text: 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 70-APR . 13, 1939 SEC. 4. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Edward T. Comegys, Finance Department, the sum of $857.77, public funds for which he is accountable and which represent items disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of payments made for the shipment of baggage and household effects of certain personnel of the Third Attack Group from Fort Crockett, Texas, to Barksdale Field, Louisiana: Provided, That any amounts collected from any person on account of payments herein validated shall be refunded to such person upon presentation of a claim therefor to the Comptroller General. SEC. 5. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Walter D. Dabney, Finance Department, $242.17; Lieutenant Colonel Cherubusco Newton, Junior, Finance Depart- ment, $553.67; and Lieutenant Colonel Edward T. Comegys, Finance Department, $1,452.41; public funds for which they are accountable and which were paid by them to J. Irving Nicholls for services per- formed as a shorthand reporter at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during the period August 13, 1925, to February 20, 1935, and which amounts have been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States: Provided, That no part of these amounts shall be charged against any person other than the payee. SEC. 6. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Ely, Finance Department, the sum of $10.50, public funds for which he is accountable, and which has been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of a payment made to a former enlisted man for flying pay. SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Major Malcolm V. Fortier, Infantry, the sum of $51.26 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for that amount which was paid by him for advertising for and in the interests of the United States, without the prior approval of the Secretary of War as required by Revised Statutes 3828 (44 U. S. C. 324). SEC. 8. That payments heretofore made for hospital and medical expenses incident to the injury or disease of Reserve officers on duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps, incurred while on leave of absence, are hereby ratified and validated, and the Comptroller Gen- eral of the United States is hereby directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers of the Government for and on account of all such payments: Provided,That any amounts collected from any person on account of payments which are herein validated shall be refunded to such persons upon presentation of a claim therefor to the Comptroller General: Provided further, That the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to adjust, allow, and certify for payment all claims when approved by the Surgeon General of the Army for hospital and medical services heretofore furnished incident to the injury or disease of Reserve officers on duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps incurred while on leave of absence. SEC. 9. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of First Lieutenant John R. Gilchrist, Finance Department, the sum of $1.25, public funds for which he is accountable, which were paid by him to Doctor Dewey H. Walden, contract physician, for traveling expenses and disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. 579 Lt. Col. Edward T. Comegys. Proviso. Refund of collec- tions. Lt. Col. Walter D. Dabney and others. Proviso. Accountability. Lt. Col. Edwin F. Ely. Ma]. Malcolm V. Fortier. Payment to. R. S. §3828. 44U.S. C. J324. Certain payments for hospital and med- ical expenses vali- dated. Provisos. Refunds. Medical, etc., claims of Reserve officers on duty with Civilian Conservation Corps. Credits in accounts. First Lt. John R. Gilchrist.


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TALKERS | April 28, 2015
Baltimore Protests Turn Violent. Owing to that fact, Hearst talker WBAL-AM, Baltimore advanced yesterday (Monday, 4/27) to "continuous coverage," after a weekend of "extensive coverage." According to WBAL-AM president and general manager Cary Pahigian, "We are sharing resources with our sister station, WBAL-TV (Channel 11), which is flying their helicopter almost nonstop. Our goal is to keep the community up-to-the-minute and to provide an opportunity to discuss and analyze the situation with WBAL-AM talk hosts in a responsible manner. It is very fluid, so we are staying nimble and flexible." The unrest in the Maryland city increased following the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died just over one week ago (4/19), after suffering spinal injuries while in police custody. At least one Baltimore building has been torched; several of the city's police cars have been set on fire; and protesters have thrown bricks at Baltimore police officers. Six Baltimore police officers have been seriously injured in Monday's violence. Maryland governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard, while Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake states every possible resource is being deployed to "gain control of this situation."
WFAN Sports Giant Mike Francesa Is Extremely Bullish on Radio – Says the Medium Is Here to Stay on Michael Harrison's "Up Close and Far Out" Podcast. TALKERS publisher Michael Harrison interviews WFAN sports talk superstar Mike Francesa on this week's installment of the international hit podcast series, "Up Close and Far Out." In an exclusive 30-minute conversation, Harrison and Francesa cover a variety of fascinating topics including authenticity in broadcasting, internet critics, digital era audiences, radio versus television, changes in pop culture, the phenomenal growth of sports and the future of radio in a world of screens. Francesa credits the authenticity, for which Harrison praises him, in part, to being on the air an unusually long five-and-a-half hours per day, pointing out that you can't be live on radio that long every day without being your real self. According to Francesa, one of the big changes faced by hosts in both sports and general talk programming today is the audience has as much, if not more, access to information as you do – which means merely presenting news is not enough. A host's success is dependent on having an interesting "take" on the events of the day. He says the internet has made it much easier to break into broadcasting but much more difficult to get noticed. Of his critics, he states the worst thing that can happen is to be ignored. "If you are ignored, you are dead." Francesa tells Harrison that he very seldom responds to his critics – refusing to give them the exposure of his larger platform that they seek. In addition to having a growing national following due to television and radio syndication, Mike Francesa has long been one of the highest profile media figures in New York and has been ranked by TALKERS magazine for the past two years in a row in the #1 spot on its "Heavy Hundred" of sports talk radio ("The 100 Most Important Radio Sports Talk Hosts in America"). After several years of being carried by the YES Network, Francesa's daily local radio show is presently simulcast nationally on Fox Sports 1. In comparing radio to television, Francesa says, "Television is a director's medium. Radio is a performer's medium." He explains, "Radio is unvarnished. It is visceral. It is emotional. Television is more packaged and homogenized." Regarding the survival and future of radio, Francesa states, "Radio will be here long, long past us. People have been trying to kill radio since the first days of television. They've tried to kill radio 40 different times in multiple generations. They will never kill it because its appeal of being live, local, personal and mobile will never be equaled." Francesa sees the rise of mobile digital media as actually being a good thing for radio, acknowledging that "radio will change." He confidently says, "It will be enhanced because of the smart phone. It is the new transistor radio. Who carried a transistor radio for the past 30 years? Now everyone does. THAT is an opportunity!" In describing Mike Francesa, Michael Harrison states, "I know Francesa has his share of critics – but that comes with the territory of being 'out there' the way he is and being a compelling radio talk show host in the modern era, sports or otherwise. What makes him so successful is he has that special 'something' that only a handful of performers have ever had in this business – he rises above technique! All he needs to do is bring his authentic, unique personhood to the airwaves each time he's on and that – at least to this point – is enough. He is one of my handful of all-time favorites and I am delighted that he is still going strong." To listen to Mike Francesa on "Up Close and Far Out with Michael Harrison," please click here or click on the special player box in the right hand column of every page on Talkers.com and RadioInfo.com.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports from Nepal for Westwood One. Internationally known medical doctor and media figure Dr. Sanjay Gupta is in Nepal doing both media work and helping doctors there deal with the overwhelming number of casualties from Saturday's earthquake. In addition to his work covering the aftermath for CNN, Dr. Gupta is also doing live hits for Westwood One affiliate stations. His "A Better Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" is syndicated by Westwood One. Dr. Gupta was called into action in the operating room, asked to help perform brain surgery on a 15-year-old girl in Kathmandu after a wall of her family's home fell on her as she collected water outside.
SiriusXM 2015 Q1 Revenue Up 8%. Satellite radio operator SiriusXM delivered its 2015 first quarter financial numbers today (4/28) and, compared to the same period a year ago, revenue was $1.08 billion – up 8%. Net income was $106 million, up 12% from $94 million in the first quarter of 2014. Net income per diluted common share was $0.02 in the first quarter of 2015 and 2014. Adjusted EBITDA was $399 million in the first quarter of 2015, up 19% from $335 million in the first quarter of 2014. The satcaster says that it added 431,000 net new subscribers in the first quarter, a 61% increase from the 267,000 net new subscribers added in the first quarter of 2014. Sirius CEO Jim Meyer says, "The year is off to a fantastic start at SiriusXM. We are increasing our subscriber guidance to approximately 1.4 million net additions and revenue guidance to approximately $4.47 billion after reporting our best first quarter for self-pay subscriber additions since 2008. Our results demonstrate that SiriusXM's bundle of live news and sports, exclusive talk and comedy, and curated, commercial-free music is resonating with more and more consumers every day,"
Odds & Sods. Nationally syndicated, WABC, New York-based morning personality Don Imus announced to his listeners his simulcast on cable's Fox Business Network will end on May 29. The program has been airing on both since 2009. Though Imus didn't elaborate on the reason for the change, The New York Daily News reports Imus and wife Deirdre plan to spend the summer at their new ranch in Texas and that property has no TV uplink facilities. Read the Daily News story here…..Atlanta real estate broker Bryan Crabtree is adding a daily show on Salem Communications' business talk WAFS, Atlanta "biz 1190," debuting May 4 and airing from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Crabtree and his wife Mackenzie have been hosting the "Housedog.com Real Estate Show" on both WAFS and sister news/talk WGKA on weekends and that show will continue on both outlets. WAFS station manager Adam Wattenbarger says, "We are so excited to bring Bryan aboard to add to our live and local lineup. biz 1190 is committed to giving the Atlanta community something we've been lacking for years – real talk about real issues affecting our neighborhoods."…..Sports talk personality Tim Brando is wrapping his daily, eponymous show heard on SiriusXM's College Sports Nation channel. The final show is this Thursday. Brando will continue to be heard on the radio via FOX Sports Radio as he'll handle play-by-play for college football and basketball as well as the network's coverage of this June's US Open golf tournament…..The program "Entertainment This Week" is joining the America's Talk Radio Network effective May 3. "Mr. Hollywood" Shannon Rose and co-host James Lowe will discuss Hollywood gossip, comics, movies, television, pro-wrestling, and so much more during the "fastest hour on national radio."
WTMJ, Milwaukee Helps Raise Funds for Accessible Playground Equipment. Last Saturday, Scripps-owned news/talk WTMJ, Milwaukee unveiled new accessible playground equipment at a local elementary school for which the station helped raise funds. The need for the equipment came after the station learned of eight-year-old Ben Nelson who uses a wheelchair due to his Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Ben's family began raising funds for the equipment and WTMJ joined forces with the family and was able to – through the help of listeners – raise $50,000. WTMJ Radio VP/GM Tom Langmyer says, "WTMJ firmly believes we do well by doing good. We serve Wisconsin – and we're getting behind our air personalities by giving them a month where we use our resources to give back to our community. [Morning host] Jodi Becker is first on our team to lead in this new community betterment initiative. We are pleased to help – and we thank our listeners and great businesses for helping to build this wonderful playground."
Limbaugh and Mahindra Partner on Tractor Giveaway. For the second year in a row, Rush Limbaugh and Mahindra USA have joined together to give away a Mahindra eMax 22HST with loader to an active duty service member or U.S. military veteran. The winner will be selected in a random drawing on May 26. Last year, more than 4,500 service men and women entered for an opportunity to win a Mahindra tractor. It was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Mike Petzinger of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, who has served his country for 25 years in the Army.
Music and Pop Culture Figure Andrew W.K. to Host Weekly Show on TheBlaze Radio Network. New to the weekend lineup at Glenn Beck's TheBlaze Radio Network is the show "America W.K.," hosted by musician, writer, TV host and lecturer Andrew W. K. TheBlaze Radio Network says the show will be a "raw and penetrating discussion of what it is to be alive – meaning, motivation, mindset, and making dreams come true, all included in a celebration of life itself – and all with a positive and honest outlook. Andrew will also field questions and input from the audience, adding an engaging interactive component." Andrew W.K. is probably most known for his 2001 rock album titled, I Get Wet, the cover of which featured a photo of him with a bloody nose. During his musical career he's penned a number of rock anthems that have appeared in video games, movies and as pro sports team themes. Andrew W.K. (pictured here at left with Glenn Beck at right) says, "When Glenn asked me to do my own radio show on TheBlaze, I was shocked but excited, as I knew he would allow me the unrestrained freedom to say exactly what I wanted. I'm very dedicated to exploring and learning from different people in different places, and always with an open heart. If people never went outside their own box, life would be boring. After all, why would I only want to talk with people who already think exactly like me?"
Baltimore Protests, White House Correspondents Dinner, Bush Criticism of Obama Foreign Policy, Nepal Earthquake Aftermath, SCOTUS Hears Same-Sex Marriage Argument, Clinton Foundation Scrutiny, James Holmes Trial Begins, and the Bruce Jenner Transgender Case Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (4/27). The intensifying, violent protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody; the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner and President Obama's performance; former President George W. Bush comments on Obama Administration's foreign policy; the devastation in Nepal after Saturday's earthquake; the Supreme Court's hearing of arguments as anti-gay marriage statutes in four states are challenged; ongoing scrutiny of the Clinton Foundation financial operations; the opening of the trial of Aurora, Colorado movie theater killer James Holmes; and the chatter about Bruce Jenner's sex change procedure and his recent interview were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday.
TALKERS | January 29, 2013
Schnitt vs. Bubba: Monday Recap. After the news of Todd Schnitt's attorney being arrested on DUI charges and allegations that Bubba The Love Sponge's attorneys set him up for the arrest became the predominant aspect of the case on Friday and both sides asked for mistrials for varying reasons, Hillsborough County Judge James Arnold on Monday did not grant a mistrial saying the jury had not been compromised and testimony went forward. But not before Arnold agreed to throw out five of the 16 defamation counts against Bubba (Todd Clem). One in which Bubba accused Schnitt of possibly engaging in plug-ola, three in which he called him a "fraud," and another in which he called him a "snitch." The other 11 counts remain. Schnitt's team rested its case on Monday and Bubba's lawyers called former Clear Channel Radio president Randy Michaels, under whom both Schnitt and Bubba worked at one time, to the stand. Michaels first complimented both Schnitt and Bubba for being talented radio performers. He said that the feud between the two had gotten too intense and he asked them to "tone it down." He told the jury the language Bubba used when saying he wanted a funeral for MJ Kelli (Schnitt's CHR morning show moniker) was hyperbole and not to be taken literally. Also taking the stand was a former producer for Schnitt who now works for Bubba who testified that Schnitt spoke on the air jokingly about his wife's "tramp stamp" tattoo – an effort by the defense to ask the jury that if Schnitt could joke about his wife being a "tramp," how is Bubba's calling her a "whore" any different? The defense is expected to continue its arguments today.
Nationally Syndicated Talk Host Warren Ballentine Charged with Mortgage Fraud. The Chicago-based attorney and host of the Warren Ballentine show distributed nationally via Syndication One is being indicted on charges related to an alleged mortgage fraud scheme. The Justice Department reports that a federal grand jury returned indictments for two counts of bank fraud, two counts of making false statements to lenders and one count each of mail fraud and wire fraud. The UPI reports the indictment is seeking a forfeiture of some $9.7 million in fraud proceeds. The feds allege Ballentine plotted with others to obtain more than two dozen fraudulent mortgage loans and that he represented buyers at closings knowing that they weren't qualified for home mortgages in Chicago and its southern suburbs. Ballentine is expected to be arraigned next week. Meanwhile TALKERS sources close to Ballentine say he maintains his innocence and that the truth will come out. His talk show is currently heard on some 37 affiliates across the country including WVON, Chicago.
Clear Channel's KFAN Network Re-Signs Dan Barreiro. Sports talk host Dan Barreiro and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment agree on a multi-year contract extension for the KFXN, Minneapolis-based sports talk host. Barreiro hosts the afternoon drive program on the company's KFAN sports talk brand that is distributed to numerous stations across Minnesota. CC Minneapolis vice president of programming Gregg Swedberg says, "Dan has been the top afternoon drive talk personality in the market for decades and has many loyal listeners all over the country through iHeartRadio. We are delighted that Dan will be with us for a long time."
Chris Baker Lands at KFAB, Omaha for PM Drive. Talk radio pro Chris Baker's next gig is at Clear Channel's KFAB, Omaha where he'll host the afternoon drive program. Baker – a veteran of the Houston, Minneapolis, Miami and Omaha markets – recently exited the Dan Patrick-owned KSEV, Houston talk outlet. He says, "Since my family and I are in Omaha to visit friends and relatives on a regular basis, it's only natural that I would want to put down root here. KFAB is a legendary Midwest radio powerhouse and I'm excited to work with Gary Sadlemyer and the whole crew." His new gig begins February 11.
Odds & Sods. NBC Sports Radio Network brings former NFL star Donovan McNabb aboard to eventually be part of a daily sports talk show to begin on April 1. Until that time, McNabb will begin as a weekly contributor as the build-up to the Super Bowl takes place. McNabb will serve as a lead NFL analyst and will call in to affiliate station programs…..Former Yahoo! Sports Radio personality Tim Brando begins a new gig with SiriusXM Satellite Radio where he'll host his eponymous program on the SiriusXM College Sports Nation channel. Brando's program will continue to be simulcast on cable TV's CBS Sports Network…..WTOP, Washington news anchor Richard Day has retired from the Hubbard Broadcasting all-news brand. Vice president of news and programming Jim Farley says Day's retirement was handled with no fanfare at Day's request…..Chicagoland Radio and Media reports that WFLD-TV sports anchor Lou Canellis is beginning a regular hour-long, daily appearance on WLS-AM, Chicago's "Roe & Roeper" PM drive program with Roe Conn and Richard Roeper. Canellis is now part of the 5:00 pm hour every day to talk sports on the Cumulus Media station. The blog speculates that the move is part of a greater effort to add sports content to the station to improve its ratings…..The "4th Period Live" program returns to SiriusXM's NHL Network for its second season beginning Saturday, February 2 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm ET. The show is hosted by David Pagnotta, 4th Period's editor-in-chief from Toronto and Dennis Bernstein, its Los Angeles-based senior writer. The show is an extension of TFP's brand of hockey lifestyle content that includes a highly visited website (www.thefourthperiod.com) and quarterly print magazine available on newsstands throughout North America.
Huckabee Visits Reno. Cumulus Media Networks nationally syndicated talk host Governor Mike Huckabee is pictured here with KNEZ, Reno news director and afternoon drive host Sean Patrick at the sparkling new studios of the Shamrock Communications news/talk station. Huckabee's program is carried by "KNEWS" – a new FM signal and news/talk brand that Shamrock recently put on the air in the market.
Southern California Sports Personality Joe Cala Named to Hall of Fame. KNX, Los Angeles sports anchor Joe Cala was inducted into the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame at the organization's 22nd annual awards luncheon at the Lakeside Golf Club in Toluca Lake, California. Cala has been with KNX for the past six years and spent the previous 32 years at crosstown KFWB. The SCSB has served as a major forum for recognizing and advancing sports broadcasting in Southern California since 1958. Its Hall of Fame includes Dick Enberg, Tom Harmon, Don Drysdale, Chick Hearn, Gil Stratton, Stu Nahan, Vin Scully and Jim Hill, to name a few.
Town Hall Meeting in Boise Addresses Second Amendment. You're looking over the shoulder of KIDO, Boise morning drive host Kevin Miller as he addresses the more than 300 area residents who attended the Peak Broadcasting station's Town Hall Meeting to discuss Second Amendment issues in the wake of the Obama Administration's call for stricter gun legislation. Miller tells TALKERS that the event was covered locally by two of the market's television stations.
KOIL, Omaha Adds Weekend Affordable Care Act Program. The program is called "America's Healthcare Challenge" and is hosted by Sean McGuire. The goal of the program is to provide valuable insight into implementation of the Affordable Care Act and prepare decision makers for looming penalties and taxes in the law. McGuire states, "This is currently the only radio show of its kind in the US. Business owners are clamoring for credible information and answers to their questions like how employees' benefits will change next year and what innovative ways exist to curb rising healthcare costs constantly squeezing bottom lines all over the country…I was a part of the research team for the Senate Finance Committee five years ago. The law originated conceptually in the Senate and I have read the bill multiple times. It is my desire to bring my listeners information they need to know as if they were Members of Congress."
Justice Sotomayor Visits SCPR. United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (right) poses for a photo with Southern California Public Radio special correspondent Patt Morrison (left) during an appearance at KPCC, Pasadena's Crawford Family Forum. The venue was packed with local high school and college students, as well KPCC listeners who came to hear Sotomayor speak about her life and promote her new autobiography My Beloved World (Knopf 2013). Patt Morrison interviewed Sotomayor as part of the appearance.
ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg Announces New Novel to Benefit the V Foundation. Nationally syndicated ESPN Radio and ESPN 2 personality Mike Greenberg announces the publication of his first novel titled, All You Could Ask For (William Morrow 2013). In making the announcement from the Super Bowl radio row in New Orleans, Greenberg stated that all of the author's proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research. Greenberg says, "I wrote this book to honor the memory of a good friend of mine and my wife Stacy's named Heidi Armitage, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2009 at the age of 43. The V Foundation is an obvious organization to work with. Mike Golic and I have been honored to be a part of many great V Foundation events over the years. I'm so proud of our connection to the V Foundation."
Dr. Daliah Wachs at the Podium. Practicing family physician and nationally syndicated talk show host Dr. Daliah Wachs is pictured here at the Nevada Academy of Family Physicians at their conference in Lake Tahoe this past weekend. About 200 were at this lecture where Dr. Wachs spoke about avoiding pitfalls in family medicine, educating them on the liabilities doctors face and what lawsuits have been successful. Dr. Wachs' program is syndicated by Genesis Communications Network.
TALKERS | August 7, 2012
New Sports Radio Network Entrant NBC Announces First Round of Talent Hires. The venture between NBC Sports and Dial Global that debuts September 4 – NBC Sports Radio Network – is beginning with an evening sports talk show hosted by Erik Kuselias (airing 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ET). The morning drive sports updates from the network will be delivered by Jon Stashower. Kuselias has been working with NBC on its cable sports network. He's worked for the Golf Channel as well as ESPN. Stashower has also worked at ESPN. Expect some more talent announcements prior to the network's post-Labor Day debut.
Dead Air: A Dynamic Reminder for Talk Show Hosts. Vocal dynamics is not a discipline that is really taught to broadcasters anymore. With more and more talk talent coming to the medium from outside the traditional communications schools, talent who use the dynamics of their voices effectively are becoming rare. WFAN, New York talk host Richard Neer offers some suggestions about employing these techniques and the reasons why they are still valid for today's broadcasters. Read Richard's piece here.
Salem Communications Posts Q2 Revenue Increase of 3.9%; Broadcast Up 2.1%. That's the good news for Salem. On the downside, operating income for the entire company dropped 61.1% and the company realized a net loss of $1.8 million or $0.07 net loss per share. Though the broadcast division revenue was up 2.1%, station operating income decreased 3.1%. Internet is still the big winner for Salem with Q2 revenue up 16.6% and operating income up 42.8%.
Federated Media Joins iHeartRadio. Indiana-based Federated Media adds its 17 radio stations to the iHeartRadio digital platform owned and operated by Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. Federated Media's markets include Fort Wayne, South Bend and Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana. Stations now heard on the platform include heritage news/talk WOWO-AM/FM, Fort Wayne. Federated Media chief strategy officer James Derby says, "We're very excited to partner with iHeartRadio. We want to offer our customers and clients both terrestrial and digital listening experiences. It's important that we partner with those that are open to shared content and opportunities. iHeartRadio is very popular in our local markets and we're happy to now be a part of it."
TuneIn Announces New Funding; Increase in Monthly Active Listener Stats. Digital audio service TuneIn reports it has just acquired new sources of funding led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from Jafco Ventures, Google Ventures and existing business partner Sequoia Capital totaling $16 million. TuneIn will use the new funding to scale the company's technical and business operations worldwide. At the same time, the company reports its monthly active listeners figure has increased to 40 million. TuneIn CEO John Donham says, "Our mission is to deliver the best listening experience possible, and it is so meaningful to us that 40 million people have chosen to listen to the world – every month – through TuneIn. This investment will help us fulfill our mission while increasing our headcount and growing our product development and marketing initiatives." TuneIn says its service is available anywhere there is an internet signal and offers 70,000 stations and two million on-demand programs.
AdLarge Media Becomes Sales Rep for Gow-Operated Yahoo! Sports Radio. Houston-based Gow Broadcasting operates Yahoo! Sports Radio and the company announces it enters into an agreement with AdLarge Media for the latter to sell national advertising for Yahoo!'s radio, streamed audio and mobile platforms. AdLarge Media CEO Gary Schonfeld states, "Yahoo! Sports Radio has a highly respected lineup of sports journalists and commentators, including Tim Brando, Dan Wetzel, Pat Forde, Steve Czaban, and more. Yahoosports.com is the number one sports website on the internet. With that as our base, Yahoo! Sports Radio delivers insights and reports from sports experts that fans relish, creating an engaging environment for advertisers to reach an extremely passionate audience."
Odds & Sods. Texas-based Clear Channel talk host (KTRH and WOAI) Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo fills in for Premiere Networks star Glenn Beck on his radio show today and Friday…..ESPN Radio now offers an app for smartphones using the Windows Phone platform and is available in the Windows Marketplace. ESPN reports its app is now available on all three major smartphone operating systems…..SiriusXM is broadcasting coverage of the 2012 PGA Championship beginning this Thursday from the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina.
Presidential Race, Wisconsin Sikh Shooting, London Olympics, and Mars Landing Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (8/6). The campaign for president in the 2012 elections; the fatal shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin; the 2012 London Olympics; and the landing of the rover on Mars were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS.
TALKERS | February 28, 2012
Opinion: Phil Valentine Says Fear of Offending is Lethal to Talk Show Hosts. Dial Global talk show host Phil Valentine responds to TALKERS sports editor Richard Neer stating just the fear of offending someone puts all talk hosts on a slippery slope and the latest "guidelines" from the Asian American Journalists Association take it to an absurd extreme. Read Phil's piece here.
Harris Poll of "America's Favorite News Personalities" Sure to Cause a Stir; Diane Sawyer America's Fave, Rush Limbaugh Not. This recent poll of 2,016 American adults conducted by Harris Interactive lumps a list of 26 news anchors, interviewers and radio and television talk show hosts into one broad category – "news and current affairs personalities" – and asks the subjects which three are their favorites and which three are their least favorites. The results? Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper, Brian Williams and Bill O'Reilly (tied with Barbara Walters) land in the top four spots for favorite. In the least favorite category, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Grace, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity fill the top four spots. The fact that news anchors and talk show hosts are lumped together for the purposes of this poll is interesting. At TALKERS, we consider them very different animals. One has to wonder how many typical media consumers consider the duties Diane Sawyer handles on a daily basis and what Rush Limbaugh does on his program to be the same or similar (even though Limbaugh often refers to himself as "America's Anchorman!") Breaking down the results by political affiliation shows the following results: Among Republicans the four favorites are Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Limbaugh and Diane Sawyer. Among Democrats the four favorites are: Sawyer, Anderson Cooper, Brian Williams (tied for second), and Barbara Walters. What may be the most interesting facet of this poll from a statistical standpoint is independents ranked their top four favorites the same as the "general population": Sawyer, Cooper, Williams and O'Reilly. If you landed high on the least favorite side of this poll, it apparently doesn't necessarily hurt your listenership/viewership. While CNN's AC 360 (Anderson Cooper's prime time show) garnered 648,000 total viewers (average) during November of last year according to Nielsen, Rush Limbaugh's estimated weekly cume during the same period was more than 15 million, according to TALKERS. These are not the same measurement systems but the difference is stark, nonetheless. Back to cable/news talk for a moment; MSNBC's Ed Schultz beat CNN's AC 360 (head-to-head competition) in the November '11 Nielsens with 944,000 total viewers. However, Ed Schultz wasn't even offered as one of the 26 "news and current affairs personalities" to those taking the poll. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was included in the poll. She came in tied for seventh favorite with 7% of all respondents naming her their fave.
Entercom Kansas City Drops Classical for Business Talk Radio on KUDL. Entercom plans to drop the classical music on KUDL 1660 – Radio Bach – and will turn the station to a business talk-formatted outlet as early as this week with an official start on March 5, according to local reports. Former KMBZ talk host Mike Shanin is expected to host an 11:00 am to 1:00 pm program and, according to Bottom Line Communications, the station will be closely aligned with and cross-promoted by sister news/talk KMBZ-AM/FM. While there is no official word from Entercom Kansas City, it's being reported the station will carry programming from the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, Bloomberg Radio and is developing more local programming. Entercom donated its classical music library to Kansas Public Radio and University of Kansas.
Black Leaders in Southern California Still Upset with John and Ken. KFI, Los Angeles PM drive hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou returned to the air yesterday after a seven-day suspension for using the words "crack ho" while discussing the death of Whitney Houston. There are black leaders in Los Angeles still upset the duo have not been fired and the Los Angeles Times reports California State Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. was one of a number of black leaders scheduled to meet with Clear Channel management yesterday before John and Ken took to the air. Citing the duo's penchant for controversy, the leaders are asking for KFI to replace them. Senator Price is quoted in the Times saying, "There are many thoughtful and talented journalists in Southern California. KFI-AM needs to replace John and Ken with some of them. I'm sure their radio sponsors will be grateful."
Photographer Takes Radio Station to the Court of Public Opinion. Harrison Strategies senior partner and broadcasting attorney Matthew B. Harrison writes that it is important to know more about intellectual property law than just enough to avoid litigation. Disputes involving intellectual property aren't always played out civilly within the established legal system. Brawls are erupting in the Wild West of social networking, where threats of litigation don't have much standing and unconventional is the nature of attacks. Read Harrison's column here.
CBS Sports Network Debuts; Jim Rome Debuts April 3. The CBS Sports Network is up and running in time for the college basketball post-season. CBS' new cable and satellite channel will attempt to capitalize on CBS' long history of sports programming and will use personality-based shows to try to compete with ESPN. Premiere Networks talk radio star Jim Rome is leaving ESPN to take his cable TV show to CBS Sports Network beginning April 3. Veteran television and radio sports personality Tim Brando's 10:00 am to 1:00 pm ET daily radio talk show on Yahoo! Sports Radio is being simulcast on the new channel.
"America's Healthcare Advocate" Hits 60 Affiliate Mark. The Kansas City-based "America's Healthcare Advocate" show hosted by Cary Hall announces it is now heard on 60 affiliate stations across the country. Hall states, "If you would have asked me seven years ago whether this show would be nationally syndicated on 60 stations coast to coast, I would have said, 'impossible!' It's amazing to me how we continue to grow. Obviously the ongoing debate over PPACA (aka ObamaCare) has generated a tremendous amount of interest in our broadcast. Additionally, the informative shows we are able to do with nationally recognized experts in the health insurance and healthcare industries make us the go-to source across the country for information on these topics."
GOP Primary Race/2012 Presidential Campaign, Iran Nuclear Ambitions, New WikiLeaks Release, Oscars and Ohio School Shooting Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (2/27). The GOP primaries on the eve of the Michigan and Arizona primaries, the continuing concern over Iran's nuclear weapons program, WikiLeaks' release of e-mails from a U.S. security firm, the Academy Awards and the shooting at an Ohio high school that left one student dead were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS.
Irish Eyes Are Smilin'. Irish Radio Network USA chairman and CEO Adrian Flannelly (r) and his wife and Irish News Network VP and executive producer Aine Sheridan (c) will be honored with the 2012 Ambassador of Ireland Award to be presented by the Saint Patrick's Committee of Holyoke and the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Holyoke, Massachusetts by Consul General Michael Lonergan. Seated at left is Springfield City Councilor, former WHYN, Springfield talk show host and member of the Ambassador's Award committee Kateri Walsh appearing on Flannelly's program to announce this year's recipients. The Ambassador's Award recognizes individuals whose activities have brought the people of the United States and Ireland closer together. Flannelly and Sheridan are being honored together as a husband and wife whose professional careers personify that bridge-between-people that this prestigious award represents.
Big Promotion for John Hogan; Exec Moves Up to Chairman and CEO for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. Clear Channel Media Holdings continues to express its confidence in the man who was promoted from COO to president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio in 2002 after the departure of Randy Michaels. In announcing John Hogan's promotion and contract extension through 2015, the company touts Hogan's record of developing the creative and successful integration of sales, promotional and programming initiatives across multiple platforms. Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman states, "Under John's strong leadership and vision, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has integrated the company's assets so that it is today the leading media and entertainment company in the U.S. with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet. It provides a one-of-a-kind national platform for partners in addition to the powerful local activation market by market and demo by demo." Hogan says, "I am pleased and honored to be named to this position, which is a clear endorsement of the soundness of our strategy, the value of our assets, and the depth of the incredible team we are building here. I appreciate the energy and vision that Bob Pittman has brought to the organization and look forward to pursuing with Bob the vision we share as we continue to push the boundaries of the definition of entertainment, giving our audience what they want now and in the future."
Bill Thomas Out as Market Manager at Cumulus Birmingham. Cumulus Media Group regional manager John Walker is set to oversee the Birmingham cluster in addition to his responsibility for the Huntsville stations after the departure of Bill Thomas. There's no reason to believe that the ongoing legal battle between WJOX-FM, Birmingham personality Paul Finebaum and the company is the sole reason for Thomas' exit but the possibility exists that Thomas' role in how the situation was handled could have been a factor. Remember that Finebaum claims he was strong-armed by Thomas into signing a contract amendment that was less beneficial to him. That set the legal wheels in motion that includes Cumulus' recent decision to countersue Finebaum claiming he violated his contract by engaging in negotiations with a competitor and sharing confidential company information.
Journal Broadcast Group Reports Positive Q4; Slight Uptick for 2011. On the strength of increasing automotive in the fourth quarter of 2011, Journal Broadcast Group reports a revenue increase of 2.3%. For the entire year, Journal's revenue rose 1.6% on $70.4 million compared to 2010. While those numbers aren't staggering, they beat the negative reports that had become so common over the past few years. Interestingly, unlike many other radio groups, Journal notes the fourth quarter of 2011 was its best quarter.
Phil Hendrie Ends Local KFI, Los Angles Saturday Show; Busy TV Schedule Cited. Los Angeles-based radio and television talent Phil Hendrie tweets to fans he is ending his KFI, Los Angeles-only Saturday evening show after this weekend's performance due to the increasing amount of TV work he's getting combined with his nightly radio show syndicated by Talk Radio Network. Radio trade AllAccess.com reports it has confirmed the news. Hendrie is doing voice work on Fox Television's "Napoleon Dynamite" and has upcoming work on Fox's "New Girl." Hendrie thanks KFI program director Robin Bertolucci and the KFI staff for their help with the weekend show.
CBS Radio's WQYK, Tampa Changes Midday Show. "The King David Show" featuring Toby David and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Shaun King is off the air at CBS Radio's 1010 Sports (WQYK), according to the Tampa Bay Times' Tom Jones. Jones reports that WQYK assistant program director Mike Pepper says the station is airing Yahoo! Sports' Tim Brando in the 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm slot for now but would like to fill that hole with a local show. The station needs time to find the right show. He didn't rule out either David or King being part of the station in the future. Toby David tells the paper, "I appreciated the time I worked with Shaun and have a great amount of respect for him. I also enjoyed working at CBS Radio and have nothing but the utmost respect for those people and I hope to land on my feet locally."
CCME Announces National Imaging Team. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment organizes the imaging of its radio formats under the Kelly Doherty-led National Programming Platforms group. The function of this reorganization is to create 15 format-specific imaging coordinator positions and those experts will "produce and distribute compelling and diverse on-air promotional audio spots for Clear Channel's National Programming initiatives, including format-specific creative efforts across iHeartRadio, Artist Integration Programs and large-scale contests and events including the iHeartRadio Music Festival." Doherty states, "This team includes the top producers in each format. The talent, expertise and ingenuity that this new Imaging Team brings together is unmatched and I am excited to lead such a top-notch group." Scott Stanley is named news/talk imaging coordinator and Bob Schmidt is the sports imaging coordinator.
Thaddeus Matthews Off the Air at WPLX, Memphis After Court Ruling. The case involving Memphis talk host Thaddeus Matthews and WPLX, Memphis owner William Pollack took another turn recently after Chancellor Arnold Goldin of the Shelby County Court denied an injunction Matthews had sought to continue broadcasting his program on WPLX. Matthews made national news with a YouTube broadcast video of his on-air encounter with Republican congressional candidate Charlotte Bergmann which ended with Matthews refusing to shake Bergmann's hand because he didn't want her "whiteness" to rub off on him. According to The Commercial Appeal, last week's court ruling revolved around a dispute over money owed by Matthews to Pollack. Matthews leases the time from Pollack and the latter claims he's owed in excess of $85,000 in fees. Matthews disputes that figure and vows to continue his legal battle while broadcasting his program on the internet.
Rob Otto Joins WCAR, Livonia, Michigan in Sports Director Role. Detroit sports media pro Rob Otto joins Birach Broadcasting's WCAR, Livonia (west of Detroit) as sports director for the reformatted station positioned as ESPN 1090, according to Michiguide.com. The site reports Otto "will also be tasked with providing local, on-air sports updates for WCAR and helping the station establish local programming and marketing. He'll also be moving his sports-related blog from MLive.com to ESPN 1090's website at espn1090.com." Otto has worked in the Detroit market at WXYT-FM, WWJ, WDFN and WHMI-FM.
Opinion: Talk Host Phil Valentine Says Prohibition of Ethnic References Reeks of Controlling the Language. Nashville-based Dial Global syndicated talk host Phil Valentine responds to TALKERS sports editor Richard Neer's column (When it Comes to Ethnic Slurs, Just Don't Go There, 2/23/12) that in this age of political correctness, what is said or written in the media – the ESPN/Jeremy Lin case is a great example – doesn't have to actually be offensive, it just has to sound that way. Read Phil's column here.
GOP Primary Race/2012 Presidential Campaign Top News/Talk Story for Week of February 20 – 24. The GOP primary race and the 2012 presidential campaign tied atop the Talkers TenTM chart of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio this week. The primary and the issues surrounding the campaign that leads up to the November 5 general election were #1 for the fourth consecutive week. Landing at #2 was Iran's nuclear ambitions. At #3 was rising gas prices at U.S. pumps and at #4 was the protest in Afghanistan over the desecration of Korans at a U.S. base. The Talkers TenTM chart of the top stories and people discussed on news/talk radio is published each week at Talkers.com and is the result of ongoing research from TALKERS. See the entire chart here.
TALKERS Weekly Affiliation Roundup. Dial Global's "Overnight America with Jon Grayson" picks up KFWB, Los Angeles for the 10:00 pm to 3:00 am slot…..Cumulus Media Networks' "Red Eye Radio" is added for the overnight slot at WPRO, Providence….."Motley Fool Money" with host Chris Hill adds KPQ, Wenatchee, Washington and KPSF, Palm Springs – Money Radio 1200.

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The initiative to carry out deportations of Austrian Jews from Vienna to the »General Gouvernement« in former Poland already in early 1941, came from the new Reich Governor Baldur von Schirach. Thus, he met the wish of the Viennese NSDAP to have Jewish apartments vacated.
On 15 February 1941 and 26 February 1941 two deportation transports with 2003 Jewish men, women and children on board left Vienna Aspang Station bound for Opole, a small town south of Lublin.
On 19 Feburary 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 1004 Jewish men, women and children on board, bound for Kielce, a town north of Cracow.
On 5 March 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 999 Jewish men, women and children on board. The tranport's destination was Modliborzyce in Janow Lubelski, Lublin district.
On 12 March 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 997 Jewish men, women and children on board for Opatow and Lagow, two neighbouring small towns 50 km east of Kielce.


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Young native black locusts thrive among the 800 trees planted by volunteers along a stream at Dean Saylor Park outside of Lititz, Pa.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay photo by Ryan Davis
The stream game is best played with as many players as possible
By Ryan Davis The writer is manager of the Pennsylvania Forests Projects for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. This article was originally published in the Bay Journal and was distributed by the Bay Journal News Service.
I often find myself playing what I call the "stream game" while looking at digital maps. It's a simple game involving aerial imagery and reconnaissance for future streamside, or "riparian," tree plantings.
I start at the property I'm working on, which has a "naked" stream but one that, if I have my way, soon will be lined with a wide buffer of young trees. Then I follow the stream through the landscape — and get increasingly upset about how few trees are along it and how little forest cover there is in general.
It's admittedly a pretty bad game. It lacks objectives, it's impossible to win or lose, and it makes me feel terrible about the condition of our landscape. The presence or absence of a riparian forest around a stream is a strong determinant of its health. Those naked streams have unstable banks, less protection from runoff and little food for aquatic invertebrates. Plus, they likely get too hot in the summer to harbor many fish.
To me, one of the hardest parts of being a restoration professional is knowing this painful truth: We live in a landscape that is often denuded of nature. We got here not because of a few distant bad actors, but because of millions of uninformed decisions made by millions of individuals over hundreds of years. Restoring a creek takes decades of successful education and conservation efforts in the entire watershed.
This work is slow and difficult. There is still so much left to do and it can be hard to feel optimistic while playing the stream game, though every so often it can make my day. Last winter I was clicking around the map, feeling dejected as usual, until I came across what was clearly a young riparian forest buffer. The trees were in a tidy grid to facilitate maintenance mowing, and I could see the shadows of some of the trees' young crowns. It took me a second longer to realize, with even more delight, that as the Pennsylvania forest program manager at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, I had coordinated the planting of that buffer.
In the two years since the planting, the township has diligently taken care of their trees. If it wasn't for their hard work mowing and spraying, I may not have even noticed the site. Without maintenance, it would look identical to a hayfield from the aerial.
The planting also owes its success so far to one volunteer in particular: a "Riparian Ranger" who asked not to be named here but has spent countless hours tending to the trees. The Riparian Rangers, a volunteer corps created by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, was formed to care for and monitor forest planting sites. Planting trees is quick, fun and gets lots of attention. Tending to them is long, arduous and unglamorous work.
Agricultural land provides a tremendous opportunity to implement cost-efficient conservation practices that directly improve stream quality, but this work cannot solely be the responsibility of the farming community.
Farmers need help, and our communities can provide that support, whether it entails planting trees, tending to them or simply donating to conservation organizations. Environmental health is a public health issue, after all.
Keep your eye on those naked streams, but don't forget to tell your neighbors, friends and family that streams need trees. Don't forget to invite them to a tree planting this fall. We're all in this together, and we need each other to make progress.
Ryan Davis is manager of the Pennsylvania Forests Projects for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. This article, which has been edited for length, was originally published in the Bay Journal and was distributed by the Bay Journal News Service.
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End of UK road signs by 2027, says report
11/11/2019 in Connected fleet
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A new report entitled UK Connected and Automated Mobility Roadmap to 2030, proposes that improved vehicle connectivity will result in road signs and signals being decommissioned as early as 2027.
The report by Zenzic, an organisation "dedicated to accelerating the self-driving revolution in the UK by uniting industry, government and academia", states that emerging CAM (connected and automated mobility) technologies will eliminate the need for road signage, with UK drivers seeing "naked highways" by 2027.
It states that from as early as next year, new planning guidance and blueprints for CAM-ready cities, towns, highways and rural roads will look to accommodate CAM services for efficient operations. This it says "will see new highway schemes move away from high cost (£10 million per km of smart motorway) assets in favour of digital infrastructure".
It continues: "In addition, improved vehicle connectivity will eliminate the need for new road signage. The physical evolution and decommissioning of signs and signals expected from 2027 will be the first visible indication that new road infrastructure has been deployed, followed by the widespread adoption of in-car signalling (using in-car technology to digitally display speed limits, highway exits, and traffic updates for example) in 2028".
Daniel Ruiz, CEO at Zenzic said: "We are in a period of dramatic social and economic change. Transport is fundamental to the change and will soon be transformed by the new technologies associated with connectivity and automation, including digital infrastructure that will change the face of the UK's highways.
"The 'naked highway' concept aims to bring economic benefits in terms of local and national efficiencies, as well as tangible benefits to public mobility including improved safety and better routing through centralised communication with drivers."
Zenzic says that the transition, development and widespread adoption of digital road infrastructure will be informed by new standards, following agreed models for the digitisation of sign assets, as well as the specification of new safety services. In the next 10 years, this will include "identifying common approaches to safety and design standards" and in the next five years "describe the mapping requirements for digital road infrastructure".
Mixed vehicle parc
How the widespread removal of road signs and signals within the timeframe proposed by Zenzic would work if the UK's vehicle parc is still a combination of connected, autonomous vehicles and non-connected and non- autonomous vehicles, is unclear.
However Zenzic recognises that "having the infrastructure in place to facilitate the development and testing of self-driving technologies and services will be key to unlocking insights that inform these standards and regulations, service design, and technology requirements".
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john4870 - 11/11/2019 15:02
They've got no idea have they? we still have plenty of 20yr old vehicles about and we still will have in 2027. What are they on?
Sage & Onion - 11/11/2019 17:43
With current best practice advice, especially amongst HGV operators, to not rely on sat-navs and instead to pay attention to road signs, especially those forbidding large vehicles or advising of height/width/weight restrictions, this can not be a good thing. What happens when the "connected" vehicle suffers a software/firmware failure? 2027 is only a little over 7 years away and we are currently purchasing non-connected vehicles that we will keep for 8 years - so unless there is embedded connectivity that can be switched on in later years, without cost to the operator, then I can't see how this would work, even in CAM-ready cities and towns.
Colin - 25/11/2019 07:02
I tell all my drivers to drive by what they see through the windscreen NOT what the satnav or electronic kit tells them......whoever came up with this idea is foolish and detached from the real world.
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Denison Mines Corp. (DNN)
Northgate Minerals Corp. (NXG)
PolyMet Mining Corp. (PLM)
Denison Mines Corp. (DNN) is an intermediate uranium producer with production in the U.S., combined with a diversified development portfolio of projects in the U.S., Canada, Zambia and Mongolia. The company also offers mine decommissioning and environmental services through its Denison Environmental Services (DES) division and is the manager of Uranium Participation Corporation (TSX:U).
The company's assets include its 100% ownership of the White Mesa mill in Utah and its 22.5% ownership of the McClean Lake mill in Saskatchewan. The Company also produces vanadium as a co-product from some of its mines in Colorado and Utah. Denison owns interests in world-class exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, including its 60% owned flagship project at Wheeler River, and in the southwestern United States, Mongolia and Zambia.
In 2010, the Company completed initial mineral resource estimates for Wheeler River's Phoenix deposit with indicated mineral resources at Zone A of approximately 35 million pounds at an average grade of 18.0% U3O8 and with inferred mineral resources at Zone B of approximately 3.8 million pounds at an average grade of 7.3%. This year Denison is commencing its most ambitious exploration program to-date at Wheeler to further uncover this project's potential.
Denison recently provided its 2011 outlook, projecting uranium production of 1.2 million pounds of U3O8 from ore in stockpile and from the Beaver, Pandora and Arizona 1 mines and production from the alternate feed circuit at the White Mesa Mill in the United States. Vanadium production is expected to be 1.7 million pounds of V2O5. As of March 31, 2011, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $158,706,000.
Northgate Minerals Corp. (NXG) is an international gold and copper producer with mining operations, development projects and exploration properties in Canada and Australia. Forecasting production between 195,000 – 205,000 ounces of gold in 2011, the company anticipates producing approximately 300,000 and 350,000 ounces in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The company is looking to further accelerate growth through acquisitions in stable mining jurisdictions around the world.
Northgate is well regarded for its strong operating abilities and has gained reputation as one of the finest operators in the business by consistently delivering on its promises. In addition to providing significant socio-economic benefits to local communities, Northgate is committed to following sustainable mining practices at all times. The company has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Metal Mining Reclamation Citation from the BC Technical and Research Committee.
Record high gold and silver prices are providing precious metal producers with significant leverage to fund growth initiatives. With a robust three-year growth profile, operations and projects in mining-friendly jurisdictions and an experienced management team capitalizing on the company's organic growth and exploration potential, Northgate Minerals is well on its way to meeting and possibly exceeding its business objectives.
In recent news, Northgate Minerals acquired a former producing gold property located 50 miles southeast of Timmins, Ontario. The property consists of 24 mining leases in Powell and Cairo townships. Underground exploration within these mining leases is anticipated to commence soon as Northgate explores outside of its current reserve envelope.
PolyMet Mining Corp. (PLM) controls 100% of the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body through a long-term lease and owns 100% of the Erie Plant, a large processing facility set only six miles from the ore body, in the established mining district of the Mesabi Range. With the Definitive Feasibility Study complete, the company is currently seeking environmental and operating permits to move forward with production initiatives.
The Duluth Complex hosts the NorthMet mineralization. The Complex is a well-known geological formation with large quantities of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and gold, and lies in northeastern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has estimated that the Duluth Complex contains approximately 4.4 billion tons of mineral resources grading at 0.66% copper and 0.20% nickel.
Using open pit mining techniques traditional on the Mesabi Iron Range, PolyMet intends to mine ore containing copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and gold. Using modern processing techniques to recover these metals, which are used in everyday products such as electrical wiring, automobile emission controls and medical applications, the company anticipates mining approximately 32,000 tons of ore per day.
PolyMet Mining recently announced its financial results for the twelve months ended January 31, 2011. Although the company reported a loss for the year, it was significantly lower compared to the same period a year earlier. With cash and cash equivalents of $10.361 million as of last report, the company is well funded with an additional $20 million to be raised through the sale of 10 million shares to Glencore AG.


In addition to Ellicottville, the Weed Ross Group will have offices in Batavia and Orchard Park. Cornelius will retain the agents and workers from the old regimes, maintaining valuable relationships with current and new clientele. Now with over 10 people under the umbrella, customer service can turn from great to exceptional.
Much like how a bank or hotel chain would work, the new technology deployed by Weed Ross will allow any agent to access a particular claim or file. If Sean needs to answer a question about a claim in the Batavia office, he can pull it up from the computer in Ellicottville. All of the integration eliminates miscommunication issues.
Cornelius joined Weed Ross in 2014 as an insurance producer before taking over as president in 2016. The following year, he moved the office to their current location at 4 Monroe Street. And as of January 1st, the size of the business more than doubled thanks to the acquisitions. As HoliMont members, he's built relationships with local and regional families. And while the agency offers most forms of insurance, their speciality is seasonal and secondary homes.
Cornelius' dedication to the Ellicottville area reaches far beyond his business. With his two boys (Harrison and Finn) enrolled in Ellicottville Central School, he understands the importance of giving back to the community that supports him - as seen in the ardent support of summertime's Stroll the Streets and the annual Irish Christmas.
Weed Ross also offers insurance on regular homeowner's, auto, worker's compensation, non-profits, business and more. The agency grew out of the Weed Agency that's had an Ellicottville location since 1957.
For more information, call the Weed Ross Agency at 716-699-2388 or visit them at www.weedross.com.


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Mmmm….you can bop over to the House of Blues in New Orleans for Hanson
By Katie | June 30, 2015
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It's the day that Hanson fans have long awaited for two years.
According to hanson.net, after two years without a North American tour, the band is returning with a special 10-city tour across the US and Canada, featuring 2 concerts in each of the 10 major markets. The tour schedule includes a stop at the House of Blues in New Orleans on Oct, 22 and 23.
The tour will also mark the launch of the band's craft beer, Mmmhops Pale Ale, in new markets across the country.
"This tour is all about celebrating our musical journey, starting with a night of cover songs that have inspired us, followed by a night of rare tunes and fan favorites. Each night will be a totally unique experience," said Isaac Hanson.
In addition to the two special concerts, at each tour stop the band's Hanson Brothers Beer will be presenting an after-party, which will feature a special DJ set from Taylor Hanson and showcase Mmmhops Pale Ale in select cities. This fall will mark the first time the award-winning beer has been available in many of the tour markets.
"This is a special tour so we felt it deserved a special party, plus we are thrilled to be able to share our Mmmhops Pale Ale with a lot of our fans for the first time," said Taylor Hanson.
Tickets will be sold as a 2-night package giving all attendees a complete musical experience. The after-party will be available to concert goers as an add-on to the ticket package. All tickets are available starting today, June 29th, for Hanson.net fanclub members, and the public onsale will begin on July 10th.
The band will also continue its Take The Walk Campaign, which fights extreme poverty in Africa through one-mile barefoot walk events and grassroots fundraising. Walks are lead by the band, and will be held before concerts in each city on the tour.
Since the release and world tour behind 2013's acclaimed sixth studio album Anthem, Hanson has been working with a number of other artists, including a collaboration with Blues Traveler, 'Top Of The World' released in Spring 2015, and the pop song 'Unbelievable' with Owl City, which they will be performing on The Today Show on July 14th.
Wed 7 & Thu 8 Oct Chicago IL House Of Blues
Sat 10 & Sun 11 Oct Toronto ON The Phoenix
Tue 13 & Wed 14 Oct Cleveland OH House Of Blues
Fri 16 & Sat 17 Oct New York NY Irving Plaza
Mon 19 & Tue 20 Oct Atlanta GA Center Stage
Thu 22 & Fri 23 Oct New Orleans LA House Of Blues
Sat 24 & Sun 25 Oct Dallas TX House Of Blues
Thu 29 & Fri 30 Oct Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
Sun 1 & Mon 2 Nov Los Angeles CA The Fonda
Tue 3 & Wed 4 Nov San Francisco CA The Fillmore
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American actor, Winston Duke curated his own playlist on Spotify recently and he featured some Nigerian musicians in it. The playlist is called "Black Boy Joy".
Duke is co-star with Lupita Nyong'o on the Jordan Peele horror film, "Us". And Spotify has an existing promotional partnership with the movie, which gives select-act curatorial access to the music streaming service.
US artists such as DRAM, Chance the Rapper, Masego, Bas, Joey Bada$$ and a host of others also appeared on the playlist.


Public opinion has performed a very important position within the transitions from battle to peace in Israel because the 1967 Six Day conflict. protection Threatened is the 1st significant research of the interactions between opinion, politics and coverage in that interval, in response to opinion surveys of millions of grownup Jews carried out among 1962 and 1994. the general public divided in the course of these years into militant hardliners and extra conciliatory defense positions, and tool both shifted among, or used to be shared by means of, the Likud and exertions events.
This is the 1st book-length learn of why states occasionally forget about, oppose, or undermine parts of the nuclear nonproliferation regime—even as they officially aid it. Anchored by means of the Treaty at the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear guns, the nuclear nonproliferation regime is the constellation of agreements, projects, and norms that paintings in live performance to control nuclear fabric and expertise. The essays amassed right here express that attitudes on nonproliferation depend upon a "complex, contingent determination calculus," as states always gauge how their activities in the regime will have an effect on exchange, neighborhood status, and different pursuits important to any nation.
The first 4 essays take theoretical techniques to such issues as a framework for figuring out demanding situations to collective motion; clandestine proliferation less than the Bush and Obama administrations and its impression on regime legitimacy; risk development as a lens in which to view resistance to nonproliferation measures; and the talk over the connection among nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. Essays comprising the second one a part of the booklet use neighborhood and state-specific case experiences to examine how U.S. safety promises have an effect on the willingness of states to aid the regime; query the perceived spoiler position of a "vocal minority" in the Non-Aligned flow; problem notions that Russia is utilizing the regime to construct a coalition antagonistic to the U.S.; distinction nonproliferation options between Latin American nations; and clarify the lag in adoption of an extra Protocol by way of a few heart East and North African countries.
Getting nations to cooperate on nonproliferation efforts is an ongoing problem. those essays convey that good fortune needs to be measured not just via what percentage states subscribe to the trouble but additionally by means of how they take part after they join.
In Japan's Reluctant Realism , Michael J. eco-friendly examines the alterations of eastern international coverage within the decade because the finish of the chilly conflict. eco-friendly offers case experiences of China, the Korean peninsula, Russia and principal Asia, Southeast Asia, the foreign monetary associations, and multilateral boards (the United international locations, APEC, and the ARF). In each one of those experiences, eco-friendly considers jap pursuits; the effectiveness of jap international relations in attaining these targets; the household and exogenous pressures on policy-making; the measure of convergence or divergence with the USA in either technique and implementation; and classes for greater US - Japan diplomatic cooperation sooner or later. As eco-friendly notes, its bilateral dating with the us is on the middle of Japan's international coverage projects, and Japan consequently conducts overseas coverage with one eye rigorously on Washington. despite the fact that, eco-friendly argues, it's time to realize Japan as an self sufficient actor in Northeast Asia, and to evaluate jap international coverage in its personal terms.
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The Edwards El Monte 8 opened on November 24, 1992, at the same time as the Edwards La Verne 12. Said to have more than 2,000 seats, it is one of the Edwards theaters that became part of Regal Entertainment Group in 2002.
Twenty years later the only hope for this aging theater was El Monte's plan to develop the mixed-use Transit Village on and near the site. According to the magazine Retail Traffic, this would include "1,850 residences, a theater and entertainment complex, a conference center, a hotel with about 200 rooms, about 491,000 square feet of retail" and more.
Is this too ambitious for the city of El Monte? In March of 2012 the San Gabriel Valley Tribune called this plan "now defunct." For those interested, the legal turmoil surrounding this project has been covered thoroughly in the Tribune.
The Edwards El Monte 8 was closed October 23, 2014 and demolished in November 2014.
Just found out from a friend who lives out that way, this theatre is in the process of being demolished.
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Moscow & Gelendzhik
Visit – 2002
This year's trip involved a 5 day visit to Moscow followed by a flight to the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik for 3 days at the Hydro Aviation show. Once again I travelled with George Pick Travel, a company specializing in aviation tours all over the world. GP Travel arranged the flight from London to Moscow, our hotel accommodation, Russian Visas etc.
Our Russian host was again Oleg Kapyrin who runs a Moscow-based travel company Krugozor and it was he who organized the coaches, passes, access to bases and museums etc.
We stayed at our favourite Moscow hotel - the Hotel Cosmos, on the 19th floor overlooking the 'Park of Economic Achievement' (VDNK). The weather was hot and sunny for the 5 days in Moscow, the forest fires that had plagued the city in the previous weeks had died down and the air was as clear as it is in any large city. The weather in Gelendzhik was even sunnier, with clear blue skies and temperatures up into the high twenties Celsius.
The following is a day-by-day account of what we did, complete with photos - as appropriate.
This year we flew with SAS on flight SK500 from London Heathrow to Copenhagen, then on to flight SK734 for the journey to Moscow Sheremetyevo. We arrived at the Hotel Cosmos at approx 4pm, tired but happy to be in Moscow.
Thursday 29th August
We departed the hotel by coach at 9am for the journey through heavy traffic to the once secret base of Chkalovskaya on the outskirts of Moscow. We waited in our coach at the gates for our escort and we were asked not to take any photographs from the coach of the many aircraft parked on the ramp - such things as Il-76 and Il-86's with canoe fairings and various lumps and bumps. It was difficult to restrain ourselves, but we complied with our host's request. Our destination was the ramp space belonging to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre and they gave us a tour of their aircraft. We went a little further along the ramp than last year and managed to take more photos of the 'Aeroflot' Tu-16 weather ship plus the centre's L-39 trainers and some of the visiting aircraft - such as an An-124 and a departing An-32.
From Chkalovskaya we went 'next door' to the cosmonaut training base of Star City, where we were shown around a mock-up of the MIR space station, the huge water tank containing a mock-up of ISS components and the massive centrifuge. While we were there we bumped into a cosmonaut and his family - together with a retired cosmonaut named Viktor Afanasev. They allowed us to take photos of them and shook our hands.
From Star City we went the few miles to the Russian Air Force museum at Monino. Having visited this place many times it is gratifying to see that the buildings are being repaired and some of the aircraft are being given a fresh coat of paint. This is welcome - in that it helps preserve the airframes from the elements - although some, like the Su-27M prototype with its unique 'ferris' style camouflage scheme, are being repainted in historically inaccurate colours - a worrying trend.
Friday 30 August
Our second full day in Moscow saw us on a coach trip through the heavy Moscow traffic to the Korolev Space Control Centre where we visited the control rooms of the now defunct MIR Space Station plus the operational ISS (MKS in Russian) Space Station. From Korolev we took a short journey to the Museum of Rocket-Space Engineering named after S.P. Korolev on the premises of the Energia Space Corporation. Inside a huge hangar are many examples of the hardware used in Soviet and Russian spaceflight - from the Sputnik capsule right up the the Energia rocket and Buran orbiter. A small souvenir shop on the premises did a roaring trade selling books, memorabilia etc to our party.
In the afternoon we made our way to the area of Leningradsky Prospekt and the MiG OKB museum. We were welcomed by the museum director and some of the staff from the design bureau who explained the history of the MiG Corporation and showed us around the museum..
Saturday 31 August
Today's visit was to the busy domestic civil airport of Vnukovo. I don't 'do' civil - but I could not resist photographing the many colourful airliners that were coming and going. In each of the years we have been going on these visits, the access we are granted has just got better and better and this year was the best yet! We were allowed to go anywhere we asked - apart from the military ramp - and our hosts were most accomodating.
After a happy morning spent at Vnukovo, we travelled across Moscow to the airfield of Ostafievo. This is a naval aviation repair facility that also houses the terminal buildings and ramp of Gazpromavia - our hosts. As in 2001, they showed us their modern facilities and brand new ramp space, but in addition, we were allowed to travel by coach around the perimeter track past the military installation taking photographs as we went, although we were not allowed off the coach.
Nevertheless we managed to take photos of some very interesting aircraft.
From Ostafievo it was back into Moscow to the magnificent landscaped grounds of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War - known to all as Victory Park. The memorials and buildings on this site are worth a day's visit alone, but we spent the brief time we had visiting the outdoor aviation exhibits. The museum has many replicas of Soviet GPW aircraft rebuilt from excavated remains as well as many more modern types. On our way out of the museum we spotted what looked like a tangled mass of scrap metal which Oleg, on our behalf, enquired about. It turned out to be the remains of a Junkers Ju-88 recovered from a crash site.
Sunday 1 September
An early departure today for a 3.5 hour coach journey to the city of Kaluga to visit the Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics.
I must confess that I had never heard of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - but my lack of knowledge was soon corrected at this magnificent museum dedicated to the 'father of spaceflight'. Our lady guide spoke immaculate English and showed us around the museum explaining the history of Tsiolkovsky and his contribution to modern spaceflight. The rest of the museum contains many examples of Soviet and Rusian space hardware and we were allowed to photograph and ask questions of our knowledgeable guide. From the museum, we went to a small cottage that was the home of Tsiolkovsky - now preserved as a memorial to the great man.
As we were leaving Moscow in the early morning for Kaluga, your ever-alert reporter had spotted some aircraft near a building on the outskirts of Moscow - so we called in on the way back to investigate! The building turned out to be the General Officers Academy and the aircraft were on display inside the perimeter fence. Being Sunday evening the academy was closed, so we took some photos in the failing light from the grassy bank outside. The duty guards looked on in amusement at the antics of a bunch of foreign aviation enthusiasts scrambling around trying to poke cameras between the fence railings!
Monday 2 September.
A later start this morning for the coach journey to Domodedovo - Moscow's fastest growing airport that is becoming a rival for the international terminal at Sheremetyevo. Lots of construction work is going on with new terminal buildings, strengthened ramp space and a brand new rail link to Moscow city centre. Again, not one to do civil aircraft, I nevertheless spent a happy few hours taking roll after roll of film on all the many colourful airliners we were allowed to walk amongst.
From Domo, we travelled back into Moscow city centre for a quick walk down the tourist mecca of Arbat street before going on to the Moscow modellers club that meets every Monday in an old hall on Shosse Entuziastov (Enthusiast Avenue).
Tuesday 3 September.
Today was our departure day for the flight down to Gelendzhik, so we left our heavy suitcases behind at the Hotel Cosmos and travelled light for the 3 days at the Black Sea resort. Our flight was at 11:20, so we had time for a visit to Vnukovo Aircraft Repair Plant number 400 - another first. We toured the ramp of this facility and were allowed to take all the photographs we wanted - as long as we didn't point our cameras at the government aircraft on the ramp next door. The highlight of this visit was the discovery of a preserved Tuploev Tu-114 - the airliner that was based on the Tu-95 Bear!
This was only the fourth example of this giant that I had seen, There is one at Monino, another at Ulyanovsk and a third is a gate guardian at Domodedovo. This 'Cleat' was in rather poor condition with faded paintwork and deflated tires, but they opened it up for us and we were allowed inside the cavernous fuselage.
From the repair plant it was a quick coach journey to the terminal buildings to check in for our flight in a Karat Airlines Antonov An-24 flight to Gelendzhik. The 3.5 hour flight was quite pleasant - if a little noisy as we were seated in the front row - right next to the propeller disc. The crew allowed us to visit the cockpit - so a bunch of aviation enthusiasts went up to the cockpit, one-by-one, much to the amusement of the Russian passengers. As we approached Gelendzhik we passed over the flying boat ramp and slipway and made a sweeping turn out over the sea before landing on the short runway at Gelendzhik. From the small airport we were taken to our accomodation which consisted of small chalet/cottages set in a wooded park just a few minutes walk from the showground. A quick wash and brush up and it was down to the waterfront to have a few beers at a local bar - and as we sat there watching the sun go down, drinking our beer, what should appear but a Beriev Be-200! It made a sweeping turn over the bay before it landed on the water and taxied up to the ramp - ready for us to look at the next day. Talk about heaven!
Wednesday 4 September, Thursday 5 September
The next two days were spent visiting the HydroAviation Show After an early breakfast at our dining hall, it was across the road and into the show. We wandered around the ramp photographing the huge Beriev A-40 Albatros ASW amphibian and the smaller Be-200 flying boats. As well as the prototype Be-200, the first production example had arrived following its first flight only a few days previously. This one was finished in the colours of MChS - the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, or EMERCOM. As well as the two jet flying boats, there was a Be-12P 'Chaika' amphibian water bomber converted from the Be-12 'Mail' and a couple of Be-103 six-seat amphibians as well as numerous small leisure/sporting amphibians. One new design was the SA-20P - a conversion of the Be-103 that replaces the twin Teledyne-Continental western engines with a single Russian M-14X radial mounted centrally above the rear cabin. Being marketed by KnAAPO for Russian use, it promises to be a cheaper alternative to the Be-103, although they are reportedly experiencing CG problems because of the higher thrust line.
The show was opened on the first day by a pair of Kamov Ka-27 helicopters carying underslung flags - although I missed the opportunity to photograph them because we were inside the show marquee visiting the many trade stands! The Russian aerobatic team, the Striji (Swifts) put on a great display with six MiG-29's and the other aerobatic team from Kubinka - the Russian Knights - also paid a visit, although with only two Su-27's. The A-40, Be-200 and Be-12P taxied down the slipway and took off in turn before formating for a 3-ship flypast. The Be-12P and Be-200 both showed off their water-bombing skills and the Be-103's and the smaller amphibians all took to the water in turn to demonstrate their abilities.
The showground itself was busy, with displays by various manufacturers and organisations inside the marquee, there were numerous stalls selling all sorts of things, from T-shirts to model kits and souvenirs and the beer tents and barbeques were in abundance. We actually had to stop our wanderings on numerous occasions to sit down and have a few beers!
Our man Oleg organised a meeting with a gorgeous young lady from Beriev who arranged for us to go aboard all three of their products - the A-40, Be-12P and the two Be-200's. We were welcomed aboard by the crews and allowed to take as many photographs as we wanted. The A-40 and Be-200 were just like modern airliners - with glass cockpits in the case of the Be-200's - and capacious cabins fitted with test equipment. The Be-12P was a different matter! We had to climb a maintenance platform to get up to the small doorway and, once inside, it was difficult to access the cockpit through the narrow hatchways. It was just like being inside a submarine!
As well as the hydroaviation ramp, we travelled the 1km up to the small main Gelendzhik airport where there were numerous land-based aircraft on display. We persuaded the airport manager to let us walk over to where a Kamov Ka-27SP was parked and were greeted by pilot Sasha and his crew. Speaking perfect English, Sasha told us they were from Sevastapol and were based at Gelendzhik on SAR duty for the duration of the show. He let us photograph his machine and even let me sit in the cockpit and photograph the interior.
Tired and happy from walking around the airport and showground, we spent each evening at our 'adopted' waterfront bar, sampling the local beverages, watching the glorious sunsets over Gelendzhik bay.
Friday 6 September
On our last morning at Gelendzhik, we had a final look around the ramp, visited the airport for one last time, before travelling by coach to the city of Krasnodar for our flight back to Moscow. As ever, Oleg had arranged for a ramp tour at this airport, so having checked in and passed through customs, we boarded our coach for a trip around the airport. A storm front had just passed through so we had some interesting skies with a magnificent rainbow backdrop against which to photograph the many airliners on the ramp. After exhausting all the available aircraft, we drove straight to our waiting Kuban Airlines Yak-42 for the 2.5 hour flight back to Moscow.
Saturday 7 September
Sadly, our last day in Moscow. After checking out of the Cosmos, we boarded our coach for Moscow's main airport, Sheremetyevo. We had another comprehensive ramp tour here before checking in for our SAS flight back to London via Copenhagen.
Once again, I would like to extend my thanks to George Pick Travel for making the trip possible and to 'our man in Moscow' Oleg for organizing such a great visit and for being able to get us into such previously taboo places!
If you ever want to go on an aviation visit to Russia – or to any country for that matter – I can recommend George Pick. If you want any travel arrangements made in Russia, then Oleg is your man.
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Music, family and friendship still a joy for former teacher
For Margaret Upham, the recommendations of friends made the choice to move into Bolton Clarke's Fairview retirement community at Pinjarra Hills, in Brisbane's west, easy.
"I knew people who had lived in the village and they absolutely raved about it, did not have a negative thing to say. So I decided that was the place for me and I have lived here for the last four years very happily," she says.
"The people here are very friendly, everyone gets along with each other so well and Kathy is a wonderful manager, it doesn't matter what she has going on when you walk into her office she will stop what she's doing and make time for you."
Margaret, born in Sydney, is a former infant and preschool teacher and enjoys running a regular resident discussion group as well as attending sewing and knitting clubs.
She raised her four children in Newcastle with her husband, who was a church minister.
"Then after teaching young children for so long I went back and completed more studies to work with children who had special needs," she says.
"That was an incredibly rewarding experience as well, I found the need to keep these children motivated and show them they could do anything they set their minds to."
"Children bring such joy to my life, it's such a wonderful thing to be able to teach. I absolutely loved every minute of it.
"I loved being able to interact with children who were so young and still learning about the world around them."
These days those interactions still happen regularly with her extended family, with children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren living close by.
Margaret Is also a skilled musican and loves playing the piano and the organ, which she often did at church .
"I do have a mini organ in my unit here, I play it sometimes and I play the piano in the community hall when the residents get together for a sing-a-long," she said.
"I did learn to play the piano as a child but I never had exams or anything. I feel that when children are tested on things like that they can quickly lose their love and passion for it. We were all meant to make some mistakes so I don't think perfection matters too much."


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