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The Denver Broncos placed five players on the AFC Pro Bowl team Wednesday.
The five honored Broncos: Quarterback Peyton Manning, outside linebacker Von Miller, cornerback Champ Bailey, left tackle Ryan Clady and defensive end Elvis Dumervil.
"I do my thing and I've done my thing over the years," Bailey said in a release. "But when you're on a team like this and you play well, people are going to notice. It's really just part of my team and what we've done. That's pretty much why I'm in there. It's definitely a team thing."
The biggest surprise was that Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas was omitted even though he has 87 catches for 1,312 yards and nine touchdowns.
The problem for Thomas wasn't that the four AFC receivers picked ahead of him — Wes Welker, A.J. Green, Andre Johnson and Reggie Wayne — didn't deserve their selections. Those four are having big years.
The NFL remains stuck in the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust age of picking a fullback — a position many teams, including the Broncos, hardly ever use — for their Pro Bowl team while only four receivers are selected.
The Broncos hope to skip the Pro Bowl, anyway, as they may have a team worthy of playing instead the following week in the Super Bowl. The Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 27 in Hawaii. Super Bowl XLVII will be played the following Sunday, Feb. 3, in New Orleans.
Still, whether or not the all-star Broncos play in the Pro Bowl, it's the selection that counts. Manning and Bailey set records with their Pro Bowl berths. Manning was named for a 12th time, one more than Brett Favre for most-ever by a quarterback. Bailey was also named for a 12th time, extending his record for a cornerback.
It was the second Pro Bowl honor in two years for Miller, who leads the Broncos with 17 ½ sacks. Dumervil and Clady were both named for the third time in four years.
Thomas wasn't the only Bronco who had Pro Bowl-caliber production but wasn't honored. Others were outside linebacker Wesley Woodard, who has 5 ½ sacks, three interceptions and team-leading 113 tackles; special teams standout David Burton, punter Britton Colquitt, left guard Zane Beadles and cornerback Chris Harris.

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as of March 20, 2020
We as an organization are committed to providing responsible awareness of the impact on our employees and guests based on the current Coronavirus pandemic. We have implemented proven technology over the past 13 years to allow our customer service agents to operate in a safe location remotely. Select guides have volunteered and will conduct tours to sites that are currently open to limited small groups travelling together and groups of four or more will be in their own van. As a company we take our role seriously and not only work hard to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction but also guest and employee safety.
We are here to answer your questions as your local Sedona/Flagstaff and Arizona partner. We are here to support our community and our visitors. We are committed today, tomorrow and in the future to continue to be your tour operator of choice and we thank you for your loyalty and support.
From our family to your family remain safe and well.
Great Venture Tours is Sedona's original and premiere provider of small group tours to the finest Northern Arizona Destinations. Sedona Tours, Grand Canyon Tours, Colorado River Rafting and Native American Tours are our specialty departing from the Sedona and *Flagstaff areas. Family owned and operated since 1991, we consider it a privilege to be a part of your vacation. We also offer Grand Canyon tours from Flagstaff with pickups directly at your hotel. * In Flagstaff, we provide complementary pickup for all hotels (within city limits only).
Since 1991, Great Venture Tours has provided the finest and widest variety of tour options to the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona. On all of our Sedona or Flagstaff Grand Canyon tours, you'll enjoy plenty of time at the rim of the Grand Canyon, as you explore Nature's Masterpiece with the most experienced and entertaining guide staff around.
Grand Canyon tours, Sedona Tours, Colorado River Rafting adventures, and Native American tours are our specialty. Choose from a number of options to add to your Grand Canyon tour, such as:
Get the best of all worlds with this Grand Canyon Railroad / Guided Grand Canyon tour combination. Why drive yourself to Williams and take a round trip train ride to the Grand Canyon then drive back to your hotel when you can be picked up in Sedona or Flagstaff, get chauffeured to the train depot, enjoy a one-way train ride on the Grand Canyon Railroad... Then, instead of seeing the same scenery on a two-hour return trip by rail, get introduced to places in Grand Canyon National Park that most people miss. After your one-way nostalgic rail experience, your guide will pick you up at the train depot in Grand Canyon Village, you will have time to explore the historic buildings of the Grand Canyon Village, have time for lunch on your own, then you will see what all the other train-goers miss...
You will tour the east rim of Grand Canyon National Park, see many scenic overlooks, the Desert View Watchtower, The historic Cameron trading Post on the Navajo Reservation on your way back to your hotel... door-to-door service. Long before there were Grand Canyon helicopter tours, air tours, white water rafting tours or even mule tours, there was the Grand Canyon's train. Journey back in time on the historic Grand Canyon Railroad. Click here for information on this great tour from Sedona or Flagstaff, Grand Canyon Railroad Tour.
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In addition to being the first to provide tours from Sedona to the Grand Canyon, and offering the finest in local Sedona adventures, Great Venture Tours was also the first to offer Sedona and Flagstaff Colorado River Rafting Tours. We continue to offer the finest and widest variety of adventures on the Colorado River in Northern Arizona:
PLEASE NOTE: Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley are unavailable at this time. However, we are taking reservations for April on...Arizona has over 22 Native American tribes that occupy over a quarter of the land in the state. So don't just have a scenic adventure enjoy a cultural one as well. As in all of our tours, they depart from Sedona and Flagstaff. Custom Tours And Group Events:
As Sedona's oldest and largest provider of destination tours, Great Venture Tours is in a unique position to provide you and your group all of the assistance you'll need in making your next visit to Sedona a memorable one. From arranging a custom version of one of our Sedona tours, Grand Canyon Tours, Colorado River Rafting Tours, lodging and transportation to putting together a unique, customized itinerary, we'll help you every step of the way to make sure your stay in Sedona goes off without a hitch.
Looking to save some money and/or make your planning easier. Take a look at our Specials Page which lists seasonal discounts we have available as well as combination tours which allow you to save more.
Would you like to combine one of our Sedona Tours, Grand Canyon Tours, Colorado River Rafting Tours or Native American Tours with a stay at one of our favorite lodging establishments in Sedona? Then go to our Hotel Packages page. You'll find discounted rates on these hotels as well as receive discounts on our tours. What could be better than that?
Find out why the original Sedona, Grand Canyon Tours and Colorado River Rafting Tour Company remains the best. At Great Ventures, we truly believe it's a privilege to be a part of your vacation. Grand Canyon tours, Sedona Tours, Colorado River Rafting adventures, and Native American tours are our specialty.
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Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America
Cooperative Extension Service
Smart Ag
Agrilyst Inc.
How to receive conservation assistance from NRCS
Connecting retiring landowners and beginning farmers to keep agriculture alive
Small Farms and Woodlots
Getting Started in Farming
New Farmers Website
National Young Farmers' Coalition
National FFA Organization
Mix My Sprayer for iOS and Android
Local Dirt
Fieldprint Calculator
Farmland Information Center (FIC)
Farm and Dairy Agri-Book
Best Tree Finder
Annie's Project
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)
Fifth annual cover crop survey results
What are Food Hubs
National Organic Farming Handbook
2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Start Farming! Resources for the Beginning Farmer
The Biology of Soil Compaction
Farmer's Tax Guide
Let's Get Serious About Conservation
Younger Beginning Farmers Tend To Operate Larger Farms
Local Food a Growing Trend for Land Trusts
Conservation Buffers on your Land
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities - A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development
Does America Need More Organic Farmers?
American Grazing Lands Services LLC
Brennan Bajdek, M.A., RPA
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
Access Fund
Agrarian Trust
Agricultural Council of California
American Agri-Women
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Forest Foundation
American Forests
American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts
American Hiking Society
American Tree Farm System
Arbor Day Foundation
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Audubon California
Bat Conservation International
Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
Biobased Maine
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
Burrowing Owl Preservation Society
Butte Environmental Council
California Cattlemen's Association
California Deer Assocation
California Oaks
California Rangeland Conservation Coalition
California Waterfowl Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Central Valley Joint Venture
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
Ducks Unlimited
Equine Land Conservation Resource
Family Farm Alliance
Forest Landowners of California
Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewardship Council
Garden for Wildlife
Intermountain West Joint Venture
John Sanderson
Journey North
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Land Trust Alliance
Mississippi Wildlife Federation
Monarch Joint Venture
Mule Deer Foundation
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
National Association of State Foresters
National Audubon Society
National Family Farm Coaltion
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Forestry Association
National Grazing Lands Coalition
National Mitigation Banking Association
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Wild Turkey Federation
National Wildlife Federation
Native Seeds-SEARCH
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Pacific Coast Conservation Alliance
Pacific Coast Fish, Wildlife and Wetlands Restoration Association
Pacific Coast Joint Venture
Pacific Crest Trail Association
Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council
Partners for Conservation
Partners in the Sage
Pheasants Forever
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
Pollinator Partnership
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Quail Forever - California Chapter
Quality Deer Management Association
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
RiversEdge West
Sage Grouse Initiative
Sage Grouse Initiative Strategic Watershed Action Team
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Sand County Foundation
Savory Institute
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Sierra Club San Gorgonio Chapter
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Sonoran Joint Venture
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Sustainable Conservation
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Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Sustainable Forests Roundtable
Terrafirma RRG LLC
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The Climate Trust
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The Conservation Fund
The Dunes Center
The Fund for Wild Nature
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The Pacific Institute
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
Trust for Public Land - California Office
Turtle Islands Earth Stewards
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
USA National Phenology Network
Valleys 2000
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
Western Cave Conservancy
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
Western Landowners Alliance
Western Native Trout Initiative
Western Rivers Conservancy
Western Water Project
Wild Ones
Wildlife Research Institute
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
Yggdrasil Land Foundation, Inc
Sutter-Yuba Counties Cooperative Extension
University of California Cooperative Extension: Poultry
Thad Heater
Agricultural Land Property Value Assessment
California Conservation Easement Act
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
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Open-Space Property Value Assessment
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Maximized Water Management LLC
Netafim Drip-Micro Irrigation Products
Pump Monitor
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Fox Land Surveys, Inc.
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San Pedro Land & Cattle CO
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California FarmLink
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Family Winemakers of California
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FCS of Colusa Glenn, ACA
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Golden State Farm Credit, ACA
Organic Harvest Network
Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
Wellco Industries, Inc.
Wildcrest Ranch
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California Watershed Program
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Coho Salmon Habitat Enhancement Leading to Preservation Act (Coho HELP Act)
Division of Marketing Services
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Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Program (General)
Hydrilla Program - CDFA
Inland Wetland Conservation Program
Keep Me Wild
Oak Woodlands Conservation Program
Permanent Wetland Easement Program
Private Lands Wildlife Habitat Enhancement and Management Program (PLM)
Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Program
Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program
The Environmental Enhancement And Mitigation Program
Timberland Conservation Program
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
Emergency Conservation Program
Emergency Farm Loans
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
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Farm Ownership Loans
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
Grassland Reserve Program- REPEALED
Guaranteed Farm Loans
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
Livestock Indemnity Program
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Source Water Protection Program
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)- REPEALED
California Conservation Stewardship Program
California Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
Conservation of Private Grazing Land (CPGL)
Conservation Security Program
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)- REPEALED
Corvallis Plant Materials Center
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
Emergency Watershed Protection Program- Floodplain Easement
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
EQIP Organic Initiative
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) REPEALED
Great Basin Plant Materials Center
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
Lockeford Plant Materials Center
Michael LaMana, MS, CF
National Water Quality Initiative
Norman A Berg National Plant Materials Center
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Small scale solutions for your farm
Tucson Plant Materials Center
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP)- REPEALED
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
Working Lands for Wildlife
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
California Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Celebrate Urban Birds
Conservation Reserve Program Longleaf Pine Initiative
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
Farmers Market Promotion Program
Food Linc
Local Food Promotion Program
New Farmers
Organic Certification Cost Share Programs
Rural Development Loan Programs
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
Western SARE
Grasslands Beneficial Management Practices Tool
Stream Crossing
How to Compost and Use Horse Manure- A Step-By-Step Guide for Horse Owners
Creating & Using a Sacrifice Area for Horses- A Good Start for Healthy Pastures
How to Choose a Certification Agency and the Organic Certification Process
Managing Manure with Biogas Recovery Systems BMPs
Working Lands For Wildlife
Managing Manure Nutrients at Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Working Trees for Agriculture
Watering Facilities for Managed Grazing Systems
Drainage Ditch Research Reveals Opportunities for Cleaning Up Runoff
Farmers' Guide to Wind Energy
Nutrient Management Conservation Practice Standard
Harvest To Hand
Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs
Taking the First Step - Farm and Ranch Alternative Enterprise and Agritourism Resource Evaluation Guide
The Regional Food Hub Resource Guide
Farmer's Markets
Community Supported Agriculture - What It is and Where to Find It
Planning and Managing Agritourism and Nature Tourism Enterprises
Grasslands and Carbon - Processes and Trends
Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
Regional Food Hubs - Linking Producers to new markets
Selling at Farmers Markets
Rural Bounty
Amador Flower Farm
Divide Ranch
Globo Surf
Jim & Deborah Durst
Murray Family Farms
Orman Ranch
Sandy Bar Ranch
Seven-Up Guest Ranch
Urban Village Farmers' Market Association
Willow Creek Ranch
Blue Source
Bradley Raffle
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
Ecosystem Economics LLC
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
EP Carbon
Forest Carbon Fund
Forest Carbon Works
Indigo Ag
Marstel-Day, LLC
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Robert Veldman
TerraCarbon LLC
Travis Hemmen
WRA Environmental Consultants
Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
California Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
Candidate Conservation Program
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants
Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Emergency Stabilization - Burned Area Rehabiliation
Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Habitat Conservation Plans
Landowner Incentive Program
National Fish Passage Program
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grants Program
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants Program
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Partners For Fish And Wildlife Program - National
Partners For Fish and Wildlife Program Pacific SW Region
Safe Harbor Agreements
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program
Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP)
Angeles National Forest
Current Adventures
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area - Yuba & Butte Counties
Davey's Locker
Eldorado National Forest
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
Feather River Wildlife Area - Sutter & Yuba Counties
Inyo National Forest
Klamath National Forest
Lassen National Forest
Los Padres National Forest
Mendocino National Forest
Modoc National Forest
Mountain & River Adventures
Plumas National Forest
Rainbow Pack Outfitters
San Bernardino National Forest
Sequoia National Forest
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Sierra National Forest
Six Rivers National Forest
Spenceville Wildlife Area - Nevada & Yuba Counties
Stanislaus National Forest
Beartooth Capital Partners
California Outdoor Properties
CeCe & Robin Short
Cobacha, LLC
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Forest Safety Products
Go Native Tree Farm
Live Water Properties
Marty Renfrew
Mason & Morse Ranch Company, LLC
Robert C. Crane
Ron Morris
Roseville, California Regional Office
Royce Worden
Todd Dye
Ecology Center
Marysville Friday Night Market
Acorn Foundation
Acres for America
Audubon California Landowner Stewardship Program
BoatUS Foundation Grassroots Grants
Bring Back the Natives
California Farmland Conservancy Program
California Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) Program
Clean Trail Grant Program
Clean Water Act Section 319
Common Counsel Foundation
Conservation Partners Program
Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Down Payment Loan Program
Environmental Solutions for Communities
FACT's Fund-a-Farmer Grants
FishAmerica Foundation Conservation Grants
Forestry on Indian Lands
Keystone Initiatives
Margo Heekin
Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA)
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
National Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Grant Program
Organic Farming Research Foundation
SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program
The California Lichen Society (CALS)
The Conservation Alliance
The FruitGuys Community Fund
The Summerlee Foundation
TransNet Environmental Mitigation Program
WaterSMART Grants
Agricultural Institute of Marin
Allstar Organics Products
Balakian Farms
California Olive Ranch
Canvas Ranch
Chaffin Family Orchards
Churn Creek Meadow Organic Farm
Covelo Organic
DeepSeeded Community Farm
Del Rio Botanical
Eating with the Seasons LLC
Eatwell Farm
Farm Fresh To You
First Light Farm
Flying Mule Farm
Foggy River Farm
Frog Hollow Farm's Happy Child CSA
Full Belly Farm
Full Circle Assistants
Garberville Community Farm
Good Humus Produce
GRUB Chico
Hicksville Acres
Hidden Villa CSA
High Sierra Beef, Inc.
Laguna Farm
Leftcoast Grassfed
Live Power Community Farm
Lucero Organic Farms
Luna Farm
Mariquita Farm
Morris Grassfed Beef
Mountain Bounty Farm
Nevermore Farm
Noyo Hill Farm
Orchard Farms
Owens Acres LLC
Petaluma Bounty Community Farm
Rancho Piccolo
Raphael Garden and CSA
Redwood Roots Farm
Riverdog Farm
Riverhill Farm
Shannon Ridge Vineyards & Winery
Sierra View Farms
Singing Frogs Farm
Soil Born Farms
Soul Food Farm
Student Farm at UC Davis
Terra Firma Farms
The Natural Trading Company
Tierra Vegetables
Trail's End Farm
Valley End Farm
Wild Rose Ranch
Wise Acre Farm
Wogoman's Farm
Forage Information System
Geospatial Data Gateway
Greenbook Plant Protection Product Search
Driftwatch - a tool to help protect pesticide-sensitive crops and habitats
IFDM Landowner Manual Appendices-Plants for IFDM, laws, etc
IFDM, Glossary of technical terms for Integrated Farm Drainage Management
IFDM Laws & Regulations
IFDM References
IFDM Economics
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IFDM, Plant Selection for Integrated Farm Drainage Management
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IFDM, Integrated Farm Drainage Management introduction
Cover Crop Economics Tool
Pioneer® Field360™
Ranching as a Conservation Strategy - Can Old Ranchers Save the New West?
Forest Loss on the Rebound - Sustaining Investments for America's Natural Resource Future
Cool Farm Tool
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Copps Irrigation, Inc.
COR Enterprises
On Target Spray Systems
Rain For Rent, Inc.
Salt Creek Growers
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program
Sustainable Ranges Initiative
Christopher Hipkin
Forester's Co-Op
GreenInfo Network
James L. Able Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
Paul Lackovic
Tierra Resource Management
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Bette B. Epstein
Design Workshop
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Herb Schwartz
Neil F. Horton
Olivia Boyce-Abel
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Rhonda Pearson
Ashley Tuggle, M.E.M.
Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.
David Olson
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Hugh Barrett
HWR Engineering & Science
Ralph Vigil
River Partners
Salix Applied Earthcare
Society for Range Management
Stuntzner Engineering and Forestry
Tehama Environmental Solutions, Inc.
Wetland Resources, LLC
Ackerman Native Plant Nursery
Basket Sedge Garden
Forest Tree Nursery
American Tree Seedling
Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District Tree Nursery & Arboretum
ATS Partners, LLC
Bell Brothers, Inc.
Brent and Becky's Bulbs
Buckeye Nursery, Inc
Bundy CanyonTurf Supply
Cal Forest Nurseries
Calaveras Nursery
Capitol Wholesale Nursery Inc
Carmel Valley Seed Company
Central Coast Wilds
Central Florida Lands & Timber Nursery, L.L.C.
Chestnut Hill Nursery & Orchards
Creative Land And Wildlife Solutions, LLC
Deep South Growers
Dwight Stansel Farm Nursery
El Nativo Growers
Elberta Forest Tree Nursery
Elkhorn Native Plant Nursery
Floral Native Nursery Inc
Forest Seeds of California
Foundation Plant Services
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Go Native Inc
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High Mowing Organic Seeds
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Ivy Garth Seeds & Plants, Inc.
J. R. Simplot Company
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Tree Foundation of Kern
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Perry Agricultural Laboratory
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An Ohio felon is jailed in the Butler County Prison after county narcotics officers say they found him with a loaded pistol outside a Butler restaurant.
The Butler County Drug Task Force arrested Zachari L. Roth, 34, of Columbus on felony gun charges. He is jailed on $50,000 bail.
An officer came upon Roth about 5 p.m. after first spotting Tara L. Hockenberry, 25, of Butler, who the task force wanted on an arrest warrant, according to court documents.
Roth and Hockenberry were both seated at a picnic table on South Chestnut Street. The officer said that while arresting Hockenberry, Roth appeared to make "furtive" movements with his hands.
In a purse that was on the table, documents said, were seven packages of Suboxone, a digital scale, seven 32-caliber bullets and an Ohio identification card for Roth.
He and Hockenberry both denied ownership of the purse or its contents.
Task force officers subsequently took Roth to the ground after they say he appeared to be growing anxious and at one point stood up from the table.
Read what officers found during the pat-down in Monday's Butler Eagle.


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Warren F. Larson
Diploma, Peace River Bible Institute; B.Th., Vancouver Bible College; M.Miss., Canadian Theological Seminary; M.Div., Trinity Western University; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
Warren Larson is the director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at CIU's Seminary & School of Missions. He also teaches courses related to ministry among Islamic peoples. He joined the CIU-SSM faculty in 1996. Due to his understanding of radical Islam, he has been quoted widely in both Christian and secular publications.
He travels extensively, addressing diverse audiences around the world on communicating to Muslims with love and understanding. He welcomes opportunities to speak on Islam as a world-wide religion in all its varied aspects and its deep needs. Larson attended the Peace River Bible Institute in Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada from 1963 to 1965. During his final year he felt called by God to the mission field and arrived in Pakistan in 1968. After studying Urdu for two years, he began missionary work among Muslims in Dera Ghazi Khan, South Central Punjab. He worked with a local church and operated a reading room in the bazaar.
After completing his bachelor of theology degree at Vancouver Bible College during a furlough in 1974, Larson returned to Dera Ghazi Khan. In 1975 he and his wife, Carol, launched Newspaper Evangelism, putting ads in national newspapers and sending literature to those who responded. In 1976 he started the Good News Center, a Bible correspondence school that is still functioning under Pakistani leadership. He supervised the work of 15 expatriates in the Pakistan Department of International Missions from 1978 to 1988. During this time he also piloted Theological Education by Extension in South Central Pakistan. During a furlough in 1988, he earned a Master of Missiology degree at the Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Saskatchewan. Two years after returning to Dera Ghazi Khan, he was charged with spying on the nuclear facilities of Pakistan, keeping illegal maps in his vehicle, and preaching Christianity in the marketplace. A full and fair investigation was never made, though he fought long and hard in order to clear his name. In August 1991, along with his family, he was forced to leave.
Larson earned a Master of Divinity degree at Trinity Western University in Vancouver in 1993. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at Fuller Seminary in 1996. He served as Dr. J. Dudley Woodberry's teaching assistant for several courses in Islam while at Fuller. His dissertation, "Islamic Ideology and Fundamentalism in Pakistan: Climate for Conversion to Christianity?" was published in 1998 by University Press of America. That same year it was chosen as one of the fifteen most significant books in North America on missions.
Diploma, Peace River Bible Institute; B.Th., Vancouver Bible College; M.Miss., Canadian Theological Seminary; M.Div., Trinity Western University; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary; church planter, Christar (formerly International Missions, Inc.), Pakistan, 1968-91 (director, reading room for Muslims, 1968-76; administrator, Bible Correspondence School, 1976-91; newspaper evangelism, 1976-91; department superintendent, 1978-88); teacher's assistant, research assistant, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1993-96; faculty, Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions, 1996-present; director, Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies, 2003-present.
- One area of particular interest is the degree to which Christians should contextualize the Gospel in working with Muslims. Considerable controversy exists about the "Insider Movement" and some of it focuses on the technical difference between C4 and C5.
- Other areas of interest include the spiritual world of Islam, Qur'anic studies and crossing cultural barriers to reach them for Christ.


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UK Parliament Finally Admits That Snowden Revelations Reveal That GCHQ Oversight Is Broken
from the about-time deptFor all of our discussions about how the US government has responded idiotically to the Snowden revelations, the response in the UK has been much worse. Making newspapers destroy hard drives, detaining people at airports for "terroristic" acts of journalism and generally seeking to block any and all discussion goes a level beyond what's happened in the US. And it's become clear that, as weak as oversight of the intelligence community has been in the US, it's been even worse in the UK, where its own "watchdog" only has one full-time employee.
And, while there's been at least a somewhat healthy debate about the state of surveillance within the US Congress, it's been much more muted over in the UK. So it's encouraging to see a new report come from a group of UK Members of Parliament that issues a blistering condemnation of the current state of oversight of the UK intelligence community:
Of course, the current head of the intellegence and security committee in Parliament, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, pretty much dismissed the entire report with a wave of the hand, calling it "old hat."
A highly critical report by the Commons home affairs select committee published on Friday calls for a radical reform of the current system of oversight of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, arguing that the current system is so ineffective it is undermining the credibility of the intelligence agencies and parliament itself.
The MPs say the current system was designed in a pre-internet age when a person's word was accepted without question. "It is designed to scrutinise the work of George Smiley, not the 21st-century reality of the security and intelligence services," said committee chairman, Keith Vaz. "The agencies are at the cutting edge of sophistication and are owed an equally refined system of democratic scrutiny. It is an embarrassing indictment of our system that some in the media felt compelled to publish leaked information to ensure that matters were heard in parliament."
Still, the report is fairly damning for the intelligence community, and directly notes what a service Ed Snowden appears to have done in exposing just how out of control the intelligence community has become -- and what little real oversight the government has over it. While some MPs (from the Labour and Lib Dem parties) sought to congratulate the Guardian for "responsibly reporting" the Snowden leaks, others from the Tory party voted them down. Still, it's good to see members from two of the three major UK political parties admit that you can responsibly report on these things and that Snowden helped to open up a "wide and international public debate."
The report also contrasts how the Guardian has responded to Parliamentary inquiry with that of the intelligence community:
Their report says Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, responded to criticism of newspapers that decided to publish Snowden's disclosures, including the head of MI6's claim that it was "a gift to terrorists", by saying that the alternative would be that the next Snowden would just "dump the stuff on the internet".It's a small step forward, but an important one.
The MPs say: "One of the reasons that Edward Snowden has cited for releasing the documents is that he believes the oversight of security and intelligence agencies is not effective. It is important to note that when we asked British civil servants – the national security adviser and the head of MI5 – to give evidence to us they refused. In contrast, Mr Rusbridger came before us and provided open and transparent evidence."
The report makes clear the intelligence chiefs should drop their boycott of wider parliamentary scrutiny. "Engagement with elected representatives is not, in itself, a danger to national security and to continue to insist so is hyperbole," it says.
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Develop and track measurable outcomes
In mid-August, I did the unthinkable for a budget-minded soul such as myself: I hired a personal trainer. An active person, I regularly attended a group cycling class, but I was not seeing a change in my weight or muscle tone. Now nearly five months later, I have lost inches and pounds, and feel fitter than I have in years. It took connecting with an individual to help me reach a goal.
During each session, my trainer encourages me, tells me how I much have improved, and I leave feeling as though I have made - and am continuing to make - progress. And I want nothing more than to win the lottery so I can continue this relationship. For the first time since I crossed the finish line in the New York City marathon 20 years ago, I have achieved a measurable fitness goal, and it is immeasurably satisfying and motivating. Still, I wonder: Why did I have to hire a trainer to help me? Why wasn't simply belonging to a health club enough?
It may be because developing a measurable outcome for health club members and helping them achieve that goal may often be logistically impossible. "We have more than 11,000 members so trying to call all these people after they undergo their initial fitness assessment and say, 'Come on back' is a huge burden," explains Michael Kett, director of sports medicine at Edward Health & Fitness Centers, in Naperville and Woodridge, Ill. Still it's worth trying to devise simple ways to track outcomes. Here's a guide:
* Start small. "Pick a program and start trying to obtain some outcomes," advises Kett. For example, "you don't need to do a lot of objective testing," he continues. "A simple pain scale or function scale done at the start and end of a water class for people with arthritis may suffice. Try to grow it from there to other programs."
* Specialize. "Special population classes are small and very manageable," says Kett. "We have a number of different students in athletic performance classes. Every athlete is tested in areas he needs to be tested on for his sport, such as agility, foot speed and vertical jump height." The classes run for six weeks, and participants are tested pre- and post-class so they can see how they've progressed in a certain block of time.
* Marshall your resources. "Clubs need to put more energy into computerized programs or into hiring more staff to work on more programs and follow-ups with people," says Annette Lang, program director for Esquerre Fitness Group, in New York.
Furthermore, staffers need more education. "They need to be able to ask: 'What can I do with this information? ' instead of sticking it into the file and giving the member a cookie-cutter workout," Lang points out.
* Introduce goal-specific programs. "Give people something to participate in that will give them a measurable outcome," says Lang. "A club has to keep zeroing in on different pockets of people or keep rotating incentives for people to try to get involved in programs." For example, a six-week weight loss, golf or skiing program has a beginning, middle and an end, and allows people to see results.
* Play up your personal training services. "The one-on-one thing works much better because of people's different schedules," says Kett. And it's easier for a trainer to track one client's progress week to week and month to month. But the trainer requires, well, the proper training. "Trainers need to know how to constantly re-evaluate and set new goals," says Lang. "The job of a trainer is to demonstrate to a client that he is achieving his goals."
* Sponsor results-driven contests. For example, run a cross-country trip that goes for, say, six weeks. Each participant gets credited with a certain number of miles every time she logs a particular block of time on a piece of equipment. At the end of the contest, members have a clear record of how far they've come.
* Take a deep breath. Tracking outcomes is "time-consuming and takes energy," says Lang. "We're asking people to make changes in their behavior. And all we have control over is how often they get to the gym. Most of them don't even do that. It's a big challenge we all face."
Assessing Assessments
Many clubs offer a fitness assessment to new members. Giving someone a baseline measurement of his fitness level and body fat, for example, can help motivate him and start him on the path to achieving a fitness goal. "If someone is out of shape and you tell him he's out of shape, he doesn't comprehend this," says Michael Kett, director of sports medicine at Edward Health & Fitness Centers, in Naperville and Wood-ridge, Ill. "You need a baseline for sure."
But here's the challenge: You need to follow up. "A lot of people don't realize they're improving unless you retest them and say, 'Boy, you improved 50 percent on this,' " says Kett.
Unfortunately, tracking dozens or hundreds of new members and encouraging them to come back for their follow-up can be tough, depending upon the numbers and the size of your staff. And making sure the members return is another issue entirely. "To tell you the truth, many people don't come back for follow-up tests," says Kett. Why? "Often the second test has a fee related to it, which may be a factor," he notes.
Of course, your hard-core members want to know where they stand and get retested forever, notes Kett. But most people don't bother. What to do? Annette Lang, program director for Esquerre Fitness Group, in New York, suggests assigning certain employees to certain members. Check to see if they come in regularly. "At one club I worked at, I had to make follow-up monthly calls to every person I enrolled," says Lang.
Another low-maintenance, yet effective, way to help people remain goal-oriented and see results: Show them how to vary their routines. "People do the same routines day in and day out, and they don't improve because they don't change their routine," says Kett. "We're working on more follow-up with our members so we can say, 'You've been doing your program for three months. What can we do to help you move it along?' If you don't vary your program every four to six weeks, you're not going to see that improvement. You're going to plateau out."
To prevent plateaus, Kett's staff sets up a table in a common area for a week, and members are invited to show their exercise cards to staff for recommendations. "We may tell someone to take a Step class or use free weights or to hire a personal trainer," says Kett. "It's a way to make the exercise physiologist or trainer accessible without needing an appointment."


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Kenneth Lund necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 81 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Living Smart TV
Living Smart has been a technology blog for a few years and lately also a podcast.
Mostly it's a "down to earth" angle on stuff that works and makes our lives better - like smartphones, lifestyle, food, mentality etc.
The target audience is people who wants to live a "smart" life, utilizing technology when it can improve our lives.
The audience is somewhat like the "life hacker community", but less nerdy. Typically, our audience is male adults using Apple computer, iPhones, iPads etc.
The logo must be easy to read both on webpages and on small things like print on a shirt during a tv-show and also very recognizeable.
We need the logo in high res graphics, so we can resize it without problems.
It would be great if the logo works good both horisontally and vertically, but we primarily need a horisontal version.
We like a very simple, happy logo that tells a story or points in the direction of gadget, tv and technology.
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Jun 23, 2005
Sign(s) of the Times
Karen began telling me how her niece Rebecca LOVES the cartoon Dora the Explorer. Apparently the little girl is getting pretty adept at speaking Spanish just from watching cartoons. We both laughed and said these cartoons should have been around when I was growing up and I would have never failed Spanish class. Things are so much better now. If I had Bob the Builder as a kid, my house would be so much nicer because I would know how to use all those tools in my garage collecting dust.
And what's up with the ice cream truck merrily rolling though my neighborhood each night at 6:30 with the annoying "Hello!" jingle? I never had that luxury when I was a kid. If I wanted a popsicle or an ice cream, I had to open up the freezer or wait to be taken to Friendlys for a special treat. I never just had it delivered right to my front door with such occasion.
These days kids have it too good and I feel like such an old person for saying it. They learn sign language in daycare so they can demand a cookie, can speak Spanish by the age of three from cartoons and expect cell phones by the fifth grade for their growing social web. The only way I could communicate in elementary school was to figure out how to fold those maddening origami- type things to ask questions if a boy liked me and depending on how many snaps of the paper, well--you get the picture. Today it's all about text messaging and ring-tones.
As Dora might say by the time she reaches the tender age of 35, "Soy tan viejo"
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At Quinsig, we have a very diverse, multi-cultural and multi-lingual (occasionally barely lingual) population--particularly in our Facilities crew. Last night, there was a little Fawlty-Towers-esque vaudeville routine broadcast over the radio featuring the head of the Facilities crew and one of his mostly Spanish-speaking minions. It started as a fairly simple request to empty a trash receptacle in Parking Lot 1 next to the emergency sign--not something usually found in the Spanish-English phrase book. A-la Manuel, the minion simply asked, "Que?" and the head kept repeating the request in English only slower, more pronounced and louder. Strangely, that didn't seem to function as a translation for our Spanish-speaking friend. Before the radio conversation could degenerate into the head adding an "O" to the end of every word, Public Safety chimed in with one of our truly bi-lingual folk telling Manuel Mark II what the head wanted...in Spanish. It pays to watch those children's programs--especially if you want to get your baskets emptied! :)


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For some of us, breaking a smartphone is unimaginable. For others, it's only a matter of time. Either way, it could pay to have your ducks in a row. Samsung has introduced a new device replacement plan, and since no less than 107% of the world's phones were made by the manufacturer, a good number of people could benefit from this. But it won't come cheap.
Samsung's "Protection Plus Mobile Elite" plan costs $99.99 and provides coverage for two years.Read More


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Caroline Baum, one of my favorite Bloomberg columnists has an interesting article today that's worth a read.
Please consider Wanted: Middle-Class Tweeters for White House Event.
Who were these people, gathered on the afternoon of New Year's Eve to fete the president as a deal to avert the fiscal cliff was hanging in the balance?
They were "middle-class Americans" who had tweeted their way to a staged White House event, according to Politico.
The crowd gathered at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Monday looked fairly young, which makes their cheering even more disconcerting. Don't they understand that the president has done nothing to protect future generations from a crushing debt burden? Nothing about deficit reduction other than to talk about it? Nothing about preserving Medicare other than to demagogue any changes to the program?
A president truly interested in the issues he claims to be would have used this opportunity to educate younger Americans. Explain to them that the government has made promises to the elderly that it can't keep. Tell them they have choices to make on the benefits they want and the price they'll have to pay.
You won, Mr. President. You won re-election. You got your promised tax increases on the rich. But we lost. And if we lose, then ultimately you lose.
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Politico notes Obama's staged event, jokes draw McCain rebuke
The crowd was nothing if not adoring. ("Thank you for having us!" Two standing ovations.) And the president did seem in a good mood. (Cracking jokes about showing up at an audience member's house to ring in the new year.)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for one, took to the Senate floor and slammed the president for "antagonizing" Republicans during a White House event "with that group of people that he was talking to who were laughing and cheering and applauding as we are on the brink of this, of this collapse."
The audience members, billed by the White House as "middle-class Americans," were drawn from Obama supporters who responded to the White House's #my2k hashtag campaign and tweeted what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to them. Being invited to the White House based on a tweet, it would seem, doesn't make for a dour audience.
Tweet Irony
- Young Americans like Obama because he gives them student loans making them debt-slaves for life
- Young Americans like Obama because of a promise for "free" health-care for everyone. Little do they realize, nothing is "free", and they are the ones overpaying.
The fact of the matter is youth overpay for health-care as the benefits primarily go to the elderly. Obama needed a pool of fresh suckers to overpay for health-care costs to keep the system solvent for a bit longer.
Since nothing was done to contain costs, Obama will be asking for more and more money in the future.
Baum asked "Don't they understand that the president has done nothing to protect future generations from a crushing debt burden? Nothing about deficit reduction other than to talk about it?"
Obviously not.
The crowd [of fools] was adoring.
Young Americans tweeted Obama and they got an invite to bow down to the person making them debt-slaves to union educators as well as debt-slaves to the ungrateful elderly.
By the time they are old enough to collect benefits, the system will be bankrupt, with no benefits to be had. In the meantime, Republicans Prepare to Wave White Flag Again, This Time On Debt Ceiling, proving that neither party is capable of a remotely honest discussion.
The sad irony in this mess is youth have gotten nothing out of Obama but a big screw job. And for that screw job, they offer adoring praise.


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The Australian "Black Saturday" Bushfires of 2009
—Last week, during a heat wave in the southern part of the country, Australian officials issued for the first time a "catastrophic"-level fire warning. The "catastrophic" level, which indicates that people should evacuate, was created after bushfires in the state of Victoria in February 2009 killed 173 people. The following report on the 2009 Victoria bushfires will be published in the forthcoming Britannica Book of the Year 2010.
— The human and property costs of the disaster were enormous, but Australian wildlife experts have also estimated that possibly a million or more animals may have died as well, including those living in the wild and at four wildlife sanctuaries that were destroyed in the fire.
On Feb. 7, 2009, a day that was dubbed "Black Saturday" in Australia, deadly bushfires swept through the southern state of Victoria, leaving 173 people dead and 500 injured. In addition, more than 2,000 homes were destroyed, and experts estimated that the number of affected wildlife (killed or injured) could climb well into the millions.
With its abundant forests and hot dry climate, Australia had often suffered from deadly bushfires, most notably the 1939 "Black Friday" blaze in Victoria, in which 71 people were killed, and the 1983 "Ash Wednesday" fires in Victoria and South Australia, where 75 people perished. The scale of the recent fires—attributed to extreme weather conditions coupled with a severe and protracted drought that had created tinder-dry vegetation across the state—was unprecedented and left the country in a state of shock.
On February 7, Victorians were told to brace for the "worst day" in the state's history; weather forecasters warned of a record heat wave with temperatures soaring to 46.4 °C (115.5 °F), combined with gale-force winds of up to 90 km/hr (56 mph). That day more than 47 major fires erupted across the state, 14 of them claiming lives or causing significant damage. The most deadly conflagration, known as the Kilmore East fire, which claimed 121 lives, was sparked by a faulty power pole near the township of Kilmore East, 60 km (37 mi) north of Melbourne. The flames quickly jumped a major highway and roared into a forest where they turned into a giant fireball, dwarfing the resources of local firefighters who could only flee in its path. Aided by steep slopes and powerful winds, this fire raced through a series of townships, including Kinglake (where 38 people died), Strathewen (27 perished), and St. Andrews (12 were killed), catching residents by surprise and trapping many in their homes. Some sought to escape by car as the fires approached, but dozens died on the roads as they were overtaken by the fire, which leapt 100 m (328 ft) above the tree line and was powerful enough to kill with radiant heat from 300 m (984 ft).
Late in the afternoon a sudden change in wind direction pushed the fire to the northeast, bringing new towns into its path. A parallel fire, known as the Murrindindi fire, also blew to the northeast, swallowing the unsuspecting tourist town of Marysville, where 34 people lost their lives. Fire experts said that these two fires alone released energy equivalent to 1,500 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.
Fires also ravaged other parts of the state, including the eastern region of Gippsland, where 11 people were killed. In some townships there was no more than a handful of survivors after the fires swept through. The township of Flowerdale, 65 km (40 mi) north of Melbourne, was cut off from the world for almost 48 hours as its residents huddled in the local pub after their town was razed to the ground. A massive rescue effort was undertaken across the state with thousands of volunteers helping to shelter and provide for the survivors and the families of the victims.
The government immediately announced that a Royal Commission would be formed to look into the disaster but declared that the emergency services had done the best that they could in the face of an unprecedented natural phenomenon. When in August the Royal Commission released its 360-page interim report on the tragedy, however, it was highly critical of many aspects of Victoria's emergency service agencies. In particular, the report disclosed that the public warnings given by the Country Fire Authority (CFA) to the communities in the fire's path were inadequate and in some cases nonexistent. It revealed that the CFA personnel in charge of managing the fires failed to issue timely warnings, with the result that many people did not know that they were in danger until the fire was upon them. In addition, serious deficiencies were pinpointed in the command and control systems of the emergency services agencies, a problem that led to confusion, inertia, and poor decision making at crucial times. Among the 51 recommendations included in the report were changes to the "stay or go" policy that, before February 7, had advised residents to choose between remaining and defending their property against a fire or leaving the property early.
The report concluded that since 113 people died in their homes on Black Saturday, many homes could not be defended against a major bushfire, and it recommended that in future fires residents evacuate their homes rather than try to save them. The Victorian government pledged to implement all of the Royal Commission's interim recommendations in time for the beginning of the 2009–10 fire season. The Commission's final report, expected in July 2010, would evaluate longer-term issues, such as preventative burning and housing standards.
The emotional scars from Black Saturday continued to resonate; many affected families refused to rebuild their homes, saying that the risk of another fire was too great. The tragedy reminded Australians that the notion of living in the bush might still hold romantic appeal for many city dwellers, but it carried with it the very real and deadly threat of bushfire.
—Cameron Stewart
Images: A firefighter shares his water with an injured koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009—Mark Pardew/AP; map of the 2009 Australian bushfires in Victoria, Australia—EB, Inc.


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Page County's Appleberry/Applebury men in the USCT
Whether they were brothers or not is left to further research, but, what we do know is that, from approximately 30 men who documented the fact that they were born in Page County, Virginia (meaning, there may have been more who were born in Page, but did not document the fact on their enlistment papers), and served in the USCT , two men by the name of Appleberry/Applebury served in two different USCT organizations. Both appear to have been freed (or, perhaps, self-manumitted/"ran away") from slavery on or before April 19, 1861 (two days following the Virginia Convention's decision to secede), and both moved into Pennsylvania following freedom.
Albert Appleberry first appears in military-related records as an unmarried resident of Hopewell, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, when he enrolled for the draft in July, 1863. Called-up by the draft within a month, he was enlisted for three years in Co. I, 8th United States Colored Infantry, on August 4, 1863, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Listed as 25 years of age, 5'6", with black complexion and hair, Albert listed himself, by occupation, as a laborer. Albert's military service documents a good deal of action, at the Battle of Olustee, Florida, on February 20, 1864; Chaffin Farm, Virginia, September 29, 1864; and Chaffin Farm (Darbytown Road), again, on October 13, 1864 (when he was wounded in the right thigh by a shell). Though recovering from his wound in the hospital until March 17, 1865, his record states that he was again in action "before Petersburg" April 2, 1865; and at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Records also show his listed as a deserter, in June 1864, but that charge being dropped without trial or loss of pay, under Special Order No. 165, dated August 2, 1864, and signed by Gen. William Birney, as commanding officer. Albert Appleberry was honorably discharged at Brownsville, Texas on November 10, 1865.
Like Albert, it appears that Daniel Appleberry (born ca. January 1831) was residing in south-central Pennsylvania in 1863. When he enlisted as a volunteer in Co. H, 22nd United States Colored Infantry, he did so at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Listed as a farmer/laborer, Daniel enrolled for three years of service. Service continues from that point without interruption, until June 28, 1864, when he was listed as having been wounded in the head. Though absent briefly, he was again on the rolls by the next muster. Absent sick on Brownsville, Texas, on July 16, 1865, he was back in the ranks when the regiment was mustered-out at Brownsville, on October 16, 1865.
Neither Albert nor Daniel appear to have applied for pensions (nor their widows… if Albert actually married after being discharged), and nothing more can be found about Albert through the census records. On the other hand, Daniel appears to have returned to Pennsylvania, and married to Mary/Marin L. (born in Delaware in May 1850) in 1866. The couple had at least three children, including William (born ca. 1872), Annie (born ca. 1873), and George (born ca. 1877). Daniel was listed on the 1890 Veterans' Schedule Census for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and in the 1900 census, residing in Ward 7. He was also listed in Boyd's Directory for Harrisburg, as a laborer, residing at 318 Muench (from ca. 1875-1882). Daniel died sometime between 1900 and 1910, as Marin/Mary appears as a widow in the 1910 census record.


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In 2006, Eric Loeffel, who lived most of his life in California, decided to pack up and move his educational software business from San Diego to Austin, Texas.
He said it became too difficult for Compass Learning to thrive in California.
"The cost of doing business was too high, from business taxes to regulations," said Loeffel, 49.
His move to the Lone Star State, which cost $2.5 million, meant no more corporate or personal income taxes to the state. Being in Texas saves him a little more than $1 million per year in taxes. And since then, Compass Learning has expanded.
RELATED: Transferred to Austin? What you can expect
That's the kind of story Texas Gov. Rick Perry is trying to spread in California, where most corporations other than financial institutions pay 8.84 percent in taxes. That's on top of the state's personal income tax.
In a ranking of state-by-state business tax climates for 2013, the nonprofit Tax Foundation reported Texas was the 9th best state for doing business. California ranked 48th out of the 50 states.
So, would it make sense for other San Diego companies to follow Loeffel's lead and move to Austin? The answer seems to depend on the type of business.
Perry, in the Golden State last week, extolled the virtues of Texas to a handful of business executives in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County. He came to San Diego in December to lure biotech firms to Austin and said in an interview with the U-T that he planned to return here before June.
"California should not be surprised when, not just the Texas governor, but governors from other states come to recruit businesses to their state," Perry said. "They have created a very onerous environment to do business."
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And if that's not enough, Perry can pay corporations to move or expand in his state. He uses a self-described deal-closing fund to entice large companies like San Diego's Petco to head east. Since it was created in 2003, that fund, called the Texas Enterprise Fund, has awarded more than 100 grants worth more than $490 million, attracting 66,300 jobs to Texas.
On Friday, Perry announced a $6 million deal with Luxembourg-based pipe manufacturer Tenaris, which will open a 1 million square foot facility in Matagorda County, adding 600 jobs to create steel pipes.
Comings and goings
Perry's office isn't certain how many companies have relocated or expanded in Texas, but a spreadsheet it keeps based on news articles and other reports lists 166 companies since 2000, with about 10 from San Diego County. The Austin Chamber of Commerce reports that since 2004, 72 companies have relocated from California to Austin, including six from San Diego.
Someone who has been tracking interstate moves for decades is consultant Don Walls, of Oakland-based Walls & Associates. Walls, a former senior vice-president of Dri/McGraw-Hill, tracks company mobility through the National Establishment Time-Series database.
From 1990 to 2010, 3,300 corporations moved from California to Texas. In total, 36,000 moves out of the Golden State took place during that time, Walls' data shows. Alternatively, in that same time period, 1,800 companies moved from Texas to California.
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"Think of states as planets. The bigger the state, the more gravitational pull it has," Walls said. "Basically large economies attract jobs from other large economies, and this is not about a systematic, sort of better competitive climate in Texas. It is in fact a case that for some types of production that are land, energy or labor intensive, Texas has an advantage because all of those things are cheaper in Texas. That's true of China, India and lots of other places."
The pay is also cheaper, reflecting the cost of living. The means the hourly wage in San Diego in May 2011 was $24.21, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. In Austin it was $22.76. But in San Antonio, where San Diego-based Petco expanded, it was $19.52 an hour.
A California attraction
Not every company with a decision to make shies away from California.
Soitec, a French solar manufacturer, chose San Diego over New Mexico and Arizona for its U.S. headquarters last year.
And while California doesn't write checks to companies to move here, Soitec's decision wasn't without incentives.
It received an enterprise zone designation from the state, meaning up to $37,500 in tax credits for hiring eligible employees, plus additional subsidies for equipment.
Clark Crawford, the company's vice president of American sales and business development, said the 176,000 square-foot manufacturing center in Rancho Bernardo will eventually grow to 450 employees, including engineers and technicians.
Crawford said other states offered Soitec incentives, but the company also chose San Diego because San Diego Gas & Electric signed a 300 megawatt power purchase agreement, which translates to enough power for 120,000 homes.
"There has to be a balance between incentives, which influence the cost side of the equation, and signed committed contracts that influence having projects for the factory," Crawford said, noting the SDG&E commitment. "San Diego is famous for its collaborative nature in the business community, and I think we saw the best of that."
No "deal" fund but VC funds
While Texas might offer up certain deals to key companies, it doesn't have an established financial infrastructure to compete with San Diego when it comes to supporting startups, particularly in biotech.
In last year's fourth quarter, San Diego County venture capitalists raised $114 million in deals for biotech, nearly double the amount the state of Texas raised, PricewaterhouseCoopers reports.
Perry has emphasized bringing biotech and medical device companies to Austin, using his deal fund more in that industry than any other since its inception.
Duane Roth, who heads CONNECT, an organization that promotes biotech and life technologies here, said Perry is in for a challenge.
"You don't think of Texas as being very deep in venture capital. There is some, but the closer you are to the epicenter to venture capital, which is Silicon Valley, the more likely you are to get funded," Roth said. "When it gets right down to it, the way Silicon Valley and San Diego and Boston work is there's a culture that understands venture capital, understands risk, and understands technology transfer ... that's hard to duplicate."
A new report from Jones Lang LaSalle released recently ranks San Diego as the second-largest life science cluster in the United States. The report, which places Boston No. 1, takes a broad view of life sciences, including medical-device and large pharmaceutical companies as well as biotechnology. Absent from the Top 10 list? Texas.
That financial and even cultural structure plays into the moving equation.
Last week, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla hired Garth Powis, who leads drug discovery and development at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. US News says MD Anderson has the best hospital cancer care program in the country.
In an email, Powis said "the research community in San Diego is so varied and deep, with universities, research institutes, biotech companies, large pharma companies and health organizations, that the opportunities for collaboration and the rapid application of research findings to patient care are greater than I have in Texas. The can-do, entrepreneurial spirit that exists at Sanford Burnham, and in general I find throughout the San Diego research community, is also what attracts me."
Plus, moving to Texas means life science companies would be shifting from a culture of California blue to Texas red. However, Perry said companies are more concerned about taxes and regulation than about any cultural shift. That extends to his comments made during the presidential election about creationism being taught in public schools, he said. "Those are the types of arguments that people pitch up because they cannot win on a straight up argument about the facts," Perry said.
A partial San Diego departure
For companies that don't need venture capital and research facilities, Texas can be attractive.
In 2010, the Texas enterprise fund granted Petco — the San Diego-based retailer of pet products — $3.1 million to bring some of its operations to San Antonio. In exchange, Petco said it would create 400 jobs with an average pay of $57,700 a year for workers. It also received a cash grant and tax breaks from the city and county.
"It's a pretty well-oiled machine," Petco CFO Mike Foss said of Texas. "They're tough competition. They're very pro-having businesses grow."
About 10 percent of the jobs at the satellite corporate center pay more than $80,000 a year, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Before opening a corporate office in San Antonio, Foss said Petco had a hard time recruiting employees from other parts of the country.
"To get them to come out (to San Diego) it either took a pretty significant salary bump to offset the cost of living difference or they had to take a step back in their living standards," said Foss, who is based in San Diego.
Foss said an employee who moved to Texas bought a house in San Antonio after renting a small apartment in San Diego all her life. The median price of a home in San Diego was $350,000 in December, Dataquick reports. In San Antonio, the value was $159,200, Texas A&M reports.
Foss declined to say how much it cost to make the move, but said the privately held company expected to make up its costs quickly. He said Petco still plans to also grow its San Diego corporate office, which employs about 600.
A return on taxes
Living in Texas may be less expensive, but it's not free.
Texas has taxes too, said Esmael Adibi, Director of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research in Orange County. The difference, Adibi said, is that Texas can afford to not charge income tax because it taxes oil production.
"The revenue comes from different sources than us," Adibi said. "Because of those different sources they don't need to use income taxes."
Texas has higher property tax rates than California, but home values are lower. Texas collects $1,475 in property taxes per-capita, while California takes in $1,465 per-capita, the Tax Foundation reports.
California property values are protected by Proposition 13, which only allows the assessed value to rise an additional 2 percent per year, going off their 1976 value, until they are sold.
In Texas, a property value assessment cannot rise by more than 10 percent each year.
A 2011 study by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy ranked property tax rates for various buildings, including those assessed at $1 million with $200,000 in fixtures. In that category, Texas accounted for seven of the top 20 cities in tax rates, with the highest in Fort Worth of 2.631 percent — $31,571 in tax each year — and Austin at 16th, with a rate of 2.273 percent — $27,275 each year. San Diego ranked 46th, with a tax rate of 1.102 percent, meaning a tax of $13,218 on the identical building.
Commercial real estate space rates in Austin versus San Diego are a wash at about $25 per square foot. However, Dallas, Houston, El Paso and San Antonio are significantly cheaper, Co-star Property reports.
And just because Texas doesn't charge corporate income tax, business operating there still pay taxes. Texas imposes a margins tax based on gross receipts. That means most businesses pay 1 percent of gross receipts minus the partial cost of goods sold. For retailers, the rate is 0.5 percent. It generates about $3.9 billion for the state annually, Ernst & Young reports.
But Loeffel said it's still cheaper than what he paid in California.
"We don't pay anywhere near the taxes we paid before," he said, also noting the lighter regulatory environment.
Ernst & Young also reports that in fiscal year 2011 Texas took in $56.8 billion in state and local business taxes — including $25 billion in property taxes — for a total effective tax of 5.1 percent on gross state product. California came out to 5.3 percent of gross state product — $29.8 billion in property tax and $9.6 billion in corporate income tax. However, Adibi reiterated that Texas is generating its tax revenue from oil production. It's not a reflection on corporations being taxed heavily, he said.
"If the gas and oil production suddenly stops," Adibi said, "the total collection of percent of output is going to be very small."
Calculating the overall tax burden for businesses is difficult because state rates fluctuate and different businesses can qualify for different tax breaks.
Last year, the Tax Foundation collaborated with KPMG on comparing effective tax rates on certain industries state-by-state. When comparing Texas and California, Texas was cheaper for eight of 14 categories of several industries depending on whether they were newly opened or established.
Texas was best for manufacturing operations, corporate headquarters, older call centers and older retail. California was better for distribution centers, research and development, newer call centers and newer retail.
Getting what you pay for?
Perry's most recent visits here are fueled by the November passage of California Proposition 30, which raised sales and some income taxes.
(The sales tax in San Diego is now 8 percent. In Texas, it can be up to 8.25 percent — that's the rate in Austin).
Still, California provides a higher level of service than other states, said Kish Rajan, director of California Gov. Jerry Brown's Office of Business and Economic Development, Go-Biz.
Rajan defended the state's tax rates, saying they fund key services and are a known quantity to businesses who can budget for them. But, he said, there is work to be done on overlapping and confusing regulations.
"I think that a lot of things that these states are selling are lower costs, lower costs, lower costs, and our mantra in California is we're not in a race to the bottom with any other state," he said. "We have found a way in our state to have very high quality, very high value. We've proven that you can have a successful economy and still preserve the environment and look after workers and protect consumers and look after the public health."
But that hasn't stopped Perry from taking his pitch to the coast. He said Texas has a different philosophy when it comes to taxes and providing services.
"Texas has chosen, in a number of areas, we are not going to have a very rich health care system the way California has put into place," Perry said. "As a matter of fact, we think that is one of the reasons that California has the potential to go bankrupt in the future, because of the very high cost of government."
But Perry said he would put Austin's quality of life against any other place in the country – he said he hopes it will become the next Silicon Valley.
Marney Cox, chief economist at the San Diego Association of Governments, visited Austin with some local business leaders about 10 years ago and came away impressed.
"I think this has been playing out over at least a decade or two where from time to time California seems vulnerable and this is one of those times," Cox said. "States begin to look at businesses here and wonder why they are not laying out the welcome mat themselves."
Loeffel, who heads Compass Learning, would concur. He said only 10 of his 150 San Diego employees came with him to Austin, but that he found an eager and qualified workforce waiting.
As for quality of life, Loeffel said the area grew quickly on his family.
"They didn't want to move," Loeffel said. "We moved here and within six to eight months, they didn't want to leave."


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New York City health officials are urging patrons of a restaurant in the city's West Village to receive a vaccination after learning of a food handler there diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
Any patron who had dessert at Alta, a Spanish and Mediterranean tapas bar, between March 23 and April 2 is considered at risk, the New York City Health Department said. It's recommended they get a Hepatitis A vaccine as a precautionary measure.
As many as 3,000 people may have visited the restaurant during the week in late March, and about 15 percent is estimated to have eaten dessert, the Health Department said.
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Officials said an employee in the pastry department contracted Hepatitis A when she traveled to Mexico.
Hepatitis A is a liver disease spread by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with traces of fecal matter from an infected person. Symptoms include jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea.
"We are working closely with the Health Department to ensure the safety of our customers," said Christopher Chesnutt, owner of Alta restaurant. "This is an isolated incident, and the infected employee is no longer on premises."
The Health Department said it is working with the restaurant to obtain as many names as possible of people who may have been exposed and to contact each of them. Patrons can also call 311 for more information.
People who have been exposed should be vaccinated within 14 days for the shot to be most effective. Those who were exposed but have already received two doses of Hepatitis A vaccine sometime in their life do not need another shot; all others should be vaccinated.
Once its symptoms appear, Hepatitis A cannot be treated with special medicines or antibiotics.
The Health Department said it was notified of the case on April 4, began the investigation, and inspected the restaurant Thursday. Alta was given the OK to reopen Friday night, though the restaurant will not be serving dessert again until Saturday.
An average of 65 cases of Hepatitis A occur in New York City each year, with one to two cases occurring in food handlers.


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Seclusion and splendor.
These are two words that come to mind to describe Uçhisar's Kale Konak Hotel.
Just steps away from the awe-inspiring landmark Uçhisar's castle that stands out even in the spectacular panorama that is the Cappadocia skyline, it offers a cozy feeling of privacy whether you opt for a room in one of the two ancient houses above ground or one of the six cave suites below.
Artfully decorated, this is the "hotel du charme" that its letterhead promises.
Every corner, nook and cranny--and without exaggeration there are more than a hundred-- has a tasteful object d'art, Turkish tapestry, interesting carved wooden door from India or Turkey, and more.
There are both sun-filled patio tables and shaded serving spaces in the veranda.
In the suite of cave rooms you find inviting common areas perfect for gatherings of friends or family and replete with bottles of champagne waiting celebratory uncorkings.
You feel as if you are living happily in a chic high-end antique shop sans clutter.
If you are reading take time to put your book down and admire your room or common area surrounds.
24/7 there is a hamam to sweat, relax, shower,scrub and relax in again.
If the awe-inspiring surrounds of Cappadocia didn't lure you outside it would be easy to imagine a day with multiple visits to this hamam, free to all guests of the hotel and made into a private retreat with a simple click of an outside door. Masseurs can be hired through the hotel.
If you know the delights of the typical sweet and savory Turkish breakfast expect to be delighted even more than usual. Tastefully presented, the cheeses, olives, preserves etc. is definitely a cut above. One can also order a set menu dinner that varies each day of the week if you have the forethought to do so by noon.
Abdullah Guney, co-owner and head Manager of the hotel had many prior years of experience in the restaurant industry and it shows. Ever warm and cordial, he is a font of information on how to enjoy yourself in the area and can arrange everything from balloon tours to recommending the area's hidden gem restaurants such as Muti's in nearby Ürgüp. If he gives you advice, take it-- he will not steer you wrong.
Like Abdullah, the entire staff is gracious and seeming to keep an ever watchful eye towards any detail that would add to your comfort.
Guests come from around the world, all seeming to find the tasteful decor and gracious staff to their liking.
It's probably best to make advance reservations, especially if you prefer to experience troglodyte luxury cave rooms or an above grade room instead.
Tip: if you are staying for several days see if the hotel can switch you from cave suite to one of the house hotel rooms or vice versa.
They are unique experiences both worth having.
This is not just a hotel to escape to for sleep-- though the quiet solitude both above and below ground will certainly make that easy.
Rather, this is a place to immerse yourself in surrounds to savor.
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Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Romeo and Juliet
- Saturday, June 28, 2014 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm
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In the last two weeks of June, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks will open its 42nd season of providing free professional theatrical productions throughout Montana and four neighboring states.
MSIP will produce two of Shakespeare's most beloved plays; "As You Like It" and "Romeo and Juliet". The summer season, which begins June 18th with eight performances in Bozeman, will be hitting the road on June 30th and will include 75 performances in 61 communities prior to its conclusion on September 7th. The final performance of the tour will be at MSU's duck pond in honor of Family and Graduate housing of MSU, who for years have helped support MSIP with on-campus housing and gracious personal service.
Some of summer's most anticipated events in the region, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks brings professional productions, at no cost to the public, to communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming, eastern Idaho, western North Dakota and eastern Washington. Remarkably self-reliant, the company features 10 professional actors selected by national audition who tour without technical assistance to bring live theatre to communities primarily in rural areas. This summer Trout Creek and Belgrade, MT join the communities which MSIP serves. An anticipated audience of over 30,000 will experience the two fully staged, beautifully costumed plays.
Opening the 42nd season will be "As You Like It" set in 1917 Butte, MT where the resplendent, urbane world of the Copper Kings will be contrasted with the healing, natural world of the Montanan wilderness. This production will be directed by new artistic director Kevin Asselin, who has a rich history with MSIP as tour actor, educator, fight choreographer and director. William Dickerson, vetran actor and director for MSIP, in his fourth season of directing for the summer tour, will bring "Romeo and Juliet" to the stage. It will be replete with epic sword fighting choreographed by Kevin Asselin, and original acapella music created by Philadelphia based composer Davis Good. Claudia Boddy, MSIP resident costume designer, will design both "As You Like It" and "Romeo and Juliet". MSIP resident set designer and technical director Tom Watson, will create the sets for the productions, tailoring the designs to travel and to withstand capricious Rocky Mountain weather.
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks is an outreach program of Montana State University's College of Arts and Architecture.
This season's major sponsors include: the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Subaru, NorthWestern Energy, the Gianforte Family Foundation, ADOUR, Stillwater Mining, The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, Barnard Construction, Elise Donohue Double D Ranch, KBZK, Yellowstone Public Radio, Treacy Foundation, Montana Cultural Trust, the Montana Arts Council, and the Gilhousen Family Foundation.
All performances, with the exception of the Sweet Pea Festival are free, and tickets are not needed for admission. Audiences are encouraged to show up before show time with blankets or chairs, a picnic supper, and plenty of friends and family to enjoy the evening.
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"As You Like It" By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kevin Asselin
Costumes by Claudia Boddy
Scenery by Tom Watson
"Romeo and Juliet" By William Shakespeare
Directed by William Dickerson
Costumes by Claudia Boddy
Scenery by Tom Watson
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Michael Gonring- Company manager- 11th tour
Casey Hoekstra- 3rd tour
Bobby Bowman- 2nd tour
Kaelan Strouse- 1ST tour
Nate Cheeseman- 1st tour
Andrew Rathgeber- 1ST tour
Joanna Harmon- 1ST tour
Rebecca Hurd- 1st tour
Vanessa Sawson- 1st tour
Erik Pearson- 1st tour
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When he wants to be, the president is a brilliant and moving speaker, but his stories virtually always lack one element: the villain who caused the problem, who is always left out, described in impersonal terms, or described in passive voice, as if the cause of others' misery has no agency and hence no culpability.ADDED: Paul Krugman comments on the linked piece:
[W]e shouldn't really wonder what happened to Obama — he is who he always was. If you paid attention to what he actually said during the primary and the election, he was always a very conventional centrist. Progressives who flocked to his campaign basically deluded themselves, mistaking style for substance. I got huge flack for saying that at the time, but it was true, and events have borne it out.Of course, I wasn't deluded. That's not to say I'm happy.


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PDSI Granted Patent for Dynamic Date Scheduling Technology
US Copyright and Patent Office recognizes PDSI as leading inventor of advanced technology in the workforce scheduling software industry
Irvine, CA — PDSI (Principal Decision Systems International), developers of TeleStaff™, Public Safety's leading scheduling and notification solution, today announced that it has been granted a patent from the United States Copyright and Patent Office for its technology called "Methods and Apparatuses for determining Dynamic Dates." The technology behind this patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,426,714, enables the TeleStaff product to blend complex scheduling rules and future dates to automatically make staffing decisions. This capability within TeleStaff provides users with an advanced level of scheduling automation saving them significant time and effort with respect to workforce staffing.
Public Safety organizations employ very complex rules that are often date driven regarding who is available and qualified to be scheduled to work based on collective bargaining agreements, HR policies, labor laws and other regulations. The mission of TeleStaff has always been to automate as much of the scheduling decision-making process as possible, and to allow administrators to intervene by choice and not by force. In order to accomplish this mission, TeleStaff developers were forced to invent the sophisticated date-based technology called Dynamic Dates.
An extreme example of the power of this technology is its ability to encapsulate the definition of Easter in a single expression that will evaluate to the correct date for Easter Sunday every year. The definition of Easter is very complex and ultimately is based on a full moon cycle. In the context of TeleStaff, a staffing rule triggered by the Easter event need only be written once and it will behave accurately forever.
"We are very pleased that the Patent Office has acknowledged our unique and powerful technology with the award of this patent," said Greg Ekstrom, PDSI's president. "The patent simply underscores what makes TeleStaff the leading Public Safety scheduling solution and what separates it from competitive products which is the ability to automatically make staffing decisions so that managers can focus on other high priority work."
The Dynamic Dates technology has been included in and used throughout TeleStaff since version 2.0, and has enabled TeleStaff to consistently automate the most complicated industry scheduling rules. "While TeleStaff is the obvious beneficiary of this technology today," says Ekstrom, "it is by its very nature fundamental and generic date technology that could be an inherent part of many software solutions from database engines to various calendaring applications."
About PDSI
Principal Decision Systems International – PDSI, is a software and services company headquartered in Irvine, California that is focused on developing workforce scheduling software for a diverse array of industries including public safety, government, healthcare and hospitality. PDSI designs, develops, markets, implements and supports scheduling software products that automate daily processes such as scheduling employees to shifts, events or appointments resulting in value-added solutions and offering increased productivity among human resources. TeleStaff™ provides Public Safety organizations a scheduling and notification solution capable of managing complex rules, work codes and shifts. Collection Management System™ (CMS) is a group of applications specifically designed for blood collection organizations. STAFFeasy™ is a web-based event staffing and notification solution designed to fill positions based on rules and notify personnel of work assignments. For more information about PDSI and TeleStaff, please visit the company's website.