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Ruth Dorrough, President – New York
Ruth grew up in the Boston area. She received her nursing education at Massachusetts General Hospital and earned a Masters in Health Services Administration from St. Joseph's College of Maine. She spent seven years in the remote Pacific Islands of Micronesia before settling in the Finger Lakes region of New York state. There she raised a family while working in long-term care nursing administration. She is an inveterate traveler. Walking has always served as a grounding influence in both her work and recreation. Since retirement, she and her husband Dan have been section hiking the North Country Trail.
Jaron Nyhof, First Vice President – At-Large
Jaron practices real estate law as a partner in the Grand Rapids firm of Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge. He is the partner in charge of the firm's office in Holland, MI. He's licensed to practice law in both Michigan and Ohio. As a real estate attorney, he has been involved with land acquisitions, leases, licenses, easements, and land use agreements, and has helped the NCTA with a number of real estate issues on a pro bono basis over the last several years. Additionally, Jaron has had quite a bit of experience on nonprofit boards and committees and formed several non-profit corporations. He has been heavily involved in his community's various organizations during his tenure in Holland. On the personal side of things, he's been a hiker for almost 20 years and has enjoyed hiking many parts of the NCT.
Lynda Rummel, VP East – New York
Prior to retiring, Lynda taught at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, and worked at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a professor and academic administrator. She holds a PhD from SUNY-Buffalo. Lynda became a section maintainer for the Finger Lakes Trails Conference (FLTC), and then one of their Regional Trail Coordinators. She headed up the FLTC's NCT Certification Committee and the Maps and Guides Committee, and also became a NPS Gold Star trail evaluator. Lynda was trained in the Universal Trail Assessment Process, became a certified sawyer, organized a trail building training team for the FLTC, and conducted training workshops. Currently she chairs the NCTA Field Grant Committee, works on the NCTA Board's Trail Building and Maintenance Committee, and serves as Director of Trail Quality for the FLTC.
Larry Pio, Secretary – At-Large
Larry moved to Michigan from Wisconsin to attend Western Michigan University, where he earned his BS (Chemistry and Paper Science) and MBA degrees, and met his wife Sue. He worked in operations management and sales in the paper industry, and currently works for a small airlaid nonwovens (type of paper) research and development facility in Kalamazoo. He has been a member of the NCTA since 2001, and began serving as President of the Chief Noonday Chapter in August 2011. He has edited the CND newsletter for many years and is also a trail adopter.
Tom Moberg, Immediate Past President – North Dakota
Prior to retiring in 2006, Tom had a 40-year career in higher education that included service as a faculty member, IT director, senior administrator, and association executive. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Iowa. Tom grew up in Northern Minnesota, and currently lives in Fargo, ND. Tom currently serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, and does other volunteer work including trail building and maintenance for the North Country Trail. Tom and his wife Mary spend as much time as possible at a rustic cabin in Northern Minnesota, built by her family during the 1940's. From that base, they help maintain a nearby section of the NCT in the Chippewa National Forest.
Josh Berlo – At-Large
Josh is a native of Rhode Island and discovered the many benefits of hiking while attending summer camps in New Hampshire as a youth. Now an avid and accomplished hiker, he is excited and interested in growing the NCT both in the quality of the trail itself as well as the awareness and recognition of it. Josh has been a long time board member of the Jordan Valley 45° Chapter of the NCT and got involved after hiking the Jordan River Pathway one spring. Some of his fondest memories are from the peaks, woods, and boardwalks with family, friends, and the Alaskan husky named Skip that he and his wife Meg have adopted following a dog sledding career (including the 2006 Iditarod). Josh has had the pleasure of hiking all over the country including all 48 peaks above 4,000 feet in the state of New Hampshire, as well as almost 400 miles (some many times over) of the NCT. Professionally, Josh is a seasoned collegiate athletic administrator now serving as the Director of Athletics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, following experience and degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Notre Dame.
Mike Chapple – At-Large
Mike is Senior Director for IT Service Delivery and Concurrent Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. He earned both BS and PhD degrees in computer science from Notre Dame and also holds an MBA from Auburn University. He's been an avid hiker for over 30 years, starting when he was growing up in New York, and Mike tries to get on the trail as much as possible. Mike and his wife Renee live in Granger, IN with their three boys and one of the family's favorite pastimes is taking backpacking vacations together. There isn't much elevation change in Northern Indiana, so he escapes the flat cornfields to the relative heights of the North Country Trail in nearby Michigan for both day hikes and extended backpacking trips. Mike also serves on the Board of the South Bend Parks Foundation, and is a speaker and author specializing in information security.
Jack Cohen – At-Large
In 2003, Jack became the Executive Director of Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau (BCTCB). Since 2003, Jack's dedication and vision have been instrumental in the growth of the Bureau. Perhaps one of Jack's most notable contributions to Butler County is the conceptualization of the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Since its conception in 2009 and the first event in 2011, the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival has become one of the most anticipated events of the year and attracts Jeep enthusiasts from all over the continent.
In addition to his role as President of BCTCB, Jack dedicates his time to several other associations that over the years, have assisted him in the positive promotion and growth of Butler County. Jack is Chair of the Pennsylvania Destination Marketing Organization for the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association, and has served as the Vice President of the Community Development Corporation of Butler County since 2012. He is also a Board Member of the Moraine Preservation Fund and the Cranberry Township Sister Cities Association with Haiyang, China.
Jack resides in Cranberry Township, PA with his wife of 38 years, and enjoys spending time with his ever-growing family of three children and five grandchildren.
Jerry Fennell – At-Large
Jerry Fennell is a lawyer who practiced mostly in Kansas and Nebraska, frequently on Federal disputes over consumer protection, plus criminal law. He is a volunteer with the Red Cross who has organized emergency shelters for hundreds of people, and has been a successful fundraiser for millions of dollars. He is retiring and winding down his office in Omaha. Jerry is an avid bicyclist on back roads, as well as a hiker in such locales as Guatemala, Spain, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Dennis Garrett – Pennsylvania
Married to Catherine Ann for 47 years and the parents of two sons, Bill and Steve, Dennis is now partially retired from his business as a manufacturer of industrial process equipment. He has been a member of the NCTA, originally as a landowner, for eight years, and is currently President of the Wampum Chapter. He is actively involved in several ministries of the St. Monica Catholic Church of Beaver Falls, PA and the Knights of Columbus.
Cheryl Kreindler – At-Large
Cheryl serves as a Vice President and Management Consultant at CH2M, and works from their Cincinnati, OH office. In her career, she helps clients set strategic direction and execute against their plans. For 2 ½ years, she served as the program manager of a global coalition, Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals. In this role, she was responsible to lead the execution of their strategic roadmap and to turn the coalition into a non-governmental organization (NGO). She led the selection of an Executive Director, established the organization governance and facilitated decision-making with a globally diverse, multi-stakeholder constituency. During her non-work time, Cheryl relaxes by hiking miles and miles. While living in Michigan for 27 years, Cheryl began hiking the North Country Trail (NCT), and gained appreciation for the need to save and share the diverse landscapes that the NCT runs through. Cheryl joins the Board of Directors to combine her passion for hiking with her experience helping clients deliver against their strategic plans.
Tim Mowbray – At-Large
Tim has been trying to retire from 30+ years of healthcare administration since 2008, but keeps finding too many interesting work projects that just need a little more time. Currently, Tim is the President/CEO of a small medical research organization in Minneapolis, MN: Excelen – Center for Bone & Joint Research and Education. Tim has a Doctorate in Management specializing in Organizational Leadership, and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has been in senior leadership positions in healthcare for 30+ years, served on and participated in leadership of a number of community organizations, and is still an active Rotarian in the City of Lakes Rotary in Minneapolis. Tim, his wife Sue, and golden retriever Max live just about a mile off the North Country Trail on Upper St. Croix Lake in Solon Springs, WI and use the Trail many times each year.
Derrick Passe – Minnesota
Derrick works as the District Engineer for Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Two Harbors, MN. Using his Civil Engineering and Water Resource Science degrees, he helps private landowners monitor, protect, and enhance their natural resources. Derrick first began working on wilderness hiking trails in 1996. The first trip he led was on the Pow Wow Trail, a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) trail that had not been maintained for 10 years. He volunteered to lead this trip, and has since led hundreds of volunteers into the BWCAW every year to maintain, map, and protect wilderness hiking trails. In May 2017, Derrick took a leave of absence from his job to spend the entire month leading crews on the Kekekabic Trail to reopen it after extensive storm damage. He was an active member, president, and member of the Board of Directors of the Kekekabic Trail Club. He has also been a member of the Superior Hiking Trail Association and American Hiking Society. Even though he is certified to maintain trails using a chainsaw, Derrick prefers to maintain trails in wilderness areas using only hand tools. When Derrick isn't volunteering in Minnesota's BWCAW or Wisconsin's Rainbow Lakes Wilderness, you may find him sampling water quality or educating about invasive species in his job as the Rainy Basin Coordinator for the Lake County SWCD.
Paul Spoelstra – Michigan
Paul is a wealth management advisor and the founder of Milestone Wealth Management, an independent firm, in Grand Rapids, MI. He is also the founder and president of the Medical Mile Resource Group, an economic development group in Grand Rapids. Residing in the Association's hometown of Lowell, MI, Paul's interest in the NCTA has been stoked through the years by his contacts with some of the NCTA staff. He attended Davenport University and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. He brings to the Board his expertise in wealth management strategies, comprehensive financial planning, and other skills related to asset allocation and risk management strategies. Paul loves that the NCTA is a multi-state organization and connected with so many chapters and affiliates.
Jan Ulferts Stewart – North Dakota
Jan is active in civic and charitable organizations in the Fargo and Moorhead communities of North Dakota and Minnesota. She has been a member of the NCTA since 2001 and after moderate success in hauling lumber for puncheons, lifting a Pulaski, getting the blue blaze on the tree rather than herself, and clearing brush, she is looking forward to serving on the NCTA Board. A past director of the local community foundation and former chair of the planning commission, she has confidence in the leadership team of staff members and board to carry on the vision of the NCTA. Jan and her husband have two daughters and three amazing grandchildren.
Jeff VanWinkle – Michigan
A long time member of the NCTA, Jeff brings to the Association a wealth of experience in management of nonprofit organizations. Jeff is a business attorney for Clark Hill, and shuttles between his firm's offices and Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago. A graduate of University of Michigan Law School, he provides general counsel services, public and securities counseling, private company law guidance and transactional legal services to clients throughout the Midwest. He has been a board member of seven international, national, and local nonprofit organizations. He and his family have hiked the NCT in both Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas, as well as segments in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Jeff says he is "most interested in helping to continue the effort to strengthen the sustainability of the NCTA as the steward if the trail."
Mark VanHornweder – At-Large
Mark Van Hornweder is president of the NCTA's Brule-St. Croix Chapter, where he's served on the BSC Roving Trail Crew since 2004. Mark is active with the Superior Hiking Trail Association and volunteers with the Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mobile Skills Crew. He also serves as president of the Friends of Amnicon and Pattison State Parks, and is engaged with land conservation in the Lake Superior watershed. His interests include increasing trail use by younger generations.
Mark grew up in northwestern rural Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is a CPA. Mark, his wife Rachel, and their son Jasper reside in South Range – within an hour's drive of 200 miles of completed NCT.
Stephen Walker – Ohio
Steve Walker is a fourth generation commercial printer and purchased Niles Printing in Niles, OH in 1988. He's been a member of the Buckeye Trail Association since 2012 and was active in the formation and development of the Muskingum Lakes Chapter. He is also currently vice president of the Buckeye Trail Association.
Steve has also been a member of the NCTA's Policy and Advocacy Committee since June of 2015 and traveled to Washington DC in July of 2015 to advocate on behalf of LWCF Reauthorization and the North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act with members of Congress. He is currently spearheading efforts to develop a legislative trails caucus in the state of Ohio to advocate on behalf of trails.
Steve and his wife Karen operate a food pantry that helps 120 households per month and in 2015 provided 36,000 meals for disadvantaged families in Stark and Tuscarawas counties. Steve is also a sitting member of the Stark County Area Broadband Task Team. They have four children and eight grandchildren and reside in Navarre, OH.
Quinn Wright– New York
Quinn Wright has been involved with the Finger Lakes Trail Conference since 2009, as the Director of Crews and Construction, Treasurer, and in 2015 assumed the role of Executive Director. He has represented the NCT/FLT at Hike the Hill in Washington DC and is an active member of the Advocacy Committee. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Quinn also founded a company that sold abrasive finishing supplies and equipment, and grew into a statewide endeavor. He also taught technology for the City of Buffalo for 13 years.
Quinn lives in Buffalo, NY with his wife Jewell. He relaxes by walking in the woods and fields almost daily for about four to five miles with his faithful dog, Shoki. He also greatly enjoys reading, tasting good beers and fine dining, and attending the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.


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Don't like the outfit
The make-up looks really good for once, though. And she's had her roots done! Pity they bleached the hell out of it, though - a blonde shade that is actually found in nature would have looked better, I think.
This image really showcases perfectly why you need an ass not to look silly with large boobs, though. What was she and her stylist thinking?
can I just say here, depite loathing her lazy ass new song, I really really like the clip they did for it. Bizzare.
I like the concept of the outfit if the shorts or top were different. *shrug* and yeah that pic shows how out of proportion she is. though i used to look like that down to a T all boob ans no ass.
"Don't think that sticking your boobs out and trying to look fuckable will help. Remember your in a rock and roll band. It's not "Fuck Me", It's "Fuck You!"
Chrissie Hynde
I actually like the outfit. Is it one piece or two? But her hair looks fake. Nobody is born with hair that color.
I hate the outfit. Her face is very unpleasant to look at. All around bad!
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
The 5th pic on the first row is weird. Her face has changed so much. Too much plastic surgery. It can't be natural to have a wrinkle under your nose when you smile ....? Her mouth/chin almost look deformed.
I refuse to accept that the one piece shorts outfits I'm seeing on her, Mischa, Nicole and Lindsay are coming back.. I guess they were all too young in the late 80's when they were the thing. The overalls look should stay in the 80's.
She doesn't look so great, if she would lay off the makeup she would be fine.
I wish Nick's new girl Vanessa would've interviewed Jessica. That would have been so much fun to watch...
Never trust a big butt and a smile...
It is natural, actually...I have it when I smile.Originally Posted by vballchica134
Jealous Bitter Fatties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
I wonder how Milliano feels...she was thrown out for a day because of JS....
I think her hair looks terrible. Top is different color than bottom. Top is flat and straight, bottom is curly. She should fire Ken Paves.
9th pic, look at her tummy, is she getting fat or is that just the way she's standing??
Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.
--Robert A. Heinlein
reallllly not flattering.
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Williamsburg community board braves mockery over unenforceable moratorium on new bars
Nearly two hours into Tuesday's Community Board 1 meeting in Williamsburg, board chair Chris Olechowski addressed the issue of the night, which was also the reason the Swinging Sixties Senior Center was packed with people who don't usually attend these types of meetings: the board's proposed moratorium on approving new liquor licenses, which some board members hope would help address the area's proliferation of bars.
Olechowski's name, thick Brooklyn accent, and craggily late-middle-aged mug are straight out of community board central casting. The standing-room-only crowd he addressed including many members of the press, which, since news of the moratorium broke on a local blog the week before, generally portrayed it as a Get Off My Lawn overreaction from Cranky Old Locals.
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But Olechowski spoke in measured tones, breathing sensibleness into an issue that lends itself to caricature.
"The fact of the matter is that anything that's good, up to a point, starts to become bad when there's too much of it," he said, before pointing to statistics showing that the area is on pace for a 50 percent increase in liquor licenses from last year. "How much more can this community take? We have a responsibility to everyone, and at this point, we've come to a crisis with this issue."
The issue of the moratorium wound up being tabled, probably for two months or more. But the hoopla surrounding it, along with a subsequent board resolution about rowdiness stemming from a summer concert series, underscored, as Olechowski described it, the crisis-point of friction between those who live in Williamsburg and those who go there to have fun.
Despite its status in the popular conception as the hipster capital of the world, Williamsburg is also a place where people live and work. The diverse makeup of the community board—some Latinos, some Hasidic Jews, some Polish, some African-Americans, many miscellaneous white people—bears this out. Most neighborhood residents see their Williamsburg as the one from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and not Camel cigarette packaging.
But a thriving nightlife scene, like the one that has sprouted in Williamsburg in the past decade-plus, can change that in a hurry. Bars beget more bars. When an area becomes a scene, the laws of supply and demand that would seemingly regulate the number of suppliers goes out the window. Diversification of neighborhood retail becomes threatened because successful bars can afford higher rents. That's proven to be the case on many of Williamsburg's retail strips, and even on some manufacturing-zoned blocks that, rather than propping up the area's fading industrial sector, have been given over to industrial-themed places to drink.
As Sarah Laskow wrote on this site about the East Village bar scene, "Nightlife is an industry like any other. If coal-burning plants spew ash, bars and restaurants spew drunken hoots and hollers, vomit on doorsteps, loud fights and a gauntlet of stumbling smokers to plow through on your way to the door."
Board member Ward Dennis, who didn't support the moratorium because he thought it was impractical, characterized the bar-growth proposition more simply: "Who wants a bunch of 'bros' coming into your neighborhood that don't care at all about the neighborhood?"
Against this backdrop, Olechowski said that "the community board has a responsibility to find equilibrium for residents who live here and want peace of mind as well as those establishments who are here who provide those services responsibly."
The problem with that is that the community board isn't empowered to fulfill that responsibility.
For all the handwringing by license-seekers about the burdensome process of seeking board approval, the community board's votes on liquor licenses are merely advisory to the State Liquor Authority, which has final say on whether to issue them. And the SLA, which derives substantial revenue from the state both from licensing fees and alcohol taxes, usually says yes.
"The general presumption of this agency is that it's going to be approved unless there's a reason not to approve it," said William Crowley, the SLA's spokesman.
Dennis, the board member, said, "It's like with the DMV: They give you a license if you pass the test. They don't refuse to give it to you because there are too many cars on the road."
An exception to this is the so-called "500-foot rule" which mandates that any application for an establishment within 500 feet of three existing bars must serve a public benefit as determined by the SLA. But what constitutes "public benefit" is vague, and enforcement of this law is notoriously sporadic.
Blanket moratoriums like the ones CB1 was debating are basically pointless. By law, the SLA must treat each application on a case-by-case basis and can't deny one because it falls within a given area.
"There's strict law that says that we're bound to look at each application on its own basis," Crowley told me. "The moratoriums aren't all that helpful to our agency when we're trying to make a decision. We're not given any rationale other than they don't want more bars in an area."
Some years back, Community Board 3 on Manhattan's Lower East Side had a blanket "no" policy for certain commercial strips in the area. But it proved ineffective. Now, board staff spends a good chunk of their working hours writing detailed "no" recommendations on applications to the SLA.
"It certainly puts a lot more burden on us to focus on this and not other aspects of working for the community, but it's worthwhile," said board district manager Susan Stetzer. "I've seen applications denied."
Still, a small handful of application denials at great expenditure of time hardly changes the bigger picture. Looked at from this perspective, the moratorium wasn't a matter of practical policy, but something else.
"We're going to at this point send a message," Olechowski said. "This is a tremendous burden on this community, the saturation of bars opening up. We have a responsibility to all members of this community, not just to those who come here to have a good time."


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Babs used to despair a little about the number of hours I'd spend faffing in the kitchen, just to make a laid back dinner for friends. (Well he calls it faffing. I call it affordable weekend therapy.)
Then one day he discovered sous vide eggs and lamb belly.
Sous vide, the french for "under a vacuum", refers to cooking an item in an airless environment, at a lower temperature than conventional methods. The process ensures that the meat never overcooks, and maintains its integral flavour. The bigtime chefs have been doing it for years I'm sure, but my sense is that it's becoming a topic of conversation among us adventerous amateurs only much more recently. I won't spend a ton of space on sous vide science -- read about it here if interested.
And so, wouldn't you know it, last Saturday night -- a whole 24 hours before our friends were due to show up and eat -- there Babs was, pottering about the kitchen with me. Determined to slow cook lamb neck as the main course. Without the fancy electronically-regulated waterbath used by the professionals.
The result was declared "the best lamb I've ever had", by a friend whom over the years has decided to eat only good meat or not at all. Personally, I really enjoyed the tender bite-tiness of the neck, which had more personality than traditionally tender cuts such as chops or leg. I was also really impressed by the fullness of flavour given the really simple seasoning.
We promised to write up the recipe and send it along to our won-over friend. We thought you might like it as well.
Serves 6
6 lamb neck fillets (we got ours from Sussex's Old Hall Farm at our local farmers market. Beautiful meat aside, I was really taken by this blog post by Old Hall farmer Todd Cameron-Clarke).
3 sprigs of rosemary
Sprinkle of coarse sea salt
Sprinkle of fine ground black pepper
Olive oil
Glass of red wine
6 ziploc bags (big enough for the lamb neck)
1 big pot
If you're going to try this at home without a professional waterbath, Babs highly recommends using at least an oven thermometer to check on progress.
- Rub salt and pepper on the lamb neck fillets
- Remove the leaves from 3 sprigs of rosemary, and chop up the leaves finely
- Sprinkle the rosemary onto the lamb
- Place 1 lamb neck into each ziploc bag. Zip it up 90% of the way
- Fill up a basin of water (e.g. the sink)
- Lower ziploc bags 1 by 1 into the water slowly. As you do this the air will be squeezed out
- When all the air has escaped, seal each bag
- Heat up half a big pot of water to about 60 deg C
- Place the bags of lamb into the pot of water
- Place the pot and bags in the oven, set at 60 deg c
Note from Babs: Ovens can be moody imprecise creatures, so use your thermometer to check the temperature of the water at regular intervals. Adjust the oven temperature slightly as needed. Whatever you do, make sure your temperature stays above 55 deg C, to ensure that bacteria doesn't grow. This is especially important when cooking sous vide, because the lack of oxygen in the bag provides the perfect environment for botulism to thrive. In fact, Babs insists that you read this article about sous vide safety by Douglas Baldwin before beginning your project.
- Let the lamb sit in the oven for 20 6 to 8 hours. Try not to think about the impending electricity bill
Monday morning update: In retrospect Babs admits 20 hours is probably overkill. The lamb will reach medium rare in about 1 hour -- the rest of the time is really for breaking down the collagen in the meat, which will tenderise it. Our rehearsal batch cooked for about 6 hours and I liked it just fine, but partly because I like some fight in my meat. So we're going to recommend 6-8 hours for those of you trying this at home.
- When you're about ready to eat, retrieve the lamb from the oven. If you need the oven for other purposes before the meal, remove the lamb but leave it in the pot of water to keep warm (again, for safety, cook within an hour of removing the bags from the oven)
- Heat up a small drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan
- Pan fry the lamb for about 3-4 minutes, to get a nice even char all around the outside
- Set aside the lamb
- Pour the red wine into the frying pan, and also all the lamb drippings from the ziploc bags. Let it reduce for a few minutes to create a gravy
- Place the fillets on a board, and cut into thick slices on the bias, and plate up
- Spoon a little gravy on the lamb, or leave gravy in a bowl for guests to help themselves
Tip from Babs: If trying this for the first time, buy 1 extra neck fillet, and run a rehearsal batch to test the temperature of your oven before launching into a full scale effort. This will reduce your stress on D-Day itself, and it produces a rather tasty snack!


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I am so excited :-) We are off on our vacation this evening, we are flying to Las Vegas and then we have three weeks of road trip, covering 7 (4 on the route, but we go off this route daily too) states and over 3000 miles :-)
I am going to show a map of the route we are doing. Anti-clockwise from Las Vegas. If you don't hear from me in a week or so, could you please send a search party LOL!
And of course what better way than to go off on vacation, but to share a Christmas card with you :-)
Nikky (Polkadoodles) has been and done it - she has her whole DT in awe of this fabulous new Work & Play Festive Hollybobs CD. Full of amazing Christmas goodies, characters, papers, embellishments, sentiments, templates, design sheets just so many wonderful things for your crafting.
I used one of the pre-coloured design sheets. All the elements are from the CD, including the backing papers and little envelope sentiment.
I added some Sakura Stardust Gel pen on the tree and some of the holly berries. Adding a little foil star to the top of the tree. The Santa, is layered up to add some dimension.
For the inside, I used some complimentary papers and added some little Christmas trees stamped in the corners.
I inked all the edges of all the layers with CTMH Cotton Candy ink. The little trees are from a little CTMH stamp set called Nature's Delight Petite Perks.
This really is such a fun and fabulous CD collection.
This is the new collection.
I am entering this card in the following challenges.
The Squirrel and the Fox - Challenge #73: Christmas in July (closes 10 July)
Christmas Card Challenges - Challenge #31: Anything Goes (closes 6 July)
I apologise if I don't get chance to comment and visit, although I will try :-)
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to be back now and again, with a few photos of our adventures.
Happy crafting.


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2.1 According to the Commission, measures need to be
adopted at Community level to ensure that the animal health rules
applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals in the
Member States are consistent, but previous attempts at harmonisation
have come to grief over the widely divergent ways in which the
problem of rabies has been approached. However, the successful
vaccination campaigns over the last decade, and the development
of an alternative system of electronic identification and vaccination
(backed up by a blood test), enabled the Commission to put forward
in September 2000 a proposal (document (a)) for a Community-wide
Regulation applicable to pet animals. Different rules would apply
according to the type of animal and its country of origin, as
2.2 In the case of dogs and cats:
Any additional requirements applying to cats and dogs would be
adopted by the SVC.
2.3 In the case of other species listed in the Directive
(spiders, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, ferrets,
rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters):
2.4 In the case of all other species, namely those
not specifically referred to in the Directive, the necessary requirements
would be laid down by the SVC.
2.5 Our predecessors were told that the Government believed
the proposal would reduce the risk of rabies being imported into
the Community from third countries, but that it had some practical
concerns about the detailed provisions of the proposal. They therefore
sought clarification of these, and, in their Report of 1 November
2000, they also raised a number of points of their own. Further
information on these various points was provided by the Government,
but, in their Report of 24 January 2001, our predecessors decided
not to clear the proposal, as there were still a number of outstanding
2.6 We then received from the Minister now responsible
for this subject the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State (Commons) at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (Mr Elliot Morley) an Explanatory Memorandum of
25 June 2001. This described the amendments which the European
Parliament had proposed at its first reading of the proposal on
3 May 2001, but, as it was not clear which of those amendments
were acceptable to the Commission, we decided to await its amended
proposal before considering the matter further. That proposal
is document (b), for which the Minister provided a further Explanatory
Memorandum of 26 October 2001.
2.7 However, as we noted in our Report of 31 October
2001, there still appeared to be a number of areas of uncertainty.
In particular:
2.8 We therefore said that, before we could clear the
document, we needed his further comments on these three points.
In particular, on the position of animals coming from the candidate
countries, we would like to know whether he considered that a
simple confirmation by the Commission that quarantine was required
would be a sufficient safeguard against a legal challenge from
an aggrieved exporter or importer.
2.9 In a Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum of 5 March
2002, the Minister was able to deal satisfactorily with the second
of the three points. However, as regards the other two, he said
that the lack of powers to lay down requirements for the importation
from third countries of animals not currently listed has "not
yet" been rectified, and that, although other Member States
shared the UK's concern about the position of animals from candidate
countries, the Commission believed that this was adequately covered
by the wording in the proposal. The UK therefore intended to follow
up both of these points in further discussion.
2.10 In our Report of 13 March 2002, we noted that the
Government was still not satisfied with the position on these
two points, and, since they represented potentially important
loopholes, we assumed that, notwithstanding the Minister's statement
that the proposal "may be ready for adoption by the end of
June", the Government would resist such a step unless and
until its concerns on these two points had been met. In view of
this, we said that we were not clearing the proposals, and that
we would like the Minister to continue to keep us informed of
any developments
Second Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum of 16 April 2002
2.11 We have now received a Second Supplementary Explanatory
Memorandum from the Minister dealing with these outstanding concerns.
On the position of animals not covered by the Regulation entering
from third countries, he says that the Council Legal Services
have confirmed that species not covered by the Regulation would
continue to be subject to any other Community rules on the import
of animals, or in the absence of such rules, to Member States'
existing national regulations. The provision previously in the
draft, about laying down requirements for movements between Member
States of species not list in the Regulation, has been deleted.
On the safeguards in respect of animals entering the Community
from candidate countries, the Minister says that both the Commission
and the Council Legal Services have assured the UK that the provisions
in the proposal covering safeguard measures could be applied to
applicant countries when they become Member States, and that this
would include the use of quarantine in the UK.
2.12 However, whilst this appears to deal satisfactorily
with the earlier concerns, we note from the Minister's Supplementary
Explanatory Memorandum, not only that the Council is expected
to agree a Common Position at the Agriculture Council on 22-23
April, but that the proposal has been changed in at least one
very significant respect. This relates to the suggestion that
the UK could continue to apply provisions similar to its Pet Travel
Scheme only during a transitional period of five years, at the
end of which, in the light of experience and of the opinion of
the European Food Safety Authority, the Commission would make
further proposals on changes to apply from 1 January 2008. In
other words, whereas the original proposal appeared to have the
obvious attraction of enshrining within Community law on a more
or less permanent basis the measures which the UK had felt able
to include in the Pet Travel Scheme, there is now no guarantee
that this will continue to be the case after 2007. Indeed, given
the reference to a transitional period and the very different
approach taken in this area by most other Member States, it seems
to us that there must be a very real risk of the UK's safeguards
being diluted at that point.
2.13 Since this would represent a fundamental change
in the whole balance of the proposal, we would have expected the
Minister to have set out the implications more fully in his recent
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, and we would like him to
do so now. We would also find it helpful to have a clearer explanation
of the significance of his statement that "the present text
does not explicitly allow the UK to continue its treatment for
ticks". Pending further information on these two points,
we are not clearing these documents, and we would expect the Minister
to maintain a parliamentary scrutiny reserve when the subject
is considered at the Council on 22-23 April.


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pirate walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender looks down
and says "You know that you have a steering wheel in your pants"
about 3AM, I was drunk as a skunk. I came home just in time to hear the
cuckoo clock cuckoo three times. Quickly coming up with a plan, I
cuckooed nine more times, hoping my wife would think it was midnight. I
was very proud of myself.
What does a drunk walrus have in common with a woman at a tupperware party?
A: They're both out looking for a tight seal.
Irishman named O'Malley went to his doctor after a long illness.
drunk is driving through the city and his car is weaving all over the
road. Eventually a cop pulls him over.
fishermen were adrift in their rented boat due to an engine failure.
While rummaging through the boat's provisions, one of the men stumbled
across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he
rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of the castaways, a genie
came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only
deliver one wish, not the standard three.
A pig walks into the bar and asks for a pitcher of beer. He drank it all then asked the bartender where the bathroom is. Bartender replies "down the hall and to the left".
Another pig walks into the bar and orders 2 pitchers of beer. He finishes them off and then asks where the bathroom is. The bartender replies "down the hall and to the left".
Another pig walks into the bar and orders 3 pitchers of beer. Finishing them off he was just going to stand up when the bartender asks him "well aren't you going to ask where the bathroom is?" The pig replies " no, i am going to go wee wee wee all the way home."
The Lone Ranger comes into town during the hottest part of summer. He stops outside a bar and tells Tonto to run in circles around Silver his horse, waving his poncho to keep a nice breeze on Silver while he goes in to have a drink drink. A couple of minutes later a man dressed in black swaggers into the bar and says "You the Lone Ranger?" "Yes, I am" the Lone Ranger replies. "Oh," says the man dressed in black, "Did ya know ya left your injun runnin?"
man Murphy had worked down at the brewery for years, but one day , he
just wasn't paying attention and he tripped on the walkway and fell
over into the beer vat and drowned.
Yesterday, government scientists suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women. To test the finding, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each. It was then observed that 100% of the men gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became overly emotional, couldn't drive, failed to think rationally, argued over nothing, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned.
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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up . . . reading." Henny Youngman
"In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will be to drink beer." Dave Barry
"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth." George Burns
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"I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver." Phil Harris
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Dragons Gazetteer
Dragons Gazetteer
All Saints Church, Nunnington and the Dragon of Loschy Wood
The following account of the legend of the Dragon of Loschy Hill was detailed in the 1888 book 'Yorkshire Legends and Traditions' by Rev Thomas Parkinson who quoted his source as being an article entitled Serpent Legends of Yorkshire from the Leisure Hour (May 1878). Read More »
The Bamburgh Laidly
The Laidly (Northumbrian for loathsome) worm was once a beautiful princess named Margaret, who lived in Bamburgh Castle. Her stepmother was a witch who, due to jealousy, cast a spell changing the princess into a huge worm. The worm's breath caused vegetation to shrivel, and it demanded the milk of seven cows every day. Read More »
Bedd-yr-Afanc means the monsters grave, the Afanc being a name commonly given to a water monster in Wales. The grave is actually the only Bronze Age Gallery Grave in Wales and dates from around 1500BC. Just two rows of parallel stones survive. According to legend the Afanc used to dwell in a pool by Brynberian Bridge, and was captured and killed then buried in this mound on the hillside. Read More »
Bignor Hill
According to Sylvanus Urban's 'Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle (1816)'The old inhabitants of the place have a tradition now nearly lost that a large Dragon had its den on Bignor Hill and that marks of its folds were to be seen on the hill a relick of remote antiquity and of Celtic origin.'
Blue Ben of Kilve
A dragon called Blue Ben resided here and was supposedly the steed of the devil. He fell from a causeway of rocks and drowned in the mud. His skull (actually a fossil Ichthyosaur) was uncovered and is on display in the local museum.
The above was taken from an article by Richard Freeman.
Brent Pelham and Piers Shonks
'A mighty dragon made its lair under the roots of an ancient yew tree and wrought havoc in the surrounding countryside. Piers Shonks, Lord of the Manor of Pelham, fought it accompanied by three huge hounds. He finally triumphed by thrusting a long spear down the dragon's throat. Read More »
British Dragon Gazetteer
No other country on earth has such rich dragon lore as the British Isles. Our tiny little homeland is crawling with legends of these beasts. If you have ever wondered if there is a dragon legend close to where you live, then take a look at the following list. Read More »
Cadbury Castle
This large hillfort has a plethora of traditions attached to it, most notably that it is the site of the legendary Camelot, the stronghold of Arthur. There is a distinct possibility that the historical Arthur - probably a sixth century war leader - had his base here, as the Iron Age hillfort was reoccupied and refortified around this time. Read More »
Chance To Be Part Of Project Albion
ASSAP (The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) in partnership with Mysterious Britain & Ireland is opening up its long running Project Albion to enable members of the public to directly contribute towards it. Read More »
Dalry Dragon
The worm here was white in colour and this legend may have inspired Bram Stoker's novel 'Lair of the White Worm'. It wound itself around Mote Hill and got up to the usual tricks. A local blacksmith made a suit of armour covered with retractable spikes. Read More »
Dinas Emrys
The legendary stronghold of Vortigern, and the place where the young prophet Merlin revealed the fighting dragons. In legend there are two characters associated with the same story with slight variations. One is Vortigern, the Dark Age ruler who let the Saxons into the country, and was responsible in part for their later invasions. Read More »
The Dragon in Folklore & Legend
The dragon is a legendary creature, which is prevalent to the mythic culture of many countries. Britain, with its diverse history, has a tradition of dragons stemming from Saxon, Celtic and Norse influences, as well as those from further afield. What follows is a brief overview of the dragon in legend and folklore, as well as some theories as to what the dragon may signify. Read More »
Dragon of Aller
The dragon of Aller was a terrifying beast. It spat both fire and venom and flew on vast leathery wings. It lived in a hillside cave just outside of Aller and, as western dragons are want to do, laid waste to the land. Read More »
Filey Brigg
Filey Brigg is a long ridge of rocks jutting into the North Sea, associated with folklore concerning the Devil and a dragon. Read More »
Handale Priory, Scaw and the Serpent
Writing in 1888, Rev Thomas Parkinson in his 'Yorkshire Legends and Traditions' gives the following account of the death of the Handale Serpent. 'In ancient times these quiet woods were infested by a huge serpent, possessed of most singular fascinating powers, which used to beguile young damsels from the paths of truth and duty, and afterwards feed on their dainty limbs. Read More »
The Helston Flurry Dance
8th May - The Helston Flurry Dance takes place, where Helstonians take part in a pagan ritual processional dance through the town in a custom that pre-dates Christianity and probably dates back to Celtic times. The dance takes place each eighth of May unless it falls on a Sunday or Monday and was probably originally a fertility or Spring festival. Read More »
Here Be Dragons And Ghosts...The Coiled Serpent And Otherworld Hoodies
Drakelow in Worcestershire derives its name from a mythological creature - the dragon. The word for dragon in Germanic mythology and its descendants is worm (Old English: wyrm, Old High German: wurm, Old Norse: ormr), meaning snake or serpent. In Old English wyrm means "serpent", draca means "dragon" (Skeat). Read More »
Here Is The Story Of Llud And Llevelys
The Story of Llud and Llevelys appears in the The Mabinogion and here is the translation published by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877). Read More »
In Search of British Dragons
The dragon is the great, great grandfather of all monsters. Before the daemon, before the vampire, before the werewolf, before the giant. Before them all was the original uber-monster the dragon. The dragon's image has crawled across cave paintings 25,000 years old, dwarfing mammoths. It has slithered across Chinese rock art in Shanxi province 8000 years before Christ. Read More »
From 'Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There' 1872
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe. Read More »
Kingston St Mary Dragon
A savage fire-breathing dragon terrorized this area until a champion came forth to tackle it. The hero rolled a boulder up a hill opposite to the dragon's lair and shouted out to the monster. As the dragon emerged, jaws agape, the champion rolled the boulder down into its open maw, choking it before it could roast him with a jet of flame. Read More »
Knucker Of Lyminster
Lyminster has a dragon legend of which three different versions exist. The dragon was known as the Knucker and inhabited a supposedly bottomless pool known as the Knucker Hole and is situated just to the north of Lyminster. Read More »
La Hogue Bie
La Hogue Bie is a major Neolitic ritual site dating back to 3500BC and one of the best preserved cruciform passage graves in Europe. Its passage is twenty meters long and is covered by a 12.2 meter high earth mound. The mound istelf is 58 meters in diameter and covers an area of 2400 square meters. Read More »
Lake Bala
Llyn Tegid is Wales's largest lake being nearly four miles long. It lies in a rift valley running north east to south west, extending down to the sea at Tywyn. The lake is 529 feet above sea level, has a maximum depth of 136 feet and covers an area of 1084 acres. Read More »
The Lambton Worm and Penshaw Hill
Around the time of the crusades (in some accounts) in the area around the river Wear, there is a tale told about a fearsome dragon, which terrorised the area and was dispatched with cunning by a brave warrior. Read More »
Lancashire Folk by Melanie Warren
I've known Mel for over 20 years, meeting though ASSAP while investigating paranormal cases in the North of England. We share a passion for collecting stories and coming from Lancashire myself I have been looking forward to reading Mel's new book and revisiting some of the old stories, coming across some new ones..and of course, I can now add the book to my collection! Read More »
The Linton Worm
During the twelfth century a worm lived in a hollow on the Northeast side of Linton Hill (called Worms Den today). Read More »
Llyn Barfog (The Bearded Lake)
Llyn Barfog is situated in high countryside above the northern banks of the River Dyfi. The lake is isolated, small, and covered with yellow water lilies in the summer. Sir John Rhys in Celtic Folklore suggests that it was originally called Llyn-y-Barfog (The Bearded One's Lake) referring to some ancient mythical being who would have lived there. Read More »
Llyn Cau
The glacial lake of Llyn Cau at Cader Idris is said to be bottomless and according to tradition it is thought to be the home of a lake monster responsible for drowning a man who went swimming in the cold waters. Read More »
Llyn Glaslyn (Lake of the Blue Spring)
At 1,970 feet above sea level, and covering an area of 18 acres Llyn Glaslyn is one of the glacial lakes of Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon), and being the highest and remotest of the larger lakes it abounds in legend. Read More »
Loch Maree
Until the middle of the 18th century bulls were sacrificed on August 25th (St Maerlrubha's Day) to dragons that dwelt in the lake. These may have been akin to the creatures still reported in other Scottish Lochs to this day.
Taken from an article by Richard Freeman.
The Longwitton Dragon
In a wood near to the town of Longwitton there are three wells reputed to have healing powers. The waters were used far and wide for healing purposes. Read More »
Manaton Dragon
A winged dragon made its lair in an old tin mine here. The dragon's hissing was said to be audible for miles around. It was finally slain in the mine but history does not record by whom. The story was recorded by the late 18th century writer Polwhele.
Monsterous Serpent of Henham
Robert or should this be William Winstantley of Saffron Walden wrote a pamphlet titled 'The Flying Serpent or Strange News Out of Essex - A True Relation of a Monsterous Serpent seen at Henham on the Mount in Saffron Walden,' published in 1699. Part of the text concerning this dragon is repeated below. Read More »
Mordiford Wyvern
The story of the Mordiford wyvern is one of the most detailed dragon legends in Britain; it is also the one with the most variations, having no less than five. Read More »
Nine Maidens Well, Strathmartine
As with the dragon that was associated with it, very little remains of the Nine Maidens Well at Strathmartine, as the farmer upon whose land it could be found had the well covered up to stop it's visitors from trampling his crops. Read More »
Norton Fitzwarren Dragon
Here the Roman general Ostorius was said to have killed hundreds of ancient Britons. Over the centuries a dragon is said to have grown from the corruption of the rotting bodies (this spontaneous growth of creatures from rotting matter was a common belief in Medieval times). Read More »
In 'Irish Myths and Legends' by Ronan Coghlan, we are told that Oilliphéist, is an Irish word meaning 'dragon' or 'great worm', and that 'a creature of this sort, hearing that Saint Patrick was coming to drive out its kind, cuts its way through the land, thus forming the River Shannon.' The Shannon is 224 miles long and the is Ireland's longe Read More »
Padstow Hobby Horse (Oss)
1st May - The festival starts at midnight in the early hours of Mayday. The actual Hobby Horse is a hoop covered with black material with an African mask, and a horses head with snapping jaws. A man stands inside the hoop and the procession parades around the town. The festival has ancient origins. Read More »
River Taff Worm
A worm type of dragon was supposed to live at the bottom of a whirlpool in the River Taff. It was said to drown people and suck down their bodies to eat.
The above was taken from an article by Richard Freeman.
Saffron Walden Basilisk
The pamphlet that deals with the Henham winged serpent also relates the story of a basilisk dragon that held siege to Saffron Walden centuries before. It was described as: Read More »
Shervage Wood
Shervage Wood has is home to a number of traditions, perhaps because it was once perceived as being enchanted. In legend and folklore the wood was the home of a dragon known as The Gurt Vurm of Shervage Wood. The dragon was said to have the girth of at least three mature oak trees, and was the bane of the local villages eating cattle and making a general nuisance of itself. Read More »
Standing 3650 ft above sea level, Snowdon is the highest peak in Wales, second highest mountain in Britain and is also probably the busiest due to it popularity with hillwalkers. Read More »
Sockburn village now comprises of a ruined church, a farmhouse and a mansion called Sockburn Hall (built in 1834) all positioned within a loop in the River Tees known locally as Sockburn Peninsula. Sockburn has an amazing secret history though, as it is a place where bishops were crowned, a dragon was killed and some of our greatest writers fell in love. Read More »
Solway Firth Worm
According to legend a sea dwelling worm devoured fish stocks that the local people depended on. Not satisfied with seafood, it crawled ashore to eat farm animals and humans. People from the villages along the shore built a huge palisade of sharpened stakes and erected it at low tide. When the worm came in with the high tide it impaled itself on the spikes. Read More »
St Albans Abbey
St Albans has a multitude of ghosts and strange stories, many of which are attached to the magnificent abbey. St Albans has been occupied from very early in its history, the Roman town of Verulamium once stood in the valley, in the area where the public park now lies. Read More »
St George's Day
Today St George's Day is not celebrated in England with anywhere near the vigour it was in past centuries, and is actually celebrated more in other countries that share his patronage, with traditions that have not been broken for hundreds of years. Read More »
St Osyth's Dragon
There is a tradition that a Dragon prowled the area around St Osyth in the 12th Century. According to Sir Richard Baker (born 1568 – died 18 February 1645) 'In the seventeenth year of his (King Henry II) reign, there was seen at St. Read More »
The Gwiber of Penmachno
The word "gwiber" in Welsh means viper or adder but many centuries ago the word actually meant "flying snake" . This is the story of how Wibernant (meaning "valley of the gwiber) which is near Penmachno got its name. Read More »
The Slingsby Serpent
In 1619 the antiquary Roger Dodsworth (born 1585 – died 1654) gave an early account of the dragon: 'The tradition is that between Malton and this town there was some time a serpent, that lived upon prey of passengers, and which this Wyvill and his dog did kill, when he received his death-wound. Read More »


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This has just become the best movie I have ever seen
I agree with the previous reviews. This was one of the best movies I've seen all year. Suspenseful story telling, great acting and with no CGI. Maybe movie sleeper of 2017.
Best movie I have seen in quite some time. Jeremy Renner is good in this! Great story line.....
Great movie, full of suspense. You will appreciate it if you are intelligent and mindful of American issues.
Great movie
Great story; dark, moody and well acted. Only one cheesy line in the movie, "why don't you come hunt one for me " referring to a human predator.
A cold, lonely and desolate existence has a tendency to make for a perfect environment for bad things to happen, and they do.
My wife and I made it about half way through it before I took out a pocket knife and we discussed sliting our wrists. we walked out. OMG, so boring, class C acting and laughable to think someone paid big money to have this movie made. Total waste of money if you go to the movies to see something interesting.
Definitely not ready for prime time.
One of the best sleepers of the year. Well acted. Interesting plot. Action explodes upon you. Totally unexpectedly engrossing. Loved it.
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Patel family closer to opening medical office on Andrews Highway
The Patel family moved one step closer Monday to opening a medical office off Andrews Highway after a zone change was approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The office, planned for the southwest corner of Andrews Highway and Upland Street, will house three doctors whose offices will run separately but share a building, said Neel Patel, who spoke at the meeting on behalf of the doctors. Having purchased the land in 2007, Patel said the doctors' present offices have become crowded and the move is meant to provide more space for them and their patients.
"I think it's going to be a great piece of property and serve a great function," Patel said. Dr. P.J. Patel made the official request for the zone change.
Approval was given unanimously following a discussion about how many driveways the lot should include so as not to bring large amounts of traffic to the nearby neighborhood or create a nuisance for an adjacent business.
Roger Spotts, who spoke during the public hearing on behalf of his Sentinel Avenue neighbors, said while residents respect the doctors' request, they're concerned about having added traffic and unknown cars near their homes.
Plus, he said, speaking after the meeting, because the Blue Ridge Apartment developer strayed from the originally approved plans, his neighbors have become "hyper-sensitive" to any construction activity next to their homes.
"All four of the houses there, we are concerned about an increase in traffic," Spotts said.
The zone change was requested mostly because the proposed building plan reflects a structure that is turned about 15 degrees from a request that was approved at the location in 2003.
The 2003 request was for another type of medical facility but the structure was never built and the property subsequently sold to the Patel family, Planning Division Manager Cameron Walker said.
Chuck Sturgeon, whose been working on the plans with the Patel family, said the land use is not different from what already was approved, the building was simply shifted slightly. The zone change took the property from a planned district for an office center to an amended planned district.
"It's not contrary to what was zoned before, it's just a little big out of the building envelope," Sturgeon said.
Insurance agent Laura Ingram had requested the Patels not include a driveway entrance directly across from theirs on Upland Street, which Patel said they were willing to do.
However, commissioner Jane Wolf said she was concerned closing the Upland Street driveway would create traffic problems.
Patel said they could move the driveway down the street but Walker said doing that would create issues inside the parking lot.
Commissioners unanimously approved the request with driveways on Andrews Highway, Upland Street across the street from the insurance agency's driveway and on Sentinel Avenue, which was what was included in the plans first submitted to the commissioners.
Patel said they're ready to start construction as soon as all of the necessary permits are approved and expect the building process will take six months. The doctors who would office there specialize in cardiology, internal medicine and pulminology.
Kathleen Thurber can be reached at email@example.com.
In other business, commissioners:
- Agreed to defer a request for a preliminary plat of the South Park Addition at New Jersey Avenue and South Lamesa Road. The request would have re-platted three lots in the area but commissioners, at the recommendation of staff, deferred the issue until city staff can determine where the sanitary sewer line is and if an easement on the plat will be necessary.
- Approved a final plat of an 8-acre area at the former Texas Instruments building location near West Interstate 20 and South Farm-to-Market Road 1788.
- Held a public hearing and approved a request by Pioneer Natural Resources for a zone change at their property near the northwest corner of East Highway 80 and Lozoya Road. The company wishes to build a structure behind an existing pipe yard but found part of the land they would use still was zoned as an agricultural estate district. A zone of planned district for a transition district was approved.


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About the Band
Swiss -DIY- Oldschool Psychobilly
The Baseball Bat Boogie Bastards were founded by the Bogo-Family in 2009. From the beginning the Bastards had a wide range of influences in their music. Rock n' Roll- Guitar player Ädu Bogo, Metal-Bass player Ritchu Bogo and Jazz-Drummer Mitchu Bogo mixed 50ies Rockabilly / Country, 60ies Garage-Trash and 70ies Punk to a wild rocking sound. Since 2011 the Bastards became more and more an old-school Psychobilly Band. The rhythms got faster and the bass lines crazier. The songwriting is now made by the entire band itself and cover songs are played less and less. With a clear guitar, a small Stand-up-Drumset and a slapping Bass, the Bastards always keep the songs simple but their influences are still hearable. To this day it's difficult to categorize them in a genre, which is exactly what they want: Being independent of all things, which may restrict them in their musical uniqueness.
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Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 8th September 2010 , 7.30pm at St Michael's Church Rooms, Louth
Attended by: Eileen & Eric Howard, John Hough, Brenda Nutt, Joanna Green, Jasmin and Leon Page, Bob Oliver, Chris Scott, Betty Pinfold, James Pocklington , Kim Carter, Brian Shaw
Apologies: David Newlove, David Heal, Veronica Lee.
Minutes read, signed and approved.
Matters arising: Brian has made contact with Translinc and the bus is no longer being driven on the pavement down Mount Pleasant.
James reported that he had spoken to the PCSO regarding speeding down Little Lane, the conclusion being that as there is a 30 mph limit, there is little action they can take. James then spoke to Ian Mickleburgh at Lincs Highways who acknowledged that this area was a cause for concern and said he would try to get a speed monitor on the street for a week to record traffic activity. John explained that if the recorded speeds are around 20mph it would be easier to introduce a 20mph speed limit, than if higher speeds are recorded.
Brian said that the owners of the site on the corner of Little Lane and Monks Dyke Rd would shortly be given official notice to tidy the site within 28 days.
Brian explained that he had dropped in some flyers to relevant town councillors, James agreed to offer a personal invitation to either Sue Locking or Trevor Marris to attend the October meeting.
Brian has left a message with the Dog warden but had had no reply.
Eileen reported that large items of furniture had been dumped on Watts Lane and that there were repeated incidents of dog mess being left on the road.
No further news on development of Brown's garage site, but opened manholes still posing a hazard.
Brian requested help with collecting Bonus ball funds from Mount Pleasant Ave.
Motorbike activity on Railway walk seems to have been curbed by the locks being replaced to the gate and a new sign prohibiting motorcycles. Eileen reported that a helmet less motorcyclist was doing a "circuit" of Watts lane cutting through the walkway into Robinsons Lane. Kim said she would try to get the Reg.no. and report the individual.
Brian contacted ELDC about the debris in Watts lane play area they promised to get the Police to monitor the issue.
Brian also explained that the grass in front of Andy Dobson's home would be cut eventually by the council, but as yet still not being done.
John reported that Robert Frost of ELDC was addressing some technical issues with the new street lights on the path towards the play area, and hopefully this long running saga would be concluded soon.
Brian raised the issue of the reported withdrawal of residential wardens from some areas of Louth. John agreed that this was a very real concern and encouraged residents to make their feelings known to the Council.
James asked John if there had been any news on the planning appeal for the development at no.35 Mount Pleasant. John had nothing to report as yet.
Brian informed the meeting of two events planned for the area's residents. On January 15th a proposed trip to "Jack and the beanstalk" at the Playgoers theatre for 20 local children and 3 adults.
Also a senior citizens, fish and chip supper with musical contributions from local performers, and a chance to reminisce on wartime experiences. The meeting agreed that these were excellent community events to promote in our neighbourhood.
John mentioned that the Monks Dyke Residents Association were holding a Xmas dinner in a local venue on Monday 13th December and invited members of our association to join them.
Meeting ended 8.35pm
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Montgomery County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to put a $280 million road bond proposal on the fall ballot, gambling that a scaled-back version of one defeated last spring would fare better now that a controversial road project has been removed and former opponents have endorsed the new measure.
The surprise reversal followed a last-minute deal with opponents of the last bond package, which contained $350 million for road projects, including the highly controversial Woodlands Parkway. The new plan drops the parkway extension, which fueled opposition to the last bond.
"I started having friends and supporters talk to me about the traffic stacking up," Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal said after Monday evening's vote, in explaining his shift. "We were starting to drown in mobility issues and we needed to find a solution."
Commissioners also approved two resolutions — to devote about 10 percent of future county tax revenue for road and bridge maintenance and to put $70 million in transportation projects before voters in 2018, economic conditions permitting, with 85 percent going to improve mobility rather than for maintenance. Only Commissioner Mike Meador opposed the nonbinding resolutions, noting that commissioners cannot make decisions for future boards.
Monday's vote came more than a month after commissioners rejected repeated appeals to place a pared-down bond package before voters — saying they needed time to digest a comprehensive road study to be completed in January and could not pull one together until next year.
Defeat of the spring measure followed an acrimonious campaign. It marked the second time in four years that a county road bond proposal had been rejected, with the last bond package to win voter approval occurring a decade ago, when the county had 25 percent fewer residents.


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Researchers have found that the blood of young mice has the ability to restore mental capabilities of old mice, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The outcome may pave way for new therapeutic approaches to treating dementias such as Alzheimer's disease if the same holds true for humans, said researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine.
The researchers have used sophisticated techniques to pin down important molecular, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological changes in the brains of old mice that went through infusion of young mice's blood.
The scientists have also compared older mice's performance on standard laboratory tests of spatial memory after these mice had received infusions of plasma (the cell-free part of blood) from young versus old mice, or no plasma at all.
"We've shown that at least some age-related impairments in brain function are reversible. They're not final," said Saul Villeda, lead author of the study and a graduate student at Stanford, who is now a faculty fellow in anatomy at the University of California-San Francisco.
Previous experiments by Tony Wyss-Coray, the senior author of the study and a Stanford professor of neurology and neurological science, Villeda and colleagues had found that key regions in the brains of old mice exposed to blood from young mice produced more new nerve cells than did the brains of old mice similarly exposed to blood from old mice.
This time, the researchers checked both for changes within nerve circuits and individual nerve cells and for demonstrable improvements in learning and memory. They examined pairs of mice whose circulatory systems had been surgically conjoined.
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The Washington State Cougars, 6-6 overall and 4-5 in Pacific-10 Conference play, now await the Dec. 3 announcement of college bowl pairings following a close to the regular season with a 35-32 loss to the Washington Huskies.
The Cougars, with six wins, are bowl eligible, but must wait for the final Pac-10 games to be played before conference standings are determined.
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PAC-10 ACADEMIC TEAMS ANNOUNCED: WSU junior quarterback Alex Brink was named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic first team, it was announced recently by the conference...Brink was the only Cougar named to either the first or second teams...junior tight end Jed Collins, junior kick Loren Langley, sophomore receiver Brandon Gibson and freshman center Kenny Alfred weren named honorable mention...in addition, Brink earlier was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine District 8 All-Academic first team.
INJURIES PLAY ROLE IN 2006 SEASON: While every team in college football has to deal with injuries, the Cougars were hit exceptionally hard during the 2006 season...WSU lost a total of 101 player games due to injury, a combined 36 on offense and 65 on the defensive side of the ball...those are from either starters or primary backups...Cougar special teams also felt the impact as they lost 45 player games due to injury.
BRUCE ADDS TO NATIONAL HONORS: Mkristo Bruce continues to be recognized among the nation's top defenders...he was recently named one of seven finalists for the Lott Trophy, which equally recognizes athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player...Bruce is a semifinalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, which honors the top defensive end in the nation.
BRINK A WUERFFEL FINALIST: Junior quarterback Alex Brink is one of 11 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy, which honors the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with outstanding academic and athletic achievement.
WSU-FSN NORTHWEST EXTENDS BROADCAST AGREEMENT: FSN Northwest and Washington State University have announced an extension of their partnership making FSN Northwest the 'Official Television Network of Washington State University Athletics'...the multi-year agreement grants FSN Northwest exclusive rights to all live events and ancillary programming...the partnership will focus on production of live events, which will include football, men's basketball and additional Olympic sports such a volleyball and baseball.
2006 WSU CAPTAINS: WR Jason Hill (83), QB Alex Brink (10), DE Mkristo Bruce (94), LB Scott Davis (42).
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