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Let's get one thing straight right now: it's a stick shift. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. Three full pedals and one of those old-fashioned gear changer thingies. I am told this is how the interior of a sports car is supposed to look.
I mention this because I hope your glee and positivity regarding my transmission choice will take your mind off the fact that I went way over my budget. Insanely over my budget, some might say. To put things in perspective: if my life were an elevator and my budget was on, say, the fourth floor, then I actually got off at the ozone layer.
This wasn't the initial plan. The initial plan, as you might recall, was to buy a car for around $40,000 or $50,000, and I asked you for help on deciding what that car should be. So you made a lot of suggestions, and I spent the better part of a weekend reading every single one. Then I promptly ignored all of them.
No, that isn't what really happened. What really happened is that my favorite suggestion came from Bullitt417, who recommended a Ferrari F355. So I set out searching for the perfect 355, only to discover that the 355 is, and I say this with all due respect to you 355 owners out there, possibly the most unreliable car of all time. Seriously: it makes a Series I Land Rover Discovery look like that huge tree in California that just keeps living; the one that was just a sapling when Barbara Bush was born.
So I decided against a 355. But I liked the idea of a 355. And from there, I had your typical mental stair-step: "Well, I suppose another five thousand won't be so bad…" and "Oh, what's another thousand for the right car?"The next thing you know, I'm driving home from Florida in a 360 Modena.
Actually, it wasn't quite the next thing you know, because the buying process was rather difficult. But I'll have more on that in another story. For now, let's talk about the car.
On the outside, it's red. And on the inside, it's tan. This, in my opinion, is how nearly every Ferrari should be — but it's more difficult to find than you might think. There are a lot of 360s out there in what I would call "off colors," such as silver, or dark blue, or — let's be honest — anything that isn't red. People who own these cars are desperate to sell them. When you call them up, they say things like: "C'mon… EVERYBODY has a red Ferrari! Don't you want to stand out with this unique shade of Vomit Metallic?" Then you ask why they're selling, and it's because they're buying a newer model, in red.
But forget about the styling. The real fun is under the hood, which I should mention, is see-through. I bring this up not as a factual point, but rather to rub it in the face of all you readers out there driving normal cars, with opaque hoods. Hah! Opaque hoods. How pedestrian.
Anyway: under the hood, there's a 3.6-liter V8 that makes 400 horsepower and, I'm told, approximately the same amount of torque as a BMW 3-Series. People usually say this to me in a teasing fashion, and I'm sure I would take major offense, if I had any idea what torque was.
So there you have it: my new car. I'm sorry it's taken so long to get here, but it's here now — and over the next few months, we're going to have a lot of fun with it. There will be many updates on Jalopnik, and even more updates if you follow me on Twitter. This is good news for my current followers, who are undoubtedly getting tired of seeing daily photos of my used Range Rover.
Oh, and how did the 500-mile trip home turn out? You'll have to see for yourself:
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.

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You know the problem with setting speed records in small cars? Keeping the clowns' helmets from knocking together. Still, MTM's 500hp Audi A1 recently exceeded 200 mph on Italy's Nardo test track. Not bad for something the size of a popcorn bag.
The Audi, which also produces 443 lb-ft of torque at its peak, had been turbocharged to within an inch of its life, while remaining front wheel drive. And despite what must be some gnarly torque steer, the thing can get from zero to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds.
The Audi faced down other tuners at the Nardo top-speed event, including a 9FF Porsche 911 GT3, MKB McLaren SLR, G-Power BMW M3 and SpeedArt Porsche Cayenne Turbo. The Audi collected a top speed of 201.324 mph.
Naturally, our hats are off to the driver, who must have been wishing for something with a longer wheelbase — like a Toyota Corolla — for better stability as he closed in on the double-century mark.


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SUNSMART by George on the Outer
If you don't want to get sunburnt, you follow the Sunsmart rules. Melbourne took the advice and with their season on the line, avoided getting burnt by the Gold Coast Suns, with a gripping 17 point win. It was a match that could have gone either way, with the sides within a kick of each other for all but the final minutes of the final quarter. Melbourne had stretched the lead earlier in the game to 18 points, but that quickly evaporated to a neck and neck race to the finish. Finally,
NORTH OF THE BORDER by The Oracle
The outcomes of Melbourne's recent games against the Gold Coast Suns are a pretty good barometer of how the teams are faring. The Demons easily accounted for them twice in 2018, the last win being a 96-point cakewalk at the MCG in Round 20 when they scored a whopping 21.17.143 to 7.5.47. Ironically, Melbourne's score of 9.3.57 at the first break that afternoon is leading its highest score for a full game to date this year by 3 points. In those days, they played fast, skillful football, moved thDemonland |
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PACK YOUR BAGS by George on The Outer
The scene was captured by the TV camera's before the match with a view of the Melbourne side's bags packed next to the team bus to facilitate their flight up north to the AFL hub where they will play their next matches. However, on the basis of the efforts against Richmond, unless things change, and change rapidly, there will be some who will be told to pack their bags on a more permanent basis. Once again, the supporters got much the same story from this match against Richmond, as
SOUTH OF THE BORDER by the Oracle
Thankfully they moved this week's game from Sydney where the sun shines and the virus breeds ever so slowly and almost nobody returns a positive test. The change of fixture comes at precisely the right time to allow everyone in town to head to the MCG on Sunday at around 3:30pm, not to catch up with what's going on inside the ground but rather, to do what's fashionable for woke folk in 2020 — pulling down statues. It's time for Kevin Bartlett and Leigh Matthews to go but you can't touch Norm Smi
LESSONS IN LOSING by George on the Outer
Turn up for the game and look like you want to win it. Melbourne lost this game to Geelong, a game after a couple of extended breaks, looking like they were at the end of a 22 game season. Right from the start there was a lack of intensity across the board, as the Demons played exactly the type of game that the ageing Geelong list wanted. Geelong repeatedly played possession footy, to avoid having to run those ageing legs, something that Melbourne failed to exploit. To use the oft quot
QUARRANTINO by Whispering Jack
At a little after 4.00pm last Saturday, the MCG ceased to be the centre of the AFL universe. That was when the AFL's el supremo Gil McLaughlin announced that the Bombers' Conor McKenna had returned a COVID-19 positive result and declared that the game set for the following day between Essendon and Melbourne was postponed. What followed was truly the stuff of a pulp fiction novel. We witnessed a suitcase load of mental gymnastics and spin calculated to let McKenna (and the Essendon Football
WHADDA WE SING? by Whispering Jack
When the Melbourne team sang "The Grand Old Flag" last Saturday at Marvel Stadium in the absence of skipper Max Gawn, Ed Langford and Adam Tomlinson who were first time winners at their new club and Jayden Hunt, the leading goal kicker of the day it was passed off as an honest mistake. Taken in isolation, it most probably was accidental but the problem is that little accidents have been happening far too often in the club's recent history and, in this case, it was symptomatic not only of a day t
A POINT OF DIFFERENCE by George on the Outer
It was Melbourne v Carlton at the comics stadium; a game between 16 and 17 in 2019. How could anyone pick a winner? There had to be a point of difference, and so it would prove to be as the Demons literally fell over the line at the end, by a solitary point. In an almost complete replica of the Richmond v Collingwood game two nights previously, one of the sides (Melbourne in this case) rushed out to a five goal lead in the first quarter, while the Blues failed to bother the goal umpir
EXPOSED FORM by The Oracle
Carlton fancies itself to beat Melbourne at Marvel Stadium on Saturday and, based on exposed form, why not? The Blues took it right up to the reigning premiers in their last up start and the Demons were simply horrible against the Eagles at Optus Stadium. That opening game of the season revived all of the nightmares of 2019 for a team that went inside the 50 metre arc 45 times, an advantage of 10 times over the home side and yet lost by almost five goals. Such statistics sum it up for a gam
SOCIAL DISTANCING by George on the Outer
It was good to see the MFC players practicing the directives about social distancing at the game against West Coast. Pity was that they continued to do so after the first bounce of the ball, as they allowed numerous WCE players run around un-hindered, with not a Melbourne player within 1.5 metres of them! They then found themselves looking at nearly a 5 goal deficit at the first break, which was to be essentially the final margin for the game. It is difficult to judge exactly what is going
BEST IN SHOW by Whispering Jack
I am writing this knowing that the AFL has deemed that the opening round of competition will proceed but fully believing that it should not. The world is going through cataclysmic change as a result of the overwhelming spread of the Covid-19 virus and I agree that a distraction like sport would be good for the public. However, while the physical threat to the population is bad enough, there are other issues to be addressed including the mental health of the community and the effects on th
TASSIE DEVILS by Van Demon
If you were looking for something new from the Demons that wasn't there last year, you didn't have to look further than the perfectly trimmed grass surface of UTAS Stadium last night as the team steamrolled the Hawks to record a comprehensive 32-point victory to complete their Marsh Community Series commitments for 2020. One new thing was the fact that for the second Marsh game in a row, the team finished full of running and they dominated the second half without the presence or the dominan


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Culture- ART FEATURE- Inner dimensions: UVA artists delve deep
Years ago at an oh-so-polite UVA faculty party, professor Farzaneh Milani and I got into a lively discussion about why female genitalia weren't more lavishly celebrated in art. A male faculty member wandered over, but as soon as he got a whiff of our conversation, he turned bright red and walked away.
I smiled at the memory while viewing UVA artist-in-residence Ebony Patterson's huge mixed-media prints that explore the vulva as if it were a cavern of jewels. Patterson's work is currently on display in the Off Grounds Gallery exhibition, "Intimate Matter," which also features paintings by fellow artist-in-residence Corey Drieth.
Drieth and Patterson make an odd match for a two-person show. For her semi-abstract and exuberant expositions of women's physicality, Patterson often works large, complexly layering textures, line, and pigment on paper. Drieth's pieces, on the other hand, are small and minimal. His flat geometric abstracts create tranquil spaces that flow with the grain of the underlying wood panels.
Nevertheless, both artists are interested in mining what is usually kept personal and private. Patterson opens up the gushing, luscious environment that flourishes between women's legs. Using a palette of black, sepia-toned gray, and a range of reds– from scarlet to coral to carmine– her large prints are like geological fissures enriched with round-edged rubies and garnets.
Patterson also displays a fascinating 15-part untitled book-art piece consisting of edited and embellished pages excerpted from an old gynecological text. Calling attention to words that emphasize the fear and violence associated with women's bodies ("choked," "inflammation," "distorting," etc.), she re-draws illustrations and overlays diagrams with white, lacy, three-dimensional cut-outs that transform the maligned genitalia into a wondrous natural landscape.
While Patterson looks inside the body, Drieth peers into the spirit. Influenced by the contemplative traditions of Quaker Christianity and Zen Buddhism, as well as by modernist abstraction (think Rothko gone small and neat), Drieth uses crisp-edged blocks of saturated color to create areas of expectant stillness that require viewers to slow down and reflect.
In "Heart," he centers a vertical rectangle at the bottom of a square of pure magenta. The lower quarter of the rectangle is a horizontal block of black, while the remaining 3/4 offers a translucent wash of black and magenta that reveals the underlying wood grain. The composition is simple yet deeply compelling.
Whether looking between the legs or the lines, both Patterson and Drieth encourage viewers to lean closer for a more intimate examination.
Corey Drieth and Ebony Patterson's exhibition, "Intimate Matter," is on view at UVA's Off Grounds Gallery through October 28. 200 W. Main St. 924-4298.


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Cash Management in Mexico Looks Like Heaven in the Region
by Florent Michel, Managing Partner, Latina Finance & Co.
Mexico is still in recovery from the 2008 crisis. The country is slowly registering signs of improvement in its industrial production, exports and level of employment, but as yet nothing compared to the Mexico of the early years of 2000. The financial authorities have continued to deploy strong fiscal policies in order to sustain the economy, lowering interest rates from 8% in January 2009 to 4.5% today. After a short rebound at the end of '09, the first quarter of 2010 still registered a negative GDP growth (-0.35%) with inflation at a level of around 4%.
As a very open economy Mexico was badly hurt by the crisis and has not yet recovered. Managing cash and treasury in this type of cycle is challenging but unlike many other countries in the region Mexico provides a very flexible and cash management friendly environment.
A very large proportion of payments, maybe close to 70%, are still made today by cheques by or cash.
A free trade economy with few restrictions in the area of treasury and cash management
Mexico is certainly only one of a few countries in the Latin American region such as Chile, Peru, Uruguay or some Central American countries, where managing treasury and cash management is relatively simple - nothing like Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela or Colombia for example. The strong trade ties with the US (85% of Mexican exports goes to the US) and participation in NAFTA (North America Free Trade Area) have dictated an early liberalisation of exchange controls and free movement of funds. Mexico does not have exchange controls: companies whether resident or non-resident can open current and savings accounts in both local currency and USD. Chequing accounts are interest bearing accounts and are taxed according to the location of the company: For resident companies interest payments are taxed at a rate of 0.5% on the capital from which the interest is derived. Mexican resident companies are allowed to have offshore accounts.
Payments and collections are moving towards electronic
Clearing is done by the Central Bank of Mexico which only clears Mexican pesos. Mexico has a very efficient single RGTS system which can deal with all payments with no limitation in value. The system is called SPEI and provides for same-day credit. A separate clearing house, SICAM, also controlled by the central bank, deals with cheques and some other forms of small electronic transfers. Cheques are cleared between 24 to 48 hours depending on the geography. A very large proportion of payments, maybe close to 70%, are still made today by cheques or cash. Given the poor reliability of the postal service, cheques need to be physically delivered and collected. This is a negative on the collection side in Mexico as the country cannot implement any form of lockbox. Some banks provide cheque collection services and cash can be collected by specialised security companies in Mexico, with cash remittance at the bank on D +1; however, the volume of electronic transfers is in constant growth and the country is slowly but surely moving towards electronic payments.
SwiftNet is not yet used extensively. Mexico does not appear in the 2009 top 25 country users of Swift in terms of volume. Thirteen banks are members of Swift and 39 institutions connected, but volumes would remain very small even if they increased by 5% in 2009.


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- I was upset when I went to roll a Shaman, that Gnomes weren't an option.
- I was upset when Cataclysm was announced that there weren't any Gnome Shaman (Gnome Priests… Pfffttt!)
It may come as a surprise to you that I like Gnomes.
Well it surprised me. I only rolled one because the Human Mage looked like a dress wearing Chuck Norris.
Then came Christmas… and under the tree (outside Ironforge), was a little present just for ME!
Some people transformed themselves to go for the PvP achievement, I transformed For Gnomeregan!
Two whole weeks of Squidly the Gnome Shaman!
- Curse you Ghost Wolf and your Gnome clearing ways.
- Curse you Culling of Stratholme and your Human disguising ways.
I want to be a Gnome and I am not happy to lose the true look due to death, travel form or instances!
I'm hoping next year they have a personal Gnome-Transformation-Thingamebob. I will happily trade in my Winters Veil disguise kit. Happily grind snowballs to get a years supply. Anything to be able to adopt my true Gnomish form at will.
Some players will carry bags of consumables, others additional gear sets. I will carry snowballs!
Speaking of transformations…
Have you ever paid attention to the transformation that takes place with you enter CoT:CoS?
Gnomeaggedon was always transformed into a Gnome… Ohh hang on, there was no change…
Squidly becomes a HUMAN!
Generally I'd say it sucks to be human (actually I always say that), but here's the Twilight Zone part (you do have the Twilight Zone music in your head now don't you?).
Squidly doesn't just become human, but he transforms into a nearly exact replica of ME… me the human player and blogger behind Gnomeaggedon and Squidly.
Sure there are a few slight differences…
- My red hair isn't quite as long or as red (any more) as in WoW.
- My beard isn't quite as long or as red (any more) as in WoW.
- My barrel chest has dropped slightly to be more of a barrel stomach.
- My totems click with the sound of empty stubbies and are probably the main cause of my barrel chest slipping.
But apart from that, he is an exact replica of me!
These days when I am rushing for work and step out of the steamy shower (cold water + hot weather = steam) and can't see myself in the mirror, I just fire up WoW, port down to CoT, enter CoS and marvel at how those 3 sit ups per month have improved my physique and how long and luscious my hair and beard have become.
I need to stop myself before I bolt out the front door, so I can put some clothes on, but I know my hair is looking good!
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout!
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Pomona, California emcee/producer Big Hutch (a/k/a Cold 187um) has announced his second solo album in as many years. The Above The Law co-founder plans to release Live From Hell's Kitchen (I Am The Definition Of The Art) in the first two quarters of 2013.
In 2012, Hutch released The Only Solution on Insane Clown Posse's Psychopathic Records imprint. The effort garnered the former Ruthless Records star and later Death Row executive his first solo Top 200 chart appearance. In a statement, Hutch addressed the controversy that came with the new alliance. "The Only Solution project was an innovative good idea between myself and Violent J, but everyone is so damn opinionated these days and not going with the idea of the artist's creativity, the project was harder than it needed to be. We are all independent, we are all against mainstream music, we all should have been one not separate. That goes for both Juggalos and my West Coast Hip Hop fans. We might come from different places but we are all on the same side, fighting the same fight. It's like anything else in life, if there is no unity the real enemy will always win. End of story."
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Afternoon in Dunedin
Normal workout was held at Bright House Field at 10 this morning and then the 3-mile trip to Dunedin for the afternoon game. Those not on the trip were finished for the day.
Prior to the morning workout, Dubee had Amount on the half-field mound for a side throwing session. At the same time, Posednik and Gillies were practicing drug bunts on the half field. Smaller instructional sessions are common every day, sometimes in the morning and sometimes after BP. The indoor batting cages at Bright House Field are always in use. Hitters love to hit. Pitchers love to bunt….well, maybe love is not the right word.
Phillies are home (Clearwater) the next two days, Astros and Pirates. Gates open at 10:30 each morning.
Following the minor league workouts at Carpenter Field on Wednesday and Thursday, there will be evening education seminars with those players. Susan Ingersoll Papaneri, Director, Baseball Administration, has lineed up Elaine Pasqua to speak to the players about life choices they will face, from alcohol to drugs to sex to increased violence. Ms. Pasqua spoke with the selected minor league players who were at Citizens Bank Park in January and was so well received, Susan felt it was worthy of presenting the same program to all the minor league players.
MLB has a similar program every spring for players in the big league camps.
Camp Notes
**Latest radio station from the north to broadcast live from the Tiki Bar is 1320 Lehigh Valley, Michael Mreczko, 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
**94WIP's morning crew will be in camp starting on Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
**All-Star 2B Dave Cash will throw out the first ball on Thursday.
Spring Training Memories
Coach Juan Samuel
"1981 in the Phillies minor league camp at the Complex. Stayed at the Days Inn in Pinellas Park. My first roommate was Juan Nataniel, but he got released. Then, Julio Espinosa, Nino's brother. That was my first flight and first time out of the Dominican. I remember wearing a three-piece, light-blue, pin-striped suit. The shuttle ride from the Tampa airport was an adventure. I told the driver we were staying at the Days Inn on Clearwater Beach but we couldn't find it. Finally, he asked to see my information sheet from the Phillies. The hotel was in Pinellas Park and not on the beach."
More Alumni memories from spring training can be found at www.phillies.com/alumni.


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Garcia Marquez: More than just a magic realist
NEW YORK (AP) -- Magic realism was only one of his gifts. From crime stories and village folklore to romance and satire, Gabriel Garcia Marquez brought poetry to virtually every popular genre.
The Nobel laureate and international literary statesman, who died Thursday at age 87, completed just six novels, four novellas, a few dozen short stories and a handful of nonfiction works during a half-century of publishing. But he drew upon an unpredictable range of influences and mastered styles that made him the most complex and most straightforward of literary authors.
Much of the world learned of him through his expansive classic "One Hundred Years of Solitude," but he could also turn out brief, tense stories, such as "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," a novella published in Spanish in 1981 and in English two years later. The opening lines, not unlike the celebrated passage that begins "One Hundred Years of Solitude," set a deadly mood worthy of the best thrillers.
"On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on," Garcia Marquez wrote. "He had slept little and poorly, without getting undressed, and he woke up with a headache and a sediment of copper stirrup on his palate, and he interpreted them as the natural havoc of the wedding revels that had gone on until after midnight."
For "Love in the Time of Cholera," a 1980s best-seller which many critics ranked just behind "One Hundred Years of Solitude," Marquez openly drew upon soap opera and romance. Through a plot he defined as one of frustrated love, a man and woman too young to marry at 20 and too old to marry at 80, he wove in politics, history, economics and the mysterious rules of male desire.
"It was in those days that he devised his rather simplistic theories concerning the relationship between a woman's appearance and her aptitude for love," Garcia Marquez wrote. "He distrusted the sensual type, the ones who looked as if they could eat an alligator raw and tended to be the most passive in bed.
"The type he preferred was the opposite: those skinny little tadpoles that no one bothered to turn around and look at in the street, who seemed to disappear when they took off their clothes, who made you feel sorry for them when their bones cracked at the first impact, and yet who could leave the man who bragged the most about his virility ready for the trashcan."
Garcia Marquez reigned over both the external and the internal, public ceremony and private delusions and disappointments. "The Autumn of the Patriarch," a devastating and exhausting portrait of a Caribbean dictator published in the mid-1970s, was described by Garcia Marquez as a "poem on the solitude of power," complete with vultures barging into the presidential palace.
"No One Writes to the Colonel" was a sympathetic novella about a military man long overdue to receive his pension. The author's celebrated short story "Big Mama's Funeral" starts like a fairy tale ("This is, for all the world's unbelievers, the true account of Big Mama"), captures the ways of a small community with the intimacy of an ancient folktale and defines the workings of political power with a thoroughness you might find in a book by Robert Caro.
"No one knew the origin, or the limits or the real value of her estate, but everyone was used to believing that Big Mama was the owner of the waters, running and still, of rain and drought, and of the district's roads, telegraph poles, leap years, and heat waves, and that she had furthermore a hereditary right over life and property," he wrote.
"When she sat on her balcony in the cool afternoon air, with all the weight of her belly and authority squeezed into her old rattan rocker, she seemed, in truth, infinitely rich and powerful, the richest and most powerful matron in the world."


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This chapter contains these topics:
Note:Use the new unified C++ API in
xml.hpp for new XDK applications. The old C++ API in
oraxml.hpp is deprecated and supported only for backward compatibility, but will not be enhanced. It will be removed in a future release.
Processor Interface - basic XPath processor interface that any XPath processor is supposed to conform to.
CompProcessor Interface - extended XPath processor that adds an ability to use XPath expressions pre-compiled into an internal binary representation. In this release this interface represents Oracle virtual machine interface.
Compiler Interface - XPath compiler into binary representation.
NodeSetRef Interface - defines references to node sets when they are returned by the XPath expression evaluation.
XPathException Interface - exceptions for XPath compilers and processors.
XPathObject Interface - interface for XPath 1.0 objects.
Sample programs are located in
The programs
XslXPathSample and
XvmXPathSample have sources:
XslXPathSampleGen.hpp, XslXPathSampleGen.cpp,
See Also:Oracle Database XML C++ API Reference package XPATH APIs for C++


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The LeRay Planning Board reviewed Thursday a site plan proposed by a Carthage developer to build an AutoZone store on Route 11, the first step of a long-term plan to transform the property into a retail hub.
If the Planning Board OKs the proposal made by Lundy Development and Property Management, a 7,380-square-foot AutoZone will be built to the north of Freedom Plaza on the west side of the highway. Owner Michael L. Lundy, who owns 15 acres that extend to the north of the property for commercial development, hopes to have the project approved by the town in March. His construction company, Lunco. Corp., then would break ground in early spring and seek to finish the project by August.
Mr. Lundy said the AutoZone is the first among six to eight businesses that are planned for the large commercial site, which will feature a large Big Apple Music store to the north of AutoZone, owned by Robert D. Ferris of Watertown.
Building the AutoZone first was the most logical, Mr. Lundy said, since plans for connector roads at the site have been put on the back burner because other developers who own neighboring property are still developing their plans. The entry road that extends to the west will be linked to land now owned by three different parties: Mr. Ferris, Robert J. and Janice M. Piatt of LeRay and Columbia LeRay LLC. Each owner will give Mr. Lundy ownership of parcels that will become the site of the planned road.
"Building the AutoZone first will give us a lot more flexibility, because the developers we're talking to are going to make plans based on what happens to the entry road and how I build" the store, he said. "We're going to walk before we run."
Mr. Lundy said the access road between Freedom Plaza and the AutoZone site will be extended about 1,000 feet to the west under the plan. That work will be completed by Lunco Corp. for about $1 million. According to a deal made by Mr. Lundy in July with the LeRay Town Council, the town will pay him $300,000 for the road, which it then will maintain. The town eventually plans to extend that road about a mile to the west to connect with Goulds Corners Road, which town officials view as a fertile area for attracting housing developers.
But Mr. Lundy said he hopes the Town Council will tweak some of its laws before he builds other roads for the project. He would like to build roads to be owned by his company that would link the businesses in the rest of the commercial subdivision, but the town has a law that prohibits commercial development on private roads. To solve this issue, Mr. Lundy urged the Town Council in December to consider repealing that law to assist him with the project. The Town Council, which was receptive to the proposal, asked the Zoning Board of Appeals to consider changing the law as a part of the zoning update it's been developing for the past year; town officials say that plan likely will be completed in the spring.
Along with scrapping the zoning law, Mr. Lundy asked the council to consider altering its setback requirements for private roads by dropping the amount of frontage needed from 200 feet to 150 feet. Doing so, he said, would make the area bordering Route 11 more conducive for commercial development.
To link the retail parcels that will extend north from the entry road at AutoZone, Mr. Lundy said he hopes to build a private road that will create a second traffic outlet to Route 11 about a quarter-mile to the north. That access point would serve as both an entrance and an exit for southbound traffic on the divided highway.
"Other communities will typically allow (private) arterial roads that are owned by developers and have easement agreements with the tenants," Mr. Lundy said, adding that the town of Watertown allows developers to manage private roads. "And changing the frontage requirements will allow us to better lay out our sites."
Mr. Ferris, owner of Big Apple Music in Watertown, owns a four-acre parcel to the north of AutoZone, where he said a 5,400- to 12,000-square-foot store is planned. Under a tentative agreement made for the project, Mr. Ferris will transfer the ownership of his property to Mr. Lundy, and Lunco Corp. will build the store. Mr. Ferris then will lease the property back from Mr. Lundy under the plan.
Ideally, Mr. Ferris said, workers will break ground on the Big Apple store in the spring and complete the project by early fall. He said he looks forward to working with Mr. Lundy to attract future developers to the site. In addition to retailers that will be located along Route 11, a large parcel behind that area could include a number of large projects. Possibilities include a big box store, condominiums or a two-story lifestyle center including a combination of retail space and apartments.
"The town wanted to make sure it's building its tax base to its full potential," Mr. Ferris said. "By teaming up together, this property will be worth a lot. It already has an intersection with a light like where the Walmart is."
-Ted Booker, Watertown Daily Times staff writer


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Biostatistics Seminar Series for Clinical and Translational Scientists
The topic will be, "Considerations for Power and Sample Size," presented by Todd Schwartz, PhD (UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Nursing).
May 01, 2012
from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
|Brinkhous-Bullitt, Room 219
|Contact Name
|Lori Smith
|Contact Phone
|Add event to calendar
The goal of this series is to provide clinical and translational researchers who have basic quantitative training in biostatistical methods with a more in depth understanding of selected topics and to introduce them to more advanced methods.
The target audience for the seminar series includes junior clinical and translational scientists who currently serve as or plan to serve as Principal Investigators leading interdisciplinary research teams that include biostatisticians. For example, this includes junior faculty in the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry.
Emphasis is placed on what clinical and translational researchers collaborating with biostatisticians most need to understand about a statistical method or concept in order to recognize whether a methodology is potentially relevant to their research aim and choice of study design, and appropriately interpret results of analyses using the methodology.
Topics will build on material covered in Bios 541 and Bios 542. A potential list of topics has been identified from issues commonly arising in applied research collaborations between clinical and translational researchers and biostatistics faculty. We hope to offer sessions approximately monthly during the fall and spring semesters of the 2011-2012 academic year. To receive information about future sessions, contact email@example.com.


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I've used some generic blue led modules to build a big clock with 7 segment displays.This modules have 5 piranha leds and resistors in a weatherproof enclosure (a brick of molten plastic).Modules look like this:They are rated for 12V, and a real datasheet is not available.After a year and a half of constant use, I've noticed that some of the leds are burnt, and most are not as bright as the new ones.
The display uses a sheet of white hight impact polyestyrene as a diffuser, and I've noticed that it turned light yellow where the led light it.So my first suspicion is that the modules are dissipating heat, and this is shorting their life. Or is it the UV light that yellowed the plastic?Modules are not warm to the touch. And there is no sign of heat on the MDF piece they are glued with hot glue. The sign is place inside, and summer temperatures can go up to 32 degrees celcius.
Would SMD LED strips last longer?
This modules include the resistors inside (you can see them inside the melted plastic brick).
12V come directly from a commercial switching power source with 2.5 amps capacity (Can this be blamed?).
Each led module consumes 40mA, and I have 42 modules.
Thanks fungus. In most of the cases a pair of leds dies, and the other 3 survive.
You are right, I was a victim of "EL CHEAPO" Leds Made in China.Problem is....everything I can buy arround here are from the same origin.


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Previous: Tracking TODO state changes, Up: Progress logging
Org has the ability to track the consistency of a special category of TODOs, called "habits". A habit has the following properties:
habits module by customizing
STYLE is set to the value
.+ style repeat
interval. A
++ style may be appropriate for habits with time
constraints, e.g., must be done on weekends, or a
+ style for an
unusual habit that can have a backlog, e.g., weekly reports.
DONE state enabled
(see Tracking TODO state changes), in order for historical data to be
represented in the consistency graph. If it is not enabled it is not an
error, but the consistency graphs will be largely meaningless.
To give you an idea of what the above rules look like in action, here's an actual habit with some history:
** TODO Shave SCHEDULED: <2009-10-17 Sat .+2d/4d> :PROPERTIES: :STYLE: habit :LAST_REPEAT: [2009-10-19 Mon 00:36] :END: - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-15 Thu] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-12 Mon] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-10 Sat] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-04 Sun] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-02 Fri] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-29 Tue] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-25 Fri] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-19 Sat] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-16 Wed] - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-12 Sat]
What this habit says is: I want to shave at most every 2 days (given by the
SCHEDULED date and repeat interval) and at least every 4 days. If
today is the 15th, then the habit first appears in the agenda on Oct 17,
after the minimum of 2 days has elapsed, and will appear overdue on Oct 19,
after four days have elapsed.
What's really useful about habits is that they are displayed along with a consistency graph, to show how consistent you've been at getting that task done in the past. This graph shows every day that the task was done over the past three weeks, with colors for each day. The colors used are:
In addition to coloring each day, the day is also marked with an asterisk if the task was actually done that day, and an exclamation mark to show where the current day falls in the graph.
There are several configuration variables that can be used to change the way habits are displayed in the agenda.
nil, only show habits in today's agenda view. This is set to true by
Lastly, pressing K in the agenda buffer will cause habits to temporarily be disabled and they won't appear at all. Press K again to bring them back. They are also subject to tag filtering, if you have habits which should only be done in certain contexts, for example.


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Who will be the first to go on DWTS Season 9?
One week! Just a week left…finally! So today I'm gonna ask you who you think will go home first. But there's a little catch…I only put 5 girls and 5 guys. That means 6 people didn't make it to my list and the person you expect to be booted off first might not be on here. And if they aren't I want to know.
And just so you know…I put these up in "no particular order" and randomly chose names. 🙂
I also wanted to give you the latest results for the last 2 polls.
Shawn and Mark are still in the lead at 31% and the next couple behind them is Brooke and Derek at 21%.
The Dance You Are Most Excited to See Poll
The Argentean Tango is in the lead at 26% and the Paso Doble is 2nd at 19% with the Cha-Cha-Cha at 16%.
What do you think of these results? Do you agree or disagree? Let's hear it…


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West Des Moines, IAHome Menu
Elected officials and employees of the City of West Des Moines are committed to honoring the City's value statement:
"We, the employees of the City of West Des Moines, through TEAMWORK and COOPERATION, are COMMITTED to provide the highest QUALITY OF SERVICE with HONESTY and INTEGRITY to the community we serve. We take pride in providing EFFECTIVE, DEPENDABLE services while striving to achieve EXCELLENCE through VISION and INNOVATION."
That commitment transcends the basic functions of making a city work. The focus on innovation, excellence, and quality in West Des Moines is demonstrated through the various awards and recognitions the City organization has achieved in its effort to improve services and maintain a high quality of life for residents.
WDM Featured In...
American City and County - Winter Blues (April 2008)
American City and County -Blog City (January 2008)
American City and County - Keep It Moving (August 2009)
Best Practices in Emergency Services - Goodwill Hunting (March 2010)
Better Roads Magazine - 2009 Best New Products (Salt Slurry Generator)
Better Roads Magazine - Getting Your Share (April 2010)
Iowa Architect Magazine - A West Des Moines Motif That's Anything but Predictable (Pattern Book article)
Public Management Mag. - Roadmap to Citywide Quality
Public Management Mag. - From the Periphery to the Core: Wellness at Work
Site Selection Magazine - Top Performing Economic Development Groups
SmartMoney -
1000 Friends of Iowa - 2008 Best Development Awards (Village of Ponderosa)
MONEY Magazine ranked West Des Moines as the #1 Best Place to Live in Iowa and the #37 Best Place to Live in America (2018)
Iowa was ranked #1 in the country by U.S. News & World Report's Best States Rankings. (2018)
MONEY Magazine ranked West Des Moines as the fourth Best Place to Live in America among cities with populations between 50,000 and 300,000. (2016)
West Des Moines was ranked #3 among the top cities in the country in which to retire by a report issued by Bankrate.com. (2016)
A Gallup-Healthways survey found that the City of West Des Moines ranks #8 nationally for citizens who are most satisfied with their City. Read more on the survey factors, here.
Area Development magazine listed West Des Moines as #29 out of 100 leading locations in the United States. Read more, here.
West Des Moines was recognized as one of the most exciting places in Iowa according to Movoto.com. Factors include nightlife, live music venues, and age of residents. Read more on the recognition.
Forbes has named the Des Moines-West Des Moines Metropolitan area the #1 area for young professionals ages 24-34 who hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The study utilized 7 indicators including unemployment rates, job growth, the number of small businesses per capita, large businesses per capita, media salaries for the targeted group, cost of living, and statistics of local population aged 25 and older with bachelor's degrees. Read more on the ranking and other cities included.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines Metropolitan has been named in the top ranking for best metros for Millennial Homebuyers. The National Association of Realtors ranked the Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro #4 in the nation. Read more,here.
West Des Moines has been named as one of the Top Ten Best Small Cities for Education in America by real estate blog, Movoto.com. The City received very positive scores indicating a great environment for education. To read more about the ranking, go to: www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-small-cities-for-education/.
Policom Corp, an economic research firm, named the Des Moines-West Des Moines Metropolitan No. 1 in a ranking of economic strength amongst metropolitan areas. The ranking is derived using data that includes per capita income, construction, and retail. Read more about the outstanding recognition.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines Metropolitan area was named the #1 Best Medium-Sized Metro Areas for Homeownership by NerdWallet Finance Blog. Three major factors were used to determine the selection: home availability, affordability, and growth within the area.
Movoto.com in January 2014 ranked West Des Moines as the #2 best small city to retire to and as the #26 most exciting small city in the nation.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines Metropolitan area is now ranked in the top 50 top performing cities. The Milken Institute released their poll showing a marked improvement in the ranking. Read more.
West Des Moines was recognized by Livability.Com as one of the Top 100 Places to Live. West Des Moines ranked very high for economics and education. Read it here.
Google recognized West Des Moines in August 2013 as the recipient of the inaugural eCity of Iowa award which identifies the strongest online business community in each state - the digital capitals of America.
The City of West Des Moines Emergency Medical Services Department has received reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services for its compliance with national standards of excellence. (June 2013)
The Des Moines-West Des Moines metro is a worthy contender for the nation's top life and health insurance hub, according to InsuranceNet.com but when it comes to Indexed Annuities the metro is in a league of its own. Read it here.
Forbes Magazine named the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro as the best city for jobs in June 2013.
The City of West Des Moines Historic City Hall was presented with LEED Platinum status in May 2013.
Techie.com named Des Moines-West Des Moines to its list of Top Ten Unexpected Cities for High Tech in April 2013, specifically naming the West Des Moines Business Incubator as a reason why. See the listing here.
For the second year in a row, POLICOM has ranked the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro as the second strongest metro economy in the nation. The research of POLICOM addresses the condition of an economy from the viewpoint of its impact upon the standard of living of the area's residents. Read it here.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area was identified as the best metro in the midwest and the eighth best in the nation for young adults by The Business Journals in March 2013.
Forbes Magazine identified West Des Moines as the 5th Best City for Jobs for Spring 2013.
The City of West Des Moines was selected as the "City Government Most Conducive to Business" for the 15th consecutive year by the readers of Business Record in September 2012.
In September 2012 MSN.Com identified Des Moines-West Des Moines as a Top 10 City of most livable bargain markets for real estate citing plentiful recreation and entertainment opportunities and good jobs.
Money Magazine named West Des Moines as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in their August 2012 issue.
Kiplinger stated Des Moines-West Des Moines is the #1 Best City for Families in July 2012.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines metro was ranked the 6th best place for successful aging by the Milken Institute in July 2012.
Valley Junction in West Des Moines was identified as one of the 5 most revitalized towns in America by Where to Retire Magazine. Read all about it here.
Forbes Magazine in June 2012 listed West Des Moines as tied with Milwaukee as the best city in the country for jobs and job growth. Read the article.
The City of West Des Moines received an environmental impact award presented by the Center on Sustainable Communities for the Historic City Hall on May 16, 2012.
The City of West Des Moines received Honorable Mention as a Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists in Spring 2012.
Valley Junction in West Des Moines was named a Great American Main Street by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in April 2012. See more.
Jones Lang LaSalle identified West Des Moines as the 10th best city in the country in which to locate a data center in their Winter 2012 publication of Data Center Perspectives.
As reported in The Atlantic Cities, a January-December 2011 Gallup Poll found Des Moines-West Des Moines ranked 7th in the nation in optimism and 5th in community satisfaction. See the poll results here.
The Des Moines-West Des Moines metro was ranked #2 on the "Best Cities for Jobs" list by Forbes in February 2012. Read the article.
Named Government Agency of the Year in January 2012 by the Chinese Association of Iowa for the city's Illumifest Celebration.
In September 2011, West Des Moines was named the City Government Most Conducive to Business. The City of West Moines has won this recognition every year since it was first awarded in 1998. Read about it here.
Forbes magazine ranked the Des Moines metro area as the best city in the nation for young professionals in their July 2011 issue. The magazine cited high per capita concentrations of big businesses and low business costs as reasons why. Read the article here.
Residents in the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro have the highest real incomes, according to US News and World Report in their June 2011 issue, ranking #1 on the list of Cities with the Highest Real Incomes. The index takes into account prices on a variety of basic goods and services. Find out more here.
POLICOM ranked Des Moines-West Des Moines as the 6th Strongest Metropolitan Area for Economic Strength in May 2011. POLICOM specializes in studying the dynamics of local economies. From its research, it determines if an area is growing or declining, what is causing this to happen, and offers ideas and solutions to communities to improve the situation.
In April 2011, The Business Journals ranked the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro area as the one of only three midwest metros in the top 30 in the nation for the creation and development of small businesses. It named Des Moines - West Des Moines as the 2nd Best City for Small Business in the Midwest and the 16th best city nationwide.
Men's Journal ranked the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro as the #18 Coolest Places to Live in America in March 2011.
In March 2011, Men's Health Magazine ranked the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro as the #42 Most Social Networked Community in the US out of the top 100 metros.
Farmer's Insurance named Des Moines - West Des Moines as the 2nd Most Secure City in the US with a Population of 500,000 or more. The ranking took into consideration crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, terrorist threats, environmental hazards, life expectancy and job loss numbers in 379 US metropolitan communities.
The Principal Charity Classic, held in West Des Moines at Glen Oaks Country Club, was named the number 1 stop on the 2010 PGA Champion's Tour by the tour players. In 2009 the tournament was named 'Best Managed Event' on the tour. Read the article.
PayScale.com and Forbes identified the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro area as a place Where Americans are Getting Richer in November 2010. Read the article.
BestPlaces.net searched America for the Top 10 cities to move to and named Des Moines - West Des Moines as the 6th rated city in their October 2010 listing. The listing considered such data points as cost of living, crime rate, number of colleges, health of population, access to museums, sporting events, shows and other events and stability. Read the article here.
The Denver Business Journal rated Des Moines - West Des Moines #3 on their 2010 listing of the "Healthiest and Safest Metro in the Nation".
Area Development Magazine named the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro area as one of the "Most Attractive Metros for Business' in its August/September 2010 issue. Industry consultants ranked metro areas by eight site-selection criteria including: business costs, fast-track permitting, and shovel ready sites to determine the areas they considered the most attractive investment locations. Des Moines - West Des Moines ranked number 14 on their list of the top 15 metro areas in the country. See the article here.
Bloomberg Business Week identified Des Moines - West Des Moines as the 12th strongest job market in America for their July 16, 2010 issue. See the article here.
The Brookings Institution identified the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro as the #2 ranked metro in the nation for economic recovery in June 2010. The MetroMonitor, an interactive barometer of America's metropolitan economies, looks "beneath the hood" of national economic statistics.
Des Moines - West Des Moines ranked as the #1 place to raise a family in Forbes, May 2010 issue. The ranking looked at cost-of-living, crime rate, commuting, household income, homeownership, homeowner costs, and education. Read about it here.
In May 2010, Kiplinger's ranked the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro as the #7 Best Cities for the Next Decade identiying the area as fertile ground for new jobs. See the article here.
Forbes identified Des Moines - West Des Moines as the #1 "Best Place for Business and Careers" in their April 2010 issue factoring in cost-of-business, cost-of-living, job growth, income growth, educational attainment, projected economic growth, crime, cultural and recreation opportunities, net migration patterns, and percentage of subprime mortgages over a 3 year period. Read the article here.
Identified as the #24 ranked metro in the country for Top US Cities with Most Energy Efficient Buildings by the EPA in March 2010. Nearly 3,900 commercial buildings in the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro are Energy Star, representing annual savings of more than $900 million in utility bills and more than 4.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Ranked in the Top 10 "Best Mid-Sized Cities for Jobs" by Forbes in their April 2010 issue.
Portfolio.com and American City Business Journals, Inc. ranked Des Moines - West Des Moines as the #35 Top Metro Area in the US in National Brainpower by analyzing levels of educational attainment, in December 2010. See the complete listing here.
In their December 2010 issue, MarketWatch ranked the Des Moines - West Des Moines metro as the #4 Best City in the Nation for Doing Business. See the full article here.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being 2010 Index ranked the Des Moines -West Des Moines metro as the #3 Healthiest and Safest Metro in the Nation. The ranking looked at providing residents with basic neesd in health care, safety, and other essentials.
Des Moines - West Des Moines was ranked as the #8 Best Place to Launch a Small Business by CNNMoney.com in 2009, among midsized metro areas. Prime to the ranking was the area's stable economy. Read the article here.
On November 30, 2009, Forbes.com named Des Moines - West Des Moines in its Top 5 "Best Bang for the Buck" cities. Forbes looked at the country's 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas for foreclosures as a percentage of home prices; vacancies; unemployment rates; a three-year job-growth forecast; a three-year home-price forecast; housing affordability; median real estate taxes; and median travel time to work. See the article or the complete list.
In October 2009, BusinessWeek named Des Moines - West Des Moines as one of the country's 40 strongest metro economies. Coming in at #17, the area was lauded for its highly educated population and ranked well overall largely because of very high rankings in the job growth and unemployment change categories.
In September 2009, Business Week named West Des Moines as the best affordable suburb in Iowa. See the article.
In 2009, the West Des Moines website received a Silver Circle Award from 3CMA, the City/County Communications and Marketing Association, for excellence in digital interactive communications. The website for noted for the following: "Beautiful design! Clean, contrasting colors. Great calendar and news features. Content is clean and well-designed. Well-updated City Manager blog."
BusinessWeek named West Des Moines one of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids in 2009 for being "kid-friendly" and "cost-friendly." Read why West Des Moines was chosen or the full article text.
BusinessWeek named West Des Moines in its Top Ten Most Affordable Suburbs in 2009 listing, which factored livability (short commutes, low pollution, green space), education (well-educated residents, high test scores), crime (low personal and property crime), economy (high job growth, low unemployment rate, high family income), and affordability (median household income, cost of expenditures) into its ranking.
The City of West Des Moines was voted as one of America's Best Small Cities "offering ample job opportunities, good schools and lots to do on safe streets" in Money Magazine's August 2006 publication regarding America's Best Places to Live.
CNN Money named West Des Moines in its 2008 "Where Homes Are Affordable" Ranking. In slot 19, West Des Moines was noted for our library facility and resources, public parks, community center, Valley Junction shopping district, and range of residential options.
FORTUNE Small Business (FSB) named West Des Moines in the Top 100 Places to Live and Launch a Small Business in a 2008 issue of CNN Money. To compile this list, FSB searched the nation for towns that "combine a great business environment with alluring leisure offerings."
The Wells Fargo Complex in West Des Moines was named one of the Top Ten Economic Development Projects of the Year by Site Selection Magazine in 2004.
Sperling and Sander's "Cities Ranked & Rated" named Des Moines-West Des Moines in the Top 50 Cities.
West Des Moines achieved Standard and Poor's AAA Bond Rating in March 2005 and has maintained it since.
West Des Moines received Metro Waste Authority's 2006 Recycling Award for the City's commitment to comprehensive waste reduction and recycling. Of the twenty cities that participate in MWA's Curb it! program, West Des Moines recycles the highest percentage of goods per capita.
West Des Moines is one of only a few cities in the nation to have all three public safety departments accredited. Emergency Medical Services received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. The Police Department is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The Fire Department received accreditation from The Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
The City's thrice annual publication WDM Magazine received an Award of Excellence from 3CMA, the City/County Communications and Marketing Association, in 2007. The awards recognize outstanding local government achievements in communications, public-sector marketing and citizen-government relationships. They salute skilled and effective city/county/agency professionals who have creatively planned and carried out successful innovations.
The WDM Magazine also won a Bronze Award for Best Government Publication in the 2009 Magnum Opus Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Custom Media. The Magnum Opus awards are given by ContentWise in conjunction with the Missouri School of Journalism and McMurry.
The West Des Moines Public Works Department received the Mentoring Award from CartêGraph, Inc, on October 29, 2008. The award recognizes that since 1994, WDM Public Works has influenced the development of new programs, troubleshooted existing or new programs, and helped other communities evaluate and learn from the City's use of the program and Asset Management philosophy including management of pavement, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, signs, signals, and fiber optics.
West Des Moines received a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from ESRI on August 6, 2008 for being "the beacon of GIS in the Des Moines metropolitan area."
Human Services staff were recognized on June 5, 2008 with a congratulatory medal for their commitment in making a difference in the lives of those who have mental illness and subsequent nomination for the Heroes in the Fight award. Heroes in the Fight is a recognition program established and sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company to celebrate dignity, courage, hope, and recovery in the ongoing treatment of persons with severe and persistent mental illness by recognizing "heroes" who provide care and support for these individuals and their families.
With the City's assistance, Historic Valley Junction was designated a Great Place by the State of Iowa.
West Des Moines has received the Government Finance Officer's Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the past 9 years.
The GFOA has also awarded West Des Moines a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the past 14 years.


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A stone arch over the path leading down to the shingly beach of Monk Haven, on the northern shore of Milford Haven Waterway near St Ishmaels gives the place an air of mystery which has appealed to artists over the years.
The beach looks south towards the harbour entrance, with Dale Fort on the right and the tip of the Angle peninsula and Thorn Island to the left.
Few people visit Monk Haven today, for it is a tranquil retreat rather than a bathing beach. However, artists and photographers, sea anglers and bird watchers still find it appealing and the walk down through the woods, still colourful in spring with the rhododendrons planted by the Warren-Davis family, is an experience enjoyed by many locals and visitors who discover it.
Monk Haven got its name from the fact that there was once a monastic settlement there, but the high stone walls on either side of it, are not ancient structures, rather some ornamental adjuncts to the landscaping of the Trewarren Estate. The landowners, the Warren-Davis family, who formerly lived at nearby Mullock, built the mid-19th century mansion and surrounded themselves with walls and a watchtower, with gardens and woodland and obvious signs of an orchard not far from the beach.
The church of St Ishmael is half a mile inland of Monk Haven and nearby is Monk Haven Manor, built in 1835 as the Vicarage. It is unusually ornate and copying a Tudor design, says Pevsner, which suggests it was a design in a pattern book, probably copied by the noted local builder and cabinet maker William Owen of Haverfordwest, who built many of the Victorian mansions and civic buildings in the area.
Trewarren was sold in the 1940s to the Llewellin family, who have farmed it ever since, specialising in early potatoes and store cattle for many years. The area is in the frost-free belt along the shores of the Haven Waterway where the south-facing fields are an ideal location for growing early potatoes, once the staple crop of Pembrokeshire.
Two 20th century artists who fell under the enchantment of Monk Haven and made sketches and paintings in the vicinity, were former war artists Ray Howard-Jones and Graham Sutherland, whose work reflected the mystic, brooding atmosphere of the place.
It was a busy landing place in the Dark Ages and during the medieval pilgrimages to St Davids, the road to the shrine of St David was regarded as a safer alternative to the long and hazardous voyage round the rock-strewn western coast of Pembrokeshire. This ancient road, of which very little trace survives, was probably used in Stone Age times, crossing the Marloes Peninsula and following the coast of St Brides Bay round to St Davids. A quicker alternative would have been a crossing from St Brides or Little Haven to Solva or Porthclais, keeping to the sheltered inshore waters of St Brides Bay.


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In honor of October 1st (or is it September 30th), #NationalPodcastDay, here is my rather epic diatribe on the state of podcasting and how we can bring about positive change.. You may want to grab a large cup of coffee or tea!
For many podcasters, their shows are labors of love. They stay on the grind because they have built an audience and, with that, have developed a sense of responsibility. They might really enjoy what they do but they are not necessarily compelled to up their content marketing or social media game. The tragic part is that, to them, there may not be much value in podcasting beyond sticking to habit/ritual.
Why is that?
Well, podcasters tend to have day jobs and other responsibilities well beyond the general umbrella of social media, online business, and marketing. That is not the primary challenge but it does impact how producers and creatives approach their podcasts. The more other projects and work take precedence, the more podcasts suffer in quality and growth. This happens in business and it's the result of not having a deliberate direction or clear plan early on.
My challenge or, better yet, burning question to podcasters is this:
Why can't your podcast(s) support your other endeavors? Brah, do you even social media strategize?
I'm all for labors of love and doing your life's work, but eventually something has to give. You also have to think about your collaborators. They may have other expectations and obligations… But we'll get to that.
What I have found is that many podcasters do their shows "just for fun" but, deep down inside, whether they realize it or not, they are desperately seeking motivation and purpose. They wish they could monetize the content or justify doing it full-time. In some cases, our fellow podcasters simply use podcasts as an excuse to catch up with friends. Remember, folks: podcasts may be one of the last forms of free media left but that doesn't mean it should be devoid of rewards.
Success in podcasting, like all social media, starts with being honest with yourself.
Friendly podcasts are nice but there is a growing number of brocasts these days. Brocasts are typically defined by pointless banter, lack of diversity, and the chaos that ensues from lack of preparation, organization, and/or motivation. I'd hate to say it but pointless brocasts are the direct result of doing things "just because you love it"; a nice notion that is usually not 100% true and leads to resentment. Without some path to revenue or incentives, podcasts become mere technical feats, time killers, and space fillers.
Not all brocasts are inherently bad.. Our friends at the Gaming Death Podcast go deep on gaming news, social issues, and other relevant matters, but they keep things fresh with banter and sophomoric humor that some geeks find endearing. The podcast is not for everyone (no podcast is or should aim to be) but they make it clear what their tone and voice is early on in each episode. Love them or hate them, they're authentic and passionate about the subject matter they discuss.
Let's be clear: pursuing some personal gain is not a bad thing. So long as the art and message come first, no one can really blame you for trying to do more through and with a medium you love. We all have to make a living, after all. Monetization doesn't have to be a dirty word.. Just don't be a shark – be honest and social about self promotion.
What's Your Podcasting / Social Media End Game?
A theme I often revisit in business and marketing coaching sessions is the notion of maintaining a deliberate direction. The idea is painfully simple: identify and support systems for repeat success. In order to do that, you need to set milestones and have goals. With deliberate efforts towards goals, momentum will be steady and your direction intentional. Of course, there are plenty of people that have random luck and simply stumble into big success but that's usually reserved for those in niche markets with timing or brand power already on their side.
With that in mind, think about what your "end game" is. It can be an exit strategy or a major milestone. What will happen when you reach that goal or if you don't in X amount of time? When will you feel most or least satisfied? You need to know your limits and those of your team members. Before you can think about your ultimate goals, you have to look at the road laying right in front of you.
As weeks, months, and years pass by, what will keep you and your collaborators engaged?
We simply must pace ourselves and not jump TOO far ahead. Again, it all boils down to what will give you the most satisfaction and motivation. Running on fumes is no good. Plan ahead but also enjoy today for everything it brings. Be content and grateful.
I saw our friends at Zombie Life Podcast tweet about how podcasting is the last of free media. They tweeted (and I'm mostly paraphrasing),
#Podcasting is the only truly free media left. We dont do it for $$, we enjoy it
I LOVE that sentiment but podcasting can only move forward if we start think more strategically. Sharing compelling content we are passionate about is awesome.. But love alone won't get you through the rainy days, folks.


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has any one had any experience with the wollensak velostigmat? this lens has a 9 1/2 inch focal range, to be used on 8*10. the outer, foremost, element rotates 360, and it is marked in five settings. it is coated. it is mounted in a Betax N o. 4 shutter. the barrel is about 2 1/2 inches in diameter which means it is hea vy. it is calibrated from 4.5 to 64. i'd like to know what subject matter this l ens was built for, and how does one use the rotating outter element? thanks.


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South Africa's largest city has begun family planning—for elephants.
Johannesburg, home to thousands of the giant creatures, is organizing a birth control campaign to prevent overpopulation that could harm wildlife and plants because adult elephants consume 220 to 660 pounds of food a day, Reuters reported.
South Africa has seen a rise in its elephant population due to its lush habitat, unlike other African countries where numbers are alarmingly low as a result of limited sustenance and thievery.
U.S. & World
A century ago, the country had just over 100 elephants—now it has more than 20,000, according to Reuters.
The contraceptive, given by dart, has been tested at 14 elephant reserves, proving 100 percent effectiveness with no negative side effects.
South Africa hopes to avoid the grim condition in neighboring Botswana, where at least 133,000 elephants have eliminated massive forests while satisfying their appetites, Reuters reported.


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According to an article posted at Wall Street Journal online, Floyd Landis has engaged "in hours of interviews with The Wall Street Journal in May." This article is apparently a distilled transcript of those interviews with little to no commentary on any other points of view aside from a couple "no comment" or "I deny everything" quotes. To be fair to the Wall Street Journal, however, those accused in Landis's statements have been fairly tight lipped on the issue by choice.
I've approached this issue with some skepticism since it first broke. I'll agree with other statements that have been made that the credibility of Floyd Landis is somewhat in question. However, I'm neither a Texas flag waving Armstrongian, nor a Texas flag burning anti-Armstrongian. While I would find it very disappointing, I concede the possibility that Lance Armstrong may have a couple of bags of blood hanging in his closet next to whatever skeleton may also be there. It was with this open mindset that I was actually looking forward to reading this article – hoping journalistic impartiality would prevail at the WSJ and I could get some compelling information.
Instead, I got hundreds of words of direct quotes from Floyd Landis, followed by this gem:
One evening during the camp, a handful of team members piled into a black Chevrolet Suburban for a night on the town, with Mr. Armstrong serving as the master of ceremonies.
Mr. Landis had met Mr. Armstrong briefly in the past, but most of what he knew about the world's most famous cyclist was what he'd read in Mr. Armstrong's 2000 memoir, "It's Not About the Bike." Mr. Landis had devoured the book, in which Mr. Armstrong chronicled his comeback from testicular cancer and portrayed himself as a modest and devoted family man.
Mr. Armstrong took the wheel of the Suburban and roared off through the streets. Stop signs didn't rate more than a tap of the brake, Mr. Landis said. Some traffic signals were wholly ignored and speed limits went unheeded. In the middle of the trip, Mr. Landis said, another rider asked, jokingly, "Are there no cops in this town?"
The journey ended at the Yellow Rose, a strip club on the north side of town. Don King, the club's general manager, said Mr. Armstrong and other cyclists on his teams have been coming to the club for about a decade. The riders were ushered into a booth. They ordered drinks and mingled with the dancers.
Later that night, some of the cyclists drove downtown to the offices of the agency that represents Mr. Armstrong. There, the party accelerated, according to Mr. Landis. Four strippers arrived at the offices with two bouncers and began performing a private show for the cyclists and others, he said. Mr. Landis and another young rider who attended, Walker Ferguson, said some people were snorting what appeared to be cocaine.
It is right here that any hope of honest journalism faded. Notice it is no longer clear in the article that these allegations are the unsubstantiated words of Floyd Landis. Instead, reporters Rhaveeed Albergotti And Vanessa O'Connell have shifted to present Landis's claims as fact. It was at this point my opinion started to shift towards one side of this debate. Given that parties, strippers and cocaine actually have nothing to do with doping in pro cycling, this started to take on the odor of a smear campaign from a disgruntled Floyd Landis as some have claimed. And of the Wall Street Journal realizing the sensational nature of those claims and throwing journalistic due diligence out the window in favor of sensational words. Shameful.
All of this being said, there is definitely a part of me left with a nagging soundtrack of Perl Jam's song "Jeremy" ringing in my head as I mull all this over. "Floyd Landis spoke in… class today."


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#4 M.J. Rhett
|6' 8"
|Lower Richland HS
Major: Human Performance and Sports Science
2012-13 - Redshirt Sophomore Season
Played in all 32 regular season games for the Tigers, starting 23… Was named OVC Player of the Week on Jan. 7… Averaged 21.5 minutes per contest… Made 64 of his 123 shots for a 52 percent conversion rate… Was second on the team with 193 rebounds… Tallied 24 steals and 17 assists… Placed second on the team in blocks with 32… Averaged 5.3 points per contest… Recorded his first career double-double at Tennessee Tech (Jan. 3) with 15 points and 12 rebounds… Added four blocks against the Golden Eagles… Had his second double-double of the season with ten points and career-high 16 rebounds…Blocked four shots at Belmont (Jan. 19)…Set a new career-high with three steals at Morehead State (Jan. 26)… Had a personal-best 18 points at Austin Peay on Feb. 7…
2011-12 - Redshirt Freshman Season
Played in 33 games, starting 26 for the Big Blue...Averaged 3.9 points and 17.5 minutes per game...Pulled in 4.5 rebounds per game (147) for second best on the team...Dished out 14 assists, notched 14 blocks and recorded 14 steals during his freshman campaign...Notched a season-best 11 points in the win over Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 28)...Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds in the victory over SIUE (Jan. 14)...Handed out three assists in the loss at Austin Peay (Jan. 16)...Blocked three shots in a thrilling victory over Southeast Missouri (Feb. 4)...Tied a season-high with four made field goals in the loss to Murray State at the OVC Championship.
Redshirted the 2010-11 season.
Lower Richland HS
Graded out at 87 with a position ranking of 86 on ESPN College Basketball Recruiting...Named to South Carolina All-Star Team for the Carolina's (North Carolina vs. South Carolina) All-Star Classic...Selected to 3A All-State First Team...Named to SCBCA First Team Preseason squad...McDonald's All-American nominee...Averaged 16.5 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, two assists and two blocks per game.
Son of Joseph and Stephanie Rhett...Born November 15, 1992.


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Check out this sweet guest post from Colton Harker about "See you at the Pole."
"As some of you know, this Wednesday was the annual event, See You at the Pole. SYATP (See You at the Pole) is a national day of prayer, where students come to school early to pray and worship together at their flagpole. Our ministry made a huge push for it this year and it turned out to be a huge win! I would promote SYATP to any youth group and here are a few reasons why:
unification. This event is geared towards uniting the Body of Christ at a school. One of the responsibilities of the student leader in charge of SYATP is to promote this event to all of the Christian clubs and organizations at the school. I think that when there are more than one Christian club at a school, there can be a rivalry that develops, but events like these, if done right, shatters this and helps them realize that they both have the same goal, to be a light and serve at their school. It is also fun to go and meet and build relationships with students and youth pastors from the area… you can never have too many friends!
Long Term Results. While SYATP is a totally awesome program, it is only once a year. What we wanted to see happen was a fire sparked in the campus' heart. We wanted this to inspire the Body at their school to love and serve their school in a way that they haven't before. What was cool was seeing students posting their ideas on how to keep things like this going. There have already been talks of a campus prayer walk at one of our schools!
leadership Experience. SYATP is a completely student lead activity, which I LOVE. The cool thing is that the SYATP website (syatp.com) sets students up for success. It has a checklist of all of the things you need to do/think about when you are planning the event at your school. One of the cool things about this event is that it is a success/fail opportunity. One key element of growing leaders is giving them the freedom to fail. As their pastor, we are willing to help if they ask, but we can't waste these unique opportunities to build up leaders. Failure doesn't always mean the event is a complete disaster; failure can look like weak programming, bad promotion, poor team communication, etc. We just need to be there to help them learn from their mistakes so that the experience wasn't in vain.
I am a huge believer in See You at the Pole and I hope that it is something that you at least look into for the schools in your area! Do you have a story from a See You at the Pole event?"
About Colton: Colton Harker is the Student Leadership Coordinator at Saddleback HSM. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or on twitter at@ColtonHarker.


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Who's Afraid of Cyprus?
Jack Otter and Brendan Conway explain how gold traders have reacted to the Cyprus crisis, plus the high-yield anomaly and low-volatility stocks.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Negotiations are stalled, neither party wants to budge, and President Barack Obama said he's had enough.
This wasn't about the fiscal cliff, though – it was about ice hockey.
In an interview with a Minnesota TV reporter, Obama urged the National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association, who left their second day of federal mediation Thursday without a deal, to get it together.
"The president of the United States shouldn't have to get involved in a sports lockout," he told WCCO's Frank Vascellaro. "And I shouldn't have to be involved in a dispute between really wealthy players and even wealthier owners. They should be able to settle this themselves. And remember who it is that's putting all that money in their pockets."
The NHL season isn't officially cancelled yet, but commissioner Gary Bettman has suggested a "drop-dead" date sometime in mid-January – not long after the painful mix of tax hikes and spending increases would go into effect if Congress doesn't reach a deal.
Obama was asked to "pull some strings" to end the lockout back in October, when he appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
But so far, he's had as much success avoiding the "hockey cliff" as he has the fiscal one.


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<Mardeg> "If you look at the life of all the geniuses ... in the history of humanity, they always had a beautiful sexual life, a rich sexual life, a diversity. It's connected with creativity. When you don't enjoy life, then you become like George Bush."
<Mardeg> hehe, quote from the founder of Raëlism
<shadytrees> I think George Bush is happy. Laura is hot.
<shadytrees> Dick Cheney. He's unhappy, I bet.
<shadytrees> He has a lesbian daugther. FRUIT OF TEMPTATION, MAN.
<shadytrees> He's always entering her bedroom, "forgetting" to knock.
<ct^> Sometimes, I would love to take a peek at the fantasy land that shadytrees's mind conceives. Other times, I'm remarkably scared by it.
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Montana Parents Hope For Obama Administration's Help With Their Son's Death In Singapore
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The parents of a software engineer whose body was found last June hanging in his Singapore apartment are calling for the U.S. to take over the investigation.
Rick and Mary Todd of Marion, Mont., say they have found evidence that leads them to believe their son may have been killed over his semiconductor research in New Jersey.
Singapore police originally told them they believed Shane Todd had killed himself. The investigation is ongoing.
Rick and Mary Todd say their son told them months before his death that he believed his employer was asking him to do something that might hurt U.S. national security.
They've enlisted the help of two U.S. senators to bring their case to the Obama administration's attention and plan to meet with Singapore's U.S. ambassador.