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The multifamily sector has benefitted by the downturn in the single-family housing market as tighter lending standards help keep potential home buyers in apartments, but that effect is likely to be blunted in 2009.
The recession spells lower rent growth and higher vacancy rates for multifamily properties in the coming year. Average effective rents are forecast to rise 1.7% in 2009 compared with a projected gain of 2.7% this year, according to real estate research firm Reis.
One factor hampering rent growth is stagnant income. Wages tend to stay flat during a recession, while unemployment worsens. In the first 10 months of 2008, the U.S. shed 1.2 million jobs, pushing the national unemployment rate to 6.5% in October. Economists at Goldman Sachs warn that U.S. unemployment could jump to 9% by late 2009.
Unemployment among younger adult-age workers could become an important factor, since they are overwhelmingly renters. Researchers for brokerage Marcus & Millichap estimate that 42% of adults under the age of 35 are renters.
"When the economy is not creating jobs for younger households, it is particularly significant for apartment demand," says Sam Chandan, chief economist at Reis. Faced with dwindling employment prospects, younger people tend to double up or move back to their parents' homes.
What might soften the blow for owners is a decline in multifamily construction as developers struggle to find financing for new projects. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that multifamily starts will decline from an expected 300,000 in 2008 to 238,000 in 2009, before rising to 260,000 in 2010.
"We'll see reduced construction next year and probably the year after that," says Mark Obrinsky, chief economist with the National Multi Housing Council. "Even with that, we are still going to have a tough time if demand remains depressed by the economy."
Investor strategies
The outlook makes executives cautious at Equity Residential, one of the nation's largest apartment REITs. "Our markets are currently experiencing significant headwinds due to the slowing economy and resulting job losses, which will slow revenue growth in the fourth quarter and cause property fundamentals to further weaken in 2009," noted David Neithercut, president and CEO of Equity Residential, in the REIT's third-quarter earnings report.
Equity Residential ranks No. 4 in the National Multi Housing Council's list of top 25 apartment owners in the nation, with ownership interests in 154,152 units as of Jan. 1, 2008. The REIT is trying to conserve cash by postponing acquisitions. Through the end of October, it had disposed of $835 million in assets out of $1 billion disposition goal for 2008 to shore up the company's cash base. Equity Residential wants to exit lower-price markets in Texas, Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Connecticut and North Carolina.
All investments are relative
Despite the dampened outlook, respondents to a recent survey conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research group, picked multifamily as the best investment opportunity in 2009 among the major commercial real estate property sectors.
Survey respondents perceive the housing market downturn as a plus for multifamily in the near term. And in the long term, this sector has demographic potential, with increasing demand coming from the echo boomers and immigrants.
"This is not to be confused with saying that the outlook is strong, but it is stronger than other property sectors," says John McIlwain, senior resident fellow for housing with ULI. Distressed urban condos near transit points offer the best prospects for multifamily investors, according to survey respondents.
Richard Campo, CEO of Camden Property Trust, a Houston-based multifamily REIT, also sees opportunities in distressed properties. Camden will look to acquire properties, if distressed sellers provide attractive pricing.
As for specific market picks, Campo favors Houston, Atlanta, and certain Florida cities that offer solid, long-term growth prospects for jobs, population and household formation. Camden ranks No. 13 on the National Multi Housing Council's top apartment owners list, with ownership interests in 62,338 units as of Jan. 1, 2008.
The one wildcard to the forecast is the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) have long been major players in the secondary markets by providing innovative and attractive lending products.
But the federal takeover of the struggling GSEs fuels uncertainty, Obrinsky points out. "Our hope is that they will continue to provide some mechanism so that the apartment industry will be able to have liquidity when it really needs it."


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As one of the first artists selected for Teach and Tour Sojourners, dance Professor Doug Bentz blazed the trail for future dancers participating in the international program.
Bentz traveled to Kampala, Uganda this summer and conducted a two-week teaching residency in American contemporary jazz dance for dancers ranging from 17 to 25 years old.
"It was important for me as an instructor to be consistent in my demonstrations and to engage the students fully," says Bentz, noting that the young people were not familiar with traditional Western dance techniques or vocabulary commonly used in the West. Local drummers provided music — and created the swinging beat — during his teaching sessions.
At Point Park Bentz teaches modern jazz dance, contemporary partnering, yoga and choreography. In Uganda a majority of his students were part of the country's famed Ndere Troupe, which rehearses and performs at an arts center outside of Kampala, Uganda's capital.
"We used a stage as our classroom," says Bentz of his time teaching at the Ndere Centre. He also traveled extensively in the region and worked with students in other locations, including inside a concrete hut.
"I learned how to be flexible and roll with the punches!" he says of his trip, noting that some of the roads he traveled were unpaved and getting around the countryside took time, often hours.
Bentz praised all of his students for their diligence and openness to new ideas and training.
"Working together we proved that dance is indeed a universal language. We all had a lot of fun together,"he explains.
Bentz has danced professionally with the Ballet du Grand Theatre (Geneva, Switzerland) under the Artistic Direction of George Balanchine, the New Jersey Ballet, Luigi Jazz Dance Company (NYC), American Dance Machine (NYC), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, American Dance Ensemble (Pittsburgh) and The Extension (Pittsburgh), a group he founded and led.
In Pittsburgh he has served as a guest artist with Dance Alloy Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, Kevin Maloney Dance Theatre and Mary Miller Dance Company.
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By Ann Rabinowitz
One of the amazing and beloved characters in South Africa is Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft who travels many thousands of miles each year to serve and provide succor to the dwindling number of 1,200 Jews in the small country communities throughout South Africa and other places like Mauritius and Zimbabwe.
Once amounting to approximately 40,000 Jews, the country communities are now mainly depleted of their Jews, who have moved away and/or died off. All that is left of their presence, very often, are the 230 cemeteries and 30,000 graves which the rabbi makes sure are maintained.
The site where his work is featured is: http://www.africanjewishcongress.com which lists the various places which are supported. In addition, his story is recounted in the book "The Traveling Rabbi, My African Tribe" as told to Suzanne Belling.
The following are the links to the five part program "Shalom the Beloved Country" produced by the SABC television network about the work of Rabbi Silberhaft:
A further talk by Rabbi Silberhaft about his work amongst the country communities can be seen at the following link when he appeared at the Annual General Meeting of the Telfed Netanya, Israel regional committee meeting on January 4, 2012.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpjmc5j5Zkw
In addition to the Rabbi's work, the South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth, have produced a number of volumes featuring various areas where the country communities are located. Included in these volumes are the names of the various families who lived in the country communities as well as photos and histories of them.
Many of these small places were not unlike the shtetlach that the South Africa Jews came from in mainly Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia and other such places. As an example of the small country communities which were mentioned in these volumes, I will use the place where my own family settled. It was a tiny place named Botrivier / Bot River or Butter River which was located in the Overberg Region of the Western Cape that I like to call a dorpie or a place smaller than a dorp, which is a small village.
The Country Communities series, Volume III, includes the village. There were approximately twenty or less Jewish families, at any one time, which lived there. Many of them came from Kupiskis, Lithuania, and other nearby shtetlach in northwestern Lithuania. Some of these families were: Aarenson, Bedil/Rabinowitz, Cessel, Choritz, Cohen, Fig, Gafanowitz/Geffen, Gavendo, Jaffe, Kacev, Kaplan, Osrin, Sack, Silke, Singer, and Thal.
The photo below shows three of the interrelated families who lived in Botrivier including my great uncle, Mordechai Yehudah Leib Choritz, the elderly gentleman, who is sitting on the left.
The Choritz, Jaffe and Fig Families in Botrivier, South Africa
Due to the village's rural character and seeming idyllic location in the hinterlands away from larger urban sites, many of the occupations of the Jewish families were focused on agriculture (onions, potatoes, grapes/wine, wheat, wild flowers) and on farms such as the historic Companje Drift (once the trading/bartering station of the Dutch East India Company); trade with the local farmers as general dealers in what amounted to country stores; and owning or leasing accommodations in small inns such as the Bot River and Hoew Hoek Hotels which assuaged the needs of people passing through or visiting.
All in all, the concept of the country communities is one of a fast-fading yet vibrant past kept alive by those such as Rabbi Silberhaft, who work directly with the remaining Jewish inhabitants, and with the diligent researchers, who document the history of these communities, one volume at a time.


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Black Hills Gold & Jewelry
Black Hills gold jewelry was first created in the 1870s during the Black Hills Gold Rush by a French goldsmith named Henri LeBeau. Black Hills gold jewelry depicts leaves, grape clusters and vines, and is made with alloys of gold with standard yellow gold and also the signature green and pink gold. In the 1980s, the 8th Circuit affirmed an injunction ruling that if a manufacturer was to call its jewelry Black Hills Gold, then it must be made in the Black Hills. - Wikipedia
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A "mediate cardinal" is defined in "Principia Mathematica" as a cardinal which is neither inductive nor reflexive and it is established *(124·61) that the multiplicative axiom implies the non-existence of mediate cardinals. The converse implication is not established, and there seems to be no reason to suppose it is true. The relation of the existence of mediate cardinals to the multiplicative axiom is therefore one-sided and offers a contrast to the mutual implications of the comparability of cardinals, the well-orderability of classes and the multiplicative axiom. In this paper it is proposed to investigate other classes of cardinals which are not Alephs, beyond the mediate cardinals of "Principia Mathematica," and instead of the one-sided implication between the multiplicative axiom and the non-existence of mediate cardinals to establish an equivalence between the axiom and the non-existence of certain cardinals which are not Alephs.
If we use the term "comparable" in such a sense that μ is comparable with ν when μ is greater than, equal to, or less than ν, a mediate cardinal in "Principia Mathematica" is a cardinal comparable with the inductive cardinals but not with A0 (A has been substituted for the Hebrew Character Aleph usually employed). We wish to discuss the nature of those cardinals (if there are any such) which are comparable with Alephs less than Aξ, but not with Aξ, for different values of ξ. In "Principia Mathematica" it is found that a part of the multiplicative axiom is sufficient to imply the non-existence of the non-inductive non-reflexive cardinals and instead of the proposition
Mult Ax . ⊃ . NC med = Λ
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A0 ∈ NC mult . ⊃ . NC med = Λ.
It seems worth while to pursue the same course with the cardinals to be considered in this paper.


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Help the kids ring in the New Year with a Winter Carnival at the Kent County Public Library
Your invitation might read, "Goodly lords and ladies, lads and lasses, prithee join her Most Royal Majesty, Elizabeth Tudor, as she doth preside over revelry, merriement and a Renaissance romp." OK, so Kent Countians won't be receiving an invite couched in language spoken in 16th century England, but they'll have the chance to hear it -- and perchance an opportunity to speak it -- as part of the entertainment at the 2013 Winter Carnival. With its focus on castles, royalty and magic, this year's celebration has been dubbed "Once Upon A Time." The event is the Friends of the Kent County Library's annual fundraiser that will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the library, at 497 S. Red Haven Lane, near Woodside. The Carnival will feature actress Mary Ann Jung as Queen Elizabeth I, the Juggling Hoffmans and a performance James Barrie's "Peter Pan," where all of the parts will be played by just two actors. The three-hour event also includes craft booths, games, activities, roving costumed characters, a visit by firemen and equipment from the Camden-Wyoming Volunteer Fire Company and a balloon drop. The library's New Year's Eve d�cor will include 15 gargoyles, six flying monkeys and a 13-foot-long dragon, who will arrive on the day of the show. And, since the event ends at noon, there will be a countdown as the hour reaches 12 o'clock, allowing the kids to celebrate New Year's a few hours early, said Library Director Hilary Welliver. With New Year's being more an adult-themed holiday, and Dover's First Night celebration having gone by the wayside, there seemed to be little in the way of entertainment that would get area children in on the fun of welcoming in 2014, said Deb Lawhead, president of the Friends. "We want to change that and offer a family-affordable fundraiser that makes the holiday festive for all ages," she said. The centerpiece of the celebration will be Mary Ann Jung's portrayal of Good Queen Bess, who will preside over the morning's activities. A Smithsonian scholar who has portrayed numerous famous women, Jung will bring the Tudor monarch to life with tales of what it was like in 16th-century England. "I'll talk about their social history, their clothing, their food, all the things kids can relate to," Jung said. Jung created her portrayal of Elizabeth 34 years ago and has appeared in character on CNN, the Today Show and Good Morning America. She also was director of renaissance language and Shakespearian language at the Maryland Renaissance Fair. Audience participation is a huge part of her presentation, she said. Youngsters will learn the proper way to curtsey and bow and how to do the Galliard, an incredibly athletic French-inspired dance that Elizabeth pursued even into her 60s. Considering the corseted costumes of the day, "it's completely unlike what you would expect someone like her to do," Jung said. The children also will get an example of Elizabethan grammar. "They'll be learning that you'd say 'aye' instead of 'yes,' and 'nay' instead of 'no,' 'wherefore' instead of 'why,'" Jung said. "They'll understand that people then didn't talk the way we do now. "I'll really be trying to get some of those old-time words out there." Jung is "just wonderful," Welliver said. "I love everything about her, from her thorough knowledge to her authentic costume. Every detail is perfect. "I think the children are in for a real treat." Michael and Lois Hoffman, aka the Juggling Hoffmans, will dazzle everyone in the audience with their performance of slapstick comedy, music and magic, Welliver said. "They're just amazing," she said. "They're versatile, upbeat and funny." Both members of the International Jugglers Association, the Hoffmans came together while students at the University of Delaware. Michael had been inspired to start juggling while in high school, and Lois took up the art when they met in 1991. The pair, who have performed at past celebrations in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York and New Jersey, like to get everyone in the audience involved in their routine. "We'll be doing a fast-paced, family-oriented comedy juggling show," Lois said. "There'll be lots of audience participation and a lot of comedy," Michael added. "We usually get one of the kids up there as a volunteer and you never know what they'll say or how we'll react to it. Each show is unique, for sure." "Kids can say the darndest things sometimes," Lois said. "And sometimes Michael does, too!" she added. After their main show, the Hoffmans will mingle with the audience to do a little close-up work, Welliver said. "Kids always want to know how things are done, so this will be a good chance to get up close and personal," she said. Tickets for the show only are on sale at the Kent County Library through Dec. 30, and will not be available at the door. "This may be our fundraiser, but it's really a way of providing some fun for the kids in the community," Welliver said. "I really do think it's a wonderful way to close out the year. "It's family fun and for $5 per ticket, it's a great bargain."


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This winter I have been walking more along the stretches of St. Clair West that I'm pretty sure want to be called Wychwood Heights and Hillcrest Village. Or at least that's what the street signs claim. It's getting to a be a cliche to describe a section of Toronto as diverse, but you really can walk past quite the variety of restaurants and other food businesses from Bathurst to Oakwood.
Fillipino from Manila Food is the eastern anchor for a list that runs through two of the city's most popular Jamaican spots (Albert's and Gerry's), that are across the tracks from El Fogon, one of Toronto's only Peruvian restaurants. And that's just the first two blocks. Further west there are stops for churrasco (the now slightly less dingy Churrasco of St. Clair) and tapas at the fun and affordable Mezzetta. The Stockyards and Catch Restaurant both made that list of Canada's 50 Best Restaurants that Macleans published and the Wychwood outpost of Pizza e Pazzi has been warmly reviewed and covers the all-important "casual Italian fare" base. In between there is the usual mix of brunch-esque bakeries and Asian spots that each cover the cuisine from at least two countries. (more…)


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In its ongoing effort to improve the world around us, the Soroptimists of Huntington Beach will hold a wine tasting and fundraiser to benefit the Huntington Beach Project Self-Sufficiency Foundation on Feb. 20 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with flights of wine available until 8:30 p.m.
The event will be held at the Cielo Mare Ballroom at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort, 21100 Pacific Coast Highway. Cost is $25 per person and includes four wine flights, tasty bites and complimentary valet parking. Information and reservations: (714) 845-8000 or (714) 845-8494.
The best part of all this wine and socializing is that the event will help low-income single parents gain economic independence by supporting Project Self-Sufficiency. The Huntington Beach organization helps men and women finish school and get a career started.
The program is for people who have at least one minor child and some source of income, and who live, work or attend school in Huntington Beach or are referred from an Orange County shelter.
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Getting Psychic for the Pups
Waggin' Trails, a Huntington Beach rescue organization that whisks animals from kill shelters off to no-kill shelters in other states, is holding a fundraiser.
We wrote in December about the organization, which has saved about 540 dogs since it was founded by transporting about 30 dogs a month to out-of-state shelters.
The fundraiser is interesting in itself. Bonnie Whiting will hold a two-hour Psychic Medium Show that should include connecting the audience with pets and loved ones in the afterlife. Along with her extrasensory abilities, Whiting is the founder of Alternative Pet Rescue.
The event is $25 and will be Jan. 31 at the Huntington Beach Central Library, 7111 Talbert Ave.
For information about the event or Waggin' Trails, call (714) 328-8661 or visit http://www.waggintrails.org.
Big-time props for Graham Jameson
Cal Lutheran sophomore communications major Graham Jameson, whose family lives in Huntington Beach, is a member of the lighting and sound crew for the university's production of "The Trojan Women."
The performance will be presented during the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. "The Trojan Women" will be presented twice on Feb. 14 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Judges will select four to six of the best and most diverse productions from eight regional conferences to be showcased at the national festival in April at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
A Fusion of dance for all audiences
The Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts is holding its annual faculty choreographed dance concert, Fusion.
Fusion blends ballet, modern jazz and tap and according to its news release will appeal to dance aficionados and newcomers alike.
The three performances will be 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 and 2, and 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Huntington Beach Union High School District Historic Auditorium and Bell Tower, 1905 Main St.
Tickets are $22 for adults, $16 for students and seniors 65 and older. For tickets, call (714) 536-2514 ext. 4025. For information on the program, visit http://www.hbapa.org.
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Boston — Two industry surveys detailing January 2009 club performances paint a different picture of club membership sales during a difficult economy.
Results from an online survey by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) found that when comparing January 2009 revenue to that in January 2008, more of the IHRSA-member club respondents said total revenue this January was better or much better than those who said it was worse or much worse than January 2008. Of those surveyed, 9 percent said revenues were much better, 32 percent said they were better, 28 percent said they were equal to last year, 26 percent said they were worse, and 4 percent said they were much worse.
About the same number of IHRSA respondents had a better or much better January in terms of new memberships sales than had a worse or much worse January. Ten percent said their January 2009 was much better than January 2008, 27 percent said it was better, 28 percent said it was equal, 30 percent said it was worse and 5 percent said it was much worse.
IHRSA surveyed its member clubs in February and received 269 responses, mostly from one-club operators with 1,000 to 5,000 memberships.
Membership sales numbers in a separate industry survey conducted by Michael Scott Scudder of MeetingZone, painted a more negative picture. Of the 442 for-profit respondents to the February Club Management Education & Training Online survey:
27 percent reported higher new membership sales for January 2009 versus January 2008.
29 percent said January 2009 new membership sales were about the same as last year.
44 percent said their January 2009 new membership sales were down from last January.
About 60 percent of Scudder's respondents said they were increasing new member referral efforts, 35 percent said they planned to increase marketing/ad spending and 31 percent said they would offer lower initiation fees for new members.
Many of the IHRSA respondents also noted changes they were making due to the recession, including an increased focus on customer service, profit centers (such as non-dues programs) and marketing/advertising. The owners also said they were offering discounts on enrollment fees, shorter-term memberships and services offered to nonmembers.
IHRSA said club owners are paying close attention to staffing schedules and expenses while considering whether to postpone equipment purchases — although the majority are maintaining their pre-planned capital expenditures.
Forty-two percent of IHRSA respondents said that non-dues-related sales remained equal to January 2008, with 32 percent saying it was better or much better and 26 percent saying it was worse or much worse. Forty-one percent said that non-dues revenue remained the same in January 2009 as January 2008. However, 31 percent said it was better or much better, and 28 percent said it was worse or much worse.
IHRSA's recently released Annual Financial Index found that among 14 U.S. for-profit health club companies, membership dues revenue and non-dues revenue improved slightly in 2008. The companies in the index represented 183 facilities.
Membership dues revenue for these companies increased by 3.4 percent over 2007, while non-dues sales improved by 1.3 percent. Total membership accounts increased by 1.7 percent in 2008, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and rent also improved by 3 percent.
Although these clubs improved performance over 2007, they reported only a slight increase in total membership accounts in fourth quarter 2008 compared to fourth quarter 2007, up 0.4 percent. However, total dues revenue dropped 0.7 percent compared to fourth quarter 2007, while total non-dues revenues were down by 5.6 percent.


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Semin's return to Washington spoiled in 3-0 lossby Corey Masisak
WASHINGTON -- Five years ago, the Washington Capitals got off to a terrible start and a coach without the benefit of a full training camp rallied them to an improbable playoff berth.
The 2012-13 season is obviously a truncated one and the comparison isn't perfect, but these Capitals just might be on the verge of a season-saving surge. Washington attacked the injury-depleted Carolina Hurricanes early and earned a 3-0 victory Tuesday night at Verizon Center.
It was the Capitals' fifth win in seven games. After a 2-10-1 start, the Capitals are within four points of the three-way tie at the top of the Southeast Division.
Washington started 2007-08 by going 6-14-1 before Bruce Boudreau arrived and helped the Capitals to a furious finish, overtaking the Hurricanes on the final day of the season for the first of four straight division titles.
"You can see some parallels there," veteran defenseman Tom Poti said. "We started slow and had a new coach with a fresh, new system for us to learn. We just kind of ran with it and took off. I think it is starting look similar."
New coach Adam Oates had the benefit of starting the season in charge, but a brief training camp didn't provide much time for the Capitals to figure out everything from a coach whose attention to detail defenseman Karl Alzner called "insane" earlier in the day.
The Capitals are by no means "back." They are still in last place in the Southeast --, but the gap has been narrowed. The past two wins have come against a backup goaltender and a banged-up defense corps, but Washington is generating offense while not yielding a lot of quality scoring chances at the other end.
The grand vision behind hiring Oates -- that he could find a happy medium between Boudreau's offense and Dale Hunter's defense -- is starting to come into focus.
"It is getting there," said Oates, who offered a response of "60 to 70" percent when pressed on how close he thought the Capitals were to having his teachings locked in. "I think the guys are realizing that the more they play as a unit and they do the right things, the little things, there is always going to be support for each other and you're in a way better position to make the next play. That's what we're trying to accomplish.
"It's just not clockwork yet. Guys are still making decisions from habits from before from whatever team they were or on or whatever system they were in. It is still not automatic all the time. We have waves of it where it looks automatic, but then we shoot ourselves in the foot a little bit."
Much of the pregame discussions centered around a Hurricanes player returning to Verizon as a former member of the Capitals, but the bigger story proved to be connected to the guys who didn't suit up for the visitors. The Capitals battered Cam Ward early and often in the first 30 minutes -- and by the time the Hurricanes steadied and pushed back it was too late.
Ward made 36 stops, including a save-of-the-year candidate on Joel Ward when the lead was still only two. But the Hurricanes couldn't solve Braden Holtby, who finished with 33 saves for his second shutout of the season.
"This is a tough place to play," said Carolina defenseman Joe Corvo, who had a brief tenure in Washington in 2009-10. "They're all over you all the time. They don't give you much time. ... [Ward] played really well, especially in the second to keep us in there. He definitely gave us a chance."
Nicklas Backstrom missed practice Monday because he was sick, but he was Washington's best player in this contest among several worthy candidates. He was on the end of a pretty passing sequence with the Capitals on the power play to give Washington a first-period lead, and he set up John Erskine's goal 31 seconds in the second period to make it 2-0.
John Carlson made it 3-0 when he hammered a home the rebound of a Mathieu Perreault shot at 11:28 of the third period to end any doubt.
"I think it's been going great," Carlson said. "The best part of the whole scenario is that from day one, everyone stuck to it. When we were losing games and we were playing bad, guys didn't come in the room and question anything. We stayed as a team and we did the right things. Clearly it took a little bit longer than any of us would like, but in the end hopefully it works out for the better."
This game did mark the return of Alexander Semin to Washington for the first time since leaving after seven seasons here. A hearty dose of boos greeted Semin each time he held the puck, but he missed a chance in the opening minutes to quiet the crowd.
Semin had a shorthanded breakaway at 2:55 of the first period, but Holtby turned away his shot. Semin finished the night with four shots on net, and nearly had a great assist to linemate Eric Staal, but Mike Ribeiro prevented a likely goal with a nice defensive play.
"I was pretty happy. I don't hold any bad blood against him or anything like that, but obviously you don't want him to come into here, so it was great," Carlson said. "We had a good few first shifts, but once we had that breakdown and he stopped that I think everyone on the bench felt the same way."
The Capitals took the train to Philadelphia after the game, and the rested Flyers, who also are in desperate need of wins, are waiting for a Wednesday Night Rivalry game. It's the start of a stretch of 17 games in 33 days, and 11 of those contests are away from Verizon Center.
When it ends, the calendar will turn to April. If the Capitals still have hopes of reaching the playoffs at that point, it will likely be remembered that the seeds of their revival were sown in the past few days.
"We're slowly picking it up and I think we can put together a big string of wins, which is what we're going to have to do," Poti said.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Summertime extracurricular social activities in London Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Summertime extracurricular social activities in London Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Kingdom View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message rwillmsenJoined: 27 Nov 2004Posts: 214 Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: Summertime extracurricular social activities in London Hi I work at a very small school and am putting together our social programme, unfortunately almost all of our students are from the same country, and they don't drink, so 'pub evenings' (hem hem) are out. I wondered if anyone had any original ideas, not just for the evening but for daytime activities too, something they hopefully won't find too boring (they are young adults) and will maybe give them the chance to meet and get to know other, non-Turkish people! Any help greatly appreciated, Richard Back to top DedicatedJoined: 18 May 2007Posts: 972Location: UK Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Best booze-free activities London has to offer There are quite a number of booze-free activities available in London. Depending on what your students like: 1. Many museums and galleries stay open late or put on evening events. eg. Friday Late at the V and A open until 10pm (last Friday of each month) British Museum, the Great Court, is open until 11pm, Thursdays to Saturdays. Tate Modern is open until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Tate Britain is open until 10pm on first Friday of each month. The National Gallery is open until 9pm every Wednesday. The Chelsea Physic Garden is open in July until 10pm on Wednesdays. 2. Swimming Tooting Bec Lido is open until 8pm everyday. London Fields Lido (heated) is open until 8pm weekdays Hampstead Heath Lido has late-night swimming until 8.30pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Check out <www.lidos.org.uk> 3.Evening guided walks Check out <www.walklondon.org.uk> for walking routes and suggestions (including Old Westminster by Gaslight and Jack the Ripper Haunts) 4. Indoor climbing walls Even if the weather isn't great, you can still have fun at one of London's many indoor climbing centres - and get fit at the same time. Most are open late in the week. Try Castle Climbing Centre, Green Lanes, N4 (Manor House Tube) open until 10pm or Mile End Climbing Centre, Haverfield Rd, E3 (Mile End Tube) open until 9.30pm or Westway Climbing Wall, Westway Sports Centre, 1 Crowthorne Rd, W10 (Latimer Rd or White City Tube), open until 10pm. Hope this helps a bit! Back to top rwpjobsJoined: 06 Mar 2004Posts: 64 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: Thanks, there are some nice ideas here. But I have to ask, do you read the London Paper or London Lite at all?! Back to top DedicatedJoined: 18 May 2007Posts: 972Location: UK Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: activities in London Hi rwpjobs, I'm based at a London university and we were asked by these newspapers what we could suggest for free evening student activities - we told them, and they presumably published our ideas!! Must get a copy.............. Back to top rwillmsenJoined: 27 Nov 2004Posts: 214 Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: Ha ha, that's funny, I feel like I'm somehow in the loop. Bit ashamed to admit I picked up one of 'those' papers though, I was, erm, drunk... 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Mom's Pearls of Wisdom
This is 'take two' for me. I was almost finished typing my blog and my 2 year old pressed the power button on my laptop. Of course, I didn't save it and I couldn't find the recovery file! Never a dull moment around here!
The first call I made upon the erasing of my blog was one of desperation to my mother. She is my 'go to' girl for anything that I need advice about. What better person than one who has been through, and survived, three children? If one of my kids does something awful, I call her. If I need motivation to clean my house (or write my blog) I call her!
It's funny because when I was going through my teen years, I thought my mom was by far the stupidest person in the world (sorry Mom). She didn't understand me. She didn't understand being a teenager. She didn't understand ANYTHING! Now as a mom, I realize that all of the things she said and did were out of love. I look back and feel so guilty for all of my crazy antics and mean words. Having a daughter and two sons and a husband whose work took him away a lot couldn't have been a piece of cake and I really wish I would have made things easier for her now. She loves to tell me how she can't wait for my children's teen years so I can be paid back!
No matter your age, your mother is someone to turn to when you need love, support or comfort. No one can be there for you like your mom. I laugh at my brother b/c he says anything made by our mom is always better. He says that even a glass of ice water is better if she makes it. That is so true! There is just something about YOUR MOM!
My mom is always there for me, no matter how trivial my needs may be. She's always the one to say just what I need to hear. Most often what I need to hear is "suck it up and get on with it."
I asked my Facebook friends, what 'pearls of wisdom' their moms have passed down to them. I loved the answers. There is something about reading about a mother's love that just brings a tear to my eye.
Brandi, mom of 1, says the most important thing her mother taught her was to be a woman of independence, while Sara, a mom of 3 had this to say about her mother:
"My Mom has done so many great things for me! She always taught me to be positive and that things work out for the best!"
Mandi, a mom of 1, says her mom taught her to always be herself and to never compromise herself for anyone. She also taught her to always be kind to everyone. Mandi accredits her mother for the mother she is today.
"I could go on and on and on! I would not be the person or mother I am today without her," said Mandi.
As you all know, Mother's Day is coming up and Torin Bales Fine Jewelry is doing a really great give away! All you have to do is go to torinbales.com and write a letter to your mother or to the mother of your children. Torin will personally mail your letter. Each entry will receive a $50 gift certificate and a box of Godiva chocolates. The most loving moment will win a strand of Mikimoto pearls for Mother's Day!
I went by the store earlier this week to check out these pearls and they are GORGEOUS! I think a string of pearls is the perfect Mother's Day gift. The pearl takes a long time to develop, just like the wisdom of a mother takes a long time to develop. Pearls are also valuable, just like a mother is valuable to her children. I know my mother has given me many 'pearls of wisdom' and I can't think of a more fitting gift than a beautiful string of pearls for a beautiful mom.
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100g honey, plus extra for drizzling over the baked cake
150g rolled oats
50g medium oatmeal
100g light brown muscovado sugar
150g self raising flour
4 eggs
Oh, yummy yum yum.
That looks so amazingly like a big hug in a cake. I could just do with a lovely warm piece of that right now, but with a smidge of cream, please. :)
Now that looks like a proper good cake!
The very idea of something that combines the heavenly delights of cake and flapjack just has to be a winner! I'll just go and fetch my apron........
This look amazing and delicious:-)
Ooh yes, big fan of oats and honey always makes a cake moister and somehow yummier. I made a porridge cake once which was good, but definitely on the dense side.
This looks delish - and I think it would keep well.
Oh yes - oats and honey. Definitely health food - and really with plums (or may be some rhubarb) well, it would be positively oozing wellbeing. Looks lovely just as it is thought.
I love the sound of this - oats and honey and cake - yes please!
I wasn't sure when I read oatmeal and honey, but your description of a flapjack in cake form definitely sells this one!
I love the topping, I would possibly eat most of this before putting the cake in the oven....
This is definitely my kinda cake with honey! Looks so moist & yummy! ;)
I most certainly would not say no to a piece of this cake with custard right now. Oaty toppings always have such a homely, comforting quality.
Any cake with honey in has to be a winner...and I agree with Jean this looks like a proper cake! Perfect with a cup of tea of an afternoon :-)
when I saw that reciepe I had to think about a simmilar one from my mum, chocolate-sponge with crusty-caramelised coco-nut topping, and so I put a bit cacoa-powder in the sponge. It's quite tasty!
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I wouldn't have thought of cocoa so thanks for sharing that. My thoughts went down the spice route!
Happy baking
I made it last week. What I originally intended to do, was to bake a rhubarb upside-down cake (from another blog). I tried making it twice, and it was a flop both times, so eventually I had to resort to something for which I still had ingredients in the pantry. Hence, this oatmeal honey cake.
Needless to say, CC's recipes never disappoint :) The cake came out good and tasty, although in my view it's definitely an autumn-winter bake, even without the spices. The texture is firm, hearty and no-nonsense, perfect with a cup of tea. I liked it, but because of the ingredients, which are a bit on the heavy side (oats, honey, nearly three sticks of butter, etc.) I think it would be better not serve it to someone who's dieting or suffering from digestive issues.
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The Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford and Mandell Jewish Community Center of Greater Hartford are collaborating to make and send handmade musical instruments to the Jordan River Village and Beit Uri summer camps. The art school students have designed and built the instruments and will join JCC high school volunteers and special needs children to do the finishing and decorating.
The event takes place on Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. From 1 to 2:15 p.m., the Hartford Art School and high school volunteers will be trained to work with special needs students; and from 2:15 to 4 p.m., the instruments will be assembled with the special needs children.
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The Lady Bisons opened the second round of the Frost Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn., Saturday with a 3-0 win over Kentucky from the Southeastern Conference. They closed the day with a 7-3 win over Kansas from the Big 12.
"Any time we can face off against a big name team that plays in a bigger conference is a plus for us," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "Any time we can pull out wins against teams like this it is an added bonus.
"We earned those two wins on our performances. To be able to say we beat teams in the Big 12 and SEC says a lot. We have a lot of experience on the field. We have players that are hungry to prove something."
Pitcher Whitney Kiihnl threw a two-hitter against Kentucky, striking out 10. When starter Christen Campbell struggled against Kansas, allowing four hits and three runs, Kiihnl came on in relief. She allowed only one hit while striking out 11 in 6.1 innings.
"We didn't want to let things get out of hand too quickly," Ryman said. "Our offense has been so strong over the last couple of weeks that we wanted to make sure we gave our hitters a chance."
The Lady Bisons are 11-1 for the season. Kentucky fell to 10-3. Kansas dropped to 6-8.
Kiihnl is 8-0 this season. She has not allowed a run in 18.1 innings. Kiihnl also had three hits, all in the Kansas game.
First baseman Kellie Sirus had four hits and four runs batted in. Two of her hits were doubles.
The Lady Bisons also received help from players whose names start with other letters of the alphabet.
Shortstop Courtney Billington had three hits, two for doubles. First baseman Vanessa Medina recorded three hits in the Kansas game. Billington, batting second, and Sirus, hitting in the third spot, have become a formidable duo at the plate.
"Courtney is one of those hitters who brings so much to the table," Ryman said. "Kellie has the power. But I think Courtney can develop into that type of a hitter. She has power, but you see it more in doubles than home runs. She does have home run pop. She also has speed.
"Kellie has a couple of more years of experience. But they are both hitting extremely well this season. "
The Lady Bisons jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning against Kentucky sparked by an RBI-double to left center by Sirus. Catcher Mollie Mitchell grounded out to first base allowing Sirus to score.
The Lady Bisons added an insurance run in the top of the seventh. With two outs Billington doubled to left field. Sirus followed with her second double of the game, also to left field, to bring Billington home.
Also getting two hits for the Lady Bisons was second baseman Abby Keese with a pair of singles.
Against Kansas the Lady Bisons scored two runs each in the first and second innings. They added three more in the sixth to seal the win.
Second baseman Abby Keese drove in Sirus with a double and then scored on a passed ball in the first inning.
In the second Billington doubled down the right field line to score Kiihnl and Caroline Mason.
Sirus singled to center in the sixth to drive home Dortwegt and Kiihnl. Medina scored the first run of the inning when she advanced from third on an error by the Kansas first baseman.
The Lady Bisons close out the tournament at 9 a.m. Sunday against Georgetown, a team they beat 3-0 last season.
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Men's lacrosse ends historic season with loss
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The RIT men's lacrosse team (19-3) led 13-10 heading into the fourth quarter, but could not hold on, losing to Stevenson University (22-2) 16-14 in the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship from Lincoln Financial Field in front of 25,211 fans on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Kyle Aquin (Hamilton, Ontario/St. Jean De Brebeuf) tied the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship Game record by scoring a career-high seven goals. He matched the mark set by Salisbury's Sam Bradman in 2011.
RIT trailed 5-0 just 5:37 into the contest, and 6-1 after the first quarter, but stormed back, scoring five in the second and seven in the third, out-scoring the Mustangs 12-4 over that span to take a 13-10 lead into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately for RIT, Stevenson scored five straight goals in span of 2:27 early in the fourth quarter, than hang on late to win its first Division III National Championship.
"I'm extremely proud of the entire team," said Head Coach Jake Coon. "They battled the whole game, and we were in it right to the end."
Aquin led RIT with seven goals, while Eddie Kiesa (Syracuse, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) had six points on two goals and four assists. Allister Warren (Toronto, Ontario/Malvern Collegiate Institute) had three goals, while Brad Gillies (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) had a pair of assists. Pat Johnston (Norwell, MA/Norwell) took the loss in net, making 11 saves.
Shots were 43-42 in favor of RIT. Stevenson won the ground ball battle 49-35, while the Mustangs committed six face-off
violations. The Tigers won 15-of-33 face-offs led by junior Tyler Brooks-Lambert (Seneca Castle, NY/Midlakes) who went 14-of-26 with five ground balls. RIT's top-ranked man-up unit went 4-of-10 with the man advantage.
Mark Pannenton led the Mustangs with five goals, earning Championship game MVP honors. Peter Green tallied three goals, while Nick Rossi had two goals and two assists for Stevenson, who finished the season with an 11-game winning streak en route to a 22-2 record. Dimitri Pecunes picked up the win, making 15 saves.
RIT and Stevenson combined to score 30 goals in Sunday's championship game, marking the fifth time in the history of the NCAA Division III Championship that at least 30 goals have been scored.
Stevenson jumped on RIT early, scoring the first five goals of the game in just 5:37, stunning the large RIT crowd. The Tigers finally got on the board when Warren drove past his man at the top of the box and scored with a good low shot, cutting Stevenson's lead to 5-1 midway through the frame.
Pannenton scored his second goal of the quarter with 20 second to play in the first quarter to give the Mustangs a 6-1 lead.
Aquin made it 6-2 at the 11:53 mark of the second quarter with his 59th goal of the season off an assist from Kiesa. That goal was RIT's 309th of the 2013 season, snapping the all-time record for goals in a season, set in 2011.
After Stevenson upped its lead to 8-3 moments later, RIT scored three straight goals, pulling to within two at 8-6 on Warren's second of the game off an assist from Gillies with 2:17 left in the half. Jack Krzyston (Bedford, NH/Bishop Guertin) and Aquin also had goals in that run for the Tigers.
Pannenton closed out the first half scoring with his third of the half with 1:07 remaining, giving Stevenson a 9-6 lead at the half.
The Tigers took the momentum into the third quarter, outscoring Stevenson 7-1 over the 15-minute span to take a 13-10 lead. The Tigers rattled off the first first four goals of the third, including two man-up goals. Stevenson took two penalties, including an unsportsmanlike penalty that gave the Tigers a chance to show the nation's top extra man unit.
Kiesa and Aquin each had two goals during the run. Kiesa's unassisted goal with 9:54 to play in the quarter capped off the run and gave the Tigers their first lead of the game.
Pannenton broke the Tigers run with a goal with 5:57 to play in the third, tying the score at 10-10.
Aquin sandwiched a pair of goals in between a Warren goal to close out the third quarter, giving RIT a 13-10 lead heading
into the fourth quarter. Aquin's seventh goal of the game, coming with 1:07 left in the quarter, was the product of a tremendous one-handed feed from Kiesa.
Stevenson came roaring back in the fourth, scoring five times in 2:27, taking a 15-13 lead on Pat Condon's unassisted goal with 11:31 to play in regulation to stun the Tigers.
Freshman Alec Sulesky (Medina, OH/Medina) broke the run for RIT with his 13th goal of the season with 10:13 to play, cutting the Mustangs lead to 15-14.
Rossi would tally an unassisted goal with 5:07 to play that made it 16-14 Stevenson.
RIT had a chance late when Stevenson committed two fouls with 1:14 left, givng the lethal RIT man-up unit a second two-man advantage. Aquin had a great look from 10 yards out, but his shot just missed the crossbar. Kiesa had two shots that Pecunes was able to save and the Mustangs cleared the ball, running out the final 40 seconds for the win and the title.
The Tigers set a new school record by scoring 321 goals in 2013. The RIT man-up unit ended the season by setting a NCAA Division III record, converting 54.8 percent of its opportunities, scoring 46 times in 84 chances.
RIT is now 14-15 all time in 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an 8-4 mark since 2010. Overall, RIT is 68-13 since the start of the 2010 season. This was the first trip to the championship game for the Tigers, who before this season, had gotten as far as the national semifinals on five other occasions. The senior class of Elliott Cowburn (Oakville, ON/Holy Trinity), Evan Burley (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy), PJ Hart (Camillus, NY/West Genesee), Nick Schiefer (Birmingham, MI/Birmingham Seaholm), Luke Wolfe (Buffalo, NY/Williamsville North) and Matt Leczynski finished their careers with four conference titles, four trips to the NCAA Tournament, RIT's first ever trip to the Championship game.
RIT opened the tournament with a 22-13 win over Cabrini in the second round, then ousted Tufts 14-5 in the quarterfinals, before a dramatic 10-9 overtime win in the semifinals at No. 1 Cortland. RIT outscored its opponents 60-43 in four NCAA Tournament games this season.
Today's game was a rematch of an overtime thriller back on Feb. 27 that Stevenson won 12-11. Pannenton scored the game winner with 1:49 to play in the overtime. RIT is 0-3 all-time against the Mustangs.
"This group of seniors have taken this program to the next level," said Coon. "They accomplished that with hard work and class and have left the program in good shape for the future."
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Luke Skywalker is stupid and can get very annoying. I never really cared for his charactor...he is too...idk. And what in the world is with that whole retarded "NOOOOOOOOO....." thing once he finds out Vader is his father. I mean comeon, how much weaker can you get? so i third the dislike of Skywalker.
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Production of the Mustang began in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was presented to the general public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's 3rd earliest nameplate presently in production. Initial sales projections forecasted less than 100,000 systems for the first year. This mark was gone beyond in three months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be sold throughout the model year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were developed.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 models, but numerous changes were made at the conventional opening of the brand-new design year (beginning August 1964), consisting of the addition of back-up lights on some models, the intro of generators to replace generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu in to 289 cu in. When it comes to a minimum of some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production included some unusual peculiarities, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo underneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These qualities made sufficient distinction to warrant classification of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has endured with purists. Mustangs For Sale in Mayville ND are easy to find now with online shopping.
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Spurs striker Obika loaned to Charlton
Tottenham striker Jonathan Obika has joined Charlton Athletic on loan for the remainder of the campaign.
The 23-year-old returns to The Valley after spending the second half of last season with the relegation-threatened Championship club - scoring three goals in 10 appearances.
Most recently, the former England Under-20 international spent time on loan at Brighton and Hove Albion but will become the first arrival of the Jose Riga era.
"The striker has been recalled from his loan spell at Brighton, where he made seven appearances, to return to The Valley where last season he made 10 appearances, scoring three goals," read a statement onTottenham's official website.
Obika has yet to feature in the Premier League for the London club, but Riga will hope he can produce the goods and help keep Charlton in the second tier.
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Tom Riley can tell you the species and number of every tree on campus.
But on this beautiful autumn day in 2003, we're walking along the east side of Detchon Hall and the Illinois native is talking about trees—the 1,039 trees he feeds, trims, culls, and nurtures as the College's head groundskeeper and landscaper.
We were able to save this bald cypress—I'm so glad. It's about 75-100 years old. The contractors wanted to cut it down so they'd have space for the scaffolding while constructing the new science building. I told them, "No way." We had to prune some, which I don't like to do, but it beats a stump.
The New Testament tells us that God knows us so well that even the hairs on our heads are numbered. At Wabash, so are the trees. They've been plotted and mapped by global positioning satellites as part of the College's master plan, and Riley can tell you the species and number of every one.
If you asked me, 'Which one's your favorite?' I'd say it's the big white oak out here by the College sign. Montgomery County claims to have the state record white oak; ours is 211 inches around, and it beats the state record by 11 inches. That was the common size of all the trees through here in the early 1800s, when the settlers first came, back when that white oak was just a sapling.
Riley was hired as a grounds- keeper in 1995 and quickly became acquainted with the campus Master Plan and its goals for replacing diseased or dangerous trees on College grounds. In 1998, 40 trees had to be removed from campus. The next fall under Riley's supervision, 48 were planted.
His duties include the care of the Fuller Arboretum—the grove of trees covering much of the campus intended to display the diversity of trees species in Indiana.
We have a great variety of trees on campus, but we don't have all 50 of the Indiana tree species. We're strong on hardwoods, but I would like to make it a complete collection, to bring in more of these under story trees like the box elder and the paw paw, different kinds of dogwoods, and thorn locusts. Last year I purchased native trees from the state of Indiana—wild cherry, redbud, black oak, swamp oak, dogwood, jack pine. We'd like to complete the collection in a way that looks like it's growing naturally.
But Riley spends much of his time and energy preserving the College's older trees. That work includes fitting the largest of them with lightning rods!
Sycamore trees get hit by lightning more than any other. Tulip poplar is number two, and oak is number three. It's all because of water content, and the tulip is also the tallest tree in Indiana, and the sycamore the largest. They're easy targets.
We need to cable these large sycamores and redo the large oak and attach spikes to the top to protect them—you need one for every 30 feet of canopy. They take the hit and drive it to the ground and out away to a rod in the ground away from the roots.
Riley has a wife and two kids at home, and a nursery at Wabash. He started the nursery when groundwork for the Allen Center displaced bushes he wanted to save. It keeps a host of plants and small trees alive in a small plot in Mud Hollow across from the football and soccer practice field on Will Hays Drive.
Any time they tear down a building or do some sort of construction that threatens a plant, I try to save it and bring it down here. When we need it, we dig it up and plant it in a new place—we did all the landscaping for the Beta House with plants we'd saved here. I got the landscape grasses for Hays Center from here, and over here's part of what I ordered from the state—dogwoods, ninebark, persimmon trees, and here are some native Indiana prairie grasses.
A year since his treatment for cancer and the day before his most recent CAT scan, Riley finds encouragement among the old sycamores and oaks, still gets ribbed by colleagues for trying to save seem-ingly hopeless specimens (which he often revives!), and relishes the planting of each new tree, as well as the shaping of the arboretum.
I've done this ever since I was a kid. I grew up on a farm, big into gardening. I just loved plants. I didn't expect to be designing landscaping when I hired on here; it's been a leap of faith for the College—they let me do small projects, at first, and I've gotten a lot better at it over the years.
There's been so much construction going on here, so much disruption of the soil, and it takes a couple years to get the grass looking good, everything back growing again. This fall, though, the campus looks better than it has in years. I'm real happy about the way things are looking.


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In his USA Today column Glenn Reynolds pays tribute to Kirsten Powers for her USA Today column on the silence of the mainstream media regarding the Gosnell murder trial:
Like pretty much everyone who writes opinion columns, I hope that people will read what I write and look at things differently as a result. It happens, sometimes. But very few have the impact of Kirsten Powers' column on the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell that ran in these pages last week.
Before Powers' column, the case wasn't on the national radar. Oh, it was getting attention from pro-life writers, conservative media critics, and law bloggers, but in terms of national media, the story didn't exist. It wasn't on the national radar until Powers' column opened with this: "Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven't heard about these sickening accusations? It's not your fault. Since Gosnell's trial began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page."
Glenn's column is characteristically perceptive and full of links in its online version. As with everything he writes, from one sentence squibs at InstaPundit to columns to law review articles and books, the whole thing is worth reading.
Glenn notes in passing the argument advanced by some in defense of the silence of the mainstream media: "In response some are noting that conservative media outlets like the Weekly Standard weren't exactly providing page-one coverage, and there's some truth to that." This may be true in some sense, but I don't think it is fair with respect to conservative flagships such as the Standard and National Review.
I first became aware of the Gosnell case through Joseph Bottum's February 2011 Weekly Standard article "To live and die in Philadelphia" and Clarke Forsythe's January 2011 Weekly Standard online column "The Supreme Court's back alley runs through Philadelphia." The Standard's archive on Gosnell can be accessed in its entirety here. I believe that, like the Standard's, National Review's coverage of the case goes back at least to January 2011, in an editorial devoted to the case ("Ho-hum horror"), quoted here.


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