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]]> <![CDATA[Silverado thank you to the Fairmont Community]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2351 Thu, 17 May 2012 06:53:48 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2351
Thank you letter to the Community PDF

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Thank you letter to the Community PDF

]]> <![CDATA[Dept of Regional Planning Town And Country Zoning definitions ]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2349 Thu, 17 May 2012 06:30:08 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2349
Dept of Regional Planning Town And Country Zoning definitions PDF PDF

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Dept of Regional Planning Town And Country Zoning definitions PDF PDF

]]> <![CDATA[Fairmont Town Council Community Meeting Agenda: Thursday, may 17, 2012]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2348 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:58:31 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2348 Fairmont Town Council
Community Meeting Agenda: Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:30 PM

Location: Fairmont Market 22847 W Ave. D, Lancaster, Ca. 93536

A member of the public may address the Board of the Fairmont Town Council regarding any scheduled agenda item at the end of board discussion and prior to a vote on the item. Any person wishing to address the Board should first complete and deliver to the Board a “Request to Speak” form prior to the meeting starting. This will then be public information. A two-minute time limit will be imposed on all speakers other than staff members.

Please turn off or silence cell phones. Please refrain from public displays or outbursts such as unsolicited applause, comments, cheering, foul language, or obscenities or disruptive chatting. Any disruptive activities that substantially interfere with the ability of the Council to carry out its meeting will not be permitted and offenders will be requested to leave the meeting.

1. Meeting Called to Order: ____5:30________

2. Flag Salute:

3. Roll call: Pres. Pat C___ VP David Hyatt____ Barbara Rogers_____ Dave Kerr ____
4. Agenda: Corrections:____________________ Approved:___

5. Minutes 4-19-12: Corrections: _____________________ Approved: ___

6. Officers Reports:
a. Treasurer report
b. Committee reports
c. Presidents report

7. Community Leaders:
a. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
d. Los Angeles County Supervisor's Office

8. Community Announcements:

9. New Business:

10. Old Business:
a. NONE

11.Presentations: None

12 Public Comment Period: Any member of the public may address the Council relating to any matter of concern to Fairmont residents. This need not be related to any items on the agenda. Presentations will be limited to two minutes. No formal action by the Council will be taken on these matters at this meeting. Speakers must present a completed speaker’s card to the council before the meeting starts to be able to speak.

13. Motion to Adjourn:
Fairmonttowncouncil.com]]> <![CDATA[High-speed rail project tries to get inside track]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2346 Sun, 13 May 2012 12:28:27 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2346
By: Julie Drake

ACTON - Acton and Agua Dulce community members who want more information on the proposed high-speed rail project are encouraged to visit Acton Park, 3751 Syracuse Ave., for a rally from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Members of the Acton and Agua Dulce town councils are scheduled to attend.

The proposed high-speed rail project would involve erecting a 65-foot-tall berm topped with tracks and a 15-foot-tall power grid through Acton and Agua Dulce.

The town councils say they have banded together to serve as one voice to protect the rural lifestyle of the approximately 6,000 people who call the communities home.

"The push first is to educate the community to make sure that everybody is aware what the route is, or as close as we can get the specifics of what the impact will be from both communities," Acton Town Council President Michael Hughes said at Monday's meeting.

Residents also will have a chance to complete a survey in regard to the project. The survey results will be forwarded to Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

One of the three proposed routes would travel right by Vasquez High School, Acosta said.

Maps will be available to allow people to see the proposed routes and how they are expected to impact the community.

Under criticism about their financial feasibility, California High-Speed Rail Authority officials in March indicated their support for providing $1 billion for track projects to improve existing Southern California passenger train service.

Including the Metrolink trains that connect the Antelope Valley to downtown Los Angeles, as well as trains running as far away as San Diego, the proposed agreement was put forward by Southern California transportation officials as a way to make existing passenger train service faster and safer while also making preparations for the high-speed trains if they ever go into service.

The proposed Metrolink system upgrade also would impact the communities.

"Unfortunately, at the speed they're talking about, going 110 miles per hour, you can't make those curves," Acosta said. "So they're going to have to straighten out those tracks somewhere, and that's going to be the problem. It's going to impact some of the people along that route."

jdrake@avpress.com]]>
By: Julie Drake

ACTON - Acton and Agua Dulce community members who want more information on the proposed high-speed rail project are encouraged to visit Acton Park, 3751 Syracuse Ave., for a rally from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Members of the Acton and Agua Dulce town councils are scheduled to attend.

The proposed high-speed rail project would involve erecting a 65-foot-tall berm topped with tracks and a 15-foot-tall power grid through Acton and Agua Dulce.

The town councils say they have banded together to serve as one voice to protect the rural lifestyle of the approximately 6,000 people who call the communities home.

"The push first is to educate the community to make sure that everybody is aware what the route is, or as close as we can get the specifics of what the impact will be from both communities," Acton Town Council President Michael Hughes said at Monday's meeting.

Residents also will have a chance to complete a survey in regard to the project. The survey results will be forwarded to Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

One of the three proposed routes would travel right by Vasquez High School, Acosta said.

Maps will be available to allow people to see the proposed routes and how they are expected to impact the community.

Under criticism about their financial feasibility, California High-Speed Rail Authority officials in March indicated their support for providing $1 billion for track projects to improve existing Southern California passenger train service.

Including the Metrolink trains that connect the Antelope Valley to downtown Los Angeles, as well as trains running as far away as San Diego, the proposed agreement was put forward by Southern California transportation officials as a way to make existing passenger train service faster and safer while also making preparations for the high-speed trains if they ever go into service.

The proposed Metrolink system upgrade also would impact the communities.

"Unfortunately, at the speed they're talking about, going 110 miles per hour, you can't make those curves," Acosta said. "So they're going to have to straighten out those tracks somewhere, and that's going to be the problem. It's going to impact some of the people along that route."

jdrake@avpress.com]]> <![CDATA[Quartz Hill Storm Drain Info Re: Q.H. Businesses]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2344 Fri, 11 May 2012 09:41:28 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2344
QUARTZ HILL TOWN COUNCIL
P.O.Box 3481 Quartz Hill, CA. 93586
location George Lane Park 5520 West Ave. L-8

Please NOTE that we will be meeting in the Craft Room this month only.
May 15th, 2012 6:30 pm.

The Quartz Hill Town Council will conduct its regular monthly meeting on May 15th ,2012 6:30 pm at George Lane Park 55th Street west and Ave. L-8. Gregg Begell Project Manager (L.A. County Public Works) for the Quartz Hill Storm drain Project is the main speaker, The topic of discussion will be the Storm Drain Project as the construction progresses onto 50th Street West into the business district, “how it or will not affect your business” It is important for the business owners of the Quartz Hill Businesses attend and get your questions answered .Gregg will be able to assist with how they plan on directing traffic into the individual businesses.They can use your suggestions to help eliminate potential problems.The Council will also have a brief discussion regarding the L.A.County Health Dept. requiring non commercial livestock operations in the Antelope Valley to be licensed as if it is a commercial operation. This apparently has been at least temporarily been corrected. The Quartz Town Council has scheduled its annual Quartz Hill Clean Up Day for June 23rd 2012 pending location confirmation, Announcements with details will be made available at info@qhtowncouncil.org or avhidesert.com under Quartz Hill Town Council. Phone contact (661)524-5312 or (661)618-1959.]]>
QUARTZ HILL TOWN COUNCIL
P.O.Box 3481 Quartz Hill, CA. 93586
location George Lane Park 5520 West Ave. L-8

Please NOTE that we will be meeting in the Craft Room this month only.
May 15th, 2012 6:30 pm.

The Quartz Hill Town Council will conduct its regular monthly meeting on May 15th ,2012 6:30 pm at George Lane Park 55th Street west and Ave. L-8. Gregg Begell Project Manager (L.A. County Public Works) for the Quartz Hill Storm drain Project is the main speaker, The topic of discussion will be the Storm Drain Project as the construction progresses onto 50th Street West into the business district, “how it or will not affect your business” It is important for the business owners of the Quartz Hill Businesses attend and get your questions answered .Gregg will be able to assist with how they plan on directing traffic into the individual businesses.They can use your suggestions to help eliminate potential problems.The Council will also have a brief discussion regarding the L.A.County Health Dept. requiring non commercial livestock operations in the Antelope Valley to be licensed as if it is a commercial operation. This apparently has been at least temporarily been corrected. The Quartz Town Council has scheduled its annual Quartz Hill Clean Up Day for June 23rd 2012 pending location confirmation, Announcements with details will be made available at info@qhtowncouncil.org or avhidesert.com under Quartz Hill Town Council. Phone contact (661)524-5312 or (661)618-1959.]]> <![CDATA[QUARTZ TOWN COUNCIL MAY 15th AGENDA]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2343 Fri, 11 May 2012 09:30:51 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2343

QUARTZ HILL TOWN COUNCIL
P.O.Box 3481 Quartz Hill, CA. 93586

Please NOTE that we will be meeting in the Craft Room at George Lane Park 55th Street West and Ave L-8 this month only.
May 15th, 2012 6:30 pm.

AGENDA,

1. Call to Order – 6:30pm;

2. Pledge of Allegiance followed by a Moment of Silence for Our Troops

3. Roll Call

Doug Burgis, President
Pat Hartford, Vice President
Bruce Thomas, Treasurer
Howard Dawson, Secretary
Debbie Schmidt, Member

4. Approval of Agenda
Agenda change, Move item #9 prior to the Storm Drain presentation, if reports are requested.

5. Approval of Minutes, March and April 2012

6. Approval of Treasurer’s Report

7. President’s Report

Introduction of Gregg Begell Project Manager for the Quartz Hill Storm drain Project, The topic of discussion will be the Storm Drain Project as it progresses onto 50th Street West into the business district, “how it or will not affect your business” Please ask questions regarding your individual businesses access etc.

A brief discussion regarding the L.A. County Health Dept.( You are required to have a Public Health License, Under Los Angeles Code Title

This has been at temporarily suspended for non-commercial livestock operations such as 4H and and private horse properties.

8. Standing Committee Reports

Community Standards (Council)

Ways and Means (Bruce/Debbie)

Lane Park Board (Pat)

Election Committee (Jim Spaulding) November 3rd, 2012 pending Town Council Election date.

Flood Control (Pat) – work on 50th Street West proceeding well, up to L-8 see report from Gregg Begell.

Public Relations (Doug/Pat)

Land Use (Doug/Howard)

Crime and Safety (Bruce)

QHTC By-Laws – (Council)

9. Public Agencies

L.A. County Sheriff (Deputy Charles Friedland)

Supervisor Antonovich (Norm Hickling)

County Library (Victoria)

10. Old Business

QHTC Web Site Contract (Debbie) Motion and up or down vote.

11. New Business

12. Announcements
Next meeting June 19th, 2012 6:30pm

Quartz Hill Annual Clean-Up Day is on the Schedule for June 23rd, 2012 (pending finalization of the location) we will post the details on the Web. page below and on look under Quartz Hill Town Council, or call (661)524-5312 or contact Doug Burgis at (661)618-1959

13. Public Input

14. Adjournment

Quartz Hill Town Council
P.O. Box 3481
Quartz Hill, CA 93536
661.524.5312
info@qhtowncouncil.org
http://www.qhtowncouncil.org]]> <![CDATA[E-mail sent to Mr. Szalay at reg. Planning about AVSR1]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2342 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:26:24 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2342
From: David Jefferies
To: "kszalay@planning.la.county.gov"
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 9:39 PM
Subject: AVSR1

Mr. Szalay:

On a different issue, I was just reviewing the AVSR1 Compliance Plans, Landscaping Plan.

I note that it is called a Screening Vegetation Landscaping Plan. Why would those who travel State Highway 138 have a right to not see this "junk yard" but those who travel 170th Street should be fully exposed to this eyesore? What study of significance produced this well-reasoned conclusion?

I note that paragraph "1.2 Schedule" of this same document states "Several nurseries in the Lancaster area are available to provide the native plants to fulfill the Plan requirements." Now that everyone, even "Planning", has realized that a "plan" that includes transplanting Joshua Trees proves a complete ignorance of the local environment, it appears that the idea of using "nurseries in Lancaster" has also been abandoned in favor of buying trees from a San Diego nursery. Given that L.A. County Planning did a scientific study of these issues, just exactly what precise reasoning produced this result. Please direct me to the precise study that produced such a result.

Sincerely,

David K. Jefferies, Esq.
Fairmont taxpayer]]>
From: David Jefferies
To: "kszalay@planning.la.county.gov"
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 9:39 PM
Subject: AVSR1

Mr. Szalay:

On a different issue, I was just reviewing the AVSR1 Compliance Plans, Landscaping Plan.

I note that it is called a Screening Vegetation Landscaping Plan. Why would those who travel State Highway 138 have a right to not see this "junk yard" but those who travel 170th Street should be fully exposed to this eyesore? What study of significance produced this well-reasoned conclusion?

I note that paragraph "1.2 Schedule" of this same document states "Several nurseries in the Lancaster area are available to provide the native plants to fulfill the Plan requirements." Now that everyone, even "Planning", has realized that a "plan" that includes transplanting Joshua Trees proves a complete ignorance of the local environment, it appears that the idea of using "nurseries in Lancaster" has also been abandoned in favor of buying trees from a San Diego nursery. Given that L.A. County Planning did a scientific study of these issues, just exactly what precise reasoning produced this result. Please direct me to the precise study that produced such a result.

Sincerely,

David K. Jefferies, Esq.
Fairmont taxpayer]]> <![CDATA[Subject: B. Obama Ineligible to practice law]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2341 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:22:33 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2341 I've sent similar info in the past, but it is important to remind ourselves of what a phony the current POTUS really is !! The wording that used to appear at the IL State Bar Site has been removed and now it just shows that neither are eligible to practice law.
For those of you that received something similar from me in the past, you might remember that the records reflected that Michelle's license was surrendered pursuant to a court order.

This is legit. I checked it out myself at https://www.iardc.org Stands for Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Committee. It's the official arm of lawyer discipline in Illinois; and they are very strict.

Big surprise.

Former Constitutional Law Lecturer and U.S. President Makes Up Constitutional Quotes During State Of The Union (SOTU) Address.

Consider this:

1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a "lawyer". He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges he lied on his bar application.

A "Voluntary Surrender" is not something where you decide "Gee, a license is not really something I need anymore, is it?" and forget to renew your license. No, a "Voluntary Surrender" is something you do when you've been accused of something, and you 'voluntarily surrender" your license five seconds before the state suspends you.

2 Michelle Obama "Voluntarily Surrendered" her law license in 1993, after a Federal Judge gave her the choice between surrendering her license or standing trial for Insurance fraud!

3. So, we have the first black President and First Lady - who don't actually have licenses to practice law any more. Facts:

Source: http://jdlong.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/p...w-license/

4. A senior lecturer is one thing, a fully ranked law professor is another. Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law Professor at the University of Chicago.

5. The University of Chicago released a statement in March 2008 saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Il) "served as a professor" in the law school - but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed in 2008.

6. "He did not hold the title of Professor of Law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago School of Law.

Source: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/03/...title.html ;

7. The former Constitutional Senior Lecturer (Obama) cited the U.S. Constitution the other night during his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of Independence ... not the Constitution.

8. The B-Cast posted the video: http://www.breitbart.tv/did-obama-confus...ependence/

9. Free Republic: In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal."

10. Um, wrong citing, wrong founding document there Champ, I mean Mr. President. By the way, the promises are not a notion, our founders named them unalienable rights. The document is our Declaration of Independence and it reads:

'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'

11. And this is the same guy who lectured the Supreme Court moments later in the same speech?

When you are a phony, it's hard to keep facts straight.

Keep this moving - educate others.

In doubt? check it out through the sources provided.
]]> I've sent similar info in the past, but it is important to remind ourselves of what a phony the current POTUS really is !! The wording that used to appear at the IL State Bar Site has been removed and now it just shows that neither are eligible to practice law.
For those of you that received something similar from me in the past, you might remember that the records reflected that Michelle's license was surrendered pursuant to a court order.

This is legit. I checked it out myself at https://www.iardc.org Stands for Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Committee. It's the official arm of lawyer discipline in Illinois; and they are very strict.

Big surprise.

Former Constitutional Law Lecturer and U.S. President Makes Up Constitutional Quotes During State Of The Union (SOTU) Address.

Consider this:

1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a "lawyer". He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges he lied on his bar application.

A "Voluntary Surrender" is not something where you decide "Gee, a license is not really something I need anymore, is it?" and forget to renew your license. No, a "Voluntary Surrender" is something you do when you've been accused of something, and you 'voluntarily surrender" your license five seconds before the state suspends you.

2 Michelle Obama "Voluntarily Surrendered" her law license in 1993, after a Federal Judge gave her the choice between surrendering her license or standing trial for Insurance fraud!

3. So, we have the first black President and First Lady - who don't actually have licenses to practice law any more. Facts:

Source: http://jdlong.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/p...w-license/

4. A senior lecturer is one thing, a fully ranked law professor is another. Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law Professor at the University of Chicago.

5. The University of Chicago released a statement in March 2008 saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Il) "served as a professor" in the law school - but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed in 2008.

6. "He did not hold the title of Professor of Law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago School of Law.

Source: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/03/...title.html ;

7. The former Constitutional Senior Lecturer (Obama) cited the U.S. Constitution the other night during his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of Independence ... not the Constitution.

8. The B-Cast posted the video: http://www.breitbart.tv/did-obama-confus...ependence/

9. Free Republic: In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal."

10. Um, wrong citing, wrong founding document there Champ, I mean Mr. President. By the way, the promises are not a notion, our founders named them unalienable rights. The document is our Declaration of Independence and it reads:

'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'

11. And this is the same guy who lectured the Supreme Court moments later in the same speech?

When you are a phony, it's hard to keep facts straight.

Keep this moving - educate others.

In doubt? check it out through the sources provided.
]]> <![CDATA[ILLEGAL DUMPING TASK FORCE]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2340 Mon, 07 May 2012 17:13:48 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2340
This is a reminder that the next meeting of the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force will be on

Wednesday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. AT Fire Station 129, 42110 6th Street West in Lancaster.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

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This is a reminder that the next meeting of the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force will be on

Wednesday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. AT Fire Station 129, 42110 6th Street West in Lancaster.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

]]> <![CDATA[LA county Health is sending out bills for well permits]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2339 Sun, 06 May 2012 18:31:12 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2339 La County Health is sending out bills for a yearly well permit

Pdf file download here

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Pdf file download here

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]]> <![CDATA[A study on Texas wind turbines by university and government researchers]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2338 Wed, 02 May 2012 10:56:11 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2338 AV Press
May1 2012
Study: Wind turbines just bring the heat

By: Charles F. Bostwick

MOJAVE - Are thousands of wind turbines making the Antelope Valley hotter?

A study on Texas wind turbines by university and government researchers says they might be - if only at night and only by a little bit.

The study published Sunday by Nature Climate Change analyzed satellite data from 2003 to 2011 over a west central Texas region that contains four of the world's largest wind farms and more than 2,300 turbines. In comparison, there were 3,400 turbines in the Tehachapi and Mojave areas as of 2009, and more have been added in the last three years.

The study found a surface temperature increase of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit (0.72 degree Celsius) per decade, particularly at night.

The authors - who include Liming Zhou of the State University of New York at Albany and Yuhong Tian of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - said the change seems to be a result of turbines' fan-like action, which at nighttime mixes warm air down and cold air up, leading to a warming near the surface at night.

During the day, when warmer air is near the surface, the mixing is already large due to the sun heating the ground, so the turbines' effects are less noticeable, they said.

The researchers didn't recommend halting wind turbine installation, however, saying that turbines only re-distribute the air's heat, while greenhouse gases produce a large-scale warming effect.

"Generating wind power creates no emissions, uses no water and is likely green," they wrote. "Wind power is going to be a part of the solution to the climate change, air pollution and energy security problem."

cbostwick@avpress.com]]> AV Press
May1 2012
Study: Wind turbines just bring the heat

By: Charles F. Bostwick

MOJAVE - Are thousands of wind turbines making the Antelope Valley hotter?

A study on Texas wind turbines by university and government researchers says they might be - if only at night and only by a little bit.

The study published Sunday by Nature Climate Change analyzed satellite data from 2003 to 2011 over a west central Texas region that contains four of the world's largest wind farms and more than 2,300 turbines. In comparison, there were 3,400 turbines in the Tehachapi and Mojave areas as of 2009, and more have been added in the last three years.

The study found a surface temperature increase of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit (0.72 degree Celsius) per decade, particularly at night.

The authors - who include Liming Zhou of the State University of New York at Albany and Yuhong Tian of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - said the change seems to be a result of turbines' fan-like action, which at nighttime mixes warm air down and cold air up, leading to a warming near the surface at night.

During the day, when warmer air is near the surface, the mixing is already large due to the sun heating the ground, so the turbines' effects are less noticeable, they said.

The researchers didn't recommend halting wind turbine installation, however, saying that turbines only re-distribute the air's heat, while greenhouse gases produce a large-scale warming effect.

"Generating wind power creates no emissions, uses no water and is likely green," they wrote. "Wind power is going to be a part of the solution to the climate change, air pollution and energy security problem."

cbostwick@avpress.com]]> <![CDATA[ Los Angeles County Public Health officials have halted inspections of noncommercial ]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2337 Wed, 02 May 2012 10:46:24 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2337 May 2 2012
Noncommercial livestock inspection a thing of the past

Los Angeles County Public Health officials have halted inspections of noncommercial livestock operations such as 4-H clubs and private horse properties, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich said Tuesday.

The inspections had been expanded to include nonbusiness properties with 10 or more farm animals as well as commercial livestock businesses as a result of the adoption last year of a new county ordinance, but that had not been the intent of the ordinance, an Antonovich aide said.

"When they started doing inspections, citizens started expressing concern, as they well should have," said Fred Leaf, senior health policy advisor to Antonovich.

Leaf said he didn't know how many noncommercial livestock properties in the Antelope Valley potentially could have been affected. Concerns were expressed by numerous people during recent outreach meetings with the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau and the Association of Town Councils, Antonovich staffers said.

Public Health inspectors for decades have been checking commercial livestock operations, Leaf said.

The revised ordinance contained language about licenses for noncommercial livestock operations with 10 or more animals, though without the fees charged to commercial operators, he said.

"It was not the intent of the licensing program," Leaf said.]]> May 2 2012
Noncommercial livestock inspection a thing of the past

Los Angeles County Public Health officials have halted inspections of noncommercial livestock operations such as 4-H clubs and private horse properties, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich said Tuesday.

The inspections had been expanded to include nonbusiness properties with 10 or more farm animals as well as commercial livestock businesses as a result of the adoption last year of a new county ordinance, but that had not been the intent of the ordinance, an Antonovich aide said.

"When they started doing inspections, citizens started expressing concern, as they well should have," said Fred Leaf, senior health policy advisor to Antonovich.

Leaf said he didn't know how many noncommercial livestock properties in the Antelope Valley potentially could have been affected. Concerns were expressed by numerous people during recent outreach meetings with the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau and the Association of Town Councils, Antonovich staffers said.

Public Health inspectors for decades have been checking commercial livestock operations, Leaf said.

The revised ordinance contained language about licenses for noncommercial livestock operations with 10 or more animals, though without the fees charged to commercial operators, he said.

"It was not the intent of the licensing program," Leaf said.]]> <![CDATA[Tawas City, Michigan Editorial...What Has America Become?]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2336 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:56:18 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2336
Where Is Tawas City, MI ? Actually, it is on Lake Huron and has a
population of Just over 2,000!! Go figure. A Small MICHIGAN NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL.....Short and to the point...

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Where Is Tawas City, MI ? Actually, it is on Lake Huron and has a
population of Just over 2,000!! Go figure. A Small MICHIGAN NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL.....Short and to the point...

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]]> <![CDATA[AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2335 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:50:20 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2335 AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hats off to whoever put this together...

I believe the last one says it all.....

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Hats off to whoever put this together...

I believe the last one says it all.....

]]> <![CDATA[this has not gotten even a CRUMB as much publicity as the Trayvon Martin case. ]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2334 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:53:13 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2334 Racism???????

CIRCULATE NOW-GOVERNMENT WHERE ARE YOU?

Comment: No wonder many of us have lost faith in the American Media it’s because they practice self- censorship on behalf of their own political agenda! Please open the www.snopes link to read the entire story.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp
Why hasn't this gotten even a CRUMB as much publicity as the Trayvon Martin case.
The text description is horrific. As horrible as this is, it needs to be widely circulated.

The animals below car-jacked then raped Christopher Newsom, cut off his penis, set him on fire and shot him to death while they forced his girlfriend, Channon Christian, to watch.

An even more cruel fate awaited her. She was beaten and gang-raped in many ways for four days by all of them, while they took turns urinating on her.

They then cut off her breasts and put chemicals in her mouth... and murdered her.

VICTIMS:

PERPS:

CIRCULATE NOW-GOVERNMENT WHERE ARE YOU?

VICTIMS:

PERPS:

Knoxville (WVLT) - The District Attorney General of Knox County announced the list of charges facing now five suspects in the double murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.

The District Attorney General, Randy Nichols, is not saying whether or not he will seek the death penalty, but he does say the State will seek conviction for all charges filed in a 24-page indictment from the Knox County Grand Jury.

Lemaricus Davidson, 25 , faces a total of 46 charges. Letalvis Cobbins, 24 , faces a total of 46 charges. George Thomas, 24 , faces 46 charges.
Vanessa Coleman, 18 , faces 40 Tennessee state charges. Eric Boyd, 24, arrested in connection with the fatal car jacking, only faces federal charges as an accessory after the fact.

So . . . where is Al Sharpton, President Obama and Jesse Jackson? Are they providing counsel and help to the families of the victims?
No - the victims were white

Why hasn't this received national coverage like the "Duke rape case"?
Oh, that's right - the victims were white

Why hasn't the NAACP, ACLU, New York Times, etc., called for an investigation?
The victims were white.

Why hasn't the FBI been called in to investigate this as a hate crime?
Because the victims were white.
When a white radio shock jock uses the phrase 'Nappy-headed Ho', it got 2 weeks of constant news coverage and cost the announcer his job.

But when a white couple is tortured, raped and murdered by a black gang, it gets barely a passing blip on the local news -- and NO MENTION AT ALL on the national evening news.
Pass this around, and maybe it will land in the hands of someone in the media or politics who has the guts to stand up and recognize the unfairness of this Racism.

]]> <![CDATA[Town and Country Presentation at OSO town council]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2333 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:11:35 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2333
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]]> <![CDATA[Suit Filed Over Wind Turbine Threat to Condor]]> http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2332 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:42:45 -0700 http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2332
Three environmental groups sued BLM for approving North Sky River wind energy project, developed by NextEra Energy; Inc. in the southern Sierra

Nevada Mountains in Kern County.

The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed the complaint in Eastern District federal court on April 13, a alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in the course of BLM's approval of the project.

The project consists of about 100 wind turbines on 12,700 acres of private land with easements granted by BLM for transmission lines that cross public lands to deliver energy to the power grid.

In their press release, the groups allege that protected and endangered species, including condors and golden eagles are threatened by wind turbines which they say have resulted in 1,595 bird deaths per year including eight federally protected golden eagles within two years at a nearby wind energy site. The environmental review of the project reportedly documented 50 golden eagle sightings and 14 nests within 10 miles of the proposed site._________________-Read More]]>
Three environmental groups sued BLM for approving North Sky River wind energy project, developed by NextEra Energy; Inc. in the southern Sierra

Nevada Mountains in Kern County.

The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed the complaint in Eastern District federal court on April 13, a alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in the course of BLM's approval of the project.

The project consists of about 100 wind turbines on 12,700 acres of private land with easements granted by BLM for transmission lines that cross public lands to deliver energy to the power grid.

In their press release, the groups allege that protected and endangered species, including condors and golden eagles are threatened by wind turbines which they say have resulted in 1,595 bird deaths per year including eight federally protected golden eagles within two years at a nearby wind energy site. The environmental review of the project reportedly documented 50 golden eagle sightings and 14 nests within 10 miles of the proposed site._________________-Read More]]>