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Born in Detroit, Michigan to a family recently emigrated from Greece, Peter didn't even speak English until he started school. But after graduating from Wayne State University, in 1973, Peter and two partners founded a software company they named Compuware. A love of sports and a desire to give back to the community prompted Karmanos to initiate the Detroit Compuware hockey organization in the late 1970's. The hockey association included levels from house league straight up to junior. In 1989, the Ontario Hockey League expanded outside Canadian borders for the first time when it welcomed the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors to the league. Since that time, the team has undergone several name changes, including the Detroit Junior Red Wings, the Detroit Whalers and the name by which they known today, the Plymouth Whalers.
In 1994, Peter purchased the NHL's Hartford Whalers, moving the franchise to Carolina for the 1997-98 season. That year, Karmanos was a recipient of the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
Today, besides continuing in his role as CEO of the Compuware Corporation, Peter Karmanos Jr. owns the Florida Everblades of the ECHL, the afore-mentioned Plymouth Whalers of the OHL and, of course, the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.
Arriving at noon, the Stanley Cup was driven up a long driveway that was decorated on either side with red and white balloons. Banners in Carolina colours hung from the balconies of the Karmanos' home. Caterers were still scurrying to complete their preparations, so Peter took the Stanley Cup out to the end of his massive dock. For an hour, he sat enjoying the company of the Stanley Cup under puffy clouds and brilliant blue skies. "It's nice to sit here and relax with the Cup," smiled Peter. "I haven't really had much time to enjoy it!"
Several boaters, noticing Lord Stanley's Cup, pulled up alongside the dock. The jungle drums clearly were beating and soon, what looked like an armada was floating in the calm waters of stunning Orchard Lake near the home of Peter Karmanos. "Congratulations to you and the 'Canes, Peter," shouted one of the many boaters, while others obligingly blew their horns in unison. The calm had been broken, but the enjoyment was certainly not diminished.
Not long afterwards, with food and decorations beautifully in place, guests began to arrive at the home of Peter and Danialle Karmanos. Nibbling on fresh-popped popcorn as well as crackerjack, guests filled their plates with ribs, hamburgers and hotdogs, salads and potatoes while toasting the Hurricanes' win. Each had photos taken with the Stanley Cup out on the end of the dock.
A classy celebration from a classy team owner.
Nick Karmanos, Peter's second son, enjoyed the Stanley Cup on Monday, July 24. The Cup was taken to his home, where in the morning, there was a kids' Stanley Cup party, and in the afternoon, a celebration for adults. That evening, Thomas Thewes, Peter's partner, took the Stanley Cup to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the Forest Lake Country Club.
Chad ended up playing 49 regular season contests with the Hurricanes during his rookie campaign, scoring a goal and 12 assists. He also played an integral role in the march to the Stanley Cup, and Carolina responded with a two-year contract just days after the Stanley Cup celebration. "I wasn't expecting a two-year, one-way deal," he smiled, adding, "This is the first year I'm going into the season secure in the NHL."
Chad LaRose's day with the Stanley Cup took place Wednesday, July 26, and he maximized his time in his hometown of Fraser, Michigan. At 7:30 that morning, a limousine picked up Chad, his father Grant and a couple of friends and took them to the on-air studio of Detroit's Country, 99.5 WYCD, where he guested with the Stanley Cup on the Dr. Don Show. "I got up the earliest I've gotten up all summer, which was 7 AM," Chad yawned. "I didn't sleep very well last night."
Chad took the Stanley Cup back to his hometown, and greeted guests at a community event in Fraser's Steffens Park. There, in a gazebo, LaRose met almost 200 fans, who excitedly took pictures of the historic hockey trophy.
Pastor Ron Babich was anxiously waiting on Chad's arrival with the Stanley Cup at his parish, Our Lady Queen of All Saints. As a lad, Chad had served as an altar boy at the church, and was pleased to have Pastor Babich bless both him and the Stanley Cup.
Back at his parents' home, Chad caught a quick nap while his Mom, Sandy, made last-minute preparations for the evening's party. In the yard, a large tent had been erected to house the 250 or so guests who would be celebrating with the LaRose family.
Shortly after most guests had arrived, the rain came down in buckets, forcing family and friends to retreat to the garage or huddle under the tent. But the dampness didn't put a damper on the celebration, as those invited continued to enjoy salads, fruit and pastries while taking pictures with the Stanley Cup. Chad's father surveyed the scene and could only shake his head and laugh. "Can you believe my punk kid has caused all this?"
The final stop of the night was Cheli's Chili Bar & Restaurant, owned by Detroit's veteran defenseman Chris Chelios, twice a Stanley Cup champion himself. "That was a nice thing that he did for me," Chad mentioned, referring to Chelios allowing him to bring his Cup celebration to the downtown Detroit restaurant. "I grew up watching him here in Detroit." With a police escort, flashing lights and all, the limos with Chad, his family and friends as well as the Stanley Cup, made their way to Cheli's, just around the corner from Comerica Park. "Crank it," blurted LaRose as Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' came on the radio. Like a scene out of 'Wayne's World,' the gang bobbed their heads and reached for the falsetto notes of the classic rock song. "Scaramouche, scaramouche. Can you do the fandango! Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening�"
Once parked, Chad lugged the Stanley Cup up the stairs, where 250 friends waited on the guest(s) of honour. Teammate Aaron Ward stopped by to celebrate with Chad, too. Next season, they'll be opponents, as Aaron has since signed with the Rangers.
As the night wore on, about 30 guests retreated to the VIP lounge to sip from the Stanley Cup. At 4AM, Chad stretched to stay awake. "I think I'm done," he stated. Ten minutes later, he was back in the limousine, cradling Lord Stanley's mug. Back at his family's home, Chad bid everyone good night and trudged off to bed, still holding on to the Stanley Cup.
Friday's Stanley Cup Journal takes us to Peterborough, Ontario and a day spent with Cory Stillman. Hope to have you visit us again then.
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It's hot. The kids are complaining they're bored. And you want something sweet and satisfying to eat, just to take the edge off. You're afraid, however, that if you eat even one more ice cream cone, the spandex in your bathing suit will fail. What should you do?
How about making some skinny berry parfaits?!
They're ridiculously simple to whip up, versatile, and guaranteed to make you, your little ones, and anyone you give them to, happy.
I made my skinny parfaits with fat free vanilla pudding, orange scented berries, and a crisp oat and almond mixture, but feel free to come up with your own favorite fillings.
Food Blogga Disclaimer: Food Blogga lives in comfortably-cool San Diego. For those of you living areas where the air is so thick with humidity that water actually condensates on your skin when outdoors, note that this homemade pudding requires standing over a stove for 12 minutes. Food Blogga is heretofore not responsible for any overheating or general irritability induced by simmering pudding.
I'm passing along my Skinny Parfaits to lovely Linda of Make Life Sweeter! who is hosting Got Milk?, an event in honor of World Breastfeeding Week. You don't have to be breastfeeding or even have a baby to participate. Just make a sweet dish featuring milk. Simple, huh?
Skinny Berry Parfaits
Makes 4 small or 2 large servings
Print recipe only here.
2 cups of mixed berries or fruit of your choice (I used blueberries, strawberries, & cherries)
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/4 teaspoon orange zest
Place all ingredients in a large bowl and let macerate while you prepare the crisp mixture and pudding.
Crisp Mixture:
1 teaspoon Smart Balance butter substitute
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 tablespoons sliced almonds
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add oats, almonds, and cinnamon, and stir until well combined. Cook for 3-5 minutes, or just until the oats and nuts turn golden brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
6 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups skim milk (or milk of your choice)
pinch of salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Combine sugar and cornstarch in a medium pot over medium heat. Add 1 cup of milk, whisking until the sugar and cornstarch are dissolved. Add the second cup of milk and salt, and bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Lower the heat, cooking pudding for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove pudding from heat for 2-3 minutes. Lightly whisk one egg with vanilla extract and slowly add to the pudding, whisking constantly. (Removing it from the heat will prevent the egg from cooking). Simmer for 2-3 minutes, or until thick, stirring several times. Remove from heat.
Assemble serving dishes. Start with some macerated berries on the bottom, then some pudding, then some crisp, and repeat. Top each serving dish with a dollop of pudding, and place a cherry or other fruit on top. Cover with Saran Wrap and refrigerate until chilled.
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You might also like these low-fat treats:
Grilled Watermelon Slices with a Honey-Lime Syrup
Date, Fennel, and Pistachio Scones (Heart Healthy & Low Fat!)
Pancakes with Fresh Raspberry-Strawberry Sauce
Summertime Strawberry Pie (if you skip the crust)
More pretty parfaits:
- Ann's Blueberry Parfaits and Rhubarb Gingersnap Parfaits
- Lynda's Strawberry and Mascarpone Cream Parfaits w/Balsamic Syrup and Mint
- Picky Palate's Honeyed Strawberry Shortcake Yogurt Parfaits
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Movie-goers will experience intriguing 'Side Effects,' starring Jude Law, Mara Rooney
Steven Soderbergh, rightly considered one of Hollywood's smartest movie makers, is at his cleverest in "Side Effects," a canny, cunning big-idea thriller in a minor key, an engrossing zeitgeist whodunit about Wall Street, Big Pharma, prescription drugs and the power we give psychiatry and psychologists.
Put simply, it's about a death, perhaps caused by an under-tested depression drug.
Channing Tatum plays a Wall Street type just getting out of prison for securities fraud. Rooney Mara (of the Hollywood adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") is Emily, his seemingly overwhelmed wife, a morose beauty burdened by the responsibilities she now carries (she's the one working) and the memory of the life they lost.
Her attempted suicide-by-car puts her in the care of Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), a seemingly sincere psychotherapist who must come up with a drug -- on the fly -- that keeps a distraught but apparently sane Emily out of the hospital.
We'll do this and then that drug, he suggests. And if one or the other produces problems, we'll prescribe something else to counter those. How about this new thing, the one she's seen the ads for on TV -- "Ablixa"?
"Side Effects" nicely describes the slow-moving "fog" of depression as waves of it overwhelm Emily. And it plays like a case-study in her treatment by drugs -- her downcast behavior replaced by other manifestations of "not quite right." Suddenly, she has energy and can function at work and in her marriage, where "new energy" translates to a vigorous sex life. But she's up at all hours, sleepwalking. She can't remember things.
Then, a crime happens and we wonder if it was the drug, the doctor (legally paid by the pharmaceutical company to test the drug on patients), the patient's predisposition (Catherine Zeta-Jones plays her previous doctor) or something else that led to tragedy.
It's a film that sees quiet menace in the everyday. Soderbergh elegantly suggests that if you're suicidal, every trip down to the subway, every boat ride in the harbor, every moment behind the wheel or meal prepared with sharp knives has the threat of an impulsive, irreversible act.
Soderbergh, working from a Scott Z. Burns ("Contagion") screenplay, transforms this tricky mystery into hints of something trickier -- Wall Street machinations, the murky relationship between psycho-therapists and the courts, between doctors and pharmaceutical companies.
"You watch the commercials on TV," one puzzled character complains. "People get better."
Law uses his years of playing cads as useful baggage here, giving suspicious layers to this married, overextended workaholic. Tatum is never more believable -- no matter what the character -- than when he's in a Soderbergh movie. He should single-handedly prevent Soderbergh from going through with the director's announced retirement from filmmaking.
And Mara, trussed up to resemble a young, troubled Kristin Scott Thomas, retains the touch of "unstable" she wore so well in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Is she sleepy-eyed or psychotic, deeply depressed or poker-faced?
"Side Effects" loses some momentum in its third act, piling on implausibilities as it grasps for a satisfying conclusion. But even then Soderbergh never lets things slip from the implausible to the impossible. Remember, even in the "Ocean's Eleven" movies, he was too smart to let that happen.
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Cast: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Cash-rich Apple should buy Twitter so it can finally add the social media components it's always lacked? That's some of the financial wisdom being spouted around Wall Street today.
Priced at about $9 billion, Apple could easily afford the microblogging site, but the fact is that Apple is a bit of a miser when it comes to money. The tech company has never paid more than $500 million for an acquisition, according to Mashable.
Sure, Tim Cook is a little looser with the purse strings and is handing out $45 billion in dividends, but Apple's $100 billion pile of cash is still expected to grow, so why not, Tim?
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It would be a huge break with tradition, but it would also remedy Apple's lack of a social outlet and the Ping debacle. And Apple has already integrated Twitter into its new OS X Mountain Lion, so why not make it official?


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Nationwide personalises customer interactions to grow market share
Nationwide uses a custom "scoping wheel" to present the right offers to the right customers at the right time.
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The world's largest building society
Serves roughly15 million members
Accomplished user of customer data
Business Goals
Deliver highly personalised services to members
Consolidate views of each customer's every interaction
Capture data from digital banking channels
Developed 360°views of each of its customers
Aligned offers and services to customer needs
Improved cross-sell, up-sell and market share
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"When your customers own your business, it is especially important to treat each of them as an individual, to make each of them feel valued. Pitney Bowes technology is providing Nationwide with a real-time single view of its customers to help align offers and promotions to customer needs." Alex Bannister,
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As a large financial institution operating in a competitive marketplace, Nationwide Building Society wanted to distinguish itself, and increase its market share, by delivering highly personalised services and offers to its member customers. To produce those types of tailored offerings, Nationwide needed to develop a more comprehensive view of each of its customer's interactions with the institution.
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Nationwide knows well the power of customer data when it's effectively employed to deepen relationships. Through its long-standing partnership with Pitney Bowes, the company has used Portrait software as the engine behind its multi-channel customer relationship management system. Other Portrait-based solutions from Pitney Bowes boosted sales performance by delivering targeted offers to online banking customers and giving employees a broader, deeper understanding of customer needs.
But Nationwide operates in a rapidly evolving consumer environment, with Internet banking and mobile banking becoming more prevalent. Nationwide needed to capture information from those channels to better align offerings with customer needs and further improve its market share. The building society also wanted to improve customer satisfaction with its products and services to support its strategic objective of ranking first in this area.
Pitney Bowes developed and implemented a scoping wheel — a digital representation of each customer's entire financial relationship with Nationwide — using Portrait Interaction Optimizer™. This innovative tool provides employees with precise insight into each customer's banking behaviours, plus it aligns offers with those behaviours. Nationwide employees can now present relevant offers to customers when they visit or call the institution. For example, a customer with a high credit rating who abandons an online mortgage application can be offered refinancing at a low rate when she calls customer service with a checking account question. The Pitney Bowes software solution also provides streamlined processes for referring customers from Nationwide branches, call centres and website to the sales team for follow up, as appropriate.
"The scoping wheel has helped us to better understand the needs of each of our customers, so we can match our services and offerings to those needs." Alex Bannister,
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Nationwide Building Society
As a result of its ongoing relationship with Pitney Bowes, Nationwide has been able to develop 360° views of each of its customer's relationships with the building society and deliver this into channel touch points.
With these coalesced views, the building society is able to better tailor its response to customer requests. This aids cross-sell and up-sell efforts while helping the company to improve customer service and capture greater market share. As a result, the building society expects to improve its customer satisfaction and attract new customers.


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It's all about the kids for Tammy Lynn Michaels.
The former partner of rock star Melissa Etheridge, Michaels filed documents this week seeking full legal and physical custody of the couple's 3-year-old twins, People magazine has learned.
The couple, who were registered as domestic partners in 2005, split last week after Etheridge, 49, filed the appropriate paperwork with the L.A. County Superior Court. She cited "irreconcilable differences" and requested that Michaels, 35, be denied financial support. In her paperwork, Etheridge requested joint custody of son Miller and daughter, born in 2006.
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"Tammy filed a dissolution of marriage, because in her eyes this was a marriage. Both she and Melissa gave it the dignity of a marriage – they had a marital ceremony back in 2001," her attorney, Steve Knowles, told People magazine in an interview. "If the court system says there was no such thing as a marriage and tells us we have to amend it to a domestic partnership, so be it."


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Ducks put 9-game win streak on line vs. Coyotes
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Anaheim Ducks aim to extend their club-record winning streak to 10 games when they host the Phoenix Coyotes in Saturday's Pacific Division clash at Honda Center.
The Ducks have won nine in a row to record the NHL's longest winning streak since Pittsburgh claimed 15 straight victories from March 2-30 of last season. Anaheim's point streak of 12 games (10-0-2) is also the league's longest since the Pens went on their epic winning streak in March.
Anaheim also enters Saturday's clash on a three-game home winning streak and the Ducks have still yet to lose in regulation this season in Orange County, going 13-0-2 as the host.
The Ducks' last four wins all came on the road, including a 3-2 regulation win in their last outing on Monday against the Washington Capitals. Hampus Lindholm's tally late in the third period sent Anaheim to a 3-2 victory over the Capitals in Bruce Boudreau's return to Washington.
Boudreau had served as Caps head coach from November of 2007 through November of 2011, and was named to Anaheim's post only two days after being dumped.
"In the whole scheme of things, I'm happier that we kept the streak alive," said Boudreau of his homecoming.
Saku Koivu and Andrew Cogliano registered a goal and assist each for the Ducks. Jonas Hiller needed to make just 17 stops to run his record to 16-4-4.
"We're just trying to stay the course and play our game," Hiller said of the team's success. "I think that's the strength right now and it's great that it worked out again tonight."
Anaheim has a good chance to keep its streak alive tonight, as the Ducks are 3-0 against the Coyotes this season and have won for of five overall in the series. Phoenix is 0-1-1 at the Honda Center this season and has lost five of its past six tilts in Orange County.
Hiller has been in net for all three wins this season over the Coyotes, posting a 1.95 goals against average and .941 save percentage.
Phoenix heads to Anaheim after going past regulation for a fourth game in a row. It has lost three of those games, including a 4-3 setback in a shootout to the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.
David Moss scored twice in regulation and Radim Vrbata tied the game for Phoenix with 6:25 left in regulation, but Mike Smith gave up two goals in the tiebreaker after stopping 28 saves through overtime.
"It was a very competitive game. We played a much better game than our last one," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "It was a fast-paced, entertaining game that came down to one shot in a shootout."
The Coyotes have lost five of their past six overall and may give backup Thomas Greiss the start tonight.
Greiss is 4-2-0 with a 2.20 GAA in eight games this season, including five starts, and has gone 0-2-1 with a 2.14 GAA in five lifetime encounters with the Ducks, making three starts.
Greiss faced Anaheim once this season in a relief role on Nov. 23, stopping all four shots faced in 19 minutes of work.


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Imagine the following scenario:
You've detected that your (or someone else's) program has a bug - a function produces the wrong result when given a particular input. You examine the code and can't find anything wrong: it just seem to bog out when given this input.
You can now do one of two things: you either examine the code further until you've found the actual cause; or you slap on a bandage by adding an
if statement checking if the input is this particular input - if it is, return the expected value.
To me, applying the bandage would be completely unacceptable. If the code is behaving unexpectingly on this input, what other input that you've missed will it react strangely to? It just doesn't seem like a fix at all - you're just shoveling the problem under the rug.
As I wouldn't even consider doing this, I'm surprised at how often the professors and books keep reminding us about how applying "bandage" fixes is not a good idea. So this makes me wonder: just how common are these kinds of "fixes"?


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Photos require bandwidth.I HAVE had the National Broadband Network connected to my Brunswick studio for more than a year, and it certainly has changed the way I work. I no longer deliver images on a CD but use a cloud service such as Dropbox. I use a few photo retouchers and, where previously I would use a courier to shuttle large documents, I now do it all online. I could do all these things with ordinary ADSL, but to do them while streaming high-quality music and watching a Cartier-Bresson documentary on YouTube, I need fibre broadband.
The NBN is a national wholesale data network being built by NBN Co. It will be constructed over 10 years, with the federal government paying most of the $40 billion construction cost. It is estimated to be paid back in dividends by 2034.
The network will gradually replace the ageing copper network. About 93 per cent of the population will receive optical fibre to their premises and the rest will be serviced by a 4G LTE wireless network. Or, if you are really remote, you can access one of two NBN satellites.
Photographers need this bandwidth. Image file sizes have steadily become larger.
Cloud storage is becoming a viable option to back up all this data – it can be far more reliable than a hard drive on your desktop – and companies such as Backblaze are offering unlimited storage for about $4 a month. Transferring these large files around can be frustrating and time-consuming, therefore a steady, fast and reliable connection is invaluable.
The speed of my internet connection is a consistent 100 Mbps to fibre-connected servers. Upload speeds are about 40 Mbps. The quality of the end connection does affect these speeds. I share my studio with several people and we are using an Internode plan with 1000 gigabytes of download data at $165 a month.
One huge difference to ADSL is the dependable connection: in a year it has never had a fault or slowed down.
One of the most important features of the NBN, often missed in the heated political debates about cost and fibre versus wireless, is the network effect. For example, the more people own telephones, the more valuable the telephone is to each user. Over time, the NBN will become more useful with every household and business that connects to it, creating a positive feedback loop.
As a working photographer, this means anyone in Australia could become my digital assistant, or my art director, or a buyer of my images, instantly and effortlessly. The photographer of the future may work in ways we can only imagine.
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Assessment Appeals Forms, Applications & Documents
The following is for informational and reference purposes only. Please refer to the appropriate state laws and regulations, the application form, and the Monterey County Assessment Appeals Board Rules of Procedure for specifics. Links are provided below for your convenience. For other documents and forms related to assessment appeals, please visit the Clerk's website at https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/departments-a-h/clerk-of-the-board/assessment-appeals-forms-applications-documents .
Filing Period: The timeframe to submit an Application for Changed Assessment based on the January 1, 2019 lien date (regular assessment) is July 2, 2019 through December 2, 2019. Applications must be postmarked no later than December 2, 2019 or received by the Clerk of the Board at 168 West Alisal Street, First Floor, Salinas, CA 93901 no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST) on December 2, 2019.
Rules of Procedure: On May 24, 2011, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors adopted the Rules of Procedure of the Monterey County Assessment Appeals Board. The Rules can be found by clicking here and are specific to Assessment Appeals in Monterey County.
Processing Fee: Effective July 1, 2011, there is a $40.00 non-refundable processing fee for each Application for Changed Assessment (one application is required for each parcel) filed with the Clerk of the Board. For mailed applications, payment can be made by check or money order payable to County of Monterey. Cash, check or money order will be accepted for hand-delivered applications received at the Clerk of the Board's office during regular business hours at 168 West Alisal Street, First Floor, Salinas, CA 93901.
Applicants who would qualify for a waiver of court fees and costs pursuant to California Government Code section 68632 because of their financial condition may request a fee waiver for the processing fee by submitting a Fee Waiver Request Form. The Fee Waiver Request Form must be filed concurrently with the Application for Changed Assessment. The form is available on the Clerk's website. Hard copies of the form are available during regular business hours at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 168 West Alisal Street, First Floor, Salinas, CA 93901.
Application for Changed Assessment (Property Tax Appeal) (2018)
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Abstract: This study investigates how the choice of analysis method for card sorting studies affects the suggested information structure for websites. In the card sorting technique, a variety of methods are used to analyse the resulting data. The analysis of card sorting data helps user experience (UX) designers to discover the patterns in how users make classifications and thus to develop an optimal, user-centred website structure. During analysis, the recurrence of patterns of classification between users influences the resulting website structure. However, the algorithm used in the analysis influences the recurrent patterns found and thus has consequences for the resulting website design. This paper draws an attention to the choice of card sorting analysis and techniques and shows how it impacts the results. The research focuses on how the same data for card sorting can lead to different website structures by generating different set of classifications. It further explains how the agreement level between the users can change for similar data due to the choice of analysis. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8587
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A casual reading of Judges 4 will lead most of us to believe that Barak is the picture of weakness in the land of Israel at that time. However, chapter 5 contains a song that followed Israel's victory over Sisera. In this passage, we learn that Barak is more of picture of faith over fear than we initially think. We also learn that there were others in the nation of Israel that refused to show up to the battle at all. One of our Bible teachers, Brian Farley, shares this lesson with us. We pray this message challenges you to focus on the things of God first in your life.


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Think you have a cool job? Most likely not as cool as "The Steel City's" Sharon Ringeisen, who for
Throughout the years Sharon has been cooking local and favorite dishes for some of the world's greatest musicians and their crew. Artists such as Aerosmith, Elton John, Beyonce, No Doubt and Waylon Jennings praise her amazing cooking and hospitality while on tour in Pittsburgh. Remember the old saying, "The way to someone's heart is thru their stomach"? Well that rings true in this case. Sharon won over countless performers by serving them with kindness and delicious "home cooked" meals. In turn these headlining artists would reciprocate by presenting her with unique and often signed memorabilia.
Sharon's vast assortment of concert memorabilia reflects not only her love of music, but also spotlights the love that these artists had for her as well. Through the years she was showered with gifts like a soccer ball signed by Rod Stewart, a 24-karat champagne bottle from Jay-Z's private collection, a tri-fold laminated 'Quaker Steak & Lube' menu that has circled and autographed lunch choices by Korn, as well as a Rolling Stone magazine that features the dynamic duo Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the cover with their signatures!
From Classic Rock, Heavy-Metal and Alternative Rock, to Pop, Country & Western, R&B and Folk; this auction event has it all! There are hundreds of desirable lots, filled with collectible concert mementos from one headliner after the next.
Fans of Classic-Rock music will be more than impressed seeing a host of great items from bands such as Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band, Davie Bowie, Chicago, CSNY, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Rush, Santana and Bruce Springsteen.
If you like it a little edgier and heavier, there's great stuff from Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard, Godsmack, Iron Maiden, KISS, Korn, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Poison, Stone Temple Pilots and Van Halen – just to name a few.
There are many kickin' Country & Western lots by artists such as Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Hank Williams Jr. And for those who are more into the Folk, Singer / Songwriter and Jam bands genre, they will be thrilled to see attractive lots by the Dave Matthews Band, John Mellencamp, Phish or James Taylor.
Last but not least, auction visitors on the hunt for prestigious Pop, R&B and Rap memorabilia can feast their eyes on lots by artists and bands such as Bryan Adams, Black Crowes, Beyonce, Jimmy Buffet, Sheryl Crow, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Jay-Z, Billy Joel & Elton John, Kid Rock, Matchbox 20, John Mayer, No Doubt, The Police and many, many more!
Auctions in their 2016 'Headliners Auction', featuring three decades of historical music memorabilia gathered from the Steel City's favorite music venues.
The auction is a wonderful reflection of the variety of artists who performed in the Pittsburgh area and illuminates the diverse culture that is Pittsburgh. All together this makes for a highly unique event for music lovers in Pittsburgh and around the world!
The auction preview starts on September 16th, 2016 and the bidding goes live on September 23rd, 2016 and ends on October 2, 2016
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NBC's Ron Allen has the story of how one man is making it his mission to recover Purple Hearts and return them to the families of the recipients.
On Christmas Day in 2009, Vermont National Guard Capt. Zachariah Fike received a gift from his mother, Joyce — a Purple Heart medal that she found in an old antique store.
But instead of displaying the medal in his home, Zac, who collects antiques, immediately took to the Internet. He began researching the name engraved in the brass finish — Corrado Piccoli — in hopes of returning the medal to its rightful owner.
"[For] a lot of these families, it's closure," Fike says of the Purple Heart medal. "It's the only tangible thing that the families received after their loved one died. It's something you can touch, that you can hold, that you can look at. And that's all they have of him. It's probably the most important thing in their lives."
Using the Internet — along with documents found at a local high school and library, — Fike obtained information about the medal's recipient, including his draft out of junior college and the mission liberating a French village during World War II, that would ultimately lead to his death.
The amateur investigator eventually found Piccoli's surviving relatives — including his sister, Adeline Rockko of Watertown, N.Y., to whom he placed a call.
Through the research, Fike says, he got to know the family so well that upon making contact, he reminded Adeline of things she'd forgotten and was able to even share things about her brother she'd never known.
"I had the conversation with Zac and it was like opening a door in a closet that's full of secrets — memories and everything just floats out," Adeline said. "And the memories came back, they were very vivid."
The connection has become the foundation for a close relationship between the two families, and set the groundwork for a first-ever Piccoli family reunion back in 2011, when dozens came together for a formal presentation of Corrado Piccoli's Purple Heart.
"I felt throughout the process that [Piccoli] was communicating with me," Fike said. I really felt like I was the messenger in the return, and in essence, it brought his family back together. So, I feel that I am a part of him and his family. And I do consider him a brother in arms again. I consider them a second family."
A third-generation soldier, Fike is well aware of the sentimental significance of the Purple Heart medal. Since 1932, it has been presented to families of soldiers who lost their lives in combat, as well as to soldiers who have been wounded in action — as was the case with Zac, who was wounded in Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010.
"I'm just glad to be here," Fike said. "I'm glad I can be on a wall of honor in my mom's home. And I would hope one day, if my medal was lost, that somebody would do the same thing that I do."
Since the return of Piccoli's medal, Fike has returned five more. He acquires them in a variety of places, including Craigslist and nursing homes — he even was given one from a landfill. He's working on returning half a dozen others — and says he comes across more every week. Through word of mouth, Fike has become the go-to resource for tracking and returning lost medals.
"People from that generation ... are passing by the day, he said. "Unfortunately [the medals] are misplaced during moves over the years. They're sold by family members that don't either understand or appreciate the value of them…so they end up in antique shops and things of that nature."
In fact, Fike's mother originally picked up the valuable artifact at the antique shop because she thought her son would appreciate the addition to his collection. Fike, quite the antique aficionado, has been collecting memorabilia for years — including photographs and record players.
Joyce knew her son would appreciate the medal — but had no idea the extent to which he'd go to return it.
"I thought he was going to keep it in his collection, so it surprised me that he has done this and it's taken off the way it has," she said. "I'm very proud of him for doing it. When I met these families and heard their stories, he's done the right thing instead of keeping them in his collection."
As for Fike, he is committed to continuing to his own mission of restoring these lost medals.
"I've always had that passion … even before, you know, I was wounded. I just grew up in a military family and I learned to appreciate military service and sacrifice. I think it adds to the allure of the story, absolutely. But I don't think it makes me any more inclined to do what I do."
Those who need help returning medals can email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 315-523-3609.


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'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released – "A first draft of the 'tree of life' for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes — from platypuses to puffballs — has been released. A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time, tracing back to the beginning of life on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago. Tens of thousands of smaller trees have been published over the years for select branches of the tree of life — some containing upwards of 100,000 species — but this is the first time those results have been combined into a single tree that encompasses all of life."
Taste Mutation Helps Monkeys Enjoy Human Food – nice example of recent and local evolution.
SNP hits on cognitive ability from 300k individuals – from steve hsu.
General Cognitive Ability Is Almost Perfectly Stable from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Age – "[I]ndividual differences in general intelligence that exist at age 18 are almost perfectly preserved to age 60, after which this stability starts to slowly break down." – @ human varieties.
Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability – "We found that increased levels of autozygosity predicted lower general cognitive ability, and estimate a drop of 0.6 s.d. among the offspring of first cousins (P=0.003–0.02 depending on the model). This effect came predominantly from long and rare autozygous tracts, which theory predicts as more likely to be deleterious than short and common tracts." – discuss. (~_^)
Study Reports Rare Genetic Mutations Responsible for Almost Half of Autism Cases – "Quantitative study identifies 239 genes whose 'vulnerability' to devastating de novo mutation makes them priority research targets."
Genetic transmission of reading ability – h/t to the siberian fox! who tweeted: "Heritability of reading ability is 62%. Previous estimates lower because of assortive mating (r=.38)."
Clannishness – the Series: Zigzag Lightning in the Brain – from jayman. see also: a few thoughts. from me! (^_^)
Inequality among 32 London Boroughs: An S factor analysis and The general religious factor among Muslims: a multi-level factor analysis – from emil kirkegaard.
It's official: The Maltese are the fattest in all of the European Union – "Despite Malta's weighty problem, the Maltese have a less than average prevalence of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease." – h/t staffan!
Support for linguistic macrofamilies from weighted sequence alignment – "This article reports findings regarding the automatic classification of Eurasian languages using techniques from computational biology (such as sequence alignment, phylogenetic inference, and bootstrapping). Main results are that there is solid support for the hypothetical linguistic macrofamilies Eurasiatic and Austro-Tai."
Our Mental Noise Grows More Intense As We Age, So Our Brains Lose Processing Speed Over Time
Ancient hominid ears were tuned to high frequencies – "A. africanus and P. robustus could have heard high-frequency consonants associated with the letters t, k, f and s better than either chimps or present-day people do, the team found."
Extreme Altruism – The Case of the Pathological Do-Gooder – from helian.
Personal values and intergroup outcomes of concern for group honor – h/t andrew sabisky! who tweeted: "group honour culture = more empathy, lower openness, more endorsement of violence towards Americans."
Scope Insensitivity in Helping Decisions: Is It a Matter of Culture and Values? – h/t robin hanson! who tweeted: "Contrast to westerners, collectivist Bedouin NOT more willing to help one concrete victim than a group of victims."
Indigenous Belief in a Just World: New Zealand Māori and other Ethnicities Compared – "Māori have more 'leftist' beliefs than non-Māori (i.e., nearly 60% of Māori blame an unfair society compared to 41% of non-Māori)."
Tiny mitochondria play outsized role in human evolution and disease
An architecture for encoding sentence meaning in left mid-superior temporal cortex – h/t steve pinker! who tweeted: "The most important paper in cognitive neuroscience in many years: How does the brain represent who did what to whom?"
Sex differences and stress across the lifespan – h/t kevin mitchell!
Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries – "[A]n expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family formation in the aggregate. Further, we find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the organization of the average family."
What is a standard deviation? A definition. – from pumpkin person.
Data analysis yields striking maps of human expansion in North American Holocene – "[A] group of paleoclimatologists and anthropologists analyzed data recorded in the Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD), which aggregates 35,905 radiocarbon samples from archaeological sites across the North American continent, and was created by Dr. Richard Morlan of the Canadian Museum of History. By applying a kernel density estimation method to the data, the researchers produced the first maps of temporally distinct paleo-demographic trends that correspond well to existing evidence of human expansion across North America in the Holocene."
Scientists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Case of Decapitation in the Americas
Remains of 6,000-year-old first settlers [in ireland] found
Archaeological breakthrough could solve the mystery of Greenland's Vikings
Regional microbial signatures positively correlate with differential wine phenotypes: evidence for a microbial aspect to terroir
bonus: Growing a penis at 12: the 'Guevedoce' boys of the Dominican Republic – (O.O) – h/t @don_arete!
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Back From The Edge
A Former Backyard Camaro Launches Into A New Life
Odd as it may sound, a Jeep CJ-7 is responsible for this Camaro. When Andrew Harshman was a young boy, he accompanied his father to the local Jeep dealer and watched as Dad picked out the new CJ. He saw the Jeep transform under his father's able hands from a showroom stocker into an off-road-only sand toy with monster tires and power to match.
Many years later, the Jeep was Andy's, but the desire to play in the sand had passed. What he really wanted was a first-Gen Camaro to build a g-Machine, but first the Jeep had to go. One of the responders to the ad for the CJ offered up a '68 Camaro as a partial trade, and Harshman thought this could be a good deal. The Camaro had been languishing outside on a back patio for over a year, untouched. But, it was solid, and its 396 mill could be made to run again. The deal was struck and the Camaro loaded up for the haul back home to Vegas from SoCal. Once back in Sin City, the 396 was cleaned up and treated to a much-needed detail and tuning session. Not only did the engine run, but it ran well. After a good cleaning up to rid the engine bay of cobwebs and leaves, the powerplant was deemed good.
What Andrew really wanted to jump into was the suspension. He completely rebuilt the front suspension, adding polyurethane bushings along the way to minimize flex. New springs were added while the front end was in pieces, and these thicker coils were trimmed to achieve the lowered stance Harshman was after. The car had been previously equipped with de-arched rear leafs, so the look was now right.
The stock transmission was functional, but to really lean on the fat torque of the big-block, more gear choices would be required. Andrew worked directly with American Touring Specialties (also in Las Vegas) and with Tyler Beauregard's help got a T-56 6-speed installed behind the Rat.
Next, improved braking was in order. A complete Stainless Steel Brakes Company (SSBC) front disc brake swap kit was installed, boasting 12-inch rotors and PBR calipers up front, motivated by a 7-inch diameter booster. A knowing pal has been working with Andy to get the system perfect, and this 'tweaking' was still in process when our braking tests were done.
"There was still some air in the system when we did the PHR tests...so don't think the brakes are working to their full potential. They weren't at that time. We've since dialed them in properly and they work better than ever," Harshman said. "I don't want anyone looking at the braking test data and thinking there's something wrong with the SSBC system. There isn't...we've been testing some ideas and the system wasn't fully bled at the time." In addition to the brakes and bushings, Andy also added a 1.125-inch Hotchkis anti-sway bar up front, teamed with a 2-inch drop spindle. With the suspension closer to perfect, the wheel and tire package was researched, purchased, and mounted up.
Wheels are by Center Line, and measure 17x7 (front) and 17x8 (rear). They wear Kumho Ecsta tires, measuring 235/45R-17 (front) and 275/40R-17 (rear). The final effect of the suspension, wheel, and tire upgrades is lowered without being too low, cool without being too flashy, and effective enough to be driven every day (which Andy proudly claims to do with this Camaro). Keep these dimensions in mind when considering a similar move under your own first-gen F-body.
While this particular car has reached a certain plateau, Harshman's future plans call for a new powerplant. Like most cars we feature, this one is still a work in progress and more aggressive mods are on tap. The old 396 has done a decent job of urging the Camaro along, but the need to minimize weight has got Andy looking at small-blocks. Interestingly, his small-block plans out-cube his current big-block.
"I'd really like to get a stroker small-block in there, at around 427 cubes," he explained. "It'll be topped with 18-degree heads and will save me a bunch of weight off the nose without sacrificing power. I want a stout naturally-aspirated motor without a blower, nitrous, or fuel injection. A serious all-motor combination is simple and effective, which is what I want for the entire car."
The interior is well-appointed, with mostly-stock components highlighted by carefully-chosen aftermarket goodies. It's hard to miss the white-faced Auto Meter gauges, and the cool Hurst shifter atop the T-56 matches well with the Tenzo-R steering wheel. Door panels, seats, and carpets are still as GM intended. The final effect is mild and tasteful, although we predict a pair of more-modern buckets will be need once Andy really starts carving deeply into corners with the newfound small-block power.
We expect you'll be seeing more of this car at future track days and other road-racy events. Until then, look for the bright Porsche Guards Red '68 Camaro on the streets of Vegas, and run him while you can. Once the big-inch small-block is installed ahead of that six-speed, you probably won't see anything but taillights.
|Andy Harshman's '68 Camaro
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|13. 57 seconds at 105.82 mph
|60-0 braking:
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|200 ft. skidpad:
|420 ft. slalom:
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PA removed monument in shape of map of "Palestine" that encompasses Israel so that Obama would not see it
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Palestinian Media Watchhas documented that the official maps of the Palestinian Authority erase the entire State of Israel and replace it with "Palestine." These maps appear in the offices of PA officials, in schools and on monuments, just to name a few examples. Before his first election, US President Obama criticized such maps that anticipate a world without Israel, calling them a threat to Israel's security:
"I will never compromise when it comes to Israel's security... Not when there are terrorist groups and political leaders committed to Israel's destruction. Not when there are maps across the Middle East that don't even acknowledge Israel's existence." (emphasis added)
After the UN vote in November 2012, the PA built a monument in a central square in Bethlehem called "The State Monument," which shows the "State of Palestine." However, the model of "Palestine" also includes all of Israel, thereby erasing it completely. The monument celebrates the UN vote on statehood as well as the first PLO/Fatah terror attack against Israel in 1965, which is seen as the beginning of the Palestinian "revolution" and Fatah's anniversary date. The words on the map-shaped monument are:
"Birth certificate of the State of Palestine - Nov. 29, 2012,
The outbreak of the glorious revolution - Jan. 1, 1965"
It turned out that the monument was on President Obama's route in Bethlehem, so in order to prevent him from seeing it, the PA had the monument removed before he arrived, the official PA daily reported. This, however, outraged the local Palestinians who witnessed its removal:
"In the city, there are those who not only welcome the visit of the American President, but are willing to go even further... Residents were surprised to find that a model of the map of Palestine engraved with details about the Nakba ("Catastrophe" i.e., Israel's creation) and an olive tree were removed from the Al-Karkafa Square, to be replaced by a model of what was described as a peace dove. This enraged many people who gathered there."
PMW has documented that the PA hides its ideology, activities and goals from the US and European donors, in order to get political support and funding. The temporary removal of the map-shaped monument, so Obama would not see it, is consistent with this deception policy. (See PMW's book Deception for extensive documentation.)
In response to the popular anger that the PA daily had reported, the PA then tried to deceive its own people as to the reason for the removal of the monument. Two days after the first story appeared, the paper reported on a press conference held by the Bethlehem District Governor with the Mayor of Bethlehem, at which they claimed that the monument was removed in order to be "redone" and expanded. The fact that it was immediately before Obama's visit was coincidental, according to the PA. In the words of the District Governor: "Everyone knows that Americans do not dictate any Palestinian decisions."
The following are the two articles that appeared in the PA daily. The first describes the PA's deception of Obama and the second describes the PA's deception of its own people:
"Obama's upcoming visit to Bethlehem weighs heavily on the City of the Nativity. Every day, reporters asked residents their opinion about the visit. Most of them expressed opposition to US policy regarding the Palestinian issue...
Activists laid a large picture of Obama on the ground at the intersection of Bab Al-Dir, not far from the Church of the Nativity. Cars drove over the picture and then it was burned.
It seems that in the city, there are those who not only welcome the visit of the American President, but are willing to go even further... Residents were surprised to find that a model of the map of Palestine engraved with details about the Nakba ("the catastrophe," the Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) and an olive tree were removed from the Al-Karkafa Square, to be replaced by a model of what was described as a peace dove. This enraged many people who gathered there."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 19, 2013]
"Bethlehem District Governor, Minister Abd Al-Fattah Hamail, and Mayor Vera Baboun, held a press conference yesterday [March 20] to clarify details of what happened to the State Monument and why it was removed... Hamail said that it has been decided to redo the monument at the Nisan Square, known as "Khaikhoun Square", and place a monument symbolizing the Palestinian people's pursuit of freedom and peace next to the State Monument, according to the proposal submitted by the artist Akram Nastas. He also noted that the map engraved on the monument is the map of Palestine, which represents national symbolism and is implanted in the hearts of all Palestinians. He added that it is forbidden to infringe on the patriotism of even one Palestinian, whether he is a senior official or not. Hamail denied that Americans had any connection to the subject (i.e., the removal of the map), and said: "Everyone knows that Americans do not dictate any Palestinian decisions, as the Americans fought until the last minute against the decision to appeal to the UN, and President Mahmoud Abbas rejected this intervention and achieved the UN resolution regarding the [Palestinian] state. This monument illustrates this policy, and no one can remove it, no matter what happens."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 21, 2013]


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State transportation officials and local legislators have secured nearly $300,000 to create a left-turn lane down the middle of Hill Farm Road and extend Smithfield Way to U.S. 258 North in order to ease traffic congestion.
State transportation officials and local legislators have secured nearly $300,000 to create a left-turn lane down the middle of Hill Farm Road and extend Smithfield Way to U.S. 258 North in order to ease traffic congestion.
Rep. Karen Kozel, R-Lenoir, worked with Sen. Brent Jackson, R-Sampson, the office of House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg and local governing bodies in Kinston and Lenoir County to secure $145,000 in General Assembly funds to match $145,000 put up by the N.C. Department of Transportation for both projects.
�I think they benefit both the businesses in the area as well as the commuters,� Kinston City Manager Tony Sears said. �I think both projects help the make Hill Farm Road a safer road.�
Local transportation planners have advocated for extending Smithfield Way to U.S. 258 North for some years. The road, which serves the U.S. 70 West Industrial Park, currently ends at Hill Farm Road.
Truck traffic is expected to increase significantly, though, with the planned expansion of Smithfield Packing�s plant in the industrial park. Sanderson Farms also opened its hatchery at Smithfield and Hill Farm in early 2011.
Kozel said the Smithfield Way extension would help keep the truck traffic out of the main commuter traffic on Hill Farm Road.
Hill Farm is currently a two-lane thoroughfare used by trucks because of its direct access to U.S. 70. An extended Smithfield would take them to U.S. 258 and then to U.S. 70.
�It�s a great problem to have, that we have so much business coming into town and such an increase in the need for additional business traffic in Kinston,� Kozel said.
Hill Farm
The DOT has not yet scheduled a start date for construction of the left-turn lane on Hill Farm Road, but Kozel expected it would begin next winter.
Johnny Metcalfe, district engineer for Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties, said the road would have to be widened to accommodate the turn lane in the middle of the road.
The 1,500-foot lane would be constructed from the end of the current concrete median, which separates the Kinston Pointe shopping center and the Murphy Express service station, to a point just south of the intersection with Smithfield Way.
�It would be an excellent idea,� Maysville resident Carol Harris said Tuesday as she filled up at Murphy Express. �The only thing is, the road is narrow.�
Metcalfe said Hill Farm would need to be widened to accommodate the new turn lane, which would allow for easier left-turn access into the rear entrance to Walmart and the Kinston Pointe shops, as well as easier access for Kinston fire trucks leaving the city�s newly-built fire station, and potential development of land in front of Premiere Theatre and the Holiday Inn Express.
�Folks waiting to take a left-hand turn will not be impeding traffic that�s stacking behind them,� he explained.
Metcalf said the turn lane will benefit the fire station by giving drivers of fire trucks �more options� when choosing a lane.
Mike Carter of Kinston, who works at The Shoe Dept. at Kinston Pointe, said the turn lane would be helpful for drivers.
�That way you don't have to be backed up in traffic, waiting for someone to turn, cut down on time a bit waiting to go places,� he said.
Transportation officials do not plan to remove the median even though it has become the bane of existence for many drivers on Hill Farm Road.
It was built in 2010 to cut down on accidents which occurred as drivers used Joan Drive to cross between the shopping center and Murphy Express.
Drivers who make a right turn from U.S. 70 to Hill Farm in order to get to Murphy Express often drive up to where it ends near the entrance to Pinelawn Memorial Park and make a U-turn.
Metcalfe stressed making a U-turn there is illegal.
�There is no U-turn at the end of that existing concrete median,� he said.
Drivers who spoke to The Free Press Tuesday understood the need for the median, but expressed frustration with having to go so far out of their way to get back and forth.
One man took it in stride, though.
�I deal with traffic all the time,� said Rosco Henderson of M&M Trucking LLC of Jacksonville, who was filling up his dump truck at Murphy Express. �It is what is � it�s not going to bother me either way.�
Henderson said he has been driving for 35 years.
�All it is is patience,� he said. �People have to have patience.�
David Anderson can be reached at 252-559-1077 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at DavidFreePress.
Heads up:
The N.C. DOT does not plan to close Hill Farm Road during construction of the turn lane, but some impact to drivers is expected, including temporary closure of lanes.
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TitleJoel Barr story, reels 1 and 2
Catalog Number102706844
DescriptionJoel Barr (1916-1998) was an American electrical engineer. While working for the US Army Signal Corps, Barr participated in espionage for the Soviet Union in a group including Alfred Sarant, Julius Rosenberg and others. In the 1950s, Barr and Sarant fled to Yugoslavia and then to the Soviet Union, where they lived under assumed identities. In the Soviet Union, the pair created a solid-state electronics and microelectronics research institute that eventually evolved into Zelnograd, a center of microelectronics and electronic computing work employing thousands of technical personnel. Ousted from leadership of Zelnograd in the mid 1960s, Barr pursued a number of electronics firms in the Soviet Bloc through the early 1990s. From 1992-1998, he resumed his identity and lived in both the US and Russia.
These audio cassettes contain interviews of Joel Barr with television producer Edward Wierzbowski during a September 1991 visit to Massachusetts, and audio-recordings of video interviews of Joel Barr conducted in various locations c. 1991-2 associated with an ABC News "Nightline" episode on Barr that aired in 1992.


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The rom is "konek". I'm trying to understand how this game works.
I watched PeterPunk's 1st place inp (score 16), then I watched Saulon's new ...first place of 16 too.
They have different final screens. Peter Punk drived more than Saulon. I'm sure Saulon gave himself again a score same to first one, without understand how to calculate it.
So for once more we need special rules and score fixing.
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Art for earth's sake
Over time, sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor's sunken artworks turn into artificial reefs. He is currently creating an underwater sculpture park off the coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. We pay an in-depth visit
Jason deCaires Taylor breaks a few grains out of Silvana's face and steps back to take a look at his neighbor. He took a plaster cast of her, then modeled it and sanded it down before making a concrete sculpture and letting it harden. Taylor plans to place it ten meters beneath the ocean off the coast of Lanzarote. Exhibiting his sculptures on the ocean bed is part of his artistic concept, and he has already installed entire sculpture parks beneath the waves off the Mexican coast and in the Caribbean.
Now he has come to Lanzarote, to Playa Blanca, to open the first underwater museum in the eastern Atlantic. At his studio in this tourist center at the southern tip of the island, hammer and saw hang on the wall, and everywhere there are cactuses cast in silicone and sacks of cement. Taylor, casual in shorts and flip-flops, a pair of reflective sunglasses on his head, wields a tiny chisel as he corrects the leg of a male sculpture he is going to mount on a concrete dinghy. "This is Abdal," he says, "he came to the island in a boat like this one when he was eight years old." Many of Taylor's figures are modeled on actual inhabitants of the Canary Isles, but he also has a botanical garden and a colossal gateway complete with walls destined for installation on the ocean bed. Ten meters down, on an area 50 meters by 50 meters, visitors equipped with an oxygen tank or a snorkel will be able to view the sculptures. Alternatively, they can sail over them in a glass-bottom boat. Taylor's studio is located in the marina, the steep rocky cost rising behind it and the wavesof the Atlantic audible all the way up to his terrace. Here on the beach, is where he has the finished sculptures, a group of roughly 40 people, frozen in mid-movement. Eyes closed, they stride out to sea. "It has a lot to do with the idea of our always longing to be somewhere else, of always being on the move," explains Jessica Miles, Taylor's assistant. But this group of wanderers is also an allusion to the refugee crisis in Europe.
Taylor often addresses social and political topics: In 2012, his comment on the financial crisis was to bury the heads of a group of bankers in the sandy ocean bed off Cancún, Mexico. In September 2015, he installed four Riders of the Apocalypse in the Thames, just a stone's throw from the Houses of Parliament and the headquarters of the Shell Group in the UK. The horses' heads resemble oil pumps, the riders are politicians whose eyes stare into the distance as though they hadn't noticed that they were already up to their necks – literally.
Taylor finds his work fascinating. "Everything works differently underwater: gravity, light, colors. The ocean is like a second artist, who comes along and puts his own touches to the sculptures." Most of that work is performed by the marine creatures who settle on the rock. Their excrescences spread over the bodies, covering them in colorful tapestries. Taylor visits his sculptures as often as he can and records the changes he observes. He points out a macro-photo on his office wall: "These sponges work like small hearts: They suck in water through an opening, filter out the nutrients and pump out the used water," he explains. His works don't just change their appearance underwater, they become living organisms. "You never know what to expect. Sometimes I dive down and the entire sculpture is just covered with black slime. The next time, I might be completely overwhelmed, when I look at the face of a sculpture and see a prawn living in its ear – that changes everything."
More than anything, Taylor's work is designed to highlight the dangers threatening the planet's marine ecosystems. Coral reefs, like those of the Caribbean, provide a habitat for hundreds of thousands of species. However, industry, global warming and tourism are destroying large parts of those reefs. "Sadly, most tourists aren't particularly good divers or swimmers," says Taylor, "they bump into the coral and break pieces off." Taylor makes his underwater sculptures in a bid to draw attention to the reefs and also to divert it away. As algae, sponges and coral settle on the pH-neutral concrete figures, they gradually transform them into artificial reefs. Taylor only places his artworks on sandy ocean beds, far from the popular tourism spots, to entice divers away from the fragile natural reefs.
There are no coral reefs off Lanzarote. Nevertheless, the Spanish government commissioned Taylor with the installation of the underwater museum and is footing the bill for the project, to the tune of one million euros. Each of the Canary Islands is eager to build itself an individual image to attract tourists. Unfortunately, many tourists associate Lanzarote with budget club vacations. That's something the government aims to change and is promoting the volcanic island with its artistic tradition. Lanzarote's artist and architect son César Manrique informed the face of the island in the 1970s and '80s. Himself an environmental activist and sculptor, he blended his art into Lanzarote's rugged volcanic landscape. "What I am now hoping to achieve is a counterpart to his work in the ocean," says Taylor.
The ocean is like a second artist, who comes along and puts his own touches to the sculptures
For the next two years, Taylor, who hails from the UK, will be living on Lanzarote with his partner and their four-year-old daughter. His success as an artist also has its drawbacks, he has discovered: "I used to dive down to the sculptures almost every day," he recalls, "but with so many pieces scattered all over the world, that is no longer possible. It feels like I can't see my own children." The Abdal figure is now ready to be mounted on an already fully occupied concrete boat. Armed with thick gloves and face masks to keep out the cement dust, Taylor and two employees heave the sculpture to the edge of the boat. The concrete version of Abdal weighs around 120 kilos. The sculptures that are still standing, naked and dry in Taylor's studio, are soon to be transferred to their new surroundings and to the next "artists." In the cold waters of the Atlantic, it will take a while, but before long, their skin will be covered with colorful sponges, and fish will live between their feet.
Emily Bartels
Emily Bartels was born in Hamburg in 1988. Trying new things is her main occupation: Star-studded cuisine and breaded insects, parachuting and Qigong. On the side, Emily is an editor at Lufthansa Magazin.


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By Carlos Casas, public relations manager for CFCA
I recently got the opportunity to help represent CFCA at the 2012 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. The event is sponsored by the Office of Religious Education, a department of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and is said to be the largest yearly gathering of its type in the world.
We regularly travel to national conferences to raise awareness of CFCA and our Hope for a Family sponsorship program, but having never attended this event, I was not sure what to expect.
Throughout the conference, the CFCA team interacted with clergy and staff members from various Catholic groups and organizations. We also met several vendors and others participating in the conference and discussed ways to increase awareness of CFCA's work.
The best part for me, however, was meeting many current sponsors and hearing about the impact sponsorship has had on their lives.
One of these sponsors was Daniela Bradvica, a 19-year-old college student who has taken it upon herself to encourage young students to grow in their faith through sponsoring a child in need.
Daniela is trying very hard to launch a program for Catholic elementary schools to participate in sponsorship. It would encourage classrooms to sponsor a child in order to teach students about the Gospel call to serve people living in poverty, and to give them the opportunity to learn about a new culture through their sponsored friends.
Like many great ideas, Daniela's has encountered some obstacles, but she continues to push forward with great enthusiasm and conviction.
I scheduled time while in the Los Angeles area to attend a meeting with Daniela at a local school to help promote her initiative.
Daniela was given less than 20 minutes to present her idea, and from the beginning it was clear that the school representatives had all but made up their minds that this program was not for them.
Despite this, Daniela remained energized as she described the impact that sponsorship could make in the lives of their students as sponsors of children in need in developing countries.
Although the school officials did not commit to launching Daniela's program schoolwide, they did agree to present the idea to their faculty to allow individual classrooms to test it.
Having experienced Daniela's contagious energy and passion for helping others, I invited her to join us at the CFCA booth in the last day of conference.
To see her excitement as I handed her an official name badge, you would have thought I had given her tickets to nearby Disneyland.
When Daniela arrived at the conference, she had a huge smile.
Her smile got even bigger when she saw the photos and profiles of children waiting for sponsors, and she was ready to find a sponsor for each one of the children.
I didn't have the heart to tell her that these conferences don't always result in many sponsorships, so I was glad when someone signed up only minutes after she arrived.
Daniela turned to me and lit up like a Christmas tree.
Imagine my surprise as the day progressed and vendors started to close shop, yet more people continued to sign up to sponsor!
Although Daniela did not speak to all the new sponsors, her mere presence at the booth seemed to have opened people's hearts to our message.
My favorite part was when Daniela ran after someone she knew and convinced them to sponsor a child just minutes before the conference center shut off the lights.
In fact, we were still filling out the paperwork when the lights went off.
By the end of the day, a total of seven children and one elderly friend had found sponsors in less than four hours since Daniela arrived ñ more than the total number of sponsors we had found during the two previous conference days.
It was the perfect end to a great event!
Meeting Daniela was not just a highlight of the conference, but also a highlight of my time at CFCA!
If you know of any schools in the Los Angeles area that would be interested in learning about Daniela's program, please ask them to contact Carlos Casas at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In honor of Presidents' Day, Texas on the Potomac is taking a moment to remember the fearless leaders of the Republic of Texas. These men led the way for Texas during times of war and economic hardship.
David G. Burnet (April 14, 1788 – December 5, 1870)
Born: April 14, 1788 in New Jersey
Claim to Fame: First president of the ad interim government, and he was Texas' first Secretary of State
Served from: March 16, 1836– Oct 22, 1836
Burnet was elected as interim president during the convention of 1833. His short-lived term was filled with conflict, making him at odds with his fellow leaders. Burnet left office embittered. He was elected to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate after the Civil War, but was not allowed to serve during the chaos of Reconstruction.
Fun fact: Both of Burnet's parents died when he was a child, and his older brother raised him.
Sam Houston (1793-1863)
Born: March 2, 1793 in Virginia
Claim to fame: First president of the Republic of Texas and "Old San Jacinto"
Served from: (1836 – 1838) and (1841-1844)
Houston's political career came out of his strong relationship with President Andrew Jackson. He served two terms in Congress and was governor of Tennessee before moving to Texas and leading the battle for secession. His victory at the battle of San Jacinto secured Texas' independence, and Houston's position as a legendary Texas war hero. Houston was elected president, and after annexation became a Texas Senator. He assumed the office of Texas governor in 1859.
Fun fact: Houston was a notorious alcoholic and womanizer
Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859)
Born: August 16, 1798 in Georgia
Claim to fame: Father of Texas Education
Served from: 1838-1841
After serving in the Battle of San Jacinto, Lamar was elected secretary of war. In 1836, he served as Houston's Vice President. During his time as president Lamar unsuccessfully launched the "Santa Fe Expedition", which would have acquired part of the Santa-Fe Trade route to boost the suffering economy of the time. Lamar is known as the "father of Texas education" because he established an act that set aside land for public schools and two universities.
Fun fact: Lamar was a published poet and established the Philosophical Society of Texas.
Anson Jones (1798-1858)
Born: January 20, 1798 in Massachusetts
Claim to fame: The architect of annexation
Served from: 1844-1846
Jones was elected president after serving as Houston's Secretary of State. During his presidency, Jones kept his plans for annexation hidden, causing discontentment with the people of Texas. His final act as president was to attend the ceremony that put the American flag in the capital of Texas, at which Jones' said, "the Republic of Texas is no more."
Fun Fact: Jones established the first Masonic lodge in Texas.


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Mikhail Zaborskiy
Class of 2011
Major/Minor: Business Management, Economics
Like many of his classmates in their final year of college, Mikhail Zaborskiy '11 is ready to take his next big step into adulthood. But there's a catch.
At 19, Mikhail is taking that step a lot sooner than most. The business management and economics major came to Washington College from Thailand at age 16 in search of better educational opportunities, and has reached an intellectual maturity beyond his years.
"It was challenging at first," the Russian native recalls of his first months in Chestertown. "Definitely a culture shock."
Joining crew his freshman year helped him bridge the culture gap and feel more at home. It has also helped him balance academics with his extracurricular activities. "Having a serious commitment six days a week ensures that you stay on your toes and always get your work finished on time," says Mikhail. "For instance, if your grades drop below a certain point, you are not allowed to practice, and if you don't practice, you can't participate in the regattas. I would say crew is in charge of my schedule when it comes to schoolwork. It keeps me on point."
A co-captain this year, Mikhail is looking forward to the team's annual spring training trip to Florida. It is an intensive team-bonding experience that gets them in shape for the upcoming season. "It's nice to be out on the water in beautiful weather," he says, "especially in early March, when it can be cold and dreary in Maryland."
Mikhail has also enjoyed several academic opportunities that have helped him develop the leadership skills he'll need in a career in international business. He picked up a minor in German, studying the language in Germany last summer, and has participated in two model diplomacy programs that took him to Yale University in Connecticut and to McGill University in Montreal. Mikhail is also president of Sigma Beta Delta, an honor society recognizing student achievement in business management and administration.
Of all he has experienced as an international student at Washington College, Mikhail is most grateful for the insights he gained into American culture. "I believe Washington College represents the great tradition of learning and emphasizes hands-on experience very well," Mikhail says. "Here, I learned how to learn. This school taught me how to educate myself."
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- Majors: Business Management and Economics
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