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Elizabeth Fisk made a mark in Helena, Montana. Helena became a settlement in 1862 due to a gold rush, then it became the capitol of the Territory and later the State of Montana. Connecticut native Elizabeth (Lizzie) Chester, born in February 1846, was the older of Isaac and Azubah Chester's two daughters. It was after she married Colonel Robert Fisk (1839-1908) and agreed to move to Helena, Montana, that she made a name for herself by becoming involved in political associations, charity work, education, temperance and church organizations. During her husband's trips east to secure supplies and advertising for the newspaper Lizzie enjoyed a level of independence uncommon for middle or upper class women on the frontier. Colonel Robert Fisk became involved as an editor of an early Montana newspaper, The Helena Herald. Here he wrote editorials supporting the Republican Party in Montana, advocating African American voting rights and suffrage in the territory. These were radical ideas among both Republicans and Democrats in the territory at the time.
Within five years of settling in Helena, Lizzie became an active member in church, politics and social groups including the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Poor Committee in the state. On several occasions she visited the "poor farm" to provide assistance to the indigent. One of the many tasks Elizabeth took on was tutoring children for $1.00 per week before public schools existed in Helena, sometimes in the company of one of her brother-in-laws, sometimes alone, and sometimes with bachelor physician William B. Bullard. She also was involved in the temperance movement there, writing to her mother after witnessing a neighbor making "a complete fool of himself" that "I cannot understand how any man can be as lost to every principle of manhood as to (seek) in intoxication relief from sorrow."
The home that she and her husband lived in, now called the Robert and Elizabeth Fisk Residence in Helena, Montana, built on North Rodney Street and situated one block from the original Governor's Mansion for the state of Montana, was one of the first buildings constructed in the Helena during the 1870s with an eye towards permanence and prosperity. The property remains today largely as it was following the Fisk's expansion between 1892 and 1895. The home displays the massing, bays, large porch and complicated roofline frequently associated with Late Victorian architectural style. It is a two-story building with a large attic, rectangular with a wood frame residence with a sturdy stone foundation.
The couple moved into the new house, with their 2 year old daughter Grace, in 1871. The house soon became the social center of town, and the "Women's Society" met there. In general, Lizzie was committed to improving the cultural life of Helena, and she won a contest being voted the most popular lady in Helena during January 1872. Robert L. Fisk, their second child, was born about this time. Two more sons, Rufus Clark and Asa Francis, were born in 1874 and 1876. As their family grew, Lizzie began to agitate for a larger house. By 1882, with the arrival of the twins Florence and James, action was needed and the following year the roof was raised above the kitchen, adding an extra room and closet upstairs.
Helena was prospering, and by 1888 fifty millionaires lived in the town, making their fortunes off gold and creating the greatest concentration of millionaires anywhere in the world. Lizzie retained high standards even among them, refusing in March of 1886 to attend a millionaire mine owner's wedding to a woman nearly 40 years his junior. She and her husband were very vocal in politics, being local leaders of the Republican Party, and she was upset when the Senate Democrats fled the state to keep the Republican majority from electing U.S. Senators. Lizzie compared the state Democrats to "the same old rebel element which was never whipped and never reconstructed both here and in Washington dictating to true and loyal men." Helena's boom eventually ended with the Panic of 1893, and because they could not sell the house in this environment, they undertook a major renovation of their home, giving them much needed room. The family stayed in the house until December 1902 when Robert sold the Helena Herald and took part of the family to Berkeley, California, where they spent the rest of their lives. Six years later he died there. Elizabeth outlasted him by 19 years, passing away at Berkeley in April 1927. Their last decade in Helena witnessed their children coming of age, marrying, leaving the family home, and returning again. The Robert and Elizabeth Fisk House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2007.
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I regret to inform you that I am not a people person. This is why 6:30 AM is my favorite part of the day. No people then. Just me, a laptop, some hot coffee and silver daylight peeking out behind some bare trees. It is 30 minutes of hope, before the permission slips you forgot to sign and the emails from bosses with "great ideas" start rolling in.
But eventually people start coming down the stairs, in footed pajamas, sleep still pressed into their tiny, angry cheeks, and they start asking about something to eat. Usually this involves some bacon and the shake of a Cheerios box. But lately I have craved something better, something heartier or at least something made by me.
I know you think this blog is about dinner, but start thinking about breakfast, and making ChezSuzanne's My Favorite Granola with Dried Fruit. The thing about this recipe is that it is not asking you to be overly virtuous, or to go camping.
It offers a deep molasses goodness, paired with the kiss of some tangy, rather than arduous dried fruit.
It is great in plain yogurt, or shoveled into your face by the handfuls. However, do NOT add it to a non-fat, sugared up yogurt that food producers, with their patronizing view of your fat needs, may have forced upon your store. It will make your breakfast suddenly horribly cloying.
I made ChezSuzanne's recipe twice, and have a few general thoughts. The first time, I used organic quick oats, because that is all I had in the house, and, lacking cardamom, used nutmeg. (Who runs out of cardamom anyway? I am pretty sure someone stole it. Who, I cannot say, but it is clearly the same villain who regularly misplaces all my back issues of Gourmet and that thing that is good for cleaning all those things.)
Further, missing dried cherries, I did enjoy cranberries instead. I did not use vegetable oil but rather a nice young olive oil. These sound like major adjustments when lined up here, but they really are in the exact same spirit and it was delicious.
The next time, I used rolled oats, per foodpickle, and bought some new cardamom. The oats clumped a bit less but I have to say were not as superior as one might think to the quick cooking ones. The cardamom does bring a whole chai-latte vibe to the whole matter. So use either spice, depending on which flavor you prefer. If you don't have sunflower seeds, just use more pumpkin.
Finally, you should follow her cooking directions carefully, stirring the mix once it is in the oven as she instructs. I set the microwave timer for ten minutes, so I would not forget, because I am prone to getting into long cell phone conversations concerning Mike Huckabee's chances in Iowa or the last episode of "Modern Family." Yes, I burn things.
At each interval, I would manhandle it all a little, watching with glee as the brown sugar did that IT'S ALIVE dance that it seems to always do when warm. After my three, ten-minute stirs, I left it in for another 5 minutes, just for good measure. This is between you and your oven.
I have since gone back to food52 and realized that there are a ton of granola recipes here. I can't wait to plow through the lot of them. But they have a high bar with this dandy treat.
My Favorite Granola with Dried Fruit by ChezSuzanne
Makes about 3 cups
1. Preheat the oven to 250F. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients except the dried fruit and mix well with your hands.
2. In a small bowl, mix the honey, molasses and vegetable oil together until well combined. Add to the dry mixture and mix well with your hands until everything is well coated with the honey-molasses-oil mixture.
3. Spread evenly in a baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes. It's important to stir the mixture every 8-10 minutes pulling all the mixture from the edges and corners into the middle of the baking sheet and re-spreading the mixture. You might also want to rotate the cookie sheet after each stirring.
4. It's done when the mixture starts to darken a shade or two and you can smell the spices in the mixture. Remove from the oven and immediately fold in the dried fruit. Keep folding for a minute so that the dried fruit is warmed by the mixture.
5. Let dry until crispy and store in sealed baggies or jars.
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Asian shares and other assets were capped in thin holiday trade, with investors focusing on the fate of U.S. negotiations to avert a budget crunch looming at the end of the year.
Markets in Singapore <.ftsti>, Malaysia <.klse>, Indonesia <.jkse>, the Philippines <.psi> and South Korea <.ks11> were closed on Tuesday for the Christmas holiday, reopening on Wednesday.
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Shinzo Abe, whose party won a landslide victory in an election earlier this month, will be sworn in as Japan's premier on Wednesday, when he is also expected to appoint his cabinet. He is prescribing a mix of aggressive monetary policy easing and big fiscal spending to beat deflation and rein in the strong yen.
He has kept up pressure on the Bank of Japan to deliver much stronger monetary easing policies and called for a 2 percent inflation target to beat deep-rooted deflation, pushing the yen to a 20-month low of 85.38 yen on trading platform EBS on Wednesday. Traders eyed the dollar's 2011 high of 85.53 yen as the next target.
The euro rose as high as 112.47 yen on EBS, approaching its 16-month high of 112.59 yen hit on December 19.
The weaker yen has bolstered hopes for better earnings from Japanese companies and underpinned the Nikkei, which has gained some 17 percent since mid-November when the election was scheduled, fuelling expectations for Abe's party to win. The yen has lost nearly 8 percent against the dollar in the same period.
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Japanese government debt prices fell, with the 10-year bond futures falling to a three-month low of 143.65 in active trade. The 10-year JGB yield rose 1.5 basis points to 0.780 percent, matching a six-week high hit on December 19.
"We continue to see equities going high, so the pressure is on the long end of the JGB curve. For the short end of the curve, we continue to see the BOJ ease aggressively, so there is no change in that," said Tadashi Matsukawa, head of Japan fixed income at PineBridge Investments.
Minutes of the BOJ's policy-setting meeting in November showed on Wednesday that some board members said the central bank must act decisively, without ruling out any policy options, if the outlook for the economy and prices worsens further.
The dollar was also expected to stay firm this week as investors repatriate dollars, and as the U.S. fiscal impasse is likely to continue to sap investor appetite for risky assets and raise the dollar's safe-haven appeal.
President Barack Obama may return to Washington from his Hawaiian holiday as early as Wednesday evening to address the unfinished "fiscal cliff" negotiations with Congress, an administration official said on Tuesday.
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner failed to gain support for a tax plan at the end of last week, raising fears that the United States may face the fiscal cliff of some $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to start on January 1.
"The main index is rebounding after treading water on Monday and dropping on Friday, as investors eye the progress of U.S. fiscal negotiations," Kim Soo-young, an analyst at KB Securities, said of South Korean shares <.ks11> which turned 0.7 percent higher in low holiday volume.
Activity is likely to remain subdued, with volume low and without major economic news.
Later in the session, Thailand will release trade data, which is expected to show exports in November posting very high annual growth compared with low levels last year that reflected the damage from the flooding.
South Korea's key consumer sentiment index held steady in December from November and stood below the neutral point for a fifth consecutive month, the central bank said on Wednesday, diminishing hopes of a quick economic rebound.
Gold edged lower on Wednesday on uncertainty over whether the fiscal cliff, but a weaker yen sparked a rally in bullion futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM).
(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa and Dominic Lau in Tokyo and Joyce Lee in Seoul; Editing by Daniel Magnowski and Chris Gallagher)
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Zemaitis guitars are perhaps the worlds most original, stunning and beautiful electric guitars.
British luthier Tony Zemaitis, (Antanus Casimere Zemaitis) was originally from Lithuania. As a boy, Zematiis was obsessed with creating things, such as handmade bicycles, cabinets, and model airplanes. He also learned to play guitar.
By the 1950's, the 20 year old Zemaitis was building his own guitars. By the early 1960's he was building guitars for some of the well-known British players. These musicians influenced The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
He sold these acoustic instruments to friends and only was able to make a few guitars each year.
Zemaitis experimented with his instruments to determine acceptable string scale and differing soundhole shapes.
By 1965, he devoted his career to luthery and began building guitars.
We all know that single coil guitar pickups have a propensity to capture 60-cycle hum from other electric devices, including amplifiers.
In an effort to solve this problem, Tony Zemaitis placed a metal cap on the tops of some of his electric guitars. This was successful solution for shielding out the undesired noise. As a plus, it looked great.
Zemaitis did not stop there. He recalled the beautiful engraving designs on high-end firearms such as Western pistols, rifles, and shotguns.
Tony then hired engraver Danny O'Brien to engrave decorations on the metal-topped Zemaitis instruments. These guitars went from musical instruments to works of art.
Zemaitis' basic design looked somewhat like a Gibson Les Paul Special, with its Florentine cut-away. However, his guitars were much narrower than the Gibson.
Early models had single-coil pickups. Humbucking pickups are what are typically seen on a Zemaitis. His other design has two cutaways.
The lower one is similar to the Les Paul Special design and the upper is a rounded extension, and the bottom cutaway was Florentine.
The metal-topped guitars came in two versions. On the fancy version, the top covered most of the top of the body.
Zemaitis also produced a disc-front version in which a round metal disc covered the area housing the pickups and bridge.
Zemaitis next came up with the beautifully adorned Pearl Top guitar. The top of this guitar featured a mosaic of pearloid tiles and in some cases abalone surrounding the pearl, causing a sparling illusion of colour change under stage lights.
Despite the fancy top, the rosewood fretboard on most Zemaitis guitars is rather plain, bearing only dot markers. Some models have bound necks and others have plain necks.
By the 1980's Zemaitis' fame was widespread. His guitars were very expensive. They were hand built and handcrafted.
Many popular artists such as Ron Wood, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison owned and played Zemaitis guitars. The bodies were made of three pieces of high quality wood, as were the glued-in necks. The headstocks were topped off with an engraved metal emblem. All through his career, Zematis continued making acoustic guitars.
I recall seeing a very young Donovan playing a Zematis. All the Zemaitis acoustics were handmade and sold at a premium.
In the year 2000, Tony Zematis retired and his son, Tony Jr. took over the business. Mr. Zematis passed away in August of 2002.
That same year, the company entered into a relationship with Greco guitars of Japan.
Greco is the trade name used by the Japanese musical instrument manufacturer Kanda Shokai of Tokyo. This Japanese firm was founded in 1948 and is still building guitars, more often these were replicas of U.S. instruments such as Gibson and Fender.
In 1982, Fender tapped Kanda Shokai as the builder of Fender Guitars in Japan.
(This was a transition period for Fender when they did not have an America manufacturing facility.) This is currently where Zematis guitars are produced.


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This.Moonlight Soldier wrote:Maybe that link could be the primary focus of the VCA page instead of tucked inside a little sidebar under 'nominate,' which should probably be changed to say VOTE HERE OMG or some such.
In fact, most of the info on the VCA page is probably better suited to a sidebar format. Personally the only thing I'm interested in inside the main window is the calendar, which is at the bottom.
Another issues with the current layout, if you're in a specific category to nominate there is no link back to the category selection. If you want to go back and nominate in a different category, you either have to hit the back button, go through the contest section of the members menu, or go through the FP/forum link to it.
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The days are getting shorter and the rains getting heavier. As winter sets in, motivating yourself to go out and get fit becomes increasingly difficult. No one enjoys a soaking wet run through a muddy marsh, unless you are a dog, in which case, how are you reading this?
Thankfully, for us humans, technology has the answer. Load up on enough gadgets and your winter runs through the wet should become just as fun as those in the summer. Check below to see our tips for the best wet weather running gear.
Formula40 AllDry windbreaker
A snugly fitting waterproof idea for drizzly days, HPE Clothing's Formula40 AllDry windbreaker is primed for aquatic action. Weighing a mere 141g, it's not going to weigh you down, while the elasticated sleeves, high collar, hood and a relatively high waist keep it out of the way, too.
Since it's tight and pretty small, don't expect to be able to fit it over a fleece. Although it's sold as "showerproof", we managed to get through some pretty steady rain without get a soaking, thanks in no small part to the AllDry's hood, which is deeper than on most super-light rain macs. That hood clung expertly to our bonce. The mac is breathable as well, so things don't get too sweaty on the inside. Grab a Formula40 for £85 here.
Salomon XA Pro 3D Ultra 2 GTX waterproof trail trainers
Designed primarily for trail running in the wet, Salomon's XA Pro 3D Ultra 2 GTX trainers are all about stability and protection. They feature a Gore-Tex membrane inside, one of the most dependably waterproof materials around. You also get a clever tongue, attached further up than most, which provides the first defence against water. That tongue also sports a small pocket that packs-in the leftovers from the clever lacing; a scarily thin drawstring affair that nevertheless kept the Salomon's tightly fixed to our feet.
Available in blue, black, orange, green, red, yellow and grey, all come with reflective elements to the design to keep you visible at night. Pair-up with some SealSkinz waterproof socks and the job's a good 'un. You can get the Salomons for £104 here.
Breo TimeZone watch
For those who think GPS plotting or running with a smartphone is taking things a little too seriously, the Breo TimeZone watch keeps things simple.
A sports watch that's water resistant and has a 15-lap memory, the TimeZone also includes a chronograph, a light, a date display and an alarm. Its bright fluorescent yellow master control is easily found when jogging; in our test we found it comfortable to wear, well-made and totally reliable. The Breo can be bought here for £55.
Sealskinz Waterproof Beanie
An acrylic beanie that's completely waterproof, the SealSkinz beanie is great for keeping your head warm and dry on a particularly wet and cold day. Aside from it being a little tight (go for a size bigger than you think), it expertly repels rain and makes long runs bearable.
It also crackles a lot, sounding like it's full of wrapping paper. Best worn in the depths of a rainy winter, it protects headphones from the elements (which help cover that crackle). It's available in red, black and olive, with orange and fluorescent yellow hi–viz versions also available for dark and wet nights. The Sealskinz are £25 here.
Stuffitt Shoe Savers
Trainer-shaped pads stuffed with aromatic eastern red cedar tree bark may not be the most obvious addition to a runner's kit list, but these bulky pads will dry-out wet shoes much quicker than scrunched-up newspaper. Designed for low-rise shoes, and with toe-shaped foam fronts, the Stuffitts are said to remove more than 98 per cent of moisture in 24 hours.
In our test we stuffed a Stuffit inside one soaking wet (as in, completely dunked in a river) shoe, and in another we rammed some newspaper. The next morning, the Stuffit-stuffed shoe was virtually wearable (though still slightly damp), and noticeably lighter (about 80g) than the poor, soggy newspaper boot. Slated to work for between six and 12 months, these Stuffits might seem barking mad, but are pretty handy if you're into quick turnaround training. Available in XL, L, M and S. You can buy Stuffits for £20 here.
Beurer PM90 heart rate monitor watch & Speedbox II running sensor
It can become an obsession, but if you need proof of progress and performance it's now relatively easy to see both your heart rate and, with the Beurer PM90 and Speedbox II, your altitude and exact speed and distance, too. Best of all, both are completely waterproof and can even go 50 metres underwater. The former measures your electrocardiography (ECG), and presents both your average and maximum heart rate, calorie and fat consumption, and altitude as well as the usual sports watch functions (time, stopwatch, and lap times – even automatic lap times), while the Speedbox II adds some GPS-ness.
Attached to one of your trainers, the similarly waterproof Speedbox II records speed and distance and transmits to the PM 90. Said to last for 200 hours, you could even use this combo while swimming. The Beurer is £152 here and the Speedbox II for £44 here.
Lifeproof iPhone 4/S case & armband
Endurance requires entertainment, and whether that's a blast of Beastie Boys to get you revved-up or a podcast of Gardeners' Question Time, there is a more pressing problem: where are you going to put that phone?
Lifeproof's case for the iPhone (we tried-out the 4/S version, though a 5 is imminent) adds a totally waterproof covering and just 1.5mm to the overall depth. For a protective case it's as slim and sturdy as they come, though we do have two tiny gripes: an air-gap between the screen and the transparent plastic window means that tapping the touchscreen makes a nasty clicking sound, while headphones can only be attached using a special waterproof adaptor. Understandable, but highly losable … perhaps it's best used with Bluetooth headphones. The Lifeproof case is £50 here.
The Lifeproof case can be used in conjunction with a custom-made armband. Contraptions like these take some getting used to and won't suit all, but here some padding is provided, while the fully adjustable, reasonably soft Lycra arm-band is aerated all over. Best of all it's lockable yet quick to take on and off, and features a couple of reflective logos. The custom made armband is £32 here.
Denon AH-W150 Exercise Freak
Bluetooth in-ear headphones haven't caught on en masse, but they do have a place on the running track. The water-resistant Denon AH-W150 are just the ticket, having both simple waterproofing and a seven-hour battery.
In practice they take a while to get used to; it's worth experimenting with the choice of three anti-microbial ear tops provided as get it wrong and the act of running can cause slippage and loss of optimum sound. The heavy duty cable that sits on the back of the skull also takes some getting used to. Still, the sweat-proof and simple to use AH-W150 even has a microphone for one-touch hands-free calling, so you can strike business deals on the hoof. Or just call for help. The Denon headphones are £150 here.
WaterSkin for iPhone 4/4S, Galaxy S2 & iPad 3
If the Lifeproof or similar is too pricey or bulky for your run, the Waterskin from Mobile Fun provides the same level of protection for smaller spend. Arriving in a three-pack, the waterproof Waterskin is completely manual; stuff your smart-thing into a very snug wraparound plastic, err, bag, then seal the back using a bit of sticky-back plastic. The Waterskin is cheap at £9 and can be picked up here.
There's no way of recharging the device while it's in this rudimentary packaging, and it definitely lowers the clarity of the screen quite noticeably, but in our test the WaterSkin did its job and we were able to re-use one despite its stretch-marks. There's even a tiny and totally transparent gap for the iPhone's camera. It's all a bit Blue Peter, but it should do the job for a season – though you might have to add some Sellotape to the mix now and again. For something more permanent, yet affordable, go for something like Mobile Fun's BeachBuoy case or Aquapac's Mini Stormproof Phone case.
Garmin Fenix GPS navigator watch
Smartphone apps that track your progress and let you upload your achievements to utterly uninterested Facebook buddies are many, but who wants to carry a phone around?
Trail runners and trekkers, rather than those treading city streets, will benefit most from Garmin's latest smart watch, but GPS gadgets like this are all the rage with runners. The Garmin Fenix GPS does have an altimeter, barometer and compass, but for most runners it's this scratch-proof and waterproof (to 50m) device's GPS skills that will most appeal.
Anyone heading off-piste can record their position, and use Bluetooth to pair and share with Garmin's BaseCamp app installed on any smartphone. If you get lost there's a TracBac feature that retraces your footsteps, though the lap and auto-lap functions are just as useful, as are the distance/speed stats. Relatively simple to operate and comfortable to wear thanks to a soft, flexible strap, the 82g Fenix is one smart watch. The Garmin is £350 here.
Altura Men's Attack Waterproof Shorts
Water-tight they may be, but the Altura men's Attack waterproof shorts are far from tight. Best described as roomy – unless you're sporting thunder thighs – these serious shorts provide diagonal zip-shut hand pockets idea for cramming in keys or even a phone, and don't get too sweaty.
Long enough to be used by hikers who want something warmth and waterproof, these Alturas easily prove their road-worthiness; a shiny, plasticky though virtually invisible decoration on the front and back turns out to be highly reflective. Braces are also available. Grab some Altura shorts for £60 here.


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Staff from Global Green USA's Green Urbanism Program work in partnership with local governments and other public agencies that are ready to "do" sustainability. We help these entities create innovative and replicable policies, programs, and procedures so that sustainable practices become standard in the planning, design, construction, and operation of the built environment.
By working closely with agency staff and community stakeholders, we have helped create a number of innovative and precedent setting green building programs, sustainability plans, green urban design proposals, and climate action strategies. These efforts include the green building programs of the Cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and West Hollywood, the Local Government Green Building Program Guide, the West Hollywood Environmental Task Force Summary Report, and several LEED for Neighborhood Development certified projects.
One particular area of emphasis is helping public agencies and developers of affordable housing use the LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) rating system to advance their environmental goals and create models of sustainable neighborhoods. Global Green is the only technical assistance provider in the country to have certified three developments through the pilot version of the rigorous LEED-ND system and is working on several other planning projects that combine affordable housing with environmental design while pursuing LEED-ND certification.
Among the projects certified by Global Green in collaboration with its planning and development partners: The Holy Cross Project, Cornfields Arroyo Seco Specific Plan and Miraflores.
Global Green USA is also expanding the application of the LEED-ND Rating System to assess the sustainability of existing neighborhoods. By developing a tool that incorporates the metrics of LEED-ND, Global Green USA is providing technical assistance to public officials and local government staff to determine ways that future development in their communities can achieve high levels of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. LEED-ND integrates the principles of smart growth, walkable urbanism and green building into the first national rating system for neighborhood design. Technical Assistance will be provided by Global Green USA with support from Farr Associates, Raimit + Associates, Agora Group, and the US Green Building Council to eight city across the country through funding from the US EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Grant Program.
Our approach combines a depth of expertise in green building, neighborhood planning, and sustainability with over ten years of facilitation experience. We contextualize this approach through in-depth research into the physical, climatological, regulatory/code, and historical qualities of the specific place or jurisdiction.
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Candidate will be responsible for effectively handling telephone inquiries, property website, and outside marketing sources with follow-up phone and email communications to encourage tours and applications. Candidate will also maintain detailed product knowledge of the property and that of major competition through site visits/tours and telephone surveys.
Works closely with property staff in implementing effective sales and marketing plans and strategies. Responsible for all activities related to apartment rentals, move-ins, and lease renewals, including generating and handling traffic, leasing apartments, and qualifying prospects. Preparing lease documentation, and completing move-in procedures in accordance with established policies and procedures and complying with all state, federal, and /or local laws relating to Fair Housing.
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January 28, 1998
Forty years ago this week, a team of scientists and engineers successfully launched Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite to orbit around Earth. This historic accomplishment marked the nation's debut in the Cold War-era space race and set the stage for the establishment of the civilian space agency that would become NASA.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, was still operated as a research laboratory for the U.S. Army when it was selected in November 1957 to develop the first U.S. satellite, its science package, the communications system and the high-speed upper stages for the Army's Redstone rocket that would guide the tiny, 9-kilogram (20-pound) Explorer 1 into the great unknown. JPL and the Army completed the assignment and successfully launched the satellite in less than three months. JPL and the Army Ballistic Missle Agency, based in Huntsville, AL, joined in firing the satellite twoard space from the missle test center at Cape Canaveral, FL on Jan. 31, 1958.
The scientific experiment onboard, a cosmic ray detector built by Dr. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa, soon returned one of the most important findings of the space program: the discovery of what are now known as the Van Allen Radiation Belts around Earth. Explorer 1 went on to operate for three months.
Following the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik on Oct. 4, 1957, "there was a lot of pressure to get a satellite in orbit as quickly as possible," said Dr. William Pickering, then JPL's director and orchestrator of the Explorer 1 effort at JPL.
The intensive effort was accomplished by a team of experts from U.S. academia and the military, along with top World War II German rocket scientists such as Dr. Wernher von Braun, who emigrated to the U.S. in the postwar years to help lead development of American rocket capability. A globally linked telecommunications system developed by JPL tracked Explorer 1 and received its scientific data as it circled Earth. Amateur radio operators around the world were invited to listen in on Explorer 1's radio communications, including one key amateur radio shack operated largely by JPL ham radio operators at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's substation in Temple City, near JPL.
The most difficult technical challenge, said Pickering, "was getting the three rocket stages to work consistently, to get it all to go in the right direction, with no guidance system." Considering the telecommunications and computing capability of the Explorer 1 era versus that available for last summer's Mars Pathfinder mission, Pickering said, "it's astonishing to think what has happened over 40 years."
Van Allen, still an active planetary and space physics researcher, recalled that on the morning after the historic Explorer 1 launch, "a big press conference had been called at the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and although it was 1:30 in the morning, there was still a huge crowd of reporters waiting around."
Donna Shirley, Mars Exploration Program manager at JPL, was in high school when the news hit that Explorer 1 had been launched. "It was a terrific emotional moment," she recalled. "It seemed like a scary thing that the Soviet Union was so powerful that they could launch Sputnik. When Explorer went up, it was, 'Rah, rah, our team!'" she said. "It seemed to be framed in 'us versus them' rather than focused on the real technical and scientific achievement. But the dawn of the space age affected my life a lot," she said.
"I don't think the 'right stuff' to work in the space program has really changed all that much" since the days of Explorer 1, said Shirley. "You don't have cigar-smoking guys with slide rules anymore, but I think the 'right stuff' is still the same: dedication and competence."
In late 1958, JPL was reassigned from the U.S. Army to NASA when the civilian space agency was created, and has helped lead the world's exploration of space with robotic spacecraft since then. Operated as a division of the California Institute of Technology, JPL has sent spacecraft to all of the known planets except Pluto, and this year will launch important astronomy and planetary exploration missions to comets, asteroids and Mars, along with many Earth-observing efforts.
As the size of NASA's space missions take advantage of miniaturized electronics to shrink to fit the new "faster, better, cheaper" mold, some space science packages are about the size of that on tiny Explorer 1, Shirley said. "Miniaturization is allowing us to shrink down the brains of our spacecraft but still allow us to do more with them than we used to. And the challenge now is to shrink the rest of the spacecraft down."
Considering the future of space science, Van Allen observed that "there is no shortage of great ideas on what we'd like to do. 'Faster, better, cheaper' is NASA's mantra, and the recent successful launch of the Lunar Prospector spacecraft is the best example of that. But the Hubble Space Telescope is a good example of big projects that will continue to be conducted. I think we have a very bright future in space science in all areas. There is good public support," he said.. "There is virtually no limit to what can be investigated in interplanetary science and astronomy."
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The Blue Jays New Reality: Building Towers on Shaky Ground
Saturday, November 23rd, 2012
Alex Mednick (Baseball Writer and Analyst):
There has been a lot of talk thus far about how the Blue Jays are slotted to be ultra-competitive. And I don't want to be a "negative-Nancy", because this hype comes with good reason. I, as a Blue Jays fan, am beyond thrilled with the organization allowing Alex Anthopoulos to pull the trigger and make this kind of off-season happen…there is no doubt that this is what Blue Jays fans have been waiting for over the last 18 years. The Rogers family has shown that they aren't simply using the Rogers Centre as the world's largest billboard. They demonstrated that they are committed to take the financial risks necessary to make this team competitive. They said they would spend big $$$ when the "time came", and they kept their word. The time has definitely come when you have two guys hitting 40 home runs a season in the middle of your lineup. I applaud the Rogers' and the front office for saying something and sticking to it.
That being said, when I hear things like "we're not done yet", and, "the Blue Jays would like to add another front-line starter", it soothes me and calms my nerves. The truth is, and I don't want to seem greedy, but I am not content with where the team is now. If the past three seasons have shown us anything it is that over the course of 162-game season, injuries happen. Bottom-line: the roster you start with on opening day, will not be your roster throughout the season. Nobody has a rubber arm and muscles made of Teflon. Murphy's law is constantly looming over any clubhouse and just waiting to strike. Look at 2012, we lost our 2, 3, and 4 slotted pitchers in 3 consecutive days!
So, I am absolutely thrilled to have the talents of guys like Josh Johnson and Brandon Morrow as our 1-2 punch. These guys are lights out when they are on their game…and healthy. I mean, literally, we can have the two best pitchers in baseball when they are going on full octane, followed by the workhorse and time-proven winner in Mark Buehrle, and a Ricky Romero who only needs to rediscover his winning ways back in the 4-slot.
I mean, Johnson/Morrow could be like Verlander/Price. They both have that kind of "stuff". Electric arms with 2/3 ++ pitches for their battery mate to work with. The problem is, while they could look like Verlander or Price…I see another similarity: A.J. Burnett. We cannot deny that A.J. Burnett had electric stuff…Remember the 1-2 combo of Roy Halladay and Burnett? Absolutely vicious…when A.J. could take the mound.
Both Brandon Morrow and Josh Johnson have the same kind of swing and miss stuff that Burnett has. They both also have similar health records. Heck, last time we had John Gibbons managing our team we had Halladay, Burnett, Lilly. That is a pretty formidable rotation, when it's firing on all cylinders. In fact, it is comparable to Johnson, Morrow, Buehrle. They are both extremely talented rotation, but actually we can look at the fact that the first rotation has Halladay at his prime as the man who we could expect to throw 30+ games with his eyes closed. In the current rotation, we have an equal amount of talent, but our workhorse that we can rely on to not get hurt is our #3 guy, and exiting his prime (still a brilliant pitcher, but not his former perfect game throwing-self).
If Morrow and Johnson both stay healthy for the whole season and pitcher at least 25+ games a piece, we are golden. You can expect 13+ wins from each of them at the least. But if one, or the other, or both go down for any significant period of time, we are left with a rotation not all that different from last season.
Morrow, Buehrle, Romero, etc.
Johnson, Buehrle, Romero, etc.
Buehrle, Romero, etc………………
The scariest thing is that this isn't just a cautiously optimistic Blue Jays fans concerns being inflated. A scenario where one, or both of these guys miss a large portion of the 2013 season is a very plausible one. Look at their histories of injuries, surgeries and how many they have endured over such relatively short careers (they are both young players)!
There i a reason that Alex Anthopoulos is looking to add another front line starter. We know that you can never have too much pitching, and if everything works out ideally, having 5 #1's/#2's in a rotation is a beautiful blessing. We have lots of organizational depth to fill out the 5th slot if our 1-4 stay healthy (Happ, Drabek, Hutchinson, McGowan, Jenkins, Cecil, etc.) Those guys look okay as our #5 guy or making a spot start here and there when one of our Big 4 need a little rest. But we saw last year what happens when catastrophe strikes and all of a sudden they make of the meat of our rotation. We literally had the worst rotation in baseball!
Having 2 guys go down at once out of the rotation is a very real possibility and Alex Anthopoulos knows it. He also knows that not only is now the time for the Blue Jays to strike and go for the gold, but now is also the time that he either makes it as a GM or fails. I know one thing and that is bosses do not like to see employees blow their money. Alex Anthopoulos bosses just trusted him with a lot of money. Hundreds of millions of dollars, in fact.
Alex knows what the rotation will look like if one or both of Johnson/Morrow go down and does not want to have to explain to an unsympathetic fan base at the end of the season about the injuries being a "perfect storm". Adding another viable front-end start like Brandon McCarthy or Edwin Jackson really changes the look of the Blue Jays rotation more than just by the talent that either player individually brings to the table. It changes the entire landscape of the team's rotation and creates a truly deep and durable rotation. Instead of moving from an elite rotation to a lame rotation when one pitcher goes down, you remain a top rotation.
Even if both Morrow and Johnson went down you still have a solid 1-2-3 in:
Buehrle, Jackson/McCarthy, and Romero.
If only one of Johnson/Morrow goes down you have:
Johnson/Morrow, Buehrle, Jackson, Romero, etc.
Somehow, adding one proven pitcher into the rotation seems to add more value than actually adding just one pitcher. Team leader Jose Bautista was talking about how much more confident he feels as an athlete (even coming off a serious injury that ended his season) knowing that he has a revamped, new-look rotation and a line-up that added Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera batting in front of him. Adding a guy like Edwin Jackson or Brandon McCarthy ensure that the Blue Jays have at least 3 top starters in their rotation at any given time (and hopefully all remain healthy and they actually have all 5 going). This creates a different atmosphere in the clubhouse amongst the players. We have seen teams like the Yankees who simply "know" that they are good and "expect" to win.
As a position player who goes out there 162 times a year, you feel really confident when you have a Johnson, a Morrow, a Buehrle, a Jackson/McCarthy, or a Romero on the mound. Your bullpen really appreciates it too! It's a lot different from going to unproven guys and AAA/AAAA guys and hoping that they can carry the team for a little while by pitching over their heads or having the big break out they've been waiting for while being thrown into a high pressure situation. Teams that rely on surprise performances carrying them throughout a season tend to not play in October.
I don't want to be the greedy fan who just can't be happy with good being enough. I am absolutely ecstatic with the franchises' recent transactions and the direction they are going. It all happened so fast, however, that we are all in fantasyland. We literally made two moves in three days that completely changed our depth chart. We are on top of the world, with adrenaline pumping through our veins "knowing" that we are the best and cannot be touched. After 18 years of being somewhere in between mediocre and "almost" competitive, all of our wishes came true in about 72 hours. It's like Alex Anthopoulos read Pat Gillick's biography over the weekend or something.
Las Vegas has us tied with the New York Yankees as the top team most likely to win the 2013 World Series (we have 11-1 odds). There is a reason for this: we look great on paper. But the names you see on the roster never remain the same over the course of a year, and we have two top arms who have long track records of going down.
*** The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of mlbreports.com ***
Alex Mednick is a Baseball Writer and Analyst with MLB Reports. He has both played and followed the game extensively his entire life. Alex grew up in New Haven, Connecticut—right in the crossroads of Red Sox Nation and The Yankee Empire. Somehow, he dodged the bullet of joining the war between these two teams, and a love affair between the Toronto Blue Jays and Alex formed. Growing up in Connecticut, Alex Mednick idolized Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar. When he was 19 he moved to Saint Petersburg, Florida. Here he attended Eckerd College and continued fulfilling his love for baseball. Tropicana Field was 5 minutes from his apartment, and there were 5 spring training camps within an hour drive. Alex graduated from Eckerd in 2010 with a B.S. in International Business and dual minors in Spanish and Management. Most importantly, he met his amazing wife in college, and the two now reside in Stuart, Florida.
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I had an itch, an itch that could only be solved by buying Nars Flaming Dust lipstick – alas, I was far too wet and lazy to dash across to Selfridges so silly me, I went into Space NK.
I already moaned about their rubbish service, and they still are, rubbish.
Maybe it was because I splodged in with my big ugly round toed boots and padded coat with a missing button onto their lovely white floor, but I had money in my pocket.
Whilst three girlies discussed Primark leggings and Spanx (I am guessing the two work well together) I checked the bottom of nearly every Nars lipstick on the display to see if I could find flaming dust.
I attempted, like a fool to get someone's eye contact. It was dodged, like a silver bullet by all three planks. I was on a time limit! The boyf was waiting for me alas, I could idle aimlessly no longer so I left, with their inane chattering ringing in my ears.
I don't know why the girls in Space NK think everything is their job BUT serving customers. It's like the Sales Assistant who just has to push in front of you to clean/rearrange a display/put new products out and you just have to move out of the way like a dejected puppy. It doesn't matter how nice your display/racks/rails are if your customers don't buy it!
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BRASILIA, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home.
The outage came two weeks after a massive blackout left more than 60 million people in the dark and raised questions about the nation's ability to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Light SA, which supplies electricity to the city of 6 million, said only 12,000 clients were affected starting before dawn in the tony Rio district of Leblon.
But lights were also out in Copacabana, Ipanema and Lagoa; all told, the four neighborhoods have more than 250,000 residents and are key tourist destinations.
The power company said the outage began when it cut off power to fix a problem with an underground cable.
Tourists and shop workers sweated out the outage on the streets and on the beach as temperatures hit 95 degrees Fahrenheit during the South American summer.
Concerns about Olympics
Sergio Perreira, owner of a beauty products shop near Ipanema beach, said he sent 25 employees home after losing nearly $15,000 in sales, plus electrical damage to his air conditioning units from power surges.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Perreira, 40. "If this keeps happening, how can this city host big events? You can't leave Ipanema without electricity."
The earlier blackout, on Nov. 10, was caused by short circuits in a power substation that prompted the shutdown of three key transmission lines from the planet's second-largest hydroelectric dam, officials said last week.
Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts, though experts have said the creation of such a safe energy haven would require large investments.
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John Kapon Releases THE COMPENDIUM: TASTING THE WORLD'S FINEST WINES - VOLUME I
The exclusive world of fine and rare wine has a definitive new collection - The Compendium: Tasting the World's Finest Wines - Volume I by John Kapon, CEO of Acker Merrall & Condit, the world's largest fine and rare wine auction house and America's oldest wine merchant.
Over the past decade, renowned wine expert John Kapon has tasted the world's finest wines in the company of the greatest wine collectors and legendary producers. He has annotated each of these unforgettable moments, all in the world's most compelling cities and settings, through endless notes scribbled across yellow legal pads.
Featuring hundreds of tasting notes beautifully illustrated with dozens of photos of the world's greatest estates and vineyards, The Compendium provides an insider's glimpse into the exclusive world of fine wine. From an unprecedented Château Margauxdinner held on The Great Wall of China to an over-the-top New Year's Eve with the world's renowned champagne expert Richard Julian, "JK" takes us on an unforgettable journey into wine's greatest moments, described in a manner that only John Kapon could or would write.
The Compendium is not only a collection of his vibrant yellow-pad notes on iconic wines and one-of-a-kind experiences, but also a subtle perspective on the classic American success story. Kapon built his family business on Manhattan's Upper West Side into the world's largest rare and fine wine auction house, a global enterprise fueled by his passion for the greatest wines ever made. That fervor is captured in the pages of The Compendium.
"This is a book about love, really. My passion for sharing great wine with great people is the driver behind everything that I do," said John Kapon. "I have been creating and conducting great wine events as long as I have been able to drink, and I consider myself blessed in my experiences - I only wish I could share every experience that I have ever had. I know I will be truly successful when I am able to share every note about every wine that I taste. This book is my first attempt to formally share some of these truly amazing moments, as well as hopefully provide collectors a look into how the mature wines of the world are changing and developing. To me, there is nothing better than aged wine."
To learn more about The Compendium: Tasting the World's Finest Wines - Volume I ($75, Fine Wine Editions) or to purchase a copy, visit finewinebook.com.
John Kapon is CEO of Acker Merrall & Condit. Since joining the Company in 1994, Mr. Kapon, the third generation of his family to lead Acker, has brought a uniquely personal approach to an industry often viewed as conservative and cold. In the ensuing years, under his direction, Acker has provided a newly personable and pleasurable experience of wine, gaining the trust and confidence of a loyal, ever-growing global community of fine and rare wine collectors, many among the most prominent in the world.
Founded in 1820, Acker Merrall & Condit is America's oldest fine wine merchant and the world's largest wine auction house. With affiliates in New York, Chicago and Hong Kong, the companies hold more than fifteen auctions a year, including Internet auctions. They are devoted to helping their customers buy and sell the best wines, and also to sharing with them the experience of enjoying wine. In recent years, the company has greatly expanded its services to education, tastings and the formation of wine clubs. Starting out as a family business, three generations of the Kapon family have been dedicated to bringing the best from the vine to their customers.


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On behalf of the Carroll County Relay For Life Committee (and especially for the many people and families that are battling cancer) I would like to thank everyone who made the "Fall Fun Festival" at the Armory on Oct. 31 a huge success. All of the volunteers worked really hard before, during and after the event ... creating a fun, family friendly evening for the entire community.
So, now Halloween is over and the clocks have been moved back an hour. Let the holiday season begin! It's hard to believe that I've been editor – officially – at the Banner since mid-summer. (Unofficially, I've been here since the beginning of April). So, already it's been for the better part of a year. There are a few things that have been pe
Editor: We would like to invite you to our annual Fall Festival at Bedford Elementary School from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. We will be serving fish dinners at 11 a.m. Each includes a fish sandwich, chips, cole slaw, baked beans, a drink and a dessert. We also will have games starting at 3 p.m. and a raffle, and will end the evening w
Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, and The Trimble Banner and The News-Democrat are publishing another "sample" issue, similar to the 62-page monster published July 29. Because of the timing, we decided to use the issue to pay tribute to the military veterans from both counties. To bolster the stories we are planning for this is
Editor: When does justice prevail? First, accusations are made. Knowing you have nothing to hide, you voluntary cooperate with the detective. The detective uses all kinds of scare tactics, lies, etc., to the point he or she has you scared to death. Then he places you under arrest. They take you to jail and fingerprint you, take your mug shot a
At this time I would like to thank everyone who made this fund raising event possible and a huge success. Without all the bikes and their riders and all the individuals and businesses who donated door prizes and their time, this couldn't have happened. We are delighted with the attendance of all who showed up.
There are so many people and businesses to thank we are not going to do that right now for fear we will leave someone out. We plan to distribute certificates, like last year, to anyone who donated or helped.
Crews of volunteers set out Saturday morning to make repairs to homes of local folks who find themselves "in tough spots" as part of the fourth annual Project Comfort.
Some jobs were as simple as putting plastic over windows to weatherize homes and fend off cold air, while others were more complex, requiring talents such as plumbing, electrical and construction.
Editor: Trimble County Emergency Search Unit held its fall training at Avalon nature reserve on Saturday, Oct 17, with 17 members attending. During the event, members practiced the Wilderness First Aid and had a mock nighttime search. Instant command was set up, with two teams going out and looking for two lost subjects. One subject could
Editor: The Milton Elementary School PTO would like to thank all the businesses and individuals who donated to our annual fish fry. Your kind generosity has once again made this year's event a huge success. We also would like to thank all the dedicated, hard-working volunteers who came out and spent part of their day on Oct. 17 helpi
Please let everyone know that on Thursday night, Oct. 29, St. John's youth group will be going door to door from 6-8 p.m. for the second annual Trick-or-Treat for canned goods.
All donations of non-perishable food items are appreciated and will go to replenish the community food pantry.
Dear Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the beautiful young ladies that represented Carroll County last weekend in the state pageants that were held at The Crown Plaza hotel in Louisville.
Representing our Pre-Teen Division for the State Competition was Kacie Dermon. Kacie placed in the top 17 category out of an astounding 72 girls. Kacie is the 11-year-old daughter of Todd and Tina Dermon, residing in Carrollton.
I love Carrollton, and for the last decade I've known many great people that work in, and for, this community.
I know them because my work has brought me into this town so much of these years and I've spent literally thousands of hours experiencing this place called "Carrollton." I know these people and have seen what they do.
I just want to say thanks to all the people who organized the English School Reunion. We all had a good time. I met people I hadn't seen in 50 or 60 years. It was great to meet and talk about the old times.
I am sorry for the ones who knew about the reunion but did not show up. They missed a great time.
It was well worth the drive from South Carolina to attend. Again I say many thanks to all who helped organize this reunion.
Nick Parker
West Columbia, S.C.
The Carrollton Lions Club members would like to thank the following businesses and individuals who donated funds to help pay for the initial expenses that allowed the 5K Run\Walk to become a successful reality: Dow Corning, North American Stainless, McNeal's Hardware, First National Bank, Earl Floyd, Deanie Miller, Kevin Craig, Diane and Frank Gordon, Tammy McBurney, Mark Bates, Floyd Bowling and Nancy Jo Grobmyer.
I am responding to the letter to the editor in the Oct. 14 issue of The News-Democrat from Sherry Ashcraft. Ms. Ashcraft complained about Carroll County and how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I put forth a different view point of the citizens that live in this county.
The 14th annual Owen and Carroll County Charity Golf Scramble to benefit the Kentucky Sheriffs' Boys and Girls Ranch, was held Monday, Aug. 31, with Owen County Sheriff Zemer Hammond and Carroll County Sheriff Ben Smith hosting the event.
The Carroll County Tobacco Festival Committee would like to thank the entire community for helping make the 2009 festival a success. A special thanks goes to the Carroll County Fiscal Court, the City of Carrollton and City Council, Carrollton Utilities, the Carroll County Sheriffs Office, the Carrollton Police Department and Arctic Cat/Paul's Tire.
A lot of work went into building the floats and other entries in the parade. This parade is enjoyed by a huge number of people as you see along the parade route.
On Sept. 17, the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and Carroll County Community Development Corp. partnered in hosting its second annual Business Celebration Day.
The event was free to the public and showcased about 40 chamber members. Food was served, inflatables were available for children, and a fashion show was hosted by both Carrollton Wal-Mart and VF Outlet. The theme this year was a Think Local, Buy Local Campaign, and all members received a Buy Local Window Cling to display in their businesses.
Editor: The band room at Trimble County High School is a shambles. No matter how much the band director or the band members try to clean it, it still is in bad need of repair. The tile and carpet have been down for too many years to even mention. The walls are in need of repainting. Band members even state that there are ants in the c
This letter is to sound off about this little town called Carrollton. I have only been here a short time, but Carrollton has already taught me that if you don't have a title, high status, or lots of money, then you are a nobody.
No one around here has any respect for their neighbors. It just seems like you can do whatever you want to terrorize your fellow man.
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Passion Growing | Life with the Xpro-1
It is kind of hard to make blog posts about photos that are from all different points in my life and from different events. Most of the time the photos all revolve around one event that has some consistency to them. The problem that I have ran into is that I am shooting a LOT with my X-Pro1 and not all the photos are from the same time.
I should say that this is a good thing... no, make that a great thing! Before I started shooting with the x-series (x100 & X-Pro1) cameras, all my photos were taken with either my iPhone or my Nikons. I love shooting with them, but the Nikon always meant I was "working" when I lifted it to my eye and the iPhone could be a bit of a bugger to work with in some situations. The x-series cameras have filled a void that I didn't know needed filling. They have brought back passion and fun to shooting photos again for me, and more specifically allow me to capture daily life without feeling like I am "Working."
Sometimes simply picking up a camera is a chore and takes away from the thrill of capturing the mood or moment that you want. They can be big, clunky, and just more then was worth dealing with. Now, between my iPhone and x-series cams I don't feel like that much any more. That leads back to all the random images I am getting. My X-Pro1 has been at the ready since I got it, which has lead to the random snaps. While the cohesion is not in the images themselves, there is cohesion in the gear that I am using to capture my daily life and in my growing passion for my new gear.


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INDIAN LAND – Indian Land, in impressive fashion, added to its recent Warriors' hoops history Friday night.Two days after posting the first win in the Lancaster County Class A school's new gym, IL notched its first hardwood sweep taking two from Class AA county rival Buford.The Lady Warriors registered their first win in the new facility with a 50-34 win over the Lady Jackets in the varsity opener.The IL boys, who defeated Nation Ford of Fort Mill 50-45 for the school's first win in the new gym on Wednesday, completed the hoops broom job in a 75-52 win over the Jacke
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Three Days in Orem
|Orem Owlz manager Tom Kotchman won his 1,500th career game Friday night at Ogden.
There's a scene in Miracle, the Disney movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympics hockey team, where coach Herb Brooks has his team skating back and forth on the rink for hours after a lackluster performance.
I see a lot of Herb Brooks in Tom Kotchman, which isn't surprising considering Kotch began his managing career in 1979. A few months after Brooks' miracle, Kotchman was named the Manager of the Year in the Rookie-A Appalachian League as he took the Bristol Tigers to a 36-33 record.
Kotch took a page out of Brooks' coaching manual last night, keeping his players at the ballpark hours after they dropped a twinbill and three-game series to their division rivals, the Casper Ghosts.
As detailed by Jason Franchuk's article in today's Provo Daily Herald:
The Owlz last won Friday night. It was Kotchman's 1,500th victory at the minor-league level.
A manager doesn't reach that ultra-rare milestone without knowing how to push a few buttons. Many of Kotchman's former players regard him as a master, still remembering the tactics (some more crude than others) he used to get the most out of them.
It's this group's turn to see, hear and feel them. The season unofficially started late last night, after the season's 14th game. Kotchman walked his players through various fielding and baserunning drills.
It was 9:30 p.m. as the team on a rare losing streak in Utah County on Kotchman's watch took the field again.
This might have been the toughest opponent yet for the young, mostly new professional ballplayers: a manager who had every whim to extend the already long day far beyond 14 innings.
Kotchman wasn't in a hurry to go back to his hotel room — just to get this season on track, and re-focus a lot of players after a hot start to the season has been tempered.
My hotel room at the Hampton Inn was across the street from the ballpark. I peeked out the window around 10 PM and saw they were still at it.
I joined the team Friday night for their road game at Ogden, about 75 miles up the I-15 from Orem. The Owlz won 5-3 in 10 innings, 10-1 in their first 11 games to give Kotch his 1,500th win, but I kinda had a feeling that the Herb Brooks "moment" wasn't far off. There was a certain sloppiness to their game, some players seemed to lack focus or not take their new profession all that seriously, perhaps still acting like they were in high school or college instead of having to produce to earn a living in professional baseball.
Another problem on Sunday was that the pitching staff was gassed. After 10 innings on Friday and 13 innings on Saturday, they faced another 14 innings on Sunday. (Minor league doubleheader games are seven innings each.) Kotchman had to carefully manage the pitch count for his staff in both games, essentially running the pen, leaving struggling pitchers out on the mound even though they were getting pounded.
Things were bad enough Saturday night that catcher Ivan Villaescusa was used in the 13th in mopup relief after the game was lost. Things were worse when Ivan had to pitch again to mop up Game #1 of Sunday's doubleheader.
Kotch hoped to nurse lefty starter Buddy Boshers through Game #2 as far as he could. Boshers pitched an inning on Thursday at Ogden. He pitched into the third and was replaced by Chris Scholl after giving up a run, but the Owlz led 4-1 after three.
It all fell apart in the top of the 4th.
The Ghosts scored a run but it was still 4-2 with two outs and runners on first and second. Scholl induced a ground ball by Andy Goff to shortstop Darwin Perez, but Darwin tried to showboat the ball and it bounced off his glove for an error, loading the bases. Kane Simmons then doubled, clearing the bases, giving Casper a 5-4 lead. Kotchman was forced to replace Scholl with Jayson Miller.
Perez was yanked from the game after the inning.
Casper posted two more runs in the 7th off reliever Reyes Dorado, and the Ghosts won 7-4.
The Ghosts have a bit of arrogance about them. Shortstop Carlos Martinez spiked the ball after catching a pop fly to end Saturday night's marathon, a gesture that did not go unnoticed in the Orem dugout. I have a feeling these two teams will duel for the division championship come September, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a brawl sooner or later.
I recorded an interview with Kotch the afternoon after winning his 1,500th game. Click Here to listen to the interview, Windows Media Player required. We also talked about Kotch's first year in the Angels system, the 1984 Redwood Pioneers that were 53-17 in the second half in the California League that year, which I believe is still a league record. Tom gave me a print of the team photo, which I'll scan and post here when I get the chance.
As always, we talked prospects.
Kotchman scouted and signed Ryan Chaffee, the Angels' third round pick who's currently at Tempe rehabbing a foot injury. Kotchman described Chaffee as "a combination of El Duque (Orlando Hernandez), Mark Fydrich, and John Lackey." (The thought of John Lackey with The Bird's personality boggles the mind …) I can't wait to see him pitch.
Based on what I saw, the top prospects on the current roster would be third baseman Luis Jimenez, left fielder Roberto Lopez and right fielder Angel Castillo. As with many young Latin players, plate discipline is a problem for Jimenez and Castillo but they do exhibit potential power. Lopez, a college senior from USC, is 22 (turning 23 in October) so my first instinct was to think he's old for this league, but you can't knock his start — an AVG/OBP/SLG of .491/.540/.702 in 13 games. An alumnus of Rancho Bernardo High School (and baseball factory) in San Diego, he was selected in the 25th round of the June draft. If he keeps up this pace, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Angels move him up to Cedar Rapids or even Rancho Cucamonga before season's end.
Will Smith is the highest-round pitcher on the staff, but I didn't see him pitch and I really didn't see enough of the others to form an opinion.
As for the Owlz operation, I have to say it looks like they've finally established themselves in "Happy Valley." They've had a tough go of it, because the Utah Valley region had no real tradition of professional baseball. Since Provo-Orem is Mormon Central (BYU is six miles down the road), historically they've never drawn on Sundays.
Saturday night, they drew 3,700 and I'd guess they had 1,500 for Sunday, which is an astonishing number for them. They decided to turn Sunday into Dollar Days — one dollar to enter, one dollar for hot dogs, etc.
The on-field entertainment was solid and constant, the fans never lacking for something to keep them active between innings. The office staff constantly worked the concourse, greeting fans and seeking opinions about their product.
I also noticed more Angels caps and shirts than ever before. I went to a Mimi's Cafe in Orem for breakfast on Sunday wearing an Angels T-shirt. As I walked in, a gentleman said to me, "Go Angels!" Wow, I'd never heard that before in the eight years I've been coming here.
The Owlz Booster Club was omnipresent and the host parent program is strong. A special thanks to outgoing president Brenda Ridley, who doubles as a host mom, for all her hospitality and support while I was there. Brenda works at the aforementioned Hampton Inn and arranged for the room overlooking the ballpark. As she pointed out, I could look out the window at any time to see what was going on. It turned out to be a veteran move by Brenda as I was able to watch Kotch administer a Herb Brooks moment into the wee hours of Sunday night …


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MIAMI, Fl. — A Miami teenager has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after flipping off a judge during her court hearing.
Penelope Soto, 18, was in court for a bail hearing on a drug possession charge.
Soto repeatedly laughed at the judge during the hearing, clearing irritating him.
He was initially going to hold her on $5,000 bail, but then raised it to $10,000.
Soto then flipped him off and blurted an expletive as she walked away.
In return, the judge then ordered her held in contempt of court and sentenced her to 30 days in jail.


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