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Planet Ark has just released their 2014 research in the lead-up to National Tree Day – ‘Valuing Trees: What is Nature Worth?’
The following are just some of the research findings –
- “Australians would be willing to pay an average of $35,000 more to buy a home in a nature-filled neighbourhood than for an identical home in an area with little nature.
- 4 out of 5 Australians (78%) said they would prefer to live in a home with many natural elements, such as trees, plants and a garden, over one that does not have these features.
- Having a home with a backyard and living in a “green” neighbourhood with trees, parks and gardens was rated as more important than being close to work, having easy access to public transport, and having good shops or a shopping centre nearby.
- More than two-thirds of Australians (68%) agree that living in a neighbourhood with lots of trees, gardens, and parks would reduce their stress levels.
- 2 in 3 Australians (66%) agree they would be more likely to do outdoor exercise if they lived in a green neighbourhood.”
Trees are a public health issue. Having lots of good trees & a visible canopy makes for happier & healthier communities. Marrickville Council should allocate more funding in the annual budget to allow the urban forest to be increased & also to create equity of streetscape across the whole municipality.
You can download Planet Ark’s full Report or the shorter Key Findings here. It is an interesting read – http://treeday.planetark.org/research/
National Tree Day is celebrated across the Australia on Sunday 27th July 2014. Marrickville Council will be holding their National Tree Day event two weeks later on Sunday 10th August from 10.30am – 1.00pm at Tillman Park Sydenham. Council says the community will be able to participate in “planting local native trees, shrubs, sedges, grasses, ferns and groundcovers.”
The staggered dates will give us a chance to participate in other National Tree Day events held locally, as well as our own.
The City of Sydney & Planet Ark’s National Tree Day event is held on the traditional date – Sunday 27th July 2014 from 10:00am – 2:00pm at the southern end of Sydney Park. Participants will be able to experience the joy of planting trees. Last year’s event was fabulous. They plan for the community to plant between 4,000 & 5,000 trees during the event. This is a small forest! Judging by previous years crowds, I’d say the target will be achieved, probably with time to spare. Can you imagine how great 5,000 trees will look as they start to grow! It is a nice feeling to walk past growing trees that you have helped plant & I imagine that this feeling is even greater for children who helped plant a tree/s.
I’ll post a reminder of these events closer to the date.
London has 4.4-million trees calculated to be worth $1.5-billion. The trees remove $4.5-million pollution annually, provide $1.7-million in energy savings & provide $10.3-million annual value from reducing greenhouse gases – a whopping 48,500 tonnes of CO2. London’s trees work hard.
“About 87% of all London trees are in parks, natural areas & low-density residential areas. 78% are in good to excellent condition, 11% are poor to fair, 11% are dead. The three most common species in London are buckthorn, eastern white cedar & sugar maple. There are 126 species, about 50% of which are native to Ontario. Three leafiest species are Norway maple, sugar maple & black walnut. At chest height, 77.5% of London trees are less than 15 cm (six inches) in diameter. London’s trees can be considered a carbon bank, storing 360,000 tonnes of carbon.” See – http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/05/06/19723801.html
The City of Melbourne is doing what I have wanted to happen here for a long time – putting a dollar value on their public trees. They are using the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show as an opportunity to educate visitors of the value of the trees in Carlton Gardens, where the show is being held.
The trees in the southern section only of Carlton Gardens are worth nearly $6 million. Not all the trees in this section have been valued, so the final total would be higher. This dollar amount gives the community a snapshot, which they can mentally transfer to individual trees, the other many large parks in Melbourne & suburbs as well as their long avenues of large street trees.
i-Tree Eco software is being used to calculate the value of each tree. I have written about this free downloadable software previously. See – https://savingourtrees.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/calculating-the-dollar-value-of-trees/ & https://savingourtrees.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/itree-version-4-0/
“The trial application of i-Tree in Carlton Gardens South has shown that around 300 trees remove around 242 kgs of air pollution a year, currently store 620,000 kgs of carbon & sequester 9,500 kgs of carbon each year. Best performing species appears to be Ficus macrophylla & some of the Ulmus species also provide high value. The calculation of the value takes into account several factors including ground cover area, leaf area & leaf biomass, as well as height & size of each tree. There is growing recognition of the importance of the ‘urban forest’ – that is all the trees & shrubs on both private & public land – to our health & wellbeing in many ways, both physically & emotionally. This importance will be enhanced as we can now put an economic value on the urban forest.”
When the community recognise that the street tree out front is worth hundreds if not thousands of dollars & that its presence translates into raising the value of their property or street, they will be (hopefully) less likely to mistreat the tree & more likely to look after it. New tree plantings will be less likely to be removed or sabotaged.
Prior to their poisoning, the 2 beautiful mature Hill’s Figs in Margaret Street Dulwich Hill not only provided massive health & environmental benefits to the local area, they also significantly raised the value of housing both in Margaret Street & nearby streets as well.
One Fig tree in Carlton Gardens was valued at $60,000 so we can reasonably say that the poisoning of the 2 mature Hills; Figs in Margaret Street Dulwich Hill robbed the local community & the greater community of Marrickville LGA of public assets worth around $120,000. Those who are lucky enough to have a large landmark tree near their property reap many more benefits than those who have a small tree or worse, concrete only outside their property.
Trees are worth big bucks & this demonstration in Carlton Gardens will likely shock many people who have never thought of trees as being an economic asset. If people realised the monetary gain to their own property, they would think seriously before poisoning a street tree due to leaf litter, wildlife, shade or some other reason.
Hopefully Marrickville Council will do similar calculations as part of the upcoming tree inventory, so that we can have local examples that schools & Council can use to educate & engage the community.
As well as the article there is a map of Carlton Gardens South at the following link showing the dollar value of each tree. If you zoom the screen a number of times the map is easier to read. – http://www.plantlifebalance.com.au/more-trees-please/trees-shading-visitors-to-melbourne-international-flower-garden-show-valued-at-nearly-6-million/
You can gauge a country’s wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover. ~ Dr Richard St Barbe Baker, Man of the Trees
I came across a great video today about the urban forest of Santa Monica in California. The Council is currently undertaking community consultation about their urban forest.
The video called ‘The Value of Trees’ has some very interesting information about the urban forest in Santa Monica, but applies equally to our own. Throughout the video their Urban Forrester, the equivalent of our Tree Manager speaks about the benefits of the urban forest with real pride. At one stage he grabs some leaves of a street tree, pulls them through his gripped hand & shows the particulate matter that tree has captured.
He & another Urban Forrester said about their Councillors,
“The city council is a huge supporter of our program, the urban forestry program. They are very green, they are very progressive when it comes to new methods & new techniques. They have recognized the need for an aggressive maintenance program for the overall health of our canopy & urban forest. They have tripled & quadrupled our annual budget in the last 10 years.”
Some interesting points for those who don’t want to watch the video –
- 2.54cms or 1 sq inch of tree equals US$26 dollars.
- The city of Santa Monica has over 33,800 public trees.
- These trees are worth $138 million by their replacement value alone.
- When you take into account the environmental benefits their public trees are worth $315,455,400.
- For every dollar spent on tree maintenance, the tree gives back $1.62 & this increases as the tree grows.
- The larger the tree gets, the more environmental benefits & the more that tree is worth.
- Street trees benefit people directly.
You can watch the 6 minute video & marvel at their streetscapes by clicking here – http://vimeo.com/23991375
Davey Tree Expert Company must be feeling really happy at the moment. i-tree, a software program, they designed with the US Forest Service & released to the market in 2006 has become an item of huge interest over the last couple of months. Deservedly so too, as the program is a fantastically useful tool that can be downloaded by anyone free of charge. Instruction manuals can be downloaded free of charge as well.
Tree Hugger has recently written about the i-tree software as well as a number of other high profile green websites. There is much excitement in the media about i-tree. This surprised me because the i-tree software has been around for nearly 5-years. The recent interest clearly demonstrates an attitude that is pro street tree.
i-tree can be used to calculate the value of a single tree or the value of the trees across a whole city. It can be used a teaching tool by schools or as a professional assessment tool by councils, industry, arborists, landscape architects, anyone really.
“The i-Tree software suite v. 3.0 includes two flagship urban forest analysis tools & three utility programs.
- i-Tree Eco provides a broad picture of the entire urban forest. It is designed to use field data from randomly located plots throughout a community along with local hourly air pollution & meteorological data to quantify urban forest structure, environmental effects, & value to communities.
- i-Tree Streets focuses on the ecosystem services & structure of a municipality’s street tree population. It makes use of a sample or complete inventory to quantify & put a dollar value on the trees’ annual environmental & aesthetic benefits, including energy conservation, air quality improvement, carbon dioxide reduction, stormwater control, & property value increases.
- i-Tree Species Selector is a free-standing utility designed to help urban foresters select the most appropriate tree species based on environmental function & geographic area.
- i-Tree Storm helps you to assess widespread community damage in a simple, credible, & efficient manner immediately after a severe storm. It is adaptable to various community types & sizes & provides information on the time & funds needed to mitigate storm damage.
- i-Tree Vue (Beta) allows you to make use of freely available national land cover data maps to assess your community’s land cover, including tree canopy, & some of the ecosystem services provided by your current urban forest. The effects of planting scenarios on future benefits can also be modelled.”
To access the i-tree software program, go to – www.itreetools.org
The instruction manuals can be downloaded here – http://www.itreetools.org/resources/manuals.php
There is another free computer modeling program developed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service in the late 1990s called Urban Forest Effects or UFORE. UFORE calculates the structure & environmental effects of the urban forest as well as the dollar value of the urban forest. http://www.ufore.org/
Then there is STRATUM designed by the US Forest Service & released in 2005 –
“STRATUM is a new street tree management & analysis tool for urban forest managers that uses tree inventory data to quantify the dollar value of annual environmental & aesthetic benefits: energy conservation, air quality improvement, CO2 reduction, stormwater control, & property value increase. It’s an easy to use, computer-based program. It allows any community to conduct a street tree inventory. The baseline data provided can be used to effectively manage the resource, develop policy & set priorities. Using a sample or an existing inventory of street trees, this software allows managers to evaluate current benefits, costs, & management needs.”
The New York City Parks Department used STRATUM to value their 600,000 street trees at US$122 million. This was 5 times the value of yearly maintenance. The City of Pittsburgh calculated in 2005 that it received US$2.94 in benefits for every US$1 sent on its urban forest. The monetary benefit would likely have increased because, as trees grow, their benefits across all areas increase. For example, a tree with a 76 cm-diameter removes 70 times more pollution per year than does a tree with a 7.5 cm diameter trunk. Around 1.5 tons of CO2 are sequestered from the air & stored for every ton of new wood that grows.
CITYGreen, is another program. CITYGreen analyzes the ecological & economic value of trees in relationship to storm water management, energy conservation, carbon storage & air pollution. This desktop GIS software package requires a tree inventory as well as baseline data for each tree & the area, including impervious surfaces.
GIS-based Trans-Agency Resources for Environmental & Economic Sustainability (T.R.E.E.S.) developed by Treepeople in Los Angles focuses not only on trees, but ecological stormwater management.
There are other urban forest software programs but these 5 give an idea of what is out there. Urban forest computer assessment tools are a relatively recent development. Trees are being recognised as much more valuable than was realized in the past.
City planners & local governments are recognizing the many benefits of the urban forest. This in turn will mean more trees will planted in the right place, looked after & not just planted in poor conditions & left to fend for themselves. It will also mean that biophysical hazards as a result of urbanization, such as air, ground & water pollution, the Urban Heat Island Effect, carbon sequestration & storage & flash flooding will be managed in a sustainable manner.
Instead of trees being seen as just trees or even worse, pests that can be hacked into or removed at a whim, they will finally be recognized as the very valuable resources that they really are. That an increased canopy saves money for Councils will also be recognized & trees will be protected. Hopefully, this will also mean the deliberate increasing of not only the urban forest, but the planting or larger, shade producing trees as a preference, not just small trees that have limited value.
The Cooks River pathway further on from Mackey Park has 2 stunning avenues of Poplar trees. Poplars are also used to great effect in Steele Park further along the river.
These trees are very beautiful. They create significant areas of dappled shade in summer & lose their leaves in autumn letting in the winter light. The trunks of some of the bigger trees behind Mackey Park are around 3-4 metres. These are big substantial trees that are a landmark to this area & can be seen from many locations along the river.
In my opinion the presence of these trees makes this section of the Cooks River pathway in Marrickville South really lovely. When the wind is blowing the sound created as the wind passes through the leaves is very special.
These trees are being considered for the chopping block because there is belowground infrastructure here & because the soil is poor. I don’t know enough about the issues to present an argument at this stage. Just be aware that Council is thinking of removing them.
Unfortunately 1 of the smaller trees dropped a branch last November 2010. Borers had literally shredded the inside of the trunk until it was unable to maintain its weight & dropped. What is left is around 1.5 metres of remaining branch extending from the trunk. No one would know if the borers have travelled that far unless they removed the branch at the point where it connects to the trunk.
I don’t think Marrickville Council is going to bother to check this out as I was told the tree will be chopped down. If a tree has borers in its trunk it is dangerous because it will do exactly as the branch did & fall. However, there is a significant chance that the borers haven’t reached that far.
I put up a YouTube video of this tree when the branch & evidence of borers was still available to see. Unfortunately, I have deleted the video & Council has taken away the branch so I cannot re-film it. However, a Arborist did manage to see the video before it went to its grave & pointed out to me that it is quite likely that the trunk itself does not have borer infestation. He said checking is easy to do & chopping off the offending branch is far cheaper than chopping down a whole tree.
I would suggest that Marrickville Council does not want to bother doing this because they think many of the older trees need to be removed & because they are thinking about removing this avenue of trees in time anyway. With this plan, they wouldn’t try to save a tree even if it was a simple thing to do.
I firmly believe that we need to keep our older & larger trees. They are very valuable on many fronts. A Councillor recently said they are “a written asset, not a real asset”. I disagree. They a valuable asset. As an example of the dollar value of trees, the 14 Laman Street Figs in Newcastle were valued at 1 million dollars. In England & the US trees are valued, & basically, the older they get, the more they are worth. It’s time we stopped thinking of trees as expendable infrastructure & start doing whatever we can to care for them to ensure their longevity.
With climate change bearing down on us, I believe we cannot afford to remove the very things that all the experts believe are what will help mitigate global warming. Aside from the craziness of removing a healthy tree because it is not a native, these trees are beautiful. I have asked many people what they think of them over the last few weeks & everyone I have spoken with loves them. I am not alone then & I suspect the community may have something to say against their removal.
I would like Marrickville Council to leave these trees alone. I do not believe planting native trees here will be a better choice. I also think Council should check the branch to see if borers have reached the trunk. Of course if they have reached the trunk, the tree should go. However, in the past when trees were saved as a norm, the Tree Surgeon, as Arborists were known then, would scrape out the infestation providing it was small enough, then fill the hole with what I as a kid called tree cement. It’s not the correct term, but you get the idea. A number of the Pines at Brighton le Sands have had work like this done. Rockdale Council obviously thinks these trees are special. It all depends on the motivation of Marrickville Council. If they don’t want the tree, they will go for the easiest option & chop the tree down.
The UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests. These trees are part of our urban forest.
A while ago I wrote about an idea I had for Marrickville Council to start an Adopt a Tree program to encourage people to take care of the street tree out front. I have also written about other ideas to increase & look after the urban forest in Marrickville LGA. These have been collected in the following page – https://savingourtrees.wordpress.com/tree-planting-ideas/
When I posted these ideas I had some anxiety as to whether I was asking too much of the community & whether the community would even consider taking part if such programs were in place.
Yesterday, to my delight, I discovered that Randwick City Council has a program that goes much further than what I thought about & asks a whole lot more from the community. They instigated an Adopt a Street Tree Program. The following is directly from their brochure:
This program provides residents with the information they require should they wish to personally contribute in a practical way to the long-term maintenance of newly planted street trees. By ‘adopting’ a street tree, residents voluntarily take on the role of not only watering a street tree, but also regularly inspecting it for pests & diseases & informing the Council of acts of vandalism or other problems. http://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/Looking_after_our_environment/Greening_our_city/Trees/
Randwick City Council also prunes trees when needed & ask residents to notify them if they think a street tree needs pruning. I have written a couple of times that I think dead or dying branches of street trees could be pruned before they fall as this is a normal cycle for trees. I think in Marrickville LGA, if a street tree drops branches, they are marked as dangerous trees & put on the death-row list.
I tend to write about trees as issues come up & then research the issue. This approach works for me because the urban forest is a big subject & any research generally has to be specific. Today I Googled ‘Adopt a Tree Programs’ & found that this is being done by a number of Municipal Councils in Australia & overseas.
Some examples follow. I have quoted directly from their website & bolded particular points because they impress me.
The City of Stonnington, Inner city Melbourne. Residents in streets where trees are 3 to 6 years of age are being asked to adopt the tree in front of their home & by doing so commit to watering it twice a week with recycled water. http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/www/html/4578-adopt-a-tree-program.asp
The City of Port Phillip Melbourne. By simply adopting a tree in your street or neighbourhood, & watering it weekly, you will help to save the trees within the city from the ravages of drought. …. the Port Phillip Council is giving away Free Buckets which can be collected from any of the locations provided onsite. http://www.freestuff.com.au/gardening-products/port-phillip-adopt-a-tree-and-get-a-free-bucket
The City of Marion, Sturt South Australia. People who register will receive a free watering bucket & detailed tree care instructions. Watering a tree outside your home once or twice a week will help preserve one of the city’s most important natural resources. http://www.marion.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=556
Moonee Valley City Council. Launched in 2006, the Adopt a Tree program invites residents to care for a street tree during this period of dwindling water supplies. Parents of adopted trees will get an official adoption certificate, a bucket & a litre of environmentally-friendly laundry liquid.
Torres Shire Council. A special “Adopt A Tree” award category has been included in our 2010 Torres Shire Garden Awards that will be held in June this year. http://www.torres.qld.gov.au/news/2010/adoptatree.shtml
Wollongong City Council. Since its State pilot in Wollongong during 2003… Other residents interested in planting more native trees in their own yards can take advantage of Council’s Greenplan which offers 5 trees for $15.
The City of Unley South Australia. Currently the Council provides a bucket and fact sheet to residents when a new street tree is planted. The fact sheet provides some detail as to how the resident can assist by watering the tree in its formative years. Part of the strategy relates to Unley’s street trees, & includes a recommendation that the Council launch an Adopt a Tree program.
Also of interest in the City of Unley papers regarding street trees was:
The economic value of trees is derived from:
- Their association with reduced energy consumption (a well placed shade tree can reduce consumption by up to 30%)
- Contribution to property values (trees in the metropolitan area contribute 13-20% of property value), & potential for contributing to higher profits for businesses.
- The monetary value of Unley’s 22,000 street trees is estimated at approximately $150.2 M (Burnley Method). To remove a tree costs on average $1000, and to replace costs $200.
The University of Melbourne. Although the University of Melbourne is not a Council, I have included them here as their Adopt a Tree Program assists Melbourne Councils.
Many trees have dropped their scorched leaves from the extreme drought & this summer & many are under stress from a lack of water. The local councils cannot save every tree as they are under-resourced & under water restrictions themselves. The City of Melbourne, for example, has over 60,000 trees to care for & they need our help as a community by contributing our own grey water to help water our beautiful trees. http://www.sustainablemelbourne.com/movements/adopt-a-tree-in-melbourne-share-the-idea-around/
I wish Marrickville Council would follow these other Councils & set up an Adopt a Tree Program. It may not take off immediately, but it may prove popular. Needless to say, all programs need time for the community to get to know about & decide to get involved.
Even if it did only amount to a couple of hundred households/businesses participating during the first couple of years, at least 200 trees or more a year could be helped to survive. This is significant, as Council plants up to 500 trees a year.
Community tree preservation groups Save Our Figs Wauchope & Save Our Figs Group have a big fight on their hands with Port Macquarie-Hastings Council who intend to remove 13 Fig trees in the town centre “to prevent future damage to private property & public infrastructure.” The roots of the Fig trees are presenting a trip hazard & 3 residents have complained of damage to their property they say was caused by the trees.
Thing is, the Council have just completed major works on the streets with the trees described as the centerpiece. Importantly, 3 years ago the community fought to retain these trees & won.
Now the threat of litigation has reared its head & if history is anything to go by, a very small number of people are going to get their way & have the trees removed. Council can’t take the risk that people will start litigation in the future.
A couple of days ago I posted that Goondiwindi Regional Council chopped down healthy Fig trees despite community opposition. It’s the same story. Now that the trees are gone, the Council has made the decision to spend $96,000 on floating footpaths. They are doing this now because they, “understand how important these trees are to residents.”
Using floating footpaths means the trees can grow normally. There is no need to cut off or shave down roots, nor cover them in bitumen. Nor will they need to chop the trees down because of a trip hazard or damage to footpaths. Seems like sensible spending to me. Given that any large healthy tree can be worth around $100,000, spending money to keep them is a good economic decision.
The large street trees in the centre of both these towns are what bring beauty & a sense of place. The towns use their street trees as a tourist draw card. The Fig trees also provide a tangible history & are held dear by most of the community.
Take the trees away & you have substantially changed a place. Not only have you removed things that are worth a great deal of money & with 13 Figs we are talking in excess of a million dollars, but their loss will have an impact on spending in the shops. Researchers have concluded 11% more money is spent in shopping areas where there are big healthy shady trees. To their credit Port Macquarie-Hastings Council plans to replace the Figs with 11 advanced Brush Box trees.
My question is why don’t Councils or organizations take pre-emptive action on their big trees when the trees are in areas that could damage property or cause trip hazards? Ultimately it is worth the financial outlay when one considers how much these trees are worth in a monetary sense. Then there are all the other factors to take into consideration, history, place, future, community cohesion (fights like these in small towns could escalate into severe divisions), trust in the Council/organisation & stating the obvious, climate change.
Root barriers can be put in place. Sewerage & water pipes can be replaced with pipes that can’t be invaded by tree roots or re-routed & be done with the problem forever. In Canada, they use a system that allows pipes to be replaced without digging, disturbing or damaging tree roots. They use a water flushing vacuum system to remove the soil from around the roots, pipes or wires, then install the new pipes & put the soil back in.
You don’t even need to put in concrete foundations near a tree when you are building anymore. Again in Canada, they insert giant steel screw piles into the ground that are just as stable as concrete foundations & require no digging.
There is also a high-density plastic grid system that I have seen used in Sydney. Once laid over the ground the grid disperses the weight of vehicles over a larger area. The grid also prevents soil compaction, which can damage roots. Best of all, the grid allows rainwater to permeate the soil, reducing the need for irrigation & improves storm-water management. Ground cover or other plants can be grown in the spaces within the grid.
The grid also prevents soil erosion. I can see these grids used to support riverbanks & to create cement-free car parks. They could also be used to channel water into the ground near a street tree rather than be wasted by pouring down drains. There is no reason why a section of the gutter cannot be a grid.
There is also porous concrete used across City of Sydney & North Sydney Councils. Porous concrete provides a seamless surface allowing people to walk across it, but still captures any rainwater that falls on it, watering the tree.
There are quite a number of beautiful Figs in Marrickville LGA & many of them are planted near buildings. Unfortunately many of these trees live in less than perfect conditions with cement & bitumen almost to the base of their trunk. Many have cars & trucks parked right next to them. As we have seen, it is only a matter of time before branches get gouged or broken off by trucks.
The only reason why money isn’t spent on protecting trees before problems start is that trees are not held in high importance or the Council is so strapped for money that understandably, urban forest issues get moved down the list of priorities.
Many Councils do hold their trees in high esteem & look after them. They use floating footpaths & permeable rubber surfaces or permeable ‘solid’ surfaces. They put garden beds around trees to prevent or limit the amount of vehicles that can park under them. They put ‘no parking’ signs for vehicles over a certain size & weight & they do other things like prune dead branches & normal die back. They probably feed them occasionally as well.
I would do all of the above & if property damage occurred with people saying get rid of the tree/s, I would think it is the community’s & Council’s best interest to fix the damage (within reason, once proof & access has been given to Council) & put things in place to ensure the problem won’t repeat itself. Too many people & future generations miss out for cracks to walls & pipes, both which are easily fixed without costing as high as the value of losing a tree.
Trees are the only things Councils own that increase in value each year.
I have written about clay soils & how they affect buildings at – https://savingourtrees.wordpress.com/clay-soil/
You can read both stories at the following links –http://www.portnews.com.au/news/local/news/general/lastditch-figs-effort/1874281.aspx


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Today I’ve given a co-patient a hug. He was having a hard time and as I hate people struggling “I decided” to give a hug. Reason decided is between quotes is because it came naturally yet where I’m hospitalised Hugging is forbidden. So I broke the law.
Honestly I don’t see why hugging is forbidden. If another person is having a hard time and is beautifully honest to show its vulnerability I believe we should celebrate that in psychiatry ’cause the reason some of us are stuck here is because we set our feeling apart for too long. And of course that’s not for all patients, yet the Policy is.
Allowing feelings and appreciating a hug is hard, for myself, and also for that person I hugged. As we spent hours talking you tend to know each other pretty well. We’re human because we care for each other. I believe we should focus on that, not the power not to show vulnerability, or not to show feelings as the policy does.
Brene Brown states “If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive”.
Although a hug does not imply 100% certainty that it is empathic and it comes forth from an understanding of the situation of the other person, I feel like when people cry, when they feel alone with their battle, it is more empathic to hug.
To date I’m still wondering why hugging is forbidden. A true answer I won’t get and that’s most probably most frustrating.
So please rather than shaming feelings and blocking empathy allow us to hug. It’s human to need affection and this shouldn’t be breaking the law. But if policy forbids I’ll gladly break the law again.

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"Higher occupancy rates without increase in jobs are indicative of an unexpected business activity due to weather in January," said Maria Sogard, CEO of eforecasting.com."
All demand and supply indicators of current business activity that constitute Hotel Industry's Pulse (HIP) Index had a positive contribution to its change in January: Hotel Jobs; Spending on Hotels; Hotel Capacity; None of the three indicators of current business activity had a negative or zero contribution to HIP's change in January.
"In the last twelve months - January 2013 to January 2014 - overall economic activity, measured by e-forecasting.com's monthly U.S. GDP - rose by 2.7%. Over the same period, economic activity in U.S. Hotels, measured by HIP, increased by 5.2%. The winter storms have slowed the overall economy but were beneficial to hoteliers," Maria added.
e-forecasting.com, an international economic research and consulting firm, offers forecasts of the economic environment using proprietary, real-time economic indicators to produce customized solutions for what’s next. e−forecasting.com collaborates with domestic and international clients and publications to provide timely economic content for use as predictive intelligence to strengthen its clients’ competitive advantage.
The Hotel Industry Pulse, or U.S.-HIP for short, is a hotel industry indicator that was created to fill the void of a real-time monthly indicator for the hotel industry that captures current conditions. The indicator provides useful information about the timing and degree of the industry’s link with the US business cycle for the last four decades. Simply put, it tracks monthly overall business conditions in the industry, like an industry GDP, and points in a timely way to the changes in direction from growth to recession or vice versa. The composite indicator is made with the following components: revenues from consumers staying at hotels and motels adjusted for inflation, room occupancy rate and hotel employment, along with other key economic factors which influence hotel business activity. HIP indicators are also available for the United Kingdom and Germany.
The US hotel industry leading indicator, or U.S.-HIL for short, is a monthly leading indicator for the industry. Building off the tracking success of HIP, the real-time indicator for the U.S. hotel industry, U.S.-HIL was built as a composite indicator that uses nine different components that, on average, when put together have led the industry four to five months in advance of a change in direction in the industry business cycle. U.S.-HIL provides useful information about the future direction of the U.S. hotel industry. HIL indicators are also available for the United Kingdom and Germany.
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An odd headline for an editorial in a print publication? A bit, yeah.
(Online Editor’s Note: An odd headline for a print publication but not so much for its website, eh?)
About two weeks ago, the Irish Times published an article by Nicholas Pell discussing the alt-right movement, giving a glossary of terms typically found on Twitter. Regardless of your opinion on the alt-right, or as some would call them, neo-nazis, the publishing of the article highlights that the Irish Times have failed to find a way to adequately respond to the slow-creeping death of journalism.
The newspaper of record has failed to catch up with what some would see as the future of journalism: bite-sized globules of information shrouded in glitz, glam and attention-grabbing headlines. In the past, when publications like The Sun utilised tactics like this, all the broadsheets had to do was stand steady and stick to its guns, knowing that while a front page that reads “THE TRUTH” in big bold blood-stained letters may sell more copies initially, people would come back to them eventually to find out the real news, to find the facts. In today’s ‘digital world’, however, the Times has failed to adjust itself to the online platform, and being unable to use headlines like the aforementioned Sun, or new outfits like Buzzfeed or Breitbart, the Times has opted to use the same tactic as that ‘edgy’ friend we all have on Facebook: putting something ‘controversial’ out there, seldomly with no more comment than “thoughts?”
This article shows that the Times have moved beyond the bottom of the barrell, and are currently about halfway scraped their way to China. The article by Pell, presented essentially as fact, couldn’t have seen much scrutiny by the editorial team, as some of the definitions were just wrong. Pell described a “snowflake” as “a person with an unusual, potentially dubious, gender identity.” Not only is this a totally offensive, transphobic comment, but it’s wholly wrong, no matter what your outlook. For the paper of record to let something like this slide, is unacceptable. If you’re going to print neo-nazi propaganda, at least do a fact-check first.

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Last night’s tightest race saw some clarity this morning with David Alvarez expanding his lead and Felipe Hueso pulling into the runoff position in San Diego City Council District 8.
Alvarez, a staffer for Democratic state Sen. Denise Ducheny, overcame the better name recognition of the well-known Hueso and Inzunza political families to finish first with 23.72 percent of the vote.
Alvarez courted support from the city’s fire and white-collar unions and raised more money than the other candidates. He began the race at a disadvantage against Hueso, who is aiming to replace his brother Ben in the District 8 seat, and Nick Inzunza, the uncle of former District 8 Councilman Ralph Inzunza.
“The paradigm for that district for years and years and years has been family loyalty,” said political consultant John Kern. “Guess what? Hard work means something.”
Alvarez began the night in the lead and it expanded as the evening continued. The race for second place couldn’t have been closer. Around midnight, just six votes separated second from fourth place with Hueso jockeying with Inzunza and B.D. Howard, a former City Council staffer who drew praise for walking the district.
Howard now stands in third, 199 votes behind Hueso. He said the election wasn’t over yet. All of the district’s precincts are counted, but 160,000 absentee and provisional ballots remain outstanding county-wide.
“I’m not conceding anything,” Howard said.
Hueso’s camp believes he’s made it to the November runoff.
“I think the numbers will change a little bit, but not by 200,” said Jake O’Neill, Hueso’s campaign manager.
A general election between Alvarez and Hueso should be an interesting fight. Hueso threatened to sue Alvarez over a negative mailer earlier in the campaign. Hueso still hadn’t decided if he was going to file a suit over it, O’Neill said.
An endorsement from organized labor umbrella group, San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council could play a role, too. Though the two city unions backed Alvarez in the primary, the Labor Council didn’t make a choice. The Labor Council has long backed Hueso’s brother, Ben.
Also, as I noted yesterday, Alvarez lives on the same street in Logan Heights where Hueso grew up and his mother still lives.
Turnout in last night’s race was low. Based on current results, just 17.9 percent of District 8’s registered voters cast ballots in the election, the lowest of any of the four City Council districts that held primaries.
— LIAM DILLON


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Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise's blindness can be... See full summary »
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at ... See full summary »
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. Arriving with him is a faded film star he picked up along the way, Alexandra Del Lago. ... See full summary »
At the wedding of Albert and Anna, Karl, the new chauffeur, arrives. Albert is the head butler, second generation to the Baron. Karl soon seems out of place as a servant, and Albert tells ... See full summary »
The fifth Tennessee Williams play to reach the screen, wealthy Mississippi plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt, unaware that he's dying of cancer and disturbed by the strained and childless marriage of his favored alcoholic son Brick and his other son, Gooper, whose wife is about to bring forth another in the endless line of little "no-neck monsters," celebrates his sixty-fifth birthday with his family. Brick's wife, Maggie, beautiful and desirable, tries unsuccessfully to coax her husband away from the bottle, while alternately enticing him and taunting him about his obsession with his deceased best friend and the guilt about their relationship. The seamy tensions reach a climax when the truth of Big Daddy's health is revealed, and he and Brick manage to resolve their differences. Written by
This film was originally to be filmed in black and white, as was the standard practice with "artistic" films in the 1950s. (Virtually all film adaptations of the plays of Tennessee Williams had been in B&W up to that time.) However, once Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor were cast in the leads, director Richard Brooks insisted on shooting in color, in deference to the public's well known enthusiasm for Taylor's violet and Newman's strikingly blue eyes. See more »
The way Maggie holds on to Brick changes three times when Maggie has locked the door to give them privacy. See more »
Makes you wish they gave Oscars for ensemble acting.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is truly an actor's movie, and it is one of those rare films where every single actor is perfect.
Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are both brilliant as Brick and Maggie Pollitt, respectively. Not very often is there a screen couple that have the same chemistry together that they do.
Newman, however, steals the show. If you watch "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for nothing else, watch it for his performance. One of the greatest actors of all time, Newman showcases how powerful an actor he can be. This is not to say the supporting cast isn't excellent. Burl Ives is superb in a supporting role as Big Daddy, a man who's greatest concern is having his legacy live on after him. The sequence with Ives and Newman in the basement of the house remains one of the most incredible displays of acting I have ever seen.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is a very appropriate title. It is a searing, wonderfully acted film that I will not soon forget. I recommend those who haven't seen it yet to rent it as soon as they get a chance. A true classic.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Inquiry into vote buying expands
State police searched the offices of Appalachia's town hall and police department.
A state police investigation into election fraud in Appalachia has reached past the town's 2004 elections and into its town hall, its police department and the homes of its top officials.
Armed with a dozen search warrants, police officers swarmed into the small coal-mining town in far Southwest Virginia on Monday morning to seize potential evidence from government buildings.
No charges have been filed. Court records indicate that authorities are looking into suspicions of both election fraud and the government corruption that it spawned.
Among the claims: that some votes were bought with promises of cigarettes and six-packs of beer, that absentee ballots were stolen from voters' mailboxes and fraudulently cast, and that one of the candidates for the town council went on to head the town police department, now suspected of illegally seizing drugs, money and property.
"It was a very disturbing discovery today," special prosecutor Tim McAfee said after a day of police searches. "We've got pre-election misconduct, we've got Election Day misconduct, and we've got post-election misconduct."
In addition to seizing evidence from the town hall and the police department, authorities also raided the homes of a town council member, the police captain and the mayor.
The investigation will even reach into the mouths of six suspects, with police planning to take saliva swabs that will be compared to DNA recovered from the envelopes that contained dozens of disputed absentee ballots.
Nearly two years ago, town resident Christina McKinney sparked the probe when she complained that family members of Andy Sharrett, one of seven candidates running for the council, enlisted her to vote by absentee ballot -- only to take her ballot from her mailbox and cast it in her name.
McKinney said she and other residents of her government-subsidized apartment complex were offered cigarettes, beer and even a bag of pork skins in exchange for their votes.
When authorities checked out her story, "what stuck out like a neon light flashing was the fact that there was not just one incident, but there were probably 60 or 70 voters where it looked like something had happened," McAfee said.
Since then, the election probe has led authorities to look into the town's police department.
"The investigation into the election fraud claims by many voters has revealed a conspiracy by a lot of individuals to violate the election laws, with one of the goals being to allow the creation of a police department that was controlled and would permit certain illegal activities to occur," McAfee said.
Search warrants identify police Capt. Benjamin Surber, who was once a candidate for the town council.
Shortly before the 2004 election, Surber withdrew from the race and supported a slate of three candidates that included Sharrett and incumbent councilman Ben Cooper. Both Sharrett and Cooper were elected; the new council then named Cooper mayor.
Not long after the new council took over, Surber was named police captain, the de facto head of a five-man department that has no chief, McAfee said.
Search warrants executed on Surber's home and police headquarters show that authorities are interested in examining the workings of the department since May 2004.
The warrants authorized police to seize records related to Surber's hiring and other personnel issues. Authorities also were looking for paperwork involving drug arrests, search warrants, the use of confidential sources, seizures of money and property, and the work schedules and mileage claims of individual police officers.
Evidence uncovered Monday indicates that drugs were often seized without proper warrants or record keeping, McAfee said, and that there is little accounting for what happened to it afterward.
In addition to the police department, authorities are focusing on what happened in the Sharrett home on Lee Street.
Councilman Andy Sharrett shares the home with two family members implicated in the search warrants. His father, Owen "Dude" Sharrett, is head of the town's parks and recreation department. His mother, Belinda Sharrett, is a bookkeeper at town hall.
The warrants seek saliva samples from all three Sharretts, in addition to various records and paperwork that might have been in their home.
Cooper's home also was searched Monday, and he and Surber will be required to submit saliva samples.
Police also are seeking DNA samples from two other people, and McAfee said the investigation could extend beyond the six people named in search warrants executed Monday.
A 60-page affidavit that details what investigators have found to date -- and which convinced a judge that there was sufficient evidence to issue the 12 search warrants -- remains sealed in Wise County Circuit Court. What's known is that authorities are investigating the following crimes: voting more than once in the same election, theft of ballots and other voting records, aiding or abetting in the violation of absentee voting procedures, and hindering a citizen's right to vote -- a charge that has been used to allege vote buying.
Nearly 20 percent of the votes cast in the town election were by absentee ballot, nearly four times the state average.
McAfee said he might be ready to seek charges by the end of February. But that could depend on whether state police continue to discover illegal activity they were not aware of, as happened Monday.
"We're going to investigate everything," the prosecutor said, "because we can't trust any of it."


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Ondo Gubernatorial: Weighing Jegede’s worth – Debo Ikuesewo-Akinbami
“Even now that the nation’s economy is stressed, Ondo state is desirous of a good strategist to manage her economy. Jegede seems to be more serious and sure of this theme than other contestants. His shrewd handling of matters of governance especially economy at forums and in the media assures electorates of his determination to prove some points. He is rapidly becoming a household name here in Ondo state. Having been given repeated chance to be listened to, what has he been saying? He says our economy needs to be brought back alive. This is obviously the most salvaging information that has been distinguishing him from the pack.”
Above gauge is of the person and pursuit of Eyitayo Jegede, the Akure-born legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who delved into politics and gained great impression with a personality that bears luck and luster.
But certain elements are missing in Eyitayo Jegede. Though he was Ondo State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for over seven years, he got involved in political dealings and discusses, yet he possesses less political traits, those common with political actors. He talks less. He lacks the loquacity that usually adorns political conveyors and conversations. He makes the least promise. He lacks the I-will-do anything –for-you approach of a veteran political singer. He says it how he sees it. He lacks the capacity for coloration, a big skill for tricks in political deeds. He identifies with all, lacking little pomposity, irrespective of social or economic factor. But he’s unusually loved.
The other day, he was warmly received by the Southern electorates, greeted with applause, similar to the dosage he has received consistently at the home front, then he spoke, of his purpose and pursuit. He had categorized them into three and got the audience salivate for it. He betrayed the cheering crowd, telling them the same thing, the same time, in three times. Jegede said his first priority is economy, the second, economy, and the third, economy. Unusual speech. Even with words, he proves the uniqueness that is putatively his; he has done strange paint. Little wonder his popularity soars.
And his resolve to improve the state economy reverberates. The ubiquity of the nation’s economic ailment that beats its fragments hard didn’t spear Ondo state. The people are concerned about panacea; they want a hand that can handle and heal. Since good and a well-managed economy will bring remedies close, his words found good audience. He argues that when the state gets its economy right, the good legacies of the present administration will be preserved, others will be added anew; the state will maintain its facilities and provide more for constituencies. He said investors will be encouraged with clement policies to come do business, up government purse and absorb employable youths. He assures the working population of good welfare once the economy receives healing, and his words seem to be winning minds.
Eyitayo Jegede is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State. He won the love of the party with a stellar personality and performance; he won the thumb of the incumbent governor, the man many have described as enigma for his dexterity and distinctions in political transactions, Rahman Olusegun Mimiko, who completes unprecedented two-term as governor of Ondo State ends by February 2017. He is winning the love of the people too. Despite being a candidate whose name is appearing anew on the state’s political radar, his persona as candidature has arguably sprouted more debate than others. While some say that his scorecard as a former Attorney General is opening doors for him, others believe his magic is a personality that matches credibility with humility. He appears more like a man made for this time.
His party, the Peoples Democratic Party, seems to have decided a good one by choosing a man armed to the teeth with will; by fielding a man who combines integrity with correct cognitive content at a time when it seems to matter more. It makes the electorate’s burden lighter where and when a political platform gives the people a candidate who knows his onions; who knows more, knowing just what the most important challenge of a people is and knows where and when to sooth; whose words weather worries and restores hope.
As the state progresses with its programmes of electioneering, as parties push promises to people and puncture persons with political pontifications, as candidates canvass and convince curious electors, efforts should be made to filter messages and figure out the facts. It is the nature of this season to come with alluring variety, the people live with the benefits of their decision, good or doom.
The concerned citizen, with whose words I opened this piece, concludes thus, “Only discerning minds can see tomorrow from today. The economy that is badly affected needs a saving hand to achieve efficient governance and ensure productivity. Jegede knows where exactly to tackle issues. To that extent that he is the only one talking about what the people like to hear as the solution to our problems. I am convinced that the dude will put up a good show.” Ondo can get it right, one hopes!


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The owners of the Lancaster Way Business Park in Witchford have been granted planning permission to expand the development.
Grovemere Property applied to East Cambridgeshire District Council earlier in the summer to build nine new business units – which, it said, could bring up to 50 new jobs into the area.
The new facilities will serve as ‘start-up’ units for fledgling business.
Architects told the district council: “Business growth will help create a diverse and buoyant economy, and the development of this site for a range of employment uses will assist developing a diverse range of employment opportunities.
“There is currently a lack of suitably sized ‘incubator’ units on the business park. The proposals will therefore ?ll this gap and ensure that small start-ups can develop and expand into larger businesses, whilst remaining on the business park.”
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The plans won the backing of the City of Ely Council and were approved this week by planning officer Abigail Taylor.
She said: “The design of the buildings and the proposed site layout reflects neighbouring developments and accords with the overall character of the site.”
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The Finale Concert of ROCO’s Inaugural Season featured works by Derek Bermel, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Ravel, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Conducted by Christopher Zimmerman, and featuring bass baritone Timothy Jones in the Bermel, the concert was performed on May 6, 2006, at The Church of St. John the Divine in Houston, TX.
ROCO In Concert: May 2006
2005-2006, Adagio, Afternoon of a Faun, Baritone, Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor, Debussy, Derek Bermel, Flight of the Bumblebee, Fugue, Haydn, Houston Premiere, Inaugural Season, Mother Goose, Mozart, Natural Selection, Prelude, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Season Finale, Season One, Soloist, Suite, Symphony, Timothy Jones
Saturday, May 6 2006, 5:00pm


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Heatcraft has also built in alerts to notify users when cylinders are due for leak testing. Alerts also notify when cylinders are due to be returned, reducing the risk of cylinders being invoiced as lost.
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Whether discussing wealthy students from suburban counties or impoverished students from other parts of the state, the Pennsylvania legislature has only recently prioritized supporting schools to meet the needs of students with trauma. This Comment addresses how the Pennsylvania legislature can better equip schools to address the needs of traumatized students. Section II begins with a general overview of trauma and trauma-informed practices and then evaluates the ways that schools address or ignore this problem both in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Section III provides examples of legislative efforts to address this serious societal problem and analyzes how legislation from other states could guide Pennsylvania’s legislature in the necessary amendment of current legislation to meet the needs of traumatized students. These efforts could improve the educational opportunities for all students—not just those who have suffered traumatic experiences.
Brittany R. Steane, M.S.Ed. is a J.D. Candidate, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2021.

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It wasn't a movie - but that don't mean it wasn't good
This was indeed not a film. It was in fact an episode of the old TV dance show "Shindig" that AIP basically took over and did a half-hour long story to plug the upcoming release of Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.
It's quite a bit different from the film, but the basic concept is the same - Dr Goldfoot (Price) has built a line of lovely girl robots including the delicious Susan Hart.
Interestingly, Vincent Price explained in an interview many years later that in its original form, Dr Goldfoot was supposed to be more of a musical. Songs that tied into the plot would have made it more like what Rocky Horror would do many years later. The songs were cut from the script (and assumedly never recorded) but a lot of them showed up in this little episode. It's a neat look at what might have been for this classic.
The short (for lack of a better term) is available on a DVD called "Vincent Price-The Sinister Image" that is basically a long-form interview with Price, where he discusses his whole career. The Weird Wild World of Dr. Goldfoot is on the disk as an extra, but it's the main reason I bought the disk.

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California law updates its COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave requirements for 2021 to include time off for vaccines
In March 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 95 that reinstates and expands the state's COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) requirements that, under AB 1867, expired on December 31, 2020.
Unlike AB 1867 that supplemented the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and therefore applied only to employers with 500 or more employees, SB 95 covers all employers, both public and private, with 26 or more employees. SB 95 also expands on the qualified reasons for leave and the methods for determining SPSL leave compensation. (See EY Tax Alert 2020-2461 for more information on AB 1867.)
The law is effective March 29, 2021 and remains in effect through September 30, 2021. Although employers were not required to provide SPSL until March 29, eligibility is retroactive to January 1, 2021, meaning that covered employees who took qualifying leave between January 1, 2021 and March 28, 2021 can request payment for any unpaid leave during that period. If the law expires while a covered employee is taking this leave, the employee can finish taking the SPSL they are entitled to receive.
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A covered employee who is considered full-time or who worked or was scheduled to work an average of at least 40 hours per week in the two weeks before the leave is taken is entitled to 80 hours of SPSL; however, if active firefighters are scheduled to work more than 80 hours in the two weeks before the SPSL is taken, they are eligible for as many hours as they were scheduled to work up to a maximum of $511 per day or $5,110 in total.
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The door to the Captain's cabin was open. Several pirates were gumming with occasional teeth at Thomas. Even Willy had stopped circling the mast, and stood with the crate on his back, watching. The ship creaked as she crested a wave, and something small fell off and splashed into the water on the starboard side.
"Misterr Blue," came the voice from the cabin, "if I step out of this cabin to find ye, ye're bait."
The pirates gummed wildly. Clutching the ledger, Thomas hurried across the deck to the cabin. He stumbled across a coil of rope, almost pitching into Willy. Looking up, he saw a smile spread across Willy's great slab of a face. The sun glinted off his teeth. They had points.
"I didn't choose Death, I didn't choose Death" Thomas recited under his breath as he passed Willy and scurried into the Captain's cabin. It was dark inside, but the room had a large table in the center around which stood several figures, backlighted by the windows at the stern of the ship. Thomas squinted.
"Close the doorr," the voice said, and Thomas hurried to comply. The back of the door had a head hung on it.
"That one chose Death," the coarse-filed voice said. "Har-har-harr-harrr." There was a general chorus of rough laughter as Thomas, feeling rather like a sheet that has finished drying and just been shaken out, turned back around.
There were five men standing around the table. Shank was one of them, his greasy blonde hair tied behind his head, and his wire-rimmed glasses glinting in the cabin's horizontal slashes of light. Next to him was a bald man, heavily muscled and covered in tattoos. His arms and head were a mass of blue and black swirls, as though he had been attacked by a swarm of opium-crazed calligraphers.
Across the table from Shank and the tatooed man were a pair of men of similar height who could not have taken a more opposite approach to decor and, it appeared, hygiene. The one farther behind the table was in a blue jacket that even in the dim light shone like silk; around his neck was a tremendous white lace ruffle, and his hair was pulled up atop his head in a style Thomas had only seen during his short stint as a gardener for Governor Gyrlie.
The man next to him had several small moths in his wildly disheveled hair, and his shirt was even worse. It appeared to be only held together by the many stains that decorated it. In contrast to the dandy, who had fixed Thomas with a cold and appraising eye, the tattered man appeared not to have noticed him; his eyes wandered gently around the room, following no obvious pattern.
And directly across from Thomas was a man who could only have been the Captain. Thomas' first impression was that the Captain had the most impressive beard he had ever seen. It was Thomas' second impression, too - that's how large the beard was. It reached from the man's nose to his belt, and covered the bulk of his torso in a breastplate of dense black hair. It was a beard that ruled over other beards, and ate them.
Then Thomas realized how short the Captain was. He had just agreed with his subconscious that he would absolutely, totally ignore this fact, when the Captain addressed him.
"Ye'll be Tom Blood, then," came the voice from somewhere inside the imposing bulk of beard. Despite the Captain's standing at least a foot shorter than Thomas ("Shut up! Are you trying to get us killed?" cried his subconscious), the voice still gave Thomas the willies. Not least because it could give Thomas to Willy. But it also was the sort of voice that one expected to be followed by screams and cries for mercy. It was the kind of voice that had been created to prove that really, really bad things were not always preceeded by loud noises.
Thomas swallowed. "Er, it's Thomas Blue, sir."
There was a sound very much like "THUNK", and Thomas noticed that something was cutting his cheek. The cabin was silent, all the men save one (who was now slowly but very thoughtfully picking his nose) looking at Thomas. Thomas carefully leaned his head left, and looked. Sure enough, a foot-long dagger was embedded in the head on the door. Thomas felt something wet on his cheek.
"That wasn't a question, Misterr Blood," said the Captain. "I can't have the men wonderin' about yerr stupid last name. So I've changed it forr ye." The Captain was staring at him. Thomas realized he hadn't seen the Captain blink since he had entered the room. His eyes were so black that the pupil couldn't be discerned from the iris. It was like looking into a well.
Thomas resisted the urge to touch his cut. It had begun to sting.
"Um, thank you, sir?"
"Yerr welcome. Shank tells me that ye've agreed te be ourr new purrserr."
"Um, yes, sir?"
"Good. I like the Leoparr's accounts to be current." His eyes flickered to Shank, who flinched. "And legible." He looked back at Thomas. "Yerr bunk is with the officerrs." Gesturing at the tattooed man, he said "This is Misterr Trouble, the gunnerr. Shank and Willy ye know already. This," he said, indicating the man in the blue jacket, "is Mr. Tenia, ourr bosun. And that is Jack Candy, the carrpenterr."
At the top, the beard split, as the Captain grinned a manic grin.
"He's. Totally. In. Sane."
Thomas' mouth was open, but it made no sound. What could you say? Even "Ah." seemed somehow too committal. The Captain kept grinning at him.
Happily, Tenia came to his rescue. Sort of.
"Wehl, Meestair Bloahd, Ah 'ope you last longair zan ze last pur-sair we 'ad. Meestair Wee-lay was bozaired by hees snor-ing, and pulled hees tongue out of hees, how you say, abruti?"
"I, ah, I don't snore."
"Ah 'ope not."
Thomas swallowed again, and found some courage cowering in some little corner of his stomach. "Well, ah, it's a pleas-, a pleas-, ah, nice to meet you all."
"Yarr," said Trouble, and nodded at him, not unkindly. Tenia sniffed. Jack Candy sucked a finger, and began to draw on his shirt.
"Well," said the Captain, "Now that we'rre all mates, let's get to business. Tom, me lad, you've joined up at just the right time." He gestured at the dozen charts unrolled on the table. His eyes glinted.
"We'rre going treasurre hunting."
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Man To Be Sentenced In SUNY Albany Dormitory Student Rape
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 26-year-old man convicted of raping a SUNY Albany student as she slept in her dorm room is scheduled to be sentenced.
A jury convicted Franklin Casatelli of Guilderland of multiple charges including felony rape and second-degree burglary in December. He faces up to 25 years in prison when he's sentenced on Monday in Albany County Court.
Prosecutors say Casatelli broke into the 19-year-old woman's room at Stuyvesant Tower in October 2016. He wasn't a student. The woman told police she woke up to Casatelli sexually assaulting her in her bed.
Police say Casatelli unlawfully entered another student's room before the assault.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (10/8/14)--Oct. 24 is the deadline for credit unions to submit their third quarter 5300 Call Reports to the National Credit Union Administration. After Oct. 24, credit unions could be assessed a civil money penalty for non-compliance.
The NCUA began fining credit unions that file late call reports this year.
The 2013 third quarter saw more than 1,000 credit unions miss the filing deadline and, according to NCUA Chair Debbie Matz, a large percentage of those filers were "chronically late, repeatedly filing after each quarterly deadline throughout the year."
"Such late filing impacts NCUA's ability to conduct effective off-site supervision and delays the release of quarterly industry data to the general public," Matz wrote in a Letter to Credit Unions.
Going forward, credit unions filing reports late can be subject to civil money penalties. Each quarter, after the agency determines which credit unions missed the deadline, it assesses each case if there were extenuating circumstances, such as a natural disaster, or incapacitation of key employees. Without extenuating circumstances, a late filer is likely to be fined.
The problem of tardy filing has improved significantly since last year, but the NCUA has said it wants full compliance.
In the first quarter of 2014, 104 credit unions missed the deadline, and 62 were eventually fined a total of $57,750. The agency reported 75 credit unions filed late reports in the second quarter and has not released the final number of credit unions that will ultimately end up paying civil penalties.
Use the resource link below to access an NCUA video explaining the online submission process for 5300 Call Reports.


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A loose chimney leads to a gritty, exposed ridge. This climb is not in the 1992 Vogel Guide. Rappel off from the top.
on a separate formation to the west of Bronto Rock
a few pieces of gear
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Peyronie's Disease is located on the north side of the tallest spire at the west end of Bronto Rock, not really a separate formation. A Hex (medium to large) toss into the slot above the initial face protects the moves up and onto the ridge really well.


Ethiopian PM rejects 'interference' ahead of surrender deadline
Addis Ababa: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday said he rejected international "interference" in Ethiopia's affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital.
Abiy, the winner of last year's Nobel Prize, late Sunday gave the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender, an ultimatum rejected by the leader of the dissident northern region, who has said his people are "ready to die" for their homeland.
As the clock ticked down, the UN Security Council held its first meeting on the three-week old crisis, with particular concern for civilians in the regional capital Mekele. - Reuters


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I can’t remember when I first fell in love with books but I know that it was early, and that I fell hard.
I read all through elementary school. I sat at my desk, a book tucked on my lap, and as the rest of the class learned fractions and state abbreviations, I paced my way through the Little House books and “Little Women.” I still can’t divide fractions but if I close my eyes, I can envision the cabin by the woods in one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books.
My own houses have always been filled with books. In fact, I have very little furniture but I do have bookshelves. My idea of a perfect living room includes a sofa, a soft rug and bookshelves jammed into every available space.
So of course I resisted buying a Kindle. I wanted little to do with eBooks. I was sure that nothing could compare to the heady feeling of opening a new book (a new book!), burying my head inside and sniffing the scent of the ink. Of the words.
Then my sister bought me a Kindle for Christmas and brought it up when she visited Alaska in February. I opened it, held it in my hands. I thanked her, and then I set it down. I willfully forgot about it. I was scared, you see, scared it might rob me of my love for books
My Kindle lay on the coffee table for almost a month before I picked it back up again. I downloaded a few books and, one night as I staggered to bed so late that it was almost morning, I smuggled my Kindle under the covers, dimmed the screen and read.
I read for over an hour and really, it was like being a kid again and reading with a flashlight beneath the covers. There was that same fugitive feeling of mystery, that same awed sense of wonder as I sank down inside another world.
Since then, I have been reading like crazy, reading two to three books a week. My work schedule is still friggin’-damned-busy and since I write and edit all day at my job I’m not writing/editing my own work to the extent that I’d like. Instead of stressing out about this, I pull up my Kindle and read. I might not be able to write much during this small phase of my work life but I can keep up on my reading, can devour books, can see what works for other authors and what doesn’t, can examine writing styles and plots, character development and voice.
What I love the most about reading eBooks, though, is that it’s prompted me out of my comfort zone and over to genres I normally avoid such as sci-fi and fantasy and historical novels. When a book costs 99 cents a pop, it’s hard to resist, even if it doesn’t match my normal tastes.
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