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This family was traveling from Newark, NJ on Continental Airlines. It was the mother, her two children and the grandmother. When they arrived at the pier in Port Everglades, they realized that one of the children had inadvertently left her passport on the airplane. It was in the seat pocket in front of her seat. Needless to say, the family was distraught as they thought their long planned vacation was going to be ruined as they could not board without proper credentials.
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More than 100 churches in the Miami-Dade County, Florida area participate in a community health program called Healthy Body, Healthy Soul, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention activities. Administered by the Health Choice Network (HCN), it's having a significant effect on healthy behavior change.
"In the past, a church event might have included a lot of high-fat foods, but now we see more fruits and vegetables and fewer sodas," says Rev. Ted Greer, who heads up the Jesse Trice Cancer Prevention Project, which is part of the Healthy Body, Healthy Soul program. And pastors like Rev. Greer are leading by example. "When we schedule a health fair at one of our churches, the pastor leads the line," he says. "That's powerful. The congregation usually follows, because it's not just someone lecturing them.
"Healthy Body, Healthy Soul is a grassroots movement to reach out to minority groups and educate them about cancer prevention and healthy lifestyles. Despite efforts to make health care available to everyone, there is still a difference in minorities' cancer health outcomes and access to primary and preventive health services compared to whites. Some of these disparities can sometimes be overcome when health promotion messages come from within the community itself. HCN is a good example.
HCN is a group of community health center corporations that operates primary health care and mental health clinics in four states. In Florida, HCN reaches more than 170,000 patients. Forty-four percent are Hispanic and 30 percent are black; 69 percent are at or below the federal poverty level.
HCN clinic staff train local congregation members to conduct health and education activities at their churches. The program not only improves the health of individuals, but also develops the community's capacity to sustain its own health promotion efforts.
The Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Project, named after a nurse and community health advocate who died of lung cancer, provides prevention education, smoking cessation, and screening services for early detection of lung, prostate, breast, and cervical cancers.
Rev. Greer says that the keys to this program's success are access to medical care for patients and access to the community through churches. "We pastors used to talk about God's ability to heal, but we never talked about prevention," he says. "This program gives us the opportunity to do that."
The project has screened more than 5,000 patients and identified 3 cases of stage I lung cancer. An additional 75 residents are being monitored to make sure that, if they do develop cancer, it's identified early. More than 3,000 teens and young adults have received smoking prevention and cessation services, and 100 have completed smoking cessation classes.
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With emotions and opinions running the gamut and residents expressing everything from condemnation to support for Dixon, a sampling of 383 residents contacted by The Baltimore Sun found clear leanings:
In an attempt to take the temperature of the city in the wake of a jury finding the mayor guilty of taking gift cards intended for the needy, The Sun dispatched 25 journalists to question residents of 15 neighborhoods selected for how they reflect the geographic, economic and racial diversity of the city as a whole.
More snapshot than science, the interviews nonetheless capture the current climate as Dixon and her lawyers and advisers mull her next legal and political moves, and she attempts to govern amid the overwhelming distraction of her ongoing woes.
"She might have a title but she won't have the support," Darnell Martin, 29, said as he sat on the steps of his aunt's brick rowhouse in West Baltimore's Sandtown neighborhood. "If she did it one time, what makes you think she wouldn't do it again?"
If there is a bit of hope for the mayor at the moment, The Sun picked up a certain willingness to give Dixon another chance, with about half of those questioned open to supporting her should she run for office in the future.
"We all make mistakes, you know," said Cleveland Milton, who is in his 60s and was shopping on Reisterstown Road near Fallstaff. "So there is forgiveness."
Steve Stafford, 48, of Dickeyville, agreed, saying, "I guess I believe, ultimately, people can learn from their mistakes, and she's certainly done a good job with the city."
Racial differences emergeIn a city where racial and class divides ripple below the surface of daily life, The Sun found differences in how racial groups viewed the mayor. Black residents were almost evenly divided on whether the mayor should stay or go, but more than three times as many white residents wanted Dixon out as preferred her to remain.
Still, more striking was that the mayor has impassioned friends and now, perhaps, even more opponents across all groups.
From Stafford's quaint West Baltimore enclave of picket fences, cobblestone streets and 200-year-old houses, to harsher neighborhoods of boarded-up rowhouses, weedy empty lots and stores selling mostly liquor and lottery tickets, residents volubly shared views on the woman many referred to simply as "Sheila."
From this familiarity came a sense of betrayal - from those who watched proudly as someone much like them, an African-American woman from a modest background, ascended to the city's highest office, from those who cheered the reduction in crime under her watch and her commitment to cleaner streets, from those who felt her compassion and concern for their issues.
Robin Rogers, for example, struggles to make ends meet on a part-time job cleaning M&T Bank Stadium during football season, and said she had to sell her home of eight years when she could no longer afford it.
"Poor people like us voted for her," said Rogers, 51, "and she stole from us."
Especially in neighborhoods where poverty and crime are a crushing and daily presence, the idea that a mayor who makes $151,700 a year spent gift cards intended for the needy on herself cuts deeply.
Charles Broom, 74, has never made more than $15 an hour in his 30 years driving a cement truck for the city and was rankled when Dixon cited her own children and their tuitions last year when she and fellow top officials surreptitiously awarded each other pay raises.
"My daughter put herself through college," he said, as he and a friend stopped to buy food at a convenience store on West Baltimore Street.


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When it comes about sports car, Jaguar has a long history: starting in the 50s with the C-Type and to the the legendary E-Type they all were big success. Initial rumors said Jaguar will replace the X-Type saloon; but working on a new sports car is a better idea.
It will be the production version of the F-Type Concept unveiled in 2000 and will be a serious competition for the Porsche 911.
The production version will be based on the all-aluminium XJ chassis, making it a very hi-tech and lightweight model with the performance and handling to match the Porsche.
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So I see that some bellend, anonymously as far as I know, has finally retroed this.
Funny, ten years ago I posted a thread lamenting about the placing of the two then recently-placed bolts. I was tempted to chop those then. I was told that they were only replacing the pegs, that everyone knew the route was properly trad and loved it as such, and so forth. No TEOTW, in other words.
Times change, I suppose. Although not unpredictably; I never believed what I was being told then.
So presumably the FA gave his consent to this, did he?
Anyway, anyone mind if I go down and chop these bolts?
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The Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 is an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Cha. II c. 11), the long title of which is "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion".[1] This act asked King Charles II to pardon everyone involved in the regicide of his father, Charles I, except those who had officiated in his execution. It also said that no action was to be taken against those involved at any later time, and that the Interregnum was to be legally forgotten. [2] Even the general public were not allowed to mention Interregnum and associated events for the next three years. If they did, they were fined a sum depending on their social class. [3]
The Indemnity and Oblivion Act fulfilled the suggestion given in the Declaration of Breda that reprisals against the establishment which had developed during the English Interregnum would be restricted to those who had officiated in the regicide of King Charles I.
The passage of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act through the Convention Parliament was secured by Lord Clarendon, the first minister of King Charles II, and it became law on 29 August 1660 during the first year of the English Restoration.
The lands of the Crown and the established Church were automatically restored, but lands of Royalists and other dissenters confiscated and sold during the Civil War and interregnum were left for private negotiation or litigation, meaning that the government would not help the Loyalists in regaining their property. Disappointed Royalists commented that the Act meant "indemnity for [Charles'] enemies and oblivion for his friends.[4] " Historians, on the other hand, have generally praised the King and Clarendon for the generosity and clemency of the Act, in an age not normally noted for mercy.[5] Twenty years later, during the Popish Plot, Charles tried unsuccessfully to stand against the relentless demand for the execution of Catholic priests, and reminded the public sharply of how many of them had previously benefited from his reluctance to shed blood.[6]
The act is often viewed from the perspective of those who were not pardoned and thus condemned to death. However, the debate in Parliament continued almost every day for over two months and names were added and taken off the list of those who were not to be pardoned. Initially there were only seven on the list to be exempted from the act.[7][8] These were Thomas Harrison, William Say, John Jones Maesygarnedd, Thomas Scot, John Lisle, Cornelius Holland, and John Barkstead. On 7 June, the Commons, mindful of the Declaration of Breda, stated they as the Commons could add to the list others who would not be covered by the general pardon. They immediately added John Cooke, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy, and the "Two Persons who were upon the Scaffold in a Disguise".[9] On 8 June, the Commons voted that "That the Number of Twenty, and no more, (other than those that are already excepted, or sat as Judges upon the late King's Majesty) shall be excepted out of the Act of general Pardon and Oblivion, for and in respect only of such Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, (not extending to Life) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted on them by another Act, intended to be hereafter passed for that purpose".[10]
One of the people to benefit directly from the Act was John Milton, who was released from prison.[11]
Overview of Sections[edit]
- I: Preamble
- II: Supporters of Treason and Crimes Pardoned
- III: Appeals and Suits Relating to Trespass, etc. Pardoned
- IV: Acts Instituted by Parliament or Cromwell During Interregnum Discharged
- V: Pardon of Treasons
- VI: Grants of Wardships Discharged
- VII: All Things Not Excepted Shall Be Pardoned
- VIII: Pardon to Be Expounded in Courts
- IX – XXII: Exceptions
- XXIII: Pardon to Acts of Injury Between King and Parliament
- XXIV: Punishment of Those Who, Within Three Years, "Revive the Memory of late Differences"
- XXV: Exception of Persons Plotting Irish Rebellion
- XXVI: Every Person Pardoned May Plead the General Issue
- XXVII – XXVIII: Exceptions
- XXIX: Goods Paid into Public Treasury
- XXX – XXXIV: Exceptions
- XXXV: Persons Who Appeared and Rendered Themselves
- XXXVI – XLIII: Exceptions of Specific Persons
- XLIV: Persons Entrusted by Ordinance 1649 Shall Be Accountable
- XLV – XLVII: Exceptions
- XLVIII: Land Purchased (Not Belonging to King or Church) to be Kept by Purchasers
- XLIX: Exception of Sacrilege
Timeline for the English legislation[edit]
- British History On-line House of Commons Journal Volume 8 (www.british-history.ac.uk)
- 9 May 1660, Pardon and Oblivion First reading
- 12 May 1660, Pardon and Oblivion Second reading.
- 17 May 1660, Bill of Pardon and Oblivion to go to committee
- 11 July 1660 Pardon and Oblivion That the Title of this Bill be, "An Act of free and general Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion" Passed and was sent to the House of Lords.
- 16 20 July 1660 Proceedings of Regicides Ordered, That the Instrument for proclaiming the High Court of Justice for judging of the late King's Majesty, together with the Journal of their Proceedings, be sent to the Lords, to be by them made use of.
- 7 August 1660 Lords reminded of Bills Including the "The Act of General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion"
- 11 Aug 1660 Pardon and Oblivion Back from House of Lords with Provisoes, Alterations, and Additions. Passed to committee.
- 13 August 1660 Passed amendments and the Bill was sent to the House of Lords.
- Lords desire a Conference conference concerning the Act of Indemnity.
- 28 August 1660 Pardon and Oblivion The House agreed to the final amendments to which a joint house conference had agreed and ordered that the Bill of "General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion" be sent to the Lords, as it was now amended. The reply came back from the House of Lords that his Majesty would "be pleased to come To-morrow Morning, to pass the Bill, as is desired".
- British History On-line House of Lords Journal Volume 11 (www.british-history.ac.uk)
- 29 August 1660 Bills passed One of which was "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion".
The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Irish Act[edit]
An Irish act by the same name "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland]" was sent to the Duke of Ormonde on the 16 August 1664 by Sir Paul Davys.[14]
See also[edit]
- Charles II, 1660: An Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indemnity and Oblivion, Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 226–34.
- ^ Charles II, 1660: An Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indemnity and Oblivion., Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 226-34. British History Online, Date accessed: 27 February 2007.
- ^ "An act of free and general pardon, indemnity and oblivion". Retrieved 12/10/2013.
- ^ "An act of free and general pardon, indemnity and oblivion". Retrieved 12/11/2013.
- ^ "Indemnity and Oblivion, Act of". Retrieved 12/11/2013.
- ^ Kenyon, J.P.. The Stuart Constitution 2nd Edition Cambridge University Press 1986 p.336
- ^ Kenyon, J.P. The Popish Plot Phoenix Press Reissue 2000 p. 154
- ^ House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 5 June 1660, Proceedings against Regicides That the Seven Persons who, by former Order, are to be excepted out of the Act of general Pardon for Life and Estate, be named here in this House. Resolved, That Thomas Harrison be one of the Seven Persons.
- ^ House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 5 June 1660.
- ^ House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 7 June 1660
- ^ House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 8 June 1660 House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 8 June 1660 The twenty who punishment did not extend to life were added to the list.
- ^ Milton Agonistes By Tony Tanner for the New York Times April 6, 1997.
- ^ "An Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indempnity and Oblivion.". Retrieved 12/11/2013.
- ^ "An act of free and general pardon, indemnity and oblivion". Retrieved 12/11/2013.
- ^ Carte Calendar Volume 40, June-December 1664 Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Includes a number of correspondence on the "Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland]".
- ^ C.H. Firth, R.S. Rait (eds), Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, 1911 pp. 565-577
- ^ C.H. Firth, R.S. Rait (eds), Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, 1911 pp. 1299-1304
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SPOKANE – Whitworth University moved up one more spot to fourth in today's D3hoops.com top-25 poll.
The Pirates (14-1) have steadily moved up from 11th to 6th to 5th to 4th over the last four weeks of the poll. Room was made for Whitworth to move up one more spot this week when previously #1 North Central (Ill.) took its first loss of the season last week. The Cardinals fell to fifth in this week's poll.
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Former Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared himself out of a 2014 contest to replace U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, but placed himself on the side of Republicans who believe the party has become too rigid in its approach.
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By S. Thomas Coleman
For the AJC
Here's the AJC.com Class A Blog Divided Top 5 after Week 3. The overall AJC/Georgia High School Football Daily ranking is in parenthesis. Right now with most teams having played two games, the Power Rankings don't mean a whole lot. We'll start linking to those after Week 6, when most teams will have completed half of their regular season (five games).
1. Seminole County (8). The Indians are 2-0 after blasting Turner County (0-2) 49-0 last Friday. Seminole County gained 281 yards rushing and was led by senior RB Robert Speight who ran for 135 of those yards on 12 carries. Speight also accounted for three touchdowns. He ran for a 37-yarder, caught a 20-yarder from QB Alex Fudge, and threw a half-back pass for a 27-yard score to Tyler Peters. The Indians host Clinch County (1-2) on Friday in Donaldsonville.
2. Lincoln County (3). The Red Devils (1-1) were shut out in the second half in a 28-14 loss to Washington-Wilkes, ranked No. 6 in AA, in the 76th edition of the Highway 378 War. QB Keith Lockhart figured in both Lincoln County touchdowns with a 2-yard pass to Jamar Norman and a 51-yard run. Mike McIntire finished with 96 yards on 22 carries. The Red Devils will take a week off before traveling across the South Carolina boarder to face Ninety Six on Sept. 19.
3. Marion County (NR). The Eagles (2-0) jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead and then hung on to defeat Class AA Kendrick 20-14. A.J. Wells, one of the state's top kickers, had field goals of 29 and 42 yards, while QB Dustin Eckert threw touchdown passes of 43 yards to Trae Swanson and 15 yards to Lorenzo Smothers. Marion County will take a week off before Miller County (1-1) pays a visit to Buena Vista on Sept. 20.
4. Wilcox County (9). The Patriots (1-1) came out flat and were dominated 26-7 by Class AAAA Monroe. Quinn Tisdol scored on a 57-yard pass from QB Antwan Benjamin for the Patriots' lone tally. Wilcox will host defending Class A public school runner up Dooly County (0-2) on Friday in Rochelle.
5. Johnson County (10). The Trojans (2-0) jumped all over Twiggs County 43-0, and have now outscored their first two opponents (Jenkins County) 83-0. JoCo (2-0) will host Portal (0-1-1) on Friday in Wrightsville.
Another half dozen to watch: Charlton County (1-1), Hancock Central (2-0), Miller County (1-1), Telfair County (2-0), Trion (2-0).
1. Eagle's Landing Christian Academy (1). The Chargers (2-0) shut out Clinch County 30-0 last week down in Homerville. The ELCA defense led the way stoning Clinch County on four downs at the ELCA 1-yard line in the second quarter. Senior quarterback Dalton Etheridge threw two touchdown passes to Davis Carrandi and ran for another. The Chargers will host Class AA Hapeville Charter (0-2) in McDonough on Friday.
2. Aquinas (4). For the second time in as many years, the Irish (2-0) defeated George Walton Academy in overtime, this time 19-16. Ruben Garnett, who finished with 164 yards rushing, scored from 5-yards out on a direct snap for the win, after GWA kicked a field goal on its overtime possession. The Irish will take this week off before traveling across town to visit AA Josey on Sept. 20.
3. Savannah Christian (5). The Raider (0-1-1) defense held previous No. 2 Prince Avenue Christian (2-1) to just 148 total yards in a 17-9 win in Savannah. J.T. Mertz, Nick Korzick, Nick Bateman, P.J. Green, John Jackson and Ahmad Johnson led the effort. The Raiders will take a week off before traveling to Mt. Vernon to face Montgomery County (0-2) on Sept. 20.
4. Prince Avenue Christian (7). The Wolverines (2-1) ran into a defensive buzz saw in Savannah as their leading rusher, Zantravious Shields, was held to 26 yards on 11 carries by Savannah Christian. PAC will take a week off before traveling to Gibson to face Glascock County (1-2).
5. Landmark Christian (2). The War Eagles (3-0) made a statement last Friday with a 37-18 win over Wilkerson County (0-2). QB Stockton McGuire ran for 178 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries, threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Sam Ward and kicked a 36-yard field goal. Landmark will play its fourth game in as many weeks on Friday when it welcomes upstart Mt. Paran Christian (2-0) to downtown Fairburn.
Another half dozen to watch: George Walton Academy, Holy Innocents, Mt. Paran, Mt. Pisgah, Pace Academy, Walker.
Coachspeak: Pace Academy's Chris Slade.
It was bound to happen. Once Pace Academy, which finished 3-7 last season, jumped all over its first two opponents (Whitefield Academy and Athens Academy) in dominating fashion, the "R" word would inevitably soon follow.
The 180-degree turnaround with the Knights' program must mean new head coach Chris Slade and his staff is recruiting players. Nonsense, according to the nine-year NFL veteran linebacker.
"I hear [recruiting accusations] a little bit here and there, but not a lot," said Slade, a former All-American at Virginia, who served as Pace's defensive line coach last season. "But here's the thing. We have a squad of less than 40 kids, and I didn't get the [head coaching] job until January. But those kids that have been here bought into what we're doing – kids like Denzel Franklin, Kameron Uter, Kevin Johnson and Trevor Cefalu, who have been here a long time.
"They wanted to be a part of building this program and they set the tone in the off season," Slade said. "We had over 90 percent participation in our summer workout program. No one talks about that, the work that these kids put in."
Slade said Pace returned 17 of its 22 starters from last year. While 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore RB Malik Staples transferred in from Peachtree Ridge, the biggest reason for Pace's early success has been a transfer of attitude. There is a new dedication to football on behalf of the players and coaches. For example, many of the coaches from last year's staff are now running the Knights' middle school program, which worked better for their schedules, Slade said.
What has developed has been a high-powered offense that can strike from anywhere on the field, whether it's with Staples and Franklin on the ground, or Johnson, Uter and Cefalu through the air. Defensively, the catalyst for the Knights is their quick, strong and aggressive front seven, led by sophomores Anthony Trinth, DeAndre Byrd, and Jack Walsh, as well as senior Baiza Cheirnet.
"Our staff is here, watching film every day, trying to help us get better every day," Slade said. "That's something people don't know and don't see when they start all of that talk.
"And the other thing they don't know is that every kid that is here, whether they are a student athlete or not, had to go through the same admissions process as every other student," Slade said. "They are held to the same rigorous academic standards that every Pace student is held to."
To that end, the UVA grad, who knows a lot about balancing football with academic rigor, make sure his players have more than enough time for school work, even though their football work load has increased. He has kept that top of mind, while developing his coaching style through taking a little bit from all of the high-caliber coaches he had throughout his playing career. That includes Pete Carroll, Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick in the NFL, George Welch at UVA, and even his prep coach at Tabb High in Yorktown, VA.
"I try to incorporate some things from all of them. It might be how we warm up or how we watch film," Slade said. "All of them were great coaches. I've been very fortunate over my 18 years of playing football to be around some of the best coaches."
Slade, who also tried his hand at broadcasting after his NFL career ended, hopes to carve out his niche as a stellar coach. So far, so good.
"We haven't done anything yet," Slade said. "We won our first game last year and ended up going 3-7. We still have a long, long way to go, but the kids have bought into our team concept. They are a very tight group and they realize that no one is bigger than the team."
Now it's your turn, Class A Blog heads. What say you? Until Thursday …
September 10th, 2013
4:06 pm
Disclaimer: I am not a Pace insider so this is from the word on the street that could be inaccurate, but since you asked . . . I've heard pretty wild rumors floating around about recruitment. A number folks in the high school community knew that some of these guys were interviewing for a new high school team to play on, but it makes one wonder why Peachtree Ridge studs Anthony Tranh and Malik Staples would transfer to Pace this fall. Paces Ferry is a long commute from Gwinnett County. These guys are difference makers and playmakers. Not home grown at Pace. As the coach said, they may be held to the same academic standards but do they all pay the same tuition? What else were they promised, if anything? Pace's curious influx of numerous transfers this year apparently also include the Payne kid and Markwalter to name just a few. Winning is great, but the influx of a number of ringers like this can have a downside, and sow discontent and apparently starting to do so. Inquiring minds want to know: Is Pace benefactor Arthur Blank involved in the football program at all and what means are being applied to help Pace get a state championship?
September 10th, 2013
4:21 pm
I heard that 20 new players are on the roster compared to last year's roster. I wonder how many of those new players are starting. Also wonder if they are paying 23k tuition and if they are getting assistance and are there just as many non athletes getting the same assistance. Finally, if there are so many new players that aren't incoming freshman then how where they all declared eligible since a bonafied move into the school service area is required. I guess they could all claim they are moving for academic reasons.
September 10th, 2013
5:53 pm
Landmark kids are "Homegrown". One thing is for sure, no one and I mean no one can ever say Landmark has recruited. EVER. Good for them.
September 10th, 2013
7:24 pm
I think the legality or rules appropriateness of the process as it relates to GHSA is probably not in question. Certainly though, what is in question in many people's minds is the spirit of what is going on. I hope this does not portend the path of Class A. As well, I certainly appreciate better now the unhappiness of public schools two years ago.
September 10th, 2013
7:49 pm
I have a kid that goes to a private school in this same classification, and if anyone actually believes that these kids aren't recruited and passed through the system without anyone being concerned about them or their future prospects are either in complete denial, or intellectually dishonest. Don't get me wrong, many of these kids would never get to go to a normal high school, and experience how kids outside of their "hoods" live. Anyone who thinks that a D-line at Landmark that could start for Georgia State are not "recruited" has that head in the proverbial sand. I compare high school football in Georgia to D-1 a few years early. Sad……………..
September 10th, 2013
8:07 pm
STC, you started off the piece acknowledging that there is indeed buzz out there about the "R" word and Pace football this year. Don't you find it even a bit curious about all the new stud transfers? All organic tranfers huh? And there is no coordinated effort to induce any of these transfers? I am just asking questions. Instead of you asking pertinent questions, you are declaring everything to be kosher. No one said GHSA didn't approve the transfers. But it does not follow that just because GHSA hasn't objected, that means there was no recruiting. Instead of having a healthy sense of journalistic skepticism and probing further, you instead editorialize and assert that all is well and if Pace admitted them, then doggone it "there is nothing else for anyone to question." Do you know the GHSA rules on improper influence and recruiting? Go look at GHSA rule 1.70. Evidence of recruiting and undue influence includes personal contact initiated by coaches or boosters in an attempt to induce a transfer. Also attendance at any reception or any social event for any of the athletes is undue influence Rumor is that these did occur. How is it that you know that those did not occur? Why don't you actually ask the coach or Arthur Blank (a booster) if he ever spoke to the recruits, I mean potential student-athletes, instead of speculating that he didn't? Why don't you report the total number of transfers for this year who are playing? Compare that with the historically low number of transfers (3) in the past, see http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-high-school-sports/2012/08/07/athletic-transfers-top-6000-for-2011-2012/. Why so many now? Now that is newsworthy.
September 10th, 2013
8:25 pm
STC, please check the line on SCPS, I think that needs to read 1-0-1 instead of 0-1-1, but hey, I've been wrong before.
I'm exceedingly glad to have the new season well underway, but, geez, it's the same old rhetoric….if you're winning, you're obviously recruiting, right. I had an extended say on this last year and thus won't beat that dead horse too hard this year. However, the bottom line is that students may transfer in at will to a private school, provided that they pass the entrance requirements and satisfy the financial end. To suggest that a coach or school governing body is showing up at an athlete's door with promises of free and unqualified educational assistance is reckless. It's the school's business who they allow to come play for them, and they only have to answer to the parents who support the school. Get over it already.
September 10th, 2013
8:26 pm
Reality, please get a life and leave 14/15 year kids alone…
You need a job.
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8:29 pm
LOL at "lol at you people", now that's funny….
September 10th, 2013
8:47 pm
@Birdrow not one of the transfers to Pace come from the hood! Not every African-American lives in the hood! Secondly, who ever thinks that there are 20 new players on Paces football team is dreaming! Look up A Better Chance everyone and then you can lay the R rumors to rest. Boy I hope Pace keeps winning so they can really piss some of you guys off. You are just motivating all of the other athletes that have been on that team for years to shut you guys up. The transfers cannot win the games by themselves. They are one! Black, White, Green or Yellow! Please keep motivating these young men!
September 10th, 2013
8:56 pm
If my son had been at Pace from the time he was in lower school and was replaced by one of these recruits by the time he was in high school, I would be pissed.
September 10th, 2013
9:22 pm
What I'm not understanding about all the talk about Pace is that all schools want to WIN and all schools go about it differently. Some want big players, some want fast players, some even have older players but they want to win. The difference is that anyone can attend a private school if they are accepted and can pay the bill. Lets not act like none of us have ever gotten help with bills, whether it is school, credit cards, car note, groceries or whatever form you can possibly think of. Are others mad because there school is not winning or do their kids attend Pace and their kids are not playing now ? If the coach didn't win he would be fired, now that he has won just 2 games there is an uproar or is there a threat to someone else program ? Or is the real issue all the kids just happen to be African American ? C'mon people its 2013 ……
September 10th, 2013
9:34 pm
STC, there is an inherent flaw in the blogosphere– facts are elusive. All private schools recruit, they have to attract tuition paying students to survive. Schools like Pace, Lovett, Westminster, HIES, Woodward, Marist, etc. market themselves to a broad range of families who have interests in quality academics, arts, athletics, service, and community. These schools (over 100 independent schools in Georgia) many of which also have a religious component, are thoughtful about their missions. Proudly, Georgia has some of the top private schools in the US. The "recruiting" of student- athletes is a reality of all these schools. Look at the number of Westminster state championships with such a small population. The GHSA tries to limit the recruiting by stopping schools from initiating the contact. However once a prospective student contacts the private school, then the conversation can begin about the benefits of a private school education. As for the tuition and financial aid; every school is clear about process and policy – NO ghsa school gives merit based aid; they only give need based financial aid. Go to the schools websites to see financial aid process.
Students move from one school to another (public to public, public to private, private to public) each year. Often times students move to find better programs – academic, arts, music, athletics. The GHSA's role is to verify that the transfer is legitimate. We can't read the mind of a student and tell if they really want to transfer to so they can play tuba in the Lovett band!
As I remember, Pace Academy has won more debate state championships than any other Georgia school — my guess is they must have had a great program and coach that attracted great debaters. After reading about Coach Slade – just maybe parents and students find him to be the kind of person you would want your student-athlete learning from. Parents choose a private school because of excellent teachers and coaches – that is a believable narrative in 2013.
September 10th, 2013
10:09 pm
When you walk into Landmarks front office, you better have check in hand. They care about academics, Sports is icing on the cake. Birdrow you are so mistaken. Landmarks DLINE probably averages about 180. Get over it man. Landmark has never recruited,
September 10th, 2013
10:10 pm
Running ads, having an open house for the public, and marketing the school in general is not considered recruiting under the GHSA rules. Many schools, both public and private, do that and that is perfectly fine under the rules.
However, a coach or booster who initiates contact with a specific student-athlete who has been going to another school to promote their school, or inviting the athlete to a reception or event that is not an open house for the public, is considered undue influence and evidence of recruiting under the rules.
September 10th, 2013
10:32 pm
Just because questions are raised doesn't mean anyone is mad at Pace or has it out for them. Such ad hominem attacks on the questioner are red herrings to avoid dealing with a legitimate question. Frankly, Pace is a superb academic institution, but their football program hasn't been around that long or been that good enough to develop a whole lot of rivalries or haters. Certainly, a couple of wins is not enough to consider them a threat to be the next Buford-like dynasty.
The issue is, the high number of stud athletes who transferred in and the persistent recruiting rumors of how they got there do give rise to some legitimate questions and discussion regarding the GHSA rules that all the schools are supposed to abide by regarding recruiting and improper influence of students enrolled elsewhere. It's as simple as that.
September 10th, 2013
10:35 pm
Amen Ralph! Don't know what school you support, but that is the truth. Landmark wins some and losses some but it is natural. Some classes are better than others. We just try to win. Some are setting a dangerous precedent. If Landmark recruited we could draw from schools in Fayette, Fulton, Coweta and Clayton Counties. My Lord, Landmark would have 20 Football Championships if they recruited players and paid for a private school education. Pace has some questions to answer. Other schools also.
September 10th, 2013
11:02 pm
I usually cover AAA ball but Pace Academy is a intresting team to follow. All of this recruiting yall speak of is a myth. They brought in 3 players, Philip Markwalter, Malik Staples, and Anthony trine. 3 playes is nothing. The 2011-2012 Bufford class had over 10 transfers play on there team. Two other schools that have alot of "transfers" are Landmark Christian and ELCA
September 10th, 2013
11:08 pm
One of the rumors floating out there is that some of the Pace-targeted recruits were courted by influential boosters and invited to a reception or event that members of the Pace football team were at, which was not an open house for the public. If true, and depending on the timing, this could be considered undue influence and evidence of recruiting under the GHSA rules.
September 11th, 2013
1:04 am
Pace canceled their JV season because they did not have enough "homegrown" kids playing football. I think they only have three freshmen playing. Their 8th grade team is 15 or 16 kids. My point is that they did not build a state championship contender from within.
I was told by a Wesleyan father that our team had ZERO chance of beating Pace and he was not exaggerating. To this point, Pace has not been a football factory but this year may be the beginning of a new philosophy. I dread the beating our team will take, but I admit, I would like to see the ELCAs and other usual suspects get a taste of their own medicine.
I pay tuition and I would move my kids if our school brought in a team of outsiders, especially if they don't even pay for school. I want to see my sons play and enjoy the experience of high school football, not sit and watch from the sidelines.
The Georgia Private School Tax Credit program was intended to bring financial and ethnic diversity to private schools. Unfortunately, some schools are targeting athletes from public schools.
September 11th, 2013
1:16 am
I do want to point out that it isn't just private schools and not just Buford and Calhoun. I have watched Riverwood go from a doormat to a highly athletic and competitive team. Nothing outside of GHSA rules, just started bringing in athletes from other parts of Atlanta. Not a state championship contender, just a competitive team for their classification. I still would not like it if my sons were playing there, but at least it wouldn't be costing $22K a year.
September 11th, 2013
7:05 am
Move along here nothing to see here ! This is single A Private school foootball this is why they have this special division right? Public and Private seperate. Pace academy and the "Tom Murphy Rule" go hand in hand tho some try to discount that as folk lore but that would still not apply in this small classification unless you want to create a "B" division.
Lovett, a private school neighbor of Pace tried to get their version of a residency measure in front of the GHSA and where did that go? The public schools don't want that to happen just as much as the private schools.
Now the Wesleyan father being upset please look at your girls basketball program not so much now as a few years ago. The smart way now is bring them in while they are in middle school that way you can say they have been here since middle school. ( Like the private school in dekalb does) All you have to do is go to a game and see the way the parents dress the well to do have their intials on their shirts while the lesser income folks have their names on their shirts followed by a tire shop or fast food design on it. I want to make myself clear there is nothing wrong with getting your child in a better enviorment to obtain a better education where the problems lie is the athletic side of it.
If you think that 4 or 5 players can't change a game at the A level in football you are mistaken. When those 4 will be in the all state race you only need 6 or 7 regular Joes to be good.
In Dekalb you have kids that can walk to one high school but don't because they want to play at the Dekalb football or basketball factories of their choice. So you always will have the haves and the haves not in football and basketball that does now inclued the girls in this.
Like I said move along here nothing to see business as usual move along here.
September 11th, 2013
7:31 am
Some of the comments are comical about how the parents feel their kids are in line to start because their kid has been at the school for years. Do you really feel that if the kid has been there since 1st grade he should play? THIS IS HS FOOTBALL! Not peewee league where everyone plays! All schools public and private want kids to transfer in… They would continually decrease in population otherwise.
STC: it seems we now have two debates going. One, did Pace recruit those kids and not go by the rules. And two, should kids that transfer to a school get playing time over a kid that's been there for years paying tuition…. I know my thoughts on both, yours???
September 11th, 2013
8:04 am
@ STC ….. I'm going to "try" and comment on all this without throwing stones or making accusations on all this Pace Academy stuff. First off, I disagree with you about Coach Slade giving "answers" to all the "R" stuff. He gave us a lot of "stuff" that sounded like a politician …. the work the kids have put into this, buying into the off season workouts, 90% participation, etc … I would like to know the numbers, the "FACTS" on how many transfers that are playing football this year that were not on the team last year. Coach Slade didn't answer that. He mention ONE kid ( Staples from Peachtree Ridge ). Like REAILTY said …. that would be newsworthy.
My personal opinion is that Coach Slade has a "pedigree" that I would love for my son to play ball for. Him "knowing" football, being a great player himself, and having the "mentors" he has had during his football career. If Pace has had three, four, or even five football players transfer in, I see no wrong with that ( wanting to play for him and attend Pace ), BUT if you are using Private Grant Funds to build a football team and you have an influx of "stud" football players using that money …. it is downright SORRY! I hope that Pace Academy nor Coach Slade would stoop as low.
With all this said, and until proven "guilty", I wish Pace Academy, Coach Slade, and all his players the very best ….. until Novenber 1st !!
September 11th, 2013
8:51 am
Pace returns 17 out of 22 starters. They have 3 new high caliber players Anthony trinh, a transfer from peachtree ridge, Phillip markwalter a transfer from Marist, and Malik staples a transfer from peachtree ridge, pace starts 2 freshman as well as these three new sophomores. This is not a different team then last years, just way better coaches
September 11th, 2013
8:52 am
STC – I never said my son deserves playing time because we pay tuition. The reality is that we pay tuition and my sons get exceptional teachers with exceptional resources and surrounded by families that support academics and success in general. If you become a distraction or do bad things, the school will dismiss you because parents are paying a lot of money for the learning environment.
Having said that, I know that my sons have a modest number of kids they are competing with and many of these boys have specialized sports or don't play sports at all. I am paying for my sons to have opportunities that they might not have in a 6A pool of 3,000 students. I have no problem with my son losing a position to another tuition-paying child, I knew that was always a possibility. However, if you say we are going to bring in any kid from anywhere in the city and not charge them tuition then I am certain that they can find more athletically talented kids.
True high school football should be kids that are at your school playing for the school team. You should play with the talent you have and accept winning and losing.
Once you decide to start hand-picking athletes and do not charge them tuition, you are now providing athletic scholarships.
September 11th, 2013
9:15 am
@swamp: Lol, tell me ELCA and their coach has not responded with the same platitudes in the the past (e.g. our kids are working hard) to the same question! Why don't you go ahead and give us the info ("FACTS") on the ELCA program this year as a show of good faith-i.e. the number of new 9th graders (did not attend 8th grade at ELCA) on the football team, "old" transfers that sat out last year, "new" transfers that are eligible this year, etc. This whole thread is "SORRY", considering is seems to be a load of sour grapes…
September 11th, 2013
9:22 am
Staples, Trinh, D Byrd, Markwalter, Payne, and others are all impact players — D-1 prospects — who transferred in. If there is even one of them that was recruited under the GHSA rules, it is improper. And that is still true regardless of whether Pace is 2-0 or 0-2. You are in denial if you are trying to say that the influx of this type of D1 talent on a previously losing Single A team doesn't have a huge impact. 17 of the starters from last year may have returned to be on the team this year, but how many of the 17 have been displaced from starting by the new transfers?
September 11th, 2013
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Jordan Payne and d-byrd are freshman they are not recruits, and 16 of last years 17 starters are starting this year
September 11th, 2013
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@ STC ….. Yes, Coach Gess did give the same "answers". And as I said in the rest of my take, I'd just like to know how many kids have transfered in … four or five I have no issues with …… 10 or 12 ….. then you have "doubt". AGREE? I thought I spoke highly of Coach Slade and Pace ….. I wish them well, but like I said, if you are using Private Grant Funds to build your football team, it's not right. I don't care if the kids are black, white or green …. that money should go to deserving kids that want to better themselves.
September 11th, 2013
10:02 am
Philip Markwalter went to Pace Academy from Pre-K thru 6th grade… then transferred to Marist and really did not like HS at Marist, so transferred back for 10th grade… He was a Pace Knight when he was 7 years old, he is as homegrown as they get…
Aside from this…. Payne and Byrd are currently in 9th graders (8th grade last year), THESE KIDS ARE NOT TRANSFERS…. they are incoming 9th graders… they cannot be transfers.
Please study up… Quit hiding behind the keys of a message board, and show up to Pace Academy and ask someone a question face to face.
September 11th, 2013
10:06 am
From researching…
Offense: 9 out of the 11 starters from last year RETURNED TO THEIR STARTING POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
Note: One of them is a freshmen.
Defense: 7 out of 11 starters from last year RETURNED TO THEIR STARTING POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
Note: one freshmen, and one student-athlete who attended Pace previously.
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1 box strawberry cake mix
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2, 8 oz packages of cream cheese (room temperature)
Confectioners sugar to taste (about 1 or 2 cups)
2 fruit roll ups
3 heart shaped cookie cutter
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Successful alliances of more than 71 public and private landowners unite statewide to protect Hawaii's watersheds. Three of these partnerships share highlights of their unique work.
Watershed partnerships – among them the state of Hawaii, the largest public landowner, and Kamehameha Schools, the largest private landowner – lead the way in protecting 2.2 million acres of watersheds that cross property boundaries on the main Hawaiian Islands. The alliances began in 1991 on East Maui. Today, 11 partnerships on six islands form the Hawaii Association of Watershed Partnerships with 7,000 volunteers statewide. And since 2006 they have leveraged $12 million in private and federal funding to support local jobs and businesses.
Lisa Ferentinos, who oversees the Watershed Partnership Program on behalf of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, says not all "green" is good at producing water. For example, native ohia captures rainwater in its flowers and leaves to fall gently to the ground vegetation to be absorbed. Not so with strawberry guava, an invasive species which lets rainwater "through-fall" to its roots with less going into the ground to feed the aquifers.
Protecting watersheds from hoofed animals is the first priority. Fencing is the most feasible way to prevent feral pigs, goats, sheep, deer and wild cattle from trampling and devouring native vegetation. Animals also spread destructive weeds and plant diseases. Eliminating invasive plants and reforestation efforts can then follow successfully.
"Because of human activity, we have to intervene to remove invasive weeds, monitor fires, predators and diseases, as well as replant native species," Ferentinos says. "Without active protection, we lose our native forests, we lose our water."
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The Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance, established in 2009, is introducing some of Hawaii's littlest people to its tallest mountain. Its program, "More Kids in the Woods," funded by a one-year, $33,000 federal grant, aims to involve 400 Big Island youth ages 6 to 20 in watershed protection and forest restoration.
"Our approach is a fusion of contemporary ecological restoration with Hawaiian cultural traditions," says Cheyenne Perry, MKWA coordinator. One of three Big Island-based watershed partnerships, MKWA covers all of Mauna Kea and includes large public and private landowners (1,000 acres and more) above the 2,000-foot elevation of the 13,796-foot mountain. Feral cattle, sheep and game animals introduced in the 18th century damaged much of Mauna Kea's native forests.
With students ages 6 to 12 as its core group, MKWA offers forest field trips to gather native seeds for restoration planting in early spring 2012. It is working with Kanu o ka 'Aina in Waimea and Ke Ana Laahana in Hilo, both public charter schools, to construct greenhouses where seeds can be nurtured into seedlings for replanting. At one restoration site at the 6,000- to 8,000-foot elevation, students are planting trees and shrubs.
"We have workshops taught by knowledgeable kumu (teachers) of Hawaiian culture for teachers and older students on forest restoration incorporating Hawaiian cultural practices, such as moon phases, planting techniques and more," Perry says.
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High tech comes to the aid of native watershed forests in the innovative work of the Kauai Watershed Alliance. Using high-resolution images, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, KWA was able to virtually pinpoint the worst threats from invasive plants and feral animals in the group's remote, thickly forested 144,000-acre focus area on the Garden Isle.
"Nothing had ever been done before to map weeds using images that show 2 centimeters of area per pixel," says Trae Menard, KWA coordinator and director of forest conservation and Kauai director for The Nature Conservancy. By comparison, Google Earth uses 20 centimeters to 30 centimeters per pixel for its images. A system designed by Resource Mapping of Hawaii hones the resolution to 1 centimeter per pixel.
"We knew the best strategy to protect where the rain fell on Kauai depended on early detection and rapid response," says Menard, who had logged more than 100 hours in helicopter surveys to document watershed threats in isolated and high terrain areas that includes Alakai Wilderness Preserve and Mt. Waialeale, the world's wettest spot.
The mapping detail reveals exact locations of areas affected by weeds, which can be eliminated from the air using a cone-shaped nozzle called the "Stinger" to deliver a herbicide formula developed by the University of Hawaii, Menard says. A precision herbicide ballistic technology that uses paint ball technology is in the works for larger areas inaccessible by foot.
"We can now control weeds in remote, large priority watershed landscapes at a huge cost savings," says Menard of the high-resolution imagery system now used statewide.
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Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership
Majestic koa trees, prized by ancient Hawaiians for their hardy sea-faring canoes, once dominated the drought-challenged leeward slopes of Haleakala and aided in capturing valuable fog drip to replenish watershed areas on Maui. In recent times, as the forests were decimated, the area became known for turning the ocean red after heavy rains from topsoil erosion.
Today, with less than 10 percent of the original forest remaining, the Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership is aiming to restore koa forests on Haleakala from Makawao to Kaupo between 3,500- and 6,500-foot elevations.
"We began with just a few volunteers and begging people to help us," says Dr. Art Medeiros, LHWRP technical adviser and biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "In eight years, we've attracted thousands of volunteers and planted 100,000 seedlings that will grow into trees that will outlive all of us." With a goal of 60 percent restoration of native koa in the next 100 years, Medeiros is experimenting with scattering seed from the air using special seed-carrying clay balls.
LHWRP, which was established in 2003 and oversees 43,175 acres along the rugged leeward Maui area, has a volunteer waiting list for the day long trips with knowledgeable leaders to plant trees, remove non-native species and collect seeds. "It warms my heart to see so many willing to help on this historic restoration of a unique native forest," Medeiros says.
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Wow, I actually made it through. All I have to say really, except that these books seem much more enjoyable as audio books. Not sure I would want to wear my eyes out on all this.
I can't believe it's the end of the series!! It ended well, though, which is not always the case. The ending was as it should be.
This must have been an extremely difficult book to write, and for that I give Brandon Sanderson an extra star, where I think I'd have only given three otherwise.
Mat was the best character of the series and he didn't fail to deliver here. Granted, I hated his character early in the series, but as soon as he goes through the doorway, he's elevated to extremely awesome. His humor saved a lot of the book for me.
This whole series needed Androl's and Pevara's bond. It was finally a time we could see that Aes Sedai were human, and that not everybody hated the opposite gender.
I still have too many questions left unanswered after reading this book. I am disappointed by the end of the series, and especially by Rand's battle against the Dark One. I don't think anyone could have done a better job of writing it, but talk about too much in-book hype. Nothing could have lived up to that.
I'm glad this journey is over. On to the next Brandon Sanderson books.
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I won't go into the story except to say all the loose ends are tied off and you find out what happens to all the characters you have met on this epic journey.
A Memory of Light brings an ending in The Wheel of Time for the Dragon Reborn, Rand al'Thor, and his adversary The Dark One, along with their collective allies and forces. Throughout the 1148 pages, good and evil vie for an advantage in the lead up to and during ultimate confrontation between all involved whether during The Last Battle or the inside the Pit of Doom itself. But one of the most striking things about the book is that there are two narrative structures in play, the first with the book itself and the other of the entire series.
The conflict between both sides in A Memory of Light literally takes place on the battlefield, which spans over a third of the continent at one point before settling in two locations. In previous books, battles have occurred and were well written, however they pail in comparison with what occurs in A Memory of Light. The apocalyptic Last Battle that has been mentioned since The Eye of the World occurs at the Field of Merrilor, between the forces of Light and Shadow, and within the Pit of Doom, between Rand and the Dark One itself. The majority of it takes place within chapter 37, aptly entitled The Last Battle, take up an eye raising 248 pages and chronicling over 24 hours worth of battle action and strategy. It is truly a worthy battle between good and evil given all the build up.
In the end A Memory of the Light and The Wheel of Time comes down to Rand's confrontation with the Dark One, which is more a mental than physical battle. Foreshadowed events early in the book once again play a role in the climax to help Rand in his destiny, but as the book's climax is one and the same with the series it turns out that its events in the Two Rivers in The Eye of the World do foreshadow the resolution in the Pit of Doom. If this series is about cycles and patterns, then Jordan succeeded in giving one to his entire series.
A Memory of Light is an apt title for the final Wheel of Time book, as from the beginning of the series things have been getting continually darker. The book ends with a lot of the characters just dangling as their stories and lives aren't at an end, however their connections to the appearance, rise, and destiny of the Dragon Reborn is just like the story. Not only as a book, but as the final installment of a series as long as The Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light is excellent and leaves one satisfied once they close the cover for the last time.
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Rumors of behind-the-scene deals abound, the details of which will soon emerge. However, one county commissioner said the solution to this is quite simple.
"I know what I want to do. I want to hold the contractor accountable and sue him if we have to or sue everybody involved and get it going again," said Ilona Varga.
She is not giving up on the unfinished jail project. She said the contractor, Walbridge, made a promise to commissioners, and she wants it kept.
"He sat in front of us and said I can do this for this," Varga explained. "He said he would eat it if he came over budget. I believed him."
Now taxpayers are on the hook for it. The project went $100 million over budget before Ficano pulled the plug on construction last month.
Delaying the meeting with commissioners will give Ficano's administration more time to vet proposals for the jail site. You have heard about a few of the options. They include a soccer stadium, condos and shopping centers, but sources said there are more proposals on the table. It's possible negotiations are taking place now.
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The Victorian-era, Gothic-style cathedral, which dominated the city's central square, was badly damaged in the February 2011 quake. The 6.3 magnitude quake killed 185 people and destroyed large areas of the business centre and more than 6,000 homes.
The landmark cathedral was a favourite meeting place and tourist attraction, but any chance of saving it was ended by several strong aftershocks that caused more damage.
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