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Shannon & Dean Create a Contemporary Farmhouse
Name: Dean and Shannon Acheson + their three lovely kids + Penny the dog
Location: Ajax, Ontario
Size: 3 bedroom, 1050 square feet
Years lived in: 2 — owned
The Acheson family moved into this suburban bungalow two years ago to cut down on Dean's work commute. The space is modest for an active family of five, but Dean and Shannon have embraced the coziness and maximized the functionality of the home, creating a place where their family and friends love to gather and where they can showcase their DIY and design talents.
Although the back room addition was already built when the bunch first moved in, the general condition and appeal of the rest of the house left much to be desired. With a lot of hard work and creativity, the couple has really transformed the entire home. Dean, a sheet metal worker, and Shannon, a former graphic designer turned homeschooling momma, tackle each project together, contributing their complementary skills to the task at hand. The ongoing home improvement projects inspired Shannon to begin a blog, {aka}|design, to document their progress. The blog is a great resource for DIY inspiration and ideas on how to approach projects around the house without breaking the bank.
On the day of our photo shoot, the Acheson home was all decked out for Christmas, but it's plain to see that it is filled with warmth and good cheer through every season of the year.
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Our Style: Vintage Industrial Farmhouse or Up-cycled Industrial Farmhouse
Inspiration: A LOT of online blogs, google image search, pinterest.
Favorite Element: The huge back room with all of its windows is INCREDIBLE!
Biggest Challenge: With no basement or garage we have to be really creative.
What Friends Say: What an incredible change! I'm sure they thought we were NUTS when we bought the house.
Biggest Embarrassment: No idea!
Proudest DIY: Everything. We have DIY'd so much I can't choose.
Biggest Indulgence: For the house? Um, oooh, our West Elm white pintuck duvet cover. LOVE it!
Best Advice: Start with the basics. Really. Tidy, declutter and organize. Then pick one piece you love - a couch, a piece of art, etc. - and go from there.
Dream Sources: Restoration Hardware. Love their stuff, but their price tags are a little beyond this suburban, mainly one-income family!
Resources of Note:
- • Bedroom: The wall paint is PPG's Scotch Mist and the trim is Behr's Swiss Coffee. The stencil on the walls was created by painting Swiss Coffee over the Scotch Mist using Royal Design Studio's Moorish Trellis Stencil.
• Dining room & Living Room: Trim work is Behr Swiss Coffee. Walls are Sherwin Williams Analytical Grey. The gorgeous French poem on the wall behind the hutch is Royal Design Studio's Springtime in Paris painted in black over the Analytical Grey.
• Kitchen: PPG's Scotch Mist on the walls and the trim is Behr's Swiss Coffee. Kitchen cabinets and countertops are from Home Depot.
• Front Hall: The wall colour is CIL Wexford Fog.
- • Hooks, coat rack and shoe shelves (actually a tv media stand): all Ikea
- • White Shag Area Rug: Home Depot
• Couch and Chair: Leon's from years ago
• Coffee table: Crafter's Marketplace but refinished by us (added beadboard and repainted to hide heart cutouts)
• End tables: Ikea
• Armoire: from a friend, painted by us, hardware from Lee Valley Tools
• Ottoman: DIY by us
• Slipper Chairs: The Brick
• Ceiling light: Home Depot
• Table lamps: Homesense and Goodwill (which we spray painted)
• Bookshelf lights: Ikea
• Curtains: George by Walmart. We customized some to make them longer.
• Artwork: Banner from Funkyshique. Book page art, me.
- • The window trim and baseboards were here. The faux board and batten we put up - it adds so much to the space and it was so easy and inexpensive!
• The floors in the dining and living room are from Lumber Liquidators - Dream Home - St. James 12mm Burnet Road Russet Laminate. There is no quarter round in this room yet, but you can't tell in pics unless you shoot straight down at the wall. :)
• Desk: Dean and a coworker (for the welding) built
• French desk chair: Kijiji
• Dining table: Dean built from legs from an old table and wood from a pallet. I painted and refinished it.
• Chairs: originally from Idomo, refinished by me.
• Buffet and hutch: Hutch was from a coworker of Dean's (originally Sears), buffet was dresser from Kijiji. All refinished by us.
• Banquette: Dean built, I painted and finished.
• Ceiling light: Kijiji. But it can be purchased at Home Depot for twice what we paid on Kijiji.
• Desk light: Ikea
• Accessories: Various places including Homesense, Bouclair, thrift stores, IKEA, online shops.
• Artwork: Mostly me. The family canvas was from a Homesav daily sale.
- • There is no baseboard in here yet. The crown moulding is from Home Depot, the window trim is original to the house.
• Headboard: DIY
• Dresser: Ikea
• Blanket Box/Filing cabinet: roadside rescue DIY
• Stepback cupboard: Dean's first DIY years ago
• Beautiful white French chair: Dolled Up Living
• Clay knobs on stepback: Etsy's VintageSkye
• Nightstand: from the now defunct Crafter's Marketplace
• Lamps: Home Depot
• Blinds: Bouclair
• Sheers: Surefit Outlet, Ajax
• Accessories: The Pintuck duvet cover and shams are from West Elm - who I must say were darlings and after a simple phone call shipped them to me from the Toronto store overnight. The throw pillows were all made by me. Other accessories - various places like Homesense.
• Artwork: The banner is from Funkyshique (Etsy shop). The Pottery Barn-esque numbers canvas is a knock-off I painted.
Thanks, Acheson Family!
Images: Abby Cook
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BOSTON — Just 11:20 into the first period of the Bruins' 6-5 Game 2 win over Tampa Bay tonight, the TD Garden crowd was clued into what many already knew.
Marc Savard was on hand to watch his team battle in the Eastern Conference Final.
After a brief video tribute, Savard was shown on the Jumbotron sitting in a suit next to Patrice Bergeron and his two sons, one of whom was guarding the 'B' on the dressing room carpet after the game.
The crowd erupted and the players gave their injured center a stick tap. Savard has been out since January with a concussion suffered after a hit by Matt Hunwick in Denver.
"This morning we knew he was here," said veteran forward Mark Recchi. "I heard that he and Bergy were going to go sit up together. I knew that. So it was good. It's good to see him. He looks good.
"It's nice. I can't imagine how hard it is for him now. He's a competitive guy, and how hard this has been for him to watch this. But he's been a big part of the Bruins for a long time and we all just want to see him get healthy.
"But it's good to see him. I'm glad he came and I hope we see him a little bit more."
Savard provided a little inspiration and then the Bruins gave him a great gift for his first visit to a game since his injury. In addition to the win, they amazingly scored two power-play goals. Previously the Boston power play was 2-for-41, but it went 2-for-6 in Game 2.


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What if, every day, a global network of students collected and shared measurements of small solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere? Known as "aerosols" these tiny particles are important because some of them cool Earth's climate, and some of them impair human health. And yet, scientists don't know the full extent of aerosols' influence on our planet. Having a community of students collect data about aerosols in geographically dispersed places around the world might contribute significantly to scientific understanding. But can students collect data accurate enough for professional-quality research? Pieternel Levelt, Principal Investigator for an instrument on NASA's Aura satellite, believes the answer to this question is yes.
In 2000, Levelt was approached by David Brooks, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drexel University, with the idea of forming a student-scientist partnership for data collection. Brooks works with GLOBE,—an international science and education program established by a group of U.S. government agencies in which thousands of students all over the world routinely collect and share their measurements of many different aspects of Earth's environment. Brooks serves as Principal Investigator for GLOBE's Aerosol Monitoring Project. GLOBE students use handheld devices called Sun photometers to measure aerosol concentrations. Students participating in this investigation collect and publish their aerosol data on the Web so their fellow students and scientists all over the world may use them.
GLOBE students carefully follow protocols established by scientists in order to collect accurate data. But many scientists who have not been involved with GLOBE question the validity of student-gathered data for professional science investigations and are reluctant to use the data. The GLOBE program has been fighting this negative perception among scientists ever since it began in the early 1990s.
Levelt quickly warmed to Brooks' idea of a student-scientist partnership, however, because she realized what a valuable contribution students could make to her research, and she wanted to encourage more young people to participate in science. "Originally, we wanted to join this program because in the Netherlands we see fewer and fewer young people, especially girls, interested in science," explains Levelt, who conducts research at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute. "In GLOBE, I saw a program that looked like it would be fun for students, and would get them involved with a satellite mission that could be a type of work they could do after they graduated."
Aerosols present scientists—and students—with important and multi-faceted problems. Some aerosols cool the surface of our planet, while others exert a warming influence. Aerosols also affect the weather by enhancing or inhibiting cloud formation, leading to flood-causing rainstorms in some regions and drought in others. Aerosols also impact human health. When people inhale them into the lungs these particles make it hard to breathe, and they can cause cancer. Understanding the locations, amounts, kinds, and multiple effects of aerosols has become a critical area of research for Levelt and many other atmospheric scientists.
Satellite observations enable global-scale observations of aerosols. A sensor called the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) launched into orbit on the Aura satellite on July 15, 2004, collects aerosol data every day all over the world. Levelt is the Principal Investigator for OMI. As part of its Earth Observing System (EOS) mission protocol, NASA requires all instrument teams to validate their remote sensors. In other words, instrument teams must demonstrate that the sensors' measurements are accurate within a specific margin of error. Validating satellite remote-sensing measurements is demanding, extensive work and requires precision. If the data are not validated, scientists will consider them useless for doing "real" research. Understandably, NASA satellite mission managers take validation very seriously.
As a practical matter, it isn't feasible for scientists to make as many measurements at ground level for validation as they would like. Some desirable validation sites are remote, far apart, or inaccessible for a multitude of other reasons. As Levelt was developing her plan for validating OMI aerosol data, her Ph.D. student Folkert Boersma had a brainstorm—why not use the students' GLOBE data to validate OMI's aerosol measurements? Most scientists would have considered the idea preposterous. But Levelt liked it.
"That's when we got serious about the idea," she recalls. But the question remained: would the students' data be reliable and accurate enough? Could she depend on both the GLOBE instrument and the students' mastery of data collection procedures as contributions to her professional work?


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Jennifer Daskevich enjoys testing her mettle in food fights throughout the country and she's in them to win them.
The 46-year-old Los Angeles restaurant consultant is the sandwich champion of the world and earned the title through experimenting in her home kitchen before going head-to-head with fellow cooks — amateurs and professionals alike. She earned her crown at the 2013 World Food Championships hosted in Las Vegas in November and is working out daily to possibly capture another title: pasta queen of the kitchen.
Last year's World Food Championships, an annual food competition produced for FYI network by Sharp Entertainment, wasn't her first cook-off nor will it be her last. She and many Southern California chefs are serious competitive cooks. Daskevich and competitive chef Ricardo Heredia of San Diego competed in separate cooking rings at the championships and both managed to bring home top honors in the sandwich and bacon categories, respectively, in Las Vegas. Other local competitive cooks included Merry Graham of Newhall and Jodi Taffel of Altadena.
Titles are nice, but cash is a big consideration behind the will to compete. Daskevich and Heredia both pocketed $12,500 each for their efforts at this one event. The overall winner and fellow competitive cook, Dave Elliott, 43, of Olathe, Kansas, was awarded $54,000 after the four-day competition.
Even without the big payout, however, entering contests allows these kitchen masters to hone their skills and encourages them to tackle other dish challenges. Many start with local contests like county fairs, while others seek national competitions through the help of online blogs or companies such as Contest Cook, which promotes "recipe contest, cooking contest, recipe challenge, cook-off, culinary challenge, video recipe contest, even recipe rumble."
"No matter what the competition is called, all are fun, challenging, and potentially profitable!" boasts the online company.
In the past three years, Daskevich has entered 30 contests, placing or winning about 20 of them. Some of her biggest wins have been the 2013 World Food Championships; Scharffen Berger Chocolate (second place 2011, Grand Prize 2012); St. Francis Grilled Cheese Contest (Grand Prize 2013); Just Bare Chicken Contest (Grand Prize 2012); and Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Contest (California regional winner and People's Choice 2011).
To get to the World Food Championships, cooks must win regional qualifying contests. Some are able to take the next step, while others aren't. But for many cooks, just competing in small, local contests — like those hosted at the upcoming Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona — is enough.
"I pick contests for a variety of different reasons, sometimes to give me a challenge with an ingredient that I've not worked with a lot, sometimes for the experience of the cook-off and, of course, sometimes for the prize itself," said Daskevich, who has won a total of $50,000 for her recipes over the years. "I've found, however, that the best prizes have been the wonderful friends I have gained in this world, including Merry Graham. We always cheer each other on and win or lose it is an amazing experience."
Graham more than held her own in the sandwich category during last year's competition, making it into the final top 10 at the World Food Championships.
The 60-year-old grandmother enjoys the "sport" of a cooking challenge, competing in hundreds of contests. One of her recent entries is the Mezzetta sandwich competition where the winner could bring home a grand prize of $25,000.
"I love to play with ingredients and textures. Playing with them for me is like Christmas morning," Graham said. "But competitive cooking is a lot like a marathon. You have to pace yourself."
For 38-year-old Heredia, chef/owner of Alchemy in San Diego, he got his ticket to the World Food Championships thanks to a win in the Big Bite Bacon Fest at the San Diego County Fair last year in Del Mar. In Las Vegas, Heredia served up Bacon Taro Tacos, Bacon Carbonara Lasagna and Bacon-Duck Miso Ramen, which earned him the 2013 World Bacon Champion title.
And not only did he win, but he captured the eye of some television producers and is now entertaining offers for a possible show of his own.
In the meantime, viewers can watch Heredia chop, dice and more along with Daskevich and other compeitive cooks during the televised finals of the 2013 World Food Championships scheduled for Aug. 14 on FYI, an A+E network.
"Ultimately, all the contests are social gatherings of foodies," Graham said. "I enjoy the world of friends and flavors."


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Hi im a 4.0 former highschool player i live in chula vista and play tennis at sunbow park every sunday looking to play other days aswell just havent found anyone to consistently come out and hit as im looking to get better and compete in tournaments in the city also looking for a doubles partner so if intrested please let me know :)
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I'm looking for people to hit with. I'm free after 4pm on weekdays and anytime on weekends.
Let me know if you want to meet up.
yes definatly im busy mondays but free tuesday wensday thursday friday sunday after 3pm
Hey Kenny. Saw your post. Also a 4.0 here and always looking for someone to play with. I enjoy competitive tennis, baseline rallies particularly. I play at Eastlake. If you are available on a weekend, let me know. I am also gearing up for tournaments so might be good practice for both of us. Let me know.
Are you still looking for someone to hit with? I live near SDSU but can meet you somewhere else.
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NEW MUSIC! Variations - Thanks For Coming EP 03.06 [Dub Police DP082]
DP082 is on the horizon! Variations will be releasing their much-anticipated package 'Thanks For Coming EP' via Dub Police on the 3rd of June. This will be their debut release via the label.
DP082: Variations – Thanks For Coming EP
1. Circles (with Mojo)
2. Back Once Again
3. Greebo
4. Hands Up
5. Side Effect
Pre-order - http://bit.ly/VariationsiTunes
This 5 track selection has already had major attention, with lead track Circles (a collaboration with Mojo) being featured on Subscape's MyStyle 003 CD. It even had a radio debut on Eddy Temple-Morris' show on XFM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQdoKJL14sY&feature=youtu.be
Listen to the release: https://soundcloud.com/dubpolice/variations-thanks-for-coming
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Knowledge Compass: Opening Windows, Punching Holes in Stovepipes, Forming Communities, Connecting People to People
Jane K. Starnes is senior information specialist at the Intel Library. She can be reached at email@example.com
Intel Corporation is a Fortune 100 company with over 80,000 employees located at multiple sites all over the world. As with all such organizations, Intel has divisions created by organizational structure, time differences among sites and geographic separation. These become barriers to sharing information within the organization. Add to that the fact that Intel does not have a central document repository or comprehensive intranet index, and it all adds up to so much information, so little time.
Looking for a Solution
We looked for a solution to these barriers that would enable employees with critical problems to discover the best expertise within the organization and facilitate the exchange of that expertise. We wanted to capture the outcome for reuse. And we knew that we would need the tools to analyze the results to be able to demonstrate that this effort was worthwhile.
The steps in the process were as follows:
What is Knowledge Compass?
Knowledge Compass (KC) is a system for locating experts, asking questions and capturing the answers for reuse. The database is built in two ways: (1) experts pre-load documents and links to resources that already exist and (2) people ask questions, and the answers are kept, graded and sometimes recorded as best practices. KC is a customized implementation of the product from AskMe, Inc. (www.askme.com)
How Did We Do That?
In tight budget times, this project won high-level management support and major funding. The following were among the keys to success:
Customers were recruited in two ways:
1. Followers were signed up when their managers decided to join the pilot. The implementation team followed a repeatable process, focusing on the key behavior changes needed and the reuse of documents and processes
What is Knowledge Compass?
Figure 1 illustrates the Start screen of Knowledge Compass. Customers can browse through the vocabulary tree or enter keywords in the search box at the top right. Users can designate certain categories as favorites. The system also adds frequently visited categories to the favorites lists.
Searches can also be initiated from the e-mail system, using an easily installed plug-in. The results page is returned in an e-mail message containing links to KC product.
Figure 2 shows a typical category page. (Note: As the taxonomy consultant, I have administrator rights in all categories. Some of the options showing on this page are only available to administrators.)
Customers can review the experts profiles to find the ones who may be best able to answer questions. They can also review all the questions and answers that have already been posted. There are also links to resources, which may have answers to questions and other useful information.
When a question (see Figure 3) is asked, an e-mail notice is sent to the appropriate experts with a link to the question in KC. The experts can set a maximum number of pending questions theyll accept, mark themselves out of the office or otherwise control their workload.
When an answer is posted, the requestor receives an e-mail with a link to the answer in KC. The requestor rates the answer with one to four stars, grading the usefulness of the answer. Average ratings for each expert are shown in their profiles and reported to their category moderators. The answer can be nominated as a Best Practice; the category moderator approves best practices.
Who Is an Expert?
Category moderators select experts or they sign themselves up. Experts profiles allow them to define the scope of their expertise (for instance, I can write Excel macros, dont know pivot tables) so that requestors will be able to direct questions to selected experts.
Figure 4 shows an example of the basic profile that every expert enters:
The profile page also shows the summary statistics for that individual. The rating of answers is a self-policing mechanism an expert who gets consistently low ratings should withdraw. Category moderators also monitor the answers and ratings.
How Knowledge Compass Was Deployed
Work teams of two to four people were formed. The Business Engagement team was largest they developed training materials, conducted sales presentations and worked with customers on implementation. The Technical Support team was two people plus contract support from our internal programming support group. The Management Review Committee comprised the senior IT managers.
Once we got the commitment to expand the use of Knowledge Compass to the entire company, we knew that we would need to work on the taxonomy. We developed a small backbone taxonomy into which all other categories would fit hierarchically. Manufacturing, marketing, product design, research and development, sales, security and safety, and software development were among the categories in the backbone taxonomy.
We interviewed more than 40 people from all levels, and all organizations then proposed several different models for the taxonomy. A focus group selected an activity-focused vocabulary. We thought that this focus on the activity or task, rather than the organization, would encourage more sharing across organizations. A manual and training class for how to use and expand the taxonomy were developed and every new customer group received that training.
Preparation for the Big Expansion
During the pilot, a few customers got a lot of attention from the team. We knew that if we were going to succeed in taking this product to a lot of customers, we would need for the customers to carry more of the load. We developed checklists for customers on how to prepare their groups to participate, provided model timelines and gave the product advocates for the groups such responsibilities as doing presentations for recruiting experts. We gave them PowerPoint presentations and encouraged them to personalize them for their groups.
Training for product advocates, category moderators and experts was offered at appropriate points along the timeline, using PowerPoint presentations, delivered through an online collaboration tool. The members of the implementation team were certified for each level of the training so that we could be sure that consistent messages were being delivered. The training materials are now being converted to Web-based instructional classes that can be self-paced rather than instructor-led.
Definitions of Roles for Knowledge Compass
The project encompasses the following roles:
How Do We Know Its Useful?
Table 1 shows the kind of information we tracked.
Insights Gained from the Experience
With a project of this size, many signs emerge to help guide future efforts. The following are among the insights we gained:
Additional Information
For additional information about this effort, please see Knowledge Compass: Capturing and Providing Business Information (www.intel.com/eBusiness/pdf/it/wp030601.pdf) and AskMe Corporation (www.askmecorp.com). All opinions are those of the author and should not be interpreted as official INTEL policy.
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April 13, 2007
The Honorable Lucille E. Davy
New Jersey Department of Education
100 River View Plaza
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0500
Dear Commissioner Davy:
I am writing in response to New Jersey's request to amend its State accountability plan under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Following our discussions with your staff, the changes that are aligned with NCLB are now included in an amended State accountability plan that New Jersey submitted to the Department on February 15, 2007. A summary of the approved amendments is enclosed with this letter. I am pleased to fully approve New Jersey's amended plan, which we will post on the Department's website.
As you know, any further requests to amend the New Jersey accountability plan must be submitted to the Department for review and approval as required by section 1111(f)(2) of Title I. Please know that approval of New Jersey's accountability plan is not an approval of New Jersey's standards and assessment system.
Please also be aware that approval of New Jersey's accountability plan for Title I, including the amendments approved above, does not indicate that the plan complies with Federal civil rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I am confident that New Jersey will continue to hold schools and school districts accountable for the achievement of all students. I wish you well in your school improvement efforts. If you need any additional assistance in implementing the standards, assessments and accountability provisions of NCLB, please do not hesitate to contact Abigail Potts (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Sue Rigney (email@example.com).
Kerri Briggs
Acting Assistant Secretary
cc: Governor Jon Corzine
Suzanne Osche
Amendments to the New Jersey Accountability Plan
The following is a summary of the State's amendment request. Please refer to the Department's website (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html) for the complete New Jersey accountability plan.
Clarifying workbook language (all Elements)
Revision: New Jersey clarified the language regarding most elements in its approved accountability workbook. These non-substantive changes are intended to provide additional detail regarding the New Jersey assessment and accountability system.


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Four such graduates are John Crie, Bob Jahres, Bob Frazee and Floyd "Buster" Bennett. All four men remain close and continue to get together regularly for reunions 75 years after having attended the beach neighborhood elementary school.
Asked about the biggest difference between Mission Beach then and now, all four friends offered variations on a similar theme.
"There were a lot of vacant lots," said Crie. "I can tell you for sure because I had a magazine route and I walked all over the place — and there was nobody there."
An increase in population density was a common thread in their discussion of how things have changed.
"San Diego is so crowded now, so much traffic, just so much different than it was back then," said Jahres, now a Crown Point resident who noted "there were only about a half a dozen houses on Crown Point" then. He said much of Mission Beach and Clairemont once was "nothing but sagebrush."
"There were vacant lots all over the place," agreed Bennett, who today lives in rural Jamul. "It was a totally different life."
Regardless of when you lived in Mission Beach, there is one thing around which life in the beach community has always revolved: the ocean.
"What we did was go fishing a lot," said Crie. "The ocean was loaded with fish. Most of our recreational activities centered on the ocean or the bay. There wasn't much else to do."
Crie's father, Ed, an early-day Mission Beach entrepreneur, ran a service station, along with a boat and canoe-rental business.
"My first job was cleaning the beach up, dragging it right next to the boat dock," Crie said.
Jahres said Depression-era Mission Beach was a great place to grow up.
"I can't think of a better place … one block to the west was ocean, and one block to the east we had the bay — it was ideal," Jahres said. "We swam. We body surfed. We sailed."
"John's (Crie's) dad had a boat landing and I loved boats and worked for Mr. Crie and he made me a speedboat mechanic," recalled Frazee. "I could drive a boat before I could drive a car. I ended up being a hydroplane champion in 1968."
The ocean played so heavily in residents' lives that it seemed inconceivable there was a lifestyle out there that didn't include water sports.
"I thought everyone in the world lived in a place where they had an ocean to jump into," said Bennett, who recalled never wearing shoes and walking daily through sand lots to get to MB Elementary. "One day the teacher sent me home with a note to my mom. I thought I had arrived. The note said, 'Please put shoes on this boy.' "
As elsewhere, a neighborhood school is a foundation and focal point of its community. Nowhere was that more true than old Mission Beach Elementary, located at the corner of Santa Barbara Place and Mission Boulevard during the beachfront's formative years in the 1930s and 1940s.
However, the former school grounds, like the surrounding community, is now going through a major transition.
Closed in 1996 because of declining attendance, the former school and its 2.23 acres of prime coastal real estate was sold at auction by San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) for $18.5 million in May to the highest bidder, developers McKellar-Ashbrook, LLC of La Jolla. The former school site, among others, was sold SDUSD to help offset a $92 million gap in next year's $1.1 billion school district operating budget.
Matt Peterson, land-use attorney representing Mckellar-Ashbrook, said plans are to redevelop the old school property once necessary community plan amendments are secured.
"The idea is not to build apartments but condominiums, including some duplexes and triplexes," Peterson said.
As the years have gone by, there have been other similar threads knitting Mission Beach residents together.
Crie remembers yesteryear Mission Beach as being self-contained. He said it had just about everything you needed at his dad's service station, Harry's Market or the meat market.
He recounted a memorable trip once to the meat market.
"I said, 'I need some dog food,'" he recalled. "The clerk said, 'You want to eat it here or take it with you?'"
Jahres remembers a tight-knit community with unique quirks all its own.
"It was more of a family community, though still funky," he said. "It was small but we had everything, a drugstore and soda fountain, Piggly Wiggly and Safeway markets. We even had a Mission Beach newspaper."
Jahres said he remembers Mount Soledad being completely uninhabited during his youth. He said he and his buddies used to "drive up the dirt roads and shoot their .22-caliber rifles up on Soledad" for fun.
Frazee said Mission Bay was once little more than a "swamp."
"Mission Bay wasn't very deep, just a few feet," he said, adding there was a path "you could run a sailboat through," something he and others did daily with homemade boats. "It took them 20 years to dredge it out."
According to "Images of America: Mission Beach" by Terry Curren and Phil Prather, in the horse and buggy era before 1915, Ocean Beach was "San Diego's" beach. But Mission Beach ultimately caught up.
Excerpts from the book note:
"… Not only was Ocean Beach more accessible, but it also had all of the attractions, namely Wonderland, the oceanfront amusement park with a dance hall, food establishments and rides for kids of all ages. But by the early 1920s, Old Mission Beach, north of Santa Clara Place, was a thriving community with new stores, many houses and a growing population."
San Diego pioneers John D. Spreckels and a group of investors began the construction of the Mission Beach Amusement Center with its landmark wooden roller coaster, Plunge swimming pool and Mission Beach Ballroom. The ballroom hosted concerts by all the major big bands and entertainers of the 1930s and '40s, including Stan Kenton, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton and Nat King Cole.
Signs of changing times are clearly evident today in Mission Beach real estate.
The 2.5-mile cement boardwalk from south Mission Beach through Pacific Beach was aptly named: it was wooden originally. And the modest summer vacation cottages in the early 1900s have morphed a century later into million-dollar-plus condos.
Crie recalls Mission Boulevard, always the main drag of town, being paved with two lanes on each side of a streetcar track going down the middle.
Though it's not the same, the quartet of lifelong friends who met and shared good times at Mission Beach Elementary School continue to embrace their hometown school and community.
"I still think it's a great place," said Crie.
There's one bad thing though about having grown up during the 1930s and '40s in Mission Beach, as Frazee pointed out.
"People didn't know about sunscreen back then," he said.
One to look forward, not back, Bennett said it's still a kick to revisit Mission Beach and reminisce about old times while having new experiences.
"We go down there just for fun, just for a trip," he said.


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Linebacker prospect Quinton Powell (6-3, 200) of Daytona Beach Mainland has decommitted from his pledge to the University of Florida's 2013 recruiting class.
After Scout.com posted the intitial report, Powell posted to his Facebook timeline:
"Yes I decommited from Florida, nothing against the program just needed to re-evaluate my choices."
Powell took his official visit to Gainesville this past weekend and he posted to his Facebook account Sunday night about his visit: "I had a great time and everything was set up very nicely and I thank God for giving me the chance to experience that."
Powell had recently declared his intentions to take official visits to Southern Cal and Miami, and possibly Oregon, and he told Scout that during his UF visit, he got the feeling that he was disappointing the Gators' coaches and decided to decommit instead of make for an uncomfortable situation.
He also mentioned that he would still consider UF if offer still exists when the time comes to make his final decision.
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LIMA — The St. Marys track team had four individual wins at a tri-meet at Shawnee on Tuesday.
The Roughrider boys finished second with 38.5 points. Celina won with 101 points. Shawnee was third with 35.5 points.
The Celina girls won with 85 points, Shawnee was second (52 points) and St. Marys finished third (38 points). St. Marys' Amanda Dues won the girls 1600 meter run with a 5:37.44 time.
The Riders' Kristen Dammeyer won the 3200 meter run with a 12:18.09 time.
On the boys side, Luke Lemmerman took the win in the 110 meter hurdles with a 16.06-second time. Brennan Brown won the 300 meter hurdles with a 41.41-second time.
Rangers have 12 wins at Anna quad
ANNA — The New Knoxville track team competed in a quad meet on Tuesday at Anna with 12 event victories.
The Rangers' Haley Horstman and Andrew Mackie turning in a three event wins for the Rangers.
Horstman won the long jump, 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles for the Rangers and scored in the 200 meter dash for the Rangers. Cassie Boyle won the 200 meter dash and finished second in the mile. Hannah Privette won the 3200 meter run and scored in the 1600 meter run.
On the boys side Mackie led the way with wins in the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash and the 400 meter dash. He also took second in the high jump. Isaac Kuntz won the high jump and the 3200 meter run. Kuntz finished second in the 1600 meter run and was a member of the 3200 meter relay team that scored. P.J. Kiernan won the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles. Kiernan was third in the long jump. Parker Stone won the pole vault.
ST. MARYS 4, DEFIANCE 1: The St. Marys boys tennis team won its second straight match with a 4-1 victory over Defiance on Tuesday. St. Marys' Cole Brooks won at first singles over Nolan Parsons, 6-4, 7-5. Jason Freewalt won second singles against Defiance's Michael Dineman, 6-0, 6-0. The Riders' Nick Rohr defeated Defiance's David Zedeker, 6-1, 6-1 at third singles. The Defiance first doubles team of Evan Bates and Samuel Giofferia defeated St. Marys' team of Kevin Dammeyer and Zac Nelson, 0-6, 7-5, 6-2. St. Marys' Noah Hartsock and Justin Nedderman won second doubles, 6-2, 6-2. St. Marys improved to 7-6. The Riders travel to Wapakoneta on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. for a WBL match.


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(CNN) -- As explosions and gunfire continued to ripple in Syria, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights on Monday raised the death toll from the Damascus government's crackdown on anti-regime activists to close to 5,000 people.
"This situation is intolerable," Navi Pillay said in a briefing for the U.N. Security Council.
The same day that Pillay spoke, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a resident of Homs -- an opposition hotbed and frequent site of violence in recent months -- reported that a gas pipeline exploded near the city, following by gunfire and circulating military airplanes.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, or SANA, played up local elections Monday as an expression of "democracy and free will." Yet the Homs resident said there was no evidence of voting in that city. Instead, this witness reported nonstop shooting and bombardments.
Such violence is nothing new in Syria, with Pillay reporting more than 200 people have died in the last 10 days and "the Syrian population continues to live in fear of further violent repression."
The Syrian government, meanwhile, has consistently blamed the violence on "armed terrorist" gang members and denied any efforts to target peaceful civilians.
CNN cannot independently confirm events because the Syrian government restricts access of international media to the country.
Pillay said Monday that "the nature and scale of abuses" indicate that Syrian forces likely committed "crimes against humanity." Citing reliable sources, she said more than 300 of the dead have been children "killed by state forces."
Several defectors from military and security forces said they got orders "to shoot unarmed protesters without warning," according to Pillay.
"Independent, credible and corroborated accounts demonstrate that these abuses have taken place as part of a widespread and systematic attack on civilians," she said.
Homs has been a regular flash point. As nightfall arrived Monday, many city residents went to bed afraid the steady waves of violence could soon give way to a historic siege.
Opposition figures said the Syrian government had warned people in Homs to stop anti-government protests, hand in weapons and surrender defecting military members by Monday night -- or face attack by government forces.
Syrian forces gave a 72-hour warning, said Lt. Col. Mohamed Hamdo of the Free Syrian Army, an opposition group of defected Syrian military personnel. Activists on the ground said the ultimatum was issued Friday for Homs.
The government has not acknowledged any deadline for Homs in state-run media.
Hamdo said there are concerns about a repeat of what happened in 1982, when Syria's military -- acting under orders from then-President Hafez al-Assad, father of current Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad -- launched an assault on the city of Hama, killing thousands.
"People are very afraid," said Wissam Tarif, a human rights activist in Beirut, Lebanon, with the organization Avaaz, who is in touch with people in Syria.
There are enough troops around Homs "to take over the city," he said, and casualties have been increasing "in very big numbers" over the past couple of days. Hamdo said the military has dug trenches around Homs and largely cut it off.
"There is no electricity, water, and the communication lines are much worse. The food supply is also decreasing, mainly because little food is going in," he said.
The Syrian government denied reports of water and electricity being out in the city, according to a SANA report.
In fact, besides a story about seven "army, security and police martyrs" being buried Monday, state-run media did not report much on such dire conditions or violence.
Rather, state TV painted a picture of normalcy, with reports of local elections under way across the country.
SANA noted that more than 3,000 candidates are vying for seats in the Homs region alone. It billed the elections as part of the "process of building institutions, promoting democracy and achieving the comprehensive reform process led by President Bashar al-Assad."
Activist groups, though, offered a different story.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists in the country, said Monday the Syrian army and security forces killed 21 people, including four women and three children. Thirteen of the deaths were in Homs, three were in Hama, three in Damascus suburbs and two in Idlib.
And fierce clashes broke out between security forces and defectors in the cities of Daraa and Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which collects information from people in different parts of the country.
Hamdo, from the Free Syrian Army said, "We conducted an operation late last night against the Syrian forces in Idlib and killed eight of them and injured 22. Two of our men are critically injured."
He also said Syrian forces were conducting mass arrests of shop owners who shut their stores Sunday as part of a nationwide anti-government strike.
The Syrian government, via SANA, on Sunday quoted people saying there was no strike and no sign of a strike.
The last nine months has seen a steady stream of clashes, amid reported government push-back against activists demanding democratic elections and the end of al-Assad's regime. Al-Assad has been in power since 2000; his father ruled Syria for three decades.
World leaders and diplomats have widely condemned Syria's crackdown and called on it to halt violence against the opposition.
The Arab League announced it will hold emergency meetings this week in Cairo. In a statement on Egypt's state-run MENA news agency, an Arab League official said leaders will "discuss the Arab response to a message from Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem to approve the signing of an agreement on an Arab League observing mission to Syria with conditions."
Pillay's report especially drew strong responses from representative countries' ambassadors to the United Nations.
Britain's ambassador, Mark Lyall Grant, called it "the most horrifying briefing that we've had in the Security Council over the last two years," citing the thousands of deaths and "tens of thousands of detentions, rapes, torture (and) violations of abuses right across the system by the Syrian regime.
German Ambassador Peter Wittig said his country is "shocked and appalled" by the U.N. human rights branch's view of the situation, calling it "unbearable" that the Security Council appears "condemned to remain silent on Syria."
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While reading Michael Lanza's fascinating book, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks, I couldn't help but keep thinking about the word "impact." Not only did this family's journey into some of the most beautiful and wild places in the United States highlight the impact of man on nature, but it also highlighted the impact of nature on man...and child. As a nature lover, it was devastating to read the facts and perspectives of the impact of humans on the world. As a parent, it was inspiring to read about this family, with two young children, trekking across the world on an expedition to explore, learn and have fun.
We highly encourage anyone to read this book, but especially those of you with children and those of you who are searching for some unique snapshots of environmental challenges. The book is less than 200 pages, but we assure that it is filled from beginning to end with beautifully written stories and insights. For example, here is the very first sentence:
"The wind above ten thousand feet sweeps down from the cliffs, the August snowfields, and the jagged mountaintops high above us in gusts powerful enough to push around two hikers who each weigh less than my loaded pack."
Again, we can't encourage you enough to read the whole book. We spent a lot of time reading, thinking about it, and being impacted by it. We feel fortunate to be involved in Michael's blog tour for this book release. It gave us the opportunity to ask questions about some things we were really curious about. You'll see those questions and Michael's responses below. We cannot thank him enough.
Michael Lanza is a veteran freelance outdoors writer and photographer. He is the northwest editor of Backpacker magazine, where his articles about the impacts of climate change on Montana's Glacier National Park and other wild lands helped Backpacker win a National Magazine Award. He runs the website TheBigOutside.
Q: You beautifully describe the national parks you visited with your children. As vivid and awarding as that imagery was, we found the most beauty in the book came when you would describe your children. You wrote about all the little things that make them interesting, fun and remarkable. What do they think of the book?
A: Nate and Alex have each read the book twice already; they're both voracious readers, I think they each plowed through it the first time in a couple of days. I gave each of them their own copy with a personal note from me inside. They recite aloud to me their favorite passages from it—always anecdotes about them, of course—as if I haven't yet read those parts! They are my two biggest fans—or smallest, I suppose.
Q: All the national parks you visited are facing some degree of environmental danger. Your writing in this book reflects a nice balance between enjoying the beauty of the country's most beautiful places and presenting educational opportunities about the human effect on the environment. By the end of the book, it is clear that your children gained many great experiences, and a strong foundation for further educational growth with regards to the environment. Are there any key ideas that you would recommend parents apply to their outdoor adventures to help strike this balance between fun and education?
A: Great question. During our trips, I would occasionally explain to my kids some climate-change nugget about the park we were in at that time—not often, though, because I didn't want to force-feed them lessons. Sometimes they wouldn't take the bait, and I'd drop it and wait for another opportunity. Sometimes they'd leap into a conversation about it with great interest. And sometimes they would bring up the topic of climate change unprompted by me, partly because they knew that was part of the inspiration for me wanting to bring them on all of these adventures.
So in short, I let them determine the best times to try to introduce a learning element to our travels. I found that they were very curious and willing to learn when they were ready and it occurred at their pace.
Q: This book addresses several frightening realities facing some of the most beautiful parts of our country. We read our 2-year-old The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. She is obviously much younger than your children, but certainly seemed to have an emotional response to the subject matter. We were recently hiking in Linville Gorge in North Carolina and ran across a few trees that were cut down. She said, "The Lorax is sad"; she then became sad herself. We tried to explain why these trees probably needed to be cut down, but her 2-year-old mind only knew that they were gone. As a parent setting out to educate your children about the significant environmental issues you address in this book, was there ever a point where you thought, "Wow, this is pretty intense...maybe, it's too much?" We think you did a fantastic job, by the way, and certainly agree with your perspective and approach. It is a scary topic for many adults and kids, though. So, building off of the previous question, how did you approach the balance between reality, education, and emotion (maybe you had to deal with this more for yourself than for your children)?
A: The Lorax is one of my favorite children's books. I read it to my kids so many times when they were preschoolers that I had many passages memorized.
There were times during our trips that I would think about how climate change was affecting the particular park we were in, but decided against raising the subject with my kids because I just didn't want to distract from an enjoyable moment we were sharing. And whenever I talked about it with them, I'd try to explain it in a way that a nine-year-old or seven-year-old could comprehend it.
That said, I honestly never thought the subject was too intense or scary for them. I don't think it ever felt directly threatening to them. When they wanted to talk about it, they were intensely curious and often surprised me with their retention of what I told them. I think that's partly because they associated the subject of climate change with these very visceral, inspirational, and memorable experiences. I believe it always will have that association for them—that while the impacts of climate change are frightening, their interest in the subject is cemented by learning about it in such stimulating environments.
Q: You write, "We can only expose children to experiences that etch lasting memories; they will chart the journey of learning from there." With even more time to reflect since you finished writing this book, are there any developing and lasting effects of this trip in the way your children approach the world?
A: Oh, my gosh, it would be impossible to list how much our outdoor adventures have affected how our kids view and interact with their world. Their vocabularies are rich with words related to climate, outdoor skills, and the names of national parks that I never knew at their age. Their made-up games and stories and school essays reflect a knowledge of the natural world that's unusual for their ages. They read books and magazine articles on complex topics of science and other subjects with a depth of understanding that I know is amplified by their personal experiences.
I also see them gleaning larger lessons about life from our adventures. One example: We recently spent a week in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park. One day, we made a technical descent of a very narrow slot canyon that involved four rappels—two of them 100 feet long—and squeezing through a long, chimney-like stretch that was about a foot and a half wide and strenuous. They both handled it supremely well and were proud that we considered them big enough to do it.
Afterward, I told Nate I was impressed with how skillfully and calmly he handled it. He told me, "Well, I thought about the risks involved, and whether I could manage them, and the consequences if I made any mistake, and decided that it was safe for me to do it."
Of course, he was repeating something I've drummed into him many times. But the lesson has stuck. I believe that attitude toward risk and consequences will serve him well in many decisions he'll make throughout his life.
Q: Was there something specific that you learned about yourself as a parent on this journey that surprised you? If so, how have you been able to apply that in other ways, personally and/or professionally?
A: This journey reinforced the biggest lesson I've relearned repeatedly since becoming a parent, and which inspired the last line in my book's dedication: "… to Nate and Alex, for teaching me." I didn't become a parent until my late 30s; before that, being single for a long time, I had led a pretty self-focused life. And as much as that sounds selfish, it's also quite enjoyable. I think many parents miss some aspects of their lifestyle before children, right?
But my kids taught me something that came as a surprise to me: that it's actually more satisfying to put other people who need you ahead of yourself. This may sound kind of syrupy, and I certainly get as frustrated at times as any parent, but I mean it sincerely: Becoming a father gave me the ability to look outside myself, and I believe that has made me a better person. These trips reinforced that lesson, in that I had to constantly focus my attention not only on my kids' basic needs—food, conversation with me on the trail, making sure they were hydrated and doing well—but also on their safety in many circumstances.
I think this personal growth has helped me grow as a writer, too, by expanding my perspective as well as opening up for me this world of prospective stories that offer an unusual take on a role that many people can identify with: raising children.
Q: What do you recommend to families that will read this book and think, "I could never do this with my kids?" Maybe there are good reasons they cannot, but what would you recommend as a starting point in terms of finding adventure and building environmental awareness with kids?
A: Don't think about whether you can undertake the specific adventures we did in my book; think about what you can do as a family that's within your physical abilities, skills, and mental comfort zone. Many state and national parks are set up for inexperienced people, with abundant information on hikes of all lengths and difficulty levels, and trails that are well marked. I tell parents I know who have little hiking or outdoor experience, many of whom have never visited a national park, to take their kids to Yellowstone, because so many of its thermal features and other attractions require walking only 20 to 30 minutes from a parking lot. But many national parks are equally accessible to anyone.
Many communities have hiking trails, parks, a nature center, or other place where parents can take kids for an entry-level outdoor experience. Parents can find local outdoor clubs, conservation organizations, school-based groups, and gear retailers that offer clinics, organized hikes, and other events where you can meet other families. There may be a local family hiking club with a page on Facebook.
Learning is a process. Parents shouldn't feel that they have to figure out all the answers before they try something. As they spend more time doing this stuff, they'll grow more comfortable and independent, and have experiences that are all the more rewarding. Tackling something new can seem daunting to an adult, but it's what kids do all the time. Take a cue from them, and take chances. It's very rewarding.
Q: What's next for you and your children?
A: For this summer, we have some trips planned: rock climbing in Idaho, hiking in New Hampshire's White Mountains, backpacking or rafting in Wyoming or Idaho (still working out those details), and a nine-day hut trek in Norway. We'll squeeze in other day or weekend outings. On a longer horizon, I hope to involve them somehow in my next book project, whatever it may be; I'm working on some ideas. Meanwhile, we're mostly just cruising through regular life: work, school, soccer, and occasionally a little unstructured free time at home!
You can read more from Micahel Lanza's blog tour for Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks at these awesome sites:
Thanks again, Michael, and happy exploring to you all!
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WordGirl "The Fill-In/Word (Hicc)Up!" THE FILL-IN - The Butcher volunteers to fill in when one of Dr. Two Brains' henchmen, Charlie, goes on vacation. But instead of giving him orders, Dr. Two Brains tries to convince him to team up to create the ultimate ham and cheese duo. It's up to WordGirl to intervene and still find time to go to the Around the Moon dance. D
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Wild Kratts "Attack of the Tree Eating Aliens" The Wild Kratts get an urgent call from a group of North American Wild Kratts kids telling them almost all of the trees in the forest are dying. It's a race against time to solve the mystery and help the forest and the creatures who live there. D
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Cyberchase "Mother's Day" Special Holiday Episode!" It's Mother's Day in cyberspace - and Hacker is determined to ruin it for everyone, especially Motherboard, by derailing the train that picks up the rare and colorful Madre Bonitas. This beautiful flower symbolizes Mother's Day, and it must be harvested on this one day only. It's a race against time, as the kids and Digit try to repair the breaks in the line and save Mother's Day. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Dog of the Rings" Ruff decides to send all the FETCHers, dressed as Elves, Dwarves and Wizards, on a mythic Live Action Role Playing mission!. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, a strong September showing for stocks so far this month. But with the Fed meeting, Syria and a budget fight looming, will fortunes change? And, why are stores pushing Christmas sales in September?. D
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Dialogue "Israeli-Palestinian Partnership" As talks between Israelis and Palestinians start up once again, host Marcia Franklin talks with an Israeli and a Palestinian about conversations they have organized between their respective communities as a result of funding from a Boise non-profit. Eden Fuchs, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces, and Ibrahim Issa, a Palestinian educator, are part of the Center for Emerging Futures, started by a Boise couple.G
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Scott & Bailey The team members investigate when the body of an eight-year-old boy is discovered but, as they search for the pedophile killer, they are unaware that the culprit has placed himself in the midst of the child's grieving family. Dom's HIV test is negative, but in his relief he does something stupid which jeopardizes Rachel's sergeant exam. Sean thinks that he and Rachel are destined to be together, although she is not convinced.G
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Great Performances "Paul McCartney's Live Kisses" The former Beatle presents an evening of standards and two of his own new songs in this program drawn from his latest album, Kisses on the Bottom. Produced with the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band, this is the first project that features McCartney almost exclusively on vocals.G
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American Masters "Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound" Filmmakers follow Baez on her 2008-2009 world tour, capturing her in performance and in conversations with individuals whose lives parallel hers. The film also examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her unwavering journey as the conscience of a generation. Making appearances are Bob Dylan, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne.G
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New Car Review
2013 Cadillac CTS-V: New Car Review
Pros: Spacious interior; track-tuned handling; incredible acceleration
Cons: Rear visibility is limited; fit and finish don't quite stack up to the competition
What's New: Two-piece front brake rotors; available red-painted brake calipers
Europeans have long recognized American automakers' ability to build cars with huge horsepower and blistering acceleration. But they often joked that when it came to carving up twisting mountain roads, the Americans pack up and go home. In recent years, however, domestic automakers have honed the handling of their best sports cars, and the 2013 Cadillac CTS-V may be the best iteration yet of Americans' ability to keep up with the best sports sedans in the world.
When Cadillac updated its CTS-V in 2008, the company famously developed the car on European turf. The Nurburgring, home of one of the toughest endurance races in the world, was the proving ground that let Cadillac's engineers tweak the V to compete with the best. If a car can handle the 147 corners it takes to complete a lap of the 14.17-mile track, they figured, it can handle anything else you throw at it.
In fact, Cadillac made such a good car that it lapped the track in seven minutes and 59 seconds, making it the fastest production sedan on factory tires ever to lap the track, beating out German rivals like BMW and Audi.
The best ending to this story is that anyone can buy a CTS-V. Well, anyone with $64,515, anyway. And while there's no arguing that the car is quick, how does it work in the day-to-day routine?
Comfort & Utility
The biggest concern with these near racing cars for the road is comfort. While roadholding is the preferred characteristic on the track, it typically means too harsh a ride for daily realities like potholes and speed bumps. So our main concern was how well the CTS-V could handle those, especially since our test took place in pothole-ridden Chicago.
The V is surprisingly good. Its magnetic suspension system uses shock absorbers filled with metal filings suspended in oil. Around the casing are electromagnets that can be activated by a button in the cockpit, changing the way the shocks react to bumps and dips in the road. The effect is profound. In normal Touring mode, the ride is extremely supple without feeling numb.
The interior of the CTS-V looks handsome, but just as we questioned the ride quality in everyday use, we wondered if the optional, track-ready Recaro seats would be too unforgiving for the daily commute. But thanks to power adjustability, the Recaros are extremely comfortable, even on long journeys. And once dialed in exactly right, the side bolsters provide the necessary snugness to keep the driver planted in more spirited driving. Comparatively, the standard seats can be a little stiff and lacking in support.
Unlike with some other high-powered machines, utility isn't sacrificed at all by stepping up to this souped-up version of the CTS. What's more, the V comes in all three available CTS body styles - sedan, coupe and wagon. With a maximum of 58 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seats folded, the CTS-V wagon has space for just about anything you can throw at it. The only limitation is the sloping roof, which eats into room for tall objects. Similarly, the sedan has a spacious trunk, but its small aperture prevents you from easily stowing larger objects.
One of the selling points of the CTS-V line is its interior technology, which becomes apparent immediately after starting the car. That's when the standard navigation screen rises from its resting place in the dash. The touchscreen interface is intuitive if a little sluggish. The system offers connectivity for an iPod along with satellite radio and GM's OnStar concierge service. With XM radio service enabled, the navigation also gives you real-time traffic reports to help you alter your route to get around jams ahead. Bluetooth is included, but only for handsfree calling. The CTS-V lacks the Bluetooth music-streaming capability offered by competitors.
The Bose 5.1 surround sound audio system is absolutely fantastic. Default settings are a little heavy on the bass, but an easy adjustment reins in the excessive thump. The system can even adjust speaker delivery based on how many passengers are in the car. A backup camera is standard - a nice feature since the car's thick C-pillars tend to block rear visibility.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The centerpiece of the CTS-V is the General Motors LSA engine, the powerplant now also fitted to the enormously powerful Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and a variant of the motor found in the awesome Corvette ZR1. The supercharged V8 is a monster, sending 556 horsepower through the rear wheels and producing a massive 551 lb-ft torque to easily push the V's 4,200-pound weight. The power is intoxicating. And with all that torque, passing maneuvers are dead simple, even without a downshift.
With a standard six-speed manual transmission, the CTS-V sedan is EPA-rated at 14 mpg city and 19 mpg highway. Opt for the six-speed automatic and economy drops to 12 mpg city and 18 mpg highway.
Like the CTS on which it's based, the CTS-V received five-star ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in every test other than rollover protection, where it scored four stars. It earned top marks in all tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, resulting in a Top Safety Pick designation.
Standard safety features include active front head restraints, front and side impact airbags and front and rear head curtain airbags.
Driving Impressions
Take the 2013 Cadillac CTS-V out of Touring mode and select the Sport setting and the car really comes alive. With the suspension stiffened up and the steering weighted a bit heavier, every bump and crease in the road is fed back to the driver. The adaptive suspensions minute adjustments allow the vehicle to maximize traction. Despite its weight, handling remains neutral even in tight corners.
But when high levels of performance are unnecessary, switching back to Touring mode makes the V as docile as any regular CTS. It's truly a sleeping giant that can be as restrained or as raucous as you'd like.
Other Cars to Consider
Lexus IS-F: The Lexus is $3,000 cheaper, but we much prefer the CTS-Vs driving experience, which keeps the driver better connected with what's going on at asphalt level. The IS-F's computer controlled systems are impressive, but they distance the driver from the experience.
BMW M3: Yes, the CTS-V was the fastest production sedan to go round the 'Ring, yet we suspect it was a lot more work to keep under control than the M3. The M3 feels much more neutral and easier to take right up to its limit. However, it is a lot harsher on the road than the CTS.
Jaguar XFR: The XFR also comes with a supercharged V8, but the Jag has "only" 510 horsepower on tap. However, you get a lot more equipment as standard -as you should, considering its much higher starting price of $83,200.
AutoTrader Recommends
Frankly, this Caddy should cost more. The one limitation is that the CTS-V doesn't come in a lot of trim levels, so you have fewer choices versus some more expensive European brands. We do recommend you stick with the standard six-speed manual and opt for the Recaro seats.


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Strictly Trash Fashion
The Southern Investing for Health Partnership's (SIHP) Small Grants Programme has awarded funding to 41 local community groups across the Southern area.
The SHIPs (which is funded by the Public Health Agency) Small Grants Programme awards funding to community-based groups to encourage local activities which address the key targets in Investing for Health, i.e. poverty and disadvantage; neighbourhood and environment; education and life-skills and healthy choices.
One of the first groups to secure funding of £1000 is Drumgor Detached Youth Work Project.
The Project is based in the Brownlow area of Craigavon and provides young people aged between 10 – 18 years the opportunity to participate in a range of new and exciting social and physical activities.
Over an eight-week period, the young people joined with a group of older people from the local community to participate in a programme of dancing and trash fashion workshops encouraging them to become more physically active. The workshops included dance sessions such as the Cha Cha and Jive as well as the trash fashion workshops where the young people designed their own T shirts.
Barbara Trotter, Project Coordinator commented: "Thanks to the funding we received from SIHP we were able to run this programme. It is extremely popular with the young people and older people alike enabling them to get to know each other and build bridges across the generational divide."
Investing for Health Officer, Cathy Devlin added: "The SIHP is delighted to support this new and innovative intergenerational project. It provided the opportunity for the older people to share their skills with the younger generation, encouraging the young people to participate in exercise and become more physically active in a fun and exciting new way."
Other groups within the Craigavon and Banbridge area to secure funding this year were:-
• Allsorts Ladies Group
• Ashgrove Senior Citizens Club
• Copperfields Association of Patron Advocate & Carers
• Craigavon Intercultural Programme
• Craigavon Travellers Support Committee
• Down Armagh Rural Transport
• Drumbeg North and South Residents' Association
• Filipino Community Support Network
• Maghery GFC
• Manor Empowerment Committee
• Polish Women's Group
• Portadown Baptist Church
• Young at Heart Mens Club, Lurgan
You can log on to the Small Grants section of our website www.southernifh.com to see the full list of local community groups that have received funding.
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Thinking about a wedding in a far-off locale? Here's everything you need to know.By: Denise Schipani
Why Have a Destination Wedding?
Well, we're tempted to say, "why not?" Planning a wedding away from home is attractive to different couples for different reasons. Here are just a few:
1. You've always imagined your nuptials in a certain vacation spot. Maybe you spent an idyllic vacation earlier in your relationship at a gorgeous Caribbean resort or a laid-back Key West hotel. Or maybe one of you spent summer holidays at a quaint New England inn or a rustic Montana ranch. If it's easy to graft a picture of yourselves in wedding duds onto those wonderful holiday memories, a destination wedding may be just the ticket for you.
2. Your families and friends are from here, there and everywhere. Many a couple with far-flung families have thrown up their hands in despair at trying to find a spot that suits everyone. Soon it occurs to them: If everyone's going to have to travel anyway...Voilà, destination wedding.
3. You're not into traditional hotel/ reception hall weddings. You've been there, done that (you know who you are—you've attended a wedding approximately 40 out of the last 52 weekends). All of these kinds of options are leaving you cold. But someplace warm? Ah, now that's a different story.
4. You want to make the planning easier (yes, easier). It's true that any wedding—whether at home or away— can morph into a logistical nightmare. But because many resorts and hotels have on-site wedding coordinators that do all the legwork for you, a destination wedding can be less stressful to plan.
5. You want to streamline costs (or even, in some cases, save money). No one can definitively say that a destination wedding costs less than an at-home reception. But no one can say it costs more, either. However, it often turns out to be easier to keep costs in check in a faraway locale. Two reasons: One, you're likely to have a smaller guest list (the biggest way to save $$ on your wedding is to keep the list lean); and two, your choices are less copious than they might be at home. When you're planning from afar, it all seems exotic and wonderful, so you're more likely to be happy with the simple clutch of local flowers the hotel provides, whereas at home you'd be visiting a half-dozen florists and being tempted by a more lavish (and pricey) bouquet.
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Why have a destination wedding?
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If I were to do it again, I would do a Destination Wedding!
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Research and Analysis by Anne Hamilton
Social Security Service to American Indians
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 7 (released July 1969)
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from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 5 (released May 1969)


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Laney Releases the VC15-110 in Old English White - LIMITED EDITION!
This cool new valve amp, with custom Jensen speakers is due out soon...
The Laney VC15-110 Guitar Valve Amplifier Combo, OLD ENGLISH WHITE LTD gives you a 15 watts of amazingly warm or classic bluesy lead tone. Donni Little, of Paolo Nutini's band, has said:
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The Laney VC15 110 is the only amp on the market to employ 'The Dark Art'. The VC15-110 is the latest baby of the VC range. Built on the distinguished heritage of the VC30, the VC15 delivers great tone. 15 watts of amazingly warm or classic bluesy lead tone powered by matched EL84's and cranked out through its internal 10 inch speaker.
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If you need even more dynamics, there are two dedicated extension cabinets - the GS112VE and the GS210VE.
For further details please visit the Laney VC15-110 in Old English White product page at Dolphin.