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By Chris Carl 1:18am, December 30, 2013
Eagles running back Bryce Brown (34) celebrates with tight end James Casey (85). (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)They never trailed, but it was never very comfortable, as the Eagles beat the Cowboys 24-22 to win the NFC East and secure a playoff spot.
It wasn't easy though. Dallas actually had the chance to tie the game. Dez Bryant scored on a 32-yard pass play with just under four minutes remaining. The Cowboys then went for 2 and the tie, but failed to convert.
The Cowboys were playing with backup quarterback Kyle Orton, replacing Tony Romo, who had season-ending back surgery on Friday. The knock on Romo has always been late turnovers - which eventually doomed Orton as well.
"That was a...interesting fourth quarter, to say the least," Eagle coach Chip Kelly said after the game. "But this group just keeps battling and they just found a way."
The Eagles defense came up with three turnovers in the game.
QB Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes for the Eagles.
RB LeSean McCoy had 131 rushing yards and a receiving TD. He finishes the season as the NFL rushing champion
Kelly says this team is special.
"Everything we asked them to do as a staff from the first day that we got there on April 1st until tonight, they bought in and it's a awesome feeling when you can work as hard as they've worked and to see it pay off. The result is you're 10-6 and division champs," Kelly said.
The Eagles finish the regular season with a record of 10-6, after only winning 4 games a year ago.
They will host New Orleans in a wild-card game on Saturday night. You'll hear it right here on WDEL.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Another accomplice in East 12th Street attack pleads guilty
One Clinic worker dead, another wounded in 'execution-style' shooting in downtown Cleveland
Reginald Day pleaded guilty to murder, robbery and kidnapping in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court as part of a plea deal in which he agreed to testify against Ralfeal King, the accused shooter and last of six defendants in the case. Day was scheduled to stand trial Monday.
Day was originally charged with aggravated murder and could've been sentenced to death, if convicted. Prosecutors dropped the death penalty specifications Monday.
Before pleading guilty, Day gave investigators a statement admitting he was part of the group of patrons at Scorchers bar who arranged to sell marijuana to Jeremy Pechanec, 28, a Cleveland Clinic employee out celebrating a friend's birthday in February 2009. The group robbed Pechanec instead in Perk Park across the street from the bar and shot and killed him.
Pechanec's friend and co-worker Jory Aebly, 26, followed Pechanec into the park and was shot in the back of the head. He miraculously survived his injuries.
Day also agreed to testify in any re-trials that may be ordered for Joaquin Hicks, who was found guilty last month for organizing the drug sale and robbery but maintains his innocence.
Assistant County Prosecutor Patrick Thomas revealed for the first time Monday that Hicks and Day knew each other from the state prison in Richland, where they both served time in 2005. Day was imprisoned on a drug charge and Hicks for armed robberies.
That was not part of testimony in Hicks' trial, but answers the lingering question of how Hicks was connected to the other accomplices. Thomas said prosecutors knew of that connection before Hicks' trial but could not confirm details of it until now.
Day is the cousin of three of the other defendants -- The King bothers, Cornelius, Perry and Ralfeal. A sixth defendant was a juvenile friend of Ralfeal.
Before he was sentenced, Day said he was sorry to the victims, their families and his own family. His lawyers said Day never planned on anyone being hurt in the robbery.
"I wish I could have stopped it," Day said.
In Hicks' trial last month, however, a witness testified that Day was the one who ordered Aebly shot. Day's cousin Cornelius King, 26, told jurors that Day sent Ralfeal King back to Aebly after Pechanec was shot.
"Don't leave no witnesses," Day said, according to Cornelius King.
Ralfeal King then ordered Aebly to kneel and shot him in the back of the head, according to testimony.
Aebly recovered to testify, but a brain injury from the gunshot left him unable to recognize faces and identify his attackers.
Cornelius King also testified that Hicks and Day talked at Scorchers about Pechanec's desire to buy marijuana, which led Hicks to the King brothers the and plans to rob Pechanec.
Cornelius King testified that Day called Ralfeal King by cell phone to come with a gun for the robbery and lent his phone to others to make the plan. He pleaded guilty to murder last fall and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Perry King, 20, pleaded guilty to driving the getaway car and was sentenced to 12 years in prison earlier this month.
Hicks, 29, was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery March 5 after a week-long trial. He was sentenced to 61 years to life in prison by Gaul earlier this month.
Ralfael King, 19, the accused shooter, is scheduled for trial June 1. He was 17 at the time of the shootings. A sixth defendant, a juvenile Cornelius King testified was a regular robbery partner of Ralfeal King, had his case handled in Juvenile Court.

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Junior Darren O'Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) threw five scoreless innings in relief, allowing just two hits, to improve to 6-3 on the campaign. Senior Mike Pete (Brandon, Fla.) retired junior Mike Baxter on an infield pop-up with a runner aboard in the bottom of the 13th to collect his first save since June 1, 2003 in an NCAA Regional game against Miami (Fla.). Although Vanderbilt's pitching staff registered a season-high 18 strikeouts and limited Florida to four hits, senior Jeff Sues (5.2 IP, 1 H) suffered the loss to fall to 3-5.
Florida totaled a couple of hits in the first against freshman David Price but could not open the scoring. Senior Jeff Corsaletti (Port Charlotte, Fla.) began the game with a single before the southpaw notched consecutive strikeouts of sophomores Adam Davis (Fort Myers, Fla.) and LaPorta. A base-hit up the middle by sophomore Brian Jeroloman (Wellington, Fla.) advanced Corsaletti to third before the left-hander had freshman Brandon McArthur (Seffner, Fla.) fly out to center.
VU threatened in the second with two runners in scoring position and none out but failed to capitalize. Junior Brian Hernandez launched his 15th double of the season and junior Bryan Ball (Punta Gorda, Fla.) uncorked a wild pitch to move the runner to third. Following a walk to junior Warner Jones, another wild pitch put the Commodores in prime position. A ground ball by senior Matt Zeller to LaPorta resulted in Hernandez being nailed at the dish and Ball worked out of the jam by fanning rookie Dominic De La Osa and having sophomore Aaron Garza pop out to right field.
Ball had retired 13 straight Commodores before Feinberg punched a one-out single into shallow center field in the sixth. A grounder by senior Antoan Richardson moved his teammate over and Baxter coaxed a walk from the right-hander. A grounder by Hernandez forced Baxter at second with the final out. Price set down 14 consecutive Gators until McArthur drew a walk with one down in the seventh. Undaunted, the lefty made Leclerc his 10th strikeout victim of the afternoon and then tied his career high for K by whiffing Tordi.
Sophomore RHP Michael Wagner replaced Price (7.0 IP, 11 K, 2 H, 2 BB) at the start of the eighth and was greeted by a pinch-hit single from junior Stephen Barton (Miami, Fla.). After sophomore Gavin Dickey (Tallahassee, Fla.) fouled off a sacrifice bunt attempt and struck out, freshman Cody Crowell took over on the mound for Vanderbilt. Corsaletti and Davis each walked on four pitches to load the bases for Gators, prompting another pitching change. With LaPorta at the plate, Sues let loose a wild pitch to allow Barton to score the game's opening run. LaPorta was walked intentionally to fill the sacks again before the right-hander caught Jeroloman looking on strikes and had McArthur ground out to hold the deficit at 1-0.
Vanderbilt knotted the game at 1-1 in the home portion of the inning. Ball issued a walk with one down to freshman David Macias and had Feinberg chase a pitch in the dirt for his fifth and final strikeout of the contest. After Richardson delivered an infield single for two runners aboard, sophomore Steven Porter (Ocoee, Fla.) was called on to replace Ball (four hits in 7.2 innings). Baxter roped a 1-2 offering from the lefty down the first-base line that LaPorta deflected, but not enough to prevent the tying run from coming across. O'Day entered the ballgame with runners on the corners and induced a grounder from Hernandez that forced Baxter at second.
UF put its first two runners on base in 12th but could not break the 1-1 stalemate. Sophomore Brian Leclerc (Clearwater, Fla.) reached on an error to start the frame and junior Justin Tordi (Orlando, Fla.) drew a walk from Sues. A fly out to right by Barton pushed Leclerc to third before a fielder's choice by Dickey resulted in Leclerc being caught in a rundown and thrown out. With Dickey and Tordi occupying second and third, respectively, Corsaletti rounded out to second base. VU freshman Dominic De La Osa sliced a one-out single in the bottom of the inning but was doubled off first base when sophomore Stephen Shao flew out to Dickey, who fired a relay all the way to first to end the frame.
Feinberg and Baxter contributed two hits apiece for the Commodores, who held a 7-4 advantage in hits. Four different players accounted for Florida's offense. The Gators will throw senior Tommy Boss (Dunnellon, Fla.) (6-3, 4.91) in the series finale against VU junior LHP Ryan Mullins (6-1, 3.71). The game will begin at 2 p.m. ET and air live on Sun Sports.


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Right, got my grubby mits on a 1.6 GTE engine (for free). Now I'm gonna be building a track car. Not fitting fuel injection to my 1.2 so I wanna know how much power gain I'll get and which sized Carbs to use on the 1.6
Right, got my grubby mits on a 1.6 GTE engine (for free). Now I'm gonna be building a track car. Not fitting fuel injection to my 1.2 so I wanna know how much power gain I'll get and which sized Carbs to use on the 1.6
twin 40's for about 15bhp
weber 32/34 for about 5 bhp
Mmm, that's a good deal of power. Might get some twin 40's if I can find some cheapo's on ebay! Cheers!
You can make a conversion plate to fit a 32/36 weber dgav off a 2.0l sierra/cortina real easy. Minimum of messing with linkages and stuff and dgav is ok on engines up to 140 ish bhp. Jets cost a couple of quid each.
Fitted one to my mates old 1.8 cavvy with ported head and it goes really well.
You can probably copy that one if u want!
Sounds interesting. Might dive it some thought.
Thinking about it u may well be able to have the conversion plate and carb for a few quid. The cavvy is out of tax and not really needed due to company car so itll probably be stripped of head and carb and scrapped.
Ive also got a rebuild kit for carb I wont be using now as im going to fit the 40 DCOE's ive got.
Interest in cavvy has gone thru the floor now V is running, cheap bolt on mod that definately works.
Not sure the inlet manifold will fit the 1.6 from the Nova. The Nova 1.6 was small block. Only 1.6 8v small block ever made for Vaux at the time and was only fitted to the Nova. So don't think the ports will match up.
Any ideas?
small block was introduced in 87. mk2 astras were fitted with two small block 1.6, the 16SV (pieburb carb) and C16NZ (single point multec) both are same bottom end as nova gte.Originally posted by SimonP
Not sure the inlet manifold will fit the 1.6 from the Nova. The Nova 1.6 was small block. Only 1.6 8v small block ever made for Vaux at the time and was only fitted to the Nova.
Think matey above has the bits for a 1.8
Mine is deffo a small block lump. Gutted, oh well.
Si, I've still got the top-end bits from my SV block in my garage, inlet manifold, 2e3 carb, ignition bits etc.. If ya can't find anything better give me a PM at a later date.
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pointless anyway, gte makes 100bhp, gte engine with a carb is gonna be 80-90. with twin carbs 110-120.
Yeh but, to get them up and running be over 100 total cost probably. Inlet manifold bolts on, hook up linkages etc.. and away ya go. And those on ebay suggest rebuild, kits per carb are about £25 each anyway.
PS. These be very cheap or FREE as i want rid, been sat in my garage for months, getting in way.
those ones on ebay look like theye been in a bucket of water for a month, look at the white corrosion.
Cheers John, manifold may be of some use!
Odders, will Webbers give a nice increase? I just can't be bothered to wire in loads of crap to a car that will become a track car by the summer.
single carb seems like an easy option. just you have lower starting point for mods.
Might be good. Well, project shitty Nova begins this weekend. Gonna do a 'TomStickland' and burn all my interior, fit some lowering springs and some decent brakes. When the Astra is back on the road, gonna go mad with the Nova!
There shouldnt be too many wires to wire up the ingection.
On the 16v conversion there are only 5 wires needed
you are forgetting something,
The sound a set of twin 40's make is one of the nicest sounds a car can make.
My mate had a nova gsi with twin 40,s on,we used to drive round with the windows open just to listen to the carbs.
Only down side of twin 40's is they need balancing every six months or so for best performance,its an excuse to get a rolling road bhp/torque curve printout though!
if you got the injection system with it then run it - it is only a few wires.
just stick the fuel pump in the engine bay and then use the original tank etc
would be easier in the long run. imo
i think you will find that johns manifold will not be right anyway- looks to me like the same design as the 1400 engine where the ports are square and go onto the head not inline with the valves (offset). think a 1300 manifold would be a better try but this may need epoxying / grinding to get the port shape correct (think the 1600 inlet ports are round - ask john as i seem to recall his head is from a nova).
you would also need to fit a dizzy off a carb model and fit a mechanical fuel pump.
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Mmmmm, seems like it's gonna be a biatch. Shame I don't know more about carbs really. Might just get me a 2.0 8v and use the carb/manifold from an old 1.8/2.0 Carlton.
use the injection system,there is only a handful of wires,just study the haynes manual,take your time and everything will be fine.
Only dont be tempted to twist wires together or use connector blocks,you should solder the wires together and cover the joints with heat shrink,unless you have the proper connectors.
An injection system is much more economical fuel wise,and if you were thinking of going for the single carb (5bhp increase) a performance exhaust system would give you the same power increase if not more than the single carb.
i will take the 1600 off your hands if you dont want it
2 stroke tarmac terrorist
When I get it Stu, you're more than welcome to it. Not sure when I'll get it though. Dunno if it comes with loom or ECU. It's my mate Ed's old engine, he's now got an XE.
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Cornell junior defenseman Peter Mumford, an expected contributor this season, left the team last week, the school has confirmed. Mumford is not expected back. Mumford sat out last year to fulfill NCAA transfer regulations after he transferred from Onondaga (NY) CC.
In 2009, he was named the best defenseman in the NJCAA tournament as his team won the title.
In the fall, first-year Cornell coach Ben DeLuca said Mumford "would get significant minutes" this season.
Cornell has back three starting defensemen -- senior Max Feely and sophomores Mike Bronzino and Jason Noble. Those three started in an 8-7 victory over Johns Hopkins in the final preseason scrimmage on Feb. 12.
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A state appeals court on Wednesday rejected the appeal of a 2003 drunk driving conviction that was filed almost 11 years after the defendant pleaded guilty — and after he had a third drunk driving arrest in May 2011, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
Dennis L. Taggart, of Mantua, contended that at his Feb. 19, 2003 Westville municipal court hearing, where he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and acknowledged he had a .16 blood alcohol level when arrested, he was not advised by the court or his lawyer of his right to appeal and the consequences of a subsequent DUI conviction.
A jail sentence for Taggart's third DUI, to which he pleaded guilty to in East Greenwich municipal court, was stayed pending Wednesday's appellate decision.
In a brief opposing the appeal filed Feb. 11, 2012, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Enos wrote "there are no affidavits, certifications or verified petitions of record" that support the claims in Taggart's appeal.
Moreover, Taggart "was four years out of time in filing for post-conviction relief," Enos wrote, and "was also eight years and 11 months out of time in filing for a direct appeal."
A post-conviction relief appeal must be submitted within five years of conviction and a direct appeal must be taken within 20 days of a guilty finding. Enos cited the 2013 ruling of Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. upholding Taggart's conviction.
While there is case law allowing a judge to consider a late appeal, Taggart's delay "far exceeds" any of the previously decided cases, Judge Marshall said. Taggart demonstrated no error in Judge Marshall's decision, the appellate judges wrote, and they said the prosecution would be disadvantaged if the 2003 case was re-tried, since the Westville breath testing operator for Taggart is no longer employed there.
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For the third time this year, the Jefferson Parish Charter Advisory Board will try Monday night to find a consultant to help its work.
The board has twice advertised for a person to conduct legal research and to help guide the board as it reviews the parish charter, but both times no one expressed interest. That's been cited as a reason for delays on the board's work.
But Chairman Louis Gruntz said the board expects to consider proposals at a meeting set to begin at 7 p.m. at East Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., in Metairie. The meeting is in the Esplanade 1 conference room. The Parish Council would need to approve the hiring of the board's consultant.
The 1994 and 2002 charter advisory boards used Art Thiel, retired president of the Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council, as their consultant. But Thiel died in January.
The board Monday is also expected to discuss the section of the charter that sets up the Personnel Board, which oversees the classified employees system.
Jefferson Parish's charter, which went into effect in 1957, has a requirement that the charter be reviewed every 10 years. The advisory board has until April to submit any proposed changes to the Parish Council, though it can also choose not to recommend any changes. The Parish Council then votes on whether to put the board's proposals on the ballot for voters.
In 2002, the charter board recommended eliminating one of the six council districts and adding a second at-large district. The council agreed to put the issue on the ballot, and voters approved the change.


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A Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles from Salisbury. A first foundation was made as a college of secular priests by Earl Wulstan of Wiltshire, about 773, but was after his death (800) changed into a convent for 12 nuns by his widow, St. Alburga, sister of King Egbert. Owing to the consent given by this king he is counted as the first founder of this monastery. St. Alburga herself joined the community, and died at Wilton. King Alfred, after his temporary success against the Danes at Wilton in 871, founded a new convent on the site of the royal palace and united to it the older foundation. The community was to number 26 nuns. Wilton is best known as the home of St. Edith, the child of a "handfast" union between Edgar, King of the English (944-75), and Wulfrid, a lady wearing the veil though not a nun, whom he carried off from Wilton probably in 961. After Edith's birth, Wulfrid refused to enter into a permanent marriage with Edgar and retired with her child to Wilton. Edith, who appears to have been learned, received the veil while a child, at the hands of Bishop Ethelwold of Winchester, and at the age of fifteen refused the abbacy of three houses offered by her father. She built the Church of St. Denis at Wilton, which was consecrated by St. Dunstan, and died shortly afterwards at the age of twenty-three (984). Her feast is on 16 September. St. Edith became the chief patron of Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess. In 1003 Sweyn, King of Denmark, destroyed the town of Wilton, but we do not know whether the monastery shared its fate. Edith, the wife of Edward the Confessor, who had ben educated at Wilton, rebuilt in stone the monastery which had formerly been of wood. In 1143 King Stephen made it his headquarters, but was put to flight by Matilda's forces under Robert of Gloucester. The Abbess of Wilton held an entire barony from the king, a privilege shared by only three other English nunneries, Shaftesbury, Barking, and St. Mary, Winchester. Cecily Bodenham, the last abbess, surrendered her convent on 25 March, 1539. The site was granted to Sir William Herbert, afterwards Earl of Pembroke, who commenced the building of Wilton House, still the abode of his descendants. There are no remains of the ancient buildings.
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Like a string tied to a finger, the switch to Daylight Saving Time has become synonymous with changing the batteries in smoke alarms thanks to years of educational outreach on the part of fire safety organizations and manufacturers. ¶
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The days of being able to text-message while driving your Toyota or use your Blackberry from behind the wheel of your Buick may soon be numbered in Onondaga County.
County Legislator Patrick Kilmartin, R-Onondaga, plans to introduce a law next week that would bar drivers from reading, writing, receiving or sending text messages from any wireless device while driving anywhere within the county.
Anyone convicted of texting while driving any type of car, truck or other motor vehicle could be punished with a fine of up to $150 for each offense.
"We live in a world now with the technology advancements and in a very fast-paced world, where we all want to multi-task," Kilmartin said Friday. "But the drive to do multiple things at the same time can raise a substantial safety hazard if someone is taking their eyes off the road to look at a keyboard and to type on a keyboard while they are driving a vehicle.
"It causes distractions, it causes an unsafe situation. And it also substantially increases the likelihood of vehicular accidents and personal injury," Kilmartin said.
The law he plans to introduce at the Legislature Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday is patterned after ones in Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Schuyler counties, Kilmartin said. The Oneida County Board of Legislators is scheduled to vote on its own version on Wednesday.
Laws to ban texting while driving also are being studied by the State Legislature.
Kilmartin's version would exempt police and other emergency service workers while performing their duties; drivers trying to contact police or emergency services; and drivers who are parked and out of traffic.
People using hands-free, voice recogition texting setups also would be exempt.
Kilmartin's effort has the backing of the Onondaga County sheriff's and district attorney's offices. County Executive Joanie Mahoney will reserve judgment until the bill when it reaches her desk, assuming the Legislature passes it, spokeswoman Liza Lowery said.
"I'm surprised that New York State hasn't done that because they were the first to do on-the-cell phone legislation, to prohibit that unless it was hands free," Undersheriff Warren Darby said. "But there you can at least talk and keep your eyes forward. When you're texting, even the best of us have still got to look at that keyboard every once in a while."
Neither Kilmartin nor Darby could recall a local accident involving a texting driver, but both cited a 2007 crash that killed five suburban Rochester women five days after they graduated from high school. Authorities believe the driver had been texting before the accident.
AAA also backs the law, said Shaun D. Seufert, speaking for the motor club's Western and Central New York chapter. Organization researchers have found that talking on cell phones while driving increases the chances of a car crash by 400 percent and believe that texting behind the wheel doubles those odds, Seufert said.
Separately, a random mail survey conducted among AAA subscribers in December indicated that 96 percent of the respondents supported banning texting while driving, he said.
"It's a serious issue when the laws of the state have not caught up with technology," Seufert said.
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It is hard not to conclude, given his recent stumbling about on the issue, that at some point prior to his 30th birthday Governor George W. Bush used cocaine. There is no evidence of this, and there are no charges, only vague rumors which the governor has said he will not address. Will Bush succeed in halting media and political speculation on the topic?
Sunday morning comic sections occasionally include one of those confusing hidden pictures which can abruptly assume a different shape depending on how you focus on the images. Some people insist there is no three-dimensional shape in those colorful blocks of color; other smugly know that there is. Those shapes are like a poem, which calls on the reader to grasp the meaning in the design.
When Vice President Al Gore picked Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, it was the first-ever selection for a national ticket of a Jewish nominee—and a practicing Orthodox Jew at that. Though in decades past the decision might have been viewed as highly risky, choosing Lieberman was seen quickly as a "plus" for the Democrats.
The extraordinary presidential election ended not with a bang but with a legal whimper from the U.S. Supreme Court. The 5-4 decision in Al Gore v. George Bush was a mishmash, provoking four separate dissents and leaving legal scholars with many loose ends and citizens with lots of questions.
One of the clichés of historians and civics textbooks is that the U.S. is an "experiment" in democracy. The inconclusive November 7 election and the subsequent wrangling over the certification of Florida's votes have verified that it's far from an empty cliché. This really is an experiment, and a very messy one.
As the first national election of the 21st century draws to a close, neither of the two major presidential candidates has given any attention to a shameful part of our foreign policy, one which history will record as both a failure and a murderous blight on our national conscience. George W.
Religious practice in public
A few days before the 1988 election that sent him to the U.S. Senate from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman heard an encouraging story from one of his friends.
Divisions and personalities
It's a puzzle: the Christian Coalition is fighting off extinction, but the Religious Right seems as powerful as ever. "Christian Coalition losing clout" headlined the (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot on February 19, the day of the pivotal South Carolina Republican presidential primary.
John McCain was the most innovative and exciting campaigner of the presidential primary season. His positive treatment from the media led one of his aides to observe that the media had been his political base. But now McCain is out of the presidential race, in part because, as Phyllis Schlafly of the conservative Eagle Forum said, "People don't want to elect an angry candidate."
The four front-runners for the presidency are following what has become a political pattern: candor when there are no votes to be lost, extreme caution when votes are at risk. This pattern of choosing expediency over courage is in plain view in the current debate over a Confederate flag and a Cuban child. The two issues have an obvious solution—send them back where they belong.
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GRAND RAPIDS — Downtown's loss is Uptown's gain this spring when a popular women's resale clothing store makes the jump from Lyon and Division to Wealthy Street SE.
One Girl's Treasure is packing up their eclectic mixture of gently used designer and vintage women's clothing this month ahead of a reopening in early April at 1146 Wealthy Street SE, near the Wealthy Theatre on the Baxter neighborhood side of the street.
For owner and East Hills resident Haylea Gray, the resurgent Wealthy Street Business District is an area "that's close to my heart," she said.
"I also have a lot of respect for the way the businesses along there conduct themselves."
"I like the feeling of the community on that street," she said. "Everybody works together to make it the artsy, diverse little hub it's become."
Related: How Wealthy Street went from drug corridor to thriving business district
Gray bought One Girl's Treasure in 2010 from the previous owner. The location at 5 Lyon Street NW opened in 2007. Gray worked as manager for a year before the business was listed for sale. She jumped at the opportunity to take over.
"I thought 'now's my chance,'" she said. "I'd wanted to do something like this for 20 years."
She quickly discovered, however, that one of the challenges to a downtown retail business that depends on foot traffic was a seemingly inexhaustible schedule of road closures and construction, she said. Lower rent on Wealthy Street and more available parking sealed the deal, she said.
"Parking was huge for us. We hear that all day long from our customers."
The new space is smaller than the downtown store; 1,600 square-feet compared to 2,300 square-feet. However, Gray will carry the same amount of inventory, she said, just arranged in a new way with more usage of available wall space not taken up by windows.
She also plans to add some small home furnishings and décor on consignment, and would like to start a local clothing design collective inside the store.
The business currently does about $200,000 in annual sales, she said.
The business will close on March 31 downtown and reopen April 3 or 4 on Wealthy Street in order to be up and running ahead of Easter.
Visit One Girl's Treasure's website and Facebook for more information.
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Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.
Haha! For real? Check out the way he looks!
Tintin translates surprisingly well into live action, with lovely location work (particularly Istanbul), classic slapstick and well-choreographed punch-ups. The comics are not just one breakneck action set piece after another, and I found this film understood that better than the recent Spielberg CGI adaptation. The final scene back at Marlinspike is a good example of this capturing the humour of the comics well.
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Ribbon embroidery is one of the most stunning embroidery techniques in that it results in elegant, luxurious, three-dimensional designs that easily finish off an heirloom item. It takes some practice, patience, and good embroidering skills to be proficient at ribbon work but it is definitely worth the perseverance. This article provides some tips on getting started in ribbon embroidery.
1Select quality ribbon. Always buy ribbon that is made well, carries a good colour and is recommended by the pattern. Pure silk ribbon is often a suggested preferred ribbon but there are other good quality ribbon types available, including rayon, satin etc. Cheaper ribbon from bargain stores may not be worth the savings in the long run; their fabric content can be questionable and the color might bleed if it becomes moist.
2Use suitable thread. Embroidery thread is usually suitable for ribbon work but you should also be guided by the pattern's suggested thread.
3Use the correct needle. A chenille or tapestry needle is the right needle for ribbon embroidery. The large eye in each of these needles will make a bigger hole in the fabric, making it easier for the ribbon to pass through and less wearing on the ribbon.
4Work with short ribbon lengths. Ribbon tends to fray easily, hence it is better to work with it in shorter lengths so that it does not have to pass through the fabric too often. A good length to adopt is 30 centimeter (11.8 in) / 12" long. This will provide adequate length to work with, without tempting fraying.
5Start each ribbon length by leaving a small tail of about 1 centimeter (0.4 in) / 3/8" long at the back of your work. Again, finish off with the same amount at the back each time. Stitch these tail ends at the end by sewing a thin embroidery thread through them from one end to the other or by letting embroidery stitches on the rest of the work sew through them. This will keep them in place without leaving bumps under your work.
6Don't hold the thread or ribbon too tightly. Work with a loose tension when embroidering using ribbon. This will help to keep the shape of your stitches and won't pull the ribbon out of shape, threatening fraying.
7Prevent the ribbon from twisting as you work. Do this by making each stitch on the fabric and holding that in place with your thumb, and pulling the ribbon through at the same time.
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While Gene Stallings, Pat Dye and several other former SEC coaches and players were spinning yarns at SEC BeachFest in Gulf Shores this weekend, several top prospects were watching Alabama scrimmage in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama is atop the AP's preseason poll. How this weekend's visit went for five-star targets like Leonard Fournette and Cameron Robinson may go a long way toward determining whether the Tide ends up on top of the 2014 recruiting rankings as well.
Auburn, meanwhile, named Nick Marshall as its starting quarterback this week and is also continuing to work hard on the recruiting trail.
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CARLSTADT — A minimal amount of mail was lost in the overnight fire that gutted the Carlstadt Post Office, a United State Postal Service spokesman said Thursday morning.
The mail had not yet arrived when the large fire sparked at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning, according to spokesman George Flood.
Workers early Thursday morning trekked through the condemned building to salvage what they could.
"We are in the process of transferring operations to the East Rutherford Post Office on Park Avenue," Flood said. "The post office box mail will be available at 11 a.m. for Carlstadt customers in East Rutherford."
Firefighters have not yet determined the cause of the blaze, but say recent roofing work at the First Street facility may have been a factor.
There's no timetable for the Carlstadt Post Office reopening. Any customer who believes they lost mail should call 732-831-3260.
The East Rutherford Post Office is open Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.


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Verizon Planning Shift To Voice Over LTE And CDMA-Less Devices
Smartphones are pretty expensive these days, and Verizon is looking to make the subsidies on its network cheaper. How is it going to do that? By cutting CDMA out completely. Their future phones may come with only LTE radios, nothing else, and use VoLTE (voice over LTE) for calling. VoLTE is coming sometime late this year or early next year, and LTE only… Read more


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GEST announces spring play
Gothenburg's English Speaking Theatre, GEST, has announced its spring production - the award winning version of Expectations.
Expectations is written by GEST's Kristina Brändén Whitaker, her debut as a playwright. It made its Swedish premiere in 2009 and in 2010 the GEST team took the play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There it won the Fringe Review Award for Outstanding Theatre.
The play is a comedy about two couples both expecting a baby. However, things don't turn out the way they had imagined.
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BROOKLYN, Ohio -- A mother, father and two children escaped unharmed from a Delora Avenue home that caught fire early Wednesday.
Firefighters arrived at the home about 4:15 a.m. and contained the fire within 15 minutes, Brooklyn Chief Joseph Zemek said.
It appears the fire resulted from an electrical problem, but the cause of the fire is still undetermined pending the results of an insurance company investigation, Zemek said.
Firefighters contained the blaze to the second floor. It caused an estimated $60,000 to $70,000 in damages, Zemek said.
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Jeff Daniels' performance as Will McAvoy during the 10-episode first season of HBO's "The Newsroom" has earned nominations for two prestigious awards.
The Chelsea native has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild award and the Golden Globe award for best performance by an actor in a television drama series.
Daniels' competition for both the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild award is the same four actors, and the group is outstanding. He'll be up against Steve Buscemi for HBO's "Broadwalk Empire," Bryan Cranston for AMC's "Breaking Bad," Jon Hamm for AMC's "Mad Men" and Damien Lewis for Showtime's "Homeland."
Daniels acknowledged the honors via Twitter.
"Honored by the SAG Nom for NEWSROOM. Will proudly represent," he posted.
"The Newsroom" was nominated for the Golden Globe for best television drama, which Daniels also noted.
"Honored by the GG Nom for Actor, but the GG Nom for NEWSROOM celebrates the great work by every single one of us. Hallelujah," he posted on Twitter.
Production of Season 2 of "The Newsroom" is currently under way. It is scheduled to debut in June 2013.
The Golden Globes will be at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at 8 p.m. Jan. 13. The ceremony will be broadcast on NBC.
The Screen Actors Guild award ceremony will be at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center at 8 p.m. Jan. 27. It will be broadcast on TNT and TBS.
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If you're still wondering who the best start is at each position for Week 16 of the fantasy football season, its likely that you're playing for the championship trophy.
Well, congratulations to you.
For the rest of us whose season is over, it's all about pride and honor now. It's all about not finishing in last place and being forced to do whatever terrible thing your league has in store for the last-placed team.
Today we'll break down the best starts at every position for Week 16 in fantasy football.


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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is celebrating its 75th anniversary by hosting the only East Coast exhibition of "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris."
The exhibition opened February 19, and will continue through May 15.
Before (or after) you head down to Richmond, take a little Picasso home with you from the library:
The Cubist Epoch (videorecording)
Modern Painting, from 1800 to the Present by Gaetan Picon
Loving Picasso: The Private Journal of Fernande Olivier by Fernande
Works by Gunther Meyer are on display in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery through February.
See selected works below.
6-7pm: Wine & Cheese Reception hosted by the Fredericksburg Sister City Association
7-8:30pm: Film, "The Mystery of Picasso"
Don't miss our screening of "The Mystery of Picasso" on Tuesday, February 22 at 7pm, Headquarters Library theater.
The Fredericksburg Sister City Association will be hosting a pre-movie Wine & Cheese reception beginning at 6pm. If you are interesting in finding out more about the Fredericksburg Sister City Association and our ties with Fréjus, France, be sure to stop by. Bring a friend or two!
The Mystery of Picasso
(Suitable for high school through adult, 75 min)
An exploration of the mind and motivations of Picasso, as he creates works live, in this exposé of a master at work. One of the greatest art documentaries ever made captures the exhilarating moment and mystery of creativity of the 20th century's greatest artist Pablo Picasso. French film director Georges Clouzot (Diabolique, Wages of Fear) persuaded his friend Picasso to perform his drawing and painting on glass while filmed from other side. The master creates 20 mesmerizing works. Casual comments between the two prove fascinating. In French with easy-to-read English subtitles.
This interview airs beginning February 16.
During an exhibit of his work in the duPont Gallery at the University of Mary Washington, Joe DiBella talked about art, his love of teaching, and the 25 years reflected in the exhibition.
Find out more about CRRL Presents.
Artwork by the students of Johnny Johnson's workshop is on display in the Headquarters Library Atrium Gallery and theater this January.
See selected works below.
Graycliff Garden's Cat by Pat Knock
Acrylic on board, $200
Attorney and author Scott Turow is the writer of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling Presumed Innocent and its sequel, Innocent. Mr. Turow will be speaking at the Fredericksburg Forum at the University of Mary Washington on March 17, 2011. Read on for information about the author and an annotated list of selected readalikes you might enjoy. For more information on Fredericksburg Forum lecture, visit http://www.umw.edu/forum/.
Another year of great art films begins tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 18, at Headquarters with a sceening of The Great Artists 2: Durer, Michelangelo, Raphael. In separate episodes, art historian Tim Marlow explores the lives and works of Dürer, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Filming takes place throughout the world..
Films are shown each month in the Headquarters Library theater at 7pm. See the full 2011 line-up.
Come to the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present the the classic Western film High Noon at the England Run Branch on Thursday, January 13th at 2:00 pm.
This December the Headquarters Atrium Gallery features art by the two winners of our 15th Annual Teen Art Show.
Katy Shepard won "Best in Show" and Peter Krachenfels won first place in the Grade 9-10 category.
See selected works below.
Arizona Skies, Katy Shepard
Mixed media
Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present Frank Capra's classic inspirational film It's a Wonderful Life at the England Run Branch on Thursday, December 9th at 2:00 pm.
George Bailey (James Stewart), a desperate and suicidal man, is visited by a guardian angel who shows him how important he has been to those around him in his life. Also starring Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore.


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Two organizations that advocate for tax fairness are slamming the P.E.I. government for what they call a sneaky tax hike this year.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Canadian Federation of Independent Buisness (CFIB) are upset over Finance Minister Wes Sheridan's refusal to increase the basic personal income tax exemption.
By leaving it untouched since 2008, Islanders have been paying incrementally higher taxes every year because it doesn't increase with inflation.
"Each year you get hit with a tax increase for no reason," said Kevin Lacey, Atlantic director for the Taxpayers Federation.
The federation says a single income family with two kids that makes $60,000 a year will pay $136 more in taxes in 2014 than in 2013.
In P.E.I., the basic amount one can claim before paying tax is $7,708, which is the lowest in the country.
"This is an issue of government getting extra revenue every year on the backs of Islanders, said CFIB's Erin McGrath-Gaudet.
"We pay a lot of taxes in this province. We're worried about out-migration, people are heading west for higher salaries, but this is one way that we could help Islanders who are staying here."
McGrath-Gaudet says low-income Islanders already struggling to meet their basic needs are most hurt by this issue, known as bracket creep.
Islanders earning minimum wage saw their personal income tax rate almost doubled over the last 10 years – something McGrath-Gaudet calls 'shameful.'
"The actual impact on take-home income is greatest for those people who on the lower of the salary scale," she said.
Opposition MLA James Aylward raised the issue in the legislature in December, asking Sheridan to commit to raising the exemption.
But Sheridan has continually refused, saying he does not believe it is the best way to help low-income Islanders, as those with higher incomes would also benefit from adjusting the tax brackets.
McGrath-Gaudet says she does not buy this argument.
"If the finance minister was really concerned that this would benefit high-income earners too much, there are other ways that he could tinker, whether it was from that surtax or creating a new tax bracket," she said.
Both she and Lacey have been calling on the P.E.I. government to do what all but three provinces in Canada have done – take politics and budget cycles out of the equation and allow the personal tax exemption to automatically adjust to inflation.
Aylward pointed out this is what the province has done with most provincial fees and government service charges.
"They have no problem tying those fees to CPI but at the same time they don't believe in tax fairness, they won't give Islanders a break and tie these personal tax exemption to CPI as well."
Aylward said he strongly believes this could not only be a measure to help low-income Islanders, but also one that could help boost the province's economy.
"If people have more money, they're going to either invest it or spend it."
Sheridan has said it's an issue he won't look at until the province's budget is balanced in the 2015-16 fiscal year.


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UNboring Princess side-eye and J Crew
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Like I said earlier, this is the most UNboring Princess Catherine's been in a long, long time on this trip to New York. Today, after her visit to the 9/11 memorial (click here for a refresher), she attended the Creativity is GREAT reception with a lot of celebrities and fashion people. Full Story
Princess in pink
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The Cambridges visited the 9/11 memorial today in New York. They lay flowers in memory of the victims. There's been some talk about this colour choice. Pink. Does pink have significance at the memorial? Like do you think she would have been encouraged to wear the colour? Otherwise, I mean the safest choice would have been black…right? Grey? Navy? Brown? With those colours, there'd be no discussion about it whatsoever. Full Story
Second spotlight
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Normally when Beyonce goes to the Nets game, and she's sitting courtside, she's the main attraction. Last night in Brooklyn, because the Cambridges were there, Beyonce was the second spotlight. It's not a position she's used to. But she certainly dressed for it. No jeans, skirt below the knee, high collar, prim hair. Full Story
Courtside Kings & Queens
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Is that all it takes? Asking out loud? I wrote yesterday about all the speculation that Prince William and Catherine would likely be in a luxury box at Barclays for the Brooklyn Nets game but if they're there because the NBA is making a big ass donation and they're publicising whatever it is that they're publicising, what's the point of sh-tty photos from a luxury box? Courtside, baby. Full Story
Princess in New York
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Prince William and Princess Catherine arrived in New York last night. Today he's in Washington and here she is, this afternoon, with New York's first lady Chirlane McCray to tour the Harlem Child Development Centre. You know how boring Kate can be? Chirlane is the exact opposite. Now this is a fascinating life. Full Story
Is this Big G's Christmas card?
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Not officially. But it could totally be an option. A new family portrait of the Cambridges is now online that hasn't been widely circulated until now. The picture was taken in March and was distributed as a thank you card on their Australia and New Zealand tour. Big G was 10 months old at the time. Full Story
Princess Catherine's "uncanny ability"
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Katy Cambridge was at East Anglia Children's Hospice today to launch a fundraising campaign. She's in red, seems well and healthy, and, now that I'm aware of it… never looks at a camera. My friend Lorella brought this to my attention just yesterday. She lives in in London now and she's been watching that 3 part BBC special Posh People: Inside Tatler which is what I'll be doing tonight. Full Story
The Cambridges and the Carters?
The Palace finally confirmed on Friday that the Cambridges William and Catherine will visit New York from December 7 – 9. The Prince will also be in DC for a meeting while Kate will tour a child development centre and an inner city youth program. They'll also attend at a gala at the MET to commemorate the 600th anniversary of St Andrews, their alma mater. Full Story
The Cambridges and 1D
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Prince William and Catherine were at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium tonight. And One Direction was there. And they all met and shook hands. I'm delighted at Harry Styles's wardrobe choice. An animal print leather jacket is exactly what a pop star should be wearing when they meet the future king of England. Full Story
The Cambridges' working weekend
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We'll get back to the busy weekend in Hollywood in a minute. Right now, let's shift focus over to the royal family. It was a busy weekend for them too. William and Catherine Cambridge were visited the Pembroke Refinery together on Saturday where Kate showed off her growing bump. At least that's what they're saying. Full Story
Princess at work
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Princess Catherine stepped out tonight in London to attend the Action on Addiction Autumn Gala. It's her third official appearance of the week since announcing her second pregnancy and recovering enough from HG (please don't make me spell it). So they're putting her back into the rotation quickly and with some intensity. Full Story


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Two teenagers have been charged with kidnapping and other offenses in connection with what state police are describing as a domestic violence related incident in Newport, Perry County. Jordan Varner, 19, of Thompsontown, Juniata County, and an unidentified 16-year-old male from Perry County both face kidnapping charges after the 16-year-old threatened to shoot nine people with a shotgun before abducting an unidentified female, state police said.
According to police, Varner, who also is charged with criminal conspiracy, drove the 16-year-old to the area behind Extreme P.C., near Market and Spruce streets around 10:15 p.m. on May 2. Once they arrived, the pair exited the vehicle with the 16-year-old carrying a shotgun. The 16-year-old pointed the shotgun at the female victim and told her to get in the car. When she refused, he pointed the gun at another individual and told the female if she did not get in the car all nine people present would die.
After the female got in the car, Varner drove away while the 16-year-old confronted the female about family matters. Police said the female was later released unharmed. The 16-year-old, whose name has not been released, is charged with kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, nine counts of terroristic threats, nine counts of recklessly endangering another person, two counts of simple assault and nine counts of harassment. Police have charged him as an adult following consultation with the Perry County district attorney, due to the nature of the crime and Pensylvania statute.


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So, this past April,with PowerPoint loaded and notes in hand, I set out from Los Angeles to Reims, France and the International Wine Tourism Conference 2015.
My seminar was entitled 'Promoting your Wine Tourism Business Through Sales, Service & Knowledge' a topic on which I have spoken several times before. I wondered if my over-riding theme of 'the experience' and how it influences everything from your website, to who you hire and how you train them, would be applicable in a global setting.
I need not have worried. Not only was the concept mentioned, it practically became a mantra over the two days of the conference! It seems I am not alone in emphasizing how vital it is for our industry to focus on this most essential element if we want to engage with our guests before, during and after their visits!
We learned how wine tourism is on the rise, that guests want an 'experience' that is authentic, not manufactured. We discovered how regions use their local history, food and culture to engage and capture the visitor's imagination and that wine, food and travel form the perfect, desired trifecta!
We explored the realms of Social Media and the Internet – how to use it to find and develop loyal visitors to your region. We also discovered that although many destinations and suppliers understand the importance of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others, they don't take advantage of it's huge and growing market reach. Ah, more work to be done!
Personally, I learned what a 'small world' our wine tourism community can be. That we all face similar challenges and dilemmas and that even though some destinations may appear more 'advanced' than others when it comes to the business of wine tourism, we all have much to share and learn.
Dare I say it, but the conference was, in itself, an 'experience' and in the end, that' is what it is all about!


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Best answer yet for vibrant downtown
With the same sense of hope that we greet the new baseball season, we also bid a welcome to Harbor Square, the latest incarnation of a mixed-use project that could transform the landscape of downtown Winslow.
Two previous plans have been launched on the prime five-acre tract north of the ferry terminal. Both foundered in part because of community opposition, but mostly because of the improvidence of first developer, who borrowed heavily and pledged the land as security. Those debts sank The Landing, as it was then known, and forced a foreclosure sale that took the parcel out of the hands of the next would-be developer as well.
Now come the 180 residential units of Harbor Square homes that represent a big chunk of the 1,500 units needed in Winslow to meet the Comprehensive Plans objective of putting half of future growth downtown.
The retail uses will extend our central commercial area to the east, and we believe attracting more shoppers will benefit current merchants. And there will be financial benefits to the community in the form of sales taxes, job creation and the fact that the city generally can provide services more cost-effectively to denser, in-town growth than it can elsewhere.
We arent naive enough to think that the plan will be welcomed universally. What were talking about here is the D word density and folks who just dont want any more people (or any change at all) wont be happy.
But as is often said about birthdays, look at the alternative. If we cant stop people from coming to Bainbridge Island, we either build high-density projects in town (or in the Neighborhood Service Centers) or we build individual single-family homes in the outskirts a practice which uses more land, puts a greater strain on the environment, generates more traffic and is more expensive to serve. And until someone figures out how to blunt the demand for such homes, projects like Harbor Square are worth a serious look.
Somewhat to our surprise, City Council Chair Michael Pollock had some kind words to say about the notion of a high-density Winslow. Over coffee earlier this week, Pollock opined that what island retailers and services need most is a critical mass of customers.
When we talk about helping downtown business, I think maybe the best thing we can do is encourage more residential density downtown, Pollock told us.
By this vision which coincides unmistakably with the islands Comprehensive Plan would come a more vibrant Winslow core, with a greater variety of restaurants and perhaps even a modicum of night life. A lively mini-city, Pollock suggested, might even prove attractive to the 21-35 set that the 2001 Census showed to be virtually extinct on Bainbridge.
The question isnt whether Bainbridge will change, but how. And Harbor Square is the best approach weve seen yet to development in the ferry terminal area.
While we respect the refinements bound to come through the public process, we trust that third times a charm for this project.
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Location: Washington, DC
Age (If you want): 26
How Primal are you: 95%
Do you consume dairy: Yes, all pastured dairy, except I'm not a big milk drinker.
Do you drink coffee or tea: Yes, BP coffee in the morning and iced tea when it's hot outside.
Motivator for switching to Primal: Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I started strict paleo the first week of January, and had great weight loss results, but I wanted to re-incorporate dairy.
Favorite exercise: Jumping on and off of pretty much anything. Squats (did I just say that out loud?).
Favorite Primal food: Steak.
Best part about being Primal: Weight loss, feeling great.
Worst part about being Primal: Giving up a lot of *convenient* foods, but meal planning has helped with that. Also, my live-in DB does paleo but doesn't eat any dairy (LI), which means he can't eat everything I can, but for the most part it doesn't seem to bother him.


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April 22, 2013
Last weeks to register for the 11th Alcoa Innovation in Aluminum Prize
The creation of a prototype and the applicability of the project in the market are the major differences in the award this year
Students and professionals have until May 20 to register for the 11th Alcoa Innovation in Aluminum Prize at the website www.alcoa.com.br.
To adapt the prize to the company's concept of innovation - creating value in at least one of the three pillars of sustainability: social, financial and environmental - the 2013 edition has undergone some changes. So that the projects are more complete, their submission must follow a detailed pattern, which requires more dedication from the candidates.
Another change is that only groups of students or professionals can participate. In the Student category, undergraduate or graduate students over 18 of age who are in higher education courses in technology may participate. Projects must be developed in groups of up to five members and must rely on the guidance of a teacher from the same institution.
The Professional category is open to individuals working with project development. The team should consist of two to five professionals, and must include at least one with higher education. The others may have higher education or professional experience of at least three years.
The evaluation of the work will be done in two parts. In the first part, the team must fill out a standard spreadsheet that uses the tools of the governance model of the Research, Development & Innovation department at Alcoa: a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) and a graph of sustainability versus difficulty of implementation.
By completing this worksheet, entrants have the opportunity to show the feasibility of the project, supplementing it with data on planned spending, cost reduction, investment in research and development, health and safety, sustainability, and technological and market risks.
To assist in the formatting the project, teams will have access to a tutorial and a video lesson with instructions and examples for completing it. Applicants have until June 16, 2013 to submit their work, which will be assessed by the Selection Committee, comprised of professionals from Alcoa and its guests.
In the second phase, the ten selected teams - five from each category - will develop a prototype that demonstrates the submitted project to verify whether it would be applicable on the market. Each finalist group will receive R$ 3,000 for the development of the work. The prototypes will be exhibited and presented by their creators for analysis by the Award Committee, comprised of five professionals and teachers from the area, which will evaluate the pieces and choose the winners.
The final result will be announced at the awards event on October 22, open to guests, and on the company website. The complete rules can be accessed at www.alcoa.com.br.
For Franklin L. Feder, president of Alcoa Latin America and the Caribbean, the 11th edition of the Alcoa Innovation in Aluminum Prize is a source of pride for the company: "Innovation is one of Alcoa's values, and that is why it is so important for the company to promote a competition that stimulates the creativity of professionals and students to develop practical and sustainable solutions for everyday society," he says.
The members of the teams in the finals in the two modalities will each receive a diploma and smartphone. In the Student modality the supervising-professor will also receive a smartphone.
The student team that comes first, according to the judging committee, will receive a net cash-prize of R$ 15,000, a trophy and a diploma. The supervising-professor will receive R$ 5,000, a trophy and a diploma. The teaching institution, to which the winning team belongs, will receive teaching equipment worth R$ 8,000.
In the Professional modality each member of the winning team will receive a trophy and a diploma and the group will win a net cash-prize of R$ 15,000.
Clarification regarding the competition can be obtained by email from firstname.lastname@example.com. Further information about the Alcoa Innovation in Aluminum Award can be found on the website: www.alcoa.com.br.
As in previous years, the 11th Alcoa Innovation in Aluminum Award will receive institutional support from the main sector entities, such as the Instituto de Engenharia [Engineering Institute] (IE), Ethos Institute, Associação de Ensino/Pesquisa de Nível Superior em Design no Brasil [Higher Education Teaching/Research in Design in Brazil] (AEnD-BR), Associação dos Designers de Produto [Product Designers' Association] (ADP), Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração [Brazilian Association of Metal-working, Materials and Mining] (ABM), Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Design [Brazilian Association of Design Companies] (ABEDESIGN) and technical support from the Associação Brasileira do Alumínio [Brazilian Aluminum Association] (ABAL).
About Alcoa
Alcoa Alumínio S.A. is a subsidiary of Alcoa Inc. which is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world's largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina. The company employs approximately 61,000 people in 31 countries and for the eleventh consecutive year the company is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Alcoa is present in Latin America and the Caribbean where it has operations in Brazil, Jamaica and Suriname and about 7,000 employees. This year, the company completes 125 years of operations in the world.
In Brazil the company operates in the whole of the aluminum production chain, from bauxite mining to the production of transformed products. Alcoa has six production units and three offices in the states of Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and the Federal District. The company also has shareholdings in four hydroelectric power stations: Machadinho and Barra Grande on the border of the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul; Serra do Facão in Goiás; and Estreito, between Maranhão and Tocantins. In 2012, Alcoa recorded revenues of R$ 2,6 billion in Brazil. In the same year it was considered a benchmark in sustainability, being one of the year's 21 model companies in the Guia EXAME de Sustentabilidade [EXAME Magazine's Sustainability Guide], besides being recognized as one of the Best Companies to Work for the eleventh consecutive year and Best Company for Women to Work in Brazil, by the Great Place to Work Institute. Further information can be found at www.alcoa.com.br.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Where to Turn, a community-minded nonprofit, has a win-win re-gifting idea.
When you get a present you already have or know you will never use, you can donate it to Where-to-Turn, which will redirect it to someone who can use it.
This works for everyone. Someone in need benefits while you cut the clutter in drawers and closets with things you have been meaning to do something with.
Toys will be given to local hospitals or shipped to needy children across the country and here on Staten Island. CDs and DVDs will be sent to injured soldiers in military hospitals.
Clothes will be distributed where needed.
All the other wild and wonderful things that fall into that "other" category will be stored for a major flea market in the Spring. Proceeds from the flea market will help cover shipping costs for the organization's various relief programs.
If you would like to participate, all you need to do is ship the gift or drop it off at Where-to-Turn, 150-L Greaves Lane # 312, Staten Island, N.Y. 10308.
Additional drop off points will be listed on the Web site www.where-to-turn.org.
Anyone wishing to serve as an official drop-off point should contact Dennis McKeon, executive director, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 718-966-6531.
Dennis McKeon, executive director of Where to Turn, also reports that the nearly 300 volunteers who were out shoveling after the blizzard provided a much appreciated service to seniors, but they were not enough to handle all of the seniors requesting service. Through the Snow Shoveling for Seniors program, students in seventh grade or older remove snow from the sidewalks of seniors in their neighborhood – one senior per shoveler. Community service hours are awarded. For more information, visit where-to-turn.org; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 718-966-6531.
Helping Hands is a clearinghouse for nonprofit groups in need of volunteers. Agencies needing help may direct press releases to "Helping Hands," Staten Island Advance, 950 Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island, N.Y. 10305 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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If weight loss is the SOLE goal--that might be true, but what about health? I restrict calories for weight management, but I eat Primal for health.
"...but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them..."
Low-fat, schmo-fat. Only the calories count - Health - Diet and nutrition - msnbc.com
If weight loss is the SOLE goal--that might be true, but what about health? I restrict calories for weight management, but I eat Primal for health.
For someone that is obese it is basically always healthier to get to a normal weight range, whether its a diet based on grains and legumes or not.
Two points I picked out of this:
Taubes goes in to this in GCBC, cites many studies which have shown that people find fat/protein based diets easier to adhere to than carb based diets."The major predictor for weight loss was 'adherence'. Those participants who adhered better, lost more weight than those who did not," said George Bray, at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who worked on the study.
(My emphasis)Each of the diets was designed to cut 750 calories a day.
After six months and again at two years after starting the diets, researchers checked participants' weight, fat mass and lean mass.
At six months, people had lost more than 4.1 kg (9 lbs) of fat and close to 2.3 kg (5 lbs) of lean mass, but they regained some of this by the two-year mark.
So each diet, regardless of composition, ran at a calorie deficiet. The study was based on the assumption that a calorie is just a calorie, so the body is being deprived of the fuel it needs and the expected rebound of regaining weight is evidenced. The study does not test what happens if one eats a low carb diet in accordance with what their body's telling them.
File under bad science IMO.
If you're interested in my (very) occasional updates on how I'm working out and what I'm eating click here.
as already someone pointed out, sustainability is very important. sure i can hold my breath and suck in my tummy and sport a wash board stomach for 20-30 seconds.
Few but ripe.
And your assertion that this is bad science because "The study does not test what happens if one eats a low carb diet in accordance with what their body's telling them" is absolutely hilarious. This has nothing to do with what they were trying to test. They wanted to see if diets with different macronutrients but similar deficits made a difference in weight loss. The study seemed to show that these macronutrient differences didn't make a difference. If they had a group and just said "eat as much low carb as your body tells you" the results would be all over the place because calories wouldn't be accounted for...and if what this study suggests is correct, their weight loss would be directly correlated with their calories, not their carb intake.


text: A study of the theory and practice of theatre and drama used for human reflection or to raise awareness and effect social change. Students will learn to apply the core practices of facilitating, scripting and play-building to real-world contexts, while performing community service work with local agencies. Topics of study will depend on agency partnerships, but may include cross-cultural performance, community-based drama, theatre of social justice or development or the creation of theatrical texts from oral histories or personal narratives, and as such the course may culminate in an original, devised theatre performance. May be repeated, but may not count as more than one course toward the theatre major.


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Mega-Antelope Certified as World Record
The largest pronghorn antelope ever recorded has been certified by the Boone and Crockett Club as a world's record. The huge buck, taken by Mike Gallo in Socorro County, N.M., in 2013, scored 96-4/8 B&C points.
Gallo's trophy breaks a tie between two specimens from Arizona. One was taken in Coconino County in 2000, the other in Mohave County in 2002. Both scored 95 B&C points. Club officials say the difference between the old records and the new - a full inch-and-a-half - is an extraordinary jump. The margin between the now No. 1- and No. 2-ranked trophies is the largest in Boone and Crockett pronghorn records, which contain more than 3,400 entries.
The outstanding trophy also marks a notable achievement for conservation professionals. Boone and Crockett records are a gauge of exceptional habitat, strong recruitment of game animals into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management and fair-chase hunting.
Richard Hale, chairman of the club's Records of North American Big Game Committee., noted the pronghorn species was once nearly lost, much like the bison, until sportsmen led an era of wildlife recovery. Now the species is flourishing.
The horns on Gallo's antelope measure 18-3/8 inches on the right and 18-4/8 inches on the left.
North America's first hunting and conservation organization, the Boone and Crockett Club was founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887. Its mission is to provide the leadership, stewardship and education needed to promote the conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game and its habitat, to preserve and encourage hunting and to maintain the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship.
Learn more at the Boone and Crockett Club website.
Protections for Species that Might Be Coming
The gray wolf, American black bear and mountain lion will come under the protection of the Illinois Wildlife Code on Jan. 1. Senate Bill 3049, signed by Gov. Pat Quinn, gives the Illinois Department of Natural Resources the authority to manage these species for the protection of both wildlife and public safety. All three species were present when settlers arrived in Illinois, but were gone from the state by the mid-1800s.
Due to improved legal protections and habitat restoration, the species are returning to some of their former range in the eastern U.S. and IDNR expects to see occasional individuals dispersing from their current range into Illinois. Re-colonization by these species is possible, although Illinois has relatively little suitable habitat in large enough blocks to support these animals. According to habitat models, only about 14.7 percent of Illinois' area is suitable for black bears, 6.6 percent for mountain lions and 14 percent for gray wolves.
SB 3049 allows landowners to take a black bear or mountain lion if there is an imminent threat to lives and property. The law also allows landowners to apply for a nuisance permit to remove an animal that is not an immediate threat. The gray wolf already receives legal protection in Illinois from both the U.S. and Illinois Endangered Species Acts. In these instances, endangered species law will be followed.
Youth Shooting Program Has Strong Year
The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance Shooting Sports Equipment Loan Program continues to be a popular resource of firearms, archery equipment and BB guns for use by youth shooting sports program leaders nationwide. Of the 122 youth programs receiving support from the YSSA this year, 65 programs were loaned a total of 179 rifles, 232 shotguns, 74 pistols, 69 precision match air rifles, 280 Daisy BB guns, 195 Genesis bows and more than 2,300 Easton aluminum arrows.
The program was initiated in 2010 after several years of permanently transferring firearms to youth programs as a means of addressing limiting factors to program growth attributable to equipment and supplies. The YSSA determined that the majority of the firearms needed by these youth programs were for limited or seasonal use. Firearms may be intensively used during the summer months and languish in storage for the remainder of the year. Brand new firearms were not required to address the needs of these groups, which are reinforced by the number of youth groups that depended on "loaner" programs to fulfill their needs.
The YSSA has established an endowment specific to the loaner program so that a continuing revenue stream from interest generated through these investments is available to acquire additional firearms as needed in future years.
Iowa's Pheasant Population Highest Since 2008
Iowa's annual August roadside pheasant count recorded the highest number of birds since 2008, with a statewide average of 17.4 birds per 30-mile route. The routes are driven at sunrise on gravel roads preferably on mornings with heavy dew and little wind. Surveyors watch for hens moving their broods to the road edges to dry off before starting to look for insects.
Pheasant weren't the only species to do well, quail, partridge and rabbits also showed increases.
Read the complete roadside report at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources website.
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Company Background
Family owned and operated since 1855, Baird & Warner is the oldest residential real estate brokerage in the nation, with 26 branch offices servicing more than 300 communities throughout northeastern Illinois. Baird & Warner provides a full range of services for consumers including residential sales, financial services, title services and home services.
Business Challenges
Having been in business for more than 150 years, Baird & Warner is no stranger to change. The company has adapted to all sorts of new technologies during its long and storied history, from computers to the internet to mobile phones. The firm's adoption of mobile technology helped create an efficient business model built on the concept of the mobile realtor. These realtors need the ability to do work from anywhere, at any time.
The firm had been using a Microsoft Exchange alternative called Kerio, which uses the Outlook client and provides a Webmail product, for its messaging. Mark Steward, IT Director at Baird & Warner, began to see an increasing number of performance issues on both the front and back ends of Kerio. In addition, maintaining the infrastructure was becoming increasingly costly.
Baird & Warner needed a messaging solution that could grow with the firm for the long-term, and would work well for all employees. Another consideration, being a real estate brokerage, was the economy. The firm needed to be cautious with its IT expenditures, and did not want to take a risk on such an integral part of its communications.
For a company with a vast network of employees working remotely, mobile access was an important consideration. Baird & Warner was using IMAP for mobile email, but IMAP isn't truly real-time, which is critical in the real estate brokerage business. The ability for mobile agents to have real-time push email and access to their entire inbox from their mobile device was important.
Many Baird & Warner employees had reported their #1 IT problem as having to manage a small inbox, since each employee had only 100 MB of space. The last thing that Baird & Warner wanted was for employees to spend time managing their inboxes when they could be doing real work, so the issue of storage was taken into consideration as well.
Baird & Warner initially deployed Gmail, Calendar, and Chat. They currently have a small team reviewing the firm's existing intranet and determining how they can migrate it to Google Sites and Docs in the future. For now, Steward says "we are already seeing a host of benefits just from migrating our messaging system."
Cloud Sherpas did all of the setup and configuration of Google Apps, and trained Baird & Warner on how to migrate their old mail, contacts, and calendar data. After they learned the processes, the Baird & Warner team migrated the rest of the company's data. Cloud Sherpas also provided train-the-trainer services and webinar training for remote offices. According to Steward, "[training] was critical for us because some users had never used web-based email, so transitioning them to a new way of working took extra time but was critical for our success." Cloud Sherpas also provided specializing training for Outlook, teaching users how to perform Outlook tasks in Gmail.
Employees were very happy with the Google Apps migration as well. While the firm as a whole has experienced faster performance and infrastructure cost savings, Mark Steward says that "what's equally important, however, is that our employees like using Google Apps." The Google Apps solution solved the inbox storage problem, and gave employees access to push Gmail on their mobile devices, both of which were high priority requests.
Cloud Sherpas successfully assisted Baird & Warner in making the transition to Google Apps for Business, providing critical training and guidance in additional to flawless migration services.


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Why are they not? I feel like they should be mandatory.
Just an out of no-where thought.
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They get paid enough to get there teeth fixed and they are grown arse men who can make their own mind up
Didn't landry have two teeth break off in Dirk's Elbow a few years back?
Yeah... Cuz my friend learned the hard way he should have lol teeth got knocked out by a deadly elbow ..... Not fun
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
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it would be a really smart idea cause you never know who's gonna get elbowed in the face, and honestly it couldnt hurt its not like the league is instilling helmets its only a mouth guard
It'd be hard to communicate on defence, transition and wherever else there needs to be verbal communication involved
Mouth guard mandatory. Ban headbands
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they should, but not for sanitary reason, but to avoid stupid trash talking.
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I had found this old propeller to add to the collection of airplane parts I was displaying in my garage. I didn't know at first what to do with ...
First I disassembled the propeller for cleaning and painting.
I then gave the center hub to a friend from work who I knew had the skills required to fabricate a mounting bracket. I gave him free reign ...
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To spin the propeller, I bought this motor that was originally used in a mobility scooter. It is a 24 volt 6 amp DC electric motor that turns ...
I removed the original geared pulley. Painted the motor mount black, rotated it 180 degrees and remounted it. I then added a three inch v-belt pulley. It was mounted ...
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can someone add me and wiimail me some wallpapers? i would like carbon, excite truck and that image with the colours that guy made
my wii wont let me email it pictures ;(
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Wii, Wii Sports, Wii Play, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Need For Speed: Carbon.(In order of purchase)Accessories : 2 Wiimotes, 2 Nunchucks