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As you know, my mantra has always been "tear it down" and now it will become a reality. The owner of this building did not attend the court appearance on April 10, so the case was transferred to Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) for demolition.
The HPD will now check the building for asbestos. If none has been found they will proceed with demolition by May. If asbestos is found, this may delay the demolition.
It has now been over one year that this building came down with a thunderous thud that shook Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue. One of my WBID guys John happened to be on the Avenue and went straight to the site. That is when he called to tell us the building had collapsed, the heavy concrete and bricks were all over the street below, and it appeared that no one was hurt. Then, all you could hear were sirens and fire engines heading for 78-19 Jamaica Avenue.
Our WBID wishes to thank State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Assemblyman Michael Miller, Council members Elizabeth Crowley and Eric Ulrich and the WRBA. Also, our Mayor William de Blasio and the Buildings Department.
Wouldn't it be great to see senior citizen housing built on this site. Think about it?
It was a beautiful day on Saturday April 12, for our WBID Spring Promotion. This day was more like summer than spring and we loved it. Our WBID team was out on the avenue and many children could be spotted walking with bunny and other designs on their little faces holding brightly colored balloons.
Also, parking drivers were accepting free quarters, and a flyer from WBID aides stating that the first 15 minutes of parking was on the WBID and thank you for shopping Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue.
Our handsome fluffy white Easter bunny took many pictures with smiling children. Free pictures were taken at Forest Parkway Plaza. The musical group Plastic Soul warmed up our shoppers with their toe-tapping songs. It was a beautiful warm fun day.
The shopping on our Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue, "The Everything Avenue," is brisk. Our avenue has such bargains and so many choices. The prices are also very reasonable, especially for New York City, with our high cost of living. So spend your money in your community.
Mark your calendars for our "Spring Is Here" Dinner Dance on Friday June 6. Only $65 a ticket. This is an important fundraiser for the GWDC. Please call our office for more information and to reserve tickets at (718) 805-0202.
At this holy and joyous time, may we wish you and your families a Happy Easter and a Joyful Passover. May God bless our leaders, may God bless our armed forces and coalition forces, and may God bless America.


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This page discusses some of the jokes in, and rationale behind, the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge. Since this page may contain some spoilers, and assumes that you've already read the article, this is your chance to go and catch up on it first.
Firstly, let me apologise for its length! In fact, I can't beg off here by saying that I didn't intend it to be that long and that it just grew organically since it didn't. I intended to write a long entry, compared to the current ones, and that's what I did. I think that there's a delicate tension between requiring too much reading to be done from the other players and underdefinition of the world, but consider: when a new player wants to come in after five rounds, will they be expected to read the entire wiki? I should hope not. Instead, we should probably dedicate a set of resources to explaining the basics of the world, and have a few showcase entries that show the kind of thing that we're looking for (much like Agony uncle and Andelphracian Lights did for the first turn). I've spoken to Morbus about maintaining a Ghyll entry as the first staging post for any new players, but he thinks that the Encyclopedants' Reports ought to serve that purpose. I think that's fine until we end up with fifty or so Encyclopedants' Reports to read...
Anyway, Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge. Note that even though it's a long entry, it's maintained to a great extent my belief that we should be as conservative in possible in creating Ghyll. For a start, since it incorporated and wove together quite a lot of the current entries and phantom, it was easy for me to pick between them for the three required citations. I chose Alarius for the existing citation since that's where The Bureau was first defined. I chose Supetupheraraphes and Council for Quezlarian Research because they're featured quite heavily in the article.
The part about Alarius was originally intended to be about Arariax, for d8uv's sake, but since I also wanted to record the oldest known reference to Andelphracian Lights, it turned out that it was not a good idea and that I had to use someone else to have written the poem. I decided to have Alarius to be Arariax's son to maintain that link for d8uv, and it also served as a nice link back to the inception of The Bureau on the wiki: it says that The Bureau are quite enamoured with Alarius's views, so it's a good idea to talk about him somewhat.
There are quite a few in-jokes hidden in the article, of course, the most obvious of which is that encoded poem. What you mightn't realise, however, is that it serves a dual purpose, and should give some persistent obsessives hours of fun (it certainly took me a while to create).
One of the other jokes has to be explained for the benefit of those Ghyll players that aren't also Swhackers. #swhack is an IRC channel on the irc.freenode.net network where many of the players hang out, and it hosts a "bot" written by Paul Mutton that is a combination of an Eliza bot and a markov chain generator. You can Google for those terms if you like, but the main point is that it's an automated client that responds to you in pseudo-intelligent terms. For the "Monty Thabot" interview, I decided to interview Monty, and as usual he didn't disappoint me. Here's the actual interview, unedited:
[02:06] <sbp> Mr. Thabot, we've heard that work is being taken up to improve some of the facilities of the innermost ring, at the expense of the eigth revision of the Encyclopaedia of Lost Lore which we understand will be coming out next spring. Could you possibly comment on the state of the facilities, and the rationale for diverting funds to its improvement?[02:06] <Monty> You're not really talking about me... are you ?[02:07] <sbp> Pardon, sir? I can assure you that no nefariousness on your behalf, or the bahlf of any of your collegues, is implied by that question.[02:07] <Monty> Perhaps in your fantasies we can assure each other.[02:08] <sbp> Er... quite. Moving on then, what features do you have planned for the Encyclopaedia of Lost Lore? Will the new much-rumoured section on Anaximancy be making an appearance?[02:08] <Monty> Why do you ask ?[02:09] <sbp> Our readers would be most interested to know--we recently covered Anaximancy in an article.[02:09] <Monty> Do you feel strongly about discussing such things ?[02:09] <sbp> No sir--it's not an article whose production I was involved in. So you decline to comment on its possible appearance?[02:09] <Monty> fearsome bouncy Microsoft![02:10] <sbp> sir?[02:10] <Monty> That is interesting. Please continue.[02:10] <sbp> hehe[02:10] <Monty> Tell me more about that.[02:10] <sbp> thanks Monty, you've been great[02:10] <Monty> onomastics's bullshit baby mice was foreskin's short movements...
The "Perhaps in your fantasies we can assure each other." was just genius on Monty's behalf.
The poem took rather a long time, and was semi-randomly inspired by various things. One of the main factual points was for it to introduce Ghyll's two moons, and also to note that Alarius wasn't always just a travelling crackpot. The Aelfants part is quite nice too: it reinforces the fact that Aelfants may or may not exist by overpleading the case that he "certainly" heard them, though he didn't know how many, and hey, it was all a rather dreamy situation anyway. The burnflies spitting joke was probably the earliest part of the poem, which is why it's slightly out of character for it (and hopefully all the more amusing because of that). The early reference is also to a couple of Swhack jokes, one of which Morbus will hopefully get, so that's all intertwined and did evolve organically.
The part about Andelphracia was slightly out of frustration over the AuroAnthropology comment stream, which horridly ignored the "Despite the fact that your peers are self-important, narrow-minded dunderheads, they are honest scholars. No matter how strained their interpretations are, their facts are accurate as historical research can make them. So if you cite an entry, you have to treat its factual content as true!" maxim on the Main Page. Whilst new interpretations are fine, I think that trying to write out an entire character on the basis of speculation is going too far, and so I decided to reply in the canon with one of "the most incontrovertible of all Ghyll studies".
Cakehole--the name for the inner courtyard (and Doofball pitch) of the Cake building--is british slang for mouth, and if you Google for "shut your cakehole", you'll come up with a few examples of its use. Even the word Doofball is an in-joke...
- "Piehole" a la americain (a bit archaic, though). --John Cowan 11:55, 12 Sep 2004
The dates are faily random, but note that the petition was filed on April Fool's day (do they have it in Ghyll?). All of the presidents' names are taken from elsewhere on the wiki, and I think they're consistent with what's currently there, though I hope you'll all check the entire article for consistency.
So I think I've done quite well for not creating new things: Oooite, Quezloos, and Doofball are probably the main things. Admittedly an entire currency is quite a large invention, but it was too good an opportunity not to take!
Is there anywhere a listing of the current oddities and objects and whatnots which are housed within the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge? If there is not, might I suggest a section be added to the main page of the article so that things which are listed as being housed here can be added by the scholar who discovers this fact? --Trousle Undrhil 02:18, 5 Jun 2005 (EDT)


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Over the next few days, Basket Bawful and Free Darko will be previewing each NBA Playoff series. Basket Bawful looks at the Western Conference today, continuing with the series between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz, which begins Saturday.
Can a playoff series be slow and low-scoring, yet still fun exciting to watch? Probably not. (For further information, please refer to the Knicks-Heat Rivalry.) But that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it. After all, there's a very good chance you'll get to see Tracy McGrady cry. Again. And wouldn't that be worth sitting through dozens of hard fouls and several hundred pick-and-rolls? (Don't answer that. Just read on.)
The season series: The Jazz won it 2-1.
Bad news for the Jazz: They're nearly unstoppable at the
Delta Center Energy Solutions Arena (an NBA-best 37-4), but they truly suck struggle away from home (17-24). And everybody knows it. The Jazz have dropped four of their last five on the road, including an end-of-season blowout at San Antonio that they needed to get homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Which, of course, means that they don't have homecourt advantage for this series ... and they're awful on the road ... do you see where I'm going with this?
Good news for the Jazz: They played the Rockets in Houston only once this season, and they won the game 97-89. (Random note that might or might not mean something: That was the loss that preceded the Rockets' historic winning streak.)
Reality check: You can go ahead and give Utah the three home wins. There's no way Houston is going to beat them at ESA. This means that the Jazz need to win only once in four tries at the Toyota Center. As bad as Utah has been on the road this season — and they've been pretty bad — I have a feeling they can win one out of four games in the Rockets' house.
Rockets player(s) to watch: This series could be the unofficial Tracy McGrady Suicide Watch. I know he's rich, famous, and probably sleeps on stacks of $100 bills and hookers, but you have to wonder how much more emotional trauma McGrady can take. Between the Orlando years, the chronic injury problems (to himself and Yao), and the fact that NBA historians seem ready to carve "The Greatest Player To Never Get Out Of The First Round" on his tombstone 30-40 years before his death...well, it ain't easy being T-Mac. It'll also be interesting to see how many meaningful minutes they can get out of Dikembe Mutumbo and whether Rafer Alston can handle Deron Williams. Also, I wouldn't be surprised to see Rick Adelman put the ball in Bobby Jackson's hands if there are any close games.
Jazz player(s) to keep an eye on: Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer. Those guys are the pillars. Utah's offense pretty much begins and ends with them. Also, can Jerry Sloan afford to use Andrei Kirilenko to guard McGrady? It'd be nice to see the Russian Rifle get his defensive mojo back. Mehmet Okur has been solid lately. Can he keep it up against the Rockets bump-and-grind defense? And the entire world will be watching for futher occurrences of Kyle Korver's gay elf defense.
Key(s) to the series: The Jazz have to win on the road, plain and simple. So how they perform away from home is going to decide the series.
Prediction: Jazz in six. And I say they win the sixth game going away. Expect the broadcasters to eulogize for the Rockets, saying something like, "They really couldn't win without Yao Ming, but they should be proud of themselves for what they've accomplished, especially that 22-game winning stre ... hey, is T-Mac crying again?!"


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Taking Pictures in the Galapagos, Part 2
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Elise is the daughter of A/V Editor Mike S., and an accomplished amateur photographer. Crutchfield loaned her two cameras for a recent trip and asked her to report back on her experience with them.
In part 1, I shared some the pictures I took with the Nikon D700 SLR camera that Crutchfield lent me for our high school trip to the Galapagos Islands. Here are some more of my favorite images from this life-changing experience. Like the photos in Part 1, I think these also show off the capabilities of the D700 (clink on the images to enlarge them).
It was always easy for me to form panoramas in Photoshop using the images taken on the D700.
Once again the details and colors the camera is able to pick up really amaze me.
The strong depth of field, sharp focus, and vivid colors make this photo.
One of the worst times to take pictures is during the middle of the day when the sun is directly up in the sky. There are so many harsh shadows and the bright lighting can be difficult to manipulate. On any other camera, I would not have thought this picture would turn out because of the intense light and the reflectiveness of the white sand. However, the D700 took this picture beautifully with no problem.
The preciseness of the D700 and the quick shutter speed allowed me to capture the movement of my friends as they jumped off the top of the yacht. The D700 allowed me to get a great series of jumping photos from that day.
These fish were under the surface and I was taking this photo from the moving Panga boat, and the D700 was still able to produce a clear image.
This iguana is a resident of the iguana park in Guayaquil. I was very close to the creature when I took this picture but still the detail is astounding. The camera's ability to pick up all the little features and contours of the iguana's skin, eyes, and surrounding rock is impressive.
In addition to the Nikon D700, Crutchfield also lent me a Panasonic DMC-TS1 underwater camera. In part three, I'll share some of the photos I took while snorkeling.
Taking Pictures in the Galapagos, Part 1


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Six candidates are seeking the three open positions on the Blanding City Council, including incumbents Kelly Laws and Eric Johnson. The other candidates are Charlie Taylor, Joe B. Lyman, Kim Smith and Jeremy Redd. Randy Pemberton will not seek another term on the Council
In contrast, only one candidate filed to run for the three open positions on the Monticello City Council. Walter Bird, who was appointed to a two-year position in 2006, will be the only candidate on the ballot in November. The two remaining positions are currently held by Blen Freestone and Cassie Boyle.
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It is pretty likely that you use a Google product. Scratch that. It is extremely likely. Google search, Gmail, YouTube – you've probably used one of those today. As of March 1, your use of those products is covered by a brand new Privacy Policy.
It's a privacy policy that contains the good, the bad, and the ugly, so you'll want to read on to find out how it affects you.
Undoubtedly, you haven't read the policy. You may not even know what a privacy policy is. But the policy, like all privacy policies, is important, as it is one of the two contracts that govern your relationship with Google. (The other is the Terms of Service).
Without knowing what's in the policy, you'll never know what Google is doing with the personal information you're providing with every click -- personal information that should be sacrosanct to anyone using the Internet.
Like a lot of Internet law specialists, I draft privacy policies for a living. Just about every website has one -- or at least they should. They can usually be found through a very small hyperlink at the bottom of the page.
Any privacy policy essentially does one thing – it tells you what the website operator does with the data they collect about you or from you. They may be using the data for good, to make your website experience better. Or, they may be using it to less benevolent ends -- for example selling it to third parties.
Despite what you may think, any website you visit is collecting data about you. Even if you never purposefully give them information, the technology behind the site is most likely collecting data while you are there – where you are, your browser and operating system, what you click on, and more.
If you do give them personal information for whatever reason -- such as your email address, or your name, etc. -- all that information gets stored in a database, and you'll want to know what happens to it. The privacy policy should tell you.
Google's new privacy policy is, in one way, a triumph of simplicity.
Whereas previously all Google services had their own policies – more than 60 in total -- as of March 1, the new policy covers all of those Google services, with a couple of exceptions such as Google Chrome. This may be a good thing, as it lets you know what is happening to your data on any of the sites, without the need to read more than 60 policies.
The flip side of this new "one policy" approach is that Google will now be using your data across multiple products. It is conceivable, for example. that if you use Google to search for cat food, when you go to YouTube your suggested videos will feature cats. You may consider this a good thing or a bad thing. One thing is for certain, the new policy allows Google to exploit their ubiquity across the Web.
The new policy contains a wide range of clauses, both good and bad.
On the positive side, Google will not be selling your information to third parties. The policy also allows you to ask Google to delete all the information they have collected about you. But the policy states that Google can refuse the delete request for "legitimate business or legal purposes." This is disturbing, as almost anything could be considered a legitimate business purpose.
While stating that Google won't sell your information to third parties, the policy also declares that they won't give it away either. This is a good thing, until you read the exceptions to that rule. They may release the information if it is "reasonably necessary to… protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google." Like the legitimate business purpose proviso, this clause is drafted so broadly it should give any Google user pause. Business users of Google products should be especially concerned given the heightened sensitivity of the information involved.
Google's new policy is already coming under fire. The French authorities are investigating. Google has tried to assuage the concerns of Canada's Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. Given the presence of Google in so many corners of the Internet and in many of our lives, no doubt these concerns are just the beginning, as more people discover what's actually in the policy.
Allen Mendelsohn is a lawyer in Montreal specializing in Internet law. He received a Masters of Laws where he focused his research on Internet law, after serving as vice-president of the Montreal Internet company Plank. He blogs about Internet law at allenmendelsohn.com and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I don´t think so.
Second cycle of test of the room, 3 are needed if all ok in May.
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How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don't mind i will like you to write me on this ID ( email@example.com ) hope to hear from you soon, and I will be waiting for your mail because i have something VERY important to tell you.
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Probably not.
I am trying to play a bit with him to see if he is really willing to move SCI research forward or if he just want to show that CDRF is good. Since he is paied by CDRF I don't trust him, but I want to see how far & how long he can cover the BS done by CDRF.
right on brother! we gotta hang together, good things coming down the pike for us all that suffer from SCI.
Hi lunasicc42,
Thanks for the friend request. I love your posts! We'll stay in touch!
Dear lunasicc42,
Thank you for friend request and for the nice note! Sorry it took me so long to figure out how to respond!
hey,thanx for friend request.
hey, thanks for the freind request.
Thanks for the birthday message, have only seen it now. Australia is good I guess, although I can't really compare it to anywhere else as I haven't been overseas yet...
Yes, it is taking them for life. Now, I'm looking more intently at the future Geron trial as I have spoken with Hans and he has indicated that it will only be neccessary for 3 months. Also, waiting to hear how this trial in Louisiana turns out. Am going to Shepherd on Friday, so will look for James and ask if he knows when the Geron trial for acutes will start back up.
Yes, although I am concerned about the immunosuppressants protocal. I emailed Mr. Garr to get more info but have not heard back.
See here.
I'm going to pick through all publications from the last 14 years and, when that task is accomplished, offer a rational analysis that demonstrates how far we have come and how close we are to a cure. It'll basically show that we're almost there, finally.
Chicago here. It's fucking cold.
I am not sure how high Dr. Reis said he would go. Did you watch the October meeting video posted on the neurogel website? I know he set a limit but I also know he believes he will be able to go higher later on. The most important thing is to get the first human trial going... as with all other procedures, it will become routine and hopefully apply to higher levels of injury. You can call me but Pierre is the one who knows all about the therapy.
ok , here goes. i had bone marrow stem cells implanted in my spinal fluid. i have had no improvement, so my suggestion is that do not waste your money. the cost was roughly 5ooo dollars.
hi lunasicc42! Sorry I just saw your message. You know, a lot of people got better I read, I like them because they keep you in a great shape, which help you to be healthy, and your bones stay strong. It might be great for you because you are so young. They cost a lot of money my insurance don't cover it.
be well, manouli
Things are good here. Kind of like a little Tampa. How do you feel about Dr. Young's post under the Ten Most Frequent Questions thread? I think he is dead on. Maybe I am wrong.....
hey, that link you sent me expired, what was it about?
Hey Anthony,
How's it going? This is Bob in Oldsmar,FL. Good to see your post here on Care Cure. You should post more often when you can. Hope your doing well.
I'm doing alright. Can't really complain.
I just wanted to say Hello! to you.
Take care my Fellow Floridian.
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Spring officially arrived last week and that means a host of construction projects will soon be starting throughout the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area.
Spring officially arrived last week and that means a host of construction projects will soon be starting throughout the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area.
Here in our Visions section, we've compiled a list of development efforts that are underway, slated begin in the coming months or could be just on the horizon.
They include eight commercial developments, two new schools, a large-scale residential community, a mental health treatment center and three infrastructure improvement projects:
COST Undisclosed
START DATE Underway
COMPLETION Early summer
An Advance Auto Parts is currently under construction next to KFC in the Middletown Market Place Shopping Center at the northeast corner of West Main Street and U.S. Route 301.
The new 6,895-square-foot, stand-alone store will be the newest location for the Roanoke, Va., company regarded as the nation's largest retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Advance Auto Parts currently has close to 4,000 locations, including nine in Delaware.
Middletown Town Council approved a final site plan for Advance Auto Parts in October.
COST Undisclosed
START DATE Possibly April
COMPLETION Late summer/early fall
A new 13,281-square-foot CVS Pharmacy will be built this spring on a 15.5-acres parcel at the southwest corner of Del. Route 299 and Gloucester Boulevard, in front of the Middletown Police Department.
The new business, which will employ about 20 people, will be the first of three, standalone stores in what will eventually become the Willow Grove shopping center.
Property owner Fusco Properties also will add a right turn late off of Route 299 to access the new shopping center, which will located on the other side of Gloucester Boulevard from Wawa and across Route 299 from the Middletown Emergency Department.
Fusco Properties won final approval of its site plan from Middletown Town Council in February. The project is currently awaiting Delaware Department of Transportation final approvals for its planned roadway improvements.
COST $18.5 million
START DATE Underway
COMPLETION November
After three years of legal and political wrangling, HealthSouth Corp. recently began construction of a 48,000-square-foot, physical rehabilitation hospital just west of the Del. Route 1 onramp near Middletown.
Once complete, the 34-bed, inpatient hospital will employee 80 to 100 full-time medical professionals who will treat patients recovering from strokes, neurological disorders, spinal cord and brain injuries, as well as amputations.
Lassiter said the average patient visit lasts about 14 days at HealthSouth's 103 inpatient hospitals in 28 states and Puerto Rico.
The Alabama-based company first proposed building the 34-bed inpatient facility in 2011, but the Delaware Health Resources Board, which is responsible for certifying new health care facilities in the state, rejected the proposal, claiming similar physical rehabilitation services were already available in the area.
Gov. Jack Markell publicly criticized the board's decision, prompting seven of its 12 members to resign. After new board members were appointed, the reformed body granted conditional approval to the project.
Middletown Town Council followed suit by approving the hospital's construction plans two months later.
But the proposal quickly ground to a halt when Broadmeadow Investment LLC, which operates the Broadmeadow nursing home off of South Broad Street, filed an appeal of the board's decision, leading to months of legal wrangling.
A breaking point finally came in June when Markell signed a bill sponsored by state Rep. Quinn Johnson (D-Middletown) that exempts freestanding rehabilitation hospitals from review by the Delaware Health Resources Board.
That opened the door for HealthSouth and Broadmeadow to reach an out-of-court settlement this fall, clearing the way for the rehabilitation hospital to begin construction.
COST Undisclosed
START DATE Early June
COMPLETION September
Main Street Station, a long-dormant commercial project at the corner of Peterson Road and West Main Street, appears to be moving closer to construction, with a possible start date this spring.
Lang Development Group is currently seeking to revise its previously-approved design for a two-story 30,000-square-foot commercial building to a one-story 18,000-square-foot building with 15 office and small retail spaces.
David Grayson, a construction manager with Main Street Associates, said the project already has received interest from retail clients interested in the 20-foot-by-60-foot "bays" that will be offered at the shopping center, which will front Peterson Road.
The project also will include to parking lots and on-street parking along Peterson Road, as well as a concrete island at the roadway's intersection with West Main Street.
The property was rezoned from manufacturing/industrial use to downtown commercial and the original land development plan both were approved in 2007.
Since then, the property has remained undeveloped.
Middletown Town Council is currently slated to vote on the new layout design April 7.
COST $13 million
START DATE Late spring
COMPLETION Summer 2015
MOT Charter School officials are hoping to begin construction of a new, 77,360-square-foot high school on a 33-acre plot off Cedar Lane Road this spring.
The high school will house two separate academies.
Students at the Arts Academy would pursue pathways in visual arts, performing arts and digital communications, while students in the Science and Technology Academy will pursue engineering, biomedical and a catch-all science pathway.
In its first year, the high school is expected to house 188 ninth- and 10th-graders in each academy, for a total of 376 students. The school would then add 11th grade in 2016 and 12th grade in 2017, by which point the student body would reach 750.
That would more than double the total enrollment at the 10-year-old charter school, which currently has about 675 students at its K-8 program on Levels Road.
If plans proceed as scheduled, the school should be ready to open for the start of the 2015-2016 school year.
The state Board of Education approved MOT Charter's request to add ninth through 12th grades last June.
School officials initially hoped to break ground on the new school last October. However, the project is still winding its way through the New Castle County building approval process and no date has been set for when a final decision might be made.
In the meantime, MOT Charter is moving ahead with plans to offer ninth-grade class this fall by adding a six-room modular building to its Levels Road campus.
Approval of the temporary addition is currently pending before Middletown Town Council.
COST Undisclosed
START DATE Underway
COMPLETION Fall
Initial work on Peach Tree Station, a commercial development project at the corner of Wood and West Lake streets, began late in 2013.
Now that warmer weather has arrived, developer Middletown Dev. Co. LLC has started constructing four adjoining buildings that will surround a 30-space parking lot in a courtyard design on the nearly 2-acre parcel that Shone Lumber previously used as a lumber yard.
In total, the buildings will provide more than 25,300-square-feet of commercial space, supplemented by a 50-space parking lot across the street.
Currently, plans calls for the center to include a restaurant, a fitness center and up to eight general office units, although no tenants have been officially announced.
Final plans for the Peach Tree Station project were approved by Middletown Town Council in 2011.
COST $2 million
START DATE April
COMPLETION Fall
Pembry Holding is slated to begin construction next month of a 13,200-square-foot building at 495 E. Main Street that will allow the Silver Lake Center, a 19-year-old, state-run residential psychiatric treatment facility for teenage boys, to also house teenage girls.
Once complete, the new $2 million building will provide living space for eight girls between the ages of 13 and 17, as well as an indoor recreation facility.
The treatment center currently consists of two buildings, including the eight-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot Middletown Manor Residential Treatment Center and the 6,000-square-foot Silver Lake Day Treatment Center, which provides non-residential psychiatric and educational services to another eight boys and girls, some of whom are transitioning back into their communities from the residential center.
Steven Yeatman, the deputy director of DPBH, said the construction of the new building would allow the division to close the 30-year-old Brenford Residential Treatment Center, which currently houses eight boys and girls in a converted ranch house near Smyrna.
Middletown Town Council unanimously approved a final development plan for the new residential treatment building in February.
COST $3.5 million
START DATE Early April
COMPLETION Late summer/early fall
A 7,200-square-foot Texas Roadhouse is expected to break ground next month at the Westown Town Centre commercial complex off of U.S. Route 301 that currently houses Westown Movies, Middletown's brand new 12-screen multiplex theater.
Hospitality Development Partners LLC, which owns Texas Roadhouse franchises in Seaford and Maryland, announced last month that it intends to open a Middletown location by early fall.
The restaurant will be managed by the Kentucky-based Texas Roadhouse chain that currently owns or operates more than 400 restaurants in 46 states, including three other locations in Delaware.
The new Texas Roadhouse is expected to employ at least 150 people, which hiring likely to begin after construction is complete.
The average Texas Roadhouse seats about 280 people and typically sees 5,000 customers per week, according to the company's website.
Texas Roadhouse is the latest project set for construction at the Westown Town Centre, which is part of a 2,000-acre residential, commercial and industrial development approved in 1990s.
Today, the various aspects of that development project have added nearly 500 homes to Middletown through the creation of neighborhoods such as St. Anne's, South Ridge and Spring Arbor, as well as 225 acres of commercial and industrial development that have included Walmart, Kohl's, Walgreens, Chick-Fil-a and most recently Westown Movies.
COST Undisclosed
START DATE April
COMPLETION Late summer/early fall
Construction of a new Dollar General is expected to begin on a 1.2-acre property at the northwest corner of Summit Bridge Road and Townsend's Main Street next month.
But first, the project will require the demolition of an existing hair salon and a 108-year-old home that's been used as an apartment building for several years.
The current project design calls for a 9,100-square-foot building that faces Summit Bridge Road, as well as a parking lot with 36 spaces. A bio-retention pond also would be added between the rear of the building and Townsend Fire Hall next door.
Property owners Jigneshkumar and Krishnaben Desai purchased the land in late 2012. A few months later they began talks with Capital Development Partners, a South Carolina real estate company that develops property for the Tennessee-based Dollar General Corporation.
Renters in the apartment building were given month-to-month leases until late January, when they were given 60 days to vacate the premises.
Sale of the land is expected to be finalized after those 60 days are up March 31.
Earlier this month, Townsend's Board of Adjustments approved variances sought by Capital Development Partners that would allow the proposed store to have a slightly larger driveway width, a parking lot closer to the roadway and relief from a required second loading zone.
COST Undisclosed
START DATE Unknown
COMPLETION Unknown
Developer Joe Terranova of Westside Retail said in November that he expected work to begin early this year on a shopping center with four, 15,000-square-foot buildings on an 8-acre parcel off of South Ridge Avenue, just behind Middletown's Walgreens.
At that time, Terranova said he was actively negotiating leases for the first two buildings with potential tenants, including restaurants he claimed "would take Middletown dining to a new level."
To date, no work has begun on the project and Terranova could not be reached for an update as of this week.
Middletown Town Council approved an initial shopping center development plan for the property in 2009 that called for the construction of six, 10,000-square-foot buildings.
Those plans were amended to the four building configuration last December.
COST $1 billion
START DATE Possibly summer
Work on the first phase of The Town of Whitehall, a mixed-use development long planned along the southern bank of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, reportedly could begin as early as this summer.
Current plans for that initial phase, a neighborhood named Mapleton, call for nearly 500 homes, as well as 64,000 square feet of civic, commercial and retail space, on 145 acres.
Meanwhile, the entire Town of Whitehall project is proposed to encompass the construction of seven neighborhoods that include a total of 3,850 homes on 1,214 acres off of Lorewood Grove and Ratledge roads.
In the meantime, a separate group headed by Innovative Schools of Wilmington is seeking approval from the Delaware Board of Education to open Mapleton Charter School in Whitehall by 2016.
If approved, Mapleton would open with 300 students in kindergarten through second grade before doubling in size by expanding to fifth grade by 2019.
While the current proposal for the Whitehall development is relatively new, potential uses for the land, currently owned by the Wilmington-based Welfare Foundation, have been bandied about since at least the 1980s.
In the 1990s, a large-scale commercial development project proposed on the land received considerable public scrutiny and was eventually abandoned.
A new development group, called Whitehall Ventures, submitted the latest build-out plans to the county in 2011 and has undertaken a marketing and community outreach campaign through Facebook, Twitter and its website, whitehallde.com.
For now, Whitehall is continuing to works its way through the New Castle County building approval process.
In the meantime, the state board of education is expected to vote on the Mapleton Charter School application next month.
COST $4.2 million
START DATE Spring
COMPLETION Summer
The Delaware Department of Transportation is slated to soon begin repaving a 6.5-mile stretch of Del. Route 71 from U.S. Route 13, south of Townsend, to Cedar Lane Road in Middletown.
The milling and repaving work will be conducted from 7:30 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. on weeknights.
As of December, the project was slated to begin on the northbound lane of the roadway, starting at the southern end of Route 71 and continuing to Cedar Lane Road before turning around and completing the southbound lane.
The project also is slated to include new traffic signals, pedestrian signals and crosswalks at Broad Street's intersections with Main Street, Greenlawn Boulevard and Lake Street, as well as handicap-accessible ramps at all intersections.
Replacement of concrete curbing along Middletown's Broad Street, from West Park Place to Cedar Lane Road, was planned to begin last winter, but was continuously delayed by near-weekly snowstorms.
No start date for that preliminary work had been set as of this week, and the repaving portion of the project cannot begin until the weather become warm enough for asphalt plants to reopen, according to DelDOT officials.
START DATE Underway
COMPLETION May
A two-month streetscape project aimed at improving and beautifying Townsend's Main Street finally got off the ground this month, after seven years in the planning stages.
The project will add new sidewalks, curbing, street lights, benches, trash receptacles, handicap ramps and sewer grates to either side of the road between Chestnut Street and South Street.
A pair of decorative brick crosswalks also will be installed at the Main Street intersections of Commerce and South streets.
Townsend has been planning a streetscape project along Main Street ever since the University of Delaware conducted a survey of the town's walkability in 2007.
In 2008, the town's contracted engineering firm submitted an application to the Delaware Department of Transportation in the hopes of winning $3 million in funding to complete a three-phase project from Helen Drive to Summit Bridge Road that would have included removing the utility poles that run the length of Main Street and burying those lines underground.
DelDOT, which maintains the roadway, subsequently approved a smaller allocation, requiring the town to seek additional funding from its state legislators.
After the project spent several years in limbo, Townsend's town council was able to secure $95,000 in matching funds through grants from state Rep. Quinn Johnson (D-Middletown) and state Sen. Bruce Ennis (D-Smyrna) in 2013.
COST $12 million
COMPLETION Summer
As of this week, the Army Corps of Engineers had not announced an official date for when work will resume on Summit Bridge.
However, a spokesman said work – and temporarily lane closures – could resume in the next month.
At least another two months of painting and other work will be needed before the project is complete, he said.
The final phase of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' rehabilitation project on Summit Bridge, which first began in 2006, was initially slated to include reinforcements to the bridge's beams and trusses, sandblasting the structure's gray, lead-based paint and replacing it with a new coat of deep-water blue.
However, the sandblasting uncovered the need for additional work on the 53-year-old span, including major repairs to steel beams and concrete barriers, as well as the replacement of several expansion joints.
Despite multiple, partial and full lane closures over the last year, the project missed its projected completion date last fall.
Work on the bridge subsequently ground to a halt and the project was official stopped for the winter.
The U.S. Army Corps now says it hopes to complete the project by early summer.


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Last Friday, for the Rockies home opener, Lutzens spent a great day at Coors Field putting together the first of what we hope will be many entries in The Denver Post BigPix. The technology that makes it possible comes from a site called GigaPan. I asked Lutzens some questions about the story behind the image and what plans they've got for the technology.


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Duta Guest House Yogyakarta - Jogja Another lodging under the management of Duta Garden Hotel with beautiful, green garden is Duta Guest House. Located strategically on Jalan Prawirotaman I, Duta Guest House offers friendly concept of a lodging that makes guests feel like staying in their own home.
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Lilly Pilly is a bright semi-solid cool pink with hints of mauve pink, cerise, magenta and maroon.
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You are more likely to hear calls for Hugo, Bailey, Alfie and Max in parks in Scotland, than you are in many other areas of the UK, a survey of the most popular dog names has revealed.
Data released by Agria Pet Insurance for the Kennel Club's Eukanuba Discover Dogs event at ExCeL London later this month, shows a wide variation in the dog names that are popular in different parts of the UK.
Two of top ten most popular dog names in Scotland fail to appear in the UK's overall top ten – Hugo and Bailey, which are at numbers nine and ten respectively. Hugo only appears in the top ten in one other place in the UK (the North West).
Teddy and Buddy, which are the eight and ninth most popular dog names in the UK, are shunned completely from Scotland's top ten.
Bella is the most popular name in Scotland, in line with the rest of the UK, but the second and third most popular names – Alfie and Max – only rank at numbers six and ten in the UK overall. Scotland is the only region of the UK where Alfie and Max make the top three.
The top ten dog names in Scotland are:
Caroline Kisko, spokesperson for the Kennel Club's Eukanuba Discover Dogs event, said: "There is a wide variation in the dog names that are popular in different parts of the UK. Dogs are part of the family, so our choice of dog name is very personal and our recent research* has indicated that almost one in five people (20 percent) spend more than two hours on the choice.
"However, people need to give a lot of consideration to the right breed for their lifestyle as well, in order to ensure a happy and lifelong partnership, and sadly some people are spending less time on this than choosing their dog's name. Whilst 5 percent choose their dog's name on impulse this is 23 percent when selecting a breed.
"People can meet the huge range of dog breeds at our Discover Dogs event, or find out about them on our website, and they are all so different, so we urge people to do their research before they buy or rescue a dog."


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Defense Department Issues New Rules on Religious Liberty in the Military
New Rules Greeted With Cautious Optimism
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The Department of Defense recently released an Instruction (Number 1300.17) to implement a defense bill "conscience clause" to protect religious liberty in the military. The January 22 directive referenced Section 533 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2013, which reaffirmed the constitutional rights of chaplains and people of faith to act in accordance with their beliefs on issues affecting morality and religious beliefs.
The Center for Military Readiness and many groups affiliated with the Military Culture Coalition supported the legislation, which was passed in 2012:
Congress Takes First Steps to Accommodate Religious Liberty in the Military
If carried out as Congress intended, the law and Instruction will be helpful in pushing back against violations of religious liberty that have become increasingly apparent since 2010. In late December of that year, Congress voted to repeal the law regarding gays in the military, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Legalizing LGBT Love in the Military
Military LGBT activists can hardly wait for the Supreme Court to declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. According to a Politico report titled "For LGBT Troops, DOMA Ruling a Pocketbook Issue," if the Supreme Court does not issue a sweeping ruling in their favor, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender groups will pressure Congressto pass legislation authorizing marriage benefits for same-sex couples.
This suggests that if the courts or Congress abolish the DOMA, which defines marriage as the bond of one man and one woman, a new class of potentially "entitled" beneficiaries will expect to draw funds from shrinking Defense Department family support accounts.
Congress Takes First Steps to Protect Religious Liberty in the Military
Defense Authorization Codifies Protections for Chaplains − More Work Needed
The Center for Military Readiness is pleased that the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 (NDAA) includes a new section of law that reaffirms the constitutional rights of chaplains to act in accordance with their views on issues affecting morality and religious beliefs.
Working with a number of Military Culture Coalition (MCC) group leaders, CMR took a leadership role in efforts to protect constitutional rights of religious liberty in all branches of the service. In particular, the Center published a series of CMR Policy Analyses explaining why religious freedom for military chaplains is essential in supporting the morale and personal readiness of uniformed personnel deployed overseas.
West Point Raises Swords for Same-Sex Ceremony
Check off another prediction about the consequences of LGBT law − a policy that imposes the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender agenda on America's military. Same-sex marriages on military bases became all-but inevitable when Congress rushed to repeal the 1993 law regarding gays in the military in 2010, replacing it with LGBT law.
On December 1, 2012, Brenda "Sue" Fulton exchanged marriage vows with her long-time partner, Penelope Dara Gnesin, in the Cadet Chapel of the U.S. Military Academy in New York. The ceremony for Fulton and Gnesin, which followed a similar union of two lesbians on the previous weekend in West Point's cemetery chapel, ended with both "brides" (as they were called) exiting under a traditional arch of swords.
Congress Must Protect Defense of Marriage Act in the Military
Twenty-four hours after final repeal of the 1993 law usually called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on September 20, Defense Department officials revealed their true intent regarding same-sex marriage in the military. In two policy memoranda, the Pentagon authorized the use of military facilities for "private ceremonies," and the option for chaplains to conduct those "functions" without official endorsement by the Defense Department.Unlike an April 13 Navy memo on the same subject that sparked enormous controversy, the two recent memos, signed by DoD General Counsel Jeh C. Johnson and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, omitted the word "marriage."
Senators Inhofe & Wicker Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect Marriage and Religious Freedom in the Military
CMR Spotlights Fort Polk Marriage Controversy
Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and James Inhofe (R-OK) have responded to concerns about infringements on religious freedom in the military, co-sponsoring a free-standing bill, S. 3526, titled the "Military Religious Freedom Protection Act of 2012 (MRFPA)." This news release from Sen. Inhofe describes the free-standing legislation, which replicates language that the House approved in May, as part of its version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Same-Sex Marriage in Chapel Divides Fort Polk CommunityIn May, what was probably the first same-sex "marriage-like ceremony" on a U. S. military base took place in a dedicated chapel at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Republicans Adopt Solid Platform on Military/Social Issues
Strengthening the All-Volunteer Force
MCC 2012 Presidential Candidate Survey Draws Responses
Update: MCC 2012 Presidential Candidate SurveyDecember 12, 2011 - In an interview with the Des Moines Register editorial board last Friday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said that he does not plan to change a law mandating acceptance of gays serving openly in the military. Romney indicated that he was "not comfortable with making the change during a time of conflict," but "complicating features" of the new law "no longer present that problem"because the two wars in the Middle East are winding down. (See video at 35")
Also last Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich responded to the non-partisan Military Culture Coalition 2012 Presidential Candidate Survey, joining other conservative candidates in opposing repeal of the 1993 law. Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness said, "The responses of Speaker Gingrich are a welcome addition to this ongoing educational project."
MCC Releases Results of 2012 Presidential Candidate Survey
Conservative Candidates Perry, Bachmann, Santorum Provide Solid Answers
Romney, Gingrich, Huntsman Fail to Answer Six Questions on Military/Social Issues
Ron Paul Voted for Gays in the Military
December 6, 2011 - The Military Culture Coalition has released responses to the MCC 2012 Presidential Candidate Survey, which asked six questions about military social issues such as gays in the military, enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the military, religious liberty for chaplains, and subjecting women to direct ground combat and Selective Service registration. (See News Release here.)
Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly coordinated the non-partisan MCC Presidential Survey together with fourteen other conservative organization leaders whose names are provided below.
Donnelly predicted that results could be pivotal with conservative voters in the early voting states. "Undecided voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina will want to take into consideration the answers of candidates Perry, Bachmann, and Santorum, which provide insight into their views on national defense and social issues."
Troops Losing Confidence in Commander-in-Chief
by Elaine Donnelly
November 14, 2011-President Barack Obama is working hard to shore up his liberal political base, but military voters may be less likely to lend support for his re-election. According to the 2011 Military Times Poll of active-duty subscribers, confidence in the overall job performance of the Commander-in-Chief has plummeted from 70% to 25%. The steep decline was illustrated with a multi-color bar graph on page 10 of the September 19, 2011, Navy Times print edition, and in a secondary link in the web-posted article available to non-subscribers, titled "A Souring Mood."
The 2011 annual poll published in different service editions of the Gannet-owned Military Times indicated that weariness with the current long war is a major reason for slumping morale. Ten years after the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan began, many troops are losing confidence in the mission there. Approval of the president's handling of Afghanistan has slipped from 47% to 26%.
Congress Must Protect DOMA in the Military
Simulated Same-Sex Marriage Memos Circumvent DOMA
Twenty-four hours after final repeal of the 1993 law usually called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on September 20, Defense Department officials revealed their true intent regarding same-sex marriage in the military. In two policy memoranda, the Pentagon authorized the use of military facilities for "private ceremonies," and the option for chaplains to conduct those "functions" without official endorsement by the Defense Department.
Unlike an April 13 Navy memo on the same subject that sparked enormous controversy, the two recent memos, signed by DoD General Counsel Jeh C. Johnson and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, omitted the word "marriage." In effect, the Johnson/Stanley memos are trying to slip through major change by denying that the "ceremonies" referred to in their memos are subject to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Armed Services Committee Chairmen Call for Delay In Gays-in-the-Military Law
CMR News Release:
Complete CMR News Release is posted here.
DoD IG Report Exposes Improper Activities to Repeal Gays in the Military Law
With White House "Spin" the Fix Was In -- at Expense of the Troops
A previously-undisclosed investigation conducted by the Department of Defense Inspector General strongly suggests that the so-called Pentagon "study" of gays in the military in 2010 was a publicly-funded, pre-scripted production put on just for show. This a link to the 30-page DoD IG report, which a concerned source sent to CMR:
Investigation of Improper Disclosure of For Official Use Only Information from the Comprehensive Review Working Group Draft Report
The report provides even more reasons why the administration cannot in good faith "certify" final repeal of the 1993 law.
House Acts to Mitigate the Consequences of LGBT Law in the Military
Obama Administration Disregards Congressional Concerns About LGBT Law
On July 22, late on a Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen signed a piece of paper purporting to "certify" that repeal of the 1993 law regarding gays in the military, usually mislabeled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," would do no harm to the armed forces.
As CMR stated in a news release, the timing of this event on a Friday afternoon signaled that the action was nothing to be proud of. The document signed has no credibility, but it will have harmful consequences. From this time forward President Obama owns the San Francisco/LGBT military he has created.
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This show marks Southwest Rural Theatre Project's 10th production since its inception a little more than a year ago. That's an impressive record, but if Dark of the Moon is any indication, the company would be well-advised to consider fewer productions and more rehearsals.
The play is based on an Appalachian folk ballad about a witch boy and human girl named Barbara Allen who fall in love and must fight society's disapproving gaze to be together. Haunting and atmospheric, Dark of the Moon has a lot of potential. But the lack of preparedness by nearly all of the performers made for a frustrating evening at the theater. Across the board, actors appeared awkward and lackluster onstage. Lines were fumbled more often than they were landed. Cues were dropped, never to be recovered. And, save a few intrepid performers, no one seemed engaged in the action going on around them.
The production suffers from a lack of professionalism. It must be said: If you plan to present a show with a musical number in nearly every scene (as Dark of the Moon has), everyone must be able to sing. Not some people—everyone. There's no room for compromise here.
But nowhere are the problems more apparent than in the large ensemble scenes. The play calls for a mammoth cast, and packed into Southwest Rural Theatre Project's relatively small space, more often than not the actors awkwardly resemble a tin of sardines. The movement of the ensemble is crowded and muddled, and the main action is almost always upstaged by the meandering crowd. Too bad, as the story's most compelling moment arises from one such group scene.
The play as a whole is engaging despite the flawed production. The story comments elegantly on our fear of the unknown, our fear of the other, and the lengths to which we will go, in our ignorance, to protect ourselves. It is magical yet dark, and socially relevant.
It is to Southwest Rural Theater Company's great credit that members selected this play, written in 1945, to perform. It was a risky choice, different in tone and style from nearly anything else you will see in Albuquerque. But the risk paid off. The piece is emotional, thought-provoking and resounds deeply with even contemporary audiences.
The story centers on a close-knit, 18th century rural Appalachian community. Tradition defends the townspeople against all threats of the uncontrollable, unknowable world. They cling to their communal identity with ferocity. It's this sense of identity, of insider against outsider, that propels Dark of the Moon.
Building that sense of community is central to the development of the narrative, and a mountain town is a rich tapestry from which to draw. It is so wild, so weird, so foreign. Even the language of the play is in a rural dialect so thick that at times it can be as difficult to decipher as Shakespeare's Elizabethan English. Much of the joy of the production ought to come from watching the strangeness and specificity of the place unfold. But the actors don't seem understand or express that joy to the audience.
Religion plays an especially important role—not as an expression of spirituality, but as a shared mythology that creates real and ultimately dangerous boundaries between "us" and "them." But, like all the rest of the peculiarities of the town, the power and volatility of closely held beliefs never properly build.
Only Leslie Joy Coleman, the play's director, seemed to approach the material with the energy and commitment it needed. Coleman stepped in as an understudy in the role of Barbara Allen's mother at the performance that I saw, and she rose to the challenge. She drawled her every "yorn" and "kin," and relished the immensity of Mrs. Allen's religious fervor. It's clear from her performance that Coleman grasps what is at the heart of Dark of the Moon. It's a shame she wasn't able to communicate it to the rest of her cast. Perhaps with more time and more rehearsal she could have.


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The Navy should reconsider the proposed cancellation of ship repairs in Hampton Roads and elsewhere or risk starting a chain reaction that will damage future combat readiness, a group of congressmen said Monday.
In a letter to Navy leaders, the group pleaded for the Navy to hold off issuing an order on Feb. 15 to cancel the work. The bipartisan letter was signed by nine House members, including Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, and Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News.
The Navy last month announced plans to cancel maintenance on 23 ships if Congress can't resolve the budget crisis. Ten ships are based Norfolk and another 10 are in San Diego. The other three are homeported in New London, Conn.; Mayport, Fla.; and Bremerton, Wash.
Canceling the work would save more than $600 million, the Navy estimates.
"The schedule for maintenance, training and deployment is set well in advance and if a maintenance period is missed, it will have a domino effect on each successive availability," the letter states. Delaying work will produce "a legacy of combat mission degradation for years to come."
The letter was sent to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations. It was signed by three Republicans and six Democrats.
In Norfolk, canceling the maintenance work would affect the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the following eight ships: USS Oscar Austin, USS Porter, USS Laboon, USS Forest Sherman, USS McFaul, USS Winston Churchill, USS Jason Dunham and USS Barry.
On the West Coast, the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis would be among the affected ships.
In addition to combat readiness, the lawmakers said they feared the impact on private-sector shipyards. If the work is canceled, those yards "will suffer layoffs potentially numbering in the thousands," the letter states.


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The Suffering: The Ties That Bind
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on…
When the first game in the Suffering series was released, it was to critical indifference. It was seen as trying too hard to be dark and edgy, throwing in lots of blood, gore and random swearing simply because it could. This was a Mature game for Mature gamers – read: impressionable teenagers who still think saying 'fuck' is the epitome of cool. First impressions, however, are never anything short of deceptive. Actually play it, and you'll discover that, behind the swearing and the violence and the unrelenting darkness of it all, there's actually a good game behind it. Surprising considering the lengths it goes to to prove it's got a pair, but The Suffering actually had something to back up its posturing. The plot concerned Torque, prison for the murder of his wife and kids. He was being transferred to the brutal Abbot State Prison on Carnate Island, before an earthquake released all manner of evil monsters and freaks. Barely escaping, Torque made it to Baltimore, and is now hunting his old stomping grounds for a man known only as Blackmore.
One of the interesting things about plot of the original game was there were three different endings depending on how you played it. Along the way, there were people you could save or outright kill depending on your actions. Save people, and the story would reveal that you'd been framed for the murder of your family. Kill anyone and everyone and you'd be shown as an irredeemable monster. In the first game, all this would do is affect your ending. Here, it also acts as a sort of experience meter for your Insanity Mode, a sort of berserker mode in which you turn into a giant rampaging demon and rip everything around you a thousand new ones. It was somewhat gimped in the last game, since if you over-relied on it, you'd eventually trigger the third ending of the game, the Beast ending, which pretty much sucked if you were aiming for one of the other two. Here, it's been fleshed out properly. Depending on your alignment, you'll not only get a different form, but different attacks as well. And considering a whole class of enemies requires you to use it, it's probably a good thing.
Outside of that, the game does a lot of other things right. The voice acting is a cut above, with Michael Clarke Duncan doing his best Scary Black Man voice as Blackwood, the main antagonist, and Rachel Griffiths (Brenda from Six Feet Under) as Jordan. There's one or two bad spots, but by and large, the talent on show here is great. Unrelated, but also worthy of note, is the fact that you can switch out of first-person mode and into third person, something a lot more FPSes could stand to do. Considering the speed some enemies attack with, being able to see more around you will save your rear more than once.
Aside from that, the story is, once again, all over the place. You start off arriving in Baltimore, trying to find Blackmore. Then you're attacked by a group trying to capture you to work out how you do that transformation thing of yours (despite it being hinted at in the last game as a mental, rather than physical thing). Then you escape only to find that the entire city has been taken over by the monsters from Carnate, as well as the spirits of a pair of notorious murderers. Then you wind up in another prison, then sewers, then a mining complex, then everything gets a bit Twilight Zone and by that point, you've either stopped playing or caring. Dr. Killjoy, the mad 'experimental' psychiatrist from the first game also makes a return which I'm somewhat split over. On the one hand, his appearance in the first game added a sort of House On Haunted Hill vibe to the proceedings. Utterly out of place, but not necessarily in a bad way, since he was arguably about the only person in the game you could say had any kind of character to him. Here, on the other hand, its harder to argue that, since he barely has any impact on the story, unlike in the last game. He shows up on a TV screen, does a kind of summing up/trial of the player at the end then… well, doesn't do much else. Even worse, it's not until you get to the very end and you look back on both games that you realise that not a damn thing in the story makes a blind bit of sense, even for an action game, such is the scattershot application of the events and plot. Impressive in a perverse sort of way.
Of course, any and all goodwill the game's built up by this point will evaporate swiftly in the face of one small detail. The game glitches like you would not believe. No joke, this game is horribly programmed: I've had CPU-controlled characters refuse to move, blocking my path, falling through floors or failing to trigger the next section. I've had enemies refuse to activate at all, just standing there, seemingly taking no damage or even noticing me. I even had the game crash outright on me, twice! I honestly can't remember the last time I played a console game with such glaring bugs. On a PC, sure, you almost expect it, but on a console… And they all happened at more or less the exact same places with worrying regularity, which, frankly begs the question: did anyone even bother to playtest this game before release?
The original Suffering was a great game, far better than it had any real right to be. Not a classic by any measure, but not a game you'd regret spending time or money on either. The sequel, on the other hand, takes all of that and squanders it, somehow winding up with a worse game in the process. If the game had actually been coded properly, it would've merely been below average, but with the glitches and bugs present (including one which makes the game impossible to finish, should it kick in) there's no way to recommend this. And the ending is non-existent as well, but that should come as no surprise to absolutely anyone. Get the original, but woe betide anyone who goes looking for the sequel: all that awaits you is a litany of disappointment and NPCs glitching up to their knees in the floor.
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On This Day...
March 7, 1777, Five letters pass between Abigail and John Adams. In 1777, Continental Congressman John Adams writes three letters to and receives two letters from his wife, Abigail. He is with Congress in Philadelphia, while she maintains their farm in Braintree, Massachusetts.
The remarkable correspondence between Abigail and John Adams-numbering 1,160 letters in total--covered topics ranging from politics and military strategy to household economy and family health. Their mutual respect and adoration served as evidence that even in an age when women were unable to vote, there were nonetheless marriages in which wives and husbands were true intellectual and emotional equals.
In the second letter John drafted to Abigail on March 7, he declared that Philadelphia had lost its vibrancy during Congress' removal to Baltimore. "This City is a dull Place, in Comparason [sic] of what it was. More than one half the Inhabitants have removed to the Country, as it was their Wisdom to do - the Remainder are chiefly Quakers as dull as Beetles. From these neither good is to be expected nor Evil to be apprehended. They are a kind of neutral Tribe, or the Race of the insipids." By contrast, Adams described the Loyalists, who "prepared their Minds and Bodies, Houses and Cellars," to receive General William Howe should he attack, as "a Pack of sordid Scoundrels male and female."
In the letters John received, which Abigail had written in February, she bemoaned not only the difficulty of correspondence during war, but also of the lack of military fervor demonstrated by the New Englanders around her. She wrote that she awaited greater patriotism, greater prosperity and future correspondence from her beloved husband to his devoted "Portia." (Portia, Adams' nickname for his wife was likely a reference to the intelligent and devoted heroine of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.)


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Singapore, 12 June 2012 – Barely a year since its first successful birth of clouded leopards, Night Safari recently welcomed another litter of clouded leopard cubs, one of the world's rarest and secretive wild cat species. The three cubs that arrived on 14 April 2012 were born to parents Tawan and Wandee, who had their first litter in May last year.
Named for the cloud-like patterns of their coats which help them disappear into the shadows of the forest, clouded leopards are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity. These cats often exhibit very aggressive courtship behaviours which sometimes results in the death of the female during mating. It is estimated that less than 20% of captive clouded leopards have been successful at reproducing because the males tend to kill their females during mating.
This second birth is a result of a planned breeding program, which saw the introduction of Tawan and Wandee at an early age to promote bonding and minimise aggression. The mating pair arrived from Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo three years ago.
"We are very pleased that our efforts have paid off once again with the birth of this second litter. For a species of big cat facing many threats, every little kitten counts. We hope that this birth will go towards sustaining and increasing the population of clouded leopards both in captivity and in the wild," said Mr. Subash Chandran, Assistant Director, Zoology, Night Safari.
Clouded leopards are the smallest of the big cats and their highly elusive nature, coupled with nocturnal lifestyle, mean that little is known about their population size and behaviour in the wild as they are very rarely seen. Listed as a vulnerable species by IUCN*, it is estimated that there are fewer than 10,000 individuals left in the wild. Clouded leopards are found primarily in lowland tropical rainforest habitats throughout Southeast Asia, Nepal and southern China. It is believed to be extinct in Taiwan. Population numbers are continuing to decline throughout their natural range due to habitat loss and poaching.
Well adapted to forest life, the clouded leopard has an exceptionally long tail – as long as its body – for balancing on trees. Their flexible ankles allow them to run down trees headfirst. Clouded leopards also have the longest canines of any feline, in proportion to their body size.
Night Safari displays clouded leopards at the Leopard Trail, one of the four walking trails in the park.
*International Union for Conservation of Nature