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FOLEY, Alabama -- The 2011 Alabama legislative session showed promise in several issues affecting the Alabama Gulf Coast, local house and senate officials told members of Baldwin County United on Wednesday.
Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose; Rep. Steve McMillan, R-Gulf Shores; Rep. Randy Davis, R-Daphne; Rep. Harry Shiver, R-Bay Minette; and Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton, met with the community service organization during the BCU quarterly meeting in Foley.
Members had hoped for legislation on coastal insurance coverage in the session, but that issue will be taken up during a special session this fall, McMillan said.
He said that the tornadoes that devastated many areas of north Alabama in April, showed that disaster relief and insurance do not affect just the Gulf Coast counties.
"When we had the tornadoes, he had to expand that from coastal insurance to statewide insurance and I really think that's going to benefit us in the long run," McMillan said, referring to the governor's plans for the special session.
Pittman said some north Alabama legislators now have firsthand knowledge of disasters and insurance.
"With what's happening in the rest of the state — I had one of our colleagues tell me that they had to pay a 1-percent deductible on their damage from the tornado, we've had 5 percent — they're starting to understand the issue," Pittman said. "It's a difficult solution, so I think we've had some opportunities that we've never had before."
Davis said legislation could help toughen building codes to protect residents and could reduce rates in some situations. He said the insurance industry has been hit by many disasters across the country this year, such as floods and tornadoes, and he did not think that insurance rates would drop to the levels charged before Hurricane Ivan.
"As far as rates going back to 2002 levels, I don't ever see that happening for any area of the state again," Davis said.
Davis, chairman of the Constitution and Election Committee, said another issue that will be coming up is the redrawing of voting district lines to conform to population changes recorded in the 2010 census.
He said the population of local districts has increased at a faster rate than most of the state in the last decade. The new requirement will be that a house district must be within 5 percent of the state average of 47,500.
Local districts have many more residents than the average.
"Mr. McMillan is over 16,000, I believe," Davis said. "Mr. (Joe) Faust (R-Fairhope) is over 14,000. I'm over 10,000."
He said the new districts should expand Baldwin County's influence in upcoming legislative elections.
McMillan said the 2011 election brought about several major pieces of legislation, such as tenure reform for public school teachers.
"It was long overdue," McMillan said. "That is going to, in my opinion, drastically improve education and will drastically reduce the expense and time involved in weeding out the people that ought not to be in education."
Pittman said the "rolling reserve" bill will help keep the state from spending beyond its means and could help areas such as Baldwin. The rolling reserve would cap the budget each year based on an average of as many as 15 years of actual revenue collections.
Equity funding for school systems withholds some state money for local boards of education. The amount withheld is based on the value of 10 mills of property taxes. Pittman said that if the state cannot budget some of that money because of rolling-reserve restrictions, officials could decide to allow those funds to return to local schools.
"I think that could be a benefit to people in places like Baldwin County where a lot of money is sent to Montgomery to be redivided, maybe let us keep more of it here," he said.


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Night Fever
|"Night Fever"
UK 7" single
|Single by Bee Gees
|from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
|"Down the Road (live)"
|7 February 1978
|7" single
|c. April 1977, Château d'Hérouville, France and
September 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States[1]
|Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
|Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
|Platinum (RIAA)[2]
|Bee Gees singles chronology
"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was wary of marketing a movie with that name.
The B-side was a live version of "Down the Road" in 1977, previously released on Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live.
Inspiration and writing[edit]
When Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood was producing a movie about a New York disco scene, the working title for the film at that time was Saturday Night as Stigwood asked the group to write a song using that name as a title, but the Bee Gees thought it was a dumb title, but they had already written a song called "Night Fever". The group convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film to Saturday Night Fever.[3]
The string intro of "Night Fever" was inspired by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith, according to keyboardist Blue Weaver when he was performing it one morning at the sessions and Barry Gibb walked in and heard the new idea for this song.[3] As Weaver explains the history behind this song:
...'Night Fever' started off because Barry walked in one morning when I was trying to work out something. I always wanted to do a disco version of Theme from A Summer Place by The Percy Faith Orchestra or something - it was a big hit in the Sixties. I was playing that, and Barry said, 'What was that?' and I said, 'Theme from A Summer Place', and Barry said, 'No, it wasn't'. It was new. Barry heard the idea - I was playing it on a string synthesizer and sang the riff over it.[4]— Blue Weaver
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb completed the lyrics for "Night Fever" sitting on a staircase (reminiscent of their first international hit "New York Mining Disaster 1941" which was written also in a staircase back in 1967).[4]
The Bee Gees began recording this song by April 1977 in France and finishing it in September the same year. A demo of "Night Fever" with some instrumental and vocals heard on it exists and was now available to download on Rhino Records' website.[1]
...For 'Night Fever' the group had the hook-line and rhythm - they usually pat their legs to set up a song's rhythm when they first sing it - and parts of the verses. They had the emotion, same as on the record. We put down drums and acoustic guitar first, so the feel was locked in. The piano part was put on before the bass, then the heavy guitar parts. We had the sound, but we needed something there to shake it so we used the thunder sound.[4]
It also replaced Andy Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one and was in turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" - all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers. It would be the third of six consecutive US #1s for the band, tying The Beatles for the record for most consecutive #1 singles. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1978, behind Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing."[5]
"Night Fever" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, their third UK number one, and in the US it remained the number one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978. In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for Mystery Men. The song is listed at number 38 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[6] It's also featured in other films including Luna, Mr. Saturday Night, I.D., Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, and Avenue Montaigne.
Music video[edit]
A music video was made for the song in 1978, but not shown to the public until 2004[citation needed]. It features the brothers singing the song in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along "Motel Row" on Collins Avenue, a three-mile motel strip in what is now Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.[7] Most of these motels are now closed or demolished, including several whose names are reminiscent of Las Vegas resorts (Castaways, Desert Inn, Sahara, Golden Nugget).
- Barry Gibb — lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
- Robin Gibb — harmony and backing vocals
- Maurice Gibb — bass, harmony and backing vocals
- Alan Kendall — electric guitar
- Blue Weaver — keyboards
- Dennis Bryon — drums
- Joe Lala — percussion
Charts and certifications[edit]
Sales and certifications[edit]
- 1978 singles
- Bee Gees songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
- Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles
- Songs from Saturday Night Fever
- Disco songs
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Maurice Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
- RSO Records singles
- 1977 songs


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"The Middle," Season Three
TV's most relatable sitcom family finds truthful humor in everyday problems. Cleveland native Patricia Heaton stars as Frankie Heck, an overwhelmed mother whose parenting decisions may flop but who never stops seeking the best for her three kids. Hurray for this rare show that knows not to paint a rosy portrait of suburban paradise. While the adults scrape to pay the bills, the kids are concerned about important matters, like how to stay home sick from school to avoid a test but recover in time for a party later. The ABC series' snubbing by the Emmys is a shame. The 2011-12 season is 24 episodes, 516 minutes. Extras: deleted scenes and a gag reel. From Warner Home Video. Released Oct. 8.


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Golden Guernsey, last dairy in Waukesha County, shuts down
Waukesha Golden Guernsey plant locks doors
Dave Dvorak was in the middle of his shift delivering milk when he was told to return to the dairy.
He couldn't even finish his stops.
Dvorak, a 25-year distributor for the Golden Guernsey plant in Waukesha, was hearing for the first time that the 83-year-old facility was closing.
"I was working Saturday and got a call from my boss to bring back the truck as the plant was locked down," said Dvorak, of Stone Bank.
The closing has left 112 workers without a job and left school districts scrambling to try to find a replacement supplier for milk. The closing happened over the weekend, and workers have been left wondering what happened.
On Monday, outside the plant at 2101 Delafield St., there were a few cars lingering around the parking lot with only a security guard on hand.
"All the employees have been left to dry," Dvorak said on Monday. "Nobody knows anything. They didn't tell us. It's ridiculous."
On Tuesday, OpenGate Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that acquired the plant in September 2011, sought Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection for Golden Guernsey in Delaware bankruptcy court.
OpenGate Capital CEO Andrew Nikou addressed the closing for the first time in a news release Tuesday night.
"We have to make realistic decisions about our investments, and the reality is that the Golden Guernsey business was unable to achieve financial autonomy given the pressure to lower prices and seemingly nonnegotiable operating expenses," Nikou said. "This was a very difficult decision given the loss of jobs and disruption to milk delivery service, yet it had to be made.
"The closure of the plant is not a reflection of the hard work contributed by the Golden Guernsey family of employees. Unfortunately, when expenses overwhelm revenue for too long, and we are unable to achieve cooperation from the people with whom we do business, the business cannot be sustained."
According to reports, during OpenGate Capital's ownership there was a 20-percent increase in sales. But those reports also indicated that as Golden Guernsey was suffering under the pressure to meet demands for lower-cost products, it was unable to successfully reduce its expenses in a way to achieve a state of financial viability.
Filing a complaint
Even so, under state law, employers with 50 or more workers must provide notice 60 days in advance of when 25 or more employees are affected by a business closing or 25 percent of the workforce is affected by a mass layoff.
Golden Guernsey workers are fighting back.
On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received a complaint alleging the closure occurred without advance notification as required under the state's Business (Plant) Closing and Mass Layoff Law.
The complaint was filed with the agency's Equal Rights Division by Robert Storm Jr., of Burlington.
He said in his complaint that he believes "the wheels were in motion to close the plant" a month ago.
Responding to closure
In response to the closing, DWD Secretary Reggie Newson announced Monday initial steps the DWD and its regional workforce partner, Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Inc., are taking to assist affected workers.
"Clearly, the closure of the plant was unexpected for the employees and the Waukesha community, and the abrupt nature of the act is particularly troubling," Newson said in a news release. "We want the workers to know that we are here to support them and are working as quickly as we can to initiate services that will assist them and their families during this uncertain and difficult time."
The DWD and WOW have scheduled Rapid Response orientation sessions for workers in the WOW region on Jan. 16 and 17 at the WOW Workforce Development Inc., offices at the Workforce Development Center, 892 Main St., Suite A, Pewaukee.
Affected workers are asked to pre-register by calling (262) 695-8041. Additional details about each session, including available time slots, will be provided individually.
The Rapid Response services are part of the DWD-administered Dislocated Worker Program, which serves workers who become dislocated when a business cuts positions or ceases operations entirely.
While Dvorak, who is employed through C. Delsman and Sons Inc. in Waukesha, will no longer distribute for Golden Guernsey, his company will now distribute for Prairie Farms Dairy, out of Dubuque, Iowa.
And unlike when he was distributing for Golden Guernsey, which delivered to a number of grocery stores across a four-state regional area covering Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa, Dvorak said he will now just distribute to local Aldi stores.
Searching for options
It will also mean a change for Fox Brothers Piggly Wiggly in Hartland, which sells Golden Guernsey milk.
"We were very surprised and shocked when I got the call on Saturday morning," said owner Pat Fox. "Our distributors came to get milk, but the doors were locked.
"They've been part of Waukesha County forever. There's great concerns for the farmers that sell Golden Guernsey products and with distributors; it was shocking to hear they were closing. We've heard absolutely nothing."
Fox said his Piggly Wiggly's (he owns six stores in the area) had enough milk over the weekend because his distributor picked milk up on Friday.
"We were fortunate because of that," Fox said.
And he said, luckily, he found a replacement with Dean Foods out of Sheboygan.
"We needed to find a way to keep serving the customer and taking care of our guests because milk sells at such a high volume," Fox said.
Fox added the closing leaves some uncertainty, as he has sold Golden Guernsey milk at his stores since he opened in the 1980s.
"For me, it goes back to 1985," Fox said. "It will be very different not having Golden Guernsey. The plant is Waukesha County, and now it's not there anymore."
It will be a big change for many people.
Clark Vilter, who owned a dairy farm in the Town of Merton for decades with his family and distributed milk to Golden Guernsey, had the same feeling.
Vilter's father, William, was elected to the Golden Guernsey Board in the mid 1950s and served for more than 20 years.
"It used to be almost like a family," Vilter said.
While Vilter has scaled his farm back and stopped distributing milk to Golden Guernsey in 2011, he still said "it was pretty sad" when he heard the plant was closing.
Recent new ownership
He recalled how Golden Guernsey started as a farmer-owned cooperative in Milwaukee in 1930 and how Golden Guernsey moved to Waukesha in 1955 as it continued to grow.
Greg Serres of the Merton Feed Co. said Golden Guernsey used to be a staple around here.
"Years ago, every farm had a Golden Guernsey sign, because that's who they produced for," Serres said.
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The buzz and attention has been building for Radical Dads ever since it made L Magazine's 8 Bands You Need to Hear in 2011.
Featuring a twin guitar/vocal team (Robbie and Chris from Uninhabitable Mansions) and drummer, Robbie Guertin (formerly of Clap Your Hands Say), the bassless trio brings the familiar sounding, '90s Alt-rock influences (think Sonic Youth, Pixies and Sleater Kinney) into contemporary distinction. In addition to various singles, the threesome has released two fine full-length records, "Mega Rama," and most recently, "Rapid Reality," on its own Uninhabitable Mansions label.
The band performs with worthy and like-minded labelmates, Dead Stars, along with Haybaby, Boytoy and Honduras, tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 285 Kent Ave., Brooklyn. This all ages show is at 8 p.m.; admission is $10 per person.
Having seen the Radical Dads perform a thoroughly enjoyable set at South Street Seaport in August, I can say they're worth it and Dead Stars are definitely worth catching live, also.
Another good show on Oct. 2 features one of the best new indie bands around — Parquet Courts. Having released "Light Up Gold," one of best albums of this year as well as being consistently great live, they repurpose the sound of some of the greatest guitar-driven groups of CBGB days. Think Television Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers and Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Opening for the group at the Hall of Williamsburg (66 N. 6th St., Brooklyn) will be The Beets, Yuppies and Future Punx. This 18 and over show starts at 8:30 p.m.; admission, $14 a head.
Forget about throwback Thursday; As a bill this will initiate Thrust ahead Thursday. And you'd be hard pressed to find a better triple bill. This one features Wavves, King Tuff and the Jacuzzi Boys — all headliners in their own right. All three acts share a glam-rock sensibility that should compliment each other quite nicely and are touring behind some top-notch albums.
Formed in 2007, the Jacuzzi Boys are a good time, rockin' ruckus that will warm up the crowd, though this will be a bigger venue then it usually plays.
And if the Florida trio's new self-titled album (its third full-length) on the Hardy Art label is as good as its debut for the label, "Glazin,'" there'll be no shortage of good material offered.
Under the guise of King Tuff, Kyle Thomas (frontman of Witch, a quasi-metal band with J Mascis on drums) made waves on the indie rock scene with his previous full-length, "Dead Was." After quickly going out of print and fetching high prices on eBay, it has, thankfully, just been reissued by Burger Records.
With all his involvement in other projects, like Witch, it took Thomas four years to finally get back to "King Tuff," but it was worth the wait. His stellar self-titled album on Sub Pop records — as well as his well-honed live performances with a full band — are what pushed King Tuff out of cult obscurity. On Thursday, he'll be celebrating his welcome "Dead Was" debut re-release.
Nathan Williams has come a long way from his scrappy beginnings circa 2008. That's when he recorded two albums of naive punk rock behind his parents' San Diego home under the moniker of Wavves.
Since then, he's toured and recorded with numerous line-ups, which has included a mismatched member such as Hella drummer, Zach Hill and, more recently, the ex-Jay Reatard rhythm section of Stephen Pope and drummer Billy Hayes.
Between the writing contributions and more skillful backing that Pope and Hayes afforded Williams, he has moved to a more polished plateau. Check out his decidedly more surf-punk sound on the 2010 Fat Possum release, "King of the Beach."
Earlier this year, with Pope still in tow, Wavves released its fourth album, "Afraid of Heights" (Mom + Pop.records). The album features a guest vocal from Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley. The sound is even more mature, polished and heavy — note a touch of Nirvana and Pixie influence on the title cut — but no less catchy.
This sure bet trifecta happens Thursday, Oct. 3, at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, Manhattan. This is a 16 and over show. It starts at 7 p.m.; admission is $20 per person.
For those who like their rock with a rawer edge and real soulful grit, you won't do better than a good bill featuring the Oblivians. This recently-reunited, highly influential Memphis institution put on one of the best shows of this year, kicking off the South Street Seaport Music festival in June. The threesome is currently touring in support of its righteously rocking — and surprisingly refined — new platter, "Desperation" (In the Red Records).
Rounding out the festivities will be the power pop of WYLDLIFE (who's recent debut "The Time Has Come To Rock & Roll," deftly lives up to the title's promise) and The Shangri Lips (featuring Margaret Garrett from Boston's famed Mr. Airplane Man).
This 21 and over shindig all goes down at 9 p.m. at The Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn, for a mere $15in advance; $17 per person, day of show.
And speaking of Burger records — a fine new indie label putting out consistent quality releases — head to the Bowery to get your glam pop-punk fix by checking out the Burgerama Caravan of Stars Tour. The Saturday showcase features notable up-and-comers like The Growlers, Cosmonauts, Gap Dream and PANGEA.
If that doesn't sate you, Habibi, White Fang, and Colleen Green (also on Hardy Art records) will be on this eclectic rock 'n' pop marathon.
Unfortunately — but not surprisingly — the show is sold out. But for those willing to seek tickets elsewhere or take a chance that you can pick up extras at the venue, the show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., Manhattan.


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Chris McCosky: Blaming Allen Iverson for everything. It's all his fault.
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|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Valerie Ann Polino
Today, the Northeast has developed into a heavily populated industrial region with large cities that have become major centers of manufacturing and service related businesses. How and why this region of the United States developed into what it is today is an important idea for students to comprehend.
Between 1820 and 1870 the Northeast region of the United States was transformed from agrarian to industrial. This change profoundly affected all aspects of life in the region. Industrialization developed an unshakable faith in free enterprise, rugged individualism and material progress. In this new industrial age there emerged, in American society, a broad middle class. If one word can be used to express this age it would be MONEY. The new patrons of art and architecture took progress as their creed and architecture as not only the symbol of progress but, a reflection of their status in the social order.
Many in this newly developing middle class had strong feelings about what was "appropriate" architecture. When speaking of home nineteenth century American Victorians were referring to a social institution, a testimony to material progress and family stability. Home, a "House Beautiful", was considered the foundation of moral development and social values that set the standards for a civilized world. The American dream had become an individually owned home on a nicely landscaped lot. The idea set forth by many was that a home should reflect, not the current status of its inhabitants, but what they hoped to be like in the not to distant future. Tradesmen, clerks, factory workers set aside money for the day when they could move their family into a house in a respectable part of town.
The Victorian Age ( Reign of Queen Victoria of England, 1837-1901 ) does not really refer to a chronological period in history as much as a characteristic that penetrated all of society. The age was called Victorian, what was produced was termed Victorian and the people called themselves Victorians.
When viewing the architecture of the period the term that can best describe the age is "eclecticism", the liberty to choose from many styles. Victorians felt that they were heirs to all that was beautiful in past styles, therefore they adopted the style or styles they believed best fitted their new economic status in society. As a result of this eclecticism the following styles came and went, overlapping and flowing one into another during the period we call the Victorian Age.
|Greek Revival
|Egyptian Revieal
|Second Empire
|Early Gothic Revival
|Victorian Gothic
|Romanesque Revival
|Stick Style
|Italian Villa
|Shingle Style
|Renaissance Revival
|Queen Anne
|Octagon Style
|Richardsonian Romanesque
|Beaux Arts
This unit is designed to show the richness of the area's Victorian past by using the varied styles of architecture as a way of understanding the culture—life style—of the age. By using two types of visual aids, slides of various styles of architecture and a walking tour, I hope students will be stimulated and gain an understanding of the Victorian Age.
The number of Greek Revival style buildings erected during the first half of the 1800's was so widespread that it almost became the only acceptable style, as it was thought of as the style that symbolized democracy upon which our nation was founded.
Built by Ithiel Town in the 1830's in the Doric style—1900 postcard.
New materials and techniques were developed for use in the Greek Revival home. Stucco penciled to look like ashlar (square cut granite) and brick painted to resemble stucco were widely used. Cream color and white were the dominant colors with soft hues of rose, brown, green and black used to suggest the look of marble and granite. The modest homes were constructed of wood, better homes a combination of wood, brick, stucco, sandstone, marble and granite.
The period between 1820 and 1840 was one of great wealth for the residents of New Haven. The population of the City had already reached over 10,000. With its busy harbor and developing manufacturing the City was expanding in all directions; east along the harbor toward Wooster Square, to the west out toward Westville, itself developing into an industrial area (see note), north from the Green out along the parallel streets of Whitney and Orange. Within the expanding city there was an explosion of buildings. Be it cottage, villa, or mansion, many reflected the Greek Revival style.
The explosion in construction in New Haven brought noted architects, who designed high style buildings in the Grecian style, to the city. One such man was Ithiel Town (1784-1844). Born in Connecticut, he received his training in Boston and opened an office in New Haven in 1810. Town is an excellent example of the new breed of highly educated architects emerging in the United States. With the wealth he acquired from royalties on his design s he established one of the largest architectural libraries of his day. Town was committed to the Greek classical style but did design other styles for his clients. The architectural firm of Town and Davis, along with men like James Hillhouse, a prominent citizen and patron of architecture, helped make New Haven the "Athens of Connecticut" and one of the most beautiful cities in the region.
Polino, V. The Life and Times of The West River, 1776-1896; A Study of Early Industrial Westville. Yale New Haven Teachers Institute, 1984. Vol.VI.
Another notable architect of New Haven was Henry Austin. Born at Mt. Carmel in 1804 he eventually went to work for Town. Since Town and Davis spent much of their time working outside of New Haven, Austin supervised many of the firms projects in the city. By 1826 he had established such a reputation for his own work that he helped found the National Academy of Design and in 1836 opened his own office. Austin's early designs reflected the Greek Revival style. He also designed the entrance gates to the Grove Street Cemetery (1845) in the classical Egyptian style. Throughout the years, until his death in 1891, Austin built so many private homes that many streets in New Haven reflect some of his talents.
Many fine examples of Greek Revival architecture are still visible throughout the New Haven area today.
By the mid 1840's many people in the United States began to criticize the Greek style of architecture. A home should look like a home, they felt, and with the Greek Revival style one could not tell if the structure was a home, bank, court house, church or college. This period was a time of political change and technological advance in the United States from which emerged a rising middle class and an increased aristocracy. These changes and advances were reflected in a change in architectural style, both public and domestic, from Greek Revival to Gothic Revival. By 1845 the Gothic style was nearly as well established as the Greek style had been twenty years earlier, and by the outbreak of the Civil War Gothic had replaced Greek as the predominant style of architecture in the United States.
Trinity Church, on the Green, New Haven, Conn.—Built by Ithiel Town in 1817 (added to in 1845) Trinity Church, on the Green, is one of the oldest Gothic Churches in the United States.
The medieval castle came through very clearly in the writings of Sir Walter Scott. He even built for himself a Gothic castle, called Abbotsford, setting a trend in England that spread rapidly to the United States. The American writer James Fenimore Cooper upon returning from a visit to Abbotsford in the early 1830's remodeled his home at Cooperstown, New York into a Gothic castle. This style became so popular that the fashion became one of "modernizing" already existing homes, as Cooper had done, by applying Gothic designs to the structure.
Gothic Revival won wide spread acceptance and was endorsed by the leading architects, Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. Downing was the most influential critic of his time and Davis was the country's most prolific Gothic Revival architect. Together these men became the trend setters and largely determined the direction of architecture between 1830 and 1870. The association of Davis and Downing resulted in many architectural handbooks and builder's manuals. Davis' plans were widely publicized in books by Downing such as Rural Residences published in 1837 and Cottage Residences published in 1842. These books contained not only hand colored lithographs of homes but descriptions, plans, estimates of the cost, summary of materials needed and the layout of the grounds and gardens. In his writings Downing set forth his philosophy of the "ideal" American way of life.
There were only a few full-blown Gothic stone mansions built in the United States. Of those that were built most have been torn down. One excellent example remains, Lyndhurst at Terrytown, New York built by Davis in 1834 for William Paulding. With the help of industrialization and mass production the costly stone Gothic structures were translated into wood, making the "Carpenter Gothic" affordable for many middle class American families. Downing believed a home expressed the personality of its owners, " fine man or woman built a fine home", he stated in The Architecture of a Country Home published in 1850. He felt that a typical dwelling should be a frame house with a veranda, beautiful lawn and garden. "When smiling lawns and tasteful cottages begin to embellish a country, we know that order and culture are established", he further stated. Downing emphasized that the difference between Europeans and Americans was that Americans by working could obtain one of the goals of life a "house beautiful".
To introduce the American people to new developments in art and architecture the United States held an international exposition in New York in 1853. The characteristic American home of Victorian design, "American Gothic", was introduced as affordable to all Americans. Many forms of Gothic architecture can be seen in New Haven today, in both public and private buildings. Two excellent examples of public architecture are the Yale School of Art, now Street Hall and the New Haven City Hall.
At mid century the United States was a land of diverse interests, cultures and tastes. A new class of people, in American society, was on the rise. A group that would change the face of the country forever. These people were optimistic, they believed that any person with three important qualities; skill, imagination and energy, had the opportunity to earn a good living and even become a member of the nouveau riches, new rich. Members of the newly developing middle class lived comfortable lives and as the wealth of the nation increased many were able to enjoy more pleasures of the good life.
The transformation of the cities of the Northeast, from mercantile centers to manufacturing centers, was an important step and the impact was felt in every aspect of urban life. When the first census was taken in 1790 five percent of all Americans lived in urban centers. Seventy years later, in 1860, fifteen percent of all Americans lived in urban areas. The 1860 census listed thirty five urban centers with populations exceeding 25,000. New Haven, fast becoming one of the most important manufacturing centers in New England, had a population of approximately 40,000. Traveling throughout the city one could see a number of factories producing goods to be sold not only in the United States but throughout the world. The India and Candee Rubber Companies, Volcanic Repeating Arms, Mallory-Wheeler Hardware Company, New Haven Clock Company, and the carriage companies of Brewster, G.D.Cook and Collins and Lawrence were just a few of the many that added wealth to the city and its residences.
Urban centers, like New Haven, continued to spread out from the center of the city. To meet the needs of the expanding population New Haven set upon a program of improving its transportation system. With transportation by horse trolley a man could move his family out of the center of town to a residential neighborhood in the suburbs that was more fitting their life style.
Within the rising class of the newly and nearly rich were many who had little interest in the "long ago" and "far away". To these the world of fantasy created by writers such as Scott were out of touch with reality. It was to this group in American society that the villa style of architecture of the Italian provinces of Tuscany, Urbina, Lombard and Vevetro had great appeal. The word "villa" in Europe simply meant a country home. To many Americans the "villa" was a country home of a person of sufficient wealth to build and maintain it with taste and elegance. Again it was the plans of Davis circulated by Downing's books that helped to popularize the style. The home became a reflection of the family, where beauty, taste and moral culture flourished. Downing stated it very well in his 1850 Architecture of Country Houses; "It is in such a house that we should look for the happiness, social and moral development of our people . . . . It is there that the social virtues are more honestly practiced, that the duties and grace of life have more meaning."
The first Italianate villas built in America were dignified structures of brick and stone. Since few people could afford the expense of stone the design s were transformed into the less costly wood frame construction. The wood was scored to resemble stone and painted in tones of red, blue, green, violet, and gray giving a rich effect to the structure. The hallmark of the villa was the three to four story square tower with arched openings. These homes were also designed with large sliding doors allowing the first floor rooms to open into terraces and verandas where in the warm summer months the family would gather.
The interior rooms, or apartments as they were called, were designed to reflect the intellectual and moral character of the family's culture and taste. On the main floor there were at least three to four rooms beside the kitchen. Even in a villa of moderate size there was a separate room devoted to meals—called the dining room; another devoted to social conversation—the drawing room; and a third devoted to intellectual pursuits—the library. On the second floor were found the bedrooms, ladies boudoir (private room), and an office or private room for the master of the house and always a back stairway leading to the servants quarters.
The Italianate villa was in vogue throughout the Civil War period. Despite the war great building activity took place in New Haven leaving us many beautiful and distinctive homes.
The North emerged from the Civil War confident of long-range prosperity. Although the War caused financial problems for many New Haven industries, many of their largest markets had been in the South, by the mid 1870's the City was on the road to a successful new future.
By 1888 the population of New Haven had reached eighty thousand and the city was ranked third largest in size and wealth in New England, and one of the leading manufacturing centers in the country. Nearly a thousand manufacturers were located within the city's limits. The city's business growth and prosperity was linked to the numerous means of communication that connected it with the rest of the nation. New Haven was not only an important railway center, with some seventy-five passenger and freight trains leaving the city every day, but also a port for steamships that traveled to and from New York daily. All this contributed to the expansion of the city and the increased wealth of many of its residences.
As the city expanded land was filled in, bridges built, streets widened and paved. New public safety, health and fire codes were set down as law. The city water, sewer, gas, electrical and telephone systems spread out in all directions. By the mid 1880's New Haven had six horse railroad companies whose tracks radiated from the Green throughout the central portion of the city, to the railroad station, steamship landing, parks and suburbs. The main streets had double tracks and streetcars ran every six minutes.
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Local civil improvement organizations launched a campaign for the beautification of the parks which they felt had a very moral and social value. Under the leadership of men like Donald G. Mitchell, landscape designer, New Haven's park system became one of the finest in the United States. By the close of the century the park system included ten separate areas for the citizens to enjoy: East Rock and West Rock essentially mountain parks; Waterside, Bay View, Fort Hale, Quinnipiac, and Clinton were marine parks; Edgewood extended along the West River; Fort Wooster on the heights of Beacon Hill; and finally Beaver Ponds, a chain of small lakes.
By the 1880's something new was happening to the social structure in America. Up to this point the gap between the have and have-nots was relatively narrow. And the tastes of the rich were only the tastes of the poor on a more lavish scale. As the rich grew richer and the poor grew poorer the gulf between them grew wider and wider. For the rich, newly rich and nearly rich, where social competition was acute, came the realization that wealth and social position could be visibly manifested by the size and lavishness of one's home. Home styles changed rapidly—Queen Ann, Shingle, Romanesque and Chateauesque. Money talked, all were rich extravagant displays, the excess so loved by the people of what Mark Twain called, "The Gilded Age".
The Victorians invented the concept of the "World Fair". The first held in London in 1851, followed by the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, in 1853, and the gigantic Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. Over 30,000 exhibitors form 51 nations showcased new forms of architecture, home furnishings, and household inventions. Between May and November of 1876 nearly ten million men and women were exposed to all that was new and exciting.
The style of architecture that caught the attention of many was the Queen Ann. By 1881 the style was being spread by pattern books like Palliser's Model Homes for People published in Bridgeport, Connecticut and the first architectural magazine "The American Architect and Building Magazine". This style was especially popular, by increasing the number of verandas and balconies with their steep pitched roofs, the size and impressiveness of the home could be magnified. Another style that grew out of the Queen Ann was the graceful refined Shingle style. This style was uniquely New England, reaching its highest point in the coastal resorts from Maine to Long Island.
If any one person could be held responsible for the development of American architecture during the last half of the nineteenth century the credit would have to go to Henry Hobson Richerdson. The large expensive showy homes reached a climax in the luxurious Richerdsonian Romanesque and Chateauesque styles at the close of the century. The Richerdsonian Romanesque home, constructed of stonework was expensive to build. For this reason they are not very common. Scattered examples can be found in the larger cities of the Northeast. Chateauesque is also a rare style used by architects for "landmark" homes. This style also called for massive masonry construction, stonework and elaborate expensive details. New Haven is very fortunate to have examples of all four styles.
Objective Students will be able to explain the similarities between ancient Greek architecture and homes built in New Haven during this period.
Characteristic Details to Look For: emphasis on columns, capitals and triangles all used to create the effect of a Greek temple.
- 1. Key to Identification of Architectural Styles
- 2. Blank activity sheet (duplicate for each lesson) to be filled in by students.
HILLHOUSE AVENUE was laid out by James Hillhouse in the late 1700's. Beginning in the late 1820's his son James with the help of architects like Town and Davis made the street one of the most beautiful in the region and the most prestigious in the city.
- 1. #46 Hillhouse Avenue. (fill in activity sheet)
- New Haven's best example of the Greek Revival style, the Aaron Skinner House was built in 1822 by Alexander Davis. Slide 1. Designed after a Greek temple, the house is constructed of brick faced stucco that has been penciled marked to make the stucco look like stone. In the 1850's the house was remodeled by Henry Austin, filling in the second story to the right and left of the entrance.
- ____(A). Students sketch house
- ____(B). Identify the type of capital
- 2. #35 Hillhouse Avenue. Mary Prichard House, built in 1836 by Alexander Davis Slide 2. It is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture.
- ____(A). Students sketch house
- ____(B). Identify the type of capital.
LINCOLN STREET was opened up in the mid 1830's (originally Clinton Place). This is an area of basic middle class homes, built in the Greek Revival style. These homes were the type of respectable home in a respectable part of town that the average Victorian strove for. A home the would give them an air of importance and dignity.
- ____(A). Have students compare these homes to the homes on Hillhouse Avenue.
- 3. #10 Lincoln Street, built about 1840.
- ____(A). Note Doric Columns on porch.
- ____(B). Have Students sketch columns.
- ____(C). The bay window was added in the 1890's.
- 4. #16 and 18 Lincoln Street, built 1836.
- ____(A). Note columns and classic roof line.
- ____(B). Have students sketch homes.
This area was originally called the New Township. After the Revolutionary War the area developed into a maritime center. Many of the homes were built for the wealthy sea captains of the day. Wooster Square was named after General David Wooster, a hero of the American Revolution who grew up in the area.
- 5. #600 Chapel Street, built in 1844 for Henchman Soule. Slide 5
- ____(A). Excellent example of the high period in Greek Revival.
- ____(B). Note columns on porch, classic lines of the house.
- ____(C). This house was in the transition period from Greek Revival to Italian Villa, note cupola top center.
This area was west of the West River and was not very populated at this time. Westville was not part of New Haven and had the name Hotchkissville.
- 6. #512 Blake Street, built in the early 1840's an example copied from Minard LaFever's builders guide. Slide 6
- ____(A). Sketch basic structure.
- ____(B). Sketch honeysuckle pattern on piedmont and down side of building.
- 7. #131 Oliver Road, built 1840's. very formal Greek Revival. Slide 7.
- ____(A). Note unusual capital—great bunch of plumey ferns—only two others like it in New Haven—1108 Whitney Avenue and 19 Lyon Street.
- ____(B). Sketch columns and capital.
- ____Lessons Two, Three and Four can be found with the slides
- ____Lesson Two; Gothic Revival 1840-1860
- ____Lesson Three; Italianate 1840-1880
- ____Lesson Four; The Gilded Age 18-70-1900
The following are three suggested trips outside of the New Haven area.
Mark Twain—Harriet Beecher Stowe Houses
For information—Nook Farm Visitors Center
77 Forest St. Hartford CT 06105
(203) 525-9317
Lockwood Mathews Mansion
For information—295 West Avenue Norwalk, CT
(203) 838-2434
Pediment: A wide low-pitched gable surmounting the facade of a building in a classical style triangle.
Column: An upright shaft serving as a support
Tracery: Ornate stonework.
Design XXII: Villa in the Italian Style.—Downing, Andrew J., Cottage Residence.
Types of Windows
Furniture also reflects spindle work brackets.
____ Style of Architecture
- 1. Background information and characteristics of style.
- 2. Notes on Homes
Bishop, Robert, and Patricia Coblentz. The World of Antiques, Art and Architecture in Victorian America. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. Overall coverage of the period, excellent pictures.
Brown, Elizabeth Mills. New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976. Indispensible guide for viewing the buildings in New Haven.
Downing, Andrew J. The Architecture of Country Houses. New York: D. Appleton Company, 1850. Excellent primary source.
Downing, Andrew J. Cottage Residences. New York: D. Appleton Company, 1850. Excellent primary source.
Gowans, Allen. Images of American Living: Four Centuries of Architecture and Furniture as Cultural Expression. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Excellent background information on Ithiel Town, pp. 291-294.
Hommann, Mary, Wooster Square Design. New Haven: The New Haven Redevelopment Agency, 1965. Good source of Information on the Wooster Square area urban renewal, good pictures.
Kelley, Brooks M. New Haven Heritage; An Area of Historical Houses on Hillhouse Avenue and Trumbull Street. New Haven: The New Haven Preservation Trust, 1979. Good source book.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knoph, 1986. Guide to identification of houses you see in your area.
Pierson, William. American Buildings and Their Architecture; Technology and The Picturesque, The Corporate and Early Gothic Styles. New York: Anchor Press, 1980. Excellent coverage of Gothic style.
Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1980. Excellent source, pp. 38-97.
Scully, Vincent J. The Shingle and The Stick Style, Architectural Theory and Design From Downing to The Origins of Wright. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. Just what the title states.
Shoppell R.W. Modern Houses; Beautiful Homes. New York Co-Operative Plan Association Architects, 1903. Excellent primary source plan book.
Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1980. Detailed descriptions pictures of styles of architecture in the United States from early times to present.
Shumway, Floyd and Richard Hegel, ed. New Haven: An Illustrated History. New Haven: William A. Windsor Publications, 1981. Excellent information on New Haven history, architecture, photographs.
———. Color New Haven: A Coloring Book and Guide to New Haven Architecture. New Haven: The New Haven Preservation Trust, 1984. Excellent book for students, check with Trust for copies.
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Talk:890: Etymology
It always bothered me how an independent gunslinger with no team of engineers or assistants has a faster ship than the entirety of the empire and all it's technical expertise. Where did he get his funding and kit from? Davidy²²[talk] 10:09, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
The same place as the Falcon.... gambling with people like Lando? (Also Falconry, by whatever name, was practiced in Mesopotamia and by the Bedouin in arguably at least partially desert-planet-like areas. It's quite possible that the ancestral 'Falcons' or equivalent translator-microbe-referenced creatures originated on Tatooine. A long, long time later, in a galaxy (and planet) much, much less far away (basically, here... and now) our Earth falcons are at least one branch of descendents.) Now, no doubts "Millenium" refers to the Imperial (previously Republican) standard years, but it begs the question of what the length and nature of the Tattooine 'year' is, given it's a binary-star orbitter, eh? ;) 18.104.22.168 16:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
He won the ship from Lando, that guy owned his own city. Military ships carry much more equipment and are less manoeuvrable. 126.96.36.199 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
- Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability. If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car. The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.
- Oh, and I think Lando did not yet run Cloud City when Han won the Falcon from him. I recall Han being surprised to find out Lando had won Cloud City, in The Empire Strikes Back. Tryc (talk) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). 18.104.22.168 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


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Bel Canto had several digital products on display including the CD3t CD Transport (pictured above) which includes both AES and SPDIF (via BNC connector) outputs at $1,495.
Playing in a side room was the C7R DAC Integrated Receiver with an amplifier section based on the companies REF150 and includes a built-in DAC, FM tuner, phono section and some pretty beefy speaker connectors on the back. This modest size box would make a great companion to the CD3t mentioned above. Retail is $2,995.
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The Milestone Inn, Harrisburg's only bed and breakfast and the setting for scores of weddings since 2006, is up for sale.
Owners Robin Clemens and Sean Adams, who purchased the Front Street mansion in 2004 and turned it from cubical-divided office space into a luxury cocoon for couples, corporate retreats and anniversary parties, are putting the 8,500-square-foot building up for auction in April.
Clemens, 38, and Adams, 40, cited several reasons for their decision to sell the circa 1920s mansion known as the Baker House after the Harrisburg attorney who built the L-shaped structure.
Clemens has a full-time job opportunity in Washington, D.C., and the couple would like to relocate there and start a family. The two added that uncertainty around Harrisburg's water rates and property taxes stemming from the city's debt-strained budget, along with the recent jump in uncapped electricity rates, were factors.
The couple selected Michael Fortna Auctioneers, with offices in Harrisburg and Annville, to handle the sale. The auction, set for April 24 at the inn, would allow the couple to transfer the property in July. As a result, the two have stopped booking events beyond the sale's planned closing.
The couple, who paid $630,000 for the property and then put in two years of sweat equity to remake it, won't say how much they hope the Milestone will fetch at auction. But they do have a target price that, if unmet, would nullify any sale.
Fortna, who recently sold the Londonderry Inn in Campbelltown at auction for about $900,000, said the selling method is no longer limited to distressed properties at sheriff's sales or bank foreclosures. In today's volatile real estate market, there's no better way to establish market value for hard-to-appraise signature properties than through competitive bidding, he said.
Milestone Inn owners will put Harrisburg mansion up for auction this spring
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What do you guys think of the system on chip (SoC or SOC) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) that Altera introduced? They have these Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, Cyclone V SoC FPGA HPS and Arria V SoC FPGA HPS. Can anyone give me some light about these SoC FPGAs?
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The union says that those trainers would have said the use of deadly force -- and prior beanbag shots against Campbell -- fell within bureau policy.
In addition, Officer Daryl Turner, president of the Portland Police Association, argues that the bureau training review of the Jan. 29 shooting was drafted to support a conclusion, excluding input from the bureau's lead firearms, defensive tactics or patrol training instructors.
"This is politically motivated," Turner says. "When you want a certain result, information is not fully researched. Before the information was gathered, they had made a decision where this was going to go."
Portland Police Chief Mike Reese defended his decision and the training division's review. He said training Lts. Dave Virtue and Robert King, whom he noted was a past police union president, thoroughly reviewed police reports, met with bureau training instructors and consulted outside experts. He said the officers involved in the shooting made significant mistakes, which ended with a young man dying.
"Is everyone on board? No. But I believe it was the right decision; otherwise I wouldn't have made it," Reese said during an interview with The Oregonian a day after the firing.
Frashour fired a single shot from his AR-15 rifle at Campbell, striking the 25-year-old unarmed man in the back shortly after he was hit by six beanbag rounds fired by Lewton, who said he was trying to get Campbell to put his hands in the air.
Campbell, who was distraught and suicidal over his brother's death that morning, had emerged from a Northeast Portland apartment at police request, with his back toward officers and his hands behind his head.
The chief and Mayor Sam Adams fired Frashour and issued 80-hour unpaid suspensions to Lewton and two sergeants, saying they botched the response to an encounter that appeared to have calmed down. They found Frashour's use of force inappropriate because Campbell was not posing an immediate threat of death or physical injury.
They also found a serious breakdown in communication between Sgt. Liani Reyna, the incident commander, and Sgt. John Birkinbine, who was monitoring a negotiator's phone contact with Campbell. Birkinbine asked the negotiator to have Campbell come out of the apartment but didn't share that with Reyna or other officers standing ready with guns drawn. Reyna also declined offers of help from other sergeants.
The chief said the shooting will lead to enhanced training for sergeants, as well as revamped criteria on who is eligible to carry an AR-15 rifle. He called the sergeants' failure to work as a team "completely unacceptable."
"In the past, the bureau has been very reluctant to talk about deadly force encounters, particularly when we have performance issues, but I believe that's how we're going to become better as an organization," Reese said. "We've got to meet with sergeants and talk about critical incidents. They're our line supervisors, and that's where the rubber meets the road."
Union's argument
Turner, meanwhile, provided a glimpse of what the union's argument to a state arbitrator will be.
He cited training review documents that said Campbell was "fleeing, uncooperative, possibly armed and suicidal," and argued that Frashour acted according to the bureau's Deadly Force policy.
He also argued that Lewton's bean-bag shooting fell within the bureau's Physical Force directive. That directive says such force may be used to prevent or terminate an offense or attempted commission of an offense, lawfully take a person into custody, make an arrest or prevent escape, prevent a suicide or serious self-inflicted injury, defend an officer or other person from the use of force, or accomplish some official purpose authorized by law or judicial decree.
Turner said the training lieutenants consulted only the bureau's less-lethal instructor before completing their review and presenting it to the Use of Force Review Board. He said the lead firearms, patrol and defensive tactics instructors, who are best versed in how bureau policies are applied, were not consulted until after the training review was completed. He argued the chief and mayor made scapegoats out of the four officers disciplined.
"Our officers question whether we're protected when we follow the policies and procedures when it's a politically charged incident," Turner said.
Reese said he doesn't expect everyone in the bureau to agree with the discipline but asks that all members of the bureau review the internal investigation and training review made public.
"There isn't going to be consensus in any organization of our size. It's isn't black and white," he said. "But at the end of the day, I have to make the decisions, and you know, I took a lot of time to come to what I believe is the right one."
Reese said he's attending roll calls to explain the discipline and hopes to get patrol sergeants together to learn from the shooting. He also wants to bring back annual refresher training for sergeants.
The criteria for determining which officers will carry an AR-15 is being revamped. Instead of simply determining whether the officers can handle the rifle properly and shoot straight, the bureau now will ask their peers and supervisors if the officers are qualified, based on their work history and mental abilities. The first question, the chief said, will be: "Do you have the right mindset?"
Turner said the union is also ready to defend the suspended sergeants. He also questioned why senior supervisors weren't disciplined. He noted that it took about 1 1/2 hours before Lt. Derek Rodrigues and Capt. Bob Day arrived at the scene. They were meeting with other sergeants at a coffee shop at Northeast Fremont and 15th Avenue.
Reese said the lieutenant and captain were monitoring the incident on their radios, and didn't hear anything that concerned them initially. When they heard Reyna say she was going to "loud hail" the occupant of the apartment, Day had Rodrigues drive him to North Precinct because Day said he was in a suit, and didn't have a police jacket or a notebook.
"Unfortunately it's a long ways from where they were to where the incident was at," the chief said.
When they did arrive, Reyna stepped away from the command post to brief Day, and that's when the shooting occurred. Day didn't approach Reyna because he wasn't wearing a ballistic vest.
North Precinct Cmdr. James Ferraris, in his after-action report, suggested Day should have picked up a vest at the precinct.
The last Portland officer fired strictly for use of force was Douglas Erickson. On July 19, 1993, he reportedly fired 23 of 27 shots fired at Gerald Frank Gratton as Gratton fled from a bus in North Portland. Gratton was struck in the back and the arm, and a bullet grazed his head, but he survived. Gratton, an African American, had a gun in his waistband, but did not pull the gun or use it during the incident. Then Chief Charles Moose dismissed Erickson, finding he had broken department rules because Gratton was not endangering anyone when Erickson opened fire.
But two years later, Erickson was reinstated by an arbitrator, who found Erickson justified because the suspect had a gun and was acting in a threatening manner, even though Gratton was shot while running away and never shot the gun in his waistband.


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Got leftover diapers?
Five local moms groups would like you to donate them to parents who have trouble paying for diapers.
Heidi Hudnut of Beaverton, a mother of two children ages 2 and 4, said the diaper drive was inspired by a Time magazine article she read about a Connecticut caseworker who started a diaper bank because diapers aren't covered under WIC or food stamp benefits.
"I brought that article to my moms group, the North Beaverton Moms Club, and it seemed to strike a chord with quite a few of us," Hudnut said. The group decided to do a diaper drive, then challenged four other moms groups to compete with them to see who could collect the most diapers.
As of Monday, Hudnut said, she had about 1,400 diapers in her garage. All the diapers collected will be donated to Northwest Children's Outreach.
Diapers can be dropped off (in whole or partial packages) during regular business hours through Nov. 12 at two Beaverton locations:
- My Kidz World, 16305 N.W. Cornell Road
- Me Too Cafe, 16755 S.W. Baseline Road
To contact the North Beaverton Moms Club, go to northbeavertonmomsclub.com.
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Salina, NY -- A part of East Molloy Road between Thompson Road and Falso Drive will be closed this afternoon while military officials investigate an ordnance brought to Air National Guard's Hancock Air Base.
At about 2:45 p.m. a man in a pick-up truck drove to the main entrance of the base looking for information on the ordnance, said the Onondaga County Sheriff's office in a news release. The man told authorities that the ordnance was purchased at a flea market and was inert.
The base was immediately evacuated and a 300 meter radius around the ordnance was secured while the Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team responded, police said.


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Home & Garden Briefs for September 13
Twilight Tour dinner on tap
The Forum for Rural Innovation invites participants to join them at the Bloomery Plantation Distillery for a Twilight Tour and Dinner as a follow-up to the Forum for Rural Innovation The Twilight Tour, Oct. 8, starting at 5 p.m. with a detailed tour of the property, along with a discussion on their production practices and marketing strategies. Followed by appetizers at 6 p.m. and a program and dinner at 6:30 p.m.
There will be plenty of time to ask questions and learn more about the success of the business. There will also be an opportunity for producers and consumers to network.
The cost of the program and dinner is $35 and an RSVP is required with payment. Go to www.loudounfarms.org for more information or call 703-777-0426. RSVPs are required by Oct. 1 to participate in the Twilight Tour and Dinner on Oct. 8.
Fall garden care suggestions
Even though the shorter days and cooler nights of autumn are approaching, there is still plenty to do in the yard and garden. In fact, fall is the perfect time for aerating your lawn, testing your soil and planting trees, shrubs or bulbs. Grow a fall vegetable garden using cool-season crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, and Brussels sprouts that can withstand some cold. In fact, their flavor may be enhanced after a frost. They cannot stay in the garden all winter, but do not need to be picked immediately when frost comes. Kale, spinach, evergreen bunching onions, lettuce, parsley, parsnips, carrots and salsify are some crops that may survive all winter in the garden. Mulch these overwintering vegetables with 8″ of mulch to prevent heaving of the soil. Most of these vegetables can be dug or picked as needed throughout the winter or in early spring.
Remember that roses require special care in the fall. In early fall, suspend fertilization. Continuing to fertilize causes new growth that could be killed by winter's cold. After foliage drops, spray with fungicide, then cover plants with a minimum of 8″ of loose, well-drained soil, mulch or compost. Prune canes back to 36″ to prevent damage from winter winds.
Do not give up on your perennial garden after Labor Day. Early fall is the time to do some sprucing up so you can still enjoy your garden through October. Prune overgrown plants to make them stand up again and give you additional blooms. Remove dead stems and spent flower heads to encourage additional blooms through the fall on such plants as Echinacea, salvia, Shasta daisies, monarda, and veronica.
Add fall garden color by planting mums, asters, pansies, ornamental kale and cabbage, Russian sage, dianthus, black-eyed Susan, anemones and blue mist spirea. A hay bale or two and some pumpkins and gourds will round out a beautiful fall garden.
Compost can be added in the fall, especially if you cut back perennials. Fall compost application saves you one spring chore. Although compost will add some nutrients, it has many other beneficial effects, such as adding organic matter and microorganisms.
Tender summer bulbs (gladiolus, caladiums, cannas, crocosmias, dahlias, and tuberous begonias) need to be dug in the fall and stored in a cool place where temperatures are above freezing.


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I got a quite old (1999) but expensive monitor from my dad It's an 19" NEC MultiSync FP950.
Because it accepts quite a lot different input signals, I wonder if I can hook up this monitor directly to a Wii (of course using the correct cables and so on).
Anyone got a clue? Thanks in advance!Input Signal Video: ANALOG 0.7 Vp-p/75W
Separate sync. TTL Level
Horizontal sync. Positive/Negative
Vertical sync. Positive/Negative
Composite sync. (Positive/Negative) (TTL Level)
Sync on Green video (Positive) 0.7 Vp-p and sync.
(Negative) 0.3 Vp-p
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Faults found with Trumbull Transit Board
In July, I wrote about the issues plaguing the provision of transportation to the elderly and disabled in this county since Trumbull Transit took over from the Department of Elderly Affairs at the beginning of the year.
The idea of consolidating all the transportation services in the county to prevent redundancy is a good one and has been around almost 10 years. County Commissioner Paul Heltzel campaigned in 2004 on the promise of a countywide transportation matrix. Finally in 2011, the Commissioners formed the Trumbull Transit Board to that end.
Unfortunately, the execution of a good idea has been done poorly by the commissioners. According to a letter from the prosecutor's office to the commissioners from March of this year, the commissioners were advised in July of 2011 when the Trumbull Transit Board was created that the Ohio Department of Transportation would provide the county a technical advisory study and report for setup free of charge.
According to the letter, the commissioners opted not to do that. They also rejected the suggestion by the prosecutor's office to contact counties that had successfully implemented countywide transportation systems.
They have instead contracted to several different attorneys to receive advice on how to set the system up. They seem to be doing this as they go with no real direction or plan.
Some of the advice they have received has come from Community Bus Services, the contracted provider. While this advice may or may not be good, it seems to me that allowing a private entity to advise the board, which has authority over them, is a conflict of interest.
The first order of business for the commissioners when creating the Transit Board was not seeking advice from people who knew what they were doing, but creating a levy committee to ask for more money.
The Transit Board itself was not particularly well thought out. A public records request made to commissioners asked for the criteria for the selection of board members. That record was not received in the packet of records from the commissioners.
One can assume that no such criteria exists. Although for the first year, Ralph Infante was an advisory member of the board, there are no criteria for the makeup of the board except that it have no more than four people from each political party.
The seven member Transit Board has had six resignations in the two years it has been in existence. High turnover is a signal that something is not right on the board.
Community Bus Services had the contract to provide services for Trumbull Transit when it was run by the City of Niles and continued that contract when the Trumbull Transit Board was created. On March 18, 2012, a letter from Ronald Fowlis was published in the Tribune Chronicle. In that letter, he speaks of seeing an agenda from a Trumbull Transit meeting which seems to imply that Community Bus Services was running the meeting. If this is a case of the tail wagging the dog, it is certainly inappropriate. It also explains why the issues that the seniors and disabled are having with poor service are not being properly addressed.
It is my understanding that a request for proposals for transportation services has been published and the Transit Board received proposals until Aug. 30. Perhaps a change in provider will occur through this process.
Regardless of that outcome, I suggest that the commissioners look very carefully at what they're doing and come up with a comprehensive plan for further consolidation before proceeding. Perhaps they can still get the advisory report from ODOT to help them reorganize the system.
Additionally, they need to look at how the Transit Board is composed. Perhaps having at least one person who receives transportation services would be helpful for them to understand the clients' perspectives or even a social worker who works with the elderly or disabled and understands the issues of those populations. By the way, at least one client, Carl Clemens, who before he became disabled was a business owner, has applied for the board and been turned down.
Consolidating the transportation services in this county is a good idea, but the disorganization and the allowing of a provider to have too much say in the running of the board may cause this idea to fail. If the Commissioners don't want this to collapse, they need to take the time to fix it now.
After I submitted my column regarding State Rep. Tom Letson's hearing regarding his "sober living house," I saw a video of the news report on the hearing. Not only did it show Mr. Letson doing the crosswords on his Ipad as I had noted in my column, he was also interviewed after the hearing. Mr. Letson stated the people who oppose his venture are not educated about the addiction.
I'm not sure how he can come to this conclusion since he wasn't even paying attention to what they had to say. If he had been listening to the residents (who also happen to be his constituents), he would have realized that some of the people who spoke were attorneys and health care professionals. I would venture to guess that in a crowd that size, there were many people who've been touched by addiction in some way.
The problem for Mr. Letson is not that people don't understand what he is doing. It is that they do understand that he is hiding behind the ADA and FHA in order to get around the zoning and rental rules in the city of Warren — rules that he tried to ignore even though he is well aware of them since he once sat on the zoning board.
I'm not shocked that Mr. Letson is showing his arrogance in this situation. What really baffles me is how anyone could meet him and listen to him speak and still manage to vote for him.
This is my last column for a while. I've decided to practice what I preach and take getting involved to a new level by running for local office. I know I will miss writing as well as the feedback I get from those who read my column.
Yoder is a West Farmington resident. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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[Hook: Jai Paul]
I wanna get in higher res
I wanna see it on the sick screen
I wanna get it now anytime, anywhere
I wanna put it on the five point one
I just want to get it on
I wanna get it now anytime, anywhere
I wanna get in higher res
[Verse 1: Big Boi]
1080p, now what can be clearer when your vision is blurry
Well, I say wiping away the steam up off the mirror
And bathing in the fog dog
She about this lumberjack so she gonna get this log cause
I'mma get that thundercat when I get up under that thang
Her natural habitat is a bang bang
Surrounded by the jungle, the sea, the tundra
B.I.G. stay cooler than the pussy on a penguin in the summer
Niggas in slumber, but we running this bitch and never fumbled fumble?
Fumble, hot tomato, wake up
A lesser known bonus track on Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumours, this short song was produced by, and features, the mysterious UK electronic producer Jai Paul.


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Port of Bremerton aims to lower energy costs
The Port of Bremerton has announced it will reduce energy consumption at the airport, marinas and industrial park with its 10 Percent Plan.
According to Laura Melrose, project assistant at the port, the goal is to achieve a "10 percent reduction in energy use and expense by improving practices and behaviors throughout our operations and seek to achieve additional reductions through cost-effective investments in building efficiencies."
The action plan for energy efficiency and environmental stewardship was released in January with an aggressive approach to lower the port's consumption and environmental footprint.
The first objective of the plan is to achieve energy savings by improving efficiency practices in each of the port's core businesses and by investing in efficiencies in the energy systems the port occupies.
For this, the port needed to establish a baseline in order to gauge how much energy it uses every year by compiling data from 2007 through 2009.
One of the first measures the port took in lowering energy costs was Ed Draper's idea to direct the maintenance crew at the airport to turn down the maintenance shop thermostat to 55 degrees.
They are also implementing energy-efficient lighting and computer policies that office staff can follow.
The second objective is to apply energy-efficient standards with businesses that are tenants of the port's commercial properties.
"Steve Slaton, our director of marine facilities, registered the Port Orchard Marina for Puget Sound Energy's (PSE) interval service," said Melrose. "This service allows marina crew to log in and check at any time on energy usage at the marina, where it is being used and what the costs are, it's quite a fascinating system."
The third objective is to seek out possible ways to generate a portion of its power from renewable resources.
The port plans on exploring small scale solar projects and taking advantage of state and federal incentives to create more renewable energy sources.
The fourth objective is to participate in PSE's Green Power program which uses a portion of its energy efficiency savings for the purchase of Green Power credits.
Under the plan, PSE purchases renewable energy credits from regional renewable energy facilities on the port's behalf.
This guarantees that electricity from wind, solar and biomass facilities is delivered to the regional power pool. Electricity from these sources reduces the need for electricity generated from non-renewable sources like fossil fuels.
Sustainable practices, lowering consumption and the creation of clean jobs are also part of the strategic operating plan.
A news release from the port explains, "We may be one small local government doing its part, but in doing so, it also has the opportunity to show leadership and commitment in a worldwide transformation to protect our climate and environment."
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Our volunteers work on special projects that contribute to making a positive change in the world. Many of our current activities are related to the Compostela Village Project, which focuses on sustainable livelihood through agriculture, education, entrepreneurship and other projects.
Dekeyser & Friends was founded by Bobby Dekeyser in Geneva in 2009. Inspired by a life-changing experience, he decided to launch an initiative for young people. As a teenager Dekeyser was invited to attend a football camp in New York City, and there he met Pelé. He asked the international football star for advice on how to achieve his goals. Pelé replied, "Follow your dreams".
"I never forgot his words," said Dekeyser.
The foundation has so far initiated a number of international projects. In Bavaria's Schliersee, fellows from all over the world used traditional methods to build a farmhouse under the guidance of Markus Wasmeier, an Olympic gold medalist in Alpine skiing. Dancing to choreography by Mustafa Erdoğan of the Fire of Anatolia dance company, fellows performed in an international stage production in Istanbul. In Hamburg they learned everything about handling food from the television chef Tim Mälzer. Internationally renowned goalkeeper Jens Lehmann (Arsenal London) supervised a football project in Hamburg. Primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall worked with fellows on a conservation project.
Today, the foundation's main project is the village of Compostela, which was created to help give a fresh start to people living on a dump site in Mandaue City on the Philippine island of Cebu, with guidance from Father Heinz Kulüke (Steyler Missionaries).
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(2) Area No. 2 is that portion of the Cooper River beginning at a point west of Shutes Folly Island at "a" Latitude 32°46′27″, Longitude 79°55′31″; thence to "b" Latitude 32°46′39″, Longitude 79°55′11″; thence to "c" Latitude 32°46′39″, Longitude 79°54′51″; thence to "d" Latitude 32°46′28″, Longitude 79°54′47″; thence to "e" Latitude 32°46′17″, Longitude 79°54′51″; thence to "f" Latitude 32°46′17″, Longitude 79°55′11″; and thence returning to "a" Latitude 32°46′27″, Longitude 79°55′31″.
(2) No person shall enter or remain in the water within the restricted areas. Ships transiting the areas will proceed without delay and shall not, except as noted below, lie to or anchor within the areas.
(i) Pleasure craft under 50 feet LOA will not normally be affected; however, such craft may be required to stand clear upon notification, in the event they are interfering with range operation.
(ii) Anchored commercial ships will be allowed to swing into the restricted area at the Shutes Folly Island site when the range is not in use. Shutes Folly Island Range usage will be indicated by range house display of the international DELTA signal flag.
(iii) This section shall be enforced by the Commandant, Sixth Naval District, Charleston, South Carolina, and such agencies as he may designate.


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FENTON, MI – Fenton's Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School got a shout out from NFL's Philadelphia Eagles' DeSean Jackson for the school's "Purple Out" on Monday.
On The DeSean Jackson Foundation's website, the middle school was recognized for its efforts to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer.
AGS students wore purple Monday as part of its "Purple Out" and had encouraged Jackson to wear purple socks during the month of November in the NFL. Although Jackson was unable to wear the purple socks during a game, the foundation recognized the student's efforts.
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Jackson and his mother, Gayle Jackson, founded The DeSean Jackson Foundation in 2009 in memory of Desean's father William "Bill" Jackson, who died shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The DeSean Jackson Foundation's website reads:
"DeSean Jackson commends AGS for helping their students develop a lifelong pattern of advancing the common good of becoming successful, purposeful members of society with empathy and compassion for the less fortunate. Jackson requests that media attention be focused on AGS during the 'Purple Out' and the real story about Pancreatic Cancer and its impact on our society will be heard in the voices of those who know it best. 'It's not about me today,' states Jackson, 'It's about AGS and the kids.'"
Teacher Jill Smigielski said many students and staff wore purple for the cause.
"The kids are super excited about it and they know it's for a good cause," Smigielski said.
During lunch, students sold T-shirts and bracelets and raffled off a signed poster of DeSean Jackson. Students also could donate money to listen to their iPods during their study hall class.
Dana DeFever can be reached at 810-429-3919 or email@example.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @DanaDeFever or subscribe to her on Facebook.


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Turner's Crosshill Christian was playing in its first-ever state tournament game, but it certainly didn't look like it.
The Eagles let it fly from 3-point range, burying 10 of 24 long range shots to beat Jordan Valley 64-47 in the OSAA Class 1A boys basketball quarterfinals Thursday at Baker High School.
Crosshill Christian point guard David Brockman led the charge with a monster first half, scoring 17 of his 19 points, while hitting five 3-pointers. He finished the game 7 of 11 shooting and 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
Jordan Valley, meanwhile, was ice cold from beyond the 3-point arc. The Mustangs made just two 3-pointers in 18 attempts, and five of 14 foul shot attempts.
Crosshill Christian poured it on in the first half, posting 26 points in the second quarter to take a commanding 47-27 lead into the halftime break.
Jordan Valley's big man Wyatt Trautman dominated the paint with 18 points and 12 rebounds, but the Eagles kept draining perimeter jump shots to neutralize the Mustangs' inside presence. Jordan Valley scored 36 points in the paint to Crosshill Christian's 22.
Matthew Bille poured in 18 points for the Eagles, and Dalton Cubitt pulled down 15 rebounds in the win.
Crosshill Christian will take on Horizon Christian in tomorrow's semifinals, which will tip at 3:15 p.m.
Jordan Valley will face Imbler in a 9 a.m., loser out consolation game.