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Important notice about your privacy rights
The big question is, what does Salem Seaport Credit Union do with your personal information?
Financial companies can choose how they share your personal information. While federal law requires us to tell you how we collect, share and protect your personal information, it also gives you the right to limit some, but not all information shared. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do and why we do it.
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
The fact is, all financial companies need to share members' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their members' personal information, the reasons Salem Seaport Credit Union chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we might share your personal information:
|Do we share?||Can you limit this sharing?|
|For our everyday business purposes|
|To process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations or respond to credit bureaus||Yes||No|
|For our marketing purposes|
|To offer our products and services to you||Yes||No|
|For joint marketing with other financial companies||No||We don't share|
|For our affiliates' everyday business purposes|
|Information about your transactions and experiences||No||We Don't Share|
|Information about your creditworthiness||No||We Don't Share|
|For our affiliates to market to you||No||We Don't Share|
|For non-affiliates to market to you||Yes||No|
Just so you know, non-affiliated third parties and financial institutions to which we may disclose your non-public personal information include insurance companies, investment advisors, and the like.
We restrict access to non-public personal information about you to those of our employees who need to know that information in order to provide financial products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your non-public information.
If you have any questions about any of this, call our Member Services Representatives at 978.744.1153.
Who is providing this notice?
Salem Seaport Credit Union
How does Salem Seaport protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
How does Seaport Credit Union collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you; open an account or deposit money; pay your bills or apply for a loan; use your credit or debit card. We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can't I limit all sharing?
Federal law gives you the right to limit sharing information for affiliates' everyday business purposes such as information about your creditworthiness, to limit affiliates from using your information to market to you, and to limit sharing for non-affiliates to market to you. State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
Affiliates - Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
Non-affiliates - Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. Example: CUNA Mutual Group – Member Connect
Joint marketing - A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
In accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, you authorize us to verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. You further authorize us to check your account, credit and employment history, and obtain a credit report from third parties, including credit reporting agencies, to verify your eligibility for any account or services you request. Per Regulation V, also known as the FACT ACT, the credit union may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late payments, missed payments or other defaults on your account may be reflected in your credit report.
The law requires each of the major nationwide reporting agencies to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every twelve months. The agency information is listed below:
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Douglas Coupland’s “Player One” tells the interactive stories of five individuals over five hours
Five disparate people are trapped inside an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, a down-on-his-luck bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcockian blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One. Slowly, over the course of the five-hour story, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end.
Acclaimed novelist and visual artist Douglas Coupland probes human identity, society, religion, macroeconomics, and the afterlife in the inventive 2010 CBC Massey Lectures. Asking as many questions as it answers, Player One will leave readers with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species — and that there is no turning back.
Now available from House of Anansi in a new edition with a cover designed by the author, Douglas Coupland’s CBC Massey Lectures is an innovative exploration of the modern crises of our time.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND is a writer, visual artist and designer. He has published fourteen novels, three collections of short stories, and eight nonfiction books; has written and performed for England’s Royal Shakespeare Company; and is a columnist for the Financial Times and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. In 2015 and 2016 Coupland was artist in residence at the Paris Google Cultural Institute. In May 2018 his exhibition on ecology, Vortex, opened at the Vancouver Aquarium. Coupland is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, an Officer of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the Order of British Columbia, a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.
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Bryen Dunn is a freelance journalist based in Toronto with a focus on tourism, lifestyle, entertainment and community issues. He has written several travel articles and has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He’s willing to take on any assignments of interest, attend parties with free booze, listen to rants, and travel the world in search of the great unknown. He’s eager to discover the new, remember the past, and look into the future.

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Expression profiling of the developing and mature Nrl-/- mouse retina: identification of retinal disease candidates and transcriptional regulatory targets of Nrl.
The rod photoreceptor-specific neural retina leucine zipper protein Nrl is essential for rod differentiation and plays a critical role in regulating gene expression. In the mouse retina, rods account for 97% of the photoreceptors; however, in the absence of Nrl (Nrl-/-), no rods are present and a concomitant increase in cones is observed. A functional all-cone mouse retina represents a unique opportunity to investigate, at the molecular level, differences between the two photoreceptor subtypes. Using mouse GeneChips (Affymetrix), we have generated expression profiles of the wild-type and Nrl-/- retina at three time-points representing distinct stages of photoreceptor differentiation. Comparative data analysis revealed 161 differentially expressed genes; of which, 78 exhibited significantly lower and 83 higher expression in the Nrl-/- retina. Hierarchical clustering was utilized to predict the function of these genes in a temporal context. The differentially expressed genes primarily encode proteins associated with signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, intracellular transport and other processes, which likely correspond to differences between rods and cones and/or retinal remodeling in the absence of rods. A significant number of these genes may serve as candidates for diseases involving rod or cone dysfunction. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that in addition to the rod phototransduction genes, Nrl might modulate the promoters of many functionally diverse genes in vivo. Our studies provide molecular insights into differences between rod and cone function, yield interesting candidates for retinal diseases and assist in identifying transcriptional regulatory targets of Nrl.
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The network, believed to be the biggest in Europe, is said to have made tens of millions of pounds.
Immigrants were transported across Europe on tortuous journeys that could last months. They were then crammed 20 at a time into secret compartments on lorries for the trip across the Channel.
Dramatic X-ray images released by the police yesterday showed migrants jammed in like cattle on trucks used to bring in fruit and vegetables.
Twenty people - including eight suspected gang members and several former asylum-seekers - were arrested in dawn raids. Two were women.
Police believe the gang charged £8,000 a head to bring immigrants from Turkey, Albania, Kosovo, Iraq and Syria. Others were transported from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
One police source described the scale of the operation as "absolutely massive" and "frightening". The gang are also thought to have been behind the smuggling of more than £5million of heroin every year.
Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said yesterday: "We have dismantled a huge organised crime network."
The raids on houses and businesses in Stepney, Enfield, Tottenham, Hackney and Hammersmith in London, Bexleyheath in Kent and Boston, Lincs, followed a two-year operation across Europe to target the godfathers behind the racket. Police also seized more than 20 cars and £250,000 in cash.
MI5 and Special Branch officers also fear terrorists may have used the gang to smuggle in weapons and deep cover "operatives" for future attacks.
Customs and immigration recently installed X-ray scanners to check lorries as they enter the UK. But officials believe the gangs have already invented ways to beat the technology.

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ROSEDALE, Md. — The Baltimore Blast helped usher in a new level of professional indoor soccer on Wednesday.
The M3 East is the new third division of the the Major Arena Soccer League. One of its new members is the Baltimore Kings. The club will essentially be a farm team for the Blast. This marks the first time in the Blast’s 29 year history they’ll have this kind of an affiliation.
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"When we have injuries it’s going to be a feeder system for us. Or maybe somebody distinguishes themselves on [the Kings], we hear about it, we’ll move him up. So it’s going to be a feeder system for us for the first time officially," said Blast Owner Ed Hale.
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Mindfulness has become a popular subject of conversation in the health and wellness community over the last decade despite its roots in non-western culture being well utilised for extended periods.
Mindfulness doesn’t ask the individual to set aside time to meditate daily. It’s more of an attempt to become present whenever the individual becomes lost in their thoughts.
Mindfulness has a very similar structure to meditation, yet you can do it at any moment in the day. You feel your brain is working overtime and feeding you overwhelming stimuli.
A Basic Brief on How to Practise Mindfulness
- Pay attention to the present. Try to connect and witness your immediate environment using your senses; how can something you touch feel? What are the colours of something you can see? What are the noises you can hear individually? Rather than existing amongst them as a whole. Are there scents like a distant bakery, fresh coffee, or flowers in the air?
- Live in the moment. The moment is the only thing we will forever have access to in our waking lives. Try to bring attention to everything you do, notice the small things, make a note and reflect upon them.
- Accept yourself. Treat yourself the way you would a friend you care about, and bring this into practice if you ever catch yourself in negative self-talk.
- Focus on your breathing- when you find yourself having negative thoughts, don’t add more thought to them; let the thoughts disappear. A good way to detach (or instead not involve yourself) is to focus on your breathing - imagine the air going in and out of your body and allow yourself to relax.1
- Reduced anxiety levels
- Reduced symptoms of depression
- Reduction of hypertension, stress and blood pressure
Meditation is similar to mindfulness in a lot of ways. It’s more so that meditation is treated as an activity rather than a new system of thought. Meditating requires setting aside time in your day to dedicate to practising meditation. However, this isn’t to say that one can’t reach a meditative state in daily life due to practising it over time.
There are a few different types of meditation, one of which is mindfulness meditation which we have already covered. The most prominent and accessible form of meditation is “focused” meditation, including guided meditation.
Guided meditation or focused meditation is when you place your focus on breathing, a voice or an object’s sensory qualities. In guided meditation, the agent will often guide you through these, meaning there’s less chance of your thoughts interrupting the process too much.
There are an array of apps and resources for guided or focused meditation. A few to consider are:
Headspace – An app across multiple platforms that even has featured episodes of meditation and science behind it on the streaming platform Netflix. These guided meditations focus on stress release, breathing exercises for sleep and how to be more present. The length of the meditations is also customisable, so you can choose whether or not you want to meditate for 5 minutes or up to 30 minutes.5
Calm – An app that focuses on guided meditations with “aims” for the user. These include sleep quality, reducing anxiety, improving focus and general self-improvement. There’s also a varying choice in the voice of who guides your meditations.6
Focused/Guided Meditation is brilliant to add to your life. How you choose to integrate it is entirely up to you; however, apps have free trial periods, and an abundance of guided meditations is available on free sites such as YouTube.
Daily meditation has been researched to enhance attention, expand memory, and help with mood and emotional regulation in people with little experience in practice.7
So why not give it a try? Further research has also detailed that meditation has a positive relationship with the health of the gut microbiota and the immune system; we will cover a mind and body synergy in due course. 8
Someone suggesting gratitude is one of those things in recent times that unfortunately can be seen or interpreted as condescending.
You may have been grieving, have been in a tough spot with finances, going through a breakup or experienced overwhelming career stressors, and someone has said, “have you tried practising gratitude?”. However, practising gratitude in dire situations does make a lot of sense.
When an individual is under extreme stress or overwhelmed, we tend to repeat these circumstances over and over in our heads, pinning the blame on ourselves and thinking about how we could’ve avoided these circumstances.
While reflection is essential for growth and ensuring we don’t make the same mistakes again; it’s best not to stay there and stagnate.
In the same way, we can experience cravings for certain foods like ice cream that only that specific food can quench. Once we honour that craving, it would be unusual to only continue eating that one food for the remainder of your time on this earth; your body would struggle and need other nutrients.
Our minds are the same. Even when caught in a spiral of a negative thoughts, it's best to give yourself some love and gratitude in these times to stay balanced, even if it’s as simple as saying, “I’m so grateful for the friends around me”, “I’m grateful that I was able to have a walk in the park today”.
Highlighting the good within a bad situation over time will increase your resilience in future, and your brain will thank you endlessly.
In clinical studies, gratitude intervention improves subject happiness and life satisfaction while reducing anxiety and depression symptoms.9 It's as easy as writing a list of what you're grateful for.
This could be anything - the cup of coffee you have in the morning, the sun coming through the window, the smell of fresh clothes, things we often take for granted.
If we do not pay thorough attention to them, they can just become normal to us. In reality, these things are everything but that. The small things add up to a much bigger whole.
Seek Professional/Medical Help
We can’t stress enough that mental health is a serious matter. Mental illness often needs intervention from professionals such as doctors and psychologists, who can adequately diagnose and treat individuals.
This article is purely advice suggesting activities and perspectives alongside your mental health journey. We strongly advise you to speak to a doctor who can refer you to a counsellor, therapist or mental health service.
Someone with clinical depression is likely not to benefit from a gratitude journal as much as someone experiencing depressive symptoms due to situational factors.
There are varying degrees of symptoms, and the frequency at which we experience these and the severity are significant factors in how easily treatable the illness or symptom is.
Some may require medication, therapy, or counselling. It’s worth noting that even the most stigmatised mental illnesses are treatable with the right course of care.
No one is ever a lost cause; recovery is not linear, and there will always be hope and advancement in treatments and research. Consider reaching out to a friend or family member if you can’t manage to contact a medical professional, and they can help you to do so.
Vulnerability can sometimes be terrifying, but your friends and family would much rather help you when you are struggling than not know and then find out that they could’ve helped. We are all worthy and deserving of help and care.
Look After The Gut-Brain Axis
Taking care of your mental health doesn’t only occur in your thought patterns; there is a second brain that you should also seek to take care of. This second brain is in your gut!
The second brain goes by the name of the enteric nervous system. This system controls all of your gastrointestinal activity and makes up most of the body’s immune defences.10
The Gut and the Brain communicate consistently and relay information about one another to maintain equilibrium. This is what researchers refer to as the gut-brain axis.
It’s very likely you have had a gut instinct about something and been surprised to find out the reaction was helpful or correct. If you’ve felt this, it was likely the result of the gut-brain axis.
There is such a connection between the gut and the brain that it’s no wonder that disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) link to depressive and anxious symptoms in individuals.11
As well as this, research has been conducted recently on whether mindfulness and meditation can aid in treating IBS. These showed a positive reduction in IBS symptoms and an overall healthier gut microbiota, which strengthens the notion of the gut-brain axis.12
The gut and brain communicate along several different pathways, including the central nervous system, the vagus nerve and the autonomic system, which means a gut feeling is something you should pay attention to if you feel it.
Take Care Of Your Mind Through Your Gut
With all the research and studies that draw on the relationship between mental health and gut health, it's worth investing some care into your gut health, as a healthy gut can mean a healthier mind.
You can add many foods to your diet that are rich in prebiotic fibre and probiotics that can aid your gut in being the healthiest it possibly can be. Check out these blog posts for some inspiration: (13,14
Probiotic supplementation might be for you if you don’t want to change your diet. This means that all you have to do is take a tablet in the morning.
In turn, you can reap many benefits such as better skin health, better mood, less bloating and lethargy, easier digestion and more energy throughout the day and atop all of that, reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression:15
Balance Blood Sugar Levels
There are also dietary changes that can promote a more balanced mind. We now live in a world where food is a trend, and many of these trends involve hyper-palatable foods which are often high in sugar and salt. We are not suggesting that you cut anything out of your diet.
Food is more than fuel. It helps with cultural cohesion, shared memories, pleasure and cultural identity. What we do suggest is always practising moderation with all things. Every aspect of our lives is about balance.
However, too much sugar in the diet can cause crashes, which feel similar to that of depression or can cause anxiety symptoms through spikes in our insulin levels. When our blood sugar crashes, our body produces a stress response which can lead to panic attacks and keep us caught in a depressive cycle.
A dietary intervention involving reducing highly processed foods has improved generalised anxiety disorder in individuals.16
The Bottom Line
The mind and body are fantastic tools necessary for survival, and we must fuel them correctly to function optimally. Since there is such a link between the body and the mind, engaging in activity benefits is always good.
This means that going to the gym and meeting a friend for a drink are just as important as each other. The world is getting busier by the day so make sure you rest easy when you can, for your mind, body and soul.
- Clinic M. Can mindfulness exercises help me?. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/mindfulness-exercises/art-20046356. Published 2022. Accessed May 10, 2022.
- Marchand W. Mindfulness Meditation Practices as Adjunctive Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2013;36(1):141-152. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2013.01.002
- Blanck P, Perleth S, Heidenreich T et al. Effects of mindfulness exercises as stand-alone intervention on symptoms of anxiety and depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Behav Res Ther. 2018;102:25-35. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2017.12.002
- Ponte Márquez P, Feliu-Soler A, Solé-Villa M et al. Benefits of mindfulness meditation in reducing blood pressure and stress in patients with arterial hypertension. J Hum Hypertens. 2018;33(3):237-247. doi:10.1038/s41371-018-0130-6
- Meditation and Sleep Made Simple - Headspace. Headspace.com. https://www.headspace.com/. Published 2022. Accessed May 11, 2022.
- Calm. Calm.com. https://www.calm.com/. Published 2022. Accessed May 11, 2022.
- Basso J, McHale A, Ende V, Oberlin D, Suzuki W. Brief, daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators. Behav Brain Res. 2019;356:208-220. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.08.023
- Househam AM, Peterson CT, Mills PJ, Chopra D. The effects of stress and meditation on the immune system, human microbiota, and epigenetics. Adv Mind Body Med. 2017;31(4):10–25.
- Cunha L, Pellanda L, Reppold C. Positive Psychology and Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Front Psychol. 2019;10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00584
- Obata Y, Pachnis V. The Effect of Microbiota and the Immune System on the Development and Organization of the Enteric Nervous System. Gastroenterology. 2016;151(5):836-844. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2016.07.044
- Mudyanadzo T, Hauzaree C, Yerokhina O, Architha N, Ashqar H. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Depression: A Shared Pathogenesis. Cureus. 2018. doi:10.7759/cureus.3178
- Naliboff B, Smith S, Serpa J et al. Mindfulness‐based stress reduction improves irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms via specific aspects of mindfulness. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 2020;32(9). doi:10.1111/nmo.13828
- Roberts A. 18 Probiotic Foods for Gut Health. The Gut Co®. https://thegutco.com/blogs/news/18-probiotic-foods-for-gut-health. Published 2022. Accessed May 11, 2022.
- Roberts A. 20 Prebiotic Foods for Gut Health. The Gut Co®. https://thegutco.com/blogs/news/20-prebiotic-foods-for-gut-health. Published 2022. Accessed May 11, 2022.
- Lye H, Balakrishnan K, Thiagarajah K, Mohd Ismail N, Ooi S. Beneficial Properties of Probiotics. Trop Life Sci Res. 2016;27(2):73-90. doi:10.21315/tlsr2016.27.2.6
- Aucoin M, Bhardwaj S. Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Hypoglycemia Symptoms Improved with Diet Modification. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2016;2016:1-4. doi:10.1155/2016/7165425

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From 1990 to 2000, Florida and Florida State met 13 times. Led by legendary coaches in Steve Spurrier and Bobby Bowden, both teams were ranked in the top 10 for each meeting.
More often than not, the contests lived up to the hype. Surprisingly, however, the game-winning score came in the final two minutes just once. It happened on this day 25 years ago.
Fred Taylor finished with 162 yards rushing and four touchdowns, including the game-winner as Florida upset Florida State in Gainesville, 32-29.
Setting the Stage
At 10-0, FSU was ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and No. 1 in the Coaches Poll as it arrived at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Nov. 22, 1997. To that point in the season, the Seminoles had already knocked off four ranked opponents.
At 8-2 and ranked No. 10, Florida was in the midst of what some considered a down year by its lofty standards. The Gators saved their best performance for their most bitter rivals.
Taylor Runs Florida to Victory
FSU led 17-6 early on, but the contest would feature seven lead changes. While Taylor stole the show, Florida State running back Travis Minor was up to the challenge, rushing for 142 yards and a touchdown of his own.
Less than three minutes remained when Sebastian Janikowski’s short field goal extended the FSU lead to 29-25. It took Florida just three plays to answer and find the end zone.
After starting the decisive drive on hiw own 20-yard-line, Florida’s Doug Johnson found Jacquez Green for a gain of 63 yards into the red zone. Taylor did the rest with rushes of 16 yards and then one to put Florida back in front with 1:50 left, 32-29.
On the ensuing FSU possession, linebacker Dwayne Thomas sealed the win with an interception of FSU quarterback Thad Busby. Against one of the nation’s best defenses, Florida finished with nearly 500 yards of offense. Green led all receivers with seven catches for 145 yards.
Both teams would finish the season strong against Big Ten competition. Taylor finished the season and his career with another outstanding effort in a 21-6 Citrus Bowl win over Penn State. The Gators finished 10-2 and No. 4 in the AP Poll.
FSU bounced back with a 31-14 win over Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl to finish 11-1 and No. 3 behind co-national champions Nebraska and Michigan. The loss to Florida, however, may have cost FSU its second national championship in five years. It came on this day a quarter-century ago.
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State denies request to move juvenile Atlantic salmon to Bainbridge net pens
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state fish managers have denied a request by Cooke Aquaculture to move thousands of juvenile Atlantic salmon from its hatchery to marine net pens in Kitsap County.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday it rejected the company's application because the move would increase the risk of fish disease transmission both within and outside the pens.
State lawmakers in March passed legislation to phase out marine Atlantic salmon aquaculture. The industry has operated for decades in Washington but came under heavy criticism after tens of thousands of non-native fish escaped from net pens near Cypress Island in Skagit County into waterways last summer.
That legislation ended state leases and permits for operations that grow non-native finfish in state waters when current leases expire in 2022. Cooke currently has two leases with the state.
Cooke plans to continue operating until then, agency officials said, and in late April, the Canada-based company sought permission to move 800,000 juvenile fish from its hatchery near Rochester to grow out to adult size in net pens in Rich Passage.
Tests taken from samples of fish that would have been transported showed they had a form of the fish virus PRV that has not been known to occur in Washington waters.
WDFW fish health manager Ken Warheit called it an "exotic strain" that differs from the variety that had been present in the eastern Pacific Ocean, creating an "unknown risk that made it unacceptable."
He said there is a difference between the strains. "My issue is that it's unknown and exotic," he said. "The uncertainty creates the risk."
Cooke did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Thursday.
State officials also said that Cooke proposed putting the juvenile fish into pens that had not been empty for at least 30 days, a move that contradicted its own management plan.
Following the August collapse of net pens at Cypress Island, the state agency began requiring that fish be tested for PRV before they are transferred.


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Admin error left Northampton pensioners living in damp homes for four years
Two pensioners in their eighties have been calling for Northampton Partnership Homes to fix a major water leak in their flats for four years.
Neighbours Rita Peach, 88, and John Pickford, 84, have been living in their Kingsthorpe flats for a combined time of 48 years.
But as of four years ago, the pair said they have experienced numerous major water leaks in their homes, which they want the housing association to fix.
The water leaks start when there is heavy rainfall, the pair say.
It has caused much upset among the pair and has ruined wallpaper and possessions.
They say they have both notified NPH and are urging them to send out a roofer and scaffolding to fix the suspected problem with the roof.
Currently, John has a fridge drawer and a washing up towel perched on his bedroom windowsill trying to catch drips, while Rita has soggy towels and two towels on top of her wardrobe.
John said: “The water was piling on my bedroom windowsill. I kept fetching towels from the bathroom and trying to stop it.
“I don’t want to cause trouble but I can’t live with this. It’s all going rotten, the whole lot, every time it heavy rains.
“I’m getting too old to lug beds about.”
Rita is concerned that the wall behind her wardrobe is wet.
She said:”I’m worried in case there’s another storm, what if part of the roof collapses?
“My clothes were all soaked in the wardrobe. My granddaughter took a picture of the water pouring through the roof and it was like a fountain.
“I lay in bed and it pours everywhere. It’s a mess. When the weather comes on the teatime news I daren’t look.”
But NPH has apologised and admitted an admin error has delayed fixing their problems which has led to years of upset.
Gary Duckmanton, assistant director of property maintenance for NPH, said: “I have been in touch with Mr Pickford to apologise for the delay in repairing his roof. We have identified that an admin error led to the delay and we are truly sorry for the impact this has had on our tenants.
"We’ve booked the scaffolding and trades people to carry out the work needed to Mr Pickford’s roof, which will be completed by the end of next week.
"I will also follow up on this work personally to make sure that any further repairs are identified and completed without delay.”


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After three Michigan pastors challenged the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard James Byrd Jr Hate Crime Prevention Act , an appeals court has ruled against them. The law requires harsher punishments for those who commit crimes that are hate driven. The pastors claim was that the law violates their free speech right to condemn gays. Their case was actually based on being offended that the law outlawed "thought crimes", which means they want to continue to be able to hate and propagate hate among minorities.
Here's the kink...the court ruled that since these religious groups were not advocating willfully injuring anybody, then what are they bitching about?
“If the Hate Crimes Act prohibits only willfully causing bodily injury and Plaintiffs are not planning to willfully injure anybody, then what is their complaint? Plaintiffs answer that they fear wrongful prosecution and conviction under the Act. Not only is that fear misplaced, it’s inadequate to generate a case or controversy the federal courts can hear,” the appeals court ruled.

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Vespa VXL 149 is the premium scooter for Nepali Automotive Market. The Vespa is always focused to implement new technology on the each brand they launch. Vespa VXL 149 is stylish, goodlooking scooter. It has powerful engine. D Lifestyles (P) Ltd. is the authorize dealer of Vespa scooters in Nepal. Before going to rate the impression of scooter, let’s dive into it’s full specifications and many more.
Vespa VXL 149 has the displacement of 296 cc. The maximum power and maximum torque of Vespa VXL 149 is respectively 10.32 HP @ 7600 rpm and 10.60 NM @ 5500 rpm. You can get 1 cylinders in this scooter. The emission standard of this scooter is BS6-Compliant. There are CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) gears in this scooters. The seat height of the scooter is 770 mm. The Kerb or wet weight of the scooter is 115 kg. The fuel tank capacity of the scooter is 7.4 liters.
- Displacement: 149.5 cc
- Maximum Power: 10.32 HP @ 7600 rpm
- Maximum Torque: 10.60 NM @ 5500 rpm
- Number of Cylinders: 1
- Emission Standard: BS6-Compliant
- Number of Gears: CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission)
- Seat Height: 770 mm
- Ground Clearance: 140 mm
- Kerb/Wet Weight : 115 kg
- Fuel Tank Capacity: 7.4 litres
Breaking System and competitors
Vespa VXL 149 has 1-Channel ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System).There are few competitors of Vespa VXL 149 in the market and they are Yamaha YZF-R3, Benelli 302R, TVS Apache RR 310, KTM RC 390, Suzuki GSX-S300, Honda CBR250RR etc.
- Braking System: 1-Channel ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System)
- Competitors: Honda PCX 150, Aprilia SR 160, Yamaha Aerox 155, Hero ZIR 150
Mileage and Top Speed
Vespa VXL 149 mileage is 42 kmpl (approximate) and in term of performance it can accelerate from 0-60 kmph in around 8 seconds.The top speed of Vespa VXL 149 is recorded as 95 Kmph.
- Mileage: 42 kmpl (approximate)
- Performance: 0-60 kmph in around 8 seconds
- Top Speed: 95 kmph
Engine and Gearbox
The engine description of Vespa VXL 149 is it has 149.5cc, Single Cylinder, 4 Stroke, Air Cooled Engine. The fuel system of the scooter is Electronic Fuel Injection. The scooter has Forced-Air Circulation Cooling system.
The Emission Standard of the scooter is BS6-Compliant.Vespa VXL 149 has the bore and stroke respectively measured 58 mm and 56.6 mm. We can get SOHC, 3 Valves system in this scooter. The type of Gearbox in this scooters is Automatic.
- Engine Description: 149.5cc, Single Cylinder, 4 Stroke, Air Cooled
- Fuel System: Electronic Fuel Injection
- Cooling: Air Cooled
- Emission Standard: BS6-Compliant
- Bore: 58 mm
- Stroke: 56.6 mm
- Valve System: SOHC, 3 Valves
- Gearbox Type: Automatic
Brakes and Tyres
Vespa VXL 149 has 200mm Ventilated Disc Brake as Front Brake and 142mm Drum Brake as Rear Brakes. The front tyre of the scooter is 110/70-11 45L and the rear tyre of the scooter is 120/70-10 54L. The wheel size of the scooter is 11-inch (Front Wheel) and 10-inch (Rear Wheel). The 5-Spoke Alloy types of wheel is found in this scooter.
- Front Brake: Single 200mm Ventilated Disc Brake
- Rear Brake: Single 142mm Drum Brake
- Front Tyre: 110/70-11 45L
- Rear Tyre: 120/70-10 54L
- Front Wheel: 11-inch
- Rear Wheel: 10-inch
- Wheel Type: 5-Spoke Alloy Wheels
Suspension and Chassis
Vespa VXL 149 has Aircraft Derived Single Side Arm with Ant-Dive Characteristics front suspension and Dual-Effect Hydraulic Shock Absorber rear suspension. The frame of the scooter is designed with Monocoque Full Steel Body Construction
- Front Suspension: Aircraft Derived Single Side Arm with Ant-Dive Characteristics
- Rear Suspension: Dual-Effect Hydraulic Shock Absorber
- Frame: Monocoque Full Steel Body Construction
Dimensions and weight
Talking to the Dimensions and weight of Vespa VXL 149 then Overall Length, Overall Width, and Overall Height is measured respectively 1770 mm, 690 mm and 1140 mm. The seat height of the scooter is 770 mm. The ground clerance of the scooter is 155 mm. The Wheelbase of the scooter is 1290 mm.
- Overall Length: 1770 mm
- Overall Width: 690 mm
- Overall Height: 1140 mm
- Seat Height: 770 mm
- Ground Clearance: 155 mm
- Wheelbase: 1290 mm
Instrument Console Features
There are lots of premium Instrument Console Features in Vespa VXL 149 among them some of the majors are Digital Speedometer, Analog Tachometer, Digital Trip Meter, Digital Odometer, Clock, ABS Light, Digital Fuel Gauge, Low Feul Indicator and Low Battery Indicator.
- Speedometer: Digital
- Tachometer: Analog
- Trip Meter: Digital
- Odometer: Digital
- Clock: Yes
- ABS Light: Yes
- Fuel Gauge: Digital
- Low Fuel Indicator: Yes
- Low Battery Indicator: Yes
The scooter varient Vespa VXL 149 comes with the colors options of Matte Black, White, Maze Grey, Red, Yellow, Azzurro Provenza. It is currently available in global market as well as in Nepali market also. The Vespa VXL 149 has the Scooter type of body. It runs with the gasoline of petrol. The official tagline of the Vespa VXL 149 is “Ride that suits your style”.
- Scooter Variant: Vespa VXL 149
- Colours: Matte Black, White, Maze Grey, Red, Yellow, Azzurro Provenza
- Current Status: Available
- Body Type: Scooter
- Fuel Type: Petrol
- Official Tagline: Ride that suits your style
Vespa VXL 149 Price in Nepal
Vespa VXL 149 is currently available in the Nepali Automotive market. The authorize dealer of Vespa scooters in Nepal is D Lifestyles (P) Ltd . The official price of Vespa VXL 149 in Nepal is Rs. 3,75,446.
Note: The price may differs in case you skip the authorize dealer.
We hope these guidelines helps you to know Vespa VXL 149 Price in Nepal with Full Specifications . If any queries arise regarding this topic then Automobile Hive recommend you to comment below. Here, we are always active to help you so don’t hesitate to share your doubt.
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Pledis Entertainment CEO Han Sung Soo to get married on Christmas Day
Pledis Entertainment CEO Han Sung Soo will be getting married on December 25th.
Pledis Entertainment is home to big artists such as Son Dam Bi, After School (and its subunitOrange Caramel), NU’EST, and Hello Venus.
Even though the CEO is widely known and well connected in the industry, he will be holding a small ceremony with only his close friends and family.
CEO Han Sung Soo first debuted into the entertainment industry as a ballerino, he worked his way up to become an employee at SM Entertainment and was BoA‘s manager. He then proceeded to open his own successful company in Pledis.
No detailed information was released on Han Sung Soo’s bride to be but it was revealed that she is the daughter of famous Korean designer Park Yoon
Soo and she is also studying design.Congratulations to Han Sung Soo.


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Event Alert: Brooklyn, NY, April 1!
Nope, it's not an April Fool's joke. I'm doing a reading and signing this Sunday, April 1, at The Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn starting at 11 AM. Myself and several other artists from the NURSERY RHYME COMICS anthology will be there for storytime shenanigans! Join us!

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“Station, this is Houston. Are you ready for the event?”
“Houston, this is Station. We are ready.”
“Wallingford Public Library, this is Mission Control Houston. Please call Station for a voice check.”
“Station, this is Allison Murphy with Wallingford Public Library. How do you hear me?”
“We are ready to speak with you.”
Gulp. When I decided to become a librarian I never, ever thought that I’d be speaking to astronauts. Especially astronauts who are in outer space! This incredible experience was Wallingford Public Library’s 20-minute Skype session with NASA astronauts. We were honored to speak with Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer, who were orbiting the earth on the International Space Station (ISS). Peggy Whitson is the first female commander of the ISS and on April 24, 2017 she broke the record for the most total days spent in space by any NASA astronaut. On July 6, 2017, over 200 children, adults, and various local dignitaries gathered in our Community Room to witness what might have been one of the most unique events of their lives. For us, this day celebrated the culmination of months of planning, the centerpiece of an inventive, collaborative learning experience that was beyond our wildest dreams.
How did one humble library end up with a direct line to outer space? We all know that libraries are about sharing books, movies, magazines, music, and more. In today’s ever-evolving world, libraries have also become a place where people can gather to share ideas, learn about new topics or technology, and expand their skills. These thoughts were what propelled me to apply to NASA for an In-Flight Education Downlink a year before the actual event occurred. The application process was quite daunting (it’s NASA, for goodness sakes!) and included ideas for pre- and post- event programs, educational opportunities, and community outreach. By the time we had checked off all of the details we knew that even if our application wasn’t accepted, we had all of the makings for an incredible summer reading program, so our department committed to making outer space our 2017 summer theme no matter what!
In early December we received an email from NASA that said we were accepted for the downlink and our whole staff did a happy dance around the library. Now it was time to put all of our plans into action! NASA’s downlink letter of intent asked our library to consider specifics such as an Education Plan Overview, which would describe before, during, and after downlink activities for students. One of our challenges was that as a public library, we don’t have a captive classroom audience with which we’d share information about NASA and space. We decided that we would use the library itself, and social media, as learning tools. By applying to the GSAXcess website, we received ISS artifacts that were showcased in the display cases outside of our Children’s Room. We also enlarged photos of the astronauts who were currently on the Space Station and provided facts about their backgrounds and what daily life is like in space. No surprise, the kids were most interested in how an astronaut uses the bathroom!
As part of our annual summer reading build-up, all of the children’s librarians visited the eight elementary schools in town. We talked up the excitement surrounding our summer reading program, and thrilled to tell the classes that they would have a chance to see astronauts in space. Our presentations included many book talks about science and space titles, facts about the astronauts, as well as a funny space video that one of our librarians made.
Prior to the downlink, we also orchestrated a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter that pushed out “Did You Know…?” messages about astronaut and Space Station facts a few times a week. These messages were also posted around the Children’s Room desk and became part of the summer reading challenge questions students could “unlock” by reading a certain number of books and adding them to their online reading log.
The downlink also provided us with the opportunity to incorporate other activities that offered unique learning experiences. Our monthly STEM programs for third – fifth graders studied the history of flight by making creative paper airplanes and jet propulsion with stomp rockets. We hired an astronomer to bring his inflatable planetarium to the library and impress hordes of families with an educational and fun star-gazing show. A glow-in-the-dark story time for younger children got them excited about star gazing and we had an art station with space-related crafts.
Through social media, we encouraged patrons to visit the Spot the Station website, where they could sign up to receive notification to watch the Space Station (seen as a steady, white dot) flying over their house. We also purchased an Orion telescope and outfitted it with a special case and instruction manual so that it could be checked out on a weekly basis and taken home for backyard exploration. When we requested tomato seeds from the Tomatosphere Project, we received a set of seeds that had been harvested on earth, and another that had been harvested in space. We planted both groups in our indoor “grow station” housed in our makerspace and had fun guessing if one batch would produce a more alien-looking plant than the other.
We were thrown a curve ball when NASA changed the downlink date a few weeks before the event, but the bonus was that we learned we now be speaking to both Jack and Peggy! During the buildup to the downlink children submitted questions that they wanted to ask the astronauts, but only 20 could be selected to read them to Peggy and Jack. Some of our favorites included questions about missing family and friends, what did the astronauts bring from home to space, and if they’d seen any aliens. The team of 20 students ranged from kindergarten – fourth grade and about a week before the event they all came to the library for a practice session and diligently waited in line to practice reading their questions in front of the laptop that would transmit their voice to the Space Station.
The staff of the library caught on to the excitement before the event too, by making Downlink Day tee shirts in our makerspace. They also loved freebies that NASA sent us, such as pins, posters, bookmarks, and solar eclipse glasses.
On the day of the downlink 200 registered students, family members, and staff gathered in our Community Room, collectively holding our breath and hoping that the technology would work and we’d have a clear connection to space. We limited the registrants to town residents so that they would have the first opportunity to participate. A nearby meeting room was designated our overflow space, where over 30 patrons watched the downlink projected through NASA television.
One of the things the NASA production team had warned us about during one of our many planning conference calls was that the speakers on the Space Station are actually quite old, due to the cost of sending anything new to space. In order for the astronauts to hear the students asking questions everyone in the room would need to be silent. With such a large group with kids in grades K-5 we knew this would be a challenge! So as part of our meticulously prepared plan for the event, our team of four children’s librarians included a “practice” run ten minutes before the event was set to start. After explaining the situation, our Head of Children’s Services told a few space jokes, got everyone laughing, and then made a signal for everyone to quiet down.
At the predetermined time, a voice from the Johnson Space Station spoke out over the sound system, and suddenly Peggy and Jack were right there in front of us on the screen, bobbing gracefully without gravity, and ready to chat with the children of Wallingford. Each child stepped up to the microphone when it was their turn, asked their question, and went back to their spot to hear the answer. For 20 minutes over 200 people were spellbound by the awesome astronauts on screen and the work they do every day. Even the smallest kindergarteners were silent and still, until the last question was asked and Jack and Peggy took a (gravity free) bow – then the room erupted with the most enthusiastic applause you can possibly imagine!
The best take-aways from this incredible day? The first is that we could connect with our community in so many different ways and share the amazing science of space with a population that ranged in age from preschoolers through adults. Most importantly, though, this day introduced children to two very smart, dedicated, and talented NASA astronauts. We think it’s inspired quite a few new applicants to a future class for NASA. As Charlie, a young girl of ten commented, “It’s a really big step because it used to be that women weren’t as important, but now with the female space commander, it means they are really important.”
Even though our downlink was limited to the folks who were at the library, the experience carried a ripple effect to many more through the press coverage. NPR radio, local television stations and newspapers covered the story and shared our amazing day with their viewers, readers, and listeners. This widened the scope of who we were able to reach, confirming that the library is a place to have an out-of-this-world experience! Here’s a short video that shows the highlights of this special day.
Today’s guest blogger is Allison Murphy. Allison is a Children’s Librarian at Wallingford Public Library in Wallingford, CT. When she’s not singing, dancing and reading in storytime, Allison is trying to spy the International Space Station as it flies over the library. Allison can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Habitat for Humanity Victoria has begun construction of 11 new affordable family homes in Greater Victoria and is still accepting applications from families that meet the program criteria.
The builds now underway include 10 townhome units in North Saanich and a small single-family home in Central Saanich. Two of the homes in the North Saanich project have been specifically designed for families with special accessibility needs, with in-home elevators and barrier-free entry.
“We are thrilled to have finally broken ground on these builds — the largest number of concurrent homes under construction in our history,” said Yolanda Meijer, CEO of Habitat Victoria. “Now that the shovels are in, we expect things to move very quickly.”
Two of the new units are four-bedroom homes, with the rest a mix of two- and three-bedroom multi-level homes.
To date, seven families have been selected through Habitat’s application process to work in partnership with the charity to become future homeowners.
The four remaining units join another home in Saanich, the result of buying back an existing Habitat home from a family that moved out of province. “We want to ensure that Habitat’s affordable homeownership is available to a wide range of families,” said Tiffany Gates, family services manager.
Interested families need to be living in the Greater Victoria area, have the ability to pay an affordable mortgage, be willing to partner with Habitat and be in need of a safe and decent place to live. All families must complete 500 hours of volunteer service before purchasing their home.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series examining the events of 40 years ago that led to Mitchell native George McGovern’s Democratic presidential nomination and run for the White House.
By TOM LAWRENCE
The Daily Republic
Watergate has gone down in history as America’s most infamous political scandal.
It cost President Richard Nixon most of his second term when he was forced to resign on Aug. 8, 1974.
But 40 years ago this week, the Watergate scandal, which erupted in June 1972, was just starting to make news, as young Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein kept digging up stories of the strange behavior of the Nixon campaign, his key advisers and the president himself.
In the end, the burglaries at Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., became the signature event in a series of criminal actions by Nixon and his aides, many of whom went to prison.
Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern tried to make it a major issue in the campaign, but for most people, it was a minor story in the weeks following the initial reports.
A headline on the front page of the Sept. 13, 1972, Daily Republic showed the story was gaining some national exposure. “Money Linked to Break-in Said Part of Secret Nixon Contributions,” it stated.
The Associated Press story reported that $100,000 was “stuffed into a suitcase and rushed to Washington” after a Republican fundraiser in Texas. Some of the money may have come from Mexico, and if it was from non-Americans living there, it was an illegal campaign contribution, the story stated.
The money was part of $700,000 in possibly illegal funds used by the Nixon campaign, according to the AP. It added to the “bizarre developments” in the Watergate story, the story stated.
A jail mug shot of Watergate burglar Bernard L. Barker accompanied the story.
On Sept. 17, a Page 1 story reported that seven men had been indicted in the Watergate break-in. They were G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt (his name was erroneously reported as “E. Edward”), James W. McCord Jr., all who had worked either for the Nixon White House or his campaign committee, as well as four Florida men: Barker, Eugenio Martinez, Frank A. Sturgis and Virgilio R. Gonzalez.
The story ended with a comment from an investigator that these indictments would signal the end of the story.
McGovern brought up the money smuggling during speeches he made across the eastern U.S. on Sept. 22. He noted Nixon was in Texas making appearances and giving speeches.
“I don’t know what this second visit’s about unless he’s going to come back with another suitcase full of money,” McGovern said.


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State taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars in repairs to the 109-year-old Illinois Youth Center in rural St. Charles after Gov. Pat Quinn decided last year to close a 16-year-old youth center in Murphysboro, the Bloomington Pantagraph reports.
The move to close the Murphysboro facility and the juvenile detention center in Joliet was considered controversial by some officials, according to the Pantagraph, which reports taxpayers have had to pay for more than $4.5 million to repair and make upgrades at the St. Charles facility, which is home to 320 male juveniles.
The Pantagraph points out that some of those repairs were for basics — replacing leaking roofs and repairing a drinking water system that was failing. By comparison, the paper notes, the now empty Murphysboro youth center once was a more highly valued, albeit smaller, youth detention center.
State officials say the expenditures were required and would have been needed even if the Murphysboro had remained open.
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It was smooth sailing for 26 years between landlord and tenant until it became time to sell up shop. Alan Baston found a buyer for his store - Alan’s Corner Shop in Chesterfield - about 18 months ago. The store had been on a rolling lease for the past 15 years and Alan got along swimmingly with his landlord until he told him he wanted to sell up.
At this point it went decidedly pear-shaped. All the landlord would offer him was a four-year lease, which of course didn’t appeal to Alan’s potential buyer. Plus, he wanted to increase the rent by 50%.
“It’s £4,400 a year now (£85 per week) and he wants to put it up to £6,600,” says Alan, who then consulted a solicitor. “We offered him £100 a week in line with the other shops on the road.”
This advice cost him £400. And the landlord’s solicitor, so far, has not responded to Alan’s lawyer.
The lawyer told him that, if it went to court, he would be given a 10-year lease at the very least. Unfortunately, he can’t afford the fees.
So he then went to the National Federation of Retail Newsagents’ legal helpline and at the moment is waiting for claim forms. “She seems to think that we will have to take them to court.”
Alan is at retirement age and the store will need someone younger to take on the two Tesco outlets that it is wedged between (an Express on one side and a One Stop on the other).
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Wal-Mart Sells Guns Again As Green Power Loses To Greenbacks
WAL-Mart has decided that, such as things are, it might be a good idea to try and make as much money as possible. Not too long ago, Wal-Mart attempted to educate its shoppers by selling them things they did not want.
Leslie Dach, a former senior aide to warmist Al Gore, had a plan:
In July 2006, Dach was installed as the public relations chief for Wal-Mart. He drafted a number of other progressives into the company, seeking to change the company’s way of doing business: itsculture, its politics, and most importantly its products.
Out went drab, inexpensive merchandise so dear to low-income Americans. In came upscale organic foods, “green” products, trendy jeans, and political correctness. In other words, Dach sought to expose poor working Americans to the “good life” of the wealthy, environmentally conscious Prius driver.
After suffering seven straight quarters of losses, today the merchandise giant Wal-Mart will announce that it is “going back to basics,” ending its era of high-end organic foods, going “green,” and the remainder of its appeal to the upscale market. Next month the company will launch an “It’s Back” campaign to woo the millions of customers who have fled the store
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is quietly bringing back rifles, shotguns and ammunition to hundreds of U.S. stores as the hurting retail giant seeks to reinvigorate its one-stop shopping appeal and attract more male customers.
The world’s largest retailer stopped selling hunting rifles and bullets at all but a third of its U.S. stores five years ago, citing diminishing sales. It is now restoring them to hundreds of locations, bringing the total to nearly half of its more than 3,600 U.S. namesake stores …
Had only the store reacted earlier. In 2008, Obama-mania was making tills ring:
“It’s been an absolute madhouse,” said Trey Pugh, a manager at Jim’s Pawn Shop in Fayetteville, which is selling 15 to 20 AR-15 assault rifles a day. “I’m getting guys come in and say I always wanted that gun, and give me that one too and that one and, oh, I need a gun safe, too.”


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While it’s great to visit the popular tourist attractions when traveling, it’s also a great idea to check out some of the local’s favorites as well. Boston is know for such things as the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, Boston Common and Public Garden but there are also many great things to see in Boston that aren’t your typical tourist attractions.
One of the places I think more tourist should visit in Boston is Castle Island. This Massachusetts state park is a popular place for the locals to visit all year long, but especially in the summer. There is nothing better than spending a warm summer day by the water and Castle Island has a lot to offer when it comes to summer activities.
Before I get into all that you can enjoy there today, let’s talk a little bit about the history of Castle Island.
Castle Island is located in the South Boston neighborhood just a couple of miles from downtown. While it hasn’t been an island since 1928 when it was connected to the mainland of Boston, the fact it was an island hundreds of years before this is where it’s history began.
Fort Independence: In 1634, Boston was looking to build a fortress to be able to defend the city from out in the Boston Harbor. The fort was named Castle William by the English as they were fighting the French for control of North America.
During the start of the American Revolution, Castle William served as the main military base for the British. On March 17, 1776, after the first major American victory in the war, the British left Castle William and the city of Boston. Three days later, Castle William was destroyed.
Due to it’s strategic location, a new fort was built to help protect Boston during the War of 1812. The name of the new fort was Fort Independence and this name has not changed to this day even though the present fort located on the island was built between 1833 and 1851.
Fort Independence is on the National Register of Historic Places and is run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Reservation. During the summer months, they offer free tours of the fort on Saturdays and Sundays.
Sullivans Castle Island: Although Fort Independence is the major landmark located at Castle Island, the incredibly popular snack shack, Sullivans is what really drives the locals to Castle Island. Open since 1951, Bostonians flock to Sullivans each year for a meal at the beach.
Open from late February until just before Thanksgiving each year, Sullivans opening day has always been a sign that the cruel hard winters of Boston will soon be over. Even during years like 2015 when it opened with an unprecedented 7 feet of snow on the ground, it still gave us that one little sign of hope that winter would soon come to an end.
Although the food is nothing fancy, you can get local seafood like lobster rolls and clam chowder, cool treats for a hot summer day like soft serve ice cream and raspberry lime rickeys and what I consider the best french fries anywhere! The lines outside Sullivan’s are a true sign that the food is definitely worth it!
Pleasure Bay Beach: There is so much more to do at Castle Island than Fort Independence and Sullivans. Pleasure Bay beach is a great beach for families with young children, it’s located on the enclosed lagoon in Pleasure Bay making the waters calm and safe for the younger swimmers.
Kiteboarding: Due to the calm waters of the enclosed lagoon of Pleasure Bay and the ideal wind coming off the harbor, Pleasure Bay is a popular kiteboarding spot that attracts kiteboarders from all over the world. You can catch the kiteboarders in Pleasure Bay year round and it’s definitely a fun sight to see especially with the views of downtown in the distance.
Walking and Running: The trail around the lagoon brings walkers and runners to Castle Island year round. This 2.2 mile loop around the lagoon and Fort Independence is a great way to get some exercise, work off your meal from Sullivans, enjoy the weather and take in the beautiful views.
Relaxing: If you are interested in a more relaxing time at Castle Island, there are places to sit all around the island to relax, have a picnic, take in the views, watch the boats in the harbor and watch the planes flying into Logan Airport.
Sunrise and Sunset: Castle Island is also a perfect spot to view the sunrise and sunset and some of the local fireworks shows can also been seen from here.
USS Constitution Turn Around: While the USS Constitution is docked about 5 miles away at Charlestown Navy Yard, a couple of times a year it does a turnaround cruise so that the over 200 year old ship’s wooden hull will be weathered evenly. The turnaround cruise takes the ship into the harbor to Castle Island for a gun salute to Fort Independence. This normally takes place on the 4th of July and it’s a great way to start the day off.
Tall Ships: In 2017 the Tall Ships came to Boston and Castle Island was the place to see them as they sailed thru the harbor to the Seaport of Boston where they docked for a six day event. It was definitely a beautiful sight to see.
Views of Downtown: Castle Island is also a great place to take in views of the skyline of downtown Boston.
Castle Island is a couple of miles from Downtown Boston. There are buses that will take you close by or you could take an uber/lyft or drive if you have a car.
My grandparents lived a few blocks from Castle Island when I was younger, so I have been going here for my entire life. It seems to get more and more popular as the years go on but it is still a very special place. If you are visiting Boston, I highly recommend visiting Castle Island if you are looking to visit a part of Boston that isn’t the typical tourist area.