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Well-equipped thieves are thought to have used a van with a hole cut in the roof to steal a cash machine, police have said.
A JCB was also used to remove the machine from a petrol station in Duckmanton near Chesterfield at about 4am on July 17.
Pictures from the scene showed a large hole in the wall of the Midland Co-operative Food shop in Chesterfield Road.
A spokesman for Derbyshire Police said: "It is thought that a white Vauxhall Vivaro van was used in the incident that had its roof cut off."
The cash machine and van were discovered later in a road a short distance from the scene.
An eyewitness of the dramatic ram raid who saw thieves steal a cashpoint in Duckmanton has described an "opportunistic, well-planned heist".
He described how a team of at least three burglars using three vehicles used a piece of heavy machinery to carry out their theft of a cash machine from the Central England Co-op.
Police are appealing for witnesses. If you have any information contact Derbyshire Police on 101.


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So we were talking about our issues with "John Harrison" turning out to be Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. But what's the absolute best moment where a character is unmasked in science fiction and fantasy? Or the worst?
Please include a clip or image of this huge character reveal. And mention the name of the show/movie/book, and exactly why it's so great. Thanks!
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District managers - a Census job you can count on14 October 2010 | CO/02
The Australian Bureau of Statistics needs 22 New South Wales District Managers to help oversee the largest peacetime logistical exercise in Australia, the 2011 Census of Population and Housing.
District Managers will be based in every major region of New South and will organise the distribution and collection of approximately 14.2 million Census forms to Australia's 9.8 million households.
They will also supervise the recruitment and training of Census Area Supervisors and Census Collectors in the lead up to the national Census on 9 August 2011.
Head of the Population Census program Paul Lowe said, "Working on the Census is a wonderful opportunity for everyday Australians to contribute to their community."
"District Managers make a big difference to the quality and accuracy of the data that we produce from the Census. The data has benefits for your state, town and community, and for you and your friends and families," Mr Lowe said.
District Managers will receive between $35,000 and $55,000 for the part-time 10 month position and will be employed from January until October 2011.
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Man, Miguel Cabrera is a good hitter. This is no news flash, of course, but he has now reached that level of consistency -- not unlike, say, Henry Aaron in the 1950s and 1960s -- where you don't even think about it anymore. And because you don't think about it, well, you don't think about it, and then you come upon a Tigers game and you watch Cabrera in the batter's box with his perfect balance, his calm, his controlled swing, and you remember: This guy is one of the best who ever lived at hitting a baseball.
Here's a quick and easy way to tell how hard and consistently someone hits a baseball: Add up his home runs and doubles. See how often that number is at 70 or above. You might be surprised how rarely it happens. Mickey Mantle, for instance, only did it twice. One of those was in 1961, when he hit 70 on the nose with 54 homers and 16 doubles. Mantle's doubles numbers are strikingly low. George Brett, as just one example of many, never reached 70.
You will not be surprised to know that the two players who have hit that 70 number most often are Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols, each with 11. Lou Gehrig and Manny Ramirez are next with nine. Hank Aaron had eight along with a surprise … Carlos Delgado. From 1997 to 2003, Delgado had 70 homers plus doubles every year. Of course, that was smack in the middle of the Selig Era, with baseballs flying everywhere, but Delgado hit screamers all over the park in those days.
Miguel Cabrera has seven seasons with 70-plus … seven of the last eight years. Look:
2005: 76 (43 doubles, 33 homers)
2006: 76 (50 doubles, 26 homers)
2007: 72 (38 doubles, 34 homers)
2008: 73 (36 doubles, 37 homers)
2009: 68 (34 doubles, 34 homers)
2010: 83 (45 doubles, 38 homers)
2011: 78 (48 doubles, 30 homers)
2012: 79 (38 doubles, 41 homers)
This is stupefying consistency. It's mind-blowing … except, you know, there's one guy who has been even more consistently awesome. You know, many of us have long thought that a big reason why Tim Raines is so underrated is because he played in the same era as Rickey Henderson. If Raines had played before Henderson or if he played now, you would marvel at his six seasons of 70-plus stolen bases, his .385 lifetime on-base percentage, his six season of 100-plus runs (twice leading the league), his genius for base running. Across the long history of baseball, he's one of the greatest leadoff hitters ever. But in his own time, in pretty much every way, he was Henderson's junior (who wasn't?) and so he never stood up well in the comparisons. When people think of him, they think second-best. This is my only explanation for how he continues to be so ignored in the Hall of Fame voting.
Cabrera happens to play in the time of Pujols. And, in pretty much every way, he's Pujols' junior. But who isn't? On Tuesday, Cabrera had another one of his days - 3-for-4, two homers, a double, six RBIs and three runs scored. He hit another homer on Wednesday. He leads the American League in hitting, slugging and RBIs, he's fifth in doubles and he's second in homers, and he was probably even better last year.
I happen to think that Mike Trout should be a dead lock for the MVP this year because he's having one of the greatest years of our lifetime when you consider offense, defense, base running and everything else. Right now, I would probably vote Cabrera second. Last year, I think Cabrera might have deserved to be second in the MVP voting, too. The year before that, he finished second in the MVP voting. The year before that, he had an argument for a second-place vote, too.
It's just his fortune. Second-best. But man oh man can Miggy Cabrera hit baseballs.


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Gardening is a forgiving hobby. You can always right any wrongs next growing season.
The best way to prevent problems, though, is with good planning.
"Designing from the top of your head may work, but things most likely will work better if you write it down and do a simple drawing," said Jack McKinnon, a garden coach from San Francisco. "Think before you plant."
Most gardening failures result from simple things, he said, "like people who don't fertilize, or if they do, put on too much. The same goes for people who don't understand watering, or add too much. Many tend to do their pruning with power tools and then overdo it."
Here are 10 common gardening mistakes and ways to avoid them:
1. Neglecting soil preparation.
Test the plant beds before you begin, and again every few years to see if soil conditioners are needed. Add sand or peat moss to compacted, poorly drained ground, to improve its structure and encourage root growth.
2. Overplanting.
Design with the size of mature plants in mind. Try succession planting, in which early, cool-weather crops are harvested before later, less hardy plants reach maturity.
3. Flawed feeding.
"Mulch plants and they'll be so much happier," said Tia Pinney, adult program coordinator at the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, in Lincoln, Mass. "Supplement your soil, don't just fertilize it."
4. Improper watering.
Too much water can be just as damaging as too little. Do a finger-in-the-ground test to ensure that the soil around the roots is moist. Vegetables need about an inch and a half of water per week.
5. Wrong location.
Growing conditions change as trees and shrubs mature, creating different shadow patterns. Most plants need six to eight hours of sun per day to develop.
6. Improper pest control.
Don't kill the good bugs, like pollinators, in an effort to eliminate the bad. "One thing we hear a lot is an attitude of: 'All I have to do is spray and that will cure it'," said Mary Ann Ryan, master gardening coordinator with Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County, Pa.
7. Faulty maintenance.
Don't set your cultivator (or hoe) too deep, damaging plant roots. Pull some weeds by hand.
8. Over-pruning.
As a rule, don't remove more than 30 percent of the foliage from shrubs in one cutting. And don't "top" trees to control their height. "That reduces their life span rather than improves their health," Ryan said.
9. Botched planting.
Choose the right plant depth. "I know of one property where they put a tree with its root ball on the surface of the ground, and then mulched around it up to the level of the trunk," Ryan said. "People don't know how to plant."
10. Failing to start over.
"Oftentimes, people let diseased things grow that should be pulled out, and it affects the health of the entire crop," McKinnon said.
Start with a small plot so you can correct mistakes more easily, the experts say. And look to your county extension office for support if you run into trouble. Garden coaches also can diagnose problems and suggest remedies, as can master gardeners and landscape designers.
For more about avoiding garden mistakes, see this North Carolina State University planning guide: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag-06.html
You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick(at)netscape.net
10 common gardening mistakes and how to avoid them
Gardening is a forgiving hobby. You can always right any wrongs next growing season.


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Grand Co. pledges nearly $3.1 million to improve Hwy. 9
After a grassroots blitz and robust fundraising effort, county commissioners voted to fill in the remaining financial gap for the Highway 9 safety improvement project.
The project, spearheaded by the local Citizens for a Safe Highway 9 committee, will improve a 10-mile stretch of the highway with wildlife crossings, widening and realignments. The committee had until July 1 to raise 20 percent of the $46 million project, but found itself $3.07 million short by the county commissioner's meeting on Tuesday, June 25.
Committee members and concerned residents implored commissioners to pledge the remaining support.
"You can't put a price on life, and this is going to save lives," said committee member Larry Lunceford.
Since 1993, there have been hundreds of accidents and 16 fatalities on the highway, which is a major corridor between Summit and Grand counties.
Committee member Perry Handyside labeled funding as the "rainy day."
"Today is that rainy day we've been waiting for, that Grand County has been waiting for, today is the day we have to make that decision," he said.
After listening to public comments, Commissioner Merrit Linke called the Highway 9 safety project an opportunity for commissioners to invest in the county's future rather than an expense.
"It's more to me than saving for a rainy day," he said. "An investment implies a return on your money, where an expense is money out the window."
The bulk of the project will be financed by CDOT's Responsible Acceleration of Maintenance Partnerships program, or "RAMP," but the programs requires local governments to raise 20 percent by the July 1 deadline to be considered.
Through grassroots fundraising, the committee secured $931,000 in pledges, a $4.9 million donation from Blue Valley Ranch and a $250,000 donation from Summit County.
"To me, this is a one-time chance to get it done," said Commissioner Gary Bumgarner.
While Commissioner James Newberry called it an outstanding project, he took issue with its method of funding. It's a state highway and the state's responsibility to pay, he said.
"We're being asked for $3 million from the county," Newberry said. "You call it a rainy day fund, (but) there's been a lot of sacrifice made to get the money we have, to pay off all the debt in this county."
He pointed to other county projects needing funding, like the sliding Granby landfill and water quality concerns.
Newberry implored federal agencies like Colorado Parks and Wildlife to pony up more support, instead of leaving Grand County to fund a large bulk of the project.
After expressing his concerns, however, Newberry joined Linke and Bumgarner to cast his vote in support of the project.
"We need to have a unified front," Newberry said. "We try to do that with this board of commissioners."
The project now goes to CDOT for review. A decision is expected in September. If approved, construction will begin in 2014 and is expected to take two years. The RAMP program requires projects to be completed by 2017.
Reporter Leia Larsen can be reached at (970) 887-3334 ext. 19603.
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Stage set for voter ID battle
The Supreme Court decision Tuesday striking down a key plank of the Voting Rights Act dramatically eases the way for states to push through stricter voting laws — and the flurry of action could reverberate into 2014 and beyond.
Some states such as Texas moved within hours of the landmark ruling to implement so-called voter ID laws — requiring voters to show valid identification before they can cast ballots — that had been on hold. Others, such as swing state North Carolina, are expected to pass legislation this year that could complicate Democrats' chances in 2014 midterm elections.
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Democrats hope to use the issue to galvanize minority voters by accusing the conservative-leaning Supreme Court and Republican statehouses of turning back the clock on hard-won voting rights. But the effect of the actual statutes, in terms of preventing people from voting who show up to the polls without proper ID, could be "devastating and immediate," said Penda Hair, co-director of the voting rights group Advancement Project.
( PHOTOS: 21 landmark SCOTUS rulings)
In North Carolina, the Republican governor and GOP-led Legislature have been working to pass a strict photo ID requirement, as well as restrictions on voter registration deadlines and on students voting on campus. Passage of those laws is likely to speed up now that the court has effectively removed preclearance, which critics said unfairly subjected southern states to excessive federal scrutiny that is no longer warranted.
The high court decision brings the law "into this century, not the last century," North Carolina GOP state Sen. Tom Apodaca told The Charlotte Observer.
At the same time, North Carolina's looming voter ID law could spell trouble for incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, a top target of Republicans whose fate may hinge on high turnout among minority voters.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's muted response)
"I see these Southern legislatures just sharpening their knives," Hair said. "I feel like they were waiting to submit things that were already enacted, or in North Carolina, potentially waiting for this decision to come through before they moved [on legislation]."
The high court's Tuesday decision invalidated part of the Voting Rights Act requiring that some or all areas in 15 states get advance clearance from the Department of Justice before any voting changes can go into effect. New laws can still be contested under another provision of the VRA, but states no longer carry the burden of proving upfront that their laws don't discriminate.
The law has been a key tool for voting rights groups to contest — and prevent — restrictive voting laws they say disproportionately suppress minority turnout.
In fact, almost every state included under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act has passed or considered passing some sort of restrictive law in the past year: voter ID laws, voter registration restrictions, early-voting restrictions or others.
( Also on POLITICO: Left fumes over ruling)
In Texas, state Attorney General Greg Abbott announced — within hours of the Court's decision — that a voter ID law that had been postponed by the Justice Department, as well as the state's previously blocked redistricting maps, would take effect immediately. The maps had been put on hold when a three-judge U.S. District Court panel ruled last summer that the state Legislature had discriminatory intent in drafting them. Opponents of the new maps said they shoehorned Hispanic and black voters into fewer districts, diminishing their political clout.
( Also on POLITICO: Trent Franks: GOP silence is safer)
Mississippi and Alabama, too, will immediately implement their voter ID laws, state officials announced Tuesday.
Other states previously covered by the VRA, like South Carolina and Alabama, passed voter ID laws last year that weren't in effect for the 2012 elections but will likely go into effect going forward.


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Geoffrey Fletcher is wasting no time in reaping the fruits of his recent Oscar win for his "Precious" screenplay, landing two of the best young actresses out there for his first directorial effort.
Oscar nomineesCarey Mulligan and Saoirse Ronan are said to be starring in "Violet and Daisy," which is being described as, "Thelma and Louise meets Superbad and Pulp Fiction," according to Showbiz 411.
For both Ronan and Mulligan this represents a second possible upcoming film role that will require them to flex a little muscle, literally.
Ronan is also planning to star alongside Eric Bana in "Hanna," as a teenage girl who is raised to be an assassin. It sounds like a cross between "Bourne" and "The Professional," which sounds lovely, thank you.
Mulligan, meanwhile, is rumored to be eying the titular role in David Fincher's remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," the prospect of which is no doubt giving her publicists nightmares. It's a rough role that goes to some dark places, very different from her sunny, if precocious, disposition in "An Education."
Fletcher is also working with director Doug Liman on a film about the Attica prison riots.


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The popular, Muppet-filled Sesame Street YouTube channel was hacked Sunday, its catchy singalongs and pre-school lessons replaced with explicit pornographic videos and the message, "Who doesn't like porn kids?"
The "content brought to you by the letter 'X,'" CNN reported, was removed by YouTube within 20 minutes, and the show's main YouTube page was later taken down.
"Our channel was compromised and we are presently working with YouTube/Google to restore our original content," Sesame Workshop said. "We always strive to provide age-appropriate content for our viewers and hope to resolve this problem quickly."
As of Monday morning, YouTube.com/user/SesameStreet remains unavailable, though individual videos are accessible on the site.
Sesame Street's YouTube channel had nearly half a billion views, the BBC reported, and they still have not identified who was responsible for the porn hacking:
Security blogger Graham Cluley grabbed several screenshots of the offending content before it was removed.
It included a message which read: "Im Mredxwx and my partner Mrsuicider91 are here to bring you many nice content! Please don't let Sesame Street to get this account back kids."
On that user's registered account, Mredxwxx posted a short video clip stating: "I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest youtuber. I work hard to make quality gameplay videos and most important I respect the community guidelines."
It is not the first time that areas of YouTube intended for young people have been found to contain pornographic material.
In May 2010 the site removed hundreds of videos which mixed adult material with footage of children's TV programs and music videos.
The Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana were among those whose videos were replaced.
Going with the theme of the incident, here's the YouTube clip of Elmo and actor Seth Rogen discussing embarrassment.


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1. K.S.A. 44-510e(a) provides that a permanent partial general disability award may be calculated either based on a statutorily defined work disability or based on overall functional impairment calculated according to the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The employee receives the greater of these two awards unless he or she is working and earns at least 90% of the pre-injury wage; in that case, the employee receives only the functional-impairment award for as long as he or she is earning at least 90% of the pre-injury wage.
2. The work-disability award provides partial compensation for post-injury wage loss. Even if that wage loss is increased because the employee loses his or her pre-injury job, there is no statutory requirement that the job loss be caused by the injury.
3. On the facts of this case, an elected official who was injured on the job and then lost his job through an election defeat is entitled to a work-disability award when his post-injury wages were substantially less than his pre-injury wages. There is no requirement that the claimant show that his election defeat was caused by his injury.
Appeal from Workers Compensation Board. Opinion filed January 18, 2008. Affirmed.
Mickey W. Mosier, of Clark, Mize & Linville, Chartered, of Salina, for appellants.
Jeffrey E. King, of Hampton & Royce, of Salina, for appellee.
Before CAPLINGER, P.J., ELLIOTT and LEBEN, JJ.
LEBEN, J.: Less than 6 months before the 2004 election, Phillips County Sheriff Leroy Stephen was injured while trying to handcuff an unruly prisoner. After the injury, he was off work for nearly 2 months. When he returned to work, his doctors directed that he lift no more than 10 pounds and avoid stooping, bending, or twisting. While operating under those restrictions, he lost the primary election in August. In October 2004, the work restriction was expanded to allow him to lift up to 30 pounds. While operating under the revised work restrictions, he lost a write-in campaign in the November general election.
No one can say whether Stephen lost his job because of the injury--voters are not required to explain their votes. But Sheriff Stephen was an employee covered by the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, and he sought and obtained a permanent partial disability award that included an amount partially compensating him for his wage loss after he lost his job. Phillips County argues that because there is no proof that Stephen lost his job as a result of his injury, he should not be allowed to recover any amount compensating for wage loss after his term as sheriff ended. In prior cases, most recently Roskilly v. Boeing Co., 34 Kan. App. 2d 196, 116 P.3d 38 (2005), we have affirmed the award of such benefits to an employee whose layoff was for economic reasons unrelated to the employee's injury. We find no reason to apply a different rule to an employee who lost his job due to an election defeat, and we affirm the Workers Compensation Board's award of benefits to Stephen.
A: Putting Our Issue in the Context of Workers Compensation Law.
As we have noted and will discuss in more detail soon, prior cases share some similarities to this one. The main task before us in this case is to determine whether these prior cases control the result here.
First-year law students learn that the law develops in large part by analogy. A court decides that a case involving facts A and B comes out a certain way. When the next case involves facts A, B, and C, the court must decide whether the same result still applies or whether fact C has fundamentally altered the landscape so that a different result is called for. Although this form of caselaw development arose under the common law--where there is no benefit of statutory guidance--it also applies in statutory interpretation, albeit with an emphasis on the statutory language as the preeminent guidepost. So if a statute has been applied a certain way when facts A and B are present, the court ordinarily will apply it that same way when facts A, B, and C are present unless fact C calls for a different application under the statutory language.
To determine whether the Roskilly rule applies here, we must first review some of the basics of workers compensation benefits. Some injuries are listed on a schedule that determines the benefit paid--ranging from the loss of the use of a shoulder, which calls for 225 weeks of benefit payments, to the loss of use of the little finger, which calls for 15 weeks of benefit payments. When a Kansas worker has a lasting injury not listed on the schedule that causes partial disability, the Workers Compensation Act provides an award for "permanent partial general disability." That award may be calculated in two ways: (1) based on a statutorily defined work disability or (2) based on overall functional impairment calculated according to the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The employee receives the greater of these two awards unless he or she is working and earns at least 90% of the pre-injury wage; in that case, the employee receives only the functional-impairment award for "as long as" he or she is earning at least 90% of the pre-injury wage. K.S.A. 44-510e(a).
The work-disability calculation is itself based on two factors: (1) medical evidence of the employee's percentage loss of ability to perform work-related tasks and (2) the employee's actual wage loss (calculated as the percentage of pre-loss wages that the employee is now unable to earn). The calculated percentages for diminished ability to perform tasks and wage loss are averaged. They are then used to calculate the permanent partial general disability award in this method:
[(employee's average gross weekly wage x 66.67%) OR (statutory maximum wage amount)] x (work-disability percentage) x (no. weeks of benefit left to be paid) = permanent partial general disability award.
See K.S.A. 44-510e(a); Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group, 284 Kan. 547, 556, 161 P.3d 695 (2007).
A review of that formula reveals that a substantial part of the award is designed partially to compensate for future wage loss. The number of remaining weeks of benefits to be paid in the formula is 415 weeks minus the number of weeks over 15 that temporary benefits were paid. Thus, if a worker received temporary benefits for 30 weeks, 400 weeks would be inserted into the formula. The worker receives the benefit calculated under the work-disability formula only if it exceeds the benefit calculated under the functional-impairment formula, which has already factored in the compensation deemed appropriate under this statute for the injury itself. So the work-disability formula provides partial compensation for future wage loss. Given that context, Phillips County argues here that Stephen should not be able to recover this work-disability award, which compensates him for wage losses after he lost reelection, because there is no proof that he lost the election because of his injury.
One additional wrinkle in Kansas workers compensation law must be discussed, though because of a stipulation it makes only a cameo appearance in our case. This court has held that it is implicit in the Workers Compensation Act that an employee who loses the job at which the injury took place must make a good-faith effort to find work. Absent good faith, then an appropriate post-injury wage based on what the claimant should have been able to earn is imputed to determine the wage loss. See Castro v. IBP, Inc., 29 Kan. App. 2d 475, 478, 30 P.3d 1033 (2001); Copeland v. Johnson Group, Inc., 24 Kan. App. 2d 306, 320, 944 P.2d 179 (1997). The parties in our case stipulated to the wage that would be imputed if the fact-finder determined Stephen did not seek new employment in good faith. Neither party has argued here that the cases imposing this good-faith requirement--which is not found in the statutory language--should be overruled.
B: The Employee Who Loses His Job in a Layoff Still Receives Workers Compensation Benefits Attributable to Future Wage Losses.
This court has previously considered two cases involving employees laid off at the Boeing Company in Wichita. In both cases, we affirmed the award of work-disability benefits after the employee was laid off for economic reasons unrelated to the employee's injury. Roskilly, 34 Kan. App. 2d 196; Lee v. Boeing Co., 21 Kan. App. 2d 365, 899 P.2d 516 (1995).
In Roskilly, after considering the statutory language and the view of the Workers Compensation Board, this court agreed with the Board's determination that a work-disability award is not precluded under the statute even though the "claimant's loss of employment . . . [was] due to reasons other than his or her injury." 34 Kan. App. 2d at 200. The claimant in Roskilly was laid off due to a general reduction in workforce while he was still receiving treatment but before he had received his final disability rating. The claimant in Lee was laid off for economic reasons after he had returned to work in a less strenuous job than the one at which he was injured. The facts in Lee arose before K.S.A. 40-510e(a) was amended in 1993, but Roskilly arose under the current statute.
There are also some cases in which this court has upheld the denial of work-disability benefits when a claimant had been fired for cause. E.g., Newman v. Kansas Enterprises, 31 Kan. App. 2d 929, 77 P.3d 492 (2002). But Phillips County does not argue here for the application of those cases, presumably because it would have the burden to show that Stephen was terminated for cause--and, as we have already noted, voters are not required to give reasons for choosing one candidate over another, even an incumbent with 25 years of service.
C: The Employee Who Loses His Job by Losing an Election Is Entitled to the Same Workers Compensation Benefits as One Who Is Laid Off.
The claimant in our case was an elected sheriff, not a factory worker. And he lost his job not because of an economic downturn but because the voters refused to give him another term in office. We must determine whether these differences have so fundamentally altered the landscape that they call for a different result when applying the statute on these facts.
One might argue that an elected sheriff has no right to continue in that position at the end of the term of office. Though that's true, it does not distinguish the situation from that of an at-will employee, who does not even have a right to continued employment. Thus, when applying Roskilly's rule that a work-disability award is not precluded when the loss of job is caused by something other than injury, we see no basis to distinguish the loss of a job due to an election defeat from the loss of a job due to an economic downturn. In either case, the employee has lost the job. And from the employee's vantage point, the key concern at that point is whether--with any disability resulting from the injury--he or she can find new employment at a comparable wage. The injury may well be related to the ongoing inability to obtain new work at a comparable wage, even though the injury did not cause the job loss itself.
There is certainly evidence in this case to support the view that Stephen's injury left him unable to obtain new work at a comparable wage. Although there was an issue over whether Stephen had exercised good faith to look for a new job, Phillips County stipulated that even if he had exercised good faith to look for a new job, he still would have suffered a 63.5% wage loss. The Workers Compensation Board found that Stephen had not exercised good faith; they noted that he had only submitted one application for a deputy-sheriff position. Based on Phillips County's stipulation, they imputed the 63.5% loss of wage-earning capacity. That was averaged together with a 46% loss of the ability to perform work-related tasks for an overall work-disability percentage of 54.75%. That percentage was the basis for Stephens' work-disability award.
Because Phillips County stipulated to the extent of the wage loss, we have no findings that document the specific difficulties Stephen had in obtaining new employment. But it is not hard to imagine that an inability to lift more than 30 pounds, bend, stoop, or twist would significantly limit the ability of a law-enforcement officer to find similar work.
Several other considerations support applying the same rule as applied in Lee and Roskilly here. First, as in all statutory-interpretation cases, we start with the statutory language itself. Phillips County concedes that there is no language in K.S.A. 44-510e(a) requiring a causal connection between the injury and the loss of employment. Indeed, the statutory language tells us to calculate the work-disability percentage by averaging two percentages:
First, "the extent . . . to which the employee, in the opinion of the physician, has lost the ability to perform the work tasks that the employee performed in any substantial gainful employment during the fifteen-year period preceding the accident," and
Second, "the difference between the average weekly wage the worker was earning at the time of the injury and the average weekly wage the worker is earning after the injury."
The statute is quite straightforward in its direction to compare the pre-injury and post-injury wages, and no mention is made of any requirement that the reduced wage must have been directly caused by the injury.
Second, the Workers Compensation Board has interpreted the current statute as not containing such a causation requirement, both in our case and in Roskilly. Although the Board's interpretation of the statute is not binding on us, it is entitled to some deference when there is a rational basis for it. Casco v. Armour Swift-Eckrich, 283 Kan. 508, Syl. ¶ 5, 154 P.3d 494 (2007). The Board's interpretation is entitled to deference here: the statutory language doesn't suggest that a causal connection is required so it is certainly rational to interpret it so.
Third, in determining whether to extend the holdings of Lee and Roskilly to new factual situations, it is appropriate to consider whether those precedents are in line with caselaw in other jurisdictions. They are: other state courts have also held that a disability award may be made even after the claimant's employment has been terminated for reasons not related to the injury. See Johnston v. Super Food Services, 461 So. 2d 169, 170 (Fla. Dist. App. 1984) (holding that an employee is entitled to benefits even if wage loss is attributable to economic conditions, seasonal layoff, or for-cause discharge); Bradley's Case, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 359, 360-61, 778 N.E.2d 11 (2002) (holding that an employee is entitled to benefits for loss of earning capacity even though the job had become unavailable due to an employer's lockout); B.E. & K. Const. v. Abbott, 59 P.3d 38, 42-45 (Okla. 2002) (holding that an employee is entitled to benefits even when that employee volunteers for an employer-instigated reduction in force where the ultimate termination decision lies with the employer).
Fourth, we note that an ordinary person injured by negligence outside the workplace would not be precluded from recovering a wage loss in a similar circumstance. See Amberson v. Woodul, 108 S.W.2d 852, 855 (Tex. Civ. App. 1937); 22 Am. Jur. 2d, Damages §§ 149-50, 158. Meanwhile, an injured worker's only remedy, even if injured through negligence of the employer, is the one provided under the Workers Compensation Act. K.S.A. 44-501(b). That remedy is explicitly limited by statute in ways not applicable to tort victims--the statute limits the amount that can be recovered and the time period over which benefits, the equivalent of tort damages, may be collected. We see no reason to further limit the employee's remedy based upon concepts not found in the statute and not applied to an ordinary tort victim.
Phillips County attempts to insulate its position from these arguments by relying on our decision in Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group, 36 Kan. App. 2d 521, 141 P.3d 1192 (2006). In Graham, this court had held that the work-disability test included both the inability to perform work tasks and the loss of wages "resulting from the worker's disability." 36 Kan. App. 2d at 526. This court also held that a wage loss was not compensable when it resulted from a worker's self-imposed restriction. 36 Kan. App. 2d at 526. But this court's ruling in Graham was reversed, and the Supreme Court emphasized that the statutory language references actual earnings, not ability to earn wages, for computing a work disability. 284 Kan. at 558. We note that both in Graham and in Casco, the Supreme Court has emphasized the need to focus primarily on the language used in the Workers Compensation Act itself. Graham, 284 Kan. at 556-59; Casco, 283 Kan. at 521-29. Wage loss for purposes of calculating work disability is defined by the plain language of K.S.A. 44-510e(a) as the difference between pre-injury and post-injury wages, and it is easily calculated. Graham, 284 Kan. 547, Syl. ¶ 6. There is no language in the statute that suggests that a claimant loses the ability to claim work disability either because he was laid off for economic reasons or because he lost a bid for reelection.
Phillips County also cites to Hernandez v. Monfort, Inc., 30 Kan. App. 2d 309, 41 P.3d 886, rev. denied 274 Kan. 1112 (2002). In that case, a claimant did not receive a work-disability award based on the statutory prohibition for "as long as" the employee is earning at least 90% of the pre-injury wage. The Board concluded that Hernandez' reduced wages were because he was working less overtime, not due to injury. Phillips County points to the Board's finding, quoted in our decision, that there must be "'some type of causal connection or nexus between the injury and the disability for which the benefits are being awarded.'" 30 Kan. App. 2d at 310. The Board noted that although the statutory language did not explicitly contain such a requirement, "the fundamental function and purpose of the Act requires that there be a nexus between the injury and the wage loss." 30 Kan. App. 2d at 310. This court concluded that there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's conclusion that Hernandez' wage drop was due to the reduced overtime. This court also treated the Board's finding that Hernandez was not entitled to a work disability as a negative finding, which may be overturned only based on arbitrary disregard of uncontroverted evidence, or evidence of bias, passion, or prejudice.
Hernandez involved a company-wide decrease in overtime hours, not a loss of employment. Hernandez has previously been distinguished from a case involving the loss of employment. Chowning v. Cannon Valley Woodwork, Inc., 32 Kan. App. 2d 982, 992, 93 P.3d 1210 (2004). In Chowning, this court concluded that Lee, not Hernandez, applied when the work-disability claim was not based on a loss of overtime hours. The Board in Stephen's case concluded that Lee was more analogous to the case now before us than Hernandez. We agree and decline to extend Hernandez to the loss-of-job situation for which Lee and Roskilly already provide guidance.
The Workers Compensation Board's award of a work-disability benefit to Stephen is based squarely on the language of K.S.A. 44-510e(a) and our prior decisions in Roskilly and Lee. The decision of the Board is affirmed.


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Okay, I like the name "John". It's a good name, I think. "John Lennon" was named "John", and he was a cool dude. Dizzy Gillespie was born "John", but as good as "John" is, "Dizzy" is way better. What about "Nathan"? Is that better?
Uncharted hero Nathan Drake started life as a John. The first game started life with the codename "Project Big", and it was game designer Amy Henning who came up with the idea that the lead character be a descendent of Sir Francis Drake.
"I remember the email thread, where people were suggesting different ideas—like John, for a kind of generic feel," Uncharted 3 lead game designer, Richard Lemarchand told PlayStation Official Magazine UK. "But Nathan eventually felt like the right kind of name for the guy."
John, generic? Say it ain't so!
Uncharted started life as "Project Big", starred "John" [Official PlayStation Magazine UK]
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Call it the "Black Friday" of booze if you will, as liquor dealers around the Cowboy State have been gearing up for the debut of Wyoming Whiskey, which is now available to the public. Danyelle Heide is the General Manager of Star Liquor and T and C Liquor in Sheridan, and she says that the whiskey made in Kirby, Wyoming, probably won't be on shelves very long.
Since Wyoming Whiskey is made in small batches, there'll be a limit to how many bottles customers can purchase.
Heide said that they've been told that there will be smaller releases of the whiskey in January, February and March, and that by November of next year, the company intends to have a much larger production of the product.
Click here to learn more about the whiskey that's distilled, barreled and bottled in Kirby, Wyoming.


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Think you know your favorite beauty brands? Think again. In this continuing series, we highlight some of our go-to lines. Read on for some interesting tidbits, plus the rundown on the products that made our list of favorites.
Paris may have charming cafes, tree-lined boulevards, and the Arc de Triomphe, but when it comes to beauty, our hearts belong to Provence — the hilly, Mediterranean-region home to beloved French skin-care company, L'Occitane. From their humble beginnings in 1976, selling essential oil-infused soaps at countryside markets, L'Occitane now makes a full line of legendarily luxe soaps, scrubs, and fragrances. Formulated with a host of natural ingredients like lavender, lemon, and verbena, L'Occitane is adored by low-maintenance beauty lovers and green glamour girls alike.
Try their invigorating body exfoliators, sunny citrus-scented shower gels, and the cult favorite hand cream our fall handbags are never without (a tube is sold every three seconds, and one dab of the rich, silkening formula will tell you why). Ready to delight and invigorate your senses? Read on for our favorite natural ways to revitalize, soothe, and perfect your skin. Do we love it? Mais oui!


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have allowed humanitarian aid into previously inaccessible rebel-held parts of Syria to try to win the loyalty of the residents, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the U.N. refugee agency, said on Friday it had reached an opposition-held area of north Syria for the first time and found about 45,000 displaced people in appalling conditions.
The Syrian government agreed to give the United Nations access to the zone of Azaz, north of Aleppo near the Turkish border, enabling a convoy to deliver tents and blankets to needy people living in the open in freezing temperatures.
More than 2 million people are estimated to be internally displaced within Syria and more than 700,000 refugees have fled to neighboring countries due to the nearly two-year conflict between Assad and rebels seeking to overthrow him.
"We think that one thing they (the Syrian authorities) may have calculated is that they ought to pacify some of the country by making sure that aid got through," Anne Richard, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, said in a conference call.
"So there has been a change in their approach, but it's hard to speculate what's really motivating them," she added, saying she had asked U.N. officials, "and that was the only answer I had heard, was that they perhaps wanted to keep some of the people in the countryside loyal to them."
Separately, an International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, official said the group had recently been able to deliver aid with the government's consent to other opposition-held parts of Syria, including Houla in Homs province.
"The reason why this area is interesting is that it is opposition-held, and it has been sealed off for three months, where potentially no or very, very little humanitarian aid has entered into this area," Andres Kruesi, deputy head of the ICRC delegation in Syria, said in an interview posted on the Geneva-based aid agency's site on Wednesday.
Kruesi said the ICRC and volunteers from the Homs branch of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent had delivered mostly food aid and hoped to make a second delivery of food and medical supplies next week.
"It was quite a success that we have gained this access last week and we have done so with the consent of all parties involved," he added, saying that included the various security services on the Syrian government side and representatives of the armed opposition.
Kruesi said the ICRC also was able to enter Tall Kalakh, which he described as a small city on the border with Lebanon that was one of the early hot spots of the conflict and where he said most houses were riddled with bullet holes.
"But over the last weeks now, there has been a local accommodation, negotiated at the government level, where the armed opposition and government have agreed on a ceasefire, which we now try to follow up with humanitarian aid," he said.
"So the challenge over the next weeks will be to follow up on this field trip and to gain access to similar areas like ... Houla that are encircled, to negotiate with a multiplicity of stakeholders," he said. "We have to replicate this in other governorates (provinces), including also in rural Damascus."
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated on January 17 that 4 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance across all 14 governorates in Syria. Of those, 3 million lacked food and 2 million were displaced.
Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva; Editing by Peter Cooney


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We are watching movies. Well, sort of. We are reading a book of the Bible aloud, together, as if it were a movie. Meaning, we are taking in the scripture in large chunks. We hope you can come give this a shot with us. It really is a story worth a watch.
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… those that like to classify people into different kinds and those that don't. I'm a classifier.
That's why I'm intrigued by latent class analysis (LCA), where you statistically divide up people into unobserved classes based on some observed variables (like behavior). Take the example of autism. Is Asperger's Syndrome on the autistic spectrum or is it an altogether different thing? LCA might be able to answer that question.
I've spent the last couple days reading through simulation studies on identifying classes in an LCA-type technique called growth mixture modeling (GMM) where you try to identify classes underlying different developmental trajectories. The oft-cited example in this area is alcohol use, tracked during adolescence and sometimes into adulthood. These studies typically find a few distinctly different trajectories, so different that they (apparently) qualify as different latent classes. For example, this 2003 study found five growth trajectories:
- Occasional very light drinkers
- Moderate escalators
- Infrequent bingers
- Rapid escalators
- De-escalators
I'm thinking of designing and running my own simulation study of growth mixture modeling, starting from the ideas in Bauer & Curran (2003). They demonstrated that GMM using information criteria routinely in use at that time would likely extract too many classes given non-normal inputs.
I"m thinking I could go the opposite way: look at cases where there are multiple classes generating the data and see what happens when you treat the data as coming from a single population. Jedidi, Jagpal, & DeSarbo (1997) tackled this question in the case of LCA (not growth curve analysis) with applications to marketing.
But what I'm struggling with is this: when you see non-normal data, is that because there really are multiple classes generating that? Or is the data inherently non-normal? How can you detect the difference, given that non-normal distributions can be approximated by mixtures of normal distributions?
On the one hand, I have this philosophical sense that there aren't any "classes" of people in the world, just different ways of classifying. On the other hand, genotype differences are real, so I need to keep the medical interpretation in mind. For example there is clearly a class of people who have cystic fibrosis compared to a much larger class of people who do not. Those are the sorts of situations I need to keep in mind when I design the simulation. Alcohol use is interesting but I'm not sure I'd use it as a template for what I'd like to explore.


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The Los Angeles premiere of "Other Desert Cities" by Jon Robin Baitz is to feature Jeannie Berlin, JoBeth Williams and Robin Weigert. The actors are joining the previously announced Justin Long and Robert Foxworth in the comedy about a wealthy family living in Palm Springs.
"Other Desert Cities" -- which was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for drama -- is scheduled to open Dec. 9 at the Mark Taper Forum. The play premiered off-Broadway in 2011 and transferred to Broadway the same year with a cast that included Stockard Channing, Judith Light, Stacy Keach and Rachel Griffiths.
The L.A. production is to feature Foxworth and Williams in the roles played by Keach and Channing: the wealthy husband and wife whose grown children come home for the holidays. Berlin, who recently garnered strong reviews for her role in Kenneth Lonergan's movie "Margaret," is to take the role played on Broadway by Light: the sister of the Williams' character who is back from a stint in rehab.
Weigert is set for the role of the couple's daughter, played by Griffths on Broadway, while Long is taking the part of their son, played in New York by Thomas Sadoski.
Previews for "Other Desert Cities" are scheduled to begin Nov. 28. The play is set to run through Jan. 6. Robert Egan is directing. The off-Broadway and Broadway runs of the play were directed by Joe Mantello.
The play was developed at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in 2010 before opening off-Broadway at Lincoln Center. Egan is the artistic director at Ojai and formerly served as producing artistic director at the Taper.
Jon Robin Baitz stops by Ojai on his way to New York
Joe Mantello drops out of Center Theatre's "Other Desert Cities"


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Knitting for Our Troops (K*4*O*T) Marathon
Sponsored by Denver Public Library, Various Locations around Denver http://www.denverlibrary.org/programs/fresh/knitting.html "The Mile High City pledges to knit 5,280 hats for our deserving service men and women abroad. Though we all have differing opinions about war, we're not conflicted about our soldiers – who stand up for our country everyday. Knitting for Our Troops (K4OT) is a great way to say how much we care for our service men and women – and your donation will mean a lot to a soldier far away from home."
Boulder Library Tour
Join a small group of colleagues on a chartered bus to Boulder and the beautiful University of Colorado campus and Norlin Library. You'll be welcomed by the Dean and Director of Libraries, James F. Williams, and visit the newly renovated "Research Floor." You'll gather in the Special Collections Rare Book Reading Room for a display of some of the Library's most exciting pieces, ranging from a Paris Bible to photobooks newly arrived from Paris, from a 4,000 year old cuneiform tablet to the first book of fairy tales, from a John Donne first edition to a John Donne artists book.
Next stop Boulder Public Main Library for afternoon tea and refreshments. Located on the banks of Boulder Creek, Main Library is a jewel of the City of Boulder. You'll have a chance to tour the building, meet with BPL staff including new Director,Tony Tallent, as well as view the extensive permanent art collection located throughout the building. A reception will take place in Main Library's Canyon Gallery where you'll be treated to music, library friendship and mingling, as well as the exhibit Artists Going Local/Boulder Sesquicentennial, a celebration of Boulder's 150th anniversary.
We plan to show you why Boulder is so special!
Friday, January 23: Bus departs from the Convention Center by the Blue Bear at 12:30 p.m. and returns by 5:30 p.m. Cost is $20/person; limited to 25 people.
To register, please go to: http://www.formsite.com/claforms/alamw2009bustour/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/5tpt6t
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL
Registration is now open for the FREE "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL" workshop presented by RUSA STARS at ALA Midwinter. This workshop will take place from 8:30-12:30 on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus. There is no charge to attend and refreshments will be served.
This system-neutral workshop will cover best practices in resource sharing, address ways you can best serve your users, and provide an excellent overview of the resources and support available to ILL practitioners. Whether you're new to resource sharing or have been providing services for years, this workshop will help you to reconsider your approaches, make decisions about user services, define best practices, and introduce you to ways you can best contribute to the resource sharing community while reflecting your own library's mission.
Our knowledgeable instructors are Cyril Oberlander (borrowing), Karen Janke (lending), Cindy Kristof (copyright), and Collette Mak (standards and resources).
Please register online at: http://www.bcr.org/STARS-preconference/ by January 16, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Bean at mbean[at]uoregon[dot]edu.
Thank you to BCR and OCLC for sponsoring this no-charge workshop. We are also grateful to the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus for providing facilities.
Hope to see you there!
Megan Gaffney RUSA STARS Education and Training Committee
Freedom to Read Foundation Presents YA Author Lauren Myracle
6:30-9:00 p.m., Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver
The Freedom to Read Foundation is excited to present its 4th annual Midwinter author event, featuring YA author Lauren Myracle. Myracle, whose book ttyl was one of the 10 most frequently challenged books in 2007, will read from her work and discuss the controversies that have followed her books - as well as the positive impact they've had on readers. Myracle's talk will be proceeded by a reception and followed by a booksigning (copies of her books will be available for sale onsite).
Tickets are $25 and available at www.dplfriends.org. All proceeds benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation, the First Amendment legal arm of the library community. Refreshments will be provided.
The event is co-sponsored by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and the Tattered Cover Book Store. For more information, visit http://www.ftrf.org or contact Jonathan Kelley at firstname.lastname@example.com or (800) 545-2433 x4226.


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Ray Emery stopped 17 shots to remain unbeaten this season, while Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists as Chicago held off Colorado 5-2 on Monday night in the first meeting since the Avalanche halted the Blackhawks' record points streak.
Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw scored 57 seconds apart in the first period, Brent Seabrook contributed another and Jonathan Toews added a late insurance goal for the surging Blackhawks, who have won three straight to move to 3-2-0 after their NHL-record 21-0-3 start to the season was ended in the mile high city on March 8.
Emery, the backup to Corey Crawford, extended his league record with his 11th consecutive victory to start the season.
Gabriel Landeskog and Milan Hejduk scored for slumping Colorado, who have lost a season-high four in a row.
Toews finished with a score and two assists.
In Anaheim, California, Emerson Etem scored his first NHL goal and defenseman Francois Beauchemin scored twice as Anaheim beat San Jose for their 12th consecutive home victory.
Viktor Fasth made 32 saves for the streaking Ducks, who have the NHL's second-best record at 21-3-4, while earning a point in 11 straight games.
Ryan Getzlaf had a short-handed goal and an assist, while Peter Holland and Etem scored 34 seconds apart in the second period to keep the Ducks unbeaten at the Honda Center since their opener on Jan. 25.
Jason Demers scored his first NHL goal and Antti Niemi stopped 23 shots for the Sharks, who have lost six of seven. Matt Irwin and Patrick Marleau also scored after Anaheim took a 4-1 lead.
In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick earned his first shutout of the season with 27 saves and Tyler Toffoli scored his first NHL goal on a power play in only his second game with Los Angeles, helping the Kings beat Phoenix.
Rookie defenseman Jake Muzzin also scored with the man advantage, while Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter each had a goal and an assist for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Quick's 25th career shutout gave the Kings their 11th victory in 15 games and their 10th in the past 11 at the Staples Center. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner, who set a franchise record with 10 shutouts last season, is seven behind Rogie Vachon's club record.
In New York, Rangers rookie J.T. Miller fumbled his way to a goal in the third round of a shootout as New York ended a three-game losing streak with a victory over Carolina.
Rick Nash scored in the opening round of the tiebreaker and Henrik Lundqvist stopped both Carolina tries for the Rangers (14-12-2), who moved into ninth place in the Eastern Conference — two points behind Carolina (15-11-2), who lost their third straight (0-2-1).
Eric Staal scored in the first period and Derek Stepan tied it in the second for the Rangers. The rest of the game belonged to the goalies — Lundqvist, who made 29 saves, and Carolina counterpart Ellis, who stopped 35 shots in his third start since No. 1 goalie Cam Ward was injured on March 3.
In Vancouver, Charlie Coyle scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves as Minnesota took sole possession of the Northwest Division lead with a win over Vancouver.
Jonas Brodin and Matt Cullen also scored for the Wild, who moved two points ahead of Vancouver for the division lead with their eighth win in 11 games.


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Suzzy Robinson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 126 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
We are a Hawaiian scuba/snorkel company for the past 35 years on the island of Maui. Our love of the ocean and passion to share it with others is unparalleled by other companies. We are looking for a unique image to bring more awareness to our business and to our living oceans. Our services provide fun, marine education, personalized service and quality tours. Our reputation for quality is known worldwide.
Anyone and Everyone! Target audience is for people of all ages young, middle age or older folks who love turtles, our beautiful Hawaiian islands and who enjoy the beauty and abundance of our living oceans.
Either a Turtleish Logo or using VW as a turtle.
Design can be either a animated Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle or an authentic design of a Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle. Design needs to have a Hawaiian touch and display a sense of fun, joy, impact and playfulness.
If, doing VW design it needs to look like a turtle with lots of details - example: head lights could be eyes, flippers need to be on the sides, variagated shell on top, etc. Go on line to see pictures of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles or check out our websites.
Keep the designs coming...we will put your name on the side of the car "designed by ....." to winner. Your name will be driving all over the island of Maui.
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Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund and Rooney Mara star in this origin story of the characters created by J.M. Barrie. 12-year-old orphan Peter (Levi Miller) finds himself whisked off on an adventure to Neverland where he encounters the evil pirate Blackbeard (Jackman). Joining forces with new friends including James Hook (Hedlund) and Tiger Lily (Mara), Peter leads an uprising against the pirates. Along the way he tries to find out what happened to his mother after leaving him at the orphanage and begins to realise his destiny as the boy who can fly... The film also stars Amanda Seyfried and Cara Delevingne.Based on: The characters created by J.M. Barrie Technical Specs: Languages(s): EnglishInteractive Menu
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Snowshoeing is fun for everyone! Choose from guided tours for varying levels of ability or rent your own snowshoes and choose your own adventure. Snowshoeing is a fantastic way to get out and enjoy the outdoors at your own pace. No previous experience is needed - if you can walk you can snowshoe! With an extensive trail network, get off the beaten track and explore the winter wonderland.
Helpful Information
- All participants must have a valid Trail pass, Alpine ticket or Season's Pass to use the trails.
- Trail passes can be purchased from the Ticket Office in Happy Valley or the Village Centre Mall.
- Nordic ski equipment and snowshoes are available for hire from the Rental Office in the Village Centre Mall.
How to Get There
- From the Village Centre - take Lara's Gondola to Happy Valley, turn left across the bridge into the Adventure Centre and proceed to the trail head below the beginner's slope.
- By Vehicle - Park in the Happy Valley Parking Lot, proceed across the bridge into the Adventure Centre and proceed to the trail head below the beginner's slope.
- Ticket Sales located in the Happy Valley Day Lodge.
- Hot snacks/beverages available for purchase in the Happy Valley Day Lodge, featuring Belgian Waffles, hot dogs, hot chocolate, and some other types of snack food and beverages.
- Heated Washroom facilities in the Happy Valley Day Lodge.
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Join our fully trained guides for a winter adventure in the backcountry. Our guided tours provide the perfect combination of instruction, sightseeing and physical exercise.
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Ten years ago, I took my first big adventure outside the United States. I grabbed a backpack and headed for New Zealand.
I took part in a seven-month sustainable agriculture program with others from around the world to gain skills in farming. This led to an opportunity to work on a few farms in Australia and also travel throughout Southeast Asia. The overall experience allowed me to gain a greater appreciation for different cultures. It also highlighted how local agriculture can be such a unifying factor in our world.
Recently, I and others have been able to share and promote a better understanding of people around the world. I would like to thank the Del Alma and Durango Adult Education Center for inviting me and hosting the Travel around the World Childrens Fair earlier this month. This event allowed me to educate others about another big adventure I had serving in the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Lesotho, Africa. It was wonderful to see children walk around and visit booths representing countries and nations from around the globe, and regionally, with their unique heritages.
Earlier this week brought another great opportunity to educate area school students on a great 4-H program that promotes cultural understanding. Larry Dale Fritzler, from Sterling, visited some Bayfield and Ignacio classrooms to share his experience in the IFYE program. IFYE stands for International, Four-H, Youth, Exchange. Larry spent six months in Tanzania, Africa.
He gave a fascinating presentation about his experience and how their 4-H programs are conducted. He showed us slides of wonderful projects the Tanzanian 4-H members were doing in regard to crop production and tree planting.
In addition, he explained how all their livestock, horticulture and family and consumer science projects were business focused with an importance put on how these projects can lead to entrepreneurial endeavors. This is an aspect of our countys projects I will be promoting in the future.
Fritzler also did a great job explaining how unique his cultural exchange was. He told a great story about how he lived with an Islamic family during Ramadan, a month-long observance by Muslims during which they fast from sunrise to sundown every day.
He shared how on the last day there is a celebration similar to the Fourth of July, where everyone grabs a red cup, puts out lawn chairs, plays music and has a great celebration. In this regard, Larry emphasized how similar humans are from all over the world. This was brilliant to see a cowboy from Northeast Colorado explain.
The IFYE program is open to all alumni 4-H members aged 19-30. Colorado State University Extension has programs in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. If you are interested, please contact me at the Extension office. Even though I and others have been fortunate to travel, I am reminded by what I was told by a fellow traveler when visiting the country of Laos. She said, Some people learn more walking around the block, than others of us who have walked around the world.
firstname.lastname@example.com or 382-6463. Greg Felsen is La Plata County 4-H youth development agent.


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In 2012 an extension to the Incinerator Ridge Trail was completed that connects the existing trail to the San Pedro Vista.
This extension is a short - but important - addition to the trail system in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It provides a useful link between trails outside of the Pusch Ridge Wilderness lower on the mountain (Bellota, Bug Spring, Green Mountain) and higher on the mountain (Butterfly, Crystal Spring, Oracle Ridge). The extension helps form an alternate route for the Arizona Trail - especially useful for mountain bikers who are prohibited from riding in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness.
This extension also creates the opportunity for a lovely day hike taking you from the San Pedro Vista up to Mount Bigelow with outstanding views of the San Pedro Valley, Galiuro Mountains and views thru the Santa Catalina mountains down into Tucson - all in just over 5 miles with 1800 feet of climbing/descent (round-trip)!
The hike starts at the San Pedro Vista (approximately 17 miles up the highway) - a trail marker on the north side of the parking area marks the start of the trail. The trail climbs from the parking area - takes you along a ridge - and then up and thru the rocky cliffs in the Barnum Rock area. The steepness of the trail eases for a bit as you turn north and start to get views of Leopold Point and the popular Ridgeline Climbing Area.
Leopold Point (named for naturalist Aldo Leopold) and the Ridgeline Climbing Area
As you continue north the trail passes unofficial trails to the left (down to a parking area on the highway used frequently by climbers accessing the area), to the right (over to the Ridgeline Climbing Area) and then to the right again (from a small saddle up to Leopold Point).
Mount Bigelow from near Leopold Point - the trails up to Mount Bigelow follow the hills and ridges visible in the picture.
After more climbing the trail reaches another section of beautiful ridgeline.
Clouds and Sun behind Mount Bigelow from the Incinerator Ridge Trail
Tucson City lights from the Incinerator Ridge Trail
The trail passes a signed junction with the Knagge Trail (at a well-used campsite) and then arrives at the end of the Incinerator Ridge Road. This is the end of the Incinerator Ridge Trail - to continue up towards Mount Bigelow cross the road and go thru a parking spot to continue along the Kellogg Trail. Take the Kellogg Trail to a signed junction with the Butterfly and Mount Bigelow Trails. At this junction you are just below Kellogg Mountain - if you are comfortable traveling off-trail (be cautious and careful!) you might take a detour and make your way to the top...
Sunrise from Kellogg Mountain
Looking back along the ridge from Kellogg Mountain
From the junction continue on the Butterfly trail to the Northwest. The trail climbs towards Mount Bigelow eventually meeting a dirt road with buildings and towers just across the road - a right on the dirt road will take you towards the Butterfly Trail Parking area. The facilities on Mount Bigelow keep it from being one of my favorite peaks - but there are great views and it is certainly worth visiting!!!
Sunset over Mount Lemmon
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Lizard Rock in the Santa Catalina Mountains - picture taken near the Bug Spring Trail above Bear Canyon
'Big' adventures/plans are everywhere at the Summit Hut - just today I heard from my friends at the Summit Hut about: the Grand to Grand Ultra, training for the Javelina Jundred, two different upcoming trips to Mount Rainer, climbing/biking/trail running in Alaska last month and an upcoming Grand Canyon R2R trip.
Sunrise from Lizard Rock
But sometimes you need a smaller adventure... perhaps Lizard Rock? Great views, a rocky ridge at the top, total distance of .6 miles, all the hiking is off-trail - what a fun adventure!!!
Looking down into Tucson
The parking for Lizard Rock is one of the unmarked pullouts just before Mile 16 (the parking pullout on the west (left) side of the highway is first if going up the mountain - this is where you will start the hike - about .1 miles up the highway there is another parking pullout on the east side).
Sunset - looking west across the Santa Catalina Mountains
There are many possible paths to the top - none that I have found are great...
Headlamps moving across the rocky top of Lizard Rock
After a number of trips up this is my best suggestion: start in the parking pullout on the west side of the highway, take the most obvious indistinct trail up to an old campsite, turn left onto a small trail, keep going up to the top!
Tucson city lights, clouds and stars
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This is part 3 in a series of posts on the Sky Island Traverse - previous post: A Windmill to the West.
The Curtis Windmill is now a familiar landmark along Highway 80, but not a place to linger - after parking I gather my gear enter the sea of Creosote thru the western gate.
Gate to the west off of Highway 80 into Arizona State Trust Land
For several miles the dirt road heads gently downhill to a locked green gate on the boundary of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - this area was created in 1988 "to protect and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive network of similar riparian systems throughout the American Southwest."
A quick detour to the right - around the gate and thru the fence - and back to the road. The road looses elevation quickly here which is fine with me, I am anxious to be down in the ribbon of green.
The green of the San Pedro River in the distance
As I get closer to the river a windmill appears - AERMOTOR on the tail - water in the tank - an old wheel lying nearby on the ground - gear box exposed and rusted.
Working windmill near the San Pedro
The road comes to an end and I slow down as an overgrown foot path takes me west to the river - small paths eventually lead down to water and shade. The river alternates between joyous wet sections and blindingly bright dry sections - I see too many bright red Vermilion Flycatchers to count, send Great Blue Herons flying upriver and watch Coati from behind a fallen tree.
A wet section of the San Pedro River - along my route it alternated between sections like this and sandy dry sections
The San Pedro flows - undammed - north into Arizona from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico to the Gila River. It is hard to imagine what this area must have been like nearly two centuries ago when James Ohio Pattie called it the Beaver River.
Just after the Contention Ruins I trade the sandy river bed for a small path on the east side of the river - artifacts from the San Pedro's long history occasionally appear. Soon I turn east along Willow Wash - across and up to the signed junction with the San Pedro Trail - on towards the Grand Central Mill.
Remains of the Grand Central Mill
The Grand Central Mill was a silver processing stamp mill that processed ore-bearing rock from the mines in the Tombstone area - there are a number of mills along the San Pedro. At another signed junction I take a side trail to the Fairbank Cemetery - old graves overlooking the San Pedro, it feels lonely here and I move on...
Fairbank Cemetery - looking down on the San Pedro
The last stop for the day is of the Fairbank Historic Townsite a recent and well preserved part of the San Pedro's 13,000 years of human history.
The last gate of the day.
There are parking lots on either side of Highway 82 and today I am glad to step into the car and escape the summer heat!
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-If you are interested in the San Pedro River be sure to visit the Friends of the San Pedro River website - "The Friends of the San Pedro River (FSPR), founded in 1987, is a mostly volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and restoration of the river through advocacy, education, and interpretation."
-Expect flow and conditions in the San Pedro to be constantly changing - this area can be brutally hot and flash floods are a possibility.
-This route largely follows the published Sky Island Traverse route.
-The first several miles of this route are on Arizona State Trust Land which requires a permit (be prepared for a delay since you will most likely obtain your permit via the USPS).
Hiking Report
This is part 2 in a series of posts on the Sky Island Traverse - previous post: Sky Island Dreaming, next post: Gates into the Green.
From Cochise Stronghold the Sky Island Traverse travels west to Highway 80 and then on to the San Pedro - for this section we departed from the published route and looked over maps, aerial imagery and land ownership information to come up with a different way to exit the Stronghold and arrive at Highway 80 near the Curtis Windmill...
Part 1 - Slavin Gulch Trailhead to Middlemarch Road along FR 687 - 2.8 Miles
Forest Road 687 - headed towards Middlemarch Road
I have been on this section of FR 687 a number of times to access the legendary climbing formations in the Stronghold - but never on foot - it is May and it is hotter than I would like - but looking left to the amazing jumbles of rock is amazing.
Classic Cochise - a ridge filled with complex boulders and rock formations - looking east from Forest Road 687
Part 2 - Middlemarch Road to Unnamed Road West - 4.1 Miles
Looking back on the junction of Forest Road 687 and Middlemarch road - Sheepshead in the background.
Fences, houses, animals and old buildings come into view that I have never noticed from the car. The subtle curves, drops and climbs - along with friendly waves from passing cars - break up the dusty miles - but eventually I am just ticking off dusty miles to Part 3.
The wide dusty dirt highway...
Part 3 - West on Old Roads to Highway 80 at the Curtis Windmill - 7.9 Miles
Gate into Arizona State Trust Land just west of Middlemarch Road
The miles on Middlemarch give us access to a swath of Arizona State Trust Land - permit required - where old dirt roads run west to Highway 80. The road I want is unmarked and a GPS waypoint helps me find the junction. My feet appreciate being off the wide dusty road and enjoy the rocks - a nice change from the uniform surface of Middlemarch Road.
A view of the Creosote - Arizona State Trust Land west of Middlemarch
This road appears to get very little use and I am alone amid a sea of Creosote - an occasional Juniper floats into view and Ocotillo break the skyline - white and green in the nearby wash - all I can hear is the wind. I watch my map carefully and eventually take a right turn along a fence, here the trail becomes more overgrown - a few careful steps over another fence - more overgrown road and then signs of cattle.
The road takes me to an area near a well and water tank that are obviously used for cattle - thankfully not here at the moment.
Water tanks and well with Cochise Stronghold in the background
From here the roads show more signs of use but I am still alone as I pass under the power lines and eventually out to Highway 80 at the Curtis Windmill...
Curtis Windmill - just off the east side of Highway 80
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-I did this in several smaller segments and originally thought this would be 2 sections, but later realized this made the most sense as the single section presented here.
-This route exits Cochise Stronghold at a different point and takes a different route over to Highway 80 than the published Sky Island Traverse route - but it arrives at Highway 80 at the same spot.
-As mentioned briefly above traveling across Arizona State Trust Land requires a permit - as far as I am aware permits are not available online and you will likely be obtaining your permit via US Mail (be prepared for the delay!).
Dave Baker
I'm Dave Baker, founder of Summit Hut, an independent outdoor retailer based in Tucson, Arizona since 1969. As an experienced and passionate hiker, climber and backpacker, my blog is intended to be an informative and interesting look into the outdoors and the outdoor industry.
Dana Davis
I'm Dana Davis, co-owner of the Summit Hut. I mostly enjoy hiking and road biking though I often do other things to keep it interesting (mountaineering, motorcycling, backpacking, climbing, you name it!) My biggest challenge is sometimes finding the balance between career, family, and fun but it's working out so far!
Dan Davis
I'm Dan Davis, after retiring from the National Park Service as a Ranger and manager, I worked for the Summit Hut until 2009, then retired for good (maybe). I'm now spending my time traveling around the southwest writing and working on my nature and fine art photography business.
Emily Gindlesparger
I'm Emily Gindlesparger, a member of the Summit Hut floor staff. Since moving here from the Midwest, I've been taking advantage of all possible adventures in Arizona: rock climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, whitewater kayaking, caving and trail running; I'm always excited to see what's next!


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YORK, Maine — The Breakfast Bistro, the newest breakfast and lunch spot in town, opened last month at 1 York St., tucked behind the York County Federal Credit Union off Route 1.
YORK, Maine — The Breakfast Bistro, the newest breakfast and lunch spot in town, opened last month at 1 York St., tucked behind the York County Federal Credit Union off Route 1.
The space formerly housed specialty food business Food & Co. and Wildcat Pizza.
A small sign on York Street lets customers know the 33-seat restaurant is "now open," and just around back.
Owner Justin Bowden said he knows it's a challenge to find it at first, but he hopes the short hunt is worth it.
Once people find him, he said, they tend to return.
"We've had a ton of repeat business," Bowden said Friday.
The front of the bistro has marsh views. Cafe tables, in warm weather, let customers take advantage of a place to sit away from busy traffic.
"It's quiet, it's around back," Bowden said. The interior, he added, has "nice light, high ceilings."
Inside, wooden tables and chairs are on a reddish concrete floor, next to a Colonial blue wall. Bowden's mother, Wendy Farrand — who helps him out as his "pro bono" marketing arm, Bowden jokes — envisions local art work on the walls and perhaps an art opening.
Bowden knows he has competition in town from other well-established breakfast venues, and during the summer, that number rises as beach restaurants open.
The Breakfast Bistro's niche is that it offers low prices while serving up specialty fare such as a caprese eggs Benedict with tomato, mozzarella and basil, and a turkey, roasted red pepper and Asiago cheese sandwich.
Much of his business is take-out during the lunch hour, he said.
"I like to make stuff you wouldn't normally have at home," Bowden said. "Most people don't have Asiago cheese in their refrigerator."
Bowden and fiancee Brianne Carrier live in York and have children in the elementary schools.
During the busy weekends, Carrier works in the restaurant.
On weekday mornings, Bowden does it all himself, from welcoming customers to taking orders, cooking and busing tables.
"The biggest challenge is no employees," Bowden said. "Running a payroll is so expensive."
Bowden comes from a family that has run hotels, motels and restaurants in Maine and New Hampshire, including Portsmouth and Rochester, N.H.
He and his mother ran The Only Place restaurant in Hampton Beach, N.H., over the summer, he said.
He received a bachelor of science degree in economics and finance from Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.
"This is it," Bowden said of his career goals. "Everyone in the community has been so welcoming. More than anything about the hospitality business, it gets you connected to wherever you are."
The Breakfast Bistro is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, serving breakfast and lunch.
Delivery is available Monday through Thursday. Call (207) 475-7289.


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers right guard Davin Joseph suffered a season-ending knee injury during Friday night's 30-28 preseason victory over the New England Patriots, according to a source with knowledge of his condition.
Joseph, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, will be placed on injured reserve, meaning his 2012 season is over.
"It doesn't look good, but we'll get an evaluation (Saturday)," Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano said after the game, according to The Associated Press.
Schiano didn't elaborate on the injury, but Joseph tweeted that it could have been "worse."
Ted Larsen, a third-year veteran from North Carolina State, replaced Joseph after the injury.
Joseph sustained the injury when teammate Donald Penn blocked Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones into his leg.
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I still haven't gotten a chance to try my Fuse 18, almost 3 months with the kite and nothing, I think I ´ll call Guinness for this record.davesails7 wrote:I still haven't gotten a chance to try my Dyno LTD 17 (closer to 2013 Dyno than 2012 Dyno) back to back with my 2011 18m Dyno, but that quote about "needs skill" is what I'm seeing after riding the LTD a few times. You have to pay attention when it is light or its going down! I was always amazed how the 2011 would just hang in the sky on its own.
LTD is much faster turning and better relaunch without needing to use the 5th line.
Toby had said the 18m fuse low end didn't hold up to his 2011 Dynos. Did North lose the drawings for the 2011 Dyno or something?
Had seessions on12 and 14 but not with 18. The only time I flew it (out of water 5-6 knots) i had this same opnion "You have to pay attention when it is light or its going down! "
I think the translated review should be accurate, the kite wake-ups in 8 to 10 knots. So my sp3 21 won´t be retired.


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Acquisition Marries Pacific Press and Multipress
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Quality Products, Inc., parent company of hydraulic-press manufacturer Multipress, Columbus, OH, has acquired Pacific Press Technologies, Mt. Carmel, IL. Pacific Press manufactures high-tonnage presses as well as press brakes and shears. Multipress' lineup includes small- to midsized bench, floor, four-post and custom-engineered presses.
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Bikini clad Princess Leia spied shakin' booty in Star Wars game
I see you, baby, shaking that asteroid
With Kinect Star Wars launching in just over a month's time, more of the title's features have started to appear online. Here's a titbit that caught our eye: a video showing a bikini-clad Princess Leia being forced to strut her terpsichorean stuff for Jabba the Hutt in a Dance Central-like mini game.
Skip to 4m 40s during the zoom.in video below for a sneaky peak over the game's Galactic Dance-off mode:
Other confirmed features include Podracing, space battles, one-on-one lightsabre duels and Rancor Rampage - a chance to become the Rancor monster and wreck havoc.
LucasArts' Kinect Star Wars is released on 3 April. The fourth'll be strong with this one. Ahem. ®
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