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Since the Dare Equestrian Team's inception in 2005, a national championship in the Western discipline had eluded its high school riders.
Since the Dare Equestrian Team's inception in 2005, a national championship in the Western discipline had eluded its high school riders.
That changed during the International Equestrian Association nationals held June 27-29 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, as the competitors brought the title home to Dare Equestrian Center in Hilliard.
Linda Dare, who founded the program, said training is the key. At the competition, which was part of the National Reining Horse Association Derby, each rider receives his or her horse in a random drawing.
"When we practice, I have my riders work with all 14 horses," she said. "The riders take turns riding them every 10 minutes so that they can readily adapt because they don't get any warm-up time before competitions."
Dare's high school Western riders had recorded top-three national finishes each year of the team's existence, including reserve champion status in 2006, 2007 and 2010.
This time, Dare scored 25 points to finish ahead of reserve champion KM Equestrian of Findlay, which scored 23.
In the Western finals, points are awarded to individuals and added to reflect the team's overall score.
Placing first for Dare and earning seven points for their victories were recent Grove City graduate Ashley Reichert in Team Varsity Open Horsemanship and Hilliard Davidson junior Eddie Clark in Team Varsity Intermediate Horsemanship.
Reichert also was reserve champion in Team Varsity Open Reining to earn five points that helped Dare emerge victorious.
"It was kind of crazy because both of my events were the last two events of the day, so if I would not have done as well there, our team would have gone down in the standings," Reichert said.
In her final trip to nationals with her Dare teammates, it only seemed fitting to Reichert that both she and her team would take home victories.
"I couldn't have asked for a better way to end it," she said.
According to the IEA, the national finalists represented 33 teams from throughout the United States.
"I felt really happy that I was able to win (my event) over all of the other great riders that I competed against," Clark said.
Clark also said his individual win meant even more because it helped earn the team championship.
"We were all just very ecstatic that we won," he said.
Also for Dare, Dublin Coffman junior Ben Beckett was reserve champion in Individual Varsity Open Reigning, which, he said, "judges how well-trained the horse is and how well-guided they are."
Although he did not win the event, he was thrilled about the team's championship.
"I play football, too, so I wouldn't say this is something I've never experienced before," he said.
"But it's definitely something that you're thrilled to have when you win something like that, especially because this is the first time our high school team has won a championship."
Other riders who competed for Dare included Megan Ashbrook of Hilliard (sixth in Individual Varsity Intermediate Horsemanship), Mallory Baker of Upper Arlington (fifth in Individual Future Novice Horsemanship), Andrea Crickard of Hilliard (reserve champion in Team JV Beginner Horsemanship) and Morgan Ocock of Columbus (fifth in Individual JV Novice Horsemanship, sixth in Team JV Novice Horsemanship).
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Happy Holidays! Christmas is so much more fun with a little toddler. Didn't you love when you were little and you would be way overly excited about Christmas and presents? You get to relive all those fond times all over again! It's killer, but I'm way more excited than Hannah is, she's not even two yet. Three years old is when I hear it really gets exciting.
Almost, got a part on GH, which would have been way cool. But alas, didn't get it in the end. Thankfully, I didn't have to audition either. Terminally lazy lady over here.
So, who sent me a comment and knows my ex Kent? You left me a note , but didn't say who you were.
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Delegate Neil Parrott, R-Washington, took language for a petition to the Maryland State Board of Elections on Wednesday to seek advance determination it is legally sufficient.
Parrott said petition language seeking a referendum on a bill to repeal the death penalty also was brought to the board. Language to petition against a bill that makes union fees a mandatory subject of bargaining between school boards and local associations for all teachers also was submitted.
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What, the angry Santas on Monday didn't scare your kids straight? Ok, new game plan: we'll show them how disappointed the big guy is when they shove Crayons up little Austin's nose.
Kind of like Wreckerators.
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Edward Durell Stone Townhouse
130 East 64th St. was built as a speculative rowhouse by Richard Hennessy in 1878.
130 East 64th St. is a hybrid. It has the bones of a nineteenth century row house with a mid-twentieth century skin. This townhouse, located on a mid-block lot, only shows its front façade to the street. It sits on a lot measuring 15'0" x 100'0". The building is four stories tall and is built to the width of the lot. It is 65'0" deep. As it is set forward from its neighbors, the brick party walls of 130 East 64th St. jut out and are painted white. The façade of the building is dominated by a masonry screen which exhibits a pattern of circles and squares. The modern façade contrasts many of the other more traditionally styled buildings on the block.
As a modified townhouse of the late-nineteenth century, 130 East 64th St. is constructed of brick party walls with wooden cross members at each floor. With Stone's alteration, the original brownstone façade was removed and the building, which was originally set back from the front of the lot, was extended forward and refaced with plate glass. This glass, however, is not totally visible as a concrete block grille sits 12" in front of it.
130 East 64th St. is located between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in the City of New York in the State of New York in the United States of America. The Upper East Side of Manhattan is approximately bounded by 59th Street to the South, 100th Street to the North, 5th Avenue to the West and the East River to the East. The area is definable by its large stock of late nineteenth and early twentieth century row houses built in the name of speculation and apartment houses of the early and mid twentieth century. As the majority of the area was built as speculative developments, various styles are present according to their respective times of construction. The styles include, but are not limited to, the Italianate, neo-Grec, and Queen Anne. In the early twentieth century, many of these townhouses were subject to alterations, transforming them from their original style to the newly established neo-Renaissance and Beaux-Arts styles, like the neo-French Renaissance, neo-French Classic, and neo-Italian Renaissance styles popularized by the World Columbia Exposition in Chicago of 1893. Until the early twentieth century, the Upper East Side was characterized by the townhouse of various styles. With the advent of the taller luxury apartment building, the character began to change. These taller apartment buildings are often designed in similar style to the townhouses of the area. In the second half of the twentieth century, the construction of apartment buildings continued. However, these were built in a very different style and are visibly modern. This mixture of style and scale in addition to the Upper East Side's history of alteration contribute to its fabric today. This mixture is present on East 64th Street between Lexington Avenue and Park Avenue, the block on which 130 East 64th St. is located.
Stone's alteration to 130 East 64th St. relied on the extensive use of glass and the concrete block grille, two materials which were growing in popularity as part of the Modern Movement. In the late nineteenth century, steel frame construction enabled the increased use of glass as the load of a building was transferred to its structural members. As modernism developed in the twentieth century, daring architects began to incorporate glass extensively into their designs. For instance, the façade of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion (1928) is almost completely glass. As a material, glass is desirable as a transparent barrier between the outdoors and the indoors. In this way, one gets the benefit, in part, of a solid wall while also experiencing the effect of no wall at all. Edward Durell Stone's use of glass on the façade of 130 East 64th St. acknowledges these desirable qualities. At the same time, the use of the concrete screen provides a balance to the extreme visibility which glass creates. Concrete is a building material which was used as early as the Ancient Romans. For the Romans, concrete was desirable as a plastic material able to span considerable distances, thus able to create large public areas. As time progressed, concrete took on a partially aesthetic role. Load-bearing concrete masonry units were sometimes faced with different patterns to mimic stone. Edward Durell Stone's use of the concrete grille, an element of the façade which is only self supporting, goes even further and uses concrete in an aesthetic fashion which does not mimic stone. Rather, it is formed into custom shapes and creates an elegant pattern of interlaced squares and circles. The concrete grille provides a sense of both solidity and void. Stone's concrete grille in conjunction with his glass façade acts as a membrane between the private townhouse and the public street.
Today, 130 East 64th St. is definable by its concrete block grille façade, a combination of squares which intersect with circles. Stone saw this as a solution to the greater problem of city life. Cities, as densely populated areas, are associated with an inherent level of voyeurism and/or lack of privacy. While some take this as a fact of life, Stone sought to find a remedy. As an attendee of the Exposition des Arts Decoratif Industriels et Modernes in Paris, France in 1925, Stone developed the belief that architectural detail must be necessitated by a specific function. With this in mind, in designing the United States Embassy at New Delhi, India, Stone created a similar concrete screen to the one he would impose on his townhouse on the Upper East Side two years later. In the case of the Embassy, the concrete screen intended to shield the area behind from the strong Indian sun while allowing sufficient circulation of air, a design necessitated by the climate of New Delhi. In the case of his townhouse, the concrete block grille offered privacy to its inhabitants, his family, while also allowing them to see out. Interestingly, the same screen concept was able to rectify the problems of climate and city life, two problems which are inherently tied to the locations of the particular sites. The use of the masonry screen façade of 130 East 64th St. on Manhattan's Upper East Side conveys Stone's role as a functionalist modernist.
130 East 64th St. stands out, literally. When Edward Durell Stone altered the nineteenth century structure, he extended the party walls and the façade forward several feet. It, too, stands out in terms of design. While we know the building is four stories tall, the only story which is clearly demarcated is the ground floor. The entry way is recessed, where a stoop once stood but which was removed before Stone came along. With the upper three floors disguised under a uniform screen and in conjunction with the narrow fifteen foot width of the building, 130 East 64th St. feels noticeably more vertical than its neighboring townhouses. The upper three floors of the townhouse are not discernible from one another. This is a result of the imposition of the concrete block grille. The concrete block grille comprises individual square masonry units which have four quarter-circles set about its four respective corners. The result of this, when used repetitively in a horizontal and vertical fashion, is a design of intersecting squares and circles with an organic feel. But Stone did not create the idea of the masonry screen, acknowledging himself that it was an ancient principle. Stone had traveled extensively through South America and was familiar with the Incan culture. His masonry screen is reminiscent of Incan tapestry. Frank Lloyd Wright, a colleague of Stone's, was also familiar with ancient Meso-America and incorporated similar motifs in some of his work. Wright used a similar screen when designing La Miniatura in Pasadena, California in 1923. In fact, Stone kept many Incan artifacts he acquired throughout his travels in his townhouse. Stone's masonry screen, in addition to his choice to set the façade forward, gives 130 East 64th St. an increased sense of geometry. By destroying the nineteenth century detail which was originally there, Stone has increased the planar nature of the generic townhouse form while also providing an interesting modern design. Stone's design clearly contrasts much of the other buildings along East 64th Street and throughout the Upper East Side. In doing so, Stone's alteration has contributed to the streetscape by diverging from the norm of revival style but adhering to the scale of the Upper East Side townhouse.
In 1878, 130 East 64th St. was built as one of a row of speculative houses designed by James Edward Ware for Richard Hennessy. This townhouse was of the neo-Greco style. Twenty-four years later, Edward Durell Stone was born. At the age of 23, Stone attended the Exposition des Arts Decoratif Industriels et Modernes in Paris, establishing his role as a modern functionalist. In the years following, Stone worked at various firms in New York City. He was licensed as an architect in 1933. In the years following, Edward Durell Stone would design the Museum of Modern Art with Philip Goodwin in New York City. In 1954, Stone designed the United States Embassy at New Delhi, India. Two years later, Stone bought an "old brownstone house in New York, undistinguishable and drab" (Stone, 141), as he described it, which he would later alter according to his functionalist beliefs. In 1956, this drastic alteration was completed, transforming what was a revival style townhouse into a seemingly modern building. Nine years later, in 1965, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City's official governmental body regulating the historic resources of the built environment, was created under Mayor Wagner. In 1978, Edward Durell Stone died at the age of 76. Three years later, in 1981, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated a portion of the Upper East Side as a historic district. This historic district included the 130 East 64th St. This is noteworthy; while lawfully the Landmarks Preservation Commission was able to include this structure as a contributor to its historic district on the basis that the structure itself was more than 30 years old, the Upper East Side Historic District designation protected a building which was visibly modern. In other words, had Stone completely demolished the 130 East 64th St. instead of merely altering its façade, it is likely that the building would have been considered a non-contributing member to the historic district, if it was included at all and would thus be unprotected. Six years later, in 1987, much of the façade's grille work was removed due to its deteriorating condition. This was done with the permission of the Landmarks Preservation Commission on the basis that it would be replaced as soon as possible. After a lengthy delay, the restoration was finally completed in November 1998 by Stone Architecture LLC, an architectural firm founded by Stone's youngest son, Hicks Stone. Initially, Hicks Stone sought to remove the concrete block screen completely in order to allow the greater penetration of light to the interior. The Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected this proposal on the basis that this would be too drastic of a change. This rejection is noteworthy as it demonstrates the acknowledgment of Edward Durell Stone as a modernist architect whose work is worthy of protection and preservation. In 2006, the owner, Andrew B. Cogan donated a façade easement to the National Architectural Trust Inc., thus further protecting the façade from alterations.
Christopher Gray, "Edward Durell Stone and the Gallery of Modern Art, at 2 Columbus Circle; An Architect Who Looked Both Forward and Back ",The New York Times¸ October 27th, 2002.
Christopher Gray, "130 East 64th St.; The Mystery of Stone's Grille", The New York Times: June 25th, 1989.
Elizabeth Hughes, "Second Generation", House and Garden, February 2006.
Edward Durell Stone, The Evolution of an Architect, New York, Horizon Press, 1962.
New York City Department of Finance, Record for 130 East 64th St., Office of the City Registrar via ACRIS
New York City Department of Buildings , JOB # 101950284, via Building Information System (BIS)
Landmarks Preservation Commission, Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report, New York City, 1981.


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Brigham Young University requires all faculty, staff and students to sign an honor code which covers a multitude of things to include abstaining from coffee (even when not on campus). ROTC staff is considered faculty & staf fso they have to sign their honor code as well. The Air Force ROTC CO said he'd refrain from drinking coffee on campus but that he'd have coffee in his own home and wouldn't sign the honor code unless it allowed him to do so. BYU refused to allow such an amendment to their honor code.
What I got from reading the article is that as a result of BYU not certifying the Col as faculty (due to not agreeing to the schools honor code) the USAF is considering moving the unit from being located at BYU (Provo UT) to UVU (Orem UT) ... a distance of about 3 miles.
Currently the USAF ROTC unit has an agreement that includes students at UVU to participate in the ROTC program under the BYU Program / staff, this would flip that to UVU being the 'HQ', BYU being the 'det' (even though BYU has the larger proportion of ROTC cadets UVU has <30 and BYU has >120).
So, BYU may loose the program, but the students can still participate in the program. There are multiple universities that are in close proximity that share one ROTC program ... University of Idaho and Washington State come to mind, another is mentioned in the article.


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Kris Jenner and husband Bruce Jenner have separated after 22 years of marriage, Us Weekly reports.
"We are living apart," Kris told the magazine. "But there is no animosity. We are united and committed to our family."
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Kris, 57, and Bruce, 63, who have been married since 1991, kept their separation under wraps for a year. The couple has no plans to divorce at this time.
"We ended a marriage, but that's not the end of our friendship," she said. "I will always love him, but we are no longer a couple in that way. ... We are happier this way."
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Phoenix-like, a local landmark ravaged by fire has risen in time to celebrate Oktoberfest
On the second Friday of the Old Stein's new lease on life, the liter glasses — each bearing the logo of one of the resurrected German bierstube's 10 taps — stand ranged and polished on the shelves of a new-old, laborious refurbished bar, ready to be filled, raised and joined.
But it's not yet time to shout zum Wohl!
Carpenters Scott Griffiths and Jeff Mattero pace the brand-new Honduran mahogany floor. Wainscoting — trucked with the century-old bar from Carmine's, a former Manhattan landmark — is just up, rusticating the walls. Still, the workmen are not quite ready to sign off on the job that's possessed them over the 90-plus-degree, 12-hour days of summer, from demolition through cleaning to framing to finishing to a hundred last acts of fine-tuning.
Walls are unmarred white, wood shines in booths and bar, floors are polished to perfection. Even more important to Old Stein devotees, kegs are frosted in the walk-in refrigerator, lines are flowing, taps are ready to be pulled. Chandeliers — bought years back from Baltimore's Second Chance architectural salvage — are finally hung, and strands of white lights are strung to twinkle in the trees shading the biergarten. Line chefs are chopping in the new stainless steel kitchen, where spatzel is boiling, potatoes frying and red cabbage simmering.
Co-owners Mike and Beth Selinger decorate the Old Stein.
"Still," says partner Beth Selinger, "we're barely open."
Where are the decorations? guests at the first week's soft opening wanted to know. The answer is that, ash-covered and unpolished, they are on their way to the dump.
"Casualties of the fire," says owner Mike Selinger as he climbs atop his polished bar to hang new reminders of the fatherland, birthplace of his parents Karl and Ursula, who opened the Old Stein Inn on Mayo Road in 1983.
"Do you have a plan?" asks wife Beth as Mike hammers. "Don't you think we should look at them all before we nail any up?"
Mike shrugs his shoulders. Can't we glide over this detail after agonizing over so many others, he seems to say.
"Forty-five minutes to opening!" new chef Jason Howard, born and trained in Germany, announces.
Eight months is a long time between openings. Is the new Old Stein ready for the people to pour in?
"Had you been here on August 15, with 40 guys stepping over each other, you would not believe we could have lived up to our plan to open August 31," says Beth Selinger.
There was logic to that date, picked months earlier when the Old Stein sat in ruins and Mike loitered, hour after hour, in Anne Arundel County permitting offices, petitioning for the right to rebuild. Eight months to the day earlier, on December 31, 2010, the Selingers woke to a phone call reporting that the Old Stein was on fire.
Not 50 yards from their family home, where their three young sons were sleeping, Selinger found his parking lot full of fire trucks, their sirens off so the firefighters had clear communication. Flames, smoke and stench poured out of The Old Stein; water from the firefighters' hoses poured in.
Everything inside the old building was destroyed by the combination of fire, smoke and water. The food and drink stocked up for New Year's Eve was ruined. But the loss was not total. The building stood, giving the Selingers the foundation on which to rebuild their dream.
"It's definitely our place now," says Beth. "It's exactly how we wanted it to look."
But will the old rhythms still flow?
The parking lot fills swiftly, not with fire trucks but with customers eager for remembered tastes made more savory by eight months of deprivation.
Mike Selinger stands at the entrance, greeting well-wishers, teasing that the beer taps have already run dry.
"Fire, earthquake, hurricane, tornado: Nothing keeps us down," he says.
The entry door is a rustic wooden masterpiece of new construction. Noise and color and merriment greet you — along with throng of servers, mostly girls and boys wearing team jerseys branded with the The New Old Stein … Phoenix Rising.
In the bar, booths and stools are full; there is no shortage of guests or beer. Carmine's old bar gleams, rising to the occasion.
In the cathedral-ceiling dining room, booths and long tables are crammed with diners and drinkers raising their glasses in toasts. The lights are dimmed, adding drama and contrast to the revelry.
Outdoors, the nearly full biergarten has a new orientation and new stone walls but is as welcoming as ever.
Crowd favorite Sylvia returns to the new Old Stein this weekend.
The taps are flowing, wursts and schnitzels perfuming the air.
The new menu is much like the old, with a lighter touch, more salads, fish — and more dishes coming after the looming rush of Oktoberfest.
"It's healthier, with a modern influence," says Mike Selinger. "Last night's special, a brat stuffed with Gouda cheese and wrapped in bacon — sold out."
Hundreds of customers pass through The Old Stein's doors on this Friday night, the second before the Selingers dare their grand reopening, complete with Sylvia the strolling accordionist, on the weekend beginning Thursday, September 15.
"The customers are bringing their energy back," says Beth. "It's a wonderful thing."


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Don't be fooled by the technical jargon- Blue Steel and Dualflex springs are the real deal. The manufacturer's innovative, time-tested Blue Steel springs and the updated Dualflex system are made of heavy-duty materials and never need retying or replacing. If you don't believe it, the spring system can be replaced by the manufacturer at any time thanks to a lifetime warranty.
Leather match is an industry term that denotes different qualities of material used on different parts of a recliner. Helping make the piece more affordable, top grain leather is used on the parts of the recliner that touch your body, while a lower-quality split leather or color-matched vinyl is used on the back and sides. This is very common for reclining furniture, and doesn't change the sophisticated look of your chosen leather upholstery.
This recliner has a no-gap cushion that extends from the seat to the feet. This style offers fuller comfort and support for your legs, and eliminates the open gap that toddlers can get fingers or toys stuck in.
Get posture-perfect comfort with this reclining sofa's adjustable headrest function. Watch TV or read a book while reclining thanks to supportive, plush headrest cushions and the easy-to-use adjustable headrest toggle switch. Both power recline and headrest function is activated from the toggle switch, which also comes with a built-in USB port for charging your phones and devices.
The Latitudes-Mystic Power Reclining Sofa with Adjustable Headrest and USB Ports by Flexsteel at Reeds Furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
A high end look and cutting-edge comfort technology define the truly exceptional Mystic group. Nothing goes better with your top-of-the-line TV and media players than the high tech comfort features of the Mystic group. The power reclining pieces each include multi-position, power adjustable headrests and USB charging ports. Each piece is completed with a gorgeous covering of leather match and a chic border of nailhead studs.
The Latitudes-Mystic collection is a great option if you are looking for Transitional furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area.
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Foo Fighters Go on Indefinite Hiatus
(NEW YORK) -- It's official: The Foo Fighters are now on indefinite hiatus.
In a statement provided to ABC News, frontman Dave Grohl said the band will be taking a break now that they've finished supporting their Grammy-winning album, Wasting Light.
"I'm not sure when the Foo Fighters are going to play again," Grohl said. "It feels strange to say that, but it's a good thing for all of us to go away for a while. It's one of the reasons we're still here. Sometimes it's good to just … put it back in the garage for a while."
The singer went on to assure fans that they shouldn't worry about the band calling it quits. "I can't give up this band. And I never will. Because it's not just a band to me. It's my life. It's my family. It's my world. [So] no gold watches or vacations just yet."
Grohl added that he'll be keeping busy during the Foos' hiatus by working on completing his new documentary about Sound City Studios. That's where he and Nirvana recorded the band's iconic 1991 album, Nevermind, which Grohl called the "biggest, most important project" on which he's ever worked.
The full letter is posted at FooFighters.com.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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