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Earl McCoy was asleep when a tornado — one of 16 to tear through North Texas Wednesday night — arrived in Ennis.
He was awoken, not by screaming wind or blaring sirens, but by a drip of water that fell from his ceiling — his only warning of what was to come.
A moment later, the ceiling collapsed. "I jumped up and went to the door and then that fell," McCoy said, pointing to another section of the ceiling. "To be sound asleep, and this piece falls on top of me, and this piece falls right beside me ... it was unreal."
The latest news from around North Texas.
Elizabeth Tovar of Granbury, the hardest-hit area of North Texas, rode out the storm in her tub.
"We were all, like, hugging in the bathtub and that's when it started happening. I heard glass shattering and I knew my house was going," Tovar said. "We looked up and … the whole ceiling was gone."
Three tornadoes that touched down drilled through Hood County around 8 p.m., leaving six dead, seven missing and 250 people homeless, Sheriff Roger Deeds said.
All of the fatalities were in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood, built by Habitat for Humanity volunteers over the last five years.
"Some were found in houses. Some were found around houses," Deeds said. "There was a report that two of these people that they found were not even near their homes. So we're going to have to search the area out there."
The search for survivors, and the dead, began last night at the scene, which Deeds described as "a war zone."
NBC 5 DFW's Scott Gordon, who was in Granbury after the storm hit, said that residents in the area appeared to be "dazed." He said there were not enough stretchers to go around and that children were carried out as driving rain hammered down.
Back in Ennis, Donna Summer was expressing her gratitude for the police and firefighters who checked on her throughout the night. She was working a late shift at a local restaurant when the winds picked up.
"Sounded like a low, whirring, whir noise, like a train. A small train," she said. "I just stayed inside and prayed a lot. Didn't want to get outside. I was afraid to see if we had a town left."
After the power cut out, she said the only lights were those from police and fire vehicles outside.
"About every hour they'd come by and check on me ... make sure the boogeyman don't get me."
Further west in Cleburne, where a mile-wide tornado was reported Wednesday night, Shari East was still processing what she went through.
"I have nightmares about tornadoes every year, and now I lived through one."
East said she heard warning sirens for a few minutes before the storm was upon her.
"It just kind of hit out of nowhere. You could hear it. My husband made us all get in the bathtub and put mattresses over us. He wouldn't get in the bathtub because there wasn't enough room."
East had been on the phone with her daughter, who lives across town, when the call cut off.
"Scary. Never been so scared in my life," she said, adding that she was "amazed that we all lived through it."


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Resource Conservation Plan
The Countywide Resource Conservation Functional Master Plan (the "Resource Conservation Plan" or "RCP") will combine the related elements of green infrastructure planning and rural character and agricultural conservation into one functional master plan in order to streamline the process, meet state requirements for planning elements, and more efficiently update existing plans and maps.
Sustainable Growth & Agricultural Preservation Act
On November 20, 2012, the County Council approved the draft map transmitted to them by the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee to be implemented by CR-83-2012. The Council also approved the accompanying Subdivision Bill CB-104-2012.
Food System Study
Reduce, Recover, Recycle-Food Waste in Prince George's County, MD
This study describes the problem of food waste; explains national and state efforts to reduce food waste; explores the behaviors and beliefs of Prince George's County residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations regarding food waste. It presents policy recommendations and strategies, supported by national promising practices, to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste in the County. By creating awareness, this study seeks to reduce food waste in the County. Reducing local food waste may help eliminate food insecurity, protect the environment, and boost the economy.


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Today we released our first preview of a tool called Adobe Exchange Packager. As the name suggests this application helps you easily package your Creative Suite content or add-ons for the new Adobe Exchange. Adobe Exchange will enable developers, trainers, community experts and many others to promote, distribute, monetize and track their CS6 solutions. These products will be made available to potential customers within the 'Adobe Exchange' panel inside most CS6 applications. The team is actively seeking launch partners for the new Adobe Exchange and are taking applications now, for users who would like to be added into the prerelease program, before the launch this Summer. If you are interested in becoming a launch partner and getting in on this exciting opportunity early or hearing more about the program, just complete the brief Adobe Exchange Prerelease Program sign up form:
Adobe Exchange Packager joins CS Extension Builder 2 for developing engaging extensions faster and Configurator 3 which makes custom panels for Photoshop and InDesign, as tools that let you create Adobe Exchange compatible products. Now you can easily create content for the new Adobe Exchange with Adobe Exchange Packager. It generates a single file that Adobe Extension Manager uses to install files such as scripts, brushes, swatches, templates and more into the right places for Creative Suite applications.
The Adobe Exchange Panel will be made available initially on Adobe Labs in a few short weeks, so we would encourage you to sign up for the prerelease program and get your products and content ready for our planned initial public release in July.


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Last night a man Suegra knows showed up on our doorstep. His name is Ángel. He entered the house shyly, apologizing for disturbing us, and only sat down in the living room at our insistence. "I'm not here to stay," he said, "I only have something I'd like you to bring with you back to El Salvador, to deliver to my family," he said to Suegra.
So as not to be rude, I sat down, too. I was only being polite, was anxious for him to leave so I could get back to the kitchen where a pot of Sopa de Res simmered. Suegra and Ángel began to talk though and within minutes I forgot about the soup, becoming completely lost in his story. He stayed for over an hour, and during that time I came close tears. His story is not unique, which makes it sadder still. If you don't have the opportunity to meet someone like Ángel, allow me to introduce you. The following was inspired by him.
deserving of the name,
works another day in the factory
the acrid chemicals burn his lungs
the scent of hot melted plastic
made into fancy bathtubs for rich people.
He sends money to his family in El Salvador,
even as he coughs up blood.
He finds work in a kitchen instead,
worries the bathtub factory has already taken years off his life,
("pero ójala que no" and "Primero a Dios" he says)
At the restaurant, he washes dishes in hot soapy water,
and talks like a Mexican,
"No por vergüenza," he says, "Pero, sólo que los Mexicanos no me joden, entiendes?"
And with his raw red hands,
he sends money to his family in El Salvador,
He works and sleeps, doesn't have a girlfriend like some men he knows.
"I'm not like that," he says, showing us a photo of his family.
With the money he sends to El Salvador,
a nice house has been built, in a neighborhood with no pandilleros,
a house where his children are growing up without him,
and his wife sleeps alone, (he hopes.)
Sometimes in the middle of the night
he remembers his journey through the desert years ago,
the days were hot-hot,
and the nights cold-cold,
but nothing is colder than this quiet apartment in the United States,
just a place to sleep before another day of work,
so he can send money to his family in El Salvador.


text: Hotel Les Etagnes is right next to the gondola lift in Haute-Nendaz in the Quatres Vallées ski area. It offers newly renovated rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi access. Rooms at the Les Etagnes have a safe and a large bathroom with bathrobes and a hairdryer. Many rooms have a balcony. The restaurant serves international cuisine and has a terrace with panoramic views of the Valais Alps. A varied breakfast buffet is served in the morning. Private parking is available free of charge at Les Etagnes. The centre of Haute-Nendaz is only a short walk away and Verbier is an 1-hour drive away.


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New bill proposes mentally ill should not have guns
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System reporting improvement act 2013 proposed by U.S. Sen.Mark Pryor, along with Sens. Lindsey Graham ,R-S.C., Mark Begich ,D-Ark., and Jeff Flake R-Ariz., would apply only to individuals with a mental illness background. This is one of the first bi-partisan gun bills that is receiving the National Rifle Association's support.
40/29 went to the Springdale Convention Gun Show to get a local take on this new gun bill. Gun owner Jackie Markel is just one of the many who think checking for mental illness should start in the schools. "I think mental illness is a problem and anybody who brings a gun into a school and shoots a bunch of kids has a problem," Markel said.
The new mental illness gun bill might be hard to implement across the board. Gun exhibitor David Collier said the solution is not proposing new laws. " That's already part of the law. If you have a mental illness, you're not allowed to buy a gun enforce the background check laws we already have now," said Collier.
The senators pointed out the current mental illness laws are not required to be reported to the NICS. Senators said this new bill will make sure that will happen. The bill will report individuals whose cases are determined by a federal court to be an imminent danger to themselves or others, found guilty but mentally illness in a criminal case, was not guilty in a criminal case by reason of insanity or mental disease or defect, was incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case, was not guilty only by reason of lack of mental responsibility under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, required involuntary inpatient treatment by a psychiatric hospital.
Pryor said this bill would allow Second Amendment rights to be returned to individuals after they've recovered from their mental illness.


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Newark archdiocese receives Bishop Hebda as coadjutor
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Newark, N.J., Sep 24, 2013 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis today appointed Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda, who had been serving as Bishop of Gaylord, in northern Michigan, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark.
As coadjutor, Archbishop Hebda "possesses the right of succession" in the Archdiocese of Newark, according to canon law. This means he will be automatically appointed Archbishop of Newark upon the retirement of the incumbent, Archbishop John J. Myers, who is now 72.
"Today's news that the Holy Father has named me the Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark brings with it the sadness of having to leave the Diocese of Gaylord," Archbishop Hebda wrote in a Sept. 24 letter to the people of the Diocese of Gaylord.
"I have come to consider this local Church my home and will find it difficult to leave so many faith-filled parishes, schools and friends. Anything that I know about being a bishop I learned from you – and for that I will be always thankful."
In his farewell to the Gaylord diocese, Archbishop Hebda added that he is "confident" that Pope Francis "will soon bless the Diocese of Gaylord with precisely the Shepherd that you need."
"As I take up my responsibilities in Newark, I would ask that you occasionally remember to pray that I might joyfully serve the Lord in that radically different setting. You can be sure that you will always be remembered in mine."
Archbishop Hebda was born in Pittsburgh in 1959, and studied international affairs at Harvard and received a law degree from Columbia University in 1983. He practiced law briefly, before entering seminary for the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
He attended Saint Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh and then the North American College in Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1989. The following year he completed a licentiate in canon law.
As a priest of the Pittsburgh diocese, Archbishop Hebda served in several parishes, in campus ministry, and in the tribunal. In 1996, he was appointed to work at the Holy See for the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, which interprets canon law; he served there until his 2009 appointment as Bishop of Gaylord.
Other appointments made today by Pope Francis are: Bishop Raúl Martín to the Diocese of Santa Rosa, in Argentina; Bishop Pietro Fragnelli to the Diocese of Trapani, in Italy. Also, the presidents and secretaries of the Pontifical Councils for the Laity and of Justice and Peace were confirmed in their (Read More)
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Companies and MBAs Test New Sustainability SWOTby -
At last week's Net Impact conference, WRI challenged teams of attendees to come up with what was essentially a "mashup" of megatrends and environmental challenges. The teams then engaged in a friendly competition to see who could create the most innovative corporate sustainability strategies for a hypothetical company modeled after LEGO.
The teams began by looking at global environmental challenges (like clean energy, climate change, and waste removal); then connected these hurdles to other big trends (such as urbanization and social inequality); and finally, assessed strategic actions for the model company. The result was a handful of very clever corporate sustainability strategies. One team suggested that 3D-printing and materials science could enable the company to produce toys in growing markets using bio-based plastics, thereby reducing shipping costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Another team thought that creating visual instruction guides could help overcome language barriers and promote affordable green building design and construction. And the winning team proposed partnering with companies like Coca-Cola and non-profit organizations like 5 Gyres to reuse plastic waste in the world's oceans (similar to what Method and United by Blue are currently doing).
The proposals varied greatly, but all the teams had one thing in common: They used WRI's new Sustainability SWOT (sSWOT) as a guiding framework to shape and communicate their strategies.
WRI's New Sustainability SWOT
The sSWOT, which recently wrapped up its "road test" phase and will be widely released later this fall, is a guide that reframes the traditional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis to focus on environmental challenges. Developed in partnership with companies in WRI's Next Practice Collaborative, the sSWOT emphasizes collaboration with new strategic partners. It highlights key questions to ask and answer with colleagues (using the familiar SWOT framework) to translate environmental sustainability into real business risks and new opportunities.
Prior to the Net Impact conference, WRI invited a dozen companies across multiple sectors to "road test" the sSWOT within their own organizations. They used it to complement traditional SWOTs and other efforts, such as strategic planning, goal setting, scenario analysis, or visioning exercises. Some of the companies who helped pilot the sSWOT included:
Target: A team at the North American retailer looked at how long-term climate change impacts will affect agriculture and water. The sSWOT helped frame a conversation with colleagues from Target's food business about the company's mid-term priorities for sustainable food initiatives.
Delphi: The automotive parts supplier used the sSWOT to assess its waste-management strategies and options for achieving "zero waste to landfill." Delphi subsequently found opportunities to coordinate with customers who have achieved zero-waste goals (like General Motors) in order to identify vendors and build local infrastructure for recycling.
Sanepar: This Brazilian water and wastewater company tested the sSWOT to evaluate the implications of climate change on its future activities. The company's team identified environmental challenges creating risks or opportunities, like those related to greenhouse gas management, adaptation to climate change, and energy efficiency. Looking for others who shared those risks or opportunities, the company identified potential partnerships, such as working with a local electric power company to coordinate efforts related to climate change adaptation.
The Forthcoming sSWOT Guide
WRI is currently incorporating feedback from road tests and expert external reviewers into the final sSWOT guide. We expect to release the final version later this fall.
We welcome companies interested in learning more about the sSWOT—and applying it—to contact Eliot Metzger (email@example.com).


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The man who brought the NBA and the NHL to the nation's capital in the '70s has died.
News4 received the sad news Tuesday that Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin, 85, has passed away. Washington Sports & Entertainment offered no further details.
"With Abe Pollin's passing, the NBA family has lost its most revered member, whose stewardship of the Wizards franchise, together with his wife Irene, has been a study in unparalleled dedication to the city of Washington," NBA Commissioner David Stern said. "During his illness he fought with a determination and valor that will remain an inspiration to all. We extend our deepest sympathies to Irene and his two sons, to whom he was so very devoted, and to the entire Pollin family."
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Abe and Irene Pollin have had a profound impact on sports and the community in the D.C. area.
"He was just one giant of a man," Councilman Marion Barry said.
The Pollins and two partners bought the Baltimore Bullets in 1964 -- the partners were bought out four years later -- and moved the team to the D.C. area after opening the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., in December 1973. That gave the nation's capital its first NBA team since the Washington Capitols, founded as a Basketball Association of America team in 1946, folded early in 1951.
The Pollins also applied for an NHL expansion team after the completion of the Capital Centre. The Washington Capitals debuted in the 1974-75 season. Pollin sold a majority share of the team to a group headed by Ted Leonsis after the 1998-99 season.
In 1978, led by Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld and coached by Dick Motta, the Bullets defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA Finals. They lost the rematch in 1979 but were the only team to appear in the finals four times in the 1970s.
"I just lost a real, real good friend," Unseld said. "And I think it's more than any of you will understand or I could even explain. It's just going to be a big void in sports in this community."
Feeling that there were too many negative connotations with the name "Bullets," the Pollins held a name-the-team contest that yielded "Wizards" in 1997.
Pollin was one of the developers who helped D.C. revitalize downtown.
"Today, the District of Columbia has lost one of our greatest treasures," D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said. "Abe Pollin almost single-handedly revitalized the Gallery Place/Chinatown neighborhood by turning down offers from suburban jurisdictions to finance and build the Verizon Center on Seventh Street NW."
In December 1997, the MCI Center -- now the Verizon Center -- was completed. In addition to giving the Wizards and Capitals a new home and the D.C. area a new entertainment venue, it helped the revitalization of its Chinatown neighborhood.
"I think I'm really very proud of bringing sports at that level to Washington, which just wasn't here," Irene Pollin said in a recent interview with News4's Lindsay Czarniak. "There was the football team, and that was it. So bringing a professional basketball team and then the Capitals, and then all the events. It's not just the two teams. Look at all the incredible events that are going on throughout the year at the Verizon Center. It's just fantastic. When I come downtown and I see the lights, I think, 'My God, look what we've done here.' It's wonderful."
"The Pollins can take a large part of the credit for the bright lights, crowds and remarkable revitalization of downtown Washington," D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray said.
Washington Sports and Entertainment, of which Pollin was the majority shareholder, also owned the WNBA's Washington Mystics before selling that team to Lincoln Holdings and Sheila Johnson, the co-founder of BET.
"It's not just the mixture of sports and business that made Abe Pollin a household name," Gray said. "He also will be remembered for the benevolent business partnerships with the District that sparked housing and other projects to improve the quality of life for some of our residents most in need.
The Pollins have made just as big a mark on the community with their philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors. Abe Pollin served as the chair of the Advisory Council, was honorable chair of the Salvation Army's Leadership Committee for Centers of Hope and was co-chair of the Community Capital Campaign for N Street Village. He co-sponsored the "I Have a Dream Foundation." The Abe's Table program feeds the underserved in D.C. community. Through Gilbert Arenas' Gilbert Scores for Schools program, the Pollins donated $100 for every point that Arenas scored in games during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons to Washington-area schools.
"The first person I called was my dad because [Pollin] was the father away from California," Arenas said at the Verizon Center before Tuesday night's game against the Philadelphia 76ers. "So it hurts. We just got to stick together. He wanted the championship before he died, and as long as I'm here, that's what I'm going to be shooting for."
The Pollins' $1 million donation to the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy in August 2008 established a fund for corticobasal degeneration research to find the cause and cure for the rare brain disorder that impairs movement and balance and which Pollin had for several years. He also had heart bypass surgery in 2005.
For their contributions to the community, the Pollins have received many awards and accolades.
"We're semi-related, because I graduated from high school in St. Louis, and I came to visit my aunt in Washington," Irene Pollin told Czarniak. "She was married to Dan Pollin, who had a nephew."
That nephew was Abe Pollin. She said it was love at first sight.
"All the other guys were hanging around, and he wanted to show off," she recalled. "So he said, 'Watch me play ping pong.' And sure enough he had me saying, 'Wow, this guy is so great.' He's a good athlete. Always was a good athlete."
A moment of silence was observed in Pollin's memory before Tuesday night's game.
"He would want us to celebrate his life and not mourn his death," Wizards coach Flip Saunders said. "That's just the individual he was. But when you're here going through it, it's not that easy.''
Leonsis had secured the right of first refusal to buy the rest of Pollin's Washington Sports and Entertainment holdings -- including the Wizards, Verizon Center and Washington-Baltimore TicketMaster -- when Pollin retired or died.
While he remained mentally sharp, his brain disease forced him to give up his active lifestyle and rely on a cart to ride the halls of the Verizon Center.
Abe Pollin was born in Philadelphia and moved to the area with his family when he was 8. He graduated from The George Washington University in 1945 and worked for his family's construction company until he and his wife launched their own in 1957.
Abe Pollin would have turned 86 next week. In addition to his wife, he is survived by sons Robert and James and two grandchildren.


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Twins prospect Thorpe benefits from ABL stint
Hard-throwing 18-year-old left-hander spent winter pitching in native Australia
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Eighteen-year-old Lewis Thorpe has been playing baseball all his life. So when the opportunity to play in the Australian Baseball League for his hometown Melbourne Aces presented itself this past offseason, he jumped at the chance.
"I didn't want to be sitting around just working out and going to the gym. I can't stay away from the game," he said after a day of Spring Training at Twins camp. "I got to be around a lot of great guys and learn some more about the game. I couldn't have had a better season."
Signed by the Twins at age 16 in the summer of 2012, the Australian-born prospect was terrific in his first professional stint at home. The left-hander finished fourth in the league with a 2.45 ERA, allowing more than one earned run just twice in his seven starts. Thorpe was also named ABL Pitcher of the Week following a Dec. 8 gem in which he allowed one hit, struck out eight and did not issue a walk.
Perhaps what made the campaign most impressive was the fact that Thorpe was facing the most seasoned, mature competition of his life. These were not teenagers from Australian Juniors or the fresh faces of the Gulf Coast League that he dominated. Many of Thorpe's opponents hailed from higher up in the Minor League chain, some even carrying Major League experience into the box. Thorpe knew there was little room for error.
"I think I had to keep the ball down more, because if I left the ball up, these guys could capitalize on my mistakes and hit the ball out of the park," Thorpe said. "It was a pretty tough league to pitch in, but I enjoyed the challenge. And it just felt great to be out there."
Among the highlights of his experience in Melbourne, Thorpe cited spending time with Aces teammates Brad Harman and Justin Huber -- both former big leaguers. But he also appreciated the relationship that he had with his catcher, Rockies prospect Ryan Casteel.
"Ryan Casteel gave me a lot of information about the way I pitch, and he kept throwing new things at me," said Thorpe. "I also learned a lot from Brad Harman about how to play the game -- he's had a great career in baseball."
A naturally hard thrower, Thorpe worried less about blowing hitters away this winter and more about what areas he could improve upon.
"I was working on the curveball and slider," Thorpe said. "I haven't been able to find the right release point of those pitches yet, and I was just trying to get out in front of [them] and not stay behind my body. I just really wanted to work on those two pitches this offseason, and it really helped me to get out there and try new things."
Even though he didn't have his offspeed stuff where he wanted it, Thorpe was still able to excel in his first year of pro ball during the 2013 season in the GCL. Among other eye-popping numbers, Thorpe racked up 64 strikeouts in 44 innings, held opponents to a .203 average and finished the season 4-1 with a 2.05 ERA.
However, Thorpe isn't looking at his past success as a free pass to the higher levels of the Minor Leagues. Instead, he is committed to the process of working his way up the ladder.
"I just take it day by day, and we'll see how things turn out," said Thorpe. "I'll probably be sent to extended [spring camp] again, and I'm not going to be too unhappy about that. I'm just going to keep pitching and keep doing my thing, so I don't really need to worry about [my next stop] just yet."
Poised, modest and endowed with a powerful arm, Thorpe is also proud to be a part of a Twins system that is packed with young talent.
"It's exciting to be a part of the Twins," Thorpe said. "There's a lot of great guys and a lot of great players, too. Our Minor League system is one of the best in baseball."


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Honor Books
And the winner is . . .
Congratulations to 2015-16 Georgia Peach Book Award winner, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, and to our two Honor Books, I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson and Jackaby by William Ritter.
Thank you to the schools, public libraries, and students who helped choose the winner by voting. We couldn't do this without you!


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|This is the article on volume 47 of the manga. For chapter 438, head to The Seal Destroyed!!.
|The Seal Destroyed!!
|(封印破壊!!, Fūin Hakai!!)
|Volume Info
|Naruto Returns!!
|47 (Read Online)
|The Joyous Village!!
|Release Date
|August 4, 2009 (ISBN 978-4-08-874711-8)
|February 2, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-4215-3305-6)
The Seal Destroyed!! (封印破壊!!, Fūin Hakai!!) is volume 47 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 433
- "Senjutsu Failed…!?" (仙術失敗…!?, Senjutsu Shippai…!?)
With Naruto no longer in Sage Mode, the Deva Path attacks him. While the two spar, Fukasaku summons one of Naruto's shadow clones that has been gathering natural energy. When it disperses its natural energy, it is then transferred to Naruto. In Sage Mode once again, Naruto throws another Rasenshuriken at the Deva Path, which the Preta Path absorbs. Seeing that the Naraka Path has restored the Preta Path, Naruto focuses his efforts on it. He distracts the Deva and Preta Paths, allowing him to destroy the Naraka Path at once.
Chapter 434
- "Naruto vs. Deva Path!!" (ナルトVS天道!!, Naruto Bāsasu Tendō!!)
Although the Naraka Path has been destroyed, the Deva Path's gravitational abilities, which it has been unable to use since destroying Konoha, has returned. It first sends Naruto's toad allies out of the village, and then pulls Naruto into the Preta Path's grasp. The Preta Path absorbs his chakra to keep him from moving.
Chapter 435
- "Banshō Ten'in " (万象天引, Banshō Ten'in)
While the Preta Path is absorbing Naruto's chakra, it also absorbs the natural energy he was storing. Unable to control it, the Preta Path turns into a stone toad that Naruto is able to break free from. Fukasaku and Shima, meanwhile, have been preparing the genjutsu that helped Jiraiya defeat three of the Six Paths of Pain. Not wanting to be defeated by the same technique again, the Deva Path kills Fukasaku. It then pins and captures Naruto.
Chapter 436
- "Peace" (平和, Heiwa)
Even though Konoha has been destroyed, its ninja continue the investigation into Pain. Inoichi hypothesises that the Six Paths of Pain are being controlled remotely from one of the highest points around the village. All able-bodied ninja are sent to look for Pain's base mind. Meanwhile, the Deva Path encourages the captured Naruto not to struggle, as his death and, subsequently, a world living in constant fear of destruction will help achieve Jiraiya's dreams of peace. Naruto vows to stop it and achieve peace in his own way. The Deva Path explains how a life of tragedy and hate drove it to its ideas for peace and asks how Naruto, having never known either, can have a better solution. Naruto has no answer.
Chapter 437
- "Confession" (告白, Kokuhaku)
Naruto repeats that Jiraiya would not have condoned Pain's ideas on how to attain world peace. The Deva Path responds that both Naruto and Jiraiya are foolish and that their deaths will create the only peace it is possible to have. When Shima tries to encourage Naruto, the Deva Path pushes her away. Before it can take Naruto away, Hinata attacks the Deva Path. Naruto tells her to run since she can't win. Hinata knows this, but says that after watching Naruto for so long and wishing to be with him, she can't help but want to protect him now. She tells Naruto that she loves him. Before he had time to even process what she had said, Hinata attacks the Deva Path but is quickly struck down and apparently killed. Enraged by the "murder" that was witnessed first-hand, Naruto breaks free of his restraints and enters a six-tailed form.
Chapter 438
- "The Seal Destroyed!!" (封印破壊!!, Fūin Hakai!!)
When Naruto has entered a six-tailed form, the First Hokage's necklace tries to restrain him. Naruto destroys it. Yamato, elsewhere on a mission, senses this and rushes back to Konoha to subdue the Nine-Tails' influence. Ninja around the village sense the fox too and try to escape the area. Naruto and the Deva Path begin fighting, but the Deva Path realises it lacks the raw power to be a match for him. It retreats to a location closer to the base Pain, Nagato, allowing it to use Chibaku Tensei.
Chapter 439
- "Chibaku Tensei " (地爆天星, Chibaku Tensei)
Over Konan's objections, Nagato uses Chibaku Tensei through the Deva Path, further weakening his already frail body. Naruto, in a six-tailed form, is caught in a giant sphere of debris. He enters an eight-tailed form to escape, but even then he has difficulty. Frustrated, Naruto, within his subconscious, cries out for help. The Nine-Tails offers to destroy Naruto's enemies if he lets it go. Naruto prepares to remove the seal keeping the Nine-Tails contained, but is stopped by the Fourth Hokage, who thanks the Nine-Tails and its bad influence for giving him a chance to see his son.
Chapter 440
- "A Conversation with the Fourth!!" (四代目との会話!!, Yondaime to no Kaiwa!!)
Naruto picks up on the Fourth Hokage's claim that he is his son. Naruto is overjoyed and follows his father to a part of his subconscious where the Nine-Tails is not threatening to kill them both. The Fourth explains that he had designed Naruto's seal to produce an imprint of him if ever the seal was about to break. Naruto asks why the Fourth would seal the Nine-Tails within his own son. The Fourth responds that he trusted only his son to master the Nine-Tails in order to defeat the masked man responsible for its attack on Konoha sixteen years earlier. They discuss Pain's ideas about peace and the Fourth suggests that he is a product of the war-torn era he grew up in, something the masked man is likely taking advantage of. The Fourth encourages Naruto to find his own solutions about peace and Pain. After restoring the seal, he disappears.
Chapter 441
- "Rasenshuriken vs. Shinra Tensei!!" (螺旋手裏剣VS神羅天征!!, Rasenshuriken Bāsasu Shinra Tensei!!)
Nagato is not able to maintain his Chibaku Tensei any longer. It falls apart and Naruto, in Sage Mode, lands on the ground. Naruto is confused about how he got here, so Katsuyu explains that he succumbed to the Nine-Tails and went on a rampage. Katsuyu assures him that he did not harm anyone and that Hinata is all right. Seeing the Deva Path, he asks it to take him to Nagato. It refuses, so Naruto takes one of its black receivers and tracks Nagato's location. He then attacks the Deva Path with a Rasenshuriken, trying to hit it while its repulsion powers are recharging.
Chapter 442
- "The Final Gamble!!" (最後の賭け!!, Saigo no Kake!!)
The Deva Path leaps out of the way of Naruto's Rasenshuriken. It then finds itself in the middle of a horde of shadow clones, which surround him and try to attack during the five-second window that it cannot use Shinra Tensei. They fail and are repelled, but the combined shadow clones are able to provide enough support for Naruto to resist the repulsive effects. He attacks again with Rasengan, finally managing to hit the Deva Path when it is defenceless.
Author's Note
|The plot development toward the finale having been settled, I am drawing full steam ahead! Please continue enjoying Naruto until the end!!
—Masashi Kishimoto, 2009
- To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Naruto, this volume includes several celebratory illustrations by Kishimoto's assistants and fellow manga artists.


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Kata finally cracked the fast-response 4G/LTE mobile phone market by introducing the Kata M4s, one of the three good Kata smart phones I've ever handled. It looks like a winner, so far, and like most almost-a-phablet size, guys like me always go for the big versus the small.
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This story features diagrams that show how to wire three-way switches. The wiring is more complicated than a traditional single-pole switch, but we'll explain how to make the connections. Once you're done, you'll be able to control a light from two switches.
By the DIY experts of The Family Handyman Magazine
The wiring of three-way switches is certainly more complicated than that of the more common single-pole switch, but you can figure it out if you follow our diagrams. With a pair of three-way switches, either switch can make or break the connection that completes the circuit to the light. The whole project can be completed in a few hours if you don't have to do any drywall removal and repair.
To add the switch, you'll use one of two wiring diagrams, depending on whether the power comes to your light switch first (the most common situation) or to the light fixture first. Either way, complete these five steps:
- Turn off the correct circuit at your electrical panel.
- Add an electrical box for the second three-way switch in the basement. It's likely you'll also need to replace the existing switch box with a larger one to accommodate the extra wires for the three-way switch.
- Feed a length of 14-3 type NM cable (or 12-3, if you're connecting to 12-gauge wire) between the two boxes. The 14-3 cable has three insulated conductors: white, black and red (plus a bare ground wire).
- Connect the wires to the new three-way switches with ground screws using one of the two wiring diagrams (Fig. A or B). On the switches, the common terminal will be identified by a label and/or the terminal screw will be a different color than the other two.
- Make sure to wrap black electrical tape around the ends of all white wires that are used as travelers between the three-way switches. If you have the setup shown in Fig. A, also wrap black tape around the white wire from the switch to the light. This way, both you and others will know these wires are "hot" and not neutral like most white wires.
Caution: If you have aluminum wiring, call in a licensed pro who's certified to work with it. This wiring is dull gray, not the dull orange that's characteristic of copper.
This diagram shows how to wire the switches and the light when the power is coming to the light fixture.
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"A game is a game is a game" — are they? The plethora of popular card and board game adaptations — and their popularity — would seem to indicate 'yes.' Over at the Escapist, Scott Jon Siegel muses on the future and potential of adaptations on a number of levels. Especially when one considers the casual market, familiar electronic adaptations make for potential casual hits:
Any classic non-digital game has the potential to become a casual hit. The turn-based nature of these games makes for a slower, more relaxed play experience. A working knowledge of many titles allows players to approach with some degree of skill right off the bat, lowering the barrier to entry. Name recognition also goes a long way in promoting sales. Any non-gamer perusing the titles on Xbox Live Arcade will more quickly download UNO than Outpost Kaloki X, Monopoly than Mutant Storm Empire. Board and card games are inherently casual experiences, and the digital adaptation market can only benefit from the growing success of the casual cash cow.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Since I have a fondness of Holmes and Watson, I am tempted by any novel that offers another glimpse at the duo. I didn't find this novel either particularly engrossing or terribly dull. Two narrative lines intermingle, but for some reason, neither one engaged my interest to any great degree.
Nor did I find the characterization of either Homes or Watson especially interesting.
While in many ways, Horowitz remained true to the Holmes canon, the novel lacked a certain vivacity that I'd hoped to enjoy. I suppose my modernist self wants both the atmosphere of Victorian London with a more 21st century representation of character and plot; either that or a closer approximation of Conan Doyle's original, rather terse style.
I prefer Laurie King's (oh, smite me for my blasphemy!) Mary Russell, and a more human, if elderly Holmes, and another Mycroft altogether than the one Horowitz depicts.
Readable, but not as engrossing as I had hoped.
Fiction. Mystery. 2011. 304 pages.
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I need to finish the original series and Laurie King's before even thinking about reading this one... I probably will, though.ReplyDelete
I have this one on my tbr pile after grabbing it in the supermarket fairly cheaply. I'll probably read it later in the year and not expect too much.ReplyDelete
Kailana - Laurie King's series is so much fun!ReplyDelete
Cath - Holmes continues to fascinate, doesn't he? I can't resist trying whatever new versions come out!
Another good one is the Enola Holmes series. Only six books, but very good.ReplyDelete
It took me four tries to get those word verifications right!!ReplyDelete
Nan - I'm not familiar with Enola Holmes, but I'm about to check this series out on Amazon.ReplyDelete
I was having trouble reading the darned word verification on other blogs and didn't realize Blogger had switched to this form. I've just removed it for a while and hope I don't get a bunch of spam.
This is a fantastic book that is very well written and takes you away to another time and place from the very first page. Just when you think the book will be over, the real mystery begins. I'm only half way through but so glad I found this book!ReplyDelete


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And oh, yeah, the several unlikely things came together, including the six year old wielding my Canon SLR, so here's me with a kinder, gentler headband on.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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And oh, yeah, the several unlikely things came together, including the six year old wielding my Canon SLR, so here's me with a kinder, gentler headband on.
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Nice shots, and such cute girls! I like the first pic of The Eldest best. Since The Youngest has a more serious expression, I think they'd go together better that way. I can see where the decision would be tough, tho!ReplyDelete
Your 6-yr-old did a great job with the camera! And I like your headband, too.
Ooh, I really need to do this, too! Trouble is, my girls are very, very high-spirited (translated: cannot sit still).ReplyDelete
The ponytail shot would make a great silhouette, in my opinion, but they're both equally worthy.
Grandma G, you are right. I had a more serious shot of the Eldest also, I will throw that up there if you will weigh in again.ReplyDelete
Chandra, shameless bribing works for me. It helps having all the leftover Easter candy laying around. I sacrifice my 'Because I said so' principles regularly to get good shots of the kids, I figure I can repair the integrity later. :-)
I think I'd go with the last one you put up there, because the shots of her and the younger sis match so nicely, even down to the ponytails. :-)ReplyDelete
I like the last one- with the big smile. It's too cute!ReplyDelete
I like the middle one. If you squint, you can see how it would look with just the shape of the face and hair. Looks good!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post - you reminded me that I wanted to do a silhouette of my baby girl! (I like the second one of your Eldest, her smile in that one makes it. And you are too cute! Love the headband - I just printed out your pattern.ReplyDelete
My favorite shot of the oldest is #3 but I think #1 is cute too. Although it's a good point about the youngest not smiling in her picture so maybe #2, uggh good luck deciding. I'm sure they will be adorable no matter which shot you choose with such cute girls.ReplyDelete
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Well the second one definitely matches the youngest ones picture the most, but I LOVE the last one the most. I love when they show there teeth! You might be able to tell them apart better if you use that one. Love the headband too! Very clever.ReplyDelete
On the other hand, you COULD bribe the younger for another photo session and get her to smile, and you could still have matching photos. But then, you'd have to bribe the older, too, just to be fair. It'd cost ya! ;-)ReplyDelete
I think that the silhouettes would look really nice together with both of them having the serious expression (I think that was the second picture of the oldest).ReplyDelete
Love the headband; great job and it's nice to see you wearing it!
I'm so excited to see this post! I've been thinking about doing silhouettes too!ReplyDelete
I like the middle shot the most. I like how the serious face and the ponytail match the pic of the youngest.
I like the middle/2nd shot of your oldest child.ReplyDelete
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I get my daughter's silhouettes done by Lena every year. She does a great job and it is really cool to watch her do it. I usually go to Coggins Shoe store in Marietta, GA to see her when she comes around.
She can also do silhouettes by mail from a profile picture.
Just saw your tute and pattern for the headband on craftzine.com ! yeahReplyDelete
You do really beautiful silhouettes, so I'm looking forward to seeing how these come out. Like many others, I like the matching idea. But aside from that, the first smile shows personality, but I love the little closed lips and chins of kids in silhouette. To me the 3rd one might come out looking like she was talking and might disrupt the lines of the finished product.ReplyDelete
Do you have a method for figuring out the "extra" cuts or do you just have a natural talent for it?
Everybody, thanks for weighing in here. I'm starting to lean toward serious for the Eldest. I love her little smile, but it might make the youngest seem too solemn if she is the one not smiling.ReplyDelete
Lora, welcome! Glad you came!
MB, I really like that link. She is talented to do it all with paper cutting, I know I should try that method next time.
Sarah, not exactly clear what you mean. Are you referring to these?ReplyDelete
If so, the 'extra cut' (white line) was made just by following along a natural line that was already in the photo.
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I like the middle one. I don't know if the open mouth would translate or look as cute in silhouette. How are you going to tie in the pony tails?ReplyDelete
The middle shot does make a strong silhouette but I love being able to see the expression of the smile and laugh as well. Any of them would be great. I need to do this with my kids too, Oh and I love the color of your shirt...that's my green :).ReplyDelete
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New products introduced over the last week include two new international bond funds and ETFs from Vanguard, three new international equity factor ETFs from Russell, three alternative strategies from American Century and a new alternative investment ETF portfolio from IndexIQ.
In addition, Putnam launched a new short-duration income fund; Highland Funds added a long-short fund; Altegris added a futures fund and DoubleLine's core fixed income fund topped $1 billion in assets.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Vanguard to Expand Index Fund Roster With Two New International Bond Funds And ETFs
Vanguard announced October 31 that it plans to introduce two international bond index funds. Registration statements have been filed with the SEC for the Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund. Vanguard expects to offer both conventional (investor, admiral, and institutional) and ETF shares of the new funds.
The Total International Bond Index Fund will seek to track the investment performance of the Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted Index (Hedged) and employ currency hedging strategies, entering into currency transactions to protect against uncertainty in future exchange rates. The Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund will seek to track the investment performance of the Barclays Emerging Markets Sovereign Index (USD). By investing solely in U.S. dollar-denominated international bonds, the fund will not subject U.S.-based investors to currency risk.
2) Russell Launches Three International Equity Factor ETFs
Russell Investments launched its first international equity factor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) Thursday, designed to provide investors with focused exposure to fundamental risk factors within their portfolio's international equity allocation. They are: Russell Developed ex-U.S. Low Beta ETF (XLBT); Russell Developed ex-U.S. Low Volatility ETF (XLVO); and Russell Developed ex-U.S. High Momentum ETF (XHMO).
XLBT focuses on large-cap stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. market with the lowest predicted beta or sensitivity to price changes of the broad market over the next three to six months. XLVO focuses on large-cap stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. market that have exhibited the lowest variability in total returns over the previous 60 trading days. XHMO focuses on large-cap stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. market that have exhibited the highest cumulative total returns over the previous 250 trading days, excluding the last 20 trading days.
3) American Century Introduces Three Alternative Strategies
American Century Investments announced on October 31 that it has launched three new alternative strategies that will employ short selling but in different proportions and using different investment approaches.
Core Equity Plus is a 130/30 version of the American Century Equity Growth Fund (BEQGX); it will take long positions in securities that managers believe will appreciate and short positions in securities that managers believe will underperform. Disciplined Growth Plus is a 130/30 version of the American Century Disciplined Growth Fund (ADCVX). It also uses limited shorting to enhance portfolio efficiency and obtain higher excess returns without increasing market risk. Market Neutral Value (ACVWX) will buy long securities that appear relatively undervalued while selling short securities that appear relatively overvalued.
4) IndexIQ Launches Second-Generation Alternative Investment ETF Portfolio
IndexIQ announced Tuesday that it has expanded its ETF model portfolios with the launch of the IQ Global Alternatives ETF Model Portfolio, a comprehensive investment strategy designed to achieve portfolio diversification, growth of capital and low volatility through the use of liquid, transparent, low cost alternative investments.
It is constructed using a proprietary, rules-based methodology developed by IndexIQ and invests in liquid exchange-traded products. The benefits of this approach include transparency, liquidity, significantly lower costs compared to traditional alternative investment options, and the avoidance of manager and style-specific risk. The model is available to subscribers who receive monthly guidance on tactical asset allocation across 10 underlying exchange-traded products.
5) Putnam Launches Short Duration Income Fund
Putnam Investments announced Thursday that it has launched the Putnam Short Duration Income Fund (PSDTX). It will strive for a higher rate of current income than is typical of money market funds and have a greater focus on capital preservation than is usually associated with ultrashort bond funds, with the goal of maintaining liquidity. The fund offers a check-writing feature, through which investors may redeem shares by writing checks.
The fund will invest in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities composed of short-duration, investment-grade money market, and other fixed income securities. Its primary benchmark will be the BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Bill Index. It will be managed by a team of veteran Putnam portfolio managers, led by Michael V. Salm, Co-Head of Fixed-Income.
6) Highland Funds Launches Global Long/Short Fund with Anchor Capital as Subadvisor
Highland Funds Asset Management, L.P. announced on October 31 the launch of the Highland Alpha Trend Strategies Fund (HATAX). Anchor Capital Management Group, Inc. will serve as the fund's subadvisor. The fund is a long/short international strategy, designed for more consistently positive returns along with low correlation and low volatility relative to regular equity indexes. It is expected to be classified in the Morningstar Multialternative category.
The fund's strategy will be comprised of two components: rotating investment positions primarily among country- and region-specific ETFs, and taking long and short positions in broad equity indexes to vary the fund's net exposure over time.
7) Altegris Launches Futures Evolution Strategy Fund Subadvised by DoubleLine
Altegris Advisors announced recently the launch of the Altegris Futures Evolution Strategy Fund (EVOAX, EVOCX, EVOIX, EVONX, EVOYX). The fund combines active management of managed futures managers with an active fixed income approach. Altegris will collaborate with DoubleLine Capital LP portfolio manager Jeffrey Gundlach and his investment team to determine allocations to various DoubleLine substrategies including core, low duration, and opportunistic income.
The managed futures strategy will primarily access Winton Capital Management, led by David Harding. In addition, Altegris will access International Standard Asset Management (ISAM), overseen by Stanley Fink and Larry Hite. Additional managers may be also be accessed in the future.
8) DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund Tops $1 Billion in Assets
The DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund (I shares DBLFX; N shares DLFNX) has reached $1 billion in total net assets, DoubleLine Capital LP announced Wednesday. DBLFX is also the top-ranked fund for one-year total return for one-year total return in Morningstar's Intermediate Term Bond Fund category out of 326 funds as of October 31. The fund's reaching the $1 billion milestone follows a new record month of net mutual fund inflows at DoubleLine, where net inflows across all funds totaled $1.6 billion in the month of October.
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, is portfolio manager of the fund and chairs the Fixed Income Asset Allocation Committee, which decides the fund's sector weightings.
9) PowerShares Waives Fees
PowerShares waived fees on four of its KBW linked financial ETFs. The portfolios provide investors with targeted access to the bank, capital markets and insurance sectors. The fee waivers are good through February 1, 2012.
The ETFs impacted by the temporary fee waivers are as follows:
–PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio (KBWB)
–PowerShares KBW Capital Markets Portfolio (KBWC)
–PowerShares KBW Insurance Portfolio (KBWI)
–PowerShares KBW Regional Banking Portfolio (KBWR)
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Stamford rail station plan unveiled
Project: Includes office, residential, commercial space
STAMFORD -- A long-awaited plan to redevelop property near the downtown railroad station into office and residential space would include a Station Place office building and hotel complex of more than 600,000 square feet and place nearly half of all commuter parking spaces in new garages east and west of the station.
The Station Place buildings, along with a separate development on Manhattan Street featuring a mix of office, residential and commercial space, will total about 1 million square feet combined, officials said. The Station Place development will be built on the site of a dilapidated 1985 parking garage that has long been slated for replacement.
"This is going to be a true transit-oriented development," said John McClutchy, president of JHM Group of Companies, the state's chosen developer for the project. --¦ As the commissioner mentioned, this is all about the commuters and all about making their trek back and forth, whether going to New York and coming back into the evening a little bit easier. It is also about making the surroundings here more pleasant."
The plan was unveiled at the station Thursday by state Department of Transportation Commissioner Jim Redeker, who announced that McClutchy's company, Stamford-based JHM Group of Companies, will build the $500 million redevelopment of state land at the station and on South State Street, as well as private property on Manhattan Street.
State officials have been reviewing developers' proposals since last fall amid sustained concerns about the confidential bidding process in the development's public-private partnership and whether the selected proposal would relocate rail parking farther from platforms than existing parking.
Standing alongside Redeker and McClutchy Thursday were Mayor Michael Pavia, state Rep. William Tong, D-Stamford, and members of an advisory group appointed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to provide input during the developer's selection. All expressed support of the plan.
"When you look around and see the opportunities that are taking place in and around this center, and now with the recent announcement of a new public-private partnership it just ramps it up even more," Pavia said.
An existing 1,200-space parking garage will remain dedicated to commuter use, while another 1,100 spaces will be split between a new South State Street garage and the complex on Manhattan Street. That parking should be available within three years after construction begins sometime in mid-2014, officials said.
The number of commuter parking spaces in those two locations will depend on the DOT's determinations about how to split them between the two locations to best benefit commuters, but the South State Street garage will be exclusively for commuters, Redeker said.
"We have some options about where the spaces will go and we're working on that to maximize the benefit," he said.
Redeker acknowledged rail riders' ongoing trepidation about both the lack of disclosure, as well as possible negative effects on their travel time from parking that has been moved away from the station, but said the state had approached negotiations with the goal of shortening commutes and not catering to developer's profits.
Redeker said private sector involvement is needed because the cost of replacing the crumbling 1985 garage has grown from $35 million last decade to $70 million or more now.
"This is a negotiated arrangement and, frankly this is the norm for these kinds of projects where we keep the very, very special ideas which are proprietary and, frankly, worth a lot of money, confidential," Redeker said. --¦If we were to do this project, it would be a garage, and an expensive garage, and in this case we leverage $35 million in state money to create a terrific development, which leverages, in the end, upwards of $500 million in private sector money."
While reserving judgment on the project's merits until final details are established, Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Chairman Jim Cameron said the decision to retain 1,200 spaces on Station Place for commuters and the location of the two new garages is good news for commuters.
Cameron said he hoped commuters will be given well publicized forums to address concerns about adding walkover bridges along platforms to minimize walking times to the new parking areas.
"It seems there is still a lot to be decided, and I hope the developer does the public outreach," Cameron said. "But all in all, they're maintaining 1,200 spaces on Station Place and dedicating a garage on South State Street to commuters. It could be a lot worse."
Redeker emphasized that new parking in the South State Street garage and in the new Manhattan Street development would be linked to rail platforms by covered pedestrian bridges and are as close, or closer to the platforms as the existing parking spaces at the station.
"Every one of the parking spaces will have direct platform access, regardless of what structure they are in," he said.
Demolition of the Station Place garage will not begin until permanent replacement parking in the new South State Street garage and the Manhattan Street redevelopment are complete to ensure the same number of commuter parking spaces are available during the project, McClutchy said.
"The number of commuter parking spaces existing today will remain both during our project and after," McClutchy said.
Daniel Hendricks, a member of both Malloy's advisory council and the commuter council who travels to work from the Stamford station, said reapportioned parking between three structures will split drivers' morning arrivals and evening exits more efficiently. Electronic signs will display where open parking spots are, he said.
"This is transformative," Hendricks said.
In May, the state began meeting with a small group of officials in the city's planning department and traffic engineers to discuss any potential oversights in the proposal that might impede traffic or conflict with the interests of other property owners.
Redeker said the redevelopment of properties on Manhattan Street would require full city zoning approval, but the Station Place and South State Street alterations are not subject to local planning authorities.
The owners of the Manhattan Street properties, have contracted with JHM Group to sell the land, McClutchy said.
City Rep. Annie Selkovits Taylor, R-19, said despite reassurances from Redeker and others about ease of access, unanswered specifics remain about how parkers in the Manhattan or South State street garages will move quickly to train platforms. Taylor represents North Stamford.
"They all speak very reassuringly that this is consumer-friendly and commuter-friendly and will improve commuting time," she said. "I'm not sure what we heard today is enough to quell their concerns and we're going to have to be cautiously optimistic as it goes through the approval process."
Of immediate concern to residents should be the anticipated consideration of a state request to close a 2,000-foot section of South State Street, a plan to be heard by the Board of Representatives' Land Use and Urban Redevelopment Committee next month.
Taylor said is would be irresponsible for city representatives to give the street to the state without ironclad assurances about of how the road will be used.
The closure process would require the city's administration to make an official determination that turning over the road is in Stamford's interest.
Redeker said that public outreach efforts by JHM Group of Companies would begin immediately, through meetings with local business associations and the local city government as well as commuters.
"We're committed to seeking that input," he said.


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Tasting menus in today's culinary world usually involve small plates, wine pairings and fresh seasonal produce. Rarely, if ever, do they consist entirely of beef jerky. When I found there is another Fat Man out there making 13 gourmet varieties of the stuff, I knew I had to try them all.
Fatman's Beef Jerky is owned and operated by Rick and Ellen Robey, who began producing jerky in 2006 in Roswell. Rick was in the cattle and meat-packing business in eastern New Mexico for most of his life before entering the jerky game. Needless to say, Rick knows his beef.
New Mexicans and jerky go way back. Peoples of the region have been preserving wild game with salt, spices and smoke for centuries. Thanks to people like the Robeys, the tradition of jerkying is alive and well in the state. Today, jerkies and carne seca are more popular than ever.
Fatman's makes their carne seca-ish jerky from inside rounds of USDA inspected American beef, and it's MSG- and nitrate-free. The jerky is similar in appearance to the NM classic, but retains a little more moisture, making it chewier than most. The company's new facility outside Roswell is state-of-the-art, ensuring the final product is of the highest quality and delivers the freshest flavor. The Robeys even include a production date on each package of jerky so you know it's fresh.
So how does it taste? Well, some are better than others. With so many distinct flavors, you're bound to have winners and losers. For the purpose of our tasting menu, we broke the varieties into four categories.
In the standard category we have original, salt & pepper, teriyaki and BBQ. Original and BBQ are the winners in this showdown of classics. Fans of big, black-pepper flavors may like the salt & pepper, but it's not a favorite of the tasting panel. Teriyaki is also lacking in the flavor department. The original, on the other hand, is pretty tasty. One taster commented that it was the perfect cross of carne seca and Oberto (a popular commercially produced jerky from Washington). The runaway favorite from this category is BBQ—it's similar to the original, only better. The BBQ flavor has a hint of smoke and spice, and the marinade adds moisture, giving the jerky a good amount of chew. This is the one I'd grab.
The New Mexico category includes red chile, green chile and cowboy. These are all some of Fatman's more popular flavors and we can see why. The panel was torn trying to pick a winner from this category; all three ranked among all-around favorites. The red chile is damn good. It's crusted in large flakes of chile, and the heat is just right. Fatman's uses only local peppers in these recipes, and the freshness of the ingredients shines through in the final product. Cowboy is also really good. It's the smokiest of the bunch and is the perfect choice for people who don't like it too spicy.
Speaking of spicy, Fatman's produces a couple flavors that really pack some heat. Their spice varieties include smoky chipotle, jalapeño-lime and habanero. Jalapeño-lime is by far the best of the bunch. Again, Fatman's sources local chile for this variety, and the flavor is fresh and bright, with a sneaky amount of heat. Smoky chipotle would benefit from more smoke, and habanero is just too damn hot to eat. My head is sweating just thinking about it.
Last, and sort of least, is what we're calling the wildcards: lemon-pepper, sweet & spicy and Cajun.
Lemon-pepper is the favorite here. The pepper flavor is toned down, while the lemon is nice and subtle. Sweet & spicy is sweeter than spicy, and the pineapple juice used in the marinade is definitely noticeable. Fans of teriyaki might like this variant even more. Cajun is meh.
While I wouldn't suggest making a meal out of it, I do recommend Fatman's Beef Jerky for your next wilderness adventure or road trip. The red chile jerky is some of the best out there, and the cowboy and BBQ flavors are pretty tasty, too. Fatman's gourmet jerky is a great way to both enjoy a tasting of New Mexico traditional, while also supporting local business. Fatman's jerky is available at all Brewer gas stations, as well as a few other places in town. For a full list of retailers, click here.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have signed outfielder Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to big league spring training.
The Royals announced the deal Monday.
The 34-year-old Chavez made his major league debut with the Royals in 2001. The fleet fielder hit .203 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 64 games for Baltimore last season, and played in four postseason games for the Orioles.
Chavez is a career .269 hitter with 26 homers, 229 RBIs and 100 stolen bases in 11 seasons with the Royals, the Montreal-Washington franchise, Philadelphia, the Mets, Seattle, Texas and the Orioles.


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- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- (2-pound) boneless pork loin
- 2 medium onions, vertically sliced (about 2-1/2 cups)
- 4 medium carrots, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch slices (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 2 stalks celery with leaves, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup apple cider
- Heat oil over medium-high heat in a Dutch oven. Add pork and cook until well-browned on both sides. Remove to a plate. Add onions, carrots and celery to pan; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until onions are tender. Stir in garlic, sage, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Return pork and any juices to Dutch oven and pour cider over top. Cover and simmer, basting occasionally, 1 1/4 hours or until temperature on meat thermometer inserted in middle reaches 150F. Remove roast from pan and let rest 10 minutes. Slice pork and serve with vegetables and pan sauce.
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On of the program mangers on the Windows Live Writer 2011 team is a big fan of Drupal and in his spare time he even supports a few Drupal installs for a side business. With the blog module Drupal and Live Writer work great together and even better with Drupal 7. He was really excited today when Microsoft's Interoperability team announced that in addition to the SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 with PDO support which shipped last Fall that four new Drupal modules have been released from Microsoft:
- Bing Maps Module: enable easy & flexible embedding of Bing Map in Drupal content types (like articles for example)
- Silverlight Pivot viewer Module: enable easy & flexible embedding of Silverlight Pivot in Drupal content types, using a set of preconfigured data sources (OData, a, b, c).
- Windows Live ID Module: allow Drupal user to associate their Drupal account to their Windows Live ID, and then to login on Drupal with their Windows Live ID
- OData Module: allow data sources based on OData to be included in Drupal content types (such as articles). The generic module includes a basic OData query builder and renders data in a simple HTML Table. The package includes a sample module base on an Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) OData source, showing how to build advanced rendering (with Bing Maps)
In addition to the announcement the Interoperability team has a blog post about a hands on look at using Drupal on Windows Azure and using the four new Drupal modules.


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One and Done
June 16, 2011 13 Comments
The Vancouver Canucks are supposed to be a team that is built for annual Stanley Cup runs. This isn't supposed to be the last time. In fact, this is supposed to be the beginning. General Manager Mike Gillis has much of his core locked up for multiple years including the Sedins, Ryan Kesler, Roberto Luongo, Dan Hamhuis and Alex Burrows.
Championship hangover is something most seen in hockey and football. Makes sense, they're the 2 most physical. It takes a lot out of a team to make 1 championship run, much less 2. This might not be a championship hangover for the Canucks but it might as well be.
Only 5 teams in the last 20 years have reached back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals and 2 of those have gone on to win in consecutive years. They say that hockey is the hardest championship to win. 4 gruelling series, 16 victories, all over a long 2 months. Brutal.
However, bodies aren't the only thing that the players invest. It's how much they invest emotionally.
The Canucks have invested as much and probably more than most teams have in the past. It was their year and it was time to get the monkey off their backs. Everyone was tired of being the city without a championship. Tim Thomas just got in their way.
The team was battered, bruised and decimated. Alex Edler played on broken fingers, Kesler on a torn groin, Higgins possibly on a broken foot and the list goes on and on. They left it all on the line and fell short.
It's hard to imagine that they have one more in them next year.
This season was too much for the entire team. The drive they had to bring the team and the city of Vancouver a Stanley Cup was enormous. It showed throughout the playoffs. The toll that this run will take on the team is going to be all too evident next year.
Moreover, if the NHL wants to continue this ridiculous trend of avoiding calling penalties in the playoffs the Canucks will have even more trouble next year. The whistles went away for the most part throughout the playoffs and this is a roster not meant to match up to the physicality that a playoff series prior to the lockout presented. This is a roster meant for the open ice and skill that the new era was intended to be.
The one guy you wouldn't expect to suffer from a hangover is Ryan Kesler. This true warrior, who skated as hard as he could through the drug-masked pain even with a minute to go in a 4-0 game 7, was teary eyed. "I really thought we were going to win this one" said Kesler following the loss, "I can't put it into words right now." He gave it everything he had but it wasn't enough. The whole team did.
Related: Why Isn't Anyone Worried About Ryan Kesler
Roberto Luongo has had to battle through so much. Mentally he must be drained. His psyche must be like one of those flipped, flaming cars on Robson Street.
Justifiably he has been berated by the media and toyed with by the fans. A Stanley Cup would have shut them all up. Now it's another long year of having to answer question after question about his mental toughness and ability to come up clutch.
He's thinking of giving Lebron a call for some advice.
For a guy whose psyche is as delicate as a newborn baby, Roberto Luongo is going to have trouble shrugging this one off. His continual inability to play well on the road, the more overpaid by the day 12 year contract, a red sea parted five hole and the cardboard blocker he tries to pass off as a glove on his left hand all add up to one messed up goalie. This coming after new goalie coach Rollie Melanson completely remodelled his game prior to the season.
3 words: 11 more years.
Related: Roberto Luongo the Ex-Factor
More bad news for the Canucks comes from the thought that 3 of their top 6 defensemen are coming off the books in the summer. Kevin Bieksa, Christian Ehrhoff, and Sami Salo have expiring contracts. With no way to sign all 3, the Canucks will have to find a way to compensate in that regard. The fantastic play of rookie Chris Tanev is a good start.
If the Chicago Blackhawks are any indication of what lies ahead, the Canucks should be worried. Although the Blackhawks roster was decimated, it was apparent during their round 1 series with Vancouver that they weren't playing with their hearts fully committed during the regular season. This was a team that underachieved greatly but had the talent and ability to turn their play up when the season was on the line.
The core of their roster stayed intact, which gave them arguably the best team in the Western Conference. They couldn't muster up enough for the regular season though. The toll their championship run had taken on them was too drastic to overcome.
Vancouver will likely be seeing much of the same next year.
The Canucks have the team to contend next year, at least on paper they do. This is their small crack in the window of opportunity. In spite of that, nothing can make up or account for the roller-coaster that the team has gone through this year. The roller-coaster that will ultimately lead to the team's downfall next season.
In theory, being that close to winning a championship should motivate them more. In practice, the thought of retribution won't be enough to toil through the grind of another deep run into a 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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