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Inside Politics: Competing plans to combat blighted land
With a month end deadline looming, County Executive Dan McCoy has publicly endorsed the bid to create a land bank to help manage and redevelop foreclosed properties in blighted neighborhoods.
In a letter to County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse this week, McCoy called the plan a tool to "empower us to transform urban blight into a source of economic development."
But McCoy's support, a boon for advocates who have been lobbying lawmakers for months to bless the idea, comes as the County Legislature's Democratic leadership is offering a competing plan in the form of a resolution that would instead recommit the county to many of the same goals of an existing-but-dormant affordable housing trust fund.
Advocates of the land bank caught a break when the damage wrought by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy pushed the deadline to apply for state permission to form a land bank back from Nov. 30 to Jan. 30, giving them time to try to rescue the idea from an uncertain future in the legislature.
In October, the powerful Audit and Finance Committee approved the proposal but only after stripping out a commitment that the county would help fund the independent local development corporation for the first two years.
Rather than get a vote by the full body, however, the measure was dispatched by Morse to the Conservation and Improvement Committee, where it awaits another vote to send it back to the floor of the legislature.
That committee is now expected to meet prior to Monday night's legislature meeting, the last one scheduled before the Jan. 30 deadline. Empire State Development, state government's economic development arm, is empowered to sanction 10 land banks around New York. With five already spoken for, local advocates fear missing the deadline might cause the county to miss out entirely.
The proposal, sponsored by Albany Democrat Christopher Higgins, has received measured support from Mayor Jerry Jennings and his deputies as well as the endorsement of Assemblyman and former Cohoes Mayor John T. McDonald III
The counterproposal is sponsored by, among others, Morse and Democratic Majority Leader Frank Commisso and calls the land bank "essentially identical" to much of the work conducted by the housing trust fund and says the county would be better off trying to deal with foreclosures and blight in-house, free from "the burden of state regulatory complications."
The resolution also notes a plan to restore five positions to the county budget — two property managers, two building inspectors and a code enforcement officer — could aid the county's own efforts.
The Albany County Housing Trust Fund was created in 2006 as a taxpayer-funded partnership between the county and local not-for-profits to increase the availability of affordable housing.
In 2008, lawmakers approved $325,000 for projects in Colonie, Cohoes, Watervliet and Albany, but the trust fund has since gone dormant as funding dried up amid county budget cutbacks.
"Clearly over the months support has been building from the grass-roots up for creation of a county land bank," Higgins said in a statement. "Taken together with Mr. Commisso's plan, the legislature has an opportunity to take bold steps on various levels and double down on our commitment to alleviating this problem. No matter what, I sincerely hope we have an up or down vote on this important resolution."
The face of term limits
Elsewhere in the county, the new 11-member Charter Review Commission met for the first time Wednesday, electing Mary Ann Kentoffio as its chairwoman.
Kentoffio, who was nominated to the panel by Morse, is a former senior Assembly staffer and currently a marketing and communications strategist at Troy-based public relations and political consulting firm Gramercy Communications.
(Among Gramercy's clients is McCoy, though Kentoffio did not work on McCoy's 2011 election. McCoy also has no direct influence over the commission, which was appointed entirely by the legislature.)
She has also served as deputy political director of the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee.
As commissioners gathered for the first time in the wake of McCoy's call this week for consideration of term limits and shrinking the size of the legislature, Cohoes Democrat Gil Ethier — no fan of either proposal — seized the opportunity to get a laugh at (as usual) his own expense.
"I'm the guy term limits is all about," the legislature's longest-tenured member said in introducing himself to the panel. "I've been here for 36 years."
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Harry Potter Wizards Dream Of Gossip Girl While Jon Gosselin Dreams Of Ed Hardy's Sparkles
Harry Potter and Gossip Girl finally meet in the middle, Jon Gosselin wants to capitalize on the worst fashion trend in the History of the Universe, Robert Pattinson's good in bed, Jim Carry's a scary grandparent, and celebrity DUI time!
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- If the cast of Harry Potter could hook up with anyone, two out of three respondents went with Gossip Girl cast members: Daniel Radcliffe to Blake Liveley, Emma Watson to Ed Westwick. Rupert Grint struggled to come up with an answer and just went with Jessica Alba. Weak. [E!]
- Jon Gosselin is meeting in St. Tropez, France, with Christian Audigier, the uberdouche behind the embarrassment to fashion as well as the idea of anything having any kind of aesthetic whatsoever, Ed Hardy. He might be getting a job with Audigier. For those who haven't been blinded by them yet, they're shirts with rhinestones on them that sometimes have these slits in them and, jesus, I don't even know, they're just so fugly it's far beyond my mental capacity to understand how this is now a multi-million dollar business. Remember Von Dutch? It's like that to the nth degree. Yes, I would rather have, I don't know, a crying eagle pissing in my eye while draped in a neon American flag tattooed to my face than wear one of those shirts (and no, you may NOT use that idea, Audigier). Hopefully he won't dress any of his children in those deadrags of mid-life crisis desperation because that would just be cruel and unusual and then they'd have to be remanded into the custody of Mugatu-esque Karl Lagerfeld and you don't want that. You really don't. 'Cause he'll eat them. [TMZ]
- Haley Joel Osment would like you all to stop making I SEE DEAD PPL jokes, now. Meanwhile, he's throwing the mack down on girls in the subway. So if he isn't seeing dead people, at least he's seeing game. And game recognize game. (?) [TMZ]
- Kristen Stewart laughs off rumors of her and Robert Pattinson being pregnant. Things she shouldn't laugh off: the dangerously insane teenage Twilight fans who'd rather see her replaced with a cardboard box. Honestly, I kind of hope she is preggers with his vampire baby, because it'd be a great looking kid, and Twilight fans need to go away. Vampire fetishisizing is for 42 year-old oversized goths, and it should stay that way. [NYDN]
- You know how your grandfather would make funny faces at you as a kid, and sometimes they'd be funny, and sometimes you'd be like, stop it, old man, you're freaking me the fuck out. Well, imagine if your grandfather was Jim Carrey. Exactly. His 21 year-old daughter Jane is preggers with her husband, fellow musician Alex Santana (important detail: "(Alex is) known as "Nitro" in his rock group, Blood Money."). Meanwhile, Jim's still dating Jenny McCarthy, and the two of them must make the weirdest faces at each other in bed. Do not want. [NYDN]
- Rachel Ray had vocal chord surgery, and this is one of those things were the joke writes itself, but you don't even want to make it. In this Kangaroo Court, there are far worse grievances against humanity than maybe sometimes sounding annoying while patiently teaching you how to cook better, because you're a moron and don't know an egg beater from a spork. Also, this is sad, 'cause her voice had this strangely sexy Kathleen Turner-when-she-was-hot raspiness to it. Get better, crazy cake lady. [People]
- Artie Lange got a DUI. Shocker. He rear-ended someone while drunk. I'm sure he'd turn that into a really shitty joke. But this is great: ""He was extremely cooperative," said Capt. Steven Henry. "He was a gentleman."" Love that Artie Lange is probably so familiar with the procedure of a DUI, he probably practically did it for the cop. "This is how you cuff me, my wrists fit this way," etc. Lange was last seen in a hysterical, amazing appearance on the first episode of Joe Buck's new HBO show. Said appearance got him banned from HBO Sports for life. [Page Six]
- I'm sorry, can we just say it, though? Lady Gaga is a fucking mouthbreather. And when she's not using it to breathe, she's using it to say ridiculous shit like this: "I've gone bankrupt about four times now. My manager wants to shoot me. Every dollar I earn goes on the show. Now we're finally getting to a place where it's not bankruptcy. Then again, with another tour coming up soon I'll probably be homeless again." Also, please click on the link so you can look at the picture of how my mind feels about Lady Gaga. Seriously. [Showbiz Spy]
- Robert Pattinson is "amazing in bed." Naturally. I don't doubt this for a moment. Thank you, Robert Pattinson, for making the rest of America feel like their sex lives aren't yours. [Showbiz Spy]
- Justin Timberlake is creating a scent. Besides smelling nice, it will be funnier, more chaming, nicer, come from more humble backgrounds, sing, dance, talk, listen, knit, and play backgammon better than you ever have or will. Also, it will smell like Saturday Night Live at least nine times a year. [E!]
- Lauren Conrad's book has been on the New York Times' bestseller list for two weeks, now. Aspiring novelists, this makes you feel how? Inspired? Insipid? Funky fresh? [People]
- Rupert Grint and Emma Watson felt pressure to get their kiss in the new Harry Potter movie right. Emma Watson's going to school at Columbia or Brown, and reports have gone both ways, and I can't even handle Emma Watson going to school in New York because this city absolutely needs more magic and with her exquisite knowledge of magic things should get better for everyone, especially those pricks on 116th. Things will be magical for everyone! Anyway, Daniel Radcliffe also gets a kiss in the new movie with Ginny Weasley, Sister of Ron, and - oh, yeah, sorry: spoiler alert - and gave a wire reporter an awesome quote about it: "I saw the film again a couple of nights ago at the premiere and ... my God, my lips are like the lips of a horse, kind of distending independently away from my face and trying to encompass the lower half of hers." Yeah, still get that feeling sometime. Lesson: none of us are Robert Pattinson. [Reuters]
- Maura Tierney's going away for eight weeks. Sad, scary, if only because of the ominous nature that her publicist is playing off the way she's probably going to some kind of rehab (an "eight week medical evaluation"). [E!]
- Jennifer Anniston personally paid for her entire crew to have an extra day off for the July 4th holiday. Nice. [People]


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The city of Goessel fills up four different recycling bins each week. Bins in Florence and Centre schools have been equally utilized.
Still, it costs the county more per month to pay the $138 fee to Waste Connections for the recycling bins than it does does for those materials to be transported to the Butler County Landfill as trash, Transfer Station Director Rollin Schmidt said Tuesday. The cost for all of the bins in the county, including bins in Burns, Durham, Lincolnville, Lost Springs, Pilsen, and Tampa, is $16,620 per year.
Using Sonoco recycling service that pays Marion County for recyclables, the county made $1,892.
With these realities in mind, and an attitude of fairness to every city involved, the Marion County Commission decided to send a letter to each city with a recycling bin asking them to consider paying for the bins themselves. The commission originally excluded the Centre, Florence, and Goessel bins from this consideration.
The commission is considering moving the county to a single stream system and placing bins in Marion and Hillsboro. Currently, Sonoco requires residents to sort recyclables. Another idea was making recycling mandatory by adding to property taxes.


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The Timneh parrot breeding season is now underway on the Bijagós islands of Guinea-Bissau, according to SOS Grantee Rowan Martin of the World Parrot Trust, an IUCN member. The Vulnerable Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh) has long been subject to high levels of trapping for the pet trade, leading to dramatic declines in populations.
While breeding should boost the population, it is during this time Timneh parrots are especially vulnerable to poaching - chicks taken from nests and raised by hand make highly desirable pets. A large proportion of the remaining Timneh parrots in Guinea-Bissau nest on João-Vieira island within the João-Vieira Poilão National park, which is part of the Bijagós archipelago. It is here that vital nest monitoring and protection work is taking place as part of an SOS funded project coordinated by the World Parrot Trust and implemented in Guinea-Bissau by the national Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP) in collaboration with researchers at ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Portugal.
Early in 2014 a field team, which included former parrot trappers from the Bijagós islands, local field ornithologists and researchers from Portugal received training on accessing and monitoring parrot nests. As Timneh parrots generally make their nests in cavities high in mature trees, monitoring nests is not without risk. The team were trained in rope access techniques, to ensure nests could be accessed efficiently and safely. In addition camera traps monitor nests round the clock. These activities not only act as deterrents to would-be poachers, but also generate valuable data on the breeding biology of this little known species.
Timneh (along with the closely related Grey) parrots are some of the most popular avian pets, yet surprisingly little is known about populations in the wild. Both adults and chicks continue to be trapped and exported to meet international demand, sucking large numbers of birds from the wild. However there is almost no monitoring of the effect this is having on populations and few breeding areas are known. The monitoring and protection activities recently initiated in the Bijagós islands are an incredibly important step towards improving the conservation outlook for this species and the wildlife of this special group of islands off the coast of West Africa.


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I've completed Ethan's baby quilt for a start. I've finished sewing up and blocking my too small for me now tank top!!!
I've made great progress on the Birdie BOM quilt that I started at the beginning of the year!! I'd only completed 2 blocks but this week I completed another 2 and my target is 2 per week as I want to gift the finished quilt to my Mother-In-Law for her Christmas present. Here are the 2 blocks I completed.
I've also made a pair of Anna Maria Horner's quick change trousers from her book Handmade Beginning's. These are a gift for a friend and I have another pair to make this week too for another friend - it's all good practice for when I start making them for my baby!!
I've also made a start on a quick quilt for our sofa, it's John's Confetti Quilt from Issue 5 of Fat Quarterly. Like John I'm using my stash of Sherbet Pips for the quilt - perfect for the wintertime!
I've also sewn up my knitted tank top and blocked it, it just needs the last few ends weaving in now which is something I hate doing!!


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At the end of this month, poor Louisianans with terminal illnesses could have a much harder time getting end-of-life care.
At the end of this month, poor Louisianans with terminal illnesses could have a much harder time getting end-of-life care.
The state Department of Health and Hospitals announced late last month that the state's Medicaid program will no longer pay for hospice care.
The cuts will only stop new patients from receiving Medicaid assistance. Patients who are already receiving hospice care under Medicaid will continue to get those services for the rest of their lives.
The cuts are a result of a $165 million budget shortfall the state must deal with by July. Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration passed the brunt of those cuts onto the state's health care system.
That caused the department to trim payments to doctors and hospitals and eliminate a host of programs.
The Department of Health and Hospitals estimates cutting hospice programs could save the department $nearly $3.3 million, $1.1 million from the state's general fund. But local hospice providers said the cuts could leave the state's poorest residents to face death without medical support and may hurt the state's budget in the long term.
In Louisiana, Medicaid paid for hospice care of 5,189 patients in 2012, according to the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Numbers for individual parishes weren't available.
Cathy Bowen, administrator of St. Joseph Hospice in Thibodaux, said Medicaid hospice patients can be any age — sometimes children — and are usually younger than 65, the age when most Americans qualify for Medicare. She estimates 5-10 percent of her patients get Medicaid.
"These are usually people who were diagnosed with a terminal illness, so they lost their job and their health benefits," she said.
Bowen said patients in hospice care generally have less than six months to live. The average hospice stay is about 72 days. while half of hospice patients die after 26 days in treatment, according to the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
When Medicaid pays for hospice treatment, it usually pays for medicine, health equipment rental, diapers, dressings and other supplies and professional staff to help the patient and his or her family.
"Hospice care is for any disease where aggressive treatments are no longer going to help," said James Ellis, a Thibodaux-based oncologist and hospice doctor. "This is purely supportive care to allow them to die with comfort and with their dignity."
Ellis said the loss of Medicaid money could put some terminally ill patients in dire straits.
"These people are going to die in their homes without the support they need," Ellis said. "You'll be taking away their dignity and comfort. That's not just for the patient but for the loved ones who are going to try to care for them without any help."
Department of Health and Hospitals spokesman Ken Pastorick emphasized that existing patients will keep their hospice care and said in an email that there are other ways for patients to find help using Medicaid.
"People who need hospice services after Feb. 1, both in nursing homes and in the community, will still be able to access many of the same Medicaid services they receive today," Pastorick wrote.
Nursing homes provide the kind of care a hospice provides, he said. Those outside nursing homes will still be able to get the medicine they need through the Medicaid Pharmacy Program, and Medicaid will still pay for some home-health services.
Pastorick said there are other ways to get the kinds of services hospice provides.
"The emotional support services previously offered as hospice care in community settings through Medicaid are available through nonprofit and faith-based groups that provide these services at no cost throughout the state," he wrote.
Many hospice providers worry some people will go without home care. In addition to the human impacts, local hospice workers said that could cause the money-saving plan to backfire.
"If the governor thinks these cuts are going to save the state money, I think he may be mistaken," Bowen said.
Medicaid pays about $120 a day for hospice care locally, he said. If patients can't get that care, they are often forced to go to the emergency room — at a much higher cost to the state.
Bowen is not the only hospice provider who feels the cuts could hurt the state's budget.
The Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization estimates the state spends about $2,202 per Medicaid patient for a total of $11.4 million. In an email to hospice providers, the organization argued care costs a fourth of what the same treatments would cost in hospitals.
The group said there's a troublesome precedent for eliminating Medicaid for hospice patients.
In 2009, the email says, Arizona eliminated its Medicaid Hospice Benefit. The state reinstated the benefit in 2010 after Medicaid costs rose by an estimated 4.4 percent.
Bowen said her hospice will try to keep providing services for patients who will be unable to pay without Medicaid.
"If you do hospice care, you're doing it because you have a heart," she said. "When you talk to these people and see what they're going through, there's no way you don't do everything you can to get them that care."
Bowen said St. Joseph has a nonprofit foundation that could help the hospice pay for some of the patients left without care. But any other expenses would have to come out of the hospice's budget.
"We're going to try to do everything we can to continue to provide this care," she said.
Bowen said hospice providers are still working out the details of how the cuts will affect them and struggling to come up with a long-term plan to fill the gaps.
"We are still figuring out exactly what's going to happen," she said. "If a solution doesn't come down, I think we need to start looking at how we can rally the community together to fix things ourselves."
Staff Writer Matthew Albright can be reached at 448-7635.


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In addition to the half-hour programs, a large number of short, pro-life spots called A People of Life also air. You may listen to them here on our website.
These shows reach some 88 million homes in the United States alone. Many of these shows have also been translated into Spanish.
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An EWTN miniseries featuring Janet Morana, Executive Director of Priests for Life and a Co-Founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign; Teresa Tomeo, Host of the Catholic Connection radio show on EWTN Global Catholic Radio and Astrid Bennett Gutierrez, President, Hispanics for Life. This program offers a Catholic alternative to "The View," and explores the adventure of living as a Catholic woman today.
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Gospel of Life
Our Gospel of Life TV Program focused on how to end abortion, and was geared towards Christians of all denominations. It aired on the NRB (National Religious Broadcasters) Network for several years.
You can listen or watch the Gospel of Life TV programs by clicking here.
Our friends at Life Dynamics, Inc. have been partners for years in the pro-life battle. Father Pavone has had a regular feature on Life Talk for many years; now, however, he is part of the regular panel throughout the course of the show. Find more information and watch the shows.
Secular TV
Priests for Life is regularly invited to appear on secular television programs such as Fox and Friends, Hannity and Colmes and The O'Reilly Factor.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2013) – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Executive Vice President and General Counsel Mit Spears issued the following statement on the decision issued today by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc.:
"We are pleased that the Court unanimously rejected the FTC's position that patent settlement agreements between innovator and generic pharmaceutical companies should be viewed as presumptively unlawful under the antitrust laws. In that respect, the Court recognized that patent settlements are a vital aspect of a patent owner's ability to protect intellectual property and are common in numerous industries.
"At the same time, we are disappointed that the majority failed to provide clear and unambiguous guidance as to how patent settlements could be structured to avoid antitrust exposure short of litigating a patent dispute to the end. Fully litigating patent disputes can result in substantial costs for both innovator and generic companies, create business uncertainty, and can result in delayed availability of generic drugs. Patent settlements allow generics to come on the market before innovator pharmaceutical company patents expire, thereby increasing patient access to lower cost generic drugs.
"Unfortunately, the Court's decision creates a degree of uncertainty that will make it less likely that innovator pharmaceutical and generic companies will be able to settle these disputes in the future. This will negatively affect patients and discourage investment in future biomedical research.
"Intellectual property, and the ability to manage patent litigation, is critical to research-intensive biopharmaceutical companies, which rely on their patents as a major incentive for the research and development necessary to produce the next generation of innovative medicines. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested approximately $550 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $48.5 billion in 2012 alone."
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested approximately $550 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $48.5 billion in 2012 alone.
Find PhRMA Online:
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- Facebook – www.facebook.com/PhRMA
- Blog – www.phrma.org/catalyst
- Twitter – www.Twitter.com/PhRMA and www.Twitter.com/PhRMApress
- YouTube – www.youtube.com/PhRMApress
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A Pattern Language at CULT // Green Circle Black Diamond at Ratio 3
Shotgun Reviews are an open forum where we invite the international art community to contribute timely, short-format responses to an exhibition or event. Today we bring you two reviews written by our summer interns: First, Deidre Foley considers A Pattern Language: Michelle Grabner, Angie Wilson, and Lena Wolff at CULT; next, Audrey Weber assesses the exhibition Green Circle Black Diamond at Ratio 3 in San Francisco. We thank these two[…..]


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John Metcalfe was CityLab's Bay Area bureau chief, covering climate change and the science of cities.
John Locke thinks people should read more. So in the past few months, the Columbia architecture grad has slipped around Manhattan with a sack of books and custom-made shelves, converting old pay phones into pop-up libraries.
The concept, sponsored by Locke's imaginary Department of Urban Betterment, is that New Yorkers will pick up unfamiliar titles while running their errands and then, perhaps, replace them the next day with favorite books of their own. That's in an ideal world. Of the two guerrilla libraries that the artist has fashioned, one has been used properly while the other has had its entire collection repeatedly ganked by sticky-fingered pedestrians. Its shelves were also stolen.
But Locke has many more libraries planned. With plywood consoles that slip over payphones as neatly as aprons, these sidewalk objets are endlessly replicable. (No doubt they'll feature in his 2012 Columbia course, "Hacking the Urban Experience.") I caught up with Locke over the weekend to ask him about what was and wasn't working with these literary outposts, as well as why he started the project in the first place. Here's what he had to say:
Based on your experiments, do you see the public-phone library as a viable concept?
The phone-booth conversions are part of an ongoing experiment that has not been perfected yet. But I think it can be. The response by people who see them and stop and wonder, What the hell is this thing doing here? has been totally positive, and that's enough motivation to keep trying.
How did you get this idea in the first place?
The ubiquity of phone booths is interesting because they are completely obsolete, unevenly distributed in outlying neighborhoods and they carry a strong sense of nostalgia with me. They've already evolved from their original function as person-to-person communication technology into their second iteration as pedestrian-scaled billboards. I wanted to see if there is a third option in that, yes, they get our eyes for advertising dollars, but they can also give value back to a neighborhood. I was most interested in turning what is perceived as an urban liability into an opportunity.
And what more can you say about books? They're the greatest things ever, and everyone should have more.
Can you describe the phones you've outfitted so far, and how people have responded to them?
So far only two booths have been converted. There will absolutely be more. Each iteration has to be judged to see what works, both in terms of siting and how to engage the public. For instance, the first test was in a more remote block. The books were neither marked, nor were any instructions given. After a few days the books were gone. I added more, and those too were removed within a few days. After another two weeks, the shelves disappeared.
The second iteration was placed in a more prominent intersection near a subway entrance and was much more successful. I marked the spine of the books to deter reselling, and there was a positive response in that people began leaving books as well as taking them. Unfortunately, after about six weeks the shelves and books were removed. The next iteration will include subtle instruction for how to use the booth, because I noticed a lot of people were hesitant to take a book. Something as simple as a few words, like "share" or "borrow."
I want these to be cheap, fast, and easily reproducible. The costs are minimal – the price of lumber and time on a CNC cutting machine. After that, the shelves slot together and slide right into the booths with no hardware or fasteners required. Now that I have identified sites that work, expect more conversions to occur as the weather turns into spring.
Does the city know what you're doing? If not, why not?
(Locke declined to comment, so you can probably take that as a big "No, the city has not approved this project.")
Is there any screening process for the books? For instance, do you try to include great works of literature, or perhaps focus on more accessible and popular novels?
I want everything and anything. I don't have much of a budget, so all the books are donated from people that live nearby and off my own shelves, so everything from Oprah-approved to Jane Jacobs. And obviously as people leave their own books, I'd want the collection to become a record of the interests of that particular site.
A next site I have in mind is near a public school, and I'm trying to get a good collection of children's books.
How do you feel about people taking the books?
The goal is to take and share and leave new books in an attempt to foster community engagement. However, the whole set of books disappearing was a problem with the first version, and of course anytime anything is out on the streets there is a danger of that. But it's not hard to find more books. As they spread and more people become cognizant that these are there and are serving a common purpose, I think that will become less of a worry. For a next step, I've been in contact with local businesses in the neighborhood with the goal of converting a booth outside their storefronts, with the intention that they would help check and take care of upkeep.
In true New York fashion, have people used your shelves as ad hoc trash cans?
Does the Department of Urban Betterment have any other projects in the works?
Absolutely. We're growing to include a diverse range of disciplines and backgrounds, from advertising directors, ex-librarians, sustainability researchers, a wide network of cultural activists and artists and anyone else with optimism and enthusiasm. I don't think the embedded possibilities in phone-booth conversions have been exhausted, and in addition we are planning an unsolicited redesign of the MTA to help solve their very real multimillion-dollar budget gap, as well as the design of a distributed pavilion, the pieces of which people in the area can download, print and keep with them to assemble whenever a quorum of users is reached. Walking down any block, there are ample opportunities in the urban canvas to reassert ourselves as stewards of urban goodwill.
All images used with permission of the artist.
Looking at the population and job growth of large cities proper, rather than their metro areas, uncovers some surprises.
Indianapolis is set to unveil a potentially transformative all-electric bus rapid transit line, along with a host of major public transportation upgrades.
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I can't stop listening to this. It enchants me. His entire new album is amazing, but this song... it gets to me. My youngest daughter is named after John Lennon - and I was raised on Lennon, Dylan and Hendrix. This guy, after all these years, still amazing.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Rumours about me
6 comments:
- WiseWoman said...
I find that rumours and gossip about me are far more interesting than my REAL life. People have great imaginations.
- February 16, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Get hubby to wait outside old ladies house up the st and occasionally talk into his sleeve while waiting.
- February 16, 2012 at 8:33 PM
- Carolyn Hastie said...
Oh Sarah! What a hoot! That really made me chuckle. I agree WiseWoman, fabulous imagination. How did you 'manage' that situation? *still chuckling*
- February 17, 2012 at 12:26 AM
- Sarah Stewart said...
I'm still laughing about it, although it does have a serious aspect. We found out when hubby was chatting with a neighbour...however, if the house (and we) get a reputation, it may be difficult to sell when the time comes. But, in the meantime, love the suggestion from anonymous LOL
- February 17, 2012 at 6:56 AM
- Red Dragon said...
I suggest you dress up in stilettoes, false eyelashes and little else and "get arrested" by the man in uniform!!!! Might finsh off the nosey old bag! LOL.
- February 18, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- Sarah Stewart said...
Ohhh Red Dragon...you've given me all sorts of naughty ideas LOL
- February 18, 2012 at 3:12 PM


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Robert A. Miller Sr., 91, of 7507 Creager Road, Waynesboro, Pa., passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, in his home.
Robert A. Miller Sr., 91, of 7507 Creager Road, Waynesboro, Pa., passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, in his home. Born Aug. 28, 1921, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Mark Everett Miller and Pearl Victor (Gift) Miller. Mr. Miller was a graduate of Waynesboro High School with the Class of 1939. He and his wife, the late Janet May (Schultz) Miller, were married June 14, 1941, in Hagerstown, Md. Mrs. Miller passed away Nov. 6, 1983. In early years, Mr. Miller was employed as a bookkeeper for Harry Davis Studebaker Garage for several years. He later was worked as a sales and service clerk at Landis Tool Co., Waynesboro, for 52 years. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fairview Ward, Waynesboro. He was a former member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association where he served as secretary for a number of years and he also was a former member of the Waynesboro Tigers Football Team. Mr. Miller enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, and spending time with his pets. He is survived by two children, Robert A. Miller Jr. and his wife, Wanda and Annette M. O'Donnell and her husband, Anthony, both of Waynesboro; two grandchildren, Wendy Miller and Donald O'Donnell; four great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Peggy P. Avey of St. George, Utah, Elizabeth A. Truesdale of Strasburg, Va., Jacqueline L. Byers of Wheaton, Md., Constance E. Whitmore of Swarthmore, Pa., Ruth E Wright of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., Emma B. Hagan of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Sharon R. Schropp of Sykesville, Md.; two brothers, Michael E. Miller of Jacksonville, Fla., and Alfred E. Miller of Laurel, Del.; and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Miller was preceded in death by his stepmother, Esther Slonaker; two sisters, Winifred Burgan and Dorraine Riggleman; and one brother, Everett Miller. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24, 2013, in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fairview Ward, 11887 Mentzer Gap Road, Waynesboro. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Online condolences may be expressed at: www.bowersoxfuneralhomes.com


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Sleep. The demesne of Hypnos and Morpheus. Once the playground for the exhausted geek, now a wasteland of antiproductivity. Are you writing code? No. Are you pwning n00bs? No. Are you farming gold so you can buy that mount in Silvermoon? No.
Sleep when you die, man. Staying awake is the only way to get things done anymore. So when your weekly intake of REM is limited to the single digits, you need an effective waking mechanism. Something to jog your mind as well as your body in an effort to pump blood back to your extremities and grey matter. Clocky is here! All Hail Clocky!
This little wonderful wheeled alarm clock started as an engineering student's project. Having trouble waking up herself, Gauri Nanda developed Clocky to shriek annoyingly and effectively, waking you up. The fun doesn't end there, kiddies. It leaps off of your night stand, and drives around your room, making random turns and racing away from your grasp. Now you have to get out of bed and hunt the little bugger down to turn it off.
Now, you're awake, and it's time to get things done. Booya.
Detailed Info:
- Set your snooze time, 0-9 min
- Snooze once before he runs away
- Choose 0 and he runs right away
- Can jump from up to 3 feet
- Moves on wood and carpet
- Press snooze to view time at night
- Screen flashes when beeping/running
- Alarm beeps in random pattern (think R2 on Acid)
- Clocky is small: 5.25" x 3.5" x 3.5"
- Want him to stay put? Disable wheels.
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Although they date from between 1910 and 1933, these signs show the beginnings of several features Ministry later incorporated, notably the thinner strokes and the more modern forms of the G, M, R and S. The letter widths are approaching a monospace - the L, F and E are relatively wide compared to the W and M, a feature that may have something to do to the casting process. These idiosyncracies were all ironed out when the first version of the MOT alphabet was produced. The Device digitization, as with Mulgrave, stays true to the worn and repainted original metal source material and preserves the unusual widths.


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No matter what you've done, there's a path back to peace and happiness.
Have you ever felt like your sins are so great that you can't be forgiven? You're not alone. Think about Corianton,the son of Alma the Younger who left his missionary work to chase after Isabel, a harlot in the land of Sidon. Not only did Corianton "forsake the ministry" (Alma 39:3), but the sin he engaged in—breaking the law of chastity—was "an abomination in the sight of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost" (Alma 39:5).
But that wasn't the end of it. Because of what Corianton did, many of the Zoramites refused to believe the teachings of his father, the prophet (see Alma 39:11).
This young man had a pretty stern lecture coming.
Imagine how Corianton must have felt—probably pretty miserable. His father, Alma, had to explain the doctrine pretty intensely for him to understand the plan of salvation and the fact that there is right and wrong, blessing and judgment, based on how we live our lives. But he also taught about the beauty of repentance and becoming clean again.
Corianton could trust in his father. After all, Alma had been through sore repentance himself. As Alma explained to his son Helaman, when he realized the scope of his own sins, he "was racked with eternal torment" and his "soul was harrowed up to the greatest degree … with the pains of hell" (Alma 36:12–13). Alma even said: "The very thought of coming into the presence of my God did rack my soul with inexpressible horror. Oh, thought I, that I could be banished and become extinct both soul and body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God, to be judged of my deeds" (Alma 36:14–15).
That's pretty severe, but it's not the whole story. For three days, Alma was so sick he couldn't move his body as he suffered excruciating pain (see Alma 36:16). But then he remembered the Savior and called silently to Him for help.
"Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration." —Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"And now, behold," he said, "when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more. … And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain! Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy" (Alma 36:19–21).
Have you ever wondered if Corianton, like his father, worried that he couldn't really repent? Do you think he felt his sins were so great that he believed the lies that are whispered to us that we can't really be forgiven or that we can't change?
And have you ever felt that way yourself—that awful feeling that because you've done something wrong, you're terrible, maybe even worthless—that things are so bad you should just give up?
Don't believe those lies. They are some of the most effective weapons Satan has, and they simply aren't true.
That's the beauty and the miracle of the gospel—that through repentance and the grace of God bestowed through the Atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we all can repent. We all can change. We all can become what we have the potential to become.
That's how it worked for both Alma and his son. In spite of all of Alma's sins, repentance wiped away his pains, and he found peace and true joy again. Even after all Corianton had done, he was invited to repent and was called back to the ministry (see Alma 42:29–31).
And Corianton responded. He did repent and return to the ministry to preach the word (see Alma 43:1–2).
He learned what we all need to learn and remember: the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. Christ truly did suffer for our sins and made a way for us to be forgiven. Through repentance, we can feel clean, pure and worthy, whole and happy. No matter what we've done, there's a way back. It's through repentance, and it's very real.
This article originally appeared in the March 2014 New Era.


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MS Polargirl to Pyramiden & Nordenskiöld Glacier (Polar Charter)
Departure date:
26 August 2019
Included in package:
Included in package: Transport to/from accommodation/harbor. Sightseeing in Pyramiden, Warm lunch is served during the trip. As far as possible, we will take into account food allergies / wish for special food, as long as this is notified in advance.
Pickup from the airport/camping is at 08:10. Pick up form other accommodations from 08:30. Accommodations: Gjestehuset 102/Coalminers, Spitsbergen Hotel, Svalbard Hotel, Basecamp/Svalbard Lodge, Radisson Blu and Mary-Anns Polarrigg.
Coffee/tee, mineralwather, alcohol and snacks can be purchased for the bar onboard. Please note it is not allowed to bring your own alcohol. The bar and souvenir shop in Pyramiden only accepts cash.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)—Monsanto's Evil Twin—is pulling out all the stops to keep you in the dark about what's in your food.
The GMA plans to sue Vermont to overturn its new GMO labeling law, H.112. And it's pushing a bill in Congress that would not only overturn every state's right to enact a GMO labeling law, but also legalize the practice of labeling GMO foods "natural."
Take the pledge today to boycott the 300-plus members of the GMA, including the Traitor Brands!
Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Kellogg's, General Mills, Coca-Cola. These are just a few of the 300-plus members of the GMA. Combined, they own more than 6,000 brand name products, including foods, beverages, seeds, home and garden supplies, pet food, herbicides and pesticides.
You probably don't buy most of those products. But you may not be aware that many of your favorite organic and natural brands, like Honest Tea, Muir Glen, Odwalla, Kashi, Earthgrains, Santa Cruz and others, are owned by corporations that do belong to the GMA. Those corporations spent about $68 million just to defeat GMO ballot initiatives in California (Prop 37) and Washington State (I-522). And they continue to fight against your right to know by supporting the GMA's latest efforts to overturn states' rights to pass GMO labeling laws.
Who are the Traitor Brands? Here are the worst culprits, their parent companies, and the amount they spent just to defeat Prop 37 and I-522:
PepsiCo ($4.8M) - IZZE, Naked Juice, Simply Frito-Lay, Starbucks Frappucino
Coca-Cola ($3.2M) - Honest Tea, Odwalla
Nestle ($3M) - Gerber Organic, Sweet Leaf tea
Kraft/Mondelez ($2.4M) - Boca Burgers, Green and Black's
General Mills ($2.1M) - Cascadian Farm, Larabar, Muir Glen
ConAgra Foods ($2M) - Alexia, Pam organic cooking sprays
Kellogg's ($1.1M) - Bear Naked, Gardenburger, Kashi, Morningstar Farms
Campbell's ($980k) - Plum Organics, Wolfgang Puck organic soups
Smucker's ($900k) - R.W. Knudsen, Santa Cruz organic, Smuckers Organic
Hershey's ($880k) - Dagoba
Bimbo Bakeries ($560k) - Earthgrains bread
McCormick ($400k) - Simply Asia, Thai Kitchen
These companies are gobbling up organic and "natural" brands because they recognize the huge profit potential in the fast-growing organic and natural markets. They want our business. If we stop buying their brands, they know there's a good chance we'll find alternative brands. And we might never look back.
Our motto for Monsanto and GMA products is: Don't buy them. Don't sell them. Don't grow them.
And don't let your financial institution, university, church, labor union or pension fund invest in them.
It's time for consumers in every state to band together to defeat the GMA's full-on assault, not only on Vermont, not only on consumers' right to know what's in our food, but on states' rights and on our basic freedoms to protect our health and our communities. Take the pledge today!
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The following are national music organizations with active chapters at Belmont University:
The Epsilon Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society recognizes high academic achievement and superior musicianship.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia advances the cause of music in America. Membership is based on scholastic standing and is by invitation only to men interested in the development and furtherance of music.
Sigma Alpha Iota brings a bond of sisterhood and mutual interests with great artists, teachers, composers, and students of music throughout the world. Membership is by invitation and is based on scholarship and performance ability.
Belmont American Music Therapy Association for Students, or BAMTAS, is a student-led organization for music therapy majors.
The Student Chapter of the National Association for Music Education is dedicated to advancing the Profession of Teaching Music.
The American Choral Directors Association is a professional association of active choral directors and those interested in the choral art.
The International Association of Jazz Educators promotes understanding and performance of jazz.
contact the School of Music office at (615) 460-6408


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Accession Announcement. Andy Hill appointed CEO of The King of Shaves Company, Will King becomes Founder, looks to "Next..?'
25 Oct 2014
Dear King of Shaves Fans and Friends,
Twenty-one years ago I launched a new brand in one of the most competitive retail environments on earth – the cut throat world of shaving.
From persuading Harrods to stock our first shaving oil back in 1993, to the launch of the game-changing Hyperglide razor in 2014, King of Shaves has flown the flag for British manufacturing excellence, innovation and enterprise across the world, shaving a good few billion faces along the way!
Our products, and company, have won numerous awards; our sales in the UK make us a top three selling brand, and the King of Shaves logo can be seen in shops from America to Australia, and Turkey to Japan. This is some achievement in what is a highly aggressive £17bn global marketplace where giants like P&G's Gillette and Energizer Holdings' Schick Wilkinson Sword still hold 90% of the share.
We've also constantly challenged traditional ideas and broken the mould. From embracing the internet in 1995 with the purchase of shave.com for US$35 to debuting our pioneering 2009 'Shaving Bond' (which paved the way for what is now a multi-billion pound retail 'mini-bond' marketplace) let alone spawning countless imitations along the way to launching our online shaving 'subscription' service in 2012, we've changed forever how customers shave and save, smarter and better.
I'm proud that we've also helped Shelley Rudman to Winter Olympics medal success, and fostered a new generation of sporting talent with our Young Blades scheme, one of whom was another Olympic medal winner, Lowestoft born boxer, Anthony Ogogo.
And then there are our razors. Our innovative Azor, launched in 2008, was the first British made razor for one hundred years. Building on this we wanted to revolutionise the shaving market with something completely new, and in January this year the Hyperglide was born which uses patented 'superhydrophilic' technology (rather than 1970s Lubrastrips). It took our talented design and engineering team 5 years to bring this product to market, and it has proved a great hit as it allows, for the first time ever, to be able to shave without the need for shaving gels or oils, by 'just adding water'.
Building the King of Shaves brand has been my life for the past 21 years. I'll be 50 next year and I have many ambitions and aspirations, and I will tell you about these at another time… So with my Board's agreement, and with immediate effect, I am standing down as CEO, remaining Founder, Board Director and the largest shareholder.
I am delighted to announce that one of my most trusted lieutenants, Andy Hill – who's been with me since 1995 – has been appointed CEO and to our Holding Company Board. I can think of no one better to take King of Shaves business and brand forward – continuing with the mission of "shaving people smarter". Like me, Andy studied Mechanical Engineering, and led the Hyperglide development team. Between 2004-9 he was Managing Director of KMI, the company I founded in 1993 and is exceptionally well placed to build on the brands' 21 year old foundations and reputation.
William Blair & Company, the global investment banking and asset management firm, continues to evaluate investment and growth options for King of Shaves following inbound interest earlier in the year. These are exciting times..!
I will of course continue to fly the flag for King of Shaves, working with the KoS team on their plans for the future while keeping our larger competitors on their toes. In the last few weeks, I've been asked at business talks I've given, what would happen if Will King "left" King of Shaves. At both, I've given the same answer – "it'll go from strength to strength!" Since day one, I've built a great team around me who run the business day to day, and have done for many years. And secondly, if you have a great team, the 'Leader' should know when it's the right time to hand over the 'reigns' (sorry!).
Thank you all for your support over the past two decades. My team and I couldn't have done it without you all, customers, investors, shaving bond holders, suppliers and – of course – beards!
Will King


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Centerplate board puts Hague on probation, orders $100,000 fine over dog-abuse video
Centerplate CEO Des Hague is facing potential legal and business repercussions after a video surfaced that showed Hague kicking and dragging a small dog in the elevator of a Vancouver, British Columbia, hotel.
The board of directors at Centerplate has placed Hague, a Stamford resident, on "indefinite probation," and stipulated that "as a condition of his continued employment," he will donate $100,000 of his personal funds to the Sade Foundation, a charity to be established in honor of Sade, the Doberman pinscher puppy that Hague mistreated. The foundation will be used to "support the protection and safety of animals in the city of Vancouver," as outlined by Centerplate, and the company has pledged to contribute a portion of its sales to the Sade Foundation. Centerplate is also requiring Hague to serve 1,000 community service hours at an animal welfare and protection organization.
The Stamford-based catering company, which supplies food to sports and entertainment venues in the United States and Canada, issued a statement to repudiate Hague's actions: "We pride ourselves as individuals and as a company on how we treat others -- both humans and animals. The company finds Mr. Hague's personal behavior unacceptable and outside the bounds of our high standards and expectations of all of our staff. We do not condone nor can we overlook the mistreatment of animals and Mr. Hague's personal misconduct."
The board stated that any "further acts of misconduct" from Hague would result in his prompt termination. The statement noted that Hague has expressed "sincere remorse and shame for erratic behavior that is uncharacteristic of him."
In Vancouver, Hague may still face charges and fines in relation to the incident. The British Columbia Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigated the incident, seized the dog and has forwarded the evidence to Crown Counsel, British Columbia's prosecution service, which will make a decision.
"We are very pleased to see that the Canadian authorities are conducting a thorough investigation," said Alicia Wright, public relations director for the Connecticut Humane Society in Newington. "If evidence warrants, we hope and urge British Columbia to prosecute Des Hague to the fullest extent of Canadian law."
Hague has served as CEO of Centerplate since 2009, following the company's purchase by private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. Centerplate, now owned by Olympus Partners, has contracts with teams in the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA, Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. Locally, they supply food for the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.


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Stolarz gained experience, resolve in trying seasonby Adam Kimelman
When Anthony Stolarz arrived at the Philadelphia Flyers' prospect development camp in July 2012, he was less than a month removed from being a second-round pick in the NHL Draft and was preparing for his freshman year at college.
A year later, Stolarz returned far more experienced from a season that had highs and lows that opened his eyes and steeled his resolve.
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Stolarz started last season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, but as the youngest player in a three-goalie rotation, playing time became an immediate issue. By the December holidays, he had played eight of 18 games and the experience was becoming less than desirable.
"Right around when I got back from Christmas, right after the Quinnipiac series [Dec. 29-30], I went a while without playing," Stolarz told NHL.com. "I said to myself, 'Do I really want to go through this, not playing games?' As a goalie, it's tough. As a forward, you're going out there every three shifts. As a goalie, there's only one guy that can have the net and there's three of us."
Not only was Stolarz not happy with the situation, the Flyers were disappointed. The team had selected the 6-foot-5, 210-pound goalie with the 45th pick of the 2012 NHL Draft with the hope that he could develop into a home-grown, long-term option in net.
"He was in Omaha, he wanted to stay there, wanted to go the college route," Flyers development coach Ian Laperriere told NHL.com. "He wasn't playing enough like he wanted to. I went to Omaha to watch him play and he was on the bench. Wasn't fun for me; wasn't fun for him either."
That's when a lifeline came in the shape of a renewed recruiting pitch from Mark Hunter, general manager of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, and Dale Hunter, the Knights' coach.
"The Hunter brothers were very aggressive in contacting me," Stolarz said. "They talked to me last summer, but I was committed to UNO."
Things had changed by the winter, however, and Stolarz left school and signed with the Knights on Jan. 8.
At the time London had won 34 of 42 games, including 24 in a row, making it as appealing a destination as there was in junior hockey. More than that, Stolarz was looking forward to working with London goalie coach Bill Dark.
"Just being able to work with Bill Dark was another thing," Stolarz said. "You look at the goalies he's worked with, Michael Houser, Steve Mason, Igor Bobkov -- just a tremendous list of guys that are excelling at the pro level. The team is great. They were on a 24-game win streak. I wanted to go there because you want to play for a contender."
London was a contender, but Stolarz made them even better. In 20 games, he went 13-3-2 with a 2.29 goals-against average and .920 save percentage, and London cruised to the best record in the OHL. Stolarz started the first two rounds of the playoffs, backstopping a four-game sweep of the Saginaw Spirit in the first round and a five-game win against the Kitchener Rangers in the second round.
He was in net for all five games in the Knights' win against the Plymouth Whalers in the conference finals, but allowed four goals in each of the final four games of the series. Then in the first four games of the OHL finals, Stolarz allowed 14 goals, and with the team trailing the series 3-1, he was benched in favor of Jake Paterson. Paterson rallied the Knights to the league title with three straight wins.
Stolarz returned to the net to start the first two games of the Memorial Cup, but after allowing five goals in a 6-3 loss to the Portland Winterhawks in the second game, Paterson started the rest of the way. Stolarz finished 1-1-0 with a 4.50 GAA and .872 save percentage in three games. Paterson played four games, going 1-2-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .902 save percentage.
"He was in Omaha, he wanted to stay there, wanted to go the college route. He wasn't playing enough like he wanted to. I went to Omaha to watch him play and he was on the bench. Wasn't fun for me; wasn't fun for him, either."
-- Flyers development coach Ian Laperriere on prospect Anthony Stolarz
"The first two series I played well," Stolarz said. "We won pretty easily. … Playing against Plymouth, they're an offensive powerhouse and they really took it to me, bumping me around the crease, getting shots. It took its toll on me. Going into the Barrie series I just wasn't sharp. Coach Hunter put [Paterson] in there in the end. Down 3-1 you have to change something and the easiest thing to do is the goalie, and I think it was the right decision. In the end it worked; we won the OHL title."
Between college, the OHL and the Memorial Cup, Stolarz played 49 games last season against the best competition he had faced, and came through in good shape. The Flyers certainly were happy with the way he played through all the ups and downs.
"When he went there [London], he was starting every game, played in the playoffs," Laperriere said. "He had ups and downs and I'm very happy with what we saw and I'm very happy with his development. He went both ways, he went to the top and to the bottom, and it's going to make him a better goalie next year and in the future."
After starting August at USA Hockey's National Junior Evaluation Camp, where he'll audition for a spot on the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship team, Stolarz will return to London this season and compete for playing time with Paterson. After being part of a three-goalie rotation at the start of last season, fighting for playing time with one other goalie isn't such a bad thing.
"I think it's going to be a competition," Stolarz said. "It's always great to have competition. It really helps you push yourself. Off the ice [Paterson] is a great guy, but the minute we step on the ice it's a battle between us two. I'm looking forward to it next year, and I'm looking forward to a tremendous season with a great group of guys."


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Workers rescued from elevator at Tower of the Americas
All three elevators at the Tower of the Americas, where several employees were trapped early Friday in one of the cars about 400 feet in the air, were behind schedule on state-mandated annual inspections, records show.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sent notices in May to Landry's Inc., the company that operates the city-owned landmark, warning that inspections due in April were late. The licensing department oversees elevator safety.
Landry's later told the agency it completed the inspections in September and October. But the company hasn't yet filed the results of the inspections for at least one of the elevators, according to a Dec. 27 notice the agency sent to Landry's.
A spokesperson for Landry's emphasized all the elevators had been inspected and are up to code.
No one was injured early Friday when one of the eight elevator cables attached to the car either snapped or was shredded, said Capt. Steve Boldway of the San Antonio Fire Department, who oversaw the rescue.
Each cable is strong enough to hold the elevator car by itself, Boldway said, so the employees inside were in no immediate danger. The elevator froze when the brakes automatically engaged as a safety precaution.
"We did what we call a car-top rescue," Boldway said.
The tower's three outdoor elevator shafts have portholes that people can climb through. Firefighters went through a porthole above the stuck elevator, opened a hatch on top of the car, put safety harnesses on workers trapped in the elevator, and pulled them out.
Many elevator owners do their own maintenance and repairs along with the state-mandated annual inspections, and Boldway said Landry's is no exception.
"They redid the whole system, so we haven't had a lot of issues recently," Boldway said. "This is the first (rescue) in about two years that I can remember."
In the past, City Manager Sheryl Sculley and other city officials have raised concerns with Landry's for not calling firefighters immediately when a tower elevator suffers problems.
In December 2006, when an elevator froze with 18 adults and children inside, tower employees tried to fix the problem for about an hour and a half until they finally called 911.
City officials held a conference call with Landry's representatives and emphasized there shouldn't be any delays in calling the Fire Department, according to a Dec. 13, 2006, memo written by then-Assistant City Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson that summarized those conversations.
"It is imperative that the Fire Department be called immediately so that they can respond and be present on site, as safety is our first priority," Ferguson wrote.
On Friday, a Landry's spokesperson said the employee operating the elevator pushed an emergency button that calls 911 as soon as the elevator got stuck. She said the tower's fire alarm system also is activated when an elevator's brakes are engaged.
Jim Mery, director of the city's Downtown Operations department, said San Antonio park police heard the tower's fire alarm at 1:15 a.m. and San Antonio firefighters responded.
"They were told the elevator crew would take care of the problem," Fire Department Spokeswoman Deborah Foster said. "But it looks like we were called out a second time."
With the employees still stuck in the elevator, San Antonio firefighters were called back to the tower at 3:18 a.m. It took about 45 minutes to get the workers out, Boldway said.


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Determined to make up for a crop that was adversely affected by historic drought last year, U.S. farmers intend to plant a record-high combined 174.4 million acres of corn and soybeans in 2013, according to the Prospective Plantings report released this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
If realized, corn will represent the highest-planted acreage in the United States since 1936 (102 million planted acres) and for soybeans the fourth-highest acreage on record.
Corn growers intend to plant 97.3 million acres in 2013, up for the fifth consecutive year, slightly higher than last year and 6% higher than in 2011. With expected returns for corn historically high going into 2013, producers throughout the south and the northern Great Plains intend to plant more corn. Record high corn acreage is expected in Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon.
Conversely, most states in the Corn Belt, which experienced severe drought in 2012, expect to plant slightly less acres to corn in 2013. The largest year-over-year decreases are expected in Illinois, Missouri and South Dakota. Iowa continues to lead the nation with 14.2 million acres of corn.
Farmers in some areas of the country remain challenged by persistent drought conditions, which is limiting the amount of expected soybean acreage in some states. Therefore, nationally 77.1 million acres of soybeans are expected to be planted, down slightly from last year but up 3% from 2011.
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Compared with 2012, planting intentions are down across all of the Great Plains, with the exception of North Dakota. The year-over-year national decrease is only 72,000 acres. With planted area in most of the eastern Corn Belt and parts of the Southeast expected to rise, these increases nearly balance out the declines in the Great Plains. If realized, farmers in New York, North Dakota and Pennsylvania will also set new records for planted soybean acres.
Prospective Plantings provides the first official, survey- based estimates of U.S. farmers' 2013 planting intentions. NASS's acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of more than 83,500 farm operators across the United States. Prospective Plantings and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov.
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Plastic State of Mind
A video parody: Why the age-old "paper or plastic?" question shouldn't be a question at all.
Paper or plastic? What a silly question.
This video parody takes a look at the many negative environmental and health effects caused by single-use plastic bags and dispels the myth that recycling them is guilt-free. What can we do? Bring our own reusable bags when shopping and ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores in our communities.
This video was made by volunteers on behalf of Green Sangha.
Video: How plastic unfairly harms the poor—and what the rest of us can do about it.
Video: One kilometer of beach. Thousands of pounds of plastic. One couple turning it all into art.
Our associate editor experiments with life after plastic bags.