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In today's New York Times, Linda Greenhouse reports that the Supreme Court is likely to uphold the Solomon Amendment. However, she relates an interesting exchange from oral argument:I note Dahlia Litwick's report on this part of the argument:"Asked by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg what a ... school 'could do concretely while the [military] recruiter is in the room,' [Solicitor General Paul D.] Clement replied that as long as the school granted equal access, 'They could put signs on the bulletin board next to the door. They could engage in speech. They could help organize student protests.'"I plan to rely on this representation to the Supreme Court by the chief legal advocate for the Solomon Amendment. As a member of my school's Committee on Cultural Pluralism and Diversity, I will help organize protests every time military recruiters set foot on campus.
I urge all of you also to follow the Solicitor General's lead.
Clement, flashing his counterculture creds, suggests they could "put up signs on bulletin boards, give speeches, organize a student protest."I suppose that at some point a protest would interfere with the recruiting and violate the law, but the "more speech" remedy should be available to the law schools. I'd like to see those who object to the "don't ask, don't tell policy" be respectful to the students who are seeking out this public service job and to the military recruiters who did not make what is a statutory policy. Hostility aimed at these persons is wrong and should backfire. The important thing is to present the civil, reasoned argument for allowing gay persons to serve in the military. This is an appealing and sound argument, and it is most persuasive when it is presented in a calm, articulate way. I'd like to see the law schools hold symposia where the issue can be discussed in an intellectual environment, with good advocates from the military to explain the policy and debate with their opponents.
He briefly loses Kennedy. "The school can organize a protest where everyone jeers at the recruiters and the applicant? That's equal access?" the justice fumes. Clement stands firm. Yes. Cue Scalia the wiseacre: "You are not going to be a military recruiter are you?" Scalia and Kennedy don't want to allow student jeering. But Clement would permit it. "This statute gives a right to equal access," he says. After that, recruiters are on their own.


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Winning four consecutive Eastern Ohio Wrestling League titles didn't come easy to Boardman's Nick Mancini - he just made it look that way.
The 120-pound senior came into the league tournament as a heavy favorite to win another championship, but in a league where some of the top wrestlers in the state loom, Mancini had to earn it.
He did just that.
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Boardman's Nick Mancini uses the double arm bar hold to pin his Ravenna opponent in 1:30 in the first period. Mancini battled in 120 weight class on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Poland High School. Mancini recently won his fourth consecutive Eastern Ohio Wrestling League title.
Mancini continued to add to an already outstanding career Saturday by beating Travis Pidgeon of West Branch, 3-2, in the finals of the EOWL Tournament. Mancini became just the fourth wrestler in the history of the league to win it all four years, joining the likes of Adam Hoppel (Beaver Local), Nick Bodnar (Austintown Fitch) and Tony Jameson (Austintown Fitch).
"It was awesome, especially to win it in my own gym" said Mancini, a two-time state qualifier who currently owns a 36-2 record. "It was just an amazing feeling, and it's great company to be in. There's five or six state titles between those guys. That's unbelievable."
Mancini, who was named the tournament's MVP, gave up just a single takedown in four matches at the tournament. Last week at the Josh Hephner Memorial Tournament, he didn't yield a point in becoming the champion. Through it all, he's done it with his father in his corner.
Boardman coach Dom Mancini helped groom Nick into the elite wrestler he's become over the last four years. Nick said he travels all over the country to different tournaments during the offseason, and the high level of competition along with the overall experience played an integral role in his development.
"I love having him in the corner," Nick said. "It shows how much he's invested in me. He takes me on all these trips during the summer, he's always there with me and it's just fun that we can do it together."
Nick was able to accomplish such a feat thanks to an array of overall skills, Dom said. He possesses patience and timing on his feet to take an opponent down. He can use a variety of moves from the top position to turn his foe, and he's nearly impossible to hold down on bottom.
Yet, it's an uncanny understanding of the sport, which also stemmed from years of wrestling, that sets him apart from others.
"The biggest asset he has is that he's so smart about the sport," Dom said. "He knows what to do and when to do it, and the only way you get to that point is by wrestling a ton of matches and putting yourself in a lot of different situations, and that's what he's done."
From a physical standpoint, Nick's ability to fend off just about any attack can frustrate an opponent to the point that he places himself in a bad position, and that's when Mancini takes advantage. It's a mindset that was instilled by Dom, and one Nick has grasped perfectly.
"A lot of people in wrestling are so concerned about attacking the legs, but my philosophy has always been that you need to defend your legs first," Dom said. "Nick is a phenomenal defensive wrestler, and that actually opens up his offense. It's against the grain a little bit because most coaches like their kids attacking all the time. Nick doesn't do that, but what he can do is defend his legs, and I think that's been a key to his success over the years."
Nick now wants to join Hoppel and Jameson in another elite group: state champions. He's missed out on placing the last two years, but he's defeated some of the top wrestlers in the state over the past two years and is primed for a run at the state tournament. To reach his goal, he said it's vital he continues to improve.
"I have to get over this (victory)," he said. "I have to work on getting my shot, so I can get my stuff on top working, and I'll be good coming down the stretch."
For now, he and dad are going to enjoy a well-deserved victory. It didn't come easy, as Mancini had to fight off a last-minute flurry by Pidgeon, but he finished the match just like he did four years ago: on top.
"I was more happy that he was able to pull it off than anything," Dom said. "Being his coach and his dad, there are a lot of different emotions that you go through. You have your coach part where you have to get all the technical things down before the match, and then you have the dad part that is really all emotional. It's a lot of pressure on him, it's a lot of pressure on me, I'm just happy he was able to rise above it all and etch his name in the record books."

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Thierry Henry has insisted that he wasn't even thinking about a January return to Arsenal.
The New York Red Bulls striker was once again heavily linked with a loan move back to his old club after his successful short spell last season, but he has said that the move was never on the cards.
The 35-year-old told Al Jazeera: "It was never in the air (that I would return), despite the speculation.
"I never spoke to the boss about it and he never mentioned it to me so it was not an issue."
Henry scored twice in his four appearances for the Gunners last season, including the winner in Arsenal's third round replay against Leeds United.
With the Major League Soccer season ending in mid-November, many players prefer to train at English clubs to maintain fitness, including Robbie Keane and David Beckham.
Some even get loaned to Premier League clubs before the new season starts in March, with USA international Landon Donovan having two loan spells at Everton in recent years.
Henry added: "It was never meant to happen that I went back last year either.
"I was just training and then it happened and it was great to play with great players, work under the manager again."
Despite not wanting to return to the club, the former World Cup winner still holds Arsenal very close to his heart.
The former Barcelona forward said: "I still love the club and I would say that in the eight seasons I played there, we had some great memories. There were some bad ones along the way, but you always try to remember the good ones."
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Smokin' Poll: How Much Did You Win In This Weekends Lottery?
It seems that everybody bought a ticket or contributed to some pool. It's pretty obvious at this point that you didn't win, at least not the big prize. But how much did you take in, and if you don't mind, how much did you spend? Tell us "How much did you win in this weekends lottery"?
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I've been blogging far more than usual and not getting much sleep, as I try to find stories and angles that the many excellent pro-Israel bloggers and journalists might be missing.
I just wanted to take a short time out to thank you for your support.
Thank you to those who are reading the blog.
Thank you to those who are tweeting, re-tweeting, Facebook Like-ing (the "dead child" story was "Liked" over 2300 times!), submitting my stories to Reddit and emailing them around. This is crucial, especially when you send messages to reporters and news outlets who are clearly writing untruths and half-truths. I have been at least partially responsible for three media corrections this week, but it could not have happened without the support of thousands of readers, new and old.
Thank you to those who are sending me stories. I hope I remember to credit all of you. It makes my life a lot easier and it makes this website much, much better for everyone. And apologies if I could not get to your story idea; I simply do not have enough hours in the day.
Thanks to Ian for his daily linkdumps!
Thank you to those who have given me kind words, compliments and great feedback, both publicly in the comments and tweets and privately via email. It really means a lot to me.
Finally, thanks so much to those who chose, on their own, to donate to the blog. When people decide on their own to help me out without prompting, it is especially precious and when a donation comes in while I am running on fumes, it gives me a lot of new energy!
It is wonderful and humbling that my hard work is appreciated and being disseminated, even making it to the New York Times, to CNN and to many other media outlets. Naturally, one day I'll be so big that they will be honored to appear on my site :)
Most of all, we cannot forget the big picture. Let us hope for a real, permanent peace, so that this blog is no longer necessary, except for jokes and viral videos...
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As hectic of a day as it was, national signing day was a success for all Big 12 programs. Coaches were up early manning their fax machines and showing excitement with every national letter of intent submitted via fax.
Nearly 250 football players signed letters of intent to play Big 12 football on Wednesday. Here are five of the biggest storylines -- and a bonus storyline that could have an ending Thursday -- from the conference.
Oklahoma takes over top spot in Big 12
In the past 48 hours, everything seemed to go Oklahoma's way.
After getting a Tuesday commitment from ESPN 300 safety Steven Parker II (Jenks, Okla./Jenks), the Sooners got Wednesday pledges from ESPN 300 athlete Michiah Quick (Fresno, Calif./Central East) and high three-star offensive tackles Kenyon Frison (West Valley City, Utah/Granger) and Orlando Brown Jr. (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge).
All four players were a part of Oklahoma's signing class of 26 on Wednesday -- helping the Sooners take over the top spot in the Big 12 class rankings. Oklahoma's class is No. 13 nationally, three spots better than previous top dog Texas.
Oklahoma in previous years has been very good at finishing strong in recruiting. It managed to sign Frison, who committed to Utah last February before decommitting last month, as well as Brown, who had been committed to Tennessee since May before making an 11th-hour change.
Strong, Longhorns get their DTs
New Texas coach Charlie Strong wanted two players he recruited to play at Louisville, and by Wednesday afternoon, he had them.
ESPN 300 defensive tackle Poona Ford (Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head) and three-star defensive tackle Chris Nelson (Lakeland, Fla./Victory Christian Academy) signed with the Longhorns and were two of 23 to submit national letters of intent. They also helped erase the sting of the Longhorns losing three four-star defensive tackle commitments in LSU signee Trey Lealaimatafao (San Antonio/Warren), Oklahoma signee Courtney Garnett (New Orleans/St. Augustine) and Texas A&M signee Zaycoven Henderson (Longview, Texas/Longview) last month.
Collectively, Ford and Nelson recorded 235 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 35 quarterback pressures and four forced fumbles. The duo also had 37.5 tackles for loss.
Receivers 'No. 1' to Baylor coach
Baylor coach Art Briles made a bold statement about his new wide receivers -- one that might be challenged by some but co-signed by others.
"The thing that we feel really good about," Briles said, "is that we've signed the No. 1 receiving class in America -- I don't think that's up for debate."
Briles has an argument with four ESPN 300 receivers in K.D. Cannon (Mount Pleasant, Texas/Mount Pleasant), Davion Hall (Texarkana, Texas/Liberty-Eylau), Ishmael Zamora (Houston/Alief Elsik) and Chris Platt (Willis, Texas/Willis). The quartet helped to give Baylor a top-25 national recruiting class.
Rhoads fired up about lone in-state signee
To say Paul Rhoads is excited about his top-ranked signee, ESPN 300 wide receiver Allen Lazard (Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale) is an understatement.
While Rhoads is pumped about the entire class, there's something special about Lazard, as he is this year's only in-state signee. Lazard, No. 148 in the ESPN 300, had opportunities to sign with other programs, but he chose to honor his original commitment and also follow the footsteps of his father Kevin Lazard, who played in the secondary for the Cyclones in the early 1990s.
"This is a young man who has gotten phenomenal national attention and was recruited by the traditional historical programs in college football and kept on turning them away to stay true to his word to be an Iowa State Cyclone," Rhoads said in a statement of Lazard, the No. 2 prospect out of the state of Iowa behind Alabama offensive lineman signee Ross Pierschbacher (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls).
West Virginia adds depth in class
Adding depth was the objective for West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen, as he signed 22 players on Wednesday. Holgorsen was fortunate to add depth from coast to coast.
Of the 22 commits, only one -- three-star offensive tackle Amanii Brown (Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown) -- is an in-state signee. The Mountaineers hit points all over the Lower 48, from California to Texas to Florida, to get players who can be contributors early and help the program return to star status.
West Virginia's class is led by five ESPN 300 players. Running back Donte Thomas-Williams (Durham, N.C./Hillside), the class' top-ranked player, was the last to commit early Wednesday afternoon. He joins defensive back Dravon Henry (Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa), linebacker Davonte James (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) and receivers Lamar Parker (Miami/Booker T. Washington) and Jake McCrary (Miami/Coral Reef) in the class.
Bonus: Could the Sooners add one more?
LSU signed 22 players on Wednesday. The Tigers were hoping to sign 23.
Deondre Clark (Oklahoma City/Douglass) has been verbally committed to LSU since July, but the ESPN 300 defensive end also has high interest in Oklahoma. There were conflicting reports on Wednesday regarding whether Clark actually signed and submitted his letter of intent to LSU.
ESPN's David Ching said an LSU spokesperson confirmed the letter of intent was at LSU and cleared compliance. Outside reports, however, say Clark did not submit the letter of intent, and a tweet from Clark's Twitter account said that "nothing is final." His mother Dorshell also told The Oklahoman that her son "has not signed with LSU."
Oklahoma City schools were closed on Wednesday because of bad weather, so Clark didn't fax anything by way of Douglass High School. He is expected to announce his final decision on Thursday.
If it's true that Clark has not signed with LSU, look for Oklahoma to be a key player in his final decision. Ranked No. 273 in the ESPN 300, Clark has built a great relationship with the Sooners' coaching staff, particularly defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery.


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Floyd "Weaver" Lee Love, 78, of Spencer, passed away at his residence Friday, August 6, 2010. He was born May 2, 1932 in Putnam County to George and Dora (Richey) Love. Weaver worked as a carpenter, was a member of First Baptist Church and the Spencer Moose Lodge.
Mr. Love is survived by his wife of 53 years, Paula (Hines) Love; four sons, David Love (Myrna) of Florida, Alan Love (Janie) of Florida, J.R. Love (Kim) of Indianapolis, Eddie May of Washington, IN; four daughters, Brenda Hutton (Jeff) of Bloomington, Jill Gann of Louisiana, Dottie Greene of Spencer, and Charlotte Straun of Florida; two brothers, Jack Love of Wabash, IN and Jerry Love of Florida; 15 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Kenny Love; 11 siblings; and two grandchildren.
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Let's blame the people responsible- Nevada voters. The politicians are just representing their constituents. I supported the Yucca Mountain project before I moved to Nevada and I would be an asshole to change my opinion afterward.
The proposed site is over 100 miles from Vegas in the absolute middle of nowhere. Even if they stored the waste in a big open pit above ground, it still wouldn't affect anyone.
But people here are terrified about transporting the waste along the rail lines through town. There is a freight train that goes literally 100 feet from my office every day with tanker cars full of ammonia and sodium hydroxide. Nobody bats an eye.
Let's blame the people responsible- Nevada voters. The politicians are just representing their constituents.
... and one of those politicians is Harry Reid [wikipedia.org], the most powerful man in the Senate. But after the election on November 4th, he likely won't be the majority leader anymore.
They're thinking that this Congress can't even get with the decades old plan that was already in motion, and can't do anything besides name post offices and bicker about how the other party is the problem.
The clock is winding down on this Congress, they're hoping the next one might actually get their shit together. It's stupendously unlikely, but they're gonna hope anyway.
Even if they stored the waste in a big open pit above ground, it still wouldn't affect anyone.
We actually tried that in the UK, at places like Sellafield, and it didn't work out very well. Stuff started to grow in the ponds, rain water mixed in, birds picked it up and flew off with it, it evaporated into rainwater...
The state of Nevada is larger than the entire UK. You can't really grasp what real "empty space" looks like until you drive through the desert out here.
You said it "over 100 miles from Vegas" so...
That's because sodium hydroxide and ammonia don't use the scary word "nuclear".
Never mind that nuclear waste has been shipped around all over the place for decades - does anyone think the US Navy just lets that shit sit on the dock after it's removed from aircraft carriers and submarines?
I agree that waste in casks at nuclear power plants is reasonably safe but it would still be better to move it to Yucca Mountain. If nothing else, security would be a lot cheaper. It's utterly ridiculous that all that money was spent on a waste repository that, thanks to NIMBYism on the part of Nevada politicians, doesn't look like it'll be used any time soon. At least nuclear waste is the one form of toxic waste that will eventually go away on its own. Arsenic, mercury, lead, thallium and other chemical poisons remain toxic forever.
Yucca mountain is not a suitable site because it is made of pumice and geologically active evidenced by recent aftershocks of 5.6 within ten miles of a repository that is supposed to be geologically stable for at least 500000 years. The DOE's own 1982 Nuclear Waste policy Act reported that Yucca Mountain's geology is inappropriate to contain nuclear waste, and long term corrosion data on C22 (the material to contain the Pu-239 and mitigate the ingress of water revealed by Studies of the Yucca mountain hydr [sciencedirect.com]
Yucca mountain is a no go for political reasons, not scientific ones, so what else can we do?
The really sad thing is that there still is a lot of useable fuel in all that if we here allowed to reprocess it. Not to mention that reprocessing would greatly reduce the size of the high level waste. Carter really messed up with that decision...
So, for now, it's store in place and guard the stuff. But this is only really a problem until it cools enough to not require being under water anymore. After that guarding it isn't that hard or expensive. It can be packaged in such a way that getting into it would take hours and industrial equipment. Guarding it just means walking by every day or so and making sure nobody is messing with the containers.
It's pretty pathetic that the pro-nuclear crowd have to blame unnamed eco-hippies for all their woes. A bunch of apparently quite dumb, reactionary and fearful people somehow dictate policy for multi billion dollar industry with armies of lawyers and wads of cash to throw at lobbying.
The simple reality is that all this wonderful new technology just isn't economically viable. The cost of development and the risk that after spending tens of billions it won't work or make any money is just too high. There are
> Environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club [time.com] and campaigns like Solar not
> nuclear [atomicinsights.com] have often been financed by fossil fuel industries
And was the financing of attacks greater or less than the amount the same fossil fuel industries spent denigrating these same people that you say are the problem? I'd like to see the numbers, because it's relatively easy to find that millions of dollars have been spent on the anti-solar campaign:
A bunch of apparently quite dumb, reactionary and fearful people somehow dictate policy for multi billion dollar industry with armies of lawyers and wads of cash to throw at lobbying.
That's the dark side of democracy. Everyone can see there's something very wrong with the world, and no one wants to look into their own soul to see what it is. So any demagogue who comes out and blames it on someone else never lacks followers. Fear sells, but beyond fear it's the good old "the world will become a paradise jus
Carter really messed up with that decision...
We can change that any time. Don't blame Carter. It's being done deliberately. Ask yourself who stands to gain if the status quo is maintained.
Carter really messed up with that decision...
We can change that any time. Don't blame Carter. It's being done deliberately. Ask yourself who stands to gain if the status quo is maintained.
Bush was going down that road, but Obama reversed course. The On and Off nature of political support for this makes it impossible to actually do here in the US. The facilities that are used for this are complicated, expensive and take years to build and are dangerous for years after they are shutdown. Until the environmentalists loose control of the left, the democratic position will be "no" on reprocessing.
OK, so this is an assertion that the reps are for reprocessing, and the dems against. So is this a deliberately static situation, in which both sides are benefiting from the status quo, or is this a case of the democrats being the ones profiting the most? Because even environmentalists overwhelmingly believe what they're told.
Still, it would have been better just to bury this stuff in Yucca mountain. Given the situation, it would be safer. Of course, my personal feelings are that we should reprocess this fuel, bury the really bad stuff in Yucca and use the rest. Lather, rinse and repeat until all the fuel is used, or just store reprocessed fuel it until nuclear becomes cost effective again.
Yucca is/was safe, questions about the data not withstanding.
Reactors cause accidents. Accelerators won't.
I don't know which Amory Lovins lie tract you got this information from, but it is quite false, I assure you. Accelerator driven systems are *still* nuclear reactors, just subcritical ones, i.e. the reaction is non-self-sustaining. They still require heavy shielding and containment, they still require fuel fabrication, they still require high-power cooling systems while operating, they still require decay heat removal after shutdown and they still make fission product waste. The only meaningful difference i
Your proposal still risks meltdown while the accelerator controlled system may avoid that.
No, they don't avoid that. Meltdowns at both TMI and Fukushima occurred hours after the system had been completely shut down (Chernobyl wasn't a meltdown, they had a power excursion due to a prompt criticality situation in a faulty reactor design which was known to have this problem from the outset). This is caused due to decay heat from short-lived fission products which accumulated in the nuclear fuel as a result of fission. This is the same irrespective of whether fission was initiated by a neutron from
More to the point: It essentially takes more energy and money to eliminate the waste that way then what you got out of it in the first place.
It is expensive because of all the prior improper risk taking.
It is expensive because you're deliberately trying to artificially inflate the cost of nuclear power in order to make renewables look better in comparison, just like the enviromentalists have been doing for decades. Unfortunately, that tactic won't work, since renewables aren't capable of providing reliable baseload power, so all you'll end up doing is shifting to gas and, once it runs out, coal.
CO2's atmospheric lifetime is something like 1,000 years. How come those who fret about the longevity of nuclear waste never seem to talk about this? With fast reactors that burn th
How about a rule that after n years, they must either hand it over to the proper storage facility, or grind it up and airdrop it over the idiots who keep preventing anyone from building a proper storage facility.
I'll probably be modded down for expressing my opinion however this is a disappointing outcome for the Nuclear Industry.
When Dixie Lee Ray was the head of the Atomic Energy Commission he proclaimed that the disposal of nuclear fuel would be "the greatest non-problem in history" and would be accomplished by 1985, yet here we are in 2014, almost thirty years past that date and still there is no acceptable high level waste disposal site anywhere. The closest anyone has come is the Swiss and eve
How ironic that this dodge is an expedient to try to license new plants.
It will appear that way but it won't be the result. The 2005 energy act disassembled the PUCHA put in place after the depression. Companies are now free to come in and make plans for locating pre-approved reactors and despite the claims of NIMBYism the same 2005 act denies local residents the right to have any involvement in the considerations for placing those reactors.
Not that it matters. Only oil and coal companies have the financial clout to pay for reactors and this is a clear way for those companies
> Not that it matters. Only oil and coal companies have the financial clout to pay for reactors
If an oil and gas company could do it, so could Apple or Google. But they're installing solar.
Why? PV is $1.79/W in 2013, and nukes were around $8 to $10 depending on pre- or post-price-rise numbers (ie, Flamanville).
There is exactly one reason nukes are in the dumps now: CAPEX. When someone figures out how to get that back down to the $4 range, they'll start building them again. As long as it remains north of
Why am I not seeing much more discussion of the "Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor" (WAMSR)?
http://news.discovery.com/tech... [discovery.com]
According to the description, the WAMSR produces power like any other nuclear power station - but it is fuelled by "nuclear waste", which is essentially just fuel that has been 5% consumed and then discarded as no longer viable. Its proponents say that the WAMSR could provide all the power the human race needs until 2080, while using up all the nuclear waste that people are so up
I think the only problems with their implementation are political ones.
and the storage problem would go away in a day. Hopefully the day of Reid's departure, natural or otherwise, comes soon. Then again Byrd lingered on for nearly a century...
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LONGMONT -- The reinstallation of Los Arcos de Longmont, which would have capped off the 15-month Alleyscape project on the east side of Main Street, was supposed to happen Thursday. It didn't because the pillars that were installed to attach to the legs of the arches are too narrow.
The distance in between the pillars is off by about 2 1/2 to 3 inches, according to Chris Huffer, the city's project manager for Alleyscape.
"It's the difference between the outside of Los Arcos and the face of the brick that is the problem," Huffer said.
The problem, which is the same on all three blocks from Third to Sixth avenues, wasn't discovered until a crane that was hired by Denver's Art Management and Planning, the company in charge of the reinstallation, was lowering the arches into place on the 500 block.
The arches have been returned to a city storage yard, where they have been since being removed in February 2012.
"It appears that on our plans, there's a wrong dimension on there," Huffer said. "It appears the pillars were installed per the plans."
Huffer said he was talking to J-2 Contracting, the general contractor on the Alleyscape project, and Lafayette-based Loris and Associates, the city's main consultant on the project, to determine who was responsible for the faulty plans. Huffer said that whatever money needs to be spent to remedy the problem, he did not believe the city would be liable.
"No, I don't," Huffer said. "We do have inspectors for the city but this is outside the scope of what they normally do. And they would have looked at the plans."
He said that while finding a fix will take some time, he thinks something might be able to be done with the brick siding on the pillars that would buy the 3 inches or so needed. To completely remove the pillars would be hugely expensive, he said.
Huffer also said that altering the legs of the arches is not an option.
Los Arcos is owned by Art In Public Places, which commissioned New Mexico artist Armando Alvarez to make them in 1999.
Lauren Greenfield, administrator of AIPP, said Thursday that it was disappointing that they wouldn't fit but she would be meeting with Huffer to find a solution "without compromising the artwork, of course."
"They will go back in, hopefully sooner rather than later, but it's not an easy fix," Greenfield said. "I don't think it's something that we'll be able to figure out in a day or two."
Chris Leone, president of J-2 Contracting, said no one from his team was on hand during the attempted re-installation and he was "surprised" when he heard what had happened.
In constructing the columns, he said, his workers were simply going off the plans that they were given.
He said after talking with Huffer, the plan at this point is to have a mason come out Friday and explore shaving down the bricks to make them fit.
"The structural portion of the column is not brick," Leone said, but instead an 8-by-8-inch reinforced concrete core. The plan would be to tie the weight of Los Arcos, which are made of iron and extremely top-heavy, to that core. Then top of the two Los Arcos pieces, where the byzantine glass tiles are located, will be connected to the trusses by welds.
The Los Arcos pieces were repainted while they were in storage, and they're being reinstalled in a different location from where they were originally. The west end of the structures will be placed just off the alley on the parking lot side, and the eastern legs will sit on landscaping that juts slightly out into the parking lots of each block. They are meant to serve as a pathway to guide people from the parking lot into the now wide-open breezeways and onto Main Street.
The Longmont Downtown Development Authority decided it would redo the breezeways while Alleyscape construction was going on, and they've been redone in the same theme as Alleyscape.
The cost of the $3.76 million Alleyscape project is being shared by the city and the LDDA. Construction on the west-side alleys and breezeways is scheduled to start next month, according to Huffer.
Tony Kindelspire can be reached at 303-684-5291 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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More than 150 Friends of Ganondagan and state officials broke ground Monday, Sept. 16, on a new Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan State Historic Site.
VICTOR — More than 150 Friends of Ganondagan and state officials broke ground Monday, Sept. 16, on a new Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan State Historic Site.
The center fulfills a 30-year vision to build a permanent destination dedicated to Seneca and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) contributions to art, culture and society. The project was made possible by $3.9 million from state economic development initiatives and contributions from the Seneca Nation, along with corporate, foundation and private funds raised by the Friends of Ganondagan.
Among those who shared comments at the Monday celebration were Ganondagan Site Manager Peter Jemison; Friends of Ganondagan President Dan Rundberg; George Hammel on behalf of the Rock Foundation; state Senator Ted O'Brien; Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Rose Harvey; and Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder Sr. Adding an inspirational nod to the future were Angel Jimerson and Kalen Fontanelle — both Seneca teenagers (Heron Clan) who were raised at Ganondagan — who spoke briefly on behalf of the next generation.
"I'm elated that, at long last, we are breaking ground for the new center," said Jemison, who emphasized the level of excitement among Seneca people for the project.
"The Seneca Art and Culture Center symbolizes the respect we have for those who came before us and will become a place of pride for future generations," said Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder. "It is a very proud day for me and the people of the Seneca Nation to know our history will soon come to life for all people to experience."
Designed to complement the natural landscape, the 17,300-square-foot center will feature gallery space, a theater with flexible roll-out seating, auditorium, catering kitchen, gift shop and offices. The gallery will present the story of Ganondagan with changing exhibits about the Seneca and Haudenosaunee people. The center, located several hundred yards west of the existing visitors' center, is scheduled for a tentative 2015 opening.
O'Brien, of Irondequoit, noted that the new center will "maintain our reputation as a place that is appreciative of its history, and respectful toward all people who created it."
The $11 million project includes a two-year campaign to raise $2 million in endowment to support ongoing facility operations and programming, $1.5 million of which is already contributed by some of Friends of Ganondagan's principal funders. Other major project funders include the Seneca Nation, the Rock Foundation and the Thaw Charitable Trust. New York state has committed $3.9 million, including $3 million from the NY Works initiative and two grants totaling $900,000 awarded through the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.
"The partnership between the Friends and the Ganondagan State Historic site is supported by hundreds of volunteers, members and foundations," said Rundberg (Cayuga), president of the Friends of Ganondagan board of trustees. "We thank them and look forward to their continued support of our plans for a robust year-round programming schedule once the center opens."
The center's design architect is Francois DeMenil Architects of New York City, and the architect of record is Rochester-based DeWolff Partnership Architects. The center will be built by the Rochester-based Pike Company in collaboration with the Seneca Construction Management Corporation of Irving, N.Y.


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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Ask Yost
I mean, first of all, our personal stories are so similar it's almost scary. Jenn got her start as an Internet sensation when, on her way to a 'Noles/Miami game last season, somebody spilled beer on her and the poor girl had nothing to wear but a bikini to Doak Campbell Stadium. When she was shown on TV at the game, the picture got passed all over and - voila! - Jenn Sterger went from unlucky girl with a dry cleaning bill to Jenn Sterger - FSU Cowgirl.
Me, I got my start in the public eye when I was heading over to Benny's tailgate party to talk about starting a college football blog last fall. As luck would have it, on my way there, after stopping for my daily 40 ouncer at the local liquor store, I spilled the damn thing all over myself trying to use my cellphone while pulling in to park on the U-M golf course across from Michigan Stadium.
Having nothing but my undies to wear, I simply wore them to the Big House (where, for some reason, I am still banned to this day). Afterwards, some hotty took the picture shown here which has become sort of an Internet sensation in its own right.
Thus, with those similar backgrounds in mind, today officially marks the beginning of an occasional series here at the MZone called "Ask Yost." Email me (instead of using comments section) with your questions on college football, dating, whatever, and I'll put up a few of the Q&As soon.
Just think, if this goes well, I could -- fingers crossed! -- become the next Jenn Sterger.
11 comments:
- Beban said...
I really wanted my girlfriend to do the anal thing. She wouldn't, so I killed her and hid her in the trunk of my car. Now I feel guilty. What should I do?
Confused in Los Angeles
- July 19, 2006 4:23 AM
- Johnny said...
Nice ass Yost!
- July 19, 2006 7:09 AM
- St. Simons Island Nole said...
Yost, bring your G String to the Noles/Miami game at the Orange Bowl this Labor Day. Bad thing is, you would just blend in with the Miami fans.
- July 19, 2006 8:21 AM
Eber since dat scandel at Abuurn's sociolugy departmant I have been getting alot of hasles from the boss. He say dat my deegre is not wurth the papar dat its writen own. Now he make me be busboy insted of washing dishus. I think I soo him for sexeal harressmant. What do you think Yost?
- July 19, 2006 11:32 AM
Nice Pic, Yost! Can I take you out to dinner sometime?
- July 19, 2006 12:50 PM
Who let the dogs out?
- July 19, 2006 5:13 PM
Yost -
I have a strange fetish for watching & filming young men - typically The Ohio State University fans - masturbate at public libraries in the Ohio region. Some call it a weird fetish. I call it journalism. What say you?
- July 19, 2006 7:58 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Daily Show on Wednesday night, after the Tigers clocked the sawks, had a piece on net neutrality. It also featured Chuck Norris. Missing from the piece? Clearly carl monday chasing down Jim Tressell on his way out of the columbus public library.
- July 19, 2006 11:23 PM
Yost, my sack sticks to my leg. Please help.
- July 19, 2006 11:51 PM
What is love?
- July 20, 2006 12:58 AM
Dear Yost,
I've been fucking an older gentleman for several years and all he gives me are treadmills and handbags and the occasional trip to the Super Bowl.
Any suggestions on how to spice it up and get some diamonds?
P.S. He's also way too fond of gray.
- July 20, 2006 2:23 PM


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BBC Sound of 2013
The 15 nominated artists will be revealed on Monday, who do you think will make the cut?
Pretty easy to suggest Chvrches will make the cut...? Maybe AlunaGeorge who got the Brits Critics Choice nod too?
I didn't get to vote this year because I've started a label, but I definitely would have voted for Chvrches plus:
TWIGS http://twigstwigs.bandcamp.com/
DROP OUT VENUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Facftbyf9Vw
Who would you have voted for? Either because you love them or 'politically' to help them get onto the list?
p.s. DiS tips thread with LOADS of new acts to check out here http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4414217
Kappa Gamma
Tricolour Sun
Basically include anyone who's
released a single on a suspiciously new record label within the past 4 or 5 months.guntrip this'd this
Charli XCX?
Or was she on it last year?
Any anyone who has been on Jools Holland but has only released EPs and free tracks so they haven't had a chart position? (Hi MS MR)
yeah, I thought she was or at least would be on there last year (think the LP is taking a while)
2012 was:
A$AP Rocky (did ok?),
Azealia Banks (no album, yet),
Dot Rotten (who?),
Dry The River (surprised they didn't have a better year),
Flux Pavilion (?!),
Frank Ocean (probably the only one who did proper well),
Friends (one single... were kinda bad live)
Jamie N Commons (think he's working on an new LP),
Lianne La Havas (did ok),
Michael Kiwanuka (headlined festival hall, lots of radio play, list probably really helped),
Niki & The Dove (er...),
Ren Harvieu (did alright),
Skrillex (became a joke),
Spector (well done Les Incompetents!)
Stooshe (how did they do? I've seen TV ads...).
- mixmus57, helio, and Yesiamaduck this'd this
Lots of love here for Drop Out Venus
For my money the best new band I've discovered for about five years.
- andyvine this'd this
I'd definitely take Palma Violets over those two, although I've only heard a couple of songs and and they're far from game changing.domgourlay and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
Stooshe clusterfucked
Had a hit with Black Heart, which was quite different in tone to the early stuff. As a result, the album was pushed back in order to record more stuff in the vein of Black Heart. New release date and tracklist were announced, although the tracklist would keep changing on a monthly basis (with more and more of the early songs being either dropped off or relegated as bonus tracks). They released a cover version of TLC's Waterfalls which flopped pretty badly, resulting in another album delay announcement only a couple of days before the album was supposed to be in stores. As an insult to injury, the announcement was so close to the release date that a few major digital webstores actually put the album on sale for a fairly long while on the original release date.
The result is such a confusing mess of release hell and kneejerk reactions that not even Stooshe themselves seem to have any idea what the label's actually planning.
Agree 100% Dan
Palma Violets are one of the most entertaining live bands I've seen this year.
Still lacking a little in the songs department but the promise is there.
Savages are just a dreadful case of style over substance. Peace too.
Churches or Chvrches, however you want to spell it.
that twigs ep is fucking brilliant
cheers sean
oh really?
Francesco Cuticura
Marianne & the Deep Blue Sea
Rofl Harris
Semper Semper
Laura Davis
Alpha November
Glacial Lagoons
All good shouts I reckon.
Rofl Harris ?!
This celebrity / band name amalgamation shite should have died long ago.calumlynn, Royter-Hatfood, and SCROTUM this'd this
Also Savages can fuck themselves
but Palma Violets are alright, just a stupid guitar band but nothing to make me angry.
King Krule has gotta be on there
and deservedly too. I'm surprised there isn't more hype surrounding him actually.
Also Haim (great), Theme Park (shite), The Child of Lov (promising) and Money (lots of potential, if they drop all the pseudo-intellectualism. They come across like a non-tongue-in-cheek Wu Lyf)
My list
Kate Boy
Solomon Grey
Dan Croll
Hello Ocho
Wildlife Control
Kilo Kish
King Krule is genuinely excellent
I always worry about this lists, but I think he would actually do good with the dubious accolade of winning.calumlynn this'd this
This is a typical Next Big Thing moan
But for me what sets new artists apart is an ability to maintain a high level of songwriting, originality and variation across a whole album. A couple of years ago I went overboard with picking emerging artists with interesting sounds, but the majority have disappointed. A list of upcoming sophomore albums (from artists with good debuts) would be of greater use.
Also these (but they're not really my cup of tea)
I'd like to see...
Deap Vally
Little Green Cars
Given how much money's been thrown at them,
someone will have lost an awful lot of cash if they don't.justanothersheeldz this'd this
Decided to check out Haim after all the chatter in this thread
Yes yes yes yes. Great stuff. Definitely for fans of Chairlift.
- Lililololaure this'd this
I'm listening to Eaux
right now, really good.
but most of it was released in 2011. Disappointing
First single was good
but I really don't get the hype for this lot. Saw someone on here saying they were better than Fever Ray. As if.
AlunaGeorge (I hope wins, although shouldn't need it)
Palma Violets
KIng Krule
fun fact, AlunaGeorge surprised released Your Drums, Your Love a week early out of the blue, the gist being it sabotaged their chances of getting a top 40 hit, solely so they could win this. For that level of determination they should win.
- still_here, icouldwinarabbit, georgiabeth, shrewbie, and Jordan_229_2 this'd this
It's alright I'm on it
Work in progress.
Only including the non-terrible stuff. A couple of thoughts:
1. In the grand tradition of genres bubbling under before breaking to the surface, I wonder if 2013 is going to be the year that all this Pitchfork-approved post-RnB stuff is going to be more of a Radio 1 staple - things like AlunaGeorge, How To Dress Well, Autre Ne Veut, Inc., Jhameel, etc - or whether it's destined to be kinda niche.
2. Going through all these acts, what strikes me is the almost total lack of indie pop bands, let alone any decent ones. It's all trendy/cutesy synth stuff, WHICH IS FINE OBVS, but I pigged out on that in 2012 and I'm going to throw up from all the sugariness if I have to face another year of it. I know I moaned about this in another thread but I'd kill for a new, intelligent but fun and awesome indie band like British Sea Power or Wild Beasts or something. Or even a Johnny Foreigner...FWBTS this'd this
- georgiabeth this'd this
I've been through pretty much every name in this thread and, with the exception of Haim (the Fleetwood Mac throwback), none of it sounds very exciting at all :(
Keep the suggestions coming though.
Totally agree about the sweet synthy stuff
I was sick of that in 2011 nevermind this year..stuff like the Purity Ring album just seemed really old hat i thought, sounded like some of the stuff which rode Witch House's coattails in 2010. Don't want MORE of that, that's why I can't be bothered with Chvrches etc.
And that R&B thing is fast becoming an indie cliche. Whether or not it breaks through to the mainstream, I reckon in Pitchforky indie circles it's gonna quickly die a death.
flux pavilion have done really well this year
and i can't believe you don't know who dot rotten is. what a sean adams.DarwinDude this'd this
- emmettcruddas this'd this
- Severed799 and breakfast_t_england this'd this
I had to check it out
not being conversant with a lot of Moby stuff. Slight ressemblance I admit, but New Peaks is a lot more subtle and the feel from the whole song is totally different.
They've got a sligth witchy sound, great atmospherics. They remind me of Purity Ring for that matter. I also love the singer's voice.
I know I've said
I liked Eaux in previous posts and I do (sweet synth things etc .) but I do feel like both of you in that respect - I'm sure the backlash already started!
There will be bands under the radar with grittier, indier stuff than that in the pipeline - already Toy and Tall Ships last year spring to mind, more will come surely.
Forever optimistic as usualcalumlynn this'd this
None of those bands are anything like...
... As special as they're hyped up to be. Savages are pretty intense live and I like their aesthetic, but the recorded stuff doesn't cut it for me. I've only heard one Peace song (can't remember the name) and I did quite enjoy it, but it wasn't revolutionary or anything... They just sound like a slightly more '90s Mystery Jets.
Palma Violets are OK, I liked the B- Side "Last of the Summer Wine" more than "Best of Friends," but yeah, they aren't anything amazing either. Give up on new music?
I "This'd" this comment for the "I'd kill for new, intelligent but fun and awesome indie band like BSP or Wild Beasts..." Bang on.
Public Service Broadcasting
have been getting some 6 music airtime with their EPs / singles - could be shouts.
Stooshe are the new textbook example
Of how to ruin some promising early momentum.
I really adore the Eaux EP
Well worth picking up http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17372/reviews/4145813
Be stunned if they made the Sound of poll, they're far too good for that sort of popularity contest.
I love Chairlift
I don't like Haim (mostly as they don't really have more than half a 'song'). They seemed destined to be next year's Friends i.e. a band for people who buy all their music from Urban Outfitters so they can hang it on their wall.PickledOeuf this'd this
Sounds like Yuck / TPOBPAH / all that lo-fi indie revivalist stuff. And, like those bands, they do it fairly well, but still...
I've stuck Everest in the playlist, that's sublime
Cheatahs sound good too
Dot Rotten has been a well known grime producer for years.
Flux Pavilion is pretty big as well if you like commercial dubstep.
- FannyMagnetophone this'd this
Don't Save Me > I Belong In Your Arms
Also Chairlift made their name on an iTunes ad so whatevs
if anyone cares, the list has leaked
not out officially until after midnight.
are 'new bands' now worse than before?
Or is the definition of new just far too ridiculous in when it judges an act is no longer new?
list is now live
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20607499 (I'm still not gonna copy paste the list in case it breaks the embargo)
yay King Krule
Never has the gulf between how much I dislike a person yet how much I love their music been so wide, but he definitely deserves to win. Best thing on that list, out of the artists I've heard.
Might as well paste it on.
Angel Haze
King Krule
Laura Mvula
Little Green Cars
Palma Violets
The Weeknd
Tom Odell
not too bad really
good to see some Irish acts on there.
According to that news article
Drowned In Sound is an influential music website. :)
I have now listened to that Palma Violets track for the first time, although as much as anything this tells me that I need to put the radio on more. They have a pulse, which is an improvement on some things that NME has championed in recent years but... I struggle to find it that exciting. Give me the new Dutch Uncles single anyday.
I'm an old bastard mind, so discount my opinion. :)
A few things I have noticed so far while listening to each of the bands.
These things are very much about the actual sound of the artists, rather than the songs. Especially in terms of the indie bands on the list. Out of every artist on the list that I have now listened to, it appears only three can actually write songs (Haim, Chvrches and Arlissa). A.M.E is pop without the hooks. Alunageorge are appropriating "hip" post dubstep but again, to a stiflingly dull level. Angel Haze is a decent enough sounding rapper, but fairly generic all the same and lacking any real quality that makes her stand out. King Krule is awful, meandering garage rock with terrible vocals. Kodaline are trying to be Coldplay, but seem to forget that the only reason Coldplay are great is the huge sweeping choruses, which they ultimately lack and are therefore dull as fuck. Laura Mvula I guess just isn't my type of thing, seems monstrously dull to me. Little Green Cars manage to be worse at what they do than Bumfords. Palma Violets are touted as mainstream indie guitar heroes, but can't write a decent mainstream guitar song, so end up as a strangely meandering noisy dull mess, possibly the worst of all these acts. Peace once again focus more on trying to sound like foals etc than actually coming up with any kind of hooks. Savages at least know that there is actually such a thing called guitar distortioon, but manage to render themselves completely dull, merely emulating thousands of other shouty female post punk acts without a discernible hook (once again). The Weeknd I have heard before, but it really isn't my thing, the songs amble along without any real sense of purpose (in my opinion, I know his stuff is well loved around these parts, I just don't really "get" it). Tom Odell is seemingly a singer songwriter in the mould of whoever else has released a schmaltzy piano ballad in the last decade or so, and admittedly the song on the bbc website is kind of inoffensively listenable, but its a sad day when I'm giving this kind of thing praise over most the other acts.
As far as the three that I mentioned that I actually like go, Arlissa's duet with Nas is very well written and could go on to become a classic pop song. Chvrches do big, hooky synthpop which is pretty great, and while I've only heard one Haim song, it seems quite pleasant really.
So yeah, basically, either all new-ish music will be dull and shite over the next year, or the bbc has clearly chosen the wrong acts. I'm thinking probably both.justanothersheeldz, sean, and tifaspiano this'd this
agree with you on almost all of that
except King Krule. I wouldn't describe him as garage rock at all. Listen to a few more songs and see what you would describe him as.
I know a few people though who can't deal with his voice though, so if that's your reasoning then cool.
Agree with most of that, but one thing
it isn't the BBC who chooses the list, it's 200 journos (including DiS' Wendy Roby... I wasn't eligible to vote now that I run a label again) plus tv and radio people - most of whom work at the BBC.
cheers for the playlist automatik
really enjoying the cheatahs, brolin and eaux stuff
- andyvine this'd this
A*M*E, AlunaGeorge, AngelHaze, CHVRCHES, The Weeknd.
Yep. All ace. The Weeknd is clearly going to bag the winning spot.
I hope Savages come last on account of them being well rubbish.
The Weeknd...
for BBC Sound of 2011.avl06, dacbo, littlebirds, automatik, and ma0sm this'd this
- ma0sm this'd this
Wow, the 'Sound of...' is so influential
that his collection of ancient material was top 5 on the Billboard 100 2 weeks ago! The list must have leaked early or something... :->
High hopes or safe bets?
I would say CHVRCHES, Arlyssa, The Weeknd, A*M*E and Little Green Cars for my top5, but I expect they'll shove in some Kiwanuka-esque singer-songwriter stuff too.
The full once over:
Joanna Gruesome, MYSTRYS, Three Blind Wolves, Winter Villains, Tashaki Miyaki, Heart-Ships, PINS, Serafina Steer, Death At Sea, Kwes, and No Ceremony.
What, Palma Violets?
I weep for the future
...joanna gruesome?
So, the final list has been announced
5th - Chvrches
4th - Laura Mvula
3rd - Angel Haze
2nd - AlunaGeorge
1st - Haim
Not a bad result given what was on the shortlist. Glad Chvrches were so high up, and Haim are one of the better bands on the list.
AlunaGeorge should've won :(
Haim sound like budget Chairlift.
Laura Mvula will presumably sink without trace
due to her unpronouncable surname. Can't comment on what she sounds like, but them's the breaksaactv this'd this
Aaand I also agree mostly with what you've said
but, like I said further up the thread, the problem with lauding emerging artists is that songwriting rarely comes into it. The truest way of appraising songwriting skills would be to look at a full album, though hardly any Sound Of acts have released more than an EP.
talking of names
today I discovered that HAIM is pronounced ha-i'm or HI-UM or HYM rather than like shame. #biffyclyrocliquester this'd this
Haim would definitely hit on top of my poll ( Woof woof)
So pleased for AlunaGeorge
Not heard of Haim tbf. Probably won't be checking them out if they're just some Chairlift rip-off though.
My hopes/recommendations for public recognition would be....
Crystal Head (My favourite band in the UK) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q8otpMCQGA
Eaux - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4S3yyctydQ
Goat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyE9FM2Y7as
Hookworms - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lETd39FzL_8
Dead Skeletons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsyrOGRxF0E
Bo Ningen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gFlnYaXvLE
The Lucid Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34vipr6pO08
Eat Lights Become Lights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQqSP_PNbM
Blindness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHdElMtIc0
Exit Calm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tHeKgtm-c
Public Service Broadcasting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE
Radar Men From The Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIHPn08-r2I
The Lost Rivers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fELqBO6g5Q4
Mugstar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-VmSsHTOY
Creatures Of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSt197rSNY
The Blood Choir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJ5ksQrNXA
Exit Calm, been around for 3 or 4 years now though. Be good to see them get recognition.Huggy_Bear this'd this
Ladyhawke in disguise?
Nice song though
that one song is quite good but they're a way bit too much like Wilson Phillips for my liking
AlunaGeorge is better but still a bit ... antiseptic or something
I dunno
nothing really strikes me in this list
I've had a listen and it's like reading a comedy script and going 'yeah, these are decent jokes' instead of actually laughing
AlunaGeorge are class.
Which makes me think you could possibly be wrong about lots of other things.
i literally just found this out too
courtsey of this interview
My daughter loves Stooshe
but then she's 11.
Savages are horribly derivative (Siouxsie fronting the early Bunnymen anyone?)
But at least there is a bit of verve and tension to what they are doing. I'm sick of English indie guitar bands sounding all wry and quirky.
Does this mean they wont be massive now?


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[Google] wants .google, .youtube, .goog and .plus. It was the only applicant vying for .fly, .new and .eat. But it is going to have to fight Johnson & Johnson for .baby, Microsoft for .docs and .live, and Amazon for 17 top-level domains: .wow, .search, .shop, .drive, .free, .game, .mail, .map, .movie, .music, .play, .shop, .show, .spot, .store, .talk and .you. Amazon also went after .tunes, .got, .author, .smile, .song, .joy, .bot, .like and .call… The most sought-after extension is .app, with 13 applicants though not Apple, which popularized the mobile application.Facebook applied for none. Not even .facebook.
If the Web is truly on its deathbed, as Wired has claimed, those spending money on this may be .throwingitaway. Their money would be better spent on better mobile apps.


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 13042260 | Dated April 22, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC - Laura Lichter, President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has been invited by the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform today. This is the second of the hearings planned by the Committee to delve deeply into the bipartisan immigration reform proposal offered by the "Gang of Eight" last week. Ms. Lichter will be one of a number of witnesses who will speak on various issues addressed within the reform bill.
"I am honored to have the chance to offer some insight into the real-world impact of some of the provisions in the bill that the Committee has begun to consider. In general, I think the bill is a good framework, one that reflects the desire of the American public to create a commonsense immigration policy that will work for America in the 21st century. Right now, our economy and society are hampered by the mishmash of immigration laws and regulations that have been pasted and patched together over decades. We do not have a system that bolsters our prosperity; instead we are burdened by outdated policies that weigh America down," said Ms. Lichter.
The topics that Ms. Lichter has been asked to share her expertise on include families, refugees, due process, courts and counsel.
Ms. Lichter continued, "My testimony will focus on these issues because we in the U.S. value families: we respect the commitments spouses make through marriage to one another and to the children, and believe that families should be together and support one another. This is a value shared by most immigrants, and one that our laws should honor and promote. Further, in order to stay true to American values, our immigration system should welcome refugees fleeing persecution and danger. It is also vitally important that we ensure that immigration enforcement is done humanely, proportionately, and in a way that guarantees due process."
More information about the hearing is available on AILA's website.
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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 13042260.
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Bobbie Nell Crawford Cooley
Bobbie Nell Crawford Cooley, 63, of Big Spring, formerly of Mississippi and New Orleans, La., died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Scenic Mountain Medical Center. Wake services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home in New Orleans, La.. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, La.She was born Feb. 7, 1949, in Vossburg, Miss. to Argie Mae and A.B. Coleman. She married the late Will Cooley Jr. on July 22, 1972. She was a seamstress sewing for the public. She worked at the Louisiana State School and also on the River Walk in New Orleans and Rutter Rex Sewing Factory. She attended New Life COGIC in Big Spring.She is survived by two daughters: LaKeisha Cooley-Johnson of Big Spring and Ajita Crawford of McComb, Miss. and seven sisters: Ella Crawford of New Orleans, La., Sandra Cooley of Houston, Geraldean Mitchell of Littlerock, Ark., Verlean Davis of San Antonio, Texas, Annia Winn of Port Arthur, Texas, Bobbie Jean Thomas, Ethel Thomas of Los Angeles, Calif.; six brothers: Rufus, Willie, Leonard, A.C., all of New Orleans, La., O.C. of Port Arthur, Texas, Robert Lee of Meridan, Mo.; a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, family and friends.She was preceded in death by her parents: Argie Mae and A.B Coleman, O.C. Thomas Sr., and husband Will Cooley, Jr.; two sons: Demond Cooley and Will Cooley, III; and two brothers: A.B. and Charles Eugene.Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com


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Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle insists the club will "do everything" they can to keep Juan Cuadrado at the club.
The Colombian star has been a shining star for the Viola this season and has attracted interest from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
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QuestionI lost both of my parents. my dad when i was 10 and my mom when i was 13. Is there any way for me to find out if I have money waiting for me for when i turn 21?
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So I have a MSI media live with a 3tb hdd in it running MythTV at the moment. The 3tb is almost full (100gb left) and isn't raid'd / backed up at all
So the way I see it I can either get a new NAS and fill it with hard drives (HP Micro server), keep current myth box, maybe stick an ssd in it to speed it up a bit
Completely new media server, in a HTPC box and a bunch of hard drives, which I can put more tuner cards in (Media live only has 1 pci slot), however 4+ hard drives might be a bit noisy in one machine under my tv (Well next year I'm back in uni halls so it will be living in my bedroom, and lots of spinning disks may not be a good idea when trying to sleep?)
Anybody have any thoughts on the above? What have others done? Basically talking 2 machines vs 1 machine.
Noise is really my main concern.


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Navrattan Kurma
I am usually dissapointed at Indian restaurants here...i guess because i know what the real deal is. It is rare that we eat at indian places because i get mad when i see a badly prepared dish served and charged to boot...i am usually forgiving when it comes to bad food cooked by a person at home but not an establishment who claim to know how to cook and serve great food....
But, last week i was really bored to cook..which seriously is rare for me and ordered indian food to go. When we order carry-out jeeves and me order dishes we never make at home so it was navrattan kurma for me (as he is not a fan sweet-hot combo) and bhendi-fry for him (yuck!) and malai kofta for us ( coz i will grossly overeat it if i make it at home :)..well..the navrattan kurma was delicious..just like i always imagined gum-paste would be...my childhood desire was seen through by the good desi folks at the restaurant who made me realise that i was wise to stay away from tasting it at a tender age...grr..I really can never understand how can people serve bad food!!
But, now my heart was set on the kurma and when sra announced the event of making grindless gravy...i decided to give this a go.....and i was pleased with the results....
Now navrattan means nine gems...well i do not know if these were gems...but combination of veggies, fruits and nuts nuts came to nine...err...plus some lil extras for taste enhancement :)
1. Potatoes - 1/2 cup- diced
2. Carrots - 1/2 cup - diced
3. Beans - 1/2 cup - cut in thirds
4. Peas - 1/2 cup
5. Butternut squash - 1/2 cup
6. Cauliflower - 1 cup - floweretts
7. Pineapple - 1/2 cup (i used tinned - medium diced)
8. Raisins - 1/4 cup
9. Cashews - 1/4 cup
Onions - 1 meduim - finely chopped
Tomato - 1 large - finely chopped
Ginger - 1 medium pc.
Garlic - 3
Green Chilly - 3
Fat free milk - 1/2 cup
Curry Leaves - 4 - torn
Jeera - 1 tsp.
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp.
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp.
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp.
Salt - to taste
Grated paneer - 2 tbls
Oil - 1 tbls
1. Boil all the veggies 1-6 with the reqd. salt and keep aside. Make sure they do not get mushy...
2. Make a rough paste of the ginger-garlic-green chilly (GGG) in the mortar-pestle..add about 1/4 tsp salt to help it along.
3. In a large pan, heat oil, add the jeera, then add the GGG paste. When it starts to smell really nice :) add the onions which are diced really fine and cook on meduim flame till soft.You can add some of the pineapple juice to help along..if the onions start to brown.
4. Add the tomatoes with the turmeric powder, raisins and cashews and cook on medium flame till the tomatoes and onions turn to a pulpy mess...you can mash it lightly with the back of your ladle to help the process.
5. Add the cooked veggies and pineapple. Add the red chilly powder, garam masala, curry leaves and salt if needed and cook this mix till it is thick but not dry.
6. Add the milk and let it cook for a few more minutes and switch off the gas.
7. Garnish it with grated paneer and eat with rotis.
1. Dice the onions and tomatoes really small...else u have to put a little muscle in the kadhai while cooking..it is up to you where u want to put the effort.
2. If you do not have a mortar-pestle..chop the GGG very finely..it will do.
3. The paneer grating is purely optional...but it does absorb some of the extra liquid...and is yummy too ;)
Here is my entry to the
Grindless Gravy event hosted by sra of When my soup came alive
43 comments:
I LOVE navratan korma. It's one of my favorite dishes that I usually order at Indian restaurants. Thank you for your recipe!
- Mon Nov 12, 08:37:00 PM EST
- Sig said...
hehehe gum paste, you crack me up gal! I hate the Indian restaurants around here too, given a choice I'd never go... but we sometimes do take out too...
So, is that where the name really comes from, or you just made it up? :p Nice entry for the event...
- Mon Nov 12, 09:20:00 PM EST
- easycrafts said...
My sister loves this a lot. whenever we go out,she orders this...thanks for posting the recipe
- Mon Nov 12, 09:49:00 PM EST
- Namratha said...
Oh yum, Navrathan Kurma, I love it! My hubby doesn't like the sweet/spicy combo either...for me it works just fine :)
- Mon Nov 12, 10:40:00 PM EST
- sra said...
That looks delicious, and is quite in the spirit of the event, Rajitha, thanks for this entry.
- Tue Nov 13, 12:57:00 AM EST
- KayKat said...
You're quite enthusiastic - trying to replace the grinding with manual mincing - go for it, girl! :)
This looks quite delicious.
- Tue Nov 13, 02:02:00 AM EST
- sunita said...
I hear you on the food that is being dished out that go by the name 'Indian'...your navratan korma looks absolutely gorgeous.
- Tue Nov 13, 05:34:00 AM EST
- Nags said...
looks really nice. chopping all these veggies might be a pain though :D i am lazy that way!
- Tue Nov 13, 05:38:00 AM EST
- Rajitha said...
bri- welcome to my blog :) and i love n.k too...
sig- ha ha..you got me..really no idea..just put 2 and 2 together..i guess with the knowledge of hindi i kinda fig it out ;)
easy crafts - i used to order this everytime when i used to go out as a kid..now only my nephews order..we all just eat!!
namratha - ahh!! now we both gotta go out together..then we can indulge in our fav. type food :)
sra - a pleasure sar :)
kaykat- actually i do manually grind ggg with the mp everytime...i love the ooph it gives :)
sunita - tnks..seriously..i feel many college guys double up as cooks behind the kitchen for extra bucks..they really have no idea what is going on!!
nags - aha!! i love cutting veggies u see...i have problems washing mixies, pressure cooker and stuff like that!!
- Tue Nov 13, 06:47:00 AM EST
- RAKS KITCHEN said...
I really like this korma and I should bookmark this and do it some time!!Thanx for sharing...:))
- Tue Nov 13, 06:53:00 AM EST
- Kalva said...
Oh yum should give it a try dear
- Tue Nov 13, 07:26:00 AM EST
- Asha said...
That's a great entry Rajitha, looks delicious. I agree about local Indian restaurants, yuck is right and costs so much too for ordinary dishes too!
- Tue Nov 13, 08:01:00 AM EST
- sra said...
Oh yes, Rajitha, I wanted to mention that I liked that gum paste joke!
And I was waiting for someone to raise the point Nags did when I announced the event - that cutting veggies might be as painful as assembling stuff for grinding and doing the grinding itself - like Rajitha said, I find that simpler - grinding, cleaning etc is tougher
- Tue Nov 13, 08:20:00 AM EST
- Lissie said...
rajitha, the dish looks yummy! i love navrattan kurma :) great entry!
- Tue Nov 13, 09:37:00 AM EST
- Timepass said...
Hey, I always order this dish when I go out for lunch/dinner. Lip smacking indeed!
- Tue Nov 13, 10:37:00 AM EST
- bee said...
i hate restaurant navratan korma, which is basically yesterday's stuff mixed together and reheated. one place where they do make lovely navratan korma is in the bay area. yours looks way better than any restauran version - both the colour and texture.
have you tried adding kasoori methi? it adds something to this dish.
- Tue Nov 13, 10:54:00 AM EST
- Seena said...
Very good one to take with chapathis, love it..!
thanks..Rajitha, for sharing..
- Tue Nov 13, 10:55:00 AM EST
- TBC said...
Your NK looks really delicious and colorful. Yeah, restaurant food is pretty disappointing most of the time and it's dripping with oil and is so expensive too.
- Tue Nov 13, 11:00:00 AM EST
- TBC said...
Arreeee yaaar, remove the stupid word verification thing, na? You have comment moderation enabled anyway.:-(
This is my third attempt!
- Tue Nov 13, 11:01:00 AM EST
- Happy cook said...
Gem or not i would love to have thme.
- Tue Nov 13, 11:48:00 AM EST
- Laavanya said...
My husband is a big fan of sweet + savoury combo so he just loves this and Kashmiri Naan. I still have problems adding raisins, pineapple etc. to the gravy though. Your korma looks so good that I may want to try even that.. :)
- Tue Nov 13, 12:00:00 PM EST
- Rajitha said...
raks - thnks :)
kalva - thnks
asha - it is sad that they cannot even get alu-mattar right...u say why we ordered alu-matar..ask my husband (rolling my eyes)..
sra - :)..glad u are in the same league!!
lissie - mine too!!
timepass - i used to once upon a time!!
bee - u know i love kasoori methi..but i really forgot to add it to this dish..u are right, it will add another dimention
seena - i know..what about with nan!!
tbc - ha ha..okay re.. i will disable the word verification...but first i will announce it on the blog..point fingers at u and then i shall do it ..
happy cook - :) thnks
laavanya - c'mon girl...pati ki seva har patni ka dharm hain ;)..okay okay don't kill me!!
- Tue Nov 13, 12:45:00 PM EST
- Redchillies said...
Rajitha, I am so with you in terms of food at Indian restaurant. My peeve is against oil they add as though there is no tomorrow.
Your Navaratna Kurma looks great, I have never tried this before.
- Tue Nov 13, 12:52:00 PM EST
- Sandeepa said...
You are right some of the Desi restaurants do suck with the painted red garvies. I try to stick to the tried&tested ones, we do have a few which are good
So there is Pineapple in Navratan Korma, that is wonderful
- Tue Nov 13, 01:28:00 PM EST
- sagari said...
korma looks soo delecious
- Tue Nov 13, 02:17:00 PM EST
- Rajitha said...
redchillies- seriously, i can make food for nearly 4 days with all the oil i find oozing out at times..yuck!
sandeepa - i try to stick to the same order sandeepa...but i was really craving the kurma... i always wondered how does that gravy get that red...scary thought food color like no tomorrow ;)
sagari - thnks:)
- Tue Nov 13, 07:35:00 PM EST
- Seema said...
You are so right about the desi restaurants around here. Most of them have the same base gravy with different titles. Yours looks so very fabulous. Great entry buddy.
- Wed Nov 14, 10:51:00 AM EST
- Rina said...
Thx for this beautiful healthy recipes which leaves upto its name.
- Wed Nov 14, 12:45:00 PM EST
- USHA said...
Hi Rajitha,
Navrattannkurma looks very delicious aand rich....healthy .
Hey thanks for dropping your sweet comment in my blog.
- Wed Nov 14, 02:04:00 PM EST
- USHA said...
Hi Rajitha,
Navrattannkurma looks very delicious aand rich....healthy .
Hey thanks for dropping your sweet comment in my blog.
- Wed Nov 14, 02:04:00 PM EST
- Bharathy said...
Looks excellent!!real nava rathan!!I mean I can see all those 9 gem colours here :)...Will surely try!..
Rajitha,I think we are not visiting each others place promptly as we used to do earlier..:)..
- Thu Nov 15, 12:46:00 AM EST
- Shivapriya said...
Dish looks delicious. You are right Rajitha, Indian restaurants charge a lot and the dish taste really bad. Thanks for dropping by my blog. You have really good recipes, I need to explore a lot.
- Thu Nov 15, 09:32:00 AM EST
can u pls make a recipe index so it will be easy to go thru ur recipes
- Thu Nov 15, 02:03:00 PM EST
- Kribha said...
I agree with you about the desi restaurants. Sheer waste of money especially for the buffets. Your dish is making me drool. Looks so good and yummy.
- Thu Nov 15, 02:43:00 PM EST
- Rajitha said...
seema - u said it right girl..same name with some veggies thrown in...yuck!
rina - thnks girl :)
usha - thnks :)..ur blog was fun to read ..
bharathy - i love this about u...you are honest and upfront...a trait that is slowly dissapearing and replaced with some wierd formalities..do not change ..it is refreshing!!...u are right tho :)....i will try visiting faster...now what about u girl ?? ;)
shivapriya - it is expensive for the garbage they give!!..and thnks :)
anon - :)
kribha - i go to buffets for the appetizers and the deserts..i basically skip the middle
- Thu Nov 15, 07:52:00 PM EST
- Kumudha said...
Delicious dish! I also like cooking grindless gravies!
- Fri Nov 16, 10:20:00 AM EST
- Sia said...
ROFL... wonderful post rajitha. i try to stay away from floating oil we get in the name of curries here. and the base for every dish is the same and they have guts to cal them by differnt names!!! i feel bad for the people who think curry is the only food made and served in india and they get to eat something like this.
navaratna kurma looks delish inspite of it being 'grind-less'. thanks for leaving a comment in my blog and leading me to urs rajitha. it took me quite some time to reach here but i dont think i will get lost again :)
- Fri Nov 16, 10:48:00 AM EST
- Sirisha Kilambi said...
Ah ...a perfect recipe for Navratan kurma Rajitha....bookmarked it :-))
Please don't mind If I don't comment the next few months as I would terribly busy with my academic work......Hope u understand dear....I will be back in no time :-)
- Fri Nov 16, 11:17:00 AM EST
- AnuSriram said...
Looks very delicious and attractive... hmmmm... mouthwatering recipe!
- Fri Nov 16, 02:44:00 PM EST
- Rajitha said...
kumudha - thnks :)..
sia - it is true about what u said...actually it is made worse by the TV hosts who know nothing about our food and only use curry for indian touch!!
siri - i thought so..i had a feeling u were busy with ur MBA..take care girl and come back soon :)
anu - thnks!! :)
- Fri Nov 16, 05:21:00 PM EST
- Cynthia said...
I like your entry.
- Fri Nov 16, 08:27:00 PM EST
- Latha Narasimhan said...
Oh no! :( I thought of posting this for the event! Thankfully I have one more very much an Iyengar recipe for the event!:) Kurma recipe is great rajitha!
- Sun Nov 18, 10:42:00 PM EST
- Mishmash ! said...
This kurma is one of our fav's..we both like it..next time i will try out ur version....will let u know :)
- Mon Nov 19, 05:19:00 PM EST


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In the 1930s, the developer of Paradise Park fought a long legal battle against the operators of Silver Springs.
My father began taking me to a swimming hole on the south side of Silver Springs Run (now called Silver River) shortly after my family moved back to Ocala in the early 1930s. The place was called Paradise Park.
I was aware at the time (1932-33) that the park was still under development and that the people who operated Silver Springs Attraction were fighting the development by any means at hand, legal or underhanded, because it was designed as a competitor for Silver Springs. I was only a kid, so I wasn't told all the details, but I heard the talk and remembered it.
Years later, I read the dozens of news stories in the Morning Banner and the Evening Star about the legal battles fought over several years by the Paradise Park developer, M.R. Porter, an Ocala businessman, and Carl Ray and Shorty Davidson, operators of Silver Springs Attraction. There were lawsuits and countersuits between the two parties, with Ray and Davidson mostly on the losing side.
One of my vivid memories was arriving at the Paradise Park road only to find a fence across it. Fortunately, somebody already had cut a hole in the fence big enough for my dad to drive his massive black Maxwell through it. My dad had traded his Ford Roadster for the Maxwell, much to the consternation of my mother.
The fence, of course, prompted a new lawsuit because the Paradise Park road was an old one, dating back before the Civil War, and was considered a public road. That apparently didn't stop Ray and Davidson from hiring someone to plow up the road, trying to obliterate any sign of it.
I still remember our old Maxwell bouncing over the plowed ground to get to Paradise Park. To hear my dad tell it, public opinion soundly condemned the Silver Springs operators.
Of course, Ray and Davidson had good reason to fear for their economic lives. M.R. Porter had the financial resources to carry out his plans for a new park, complete with a fleet of glass-bottom boats, to outclass the Silver Springs operation and attract tourists far and wide.
Porter, a former Northern industrialist, had made a great deal of money during World War I manufacturing airplane parts for the military. He had moved to Ocala in the 1920s and bought into local businesses.
He had invented a device to keep citrus groves from freezing during a cold winter, and he set up a company to manufacture the grove heater. He also came up with a fertilizer for farm land that made use of the overburden from the old phosphate mines that had been so numerous in this area in the 1890-1920 era. That brought about another new company.
Sometime in the 1920s, Porter foreclosed on a mortgage and took possession of nearly 800 acres on the south side of Silver River. Then he began formulating a plan to make productive use of the property.
In a letter to the newspapers, Porter said he went to see Ed Carmichael, who actually owned the land on which Silver Springs Attraction was located. Porter quoted Carmichael as saying the plan for a new tourist attraction was not in his best interests, but he would not fight it.
The development of Paradise Park began in 1929. Porter set aside a number of acres to give to Ocala for use as a recreation park. The record is not clear on what happened to this public park. Maybe it got lost in the controversy that had tempers red hot.
There was no way I could know it, but when my dad and I encountered the wire fence and plowed up road, the county commission, with Ed Carmichael as a member, was holding a public hearing to determine if the Paradise Park road was actually a public road.
Oldtimers came from far and wide to testify they had used it for many years. There seemed no doubt it dated back to the early years of Marion County. That didn't end the controversy, however, because the county commission majority was reluctant to rule against the interests of Ray and Davidson, which only served to add more fire to the continuing battle.
Meanwhile, the Silver Springs operators sought to block Porter's glass-bottom boat scheme by getting a law that would prohibit any boats at the head of the springs but their own. The courts eventually said that wasn't legal.
Porter soon tired of the continuing court battles and sold Paradise Park and his other land on the river to a group of Jacksonville businessmen. The new owners jumped into the fray with new vigor and filed a countersuit against Ray and Davidson for impeding Paradise Park development.
By 1935, Ray and Davidson saw the inevitable facing them. They began secret negotiations with the Jacksonville group. The result was a buyout of the Paradise Park development at an undisclosed price. But it must have cost Ray and Davidson a great deal.
The Silver Springs operators now controlled all the property on the South side of Silver River. It wasn't until the end of World War II they finally found a use for Paradise Park. Faced with the possibility of having to integrate their money-making attraction, they decided to refurbish Paradise Park for the exclusive use of black people.
As a result, Paradise Park received a new lease on life — for a few years at least. M.R. Porter and his struggles with two men intent on stopping him by any means available soon was completely forgotten.
An avid Marion County historian, David Cook is a retired editor of the Star-Banner. He may be contacted at 237-2535.


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Ritchie says Minn. ready for broader early voting
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- November 27, 2012 - 4:23 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he'll back legislative efforts to expand voting ahead of Election Day, though he's not sure what form that would take.
Voters can now cast absentee ballots ahead of time but they technically need to have one of a handful of valid reasons for voting early. More than 30 states allow some form of no-excuse early voting, with polling places popping up as early as September.
Ritchie said Tuesday he's confident Minnesotans are ready to allow a longer voting window.
The Democrat says early voting would probably boost turnout at the margins during busy election years and have more of an effect in off-year municipal elections.
Minnesota regularly leads the nation in voter turnout, with more than 76 percent of eligible voters casting ballots in 2012.
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Shepherdstown's Handmade Market avoided a roadblock earlier this month when members of the Shepherdstown Town Council voted to suspend a town ordinance that would leave the weekly bazaar in jeopardy.
The Handmade Market is a fundraiser for the Shepherdstown Community Club that features vendors and artisans selling jewelry, artwork and other goods made by hand.
The market, which began in April, faced possible shut down after attorneys for the Corporation of Shepherdstown sent a formal letter to organizers, with claims that the market violated town ordinance as related to "transient vendors."
According to Kris McIntyre, one of the market's organizers, the letter charged the group with violating Section 8-207 the town code, which prohibits "Hawking, Peddling and Street Vending."
The ordinance reads: "The terms "hawking," "peddling," and "street vending" shall mean and include the engaging, conducting or operating of a temporary, transient or permanent business of selling goods, wares or merchandise for delivery at the time of sale, and which, for its business purpose, involves and includes the use, lease or occupation, either in while or in part, of a shed or sheds, open ground, streets, sidewalks, pavements, roads or highways, a room or rooms, a building or other structure or place for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise.
"I think that would apply to every business in town," McIntyre said during discussion at this month's Town Council meeting.
Town Council members reviewed the enforcement of the ordinance as related to the Handmade Market.
After a discussion with the town's legal counsel, council members voted to send the issue to a special subcommittee without disruption to the market's regular activities.
"At this time, the town's not going to take any action," Mayor Jim Auxer said.
The subcommittee is to consist of council member Bane Schill and Mayor Auxer and will consider a possible amendment to the current ordinance, which many in the council considered inconsistent with modern definitions of transient businesses.
"It's just something we can't ignore," said Mayor Auxer.
Shepherdstown Community Club president, Tom Huddleston said he was pleased with the town's decision regarding the ordinance, calling it "vague" and "outdated."
Huddleston said he was surprised by the initial "backlash," against the market and said he thinks the community and market are now moving in a positive direction together.
"It's all good for everybody," he said.
McIntyre expressed relief over the council's decision.
"It's good news, I think," she said.
"The town, I think, sees the value in the Handmade Market," she said.
For now, the Hamdmade Market will go on as scheduled.