text: Power Hour: Watch Out for Liens January 22, 2013 08:30 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email Agricultural supplier's liens can put farmers in a tough situation Matt Leavitt rented a coulter from an agricultural services company in Max, N.D., in the spring of 2011, agreeing to pay $10 per acre tilled. Field conditions allowed Leavitt to till only a portion of his 10,000 acres in nearby Renville County. "It was so wet, 90% of the ground in our county didn't get planted," he says. When he finished what he could, Leavitt called the equipment supplier to pick up the coulter. The coulter had a counter that recorded revolutions to count acres, and that number (1,700 acres) was turned in to the supplier. A few weeks later, Leavitt got a bill for use on 4,200 acres—more than twice the actual number. Leavitt sent a payment of $17,000, but the agricultural services firm kept pushing for another $25,000. "Then the company filed a crop lien against me, which cost $15 to file and no requirement of proof that I owe money," Leavitt says. Lien Law. The lien that Leavitt refers to is called an agricultural supplier's lien. "These are very powerful liens, and they've been in North Dakota for 20 years," says John Foster, a partner with Zimney Foster in Grand Forks, N.D., and a law professor at the University of North Dakota. "The lien has a super priority. The only person who can get a higher priority is an agricultural processor. Just about every farm state has a similar lien, but North Dakota's is one of the strongest." The North Dakota Century Code states: "Any person who furnishes supplies used in the production of crops, agricultural products, or livestock is entitled to a lien upon the crops, products produced by the use of the supplies, and livestock and their products including milk." According to North Dakota code, the lien must be filed within 120 days of the first day the service is provided. Some states require a hearing prior to a lien being filed, and some states also require that a notice of lien be filed, which lets other businesses know there is a lien on the property. Once a lien is filed, the lien holder is the first to get paid. In Leavitt's case, because the lien was in dispute, the elevator held back Leavitt's crop payments totaling $650,000. The cost for Leavitt to stand firm was therefore far higher than the $25,000 in dispute. He had to take out an operating loan that had interest payments of $12,000, and he eventually paid $10,000 of the disputed sum to get the lien released. "We just cut our losses," Leavitt says. If opportunity costs are factored in, Leavitt estimates, his losses soar to more than $300,000. The cost of fertilizer alone jumped $200,000 from the time Leavitt would have purchased his fertilizer needs, had he received payment for his crops in time. To prevent having crop revenue tied up for months, producers in similar situations basically have three choices, Foster says. First, they can pay the money in dispute to get the lien lifted. Second, they can try to prove the lien is unfounded. And third, they can hire an attorney and have the disputed sum placed into an escrow account with the court. The court then holds the money until the dispute is settled. "If you win, the money is yours. If the lien holder wins, the money is his," Foster adds. But crop revenues won't be held back. Leavitt either tried or considered trying all of the things Foster recommends, but says fighting the lien was costly and time-consuming due to delays with general trial procedure and court scheduling. The North Dakota law has never been challenged at the state Supreme Court level. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, ruled in Connecticut v. Doehr that a lien cannot be placed on real estate without prior notice and opportunity for a hearing. That case does not apply to a lien placed on crop proceeds. "While liens have their place, they are easily abused and can violate anyone's rights to due process," says Ashley Gulke, Leavitt's wife and an attorney with Gulke Group, Chicago. "These laws need to be amended." For state-by-state lien laws, see http://nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/agliens/index.html Back to news


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As practitioners in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other allied health professions move into management positions, they increasingly find that their professional education has not prepared them for their new managerial responsibilities. Tasks such as leading people, developing programs, creating budgets, analyzing information, and planning strategic objectives are essential to those positions but are typically outside the practice of experienced healthcare professionals. The curriculum of Chatham's MBA Healthcare Management concentration is dedicated to helping practitioners strengthen their business acumen while preparing business professionals to succeed in management and executive roles in the healthcare field. This program helps students develop a better understanding of the larger health care environment to deal with the rapid changes that are taking place in the field while providing the important, and in some cases necessary, credentials for upward mobility in the healthcare arena.
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Captain's ReportSylvan 1600 Pro SportBy Capt. Rob SmithSylvan is known among serious aluminum boat fishing fans for delivering wide casting platforms, rod and tackle storage and fishability beyond expectation. They are also known for building boats that take the punishment of serious anglers who are not afraid to get into the difficult reaches for that trophy fish. The 1600 Pro Sport is no exception.At the BowOur 1600 Pro Sport was outfitted with a Minn Kota PD55 Power Drive Trolling Motor with tethered foot control to help you slip into the skinny water. The full function power panel in the bow had a battery control panel, additional 12-volt connection for a portable GPS or to power a bubbler for an extra bait bucket and a main motor trim switch. The panel also has a courtesy light to illuminate the bow at night or early morning. The anchor locker has the bow light clipped on the lid to make sure you can find it easily when you need it. Your favorite lures can be handy if you keep them in the two tackle boxes stored in the front of the helm. I really like having a cord pass-through in the front of the helm to connect up the charger when I put the boat away at night. The trolling motor batteries were in the centerline locker at the bow, keeping the weight distributed over the keel. You can set up a seat in the bow casting deck. High-tech livewells are in the bow and the stern so two anglers can get their bait without having to leave their casting station.Roomy CockpitMoving into the cockpit, you step through the full-framed windshield with center walk-through. You have lots of seating room in the 1600. Six seat positions mean you can set this one up any way you prefer and make just about anyone happy. Seat backs fold down to keep a low profile in your garage and reduce windage when towing. The companion station is well protected from spray and wind with a high windshield. A deep padded glove box should keep you wallets, glasses and lotions handy and dry. One of the two speakers is in the side panel along with a safety grab handle. The cockpit is designed with good toe-kick space for balance while fishing or moving about the deck. The port side has rod storage and the starboard side has open slash pocket storage in the side.Helm HighlightsThe helm has a padded tilt wheel for maximum comfort when driving. Analog gauges were spread over two tiers for best view and included fuel, voltage, tachometer and trouble lights. A Lowrance X52 fit nicely to the right of the gauge set. The Seaworthy stereo provided nice sounds and also had an MP3 player input so you could bring along your tunes. The charging system fits underneath the helm. At the SternMoving on back to the stern, jump seats make simple work of adding a few more seats for guests. When strictly fishing, leave them behind in the garage for more room and less weight to haul. The vinyl flooring makes quick work of cleaning up after a hard day of fishing, and the snap-in carpet cushions bare feet when just cruising and swimming. Beneath the port seat is the aft livewell and under the starboard seat is the cranking battery. A casting seat post base is in the aft section for a casting chair.Specs and PerformanceThe Sylvan 1600 Pro Sport measures 16'6" length overall and 88" across the stable beam. She tips the scales at 1,080 lbs. dry weight without engine and has a fuel capacity of 24 gallons. She is rated to carry a maximum weight of 1300 lbs. with engine, people and gear. The 1600 Pro Sport delivered a nimble ride with good handling characteristics both around the docks and at various speeds. She is impressively quiet for an aluminum boat. She does have a lot of bow rise out of the hole. With hydraulic steering, she was stiff when turning. Our test boat was powered with a Suzuki DF90TLK outboard. I found her top speed to reach 38.1 mph and her cruise speed to be around 26 mph. At cruise you can expect to get about 158 miles on a full tank of fuel.
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- Top speed for the Sylvan 1600 Pro Sport is 38.1 mph (61.3 kph), burning 6.7 gallons per hour (gph) or 25.36 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Sylvan 1600 Pro Sport is 26.0 mph (41.8 kph), and the boat gets 7.31 miles per gallon (mpg) or 3.11 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 158 miles (254.28 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 90-hp Suzuki Outboard.
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'South Park' Creators Explain the Power of Farts in The Stick of Truth
The teams at Obsidian Entertainment and Parker-Stone Studios are hard at work trying trying to add last minute bits of satire and retro role-playing game mechanics into South Park: The Stick of Truth. Both studios have been going through a Kenny-amount of punishment in order to make The Stick of Truth look and feel like the show as much as possible.
Obsidian Entertainment is known for its success in making sequels for licensed properties, such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, which would make them taking up 'South Park' one Hankey of a task. Luckily, Matt Stone, Trey Parker and the team at Parker-Stone Studios are willing to help make The Stick of Truth live up to our expectations, no matter how absurd they might be (please include Mecha-Streisand and Cthulhu).
In this recent behind the scenes video, the duo behind 'South Park' specifically sought out development companies in order to make The Stick of Truth happen. Based on current gen technology, Parker and Stone wanted to make sure that the development team of the game had the capabilities to make The Stick of Truth look as accurate and true to the show as possible. The voices of Cartman and the boys go on to explain that while titles revolve around becoming stronger, such as Infamous' focus on growth with lightning powers, The Stick of Truth is oriented towards the power of farts and using the analog sticks to simulate random acts of flatulence.
Be ready for Butters the Paladin, Princess Kenny and the rest of the boys when South Park: The Stick of Truth comes out on March 4 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


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Big Things Come in Small Packages
Kevin McKenzie
Once upon a time there was a boy named Ken who was always shorter than the other kids he grew up with in his village. His whole life the kids at school would make fun of his height, telling him he was too small to do anything. He was always picked last in everything. The worst of the bullies was Seth, who constantly would push, and hit Ken everywhere he went. Seth had a group of friends who liked to gang up on the tiny Ken. Every single day they would steal the lunch his mom made him, knock him down onto the dirt and then continuously hit and kicked him until he would bleed. No one would help Ken because they were greatly out numbered, and Seth and his gang was far too powerful for anyone to want to mess with. So Ken was left alone day after day, beating after beating.
This caused Ken to not have any friends, except his dear mother, whom he spent just about all of his free time with. His mother was his best friend, and his mentor. She kept telling Ken that he was short for a reason, and that someday his height would prove to be valuable. Her message was that he must practice patience, because one day he would see that his small stature would prove to be beneficial.
Every night Ken would have dreams about being the tallest man in the world, overpowering anyone that came within sight of him. He dreamed that one day he would be so big that he would go up to Seth and his gang, and push them all off the nearby cliff. All of these dreams of revenge only began to wear on Ken, because he realized that they were just dreams, and that there was no way he would ever grow to be the tallest or most powerful man in the world. In fact, he got so frustrated that he began to not sleep, because he did not want to have these dreams only to get his hopes up when they never came true.
Meanwhile, there was a huge dragon named Orgas that came back to life after the evil god of the underworld decided it was time to try to take back the world that he thought he deserved.
This dragon is part human, which means that he is very smart as well as powerful. The god of the underworld used to be a god of the heavens, but he became very greedy and tried to take over the heavens himself. The other gods revolted against him and sent him down under ground. From there, the only people he ruled were the worst humans on earth that could not get into heaven. For thousands of years, the god of the underworld was working on bringing the biggest, most powerful dragon to ever live back to life, in order to hold the world hostage, and take back the heavens as he originally wished.
The gods of the heavens had no idea that this was going on, and didn't know it was possible to bring back the powerful dragon known as Orgas. The gods of the heavens destroyed all the dragons millions of years ago, and after all the wars and battles, the gods vowed never step foot on Earth again. The evil god of the underworld knew this, and devised a plan to bring Orgas back to life. The gods of the heavens could not defeat Orgas, because they are not allowed to step foot back on Earth ever again. The main god of the heavens, Tim, was approached by another god who presented the news of Orgas coming back to life and coming back up to Earth. Tim was frightened and knew they were in deep trouble. They tried desperately to come up with a plan to save the Earth from being taken over by the god of the underworld, but it proved to be a difficult task. The dragon Orgas is already just as powerful as the gods, except he is on Earth. The gods have no way of fighting the dragon because they are not allowed on Earth.
After hours of thinking, Tim finally thought of the only plan he could come up with. Long ago, after all the dragons were defeated, the gods hid a secret potion that had the ability to make someone the most powerful person on the Earth. However, if the most powerful person on Earth happens to drink to potion, it instantly turns them into the weakest person on Earth. So Tim decided to recruit a human to track down this potion, sneak into where the dragon was going to be sleeping, and poison it in order to defeat it. There was one problem with this. The potion was hid in a place where not many people could get to because it was in such a small cave. If Tim was to recruit a human, he needed someone who was small, agile, and quick in case he had to run away from the dragon, and smart in order to find the potion.
Tim and the rest of the gods took days of trying to recruit the best candidate for this very important job. It wasn't easy to choose someone, because the person they chose would be in charge of trying to save the world, so they needed to make sure this person was worthy and capable of performing such a task. The gods became restless and worried after four days of not being able to find anyone. On the fifth day, they looked upon the small village where Ken lived. This was the last place they could check, because they looked everywhere else and they did not have much time to waste. The longer they waited, the more time it gave the god of the underworld time to devise a plan for Orgas to take over the world. So if they did not find a candidate in this village, the whole world was doomed.
The gods looked upon the village and saw near the school a group of boys round house kicking a small boy in the face. The gang of boys continued to beat down the little boy for hours. When the fights finally stopped, the small boy got up and walked away without a tear rolling down his face, or any look of defeat in his eyes. It was in this moment that the gods new they had the right person. They found out the boys name was Ken, and that he was frequently bullied and beat up. The gods liked this about him, because they figured that Ken would not be afraid of much considering he got beat up basically every day of his life. The also liked the fact that Ken was used to getting absolutely demolished by biggest humans, showing that Ken showed resilience. The gods watched as Ken sprinted home to his mother after getting beat up again, and they were amazed with the speed in which he ran.
After Ken was done eating dinner and playing games with his mother, the gods decided that it was time to confront Ken and let him know what lies ahead of him in his near future. Tim called to Ken from heaven and said, "Ken, this is Tim, head of the gods of heaven. I come to you to let you know we have chosen you to save the world". Tim informed Ken of the situation with the dragon Orgas, and told him about the potion that is hidden in the woods near Ken's village. He further explained that they chose him because they needed someone small enough to fit into the cave to get the potion.
Ken was confused and scared and told Tim, "You have the wrong person for this job! I am small and have never been good at anything in my life. How do you expect me to be in charge of saving the entire world if I cannot even defend myself from Seth and all of his gang members?" Tim responded by saying "You need to have confidence in yourself. You are short, but there is a reason for everything and now you can finally use your small height to your advantage, and for the world." Ken was satisfied and knew that he had to be successful in this mission. After all, he couldn't let his mother down.
Ken went out to find the potion the next morning. He spent all day walking through the woods, remembering the directions that the gods told him in order to find the potion. After hours of walking, Ken was exhausted and didn't know how much longer he could take it. He thought he was for sure lost and never to be found when all of a sudden he came upon a small cave that looked exactly like the one the gods described for him. Ken got down on his knees and began to crawl through the cave. The gods were right; they definitely needed someone small enough to fit through the cave, and Ken was the perfect size for once. After a couple minutes of crawling Ken approached a glass bottle that contained a red liquid that lit up in the bottle. This was the potion! Ken had finally found what was needed in order to defeat Orgas the dragon!
As Ken held the bottle he began to think. If he drank the potion, it would make him the biggest and most powerful man in the world. He would still be able to defeat the dragon, except he would live the rest of his life as the tallest and most feared person on Earth. Ken lifted the bottle to his lips, and was inches away from drinking the potion. Then suddenly Ken realized this was not what he wanted to do. In that moment, he realized he was proud of his height. It was his height that allowed him to get into the cave the retrieve the potion that would save the world. He immediately lowered the potion and was extremely happy with himself for once.
At that instant, Ken left the cave with the potion, and began his trek to find Orgas the dragon in order to poison him. It took Ken three days to reach where Orgas the dragon was, and by this time, Orgas had destroyed four villages already. Ken needed to make his move quickly so he could save as many villages as possible. The gods told Ken where the dragon would be sleeping that night, and Ken watched for hours to make sure that Orgas was asleep.
When the time was right, Ken made his move to approach the dragon. Orgas was sleeping heavily, and snoring with his mouth open. This was perfect for Ken because he could simply pour the potion right into the dragon's mouth. Ken was so small that he could climb up on Orgas without waking him. He reached the mouth and poured the potion in. In that instant, Orgas woke up quickly with an angry look. Just as he was about to kill Ken, Orgas shrunk into a little lizard. Ken stomped on the lizard with his foot and threw him into the fire. Ken saved the world! It was finally over with!
The gods called down to Ken to congratulate him on his accomplishments. Tim called down to Ken and said, "What was even more amazing was that you had the honor to not use the potion yourself when you were in the cave. This shows loyalty and honor and you deserve to live the rest of your life happily ever after". Tim told Ken that he would grant any wish that he had to come true. Ken thought about asking to become tall, but he decided once again that he loved being short. So, after a lot of thought, Ken told Tim "I wish that you turn Seth and all of his friends into fat kids."
It was done. Ken lived the rest of his life living in the village as a hero, and making fun of Seth and his gang for being the fat kids in the village. Seth and his gang eventually got bullied out of the village and have never been seen again. Ken got married to the best looking girl in the village, and they lived happily ever after.
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What causes leaf curl on tomato plants?
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Cause of Tomato Leaf Curl
Symptoms / Characteristics: The rolling or curling of tomato leaves can be a symptom of environmental stress, herbicide damage or viral infection.
Physiological leaf roll may be associated with environmental stresses such as excess moisture, excess nitrogen, and transplant shock. Leaf roll may also be related to moisture conservation during periods of extreme heat and drought. Improper cultural practices such as severe pruning and root damage during cultivation can also cause leaf roll symptoms. Physiological leaf roll involves an initial upward cupping of the leaves, followed by an inward roll. In severe cases, the leaves roll up until the leaflets overlap. Symptomatic leaves become thickened and leathery. Symptoms typically appear first in lower leaves but may spread to the entire plant, depending on the severity of the condition. Leaf roll is more commonly associated with staking varieties of tomato, such as "Early Girl" and "Big Boy", rather than bush types. In most cases, the condition is temporary and will have little or no affect on plant growth or fruit production.
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In addition, these forms have not yet been formatted for electronic filing and, if e-filed, may be rejected by the court. Unrepresented litigants are not required to use electronic filing and these forms may be filed on paper.
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The Indiana Coalition for Court Access has a new website for Hoosiers to get help with civil cases.
Form packets for divorce, child support, name change, contempt, continuance, and fee waiver have moved to Indianalegalhelp.org
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A petition for a protection order, no contact order, or restraining order may be filed online from the comfort and privacy of a domestic violence shelter.
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Damages in a small claims case are limited to $8,000. Marion County is the only county with special small claims courts, and the rules for small claims in Marion County differ from those in the rest of the state.
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paulg66 needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
I would like artwork for a business card. This design will be etched on metal plates, and the manufacturing company has specific artwork guidelines that must be met.
I'd like to have metal business cards made by this company:
To see some examples of their cards, check out this page:
For their layout and design guidelines, see these pages:
These business cards will be used to promote my site, productlaunchsupport.com . . .
My initial idea for a design would be to have an etching of a space shuttle launch, with my name/contact information next to the etching.
However, I am open to other ideas -- anything that will visually promote the idea of a "launch" (a product launch is a marketing event that results in a very high volume of sales in a very short period of time).
Note that because of the process being used, these business cards can have cutouts (shapes, letters, etc. defined by an absence of metal) -- these would make the card more memorable.
As an example, look at this card:
So one idea I had was for the space shuttle to be inside a cutout area . . . but I'm not sure how you'd do this and also evoke the mental image of it "launching" . . .
The design must have a "launch" theme -- it must evoke images of something "lifting off" or "exploding upward". For my services I offer technical support for product launches -- this needs to be implied from the graphic design.
If your design is chosen (wins the contest), you must be able to supply the files required by the manufacturing company. See this URL for details:
The graphics design will need to allow room for my name, email address, web URL, and phone number.
I'd really like the design to include a cutout if you can find a way to make it work . . .
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Earlier this week I unveiled the recipe I make nearly every morning: The Goji Power Elixir. Well, if there is one drink that is even more therapeutic (yet recommended for daily consumption) and deliciously goji berry-ific, it's my Goji Ginger Soda Pop recipe – but don't worry, this is sugar-free, nearly-non-glycemic, diabetic-safe, sustainably mood-lifting, immune-strengthening, seriously energizing, effervescent (fizzy!) pure goodness…**
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Implant your gut with approximately 1 trillion immune-strengthening, digestive boosting probiotic bacteria
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Be sharable with family, friends and kids because it tastes like gourmet soda
Goji Ginger Soda Pop
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2-3 teaspoons Longevity Power Goji Joy – for deeply nutritive, immune system, happiness, antioxidant, complete protein goodness with 12X the power of whole dried goji berries**
1/4 teaspoon or so stevia extract powder, to taste (My favorite most mellow flavored stevia extract powder is the NOW Better Stevia brand)
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly micro-planed/grated ginger
3-5 drops organic orange extract liquid, to taste
2-4 teaspoons fresh Aloe Vera inner gel, to taste
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Strain through a nut mylk bag to remove the ginger bits, into a medium-sized bowl. Transfer from the bowl into glassware of choice. May your day sparkle with magnificent health!
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WHEREAS, through the enactment of Federal legislation the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1958 was approved, and
WHEREAS, by such act additional Federal funds were made available to the several States for highway improvement provided such States furnish matching funds therefor, and
WHEREAS, the availability of the aforementioned Federal funds could not be anticipated at the time that the requirements for highway improvements for the current biennium were established by the State Highway Department with the result that funds provided for highway purposes during the 119th Session of the General Assembly will not suffice to match the additional Federal funds tentatively allocated to the State of Delaware, and
WHEREAS, the benefits of the additional Federal funds cannot be realized unless matching funds are made available by the State of Delaware,
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, (three-fourths of all Members elected to each House concurring therein):
Section 1. The Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer of the State of Delaware, herein sometimes referred to as the ISSUING OFFICERS, shall borrow upon the faith and credit of the State of Delaware a sum of money not in excess of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000), which shall be used for the purpose of construction and reconstruction of roads, highways, and bridges, and to provide buildings required by any division of the State Highway Department and for the acquisition of land, rights-of-way, and the surveying, grading, and landscaping thereof, and for the costs of labor, material, equipment, supplies and for dams, locks, sewers, water mains, and underpasses incidental and necessary to the foregoing; and the ISSUING OFFICERS shall sell, execute and deliver bonds in conformity with the provisions of this Act to an amount not to exceed the said sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000). The bonds may be issued all at one time or from time to time, in such series and amounts as the ISSUING OFFICERS shall determine to be required, subject to the provisions contained in this Act, and with the proviso that such bonds shall be sold, executed and delivered prior to 31 December 1959. Said sum of money may be borrowed and said bonds. may be issued in addition to any sums authorized to be borrowed or bonds authorized to be issued for the purposes hereinbefore described by any other law now in effect.
Section 2. In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the ISSUING OFFICERS may issue and sell notes of the State of Delaware at either public or private sale for not less than par and accrued interest. They may be renewed from time to time by the issuance and sale of new notes, but all such notes shall mature and be paid not later than December 31, 1959. The total amount of said notes outstanding at any one time, together with the total amount of said bonds theretofore issued, shall not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).
Said notes may be redeemed at par and accrued interest prior to their maturity if the right of the State to do so shall have been reserved by an express provision in the notes. The principal of said notes shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds or notes.
Section 3. The bonds and notes issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be direct general obligations of the State, and the public faith and credit of the State of Delaware are hereby expressly pledged for the full and complete payment of the debt, principal and interest by this Act authorized, of the bonds and notes hereby authorized to be issued and the coupons thereto attached, and the said bonds and notes shall be exempt from taxation by the State or any political subdivisions thereof for any purpose.
Section 4. The said bonds and notes shall recite that they are issued for the purposes set forth in Section 1 of this Act, that they are issued in pursuance of this Act and the Constitution of this State, and upon the sale and delivery of any such bond or note, such recitals shall be conclusive upon the State of Delaware and all and every other person whatsoever of the right, power and authority for the issuance of said bonds or notes and the legality and validity of such bonds or notes and of the principal debt and interest represented thereby, and the legality and validity of such bonds or notes thereafter shall never be questioned in any court of law or equity by the State of Delaware or any person or persons for its use or in its behalf, and the provision shall be and become part of the contract and obligation represented by any such bonds or notes.
Section 5. The bonds issued under the authority of this Act shall be in denominations of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or multiple thereof, as shall be decided by the ISSUING OFFICERS, or the majority of them, with coupons thereto attached for each half year's interest thereon. The said bonds shall be numbered consecutively, and shall bear such dates as the ISSUING OFFICERS shall fix and shall bear interest at such rate as shall be determined by the bid accepted by the ISSUING OFFICERS, which interest shall be payable semi-annually in each year that such bonds remain unpaid, at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, upon presentation of a coupon representing such semi-annual interest.
Said bonds shall be in such form and may contain such other and further recital and be subject to such terms and conditions, with such privileges as to registration, conversion, reconversion, redemption and exchange, and may contain such other provisions as may be determined by said ISSUING OFFICERS.
The said bonds shall mature as the ISSUING OFFICERS may determine; provided, however, that the principal amount of said bonds, or any series thereof, shall be made to mature fully within twenty (20) years from the date of issue thereof.
The said bonds shall be executed on behalf of the State of Delaware by the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer and shall have the impression of the Great Seal of the State thereon. The signatures of the Governor and the Secretary of State may be engraved or printed on such bonds, but the signature of the State Treasurer shall be in his own proper handwriting.
Attached interest coupons shall bear the signature of the State Treasurer which may be engraved, printed or written on such coupons. The coupons attached to each bond shall bear the same number as the bond to which they are attached.
The said bonds, with the coupons attached, may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officers executing them in the manner herein provided shall have ceased to hold office at the time of such issue or at the time of the delivery of the said bonds.
Section 6. For the purpose of designation and identification, any bond issued under the authority of this Act shall be known and styled "SUPPLEMENTARY STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENT BOND OF 1959."
Section 7. The said bonds, as well as the interest coupons thereto attached, shall be issued in such form or forms as the ISSUING OFFICERS may adopt.
It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to provide a record of the proper size and form to be retained in his office, in which he shall keep a record of all bonds which shall be paid and redeemed according to the number thereof, and in addition thereto, he shall cause any such bond to be cancelled by making lines with red ink through the signatures of the Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer, and also by writing across the face thereof in red ink the following:
This bond paid and redeemed this ______ day of ______, A.D. 19___ .
State Treasurer
As the said coupons are paid, it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to mark the same in red ink across the face "Paid." All bonds paid and redeemed, as well as all coupons paid and cancelled as aforesaid, shall be safely kept by the State Treasurer so long as any bond authorized by this Act is unpaid and not redeemed.
Section 8. Whenever the bonds authorized by this Act may be issued in conformity with the provisions of this Act, the Issuing Officers are hereby directed to advertise that they will receive bids at such place or places that may be named in said advertisement for such bonds under such regulations as may be made in the discretion of the Issuing Officers. Sufficient notice of sale of said bonds shall be deemed to have been given if said notice shall have been published at least once, ten or more days before the date of sale in at least one newspaper published in the State of Delaware and in a financial Journal published in the City of New York, and no other publication of such notice of sale shall be necessary; and said bonds may be sold upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such notice of sale, provided that the purchase price shall be not less than par and accrued interest. If any of said bonds so offered for sale are not bid for, or if any insufficient price be bid for them, they may be subsequently disposed of under the direction of the Issuing Officers at private sale upon the best terms they can obtain for the same, provided that they shall not be sold at private sale for less than par and accrued interest.
Section 9. All moneys received from the sale of said bonds or notes shall be deposited by the State Treasurer in the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware at Dover, and shall be used exclusively in accordance with the provisions of this Act and for the purpose of paying the principal of notes issued under this Act.
In addition to any moneys appropriated by any other Act there is appropriated to the State Highway Department the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) or so much thereof as shall be received from the sale of the bonds and notes authorized hereby, which shall be used for the purposes set forth herein. Any of said funds remaining unexpended at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain in said account to be used for the purposes set forth in this Act.
Section 10. There is appropriated from the General Fund such sums as may be necessary for the expenses incident to the issuance of the bonds and notes herein authorized, and such further sums as may be necessary to pay any interest which become due on such bonds and notes during the biennium ending June 30, 1959, and such further sums as may be necessary for the repayment of the principal of any of the said bonds which become due during the biennium ending June 30, 1959. Vouchers for the payment of the expenses incident to the issuance of bonds and notes and for interest and repayment of said notes shall be signed by the Secretary of State, by and with the approval of the Issuing Officers. Any moneys received from the premium and accrued interest on the sale of said bonds shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund.
Section 11. The Budget Appropriation Bill which shall be enacted and approved by the General Assembly at the 120th Session and each and every subsequent biennial Session thereof, shall contain under the Debt Service Item provisions for the payment of interest and principal maturities of said bonds issued under the authority of this Act, and such of the revenues of the State of Delaware as are not prohibited by constitutional provision or committed by preceding statutes for other purposes are hereby pledged for the redemption and cancellation of said bonds and payment of interest thereon.
Section 12. This is an emergency enactment to secure matching funds from the Federal Government.
Approved March 31, 1959.


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Google employees knew that the company's Street View cars were scraping a plethora of personal information from private Wi-Fi networks over a two-year period, a full Federal Communications Commission report on the matter shows. The revelation flies in the face of Google's earlier claims that the collection of such information, which included emails and text messages, was an unknown accident.
On Sunday, Google released the FCC's report on the matter, which shows that an engineer behind the Street View code not only knew about the software's ability to collect "payload data" — communication data sent over the Internet — from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks, but told two colleagues, including a senior manager, that he had designed program to do so.
Despite this blatant admission, the FCC still questions whether other engineers involved in the Street View project knew about the data scraping. However, the report shows that the engineer in question turned over a report to the Street View team in October 2006, which explicitly stated that Google would be collecting the the payload data. Those involved said they did not read the document, and thus were not aware of the data logging.
Google has said repeatedly that the collection of such data was "inadvertent."
"For more than two years, Google's Street View cars collected names, addresses, telephone numbers, URLs, passwords, email, text messages, medical records, video and audio files, and other information from internet users in the United States," the report says.
The FCC claims that Google purposefully withheld the email in which the engineer who wrote the code discusses the data collection capabilities with the senior manager. Last week, the FCC announced that Google must pay a $25,000 fine — almost nothing for a company with a recently quarterly net income of $2.89 billion — for obstructing the investigation by holding back information from the FCC. Google says that it did not authorize the data collection. And the FCC maintains that Google did not break any laws.
""The record also shows that Google's supervision of the Wi-Fi data collection project was minimal … indeed, it appears that no one at the company carefully reviewed the substance of Engineer Doe's software code or the design document," the report says.
The FCC originally released its report on the matter two weeks ago, but it was heavily redacted. The version of the report Google released only censored the names of Google employees.
"We decided to voluntarily make the entire document available except for the names of individuals. While we disagree with some of the statements made in the document, we agree with the FCC's conclusion that we did not break the law. We hope that we can now put this matter behind us," a Google spokesman told the Guardian in a statement.
The FCC investigation began in 2010, after the Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation in the matter. At the time, Google said that, "As soon as we realized what had happened, we stopped collecting all Wi-Fi data from our Street View cars and immediately informed the authorities." Google also said that it "never used the payload data in any of [its] products and services."
While Google surely wants to move past the controversy, it is unlikely to be able to do so. A number of privacy advocacy groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), have requested further investigation into the matter.
"Google's rogue engineer scenario collapses in light of the fact that others were aware of the project and did not object," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of EPIC, in an interview with The New York Times. "This is what happens in the absence of enforcement and the absence of regulation."
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Earlier today, Mitt Romney spoke at Warsaw University. The New York Times aptly described Romney's speech as "lyrical," as he talked about freedom and about the shared history of Poland and the United States. Having essentially been endorsed by Lech Walesa, Romney recalled the glory days of Solidarity in the 1980s:
In a turbulent world, Poland stands as an example and defender of freedom.
Only last month, in Gdansk, a sculpture was unveiled of President Reagan and John Paul the Second. As President Walesa told a reporter, "Reagan should have a monument in every city."
Czeslaw Nowak, recalled the days in 1981 when he, Walesa, and others were imprisoned by the communist regime. Just when it felt like they might be forgotten by the world, the captives learned that in the White House, the President of the United States was lighting candles. It was a demonstration of unity with them – a sign of solidarity. "When Reagan lit the candles," Mr. Nowak recalled, "we knew we had a friend in the United States."
But the substantive heart of Romney's speech was his praise for the free-market path that Poland has chosen after experiencing the nightmare of socialism:
Perhaps because here in Poland centralized control is no distant memory, you have brought a special determination to securing a free and prosperous economy. When the Soviet Empire breathed its last, Poland's economy was in a state of perpetual crisis. When economists analyzed it from abroad, one heard talk of the prospect of starvation in major cities.
But from the depths of those dark times, this nation's steady rise is a shining example of the prosperity that economic opportunity can bring. Your nation has moved from a state monopoly over the economy, price controls, and severe trade restrictions to a culture of entrepreneurship, greater fiscal responsibility, and international trade. As a result, your economy has experienced positive growth in each of the last twenty years. In that time, you have doubled the size of your economy. The private sector has gone from a mere 15 percent of the economy to 65 percent. And while other nations fell into recession in recent years, you weathered the storm and continued to flourish.
When economists speak of Poland today, it is not to lament chronic problems, but to describe how this nation empowered the individual, lifted the heavy hand of government, and became the fastest-growing economy in all of Europe.
Yesterday, one of your leaders shared with me an economic truth that has been lost in much of the world: "It is simple. You don't borrow what you cannot pay back."
The world should pay close attention to the transformation of Poland's economy. A march toward economic liberty and smaller government has meant a march toward higher living standards, a strong military that defends liberty at home and abroad, and an important and growing role on the international stage.
Rather than heeding the false promise of a government-dominated economy, Poland sought to stimulate innovation, attract investment, expand trade, and live within its means. Your success today is a reminder that the principles of free enterprise can propel an economy and transform a society.
With the U.S. at a crossroads, Romney is right to remind not just Poles, but American voters that the alternative to free enterprise is poverty and oppression.
As I wrote yesterday, Romney's seven-day overseas trip has been successful, but its press coverage has been almost bizarrely hostile. I couldn't find anything in today's speech out of which reporters can gin up a controversy, but no doubt they will try.
On Fox News this morning, Romney responded to the skewed press coverage of his trip:


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When learning about probability we use Revels. Yes, the chocolates. The whole brand of Revels is about which flavour you will eat, the likelihood of getting one you don't like and hoping for your favourite. That's probability in the 'real world' of a Key Stage Two child!
Step one is to introduce the children to the language of probability and particularly why it's important to be careful when using 'certain', 'impossible' or 'even chance'. Do 'Play Your Cards Right', coin toss and other examples if needed. Then go back to discuss the likelihood of getting a certain flavour when selecting a Revel. We found the children expected there would be equal chances of picking out each flavour. We have used some of the Revels TV commercials to further explain the marketing behind this product:
We placed a packed of revels on each table to be shared between 6 to 8 children. Now, in order to be able to state the probability of getting a certain flavour we need to find out if the Revel flavours are evenly distributed. Well, there's only one way to find out! Next, comes eating and tallying. The children eat the revels and tally the total amount of each flavour eaten.
Gather the information from each table about how many of each flavour were in their packs. This now offers the opportunity to calculate some averages. For example, Toffee: 7, 8, 9, 9, 14. From this data the mean, median, mode and range for each flavour per packet can be calculated, then maybe even converted into percentages.
It now becomes apparent that the spread of flavours is NOT equal and in fact quite consistently biased towards one flavour! In addition to this the range can be quite broad from one packed to another. After looking at the data and discussing what it shows we wrote letters to Mars (address is on the packet) and hope to get a response from them. The letters offered a link to our persuasive writing topic and involved the children needing to include data to back up their arguments.
A fun filled lesson or two. The children learned a lot about probability and also had the opportunity to write to a real company about their findings.
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BoCo, LLC is satisfying Robbinsville, North Carolina, residents' craving for Bojangles' world-famous chicken, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits, and Legendary Iced Tea with the opening of its restaurant on Tuesday, October 16, 2012.
Bojangles' attracts customers with its proprietary, made-from-scratch fare, offering a flavor profile unlike anything on the market and breakfast served all day.
The menu features southern classics with Bojangles' one-of-a kind flavors, including fresh, never frozen, hand-breaded chicken, buttermilk biscuits, sandwiches, flavorful fixin's, and Legendary Iced Tea steeped the old-fashioned way.
"We are thrilled to open a Bojangles' restaurant in our hometown of Robbinsville and serve residents of the local community a delicious, satisfying meal," says Eve Davis Whitaker, co-owner of BoCo, LLC. "Bojangles' is sure to impress new and longtime fans of the brand, and we look forward to offering the most flavorful chicken and biscuits in town."
Robbinsville's Bojangles' features drive-thru and in-store dining beginning with breakfast and continuing through dinner late into the evening.
Spanning 3,800 square feet, the location carries on the Bojangles' warm, family-friendly tradition in a spacious environment. The restaurant can seat up to 78 guests and offers free WiFi, as well as two flat-screen televisions.
The unique interior and exterior design enhancements reflect Bojangles' shift towards fast-casual dining, blending quick service with a casual-dining atmosphere.
The new restaurant also significantly contributes to the local economic landscape through investment dollars, construction projects, and job creation, employing approximately 35 local residents.
"We feel strongly about doing our part to help our hometown of Robbinsville grow and to create jobs and career opportunities for local residents," Whitaker adds.
This is the first restaurant under the BoCo, LLC ownership group, comprised of Eve Whitaker; her parents, Tom and Kaye Davis; and brothers, Tommy Davis and Stuart Davis.
In addition to owning a Bojangles' restaurant, the Davis family co-owns an Ace Hardware franchise with two other families in Robbinsville, which they have operated for the past 37 years.
Whitaker's father, Tom, previously owned a set of Ford dealerships in the area as well. The Davis family is also very active in the local community. Whitaker's mother, Kaye, taught for more than 20 years in the Graham County School District and was recognized with the Graham County Citizen of the Year Award.
Tom served on the corporate board of the United Community Bank for 10 years and the North Carolina Board of Transportation for four years.
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When its parishioners first began meeting, St. Mark Presbyterian Church lacked a house of worship.
The 60 or so congregants moved eight times in the span of two years, starting out at what is now the Oasis Senior Center. They worshiped in the Little Theater at Corona del Mar High School for a month, later taking refuge in the campus shop-class space, where the church organ shared space with driver's-education cars.
All that moving around led some to dub the nomadic faithful the peripatetic Presbyterians.
Each time a new location was selected, a member would direct lost worshipers from the last temporary space to the new one.
"It was a very fluid situation," said interim Pastor Curtis Webster "almost week to week, in terms of where they were going to meet next."
On Dec. 2, 1962, the peripatetic Presbyterians became permanent Presbyterians, meeting at the Sea Byrd Restaurant in Newport Dunes, having a regular pastor and ordained deacons and elders for the first time. The day coincided with Advent, when Christians plan ahead for the Christmas season.
"It really kind of fell when the process was completed," Webster said. "Symbolically, it just lines up beautifully. None of us can take credit for it. Maybe it's a God thing. I don't know."
At 9:30 a.m. Sunday, St. Mark Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 50th anniversary at 2200 San Joaquin Hills Road in Newport Beach. The service will include a visit from all but one of the living pastors who led the church during its half-century history.
"It's not just former leaders; it's the architects of St. Mark coming together," Webster said. "It's a chance to see them all together, in the same place and same time."
The service, which will be held in anticipation of Christmas, will be a time for reflection.
"For us, we're both looking forward and backward at the same time," Webster said.
Dick and Mary Allen have attended St. Mark since 1976, when they arrived from Chicago.
"Fifty years sure go fast," he said.
St. Mark grew from 117 members in December 1962 to 530 today.
"The church has grown both spiritually and physically under great leadership and a willingness to open the church to all," Dick Allen said.
The church book club is one of the projects that sprung up, established 22 years ago, Mary Allen said.
The group is still active after two decades, meeting at 7 every Thursday morning, and includes members and non-members alike.
The church prides itself on openness. Its motto is, "St. Mark is an inclusive community with open arms and open minds."
Dick Allen said there's another reason he returns every week.
"When you go to church on a Sunday morning you want to be inspired," he said. "And quite honestly that's been a big part of why we've been coming back to St. Mark."
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Anyone who has to plant very small seeds will love these seed spoons. Each spoon has a small cup in the end that will pick up and hold one seed to let you place it exactly where you want.
Plunge the spoon tip into a pile of seed (placed in a container or your palm). When the spoon is removed, only one seed will be sitting in the small cup. If more than one seed is there, use a smaller cup. The set of two spoons has four different cup sizes.
Can be used with seeds up to 1/16" in diameter. Any seed larger than that can be handled by conventional seeders or your fingers.
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Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) a rare breeding visitor to the UK easily confused with the Hen Harrier.
A medium sized, slim bird of prey that spends summer months in a few sites within the UK. The Montagu's Harrier has long narrow wings, unlike the broader winged Hen Harrier. It has a slender body and long tail, and is almost 'tern like' in flight. The male Montagu's has extensive black markings on the wing tip and a distinct black band along the length of the wing, both above and below – which is absent in the Hen Harrier. Variations occur in the plumage between younger and older male birds; younger birds have chestnut streaking on the belly whilst older males have less streaking and a more extensive blue/grey breast and belly. Females are best distinguished from Hen Harriers by their shape.
The juvenile has a generally unstreaked chestnut breast but may have some dark streaking on the sides.
Length: 40-50cm; wingspan: 96-120 cm.
Status in UK
15 pairs in 2009; AMBER listed; summer visitor (April to September), winters in sub-Saharan Africa.
Population Trends
The Montagu's harrier is a very rare summer visitor and like all raptors is at risk from persecution, pesticides and habitat loss. Numbers have never been high in the UK and only 15 pairs were identified as breeding in 2005-2009. Montagu's are at risk from persecution whilst migrating through southern Europe.
Habitat and Distribution
Restricted to southern England, increasingly nesting on arable farmland as opposed to marshes, very rare in the UK with nest sites kept secret to prevent persecution by egg collectors.
Nests on the ground on open heaths, marshlands and arable farmland. Breeds from 2-3 years of age, laying a single clutch of 4-5 eggs.
Mainly small mammals but will take small birds, reptiles and insects.
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Red light cameras and speed cameras are perpetual targets of critics who deem them widely unpopular and unfair. Ask people who live in areas with long-standing automated enforcement programs their view of cameras and a different picture emerges. A new IIHS survey shows a large majority of people who live in Washington, D.C., favor camera enforcement.
About 9 of 10 residents said they consider drivers running red lights and stop signs, speeding and not stopping for pedestrians serious threats to their personal safety. Among those surveyed, 87 percent support red light cameras and 76 percent favor speed cameras. Half of respondents favor using cameras to enforce laws against stop sign violations, and 47 percent favor using cameras to enforce laws against crosswalk violations.
The district's cameras are no secret. In the survey, 93 percent of residents said they were aware of the photo-enforcement program, which includes 47 red light cameras and 43 speed cameras. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department has used red light cameras since 1999 and speed cameras since 2001. It plans to expand the program this year to include stop sign and crosswalk cameras.
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has said his administration would eventually "like to be able to cover the entire city" with cameras to increase the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists in particular, according to a March 2012 report in The Washington Post.
"D.C. residents' opinions about automated enforcement are clear," says Anne McCartt, IIHS senior vice president for research. "Contrary to some media reports, Washingtonians aren't fed up with red light cameras and speed cameras. Pedestrians and drivers alike support them."
The intersection of 14 and U streets is among about 90 sites in D.C. with cameras.
Washington is among the estimated 530 U.S. communities using red light cameras and is one of about 125 jurisdictions with speed cameras. Study after study shows that the devices improve safety. Speed cameras are associated with large reductions in violations and injury crashes. IIHS in January added to the evidence with research showing that Arlington, Va., intersections with red light cameras experienced a drop in red light running rates (see "Study provides more evidence that cameras reduce red light running," Jan. 24, 2013).
A 2011 IIHS study demonstrated that cameras reduced the rate of fatal red light running crashes by 24 percent in 14 U.S. cities with long-standing camera programs. In a follow-up survey of drivers, 82 percent considered running red lights a serious threat to their personal safety, and nearly all viewed it as unacceptable. One of the cities was Washington, where 78 percent of drivers said they support red light cameras (see Status Report special issue: red light running, Feb. 1, 2011, and "Red light cameras see solid support in latest survey," July 19, 2011).
In the latest survey, researchers in November 2012 interviewed by telephone 801 people who live in the district, with approximately equal numbers of respondents in each of the city's eight wards. Seventy-one percent had driven and walked in the city during the past month, 23 percent had walked and not driven and 4 percent had driven and not walked. People defined as having walked in the district had done so for at least five minutes during the past month. Nearly all respondents said they had walked, either daily (70 percent), at least once a week (19 percent) or at least once a month (5 percent).
Ninety percent of people surveyed who hadn't driven in the city in the past month said they support speed cameras, and 88 percent support red light cameras.
Pedestrians are among the main beneficiaries of safer city streets but are sometimes overlooked in discussions about camera enforcement because they don't get citations. D.C. officials have stressed the need to make Washington more walkable and bike-friendly and are using photo enforcement to help.
"Other communities could look to Washington as an example of how to shift the debate over the merits of cameras to the positive benefits they provide for pedestrians and bicyclists, as well as people in cars. Enforcing traffic laws makes the roads safer for everyone," McCartt says.
There were 158 traffic deaths in the district in 2007-11. Of those, 55 percent were motor vehicle occupants and 43 percent were pedestrians or bicyclists. More than half of the pedestrian and bicyclist deaths occurred at an intersection.
The survey revealed some confusion about when pedestrians have the right-of-way. More than 9 in 10 people were aware that D.C. law requires drivers to stop for pedestrians crossing the street in marked crosswalks at intersections without traffic signals and midblock. Only 54 percent knew that drivers must stop for pedestrians crossing at intersections without traffic signals and without marked crosswalks.
To make crossings safer, district officials plan to use cameras at stop signs and crosswalks. Stop sign cameras will detect when a car doesn't come to a complete stop before the stop bar. Crosswalk cameras will record violations when vehicles don't stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalks in the same lane as the vehicle or in an adjacent lane. The cameras will be installed at midblock marked crosswalks and at intersections where the marked crosswalk isn't controlled by a traffic light or stop sign but the minor intersecting street may have a stop sign.
Just over half of residents surveyed said they would support cameras at stop signs, and 47 percent said they would support them at crosswalks. Support was higher among people who hadn't driven in the past month. Two-thirds of people who don't drive would favor stop sign cameras. Nearly 60 percent would support crosswalk cameras.
People opposed to cameras for crosswalks and stop signs most often said they aren't necessary or that these types of violations aren't big problems.
Slightly fewer people who had driven in the district in the past month said they support speed cameras than people who hadn't driven in the past month, but support for red light cameras was equally high for both groups. Among the driver group, 71 percent favor speed cameras and 86 percent support red light cameras.
One surprising finding is that 58 percent of drivers said they had received a citation for a camera violation in the city, mostly for speeding. Of these, 55 percent had gotten more than one ticket. Among ticketed drivers, 85 percent had been cited for speeding, 20 percent for red light running and 3 percent for right-on-red violations.
"It's worth noting that 59 percent of the drivers who had been ticketed agreed that they deserved their most recent citation," McCartt points out. "This counters the argument that drivers are being unfairly targeted. The majority of violators knew they had broken the law."
Despite the safety benefits, automated enforcement programs have been a contentious issue in some areas, and Washington is no exception. Controversy over speed cameras led district administrators last year to revise fines for some violations. Fines were raised for speeding more than 25 mph over the limit and lowered for speeding 15 mph or less over the limit, effective November 2012.
Slightly more than half of residents who knew about the cameras also knew about the new fines. More than three-quarters agreed that higher fines for speeding more than 25 mph over the limit are a good idea. Most in favor of the move said it would make roads safer.
Even though media reports often portray camera programs as all about revenue, IIHS found that the majority of D.C. residents don't feel that way. For the minority who oppose automated enforcement, the perception that cameras are mainly revenue generators lingers. Thirty-five percent of residents opposed to speed cameras and 22 percent opposed to red light cameras said the devices are used to raise money, not to enhance safety. The next most-cited reason was that cameras make mistakes.
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so i got the opportunity to check out the largest private collections of phones not too long ago. it's hidden in a secret, secret, very top secret location. in a spot something like batman's batcave, but with less bats and no butler dude. and it is above ground. and it is lit up. and there's no stalagmites or stalagtites. or stalagtitties.
anyway the place was fuuuucking HUGE and had more phones than you could shake a fist at. some of these phones that you see actually have working dial tones. a total secretary's nightmare!
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"Canton stands for greatness. If we can translate that to other things, we will make (the Pro Football Hall of Fame) more relevant and make a difference in the lives of others."
C. David Baker, new president and executive director of the Hall.
"We're doing everything we can to get this right."
Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, after he sacked coach Rob Chudzinski and said it was a mistake to hire him.
"I am not a stooge."
Browns CEO Joe Banner, after a reporter asked whether Banner could assure fans that "they don't have the Three Stooges running this organization."
"Stick your neck out. Bring change; that's what people remember you for."
Gov. John Kasich, in his last public speech of 2013.
"If you live a whole career of 30 years in the police department, that's 30 years of combat in a sense, if you think of all the times that an officer sees fatalities, crib deaths, murders, shootings, stabbings."
Bill Adams, president of the Canton Police Patrolmen's Association, about the department's efforts to help officers with mental health issues.
"It's been a long winter already."
Stark County Engineer Keith Bennett, as his road crews spent another day salting and plowing snow-covered roads.
"I pick you up at your house and we literally go out for a cup of coffee."
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, about his new online talk show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," whose format is the opposite of the usual studio couch-based talk show. Seinfeld and his guests are shown talking while they do exactly what the show's name says.
"We desperately need public servants with sincerity and integrity. We need a new generation of young people to serve."
Canton native Clarence Mingo, auditor of Franklin County.
"People like images that take them to places and make them think."
Steven L. Miller, former executive director of the local United Way organization, now an acclaimed photographer who lives in Philadelphia.
"They did represent him and they shouldn't have; they didn't represent me, and they should have."
Former Stark County Sheriff Timothy Swanson, about county commissioners' refusing to pay his legal expenses while they did foot the bill for Sheriff George T. Maier's legal expenses before the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Maier lacked one qualification to hold the office.
"Ask me two years from now."
Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, about the quality of the natural gas and oil in Eastern Ohio wells.
"The whole city now knows what we knew growing up, that we have great parents."
Randy McIlwain, about his late father, Albert, whose name graces the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority building, and his mother, Nadine McIlwain-Massey, a longtime teacher and Canton City Board of Education member, for whom the school district's administration building has been named.
"I love it. I love it. I never have to shovel anything. It never snows."
Former Alliance Mayor Judith Carr, about moving to Lake City, Fla., in 2006.
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As you know Petit (Australia) is the importer/distributor of some gorgeous brands from USA and UK. But we also love to know the inspiration behind these brands and who the designers are.
Our first introduction is the designer of Max Daniel blankets - Eden Heinsheimer ......
Max Daniel creates the most luxurious and chic baby blankets that are favoured by the most stylish celeb mums. Max Daniel signature collection features baby throws, security blankets and burp cloths in the most stylish colours and patterns.
"As many of you may know, owning and operating your own business can be like having another child, or twins! And we are very proud of our baby... Now that Max Daniel has grown so popular, reflecting on the inspirations that brought us to where we are today makes us realize what an amazing journey it has been so far!
Max Daniel Designs was born from the desire to bring something edgy, super luxurious, unique, and high-end to babies and little ones. We wanted to create that treasured keepsake blanket while weaving in the love that is passed from a parent to child with the softest of satins.
We are amazed with the many cards, emails, and phone calls we get from parents whose children cannot be without their Max Daniel blankets! I will never forget the emergency phone call we got from a mother in a panic about to board a plane in Georgia whose son's blanket had gone missing, setting the entire family into a panic. We overnighted a replacement and all was ok when they arrived at their vacation destination in Hawaii. There are few things more inspiring than a story like this that shows us just how important our blankets become in their little owner's lives.
We are truly grateful and inspired by your heartfelt stories and feedback. Thank you for sharing in our inspiration, and for giving it back to us every day!"
Max Daniel owner and founder Eden Heinsheimer with her main inspiration...her two boys!


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One of the best, if not the best websites I've ever seen is a popular fashion hub which I've recently come across, www.Avenue24.com.au.
This website was launched in 2011 and is a shopping platform which is interactive and cleverly animated, containing all of the fabulous elements of a boutique shopping experience in some of Sydney's very best locations.
You can browse and purchase quality and luxury items from these boutiques, which make you feel like you are virtually there.
It needs to be seen and experienced to be believed. It really has so much attention to detail, plus awesome products and specials that everyone can be a part of.
Be sure to see for yourself – www.Avenue24.com.au


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WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) - Our story about COVERGIRL's Bombshell Volume mascara is a hot topic on social media and WFLX . Other media outlets are now airing the story. It's getting action from COVERGIRL.
Amy Schavolt bought the product for bigger, bolder eyelashes. She says it left her with a big gap on her lid. Schavolt says she was shocked when she looked down at the eye makeup remover-soaked cotton ball and saw her lashes.
Hundreds of people commented on our Facebook page some sharing their own tips on mascara removal, and others sharing their own experiences.
COVERGIRL's website is filled with similar problems with the mascara. 83% of the reviewers said they would not recommend the product.
The company said in a previous statement that it wears like waterproof mascara so it may be more difficult to remove.
If that's the case, why isn't there a warning on the packaging? All it says is that you should use COVERGIRL makeup remover.
The question is - should the remover really matter?
We pushed all day to get answers from COVERGIRL. The cosmetic company responded after our follow-up story aired and we raised questions about the lack of a warning on its packaging. The company said it will update its packaging to alert women to use an oil-based makeup remover. Currently, it only says to use a COVERGIRL makeup remover.
Second COVERGIRL statement:
COVERGIRL values all feedback from women who use our products, and takes their input and reviews to heart. Many women have told us that they love a dramatic, dark lash look from a mascara with staying power. But, some other women have said they find mascaras like Bombshell difficult to remove. So, we've taken steps to more broadly communicate the need to use an oil-based remover with long-lasting mascaras. For example, there is a how-to video tutorial on our YouTube channel, and we regularly respond to questions from women who call, or contact us in social media. In addition, we are in the process of updating the Bombshell packaging to advise use of an oil-based remover. We still encourage anyone with comments or questions to reach out to COVERGIRL at 1-800-426-8374.
Original COVERGIRL statement:
COVERGIRL Bombshell Mascara wears like a waterproof, and therefore it can be more difficult to remove than a regular mascara. Women should remove it gently with COVERGIRL Makeup Remover, another oil-based eye makeup remover, or baby oil. For easiest removal, allow the oil-based remover to sit on the lashes for about a minute and then gently wipe the mascara away. We have performed extensive testing on the product to ensure its safety and effectiveness and significant lash fall out is not typical. We are happy to talk more with this woman about her experience. She can reach COVERGIRL Consumer Relations at 1-800-426-8374 .
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A couple of days ago we told you about and iOS emulator that somehow made its way onto the PlayBook. Many were a bit skeptical as to whether it was actually happening, and questioned if it was even possible. Today new evidence has surfaced due to requests from the community to provide more evidence.
CrackBerry forum member businesscat2000, claimed to be the mastermind behind this project and stated the following explanation:
"The CPU isn't emulated on Playbook (though it is on Windows). It works very similarly to how WINE works to run Windows applications on Linux. The app binary is mapped into memory and imports are resolved to point to my own implementation of the various APIs needed. iOS actually uses a few open APIs already, which Playbook supports just as well (GL ES, and OpenAL). The bulk of the work has been in implementing all of the objective C classes that are required. The ARM code of the applications run as-is - the armv6/v7 support on PB/iDevices are pretty much identical, and the code is designed to run in USR mode. No SWIs, GPIO accesses or any of that kind of shenanigans."
in this video you can see the iOS app SketchBook running quite fine on the PlayBook. In another video you can see the PlayBook running a mobile site app that only runs on iOS devices. (im not sure what the clicking sound is)
The excitement is not in the fact that iOS could potentially run on the PlayBook, but rather the endless abilities of the PlayBooks OS. If you want iOS purchase an iOS device. The real benefit to this is when one starts looking at this like the PlayBooks Android Player. The ability to run apps from other platforms just makes the PlayBook that much more desirable. The only issue stopping this project in its tracks are Apples lawyers.


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Kanye West Donda Media Website Is a Hoax
Kanye West has been mysteriously quiet as of late, so when a new website appeared on Whodat.biz using West's Donda Media brand name the Internet went into a tizzy. Unfortunately, it was all fake.
The so-called Whodat page "Donda Media Presents Whodat.biz, which touts itself as 'The Facebook of Websites,' is a bogus web portal that a prankster created out of boredom, we guess. According to E! Online, the tech startup seemed authentic since it posted links to a Donda Media site featuring Yeezy's likeness, a newly created Twitter feed and a Donda Media Tumblr.
But West's creative director Virgil Abloh shot down the new website tweeting, "If a site existed it'd be obvious that it was real." Tech website Gizmodo was able to track down the guy who actually created the website and he confessed that the website is not associated with West at all.
This isn't the first time West has been caught in an Internet hoax. Earlier this year, a fake Twitter page was created promoting Ye's supposed new womenswear line called DW Collection, but not of it was real. In fact, the name of the 34-year-old rapper's clothing line is simply called Kanye West.
Despite all of this fakery, it's good to know that people are still waiting to see what Mr. West is going to bring next in pop culture.


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iTrend needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
ProphetMax™ is a software that helps investors track their results, maximize their profits and minimize their losses, and achieve all their key financial goals.
Investors, not necessarily professionals.
Keywords: professional, fun, light, vibrant, serious
If this software were a person -- it would be a mysterious, guru-like individual … someone who could change your life, make you laugh and be your best friend -- all at once!
Text within logo should include words "ProphetMax™" (one word). The "TM" can be really small, but still included and readable.
Color scheme is black, white, silver and red. Please stay within those colors.
We want to see a fun and light 3D/glossy look with reflections, yet still subtle, professional and serious.
Fonts should be clear, simple and bold. We'd like to see some versions where "Prophet" is a Sans Serif font and "Max" is a Serif font. But other suggestions are much welcome!
As for the symbol, it's up to your creative genius! As long as you stay within our guidelines, you're welcome to present us with your great ideas.
No cartoons please!
Thank you for your effort and we look forward to seeing what you can come up with!
P.S. This contest is related to another one we're running for a logo "ProphetMatrix™" so it's great if you can also make them complimentary or congruent. Please feel free to participate in both contest!
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Riders Motorcycles has dealerships in the South West and South Wales. All of our used bikes are available to view at any of our dealerships. Please call for the current location of this bike, if this is not your closest Riders branch we can arrange for it to be transported to your nearest dealership. Finance options available, nationwide delivery upon purchase is also available.


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User:Erik Krause
Currently Admin of this wiki, together with several others
Still an amateur photographer with original interest in cylindrical panoramas.
Now increasingly fascinated by sphericals.
A collection of useful tools and techniques (not only) for panorama creation on my page
My spherical panorama page: [1]
Cylindricals and "normal" images: [2]
Other pages I own or am involved with (mostly not panorama related, mostly german):
Mail: erik.krause{at}gmx.de