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Administrative Rule 38 - JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATTORNEY STANDARDS
Effective Date: 11/16/1994
Obsolete Date: 12/16/2009
Section 1. Policy and Purpose.
It is the policy of the North Dakota Judicial System to provide a mechanism that satisfies the constitutional obligation of the Supreme Court to adopt rules governing lawyer discipline and that encourages an active and substantial involvement of the unified bar in reviewing issues concerning the professional stature and obligations of the legal profession in North Dakota. The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards established by this rule replaces the previously existing Attorney Standards Committees of the Supreme Court and the State Bar Association. The purpose of the Joint Committee is to provide a single vehicle for the coordinated, complementary, and continuing study and review of the range of issues concerning attorney standards and supervision.
Section 2. Membership.
A. The membership of the Joint Attorney Standards Committee is composed of seven members, including two lay members, appointed by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Supreme Court and seven members, including two lay members, appointed by the Board of Governors of the State Bar Association of North Dakota. Of the members initially appointed and as determined by lot at the first meeting, four members will be appointed for one year, five members will be appointed for two years, and five members will be appointed for three years. Thereafter, each appointment is for a three-year term. Each member is eligible for reappointment but may not serve more than two consecutive terms. Each member serves until the member's successor is appointed.
B. Each member is entitled to reimbursement by the member's appointing authority for actual expenses incurred in the performance of committee duties.
C. The President of the State Bar Association shall appoint the committee chair, whose term as chair may not exceed two years.
Section 3. Duties of the Committee.
A. The Committee shall study and review all rules and proposals concerning attorney supervision including:
1. Admission to the Bar;
2. Attorney Discipline;
3. Code of Professional Responsibility;
4. Student Practice; and
5. Other matters of attorney supervision referred to it by the Supreme Court or the Board of Governors of the State Bar Association.
B. The Committee shall make any reports as requested by the Supreme Court or the Board of Governors and shall submit any recommendations to the Board of Governors for review and comment before submission of final recommendations to the Supreme Court.
Section 4. Staffing.
Staff services for the Committee will be provided through staff of the Office of State Court Administrator and by the executive director of the State Bar Association, or the executive director's designee.
Dated this 16th day of November, 1994.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
Beryl J. Levine, Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court
SOURCE: AR 38 adopted on an emergency basis September 7, 1994; permanently adopted November 16, 1994.
SOURCE: AR 38 adopted on an emergency basis September 7, 1994; permanently adopted November 16, 1994; amended and adopted December 16, 2009.


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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Indio Mexican Lager
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
Everywhere, man. Specifically my couch and Annapolis for a wedding. The couch is comfortable; Annapolis is weird; weddings are fun. Now that we're all caught up, let's dive into the review of Indio Mexican Lager, Heineken's newest import into select American markets.
Ben and Liz met at the same bar Emily and I did, the People's Republik, which is the best bar in Cambridge but also the least romantic 900 square feet on earth (though after last week's vigorous scrub-down it no longer smells like a directly sun-struck port-a-potty at the Gathering of the Juggalos). I was there the night they met, but I don't remember much of it, because not remembering much of nights was a big part of my pre-Emily lifestyle. But anyhow, Ben and Liz somehow managed to hit it off just fine without my intervention, and then boom, four or five years passed and they got married at her parents' pad in Annapolis last Saturday afternoon.
We flew down Friday morning and met up with a couple dozen friends and three enemies, and here's my newly minted expert opinion of Annapolis: lots of aggressive men drinking aggressively, some water, some pretty buildings near that water, lots of aggressive men drinking aggressively near those buildings and that water. I like it.
Em and I peeled off the Friday night party fairly early, which is to say just before one of my coworkers vomited on our boss, but plenty late enough, which is to say I was probably more pleased than a right-minded Will would have been with our Buffalo Wild Wings dinner at the strip mall across the street from our hotel. I really like hotels, too, so I didn't mind getting back to our Good Enough I Guess Western a little early, especially since the TV remote worked intuitively and only one of the beds had blood-stained sheets, and it was just a couple fat mosquitoes' worth at that.
Early the next afternoon we had lunch at a chain brewpub specializing in lagers. Attention! Serious beer opinion forthcoming: Chain brewpubs should not specialize in lagers. The very best beers are lagers and so are the very worst. This Gordon Biersch operation does not make bad beer, but they'd still be better off just pumping out fresh and generic ales like their peers; don't be afraid to lean on the hops (aka "beer bacon") if you don't quite have a quality pils in ya, Gordo. Quite the crab cake, though.
And then it's on to the wedding. It was absolutely lovely from top to bottom. Tons of local craft beer, grilled corn, cool hosts, a five-star best man speech, a hot bride, the works. They even imported Ben's favorite musician, Glen David Andrews. Do you like New Orleansy type music, with the horns and the fun and all? Glen's your man.
Would you believe there was a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue on the dedicated whiskey table? I enjoyed the hell out of my sip despite my selfish realization that there's a lot of overlap between their guest list and ours, so the same people who drank Johnnie Walker Blue in mid-September are going to be served Pabst Ribbon Blue in mid-October, but what are you going to do? I mean other than secretly hate Ben and Liz for upstaging us.
Now I'm back and refreshed and rededicated to the Bottom Shelf's original mission: to educate the handsome masses regarding topics on which I have proven expertise, which is why I went so deep into Annapolis and my couch and some dude's wedding. Inside beer knowledge is a little trickier for me to come by, but I got lucky recently when my booze marketing pal hooked me up with six bottles of Indio, an amber lager that's been big in Mexico for over a hundred years but is just now inching its way north via Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and a lot of Texas.
Indio is pretty good stuff and I expect that you'll all be able to get it soon enough. It's not as flavorful as the copper color tries to make you think, but it's got a heck of a lot more going on than most Mexican beers I've tried. The predominant flavor is sweet caramel, with a little bit of toasted malt and some faint hay business at the end.
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Hamilton named as one of nation's friendliest places to live
HAMILTON -- Forbes and Neighborhood.com recognized Hamilton as one of the nation's friendliest places to live.
The Madison County village was 11th on a list of 15 places to live, topped by the Washington town of Sammamish. The study used data complied by the FBI, the U.S. Census, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and City-Data.com.
Towns were ranked based on a combination of crime rate, volunteerism, home ownership and college graduation rates.
Village of Hamilton Mayor Margaret Miller said Hamilton earned its ranking because it is "a community that works together."
"We work to make the village and town of Hamilton a safe, healthy, and happy place to live," Miller said.
Miller thanks Hamilton's many committees and volunteer groups, such as the parks committee, the fire department, the life-long learning program and the summer recreation program at Colgate that help make the town such a friendly place.
The village's downtown area and green offer great opportunities, as well.
"We have a handful of shops and local restaurants that feature local artwork and offer friendly atmospheres," Miller said. "The Colgate Inn is known as a good place to eat throughout the area."
The village features an array of different cuisine and activities including a recently owned Indian restaurant and neighboring Tranquility Message Parlor. Hamilton's movie theater also shows blockbusters in its three auditoriums and features frequent specials including a movie under the stars in the summer and kids' days.
From May to November a farmers market in Hamilton's park also offers a social experience in addition to local produce, Miller said.
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Patrick Stephen Noone passed away at home in his New England Patriot room, his final wish, on Feb. 22, 2013.
Born in Canadensis in 1951, he was the son of the late Emmett and Eloise (Brush) Noone.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Louis-Noone; his beloved children, Amy Noone Frederick and husband Jeff, and Eric Noone and wife Christina; and his four adored grandchildren, Gracie, Izzie, Michael and Philip Patrick; and his adopted son, Grant Bundy and his cockapoo, Buffie, who he loved so much and who gave him "tisses" every morning.
He was surrounded and cared for by his loving siblings during his several months journey with sarcoma cancer, sisters Joan and husband Tom Higgins and Betty and husband John Noll and Kathy and husband Tom Calcaterra; brother Rick Noone and wife Connie; and several nephews and nieces, who he loved so much; and his best friend, Perry Fulmer.
Pat passed away 29 years sober and was always there for other suffering alcoholics. He spent 38 years in the beer industry, finishing his career with the past 12 years being employed with the Yuengling Brewing Company of Pottsville, the oldest brewery in America. The last five years, Pat, known as "Patriot," was the business development manager and ended with his proudest accomplishment, opening the state of Ohio (OHYO) for Yuengling. Yuengling named this new territory the "Patriot Division" in Pat's honor.
Pat coached T-ball, Little League and senior league baseball. He taught Sunday school and served on many church committees with the most memorable one being SWAP, Serving With Appalachian People. He caught the largest thrusher shark one year in New Jersey (422 pounds) and got published in the New Jersey Angler.
His incredible love and fandom for the New England Patriots got him Fan of the Year in 2007 and the love of his tailgate family at Foxborough, Mass. He went to every home game the past 14 years and the past four Super Bowls.
He was a husband who was a best friend, a father who always showed up, a "Poppy" who made everything fun, a man who was loved and respected by his peers and a friend to many.
There will be viewing hours from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, and from 3 to 5 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the William H. Clark Funeral Home, 1003 Main St., Stroudsburg. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the funeral home. Private cremation will take place following the service.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to VNA Hospice, 502 VNA Road, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, who gave Pat such wonderful care. A special thanks to Joe, Doris, Pastor Richards and other caregivers who helped Pat stay comfortable. Thank you to Dr. Gounder at Sloan Kettering and Dr. Falanga, East Stroudsburg, who were his doctors during this journey. All of these people helped him get to the next place, Heaven.
We will never forget the love, support, cards, emails and gifts we received throughout this entire journey from family, friends, the Yuengling family and wholesalers, our beloved "Patriot" tailgate family in Massachusetts and Mr. Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. GO PATRIOTS!
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Kelowna, BC – Big White Ski Resort's new President Peter Plimmer is pleased to accept the national award for Outstanding Contribution to the CSP from Colin Saravanamutto, CEO of the Canadian Ski Patrol. This award is given to an individual or organization to recognize an extraordinary contribution to the Canadian Ski Patrol System. "It is very rare that a resort receives this award," said Saravanamutto. "Big White is being credited for their joint marketing efforts with the Canadian Ski Patrol, especially the naming of the Ogopogo Zone as the Zone of the Year by the Canadian Ski Patrol," Saravanamutto continued. Also pictured above (left to right) Justin Lane (black shirt), President of the Okanagan Zone, Heather Moore (red shirt), Big White Ski Resort Patrol Center Manager, Tom Tull (red shirt), President of the Pacific South Division.
The Canadian Ski Patrol is a registered non-profit corporation comprising highly-trained volunteer and professional members. Since the 1940s, this organization has continued to fill a critical need for first responders on the ski slopes. Today, the CSP delivers a cross-section of national programs which provide vital skills, certified education and training in outdoor emergency care. In the Okanagan Valley they have trained over 800 ski patrol members in various first aid protocols.


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Panama hats, as any Ecuadorian worth their salt will tell you, don't come from Panama. Authentic Panamas – or sombreros de paja toquilla, as they call them locally – are only woven in the Andean country, from the straw of the toquilla plant, which grows in the swamps near Ecuador's central coast. The origin of the misnomer comes from the hat's widespread use by the workers who built the Panama Canal from 1904 to 1914. Toquilla hats have been woven in Ecuador for at least five hundred years, but in the face of cheap Chinese competition, lower demand and the massive emigration of young Ecuadoreans, the traditionally woven Panama is now an endangered species.
It's well worth seeking out the last few artisans who create the very best superfinos. Most tourists on the trail go to Cuenca, a weaving centre in the southern highlands. A better option is to head west to Montecristi, which is to Panama-hat lovers what Havana is to cigar aficionados. It's no showroom: the dust-and-concrete town is an inauspicious centre for the production of some of the most expensive headgear in the world. But ask around for a local comisionista (middlemen who travel around villages and buy hats from weavers) and arrange a trip to meet the weavers in nearby villages such as Pile.
The time to arrive is just after dawn, when the light is atmospheric and the heat and humidity are perfect for weaving. The contrast between the beautiful hats – the finest of which are woven so tightly they look like off-white cotton – and the conditions in which they are produced is stark. The weavers, who spend up to four months weaving each hat, live in ragged redbrick dwellings with rusting corrugated-iron roofs, linked by degraded dirt streets patrolled by strutting chickens and shuffling pigs. Be sure to visit the straw-cutters, too, and accompany them on a hike to see the plants growing. The more you see of the hats and the weavers, the better equipped you'll be to buy your own.
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One of the biggest challenges for parents and mentors is how to support a student as she transitions to high school and later to college. The older the student is, the more she studies content that the parent or mentor no longer remembers, or has to navigate a system that is new or different from what parents and mentors experienced (we all know college admissions looks very different than it did 20 years ago).
Overwhelmed parents often mistakenly leave the preparation for SAT, ACT, and college admissions to schools or tutors. Many parents will be shelling out money to provide children access to test preparation tools and educational support, but we can't let that be the end of our involvement. These tips will help you support your child's test preparation (and college readiness) efforts even when you don't fully understand the content or know the system. Here are two tips for helping your child even when you don't quite get it:
Be the Planner
One of the best roles for parents as students approach high school and college should be as the "keeper of the calendar." A parent should help the child make a plan and stick to that plan. This plan should be jointly created by you and your child (and maybe even an admissions counselor) and be revised periodically. You should include registration deadlines, filing deadlines, recommended test dates, summer enrichment activities, sports, etc so that both of you will have target dates readily available. There are lots of online college planners available online to give you a starting point. One such site to check out is http://www.knowhow2go.org/ . In general, all planning for transition from one level of school to the next should start at least 18 months before you expect to start. So to go from junior high to high school, parents need to have the calendar planned out by the spring of 7th grade. Here are a few things the parent or mentor can help schedule and plan for:
Academic record: Make sure the right classes are taken and excelled in.
Enrichment activities: Help find enrichment activities for the summers and weekends that will help students prepare for school and life (internships, academic summer programs, creative outlets, etc).
Extracurricular activities: Guide students to explore their areas of interest via programs and clubs that will allow them to participate for the long term and gain leadership experience.
Interviewing skills: Practice for the types of questions asked will put the child at ease.
Applications: Be the monitor and proofreader and make sure applications are filled out properly and submitted before deadlines.
Test scores: Make sure they reflect the student's abilities by preparing in advance and taking the exam more than once if necessary and applicable.
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One of the best ways parents and mentors can help a student prepare for admissions tests (and concurrently make sure that the student is doing their work) is by having the student teach them. We often learn more and better when we are forced to explain to others. You can help your child lock in classroom lessons by not simply asking him if he did his homework, but instead by asking him to teach a problem to you. This way you can participate actively in his learning, support him by letting him see you struggle, encourage him by letting him see you figure it out with his guidance, and reinforce the work by helping him "study" by teaching. Since you know your child best, you'll know best how to motivate him. You can make this competitive (by challenging him to get more of the questions right than you), you can make it supportive (by showing him that you struggle with the test as well), or you can make it a bonding experience (by sharing the challenge of figuring out problems). The key is to work with them and allow them to show you what they are learning from their prep book, prep class, or prep tutor.
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The lengthy Asian Zone qualifying campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ begins tomorrow, with 16 of the continent's lowest-ranked teams playing first round, first-leg ties. The second legs will unfold on 3 July.
These may be the continent's developing footballing nations, but they are by no means lacking in motivation as they seek breakthrough on the international scene. The eight aggregate winners will advance to join 22 higher-ranked sides in the next stage.
And the upcoming match-ups are full of intrigue themselves. Bangladesh play host to Pakistan in an all-south Asian affair, while Laos resume their rivalry with Cambodia. The enigmatic Timor-Leste enter only their second Asian Zone qualification campaign and in west Asia, Afghanistan cross swords with Palestine in their first-ever meeting. FIFA.com sets the scene.
The game*Sri Lanka-Philippines
*The two sides will kick off with an even head-to-head record, having won one of their previous two meetings apiece. Boosted by their recent qualification for the AFC Challenge Cup 2012, however, Philippines are expecting to go one better this time around. Sri Lanka, for their part, will look to capitalise upon home advantage and earn a cushion to carry into the return leg.
The visitors arrive in Colombo fully prepared, having spent the past month in a training camp in Germany. Besides, the* Azkals *can rely on their high-profile 12-man overseas-based contingent, with Fulham goalkeeper Neil Etheridge the most notable. "We are ready for the game," German coach Michael Weiss wrote on his Twitter account. "The team will enter Wednesday's game in good shape."
To counter the challenge, the hosts' coach Jang Yang called up a series of veterans to compliment the Brave Reds' emerging youngsters. Topping the list is captain Rohana Ruwanthilake, who has vowed to give the visitors a torrid time. "We are a talented side," said the Saunders SC defender. "Our main target is to make the best of the first leg on home soil."
The other major attractionsBoosted by their milestone success at last December's AFF Championship (ASEAN Football Federation), Malaysia are looking to translate their regional form on to the continental qualifying front when they welcome Chinese Taipei. The two sides are level in the head-to-head stakes, having won four and drawn three each, but it was the visitors who emerged victorious in their latest meeting, with a 3-2 home success in qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup 2000.
Having never lost against Pakistan on home soil, Bangladesh will be hoping that they can build on the record with victory in Dahka. Their opponents, captained by veteran goalkeeper Jaffar Khan and reinforced by an overseas-based quartet, will spare nothing to end their victory-drought away against the neighbours. "It is important to win the first leg," said Pakistan coach Tariq Lutfi. "The win will be a morale-booster for us ahead of the return match."
Home support is not, however, something that can be counted on by Afghanistan, who have to stage the first leg against Palestine on a neutral ground in the Tajikistani city of Tursunzade.
An opening triumph should be within Vietnam's grasp when they entertain Macau in Ho Chi Minh City. Taking centre stage in the region, however, is the south-east Asian derby between Cambodia and Laos at Phnom Penh, with the hosts' coach Lee Tae-Hoon expecting not only a good result but also a satisfying performance. "It is an important game but more important is how we play," he said.
Elsewhere, Timor-Leste will have to overcome not only Nepal but also the altitude of 1,350 metres above sea level at Kathmandu. The same can be said of Myanmar, who are expected to play at a similar height when they challenge Mongolia.
Player to watchMohd Safee Mohd Sali struck five times to finish as top scorer as Malaysia won the latest AFF Championship. The 27-year-old forward now has Chinese Taipei in his sights.
What they said"I think the most important thing is that we have a fresh team and beat Macau through relentless attacking," Falko Goetz, Vietnam coach
Asian Zone qualifying, first round, first-leg fixtures:*29 June
*Malaysia-Chinese Taipei
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According to MacRumors, they have confirmation that the next generation iPad will have a retina display with four times the pixels (2048 x 1536) of the current iPad2. Do we need that many pixels in a tablet? Not necessarily, but Apple clearly needs to demonstrate that they can continue to remain ahead of competing tablets. Taking a page from the digital camera playbook they are throwing pixels at the problem. I think there are some benefits and some drawbacks to the plan. Here's a score card:
Unbelievably vivid images: At more than 200 pixels per inch, the retina display will give photographs a life-like level of detail. And the rumored 8 megapixel camera will be a ready source for such images.
Electronic paper: Ink on paper is generally at 300 dots per inch, but given the physical properties of printing (i.e., schemer) the super crisp 264 ppi display (not quite as high as the iPhone 4GS's 326 ppi) will have print quality resolution. Digital magazine publishers (and their advertisers) will love this.
Home Theater in Your Lap: Assuming the chip can support it (which the rumored quad-core A6 processor would) this screen can display full 1080 HD movies (1920 x 1080 pixels) with room for navigational chrome.
The Rise of Responsive: The higher damands of a subset of mobile devices will quicken the development of responsive web design, particularly in terms of the variable delivery of images based on device pixel dimensions.
Your (No Longer Unlimited) Data Plan: Since providers have been phasing out unlimited data plans it is likely that you will be feeding all those pixels from a metered dataplan. Ouch!
The Rising Cost of Media: If content producers heed Neil Young's seemingly contradictory defense and assault on piracy—high resolution media, whether music or movies or images—will cost more—and people will buy it, selectively. Like font designers who are finally getting paid because of the increased use of web fonts, hopefully photographers will find a resurgence in the demand for high-quality photography once everyone is walking around with high-resolution displays. (This is a pro within the con, at least for pros.)
That Giant Sucking Sound: Where, exactly is all this bandwidth going to come from? How much of the earth's energy will be devoted to the additional server farms required to deliver all of this glorious resolution? Who's going to pay for it? Ultimately we all are, I'm afraid.
Copyright Concerns: Take Pinterest, for example. If third party websites make high-resolution copies of all of the image that their users post (as Pinterest does) the possibilites of copyright infringement go up exponentially. Relative to the rising cost of media (above) one can imagine content producers giving away low-resolution proxies of their work for free but charging for the high-resolution experience. But what happens as those high-resolution files fall out of their owners control?
There are many opportunities that will be created by heightening consumer's desire and demand for higher-resolution content experiences, but as in space, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so tighten your seat belts and hang on!


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Flying bust: Rug store owner floored by balloon fine
Mahmood Pasha fought the law, but the law won. As a result, the former rug store owner will pay for the most expensive balloons of his life.
"I definitely always love to obey the law," Pasha said. Unless, of course, it's what he terms "a stupid law."
During a nearly two-hour trial May 27 in Albemarle General District Court, the owner of the now-closed Rug Depot was found to have violated zoning code and fined $3,200.
Community planner John Jones told the Court that the code prohibits "floating signs," any sort of floating or tethered device that "brings attention to the business that it is associated with." For example, balloons tied to a sign outside a rug store.
Jones testified that he first spotted balloons outside Pasha's store, which was then operating at 2165 Seminole Trail on October 28. Jones testified that he told Pasha that day he was in violation and sent a formal notice of violation three days later. Despite the warnings, Jones testified, Rug Depot continued to utilize balloons until the store's closing in March.
Even Pasha confirmed that each photograph introduced into evidence truthfully portrayed the scene and that he was aware of the law even before Jones alerted him to the provision. So why fight?
For Pasha, bright balloons provided not only advertisement for his going-out-of-business shop but also gave drivers "a happy moment." But, most importantly, Pasha says, it was important to fight what he believes should be changed.
And at trial, Pasha came ready to fight. His choice weapons included photographs of other local businesses using "floating signs" as well as signatures from 52 local business operators who would put up some floating signs of their own.
But Pasha never got the chance to use these tools. As the nearly two-hour trial neared its end, the County moved for a summary judgement, and after several unrecognized protests and comments from Pasha, Judge Robert Downer found him in violation. "The law is what it is," said Judge Downer, noting that if Pasha wanted balloons, he could have put his business outside Albemarle.
Pasha was found to have committed eight instances of floating signs– $200 for the first violation after the warning and $500 for each documented subsequent act. Like all other acts of civil disobedience, the judge noted, the lawbreaker must be willing to accept the punishment.
After trial, Pasha said he does not plan on appealing the case, but said he may continue to press for the right for him and others to fly their signs.
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How about this? How about if Judge Downer finds the tools on the Albemarle Planning Commission guilty of chronically violating the tenets of Best Zoning Practices in granting almost every critical slopes waiver that comes before their beady little eyes? Then we'd be getting somewhere!
Pasha's balloon, or Wendell Wood's moonscape down the street-- what's the difference? They're both eyesores, but only one is actively harming the environment.
well wendel wood had to get a permit to clear the land for his new shopping nonsense first and what he his doing on his land is legal.
But beside that it's exactly the same thing.
Tommy had a dog? I knew he had slaves but didn't know about the dogs.
maybe he should float a balloon that says don't do business in albemarle county it is overun with enforcment zealots.
I assume he still has first amendment rights.
That balloon never gave me a "happy moment" when I drove past it. I mostly thought "damn, what is that ugly distracting thing floating in the sky alongside the road?"
29N is ugly enough and large ugly balloons don't help matters.
However, I think the truck trailers that double as billboards are a far worse violation of County code.
It's time the County enforced its ordinances, before 29 starts to look like Highway 17 in Myrtle Beach.
Who cares? Our local government has no more (and certainly no less) power hungry ninnies that enjoy making a capital case out of a minor annoyance. Pay up and move on Pasha. The next group of power hungry ninnies is waiting for you and your meaningless act of rebillion.
What is outrageous in this story is how we citizens let lawmakers and judges get away with acting like deity. I've seen this time and again: there's no such thing as a FAIR civil trial in America today because the judges are all powerful. People WAKE UP! This is the land of the HIGH and MIGHTY, not the land of the FREE!!!!!!!!!
This Albemarle county is worried about a balloon but allows dogs to bark non-stop if you park your dogs on 5 acres? It seems they are worried about appearance above everthing else.
Vertico, let me add some fact to your presumtion in as few words as possible: Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society
Shopkeepers will continue to do this so long as judges let them earn ten, twenty, thirty times what the fine is by violating the law. If this had been a $30,000 fine, if would have (a) been fair, and (b) sent shopkeepers the right message instead of the wrong one.
Dr C
The message thsi government is sending to shopkeepers is to not take any risks creating jobs because the GOVERNMENT IS AGAINST YOU.
Emmision and safety laws are one thing, petty crap like this is another.


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3459 Notre-Dame St. W. (at Rose de Lima St.)
Phone: 514-544-9866
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m.
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Parking: On the street
Price range: Starters: $6-$13; pizzas $15; salads $15-$21; main courses $17-$32; desserts $4-$6
I'm at Rasoi, seated under a rather magnificent painted ceiling next to a carving of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha. While sipping a glass of gewürztraminer, I'm kicking myself for not having invited my Indian food expert friends, John and Kay. Whenever I invite this couple on an Indian outing (that is, when they are not in Mumbai), we dissect every last bite of papadum, samosas, biryani, naan, saag gosht or tikka masala.
I have gleaned much from their knowledge, ranging from whether the paratha is thin enough, the bhaji are crisp enough or the vindaloo spicy enough. So while perusing the blackboard menu at this 5-month-old St-Henri eatery, I'm wondering whether maybe it's not too late to get them over here.
But by the fifth line of the menu, I'm rather relieved they're not at the table. The menu items include such eyebrow-raising dishes as kheema poutine, fig and paneer pizza and a side dish of frites Mexicana. Rasoi is basically an Indian restaurant, but the food is more along "exotic" lines. One section of the menu is marked as fusion, but a lot of what's on offer is a jumble of American, Thai and Indian cuisines. French, too, as in quail salad with honey Dijon vinaigrette. What, no Ethiopian?
Happily, the menu's not that far-ranging. As the Eye of the Tiger jingles in the background, I come to the conclusion that the young and fun restaurant card is the one being played. With a groovy nouvelle-Indian décor and friendly servers, Rasoi serves food that, while not authentically Indian, is sure to appeal to those bored with bistro standbys. I'm always thrilled to see ethnic restaurants mixing things up a bit, going more upscale, using better ingredients and injecting a little more pizzazz into the experience. Yes, someone should be spanked for coming up with an outrageous dish like Californian chicken tandoori pizza (no, I'm not making it up), but doggonit, you gotta give this crew points for trying. And, no, I didn't try it, but just the same ...
Multicultural pizza aside, I did manage to sink my teeth into quite a lineup, beginning with that beloved Indian street-food favourite, onion bhajji. This huge portion (a steal at $7) arrived in a brown paper bag and was served with a coriander dipping sauce. Though a tad larger and heavier than what I'm used to, the gently spiced onion fritters were crisp, tasted great and weren't in the least bit greasy.
That other great Indian snack food, pakoras — made with a fish described by the waitress simply as "white" — arrived in a small bucket with a spicy mayonnaise alongside. Frankly, they looked and tasted like the fish version of chicken fingers, but they were crisp and dry, so yum yum.
The last of our three starters, tandoori and tikka paneer, featured soft chunks of paneer (alas, not homemade) marinated in tandoori masala and then grilled. I wouldn't say these chunks of soft cheese were scintillating, but certainly interesting, especially when dipped in the accompanying minty sauce. What I really enjoyed on this plate was the coleslaw served alongside. Crisp, fresh and just a little spicy, this side salad provided the best bites of the starter course.
Considering how good the coleslaw was, it came as little surprise that the green papaya salad was also a hit. Though not joltingly hot like the famous Thai green papaya salad, this mix had a nice limey tang and a scattering of nuts and raisins to add texture. The star of the plate was the half dozen masala-dusted, grilled shrimp surrounding the salad, which were well cooked but heavy on the cumin. Still, it's a dish I'd recommend that still tasted great the next day (worth noting: the salads here are copious).
For the main course options, we headed into serious Indian territory with servings of butter chicken and goat vindaloo, and one fusion dish that featured lamb. Let's begin with the lamb, an astounding dish, and I say astounding in the least positive sense of the word. Imagine this: four lamb chops, a large mound of mesclun salad, a pile of french fries served with a ramekin of spicy ketchup and a second of liquid duck fat. Spooned atop the chops was a sweet brown sauce, and underneath them was a dense mango chutney.
The fries, no doubt of frozen origins, seemed an odd accompaniment to the lamb chops, which were close to raw. I didn't go near the duck fat — arguably the oddest condiment I've ever been served — and quite enjoyed the spicy ketchup. But this dish was a dud (and made me feel great about not trying the poutine!).
The two curries were quite nice, though. Served with raita and rice and a large basket of delicious naan bread, the curries were served in karhais (single-serving size woks). Rich and creamy, the butter chicken was lightly spiced but fell short of the expected lusciousness because the chicken pieces were hard. White meat is a poor choice for stewed dishes because it toughens as it cooks. Made with dark meat, this butter chicken would fly.
As for the goat curry, the taste was pleasant, but the proportion of bones exceeded that of the meat, leaving us to pick the bones for the smallest bits of goat. Yet, as the sauces were both winners, these dishes would work well with just a few adjustments. I'm optimistic.
There are two desserts on offer, and as I'm not a fan of mango mouse cake, I opted for the pistachio ice cream. After one bite, all I could think was, with all the commercial ice cream available, why choose The Riddler green one that tastes like almond hand soap?
Despite my large number of criticisms, I would return to Rasoi. Yes, I would. That is, if I lived in the area. But I would settle on a few of the tamer dishes over the more fusion-style plates. So, basically, I'd eat the Indian food. They also have a good wine list — a bit pricey, but well chosen. And I like the ambience and our waitress, who never ceased to smile.
It's also worth mentioning that when I exited Rasoi and walked down this western strip of Notre-Dame St. W., I noticed empty lots, boarded-up buildings and a general feeling of malaise. And, yet, there across the street was the terrific Café St-Henri; nearby is the great sandwich shop Campanelli and a bit farther west, the excellent Tuck Shop. St-Henri is all the better for establishments like these. Rasoi, too — even if my friends, John and Kay, would have expired at the sight of that Punjabi poutine.
Lesley Chesterman writes about fine-dining restaurants and food for The Gazette.
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1 Angel food cake mix
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Make the cake according to the directions, the only other ingredient is water. The Danish Strawberry Glaze is found right next to the Jello boxes. Make according to the directions of the fruit glaze. Again the only other ingredient is water. Cut the strawberries add them to the Danish dessert while it is still in the same pan and is hot. Place the whole pan in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Whip the whipping cream adding a 1/4 c. of sugar and 1 tsp
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Affirmed by meetings of both the Lambeth Conference and the Anglican Consultative Council the Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion is the nearest thing the Anglican Communion has to an 'official' statement about mission. The statement of the Five Marks – and a brief commentary on them – can be found here.
The documents produced by the three recent Mission Commissions of the Anglican Communion, IASCOME; MISSIO and MISAG II also offer useful resources for serious study of Anglican mission thinking
What is missiology
is a brief definition of what missiology is – useful since ;missiology' is quite an elusive word to get a handle on.
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Peace or pieces? Anglican unity, communion and the mission of God
an article by Revd Mike McCoy in the Anitepam Journal 2006 – poses some questions about the use and understanding of these Five Marks
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The World Council of Churches website has some useful online statements and articles linked to mission. Of particular interest may be this statement about the link between mission and evangelism in unity today Link to Article
and a discussion about the concept of reconciliation as mission
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There are a number of resources available via the website of the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS). http://www.missionstudies.org. A list of contents of Mission Studies, the IAMS journal can be found here, http://www.missionstudies.org/misc/contents.htm and some complete articles can also be accessed.
The Crowther Centre, recently established in Oxford by CMS Britain as a resource for mission thinking, contains a number of useful resource articles on its website.
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Of particular interest may be the online catalogue of its library, which has a special focus on mission studies and can be accessed here
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There is an excellent documentary gourmets are sure to enjoy called Entre les Bras, which details the handover of kitchen duties by the revered French chef Michel Bras to his son, Sébastien. Aside from heart-wrenching scenes of a weary father looking less than enthused about the talents of his anxious son, there are some fabulous glimpses of this famous restaurant in action. The dining room, overlooking the breathtaking plateau d'Aubrac around the town of Laguiole, is pure minimalist chic. The kitchen epitomizes the word spotless. And the food? Ah, the food is a delicate mix of whimsical, natural and highly artistic. Michel Bras's restaurant is one I longed to experience for the past two decades. And yet even though I was vacationing in the area in 1999, I couldn't make it. Why? Though heartbroken to admit it, there was just no way I could afford it.
If one were to spend a night at Bras's today, the investment would start with $257 for the top tasting menu. As it would be unthinkable to drive anywhere in this deep countryside after enjoying even two glasses of wine (blood alcohol levels are very strict in France), one would have to add $365 for the least expensive bedroom. For breakfast, count another $51. So dinner and lodging for two at Michel Bras would set a couple back at least $1,000. And guess what: Bras is far from the most expensive three-Michelin-star restaurant. Dinner at The Fat Duck in England costs an eyebrow-raising $312 per person for food alone. The tasting menu at Alain Passard's Arpège in Paris is $413.
No doubt there are countless wealthy people on the planet for whom $1,000 for a Michelin three-star meal is not a financial stretch, and given a special occasion, many of us would surely spring for a famous restaurant as well. Fashionistas don't blink at the thought of buying $1,000 Louis Vuitton bags. Barbra Streisand fans pay huge sums to see the diva sing live. Cautious drivers often save up for a costly but super-safe Volvo. Wine lovers fork over for that $275 of Krug Champagne for New Year's Eve. And considering the quality of ingredients and number of hands required to transform them into something earthmoving, you might be surprised to learn that many elite restaurants barely break even. Though the world is reeling in what seems like a never-ending financial crisis, there is — and will always be — a demand for luxury goods.
Yet when it comes to super-elite restaurants, I have one complaint. Too many food writers drool all over them with very little consideration for the fact that dinner at said establishment will set you back a mortgage payment. Why is it that when the food media write about restaurants like Michel Bras or The Fat Duck or Arpège price is rarely mentioned? Probably because so few food writers pay for meals out of their own pocket. Food bloggers get a regular lashing for accepting free meals, yet professional journalists often have the meals covered by the news source they write for and an increasing number are accepting meals on press trips. So when analyzing a meal, price is rarely mentioned for one reason: Chances are the person who is writing about it doesn't have a dime invested in the experience.
Recently, I was invited to dine in one of Europe's top restaurants by a tourism organization. Boy, was it swish! There were truffles, foie gras, lobster, fine wines and just the most gorgeous dessert topped with the most perfect quenelle of pistachio ice cream. Heaven! But you know what I liked best about this meal? When it was time for the cheque to hit the table — you know that time when you sit there and you start to sweat and wonder whether your credit card will go through, or whether you really should have ordered that $24 flute of Champagne to start with, or if you should have booked a table in this crazy-expensive restaurant in the first place? — well, this time, none of that happened because no cheque arrived. None. I just wiped my mouth, put down the thick linen napkin, and sauntered out the door. Wow, what a feeling! And really, what a restaurant! People say it's one of the world's best, and after that dinner would I ever agree.
Yet the same could not be said about a meal I experience in Paris three years before. Like the other, this establishment was considered one of the world's best and also had the reputation for being one of France's most affordable three-Michelin-starred restaurants. We ate like kings and drank like Grand Prix fans on a bender. But when the bill arrived, the fun came to a screeching halt. Four of us handed over some 1,800 euros and the mood swiftly shifted from celebratory to morose. This awful feeling of excess was aggravated by the fact that, just that summer, after being hit with a $900 lunch for three at another multi-starred restaurant, I vowed never to dump preposterous amounts on restaurants again.
After some 15 years of restaurant reviewing, I've become less interested in food trends and increasingly sensitive to the subject of money in restaurants. How easy it is to recommend a restaurant when you're not paying the bill! Even those of us lucky enough to have costs covered by our employers never quite feel the sting of that inflated "addition." Yet off-duty, at those lofty restaurants where I picked up the tab, I often walked away feeling dumb for having paid so much for nothing more than dinner — and a dinner that didn't change my life or even teach me about haute gastronomy. No, all this dinner did was put a major dent in my savings. As a passionate restaurant-goer, I can justify spending $200 per person for a great meal. But when you're getting into $300, $400, $500 per person territory, the culinary thrills categorically fail to meet expectations.
In the past, to avoid blowing my cover by using a credit card in my name, I always reviewed restaurants with $340 cash in my pocket. And there was no missing when paying the bill that when I doled out the twenties, many of my dining companions gawked at seeing all that cash hit the table. Some even looked away!
At a time when credit cards have conveniently erased that image of cash from our conscience, and countless food and travel writers/bloggers rave about comped restaurant meals with only a flurry of dollar signs in a sidebar as an indication of price, our aversion to money talk in food writing seems cowardly. Of course, restaurant reviews cannot become consumer reports where we constantly gripe about parsimonious wine pours and tut tut over a $45 veal chop. Yet on the flip side, this blasé attitude displayed by the food press toward exorbitant prices and endless adulation towards elite chefs whose food can be experienced by a tiny fraction of the population verges on the ridiculous.
My restaurant critic resolution for the New Year? It's time we stop pretending price doesn't matter. In 2013, it's time to get real.
Twitter: @LesleyChestrman
For more food and wine talk, tune in to Dinner Rush with Lesley Chesterman on Saturdays from 3 to 4 p.m. on News Talk Radio CJAD 800.


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Michael Scott is an entertaining TV character, but would you want him as a boss – or leading you into combat?
Viewing newly revealed raunchy comedy videos taped aboard the USS Enterprise in 2006 and 2007 reminded us, in an admittedly odd way, of watching episodes of "The Office."
Much like the show, the videos show a boss – Navy Capt. Owen Honors, then the aircraft carrier's second in command – who casts himself as a would-be comedian starring in his own show. And like Steve Carell's classic character, he often comes across as more clueless and crude than funny.
The humor ranges from the sophomoric (a simulated scatological stunt too disgusting to describe) to sexist frat boy nonsense (a goofy "chicks in the shower" skit) to the vile (the spewing of anti-gay slurs). The shenanigans cost Honors his post as commander of Enterprise Tuesday.
Now there's little argument that the 6,000 sailors and Marines attached to the Enterprise, which is deployed to trouble spots around the world, need to blow off steam once in a while. A commander willing to poke some harmless fun at himself in the occasional video would seem to be a morale booster.
But ultimately the boss sets the tone and has power over underlings, which doesn't make for an equal playing field of humor – particularly when women and homosexuals are the target of many of the jokes.
Honors, in one respect, isn't clueless. He knows his shtick isn't for everyone – but he seems to forget that he's in charge and is playing to what is, in effect, a captive audience.
In a video posted by The Virginian-Pilot, which broke the story, Honors starts by citing complaints about his past comic escapades – and advises any "bleeding hearts" who might take offense to "just go ahead and hug yourself." He included an anti-gay epithet in his opening monologue, which suggests it might take a lot more than the welcome end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell to change the attitudes of some military leaders.
Michael Scott, of course, is a fictional character, but he's resonated in part because too many of us have had to grin-and-bear our way through dealings with painfully unfunny bosses like him. The character also has endured because Carell imbued Scott with a likability and vulnerability that will be missed when the actor leaves the show at the end of this season.
Honors apparently is popular enough to spur many of his sailors to defend him, most notably on Facebook, and his case seems destined to spark a new national debate over whether he was a victim of political correctness. The bottom line is that he won't be aboard the Enterprise when it ships out this month to support combat missions in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, check out the video below, and decide for yourself whether the Michael Scott of the high seas deserved to lose his day (and night) job:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Burlington, N.C. -- A 12-year-old girl from Burlington is on a mission to get Governor Pat McCrory's attention. She brought a cake she baked for him to Raleigh on Thursday.
"I really do not want to argue with him. A lot of people don't get that. They think I'm trying to set him up. I'm 12," Madison Kimrey said.
The idea stems from an incident last month when Governor McCrory passed out cookies to people protesting outside the governor's mansion.
Madison Kimrey did not have an appointment today. However, she wanted to talk to the governor about access to the polls and the way he has dealt with Moral Monday protests. She launched an online petition asking for that meeting. It has more than 10,000 signatures.
"I don't really want to have a big, long, drawn-out conversation with him; 15-20 minutes," she said.
Kimrey used her grandmother's recipe to bake a cake to share with the governor.
"I don't mean anything nasty with it or anything. It's a cake. And, cake is awesome," Kimrey said. "I didn't like where North Carolina was headed, so I decided to stand up about it."
You might be wondering if someone is behind this 12-year-old's ambition.
"A lot of people keep saying that my parents are putting me up to it and that I'm scripted all the time. And, that I recite this stuff in my living room before I do interviews. That's not what happens," Kimrey said.
Madison loves politics, but isn't old enough to vote. She says talking to the governor is one of the only ways to get her voice heard.
"I know about these things. That's what a lot of people don't understand. I really do know what I'm talking about. ... This is the only shot I've got as to having a say in my country and my state."
Governor McCrory did not meet with her. But, she got a lot of attention and you could argue she is learning a lot about politics. She certainly knows a lot more about government than your typical 12-year-old.


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Chocolate-Covered Toffee with Pumpkin Seeds and Sea Salt
It doesn't get simpler than this toffee made with semi-dark chocolate and buttery caramel from The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook. Adding toasted pumpkin seeds amps up the fat, and sea salt gives it that addictive quality that makes such treats disappear so quickly.
Excerpted from The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook by Michael Anthony, Dorothy Kalins, and Danny Meyer (Clarkson Potter). Copyright © 2013. Photographs by Maura McEvoy.
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- Yield:makes about 1 1/4 pounds
- Active time: 25 minutes
- Total time:2 hours, including setting/cooling
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 3/4 cup toasted pumpkin seeds, toasted
- Sea salt
Line a large baking pan with parchment paper. Put the pan on a flat surface and protect the surface—because toffee is sugar cooked at a high temperature—with a trivet or a towel underneath. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, and 2 tablespoons water (being careful not to get sugar on the sides of the pan, where it can crystallize) and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Boil the mixture, stirring constantly, until it turns a beautiful caramel color (about 295°F on a candy thermometer), about 7 minutes. Immediately remove from the heat.
Add the salt and stir to combine, then add the vanilla and stir to combine. Be careful: the mixture is very hot and will sputter. Immediately pour the toffee onto the parchment paper–lined pan and, with a heatproof spatula, quickly spread it in an even layer almost to the edges. (This is very hot, so resist the temptation to stick a finger in it.)
Let cool completely.
Temper the chocolate. Bring 2 inches of water to a bare simmer in a medium pot. Set a medium metal bowl over it, add two-thirds of the chocolate, and gently melt it. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in the remaining chocolate until melted and smooth.
Pat the surface of the cooled toffee dry to make sure the chocolate will adhere properly. With the heatproof spatula, spread the melted chocolate in an even layer over the toffee, then quickly scatter the pumpkin seeds on top and sprinkle with sea salt. Let stand until the chocolate hardens.
Break the toffee into large pieces. The toffee will keep, covered, for up to 2 weeks.
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Former University of Memphis PG Antonio Barton will not spend his final year of eligibility with the Maryland Terrapins.
Instead, Barton will spend next season with the Tennessee Volunteers, as was announced Sunday by his brother Will Barton-now with the NBA's Portland Trailblazers.
Both Bartons hail from Baltimore (Lake Clifton). The proximity to home was thought to be key in the decision making process for the guard who spent the last three seasons playing for the Tigers. Barton ultimately chose Tennessee over the Terps, Kansas State and Texas A&M.
Barton would have been a significant immediate addition as he is eligible to play this fall because he is graduating this year from Memphis. Logan Aronhalt made a similar move last year in his switch from Albany to College Park.
Without adding any other potential transfers, Mark Turgeon's team will be thin at the point guard position next season. Pe'Shon Howard decided to transfer after the 2012-2013 season, he has visited USC but has not committed anywhere of yet. Rising sophomore Seth Allen will be a point guard option for Maryland, as will incoming freshman Roddy Peters (Suitland) although both are more combo guards than true point guards.
Rising junior Nick Faust also saw some time at point guard last season but was clearly frustrated by the position move and the results were mostly shaky. Rising junior Dez Wells also handled some possessions at point guard with mixed results.


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Commentary: Is It Over Yet?
Sox Train Wreck Season Draws Mercifully To A Close
There is less than a week of baseball left in 2012 season for the Boston Red Sox. For most fans, and perhaps players, too, the end cannot come soon enough.
Not that they have nothing left to play for.
The team's final six games will determine whether they finish dead last, or simply in next-to-last place in their division.
Not exactly playing for all the marbles.
It has been truly a train wreck of a season for the Sox.
Actually, it's now a train wreck piled on a train wreck, given the debacle (worst September fold in MLB history) that ended last season.
To be fair, the Sox were missing a lot of key cars to their train this year. Key players (Jacoby Ellsbury, Carl Crawford, Clay Bucholtz) were lost to the team with shocking frequency. At times it seemed there were as many guys listed on the disabled list as there were sitting in the dugout.
And the team did make an attempt to rid their team of certain lousy influences, like pitcher Josh Beckett who (along with Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Punto) was traded to the Dodgers in August.
Friendly Fenway? Hardly. The Red Sox will finish the 2012 season with their worst home record in nearly 50 years.
It's sad, really. It all started with such promise. This season did, after all, mark the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. 'Course, 2012 also marked the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. Draw your own conclusions.
Where did that promise go? Where did the resolve to exorcize the demons of last season go? (Apparently, merely exorcizing Beckett wasn't enough.)
And where, oh, where, did Bobby Valentine go?
Talk about promise. While many Sox fans were pained by last season's firing of former manager (read: "sacrificial lamb") Terry Francona, many were also hopeful that in Valentine the team had at least hired a no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is skipper who would right the ship and put things on a more stable and presumably successful course.
Instead of "Master and Commander" we got "Gilligan's Island."
As this lost season wore on, Valentine seemed to visibly diminish before our eyes.
He seemed addled, weary, and woebegone. That's certainly not how he was advertised.
A week before the season began, I spent a couple of days in Valentine's hometown of Stamford, CT, talking with many of his longtime friends and associates. They assured us that in Bobby, the Sox had signed themselves onto a truly great guy, a dogged competitor, and a man who was all about winning.
If only.
Frank Ramppen is a man who knows Valentine as well as anyone. He runs the Bobby Valentine Baseball Academy in Stamford, and was Valentine's bench coach in Japan, where their team won a championship in 2005.
"Sox fans should know this about Bobby," Ramppen told us. "This guy will never quit, and no one will work harder on that team than him."
Where was that Bobby?
I have no doubt that Bobby Valentine values hard work and wants to win. Badly. I respect him as a man, and for the many good things he's done, both in and out of baseball. (He's done some dumb stuff, too.) And he's certainly not responsible for all that's gone wrong with the Red Sox this year.
But let's face it, from the front office to the field itself, there was clearly more quitting than competing in the air around the Red Sox this year.
Valentine may or may not be back for next season.
The owners, and the general manager, will be.
Many of the players will be.
And so will a miasma that is still waiting to be dispelled, and that is proving much harder than we thought to get rid of.


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Foundation team update!Foundation team report, straight from Grenog (Foundation filmer)
Matt - Nollie 180 big three
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Well another holiday weekend passed and despite the crazy wind all over LA, IE, and The high desert, it was a good one.
Gareth and Angel are officially in spain filming and shooting photos for a month with Dave Hoang and Cole Mathews. Duffel will be out there towards the end of the week to join them. Ethan just returned from a trip from Mexico City where he enjoyed skating drinking and watching real life cock fights. Matt has been taking it easy at his home in Victorville skating and training for the coming up Tampa contests. I will be going out there at least once a week to film with Matt. Ive been talking to Mike and he should be coming down for a few weeks at the begining of Dec. to stay for a little while and film and shoot photos.
Angel will be in New Zealand with Vans Dec 3rd - 16th and then off to Spain to hook up with his Foundation team riders.
Slash and Sammy will be returning once again to LA to continue ripping and shooting more photos with Trinh from TWS. Im gunna try and bring Adrian up also if he is in town.
No word from the two hard to get a hold ofs, Tommy and Shuriken, but im working on it.


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The researchers found the majority of children removed from these homes were healthy and drug free. The research is published in the July 25 advance online edition of the Journal of Pediatrics.
Children found in homes with marijuana-growing operations or makeshift methamphetamine laboratories in the Greater Toronto Area are routinely identified by police and referred to the local Children's Aid Society (CAS), which usually removes the children from the home and separates them from their parent(s). These children are sometimes placed into foster care.
In 2006, York Region CAS and York Regional Police asked Motherisk to develop a program to follow such children and to assess their general health and well-being with a specific focus on illicit-drug exposure.
Between January 2006 and January 2010, 75 children from 46 different homes were evaluated by Motherisk's follow-up clinic. The children ranged in age from two months to 15 years. Eighty per cent of the homes were marijuana-growing operations or homes where large quantities of the drug were found, while the remaining homes were engaged in cocaine or amphetamine production or had multiple drugs – including marijuana, cocaine, MDMA or heroin – being produced or stored.
While hair follicle testing identified exposure to illicit drugs in a third of the children, the vast majority showed no symptoms of this exposure. In fact, the health problems found in this population were actually fewer than those in the general Canadian population.
Previous research shows risks associated with a methamphetamine lab differ significantly from those associated with marijuana-growing operations where children are exposed primarily to plants. While meth labs may allow exposure to dangerous chemicals and possible explosions, grow ops pose risks that are similar to those affecting children living on farms.
"Our research showed that these kids are actually doing alright compared to the Canadian norms," says study author Dr. Gideon Koren, Director of Motherisk and Senior Scientist at SickKids, who explains this finding may be because people operating grow ops often have lucrative incomes and higher socioeconomic status than the general population. "Making any generalization – either removing all these kids or none of these kids – should not be automatic. The decision should be made following detailed assessment on a case-by-case basis."
Koren suggests removal be based on solid evidence that the risk of remaining with the parent(s) outweighs the risk of separation; emotional difficulties may be caused by the separation itself, while additional emotional and physical issues may arise if the child is placed into foster care.
"Taking a small child from his or her parents in a well-adapted environment causes fear, anxiety, confusion and sadness – everything that comes from separation," says Koren, who is also Professor of Paediatrics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto. "Safety issues may require the child to be removed from the physical location of drug production and the child may also need to be seized from the parents for legal reasons. However, there is no medical justification to automatically separate them from their parents," he adds.
"In the early 2000s, York Region CAS had to unexpectedly deal with many drug-producing homes," explains Patrick Lake, Executive Director of York Region Children's Aid Society. "When police action revealed the presence of children, York Region CAS was called to protect the best interest of the child. While we assessed health concerns, along with the child's physical and emotional well-being, little was known at the time about the long-term effects on children living in these environments. We were eager to participate in this study to improve our knowledge and refine our approach. Since 2006, York Region CAS has learned more about the impact of home-based drug operations and the effects on children. We have developed a more customized and comprehensive process to determine best response, on a case-by-case basis, while looking for ways to safely maintain children with their parents or relatives."
"York Regional Police is proud of the success we have achieved in significantly reducing the number of marijuana grow operations and clandestine labs in York Region since 2002. That success is due in part to assistance from our community partners like the York Region Children's Aid Society and the Motherisk Program," says Deputy Chief of Operations Bruce Herridge. "From a police perspective, there are concerns beyond just the medical implications for children found living in these conditions. The study is informative from a medical perspective and is useful to York Regional Police in our ongoing efforts to keep our communities and citizens safe, particularly our children."
Between 2000 and 2003, about 10,000 children lived in homes with adults who conducted illegal drug production or "crop sitting" in Ontario.
In 2006, Alberta passed its Drug Endangered Children Act, the first legislation of its kind in Canada. The Act enables authorities to automatically seize children for up to two days, even if this is solely based on suspicion. Ontario's Bill 84 Act to amend the Child and Family Services Act has been referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.
The next step for this research, says Koren, is to conduct prospective cohort studies in this population of children.
Motherisk is a clinical research and teaching program that provides evidence-based information and guidance about the safety or risk to the developing fetus or infant as a result of maternal exposure to drugs, chemicals, diseases, radiation or environmental agents.
The study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program and University of Toronto Fellowships and SickKids Foundation.
About The Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is recognized as one of the world's foremost paediatric health-care institutions and is Canada's leading centre dedicated to advancing children's health through the integration of patient care, research and education. Founded in 1875 and affiliated with the University of Toronto, SickKids is one of Canada's most research-intensive hospitals and has generated discoveries that have helped children globally. Its mission is to provide the best in complex and specialized family-centred care; pioneer scientific and clinical advancements; share expertise; foster an academic environment that nurtures health-care professionals; and champion an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system. SickKids is proud of its vision for Healthier Children. A Better World. For more information, please visit www.sickkids.ca.
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SickKids Research & Learning Tower will bring together researchers from different scientific disciplines and a variety of clinical perspectives, to accelerate discoveries, new knowledge and their application to child health — a different concept from traditional research building designs. TheTower will physically connect SickKids science, discovery and learning activities to its clinical operations. Designed by award-winning architects Diamond + Schmitt Inc. and HDR Inc. with a goal to achieve LEED® Gold Certification for sustainable design, the Tower will create an architectural landmark as the eastern gateway to Toronto's Discovery District. SickKids Research & Learning Tower is funded by a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and community support for the ongoing fundraising campaign. For more information, please visit www.buildsickkids.com.
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