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ESPN rounds up all the reaction from around the paddock after Friday practice for the British Grand Prix
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Sebastian Vettel: "I think it was interesting today, obviously we're not sure what the weather will do tomorrow and Sunday, but I think we learned a little bit today and will take that into the weekend. Overall I think it was OK but we can still improve from where we are. Ferrari was pretty quick as well today, obviously the first row is taken, or seems to be, but behind that I think it was fairly close. It was quite windy which didn't make life easy out there, so I think it was decent, but I want to improve."
Daniel Ricciardo: "Today hasn't been too bad. Mercedes were really strong this morning but we seem to have found some more speed this afternoon. With the Prime, it was really good but with the Option we didn't find enough time so, if we analyse tonight and get it right, then tomorrow we should be closer. The wind here is always really strong and today in particular we had really strong gusts coming through and it changes a lot between the corners, you know one corner you feel like the car is really sharp and then another corner you feel like it doesn't have any grip at all. So that's a bit complicated, but same for everyone and it makes it a little bit more interesting."
Lewis Hamilton: "The car felt pretty good here today but unfortunately I lost my most important run of the day this afternoon when I stopped out on track with an engine problem. We haven't identified what the issue was yet but it shouldn't impact the rest of my weekend. We will change my programme around tomorrow morning to try and recover the time that I lost and make sure that I can complete my race preparation with a long run. It's not ideal but we'll recover! Apart from that, Silverstone has been great so far. The atmosphere is incredible and the support is just amazing; I love seeing so many fans here enjoying themselves."
Nico Rosberg: "That was a very productive day and the car felt really great so I'm feeling quite confident for the weekend. We seem to be very quick here and my long run at the end of the afternoon was very good. The conditions were quite tricky out with a lot of tail wind which made it really difficult to find the right braking point at some of the corners. It's not good news for us that Lewis had some reliability issues and I hope we can sort this out for the weekend. Finally, it's great to be back at Silverstone. There are so many fans already and also many of the team Brackley and Brixworth are here. I hope we can give them a great show."
Toto Wolff, Executive Director, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: A mixed day for us here in Silverstone: the drivers looked competitive in both sessions but it was annoying that Lewis couldn't complete his programme this afternoon because of an engine problem. Nico was able to finish his programme in a normal way with some good long runs and, because the data is open between both drivers, Lewis and his engineers will be able to learn something from that. I want to say a word for the incredible fans here, too. It was only Friday but we could see full grandstands and huge support for Lewis and the team today. This is what makes Silverstone such a special race on the calendar and we will be working hard tonight to make sure we can deliver a competitive and reliable performance tomorrow and Sunday.
Paddy Lowe, Executive Director (Technical): "We managed to get a lot of useful homework done during first practice, despite the disruptions with yellow and red flags, and both drivers completed longer runs than normal on high fuel owing to the threat of rain later in the day. In second practice, we managed to do competitive runs on both the prime and option tyres with Lewis and Nico. Lewis then had an engine stoppage as he was beginning his long run on the option tyre - and we have yet to diagnose this precisely.
"That unfortunately cost him the high-fuel running in the session but our plan was always to change this unit overnight, so there should be no direct impact on tomorrow's programme. Nico managed to achieve our objectives for the session and the data from his runs with both option and prime tyres will assist both him and Lewis for the race. The pace seemed strong for both cars, although we have a lot more work to do tonight in order to find a perfect balance. Not only do the windy conditions make this challenging, but it is invariably difficult to get the tyres working at their best over a single lap through the wide variety of slow and high speed corners here at Silverstone."
Fernando Alonso: "This Friday was much like any other and we followed our programme, testing some components and working on set-up in the morning, while evaluating both tyre compounds in the afternoon, looking at the Medium with both qualifying and the race in mind. There were no problems with wear or graining on the softer compound, while in order to correctly evaluate the Hard, we will have to wait for a long run test.
For now, I can say it's hard to get them up to temperature. Now, as usual, we must analyse everything to understand which components to use tomorrow, although if as predicted, it rains tomorrow, then in reality the data we got today will be more useful for the race. Here, there's always a strong wind and in some corners it's a help, while in others it's a hindrance, but it's the same for everyone. Now, all we can do is wait and see how things turn out."
Kimi Raikkonen: "This morning in the first session things went reasonably well. We followed the standard programme, including analysing car behaviour on the Hard tyres and we just had a few problems with traction at some points on the track and a bit of understeer in the high speed corners. In the second session, we made some small changes which did not work and the handling of the car was not the same. Putting a good lap together was really difficult and so we went back to the morning settings, but unfortunately we had the same problems. Now we must find out what happened between the two sessions, even if I think it's partly down to the track conditions and the gusts of wind, which were very strong today. I'm sure that studying the data will give us the information we need to prepare as well as possible for tomorrow."
Pat Fry: ""At Silverstone, the weather is often unsettled and that can have a strong influence on the outcome of practice and the race. Therefore, it's vital for the drivers to do a lot of laps to get as confident as possible with the car. Today, despite a strong and inconsistent wind, we were able to work through our programme without encountering any particular problems. On both cars, we tried some new aerodynamic components and various electronic settings, while on the power unit front we continued to acquire data useful for our development programme.
"At the same time, we went through the usual set-up tests to find the most suitable one for this track, as well as paying attention to tyre behaviour over short and long runs. It wasn't easy to find the ideal balance as well as managing the degradation and while Fernando managed to complete a long run, with Kimi,we continued working on set-up to try and resolve some problems that cropped up on his car. Now we must find the best compromise to help both drivers to get the right stability for the rest of the weekend, taking into account that the weather is meant to get worse for tomorrow with a chance of rain."
Romain Grosjean: "There's still work to be done and in some ways I was happier with the car in the morning. We tried quite a lot of different set-ups to improve the aerodynamic platform in the afternoon, coming back to something we had earlier in the year. We've still got quite a bit to go through in the debrief with some hard work ahead to understand where the gains can be made."
Pastor Maldonado: "The start of the weekend hasn't been easy as we suffered from a Power Unit issue this morning which meant that our first session was over very early. Everyone has done a fantastic job replacing it with a new Unit and we were able to make good progress in the afternoon. There is plenty to work on with my engineers before tomorrow. I'm confident that we can get out more from the car so as always we will push as much as we can."
Alan Permane, trackside operations director: "The day didn't start well for us with a problem for Pastor's power unit and a struggle to get Romain's car the way we wanted it. We made quite a lot of changes for the afternoon and both drivers were able to report progress. We've still got quite a lot to refine so there's scope for improvement tomorrow."
Kevin Magnussen: "This is a great racetrack - nice and fast. I think our car would probably be more competitive on a slower track, but, so far, it's not been looking too bad - we're not looking any less competitive than we did in Austria last month.
"After today, it's still difficult to judge the pace of Williams, but we'll probably be fighting the Force Indias. We could be up for some points this weekend, so getting the maximum of the car will be very important. Today's sessions showed that the Prime is a very hard tyre to keep alive - it's quite easy for it to lose temperature. At the moment, it looks like the Option tyre is the better race tyre for us.I love driving here, and I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of the weekend."
Jenson Button: ""It's fantastic to be out on the circuit for the first day of the Santander British Grand Prix. To be here on a sunny day, and with a full house, makes it even better, too. Our car felt okay today, but we're still trying to find the right balance in the high-speed sections. We're struggling with understeer, trying to get more front-end from the car.
"It's tough out there because it's so windy: this year's cars have less downforce than before, which makes the wings very important. When they're affected massively by the wind, it makes it difficult to get any productive back-to-back results during testing. It's proving tricky for us to get the Prime tyre up to temperature, too; as soon as we back off for a yellow flag or for traffic, we can't get it working again. It's very difficult. However, the Option tyre looks good and is able to last for a reasonably long time.Nevertheless, it's been a good day. Hopefully, we can put on a great show for all the fans this weekend."
Eric Boullier, racing director: "Firstly, it's great to be racing in Great Britain, at our home race - and on a beautiful, if slightly blustery, summer's day. Secondly, the track has never looked better. It's taken a couple of years for the new configuration to establish itself, but, today, you could really see the fruits of the circuit staff's labours - I think we're set for a fascinating and gripping Santander British Grand Prix on Sunday.
"For McLaren Mercedes, this was a relatively straightforward practice day. We spent time in both sessions attempting to find a satisfactory way forward with the Hard tyre. We're still not quite there, but the changes we made between sessions proved satisfactory, and we have a good base understanding to study tonight and take into tomorrow morning. Today didn't give us a clear read on the competitive order, but I think we've made a confident start to the weekend. With changeable weather on the horizon for both Saturday and Sunday, we've made a good start to what could well be an unpredictable weekend."
Force India
Nico Hulkenberg: "Just the one session for me today and it was very windy out on track. That made things more difficult, although we know it's a common situation here at Silverstone. It was quite a normal session for me, but we need to analyse the situation better tonight to make the right conclusions for tomorrow. It's the usual challenge of understanding the tyres and improving the balance to put ourselves in a better position."
Sergio Perez: "It was quite a challenging day for us and we are a bit shy of where we would have wanted to be. We struggled with balance in both sessions and this meant we couldn't extract all the pace from the car. We knew this was going to be a hard track for us due to its layout and tonight we will need to review the set-up to find the extra couple of tenths that can get us back in the group where we belong. We have a pretty clear idea of what we need to do overnight and if we can achieve that, we should be looking much better tomorrow."
Daniel Juncadella, test driver: "It was good fun today and a great opportunity to drive my first free practice session on our home track. It's a track I know well and everything went smoothly with no problems. The main challenge was getting the tyres working, especially because of the harder compounds being used here. The priority today was to give the team some data and feedback to help prepare the car for Nico this afternoon."
Vijay Mallya, team principal and managing director: "The preparations for our local race saw a busy programme today with our reserve driver Daniel enjoying his first experience of driving in an official practice session. He acquitted himself very well and collected the data we needed. The windy conditions made it hard to carry out consistent testing today, making the car unstable, but in general we seem to be more comfortable with our high fuel runs compared with the low fuel balance. We still have some ideas to explore tonight and hopefully that will bring us more in line with the teams that were ahead of us on the timesheets today. The good news is that all our homework is done in terms of data collection so I think we are in reasonable shape heading into the weekend."
Esteban Gutiérrez: "Overall, it was a positive day and I think we are going in a good direction. We were working aggressively on the set-up characteristics; this is the way to find something new and to explore opportunities. In the morning we were struggling with some set-up changes, but we are trying to find a compromise. Moreover, we still need to find stability when braking. Tomorrow is qualifying, so we need to keep pushing."
Adrian Sutil: "I could not run very much today, as I had to sit out the first practice session. It was difficult to feel comfortable with the car during the afternoon session. The set-up was not ideal, and that's why the car did not react in a way we hoped for. We changed something, but didn't get the reaction we wanted. We need to analyse the data to understand what the issue was."
Giedo van der Garde: "It was good to be back in the car. During the first stint I needed some time to get familiar with the car, because the last time I drove the C33 was quite some time ago. The car has improved in some areas, but there is still work to do. I had understeer when turning into the corner under braking. There we can improve. In total I completed 19 laps, which I am satisfied with. All in all it was a good session and a great warm-up for my upcoming test day on Wednesday."
Giampaolo Dall'Ara, head of track engineering: "With Giedo we had a defined programme in the morning, which we went through. Esteban was pretty happy with the car. This gave us the chance to work on different set-ups, which was positive. We are quite satisfied with his car. With the other car we had a difficult day, because Adrian was not happy with the balance. As a consequence of this we skipped the long runs and just concentrated on working on the set-up of his car. This evening we have to work with Adrian to decide what's best set-up wise, and we will check the car to find out whether something is wrong."
Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne: "Besides the incident towards the end of FP2, it was a good day. The performance on the short run is not where we want to be, but the long runs seem pretty good. If we can find out how we can go a little bit quicker on the short runs I think the rest of the weekend looks encouraging. It is not like last weekend in Austria where we looked very strong already on the Friday. So we have some work to do to find out how to go quicker. Hopefully tomorrow will go better than today."
Daniil Kvyat: "It was a normal Friday where we tried to work through our programme. Conditions out there were quite tricky. It was windy and the track slippery. Regarding the balance of the car, I wasn't completely satisfied today, so as usual, we will look at all the data tonight and find a way to improve for tomorrow."
James Key, technical director: "In general the day went ok even though we had a problem on Jean-Eric's car, which we are looking into now. We lost a bit of balance as the track temperature increased, so we were slightly less competitive in FP2. Having said this the race pace seemed encouraging, so far so good. But as always, with all the variables, it is very tight. For tomorrow's Qualifying we will target the top ten of course, which is where we hope to be at most events, even though this track does not suit our car as much as the Austrian track did. But we are still hopeful we can get to the top ten."
Valtteri Bottas: : "FP2 was ok from our side; it was quite a good session. The main thing was the set-up work. We were fine tuning the set-up and managed to improve it quite a bit during the session. There's still a lot of work to do tomorrow, in these windy conditions it's not easy to set up the car. Anything we can do to improve it is going to be a big help because qualifying is going to be close tomorrow."
Felipe Massa: "This morning wasn't the best as I put a wheel on the artificial grass and that was it, the session was over. As a result I lost some time in FP2 and we struggled with the balance but we made some progress. Tomorrow should be a better day but we are behind on our run plan. I have to say a big thank you to the team as they worked very hard to get the car ready for the second session. We have a lot to do to get the set-up right for tomorrow and the weather may not help us either."
Susie Wolff, test driver: "A huge thank you to all the support and help that I have had to get me ready for today. It was a great feeling driving out of the garage. When I had my helmet on, it was just me and the car. I knew what I had to do and the car felt great. It was only one and a half flying laps but these things happen, I have another session in Hockenheim that I now have to work towards. Every time I step in the car, there is something to learn, so there are a few positives to take from today."
Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance: "It was an eventful day. We started off in FP1 with Susie stopping on the track. We all really felt for her as she was just starting to get into our morning programme. I'm glad she's going to be back in the car at Hockenheim though to show us what we all know she can do. In FP1, Felipe also had an accident so both crews were extremely busy between the sessions to get both cars back out on track this afternoon. They did a really good job and the second session was slightly less eventful.
"The potential of the car is very much there. It was very windy, very low grip conditions, and the tyres are quite hard for this circuit as we knew they would be. The car is performing more or less where we expected. The long runs were not consistent for anybody, but our long run pace looks quite good, especially against the teams we're fighting in the championship, so we're pleased with that. There are a lot of positives from the day and a lot of potential, but we do have a good amount of work to do to put it all together.
Max Chilton: "We got a lot of running today, which is positive, because we lost time on the other side of the garage. There are still things we know we can improve on, so we'll be making maximum use of the data we gathered to try to understand how we can gain more lap time. It's great to be back here in front of my home crowd, who have been incredibly supportive as usual. It's only Friday so I know the atmosphere is only going to get better over the next two days and that's a great boost for myself and the team."
Jules Bianchi: "It has not been a very smooth start to our weekend for me, with problems this morning and this afternoon. Despite the issues we have experienced, and the resulting loss of track time, I am very pleased that we did end the day by making it out at the end of the FP2 session and with very little set-up work we seem to have got to a good starting place with the car. There is a lot that we need to do to improve for the rest of the weekend, but we have some good data from Max's track time. We will have a busy FP3 tomorrow to prepare for qualifying but also confirming a set-up direction. The track has been quite windy today and this has unsettled many of the cars, plus we need to understand how the tyres are working here. We will keep pushing."
John Booth, Team Principal: "A very frustrating day in terms of quite a few niggling reliability issues, particularly with Jules, however the engineers and mechanics worked calmly to maximise the amount of track time possible. Clearly we have missed quite a big part of our programme today, which was not part of the plan! Looking forward to tomorrow it seems that the weather might also hamper our programme, so the limited information we have gathered today will require much more scrutiny tonight. In the main, even with our limited running, our pace looks much where we expected but with the potential for us to gain some improvement overnight."
Robin Frijns, test driver: "I did the installation lap and, except for a very minor issue with the radio, there weren't any problems with the car. However, whilst waiting for the post-installation lap checks to be completed we found an electrical issue that was causing a misfire in the Power Unit. We had to take the floor off to fix it but the guys did a great job and with about 15 minutes left in the session I was back out for the baseline run.
"While it would obviously have been good to have the whole session, we did at least complete a few laps - sometimes it's like this in motor racing. Hopefully that's our bad luck out of the way for this weekend!"
Kamui Kobayashi: "I didn't have a great start but then recovered and passed my teammate and Bianchi and was running well for the first stint. We'd started on supersofts and they held up well, right until we boxed on lap 14 for a set of softs. Our original plan was for a two stops and with our race focused on the Marussias, as soon as it became clear Bianchi was stopping once, we decided to switch the strategy during the second stint which meant I had to manage that set of softs for 55 laps to the flag. Unfortunately that didn't work as with about ten laps to go I couldn't hold him back as he was on supersofts and had the pace to pass. We tried something and this time it didn't work, but ultimately we probably didn't lose anything as we were really only fighting him.
"Despite that I think we have to take quite a few positives from this weekend as our performance relative to our nearest competitors improved quite a bit. Our reliability has been much better this weekend and the setup change we made on Friday night paid dividends again today as I was pretty easily able to pass the lead Marussia and pull away early in the race. From where we were on Friday, and in the last couple of races, that's a good sign and we know we can improve again at Silverstone so I'm already hungry to get back and fight again there."
Marcus Ericsson: : "FP1 went ok. We started with the usual installation lap and the first thing that was clear was just how low the grip levels were, even for an install. That continued on the baseline run where the front tyres were really struggling to come up to temperature - overall the car balance was ok, but for run two we worked more on generating higher initial tyre temps which meant we could start looking in more detail at setup options. My second run was a bit better but on the final lap I span around turns 12 / 13 and couldn't get the car back out of the gravel. That cost us quite a bit of time but as soon as we had the car back it was turned around quickly and we were back out for a final couple of laps.
"In the afternoon we started with a car that felt like we'd maybe gone the wrong way on setup so we made a few changes at the end of the first run and it was definitely better for the second run. We then went onto the mediums and they were working pretty well - the grip levels were much better and the tyres came up to temperature more quickly, but then on the third run I had a mechanical issue which meant I lost power and had to pull over in the old pits. We'll need to make a proper assessment of what happened and to go through all the data tonight and then aim to keep improving tomorrow ahead of quali and the race."
Cedrik Staudohar, Renault Sport F1 Track Support Leader: "Having sat out FP1 it was important to get as many laps done in FP2 as possible and having done that with 31 laps I think we made some good progress in the session. Overall the balance wasn't too bad at the start of FP2 - the car was quite snappy and there was too much understeer, especially in the high speed corners, but by the end of the session it was improving. We did a couple of runs on the hard tyres, then onto the mediums for our first assessment of the softer compound and it was a definite improvement, both on the short and long runs, so that's quite positive for the rest of the weekend."
Paul Hembery, motorsport director: "The weekend has got off to a good start, with the teams working through their tyre programmes and the hard and the medium tyres performing perfectly in line with expectations. Obviously the one big question mark is the weather, so it remains to be seen how relevant that preparation work will be, but all information is useful and there is still a good chance of a dry race. This is a situation that the teams have been in before at Silverstone and yet another intriguing aspect of Formula One. There's been a fantastic amount of support here, as has always been the case in Britain, and it's great to be represented in front of some of the most enthusiastic fans in the world."


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By: Lanetra Bennett
April 24, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - There's great anticipation to find out who will be FAMU's next band director.
It's been two weeks since the final two candidates started interviewing on campus. But no decision has been made yet.
However, administrators say they are getting close.
"They should take as long as needed." Says FAMU student Chelsea Washington.
FAMU has been without a band director for almost a year.
Administrators were set to announce someone for the position in January, but, negotiations fell through.
The search committee re-initiated a nationwide search and narrowed the pool down to two final candidates: Dr. Sylvester Young, who is retired from Ohio University, and Dekalb, Georgia School District Music Supervisor Don Roberts.
Administrators interviewed them on campus two weeks ago, and said at that time they expected to have mostly everything finalized the following week.
Washington says, "I feel like if they need to take as long as they need to, let them because the band director needs to be the Marching 100. They need to know the history, the historical moment in what the Marching 100 really represents and what it means to FAMU."
FAMU student Patrick Gayle says, "I'm just ready for the band to come back."
Students agree the decision for a new band director should be made carefully, but they say they hope it's done in enough time to have the Marching 100 back in action by football season.
Gayle says, "I'm ready to be crunk at the games, ready to listen to some good music, go to the Classics, vibe at the Classics. It brings more fans out. That's where most of our money comes from. It's just weird without the band."
University administrators say it's still down to the two final candidates. However, they say negotiations are not underway yet.
As far as the big question of if there's any idea of when the band is returning, administrators say, "Not at this time. We are continuing to work to make sure the conditions are right before a decision is made."

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Almost 6,000 cars in America will be recalled by Toyota because of a possible problem with the braking assist.
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The match between Arsenal and Manchester United could have swung either way. Arsenal arguably did enough to secure a vital win but a poor performance by Bacary Sagna cost them.
Arsenal dominated the first half against a somewhat lacklustre Manchester United side after Theo Walcott's early goal.
The Gunners dictated most of the first half but were unable to convert chances and it once again showed the lack of firepower in the front ranks of Arsene Wenger's side.
In the dying minutes of the first half Bacary Sagna gave a poor back pass, which allowed former teammate Robin van Persie to latch onto it. Sagna tracked back but instead of falling into position in front of the striker, the French fullback opted to slide in with a reckless challenge, chopping down Van Persie and conceding a penalty.
True to nature, the Dutchman slotted a faultless penalty, despite thunderous booing and jeering from his former home crowd.
Later, already booked for the foul on Van Persie, Sagna committed another silly and unnecessary mistake with a late challenge on his French opposite number Patrice Evra. Luckily for Sagna, Phil Dowd let play continue as United were on a break and the Frenchman escaped what should have been a second booking – despite furious protesting from Wayne Rooney.
Sagna hasn't been at his best for a while now and perhaps Wenger should have elected to replace the French fullback with the more-than-capable Carl Jenkinson.
Nevertheless, Arsenal allowed United to get back into the game in the second half but with good defending – especially from the lanky figure of Per Mertesacker – and good shot stopping from Wojciech Szczesny, Arsenal were able to deny the champions any further goals.
On a positive note, Jack Wilshere looked to be back to his best after his introduction in replacement of Tomas Rosicky. The young talisman made the difference to the Gunners' attack with his signature straight charges into the defensive lines and clever passing. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also showed that he is nearing a potential starting spot in Wenger's team as he showed good control of the ball in the last third, great dribbling and trickery, and picking out teammates and offering goal-scoring chances.
Santi Cazorla was at his usual fine form and was only just denied by his compatriot David de Gea after a few powerful strikes on goal.
The Gunners will rue the missed chances and the dropped points as they could have gone four points ahead of Spurs who drew against Wigan on Saturday, and one ahead of Chelsea who beat Swansea convincingly yesterday. As it stands, Arsenal lead their north London rivals by only two while trailing Chelsea by one, and Wenger will be hoping that their two rivals drop points somewhere in the run-in.
It might be unfair to load all the blame on Bacary Sagna as it comes down to a collective effort, but the Frenchman will certainly be regretful of his poor performance.
Fortunately for the Emirates outfit all is not lost and Chelsea and Tottenham are yet to face each other while Chelsea also have a few tough fixtures left, including Man United and Everton.
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FCCLA team second at state
Girls collect items for foster children
A project to collect toys, clothes and necessities for children in foster care earned three Brady High School girls a silver medal in a statewide competition.
Sophomore Jamie Norton and freshmen Josie Palmer and Autumn Hild finished second in the family challenges and issues category of the Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) contest during the state Family, Career and Community Leaders of America leadership conference April 1-3.
The girls began their project last fall as part of an assignment in speech class.
Rather than simply give a persuasive speech, students were asked to develop a service project and persuade school administration and peers to participate.
Norton, Palmer and Hild gathered gently used toys, games, stuffed animals, clothing, blankets and diapers for children in foster care.
A pickup load of items were donated to Health and Human Services in North Platte.
The speech assignment blossomed into an FCCLA project that won the district competition.
While at the leadership conference in Lincoln, the Brady students attended seminars covering teen issues and careers.
They also watched other STAR presentations, viewed FCCLA displays and participated in FCCLA business meetings.
"I am pleased with how well the girls did with this project," said Brady sponsor Patty Cordell. "It was a really good state conference this year and I think the girls got a lot out of it."
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The $492-million plan, called Your New Blue, includes several track and station improvement projects along a 12.5-mile stretch of the Blue Line O'Hare Branch between the Grand and Cumberland stations, as well as upgrades to the signal system between the Jefferson Park and O'Hare stations.
These improvements are expected to provide faster, more comfortable and more reliable commutes for the more than 80,000 customers who each weekday use stations along the branch, which had 25 million rides last year. This project is the largest comprehensive investment for this line since the O'Hare branch extension was built from Jefferson Park to O'Hare in 1983.
"Like the Red Line South project we just completed on time and within budget, this Blue Line plan is far-reaching and long overdue and will help meet increasing demand," said Chicago Mayor Emanuel. "This plan represents a huge investment in CTA riders and visitors traveling to Chicago via O'Hare and many vibrant communities along the North and Northwest Sides. It's also part of our latest efforts to modernize our transit system for the 21st Century."
The four-year plan's highlights include extensive station renovations at the Grand, Chicago, Division, Damen, California, Logan Square and Jefferson Park stations; concrete platform repairs and installation of a new elevator at the Addison station to make it Americans with Disabilities Act accessible; repairs at the Irving Park, Montrose, Harlem and Cumberland stations; track improvements to eliminate and prevent slow zones in the Milwaukee Subway (Damen to Belmont) and Dearborn Subway (Grand to Division), respectively; track signal improvements between O'Hare and Jefferson Park, which will improve speed of travel; traction power upgrades to improve service and reliability; installation of new water management systems and repairs to ensure dry and clean subway stations; special track improvements near the O'Hare station and in the Rosemont rail yard to help reduce delays and provide for more efficient operations and
an upgrade of wireless infrastructure in the subway tunnels to provide customers and workers with faster and more reliable voice, data and web service in the subway.
Funding for Your New Blue is expected to come from local, state and federal sources. The first projects are expected to get under way in 2014. Project schedules are still being finalized, but the project is expected to begin with trackwork, following by station renovations, power upgrades and then signal improvements.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Jeff Bianchi delivered a two-run single off shortstop Starlin Castro's glove with two out in the ninth to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a day-night doubleheader sweep on Tuesday.
The Brewers pulled out the nightcap after a 6-5 victory in which they lost starter Yovani Gallardo to a tight left hamstring.
In the second game, they got six scoreless innings from Tyler Thornburg and a leadoff homer from Juan Francisco in the fifth. But they had to rally after David DeJesus delivered a two-run double off Burke Badenhop following a pair of errors in the seventh.
Chicago took a 2-1 lead to the ninth, but closer Kevin Gregg (2-3) couldn't hold it.
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Sophomore Melanie Baskind
had three shots on goal Thursday afternoon (photo courtesy of Gil
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's soccer team dropped a non-conference home game to Boston University by a score of 3-0 Thursday afternoon at Ohiri Field. Crimson goalkeeper Jessica Wright recorded seven saves in her first-career start in the loss, as Harvard falls to 1-3-1.
Harvard fired several shots on net from close range in the
opening half, as Katherine
Sheeleigh, Melanie Baskind and Alexandra
Conigliaro each earned chances from inside the box, but BU
goalkeeper Kelly King grabbed each attempt. In the 20th
minute, the Terriers grabbed a lead, as Shauna Kelleher controlled
a loose ball off a blocked shot and slid a pass ahead to Jessica
Luscinski. Luscinski, standing 10 yards out, chipped a shot
over Wright and into the back of the net.
BU (4-5-0) opened the second half with a score at 49:34 when Lisa Kevorkian scored on a shot from 20 yards out from the right side. Kevorkian placed the ball just inside the left post, putting the Terriers ahead, 2-0. With 10 minutes to play in the contest, Kylie Strom played a corner kick from BU and sent the ball into the box. Brittany Heist positioned herself near the left post and headed the ball directly into the back of the net at 80:22.
The Terriers held the final count in shots, 22-16, while corner kicks were even, with each squad earning six. King played the first half in net for BU and made five stops. Baskind and Sheeleigh each had four shots for the Crimson, who will host Rhode Island at the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Friday at 7 p.m.


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Perseverance pays off for McGurk
Three years after he quit football in despair, Adam McGurk is poised to win a first senior cap for Northern Ireland in the friendly with Malta.
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The 24-year-old was a promising forward at Aston Villa before a serious knee injury halted his progress and he was released early in 2010.
McGurk was so disillusioned with the game that he did not seek another club but, pushed on by his family, he played a few times for non-league Hednesford Town and a successful trial with Tranmere that summer offered him a way back in.
He has not looked back and, with striker Kyle Lafferty suspended for the next World Cup qualifying game against Russia next month, McGurk is hoping to play his way into contention.
He said: "I didn't really know what to do, I was in a bad place at that time. I eventually got a chance at Tranmere and I took it. This is where I am now so I'm just grateful.
"It was my family who got me back into it. I didn't really have any interest myself being honest, but I didn't want to disappoint them.
"They went through as much as me and it was just to try to please them was the only reason I went back in. Luckily it's paid off."
With Tranmere pushing for promotion to the Championship, McGurk's form caught the eye of Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill - although the forward needed some convincing the interest was genuine.
McGurk said: "I was a bit shocked when I got the call-up, I had to phone the club to make sure it wasn't someone trying to take the mick. It's a huge honour and hopefully I can get some game time.
"I didn't know Michael was at the games he came to watch but luckily I must have done okay. He phoned me after the squad was announced to say he was impressed and he was looking forward to seeing me.
"I know quite a few of the boys from coming through the ranks and at club level, so it wasn't too bad settling in quickly. Everyone's very welcoming and it's great."
McGurk is one of a number of young faces in the squad for Wednesday's friendly, where O'Neill will hope to secure a first win at the eighth attempt.
Northern Ireland have drawn four of their seven previous games, including in an away qualifier against Portugal, and long-serving defender Aaron Hughes is hoping Wednesday will be the day.
He said: "It would be nice to get rid of it so we don't have to talk about it.
"But there's deeper meaning to it. We're missing Kyle in the next games and (Chris) Baird so we have to make a couple of changes.
"The thing we're looking for most is a performance, working on all the things that we hope can get us something from the next round of qualifiers. If we can get a win on top of that then very nice."


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BASEBALL: Minster wins back-to-back district baseball titles
COLDWATER — The Cardiac Cats did it again.
Minster won its second straight district title with a 4-3 win over Crestview that — in typical Wildcat style this season — came down to a pulsepounding finish in the seventh inning.
"To be able to do this two years in a row, that's something special," Minster head coach Mike Wiss said.
PHOTO GALLERY: Minster repeats as district champion
Crestview, after entering the seventh inning trailing 4-2, loaded the bases with no one out. The Knights mustered only one run off a bases-loaded walk.
Minster third baseman Austin Knapke fielded a chopper and got a force out at second base on a close play to end the game.
"I just had to think quickly and try to get him at second base," Knapke said. "It was about the only play I really had."
If the baserunner had beaten the throw, the game would've been tied.
Instead, Knapke and the Wildcats are headed back to Springfield next week to face South Charleston Southeastern next Thursday in Springfield at 5 p.m.
Minster scored the go-ahed run in the fifth on Adam Niemeyer's bunt single on a squeeze play that brought Jay Eilerman home from third base.
Austin Knapke added what proved to be the game-winning run with a double that plugged the left field gap to bring Eilerman all the way around from first base for the 4-2 cushion.
Eilerman reached base three times and scored three of Minster's four runs from the leadoff spot.
Minster had to use two pitchers on short rest and a third pitcher who hadn't pitched in almost a month because of injury.
Minster senior Doug Huber started the game and worked the first four and 1-3 innings on just one day rest after starting Wednesday's district semifinal.
Junior Austin Knapke then pitched two innings of relief, giving up one run. He was also pitching for the second time in three days.
Minster scored in the first inning on a hot ground ball off the bat of Devon Poeppelman that got past the Crestview third baseman and then went under the glove of the left fielder, as well. Adam Niemeyer came all the way around from first base to score the game's first run.
Minster added another run in the third on a Devon Poeppelman sacrifice fly to medium right field that brought home the speedy Jay Eilerman, who had walked to start the inning and moved to third on Adam Niemeyer's opposite field single that he served into right field.


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In addition to Resistance 2, Price discussed the possibilities of a new Insomniac franchise in the future,the surprising sales of the recently released downloadable Ratchet game and the misconception that Gears of War and Resistance are rivals, along with his thoughts on games legislation and the future of the games industry.
Shack: How hands-on have you been with Resistance 2? I noticed you weren't that involved in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3).
Ted Price: Right. I'm the creative director on the Resistance franchise right now, so it's very near and dear to my heart.
I've always been passionate about first person shooters and I think a lot of the team has as well. Also being able to work on a mature title has been a nice ...alternative for a lot of the team. We've all been working on Ratchet for so many years, and this allows us to explore a different side.
Shack: I noticed there's a lot more gore this time around.
Ted Price: [laughs] Yeah, there is.
Shack: With Resistance 2 in the finishing stages and a new Insomniac studio opening up in North Carolina, is there any chance we're going to get a new Insomniac game that isn't Ratchet or Resistance?
Ted Price: I'm not talking about our future games.
I can say our history has been to create new franchises. We love creating new stuff, so, certainly don't count that out.
Shack: How has the Insomniac's first downloadable game, Ratchet & Clank Future:Quest for Booty (PS3), sold since its release in August?
Ted Price: Actually, surprisingly well. We've seen the numbers and it got a lot of love when it came out. It's one of those games that's hard to define for people, because there haven't been games like it, where it's a triple-A quality title, but it's short.
I think people may not know what to make of it. It's not a full-fledged Ratchet game, you don't get the 10-hour-plus adventure. What you get is a 2-3 hour kinda, bite-sized but high quality adventure.
We're hoping that this is the first of many of its kind to hit the PlayStation Network.
Shack: Has it surpassed your expectations?
Ted Price: It was an experiment for us. We didn't really know what to expect when we released the game, because it is a different beast. It's something that you don't see on PlayStation Network yet, not really.
Shack: Most of the time, downloadable games in a franchise like Ratchet are side-stories or 2D platformers. You don't expect it to be the actual Ratchet game, just shorter.
Ted Price: Right. We had no real expectations. We didn't know what to expect. And now that it's actually selling well, we're happy.
Shack: There's a big emphasis on co-op with the new online mode, but can you still play through the story split-screen with a friend, like you could in the first Resistance?
Ted Price: No. The co-op follows a separate campaign all together. We are not playing through the single-player campaign.
Shack: At all?
Ted Price: Correct. But there is split-screen co-op, so you can play split-screen with--if you're sitting next to your buddy, you can play player A, he claims player B, you're with six other people who are online.
Shack: Are any of the vehicles returning from the first game?
Ted Price: No vehicles.
Shack: Why's that?
Ted Price: It was a tough call for us. Vehicles, like bosses, take a lot of special code, a lot of one-off code, and they end up being one-off design challenges. Instead, we decided to put all that energy into bosses.
Shack: I was playing single-player earlier today, and one of my attack drones came flying in and took out an entire squad that had me pinned down. It was a pretty cool moment, and I was hoping I'd get to control that later on.
Ted Price: You don't, you do not get to play as the attack drones. You do get a lot of cool weapons through, and you do get to play with the weapons that the Sentinels, your buddies, have. One of the guys has a machine gun with a big shield on it. The mini-gun does incredible damage and it's fun to just lay waste to lots and lots of Hybrids.
Shack: Can you talk about some of the other weapons?
Ted Price: We haven't really talked much about the Marksmen. The Marksmen is the weapon that Sergant Warner carries in the game, and actually we were using it in co-op, it's your main weapon if you're Spec Ops in co-op.
It has a three-shot burst and it has a scope view, so it's particularly effective against humanoid enemies who have a head, use it to get headshots. The secondary fire, it fires out this projectile that will hove around and do electric damage, it will actually zap multitudes of enemies. But enemies will recognize that the projectile's out there and will turn and start firing at it.
It's good to distract them, first of all, because they'll start firing at it, and secondly, it does a lot of damage.
Shack: I know you're not talking about anything beyond Resistance 2 today, but with 60-person online multiplayer and 8-player class-based co-op, are you at all worried that you're setting the bar too high for yourself?
Ted Price: I think there's always the worry that when it comes to whatever next game it is that we do, we'll hit a wall. But we've already got plenty of great ideas about what's next, whether it's... whatever game we do.
Every game we've done has been a learning experience too, in terms of what works and what doesn't, where we can push and where we can't. That's a pretty nebulous answer, but because we've been making games so long, it's been 15 years now, we always run into that same worry, and we've always been able to figure out a way to provide something fresh for the next game that we do.
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Shack: Is there any chance of another scandal like Manchester Cathedral in Resistance 2?
Ted Price: That's a good question. You'll have to play through and see if there's anything that looks particularly controversial to you. It is taking place in real towns in the US, so there may be some things that people have issues with. I don't know.
Shack: How realistic is Chicago?
Ted Price: Chicago is recognizable. It is 1953 Chicago in an alternate history universe, but you'll see some buildings that you certainly recognize.
Shack: Switching gears a bit, how do you go from receiving an English degree at Princeton to being the president of a game development studio?
Ted Price: A lot of luck, I suppose, and a love of games. That's what it came down to, for me.
After college, I was in the medical industry for a while and I realized that wasn't where my passion lay. I had a fantastic--things worked out, where I could actually buy a 3DO dev station and use my savings to start Insomniac.
I met some great guys, Al Hastings and Brian Hastings, who helped lay the foundation for our first game, Disruptor. That put us on the map, and we went from there.
I made a lot of bad decisions, early on, and fortunately, it didn't kill us. We stayed alive and we've been able to learn from our mistakes every year, and grow a little bit more.
Shack: And now you've grown so big that you're opening a studio on the opposite coast.
Ted Price: That's right.
A lot of it has to do with not wanting to grow too big. If we continued to add people to our Burbank office, I think we would overflow and it might become a very different company. It was really wonderful that a couple of our guys wanted to move to the east coast, and start another branch of Insomniac. That was the perfect release valve for us.
Shack: Insomniac has long been an independent company, and you've remained independent despite working very closely with Sony. In an industry that's filled with mergers and buyouts, do you see Insomniac staying independent? Are you worried about a possible buyout or acquisition?
Ted Price: First of all, that's our choice. We're private and the only reason that we would ever be bought out or acquired is if we wanted to be bought out or acquired. I've been pretty vocal about not wanting to head that direction.
I'm proud of our independence, I'm proud of what we do as an independent company, and I think that the reason many people come to Insomniac is because they want to have that same feeling of ownership over the games we make, where we're not being told by a corporate parent what to do or what to make.
Being independent in this industry is a double-edged sword. First of all, you live or die by the decisions you make. If you screw up with one game, it could be curtains. That's the risk that we've faced from the very beginning.
There's a lot of mutual trust, they do not interfere with the development process and they do a great job promoting and publishing our games, so things work out well.
Shack: Do you see Resistance and Gears of War as being rival franchises?
Ted Price: I think that a lot of the press would like to set us up as rivals, because it makes for an interesting story.
Shack: You gotta admit, both are beloved system exclusives that sport some serious promotion, and both seem to come out at the same time.
Ted Price: If I own a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360, which I do, I'm gonna get both games. Because what I want is the best games to play on my platforms, and that certainly helps us, it helps Epic, it helps Microsoft, it helps Sony.
There's nothing wrong with having two great games out on two separate platforms.
Shack: Well said. What's your take on video game legislation?
Ted Price: I think video game legislation has no place in America. I think that we as an industry do a fantastic job of policing ourselves, we have one of the most effective, if not the most effective rating system in any entertainment industry right now.
It saddens me to see legislators stomping all over our First Amendment rights for their own specific interests.
Shack: Last year, there was that huge controversy with Manhunt 2 being denied an ESRB rating and how it wouldn't hit store shelves without being censored. Meanwhile, I could walk into Wal-Mart and buy the unrated version of Saw, no problem.
Ted Price: Exactly.
I think this is just the result of being a younger industry, perhaps, in the other mainstream industries. We're going through what every other entertainment industry has gone through, and that's being the temporary scapegoat for society's ills.
It won't be until we have more gamers running for office that this will calm down. It's something that we'll weather, because we are right, what we do is defensible under the Constitution and shouldn't be regulated by the government. There are enough gamers who will stand up and fight against these laws that we'll be in good shape, ultimately.
Shack: How do you respond to people that say, "Oh, video game violence is different, because you don't pull the trigger yourself when you're watching TV or a movie?"
Ted Price: I say show me the proof. Show me the studies that say that your or I are affected any differently by different forms of media. So far, there have not been conclusive studies that show that games promote violent behavior any more than movies do.
I'm passionate about this particular subject.
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Shack: I don't know if you're familiar with Vicarious Visions CEO Karthik Bala, but he's very outspoken about game legislation as well.
Ted Price: Of course, in New York, they have that awful legislation happening. I'm glad that he's standing up and saying something about it too.
Shack: The letter he and his brother wrote contained a lot of good points, and it was very well-written and polite.
Ted Price: I think that's what you have to do, to talk to folks who are not gamers. You can't simply rant and wave a flag, you have to appeal to reason.
Fortunately, we do have reason on our side in this particular battle.
Ted Price: More people have to join the Video Game Voters Network, just because there's opportunity to get involved as a gamer and make a difference. When you write a letter to your Congressman about bills that are happening in your state, it does make a difference.
Otherwise, legislators don't know that their constituents care and they're just simply, I think, walking blindly, following what they think is the mainstream opinion. But it's not the mainstream opinion. I think gamers outnumber non-gamers these days.
Shack: There was that study that claimed a majority of kids play games these days.
Ted Price: Yeah, that's fantastic news for us as we move into the next 10 years. Because all of those kids are gonna become voters and be able to help us fight unfair legislation that restrict us as creators.
Shack: Where do you see the gaming industry going in the next five to ten years? Some folks say it'll all be digital distribution, other folks say that's rubbish and we'll still have some sort of physical media. What's your take?
Ted Price: Really tough to predict because we don't know how big games are gonna get. The media that we create these days gobbles up a lot of space, and bandwidth doesn't necessarily keep up with what we're creating. On the other hand, I think there are fantastic technologies emerging that allow us to distribute games digitally much more quickly. I was reading the other day about technology that allows you to play the game after it's only 10% downloaded. I can't remember what it's called.
Shack: I know GameTap had something similar.
Ted Price: It wasn't GameTap. I can't remember who it was, it was another distribution system.
I think that digital distribution is here to stay, but at the same time, I think that there are enough people who appreciate the fondle factor, having a physical copy of the game in their hands, that games' retail will stick around for a long time too. So, anybody's guess.
Shack: For so long, the game industry has focused on better graphics, bigger storage space with every hardware revision. Do you think we're nearing the point where graphics become so advanced that progress no longer matters?
Ted Price: I think we're still several generations away from that. I'm probably in the minority saying this, but when you look at a real-life scene--look at this right now--you cannot duplicate this lighting real-time in a game yet in this quality, this detail. We are still ways away from having the processor power to do real-time global illumination and the kind of effects you would expect, you take for granted, in real life.
Now, there is real-time global illumination being done with some engines out there, but it's limited. I think that we still need a lot more processing power and new techniques to do it.
And I think we'll be constantly surprised over the next 10 years with the increase in fidelity of video game graphics. I think people were saying the same thing 10 years ago, "We've reached the limit, we can't really go much further."
Game makers have always surprised gamers with what they're putting out.
Shack: Are you at all worried about the rising cost of development that comes alongside more processing power, new techniques and better graphics?
Ted Price: Oh yeah. That's a constant worry in the development field. The rising cost of development, in many ways, is driven by a consumer's demand for more fidelity, bigger games, more options in games. And we as game developers--in many cases, not all cases--place our bets that we're gonna have the best looking game, or the game with the most options, and hopefully satisfy the largest percentage of that audience and be able to offset the development costs.
On the other hand, there are more avenues now to distribute games to more niche audiences, such as through Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network or PSP and DS. There are many more options for game developers who don't necessarily want to go for the big budgets. At the same time, they can make fantastic groundbreaking games without having the most amazing graphics or the largest game.
Shack: On a more personal note, what have you been playing lately?
Ted Price: To be perfectly honest, I've played Resistance 2 non-stop for the last 3 months. I mean, that's what I do, and it's important. All of us want to make sure that we're delivering the best possible game we can. That takes playing it over and over and looking for the problems and fixing them.
LittleBigPlanet, mostly because I love playing games with my kids. Actually, the game I've been playing is Rock Band. My kids and I play all the time together, and LittleBigPlanet will be the next kinda family game that we pick up.
I can't wait. The Media Molecule guys are really cool guys. They're down to earth, a couple ex-Insomniacs over there as well, and we talk a lot, between the two companies. We've been very impressed with what they've been able to do with a small team.
That's a great example of creating a groundbreaking, unbelievably beautiful game with a very small team. It demonstrates that can still be done.
Shack: It's always a pleasure talking with you Ted.
Ted Price: Yeah, you too man.
A PlayStation 3 exclusive, Resistance 2 launches November 4.


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Reading will be looking to build on the three points they earned against Doncaster last week as they host Millwall at the Madejski Stadium.
The Royals sit just inside the play-off places and have a good chance to solidify their place there against struggling Millwall. The Lions are without a loss in three but a late equaliser against QPR last Saturday will give them some hope here.
The last time these sides met, Brian McDermott's side beat the Lions 2-1 at the Den on their way to promotion to the Premier League.
Current manager Nigel Adkins will see promotion as the main aim this season and if they are to get it games like these need to be won. Steve Lomas will be happy to bring back anything to South London - his side have only won three games this season.
They will be helped by Reading's injury woes. Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is unlikely to feature after suffering a knee injury in training, whilst Danny Williams, Royston Drenthe and Billy Sharp are also out.
Millwall have injury problems of their own - Richard Chaplow and Lee Martin are both injured but Shaun Derry will return after being ineligible to play against QPR.
The form table suggests this will only go one way but Reading will need to be aware of Millwall's useful attack that have netted 14 goals this season. At the back they have leaked 25 goals, the second highest in the league, and could be easily exploited by Reading's in form strikers who hit 4 past Doncaster, if they don't tighten up.
A win for the Royals will move them up as high as fourth in the Championship table, but if Millwall take all three points they could move into the top half of the division.
Either way, despite the early stage of the season, the result could make or break the season for one of these sides.
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FINANCIAL DISTRICT — More than three months after Hurricane Sandy, Luke's Lobster's Downtown outpost is ready to roll again.
The popular seafood chain, known for its fresh Maine lobster, crab and shrimp rolls, will finally reopen its South William Street location next week, Ben Conniff, the chain's vice-president, said in an email.
The shop will get back to business on Thursday, Feb. 21 with a recovery celebration featuring $3 beers and "special guests" starting at 5 p.m.
The reopening party also doubles as the store's kick-off to NYC Beer Week, which features craft brew tastings and dinner pairings at bars and restaurants across the city and runs from Feb. 22 through March 3.
"We are incredibly excited that the storm has finally passed and wishing the best for those of our neighbors who are still rebuilding," Conniff said in an email.
Luke's Lobster opened its much-anticipated 18-seat Downtown location at 26 S. William St. in June 2011.
Owners Conniff and Luke Holden launched the first Luke's Lobster in the East Village in 2009 and quickly gained a following for their spice-dusted Maine lobster rolls, chowders and Maine microbrews.
The pair now has additional locations on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and in Washington, D.C. — as well as a traveling food truck that will hit the road again this spring.


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Letters written by Elbert P. Jones
1847, Jan. 11 - to Joseph B. Hull (concerning editorial policy of the California Star)
1849, June 14 - to Persifor F. Smith (concerning San Francisco lot of A. B. Thompson)
1849, June 19 - to Bennet Riley (concerning San Francisco lot of A. B. Thompson)
1849, June 20 - to Henry W. Halleck (concerning San Francisco lot of A. B. Thompson). 2 versions
Letters written to Elbert P. Jones
Ackerman, J. Howard
Letter, May 29, 1848
Bale, Edward Turner, 1811-1849
Letter, Jan. 22, 1848
Brannan, Samuel, 1819-1889
Letter, Apr. 18, 1847
Frisbie, John B., 1824-
Letter, Mar. 25, 1848
Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
2 letters, 1849
Hardie, James Allen, 1823-1876
Letter, June 1, 1849
Hull, Joseph Bartine, 1802-1890
Letter, Jan. 15, 1847
Hyde, George, 1819-1890
Letter, n.d.
Leavenworth, Thaddeus Minor
Letter, Mar. 22, 1848
Lippincott, Benjamin S., 1815?-1870
Letter, Oct. 26, 1846
Tombs, Joseph H.
2 letters, 1850-1851
Miscellaneous letters
1848, Mar. 24 - Timothy Murphy to Robert Ridley (concerning sale of town lot by Gregorio Briones). Enclosures: 2 deeds (copies)
1848, Apr. 6 - note by Samuel I. Smith
1848, June 14 - William D. M. Howard to Makee & Anthon (concerning estate of W. A. Leidesdorff). Enclosures: 2 accounts
Accounts, 1846-1852.
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Alden (S. H.) & Co.
Almond, William B.
Alsop & Brown (Happy Valley House)
Bartlett, Washington Allon, 1820-1871
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Brannan (S.) & Co.
Brown, John Henry, 1810-1905
Buckelew, Benjamin R., 1822 ?-1859
Burgoyne & Co.
California Daily Courrier
California House
California Star
City Hotel
Coit, Benjamin B., d. 1867
Cordua, Theodor, 1796-1857
Cross, Hobson & Co.
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909
Dedmond, Joel P.
DeWitt & Harrison
Dickson & Hay
Don Quixote (bark)
Dring, David
Eddy, William M.
Egleston, George W.
Evans, George M.
Folson, Joseph Libbey, 1817-1855
Fourgeaud, Victor J., 1815-1875
Geary, John White, 1819-1873
Gelston & Co.
Gerke, Henry
Gilbert (E.) & Co. (Alta California)
Gilbert, Hubbard & Co. (Alta California)
Gillespie, Charles V.
Glover, William, 1813-1892
Goss & Blanchard
Gray (Nathaniel) & Co.
Grayson, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1869
Grimes, Eliab, 1779-1848
Guerrero y Palomares, Francisco, 1811-1851
Halleck, Peachy & Billings
Hyde, George, 1819-1890
Jones, Elbert P., 1814 ?-1852
Journal of Commerce
Kemble, Edward Cleveland, 1828-1886
Kyburz, Samuel E.
Leavenworth, Thaddeus Minor
Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1810-1848
Lippett, McAllister & Turk
McAllister, Hall, 1826-1888
McCoon, Perry, d. 1851
McDonald & Buchanan
McKinstry, George, 1810-1890
Mellus & Howard
Nye, Gorham H., 1802-1878
Pacific News
Packard, Albert
Palmer, Cook & Co.
Parker, Robert A., 1820-1865
Parker House
Paty, John, 1807-1868
Peachy & Billings
Pell, E. Ward
Pettet, William
Poett, J. Henry
Post, George B., d. 1861
Price, Rodman, McCamley, 1816-1894
Richardson, William Antonio, 1796-1856
Ross, Charles L.
Ross, Benton & Co.
San Francisco Herald
Semple, Robert Baylor, 1808-1854
Shelly & Norris
Sherman, Richard Mitchell, 1813-1901
Sherman & Ruckel
Sherrebeck, Peter
Simmons, Bezer, 1810-1850
Simmons, Hutchinson & Co.
Skinner Eugene F., 1809-1864
Stark, Daniel
Stevenson, Jonathan Drake, 1800-1894
Stevenson & Parker
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Thompson, Alpheus Basil, 1795-1869
Townsend, Alfred A.
Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855
Ward & Smith
Wright & Owen
Contracts, leases and other papers relating to the Portsmouth House, Oct. 1846-Sept. 1848. 12 items. Mainly copies, arranged chronologically.
Propositions and contracts for improvements (primarily building houses and filling water lots) made to town lots belonging to E. P. Jones, Jan. 1849-Nov. 1850. 14 items, arranged chronologically.
Papers relating to the San Francisco Town Council
Petitions, proposals and other papers submitted to the Council, 1847-1848. Include requests for appointments as constable, sheriff and watchman; petitions requesting public printing jobs; requests
for deeds to town lots; petitions for filling the lagoon; proposals for surveying the city; proposals and agreements for building
wharves; reports of lots sold at auction; proposals to grade streets, etc. 53 items, arranged chronologically, with undated
material at the end.
Additional Note
Proceedings of Council Meetings
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Miscellaneous papers relating to San Francisco.
1847, Mar. 6 - contract (copy) for survey of town by Jasper O'Farrell
1847, July 19 - article of agreement by W. A. Leidesdorff to release a water lot to the town
1847, Aug. 20 - article of agreement by Henry Mellus and W. D. M. Howard to release a lot to the town
1848, Nov. 15 - certified copies (in Spanish) of documents concerning title to property of W. A. Leidesdorff
1849, June 4 - statement relating to town lot of A. B. Thompson signed by W. D. M. Howard, Nathan Spear and others
1849, Oct. - agreement by Mellus & Howard to convey title to a Lot to the town for opening a new street
n.d. - petition to Gov. Mason from citizens of San Francisco for the removal of Alcalde Hyde. Signed by E. P. Jones, William H. Davis and others.
n.d. - assessment list (copy) for flagging four feet, south side of 27th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Powers of attorney granted to E. P. Jones by the following:
Cordua, Theodor, Jan. 21, 1847
Kittleman, Thomas, n.d.
McCleery, James, Nov. 3, 1846
Nye, Gorham H., Nov. 19, 1848
Packard, Albert and Dedmund, Joel P., Nov. 6, 1846
Stevenson, Jonathan D. and Parker, William C., Aug. 8, 1850
Thompson, Alpheus Basil, n.d.
Bonds given to town of San Francisco to guarantee payment for town lots, 1847.
Additional Note
Petitions for and title deeds to town lots, transfer deeds, etc.
Additional Note
Miscellaneous papers of E. P. Jones
Miscellaneous contracts and agreements, passport (in oversize portfolio), will, etc. 19 items, arranged chronologically, 1846-1851.


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Alex McLeish is hoping to keep Dexter Blackstock at Nottingham Forest
Alex McLeish hopes Dexter Blackstock will remain at Nottingham Forest, but appreciates there are issues to address.
Last Updated: 05/01/13 2:29pm
Speculation has suggested that Blackstock could be among those on the move during the January transfer window, with Leeds among those said to be keen on acquiring the services of a proven goalscorer.
The fact that his current contract at the City Ground is set to expire at the end of the season has only served to fan the transfer flames.
McLeish is still settling into the managerial hot-seat at Forest, having been drafted in to succeed Sean O'Driscoll, and he acknowledges that he has some 'big decisions' to make - starting with Blackstock and his future on Trentside.
"I am just walking in through the door and am starting to realise we have to make some big decisions very, very quickly," the Scot told the Nottingham Evening Post.
"There is all sorts of speculation about Dexter, but we are not planning to let him go. He is out of contract in the summer and you never know. We will have to see what resources we have available to bring players in.
"But I would hope that Dexter would want to stay the course with us.
"I realise he probably wants a new contract, an extended deal. There are things we have to weigh up."
McLeish is also set to make a decision on the Forest future of Jonathan Greening, with the experienced midfielder having returned to the club from a loan spell at Barnsley.
He added: "Jonathan has been a brilliant player during his career.
"I will have to talk to the staff to decide whether we move forward with him as part of the squad or whether we try and get him back out on loan.
"I know what his qualities are. There was a stage when I really fancied trying to sign him. But now I have him, I have to decide whether he can enhance the squad in the second half of the season."


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|2007-04-09, 18:56
|Link #521
Hate a Hater.Love a Lover
i dont really hate alot anime cause i enjoy watching them all... BUT wat i do hate is dub anime... i dont know...i know some people like listening it to english but i think it just butcher the show for reason i just get around it. I wish they also could like sub video games too rather making it all in english.. for example final fantasy 10 was a good game but freak the dubing in that game was horrible wish they just keep in in japaness and i mean there already subtitles jez be cheaper too rather paying people doing the dub.
Oh there one anime i hate is tenjou tenge... because they didnt really follow up with the manga and man the manga kickass
|2007-04-10, 07:27
|Link #522
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
As for Air. I have trouble myself explaining what I mean when I say Air is slow. I know I like some other animes that are pretty slow. It is just how the slow pace in Air gets to me. It is a feeling, so don't expect any real rationality behind it
It is very far down my vote list on anidb. I am pretty sure however that it being graphically good actually lowered its rating for me. It is one thing to see a low budget anime with content that you don't like, and another thing to see a well animated anime that you don't like. You may call it unfair, but human brains acts in mysterious ways.
My selection is pretty limited however. I have mostly watched animes with atleast decent ratings, so I havn't really watched the worst of the worst, and instead have to pick my frisbee material from what I have watched. I assume the same is true for most people, considering the amount of good/decent animes that have been created over the years. It isn't like people go searching for the worst they can find when they want to watch anime.
As I have watched some sucky anime (in my opinion) since my last post, Air would probably not make my frisbee list any longer. "Noodle Fighter Miki" and "FLCL" are two shows focusing on comedy, neither of which I found funny. "FLCL" being me just not liking that style of comedy, while "Noodle Fighter Miki" just was a plain sucky attempt at cheap comedy.
|2007-04-10, 07:38
|Link #523
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Im putting NHK ni yokosou! in the same pile of dump. The anime is pethatic and i cant sympathize Satou for being such a jerk. Everyone there is pethatic, i feel something for Yamazaki, but then its not about him, its the lame Satou being followed by a stupid girl and one slut.
|2007-04-10, 08:50
|Link #524
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
Call me weird but i, well, dislike: Karin,Elfen Lied and Fate/Stay Night, among anime i watched.
The 1st few espisodes of these 3 were so good that i get the whole series by the time i finished 2nd, or 3rd chapter. Then the rest was so...so messed up, and gave me a huge disappointed .
That's probably the reason i will list them into frisbess. =/
Sometime have a good start give an opposite effect, i guess =[
PS: read about F/SN game on the wiki make the anime a bit better through, but the anime which have same producer with F/SN (Tsukihime?) also pretty bad without considering the game.
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|2007-04-10, 09:41
|Link #526
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: England
Age: 28
@you guys:
The anime you've listed aren't bad anime at all, I loved FSN but didn't like NHK, hardly a reason to call it the worst, even if it has flaws.
The absolute worst anime is Soul Link.
It's terrible, imagine an anime about fan service but with absolutely no plot (Was gonna post an example but you can probably think of one), thats what Soul Link is like, Oh! except without the fan service.
The only place it redeems itself is in the character designs which are average.
|2007-04-10, 13:18
|Link #528
Join Date: Apr 2006
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|2007-04-10, 13:38
|Link #529
Looking for something
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Singapore
One man's meat, another man's poison I guess.
Myself I am very selective about anime, perhaps too selective, so I don't really watched any real bad ones before. But I guess I do miss out on some good ones as well.
|2007-04-10, 19:14
|Link #531
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Another crap anime, Sonabozu.
and Scrap Princess because the ending betrayed me and the whole episode was useless plots and running around like fools. Main characters are boring too. Only Kidalf actually brought humour into this anime and Christoper was doing the real investigation.
|2007-04-11, 00:13
|Link #532
Aria Company
Join Date: Nov 2003
cosprayers. Luckily you can change that, as it's still seeded.
|2007-04-11, 00:55
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Blue Dawn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Age: 38
With the sheer idiocy in the way the story plays out in Soul Link, you'd be hard pressed to not just up and shoot yourself for even viewing it for about an episode.
|2007-04-11, 05:34
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 31
|2007-04-11, 13:14
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Join Date: Apr 2006
[QUOTE=Honey_and_Cleaver;897852]Sorry man, probraby ep2 and ep3 were the best, after that, i was dying of boredom, then it started to make me hate this anime because Satou makes me sick.
oh so you didn't finish seeing it ? if so it's ilke calling full moon wo sagashite the worst anime when it didn't even get to the good part....
|2007-04-11, 19:29
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|2007-04-12, 23:33
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lol whut?
-_-b I have reasons to believe that this thread is as much about naming the worst anime series as it is a thread to voice discontent why a series is so popular. To put it short, trolling without actually being in the thread that discusses the series.
In that case, there's a thread for overrated series:
Click Me!
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"Some people think the government should increase the sports facilities to solve the public health problems. However, others think that other measures should be taken to help resolve this problem. Discuss both views and give your own opinion."
Nowadays, public health is increasingly drawing more and more attention. When it comes to whether doing sports can solve the problem is a blessing or a curse, people hold divergent views. Some people believe that the government should increase the sports facilities while many others argue that other measures should be carried out to help resolve this problem. From my own perspective, I am in favour of the later point of view.
There is no doubt that sports facilities are not the only way out in terms of solving public health problems. To begin with, it seems that technology is the most important part which ensures everybody to remain healthy. For example, medical injections are used all over the world to both prevent and treat any health hazard. Moreover, the government should invest money to improve the public environment. Specifically, a better environment usually leads to less health issue. Last but not least, education of health care is essential. In other words, the government should express the importance of public health and introduce measures to people about how to prevent general viral transmission.
On the other hand, it is worth pointing out there are also arguments supporting the opinion that the government should increase the sports facilities to solve the pulbic health concern. The funcamental reason for this is that excercising can keep people fit. Obviously, more sports facilities does improve human constitution by allowing people to take more excercises. Having said this, however, an apparent problem with this opinion is this is not the only measure. Thus, we should not overlook the fact that there are many other options to overcome this issue.
On the basis of above discussion, I would concede that building more sports facilities is a good way of solve health problems. Despite that, there are many other measures such as improving technologies, environment and express awareness of health care can resolve the issue.


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One Quick Handwriting Transcription Challenge Every Day-for the genealogist in you
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
My Minister Says I'm Telling the Truth
28 comments:
Help us out here - is the indication that he is a minister included in this scrawl? or is this just his signature?ReplyDelete
There is no indication in the signature that he's a minister. Part of the flourish at the end is the "seal."ReplyDelete
My guess is way out there -- Abnzer T. Oronsohn; that is the best I can do on this one!ReplyDelete
My guess is way out there -- Abnzer T. Oronsohn; that is the best I can do on this one!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Surname is possibly Ronscher.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Alonzo T. Preacher?ReplyDelete
Alonzo T DickensReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Abner T OricksonReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM
The last name looks like Darkhorse to me, and the first looks like Ahmet, but since he probably isn't muslim, I'll say Abner.ReplyDelete
- Connie LeamanMarch 22, 2011 at 6:07 PM
Alonzo T. Ruckase (never heard of such a surname)ReplyDelete
- Marla PullinMarch 22, 2011 at 6:25 PM
Alonzo L DickinsonReplyDelete
- Susan RentzellMarch 22, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Alonzo F Dickinson or Alonzo T DickinsonReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Alanzo T ParksReplyDelete
by Janna Craig
Almanzo Dickinson?ReplyDelete
- email@example.com 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM
Ahnzer DickinsonReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Alonzo T FredericksonReplyDelete
- D DionneMarch 22, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Alonzo T Frederickson SrReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 7:43 PM
I'm guessing middle initial T or F and last name Dickerson or DickensonReplyDelete
First name has me stumped....I was thinking along the lines of Ahmzet, but have never heard of such a name...
- Ginny in SeattleMarch 22, 2011 at 7:45 PM
Alonzo T Richardson?ReplyDelete
- Michelle SpaldingMarch 22, 2011 at 8:16 PM
I say it is Alonzo T Parkinson.ReplyDelete
I'll try Ahmet Purchor. (That makes me laugh!)ReplyDelete
Let's just say that Connie Leaman and Bobby Gail together are closest. This guy is a relative of mine, but that's probably not any real help.ReplyDelete
Almond RencherReplyDelete
Almzo F. PerckinsReplyDelete
- Connie LeamanMarch 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM
then Alonzo T. Purchase???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 1:24 AM
Abrm(Abraham) T PincshorReplyDelete
Almut RuckersReplyDelete
Ahmed Rucker.ReplyDelete
The "flourish" at the end indicates the "seal." In this case, it appears to have been just an "s" with a fancy circle around it.


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Home > Patients & Visitors > Health Library > Psychotherapy for Erection Problems
Psychological issues may play a role inerection problems(erectile dysfunction). These issues may include depression, anxiety disorder, or another mental disorder.
Men with these types of problems may benefit from therapy.
Psychological treatment is most likely to be helpful for men who:
The type of therapy and how long it lasts depends on what type of problem you have. Both group or individual therapy may be used. It's often helpful to involve your partner in the therapy.
Evidence shows that group therapy helps with erection problems in some men. Adding group therapy to treatment with sildenafil (for example, Viagra) helped more than sildenafil alone. Men who took part in group therapy also were more likely to keep taking their medicine.footnote 1
Melnik T, et al. (2007). Psychosocial interventions for erectile dysfunction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3).
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