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It's just a cluster of fast food shops, discount stores, mini-malls and parking lots.The Promenade at Castle Rock is in year three, of a five-year build-out plan, and there's about 40 percent left to go. The types of businesses going into the development are market-driven and determined by the developer, Alberta Development Partners. You can view the design book at CRgov.com/Promenade. There is also a link to Alberta's site, where the company announces new businesses.
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A new Starbucks is under construction in this area. View additional information about that project.
The Town continues to work with cell phone providers and others seeking to improve cell phone coverage within Castle Rock. We want to ensure that cell phone providers can efficiently and effectively locate wireless facilities within Town. The Town does have standards that seek to ensure that wireless facilities are compatible with surrounding property and uses.
On May 15, 2018, Town Council received public testimony on a request for a special use permit to allow a cell phone tower to be placed on Town-owned property on the Quarry Mesa Open Space. Town Council voted 5-1 to deny the application. (Following public testimony, the Town's Planning Commission had voted 6-0 to recommend that Town Council deny the application. Town staff had also recommended denial based upon applicable criteria.)
The resolution denying the special use emphasized a number of concerns with the application related to its proposed location, including the incompatibility of the tower structure on Town open space, which was specifically acquired and dedicated to remain as open space.
There is a retaining wall at the Promenade development that sustained damage during a July 2018 rain storm. The wall was installed by the Promenade's developer and inspected by a third-party engineer. The July storm overwhelmed the temporary sediment pond above the wall, resulting in water and mud overtopping the retaining wall. As a result, dirt and sediment accumulated on Castlegate Drive. Town staff cleaned up this public street with the cost charged back to the developer, and the developer remediated the site and rebuilt the retaining wall on their private property. A structural engineer has inspected the repairs and determined there is no danger to the public. The developer has installed additional drainage that should prevent the same thing from happening in the future.
Albert Development Partners announced at Town Council's Aug. 21 meeting that Whole Foods has officially signed a 20-year lease for space in the Promenade. The natural-grocery store is planning to open in late 2019/early 2020.
In regards to the Canyons South Proposal status "The property is currently zoned for development in Douglas County jurisdiction." What does that mean for Castle Rock? It seems that this large development is being planned within Castle Rock but not annexed in to Castle Rock. How does that work? Thank you.
Canyons South property has been zoned for development in Douglas County for quite some time. Past approvals allow them to build up to 968 single-family homes, a golf course, school sites and associated open space areas. In 2015, they requested to Annex into Castle Rock and increase their density up to 1,506 homes, remove the golf course, but still have schools and open space. During that process, the land owner decided to keep the zoning already approved in the County. Douglas County will be the governing body to issue building permits, own and maintain the roadways, and collect property taxes. Please contact Douglas County if you have further questions regarding where they are in the process of building this neighborhood.
The Town posts information about active developments within its jurisdiction online at CRgov.com/DevelopmentActivity.
No. This was a proposed idea. Town staff received a Preliminary Project Application (PPA) in November of 2017 for a sports complex located west of Ridge Road and north of Plum Creek Parkway. Town staff has not received any communication from the applicant since the comments then. Therefore the Town considers this application closed. The Preliminary Project Application is not a formal application. Instead, it is a way for developers to solicit comments from Town staff regarding the required processes for a proposed project.
Looking at the vision book for the Promenade, it appears that Alberta is leaving out A LOT of the amenities that were promised to create this "High Class" shopping experience and we are being left with a shopping center we can find anywhere else that is nothing special. What has been completed so far is just a fraction of what their documents show for area's that are completed already. What is being done by the town to ensure that the developer is delivering what was promised as many people I've talked to are disappointed with what has been done so far. I've tried contacting Alberta directly but they ignore all communications and their website has broken links that don't work.
Town staff in late March 2018 met with the Promenade Development Team to discuss existing conditions and review specific site design and landscape elements identified in the Council-approved Promenade Vision Book. The project is 60 percent complete and ahead of the initial 5-year schedule. The existing and proposed tenant mix, pedestrian gathering areas, and ongoing improvements to emphasize the "mountain to prairie" architecture and landscape material theme will be completed with each phase of the project. The development team noted that landscape improvements and pedestrian gathering areas will undergo further development in the spring and summer of 2018 and beyond. The tenant mix is consistent with the commercial needs of the community and initial presentation to Council, including additional sit-down restaurants and retail sales options. View a current site map, including updated businesses, at CRgov.com/Promenade.
The short answer is no. Town Code does not require conditioned air. Exhaust air may be required, and the conditioned air is drawn in from that. However, a supply air can be run to bathrooms. It just isn't required.
Town Council approved a rezoning of the property in May 2016 for multifamily housing. The project is delayed because the applicant is questioning the requirement to install road and utility improvements within the time frame noted in the Council-approved development agreement.
This land is owned by Castle Rock Development Co. The horses belong to a private owner leasing that land.
Plum Creek Investments LLC has submitted a Site Development Plan for a retail strip center with gas station at the southeast corner of East Plum Creek Parkway and South Lake Gulch Road. The retail strip center is a 7,200-foot, multi-tenant retail building. A convenience store will occupy approximately 5,100 square feet, while the remaining 2,1000 square feet are reserved for a future tenant yet to be determined. Six fuel stations are proposed to be in front of the building under a canopy. An automated drive-through car wash facility will also be located on the property.
The proposed uses are allowed by zoning; however, any development of this area would be required to go through a public hearing for interface regulations, to be in compliance with the rules required on commercial properties next to residential uses. The Site Development Plan is still under staff review, and public hearing dates have yet to be determined.
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The proposed Festival Park Commons project is a result of a request for proposals the Town distributed in 2017 to develop a public parking structure in the existing parking lot south of Town Hall. The chosen developer is still working on concepts, including redevelopment of the three other lots south of Town Hall into the plan, and a formal land use application has not been submitted to the Town. A schedule has not been proposed at this time.
Hi! Can you provide an update on the Promenade shopping area? It looks like we are building more than we can fill. Several store fronts, including the one by TJ Maxx and around other areas have been empty for a long time and yet land is still being cleared. There also has not been any action on the old King Soopers and now talk of the development of Millers Landing. This is very concerning to many residents.
The Promenade at Castle Rock is in its third year, and built-out is expected to take about five years. The developer, Alberta Development Partners, decides which businesses will go in various locations, based on the market. The area is about 40 percent completed. You can learn more about coming businesses on Alberta's Promenade at Castle Rock webpage.
We are new residents, and were told by the realtor that Castle Rock prohibits building along crests of hills in an effort to not block out views. My question pertains to the CityScape development by Richmond (on Meadows Boulevard just west of the hospital). It is not on a crest, but the homes are 4 stories tall, and completely blot out the high mountain range, leaving only sky visible. They are actually on land that is lower than our homes across the road, but they are very tall. I'm just wondering if there are any protections in place that relate to existing homes and views?Castle Rock does not have any regulations regarding existing homes and their views. Our Skyline/Ridgeline ordinance limits building height in specific protected areas that are designated on the Development Constraints Map. (See link below.) Some homes built in these Skyline/Ridgeline areas have reduced building height, additional landscaping, limited to earth tone colors, or have gone through a variance process to not have these limitations (based on detailed criteria). The CityScape homes are not limited due to this ordinance and are being built within the allowed building height of 60 feet for this Town Center neighborhood.
This area will be additional paired homes from builder KB. (Northwest corner of Celestial Avenue and Low Meadow Boulevard). Further to the west at Jonquil Street and Celestial Avenue will be single family homes from Lennar. You can learn about what's being built around Town with our Development Activity Map.
The Pine Canyon property is currently zoned in Douglas County as Agriculture One (A1) and is not within Town municipal borders. This property is currently going through a review process with Development Services. The latest submittal to the Town on this proposed project was received in November 2017. This is the ninth proposal related to this property that has been submitted over the course of many years.The area known as Pine Canyon spans both sides of Interstate 25, extending from the Union Pacific Railroad on the west to Founders Parkway on the east. It's generally north of Scott Boulevard and south of Founders Parkway. (Or, generally north of Douglas County High School.) The applicant currently proposes to annex into the Town and change the zoning to allow for a mix of single-family and multifamily housing (up to 1,320 dwellings). The proposal also includes 133 acres of open space and 57 acres of land for public use (schools, parks, etc.) The proposal also includes up to 40,000 square feet of non-residential development, such as offices, retail stores and restaurants on the east side of I-25, and up to 775,000 square feet of non-residential development on the west side of I-25.As part of this process, public hearings are required at various stages, including presentations to both the Planning Commission and Town Council. All public hearing dates are posted online at CRgov.com/Notices. The applicant is required to send letters to homeowners in the area (within 300 feet), and there will be a yellow public notice sign placed on the property. There are no public hearings scheduled for this proposal at this time. More information and all the proposal documents are online.
Annexation is the process by which a property becomes incorporated into the Town of Castle Rock's jurisdiction. With that annexation, the area benefits from services the Town provides, such as public safety, snow removal, street maintenance, park maintenance and more. It also means taxable units or sales tax from that property help pay for those services. All annexation proposals must follow a State-mandated process, which includes public hearings. As part of that process, Town Council must make three decisions:Substantial Compliance: Does the annexation petition comply with State Code?Eligibility: Is the property eligible to be annexed in accordance with State Code?Annexation: Should the property be annexed?The Town has several proposals under consideration. Learn more and view the annexation proposals at CRgov.com/Annexation.
This is the second Castle Locks Self-Storage project, which will include about 60,000 square feet of storage (399 units) and 2.3 acres of RV storage. The project is under construction and should be open in 2018. View a map of projects currently underway at CRgov.com/DevelopmentActivity.
In 2010, Town Council approved a Planned Development Plan for that area. That plan included 117 homes. Now, a new builder is interested in developing that area. The developer conducted two neighborhood meetings to date and received feedback expressing concerns over the proposed increase in density.
If the developer were to stick with the originally approved plan, construction could begin with proper construction documents. If the developer were to make any changes to the original plan – such as increasing the density of homes, building elevations, open space allocations, site setbacks, or overall site layout – the new plan would have to go through a public process. That process would include public hearings with the Planning Commission and then go to Town Council for consideration. To date, the applicant has suggested an increase in density up to 168 homes. However, the Town has not received a formal application. Depending on the increase in density that is ultimately submitted with a formal application, there would be numerous impacts, such as traffic impacts, that would need to be studied and discussed before the public process would begin.
When formal development plans are submitted, the Town updates its Development Activity map at CRgov.com/DevelopmentActivity.
That area – just north of the new Castle Rock Parkway interchange and behind Home Depot – is owned by Alberta Development Partners. Some of it is located within the Town's jurisdiction, and part of it is within Douglas County's jurisdiction. At this time, Alberta has sent proposed ideas to the Town through a Preliminary Project Application.
The Preliminary Project Application is not a formal application. Instead, it is a way for developers to solicit comments from Town staff regarding the required processes for a proposed project. In this case, some of the area would have to be annexed into the Town. In addition, the proposed idea would have to go through zoning, site development, construction document evaluation and erosion control processes – some of which require public hearings and neighborhood meetings. The proposed idea includes both residential and commercial development options.
For this 56-acre proposal, 34.9 acres already exist within the Town (zoned as Integrated Business back in the 1990s), and 21.7 acres would have to be annexed into the Town.
The formal annexation application begins when the owner/developer of the property submits an annexation application to the Town. No formal application has been submitted, and nothing has been presented to Town Council for consideration. Learn more about the Town's annexation process at CRgov.com/annexation.
This area is part of the new Promenade at Castle Rock. The developer, Alberta Development Partners, has announced this building will be a Hobby Lobby and a Ross. Visit their website to learn about other retailers and amenities coming to the area.
This parcel is owned by the Town as part of Front Street's right-of-way, which is reserved for future road widening, or road improvement projects. There are no plans for improvements at this time.
The property is currently owned by Heir & Company, a Castle Rock business. They are currently using the building for apartments. There have been numerous discussions about renovation of the existing building or renovation of the existing building with an addition to expand the usable square footage. However, there have only been discussions, with no formal action plans. In addition, the Town's Historic Preservation Board has nominated the building twice for Colorado's Endangered Places Program, but it has not been accepted. The hope was to get exposure for the building and, therefore, expand possible grant opportunities.
That land is a dedicated for a school site. At this time, the Town does not have any requests to develop a school on this site. When we receive requests, and developments begin going through our process, we post information on our Development Activity Map at CRgov.com/DevelopmentActivity.
This area is known as the Oaks Subdivision. The landowner is currently looking at requesting an increase in the number of homes previously approved. They have been conducting neighborhood outreach and have not at this time submitted an official application. Information about neighborhood meetings related to development can be found on the Public Notices calendar at CRgov.com/events. (To find past events, click the "show past events" box on the calendar and enter your search in the search bar.)
Like in most municipalities, all development – including building, planning and zoning – is handled by the Town's Development Services Department. A new development must start with a proposed plan.
The plan is submitted to Development Services, which is staffed with experts. Engineers, community planners and designers evaluate the plan on everything from traffic and water impacts to design and aesthetic standards. Their goal is to ensure every new development not only matches the community's vision but also makes technical sense and, above all, is safe to use. Then, the public process can begin. Planned developments are presented to the public through Planning Commission, community meetings, and Town Council. Then, staff follows up with developers to ensure public comments taken at public meetings are incorporated into the plan to the extent possible. You can see the projects going through this process using the map at CRgov.com/DevelopmentActivity. Sometimes, if the zoning use on the area is already in line with what the developer is proposing, it can be reviewed and approved by staff.
It's important to know this process is market-driven. When the economy supports new amenities, developers will approach the Town with their ideas.
Every development must go through some level of review by the Town's Development Services Department. Following Council's approval of this project, Wolfensberger Property Group (the lead developer of the property) submitted construction documents for Town review. Town staff has completed two reviews of the documents and are awaiting a response. Construction cannot begin until the documents are approved. Based on some discussions the Town has had with the developer, site grading and building construction could begin as early as fall 2017.
The Town and Alberta Development Partners (the developer of the Promenade) entered into a financial agreement in 2014. The Town agreed to share new tax revenue generated on the property. No existing Town revenues nor funds were committed to the project. Instead, it is a sharing of tax revenue the Town otherwise would not receive. This revenue helps fund necessary public services such as fire, police, road maintenance and more.
Key aspects of the agreement include: • The Town shares 27.5 percent of new sales tax revenues generated from that property for up to 25 years and will fund up to $4.45 million in development fee reimbursements and an additional $750,000 fee reimbursement tied to achieving 700,000 square feet in commercial development. • The metro district on the development property intends to issue and repay $28.8 million in net bond proceeds for qualifying public improvements. • Alberta intends to acquire the land, develop the property and otherwise fund the $180 million project. • The financial agreements also include restrictions on Alberta relocating certain existing business in Castle Rock to the new development.
View the agreement and learn more at CRgov.com/Promenade.
Located at the northeast corner of Wolfensberger and Coachline roads, the Hillside community concept is to create a modern new urban village with multiple housing types. The developer has an approved Site Development Plan for 130 units in this area. They have been working with the Town to finalize the neighborhood construction documents for the roadway and utility designs. The developer has not determined when they will start construction on the neighborhood yet. View information about this and other active developments on the Town's Development Activity Map.
No homes will be built on this temporary pile of dirt. According to Richmond Homes, the stockpile will be gone by mid-August, as they finish excavation work in the area. (The site grading is balanced, so there won't be any dirt left when the work there is finished.) New piles will show up during underground utility work, but they will be temporary, as well.


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CHERRY HILL, N.J. – It was a good weekend for the MIT women's lightweight crew team at the Knecht Cup races held on the Cooper River. The Engineers advanced boats to the finals in both the lightweight eight and lightweight four races, taking fourth in each event in a pair of very competitive races.
Both of the lightweight eight boats started their weekend on Saturday in Heat 1 of the opening round; with the A crew in lane 2 and the B crew in lane 5. The Engineer's A boat turned in an outstanding effort, advancing to the final by finishing second to a crew from the University of Tulsa by less than two seconds and ahead of a pair of entries from the University of Wisconsin, besting the Badgers A crew by nearly three and a half seconds. It was the first time that MIT has defeated a Wisconsin crew in women's lightweight racing. MIT's B entry finished fifth and did not advance.
MIT's lightweight four entries were in different heats on Saturday. Both crews finished third in their heats; with the 'A' boat posting the fourth-fastest time overall to advance to the finals, finishing behind teams from Penn State and Tulsa and ahead of crews from Lafayette and Liberty. The 'B' crew was third as well, finishing ahead of teams from Charleston and Maryland, but missed by one spot in advancing to the finals.
In Sunday's finals of the eights, the MIT 'A' boat took fourth in a very competitive field, finishing just seven seconds behind the winning crew from Wisconsin. The Engineers finished ahead of both Boston University and the Wisconsin 'B' crew and was just a little more than a second behind Tulsa for third.
For the MIT 'A' crew in the fours it was also a fourth-place finish, finishing 15 seconds behind the winners from Penn State and ahead of crews from Pittsburgh and Lafayette.
MIT also raced a novice eight boat on Saturday, with the crew failing to advance to the semifinals after finishing sixth in their heat.
MIT will return home to the Charles River next weekend when the Engineers will face off against crews from Stanford, Princeton, Wisconsin, Harvard-Radcliffe and Boston University.
Knecht Cup Results
Lightweight 8 – Heat 1
1. Tulsa 6:45.44
3. Wisconsin A 6:50.57
4. Wisconsin C 7:13.68
Lightweight 4 - HEAT 1
1. Boston University 8:19.91
2. Pittsburgh 8:26.85
4. Charleston 8:55.31
5. Maryland 8:59.44
Lightweight 4 - HEAT 2
1. Penn State 8:11.67
2. Tulsa 8:19.818.14
4. Lafayette 8:27.32
5. Liberty 8:35.13
Novice 8 – HEAT 3
1. Drexel 7:08.03
2. Alabama 7:12.35
3. LaSalle 7:37.76
4. New Hampshire 7:41.87
5. Fordham 7:56.76
6. MIT Lwt 7:59.29
Lightweight 8 – FINAL
1. Wisconsin A 6:42.85
2. Bucknell 6:43.47
3. Tulsa 6:48.51
5. Boston University 7:04.39
6. Wisconsin B 7:10.38
Lightweight 4 – FINAL
1. Penn State 7:57.43
2. Boston University 8:03.45
3. Tulsa 8:06.81
5. Pittsburgh 8:15.64
6. Lafayette 8:28.8431

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Dr. Paul Vance
Paul Vance is Professor of Cello and Director of Orchestral Activities at Winona State University in southeastern Minnesota. He is an active soloist and chamber music player, and has performed in recital in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Dr. Vance grew up in suburban Minneapolis, and started his musical career there playing guitar in the "crass and ignorant word of rock and roll" (Frank Zappa's words, obviously spoken in irony!). While on a European concert tour with Minnesota State University-Moorhead's Concert Choir, Paul heard his first chamber music concert at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Inspired by this experience, he took his first cello lessons at the age of twenty. The cello has been the focal point of his musical activity since that time. A seasoned orchestral player, Dr. Vance was Principal Cellist of the Rochester (MN) Symphony Orchestra and Chorale from 1997 until 2008. He has also served as Principal Cellist of the Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera Company Orchestra, and of Milwaukee's "Music Under the Stars" Orchestra for the summer pops series at Washington Park. In addition, he has been a section cellist in the Lexington (KY) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic Orchestra, and in the professional core of the South Bend (IN) Symphony Orchestra. In recent months he has appeared as cellist in performances by Chamber Music Winona and Rochester's Choral Arts Ensemble.
Vance holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), a Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Music and Stringed Instruments from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. His cello teachers have been Camilla Heller, Robert Jamieson, Jerome Jelinek, and Wolfgang Laufer. Dr. Vance studied with Tanya Remenikova for his recent sabbatical project involving performances of the Suites for Solo Cello by Benjamin Britten. He has had master classes and additional coaching with Pierre Fournier, Lynn Harrell, Irene Sharp, and Janos Starker.
Paul Vance plays a cello made by Chicago luthier Gary Garavaglia in 1985.
- Bachelor of Arts - Vocal Music and Stringed Instruments
Moorhead State College (MN)
- Master of Music - Cello Performance
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Doctor of Musical Arts - Cello Performance
University of Michigan
Courses Taught
- Applied Cello
- Music History
Orchestra Program
Dr. Paul Vance
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The Orchestral Program consists of three main ensembles:
- Winona Symphony Orchestra
- WSU Chamber Orchestra
- WSU String Ensemble
One unique aspect of the program is the variety of the music performed. Not only is the repertoire chosen from orchestral standards, the work of contemporary composers is often featured and an effort is made to include works by composers from the surrounding area. Another exciting aspect of the program is the camaraderie shared by the musicians who have many opportunities to travel together to attend professional orchestra concerts and meet professional musicians and composers.
The Symphony Orchestra Club helps fund these trips and is working to create a music library for use by small ensembles. Members of both orchestras often form duos, trios and quartets and perform throughout the year at coffeehouses, weddings, and special events and in recitals. For further information about the WSU Orchestral Program, please contact Dr. Paul Vance.


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Let there be no doubt about NASCAR wanting to add excitement and suspense to its product, thus improving the entertainment value.
The sanctioning body will reportedly make public changes to its Chase format next week during the annual media tour in Charlotte. It's created quite a stir at a time racing news is far overshadowed by Super Bowl hype.
On Wednesday, NASCAR revealed sweeping changes to its Sprint Cup qualifying session that will take effect at Phoenix, following the season-opening Daytona 500, a race already has a separate qualifying procedure that includes a pair of 200-mile races. In essence: NASCAR meets Formula One.
The new qualifying format for all three national touring series, under consideration for sometime according to NASCAR vice president of competition and racing development Robin Pemberton, eliminates the single-car practice has a goal of "providing a more fan-friendly and exciting qualifying session for each race."
On track measuring more than 1.25-miles, such as Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, there will be three sessions. The first will last 25 minutes for all cars entered. The fastest 24, after a five-minute break, will then compete in the 10-minute session.
The pole winner will be determined from the 12 fastest in the final five-minute session.
Only one set of tires will be allowed and work will be limited to adjustments on wedge and track cars, tire pressure and tape strategies. Cars will not be allowed to be jacked up and the hood will not open. Additionally, NASCAR will monitor pit road speeds.
There will be seven provisional spots available at each race, same as 2013. However, the new procedure will allow NASCAR to determine the field after the first session in the event of bad weather.
The tracks will apprecaite the new format.
"We support NASCAR's decision, The new approach should add significant excitement," said Chris Powell, president of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "It'll be interesting to see how the drivers and teams apply various strategies to assure their places in the weekend's events, given that our NASCAR Weekend marks the first event employing the three-session format on a 1.5-mile superspeedway."
"As you know, we evaluate a lot of things over time, and this is one of those that if the timing is right for us and we believe that the fans will be receptive to this," Pemberton said during a national conference call. "All the ones we've talked to so far think it's a great idea. The competitors think it's a great idea. It gives us an opportunity to get two or three rounds of qualifying in per event.
"I've got to believe it's better for any of the sponsors. … it's going to be a better show for TV and the people at home will have a better opportunity to watch these guys qualify."
Drivers were in agreement.
"Heck, I'm all for anything that makes it fun not only the fans but the drivers and teams, too!" Clint Bowyer said. "This is really going to shake things up on Fridays — in a good way. I'm all for it."
On Twitter, Jeff Gordon posted: "Looks like the @NASCAR knockout qual announcement today is already bringing excitement to 2014 season. I know I'm excited about it!"
Rolex 24
This weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona is the inaugural event for the United Sports Car Championship, which was first announced in 2012. It's the result of a merger between ISMA and Grand-Am Racing, the premier sports cart series in the country.
The series is new, but the 52nd 24-hour endurance race will once again feature a handful of standouts from NASCAR and IndyCar in addition to those who will compete for the TUSC title (Tudor, a Rolex product, is a five-year sponsor). It will also feature some new names in the racing world.
Among the more interesting aspects of the race, the first major event of the year, is that an IndyCar driver has been on the winning team in each of the last three years, and five of the last 10. Charlie Kimball, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Justin Wilson were on the top-three teams in 2013.
Wilson was also part of the winning team in 2012 and Graham Rahal enjoyed the fruits of victory in 2011, 30 years after father Bobby was part of the winning team.
Wilson will rejoin Michael Shank Racing and Rahal will compete for BMW Team RLL.
Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan and 2013 champ Scott Dixon will drive for Chip Ganassi Racing along with Marino Franchitti, Dario's brother, and NASCAR Cup rookie Kyle Larson.
Larson's NASCAR teammate Jamie McMurray will drive with Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and 2013 Indy Lights champion Sage Karam in another Ganassi entry.
Other IndyCar drivers set to compete include Sebastien Bourdais, James Hinchcliffe, Ryan Briscoe, Conor Daly, Alex Tagliani, Gabby Chaves and Katherine Legge.
Larson and McMurray will be joined by NASCAR's AJ Allmendinger, Max Papis, Colin Braun and Boris Said.
Metrolink and NASCAR
For the 15th time since Auto Club Speedway first started hosting a NASCAR Sprint Cup race in 1997, ran fans will be able to take Metrolink to the Fontana track from throughout Southern California. The price this year will be $19 for a round-trip ticket.
Metrolink will operate three trains on March 23 and will originate from Oxnard, Lancaster and Oceanside, with limited stops for faster service. The Oxnard train will include stops in Moorpark, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Covina, Montclair and Rancho Cucamonga. The Lancaster express will include stops in Santa Clarita, Sylmar/San Fernando, downtown Burbank and L.A. Union Station. Fans in the San Bernardino area will be serviced by the Oceanside train.
Times will be published at a later date for the noon start.
The trains are made possible by Clean Transportation Funding from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, whose main focus is to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.
Tickets for the ACS Express are only sold only by the track and are mailed out prior to the race. Train or race tickets can be purchased by phone at 800-944-7223 or at www.autoclubspeedway.com.
Racing around SoCal
Monster Jam Trucks return to Anaheim for second time on Saturday night. Highlights will include first Anaheim appearances for world champion Northern Nightmare and the 2013 new truck Zombie. … Irwindale Speedway competition director Mike Atkinson will meet with owners and drivers of all five divisions on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. Teams will also be able to sign for NASCAR license, ,,, The Pacific Street Car Association opens its season Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Record Breakers Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NHRA teams prepping for Winternationals will be in attendance and it will also debut Grudge Warz, a "line-'em-up, first-to-the-finish-line-wins type of race for local racers to settle the score." PSCA will return to Auto Club Dragway in Fontana on Feb. 28-March 2.


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Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning take on some interviews during the Very Good Girls Official Cast and Filmmakers Lunch sponsored by Fresh on Wednesday afternoon (January 23) in Park City, Utah.
The two actresses were joined by director Naomi Foner and co-star Boyd Holbrook.
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Across the country, the rape kit backlog is making headlines. Journalists are uncovering backlogs, jurisdictions are implementing reforms to track and test rape kits and citizens are taking action. In the Media Center, you'll find the latest information about the backlog, including: commentary from the END THE BACKLOG staff and backlog reformers, first-person testimonials from those impacted by the backlog, an archive of news articles, op-eds, investigative reports, legislation and government publications we've identified, and more.
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Featured Reformer: Keli Rabon
Keli Rabon is an investigative reporter with Call7News in Denver, Colorado. Her work to uncover rape kit backlogs in both Denver and Memphis has led to policy changes, and has earned Keli numerous awards. ENDTHEBACKLOG spoke with her.


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Sundays are lazy days. Most of us wake up a little later and plan fun activities before heading back to the grind come Monday. In fact, cooking should be the last thing on your mind.
How about heading outdoors for a meal? The sun is shining, the kids are on vacation, an ocean breeze fills the air, and there's a bloody Mary calling your name.
We've rounded up a list of some great places to brunch -- with a view.
Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill: Bring a hearty appetite to this brunch with a view of the Intracoastal. Here you will find a spread of food stations -- seafood, omelet, pasta, carving, hot and cold. Bring your yacht (dock space is available on a first-come basis) and listen to the live band.
Must eats: French toast (made with bread imported from Bimini) paired with a do-it-yourself bloody Mary. One mimosa or bloody Mary is included with the meal.
Dress code: preppy boat attire.
Cost: $32.95 (adults), $13.95 (children), free for kids under 5.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: 1555 Southeast 17th St., Fort Lauderdale. 954-525-7400, Biminiboatyard.com.
Blue Moon Fish Company: Seafood reigns at the Blue Moon, where you can order items such as gumbo, shucked oysters and blackened salmon. To enjoy the Intracoastal view, sit outside where misting fans will cool you off in the hot summer months. One bloody Mary, mimosa or champagne is included with the meal.
Must eats: garlic mussels, crab cakes, Louisiana seafood gumbo.
Dress code: resort attire
Cost: $34.95 adults. Kids under 12 pay the dollar amount of their age.1
Hours: 1:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: 4405 W. Tradewinds Ave., Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. 954-267-9888, Bluemoonfishco.com.
Coconuts: Peanut butter and jelly French toast, shrimp and grits, Maine lobster benedict and spicy bean bloody Mary's are all some of the tasty treats that make Coconuts' brunch divine. A must-taste for any foodie, this family-friendly eatery rotates its menu weekly. Park your boat (there is a small amount of dock space) and don't leave Fido at home -- the Intracoastal restaurant is pet-friendly.
Must eats: chocolate chip pancakes, marinated skirt steak
Dress code: come as you are
Cost: $9-$20 per plate
Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: 429 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-525-2421, Coconutsfortlauderdale.com.
North Ocean Grille: For a romantic brunch paired with spectacular ocean views, visit North Ocean Grille inside the Pelican Grand Beach Resort. Menu items include staples such as made-to-order omelets, hand-carved apricot glazed ham, penne pasta, prime rib beef and fresh shrimp.
Must eats: ceviche shrimp salad, vanilla waffles with strawberries, baked Brie en croute
Dress code: hot date
Cost: $39.95 adults, $19.95 kids, free for kids under 4
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where: 2000 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-556-7667, Pelicanbeach.com.
The Circle: If you're penny pinching these days, Sundays at The Circle inside the Breakers may not be for you. At $90 per person, this elegant spot on the ocean is the place to be seen and impress. Choose from a spread of hot and cold menu items, plus an a la carte menu. Items include traditional breakfast favorites such as Belgian waffles, eggs Benedict, cereals, fresh baked breakfast pastries and muffins, breakfast sausages and potatoes, bacon, fresh fruit and a made-to-order omelet station. Be sure to check out the raw bar that includes Alaskan king crab legs, shrimp, oysters and clams on the half shell, a sushi bar, a domestic caviar station and a smoked fish display.
Must eats: Try everything.
Dress code: only classy
Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $90 adults, $ 40 kids ages 5-11, $14, children under 3.
Where: One S. County Road, Palm Beach. 561-659-8488, Thebreakers.com.
Deck 84: For a more casual dining experience, head over to Deck 84 where you can pair your meal with a bloody Mary which you can pair with over 20 different ingredients. View: Intercoastal.
Must eats: "24 hour" French toast, quiche of the day, breakfast burrito
Dress code: carefree
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Sunday
Cost: Price: $12-$15 per plate
Where: 840 E. Atlantic Blvd., Delray Beach. 561-665-8484, Deck84.com.
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Cecconi's: You don't have to be a member of the Soho Beach House to brunch at Cecconi's, an Italian restaurant inside the posh hotel where memberships start at $1,000. Its Sunday "feast" features five staple stations including eggs, sweets, a raw bar, a carving station and a cold cuts spread. Don't forget to tip your bartender, who makes the bloody Marys on top of a rolling cart. Though it doesn't have a water view, the lush, tropical gardens are spectacular.
Must eats: ricotta pancakes, homemade torta, macaroni and cheese
Dress code: South Beach chic
Cost: $35 per person. A free Bellini or orange juice is included with the meal.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: 4385 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. 787-507-7902. Cecconisrestaurant.com.
Gibraltar: Relax with a glass of champagne at the Gibraltar inside the Grove Isle Resort on Biscayne Bay. The meal includes unlimited mimosas and access to a sushi station that serves salmon cream cheese rolls, spicy ahi tuna, shrimp tempura, wasabi, soy sauce and ginger.
Must eats: honey teriyaki glazed salmon, tortellini spinach alfredo
Dress code: resort casual
Cost: $55 adults, $20 kids ages 5-12
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4 Grove Isle, Miami. 305-857-5007, Groveisle.com
Rusty Pelican: With a new menu and renovated look, there's even more to see at the Rusty Pelican's weekend brunch. While taking in views of both the ocean and Biscayne Bay, munch on yummy dishes such as caprese, lobster crudo, sashimi, Florida lobster tail and banana cinnamon French toast.
Must eats: homestead tomato gazpacho, surf and turf, steak and eggs.
Dress code: Miami Vice
Cost: $12-$35 per plate
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne. 305-361-3818, Therustypelican.com
Bianca's: Before heading to a fashionable pool party, check out the buffet brunch inside Bianca's at the Delano. While taking in the pool and the ocean, you might even spot a celebrity or two. For $55 per person, enjoy a spread of breakfast and lunch staples.
Must eats: hazelnut French toast, steak and eggs
Dress code: off the runway
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: 1685 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. 305-674-5752, Delano-hotel.com


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LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to unseal video recordings of a landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban but said it needed more time to decide if a lower court judge properly struck down the voter-approved ban.
Siding with the ban's supporters, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the public doesn't have the right to see the footage that former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had produced with the caveat it would be used only by him to help him reach a verdict.
Chief Judge Walker "promised the litigants that the conditions under which the recording was maintained would not change — that there was no possibility that the recording would be broadcast to the public in the future," a three-judge 9th Circuit panel said in a unanimous opinion.
The 2010 trial over which Walker presided lasted 13 days and was the first in a federal court to examine if prohibiting gay couples from marrying violates their constitutional rights.
It was open to the public and received widespread media coverage, so the recordings would not have revealed any new evidence or testimony.
Walker, who has since retired and revealed he is in a long-term relationship with another man, originally wanted to broadcast the trial in other federal courthouses and on YouTube.
The U.S. Supreme Court forbade him from moving forward with that plan after the ban's sponsors argued that distributing trial footage could subject their witnesses to harassment.
At the time, the 9th Circuit did not allow the federal courts within its jurisdiction to televise trials. The appeals court since has adopted rules that would permit trials to be broadcast under limited conditions.
"The 9th Circuit correctly ruled that when a trial judge makes a solemn promise, as Judge Walker did by assuring the parties that the trial video would not be publicly released, the judiciary must not be allowed to renege on its pledge," said Austin Nimocks, a lawyer for the coalition of religious conservative groups that sponsored Proposition 8,
"To rule otherwise would severely undermine the public's confidence in the federal courts by breaching the bond of trust between the people and their justice system," he said.
The 9th Circuit has said it wanted to resolve the public release of the trial videos before it addresses the more substantive issue of whether Walker correctly struck down Proposition 8 on federal constitutional grounds.
The appeals court panel heard arguments about that a year ago, but does not face a deadline for making a decision.
A coalition of media organizations, including The Associated Press, and lawyers for the two couples who successfully sued to overturn Proposition 8 in Walker's court have petitioned to have the Proposition 8 trial recordings made public on First Amendment grounds. The group maintained the ban's backers have not proven their witnesses would be harmed if people got to see what they said under oath.
Walker's successor as the chief U.S. district judge in Northern California, James Ware, agreed in September and planned to unseal the videos. In its Thursday ruling, the three-judge 9th Circuit panel said Ware had erred and ordered the recordings kept under seal.
"The integrity of our judicial system depends in no small part on the ability of litigants and members of the public to rely on a judge's word. The record compels the finding that the trial judge's representations to the parties were solemn commitments," the appeals court said.
The panel also refused to return to Walker a copy of the recordings that Ware gave his colleague upon his retirement last year. Walker had used snippets of footage in public talks about the value of broadcasting court proceedings, but gave it back while the skirmish over the videos played out.
Gay rights advocates said they wanted to use the recordings to try to puncture political arguments used by opponents of same-sex marriage, but that Thursday's decision would not be an insurmountable obstacle to that goal.
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who serves on the board of the group funding the effort to overturn Proposition 8 in court, has written a play called "8'' based on the trial transcript and interviews from the 2010 court fight that will premiere in Los Angeles next month with a cast that includes George Clooney, Jamie Lee Curtis and Martin Sheen.
"The fact that (the marriage ban's backers) have gone this distance to keep the tapes from the American public, what it has done and increasingly will do, is inspire efforts that we will help lead to make sure the public knows what happened in the courtroom," said Chad Griffin, president of the American Foundation for Equal Rights.


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THE beginning of the birth of Jeschu. His mother was Miriam [a daughter] of Israel. She had a betrothed of the royal race of the House of David, whose name was Jochanan. He was learned in the law and feared heaven greatly. Near the door of her house, just opposite, dwelt a handsome [fellow]; Joseph ben Pandera cast his eye upon her.
It was at night, on the eve of the Sabbath, when drunken he crossed over to her door and entered in to her. But she thought in her heart that it was her betrothed Jochanan; she hid her face and was ashamed. ... He embraced her; but she said to him: Touch me not, for I am in my separation. He took no heed thereat, nor regarded her words, but persisted. She conceived by him. . . .
At midnight came her betrothed Rabbi Jochanan. She said to him: What meaneth this? Never hath it been thy custom, since thou wast betrothed to me, twice in a night to come to me.
He answered her and said: It is but once I come to thee this night.
She said to him: Thou earnest to me, and I said to thee I was in my separation, yet heeded'st thou not, but
did'st thy will and wentest forth. When he heard this, forthwith he perceived that Joseph ben Pandera had cast an eye upon her and done the deed. He left her; in the morning he arose and went to Rabbi Simeon ben Shetach.
He said to him: Know then what hath befallen me this night with my betrothed. I went in to her after the manner of men . . .; before I touched her she said: Thou hast already this night come once to me, and I said to thee I was in my separation, and thou gavest no ear to me, [didst] thy will and wentest forth. When I heard such words from her, I left her and [went forth]. Rabbi Simeon ben Shetach said to him: Who came into thy mind?
He answered: Ben Pandera, for he dwelleth near her house and is a libertine.
He said to him: I understand that thou hast no witness for this thing, therefore keep silence; I counsel thee, if he have come once, then can he not fail to come a second time; act wisely; at that time set witnesses against him.
Some time after the rumour went abroad that Miriam was with child. Then said her betrothed Jochanan: She is not with child by me; shall I abide here and hear my shame every day from the people?
He arose and went to Babylon. After some [time she bore] a son, and they called his name Joshua after his mother's brother; but when his corrupt birth was made public they called him Jeschu.
2. His mother gave him to a teacher, so that he might become wise in the Halacha, and learned in the Torah and the Talmud.
Now it was the custom of the
teachers of the law that no disciple and no boy should, pass on his way by them without his head being covered and his eyes cast to the ground, from reverence of the pupils towards their teachers.
One day that rogue passed by, and all the wise were seated together at the door of the synagogue—that is, they call the school-house synagogue; that rogue then passed by the Rabbis, head on high and with uncovered pate, saluting no one, nay, rather, in shameless fashion slowing irreverence to his teacher.
After he had passed by them, one of them began and said: He is a bastard (mamzer). The second began and said: He is a bastard and son of a woman in her separation
(mamzer ten ha-niddah).
Another day the Rabbis stopped in tractate Nezikin[l]; then began that one to speak Halachoth[2] before them.
Thereupon one of them began and said to him: Hast thou this not learned: He who giveth forth a Halacha in the presence of his teacher, is guilty of death?
That one answered and said to the wise ones: Who is the teacher and who the disciple? "Who of the twain is wiser, Moses or Jethro? Was it not Moses, father of the prophets and head of the wise? And the Torah, moreover, beareth witness of him: And from henceforth there ariseth no prophet in Israel like unto Moses. Withal Jethro was an alien, . . . yet taught he Moses worldly wisdom, as it is written: Set thou over them rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds. But if
[1] The fourth Talmud order, "Damages," dealing with civil and criminal law.
[2] Decisions or rules of law.
ye say that Jethro is greater than Moses, then would there be an end to the greatness of Moses.
When the wise heard this, they said: As he is so very shameless, let us enquire after him. They sent to his mother, [saying] thus: Tell us, pray, who is the father of this boy?
She answered and said: . . ., but they say of him, that he is a bastard and son of a woman in her separation.
Then began Rabbi Simeon ben Shetach: To-day is it thirty years since Rabbi Jochanan her betrothed came to me; at that time he said to me: That and that hath befallen me.
He related all that is told above, . . . how Rabbi Simeon answered Rabbi Jochanan, and how when she was with child, he [R. J.] for great shame went to Babylon and did not return; but this Miriam gave birth to this Jeschu, and no death penalty awaits her, for she hath not done this of her own will, for Joseph ben Pandera laid in wait for her . . . the whole day.
When she heard from Rabbi Simeon that no death penalty awaited her, she also began and said: Thus was the story; and she confessed. But when it went abroad concerning Jeschu, that he was called a bastard and son of a woman in her separation, he went away and fled to Jerusalem.[1]
3. Now the rule of all Israel was in the hand of a woman who was called Helene. And there was in the sanctuary a foundation-stone—and this is its interpretation: God founded it and this is the stone on
[1] B.'s recension states that this enquiry took place at Tiberias in Galilee.
which Jacob poured oil—and on it were written the letters of the Shem,[1] and whosoever learned it, could do whatsoever he would. But as the wise feared that the disciples of Israel might learn them and therewith destroy the world, they took measures that no one should do so.
Brazen dogs were bound to two iron pillars at the entrance of the place of burnt offerings,[2] and whosoever entered in and learned these letters—as soon as he went forth again, the dogs bayed at him; if he then looked at them, the letters vanished from his memory.
This Jeschu came, learned them, wrote them on parchment, cut into his hip and laid the parchment with the letters therein—so that the cutting of his flesh did not hurt him—then he restored the skin to its place. When he went forth the brazen dogs bayed at him, and the letters vanished from his memory. He went home, cut open his flesh with his knife, took out the writing, learned the letters, went and gathered together three hundred and ten of the young men of Israel.
4. He said to them: Behold then these who say of me and works I am a bastard and son of a woman in her separation; they desire power for themselves and seek to exercise lordship in Israel. But see ye, all the prophets
[1] K.: "Des eklärten Gottenamens." But Shem ha-mephoresch would perhaps be better rendered by the "ineffable name," that is, the name which night not to be pronounced, the name of which only the consonants Y. H. V. H. are given, which are not pronouncible, but only indicate the pronunciation as known to the initiated, I use Shem throughout for the longer form Shem ha-mephoresch.
[2] Or rather the door by which the burnt offerings were brought
prophesied concerning the Messiah of God, and I am the Messiah. Isaiah prophesied concerning me: Behold the virgin shall conceive, bear a son, and he shall be called Emanuel. Moreover, my forefather David prophesied concerning me and spake: The Eternal [Y. H. V. H.] said to me: Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee. He begat me without male congress with my mother; yet they call me a bastard! He further prophesied: Why do the heathen rage, etc., the kings in the country rise up, etc., against His anointed. I am the Messiah, and they, so to rise up against me, are children of whores, for so it is written in the Scripture: For they are the children of whores.[1]
The young men answered him: If thou art the Messiah, show unto us a sign. He answered them: What sign do ye require that I should do for you?
Forthwith they brought unto him a lame man, who had never yet stood upon his feet. He pronounced over him the letters, and he stood upon his feet. In the same hour they all made obeisance to him and said: This is the Messiah.
He gave them another sign. They brought to him a leper; he pronounced over him the letters, and he was healed. There joined themselves to him apostates from the children of his people.
When the wise saw that so very many believed on him, they seized him and brought him before Queen Helene, in whose hand the land of Israel was. They said to her: This man uses sorcery and seduces the world.
Jeschu answered to her as follows: Already of old
[1] A.V.: "children of whoredoms."
the prophets prophesied concerning me: And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Isai (Jesse) and I am he. Of him saith the Scripture : Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.
She said to them: Is this truly in your law, what he saith?
They answered: It is in our law; but it hath not been said concerning him, for it is said therein: And that prophet [etc.], put the evil away from the midst of thee. But the Messiah for whom we hope, with him are [other] signs, and it is said of him: He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth. With this bastard these signs are not present.
Jesus said: Lady, I am he, and I raise the dead.
In the same hour the queen was affrightened and said: That is a great sign.
Apostates still joined themselves to him, were with him, and there arose a great schism in Israel.
5. Jeschu went to Upper Galilee. The wise assembled together, went before the queen and said to her: Lady, he practiseth sorcery and leadeth men astray therewith.
Therefore sent she forth horsemen concerning him, and they came upon him as he was seducing the people of Upper Galilee and saying to them: I am the Son of God, who hath been promised in your law. The horsemen rose up to take him away, but the people of Upper Galilee suffered it not and began to fight.
Jeschu said unto them: Fight not, have trust in the power of my Father in heaven.
The people of Galilee made birds out of clay; he uttered the letters of the Shem, and the birds flew
away. At the same hour they fell down before him.
He said to them: Bring unto me a millstone. They rolled it to the sea-shore; he spake the letters, set it upon the surface of the sea, sat himself thereon, as one sits in a boat, went and floated on the water.
They who had been sent, saw it and wondered; and Jeschu said to the horsemen: Go to your lady, tell her what ye have seen! Thereupon the wind raised him from the water and carried him onto the dry land.
The horsemen came and told the queen all these things; the queen was affrighted, was greatly amazed, sent and gathered together the elders of Israel and spake unto them: Ye say he is a sorcerer, nevertheless every day he doeth great wonders.
They answered her: Surely his tricks [1] should not trouble thee! Send messengers, that they may bring him hither, and his shame shall be made plain.
At the same hour she sent messengers, and his wicked company also joined itself onto him, and they came with him before the queen,
Then the wise men of Israel took a man by name Juda Ischariota, brought him into the Holy of Holies, where he learned the letters of the Shem, which were engraved on the foundation-stone, wrote them on a small [piece of] parchment, cut open his hip, spake the Shem, so that it did not hurt, as Jeschu had done before.
As soon as Jeschu with his company had returned to the queen, and she sent for the wise men, Jeschu began and spake: For dogs encompassed me. And
[1] "Sachen."
concerning me he [David] said: Tremble not before them.
As soon as the wise men entered and Juda Ischariota with them, they brought forward their pleas against him, until he said to the queen: Of me it hath been said: I will ascend to heaven. Further it is written: If He take me, Sela! He raised his hands like unto the wings of an eagle and flew, and the people were amazed because of him: How is he able to fly twixt heaven and earth!
Then spake the wise men of Israel to Juda Ischariota: Do thou also utter the letters and ascend after him. Forthwith he did so, flew in the air, and the people marvelled: How can they fly like eagles!
Ischariota acted cleverly,[1] flew in the air, but neither could overpower the other, so as to make him fall by means of the Shem, because the Shem was equally with both of them. When Juda perceived this he had recourse to a low trick; he befouled Jeschu, so that he was made unclean and fell to the earth, and with him also Juda.
It is because of this that they wail on their night,[2] and because of the thing which Juda did to him.
At the same hour they seized him and said to Helene: Let him be put to death! . . .[3] Let him tell
[1] Text uncertain.
[2] Christmas. Weihnacliten= Weinennachten, comments K. But if this word-play were intended, then the original of such a gloss in this recension was composed in German, and the Hebrew would be a translation from the German and not from Aramaic. But as the Hebrew text existed already in the thirteenth century, this does not seem probable.
[3] Evidently a lacuna occurs here in the text. The text of Martini adds: "If he be the Son of God."
us who smote him. So they covered his head with a garment and smote him with a pomegranate staff. As he did not know,[1] it was clear that the Shem had abandoned him, and he was now fast taken in their hands.
He began and spake to his companions before the queen: Of me it was said: Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? But of them he said: The proud waters. And of them he said: Stronger than rocks make they their countenance.
When the queen heard this she reproved the apostates, and said to the wise men of Israel: He is in your hand.
6. They departed from the queen and brought him to the synagogue of Tiberias and bound him to the pillars of the ark. Then there gathered together the band of simpletons and dupes, who believed on his words and desired to deliver him out of the hand of the elders; but they could not do so, and there arose great fighting between them.
When he saw that he had no power to escape, he said: Give me some water. They gave him vinegar in a copper vessel. He began and spake with a loud voice: Of me David prophesied and said: When I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.
On his head they set a crown of thorns. The apostates lamented sore, and there was fighting between them, brother with brother, father with son; but the wise men brought the apostates low.
[1] In another recension it is said that seventy elders with seventy staves of different woods smite him, and he is asked to say by whom and with what kind of staff he has been smitten, but he can tell neither the name of the smiter nor the wood of the staff.
He began and spake: Of me he prophesied and said: My back I gave to the smiters, etc. Further of these the Scripture saith: Draw hither, sons of the sorceress. And of me hath been said: But we held him, etc. And of me he said: The Messiah shall be cut off and he is not.
When the apostates heard this, they began to stone them with stones, and there was great hatred among them.
Then were the elders afraid, and the apostates bore of him off from them, and his three hundred and ten disciples brought him to the city of Antioch, where he sojourned till the rest-day of Passover. Now in that year Passover fell on the Sabbath, and he and his sons [sic] came to Jerusalem, on the rest-day of Passover, that is on the Friday, he riding on an ass and saying to his disciples: Of me it was said: Rejoice greatly, Daughter of Zion, etc.
In the same hour they all cried aloud, bowed themselves before him, and he with his three hundred and ten disciples went into the sanctuary.
Then came one of them, who was called Gaisa [that is, Gardener], and said to the wise men: Do you want the rogue? They said: Where is he to be found? He answered: He is in the sanctuary,—that is to say, in the school-house. They said to him: Show him unto us. He answered them: We, his three hundred and ten disciples, have already sworn by the commandments, that we will not say of him who he is; but if ye come in the morning, give me the greeting,[1] and I
[1] That is the customary form of greeting (probably the kiss of peace) used among the followers of Jeschu, as we learn from B.'s recension.
will go and make an obeisance before him, and before whom I make obeisance, he is the rogue. And they did so.
The disciples of Jeschu gathered together, went and gave their fellows the greeting, for they were come from all places to pray on the Mount of Olives on the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Then the wise men went into the sanctuary, where those were who had come from Antioch, and there was also the rogue among them. Thereupon Gaisa entered with them, left the rest of the company, made an obeisance before the rogue Jeschu.
Whereupon the wise men saw it, arose against him and seized him.
7. They said to him: What is thy name? He answered: Mathai. They said to him: Whence hast thou a proof from the Scripture? He answered them: When (mathai) shall I come and see the face of God? They said to him: When (mathai) shall he die and his name perish?
Further they said to him: What is thy name? He answered : Naki. They said to him: Whence hast thou a proof from the Scripture? He answered: with pure (naki) hands and a clean heart. They said to him: He remaineth not unpunished.
Further they said to him: What is thy name? He answered: Boni. They said: Whence hast thou a proof from the Scripture? He answered: My first-born son (beni) is Israel. They said: Of thee it was said: Behold, I will slay thy first-born son.
Further they said: What is thy name? He answered: Netzer. They said: Whence hast thou a proof from the Scripture? He answered them: A
branch (netzr) shall spring up out of his roots. They said to him: Thou art cast forth from thy sepulchre, like an abominable branch (netzer). And thus still more, as he gave himself many names.[1]
Forthwith they seized him, and his disciples could not deliver him. When he saw himself brought to death he began and spake:
Verily hath David prophesied of me and said: For Thy sake are we smitten every day. And of you said Isaiah: Your hands are full of blood. And of you said the prophet before God: They slew Thy prophets with the sword.
The apostates began to lament and could not deliver him. At the same hour was he put to death. And it was on Friday on the rest-day of Passover and of the Sabbath, When they would hang him on a tree (Holz), it brake, for there was with him the Shem.[2]
But when the simpletons saw that the trees brake under him,[3] they supposed that this was because of his great godliness, until they brought him a cabbage-stalk. For while h« was yet alive he knew the custom of the Israelites, that they would hang him, he knew his death, the manner of his being put to death, and that they would hang him on a tree. At that time he brought it to pass by means of the Shem, that no tree should bear him; but over the cabbage-stalk he did not utter the pronounced name, for it is not tree but
[1] Compare with the above the Talmud passage quoted in the chapter on "The Disciples and Followers of Jesus in the Talmud."
[2] This is in contradiction with c. 7.
[3] Another recension tells us that they tried every tree (there being seventy kinds).
green-stuff, and so [l] [in special years there are] in Jerusalem cabbages with more than a hundred pounds [of seed] unto this day.
When they had let him hang until the time of afternoon prayer,[2] they took him down from the tree, for so it is written: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, etc. They buried him ... on Sunday, and the apostates of his people wept over his grave.
8. Some of the young men of Israel passed by them. They spake to them in the Aramaic tongue : Why do the foolish ones sit by the grave? Let us look! The foolish ones said in their heart, that they [the young men] would see him in the grave, but they found him not.
Thereupon the foolish ones sent to Queen Helene, saying: He whom they put to death was a Messiah, and very many wonders did he show while living, but now after his death they buried him, but he is not in the grave, for he is already ascended to heaven, and it is written: For He taketh me, Sela! Thus did he prophesy concerning himself.
She sent to the wise men and said: What have ye done with him? They answered her: We have put him to death, for that was the judgment concerning him.
She said to them: If ye have already put him to death, what have ye done then? They answered her: We have buried him. Forthwith they sought him in the grave and found him not.
[1] Text defective. K. supplies the lacuna with the words in brackets, but this is by no means a satisfactory conjecture, as we shall see from the reading preserved by Raymund Martini.
[2] About three o'clock.
Thereupon she said to them: In this grave ye buried him; where is he therefore?
Then were the wise men affrightened and wist not what to answer her, for a certain one had taken him from the grave, borne him to his garden, and stopped the water which flowed into his garden; then digged he in the sand and buried him, and let the water flow again over his grave.
The queen said: If ye show me not Jeschu, I will give you no peace and no escape. They answered her: Give us an appointed time and terms.
When she had granted them an appointed time, all Israel remained lamenting in fasting and prayer, and the apostates found occasion to say: Ye have slain God's anointed!
And all Israel was in great anguish, and the wise men and all the land of Israel hurried from place to place because of the great fear.
Then went forth an elder from them, whose name was Rabbi Tanchuma; he went forth lamenting in a garden in the fields.
When the owner of the garden saw him, he said to him: Wherefore lamentest thou? He answered: For this and this; because of that rogue who is not to be found; and lo, already is it the appointed time which the queen granted, and we are all in lamentation and fasting.
As soon as he heard his words, that all Israel is as them who mourn, and that the rogues say: He is gone up into heaven, the owner of the garden said: To-day shall joy and gladness reign in Israel, for I have stolen him away because of the apostates, so that they should
not take him and have the opportunity for all time.[1]
Forthwith they went to Jerusalem, told them the good tidings, and all the Israelites followed the owner of the garden, bound cords to his [Jeschu's] feet, and dragged him round in the streets of Jerusalem, till they brought him to the queen and said: There is he who is ascended to heaven!
They departed from her in joy, and she mocked the apostates and praised the wise men.
9. His disciples fled and scattered themselves in the kingdom; three of them [went] to Mount Ararat, three of them to Armenia, three to Rome, the others to other places, and misled the peoples, but everywhere where they took refuge, God sent his judgment upon them, and they were slain.
But many among the apostates of our people went astray after him; there was strife between them and the Israelites, . . .[2] confusion of prayers and much loss of money.[3]
Everywhere where the apostates caught sight of the Israelites they said to the Israelites: Ye have slain God's anointed! But the Israelites answered them: Ye are children of death, because ye have believed on a false prophet!
Nevertheless they went not forth from the community of Israel, and there was strife and contention among them, so that Israel had no peace.
[1] B.'s recension reads : "And thereafter make trouble for the Israelites."
[2] This word in the text is uncertain.
[3] B.'s recension reads : "And they made Israel lose much money, which went into the hands of non-Jews."
When the wise men of Israel saw this they said: [It is now] thirty years since that rogue was put to death, [and] till now we have no peace with these misguided ones, and this hath befallen us because of the number of our sins, for it is written: They have moved me to wrath with their not-God[l]; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities, etc.;—that is the Christians, who are not [? naught][2]; with a base people will I provoke them; —that is, the Ishmaelites.[3]
The wise said: How long shall the apostates profane Sabbath . . . and feasts, and slay one another? Let us rather seek for a wise man who may take these erring ones out of the community of Israel. It is now thirty years that we have admonished them, but they have not returned to God, because they have taken it into their heads that Jeschu is the Messiah, and so may they go to destruction and peace be with us.
10. The wise men agreed on a man whose name was Elijahu, and he was very learned in the Scripture, and they said to him: . . . We have agreed, that we will pray for thee, that thou shalt be counted as a good Israelite in the other world. Go, and do good for Israel, and remove the apostates from us, that they may go to destruction!
Elijahu went to the Sanhedrin at Tiberias, to Antioch,[4] and made proclamation throughout the whole land of Israel: Whoso believeth on Jeschu, let him join himself
[1] A.V : "They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God."
[2] K. adds in a note : "Who worship a not-God."
[3] That is, the Mohammedans.
[4] This seems to be a gloss.
to me! Then said he to them: I am the messenger (apostle) of Jeschu, who sent me to you, and I will show you a marvel, as Jeschu did.
They brought unto him a leper, and he laid his hand upon him, so that he was healed. They brought unto him a lame man, he uttered the Shem, laid his hand on him, and he was healed and stood upon his feet.
Forthwith they fell down before him and said: Truly thou art the messenger of Jeschu, for thou hast shown us marvels as he did.
He said to them : Jeschu sendeth you his greeting and saith: I am with my Father in heaven at His right hand, until He shall take vengeance on the Jews, as David said: Sit thou on my right hand, etc.
At the same hour they all lamented and added foolishness to their foolishness.
Elijahu said to them: Jeschu saith to you: Whosoever will be with me in the other world, let him remove himself from the community of Israel and join himself not to them; for my Father in heaven hath already rejected them and from henceforth requireth not their service, for so said He through Isaiah: Your new-moons and feasts my soul hateth, etc.
But Jeschu saith to you: Whosoever will follow me, let him profane the Sabbath, for God hateth it, but instead of it He keepeth the Sunday, for on it God gave light to His world. And for Passover which the Israelites solemnize, keep yet it on the Feast of the Resurrection, for he is risen from his grave; for the Feast of Weeks, Ascension, for on it he is ascended to heaven; for New Year, Finding of the Cross; for the Great Fast Day [Day of Atonement], the Feast of the
Circumcision: for Chanuka [the Feast of Lights], Calendar [New Year].
The foreskin is naught, circumcision is naught; whosoever will circumcise himself, let him be circumcised; whosoever will not circumcise himself, let him be not circumcised. Moreover, whatsoever God created in the world, from the smallest gnat to the mightiest elephant, pour forth its blood upon the ground and eat it, for so it is written: As the green grass have I given you all. If one of them compel you to go a mile, go with him twain; if a Jew smite you on the left side turn to him the right also; if a Jew revile you, endure it and return it not again, as Jeschu endured it; in meekness he showed himself, therewith he showed you also meekness as he practised it, that ye might endure all that any should do to you. At the last judgment Jeschu will punish them, but do ye have hope according to your meekness, for so it is written: Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, etc. Until he separated then from Israel
But Elijahu who gave them these laws, the not-good ones, did it for the welfare of Israel, and the Christians call him Paul. After he had introduced these laws and commandments, the erring ones separated the selves from Israel, and the strife ceased.
11. A long time after the Persian power arose; then a Christian departed from them, made a mock of them, just as the heretics had laughed at the wise men [of Israel].
He said to them: Paul was in error in his scripture when he said to you: Circumcise yourselves not—for Jeschu was circumcised. Further hath Jeschu said:
I am not come to destroy even one jot from the law of Moses, but to fulfil all his words. And that is your shame, which Paul laid upon you, when he said: Circumcise yourselves not.
But Nestorius said to them: Circumcise yourselves, for Jeschu was circumcised.
Further said Nestorius: Ye heretics! Ye say Jeschu is God, though he was born of a woman. Only the Holy Spirit rested on him as on the prophets.
Nestorius who began to argue with the Christians, persuaded their women; he said to them: I will enact that no Christian take two wives.
But as Nestorius became detestable in their eyes, there arose a strife between them, in so much that no Christian would pray to the abomination of Nestorius, or the followers of Nestorius to the abomination of the Christians.
Then Nestorius went to Babylon to another place, the name of which was Chazaza, and all fled before him, because Nestorius was a violent man.
The women said to him: What requirest thou of us? He answered them: I require only that ye receive from me the bread-and-wine offering
Now it was the custom of the woman of Chazaza, that they carried large keys in their hands.
He gave one of them the offering; she cast it to the ground. Whereupon the women cast the keys in their hands upon him; smote him, so that he died, and there was for long strife between them.
12. Now the chief of the Sanhedrin, his name was Shimeon Kepha—and why was he called Kepha? Because he stood on the stone on which Ezekiel had
prophesied at the river Kebar,[1] and on that stone it was that Shimeon heard a voice from heaven.[2] When the Christians heard that Shimeon Kepha was one of those who heard a voice from heaven, and that stores of wisdom were in him, they envied the Israelites, that so great a man was found in Israel, . . . God brought it into Shimeon's mind to go to Jerusalem ... on the Feast of Tabernacles. And there were gathered together all the bishops and the great ancient[3] of the Christians. They came to Shimeon Kepha to the Mount of Olives on the day of the great Feast of Willow-twigs.[4] When they saw his wisdom, that [there was] not one in Israel like unto him, ... to turn him to the religion of the Christians, and they constrained him, saying: If thou dost not profess our religion, we will put thee to death, and not leave even one remaining in Israel to go into the sanctuary.
When the Israelites perceived this, they besought him: Humour them, act according to thy wisdom; so shall neither sin nor guilt be on thee.
Thereupon when he perceived the hard fate for Israel, he betook himself to the Christians, and said to them: On this condition do 1 become a convert to your religion, that ye put no Jew to death, that ye smite
[1] This is transliterated in the A.V. as Chebar, presumably following the Septuagint Chobar. This Babylonian stream, near which Ezekiel had his prophetic visions, is now identified with one of the canals (Bab. narati) of Babylonia, Hilprecht having twice found mention of a certain naru called Kabaru. (See art., "Chebar," in "Ency. Bib.")
[2] Bath-kol, lit., "daughter of a voice," that is, a "small voice," an inner voice.
[3] Presumably the pope.
[4] The sixth, or rather seventh, day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
him not and suffer him to go in and out in the sanctuary.
The ancient and the Christians accepted his words and all these his conditions. He made a condition with them, that they would build him a lofty tower; he would go into it, would eat no flesh, nor aught save bread and water, letting down a box by a cord, for them to supply him with only bread and water, and he would remain in the tower until his death.
All this he did with respect to God, that he might not be stained and sullied by them, and that he might not mix with them; but to the Christians he spake in their sense as though he would mourn for Jeschu, and eat no flesh or aught else, but bread and water only.
They built him a tower, and he dwelt therein; he sullied himself not with eating, and prayed not to the Cross.
Afterwards he composed in the tower Keroboth, Jotzroth and Zulthoth [1] in his name, like Eliezer ben Kalir.[2] He sent and gathered together the elders of Israel, and handed over to their care all that he had found in his mind, and charged them that they should teach it to the leaders in prayer[3] and use it for prayers, so that they might make mention of him for good.
They, moreover, sent it[4] to Babylon to Rabbi Nathan,[5] the Prince of the Exile, and they showed it
[1] Various kinds of synagogue poetry.
[2] A famous synagogue poet, whose probable date is about 900 A.D.
[3] Vorbetern = precentors.
[4] That is, the book of prayers.
[5] Can this be meant for R. Nathan ha-Babli, who came from Babylonia in the days of R Shimeon ben Gamaliel II., and
[footnote continued on p. 280]
settled in Palestine? The recension of the Sayings of the Fathers attributed to Rabbi Nathan, included in the Pirke Aboth tractate of the Talmud, is probably to be attributed to him. He belonged to the fourth generation of Tanäim, that is to say, he flourished about 160-220 A.D.
to the heads of the schools, to the Sanhedrin, and they said: It is good, and they taught it to the leaders in prayer of all Israel, and they used it for prayers. Whosoever would mention the name of Shimeon in his chanting did so. May his memory endure to the life of the other world. But God in his mercy . . . him as a good defender. Amen! Sela!


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 09 Sep 2011
This week sees the addition of some great new movies. The Halfband Snake Eel descending backwards into the sand is pretty amazing. The Lepidion swimming at over a kilometre below the surface is worth a look and the male Pacific Leaping Blenny 'frantically' trying to attract females certainly brought a smile to my face. There are also some great new images. What is possibly the first photo of a live Kidako Moray and the oh-so-cute baby boxfish are just two of a great bunch. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
European Carp
Halfband Snake Eel, Malvoliophis pinguis
Lepidion swimming
Male Pacific Leaping Blenny displaying
Juvenile Shaw's Cowfish
Kidako Moray, Gymnothorax kidako?
Milkfish, Chanos chanos
Sixspine Leatherjacket Meuschenia freycineti
Sixspine Leatherjacket at Montague Island
Young male Sixspine Leatherjacket
Stars-and-stripes Puffer at Black Rocks
Stars-and-stripes Puffer, Arothron hispidus
Tasselsnout Flathead, Thysanophrys cirronasa
Whitebarred Boxfish, Anoplocapros lenticularis
Yellowback Puller, Chromis nitida
Yellowtail Barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata
Yellowtail Barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata
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This truly is "the place to be" for all furniture, landscaping, full-perms creators.
With nearly half a sim set out in a lovely forest setting it is beautiful just to come and walk round.
If you venture a little further you will find PERFECT TEN is located directly within the hustle and bustle of
The Cookie Jar Home & Garden Sim. click to teleport – > PERFECT TEN SHOPPING EVENT
If you wish to participate in the event please TP to the sim and pick up an application form >>> Application Form
Event runs 1st – 15th September


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I've made no small deal about how pessimistic I am when it comes to dual-core devices. This time a year ago it was all anyone could talk about – how amazing dual-core phones were going to be, and how it would change everything. I had more than enough doubt about the giant fluffy unicorn that was dual-core chipsets. However, as inevitable as every senseless push into new tech just for the sake of new tech often is, here we stand with a small arsenal of dual-core devices. Much to my chagrin, I was right, and for every "benefit" a dual-core device offers, it takes at least one away.
Let's start with the Atrix, shall we? This amazing dual-core phone, the first of the NDIVIA Tegra 2 phones, couldn't even manage a smooth launcher. Sure, it'll play Pinball THD like a champ, but what's the point in owning the phone if you can't enjoy the UI? Granted, the EVO 3D and G2x have smoother UI's but both suffer from completely miserable battery life. Dual-core architectures were supposed to improve battery life, remember? Even Google said there would be improvements, because at the very least the garbage collector would run on a separate core if nothing else was being optimized. Yet here we are, screwed into even less battery life thanks to bleeding-edge hardware with little-to-no optimization. But we have dual-core, yay!
There's no arguing that the performance in other areas isn't significant. NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chipset allows for 1080p output to televisions, which is phenomenal. Tegra Zone games offer a very rich experience, and we've already seen hints of the gaming platform Qualcomm is getting developers involved in for their next generation of smartphones. However, as these "superphones" become more and more like computers, they need to have the battery tech to match. Plain and simple – they don't.
I know, I know "So what phone do you use that's so awesome?" Glad you asked! I've had a Nexus S for quite a while now. Not since launch, but close, and I routinely get 16 – 18 hours of battery life. I was also fortunate enough recently to review the LG Optimus Black, a phone whose spec sheet included a "24-hour battery". I got closer to 20, but that's still incredible in comparison to G2x or the Atrix.
This is not an issue that will be resolved in any meaningful fashion until the next version of Android. Ice Cream Sandwich will take the dual-core optimizations from 3.0/1 and bring phones into the fray. Considering the update cycles of the manufacturers involved in this little debacle, it's entirely possible we'd all be shopping for our next phone by the time an update to make dual-core phones even worth it for us drops.


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President Obama & McKayla Maroney: Not Impressed Meeting!
President Obama shows his fun side while imitating U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look on Thursday (November 15) in Washington, D.C.
The 51-year-old president congratulated the Olympic gymnastics team for their gold medal at this summer's London games.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Barack Obama
McKayla tweeted, "Did I just do the Not Impressed face with the President..?"
In August, McKayla made the expression famous when she fell short of a gold medal in the vault competition, which lead many to spoof the look.
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We speak with Jess Walter, whose newest novel is Beautiful Ruins, which Kirkus Reviews described as "A brilliant, madcap meditation on fate ... Walter's prose is a joy—funny, brash, witty and rich with ironic twists. He's taken all of the tricks of the postmodern novel and scoured out the cynicism, making for a novel that's life-affirming but never saccharine." Jess Walter is also the author of The Financial Lives of the Poets, The Zero (a 2006 National Book Award finalist), and Citizen Vince (winner of the 2005 Edgar Award Allan Poe Award for best novel).
We also chat with Brian Freeman, whose newest novel is called Spilled Blood, set in southern Minnesota. Brian Freeman is a bestselling author of psychological suspense novels featuring detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 19 languages and have appeared as Main Selections in the Literary Guild and the Book of the Month Club. His settings in the bleak, frozen landscape of Duluth, Minnesota, and his deeply complex characters, have drawn comparisons to Swedish noir.
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