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How good was Melky Cabrera last year? After testing positive for a banned substance and getting slapped with a 50-game suspension that limited him to just 113 games on the season, he still ranked 30th overall.No, that's not a typo and there's no loophole in our formulas. Cabrera had enough plate appearances in those 113 games (the bare minimum 501 to qualify for the batting average title) for his .346 average to carry significant weight, and toss in 24 homers/steals, 84 runs, and 60 RBI and you have a very solid overall season.With Cabrera's 2011 and 2012 success now under serious and deserved scrutiny, a lot of people will rightly call into question his chances of repeating said success in 2013.I'm certainly not an expert on PEDs and their effects on players' stats, but I do know that Cabrera has had similar walk and strikeout rates for the majority of his seven-year career and he's increased his line drive rate to league average or better in three of the last four years. Maybe PEDs help you in those areas, and maybe they don't, but I'm pretty sure Cabrera's recent string of hitting skill isn't a drug-induced mirage. He's a good hitter, and he'll prove it once again in Toronto.At a GlanceStrengths: R, BA, OBPNeutral: HR, RBI, SB, SLG, OPSWeaknesses: nonePlayer ComparisonsBest-case scenario: Shin-Soo Choo (CIN)Likely scenario: Martin Prado (ARI), Torii Hunter (DET), Brandon Phillips (CIN)Worst-case scenario: David Murphy (TEX)Melky Cabrera 2013 Fantasy ProjectionThere's a lot of buzz surrounding the Blue Jays this year thanks to an impressive offseason. Will it all come together and result in a boatload of Ws for the Jays? Thanks to failed attempts by the Angels, Marlins, and Red Sox over the last few years I have some doubts, but I'm very certain that Toronto is going to score a lot of runs. If Edwin Encarnacion can stay healthy and even scratch the surface of what he did last year, Cabrera will be scoring a lot of those runs.We might soon realize that our projected 90 runs for Cabrera is too conservative, but I also believe he's probably not the .346 hitter we saw last year. Our xBA formula suggests he was a .311 hitter last year and a .299 hitter in 2011, and in a semi-thought out knee-jerk reaction to his positive test last year, we projected a slight drop off to .291. Frankly, while I truly believe Cabrera is a very good contact hitter, I'm not ready to dive back in on him with 100% confidence. More like 92%.Cabrera's current ADP on MockDraftCentral.com is 82.7, just a tad higher than we have him ranked here. Honestly, if you were to add a couple runs, one or two homers, a couple RBI, and a few points in average to what we project from him in 2013, you'd get a projected ranking around 70-75, so Cabrera is a fair value in the low 80s if you're a fan of him. If you're expecting him to be a great value because of his suspension last year, though, you might be disappointed.
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The Duke of Athole died Saturday, Jan 16, at Blah Castle, the fine old baronial seat of his ancestors,
in Perthshire. He was the eldest of the two sons of Lord Glenlyon (second son of John, fourth
Duke of Athole, K. T., by his first marriage with the Hon. Jane Cathcart, eldest daughter of Charles,
ninth Lord of Cathcart,) by the Lady Emily Percy, fifth daughter of Hugh, second Duke of Northumberland.
The late Duke was born on the 20th of September, 1814, so that at his death he was in his 50th year.
The lamented Duke was formerly in the army, having entered the Second Dragoon Guards as Cornet,
but he retired from military life altogether in 1840. On the death of his father, Lord Glenlyon, in October,
1837, he succeeded to that barony, and succeeded to the dukedom on the 14th September,
1846, on the death of his uncle, John, fifth Duke of Athole. He was Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire
and Grand Master of the Freemasons of Scotland, which high post he has held since the resignation
of the late Gen. Lord Frederic Fitzclarence, so that his Grace had been head officer of
the craft in Scotland many years. The Duke, when Lord Glenlyon, took part in the magnificent and costly
chivalric pageant in August, 1839, known as the Eglinton Tournament, where he was one of the knights,
and was attended to the field of the tourney by above 100 armed Athole men from his family home in
Perthshire. The Emperor Napoleon III, and the Earl Craven are among the few knights now alive
who participated in that romantic fete. The deceased nobleman was a Conservative in politics, but
gave his occassional and independent support to Lord Palmerston's Government.
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By Zachary Swickey
Mariachi El Bronx is a band you need to hear to believe. Never in my life did I think that I would find myself jamming along to a kickass mariachi record. Leave it to Los Angeles punk vets The Bronx to create an alter ego that is completely atypical of their usual style but equally as amazing.
You see, The Bronx are a top-notch hardcore punk act known for putting on bats**t crazy live shows, resembling the closest thing we have to the raucousness of Black Flag in their heyday. The Bronx's three self-titled albums are a greatest hits package of what I like to call "manthems" (songs that make you want to punch something yet have an inexplicable bouncy quality). On the heels of their last effort in '08, they announced the impending release of a mariachi record. Say what?
I thought it was some type of joke at first … until I heard the music. My first taste, "Cell Mates," was a fun, catchy track with piping trumpets and all the typical mariachi elements, but it seemed like a one-trick pony. Then I heard the mellow, heartfelt "Holy," which slowed things down and blew me away, instantly converting me into a true mariachi music fan in the process. Matt Caughthran's vocals have always had a great intensity and emotion to them with The Bronx, and that quality remains with El Bronx, yet in such a different way. His voice can be surprisingly soft and delicate on tracks like "My Love," which undoubtedly leaves woman swooning. Every track on the album is worth a listen and will make you feel like you're partyin' south of the border.
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El Bronx's sound was grandfathered by Los Lobos singer David Hidalgo, who happens to be guitarist Vincent's father. As the guys studied videos on YouTube to nail down the Mariachi sound, they approached Hidalgo for critiquing to help ensure they respected the genre and stayed faithful to it (they already had the look down). The group has found success on the road, opening for the Killers and the Foo Fighters and will have a slot at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival next month.
Earlier this month, Mariachi El Bronx released their follow-up, which is, like their debut, self-titled. Their sophomore effort is an expansion of the sound found on their debut, with the guys really stepping up their newfound mariachi skills. Each member performs an array of duties – for example, member Ray Suen (who used to tour with The Killers and is also a part of the White Sea, who we also dig) plays the violin, guitar, harp, requinto jarocho, vihuela and the jarana (yeah, I haven't heard of most of those either). The opening track, "48 Roses," is a theatrical delight with vibrant horn and string sections. Caughthran's serenading on "Map of the World" and the dance-inducing, tequila shootin' "Revolution Girls" are definite highlights on the album and demand repeat listens.
There are few bands that could pull off something this bold and respectful to a classic, admittedly niche genre here in the states, but Mariachi El Bronx pull it off with a surprising amount of universal appeal.


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But its more than just whether someone is hot or not, according to a new study.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found that people make such speed-dating decisions based on a combination of two different factors that are related to activity in two distinct parts of the brain.
Unsurprisingly, the first factor in determining whether someone gets a lot of date requests is physical attractiveness. The second factor, which may be less obvious, involves peoples own individual preferenceshow compatible a potential partner may be, for instance.
The study is one of the first to look at what happens in the brain when people make rapid-judgment decisions that carry real social consequences, the researchers said.
Psychologists have known for some time that people can often make very rapid judgments about others based on limited information, such as appearance, said John ODoherty, professor of psychology and one of the papers co-authors.
However, very little has been known about how this might work in real social interactions with real consequencessuch as when making decisions about whether to date someone or not. And almost nothing is known about how this type of rapid judgment is made by the brain, he stated.
In the study, 39 heterosexual male and female volunteers were placed in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine and then shown pictures of potential dates of the opposite sex. They were given four seconds to rate, on a scale from 1 to 4, how much they would want to date that person.
The researchers found that the people who were rated as most attractive by consensus were the ones who got the most date requests.
Seeing someone who was deemed attractive (and who also ended up with more date requests) was associated with activity in a region of the raters brain called the paracingulate cortex, a part of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), which is an important area for cognitive control and decision making. The paracingulate cortex, in particular, has been shown to be active when the brain is comparing options.
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Jim & Andy started with a horse-drawn push cart of fruits and vegetables peddled on the streets of South Brooklyn. Jimmy Cincotta, who founded Jim & Andy's with a partner, has been in the produce business since 1939 when he was 13 years old helping his father. With a stable on Sackett Street, Jimmy supplied businesses and restaurants by push cart in what is now Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill until 1970 when he moved into his current Court Street location. His son Carmine now helms the business which supplies fresh produce to over a dozen local restaurants and New York Technical College's Hospitality program. He also retails out of his shop which is always buzzing with trickles of long-time regular customers. Today, when you call Jim & Andy's you'll talk to Carmine. If you're a regular customer, he'll know your business's ins and outs, and if he doesn't agree with your order, he will tell you so. Carmine genuinely feels invested in his customers' well being as did his father Jimmy before him, and his father's father before him.
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Saxelby Cheesemongers opened in Manhattan's Essex Street Market in May 2006. It offers a premier selection of American farmstead cheese, focusing on cheeses produced in the Northeastern United States. Anne Saxelby, proprietor of Saxelby Cheesemongers, has a strong background in American farmstead cheese, having started her career as a cheese maven at Murray's Cheese in the West Village, and subsequently worked on numerous farmstead dairies in the US and abroad. Many of the products showcased at Saxelby Cheesemongers are from farms that Saxelby has visited or worked on, highlighting the uniqueness of each cheese with respect to how and where it was produced.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Stumptown Coffee Roasters consists of a pleasant little roastery and several cafes in the Pacific Northwest, serving amazingly fresh coffee and beautiful espresso drinks since 1999. Stumptown's founding owner, Duane Sorenson, is dedicated to providing and serving the freshest, most unique coffee, roasted by hand. Believing in the social, environmental and economic benefits of sustainable business leads Stumptown to not only support coffee farmers that are committed to the well-being of their workers, land and water; it compels them to be a sustainable business in them community. Creating relationships with coffee farmers allows them to roast and provide coffee with the first cup quality, confident that these farms and communities will continue for generations.
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For a short bridge, it's a major step. The Two Rivers Park Bridge will cross the Little Maumelle River and join the bike paths along the Little Rock riverfront with the bike paths in Two Rivers Park, enabling one to ride direct from downtown to Pinnacle Peak.
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October 17, 2011 5:45 AM
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In her latest book, Tulane political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry explores what it means to be both a black woman and an American citizen. "I use the lived experiences of African American women as my point of departure for understanding democratic citizenship in the United States," she says.
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America (Yale University Press, 2011) is a book about politics but not about policy or voting patterns. Drawing on literature, psychology and religion, Harris-Perry connects "political realities to socially influenced private emotions."
She addresses how African American women are boxed in by the stereotypes through which others see them and by the false personas that they often feel compelled to present to the world.
The book is heavily influenced by her post-Katrina experience, says Harris-Perry. She attended Bring New Orleans Back commission meetings as early as November 2005, when many residents had not yet returned to the city. She heard and responded to the anguish of citizens. She was writing a different book about citizenship before Katrina but discarded most of it, changing the book's focus because "the post-Katrina levee-failure disaster opened up a new set of political questions for us."
Although the book is focused on African American women, Harris-Perry thinks all sorts of people will find insights into contemporary politics by reading it.
To be a citizen, one must be perceived as an individual first. "The book is in many ways about how we struggle to be accurately seen in our communities, by our government, by ourselves," she says.
Harris-Perry is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race and Politics in the South at the Newcomb College Institute. She will sign her book on Saturday (Oct. 22) at 6 p.m. at the Maple Street Book Shop.
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Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 500
By Mark Crilley
The book listed above is an example of modern fantasy. Akiko is a fourth grade girl that lives in the city. When she parts company with her friend she is reluctant to go home. All of a sudden Akiko gets a warm fuzzy feeling and she is then riveted into outer space. She goes from the adventure of being in a spaceship with individuals that she does not know. Akiko is informed that she is in a race of a lifetime and the winner will be a grand champion. As she settles into the adventure she is entering a maze. It is no ordinary maze but one that will require special skill to maneuver the space craft. Akiko ends up driving the craft without the slightest knowledge of how to do so. She meets a cast of different characters that lend to the story. As the story progresses little is left to the imagination. The reader knows in the back of their mind that Akiko will win and save the day. In fact Akiko does not win, however a prize is given for coming in last place. When this happens Akiko makes it home in time for dinner.
I was not impressed with the book. The art work was adequate with little detail. The language in the book did not and would not teach the use of proper English. It was difficult to get past the improper language. Another point that was difficult to get through was the language of the other space aliens. The book was simply written however I was not a fan of this particular author's style.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385729693, Hardcover)Akiko and her crew–Spuckler Boach, Mr. Beeba, Poog, and Gax–are competing in an intergalactic race from one side of the universe to the other. Along the way they have to make it through the narrow passages of the Labyrinth of Lulla-ma-Waygo, the notorious Almost Black Hole of Luzbert-7, and the deadly Jaws of McVluddapuck. All Akiko wants to do is make it back to Earth in one piece!
But when Spuckler discovers that his old rival Bluggamin Streed is also in the race, winning becomes the most important thing. And Akiko quickly finds herself caught up in the competition. Who will go home with the celebrated Centauri Cup?
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SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has released its Windows 8 operating system (OS) to PC makers.
Microsoft announced the news today in a post on its Windows Team Blog.
"This means we've completed the product development and testing of the product and have started handing off the final code to our OEM partners," said Microsoft's communications manager Brandon LeBlanc.
"They can now begin preparing new Windows 8 PCs and devices they'll introduce starting with General Availability."
LeBlanc added that on 15 August developers will be able to visit the Windows Developer Center (WDC) to access the tools and resources they need to design, build, and sell apps in the Windows Store, including the final build of Visual Studio 2012.
Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division announced earlier this month that the company's next OS will go on sale to the general public on 26 October, saying that customers will be able to get Windows 8 from that date onwards either as an upgrade or on a new PC.
Those who want to buy a Windows laptop or PC today will be able to update to Windows 8 Professional for $39.99 come October. Those who have owned a Windows 7 PC or laptop for some time will be able to upgrade for $39.99.
The OS will be available in 109 languages across 231 markets worldwide. There will also be many OEMs ready to roll out their lines of ultrabooks and tablets running the OS in time for the release.
October will be a big month for Microsoft's operating system treadmill and the Windows PC and tablet business. µ
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Cars 2 In Trouble, John Lasseter To The Rescue?
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Cars 2 could be in trouble. The sequel, slated for a 2011 release, has been in production for some time now but the Brad Lewis directed film is rumored to be having problems and firs time director Lewis may be out. Blue Sky Disney claims Pixar/Disney head honcho John Lasseter is taking over the project, personally, in an attempt to fix story issues.
If true, it wouldnt be the first time a Pixar movie has had a director change in mid-production. Pixars movies often go through difficulty on their way to the screen. Part of its their refusal to settle for second-rate. If somethings not working, theyll change it. Thats how director Brad Bird ended up on Ratatouille, brought in as a hired gun to fix a film that wasnt headed in the right direction. It worked and now Ratatouille is regarded as an instant classic along with all of Pixars others.
Lasseter is Pixars godfather. Hes not just the guy in charge, hes one of the key creative minds behind the companys creation. Hes also the guy who directed most of Pixars earliest hits and, incidentally, he also directed Cars. If Cars 2 really is in trouble, with Lasseter on the case, it wont be for long. Theyve still got more than a year to get it right.
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You never forget your first piece.
Coming out of nowhere, American Pie became a smash hit at the box office and spawned five sequels (to date), including the upcoming reunion film American Reunion (natch). Now you can see where it all started with American Pie (Blu-ray), courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Four high school buddies are about to have the senior year of their lives, when they make a pact to lose their virginity before the end of the school year. The sexually frustrated Jim (Jason Biggs, Wedding Daze), with a meddling but well-meaning father (Eugene Levy, Waiting for Guffman), eyes a sexy foreign exchange student (Shannon Elizabeth, Scary Movie). Confident Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas, Rookie of the Year) is hoping have his first time with his attractive but inexperienced girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid, National Lampoon's Van Wilder). Athletic Oz (Chris Klein, Election) must choose between his lacrosse team and a shy choir girl (Mena Suvari, American Beauty). Finch, the worldly eccentric (Eddie Kaye Thomas, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), has been spreading rumors around school that he's a lover of incomparable talents. As prom night creeps ever closer, each of these young men will find themselves in comprising potions, awkward moments, and hopefully someone else's bed!
In one sense, American Pie can be viewed as yet another entry in the long and arduous teen sex comedy genre. It certainly has all the trappings -- horny teenagers, attractive women, gross out pranks -- yet has found a larger audience and fan base because its cast is genuinely likable and memorable. Call it a diamond in the rough.
American Pie features some fresh faces in star turns (or at least career making turns) as high school students learning all about sex, its pitfalls, and possibilities. These are all people you could easily gone to high school with. These actors aren't generic, cookie-cutter youths who just waltzed off a CW series. The women are all good looking, but not overtly so (save for Shannon Elizabeth, who is supposed to be smoking hot for the sake of the story). The guys are all regular looking and I actually bought them as high school age. Imagine that. Actors who actually look like they're playing teenagers instead of thirty-somethings trying to squeeze into high school gym shorts!
Another joy of American Pie is its supporting cast, like comedic icons Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge (Best in Show), both of who give the movie a bit more depth. A scene involving Jim's dad trying to teach his son about the female form by using a paper bag full of pornographic magazines shows off how vital these characters are in making these young men feel like real teenagers.
With well over a decade under its belt, American Pie looks positively tame when compared to current ten sex comedies (the ante is always being upped). For those who need the gross-out factor, it's here in spades: watching Sean William Scott's (Role Models) character gag on a cup of beer filled with another man's semen is still laugh-inducing.
American Pie isn't a perfect movie. A subplot involving the girls wanting to date Finch because of his rumored enormous genitalia feels slightly disingenuous. I found it hard to believe so many women would talk so openly about the size of another student's junk. The end of the movie also buckles under the weight of what came before, focusing so heavily on everyone trying to get laid, then turning around to offer a mixed message that sex isn't the most important thing in a relationship. American Pie wants to have its cake and eat it too.
In the end, my complaints are minimal when compared to how fun it was to spend a few hours with this franchise. I enjoyed revisiting the American Pie kids, whose world feels as comfortable as an old pair of sneakers. The writing is sometimes witty, the jokes genuinely funny, and the cast warmly received in their roles. This is a comedy worth taste testing.
While not a terrible transfer, I don't have a ton of praise for this 1.85:1/1080p high definition widescreen presentation. The image is softer than you'd expect, with muted colors and black levels. Certainly better than previous DVD releases, I'm a little surprised Universal didn't put more effort into the upgrade. The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio sounds fine, if and unspectacular front heavy affair. Ambient sounds are kept to a minimum, with the pop songs getting the biggest boost. Also included are a DTS 2.0 Spanish and DTS 5.1 French language tracks, as well as English SDH, French, and Spanish subtitles.
American Pie (Blu-ray) includes only two new supplements. First up is a three hour documentary ("American Pie Revealed") on the franchise, its origins, productions, and releases. Next is "A Look Inside American Reunion," a sneak peak at the newest film in the series. The rest of the bonus features are ported over from previous DVDs, including deleted scenes and outtakes, an audio commentary with various cast and crew members, casting tapes, a "Spotlight On Location" featurette, a photographic montage with director and producer commentary, poster concepts for the film, and featurette titled "100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters" which is just an extended promo for other Universal titles. Bonus DVD and digital copies are available for your PC or portable device.
American Pie is still raunchy fun with a lot of heart. What sets it apart from other teen romps is that we actually care about these characters and what happens to them. It's worth watching with someone you love...or, as Steve Stifler would say, "just want to bone."
Not guilty. A slice of good old-fashioned teenage fun.
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The NY Attorney General's office issued the following press release on its investigation of the Homeland Foundation that resulted, in part, from articles carried in these pages.
September 3: NEW YORK -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that the former trustees of the Homeland Foundation, Inc. ("Homeland") have agreed to the findings of the Attorney General's investigation into the trustees' repeated failures to properly administer millions of dollars of charitable assets entrusted to their care. The Attorney General determined that, among other breaches of their fiduciary duties, the former trustees issued at least $4.25 million dollars in grants, beyond what they were authorized to spend. In issuing the improper $4.25 million in grants, the trustees failed to follow their obligation to make grants in any one year not to exceed 5% of the total value of Homeland's cash and investments, as required by the organization's charter.
The Attorney General of the State of New York has officially received two letters raising issues of improprieties of the Homeland Foundation's stewardship of the Chauncey Stillman inheritance. One letter was sent by one of Mr. Stillman's descendants. The other was sent by this paper.
As previous articles in this paper have pointed out, the Homeland Foundation's directors made generous gifts to third party charities from principal, thereby reducing the principal left to pay for the preservation and maintenance of Wethersfield, his estate on Pugsley Hill Road, in the town of Stanford. Mr. Stillman's will specified that the reason why the foundation was given his residuary estate was to preserve and maintain Wethersfield.
As the community has been learning over the past few months, the foundation is now short of funds. It attempted to have the property taken off the tax rolls, an attempt that went nowhere. The community has been hearing stories as to how funds for maintenance and replacements have been cut.
If you start with a portfolio of $34 million in 2006, how do you turn that portfolio into $15.8 million in the space of five years when the first duty of fiduciaries is to preserve the capital entrusted to their care? That duty is succinctly spelled out in the Estate, Powers and Trust Law of New York and was also spelled out in the will of Chauncey Stillman.
In his will Mr. Stillman gave the residuary of his estate to Homeland "for the purposes of maintaining, conserving and operating Wethersfield House (including its contents)…." He went on to state that if income from the Fund was insufficient to pay for the upkeep of the estate, to then "use so much of principal of such Fund as shall not exceed an amount equal to three (3%) (later, by codicil, increased to 5%) of the principal of such Fund…."
The death of E. Lisk Wyckoff in November 2011 was occasion to look into how Mr. Wyckoff managed the affairs of the Homeland Foundation, the owner of the Wethersfield estate. This is the third in a series of articles on the Homeland Foundation.
From what we know of the Homeland Foundation from the documents that have been made public, the foundation is now severely limited in its ability to carry out the terms of its instructions as set forth in the last will and testament of Chauncey Stillman. That will made it clear that Wethersfield House and its grounds and the adjoining farmland were to be preserved and operated in the same manner as it was during the last year of Mr. Stillman's life. To give his trustees the wherewithal to realize those wishes, Mr. Stillman left his entire estate to the foundation with instructions that the capital was not to be diminished. That capital was estimated at $100 million (including the value of the land, house and its contents) when he died in 1989. It is now less than half that amount.
The Homeland Foundation, the private charitable foundation created by the late Chauncey Stillman that owns the Wethersfield estate, is claiming it is exempt from local real estate taxes. A press release sent out last week asserts that "as a not-for-profit foundation it is not required to pay local taxes."
The press release says it is applying to have the property removed from the tax roll in the towns of Amenia and Stanfordville and in the school districts of Pine Plains and Webutuck. The release says the foundation has paid "millions of dollars in taxes" and that it now pays an estimated $180,000 in local property taxes.
Steven Habiague, a lawyer from Poughquag, appeared before the Stanford town board on March 13 to pursue this application. He was referred to the town assessor, Stephen Gotovich. Gotovich said he has not had sufficient opportunity to review the application and was therefore unable to comment on it. Ron Gozzoli, assessor in Amenia, commented that status does not exempt property from taxation. There has to be a tax-exempt use. The use has to be religious, educational or charitable.
The Homeland Foundation, owner of Wethersfield, the estate of the late Chauncey Stillman, lost its president and senior trustee. The New York Times carried an obituary on Sunday reporting E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. died on November 26. He was known to many in the community for the June garden party the Foundation hosted as a benefit for the Bard Music Festival, of which the Foundation was a patron. When the weather was inauspicious, the party was given in the carriage house that housed Mr. Stillman's collection of period horse-drawn vehicles.
Mr. Wyckoff had been Chauncey Stillman's attorney, executor and trustee. He left the day-to-day management of the estate to others, but took an active responsibility for simplifying the operation, removing all the farm animals, retaining only a few driving horses.
According to the foundation office, Elizabeth Wyckoff, Mr. Wyckoff's widow, was elected by the trustees to fill the position of chairman at a meeting held last week.
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Wills and Kate Are Expecting A Baby!
It is the news Royal Watchers have been waiting for! Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed they are expecting a baby.
Clarence House released the following statement to ET Canada: "The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news."
William's late mother Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, offered his congratulations to his nephew and Kate in a statement: "It is wonderful news and I am thrilled for them both."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is also clearly excited about the news, releasing the following message for the royal couple on Twitter: "Laureen and I congratulate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their wonderful news #royalbaby"
Kate is currently suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, known as very acute morning sickness, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients.
The official statement from the Palace continued: "The Duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter."
St. James' Palace spokesman also tells us that the Duchess' current condition has resulted in the cancellation of her events for the week and weekend.
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Rudi M. Brewster: "Brilliant, compassionate" judge mentored fellow jurists
When Rudi M. Brewster learned that Sen. Pete Wilson had asked President Ronald Reagan to appoint him to the federal bench, the San Diego civil trial attorney said the post would be the "ultimate challenge for a lawyer."
"I know one thing: I'm going to go to school — I'm going to be hitting the books," he said in a March 14, 1984, interview with the San Diego Union. "It's a whole new life. I expect to be a student of the law now more than ever."
Formally sworn in on June 29, 1984, to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Judge Brewster assumed senior status on July 1, 1998. He concentrated on patent cases, including computer and cellphone technology and was perhaps best known for tossing out a 2006 ruling against Microsoft for patent infringements tied to the licensing of the MP3 format, worth $1.5 billion.
Judge Brewster died of complications from pneumonia on Friday at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. He was 80.
"If you were going to construct a model of what you'd want every judge to be, Rudi would probably be the ideal model you would use," said Bob Ames, who convinced his Stanford law school classmate to join his family's law firm, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, in 1960. "He was incredibly fair, incredibly reasonable, but he knew the law and he applied the law and he didn't tolerate any foolishness.
"When litigants came before him and engaged in conduct that was less than appropriate, they had reason to fear where they were going to spend the next night."
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff called Judge Brewster a remarkable individual who was "brilliant, compassionate, caring, very dedicated to his country, family, community and court." She said the elder jurist was her mentor, both at Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, and on the bench, but more importantly, he was her partner in Judicial Harmony, a musical duo they formed seven years ago.
"He played the clarinet and I played the piano," Huff said. "We played mostly at the V.A. for patients every other month. His favorite song was 'When the Saints Go Marching In.' "
Rudi Milton Brewster was born May 18, 1932, in Sioux Falls, S.D., the youngest of two sons to Charles and Wilhelmina Brewster. Attending Washington High School, he was an avid participant in debates and extemporaneous speaking activities, strengthening his family's assumption he would follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer.
At Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, he participated in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. After graduating cum laude with a bachelor's degree in public and international affairs in 1954, he was commissioned as a Navy ensign.
As a Navy pilot stationed in San Diego, he was deployed to the Western Pacific aboard the Philippine Sea as part of an anti-submarine attack squadron. Retiring from active service in 1957, he remained in the Naval Reserve and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps until retiring as a captain in 1981.
Within days of leaving active duty, he enrolled in Stanford Law School and graduated in 1960. With his love of flying, he concentrated on insurance defense work for aircraft manufacturers, including Boeing, Cessna Aircraft Co. and Beech Aircraft Corp. at Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, where he was made a partner in 1968.
Judge Brewster was a member of the American, California and San Diego County Bar Associations. He was a director of the San Diego County Bar Association; former director of the Legal Aid Society, serving as its president from 1970 to 1971; and vice president of the San Diego County Bar Association from 1971 to 1972.


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The company's founders Jan Koum, 38, and Brian Acton, 42, shun the media spotlight and are much older than your typical college dropout-turned CEO. And at a time when social media companies are focusing on advertising to generate revenue, WhatsApp rejects the idea of showing ads to the 450 million people who use its mobile messaging app.
The whopping $19 billion that Facebook is paying for the service is also unusual, even as other startups with no profit, or even revenue, are commanding sky-high valuations.
Koum and Acton are at the center of the largest buyout deal ever for a venture-backed company. How did two former Yahoo engineers who witnessed the late `90s dot-com boom - and bust - create the world's hottest app and make 10-year-old Facebook seem a tad grizzled?
''Jan keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk that reads `No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!' It serves as a daily reminder of their commitment to stay focused on building a pure messaging experience,'' wrote Sequoia Capital partner Jim Goetz in a blog post about Thursday's deal. Sequoia is WhatsApp's sole venture capital investor.
The Ukraine-born Koum, WhatsApp's CEO, move to the U.S. when he was 16. Acton was born in Michigan.
''We're the most atypical Silicon Valley company you'll come across,'' Acton told Wired in a December interview that the magazine will publish next month in its U.K edition. ''We were founded by thirtysomethings; we focused on business sustainability and revenue rather than getting big fast; we've been incognito almost all the time; we're mobile first; and we're global first.''
The pair started WhatsApp in 2009, two years after they left their jobs at Yahoo Inc. and five years after Facebook got its start in Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room. The service is simple. People use it to send text, photo or video messages to their contacts, bypassing text messaging charges and other fees from wireless carriers.
''WhatsApp is simple, secure, and fast. It does not ask you to spend time building up a new graph of your relationships; instead, it taps the one that's already there. Jan and Brian's decisions are fueled by a desire to let people communicate with no interference,'' writes Goetz, who along with Sequoia also stands to reap a hefty sum from the deal.
Much like Zuckerberg did during Facebook's early years, WhatsApp's founders shun ads. But unlike Facebook, which


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Is This Courtroom Banter Funny? You Be the Judge
White-Collar Trial Includes Cases of Attempted Humor; Quoting Joe Pesci
NEW YORK—The trial of Rajat Gupta has all the serious elements of a high-profile white-collar case, with the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS -0.45 % director facing potentially significant prison time.
It also has featured Rodney Dangerfield-type jokes. Lots of them.
When a juror had difficulty scheduling dental surgery, Mr. Gupta's lawyer, Gary Naftalis, recounted in court how a lawyer once questioned a dentist on the witness stand. "He started his cross-examination by saying, 'I want you to sit back in that witness chair and relax. My questions aren't going to hurt a bit.' "
Retorted U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff: "Most judges…definitely feel the need for Novocain," adding: "You all know the drill."
The justice system has been a form of theater since Ancient Greece. "When you get tense situations or it gets incredibly dull and boring…a little humor can lighten things up," said Lance Ito, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge who sometimes joshed with lawyers during the O.J. Simpson case.
In one trial, Henry "Pete" Putzel III remarked to a witness who had already been questioned by multiple lawyers, "I feel like Elizabeth Taylor's eighth husband on [their] wedding night," adding: "I know what I'm being asked to do and I know how to do it. I'm just at a total loss as to how to make it new and exciting."
In a 1970s organized-crime trial, the late Norman Ostrow cross-examined Jimmy "The Weasel" Frattiano, a government cooperator who had admitted to a number of grisly murders. As Mr. Ostrow prepared to conclude, Mr. Frattiano confirmed that under his deal with the government, he was about to be set free.
"You don't know who I am, do you?" the lawyer asked.
"No," Mr. Frattiano replied.
"Good, let's keep it that way," Mr. Ostrow quipped, and walked away.
The trial ended in a hung jury.
The minor league stand-up comedy routine during Mr. Gupta's insider-trading trial has featured Judge Rakoff and Mr. Naftalis, who have been friends for decades. The two prosecutors have served as straight men since the first day. Assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodsky sought assurance Mr. Naftalis wouldn't be able to mention many of the charitable endeavors of Mr. Gupta, who has pleaded not guilty to insider trading.
"Your Honor, just to be clear, he won't mention AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis," Mr. Brodsky said.
"Or bubonic plague," replied Judge Rakoff.
"Or even scurvy," Mr. Naftalis chimed in.
Messrs. Naftalis, Gupta and Brodsky declined to comment. Judge Rakoff also declined to comment.
At one point in the trial, when Judge Rakoff explained to a confused witness that 1786 was the page number in a transcript, and not a year, Mr. Naftalis said, "Even I wasn't born in 1786."
"So you allege," the judge shot back, to laughter.
For Judge Rakoff, a 68-year-old musical theater buff, the bench is often a stage where he tells stories and unleashes punch lines with a throaty laugh.
Mr. Naftalis, 70, is a veteran of the white-collar bar. During one exchange between himself, the judge and a prosecutor, Mr. Naftalis muttered about an "Olsen and Johnson routine," alluding to rowdy comedians famous from the vaudeville era until the 1950s.
After Mr. Naftalis complained that prosecutors had certain evidence delivered to them before the defense received it, Judge Rakoff responded: "You mean to say you don't have FBI agents who can run errands for you?"
"At one time when I was a youth, or a 'yute,' as someone said in the movies once," said Mr. Naftalis, a Newark, N.J., native, who was a prosecutor in his younger days. The reference was to a courtroom scene in "My Cousin Vinny," in which Joe Pesci's character pronounced "youth" with a heavy New York accent.
Most of the proceedings have been hard-fought arguments over the case, in which Mr. Gupta, the former leader of consulting firm McKinsey & Co., is charged with leaking tips about Goldman and Procter & Gamble Co., where he was also on the board, to former hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam.
But levity has come nearly every day, with jurors present and without them. At one point, Mr. Brodsky spelled out the last name of a witness: "M-A-H-A-D-E-V-A."
"The usual!" Judge Rakoff said. "The usual spelling," Mr. Brodsky said.
They have chuckled at some of the big names in the case, including Warren Buffett, whose $5 billion investment in Goldman was the subject of an alleged tip. Mr. Naftalis objected to the description by a witness of Mr. Buffett as the world's most respected investor—the "Babe Ruth" or "Joe DiMaggio" of Wall Street, as the defense lawyer put it.
"I know that your broker disagrees strongly," said the judge. A spokesman for Mr. Buffett didn't respond to a request for comment.
As Mr. Naftalis sought to finish questioning a P&G executive, the lawyer discussed with the judge what questions he could pose to the witness regarding concerns that during the economic downturn consumers would buy generic brand products, such as detergent, instead of the company's brand name Tide, for instance.
Judge Rakoff urged Mr. Naftalis to stay on schedule with his questioning—but not without joking: "Keep in mind that you said a half hour…and time and Tide wait for no man."
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Week 2 of my climbing rides in preparation for Mt. Mitchell.....I did the Marshall/Mt. Weather loop again (55 miles, 5K of climbing). It was a bit cool today, I wore tights and a 2nd LS jersey layer on top, along with full gloves.
Last week, I had to stop near the top of the first big climb.....but today, I was able to climb it, and kept going without stopping. I still had to walk my bike up the first section of Mt. Weather's climb (it runs between 13 and 17% grade), but I made it a little bit further before having to walk the bike.
Last week, I had to stop a 2nd time during the Mt. Weather climb, this week I didn't stop after the initial walk.
On the other big climb, last week, I had to walk up the 2nd climb, but today, I made the whole climb with just one stop, and didn't walk the bike at all.
It was hard (I could count my pulse in my ears), but I did better than last week. On the last 5 miles or so, I was able to pair up with another rider, and that helped me push the pace to the end of the ride.
When I got home, I took the bike in for a going over, and also swapped out for a 12X27 rear cassette. Hopefully next week, I'll be able to get all the way without walking the bike at all......


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Nicholas Braun Also Joins Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill In Impressive Comic Ensemble
Many directors start off as actors, and even once they've broken through behind the camera, can find it hard to shake the immediate rush you get from pretending in front of a camera. Look at Rob Reiner, who came up through TV sitcoms, put himself in first film "This is Spinal Tap," and still cameos from time to time in the likes of "30 Rock." Or Ron Howard, who for all the middlebrow dramas he's made, made a greater impact as the narrator of "Arrested Development" than with anything else in the last decade.
British helmer Richard Ayoade came up through a similar route, with stage comedy turning into TV roles on cult shows like "The Mighty Boosh," "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" and "The I.T. Crowd," before he turned to music video direction and, this year, made a storming feature debut with coming-of-age tale "Submarine." Ayoade's working towards his sophomore film, the Dostoyefsky adaptation "The Double," with Jesse Eisenberg, but it looks like he's going to scratch his acting itch again, on a pretty big canvas; namely, a summer blockbuster starring some of the biggest names in comedy.
Variety report that Ayoade has signed on to play the role of 'Jamarcus' in the Fox comedy "Neighborhood Watch," which already has Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Rosemarie DeWitt on board, for a film that involves a suburban group, aiming to keep their ends safe, who discover a conspiracy that threatens the entire world. It's a part that Chris Tucker, who hasn't made a film not called "Rush Hour" in thirteen years, was previously reported to be considering getting off his ass for, but with the actor signing on to David O. Russell's "The Silver-Lining Playbook," he appears to be otherwise engaged. Or it could be that Stiller, who was the executive-producer on "Submarine," just preferred Ayoade.
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399 yards of total offense and a 41-3 victory capped off the 2008 match-up between Graceland and Baker.
Look for things to be a little more evenly matched on Saturday. The Wildcats come into play 3-3, while the Yellowjackets sit at 2-4. Graceland has lost four straight games by an average of 27 points during the streak.
Senior running back Richie Bryant (pictured) continues to lead the HAAC in rushing averaging 112.8 yards per game with 11 touchdowns on the season.
Senior defensive end Andrew Patch continues to lead the Baker defense with six sacks on the season, averaging one per game ranking him 1st in the HAAC and 5th in the NAIA.
The Wildcats will look to get their offense in gear against a Yellowjackets defense that allows 355.5 yards and 31.7 points per game, how well the Wildcat defense can contain the Yellowjackets offense could be the deciding factor.
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- Sophomore Jon Reehorn and junior Jeremy Taylor posted a pair of 72s in final-round action, leading Washington State to a seventh place finish in the Fairway Club Invitational at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Reehorn, (77-71-72---220) who was 11th overall after two rounds, moved up to eighth on the final day of the tournament for his second consecutive top 15 finish and the fourth of his career. Taylor (West Richland, Wash.) had a career day, with a personal best 16th place finish and a career-low 222 three-round total.
The University of Kansas (295-286-272---853) stretched its second round lead even further on the final day of the tournament. The Jayhawks finished 35 strokes in front of second place Missouri (298-297-293---888). Colorado State and California tied for third at 890.
Kansas senior Ryan Vermeer (68-67-67---202) recorded the wire-to-wire victory, carding an 11-under-par for the tournament. Vermeer's teammate, Andy Stewart (73-71-67---211), shot a third-round four-under-par 67 to slide past Missouri's Neal Stafford (71-70-73---214), who finished third.
UP NEXT: The Cougars will compete in the Husky Invitational on Sept. 27-28 in Seattle.
T8) Jon Reehorn 77-71-72---220 T16) Jeremy Taylor 76-74-72---222 T38) Jeff Gustafson 77-78-76---231 T43) Dustin White 75-80-77---232 T55) Eric Toomey 80-82-79---241
WSU ROSTER: Jeff Gustafson, Sr., Battleground, Wash., Jon Reehorn, So., Burlington, Wash., Jeremy Taylor, Jr., West Richland, Wash., Eric Toomey, Sr., Snohomish, Wash., Dustin White, Fr., Pueblo West, Colo.


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Yes Lorenzo is fast at the moment BUT you win nowt for being fast in practice/testing. Vale has proved timeand again that you win things by being fast on race day! I am not absolutely certain he will win come race day but he will be giving all those fast boys a hard time when the lights go green its a given. I can't understand the negativity about Rossi he his the only story out there in moto gp but some people on here can't see it. My suggestion to the haters actually go to a GP and see what this man brings to the event... about fifty percent of the crowd to start with! I only hope that Marquez comes good he could be the next Rossi . Pedrosa and Lorenzo have done zip for the sport to date and Stoner although a great racer was actually boo'd even after winning!


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DUCATI may consider using an all-new 900cc engine when new MotoGP rules revert back to an allowed maximum 1000cc capacity from 2012.The thinking behind the move is to create the optimum size of motor for best horsepower and fuel consumption, says the teams engineering expert Filippo Preziosi.With MotoGP bikes restricted to a tank size of just 21 litres, Preziosi believes 1,000cc engines may not be the most efficient way of gaining the best from the Ducati's V4 engine. The exact capacity the company will use has yet to be determined; a 930cc engine is also to be in the mix, says Prezioso."We have started the conceptual design to define the best displacement for power delivery and fuel consumption, we are concentrating on this," Preziosi said. "It is not clear that 1,000cc is the best, there is a compromise. A 900cc is very possible, maybe even a 930. And perhaps the displacement will change year-by-year depending on development. Once we have made the final decision I expect a prototype of the new bike to be ready for testing in mid-2011."Differing capacity machines lining up on the MotoGP grid in 2012? Now there's something to put a cat amongst the pigeons.
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I don't really think they should be allowed to do this.
Surely it is blatantly obvious that the ONLY reason MotoGP is going back to 1000cc is because the 800cc's are boring? So, if Ducati go somewhere inbetween, this will surely give them a machine that has all of the speed of an 800cc (which are quicker round a racetrack than a 1000cc) but none of the excitement of a 1000cc. As much as that might win them races, isn't that missing the point completely?
The going back to 1000cc should be exactly that, not less.
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"if 900 is better than 1000 in a race, then that is more exciting surely?"
No, as faster doesn't always equal more exciting. The 800s are faster than the 990s, but the 990 were more exciting. And Moto2 is more exciting than the 800s too.
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It seems to me, Hey You, that you are the one guilty of ignorant misunderstanding. Yes, costs are an issue, but what makes you think the change in capacity is ENTIRELY down to the horrendous costs? A big part of the cost increase which had nothing to do with the change to 800s was the departure of all of the fag company sponsors.
A raft of cost cutting measures have already been introduced: less practice, less testing, less engines, less tyres, no active suspension, no launch control, no fancy metal composites, blah, blah, blah...
The fuel limit is only one litre less than was allowed for the 990s in 2006, and is confirmed as remaining for the 1000s & 800s (24 litres will be allowed for privateers). Traction control has not been mentioned yet, but is unlikely to be taken away as the MSMA want it.
That's it. It's not simple.
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Volunteers, rangers and officials at Mount Rainier National Park have been working to restore one of the park's most popular trails that was wiped out by flooding in 2006. This week, park officials hope to open the lower, mile-long section of the new Glacier Basin trail, improved and rerouted.
The stump held on for days, even as five workers hacked and chopped at it, and tugged on it with the help of a harness and pulley.
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That single task took long, hard labor — but volunteers, rangers and officials at Mount Rainier National Park are used to that. For the past four years, they've been working to restore one of the park's most popular trails — wiped out by flooding in 2006, one of the most catastrophic natural events in the park's history.
This week, park officials hope to open the lower, mile-long section of the new Glacier Basin trail, improved and rerouted.
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"It's definitely the largest trail-reconstruction project — not just from the flood — but that I've ever partaken in," said trails foreman Carl Fabiani, who has worked at the park since 1965.
Much of the original Glacier Basin trail, once a straightforward dirt path, was wiped out by about 18 inches of rain that poured down in 36 hours and raged through the White River Valley in November 2006.
The Inter Fork River overtook the trail, where it still flows. For the past four years, hikers and mountaineers have been forced to the river's side, where they scramble up loose rock fields or precariously hop from stone to log to cross the river.
There is no clear path, so hikers follow periodically placed hot-pink flags in a connect-the-dots style trail.
Just a few hundred yards away, the new path has taken shape. It's uphill from the current trail — a placement chosen in the hopes of avoiding future flood damage.
While the first 5,000 feet of trail was expected to open this week, work has just begun on the next 1,500-foot section — which is slated to be ready for hikers early next spring.
For 69-year-old volunteer Jim Miltimore, finishing the lower section meant drilling a hole into a boulder, filling it with water, inserting what looked like a shotgun shell and blowing it up. Sarah Salvador, 16, was busy heaving an axlike tool above her head and swinging it down at another obstinate stump.
Lynn Kittridge and her son Charlie helped build a yellow-cedar bridge over a small waterfall. Kittridge has been working on the trail for two summers and often has come to the park with her family. In fact, Kittridge said, her daughter took her first steps on the original trail.
Taking a break from her work, Carol Miltimore, Jim's wife, strolled up the new trail. She stopped every few feet, explaining how a certain bridge was built or remembering when they had to rebuild a section of the new trail because a tree fell over it during the winter.
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Multiple volunteer groups have come the past two years to help, including the Washington Trails Association, the Washington Conservation Corps and the Student Conservation Association, a volunteer group for high-school students like Salvador. Salvador and seven high-school volunteers are living at the White River Campground for two weeks, forgoing showers in the name of the Glacier Basin trail.
Fabiani estimates volunteers have put 7,000 hours into the project over the past two years.
Asked what the trail looked like when volunteers first started working, Jim Miltimore pointed into the forest.
Fallen trees crisscrossed in every direction over rocks, bramble and bushes. The new trail on which Miltimore stood cut a perfect swath through the natural mayhem.
But the two years spent building the trail have been only half the battle. The two years before that were spent planning.
The park staff had to find the perfect place for the trail, searching for a gradual route that was farther from the river but wouldn't need many switchbacks or sharp corners.
Once it was mapped out, five groups and agencies had to agree on the route: the Army Corps of Engineers, the state historical society, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the park's resource department and several American Indian tribes.
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The original Glacier Basin trail has been used for at least a century.
It was created as a mining road, used in the early 1900s by horses and buggies and later by motorized vehicles. The road led miners to the base of Mount Rainier at Emmons Glacier, where they hoped to find a fortune in silver and copper. But what they did find wasn't worth much, and the mining operation faded out.
The road was left behind, and explorers and climbers made the route their own. It became one of the park's most popular trails, and essentially everyone who has climbed the east face of Mount Rainier has traveled along it.
Carol Miltimore and other volunteers hope the revised Glacier Basin trail will last as long as the original did — contributing to another century in the White River Valley.
She paused in her meandering up the new trail. She pointed to a waterfall cascading over mossy rocks — something the old trail had never passed. She summed it up in six words: "new trail, new route, new vista."
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