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July 15, 2018 Editorial Cartoon
Author David WillsonPosted on July 15, 2018 October 8, 2018 Categories Island Life, Politics, Weekly Editorial CartoonTags life, Palm Beach Theater Guild, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Royal Poinciana Plaza, theater, Up Markets, Volunteer Task ForceLeave a comment on July 15, 2018 Editorial Cartoon
2017-2018 Best of Season cartoons
Author David WillsonPosted on May 6, 2018 May 6, 2018 Categories Island Life, Politics, Weekly Editorial CartoonTags Donald Trump, End of Season issue, Gail Coniglio, life, mayor, Palm Beach, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Royal Poinciana Plaza, season, Tom BradfordLeave a comment on 2017-2018 Best of Season cartoons
February 18, 2018 Editorial Cartoon
Author David WillsonPosted on February 18, 2018 March 3, 2018 Categories Island Life, Weekly Editorial CartoonTags '79 Agreement, Bill Metzger, life, Palm Beach Town Council, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Royal Poinciana Plaza, task force, theatreLeave a comment on February 18, 2018 Editorial Cartoon
October 22, 2017 Editorial Cartoon
Author David WillsonPosted on October 22, 2017 November 1, 2017 Categories Island LifeTags business, life, outdoor events, Palm Beach, Royal Poinciana Plaza, zoningLeave a comment on October 22, 2017 Editorial Cartoon
'The Royal' a smart marketing creation?
Earlier this month, during a Palm Beach Town Council meeting, Mayor Gail Coniglio asked Up Markets' Samantha David if they had changed the name of the Royal Poinciana Plaza, because she'd seen it referred to as "The Royal" several times in correspondence.
Ms. David explained to the mayor that they hadn't changed the name, but some of Up Markets' tenants were having difficulty pronouncing "Poinciana," so they offered the option to refer to the plaza as "The Royal." Coniglio countered by saying she'd be happy to work with those who were struggling, which led to last week's cartoon of Coniglio conducting a class with a group of merchants, teaching them how to pronounce the word.
David's explanation of tongue-tied tenants sounded a bit far-fetched at the time — a gambit to keep the council out of her marketing decisions. It seemed to me like a ripe opportunity to poke fun, but upon thinking more about, I have realized that the premise of my cartoon didn't take the digital age into account. Mea culpa. So let's dive into that.
Marketing has changed fundamentally, as I illustrated in my July 17, 2016, Palm Beach Daily News cartoon during the Pokémon Go craze.
In this world of hashtag marketing on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, it's possible Up Markets brand-marketing wizards weren't just out to create a haughty moniker that puts on aristocratic airs. The spelling of "Poinciana" might actually be a real issue, regardless of whether it's matter of poor skills or just big thumbs on a tiny keyboard.
First, there's the number of letters involved. When a dialogue balloon from a friend comes up in your messages app asking, "Where are you," what would you rather have to type on that tiny screen keyboard "The Royal Poinciana Plaza" or "The Royal?" Worse, if you're all thumbs, spell check might just tell your friend you're in "Point Slope."
And if you're marketing on social media, you're one letter away from viral disaster with #TheRoyalPoincianaPlaza. Obviously, #TheRoyal is going to be much less prone to strand your special offer in social media oblivion.
Then there's artificial intelligence. I'm sure you'll agree that sometimes Siri more resembles that old 1950s-era Magic Eight Ball toy than actual intelligence with her non sequitur answers. Do you really want to trust her to spell "Poinciana" for out-of-towners on Apple Maps?
Mayor Coniglio and other council members were aghast that Up Markets would play fast and loose with the historical name of the plaza. But in a town that already has "The Biltmore," "The Colony," "The Breakers" and so on, maybe "The Royal" isn't such a bad idea after all.
Author David WillsonPosted on October 22, 2017 November 1, 2017 Categories Island LifeTags Gail Coniglio, life, marketing, mayor, Palm Beach Town Council, Royal Poinciana Plaza, social media, The Royal, Up MarketsLeave a comment on 'The Royal' a smart marketing creation?
Author David WillsonPosted on October 15, 2017 November 1, 2017 Categories Island Life, PoliticsTags Gail Coniglio, life, marketing, mayor, Royal Poinciana Plaza, The Royal, Up MarketsLeave a comment on October 15, 2017 Editorial Cartoon
March 26, 2017 Editorial Cartoon
Author David WillsonPosted on March 26, 2017 April 10, 2017 Categories Island Life, Weekly Editorial CartoonTags life, noise, opposition, Palm Beach, restaurant, Royal Poinciana Plaza, Taco, town servingLeave a comment on March 26, 2017 Editorial Cartoon
Playhouse a tale of disuse and missed opportunities
Back in 1987, I met with the operators of the Royal Poinciana Playhouse about the possibility of my graphic design studio doing some of their advertising design. When I mentioned that I had attended shows at the Playhouse with my grandmother as a child, they invited me to tour the theater.
I didn't say anything, but I was shocked at its condition. There were holes in the walls backstage, carpets were loose and threadbare, and the seats and curtains were tattered. It was this inside knowledge that prompted my Feb. 25, 2007, white-elephant cartoon. Little money had been put into the facility in 20 years, and conditions at the theater had deteriorated.
The 878-seat Playhouse continued to operate sporadically throughout the 1990s until the Kravis Center put the final nail in its coffin. It has sat empty and mainly been a bone of contention since 2004.
That contention has been between the property owners and theater enthusiasts who would love to revive theater on the island, but haven't been capable of doing so. A succession of owners have sought viable theatrical tenants, but ultimately had to face the reality of a deteriorating building that would cost more than $15 million to refurbish, just for starters.
To muddle matters further, a clause in a 1979 agreement between the town and the Royal Poinciana Plaza broadly asserts that the Playhouse building can only be used as a theater. The agreement specifies that the Town Council can amend it, but no council has been willing to touch the theater clause. In fact, the council went in the other direction in 2008 and landmarked the entire Royal Poinciana Plaza, theater included.
Ironically, the best opportunity to rejuvenate theater on the island was rejected by theater advocates in 2010. Sterling Palm Beach made a magnanimous offer to build a new 340-450 seat, state-of-the-art theater and set up an endowment for it, in return for being able to tear down the Playhouse and redevelop the waterfront. The editors of the Palm Beach Daily News backed this plan that would have had the extra benefit of an increased public waterfront. But the Palm Beach Theater Guild turned up its nose at the gift and joined forces with anti-development opponents, who objected to 30 residential units that were included.
Don't get me wrong. I've been an actor, a set designer and a stage manager. Both of my adult children have performing arts careers, and my wife volunteers at the Maltz Jupiter Theater. We are all nuts about theater. But there should be a distinction in Palm Beach between reviving theater and the Playhouse building, which is a white elephant inhabited by a ghost.
It seems that today's Playhouse advocates mostly just gripe about new businesses in the plaza taking away seat allocations and parking spaces from their ghost audience. Maybe the council should consider a hard deadline for serious, well-funded theater proposals. If none materialize, then take a realistic look at rescinding the theater clause of the 1979 agreement. Let the property owner run its own business, even if it means putting the old pachyderm out of its misery.
Author David WillsonPosted on March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 Categories Island LifeTags life, Palm Beach Theater Guild, Palm Beach Town Council, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Royal Poinciana PlazaLeave a comment on Playhouse a tale of disuse and missed opportunities
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Author David WillsonPosted on March 13, 2016 March 19, 2016 Categories Island Life, Politics, Weekly Editorial CartoonTags cartoon, Del Friscos, Palm Beach, restaurant, Royal Poinciana Plaza, Sant Ambroeus, town council, variance, Willson, zoningLeave a comment on March 13, 2016 Editorial Cartoon
Playhouse passions eclipse theater
Some supporters of the Palm Beach Theater Guild are very passionate people. There have been several occasions in the last year where my family members got an earful after mentioning they're related to the Palm Beach Daily News editorial cartoonist.
My kin understand that controversy comes with the territory. So do I. But I was dismayed to learn that my cartoons about the Royal Poinciana Playhouse have led some to believe that I am against theater in Palm Beach. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In actuality, I have been a stage manager, art director, set designer and actor, as well as involved with founding a regional theater in North Carolina. I donated a stage set and did other volunteer work for the Music at Eight and Palm Beach Festival series in the '70s, and I also specialized in entertainment advertising for The Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theater and, yes, the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in the '80s.
My two kids would not have grown up backstage, on film sets, doing cabaret and studying on Broadway if I'd been cynical about the performing arts. Both of them are performers and principals in theater companies today.
It was these theater experiences, which included both the artistic and the business side that led me to see the handwriting on the wall for the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in one of my earliest cartoons, shortly after the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts opened.
Not only did the venerable Playhouse lose audience share, but also the mammoth Kravis fundraising campaign initially sucked support coffers dry for many local arts organizations.
But that doesn't mean that theater is a thing of the past in Palm Beach. I've seen vibrant and stable theater organizations grow out of grassroots beginnings, and have come to some conclusions about what is necessary for success.
First, the core organization must contain skilled thespians led by an experienced impresario. Second, the community must be arts-oriented and offer a critical mass of theatergoers. Third, a strong support group of financial patrons are essential. And finally, a successful stage facility is often subsidized by the largess of the property owner and support of community organizations and local government.
William Cooley has said he wants to devote full time effort to finding a viable theater organization for the Playhouse — more power to him. His success would provide the primary ingredient.
No doubt, such a tenant would have a passionate support group in the Palm Beach Theater Guild. Regrettably, their passions seem to have been myopically focused on saving the antiquated Playhouse building to date. Their confrontational tactics have, ironically, done much to alienate the property owner and local government, both of whose support will be needed for any future success.
Vilifying others over a difference of opinion won't take us a step closer to theater on the island. But with cooperation and all the necessary elements in place, I believe Palm Beach can enjoy its own theater again.
Author Sara E. SkinnerPosted on February 15, 2012 Categories Island Life, PoliticsTags actor, cartoon, director, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Theater Guild, Patrick Flynn, Playhouse, Royal Poinciana Plaza, stage, theater, town council, Willson


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9.1.2. Oxygen sensor
9.1.3. Sensor of position of the camshaft, frequency of rotation and provision of a bent shaft
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9.1.5. Sensor of provision of a butterfly valve
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9.1.9. Control of the cooling system fan
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Fig. 9.1. Control system of the Fenix 5.1 engine: 2/14 — the system relay of the engine; 3/1 — the ignition switch; 4/1 — the block of system management of the Fenix 5.1 engine; 6/13 — the fuel pump; 7/15 — the heated sensor of oxygen (HO2S); 7/21 — the RPM meter (RPM) of the petrol engine;
7/22 — the sensor of absolute pressure in a collector (MAR sensor); 7/23 — the sensor of temperature of cooling liquid of the engine (EST); 7/24 — the sensor of temperature of entrance air; 7/25 — the sensor of provision of a butterfly valve; 7/26 — the sensor of a detonation (KS); 7/27 — the sensor of position of the camshaft; 8/2 — the regulator of idling (IAC); 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9 — nozzles; 8/12 — the valve of a purge of the coal filter (SR); 10/51 — a precautionary lamp of temperature of exhaust gases; 11/2 — the block of safety locks in passenger salon; 24/20 — the 22-contact socket of a plait of passenger salon (C), a plait of a compartment of the engine (A) (gray); 24/23 — the 22-contact socket of a plait of passenger salon; 24/27 — the 12-contact socket of a plait of a compartment of the engine
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 15, 2007) - Paul N. Wright, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eldorado Gold Corporation ("Eldorado" the "Company" or "we") (TSX:ELD)(AMEX:EGO), is pleased to announce the results of the pre-feasibility study and preliminary economic analysis of the Vila Nova Iron Ore Project (the "Project") in Amapa State, Brazil.
Eldorado can earn into 50% of the Project by fully funding the first US$8 million of project capital, and then 50% of the capital requirements beyond the first US$8 million. Total capital for the Project has been estimated at US$16.3 million.
The Project has received all necessary permits required for construction, and it is anticipated that the deforestation and mining licenses will be granted during the first half of 2007. The decision whether to proceed will be made during the first half of 2007. The expected construction period will be approximately one year.
The pre-feasibility study ("Study") was managed and prepared by Roberto Costa Engenharia Ltda. of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Study was based on an expanded mineral resource for the Project. The new mineral resource included the results of an additional 9 drill holes and extensive metallurgical test work (material analysis). The metallurgical testwork was done at Miguelao Technological Research Center, which is owned by Mineracoes Brasileiras Reunidas S.A. (a company controlled by CVRD, the world's largest iron ore producer). The new data allowed most of the Projects mineral resources to be classified as Measured and Indicated resources (See Figure 1 and Table 1).
The Study used a conservative case for iron ore prices. To generate the economic pit shell an average price of US$40/tonne of product was used which represents an approximate 27% discount to 2006 average prices for iron ore. The economic analysis in the Study used US$55/tonne of product, approximately equal to 2006 prices. (Recently, CVRD has negotiated a price increase of 9.5% over 2006 prices for 2007.) Sufficient mine engineering and metallurgical test work has been completed to permit declaration of Proven and Probable mineral reserves for the Project (Table 1). The Company continues to receive expressions of interest from third parties to purchase future production and is in negotiation to access the local railroad and port facilities.
Resources and Reserves for the Vila Nova Iron Ore Project are presented in Table 1.
87% of ROM ore is recovered and sold as lump ore and sinter fines following crushing, screening and concentration at the minesite.
The maximum general corporate tax rate in Brazil is 34%. However, Eldorado has significant tax loss credits from its Sao Bento operation and we are currently reviewing the availability of these credits as a way to reduce the tax burden at Vila Nova Iron Ore.
As illustrated in Figure 2, the open pit bottoms in well defined indicated resources. The thickness of the ore zone in the pit bottom averages 13 meters, with a maximum of 25 meters. Eldorado is currently reviewing alternatives to increase the extraction of this resource, including the possibility of underground extraction utilizing a shallow ramp access.
Stephen Juras, Ph.D., P.Geo., Manager, Geology, is the qualified person under whose direction the mineral resources were estimated. Roberto R. Costa, an independent mining engineer and principal of Roberto Costa Engenharia Ltda., directed the mine engineering and metallurgical testwork of the Project.
Eldorado is a gold producing and exploration company actively growing businesses in Brazil, Turkey and China. We operate the Sao Bento Mine, Kisladag Mine and Tanjianshan Mine. With our international expertise in mining, finance and project development, together with highly skilled and dedicated staff, we believe that Eldorado is well positioned to grow in value as we create and pursue new opportunities.
The terms "Mineral Reserve", "Proven Mineral Reserve" and "Probable Mineral Reserve" used in this release are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects under the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council on August 20, 2000 as may be amended from time to time by the CIM. These definitions differ from the definitions in the United States Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") Guide 7. In the United States, a mineral reserve is defined as a part of a mineral deposit which could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time the mineral reserve determination is made.
The terms "Mineral Resource", "Measured Mineral Resource", "Indicated Mineral Resource", "Inferred Mineral Resource" used in this release are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National Instruction 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects under the guidelines set out in the CIM Standards. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
For a detailed discussion of resource and reserve estimates and related matters see the Company's reports, including the Annual Information Form and FORM 40-F dated March 23, 2006 and technical reports filed under the Company's name at www.sedar.com.
Note to U.S. Investors. While the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource," "indicated mineral resource", and "inferred mineral resource" are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, they are not defined terms under standards in the United States and normally are not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. As such, information contained in this report concerning descriptions of mineralization and resources under Canadian standards may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S companies in SEC filings. With respect to "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" there is a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and a great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It can not be assumed that all or any part of an "indicated mineral resource" or "inferred mineral resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves.
Certain of the statements made herein may contain forward-looking statements or information within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and forward-looking statements or information within the meaning of the Securities Act (Ontario) . Such forward looking statements or information include, but are not limited to statements or information with respect to unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual events, or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward looking statements. Specific reference is made to "Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form and Form 40-F dated March 23, 2006. Forward-looking statements herein include statements regarding the expectations and beliefs of management. Such factors included, amongst others the following: gold price volatility; impact of any hedging activities, including margin limits and margin calls; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, between actual and estimated reserves, and between actual and estimated metallurgical recoveries; mining operational risk; regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulatory restrictions and liability; risks of sovereign investment; speculative nature of gold exploration; dilution; competition; loss of key employees; additional funding requirements; and defective title to mineral claims or property, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form and Form 40-F dated March 23, 2006. We do not expect to update forward-looking statements continually as conditions change and you are referred to the full discussion of the Company's business contained in the Company's reports filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and the U.S.


"Your call is important to us. Please continue to hold." Have ten more aggravating words ever been uttered? If you're fed up with doing time in customer-service limbo, take heart: Some startups are trying to take the cuss out of customer support by providing free online workarounds.
Fast Customer: This sparsely designed, straightforward site could not be simpler to use. Find a company in the list of more than 3000, click 'Have them call me', enter your phone number, and go about your business. A representative will call you back. You won't get a call until an actual conversant human being is on the phone, so no more navigating time-consuming phone trees or entering account numbers only to be shuffled back into a queue. The site lists a wait-time estimate before you send your request, so you have an idea of when to expect a call.
Fast Customer's company list breaks out subcategories, such as "Dell: Tech Support" and "Dell: Customer Service," so you can direct your call appropriately. It has a forum for user comments and feedback, as well, plus apps for iOS and Android. You can also use the service via text.
LucyPhone: Can you guess how this site got its name? Think acronyms: Let Us Call You. It works in much the same way as Fast Customer. Select a number from the list or enter a toll-free number if you have it, and click Start; Lucy will call you back and patch you through.
You'll probably still need to navigate the phone-tree jungle; if you are put on hold, however, you can press "**" ("##" on Google Voice) to leave a message for the agent who takes your call, or you can leave a call-back number. Once an agent is on the line, Lucy will call you back. A mobile version is available for iOS and Android.
GetHuman: Although GetHuman can connect you to the appropriate customer service department (courtesy of LucyPhone), it also offers an extensive collection of all the methods to contact a company, including phone numbers and email addresses for various departments.
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It's worth noting that companies are starting to offer their own callback services. For instance, Google's Play Store has a "Click 2 Call" option for some product categories: Fill out your name, phone number, and a brief description of the issue and the product it involves, and an agent will call you back.
Research your problem thoroughly first. Try googling the issue, or search the company's customer forum.
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What is it about flowers? It's hard to put it into words, but we can all feel the benefits they bring to an event, whether it be the subtle accent of a bouquet of daisies around a sign, which directs you to your seat, or it is a grand centerpiece on your tabletop. Fresh flowers always brighten up your celebration. Please enjoy the galleries, below, of ceremonial decor, table tops, tent decor, and some especially fun accents.
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Tabletop treatments are created for the reception and can range from country stoneware to mercury glass to vintage silver, to contemporary glass, to tall elegant trumpet vases. Create your own individual look by choosing from among our many unique containers or vases. We fill each piece with fresh and luscious blossoms and the use of anything from our amazing collection is complementary!
For the Altar or other focal point, one or two pieces are created in our collected vessels or one-of-a-kind stands. The aisle or chair flowers are finished with fresh flowers tied with tulle, satin, burlap or other fabric. Ceremony Garden Arches can be adorned with fresh greens & flowers or fabric.
These floral accents can be found at the ceremony & on the cocktail & reception tables, flowers placed on the cake; maybe draped across the Bride and Groom's chair backs; or an antique flower cart filled with an overflowing abundance of floral color; even flower accents for the cars.
We love creating atmosphere in tents! Whether it's chandeliers with fresh flowers or tent poles bedecked with floral treatments, lighting, and more elaborate decoration, the tent is a great foundation for an installation to showcase your vision.


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Kitchen skirmish: Top Chef was a gastronomic battlefield of epic proportions and Chef Ilan Hall was crowned the winner of season 2. Now he's back with his own take on a culinary cook-off, but with a fun casual twist. He opens up the kitchen of his restaurant in downtown LA after opening hours, to host two different chefs every week as they compete to make the best dishes from mystery ingredients. A crowd gathers to watch the battle with bated breath and beer in hand, while a host of celebrity judges get to sample the spoils. The adrenaline heats up when the stoves do as the chefs race against the time limit of just one hour. The prize? Nothing but bragging rights and a fun night out. Knife Fight is for all fans of friendly competition and genuinely good grub.
Ilan Hall is one of the most innovative young chefs of our time. Best known for winning Season 2 of DIVA's Top Chef, he is also owner of The Gorbals in downtown Los Angeles. Now, he's the host of Knife Fight, a gritty new cooking competition show on the Esquire Network, featuring after-hours cooking bouts between Ilan's chef friends in The Gorbals kitchen. Ilan's culinary influences are as varied and far-reaching as the obscure ingredients the contestants on his show are cooking with. The child of Scottish and Israeli immigrants with roots in Eastern Europe, Ilan was exposed at an early age to foods in Europe and the Middle East, as well as South America and Asia.
A born and bred New Yorker, Giovanni Reda spent his early years in the midst of a gregarious Italian family in Brooklyn, where he first experienced his love of food, comedy and skateboarding… three things which would be the defining elements of his future professional success. His reputation for a unique eye and understanding of the sport grew and he began to shoot some the world's best skateboarders. Freelance opportunities with such international publications as Transworld Skateboarding, Thrasher Magazine and Skateboarder began to occur. By 1996, he was a senior photographer for Transworld, and an international name in the skating world.


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Mercury trines the North Node, as he moves ahead.
The Moon moves from LEO to Virgo.
We have the shape of things to come.
it took me ages to post this, much resistance from the sky.
The New Moon in Crab showed us how.
How does it look, now that it's no longer theoretical?
some appear the size of Montana with the tenacity of a stubborn stain.
by the end of July, it's no longer standing.
but here you still are, reading this, and Kansas was so very dull.
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30 Years! We are very excited this year to offer a 2018 CF-MOTO 400 4-Wheel Drive ATV, as our grand prize, this will be a huge event. All Around Power Equipment of St. Johnsbury, VT has teamed up with us to offer this exciting prize. The Brookfields' Lions Club wish to thank All Around Power Equipment for working with us to make this 4-Wheeler available to you as part of our derby. Thank you to everyone who has helped support our ice fishing derby classic over the years. Remember that we have a one fish per category per ticket rule. You can look at the success it has had by noticing all the different winners in our fish categories. It spreads out more money evenly. Pleas take the time to read our flyer for our minimum lengths required before bringing in your fish. Our lengths are much larger than the state requirements.
The children's division, which is to age 12, will be under the rule of only one fish per category per ticket. This will also help disperse the prizes out to more children. In the children's division we are going to use the state minimum lengths to assure our awarding all prizes, consisting of "fishing gear". The children will still have to meet the derby minimum lengths tp compete in the adult division. For example, the state requires a 12" bass length for a keeper, while we have an 18" minimum for our derby length. This will allow our young angler who catches a 15" bass to compete for the children division, but it doesn't have the minimum for our derby. If a child brings in an 18" bass, then they would also have a chance for the leader board prize money. The children's derby has a 2:00 p.m. closing to free up some time for the 3:30 p.mp closing of the derby.
CHILDREN'S PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT 2:30 P.M.
Midday Fish Category Leaders - $50 per each category. Get your fish in by noon and have a chance at winning $50 by leading any of the fish categories.
Have Dropped The Minimum Length Of Bass To 18"
Increased The Minimum Length Of Pickerel To 23"
We will have WARE 1250AM broadcasting a live update for the leader board weights. Please listen to this station as they will broadcast hourly updates for minimum lengths to surpass fish already weighed in. This is a tremendous conservation benefit allowing the fish to be released back into their own waters instead of bringing to the weigh station.. The broadcast updates will be from Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. UPDATE OF ALL WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON WARE RADIO 1250 AT 5:00 P.M.
Please take the time to use these services as releasing as many fish as possible, this helps guarantee future possibilities of catching that TROPHY FISH in years ahead. Winners will be posted on our website www.brookfieldslionsclub.org. If you don't have access to a computer, the winners will be sent to all our store vendor locations.
THE TICKET IS STILL GOOD FOR THE 5 MINUTE AND 4-WHEELER DRAWINGS AT QUABOAG POND BOAT RAMP ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26TH. FISH CATEGORIES WILL NOT BE AWARDED THAT DAY.
This derby is a large undertaking by our club. Hundreds of hours are spent each year along with a heavy financial commitment by our club with no guarantee of recouping our investment. Please help support our event by purchasing a ticket ahead of time. The Brookfields' Lions Club depends heavily on this fundraiser to be able to give to our communities. Monies raised will be spent by helping many less fortunate who depend greatly on our contributions. Please remember to get your vehicles off the road, be courteous to our neighbors and pick up after youself and after someone else that may be less conscientious. Have a GREAT day and we'll see you at the boat ramp. Thank You! Good Luck To Everyone. FLAG UP!


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The Ninety-Five Percent Rule
This article was originally published on The Well-Read Man, on July 1, 2013.
Normal is normal most of the time
It's been a tough few weeks for race relations. The news media issues hourly reports from the trial of George Zimmerman, a Hispanic man, for his shooting of a black youth, Trayvon Martin. Paula Deen stepped away from some important butter-and-mayonnaise recipes to defend herself against the use of the "N" word and other racially demeaning remarks. And New York mayor Michael Bloomberg made headlines with a comment about how police stops of the city's citizens should focus more on minorities.
For those who see in American society the racist foundation on which the country was built, these recent events should come a breath of fresh air. The day has arrived when the stupid old racist white men who dominate this nation are finally being exposed for the wretches they are, and the veil that hides their slavery-loving activities is being drawn back to reveal the true nature of this country.
What a crock of white racist bird droppings.
America—the post-Civil Rights Act America that I grew up in—is not racist. The nation has moved on from its Jim Crow days, and racial harmony and integration are the new normal. If you doubt what I'm saying, well, you are in the minority, part of a tiny cadre of people who can't let go of their anger at the wrongs committed by people who died more than a century ago. For the rest of us, the Ninety-Five Percent Rule applies: Ninety-five percent of the people exist and act in culturally normal ways ninety-five percent of the time.
I'm not saying that there aren't any racists in America. Certainly there are some idiots who still judge people by the color of their skin instead of by Dr. King's character-content standard. But these Neanderthals are in the minority, a paltry five percent according to the rule, and hopefully much less. I'm also not saying that the ninety-five percent is automatically holy and righteous. Sometimes "culturally normal" is tainted, as in the Deep South of the early nineteenth century, when even non-slaveholders derided their African-born brethren.
Despite these qualifications, the Ninety-Five Percent Rule is good news for those who bite their nails each time a news story reports how some famous chef or whatnot lets loose with a racial slur. Is Paula Dean one of the five percent, or is she part of the majority who slipped into one of those dark five-percent-of-the-time events? I don't know enough details of her or the news story to answer that, but whichever it is, it has no impact on the ninety-five percent who live their lives never giving racial concerns a second thought.
The news media loves the five percent. Extreme statements are the stuff of which ad sales are made. Because of this exposure, some news consumers and commentators mistakenly believe that the sins of the five percent are a reflection of the overall population. The five percent can be noisy and troublesome, engaging in behaviors that sometimes warrant government intervention. But as long as they are recognized for the weak and tiny minority that they are, they will remain harmless.
Depending on the topic—racism, homophobia, poverty, employment, voting, or whatever—the exact number might range between ninety and ninety-nine percent, and outside influences, including natural disasters or government intrusion, may skew the numbers for a time. But anyone who tells you that vast populations within American society—races, genders, political parties, and so on—are racist or otherwise evil in significant numbers does so to dull the pain of their own place outside the ninety-five percent.
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'Batman: Arkham Origins' Reviews: Not As Great As The First Two
Warner Bros. Montreal
Highly-anticipated prequel game "
Batman: Arkham Origins" was released Friday, and while critics are giving the game pretty good reviews it'
s clear that the new, earlier incarnation of the Bat is not better than either of the previous two titles in the franchise.
That's not a huge shock. The third instalment of "Arkham" comes not from Rocksteady — which developed the first two "Game of the Year" winners "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City" — but rather from from Warner Bros. Montreal, the studio's two-year-old video game startup.
Here's what people are saying:
It doesn't hold a candle to its predecessors, "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City."
Kotaku:
"Some of the proceedings reek of formulaic thinking, though. Oh, look, it's another sequence where Batman's stumbling around hallucinating because he's been drugged. Oh, look, more guilt-ridden visions. Oh, look, Batman being terse and dismissive of allies. It doesn't matter that this is a prequel and that these moments may be chronologically justifiable. They may meant to be homage but feel like required assignments on a Batman 101 syllabus."
Gamestop:
"Arkham Origins is a deeply predictable game. It gives you exactly what you'd expect in another Arkham game, without doing anything to push the series forward. In the absence of new elements, the tried-and-true free-flow combat and predator mechanics feel routine rather than inspired."
Den of Geek:
"Origins is impressive in many ways, and successfully emulates the previous games, but it has a slightly lesser lever of polish and quality feel. Rather than innovate and push the series, you can't help but feel that the overriding design decisions here were to play it safe, and not upset the status quo, and the game does suffer for it."
A new tool, a more in depth crime-scene investigation case file system, to delve deeper into the psyche of Batman's detective comes up short.
"I had high hopes that this would make investigating crime scenes an involving process that would test my intellect. Unfortunately, it doesn't. You scan evidence to reconstruct the events of a crime and have to scrub back and forth through the reconstruction to track down more evidence to scan. There's some CSI: Gotham City entertainment value in watching the pieces of the reconstructed crime come together, but your role in the process is minimal."
The first game of the trilogy to try out multiplayer, it's a smart idea that isn't wisely executed …
" …The eight-player mode feels like a first draft. Most of the time you're playing a mediocre third-person shooter in which your three-man team competes for territory control points with a rival gang.given the unremarkable shooting mechanics, the multiplayer mode is a novelty that I wouldn't expect to get more than a few sessions out of."
The Joker is as great as ever.
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Every single review we read, praised Troy Baker's version of the Joker. For those familiar, Mark Hamill has voiced the animated clown prince of crime since "Batman: The Animated Series" and in the previous two "Arkham" titles. Baker — known for his work on "Bioshock: Infinite" — steps in with a near flawless rendition.
The bosses are better — or more challenging at least.
Remember how disappointingly easy Bane was to beat in "Arkham City"? He won't be as simple to beat this time around. Deathstroke has repeatedly been thrown around as the most difficult of villains to disable.
"Boss battles are one significant area where Origins feels like it's better than its predecessors. The Bane showdowns — yeah, there's more than one — are less of a goad-charge-dodge-attack endurance affair than in previous games. You feel like you're actually fighting and out-thinking the 'roided-out mercenary rather than reacting to his brute force."
The map is much larger, but that doesn't seem to mean much when the game still feels awfully limited.
IGN and Gamespot point out that even though there's a bigger open world for the Bat to explore, it feels recycled and doesn't seem utilized to its full potential.
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The New York Times, though barely critical of the actual gameplay, makes a great point about the game that other game sites glazed over: We
never get to know more about battered, broken Bruce Waynethan a long-time fan already knows.
"Arkham Origins never makes us understand why the trust-fund orphan Bruce Wayne became Batman, how this seemed like a reasonable decision. Sure, the game explains what happened, in ritual genuflections at the altar of his parents' murder on the city streets. But we never feel his motivation, viscerally, thrillingly, the way we feel the flight of the Bat in the night."
Consensus: If you're a fan of the Bat, you'll enjoy it.
Don't expect to love the game better than either of Rocksteady's previous titles. As Warner Bros. Montreal's first original adult game title in its arsenal (they've put out a Looney Tunes and Scooby Doo game along with a LEGO game) it sounds like they're playing it safe, taking cues from Rocksteady rather than trying to one up them, which is fine — if Warner Bros. strayed too far from the game's roots, there would have been a lot of backlash. However, at the end of the day, the game will be remembered as good, not great and that will hold it back from another "Game of the Year" title.
"Arkham Origins" is available on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC
Check out a trailer for the game:
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Come find your perfect pet match Saturday, Aug. 18. Dallas/Fort Worth animal shelters will join together for Clear the Shelters Day to offer fee-waived adoptions on all adoptable dogs and cats at more than 60 area shelters. Clear the Shelters Day is the largest joint adoption event in Texas and the Fort Worth Animal Shelter will once again participate.
In 2014, 38 shelters participated in the inaugural Empty The Shelter Day event, which found homes for 2,273 animals. Last year, the Fort Worth community helped find homes for 300 pets at the shelter — a record-setting number of adoptions in one day.
Each adoption will include spay and neuter surgery, City of Fort Worth pet license, rabies vaccination and microchip. Adoptions will be free, but fees such as city registrations may still apply at certain shelters.
Summer is the busiest time of the year for shelters, but last year's event emptied several participating shelters and the Fort Worth Shelter had numerous rows of kennels completely empty – providing vital capacity for the next wave of pets that will enter the shelter.


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Picking the MLS award race and the MLS Best XI for 2016
Posted by Harrison Hamm on Nov 2, 2016 13:00
We're in the middle of the MLS Cup playoffs now, but we're also in the middle of award season. MLS released the finalists for their end of year awards and there are fierce debates all over soccer twitter since. Debates about who should win MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and other major awards. I don't have a vote to help decide who actually wins these trophies, but I can give you my opinions. So here we go:
MVP: Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
The MVP race comes down to an elite group of six players: Giovinco, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Sacha Kljestan, David Villa, Ignacio Piatti, and Mauro Diaz. The first four are the players who will mainly contend for the award.
There definite arguments for all of these players. BWP won the Golden Boot; Kljestan finished with an incredible 20 assists (and played a big role in Wright-Phillips's Golden Boot); Villa was right there with BWP in the scoring race; Piatti often single handedly carried Montreal with 17 goals and six assists; and Diaz was the best player on the best team in the league.
But it's Giovinco who wins my vote. The Atomic Ant should repeat as Most Valuable Player. And somehow, Giovinco isn't even a finalist.
Giovinco finished with the most impressive raw statistics of any player in serious contention — with 17 goals and 15 assists, numbers that would be higher if he hadn't gotten hurt for the entire month of September — but the reason he should be crowned as MVP is because of how much he does for Toronto FC. Greg Vanney bases his entire system off of Giovinco's ability to do pretty much everything.
He plays as a second forward next to Jozy Altidore and basically runs around and drags defenders all over the place for the entirety of games. He'll drop back and hit exquisite balls through the channels; he'll fire off wicked shots from every possible angle; he will make creative runs through gaps on the ball and off the ball; and he will sprint past teams on the counter thanks in part to the balance provided by his diminutive stature.
There's really nothing he can't do in the attack. Because of this, he is crucial to everything TFC does.
Other contenders: Wright-Phillips, Kljestan, Villa
Coach of the Year: Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
This might be the award that sparks the most debate out of all of them. Coach of the Year will come down to FC Dallas's Oscar Pareja and Colorado's Pablo Mastroeni, and it is a really tough decision.
Pareja took a team that he built and put it in the best possible position, leading them to both a US Open Cup win and a Supporters' Shield win. Mastroeni coaches a team that he ruined last year but fixed this year to second place in the Western Conference after finishing last in 2015. I love Oscar Pareja and all he's done for FC Dallas, but I have to go with Mastroeni on this one.
Colorado were able to do so well this season because of the performances of players who we never thought would be at the forefront of a Shield-contending team. Players like Sam Cronin, Axel Sjoberg, Mekeil Williams, Michael Azira, and Marlon Hairston were improved greatly by their coach. Mastroeni made a team of journeyman veterans and career substitutes into a well-rounded, defensively dominant club that has a real shot at a trophy.
Other contenders: Oscar Pareja, Patrick Viera
Newcomer of the Year: Nicolas Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders)
I went over the contenders for this award a lot more in-depth a couple weeks ago on LAGConfidential.com, and the conclusion I came to was that Nicolas Lodeiro should be the Newcomer of the Year.
He stepped directly into the Sounders lineup and in late July and immediately put himself at the top of the list for MLS No. 10s. The Uruguayan gave Seattle the chance-creation they never really had and pretty much single handedly drove the Sounders back into the playoffs. For more on Lodeiro, read the article I linked to above.
Other contenders: Jelle Van Damme, Carlos Gruezo
Rookie of the Year: Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders)
It took me a while to decide who I was going to pick for this award. Jordan Morris and Keegan Rosenberry both have such great cases to win this award that it's basically a 50-50 decision.
But it's Morris who I went with, and no, the fact that he plays forward was not the deciding factor. He scored 12 goals this season and kept Seattle afloat long enough in the first half of the season to allow them sign Lodeiro and be able to storm back across that red line. The former Stanford prodigy got himself into goal-scoring positions over and over again, and I think his finishing concerns are way overblown.
Morris finished 10th in MLS in Expected Goals, per American Soccer Analysis, with 13.05. His pace and tactical movement both proved to be valuable elements of his ever-evolving game, and he was a huge threat on the counter-attack thanks to that pace and his ability to run with the ball at his feet. He should be taking Chris Wondolowski's spot on the USMNT permanently any day now.
The case for Rosenberry is considerably less flashy than Morris's. The right-back will almost certainly earn a best XI place (if the formation is four-in-the-back, which it should be) thanks to several important defensive traits: 1v1 defending, run-tracking, passing out of the back, and selectiveness going forward. He played every minute of every game — the only other players to do that were goalkeepers Luis Robles and Joe Bendik — and managed to continue to be elite at the above criteria every match, some games better than others.
The reason Morris wins is mainly because 1) Rosenberry hit a sharp decline at some points later in the season and 2) Philly's defense was never all that good, and Rosenberry was not a difference-maker. Morris was a difference-maker, and by the way, he made an appearance in all 34 games, starting 32. That's why he should be Rookie of the Year, if only by the slightest margin.
Other contenders: Rosenberry, Jack Harrison, Brandon Vincent
Defender of the Year: Matt Hedges (FC Dallas)
This is another award that has no clear-cut answer. There are a variety of contenders across the league for this award, and they all will probably get plenty of votes.
Matt Hedges is the best of them, though. He is arguably the best in MLS in the air, he can defend 1v1, he can cut off passing lanes with the best of them, and he is a better passer than most give him credit for. He can exploit space in the back and advance play forward, and he almost never makes a mistake. Hedges is a well-rounded center back who has proven himself to be the best in the league.
His teammate, Walker Zimmerman, is among those who also has a realistic shot at the award. It's even possible that they both make the best XI.
Jelle Van Damme of the Galaxy is a similar player in that he is elite in the air and can dribble the ball up the field like a midfielder. He will also have a chance, as will Drew Moor, Axel Sjoberg, Rosenberry, and Justin Morrow.
Other contenders: Zimmerman, Van Damme, Moor, Marshall
Goalkeeper of the Year: Jake Gleeson (Portland Timbers)
I don't think Jake Gleeson will be voted Goalkeeper of the Year because Andre Blake and David Bingham appear to be the players getting the vast majority of votes, but I think he should win.
Stepping into the Timbers lineup in mid-April after Adam Kwarsey went down with a finger injury, Gleeson ripped the job away from the incumbent Kwarsey, who ended up being sold Norwegian club Rosenborg. The New Zealander certainly should be the top player in his national team's pool, especially given their keeper's error-prone performance against the US in an October friendly.
Gleeson has struggled dealing with set pieces at times and has made a couple of crucial mistakes (most notably against the Whitecaps on May 7), but more often than not, he's stood on his head.
He's made too many incredible diving saves to count, and his reactions are among the best in the league. He is fearless coming off his line in 1v1 situations, he has strong hands, and he has saved a number of points for Portland.
Other contenders: Blake, Nick Rimando, Luis Robles
Comeback Player of the Year: Kevin Molino (Orlando City SC)
Coming off of a devastating season-ending ACL tear last year, the Trinidadian-international has had a magnificent season for Orlando City, putting up 11 goals and 8 assists in a free-roaming attacking role.
Molino is a dynamic, skillful attacker who excels in 1v1 situations and is getting increasingly good at coming up with that final ball. He's a deserving winner, but there aren't a whole lot of candidates for this award.
Best XI (4-4-2):
GK: Jake Gleeson
RB: Keegan Rosenberry
CB: Matt Hedges
CB: Jelle Van Damme
LB: Justin Morrow
CDM: Osvaldo Alonso
CM: Sacha Kljestan
LM: Ignacio Piatti
RM: Sebastian Giovinco
FW: Bradley Wright-Phillips
FW: David Villa
The only player who isn't playing the correct position is Giovinco, who is a second striker for TFC, but I'm sure he can just as easily play on the wing.
Best XI No. 2 (4-4-2):
GK: Andre Blake
LB: Ronald Matarrita
CB: Drew Moor
CB: Walker Zimmerman
RB: Harrison Afful
CDM: Carlos Gruezo
CAM: Mauro Diaz
RM: Diego Valeri
LM: Joao Plata
FW: Dom Dwyer
FW: Ola Kamara
I know Diego Valeri plays in the middle, but he deserves a spot, and there weren't any wingers who were going to take it from him.
Rookie best XI (4-4-2)
GK: Andrew Tarbell
LB: Brandon Vincent
CB: Jonathan Campbell
CB: Joshua Yaro
RM: Alex Muyl
LM: Jack Harrison
CM: Tsubasa Endoh
CM: Julian Buescher
FW: Jordan Morris
FW: Fabian Herbers
It was a good year for MLS rookies. It says a lot about this crop of rookies that you can make a full best XI made up of only first-year players.
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Joanna R. Turpin
When we asked technicians to tell us why they are leaving their jobs, we were surprised by the sheer number of responses we received, not to mention the emotionally charged answers we received from many.
As can be expected, the reasons why technicians are leaving their jobs are varied. One of the top reasons for leaving, however, is money. Technicians feel they're not being paid enough, either directly through salary or indirectly through benefits, such as vacation, medical insurance, holidays, and sick days.
Contractors say that's just not true, stating that technicians are making a great wage at $15 or $20/hr, and many also receive medical and retirement benefits.
One contractor, who wished to remain anonymous, says the problem is that technicians are just too greedy, and they expect too much from an industry with a very thin profit margin.
A consensus may never be reached on this issue, but both sides have some very interesting things to say.
More pay, less pressure
There's no doubt that technicians have a high-pressure job, and especially in the peak months of summer and winter, when they must battle the elements to reach numerous customers whose air conditioning, heating, or refrigeration equipment is on the fritz.
The pressure comes from on high (management) to service as many customers as possible — and the pressure also comes from the customers, who always seem to think that their situations are more critical than anyone else's.
Many technicians feel the pay is not commensurate with the amount of pressure they must deal with on a day-to-day basis. One Glen Rose, TX technician (who wished to remain anonymous) says that he's frustrated mainly because of the lack of pay and benefits, but the pressure is also getting to him.
"My current position has [a lot of] pressure to complete work and not enough emphasis on correcting the a/c problems. [My employer] needs to understand that some a/c problems are time consuming, and you just can't 'add more charge.'"
Rhonda Patterson, operations manager for Fowler and Sons Inc., Raleigh, NC, agrees that stress can be an issue. "Refrigeration is much more demanding than hvac. We do both. The after-hours calls are too much. [Technicians] can go to a strictly hvac company and make the same money with less hours and stress."
Another technician from Sioux Falls, SD, left the industry entirely after being a technician for more than 10 years. He says he would've been happy to stay in the industry if his employer offered "more cash and more benefits.
Bev Bauer, co-owner of Bauer Comfort Center (pictured here), Cissna Park, IL, says their technicians work between 40 and 50 hrs a week.
"I thought this business would follow suit with the automotive industry. It has not done anything except go backwards in the last 10 years, so I got out."
Chuck Musaraca, currently in process controls and instrumentation at Argonne National Labora-tory, Argonne, IL, is another former technician who said goodbye to the industry. "The reason I got out was lack of benefits. There were no sick days, no real paid vacation, no paid holidays. The other thing was that the work was seasonal. Sometimes I'd only be bringing home $125/week."
Musaraca notes that in his current position he receives four weeks of vacation, 18 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. "Everyone's complaining that they can't get any qualified technicians. Well, why would I want to work for you for $15 to $17/hour out in the heat or cold, when I can go work somewhere else, like in a factory, and make the same amount of money, plus get a benefits package?"
And when technicians speak up to company owners about money issues, things can get worse.
Thomas Collins, a technician in Esko, MN, says that he asked his employer why some of the new people were only making $0.08/ hour less than he was when these people weren't EPA certified technicians and they had no oil burner experience.
The response: "One owner has not said anything to me for almost four weeks since I said something about the pay situation."
Contractors are frustrated
Contractors are also upset over technicians complaining about pay issues.
One contractor in the Chicago area says, "We're frustrated with the attitudes of people. Technicians want to work the hours they want to work, they want off when they want off. They want the big money and all the benefits without taking any risks."
This contractor notes that heating and air conditioning prices haven't increased significantly like automobiles and other items. "But technicians think you're making a killing. They want what we have, but they don't want to work for it.
"If they want to go into debt, go out on a limb, and pay all the taxes, that's OK. But they don't want to do all that. We're the ones who make the middle-of-the-night and holiday calls."
Bev and Sam Bauer, owners of Bauer Comfort Center, Cissna Park, IL, also work a lot of long hours. Bev Bauer says their technicians work between 40 and 50 hrs a week and don't work Sat-urdays unless something unusual happens.
"My husband is the one who works 70 to 80 hours a week. He works with the men during the day, sells at night, puts away inventory, fabricates sheet metal on the weekends, and catches up on paperwork whenever possible."
The Bauers started their contracting firm in 1977 and worked out of their home until they were out of debt. It took a long time, but they finally were able to build a new building three years ago. "Now we're back in debt, but we're not afraid, because we've got a good customer base," says Bauer.
Money is always a touchy issue. Whether you're a contractor or a technician, it's obvious there are big differences in what each thinks constitutes a fair wage and benefits package.
There's no real right or wrong side to the problem; however, it would be great if both sides could work together to come up with an equitable solution.
Next week: Is it really the money, or is it respect in general that hvacr technicians are seeking?
Sidebar: Summer review targeted for ventilation standard
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Design guidance for controlling odor in indoor spaces where smoking occurs is described in a proposed addendum to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' (ASHRAE's) indoor air quality standard.
ASHRAE Standard 62-1999, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, addendum 62o is one of four addenda approved for public review at ASHRAE's 2000 Annual Meeting, held here June 24-28.
The addendum calls for providing additional ventilation for smoking-allowed areas, and provides guidance on how to determine the amount of additional ventilation over what would be provided in a similar non-smoking area, according to committee chair Andrew Persily.
Other Standard 62 addenda approved for public review include:
62t, which clarifies requirements related to condensate management, including drain pan design, carryover from cooling coils, and access for inspection and cleaning;
62u, which relates to the control of ventilation systems, specifically system controls to ensure adequate ventilation whenever buildings are occupied and under any load conditions; and
62y, which classifies air with respect to contaminant and odor intensity, and limits the recirculation of lower-quality air into spaces that contain air of higher quality.
The addenda are expected to be announced for public review this summer.
For more information, contact ASHRAE at 1791 Tullie Circle N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329; 800-527-4723 (U.S. and Canada only); 404-636-8400; 404-321-5478 (fax); www.ashrae.org (Web site).
Sidebar: Don't discount education
Another benefit that many technicians would like to see offered more regularly is education. An anonymous technician from Macedonia, OH, says that he entered the field so that he could work on state-of-the-art equipment. But his former employer would only send the "young bucks" to school and let them work on the new equipment, then complain when these employees left for a dollar more an hour.
"They said it was too expensive to send me to school and pay me to learn, so they sent the kids at one-half my rate in order to save a buck." This technician has ended up leaving the industry altogether.
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Joanna Turpin is a Senior Editor. She can be contacted at 248-786-1707 or joannaturpin@achrnews.com. Joanna has been with BNP Media since 1991, first heading up the company's technical book division. She obtained her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Washington and worked on her master's degree in technical communication at Eastern Michigan University.


im really mad i was just about to end the artikel than my computer froze just done now i gotta write it again and same pertanyaan as last time. 17 atau trunks.
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hope yall like komentar youre answer to the pertanyaan who she sould choose Trunks atau 17. please komentar ur answer i cant choose.