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On June 27, 1990 a wildfire started near the intersection of Highway 154 and Painted Cave Road. When it was all said and done the Painted Cave Fire had burned 5,000 acres, destroyed 427 buildings and killed one civilian while she was trying to flee the wind driven fire along San Marcos Pass Road. The following year the East Bay Hills fires near Oakland, California killed 25 people, destroyed 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units. These fires caused fire officials across the state to reassess their communities' risk of wildland fire.
In 1996, Montecito Fire Chief Herb McElwee introduced several local individuals to a group in Sacramento that was creating a funding mechanism for wildfire hazard reduction and education to assist local groups statewide. The overall objective was to strengthen the bond between the fire services and the private sector through community organizations statewide. Chief McElwee felt residential community leaders had information which was important for fire authorities to hear and the government had the resources to expedite funding for dealing with the ongoing threat of wildfire in the wildland urban interface areas of Santa Barbara County. And so, in 1997, the Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council was born with the same mission it has today; to promote wildfire safety throughout Santa Barbara County through education and action.
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PROVIDE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE COMMUNICATION
The Fire Safe Council meets once a month at the Office of Emergency Management in Goleta. Every other meeting includes a presentation from an expert on local issues such as fire ecology, fire behavior, vegetation management, habitat restoration, infrastructure improvement, weather services, and emergency planning. The goal of the meetings are to provide relevant information to the local citizens and offer a platform for community members to become part of the solutions to the challenges fire poses to our wildland urban areas.
VIEW PAST FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS
SUPPORT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLANNING
Fire Safe Councils have always been successful in receiving funding through state and local grants. Recently, the council has focused a large portion of our funds towards the creation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP's). CWPPs represent the best opportunity to address the challenges of the wildland urban interface in a way that brings about comprehensive and locally supported solutions. Through grant funding and leadership, the Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council assisted with the development of the Eastern Goleta Valley/San Marcos Pass CWPP in 2018 and in 2020 received funding for the Gaviota Coast CWPP.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CWPPS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
CREATE FIRE ADAPTIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH MITIGATION ACTIONS
The Fire Safe Council offers residents an avenue to learn from professionals on how best to mitigate the threats of wildfire to their individual properties. These avenues include the "walk and talk" program where local fire officials walk neighborhoods with residents to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation actions. These recommendations include "hardening" methods to the structures themselves, ways to increase individual defensible space zones, and opportunities for community level fuel breaks. The Fire Safe Council will help neighborhoods coordinate community chipping days as well as guide them through the process to become a recognized FireWise USA site.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIREWISE USA PROGRAM
JOHN AHLMAN - PRESIDENT
John is a retired City of Santa Barbara Battalion Chief. He was born and raised in Santa Barbara attending all local schools and began his firefighting career In 1965. After a season with the Los Padres National Forest Hotshot crew he was drafted for the Vietnam War. Upon his return he resumed his career with the U S Forest Service. Later, he worked for Montecito Fire Protection District and then moved on to the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department where he retired after thirty five years of service. John has been a member of the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council since 2010.
TED ADAMS - VICE PRESIDENT
Ted moved to the Painted Cave area from Coyote Road above Montecito not long after the 1964 Coyote Fire. Soon after the move he became involved in community administration as a Director of the Painted Cave Mutual Water Company. In 1977, Ted organized the Wildland Residents Association including the neighborhoods of the mountain communities of San Marcos Pass. In 1997, he became a director for the newly formed Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council and has remained involved ever since. Today, he continues to work promoting community cooperation and disaster preparedness through these organizations and a weekly radio program on AM1290 which he co-hosts on disaster preparedness. Ted has been a part of the Fire Safe Council since its conception in 1997.
NIC ElMQUIST - SECRETARY
While attending UC Santa Barbara, Nic Elmquist began his career as a seasonal wildland firefighter for the Sequoia National Forest in the summer of 2000. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies he gained a permanent appointment with the Forest Service in 2002. He returned to the central coast in 2007 as a Captain for the Arroyo Grande Hotshots on the Los Padres National Forest. While with the Forest Service, Nic worked on many of the notable local fires and held positions in both the fire and ecosystem management programs. In 2018, Nic accepted his current position as a Wildland Fire Specialist for the Montecito Fire Department. His work entails developing partnerships with District residents and neighboring jurisdictions to mitigate wildfire hazards and reducing risk within our local communities. Nic is a Fire Behavior Analyst for California Incident Management Team 15 and assists with instruction at the National Advanced Fire and Resource Institute in Tucson, Arizona. Nic was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board as its Secretary in 2018.
KEVIN VARGA - TREASURER
Kevin grew up outside of Pittsburgh, PA. He joined the Marine Corps after high school and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA. During his five year enlistment, he served one tour in Afghanistan. Afterward, Kevin went to college at Colgate University in upstate NY. While there, he spent four years in the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department and Fountain Fire Company #1. He majored in geology and geography, which allowed him to study and do fieldwork in Ecuador, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Galapagos Islands. Upon graduation, Kevin worked as a wildland firefighter on an engine crew out of Eureka, NV. This experience helped him realize how much help the American West needed in terms of dealing with wildfire and drought. He decided his next big goal would be to attend graduate school. Before doing so, he spent time as a zero waste coordinator, handyman, brewery server, substitute teacher, and Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. After applying to a handful of schools across the west, Kevin was accepted by UCSB into the Geography Department to study wildfire weather and ecology. He currently works with Charles Jones and Leila Carvalho on projects that identify vulnerable wildfire areas and model wildfire spread. Kevin was selected as Treasurer for the Fire Safe Council in 2020.
Ray Smith Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus, retired from the University of California Santa Barbara. He has an S.B. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956) and a PhD in Physics from Stanford University (1961). After retirement he has devoted considerable time as a volunteer for the Mission Canyon Association, a homeowners association in southern Santa Barbara covering 1,122 acres with roughly 1,200 homes. The initial goal of the MCA (formed in 1948) was to "secure adequate fire protection" and improving fire safety within the canyon has been a continuing concern. As its president, Ray led MCA to work with County Fire to write the Mission Canyon Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) which was approved by the County Board of Supervisors in July 2011. Ray currently serves as the Chair of MCA's fire committee and was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board in 2010.
ROB HAZARD
Chief Hazard began his fire service career in 1988 with the U.S. Forest Service working on the Los Padres Hotshot Crew. He was hired as a firefighter with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department in 1998, promoted to Engineer/Inspector in 2002, Fire Captain in 2006 and Battalion Chief/Deputy Fire Marshal in 2016. Chief Hazard was a lead academy instructor for Wildland Firefighting and a member of the SBCFD Wildland Steering Committee. He has represented SBCFD on multiple teams and committees including the USFS Region 5 California Incident Management Team 7 and is currently a member of the local Type 3 Incident Management Team (XSB IMT3). He also is a Board Member of the FIRESCOPE Predictive Services Specialist Group. Chief Hazard is a 5th generation Santa Barbara native. Chief Hazard currently holds the rank of Division Chief and is assigned as the County Fire Marshal. Chief Hazard was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board in 2014.
MAX MORITZ
Max Mortiz, Ph.D, is an adjunct professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a statewide wildfire specialist within UC Cooperative Extension. Much of his research is focused on understanding the dynamics of fire regimes at relatively broad scales and applying this information to planning and management of fire-prone landscapes. He has used a number of different spatial approaches to quantitative analyses of fire history patterns, stemming from his early work on chaparral shrublands in the Santa Barbara region. Max was elected to the Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council Board in 2012.
PHIL SEYMOUR
Phil Seymour is a retired attorney with 32 years of practice in environmental and land use law. After graduating UCSB in 1974 and before graduating law school, Phil served for 10 years as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service, including five years on the Ojai Hotshots, one year on the Tanbark Helishot crew on the Angeles National Forest, and three years as the first crew boss for the Sundowner contract crew. Phil has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council for four years, and served as the appointed SBCFSC representative on the Development Team for the San Marcos Pass/Eastern Goleta Valley Mountainous Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan. He is also currently active with the Wildland Residents Association, the animal rescue organization Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter (BUNS), and with the Mountain Ember Team in his home community of Painted Cave.
PAUL VAN LEER
Paul has been a Ranch and Farm manager for over 36 years. He has been both a farm bureau director and past president. He also spent years as a Gav-Pac committee member to help craft the Gaviota Coast Plan, and is an active member of the County Agriculture Advisory Committee. In his current position as the manager of Las Varas Ranch, he has had three major wildfires threaten his ranch in 2008, 2016, and 2017. He has always been proactive in protecting the ranch, its livestock, and crops, through building and maintaining fire breaks, staging a dozer, and has firefighting equipment at the ready during the season. He has managed and resided on the Las Varas Ranch on the Gaviota Coast for the last 21 years. Paul was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board in 2018.
JOAN HARTMANN
Joan Hartmann, Ph.D., J.D. has been serving as a Santa Barbara County supervisor representing the 3rd District since 2017. Before that, she served for three years as the Third District County planning commissioner. The 3rd District stretches from Isla Vista to Guadalupe, including the Gaviota Coast, Burton Mesa communities and the Santa Ynez Valley. Her policy priorities include transitioning to renewable energy; promoting community wellness through parks, trails, and bicycle infrastructure; and developing greater community resilience to withstand emergency conditions. Joan began her career in the academic world, serving as Director of the Public Policy Program at the Claremont Graduate School; Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Government at Oberlin College; and later as adjunct professor of Environmental Studies at USC. She has also worked for several federal government agencies including the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. EPA, Region 3. She helped found the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, a novel public-private partnership to restore coastal Southern California wetlands and watersheds. She spearheaded the Buellton Urban Growth Boundary initiative which requires a vote of the people before the City can expand its boundaries, the first such initiative in Santa Barbara County. She also advised the Goodland Coalition which successfully campaigned for a similar initiative in Goleta. Joan has lived in Santa Barbara County part-time since 1999 and full-time since 2004. She served for six years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care. She also served on the Wildling Museum's Board of Directors, the Fund for Santa Barbara's Grant Making Committee, and the Santa Barbara Foundation's LEAF Advisory Committee. Supervisor Hartmann was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board in 2019.
JOHN POWELL
John Abraham Powell, known as "Abe" to his friends, was born in Stanford, California and raised in Santa Barbara. Abe graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1987 and attended Vassar College, graduating in 1993 with a BA in Philosophy. He worked at Skate One Corporation until 2000, when he founded Solforce, a solar energy company, which he ran for 17 years. On January 28th, 2018 Abe, his wife Jessica Powell, PhD and three friends co-founded the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade to coordinate a community response to the disastrous Montecito debris flow of January 9th. Since that time, over 3000 volunteers have shown up to help dig the community out and to build resilience in Santa Barbara County. Abe has served as President of Get Oil Out and the Mountain Drive Community Association as well as being a Mountain Drive volunteer firefighter. Abe currently serves as the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, is a Director of the Montecito Fire Protection District and is a Trustee at the Santa Barbara Middle School. Abe was elected to the Fire Safe Council Board in 2019.
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Can I Register a Protest Over My Waec Result?
Often the question of whether or not you can register a protest over your examination result arises. You will need to understand the rules and procedures regarding protests in order to ensure your rights are protected.
Examining board
Usually, examiners are assigned in small groups, with each group being supervised by a Team Leader. The Team Leader will be responsible for Waec expo making sure that all marks awarded by the examiners are properly recorded.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) is an examination board that has been in existence since 1952. Its purpose is to determine examinations that are important to the public in English-speaking West Africa. It conducts the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and awards certificates that are comparable to those awarded by international examining bodies. The Council also conducts examinations for universities in the five English-speaking West African countries.
The Council has also established an International Committee, which is responsible for harmonizing the national views on WAEC policies. The committee handles matters affecting all member countries.
The West African Examination Council also publishes Chief Examiners' Reports. These reports contain useful feedback to schools to help them prepare for the upcoming exams. They are available for purchase at the Council's offices nationwide.
Using WAEC expo past questions is an excellent way to prepare for your exams. You can find answers for all subjects, and they are free to use. You can also find past questions for other exams, including JAMB. You can find all of these in an app on your computer or Android device.
WAEC is an examination board in Nigeria that awards certificates. These certificates are similar to certificates from other examining authorities around the world. WAEC is responsible for preparing candidates for these exams, and they have recently launched an e-learning portal. The e-learning portal contains resources for all of the subjects approved by WAEC.
WAEC expo past questions are useful for students preparing for any level of WASSCE, as well as private GCE candidates. These past questions are designed to help you identify the topics you need to learn, and the ones you have a good understanding of.
The questions are also designed to give you an idea of how the exam will be run. In addition, the instructions on the heading will give you tips and pointers on how to approach the questions. It is important to note that not all topics are easy to understand, and you should avoid spending time on topics that you are not familiar with.
Despite the fact that the Waec Expo is currently in full swing, it's safe to say that you'll be in the same room as your peers during the aforementioned exam dates. In fact, you'll be in the same room as hundreds of other candidates who have been waiting in line for days. For this reason, the aforementioned expo is a no-holds-barred opportunity for predators to prey. In this respect, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has decided to take matters into their own hands. In a bid to ensure a level playing field for all students, the Board has decided to levy a fine of N100,000 on any culpable entity. The Board has also advised candidates that they should not fall prey to shady operators, lest they be saddled with a dud result.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board is currently in the throes of an exhaustive investigation. To date, a slew of allegations have been lodged against a handful of rogue operators, including a school in Rivers State that has been on the receiving end of a hefty fine.
Can a candidate register a protest over his examination result
Whether a candidate can register a protest over his examination result at the Waec expo is a question that has been raised. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has conducted relevant exams for students in English speaking West African countries. It is a body that coordinates examinations across the region. WAEC provides feedback on examinations by issuing Chief Examiners' Reports (CERs), which are sold nationwide. These reports help prepare candidates for the exams.
While there are no specific procedures for registering a protest, candidates should contact their school principals. They can also send complaints to WAEC. There are three categories of officials that conduct examinations for WAEC: examiners, supervisors and inspectors. An inspector is a staff member of WAEC who travels from centre to centre during the exams.
Supervisors are nominated by state ministries of education. They are teachers with expertise in a particular subject. They ensure that the correct marks are awarded by examiners and are recorded correctly. Checkers are also employed by WAEC to ensure that all marks awarded by examiners are correctly recorded.
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Sharp Dip in Total Tax Revenues Reveals COVID-19's Impact on Garden State
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JOHN REITMEYER | MAY 14, 2020
NJ Spotlight
Gov. Phil Murphy at the May 13 coronavirus briefing
New Jersey's revenue collections have fallen off the pace for the first time this fiscal year, as taxpayers have been given more time to settle up with the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total revenues were off by about 8% through the end of April, compared with the same 10-month period last year, according to updated tax-collection figures that were released on Wednesday by the Department of Treasury.
For just the month of April, revenues dropped by nearly 60% year-over-year as the pandemic began to take hold, and as the state delayed important tax-payment deadlines in response to the coronavirus.
The slippage was not unexpected as Treasury officials have been warning for weeks that the impact of the pandemic would eventually start showing up in their monthly revenue reports. Even deeper losses may be looming in the coming weeks, they warn, since many of the state's taxes come in with a lag.
Some self-inflicted damage
Some of the revenue damage was also self-inflicted, after Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers enacted legislation that pushed back the typical mid-April deadlines for paying income and corporate taxes to July 15 this year to help individuals and businesses manage any financial problems they may be facing due to the pandemic.
That suggests there could still be a decent tax-revenue windfall looming in July when those payments — which are based on economic activity that occurred in 2019 — will eventually come due.
Still, it remains to be seen just how much of the state's overall tax haul is being lost to the pandemic instead of simply being delayed into July, adding to the challenges the Murphy administration is facing as COVID-19 continues to unfold in New Jersey.
"While we are hopeful that we will see much of the losses replaced when those numbers are reported this summer, these numbers are a sobering reminder that the COVID-19 impact is not limited to the health of our people but also to the health of our state's finances," Murphy said as he discussed the revenue data on Wednesday during a media briefing in Trenton.
Tax collections through the first three quarters of fiscal year 2020 had been ahead of the prior year's pace up until April, when things took a dramatic turn in the other direction.
Dramatically off the pace
For the income tax — which is the state's largest single source of tax revenue — only about $1 billion in revenue came in during April 2020, compared with the $3.6 billion that was collected the year before when the payment deadline was April 15, according to Treasury's latest data.
Corporate business tax collections were also off about 60%, helping to push overall April revenues down by nearly $3.5 billion year-over-year.
But thanks to some of the tailwinds experienced before the pandemic took hold, overall tax collections for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2020 were down about $2 billion. Still, some major tax sources, including the sales and realty-transfer taxes, are remitted to the state with a lag, meaning the April collections may not have reflected the full economic impact of the pandemic and the strict social-distancing measures that have been implemented to slow the rate of infections.
"Because the social and commercial restrictions implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic were only in place for about half the month of March, the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey's revenue collections is still not fully apparent," Treasury officials said in a statement on Wednesday.
Murphy has said in recent weeks that the state's total economic hit from the pandemic could be as high as $30 billion over the next two fiscal years, a huge sum for a state that spends about $40 billion annually. But a new bond disclosure released by the Murphy administration on Wednesday indicated revenue forecasts have been downgraded by a combined $10 billion for remaining months of fiscal 2020 and for all of fiscal 2021. State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio discussed the $10 billion revenue forecast downgrade yesterday.
NJTV News: Interview with State Treasurer on $10B Revenue Forecast Downgrade
A more complete budget outlook is due to be released by the Murphy administration by May 22 under the legislation that extended the tax-payment deadlines and also pushed out the end of FY2020 from June 30 to September 30.
Murphy, during Wednesday's media briefing, said the ongoing budget uncertainty buttresses his call for more help to be provided by the federal government, but it remains to be seen whether a divided Congress can settle political differences that are holding up the latest aid package.
"This makes direct assistance from the federal government all the more necessary, and all the more urgent," Murphy said.
Governor's emergency borrowing plan
The governor has also been urging lawmakers to approve an emergency borrowing plan to help offset the economic effects of the pandemic, although some have raised concerns that it may run afoul of the state Constitution's strict limits on spending and borrowing. Murphy has also said he's considering taking advantage of a new municipal-lending facility that's being offered by the Federal Reserve to help states and large municipalities during the pandemic.
Unlike the Great Recession, which caused huge losses on Wall Street, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested Wednesday that this one appears to be hitting Main Street particularly hard. Nearly 40% of households with incomes less than $40,000 that had employment in February reported job losses in March, Powell said during an online discussion with the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
As New Jersey readies to pass a supplemental spending bill for the last three months of the current fiscal year, and then another spending bill for the nine-month fiscal "year" that will begin in October, a coalition of liberal groups on Wednesday called for lawmakers to consider hiking a number of taxes to head off the need for massive budget cuts that would undoubtedly impact the state's more disadvantaged populations. The groups called for hiking the income and sales taxes, and reinstating an estate tax, among other proposals.
"Austerity will not work," said Sue Altman, state director of New Jersey Working Families. "It will simply deepen inequality."
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The first time that I'm using JSON, and I'm getting a bit muddled. I'm trying to use json.parse but something is going wrong.
You try to use the value returned by $.getJSON, which is not what you think it is. It is not json, but a so called jsXHR-object. This thing offers additional functionality, like the ability to specify a function that gets called when your request fails etc. $.getJSON does not return json directly, because it takes some time to get it, If it would, your script had to wait until your request reached the server, the server collected the requested data and you got the results. You can't know how long that will take, so it's common in web development to provide a function that gets called back when the results are in.
What you actually want to use is the first argument of the success function, which is called json in your case.
In your success handler for $.getJSON, you call $.parseJSON(jsonstuff). As already established, jsonstuff is not json. Even if you used json instead, it still wouldn't work, json has already been parsed for you convenience. You can look it up in the jQuery documentation. So tl;dr: use json.author, json.quote.
but it's good practice to be precise. You probably want to add another div/etc. for the author, where you can use the same code. Remove everything else.
I think the correct way to complete this challenge is using Random Famous Quotes api.
I think the problem is ajax request.
I have trouble how to request.
I found sample code to execute this request in this link.
Oh my, it's miles simpler than I was attempting!!
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In Tuesday 25th/06/2013, Board of directors meeting along with executive, and internal auditing committees were held in Aloula Geojit premises, in which the executive committee reviewed and discussed the progress of the new company strategy, and complemented on the success of the restructuring plan and new products. Internal Audit committee also discussed the development plan for the policies and procedures, and answering the internal audit findings.
Board of directors approved the committee's recommendations and reviewed the CEO's semiannual report and complemented on the efforts being done to improve Aloula Geojit rank in the market.


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Thousands of Malian refugees in Mauritania to be repatriated
Mali, Mauritania and the UN refugee agency signed a tripartite agreement on Thursday for the voluntary repatriation of Malian refugees from Mauritania.
The framework will see the three parties accompany the return of the refugees under safe conditions.
According to UNHCR, there are over 40,000 Malian refugees in Mauritania. The refugees fled the nation in 2012 onwards, due to insecurity in the north and lack of basic administration and social services.
Officials of the Malian Ministry of reconstruction of the North and of humanitarian action have moved to quash fears of insecurity and living conditions. They say that home sites have already been developed for the returnees.
However, many of the refugees are still reluctant because of persistent insecurity.
Northern Mali is home to a separatist movement as well as Islamist militants.
Delays in implementing a peace deal brokered by the UN has led to the strengthening of Jihadists. Islamist militants backed by Al Qaeda still represent the main threat, carrying out a series of attacks.
Press Agencies
Mauritania's new president takes office on August 1, victory validated
Mauritania: Opposition denounces "electoral hold-up" [The Morning Call]
100 foreigners arrested in Mauritania following disputed polls
23 killed in attack on Fulani village in Mali - mayor
Politicians fuel xenophobic sentiments in Kenya, Ivory Coast and Mauritania
UN Security Council extends peacekeeping mission in Mali
Whiles others sit-tight: Niger, Mauritania, Tunisia presidents bowing out


Meadowbrook : Another Saturday and a long weekend.
Another Saturday and a long weekend.
Thank goodness I have a three-day weekend, hopefully a lot of sewing will be going on. I've got big plans, now hopefully they will come to fruition.
Here are my April blocks for the This and That block of the month. We received the finishing kits last month and this quilt is really going to be neat when it is finished.
And of course I've been making more flowers. I did find the yellow glue refills today and this afternoon was spent outside basting more hexagons. I think I need to get started on my Vignette mystery quilt though as the June magazine should be out any day. I certainly never seem to have a shortage of large projects to work on. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend, and hopefully I will be back tomorrow with another update. The sewing machine is all warmed up and ready for some serious sewing tonight. Happy stitching--Kristen.
Hi Kristen, I love your blocks and flowers! You are acheiving lots, I look forward to seeing your next update - no pressure though!!
Kristen, here is a tip I was given to help with comments and it seems to be working for me: "when Google asks you to sign in each time, that if you don't tick "keep signed in" that it should work." Hope that helps!


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1. The prices stated in the offer submitted by the Contractor shall apply under the proviso that the order data underlying the submittal of quotation shall remain unchanged, however, no longer than four months after receipt of the offer by the Customer.
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Our cakes are best stored at -18°C. Prior to use, keep at room temperature for 4-12h.
Shelf life: 9 months or 15 days after defrosting.
Chances are you grew up with Mickey Mouse, or the Ninja Turtles (they've become "teenage mutant" these days). Alongside these all-time classics, today's children are mad for Disney's Frozen, the Minions ("banana!") and many others. It's all about heroes, remember? For this reason, we've selected for you a collection of some of the favourite names in the entertainment industry – reinvented in soft biscuit and chocolatey cream. Recognise them in the pictures below.
Our birthday cakes are designed as an experience, so they're made with the greatest care and attention. We strive for both health and beauty. That's why we don't use artificial ingredients or harmful fats, and decorate each cake by hand to give it the colorful, realistic look that paints smiles on little faces. Our cakes are compliant to IFS standards and made with the highest quality in mind.
You can find our birthday cakes in stores and hypermarkets (keep scrolling for a list and maps). Be sure to follow us on facebook to check out the hottest deals.
You can download a more comprehensive catalog here below (in Croatian). Learn more about usage, features, and how the packaging looks like.
These birthday cakes are currently available in retail outlets in Croatia. For inquiries, larger purchases or to become a partner, contact us today.
Happy Birthday Cake is a new cake from a workshop Fun Cake Factory. Happy Birthday Cake 900g is a cake with nice cocoa and vanilia cream, made with a lots of cear for celebrants off all ages.
We have much more in stock down the pipeline: we will be rolling out many new cakes. We are also working on acquiring distribution rights for many other big names in child entertainment.
So stay tuned, grown-ups and little ones! Our social media profiles are a good place to stay up to date with your kids' favourite heroes (facebook and instagram).
Did you know that 10 out of 10 parents have less spare time than their children? Of course you did. So did we, and that's why we created "Palačinke – made while you say…" Palačinke is the Croatian for pancakes, a treat we love so much in this part of the world but, like most peoples out there, don't have time to make and bake ourselves.
Our formula is simple: 1) make them just like our grandmothers did; 2) deep-freeze them with state-of-the-art technology, 3) let them be enjoyed by those a walk away from the nearest grocery store, and a minute of applied heat away from a delicious treat.
Want to know more? Talk business? Tell us how much and why you love treats?
You can contact us straight away, or learn more about our process and partnership program.


Our client is an expanding manufacturer looking for a proactive Production Co-ordinator to join their busy and fast paced team. Working under the Product and Production Manager you will be co-ordinating with both the Customer Service and the Production teams.
Thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidates applying, if you have not heard back from us within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.


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Peason is a small populated community and sawmill ghost town located on Louisiana highway 118 approximately  east of Hornbeck, and the sawmill ghost town of Sandel, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

The Peavy Wilson mill ran from 1918 to 1929 before being transported to Florida.

History
As the northern lumber began to cut out additional locations were sought. After the railroad came through Louisiana it allowed a way for lumber to be shipped to market. Anderson J. "Jasper" Peavy (A.J.) worked his way up in the lumber industry in Texas becoming president of Peavy-Byrnes Lumber Company, Peavy-Moore Lumber Company, and Peavy-Welsh Lumber Company. In 1916 Peavy received backing, purchased  in Ward 1, Sabine Parish, and went into partnership with Riley J. Wilson, forming the Peavy Wilson Lumber Company. A site was selected in 1917 and construction was completed in 1918. The name chosen for the town was Peason that was an acronym of the first and last names of the partners.

Twelve miles of "tap line" track was laid from Peason to just north of Hornbeck at Sandel (south of Ayers and Gandy) connecting to the Kansas City Southern Railroad and named the Christie and Eastern Railroad. The line went through Davis and the turpentine mill of Shutts. Later the tracks were extended east to connect to the Red River and Gulf Line at Kurthwood, Louisiana.

Peavy made Shreveport his headquarters and home until his death.

On January 9, 2022, a strong EF2 tornado impacted the town, damaging about 30 homes, 10 to 15 of which were heavily damaged or destroyed. Six people were injured, including all five people in a mobile home that was destroyed, some critically.

References

Populated places in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Sawmills in the United States
Ghost towns in Louisiana

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It's not what you know but who you know. When it comes to the art of self-promotion, it can be pretty hard to ignore this old adage. You can have the tidiest 8 week training programmes lined up. You can know the quadriceps femoris inside out. But if you haven't got enough clients to be imparting your wisdom upon, then you've got yourself a problem! Networking is not necessarily something that comes naturally but for trainers, it's central to proceedings. By exploring opportunities within your immediate network of friends or colleagues, opening yourself up to opportunities with the wider world and by pursing your individual passions, my experience tells me you can be well on your way.
It's a big, bad fitness world out there some times. You're up against trainers with years of experience, experts with lists of qualifications as long as your arm and Instagramers with more followers than sense. In the face of such stellar competition, backing yourself to others can be a daunting prospect. So start small. With your immediate network, for example. You've got a valuable personal connection with these people that the experts are unlikely to enjoy. So take advantage! Ask yourself if any of them could do with some training? What about their friends perhaps? You don't have to be forcing your mates to sign up for 20 sessions but equally, you stand to benefit by letting it be known you've got a service worth offering.
Once you've made the most of your immediate network, it's time to think bigger picture. Being on the lookout for opportunities to discuss your abilities can be hard to do. But at the same time, an entrepreneurial streak can be a lucrative quality. I was in the taxi queue at Ikea (other homeware stores are available) last week when I got chatting to a lady in front of me. We worked out that we were heading to a similar postcode so agreed to share a cab home. During out chat en route back, it transpired that she was looking to increase her fitness ahead of a trek to Mount Kilimanjaro. Next thing you know, we've booked in a consultation and we're going for coffee to discuss booking some sessions. That took the edge right off 5 unholy hours lost in Ikea!
An organic way of increasing your network is to pursue your passions. Are you engaged by nutrition for example? Or have you got expertise in a particular sport perhaps? Chances are you do and by letting others know about your knowledge and strengths in this area, you'll immediately begin to build a reputation. And who knows where this might lead? A career in personal training no longer has to mean just training clients for 30 hours a week. By diversifying your portfolio, you're letting the wider world know that you're a busy, interesting and passionate individual, which can only be good for you and your business!
In my role as a mobile trainer for Motivate PT, the majority of clients have general fitness goals. Many clients struggle to work out unless they've got someone there to guide and encourage them. This is really worth bearing in mind. Presumably you're in the fitness industry because you're alive to the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle. This in itself is something that large swaths of the population totally lack. Make sure you let your enthusiasm for your craft shine through as you interact with both clients and other professionals. It's an infectious quality that won't go unnoticed and ultimately, will lead to gaining new clients and just as importantly, retaining existing ones.
No article on networking in the 21st century would be complete without addressing the benefits of social media. If you haven't done so already, it's time to embrace it - in a big way. Twitter, Instagram, linked in - get yourself out there! Document what you're up and let your followers know. Don't be afraid to showcase a bit of personality. And equally, check other people out. Reaching out and starting conversations with people that you find inspiring has never been easier – if they've done something great, why not show them some appreciation? Social media is a great way to build up a base of referrals and positive feedback. So if you've taken a great class, or helped someone achieve their weight loss goals, don't be afraid to get them to back you online.
Promoting yourself can be a huge challenge. But by approaching it on a number of different fronts, it needn't be such a daunting prospect. It can be awkward putting yourself out there at times but it's crucial to have confidence in yourself so that others can clearly see that yours is a service worthy of the investment.


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That Time Of Year is a great new track that is out just in time for Christmas! It's got a slight indie-pop vibe with a more up-tempo catchy chorus. This is definitely a Christmas tune for fans of Beck and Smash Mouth. It's well worth a listen to get you in the Christmas spirit and a breath of fresh air from those over played classics.


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What a night! European aggregates industry hails exceptional projects during UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2022
Sixty-seven entries from 15 countries were recognised during the UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2022 ceremony on Wednesday, 30 November at the Brussels concert hall 'La Madeleine'.
Quarry Products / December 6, 2022
Winners one & all! The UEPG Sustainability Development Awards 2022
"The European Aggregates Industry is part of the solution", said UEPG President Antonis Antoniou Latouros at the beginning of the event, which Peter Woodward brilliantly moderated.
High-level keynote speakers Costas Kadis, Cypriot Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment and European Parliament Vice-President Rainer Wieland addressed an audience of more than 230 participants from companies, environmental organisations, academia, and European and national authorities.
Antonis Antonio Latouros, UEPG President (left), and Peter Woodward on stage at the UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2022
A distinguished jury of experts, comprising Martin Harper, Regional Director of BirdLife Europe and Central Asia; Yuri Bruinen de Bruin, Expert from the EU Agency for Safety & Health at Work; Bernd Lottermoser, Chair in sustainable resource extraction and Director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering at the University of Aachen; Brenda O'Brien, Official Brussels representative of the EU Agency for Safety & Health at Work; and Guy Woodford, Editor of Aggregates Business Europe magazine, chose the following nine outstanding award winners who were honoured on the night:
• Aggregate Industries, in the category of Restoration, with the project 'Ripon City Quarry Restoration'
• Lasselsberger GmbH, in the category of Environmental Best Practice, with the project 'Greener Construction'
• Nederzand Projectmanagement BV, in the category of Local Community Partnership, with the project 'Over de Maas'
• Tarmac Ltd – Nether Langwith Quarry, in the category of Health & Safety best practice, with the project 'Creation of an Occupational Health and Wellbeing (OHWB) Learning Centre at The Park'
• Teunesen Zand & Grint B.V., in the category of Economic contribution / added value to society, with the project 'Bakel - Milheeze Integral Area Programme'
• domingos da silva teixeira S.A., in the category of Operational best practice, process or product Innovation, with the project 'Gouvães: A quarry & aggregates plant designed to provide a green energy infrastructure: Product and process Innovations'
• Wilhelm Stürmlinger & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, in the category of Best practice in innovation or recycling, marine or manufactured aggregates, with the project 'Processing of excavated Tunnel Material to produce aggregates according to the German Construction Products Directive'
• LafargeHolcim España, in the category of Communication, with the project 'Communicating the value of biodiversity in extraction sites'
• Hermann Trollius GmbH, in the category of Biodiversity, with the project 'Transplantation of the Lady's Slipper Orchid'
Several projects also received a Special Mention:
• LafargeHolcim España, S.A.U., in the category of Restoration, with the project 'La Chanta quarry: a key to Sustainability in the Aggregates sector'
• Bocahut SAS, in the category of Health & Safety best practice, with the project 'Manage quarry prevention plans with the EPDP' web and mobile application developed by BOCAHUT
• Prebetong Áridos, S.L.U., in the category of Economic contribution / added value to society, with the project 'ONE GRAVEL, MANY LIVES: from gravel to orange grove (and boutique hotel)'
• Candesa Group - Canteras de Santander, in the category of Operational best practice, process or product Innovation, with the project 'Mining 4.0: Future technology for a sustainable present'
• Zukunft Niederrhein, in the category of Communication, with the project 'Regional public relations work: TOGETHER for sand+gravel and more raw material awareness among the population'
• Hanson Aggregates, in the category of Biodiversity, with the project 'Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Milton Keynes'
Prof. Costas Kadis, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development & Environment for the Republic of Cyprus speaking at the ceremony
Out of the 67 entries, the event audience was asked to vote for their favourite and recognised Arids Garcia Pedrera Gar 1, SLU, with the Public Choice Award for the project 'Commitment to biodiversity, if there is quarry, there is life'
At the end of the night, César Luaces Frades, ANEFA's Director General and Secretary General received special recognition from UEPG President Antonis Antoniou Latouros for the outstanding and highly valuable expert contribution to the European aggregates industry, including his involvement in leading several UEPG committees, task forces and working groups.
Former MPA Chief Executive Nigel Jackson also received special recognition from President Latouros and Secretary General Dirk Fincke for his great professionalism, diplomacy and constructive input as UEPG Vice President over the 2012-2022 period.


Okay, thanks for that explanation. I have some comments.
What?? The expression is added to the row data, which I have never seen or used before. And this is PythonAnnotation, not PythonCalculator - the object is to display it on the screen. So why can I only format Field data on the screen? "Vertical Force: %g" %REACTZ_901 works and outputs formatted, labelled text on screen because it is a Field Variable "FBFORCE1: %g" %FBFORCE prints (error) to the screen because it is a cell variable. What is the point of including cell and point variables into an Annotation filter in a way which makes it impossible to format the annotation? I'm not able to think of a situation in which this is useful. Perhaps I'm not creative enough.
I couldn't find an explanation of all of this anywhere in the documentation, so my title for this thread stands. I think the documentation might be expanded a little. And I would suggest a new name of PythonFieldVariableAnnotation. I have used it to annotate Field Variables, but I don't know how I can use unlabeled, unformatted Cell or Point data annotations to add value to a picture or animation.
Re-reading this it seems harsher than I intended. Just my disappointment at not being able to Annotate Cell Values. I appreciate your support and explanations, I just would like to capture this information somewhere in the documentation.
-----Original Message----- From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 10:54 AM To: Dennis Conklin dennis_conklin@goodyear.com Cc: Paraview (paraview@paraview.org) paraview@paraview.org Subject: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Is the PythonAnnotation documentation obsolete?
Python Annotation only works with what's available in the current timestep. If you look at the "Field Data" in the SpreadSheet view, you'll see that the Exodus reader puts out an array with values for all timesteps for variables like REACTZ_901 and hence you can offset into it using t_index irrespective of which timestep you are at.
For Point/Cell data, you have access to the field values for all points/cells for the current timestep only. Thus, t_index doesn't make much sense for those cases. For understanding how indexing works when dealing with multblock datasets, I'd recommend reading Berk's blog post .
I have tried to use PythonAnnotation but it only seems to work properly with FieldVariables.
FBFORCE1 [VTKArray([154.2])] shouldn't this have a value for each timestep?
FBFORCE1 VTKArray([ value1, value2 ………value_final]) – seems like 1 value per timestep (shouldn't there be array of # of cells by # of timesteps?
So it seems that Field Variables are numpy-friendly in that formatting works with them, while Cell Variables are still VTK Array variables and not numpy-friendly.
It's possible that I am completely missing something here, but it seems Cell Variables are not very useable in the PythonAnnotation.
Is there a way for me to Annotate with individual cell values, either by running PythonAnnotation on a single cell, or by manipulating the variables which are available in the filter?


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The Bills of the WNBA? Looks Like the Liberty
By Carl Bialik and Jason FryThe Wall Street Journal Online
Aug. 30, 2002 12:18 pm ET
Are the New York Liberty the Buffalo Bills of the WNBA?
The Bills, you'll recall, were the NFL's bridesmaids of record, graciously losing four straight Super Bowls in the 1990s to grateful opponents. The Liberty likewise, are on the verge of their fourth Finals loss in the women's league's short history. The News York Daily News's Filip Bondy sat among a raucous Madison Square Garden crowd on Thursday night as the Liberty struggled against and ultimately fell to the Los Angeles Sparks.


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This is how much it costs to house one prisoner for a year
Working and education are key recommendations in the QPC report on Queensland's high rate of imprisonment.
Hannah Busch eatures and Special Publications Editor Hannah began writing for APN newspapers in Hervey Bay and Maryborough in 2011, writing about everything from the prize-winning sausages to murder trials. She joined the team at the Queensland Times in early 2014 as editor of City Heart and Roughin It magazines.
7th Feb 2019 2:11 PM
HOUSING one prisoner for a year in Queensland's overcrowded prison system costs taxpayers $107,000.
According to a damning report calling for sweeping change in the system, that cost doesn't include the addition estimated loss of $40,000 in the community for each person locked up.
The Queensland Productivity Commission's draft report on its inquiry into imprisonment and recidivism has made a number of recommendations to end the severe overcrowding of the state's high security prisons.
"In direct financial terms, imprisonment costs the Queensland community almost a billion dollars every year," the report stated.
"At the current rate of growth, Queensland will require an additional 4,600 to 5,800 additional prison cells by 2025-this will require around $5.2 to 6.5 billion in infrastructure costs alone."
Between 2012 and 2018, the number of prisoners in Queensland grew by 44%, amid decreasing crime rates.
The report noted the number of female prisoners has grown at a faster rate then male prisoners.
Queensland's primary high security women's prison, Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, has been severely overcrowded since at least 2013, and was the subject of an Ombudsman report in 2016. The ombudsman recognised it as the most overcrowded centre in the state.
In it's draft report, the QPC suggested increased reporting of crime, an increase in the use of prison sentences as punishment and a significant increase in the number of people on remand were among the reasons Queensland's prisons were close to bursting.
"Imprisonment is growing much faster than population-the rate of imprisonment in Queensland is currently higher than at any time since 1900," the report said.
"Reported crime rates have trended downward for the past two decades. Moreover, analysis suggests that the more harmful crimes have fallen faster than less serious crimes."
The QPC has now recommended removing some crimes from Queensland's criminal code to help slow the use of prison sentences as punishment.
If adopted, it would mean illicit drug offences and public order offences would not be part of the criminal code.
The recommendations also call for victims to be more involved in the judicial process.
You can read the full list of recommendations here.
The public has until April 17 to make submissions on the QPC's draft recommendations.
A final report will then be handed up to the Queensland Government on August 1.
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Dome Valley Raceway in Wellton, AZ will be holding a Test and Tune day on Saturday March 9th. Testing will start at 10AM. For more info, contact Ernesto Juarez at 928-503-9675.
The El Paso Motorplex in El Paso, TX held their first race of the 2013 season on February 23. Click "Read More" to view the results and photo gallery from this event, courtesy of the El Paso Motorplex. Also, there is more exciting news from the El Paso Motorplex in that there will be a Guaranteed $500 Purse in the Top Eliminator class with a 2 car minimum. The track points will be a battle as they are putting $3000 into the points to be split among the classes to guarantee minimum of $300 payout to the points leader at the end of the season, the points will be $20 per racer, and their points money will go towards the final payouts for their class, increasing the money to the season winners. Each class will pay 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the points standings with trophies for the same. They also are offering a "Second Chance" race at each event, where everyone but the winner for that night can race again for $100 winner and $50 runner up.
West Michigan Sand Dragway in Mears, MI and new General Manager Buddy Hammett are preparing for the 2013 sand drag racing season. Buddy has released a newsletter outlining some changes and his plan for improving the facility in the upcoming season. Click the link below to view the Newsletter.
Dome Valley Raceway in Wellton, AZ will be hosting the Inaugural March Madness event coming up on March 23-24. This will be a normal Dome Valley two-day race event, with the only change being that the Junior classes will be contested on Sunday this time. The race information has been released recently. Click the links below for all of the info on this great upcoming event.
Pro Truck Nationals (PTN) is excited to announce the beginnings of a great 2013 race schedule. The first season under management of new owner Buddy Hammett, and primary sponsor Mid-West Coatings, will include the exciting new PTN Fast Fridays series. The PTN Fast Fridays series will consist of four Friday night shows at West Michigan Sand Dragway in Mears, MI. The headline class will be the PTN 3.5 Index category. The new PTN 3.95 Index Pro ATV will also join PTN 3.5 Index as a points bearing category. An Ironman Sportsman Car category will join the other two classes for each PTN Fast Fridays show. Dates for the PTN Fast Fridays series will be May 24, July 5, July 26, and August 30. Also, announced at this time is PTN Championship Weekend 2013, which will take place at West Michigan Sand Dragway on July 19-20. The format for this event will be similar to the 2012 version, but details will be released at a later date. Stay tuned for more events and news from Pro Truck Nationals. Click "Read More" to view Fast Fridays flyer.
By popular demand, the Mid-America Sand Drag Series (MASD) will be back for a second season of sand drag racing. After a successful first season of racing and great racer support, the four race series will contest a similar schedule to 2012 at Atoka Motorsports Park (Atoka, OK) and Thunder Valley Sand Drags (Grain Valley, MO). Rod & Dee Trower, of Trower Racing are back on board sponsoring the trophies for the champions. For more info, go to the "Mid-America Point Series" page on this site, and keep checking back for more exciting announcements regarding the 2013 Mid-America Sand Drag Series.
Albany Sand Drags in Albany, OR has released their 2013 race schedule. It sounds like some great things are in the works for Albany this season. For more info, go to the Albany Sand Drags Facebook Page or the Albanymx.com website. Click "Read More" to view their race schedule flyer.
Torco Race Fuels has agreed to come on board as a Sponsor of the 2013 NSRA Quality Aircraft Care Sand Drag Series. Torco will sponsor the Bracket Bonus award for the Closest to the Dial-In from Round 1 Eliminations of the Sunday Pro Bracket Classes (Pro 1, Pro 2, Pro 3, Moto Pro 1, Moto Pro 2) at all remaining 2013 NSRA series events. The winner of this award will receive a $100 voucher towards the purchase of Torco Race Fuel. In other news, the latest addition to the Quality Aircraft Care/Hammer Down Racing Bonus Bucks program is a $1000 bonus to the winner of the Fast Fours class at the SCSDA Soboba October 4-6 event.
West Michigan Sand Dragway in Mears, MI has released its 2013 race schedule as well as announced a change in management as Buddy Hammett has taken over as the track's General Manager. Among the track's highlights for the 2013 season are the return of Pro Truck Nationals (PTN) and a $2500 point series fund sponsored by Mid-West Coatings. For more information, contact Buddy at 248-755-9175. Click "Read More" to view WMSD's 2013 Schedule Flyer.
El Paso Motorplex in El Paso, TX is kicking off their 2013 race season on February 23. The El Paso track has been upgraded over the past few months, including the purchase of a new timing system. They will be running a unique Index class format that should produce some great racing. Click "Read More" to view the Flyer for this Upcoming Event.
The 2013 Las Vegas Jeep Club Jamboree is complete after a great Sunday of Sand Drag Racing to finish up the event. Nick Shultzman was the day's big winner as he took the prestigious Pro Drag final round victory over Dave Stidham. Stidham came back and emerged victorious in the X600 (Unlimited Jeep) class over Steve Foster. Mike Smith did a great job with his new Jeep taking the X200 (Small Block Jeep) class win over Chris Adamson, then taking a runner-up finish to Wes Gilmore in the X400 (N/A Jeep) class. Gilmore almost made it two wins on the day, but it was Mike Williams putting him away in the Duner class final. We will have full results soon. In the mean time, click "Read More" for the info that we currently have.
The 2013 NSRA Quality Aircraft Care Sand Drag Series has gotten off to a great start with the Season Opener at Dome Valley Raceway. Since that event, a couple of changes have been made to the point series schedule and classes that will be contested. Please read over the Points Standings Document at the end of this announcement for full details.
Also, the NSRA series along with Hammer Down Racing & Quality Aircraft Care are proud to announce the new "Bonus Bucks" series. This program will spread bonus cash back to the winners of various classes throughout the 2013 NSRA point series season. Here is the current schedule for the "Bonus Bucks" program: Soboba (March 1-3) - $500 to Winner of Pro 2; Dome Valley (March 23-24) - $500 to Winner Pro 3; Soboba (April 12-14) - $1000 to Winner of Top Eliminator; Avenal (April 27-28) - $500 to Winner of Pro 1.
Here is the schedule for the remainder of the 2013 NSRA Point Series. The best five finishes out of the seven events will be counted towards the championship.
The 2013 sand drag racing season kicked off on Jan 25-27 at Dome Valley Raceway in Wellton, AZ with the 4th Annual Top Fuel Shootout. Unfortunately, the first two days were held under overcast skies with occasional rain sprinkles, but this did not dampen the spirits as the racing action was as fierce as ever. As the final day of action commenced, the Sun made its first appearance of the weekend producing perfect weather to crown the first winners of the new season.


PASS4Soccer have teamed up with two Long Stay Travel Insurance (LSTI) supplies in the UK to make sure our clients are adequately covered while in the USA.
The University you attend will ultimately decide what type of cover is needed. If the university cover you for any soccer related injuries while training or playing, Option 1 should provide the cover you need. If the University require you to have your own cover for sports related injuries, you may wish to look at Option 2.
Please note, the two options described below are offered by different companies. Please speak to each company about the policy they offer.
Quality cover with some unique features is available to PASS4 clients, families and friends along with excellent service relevant for studying in the USA and elsewhere to the independent traveller, gap-year travel, working abroad and for all EU residents.
The PASS4soccer package is essential as it has the flexibility of providing cover off-campus and will complement the Health Insurance offered by individual Universities.
A major plus is the advantage of greater repatriation benefits and parent visits if hospitalised, cover if you are already abroad and annual renewals. Look carefully at the costs; a student departing in August and return during May (10 Months) can be efficiently covered for as little as approximately £225.
The difference between Personal Health Insurance (PHI) promoted and sold by US education institutions and LSTI is that insurance underwriters will decide based on various factors whether treatment will take place in the USA or in the case of serious injury repatriation back to the UK may be necessary.
Please note however that this travel and long stay study abroad insurance cover does not provide any benefits for private health care.
You can view and purchase the STUDY ABROAD scheme via our website link.
Health Insurance will be provided by your University/College in the USA but may vary in cover and benefits accordingly. Please ensure you check this out. The STUDY ABROAD scheme will supplement and provide the additional flexibility that you will need for your travels and includes £10,000,000 emergency medical, £5,000 cancellation/curtailment and £2,000 personal possessions cover.
Please Note: The STUDY ABROAD scheme is a leisure travel insurance only and does not provide benefits of cover for Private Health Care. All decisions relating to the authorisation of any medical treatment and/or any course of action such as Repatriation are made by the Underwriter's 24 Hour Medical Assistance Company. These decisions will always be exercised in good faith and having the best regards to the interests of the insured.
It should be noted that once you are Repatriated to your Country of Normal Residence, there is NO cover for any ongoing Medical Expenses that are incurred in your Home Country.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Long Stay Travel Insurance (LSTI) does not cover students while playing/training for their university or college soccer team. Universities and colleges should have their own special athletic cover for their sports teams and student athletes. A student must check with their university or college prior to purchase of the insurance that they have a policy in place to cover you while you are playing for their team.
For under 25's only, a discounted premium, for official study and work experience abroad. Applicable to scholarships in the USA where you must intend returning back to the UK during academic years.
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Option 2 is similar to Option 1, but provides cover while taking part in Soccer. Due to the increased risk, the cost of this policy is a little higher.
Specifically designed for those travelling the globe on sports scholarships. We have negotiated a deal, that not only covers your travel insurance, but also protects you against potential injury whilst playing your chosen sport. For as little as £589.14 you can protect yourself for 12 months whilst on a scholarship overseas. Cover for 10 months is £509.72.
Covers up to £1,750 for your personal belongings.
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