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1. EricTexier Condrieu Vernon (13%) 2002: Deep burnished gold color; rather nutty/hazelnutty/slight oxidized slight Condrieu/mineral rather aromatic/complex nose; soft off-dry rich/lush slight hazelnutty/nutty slight mineral unusual flavor w/ a slight prickle and little Viognier fruit; med.short light Condrieu/mineral some nutty/hazelnutty finish; a very weird Condrieu but not at all unlikable. $30.00
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1. I had tried the '02 Texier Condrieu (I seen to recall; but could have been the '01) some 7-8 months ago and found it a lean/austere but fairly typical Condrieu/minerally wine. Priced at $54/btl, I was not compelled to try it again.
I spied this Sat afternoon at a wine shop in SantaFe, priced at $30/btl on a distributor's close-out. Thought I'd try this again at a much more attractive price when I spied in small print, apparently stamped on the label... "Vernon". Immediately the adrenalin started pumping and my pulse quickened.....could this be Condrieu from Coteaux de Vedrnon?? Maybe wine from George Vernay, sold to Texier???
I immediately snapped up both btls on the shelf and raced home to crack that sucker open. With trembling hands, I ripped that cork outta the btl and poured my first glass, expecting a superb class of classic Condrieu.
But...but...my hopes were crushed; I was crestfallen. Looking at the color, my first reaction was that it was an oxidized/cooked btl from the distributor's wartehouse. Then I smelled it and picked up that classic hazelnutty character of old Rhone whites. That's it....the 2'nd btl is going back.
But has I tasted it more, it started to grow on me. Yeah...it had some of that slightly oxidized character of old Condrieu/Viognier. But it also had slight traces of the Condrieu minerality that's so distinctive. And a rather overripe character as well. And rather interesting aromatics that I kinda liked.
So...my guess...is that this Condrieu is from the Coteaux de Vernon, maybe unloaded by Georges Vernay himself, and probably from overripe grapes, maybe affected by rot or botrytis. It is very/very atypical of Condrieu. Were I one to worship at the altar of varietal typicity, I would have soundly trashed this wine. However, whatever the wine is, there were a lot of things to like in it; weird as it is.


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Jennings is listed as probable on the Friday injury report after getting through an entire week of practice, signaling the end of his absence after seven games thanks to a torn abdominal muscle that required surgical repair. Jason Wilde of ESPNWisconsin.com reports that coach Mike McCarthy said Jennings' playing time would be determined by the flow of the game, but there doesn't seem to be any preconceived snap count in mind for the wideout.
McCarthy also discussed Matthews' status, which isn't good enough to allow him to return to action after missing the last two games with a hamstring injury. He hasn't done anything in practice all week, although McCarthy did say he's seen some improvement as Matthews rehabs.
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The name Maldives brings up visions of blue seas, turquoise reefs, white sandy beaches, palm trees and people enjoying a tranquil life. But there are lengthening shadows under the Maldivian sun, as it struggles with several climate change and environmental threats. Maldives is the planet's lowest-lying nation with 80 percent located less than one meter above sea level. The IPCC's predicted 4.8oC increase in global temperature and 26-82 cm rise in sea level by 2100 may well make Maldives the first country to be swallowed up by the sea.
I have visited Maldives' remote islands many times since 2010 and seen its non-glamorous, mundane side and met ordinary (poor by Maldivian standards) people earn a living by fishing or agriculture and yet struggling to get clean water or basic sanitation. On one such visit, Fathimath Nushfa, who lives in the water stressed island of Alif Alif Ukulhas said that she needs more clean drinking water during the summers as monsoons were becoming unpredictable. Her rainwater storage tank was small and the groundwater source was contaminated by sewage. It gets expensive to buy mineral water bottles for her family of nine. Her household was willing to pay a tariff if the government could augment the household drinking water supplies. People on that island also complained about solid waste problems and how it was degrading the island's reef systems that are essential for survival of the islands. In a matter of one year, I noticed parts of the island had shrunk due to coastal erosion.
The exceptionality of Maldives is that it has been a frontrunner in embracing actions aimed at increasing climate resilience through global climate financing. Maldives with the help of the World Bank established a multi-donor Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) in 2010 to channel international climate finance into domestic priorities. The European Union and Australian Government have contributed to the Fund. The fund working through the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) is helping to pilot several activities and provide lessons for scaling up, such as:
- Introducing innovative ways to provide clean energy, which is turn will help mitigate the effects of climate change. On Thinadhoo Island, 550kWp of solar energy has displaced diesel fuel on the island.
- Developing co-management approaches for wetland habitats in two of the largest islands (Fuvahmulah and Hithadhoo) and coral reef monitoring in partnership with five top resorts.
- Augmenting the potable water supplies of Alif Alif Ukulhas with the help of community rainwater harvesting system, including a back-up desalination plant.
- Managing solid waste in five islands of the Ari Atoll.
Mr. Manik, President of the Local Council of Alif Alif Ukulhas, stated that the World Bank program on climate change is helping him to meet the needs of the people and has transformed his island into a model for community rainwater harvesting and solid waste management.
At a more strategic level, it will be essential for Maldivian managers to mainstream climate change considerations into developmental planning. CCTF is helping to strengthen climate change capacities of the local councilors in partnership with the Local Government Authority. Experts from the Marine Spatial Biology Lab in the University of Queensland, Australia are providing technical assistance to map the nation's coral reefs, using satellite imagery, based on historical sea surface temperatures to identify the vulnerable regions. This could help in future planning.
The Fund, now moving to its second phase with supplemental financing by the EU, aims to strengthen fragile coral reef and wetland habitat management; and improve solid waste management in the larger hubs. Lessons learnt from CCTF's energy sector work have contributed to a promising initiative by the World Bank to accelerate sustainable private investments in renewable energy with Climate Investments Funds.
The Maldivian efforts speak a lot about their adaptation and resilience rather than falling prey to a doomsday prophecy. This I experienced on June 8, 2014 while on a speedboat ride to Alif Alif Ukulhas Island with government officials. Due to the monsoons the sea was rough; the boat was bouncing high on the waves and the normally calm 40-minute ride took well over two and a half hours. I have never faced such terror in my life. But, this event reminded me of the difficult conditions under which the Maldivians live. I get to 'choose' not to take the boat ride while those who are on the brink of a catastrophe are living with resolve and ingenuity to become self-sufficient and address the needs of their subsequent generations.
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Dear Priti, Thank you for providing a first hand account of what it is to be living in these fast sinking islands, day in and day out....very enlightening and well written with hard facts and glimpses of what it means to be living in these difficult conditions.... well done.....
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Dear Priti,
Thanks for your very well written blog. I have visited the Maldives with respect to the ASPIRE, the new renewables initiative, but have not yet had the experience of traveling to the more remote outer islands. The Maldives is a unique country with a language, script and culture all its own, spread across 900 km of ocean. It is amazing how this culture remained cohesive through its pre-industrial history despite long stretches of water and no smotorized boats.
It would be a pity to let such a unique part of this planet fall prey to rising sea levels or untreated waste.
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Facebook cited the new clarification policy when asked why the Vine app was no longer able to access Facebook.
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The likes of Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder could be on their way to Notts County this summer as part of their pre-season plans.
The Magpies have announced a triple-swoop of European opposition ahead of their 2013/14 campaign, with famous teams Galatasaray, former European Cup winners Steaua Bucharest and Rayo Vallecano scheduled to visit Meadow Lane.
Drogba will return to play in England for the first time since leaving Chelsea in 2012 but the Turkish champions' fixtures against League One clubs Shrewsbury Town and Notts County prove a marked difference from his previous English games.
Galatasaray, who play Notts County on July 16, also face FC Porto and Arsenal in the Emirates Cup summer tournament hosted by the Gunners.
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The Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres will face the #1 team in Class 3A Wednesday at Williams Arena
Sartell-St. Stephen will have to slay a giant to open their first-ever state tournament when they take on DeLaSalle Wednesday morning. The 10 am tip off at Williams Arena pits the 17-12 Sabres against the 27-1 Islanders.
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The recent high profile capture of the Mexican drug kingpin Ivan Velazquez, also known as "El Taliban," garnered headlines around the world. He was a senior leader of the Zetas drug cartel with a 2.34 million bounty on his head. In a set piece press conference and photo opportunity that has become de rigueur in the war on drugs, Velazquez, clad in a bulletproof vest, was flanked by two soldiers wearing black ski masks. In front of the men was a table stacked high with guns, cash, and drugs.
The arrest of Velazquez won't end the gruesome violence of the Mexican drug war. If anything, it could set off a bloody, internecine struggle for power among other senior leaders of the Zetas.
What has the potential to end the war on drugs in Mexico is la Caravana por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad. The Caravan for Peace and Justice with Dignity that toured the United States this summer was an enormous step forward in challenging the core assumptions of the war on drugs in Mexico and the United States. Javier Sicilia, the renowned Mexican poet and writer whose son was murdered by drug cartel assassins last year, organized the caravan.
Riding with Sicilia on the caravan were dozens of family members from Mexico who had endured unspeakable losses of loved ones to the war on drugs.
Survivors of the American drug war joined them on the tour to expose the racism of the war on drugs and the astronomical incarceration rates of drug law offenders in the U.S.
From Tijuana to Washington, DC, they put a name and face on the victims who've died in drug-related violence. One of the central goals was to break the silence and confront the shame and stigma that surrounds drug use and involvement in the drug trade. The reality is that few Mexicans or Americans willingly chose to work for drug cartels or to participate in the cultivation and distribution of drugs: It's a desperate, economic necessity.
The demands of the movement are pragmatic and would end the drug war.
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- Stopping the smuggling of weapons across the border into Mexico.
- An end to money laundering.
- Suspending U.S. aid to Mexico's armed forces.
- Ending the militarization of the border and the criminalization of immigrants.
In a statement prepared for the press, Sicilia connected all the issues: "This war is an unspeakable failure. The twenty-three million drug users in America, far from diminishing in number, only increases. Mexico in the last five years has accumulated more than 70,000 deaths, more than 20,000 disappeared, more than a quarter million displaced, tens of thousands of widows and orphans. American gun manufacturers funnel weapons for this conflict via illegal networks as well as legal structures like Plan Mérida, which arms the Mexican military. American prisons hold millions for merely consuming drugs. Migrants are criminalized on this side of the border or extorted or disappeared on the other side…."
In every city, a mix of clergy, politicians, celebrities, mothers whose children died from drug overdoses, and members of drug law reform organizations joined the caravan to denounce the war on drugs.
In Arizona, caravanistas along with activists in Phoenix confronted the vicious anti-immigrant racism of Sheriff and former DEA agent Joe Arpaio. A protest was organized at Arpaio's notorious "Tent City" jail in the desert where 2,000 prisoners are forced to wear pink underwear and endure triple-digit temperatures. The Sheriff brought back chain gangs and marches inmates through the streets, shackled, and dressed in black and white striped jumpsuits to be humiliated by onlookers. Tent City jail is crammed full of undocumented immigrant workers and young drug law violators and addicts.
In Texas, activists gathered at the El Paso-Juárez border, a major drug trafficking nexus. In 2010, a war between the Sinloa and Juárez cartels erupted over markets and transit routes. President Calderón sent thousands of troops into Cuidad Juárez. The Sinaloa gang eventually won the battle but only after 10,000 dead bodies were found on the streets. Thousands more fled from Cuidad Juárez to El Paso to escape the gruesome violence.
In a gesture of binational solidarity, the caravanistas held a moment of silence to remember the victims in Cuidad Juárez.
The offices of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were also targeted for protest. The sole purpose of the DEA is to continue ramping up the war on drugs. The organization has agents stationed in over 70 countries and a duplicitous history of ignoring drug trafficking when it's politically expedient for the U.S. government. Recently, the DEA was implicated in the killing of four Hondurans, two were pregnant women, in a drug bust gone horribly wrong.
It doesn't seem to matter that for over forty years the drug warriors, armed with high-tech weapons, state-of-the-art surveillance systems and a budget of billions that there's been no decrease whatsoever in the supply or consumption of drugs anywhere in the world.
At the DEA protest, Richard Newton, a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) said, "As a former federal border patrol agent, I can attest to the fact that the DEA's criminalization approach to drug control doesn't work, but creates so many more problems. If we replaced the failed drug war with legalized regulation, it would deal a bigger financial blow to the cartels than any law enforcement crackdown ever could."
When the caravan pulled up at the historic Riverside Church in New York City on September 6th, spirits were high. The caravanistas were welcomed by activists from YoSoy132NY, New Sanctuary Movement, VOCAL-NY, Occupy Wall Street, and the Drug Policy Alliance.
New York City is the marijuana arrest capital of the world. Since 1996, the New York City Police Department has made nearly 600,000 arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana. In 2011 alone, 50,684 were arrested for marijuana possession. This is despite the fact that marijuana was decriminalized in 1977. This marijuana dragnet is the leading edge of the war on drugs in the U.S. and disproportionately targets Blacks and Latinos who make up the vast majority of those arrested in stop and frisk searches.
Inside the packed church hall, victims of the drug war shared powerful stories during the open mic event. A Latina woman talked about her crack addiction and how the NYPD arrested her over and over again and threatened her with a ten-year prison sentence.
Melchor Flores Landa from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon held up a large placard with a photo of his son who disappeared two years ago. With his voice full of grief and anger he said, "In Mexico we don't live anymore, we survive." His son was a performance artist. Landa finished by shouting, "Estoy hasta la madre!," (We are fed up.)
There wasn't a dry eye in the church when Olga Reyes finished telling the story of how 6 family members were murdered in drug war violence in Mexico. And now 20 of her family members are living in exile to avoid the same fate.
Other speakers talked about how Mexico has become a country of outlaws, orphans, and of modern slavery.
Javier Sicilia spoke at the end and underscored that the war on drugs in Mexico won't end until the war on drugs in the U.S. ends. He added, "This is a fake, stupid, and mistaken war. We are neighbors and without peace, we live in brutality."
The caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity that visited 26 U.S. cities reached an audience of thousands with the uncompromising message that the war on drugs must end.
And this grassroots activism is having an impact in both countries.
Just a few weeks after the caravan returned to Mexico, the presidents of Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico spoke at the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly. They called for a serious discussion and fundamental revision of international drug laws. This is unprecedented in the history of the U.N. President Otto Pérez Molina has gone the furthest and advocates for the legalization and regulation of all drugs.
That three presidents in Central America admit that the war on drugs has failed and are willing to look at alternatives is also unprecedented. It is an important step in the right direction. But it will take a movement with many more caravanistas on both sides of the border to pressure these leaders to follow through on alternatives to drug prohibition and to stand up to the United States who wants to continue it's violent and deadly prohibitionist drug policies all over the world.


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ATTALLA LODGE NO. 383 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS will meet at 9 a.m. Monday for practice.
ATTALLA LODGE NO. 383 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS will meet at 9 a.m. for practice.
Gadsden Boy Scout Troop 54 meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Scout cabin at Noccalula Falls. Call Larry Sitz, 256-538-5720.
Boy Scout Troop 58 meets at 6 p.m. at East Gadsden United Methodist Church. Call Scoutmaster Rudy Borgersrode, 256-547-8008.
Hokes Bluff Boy Scout Troop 82 meets at 7 p.m. in the Scout cabin. Call 256-492-3535.
Rainbow City boy scout Troop 92 meets at 7 p.m. in the Scout cabin at the corner of Williams Avenue and Park Lane. Call Scoutmaster Darrell Norton, 256-490-3695.
MAH JONGG CLUB meets at 12:30 p.m. every Monday at Southside Community Center. For information, call Barbara, 256-295-1014.
206TH AMPHIBIOUS TRUCKING CO. meets at 8 a.m. at Jack's. U.S. Highway 278.
SCLC meets at 6 p.m. at Wills Creek District Baptist Association, 1431 Chestnut St.
RAINBOW CITY LIONS CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. at Rainbow City Community Center.
QUEEN CITY CHAPTER NO. 135 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets at 7 p.m. at Gadsden Masonic Temple.
TUESDAY TALES STORYTIME is at 10 a.m. at the Alabama City Branch of the Gadsden Public Library.
TUESDAY TINY TOT TIME is from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the East Gadsden Branch of the Gadsden Public Library.
GADSDEN LODGE NO. 236 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS will meet at 7 p.m. for regular communication.
ATTALLA LODGE NO. 383 F&AM meets at 5:30 p.m. for practice, followed by regular communication.
Gadsden-Rainbow City Coin Club meets at 6:30 p.m. in Rainbow City Hall.
Coosa Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 6 p.m. upstairs in the Hardin Center.
NOCCALULA KNIFE COLLECTORS CLUB meets from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday. For information, contact Randy Gladden, 256-458-8009, or Jimmy Champion, 205-541-1766.
CEDAR BEND LODGE F&AM NO. 583, Southside, meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month.
GADSDEN CITY SCHOOLS ADVISORY COUNCIL meets at 6 p.m. in Allen Hall on the Wallace Drive campus of Gadsden State Community College.
EAST GADSDEN CHAPTER NO. 532 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets at 7 p.m. in Glencoe Lodge.
OHATCHEE MASONIC LODGE NO. 380 meets at 7 p.m.
HOKES BLUFF MASONIC LODGE NO. 470 meets at 7 p.m.
CEDAR BEND LODGE NO. 583 F&AM meets at 7 p.m. for regular communication.
CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERS are needed on Wednesdays and Saturdays to help build houses with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity. Volunteers must be at least 16 to work on an active building site. Email email@example.com or call 256-543-1898.
GADSDEN KIWANIS CLUB meets at noon.
A POOL TOURNAMENT is held at 6 p.m. every Wednesday at VFW Post 2760
YMCA-Arthritis Foundation water class is at 10 a.m. at the YMCA.
SOUTHSIDE SENIORS CLUB meets at 10 a.m. each Wednesday at Southside Community Center. Bingo will be played.
ATTALLA GOLDEN AGE SENIOR Citizen Club meets at 10 a.m. each week at the Attalla Community Center.
SOAR CHAPTER 36-1 and RETIRED STEELWORKERS CLUB meets at 2 p.m. at the Union Hall on Wall Street.
STORYTIME at the Gadsden Public Library is at 10 a.m. in the Children's Department.
GOOD CRAFTERNOON will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Teen Zone of the Gadsden Public Library.
thursday movies are from 10 a.m. to noon at the Alabama City Branch of the Gadsden Public Library.
BOY SCOUT TROOP 4080 meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Attalla.
GADSDEN TOASTMASTERS meets from 7 to 8 p.m. each Thursday at Joe Ford Center, Room 202, Gadsden State Campus, 405 Cardinal Drive, Gadsden. Gadsden Toastmasters is the local club for Toastmasters International servicing Etowah, Calhoun and Marshall counties. Toastmasters is an excellent way to improve confidence, become a better speaker and gain valuable leadership experience. Club meetings are fun, positive and mutually supportive. For more information, visit us on Facebook at: Gadsden Toastmasters; On the web at http://www.toastmasters.org/; Contact: Isha Bothwell 256-328-4865, club president; or Tracy Rowland, 480-236-3688, club vice president of education.
ETOWAH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB will meet at Ezell's Catfish Cabin (formerly Austin's) in Attalla. Dutch treat dinner is at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be Sheila Gilbert, Chair of the Calhoun County Democratic Party. For information or inquiries, contact Ann Green at 256-442-3718.
NEELY HENRY LAKE ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING will be at 7 p.m at the Southside Community Center on Alabama Highway 77. Guest speaker will be Rob Coyne, Alabama Power Company shoreline manager for Neely Henry and Logan Martin lakes. He will be sharing the current shoreline use guidelines (docks, seawalls, etc.) and advising on potential environmentally sensitive areas on Neely Henry Lake. In addition, Mark Tow, APCO environmental specialist, will be discussing various native and invasive weeds on the lake. A business meeting will follow the speakers. Meetings are always open to the public, so if you are a property owner on the lake, you are encouraged to attend and get the facts on these issues of vital concern.
GADSDEN GREETERS September luncheon will be held at Christ Central Church in Rainbow City. Activities begin at 11 a.m. with a meet-and-greet social time, followed by a luncheon. A program entitled "Facts and Fiction" will be presented by Gadsden Mayor Sherman Guyton. If you are new to the area, four years or less, join by calling Genelle Wagar, 256-442-8507, or Jeanie Russell, 256-492-9916.
EL SENOR CLUB will host its annual spaghetti dinner today at Convention Hall. Tickets are adults $6 and under 4 years old $4. Take out is available. Entertainment will be provided.
RETIRED WORKERS CHAPTER NO. 487 UAW meets in the Union Hall, East Broad Street.
GOODYEAR RETIREES meet at 11 a.m. in the Union Hall on Hoke Street.
GADSDEN YORK RITE MASONS meet at 7 p.m. at Gadsden Masonic Temple.
ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS meet at 6 p.m.
RAINBOW FLY FISHING CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Fishery Science Building at Gadsden State Community College. For information, call Frank Roden, 256-442-5919.
A DANCE is held from 8 p.m. to midnight every Friday at Whorton-Dykes Post 2760. The Classics will play. Admission is $5.
GOODYEAR WOMAN'S CLUB meets at 11:30 a.m. in the Senior Activity Center.
CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERS are needed on Wednesdays and Saturdays to help build houses with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity. Volunteers must be at least 16 to work on an active building site. Email email@example.com or call 256-543-1898.
A DANCE will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight every Saturday at VFW Post 8600, Rainbow Drive. Crossroads Band will play. Admission is $5.
A 10K, 5K and 1-MILE Run/Walk, sponsored by Chick-fil-A and Connect Race Series, will be held today. Participants can win Chick-fil-A food for a year. For more information or to register, go to CFAraceseries.com.
FIRST SATURDAY, hosted by the Carver Community Revitalization Committee, will be from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Carver Square at the Carver Community Center, 1030 Tuscaloosa Ave. There will be food, music, entertainment, prizes, arts and crafts, car and bike show, kids zone and more. Vendors are welcome. There is no setup fee. For information, vall 256-547-4608.
GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER needs adult volunteers. There is a special need for cart drivers. Call Natalie Fleming at 256-494-4179.
Caring people are needed to become volunteers for Comfort Care Hospice. Call 256-547-3050.
Volunteers are needed for Horses Offering People Hope. Call Mary Kay Tortoriello, 256-892-9267 or visit footprintsofhope.com.


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Rita's is coming to town, perhaps
To follow the conversation online at the Local you can get quite a few perspectives. A "chain" – even one founded in the Philadelphia area and headquartered 20 miles away – is a four letter word despite the extra letter, it's just that bad.
There should be no competition in water ice because, number one, it is an unhealthy goulash of all that defiles, while two, it is also being well supplied by local businesses where the nature of the desert transmogrifies into a local delicacy when prepared at the right street address.
Also "fast-food chain" is taking on a new meaning. Water ice is now fast food because water ice itself is … food? Sort of, but that's OK – it has to be to fit this emerging narrative. You eat the stuff, like getting reading materials at the newsstand at the top of the hill makes it akin to the Library of Congress. It's the same thing.
Worst of all, straw men everywhere are running to the hills because they are being ruthlessly pursued in 19118. How did this all happen?
In the fall, at the CHCA meetings and in the Local – Rita's is looking to move into the spot where the TLA Video store chain was for years. ("chain," four letter word, located right next to the CVS, which is right next to Staples – Ann Rand wannabes everywhere are writing about these chain contagions emerging).
In December someone thought it was a brilliant idea to have a zoning meeting on a Thursday when the Eagles were playing. The Rita's proposal was discussed and approved unanimously.
Last week Mr. Thain was in the Local with a complaint. He said that Mr. Weinstein, owner of the Trolley Car Diner was trying to block Rita's. Asked why and on the record, Mr. Weinstein said this is not about competition, not about his self-interest – neighbors feel Rita's is fast food and as such is precluded from that space via a zoning covenant – plain and simple. It is not about competition.
The ensuing melee online then became people supporting Mr. Weinstein by taking a position 100 percent at odds with what he said was his concern. He objects to fast food chains violating the zoning covenant. He thinks the CHCA called it wrong and the neighbors need advocacy. The neighbors largely chiming in, however, seem to feel that the Trolley Car needs the advocacy.
Unnecessarily, people were performing a living beatification of this great diner nobody dislikes while calling for the defense/exultation of the owner, whom likewise, nobody holds in anything other than high esteem. He specifically says this is not about competition while those singing his praises the most call for – no competitors.
Chains are especially good villains, as they bring nothing to the neighborhood, like those silent-film, mustache-twirling carpetbaggers that opened Iron Hill, Mica, Heirloom, CinCin, to name but a few – all of whom have multiple locations.
Then the calls for tranquility, buying only local, only supporting places that are civic minded, albeit in a small arena of only a zip code and a half as counting. To patronize the Trolley Car is not enough: Draw up the bridge and no more feeding the alligators in the moat – keep everyone else out.
This is surreal, not what Mr. Weinstein argued for and not what building a community is all about. Fairness is not about picking winners and losers in a free market by zoning tricks. I hope Rita's comes – I wouldn't blame them for pulling out after seeing this debate online.
Gerald Tracy
Water ice fan of Roanoke Street
Rita's doesn't belong
Ever since I was president of West Mt. Airy Neighbors, I've been determined to stay out of disputes in the lovely community northwest of us. For better or worse, communities have their own way of dealing with public issues and generally don't want or need outside help.
But the dispute about the proposal to place a Rita's franchise in the old TLA site just above the dividing line between our communities is one on which I must speak.
I was very disappointed to see the Chestnut Hill Community Association, which for years has insisted on following rules of community development to a "T," overlook a deed restriction it insisted on in 1980, in supporting a fast-food chain restaurant opening at Chestnut Hill Plaza.
The only reason to doubt that Rita's serves fast food is that, having tasted its product, I'm dubious about calling it "food.".
I was also disappointed that the CHCA failed to follow its own rules for notifying neighbors of its decisions.
It is bad policy to override one's own rules and legal requirements. It's even worse to support a seasonal, chain fast-food restaurant in one's community. Good development – the kind of that has made both Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy so strong – is rooted in locally owned, independent small businesses that take pride in and contribute to its neighbors and that reinvest its profits in the community.
Ken Weinstein, the owner of the Trolley Car Diner, is the epitome of that kind of small business owner. In an ideal world, the CHCA would reconsider its position. Because it hasn't Ken has, as is his right under the law, objected to this use of Chestnut Hill Plaza. In doing so he is acting not just on behalf of his own interests but those of the near neighbors who object to a Rita's at this location, and on behalf of the regular process of community development in Chestnut Hill.
To avoid a long legal dispute, Ken has agreed to subject his complaint to arbitration. The proposed owner of the Rita's, John Thain, having agreed to arbitration, now seems to be retreating from that commitment.
I urge the CHCA to reconsider its decision. And failing that, I urge Mr. Thain to settle this through arbitration.
And let me offer one more word of advice directly to Mr. Thain, who has been quoted saying "it seems as if Mt. Airy is trying to tell Chestnut Hill how to run their businesses." I would be careful what you say, Mr. Thain. The site at which you want to open is next door to Mt. Airy. I was in TLA often and half the customers were from Mt. Airy. If your business should open, you are going to need those customers. And in Mt. Airy we don't take kindly to business people who insult us.
Marc Stier
Mt. Airy
Editor's note: To be clear, the zoning meetings about Rita's Water Ice were publicized in the Local and the decisions of every committee were immediately reported in this paper and in other online media outlets.
A good blood drive
A special thank you to Jann Mylet and the administration of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Carol Graves of Miller-Keystone Blood Center and dozens of generous individual donors for making this year's annual Chestnut Hill Community Association blood drive a success!
On Saturday we were host to 71 prospective donors throughout the morning and collected 52 units of blood. This blood will be used by Chestnut Hill Hospital and other area hospitals.
Thanks to the Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop, Top of the Hill Market, Bredenbecks Bakery, Baker Street Bread Co., Balance Chestnut Hill and Indigo Schuy for their support and generous donations of food and marketing to the event.
Thanks also to Tom Hemphill, Marilyn Paucker, and everyone else who helped out on Saturday as well as to Noreen Spota and Celeste Hardester at the CHCA office.
Jay Valinis and Liz Bales
CHCA Blood Drive
Co-Chairs Community
Neighborhood concerns are important
Our community, as is any other, made up of different neighborhoods, each having its own distinctive character which contributes to the well-being, the interest and the beauty of the community as a whole.
No single area is more or less valuable than another.
No single individual or group, can assess more accurately than those living in a given area what impacts the quality of their lives and the environment around them.
The concerns of our neighbors are important not only to them but to us as well.
The CHCA has trivialized these concerns to its own detriment and to that of the larger community. This was evidenced most recently by the summary dismissal of over 1,400 signatures by the co-chair of a committee.
Each neighborhood needs and deserves our support. They should not have to do our work by themselves. They are seeking to preserve that which was created for our well-being years ago and which is now being threatened.
Come to the meeting of the Chestnut Hill Residents' Association on Feb. 22 at the Chestnut Hill Library at 7 p.m. Learn what is being done and add your support. Help create "com-unity."
Ann Ward Spaeth
Chestnut Hill


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Good Turn for America
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Good Turn for America provides an avenue for councils to highlight the service that's going on now, including individual service projects and efforts conducted in partnership with organizations such as The Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, the American Heart Association, and others.
Each year through 2010, the Boy Scouts of America will sponsor a national reporting day. This event will provide a platform to report service successes back to our communities.
Good Turn for America/Scouting Anniversary Week Ideas
The following are ideas for tying together service and Scouting Anniversary Week:
- Organize Scouts and leaders to deliver a state of Scouting report to the local city council, mayor, or other officials. The report might include an overview of service projects and total number of service hours performed by Scouts and volunteers in the community.
- Conduct a special district-wide Good Turn for America service project during Scouting Anniversary Week.
- Use Anniversary Week as the kickoff for a year-long service effort such as working on a house with Habitat for Humanity, emergency preparedness education with the Red Cross, or food and clothing drives with The Salvation Army.
For details on Good Turn for America and more service ideas, www.goodturnforamerica.org.
News Release
Good Turn for America is an initiative designed to increase collaborations between the millions of BSA members and participants and other groups and organizations to better meet community needs.
"Scouting's oath to America has always been to serve other people at all times. We take that oath very seriously and provide an average of 48 million hours of service in communities throughout the country each year," states Roy L. Williams, Chief Scout Executive. "While this is a Scouting initiative, it is meant to include everyone in the community. You don't have to be a member of Scouting to join in on many of the public service projects."
Nationally, the Boy Scouts of America, The Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, and the American Red Cross are collectively asking every American to address the food, shelter, and health needs of their community. Through the combined efforts of these organizations and other groups that provide similar service in communities around the country, families will have sufficient food to eat, homelessness can be reduced, and we will reduce the growing number of obese individuals. Through Good Turn for America, everyone can do something to make a difference in the lives of others.
Good Turn for America helps provide communities with more Scouting service, instills the value of service in our youth, and increases awareness of the Scouting program within our neighborhoods as we focus on three areas of common concern: food, shelter and health.
Good Turn for America builds on current unit service projects, as well as encouraging units to develop new projects to benefit their communities. Unit-level projects are usually performed for local agencies or in service of a chartering organization.
As of February 23, 2009, the Good Turn for American Web site indicated 8,303,557 service hours that had been performed by members of the Boy Scouts of America.
Good Turn for America: A Fund-Raising Tool
Good Turn for America offers you new funding opportunities by enabling individuals and companies who may not agree with our membership policies to still support the important tasks of feeding the hungry, providing adequate shelter, and reducing youth obesity.
On the Good Turn for America Web site, www.goodturnforamerica.org, you will find more information about the program, project ideas, and letters of support from members of Congress, governors, the president's cabinet, community organizations, and Fortune 500 companies.
Use the letters to get your foot in the door with your community leaders and the local offices of many Fortune 500 companies. If their corporate officers support Good Turn for America, they will too.
In addition to the letters, use the service project information collected from your units. Your Web administrator can run a report of how many service projects were conducted and the number of service hours contributed by your district. Use this information when meeting with leaders to demonstrate Scouting's value to the community.
The Independent Sector, a coalition of foundations, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and individuals, values volunteer time at $17.55 per hour. Multiply this figure by the number of service hours on your report and you can easily estimate the financial value of Scouting for your community.


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Pens aim for 2-0 lead against Islanders
The New York Islanders' first playoff game in six years did not go well, but the eighth-seeded club will try to rebound on Friday when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 2 at CONSOL Energy Center.
That figures to be easier said than done with Pens superstar captain Sidney Crosby set to return to action.
The Penguins, this year's No. 1 seed in the East, didn't have Crosby when they opened the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at home on Wednesday, but they didn't need him to rout New York.
Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury posted a shutout with 26 saves to lead the Penguins in a 5-0 thumping of the Islanders in Game 1.
Playing without Crosby, who has been sidelined since suffering a broken jaw against the Islanders on March 30, Pittsburgh put on a clinic in the first two periods then held firm in the third to grab a 1-0 lead in this best-of-seven series.
Tanner Glass, Beau Bennett and Kris Letang all scored for the Penguins, who are in the playoffs for a seventh straight year but have been bounced in the first round the past two seasons. Jarome Iginla, Jussi Jokinen and Evgeni Malkin each posted two assists.
"You obviously want to win the first one and play well," said Dupuis. "But we've spent the past 20 games or so playing well and winning those one-goal games, so we know what winning looks like."
A majority of those games came without Crosby, who on Thursday practiced on a line with Dupuis and Chris Kunitz, his usual line mates. Crosby has been back at practice for more than a week, but this is the first time he was placed on one of the top-four lines.
Crosby was again with the pair at Friday's morning skate before saying he was cleared by doctors to return to game action.
Pittsburgh also lost forwards James Neal and Jussi Jokinen to injuries in Wednesday's Game 1. Neal, who was second on Pittsburgh with 21 goals this season, is questionable for tonight's game after suffering a lower body injury following a hit from New York's Travis Hamonic.
Jokinen, meanwhile, expects to play Friday after leaving Game 1 late in the third period with an undisclosed injury. The Finnish forward had seven goals and four assists in 10 regular-season games with Pittsburgh after he was acquired in a trade with Carolina.
Islanders goaltender Evgeni Nabokov will try to bounce back from a rough outing in Game 1, as he was chased from the net early in the second period after allowing four goals on 15 shots. Kevin Poulin stopped 10-of-11 shots the rest of the way for the Isles, who are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
"I just thought our execution was very poor tonight," said New York head coach Jack Capuano. "When you spent the night chasing the puck the whole time you're not going to accomplish much."
Centerman John Tavares also will try for a better effort tonight after he failed to register a shot while skating over 17 minutes in his playoff debut. The first overall pick in the 2009 draft, Tavares has garnered Hart Trophy support after helping lead the Isles back to the playoffs with a 28-goal, 47- point regular season.
Tavares believes the key to get back into this series lies in the physical aspects of the game.
"A lot of sacrifices are made [to win]," Tavares told his club's official website. "It's going to hurt a little bit. I try to be physical myself. I tried to finish some hits. It's a part of the playoffs."
The Penguins are seeking their first ever playoff series victory over the Islanders, who have won all three of the previous matchups. However, all three series were pushed to the brink, including a best-of-five series meeting in the conference quarterfinals in 1982, when New York won its third of four straight Cups.
These clubs haven't met in the playoffs since the 1993 division finals.
The Penguins went 18-6-0 as the host this season and the Islanders had a solid 14-6-4 record as the guest.
The next two tests of this series will be played at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, with Game 3 set for Sunday afternoon.


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Concrete River Steamers of World War I, ca. 1921
Source: John B. Green Collection #380.2.b
Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo
Description: Seen in the photograph above are four, unnamed, concrete-hulled river steamers at the Newport Shipping Corporation shipyard, in New Bern, North Carolina. They are obviously incomplete and unnamed. Built to solve the desperate shortage of steel for shipping during World War I, they were just one of the many innovations, from flame-throwers to tanks to aerial warfare, inspired by the "War to End All Wars". During the first World War, steel had become so scarce that the U. S. Shipping Corporation which controlled all American shipping during the war, recommended that President Woodrow Wilson approve the construction of 24 such concrete ships. Of the 24, only 12 were built, at a total cost of $50 million. The Newport Shipbuilding Corporation of New Bern, NC was one of the companies selected to build the ships. Not one of the ships was finished in time to contribute to the war effort and were launched only in 1921, just when a huge surplus of now-unneeded shipping was beginning to flood the market. By the time the ships were completed, the war was already long over and the nation was still mired in a deep postwar recession. Just what happened to the ships built in New Bern is a matter of some conjecture. Most of the others sank or were converted to other purposes such as breakwaters, hotels, and fishing piers. It is unclear what happened to some of them. Please contact the author if you know the present location of any of the New Bern built concrete ships.


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'Smallville' Star Tom Welling + Wife to Divorce
Not even Superman could save this marriage. Tom Welling and his wife Jamie White Welling are dunzo.
The 'Smallville' star and White Welling tied the knot in 2002, but TMZ reports that the pair have been separated since December 2012. White Welling finally pulled out the kryptonite and filed for divorce on October 16.
Why'd they split? The ever-handy "irreconcilable differences" has been listed as the motive for the divorce petition. (As in, it could be anything.)
The pair spent most of their time together in Vancouver where Welling filmed his long-running CW hit. After the show's run, the couple moved to Los Angeles in 2011. They have no children, so chances are if there was a prenup involved -- or if the split is amicable -- the divorce proceedings should be faster than a speeding bullet.


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Russia suffers from an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a more virulent form of the disease that is resistant to two standard drugs used for treatment. As of 2014, 39,000 Russians had the disease—one of the worst prevalence rates in the world.
Partners In Health in Russia, known locally as Партнеры во имя здоровья, has worked closely since 1998 with Russia's Ministry of Health and the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Together we combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Tomsk Oblast, a state in Siberia about the size of Poland.
We've improved diagnostic tests to detect cases earlier, strengthened infection control procedures in hospitals and clinics, and decreased transmission of tuberculosis to HIV-positive patients. Our work has influenced national policy, which now places greater emphasis on quick diagnostics.
To help patients complete their treatment regimens—a grueling period of up to two years with medication that causes toxic side effects—we introduced a program called "Sputnik." We hire and train nurses to deliver medication and food to patients at home, every day. The program was a major accomplishment for PIH and for patients who otherwise would not likely have finished treatment. Between December 2006 and December 2012, 70.5 percent of our patients were successfully treated.
PIH also operates in two other states, Voronezh and Karelia, where we provide technical assistance to regional tuberculosis services. We advise them on rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis to prevent its transmission within hospitals. We also replicated Sputnik for patients who are at risk of defaulting on treatment.
PIH also leads trainings on the medical management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis for hundreds of clinicians, nurses, and research staff. This way, we continue to spread our research and the lessons we've learned throughout Russia and to neighboring countries.


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FULLERTON — The UC Irvine baseball program made history while making a statement Friday night.
The Anteaters, ranked No. 16 in the USA Today/ESPN poll, hammered perennial Big West Conference bully Cal State Fullerton, ranked No. 12 by Baseball America, 15-3, in the conference opener in front of 1,987 at the Titans' Goodwin Field.
It was UCI's most lopsided win in the history of the series, which dates back to 1970 and spans 107 games. It extends the 'Eaters' winning streak to six, while halting the Titans' nine-game winning streak. The biggest winning margin previously achieved by UCI against Fullerton was a 12-6 triumph posted in 2007.
UCI lashed 16 hits — tying the most against Fullerton by an opponent this season — and scored five runs in the third and fourth innings to seize control on its way to gaining outright command of first place in conference.
UCI is 20-6, 4-0 in the Big West, while Fullerton falls to 21-9, 3-1.
The Anteaters had 14 hits before Fullerton managed its first against junior starter Matt Summers, who saw his no-hit bid end with one out in the fifth.
Summers allowed four hits and two runs in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out eight, walked two and hit a batter.
"Everything kind of clicked tonight," Summers said. "My arm felt great and my body felt great. It was a good day."
Junior center fielder Christian Ramirez maintained his recent hot hitting for UCI. He went three for five with a walk and three runs batted in. He also reached on a wild pitch after striking out. And he capped the third-inning rally by stealing home following his two-run triple. Ramirez is now 11 for his last 21, after opening the season five for 31.
Senior right fielder Sean Madigan, the only Anteater to have played for former UCI Coach Dave Serrano, who is in his fourth year guiding the Titans, went three for six with four RBIs.
Junior shortstop D.J. Crumlich went three for six and scored three times, upping his team-leading total to 32 runs.
Junior catcher Ronnie Shaeffer was one for four with two walks and two RBIs. He has 11 RBIs in his last five games.
Senior third baseman Brian Hernandez was two for five with an RBI and two runs. He also made two sparkling defensive plays. He dived to his left to snare a line drive in the second and ended the eighth by sprawling to his left to snatch a one-hopper, throwing out the runner at first.
Senior designated hitter Jon Hurst was one for three with two RBIs. The UCI production came without the presence of junior first baseman Jordan Fox, who is out for the series with a shoulder injury. Fox came in leading the team in hitting (.354) and hits (34).
Fullerton starter Jake Floethe, who came in with a 1.52 earned-run average, allowed seven hits and eight runs, four earned, in 3 1/3 innings. The Titans came in with a staff ERA of 2.40.
The Titans got a solo home run from Nick Ramirez in the sixth and scored two in the eighth.
Big West Conference
UC Irvine 15, Cal State Fullerton 3
Summers, Ferragamo (8), Litchfield (8), Sandler (9) and Shaeffer; Floethe,
Hurlbut (4), Ackland (5) , Coronado (7) and Deacon, O'Laughlin (7). W – Summers,
4-2. L – Floethe, 3-2, Summers, 3-3. 2B – Crumlich (UCI), Lorenzen (CSF), Orloff
(CSF), Madigan (UCI). 3B – Ramirez (UCI) . HR – Ramirez (CSF).


text: Marshal Ion Antonescu was ruler of Romania from 1940 to 1944. Following the defeat of German forces at Stalingrad, Hitler suspected that some of the countries allied with Germany intended to negotiate a separate peace. In this German newsreel footage, Antonescu meets with Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Germany, primarily to reassure Hitler that Romania remained committed to the German war effort. In the year following this meeting, King Michael of Romania arrested Antonescu and signed an armistice with the Soviet Union in August 1944.


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This is part two of my entries on the great Tuscan reds. I began with Chianti and will move on soon to Brunello di Montalcino and then Bolgheri.
The "noble wine" of Montepulciano is one of Italy's most famous reds; the name came partly from the fact that the nobility owned the land and vineyards in this area in southeastern Tuscany and that the best wines were reserved for their use. Thankfully, today consumers can enjoy this historical red wine as well. (note: Montepulciano in this instance refers to the city of Montepulciano in Tuscany; this has nothing to do with the Montepulciano grape, most commonly found in the region of Abruzzo.)
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is made primarily from the Sangiovese grape, known locally as Prugnolo Gentile. The minimum percentage of Sangiovese in this wine is 70%; while it is allowed to produce a Vino Nobile completely from Sangiovese, this is rare. For blending, some producers favor the traditional local varieties such as Canaiolo or Mammolo, while others opt for international varieties such as Merlot, Syrah or Cabernet Sauvignon.
The wine is released two years after the vintage date (at earliest); there is a lighter version called Rosso di Montepulciano that can be sold after one year. As with other Tuscan reds, oak aging can be in large casks known as botti grandi or in smaller barrels known as barriques.
Top producers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano include:
- Poliziano
- Dei
- Carpineto
- Salchetto
- Fattoria del Cerro
- Fassati
- Avignonesi
- Romeo
- Bindella
- Boscarelli
- Cannetto
- Vadipiatta
While Vino Nobile was considered a great wine in the 1800s and the early 1900s, its image had diminished by the mid to late 20th century. Chianti had taken its place as far as popularity and Brunello di Montalcino had surplanted it in terms of quality and renown (this despite the fact that Vino Nobile di Montepulciano was one of the first wines in Italy to be awarded a DOCG designation in 1966.) Over the past 20 years however, local producers have concentrated on making better wines, ones with greater depth of fruit and more refined tannins. Today, while Vino Nobile di Montepulciano still stands in the shadows of other more famous Tuscan reds, the wines are gaining new fame, especially cru bottlings such as "Asinone" from Poliziano, "Antica Chiusina" from Fattoria del Cerro and "Vigneto di Poggio Sant'Enrico" from Carpineto.
Most bottlings of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are made to be consumed within 5-7 years after the vintage date. The cru bottlings often drink well for 10-12 years, depending on the quality of the vintage. The best recent vintages include 1999, 2001 and 2004, while 2007 looks to be a remarkable vintage as well (the wines from 2007 will be released over the next few years.)
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano pairs well with poultry, game, veal, pork and lighter red meats. It also works well with many types of pastas, especially pici, a broad, hand-rolled pasta, that is a specialty of the local trattorie of the Montepulciano area.


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January 12, 2006
Kevin P. Chavous '78 will appear on ABC's "20/20" Friday in a special report entitled "Stupid in America: How We Are Cheating Our Kids" with John Stossell. The show airs locally at 10 p.m. on ABC affiliates.
Chavous is a former Washington D.C. city councilman, education reformer, and author of a book on the charter school movement, Serving Our Children. He will discuss the need to introduce completion into government-run school systems in order to bring about meaningful improvement.
Chavous graduated from Wabash College with a degree in political science and then attended Howard University law school where he earned is Juris Doctor degree and served as class president. While at Wabash, he was a member of the Little Giant basketball team, WNDY, MXI, and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Kevin P. Chavous is a noted attorney, author and national school reform leader. As a former member of the Council of the District of Columbia and Chair of the Council's Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation, Mr. Chavous was at the forefront of promoting change within the District public school system. His efforts led to over 500 million new dollars being made available to educate children in D.C
A leading national advocate for school choice, Mr. Chavous helped to shepherd the charter school movement into the nation's capital. Under his education committee chairmanship, charter schools grew from zero to over forty schools and 17,000 students in six short years. That number represented twenty percent of the overall public school population in the District of Columbia, the highest percentage of charter schools in the country. His efforts on behalf of charter schools earned him the prestigious MAC award.
In addition, Mr. Chavous assisted in shaping the District's three-sector education partnership with the federal government. That partnership led to fifty million new federal dollars for D.C. public schools, D.C. charter schools and it funded the city's first scholarship program to allow over 2,000 low income children to attend private school.
Mr. Chavous' public service career also included his authorship of a groundbreaking report on early childhood education in the District. He also received numerous accolades and awards for his steadfast advocacy championing the University of the District of Columbia as a world class institution of higher learning. Mr. Chavous' creative approach to economic development and neighborhood revitalization was lauded by the Washington Post as "one of the more thoughtful approaches on economic development by a D.C. Official since the beginning of home rule".
Since leaving the D.C. Council, Mr. Chavous has emerged as one of the nations most respected and influential education reform leaders. He is a Distinguished Fellow with the Washington, D.C. based Center for Education Reform, serves on the national board of the Charter School Leadership Council and is active with the Black Alliance for Educational Options.


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If a stand alone thread is raised that could have been posted in one of these, the new thread is likely to be closed and the poster redirected to the correct place to have posted.
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For more than three decades, the story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been just as much about physicality and choreography as it has been about brilliant vocal harmonies. For this Grammy-winning a cappella group that merges South African music and dance traditions with Christian messages of compassion, love and global harmony, the music alone is only half the story. Simply put, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has to be seen to be understood.Heads Up International offers a visual glimpse of these icons of South African music and dance with a DVD, Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live (HUDV 7149), scheduled for worldwide release on January 27, 2009. Recorded in Akron, Ohio, in 2008, the set captures not only fourteen songs performed on the stage of EJ Thomas Hall at the University of Akron, but also forty minutes of in-depth interviews with founder, leader and musical director Joseph Shabalala and other members of the group.Shabalala, a South African farmboy turned factory worker, first began gathering talented vocalists and arranging multi-layered and tightly woven harmonies in the early '60s. After a series of records throughout the '70s and early '80s, the group rocketed to international fame in 1986 with their appearance on Paul Simon's landmark recording, Graceland.The thematic elements in Mambazo's music that appeal to South Africans, says Shabalala, are the same elements that appeal to a universal audience in all parts of the globe. In that sense, the group has come to be recognized as South Africa's musical ambassadors to the world."People love our music because we have a story in this music," says Shabalala. "It's a very deep story about tradition, about taking care of yourself, about reminding people to get together and work very hard for themselves. We are treated like kings because of this music. When the police and the politicians [in South Africa] listen to this sound, they love us. They say, 'This is the African sound. Therefore, let these people go wherever they want to go and spread this music around the world.'"Spanning more than ninety minutes, the performances within Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live are riveting – not just in their layered musicality but in their sheer kinetic energy. Beginning with their opening number, "Nomathemba," and throughout the performance, the nine-man group is almost constantly in motion – sometimes as individuals, sometimes as a unit – with simple hand gestures, giant leaps and bounds across the stage or overhead kicks that seem to defy the most basic laws of anatomical flexibility.Other highlights include the thoughtful "Ekulupekeni" and the stirring "Long Walk To Freedom," the title track to their 2006 Heads Up recording that recognized twelve years of democracy in the Republic of South Africa. Further in, "Thulanhliziyo" features some light-hearted call-and-response with the audience, while the quiet and pensive "Rain Rain Beautiful Rain" celebrates the inherent beauty and spirituality of the natural world.The set closes with two emotionally resonant encores: "Shosholoza" (also from
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By Stephen Black
Score Atlanta
Sandy Creek left no doubt this time. After close, low-scoring affairs in their first two state championships in 2009 and 2010, the Patriots closed out the Class AAAA final today at the Georgia Dome in the first half in a 45-10 whitewashing of Ridgeland.
"We're just ecstatic with what we're doing," said Sandy Creek coach Chip Walker. "To win a third state championship is just huge for us. Our guys, our community, everything involved. I just can't say enough about them.
Sandy Creek's senior class accomplished a lot in its four years at the Fayette County school that had not won a state title prior to its arrival. Now, the Patriots have a AAAA title to go along with the AAA titles they won previously.
"That senior class went 56-2," said Walker. "That's an unbelievable mark over four years and we're gong to graduate a lot of people that were great football players who played in a bunch of games. We're going to miss them a lot, but they've taken this program to a new height. Now we just gotta keep it there."
Big plays by wide receivers Demarre Kitt and Kyle Wilson, quarterback Cole Garvin and running backs Delvin Weems and Eric Swinney on offense and a stifling defense staked Sandy Creek a 31-0 halftime lead. On the Patriots' first drive of the game, Garvin hit Wilson on a 45-yard pass play down to the Ridgeland 19. Swinney then took it in from the six two plays later and the rout was on.
It was apparent then that Sandy Creek had a huge edge in a certain area.
"They were just beating our corners," said Ridgeland coach Mark Mariakis. "That's a good football team. There's a reason why they are who they are. We got 'out-athleted' on the corners and in space. It wasn't anything special they were doing, they were just making plays."
Ridgeland, on the other hand, could not get much going in the first half aside from a drive that ended on the Sandy Creek 22 after a Darrell Bridges run fell short on fourth down. Bridges had hit Vonn Bell on a halfback pass that got the Panthers down to the Patriots' 29.
"That's what we wanted to today," said Walker. "We wanted to get on them. They're a grind it out offense that can control the game if you let them, so we really wanted to jump on them quick so they had to get out of what their gameplan was. So for us to do that early was big for us."
Ridgeland totaled just 108 yards in the first 24 minutes, 105 of them by Bridges. Sandy Creek had 281 at the half, 161 through the air by Garvin.
In the Patriots' first two state championship wins (in 2009 and 2010), Sandy Creek won competitive games with Clarke Central and Carrollton. But tonight was a different story.
Wilson finished the game for the Patriots with 81 yards on two catches, while Kitt had six catches for 74 yards. The two sophomore running backs, Swinney and Weems, each had two touchdowns and rushed for a combined 156 yards (91 by Weems). Garvin threw for 236 yards and a score on 13 of 17 passing. Wilson's 37-yard touchdown catch with 5:52 left in the third effectively ended the competition.
Walker was quick to give credit to his offensive line.
"We've got some great skill guys," gushed Walker, in his eighth year coaching Sandy Creek. "Demarre and Kyle and the two running backs who are sophomores are unbelievable, but it all starts on that line of scrimmage. We lost four starters, but they stepped up and jelled and molded into a great offensive line."
Ridgeland also loses a productive group of seniors, who helped set a school record for wins with 13 this season. The big-time college recruit Bell leaves the Rossville program presumably to play for a major college program next season. But he was in no mood to think past today.
"We were just blessed to be here," said a tearful Bell after the game. "It was a hard-fought season. We've been underdogs all year long, so I'm just proud of these guys."
He would give no hint as to his future plans, although it has been reported that he is considering Alabama, Ohio State and Tennessee for college.
"I'm just trying to enjoy this moment with these guys. We're one big family."
His coach, however, wishes he could have four more years of Bell.
"I wish he was a freshman," said Mariakis. "He's been a special kid in our program like all of them have. He's got a bright future at the next level somewhere."
Sandy Creek, a program that began in 1992, now has three titles in four season. This may have been the most impressive, however, after a perfect 15-0 record in its first season in Class AAAA.


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US Water Polo Olympian Tony Azevedo Makes a Splash — Hunk of the Day
Tony Azevedo is currently the captain of a very hunky team — the United States men's 2012 water polo team. And while he's leading his handsome teammates in the London games, he's also the leading man in our hearts.
Azevedo is 30 years old and all man. He's a serious athlete, but we can see his playful side in some of these shirtless model shots. He may have been born in Brazil, but he's a California boy through and through.
We loved watching him in the US' win over Montenegro and hope to see this hot team continue further in the tournament.


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Design Devilz needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 13 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Three Unique Front Cover Designs for my Three part Photoshop Ebook Series.
I require THREE unique Front Covers designed for my new Three part Photoshop Ebook series soon to be realised. The titles are:-
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Teibert's brace helps 'Caps snap winless streak
Vancouver, BC – Russell Teibert scored his first MLS goal for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the 63rd minute, and then he netted another 13 minutes later to lead his side to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy at BC Place on Saturday.
Galaxy substitute Gyasi Zardes pulled a goal back for his team in the 86th minute after Teibert's brace, but Darren Mattocks secured the win in stoppage time with a goal for the Whitecaps, who snapped a seven-match winless streak.
The most anxious moment for either goalkeeper in a tame first half came in the 36th minute when Nigel Reo-Coker's right-wing cross was turned on his own net by a poor clearance from Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez, with goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini coming to the rescue.
But Teibert brought the match to life in the 63rd when he took a pass from Reo-Coker on the right wing and cut back onto his left foot before firing a low shot inside the far post.
Gershon Koffie set up Teibert's second goal when he held off two defenders inside the penalty area and laid the ball off for the 20-year-old to fire first-time past Cudicini.
Zardes gave the Galaxy a lifeline when he scored in the 86th minute with a header from Jose Villarreal's cross, but Mattocks took advantage of some sloppy defending in stoppage time to put the result away from close range.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- If an investment adviser has had legal problems or run-ins with regulators in the past, that says something about how it will invest your money, says BackTrack Reports founder Randy Shain.
The company has been doing background checks for sophisticated investors looking at potential investment vehicles since 1993. He has performed background checks on asset manages, large institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shain talked to MarketWatch about the 5 key questions to ask when looking at a financial firm to potentially invest money.
Ask about any legal issues.
"There are two ways to ask, first is 'have you been involved in any litigation?' And second, 'have you been involved in any material litigation?'" said Shain.
"Asking about material issues is important as this could impact the organization you are considering investing in," he says. "Most people have had some sort of litigation in the world of finance, if they haven't, they are the only one. Obviously ask any follow-up questions on any discrepancies."
Ask if any employees have left the company recently, and about the company's turnover rate.
"This is the biggest question," says Shain. When it comes to hedge funds, these organizations are pretty small, no one really has more than 500 employees, he says. "These funds should not have too much turnover." If there is turnover, those people who have left the company might be good to talk to as they could know about something happening at the firm, such as major changes which could impact your investment, notes Shain. "Those individuals are the most motivated to speak, especially if something has gone wrong."
Consult your network about the investor.
"Most sophisticated investors will do interviews in their network of people they know when considering investing in a fund," says Shain. BackTrack uncovers independent sources for their clients to add to their list of names to speak to about the fund. Reach out to people who may have heard of the investor, and ask what they think.
Examine the company's biographical history
"A good question to ask is about any regulatory problems the company might have," says Shain. Look at regulatory filings, corporate news, press releases and legal records when looking at a particular fund, says Shain. Ask the company up front about their biography. Start by asking general questions, and see if they give the right answers. "Look to see if there are discrepancies," said Shain. "If there are, then that is a red flag."
Examine the legal histories of the people behind the company.
"This is especially important in a smaller or new fund," said Shain. When doing a search, look for liens, bankruptcy records, unauthorized credit checks. "It's a little hard to go to a person that has run a fund for 20 years and is a billionaire to do this sort of check, but it makes sense for smaller shops," said Shain. If they have bad credit or missed payments, it's a bad indicator, he says. "If they cannot manage their own money, how can they manage yours?"
Personal financial difficulties are very telling, and uncovering them is part of BackTrack's due-diligence, says Shain. "A person who has a couple of tax liens, it's not a big deal," said Shane. "But if they have tax liens, a couple of lawsuits and in their school history they omitted stuff and left out some work history, when you put it all together, that might be bigger."
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