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Declining Unionization in Construction: The Facts and the Reasons
Steven G. Allen
NBER Working Paper No. 2320 (Also Reprint No. r1103)
This paper documents and examines the forces behind the decline of unionization in the construction industry. The proportion of construction workers belonging to unions has dropped from slightly less than one-half in 1966 to less than one-third in 1984. The employment share of union contractors has declined even further because of the fraction of union members working in the open shop rose from 29 to 46 percent between 1973 and 1981. Initially, an important factor in the initial decline in percentage unionized was the growth in the union-nonunion wage gap between 1967 and 1973. However, the gap did not widen any further after 1973 and actually has narrowed substantially since 1978. A key subsequent factor has been the erosion of the productivity advantage of union contractors, which dropped substantially between 1972 and 1977 and vanished by 1982. The decline of unionization is unrelated to changes in worker characteristics or changes in the mix and location of construction activity.
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Published: Allen, Steven G. "Declining Unionization in Construction: The Facts and the Reasons," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 41, No. 3,pp. 343-359, (April 1988).
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How to Pray (Part 4): "Give Us Our Daily Bread" and "Forgive Us Our Sins"
This is the fourth of a five-part series on the Lord's Prayer. Don't miss Monday's post ("Our Father"), Tuesday's ("Hallowed Be Your Name"), or yesterday's ("Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done"). And be sure to come back tomorrow for the last installment!
If It Matters to You, It Matters to God: The Encouraging Command to Pray for Bread
I find it comforting—empowering, almost—that Jesus liked bread. There's proof, you see, in his model prayer: "Give us this day our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11 ESV). Not "our daily kale" or "our daily juice cleanse." What would Jesus do? He wouldn't get the bun-less hamburger, that's what.
Most of us in the West never think to pray this phrase because we don't wonder where our next meal, whether it's burgers or kale, is coming from. It should be noted, of course, that many believers throughout the world, in their poverty, identify with this request much more intuitively. But what Jesus wants to teach every believer here is how to develop a posture of dependence on God, thanking him for every gift, great and small.
The essence of sin, you see, is independence and autonomy from God. "Give us our daily bread" pushes us the opposite way. The phrasing (in Greek) is "today bread." It is intentionally short-lived.
It means that day by day, we are looking to God as the ultimate source of everything—not just bread, but anything we need—as a dad, as a husband, as a student, in any role we have. Nothing is off limits. Our requests don't even have to be spiritual, because bread, after all, is not particularly spiritual.
"Give us our daily bread" means that day by day, we are looking to God as the ultimate source of everything we need.
One of my favorite promises related to this is Philippians 4:6: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
What should we look to God for? Literally anything we're worried about. Is it just me, or does that just open the door wide open?
I went through Scripture and made a list of some of the varied things that people prayed about. Note how some of these are spiritual and some are not.
- Zacharias and Elizabeth wanted a family when they couldn't have kids, so they prayed for a son.
- Solomon prayed for wisdom in his new job.
- Gideon thought God was calling him to do something, but he wasn't sure, so he prayed for confirmation that he should do it.
- David prayed for forgiveness after committing adultery with Bathsheba. He prayed God would give him a clean heart and a renewed, steadfast spirit.
- Elijah prayed that it wouldn't rain.
- Paul prayed that some thorn in the flesh that bothered him would be taken away.
- The disciples prayed for boldness.
- Fathers in the New Testament prayed for their little girls to get better.
- Peter asked Jesus for financial help to pay his taxes.
- Jesus told us to pray for lost people and the workers to get the gospel to them.
- All the apostles prayed for Jesus to come back quickly.
If it matters to you, it matters to God. And if it matters to God, you can pray about it.
Psalm 84:11 says that God won't withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly before him. It's a promise that in no assignment he has given us will he fail to give the "daily bread" we need. He won't give you all that you want (thank God!), but he never gives you less than you need.
Should We Really Confess Our Sins Every Day?
Jesus showed us that we can ask God for whatever we need, but he also stressed the need for confession. Confession is an important part of our spiritual growth, because it helps us clear out sin so that it isn't growing and spreading in us.
Sin loses its power when it is exposed. So, Scripture tells us to confess our sins first to God and then to others where we need to, because we strip sin of its power that way. This is why we pray, "Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us" (NLT).
If you're like me, you may struggle to actually include this phrase in your prayers. It's not (necessarily) that you think you're sinless. But coming up with specific instances might be a little awkward. To confess sin, you have to identify sin. And (Can I be frank?) sometimes, in the moment, I can't think of anything to ask for which to ask specific forgiveness. Honestly, I can barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday, much less my sins. Maybe that's because I have a dull conscience, but that's where I find myself. I'm guessing you can relate.
Here's what we can do when we feel stuck on confession. (Other than, for the married folks, asking your spouse to make you a list!) I have three major areas of sin that I know are particular challenges for me. So I just start with those three. And as I go through them—starting pretty generically—the Holy Spirit inevitably leads me to specific instances of them, and then, usually, to other sins as well.
Something we often overlook in our confession, though, is just how community-oriented it is. Jesus indicates in this phrase that confession is inherently related to our attitude toward others.
When you think about it, this makes perfect sense. The primary thing that produces compassion and generosity in me toward others is realizing how gracious and compassionate God has been toward me. The more I approach God as a son who is both deeply loved and deeply forgiven, the more I can approach my brothers and sisters in Christ that way.
Or, as the Apostle John put it, we love because he first loved us.

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This week on campus is Islam Awareness Week, brought to you by the Muslim Student Union (MSU). With over 300 registered organizations on our campus, we are spoiled with amazing programming that enlightens and educates us. With so many events on campus, why should you come to Islam Awareness Week? Well, besides the fact that Napoleon, formerly of Tu Pac's Outlaws, is the keynote speaker, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world and for the better part of a decade has played a significant role in our media, politics and campus lives. It is only fitting that with the spotlight on the Islamic and Muslim world – both positive and negative – we will better understand it.
The significant role that Islam plays in our nation was most evident during the 2008 presidential race. One of the major attacks on President-elect Barack Obama were accusations that he was a Muslim; label a politician corrupt, evil or a sellout and they shrug it off, but call them a Muslim and watch them fight it like it was the "red scare." During one of Obama's rallies, a girl wearing a hijab was asked not to sit in a center-aisle, front-row seat behind him. Why is it that Obama's campaign was so fearful of being linked to Muslims?
Since 9/11, everyone has become a so-called "expert on Islam," and these "experts" have written books, have Web sites or blogs and frequently appear on "Fair and Balanced" news networks. In the information age and with tools such as the Internet, many of us have sold ourselves short in terms of seeking the truth, especially when it comes to Islam, by allowing these "experts" to be our sources of information. I was saddened to find that the influence of these "experts" have touched classes that are designed to teach awareness and understanding, such as the educational outreach program Reaffirming Ethnic Awareness and Community Harmony, which uses these "expert" books as academic sources on the fundamentals of Islam. We have heard them talk about women in Islam without one of them ever being a Muslim woman. We have heard them purposely misquote the Quran and the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) to push self-righteous agendas, and we have heard them tell us what Islam is and what it preaches in order to promote politics of fear.
The images of women in hijabs and burquas and men with guns chanting against the United States have been burned into our minds, while the echoes of words like "Jihad," "infidel" and "martyrdom" ring in our ears whenever Islam is mentioned. These words and images make up and affect our view of Islam and Muslims. However, if the stereotypical thoughts that we have were to hold, and if Islam was truly what the media paints it to be, then why is it the fastest-growing religion in the world? Why are Arabs only 15 percent of Muslims in the world? Why do African-Americans make up the majority of Muslims in the United States (26 percent)?
Islam appeals to so many for a variety of reasons. It is a religion of peace, empowerment and justice and the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is truly a man that we should all aspire to be like. You don't have to take my word for it! That is why the keynote speaker during Islam Awareness Week is Napoleon, formerly of Tu Pac's Outlaws. His story and life embodies the empowering effects and changes that Islam can have on a human being: from an orphan to an Outlaw, living it up in the most luxurious lifestyle and then giving it all up. Make sure to check him out on Thursday at noon at the flag poles and again that night in Crystal Cove Auditorium.
This week, more so than most, is a week dedicated to educating the campus about Islam. In the times we live in today and due to the attention that is given to Islam, it is necessary to know what the religion truly teaches. Come out to this week's events to clear up misconceptions and learn. We want to hear from you as well, so write on the giant easel that is conveniently located next to the MSU information table where you can get a flier. For more information, check out msu-uci.com.
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2015 Outlook, part 11By Randell Tiongson on February 2nd, 2015
40 years ago, the Philippines grows below the 3% range… we have gone a long way since then and we are no longer the 'sick man of Asia'. What are the macroeconomic concerns we should address to ensure sustainability of our growth? Can we survive international economic shocks? Are we a viable international investment destination?
I am proud to present the views of my mentor in economics and a highly respected and admired economist, Dr, Alvin P. Ang, PhD.
The 2015 Outlook of Dr. Alvin Ang
2014 saw a natural experiment in terms of Philippine economic growth. It showed that if government and agriculture will not contribute to the economy, what will be the growth of the Philippines? It proved our expectations that the Philippines is already in a higher growth path. We are now growing at above 5.5% at base case. This is far higher than the below 3% growth we have experienced in the last 40 years. This alone is good news for all of us! It validates that the Philippines is now in a new league far from the sick man of Asia tag we had in the past.
Let us just look at what happened to the economy after the major Swiss Shock weeks ago. We find that instead of being pulled down, the peso held on at current levels and the stock market even breach new highs. What is happening is that there is a whole new view about the Philippine economy. We are being looked as an alternative investment destination because of our unique qualities not found in other emerging market economy. These distinct advantages that may help cushion and compensate for any ripples and shocks. Let me summarize them as follows: a) the Investment Upgrade. At present we have yet to benefit fully from this as our FDI has remained low compared to our ASEAN neighbors. However, slowly we are seeing additions. FDI most likely reached USD 6Bn in 2014 and at base scenario would remain the same. B) OFW remittances and BPO. Supporting FDI for inflows will be the remittances and BPO contribution. While remittances are reaching growth maturities of about 4 to 6% growth per year, the BPO sector is strongly testing 2/3 of total remittances. All of these combined will already add a steady stream of close to USD 50 Bn per year. During the 2009 crisis, we were shielded mainly by the wide distribution of OFWs around the world compensating for the weakness in Taiwan and the Middle East. Hence, the economy held on despite massive shocks. This time, the Philippines is in a better position structurally because of the stronger underlying and the contributions of the Investment Grade status and the BPOs.
Furthermore monetary policy has been prudent with liquidity growth back to single digit levels and the loan growth at 20%. What is more encouraging is that loans to production have diversified to more sectors than before assuring a more balanced production growth. With these conditions, it is very likely that local interest rates will be hovering lower than their current levels. This is more so because we see inflation to weakening to even below 2% at best scenario. Best scenario assumes that the current oil price levels continue to weaken by ½% per month and that the port congestion is responded at a much faster rate than current. As regards the peso-dollar rate, the short term will see volatilities, but the general direction is that of a weakening considering that the US economy has been rebounding at a sustained pace. This will most likely lead to a tightening of US interest rates within the year. A higher US interest rates may attract funds back to the US. But this is a question of flight to quality. The Philippines is no longer a junk grade economy so it will not necessarily lead to a lot of funds moving out. Besides, the strong compensatory effect of the unique feature of our economy will ensure that any depreciation will be mild and will be helpful to make our exports competitive – this will be a movement between 1% to 2.5%.
As regards equities, 2014 saw a banner year with the PSEi hitting more than 20% return. The concern is that if the earnings will remain at their current levels, we will be expensive compared with our neighbours. For the last 3 years (2011-2014), the Philippines was the 13th best performing equities market in the world. There is still room to go up considering that current PE levels of 20% is well within the 20 year average. Hence, we see the PSEi moving up by 5% at base scenario to 7,600 and a maximum of 10% at 8,000.
Alvin Ang is presently Senior Fellow of Eagle Watch, Economic Forecasting Unit of Ateneo de Manila University and Professor of Economics at the same university. He was the 2013 President of the Philippine Economic Society and was previously Professor and Director of Social Research at University of Santo Tomas. He advocates personal finance as one of the key missing links to address serious inequalities in the country.


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Transform a table column into a CSV field in SQL Server
Imagine that you want to use a related table in your SQL query. You then must return only a single column or otherwise you'll get this SQL error:
Msg 512, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression.
What I like to do, is to transform the result table column into a single field separated by a ; sign. Earlier on I used to create a huge function which used cursors etc. Then a colleague of mine told me how to use C# code in SQL server which seemed to be a neater solution.
Today I have found a new approach. This uses a function again, but it is very simple. Here's the function:
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-- Author: Ronald Lemmen
-- Create date: 4 July 2008
-- Description: Function to return the people in CSV format belonging to a activity based on the activity party type code
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CREATE FUNCTION fn_RL_GetActivityPartyList
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DECLARE @result nvarchar(3000)
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SELECT @result = Coalesce(@result + ';', '') + partyidname from filteredactivityparty party where party.activityid = @ActivityId and party.participationtypemask = @ActivityPartyType
RETURN SUBSTRING(@result ,2, LEN(@result))
The @result will get filled by the SELECT query with the values from the filteredactivityparty table separated by a ;. The first character is a ; as well and therefore I do remove this one in the RETURN statement.
After the + in the SELECT query you can place your own query. This example is just extremely useful in my next post :)
Make sure that you do grant access to the correct people in order to use this function. In the case of a CRM report, add the reporting group. See the below example, but make sure that you do change the guid to the guid which is valid for your system.
GRANT EXECUTE ON [dbo].[fn_PGGM_GetActivityPartyList] TO [PGGM-INTRA\ReportingGroup {05e0584a-1d94-424c-8014-c2f3b1b92ccc}]
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Welcome to the final edition of the college bulletin for the current academic year. It has been an extremely busy year, as they tend to be at Brockington, with pupils and staff alike certainly 'living life to the full'. As you would expect, this edition of the bulletin reflects some of the most recent events and celebrates some outstanding pupil work. Having been present at the Year 9 Prom and performances of Annie, these two events will last long in my memory for the enormous amount of pride generated by our pupils and staff working together. We will miss the current Year 9 pupils as they move to their upper schools and would love to be in the position where they could stay at Brockington to complete their secondary education. We know from your comments, and those of the pupils, that this feeling is mutual. However, we will keep a very keen eye on their progress and wish them the very best for their future.
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Tim A posted a topic in BassBugger Member SubmissionsThese are just more of my go-to pike and musky flies. On my mind so I thought I'd share. Basically a tandem hollow-deceiver with a few bells and whistles--er, I mean, eyes and rattles. There's also palmered marabou in front of the forward-most bucktail clumps and I've glued 3D eyes over weighted dumbbells. The forward hook is a 60* jig hook (6/0; rear is 5/0 straight shank). To augment action and hook-up ratio, I typically tie these with the rear hook pointed down since the jig hook will point up. They are very sparse to keep weight down and to increase motion and sink rate. The fish don't seem to have any problem "hearing" or "seeing" these flies despite my defiance of the bulky flared deer hair head (e.g. Beauford) trend. I tie these a little sloppy because I don't think the fish care and I usually fish tannic or muddy water. What you're seeing is a fresh-off-the-vise look, and after a swim, the bucktail tames a bit. Not so happy customers


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Conservationists all around the country do their very best to highlight and preserve India's priceless heritage, for it to be experienced. But is this experience really accessible to everyone? What about those with special needs? Siddhant Shah dreamt of the day it could be accessible to all and then went ahead to make it so. In initiating Access for ALL, he intended to make India's culture, and eventually all of India, accessible to all.
Sensory Experiences is a series usually about sensorily stimulating designs and installations, however, CQ attempts a fresh perspective, as this narrative brings to you design that is sensorily inclusive as well. In conversation with Siddhant Shah, the founder of Access for ALL, we discover the sensory experiences that take a step forward in making India truly accessible.
Studying Heritage Management in Greece exposed Siddhant to the vast possibilities of accessible or universal design – design that can be eminently experienced by everyone, including the differently-abled. Furthermore, his mother's partial sightedness prompted him to take notice of the lack of aid available in India for the people in need, be it the differently-abled or illiterate. These realisations led Siddhant to use his architectural knowledge and sensitivity to the needs of the specially-abled to create Access for ALL, an organisation that strives to make India accessible for all.
Siddhant Shah journeyed to Greece on a scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in Heritage Management. Vastly different from heritage conservation, heritage management taught Siddhant to deal with the finances, branding, marketing and the behind-the-scenes of heritage sites, with the key idea of making these sites more within the reach of the majority of the public. In his undertaking, Siddhant was exposed to the various museums in Greece that had an extraordinary amount of assistance available for people in need.
Furthermore, partaking and winning a competition by the UNESCO and ASI that aims to make World Heritage Sites in India accessible to people with disabilities, strengthened his understanding of their requirements, and catalysed him to initiate Access for ALL.
Although Access for ALL primarily focuses on heritage sites and museums, the greater aim of making all spaces accessible through architectural and design interventions still stands, as they extend their portfolio of work to hotels, schools, art fairs, exhibitions, and audit, research and workshops.
Siddhant's approach goes beyond just making buildings wheelchair friendly. Taking a more holistic route, Access for ALL designs for people with mental as well as physical disabilities.
He talks about the intricacies that go into designing for mental disabilities, citing an example of learning disorders, "We can't use bright colours, so we go for muted colours, and we don't make things jazzy, we tend to keep it simple, with bold, thick lines that are easier to perceive."
India's abundant wealth of heritage and culture seems to often get lost amidst the hustle of our lives, more so for those who are disadvantaged. One of the preliminary schemes of Access for ALL was to re-integrate heritage into the lives and minds of people, thus came about the task of making heritage sites, inclusive.
Aside from heritage sites, Siddhant Shah also works on schools, hotels, galleries and more, all emphasising heritage in some form or the other. For instance, designing for a school for the blind in New Delhi, Siddhant came up with a tactile wall showing 3 key monuments of India, along with a braille book and audio books.
One of Access for ALL's first large-scale projects was making the City Palace of Jaipur inclusive. The procedure started with observing, auditing the palace, and running a basic audience profiling. Workshops were held with the palace team, blindfolding them, making them use wheelchairs, thus assessing the level of assistance required at the site, as well as making the crew aware of these needs.
The idea, for the City Palace was to make the site not only wheelchair accessible, but also local-friendly. The artwork and paintings were reproduced in tactile forms. The materials used in each of these representations depends on the nature of the artwork itself, for instance feathers were used in a painting of birds. Some of the artwork was recreated to have audio implants triggered at touch.
Siddhant Shah, not only designs the environment, but also creates the tactile representations himself. Explaining this, he says, "I learnt about tactile reproductions during my volunteer work in Greece with museums. Eventually, I developed my own style, incorporating braille and other techniques into it."
Siddhant says although he would love to create spaces specifically for the mentally and physically challenged in the future, his present work aims at making the existing, inclusive. Currently he has been working on the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, making the site accessible to the differently-abled. He also spoke in the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop and Conference on peace education, held in China, about the role and impact of inclusivity.
You can find out more about Siddhant Shah on Linkedin. You can also see more of his work on Access for ALL.
Work a little, play a little and sleep a little at the WhiteBalance office in Okhla Industrial Estate, Delhi.
Dutch designer and architect Noa Haim's Collective Paper Aesthetics invites volunteers to build larger than life D-I-Y structures from cardboard and paper.
Kadalas, a café, in Calicut is minimal, esoteric and a melange of many things.
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The Largest Population Of Pinal County Continues To Be Taken Advantage Of And Lied To
With resident after resident reaching out to us with their frustrations, the growing list of areas currently dealing with low water pressure includes, but isn't limited to, Oasis at Magic Ranch, Copper Basin, Johnson Ranch, Solera, Rancho Bella Vista, and the area around and including Eduprise.
Eduprise was told on Wednesday that their problems would be solved within 24 house. 48 hours later their problems remain and they are forced to "manually flushing the toilets. We also have water bottles available to students." (Note: As of Saturday Eduprize is reporting better water pressure.)
This indicates that it is an immediate health and safety concern and needs to be corrected immediately.
Population Increase To Blame For Low Water Pressure?
Johnson Utilities representatives have repeatedly told costumers that high volume of water usage and increased population is partly to blame for the low water pressure, while telling some customers that low water pressure can be expected due to the increased population. With over 10,000 additional rooftops currently planned for, which would mean an additional 35,000 to 40,000 people, plus common area water usage, what can residents expect for the immediate future?
When asked, Johnson Utilities representatives have told customers to speak with ADEQ regarding water permits for developers. Which has come to a surprise of some residents as they were lead to believe Johnson Utilities holds the water rights to the area and issues the water permits to developers before the county provides building permits.
If the county expects growth in the largest populated area of Pinal County, they should take the time out of there own self-interests and fix this problem. If Supervisor House took even a fraction of the effort he puts into defending a utility that is taking advantage of the largest population in Pinal County, this area would have far more progress than the residents have currently seen.
Additionally, why has San Tan Valley received no support from Senator Pratt and Representative Shope on this lengthy, ongoing problem? And where is Representative Kelly Townsend? Both representatives have constituents in San Tan Valley.
Coincidentally, Townsend and Shope are currently up for re-election. You can contact them directly:
State Senator Frank Pratt
(602) 926-5761
AZ State Senate, Rm 304
1700 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
TJ Shope
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AZ State House, Rm 204
1700 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Kelly Townsend
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PO Box 3004 Gilbert AZ 85299 us
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It should be noted that Shope is on the Agriculture and Water Committee and the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee. You would think water quality would be on his radar. Senator Frank Pratt was the Vice-Chair of Natural Resources, Energy & Water in 2017. Another, seemingly, related committee to the problems that San Tan Valley has faced.
Shope was quoted in a 2014 Pinal Central article saying "Arizona is already leading the way in water conservation… Let's be clear on one thing: We are in no way, shape or form in any of the imminent danger like California is," he said. "Arizona is the envy of the western United States when it comes to protecting its water, when it comes to preserving water for future use. So, we really should take credit where it's due because there are many things that Arizona gets criticized for, but protecting water is not one of them."
Maybe San Tan Valley isn't included in what Shope considers Arizona as this water problem has existed for over a decade and tens of thousands of residents are now dealing with water problems within his district.
Immediate Halt On All Housing Development?
If the Utility is telling residents that it cannot handle the current population to the point that schools are manually flushing toilets and bringing in bottled water, the health and safety risk is becoming clear. Until a proper evaluation of the utility can be made, along with an assessment of the capacity of the available water, how can the county continue to allow rooftops to be built?
Which leads us back to the ongoing problem with Pinal County Supervisors. Supervisors Rios and House have been openly hostile to San Tan Valley residents with House defending his long time friend George Johnson and Johnson Utilities.
Meanwhile Supervisor Miller testified that he did not attend the local ACC hearings as it did not affect his constituents. But, he was more than willing to vote against San Tan Valley when it came time to hold Johnson Utilities accountable.
Well Has Run Dry
Over in Copper Basin, the HOA has been informed that a well has run dry and they have gotten their lawyer involved to help handle a situation that is going to take "months to complete." The HOA released the following information to their community:
"Johnson Utilities has advised that the water supply to the Association depends on a well, which is nearly dry. It further advised that a pipeline to the well, its backup system, is going to be under construction, which will require months to complete. Online, it has posted a notice of a well pumping problem. Various news reports suggest scandal and troubling business practices, but no administrative or court judgments are available. Unfortunately, the Association lacks an alternative provider of water utilities, or a contract with Johnson"
Low water pressure is still a problem at Copper Basin.
What Is Really Going On?
Is it bad timing? Is it intentional? Is it just awful infrastructure? Is San Tan Valley beyond the capacity of the Utility? As a wide area of San Tan Valley is encountering low water pressure due to unknown reasons, some residents are speculating that this is retaliation over the ACC hearings and the bribery trial currently underway.
With multiple reasons being given for the problem, from a motor failure, to high usage, to a water main break, to wells being shut down due to nitrate levels, residents are left wondering what is the actual problem.
A contractor for Johnson Utilities, James Taylor, has told one resident that "there were some wells that were operational and safe to use that the water quality was changed on and that we have removed offline."
What Is ADEQ Doing?
Currently, nothing that has been made public. Multiple calls have been made to ADEQ. At this point, the only names that ADEQ representatives have mentioned that would know about the Johnson Utilities problems is Randall Matas and David Dunaway. Neither have returned calls as of the time this article went online.
Public Health And Safety Concerns
With schools manually flushing toilets and providing bottled water to students, an argument can be made that this qualifies as a public health and safety concern, which Johnson Utilities lawyers argued throughout the evidentiary hearings that as there was no immediate safety concern and that there was no just cause for an interim manager.
Dry wells, wells shut down due to water quality, HOA's getting lawyers involved to get answers and responses from the utility, community wide water pressure problems, 30+ construction crews having their water meters pulled, it seems that Johnson Utilities decided to help make the case that there is an immediate health and safety concern to the public.


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Sven Fuchs has been working with rails for over two years and has participated in the Mephisto and Globalize projects.
13:40–14:25 Thursday, 4-09-2008
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Multilanguage support is a must for many European Rails applications. A group of developers from leading Rails I18n/L10n plugin solutions have set the goal to make 2008 "the year of Rails I18n core support" by agreeing on a common api and implementing it in collaboration with the Rails core team. This session will give a breakdown of the future of I18n/L10n support in Ruby on Rails. Read more.


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Today marked yet another milestone for One Direction in their quick rise to total global domination: The world premiere of their movie This Is Us. We've decided to continue the excitement surrounding 1D's UK film debut with a little giveaway to all of you dedicated Directioners out there who couldn't show your support for the British boys live and in person: a FatHead Big Head (that's like a huge cut out!) of your favorite One Direction guy!
But you can't take the prize home just yet. We've hidden clues throughout our Instagram feed, and you're going to have to find them. So, "C'mon, C'mon" if you're up for the challenge — and head below for details on how to enter.
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1.) Follow us on Instagram if you don't already. 2.) Find the five One Direction photos in our Instagram feed with letters hidden in the corners. 3.) Unscramble the letters to spell out the hidden message. (Hint: It's 1D-related and it's five words long.) 4.) Once you think you've decoded the secret phrase, head back to Idolator and fill out the form below! 5.) The contest will end on Monday, August 26 at 5pm ET. One correct answer will be selected at random and a winner will be contacted by email.


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If you haven't voted, go vote. Take someone with you.
If you've voted, volunteer. Make phone calls. Even if you are in a solidly red state, the phone calls you make for the Romney campaign today will be to people in swing states.
I can taste this victory. It's right there in front of us. But we need you to do more than you've ever done in the past.
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This isn't a post about anything to do with ferries or commuting or even parties. But since the people who come by here are pretty cool, I wanted to share one of my favorite web sites with you.
In Tune With Spirit is a great web site that allows you to stream, for free (although they do accept donations which is how they can do this) Native American and sometimes other types of spiritual music.
I love listening to this while writing code and thought you might want to check them out. And if you slipped them a few dollars to help keep them on the air, that wouldn't be a bad deal either.
Oh, and if that isn't your cup of tea, how about this site which can be found streaming from our very own San Francisco … SOMA FM My favorite channel here is Space Station SOMA (which probably won't surprise anybody).


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Care in Airplane Mode
- William Sperduto
Airplane mode disables me from using Wi-Fi and enables me to provide distraction-free care to the patients in front of me. Truly disconnecting is difficult, but being in rural Honduras allows me to switch my phone settings with ease. My otoscope and ophthalmoscope cannot see texts and emails. My stethoscope cannot hear incoming calls. My hands cannot feel my IPhone screen. I am in tune with my body, my senses and my patient.
Soft spoken, rapidly speaking abuelas (grandmothers) demand my full attention. Using medical Spanish for the first time encourages me to pause, clarify and summarize. At times, embracing the intimate notion of personal space in Central America, I listen no more than a foot away from my patient's face. I am thankful for the opportunity to rely on my instincts and teammate's opinions and to refine my clinical decision-making skills. Instead of depending on scans and lab results, I trust myself and have confidence in what I know.
With a background in global health and cultural anthropology, I am mindful of how often well-intentioned, short-term medical outreach trips fail and leave the community no better or worse. Especially in a resource-limited community, I accept the diseases I cannot cure and illnesses I can only temporarily treat. I am dissatisfied with the extent to which I can help, but the smiles and blessings I receive reassure me that this work is worthwhile and remind me why our team is in the second poorest community in Honduras. For these ten days, I can glean an awareness of the deeply rooted determinants of health. I can embolden people to feel responsible for their own health. I can bring people confidence in visiting their local health clinic. And, I can humbly recognize our efforts as the beginning of developing a sustainable solution.
With this experience, I internalize a certain lopsidedness -- I will take away more than I was able to give, but I can transform this selfish realization into a positive, guiding force that will translate into how I care for patients back home. By working with an interdisciplinary team, I further appreciate the collaborative dynamic that meaningful care requires. By learning to work in airplane mode, I am better able to disconnect from distractions to keep my patients the focus of my care.
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Also in this episode: Autoweek editors select the best of the Paris motor show, Chevrolet tests the upcoming Silverado pickup, and Ferrari honors the legacy of designer Sergio Pininfarina.
-- Autoweek hands out the best of Paris.
-- Chevy is testing out the next Silverado.
-- And Ferrari celebrates Sergio Pininfarina.
I'm Greg Migliore. Here comes Autoweek TV for Thursday.
But first, we have a breaking news alert---
Legendary Formula One driver Michael Schumacher will retire at the end of the season. He's perhaps the greatest driver in the history of F1, and he has seven world championships. The 43-year-old came out of retirement once already, running for three seasons with Mercedes Grand Prix. But former world champ Lewis Hamilton is taking his seat at Mercedes next year, leaving him without a slot. Most will remember Schumacher for his dominating years at Ferrari.
In a statement, the driver said:
"I have decided to retire from Formula One at the end of the season, although I am still able to compete with the best drivers of the world. This is something that makes me proud, and this is part of why I never regretted my comeback. I can be happy with my performance and the fact that I was continuously raising my game during the last three years. But then, at some point it is time to say good-bye."
We've got the full story on autoweekracing.com.
We're going to lead off with a recap from Paris. At every international motor show, we pass out our Editors' Choice awards. Here are the results.
Most Significant went to the Volkswagen Golf. Best Concept went to the a Peugeot Onyx. Most Fun? That was easy—the McLaren P1.
And Best in Show: The Jaguar F-Type.
They were all worthy winners, and it was a show we won't soon forget. Head to Autoweek.com and check out the Oct. 15 issue of Autoweek magazine.
Let's shift gears to trucks. Big trucks. The next-generation Silverado is being tested on the roads of the General Motors Proving Ground northwest of Detroit. The company even released this teaser shot. The new Chevy arrives in 2013. GM said this week the truck is in its final stages of validation.
And, Ferrari will honor one of the greats. The Museo Ferrari will salute Sergio Pininfarina with an exhibition in Maranello. It will be divided into three collections: for racing, concept cars and road cars.
Sergio Pininfarina was the longtime head of the design house that bears his family name. He died earlier this year. The exhibition is open to the public from Oct. 27 until Jan. 7.
Ok, we're going to lighten things up for a moment with another segment of Jake's Aches. Jake?
Thanks Jake. That's Autoweek TV. Now get out there and enjoy the drive.


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Wallpapers Due & Adless Reading
I still have wallpapers to post (and repost since the Chel one is now missing.) There won't be one for this month. Site moves and sick kid took their tolls on the last two months. I'm still working on the ad free viewing. Currently, you can sign up and have ALL of the ads except the box ad removed. (It WILL also be going once I test out a new feature here.)
To get ad free viewing, especially useful for going through the archives, you must 1. Have an account here. 2. Be sure cookies are enabled and 3. Pay $15 for 3 months, which is the special introductory fee. Just use the paypal button and tell me who you are.
Once you get an account, it SHOULD keep you logged in once you log in for awhile. It will work for all of Aliendice.com (possibly shivae.net… I haven't tested it yet.)
And by the way, payment need not be monetary . I'm in great need of grocery/gas cards. Groceries and gas are obviously the two most important things. I commonly use Tom Thumb, Albertsons and Kroger. We have Target and Walmart around here as well and most of the basic gas stations. Just let me know you're sending one and your user name.
Any little bit helps. It adds up.
I'm working on upcoming books, but comic work and well.. the backlog from the last two months of ups and downs are also heavier priorities. One of those things WAS the text, which I spent Monday and Sunday getting current! Next is the wallpapers, before I start doing much else on the books. If you want to submit some artwork for the books, let me know (and uhh… I have a nagging feeling that I owe several people books who did art for the first one. Email me please.)


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The director of the Governor's Energy Office recently interviewed 20 people from scores of applicants and hired someone who had worked on Republican Bob Beauprez's gubernatorial campaign.
"He was the best for the job," director Tom Plant said this week.
"We hire people to work here based on their knowledge and their expertise as well as their dedication, creativity and innovation."
Plant said he doesn't understand why Josh Penry, the state Senate minority leader and a Republican candidate for governor, recently suggested the energy office was filled with political appointees and was a candidate for elimination to save money.
"This office isn't filled with patronage jobs, although it might have been in the previous administration," Plant said.
Penry on Monday was asked which of the energy office's 43 employees are political appointees. He provided two names: Plant and Alice Madden.
But Madden, Ritter's climate coordinator, doesn't work for the office, although she works out of its space.
"The position I have is paid for by grants, and someone had the job before me, so it wasn't created for me," Madden said. "I'd be happy to talk to Josh about what I do."
Plant was appointed to oversee the office when Democrat Bill Ritter beat Beauprez in the 2006 governor's race. Plant said he didn't work on Ritter's campaign and was "honored" to be appointed.
Plant and Madden, Boulder County Democrats, served with Penry, a Grand Junction Republican, in the House.
Penry's comments about the energy office came last week after Ritter announced his plan to close the latest shortfall, this one of $271.4 million, in the current fiscal year.
Penry issued a statement saying it was time to rethink government.
"Is it time to abolish silos of patronage like the Governor's Energy Office?" he asked.
The governor's office and House Speaker Terrance Carroll fired back, questioning the wisdom of closing the energy office when energy has been the "single brightest light" in Colorado's bleak economy.
On Monday, Penry reiterated that the state needs to look at what it can afford to fund.
"I can't wait to have a debate about whether the energy office is more important than funding higher education and keeping bad guys behind bars," Penry said. "The debate over budget cuts is going to be what this whole session is about, and it's a debate we welcome."
Plant questioned how shutting down the office would help the budget because it relies mostly on federal funds — and no general-fund money.
Last fiscal year, 62 percent of the budget came from federal dollars, with 38 percent from state sources, according to the office. This fiscal year, because of the infusion of stimulus money, 99 percent of the budget is funded by the federal government.
Penry noted that the office still gets state funds, including money from severance taxes.
In addition, the energy office was scheduled to receive $14.2 million in gaming funds, but Ritter slashed that money when making budget cuts.


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Note: This article is updated at Scrum at a Glance.
I've shared a Scrum Flow at a Glance before, but it was not visual.
I think it's helpful to know how to whiteboard a simple view of an approach so that everybody can quickly get on the same page.
Here is a simple visual of Scrum:
There are a lot of interesting tools and concepts in scrum. The definitive guide on the roles, events, artifacts, and rules is The Scrum Guide, by Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber.
I like to think of Scrum as an effective Agile project management framework for shipping incremental value. It works by splitting big teams into smaller teams, big work into smaller work, and big time blocks into smaller time blocks.
I try to keep whiteboard visuals pretty simple so that they are easy to do on the fly, and so they are easy to modify or adjust as appropriate.
I find the visual above is pretty helpful for getting people on the same page pretty fast, to the point where they can go deeper and ask more detailed questions about Scrum, now that they have the map in mind.
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Do this short yet intense workout before your morning shower to get fit and lean. It's a full body workout that only uses your bodyweight as resistance and works both upper and lower body.
Complete all four moves in sequence with minimal rest between exercises.


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After stumbling upon a birds nest with beautiful eggs in his front yard, Tan Nguyen decided to mount his GoPro camera nearby to try and capture a time-lapse video of the eggs catching. Shooting at 1 photo per second, the camera capture something completely different: instead of the beauty of new life, it witnessed the harsh reality of life in the wild.
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Each Saturday we reach into the fridge and pull out the best leftovers to eat. That is, the most-read posts of the past week, which for the week ending June 8, include:
- Ten Things You Will Do While Studying for the Bar
- The 4th Tier Law School Kill List
- How a New Lawyer Perceives an Old Lawyer
- I'm Awesome But Despised by Colleagues
- How an Old Lawyer Perceives a New Lawyer
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What's the Mata, Jose?
Chelsea fans were pretty upset when the sale of Juan Mata took place over the weekend.
The Spanish superstar had scored 33 goals in 135 appearances for the Blues in his two and half year stay at the Bridge, but only found the net once this season as Mourinho thought Mata didn't fit in his attacking midfield system.
But despite Chelsea making a profit of £13.5 million on the attacking midfielder, could this be one of The Special One's biggest mistakes in his Chelsea career?
Mata won Chelsea's Player of The Season award in 2012 and 2013, and was regarded as a fan favorite. His energy levels, consistent work rate, his creativity and goal scoring ability helped Chelsea win two European trophies in two years. So why would Mourinho make a statement in dropping the talented 25 year old?
The answer is rational thinking and unnecessary purchases. Despite winning two league titles in his first spell with the club, Mourinho was criticized for not winning the titles with any style. The 1-0 or 2-0 victories with the 6-7 defensive players on the pitch at the end of the 90 minutes were picked up by pundits, which criticized the Portuguese manager as they said he lacked style and creativity in his attacking options.
The criticism has obviously stayed with Mourinho as he is now spoilt for choice with his attacking midfield options. Eden Hazard, Oscar, Willian, Kevin de Bruyne, Juan Mata, Andre Schürrle and Marko van Ginkel were all Mourinho's creative options in the summer. Six months on and Mourinho has now got Eden Hazard, Oscar, Willian, Marko van Ginkel, Andre Schürrle, Mohamed Salah, Nemanja Matić and Gael Kakuta to his disposal to help Samuel Eto'o, Demba Ba and Fernando Torres bang in the goals. But despite have two more players in his squad, to me this creativity is weakened without the presence of Mata.
Eden Hazard and Oscar are obviously the two first players who would put in your team, but Willian and Andre Schürrle have failed to live up to expectations so far this season, and yet Mata got the short straw. Schürrle's performances have been nothing but average so far this campaign and the purchase of Willian was something of a rational purchase to annoy London rivals Tottenham, who were very close in buying the Brazilian. But the thing that I don't understand is: Mata and Willian are the same age but when you look at goals to appearances in their club careers so far, Mata has scored 89 goals in 348 appearances whilst Willian has scored 42 goals 298 appearances with both players making their professional club debuts in the same year (2006). And even though Willian's record is very impressive, surely you would play the player who has a better goal to game ratio if you want to win the championship?
Gael Kakuta is a player that Chelsea should just sell as he has no future at the club, whilst the signings of Mo Salah and Nemanja Matić are questionable. If Chelsea knew that Matić was going to become a big star, why did they make him bait in the David Luiz move back in 2011? Surely they could have used Kakuta in the deal as the Frenchman is nothing but a forgotten man at the Bridge.
Despite scoring against Chelsea in September, Salah has got a lot to prove. The 21 year old scored 20 goals in 78 appearances for Basel in a year and a half, but the Swiss league is microscopic compared to the Premier League, so the Egyptian might have a shock to the system when he does play for the Blues.
The last four months of the league season will be very interesting for Chelsea, as they will battle it out with Arsenal and Manchester City for top spot in the league. I still think that the sale of Mata to Manchester United has done nothing but decrease moral, caused tension between Mourinho and the fans and put Mourinho under unnecessary pressure to deliver because if he doesn't, the signings (the attacking ones) and selling Mata will be a huge factor of Chelsea underachieving. And I truly believe if Mata were to have started the majority of Chelsea's games this season, they would be top of the table as his creativity, in addition with Hazard's and Oscar's, is yards ahead of any other Chelsea attacking midfielder.


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Against The Grain
Here is another post that I am sure I will catch some heat for…after posting about respecting my husband there were a few people that were less impressed with the idea of respecting your man! I stand by my belief in the Bible and all that God has done for us! So, I'm moving on with part 2, The role of the christian wife!
This list is an overview of our roles as a christian wife, not of who we are called to be. I will be writing a post about that soon!
Now I'm going to break down each item in the list and try to clear up any confusion that makes people believe that woman would be oppressed if they followed the bible or that woman are unimportant or less important according to the bible. Its not true!
The bible has given man and woman very specific roles, both of equal importance. Us woman are 100% equal to men, we just have different roles. This post will only talk about the role of the wife but I promise you, the husband has roles of his own!
I love what JAMI BALMET says in her article, 5 Marks Of A Biblical Wife:
Women struggle with many different areas, but being lazy in your home and also being too busy and out of the home often can lead to a wife who isn't fulfilling her role in this area. This is not to say that women should only be in the home, nor is it to say that they should never work outside of the home. As my husband always says, don't hear what I'm not saying. What I am saying is this: a wife's primary responsibility is their home. ~Jamie Balmet
Like she said, hear what I AM saying, don't hear what I am NOT saying!
There are so many great books to read about being a Christian Wife!
I love this analogy from Family Life:
If you have ever sewn a dress, or attempted to sew one, you know how a pattern works. The pattern is made of many pieces, some large and some small, none of which accurately resembles the finished product.
When you lay out the pattern and cut the cloth, you do not have a garment but only some scraps of cloth. When it is properly assembled and made usable with buttons, a zipper, or snaps, these pieces make a complete dress.
Every pattern has pairs of parts: two sleeves, two bodice pieces, a front and back skirt, and even the collar and facing pieces are usually in twos. A marriage is very similar. God has designed a master pattern for husbands and wives that when followed will create a whole, usable, beautiful marriage.
In the same way a dress can be made in a variety of sizes and colors with numerous differences in detail from one pattern, so my marriage may look different from yours. As we acknowledge Christ as Lord of our lives, we must work out our marriages according to God's plan. The key is for each wife to follow God's plan, know her part, and work to fit in with her husband's responsibilities. ~© 2002 by FamilyLife. All rights reserved.
I know this may seem like a lot and I am certainly not where I want to be, but don't beat yourself up over it, I don't! I just allow God to continue to grow me so I can learn to be closer to Him as he works on me!
What did I miss? Let me know in the comments! Also, be on the look out for the mans roles in marriage!
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One of the oddities about complex systems is the way we are much better at diagnosis after the event than we were at predicting the event beforehand.
It makes our diagnoses difficult to evaluate because the as ever the benefit of hindsight is a wonderful thing and we are loathe to give it up. After all, the diagnoses feel like expertise and we all fancy a bit of that from time to time.
It seems to me that economics suffers from this problem to such an extent that disinterested outsiders can have real difficulty in seeing the wood for the trees. Almost any point of view seems to have its proponents and challengers. It's like trying to do chemistry without the benefit of atomic theory or the periodic table.
Is they Keynesian theory or MMT or are they similar on this point? How does one tell if the nomenclature isn't consistent? In my view inconsistent nomenclature is a sign of systems being gamed - as we know from climate science.


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General Club Questions
Why is the club name SnomadS spelled that way?
Here is your answer… straight from a lifetime member and past board member, Chuck Ham. (Thanks Chuck)
"This happened a year or so before I joined SnomadS so this is just a guess, but it is a guess we have followed ever since I can remember. I believe it was an artistic decision made when designing the SnomadS logo for our original banners. The cap on the back of the logo provides "formal" balance when used with the fairly heavy stroke weight(and distinctive feel) of the Gilles Gothic typeface. Try printing off a sample of any script font without using a cap on the end of SnomadS, you will see the name appears "off balance". This is especially important when the word stands alone as SnomadS would on a banner. The off balance look is not apparent when used in a body of text. I don't know who had final approval of the typeface and design, but a few other banners were made using variations of Times Roman style typeface. None of the others seemed (to me at least)to have the impact and style of the Gilles Gothic. I believe Linny Fine was the designer and maker of the original banner, and was given an honorary membership for his numerous efforts on behalf of the club."
How do I check my membership status?
Call the club Secretary or club Treasurer for the latest update. If you have to leave a message, it helps if you provide your full name and a phone number for a call back.
What is the Message Board used for?
The message board is a medium for club members to share information, sell items, ask technical questions and chat with other members. It is sometimes used for last minute details for safety class information, scheduled rides or upcoming events. To RSVP for rides or find a list of upcoming events, please check out the event listings from the main menu.
How can I help at a Open House or Novi Club booth?
Contact Martin Foster the clubs booth coordinator for information on how you can help.
How do I get my pictures in the Photo Gallery?
Contact the Webmaster and request further instructions, or log into the message board and review posted instructions.
Club Ride Questions
What does a Ride Coordinator do?
The Ride Coordinator develops a ride plan during the summer of where they wish to coordinate a ride. They decide on trails they are familiar with to offer the best ride to any member that shows up. Occasionally, they cover the same area that another ride might but the coordinator usually makes something about their ride unique. They have the job of working with the hotel to reserve a block of rooms, and are sometimes lucky enough to get a discounted rate. They also handle informing the membership of their ride plans (by creating an eye catching flyer with all the details ) and also work with the hotel to make it enjoyable for you, the member. Just before the ride they do call outs to help coordinate driving and rooming needs. During the ride they are busy with ride schedules and finding out where the snow might be or interesting sights. They plan lunch, find out where gas stops are. All the member has to do is show up.
What does the Assistant Ride Coordinator do?
They back up the Ride Coordinator. From helping with gathering the riders in certain groups depending on ride style or destination, to informing members of possible after ride dinner arrangements. They are the right hand man (or woman) for that Ride Coordinator so that every member can get the most out of their weekend.
How do I sign up for a ride?
Requirement: You have to be a member to sign-up for rides.
You are allowed one ride as a guest. Additional rides require membership. 1st: Go to the event calendar. Find the ride you wish to attend. Click on the RSVP button and fill out the form.2nd: Call the Motel and Reserve a room in your name. The Ride Coordinator as well as other members work with getting people and sleds to the ride destination. 3rd: Then just show up!
Are there other rides other than Scheduled Club Rides?
YES! Sometimes members will use the Message Board to coordinate smaller rides at another destination or at a different time. (i.e. Midweek rides or last minute rides).


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Streetdance 3D - Review
Review by Jack Foley
STREETDANCE 3D can proudly lay claim to being Britain's first 3D movie. It can also proudly boast some genuinely exhilarating dance sequences, as delivered by the likes of George Sampson, Flawless and Diversity.
Sadly, it can't lay claim to being a particularly great, or even memorable film.
Hugely derivative of American counterparts such as Footloose, Stomp The Yard and Step Up, it's a generic, poorly scripted and wholly predictable offering that pays too little attention to anything other than its dance moves.
Co-directors Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini have a background in music videos and it shows. The movie invigorates and even inspires during its set pieces, and manages to use the 3D well, as well as its London locations.
But once the dancing stops and the talking starts, it struggles to engage on any level.
The plot is straightforward: Carly (Nichola Burley) finds her attempts to whip her dance crew into shape for a forthcoming tournament constantly thwarted until a chance encounter with an inspirational ballet instructor (Charlotte Rampling) provides her with a unique opportunity.
If the crew can inject new life and passion into her own ballet dancers, they can use the school facilities to train for free.
Hence, the unlikely worlds of streetdance and ballet combine, relationships are formed (Carly hooks up with Richard Winsor's ballet dancer Tomas) and stereotypes and prejudices are broken down.
Streetdance seems to know its target audience and shoots squarely at them, embracing the conventions of the genre, and populating supporting roles with Britain's Got Talent success stories.
Yet one suspects it aspires to be something more, too. Rampling's presence gives it a gravitas it seldom deserves, while a sequence in which she takes Burley's Carly to the ballet and watches as she is inspired by the depth of emotion portrayed in the performers' faces (minus words) hints at what Streetdance might have been had a little more care been taken.
As things stand, it's a lesson that it doesn't learn from itself. The film only really comes alive once the script is discarded in favour of movement, and when its performers really get to express themselves through dance.
Hence, a little more care and attention may have taken Streetdance much, much further.
Certificate: PG
Running time: 98mins
UK Release Date: May 21, 2010
you are jelous. This film is great.perri May 28 #
Such a feelgood movie. Loved it, seen it twice.Alison Jun 1 #
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Related Links
- Website
- Buy it on DVD (Amazon)
- Buy it on Blu-ray (Amazon)
- Read our review George Sampson interview
- Richard Winsor interview
- Streetdance 3D Photo Gallery
- Streetdance OST review
- Streetdance UK Premiere Gallery
- Streetdance Character Posters


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So you decided to move your website to a new web hosting service that does not only offer better and more efficient performance, but cheaper rates too. Best of all, this new-found hosting company also uses cPanel as one of its main control panels. The transfer process is easy, as long as both of the hosting service providers run the Linux-based cPanel.
Although the migration process is usually similar, for the sake of making things easy, let us say your new preferred web host is InMotionHosting, since it also runs on cPanel.
Here is what you need to know when it comes to using your cPanel account to move your website to your new host, which in this situation, is InMotionHosting.
Because your previous host runs cPanel, transferring it to another cPanel-run host, like InMotionHosting, is quick and simple. However, you need to assess your site first to determine how big your entire cPanel account is. cPanel has a nifty and very useful backup tool that will enable you to create a backup of your entire account, including your files, emails, details, and databases.
InMotionHosting has a slightly different process for migrating cPanel accounts of more than 3GB. In this guide, we will discuss the procedure for cPanel accounts under 3GB.
Before continuing the migration process, it is always wise to create a backup of your entire site. And as mentioned above, you do not have to worry since cPanel has a tool specifically for that.
Download the backup file created either by clicking on the provided link in cPanel's backup wizard. You may also choose to log into the new server through FTP to download it. Connecting to the server is faster with FTP access. With the use of FTP, you can upload every file all at once.
When you move to InMotionHosting, you just need to send a request so they can restore your website through the backup file you just created.
As you can see, it is easy to move from one host to another, as long as both run on cPanel.


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The Skull (1965) Blu-ray Review
The Skull (1965)
Director: Freddie Francis
Starring: Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Nigel Green, Jill Bennett, Michael Gough, George Coulouris & Christopher Lee
Released by: KL Studio Classics
Reviewed by Mike Kenny
Based on a story by Robert Bloch (Psycho), The Skull centers on occult antiquities collector Dr. Christopher Maitland (Peter Cushing, Horror of Dracula) whose encounter with the skull of the Maquis de Sade proves frightening. Forewarned of its effects by friend and former owner of the dreaded remains, Matthew Phillips (Christopher Lee, The Curse of Frankenstein), Maitland's livelihood quickly becomes threatened by the skull's evil forces.
A supernatural mystery produced by noted Hammer competitor Amicus Productions, The Skull is a stylishly eerie effort from British genre titan Freddie Francis (The Evil of Frankenstein, Tales from the Crypt) that utilizes atmosphere and improvisational knowhow to its advantage. Following a historically earlier pre-title sequence where a grave robber's excavation of the Maquis de Sade's cranium leaves him dead from an unknown presence, The Skull's modern day London setting introduces occult collector Dr. Christopher Maitland whose pricy offering of the very same specimen by a shady dealer proves far too expensive albeit, very intriguing to the curious researcher. Learning the item was stolen from a fellow colleague who was glad to be free of it, warnings of its evil capabilities fall on Maitland's deaf ears, prompting him to retrieve it after the thieving dealer is unexplainably killed. Casting a spell of madness and nightmarish hallucinations upon on its new owner, Maitland's terrifying firsthand experience with the skull reveals its true potential to the previously skeptical scholar. Headlining the feature with expected grace, Peter Cushing sells his descent into terror with a conviction memorably showcased during a particularly nail biting nightmare sequence of forced Russian roulette. Appearing in a guest starring role, Christopher Lee's small but welcome inclusion as a rare non-villain gives an added class to the film's ghoulish festivities while, Francis' resourceful direction, demonstrated in the film's frantic and virtually dialogue-free final act, is overwhelmingly suspenseful regardless of the "floating" skull's noticeably seen wires. An early chapter in Amicus' horror history, The Skull remains an effectively strong picture of its creepy caliber with its direction earning the most praise of all.
KL Studio Classics presents The Skull with a 1080p transfer, preserving its 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Bearing noticeable signs of scuffs and speckles throughout its runtime, colors also appear occasionally drab while, skin tones and delicate facial features revealing aging lines and acne scars are well-detailed. Meanwhile, black levels are mediocre yet, costume textures and the many artifacts spotted in Maitland's library are agreeable. Although a fresh scan would have been appreciated, the results remain quite adequate. Equipped with a rather flat but serviceable DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mix, dialogue is handled sufficiently while an early encounter between Maitland and Marco, the sleazy dealer, registers slightly lower. Scoring cues are decent but lacking oomph with a mild layer of hiss detected. Special features include, an expertly researched Audio Commentary with Film Historian Tim Lucas, Jonathan Rigby on The Skull (24:14) and Kim Newman on The Skull (27:18), both of which offer encyclopedic insight into Amicus Productions, its founders, Freddie Francis and Robert Bloch's original short story making each featurette invaluable compliments to the film. Furthermore, The Skull: "Trailers from Hell" with Joe Dante (2:36) and additional Trailers for Tales of Terror (2:21), The Oblong Box (1:56), Madhouse (1:48), House of the Long Shadows (2:27) and The Crimson Cult (2:03) are also provided alongside Reversible Cover Art.
A well recommended Amicus offering, The Skull brings some of gothic cinema's finest faces together for chilling thrills and consummate direction from Freddie Francis making it a technical sight to appreciate given the film's originally less than solid screenplay. Possession, death and the black arts reign wildly in this nightmare come to life with a most fascinating selection of supplements making KL Studio Classics' upgrade of the film an easy choice for fan's unholy collections.
Available now from KL Studio Classics, The Skull can be purchased via KinoLorber.com, Amazon.com and other fine retailers.


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Volunteers help save Florida's bald eagles one bird at a time.
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There are some 250 Floridians who serve as eagle watch volunteers. They're kids and retirees, men and women all spending hours each week monitoring the state's real snowbirds. The bald eagles who typically spend a few months wintering in the state between the months of October and May. The volunteers report back to Eagle Watch headquarters in Maitland, noting such details as when the eagles return to their nest, when they start nesting, when eaglets hatch, even when eagles fight each other over territory. Eagles will make their nest just about anywhere there's a tall tree and sources of food. Such as creeks or lakes. Others with three nests on Florida Space Coast, one in a back yard in Melbourne, another near Cape Canaveral and a third seen here behind a fire station just south of Cocoa Beach. The nest near the Cape is monitored by nine year old Makayla Wheeler, and her parents, Kim and Mike. We looked in, we looked with our binoculars and we actually saw that there was a nest in there and, it was the eagle and they had come back so. It just caught our eye. He was flying in from the river over there where they fish. They fish over here by the river which is not even half a mile. In addition to the nest behind the fire station, Ed Slaney also monitors the nest in Melbourne. Retired from the Navy, he's volunteered for eagle watch for about 20 years. In that time, he's reported on the routine and the not so routine. He's even helped rescue orphan eaglets and watch as they've been placed in the nests of eagles, newly ordained as foster parents. This winter, while you're out and about on your daily errands, watch the side of the road. You may just see an eagle watch volunteer monitoring or even rescuing one of the nation's most beautiful living symbols. I'm Richard Banks, Livings Editor for Southern Living.


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Chicken and White Bean Soup with Herb Pesto
(courtesy of Colin Smith, chef and owner of Roundabout Grill and Roundabout Catering & Party Rentals in Reno. Makes 8 appetizer servings or 4 entrée servings)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
1 cup leeks, diced to ½ inch
1 cup carrots, diced
1 cup celery, diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried)
2, 16-ounce cans cannellini beans or other white beans, rinsed and drained
½ cup water
4 cans plum tomatoes, drained
1, 14-ounce can fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
3 packed cups baby spinach leaves, coarsely chopped
2, 8-ounce skinless chicken breasts, diced to ¼ inch
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1, 2-inch piece Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons pickled cherry peppers, julienne cut
1 tablespoon fresh herbs, such as tarragon, chopped
Place all ingredients into slow cooker except spinach. Set to high, and cook 2 hours. After 2 hours, add spinach and cook 20 more minutes. Add more stock if needed. Serve soup in a bowl with a dollop of fresh pesto (recipe below). Top pesto with pickled cherry peppers and fresh herbs to garnish.
For Pesto
½ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
1 garlic clove
2 cups fresh basil
½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
Place all ingredients in food processor and blend 90 seconds.