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Bouleuterion, the church in the council hall's forecourt and the portico to east
The Upper Agora was the political core of Sagalassos. In the 1st century BC a council house or Bouleuterion was erected on a terrace to the west of the agora and had a forecourt to the north that could be reached from the agora. Little is known about the original layout of the portico in front of the Bouleuterion terrace wall. An Augustan date for its erection was suggested, since the 4 honorific columns, positioned on all four corners of the Agora, were placed after the renewal of the pavings in the first decades of the first century AD (except the probably early 6th century repaired western section of the square, resulting from the completely new monumental layout around the Bouleuterion Basilica, which has respected the original orientation) and the fact that the postament of the north-westernmost of these columns runs parallel with the orientation of the steps of the western portico. The oldest material evidence however, is the ceramics retrieved in the foundation trenches of an almost completely dismantled wall, cut out in the bedrock and dated between the 1st to 3rd century AD.
The Bouleuterion it self was a rectangular ashlar structure with three wings of seats running parallel to the W-, S-, and E-wall of the building. On the north, the structure was preceded by a courtyard. On this side, its facade has five door openings. The seats are interrupted by two staircases of 16 steps. In the lowest row, the seats at either side of the staircases are decorated with lion pawns, some of them only roughed out and smoothened. During the first three centuries of the Roman Imperial period, the building undoubtedly retained its function. Eight blocks, found in a secondary position originally formed four pedestals which had been placed inside the council chamber between the central entrances. They once carried bronze statues representing, from left to right, personifications of the "popular assembly", of the city itself and of the council of Sagalassos. They date to the later 2nd or the early 3rd century AD.
Building activity ceased and by the late 4th – early 5th century the late Hellenistic council house had clearly lost its function and was exposed to the elements. As a result, the external face of its façade was dismantled and the material was reused as building material in the new structures. As such parts of the decoration of the former Bouleuterion (the weaponry friezes and the bust of Ares and Athena) were used as spolia in the Late Roman city fortification wall and city gate. In the 5th century AD the former Bouleuterion became the forecourt of a church, which was constructed in the former courtyard of the council house and was furnished with a polychrome mosaic floor and al fresco plastered walls. Inside the church seems to have been divided into three naves by means of square pillars made of tuffa blocks alternating with brick bands and covered with painted plaster. Lots of fragments belonging to an ambon, some of them incised limestone slabs, some of them worked open floral and faunal motifs, were found in the western extremity of the church.
In late Roman times, the space between the northern Bouleuterion wall and the western wing of seats was closed off from the rest of the council hall by a wall of spolia. Henceforth, this room was only accessible through the westernmost door connecting it with the christian church built inside the old Bouleuterion's courtyard. Inside this room, a cross-shaped marble faced font was found, built against the new wall. Inside the font contains two steps in the west and east arm of the cross, while the southern arm has a drain cut into the floor. The marble facing of the font consists of reused marble slabs, mostly of Pavonazetto.. Inside the font, there are two crosses, one on the floor in red and green opus sectile, the other incised on the eastern step. Both crosses are inscribed with the intersecting words FWC (light) and ZWH (life).
The construction of the church on the terrace to the west of the Upper Agora brought about a complete reorganisation of this side of the Upper Agora including the agora's pavement on that side. This reorganisation was not necessarily one event, but was probably the gradual materialisation of the new Christian faith. During the 5th century AD, the adjoining western portico (dating to the end of the 2nd century AD) was rebuilt, whereby two vaulted spaces supported the apsis of the church, erected in the courtyard of the former council hall.
The whole area of the original portico was thus subdivided into several units acting as shops or workshops (including two smithies in the two northern rooms). Whereas during this period the remains of the council hall, which had lost its roof, was transformed, since the early 5th century AD, into an open atrium accessible from the south, at some point in the early 6th century, possibly as a result of a presumed earthquake around 500 AD, the whole area of the west portico was transformed again. Henceforth, a monumental stairway established more or less in the middle of the atrium's south side, gave direct access to the latter, dividing the portico into a northern and a southern half. The southern part was occupied by a multi-room housing unit; according to the enormous amount (hundreds) of small coins in its room facing the agora, perhaps either a shop or even the house of a money lender or exchanger. Even a tax collector for the many temporary shops/stalls, which henceforth replaced the honorific monuments on the square, is not excluded as owner/tenant of the house. The walls separating the former workshops in the northern unit were torn down, thus forming one long open area again, of which the back wall was covered with marble veneer, whereas recycled Doric columns on recycled pedestals formed the front. This 6th century AD 'portico' thus formed the back side of an open air water basin, whose parapets included many reused parts of honorific monuments previously adorning the Upper Agora. The marble wall veneer inside the portico had to reflect the water in the basin, so that the whole layout still formed a 'monumental' Early Byzantine fountain.
The construction of the basin, however, required the installation of a new water supply and drainage system in the northern part of the portico. In the later 6th – early 7th centuries AD, the area around the Bouleuterion complex seems to have been largely abandoned. The last registered activity in the portico building is the construction of two support walls composed of piled up spolia in a dry arrangement, filling the back sides of the vaulted rooms supporting the church's apsis. After these vaults had cracked and the portico behind the water basin had partially collapsed during the massive earthquake, which now is dated by AMS C14 around 540-620 AD, most likely ca. 590 AD. These thick walls were built in an attempt to save the eastern end of the church, supported by the vaulted back room of the water basin portico, which at the time of the catastrophe was undergoing a renovation. The renovation of the basilica, however, was never completed before the structure was abandoned: the doors of the baptistery were blocked, the floor of the southeast chapel was removed but not replaced yet, and columns, brought in for reuse to form a 'ciborium' above the atrium, were lined up against its northern
all. The large amount of window panes in the debris layers were concentrated around the two rows of piers forming arcades subdividing the church into three naves. This suggests that despite the fact that the church was no longer in use at the time of the seismic event, the windows in the higher central nave of the church, supported by the ashlar piers, still had (at least part of) their window glass in place.
Before the whole area around the Upper Agora became gradually abandoned in the course of the late 6th – early 7th century, buildings (or rooms) were partially closed off and used as waste disposal units.


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Steve Davies
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Obituary – Steve Davies
Steve Davies, the chairman of the Conservation Society of Monavale Trust (COSMO) since its inception in 2005, passed away on 1 November 2013. His passing is a great loss, not only to his family, his companion, friends and the Monavale community, but also to wetland conservation in Harare and indeed Zimbabwe. Steve's decades of experience working in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and his career representing the country as a commercial attaché to other African countries, and more recently in the private sector, was of great benefit to the wetland cause as he was aware of the inner workings of government and its channels of communication, understood the law and at all times demanded good governance.
The conservation of Monavale Vlei (wetland) began four years prior to Steve's involvement. He came on board in May 2005, upon his retirement, when the famous all-stakeholders City of Harare Town House Meeting 'Saving the Wetlands' selected Monavale Vlei for preservation, rehabilitation, research and education at a time when many of Harare's wetlands were being threatened by informal agriculture, housing development, alien invasive plants, commercial water abstraction, pollution and fire. Water source degradation was a new concern and Harare's wetlands were at last being seen as the primary source of the city's water. Harare is situated within the Upper Manyame catchment basin headwaters and wetlands, and the only water available to the city comes from these wetlands. Their wise use is to restore and maintain them for the benefits they provide to people and nature, so that they are able to feed good quality water into the streams and rivers flowing into the supply reservoir downstream.
Steve became very involved in the restoration work at Monavale Vlei, which has now become a model for managing the conservation of other wetlands in Harare. This work was in large part achieved through his support in engaging all stakeholders, including government authorities, NGOs and educational institutions. Small Grants Funding from UNDP's Global Environment Facility (GEF) was awarded to COSMO to restore biodiversity, create wetland awareness and livelihood options based on an indigenous tree nursery, and write the Monavale Local Environmental Plan with the City of Harare Planning Department.
|Tsitsi Wutawunashe (GEFSGP N.C) extreme left followed by Steve Davis ( COSMO Director) Anada Tiega (RAMSAR Secretary General), Dorothy Wakeling ( COSMO Director), Jimmy Muropa (Monavale Vlei Scout) and kids from Monavale Kids Club on arrival at Monavale Vlei.
Steve's administrative, communications and networking skills were outstanding and well appreciated. He challenged the recent controversial re-gazetting of the Declaration of the Protection of Harare's Wetlands. This exercise is ongoing through the Wetlands Survival Forum. Steve was very pleased with the accession of Zimbabwe to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the according of Ramsar Site status to Monavale Vlei.
The formation of the Wetlands Survival Forum Trust to broaden the platform of those concerned about wetlands and water is great testimony to Steve's tireless work. The success of COSMO's efforts shows how concerned local residents can positively influence wetland ecosystem management and conservation.
In October 2012 Paul Ouedraogo of the Ramsar Secretariat and Denis Landenbergue of WWF met Steve Davies and Dorothy Wakeling for the first time in Harare during a joint mission to assist Zimbabwe's accession to the Convention. They quickly became friends, with Steve always ready to try his hand at the French language for the conservation of wetlands, and Dorothy curious and persuasive on wetland management and the struggle against wetland degradation.
It was a pleasure for the Secretariat to support these defenders of conservation and sustainable development. Their commitment and work over several decades led Ramsar Secretary General Anada Tiega to visit Monavale Vlei during the 2013 World Wetlands Day event organized by the Government of Zimbabwe.
With the death of Steve we lose a pioneer and a true champion of the wise use of wetlands. We hope to continue our good friend's work and commitment.
Dorothy Wakeling, Monavale Vlei Programme Manager, COSMO (www.monavalevlei.com)
Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Advisor for Africa, the Ramsar Convention
|Monavale wetland during the rainy season.
Photos courtesy of COSMO

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New & Noteworthy Books
New & Forthcoming Books from
Independent &
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See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on December 9, 2011
The Cyclist Conspiracy
Fiction by Svetislav Basara
Translated from the Serbian by Randall A. Major
Open Letter, March 2012
Paperback: 280pp; $15.95
The Cyclist Conspiracy tells the tale of a secret Brotherhood who meet in dreams, gain esoteric knowledge from contemplation of the bicycle, and seek to move in and out of history, manipulating events. Told through a series of "historical documents"—memoirs, illustrations, letters, philosophical treatises, blue prints, and maps—the novel details the story of these interventions and the historical moments where the Brotherhood has made their influence felt, from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand to a lost story of Sherlock Holmes.
Cross-Genre by Dana Teen Lomax
Black Radish Books, November 2011
Paperback: 81pp; $15.00
Disclosure is a book comprised entirely of documents from poet Dana Teen Lomax's life—from the mundane (parking tickets, receipts) to the personal (doctor's diagnoses, W2 forms, Google image results for the author). In today's world of social networking and constant connectedness, Lomax broaches questions of identity, relationship, and transparency.
Drive-By Vigils
Poetry by R. Zamora Linmark
Hanging Loose Press, January 2012
Paperback: 80pp; $18.00
R. Zamora Linmark has written two poetry collections, Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh, and two novels, the best-selling Rolling The R's, which he's adapted for the stage, and the just-published Leche.
He Took a Cab
Poetry by Mather Schneider
NYQ Books, September 2011
Paperback: 116pp; $14.95
Mather Schneider's second full-length collection of poems takes the reader on an unforgettable ride of a lifetime. With each poem, Schneider propels the reader into a mindset of having just hailed a cab in a David Lynch movie.
June Fourth Elegies
Poetry by Liu Xiaobo
Translated from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang
Graywolf Press, April 2012
Hardcover: 292pp; $26.00
When Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, his chair at the ceremony was empty, as he was jailed in 2009 in China and is currently serving an eleven-year sentence. This, his first book of poetry, is a tribute to the Tiananmen Square protests of June 4, 1989.
The Louisiana Purchase
Poetry by Jim Goar
Rose Metal Press, November 2011
Paperback: 96pp; $15.95
The linked poems in The Louisiana Purchase carry the reader past Ozzie Smith and Thomas Jefferson into a world where the moon is an outlaw, a weeping elephant flees from the authorities, the Pinkertons upset the sky, effigies of Phil Niekro are burned, and a society made of words collapses.
Nod House
Poetry by Nathaniel Mackey
New Directions Books, November 2011
Paperback: 148pp; $15.95
The fifth collection of poetry from Nathaniel Mackey, winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Poetry for Splay Anthem.
Oz at Night
Poetry by Amanda J. Bradley
NYQ Books, October 2011
Paperback: 80pp; $14.95
Amanda J. Bradley is also the author of Hints and Allegations (2009), also from NYQ Books. She has published poetry in many journals, including The Best American Poetry Blog, Paddlefish, Lips, Rattle, The New York Quarterly, Poetry Bay, and Barefoot Muse. A recent graduate of the MFA program at The New School, she holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.
Small Hours
Poetry by Yu Yan Chen
NYQ Books, October 2011
Paperback: 84pp; $14.95
Yu Yan Chen's debut collection takes us on a wandering across continents. Whether it is a courtyard in rural China, a ferry in Istanbul, or Times Square in New York, each poem is imbued with refreshing insights about family, home, identity and the quest for inner strength. Born in a fishing village in China, the author grew up in New York City and now lives in Brooklyn. She is an interpreter and literary translator, and her poems have been published in the US, UK and China.
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
December 9, 2011
It's Always Been a War, American Creative Writers on Class, Ed. Shelly Reed, Big Wonderful Press
Children's/YA Fiction
Beasts of New York: A Children's Book for Grownups, Jon Evans, Porcupine's Quill
Children's/YA Nonfiction
Shannen and the Dream for a School, Janet Wilson, Second Story Press
Against the Workshop: Provocations, Polemics, Controversies, Anis Shivani, Texas Review Press
Disclosure, Dana Teen Lomax, Black Radish Books
Aftermath, Scott Nadelson, Hawthorne Books
Boarded Windows, Dylan Hicks, Coffee House Press
The Colors of Infamy, Albert Cossery, New Directions Books
The Cyclist Conspiracy, Svetislav Basara, Open Letter
Domestic Apparition, Meg Tuite, San Francisco Bay Press Pub
Girl with Oars & Man Dying, J.A. Tyler, Aqueous Books
The Iguana Tree, Michel Stone, Hub City Press
The Last Warner Woman, Kei Miller, Coffee House Press
Lost Story, Brane Mozetič, Talisman House, Pub
Nothing Can Make Me Do This, David Huddle, Tupelo Press
Partners in Crime, Rolando Hinojosa, Arte Publico Press
Time Between Trains, Anthony Bukoski, Holy Cow! Press
Windeye, Brian Evenson, Coffee House Press
Half in Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate, Judith Kitchen, Coffee House Press
The Love Lives of the Artists, Daniel Bullen, Counterpoint Press
My Dear Girl: The Art of Florence Hosmer, Helen Marie Casey, Black Lawrence Press
My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself, Kelly Kathleen Ferguson, Press 53
At Element, Leonard Schwartz, Talisman House, Pub
Check Points, Michael Casey, Adastra Press
Dissolves, Joseph Donahue, Talisman House, Pub
Doppelganger, Brian Henry, Talisman House, Pub
Drive-By Vigils, R. Zamora Linmark, Hanging Loose Press
Emblem, Richard Hoffman, Barrow Street Press
The Green Cottage, Michelle Gillett, Ledge Press
He Took a Cab, Mather Schneider, NYQ Books
I Want to Make You Safe, Amy King, Litmus Press
Into the Rumored Spring, Joannie Stangeland, Ravenna Press
June Fourth Elegies, Liu Xiaobo, Graywolf Press
Killing the Murnion Dogs, Joe Wilkins, Black Lawrence Press
Ladies & Gentlemen, Michael Robins, Saturnalia Books
Louisiana Purchase, Jim Goar, Rose Metal Press
Muck Fire, Rachel Peckham, Spring Garden Press
Nod House, Nathaniel Mackey, New Directions Books
O Bon, Brandon Shimoda, Litmus Press
Oz at Night, Amanda J. Bradley, NYQ Books
Secret Wounds, Richard M. Berlin, BkMk Press
Small Hours, Yu Yan Chen, NYQ Books
The Smoke of Distant Fires, Eduardo Chirinos, Open Letter
Surpassing Pleasure, John Slater, Porcupine's Quill
Traffic with Macbeth, Larissa Szporluk, Tupelo Press
Xing, Debora Kuan, Saturnalia Books


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Floral Art - Booth #19
Design Showcase 2012
Design: Floral Lace Chair
Materials: Acrylic and Crochet Lace
Pitch: "The Floral Lace Chair is a combination of function and fashion, featuring a sleek acrylic frame encasing delicate crochet lace within the back and sides. The seat is upholstered in silk. The inspiration for this piece came out of the desire to make a chair that was as beautiful as a dress and as irresistible to women as a pair of shoes!"
"This chair is part of the JEM collection, which features other delicate fabric variations, including white, ivory, or black lace, and black, silver, or gold sequins. I have had my business in floral and event design for almost 20 years, and in the last five, have developed a passion for designing home furnishings and accessories. I love what I do and am consistently creating new pieces that are simple and sophisticated, with an unexpected element of surprise. While my collections are small to date, I have designs and prototypes ready to go for all areas of the home, including tabletop, bedding, and bath."
Designer: Jennifer McGarigle
Link: Floral Art LA
Location: Los Angeles, California
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• About Design Showcase 2012: Every September we celebrate the best new creations for the home. We're hosting a select number of independent designers, makers and creatives from around the world, giving them some precious real estate and watching them pitch their wares. Our panel of judges and editors along with our general body of readers will select a few exemplary exhibitors for special mention.
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Not for me. Too "girly-girl" and looks uncomfortable. Interesting concept, though -- I might like a variation that doesn't incorporate the lace.
I like it! But it looks too uncomfortable.
I love it. I'll take six, please.
What a great concept! It makes me wonder, what other objects, patterns or materials could you encase in acrylic? Think of how 3form did it!
Looks cool, but I can't imagine it would be very comfortable.
I'm sure this chair does appeal to the kind of women who find shoes irresistible. They are marine level experts at putting style over comfort.
Still, very pretty, almost bridal.
Ummm... Hollywood Regency meets Mid Century with a feminine twist!! I put 2 infront of my bed to make my entire room pop! Love em!
Wow all of her things are so expensive... but she has a large store so obviously she's doing well.. good for her
they are a good idea and pretty. would love it done another way, though.
but yikes! not at that price.
These chairs are incredible!
You have to look at it like buying a piece of art. They are not the cheap but there is value in special products like this. The chairs are timless and would last forever.


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ATOI for Oiler Rookies Under MacT
This is Michel Riesen. He represents 'chapter one' for Craig MacTavish in terms of rookies who broke into the NHL under his regime.
In a post below, speeds said "They need a 'Paul Stastny'" in response to my saying that Slava Trukhno might be the next Patrick Thoresen (defined as a guy who comes to camp and shows enough to make the roster as a 4th liner/press box guy).
I don't think the Oilers are likely to have a Paul Stastny this fall for three reasons: there are no prospects who have a clear edge over the rest of the pack, the organization has a tremendous number of options on the prospect tree right now and finally coach MacT doesn't hand out playing time to rookies in a way that makes them strong Calder candidates.
If we needed a fourth reason, injuries to Rob Schremp and Ryan O'Marra further cloud the issue in regard to those prospects.
If the Oilers were to have a Paul Stastny, he'd need to play a similar number of minutes in order to have a shot at putting up numbers that get noticed (Stastny played 1490 minutes in his rookie season).
Here's a list of minutes played in rookie season by Oilers' kids since MacT took over (forwards only):
- Jarret Stoll (03-04) 945:18
- Patrick Thoresen (06-07) 776:33
- Ales Hemsky (02-03) 712:12
- Jason Chimera (02-03) 710:06
- Marc Pouliot (06-07) 600:12
- Dom Pittis (00-01) 506:13
- Brad Winchester (06-07) 476:18
- Mike Comrie (00-01) 466:54
- Shawn Horcoff (00-01) 452:12
- Fernando Pisani (02-03) 375:18
- Jean Francois Jacques (06-07) 292:44
- Zach Stortini (06-07) 207:27
- Brian Swanson (00-01) 174:38
- Mike Bishai (03-04) 128:18
- Tony Salmlelainen (03-04) 125:27
- Michel Riesen (00-01) 118:53
- Jani Rita (02-03) 114:26
- Kyle Brodziak (05-06) 110:20
I can't find Rita's 05-06 season broken down (before the trade) so I used 02-03. I have no idea when he stopped being a rookie (he probably qualified in the "cup of coffee" division).
MacTavish may have to play more young players than usual this fall, but I don't see a rookie getting 1500 minutes. Even a guy like Nilsson is likely to be in and out of the lineup (and on and off a scoring line) as the season rolls out. A strong start for a Rob Schremp or Andrew Cogliano might mean they receive a callup and Nilsson hits the bench.
Stastny got 300 minutes on the powerplay. Ales Hemsky got half that, Comrie got 85 minutes in 41 games.
I don't think the Oilers have a Paul Stastny ready to step in, and I don't think the Oilers would insert him in the lineup and watch what he could do from the get-go. In his first game with the Avs last season, Stastny got 14:50 total icetime and 4 minutes on the powerplay (and was -2).
No Oiler rookie is likely to get that kind of welcome to the NHL this fall. This despite some of the Oilers prospects having similar qualifications. In his final NCAA season, Stastny scored 53 points in 39 games (1.36ppg). In his final NCAA season, Andrew Cogliano scored 50 points in 38 games (1.32ppg).
Stastny played against mid-level competition (365/676) and his linemates most often were Hejduk and McLean (all info courtesy Desdjardins Behind the Net). Could Andrew Cogliano put up 78 points given a similar opportunity?
Well, we don't know that he would and we can't say he wouldn't. What we can say is that we're not about to find out based on coach MacT's own track record.


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Last night I was looking at a post my daughter had put on Instagram before she went to bed. It was a collage of photos from this summer and she had tagged all the friends she'd made at her day camp, thanking them for the "most amazing summer ever!"
It was really quite moving seeing a whole summer condensed into a collage of tiny photos and reading about how many great people she'd met and how much fun she'd had.
She made that collage and posted it last night because school was starting today. She was saying goodbye to summer.
And she was saying goodbye to another year gone by.
As I sat there ruminating on this, I got choked up and started to cry.
It's not just the end of summer. It's the end of one year and the beginning of another. It's another year of my kids' childhoods behind us.
If you know me at all, you might recall that I have a really hard time with the idea of my kids growing up. The mere thought of my babies not being my babies anymore brings me to tears on a regular basis.
But that Instagram post didn't just make me sad because my kids are growing up and time is flying by faster than I ever thought it could.
It made me sad because despite all the bad stuff that's happened this summer, namely my husband becoming unemployed along with a few other things, it's also been one of the best summers we've ever had as a family.
Yes, we don't have the money we had before and yes, I've worked harder than I ever have trying to bring in more money from my web design business and yes, it's been stressful.
But at the same time, it's been amazing. We've always been a close-knit family but I feel like we were all super tight this summer.
My husband and I are together every day. We eat lunch together. We talk about what we're going to make for dinner. We run errands together. We share a lot of the work that used to be mostly just my responsibility. It's been really nice.
And he has gotten to spend a lot more time with the kids than he normally ever would. Most days he got up with them, made them breakfast, took them to camp in the morning and picked them up every afternoon. Once they were home, their friends would come over and we'd have a house full of kids playing Minecraft together until just before dark. It was fun and everyone was happy.
My daughter, because she had a major falling out with her best friend earlier in the summer (they just made up a few days ago…yay!!!), spent a lot more time at home than in summers past and thus, she and I spent a lot of mom-daughter time together. We talked more, laughed more and did more together. I've cherished every second of it.
As a family, we took our annual vacation to the Keys and it was a blast. We saw tons of Key deer, wild iguanas, an alligator, a crazy land crab and caught lots of fish. We spent quality time with my stepmom. We ran into friends from home. We played mini-golf and went tubing. We visited my biological dad on the way down and then again on the way back home and we even stopped at the American Girl store in Miami, which is a much bigger deal than you might think.
You see, I'd been promising my daughter for years that I would take her to the flagship American Girl store in NYC but we'd never made it up there. Stopping at the one in Miami and letting her get her doll's hair done and buy a little souvenir more than made up for the NYC trip that never happened. She was in heaven and we were happy just seeing her so happy.
Back at home, we did all kinds of fun things. We went fishing. We went swimming. We went for ice cream. We went to my son's basketball games. We celebrated the kids' birthdays. We just had SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER this summer.
It has really been, as my daughter said, an amazing summer.
Which begs the question…why should any of this make me sad?
I don't know exactly.
I guess because it's bittersweet.
Time is passing, the kids are growing up and somehow, what might have been a terrible summer was still so perfect.
It's a gift for which I will always be grateful.


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Cream of Something Soup Recipe
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Website accuses women of being hookers and then charges them to have the listing removed
Blackmail and slander have been around as long as human beings have been around, and with the internet, we have the high tech tools to embarrass people on a grand scale. One website Potential Prostitutes lets people anonymously accuse women of being prostitutes with no evidence, and then charges the women $100 to have their names and photos removed. Brilliant! (?)
The site lists alleged "convicted prostitutes" along with women who in theory have no criminal record whatsoever. Every entry includes the woman's photo, name and telephone number. This is so impossibly wrong at so many levels that my head is exploding in a big bang of swearing.
We tried the site submission system ourselves and, indeed, anyone can send any photo, add the name and contact information, and submit it. What's even worse: the uploader doesn't have to provide any contact information whatsoever. There's zero accountability for the dickhead who does this. This means that any butthurt douchebag may be able to defame his ex-girlfriend or ex-wife.
The owners of the site are even proud of their methods:
Currently we operate based on the efforts from motivated members of their local community who have at one point or another come into contact with a potential prostitute online and feel they can be a threat. All of our offenders have been reported by local members who feel these offenders should be taught a lesson before their actions escalate.
"Motivated members"? "Offenders should be taught a lesson before their actions escalate"? I had to read that last sentence a few times to make sure these bigots are so openly self-righteous and hypocritical. Why hypocritical? Because if the "offender" pays $100, everything is forgiven. She is not longer a "sinner" and they take her file out of the site.
The site argues that the Communications Decency Act protects their actions. This is the same law that protects any site—like Facebook, Tumblr or Gizmodo—from any legal action in case any user posts anything that may break the law or attack a third party. The difference is that, if a user of one of these sites posts anything that can be legally prosecuted, the sites will immediately take the content down and collaborate with law enforcement and the victim to get the criminal.
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Serves 2 – 3
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- Cook them in a pan of boiling salted water until tender, 5-7 minutes. Take care not to overcook them or they will start to break up. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6 and cut the cheese into thin slices.
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557 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 25 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 3g, salt 2.72 g
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Coming off a bizarre weekend in which the Phils suffered from a lack of depth in their pen, Cliff Lee was fantastic last night as the Phils hammered the Braves on their way to a 9-0 win. Lee threw a complete game shutout without allowing a walk or an extra-base hit.
Over his last six starts, Lee has allowed two runs in 48 2/3 innings. In those six starts he has surrendered just 28 hits in 48 2/3 innings.
It was a real nice break for the bullpen, which curiously seemed not to have enough bodies against the Marlins this weekend despite the expanded September rosters. With Kendrick away for the birth of a child, the weirdness started on Saturday. Pitching for the third straight day, Bastardo started the eighth with a 4-3 lead and walked the first two batters he faced. Herndon took over for him and allowed home runs to three of the six batters he faced. The Phils lost that game 8-4. The next day, Herndon threw 69 pitches over 3 2/3 innings and the Phils lost in 14. It's a little tough to understand why the Phillies simply didn't have more relievers available for those games. Herndon shouldn't be throwing 69 pitches in a game, he shouldn't be doing it the day after he throws 20 pitches and he especially shouldn't be doing it in September.
The Phillies are 89-48 on the year after pounding the Atlanta Braves 9-0 last night. The Phils remain in first place in the NL East, 8 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta.
Lee got the start for the Phillies and threw a complete game shutout, holding the Braves to five singles. He didn't walk a batter and struck out six. He threw 100 pitches in the game.
He got Michael Bourn on a ground ball to second to start the game. Martin Prado was next and he grounded to short for the second out before Brian McCann singled to right. Lee struck Dan Uggla out swinging 1-2 to set the Braves down.
Matt Diaz led off the second with an infield single with the Phils up 2-0. Lee got the next three, striking Freddie Freeman out swinging, getting Alex Gonzalez on a fly ball to left and left-handed hitting left fielder Jose Constanza on a grounder to second.
The strikeout of Freeman for the first out of the inning was Lee's 200th for the season.
Lee struck pitcher Derek Lowe out to start the third and got Bourn and Prado behind him. Bourn hit a hard ground ball to first off the body of Howard, but Howard picked it up and tagged Bourn as he flew past for the second out.
Lee got McCann, Uggla and Diaz in order in the fourth. Diaz hammered a ball to right center, but Victorino took it on the warning track after a long run for the third out.
Up 5-0, Lee struck out Freeman and Constanza in a 1-2-3 fifth. Howard made a long run and a sliding basket catch near the fence in foul territory to retire Gonzalez for the second out.
Up 7-0, he set the Braves down in order in the sixth.
Uggla reached on an infield single with one out in the seventh, but Lee got Diaz to ground into a double-play behind him.
Freeman started the eighth with a single into center, but Gonzalez grounded back to Lee behind him and Lee threw to Martinez at second to start the double-play. Constanza was next and he reached on an infield single. Righty Jack Wilson hit for the pitcher Peter Moylan and Lee got Wilson to ground to third for the third out.
Up 9-0, Lee set the Braves down in order in the ninth. He struck out Bourn, got Prado on a ground ball to short and McCann on a ground ball to second.
The Phillies lineup against righty Derek Lowe went (1) Victorino (2) Polanco (3) Utley (4) Howard (5) Pence (6) Mayberry (7) Ruiz (8) Martinez. Martinez plays short with Rollins on the DL and Valdez on the bench. Mayberry in left against the righty with the lefty Ibanez on the bench. Ibanez was 6-for-45 (.133) against Lowe for his career around the time Manuel was figuring out his lineup.
Polanco singled off the glove of Bourn in center with one out in the first and moved to third when Utley followed with a single to right. Howard walked on four pitches and the bases were loaded for Pence. Pence singled to left, scoring Polanco and Utley to put the Phils up 2-0 with men on first and second with one out. Mayberry struck out swinging 2-2 for the second out and Ruiz grounded to third to end the inning.
The Phils went in order in the second.
Howard singled with two outs in the third. Pence grounded to second behind him.
Mayberry walked to start the fourth. Ruiz was next and hit a ball to short that Gonzalez didn't handle for an error, putting men on first and second with nobody out. Martinez bunted the runners to second and third with the first out. Lee grounded to first with the runners holding for the second, but Victorino picked him up, singling to left to bring both runners in (4-0). Victorino took second as the throw came to the plate and Ruiz slid in safely on a close play. With Polanco at the plate, Victorino stole third and tried to come home when the ball wasn't handled by McCann, but McCann threw to Lowe covering and Ruiz was tagged out to end the inning.
With one out in the fifth, Utley hit a popup that went unhandled for a triple. Lowe walked Howard intentionally, putting men on first and third for Pence. Pence doubled to right, scoring Utley (5-0) and sending Howard to third. Mayberry walked to load the bases. Ruiz hit the first pitch of his at-bat into center, scoring Howard and Pence (7-0) and moving Mayberry to second. Martinez grounded to first for the second out with the runners moving up to second and third. Lee struck out swinging 1-2 to leave both runners stranded.
Second walk for Mayberry in two plate appearances.
Polanco was hit by a Scott Linebrink pitch with one out in the sixth. He took second on one wild pitch by Linebrink and third on another before Utley flew to center. Polanco tagged and tried to score, but Bourn threw him out to end the inning.
Howard led off the seventh and got ahead of Linebrink 3-0 before hitting a 3-1 pitch out to right center. 8-0. Righty Peter Moylan took over for Linebrink and got Pence, Mayberry and Ruiz in order. Pence hit the ball well to left, but was retired on a leaping catch by Constanza for the first out.
Lee singled off of righty Arodys Vizcaino with one out in the eighth and Victorino walked behind him. Polanco followed with a single to left that scored Lee and put the Phils up 9-0 with one out and men on first and second. Utley flew to center for the second out, with Victorino tagging and moving up to third. Howard flew to center to leave both runners stranded.
Victorino was 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBI in the game. He's 2-for-his-last-14 and hitting 205/300/341 over his last 50 plate appearances.
Polanco 2-for-4 with an RBI. He's 6-for-his-last-28 (.214). Of the 83 NL players with 400 plate appearances for the season, his .335 slugging percentage is 81st.
Utley 2-for-5 with a triple. He's 4-for-his-last-30 (.133).
Howard 2-for-3 with two walks and a home run. He's 7-for-16 with seven walks and two home runs in the first five games of September.
Pence 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Constanza made a nice play in left to take another hit away from him. Pence was 2-for-his-last-16 coming into the game.
Mayberry 0-for-2 with two walks. 3-for-his-last-21. He's on-basing .329 for the year and .322 against righties.
Ruiz 1-for-4 with two RBI. 5-for-his-last-14 and 302/392/403 over his last 299 plate appearances.
Martinez was 0-for-3. Of the 181 NL players with 175 plate appearances for the season, his .257 on-base percentage is 179th.
Worley (10-1, 2.87) faces righty Tim Hudson (14-8, 3.05) tonight. Hudson has a 2.27 ERA over his last 16 starts. In two starts against the Phils this year he's 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA. The Phillies have won 13 games that Worley has started in a row. He's been a little less impressive his last few times out, throwing to a 4.64 ERA over his last six starts.
Over the weekend, the Phils lost two of three to the Marlins.
On Friday the Phils won the series opener 5-3 to improve to 42 games over .500 for the first time in team history. Oswalt pitched into the seventh inning, going 6 1/3 innings and allowing three runs while striking out seven. Victorino led off the game with a triple and game in to score when Polanco followed with a sac fly, putting the Phils up 1-0. The Fish got the run back in the bottom of the first thanks to a leadoff double by Emilio Bonifacio, tying the game at 1-1. Omar Infante led off the third with a double and came around to score, too, putting Florida up 2-1. The Phils pulled ahead to stay in the fifth. Pence led off and reached on error by Bonifacio and Mayberry followed that with a two-run shot. 3-2 Phils. The Phils loaded the bases without a hit in the top of the sixth before Mayberry's sac fly plated Utley to make it 4-2. Oswalt gave up a solo homer to Jose Lopez in the bottom of the inning, cutting the lead to 4-3. Victorino led off the seventh with a single and took second on a misplay by Mike Stanton in right, moved to third on a ground out and came in to score on a wild pitch. 5-3. Oswalt left with one out in the seventh. After his exit, Stutes, Bastardo and Madson closed out the game, combining to allow one hit over 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Phils lost the second game of the series 8-4 on Saturday. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second on a two-run triple by Valdez, which was followed by an infield single by a hustling Hamels. Hamels allowed a two-run homer to Mike Cameron in the bottom of the second, though, and a solo shot to Stanton in the third that tied the game at 3-3. Hamels drove in another run in the fourth when his two-out single brought Ruiz home from second, putting the Phils back on top 4-3. Bastardo took over for Hamels in the eighth and walked the first two men he faced. Herndon took over for him and gave up a long three-run homer to Gaby Sanchez, which was followed by a solo homer by Cameron and another solo homer by Dobbs and put the Marlins up to stay at 8-4. The Phils allowed five home runs in the game. In the eighth, Bastardo faced two batters and walked them both. Herndon faced six batters and allowed a three-run homer and two solo shots.
On Sunday the Phils lost 5-4 in 14 innings. Bonifacio tripled off of Halladay to start the bottom of the first and came in to score on a single by Infante to put Florida up 1-0. The Phils pulled ahead 2-1 in the top of the second with two runs on three hits and a big throwing error by Dobbs. Florida tied the game up again in the bottom of the third when Sanchez doubled ahead of a Logan Morrison ground ball to first in which Halladay couldn't handle the toss from Howard when covering first. The Marlins took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth on singles by Bryan Petersen, Buck and Lopez, but the Phils jumped back ahead 4-3 on a two-run single by Howard in the seventh. Schwimer took over for Halladay in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a walk and a double to the first to men he faced. Schwimer managed to limit the damage to one run, with a ground out by Sanchez plating Infante to tie the game at 4-4. It stayed scoreless until the bottom of the 14th, when Herndon walked Cameron with the bases loaded to force in Bonifacio as the winning run.
Herndon threw 69 pitches in relief for the Phillies in the game, walking seven in 3 2/3 innings. The Phillies played the game under protest after a play in the sixth inning in which Pence hit a ball to right field that was originally ruled a double. It appeared a fan reached out to interfere with the ball, the play was reviewed and the call changed to an out. I'd guess the Phils have close to no chance of a successful protest. The Florida fielder (Petersen) was interfered with — the ball wasn't going to be a home run so they play shouldn't have been reviewed to start with, but it was close enough to being a home run that it's reasonable to suggest that was the focus of the review.


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Good news for Coachella fans: the annual music festival will remain at in Indio, California for the next 17 years, reports the Los Angeles Times .
On Wednesday, the Indio City Council approved a proposal that gives Goldenvoice, the company that organizes the festival, the ability to stage Coachella and up to five additional "high-capacity" events in their town every year through 2030. Goldenvoice has also been given the opportunity to stage two events this fall: one with a maximum capacity of 75,000 and the other with up to 99,000 attendees.
As a thank-you to the city council of Indio for approving the proposal, Goldenvoice will be giving the town $5.01 for every Coachella ticket sold. That's more than double the $2.33 per ticket the town previously received.
You may remember that Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett had threatened to move the event last summer after Indio City councilman Sam Torres tried to impose a tax on events with capacities of over 2,500. The tax, which would have raised ticket prices by $36 each, was ultimately dropped.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival spans two weekends, the first of which begins on April 12. Headliners for this year's event include Blur , Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers . Other bands set to take the stage include Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Modest Mouse , The xx , The Postal Service and Vampire Weekend .
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WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - About 3,200 Wisconsin schools and libraries would get wireless Internet service over the next five years, under a proposal to be voted on this month.
The board of the Federal Communications Commission plans to vote a week from Friday on a plan to spend $2 billion. It would seek to get high-speed Internet service into all U.S. classrooms and libraries by 2019.
The money would come from the Universal Service Fund, which gets its money from fees on our phone bills.
The FCC says about 850,000 Wisconsin school students would benefit from the proposed boost in Wi-Fi coverage. Agency officials say most schools and libraries don't have nearly enough Wi-Fi power to support the latest high-tech tools like tablets and interactive textbooks.
Nationally, the FCC says its proposal would increase funds for rural schools by 75 percent, and urban schools by 60 percent.
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Three great wines from last weekend:
2005 Cedarberg Chenin Blanc, South Africa
I was surprised at how much terroir prevailed over grape in that it tasted more like South African sauvignon blanc than it did Loire chenin. It had none of the yellow color or lemony beeswax, lanolin and nectarine notes of the latter. Instead: pale, almost water color, nose of lime peel and chalk with apple and white grapefruit on the palate. Bob said it reminded him of a margarita-from-scratch without the tequila or the ice, a good comparison. Good acidity keeps it firm and makes it a total thirst quencher. I'm buying more for summer.
2003 Passing Cloud Shiraz, Bendigo, Australia My friend John Gorman at Southern Starz Imports sent me home with this gift bottle, insisting that it would appeal to my traditionalized, not-so-enamored-with-syrah palate. He was right! Concentrated rich cassis and boysenberry fruit with minerals, fennel and black pepper. Something at the background hints of earth etc to come with a little age, and there's both good structure and lively acidity. The wine sports a ripe sweetness without being overdone in any way, and I couldn't have been more impressed. We drank the wine with steak tacos wherein skirt steak was marinated in olive oil and copious amounts of aleppo pepper, sugar and garlic salt, barbecued, and served with a cabbage and cilantro salad wrapped in iron skillet-crisped corn tortillas. The peppery sweetness in both created one of those all too rare, totally sensational wine and food matches that temporrily blocks out all other inputs--while you're enjoying them together, you can't imagine any other food with the wine or any other wine with that food. I'm going to order more of this for summer, too.
2003 August West Rosella's Vineyard pinot noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
When I first tasted this wine a year ago October, I swooned. It had one of the best pinot noses I've smelled anywhere, and I commented in a TN that it was so perfect at being THAT grape in THAT place, that someone should put it on a poster. With a memory like that, I was nervous that this wine would disappoint a year and a half later. It usually does work out that way when one is THAT impressed, but for once I worried in vain. This wine is as beautiful now as it was then, and indeed nary a hair has changed. Nor did it change, except to intensify, in the glass over the three-four hours it took us to finish it. Cherry/raspberry fruit with green tea, woody spices, and tomato leaf. Soft on the palate with velvety acidity and a nose so huge you expect the neighbors to show up panting. One of my favorite California pinots of all time, and apparently this wine has all the time in the world. But alas, my last bottle: if anyone knows where I can get more, DO speak up.


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"I try to just remember all the good. Regardless of the circumstances … the guys on the team and the coaching staff were great. I tried to get better as a player each day, regardless of whether I was going in there as a starter or a backup … I can't speak of what did or didn't happen there, I just know I feel like I got better as a player and made a bunch of friends along the way."
Quinn's former teammates understood the awkward plight Quinn found himself in Denver.
"You had Orton, who was obviously playing better than everybody in practice," said Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey, "and here's Tebow waiting, and he's possibly the future … of the franchise so you want to see what he has, and Brady just kind of got caught in the middle of that.
"You have to stay motivated. That comes with being a pro. I've been through a few years of losing here … if you let it get the best of you … it's been tough, not winning. We know what we have to do on Sunday. We can't beat ourselves. When the Chiefs make a mistake, it's a touchdown or a big play … "
Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel has been pleased with the attitude of his team during a trying season.
"These guys practice good," Crennel said. "They have good attitudes at practice, they work hard at practice … I make it a good point to talk to these guys about being a team and (it's) not one guy's fault. We're all included where we are right now, and we're the only ones who can do anything about it.
"Sometimes I go down through the stats, and his pass-receiving average is up there and he really didn't catch that many balls,'' Crennel said. "When you've got a big target like that who can get down the field and make some plays, I think he would have definitely helped our offense.
"We hoped when we added him to the team that he would have been a big plus for us. I think he would have been had he been able to stay healthy.''
"We had fun at it," he says. "We made it a fun thing. We made it a family thing. Lamar believed very much in that, and I did, too. He was a wonderful owner. He'd say, 'How can I help?' I'd say, 'Lamar, I need you to do a contest in the parking lot to judge buses and vans that fans have painted,' and he loved that."
Both Bannan and safety Mike Adams agreed with Bailey's claim.
Having played on losing teams in the past — Bannan with St. Louis and Adams with Cleveland — both players brought up how much pride there is in an NFL locker room, regardless of record. Adams said he expects the Broncos to face a team filled with players working as hard as they can on the field this Sunday.
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The greatest wide receiver to ever play the game has publicly accused his former head coach of fixing Super Bowl XXXVII. Former Oakland Raiders receiver Tim Brown caused a media storm when he openly accused Bill Callahan of sabotaging the Raiders 2002 Super Bowl loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Everyone thought it was just the ramblings of a crazy old ex-receiver, but today Brown's voice received a bull-horn and the story has gone supersonic.
Jerry Rice, who was one that 2002 Super Bowl team, said on ESPN — in front of live cameras– that Bill Callahan threw the Super Bowl.
"For some reason — and I don't know why — Bill Callahan did not like me," Rice said. "In a way, maybe because he didn't like the Raiders, he decided, 'Maybe we should sabotage this a little bit and let Jon Gruden go out and win this one.'"
Even ESPN host Trey Wingo was taken aback, going as far as to ask Rice if he knew what he was saying. Like a crazed, backwoods hippy militant who thinks the government is watching him through his cereal, Rice said he knew exactly what he was saying.
The biggest controversy surrounding the Super Bowl prior to this was that center Barrett Robbins missed the game due to hat was later called a mental breakdown. Rice says that mental breakdown was due to the fact Robbins was so demoralized he decided he wasn't going to show up.
"With Barrett, he was frustrated, like, 'You cannot do this to us at the last second.' Maybe that's why he decided to not show up," Rice said.
Before this, Rice looked like a humble legend. Now he looks like a sore loser who can't handle he lost a Super Bowl. Rice's main piece of evidence is that the Raiders threw the ball "over 60 times" in the game. But the Raiders threw the ball 44 times, which is just three time more than how many times they threw the ball in the AFC Championship game.
But Rice blaming Robbins mental problems on Callahan is perhaps the sickest of all his allegations. Robbins has a documented struggle with mental illness and substance abuse, and while Callahan switching the game-plan may have been destressing, it can't be blamed for the years of financial and mental anguish that have plagued Robbins.
This is pretty much Rice's case: Bill Callahan literally threw the Super Bowl because he liked Jon Gruden and decided to do what got the Raiders to the Super Bowl in the first place — pass the ball.
The Raiders running back that year: Charlie Garner.
The Raiders wide receivers that year: Jerry Rice and Tim Brown with MVP Rich Gannon throwing them the ball.
If you were in charge of running that offense, what would call? Nobody is choosing Charlie Garner over Rice and Brown so for this to even be a discussion is just ludicrous.
This just seems to be the case of a retired wide receiver who is upset to this day, about the only blemish on his record. So naturally, he's blaming someone else.


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Although he never really looked the part, Nick Swisher was actually a pretty decent right fielder, putting up a +12 UZR over his four years in the Bronx. Swish generated most of his value with his bat, but his defense was an underrated part of his game.
Ichiro Suzuki may not be much of a hitter anymore, but he's still capable of playing an above-average right field. Despite pushing 40, Ichiro graded out very well the last couple of years, especially with regard to the more difficult plays. He figures to play a much lesser role with the team this year, but should come in handy as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement.
The newly-aquired Carlos Beltran figures to get the majority of starts in right field this year with a little bit of Ichiro and Alfonso Soriano sprinkled in as well. Once a top-flight center fielder, Beltran's defensive prowess has been sapped by recurring knee problems. Even as a corner outfielder, the Inside Edge data and the advanced metrics agree that Beltran's below average at this point. He's probably still passable right, but plus defense just isn't part of his game anymore.
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Ron Orr, from Winnipeg, wondered if leaving the furniture containing the pesky little critters out in the natural deep freeze would kill them. Anyone have any theories?
Dec 17 - Dec 29¸ 2002 - Greenpeace Calls for Increased Wood Use
We'll have to concede Bill Been's point that our headline didn't quite match the link we provided. While it's true the organizer of the site was a founder of Greenpeace, his new organization is called Greenspirit. We also agree with Bill when he notes that he'd like to have unfettered access to wood products, but wants wisely managed forests as well ... so there'll still be some for his grandchildren to work.
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Building on a reader's wish for higher quality high school shop classes, Cal notes that too often those taking shop are ridiculed, and taught poorly by people who set low standards and fill the shops with discipline problems. He added that the lessons he learned forty years ago by "Mr. Albright" have been the foundation for hours spent in the shop (either on random nights or on weekends and breaks), which has been a great way to relieve job stress.
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Jerri Jolet-McKinley has been using Craftsman tools for around 10 years, starting with an Industrial 20" variable speed scroll saw. She never had a complaint until the saw quit last year, and it took nine service appointments to get someone to replace a computer board. Then last Thanksgiving it quit again. The same tech that'd replaced the board returned and told her it would cost $300 to fix since the saw was no longer under a maintenance agreement. Instead, she decided to order the part herself ($180) and have her husband install it. When that didn't solve the problem, the tech again claimed that it must have been the other board that needed replacing ... and that would cost over $500. It's like losing a family member, but Jerri has decided to pop for a new saw ... a Sears Professional 20" saw for $300. She wonders why anyone would agree to the high cost of fixing.


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It's been a day. You know how people say this, "It's been a day," and nobody ever says, "oh, what do you mean?" It's like The Pill. Someone says The Pill and you know that means THE PILL. Not headache medicine, not Vitadmin D, but THE Pill.
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It's funny the things people will say when you enter a difficult situation. My family was uprooted from the upper-middle-class subburbs of a major metropolitan city with 300 days of sun at the end of Jr. High. We settled in a mill town in a small rural area of a state that sees 30 days of sun a year. The entire time my parents sang chorusses of "But you can remake yourself! You can be anything you want! You get to start fresh!"
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The promise of better days ahead in West Virginia is always front and center this time of the year, as a new session of the state legislature is being prepared.
But for 2014, that hope may not be more pronounced than ever before. The source for that hope - an abundance of gas to be extracted within the Mountain State's borders and the revenue it will generate, has political and business leaders very optimistic - save a few concerns.
The Associated Press hosted a West Virginia Legislative Lookahead at the South Charleston campus of Marshall University to discuss a variety of issues on Monday, Jan. 6. The first item on the agenda was Future Fund/Energy, which featured comments from Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall; Corky DeMarco, executive director of the WV Oil and Natural Gas Association; Ted Boettner, executive director of the WV Center for Budget and Policy; and Bill Raney, president of the WV Coal Association.
"If we are ever going to break this cycle of poverty in this state, we can't just worry about spending this year's budget, living hand to mouth, every year," said Kessler of the need of a Future Fund. "We need to have a fund set aside, it's simple economics."We have something that's in huge demand, that people are willing to pay an enormous amount for, that we are sitting on in West Virginia," Kessler added. "We need to save a portion of that money and develop from that resource to diversify our economy."
Kessler said "real wealth" needs to be created for West Virginians, which is done by saving money.
"When you do that, these little ebbs and flows that you get year to year in the energy won't be as prominent or disruptive,to our economy," he said. "We need a nest egg if money that we can use to alleviate those trends."Industry leaders express concerns of raises in severance taxes hurting their bottom line.
"The concept is great," said DeMarco. "We should have done this 75 years ago. I'm concerned about our competitive advantage with other states. We compete in mineral extraction and can't do so by raising severance taxes in West Virginia.
"We must maintain the current severance. We have to be smart about it, and make sure West Virginia gets the value added from (gas extraction)."
And Raney echoed that sentiment, saying the state "can't stand an increase in taxes."
"We are challenged by the tax structure," Raney said. "It kicks us out of a competitive market. We support the rainy day fund, and this (Future Fund) is no different as I see it. We should have done this a long time ago."


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An apparent burglar, or burglars, broke into a downtown drug store early Wednesday morning, but it appeared nothing was stolen, say police.
Powell Police Chief Roy Eckerdt said officers were following up on leads and evidence left at Powell Drug.
U.S. asks for dismissal of grizzly death suit
The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a suit that alleges its negligence led to a fatal 2010 grizzly mauling in the Shoshone National Forest.
In documents filed in Wyoming's federal District Court on Friday, lawyers with the U.S. Attorney's Office say Wyoming law gives the government immunity from the wrongful death suit brought by the widow of Erwin F. Evert.
Evert was killed by a grizzly bear on June 17, 2010, in the Kitty Creek area just east of Yellowstone National Park. Evert apparently came upon the bear as it was recovering from tranquilizers administered by a federal research team that had collared and studied the bear earlier in the day.
Park's East Entrance now open for winter
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Yellowstone's East Entrance is now open to oversnow visitors and, weather permitting, will stay open through March 1.
Redistricting: County, cities join Meeteetse in criticizing legislators' plan
Park County commissioners and the mayors of Powell and Cody have joined with Meeteetse leaders to oppose a proposed redistricting plan that would split the Meeteetse area between two state lawmakers' districts.
Transfer station gets thumbs down
The Park County Planning and Zoning Commission is unconvinced that the benefits of the city of Powell's proposed garbage transfer station outweigh its impacts to nearby residents.
The planning commission voted unanimously last week to recommend Park County commissioners deny the city's request to rezone its property near the intersection of Lane 9 and Road 7 from transitional to industrial zoning. A rezone and special use permit are needed for the city to build and operate the proposed 8,000 square foot indoor transfer station at the site.
Other surgeon was behind mass mailing, Biles says
An Indiana woman may have sent the mass mailing that disparaged Cody surgeon Jimmie Biles last year, but it was a competing surgeon who was behind the effort, say Biles' attorneys.
In a suit filed last week in Wyoming's federal district court, Dr. Biles claims that Dr. John H. Schneider Jr., a Billings/Cody-area neurosurgeon, and his wife Michelle Schneider, came up with and paid for the flyer mailed to thousands of Big Horn Basin residents in December 2010.
Biles' attorneys sued Lisa S. Fallon of Fishers, Ind., in September for defamation and other torts for sending out the flyer, but claimed she was acting on behalf of someone else.
Energy company halts plans for Shoshone National Forest well
An energy company has halted plans to drill a well inside the Shoshone National Forest's boundary northwest of Clark — at least temporarily.
Simpson urges a stand against budget B.S.
Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson has some advice for Americans sick of a federal government deadlocked on how to reduce its $15 trillion debt.
Shooting of Cody man deemed 'absolutely' justified
County attorney finds Cody officer acted appropriately in October incident
A Cody police officer had no other options when he fatally shot 34-year-old Jared Christen on Oct. 11, says Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric.
Christen emerged from his home's basement that night extremely drunk and firing rounds from a semi-automatic rifle, bringing a violent end to a standoff with officers who originally sought to speak with him about alleged domestic abuse, says a summary of the incident composed by Skoric.
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Abramson cited that Louisville Metro's continuing commitment to various neighborhood-based efforts resulted in 74 arrests in 24 weeks - roughly three arrests per week, or one arrest every other day.
"Many times, little things like filling out a tip-card, or calling our tips hotline make the difference between an ongoing investigation and a closed case," Abramson said.
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The police department's "Quicktip" cards initiative - which allow residents to anonymously mail in information pertaining to crimes - will be expanded. The cards will be distributed in new locations, including Louisville Free Public Library branches, Neighborhood Place locations and through school resource officers.
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Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last ...Add to my favourites Get these quotes on a PDF
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes ...
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.