewater-related injury, please report it to
American Whitewater. Don't worry about multiple submissions from other witnesses, as our safety
editors will turn multiple witness reports into a single unified accident report.
The Vermont Supreme Court decided today that whitewater boaters have the right to paddle on the Green River. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision by the Environmental Division of the Superior Court that required the hydropower project on the Green River in Morrisville to provide three annual scheduled releases. This is a precedent setting decision because it establishes that whitewater boating is a designated and existing use protected under the Clean Water Act, that scheduled releases are necessary to protect that use, and that Vermont ANR failed to meet its burden to show that providing scheduled release would result in a lowering of water quality.
The Vermont Superior Court sided with American Whitewater in a long-running dispute with the state over whitewater boating on the Green River in Morrisville. The Court overturned state restrictions that would have eliminated any meaningful opportunity for boaters to enjoy this extraordinary river and required scheduled releases in a ground breaking decision.
In response to of the state's draft basin plan for southern Vermont, American Whitewater and scores of boaters pressed the state to support the expansion of releases on the West River. Restrictions by the Corps of Engineers and Agency of Natural Resources have led to the elimination of nearly all scheduled boating opportunities on the West River over the past two decades, eliminating recreation opportunity and hurting the local economy. AW and its partners have been working to restore these releases.
A hardy group of northeast boaters climbed into the natural river channel below a hydropower dam to participate in a flow study designed to assess whether whitewater flows should be restored to this dewatered river reach on the Connecticut River. While significant obstacles remain, this site has the potential for providing instruction, playboating, and a big water feature that that could be run throughout much of the year and provide a much needed boost to the local economy.
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Quintilian Road Traffic Management Proposal - Left-out Only to Brockway Road
Do you live on or use Quintilian Road? Maybe your children attend Quintilian School? A proposal to better manage traffic in the area may be of interest.
In early 2018, community engagement took place to address the concerns of residents and Quintilian School, in relation to the volume of vehicles using the road, vehicle speeds and the road being used as a shortcut between Brockway Road and Stubbs Terrace. This resulted in the construction of speed plateaus. The City also agreed to monitor their effectiveness – the plateaus have resulted in a substantial decrease in speed, marginal decrease in traffic and increase in the proportion of commercial vehicles.
So what now? After reviewing the options, the City's preference is to partially close Quintilian Road at the Brockway Road intersection. This partial closure would deny access into Quintilian from Brockway Road and Camelia Avenue and support a reduction in traffic volume specifically commercial traffic. It would also allow for the safer anti-clockwise rotation of school traffic for pick-up and drop-off.
Council has resolved to not support the partial road closure, see below to find out more.
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The opportunity to provide feedback closed at 5pm, Monday, 4 March 2019.
Further updates will be provided on this page as the project progresses.
Do you live on or use Quintilian Road? Maybe your children attend Quintilian School? A proposal to better manage traffic in the area may be of interest.
In early 2018, community engagement took place to address the concerns of residents and Quintilian School, in relation to the volume of vehicles using the road, vehicle speeds and the road being used as a shortcut between Brockway Road and Stubbs Terrace. This resulted in the construction of speed plateaus. The City also agreed to monitor their effectiveness – the plateaus have resulted in a substantial decrease in speed, marginal decrease in traffic and increase in the proportion of commercial vehicles.
So what now? After reviewing the options, the City's preference is to partially close Quintilian Road at the Brockway Road intersection. This partial closure would deny access into Quintilian from Brockway Road and Camelia Avenue and support a reduction in traffic volume specifically commercial traffic. It would also allow for the safer anti-clockwise rotation of school traffic for pick-up and drop-off.
Council has resolved to not support the partial road closure, see below to find out more.
How can you get involved, find out more or provide feedback?
If you are not already registered, please register on the "Register to get involved" tab on this page. This registration enables you to participate in this project and any other projects on this site. The City can also send you up-dates from time to time.
- Please read the information provided, view the proposed design in the document library and read the FAQs.
- Ask us Question using the tab below.
- Contact the Project Officer (as below) to discuss the proposed options
Please note that all feedback is assessed regardless of the tool (eg. survey, email, letter, submission) that is used. Multiple submissions by an individual is assessed as one submission.
The opportunity to provide feedback closed at 5pm, Monday, 4 March 2019.
Further updates will be provided on this page as the project progresses.
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I suggest that the road be closed halfway down Quintilian road. That way, parents still have the opportunity to drop off from Brockway and not allow other flow through traffic. In addition, Stubbs terrace is already queued with cars with drop off for Shenton College and the under railway pass. Pushing Quintilian traffic to Stubbs Terrace will only exacerbate the traffic. Further complications will also arise on Brockway with parents most likely then utilising the drop off slip road on quintilian premise which is already congested. This congestion will then spill out to Brockway and halt any flow of traffic on Brockway. What needs to be addressed also is the interaction of Quintilian and Brockway. There is an accident waiting to happen with traffic coming from JTC, Quintilian and other traffic on Brockway. I suggest a round about in this intersection.
Closing Quintilian will increase significantly traffic within the narrow and short streets of St Peter's square.It will thus lower the value of this expensive real estate for no reason.
The proposal does not take into account the bigger precinct and traffic flow of the adjacent schools and amenities in the area. Shenton college has 2059 students and there are two circle bus routes for UWA that use Selby street to drop off students to Shenton and UWA. This causes significant traffic congestion at the roundabout intersection of Stubbs Terrace to access Railway road. For traffic south bound travelling to Quintilian Road at school drop off this will increase congestion to both Shenton College, train station drop offs and public access to Railway Road. If traffic is north bound it will also increase congestion as the Quintilian school traffic will all flow from Stubbs Terrace. There is also a huge investment in the two metre walkway to Quintilian Road and it would be good to see what pedestrian and cyclist metrics this has been based on. There is no cross walk provided for the school at present and if the proposed plan to provide a trafficable footpath on the opposite side to the school goes ahead, ensuring safe pedestrian access by providing a crosswalk to ensure that it is safe to use it should be paramount. After reviewing the planning and the documents provided it is unclear as to who would benefit by this proposal as it increases traffic congestion to Quintilian school and the larger secondary adjacent schools, residents and public transport systems.
I am a resident in the area, a school age student and I strongly disagree with this proposal. As a resident in the area and a former student of Quintilian, I am highly familiar with this road. I use it at least 4 times a day, both as a pedestrian and a vehicle user. This proposal will not only impact people trying to access this road but also, parents and students of The Quintilian School and the surrounding areas and roads. By implementing this change the parking bays outside the Quintilian school will be severely affected, this area is already very busy and a dangerous road to cross, but by taking out the parking bays situated next to the school, it forces every student picked up or dropped off there to cross a dangerous stretch of road. Additionally, by forcing all cars to turn left there will be a severe increase in the danger of crossing Brockway. Already it is difficult to remain safe when vehicles turn left there, I myself have been almost hit in this place, but it would cause every vehicle to put pedestrians safety at risk. Furthermore, by crossing off this stretch all bicycles will be forced to ride down to the roundabout between Brockway and Alfred, roundabouts are infamously dangerous for cyclists and the mere thought of risking residents lives in this reckless manner is appalling. I also believe that this will cause a severe increase and traffic build up in other areas of the suburb. Specifically, Brockway, Camelia Ave, Alfred Rd and Stubbs Tce, as well as an increase in traffic in St Peters Square, an area that is predominately made for residential use. I believe that before conducting these changes it would be ideal to conduct road surveys of the surrounding roads, to acquire a sense of impact this change would make. Furthermore, I believe that a more effective way of managing this problem would be to install CCTV cameras on either end of the road and introduce a fine for commercial vehicles using the road. Thank you.
I reside in McKenna Glen. I am strongly opposed to what will be the effective closure of Quintilian Road for me and the many other local residents who use it as a natural part of our east-west travels. In my experience over more than 25 years it is relatively safe and not exceptionally busy when compared to comparable streets. Apparently the recent installation of traffic calming "plateaus" has ensured that speed is not an issue. Yes it can be a bit cluttered in the vicinity of the school during drop-off and pick-up times but really no more than around many other schools, and simple courtesy and common sense are all that's required to minimise any potential problems. Maybe some tweaking of current parking arrangements could also be helpful in this regard. Quintilian is not a densely populated street, particularly with residences only on one side, and those who do live there should have known to expect passing traffic. Surely there are other solutions to any perceived noise issue, eg double glazing, that wouldn't deprive the large majority of local residents of an important access route, while probably also simply redirecting traffic to other residential streets, including those within St Peter's Square. Once again, I am strongly opposed to the proposed "partial" closure of Quintilian Road.
Quintilian Road Traffic ManagementThe stated aim of the proposed changes to Quintilian Road is to meet the criteria for a local access road namely;1. <3000 vehicles/day2. Speed below 50km/h3. <3% commercial vehicles.Criteria 1 is currently met, criteria 2 is close following the installation of traffic management and criteria 3 is currently around 5%.Assuming the traffic was at the upper limits: 3% of 3000 vehicles would represent 90 commercial vehicles per day. Currently, 5% of 2000 vehicles per day represents 100 commercial vehicles per day. Are these works justified to reduce the commercial vehicles by 10 vehicles per day? I commute by cycle every day through Quintilian Road and have never noticed any appreciable presence of commercial vehicles other than the school buses.I can also see no justification for a shared use path down Quintilian Road, particularly if Quintilian Road was partially blocked – there must be higher priority roads for a bike path.Why have the parallel parking bays outside the school been removed, forcing children to have to cross the road? The traffic in this section would become essentially one way, so what is the benefit in removing the parking bays.The left-turn only restriction is proposed to increase anti-clockwise rotation of school traffic for drop-off and pick-up. I note that Stubbs terrace is often backed up past Quintilian Road at peak periods down to the underpass and parents forced to enter Quintilian Road at the East End will only add to this. The temptation to cut through St Peters Square will be irresistible to some, no matter what policing is imposed by the school. As an ex-parent of Quintilian children, I am aware that many parents will need to park at the school, rather than simply dropping off, which is only available on Quintilian Road.A full traffic flow simulation of the impact should be performed, including the impact on Alfred Road, Stubbs Terrace, St Peter's Square and Brockway before the changes are made. At the very least do not proceed with the changes in full, but use some temporary bollards to shut-off Quintilian Road and monitor the impact.The City has considered 5 options, what was the criteria for ranking these options and hence the partial closure of Quintilian chosen?I believe the following options could also be considered:• Partial closure of Quintilian Road, East of the school to a single carriageway only, but allowing flow from both directions. This would discourage the use of Quintilian road as a cut-through at peak periods, but allow it's continued use at off-peak periods.• Change the signs from "Local Traffic Only" (which I find confusing) to "Access only"• Contact the GPS providers, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze etc. and change the status of Quintilian Road to ensure traffic is routed around Alfred Road.In summary, I think the proposed modifications are disproportionate to the likely benefit, and high risk of unintended negative impacts.
I am totally against any further traffic calming or restriction to Quintilian Road, which is a residential feed road to the Karrakatta Station and to the Nagal Pass under the railway. As a resident in Godetia Gardens I will be greatly affected by the proposed road restriction. Camelia Avenue and Quintilian Road are used by the local residents west of Brockway as a natural through way and it is not a "rat run to avoid traffic." It is a natural road, which leads toward both Hollywood and QE11 hospitals, Subiaco and the CBD.Directing traffic towards Alfred Road will obviously increase traffic in the St Peter's Square area. The traffic study results are set out in a way to make it difficult to easily understand, mixing Vehicles Per Day with Percentages . I also disagree (respectfully) with the set out of the Results, whereby the study is over the period from March 2018 and October 2018 in the first table and then October 2017 and March 2017 have been added in the second table. In the last line of the second Traffic Measure (Proportion Commercial Vehicles) where Results show an increase of 61% If you take the figures provided for October 2014 (3.1%) and the October 2018 (5.0%) the difference is 1.9%.If you take the March 2018 figure provided (5.2%) and the March 2018 the figure shows 5.0% a reduction of .2%. It does appear to me that decision to close off the road has already been made and we are just going through the process. I think the old saying was D.A.D … Design, Advertise and Do. I do hope I'm wrong as I have only had a good relationship with council and look forward to our councillors reading the strong, negative and logical comments by local electors.Ross Campbell Godetia Gardens
In my view this proposal disadvantages the 95% of people who currently use Quintilian in favour of making life more difficult for 5% of traffic (the commercial traffic.) The proposal has no merit. it disadvantages all residents in the feeder streets off Mooro and Camelia, it disadvantages all parents living west of Brockway wishing to drive their children to Quintilian and carry on to the city for work, ; it disadvantages all people coming to JTC, Chlalnege or, indeed, any point further north off Brockway from Nagle Pass via Quintilian. If council installed a roundabout at the intersection it would assist in traffic management but this is problematic for only a few minutes each day. No accident data has been provided to justify the proposal. The traffic count shows commercial vehicles decreasing. Cleaning up the parking on the north side or realigning the road so that the perpendicular parking was on on the school side (realign the road to the northern side of the road reserve) adjacent to the school would reduce the risk of accidents with pedestrians.Fundamentally, the proposal has almost no merit. Yours sincerelyJan Grimoldby Godetia Gardens
As a resident on Quintilian Road for 14 years, I strongly disagree with the proposal. I can see no issue with the current situation. The road is a bit busy in the mornings ect, but for the rest of the day it is ok. I have never heard or seen any traffic issues along the road. Why should my ability to enter and leave my house be affected permanently? If I come from the Brockway side, I will be travelling though the St Peters Square streets rather than go around to Stubbs Tce. I will also leave the same way.I also disagreed with the proposal to build the speed bumps and it affected my drive as I enter and leave my house a couple of times per day. I'm very disappointed this were put in and have had no effect on the traffic. If the road is going to be blocked off, please have the consideration to remove the speed bumps, as they have had no affected on traffic, and with the road blocked off it add further burden to travels when I come and go from my house. RegardsSam
Any change made needs to create a favourable outcome on balance. This proposal does not - it will have a minor decrease in traffic east bound on a reasonably quiet road - however will see some school traffic snaked through the St Peter square area on the western side of the park where the playground is. I have 2 young children who use this park and playground and do not want to see traffic snaked through a street system which was not designed for that level of additional traffic. Keeping in mind this is to appease residents who live on Quintilian who don't want through traffic it should not be at the detriment to the rest of the area. They bought on a street which always had the routing possibility it currently has and whilst there has been an increase in traffic I believe that is the same for or arterials in this area and in my opinions there are better options for spending ratepayers money - such as amending the Brockway/Alfred intersection that has had a fatality, multiple serious injuries and a lot of accidents.If there must be further affirmative action on Quintilian I would propose that a west and east facing cul-de-sac be installed between the school and the first residence (#44). There is sufficient space for a cuul-de-sac that allows for the turning circle of service vehicles such as rubbish trucks. This would completely eliminate through traffic from Stubbs to Brockway (the primary concern of the school and the lobby group) as the traffic in this scenario would be then better placed using Alfred to get to Brockway - please keep in mind this increases my front door traffic! So I am not super keen on this idea but its infinitely better than the current proposal.The benefit of this proposal is that it would allow a safer drop off at the school as the western section of the road would be only for school traffic and parents. The parents who drop from the eastern side can still park on the army barrack boundary and walk their children up to the school before returning to their vehicles. There is a significant decrease in traffic to the residents as through traffic disappear and some school traffic would be diverted. From within the square, you would see an insignificant climb in traffic from Quintilian residents wishing to get to Brockway snaking through the square (a few journeys a day max.) There is also the potential for parents who drop from the eastern side who want to get to Brockway going through the square but they are more likely to follow the current traffic round Alfred to the 2 drop off zones on the western side. Overall, I believe that this would satisfy the Quintilian lobby group and the square land owners and users would see this more favourably. The only consequence is the aforementioned dangerous intersection would get more traffic and may need to be addressed.
Regarding the Quintilian Road Traffic Management Proposal; I understand the need to reduce traffic down Quintilian Rd and reroute to Alfred Road. However, I do not think the solution is correct. This would cause additional traffic through St Peter's Square and cars stopping on Brockway Road.I would strongly suggest that the road in blocked completely at the intersection of Quintilian Rd and Stubbs Tce. This would allow for local access into Wuintillian Rd and re-route traffic to the main roads of Alfred and Brockway. The current suggestion just seems like an awkward compromise that will just cause more issues. I would strongly suggestion getting some professionals to actually do a proper assessment, and sort out the whole area.
CONFLATING A SCHOOL TRAFFIC PROBLEM WITH LOCAL ROAD COMPLAINTSThe proposed closure will result in redirecting a considerable volume of traffic (that is legitimately coming to or from local residences) into minor streets in St Peters Square that are not designed for such volumes.Quintilian School must manage its traffic problem within its locus of control; its property, its staff and its customers (the parents of the children) just like any other surburban-based enterprise. Quintilian School shouldn't get any special treatment under the guise of its important role in education, nor by raising the spectre of child safety in relation to supposed traffic problems.Quintilian School's obligations extend beyond its direct stakeholders to include the residents in the surrounding community. Every school faces the same issues of parking and drop-off/pick-up traffic and I would expect Quintilian School to reach within and develop innovative solutions. It has a highly educated staff who should be motivated to explore solutions to their own direct impact as commuters and then working creatively with the parents to reduce traffic problem.It seems a few vocal and well organised Quintilian Road residents have joined forces with school representatives and worn down the council with repeated submissions over many years in a drawn-out concerted campaign without the knowledge, let alone agreement, of fellow residents in the broader St Peters Square. Such unrelenting, yet unrepresentative, pressure can be the only reason that we now face this latest desperate and unworkable solution being put forward by the council.
I strongly disagree with the proposed change. The change will add at least 4km a day to my commute, that's some 200km a year. The change will also provide a potential headache for residence in St Peters residential development , school traffic could use St Peters as a short cut. Finally, school traffic leaving for Brockway would have to drive in the opposite direction, which is absolutely unnecessary, just to turn around and then head in the right direction. Therefore the change has a negative impact on the environment (which I'm sure is against the councils environmental policy) and would just disperse traffic in all directions.
Hi, I live on Caladenia rd and I've never noticed any big traffic on Quintilian rd. There is a bit of buzz in the morning because of the school but that's normal and everyone behaves with understanding and patience. I am Against the closer because The Quintilian Rd proposal will greatly increase traffic within St Peters Square. There are a lot of children playing in our area and thus the danger for them will be greater never mind the incresed noise and dust levels. Thank you Marious
The closure of this road would be very inconvenient to our family. My husband uses that road to go to the army barracks frequently. I use that road to avoid John XXIII Ave when the busy school rush is on. I notice that many John XXIII parents also use this road to exit the area at school times. The reason why there has been a marginal decrease in traffic is because it is an important artery to and from the area. Without this road there will be an overburden on the surrounding roads.I feel the consultation effort has been a token gesture and not intended to genuinely get true feedback from the community. As residents on the adjoining Mooro Drive, we only found out about this via another local resident, not through Nedlands council. The 'community concerns' mentioned involve a very small number of residents on that street and are not a reflection of the real community around the area. We do not want this road to close.
1 PREDICTED IMPACTS1.1 Residents in streets off Camelia Avenue (Godetia Gardens, Bromilow Green, Jubaea Gardens etc)We (and most of our neighbours) regularly drive towards Karrakatta subway via Quintilian Road. Our route to Ashton Avenue over bridge is already an indirect one, and the proposal creates another indirect route for us.1.2 Residents in major roads adjacent to St Peters Square (Brockway Rd, Alfred Rd, Stubbs Tce)The Quintilian Rd proposal will greatly increase traffic past these dwellings, and may even increase traffic within St Peters Square.1.3 CyclistsTo encourage cycling, routes towards the main cycleway beside the railway should be as direct and safe as possible. Cyclists travelling along Camelia Avenue and Quintilian Rd should not have to turn right into Brockway Rd, or use the roundabout at Brockway and Alfred Rd (unsafe manoeuvres for cyclists).2 OVERALL ASPECTS2.1 Traffic data for Quintilian RdMarch 2017 1993 vehicles per day including 86 commercial vehiclesOctober 2018 1970 vehicles per day including 98 commercial vehiclesTraffic data should have been presented for these periods for the major roads adjacent to St Peters Squareto allow an understanding of the bigger picture. Traffic increases in Quintilian Rd are probably typical, given the increasing urban infill in surrounding areas.2.2 Numbers of dwellings in major roads adjacent to St Peters SquareQuintilian Rd 17Brockway Rd 23Alfred Rd 57Stubbs Tce 3(approximate only, units at corner of Stubbs Tce and Quintilian Rd not included)Clearly, the proposal disadvantages more local residents in adjacent roads (83 dwellings) than those who may be advantaged in Quintilian Rd (17 dwellings).Also, some vehicles will have to travel greater distances within the area due to restricted routes.2.3 School drop-off/pickup periodsThese events occur on about 55% of all the days in a year (4 terms, each 10 weeks, 5 days per week), andthen only for a couple of hours per day (400 hours per year, i.e. only about 9% of the daylight hours in oneyear).3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSThese 'big picture' aspects suggest that the Quintilian Rd proposal is an over-reaction to the desire to limit commercial vehicles and improve school access in Quintilian Rd. Far more residents will be disadvantaged by the proposal than those who are advantaged by it.Therefore, we strongly oppose the proposal.Quintilian Rd has the potential to become another Carrington Street debacle.Charter and Athena Mathison
I strongly disagree with the proposal to redirect traffic through St Peters Square. I have two small children and recently bought in the area. One of the reasons I bought on the square (as opposed to Alfred Road, Quintilian Road or another "busy" road) is that the roads around the Square are quiet, and it is local traffic only - our children can currently scoot and learn to ride their bikes on the road in a relatively safe environment. I strongly oppose the increase in traffic volume in and around the Square.
I strongly disagree with the council wanting to redirect traffic through St Peters Square because children frequently play games, practice tennis & footy, ride their bikes and skateboards on the roads, as it is currently a safe, quiet, non- thoroughfare estate, that the residents chose to live in due to its locale and amenities, including low traffic volume mostly frequented by its residents. Now the the council wants to take the traffic off Quintilian Road, which is and has always been a local access road and according to their own traffic study, the findings state:- It should be noted that the traffic volume (on Quintillian Road) is still well within the accepted warrant for a local access road of 3000 vehicles per day, and the 85th percentile speed is now at an acceptable 51.5Km/hr.As a founding St Peters Square resident, I personally elected to purchase my block inside "the square "so that I did not live on a busy road, unlike Quintillian which has always been a thoroughfare for traffic coming from the western side of Mt Claremont.I object to the partial closure of Quintillian Road and councils confirmation that it is happy to redirect traffic through St Peters Square, thereby shifting the problem from one street to the next.
Dear council thank you for providing your feedback to my questions; my opinion is the proposed solution will affect more people by diverting traffic problems into St Peters Square. While the schools may attempt to educate their stakeholders more and more, traffic will be directed into St Peters Square because based on this proposal. I feel the most appropriate road is currently performing its function and will continue to do so in its current format.


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Life was good! Relationships and ministry opportunities were expanding; they were exciting and fulfilling my hopes and dreams. Unexpectedly, everything changed in a moment which was only the beginning of a new journey, actually a storm!
The diagnosis of cancer, followed by brain surgery, left me with the hope of 50 weeks to live. Then the radiation treatments began. First was an intense stereotactic radiation treatment; then six weeks, five days each week of conventional radiation treatments. My hair fell out; my ears and side of my head were bright red as my skin began to burn from the radiation as the treatments continued. Then the chemo treatments began. I was put on a 30-day rotation of chemo meds. Sometimes I was so violently sick that I was gasping for breath as I was vomiting convulsively. I told the doctor that I couldn't continue and that the chemo was killing me. My life seemed like a storm with waves so high that I couldn't see any hope and wondered where I was when I would wake up from fitful sleep. It was then that Matthew 14 came alive and meaningful to me. There were times when I was sinking into the waves of brain cancer and the cancer treatment plans. I was sinking in the waves of discouragement, depression and feeling like I was going to die at any time. The waves were high and at times I couldn't feel or see Jesus. It was there that I cried out to Him.
That's when Matthew 14:22-33 became so clear, so precious to me.
I learned that He was right there to grab my hand and lift me up at those times
that I found myself sinking into the waves of discouragement, depression and feeling that death
was certain. Peter got out of the boat as a new opportunity was granted to him. He actually did
the unusual, the impossible. He walked on top of water. Sometimes I've tried to see how far I
can go on the top of water as I ran off the side of the pool, but every time I sank into the depth of
the water. But as Peter looked at Jesus he actually walked on top of the water. It was only as he
began to look at the growing waves, that he began to sink into the deep water. That's when he
cried out to Jesus and was rescued and brought to safety.
What stood out to me was that Peter walked on water as he kept his eyes on Jesus. It was only when he looked at the waves instead of Jesus that he began to sink. Yup, the message to me was that as the waves grew bigger my only hope and help was in Jesus. I needed, and still need, to keep my eyes on Him. There were times that I was sinking, feeling close to death, that I had no hope except to look to and cry out to Jesus and ask Him to save me. It was and has been through keeping my eyes on Jesus that I have been able to stay above the waves of brain cancer and the increasing losses of my health. Fixing my eyes on Jesus is what keeps me from the "drowning waters" of increasing seizures, sever loss of hearing, loss of memory and blurred vision. Keeping my eyes on Jesus is the only thing that prevents me from sinking into greater discouragement and despair. I must continually keep my eyes on Jesus and heaven otherwise I will only see the intimidating waves in this life. I don't know what waves you have faced. I don't know what storm you may be in right now or what "waves" will come, but I can tell you that the key to keep from drowning is to focus your eyes on Jesus. Cry out to Him, He's right there to rescue you and bring you back to a safe place.
For Peter it was to be back in the boat with Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus to walk on the 'waves" that you are or will face in the days, weeks or months to come. (John 16:33 "in this world you will have trouble") You can walk on "waves" as you keep your eyes on Jesus, and He will keep you from drowning.
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Foreign statutory trusts that acquire delinquent residential mortgage loans are NOT required to be licensed under the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act (the "Act"), based on an opinion released today by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The opinion reverses lower court rulings that called for such licensing. According to the opinion, the Act's plain language is ambiguous as to whether the Maryland General Assembly intended foreign statutory trusts, acting as a special purpose vehicle in the mortgage industry, to obtain a license as a collection agency. The court conducted a fulsome review of the original legislative history, subsequent legislation, and related statutes to discern legislative intent.
Finding that the original impetus for licensing was to address abuses in the debt collection industry, the court held that the General Assembly did not intend for foreign statutory trusts to obtain a collection agency license under the Act before their substitute trustees filed foreclosure actions in various circuit courts. As a result, the court held that the lower courts improperly dismissed foreclosure actions (which the courts had done simply because the two foreign statutory trusts that had acquired the delinquent mortgage loans were not licensed under the Act before the substitute trustees instituted the foreclosure proceedings).
Of particular interest in the opinion is the conclusion that a foreign statutory trust is not "doing business" as a collection agency. The court wrote:
Applying that definition of "business" as used in [the Act] to the consolidated cases before us presents further ambiguity. Specifically, the foreign statutory trusts that own the mortgage loans in the cases sub judice do not have any employees or offices, do not have any registered agent, and do not have any specifically identified pursuit in the State of Maryland. Instead, [the trusts] both act solely through trustees and substitute trustees. Therefore, it would be hard for this Court in the first instance to conclude that the foreign statutory trusts engage, either directly or indirectly, in the business of a collection agency when it is hard to deduce if these entities are even conducting "business" under Funk and Wagnall's definition.
The earlier, now overturned, opinions had set off a frenzy within the Maryland foreclosure bar and the delinquent loan holders they represent. Many foreclosure law firms simply were unwilling to pursue foreclosures unless the owner of a loan that had been acquired in a delinquent status was licensed as a collection agency, and Maryland had to create an entirely new process to license trusts. Underlying the confusion was the view that a trust simply is not "doing business" as a matter of law, and thus a state did not have jurisdiction to require the licensing of the trust. The earlier Maryland opinions followed a twisted logic that a trust may not be "doing business" in the state as a matter of Maryland law on foreign qualifications, but is "doing business" as a collection agency. The plain speaking Maryland Court of Appeals concluded that doing business means doing business, and not doing business means not doing business — a logical conclusion that is elegant in its simplicity.
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Here is a graph of the cost of burning X number of episodes.
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Say, for instance you like The West Wing. They are currently in the middle of their sixth season. You can either have 12 discs of awesome DIVX-ness, or 48 discs of MPEG2-ness, that amount to the same six seasons. Personally, I would prefer to have the 12 to the 48. Plus I would rather take the 1/2 hour per season burning the DIVX than the 13.5 hours transcoding and then burning the MPEG2.
Plus, you get the "just plain cool factor" of having a really sweet DVD player that plays DIVX.
Now, if only I had an awesome HD projector, Mac Mini, and 7.1 sound system for all my audio/visual needs…


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*please note – runners must provide their own container for hydration…this is a cup free event!
Schedule of Events
Friday, July 17
11:59 pm – Registration closes
Saturday, July 18
5:00 am Packet Pick Up at Sunburst Ski Hill
6:00 am 40M start
7:00 am 50K start
7:20 am Marathon start
7:40 am Half Marathon start
8:00 am 13K start
9:30 am Lunch begins – No charge for race participants
6:00 pm cutoff time for all races
Registration is online only at Ultra Signup
Marathon – $70
Half Marathon – $55
*Trail Dog Swag is only guaranteed for those who register on or before July 6.
*Shirts are locally created by makeyourpointpens.com
Directions to the Start, Parking & Logistics
Distance from:
Milwaukee: 45.5 miles
Madison: 81.6 miles
Green Bay: 78.4
Chicago: 132.8
Janesville: 106.6
Stevens Point: 131.3
All races will start on time (with the exception of extreme weather delay…it has happened, so it has to be in here – but even lightning strikes only delayed things by 30 minutes…)
Here is a link to the start line at Sunburst Ski Area:
The start/finish is at the base of the ski hill, near the parking lot and lodge.
If spectators have their dogs, just be aware that it can be pretty hot out! Please be sure to clean up after them as well.
Restrooms are available inside the lodge; there are no restrooms along the trail, with the exception of Mauthe Lake (for marathoners, 50K'ers, and 40 Milers)
Detailed Course Description:
Click here for maps and elevations
All races will start at Sunburst Ski Resort in Kewaskum. All runners will head south and west along the Otten Preserve section of the Ice Age Trail following the YELLOW trail and return North and East on the WHITE trail back to Sunburst* and connect with the Milwaukee River section of the IAT. All runners will continue on to the Hwy H trailhead.
13K runners will turn around at Hwy H and cover the Milwaukee River IAT section and finish their race at Sunburst.
Half Marathonrunners will continue north past Hwy H into the Kettle Moraine State Forest. The half marathon turn is approximately ½ mile past the Hwy 28 trailhead and aid station. Half Marathon runners will make the turn on the trail and return back to Sunburst to finish.
Marathon runners will continue north past Hwy 28 and head towards Mauthe Lake. Runners will find the Mauthe Lake aid station near the park entrance and continue past the aid station approximately ½ mile before making the turn back south to the finish at Sunburst.
50K runners will follow the IAT beyond Mauthe Lake to the Crooked Lake trailhead and aid station. After refueling, 50K runners will head back south through the forest and back to Sunburst for the finish.
40M runners will continue on beyond Crooked Lake and tack on 4.5 miles out to Butler Lake, find the aid station (at the top of the steps) and then turn around, back through Crooked Lake, Mauthe, and south to the finish at Sunburst
We have added an unmanned Aid Station at the Hwy Dd road crossing
between Hwy 28 and Mauthe Lake for the Full, 50K and 40M runners. You will find a 5 gallon jug of water and Hammer gels. Please consider refilling the jug for the next runners with the available water
LTS Races Leg Descriptions
Course markings: TDR flags are on your RIGHT. Look for the yellow blaze of the IAT on trees and posts. High grass areas will be marked with
orange tape in/on the trees.
Leg 1: The Otten Preserve Start at Sunburst Ski Resort, run south and connect with the IAT.Follow the YELLOW trail west through the Otten preserve and connect with the WHITE trail to head east back towards Sunburst. Finish the leg at Prospect Drive. 2.8 miles
Leg 1A: Connector Road – Run north on Prospect Dr and cross the road at the IAT trailhead. This connects you to the Milwaukee River section of the IAT. .20 miles
Leg 2: Milwaukee River IAT
This newly created section of the IAT will cover open prairie, marshland, farm field, and wooded forest. Run east along the trail following the IAT yellow blaze and brown posts. Expect rolling terrain, wooden bridges, and a couple of short steep climbs. Some double track sections. Finish the leg at the Hwy H aid station, parking, and trailhead. 2.62 miles 13K runners turn here.
Leg 3: H to 28 – This technical section is completely covered by dense forest. Expect steep climbs and drops, roots, rocks, gravel and turns. The trail is what we term one and a half track trail; not quite single but not double track. Finish the leg across Hwy 28 at the aid station. Half marathon runners will find their turnaround point just north of Hwy 28. 1.98 miles
Leg 4: Kettle Moraine Forest
The longest leg in this race, the IAT in the KM forest covers a
wide range of terrain but is mostly covered by dense forest and is marked by a constant series of climbs and descents throughout the leg. Mainly single track trail. Keep moving so the deer flies and mosquitoes don't carry you away. Expect tall grass in the New Fane area, soft swamp near Mauthe Lake, and a killer climb around mile 11.5. Finish this leg at the Mauthe Lake aid station. Marathon runners will find their turnaround here. 6.38 miles
Leg 5: Lake to Lake – Leave the Mauthe Lake aid station and run north and east to Crooked Lake. You will cross Hwy GGG and Hwy SS and will be in your third county for the day (Washington, Fond Du Lac, and Sheboygan). This section is 90% wooded singletrack trail with a short open prairie section. Find the aid station at Crooked lake, refuel and return back
south on the trail to Sunburst. 2.85 miles
Leg 6: On to the next Lake – We've saved the most challenging segment for our 40 mile runners. This is 9 total miles of up and down. After stocking up at the Crooked Lake Aid Station at Hwy SS, runners continue north on the IAT winding along a ridge that rises and falls as it twists and turns. You'll see lakes and kettles on both sides. The first 1.2 miles from Crooked Lake are mainly wide, pine covered trail with easy, gradual, rolling terrain.
Cross Division Road (it's literally a dirt access road), stay on the IAT…marked with brown posts and yellow signs…and head towards HWY F. This 2.0 mile segment is single and double track with rocks, roots, twists and turns…all the fun trail runners look for. 3-4 steep climbs (BTW you have to cover them again on the way back). You will see a segment we call the Valley of the Fallen Giants…Look left and right to see massive oak, poplar, and ash trees pushed over, snapped off, and uprooted from a storm in 2018.
Cross HWY F, look both ways, and find the IAT marker for your final 1.3 mile segment of this 9 mile leg. This segment is a combination of single track, double track, and eventually wide, grass covered trail. Take the steps down to the aid station, refuel, rest as long as you need, and head back south to finish your amazing race. You are on your way to completing your 40 mile race. Every step forward is one closer to home! (4.5 miles out)
The Finish: Turn right when you exit the Milwaukee River Trail segment on Prospect Drive. You will see Sunburst Ski resort directly in front of you. Follow the cones and blue flags to the right around the retention lake and on to the base of the ski hill. Continue for .20 miles to the finish line. Collect your medal and your swag, grab some food, and cheer on your fellow finishers.
Race Rules
- This is a cup free event. All runners must have a hydration system (i.e. handheld or hydration pack) or you will not be allowed to start the race
- Race bibs will be provided at the pick up the morning of the races. All participants must pick up their bibs at the start area before the race starts. All runners must wear their bib somewhere on their body so we can see it when you cross the finish line. After all of that work we figure you would want to know your finish time. Our aid workers will also be checking numbers as you pass them to be sure you hit all of the points on your route.
- No pacers are allowed on the course. Race crew are welcome to assist runners at designated aid stations.
- Runners must follow the marked course at all times. If you get off course by mistake, find your way back to the main trail and keep moving. Runners not completing the course as designed will not be eligible for age group or overall awards. It is difficult to get off course, quite honestly, but crazier things have happened…
- Time Limits: The course is open for 12 hours for the 40 Miler runners. 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Aid Station #6 – Butler Lake – closes at noon. 40 Miler runners not reaching Crooked Lake (50K turn) by noon will be turned back at Crooked Lake.
- If you decide to drop from the race, make certain that proper procedures are followed. The runner or crew member for the runner must notify race personnel at once at the closest aid station. This policy is for your own safety. Transportation to the finish line will be available if needed. Runners dropping from the race must report back to the finish line to officially drop from the race.
- Event changes should be communicated to a race director prior to the event. Runners who turn around early will be considered a DNF for their registered event.
- There are no transfers or refunds allowed if you are not able to participate
- In the event of adverse weather, please take shelter immediately – participants must follow all directions from race personnel in severe weather conditions. The event will take place regardless of weather, but in the very unlikely chance we can't hold the event at all we'll do our best to provide as much of a refund as possible to participants who ask. Please check Facebook for updates leading up to race morning.
- The race takes place on a designated National Scenic Trail. Please respect the trails, other runners, volunteers and traffic control personnel. As you are aware, some areas of the trail are wide, some is tight single track. If you choose to wear headphones, we encourage you to leave one ear open in the case that a runner wishes to pass or communicate with you.
- All finishers will receive an award. The top male and female finishers in each distance will receive awards (the overall male and female winners are not eligible for age group awards)
- All decisions of race personnel are final, including medical staff


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There are times in life when two heads are better than one.
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As of a 10/17/17 AM re-check, this sale is over as well…
Zoom-zoom! The new condition Nikon Coolpix B700 superzoom (60x optical, LiIon battery) is on sale for $350 with free shipping in the black color scheme at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of up to three units per customer.
This is an old fashioned sale, not a lightning deal, so expiration date is unknown.
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Embracing China 6th Performance
Embracing China 6th Performance was delivered at the Embracing China Festival which was held at the Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg on 22 January 2016 where various performances and key note speakers kept the guests entertained.
Embracing China was a huge gathering by various Chinese companies and organisations ahead of the Spring Festival. The event was in celebration of Chinese people.
The singing performance was one of the highlights of the night.


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Have you heard of the Danish lifestyle trend known as hygge? Hygge (pronounced hue-guh) is a Danish term for a feeling of coziness and contentment and it's a practice popular in the Scandinavian country since the early 1800s.
The concept of creating a hygge experience has taken hold in North America as a way to stay present, enjoy the moment, and enjoy nature. But, you don't have to travel to Denmark to practice a little hygge. You can make hygge happen in Ontario, Canada.
To start your hygge experience you'll need:
- warm socks
- a cozy, oversized sweater
- a cup (or more) of hot cocoa, tea, or coffee
- a book to curl up with
- somewhere to curl up in (preferably a log cabin)
- a partner or group of friends is ideal but not mandatory
- delicious food
But most importantly, to keep feeling the hygge when you're out in the world, you need nature.
Outdoor Adventure Is a Key Component of a Hygge Experience
Whether it's a hike through a snowy forest trail, being pulled on a sled by a team of huskies, a skate, or even ice fishing for laid-back adventurers, getting outside when it's cold out (winter is peak hygge season) enhances physical and mental health during the darkest and dreariest time of year.
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Hygge Is for Summer, Too
Hygge can be done in warmer weather, too. Since true hygge is a feeling rather than a specific practice you can get your summer hygge experience by doing many of the same things you'd do in winter:
- eat great food
- read a good book (but this time under a tree rather than under a blanket)
- enjoy time with friends
- and, of course, enjoy time outdoors: ride a bike, take a hike, camp out under the stars
Prepare for Ontario's Premier Hygge Experience
If you want to give hygge a try, Haliburton Forest is the perfect place to do it: with 100,000 acres of forest and plenty of places to eat and sleep. Download The Ultimate Outdoor Adventure Bucket List to help you figure out what activities you can do outside before you get hygge inside.


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Obituaries » Gladys Sheppard Beauchamp
Gladys Sheppard Beauchamp
October 8, 1927 - June 5, 2019
Gladys Hilda Sheppard Beauchamp, 91, of Brookneal passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home.
Mrs. Beauchamp was born in Naruna, October 8, 1927, a daughter of the late Booker Gordon Sheppard and Gaynelle Guthrie Sheppard. She was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, a member Sharon United Methodist Church and a retired employee of the Bibb Company.
She is survived by a son, Charles Vincent Beauchamp (Carolyn) of Wilmington, N.C.; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra Gayle Beauchamp; and a son, Carl Vernon Beauchamp; four brothers; and two sisters.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Sharon United Methodist Church cemetery by Dr. Dick Daily.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Sharon United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 63, Naruna, VA 24576.


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Though Kylie Jenner is the queen of social media, it's not very often that she shares photos of her beau Travis Scott with her fans. But today, the lip kit mogul took to her Instagram account to celebrate Scott's 26th birthday.
The post came just one day after the rapper's April 30 birthday. Jenner opted to leave the post without a caption, simply just adding the present emoji to honor the occasion. In the picture, Kylie and Travis are seen hugging each other on a beach from a side angle. Jenner closes her eyes as she drapes her arms around Scott's neck.
On the flip side, Scott is seen only wearing orange board shorts with a huge diamond earring in his right ear. The rapper also appears to be wearing a big diamond ring on his hand while his arm and side tattoos are clearly visible in the snapshot.
The picture has already gained a ton of attraction with over 4.4 million likes and 39,000-plus comments in just an hour. Many of the 20-year-old's famous friends even commented on the post, including Hailey Baldwin, Paris Hilton, and Pia Mia.
A ton of Jenner's fans also expressed their thoughts on the rare photo, with many going crazy over the fact that Kylie actually posted a photo of Scott on her Instagram page while others just expressed that the couple is "relationship goals."
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Jenner did not tag Travis' Instagram account in the picture, but she did give credit to @rayscorruptedmind, who appears to have taken the photo of the famous couple.
Jenner officially celebrated Stormi's dad's birthday by renting out Six Flags this past weekend. The Inquisitr reports that Jenner rented out Six Flags Magic Mountain for Travis and his friends as an early birthday present. During the outing, Jenner shared with her 107 million-plus followers that Travis and his friends had never been to Six Flags, so she decided to rent it out to celebrate.
On her Instagram story, Jenner also shared a few photos of Travis and his crew on rides while also showing a picture of an adorable cake that she had made for Scott. The cake shows Stormi, Kylie, and Travis on a rollercoaster at AstroWorld, the former Six Flags theme park located in Scott's Houston, Texas, hometown. The famous family has also rented out Six Flags in the past to celebrate Kendall Jenner's 18th birthday.
Must pay to be a Kardashian!