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Marian University of Indianapolis pedaled away with its third consecutive title in the USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals in Ogden, Utah, on Sunday.
The Knights wrapped up the road nationals by finishing second as a team in the mens road race and third in the womens road race.
Fort Lewis College finished third in 2012 omnium scoring, dropping one position after the University of Colorado dominated Sundays road race, winning both the womens and mens Division I races.
Heather Fischer and Josh Yeaton, the University of Colorado cyclists who won the road race and the criterium in the Squawker Road Classic in Durango two weeks ago, duplicated their individual finishes in the national road racing finals.
Fisher beat Marian professional Kaitlin Antonneau in the 101-kilometer womens road race. Antonneau had won the crit the previous day.
Sarah Zoey Sturm of Fort Lewis College, a national mountain biking champion, finished third Sunday. Antonneau just nipped Sturm at the tape for second place.
Rachel Warner of Lees-McRae College in North Carolina finished fourth.
Lauren Catlin of Fort Lewis rode across in fifth place.
Teammate Missy Erickson was 33rd for FLC.
Yeaton won the mens Division I 132-kilometer road race by a comfortable 13-second margin over David Novak of Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky.
Rotem Ishay led Fort Lewis College with his sixth-place finish. He was right behind Yeaton teammate Jeffrey Perrin of CU.
FLC freshman Payson McIlveen was 15th for the Skyhawks, who totaled 424 points in omnium scoring. Marian won with 500 points.
The University of Colorado was second with 470.
California-Davis finished a distant fourth with 289 points. Lindenwood University of St. Charles, Mo., was fifth (260). Fort Lewis mountain biking rival, Lees-McRae, was sixth this year, just ahead of Stanford.
Russell Brown of Fort Lewis College finished 29th in the road race. Teammate William Zellmer was 41st.
Durango native Howard Grotts was 68th in spite of missing a major portion of the road racing season because of his professional mountain bike racing commitments.
In individual omnium scoring at the road nationals, FLCs Sturm was No. 4 among the Division I women. Antonneau won with Fischer second.
Coryn Rivera of Marian, a professional road racer like Antonneau, was third overall.
Catlin of FLC was No. 7 in womens omnium. Erickson was No. 12.
Yeaton won the mens omnium over second-place Sam Bassetti of California-Davis.
Zellmer was the highest-ranking FLC rider at No. 16.


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Super Robot Chogokin - ChoRyuJinn by Bandai
Super Robot Chogokin - ChoRyuJinn by Bandai. Made of Die-cast, ABS, PVC & POM. 130mm (5.1 inches) tall. Due in November 2011 for 4,800 yen.
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Eraser head?! I can't BELIEVE
Eraser head?! I can't BELIEVE that's coming with this! So awesome!
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The old Kaiyodo Choryujin had
The old Kaiyodo Choryujin had an eraser head. It was a little smaller though.
VF5SS on 1 August, 2011 - 16:39
I need this.
This should be in my hands. Right now. Choryujinn is(are) one (two) of my favorite GaoGaiGar robots of all time.
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After the Rain
Zebra, Apr 2003, 5.99 ISBN: 0821773399 Photographer Suzanne Paris flees her unhappy past taking a bus to Atlanta. When the bus discharges passengers in Walton, Georgia, Suzanne makes an instant decision and disembarks. Almost immediately, Suzanne finds a teen handing her an infant to hold for a second. Not used to chidlren, Suzanne struggles for a moment while the child wails that a stranger has her. Mayor Joe Walton, single father of six c...
Falling Home
Zebra, Jun 2002, 5.99, 352 pp. ISBN: 0821773380 Fifteen years ago, Cassie Madison was engaged to Joe Warner, but he eloped with her sister Harriet. Cassie fled the red clay of Georgia for the cement of Manhattan, vowing to never return. Over the years, Joe and Harriet have had five children with each new birth ripping into Cassie's guts. Harriet calls Cassie to tell her that their father is dying and wants to see her. Only for daddy would C...
Whispers of Goodbye
Love Spell, Oct 2001, 5.99, 361 pp. ISBN: 0505524554 Her son died and her husband accuses her of their child's death. He refuses to share his grief with her or allow her to mourn. Robert adds to Catherine Reed's distress when the former Confederate soldier kills himself. Stunned by her husband's actions and still mourning her losses, Cat endures strike three when she receives an urgent message from her older sister Elizabeth McMahon to come...


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This report was written by Will Weissert of the Austin bureau of the Associated Press.
Back in his home state on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz said no one should be shocked by the stir he's caused after barely 80 days in office — he's just keeping his campaign promises.
"Washington is a curious place," the tea party firebrand told an adoring crowd at an Austin Chamber of Commerce luncheon. "They are very, very surprised when you go there and actually do what you said you were going to do."
Cruz, 42, was a little-known former state solicitor general before he rode a tidal wave of fiercely conservative, grass-roots support to an upset win in last summer's Republican primary over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the choice of Texas' GOP establishment. He coasted to victory in the general election.
Since arriving in Washington in January, Cruz has made national headlines by embracing the role of Senate troublemaker. His first act was introducing an amendment to repeal the White House-backed health care reform law that had no hope of passing. Cruz also turned up the verbal heat on former Sen. Chuck Hagel during his confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense.
Democrats have compared his style to McCarthyism and some Republicans have even bristled at Cruz's political bomb-throwing.
Cruz said Friday he doesn't shy away from the role but "what I've tried to do every single day there is do my job."
The crowd gave him a standing ovation, though some of the loudest applause came when Cruz recalled that U.S. economic growth topped 7 percent in 1984, during President Ronald Reagan's first term. Louder and more sustained cheers came when Cruz insisted that Congress "must repeal Obamacare in its entirety."
He reiterated that he's standing with Gov. Rick Perry, Dewhurst and fellow U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in resisting Democrats' calls to expand Medicaid in Texas. Proponents say the move would give some health care coverage to more than 1 million people in a state with the highest rate of uninsured in the nation.
"The arguments get wrapped in, 'Anyone who disagrees with me is just evil and just hates people and wants them to suffer,' rather than looking at the evidence and the data," Cruz said.
He said other states that have dramatically expanded Medicaid coverage over the past decade have not seen the number of their citizens without health insurance decline much because people that had private health insurance previously tend to simply shift over to Medicaid.
After a half-hour of sitting and answering a moderator's questions, Cruz got to his feet to continue talking. "I can't sit down anymore," he said.
Cruz said he was willing to work with the Obama administration on plans to reduce government spending and budget deficits and reform the federal tax code. He also noted that White House officials weren't the only ones who thought his act was wearing thin.
"I had Republican senator after Republican senator yell at me, and say 'Enough already. Move on,'" Cruz said. "I said, 'Well, I respect your views but I'm going to introduce the amendment anyhow.'"
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Fukushima and Public Health
Anand Grover
The UN Special Rapporteur
Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English
Three years since the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster began, debate still continues about its impact. The government has promised lifelong health checks for 360,000 people under-18 on March 11, 2011. The latest results of these checks have confirmed 33 cases of thyroid cancer.
Nevertheless, the right to health of Fukushima's children and the rest of the affected population has been followed with "insufficient measurements" and policies that have "delayed the recovery and worsened human rights violations, " says Human Rights Watch, the international NGO.
The watchdog has invited UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover to discuss these issues in Japan. In November 2012, Grover conducted an independent investigation into post-disaster health issues, including availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health services, goods and facilities.
Part of his remit was to look at the Tohoku disaster, the events leading to it - including the emergency response - as well as lessons learned. During his mission to Japan he met local citizens, government officials and NGOs. His report on his findings was submitted to the Human Rights Council in May 2013, and was reported to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York in October 2013.
Anand has agreed to come to the FCCJ and discuss his findings, and give his advice on how Japan should tackle what he calls "serious challenges" in monitoring the impact of Fukushima on human health.
Grover was appointed by the UN Human Right Council in June 2008. He is the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The position is honorary and he is not a member of the United Nations nor is he paid for his work. He is also a practicing attorney in the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
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Meet Amy Andersen, the Cupid of Silicon Valley
Amy Andersen of Linx Dating - Silicon Valley's high-end matchmaker
Among singletons of a certain net worth in the Bay Area tech world, Amy Andersen is known as the Cupid of Silicon Valley. Since founding Linx Dating a decade ago, Andersen has had a hand in launching dozens of marriages and hundreds of relationships.
Linx Dating's mixers at the Rosewood Hotel in Menlo Park, called Link and Drink, were a key ingredient in the sauce that made its Thursday Cougar Nights a national curiosity. But Andersen, 37, hasn't thrown a party at the hotel in two years - she's too busy.
She says she's averaging online queries from 50 people a day while making matches for the 750 to 1,000 Linx members - men and women ranging in age from 20 to 70. Since Andersen's goal is a match that leads to marriage or a long-term relationship, she spends a lot of time discerning who's ready for a commitment and who's just looking for a good time.
"I have to do a lot more digging in trenches to unearth the gems of men," Andersen said.
In mining for these gems, Andersen canvasses her networks - which include her database of clients, prospective clients and the insular tech community. Her second resource is the Facebook Graph search, allowing her to personalize a search for age, education and, of course, relationship status.
But the appeal of Linx Dating is largely embodied in Andersen herself. In person, she exudes an aura of health, luxury and romance. Even in e-mail, answering follow-up questions from a reporter, Andersen starts every note with "Dear" and ends with "Warmly, Amy." In a world of expedient movers and shakers, her old-fashioned etiquette is a welcome novelty - as is her turning down offers of a reality TV show: "I am actually very private," Andersen said. "Same with my husband and my clients."
Yet Andersen has no qualms discussing her own path to love. She often empathizes with clients as she talks about her own string of relationships before friends introduced her to her husband, Alex Gould, a venture capitalist and Stanford economics instructor.
For clients like Larry Blair, a VC in his early 60s, Andersen's matchmaking led to his wife, the 50-ish Carol Romero, who works in sales.
"When I sat down with Amy, it became obvious to me that I could find more quality in a shorter amount of time - how much time do you have to mess around with ... introductions?" Blair said. "We put together an aggressive program. ... Her process helped to weed out the nutsos."
Andersen's hands-on process includes a meticulous client assessment and one-on-one meeting that can cost as much as $600, irrespective of whether Andersen agrees to take the applicant on as a client. If accepted, the client can either become part of a pool of daters - with no guarantee that a match will be made - or become a premium ($20,000) or VIP client ($50,000-$100,000) to get customized searches. A VIP membership, which Blair used, can include Andersen traveling in search of a client's soul mate, who might be at an art fair or a networking event in a different state.
Over the years, Andersen has noticed an uptick in high-earning women looking for a mate. During her vetting process, Andersen asks about everything from salary to relationship history. In the fall, Andersen conducted separate interviews with eight women in one afternoon at the Four Seasons in East Palo Alto. The criteria that these high earners listed over and over was a man who is close to his family, wants commitment and earns around their level or higher.
In the past, these women found that men who earned less had a meltdown when they discovered that their female dates are accustomed to private aviation and the like. Andersen says that some Google and Facebook employees have turned to Andersen because they're sick of the men they meet online who brazenly ask if they've ever met Mark Zuckerberg and if they can pass along their resume.
"These are often young women I work with who have very high leadership positions with direct access to the Marks, the Sheryls, Peter Thiel, the Sergeys," Andersen said. "To ask someone in the dating context for such things makes me feel really bad for them."
As for her male clients, Andersen said one "mega kazillionaire" warned her about "CEO jumpers" - women who date only the "who's who" among Silicon Valley billionaires. Other clients have come to her with painstakingly precise descriptions of a mate: "She probably drives an Audi, Subaru or Prius and not a BMW or Mercedes."
Andersen says that's often just a facade for what they really want: an attractive, intelligent and unpretentious partner. She helps whittle the list down to the meaningful criteria, then finds the right match for people who are ready: "They trust me implicitly and are so ready for a seismic shift in their dating life."
Valerie Demicheva is a San Francisco freelance writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mobile, Ala. --- The Tennessee State University women's basketball suffered through a late second-half scoring drought that led to the Lady Tigers falling to South Alabama, 59-43, on the road Monday night.
Tennessee State (1-1) was leading, 39-38, when South Alabama (2-0) used a 21-4 run to pull away and claim the win.
Alana Morris led TSU with nine points while Jasmin Shuler and Simone Hopes each tallied eight. Chelsea Hudson pulled down nine rebounds for the Lady Tigers.
The Jaguars were led in scoring by Mary Nixon's 16 points while Brianna Wright recorded 11 rebounds.
Both teams began the game with high-energy on the defensive end as the score was only 10-10 at the 10:01 mark. TSU fell behind by three before Kesi Hess nailed a triple from the corner to pull the Lady Tigers even.
The game was tied, 13-13, when South Alabama posted five straight to go ahead, 18-13.
The Lady Tigers answered with an 8-2 run of their own to briefly capture the lead, 21-20, with 3:16 remaining in the half. TSU, however, was outscored, 6-0, in the final three minutes and went into the halftime break trailing, 26-21.
Tennessee State fell behind, 29-23, in the second frame but seven straight points from Jasmin Shuler put the Lady Tigers on top, 30-29.
The Jaguars responded with nine unanswered points to regain the lead, 38-30, but another rally by the Lady Tigers, capped by Chelsea Hudson's three-point play, made the score, 39-38, in favor of TSU (8:48).
USA once again answered, this time with back-to-back three-pointers to move ahead, 44-39, with 7:14 left to play.
Empty possessions began to hamper the Lady Tigers over the next several minutes as the Jaguars built their advantage to, 54-39, with 2:46 on the clock.
With 1:28 on the clock, Simone Hopes found the bottom of the basket to snap TSU's nearly nine-minute scoring drought. USA knocked down a couple of quick buckets in the final moments to make the final score, 59-43.
TSU forced USA into 26 turnovers but also committed 24 in the contest. South Alabama also held the advantage in rebounds, 42-35.
The Lady Tigers showed improvement from the free-throw line since their last outing, knocking down 7-of-9 from the charity stripe. TSU also shot 30.4 percent (17-of-56) from the field and 15.4 percent (2-of-13) from beyond the arc.
Tennessee State will have a week off before returning to action against Big 12 member Kansas State on Nov. 20. The Lady Tigers will host the Wildcats at 7 p.m. in the Gentry Center.


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The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) is a federal program that assists low-income families, families receiving temporary public assistance, and those transitioning from public assistance in obtaining childcare so they can work, attend training, or continue education. The purpose of the program is to increase the availability, affordability, and quality of childcare.
Parents/foster parents must be working or going to school or
have a referral from Department of Child Services (DCS) or a referral from
TANF/IMPACT, be within income guidelines, have proof of identity for all family
members and be a resident of the county they are applying for assistance in.
Child care assistance is available for children through the age of twelve
unless the child has special needs. The child receiving assistance must be a U.
S. Citizen or qualified legal alien.
determines eligibility by: (1) verifying monthly income as reported on pay
stubs, public assistance award letters, and child support payment stubs or a
child support docket report; and (2) verifying education/training enrollment as
reported on confirmed class schedules or a letter from the educational
instution (on institution letterhead) that states hours of attendance.
participants typically must recertify for the program every six months. Any
changes in family situation, loss of a job, or change of residence must be
reported to RVR immediately, as they may affect program eligibility.
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Riesling Report: Hermann J. Wiemer Late Harvest Riesling 2009
July is riesling month! We're drinking it all month long...and maybe longer. Got a favorite riesling? Recommend it in the comments!
This Finger Lakes Spätlese-style riesling is so lively, so full of tangy, twangy acidity that your tongue curls a bit your your mouth. It's tasty stuff.
Up front, this wine tastes like powdered sugar sprinkled on top of lemon bars, but it has a bright splash of acidity that draws you through each sip. There's a pillow of fruit resting on a sharp gravelly outcropping—prominent green apple and lemon taffy (with secretive stone fruit) balancing on a mineral edge. It's about 2/3 fruit, 1/3 rocks. You're left with long, lingering tartness.
This wine could handle Thanksgiving food; it's a bit autumnal, really, and has the gentle richness to cope with stuffing, sweet potatoes, and a burnished, crisp-skinned turkey. If you would reach for Chardonnay in that setting, this is in many ways a better choice, given its heft but low alcohol (9.1%!), its tart freshness and lack of oak.
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As aquaculture continues to expand here in the Commonwealth, aquaculturalists using traditional land-tied technology have often found themselves competing for space with other commercial and recreational uses of littoral waters. This new and improved FLUPSY, now free from a shore-based energy source, allows siting of shellfish nurseries in more remote, less controversial areas.
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Conservative-leaning Texas Judge Tom Head warned this week that Obama's reelection could spark mass unrest and possibly even a civil war — especially if the president decided to cede even more U.S. sovereignty to the United Nations or call in UN troops to deal with a potential American uprising. But county officials are preparing accordingly, he added, touting a local tax increase to prepare for various "contingencies."
Judge Head, a Republican who has made headlines in the past for his opposition to Obama, promised during a TV interview to personally resist any efforts to impose a global regime on the American people by force. He also said that Lubbock County law enforcement would back him up, but that they needed more funding to stand firm against any future threats — hence the calls for tax hikes.
If Obama were to be reelected, Head warned, "he's going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the UN. What is going to happen when that happens? I'm thinking worst case scenario now," he explained during an interview with FOX 34 in Lubbock. "Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war — maybe. And we're not talking just a few riots here and demonstrations, we're talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy."
The elected judge, who is actually serving as the executive of the county commission rather than a member of the judiciary, then speculated about what might happen under such a "worst-case" scenario. In his view, if the public decided to rise up and Obama decided to clamp down in a lawless assault on Americans, it would not be pretty.
"Now what's going to happen if we do that, if the public decides to do that? He's going to send in U.N. troops. I don't want 'em in Lubbock County, OK. So I'm going to stand in front of their armored personnel carrier and say 'you're not coming in here,'" promised Head, whose official responsibilities also include serving as the county's emergency manager. "And the Sheriff, I've already asked him, I said 'you gonna back me,' he said, 'yeah, I'll back you.' Well, I don't want a bunch of rookies back there. I want trained, equipped, seasoned veteran officers to back me."
While the sentiment appears to be increasingly widespread across America, the judge's open comments quickly became a national sensation as newspapers across Texas and the country jumped on the story. Some commentators even called for Head's resignation, with a few of the more extreme pundits suggesting — despite the First Amendment protections on free speech — that the judge's warnings may have bordered on "sedition." Most of the critics blasted Head's pledge to resist even while claiming that the notion of UN troops on American streets was unlikely.
Judge Head, who specifically authorized the local Fox News affiliate to broadcast his statements, later indicated that they had been taken "out of context." However, as multiple news reports have pointed out, he made almost identical comments as recently as earlier this week on a radio program, warning of calamity and UN troops if the president were to be re-elected.
"Obama has put executive orders and whatever other documents his minions have filed. And regardless of whether the Republicans take over the Senate, which I hope they do, he is going to make the United States Congress and he's going to make the Constitution irrelevant," Head warned August 20 during a radio interview on FOX Talk 950. "He's got his czars in place that don't answer to anybody. He's got his documents in place. They're going to be irrelevant."
Warnings of UN troops in the street followed shortly thereafter during the radio segment, too. In fact, using very similar language to his comments during the TV interview, Head said that Obama would likely do whatever he wanted to if he were able to secure the White House for another term. And that would mean trouble.
"One of the things is he's going to try to give the sovereignty of the United States away to the United Nations. What do you think the public is going to do when that happens? We are talking civil unrest, civil disobedience, possibly, possibly civil war, OK?" Head was quoted as saying. "Now what happens? What happens? Now I'm not talking just talking riots here and there. I'm talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms, get rid of the dictator. OK, what do you think he is going to do when that happens? He is going to call in the UN troops, personnel carriers, tanks and weapons."
If, in such a worst-case scenario, UN troops attempted to enter Lubbock County, the judge pledged during the radio interview, as on the television interview, that he would "stand in front of their personnel carriers" and tell them to get lost. Head emphasized again that the sheriff and hundreds of deputies would stand behind him if the situation ever became that serious, but even more manpower could be needed to repel an assault by the global body's armed forces.
"We may have to call out the militia," Head added.
Some commentators who share the judge's concerns about Obama and the UN suggested that rather than hiring more deputies, the county sheriff could — if those fears ever became reality — deputize able-bodied residents instead. Others suggested that if the president attempted to unilaterally cede U.S. sovereignty to the global institution, it would be treason, so no civil war would be necessary to undo the damage anyway.
"I think what the Judge is saying is millions of people in the U.S. live in fear of what this president will do regardless of the way the election goes. Obama has proven he'll say anything to win the election. He deals with lies," noted commentator Patricia McGehee at the liberty-minded CowboyByte.com. "We read about all the ammunition Homeland Security is amassing. For what reason? I do believe he's set on tearing this Nation apart so he can destroy the Constitution and restructure America into a Socialist/Communist Nation. That WILL lead to bloodshed."
Other liberty-minded activists who responded to Head's statements echoed those remarks, expressing relief that an elected official raised an issue that many Americans had long been dreading — particularly in light of the federal government's recent purchases of massive quantities of hollow-point ammunition, official reports suggesting that average Americans and veterans may be potential terrorists, and the signing of the NDAA indefinite-detention provisions. Some critics, however — even among conservatives — blasted the comments as everything from absurd to a half-baked scheme to raise more revenue for local government.
Head, who has been in office for over a decade, is hoping to build support for a 1.7 cent property tax hike per $100 valuation. Much of the additional revenue, estimated at almost $1 million, would benefit local law enforcement, according to county officials and news reports. Affected residents have spoken out for and against the tax increase, with critics saying the county government should be forced to live within its means just like regular citizens.
Of course, Head is hardly alone. Numerous prominent analysts and activists have expressed serious concerns about the potential re-election of Obama and the direction of the perpetually expanding federal government as well. In fact, just last week, a Marine veteran was detained for a "psychiatric evaluation" after posting song lyrics and anti-government comments on Facebook.
National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre, citing the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal, warned earlier this year that the president may seek to destroy America and the Second Amendment if he were to retain power. For many Americans, the right to keep and bear arms has long been considered a sort of "line in the sand" that the federal government may not cross without sparking a fierce backlash.
Whether fears of an "Obama-led UN invasion," as headlines have characterized Head's comments, could ever become reality, remains unclear. But what is certain, at least, is that the president is a big fan of the scandal-plagued global institution and is not particularly fond of the Constitution he swore an oath to uphold and protect.
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Dear Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Since laws, policies and enforcement processes were substantially weakened in 2012 and 2013, Queensland's land clearing rates have risen dramatically to levels not seen for more than a decade. Clearing is out of control again in Queensland.
Clearing has a major impact on native wildlife and threatened species which depend on woodlands for habitat. Clearing is also bad for the Great Barrier Reef, waterways, and the climate. State land clearing legislation, planning legislation, enforcement policies and monitoring processes all need to be strengthened and used to achieve a new level of protection from clearing threats.
I welcomed the introduction of the Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 into Parliament. Now that the Parliamentary Committee examining the Bill has completed its Inquiry, we look forward to our land clearing laws being strengthened as a matter of urgency.
While I support the main thrust of the Bill, I also believe it needs to be improved before being passed. I fully endorse:
- scrapping so-called 'high value agriculture' as a relevant clearing purpose, introduced by the Newman government;
- protecting high value regrowing woodlands, re-protecting many woodlands deregulated by Newman, but with a widened definition of 'high conservation value' regrowth;
- scrapping the self-assessed code for thinning, and tighter rules for 'managing thickened vegetation';
- extending Great Barrier Reef riparian protections to all reef catchments; and
- phasing out existing Area Management Plans which have allowed for regional clearing.
I urge you and your government to ensure these provisions are passed, but I would also like to see:
- removing the capacity to manage thickened vegetation under development application processes;
- terminating all existing Area Management Plans now; and
- greater restrictions on fodder harvesting, including smaller limits on volume and a drought declaration trigger.
The government must also make sure additional protection for koalas, other threatened species and their habitats is achieved.
I recognise the Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 represents an important milestone in Queensland's land clearing law reform. While the Bill alone will not fully address Queensland's land clearing crisis, it is a significant step forward and I believe it will make a big difference.
Over time, Queensland needs to ensure its land clearing laws bring down clearing rates, and deliver permanent protection for all old-growth native woodlands and forests, and permanent protection of all other high conservation value native woodlands and forests in the state.
It is time for much stronger land clearing laws in Queensland. Please make sure this happens to help protect our native woodlands, and native wildlife.
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This project will support a civic engagement cohort that will be offered in southwest Minnesota to foster partnering and build capacity of local government, organizations, and residents for effective civic engagement in water protection and restoration. This project will also build networks and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection. The cohort will be administered through the Minnesota River Board (MRB), established in 1995 with a goal of focusing water management efforts on the local level.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.
Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota's invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.


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A sex-discrimination lawsuit by two former female EMC employees alleges "locker-room" antics within the firm's sales team in Chicago, detailing company-paid visits to strip clubs, demeaning sexual remarks, and a general failing to hire and promote women.
The charges, publicized yesterday by The Wall Street Journal, were filed in a Federal Court in Illinois on November 2004 by two former saleswomen, Tami Remien and Debra Fletcher. The publication said the lawsuit now seeks class-action status as 12 other EMC saleswomen have filed sex-discrimination cases. A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Federal Court in Chicago to determine its status.
The WSJ article alleges that over a series of interviews, 17 former employees described a frat-boy atmosphere at EMC, which included company outings to strip clubs, retaliation to women who complained about poor treatment, and in three cases, male managers unfairly taking away accounts from saleswomen and giving them to men. In one instance, Remien claims she was denied a lucrative Motorola account because she wouldn't "smoke, drink, swear, hunt, fish and tolerate strip clubs."
In an open letter published on EMC's website today, CEO Joseph Tucci vehemently denied the allegations cited in the WSJ article.
"EMC has long been committed to maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment, with significant opportunities for every employee to succeed and grow. We have carefully developed and regularly communicate our policies, training, diversity awareness and sexual harassment education programs."
Much to our delight the response also included a bit of unintentional hilarity. The emphasis is ours.
"These allegations largely focus on events claimed to have taken place up to a decade ago, and we believe they have no legal basis. More importantly, they bear no resemblance to the work environment and broad opportunities that have long existed for EMC employees around the world."
According to the filing, Fletcher alleges shortly after being hired she was given the responsibilities of a district manager and global account manager, but continued to be compensated as an account representative. The filing continues to allege that during out-of-town business meetings, her drunken co-workers left offensive and harassing voicemail messages with sexual innuendos and comments.
You can get a full copy of the complaint here.
Tucci disputes the allegations, saying EMC believes they have no legal basis. He added that women are consistently among the top sales earners at EMC, and during the four years covered by the case, female EMC sales reps averaged more compensation than their male counterparts. EMC is fighting the class-action classification, saying the circumstances involved in each of the cases are different, and should be handled separately. ®
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The UK's National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations to launch a new training course.
The three-month Certificate in Character Animation course will be taught by industry professionals including main tutors Loyd Price and Mathew Rees.
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Rees is a supervising senior CG animator and has worked on commercials as well as Pirates!.
The new course has been launched to "meet the growing demand for animators in the UK", and follows the introduction of a new tax credit for animated productions in the UK.
Price said: "The UK is very much a powerhouse of animation at the moment. Our continued success at Aardman and that of others such as the NFTS means that people are travelling to the UK from all over the world to learn our style of stop frame and CG animation. We'd like to build on that success by developing home-grown talent to work in this exciting entertainment industry."
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Nik Powell, NFTS Director said: "We're looking for applicants with a real passion for animation to join this flagship course."
Jon Wardle, NFTS Director of Curriculum and Registrar added: "This course will give participants a chance in a life-time opportunity to train with Aardman animators and gain the highest level of animation skills that can help them get jobs in this growing industry."
The NFTS' stop-frame animated film Head Over Heels was nominated for Best Short Animation this year – the only film school nominated for an Oscar in 2013.
The School's stop-frame animated film Miss Todd is also a finalist in the Oscar qualifying 2013 student Academy Awards (a competition it has previously won five times) and its charcoal-drawn animated film Magnificent Lion Boy is the only UK film school film in Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
The application deadline is June 21, 2013. The course starts in September 2013.
More details can be found at www.nfts.co.uk


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MEDINAH, Ill. -- It was a day that 24 junior golfers from the United States and Europe will not soon forget.
The teams played a 10-hole "Friendship" Match Wednesday afternoon at Medinah Country Club, site of the 39th Ryder Cup, the day after the conclusion of the 8th Junior Ryder Cup at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club.
On the practice range just prior to play, the United States Team was congratulated by 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III for their victory at Olympia Fields. European Captain Jose Maria Olazabal commended the members of the 2012 European Junior Ryder Cup Team on earning a berth in the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup, a premier international team match-play competition, featuring 12 junior golfers from the United States hosting their European counterparts.
"It was a pleasure to be with these juniors today, especially on the week of the Ryder Cup," said Love. "I was able to watch a few of them play at the Junior PGA Championship, and have seen a few more of them here on the range, and they amazing are amazing to watch."
The "Friendship" Match featured a combined mixed four-ball, with six groupings of four players that included one girl and one boy from both Europe and the United States.
The teams played a composite course of 10 total holes, covering both front-nine and back-nine holes, and finishing on the par-4 18th.
The foursome of Quirine Eijkenboom of Germany, Gavin Moynihan of Ireland, Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., and Robby Shelton of Wilmer, Ala., claimed the "Friendship" Match title, with a mixed four-ball score of 4 under par.
"It was an unbelievable experience and something I will never forget," said Lee. "And to finish with a victory in this Friendship Match made it that much better."
Gavin Moynihan, who finished with a 2-0-1 record in the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup, contributed two birdies in the 10-hole match.
"This golf course is incredible and it was not easy out there," said Moynihan. "This was the best week of golf I have had in my life."
The teams traveled to Medinah Country Club after an exciting Junior Ryder Cup that saw the United States take home its third consecutive Junior Ryder Cup, 14 ½ to 9 ½, at Olympia Fields.
The United States now owns a 4-3-1 overall record in the Junior Ryder Cup, and has not lost since 2004 at Westfield Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio. The matches were halved 6-6 in 2006 at The Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales.
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Here's the tale of the tape - how GM's Bob Lutz and his Cadillac CTS-V matches up to me in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR heading into tomorrow's Jalopnik Vs GM race at Monticello Motor Club.
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Pacers eliminate Knicks to advance to conference final
On Saturday night, the Indiana Pacers' Lance Stephenson had 23 points and 10 rebounds to pace his team to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and secure their first trip to the Eastern Conference final since 2004, four games to two. The Pacers will now face the Miami Heat in Miami on Wednesday night, from whom Indiana took two out of three games during the regular season.
The Pacers had a lift in morale, as well as the score, with 12 points from George Hill, who returned triumphantly to the lineup after having been injured earlier last week – courtesy of an elbow from the Knicks' Tyson Chandler.
Indiana out-rebounded the Knicks, 43-36, and used that advantage to significant effect by outscoring New York, 52-20, in the paint. The Pacers also managed to get to the free throw line 46 times (making 34 shots) as opposed to only 18 trips to the charity stripe for the Knicks (where they were a perfect 18-18). This development was enabled by the Knicks committing over twice as many fouls as Indiana.
All five Pacers starters finished in double figures, with Stephenson and Hill being joined by Paul George (23 points), David West (17 points) and Roy Hibbert's 21.
The Knicks' Carmelo Anthony had a phenomenal game, scoring 39 points, and J.R. Smith had a double-double, with 15 points and 10 boards. But foul trouble hobbled the Knicks in the closing period. Iman Shumpert, who with 3 three-pointers in the third period, spearheaded a three-point barrage together with teammates Smith and Chris Copeland (and tying the score at 72 in the third quarter), fouled out after 25 minutes on the court. This also was the case with the disappointing Chandler, who exited with 6 fouls after only 2 points and 6 rebounds on the night and Kenyon Martin, who had more fouls (6) than points (5) in 21 minutes on the floor. Raymond Felton punctuated this disappointment for New York, missing all seven of his shots. His drives inside were invaluable in the Knicks' two series victories, and his non-production was a major factor in this game.
In the third quarter, the turning point for the Pacers had to have been the monster block of a one-handed slam by Carmelo Anthony by Roy Hibbert, which in turn was converted by Lance Stephenson's layup at the other end of the floor. The Knicks were never really the same after that. In fact, shortly afterward, the energized Pacers had two more coast-to-coast layups by Stephenson, a tip-in by David West and timely free-throws to secure the Pacers the lead again for good.
Turning the ball over 10 fewer times than they did the previous game was critical for Indiana, which as much as any other factor proved them to be tighter, faster, more aggressive and more opportunistic on the evening. When asked afterward how this Indiana playoff team was different from last year's squad that lost in the early rounds to Miami, Roy Hibbert responded that the addition of David West was a key component – that he "changed the culture" of the team – in making them more focused, resolute and resilient throughout the year. This complemented Lance Stephenson's inspired play, which prompted Pacers head coach Frank Vogel to say "It's believable but it's unbelievable. He's got no playoff experience whatsoever but he has some of the best basketball instincts I've ever been around ... the kid's got a lot of guts."
San Antonio takes first game in impressive fashion.
Much of the early analysis of the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs' Western Conference Series centered on Memphis' No. 1 NBA defense versus San Antonio's veteran-fueled, pummeling offense. In Sunday night's game at San Antonio's AT&T Center, the Grizzlies' typical grinding game wilted in the face of an overwhelming San Antonio offensive barrage – led by Tony Parker's 20 points – as the Spurs won Game 1 decisively, 105-83.
Memphis wasn't really in this game from the very start. The Spurs scored on their first seven possessions en route to a massive 17-point first quarter advantage, wherein the Grizzlies didn't have a single rebound for over 6 minutes. Particularly disappointing was the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph, who after scoring 28 points in powering the Grizzlies to their first-ever final in the previous series with the Golden State Warriors, scored only 2 points on 1-8 shooting in this contest.
The Spurs, even as they continued to get good overall production from their starters, had some pleasant surprises from their bench, including 3-point specialist Matt Bonner, who had 4 trés for 12 points on the night, and Gary Neal, who added 11 with 5-of-8 shooting. In fact, San Antonio as a whole shot very effectively from the perimeter, hitting for 48% of its three-pointers and 53% of its field goals as a team. This was due in large part to San Antonio spreading the floor on offense, drawing in Memphis' perimeter defense and kicking back out to the arc for monotonously open threes - Kawhi Leonard going 4-for-5, Matt Bonner 4-for-6 and Danny Green 3-for-6 from three-point land, which was enabled greatly by 28 Spurs assists, including Parker's 9.
San Antonio's big men, Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw and Tiago Splitter, helped limit the Grizzlies' Randolph and Marc Gasol to 17 total points and keep them out of their offensive rhythm all evening. Memphis guard Mike Conley added 14 points, but also made 4 turnovers – including a momentum-killing steal and score by Tony Parker in the first period. Quentin Pondexter had a very solid game off the bench with 17 points.
For the Spurs, Parker's prolific scoring was complemented by Kawhi Leonard's 18 points, while Danny Green added 16 – largely through his three-point prowess and 6 of 9 shooting overall. Memphis, for their part, hit only 5 of 12 threes, while San Antonio as a team shot an opportunistic 14 of 29. But when the game got tight in the later frames, the Spurs sent in the multi-faceted Manu Ginobili, who, like a whirling dervish, ignited scoring runs that got the Spurs out of reach – including an important 11-1 spree with three minutes left in the third quarter. His assists, lane drives and a well-timed three were crucial in helping make San Antonio's eventual 14-plus point lead insurmountable.


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I was born and raised 100km west of Melbourne, in Ballarat a19th century gold rush town and grew up in a household full of arts and crafts (padded tissue boxes that gave way to elegant and sophisticated embroidery from my mother and functional and solid woodwork from my father)
A passion for all things creative guided me through childhood and in high school, I explored the worlds of art, Drama and that is where (with the help of being given my fathers camera) I discovered photography.
I received a Bachelor of illustrative photography from Royal Melbourne Institute of technology in 2000 and then as the world of photography changed from analogue to digital I decided I needed to continue my education and in two 2003 received a masters of Multimedia Design.
My work has always been a combination of elements with photographs being the base and moving up from there with many layers of texture and text, all to create something I find beautiful.


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Botched commute: First two inches wreak havoc
Commuter vehicles driven without appropriate equipment or skills are scattered like toys tonight, as the first two inches of what could become a two-foot snowfall brought Charlottesville-Albemarle transportation to a near standstill.
There were two vehicles stopped on westbound Route 250 Bypass just west of the McIntire Road exit around 6:15pm, turning the normal commuter artery into a capillary. Meanwhile, on Interstate 64, traffic never got above 30mph, and several drivers–- apparently traumatized by the concept of driving in snow–- were running with their emergency blinkers.
The situation in Albemarle on Dick Woods Road bordered on the ridiculous, as a reporter counted nine vehicles nosed into ditches along a half-mile stretch near Ivy Depot.
Two cars that smashed together head-on on Route 250 west of Morgantown Road stalled traffic and made for a 3 1/2-hour commute from downtown Charlottesville to Crozet for those leaving around 4:30pm. On Ivy Road heading west, speeds at times reached 5mph until grinding to a soul-deadening halt for hours. Route 240 and its uphill trajectory also proved tricky for autos without four- or front-wheel drive, causing further delays.
"It's surprising that the salt is not doing as good a job as it usually does," said City spokesperson Ric Barrick, who reserved blame for the havoc on commuters who waited downtown too long and set out without four-wheel-drive vehicles.
"We'll start plowing when it gets to three inches, so that should start shortly," Barrick said at 7:25pm. "VDOT hasn't started plowing yet either."
Barrick explained that plows require sufficient snow to create a buffer between blade and pavement to avoid injuring the asphalt.
Updated 9:16pm December 18.
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quote: "I know how to drive in this stuff, and I'm usually quick to make fun of most Cvillians' winter driving skills, but this is a bad snow. Even with only 2 or 3 inches on the ground, the roads were already very dangerous."
Correct. This is exactly what I based my opinion on of people realizing they needed to park rear wheel drive vehicles and make other arrangements. Even front wheel drive is questionable in this particular storm.
quote: "I've lived here 37 years: I don't ever remember hearing about such a traffic nightmare caused by a snowstorm."
Same here. But I have been here 56 years. :)
I have never seen any "fast and furious" snowstorm such as this cause so many problems so quick. I'm at a total loss to explain it other than to say it's just very poor driving skills.
Back in 1996, I drove a rear wheel drive police package Chevrolet Caprice in 26" of snow and never got stuck anywhere!
The people of central Virginia need to be trained to drive in snow. I realize that this type of weather is rare down here but if it happens and people don't know how to react it's a disaster waiting to happen.Please people remember to leave more room between cars!
How is he gonna take a swipe at people doing 30mph on the interstate with their blinkers on? Ben said it perfectly - the key is to leave room. You can be the best driver in the world, but you will never be fully immune to someone else's errors. Its a shame the storm hit right at the rush hour commute
In a fast and furious storm such as this, the ideal solution for rear wheel drive vehicles would have been studded snow tires. And the drivers of RWD cars would not have been blocking every road in the city and county. But most people are too lazy to put them on and off during the time period thay are allowed in Virginia.
It's snow!!!!! Most down here don't even know what a "rush hour" is- try Northern VA once on a Friday in the snow!! Heck, try Northern VA any Friday afternoon, snow or not!
Learn to drive in the snow?? Just learn to drive, period.........
Once everyone gets off the roads and settles down, remember--there are those unable to fare well in extreme weather conditions, particularly if power outages become part of this story; so while we enjoy this blast from the past ( first really big storm in years ), think about your neighbors, who may need a helping hand or shoveled walk. Maybe, this will be the true spirit of Christmas, not the presents and parties, but time at home and time to spend with one's neighbors.
I realize people getting off from work this evening want to get home just as bad as anybody else. But it was rear wheel drive cars causing most of the roadblocks in the city limits. People should have enough sense to park rear wheel drive vehicles in conditions like out there right now (8:00 p.m. to 10 p.m.). I just got home from picking up a sister-in-law and niece. I had 4 wheel drive and had no problem moving myself whatsoever. But almost every road in the city was blocked by idiots with rear wheel drive spinning out sideways in the road, thereby blocking both directions.
Strange night out there tonight. In 2 hours of driving back and forth across town, I never saw any cop shoppe cars, no wreckers, and no taxis. Absolutely none. Having said that, I guess everybody was on their own. There was no help to be found anywhere for these people. (Having had a cop shoppe scanner with me, I even heard a fire truck was stuck somewhere. I do not recall where it was though!)
To sum it all up, tonight was the worst driving I have ever seen in my life anywhere.
Rear wheel drive is way better if you have REAL snow tires and add a little weight into the trunk. Front wheel drive cars may help you accelerate better but are way worse for getting out of a slide. They are imbalanced and the front wheel drive makes them usually have very low ground clearance.
My wife is stuck on 29 north by Wal-Mart. Anyone know what's going on there?
Bill, rear wheel drive cars most likely blocking the roadway. They're blocking roads everywhere!
I just heard on the scanner where a cop shoppe car stuck and trying to get his car out of the middle of the road somewhere.
I was out in it around 6:30 - I know how to drive in this stuff, and I'm usually quick to make fun of most Cvillians' winter driving skills, but this is a bad snow. Even with only 2 or 3 inches on the ground, the roads were already very dangerous. I made it home and parked and plan on staying in.
memories of childhood danced in their heads -and the moon on the crest of the new fallen snow --so beautiful I can't sleep
C, your explanation sounds good. But everything I saw tonight was extremely poor driving skills, combined with improper equipment.
Sorry car captives, WINA has left the local scene; sad, it would have been a community service to stay on with people calling in for help and trying to get info about road conditions.
Tim, the last time I played that number, RWD in conditions like tonight, was in 1979. And I was driving a brand new Corvette. Left my uncle's grocery store at 10:00 p.m. and had to travel the 250 bypass from Barrack's Road to Free Bridge. Thank God everybody else was finally off the road by the time I left. :)
GSBO - what frequency are you on? I'm trying the scanner but am not coming up with anything.
I grew up in New England where my parents still live. No one in my family has ever owned an AWD or 4WD vehicle and has never been in an accident in snow/ice conditions. The key is to 1)not go out unless you have to 2) Use low gears! This is very important. It is more intuitive for people driving a car with manual transmission, but automatics can do it too. You want to use your brakes as little as possible. 3) Leave space, take your time, and be patient. 4WD/AWD vehicles sometimes think they are invincible - they are not. They need to slow down too. Riding someones tail isn't going to get you there any faster.
I agree that people around here don't seem to understand the concept of "safe following distance" even on dry roads.
Left DC at 3pm, and did fine until reaching Gordonsville around 5:30pm. Rt 15 to Zion X-Roads, and then 64 West to C-ville from there was 20-30mph the whole way. In the city it sucks to drive in slippery conditions with an idiot 5 feet off your bumper. Not much room for error.
After an hour of failed attempts to get my Toyota minivan up the gentle hill going out of the Willoughby Food Lion parking lot, I turned off the "stability traction control" and had no problem once the drive wheels could spin until they caught a grip.
If you have a newer car and can't get your wheels to turn even when flooring it try turning off your traction control. Then get HOME and hunker down!
Got it backwards, Bill. Just heard on WINA that they actually are diverting 29N over to 29S for a while starting around Forest Lakes and switching back to 29N around Holly Meade. Regardless, all the switching and competing with traffic going the other direction it's slow going. Or so says WINA. They're doing pretty decent traffic reporting right now.
I feel ya gasbag, I feel ya. Im one of the people with a rwd sports car - made it home just before 6 and even at that time it was pretty tricky. Had I waited another hour it would not have been pretty
i just got off 29s and it is a parking lot there. people are going to be stuck there for a long time, possibly overnight. we had no problems in the 4x4 except for all of you idiots who have crappy tires and rear wheel drive. it took me 3 or more hours to drive 20 miles tonight.
gasbag - Studs are for ice, not snow. I am not there, but looking at the temps, the answer is not studs, but the soft rubber and deep siping on modern winter tyres. The set I have does NOT have studs - Hakkapalitas - and they will get you going up a slope on ice without studs. Modern technology on tyres is so incredibly ahead of the old giant cleats with studs its not even funny. Many modern winter tyres have compounds that are slightly rough and and sort of 'pop' out when the weight of the car is on the tyre.
for the record, you sould have winter tyres on ALL FOUR WHEELS, because 70% of your braking is from the front wheels of the car.
B- totally with you on that. People need to learn how to use their torque.
Mich - I find that RWD gives you steering at BOTH ends :>)). FWD does not, and you got it right on balance. My father raced cars, and we sure learned a lot about balance.
J - yeah, that's really my point. Know your tools. With a manual gear box I just put the car in 1st, then 2nd gear, but rarely touch the gas. i let the engine torque do 90% the work, for speed, and braking. In an automatic, I still use the gear box for slowing, and make sure that if I need to actually brake, I take the car out of drive. People forget that in drive the car is still ' pushing' forward.
Then of course, we have people who do not udnerstand how to get a car moving again once they do get a bit stuck. a little rocking goes a long way. If you have traction control - and my big super 5700lb fancy exotic sedan does - you need to turn it off, to rock it and get some momentum while your wheels spin. Then keep moving.
You know, everytime I hear about how bad RWD cars are, i wonder how people ver got around for so many decades in them in snow storms. But they did. i have been driving primarily RWD all my life, and I find I get along fine. I drive my Volvo wagon through 18 inches of snow once. I had winter tyres on, but that's what you should have on ANY car. i have driven up solid ice slopes in RWD with snow tyres.
My Lord, people in Sweden drive in RWD all the tiem in tons of snow.
Yes, I have owned a 4wd, and it had its place, but mostly, people just don't know how to use their vehicles.
The trick to all snow driving is an even steady pace and not stopping on hills.
Stop blaming your tools. blame the one constant factor- the person behind the wheel.
Bill, 11:18 p.m., just heard a county cop tell dispatch he sure could use a little more assistance at Polo Grounds Road. So whatever the problem is, your wife is indeed tied up out there.
Guess I'm one of the lucky ones, home by the fire- just tuned into WINA and there are people stuck in their cars everywhere in this community. Reports of tractor trailer overturned on RT. 20 and 3hr. drive from Rio Rd. to Walmart on 29.
I've lived here 37 years: I don't ever remember hearing about such a traffic nightmare caused by a snowstorm. If you are stuck in your car, tune into 10:70 AM on your radio and they will help up-date you and take your calls. You're doing a super job Leon !
Bill, an older scanner will no longer work. You have to have a new APCO 25 capable digital trunking scanner to recieve the city and county police now. Something like the Radio Shack hand held version PRO-106 or the desk/mobile version Radio Shack PRO-197. They run $499 at Radio Shack, but go on sale real often for $399. They are extremely hard to program though. I program them for a lot of my friends and all of the local wrecker drivers.
In reference to the Polo Grounds, I think several cops said they have parked their cop shoppe cars and walking up to the cars that are stuck and blocking the road.
I moved here in July from Richmond, and one of the first things I did was buy an Outback. I know this weather is less frequent than it used to be, but this is the mountains, and mountains get snow. Isn't that why a lot of the come-heres came here in the first place?
Bart, the major roads everywhere are still a three ring circus. All it takes is one stuck car to cause 3 others to get stuck, and then traffic is backed up for miles.
Just heard people are being shuttled from the blocked roads to the Lake Monticello Clubhouse now for overnight accomodations.
I have 2 large 4X4 SUVs sitting out in the garages, but the only reason I am at home is because everybody else has the roads blocked for miles. Otherwise I would be out playing in the snow. :)
While I think driving skills may have something to do with it, I think when you combine a pretty nasty storm with UVa students leaving for break, holiday shoppers, ordinary after work traffic, a growing community and a transportation network that hasn't been expanded in several years you get what's going on tonight.
ps - these drivers out here now with rear wheel drive think the newfangled "all season" tires are snow tires.
Well, ahh, they aren't by any stretch of the imagination anything close to being a true snow tire.
I am hearing that even at this late hour, 250 west between Farmington and Crozet is still a sh!tshow.....can anyone confirm? it took me 2.5 hours to get from downtown to Ivy via 250 and i actually cut off of 250 and took some backroads (Old Ballard, Owensville). despite the heavier snow on the backroads, i actually thought conditions were much better on those roads than the main roads. Not sure what the story was, but the combination of heavy traffic, slush, new snow, and ineffective salting made 250 much more treacherous than untreated snow back roads (I did have all wheel drive and took my time--15-20 mph---but it was not precarious at those slow speeds).
yeah i hear you Gasbag. the one thing that really gave me pause on the back roads were a couple of cars who literally rode my bumper for about a mile. I really couldn't believe they wouldn't think about what they were doing.
I had a friend who just called and said he was home...it took him 3.5 hours to get from Ivy Nursery to Harris Teeter in Crozet.
Gotta agree with Caesonia...
Its not the RWD that does it... its that most current RWD cars also have big engines and wide tires... that makes it hard to be smooth, and hard to get the tires to not ride up on top of the snow.
They should put lil snowflakes on the plates of your car to show that you can't drive in the snow like the lil wheelchair dude for the handicapped folk.
From what I've seen tonight, the "slurry" prep VDOT uses on the roads does nothing but make you cough and sneeze. Bunch of non drivers out on the roads.
Y'all have my word I'll stay off the roads from now on! I have very little experience driving in snow, but ran out to the store this evening to stock up on provisions. I lost control of my car on the 9th Street overpass by the Pavillion. Fishtailed a good 4 or 5 times before I was able to get straight. Scared the crap outta me! I drove home in 1st gear!!
In the morning, after all the snow-zombies are off the road, I am gonna crank my SUV up and go joyriding. It's actually still a virgin, has never been driven in the snow since I bought it.
I drove my daughter's earlier this evening just to make sure the 4X4 was functioning and working properly.
Well my wife is still out on 29. Still no sign of what's going on but she said she can see police lights up ahead.
12:03 AM-- WINA just came back on the air, way to go Leon,--just reported 11" of snow on Cherry Ave. So if you need help call Leon at 977-1070 or tune into 10:70 am radio.
I just got in from 250W. Pushed a car up hill on 250 eastbound near Northridge, then picked up a westbound older couple near Ivy and another guy who was walking to Crozet. Got them home via 4wd but I had to dodge a bunch of stuck cars. Then I picked up a doctor on Owensville and took him home so he could get a 4wd and return to the hospital.
It's bad but you can get by if you know what you are doing. I feel guilty for not going back out to pick up others who are walking home.
Both lanes on Rt 15 now going south to Palmyra no northbound traffic allowed, just reported by a man who has been on the road for 5 hrs from Charlottesville to Palmyra.
20 miles south of Charlottesville, on 29S headed toward Cville, woman reports they haven't moved more than a mile in 5 hours.
Bill, my boyfriend finally got past Walmart on 29N. Took hours and hours to move only a mile or so. It's people blocking lanes by getting stuck. Mostly RWD, no doubt. Apparently part of 29S has been closed up around Holly Mead. In a quick, "gotta go" cell call, he implied that one lane of 29N was being used to accomodate people going south where they'd closed the lanes on the other side. Not sure if I heard him correctly, but that's what it sounded like he said.
Thanks for the update. I saw on the VDOT traffic cam at Hollymeade that a flood of cars had gone by. Good news, at least. Hopefully it doesn't happen again a minute up the road.


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01. Which Light Shall Never Penetrate
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07. Everything I Touch Bursts Into Flame
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Commented BYZANTINE guitarist/vocalist Chris "OJ" Ojeda: "To have a fourth BYZANTINE album recorded is a feat that none of us band members thought we could pull off. With families, new careers and living apart from each other and a five-year hiatus, we thought getting together and writing a new album would be impossible, but it came along famously. We truly are in our element tucked in the hills of West Virginia grinding out new tunes for the few select fans we have. It's been an honor to give you guys nine new songs to dig on!"
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BYZANTINE was first discovered by LAMB OF GOD and released three highly respected albums and completed several major tours before calling in quits in 2008, just after the release of their most respected effort, "Oblivion Beckons". Earlier this spring, the band entered the studio to begin work on the new CD featuring the following lineup:
Chris Ojeda: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Tony Rohrbough: Lead Guitar
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TOOTHPASTE, GOLF AND HOCKEY. Michael Whan, the newly announced LPGA commissioner, has excelled in all three as a marketing and brand guru. Most recently, Whan was the CEO of a small hockey equipment company called Mission Itech Hockey.
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Daunting Challenges Ahead for LPGA Commissioner Whan (Golf Channel)
A Not-So-Revealing Interview with Mike Whan (Stephanie Wei)
After Troubled Season, LPGA Names New Leader (New York Times)
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