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fastjet has said tickets for its new domestic route from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya in Tanzania are now on sale.

Flights to the new Songwe airport on fastjet’s signature Airbus A319 aircraft will commence on November 1st and initially operate three times a week.

The newly-developed Songwe airport serves not only the city of Mbeya, but also the densely populated cross-boarder regions of northern Zambia and Malawi.

Commenting on the launch, Ed Winter, fastjet chief executive said: “We have been inundated with requests from passengers for fastjet to operate a service on this route, and are extremely pleased to be launching ticket sales today, building on the success of our existing Tanzanian operation.”

“The government of Tanzania has invested a considerable sum to develop this brand new airport and the regeneration of its infrastructure is due to be completed in October, allowing us to commence flights on the November 1st.”

fastjet chief commercial officer Richard Bodin added: “The launch of flights between Mbeya’s Songwe airport and Julius Nyerere airport in Dar es Salaam demonstrates that we are committed to delivering on our promise to the Tanzanian population to fly to airports that are sufficiently developed to accept our modern jets.”


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Beyond-amazing pair of earrings

Because every Monday, no matter how sunny, can always take some good news, I cheered out loud when I saw these pretty things pop into my inbox. The brand new: Dannijo's just-launched bridal collection, with pieces for the lady in white and her attendants. All that sparkly goodness is followed up by the latest chic wedding collection from Reformation, just in time for fall weddings.

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Clockwise from left: Dannijo Juno Necklace, $318, Dannijo Ariel Earrings, $295, Dannijo Tenley Earrings, $145, Dannijo Sadie Earrings, $270

The Dannijo offerings include bold statement necklaces, earrings, and bracelets in the shapes we expect from the designing sisters, but toned down a touch for the aisle in clear Swarovski crystals and pearls. There's blue too, including that beyond-amazing pair of earrings that I might want for my own big day in October. If you're likewise in love, good news: There are discounts offered for purchasing more than six pieces and a certain percent off if you snap up something that designer Jodie Snyder Morel wore for her own recent wedding.

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Ottawa – The federal budget missed an opportunity to recover up to $12 billion in tax revenue that could be invested in  needed health and social programs, contends the Broadbent Institute.

“Tax loopholes used mainly by the very wealthy are costing us billions every year,” stated Rick Smith, Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute. “A fairer tax system that sees these loopholes closed would help us fight the inequality that’s threatening many of our communities.”

In 2015 the Liberals made an election promise to review the tax system with an eye to closing the loopholes. To date, no open and public review has taken place. As a result of inaction, the wealthiest Canadians  are sometimes paying taxes at rates below the middle class.

“Loopholes that allow for only half of income received through capital gains or employee stock options to be taxed overwhelmingly benefit the very rich,” commented Andrew Jackson, Senior Policy Adviser, Broadbent Institute. “The top one percent of individual taxpayers receive almost all of the benefit of the stock options deduction and 87.4% of the benefit of the capital gains deduction.”

The Institute also took aim at the Liberal government’s claim that it was applying a deep gender analysis to all parts of the budget.

“We appreciate the government’s efforts to create better access for women in the workforce,” said Smith, “we wished that they applied the same priority to our tax system.”

“Women tend to lose out in our tax system since they are greatly under-represented among top earners” Jackson pointed out.

“Closing tax loopholes would free up billions of dollars that could then be invested in programs that support women and other equity-seeking groups, such as universal pharmacare and affordable childcare,” commented Smith.

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Bangor – Gordon R. Signor, 74, went home to be with his Lord, surrounded by his loving family, on October 14, 2017, after fighting a long illness. He was born on July 30, 1943, in Bainbridge, NY, the son of Richard W. and Marthena (Howe) Signor.

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Brown Fencing Puts Forth a Strong Showing at the Brandeis Invitational

Brown Fencing Puts Forth a Strong Showing at the Brandeis Invitational

WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS—The Bears exhibited strong performances in their second NCAA meet of the season, the Brandeis Invitational, this past Sunday, December 2. The men's team won three out of four match-ups, while the women were split, 2-2, on the day.

After starting off by defeating MIT (17-10), the men went on to score victories over Johns Hopkins (17-10), and UNC (18-9). They put up a good fight against a tough opponent, St. John's, whose team included members of the 2012 US Olympic Fencing Team. Brown tallied 10 victories before falling, 10-17.

The women took two out of four match-ups at the competition, overpowering MIT (19-8) and Johns Hopkins (18-9). They lost a difficult round against St. John's, 5-22, and suffered a narrow defeat to UNC, losing by just one bout, 13-14.

There were also some impressive individual performances for the Bears. On the men's epee squad, rookie Simon Jones (Louisville, CO) went 8-4 while senior captain Kelly McGuire (Park City, UT) had a 6-5 record, including a 2-1 mark against the powerful St. John's epee team. For the women, junior Laney Caldwell (Indian Springs, AL) posted a 6-4 record and senior captain Cory Abbe (Scappoose, OR) went 7-4, with an undefeated 3-0 score against Johns Hopkins.

Both the men's and women's foil squads crushed MIT, 9-0. On the women's side, rookie Audrey Lee (Upper Saddle River, NJ) put up one of the day's best records for the Bears, dropping only two bouts in the eleven that she contested. Senior Avery Nackman (Katonah, NY) followed close behind, tallying an 8-2 score. The men's team also had a number of strong showings, with junior Joshua Grill (Pittsburgh, PA) losing a single bout to finish 8-1. Sophomore Barrett Weiss (Barrington, RI) posted a 7-2 record, while rookie Kyle Kennedy (Wall, NJ) went 6-3.

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Bucks on a Shoestring

By Tracy Breen

You don’t have to spend big bucks to hunt out of state for big bucks.

Lots of us dream of harvesting that one big buck before our hunting days are over — and usually that dream goes unfulfilled. Why? Simply put, most whitetail hunters don’t live where a majority of the big bucks do. Sure, an occasional local tags a monster, but he’s the exception, not the rule. If you want odds anything above hell freezing over for taking a record-book whitetail, you have to hunt where they live.

Of course, the two biggest reasons everybody doesn’t just pack up and head to the Midwest or Canada are time and money, or a lack thereof. Hunting out of state typically requires lots of both.

If you have the means to hunt with a good outfitter, it can be an experience to cherish for the rest of your life. If you’re part of the majority of hunters who simply can’t invest a couple grand or more in a deer hunt, however, you can still travel to big-buck country and up your odds of tagging a monster.

Joel Maxfield, vice president of marketing for Mathews Archery, has hunted whitetails with outfitters and on his own. Maxfield has proven that you don’t need stacks of money to tag a big buck.

“Hunters who are serious about tagging a mature whitetail don’t need much money,” he said. “They just need to be willing to travel. West of the Mississippi River, the chances of tagging a large buck increase dramatically. There isn’t as much hunting pressure, and bucks often reach four or five years of age.”

Maxfield does plenty of research from home. “I typically buy topo maps or aerial photographs from the states I want to hunt,” he said. “Then I head to the hunting area a few days before I plan to hunt and begin scouting. I hunt private and public land and have been very successful on both.”

Maxfield arrowed four mature bucks in 2009, and most of them didn’t cost anything more than the tag, fuel and lodging.

Three of Maxfield’s favorite states are North Dakota, South Dakota and Kansas. “Getting tags in these states is easy, so if I find a great hunting spot, I can return there every year,” he said.

When scouting, he often knocks on farmers’ doors and asks for permission. “Farmers west of the Mississippi are different from most folks. They don’t mind granting permission to hunt. I get turned down occasionally, but most of the time I get permission to hunt. When farmers say ‘No,’ I go down the road and ask the next guy. One year a farmer who owned thousands of acres said I couldn’t hunt. I found out that he doesn’t allow anyone to hunt on his property. A farmer down the road gave me permission, so I ended up hunting next to this massive piece of ground that was off-limits to hunters. It was like hunting next to a state park.”

Buying maps in rural states and putting lots of miles on his truck has helped put dozens of racks on Maxfield’s wall. “I shot some of my greatest bucks on the first day of a hunt in a place I had never been before,” he said. “Much of the farmland I get permission to hunt isn’t difficult to scout. It’s wide open ground with little cover. Locating deer in this type of terrain is much easier than it is in big woods in the East.”

He said the first sit of a stand is often the best. “I believe low-budget hunters can be successful, because when I hunt a new stand, I’m probably the first guy hunting that area, and the bucks are clueless about the stand being there. When I hunt with an outfitter, chances are that every stand on the property has been hunted many times. Finding public or private ground that hasn’t been hunted much is fairly easy and offers a better opportunity than hunting with an outfitter.”

John Eberhart from Michigan is another hunter who is not afraid to travel. Eberhart has published several books on hunting pressured bucks. When he’s in the mood for a low-cost hunt, he hunts public and private ground away from home. “A few years ago, I harvested a massive buck in Illinois on public ground in the late season,” he said. “I had less than $1,000 invested in the hunt. Everyone believes if you’re going to hunt in Illinois, you must go with an outfitter. That is not the case.”

Eberhart has been on 14 self-guided, out-of-state whitetail hunts and has tagged 12 bucks. “I start my hunt months in advance by calling the states I plan to hunt and getting plat books for the area,” he said. “Before I order the books, I look at topo maps and try to locate rivers and streams near farms. When the crops are cut, the bucks will be concentrated near the river’s edge. That is where most of the cover is in many of the farm belt states. After the crops are harvested, the deer are forced into the watershed corridors, which is where I like to hunt.

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When Eberhart finds the type of terrain he likes, he uses the plat book to determine who owns the property and begins making phone calls. “When I call to order the plat books, I often ask the person on the phone if they know anyone who might allow someone to hunt,” he said. “A few years ago, a woman gave me the name of a farmer who let me hunt an 80-acre section of his farm in Missouri. I tagged a 160-inch buck on that property. Sometimes farmers say, ‘No,’ but they might tell me about some public ground nearby. Every tip helps.”

Eberhart says his success depends on knowing when to hunt and when to stay home. “One of the main reasons I tag out is because I hunt at the right time. Timing is everything. If I go in the middle of October, crops will still be standing. If I go in December, finding the bucks will be harder. By going just before the rut in early or mid-November, I hunt a few days after the crops have been removed. That is when the big bucks are easiest to find, and since I have only a week to hunt, I need to find them right away.

Eberhart said many hunters hunt too early in the season, which results in tougher hunting and poorer results.

Eberhart says hunters from the South and East shouldn’t judge all public ground on experiences in their home states. “In Michigan, most public ground gets over-hunted, and finding big bucks is difficult. In states like Missouri and Kansas, the public ground isn’t over-hunted, and you can find big bucks that move in daylight.”

Tom Johnson, another Michigan hunter, has a knack for tagging bucks with lots of bone on their heads, including several public-land bucks that carried more than 150 inches.

“I spend extensive time scouting and hanging trail cameras to locate bucks on public ground,” he said. “Sometimes a well placed camera gives me the clues I need.” Johnson said he takes three or more cameras and does what he calls speed scouting — running several cameras at the same time to cover as much ground as possible.

He has tagged big do-it-yourself bucks in Montana, Nebraska, Iowa and other states. “I love going to new areas and hanging a few cameras to find out what’s there,” he said. “Finding big bucks with a camera isn’t hard; you just need to know how to read sign and locate deer. Out West, it isn’t difficult. The deer travel in the little bit of cover there is. Hanging cameras in the cover near travel corridors between bedding areas and feeding areas is often the way to find them.

“I also hang cameras near a scrape or a rub if it’s fresh,” he continued. “Scouting, having time to hunt and hunting in places where there aren’t many hunters has allowed me to tag lots of bucks on public ground.”

Johnson is self-employed and said that having two weeks or more to hunt an area has helped. “Often I tag out as my hunt is ending. It can take me weeks to figure out an area, and I will move my stands several times to be in position to tag a big buck.”

The hunters in this article have this in common: They aren’t afraid to ask questions and knock on doors. “Locals have taught me more about an area than I could have ever learned on my own through years of hunting,” Johnson said. “Many people still like helping hunters, and by asking the right questions, I find myself hunting in some amazing places where there are very few other hunters.”

Johnson’s biggest buck came off a piece of property he and a few friends leased in Indiana. “There are big bucks in Indiana, but I didn’t think I would find the kind of buck I shot,” Johnson said. “A few friends and I pitched in a few hundred dollars and hunted a farm in Indiana that didn’t see much hunting pressure. After bow season ended, all of my friends went elsewhere to hunt. I decided to stay for the opening day of gun season, because the guy who oversaw the property told me that many deer get pushed there when the shooting starts.”

Johnson and his friends had seen a few decent bucks, but no whoppers. “I wasn’t expecting to kill a book buck, because we hadn’t seen one like that on the property, and because it wasn’t an enormous farm,” he said. “I shot a buck that scored 2187/8, and I had less than $1,000 in the hunt.”

If you have more elbow grease than money, you can tag a big buck. Like these three hunters, be prepared to put in some sweat equity.

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The Amazing .375 H&H Family

The Amazing .375 H&H Family

By Ron Spomer

Dozens of rounds have been carved from H&H’s magnum opus.

Photo: The  .375 H&H and its .300 H&H offspring (far left) were too long to function well in standard-length action. Brass was shortened to make the .264 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, .300 Win Mag, .350 Norma Mag and .458 Win Mag.

No centerfire rifle cartridge has spawned a larger extended family than Holland and Holland’s 1912 introduction, the .375 H&H Magnum.

Contrary to popular thought, this was not the first magnum cartridge, nor even the first to wear a belt, which plays no role in making the magnum case stronger.

Yeah, it’s rather confusing.

Magnum is Latin for great. An artist’s greatest work is his magnum opus. In the 1700s, wine merchants began selling two-quart bottles as “magnums.” The first rifle cartridge to be labeled a magnum did not hold two quarts of powder. It was the British made .500/.450 3 1/4-inch Magnum Express unleashed sometime in the 1870s.

The Amazing .375 H&H FamilyIn 1909, Westley Richards came out with its .425 Westley Richards Magnum. Neither had a belt. But Holland & Holland’s .400/.375 Belted Nitro Express in 1905 did. It, however, was not called a magnum.

Few shooters know that the original .375 H&H Magnum was offered with a belt and without. The beltless Flanged Magnum was designed to function in break-action single and double barrels where the flange, the same as a rim on American cases like the .30-30 Winchester, was used for positive headspacing.

Because flanged cartridges didn’t flow smoothly through Mauser-style, stacked-magazine bolt actions, the rim was removed and that famous belt was added for positive headspacing.

Some claim the .375 H&H was originally called the Belted Rimless Nitro-Express in England. Winchester called it the Magnum over here, and that title has stuck.

It arose as an effective medium- to large-game cartridge for buffalo, lion and tiger. This step down in bore size from older rounds was made possible by the increased energies and low carbon fouling of the new smokeless powders.

Not every hunter needed a dangerous-game rifle, but H&H needed more sales, so it reduced the neck of the .375 to make the world’s second belted magnum cartridge. And if you think you know it, hang on. It was not the .300 H&H Magnum, but the .275 H&H Magnum of 1912. This was essentially the equivalent of today’s 7mm Remington Magnum or 7mm Weatherby Magnum, but powders of the day couldn’t push the rounds to their true potential.

The Amazing .375 H&H FamilyNext, in the early 1920s, came the H&H .240 Magnum Rimless, the .243 Winchester of its day. It shoved a 100-grain bullet 2,900 fps.

The .300 version, initially labeled the Super Thirty, didn’t debut until 1925. It bettered the popular .30-06 Springfield by about 150 fps. Holland and Holland went on to make a .400 H&H Magnum, .465 H&H Magnum and, in 1955, another 6mm, the .244 Magnum, which took advantage of newer American powders to wring an advertised 3,500 fps from a 100-grain bullet.

While these proper British developments are interesting, American versions of the .375 H&H mother case are more familiar. Roy Weatherby got the magnum ball rolling in 1943 with a whole series of magnums based on the old H&H case. The first was the iconic .270 Weatherby Magnum. It beat the old .270 Winchester by about 200 fps. To make this and his .257 and 7mm versions, Roy shortened the original .300 H&H case from 2.850 inches to 2.549 inches, minimized wall taper and pushed forward a “double radius” shoulder.

For his .300 version, Roy maintained the full .300 H&H length. The .340 Wby didn’t hit the streets until 1962 after Winchester had proved the value of the .338 caliber with its .338 Win Mag of 1958 based, big surprise, on the H&H case. Each new Weatherby set speed records and helped fix the belted magnum mystique. Only recently was the .300 Wby outclassed by the .300 Dakota, .300 Remington Ultra Mag and .30-378 Wby, all based on fatter cases.

With his improved case shape, Weatherby made the original .375 H&H the .375 Wby in 1945. It was superseded in 1953 by his .378 Wby based on a larger case. In fact, all larger Weatherby calibers are based on this larger case, so we’ll shift to Winchester and Remington for more H&H family developments.

The Amazing .375 H&H FamilyWeatherby’s success inspired Winchester, which announced its .458 Win Mag in 1956. Winchester shortened the .375 case to 2.5 inches so it would more easily fit its Model 70 and Mauser military actions then being converted to sporting use. This attracted customers who couldn’t afford the more expensive Weatherby cartridges.

Two years later, the .458 WM was necked down to become the .338 WM and .264 WM. The .338 slowly became a respected elk and big bear round. The screaming .264 WM, a direct challenge to the .257 Wby, was labeled the Westerner and took off immediately as a mountain rifle for deer, elk and moose. Remington pulled the rug from under it in 1962 with release of its more efficient 7mm RM, which could handle slightly heavier bullets. Winchester countered with the .300 WM the next year, and the two slugged it out for a couple of decades. They remain two of the most popular magnum rounds in the world, and both owe their success to a parent born 50 years earlier.

Remington got really creative in the mid 1960s by shortening the belted magnum cases to 2.17 inches and chambering them as the 6.5 RM and .350 RM in short-barreled, quick handling carbines that never wrung full potential from the cartridges. After a hiatus, Remington announced one more variation on the .375 H&H theme, its full-length 8mm RM in 1978. While it compares ballistically to the .338 WM, it has never approached its popularity. The 8mm RM was necked down to .284 to become the 7mm Shooting Times Westerner in 1989. It wasn’t recognized as a SAAMI factory round until 1996, at which time it was the fastest commercial 7mm, hitting 3,400 fps with a 140-grain bullet. It was dethroned as Speed King in 2002 by the 7mm RUM.

The obscure 8mm RM has one final claim to fame. Remington necked it up to .416 to make the .416 RM, a challenger to the .458 WM. The .416 RM functions perfectly through the Model 700 long action and, despite its narrower, lighter bullet, retains more energy downrange with a flatter trajectory.

While all this .375 H&H development was churning, the Scandinavians at Norma weren’t asleep at the switch. Seeing a void, in 1959 they raised Winchester’s .338 WM bid with the .358 Norma Magnum. It was created from a shortened .375 H&H case with straighter walls and a sharper shoulder. The case was lengthened to make the .308 Norma Mag in 1960. The advent of the .300 WM just three years later pretty much doomed the Norma version.

Norma in 1953 was the first to produce factory ammunition for the American wildcat 7x61mm Sharpe & Hart, yet another modification of the basic H&H belted case. The S&H is just slightly shorter than the 7mm RM, which put it to pasture. Who knows, if any American gun maker had chambered the S&H in mass-produced rifles, the Remington version might never have been born.

Dozens more wildcats have been carved from the .375 H&H, making it the hands-down champ for inspiring new cartridges. Meanwhile the original remains the most popular .375 caliber in the world — not a bad history.

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Banding elusive Saw-whet Owls

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Some visitors to Indiana Dunes State Park will be burning the midnight oil in mid October when they come to observe the popular Saw-whet Owl banding project, now in its seventh year.

The banding project monitors long-term changes in Saw-whet owl populations as found along Lake Michigan’s southern shore, by counting owls and studying the birds’ stopover patterns and duration.

The Indiana event is part of the larger Project Owlnet network of small banding stations. It was created in 1990 to standardize the way information on the petite owl is gathered.

Indiana is not the only place where Saw-whet banding takes place. Banding centers are located from Washington and California, to many locations in the upper Midwest and many more along eastern coastal states.

Charming in appearance, but fierce hunters, Saw-whet owls are small, between 7 and 8 inches in body length, with cat-like, oversized heads and bright yellow eyes. Their diet consists of small deer mice, other birds and insects.

They are nocturnal and very difficult to see during their night-time migrations, but specialized and repetitious Saw-whet too-too-too calls and nets lure them to the banding centers at the Indiana Dunes State Park.

Saw-whets are one of the most common owls found in North America, migrating south each fall in large numbers from the far northern areas of Canada to Midwestern and East Coast states. It is also not unusual to find Saw-whet owls as far as Alabama, Louisiana and northern Florida.

Indiana’s banding program runs from October through November 20, for 4 to 8 hours each night, beginning a half hour after sunset. Safety of the birds is never compromised; weather conditions sometimes close an evening’s work.

For a look at the project, click here.

For more information about Saw-whet owls, visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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text: Anna C. Simons Anna Clara Simons passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in her home on her beloved Pine Holo Farm in Pineville. She was 88. Anna was born in Bristol on the Purvin family farm to parents, Albert H. Purvin and Clara Dorman. During her long life, Anna spent her time joyfully serving her community. She achieved the positions of chairmen of the Bucks County Board of Assessment, secretary and director of the Bucks County Farmers Association, trustee of the Hughesian Trust, and board member for CETA. She was also a devoted employee for the Bucks Co. Office of Employment & Training, Bucks Co. Planning Commission, Buckingham Township Zoning Board, Bucks Co. Republican Executive Committee, and the Private Industry Council. Additionally, Anna was an early member of the Agriculture Preservation Committees, and along with her husband, Charlie, was one of the first farmers in the county to place their farm into preservation in 1993. Having been given the gift of foresight near the end, Anna frequently expressed her deep gratitude for the true friendship of so many neighbors and young people in her community and the time she was given on Earth to share with all of them. She was preceded in death by her adoring husband of 38 years, Charles R. Simons; her brother, Albert Purvin; sister, Marie Rogalski; and her children, Sandra Ludwig-Hargas, William, Arthur, and Helen Ludwig; and their father, William L. Ludwig. Anna is survived by her sister, Ruth Motz; daughter, Susan Ludwig; her constant companion, Howard C. Bailey; sons-in-law, Martin Hargas, Terry Clemons, and Harry Dash; several nieces and nephews; and Arianna M. Hargas, her only grandchild and the "light of her life." In lieu of funeral services, friends and family will be invited to a farmer's picnic this coming spring to celebrate and remember Anna. Ever a champion of the farmland she loved, Anna requested that anyone wishing to leave flowers or gifts in her name, please instead make a donation to the Bucks County Agricultural Land Preservation Program. Donations may be mailed to 1260 Almshouse Road, Doylestown, PA 18901 Send condolences to the web site listed below. Varcoe-Thomas Funeral Home, Doylestown


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LONDON — When the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers play Thursday in London, they'll both be looking to leave a mark on the league's global stage.

For the teams, that's the obvious payoff.

It'll also provide a reminder of the league's future.

A number of the players – including Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid – set to take the court at the O2 Arena are also likely to appear in February's All-Star Game, some surely going to be bolstered by votes they get from those fans in London and watching worldwide. And the amount of young talent that will be on display makes this the most hotly anticipated matchup of the eight regular-season games that have taken place in England.

"I'm appreciative of all fan votes. I'm just a fan of basketball, a fan of sport and now I get to mark off my bucket of playing at the O2 Arena," said Irving, who is averaging 24.1 points per game to lead the Celtics to a 33-10 start and the top spot in the Eastern Conference standings.

"I can't wait for that experience and to have the opportunity to come here to Europe and especially London and to grow the game of basketball for the NBA."

After the first round of fan voting for this season's All-Star starters, which NBA followers from all over the world can participate in online, Irving led his nearest challenger among Eastern Conference guards by more than 500,000 votes, leaving him all but assured of a starting spot in Los Angeles on Feb. 18.

While the Celtics have exceeded expectations after losing free-agency acquisition Gordon Hayward to a horrific ankle injury on the opening night of the season, the 76ers have struggled to maintain consistency.

Still, Philadelphia (19-19) is very much in contention for a playoff berth, a marked improvement on recent years. The team's development plan, or "The Process" as it was known, is finally bearing fruit.

A healthy Embiid is the main reason why.

Drafted in 2014, Embiid missed his first two NBA seasons with foot injuries and managed just 31 games last season. Thursday will be his 30th appearance this season and he is averaging 23.8 points per game.

The gregarious 23-year-old is third among Eastern Conference forwards in fan voting, but he is aware a big performance in London could elevate his chances of holding onto his spot.

"I'm a winner, I'm competitive but at the same time it's also for the fans," Embiid said. "I want to have fun, I always do have fun on the court and then I play better when I have fun. I'm going to play team basketball and try to put on a show too."

Another factor in the 76ers' improvement has been the play of Ben Simmons.

The 21-year-old Australian point-forward, a leading rookie of the year candidate, could also become an All-Star.

"That would be amazing," said Simmons, who's currently just under 50,000 votes off a starting place. "I honestly don't know what I would say about that but it would just be amazing. I'd be blessed."

The next voting update comes out following Thursday's game, with polls closing Monday.

However, 76ers coach Brett Brown said whether Simmons or Embiid is voted into the All-Star game really won't prove anything.

"There's a difference between popular and championships and that's my version of a star," Brown said. "Are you able to get your teams to win and win championships? This is the challenge, for Ben and Joel, that's my mission for them."

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Shaq Lawson acquired some important self-discipline after spending six months at Hargrave Military Academy. It made his transition to college academics and football a smooth one.

Shaq Lawson had lost his father in a car accident at age 16, and felt compelled to help his mother with his four younger siblings. While he capably served as a father figure in the absence of his own and decided to accept a scholarship to Clemson instead of Tennessee to be closer to home, his grades were where he came up short. Despite his best efforts he could not qualify to enroll at Clemson, which meant one thing, military prep school.

Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia would be where Lawson would be getting his grades in order for the next six months to make him academically eligible for Clemson and football.

“I was doing summer school to try to avoid it, but the NCAA didn’t count the class I took at summer school so when I found out I had to go to Hargrave I was in tears at first,” admitted Lawson. “I was thinking that this is going to be like boot camp. There were going to be a lot of crazy things I’d have to do.”

Perhaps the biggest change was he would be five hours from home, with only opportunities on the weekend to visit home.

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“The first couple of weeks I really struggled with it,” Lawson said. “But I started getting used to it, and I knew what I had to do to get to Clemson.”

Hargrave’s school motto rests on four pillars. The first two are academics and character development. Lawson was a good kid, but school did not always come easy to him due in part to his lack of time management and organization. Both were addressed quickly at the military prep school.

“I was worried that it was going to be hard and it was going to be like boot camp,” Lawson said. “I was expecting them to be yelling all in your face, there’d be marching. It was crazy how I was thinking. When I got there it wasn’t as bad as I thought. There was marching. They didn’t really yell at you though. So it was a school first to get your grades up and they made you more accountable and more of a man.”

Shoes had to be shined, faces had to be shaved every day, beds had to be made tight and you had to march for an hour before breakfast. And it all began with early morning wake up calls.

“Yes sir, 5:30 in the morning,” recalled Lawson. “You’d go to bed at like 12 because you’d have a minimum of two hours of study hall. I was used to getting up. I never had a problem getting up. Once you hear that bell going off you just get up or they’ll come by and start beating on your door. I just wanted to get up before they started doing that.”

The set routine was a healthy change for Lawson, and interacting with the same faculty, fellow students and teammates every day only strengthened the bond.

“You came to know the guys you were with every day,” he said. “Twenty-four hours you were with the same guys constantly every day, so you build a great relationship with the guys around you.”

After two weeks Lawson felt he had adjusted to the daily regimen, so much so that he took on a leadership role.

RELATED: Shaq Lawson: Buffalo feels like home

“I started being more accountable,” said Lawson. “I ended up being a first sergeant there. So when I got used to it things came easier.”

Good behavior meant you could go home on the weekend after completing a two-hour study hall on Saturdays.

“I made sure I was good all the time,” Lawson said, eager to help his mom with his younger brothers and sisters back in Central, South Carolina. “If you got in trouble you had to carry a rifle on your shoulder and march the square for four hours. It was crazy.”

Lawson wasn’t the only top flight athlete enrolled at Hargrave. On his football team were fellow college prospects like Leonard Floyd, who would go on to Georgia before being a top 10 pick this past week. There were a handful of other Division I prospects as well as some players trying to gain exposure on a team that constantly had recruiters visiting.

“We had other guys there too who went to Hargrave just trying to get a college scholarship and make it,” said Lawson. “So we were trying to help those guys out and get them good looks knowing coaches were coming to visit us.”

It was only six months, but Lawson built some lasting friendships at the prep school. So much so that leaving proved difficult.

RELATED: Draft wrap-up: Bills added the defensive talent they needed

“Once I got used to it… it sounds crazy, but I didn’t want to leave when I went to Clemson,” he said. “I wanted to stay because you build such a great relationships with all the teachers, the military stuff. They stayed on you with your studies and making sure your assignments were complete. They gave you a lot of work, but I knew what I had to do to get to Clemson.”

Equipped with the necessary credits for the class he was missing along with a required test score, Lawson arrived on the Clemson campus feeling like he was ahead of the game rather than a wide-eyed freshman.

“The discipline helped me out a lot. When I got to Clemson it was easy,” he said. “When I first got there I felt like I was a junior or a senior because I was used to getting up early. I just made the most of my opportunity. When you get there some freshmen don’t make the most of their opportunity. They have little mess ups, but coming from Hargrave and going to Clemson you want to make the most of your opportunity. You don’t want to go back to that military lifestyle.”


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Climate Congress will provide a unique scientific and technical platform to share the research experiences among the best-available experts and professionals from all over the world engaged in different fields of Climate Science. Climate Change conferences aims is to aggregate the eminent researchers, academicians and scientists from the field of Meteorology, Oceanography, Sustainability and specific related areas to create a platform for strong exchange of ideas and development for a sustainable environment.  Climate Change Conferences includes invited plenary lectures, symposia, workshops, invited sessions and oral and poster sessions of unsolicited contributions.

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Note - Dual Filter Cutoff knobs have been changed to have Orange caps - this helps quick identification of functions within the system.

The SynthVoice brings together all the elements of the classic 'subtractive synthesis' methods though, with full patchability, never limits you to such linear approaches. The setup can be played standalone or thrives from external control, whether from another Modular system or an external controller/sequencer.

Many of the circuits are built around the powerful V2164 quad-VCA chip which leads to the natural 'two of most things' - because one is never enough. In this way, the system can easily be patched for one or two voice operation without compromise (indeed there are 7 oscillating sources, so you can go even further).

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The initial run of 60 was completed in batches of 10 through 2016/17 - all gone for now - further runs are planned beyond this.
The SynthVoice combines the following modules:

Dual Envelope - two Voltage Controlled Attack-Decay/Release Envelopes which can be Gated, Triggered or set to loop (oscillate). Fast and Slow(/Slower) ranges cover audio or LFO territories (down to c.40Sec per cycle in Slower mode) - the independent Up/Down control gives very different sonic results from the regular VCOs.

3 x Compact VCO - small but powerful, stable and accurate Voltage Controlled Oscillators covering Audio and Sub-Audio ranges with four manually swept waveforms. Each Osc features precise Tune, Fine and Octave switching along with polarizing Exponential FM, 1V/Oct input and Sync input.

Dual Filter - a twin Filtering unit built around State-Variable Filters which offer Low/Band/High responses with variable resonance up to self-oscillation (which tracks 1V/Oct). The left-hand filter can be switched to sub-audio mode for glide, differentiation, or low-frequency sine-waves.

Dual Amplifier - these not only cover your standard VCA duties (DC-coupled, naturally, so fine controlling audio or sub-audio signals), but each integrates a switchable wave-shapping post stage - Wave-folding on the left, zener soft-clipping Saturation on the right.

Dual Mixing - two sections to mix your signals. The top two channel DC mixer allows polarized mixing, while the Main and Sub mix combines three inputs into two independent output audio buses with balanced 1/4" jacks.

Powered Frame - the system's exoskeleton not only provides a strong housing, but also holds the internal power conditioning and distribution - an external worldwide 12VDC supply is converted to internal bipolar +/-15V and distributed to each module. The DC input and 0V grounding point are mounted on the left-hand side of the back.

All modules follow the Frac-Rack standards (multiples of 1.5" width, 5.25" height, max 1.65" depth) and feature PCB material front panels for clear, eye-catching and durable appearance.
The SynthVoice comes with a universal 12VDC power supply (accepts standard IEC C14 'kettle plug' - 90-264VAC).
Cables for patching are not included as standard, so please select from the following:
Banana Cable Pack - 20 x 4mm banana cables. 5 cables of each colour Yellow/Green/Blue/Red - 4 x 25cm, 1 x 50cm
Interface Cable Pack - 4 x 60cm Banana to Minijack cables - one with black grounding cable.
The instructions give full details of patching standards and use of interface cables.

Shipping - due to size/weight, all UK shipments will be done with Parcelforce 48, while international shipments will be done with UPS in most cases. Note that import taxes/duties may be payable and VAT is charged on all EU sales. The packed weight is 4kg with or without cables.
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UK: £17.00, EU: £29.00, US: £37.50

The SynthVoice weighs around 2kg and measures 16.75" x 5.25" x 3.5".
It is provided as standard for desktop usage but 19" rack-mount is available as a custom option (requires changing position of DC input to the rear).
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Savage expanding with new Querétaro, Mexico petroleum transload terminal

A subsidiary of Savage Companies will commence operations of its new petroleum transload terminal in central Mexico on January 1, 2018, with plans to significantly expand terminal capabilities later in 2018. Located near the city of Querétaro, the terminal is served by the Kansas City Southern de Mexico railroad and provides access to strategic ports and US-based refinery centers.

The Querétaro terminal will provide an optimal location for transferring and storing refined petroleum products. Initially, the terminal will serve manifest rail volumes, transferring products directly from railcars into trucks. Following permitting approvals, Savage plans to add tank storage and fixed facilities for high-speed rail unloading, product blending, and truck loading. At full build out the terminal will handle unit train volumes.

“We’re excited to leverage our team’s experience operating transload facilities and rail operations to reduce the logistics costs of moving and managing refined petroleum products in Mexico,” said Kirk Aubry, Savage president and chief executive officer. “Our strategic location and capabilities, together with our team’s focus on providing safe, efficient and reliable service, will enable customers to have a trusted partner in getting their products to market on time and on budget. We have a long history working with KCS and all Class I railroads, and look forward to working together with Kansas City Southern de Mexico to provide a world-class petroleum transload terminal in Mexico.”

KCS President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick J Ottensmeyer said: “KCS is pleased to provide rail services to the new Savage terminal in Querétaro. We have a long and prosperous relationship with Savage in the United States and we are honored to extend our mutually beneficial endeavors to Mexico, where we believe this terminal will facilitate additional refined product exports from US Gulf Coast refineries in support of Mexico energy reform. Savage’s experience and commitment to excellence gives us the confidence that this new refined products terminal will provide additional market options in support of Mexico’s new energy infrastructure.”

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During the festive season, parking is particularly challenging around Galway city. Take the headache of traffic congestion out of the equation and instead relax and enjoy your Christmas shopping, while saving money in comfort and style of the bus. Plan ahead for easy and affordable access to the city centre for shopping and entertainment.

Bus Éireann’s Christmas Special Fares are available until Tuesday, 24 December 2014. The promotional day return fares will see shoppers and revellers able to travel to the city from a host of destinations including Kinvara, Gort, Tuam, Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Headford, Clifden, Mountbellew, Lettermullen and Carraroe to Galway City for just €10 adult return and €5 child day return (Under 16’s). The promotional fare is only available to buy on board the bus or from the Bus Éireann Travel Centre in Eyre Square.

For commuters looking to avoid the Christmas traffic rush, Bus Éireann is delighted to be operating the Christmas Park & Ride service on behalf of Galway Transportation Unit. The shuttle bus services costs only €3 and operates daily to and from the Park & Ride at Ballybrit Racecourse to the city centre. This convenient service for customers will run until 24 December.

“Travelling by Bus Éireann is the most cost effective way for customers to do their Christmas shopping by sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the festivities that Galway city has to offer,” said Brian Connolly, Regional Manager West, Bus Éireann.

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Taking Chicken Carbon Neutral

A longstanding north Alabama businessman, Davis Lee, cranks up a new business that could also be the alternative fuel solution for the state’s largest agricultural crop.

Workers at Lee Energy Solutions, in Crossville in DeKalb County, convert the state’s excess trees into pellets to warm chickens. Here, Rodney Simpson examines a sample of pellets.

Workers at Lee Energy Solutions, in Crossville in DeKalb County, convert the state’s excess trees into pellets to warm chickens. Here, Rodney Simpson examines a sample of pellets.

Davis Lee understands the challenges of the poultry industry. He raised chickens as a boy growing up in North Carolina in the ’40s and ’50s, and today one of his business ventures is the poultry processor AlaTrade Foods. He knows that, when the weather turns cold, you have keep your chickens warm or you’ll lose a lot of chickens — and your livelihood.

So, when Lee heard a chicken grower complaining about heating costs, the farmer’s plight hit close to home. Lee started thinking about the problem. Then he came up with a better way to heat chicken houses — better for the grower, better for the chickens and even better for the environment.

Now another one of Lee’s companies, Lee Energy Solutions, makes furnaces that heat poultry houses by burning wood pellets.

It all started five years ago. Lee had stopped by a convenience store near his Arab-area home. He was sitting in on the morning gathering of mostly retired men. A grower with four chicken houses told about taking $18,000 out of his savings to pay for enough fuel to fill his propane tanks half full for each house.

“I knew it was a killer,” Lee says. “At the time, the chicken business was not so good. Because of ethanol production, corn prices have gone higher, and 70 percent of chicken feed is corn, so he was losing money.”

Lee had been in the poultry industry for 50 years, so he knew the young man would not receive any assistance from the poultry integrators, the big chicken processing companies like Koch Foods, Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms and Pilgrim’s Pride.

“It just boiled on me. Here was this young man with a big problem and no solution in sight.”

That young man and his problem stayed in Lee’s mind even after he arrived at his office.

“When I got to work, one of my sons, who had been doing some international trading said, ‘Pops, what do you know about wood pellets? I’ve had some calls from Europe wanting to find wood pellets for their power plants.’ I told him, ‘Son, I don’t know anything about wood pellets.’”

Lee decided they should find out, so they attended a conference at Hilton Head, S.C. That’s where they learned about the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Parties to the agreement, including the European Union, are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. So, European countries have been converting their coal-burning power plants to a cleaner, wood-burning process.

Lee Energy Solutions creates the wood pellets to nurture the chicks, which are the major players in the state’s top agricultural venture.

Meanwhile, one of Lee’s salesmen returned from a sales trip with an interesting report. He’d seen corn-burning furnaces used to heat turkey houses farther north.

“I told him we don’t have enough corn in Alabama to eat, much less burn,” Lee says. “But we have got lots of wood to burn, so I wondered if the heater could be converted.”

Lee contacted the heater’s manufacturer in Iowa and told him he wanted to reverse-engineer it to see if he could burn wood to heat chicken houses.

That’s exactly what Lee did.

But then Lee realized that, if the heater was successful, he’d need a steady supply of wood pellets to fuel it. That led him to build a pellet mill in the Crossville community of DeKalb County.

The shift from coal to wood has created a 20-million-ton market in Europe, says Ken Muehlenfeld, director of the Forest Products Development Center at AIDT (Alabama Industrial Development Training). He says the market is expected to grow, with old facilities being converted and new facilities under construction.

“They produce a lot of wood pellets there,” he says, “but they don’t have the resources readily available to produce more. The power plants are not able to source with plants locally, so they are looking globally to fill the need.”

That’s good news for Lee Energy Solutions and other Alabama suppliers.

“The U.S. Southeast is the prime target,” Muehlenfeld says, “because we grow a lot more wood than we’re using, and we have a good infrastructure to deliver to ports, load on ships and a politically stable currency, and all of those are good things. We are harvesting trees here, compressing them into pellets and shipping them across the ocean to supply power for the European grid.”

Plant manager Mike Walker checks on bagged product.

European governments demanded that their power producers convert from coal to wood, Muehlenfeld says, and they’ve provided the subsidies to make the conversion economically viable, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in the process.

“It creates another market for timber in this country,” he says. “Timber land has lost a lot of pulp and paper industry.”

Lee says his company has also found a market in Europe, but providing pellets for chicken houses at home is his top priority. His solution for that young grower’s dilemma is not only good for the growers, it’s also good for the state’s economy, good for the environment and good for the chickens.

Poultry, Lee points out, is Alabama’s largest agricultural product with some 8,000 chicken houses in the state. Propane heats 85 percent of those houses; the others use natural gas. He aims to supply enough pellets to replace the BTUs using propane.

“I had done all the math on how many pellets it would take to do it,” Lee says. “I saw the real potential for an alternative heating source for chicken houses, but I knew it would depend on how much it would cost to convert the houses to wood-pellet burning, with a little propane for backup.”

Lee has calculated that the average poultry grower would see a 35- to 40-percent return on investment with a pellet-burning furnace. Each wood-pellet furnace, fully installed, costs $17,000. He says that 35 tons of pellets for $180 a ton ($6,300) replace 6,500 gallons of propane at $1.50 per gallon ($9,750).

Lee Energy Solutions has about 100 furnaces in the field now. So far, Lee says, the growers are satisfied and happy with them. To help growers get started, he says 90 percent financing is available.

Lee adds up the environmental tab, too.

Wood is carbon neutral, he points out, and using it instead of gas could reduce carbon emissions by 25,000 tons per chicken house each year. Each chicken house uses 100 barrels of crude oil for the 6,500 gallons of propane needed. If all 8,000 chicken houses in the state switched to wood, that would be 2 million tons of carbon not released into the atmosphere.

“That’s 800,000 gallons of crude oil that wouldn’t have to be bought!”

Davis Lee shows off another of his wide-ranging enterprises, Liberty’s Legacy, which produces education kits out of metal scrap reclaimed from renovation of the New York landmark 30 years ago.

Photo by Wendy Reeves

Lee also thinks on a nationwide scale.

“We are just under 100,000 chicken houses in the U.S. It takes 100 barrels of oil to heat each one, with propane at $100 a barrel.” It adds up fast.

Lee considers the health of the chickens, too. The wood-pellet furnaces generate dry heat, instead of the wet heat that comes with propane. That means dryer conditions inside the chicken houses, which means a lower ammonia level, less smell and healthier chickens.

“We’ve done studies. Five days after a baby chick arrives, in a propane-heated house, you’ll see the chicks huddled around the brooders for warmth. In the one with wood furnaces, they’re running around everywhere.”

And that makes Davis Lee a happy businessman.

“To me, it’s the best project I’ve ever started,” he says. “It not only benefits the poultry industry, but any large building — from automobile dealerships to furniture stores — any large area that needs heating.

“I love the pellet business almost as much as the poultry business because of the profit potential. But what this will do for the state and the country — that’s what is really important to me.”

Wendy Reeves is a freelance writer for Business Alabama. She lives in Huntsville.

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Five state hospitals accused of price gouging

Five hospitals in Alabama stand accused of price gouging, or charging patients more than 10 times the cost of care allowed by Medicare providers. Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Riverview Regional Medical Center, Brookwood Medical Center, Decatur Morgan Hospital and Stringfellow Memorial Hospital were all listed in the report first published by the Washington Post, citing a Health Affairs study. Gadsden Regional Medical Center ranked highest among Alabama’s four hospitals with an average markup of 1,190 percent. – Yellowhammer

Touchstone Precision Inc. expands in Auburn

Another automotive supplier is expanding in Alabama. Touchstone Precision Inc. held a grand opening celebration Tuesday for its expanded operation in Auburn. TPI is an injection molding and stamping company that specializes in small precision parts. The new production facility at Auburn Technology Park South represents a $9 million investment in the economy and will create 27 new jobs over the next two years. TPI currently employs about 90 people. – WSFA

NASA’s unmanned flying saucer has 2nd test flight

Engineers are poring over data following the second experimental landing technology test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project. The saucer-shaped LDSD craft splashed down at 4:49 p.m. CDT Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. During this flight, the project team tested two decelerator technologies that could enable larger payloads to land safely on the surface of Mars, and allow access to more of the planet's surface. – NASA.gov

Air Force scrambles to replace Russian engines

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corporation’s joint venture United Launch Alliance has been the prime U.S. Air Force contractor for supplying satellite launch services for over a decade. However, as United Launch Alliance used engines manufactured by Russian companies, the Air Force has been looking to end dependence on these engines. The Air Force is also looking at acquiring data rights of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket, after which it can have other companies build the rocket engine. – BidnessEtc

DOD civilian worker from Alabama killed at Bagram

A U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee has been killed in Afghanistan in a rocket attack on the sprawling Bagram military base, a U.S. military spokesman said today. The U.S. air base, north of the capital, Kabul, is often targeted by insurgents firing rockets from outside its perimeter but casualties are rare. The civilian, Krissie K. Davis, 54, from Alabama, was killed on Monday. – Business Insider

Can Trustmark surprise investors again?

Earnings surprises occur when a company’s actual reported earnings differ from the consensus analyst estimates. In the most recent quarter, Trustmark Corp. reported an earnings surprise of 10.26% when the firm last announced their results for the period ending on 2015-06-30. The actual earnings per share number of $0.43 was $0.04 away from the consensus analyst number. Trustmark’s next quarterly earnings announcement is July 28. – Investor NewsWire

GulfQuest Museum gearing up for fall opening

Local officials are expected to announce the fall opening date for the GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico at a press conference early Thursday, marking the clearest sign that the attraction will finally open to the public. The project has been in the works for more than five years, but has been dogged by construction delays and funding shortages. The museum only recently began hiring administrators and seeking volunteers. – AL.com

New effort aims to lower painkiller usage

Alabama, which has one of the country's highest rates of prescription painkiller usage, on Monday launched a website and education effort to combat prescription drug abuse. The Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force debuted the "Zero Addiction" campaign of radio and television ads and a website to direct people to treatment options. – Montgomery Advertiser

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People making a difference in the Coastal Gateway

Dottie Gaston. See additional photos below.

Dottie Gaston. See additional photos below.

Dottie Gaston

Gaston, director of economic planning and development, has worked for Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day since 1988, both at the city and earlier at Walmart Stores Inc. She is active with Thomasville Junior Women’s Club and the Thomasville Public Library Board.

Pete Black

Black, who retired as executive vice president–general manager of the Alabama River Pulp Co. in 2010, joined Parsons & Whittemore Inc. in 2011 as the Alabama business development manager. In this position, he works with the Monroeville-Monroe County Economic Development Authority and the Coastal Gateway Economic Development Alliance to promote economic development.

J.W. Cowan

Cowan is administrator of the new Choctaw General Hospital in Butler. A former mayor of Butler, he also served as executive director of Choctaw County EMS/EMA/Homeland Security for many years and as an administrator of Tombigbee Regional Medical Center and Rush Foundation Hospital. He also owned and operated J.W.’s Clothing Co. in Butler.

Cereal Daniel

Daniel is general manager for Frontier Communications’ Alabama, Florida and Mississippi properties. He was president of the Atmore Chamber of Commerce in 2011. He also serves on the Atmore Housing Authority, Escambia County Habitat for Humanity and the Atmore YMCA Board.

Jason Daniel

Daniel is public affairs manager for the Georgia-Pacific Brewton mill, handling communications and community affairs. He is a board member of the Greater Brewton Area Chamber of Commerce and the United Fund of Brewton and East Brewton. He started the Brewton Young Professionals and was a board president. He is a member of the Brewton Rotary.

Georgia Dozier

Dozier is vice president of First United Security Bank. A lifelong resident of Choctaw County, she is a board member of the Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Choctaw, Choctaw County Health Council, the Choctaw County Tech Advisory Council and the Ballet & Theatre Arts Performing Companies, and president of the Butler Lions Club.

Paul England

England is market president for BankTrust in Monroeville. He is on the board of Coastal Gateway Economic Development Alliance, Kiwanis Club of Monroeville, Monroe County United Way and Monroeville Industrial Development Board. He is immediate past president of the Monroeville/Monroe County Area Chamber of Commerce and president of the Alabama Southern Community College Foundation.

Peggy Jaye

Jaye is public affairs manager for Georgia-Pacific’s Alabama River Cellulose facility in Monroe County, one of the largest pulp and paper manufacturers in North America. In that role, she led the community steering committee for the GP Amphitheater Project, dedicated in April in downtown Monroeville.

Bob Jones

Jones is president and CEO of United Bank. Active with the American Bankers Association, he also is involved with the Auburn alumni board, Atmore’s industrial development board, the Bay Area Food Bank and South Alabama Workforce Development Coalition.

Virginia Loftis

Loftis is the executive director of the Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce and Community Development Foundation and economic developer for Choctaw County. Civic involvement includes the Cattlewomen’s Association, Lions Club, Mobile Area Education Foundation, Leadership Choctaw,  plus health, education and workforce projects there.

Shep Marsh

Marsh has served as president of First National Bank & Trust in Atmore since 2003. He is vice chairman of the Atmore Industrial Development Board, director of the Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance, vice president of Alabama Multifamily Loan Consortium and a member of the Atmore Rotary Club.

Debra Mathews

Mathews is the executive director of the Clarke County Economic Development Partnership. Mathews is responsible for recruiting and retaining business and industry. She has been active in United Way, Leadership Clarke County and The Clarke County Development Foundation.

Robert McGhee

McGhee serves on the Tribal Council for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians as governmental relations advisor and tribal council treasurer. McGhee worked in Washington, D.C. for five years at the Department of Interior-Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and Troutman Sanders LLP-Indian Law Practice Group. He is former president of Creek Indian Enterprises.

Marty Parker

Parker manages communications, governmental affairs and customer relations for Boise Alabama operations. He is a Clarke County school board member and past president of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Alabama Workforce Investment Board for the Local Alabama Workforce Initiative since 2003.

Marshall Rogers

Marshall Rogers is executive director of the Escambia County Industrial Development Authority. She is active with the Economic Development Association of Alabama, Southern Economic Development Council, Southwest Alabama Economic Development Association and Escambia County Society for Human Resource Management.

Jim Searcy

Searcy became executive director of the Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance in January 2011 after serving as vice president of business and industry retention at the Birmingham Business Alliance. He also has worked with the Alabama Development Office.

Bobby Skipper

Skipper, a Butler County native, is economic development director for the Evergreen-Conecuh Development Office. He has worked as publisher of the Greenville Standard newspaper, managed the engineering section of Skipper and Sons Construction and has worked in economic development for the South Central Alabama Development Commission.

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Chrysler dealers across America are waiting for a letter from UPS to arrive today that will tell them whether or not they are being shut down. The company plans to shut down toughly one quarter of Chrysler 3,200 dealerships in the US.

The company made its plans public in a a bankruptcy court filing today, saying that its network of dealerships is antiquated and oversized, with too many dealerships competing with eachother.

The filing portrays a bleak picture of Chrysler's dealerships. About 90 percent of Chrysler's sales come from just about 50 percent of the dealers. The other fifty percent make just 10 percent of the sales.

Dealers are expected to appeal the plan, both in bankruptcy court and under local regulations intended to protect dealers. Politicians represpenting areas with dealerships set to be eliminated will no doubt raise a cry against the devastating economic effects to their constituents.


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The great thing about the excess buildout of fiber optic cable back during the tech boom is that it didn't degrade, and a few years later we had it all there to use when online video and broadband got big.

Conversely, the tragedy of the housing boom is that the houses we built were total crap, and in five years, when the population is bigger, and more people are looking for homes, all those extra houses that we built will be deteriorating and weed infested.

And many of them will have used toxic Chinese drywall. It's a big public concern in Florida, as people complain of toxic fumes, sickness and horrible smells. Lou Dobbs has been all over it, playing up the communism angle. As one blog put it: communism is now seeping into American homes! Oh dear!

Like asbestos before it, it's already spawned its own cottage industry of lawsuits. Were you made sick by cheap, sulphuric-smelling Chinese drywall? You may deserve compensation.


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Monday, April 11, 2011

My Mess of a Blog!

This is a shout out to my blog following friends!

I realize more and more that my blog doesn't have a true "fit".  If you read my heading, it says that this blog incorporates my love...for TOO many things!

I know that I have loss followers who are wondering, what the heck are all the craft posts?
I know that I have craft/sewing follower who are wondering, what the heck is with all the grief/loss posts?

The answer is this.

I would love to compartmentalize all of my posts.  I would love to have separate blogs.

But the reality of it is this.  I love to sew.  I love to craft.  I love my kids.  And I have lost a child.  All of these things make me who I am am.   And if you are having trouble understanding this maybe this post would best describe what I am trying to say.

Therefore, in a way, this post is to let you all know that I understand that my blog is a mess.  Honestly, my life is messy.  I cannot compartmentalize all my parts.  They are all with me at all times.  I sit at my sewing machine and see this.

In short, I have thought of changing my blog, but I can't bear to.  I would then have to separate these things in my life.    In plain speak, I DON'T WANT TO.

So thank you for following me.  Please be patient with me.  I honestly don't know how else to do it.

If you have suggestions, I will gladly listen.  I need all the help I can get!

  1. I actually love the mess, because I feel like it is so true for most of us. Especially having a little one in Heaven, I still go about my daily life and try to return to the activities i love, but my heart still struggles and Ryan is often on my mind. Also, absolutely love your sign.

  2. Don't be so hard on yourself. Your blog is lovely.
    oh, and I love the sign...did you make that?!?!

  3. You all are so sweet! I did not make the sign. A friend of mine commissioned a school mom that makes wooden items to make it just for me.

    Do you just LOVE it?! I do. I have been meaning to take a better picture of it!

  4. Heidi, I love the sign! I had the same problem. I write about grief/loss, faith, homemaking, art... it's a mess, and I cannot bring myself to separate it out.

    I'm on Wordpress and was able to separate things out into different categories so the mess seemed a little less chaotic (though your blog never strikes me as chaotic). People can actually subscribe to the separate RSS feeds of each category. Wonder if blogspot does the same thing?

I cannot wait to hear what you have to say! Seriously! It makes my day!

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It has been a LONG week for me these past seven days. At my job, the week of Fourth of July is the busiest in the summer. And since I work PM and overnight shifts, that resulted with me working a lot. I actually saw the sunrise three mornings in a row after working repeated overnight shifts. It was exhausting.

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Dang. For me it was an incredibly SHORT week. Monday and Tuesday off work for the holiday and an employee appreciation day, and most of today (which like most Fridays where I work was a half day) was spent on an employee screening of the new Spider-Man. Guess I've gotta be thankful.

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