Bradley Monical took the stand in his own defense Wednesday, the second day of his jury trial for the April 29 robbery of Sterling Savings Bank. Testimony concluded Wednesday afternoon and the case went to the jury. A verdict could be returned today.
Witnesses testified Tuesday and Wednesday that a man in a red coat robbed the bank at gunpoint, then left the building. A bank employee followed the robber, lost sight of him behind the Coos Art Museum for roughly 15 seconds, and saw Monical, dressed in black, emerge on the other side.
"A guy ran smack into me, I fell on my butt," Monical testified. "He drops the bag and it fell immediately on my lap."
Monical said he was in town the afternoon of April 29 to purchase medical marijuana with his cousin, Tucker White.
While White made the purchase, Monical killed time in downtown Coos Bay. He was on his way back to meet his cousin in a parking lot near the bank when a man in red ran into him.
Monical examined the strange bag in his lap long enough to see the large quantity of money inside, he testified.
He said he mistakenly thought the man was running from a drug bust, possibly for the transaction his cousin was participating in.
"In the background I heard sirens," Monical testified. "I was freaked out. I put the bag around my neck."
Then he tucked it under his coat and zipped the coat up.
A police officer, with an updated description from the bank employee who tailed the robber, arrested Monical on the corner of South Second Street and Anderson Avenue at gunpoint.
"I was thinking, ‘Oh f-, what is going on?'" Monical's eyes filled with tears.
"Do you always wear pantyhose around your neck?" Deputy District Attorney Erika Soublet asked Monical on the cross-examination.
Tuesday, Coos Bay police officer Ken Labrousse, who arrested Monical, testified that Monical had the top of a pair of beige pantyhose around his neck with eye slits cut in them. Labrousse took a picture of the pantyhose, taunt around Monical's neck, shortly after arresting him. Witnesses said the robber wore a beige mask.
2011年6月30日星期四
Never did Cox look so smart
Never did Cox look so smart after the throw from right fielder Seth Smith skipped past catcher Chris Iannetta that enabled Quentin to score the go-ahead in the top of the ninth to give the Sox a 3-2 victory over the Rockies.
"Believe me, there was a little question about it," Cox said after the Sox (39-42) snapped a two-game losing streak to cut their deficit to four games in the AL Central race. "(Smith) was coming in, he was going to his left, he's a left-handed thrower and he's going to have to take a split second to get his feet right.
"Shoot, it's the ninth inning and that makes the second out, so let's make it happen and hopefully the throw is offline a tad. And the more you practice, the luckier you get."
There was plenty of uncertainty after Mark Buehrle's 2-0 lead vanished on home runs by Jason Giambi and Ty Wigginton in the sixth and seventh innings, and then the Sox needed second baseman Gordon Beckham to quickly start a double play with the bases loaded to get out of a jam in the eighth.
There were signs of desperation as early as the third, when the Sox brought the infield in after Gonzalez hit a triple with one out. The move paid off as shortstop Alexei Ramirez fielded Jonathan Herrera's hard grounder on his knee to prevent Gonzalez from scoring and getting the out at first.
Quentin led off the ninth with a single off Huston Street and advanced to third on Paul Konerko's single. Ramirez struck out to bring up Pierzynski, who leads the Sox with 14 double plays.
"I came off (the third-base bag)," said Quentin, who would have been nailed by at least 20 feet had Iannetta fielded the ball cleanly."It looked like it might flare in and drop. I was slowly going back to the bag, so I was near the bag. (Cox) told me late, but I was able to get back to the bag and go."
The breaks evened out for the Sox after Buehrle doubled but was picked off second and then committed his first error since Sept. 13, 2009, against the Angels — snapping a streak of 51 consecutive errorless starts.
"Believe me, there was a little question about it," Cox said after the Sox (39-42) snapped a two-game losing streak to cut their deficit to four games in the AL Central race. "(Smith) was coming in, he was going to his left, he's a left-handed thrower and he's going to have to take a split second to get his feet right.
"Shoot, it's the ninth inning and that makes the second out, so let's make it happen and hopefully the throw is offline a tad. And the more you practice, the luckier you get."
There was plenty of uncertainty after Mark Buehrle's 2-0 lead vanished on home runs by Jason Giambi and Ty Wigginton in the sixth and seventh innings, and then the Sox needed second baseman Gordon Beckham to quickly start a double play with the bases loaded to get out of a jam in the eighth.
There were signs of desperation as early as the third, when the Sox brought the infield in after Gonzalez hit a triple with one out. The move paid off as shortstop Alexei Ramirez fielded Jonathan Herrera's hard grounder on his knee to prevent Gonzalez from scoring and getting the out at first.
Quentin led off the ninth with a single off Huston Street and advanced to third on Paul Konerko's single. Ramirez struck out to bring up Pierzynski, who leads the Sox with 14 double plays.
"I came off (the third-base bag)," said Quentin, who would have been nailed by at least 20 feet had Iannetta fielded the ball cleanly."It looked like it might flare in and drop. I was slowly going back to the bag, so I was near the bag. (Cox) told me late, but I was able to get back to the bag and go."
The breaks evened out for the Sox after Buehrle doubled but was picked off second and then committed his first error since Sept. 13, 2009, against the Angels — snapping a streak of 51 consecutive errorless starts.
2011年6月28日星期二
The 2011-12 early season frameworks
The 2011-12 early season frameworks, which cover migratory bird hunting seasons opening before Oct. 1, continue allowing a 16-day teal-only season when estimated breeding population of blue-winged teal is 4.7 million birds or more. A nine-day season is allowed when bluewing populations are below 4.7 million.
Preliminary estimates from the annual breeding population survey conducted during May and June on major duck nesting areas of the north-central United States and south-central Canada pegs this year's bluewing population at 8.9 million birds.
That's the highest blue-wing breeding population estimate since the standardized surveys began in 1955. The previous high was 7.4 million in 2000.
TPWD earlier this year proposed Sept. 10-25 as teal season dates statewide, if a 16-day season was allowed.
Also, Texas this year plans to take advantage of federal frameworks allowing an early hunting season aimed at reducing populations of resident, feral Canada geese.
As has happened in other states, Texas is seeing introduced flocks of Canada geese expand their range and populations, mostly in urban areas where the large, feral waterfowl have become pests, damaging vegetation, fouling landscapes and otherwise causing problems.
The majority of these "resident" flocks of Canada geese are in North Texas, mostly along the Red River but also with growing numbers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Henderson County in northeast Texas holds the state's largest flock of resident Canadas, with some estimates of as many as 15,000 of the big birds in that county.
TPWD plans to allow its first early season Canada goose season this year, with the season set to run concurrent with the teal season.
Preliminary estimates from the annual breeding population survey conducted during May and June on major duck nesting areas of the north-central United States and south-central Canada pegs this year's bluewing population at 8.9 million birds.
That's the highest blue-wing breeding population estimate since the standardized surveys began in 1955. The previous high was 7.4 million in 2000.
TPWD earlier this year proposed Sept. 10-25 as teal season dates statewide, if a 16-day season was allowed.
Also, Texas this year plans to take advantage of federal frameworks allowing an early hunting season aimed at reducing populations of resident, feral Canada geese.
As has happened in other states, Texas is seeing introduced flocks of Canada geese expand their range and populations, mostly in urban areas where the large, feral waterfowl have become pests, damaging vegetation, fouling landscapes and otherwise causing problems.
The majority of these "resident" flocks of Canada geese are in North Texas, mostly along the Red River but also with growing numbers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Henderson County in northeast Texas holds the state's largest flock of resident Canadas, with some estimates of as many as 15,000 of the big birds in that county.
TPWD plans to allow its first early season Canada goose season this year, with the season set to run concurrent with the teal season.
The committee's refusal to modify the dove
The committee's refusal to modify the dove season frameworks comes just two years after Texas successfully pushed to get federal approval of the current rules.
For decades, federal frameworks allowed opening of the South Zone dove season no earlier than Sept. 20, nearly three weeks after the Sept. 1 opening date allowed in the rest of the state.
The late opening was designed to delay hunting in the region until almost all dove nestlings had fledged. South Texas can see late nesting efforts that have young doves still in the nest into early September.
At the direction of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in the 1990s implemented a policy of opening the South Zone dove season on the first Friday following Sept. 20 if Sept. 20 fell on a weekday other than Friday. The move was aimed at providing an extended "opening weekend" in the South Zone, which holds some of the state's best dove hunting, drawing many of the state's 300,000 dove hunters and pumping millions of dollars into the region's economy.
But that meant some opening days could fall as late as Sept. 24. Such late openings drew fewer hunters. Also, the later the opening date, the higher the odds that heavy rains from a tropical storm or hurricane or an early season cool front could push birds out of the area, negatively impacting hunting.
In 2009, at Texas' urging, federal regulators approved rules allowing opening of dove season in Texas South Zone on the Friday nearest Sept. 20 but no earlier than Sept. 17.
But proponents of the change didn't take into consideration that in some years, that opening date would fall as late as Sept. 23 — as it does this year.
TPWD officials this year pushed a proposal to change frameworks to allow the South Zone to open on the third Friday of September, no matter what date that Friday fell. This year, it would have allowed the season to open Sept. 16.
Biological impact of the change would be minor, if any, proponents argued.
But federal migratory bird managers declined to recommend the change to the regulations committee.
"Yes, I'm upset - to say the least," Dave Morrison, TPWD director of small-game programs, said of the decision. "It was a minor change that had good support from the Central Flyway Council."
For decades, federal frameworks allowed opening of the South Zone dove season no earlier than Sept. 20, nearly three weeks after the Sept. 1 opening date allowed in the rest of the state.
The late opening was designed to delay hunting in the region until almost all dove nestlings had fledged. South Texas can see late nesting efforts that have young doves still in the nest into early September.
At the direction of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in the 1990s implemented a policy of opening the South Zone dove season on the first Friday following Sept. 20 if Sept. 20 fell on a weekday other than Friday. The move was aimed at providing an extended "opening weekend" in the South Zone, which holds some of the state's best dove hunting, drawing many of the state's 300,000 dove hunters and pumping millions of dollars into the region's economy.
But that meant some opening days could fall as late as Sept. 24. Such late openings drew fewer hunters. Also, the later the opening date, the higher the odds that heavy rains from a tropical storm or hurricane or an early season cool front could push birds out of the area, negatively impacting hunting.
In 2009, at Texas' urging, federal regulators approved rules allowing opening of dove season in Texas South Zone on the Friday nearest Sept. 20 but no earlier than Sept. 17.
But proponents of the change didn't take into consideration that in some years, that opening date would fall as late as Sept. 23 — as it does this year.
TPWD officials this year pushed a proposal to change frameworks to allow the South Zone to open on the third Friday of September, no matter what date that Friday fell. This year, it would have allowed the season to open Sept. 16.
Biological impact of the change would be minor, if any, proponents argued.
But federal migratory bird managers declined to recommend the change to the regulations committee.
"Yes, I'm upset - to say the least," Dave Morrison, TPWD director of small-game programs, said of the decision. "It was a minor change that had good support from the Central Flyway Council."
Grocery chain Trader
Grocery chain Trader Joe's even offers a small discount for customers who use their own reusable bags, and some cities, including Long Beach, are enacting laws to restrict or eliminate plastic bags altogether.
So far, Lopez's design has gained a respectable following, though market officials wouldn't reveal if Lopez has gained the most votes to date.
The winner will be announced July 26.
"Lopez's design stood out to us as being original, creative and a great representation of what Fresh & Easy means to him," said Roberto Munoz, Fresh & Easy's director of neighborhood affairs.
Lopez, a 2007 graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a bachelor's degree in communications, said he would like to use any potential winnings to help feed his large, extended family, spouse and friends.
"I love Fresh & Easy and have been shopping there since they opened up in Long Beach (a few years ago)," Lopez said. "A year's worth of groceries. I could supply all the food for our family barbecues, fill our refrigerator to overflowing. It would save us a fortune...and it would be personally fulfilling seeing that design on those bags everywhere."
El Segundo-based Fresh & Easy has become one of North America's fastest-growing grocery chains since opening its first store in 2007.
It operates two shops in Long Beach, one in Signal Hill and more than 170 across California, Nevada and Arizona, with dozens more expected to open in the next few years.
The reusable bags will be available at all Fresh & Easy markets beginning in August, starting at 99 cents.
Customers who have signed into the market's website can vote on the finalists' designs through July 10.
So far, Lopez's design has gained a respectable following, though market officials wouldn't reveal if Lopez has gained the most votes to date.
The winner will be announced July 26.
"Lopez's design stood out to us as being original, creative and a great representation of what Fresh & Easy means to him," said Roberto Munoz, Fresh & Easy's director of neighborhood affairs.
Lopez, a 2007 graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a bachelor's degree in communications, said he would like to use any potential winnings to help feed his large, extended family, spouse and friends.
"I love Fresh & Easy and have been shopping there since they opened up in Long Beach (a few years ago)," Lopez said. "A year's worth of groceries. I could supply all the food for our family barbecues, fill our refrigerator to overflowing. It would save us a fortune...and it would be personally fulfilling seeing that design on those bags everywhere."
El Segundo-based Fresh & Easy has become one of North America's fastest-growing grocery chains since opening its first store in 2007.
It operates two shops in Long Beach, one in Signal Hill and more than 170 across California, Nevada and Arizona, with dozens more expected to open in the next few years.
The reusable bags will be available at all Fresh & Easy markets beginning in August, starting at 99 cents.
Customers who have signed into the market's website can vote on the finalists' designs through July 10.
2011年6月23日星期四
A number of bio-plastic alternatives
A number of bio-plastic alternatives are gaining traction elsewhere, with versions made from renewable and sustainable corn, soy or jute. The technology, higher price and end result is far from where the industry wants it to be but opposed to bags produced using fossil fuels, they cut down on greenhouse gas emissions when they degrade, are recyclable and compostable.
The UAE's oxo-degradable choice, however, still uses conventional plastic made from petroleum-based polymers. The additives, usually metals, help it degrade faster - to carbon dioxide and water - when exposed to light and oxygen.
As of last year, all of the oxo-degradable bags in the UAE now need to be certified by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (Esma) to make sure they are safe for both the public and the environment. Esma has approved two additives - Reverte and D2W - for use in this process in the UAE and has applied rigorous standards to any company approved to produce the bags - including requiring labels indicating they are oxo-degradable.
The thing is, the perception from a "degradable" label on plastic is that over a period of time, it will disappear into nothing. This is where concerned consumers need to pay better attention and form their own opinions - because the available science, experts say, does not always back up the claim.
The companies that make these bags say they have independent lab tests that prove "biodegradation". Yet a study conducted in 2010 by scientists at Loughborough University in the UK for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the life cycle of the oxo-degradable varieties indicated otherwise.
The UAE's oxo-degradable choice, however, still uses conventional plastic made from petroleum-based polymers. The additives, usually metals, help it degrade faster - to carbon dioxide and water - when exposed to light and oxygen.
As of last year, all of the oxo-degradable bags in the UAE now need to be certified by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (Esma) to make sure they are safe for both the public and the environment. Esma has approved two additives - Reverte and D2W - for use in this process in the UAE and has applied rigorous standards to any company approved to produce the bags - including requiring labels indicating they are oxo-degradable.
The thing is, the perception from a "degradable" label on plastic is that over a period of time, it will disappear into nothing. This is where concerned consumers need to pay better attention and form their own opinions - because the available science, experts say, does not always back up the claim.
The companies that make these bags say they have independent lab tests that prove "biodegradation". Yet a study conducted in 2010 by scientists at Loughborough University in the UK for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the life cycle of the oxo-degradable varieties indicated otherwise.
Elementary student Josh Whalen vividly
Elementary student Josh Whalen vividly remembers the moment he received a backpack through the local food bank’s Backpacks for Bookworms program.
He recalls exploring its pockets, which were “loaded” with school supplies during the bus ride home. It was like Christmas in backpack.
“We didn’t have enough money to get a backpack,” he said. “It felt pretty good that I would actually have a backpack.”
Not only can the Grade 6 Coronation Street Public School student appreciate the goodwill of those who have donated to the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank’s Backpacks for Bookworms initiative, he also now knows the meaning of giving back to the program.
Whalen and his class recently put their heads together to come up with a way to raise money to support the program and students whose family budgets don’t allow for the back-to-school shopping sprees enjoyed by most. The students did everything from hold bake sales and raffles to raise hundreds of dollars, enough to buy six backpacks brimming with supplies. The total cost was about $250.
It was an effort that students, including Karel Peters, hopes will create a domino effect of giving.
“Maybe through our actions, they would do the same,” she said.
The fundraiser was a joint effort with Chalmers Street Public School, affectionately known as a “sister school”. Coronation Street Grade 6 teacher Jackee Berry’s sister Denielle Berry’s Grade 4 class also held fundraisers to purchase backpacks and supplies.
“Together we raised almost $800, which is unbelieveable,” said Jackee. “We didn’t think we would be able to raise that much money.”
He recalls exploring its pockets, which were “loaded” with school supplies during the bus ride home. It was like Christmas in backpack.
“We didn’t have enough money to get a backpack,” he said. “It felt pretty good that I would actually have a backpack.”
Not only can the Grade 6 Coronation Street Public School student appreciate the goodwill of those who have donated to the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank’s Backpacks for Bookworms initiative, he also now knows the meaning of giving back to the program.
Whalen and his class recently put their heads together to come up with a way to raise money to support the program and students whose family budgets don’t allow for the back-to-school shopping sprees enjoyed by most. The students did everything from hold bake sales and raffles to raise hundreds of dollars, enough to buy six backpacks brimming with supplies. The total cost was about $250.
It was an effort that students, including Karel Peters, hopes will create a domino effect of giving.
“Maybe through our actions, they would do the same,” she said.
The fundraiser was a joint effort with Chalmers Street Public School, affectionately known as a “sister school”. Coronation Street Grade 6 teacher Jackee Berry’s sister Denielle Berry’s Grade 4 class also held fundraisers to purchase backpacks and supplies.
“Together we raised almost $800, which is unbelieveable,” said Jackee. “We didn’t think we would be able to raise that much money.”
2011年6月20日星期一
Replica watches – an amazing quality at a reasonable price
Swiss watches are the great attributes to accentuate your success and social position. The outstanding quality and design make them famous all over the world and their popularity doesn't wink out as the years pass by.
But the authentic Swiss watches are rather costly as they are made with the use of precious stones and metals. This makes them almost unobtainable for the average people. But still there is the possibility for you to accede to these masterpieces. This possibility is to purchase the replica watches which are the excellent copies of the authentic Swiss watches.
A replica watch should not be confused with the fake watch as the first one is a perfect clone of the original while the second one doesn't usually comply with the genuine product. The Swiss replicas and the replicas UK that we are happy to offer you repeat every detail of the design. They impress by the exactitude of duplication which you can never feel with the fake watch.
Our store gives you a great possibility of ordering a high quality replica watch on-line without leaving your home. We offer you the men's and ladies' replica watches, designer replica watches, Swiss and UK replicas and other replica watches for sale. If you order your replica in our store you can be sure this is the best replica watch you may find. So there is no use in surfing the Net looking for cheap replicas that will certainly turn out to be the fake replica watches. Only here you can order the quality replica watch at a moderate price.
Our store provides the best Swiss replica watches in the UK. So don't even try to look for a better deal as you may find yourself with a low-quality replica fake watch having nothing in common with the authentic product.
We guarantee that every product you see in our store is a luxury replica, a precise and thorough copy watch of the worldwide recognized manufacturer. We don't sell replica fake watches nor designer fake watches and our suppliers never deal with this kind of products. So when you buy a replica watch in our store you get the best replica in UK.
But the authentic Swiss watches are rather costly as they are made with the use of precious stones and metals. This makes them almost unobtainable for the average people. But still there is the possibility for you to accede to these masterpieces. This possibility is to purchase the replica watches which are the excellent copies of the authentic Swiss watches.
A replica watch should not be confused with the fake watch as the first one is a perfect clone of the original while the second one doesn't usually comply with the genuine product. The Swiss replicas and the replicas UK that we are happy to offer you repeat every detail of the design. They impress by the exactitude of duplication which you can never feel with the fake watch.
Our store gives you a great possibility of ordering a high quality replica watch on-line without leaving your home. We offer you the men's and ladies' replica watches, designer replica watches, Swiss and UK replicas and other replica watches for sale. If you order your replica in our store you can be sure this is the best replica watch you may find. So there is no use in surfing the Net looking for cheap replicas that will certainly turn out to be the fake replica watches. Only here you can order the quality replica watch at a moderate price.
Our store provides the best Swiss replica watches in the UK. So don't even try to look for a better deal as you may find yourself with a low-quality replica fake watch having nothing in common with the authentic product.
We guarantee that every product you see in our store is a luxury replica, a precise and thorough copy watch of the worldwide recognized manufacturer. We don't sell replica fake watches nor designer fake watches and our suppliers never deal with this kind of products. So when you buy a replica watch in our store you get the best replica in UK.
Breitling is a brand of Swiss Luxury watches from Grenchen
Breitling is a brand of Swiss Luxury watches from Grenchen, Canton of Solothurn (first founded in Saint-Imier, Bernese Jura). Today, Breitling is still has companies located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the town where where Leon Breitling opened his first chronograph factory 110 years ago. Originally, the watchmakers offered certified chronometers designed primarily for aviation use, though more frequently worn as high-quality luxury watches. Breitling watches offer aviation function, however, their chronograph functions have become more of status symbols than merely as practical tools. Typically, they have a large face (e.g. the Breitling for Bentley Motors edition has a 48 mm Case Diameter) for better visibility and being used to display more information on the analog dials. Many models are in possession of an automatic winding mechanism which is purely mechanical (i.e. using no electronic components). Many Breitling Watches are equipped with additional functions, such as the flyback function, split-second, moon phase, date display and other complicated functions. And Breitling replica watches also have these features today.
Breitling was a sponsor of Team Bentley during their Le Mans 24 Hours' campaign, which was held from the year 2001-2003. To commemorate this event, Breitling Watch Company created the limited edition Breitling Bentley 24 Le Mans Watch. This model now is still in great value not only for the high quality but also for the significant symbolic meaning. It becomes an item cherished by many watch collectors.
In case you want to buy a second hand or used Breitling Watches, you can also get one through the website. This is the most convenient way to realize your purpose. One thing to notice is that, if you are aimed at an authentic one, please connect the authorized stores, no matter on line or in your local region.
Breitling was a sponsor of Team Bentley during their Le Mans 24 Hours' campaign, which was held from the year 2001-2003. To commemorate this event, Breitling Watch Company created the limited edition Breitling Bentley 24 Le Mans Watch. This model now is still in great value not only for the high quality but also for the significant symbolic meaning. It becomes an item cherished by many watch collectors.
In case you want to buy a second hand or used Breitling Watches, you can also get one through the website. This is the most convenient way to realize your purpose. One thing to notice is that, if you are aimed at an authentic one, please connect the authorized stores, no matter on line or in your local region.
2011年6月16日星期四
Scott graduated from Union Pines in 1993
Scott graduated from Union Pines in 1993 after having a lot of success in golf. While there, he won the high school state championship with the lowest score posted in about 20 years and was a North Carolina High School Player of the Year. He attended Rice University on a golf scholarship.
After graduating from college, Scott spent four years on the Canadian Professional Tour. He spent two years as the head golf coach at the University of Texas-Pan American before returning to his alma mater. He has had a successful six years as the head golf coach at Rice University, including coaching Whitehead the past four years.
Whitehead, 23, turned professional this year, but other than the U.S. Open qualifiers and the Texas State Open, most of his experience comes from college play. Originally a first alternate, Whitehead gained his position in the Open after Woods dropped out due to injuries to his left knee and Achilles tendon.
Professional and amateur golfers began arriving at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Monday for the 111th U.S. Open. Players will compete on the Blue Course. The official 2011 U.S. Open website says the course is “often considered among the best 100 courses in the United States.”
“The U.S. Open is so challenging because they make the greens firm and fast,” Scott said. “You have to be very precise.”
All U.S. Open competitors began the week Monday with practice rounds and start tournament play Thursday. The Open ends Sunday after four rounds. If there is a tie, players will play in a fifth 18-hole round the next Monday, followed by a sudden death playoff if the tie still stands after the fifth round.
Scott said that he and Whitehead planned to practice Monday and Tuesday, with a lighter round Wednesday. As Whitehead’s caddie, Scott will be the only person able to advise Whitehead during the Open. As his former coach, Scott will know how to keep him calm and focused in his first major experience as a professional golfer.
After graduating from college, Scott spent four years on the Canadian Professional Tour. He spent two years as the head golf coach at the University of Texas-Pan American before returning to his alma mater. He has had a successful six years as the head golf coach at Rice University, including coaching Whitehead the past four years.
Whitehead, 23, turned professional this year, but other than the U.S. Open qualifiers and the Texas State Open, most of his experience comes from college play. Originally a first alternate, Whitehead gained his position in the Open after Woods dropped out due to injuries to his left knee and Achilles tendon.
Professional and amateur golfers began arriving at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Monday for the 111th U.S. Open. Players will compete on the Blue Course. The official 2011 U.S. Open website says the course is “often considered among the best 100 courses in the United States.”
“The U.S. Open is so challenging because they make the greens firm and fast,” Scott said. “You have to be very precise.”
All U.S. Open competitors began the week Monday with practice rounds and start tournament play Thursday. The Open ends Sunday after four rounds. If there is a tie, players will play in a fifth 18-hole round the next Monday, followed by a sudden death playoff if the tie still stands after the fifth round.
Scott said that he and Whitehead planned to practice Monday and Tuesday, with a lighter round Wednesday. As Whitehead’s caddie, Scott will be the only person able to advise Whitehead during the Open. As his former coach, Scott will know how to keep him calm and focused in his first major experience as a professional golfer.
Walmart and Food Lion in Onley
Walmart and Food Lion in Onley
Walmart and Food Lion in Onley already have theirs up, so check them out and thank them for participating. Waste Watchers hopes to see them all around the Shore at Food Lions and Fresh Prides and Dollar stores and other places where people appreciate being reminded to Bring Your Own Bag.
It would be a nice touch to have our Shore pride show up and down Route 13 with a local message for a sustainable practice.
This is not a radical proposal and sustainable is not a dirty word. Waste Watchers is suggesting that this summer we all make an effort to get in the habit of bringing our own bags to the store. In my case it took me at least 6 months to really get the habit, but I'm a slow learner, so the summer is a good place to start.
Lots of places globally are banning plastic bags or making them cost consumers, but that's not likely to happen here, yet. What we can do is use less of them in the first place, reuse them when possible (they are great for lining waste baskets, picking up poop, or carrying tennis shoes- just for starters) and then, recycle them whenever possible.
Here on the Eastern Shore our plastic bags are recycled and that's a good thing. What would be better would be to use less of them altogether?
We've all seen plastic bags blowing in the wind, across the field, hanging from the trees, bobbing along the beach. Here on the Shore this is a sadly common sight. Plastic bags, along with other litter, line our roadways.
(Can you believe I'm glad the weeds are growing because they hide the roadside trash? It's one of summer's illusions that I actually look forward to. After the long fall, winter, and spring of looking at the garbage in the ditches I'm relieved not to see it.) But I digress.
As a trash talker for Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore, I've been referring to plastic, made from petroleum, as having come from dinosaur bones. My idea was to illustrate how old it is. Well, I was wrong.
Walmart and Food Lion in Onley already have theirs up, so check them out and thank them for participating. Waste Watchers hopes to see them all around the Shore at Food Lions and Fresh Prides and Dollar stores and other places where people appreciate being reminded to Bring Your Own Bag.
It would be a nice touch to have our Shore pride show up and down Route 13 with a local message for a sustainable practice.
This is not a radical proposal and sustainable is not a dirty word. Waste Watchers is suggesting that this summer we all make an effort to get in the habit of bringing our own bags to the store. In my case it took me at least 6 months to really get the habit, but I'm a slow learner, so the summer is a good place to start.
Lots of places globally are banning plastic bags or making them cost consumers, but that's not likely to happen here, yet. What we can do is use less of them in the first place, reuse them when possible (they are great for lining waste baskets, picking up poop, or carrying tennis shoes- just for starters) and then, recycle them whenever possible.
Here on the Eastern Shore our plastic bags are recycled and that's a good thing. What would be better would be to use less of them altogether?
We've all seen plastic bags blowing in the wind, across the field, hanging from the trees, bobbing along the beach. Here on the Shore this is a sadly common sight. Plastic bags, along with other litter, line our roadways.
(Can you believe I'm glad the weeds are growing because they hide the roadside trash? It's one of summer's illusions that I actually look forward to. After the long fall, winter, and spring of looking at the garbage in the ditches I'm relieved not to see it.) But I digress.
As a trash talker for Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore, I've been referring to plastic, made from petroleum, as having come from dinosaur bones. My idea was to illustrate how old it is. Well, I was wrong.
2011年6月13日星期一
Cline was at the tail-end of one of four assembly lines
Cline was at the tail-end of one of four assembly lines where volunteers, wearing hairnets, some over baseball caps and scarves, and plastic gloves, measured soy meal, dried vegetables, chicken flavoring and rice into plastic bags. Once weighed, they were sealed and then boxed up, 36 packages to a box.
The packaging event was sponsored by the Garden City High School Key Club which raised $2,500 for the project through an Empty Bowls event to pay for the meals which cost about 28 cents each. Each bag can feed six adults or 12 children.
“This is the first time we've done it at the high school,” said Key Club president Brittany Zapczynski. “We did it at the Key Club convention and decided we really want to make a difference in the community.”
The club put a call the week before the event, held June 4, hoping to get 150 volunteers. The students expected 75 people, but when more than double that number showed up, Michael Burwell, executive director of the Kids Against Hunger Coalition of Michigan, had a plan. He rotated people in and out of the different work stations. Students, school district employees and parents with children from preschool to high school took turns assembling the meals.
“I've never had such sweaty hands,” said high school secretary Karen Avey. “This is so fulfilling, but eeeeew!”
The packaging started just before 9 a.m. and by 9:20, Burwell had workers stop to hear table one announce they had packaged 2,500 meals. By 9:45 a.m., the total count was 8,000 meals, and Burwell was starting to shut down the assembly lines.
And by 10 a.m., the cleanup was well under way.
“We bring a whole mobile packaging operation to them,” said Burwell. “We bring the service project to the community in order to reach out to the world and to other people in the community.”
The packaging event was sponsored by the Garden City High School Key Club which raised $2,500 for the project through an Empty Bowls event to pay for the meals which cost about 28 cents each. Each bag can feed six adults or 12 children.
“This is the first time we've done it at the high school,” said Key Club president Brittany Zapczynski. “We did it at the Key Club convention and decided we really want to make a difference in the community.”
The club put a call the week before the event, held June 4, hoping to get 150 volunteers. The students expected 75 people, but when more than double that number showed up, Michael Burwell, executive director of the Kids Against Hunger Coalition of Michigan, had a plan. He rotated people in and out of the different work stations. Students, school district employees and parents with children from preschool to high school took turns assembling the meals.
“I've never had such sweaty hands,” said high school secretary Karen Avey. “This is so fulfilling, but eeeeew!”
The packaging started just before 9 a.m. and by 9:20, Burwell had workers stop to hear table one announce they had packaged 2,500 meals. By 9:45 a.m., the total count was 8,000 meals, and Burwell was starting to shut down the assembly lines.
And by 10 a.m., the cleanup was well under way.
“We bring a whole mobile packaging operation to them,” said Burwell. “We bring the service project to the community in order to reach out to the world and to other people in the community.”
Polybags rule despite ban
Polythene bags, banned with much fanfare over nine years ago, are making their way back to the market for lack of monitoring and suitable alternatives.
Paper and net bags hit the market as alternatives after the ban, but traders still prefer plastic bags to the webbed and wafer-thin ones.
They argue that paper bags tear easily and net bags are inconvenient to carry goods in rainy weather.
Grocer Mazharul Islam in the capital's Malibagh area said many customers ask for plastic bags to carry groceries.
“It is cheap, user-friendly and easily available. You can order a hundred kilogram of polythene in the morning and get it by evening,” said Mohammad Al Amin, another grocer at Karwan Bazar.
The government imposed a nationwide ban on polythene bags (below 100 microns) in 2002 after thousands of discarded bags clogged up the drainage system in urban areas.
Plastic bags choked the drainage system adding to thesufferings of people during the 1988 and 1998 floods, pointed out environmental groups.
Chemical experts say the apparently harmless polythene is unsafe to manufacture and takes centuries to decompose.
The substances emitted during its production can cause cancer to factory workers and also damage their kidneys, nervous and immune systems.
When these bags are burnt for recycling, they release into the air poisonous chemicals including dioxin, one of the most toxic substances.
The Daily Star found some polythene factories operating in the capital's Chawkbazar, Begumbazar and Karwan Bazar areas, with a few offering free samples to lure customers.
Many makeshift factories are still producing huge amounts of plastic bags, ignoring the risks of facing a fine up to Tk 10 lakh and jail sentence up to 10 years.
Seeking anonymity, a polythene trader in Karwan Bazar said he was aware that his business was illegal.
“But there is demand for these bags in the market, and we just give the customers what they want,” he said.
A kilogram of polythene bags is sold at Tk 140 at a profit of Tk 10 to 15. The business is run clandestinely, as it is illegal, said the trader.
Several traders at Karwan Bazar said they have not seen any drive against polythene bags for quite some time.
However, the Department of Environment (DoE) said it has fined 492 stores and factories about Tk 36 lakh in Dhaka from January 2010 to date.
Eleven people have been jailed either for producing or storing polythene. About 64 tonnes of plastic bags were seized too.
“During drives, we usually find customers using polythene bags and give them paper bags as an alternative,” said Sukumar Biswas, director (Dhaka division) of the DoE.
Very few of them were penalised Tk 500 each for defying the ban, he added.
M Mahboob Hossain, an associate professor of microbiology at BRAC University, said it seems only a few people are aware of the demerits of using polythene bags.
Paper and net bags hit the market as alternatives after the ban, but traders still prefer plastic bags to the webbed and wafer-thin ones.
They argue that paper bags tear easily and net bags are inconvenient to carry goods in rainy weather.
Grocer Mazharul Islam in the capital's Malibagh area said many customers ask for plastic bags to carry groceries.
“It is cheap, user-friendly and easily available. You can order a hundred kilogram of polythene in the morning and get it by evening,” said Mohammad Al Amin, another grocer at Karwan Bazar.
The government imposed a nationwide ban on polythene bags (below 100 microns) in 2002 after thousands of discarded bags clogged up the drainage system in urban areas.
Plastic bags choked the drainage system adding to thesufferings of people during the 1988 and 1998 floods, pointed out environmental groups.
Chemical experts say the apparently harmless polythene is unsafe to manufacture and takes centuries to decompose.
The substances emitted during its production can cause cancer to factory workers and also damage their kidneys, nervous and immune systems.
When these bags are burnt for recycling, they release into the air poisonous chemicals including dioxin, one of the most toxic substances.
The Daily Star found some polythene factories operating in the capital's Chawkbazar, Begumbazar and Karwan Bazar areas, with a few offering free samples to lure customers.
Many makeshift factories are still producing huge amounts of plastic bags, ignoring the risks of facing a fine up to Tk 10 lakh and jail sentence up to 10 years.
Seeking anonymity, a polythene trader in Karwan Bazar said he was aware that his business was illegal.
“But there is demand for these bags in the market, and we just give the customers what they want,” he said.
A kilogram of polythene bags is sold at Tk 140 at a profit of Tk 10 to 15. The business is run clandestinely, as it is illegal, said the trader.
Several traders at Karwan Bazar said they have not seen any drive against polythene bags for quite some time.
However, the Department of Environment (DoE) said it has fined 492 stores and factories about Tk 36 lakh in Dhaka from January 2010 to date.
Eleven people have been jailed either for producing or storing polythene. About 64 tonnes of plastic bags were seized too.
“During drives, we usually find customers using polythene bags and give them paper bags as an alternative,” said Sukumar Biswas, director (Dhaka division) of the DoE.
Very few of them were penalised Tk 500 each for defying the ban, he added.
M Mahboob Hossain, an associate professor of microbiology at BRAC University, said it seems only a few people are aware of the demerits of using polythene bags.
2011年6月9日星期四
Pinkberry Comes to Blue Back
The shop offers unusual flavors, like salted caramel, and more traditional flavors, including chocolate, mango, pomegranate and watermelon, it’s green tea smoothies and fruit parfaits.
Pinkberry is one of three new businesses that will open in Blue Back this summer.
Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club and Ooh La La!, a Connecticut-born boutique, will also open. Ooh La La! sells accessories including shoes, handbags, belts and more.
“We’re always encouraged by the continued interest in Blue Back Square,” Barbara Lerner, project marketing manager for Blue Back Square, said. “While retail vacancy rates remain very high across the state, we are able to keep ours at a minimum. It’s certainly a reflection of the first rate retail experience consumers have when they come to Blue Back Square.”
Pinkberry is one of three new businesses that will open in Blue Back this summer.
Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club and Ooh La La!, a Connecticut-born boutique, will also open. Ooh La La! sells accessories including shoes, handbags, belts and more.
“We’re always encouraged by the continued interest in Blue Back Square,” Barbara Lerner, project marketing manager for Blue Back Square, said. “While retail vacancy rates remain very high across the state, we are able to keep ours at a minimum. It’s certainly a reflection of the first rate retail experience consumers have when they come to Blue Back Square.”
Very Veda: Celeb Fave Designer Lyndsey Butler Talks Leather
A year-round staple, the perfect little leather jacket is as chic on a chilly Hamptons evening as a crisp New York afternoon. On the quest to find the right fit at a relatively reasonable price point, Lyndsey Butler, who put in her time with Yael Aflalo at Ya-Ya, decided to try designing one of her own. That was the spirit, anyway, when she launched her line, Veda, for Spring 2008.
Since then, the Texas native turned New York resident has shown a knack for cropped fits and sleek leather in variations from jackets, vests to skirts, in prices ranging from $150 to $780. Along with a celebrity following that includes Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and Naomi Watts, the collection is carried at hip stores such as Opening Ceremony, Barney's New York and Shopbop.com, where Butler introduced a capsule collection of handbags this spring. She also opened a proprietary boutique in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2009.
Since then, the Texas native turned New York resident has shown a knack for cropped fits and sleek leather in variations from jackets, vests to skirts, in prices ranging from $150 to $780. Along with a celebrity following that includes Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and Naomi Watts, the collection is carried at hip stores such as Opening Ceremony, Barney's New York and Shopbop.com, where Butler introduced a capsule collection of handbags this spring. She also opened a proprietary boutique in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2009.
2011年6月2日星期四
The facility also has programs on the road
The facility also has programs on the road in our communities, including the household hazardous waste mobile unit for paints, solvents, thinners and the like. All the staff are trained with how to pack these hazardous chemicals and transport them to the facility where they are stored until Atlantic Industrial comes to pick them up. “Some of it gets recycled and some of it gets stabilized,” says Avery.
The Hazardous Waste storage area also contains barrels of engine oil that will be recycled and buckets of cooking oil which is used in biofuels and animal feed. Propane canisters, and automotive batteries are also collected and shipped off for refurbishment or recycling.
The drop-off point, just past the new office building for the facility, is as far as members of the public can go at the Waste-management site. There are large, clearly marked bins for the separation of garbage in the drop-off shed. To the side of the shed is a little garage with a unique purpose; it’s a reuse center. Avery explains, “If someone comes in with something that is still good, that could be of use to someone else, we ask them to put it there. Then people can come in and help themselves to whatever they want. It’s just another way of recycling.”
Just past the drop-off shed is the compost area where as many as 30 to 50 bald eagles can be seen vying for a place at the table on any given day. Under a large tarp is a mound of garden-ready compost. “We sell that on a regular basis. Right now it is going like hotcakes. We don’t have a problem getting rid of it. Most of our organics come from the Town of Antigonish; they have a green box program, and businesses around Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury. We get some fish waste from plants around here as well.”
The compost facility has two main pieces of machinery: a mixer and a screener. Other then these two machines the compost goes through several cycles of curing both inside and outside before it is garden-ready.
Next up on the tour is the diverted materials area. “This doesn’t go to the landfill, we find other uses for it,” says Avery. With the tire-recycling p rogram, tires are chipped in Halifax and reused as an aggregate.”
There’s also a clean wood and brush pile. “We chip that up and use it over in the compost facility for a bulking agent.” Construction and demolition debris is used for cover on the landfill and in some cases it is sent to NewPage for pulp fill.
The Hazardous Waste storage area also contains barrels of engine oil that will be recycled and buckets of cooking oil which is used in biofuels and animal feed. Propane canisters, and automotive batteries are also collected and shipped off for refurbishment or recycling.
The drop-off point, just past the new office building for the facility, is as far as members of the public can go at the Waste-management site. There are large, clearly marked bins for the separation of garbage in the drop-off shed. To the side of the shed is a little garage with a unique purpose; it’s a reuse center. Avery explains, “If someone comes in with something that is still good, that could be of use to someone else, we ask them to put it there. Then people can come in and help themselves to whatever they want. It’s just another way of recycling.”
Just past the drop-off shed is the compost area where as many as 30 to 50 bald eagles can be seen vying for a place at the table on any given day. Under a large tarp is a mound of garden-ready compost. “We sell that on a regular basis. Right now it is going like hotcakes. We don’t have a problem getting rid of it. Most of our organics come from the Town of Antigonish; they have a green box program, and businesses around Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury. We get some fish waste from plants around here as well.”
The compost facility has two main pieces of machinery: a mixer and a screener. Other then these two machines the compost goes through several cycles of curing both inside and outside before it is garden-ready.
Next up on the tour is the diverted materials area. “This doesn’t go to the landfill, we find other uses for it,” says Avery. With the tire-recycling p rogram, tires are chipped in Halifax and reused as an aggregate.”
There’s also a clean wood and brush pile. “We chip that up and use it over in the compost facility for a bulking agent.” Construction and demolition debris is used for cover on the landfill and in some cases it is sent to NewPage for pulp fill.
A former Ann Summers employee
A former Ann Summers employee, who claimed she had been publicly accused of trying to steal a French maid’s outfit from the erotica shop, has been awarded 17,000 damages for defamation of character.
The Circuit Civil Court heard it was a see-through parcel in shop assistant Michelle O’Neill’s shoulder bag that had led another member of staff to mistakenly assume O’Neill was stealing a maid’s black and white kinky outfit.
Barrister Michael Fox, counsel for O’Neill, of Killester Avenue, Artane, Dublin, told Mr Justice Matthew Deery that the suspect item, wrapped in a plastic bag, turned out to be a black and white dress belonging to Ms O’Neill.
He said Gloria Kangstrom, who had searched Ms O’Neill’s bag, had lifted the parcel from it and asked: “A maid’s outfit?” After discovering her mistake she said to other staff: “Oh! I thought it was a French maid’s outfit in her bag.”
Mr Fox said the words had been spoken loudly and dramatically in the presence of other employees and customers in the Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin, store, defaming Ms O’Neill.
O’Neill told the court that when she joined Ann Summers she signed a contract of employment in which she agreed that on leaving the shop on a daily basis she, like other members of staff, would open their bags and show the contents to whoever was on the till at the door.
She said the contract also included a clause which noted her agreement to her shop locker being checked randomly. The agreement specifically stated that while another member of staff could look they could not touch or delve into personal belongings.
On June 23 last year she had been leaving the store after work and had unzipped her shoulder bag so that Gloria (Ms Kangstrom) could inspect it. She had looked into it, had seen the parcel, lifted it out and had spoken the defamatory words.
Ms O’Neill told Joe Jeffers, counsel for Ann Summers, that the store had been experiencing shoplifting and there had been a suspicion of staff theft. Each employee had received specific training on product security and dealing with suspected shoplifters.
The Circuit Civil Court heard it was a see-through parcel in shop assistant Michelle O’Neill’s shoulder bag that had led another member of staff to mistakenly assume O’Neill was stealing a maid’s black and white kinky outfit.
Barrister Michael Fox, counsel for O’Neill, of Killester Avenue, Artane, Dublin, told Mr Justice Matthew Deery that the suspect item, wrapped in a plastic bag, turned out to be a black and white dress belonging to Ms O’Neill.
He said Gloria Kangstrom, who had searched Ms O’Neill’s bag, had lifted the parcel from it and asked: “A maid’s outfit?” After discovering her mistake she said to other staff: “Oh! I thought it was a French maid’s outfit in her bag.”
Mr Fox said the words had been spoken loudly and dramatically in the presence of other employees and customers in the Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin, store, defaming Ms O’Neill.
O’Neill told the court that when she joined Ann Summers she signed a contract of employment in which she agreed that on leaving the shop on a daily basis she, like other members of staff, would open their bags and show the contents to whoever was on the till at the door.
She said the contract also included a clause which noted her agreement to her shop locker being checked randomly. The agreement specifically stated that while another member of staff could look they could not touch or delve into personal belongings.
On June 23 last year she had been leaving the store after work and had unzipped her shoulder bag so that Gloria (Ms Kangstrom) could inspect it. She had looked into it, had seen the parcel, lifted it out and had spoken the defamatory words.
Ms O’Neill told Joe Jeffers, counsel for Ann Summers, that the store had been experiencing shoplifting and there had been a suspicion of staff theft. Each employee had received specific training on product security and dealing with suspected shoplifters.
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