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Ian Knauer's Sticky Balsamic Ribs
Every week, Food52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius. Today, ribs that ditch the low-and-slow doctrine -- and make you popular anyway.
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"These ribs just might be the best thing I've ever come up with," Gourmet magazine's then-Food Editor Ian Knauer wrote in the July 2009 issue -- and that was after he'd spent nearly 9 years in the test kitchen there.
I'd wager he might be right. Testing and re-testing these ribs has made me more popular than ever. I've watched a lot of ribs get ravished and faces get glazed. Merrill's husband even offered me a job.
Knauer's first-bake-then-grill tactic isn't new to home-cooked ribs, but usually we're told to take it low and slow. Instead, Knauer goes for fast and reckless -- we're talking 425 degrees reckless. But baby backs are more tender than bigger spare ribs, and here they get amply marinated and steamed. So they come out surprisingly tender, yet sturdy enough to hold up to flipping on the grill (go too low and slow and you end up with meat falling to pieces and bones sliding out all over the place).
And unlike rib recipes that call for a long list of dried spices that come together mysteriously, this one requires only a handful of rather feisty ingredients -- and you know exactly what each one is doing there. Rosemary and garlic -- our friends in so many pork endeavors -- are the savory background; cayenne sharpens the garlic's sting. Balsamic and brown sugar bring the sticky, with the sugar leveling out the vinegar's sour.
Purists will denounce the Yankee introductions of balsamic and rosemary and shake their fists. Some of you will balk: "Nothing compares to so-and-so's 10-hour smoky pit Hill Country ribs!" -- you're probably right. We should take a road trip there someday.
Meanwhile, this recipe can come out of any kitchen, anywhere. (Thanks to the 1990s, every grocery store in America carries a glaze-worthy bottle of balsamic.) And it doesn't need tending and coddling either -- leave that to old so-and-so.
For your next party to be a rib party, you just have to think ahead. i.e. Count two days backwards, commit yourself to schlepping home 8 pounds of ribs, and plan for a few passive stints in the kitchen.
Night #1: Locate some ribs (call around to compare prices -- I recently paid a suspicious $9.99/pound, but that can't be right). Schlep on home. Mash up some garlic, mix it with a few other things, rub it all over your baby backs and pop them in the fridge.
Night #2: Stick the ribs in the hot oven to steam/roast while you watch exactly 2 episodes of Dexter on Netflix. Feel conflicted about the seductive meaty smells. When the ribs seem done (but before the meat smells turn to smoke smells), pinch them to make sure they're nice and tender, then set them aside so you can make your sticky balsamic glaze with the bits left on the bottom of the pan. (If your bits are a little blackened, don't worry -- this glaze forgives all). Pack up your ribs and glaze for party day.
Party Day: Drink beers, eat chips and carouse. When everyone's hungry, grill everything else (the ribs finish up fast and they'll get the grill all sticky anyway). Now paint your ribs with glaze and lay them on the fire for a few minutes to char and caramelize. Time to get messy with your friends!
Ian Knauer's Sticky Balsamic Ribs
Adapted from Gourmet Magazine, July 2009.
Serves 8.
- For the ribs:
8 large garlic cloves
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon kosher salt (divided)
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary
2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon cayenne
8 pounds baby back pork ribs
1 cup water
For the glaze:
2 cups hot water
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
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This partial list of brownfields includes Hamilton County sites that have been cleaned and redeveloped or still are in process:
• Butcher Block -- M.L. King Boulevard and Broad Street. Complete.
• Chattanooga Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative -- Central Avenue and Workman Road. In process.
• Farmers Market/Old Gas Company -- 11th and Baldwin streets. In process.
• McCallie Homes -- 38th Street. Complete.
• Ross Meehan Foundry -- Located at Finley Stadium. Complete.
• U.S. Pipe and Foundry -- Off Interstate 24. In process.
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• Five years ago, Chattanooga's Enterprise South industrial park was a 6,000-acre brownfield. Today, it holds the only auto plant in the world -- the Volkswagen facility -- that has Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
With industrial park space in Hamilton County at a premium, economic developers are looking to the past as a way of growing Chattanooga's future business prospects.
The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce is crafting a list of former industrial properties with the aim of having some tracts potentially readied for redevelopment.
"There are quite a few," said Chamber Vice President of Economic Development Charles Wood about brownfield sites in the city. "They offer an opportunity with infrastructure already in place."
Wood said his preference is to redo larger sites.
"Those would allow for a substantial project," he said.
Most industrial parks in Hamilton County are full. Industrial park space in the county is at the lowest level at least since parts of Enterprise South industrial park came on board over a decade ago, experts say.
Enterprise South had about 6,000 acres at one time, but now less than 60 acres are uncommitted or not under option. Volks-wagen, Amazon, Archer Daniels Midland and other companies have moved in over the past three years. Also, about half of the former Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant space was deemed too hilly for business and turned into park space or buffer.
American Tire Distributors is the latest company to land in the industrial park as it constructs a 125,000-square-foot distribution facility on a 9-acre site off Discovery Drive.
Tom Edd Wilson, the Chamber's chief executive, said it's desirable to have both greenfield and brownfield sites in the county to show prospective companies.
"Who can predict what request we'll have from our client base?" he asked. "We're not putting all our eggs in one basket. We're looking at both of those."
Alton Park eyed
Wood said the Alton Park area may be an option for potential brownfield redevelopment locations, but he declined to be specific.
He said the shortest turnaround time in terms of an environmental cleanup would be a key factor in choosing potential sites.
"In economic development, timing is of the essence," Wood said.
Chamber officials said they'd look to some of its traditional funding partners, including the city and county along with private landholders, to help with readying sites.
County Mayor Jim Coppinger said the idea is an opportunity to see if some of the brownfield properties are marketable.
Finding funds to prep sites would need to be signed off by the county commission, he said.
Richard Beeland, a spokesman for Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, said the mayor likes the Chamber's concept.
"It puts untaxable property on the rolls. It recruits jobs. It has existing infrastructure," he said.
While there are cleanup costs, Beeland said the mayor will help find funds if a project makes sense.
He said there isn't any money in the budget for purchasing new industrial park space because none yet has been identified.
"Once we find out ... what's needed to be done, we could find some money," Beeland said. "We could come up with some creative way to do it."
At the same time, money still is due the federal government for Enterprise South industrial park.
Paul Parker, Hamilton County's real property manager, said $5.5 million is owed as part of a deferred payment agreement. He said that sum is due by July 15, 2015.
Central city jobs
David DeVaney, president of NAI Charter Real Estate Corp., said that since brownfield sites are in places such as Alton Park, attracting businesses to the locations is a way of bringing jobs back to the central city.
DeVaney said some sites, because of their past use, might fit specific industries and others may not. Food manufacturers might not be interested in a tract that would work for auto businesses, he said.
The real estate executive said cleanup costs are a factor, and the new industrial user will want assurances that the work has been done.
"The user won't want environmental responsibility for the previous use of the property," he said.
Dan Thornton, the city's director of general services, said how much work it takes to clean up a brownfield depends on the contaminant at the site.
If it's not a hazard, burying it may work, he said. But that often isn't advised because of potential groundwater contamination, Thornton said.
He said the site could be capped, with stormwater captured in holding ponds. Or, Thornton said, the contaminated soil could be removed to a special landfill. Cost would depend on the type of action, he said.
Thornton said cleanup can take months, depending on the site.
At Enterprise South, for example, the U.S. Army cleanup cost has been estimated at $85 million and has taken two decades, though that may be considered an extreme case because of its size and scope of the work.
Wood said that companies often look at what he termed "a double bottom line" when evaluating potential sites. He said companies consider growing business from a dollar perspective as well as an environmental one.
For example, Wood said, companies may look at projects in terms of credits toward gaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
"This is another way to reach the certification level," he said about building on a former brownfield.
Wilson said that from the Chamber's perspective, it's looking for a variety of new inventory to show clients, and plans are to identify potential brownfield sites that might fit the bill.
"We're looking right now," Wilson said.
Additionally, the Chamber's initiative might fit with the business group's effort to help fashion a 40-year regional growth plan.
DeVaney said it's a challenge to find flat greenfield sites in Hamilton County because of its often hilly topography. Other nearby counties may have such potential industrial sites, he said.
"The cost of land in some rural areas is substantially less," DeVaney said.

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Another violent criminal has gone missing after failing to return to an open prison from day release.
Robber Peter Mahoney left Ford Prison near Arundel in West Sussex on Friday and travelled to Brighton but did not return.
Mahoney was given an indeterminate sentence in 2010 and told he would serve at least four years after he admitted charges of racially aggravated wounding, possession of a firearm, robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.
Controversy has surrounded open prisons across the country as inmates have absconded. In the most high-profile case, Michael Wheatley, who is known as the "Skull Cracker", carried out a raid on a building society while on the run from HMP Standford Hill in Kent in May.
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Like many of his Côte d'Ivoire team-mates, Didier Drogba has won countless trophies with his club sides, but what has eluded him, at least so far, is a winners' medal from a major international competition with the national team. At age 34, time is against the big striker, but as he tells FIFA.com, it would be a grand achievement for the Elephants if they could win the ongoing CAF Africa Cup of Nations title.
Last year, Côte d'Ivoire made it through to the final of the tournament in Gabon. There they faced underdogs Zambia, and with the score goalless in the 70th minute, they were awarded a penalty, which Drogba shot over. Although the striker made his spot kick in the eventual penalty shoot-out, the Chipolopolo went on to win 8-7 to deny Drogba and his team-mates once again. Ironically, given the plaudits for his winning penalty for Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League final last year, Drogba is also known in Africa for missing a spot kick in the 2006 final shoot-out against Egypt.
But the irrepressible Abidjan native is keeping things positive ahead of what is sure to be a rugged quarter-final on Sunday against two-time champions Nigeria as he looks ahead to a possible final on 10 February in Johannesburg. "I am really hoping that we can win the tournament this time around. It has been a long wait for us, and it would be massive if we could win," Drogba said after the Elephants drew their final Group D match with Algeria 2-2. The 1992 AFCON winners had already guaranteed top spot in the group after their two opening victories against Togo and Tunisia.
In the 3-0 victory against Tunisia, Drogba started the game on the bench - the first time in recent memory he has not started a match for his national team - but Ivorian coach Sabri Lamouchi said Drogba remained an important member of the team and that he was not concerned with the striker's fitness level, even though he has hardly played in the last three months. "I am not worried. We see him work every day. He is stepping up every day. Hopefully we will go as far as possible, and he will be a key element in our future success. We are not worried about him, and he himself does not worry," the coach said.
We showed a lot of character and strength, and it is better to have to make such corrections during the group phase, rather than later in the tournament.
Against Algeria, Drogba was again in the starting line-up and his 77th-minute goal started off the Elephants' come-back after being two goals down. Asked about his performance, Drogba was his typically modest self. "I'd rather not comment on my individual performance, but on the team's performance. The goal I scored was nothing special, it did not bring us a victory, but it only helped us to come back for a result."
He said that the game proved two things to him, an astute observer of the game. "First, if we ease up our efforts, we will be made to pay. And second, when we decide to push forward, showing our determination and delivering the goods, we see that there is quality in this team. I hope we learn these lessons. It was also good to see that we could come back from being two goals down. We showed a lot of character and strength, and it is better to have to make such corrections during the group phase, rather than later in the tournament."
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About Côte d'Ivoire's match against Nigeria in Rustenburg, Drogba admitted that it will be a difficult undertaking. "Against Nigeria, it will be a tough game, against a team that also intends to go far in this tournament. The Super Eagles are a very strong team, very physical. Stephen Keshi has been doing good work, but I hope that Côte d'Ivoire will win and go through, but it will not be easy."
Drogba will face his former team-mate John Obi Mikel in the quarter-finals, and he is looking forward to the clash. "It is going to be hard and tough, everybody knows how good [Mikel] is, and what he did with Chelsea in the Champions League final - he was one of our best players in that game. But now I will play against him. We are going to laugh before the game, then it will be tough during the match, but then laugh again after the game because we are good friends. He is my brother."
Speaking of his club career, the striker did not want to comment on his move to Turkish club Galatasaray from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. "I am concentrating on the AFCON, and I want us to win."
Having been pre-tournament favourites for the last five editions of the AFCON, many Ivorian fans believe this must finally be the team's year. And it could well be that Drogba, who played five matches at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup™, gets a chance to shine on the international stage once again at this year's FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, where the 2013 AFCON champions will take on FIFA World Cup and European champions Spain, as well as Uruguay and Tahiti.


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Although we can't really draw many parallels in humans from animal studies, some human studies have equally worrying results. Studies have shown that melatonin may reduce levels of follicle stimulating hormone (Mela Res, Nov-Dec, 1991) and raise levels of prolactin (Clin Endo, August 1993).Although it's difficult to know exactly what these alterations mean, Dr David Horriban, director of Scotia Pharmaceuticals, the Surrey based manufacturer of the Efamol evening primrose products, who has performed many studies on altered prolactin levels, says that both effects would have the result of reducing fertility.
Although no one has yet made the connection with melatonin, one study of patients with ovarian cancer found that patients had one thing in common: significantly lower levels of FSH (JAMA, December 27, 1995).
Any questions about the effect of melatonin on female hormones doesn't appear to be preventing the development of a new oral contraceptive (B-Oval) which combines a stiff 75 mg dose of melatonin with progestin. Production will begin as soon as Applied Medical Research (AMR, Fairfax), which owns the concoction, can raise the necessary finance. The endocrinologist who "designed" the contraceptive, AMR's Michael Cohen, takes the view that just because it is free of estrogen, women can now take advantage of a "breast cancer fighting" birth control pill (Science News, May 13, 1995 and Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, March 1995).


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PSP Southampton Boat Show ● 16-25th September 2011 ● Stand G088
Raymarine announces the launch of its new i70 instrument and p70 and p70R autopilot control heads; stylish new-look controls and displays packed full of powerful features, stunning graphics and a highly intuitive user interface herald the Raymarine next generation. These products were launched globally at the 2011 Sydney Boat Show, and will be on display in the UK for the first time during the 2011 Southampton Boat Show.
Boasting a 4" over-sized LCD display, the i70 instrument displays maxi 43mm digits in full screen mode. The superior 160˚ horizontal and vertical viewing angles ensure the screen display can be seen clearly from all angles - even sideways on, and is further enhanced by the anti-reflective coating for improved visibility in bright sunlight. i70's advanced LED backlighting offers lower power consumption; delivering vibrant colour and contrast whilst using up to 35% less power than other colour instruments.
In another 'world first' for Raymarine, the i70 instrument has the ability to act as an AIS repeater, showing the 25 closest AIS transmitting vessels and enabling vessel information to be obtained from individually selected targets. This new 'AIS at-a-glance' display is an invaluable extra visual reference and adds to situational awareness for all on board.
From traditional analogue dials to engine information and tank levels, i70 has the graphic capabilities to show it all; supported data views include Wind, Speed, Depth, Tridata, Engine (NMEA2000), Environmental (NMEA2000), Fuel (NMEA2000) and navigation.
Sharing the i70's superior display features but in a 3.5" screen format, the equally good-looking autopilot control heads are available in 2 versions; p70 with -/+ 1˚ and -/+ 10˚ push-button controls designed primarily for sailing vessels, and p70R with a combination of push-button and rotary controls for powered craft. p70 and p70R autopilot control heads are easily customisable, able to display pilot information in a number of different formats to suit the user.
Raymarine p70 and p70R both support Auto, Standby, Pattern, Track and Wind Vane autopilot modes with the p70R having additional Power Steer and Jog Steer modes. Fishermen will find the wide range of fishing patterns especially useful, freeing them up to concentrate on their surroundings and the all important fish. Able to support multiple data sources, p70 and p70R autopilot heads are compatible with Raymarine SPX Series pilots and Raymarine ST pilots (S1, S2 and S3 including the G variants).
Raymarine i70, p70 and p70R all have Raymarine's new LightHouse user interface on board; it's simple and quick to use and is also consistent with Raymarine's new e7 multifunction display, so once users are familiar with LightHouse they will be equally at home with all Raymarine's new products.
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In a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where, down the hall from a flat-screen TV broadcasting a runway show, past a plexiglass case of high-fashion Barbies, two of their peers are consulting with Mary Stephens, the school's self-described "big boss."¶"This is a very new-looking shape here," says Stephens, FIDM's director of fashion design. She is talking to Alejandro Ortega, one of 11 students the school has accepted into its advanced fashion design program this year and one of the 8,000 students enrolled on FIDM's four California campuses.
Like the hundreds of thousands of students enrolled in fashion programs across the country, Ortega has fashion in his blood. The son of a tailor in his native Mexico, he dreams of becoming a name designer and has moved several steps closer to that dream through FIDM, where he's learned how to sew and make patterns and design an entire collection.
The 31-year-old Ortega chose FIDM over schools in New York and Barcelona because of graduates such as Monique Lhuillier, Kevan Hall and others who've launched successful clothing labels and added to the $340 billion U.S. apparel and footwear industry. Even though Los Angeles may not have the same cachet as New York, it is home to a vibrant apparel industry — and several fashion schools that feed into it.
From $35,000-per-year Otis College of Art and Design to budget-minded, $36-per-unit, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, L.A.'s fashion schools cater to students of varying aspirations and income levels. Enrollment has remained relatively steady, even during the recession, and all of L.A.'s accredited fashion schools have boasting rights to well-known graduates or attendees. Eduardo Lucero and Rick Owens are among the big names who attended Otis. Los Angeles Trade-Tech spotlights "Project Runway" contestant Sweet P, who took classes at the school.
"I don't think a kid necessarily has an upper hand by going to Parsons or another New York school versus an L.A. school," says Steven Kolb, executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in New York. "L.A. has a very important fashion industry. It's just different than what New York is.
"New York is the fashion capital of the States," says Kolb. "It's where business transactions happen, where Fashion Week is, where editorial is.... But what you have in L.A. is a very strong manufacturing business that's a little bit more of a casual industry in terms of the product. It's more in line with the California lifestyle."
The fashion industry is one of the largest employers in California, encompassing everything from pattern making and sewing to design, marketing and retail. At Otis, located in downtown L.A.'s California Market Center, the four-year bachelor of fine arts degree program covers the spectrum of the industry.
Fewer than one third of the students admitted to Otis know how to sew when they start the program, says Aaron Paule, associate professor of fashion and design. But after a foundation year introducing freshmen to photography, fine art, fashion and drawing, students get into more of the fashion nitty-gritty with life drawing, garment dissections, pattern drafting, textile science and digital design.
In their junior and senior years, Otis students begin gathering real-world experience, working on so-called mentor projects with professional designers from top fashion companies in which they begin to design and construct garments from start to finish.
The designs shown at Otis' year-end fashion show last spring included a handcrafted Navajo dress created for Bob Mackie, a bra and panty set for Diesel, and a silk dress for Max Mara.
"We're very well connected with major companies, which excites the kids. That's one of the main reasons they want to come here is to work with the big names," says Paule, who lists Nike, Hurley, Cynthia Rowley, Calvin Klein and Armani Exchange as recent mentor companies for Otis students.
Seniors Laura Ogle and Linn Partee are working on a project with Cirque du Soleil, where they've been given the task of designing an outfit based on water and movement.
"Our process is to go out and buy a crystal stone and take the shapes from that and translate the shapes and colors into a 3-D garment. I'm excited," says Ogle, who appreciates the Cirque du Soleil exercise even though she hopes to find work with a children's fashion company after she graduates.
Ogle and Partee are on schedule to graduate this spring. Following the runway show where their Cirque du Soleil design will make its way down the catwalk, the school will assist with their résumés and portfolios, and the students will meet with 20 individuals from the industry for mock and actual interviews.
"I'm a firm believer that if you want to be a designer, you should go to a school that has ... access to resources and knowledge that will help you succeed," says Kolb, of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. "If you want to be a designer, being able to think of a sketch that might look good on someone isn't good enough. You have to understand the mechanics of making clothes. You have to understand draping, sewing, pattern making, and that's just the skill set. You also need the experience of how to source fabric, how clothes are produced, where clothes are produced. All of that is just critical to someone being successful."
The economy may wax and wane, but fashion endures. So, it seems, will interest in joining the industry. At FIDM's four campuses (L.A., Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco), enrollment has held steady for the last several years at 8,000 students (in two-year associate or four-year bachelor degree programs). Tuition costs $25,000 annually. At Otis, where 172 students (at the sophomore, junior and senior levels) are enrolled in its undergraduate programs, applications have leveled following a 2009 peak of about 200 students.
Enrollment is up at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, which was founded 87 years ago and accepts all students who apply because it is part of the California Community Colleges System.
More than 3,000 students are enrolled in the two-year fashion design program that costs about $3,500, including books, tuition, tools — and even the fabric they need for their projects.
"These students are in class a little over 20 hours per week, so they're immersed in one subject matter for eight weeks at a time, five days a week, " says Carole Anderson, L.A. Trade-Tech's fashion design department chair. "We keep it real here. We push them really hard and we concentrate on the technical aspects of our industry because no matter what area they go into, they have to know everything."
Students at Trade-Tech have the option of taking sewing or sketch classes first, followed by a semester of pattern making and creating sizes, also known as grading. By third semester, they're draping clothes and making advanced patterns.
"The fourth semester is when we start to throw problems at them," says Anderson, such as working with chiffon and creating swimwear and, as demonstrated in two busy classrooms on a recent Thursday morning, designing evening wear with metal detailing for a special project.
Students were feverishly pinning zippers into place along the backs of deep-cut dresses, adding buttons to waistlines and sewing bits of chain over the plunging necklines of designs they'd be debuting in an upcoming runway show.
Just like the real fashion world, schools' runway shows make for an exciting finale, allowing students to get a first-hand taste of the glamour that draws most students to attend fashion schools in the first place.
Sonia Été had her own runway show experience as an advanced degree student at FIDM. She then went on to attend and graduate from ESMOD (L'Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Techniques de la Mode) in Paris and interned at Christian Lacroix, Azzedine Alaia and Chanel embroiderer François LeSage, all of which inspired her to found the Academy of Couture Art in 2006 (it was accredited in 2010). Located in a Wilshire Boulevard high-rise, the academy's curriculum is focused entirely on French couture techniques for making clothes that are luxurious, hand-sewn and precisely fitted. Its associate and bachelor degree programs offer students choices in two areas of specialization — pattern making and fashion design.
"By offering degrees in the specialized professions, we train in how the industry actually works according to the division of labor," Été says.
"Haute couture means highest creativity, highest technique," adds Été, whose students have gone on to work with couturier Roberto de Villacis, Nolan Miller and Badgley Mischka. "We want to take a student to the couture level to teach them the thinking process, creativity and technique. If you study at the highest level, you can always trickle down to any level in the industry," says Été, whose curriculum includes work with beading, feathers and furs as well as classes in business development, manufacturing collaboration and trend forecasting.
Classes at the academy are taught by part-time instructors who work in specialty fields and are restricted to a maximum of 12 students. Tuition is $28,000 annually — slightly higher than what's charged at Été's first alma mater — FIDM.
"Fashion is always changing. It's never, ever, ever boring," says Stephens, FIDM's design director, . "When I wake up, the first thing I think is, 'What do I get to wear to work today?' I just love clothes and jewelry and shoes.... Fashion is something that's inside of you. You can't ignore it. It's just who you are, and that's the students too. It's who they are and we just help them make it work."


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Love of Nature Inspires Environmental Field Work
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The childhood memories of Allegra Spalding '08 of Kennebunkport play out against the backdrop of the Maine coast and its beaches. "As far back as I can remember, my house has been full of loose sand and bathing suits drip-drying on the porch," says Spalding.
She says her lifelong love affair with the ocean and nature flourished as she sailed, kayaked and fished with her family. "As I got older, I began to understand the intrinsic value of Maine's landscape," Spalding says. "But I also learned about the imminent threats to the coast that existed."
Spalding is putting that knowledge and passion to good use. As part of the Psi Upsilon Environmental Fellowship Program, which supports summer research projects, she's spending the summer working with the Maine Island Trail Association. MITA's goals are to establish a model of thoughtful and low-impact use of Maine islands and promote the conservation of these islands while providing responsible recreational opportunities.
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Psi U Fellow Jonna McKone '07 is working in Brunswick's Department of Planning and Development on Wheels, a community transportation project, which, if local and federal funding comes through, would buy two hybrid vans that would provide transportation around the community five days a week.
"I have found this project important and challenging because of the great need, especially among the elderly and low-income population, for some sort of public transportation," says McKone.
In her field work, Spalding, an environmental studies and Spanish major, helps with cleanup and work projects. She also assists in Leave No Trace Education, a non-profit program dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors. Spalding has been on cleanup and monitoring trips from the islands off Cape Porpoise, all the way Down East to the Machias area.
"Many of our trips are several day trips where we boat out to different islands all over the coast and camp out, and this is by far my favorite aspect of this internship position," Spalding says. "Although I am a native Mainer, this opportunity has given me not only a better knowledge about the rich coast and coastal history of Maine, but also about environmental issues that Maine's lands face, and I get first-hand learning through visits to these islands and exposure to the intrinsic beauty of Maine's coast."
When she's not island hopping, Spalding is firmly planted in the office working on a number of mapping projects. She says the primary focus of her fellowship is to create geographic information maps to track growth and membership among MITA member islands.
"Working for MITA, I am part of an organization comprising people who love the coast as much as I do, and people who want future generations to be able to experience these rich islands and coastal regions as much in their natural condition as possible," says Spalding. "By promoting responsible use of these lands, I hope future generations will grow up with their own love affair with the Maine coast."
Proceeds from the sale of the Psi Upsilon house (now Quinby House) to the College in 1998 created the Kappa Psi Upsilon Environmental Studies Fund, an endowed fund that supports an environmental internship program to provide both opportunities for students in the environmental field and resources to the greater Brunswick community.
Since the spring of 2000, six students have been selected each year as Psi Upsilon Fellows and have worked for a range of organizations including the town of Brunswick, the town of Topsham, The Nature Conservancy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust and the Natural Resources Council of Maine.
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CBS Wants CSI: The Internet
It's not really called that. But it should be.
CBS has ordered another spin-off of CSI, the network confirmed today, this time focusing on cybercrime. Think CSI: The Internet. The show, "inspired by [its producer's] work as a CyberPsychologist," according to CBS, follows a special agent in the FBI's cybercrime division. This agent is "tasked to solve high octane crimes that start in the mind, live on-line, and play out into the real world." It seems very likely that this show will include many scenes with furious typing sounds, our hero's face lit only by the glow of a computer screen, and then the breathless, triumphant declaration of "I'm in!" Truly this is how all internet crime begins and ends.


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During a recent trip to a rural part of western India to report on rising food prices, I met two kinds of farmers those with access to irrigation and those without. The differences between the two were stark.
Those with drip irrigation or sprinklers invariably were reaping rich harvests and profits. But the vast majority of India's farmers fall in the second camp: they water their crops by flooding their fields with water from wells, or, if they are really poor, they simply wait for the monsoon rains.
These farmers seem to live from crop cycle to crop cycle. Some years they hit a bumper crop if the rain is timely and plentiful but not overwhelming, but a bad flood or a weak monsoon can destroy them.
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UPDATED (11:55 am EST): Former Flyer Brad McCrimmon, 52, is confirmed among the dead, according to the Russian Times.
McCrimmon, 52, played for the Flyers from 1982-87. He played on the Flyers' Stanley Cup finalists in 1985 and 1987. He played 18 seasons in the NHL, also playing for the Bruins, Flames, Red Wings, Hartford Whalers and Coyotes. He played 1,222 NHL games.
He formed one half of one of the Flyers' best defense pairings in history. In 1985-86, McCrimmon's partner, Mark Howe, was a plus-85 and McCrimmon was a plus-83.
McCrimmon most recently was an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings. He parted ways with the Wings in May to take a job with Lokomotiv.
Also confirmed on board were former NHLers Pavol Demitra, Karel Rachunek, Ruslan Salei, Josef Vasicek and Igor Korolev.
Current Flyer Jaromir Jagr played in the KHL for the past three seasons before deciding to return to the NHL. Jagr has not yet arrived in North America to begin training with the Flyers.
EARLIER: From an Associated Press report:
A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed while taking off Wednesday in western Russia, killing at least 43 people and leaving two critically injured, officials said. Former Flyers defenseman Brad McCrimmon is listed as the caoch of the KHL team. It is not known if he was on the plane.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season in the Kontinental Hockey League.
McCrimmon, 52, played for the Flyers from 1982-87. He played on the Flyers' Stanley Cup finalists in 1985 and 1987. He played 18 seasons in the NHL, also playing for the Bruins, Flames, Red Wings, Hartford Whalers and Coyotes. He played 1,222 NHL games.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow. It was carrying 45 people, including 37 passengers and eight crew, and the ministry said all but two people were killed in the crash.
The weather was sunny and clear at the time.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin immediately sent the nation's transport minister to the site, 10 miles (15 kilometers) east of Yaroslavl.
The KHL is an international club league that pits together teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Slovakia.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is a leading force in Russian hockey and came third in the KHL last year. It's coached by McCrimmon and includes several international stars in its ranks, such as Stefan Liv of Sweden and Czech Republic players Josef Vaicek and Jan Marek. Lokomotiv was a three-time Russian League champion in 1997, 2002 and 2003 and took the bronze last season.
It wasn't immediately clear which players were on board the Yak-42 on Wednesday.
"We will do our best to ensure that hockey in Yaroslavl does not die, and that it continues to live for the people that were on that plane," said Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak.
The short- and medium-range Yak-42 has been in service since 1980 and dozens are still in service with Russian and other airlines.
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Election's Over: It's Time to Organize!
Okay, the etch-a-sketch vulture capitalist who would have given us four years of that smarmy missionionary-at-your-door smile, was thankfully sent packing by the voters, and Barack Obama gets four more years in the White House.
It was less an election than a contest between two hugely financed products. There was no "movement" for either candidate (though Romney actually claimed to be heading one) -- the president made only one televised ad endorsing a member of his party running for Congress -- a last minute promo for Chris Murphy, the representative in Connecticut who ultimately defeated wrestling magnate Linda McMahon for the seat of retiring former Democrat Joe Lieberman.
In the end, after both parties spent a combined record of over $2 billion in the presidential race, and another $4 billion on the Congressional races, we have ended up more or less with the same balance of power between the two corporatist parties, with the House having a few more Democrats in the minority and the Republicans still in control, the Senate with the Democratic caucus picking up perhaps two seats, and the president back in the White House.
So in a sense nothing has changed, but then actually, there are a lot of things that have changed. Let's look at some of the implications of this election:
First off, most of that staggering $6 billion came from corporate funders and rich people, and those donations came with the expectation of a payback. Starting today, we citizens, and those of us who are still journalists, will have to watch and ferret out who's looking for a favor, and what those paybacks are, and we'll have to fight to prevent them.
Next, the people, mostly on the left, who keep claiming that elections are a fraud and that they will be stolen by a secret cabal of Republican operatives and the corporate crooks who own and run the makers of the computerized voting machines, have a lot of explaining to do, since this incredibly close election, in which winning margins in states like Ohio, Florida, Virginia and other jurisdictions were decided by one or two percentage points, were ideal places for electronic voter theft to have occurred. It did not happen.
I'm not saying there should not be major reforms to guard against electronic voter fraud. This has to be done. It's only common sense. But going from saying computers can be hacked to saying they will be hacked is a big jump, and telling people that elections are a joke is a terrible way of discouraging voters from voting, including third party voters. I wonder how many more votes the Green and Libertarian parties would have gotten this election if there had not been so many shrill voices on the left and the right claiming that the elections would be stolen?


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There is just something about babies and Christmas. And why not? After all, the story in Scripture tells us not just about the infant Jesus, but also his infant cousin John.
Starting the first Sunday in December, you and your children can see why the stories about these two babies make all the difference. Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m. and the worship service is at 11 a.m. at Niagara Presbyterian Church, 3712 Military Road at Lockport Road, Town of Niagara.
There will be a special Christmas play set in the year 1865, and written by members of the church. It's called "An Old Fashioned Christmas," and takes place Saturday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. This is the only performance!
The animals will also arrive on Dec. 15 and the manger scene begins that same night from 7 to 10 p.m. and continues every night through and including Tuesday, Dec. 25. Bring your family to see the animals and then go inside to warm up and enjoy free food and live music in the "Bethlehem Inn." There are 11 nights of the living nativity - do not miss it.
And then we get to the climax of the season with worship services on Dec. 23, 24 and 25. For these three days, participants will look at the theme of "Christmas Presents."
On Christmas Eve you have two options: a contemporary candlelight service at 7 p.m. and a traditional candlelight service at 11 p.m. And Dec. 25, we have a special 10 a.m. worship service. Come each day for a new message.
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- Traditional Animation
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Cartoon Characters: Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo, Snorky, Sour Grapes.
- Voice Actors: Henry Corden, Paul Frees, Frank Gerstle, Shari Lewis, Don Messick, Jay North; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Tom Boutross, Gary Grillo, Richard Donner, Charles Nichols.
- Produced By Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Don Sandburg, Alex Lovy, Lew Marshall, Art Scott.
- Animated By Vicente Bassols, Rudy Cataldi, Oliver E. Callahan, Charles Downs, Zdenko Gasparovic, Robert Goe, Alan Green, Harry Holt, Maria Jursic, Bill Kelly, Ed Love, George Nicholas; more Animators ...
- Written By Jack Hanrahan, Jimmie Young, Ellis Kadison, Anthony Spinner.
- Music: Ted Nichols, David Mook, Jack Eskew, Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan.
- Editor: Lee Gilbert, Bud Warner, Larry Cowan, Tony Milch, Bob Phillips, Rex Lipton; more Editors ...
- First Aired on October 04, 1969.
- Originally Aired on NBC-TV (USA).
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
- Episode Number: K2-23
- Season: 2
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Super Drooper gets on the trail of the Steam Roller Sneak.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had a big problem with big data.
Just ask Dat Tran, deputy assistant secretary for data governance and analysis at the VA, and the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's seventh annual Information Quality Symposium, taking place this week in Cambridge, Mass. As the second-biggest federal agency in the country, the VA has a lot of data -- over 11 petabytes of it, to be exact. But the problem, according to Tran, was the quality of that data. There were repetitive data entries, a lack of interoperability between systems and no "authoritative source" when it came to customer records.
But Tran and his team recently set out to change all that, launching a massive data quality initiative across the VA. Here, according to Tran, are the department's top lessons learned along the way.


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Most teams in Downtown Gadsden Inc.'s sixth annual Chili Cook-off Saturday will be serving chili the usual way. The Prince Metal Stamping team will have a ringer, however — a robot that will serve chili and drinks to spectators.
Most teams in Downtown Gadsden Inc.'s sixth annual Chili Cook-off Saturday will be serving chili the usual way. The Prince Metal Stamping team will have a ringer, however — a robot that will serve chili and drinks to spectators.
The plant produces automotive parts and has been in Gadsden for eight years. It employs 150 people and is undergoing an expansion.
A team from Prince Metal Stamping entered the chili competition last year. Frank Ciampini, corporate manufacturing manager, said the company wanted to do something "different" this year, so it programed a production robot to help serve chili.
"We thought it was a lot of fun," Ciampini said, "and we thought we would do something a little different for the community and put a little bit of a show on — just embellish the chili cook-off."
Ciampini said there are about 25 robots in the Prince Metal Stamping plant, at a cost of about $35,000 apiece. This one is mounted on a trailer, has an arm that is about 8 feet long and is used on the assembly line to handle material.
"What this robot is going to do is people are going to walk up to our display, (and) we're going to have options as to what things they can have," Ciampini said. "They can have chili, and then they can order drinks."
There will be a button for chili and a button for canned drinks on the robot's display panel.
"It's kind of our way to show the community what we're all about, and hopefully (we) can attract some talent, too," Ciampini said, adding that the plant needs personnel to work with robotics.
DGI Director Kay Moore said using the robot is within the rules of the contest, since it won't be cooking and just will be serving food and drink.
"I think it will be an interesting prospect, and I think it will give them a little exposure," Moore said. "We realize that we are technical in Gadsden, too. There (is) a lot of technology we don't know about, so I think this a good learning experience for all of us."
Moore joked she'll have to find out if she has a T-shirt that will fit the robot.
The cook-off has 22 teams entered this year. Moore said the Prince Metal Stamping booth will be at the corner of Fifth and Broad streets, on the side of the Hardin Center.
Spectators will be able to sample the chili beginning at noon for $1 per ticket, or six tickets for $5.


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The YouTube comments section, I think I can say without hyperbole, shows humanity at its very worst.
This trolling, homophobic, misogynistic, spam-filled netherworld where most 'conversations' end with one commenter comparing the other commenter to Hitler, is the most poorly managed outpost of intolerance and ignorance.
However, YouTube has unveiled new changes to clean up this town; changes that will bring prohibition style peace to a violent gangland. The new comments system is Elliot Ness, Mary Whitehouse and The Father from The Road all rolled into one.
So what are these changes, and how have the YouTube community reacted?
I think we all know how this will play out…
Welcome to the detoxification of YouTube:
Comments you care about move to the top. You'll see comments at the top of the list from the video's uploader, popular personalities, engaged discussions only relating to the video and people in your Google+ circles.
Join conversations publicly or privately. Like Gmail, replies are threaded so you can follow them in a similar way.
Easily moderate comments. When you upload a video, you have new tools to review comments before they're posted, block certain words and auto-approve comments from trusted people.
You can also switch from 'top comments' to 'newest first' if you're feeling particularly sadistic.
As you can probably tell, these changes are not only to ensure a nicer environment for YouTube commenters, but also to tie it into the Google+ experience, bringing consistency and cross platform usability to all of Google's channels.
Here's YouTube's quick tutorial:
So… has this worked? How has the YouTube community reacted?
I'm almost too scared to look…
For balance, I've taken a screengrab of exactly what the YouTube tutorial page looks like right now:
The top comments show criticism of what is the perceived threat of the Google+ community (referring to the BBQ arranged in the video), followed by a link to a Justin Bieber fan page and #googlesucks.
Perhaps not as bad as I feared.
Oh wait. Almost immediately, someone under the guise of Adolf Hitler appears...
This is currently the most popular commenter on this post.
This missionaries sent to convert YouTube's godless tribesfolk soon make an appearance...
Then hundreds of replies that pretty much sound like this...
Thanks Mittens.
There's the occasional voice of reason...
But mainly it's just this...
And this...
I don't really know what I, or YouTube, expected from this.
Your engaged audience, for better or for worse, reflects your website. I think the lesson here is that you're only going to create a positive community if you moderate responsiblly, and diligently.
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You can't reply to users who aren't linked via Google+. Bloody frustrating.
All I want, is a notification when somebody replies to my comment. That doesn't happen anymore.
All I want, is being able to reply to people. That doesn't happen anymore.
All I want, is being anonymous on the internet. That doesn't happen anymore. Oh wait, I luckily had a bullshit fake google account that I linked up and had to delete my previous (real) youtube account, with all my subscriptions.
Thanks google. Not annoying at all. Not retarded at all. Really helpful.
Google+ is really going to happen. People will use it now. /sarcasm.
"Gee, I sure do love the newest update on YouTube! By doing away with this highly convenient feature, my whole experience has vastly improved!"
Said no one ever.
Youtube is the fail-boat which is heading for disaster.
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WASHINGTON — Facebook, rumored for some time to be planning its own email service, may finally be on the verge of doing so in a move that would send a shot across the bow of Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft.
TechCrunch, a leading Silicon Valley technology blog, reported Friday that the social network plans to announce a Web-based email service complete with @facebook.com addresses at an event in San Francisco on Monday.
Agence France-Presse and other media outlets have been invited to Facebook's event but have not been told what it will be about.
Facebook boasts more than 500 million members around the world and offering a personal email service would lay down a powerful challenge to the established email giants — Microsoft's Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Google's Gmail.
Hotmail currently has the most users, 361.7 million as of September, according to online tracking firm comScore, followed by Yahoo! with 273.1 million and Gmail with 193.3 million.
TechCrunch said Facebook's planned Web-based email service is part of a secret project known as "Project Titan" that is "unofficially referred to internally as its 'Gmail killer.'"
"And while it may only be in early stages come its launch Monday, there's a huge amount of potential here," TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid noted.
The report comes amid a recent bout of sparring between Facebook and Google over data sharing and Silicon Valley engineering talent.
Google last week blocked Facebook from importing Gmail contact information over the Palo Alto, California-based social network's refusal to reciprocate and share data about its users.
And The Wall Street Journal reported that Internet search king Google, in a bid to stem defections to rival technology firms such as Facebook, has given all of its 23,000 employees a 10 percent pay hike.
According to the Journal, roughly 10 percent of Facebook's employees are Google veterans.
TechCrunch's Kincaid and others noted the advantages Facebook could bring to an email battle.
"Facebook has the world's most popular photos product, the most popular events product, and soon will have a very popular local deals product as well," Kincaid said.
"It can tweak the design of its webmail client to display content from each of these in a seamless fashion.
"And there's also the social element: Facebook knows who your friends are and how closely you're connected to them; it can probably do a pretty good job figuring out which personal emails you want to read most and prioritize them accordingly," he said.
Gadget blog Gizmodo said the prospect of an email service from Facebook should make Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft "very nervous."
"Facebook Mail could be a killer not only because of its potential instant size, but because of its natural advantage at making mail more useful," Gizmodo blogger Jesus Diaz said.
"Actually, it may become the only 100 percent useful mail service out there, only showing you the email you are actually interested in," Diaz said.
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Crane issues statement; patrons question reaffirmation
Former Blackfoot School District Superintendent Scott Crane issued a brief (but vague) statement following Thursday night's meeting where the board voted to reinstate the $220,000 separation agreement between Crane and the district. Patrons in the district are, again, asking, "Now what?" in what has been a long and drawn-out ordeal for the community.
Crane's statement reads: "I would like to thank my Blackfoot friends and neighbors for their support through this difficult time. I will always treasure the community where Kathy and I raised our children and gave 26 years of service. I appreciate the public's patience as I have quietly allowed the legal process to work. I am pleased that the board voted to uphold the contractual separation agreement."
Amy White, an attorney for Idaho School Board Association, who is temporarily serving as legal counsel until the board of trustees hires a new attorney, cited Idaho Code 67-2347 (Section 6) via speaker-phone at Thursday's meeting, saying that Crane's agreement with the district cannot be nullified, even though Idaho Open Meeting Laws were broken, because the violations were not challenged within 30 days of when the action was taken. White stressed to the board that by breeching the contract, the district would likely face a costly lawsuit brought on by Crane.
Trustee Taylor Johansen, who was the only board member to vote against reaffirming the agreement, urged Crane's attorneys Bryce Lloyd and Justin Oleson (who were present at the meeting) and Crane, himself, to come forward and tell the other side of the story.
"The public needs to know what occurred and why, we as a board, made this decision," Johansen said.
The reinstatement of Crane's contract has left many patrons in the district angered, baffled and asking more questions.
MaLissa Barfuss posted on the newspaper's Facebook page, "How can you file in 30 days on something that was done in a closed meeting, by locked doors that no one knew about? Something is very wrong at the school district and Mr. Crane must know what it is. He [Crane] needs to come forward like Mr. Johansen asked."
Donna Kasteanes asked, "Where's the money going to come from to pay Crane the payment due him in July? We have a right to know why Crane is gone and why the payoff. The kids are not coming first, and now we have to pay for his replacement. A new board is in order."
Some patrons are expressing concern that the ongoing saga of Crane's departure from the district is distracting from other urgent business such as "the hiring of a new superintendent and the supplemental levy election in March."
Board trustee Johansen, who remains the most vocal on the board, siding with the patrons, when it comes to "the public's desire to know the whole story" said, "I hope that he [Crane] will feel compelled to disclose his views on why a buyout was best for the district."


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TROY -- Although some residents had some concerns as to what kind of environment it would invite, the city's Planning Commission unanimously passed the site plan review for a new buy and sell shop on River Street which would be owned and operated by Captain Cash.
Larger items are expected to be bought and sold at the new location at 159 River St., according to Matt Witsuk and Kate Leary, who represented Captain Cash and gave a presentation to the commission during Thursday night's meeting. They said they expect to take items such as arcade machines, large tools, furniture, motorcycles and ATVs. Witsuk did say that while they will accept smaller items at their new location, they have no plans to sell them from that shop.
Although shop's address is 159 River St., the plan is to take up 163 and 165 River St. as well, using the extra space to sell and possibly store items. Leary clarified that almost all of the items will be stored in the basement space.
"They will be closed off and there will be walls" Leary said. "There will be no access to customers in those bays."
Among the concerns the commission raised was what they would do when they needed to load a large item, such as a boat, into the space. Leary explained that they would use the loading dock behind the shop facing Front Street and utilize the parking space to load in items. Planning Commission Chairwoman Barbara Nelson said residents should make the city aware if there are any problems with disruption of traffic.
"If it's blocking traffic, call the city," Nelson said. "The neighbors are really our first line of defense."
Robert Hirsch, who owns Enchante Tea Room with his wife at 169 River St. and Bedarling Properties, talked about how the River Street area of the city has struggled to turn into a prosperous neighborhood, adding that several businesses recently moved in to improve the area.
He referred to the Captain Cash proposal as adding a new pawn shop in the area, which Witsuk contested and explained they need a permit to be a pawn shop, which would include giving out loans and selling items on consignment. Still, Hirsch felt this business could bring a negative effect.
"The plans in particular are preposterous," Hirsch said, adding the plans to put apartments and luxury lofts on the second, third and fourth floors seemed ridiculous. "There's no reality to it. It's safe to say property values will drop if you approve these plans."
Other store owners on River Street, such as John Ambuhl, part owner of Sweet Sues, and George Hajnasr, owner of Beirut Restaurant, expressed concern because they weren't sure if the store was a pawn shop or a buy and sell, as some of the plans described sounded more like the former than the latter.
Witsuk said people do come to the store to sell an item as a means to pay for something such as a mortgage or food. A 10-day hold is placed on all items and is sold at a higher price for profit. He did state the person selling the item could purchase it back after the time period, which Ambhul said sounded like a loophole.
The commission disagreed.
"That just sounds like being a good customer," said Commissioner Thomas Sinopoli.
Debra Lockrow, owner of Artcentric on River Street, pleaded with her neighbors to give the store a chance, adding she had visited its other locations and gave them high praise.
"If we don't take chances on people actually doing things, nothing will happen," Lockrow said. "They just seem like they are willing to work with everybody."
Nelson made clear to those in attendance that the commission cannot tell a business what it can and cannot sell as long as it fits the zoning where the building is located. The exception to this rule is firearms, which Witsuk assured the commission would not be sold at the shop.
"You can't tell an art gallery they can't call a refrigerator painted pink art," Nelson said. "This particular retail establishment could be [selling] anything except guns and liquor."
Stipulations made were inoffensive signs, which was made an issue due to the signs at the current shop on Third Street, restricting the shop's operating hours to 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., not displaying merchandise in the window and disposing of all hazardous material properly.
The plan was approved in a 5-0 vote.
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TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The King University men's soccer team may not have dominated the statistical categories on Tuesday night at North Greenville University, but they were ahead in the one that matters most, goals. Ryan Cobain netted a goal in the first half, and Joseph Akinoso found the back of the net in the second half as King took the 2-0 Conference Carolinas victory.
The Tornado (2-9-2, 2-4 CC) had a couple scoring chances early in the first half before Cobain broke through with his team-leading third goal of the season to put King ahead in the 16th minute.
With the lead, the Tornado tightened up their defense the rest of the half as they fended off numerous Crusader attacks. North Greenville (3-9-1, 1-5 CC) ripped seven shots the remainder of the half, putting five of them on net. However, King goalkeeper Kari Sveinsson was up to the task as he turned away all five Crusader shots.
The Crusaders continued to attack in the second half, but Sveinsson turned away their only shot that was on target in the 49th minute. On the offensive end, King made the most of their opportunities as Akinoso netted his first career goal in the 80th minute to give King a 2-0 cushion.
After the goal, North Greenville didn't have any scoring chances and the Tornado took the game 2-0. The Crusaders tallied more shots, 15-8 and more corner kicks, 7-4 than King. Sveinsson came up with six saves to earn his second win of the season.
With the win, King moves up to fifth place in the Conference Carolinas standings with two games left on their conference schedule.
King will be in action again on Saturday when they travel to Barton College. Kickoff from Wilson, N.C. is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.


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Other teams are busy locking up core pieces before the CBA expires.
Will Alexander or Alexandre get an extension this week?
On Saturday night, when the clock hits 12:00 AM EST, the current NHL CBA will expire and be replaced by… a pumpkin? Not really, this isn't a Cinderella story, instead the current CBA will be replaced by an aching void where NHL hockey used to be.
So what does this mean for your Vancouver Canucks?
It means that the Canucks season almost certainly won't start on time (CBA uncertainty has already cost Canucks fans the Penticton Young Stars Tournament). That's the principal impact, but the expiry of the NHL's current collective bargaining agreement has other ramifications for the club as well.
For example, once a new CBA is agreed to by the league and the players, Laurence Gilman and his crew of ninjas will have to master a new several hundred page document, and figure out fresh exploitable loopholes they can use to game the salary cap. Also if an entire season is lost it's something of a disaster scenario for the Canucks, who would lose a year of their ever narrowing "championship window."
More pressing for our purposes is that the expiry of the CBA represents a "deadline" for players to extend their deals under the rules of the current bargaining agreement. Over the past month we've seen a flurry of activity as teams like the Bruins, Oilers, Flyers and Capitals have locked up Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Troy Brouwer, Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds, Tyler Seguin and the dastardly Brad Marchand.
While Doan's latest deadline, and Luongo's return are garnering lots of attention from Canucks fans and Vancouver sports media this week, a third story worth paying attention to is that the Canucks presumably have four days in which to extend two "core" pieces in winger Alex Burrows and defenseman Alex Edler. Mike Gillis is famous for his habit of "working to a deadline," so I suspect that the Canucks will extend at least one of their Alexes before Saturday.
A Burrows Extension?
It was reported in late August that the Canucks and Burrows had commenced negotiations on a long-term contract extension that would keep the bite-y former ECHLer in Vancouver. Since then, Burrows' agent Todd Corbeil described the existence of "a gap" between the two sides:
Agent for #Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows tells CKWX- "The 2 sides continue to talk about a contract extension but there is a "GAP".
— News1130 Sports (@News1130Sports) September 4, 2012
Corbeil also said the two sides were continuing to negotiate, so perhaps they'll manage to bridge that gap yet. Corbeil's latest comments to CKWX, however, suggest that the two sides aren't any closer at the moment than they were last week.
Corbeil says his and Burrows #1 priority is to re-sign with the #Canucks but also knows July 1st could be a great day for his client.
— News1130 Sports (@News1130Sports) September 12, 2012
In late July we looked at how Burrows has performed without the Sedin twins going back five seasons, and tried to determine his real "value." Here's the meat of what I concluded:
"What Burrows brings to the table is pretty significant: he's a plus possession player who is consistently in the top-25 in even-strength goal scoring. He's also dynamite on the penalty-kill, is known for being "clutch" (despite clutch not existing), and has a special type of chemistry with the twins. On the negative side, Burrows has got a bad reputation around the league as an occasional cheap-shot artist and embellisher, and he's not a particularly effective power-play presence, but those are minor quibbles and do nothing to negate his all around positive value.
So where should we expect Burrows' future cap-hit to end up? You have to think he's worth at least Brandon Dubinsky/Scott Hartnell money (4.2 cap-hit), though if Shane Doan and his relatively meagre production is going to be worth 7+ million on the open market, then all bets are off.
Ideally, the Canucks will try and get Burrows to take a hometown discount, and sign for something like 3 years at between 13 and 15 million (that would give him a cap-hit in between 4.33 and 5 million), even though he's probably worth well north of that."
Looking at non-cornerstone top-six forwards who've signed recently (Brouwer, Hartnell, Simmonds, Marchand), Burrows has been significantly more productive than any of them over the past four seasons. Of course, he also skates with the two of the best passing forwards in the league, and the twins have made a career of turning "plugs" like Taylor Pyatt and Anson Carter into thirty goal scorers.
Burrows' real value to the Canucks, I think, derives from the fact that the twins are significantly better with Burrows than they are without him. They posses the puck more, they allow fewer goals against, and they score at a marginally higher rate as well. That's worth 4 million per.
Without the twins, however, Burrows is basically a quality low-event forward, who will antagonize opponents and kill penalties while chipping in 15-20 even-strength goals per season. That's worth closer to 3 million per…
But forget the price point, because my guess is that "the gap" Corbeil described to CKWX, is more about term. As we've seen from the deals signed by Simmonds, Brouwer, Hartnell and Marchand: 4.5 million per season is the going rate for non-star top-six forwards. There just isn't a lot of wiggle room for the Canucks on this front.
On the other hand, Burrows turned 31 in April so any extension he signs would kick in for his 32 year old season. A three year extension takes him through to the age of 35, while a four year extension takes him to the age of 36. Because of Burrows' age, the Canucks will surely incur some degree of "diminishing returns" on any long-term investment.
It's a good bet that Burrows will be worth 4+ million for his 32 year old and 33 year old seasons, but after that: it gets dicey.
An Edler Extension?
An Edler extension is a little bit trickier, because Alex Edler is 26 and is about to enter his seventh accrued season. When he first signed his current four year deal, it was designed to take him right through his RFA years. But years accrued, and UFA eligibility are being discussed in CBA negotiations, and a new deal could change the rules of the road.
To put this as simply as I can: under the current CBA, Edler is poised to hit the open market as an unrestricted freeagent on July 1st 2013. If the rules pertaining to unrestricted freeagency are changed in a new CBA however, Edler may end up as an RFA on July 1st 2013 instead.
Generally speaking, the cost of a restricted free agent year is ~40% less than the cost of an unrestricted free agent year, so Edler could stand to lose a fair bit of money if the UFA eligibility rules are changed. Presumably this gives the Canucks some additional leverage in negotiations, which they'll need because Edler's market value is nearly six million per season.
Complicating matters further is that the Canucks appears to have an "internal cap" for their blue-liners. It was set when the team signed Dan Hamhuis for 4.5 million per season, and since then defenders who've agreed to deals with the Canucks have either accepted this (Bieksa, Garrison) or they've moved on in pursuit of a massive payday (Christian Ehrhoff).
Of course, every rule has exceptions. When Mike Gillis met with Shea Weber for three hours this past summer, for example, there's no way they were talking about a deal that topped out at 4.6 million per year. Will Edler, who production aside is the third best defenseman on the team at the moment, qualify as an exception? He'll have to if he's going to stay in Vancouver.
The most recent comparable is Edler's countryman Tobias Enstrom, who in early August signed a five year extension with the Winnipeg Jets with an annual cap-hit of 5.75 million. Enstrom has two fifty point seasons from the blue-line under his belt, and his underlying numbers indicate to me that he's done more with less than Edler has.
That said, Enstrom is under-sized while Edler is massive. For that reason, Edler probably has more potential going forward. He doesn't do it consistently: but when Edler plays with a physical edge to his game, he looks like a legitimate top-pairing two-way defenseman.
When you consider Edler's age, contract status and the near total absence of quality blueliners who are likely to hit the open market over the next couple of seasons: it probably makes sense to extend Edler long-term this week, to a deal that keeps his cap-hit relatively low. It'll be interesting to see whether or not the Canucks do exactly that this week.


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Missing model may have been connected with prostitution, drugs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Drugs and prostitution may have played a role in the disappearance of a teenage model in Colorado Springs, according to the missing girl's mother.
According to KRDO, Julia Nichols was reluctant to reveal the unfortunate truth about her 19-year-old daughter Kara's involvement in criminal activity at first. But considering it has been over four months since the teen was reported missing, she is now more concerned about finding her daughter and less bothered by appearances.
"We've been told from the beginning that (the police) suspect foul play both because of her issues with drugs and the link to prostitution," Nichols told KRDO.
The first public suspicions that Kara may have been involved in prostitution emerged when photos of the teen, who has also done lingerie modeling, were discovered on a Las Vegas-based escort service.
Kara was last seen on Oct. 9, when she told her roommate she was going to Denver for a modeling job.
Another reason for coming forward with this new information, Julia said, was to reveal the treatment Julia said her daughter has received form the national media. She said several larger media outlets have lost interest in telling Kara's story since her history with drugs and prostitution was discovered.
"Our daughter is blamed for her mistakes and her troubles, and our story isn't nice enough to be told by the media," Nichols told KRDO, "It's like we're being re-victimized."
The bottom line, Julia said, is that Kara's family all feels terrible for not being able to pull the 19-year-old away from the trouble she had apparently found herself in.
"The whole family has been devastated," Julia told KRDO. "We never dreamed this kind of thing went on in Colorado Springs. But we've since learned, it's here."AlertMe


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