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|Deconstruction for Beginners (cont.)
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As Playboy X points out to you, there are three well-positioned snipers guarding the construction site that must be eliminated if you are to have any reasonable chance at killing the union leaders you will then go after. These guys can be a bit of a pain to find, to be honest, but a great way to spot them is to use your HUD. Try to line yourself up with the enemies you're seeking on the HUD, and then face their direction, using your scope to locate them. This is the best technique, simply because gazing through the scope wildly looking for the foes without knowing where to look is going to frustrate you beyond belief. Trust us.
When you locate one, pick him off. Remember to try to aim for the head or chest for a quick, instantaneous kill. You'll know when each foe is killed because a brief cutscene will show them falling to their death (or otherwise meeting their demise). You can also try to take out one or two other enemies below to thin the ranks before proceeding there yourself. When you've taken out all eligible enemies, descend with the same elevator you used to reach the roof in the first place. Then, equip that machinegun you now have in your arsenal and cross the street.
This upcoming part can be a little difficult, because not all of the enemies will show up as red dots on your HUD. Only the union leader you're targeting at the time will be shown. That means you really have to use your eyes and ears to watch and listen for anything going on around you. Try to take cover, take things slow, and keep a keen eye out for enemies as you proceed. There will be some innocent bystanders in the compound, but don't risk anything. Kill them as well, so no one is standing.
The first union leader is located straight ahead of the entrance into the construction site. Run forward, being sure to seek ample cover as his goons begin shooting on you. Remember -- the union leader himself will be represented as a red dot on the HUD, but you'll still need to nullify everyone in the area in order to safely proceed. Therefore, you might as well make the relatively-defenseless union leader for last and take out his much more heavily armed accomplices first.
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Economic development projects have puzzling or downright odd code names. Take the recently unveiled Project Swordfish for example. It�s hard to see how that particular moniker fits the proposal, which is now apparently coming to fruition.
For more than a year the public could only vaguely follow the usually secret back-room discussions of Project Swordfish from what developers would call a safe distance. But for 18 months, city leaders in Mebane and Graham worked with Alamance County to land this big fish that sometimes symbolizes a trophy as opposed to actual sustenance.
So, it may be an apt metaphor after all.
Overall, the news is positive for Alamance County. What we now know is a Wal-Mart distribution center represents an $85 million investment by the nation�s largest retail company. Wal-Mart promises to create 450 jobs for an area desperate to have them, as Graham Mayor Jerry Peterman correctly pointed out in a Times-News story Wednesday. The 450,000-square-foot facility will be housed on 186 acres in Hawfields that Graham and Mebane will purchase from private landowners then hand over to Wal-Mart as part of an incentives package to draw it here. The estimated value of the property, once considered by Mercedes for an auto plant in the 1990s, is more than $4 million.
That represents a sizable investment by those growing Alamance County cities that share the interstate corridor. What�s more, the move � coupled with Sheetz building a distribution center just down the interstate in Burlington that will open in the summer of 2015 � certainly makes Alamance County a prime landing spot for similar regional centers. Indeed, Alamance County Chamber of Commerce President Mac Williams said Wal-Mart considered three other North Carolina sites and one in Virginia before making the choice to come here. It�s logical to believe that others may do the same should things go well at these new distribution centers.
That kind of attraction is another piece of good news for an area that has had trouble closing large development deals for the past decade or more and watched its foundation in manufacturing slip away to foreign nations.
If there is a downside, it�s that these distribution centers are another bump in Alamance County�s winding road to finding its economic way after the rapid decline of the textile and other industries that offered sustaining employment to people here for decades. While wages at the Wal-Mart site will vary, the average salary is supposed to be just over $35,000 annually. Some will be paid less, and some more. While it�s just a little more than the current annual average salary of $34,858 for Alamance County�s labor force, it�s still short of where the community perched even in the 1990s when better-paying jobs started to disappear and were replaced largely by employment in service or retail.
And these jobs are still in the distance. Graham and Mebane have a pile of work ahead before Wal-Mart can begin construction in the spring of 2015. The center won�t open for business until late 2016 if all goes according to plan. Outside of buying, then giving away the land, the cities plan to borrow $4.7 million to install $5.6 million in water and sewer infrastructure at the site.
While the incentives payout is substantial, Wal-Mart also has great incentive not to run away. If it does not proceed with the project, then the company will be required to purchase the property or reimburse the cities $10.8 million over 10 years. If Wal-Mart�s taxable investment is less than $85 million, then the company pays the cities the difference of actual taxes and $842,000 for 10 years.
There is little doubt that Project Swordfish is a major deal for this community. It�s the kind of big-time financial play that has broken apart in the past with the county having little to show for its efforts.
Now it has a pretty fair trophy to show off when other suitors come around.


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EPA Awards $1.65 Million in Research Fellowships to Undergraduates/EPA's GRO Fellowships have supported students for more than 30 years
Release Date: 11/14/2013
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Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $1.65 million in research fellowships to 33 students pursuing degrees in environmental science and related fields through its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship program. This year marks the 30th anniversary of EPA's undergraduate grant program.
"For 30 years, EPA's GRO program has nurtured and supported new generations of America's workforce as they prepare to enter the environmental science and public health fields," Lek Kadeli, acting assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development. "This year's GRO recipients truly reflect EPA's commitment to research that promotes a sustainable and healthy nation."
The 2013 GRO recipients are eligible to receive a fellowship of up to $50,000 for their studies in natural and life sciences, environmental sciences and interdisciplinary programs, engineering, social sciences, physical and earth sciences, and mathematics and computer sciences. EPA's GRO program also supplements the students' education with an EPA internship.
Past GRO winners continue to make a significant impact in their field of study and local communities. A past GRO fellow, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health at the University of Maryland is working to address environmental injustice and environmental health disparities in the Washington, DC region. Dr. Wilson's work is a great illustration of how science, community organizing, and civic engagement can be used to address environmental health issues at the local level. The GRO Fellowship, created in 1982, has funded more than 395 undergraduates' education over the past 30 years as they pursue degrees related to the environmental science and public health fields.
The 2013 GRO has awarded fellowships to students at:
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· University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
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"Uncharted and The Last of Us; these are the high-quality titles associated with Naughty Dog nowadays. Before this generation, Sony's critically-acclaimed first-party developer was known for outstanding, cartoonish games such as Crash Bandicoot. One such charming series was Jak and Daxter, a trilogy which helped define the PS2 era. Mass Media, with the aid of Naughty Dog themselves, have given all three games — Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II and Jak 3 — a facelift and transferred them to the PlayStation Vita in full HD. Now you can take the dynamic duo with you in your pocket and relive the glory days of gaming regardless of where you are. The question is: Does the Jak and Daxter Collection on Vita uphold the franchise's high standard of quality?" - JPS
Got this because I never played Jak 2 or 3. I only played the first one a decade ago.
I'm replaying the first one right now just to brush up on the story. But I can't wait to play 2 or 3. Especially since I hear so often that Jak 2 is so good.
First game will always be the best in my opinion, the other two are pretty darn great as well.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell has enrolled at Alabama State and is expected to play for the Hornets this season.
Georgia coach Mark Richt dismissed Crowell last Friday after the sophomore was arrested on felony weapons charges. Police said they found a gun in his vehicle when he was stopped at a vehicle checkpoint on the Georgia campus at about 2:20 a.m.
Police say he faces charges including carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon on school property.
Alabama State coach Reggie Barlow says the Football Championship Subdivision school "actively researched Isaiah both as a person as well as an athlete." He says school officials "also believe in helping young people" and that Crowell has learned from his mistakes.
Crowell rushed for 850 yards and five touchdowns as a freshman.
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Kim Kardashian: 'My baby won't be on TV'
The Kardashian sister will not be following sibling Kourtney's example and putting her kid on the small screen, even though she thinks her nephew Mason is the best thing about Kim & Kourtney Take Miami.
She says, "Our baby's not really on TV; it's not gonna be on our show... When the baby's old enough and he or she decides that's what they wanna do, then that'll be a decision...
"It's hard because I love seeing Mason and (niece) Penelope on TV; Mason is, like, the highlight of our show, I think. It's a tough decision, but I think from the start, as of now, that's just a personal choice that Kanye and I have made and I know Kourtney struggles with that all the time; some seasons the kids are on, sometimes they're not.
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"This storefront is so valuable for our police officers here in the beach area, and it's in desperate need of repair," said District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer, who stopped by the restoration event. "You can see the pride and the fact that this is just so needed by our officers. There are a lot of smiles on their faces today."
Nearly a year after La Jolla Town Council vice president Nancy Gardner brought the deplorable state of the substation to light, community groups, local businesses and residents answered the call for help with donations of funds, materials, time and services.
"A lot of people talked about it in the past, but we actually started taking action, and it's totally a grassroots effort by the community," she said. "We've had so many donors and there just has been an outpouring of help from the community. This is totally a broad-based community project and such a labor of love. That's why it's so important, and it came out beautifully."
The restored storefront serves as an operational facility for police officers to write reports, use the restroom or take a lunch break without having to make the trek up to the Northern Division police station in University City.
"We cannot do enough for the men and women who keep us safe," said Gardner. "If they leave our community in La Jolla and Pacific Beach to go all the way up to UC, they're out of service for at least 45 minutes just driving to do what they have to do. Here, it's 10 minutes from La Jolla and it's right in Pacific Beach."
SDPD Northern Division Capt. Brian Ahearn said he was overwhelmed by the generous contributions of so many community members to make the substation a functional, clean and workable facility.
"This building has been transformed. You would not believe the difference," he said. "It is now a tremendous environment — very conducive to getting some good, hearty work done by our cops so they can get back in the field and handle those very important calls for services in our community.
"I think 'thank you' is just inadequate. It just doesn't say enough," he said. "I don't know if there's anything I can ever say to express my gratitude as the commanding officer of Northern Division to our communities for just stepping up and saying 'thank you' to our police officers for a job well done."
Donations are still being accepted for upgrades to technology capabilities, including LAN drops and wiring to support officers' computers, and funds for an HVAC system for heating and air conditioning. Checks can be made payable to the Police Officers Association with "storefront" listed in the subject line. Send donations to 1040 West Muirlands Drive, La Jolla, 92037. Donations are tax deductible.


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Amazon Hides Classic Free Public Domain Ebooks
from the disappointing dept
Last weekend Amazon removed the vast majority of free classics that they published (adopted from Project Gutenberg) prior to 2011, after replacing them with the same books using new ASIN's, meaning new product pages. In doing so, Amazon orphaned millions of links from the web, which now arrive at a "Can't find what you're looking for" page, not to mentions tens of thousands of customer created Listmania lists, So You'd Like To guides and Customer Discussions. They are orphaned because Amazon does not redirect, or forward the ASIN's of eBooks removed from their catalog.Rosenthal doesn't think there's anything nefarious going on here -- just a sign of a company that doesn't much care about these public domain works. His post also explains some of the wider impact, including how certain related items results are pointing people to fee-based versions of authors' works, rather than free public domain ones. Obviously, such a result could be seen to benefit Amazon, since Amazon is more likely to make money by pushing you to fee-based books instead of free ones.
A major side effect, if not prime effect, of changing all of those ASIN's, is the loss of their historical sales data. In other words, a customer going to the Kindle store and searching for Jane Austen would once have gotten back a list that started off with free editions of her most popular works, starting with Pride and Prejudice. This morning, the only free Austen book appearing in the first page of the search results is "Love and Friendship", certainly not her most popular title, but there because it hasn't been updated since 2006.
There is one silver lining he notes: for those who go straight to the "top free" list of books, most of those old public domain books have disappeared from the list, meaning that newer free books are now more prominent -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But, to take all those other classics and effectively hide them seems like a big mistake.


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44% Favor Eliminating Federal Gas Tax Now
May 9, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on 44% Favor Eliminating Federal Gas Tax Now
Voters strongly believe the government can do something to lower rising gas prices, but they have mixed feelings about dropping the federal gas tax.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of American Adults say the government should eliminate the federal gasoline tax until prices at the pump come down. But 35% disagree and say the government should not eliminate this tax. Twenty-one percent are not sure.
In early April 2008, the last time gas prices soared, 60% of Americans believed the federal tax on gasoline should be suspended until prices went down.
The federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon for regular.
With gas prices nearing record highs, an overwhelming majority (67%) believe the government has the power to lower these prices in the short-term. Fourteen percent don't share that assessment, and 19% are undecided. The question did not specify what kinds of things the government might be able to do.
Thirty percent of Americans, however, blame government regulations for the high gas prices. Thirty-four percent (34%) say oil speculators, those who buy and sell large quantities of oil on international markets, are more to blame. Sixteen percent (16%) say the unrest in the Middle East is the chief cause of the high prices. Thirteen percent think something else is to blame.
The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide was conducted on April 30-May 1, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research LLC.
Women favor temporarily dropping the gas tax more than men do. Adults who earn less than $40,000 like that idea more than those with higher incomes.
Investors are less confident than non-investors that the government can do something in the short term to lower gas prices. Fifty-three percent of non-investors support temporary elimination of the federal gas tax, but investors are narrowly divided on the question.
While 55% of Republicans believe the government should eliminate the federal gas tax until prices come down, just 39% of both Democrats and adults not affiliated with either political party agree. But two-out-of-three adults in all three groups share the belief that the government can do something to lower gas prices in the short term.
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Chairman Wellinghoff's statement on NARUC summer meetings
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"A Shared Energy Vision for North America:
Regulations, Markets, and the Environment"
"President Butler, fellow members of the Association, and NARUC meeting attendees: Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to this discussion on "A Shared Energy Vision for North America." It's a pleasure to be here among my colleagues from our three countries to discuss a topic of accelerating importance to regulators, legislators and consumers alike.
Well, we have come here to talk about a shared vision. And I have a vision of our energy future that I want to share with you this morning.
It is a vision for a future:
- Where clean, affordable, and reliable energy are the everyday norm. And maybe we regulators have all retired!
- Where energy efficiency, demand response, micro-generation, combined heat and power and other distributed resources are the first source of energy services for most consumers. And those distributed resources are fully supplemented with competitive procurement of large-scale wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and other renewable resources rounding out a significant share of our total energy resource mix for North America.
- And where customers have robust and transparent interaction and control of the energy resources and services they use and rely on for their energy needs.
But to achieve this vision, the electric power industry and the natural gas industry will need to work together with their customers and their regulators to begin planning and operating in ways that differ significantly from the ways of the past.
Historically, the main industry goal was to plan for reliable energy services at least cost. We called this "Least-Cost Utility Planning" back in 1983 when I wrote one of the first comprehensive utility planning statutes as Nevada's Consumer Advocate.
But times have changed radically in those 26 years. Now, the main driver must be smart planning for environmentally sustainable energy services that provide customer choice-as well as reliable service-at the least total economic and societal cost. Former externalities such as carbon and heat emissions must now be internalized as costs in the equation.
One way (and I pause to assure you there are potentially many others) to achieve this vision is to tailor our countries' legislation and regulations to rely on robust competitive markets that can fully account for and incorporate the societal costs of sustaining our global environment. Such carefully structured market forces will guide which supply and demand options need to be developed for a sustainable future. But market forces cannot prevail to shape this future unless legislators and regulators act decisively and cooperatively to put the structure in place to achieve this vision.
And cooperation among governments and regulators is essential to achieve this vision. The Commission will continue to work together with our energy partners and neighbors in Canada and Mexico, and we will build upon and strengthen our federal-state partnerships here in the United States.
One good example of this cooperation among our three nations is in the area of reliability.
Regulators in our three countries approve and enforce reliability standards that apply in the Eastern, Quebec, ERCOT, and Western Interconnections, with the Western Interconnection spanning parts of all three countries. Increased attention to reliability not only provides consumers with a greater assurance of dependable energy services, but it also enhances system efficiency through improved maintenance and operational awareness.
A second example of our cooperative efforts is that senior staff of all three North American agencies meet three times a year to discuss regulatory developments and exchange views on best policies and practices.
One outcome of these meetings has been Memoranda of Understanding between the U.S. and Canada and between the U.S. and Mexico to increase coordination and cooperation between our countries' energy agencies when significant cross-border energy infrastructure projects arise.
Similarly, U.S. federal and state governments must cooperate to achieve our energy and environmental goals. And I think we have been doing very well with that lately. And I commit to you as Chairman of FERC to continue in that effort.
We must build, strengthen, and enhance our current efforts to work together to implement continuing Congressional and the state legislative initiatives in energy policy. The NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative and the NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative are both outstanding examples of our state/federal cooperative efforts.
There is much to do together to achieve this vision.
Renewable Energy and Transmission
First, on the supply side: we must cooperate in the joint development of renewable energy resources and a smart and reliable transmission system to deliver those resources to our load centers.
President Obama has stated that the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century.
And the President also stated that we will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines to carry new clean energy to cities and towns across this country. That certainly will happen. But we need to do that in a smart and efficient way.
I believe that we need a national policy commitment to develop the transmission infrastructure necessary to bring renewable energy from remote areas where it is produced most efficiently into our large metropolitan areas where most of the power is consumed.
This commitment can only be realized if the planning of our nation's transmission systems is focused on this challenge.
Renewable energy resources must be integrated into the transmission system in a manner consistent with the reliable operation of the grid. And from the perspective of reliability, even renewable resources closer to loads, such as wind offshore on the Atlantic shelf, will require substantial transmission upgrades to reliably integrate that resource into the Eastern grid.
I believe, and I have told Congress, that some additional federal transmission planning, siting and cost allocation authority would help to achieve both federal and state renewable energy goals.
I want you to know that I could support appropriate limitations on any such additional federal authority:
- If it could be limited to a backstop for state planning and siting authority-to be used only if regional or state processes do not facilitate achieving national or other states' renewable goals;
- If it could be limited to transmission that is primarily for shipping renewable energy, again to satisfy national or other states' renewable goals;
- If it could recognize the primacy of state and regional cost allocation agreements for such transmission projects; and
- If it could acknowledge that states that receive no benefits from such projects should not be allocated a portion of such project costs.
I hope you agree that this is a reasonable approach, and I welcome your views on how we can cooperate to achieve the goal of optimizing the development of our Nation's most efficient and cost effective renewable resources.
Demand Response and Energy Efficiency
Second, turning from energy supply to energy demand, we must cooperate and collaborate in identifying and developing the opportunities for enhancing the development and deployment of demand response and energy efficiency.
The potential for demand response and energy efficiency to reduce or reshape our nation's need for energy is enormous.
As one step toward realizing that potential, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 directs the Commission to complete a National Assessment of Demand Response and a National Action Plan on Demand Response.
Our National Assessment of Demand Response was published just last month.
Congress directed us to assess the potential for each and every state.
I sent a copy of the Assessment to the chairman of every state commission. Over the next two months, we plan to hold webinars with the state commissions so all of you are fully briefed on the contents of this report. We discussed the report extensively yesterday morning in the NARUC/FERC Demand Response Collaborative.
Our Assessment finds peak electricity demand reductions across the country are already 38 gigawatts. But the potential for demand reductions goes as high as 188 gigawatts, or 20 percent of our peak load, with no demand response.
In other words, the nation could see almost five times as much demand response as it has today and reduce our peak load and the need for expensive carbon and heat emitting peaking plants significantly.
Let me emphasize that this number is not a recommendation or prediction by the Commission, but the findings of a staff-led study of what's achievable.
Congress also directed the Commission to develop an action plan for implementing this demand response potential, which is due next June.
Our staff has been working with a broad group of interested persons to outline that action plan, and we have received valuable advice from many state commissions, as well as from participants in the NARUC-FERC Demand Response Collaborative.
This fall, we expect to release a staff document on the scope of the Action Plan and to hold a conference to pursue a consensus about what should be done.
The 188 gigawatt potential savings for demand response does not count the additional energy and dollar savings that customers can achieve with improved energy efficiency.
It is well known that consumers could save tremendous energy-and money-with more efficient lighting, air conditioning, appliances and machinery.
But less well-known is the fact that the potential for efficiency improvements within the electric power industry from distribution to transmission and generation itself is large.
This may be a new topic for which state-federal cooperation might be very fruitful.
Smart Grid
Third, we must cooperate in bridging the technology gap to fully integrate supply and demand resources with a smart grid.
The smart grid uses two-way communications technologies to enable supply and demand sides of the electric business to co-optimize intelligently. Smart grid technologies are not only advanced in and of themselves, but they are the means for optimizing the deployment of other advanced technologies including renewable resources and electric transportation.
For example:
- A Smart Grid can integrate wind forecasts with load forecasts, with power line loading information and other information to facilitate the reliable integration and delivery of the maximum level of wind energy to load centers.
- When the wind dies down, a Smart Grid can provide the signals for demand response to lower customer demand instead of ramping up load following fossil generation. Similarly, when wind or other variable generation comes back on the grid, it can signal loads such as plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles to begin charging to absorb those generation resources. And a Smart Grid can even enable a plug-in hybrid car's battery to provide and get paid for regulation services while the battery is charging.
- Where state regulators allow retail prices to vary with system conditions, the smart grid can enable customers to lower their electric bills by setting appliances to run when prices are lower or allow smart appliances to automatically sense prices and decide when it is cheapest to operate.
The smart grid might do some, none, or all of these things-but it has the capability to do all these things and more. And whether that vision happens depends on the policy choices made by utilities, consumers, and regulators.
The Commission, on its own initiative, adopted a Smart Grid Policy Statement a few days ago.
Among other things, our Policy Statement presents an interim rate recovery policy, which encourages utilities to invest in smart grid technologies and provides for rate recovery without having to go through a full-blown rate case. I urge my state regulatory colleagues to consider whether adopting a similar rate policy to encourage early smart grid deployment is appropriate for your commissions.
In closing, our nation - and our continent - face unprecedented energy challenges. North America has the means necessary to meet these challenges: It has the natural resources, the human resources and the technological resources. Once you have a vision of how best to address these challenges, the way ahead is clear, promising-even exciting.
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DANVILLE, Ky.—Courtesy of two second-half goals, the Birmingham-Southern men's soccer team defeated Centre College on the road, 2-1, Sunday afternoon in Danville, Ky.
The Panthers move to 5-4-2 overall and remain unbeaten in Southern Athletic Association action at 2-0-1. The Colonels fall to 8-3-1 overall and 2-1 in the SAA.
Centre struck early in the match when Jacob Trumbull scored off an assist from Andy Karel in the seventh minute of play. The Colonels held the 1-0 lead for the remainder of the half and through the first 20 minutes of the second half before the Panthers tied it up with a goal by freshman Johannes Loeffler, assisted by sophomore Tobias Winter and junior Brynjar Arnason.
Winter scored what would turn out to be the game-winner 13 minutes later, assisted by sophomore Ryan Deveikis, putting BSC up 2-1. The Panther defense held off the Colonels for the remainder of the game to clinch the victory.
BSC recorded 13 shots to Centre's 11, led by junior Brooks Busby with four shots. Junior goalkeeper Alex Levinson played all 90 minutes and recorded two saves.
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by LOLtron » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:20 am
A review of the latest Marvel comic.
If you're expecting Guardians of the Galaxy to match the brilliance Brian Bendis is displaying in Uncanny X-Men and All New X-Men, prepare to be disappointed. Bendis's new series, featuring art from Steve McNiven, seems to be a standard, run of the mill superhero story with no intriguing hook or writing that separates it from the dozens of other superhero books on the market today.
The premise of the series is a simple one: Peter Quill's father, the ruler of the Spartoi Empire, and a consortium of other intergalactic rulers have declared the Earth to be off-limits from alien contact in order to give it time to develop into a planet that can legitimately participate in galactic matters. Of course, that means the Earth now has a giant target painted on it, forcing the Guardians of the Galaxy (and Iron Man!) to defend the planet from a Badoon attack.
Bendis's debut issue isn't bad by any means. After a lengthy conversation between Peter Quill and his father, the book launches into action and steers away from the talking heads problem that has plagued much of Bendis's work. The characterization isn't awful either, Bendis's Star-Lord is more serious than the much beloved DnA version, but still retains a little of his playful nature. The supporting cast hasn't been changed signficantly either. Drax still destroys, Gamora is still dangerous, and Groot and Rocket Racoon are still the most awesome partnership this side of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.
However, while the comic isn't bad, I can't say it's a great one either. Compared to some of the other Marvel NOW! debut issues, such as Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers or Fraction's FF, there's nothing that really stands out about this comic either. Then again, I recall that All New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men both got off to slow starts under Bendis, and they quickly morphed into some of the best superhero comics on the stand.
Fans of the previous Guardians of the Galaxy series will probably dislike that the lingering questions leftover from The Thanos Imperative still haven't been answered. They'll also probably dislike the redesigns for many of the characters, which are pretty dull and uninspired compared to past iterations of the character. However, Steve McNiven's art is pretty gorgeous throughout the issue and almost make up for the pretty dull designs inflicted upon the characters.
Guardians of the Galaxy could develop into a great comic book series in the mold of Bendis's work on his X-Men series. Or it could quickly devolve into one of Bendis's Avengers books, a safe superhero book with broadcasted plot twists and uninspired writing. After reading the first issue, the jury's still out. However, I don't think that'll be good enough for a lot of readers.
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by xaraan » Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:27 pm
Yea, this comic was pretty bad.
The Bendis-speak wasn't working with these characters. For spidey, especially teenage ult. spidey, it works great, but not here where people have things to say instead of babble.
The costumes were horrible. And I know nothing of the early characters, so no nostalgia involved when I say that. Iron Man's armor is hideous and Starlord and Gamora's were like x-games in space, they were so generic.
The whole drama between father and son just isn't working for me, it doesn't feel right, feels more like its shoehorned into to make for tension. Same with the main fight scene is space, there was just no weight to it (no pun intended).
I may check out this first run, but if it doesn't improve greatly from here, I'm done. I hope to god the movie is better than this.
by Jude Terrorr » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:16 pmA less than stellar performance from "The Great One?" Say it ain't so!
by Grayson » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:36 pmI agree with Xaraan. Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy #1 just wasn't good. Just like Avengers Assemble, Bendis continues to demonstrate that he really doesn't know or understand these characters. It's a shame that Marvel seems so intent on undoing all the hard work that DnA put into the Marvel Cosmic line. The new costumes were completely unnecessary, the ones they have been wearing since Annihilation Conquest were great and really made them look like an actual team. All things considered, I think I will be dropping this book pretty quickly.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:49 pmIt's a weird industry where almost constant mediocre output can be tolerated by a top-tier writer just because the same people keep buying it anyway. In that case, why should Bendis or anyone else writing superhero comics really strive to excel? It's not about quality at all, it's merely about which characters you're given.
by Punchy » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:50 pm
Man, you're in a bad mood!
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:02 pm
Am not!
by fieldy snuts » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:19 ami liked this.
by nietoperz » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:01 amI haven't read this, but I thought the two GoG Infinite Comics were pretty good. I'm going to give it a chance. Besides, we've got Neil Gaiman co-writing #5...
by Punchy » Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:03 amMy thoughts on this book, excerpted from my TWIP column:
Nova's sister title, and one of Marvel's next wave of movies, Guardians Of The Galaxy is a title with a lot of hype behind it, and so far, I think it's delivers. You all know I'm a big fan of Bendis, and I really enjoyed seeing him write a story in a milieu that he hasn't really touched before, outer space. Yes, he did a lot of stuff with Skrulls, but this is new ground for him. The Point One issue was an origin story for Star-Lord, which was actually quite welcome, even though I've been reading about his exploits regularly since 2006 in Annihilation, I didn't know his origin. He just showed up to fight the Annihilation Wave and was a bad-ass. Now I know his story, and it's a familiar one sure (he's like a Space Aquaman, which is probably not the comparison Marvel want, but hey), but it's good to know. The actual meat of the story doesn't begin until #1, as Star-Lord comes into conflict with his father, and we see the rest of the team in action. This is a pared-down version of the roster DnA used, but it's a strong one, with Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and interestingly, Iron Man. This issue is basically divided into one big talky bit, and one big action bit, so far, so Bendis, but I enjoyed it a lot. The artwork from Steve McNiven was fantastic, probably the best I've seen from him since Wolverine: Old Man Logan. This debut issue got thing started off with a bang, and hopefully managed to introduce a whole new audience to this awesome side of the Marvel Universe without confusing them.
It seems to me like there's a bit of a, I don't want to say hipster backlash, because people who read Marvel Cosmic aren't really going to be considered hip, but the reaction to these new comics is like when a small indie band you love goes mainstream. People loved the Giffen and DnA cosmic stuff because it was self-contained and small and it felt like you knew about this great comic that the rest of the idiots didn't. And now, big guys like Loeb and Bendis have come in and changed things. But to me, these books are still strong, and I'm actually excited to see this side of Marvel play a more central role. We should be happy that people now care about Star-Lord and Drax, not angry that they aren't our little secret. And hey, all those DnA stories still happened, the Cancerverse is mentioned in #1 of GoTG, and it looks like Bendis is planning on filling-in the gaps. Marvel Cosmic is now A-List, this is a good thing, we won!
by fieldy snuts » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:19 pmI agree regarding the anti-hipster backlash, if this was credited as written by DnA then it'd be getting mad love on here.
by Grayson » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:31 pm
I disagree, if the only difference was that DnA was on the cover instead of Bendis, this issue still wouldn't have been good. The changes made would have been unnecessary and the characters still wouldn't have felt right. Bendis has earned a small amount of good faith from me because of his work on All-New and Uncanny X-Men. Hell, the .1 issue of this series was even intriguing enough to get me to give it a chance even though I hated Avengers Assemble but the fact of the matter is that unfortunately the actual first issue just wasn't good, as least in my opinion.
by fieldy snuts » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:34 pmConsidering the goodwill Realm of Kings, Thanos Imperative and Annihilators got based on their name alone I'd beg to differ.
Those were all mediocre books suddenly thought of as great and better than the mainstream.
by sdsichero » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:45 pm
Squid's right.
He's always like that.
by sdsichero » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:48 pm
I disagree. I haven't read the new GotG so I cannot comment on that, but Bendis' Avengers Assemble version of them was pretty bad. If DNA wrote that, I'd definitely say "WTH"?
You might have found DNA's later efforts to be lacking (surely they did not have the same impact as the earlier stuff), but I found them above average. And the characters spoke with a voice I appreciated (and they touched on some cosmic things I found interesting).
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Homers highlight scoring outburst, sweep
ATLANTA -- As the Braves entered this season with an injury-depleted starting rotation, there was some reason to be concerned about the fact that they would play six of their first 12 games against the Nationals.
But those concerns steadily evaporated as this early stretch unfolded. Aaron Harang silenced those who doubted the value he would bring this rotation, and the Braves spent the past two weekends frustrating the Nats, much like they had all of last year.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- As the Braves entered this season with an injury-depleted starting rotation, there was some reason to be concerned about the fact that they would play six of their first 12 games against the Nationals.
But those concerns steadily evaporated as this early stretch unfolded. Aaron Harang silenced those who doubted the value he would bring this rotation, and the Braves spent the past two weekends frustrating the Nats, much like they had all of last year.View Full Game Coverage
Harang delivered the latest of his early-season gems and Justin Upton fueled yet another early-inning uprising that helped the Braves complete a three-game sweep with Sunday afternoon's 10-2 win over the Nationals.
"We want to go out there and play well," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "It doesn't matter who it is within the division, we've got to go out there and win games, because pennants are won in the division, not outside the division."
Along with notching their first series sweep of the season, the Braves improved to 18-7 against the Nationals dating back to last year. Like last year, Atlanta has won five of the first six games of this season series vs. Washington.
Consequently, the Braves have strengthened their bid to defend the division title by exiting this season's first two weeks with a one-game lead in the National League East standings.
"We just go out there and play," Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons said. "Maybe when we're out there playing them, we do well for whatever reason. If anything, it might be in their head. But we just go out there and try to compete. For some reason, we always seem to be victorious against them."
Simmons tripled in the first inning and then drilled a three-run homer in the eighth to cap a nightmarish weekend for the Nationals, who lost Denard Span and Ryan Zimmerman to injuries during the first two games of this series.
Adding to the misery was the fact that Upton is currently in the midst of one of his ridiculous streaks. The Braves' left fielder notched three-hit performances in the first two games of this series, then fueled Sunday's three-run first inning with a two-run homer off Gio Gonzalez. He has recorded 11 hits, including four home runs, in the 14 at-bats he has totaled over the past four games.
"When he gets locked in like this, it's a lot of fun to watch," said B.J. Upton, who backed his younger brother's efforts while notching multihit performances in the final two games of the series.
Tyler Pastornicky began Atlanta's three-run third inning with a triple and Freeman highlighted the frame with a towering two-run shot. Freeman remained at the plate momentarily, thinking the moonshot was bound to hook foul, but it stayed true and fell into the right-field seats.
Freeman's fourth home run served as just a portion of the damage incurred by Gonzalez, who was charged with six earned runs and nine hits in six innings. The Washington left-hander has gone 0-5 with a 5.75 ERA in the six starts he has made against Atlanta since the start of last year.
"It [stinks] getting beat, but we can play with them," Nats shortstop Ian Desmond said. "We know how we can play. ... Nobody is going to sit in the corner and cry about it, but at the same time you know it's a tough hill to climb."
The early support was more than enough for Harang, who limited the Nationals to one run and five hits over six innings. Harang has surrendered just two runs in the 18 2/3 innings that have encompassed his first three starts. In other words, the 35-year-old veteran has thus far vastly exceeded any expectations that existed when the Braves signed him on March 24, hours after he had been released by the Indians.
"I think the biggest thing is just being confident, knowing that I can locate my pitches and also just being able to keep their hitters off balance," said Harang, who the Braves believed was better suited than Freddy Garcia to provide depth to their rotation.
B.J. Upton subjected himself to scrutiny when he did not hustle down the first-base line to prevent the Nats from completing a double play in Friday's fifth inning, but he proved his legs are still valuable weapons again on Sunday.
Before laying down a first-inning bunt that drew an errant throw from Gonzalez, the elder Upton ranged into the left-center-field gap to deny Jayson Werth a run-producing extra-base hit. He also chased down Kevin Frandsen's fly ball just before connecting with the center-field wall in the seventh inning.
"That's what you try to do every night, just play hard and see what happens," B.J. Upton said. "Things have started to come together the past couple of days and I'm starting to feel a little bit better."
The Braves and Nationals will play 13 more times during the final 5 1/2 months of the season. Many different storylines and trends will transpire between now and October. But as last year proved, early-season success against a division rival can serve as a sign of things to come.
"It doesn't matter if it's early [in the season] or not, you want to win games in your division," Simmons said. "To take all three away from them, it's pretty big."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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With more than 200 chartered clubs in the community, there are more activities happening than most residents know. Whether the club is just beginning or continues to grow members, The Sun Today wants to feature your club news.
In previous articles, we've interviewed members from the Illinois Club who are active Cubs and Bears fans and even featured the Ceramics Club where members show their artistic side. If you collect coins in the Coin Club or walk with the Silver Striders, whatever club it may be, we want the inside scoop.
What does your club offer to residents? Are you planning a trip for members? Share with reporter, Jessicah Peters at 815-0800, Ext. 14 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com for a chance to be featured in an upcoming article.


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The monthly meeting of the Hood River Watershed Group will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m., in the Extension Office meeting room, 2990 Experiment Station Rd., Hood River.
Mike Benedict, Hood River County Planning Director, will discuss the issues involved in updating the Statewide Goal 14 concerning rural unincorporated communities of Odell and Parkdale.
This Goal examines urban boundaries, allowable land use and lot sizes, and planning standards for road, drainage and water facilities. Benedict will also talk about the the County's workplan to update stream corridor protection under statewide Goal 5.
Jennifer Donnelly, City of Hood River Planning Department, will talk about the City's work to update their stream corridor, wetlands and wildlife habitat protection under Goal 5.
Also on the agenda are updates about the Powerdale Dam removal and power plant decommissioning plan and other local natural resource issues.
The county is updating zoning and other regulations for these two communities and other rural areas in the county. As part of the project, the county will prepare rural community plans for Odell and Parkdale. Plans will specify community boundaries, allowable lot sizes, land uses and other planning requirements; ability of public facilities to serve land uses; and standards for future public improvements such as roads, water and sewer facilities. Participants at the meetings will be asked to review information and proposed future planning requirements for these areas.
The new zoning and development regulations will need to comply with state requirements but are not expected to differ substantially from the existing plan and zoning ordinances. At the same time, this process is an opportunity for community residents and landowners to suggest changes in zoning regulations to meet future community needs.
The Watershed Group is a forum of landowners, irrigation districts, interested citizens, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, and government agencies involved in land and natural resource use in the Hood River Valley.
All interested individuals are welcome. For more information call Holly Coccoli, Watershed Group Coordinator at 386-2275.
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Ten New England nonprofit groups have been selected to receive an EPA Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grant award. All ten award recipients will carry out a project that forms collaborative partnerships, educates the community, develops a comprehensive understanding of the local environmental and/or public health issues and identifies ways to address these issues at the local level. Each grant is worth $25,000.
The EJ Small Grants Program is designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. The long-term goals of the grant program are to help build the capacity of an affected community and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve local environmental in the future. This years recipients are the following:
CT Coalition for EJ
"Hartford Recycles"
Through outreach and technical assistance, CCEJ will educate 900 residents of multi-family housing about recycling and increase tonnage of recyclables collected from Hartford's multi-family housing and small businesses by 1,000 tons over the next year.
EJ League of Rhode Island
"Community-Based Home Weatherization in Providence"
EJLRI will expand their community barn-raising program by conducting 10 barn-raising events and conducting "team leader" trainings about basic home energy evaluations and home weatherization tasks for approximately 40 low and moderate income residents.
Groundwork Somerville
"Groundwork Somerville Green Team: Combating Climate Change on a Local Level"
Through its 'Combating Climate Change on a Local Level' project, Groundwork Somerville's (GWS) High School Green Team will conduct a 20-week, door-to-door energy efficiency campaign focused on encouraging residents and business owners in the East Somerville and Clarendon Hill communities to replace incandescent light bulbs with more energy efficient compact florescent light bulbs. The Green Team also will host three "Energy Education Fairs." The fairs will focus on reducing home energy consumption, implementing energy-efficiency measures, and highlighting critical links between home energy use and climate change impacts. The goals of the project are to build awareness and provide practical instruction about home energy efficiency and how it relates to global climate change.
Boston Public Health Commission
"Boston Safe Shops Project"
The Safe Shop project protects the health and well being of workers in small automotive repair shops and the neighborhoods in which they are located by preventing air pollution, promoting green jobs growth, and connecting workers with education and health care resources. This funding will offer a new component to this project – a skills training program leading to certification on repair and maintenance of hybrid vehicles. Outreach staff will contact all 500+ auto shops in Boston offering them free training on the repair and maintenance of hybrid vehicles. The focus for this training is on the residential neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and East Boston. Training will be offered to one student from the first 12 shops that respond who meet the entrance criteria.
Chelsea Neighborhood Development
"Cleaner Chelsea Campaign"
Chelsea Neighborhood Development's 'Cleaner Chelsea Campaign' will educate residents about new trash collection procedures, reduce litter on the streets, and increase recycling tonnage in Chelsea. Through community and City partnerships, the Cleaner Chelsea Campaign will coordinate city-wide public outreach and education about recycling which will include home visits, distribution of recycling bins, and house meetings. The project goal is to increase recycling from 7% to 14% citywide.
Groundwork Lawrence
"GreenStreets-Planting Trees to Address Climate Change"
The GreenStreets tree planting program works to increase vital tree cover in a sustainable manner in low-income urban environments. The program is designed to increase Lawrence's urban tree canopy by placing a particular emphasis on institutionalizing setback tree planting efforts in affordable housing and first-time homebuyer programs and developing urban tree stewards to ensure proper maintenance and care.
Central Maine Community Health Corps-HA
"New Mainer Healthy Homes Advocacy and Education Project"
Central Maine Community Health Corp/Healthy Androscoggin's 'New Mainer Healthy Homes Advocacy and Education Project' will help New Mainers, resettled immigrant families, understand their rights to quality housing that is free of lead, pests, mold, and harmful pesticides. The overall purpose of the project is to empower New Mainers with the knowledge to protect their families from these environmental hazards. The goals of the project will be achieved by utilizing the Healthy Homes Healthy Families community partnership and will include education, home visits, and recruiting and training of Neighbor-to-Neighbor community educators.
Worcester Roots
"Toxic Soil Busters: Soil Science Research for Healthy Neighborhoods"
The Toxic Soil Busters project will increase the body of research on lead soil remediation, increase public awareness of soil contamination, build community capacity by training 10 local youth on soil science research, and remediate 8 lead contaminated yards in Worcester.
Providence Community Opportunity Corporation
"Expanding Recycling in Public Housing for Elderly and Disabled"
The project will expand recycling efforts to Providence Public Housing Authority for elderly and disabled residents and divert mainstream waste into recyclables to reduce the number of dumpsters for solid waste and reduce carbon emissions.
Main South Community Development Corporation
"Building Community Participation in Clean Energy and Infrastructure Projects in Worcester's Kilby/ Gardener/ Hammond Neighborhoods"
The project goal is to assist residents in Worcester with developing knowledge about the Clean Energy and Green Infrastructure sector to positively impact quality of life and health. To achieve this goal, the project will obtain youth input on program design, conduct door-to-door canvassing, coordinate public forums and small group sessions, participate in City Council Meetings and develop and disseminate educational materials.
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income in the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.
More information:
- EJ Small Grant program (epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html#applications)
- EJ Issues in New England (http://epa.gov/ne/ej/index.html)


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Another Trip Down Memory Lane... Life in Christian County, Kentucky... Life in the Nebraska Sandhills... History and Old Stuff... And What I Think About It...
This morning, I read an Agence France-Presse (AFP) article titled, "US 'flag epidemic' reaches peak on Fourth of July" (the French think Americans are weird). Then I read an article in the Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel titled, "Flags burn in celebration" (some Americans are weird.)
Flag-flying is not a new point-to-ponder with me. I've been thinking about it since last summer when my brother visited. He commented that he saw a lot more U.S. flags flying in Kentucky than in Kansas where he lives. Well, there are a lot more houses and people in Kentucky than Kansas, so it's hard to compare the two.
Various motivations seem to underlie the display of the flag. I have noticed locally that when people remodel their house, re-do their landscaping, and get the whole place looking good, they like to get a flagpole with a spotlight and display the U.S. flag. It's the finishing touch, like the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae.
Many of Hopkinsville's stores have patriotic displays of the flag to build goodwill with shoppers from Fort Campbell, one of America's largest Army posts just a dozen miles south of town. It's no coincidence that the largest flag in town, a flag approximately the size of a tennis court (pictured above), is flown at the Sisk Auto Mall alongside the highway to Hopkinsville from Fort Campbell.
But let's put cynicism aside. Many flags around Hopkinsville fly to show support for the troops of Fort Campbell as well as love of country. Many people in this area are former service members who stayed here after being stationed at Fort Campbell. Many people here have a family member in uniform. Nearly everyone here knows someone who has a loved one in the service. They work with an Army wife or their children have friends whose dad or mom is a soldier.
A few months ago, I read the blog of an American living in Austria. He wrote that when he visited his mother in Hopkinsville, KY, he saw U.S. flags flying everywhere. He noted that the Austrian flag is rarely seen except on government buildings. Austrians, he commented, pour their patriotism into football (soccer). I commented on his blog that Austrians and Germans -- indeed all European countries-- probably fear overt patriotism as a result of the Hitler years.
We have a small flag at the front entrance to our house. My husband thinks of the four years he spent in the U.S. Navy when he looks at it. To me, it's a symbol of my love of America and also a fond remembrance of the respect for the flag I learned as a child.
When I was in grade school, some of our teachers had flag raising and lowering ceremonies everyday (in good weather) at the flagpole outside our little country schoolhouse. Flag duties were assigned to two people each week, and I felt honored when it was my turn.
It was a good practical lesson in citizenship. We learned to handle the flag properly, to never let it touch the ground, and to fold it neatly into the shape of the triangular "cocked hat" of George Washington. We said the Pledge of Allegiance so reverently that I felt like saying "Amen" at the end of it.
The flag changed a little when I was in third grade. The 49th star was added for Alaska (January, 1959) and the 50th star was added for Hawaii (August, 1959). A few years later, I remember that we raised the flag, then lowered it to half-mast for many days following the assassination of President Kennedy.
I learned (and intuited) that the flag was America's symbol of freedom, heritage and great heroism. The Stars and Stripes represented everything that the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address said. It stood for George Washington crossing the Delaware, the Spirit of '76 and the Marines at Iwo Jima.
Moving forward in time several decades, I remember the day after the September 11, 2001, bombings of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Many people around here had flags displayed in their yards, but I especially remember a young black man who was driving a battered pickup truck in Hopkinsville. He had a flag on each side of the cab. It was heartwarming to see him drive down the street with both flags streaming gloriously in the wind.
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
That young man's answer was emphatically, "YES!"
Charles Wysocki (1928-2002) was a 20th century artist whose paintings of Americana often included the American flag. His work has been popularized through the many jigsaw puzzles that have been made from his paintings.
From a brief obituary that appeared in the October, 2002, edition of Art Business News:
A first generation American of Polish heritage, Wysocki was born in Detroit in 1928. The community he grew up in consisted mostly of immigrants who took great pride and pleasure in celebrating the traditions of their new homeland. These opportunities and celebrations offered by American freedom became the theme of what Wysocki would remember and portray in his artwork.
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EPA Provides Smart Growth Assistance to North Kingstown, R.I.
Release Date: 06/13/2013
Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
(Boston, Mass. – June 13, 2013) – North Kingstown, R.I. is one of only three U.S. communities which will be the focus of EPA technical assistance going to the State of Rhode Island to help apply smart-growth approaches to improve their economy and create jobs while protecting health and the environment. The other two areas selected for this assistance are Mississippi County, Ark. and Kelso, Wash.
Under the program, EPA will help the State of Rhode Island's Division of Planning to assess impacts from climate change on economic activity in North Kingstown and prioritize strategies to increase economic resiliency to climate change. The work should help officials, business owners and residents in North Kingstown and other Rhode Island communities reduce the potential impact of climate change on jobs, revenue and economic assets.
"Our Smart Growth assistance is designed to help communities develop new economic opportunities, while also protecting our environment and the health and quality of life for local citizens," said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA's New England office. "We're optimistic that by working closely with Rhode Island officials and with the Town of North Kingstown, we can identify strategies and techniques that work locally and which may benefit other communities around the country."
Severe floods in 2010 and coastal destruction brought by Hurricane Sandy raised concerns in the state about how jobs and businesses will fare if highways flood or tourist destinations are damaged. "We are eager to understand how communities can begin to discuss the economic tradeoffs to inform adaptation decisions for a future that looks very different from today," says Pam Rubinoff from the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant.
This project will provide a framework to analyze the specific strengths and vulnerabilities of economic activities to climate change hazards like flooding, rising sea levels, and drought. Building on a pilot analysis of North Kingstown, project partners will convene business owners, workers, and state and local officials in that town to develop strategies to ensure that local and regional economies will thrive despite the uncertainties of our changing climate.
The project underscores the common interests of economic vitality and climate readiness. "This EPA Smart Growth Implementation Assistance project offers a unique interface between climate change research and economic growth needs," says Paige Bronk, Economic Development Manager for the Town of North Kingstown. "North Kingstown experiences both benefits and risks from its coastal location. This project will assist businesses to strategize about location and growth to reduce liability and operational issues while North Kingstown positions its future economy." Stakeholders across the state and region will be able to adapt the framework and outreach strategies and apply the lessons learned in this project to other areas.
EPA selected North Kingstown and the other two recipients from a pool of 79 applicants. The projects are coordinated through the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a joint effort of EPA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This interagency partnership coordinates federal investments in infrastructure, facilities, and services to get better results for communities and use tax dollars more efficiently. The partnership is helping communities across the country create more housing choices, make transportation more efficient and reliable, reinforce existing investments and support vibrant neighborhoods that attract new business.
Since 2005, EPA has supported 36 Smart Growth Implementation Assistance projects serving 49 communities.
More information: Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program (https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth)
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NOTE: First sentence edited on 6/19/2013 to clarify that technical assistance goes directly to the State of Rhode Island, which is focussing effort on the Town of North Kingstown.
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