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Our friends at Looledo have been at it again. They have some of the most fun and creative craft projects to make from recycled boxes and tubes. Here is their version of a Biplane that is a terrific "do together" project for parent and child.
Always use your imagination and be creative when building these kids crafts or any others. It's your creation, so be inventive when looking for building supplies — you just may be surprised! When building your project, experiment with new and different ways of putting it together. The most important thing is to have fun!
• 1 Paper towel tube
• Cereal box or some cardboard
• Regular masking tape
• Blue tape (to customize it)
• 6 bendy straws
• 1 small paper cup
Start out by cutting out your front wings, tail wing, and tail from a piece of cereal box or cardboard. This is a Biplane, so you are going to need two main wings. I played around with their size and shape by drawing them out onto my scrap cardboard before I cut them out. You could get real creative at this point and make your Biplane wings look like bird wings or dragon wings!
Because it is a Biplane. you are going to want to add some kind of support structure between the two front main wings that will keep them apart but attached to each other at the same time.
I simply cut out four rectangles that were all the same size, about 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches in size. I then trimmed the sides a bit to make them look cool.
To make my propeller and motor assembly, I punched six holes on the side, near the bottom of my paper cup. I also carefully made a small hole in the center of the bottom of my cup that was slightly bigger than a straw.
Now simply insert your bendy straws into the holes on the side and trim them as you like. These are the exhaust pipes for your motor. You may need to tape them in place if they don't hold firm on their own. If you're going to color or cover all of your pieces in tape to customize your Biplane, you should do that part first.
For my propeller shaft, I took a small piece of leftover straw, wrapped some tape around one end, and inserted it up through the hole on the bottom of my cup. I then added a little tape to hold it in place.
My propeller was cut out of an old cereal box. I drew out a design that I liked, cut it out and punched a hole in the center of it. Make sure your hole is bigger than your straw propeller shaft. Now drop your propeller on and see if it spins!
All that's left is to wrap some tape around the straw that makes up your propeller shaft. Make sure to add the tape away from the propeller a little bit so that it can spin. Now plop it on the front of your Biplane and, well, it looks like a propeller and motor assembly to me!
At this point, you could tape all of your parts together and start playing with your Biplane! What I did was to cover all of my parts with tape before I assembled my Biplane. I added blue masking tape on the engine assembly and wing struts, along with a strip on the wing flap ends. Looks pretty cool!
Next I taped the fuselage or main body onto my bottom wing. I then carefully taped all four wing struts in place. I played around a little with their location, and liked the look of two struts sandwiched next to the fuselage, and the other two placed near the ends of the wings. I also installed my motor assembly at this point and decided to add a cockpit hole onto the fuselage. I penciled it in first, making it the size and shape I liked, cut it out, and finally added a little blue tape around the hole to make it look nice.
For the tail section, you will want to first tape your tail to the tail wing.
Then carefully mark and cut three slots out for your tail assembly to slide into on the fuselage of your Biplane. I was very careful with cutting the top slit so that my tail would stick up vertically through it, and that the slots I cut were not so big that my assembly would slide around once I inserted them. Your tail assembly should fit inside your slots nice and snug.
I added a few more details, such as some decals that I made by drawing a circle onto some masking tape. I then colored a "#1" onto it and accented it with red and yellow markers, and finally cut them out and taped them onto the tail and top wing. I also added some wheels onto my Biplane.
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Saturday, 23 January 2010
woodland horses dream
when woodland horses breathe the steam makes little clouds.
im working in dark wool with bears and horses.
the day is ready for some tree time.
i often ask trees questions. do you?
what kind of questions do you ask?
24 comments:
- faerie finder said...
images found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7698062@N04/
- 23 January 2010 at 09:08
- E said...
you took me into a magical place with these pictures and words. trees are fountains of wisdom...
- 23 January 2010 at 10:07
- Karolina said...
I never did ask them questions. But I always thought about what they might be thinking, or saying to each other. I read a book once about trees that could communicate with people, give them what they need by sacrifice. That started me on wondering all this..
- 23 January 2010 at 10:22
- Little Bear Stories said...
I love love that video, I'm going to wear my red boots tonight now.
I ask trees for inspiration, they make me dream.
Do you ever walk under tree branches and feel like they just gave you a hug? It always makes me stop and say hi x
- 23 January 2010 at 10:46
- Pamela Terry and Edward said...
I ask them why.
- 23 January 2010 at 11:06
- a girl named John said...
I ask them why are they silent.
- 23 January 2010 at 13:54
- heleen said...
I ask them to tell me about the strangers who hugged their majestic trunk and about the girls that had picnics underneath their leaves.
- 23 January 2010 at 15:24
I ask them to solve difficult math problems.
- 23 January 2010 at 15:34
- faerie finder said...
good thing they can make pencils :)
- 23 January 2010 at 19:27
And here I just thought they did them in their heads! :)
- 23 January 2010 at 19:43
- Meg said...
A huge tree grew in my best friend's backyard when I was little. It was so ancient, we called it the Grandfather Tree. We asked him to watch over us. Watch over us and protect us.
- 23 January 2010 at 21:22
- Shell said...
Your pictures are lovely. I ask my special circle of trees for energy and love. They always respond to me kindly.
- 24 January 2010 at 00:05
- Josephine Tale Peddler said...
I only ever whisper secrets into trees. They can rip pain right out of your body if the spirit inside the tree is kind. Trees make good friends but dangerous enemies. xx
- 24 January 2010 at 01:52
- the golden fairy princess said...
these photos and lovely words are so beautiful and inspiring
- 24 January 2010 at 12:29
- dragonfly said...
I feel safe whenever I'm under a tree.
- 24 January 2010 at 22:10
- PinkBow said...
i really love the top image, she is beautiful
- 25 January 2010 at 14:00
- jasmine said...
i ask them if they are happy to be trees..
- 25 January 2010 at 14:48
- Laine de Bergère said...
when I was 4, we had a weeping willow in the back yard and I always believed it was listening to me...I miss that tree! A. xx
- 27 January 2010 at 18:51
- Cait O'Connor said...
I have a magic ancient crab apple tree in my field; it is very wise. I talk to it a lot.
- 30 January 2010 at 16:33
- Stacy said...
i usually touch its trunk and try to feel what it's feeling ... perhaps next time i will ask too :)
- 2 February 2010 at 12:45
- a. said...
oh i ask nature in generell sometimes just very generell things, i guess it's hard to explain...
- 2 February 2010 at 14:12
where are these pictures from? the are lovely.
- 13 February 2010 at 22:48
when i was younger i read a book about kissing trees oddly
and i use to when no one was around
hug the trees in our backyard and plant a kiss on their trunks
the loved me for it hehe
- 14 February 2010 at 11:41
- faerie finder said...
ah i put a link in the first comment :)
i found them on a flickr page
and i think they are from a music video
though im not sure which one!
i love the magic horse ♥
- 14 February 2010 at 12:58

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Richard Stallman: Legislate That Using Software On General Purpose Computers Is Not Infringing
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The second post in the series comes from Richard Stallman, who notes that it seems quite unlikely that the US will carve out software patents, noting (correctly) that this might not solve the problem anyway, since patent lawyers would just change how they write patent applications to get around any such carve-out. Instead, he suggests a different solution: limiting how widely software patents can impact new technology:
My suggestion is to change the effect of patents. We should legislate that developing, distributing, or running a program on generally used computing hardware does not constitute patent infringement. This approach has several advantages:It's an interesting suggestion, but I'm not so sure it would go over that well. People would certainly question why general purpose computing gets a pass. Also, the "generally used computing hardware" standard could be kind of hard to define as well. It still seems like there are more elegant solutions that focus on the real root of the problem, rather than trying to "carve out" certain impacts that we don't like.
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Make these adorable candy containers to hold all your Halloween candy. Besides the Cat, Pumpkin or Frankenstein containers, use your imagination and make some other fun Halloween monsters or favorite characters. Easy to make and few materials required. Fun family craft.
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- If using duct tape, cover your entire container and lid with strips of desired color. If using paints, paint your container and lid and set aside to dry completely before moving to the next step.
- Using sticky-back foam, cut out eyes, nose and mouths, as shown. Also cut out the "stitch ine" for frankenstein's head. Just press in place.
- For the pumpkin, cut two thin green stems (reverse of each other) and then stick the tops of the stems together. Spread bottoms of stem and attach to lid.
- For the cat, cut six thin whiskers and attach. Make two triangular ears from foam and remove only the bottom 1/4" of paper from the bottom of the ears. Stick in place on the lid. If you have a perfectly flat lid, use the same procedure as explained for attaching the pumpkin stem.
- For the frankenstein, cut small V-shaped strips from foam and attach to lid to look like spiky hair. Either paint the corks or attach a thin strip of sticky-back foam (you may need to secure with a small piece of tape at the seam). Attach to sides of head, a little staggered, with tacky glue. Set a glass flush with the ends of the corks to hold in place until the glue adheres.
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LOUDON, N.H. - Ryan Newman has been in every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star race since 2004, but has never been to victory lane. Well, he's an All-Star winner now, using a last-lap pass of Justin Bonsignore to win Friday's inaugural Whelen All-Star Shootout modified race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
"The racing you see in Modified (Tour) is awesome. There is drafting and they are a lot of fun to drive." said Ryan Newman, who earned his spot in the Shootout having been a two-time modified winner at Loudon. "It was an opportunity to win a trophy, so we did that."
Bonsignore, Mike Stefanik, Ron Silk and Bobby Santos round out the top-five.
The 40-lap, two-segment race featured 20 cars driven by previous winners, champions and the 2013 Sunoco Rookies of the Year from the Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour. After the first 20-lap segment, officials spun a wheel to determine the number of drivers that would be inverted for the second segment. The number 10 came up, inverting the top-10. Newman, who was sixth at the time, moved to fifth.
"We didn't really gain anything in the inversion," said Newman,"but we went from fifth to the lead in one lap. I don't think it helped me, but it hurt some other guys."
Among those it hurt were Bobby Santos and Ryan Preece, who were top-three cars before the inversion, but finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Stefanik, the all-time modified wins leader at NHMS with eight, moved from a top-10 car to a car that contended for the lead - something the now retired pilot was absolutely looking to do even with the Sunoco 100 Whelen Modified Tour race on Saturday.
"I was not easing up knowing the 100-lap race is Saturday," said Stefanik. "Even with a race the next day, you are going to race the same way. I don't think anyone was saving anything."
"That was good practice and we went as hard as we could," said Bonsignore. "It was good for a test and I thought it was a good race. Tomorrow is going to be great."
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Don't trade the captain.
Replacing Pierce with Green (as in the case with LA trade) or Gay (straight up Memphis trade) isn't that appealing to me.If I had to pick one up, I'd take the Clippers trade, then package Bradley with couple of more role players to get a big. It won't be Cousins or Big Al, but it could be Gortat. Let's say we send picks and Bass alongside Bradley for the assumption, though I don't know if this will be enough or anything close by any means. Bringing in Bledsoe erases the invincibility of Bradley in long term.Rondo/Bledsoe/Butler/KG/Gortat with Lee/Terry/Green with an increased role on offense/Sullinger on the bench is what you are left with. Since we lose our primary scorer and Rondo/Bledsoe could become a cursed shooting duo in backcourt, we are pretty much screwed. Don't trade the captain.


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A day after former Astros lefthander Andy Pettitte received a loud ovation from his hometown crowd after throwing a complete game 2-1 victory for the Yankees, the Astros players were still in awe.
"That was my highlight of the season," said Astros lefthander Brett Oberholtzer. "It was great. I'm glad I was here to see that."
The Astros will honor all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera during a pregame ceremony today before the season finale at Minute Maid Park.
"Whenever you get to the end of the season you start to reflect, and I don't think I will really reflect entirely until I take a couple of steps back and really start to look at the full season," manager Bo Porter said. "But I think today has a little more special implications because of what's taken place on the other side of the field with Mariano Rivera and us paying tribute to him and everything he's meant to Major League Baseball.
"I was actually blessed enough to run into him on the way coming in. He and I stopped to have a couple of words. I just told him that from just a baseball lifer myself how much I appreciate what it is he's done in the game and the way he's gone about doing it. It's a class act. Anybody who's looking to be in this game a long time, you don't have to look too far to figure out how you should do it."


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Chaos Rings II Review
While Chaos Rings II is unmistakably a sequel to the games to bear the name prior, it is in such a way as other role-playing game sequels– such as Final Fantasy— before it. That is, it takes a lot of familiar elements from its forebears, but applies them to a new situation and characters while adding some new wrinkles of its own to the formula.
As noted in our first impressions, the game starts off in a rather chaotic and jarring fashion as you are placed face-to-face with a fiery beast who looks like he could easily be the final boss of the game. Fortunately, you don't look so bad yourself– you may not know who you are or who your opponent is, but you have a sword, a nice stack of Hit and Magic Points, and more options for what to do than you'll even know what to do with (though if you've played the first Chaos Rings, you'll likely have a good idea).
When you're inevitably struck down, the game flashes back a few days, and you're caught almost equally off-guard in a lush green forest, where a hero who looks very much like the one who just bought it at the hands of ultimate evil. Named Darwin, he meets with brother and fellow mercenary Orlando, whose blond hair and colorful attire seems rather vibrant next to much of the cast, but still cool all the same. Together, they are just in time to witness some strange monsters finish off the last of their group in a rather gruesome fashion.
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Together, the brothers unite to take out these monsters and swear to make sure the other makes it out alive, all for the sake of the third member of their family, Marie. As they near the exit to the forest, though, something strange happens, and they find themselves in a place that looks at once both high-tech and mystical– like a cross between a temple and a spaceship.
There, you take control of Orlando as he looks around and things only begin to get weirder. He returns to Darwin, who is behind a barrier, and in a bizarre twist of fate, the two switch places. Unable to control himself, Darwin raises his sword before delivering a deadly blow to his longtime colleague.
Four other people appear– Marie among them– and the whole lot are called together by a mysterious gentleman who calls himself Bachs, who just put the entire world on hold with his stopwatch to take care of some rather urgent business. With a large, formidable bodyguard by his side, he explains the news: the other four must die in order to preserve a seal which will keep the Destroyer locked away.
At this point, the bunch of them are shacking up together in a giant mansion-esque space-temple while they group together and investigate happenings down on the planet below. There is an interesting dynamic among the group; as you control different characters, you learn that they all share a common bond. And on top of that, there is the ongoing question of whether or not Darwin will be able to pull the proverbial trigger when the time comes to make with the whole 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' bit.
In addition to 'home,' which is where characters rest, refill their magic, research, buy items, and more, they go down into the world. If we didn't know better, we would say that much of the world is presented in the form of paintings, which provides an interesting look at things. Seeing drops of liquid splashed from a waterfall hanging in mid-air seems surreal– one might even think 'lazy' as a knee-jerk reaction– until you remember that the world is now frozen in time.
Don't do it, you have so much to live for.
A neat bit which makes good use of the iPhone's touchscreen are different moves each character has to help navigate these cyberworld-like shortcuts which appear on the other side of portals. Marie, for example, can move floating platforms around to create bridges by touching, while Araki can slice through some ribbon-like barriers with his sword by swiping your finger, and Li Hua can pummel walls to pieces.
Unfortunately, monsters on the world's surface didn't get the memo about being frozen, and still move around freely to attack you. Even more unfortunate is that this is where the developers dug into 'The Big Book of RPG Gameplay Tropes,' and confront you with random encounters. Fortunately, these don't seem quite as frequent as in the first game, but with various dead-end routes scattered about, you're more likely to run into random battles than you might like.
In addition, the battles also tend to present some of the problems we hate, such as being unable to run away from a battle when you really need to, or enemies being able to essentially swat one of your party down with a single blow. As a result, you'll find yourself making liberal use of the Save option, which you can do from anywhere.
That isn't to say that the battles are always bad, though. For one thing, your Hit Points are refilled after each encounter, so long as one of you remains standing. With that, you don't have to worry about running back to refill between battles, making moving around a lot easier. Magic Points are another thing, however, as you must either use items or return to home base in order to refill those.
A battle cry is the same in any language.
The turn-based battle system is very much like the first Chaos Rings, which in itself wasn't terribly different from the RPG norm, but presented a few neat ideas just the same. Attack, Defend, Escape, and Items are all present and accounted for, while the Pair system from Chaos Rings remains intact. For those unfamiliar, this is where you have two combatants on the field, and have both of them perform an action in-tandem. This can range from dual-striking a formidable foe to break through their defenses, casting spells, or using items. Likewise, you can have each member go Solo, and perform their actions independently.
A new type of secondary ability emerges in Chaos Rings II; where the first game had 'genes' as the basic magic use, it has now been replaced by 'Sopia,' a sort of 'crystalized soul' which grants different skills to each party member, and can be increased by gathering SP in battle. These Sopia come from both the monsters you slay, as well as those you chooses to be sacrificed as Pillars, allowing you to gain skills and attributes from them.
The Break Gauge makes its return from the first game, allowing you to turn things in your favor by doing well in battle. When it's filled, you'll be able to do added damage to an enemy. It is now joined by the Charge Gauge, which fills as you attack and are attacked. As it reaches certain points, you'll be able to perform powerful attacks known as 'Awakenings' and 'Advents,' which drain the meter according to how powerful they are. However, Awakenings only work for Solo attacks, while Advents– which are basically Summons– work for Pairs.
Success in battle can yield rewards, such as precious life-restoring Chocolate, or Ohnz, the currency seen in the first game. And to spend those, you'll want to go see a character named Piu-Piu. Piu-Piu is something of a series mainstay, and perhaps the strongest link between the different games. For those who don't know, he is a bizarre little salesman who seems to have the good sense to not only set up shop wherever there is a doomsday scenario nearing, but to lurk close behind our heroes to save them when they fall (in exchange for a handful of Ohnz, of course).
Escape is, quite literally, not an option.
At first, his appearance in Chaos Rings II feels slightly more jarring and out-of-place than in the first game, what with his cartooniness amongst all the somber happenings (even Escher had a bit of a smile going on), but he soon feels right at home, despite wearing a bra on his head and traveling with cut-outs of women (he's since added a third to his group).
He's also worth seeking out and talking to whenever you get the chance for a dose of levity. Unfortunately, as with most RPG dialogue, if you miss something he said the first time, he won't come back to it. But at least he changes it up depending on who he's talking to or which pairings he sees, and rather frequently, at that.
Overall, Chaos Rings II presents a very solid RPG experience for the iPhone. It has its flaws, but they are mostly forgivable. Aside from what was mentioned before, we have to wonder how such a pricey game only features Japanese voice acting. It's not bad or anything, and you can turn it down if you wish, but without being able to understand the characters anyway, we found ourselves just tapping through the text to read faster than they were talking.
We also found that the touchscreen sensitivity wasn't quite as good as it could have been. Thankfully, this game type doesn't really call for fast reflexes, so it just comes down to having the patience to touch the screen again until you get it to register. Likewise, you have to reinitiate the thumbstick with every screen transition– a minor nuisance.
Chaos Rings II is a very good representation of the genre, though it doesn't really do anything so outstanding as to elevate it to a new level or rise above. But its story and characters stand tall among the best, and we recommend it to anyone who is a fan of this type of game– and perhaps even some who aren't.


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Happy New Year! In the spirit of setting goals and mapping out the new year, I want to share with you my top five 2014 events I recommend attending this year and why. I love attending conferences because it is a dedicated 2-3 days to refuel. In addition to learning and connecting with your peers, conferences can give you the boost you need to get reenergized and motivated.
Here's my list of 2014 can't-miss B2B marketing events:
Forrester's Forum For Marketing Leaders (San Francisco: April 10-11: Join Forrester experts for smart discussions with smart people about what you and your organization need to keep you on top of upcoming digital developments.
BNJ's partnership with Forrester has been invaluable. Their analysts have helped us stay informed and ahead of the curve so we are always bringing marketing best practices to our work with clients.
SiriusDecisions Summit (Orlando: May 21-May 23) SiriusDecisions' annual Summit is another place for smart people to gather and share stories. This unique three-day conference with analysts and top sales and marketing leaders from Fortune 500 companies and major SMBs share how B2B organizations are solving critical issues that hinder predictable growth. Each year, the theme focuses on aspects of how sales and marketing can, and should, intersect. Bring your marketing and sales team to get the most out of this event.
ITSMA Marketing Leadership Forum (Napa: May 25-26) The Information Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) has assembled some of the best minds in marketing to explore the "New Vision for Marketing." Dave Munn, President & CEO of ITSMA, says this event is meant to be a small, highly interactive, content-rich, leadership roundtable for marketing leaders who want to remain ahead of the curve on marketing trends and breakout strategies." Sometimes smaller is better, but no matter what, conferences of every size can be beneficial—it's all about what YOU make of it.
BMA Blaze (Chicago: May 28-30) The Business Marketing Association's (BMA) Global Annual Conference boasts the latest in B2B marketing thinking, trends, best practices, success stories, technology and tools and more. We never miss the BMA Blaze.
Mirren Live the 2014 New Business Conference (New York: May 13-14) The industry event focused on agency business models and agency new business innovation. This year, Mirren's content is focused into several key tracks. They want you to bring your agency materials—in numerous sessions, you'll be evaluating your own new business practices and your own business model. In others, you'll be exploring innovative agencies as you take away new ideas for your own agency growth. I love the idea of how interactive and personalized this conference will be with utilizing your own agency materials. In other words, you get down to brass tacks right away.
There you have my top five conferences and benefits of attending. What conferences do you support and who from your team attends them? What's your biggest motivator in 2014?


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Emergency Notes
Henderson County fire calls
The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Thursday and noon Friday:
u Bat Cave, emergency, 9:20 a.m.
u Blue Ridge, seizure, 12:44 p.m.; seizure, 10:13 p.m.; assist invalid, 8:04 a.m.; victim down, 9:06 a.m.; seizure, 10:30 a.m.
u Dana, fire alarm, Howard Gap Road, 1:20 p.m.
u Etowah-Horse Shoe, assist invalid, 6:09 p.m.; emergency, 6:35 p.m.; auto accident, Fox Ridge Road and Hebron Road, 2:38 a.m.
u Fletcher, auto accident, I-26 mile marker 44, 2:59 p.m.; emergency, 7:17 p.m.
u Gerton, emergency, 9:20 a.m.
u Mills River, victim down, 6:17 a.m.; tree down, Boylston Highway, 9:10 a.m.
u Mountain Home, victim down, 3:11 p.m.; respiratory distress, 3:13 p.m.; victim down, 9:38 p.m.; all other, 10:31 p.m.; respiratory distress, 1:51 a.m.
u Valley Hill, emergency, 12:26 p.m.; overdose, 2:26 p.m.; auto accident, Kanuga Road, 4:16 p.m.; emergency, 7:58 p.m.; fire alarm, Hebron Road, 8:01 p.m. auto accident, Old CC Road and Crab Creek Road, 10:20 p.m.; heart attack, 10:47 p.m.; death investigation, 8:07 a.m.; victim down, 8:31 a.m.
Hendersonville fire calls
The Hendersonville Fire Department responded to the following calls from noon Thursday to noon Friday:
u Emergency, 12:13 p.m.
u Public service, 1:51 p.m.
u Emergency, 1:55 p.m.
u Respiratory distress, 5:32 p.m.
u Emergency, 6:09 p.m.
u Respiratory distress, 8:46 p.m.
u Respiratory distress, 10:51 p.m.
u Heart attack, 11:57 p.m.
u Victim down, 1:02 a.m.
u Tree down, Sylvan Boulevard, 5:14 a.m.
u Victim down, 6:36 a.m.
u All other, 7:54 a.m.
u Auto accident, Locust Street and North Main Street, 7:55 a.m.
Crime Report
Henderson County Sheriff
The Henderson County Sheriff's Department responded to 321 calls Thursday and deputies served eight warrant(s).
Hendersonville Police
The Hendersonville Police Department reported 102 calls Thursday. Officers made four arrest(s), investigated two accident(s) and provided one assist(s) to other agencies.
Henderson County arrests
The following crimes and incidents were reported Thursday, according to law enforcement records:
Henderson County Sheriff's Department
u Drug Violation, 1:02 a.m.
u Contributing to the deliquency of a minor, 2:19 a.m.
u Breaking and entering and larceny, Roper Road, 8:18 a.m.
u Larceny, S. Mills River Rd., 9:35 a.m.
u Larceny, Leisure Lane, 6:19 p.m.
u Fraud, Halford Drive, 6:39 p.m.
u Breaking and entering, Adeles Way, 9:20 p.m.
u Vandalsim, Wood Dale Drive, 11:56 p.m.
u Breaking and entering, Brevard Road, 10:10 a.m.
u Drug violation, injury to real property, 11:45 a.m.
u Contempt of court, perjury court violations, 3:48 p.m.
u Auto accident, New Airport Road, 8:01 p.m.
u Breaking and entering into a vehicle, High Country Lane, 8:02 p.m.
Hendersonville Police Department
u Damage to property, South Whitted Street, 6:30 a.m.
u Auto accident, Blythe Street, 11:47 a.m.
u Driving while license revoked, failure to notify DMV of address change, 12:41 p.m.
u Assault, 2:12 p.m.
u Intoxicated and disruptive, 2:13 p.m.
u Fraud, Henderson Crossing, 2:34 p.m.
u Auto accident, Fifth Avenue West, 5:57 p.m.
u Communicating threats, cyberstalking, 10:22 p.m.
For the record: Aug. 24
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by Len Lear
Continuing the list of our best restaurant experiences of 2011.
Read part one, here.
•Quite a few months ago I ran into Paul Roller on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. Roller has been chef/owner of a catering firm and restaurants (currently Roller's Express-O and Roller's Flying Fish) in Chestnut Hill for three decades. He is known as a no-nonsense boss and a guy who hates pretension and restaurants that charge lots of money for flash and not substance. In the course of the conversation, he mentioned his choice for the city's best bargain restaurant.
It was Modo Mio ("My Way"), a BYOB at 161 W. Girard Ave. on the edge of Northern Liberties, which is packed every night (despite its cash-only policy), largely because of its prix fixe menu —four courses for $34. Based on Roller's strong recommendation, we checked out Modo Mio after reading rave after rave from customers on yelp.com, menu pages.com and urbanspoon.com.
The funny thing is that owner/chef/dining room entertainer Peter McAndrews (he goes around the dining room making customers laugh, as the late Gene Gosfield used to do at Under the Blue Moon in Chestnut Hill), who grew up in Southwest Philly, is not even Italian; he is Irish, but he spent a year studying traditional, rustic cooking in 1996 at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners in Torino, Italy, "because I wanted to learn real Italian cooking, not the bastardized version that you get at most Italian-American restaurants." Whatever he learned is working. We can't wait to go back. More information at 215-203-8707. (The website, www.modomiorestaurant.com, is currently out of order.)
•Albert Paris, a South Philly guy (born Albert Parisi) and one of Philly's most peripatetic chefs (he has been a chef at Mantra, City Tap House, Public House, Guru, Rococo, Oberon, Circa, City Grille and others), opened Heirloom, a 50-seat BYOB, in the former Shundeez food market in mid-December at 8705 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, next door to a State Store (perfect for a BYOB). His partner is Robert Bynum, a Mt. Airy native who was Paris' boss at Zanzibar Blue and Warmdaddy's.
The transformation was impressive. Comfortable banquettes, hanging candles and greenery, reclaimed wood tables, caned chairs, bamboo flooring, vintage reproduction fabrics, soft music, etc., make for a cozy, romantic setting. And Paris' regional New American Cuisine features all American ingredients, including many that are locally sourced. All baking, curing, smoking, preserving, etc., is done in-house. Appetizers are all in the $10 range with entrees mostly in the $20s.
Based on our "practice" dinner and comments I've heard from several customers, Heirloom has a very bright future in 2012. Some of the dishes that blew us away were the warm Carolina rolls, amazing cornbread, butternut squash bisque and roasted king salmon with bacon and pepper cream. More information at 215-242-2700 or www.heirloomdining.com
•Two years ago Philly's nonpareil chef/entrepreneur/wunderkind, Jose Garces, who, according to one wag, "keeps proving that there is no limit to his talent for assimilation," joined forces with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and opened Garces Trading Company, a cafe, wine shop and on-site bakery at 1111 Locust St. In addition to a full-service restaurant, customers can purchase top-quality cheeses, cold cuts, breads, baked goods and other gourmet foods that are sold under Garces' label.
Garces' competitors, none of whom are allowed to have a wine shop in their restaurants, are not too thrilled about the fact that you can buy a bottle of wine at the usual retail price at Garces Trading Company (instead of the usual 300 percent restaurant markup) and then drink it with your dinner. Quite a competitive advantage. Or you may even BYOB.
And you basically cannot go wrong with anything on the menu. Some dishes we loved during a recent visit were the funghi pizza with several different types of mushrooms ($16), the muscular Tuscan fusilli alla carbonara pasta ($13), the feather-light sauteed cod entree ($18) and the naughty chocolate mousse with chocolate pretzels and peanut butter center ($7). More information at 215-574-1099 or www.garcestradingcompany.com
•If Modo Mio has the city's best bargain prices for top-quality dining, then the best bargain in the suburbs has to be the weeknight three-course-for-$33 option at the Old Guard House Inn, 953 Youngsford Rd. in Gladwyne. The price is amazing, considering the fact that some of the entrees on the regular menu are higher than $33.
"It (the $33 menu) serves a great purpose," insists Albert Breuers, owner/chef for the last 33 years. "It fills in the seats on weekdays, and we don't mind doing it because not everybody can afford these (regular menu) prices. Of course, every chef and restaurant owner wants to see as many people as possible enjoying his food, and not just on weekends. It's also a great learning tool for some of our young chefs."
At Old Guard House Inn, you can dine like millionaire Main Liners at rowhouse prices. More information at 610-649-9708 or www.guardhouseinn.com
•In late August of this year, Georges Perrier transformed Le Bar Lyonnais, for three decades a more casual alternative to the opulent Le Bec Fin upstairs at 1523 Walnut St., into Tryst (a meeting, often clandestine, of lovers). The bar area now has contemporary leather banquettes and small black-topped tables behind a wavy wall sculpture. Drink prices are serious at Tryst ($13 for cocktails, but there are some good wine selections for less than $10 a glass). If you do get a cocktail, try the Delicious Sour, sheer peach heaven. Food prices are quite reasonable, between $5 and $21. Dishes that completely blew us away were classic escargots with hazelnut and garlic butter ($16), a wig of moist, soft tagliatelle with dried chile and Italian cheeses ($12), toothsome mushroom ravioli draped with a subtle ivory sauce ($13) and sublime Burgundy short ribs ($17).
With the top-of-the-line food, drinks and staff at Tryst, it has turned into one of the hottest bars in the city. When we arrived at 7:20, the place was less than half-full, but by 9 p.m., it was so packed, one of us almost had to inhale while the other exhaled. More information at 215-567-1000 or http://trystlebar.com/.
•Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary at 10 S. 2nd St. in Old City, Cuba Libre is one of the most spectacular looking restaurants in the Delaware Valley. The prodigious two-level dining room resembles a movie set from the film noir period. (You can just imagine Humphrey Bogart at the next table whispering to Lauren Bacall, "Here's to you, kid.") There's an indoor courtyard framed by three-dimensional facades of houses and balconies, stucco walls, thatched roofs, stained glass, wrought iron, salvaged doors, arched entranceways constructed from vintage materials and a ceiling of skylights and fans.
During our most recent visit, several dishes we adored were the crispy, tangy spring roll of chorizo and shrimp ($6), earthy, traditional black bean soup ($7.50), passion-on-a-plate mahi-mahi filet with silky lobster-flavored black rice and squid ($22.50) and sensuous caramel and mango ice cream ($6). More information at 215-567-7683 or www.cubalibrerestaurant.com


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WALTHAM, Mass. — The Brandeis University women's basketball team scored a major University Athletic Association (UAA) upset today, as the Judges defeated No. 7 Emory University, 65-61, in Red Auerbach Arena. Senior guard Kasey Dean (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) scored eight of her team-high 19 points in the final 7:25, including the go-ahead bucket as the shot clock expired and 55.3 seconds to go as the Judges overcame a 10-point deficit to win.
Brandeis (8-8, 2-3 UAA) trailed, 58-48, with 8:24 to go after Emory (14-2, 3-2 UAA) senior Selena Castillo (Tampa, Fla./Academy of the Holy Names) connected from 3-point range and fed sophomore Khadijah Sayyid (Longomnt, Colo./Peak to Peak) for jumper on the next possession. After that, the Judges scored 17 of the game's final 20 points, holding the Eagles to just one field goal in their last 14 attempts, while forcing three turnovers down the stretch.
Brandeis rookie Paris Hodges (Southampton, N.Y./Southampton) scored on a fall-away jumper at the 7:25 mark to kick-start the comeback. After an EU miss, Brandeis senior forward Nicolina Vitale (Clinton Township, Mich./Chippewa Valley) hit two from the free throw line. A steal and lay-in by Sayyid pushed the Eagle lead back to eight at 60-52 with just over five minutes to do, but Dean connected at the 4:41 mark to get the deficit back down to six.
After Emory was whistled for traveling, Vitale found Dean for a 12-footer to make it 60-54 with 4:04 to go. The teams traded misses over the next 90 seconds before Dean struck again on a nice pass from rookie center Maria Jackson (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton). Jackson grabbed the rebound on Emory's next miss, and on the next offensive possession, Brandeis worked the shot clock under 10 before Hodges drove the lane and got to the glass, tying the game at 60-60 with 1:52 to go, tying the game for the first time since the start.
The Eagles had two more chances to go ahead after a miss and an offensive rebound by senior Savannah Morgan (San Jose, Calif./Presentation) on their next possession, but Vitale was in position for the next miss as the ball was swatted out of bounds by an Emory player with 1:29 on the clock. After Brandeis inbounded the ball, they called timeout in the front court. The Judges worked the ball around, but had trouble penetrating the Emory defense. With the shot clock winding down, Hodges found Dean, who launched an off-balance jumper from the right side and beat the buzzer with a swish and 55.3 seconds on the clock to give the Judges their first lead since 3:33 in the first half.
On the ensuing possession, Emory again grabbed an offensive rebound, but Castillo only hit one of two free throws with 44.4 seconds showing. Hodges grabbed the rebound, and brought the ball up. After back-to-back Brandeis timeouts, again the Judges tried to find an opening in the Eagle defense. This time, Hodges found a wide-open Samantha Mancinelli (Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional) in the corner with two seconds left on the shot clock and 7.9 on the game clock, and Mancinelli drained her only 3-pointer of the game, making it a 65-61 game. The Judges then kept the Eagles from getting any closer when Jackson drew a charge with under three seconds to go to seal the win.
Brandeis put four players in double figures in scoring for just the second time all season. Dean led the squad with 19 points, 12 coming in the second half and eight in the final comeback. She hit 8-of-14 from the floor, with one 3-pointer and 2-of-3 from the line, also pulled down eight rebounds. Jackson finished with 14 points – eight in the first half – and eight boards, while Mancinelli and Vitale each had 10 points. Hodges had a terrific all-around game, with eight points and game-highs of 10 points and six assists, which were a career-high as well.
The Judges had 20 points on their 26 baskets, with Vitale matching her career-best. They also outrebounded the Eagles, 48-38, and outshot them, 44.1% to 32.8%. In the second half, the Judges connected on 51.9% (14-27) and held the visitors to just 27.3% (9-33).
Emory had three players in double figures, led by Castillo's game-high 20, which came on 8-of-21 from the floor, 3-of-5 from downtown and 1-of-2 from the line. Morgan added 14 points, six rebounds, six assists and a game-high four steals, while senior Hannah Lilly (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island) added 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. The Eagles built their 10-point lead thanks to a 21-9 advantage in points off turnovers.
Brandeis hits the road for more UAA action next weekend at Case Western Reserve for a 6 p.m. start, while Emory hosts Chicago at the same time.


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|2013-08-09, 06:25
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Rokka no yuusha I read the volumes 1 to 3 but don't have the fourth yet. (This is currently my favorite Ln, as if my avatar and sign weren't enough to tell this :3 )
As for Toaru Hikuushi e no koiuta, I'll look into it, thanks.
|2013-08-12, 08:18
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Join Date: Apr 2007
I don't know what to read, I have read all of c3 a while ago and caught up with my others update, I'm current following Kenshin no Keishousha and Gakusen Toshi Asterisk.
I know I have stated in my pervious post that I want to read IS, but something is holding me back from starting it.
Any recommendation?
|2013-08-13, 05:50
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Not really, but the last 4 titles I read are more toward action/harem.
And about IS, I heard alot things about it, good and bad things. So for now I place it in hold.
@R.Lock, yeah I was thinking about reading Oda Nobuna no Yabou as well, but I wanted to see what other option others can suggest.
|2013-08-13, 14:10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
With that said! Just recent ones that came to mind/currently reading since I literally have no idea what you're interested in based on the previous posts:
Mystery (the only genre that matters):
1) Biblia Jiken Techou
2) Bannou Kanteishi
3) Shoushimin series
5) Kamisama no Memochou
1) Earl and Fairy (not joking, I love this series, don't judge me!)
2) Slayers
3) Kamisama no inai Nichiyoubi
4) Denyuuden series
5) Rinkan no Madoushi
1) Tokyo Raven
2) Durarara
3) Rental Magica
4) Reinousha Minato
5) Yakushiji Ryoko
1) 9s
2) Owari no Chronicle
3) Seikai series
4) Accel World (I don't really know where else to put this)
5) Mardock Scramble
1) Zaregoto
2) Denpa teki na Kanojo (Katayama ... please come back ...)
3) Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome (Amazon reviews hate this but I love the hell out of it).
4) Rokka no Yuusha
5) Kachoufuugetsu series (did you know the editor of this series is Miki Kazuma?)
Ones that I like but would not recommend:
1) Danmachi (Spin-off is here (史上最強のw)!!! I'm sure 99% of you would recognize the artist).
2) Kanaku no Kiseki (serialized but I only read first volume and ... well I like it but waiting for the series to be over first because I need to know the ending since I'm a terrible person)
3) Talleyrand no Jikenbo (just cause it's not as good as Biblia, girl's cute though)
Stuff that was recommended to me but haven't read:
1) Densetsu series (Nisio's; Spoilers someone told me half the cast died in volume 1!!!)
2) Anything by Sazane Kei
3) Omoide no Toki Shuurishimasu (same author as Earl and Fairy and did fairly well for the first half of this year on Oricon with around 130k+ prints).
I hope something interested you there; if not, well, I tried!
Also (belated for people at the other half of the hemisphere) happy Tanabata everyone!
PS: The numbers aren't ranking; they're just there for the sake of personal organization.
|2013-08-14, 05:21
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Join Date: Apr 2007
^ Wow, thank for the recommandation, but one problem, most of these titles have not been translated or only just started.
Since I only can read english, i'm limit to whats translated.
BUT, since you went out of you way to compose such a large list, I would surely check it out.
I read that Chrome Shelled Regios ended at vols 24.
Does the anime stay true to the LN or is the LN completely different to te anime, like some other series are.
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|2013-08-17, 09:09
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
Finished Mori no Majuu ni Hanataba wo by Kogi Kimito. It's a one-off fairy tale about a sickly boy who is charged with the task of fetching a blue rose from the Forbidden Forest to solidify his claim as heir to a great house. Behind the scenes it's more of a plan to get rid of the incompetent elder son to make way for his younger step-brother, so once inside the forest filled with fearsome magical beasts, the boy's guard abandons him to die. Luckily the first monster he runs into is a flesh-eating flower nymph.
In the end it's a fairly simple boy-meets-girl from different worlds story. The writing is adequate but dull, and the plot doesn't have any real surprises to offer. Well, maybe the double leg transplant. It's all just too tepid to bother.
|2013-08-19, 13:03
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Kunagisa, I just noticed you had Rinkan no Madoushi in your list. How is it as a read? It looks interesting enough to me, but I can't say I know too much about it, and I never seem to get in the mood to actually read it. I've finally got a home address that won't change and the money to buy all the LNs I've been keeping focus on, so I'm wondering if a volume or two of this would be a good addition. I'm preferential to fantasy stories, but it's boring if they're all action and have no breadth to them.
|2013-09-06, 13:56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
If you're looking for "a volume or two" additions, fantasy genre might not be such a good idea? Other people be more knowledgeable (feel free to chip in), but I haven't found short fantasies that I personally would recommend. Maybe try something else like these two perhaps?
Both have decent reviews and short, recommending the first one cause MW Bunko. If all else fails you can always get Biblia (new Q series coming out this October too).
|2013-09-06, 21:22
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|2013-09-25, 11:52
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: 大陸の片隅
Coming in from Overlap Bunko...has anyone read 灰と幻想のグリムガル? It's only one volume out, but reviews for this one have been surprisingly (and overwhelmingly, even) positive. Take it's Amazon page, for example.
|2013-09-25, 21:09
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Singapore
Age: 26
Galge no Sekai yo Youkoso! was the grand prize winner of the Enterbrain Entame novel competition. It's a light novel that's very easily missed. There's a manga that only adapts the first volume, so nothing beyond volume 1 is known. (Just like Tokage no Ou...) ~_~
It's ended with 8 "discs" (volumes), a "fandisc" and an "extradisc" (2 side volumes). So you can finish it in one shot. It's about a guy who's given a chance to play his favourite galge in real life, and he takes it. However, playing a galge in RL is very different from playing it on PC or on consoles...
And for once, the entire harem is willing to share the guy, so there's that too.
|2013-10-27, 13:26
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
So, last night I devoured the last half of Dainihon Samurai Girl vol 3 by Shidou Ryuusei. I love this shit. It's easily given me the most severe case of can't-stop-reading I've had in a long time. Bit unexpected, considering the closest description I could give for it is "idol fan fiction for people with a business fetish".
Anyway, in this book the ultra-rightwing idol holds her first party assembly, where she hands out manifestos declaring Japan should get their own nukes, and abolish the pension and social security systems. After that the storyline moves into a plan where the talent agency sets her up with a clothes brand of her own, hyping her up in the media as a fashion designer. This entire project is explained in the most incredible detail, paying extreme care to describing all the stages of the (viral) marketing campaign.
Usually this kind of absurd info dump would have me burning the book, but for some strange reason -- be it that Japan is already a fantasy land in my head or that I'm just completely oblivious to business -- the whole thing is amazingly entertaining throughout. I have no idea how much truth there is in all the business babble, but the author pounds it out with such conviction that I want to believe it's true. Not that I'd use it to judge society or anything. Realistic or not, it's very absorbing, and all the characters are so wildly impossible that realism is a non-issue.
I was already surprised to find the first book in the series readable (considering the premise), but the author has really managed to blow my mind by keeping it fresh and interesting all the way up to this third volume. Still dubious whether he'll keep it up, but I'll gladly take the chance with a few more sequels.
|2013-11-09, 05:39
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: アッバス
Age: 27
Well, since I have too many in my collection, I'll just post a link to all the pictures I have (I think I'm the only one who goes to a bookstore and take photos there...)
|2013-11-11, 11:34
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
Just finished reading Eiko to "Tooru" to Bukatsu no Jikan by Yanagida Kokuri. It's the author's debut work (having won one of those publisher competitions), and reads a bit stiff using somewhat formal language, probably to reflect how emotionally distant the narrating main character is. She's a high school girl who undergoes a radical personality change through a traumatic bullying incident, and ends up being placed (alone) in the school's Chemistry Club, where a talking anatomy mannequin befriends her. Together they set out to investigate a mysterious series of spontaneously combusting school girls, using the power of, uh, science.
I realize this sounds very supernatural, but it's fairly down-to-earth, with reasonable explanations behind everything, so nothing to grumble about there. The novel's real problem is that it lacks any kind of tension. All the victims in the story are unpleasant people, who pretty much "have it coming", and as such it's hard to feel a sense of thrill as the plot progresses. It's exacerbated by the main character's detachment in describing events. At the same time, that detachment leads to a surprising brutality in certain scenes with violence. It brings to mind dark vigilante stuff, if executed poorly. Not feeling particularly interested in the sequel.
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STERLING – It would take $67 million and a decade of work, but the Lawrence Brothers and National sites along the Rock River could be transformed into hotel, apartment and retail space, including a museum, a farmer's market and a microbrewery, an architect told council members Monday.
Getting historic designation for the site would bring tax credits that could help pay for the rehab, Gary Anderson of Gary W. Anderson Architects of Rockford said.
Buildings along the city's riverfront are "exceptional" and possess unique qualities many other cities don't have, said Anderson, who was hired to determine the fate of the buildings and the potential for new development on the more than 30 acres of land once occupied by Northwestern Steel & Wire, Lawrence Brothers and National Manufacturing.
The city owns the Northwestern site and the Lawrence Brothers building; Stanley Corp. owns the National. The city is working on a deal in which Stanley would pay to clean up that site, then turn it over to the city.
Anderson's plan for the main Lawrence Brothers building calls for residential apartments on the first floor; residential condos, a cafeteria, a banquet room, a patio and a reception and gathering area on the second floor; and hotel rooms throughout the building, from the first to fourth floors.
The first floor of the National could house a bar and restaurant, a game area and a museum.
Anderson recommends treating the site, and the 13 buildings now on it, as separate buildings, so as to attract multiple developers, investors and operators.
He proposes a three-phase project. The first would involve demolishing some buildings to create open space for residents, and renovating the area for the creation of an interactive museum, a microbrewery and restaurant and a new riverwalk system.
Phase II would involve the creation of more open space and the development of space for an urban agriculture business, an indoor/outdoor farmer's market, loft apartments and condominiums.
Phase III calls for the creation of a banquet center and the loft apartments.
"What I think is so wonderful is now we have a plan that goes all the way from the Sterling Steel property all the way to Lawrence," Mayor Skip Lee said. "Now we have an idea of what the riverfront could look like for that whole large area."
"One of the things that you have here are buildings that are really eligible for the National Register [of Historic Places]," Anderson told the council. "It can really mean a tremendous financial tool that other communities don't have and other projects don't have."
He recommends the city submit the full development area to the National Register; submit a request to the National Park Service to designate the Lawrence Brothers site as "certified historic structures" and to designate the National site as a "certified historically significant site," which would bring federal tax credits for rehabilitation work.
Council won't issue bonds for Sauk Commons
STERLING – City Council members voted 4-0 Monday not to issue up to $5 million in bonds to refinance Sauk Commons, the bankrupt student housing complex at Sauk Valley Community College.
The city was asked to consider the move to help the complex take advantage of federal tax incentives.
Voting against the bond issuance were Aldermen Barry Cox; Retha Elston; Joe Martin and Lou Sotelo.
Alderwoman Amy Viering, director of the Sauk Foundation, was not at the meeting. Sauk Valley Student Housing LLC, a nonprofit group created by Sauk Foundation, owns the student housing complex.
Sauk Commons filed for bankruptcy in February 2011. Chicago-based Harris Bank is its creditor.
The complex was built in 2005 at a cost of $7.3 million using tax-exempt revenue bonds. It never garnered enough residents to stay in the black.
Mayor Skip Lee expressed concern about the possible impact to Sterling's reputation if the project were to default.
Elston said she voted no because there were "too many unanswered questions" and because of the urgency with which the proposal was introduced. Council members first were asked about the bond issuance at a special budget workshop on March 11.
"If it went into default before, why won't it go default again?" Elston said. "I don't feel comfortable putting our name on something that's going to maybe fail."
Sotelo said questions about the potential impact on the city that had not been answered adequately. Cox, too, said the proposal was introduced and set for a vote very quickly.
Champs gets the OK to light the alley
STERLING – The City Council agreed Monday to lease an alley to a local bar owner who plans to use it on weekends as an entertainment venue.
Denny Strader, owner of Champs Sports Bar & Grill, is working with the nonprofit development group Sterling Today to transform Light Street, the alley that runs from Second to Fourth streets, to a lighted avenue with wrought-iron fencing and tables that would lead patrons back and forth to various downtown venues, including his bar.
The project would mesh with improvements Strader wants to make to the easternmost part of his building, adjacent to the alley, where he plans to install a full-panel glass garage door to create and indoor/outdoor patio.
Strader will use the alleyway Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Orrie Peterson, who owns Bullseye Bar and Grill, opposes the project.
He said that Sterling Today should focus its efforts on the entire downtown, not just one section, and that the development would take customers away from his business, which is a block west and not on the alley.


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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 30, 2012) – ETSU's senior class decided three losses in a row was enough.
Senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) scored a season high 23 points, while fellow seniors Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and Tommy Hubbard (Boston) pitched in 19 and 13 points, respectively, as the ETSU men's basketball team enjoyed a 70-56 victory over Colonial Athletic Association foe James Madison in non-conference hoops action Monday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
With the win, ETSU improves to 11-10 on the year, while James Madison drops to 10-13.
"We got off to a great start tonight and I think Isiah Brown played his best game of the year," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "We've been good enough defensively all year to win and beat anyone we play, but the problem has been we are offensively challenged. I think tonight we were just better on that end of the floor and we were much more efficient. I think we had the right guys taking shots too."
The seniors were certainly impressive, led by Brown's 23 points, nine rebounds and five steals in just 20 minutes of play. Meanwhile, Sollazzo grabbed five boards and another pair of steals to go with his 19 points, while Hubbard snatched five rebounds, collected four steals and scored 13 points.
Indeed, the Bucs put together a strong performance, picking up an impressive 18 steals in the game and forcing James Madison into 23 turnovers on the night. ETSU also out-rebounded the Dukes 30-25.
The Bucs shot an impressive 53 percent from the floor and outscored James Madison 42-20 in the paint, as well as 21-7 on points off turnovers.
ETSU's much-maligned offense looked definitively better in the first half of this game, as ETSU raced out to a 15-point edge at 20-5 with 10:47 left before the intermission. Unfortunately for ETSU, the Dukes regrouped at that point and outscored the Bucs 19-11 the rest of the half to cut the deficit to seven at the break, with ETSU leading 31-24.
In the first half, ETSU shot 52 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range, while forcing James Madison into 14 turnovers on nine steals. The Bucs also held a 15-12 edge on the glass, and outscored the Dukes 20-8 in the paint.
After the halftime break, the Bucs pulled back ahead by 16 at the 16:22 mark, and the Dukes were unable to get closer than 10 the rest of the way.
For James Madison, Humpty Hitchens scored a team-high 20 points, while A.J. Davis added 11. No other Dukes' player reached double figures.
The Bucs will return to A-Sun play for the rest of the season on Saturday, taking on Kennesaw State inside the KSU Convocation Center. Tip is set for 3 p.m.
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March 18, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The women's lacrosse team (1-1) bounced back from a tough overtime loss in their season opener with a convincing 18-4 victory over Rhode Island College (0-3) on Saturday afternoon. Ahead 4-2 just over 12 minutes into the game, MIT went on a 9-0 scoring run and never looked back in their first ever meeting with the Anchorwomen. It was a record-breaking day for senior co-captain Deanna Lentz, who set new game and career records. She tallied five goals and five assists on the day, establishing new Institute records for assists in a game (5) and tying the top MIT mark for points in a game (10). In the process, Lentz passed Kelsey Presson (2002-05) as MIT's all-time leading scorer with 144 points. Senior Randee Miller also had a career game with six goals and two assists for the Engineers.
Early on, the Anchorwomen appeared to be holding their own at Jack Barry Field. Miller capitalized on a free position shot to open the scoring for MIT at 3:21 of the first half, but the Anchorwomen came right back with a goal from senior tri-captain Melissa Reggio at 5:02. However, that was as close as Rhode Island College would get.
Junior midfielder Mary Harding gave MIT a 2-1 advantage at 8:11 and began a barrage of scoring. The Engineers registered eight of the next nine goals, capped by Randee Miller's fourth score of the half at 23:59. During that stretch, Lentz recorder three goals and two assists to trail Presson by only four points on MIT's all-time scoring list. The Engineers held a 10-3 lead when time expired in the first half.
Lentz then opened up the second frame with her fourth goal of the game to extend the Engineers' lead to 11-3. Sophomore Laura Watson scored her second goal of the game at 3:35 and Miller notched her fifth just 37 seconds later before the Anchorwomen finally ended the 9-0 scoring run. Junior tri-captain Caitlin Gavin found the back of the net for the second time at 7:37.
Still with a large lead, MIT continued to pressure the Anchorwomen and at 11:21, Deanna Lentz recorded her eighth point of the game on a pretty pass to Randee Miller. The assist gave Lentz 142 career points, moving her one point ahead of Kelsey Presson on the all-time points list. In the final 19 minutes, Lentz scored again and tallied another assist as the Engineers controlled the game and came away with an 18-4 win.
MIT junior goalie Hee Jay Kay evened her record at 1-1 after making six saves in the win. On the other end, sophomore Sydney Culbertson (0-3) stopped eight of 26 shots for the Anchorwomen.
The Engineers have little time to rest as they travel to Wenham, Mass. on Tuesday, March 21 to face Gordon College (3-1). The game will begin at 4:00 p.m.


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Nov 13, 2007
Nov. 13, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The postseason accolades continued to pour in for junior captain Katie Boothe as she was named to the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III All- New England East First Team. The honor is her first from the organization and it comes on the heels of last week's selection to the NEWMAC All-Conference First Team.
Boothe picked up the program's fourth straight First-Team accolade and 11th overall award.