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Welcome to the website of OzHPV.
OzHPV is a collection of people in Australia, mainly recumbent cycle riders, who have a keen interest in human powered vehicles (HPVs). We conduct regular social rides as well as national events/rides and publish a regular newsletter.
OzHPV was established in 1997 as the Australian association for recumbent and human power enthusiasts. OzHPV is the Australian affiliate organisation of WHPVA, the World Human Power Vehicle Association which represents over 15 countries worldwide.
Join or renew membership to OzHPV - It's as low as $25 per year! Membership falls due 1 January each year. Here's Membership Information. You can join online.
Why do we call our vehicles HPVs? Because:
The Annual membership fee remains $25 for a single, $35 for a family membership.
OzHPV membership runs for 12 months commencing on 1 January and ending on 31 December.
Pro rata payments are ok to align with the 12 monthly cycle.
If you are unsure when your current membership expires please ask the secretary@ by email.
Our online membership form can be accessed here: OZHPV Online Membership Form .
If you'd rather fill out the paper form, you can access the pdf from our Membership webpage here: https://www.ozhpv.org.au/membership.html
The new committee was elected:
President – Tim Corbett
Secretary - Pete Heal
Treasurer - Dom Deli
General committee - Simon Watt, Will Reid, Steve Nurse, Richard Ferris
HUFF Newsletter Editor – Steve Nurse has stepped back up as HUFF editor..(You can send your newsletter contributions to him at huff@)
Webmaster - Richard Ferris
Minutes of the AGM will be circulated shortly
The 2019 AGM will be held as part of our annual rally, to be held this year at Holbrook on the 14th and 15th of December.
The AGM will be held at 5pm at the Holbrook Returned Servicemen's Club, 38 Swift Street, Holbrook, NSW 2644. Members who cannot attend in person may also attend electronically at https://whereby.com/ozhpv. Please indicate if you intend to log on electronically before the AGM to president@ so secure a virtual seat at the AGM.
Tour rides will depart
Friday 4pm for ~28km,
Saturday 8am from Holbrook Bakery for ~67 or 86km and
Sunday 7am for 54km.
Ride notes per AGM and Rally agenda here.
The 2019 Challenge will again be run from the Belmont Criterium track in Geelong. The event will be held on the 9th and 10th of November, a little later in the year to capitalise on better weather, and also avoid several other state and national events that limited entries last year. All present at the 2018 event enjoyed the new mix of events, with better dates this year we aim to improve attendance!
Entries for the 2019 Challenge will be opening in the next week. Entry will again be via Eventbright: http://eventbrite.com.au/e/71948240123
Entry fees are, as always, amazingly cost effective, and range from $15-$80 depending on how much racing you want to do. As per last year, new or lapsed members renewing for the Challenge will receive membership through to end of 2020 - 14 months membership for the price of 12!.
The Challenge will be held at the Belmont Criterium Circuit, a challenging yet rewarding circuit in Geelong. Practice will be available Friday 8th November, with racing Saturday and Sunday. Saturday events will be speed based and a Speed Champion crowned Saturday evening at our Pizza dinner. Sunday will feature Most Practical Vehicle Races, with Australia's most practical rider/vehicle combination and Grand Champion awarded Sunday early afternoon on completion of all events.
Friday 8th November
Circuit available for practice.
Saturday 9th November:
Sunday: 10th November
We have secured camping at the local scout hall for ridiculously reasonable $10/person/night.
- Available from 12pm Friday 8th Nov through Monday 12pm
- BYO sleeping matress, bedding, pillow etc
- fully equipped kitchenette for breakfast, dinner prep, etc
- NB: no showers but there are showers available at the Russel Mockridge pavilion at the track
- Please let Domes Deli know if you are intending to camp there
- Payments to Dom when you arrive. (Cash only)
- 35 Rugby Street, Belmont
At our last committee meeting, Pete Heal nominated for the OzHPV treasurer position, and was supported unanimously. We welcome Pete back to the executive of OzHPV! This marks the first time in recent years that OzHPV has had a full executive committee.
As always, we welcome those who seek to contribute and offer service to our community. It can be as simple as organising a ride for a few of your mates, and then letting us know so anyone else that's interested can join in.
Have some great ideas? Get involved, make it happen! And bring everyone else along for the ride.
The OzHPV AGM and Annual Rally were held last weekend (1st and 2nd December 2018) at Rutherglen. Members enjoyed the various rides on offer put together by Richard Ferris. Steve Nurse took many great pics over the weekend and has made a post on his blog spot Modular Bikes. During he AGM Steve stood down from the Committee and the position of HUFF editor. Steve has been a long standing committee member filling various executive and general positions and has worked tirelessly for the last 5+(?) years putting HUFF together, we thank Steve for his extended service to OzHPV.
The new committee consists of:
President - Tim Corbett
Secretary - Richard Ferris
Treasurer - Pete Heal
General Committee: Dome Deli, Simon Watt, William Reid.
Returning Officer: Andrew Stewart
HUFF editor - vacant
After and exciting weekend of racing, our National Champions for 2018 are:
Junior and Outright Champion - Sam Dutly
Veterens Champion - Graham Signiorini
Unfaired CHampion - Dome Deli
Practical Events Champion - Charles Easton-Berry
For the full report, stay tuned for the next HUFF newsletter!
The SGM was held as planned on Saturday 6th October 2018 at 5:30pm at the Belmont Criterium Track Pavillion. The motion to update the OzHPV constitution was passed unanimously by all members present. Our updated constitution can be found here.
OZHPV Inc. will be holding a general meeting on Saturday 6th October 2018 at 5.30pm at the Belmont Criterium Track pavillion, (1 Barwon Heads Rd, Belmont VIC 3216) to propose a special resolution to change the OZHPV Constitution.
For a special resolution to pass, 75% of the members attending the meeting or voting by proxy must vote in favour of the resolution.
A summary of the changes is attached for your reading pleasure. The changes include:
1. allowing members to attend general and committee meetings via electronic media as well as in person;
2. allowing members attending via electronic media to have the same voting rights as those attending in person;
3. to update the financial management section to allow electronic banking; and,
4. changing the proxy voting system so that all proxy votes can be provided to the secretary.
If members are unable to attend they can give a copy of the attached proxy form to someone who will be attending the meeting to vote on their behalf. A member cannot hold more than 5 proxy votes (10% of total members). Please do not email your proxy votes to the president, secretary or treasurer email addresses.
The agenda for the meeting is attached for everyone's benefit here
Entries for the 2018 Challenge are now open. Entry is being managed via Eventbright, please get your entry in right away! Enter here
Entry fees are as always, amazingly cost effective, and range from $10-$80 depending on how much racing you want to do.
The Challenge will be held at the Belmont Criterium Circuit, a challenging yet rewarding circuit in Geelong. Practice will be available Friday 5th October, with Racing Saturday and Sunday. Saturday events will be speed based and a Speed Champion crowned Saturday eventing, followed by an SGM to vote on the proposed changes to the constitution listed below. Sunday will feature Most Practical Vehicle Races, with Australia's most practical vehicle and Grand Champion awarded Sunday early afternoon on completion of all events.
Richard is currently busy arranging the OzHPC annual rally to be conducted in the Rutherglen area, just south of the Murray river. The AGM will be conducted in conjunction with the weekend, at this stage nominate for late november/early december. Dates will be advised when the weekend is locked in.
As part of OzHPV's drive to become a truely national organisation, the current committee are proposing changes to the existing constitution to better allow members and committee members to participate and contribute to running the organisation. At the moment, our existing constitution requires all annual and committee meetings to be held in person, which makes conducting the organisation's business difficult with members spread across the nation! Our existing constitution is also silent on the use electronic banking and the update aims to remedy this omission. Updates to the constitution will:
- allow committee members to attend committee meetings by electronic means
- allow members to attend general and annual general meetings by electronic means
- formalise the use of electronic banking with dual signatories
- rectify proxy voting in line with current standards
The proposed changes to the constitution are detailed here.
In line with our existing constitution, the secretary will email notice of a general meeting to vote on the updated regulations early in September, proving 28 days notice of a General Meeting to be held in conjunction with the 2018 Challenge to formally vote on the matter.
In addition to the President and Secretary positions, OzHPV is also seeking members to join the Technical/Records Sub Committeee. The sub-committee comprises several financial members of OzHPV and is responsible for:
· maintaining and updating the OZHPV Competition Rules
· assessing and ratifying submissions for Australian National Records
· advising the general committee about technical issues, proposed rule changes by WHPVA and other related matters
Please contact Richard at treasurer@ if you are interested.
You may not know, but the positions of President and Secretary are currently vacant. If anyone is considering taking up one of these positions but is hesitant or uncertain about what is involved, you can always first take up a general committee position with a view to nominating for president or secretary at the next AGM. Please contact Richard Ferris at treasurer@ if you are interested.
OZHPV has opened a new bank account with Westpac Bank and will soon be closing its account with NAB. Please update any saved payee details for future EFT payments. The new account details are:
Challenge results
Congratulations to Graham who won the 2017 OzHPV challenge. Graham demonstrates that consistency across all events is key to performing well overall in the championship event. Well done to all who made the trip and made the weekend and enjoyable event.
The official google doc of results with more detailed outcomes can be found by following the link below. Participants can print off their award certificate from the google doc. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WmiDCgbeYRaZYenn0pshWH0w1WM1OAPL
Pictures from the weekend's events from Steve Nurse's album can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WmiDCgbeYRaZYenn0pshWH0w1WM1OAPL
OzHPV 2017 Annual General Meeting
The 2017 OzHPV Inc. AGM will be held at 7pm Saturday 9th December 2017 at the Koolamurt Scout Camp, 44 Mandurang Road, Spring Gully, Bendigo.
All committee positions are open for election – President, Secretary, Treasurer and general committee positions.
We also need a new Webmaster and a new HUFF Editor.
The AGM is being held in conjunction with the 2017 OzHPV Challenge – accommodation and dinner Saturday night prior to the meeting are available at the Koolamurt Scout Camp, please use the 2017 Challenge entry form to book. Bookings and payments for catering and accommodation through OzHPV Inc. must be made by the end of Thursday November 30, 2017. Information sheet and entry form is available via this link:https://www.ozhpv.org.au/files/2017_Bendigo_Entry_Information.pdf
The agenda for the meeting is here.
Richard Ferris
Secretary OzHPV Inc.
OzHPV Challenge 2017, Bendigo, December 7 - 9.
The OzHPV Challenge is ON! Download the entry form here (PDF 161 kB).
Location and Transport: The Challenge venue is Bendigo, Central Victoria, serviced by train from Melbourne, Swan Hill and Echuca. Bicycles can usually be accommodated on trains but longer HPVs may not be accepted. From the station, the Tom Flood Velodrome is 1km and the Koolamurt Scout Camp is 4km.
Catering and accommodation is available through OzHPV and Koolamurt Scout Camp, 44 Mandurang Road, Spring Gully, Bendigo. The camp has areas for tents and basic facilities including showers, bunk beds in a dormitory and smaller rooms to accommodate families of 4 - 5, however it is on a hilly slope and is not wheelchair friendly. Accommodation is available Friday and Saturday nights, but until Saturday night you will need to cater and clean up for yourself in the scout camp kitchen or eat out (Bendigo is 4k away and Spring Gully pub and restaurants are 1k away). Catering from Saturday night includes two course dinner, supper, full breakfast, packed morning tea and lunch for Sunday, with coffee, tea and fruit available at all times.
• Bookings and Payments for Catering and Accommodation through OzHPV Inc. must be made by the end of Thursday November 30, 2017 to allow Koolamurt Scout Camp to make adequate preparations. Race Entry only till 12 Noon Saturday December 9.
• Please bring a sleeping bag and pillow, the scout camp does not provide bed linen.
• If you are vegetarian or have special dietary requirements or allergies, please list them on the entry form.
Twenty Years of OzHPV Incorporated
OzHPV became an incorporated association on 12 May 1997.
That means this is the twentieth birthday year for OzHPV.
It's ironic that enthusiasm seems to be at a particularly low point going into what should be a high point of the association's history.
We struggle to get members to come to the annual rally, volunteer for committee positions and generally to come on organised OzHPV events.
So what big event should OzHPV be organising for 2017 to celebrate reaching 20 years and are you going to support it?
New Australian HPV Records Ratified!
Over the March Easter weekend a number of records were attempted at the Ford Proving Ground at Lara. The following records have been ratified by OzHPV:
Tim Corbett: 326.562 km travelled in 6 hours from a standing start. (Australian men's 6 hr record)
Tim Corbett: 628.721 km travelled in 12 hours from a standing start. (Australian men's 12 hr record)
James Goodall: 69.597 km travelled in 1 hour from a standing start. (Australian junior men's 1 hr record)
Kyle Lierich: 77.301 km travelled in 1 hour from a standing start. (Australian men's 1 hr record).
Congratulations to all those involved!
More information on Australian records can be found here.
HUFF - OzHPV's e-magazine
Members can send their contributions to our newsletter editor Steve Nurse. Steve is not a Facebook user so emails to huff@ will get to him.
Steve has also recently found some very early Australian HPV related journals:
Manpower #1 1982 (PDF 1.19 MB): Describes the formation of the Australian HPV Association (4 pages) and includes a fascinating article on streamlining.
HPV Times #1 1990 (PDF 587 kB): This is the first edition of HPV News, and has articles about the ACT HPV challenge, practical vehicles and the development of the BLUEBELL HPV.
HPV Times #2 1990 (PDF 750 kB): 23 pages that include articles about the Zipper Car-cycle, 1990 World solar challenge and NSW energy challenge.
HPV Times #3 1991 (PDF 2.99 MB): A special trike issue (28 pages).
HPV Times #4 1992 (PDF 2.75 MB): Articles on utalitarian cycles, letters to the editor and more (32 pages).
Laid Back #1 1994 (PDF5.9 MB): Articles on 24 hour records, a tour of the Nullarbor, 1994 Australian HPV championships and more (22 pages).
Laid Back #2 1995 (PDF3.8 MB): Articles on the World HPV championships, what's on and "My HPV", and more (28 pages).
2017 OzHPV Challenge
The OzHPV Challenge is ON! Download the entry form here (PDF 161 kB).
Recent Events
Ride Report for OzHPV Howlong Bakery Ride 3-Jan-16
A cool, humid morning with an overcast sky greeted riders as they arrived at Howlong Bakery for the inaugural OzHPV Howlong Bakery Ride on Sunday 3-Jan-16. Being predominantly flat, the course is recumbent friendly as it travels anti-clockwise through Rutherglen, Chiltern and Barnawartha on quiet country roads, taking in scenic vistas of local farmlands, wineries and the Mt Pilot ranges.
8am and we're off, heading out of Howlong to the bemusement of some locals out getting their morning paper, milk & loaf of bread. The first 10km or so has a few gentle rolling hills but after that it's flat all the way into Rutherglen. Add to that mix a stonking tailwind and you end up with a very fast average speed and happy, smiling recumbenteers. Riders were certainly looking forward to the first planned stop at the Rutherglen Bakery, choc full of goodies loaded with caffeine and sugar, as unfortunately, the Howlong Bakery wasn't open for business prior to our departure.
Some time later, it was time to continue the morning's journey, leaving Rutherglen on the main Rutherglen-Chiltern Rd. The first half of this section runs past local grazing land, while the last half includes a few hills through sections of the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park. Fully fuelled, riders headed off into what was now a fairly stiff cross-headwind. Temperatures were still cool but starting to rise which added to the humidity. The local Rutherglen bunch was encountered 3km out as it rode past fairly rapidly on its way into Rutherglen, most probably heading for the bakery. Few cars were encountered which added to the enjoyment of this section of the ride, as did the fast descents down the hills leading into Chiltern.
Chiltern Bakery was now a sight for sore eyes and tired legs, sapped dry from the efforts of climbing the hills into town. The bakery caters very nicely for cyclists, with several bike racks outside and a full puncture repair kit sitting inside. Not to mention all that yummy goodness in the form of coffee, pasties and chocolate hedgehogs. Being closer to 10.30am, Chiltern was slightly busier than Rutherglen but the local motorists gave plenty of room and seemed quite amused (bemused?) to see such wonderful machines passing through their town.
The next section of the ride headed for Barnawartha on the route of the Old Hume Hwy. Tree-lined, this road is absolutely fantabulous to ride on. The first 2km is steadily uphill, but the remaining 7km is all slightly downhill, making for an effortless and very scenic ride. There were signs of a small bushfire about 2km from Barnawartha, with evidence of fires reaching up to the verandahs of some houses. Yikes! The decision was made to continue riding through Barny, turning left at the roundabout onto the recently sealed Soldier's Rd. This now offers a more scenic and less-trafficked route between Barnawartha and Howlong compared to Gooramadda Rd, which is frequented by grain and cattle trucks, caravaners and the odd bogan ute driver - sweet mate!
The final run back into Howlong along Chiltern-Howlong Rd is reasonably flat and ended up being fairly uneventful. Back before 12 noon, all who rode the inaugural OzHPV Howlong Bakery Ride really enjoyed riding the course and look foward to the next edition of this classic ride!
Lake Hume Weekend
By Steve Nurse
For a few days I have been back from Albury and Lake Hume, after a weekend spent up there riding my bike with fellow recumbenteers and attending the tặng cược miễn phí khi đăng ký 2020 Annual General Meeting. I hadn't been going to go, but there was a prospiracy which made me! A few weeks before the event, I was retrenched from work, which brings with it "slightly more flexible attendance requirements", so I took the Friday off before the event, which coincided with the start of the Great Victorian Bike Ride in Albury. Of course, the GVBR completely dwarfs the OzHPV gathering, so I took an early train, hoping to avoid bike traffic on the train. As it happened, I did avoid the bike traffic, and saw and spoke to only a few early arrivees, taking their bikes up on the train.
One of these was Anthony, who I'd chatted to on the way up. He is a teacher from Bendigo, had a big touring rig, and was setting out from Albury for a few days independent riding. His plan was to catch up with some of his pupils who were doing 1/2 of the GVBR, starting in Mansfield. With a bit of time to kill, I decided to ride out to Lake Hume and my camping ground with him. We parted ways at the Bellbridge turnoff but not before taking a few happy snaps.
After setting up camp just next to Graham Signiorini, Graham and I rode back in to Albury for the start of a ride organised by Lloyd Charter. A few of the Canberra mob had arrived and passed us by car on the way in, Duncan and Andrew stopping for a chat.
There was quite a big recumbent roll-up in Albury for the Friday ride, Lloyd and 3 of his triking mates, 4 from Canberra, 2 from Melbourne and 1 from Denmark! Michael was in Australia as part of a 2 year world tour, was staying with Pete Heal and had ridden most of the way from his home country.... We went most of the way round Albury on the bike tour, which was buzzing with cyclists in preparation for the Great Vic bike ride due to start in the town on Sunday. There was a 1k long encampment on the Murray full of bike riders, and we even saw the occasional recumbent.
Graham and I rode back to Hume village, I was slowing down by this stage but Graham pushed ahead quite quickly, waiting for me every now and then. I arrived at camp and waited for Graham to follow - and waited - and waited. Eventually he wheeled his bike in, and had come across some bindy-eye or other pestilent puncture promoting flora, and had 4 punctures and had fixed 3 of them. He worked on the extra puncture a bit later, eventually fixing it just before we were to head off the next morning.
After breakfast the next morning, I lathered on sunscreen, having copped a bit of sun the day before, and Graham and I headed out with Pete Heal and caught the rest of a recumbent mob across the river in Victoria. It was really nice riding on good undulating roads and we passed several groups of Albury upright cyclists off for their 60k or so constitutional Saturday rides. My bike is quite good at bombing down hills, and on a ride like this you get to compare its characteristics with other recumbents. It's nice to think its fast because its aerodynamic, but it could be that me and my bike are both heavy as well!
After a while we hit an unsealed section of the road which had all the evils on it, bumps, drifts of sand, corrugations and hills. Yes, I walked up some of it, this sort of road and my front wheel drive wooden bike being somewhat incompatible, the front wheel slipping and being slightly bothersome. Anyway, that road changed to bitumen again and the riding got smoother with great views over Lake Hume and its abundant birdlife towards Tallangatta.
Lunch in Tallangatta, and the Op-Shop was busy and the bakery crowded with motorbiking, recumbent biking, and road biking - daytrip mobs. Standing room only outside the bakery and I bought a plate at the Op - Shop and "The Branch Line, a History of the Wodonga-Tallangatta-Cudgewa Railway" by Lloyd Hughes at another shop.
We went on the rail trail a lot of the way back and that was a bit hot and bumpy, Chris Curtis being jolted off and copping a gashed elbow at one point. We regrouped and refuelled in Ebden and from there it was a short ride across the Hume Dam back to the Caravan Park. The day's ride was only about 80k but a bit hot and demanding. A few of us had a swim, almost everyone had a sleep, and the OzHPV AGM was at 6pm. Up early the next morning to pack the tent and get on the 6:30 am train back to Melbourne. It was warm already at 5am when I started riding, and had plenty of time for the train.
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April is looking to be a scantily clad month for new video game releases. It seems like our wallets will be given a bit of a breather after March's raid on our savings. But, even though April looks to be sparse, that doesn't mean there isn't a reason to get a little excited for some new releases.
Injustice: Gods Among Us will be punching its way onto platforms everywhere come April 16th. You know you've been looking forward to settling all those comic book arguments you've had with your friends. We'll finally get to see if Aquaman can actually kick some ass.
Also, Fuse will finally be released this April. We're curious to see what Insomniac Games has been up to since they finished up inFamous 2 and its downloadable content. This co-op sci-fi shooter looks like it might be a good bit of fun with friends. We'll all just have to wait and see.
April 1
Leisure Suit Larry (PC, Mac)
April 2
Super Black Bass 3D (3DS)
Defiance (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (PS3, Xbox 360)
April 15
Painkiller: Hell and Damnation (PS3, Xbox 360)
Arcania: Game of the Year Edition (PS3)
April 16
Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3, Xbox 360, WiiU)
Pandora's Tower (Wii)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)
April 21
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
April 23
Dead Island: Riptide (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Trek (PS3, Xbox 360)
Puzzler World 2013 (3DS)
April 30
Soul Sacrifice (Vita)
Fuse (PS3, Xbox 360)
Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut (PS3)

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I went thru that area, including knifes edge, when it was dry, so pretty
Only someone from the White Mountains would consider that fun in the rain. Seriously, I do remember that I was glad it wa not raining.Astro 05-24-2020, 15:27
No doubt twisted an ankle on the knife edge or Wolfs Rocks. It was fun doing that section in the rain.
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Caterpillar filed two third-party lawsuit against the UAW today, contending the union is breaching its contract by sponsoring the retiree lawsuits that are based on issues the UAW agreed to in bargaining. Therefore, the company says, the UAW should share any cost burdens if the company is held liable for taking away free health care for its retirees. Efforting UAW comment.
Caterpillar Inc. contends any costs incurred as a result of two class-action lawsuits filed against the company by its retirees and their surviving spouses should be paid by the United Auto Workers.
That's because it was joint action by the union representing Caterpillar's active and retired hourly employees — that of bargaining and ratifying contracts that capped health care costs for the retirees — that led to the retiree lawsuits the company says the UAW is sponsoring.
That's what Caterpillar contends in a pair of federal third-party lawsuits the company filed against the UAW on Wednesday. The lawsuits name the UAW International and seven locals that represent Caterpillar employees and retirees — including Local 974 in East Peoria — as defendants.
Caterpillar filed the lawsuits in federal court in Tennessee — the same court hearing the retiree lawsuits — claiming the union is just as responsible as the company for collectively bargained contracts on which the retiree lawsuits are based and therefore should be party to the original lawsuits.
"This is not in any means directed toward our employees or our retirees," said Dan Day, corporate human resources manager for Caterpillar. "Rather, this is to hold the UAW accountable for their own actions."
Tim Elder, director of corporate public affairs for Caterpillar, said the union asked the company to bargain on the retiree benefits issue and that the two sides reached agreement on the co-payments and benefit caps.
"It is inconceivable to us that the group who negotiated the agreement for the retirees are now saying that agreement is invalid and unfair. It's the action of the hired representative we have an issue with, not the retirees," Elder said.
The lawsuits filed by retirees and surviving spouses, each claiming terms of previous contracts make them eligible for free health care coverage for life, are set for trial in 2008.
The provisions for free health care coverage for retirees were bargained away by the UAW in contracts ratified in 1998 and 2005. Caterpillar said it first placed caps on health costs when it implemented a contract in March 1992, during a lengthy labor dispute with the UAW.
In the existing contract Caterpillar still makes lump-sum health care payments and higher pensions for retirees at a cost of millions of dollars annually, the company said. In exchange for that, the union agreed to active members paying part of their health care premiums for the first time and to give up performance bonuses for its membership.
Should the retirees prevail in their lawsuits and order Caterpillar to resume free health care and possibly pay damages, the company contends the UAW should pay any costs above what the company already pays.
Further, the company said in its lawsuits, a breach of contract — if ruled as such by the court — would enable Caterpillar to void the existing contract in place since January 2005 and set to expire in 2011.
The UAW declined to comment on the lawsuits Wednesday. Union spokesman Roger Kerson said the UAW legal staff hadn't yet seen the lawsuits.
Dave Chapman, president of UAW Local 974, also declined comment, deferring to UAW International in Detroit. Chapman did say the company informed its workers it was going to take the action before filing the lawsuits.
Michael Mulder, a Chicago attorney representing one of the retiree classes, said he could not comment before seeing the lawsuits. He said he'll likely file a response with the U.S. District Court in Tennessee.
Caterpillar officials said it's unknown when U.S. Judge Aleta Trauger would rule on whether the UAW should be equally liable, but said it would likely be closer to the time the retiree lawsuits go to trial.
It would be up to the judge, should the retirees prevail, to decide how much if any of the financial burden should be shifted from Caterpillar to the UAW, they said.
One of the retiree lawsuits was filed in Nashville by Gary Winnett, Freda Jackson-Chittum and other retirees or surviving spouses. It contends free health benefits are owed them and about 4,000 other retirees because they retired between Jan. 1, 1992, and March 16, 1998. They contend provisions of a 1988 contract between the UAW and Caterpillar, which expired in November 1991, remained in effect until a new contract was ratified March 16, 1998.
However, Caterpillar contends capping health benefits was one of the provisions of the contract it implemented in 1992 and thus those retirees are not eligible for free health care.
The other retiree lawsuit was filed by Judith Kerns, Marcia Nalley and Sandra Stewart, surviving spouses of Caterpillar employees who retired between March 16, 1998, and Jan. 10, 2005. It also contends they are entitled to free health benefits.
While the UAW is not party to either retiree lawsuit, Day said Caterpillar officials "have knowledge that the UAW has had some input, particularly in the Kerns case. The UAW is a sponsor, if you will."
Pressed for more details, Day said, "Let's just say we are fully aware the union is deeply involved in that litigation."
Day said he did not know how the lawsuits will affect the company's relationship with the UAW, which has almost always been contentious.
However, a labor relations expert told the Associated Press there could be an affect on future contract bargaining.
"My guess would be no matter which way the suits come out, it's probably going to have an impact on the next round of talks, not so much in terms of animosity levels but in terms of a new issue to bargain about," said Peter Feuille, head of the University of Illinois' Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations.
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@RodelDE and Delaware PTA cozy up to shape school board elections. #netDE
John, like Louie, the Vichy French inspector in Casablanca, is astounded to discover that there is gambling at Rick's--that the DE PTA would speak favorably of Rodel, or Innovative Schools, Voices 4 Delaware Education, or Edison. . . .
John, this ain't a great new discovery, son. The Delaware PTA has been working with Rodel and Vision 2015 and Governor Markell and all those folks for, like, years.
They've been carefully hiding evidence of this dastardly conspiracy . . . on the DE PTA Facebook page!!! How clever. Nobody would look there.
And, of course, they neglected to phrase their questions to school board candidates like you wanted them, and instead asked questions that related to the concerns and interests of their members. Kinda like the dastardly pandora did at Delawareliberal, or the WNJ did with its questionnaire, or (here's a thought) the various local incarnations of the DSEA when interviewing potential candidates.
These are first-class subversives, sure.
They've carefully hidden the fact that they've invested $40,000 into making parents aware of Common Core Standards, that they've supported Race to the Top, or that the PTA has a national legislative agenda.
What, I put links to the stories on their official website in that last sentence? Oh my God, I've broken the secret that was never to be revealed . . . the PTA as an organization has a position on education in Delaware, and that they publicly discuss that with other like-minded individuals and organizations.
That Yvonne Johnson, she's so crafty to have kept this all under wraps for so long.
But nothing stops intrepid investigative journalists from "revealing" materials openly mailed to every school board candidate in the state, and--strangely enough--committing to publishing the answers of every candidate, unedited, whether they are positive or negative.
Here's the deal: you may love or hate anything the DE PTA advocates, and I have my own issues with part of it, but to suddenly "discover" a relationship that has been public and transparent from the beginning, and then strongly imply that there is untoward backroom collusion is . . .
. . . well, we'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Meanwhile, if you want to read about organizations in the State that have routinely attempted (with hundreds of thousands of dollars funneled through PACs with ever-changing identities just to make tracking down their investments difficult) to shape school board elections for the past 5-6 years, go here.


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SUNY Canton Wins Red Cross Award for Pints and ParticipationFriday, November 20th, 2009
Several SUNY Canton student organizations were awarded by the American Red Cross for the highest percentage of growth in volunteer blood donations among four-year colleges in the SUNY System.
The College collected 253 units of blood during four blood drives held over the 2008-2009 academic year, which is over a 100 percent increase from the previous year. Students from Kappa Xi Omega sorority, and the Criminal Justice Association helped orchestrate the on-campus blood drives.
"The students did a fantastic job organizing, raising awareness and recruiting donors for SUNY Canton's 3-day blood drive," said Criminal Justice Club advisor and Associate Professor William J. Fassinger. "Their efforts helped provide much-needed lifesaving donations during local and national shortages."
Collections at all State University of New York four-year colleges were up 19 percent in 2008-09, with a total of 14,898 units collected. In addition to SUNY Canton, four other SUNY schools were awarded for the highest gains. Red Cross representatives presented SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy and student representatives with a trophy honoring the achievement.
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.
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Lindsay Lohan is staying locked up – for now.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department put the kibosh Monday on rumors the "Mean Girls" star was getting an extra-early reprieve from her 90-day jail sentence for violating probation.
"Nothing has changed," Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told E! News, "When she was incarcerated I said a couple of weeks and it hasn't been a couple of weeks. That turns out to be the first part of next week. It could be Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, something like that."
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Earlier Monday, Lohan's lawyer said there was a chance the 24-year-old starlet could exit the Century Regional Correctional Facility in Lynwood by the end of the week because of overcrowding conditions.
"I have my fingers crossed and Lindsay does too," Shawn Chapman Holley told E!
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I haven't fried bacon strips on the stovetop in years; I bake it on a rack in a preheated oven, it bakes evenly on both sides at once.
I like to spread it on each piece of grilled bread (thickly!)
Then layer the ingredients the way you prefer. I usually put the bacon on the bottom, the sliced tomatoes next, (a little salt and pepper on the tomatoes), then top off with the lettuce.
That way the juicy tomatoes are sandwiched in and won't make the toast soggy.
For BLTs I always use sandwich picks to help keep the components from slipping and sliding, then I cut them on a sharp diagonal. They seem to be easier to bite into that way.
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By DAVID GREEN
Fayette athletes from the mid-1970s and earlier will remember that the running track of the day didn't resemble a perfect oval of a normal track.
It was closer to the shape of a ball field, recalls Leo Wixom who served as track and field coach for the school.
"It wasn't much of a track," he said.
There was a straight section following the first-base line to the outfield, then a curve around the outfield, then a straight-away back along third base, and a sharp curve in back of home plate.
It was a little difficult to run a 100-yard dash race when there was no 100-yard straight-away, he said.
In 1974, when Robert Nyce was president of the Fayette park board, a plan was submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers office Bryan for the construction of new park facilities.
The Army Corps was consulted because the rerouting of Spring Creek was an important first step. At that time, recalls Dee Ferguson who was a park board member at the time, the creek veered farther to the north and plans called for a new channel directly east.
This would allow space for construction of a regulation quarter-mile running track. The master plan also included a new ball diamond, shelter house, picnic area, tennis courts and a soccer field inside the track.
Construction got underway in 1977 on the new six-lane track. It was excavated to a depth of six inches and filled with a fine gravel rather than the cinders used on many area tracks.
"It was a top-of-the-line track," Wixom said. "Everybody really like it."
The track served the school and community for a couple of decades until the varsity team stopped using it in the late 1990s. Flooding problems damaged a portion of the track and hard-surface tracks were becoming prevalent at many area schools.
"Before it started flooding in the southeast corner, we had some really good junior high invitationals," Wixom said. "But once it flooded and washed out, we couldn't get a good base established."
The track is now used only for practices and no meets are scheduled in Fayette.
Former park board member Tom Spiess recalls that when the Army Corps formed a new channel for the stream, riprap was place on the banks, but much of that has been covered with sediment through the years.
A five-inch rain in early July sent flood water onto the track once again and further damaged the southeast area.
Time for repair
Fayette mayor Anita Van Zile is leading an effort to repair the village-owned track.
"We need to get the track back into a condition that can be useful to the community and the track teams. The village has a responsibility to keep it in good shape."
She's set a work day on Sept. 6 and plans to line up specific tasks and equipment so volunteers can arrive and get a lot accomplished in a day.
She intends to remove encroaching grass and take the track back to its original 18-foot width. In addition, gravel needs to be brought in and raked onto certain areas and the flooding problem needs to be examined.
She knows that many people are looking forward to a new track at the new school, but the cost is prohibitive.
Leslie Fruchey of the Fayette Athletic Boosters said the group has a track fund, but only a small fraction of the estimated $250,000 to $300,000 cost is in the savings account.
The Boosters are working with the school to establish plans for athletic facilities. The goal is to establish new fields and a track in phases as funding are available. The state funds that paid for 80 percent of the new school cost cannot be used for athletic facilities.
"We need to take care of what we've got," Van Zile said, knowing that new facilities aren't going to be available soon.
She sees the track renovation effort as important to both school and community and she's hoping to see representatives from both parties willing to help out Sept. 6.


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Race Car News - Editor's Letter - Turn Five
Money, Money, Money
You know, if we all ran our race teams like our new government is planning on running our country, we wouldn't be racing very long at all. I heard a couple of figures on a Fox News financial broadcast this morning that caught my attention and I thought I'd pass them on to you. Rewind the clock 18 months ago to 2007, on average Americans spent $1.20 for every $1.00 they made. We were spending ourselves into debt all the while fueling a robust, albeit artificially inflated, economy.
Fast forward to today and you find that we Americans are spending $0.95 for every dollar we make. That nearly 21 percent decrease in consumer spending over the last 18 months has, in many sectors, stalled the economy. The good news is that Americans have seemed to figure out that you can't continue to spend more money than you make and hope to be able to maintain a certain standard of living. Something had to change and, my friends, it has.
Racing is no different. I talk to a lot of racers from around the country every week and inevitably there's always some concern about where they'll be budget-wise in the meat of the season. Answer this question: Are you going to have enough cash on hand to make that late-season championship run? Or are you going to be the one racing on old tires hoping and praying that your closest competitor suffers the plight of a mechanical gremlin. The only way to avoid being racer No. 2 is to take a critical look at your program now.
Ideally, this should've been done prior to the start of the season, but if you're like most of us racers, then the focus was more on getting the car ready for opening night than planning for how much cash you're going to need on September 12. Tires, fuel, and diesel for the tow vehicle are all critical items to include in your spending plan, but properly budgeting for the unforeseen is the absolute key to have enough cash to make that late season push.
Let's say for example you're coming out of Turn 4 to the white flag and the guy inside of you decides to use your car as a cushion to get a better run off the corner. You end up in the wall with some damage to the right front. Upon further investigation, "some" damage turns into "a lot" of damage and now you've got to spend $550 to get the car race-ready by next week.
If, in your early season prep, you didn't plan for an incident like that you're likely going to have to scramble for the cash to cover the new parts. However, you could be better prepared for just such an event. In my pre-Circle Track racing days, we always had a "crash fund." Basically, what we did was take a percentage of the winnings each week and put it in a separate savings account. Over the course of the season, that savings grew, sometimes quickly, depending on how well we did. If we had a wreck, such as the one I described, we had the money to cover parts replacement.
Now there are two critical things to remember if you're going to follow that type of practice, under no circumstances can you take money out of the crash fund for something other than critical parts replacement. Notice I said "critical." Fixing cosmetic damage by pilfering your crash fund is a no-no. In the heat of the season, race cars don't need to look pretty, they need to go fast.
The second thing to remember is that the crash fund must be kept separate from the main racing budget for tires, fuel, food, entry, and so on. Treat it like money you don't have and it'll be there when you need it most.
Finally, and this possibly could be the hardest temptation to resist, but if you were lucky and you haven't used a dime of the crash fund by the end of the season then leave it right where it is for next year. You'll have a bigger nest egg for the upcoming season and a bigger cushion in case something major goes down.
By the way, that Fox News report also said that the President's new economic stimulus package equates to government spending of approximately $2.00 for every $1.00 they make from our taxes. So gang, until next month, save your pennies and remember...
Go fast and turn left,


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Those Were The Days: Doc has high praises for Jeter
Well this is baseballs' All-star week and wow what a dud. I remember when they use to play two games. Imagine that—a chance to watch Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Whitney Ford, Harmon Killerbrew and company play twice in one week against each other. Now guys don't want to play in the game at all. Many when even selected. Seems they don't seem to think it is a honor anymore. Then again with the money most of them are making, aiding the baseball players pension fund is an extinct concept. Then again forget about the concept of playing for the love of the game. Which you can't whole heartily fault the players for. The owners have showed the players it is all about business. That is except when the owners want a player to show loyalty when it will best aid the owners cause. Now they have the home run hitting contest, which allows guys who are not really home run hitters, to hit in it. Think back to if they had of come up with this concept back in the day. Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Harmon Killerbrew, Ted Williams all American league stars. Pitted against National league sluggers the likes of, Willie McCovey, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Frank Howard and Orlando Cepeda. Now that would have been something. 'Home run <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place>Derby</st1:place></st1:City>' at the All*star game...wow.
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Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele unveiled his favorite proposal for the publicly owned 2 acres of prime real estate overlooking Lake Michigan, a 44-story tower dubbed The Couture.
Abele's announcement followed an informal vetting process conducted by an ad hoc committee that had only met once, a smattering of private discussions with some county supervisors, and no public input.
The Couture, proposed by Moderne developer Rick Barrett, would replace the county's Downtown Transit Center on East Michigan Street and feature high-end apartments, a restaurant, shops and a boutique hotel. Abele and Barrett say that no public dollars would be used for the $125 million project.
But Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik, the chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee (ECD), has questioned the process through which Abele picked The Couture.
She said she had no opinion about the merits of the Couture proposal, which will be vetted by her committee. But she said she wasn't comfortable with how Abele backed the proposal publicly while withholding information from supervisors.
"This is a once-in-a-century opportunity to do something very significant," Jursik said. "It's across the street from the Calatrava, for crying out loud. You want to make sure that you do this properly. This is a very bad procedure that's being used. And, quite frankly, it's led to the county executive blessing this project and saying, 'Here it is. We're doing it. Period.'"
Jursik had wanted to schedule an ECD meeting on the proposals in September to allow more time for public input. On Friday, however, four Milwaukee County supervisors—David Bowen, Jim "Luigi" Schmitt, Steve Taylor and John Weishan, who form a majority of the ECD committee—called a special meeting for July 23, despite Jursik's objections. The July 23 meeting is about giving Abele the authorization to negotiate the sale of the property.
Abele Committee Vetted Four Proposals
The decision to look for the site's options was public and part of an overarching study of the development of the lakefront. But the way in which Abele picked The Couture was private.
Abele asked the city's development commissioner, Rocky Marcoux, to set up a committee to field Requests for Interest (RFI), a more informal way to gather proposals than Requests for Proposals (RFP).
Abele spokesman Brendan Conway said the county chose to go with an RFI process because it gave developers "more freedom" to come up with ideas for the site.
The RFI went out on April 2; responses were due on April 30.
The six members of the committee met once, on June 25, to go through the proposals and hear pitches from developers, Conway said.
"Rocky did this as an extra step," Conway said. "None of this was necessary. While all of this was going on, all of the board members on the economic development committee and anyone else who wanted to could be briefed on the proposals."
The committee selected Barrett's Couture, as did Abele, separately, according to Conway.
The members of the independent committee are not listed on the county's website, nor are there notices of the June 25 meeting. The committee members are Supervisor Russell Stamper II; the county's manager of real estate services, Craig Dillmann; philanthropist Michael Cudahy; architect Greg Uhen; Dan Casanova, senior economic development specialist for the city's Redevelopment Authority; and Marcoux.
The four proposals are nowhere on the county's site—although Abele stood in front of renderings of The Couture at last week's press conference—because the administration says the information in the RFIs is proprietary.
Conway said the public didn't need to weigh in at this point in the process.
"Why does there need to be public involvement?" Conway said. "There's public involvement at the county level. We haven't gotten there yet."
Conway said the county board would allow public hearings on the proposal and hopefully give the administration the go-ahead to sell the land and negotiate with Barrett.
Jursik: 'It Is a Mess'
Jursik, who called the transit center parcel the most important development site in the state, took issue with the way in which The Couture was selected, a process set up before she became chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee (ECD).
"I preferred an RFP, which is the formal way of doing proposals," Jursik said. "You can assure someone of confidentiality. You can review them. You can rate them. You can get a pretty good understanding of what they would be willing to offer. We never got to do that."
She said she discussed the process with members of the ECD committee and they wanted to see all four proposals. The item was on the committee agenda for June. But she said Abele's economic development director, Brian Taffora, didn't brief the committee. She said the administration had said it was concerned about sharing the proposals in a public meeting because they contained proprietary information.
Jursik said she felt concerned because the administration was treating the informal RFI process like a more formal RFP process.
In fact, the RFI states that it is "a preliminary step intended to foster [dialogue] about development opportunities and to establish a basis for future real estate negotiations" and that the submissions are not binding.
"A more defined process will be established by the county," the RFI explains.
She said the county's attorneys said the ECD committee could review the proposals in a closed session. But Taffora didn't bring the responses to the committee, Jursik said. Supervisors could see the information individually in his office.
"We never got the information" on the committee, Jursik said. "The county executive made the decision to go public with all of this information on the Barrett proposal, which our committee had been told could never be shared in an open meeting because it was proprietary. It's very strange to me. It's OK for the administration to share this on the front page of the paper, when our committee was not allowed to have a meeting because proprietary information would be disclosed? It is a mess."


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The libertarian movement accuses government of stealing if that government suggests or encourages forgiveness of debt or taxation for the benefit of the poor. Rick Santelli spoke for the Tea Party, which was, at least in the beginning, closely aligned with the libertarians.
He said, while the crony banks were being bailed out, that homeowners should not be bailed out because it would land on the taxpayers and they just made a bad bet and lost.
I am not suggesting that runs on the banking system was a crisis to be ignored, but certainly the crisis should have resulted in banks paying back damages that exceeded TARP fund costs to society. One of the ways that payback could have taken place would have been through the forgiveness of the toxic loans. They were all evil loans for most of the people who received them.
Banks could have been put into receivership and could have been cleaned up.
If God had a say, the debt based on toxic lending, which fooled many, would be forgiven in 7 years. And taxpayer debt would be forgiven in jubilee.
While I strongly believe in separation of church and state, the example of Old Testament Israel is one of compassion for those in debt. No one can deny this. The law required those in debt to be forgiven of their debt every 7 years. There was a jubilee of debt forgiveness for the nation every 50 years. The poor could eat a day's worth of food out of a farmer's field. At the end of harvest the poor could gather all the left over food from the crops and take it home.No one in his right mind would accuse God of stealing from those farmers.
The libertarians hate government "stealing" from them when debt is wiped away and when their taxes go to welfare. Libertarians are closely aligned with the godless Ayn Rand, who believed that the highest moral calling was to be selfish! The libertarians have adopted Ayn Rand as they too are selfish.
So, libertarians would accuse God himself of being a thief. They cannot cope with the idea that governments have a duty to in some way care for the poor through taxing hard earned profit and income from the more wealthy members of the society.
But libertarians are particularly useful for the bankers of greed, since they affirm the need to pay all debts, no matter how that keeps America and the world from prospering down on main street. The bankers would allow no forgiveness of debt, and indeed they would like perpetual credit lending if they could get away with it.
Germany was given debt forgiveness after World War 2 and prospered. I don't see the German EU giving debt forgiveness to Greece. The 50 percent haircut on bonds is not enough! Debt forgiveness is never complete. The governments are not powerful enough to override bond holders who are mainly the big banks.
Now, since I have written that the 30 year fixed loan is helpful in a society of limited resources and land, that loan would have to have debt forgiveness built in over a longer time span. But toxic loans would not be subject to those protections. Banks can expect to triple their investment in these loans over time. Some debt forgiveness based upon income could be introduced for the 30 year loan as well. But the interest sought by lenders coupled with their desire to see no debt forgiveness makes for extremely high profits. The bankers want big profit, and they want government and the libertarians to help them get and protect that big profit.
The God of Abraham was a God of compassion, even in the Old Testament. The forgiveness of debt was an important economic tool for the nation. There were no debtors prisons, or perpetual debt, and there was no system of alerting employers if you didn't pay your debt. The system we have today is so wrong and so oppressive that it is no wonder that we have the Occupy Wall Street movement, with students saddled with debts that their income cannot pay down.
The reason we cannot trust banks in this system is because we cannot hope for mercy from them in any way. We are prisoners of the financial system. The pillar of this oppressive system is the credit score. It puts the fear of debt failure squarely upon the borrower.
As the IMF is busy making life tough for the Greeks, this world bank realizes that some principle of the toxic loans should be written down here in America. Yet even this bank fears the "moral hazard" of writing down loans as this bank wants to preserve the cake for the crony banks while appearing to be sympathetic to the borrowers. I have my doubts. This same bank wants to rekindle future securitization of mortgages and has no qualms about the moral hazard of that endeavor!
The libertarians are all for this casino of debt rocking again. And they are against taxation for the poor, and consider that stealing by the government. God would have rejected that phony thesis in the Old Testament. The libertarians are against all forms of collectivism, except for the collectivism of banking and lending! As we see from the Old Testament, there was a great deal of collectivist requirements on the wealthy of Israel.
For the libertarian, there can be no other logical conclusion than this: God is a collectivist thief!
But as God sought to protect the poor and debt oppressed in Israel so too does our government have the responsibility to offer similar protections. The libertarian/banker/Tea Party rejection of any consumer protection regarding education of the masses about toxic loans is just one example of the godless mindset that rules our nation and world.


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In an April 4 softball doubleheader host Chestnut Hill College led in the opener and was tied going into the sixth inning of the second contest, but both games slipped away from the Griffins.
The visiting Devils of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP), fellow members of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, swept CHC in the twin bill, 12-2 and 4-1. The winners went home with a record of 5-17 overall and 3-5 in the CACC, while Chestnut Hill fell to 3-18, 0-10.
In the first game, the Griffins went ahead 1-0 in their initial turn at bat. Bishop McDevitt grad Shannan Burdziak, a senior, singled and went around to third on a USP error on a ball put in play by sophomore Veronica Wilenta. Waiting through two outs, Burdziak eventually came home on a hit to right field by sophomore Cassie Benson.
Before Chestnut Hill scored again, the Devils would pile up a dozen runs. All the visitors would actually need for the victory was Erin Summers' three-run homer in the top of the fourth. They were able to reinforce their lead with four more runs in the fifth and five in the top of the sixth, making it 12-1.
This would bring the NCAA mercy rule into effect to end the game early if the Griffins could not score more than three runs in the bottom of the inning. The hosts could only manage one, as Benson singled, reached third on a double by senior Janean Ciancia, and then scored when USP opted for a force-out at third base on a ball hit to left field by sophomore Mariah Quattlebaum.
Wilenta, CHC's starting pitcher (1K, 10H, 3BB), was relieved with one out in the fifth by freshman Brittany DeGarmo (0K, 2H, 0BB). Julie Shaw (5K, 5H, 1BB) went five innings to pick up the win for the visitors.
Climbing right back onto the mound in the second game, the Griffins' DeGarmo (0K, 10H, 1BB) went the distance in the loss, and USP also stuck with a single pitcher, Courtney Spina (9K, 6H, 0BB).
The Devils were first on the scoreboard, with Gabby Adams leading off the top of the second with a double to left centerfield and later scoring on a single to right center by Gina Murray. Chestnut Hill evened it up at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, when sophomore Giana Cavallo whacked a solo homer over the fence in left center.
The Griffins mounted runners on second and third base in the fifth inning, but couldn't score. With one out in the top of the sixth, USP loaded the bases with three singles that fell to earth in front of the outfielders in left and center. The visitors' Janelle Rodriguez struck the ball more solidly, driving a three-run double to the foot of the fence in left center.
In the bottom of the inning, CHC had runners on second and third with two outs, then stranded them with a strike out. Both teams went down in order in the seventh frame to wrap up the proceedings.


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/ Sunday, June 5, 2011 / 7 Comments / Dessert , Vegan
Vegan Peanut Butter And Chocolate Pudding
This is my cheat dessert, a very delightful Vegan Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pudding. The secret ingredient for this creamy and luscious dessert is ripe organic Cavendish bananas. The sweet banana are sliced and frozen for about two hours. Then just whizz-it up with creamy peanut butter and cocoa powder. That's all to it, you can even freeze the pudding for an hour and enjoy it like ice-cream. Yum!
Vegan Peanut Butter And Chocolate Pudding
3 Cavendish Bananas (ripe), peeled and sliced (about ¾ inch chunks)
6 Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter
4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
Equipment: Food Processor
Place the banana chunks on a large plate lined with parchment paper. Place in the freezer for about two hour.
In a food processor, combine frozen bananas, peanut butter, and cocoa powder, and process until thick and smooth. Serve immediately.
Serves 2 to 4
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Even better than cocoa powder is dark chocolate. I LOVE this recipe and have a variation that is my favorite.ReplyDelete
I like peanuts so I use chunky peanut butter and I don't blend it in, I just mix it in the blended bananas and dark chocolate, which I don't blend completely smooth either coz I like the little bitter bits.
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 4:13 AM
That's a really nice recipe! Peanut butter and chocolate are great together!! I really have to try your recipe with bananas, it must be delicious.ReplyDelete
YUM! I am not vegan, or vegetarian for that matter, but who cares?! This looks amazing!ReplyDelete
This looks amazing. While I'm definitely not vegan, I do love eating nummy vegan foods!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 2:50 PM
This looks yummy! I love how simple it is!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 6:54 PM
I had this from Whole Foods but it also has sea salt. It was awesome. Glad to find a recipe!ReplyDelete


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New hunting legislation will snap the barrier for wildlife newcomers.
The Hunting Heritage Apprentice Program, established under House Bill 296, was announced at the Neuse Sport Shop Friday. The program distributes a privilege permit, allowing those 16 and older to purchase a hunting license without completing North Carolina's hunter's education requirement.
Once the permit is obtained, the person can buy a license but can only hunt within sight or sound of an authorized hunter.
The Neuse Sport Shop is a licensed wildlife service agent with the ability to sell hunting licenses.
N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission officials and the bill's co-sponsor, N.C. Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne, attended a press conference at the popular store to publicize the permit program beginning July 1.
"It faced no opposition in the House and no opposition in the Senate," Bell said. "It's a bipartisan bill, and I'm very glad to be a part of it."
He said the permit option would heighten the thrill of hunting for those who live in rural and metropolitan areas.
"Not only was it an honor to work with the Wildlife Commission to get this bill done," Bell said, "but it was exciting for me. I grew up in the outdoors; I grew up hunting with my dad."
Bell anticipates the bill will build stronger family relationships and boost the state's economic impact.
According to Mallory Martin, the chief deputy director with the Wildlife Commission, North Carolina has a multi-billion dollar hunting and fishing industry. It rakes in an annual $3.3 billion in direct spending for the state.
Martin said there has been a decline in per capita rates among the hunting population over the last two years.
"The passage of the Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit is a step towards increasing that participation and that opportunity," he said. "We wanted to do this (at the Neuse Sport Shop) because it's the peak time for purchasing hunting licenses."
The Wildlife Commission will not charge for the permit, but the apprentice must buy a license. With the permit, they can bypass hunter's education courses and participate with an adult mentor.
The permit will be valid for the term of the license, and officials expect hunting activity to increase.
"We're probably going to see more interest as we get closer to a more active hunting season," said Geoff Cantrell, Wildlife Commission public information officer. "This is really a good avenue to not only get people in the outdoors, but to get them into hunting education, so that safety message is there."
During the event, speakers reiterated safety as a component of the program.
Dale Caverny, the Wildlife Commission chief of the division of law enforcement, presented protection features of Hunting Heritage extracted from a five-state data system: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia.
However, 34 states have already implemented a comparable hunting program, with more than one million apprentice hunting permits issued in those states since 2004.
"During that time, there's not been a significant rise of negligence-related hunting accidents or overall hunting related injuries," Caverny said.
Data showed people were eager to enroll in a hunter's education course after their apprenticeship. Nearly 90 percent of participants in the aforementioned five states were likely to recommend the program to someone who wanted to learn hunting. Between 27 and 61 percent purchased a valid license after completing Hunting Heritage.
"What this does is reduce a barrier for someone to go out there and legally hunt in their area," said Russell Rhodes, president of Neuse Sport Shop. "We think it's a balance of safety first and then lowering the boundary to entry, and isn't it great to have legislators that see the importance of that inclined with a well-balanced bill that allows us to have it."


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