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The financial crisis has had a measurable effect on investors, but advisors have as well, a report released Wednesday by Fidelity found.
Surveying investors who are at least sophisticated enough to have more than simply a savings account or certificate of deposit, Fidelity found that those who used an advisor felt more prepared both before and after the crisis, and were more likely to say the economy has improved from where it was five years ago.
GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communication polled 1,154 household decisionmakers over 25 for the survey on behalf of Fidelity.
Nearly half of respondents who work with an advisor said they felt prepared before the crisis began in 2008, compared with 37% of those without an advisor. Two-thirds of those with an advisor said they felt prepared after the crisis, compared with 53% of those without.
During the crisis, advisors were indispensable to their clients. They were the leading source of financial guidance, which was rated as most helpful by 90% of respondents with an advisor. Nearly a quarter of respondents rely on their advisor now more than ever.
"The financial crisis created an opportunity for financial professionals to provide much needed context and clarity to investors," Scott Couto, president of Fidelity Financial Advisor Solutions, said in a statement. "While investors are feeling more engaged and accountable for their finances, many are still too conservatively allocated. Financial professionals have an opportunity to help investors regain confidence with taking on an appropriate amount of risk to meet their financial goals."
When asked where the blame lay for the financial crisis, respondents were split between banks and lenders, and Americans who overextended themselves. However, 56% recognize that saving for retirement is their responsibility. To that end, 42% have increased their contributions to their retirement accounts and 64% said they were interested in guaranteed income products like annuities, more so than they were before the recession.
"Emerging from the depths of the crisis, many investors found resolve and started taking control of their personal economy," Kathleen Murphy, president of personal investing at Fidelity Investments, said in a statement. "Whether it was increasing contribution rates to a 401(k) or IRA, adjusting asset allocation or increasing the frequency of financial discussions with family, the silver lining of this crisis is that it spurred investors to reassess and take action to improve their finances."
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man accused in a double homicide at a Coast Guard communications station in Alaska is the only possible killer in a circumstantial case, federal prosecutors said Thursday, countering defense arguments that the government failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a case built on speculation.
After closing arguments in federal court in Anchorage, jurors were handed the case to begin deliberations in the murder trial of James Wells, a nationally recognized civilian expert in antennas the Coast Guard uses for sea and air traffic. Wells, 62, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the April 12, 2012, shooting deaths of his immediate supervisor, Petty Officer James Hopkins, 41, and Richard Belisle, 51, another civilian electronics technician.
Prosecutors believe Wells used a Smith & Wesson .44-caliber silver revolver that went missing with no explanation, according to a retired Coast Guard technician who left a safe containing that gun and others with Wells in the 1990s. The weapon used in the killings has not been found.
In their closings, both sides returned to themes well-established during weeks of testimony.
Prosecutors said Wells was unhappy because the Coast Guard were reining in the independence he enjoyed for years and making him increasingly irrelevant through the advancement of the victims.
"The only way to return to his position of prominence was to eliminate the competition," Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder said.
The killings at the Kodiak Island communications station had the markings of an inside job, prosecutors said. Wells was the only other worker who was due to work at the same time at the station's Rigger Shop, where antennas are built and repaired. But instead of showing up on time, Wells said he had stopped to check on a soft tire and drove home to repair it.
Defense attorney Peter Offenbecher said authorities immediately zeroed in on Wells and ignored other possible suspects, including Hopkins' widow, Deborah, who was called as a defense witness to answer questions about their marital problems, their finances and her familiarity with the crime scene. In his closing, Offenbecher also noted a white vehicle turning around twice by a nearby security camera as if staking out the site hours before the killings.
Offenbecher said the government's case was a "house of cards" focused on tunnel vision that saw only Wells.
"Because of that tunnel vision, we may never know who killed these men," Offenbecher said.
On the day of the killings, Wells, Hopkins and Belisle were due at the communications station at about 7 a.m. Hopkins and Belisle were found shot to death about a half hour later.
Unbeknownst to Wells, a security camera recorded his truck heading for the communication station at 6:48 a.m. and heading in the opposite direction toward his home at 7:22 a.m., a gap of 34 minutes.
Prosecutors say Wells used the time to switch to his wife's blue Honda CRV that was parked at a nearby airport, follow Hopkins to the communication station and shoot Hopkins and Belisle. They contend he was in and out of the Rigger Shop in five minutes, giving him time to drive back to the airport, switch back to his pickup and drive home, where at 7:30 a.m. he called Hopkins' office phone to report he would be late because of the flat tire.
Defense attorneys said Wells suffered from chronic diarrhea following of gallbladder surgery and was delayed returning home because he spent 20 minutes in an airport bathroom. Wells had made no mention of using the bathroom to the FBI after the killings.
During the trial, jurors also repeatedly viewed blurry security camera footage from a camera closer to the station showing a blue car passing the crime scene, then heading in the opposite direction five minutes later. Wells himself was not caught on that camera, and prosecutors say that's because he knew the layout in a place where he had worked for more than 20 years.
Offenbecher said nothing in the trial was able to prove that the blue car belonged to Wells' wife. There wasn't even any evidence that it was the same vehicle going in each direction. Without the car, the government's theory "goes up in smoke," Offenbecher said.
In a rebuttal to the defense Thursday, U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said that based on evidence, the killing occurred between when the blue car was caught on camera arriving and leaving the area. Loeffler also noted the one camera that Wells failed to consider was the one he didn't know about.
As for contentions by the defense that the killings could have been committed by intruders, Loeffler said nothing was taken and nothing was disturbed. Instead, the victims were shot at close range as intentional, targeted victims.


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Six months ago, I wrote an article about Newt Gingrich's attempt to clarify his views on healthcare. Newt had gotten himself in trouble when it came out that in 1993 Newt agreed with the Heritage Foundation on an insurance mandate. At the time, Newt said that he felt there should be a law that made it so that people would need to either buy health insurance, or post a bond when they receive medical care as a guarantee that they will in fact pay for that care.
At the time, I warned Newt that this would cause problems. Of course, we didn't have as large a readership back then, so I'm sure he didn't get my warning. Shortly before that, Newt was secretly my number one pick to eventually win it all.
Sure enough, right about that time Newt called in to Rush Limbaugh's show and tried to explain exactly what I said in the first paragraph here. Rush didn't buy it, and the godfather of Social Conservatism cast doubt on his blessing of Newt's candidacy. Listen to the interview here. The result was that a couple weeks later I was writing about the rubble of Newt 2012. In that article, I said that it would take a miracle to revive Newt, that miracle being upward movement in the polls. Hallelujah, we now know the political gods did not forsake us after 2008.
Today, Rush once again expressed his reservations about Newt. In what he framed as analysis of Newt's rise to the top, Rush once again mentioned Newt's baggage including his support of a mandate in 1993. While doing his best not to appear against Newt, Rush laid out everything Conservatives should be careful about with Newt. To be fair though, he did the same for Mitt Romney at the same time.
In the end, Rush chalked up Newt's rise to the top as two things. Newt doesn't defend his mistakes (like Romney does with Romneycare), and he does go after the media for their bias.
It's a little bit more than that. Newt has a proven fiscal conservative track record. He balanced the budget for four years in a row. The Federal budget, not just one of the 50 states. That doesn't even seem in the realm of reality these days. It would be like saying he walked on water in the context of today's deficit. But speaking of walking on water, Newt has the social conservative credentials as well.
In a speech in Jacksonville, Florida yesterday (that yours truly had the privilege of attending), Newt said that under his education reforms, teachers who could not adequately explain what it meant to be endowed by your Creator with certain inalienable rights would be asked to resign. This was in response to a question from the audience regarding a neighboring county where the government was putting pressure on a pastor there to stop school flagpole prayer meetings. Newt said that he would seek to end funding for Planned Parenthood and use that money to help promote adoption. He is pro-school choice. He has well rounded conservative credentials and unlike Romney, conservatives trust Newt when he says things like supporting a mandate and sharing a couch with Pelosi were stupid.
Frank Luntz on Sean Hannity's show this afternoon said that everyone was shocked about Newt's resurgence. It wasn't a surprise for me. I predicted that as the Cain-Gingrich debate received acknowledgment and replay, Newt would rise. On November 3rd, I said that people were taking a fresh look at Newt Gingrich. But even better than that, on October 13th, I laid out the path to victory for Newt Gingrich going through South Carolina and Florida. In a blog titled "Yes He Can", I analyzed how Cain was preparing to fall on his 9-9-9 plan and how Newt would take early states Iowa and South Carolina, leading to a showdown in Florida between Newt/Mitt. So no, it wasn't a shock. If you've been reading this blog, it wasn't a shock to you either.
In that same article, I said that Newt's dirty laundry has been airing out for a long time. It doesn't smell as "fresh" as Cain's or Perry's. The same is true for Mitt, although Newt knows when to admit to a mistake. Therefore, in this up and down race where nothing is certain and things change every minute, I am sticking to what I said over a month ago. Newt/Mitt, for the championship, the second to last GOP debate in Florida in Jacksonville. Newt will be carrying South Carolina and maybe Iowa to the table, Mitt will have New Hampshire under his belt. Then the two smartest, most articulate, and strongest leaders will have one last significant chance to make their case.
Rush, Coulter, and any other big-time rightwing players who still think Bachmann, Cain, or Santorum could come back and win, keep dreaming. It's more likely that Tebow would win the Superbowl.
PS, I have absolutely nothing against Tebow. In fact, after Thursday's game against Rex Ryan and the Jets, Tebow is my second favorite quarterback.
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What does Al Montoya do when he's not playing? Why, he journals, of course. Here's peek inside the mind of a man who's paid to sit and wait.
Oct. 1
Feel good this season. I see big things coming, a time to shine. Surely no one's fooled by Ondrej's flashy but inconsistent play. I won a gold medal once. I'm championship caliber. I know I am. I just need the chance to prove it. Stuck in Edmonton for a couple days. I started watching Breaking Bad on Netflix. What was I waiting for? This show is really good.
Oct. 2
Okay, Pav played pretty well last night but he didn't have to rub it in. He came back into the dressing room after and saw me watching Breaking Bad on my iPad and was like, "Don't get too attached to Hank," and flicked me in the ear. I hate when he does that. Jerk. I'm only half-way through Season 2. Still a cool show.
Oct. 5
Pav pulled it off again. Still… rebounds. Does no one else see what I'm seeing? It's gonna bite him in the ass. I asked Coach about how many games I might be looking at this season he just told me to be patient. I'm patient, man, I'm super patient. I'm The English Patient. Ha. Ooh, I bet that's on Netflix! I had dinner with Dustin Brown last night. He kept referring to himself as Stanley Cup Winner Dustin Brown. Like, that whole phrase every time he referred to himself. Okay, it's one (very annoying) thing to refer to yourself in the third person all the time but it's a whole other thing to include a title. He's not a doctor or medieval land baron! Sure works with the ladies though. I tried it out but when they asked where my ring was, I just had to pretend my phone was vibrating and excuse myself to take the call.
Oct. 6
The Ducks are in town and all anyone can talk about is Teemu this and Teemu that. Sure, he's an incredible player but what else? I just checked his Wikipedia page. He's a dad, a handicap golfer and racecar driver. Note to self: Ask Teemu for self-actualization tips. Don't forget to congratulate him on legacy, drop reference to Indycar something or other…
Oct. 9
A couple days off before we head down to Minnesota. We met with some kind of inspirational speaker, Dr. Gary someone. Dude is edgy. I tried talking to Coach Noel about getting in a game or two early this season. I told him about my good feeling. He said he's glad to hear that I'm staying positive. I asked him if he'd ever seen the English Patient. He said his wife made him watch it once but he doesn't normally go for foreign films. I reminded him that is was actually an English-language film. I don't think he appreciated my correction. Goddammit, Al, why do you have to do that to people? Do you have to be right all the time? I don't think he's going to let me play in Minny. Note to self: Seek out rare Husker Du 7-inch singles in record shops down there. Bob Mould is the tits.
Oct. 11
That Wild team barely generates any offense. I could have made a difference. Whatever. It's Canadian thanksgiving! If there's turkey, I'm there. What am I feeling thankful for this year? My family. My pet gerbil, Scout. Netflix. Winnipeg fans – they never recognize me in the streets but they wear their jerseys everywhere. It's pretty cool. My glove hand – quicker this year. They'll see. I found a recipe for sweet potato cobbler that I'm bringing to Grant Clitsome's house for dinner on Sunday. He wants to hear my new Husker Du vinyl.
Oct. 13
What's that sound? Nothing? You didn't hear anything? No, you damn well did not. That's because I shut it out! Shut. Out. Shut out. Ain't no thang. Who's house? Al's house. Where we shut that door tight to keep out the cold, babies. Tonight will be bourbon, neat, and cookie dough ice cream to celebrate.
Oct. 15
Are you freaking serious?! Hey, Al, nice job posting our first shutout of the season. Your reward is more pine! FML. Started reading The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. It's about a man who's literally trapped in his own body and learns to communicate by blinking. Insane. I don't think I could live like that. Breathe, Al, breathe.
Oct. 16
Eat it, Coach. You lost hard. A shut out the other way doesn't feel so great, does it? I had the hot hand and you ignored it. You reap what you sew. I am the one who knocks! Man, I gotta get a hold of this rage in me. You knew you weren't the guy when they hired you, Al. You have a role. Make the best of your role. You'll get your shot. Drej is a nice enough guy even if he always finishes your crossword puzzles with obscenities. 12 Down, 10 letters for "lighting strike", starts with "B": Ballsniffr. This is what passes for humour around here. Jerk.
Oct. 18
Well, after that humiliating loss to the Canadiens, it makes sense that the coach would come back to me to face the Blues since they're being touted as an early Cup favourite – oh, what? No, not my turn? This is ridiculous. I had a Skype call with my old high school friend, Jimmy Bolland. Jimmy's one of those guys who can always put things in perspective for me. He reminded me that I'm a grown man being paid a fairly handsome salary to play a game. I reminded him that I don't actually play much of that game and it's becoming a bit spirit crushing. No little boy dreams of warming a bench. I took my 2004 World Junior gold medal out and meditated on it for a while. Has it really been 10 years? Jimmy said, yeah, look at your hairline. He's a good dude; he makes me laugh.
Oct. 21
I've never hated Mondays the way the world says you're supposed to. To me they're a reset button. New week, new outlook, wipe the slate clean and start fresh. Frankly, I was happy to have Sunday off against the Preds. Shea Weber shoots that puck like it said something nasty about his mom. Have fun, Drej, he's all yours. Somehow we pulled out a win against St. Louis earlier this week but I knew those stingy Preds would be a different story. Their team defense is admirable. I don't get the logo, though. Sabretooth Tigers in Nashville? Anyway, I'm making notes on these teams; we've got to find a way to beat some of them. I'm just gonna be pure "Monday" for Coach. The clean slate is ready when you need him, Coach. Would that be a good nickname: Clean Slate? Not very dramatic. I need something more assertive maybe…
Oct. 22
It's late and I'm wiped out. It was work just watching that game – so exciting! Those Caps can fly! Ovechkin is a beast. I tweeted at him once when I was still with the Isles about a sick deke of his I saw on Sportscentre. He favourited it. That was neat. We were actually holding our own against them tonight. I told Wheels I was proud of him. He just nodded, kinda mumbled thanks. It took all my will power not to leave my unfinished crossword in Drej's locker with the message,"7 letter word for choke artist – starts with P". I realized it wasn't constructive. That's old Al. New Al is upbeat, a team player, a role model of bench support. I've been up all night watching Breaking Bad. Only the finale left now. I'm not ready to watch it yet.
Oct. 26
These road trips are tough. I'll go record shopping here in Dallas. There's gotta be some hidden treasures. It's not Austin but there's gotta be something cool. Tonight's another night on the bench and on Hockey Night In Canada, no less. Hi, Mom, it's Al… I'm doing okay, been better. Maybe I'll watch the BB finale. It's weird to have watched this story fly by that was years in the making but only a few days in consumption. I don't want it to end because I don't have anything else lined up in my Netflix queue and then, well, there's just a bunch of B movies left to watch. I like a series – the plot twists and character development… it's like you have a relationship with these people. You become invested in their stories like they're your own. I dunno. Maybe I'll try The Wire, I hear good things.
Oct. 26 – cont'd
Dammit all, Drej was great tonight. These flashes of greatness make the whole situation even more frustrating. I'd be totally fine never playing if he were up to that level every night – hell, I'd be his biggest fan! We could train together, grow and learn. I'd help him with my keen observations from the bench and he'd share some of his shootout tips with me. That would be great, kinda the way it should be… a proper tandem. Back-to-back, early to Denver tomorrow. I'll get a chance to show my stuff again, finally! It's a tough assignment but I'm ready.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist. Oswald was a lone shooter and we actually walked on the moon but why does it feel like I was set-up to fail? Out of the two back-to-back, this is the one they throw at me? Or was it a vote of confidence? Either way, the Av's are heavy hitters this year and boy did they work the body on us last night. I feel like I did my best, I really do. Coach just shrugged, said, "Them's the breaks, Monty." He's never called me Monty before. Is that a good sign?
I'm not sure what to do to make things better. Ever since they threw that big bag of money at Drej, it's like they're hoping it would make him a better goalie just because they told themselves he's worth it. I mean, what am I even supposed to learn from the guy? If Miller was here or Marty or Lou, those guys could help me get to the next level but Drej… I dunno. What if tonight was my chance and I blew it? What if that chance was last year? Or Long Island? Or Phoenix? No, I have time. Look at Roloson or Timmy T or Hasek – there's lots of guys who had their best years late. I'm not even thirty yet. I got time.
We're at the end of October. It's make or break. If we don't catch up soon, the playoffs are doubtful. I don't wanna rain math on any of the guys' parades but we're in a bit of a situation. Maybe I'll throw a party when we get home from the road, loosen the boys up, get everyone psyched to make a real run at things. I'll have to remember to hide the sausage rolls from Drej, he always pigs out on them. Jerk.


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Transportation, quality of life and a very questionable time table were recurring themes reiterated by speaker after speaker at Tuesday night's public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for implementation of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Report (BRAC) as that relates to Fort Belvoir's impending work force explosion.
As was explained to the nearly 150 attendees in Mount Vernon High School's Little Theater by Donald Carr, director, Public Information, Fort Belvoir, "This hearing is being held for the sole purpose of listening to you. This hearing is yours."
He also assured the audience that "the government has made no final decisions about BRAC. In fact, the Army extended the comment period to get more public input." That comment period ends Tuesday, May 1, at 5 p.m. according to Carr.
"We are here tonight to take all your comments either verbally or in writing or both. We are not here to engage in discussions," Carr said.
"This is a big mission. We must work together. Tonight we reach a milestone in the BRAC process. I'm asking that you maintain contact with us so we can work together. We only have one chance to get this right," said Col. Brian Lauritzen, Fort Belvoir Installation Commander, in opening the hearing to the public officials who presented their formal statements in assessing the DEIS recommendations.
Buttressing Lauritzen's admonition of having only one chance at getting it right, was Supervisor Dana Kauffman (D-Lee). "BRAC is indeed a challenge to those charged with making it work. I liken it to trying to put together a puzzle as the pieces keep changing shape in your hands," he said.
"BRAC is also a challenge to those of us wanting to ensure that this doubling of Fort Belvoir is a net positive change for the Richmond Highway and for Springfield area home and business owners," Kauffman said.
But, he warned, "At the purist level, this entire process is being undertaken completely 'BRACwards' as there is no up-to-date, future plan for the entirety of Belvoir. Sooner or later we need to get a new master plan approved and in place for the sake of both the Army and the County."
Kauffman also called for the Department of Defense and General Services Administration to lower their bureaucracy defense shields and once and for all do away with the 50-year-old the Franconia Depot.
"Preserving low-ceiling warehouses next to a regional transportation center is just plain stupid and a waste of taxpayer dollars," Kauffman told Lauritzen, to whom all testimony was directed as the officer in charge of implementing the BRAC recommendations for Belvoir.
ECHOING KAUFFMAN'S desire for a net positive result from the pending influx of 22,000 employees to both Mount Vernon and Lee Districts as a result of BRAC, Supervisor Gerald Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) stated, "I am here to ensure that we preserve my district's treasure — its quality of life."
Naming transportation infrastructure as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' overwhelming concern pertaining to BRAC implementation, Hyland questioned DEIS cost estimates related to transportation improvements. Citing the DoD estimate of $485 million for road improvements, Hyland said, "Fairfax County's estimates of required improvements are closer to $1 billion."
He also noted, "There is a $50 million shortfall to widen the Fairfax County Parkway through the Engineering Proving Grounds and an $11 million shortfall to widen the Woodlawn Road replacement to four lanes."
To mitigate these factors, Hyland suggested that both the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Washington Headquarters Services be located at the GSA warehouse location. "I support Supervisor Kauffman's efforts to move the preponderance of BRAC employees, over 18,000, within walking distance of Metro and VRE," he said.
"This is a cost effective, smart growth initiative in line with Fairfax County's goals to reduce vehicle traffic and create pedestrian friendly urban communities near mass transit," Hyland said.
Hyland also expressed concern "about the reclassification of land use categories" that would "eliminate the "environmentally sensitive" category, which could "circumvent regulatory protections and open up land areas for future development." He cited the fact that Accotink Creek runs through the center of the EPG and is protected by the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
Hyland also called for BRAC to take into consideration its "future" impact on southeastern Fairfax County schools. "Fort Belvoir and our Congressional delegation need to help solve this problem by considering to build a South County Middle School sooner rather than later," he said.
Diverting from DEIS' scope, Hyland urged Lauritzen to consider having DeWitt Army Hospital coordinate existing services with Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. "Instead of isolating itself behind armed gates, the new DeWitt Hospital has an opportunity to improve health care to service members by utilizing Inova's Rehabilitation, Joint Replacement and Wound Healing Centers and locate their obstetric services at Mount Vernon Hospital," he said.
PICKING UP on the BRAC implementation timetable, with its September 2011 deadline, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran (D-8) initiated his testimony by stating, "There are many people who are skeptical if BRAC can be implemented by 2011. BRAC impacts Northern Virginia like no other place in the world. None of the other BRAC changes nationwide are as sensitive as at Fort Belvoir."
He then questioned DoD's rationale for moving people from "perfectly adequate and safe buildings" in Arlington and relocating them to Belvoir. "But, it's not too inconsistent with many of DoD's decisions in the last couple of years. I don't blame the Army. I blame DoD," Moran said.
Moran maintained that as a result of poor DoD planning concerning BRAC, particularly as that applies to the transportation infrastructure, "military readiness will suffer after BRAC if all this doesn't get fixed. The agencies coming here will not function if their employees cannot get to work."
Noting that this opinion was shared by U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-11), Moran also announced that he and Davis were introducing legislation to keep Walter Reed Army Hospital "open while the Iraq war remains underway. And we are going to do everything we can to delay the implementation of BRAC."
Although Davis was not present due to attending a service for residents of his district who were victims of the Virginia Tech University tragedy, William Womack, his legislative director, read a statement in which Davis questioned the timeline and the sincerity of the Army to "dedicate the necessary resource" to meet that deadline.
HE MAINTAINED that the full impact of BRAC on area transportation arteries was "not reflected in the DEIS." All or most of the road projects planned and underway were there prior to BRAC and do not take into account the 22,000 commuter increase, according to Homer. This applies to the EPG, Richmond Highway, Woodlawn Road replacement, and the Fairfax County extension, Homer noted.
"Congestion to get into EPG without the improvements will last three to four hours. Even with all the presently planned projects completed it will not be enough to handle the additional BRAC traffic," he insisted.
Homer urged that no final decision be made on implementing BRAC until the "mitigating road project are included and funded and that an impact analysis be included that looks at traffic projections in 2020, 2030 and beyond." Those predictions and consequences were reinforced by testimony from Del. Vivian E. Watts (D-39) and Paul Reagan, chief of staff, Sen. James Webb (D-Va.)
Citing DEIS wording, Watts said, "These transportation projects are critical to mitigate 'reduced employee productivity, higher commuting costs, and degradation of quality of life' for both commuters and the local community.
"I would request that the Final EIS contain a timetable with specific actions that must be completed by dates certain or trigger a September 2011 occupancy being moved back accordingly," said Watts, referring to the need for Congressional mitigation funding.
Reagan's testimony stated bluntly, "Without new roads in and around Fort Belvoir by 2011, BRAC will fail."
Jointly filed testimony by the Mount Vernon-Lee and Greater Springfield chambers of commerce also called for "the development of the critical transportation infrastructure necessary to support the mobility needs of the expanded workforce in South County."
Following testimony by the federal, state, county and local representatives, Lauritzen opened the floor to attendees who had previously registered to speak. They addressed a wide range of issues from air quality to the impact of BRAC on schools, wildlife, ecology and, again, transportation gridlock.
All comments will now be evaluated and assessed against the DEIS and BRAC's 2011 deadline. A final report will be issued and available for comment for 30 days after which it will be published.


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Ocean City police: 3 stabbed in fight
18-year-old man, 17-year-old girl face charges
Ocean City police said three people were stabbed during a fight on Coastal Highway.
Officers were called to the area of 119th Street and Assawoman Drive for a report of a stabbing around 12:25 a.m. Friday.
"I heard a lot of screaming. I heard a couple people yelling. At about that point three officers came flying around Coastal (Highway) and pulled up on the block," Ocean City resident Gray Reeves said.
Police said three people from Baltimore, an 18-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, were stabbed. The attackers fled the scene, police said.
A short time later, a Maryland State Police officer that was on patrol in Ocean City spotted the suspect's vehicle in the area of 31st Street and Baltimore Avenue.
The vehicle was stopped without incident and the suspects, who were identified as Trevor Lee Testerman, 18, of Thurmont, Md. and a 17-year-old girl from Frederick, Md., were taken into custody.
"It's something that's troublesome to us. Our goal is to do what we can so we can avoid these type of incidents when they happen," Ocean City Mayor Richard Meehan said. "It looks like it was an altercation that could've happened anywhere."
Two of the stabbing victims, whose names are not being released, were flown by the Maryland State Police helicopter to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for additional treatment and are currently listed in stable condition.
The third victim, the 19-year-old man, had a minor wound and refused medical treatment.
Police said Testerman was charged with three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of second-degree assault and one count of reckless endangerment.
The juvenile girl has been charged with accessory after the fact.
Testerman is being held at the Ocean City Public Safety Building and is awaiting an initial appearance with an Ocean City District Court commissioner. The 17-year-old girl is being charged as a minor and has been referred to the Maryland Department of Social Services Juvenile Justice for processing as a juvenile.


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Brinkmann Battery Transplant - pics inside
Hi guys
Well, after many months of squinting in the sun, borrowing lamps or using dodgy torches etc I finally got my Brinkmann through on a group buy. I had always assumed dodgy Brinkmanns existed but were rare and tales of 'buy 3 to get 2 that work' were an exaggeration. How wrong I was!
Now what you are about to hear isn't a complaint, as group buys are generally selfless acts with a bit of pocket money thrown in, and forums would be lesser places without them. But to cut a long story short, the beautiful, brand new and sealed Brinkmann I ended up with didn't work. In went the wall charger with the correct adaptors and not a blink of the charging LED. In went the car charger and it flickered briefly. In went a spare universal charger I have and much the same.
Knowing what a shower of sh1t rechargable batteries can be, I took an educated guess that this was the cause. I ruled out the potentially flaky charger (often a culprit!) because the other chargers showed the same problem.
So instead of ranting and raving as I would if I had bought it at Dixons (remember it wasn't really the Group Buy person's fault as it was supplied brand new and he had no way of knowing it was dodgy), or pursuing the warranty (as the US is too distant for me to deal with on something like this) I had a choice of binning it or fixing it. I decided to fix it.
So out came the screwdriver and after popping off the rubber end cap (lens end), undoing the screws (two hidden under the end cap) then carefully prising off the top cover... put a small flat head screwdriver in the middle of each horizontal section between the body of the torch and the cover, and prise gently... I had it in pieces.
I then double checked it was the battery by connecting a 6v power source to the circuit from a mains adaptor. The Brinkmann worked and lit up the Xenon bulbs as intended. So it wasn't a fault with the lamp as a whole.
Therefore, project 'Battery Replacement' was given an official green light.
A few points to note.
1) Alan from samplesrus is right (see one of the other 'dodgy Brinkmann' thread). These chinese made units show some of the shoddiest circuit board soldering and generally woeful build quality I've ever seen. They really do look like they are made by chimps. Sony would have a good chuckle at these!
2) Taking them apart is pretty simple but you can damage the top cover if you aren't careful. It has tabs that go on one way easily but could break easily when the cover is removed.
3) You can't buy a genuine replacement battery, as has been discovered on another thread. But then again, when you see it, you wouldn't really want to. It's an un-ecologically friendly lead-acid behemoth that weighs 337g.
So taking the battery specs (6v voltage, 2500mAH capacity) and dimensions, I set about finding a suitable alternative.
Now one chap from DW found one that would fit but it involved a bit of dremelling, and the battery had almost half the charge capacity. It was a cheap lead acid equivalent from Maplins, for about 4 GBP. It would also be very heavy as it was larger.
I pressed on with my search and found this lovely item made for an RC control unit:
As you can see, it is much thinner and shorter but a tad wider. It weighs 142g - so under half the weight of the old battery. Spec wise, it is 6v and fractionally lower capacity at 2100mAH, but I doubt you'd ever notice.
The best news is that you don't need to dremel anything. Because it is so thin, it can rest within the moulded cradle. OK, it rattles around a bit if you shake the lamp, but you could mount it more securely if fussed. Chopping one of the four internal tabs would lock it in diagonally, and a blob of clear sealant would do the rest.
Because I didn't know if it would work, I twisted the wires together and used insulating tape. For a longer term fix, now that I know it works, I would use solder and heatshrink.
And here she is...
Moment of truth was that she fired up like a good 'un... worked a treat. And then I put her on charge and the paltry flickering LED glowed bright red. All working and all fixed.
Total cost was 8.35 GBP which was the cost of the battery pack delivered from the ebay reseller. Search 'Flat Futaba 6v' if the url doesn't work. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RX-Pack-6v...-/221425040125
The battery is their 6v 2100mAH RC battery pack... I'm pretty sure they only do the one, but check out the pictures.
Hope this post is of some help. Brinkmanns ARE a bit cr4p, but they are cheap and do the job admirably well. At some point I may try and source a nice detailing inspection light, but I will investigate strength and type of light source to see what kind of a bearing they have on swirl spotting. Also, people seem to like the Brinkmann for its TJ Hooker gun handle design and rubber nose cone (good for placing on paintwork without scratching or rolling off). Much better 'tube' torches are easy to find (I found one that was about 5x as bright as a Brinkmann!) and some cost hundreds. But the overall design is important, so I'll keep an eye out. Until then, happy fixing if you need to repair a dodgy one!
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nice one , have you any idea of the duration of the new pack
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Not yet... just got it in.
But I'll keep an eye on longevity.
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ok ill hang on a min then , but well done for the effort to resolve something that brinkmann arnt bothered with
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Be careful when mixing different chemistrys and chargers
Charging Lead acid (Pb) batteries use constant voltage and Ni-cd and Ni-MH use constant current charging.
E.g. Pb battery 6v 2500mAh would charge at 625mAh when it has reached a set limit 7.5v the current begins to fall this is then on a timer after the timer the charger will switch to trickle charge. when Pb batteries are over-charge they can get hot and begin thermal run away and swell up.
Ni-cd battery 6v 2500mAh again charge at 625mAh tho there is no set limit for voltage once the cells have reached their voltages around 1.65v ish the voltage begins to fall slightly and the pack is warm the cells have reached a point which is called negative delta V (-dV) and the charger senses this (40mV per cell drop) and either stops or goes to trickle charge.
Ni-MH battery: Any Ni-MH battery requires at least 2 protection circuits a Thermistor (for charger sensing) and a Pepi (temperature sensing) a third one can be used SRP (no not AutoGlym, short circuit Protection).
The battery charges in the same way as Ni-cd but can be easily damaged if over charged (gets to hot) this is why a Thermistor is used, if the charger misses dV (10mV per cell drop) or the temperature of the pack is to high the charger will stop. Same with the Pepi but this is built in to the circuit so if the battery gets to hot the Pepi opens causing an open circuit.
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If there is a problem with the 2100mAH, There is a replacement available on the bay too.
Same connector just a different make of battery. Slightly more expensive. But thats life
Linky [6V 2600mAH Flat pack.]
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That's me told re mixing batteries, LOL. But it does just seem to be a charging issue, potentially wrecking the battery at worst. I'll be careful not to leave it charging for a long time unattended.
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I see these battery-packs and I look in my cupboard and there I have 6 of the AAA batteries with 2800mAH. Question: can I take 4 of my 2800mAH, solde them in row and seal them in a zip-tie and use it as a battery-pack? (if I will receive MY Brinkamn AND it will fail)
Yes, I know, I am not elctrician
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Sorry DF didnt mean anything by it.
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U not really suppose to solder to the tops of cells plus mite not make a very good joint.
Best to get them with either tags welded on or made up as a pack.
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Honoring the Greatest Name
The feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus on Jan. 3 is a beautiful celebration honoring Our Lord during the Christmas season. Jan. 1 issue feature.
The feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus on Jan. 3 is another beautiful celebration honoring Our Lord during the Christmas season.
Reverence for the Holy Name is found in the Old Testament in Psalms such as 99:3 — "Let them praise your great and awesome name; holy is he!" — and in Mary's Magnificat, she prays, "… and holy is his name."
That honor goes to him every day with churches named after this title, including Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Stamford, Conn.
Thousands of daily rail commuters going to and from Manhattan may not realize this church is less than a two-block walk from the Stamford railroad station, but the many parishioners and visitors who do find this church surely get a glimpse into a heavenly anteroom.
One of the oldest churches in the city, Holy Name of Jesus was founded in 1903 to serve many immigrants arriving from Poland. By 1925, the cornerstone for today's edifice was laid, with the pastor's plan for a church with a magnificent Romanesque-Byzantine exterior and an Italian Baroque interior.
Henry Ludorf designed the pastor's vision. Ludorf was an exceptional architect in Connecticut whose major concentration was designing beautiful churches and schools in New England, mostly for Polish Catholics.
With hard work and many sacrifices, the Polish parishioners saw their honey-colored brick-and-stone church rise. By Christmas 1934, the upper church opened for Mass, Msgr. Thaddeus Malanowski told me this December.
As a child he watched the church being built. His parents emigrated from Poland as children, met here, married in this parish as founding members, then baptized and raised 14 children. Msgr. Malanowski said his first Mass in this church on May 18, 1947, at the altar under the Italian baldacchino.
The Italian Baroque interior is a symphony of marble, gold gilding, magnificent mosaics, frescoes, paintings and stained glass that raises minds and hearts into a heavenly sphere. All were imported from Europe and look as dazzling as they must have on the day of their arrival.
The heavenly vision begins the moment one enters. Very wide white marble columns with exquisite gold-gilded capitals lead visitors' attention to the sanctuary under the vaulted ceiling filled with intricate octagonal and diamond designs in gold, red and green.
Angels are everywhere. Two huge angels in high bas relief float above and across every arch between all the columns. They each hold a wreath encircling a golden cross or a kingly crown.
These angelic duties repeat above the arches of the sanctuary's side shrines and then in the sanctuary itself, where two tall, winged angels raise globes of light high, and another pair of large sculpted angels pray atop the Baroque Italian baldacchino with its own magnificent carving that includes two saints and scrollwork.
The arches of the baldacchino frame a glorious stained-glass Crucifixion scene where Jesus gives Mary to St. John's care.
The mosaic filling the baldacchino's entire underside canopy that depicts the Holy Spirit on a blue background was donated in 1947 by Msgr. Malanowski's mother in memory of his ordination.
Much ornamentation decorates the sanctuary, as if it were a European cathedral, and highlights the paintings above and around the sanctuary. The expansive ceiling fresco shows Jesus and God the Father with the globe between them and the Holy Spirit sending rays from above.
There are high medallions of Mary and Jesus and large Renaissance-like paintings that include the Nativity, Jesus calming the sea and his transfiguration — all ornately framed in gold.
The superb stained glass radiates with colors, capturing scenes like the betrothal of Mary and Joseph, the Resurrection, Annunciation, Road to Emmaus, the Holy Family in ecstasy, St. Anne and Mary, and saints, including Thérèse and Michael — 16 in the large windows alone. All came from the legendary Munich stained-glass company.
At one side altar shrine, one can pray in awe before a radiant copy of the Madonna of Czestochowa surrounded with brilliant gold and before the compelling painting of the Sacred Heart framed in gold and marble columns at another side shrine.
The 2004 sculpture by artisan/artist parishioner Jozef Witkowski located outdoors near the facade is a magnificent seven-foot bronze statue of Blessed Pope John Paul II. (Witkowski once presented one of his iron crosses to the late Pope.)
The choice is very fitting because, in 2002, John Paul II restored the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus to celebration on Jan. 3.
Before the feast was dropped from the Church calendar in 1970, the universal Church had celebrated the Holy Name feast since 1721. Before that, Sts. Bernadine of Siena and John Capistrano preached devotion to the Holy Name in 15th-century Italy and used "IHS" — the first and last Greek letters for the name of Jesus.
Previously, to counter the Albigensian heresy and other blasphemies, Gregory X and the Council of Lyons resolved the best way to save the world was through the Holy Name of Jesus.
"The Holy Father then begged the bishops to call on the name of Jesus and to urge their peoples to place all their confidence in this all-powerful Name, repeating it constantly with boundless trust," writes Dominican Father Paul O'Sullivan in The Wonders of the Holy Name (Tan, 1993).
Soon after, Blessed John of Vercelli founded the Holy Name Society. This confraternity still actively promotes love and reverence for the Holy Name of Jesus (HolyNameSociety.info).
As the Catechism (2668) informs us: "The invocation of the Holy Name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always."
For this reason, Father O'Sullivan recommends: "Say this all-powerful Name constantly and the devil can do you no harm. Say it in all dangers, in all temptations."
Over the course of 100-plus years, Holy Name of Jesus Parish has followed St. Paul's instruction in Philippians 2:9-11: "Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Register staff writer Joseph Pronechen is based in Trumbull, Connecticut.
Holy Name of Jesus Parish
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Stamford, CT 06902
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I mentioned in a recent post about Lemon-Lime Cream Pie, that we were going through cases of oranges from Costco like they were going out of style. They have just been so good this year, and as a midnight snack, Mr. H and I will peel two oranges and have those for dessert. Actually he does the peeling, I just do the eating :-) Our entire crisper drawer was filled to the brim with oranges so I decided to use a few to make this cake. I didn't even make a dent in our stash.
This cake comes from a cookbook I discovered last March called Frame By Frame Baking. It immediately appealed to me because it reminded me of step by step recipe blogs. There are step by step photos and instructions in this book so it's easy to follow along, but it's also visually appealing and the recipes are simple. The book has about 60 recipes sweet and savory recipes in it, and are divided into 4 categories- Cakes and Traybakes, Pastries, Small Cakes and Cookies, and Breads. There really is something for everyone in this book.
I liked this cake, but didn't love it. Firstly, I think I overbaked it a tad even though I followed the directions. It should have been taken out about 5 minutes prior to the time in the book and I have noted that in the recipe below. Because it was overbaked, it was a little on the dry side. Also, when you bake fresh oranges their flavor becomes bitter, like that of orange marmalade. I'm not a fan of orange marmalade but if you are, then you'll like this cake. Despite not loving this recipe, I'm sure there's another in this book with my name written all over it.
Also because this book was so appealing to me, I bought two extras, just for YOU! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me about your favorite cookbook. That's it! Be sure you leave me your name and email in your comment so I can contact you if you win. If you leave an anonymous comment with no contact info, there will be no cookbook for you! Because I'm feeling generous, everyone is eligible to enter this giveaway. Mr. H and I are going away on a secret trip this weekend for our 6th wedding anniversary. I'll announce the winner when we return home. Hope everyone has a great week!
Orange Madeira Ring adapted from Frame By Frame Baking
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan
- 2 Tbsp. dark corn syrup or Lyle's Golden syrup
- 2medium oranges
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 Tbsp. finely grated orange zest
- 2-3 Tbsp. orange juice
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a tube/ring cake pan and spoon the syrup into the bottom.
Cut all the white peel and pith from the oranges and cut into slices.
Arrange the slices over the syrup in the pan.
Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
Gradually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition.
Sift the flour into the mixture and fold it in gently with a rubber spatula. Add the orange juice and zest and fold in until a til a soft consistency is achieved.
Spoon the mixture into the pan and smooth the surface.
Bake in a preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cake should be risen, golden and firm to the touch.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then return out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
The cake can be served cold, or warm with extra corn or Golden syrup drizzled over it.
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At the heart of the Vatican's new "Metamorphosis of Space" exhibit featuring the works of Spanish architect and artist Santiago Calatrava is the first-ever public display for the model of New York's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.
The exhibit's curator, Micol Forti, said the relationship between the project and the Vatican is casual — "It's not even a Catholic Church," she said of St. Nicholas — yet the magnetism of the model is immediately apparent.
"This exhibit is part of a dialogue with contemporary culture, and this particular piece is a large part of it," Forti said. She pointed out an adjacent series of watercolor paintings Calatrava made to show a kind of evolution between the design of the church and a classic portrait of the Madonna and Child.
The "Metamorphosis of Space" exhibit is noteworthy because it is the first time the Vatican has organized a show on a living architect, something Forti said shows a widening reach of the Holy See's cultural interests. It comes just months after the Vatican inaugurated its first pavilion at the Venice Biennale art festival.
The steps, Forti said, "reflect the continued openness of the church to movements in contemporary art."
Along with Norman Foster and Frank Gehry, Calatrava is one of the most significant architects to emerge out of the late 20th century. His signature style frequently invokes themes from nature, such as his PATH train station near the St. Nicholas site that looks like a bird, or his famed "Turning Torso" apartment building in Sweden resembling the human spine.
Calatrava is not known especially as an architect of religious buildings, but there are multiple works with religious themes among the 140 selected for the exhibit. In addition to St. Nicholas, there is a model of his plan to complete the 19th-century Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York (work on the project is suspended for budgetary reasons); a model of a Los Angeles chapel; as well as several paintings and sculptures with religious themes.
Even the Calatrava works that are not related to religion have a solemn quality that fits well in the Braccio di Carlo Magno space on the southern edge of St. Peter's Square.
The exhibit, sponsored by the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical Council for Culture, is a stand-alone initiative: Calatrava has not been commissioned to produce anything for the Vatican.
Calatrava was on hand for the Wednesday opening of the exhibit, where he said it was "much more than an honor" to show some of his work at the Vatican. "On my last visit to St. Peter's, I wandered through Bernini's colonnade at dawn and was then able to enter the Vatican gardens and admire Michelangelo's dome," he said in an interview before the opening. "For me, that architecture is the pinnacle."
The exhibit, which is free to the public, will remain on display until Feb. 20, 2014.
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Belmont Phoenix: Fancy feathers on old frame
ADDRESS: 700 Graves Street
SIZE: 2,240 fin. sq. ft.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Belmont
CURB APPEAL: 8 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Debi Hornberger-Dotson 531-4747
When we last checked on this house [May 15, 2003, "Que sera? What will this house become?"] the entire downstairs had been gutted, and the owners were living in the upper half of the duplex. The place was all potential– our review said "future owners will get to decide the exact use of the space," and the then-owners estimated it would take about $70,000 "to bring the house to showcase level."
Well, as everyone knows, construction estimates can be notoriously sketchy, and in this case it took quite a bit more than that sum, according to Don Smith (the renovator who got to make the decisions) to bring the place to what is indeed "showcase level."
The house began in 1913 as the home of the stationmaster for the railroad, according to the agent. It's understandable why he would have chosen this location– the C&O tracks are within sight of the wide wrap-around front porch (as are mountains to the west, but he probably didn't care as much about that). Over time, the house– like most of Belmont– sank into a sort of comfortable shabbiness, and was used in its last incarnation as an up-and-down duplex.
Today some elements of the original place remain: the porch and its carved columns, the bricks from two chimneys (in the porch pillars and the foundation facing), and its attractive position as the "closest Belmont house to the Downtown Mall" on a large-ish corner lot that provides a bigger-than-typical-for-Belmont yard.
But everything else is new, beginning with the Hardiplank siding, the roof, the oak floors, windows, doors, and even the room configurations. The agent touts the house as "a unique blend of contemporary and traditional," and while "unique" might be a bit of a stretch, the house has many features that are clearly above Belmont ordinary.
The most noticeable and probably most valuable upgrade has been to the structure itself. In most Belmont houses, the flimsy flooring and framing have not weathered the years well, so the first job here was to shore up those elements. Smith installed new oak floors downstairs, and has left the upstairs unfinished in case a new owner wants it there as well (the other option, of course, is wall-to-wall for the bedrooms). The result is a sturdy structure that doesn't wobble and shake with every footfall like many of its neighbors.
Design features also place the house squarely in the 21st century: a large bright master suite with a triangular cathedral window and 8' x 9' walk-in closet and private deck, more typical of new county construction than homey Belmont. There are two more bedrooms, but one of them, combined with the wide sitting-room-size landing (a neat pocket door between), could serve as an office suite.
Downstairs, beyond the large entry hall and staircase (with its faithful reproduction banister and newel post), a living room, dining room, and small workstation space lead to a large– if somewhat strangely configured– kitchen. A bright window-filled sunroom/breakfast room just a step down from the kitchen is inviting and cozy even empty and with renovation remnants still in evidence.
The kitchen is one of the places Smith chose to splurge– installing top-of-the-line cabinetry instead of standard grade, and adding a large island with a small bar extension. While the division of the room in this way may not have been everyone's choice, there's no denying it was pricey.
As we've reported recently– with the sale of 750 Belmont Avenue for $435,000– prices in this part of town seem to know no upper limit. Houses often sell for more than the asking price, many of them requiring as much (or more) work as this one. Most of them don't have the potential to fetch $400,000-plus. There's just so much you can do with a 900-square-foot shack on a tiny lot.
But with its corner location and classic design– in the hands of an imaginative contractor– this house offers the amenities of a new suburban subdivision: tile and hardwood floors, master suite with Jacuzzi, French doors to a patio, coaxial cable, and a three-sided gas fireplace in the dining room/kitchen– all topped with the cream of being next door to Spudnuts!
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In next month's Battle: Los Angeles, invading aliens go to war with the American military. It's science fiction...except that a panel of UFO experts claims it's factual. At a recent Sony Pictures press conference, the studio emphasized the movie's "based in fact" premise by giving us a chance to chat with a pair of ufologists and two retired military officers who both claim to have had encounters with UFOs during their service.
UFO Magazine publisher and UFO Hunters star William J. Birnes began by matter-of-factly announcing that UFOs are real and that they are a "matter of historical record", proclaiming it a scientific fact. (It should be noted right now that there were no skeptics on the panel.)
The reason this panel had been assembled at all is because Battle: Los Angeles is, very loosely, based on historical events. There was a real-life Battle of Los Angeles during World War II that happened exactly sixty-nine years ago last night, and rumors still persist that it involved a UFO. On the night of February 24, 1942 - less than three months since Pearl Harbor and at the height of American fears of a Japanese invasion of the west coast - reports came in that an unknown aircraft was headed towards Los Angeles County from the Pacific.
For an hour, Los Angeles was in complete chaos. A total blackout was called, thousands of air raid wardens were mobilized, and the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade began firing nearly 1,500 shells at the supposed target. The next day, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox admitted the entire incident had been a false alarm and that, in all likelihood, it was just a product of the tremendous anxiety felt by those stationed on the west coast that the Japanese would soon invade.
Of course, if it was mass hysteria, there was at least some reason for it. Beyond the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had undertaken some limited attacks on the west coast. In fact, on February 23, just one day before, a Japanese submarine had shelled the Ellwood Oil Field near Santa Barbara. It was a pretty piffling attack, causing at most $1000 worth of damage to a pumphouse and a catwalk.
The response to this attack was overblown on both sides - Japanese submarine commander Nishino Kozo radioed Tokyo that Santa Barbara was now in flames, and the American public was now convinced a full-scale Japanese invasion could happen at any moment.
In that sort of atmosphere, the mass hysteria that apparently gripped Los Angeles the next night is pretty understandable, and indeed a 1983 investigation of the Office of Air Force History concluded that, in all likelihood, it was just a lost weather balloon that the already panicked military mistook for something more sinister. And it's hardly a unique phenomenon - just look at last November, in which Los Angeles (and the national media) panicked over a supposed mystery missile launch that was, in fact, nothing.
Still, some ufologists, as is their wont, insist this actually was an unknown aircraft, and it quite possibly was of extraterrestrial origin. Birnes suggested this was the opening contact between UFOs and the US military, and that UFOs did next make an attempt to contact the White House with their 1952 appearance over Washington DC. But this incident was largely left aside in favor of the stories of the two military officers who had joined him on the panel.
First, there was retired Captain Robert Salas, who had been one of the seven military officers to hold a press conference last year in which they proclaimed their belief that UFOs had visited several US nuclear weapons bases.
In 1967, Salas was stationed as a missile launch officer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. His duty was to remain in a sealed underground chamber where, in the event of war, he would be able to launch the base's nuclear missiles. On March 24 of that year, the guards above ground reported a huge oval-shaped object hovering in the sky, about thirty feet long and glowing red.
Salas admits he never saw the UFO - he was locked in and could not leave the command center - but all ten missiles suddenly failed mysteriously, becoming non-operational. Somehow, the logic couplers for the various missiles had been remotely shut down, which required the ability to penetrate sixty-five feet of stone and triple shielding around the coupling. All ten missiles were independent of one another, so it would require ten different strikes to deactivate them. Salas stressed that the guards had no control over the missiles, so they could not have been playing a prank, and in his entire time as a missile launch officer he never had even one other missile fail, let alone all ten.
It's a strange story, and admittedly one where there really isn't a compelling explanation. (For more on the incident, check out Salas's account here.) Indeed, it was not an isolated incident, as other bases also experienced strange objects and mysteriously non-operational missiles. Whether this then means aliens have been tampering with our nukes - and, if it's not clear, I'm highly skeptical on this point - it fair to concede at least one point.
The Air Force has definitively stated that UFOs have never affected national security. Whether those UFOs have got aliens in them or not, the Air Force's stance seems difficult to support, as it would appear at least some unexplained phenomenon is capable of affecting missiles. It might be an entirely natural phenomenon...but if these deactivation incidents really did occur - and the Air Force itself seems to admit they did, based on documents that have since been released - then it would be good to know just what that phenomenon might be.
The other account of UFOs and the military was given by retired Colonel Charles Halt, who told of his time as Deputy Base Commander at RAF Bentwaters, an English base that served as a Tactical Fighter Wing for the US Air Force during the Cold War. In the wee hours of the morning after Christmas 1980, there were reports of strange red, green, blue, and white lights - like those of a downed plane, although no planes were thought to be in the area - in the woods near the base.
Three airmen were sent to investigate. Here the story gets pretty murky. Halt claims the airmen went missing for over an hour near the craft, and it's still unknown what happened to them. The men were found and, in later years, some underwent regression therapy under hypnosis - which, it should be pointed out, has been demonstrated to implant false memories. There were claims of abduction, and one of the airmen even claimed under hypnosis that the pilots of the craft revealed themselves to be human time travelers, not extraterrestrials.
In any event, that whole part of the story, while sensational, was something Colonel Halt could only relate to us secondhand, and even the supposed eyewitnesses offer at best garbled accounts of what might have happened. However, two nights later, the lights were spotted once again, and this time Colonel Halt led a team into the woods to figure out just what was going on.
He reports seeing lights in the forest, as well as a tiny object flying around the woods. This strange, baseball-sized object then disappeared, but he reports seeing two far larger objects that changed from elliptical to circular. One of these, he says, dropped a laser beam onto the ground for just a moment, and then the two objects flew off. At the time, radar operators reported no craft in the area, although he says he later found out that there were weird streaks on the radar, but the operators refused to admit this for fear of ruining their career.
Halt had tape recorded the entire incident, and this documentary evidence ultimately attracted the attention of his superiors. In what came to be known as the Halt memo, he detailed the strange sights that he had seen. At the panel, Colonel Halt insisted the objects had been under intelligent control. Halt believes that these objects were indeed extraterrestrial in origin, and that the US and UK governments have not taken the events seriously.
However, there are definitely alternative explanations that do not involve UFOs. The most obvious explanation for the mysterious light is the nearby Orford Ness Lighthouse, which would have created lights that, where the airmen were standing, could have looked seriously strange. Tellingly, one of the airmen is heard saying in Halt's tape that the light keeps appearing and disappearing every five seconds, which is precisely the timing of the rotating lighthouse. For more on this, check out this 1985 Guardian article by Ian Ridpath.
Still, just assuming for a moment that aliens really are flying about temporarily deactivating our nukes, what happens when they decide to launch a full-on invasion? When asked about this, Colonel Halt speculated that the government probably does have contingency plans for an alien attack, if only because the government prepares contingency attacks for everything. That said, he's doubtful any of those plans would actually work, considering the assumed vast technological advantage of beings who can cross vast stellar distances to get to Earth in the first place.
Captain Salas was slightly more optimistic, saying humanity's best chance would be the fifty to sixty years of prep time we have had, assuming government and military officials have treated this as a serious threat since sightings first began. In particular, if we have recovered any alien technology - the supposed UFO crash in Roswell back in 1947 is the obvious example here - then we have had possibly decades' worth of time to reverse engineer the alien technology.
For much of the presentation, the panel took great pains to stress that they were not necessarily talking about aliens. Bill Birnes stressed the term "unidentified flying object" demands that we don't jump to conclusions, and it simply means we're dealing with, by definition, an object that is in the air and is currently unknown. Terms like "flying saucer" or the supposition of aliens is, he says, jumping to conclusions, and they don't mean to do that.
That said, it was pretty clear that the panel was convinced the UFOs are indeed extraterrestrial, and their ambiguity on this point pretty much disappeared completely as we got to the end of the panel. At one point, Captain Salas asserted quite casually that aliens have been visiting us for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
But that's nothing compared to Bill Birnes's theories on the ultimate alien invasion. He suggested that the aliens would not bother with a full-on invasion, and he suggested the best way he could think of to take over a planet is to inject it with DNA for your own race. This would turn the planet into a de facto colony world, he asserted, and he felt that this is the pattern that several previous human colonization attempts have taken. I'll just be honest - I'm not entirely sure what he was driving at here, as he didn't expand upon the point, but I'm guessing these are some...unique takes on history and biology.
Whatever has happened in reality, the fictional aliens are definitely invading when Battle: Los Angeles comes out this March 11.
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Farmingdale State - 71, Old Westbury - 65
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Trailing 65-62 with 2:45 remaining, Farmingdale State closed the game on a 9-0 run to earn a 71-65 victory over Old Westbury this evening in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams improved to 10-4 overall (6-1 Conf.), while the Panthers fell to 9-5, 5-2.
After being tied 4-4 in the opening minutes, the Rams used a 20-6 run to take a 24-10 lead with 8:40 remaining in the first half. Old Westbury cut the deficit to eight, 26-18, on back-to-back 3-pointers by junior guards Floyd Leroy (Spring Valley, N.Y.) and Ray Parker (Bronx, N.Y.). Farmingdale State took a 35-26 lead into the break after junior guard Justin Bailey (Jamaica, N.Y.) had a team-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc. The Panthers were led by Leroy who scored 15 points and had five boards in the half.
Old Westbury started the second half on an 18-1 run and led 44-36 with 13:58 left on the clock. After the Rams tied the game at 48-48, Parker connected on a 3 and Old Westbury hit a layup to go back ahead by five.
Trailing 62-58 with 3:38 remaining, Farmingdale State senior center Donald Lawes (Queens, N.Y.) scored and converted at the line to complete the three-point play to pull the Rams within one. The Panthers went ahead by three before Farmingdale State closed the game on a 9-0 to earn the 71-65 victory.
Lawes recorded a double-double with a career-high 20 rebounds and 13 points, while Bailey tallied a team-high 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
Old Westbury was led by Parker who had a game-high 22 points and Floyd who scored 17 and added eight boards.
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The Estes Park Ladycats took a lopsided 50-31 win over the visiting Heritage Christian Eagles on Tuesday. The girls employed a new look on defense that confounded the visitors.
"We changed up our scheme allowing us to contain middle penetration," explained Ladycats' varsity coach Steve Pistrui after Tuesday's game. "We're having trouble with that the last two games before the break. I thought the girls adjusted really well."
The 'Cats held the Eagles to 16 points for the first three quarters, before Pistrui replaced the entire starting line up.
Amanda Dill led the 'Cats in scoring with 19 points, while junior Susannah Jones scored 13, combining for more than the entire Eagles squad.
Dill led the team in rebounds with nine on the night. She also had two blocked shots, two steals and three assists.
Jones grabbed a team-leading five steals against the Eagles. She also added a rebound.
Four Ladycats scored four points each: Karen Kingswood, Becky Reilly, Bizzy Palmer and Ashlyn Johnson. Reilly and Alli Smith each contributed six rebounds. Reilly added a steal, a blocked shot and two assists. Smith added a steal and three assists.
Ashlyn Johnson grabbed five rebounds on Tuesday, as well as one blocked shot and an assist.
Palmer added four more rebounds, as well as collecting three steals and distributing two assists. Karin Kingswood added three rebounds and a steal.
Sydnee Randall and Kaitlin Thompson had two rebounds each. Thompson also added two steals and an assist.
The Ladycats, now 5-2, have a home stand this week. The girls hosted 3-3 Jefferson Academy Jaguars on Thursday night. The Jags started the season well, but dropped three in a row before the winter break.
On Saturday, the Sterling Tigers make the long trek to Estes Park for the first part of the double header with the boys. The Sterling girls are 5-2, including wins over 5A Westminster and 4A Greeley Central.
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Mary Lou Holman Grade Emery, 91, of La Pine, Oregon, formerly of Oxford Kansas, passed away, Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at the Prairie House Nursing Home of La Pine, Oregon. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 2nd at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford. Visitation will be at Oxford Funeral Service from 6-8 P.M. Tuesday evening. A memorial has been established in Mary's name with the Alzheimer's Association. Memorials may be left in care of the funeral home. For further information or to send a condolence please visit www.hawksfuneralhome.com.Mary Lou was born on October 18, 1921 the daughter of Frank and Lona Still Payton. She was born in Coaldale, Alberta, Canada and graduated from the Arkansas City High school in 1939. She was united in marriage to her first husband Harold Holman in 1941. Mary was a legal assistant for years at the county court house. A most of her time was devoted to being a homemaker for her family. Harold preceded her in death in 1969. A few years later in 1971, she was united in marriage to Norris Grade. Norris passed away in 1989. Mary and Maurice Emery were united in marriage in 1992 in Nevada. She enjoyed playing the organ for her church and family and loved being a mother and a grandmother. She is survived by her husband; Maurice Emery of La Pine Oregon: Son; Harold Allen Holman of Surprise, Arizona: Daughter; Lona Marie Thone of Florence Oregon; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mary is preceded in death by her husbands, Harold Holman and Norris Grade: daughter Louise Tarver; brother Worth Payton.


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