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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Prominences and filamentsToday I went outside with my Coronado PST to do a little solar observing. I observed for about one and a half hour and from 13.50 until 14.20 local time I made a sketch of the Sun using different Red, Yellow, Orange and Grey soft pencils. The paper I used was black sketching paper. I also used three different erasers. As a smudging tool I used my finger. The technique I used was adapted from the book "Astronomical Sketching" by Handy et al. The picture below shows the result I got from my observing session. Overall I counted three groups of three prominences each. One on 3 o'clock, another on 4 o'clock and the last between five and 6 o'clock. On 9 o'clock I detected a lonely prominence. On 3 o'clock I saw two prominences that were completely detached from the solar disc. The same goes for two prominences at almost six o'clock. In the 4 o'clock group and the six o'clock group I saw two prominences looking like a mushroom. I think they are called "hedgerows" by official classification. I also found two filaments. One was a dark "S" formed structure about 1 o'clock; the other was a small half circle around a much lighter pelage at 5 o'clock.
The sketch was made using a low cost 15 mm Ultrawide (66 degrees) eyepiece with long eye-relief from Sky watcher. The picture was much clearer and showed more detail than my 15mm Vixen Lanthanum. The latter is absolutely darker, and much more expensive (about 5 times the price of the Skywatcher 15mm). Other eyepieces that were used during observing were the 21mm Denkemeier, 12 mm Nagler T4 and the 9mm Ultrawide from Skywatcher. I hope the Sun will start showing a little more details in the H-Alpha band in the next few months. I really enjoyed the H-alpha sketching. It makes you look very careful for details.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Star party at Bel AnyLast weekend we had a small star-party in Any Rieux Martin in the northern part of France. The weather was just wonderful and on Friday and Saturday night we could observe through the night. I had a lot of first time viewings of some fantastic objects like the Flame Nebula and the complete Rosette Nebula. I also had the chance to observe a few Messier objects near the southern horizon (M 79, M 41 and M93). A detailed report will be logged later on this month, but here are a few images that were taken on the first evening. Click on the images to enlarge.
Monday, December 24, 2007
22 degree halo around the MoonI just went outside and saw this huge 22 degree halo around the Moon. Very impressive. It even had Mars within the halo. Also notice how dark the sky is inside the halo. The images were shot with the Nikon Coolpix 4500 mounted on a tripod. Exposure time 8 seconds. I also used a wide angle lens for the coolpix. This was the first time ever I saw such a large halo around the Moon.
The Moon and MarsWhen we woke up this morning the fog had cleared and we could see the Moon and Mars together in the western sky. I shot these two images with the coolpix 4500 mounted on a tripod.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Sketching MarsOn the night of December 11 I observed Mars from 20.30 UT until 22.00 UT. I use the 300mm Orion Optics UK on a dobsonian mount. The eyepieces used were the 12mm Nagler and the 7mm Pentax. The seeing was not to good, so I was limited to medium magnifications. Still every now and again there were some fine details visible on the surface of mars. The sketch below should is just a rough impression from what I saw that night. You can see I identified a dark area looking like a large bird. The body of the bird (central part) is Syrtis Major. The wings are Mare Tyrrehnum and Mare Serpentis. I also detected the North Pole and a dark area right above the North Pole, probably Utopia.
It was made with the using the 7mm Pentax XW, giving a magnification of 229x. Of course Mars didn't look as big as the circle on the paper, but I like to sketch objects on a larger scale. Some of the techniques used for sketching Mars come from the book "Astronomical Sketching" from the Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, a book which I can highly recommend.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
M 103 in CassiopeiaOn December the 16th I observed M103 in Cassiopeia with the 300mm f 5.3 dobson. This wonderful little cluster stands out well from the surrounding star field, and looks like a small Christmas tree. I counted 27+ stars in an area of 7' diameter. There are many triangles and other asterisms visible in M103. This makes the sketching a lot easier. The sketch below was made using the 7mm Pentax. The faintest stars were added with the help of the 7mm Pentax. I could not detect any glow of unresolved stars, but I sometimes saw very faint stars popping in and out of view with using averted vision and a black cloak over my head.
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Comet HolmesDuring the last few weeks I observed Comet Holmes on a few occasions, and I have seen it change gradually. The first time I got a chance to see Holmes was on October 30th. The core looked very bright and compact, surrounded by a more or less faint halo. There was a very sharp and distinct division between the border and halo. Right on the borderline between the halo and the core was a bright star visible. I observed Holmes with the 85mm Zeiss and a zoom-eyepiece at 60x. The field of view was a little more than 1 degree. The sketch below should give you an idea of the view. North is up and east is to the left.
Over the weeks I saw the halo growing in size. The core became less bright and the sharp boundary between core and halo started to vanish. Until now, the most beautiful sight of the comet was on the night of November the 17th. I observed the comet with the 12x60 Skymaster (Celestron) binocular mounted on the SkyWindow. The generous field of view of this binocular is 5.7 degrees. Comet Holmes had moved right up to the Alpha Persei Cluster and both the comet and the cluster were visible in the same field of view. The sketch below again should give you an idea. On this sketch North is to the left and and East is at the top (these strange directions are caused by viewing with the SkyWindow).
The halo looked very large and the core was still there, but it seemed more or less oval. As I mentioned earlier, the division between core and halo was not very distinct. In Alpha Persei I could detect three stars that showed some color. Alpha Persei was yellowish, and at two o'clock I detected a couple of contrasting stars. One seemed orange-red and the other seemed to be very light blue. The cluster and the comet formed a stunning pair, and I observed it for about an hour to an hour and a half. The sketch took me about 45 minutes.
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Sundog on the AlmAt the moment I'm staying on the Emberger Alm in Austria to do some deepsky observing and a bit of lunar observing as well. We arrived on Sunday and we had three clear nights on a row. I am getting a little tired with all these short nights. A detailed report will follow later on this year. During daytime there is also plenty to observe, like this Sundog on monday afternoon. Enjoy the images!
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Hornets end 11-game losing skid, beat Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The New Orleans Hornets were hoping that the way Robin Lopez has been playing recently would eventually translate into a much needed victory.
It took another nail-nibbling finish, but their patience finally paid off.
Lopez had a season-high 29 points and Greivis Vasquez scored a season-best 27 as the Hornets snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 97-94 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
The victory was the Hornets' first since Dec. 3 and comes with guard Eric Gordon getting closer to playing for the first time this season coming off knee surgery.
"That comes from my teammates. They look for me. They're giving me looks," Lopez said of his big night. "We've been scrapping, but it's just one game. We want to string together a few."
Jameer Nelson had a season-high 28 points and 10 rebounds to lead Orlando and Nik Vucevic added 19 points.
The Magic shot above 60 percent in the first half, but fell to 45 percent for the game (36 for 79). They were able to stay in game thanks to 11 3-pointers.
Orlando has lost three straight games since starting forward Glen Davis was sidelined with a sprained left shoulder.
His absence was exploited all night by a Hornets' offense that, led by Lopez, outscored Orlando 44-38 in the paint. Rookie Anthony Davis contributed to the Magic's misery underneath with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Hornets forward Ryan Anderson, traded by Orlando in the offseason, didn't shoot well (4 for 11) but finished with 15 points.
It marked the first time in three games the Hornets were able to close out a close game after losing their previous two by six and five points, respectively.
"It's huge for us," Anderson said. "Not only is it nice to beat the team that traded me, but it's great for this team. It's great for the morale. We've been battling to get a win. We've been fighting to the end. And this was a big step."
Orlando didn't score a field goal in the final 6:08 of the game, but still had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds.
New Orleans opened a 10-point lead in the third quarter, before the Magic reduced it to just a basket entering the final period.
Orlando took its first lead since late in the first half, 92-91, on two free throws by Vucevic with 3:44 to play.
Two free throws by Lopez on the other end quickly put the Hornets back up a point before J.J. Redick's trip to the line nudged the Magic in front 94-93.
A floating jumper by Vasquez pushed New Orleans into the lead again, forcing the Magic to call a timeout with 50.7 seconds left.
Arron Afflalo got a lane to the basket, but his layup was blocked by Lopez.
Vasquez had his shot blocked by E'Twaun Moore on the Hornets' ensuing possession, but stepped on the baseline on his rebound attempt with only 25 seconds left.
Vasquez was fouled and made two free throws to make it 97-94.
Vucevic wound up in the corner and missed a 3-pointer off the side of the rim and Afflalo was unable to get up another attempt as the horn sounded.
"It was playing against set defense compared to getting in transition," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. "They were long, blocked some shots of ours and were great at closing out and contesting shots, so I think that was the difference."
Though defense tightened late, free-flowing offense was on display on both sides in the first half.
The Magic led 53-49 at the break, despite Lopez scoring 14 of the Hornets' first 20 points.
Lopez was 8 of 9 from the field and scored 19 points in the first half.
Orlando never trailed by more seven, though, keeping pace by connecting of seven 3-pointers in the half. The Magic's offense also got a big lift from Vucevic, who went right at the Hornet's interior defense, scoring 14 points.
But he also acknowledged that Davis' absence is a problem right now, particularly defensively.
"We miss him a lot — both ends of the court," Vucevic said. "People think it's probably just on the offensive end because he's one of our leading scorers. But he played well on both ends of the court."
Hornets coach Monty Williams said he hopes his team continues to keep an unsatisfied attitude.
"My goal is not to win one game and then let up," Williams said. "My mindset is always to win every game we play. I don't care who it is in our lineup, young or whoever the guy is, we're going to try to win games. .. I'll enjoy this for about 15 more minutes and then I'll start thinking about the next game."
NOTES: Nelson's double-double was his fourth of the season. … Williams said Gordon, who hasn't played yet this season, could be ready to play Saturday when New Orleans hosts Charlotte. He said Gordon is taking time to get back into playing shape. "We've got to make sure he's at a good pace before he comes back," Williams said. … Magic F Hedo Turkoglu (broken hand) is making progress toward returning as well. Vaughn said they, too, are being cautious about getting him ready for game action following the Nov. 2 injury. "He needs some more practices," Vaughn said. "He's got to get hit on that hand a few times."… Wednesday was the first game in Orlando for Hornets G Austin Rivers as an NBA player. The rookie played high school basketball at nearby Winter Park High School.


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Thank you for the replies. So it is common knowledge. Well it was fun figuring it out anyway. The main thing I didn't know that makes it possible is that the corny keg beverage valve is not a one-way valve. Anyway, I am almost ready to start brewing. I just need to leak-test my kettles and put the gallon marks on the sight glasses, and I am ready to go!
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I am actually going to try the reverse of this in the next couple weeks. I have a barley wine that is in a bucket right now. I want to transfer to a carboy for some long ageing (4-5 months) and I get worried when I use the auto syphon as it seems to foam alot. I had not worried about it cause I never notice any oxidation when I transfer using the AS to a keg. of course that beer is then kept cold and is usually gone in a couple weeks. I transfered an old ale to a carboy for a couple months bulk ageing and there is for sure some oxidation going on in that one. I did NOT purge the carboy before I started and that is part of the issue I am sure but I also suspect the AS. So I got a carboy cap, racking cane and new tubing and am going to put the carboy cap on the PURGED carboy with a tube going from one port on the cap to the bucket of beer and I will suck on the other port which , I hope will create a syphon with minimal air exposure. we will see.


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Angelique's Maryland home was built over a century ago, and while she loves the vintage charm, the home also has its challenges. The kitchen is apparently ready to "fall down," but you wouldn't know it from the facelift she gave it!
Cherry wood kitchen cabinets and green laminate countertops were installed in the 1950's. While Angelique kept the cabinets (but painted them white), she changed the hardware and replaced the laminate countertops with blasted granite, found for a discount through a remnant supply company.
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But in term of skill,you and Barney are distance
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Hope to hear from you two again come saturday.
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Did you know 2 days after the fire when the ashes cooled and the Altmar fire dept was investigating the cause of the fire, the bones of 6 human child size skeletons were discovered in the ashes below the foundation of the chimney. Not to be alarmed! it was also soon discovered the bones to be over 100 years old . Although markings and fractures on the skulls indicated foul play, it was determined well over the statute of limitations for an investigation into the cause of death or the persons responsible. It was also determined most likely to be the 6 area civil war orphans that disappeared from the area in 1867, the first year of the schoolhouse No. 11 to be used to educate the children from the settlement of Happy Valley in the town of Albion NY.
I have frequented the area for many years and vaguely remember conversation of my grandparents referring to the disappearance of the 6 children ,It was believed they had been swept down the Salmon river and washed into lake Ontario. According to the report of a local farmer who is said to have witnessed the incident in the summer of 1867. Who as it turns out was the caretaker of the Happy Valley cemetery, and local carpenter . I have spent nights in the one room schoolhouse and have heard the bell ringing through the walls. I have been awakened to children drawing on the chalkboard that seemed to vanish when I appeared. Although their writings and pictures remained on the board usually with initials and dates. I for one believe these were happy ghosts as there was always laughter to be heard . Plenty have claimed the place to be haunted and erie but I always felt the presence of friendly spirits,until my last visit to the remains of the schoolhouse .The air is still , quiet and not a bird to be seen or heard. the trees have all died and the ringing of the bell has turned into moans. For some reason the schoolhouse six are no longer at rest, and yes I to feel sorry for those responsible for burning of the schoolhouse. Their day will come.
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I have held my tongue until now, but feel a higher power within me urging that I come forward. At the request of the owners of the schoolhouse, I was asked to stay at this schoolhouse in April, 2002. The reporting of paranormal activity within the walls of the structure had long concerned them. They found themselves withdrawing from their trips there and were increasingly disheartened by the acts of what they deemed to be vandals. Yet in the back at their minds there was unsettlement as they were not oblivious to the tales of the hauntings. I was asked to perform qualitative research at the property. By recording EMF (Electromagnetic Field) readings at the haunting location, coupled with participant-observation, I found my first evening to be relatively mundane in nature. On the second evening, the levels elevated but what was more astonishing for me, the observer, was the childrens singing to be heard above anything else. I was awakened at 6:50 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, April 20, 2002, by the fierce ringing of a bell. I then heard what sounded to be the galloping of horses, appearing to be circling the schoolhouse, which I was inside of. The room lit up as if there was full electrical current running through it at a very high voltage. The building shook with great force and I felt that the roof was going to cave. I took the best shelter that I could and prayed that I would survive. Within seconds, that felt like minutes, the event subsided but not without damaging my equipment. Every camera had fallen off a mounted wall location, smashing lenses and busting open. I am not a professional but the study of paranormal activity has been a long-hobby and interest to me. I do feel there is a entity of some sort within the confines of this school house. The fire that occurred on the property the summer of 2008 may have been someones attempt to rid the spirits, but it is known that it is the soil of the earth from which they come, not a dwelling. Therefore it is my conclusion that it is reasonable to assume the spirits remain present. If indeed there were human skeletal remains discovered concluding the fire, this property was a burial place. The spirits will never leave, be they friend or foe.
I spoke with the town historian, the story above regarding the skeletons [6 child size] found
after the fire is not true. No human remains were discovered after the school burnt. The historian also had no knowledge of six civil war orphans, missing or otherwise.
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For example, the place has never been mapped. People have tried on foot, and in helicopter, and it's never the same way for more than a few days.
Then there's the old church and school house, if you can find them. Both have 'burnt down' numerous times (four that just my grandmother remembers, plus twice in my life time) and yet people still see them. The church bell tower lights up, and numerous people have sworn that they hear 'fifties style funeral marches.
There is absolutely no cell phone reception (although for anyone from APW, this is pretty normal, ) and electronics/motorized things just seem to stop. People go in, and their cars just stall, before starting up again a few minutes later.
The cemetery that's up there -again if you can find it- is odd as well. Any pictures taken of the head stones just show up as white balls of light.
Personally, my cousin and I went up one night about one o'clock in the morning, on a stupid dare from friends. We went down the main road, and somehow found the church. About three hundred feet from the church, our car stalled. We couldn't open the doors, or roll down the windows (which were manual). We sat there for maybe a minute, panicking, before the car started rolling down the straight dirt road, and it turned on again about two hundred feet on the opposite side of the church, with the radio playing pipe organ music as the number readout kept scanning over and over.
I've always heard local legend say that a group of witches poisoned the wells, and everyone went mad. They say that it started with people burning down the school house with the children still in it, believing that the children were possessed by satan.
According to an old Indian friend of mine, witches were using Indian babies in satanic rituals, so the Indian Shamans laid a curse on them. Then the witches went crazy and started killing everyone else.
Very interesting little tidbit: as far as I know (and I could be mistaken here, I didn't look into it too much) there's only one Native American family living in the APW area. Which, seeing as how it's surrounded by the Mohawks, the Oneida, the Cayuga, the Seneca, the Deleware, and the Mohican, seems a little strange. But that's just personal belief.
Another interesting thing to be considered is the people of APW itself. It has one of the highest domestic abuse/child abuse/child negligence/ etc in Oswego county. It also has a very high divorce rate.
And of course, everybody's heard about the teenagers in '78 who found the skull with red eyes.
The place was kept gated off from the late eighteen hundreds until the early 1950s, when the gates were finally opened. But people still say that they've gone in there -and not seen any gates- and been stuck on the opposite side of an iron gate coming back out.
All in all, it's a pretty weird place.
Sorry that my info is kind of sporadic, but I wanted to make sure I got everything.
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This is the Entrance me and my friends would use. It is a Dirt road, and leads to St. Mary Rd and has multiple sideroads and clearings along the way. When we'd get to St. Mary rd. there is a Man who sells Wolf Dog Puppies. Every time I went, a small herd of adorable Wolf dog puppies (they looked like Wolf/Husky Mixes and were aparently 3rd generation) would come bounding toawrds us! And lick and crawl over us while we sat down!
This is also near "Grandpa's Cabin".
My friend and I checked out "Grandpa's Cabin" And found it to be locked. There was an outhouse nearby. The ground was littered with cans, and I unfortunately even spied a used condom or two. When I looked inside I saw a few old Plastic Seated Chairs like you would find in School Houses. It was very small.
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Daniel Owen Espley and Betsy Skelding were married on 20 April 1908. They are my wife's grandparents.
Owen was born on 14 March 1886 in Biddulph, Staffordshire. His parents were Frederick Espley and Frances Owen.
Betsy was born one year and one day later on 15 March 1887 in Lye, Staffordshire. Her parents were Imri Skelding and Sarah Anne Darby.
By the time of the 1901 census Owen and Betsy were both living in Smallthorne, Staffordshire. I checked on Google Maps and their addresses are fairly near to each other. However we have no knowledge about how they first met.
They were married at the Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Smallthorne. The marriage was registered in the district of Leek, Staffordshire. We took the photograph below when we visited the area a few years ago.
The minister conducting the service was James E Woodfield.
The two witnesses were Samuel Skelding (Betsy's brother) and Rose Espley, who I believe is the wife of Owen's brother Richard Henry Espley.
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Cards purchase Seth Maness from Memphis (AAA); Lefty Marc Rzepczynski optioned to Triple-A club
The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Seth Maness (pronounced MAY-niss) from Memphis (AAA) and optioned left-handed pitcher Marc Rzepczynski to the triple-A club. Maness, 24, was the Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2012 and will be making his Major League debut with his first appearance.
Maness was 2-2 with a 4.32 ERA in four starts at Memphis this season, striking out 18 and walking just three in 25.0 innings pitched. Maness was an 11th round selection for the Cardinals out of East Carolina University in 2011.
The 6-0, 190-pound North Carolina native has displayed impeccable control throughout his pro career, allowing just 18 total walks in 247.2 innings pitched. Maness worked six or more innings in each of his four starts at Memphis and has done so in 27 of his 38 career minor league starts.
Rzepczynski made nine appearances to begin the 2013 season with St. Louis, allowing seven runs in 8.0 innings of work with no decisions.
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Rickrack was a favorite trim of late-19th and early-20th-century seamstresses, who used it to embellish their garments. It is mentioned in books printed as early as 1882. Sometimes it was inserted in a seam with only the points visible; at other times rickrack was applied as a topstitched edging or served as the framework for Battenberg-type laces. Rickrack was prized for its durability and the fact that, unlike lace, it could survive repeated washings with no damage. The harsh laundry methods of the time involved boiling-hot water, grated lye soap, and large wooden laundry paddles, so this attribute alone assured the braid's great popularity.
Search through an old sewing basket, and you're likely to come upon remnants of rickrack, perhaps still in the original packets or carefully wound around folded cardboard and held with a rusted straight pin. Rickrack, a machine-woven braid, has changed very little in the intervening years. It's still available in several sizes, ranging from tiny to jumbo -- and the flat bias weave allows it to turn in any direction.
That old sewing-basket rickrack was probably woven of heavy-duty mercerized cotton, although some rickrack was made of wool. Today, it's made from sturdy polyester fibers that resist fading and curling, but it still looks like old-time cotton rickrack. The colors of old rickrack may not be available today. Manufacturers update the shades every year or two to reflect current trends, and the braid also comes in novelty colors, variegated tints, and metallics that are suited to a multitude of uses.
We've collected some rickrack linen-trim ideas to get your imagination started. Use vintage rickrack if you're lucky enough to find some. Follow these guidelines for working with old or new rickrack.
Add these rickrack trims to freshen bed or bath linens.
Do you remember when the "chicken-scratch" technique of cross-stitch on gingham was all the rage? Gingham's precise checks also make it easy to align medium and baby rickrack in neat rows and secure it with backstitches. Add cross-stitches with French-knot centers.
Laze the days away making a chain of lazy-daisy stitches on jumbo-size rickrack. French-knot centers coordinate with lazy-daisy flower petals to gently echo the color of the pillow.
Daffodil-yellow rickrack flowers are a cheery substitute for the real thing, and they survive repeated washings no worse for the wear. For each flower, allow at least 12" of rickrack. (You may wish to start sewing at the cut end, making sure the flower is the size you want before cutting the other end.) Knot a doubled strand of thread in an embroidery needle. Sew running stitches in and out through each point on one edge of the rickrack. Then, gather the points at the center by pulling the thread. Tack the cut ends together on the underside to secure them. Tack on loops of green baby rickrack for leaves, and add French knots stitched in pearl cotton to the center of each flower.
For the easiest rickrack trim of all, wrap two colors of rickrack together and machine-sew down the center of the band. Or baste the rickrack in place and tack alternate points by hand, and then remove the basting.
Take braided rickrack a step further with simple crochet stitches.
ch = chain dc = double crochet rep = repeat RS = right side sc = single crochet sl st = slip stitch sp = space picot = ch 4, sl st in previous dc
Note: If you are trimming a towel, measure the width. Use this measurement plus 1 inch as the length of the edging for one row of trim.
1. Wrap contrasting colors of rickrack around each other with the pieces flat; cut them to the desired length.
2. Use triple strands of thread throughout to crochet a thicker edging like the yellow edging in the picture, or use a single strand for a thinner edging like the blue edging. Starting on the third rickrack tip from one end, join the thread by jabbing the hook through the fabric near the outer tip, sliding the hook in deeply to enlarge the hole, and then pulling the thread through.
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4. Block the edging. Using a needle and thread, tack the edging to the towel, folding cut ends to the back.
Like comfort food, these rickrack-trimmed bed linens evoke memories of a simpler time.
1. Press the finished edges of the sheet and each pillowcase; press the rickrack.
2. Cut a length of each color of rickrack to the width of the sheet plus 1 inch. Cut two lengths of each color of rickrack long enough to go around the pillowcase.
3. Spacing the rickrack as desired, pin and baste the center of each length of rickrack to the sheet, folding each cut end under 1/2 inch. Repeat the pattern on each pillowcase.
4. Choose embroidery stitches to embellish each row of rickrack, and work in the colors of your choice.
5. When the stitching is complete, remove the basting.
1. Cut five 3-1/4x18-inch strips of batiste fabric.
2. On two strips, prepare a narrow hem along one long edge by folding under 1/8 inch and pressing; turn under 1/8 inch again and press. On the remaining three strips, prepare a narrow hem along both long edges.
3. Cut two 18-inch lengths from each color of rickrack. Use white thread to machine-sew a length of rickrack to each folded edge of the batiste fabric, catching only the tips of the points.
4. Referring to the photograph, lay out the strips, matching rickrack colors. Beginning with a piece of batiste with only a single edge of rickrack, match the colors and align the points. Tack the adjoining points together with matching thread. Repeat to join the other colors.
5. Press the completed design and trim it into a 15-1/2 inch square (or 1/2 inch larger than the pillow you're using). Fold under and press 1/4 inch on each outside edge.
6. Center the pieced batiste on the pillow top, pinning it in place. Hand-stitch around the edges.
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Civil rights group challenges NSA phone surveillance program
The American Civil Liberties Union sued senior U.S. government officials on Tuesday to strike down the NSA's broad telephone surveillance.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued senior U.S. government officials on Tuesday to strike down the National Security Agency's broad telephone surveillance, a challenge that may have improved chances of succeeding as a result of recent leaks about the program.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York claims the U.S. government's collection of vast communications records violates rights to free speech and privacy as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
The suit was filed amid a furor over leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who disclosed a massive government program to collect and store phone and Internet records from major telecommunications companies.
Legal experts said the leaks could help the ACLU to succeed where a previous suit involving Amnesty International failed.
After news stories from Snowden's leaks appeared in the Guardian of Britain and the Washington Post, U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper declassified some details of the program, acknowledging it existed.
In Amnesty's challenge to the surveillance program, the U.S. Supreme Court in February ruled 5-4 in favor of the government in part because it said the plaintiffs could not prove their phones had been tapped.
"Because the government has told us all that it is collecting the metadata, then that (Supreme Court reasoning) goes away," said Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri.
John Mahoney, a partner at the Washington law firm Tully Rickney, agreed that Clapper's acknowledgement of the program last week had opened the door to a legal challenge.
"This suit has got legs because I do think this (surveillance) program might be overbroad constitutionally," Mahoney said. "I'm all for national security and I do national security law for a living, but to just broadly capture every phone call and every Internet message by every citizen of the United State seems a bit much."
The U.S. Justice Department declined to immediately comment on the suit, saying it needed time to review it and respond.
President Barack Obama has defended the sweeping government surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet activity, calling it a "modest encroachment" on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack.
However, Obama also said he welcomed public debate on the balance between privacy and security.
"The president has said he welcomes a public debate. It would be odd to say that and then expect a state secret privilege," said Jameel Jaffer, one of the ACLU lawyers on the suit.
The rights group asked the court to immediately halt the NSA's vast tracking program of telephone calls, declare the program illegal, and order the government to purge all databases of the call records.
The government "vacuums up information about every phone call placed within, from, or to the United States," the ACLU said, arguing that it violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and the right of privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The suit cited the government's acknowledgement that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court required Verizon Business Network Services to turn over metadata about the calls made by each of its subscribers over a three-month period as a continuation of a program that members of Congress said has been in place for seven years.
As a Verizon subscriber, the ACLU named itself as a plaintiff, saying the government's secret monitoring program was "likely to have a chilling effect on whistleblowers and others who would otherwise contact plaintiffs for legal assistance."
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Carved Altar in the Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher designed by by John Ninian Comper. After 1893. Location: G. E. Street's St. Mary Magdalene in Paddington, London. The chapel was intended as a memorial to Dr. Richard Temple West, the church's first vicar. According to Father Stephenson's history of the church and its decorations, "Everthing in the Chapel was designed by Comper," who also provided explanations of some of the complex iconography he used.
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'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives' Viewers Choose Their Top 10 Burgers of all Time
On a recent episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, viewer picks for the "Top 10 Burgers of All Time" were revealed. Several Asian fusion burgers made the list, along with burgers decked out with everything from to truffled mushroom duxelle (a mixture of sautéed mushrooms, shallots, and truffle oil) to thin slices of pastrami. Check out the full list below.
Top 10 Burgers of all Time, as voted by Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Viewers
- 10: Italian Stallion Burger from Burger Me! in Truckee, CA: a bison patty topped with provolone cheese, salami, mortadella, lettuce, tomato, pickles, hot peppers and cabernet vinaigrette
- 9: Christmas Burger from The Ace in Toronto, Ontario: an oven-roasted turkey burger stuffed with sage-scented stuffing and topped with cranberry compote
- 8: Harvard Double Burger from Mr. Bartley's Burger in Cambridge, MA: two seven ounce patties stacked with American cheese, bacon, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and a liberal glob of barbeque sauce
- 7: Banh Mi Burger from Bachi Burger in Las Vegas: a marinated pork, shrimp, and beef patty topped with pork loaf, curry aioli, carrots, and daikon (recipe here)
- 6: Umami Burger from bopNgrill in Chicago: topped with truffled mushroom duxelle, sun-dried tomato confit, togarashi mayo, bacon, and smoked gouda
- 5: Poor Boy Burger from Parkette Drive In in Lexington, KY: two 1/4 pound beef patties with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, mustard, and Parkette sauce on a toasted double-decker bun
- 4: Suribachi Burger from Swagger in Kansas City, MO: a tempura-battered, deep-fried patty topped with pepper jack cheese and spicy house made coleslaw with a garlic-wasabi dressing
- 3: Stuffed Burgers from Casper & Runyon's Nook in St. Paul MN: Guy returned to this "small place with big burgers" (and a bowling alley in the basement) to sample their house specialty: stuffed burgers
- 2: Mac Attack from Boston Burger Company in Boston: a 100% Certified Black Angus patty covered in four-cheese mac and cheese
- 1: Guido Burger from Hodad's in San Diego: a pastrami burger with ketchup, pickles, swiss cheese, grilled onions and spicy brown mustard
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Thor Posts Solid Gains in 1Q Motorhome Sales
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Elkhart, Ind.-based Thor Industries Inc. today (Nov. 4) announced preliminary sales, as well as continued growth in the company's backlog, for its fiscal 2014 first quarter, ended Oct. 31.
Preliminary consolidated sales from continuing operations in the first quarter were $802.6 million, up 5.4% from $761.4 million in the first quarter last year. Towable RV sales for the first quarter were $625.7 million, down 2.1% from $639.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. Motorized RV sales in the first quarter increased 44.8% to $176.9 million from $122.2 million in the same quarter a year ago.
Consolidated backlog on Oct. 31 was $733.2 million, representing a 41.9% increase from $516.7 million the previous year. Towable RV backlog increased 13.5% to $419.8 million compared to $369.9 million at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2013. Motorized RV backlog more than doubled to $313.4 million from $146.8 million a year earlier.
"Thor achieved solid improvements in our preliminary sales for the first quarter of the fiscal year. Our towable sales were somewhat softer compared with the prior year, while our motorized sales posted very strong growth as that market continues to recover sharply," said Bob Martin, Thor president and CEO. "While we have seen stability in the overall towable market, we took the opportunity to be disciplined in our towable business in an effort to better balance our production with industry demand, which should benefit Thor during the more seasonally slow fall and winter months.
"In motorized, we have begun production on our first line in Wakarusa and we expect to have the second line in operation during the fiscal second quarter, both of which will help support our overall growth. We expect to report our first-quarter operating results on Dec. 2."


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New Zealand's thl Buys Road Bear RV Rentals
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Tourism Holdings (thl) today (Dec. 3) announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase JJ Motorcars Inc. which trades as Road Bear, an RV rentals business based in Los Angeles, according to voxy.co.nz.
Road Bear currently operates a fleet of between 350 and 450 rental vehicles from five branches located in tourism gateways – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas and New York.
The business operates a similar model to thl's rentals businesses in New Zealand and Australia. The acquisition is expected to be completed on Dec. 31 for $5 million goodwill plus approximately $12 million to fund RVs acquired.
The purchase will be fully debt-funded.
The Road Bear business is expected to contribute $2.1 million pre-tax to thl's result over the first 12 months of ownership.
thl Chairman Keith Smith said Road Bear was expected to provide returns at least equal to thl's cost of capital from the first year of ownership.
FY2011 NPAT for the existing thl businesses remains in line with the previous guidance of $4 million provided at the annual meeting.
Recent accounting standard changes now require all costs associated with the acquisition to be expensed rather than capitalized into the purchase price. These non-deductible one-off expenses will be circa $1 million in the FY2011.
The combined impact of the acquisition costs, low season Road Bear trading and incremental interest totals $1.5 million after tax, and therefore the total thl FY2011 NPAT guidance is now $2.5 million.
The 2012 financial year will reflect the full benefit of the acquisition.
"This is a significant milestone in thl's change of direction over this period, in which we have transformed from a tourism business with diverse assets in attractions, coaching and rentals, to a leaner operation focused strongly on rentals," Smith said.
"Our existing rentals business has by far the largest footprint in its home markets, along with a proven business model. Road Bear provides an ideal opportunity to establish a beachhead in the U.S.A., based on an operation that is profitable, a good fit with our existing business and has strong potential for expansion in the largest RV market in the world."
Daniel Schneider and Horst Hagner will remain with Road Bear as employees for an agreed period after the completion of the purchase by thl.
Daniel will remain as CEO and president of the business for the medium term, whilst Horst will transition from the business throughout FY2011.
thl CEO Grant Webster said: "We know the successful performance of Road Bear in the industry, having conducted extensive in-house and external research on the U.S.A. rentals market."
"The U.S.A. market is very large – there are reported to be 8.2 million owners of caravans and RVs or motorhomes and an estimated 6,000 – 8,000 such vehicles are available for rental in the peak season of June through September," Webster said. "The business we are buying is small in that context, but has a strong market position with a premium offering."
"As Road Bear is an existing profitable business, the success of the acquisition will not be dependent on synergies with the existing thl business – although we believe there are potential opportunities in online marketing and bookings, trade relationships and core support services," he said.
"Road Bear is very similar to the thl rentals businesses, being based on the purchase, rental and then sale of motorhomes timed to align with variations in rental demand. Its customer base is primarily in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, which are core markets for our existing businesses in New Zealand and Australia," he said. "Road Bear is strongly located for tourism flows and, given relatively short turnaround for both purchase and sale of vehicles, is highly flexible to cyclical and seasonal demand variations."
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Celebrating 50 years of "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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The year is 2018. We are in the 21st century. Nearly two decades ago we were supposed to make contact with life on other worlds. At least, according to Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, and their film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," which opened in U.S. theaters in 1968.
Arthur C. Clarke was a scientific visionary, recluse, and writer of more than 100 books, including "Childhood's End" and "Rendezvous with Rama." He served on the British Interplanetary Society and predicted numerous innovations to come, including satellite telecommunications and man landing on the moon. Yet he's best remembered for "2001: A Space Odyssey" — a collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick for which he simultaneously wrote the screen story and novel. Why is it this film, and not his other works, that we so remember him for?
The project began in 1964, when Kubrick and Clarke embarked on a mission to create a serious, well-researched look at man's destiny in space, one that ditched the typical sci-fi tropes (such as green aliens and flying saucers) in favor of actual science, with the goal of enabling humanity to reflect on its relative insignificance in the universe. After a series of meetings with Kubrick, Clarke settled in New York's Chelsea Hotel to write a work based on his short story "The Sentinel," about an alien landmark discovered on the Moon. Over the four difficult years that followed (not the four months Clarke had anticipated) that story was whittled down and made ever more abstract — narration erased, aliens made invisible — until a simple three-part story emerged. Once the book was completed, Clarke had to wait for years to publish it — without being able to take other projects or receive compensation — until the movie was finished, as he'd agreed with Kubrick that the works should be released simultaneously.
Fifty years have passed since the film "2001" emerged into a world whose landscape was changing in ways just as incredible and confusing as the film itself. Controversial and inspiring, the movie is remembered for its often-wordless, extremely serious, and mystically wondrous portrayal of the future. It remains unchallenged as one of the greatest works of science in art, and as the years have passed, its legend as one of the greatest films of all time continues to grow. Today, almost all science fiction films have come from its visionary womb. "Star Wars," "Aliens," "Star Trek" — their spaceships, atmosphere, and technology are all borrowed from the groundwork established in "2001."
Why has such a strange, baffling movie remained so cherished? Perhaps because though the pacing might be slow by today's roller-coaster standards, the special effects are still impressive. Perhaps because the ending is still enigmatic, still a mystery. Perhaps Hal, the robot artificial intelligence who calmly destroys the entire crew of the Discovery except for David Bowman, still terrifies as a real possibility. Perhaps the movie still reminds us of our future, even today.
Today, we still have not discovered extraterrestrial life. We haven't set foot farther than the moon. In that sense, "2001" is still a promise. Despite our smartphones, our Internet, our genetic engineering, we still strive for that sense of wonder. Like 50 years ago, we're also embroiled in a war of global implications, facing cultural turmoil, looking for a way out. What the world and humanity needs is perspective.
Perhaps we can step back and learn from Arthur C. Clarke, a man who escaped to Sri Lanka for much of his life to write and dream. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a journey backwards to mankind's origins, as well as forward to the rebirth of a new humanity. The film allows us to witness something new instead of preaching to us. This is the legacy of Clarke, who died in 2008 (nine years after Kubrick), and also of his most memorable work, "2001." It is, like the alien presence in the film, a monolith that reaches out. We need the film's perspective, now more than ever.
We all need to step back every once in a while and ponder how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. We need to remember how large the universe is, how small we are. In 50 years, we haven't changed that much at all.
Originally published in June 2008
Scott Stein is a playwright and writer who has covered tech, gaming and entertainment since 2001 for Maxim, Men's Journal, Playboy, Esquire and Laptop Magazine, among others. He is a senior editor at CNET.com.


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Officials at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth took time Monday to remember prison employees who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Officials at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth took time Monday to remember prison employees who made the ultimate sacrifice.
USP employees who were killed in the line of duty, as well as fallen employs from other federal prisons, were remembered during a memorial service.
"They did not seek glory, but glory surrounds them," said Unit Manager Marshall Grissom.
Monday's program featured a video that provided information about the circumstances of the deaths of 24 BOP employees as well a one contract worker. The details were told in the first person of the individuals who lost their lives.
USP's Capt. Dennis Treadway rang a bell to honor each of the fallen employees.
Seven of the people profiled in the video were killed in Leavenworth. In fact, the first three BOP employees who were killed in the line of duty worked at the USP in Leavenworth. The last time an employee was killed in the line of duty at the Leavenworth facility was in 1974.
The names of seven additional USP employees who died by other means while they were on duty also were read during the ceremony.
A memorial service is held each year at the USP during National Correctional Workers Week.
Various activities are planned for this week. Tours of the institution were offered earlier in the day Monday for retirees and their families.
During the memorial service, Warden Claude Maye asked USP employees as they enjoy the week to remember those who have given their lives. He also asked staff members to "remember to take care of each other."
"We work in a very dangerous environment that could become volatile at any time," he said.


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Model and America's Next Top Model alum (cycle 6) Joanie Dodds gives a weekly insider's view on the hit show.
Well, holy moly! I loved and hated this episode. The first real makeover is always the best, don't you agree? It's fun to see just what these girls are going to get done — and who is going to cry. (I sound so mean!) As a past contestant, I cringe and feel their anxiety. But the biggest makeover was Jaeda –from Cute College Girl with Layers to Hot Halle Berry Pixie! She definitely pulled it off. After getting their makeovers (which I loved!!) from a super master stylist (stop whining!) — the girls had to face their next challenge, the HAIR WARS! Click through to the next page to read the rest of Joanie's Take on this episode.
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Jay Manuel met the girls at a hotel where they were given a super stressful challenge. They had 30 seconds to catch the elevator, and jump off at different floors on which they had another 30 seconds to get makeup, clothes and accessories. If you missed the elevator, you were out. WOW! Megg and Monique were eliminated. Gotta be on your toes!
Upstairs they met Queen Latifah and tried their best to sell their new look. Queen loves Eugena, and the prize turns out to be a shot for Cover Girl, very cool.
At the photo shoot, it's all about the craziest, biggest, most outrageous wigs and accessories you've ever seen on a head! Everything from Toucans to American flags to Amanda's Red Star-Trek fantasy (left). The point was to stand out from even the craziest distraction. Anchal– my fave– gets Cover Girl of the week. Way to go, girl!
Elimination. My two picks for the bottom two going into this elimination were Eugena and Monique, just because their shots were weak, and Monique is, uh, not the nicest. I love these TWINS! So amazing! Again, Anchal rocks me and so does AJ.
But in the end, the bottom two comes down to a very shocking Jaeda and Megan. WHAT? Megan goes home? Can anybody say, deja vu Mollie Sue? The blonde bombshell with the great look goes?? WHY???!!!!!! I guess you just have to trust the judges.
Can't wait until next week…
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As Asian miracle wanes, U.S. may wax: James Saft
Sept 11 (Reuters) – Asia's economic miracle may be waning
just as the foundations for an eventual resurgence in the U.S.
are being laid.
Asia, China in particular, may be bumping up against the
limits of a capital-intensive growth model predicated on cheap
labor. To counteract this, countries like China may have to
adapt legal, political and even academic practices which could
up-end existing power relationships.
At the same time, technology, geology and new manufacturing
techniques may in combination give U.S. growth an energy and
innovation boost.
"To pose the question about the Asian miracle is not to
doubt China's and Asia's economic potential and significance,
but to throw down the gauntlet to the conventional thinking that
extrapolates Asia's past economic performance into the
indefinite future, and assumes that the competitive challenge
from the U.S. and other Western countries and companies is now a
spent force," George Magnus, an economic consultant to UBS
writes Monday in a note to clients titled "Asia: is the miracle
To be sure, Asian growth rates won't dip below those of the
U.S., other than under the most extraordinary scenarios. There
is, however, real potential for rates in China, India and
elsewhere to disappoint the sorts of forecasts now common, and
for the U.S. to stage a meaningful, and surprising, rally.
China's fantastic multi-decade record of economic growth
owes much to better use of labor, as workers were redeployed
from less productive rural work into the country's
urban-centered export machine. That, supported by an
extraordinary investment in physical capital drove high rates of
growth and productivity, but at the expense of a domestic
consumer economy.
That particular set of tactics are now showing diminishing
returns. Wage differentials are narrowing while, at least for
the near term, Europe and the U.S. will show less appetite for
exports. Magnus argues that the next step upward will have to be
founded on greater efficiency and innovation, both of which in
turn depend on political and institutional reform. In a
one-party state like China this is both difficult to do and
difficult to forecast.
Intellectual property rights may well become better guarded,
and what Magnus calls a system which favors incremental over
radical change may be remolded too, but the evidence on the
ground thus far is thin.
None of this does much to change the real hurdles faced by
the U.S. It labors under too much debt, has a nasty problem with
the long-term costs of health-care and, crucially, as the owner
of the world's leading reserve currency is given the latitude
and even encouragement to not make hard decisions but simply
solve issues of debt and consumption with still more debt and
That said, the U.S. has a lot going for it over the next
decade. Advances in technology and lucky breaks in geology means
that the U.S. is beginning to enjoy a shale gas revolution which
will create jobs and investment and give it the sort of energy
independence unimaginable a decade ago. UBS estimates this may
boost growth by about a half a percentage point in coming years
– only about a third of the impact of the technology boom – but
a very meaningful amount in a low-growth environment.
At the same time, so-called 3D manufacturing shows really
stunning, if yet unproven, potential to re-shape the way the
world makes things, and to do so in a way which largely favors
the U.S. over not just China but Japan and Germany as well. The
process, in which highly customizable products are literally
sprayed into existence using something not too dissimilar from
an ink-jet printer, as opposed to the old style of banging
things out of materials, plays really well to U.S. strengths.
While used now mostly to make prototypes, the spread of 3D
should make it cheaper and more advantageous to put factories
close to their markets. That's a huge contrast from the existing
global supply chain, in which achieving small per-piece price
advantages is so important that we site parts plants for a
single product all over the globe.
The U.S. has not just shown itself to be leading in
innovation, as 3D rises a higher percentage of the value of a
manufacturing operation will be in intellectual capital – the
designing of the program which makes the product, rather than
the massive factory in China or the Ruhr. Why site your factory
half a world away from your market and take a risk of losing
your intellectual property? Shipping costs too will play a
bigger role if labor inputs into the cost of making something
are smaller.
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Reading over various recaps around the web this morning, my Christmas cheer has been dampened somewhat by the discovery that, like my chat partner Bryan Reid, most viewers of last night's episode found Santy Claus's visit to Briarcliff to be little more than a gruesome distraction. To be fair, I get the general reasoning: AHS is already a seething mass of storylines and half-explained characters, so do we really need to add another, especially one who takes up an entire episode? I guess I just loved Ian McShane's deranged performance so much that it didn't bother me.
As Chris Harnick theorized over at HuffPo, the producers may have done this "solely to show just how creepy McShane could be and to establish that watching people get murdered while wrapped in Christmas lights is upsetting." Surely that's justification enough, no? Both he and Brian Juergens of After Elton kind of say "no," so perhaps we'll just have to agree to disagree.
In other news, one glaring revelation that Bryan R. and I both missed last night was the fact that Lana is almost certainly pregnant by Dr. Thredson because, you know, she "forced" him to give her "his intimacy." (Is that not the sickest euphemism for rape you've ever heard?!) Both Harnick and Halle Kiefer of Rolling Stone offered this notion after noticing Lana's vomiting (even though she hadn't eaten anything), and Harnick goes a tantalizing step further, prophesying that "modern-day Bloody Face is growing inside her as we speak." The previews for next week's episode seem to indicate that Dylan McDermott (who Murphy has revealed is playing our modern day killer) will be discussing his "impulses" with a therapist in a nice reversal from last season, so Harnick's theory may be tested sooner rather than later.
Speaking of theories, I have one that I'd love our readers' help with vetting. Did anyone else notice how tweaked-out Sister Mary Demon got about those rubies? Girl looked like a cat to catnip. I googled around a little, but couldn't find for sure if demons are supposed to have a weakness for the red gemstones. If any of you out there are of the theological persuasion, satisfy my curiosity. I think that reaction to the "shit-stained earrings" may have been a clue to the demon's future downfall. Submit your research papers in the comments!


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He also claimed that the problem was not limited to Jackson Street "Every citizen of Amherst has paid taxes for the construction of this bridgc.if this is any indication of the use of tax dollars, I hope we all remember this bridge when casting votes for city government" he said. City engineer Milt Pommeranz claimed that the major delays in construction are the direct results of the railroad over which the bridge is built Because the city has an easement over the railway, permission to build must be obtained and building specifications must be approved by the railroad company. Railroad representatives and federal law, said Pommeranz, demanded that the bridge be raised two feet to give proper clearance for passing trains. "Yes, it's taking a long time," he said "But dealing with the railroad is not an easy thing...a lot of times they're hard to get a hold of. We have records and certified letters from five or six occasions where we got our receipts back, but the railroad didn't reply to our requests to cooperate," he said. Citizens also voiced safety concerns, stating that they don't believe the retaining wall will be sufficient to stop accidents from damaging neighboring property or endanger- CONTINUED on page 10 I Cops cruise the night with power, goals by JASON HAWK 1 i News-Times reporter 2:52 p.m.: I was astounded at my own cleverness when I waltzed into the Amherst Police Department with a Dunkin Donuts box in my hand. I'm not one to push a stereotype; I just wanted to bring the boys in blue a thank you for letting me ride along in a police cruiser for the evening. Honest Sargent Brian Brancatelli just shook his head when he saw me standing there, grinning like a fool and proffering an assortment of jelly-filled and glazed pastries. 3:10 p.m.: I found out just how much firepower a police officer packs when Brancatelli ran through his shift checklist While he started up his police cruiser and checked his equipment he showed me the virtual arsenal he keeps in car 108. Brancatelli checked the ammunition in his standard issue 12-gauge shotgun that he keeps in the car. "You don't want to go out on duty without knowing that everything's loaded up the way it's supposed to be," he said. "In this case, it could mean the difference between life and death if I didn't have the shotgun loaded and ready to go. I had to look twice at the semiautomatic weapon that he checked next "Since Columbine and 9-11, more officers are choosing to aim themselves with long range weapons," he said, showing me the finer points of his high-point 9mm car- . bine rifle. "If officers at Columbine had been able to get f: closer, they might have been able to disable suspects before all those kids got killed," he said. . I wouldn't want to mess with Sgt Brancatelli when he just had his 9mm pistol bolstered on his hip. Knowing what was * in his cruiser made me swear off any future illegal activity. 3:25 p.m.: I decided that there was another good reason to avoid getting on the law's bad side as Brancatelli gave me a thorough tour of the police station and its jail facilities. Some might make cracks about Club Fed, but I sure aim to stay out of those cells. For one thing, I doubt that the room service in the detoxification cell is very good. 3:45 p.m.: I mulled over calling my wife to tell her I was in a police car, but thought better of it Brancatelli and I hit ;. the road as he started his patrol shift While waiting for service calls to come in from the dispatcher, Brancatelli kept his eyes open for traffic violations. We took a meandering, unplotted route through town. "We're keeping visible," Brancatelli told me. "That's a big part of my job. The more visible we are, the less likely people are to commit a crime." I took the opportunity to ask him about some urban legends. "No, there's no such thing as police quotas," he laughed at me, although he added that there are some things that bother Sgt. Brian Brancatelli and Fire Chief Ralph Zilch talk over the situation on Park St., where emergency personnel responded to a him more than others. "My pet peeve is excessive noise," he said. "The entire department also has a zero-tolerance policy about seat belt use. If we pull you over and you're not wearing your seat belt you will be cited." 4:30 p.m.: Our first stop of the afternoon was in the Giant Eagle parking lot on Cooper Foster Park Road, where Brancatelli confronted a female juvenile who reportedly was involved in an incident of road rage on Route 2. She was advised about her behavior. 4:39 p.m.: Minutes later, we pulled around the back of the old Ames building on Cooper Foster Park Road, where two call of smoke in the basement. Firefighters cleared the area and, after an investigation, declared the residence safe. juveniles in a red Cougar were parked. Brancatelli told the two obviously embarrassed juveniles that they were trespassing and warned them to leave the property. They insisted that they "were just talking." 5:15 p.m.: We answered a call to a Park Street residence that reported smoke in the basement Firefighters cleared the area without problem, though Brancatelli warned the house's inhabitants to clean up the inside of the residence to avoid future problems with other government agencies. The head of household thanked city personnel CONTINUED on page 12 fl 56th District candidates spar during cable TV debates here \ i ■ Candidates for the 56th District State House of Representatives squared off last Wednesday night in the first of five debates that are part of the WACC Cable Television series, "Your Choice, Your Voice: The Amherst Election Debates." Republican candidate Dan Williamson challenged Democratic incumbent Joseph Koziuraat the moderated debate's taping at Marion L. Steele High School, where repor- ten. iiicluding Jason Hawk of the aVa-aberst News-Tunes, Angela Inge ion the C*ronkle-Teaegram, and Ism Sullivan from the Lorain Morning Journal, served as panel members. The reporters posed questions to the two candidates, ranging in sub- fact from fiscal policy aad school i-nding to tax abatement proposals. 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