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Lt. Fazel Rahman, the police chief in the Guzirga i-Nur district of Baghlan province, said the death toll from Friday's flash flooding had climbed to 81 from 54. The flood destroyed some 850 houses across several villages and damaged more than 1,000, leaving thousands of people in need of shelter, food, water and medicine, Rahman said.
Local resident Sahib Nazar openly wept while recounting his own family's losses.
"I have lost everything, my parents, my wife and five children," he said. "I have buried my mother, wife and three of my children, but still looking for my father and two other children's bodies."
Nazar, a local police officer, said he received a phone call late Friday afternoon about the heavy rain and flooding. He said he left his sick son at a hospital and tried to come home, but couldn't as all roads were destroyed.
By the time he reached home the next morning, there was nothing left.
"All the village was gone," he said.
Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said army helicopters assisted in relief efforts in the remote district, which is just 140 kilometers (85 miles) north of the provincial capital, Puli Khumri, but is an eight-to-nine-hour drive because of the rugged terrain.
Rahman said local authorities had received around 100 tents, several hundred blankets and some food, but that more supplies were needed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a high-ranking government commission to accelerate emergency aid to the affected villages and expressed his "deep condolences" to those who lost loved ones, the palace said in a statement Sunday.
Afghans living in the northern mountains have largely been spared from the country's decades of war, but are no strangers to natural disasters.
Last month, a landslide triggered by heavy rain buried large sections of a remote village in the northeastern Badakhshan province bordering China, displacing some 700 families. Authorities have yet to provide an exact figure on the number of dead from the May 2 landslide, and estimates have ranged from 250 to 2,700. Officials said it was impossible to dig up all the bodies.
A landslide in Baghlan province in 2012 killed 71 people. After days of digging unearthed only five bodies, authorities gave up on the recovery effort and turned the area into a memorial.
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Smartphone screens come in all sizes, including some that are so large that they could be considered small tablets. Big screens are attractive to those who value lots of display real estate, but they have serious downsides: they're battery hogs, require serious graphics muscle and can be ergonomically uncomfortable.
Personally, I prefer smaller screens – it's one reason I carry an iPhone. But I've been playing with a big-screen smartphone that I could live with, largely because the operating system suits a big screen.
The HTC Titan uses Windows Phone 7.5, a.k.a. Mango, and it's available from AT&T. The name Titan is apt: it's got a whopping 4.7 inch display in a case that 5.18-by-2.78 inches. It's slightly larger than Samsung Galaxy S II, but it feels much more solid, thanks to an aluminum body.
While the screen is huge, the resolution is not – it's 480-by-800 pixels. As a result, while the is a lot of display space, the amount of information it can show on a single screen is limited. This would be all kinds of ugly on an Android device, but with Windows Phone, it's not bad at all.
That's because Microsoft's operating system uses oversized text as a design element. The smaller resolution on a bigger screen makes the text very easy to read. In addition, the use of tiles instead of icons works better on a bigger screen – they're easier to tap and manipulate, making up for the ergonomic drawback of a big phone.
One of the dilemmas of an oversized smartphone is that it's hard to tap and type with one hand, which is usually done by using your thumb to reach the different regions of the screen. On some big phones, it's very difficult for many people to reach the full width of a screen. I've got average-sized hands, and I find using Android devices like the Galaxy S II, which has a 4.52-inch screen, difficult at best.
And while the Titan does require more of a stretch than my iPhone, the layout of the Windows Phone interface makes it easier to hit my targets on the far edges of the screen. See the images below.
The size and placement of the tiles make all the difference.
I tend to carry my smartphones in my shirt pocket, and while the Titan certainly isn't as compact as my iPhone, it fits well. It's solid but not so heavy that it looks weird in my shirt.
It's also a decent performer. The Titan has a single-core, 1.5-GHz processor, but Windows Phone is snappy by nature and performs quite well. It comes with 16 gigabytes of storage, but unfortunately there's no memory-card slot so it's not expandable. It also has an 8-megapixel rear camera capable of shooting 720p HD video, and a front-facing, 1.3-megapixel camera.
The battery life on this phone is about what you'd expect on a large-screen device – I was lucky to make it through a full day on a charge with moderate use.
The Titan works on AT&T's "Faux G" HSPA+ network, which means you can expect speeds in Houston that are about the same as 3G speeds. In my speed tests, this phone never was any faster than my 3G iPhone 4.
I'm becoming a real fan of Windows Phone, and here's a device on which it really shines. If HTC improved the Titan with LTE, memory-card storage and better battery life, I'd be sorely tempted to defect . . . depending, of course, on what Apple does with the iPhone 5.


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- NOTE – Overager. Turns 20 July 10th.
Looks like I'll have to tone down the Cheveldayoff hate. With a Draft haul at this point already consisting of Josh Morrissey, Nic Petan, Eric Comrie, and Jimmy Lodge, the Jets go out and drafted Wolrd Junior Team Canada alumnus, and overager, JC Lipon with the 91st overall pick of the draft. Not too shabby.
Lipon, you see, has been passed in two previous NHL Drafts. Nobody thought he was up to snuff. Except Lipon. He came on like a bull this year, going from 19 to 36 goals. That's a not insignifigant jump. He also made Team Canada's entry at The World Junior Championships, where he, amongst other things, got himself suspended in what some called "a boneheaded play". No matter. What's key is Lipon stepped up with his physical brand of Hockey, and he was been kindly rewarded by being selected by the Winnipeg Jets.
Check out a comprehensive look at Lipon in this prospect preview article from our Brother site FlamesNation. Corey Pronman had this to say:
"118. JC Lipon, Right Wing, Kamloops-WHL "
Jets fans should be excited. In his first draft year, Lipon was a tiny 5'9", since adding three inches and showing that he is, indeed, a late bloomer. At this stage, J.C. Lipon appears to be an Energy guy with finish – something a winning team can't get enough of. He claims to model his game after TJ Oshie, and is known to make other teams uncomfortable. With strong but not elite skating, the ability to hit and grind, and some finishing ability, he projects along the path of the undrafted, undersized Chris Kunitz. How far he goes along that path is the question. Still, given the fact that, at 20 years old, he might be Pro Ready now, I'll give Cheveldayoff an 'A' for this pick.


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Long day today, and it started with the regional cross country meet. Our girls team advanced to states for the first time since 2003 which is very exciting. The boys team ran well, but the competition was tough and we've been missing our number two runner all season due to injury. Very proud of how well they ran today though.
Afterwards, I headed over to the Big Brad Ultras to help out. Several said my efforts would be best spent by pacing my friend Zak. I was intrigued, but expressed grave concerns about running 15.5 miles not even a week out from my marathon. I compromised though and offered to run the last six.
That turned out to be great. It was awesome to see some of this beautiful and tough course first hand and help a good friend out. Zak was running super strong though and only picked up steam with each passing mile. Seriously. He came in mile 44 looking great and only left an increasingly hotter blaze of fire in his wake. On the downhills, I had a hard time keeping up, and it had nothing to do with my marathon last weekend... my legs felt fine... Zak was just that fast.
Zak's strong and smart running paid dividends: He came in second place. 'Nuff said.
Aiming to run four times next week for a total of somewhere between 15-20 miles. This blog might be relatively boring for a while, so apologies in advance.
Ran 6.0 miles @ ~11:30/mile pace.
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Extremely hilly.
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Yesterday, 29 October 2009, marked forty years since the first pieces of data travelled via a computer connection between the University of California in Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute. The BBC published an insightful account of the fascinating early years of the internet, which by 1971 was already connecting universities on the East and the West Coast of USA. Looking at the two solitary lines on the map illustrating the early net I could not help but feel overwhelmed by the speed of the change which has thrown us into the super-connected super-fast world of today. And I wonder if in 2050 there might be someone, writing a blog or whatever the communication channel of the day is, reviewing technology from 2010 and thinking "If they only knew what was coming at them…"
Following the links on the BBC website I listened to the oldest computer music recording – Baa Baa Black Sheep – played on a Ferranti Mark 1 computer at the University of Manchester in 1951. Below is a photo of the "Player" followed by a photo of a music player of today. Can you spot the 7 differences?
In coverage of the other astonishing talents of the machine, a BBC reporter breathless with excitement revealed that "the electronic brain" could tell you whether 2 to the power of 127 is a prime number in 25 minutes, compared to the 6 months it would take for the human brain to make the calculation.
Every time that I get reminded of the amazing progress that has been achieved since these early days of computer technology, I ask myself – what could possibly come next? Can a music player become even smaller? Or bigger? Or disappear completely and leave the music streaming through the air? Sometimes I discover I sympathise more than I would have liked with Charles H. Duell, the Commissioner of the US Office of Patents who said in 1899 that "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Any trip down history lane would be wasted if one comes back without a lesson or two for the future. One of the comments in the BBC material on the early net could turn out to be just that. It is about the initial reaction to the idea for a computer network – "A horrible idea" people thought. Larry Roberts, the MIT scientist who was working on the project said that institutions were opposing the concept because they wanted to keep control of their resources. Now that objection suddenly does not come across as outdated and archaic as the Ba Ba Black Sheep music player, does it? Blackboard, anyone? Are there ground-breaking, rule-bending, mind-blowing innovations at the door step of higher education institutions today that are being shunned because people want to keep control of their resources? What can we do about it?
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Once among the most common treatments for asthma, theophylline is no longer widely used, having been replaced by drugs that cause fewer side effects.
Supplementation Possibly Helpful
Theophylline appears to impair the normal conversion of vitamin B 6 into the more active substance pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP). 1ñ4 These findings have led some researchers to suspect that some of the many side effects of theophylline could be caused, at least in part, by interference with B 6 activity. Indeed, one study found that B 6 supplements might help reduce theophylline-induced tremors. 5
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1. Shimizu T, Maeda S, Mochizuki H, et al. Theophylline attenuates circulating vitamin B 6 levels in children with asthma. Pharmacology 49: 392ñ397, 1994.
2. Martinez de Haas MG, Poels PJ, de Weert CJ, et al. Subnormal vitamin B 6 levels in theophylline users. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 141: 2176ñ2179, 1997.
3. Ubbink JB, Delport R, Bissbort S, et al. Relationship between vitamin B 6 status and elevated pyridoxal kinase levels induced by theophylline therapy in humans. J Nutr 120: 1352ñ1359, 1990.
4. Delport R, Ubbink JB, Vermaak WJ, and Becker PJ. Theophylline increases pyridoxal kinase activity independently from vitamin B 6 nutritional status. Res CommunChem Pathol Pharmacol 79: 325ñ333, 1993.
5. Bartel PR, Ubbink JB, Delport R, et al. Vitamin B 6 supplementation and theophylline-related effects in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 60: 93ñ99, 1994.
6. Nebel A, Baker RK, and Kroll DJ. Potential metabolic interaction between theophylline and St. John's wort. Ann Pharmacother 33(4): 502, 1999.
7. Jobst KA, McIntyre M, St. George D, et al. Safety of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum).Lancet 355(9203): 575, 2000.
8. Bouraoui A, Toumi A, Mustapha HB, et al. Effects of capsicum fruit on theophylline absorption and bioavailability in rabbits. Drug Nutr Interact 5: 345ñ350, 1998.
9. Monostory K and Vereczkey L. The effect of ipriflavone and its main metabolites on theophylline biotransformation. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 21(1): 61ñ66, 1996.
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WASHINGTON — Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign.
Nine years is a blink of the eye on a court where justices can look back two centuries for legal precedents.
But with an ascendant conservative majority, the high court in arguments Wednesday will weigh whether to limit or even rule out taking race into account in college admissions.
The justices will be looking at the University of Texas program that is used to help fill the last quarter or so of its incoming freshman classes.
Race is one of many factors considered by admissions officers.
The rest of the roughly 7,100 freshman spots automatically go to Texans who graduated in the top 8 percent of their high school classes.
A white Texan, Abigail Fisher, sued the university after she was denied a spot in 2008.
The simplest explanation for why affirmative action is back on the court's calendar so soon after its 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger is that the author of that opinion, Sandra Day O'Connor, has retired. Her successor, Justice Samuel Alito, has been highly skeptical of any use of racial preference.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a dissenter in the 2003 decision, probably holds the deciding vote, and he, too, has never voted in favor of racial preference.
As a result, said Supreme Court lawyer Thomas Goldstein, "No matter what the court does, it is quite likely that the UT program is going to be in big trouble."
The challenge to the Texas plan has gained traction in part because the university has produced significant diversity by automatically offering about three-quarters of its spots to graduates in the top 10 percent of their Texas high schools, under a 1990s state law signed by then-Gov. George W. Bush.
The admissions program has been changed so that now only the top 8 percent gain automatic admission.
More than eight in ten African-American and Latino students who enrolled at the flagship campus in Austin last year were automatically admitted, according to university statistics. Even among the rest, both sides acknowledge that the use of race is modest.
In all, black and Hispanic students made up more than a quarter of the incoming freshmen class. White students constituted less than half the entering class when students with Asian backgrounds and other minorites were added in.
"For decades, the defense of racial preferences was, 'We'd love to find a way to get diversity without using race, but it's just not possible. There's just no other way.' And Texas found another way," said Richard Kahlenburg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and prominent advocate of class-based affirmative action.


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Our winter menu is full of heartwarming dishes that are sure to tickle your taste buds. With rich and comforting flavours that will warm you up, on even the coldest of days.
With lots of dishes to tempt you, you're sure to find a new favourite in our menu. With standout dishes such as our Slow-Cooked Lamb Gourmet Pie, the new Pan-Fried Hake with Mussel Chowder and the delicious Vanilla Crème Brûlée pudding you are sure to be spoilt with delicious dishes when you visit The Griffin this Winter.
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Oak-Smoked Chicken Liver Pâté
With caramelised red onion chutney and toasted sourdough bread | £5.99
Seared Scallops†
With pan-fried chorizo and samphire, with a garlic & rosemary mayonnaise | £6.99
Hand-Battered Chicken Goujons
In a Cajun batter with an IPA barbecue sauce | £5.79
Atlantic Prawn Cocktail†
With baby gem lettuce, Marie Rose sauce and sourdough bread | £5.79
Stilton® & Peppercorn Mushrooms
On toasted sourdough bread | £5.69
Panko-Coated Calamari†
With garlic & rosemary mayonnaise | £6.59
Chef's Soup of the Day (V)
With sourdough bread and butter | £4.19
Roasted Red Pepper & Sweet Potato Kofta Skewers (Ve)
With mixed leaves and a cucumber & mint dip | £5.49
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Chicken liver pâté with caramelised red onion chutney and toasted sourdough bread, lamb & rosemary koftas with cucumber & mint dip, pulled pork liquor melts and Cajun chicken goujons with a sweet green chilli sauce and seeded crostini | £13.99
Rosemary & Garlic Camembert (V) - NEW
Topped with seeds and truffle oil. Served with crudités, caramelised red onion chutney, a selection of bread and handmade cheese & mustard straws | £9.49
Our hand-finished pies are served with triple-cooked chips or buttered mash and glazed seasonal veg.
Steak & Red Wine Pie
Our award-winning pie is full of slow-cooked farm assured British beef in a rich red wine gravy, with mushrooms and roasted baby onions, in hot water crust pastry. Served with a rich gravy | £11.99
Slow-Cooked Lamb - NEW
Cooked for 8 hours in a rich gravy with root vegetables, topped with a rosemary & garlic puff pastry lid | £12.99
Chicken & Woodland Mushroom
Farm assured British chicken with leek & mushroom in a creamy white wine sauce, in hot water crust pastry with a puff pastry lid. Served with a rich gravy | £11.99
Hand-Battered Atlantic Cod and Chips†
With triple-cooked chips, garden or mushy peas and tartare sauce | £12.29
Add bloomer bread and butter for £1.29
Classic Hunter's Chicken
Grilled chicken breast with back bacon, topped with smoked cheese and a barbecue sauce. Served with onion rings, triple-cooked chips, house slaw and dressed salad | £11.79
Beef, Pancetta & Red Wine Lasagne
With dressed leaves and a choice of triple-cooked chips or garlic ciabatta | £10.49
Wholetail Whitby Scampi† - NEW
With triple-cooked chips, garden or mushy peas, tartare sauce and sourdough bread and butter | £11.79
Gammon Steak
With a fried free-range egg, freshly grilled pineapple, sticky rum & cola glaze, triple-cooked chips and garden peas | £10.29
Slow-Cooked Pork Belly
In a barbecue glaze with pork crackling and half a baked apple, on a bed of garden peas, smoked bacon and wilted baby gem. Served with buttered mash or triple-cooked chips | £13.79
Chicken in a Basket with a Garlic Kiev Sauce - NEW
Hand-battered chicken breast served with a garlic Kiev sauce, skin-on fries and dressed salad | £11.99
Hand-Battered Halloumi (V)
Lemon & coriander halloumi with triple-cooked chips, garden or mushy peas and tartare sauce | £9.99
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Signature Fish and Chips†
Hand-battered Atlantic cod fillet and Whitby scampi, served with sourdough bread and butter and a choice of garden or mushy peas | £13.69
Chef's Seasonal Garden Bowl (V) - NEW
A honey & mustard dressed garden salad of warm butternut squash, baby potatoes, beetroot and Tenderstem™ broccoli with radish, red onion and rocket (345kcal) | £10.69
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Chicken Breast, Grilled Halloumi (V) or Roasted Red Pepper & Sweet Potato Kofta Skewers (Ve) for £3 Sea Bass†, Rump Steak (581kcal) or Scottish Salmon† for £4
Vegan option available
Signature Hunter's Chicken
Grilled chicken breast and gammon steak, Croxton Manor & Yorkshire ale melted cheese, sticky IPA barbecue sauce and crispy smoked bacon. With triple-cooked chips, onion rings and house slaw | £13.29
Sea Bass and Seared Scallops†
Grilled sea bass fillets and pan-fried scallops, served on a prawn, white wine & pea risotto | £15.79
Slow-Cooked Lamb Shoulder
Cooked for 12 hours, on the bone, with minted baby potatoes and seasonal veg. Served with a Merlot & beef dripping sauce | £15.99
Pan-Fried Hake with Mussel Chowder† - NEW
On crushed parsley baby potatoes, cabbage and smoked bacon. Served with pan-fried king prawns, samphire and a mussel & roasted sweetcorn chowder | £15.99
Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Salad
With Tenderstem™ broccoli, radish, spring onion and mixed leaves in a honey & mustard dressing,
served with a seeded crostini | £10.79
Goat's Cheese & Roasted Pumpkin Tart (V) - NEW
Topped with pumpkin seeds and served with roasted butternut squash and beetroot, Tenderstem™ broccoli and parsley oil-dressed lamb's lettuce & slaw | £11.79
Served in a brioche bun with shredded lettuce and skin-on fries.
Prime Gourmet Beef
Hand-pressed burger topped with a fried free-range egg, smoked cheese, streaky bacon and our signature burger sauce. Served with a barbecue dip | £11.99
Chef's Signature Barbecue Beef
Topped with burnt ends in a sticky IPA barbecue sauce, with crispy onions, smoked cheese and our signature burger sauce. Served with an IPA barbecue dip | £13.59
Sticky Cajun Chicken
Hand-battered chicken with sweet green chilli sauce, coriander, spring onion, red chilli and our signature burger sauce. Served with a sweet chilli dip | £12.99
Gourmet Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with smoked cheese, streaky bacon, red onion, tomato and mayonnaise. Served with a barbecue dip | £11.99
Chef's Veggie - NEW
Plant-based burger topped with halloumi, red onion, tomato and our signature burger sauce. Served with a barbecue dip | £10.79
Vegan option available (Ve)
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Served with half a grilled tomato, onion rings and a choice of triple-cooked chips, jacket potato or dressed salad.
14-Day-Aged Fillet 7oz
The most tender and delicate steak, served with your choice of signature sauce. Recommended rare. | £19.99
28-Day-Aged Prime Sirloin 8oz - NEW
A prime cut from the centre of the sirloin with a tender and delicate flavour. Recommended medium-rare | £15.99
28-Day-Aged Bistro Rump 8oz
A cut from the centre of the rump giving a lean steak with a firmer texture and fuller flavour.
Recommended medium | £13.29
Chef's Signature Mixed Grill
Rump steak, chicken breast, gammon steak, pork sausage, black pudding and a fried
free-range egg | £17.29
Upgrade to Sweet Potato Fries for £1
Signature Sauces | £1.49
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- Garlic & Mushroom
- Merlot & Beef Dripping
Steak Sides | £2.49
- Creamy Mac 'n' Cheese
- Stilton® & Peppercorn Sautéed Mushrooms
Surf 'n' Turf †
Garlic & coriander glazed king prawns and panko-coated calamari | £2.99
Cheese & Mustard Mash with Smoked Bacon | £2.79 | Cheese & Truffle Fries (V) | £3.49 | Buttered Cabbage with Smoked Bacon £2.29 | Crushed Parsley Baby Potatoes (Ve) £2.29 | Skin-on Fries (V)| Triple-Cooked Chips (V) | Sweet Potato Fries (V) £2.99| Glazed Tenderstem™ Broccoli (V) £2.29| Dressed Seasonal Salad (V) £2.49| Glazed Seasonal Vegetables (V) £2.29 | Garlic Ciabatta with Cheddar (V) £3.39 | Garlic Ciabatta (V) £3.29 | House Slaw (V) £1.99 | Onion Rings (V) £2.99
Sticky Toffee Pudding (V)
With a rich date & sultana toffee sauce and Beechdean clotted cream ice cream | £5.79
Bakewell Tart (V) (N) - NEW
With raspberry coulis, shortbread crumb and Beechdean clotted cream ice cream | £5.79
Salted Caramel Sundae (V)
Beechdean chocolate and clotted cream ice cream, vanilla cheesecake, chocolate brownie pieces, freshly whipped cream and salted caramel sauce | £5.99
Kentish Bramley Apple & Blackberry Crumble Pie (V)
With custard, double cream or Beechdean clotted cream ice cream | £4.79
Choux Bun with Prosecco Strawberries
Filled with mascarpone and freshly whipped cream, with strawberries in a Prosecco sauce and
a raspberry coulis | £5.99
Millionaire's Cheesecake (V)
With salted caramel sauce, shortbread crumb and freshly whipped cream | £5.69
Indulgent Chocolate Fudge Cake (V)
Served warm with Beechdean clotted cream ice cream | £5.59
Eton Mess Sundae (V) - NEW
Eton mess ice cream with meringue pieces, white chocolate mousse, freshly whipped cream and raspberry coulis | £5.99
Beechdean Ice Cream and Sorbet (V)
Three scoops of ice cream or fruit sorbet from today's flavours. Beechdean ice cream is made with fresh milk from pedigree Jersey cows | £4.29
Vanilla Crème Brûlée (V) - NEW
With buttery shortbread biscuits and sliced strawberry | £5.79
Cheese Board (V)
Croxton Manor Brie, Stilton® and mature Cheddar with cheese biscuits, caramelised red onion chutney and grapes | £6.59
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Pvt. Said Reza says he's ready to be a soldier in his country's fight against extremists, and as he stands in uniform in the middle of a training camp here with his semiautomatic rifle, kneepads, and American-style dark glasses, he looks the part.
Private Reza has already graduated from basic soldier training. He volunteered to become a member of an elite unit of the Army that is being groomed to become a model force of Afghan warriors.
"The only thing I know is that these [extremists] are a bunch of people who sell their country for a very small amount of money," says Reza of the extremists he expects to fight. When asked if he's ready to take them on, his answer is simple: "Bali ho" – of course.
Trained to be "the best of the best," who fight in riskier, more complex political and military environments – say, taking on a popular tribal leader aligned with the Taliban – the Commandos are distinct from the regular Army but are expected to help define the image and capabilities of Afghan security forces as a whole. The goal is an elite, quick-reaction force that can act independently. It's a crucial addition for an uneven US-NATO mission that many military and civilian leaders agree has evolved in a way that has let the Taliban resurface.
But here at this former Soviet training base in the town of Rish Khvor, near Kabul, the company of US Army Special Forces Command in Afghanistan, 3rd Special Forces Group that is training this band of men is in no danger of putting itself out of a job. With training that gives them a leg up from the common Afghan soldier, these Afghans have helped US forces to nab 40 of the most wanted extremist leaders since last year.
But commandos still require oversight, especially when it comes to advanced planning for missions, says the American commander here, who cannot be identified by virtue of his job in Special Forces. They also need help on the missions themselves, as the commandos have no aircraft to speak of and must rely on their US partners in a myriad of ways.
Yet the advent of the 3,500-strong force, now just a year old, is a natural fit in a country that has seen decades of war and where an inherent warrior ethos helps the drive toward a professional military. In Iraq, US forces training Iraqi security forces gripe that many soldiers don't have the necessary will or discipline. But trainers here say they see plenty of will – they just need to be shown the way.
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The base here in eastern Afghanistan is nestled amid low mountains in a relatively safe, remote area that stands in contrast to the violence of southern Afghanistan.
The base is likely to become the permanent home of the commandos. American officers here hope they can build up the program as much as possible, but unlike coalition forces training the regular Army, the Special Forces expect a long-term relationship with this base as they seek to build and then nurture the program. "We are sure these guys won't leave us," says Col. Abdul Jaber, the commander of the battalion currently undergoing training.
Indeed, the base generates a sense of permanence with its neat rows of tin-roofed buildings, clean streets, and the bustle of construction on its far side. Surrounded by a tall chain-link fence, there is an American side and an Afghan side, each with its own living and working areas. On the commandos' side is a black billboard featuring a steely-eyed soldier and reminds commandos that they are "the best among bests"; a well-equipped, well-trained, and brave force "to do dangerous and difficult tasks."
The difficulty of the work the commandos do means that they have been given a unique, 18-week operations cycle. The commandos receive extra pay as well as double amounts of food each day, an uncommon perk. Each battalion trains for six weeks, conducts missions for six more, and then essentially "refits and recovers" for an additional six weeks, during which time they may go on leave and see their families.
Snaking into the tire house
On a recent day, after their Afghan trainer gave them the high sign, a group of commandos moves into a practice building fabricated cheaply out of stacks of tires. As the trainer yells commands in Farsi or Pashto, the "stacks" – lines – of men snake into the rooms, weapons pointed, and yell "dum, dum dum dum," as they mock the sound of gunfire.
But something strikes the trainer as amiss. He pointedly shoves a soldier's weapon down to the ground, jolting the soldier to attention and loudly scolding him, perhaps a bit more loudly for a visitor's benefit. His message: Aim the weapon at a potential target – not absentmindedly at the ceiling above.
It's a question of showing them "what right looks like," as another American officer here says.
The training has produced four battalions, or kandaks, of about 650 commandos each, now assigned permanently around the country and two more are on the way. The commandos have begun to plan some pieces of their own counterterrorism missions, including a violent one recently in the northeastern province of Nuristan that netted key insurgents.
"What we really want to do is empower the Afghans," says the American commanding officer of the Special Forces details. Success is measured in small steps, like the commandos' budding ability to plan their own missions. Now they think at least two weeks ahead, instead of just one day ahead, trainers here say.
"For us, it's a huge step," the American officer says. But even as the commandos progress toward more independence, American Special Forces units, who count as a core mission their ability to train foreign militaries, hope to imbue their charges with the expert training that can help shape a stronger conventional Afghan Army.
The US trainers also face some education of their own. Last year, during Ramadan, in which Muslims fast during the day, the Special Forces tried to continue training. But they quickly realized that stamina was an issue. "It's always a learning process," says one officer.
But the training has translated to some tactical victories on the battlefield. One commando battalion helped American Special Forces on a recent operation in Nuristan that reportedly netted several members of the terrorist group Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), who, along with the Taliban, also operate here.
The April 6 mission led to a coalition airstrike that, along with the ground fight- ing, left as many as 20 dead.
American Special Forces officials said the fight had significantly reduced the ability of the HIG to operate in the area and that the operation resulted in no civilian casualties. Officials at the Afghan Ministry of Defense called the mission a success.
At the same time, Agence France-Presse quoted a local lawmaker, Rahmatullah Rashidi, as saying that the US-Afghan attack had killed several civilians. Independent sources say local leaders have made similar claims before that were unfounded.
Better supplies needed
But US and Afghan officials acknowledge the challenges in building such a force. Illiteracy is a big issue for all the Afghan security forces, and one that is all the more apparent within the commandos, whose high-intensity work requires higher skills.
"We want these guys to have strong reading and writing skills," says Colonel Jaber, whose battalion is training now. But Jaber laments the lack of trucks, weapons, and other equipment for the program.
Supplies for the force also continue to be a problem. Red tape, onerous Department of State regulations, and manufacturing delays have all contributed to equipment shortages that have handicapped the kandaks' effectiveness, American officials say.
Each kandak, for example, is mandated to have 51 Ford Ranger pickup trucks. But each battalion has only 30 or so, American officials here say.
"Resourcing is a big issue," says another American officer. While shortages often plague any foreign force, the success of the commando program – and its potentially broader influence with the Afghan Army – shouldn't be undermined by such problems, American trainers say.
The commando mission must also compete against gear needs for the Afghan police and Army – not to mention units in Iraq. Manufacturers also sometimes can't keep up with demand, officials at Combined Security Transition Command say.
The officials acknowledge that some equipment is backordered, but point to the speed at which they have supported the building of the commandos. Indeed, the US has significantly expanded its financial to the training and equipping effort here. The budget for the training command has grown nearly seven times in the past two years, from around $1 billion in fiscal 2005 to about $7 billion in fiscal 2007.
Unity amid diversity
Ultimately, commanders here say, one area where the commandos can make a difference is in fostering a constructive sense of nationalism.
Ensuring that men from a variety of ethnic backgrounds get along is critical, American trainers say, and commandos rely on a creed under which they are brothers in arms, whether they are Pashto, Tajik, Hazaras, Uzbeks, or Turkmen.
Rigid rules govern what's acceptable and what's not: talk of politics falls in the second category. Even so, ethnic differences can be acceptable fodder for good-natured ribbing.
As 1st Sgt. Mohammed Akbar supervises the squad navigating the training at the shoot house, one of his trainers jokes that Akbar, a Hazara whose Asian background is apparent in his facial features, has a "flat nose."
But that's fine with Sergeant Akbar, a serious soldier-trainer who says the commandos' diversity is their strength. "This is all Afghan," says Akbar, as he stands atop tires in the training building and gestures to the men below him.


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The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported today that considerable progress in addressing the Year 2000 problem has been made by Australian business since October 1998.
An ABS survey showed that at the end of June 1999 over one third of all businesses reported that they had completed their Year 2000 work; this represents 61% of the businesses undertaking Year 2000 work. In comparison, only 17% of the businesses undertaking Year 2000 work had completed their work by the end of October 1998.
By the end of June 1999, 61% of all businesses had done an assessment of the likely effect of the Year 2000 problem. Approximately one third of these identified problems that might disrupt their operations. Over 90% of those businesses which identified problems reported that they were taking action on the Year 2000 problem. Over half of these found that their communications and accounting and inventory systems were the operations which might be affected.
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Childhood Memories
Most memories are miniscule, and only important to myself, but then other richly bizarre tales: Such as my black cat Magic appearing and disappearing from her grave. Our woods naturally had a pet cemetery, where our beloved pets and sometimes accidental drowned chipmunks were laid to rest. Magic, after suffering an extremely bad broken leg, was put to sleep, and then placed in our family plot. About a year after, my best friend and I were taking a walk through the back woods and noticed that the cat's grave had been... dug up! But, there was no body to be found. We though this must be some strong nosed animal and dirt was filled back into the tiny hole. Well, what followed were several months of the grave being dug up again, and occaisionally the body being seen in other parts of the woods. Each time, we'd quickly rebury the poor creature, pour bleach and other noxious smelling chemicals to deter what we though HAD to be an animal. Me thinks... there was more at play here.
The woods near my old house lies in a very spooky section called the Bridgewater Triangle. Many odd occurances have caused the locals to name this area as a very supernatural swamp. There's quite a lot of documentation about it, so I welcome you to poke around. What I can tell you is I am also a beliver of this area's oddness. My woods were the home to many Wampanoag burial mounds, and I secretly hoped their spirits kept me safe as I played. My brothers and I made bark masks to keep watch of the woods while we were away.
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- Tim Oshida said...
Beautiful image, Kelly. I love the pop of the yellows in the sunlit grass, shirt, and fire. Also captivating story! Thinking about that strange displacement of your cat makes me eager to explore more of these woods.
Magical painting, Kelly. Just love it.
- Steph Kunze said...
Beautiful illustrations!
- Unknown said...
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Total TimePrep: 20 min. + rising Bake: 30 min.
Makes2 loaves
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1-1/4 cups warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1 cup Sourdough Starter
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 to 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Melted butter
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- Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Brush with butter.
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Feb 4, 2017
This recipe, made with taste of home's sourdough starter recipe, knocked it put of the park on the first try. An excellent recipe that will be my go to bread from now on.
Nov 22, 2011
I put a new spin on it. I used the bread machine! It turned out great! I added the wet ingrediants first and then the dry and put the yeast on top and covered it with the flour. Let it knead, rise, knead again and took it out and put it in the greased pans for the second rising. Wow! you could almost watch it rise! I put them in the oven at the temp and time you said in your recipe and they came out beautiful! We are having our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, and I can't wait to try it out! Happy Thanksgiving everyone
Nov 19, 2011
Good starter recipe. Made it as stated but will tweak it next. Going to add a 1/4 cup more starter for more flavor. You will NOT need all the flour. I used 6 cups and it was too much. 5 would have done it. The dough will be sticky but kneading will help that.
Dec 31, 2008
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Court Orders California to Reconsider Protection for Rare Forest Mammal
California Fish and Game Commission Ignored Information Showing That Fishers Face Significant Threats
SAN FRANCISCO— A California Superior Court has ordered the California Fish and Game Commission to reconsider its decision to deny state Endangered Species Act protection to the Pacific fisher, a rare, forest-dwelling carnivore. The ruling, signed Friday but made available today, responds to a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity.
A close relative of the wolverine and mink, the fisher once thrived in old-growth forests along the West Coast. Today, because of logging, trapping, development and other factors, fishers are almost extinct in Washington and Oregon, and just two small populations remain in California: one in northwestern California and another in the southern Sierra Nevada. These isolated populations are at substantial risk from logging, habitat fragmentation, disease, rodenticides, traffic and development.
"The science is very clear that Pacific fishers are in serious trouble, and yet the California Fish and Game Commission has refused to throw them a lifeline," said Justin Augustine, a Center attorney. "Now we hope fishers will get the protection they need to survive and ultimately thrive in California."
The Center petitioned the commission in January 2008 to list the fisher as a threatened or endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act. The commission initially tried to reject the petition without conducting a full scientific review. Only after the Center exposed correspondence showing that many of the Department of Fish and Game's own scientists believed fishers may be at risk of extinction did the commission reverse course and direct the department to conduct a full review. At the conclusion of that review, department managers significantly altered a draft of the status review to downplay threats to the fishers.
The department's official, final review of the fishers' status in California was heavily criticized by independent biologists. Only the timber industry supported the department's decision to recommend against state protection. The commission denied the petition on Sept. 15, 2010, which led to the conservationists' lawsuit.
In his ruling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn ordered the department to "solicit independent and competent peer review" in determining the fishers' status.
"The fact is that there are probably fewer than 150 adult female fishers left in the entire Sierra Nevada," said Erin Tobin, an attorney at Earthjustice. "If ever there were an animal that desperately needs protection, this is it."
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Located directly adjacent to the Melbourne CBD and one of Australia's largest urban renewal projects, Docklands has grown significantly over the past decade: almost one million square metres of floor space added, tripling of resident population and quadrupling of employees.
While the number of food-related outlets per employee has grown in the CBD, the opposite has occurred in Docklands, where outlets per employee has declined over the past ten years. Retail offering is lacking in both numbers and diversity, leaving parts of Docklands with high employment density inadequately provided for during working hours and underutilised afterwards.
Docklands requires both an increase in retail, as well as more variety available past 5pm, if it is to reach its potential of being one of Australia's most successful mixed-use urban renewal projects.


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I'm taking an extended weekend and I won't be bike commuting tomorrow and there will be no posts about the Friday commute since there won't be a Friday commute. What I'll do instead, and not because I'm just super lazy tonight, is write up tonight's ride tomorrow or maybe Saturday, but definitely some time before Monday when I will ride to work once again.
Next week will mark this blog's 18 month anniversary. You can accomplish a lot in 18 months, but instead of doing that, I've just done this instead. Anniversaries are an appropriate time to reflect on the past and on the future and so I reflected a little and I've determined that I have endless gratitude for you all who read this and even more gratitude for you all who leave baked goods on my front porch (ok, no one has done this, but I'm amenable, so...?) and it would be unfair of me to not share this with you, as I would the plate of cookies that you might bring over. And then when we're both feeling a little bit ill from eating too many cookies, we'll watch some old episodes of Perfect Strangers and we'll comment on how it hasn't held up well and did you know that Bronson Pinchot had a short-lived show on the DIY network? Anyway. Thanks to you, for 18 months, I've been standing tall on the wings of my dream. See you tomorrow.


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COVER- Tough times: The best and (mostly) worst of 2007
Something about 2007 makes us uneasy.
Maybe it was an unfortunate spring, when April 16 became a day that, in Virginia, will live in infamy after armed student Seung-Hui Cho kills 32 people at Virginia Tech.
Maybe it's the recession, fueled by the crashing housing market, the ripple effects of which have even best-place-to-live Charlottesville wincing in pain. Locally, the subprime mortgage collapse closes the doors of American Home Mortgage. Venerable builder R.D. Wade closes shop. New houses go unsold, builders scale back, and subcontractors moan. The glutted housing inventory sits at 3,500 houses– nearly three times the number available three years ago.
Maybe it's the price of gas. We yelped last year about gas prices when the national average price was $2.39, and now it's soared again at the beginning of December to $3.04 according to AAA, and there's talk of $4 per gallon. Ouch.
Maybe it's the cost of everything else going up– except housing and wages– so that our higher-than-ever grocery bills feel like inflation even though it's a recession.
Maybe it's the ongoing war in Iraq and the debate over whether waterboarding is torture. Even though the surge seems to have slowed casualties– 3,880 American deaths as of November 30, and over 28,000 wounded– the candidates vying to take George Bush's job acknowledge there's no easy way to get out. And the U.S. seems to be itching for a fight with Iran, despite news that it isn't quite the nuclear threat it's been portrayed.
Maybe it's the longest presidential campaign ever. And we don't even go to the polls for another 11 months.
Remember the drought of five years ago? It roared back, and while we aren't likely to run out of water this year, it's going to be 2011 before the Ragged Mountain reservoir is built, and its pipelines could take another decade, so don't get too thirsty. Meanwhile, the ripple effects of drought restrictions dry up farmers, landscapers, and lawn services.
Okay, it's not all unrelentingly grim news for 2007.
The silver lining of the Tech massacre was an outpouring of Charlottesville-to-Blacksburg support, as the longtime UVA-Tech rivalry was put on hold and nearly everyone in America pretty much declared: Ich bin ein Hokie.
Charlottesville breathes a sigh of relief in August when Nathan Antonio Washington, the serial rapist who terrorized the community with a string of rapes over 10 years that made black males unwitting suspects, is arrested.
And there's an upside to flat housing prices: real estate assessments won't go up 20 or 30 percent as they have the past few years.
There's even an upside to global warming: as unnaturally long as the summer was, it was great to be wearing shorts in October and not having to turn on the heat 'til late November.
With dire assessments in mind, the Hook chronicles the best and worst of 2007. And to paraphrase Scarlett O'Hara, tomorrow is another year.
Most judgmental: Albemarle Circuit Court Judge Paul Peatross retires, and local lawyers vie to don the black robes. Defense attorney Cheryl Higgins elbows out six other contenders, including Charlottesville General District Court Judge Robert Downer and Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Camblos, to become Her Honor.
Worst year for Camblos: Besides losing a judgeship for the second time, the four-term prosecutor is ousted by voters in November in favor of political novice Denise Lunsford.
Biggest upset for the Supes: Challenger Ann Mallek wrests the White Hall district seat on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors from incumbent David Wyant, which heralds a shift in the 3-3 deadlocks frequently found on the board.
Biggest upheaval in Virginia politics: Senator John Warner, 80, announces his upcoming retirement from the U.S. Senate seat he's held for 30 years, setting in motion a scramble that has Governor Mark Warner vying for the seat against an as-yet undetermined Republican contender.
Biggest upheaval in white supremacist circles: National Vanguard founder and Greene County resident Kevin Strom is indicted January 3 for child porn possession and intimidating a witness. By April, the feds add "enticement of a minor to perform lewd acts." When Strom goes to trial in October, the enticement and intimidation charges are thrown out of court; he heads back on the porn charges in January.
Most reassuring right upheld from the Strom trial: It's not illegal to masturbate in the privacy of one's home– even in front of photos of naked bodies with teen girls' heads superimposed.
Most colorful protesters: Eleven local members of Code Pink, a national anti-war organization, occupy Representative Virgil Goode's 1st street office on four consecutive Wednesdays and are arrested for trespassing. Their 30-day sentences are suspended April 6 with two years' good behavior.
Best parking lot plans: The city funds a $128,000 competition for a design for property it doesn't own– the Water Street lot– offers a $25,000 prize, and comes up with some nifty designs, the winner being a Charlotte firm called Little.
Longest Grisham lawsuit: New life is breathed into one (first filed in 2000 against the mega-selling author) by former St. Anne's-Belfield mom Katharine Almy, when the Supreme Court of Virginia rules the case was erroneously dismissed in Albemarle Circuit Court, leaving Almy free to prove intentional infliction of emotional distress stemming from Grisham's sleuthing to determine if she was a mysterious letter writer.
Latest Grisham lawsuit: Bill Peterson– the district attorney responsible for the incarceration of Innocent Man Ron Williamson, subject of a Grisham nonfiction book last year– and Oklahoma SBI agent Gary Rogers accuse Grisham of libel and seek $75,000.
Latest Lethal lawsuit: Lethal Wrecker settles a $20-million suit with Peter Weatherly, who was seriously injured when a Lethal truck plowed into him in 2006. On June 2, a Lethal truck on I-85 near Durham loses its left rear wheels, which slam into a truck carrying hazardous materials. The incident shuts down the interstate and critically injures the truck's driver.
Best time for a new name: Lethal owner George Morris sells his company; it's now known as Cavalier Wrecker.
Best farewell to an old name: The Prism Coffeehouse, the 40-year-old music venue on Rugby Road that closed in 2006 after an internal meltdown, reopens as 214 Community Arts Center. Its former artistic director, Fred Boyce, keeps the name and relocates the Prism to Patrick County near the NC border.
Most important lesson learned at the Free Speech wall: Threats are not protected under the First Amendment, as John Guiliano discovers when he's detained for 10 days after writing his name on the monument and expressing his desire to kill abortion providers with his AK47.
Grisliest murder trial: Necrophiliac wife-killer Anthony Dale Crawford is convicted February 9 for the November 2004 capital murder of his wife, Sarah, whose nude body he left in the Quality Inn.
Most unsolved, suspicious deaths of young women: In Orange County, where kindergarten teacher Justine Abshire, 27, is run down on a dark county road early November 6, 2006, and Danielle Howard, 22, is shot in the back on a dark Gordonsville street February 22. No arrests have been made in either case.
Most shocking Charlottesville murder: Jayne Warren McGowan, 26, is discovered dead from gunshot wounds in her St. Clair avenue rental November 9. Police arrest 18-year-old Michael Stuart Pritchett and 22-year-old William Douglas Gentry Jr. three days later. Police say the men, charged with capital murder, had no connection to McGowan.
Moldiest: The mold-infested house at 2207 Wayne Avenue is sold at auction September 24, more than two years after Larry Butler and Judit Szaloki purchased the troubled structure. While community volunteers remediated– and gutted– the house, Szaloki says mold returned this summer.
Priciest laughter: Evan Almighty, filmed in Crozet last year by '81 UVA grad Tom Shadyac for "north of $170 million," gets a warmly received sneak preview at the Paramount in June, but national critics and audiences are less kind to the most expensive comedy ever filmed.
Newest shelter: Shadyac purchases the First Christian Church on Market Street and sets about turning it into a day shelter for the homeless– prescient, considering the spike in mortgage foreclosures.
Newest waves: By the time of our August cover story, startup radio station 106.1 The Corner had blasted from startup to #4 in the coveted 25-54 demographic.
Biggest flip: Ice park developer Lee Danielson bought the Central Fidelity Bank building and planned to put a nine-story hotel on the site. When those plans fell through in 2006, he sold it to Lynchburg-booster Oliver Kuttner for $3.7 million. Earlier this year, Kuttner sells the building back to Danielson for $4.5 million. Danielson's partnership with Cnet founder Halsey Minor presumably puts the hotel back on schedule.
Biggest budget: Flush with a $7.8 million surplus from 2005-06, and real estate assessments up on average 15 percent, Charlottesville proposes a budget 12 percent higher than last year– and ends the year with a $6.7 million surplus.
Most divisive line item: The city earmarks nearly $1 million for its own ambulance and eight emergency staffers, leaving the all-volunteer Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, which receives no city funding, feeling out left out in the cold. The move prompts psychiatrist Barbara Haskins to run– unsuccessfully– for City Council.
Newest hair trends on City Council: Former planning chief Satyendra "the Urban Turban" Huja, and dreadlocked public housing coordinator Holly Edwards join incumbent mayor David Brown on Council in its first fall election. Kevin Lynch and Kendra Hamilton step down at the end of the year.
Biggest fashion contretemps: Jaberwoke on the Corner ignites a firestorm in March when it bans the white t-shirts and baggy clothes popular with hip-hop fans, drawing the wrath of the NAACP, but ultimately drops its dress code and, by August, retools the restaurant as Three.
Biggest black eye for white t-shirts: Gangs of teens sporting that attire beat up approximately a dozen people in the downtown area between March and July. The attacks cease after police arrest a couple of juveniles– and school begins again.
Latest on William Beebe: The 12-step apologist cops a plea and is sentenced in March to 18 months in jail for the alleged 1984 frat house rape of Liz Seccuro. He's out in less than six months, then gets a job at Smoothie King in Richmond, from which he's promptly fired.
Most dubious nod to UVA: The General Assembly modifies Virginia's Freedom of Information Act to make it "UVA proof" after Mr. Jefferson's university denies employee Will Shaw's FOIA request, which he says was job related.
Worst BB gun brandishing: A week after the Virginia Tech massacre, police receive reports of a gunman outside UVA's Wilsdorf Hall. Students barricade themselves in the building, and one is hospitalized with a panic attack. Arrested are four students who were filming a skit for a Japanese class, and they're charged with brandishing a weapon: a broken, plastic BB gun.
Most tragic memory lapse: Raelyn Balfour forgets her eight-month-old son, Bryce, is in the back seat of her SUV when she parks at the Judge Advocate General's School March 30, and the baby dies of hyperthermia. Balfour is charged with second-degree murder and felony child neglect, later reduced to involuntary manslaughter.
Biggest bomb hoax: Fake bombs shut down Brownsville Elementary and Henley Middle School March 20, and two Henley students are arrested.
Most pervs: Charlottesville has 1,800 separate IP addresses used to download child porn, according to the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
Most child porn charges: Possession charges are pending against aforementioned white supremacist Kevin Strom and former Peace Lutheran paster Gregory Briehl. Former Albemarle girl's soccer coach Raja Charles Jabbour, a Lebanese citizen, is sentenced to nine years in prison for soliciting sex with a minor online and for possessing hundreds of sexually explicit images of children, some involving bestiality. In August, Crozet resident Walter D. Gregory Jr., 44, is charged with 17 counts of possession; Stephen Michael Fortney, 27, of Yellowstone Drive, is charged on 10 counts (seven possession, three attempted possession), and Bryan Petersen Malmstrom, 29, of Barracks Road, is charged with 17 counts.
Biggest molestation lawsuit: A Nelson County man using the pseudonym "John Nelson" sues Albemarle Social Services for over $4 million, claiming the department botched "highly dubious allegations of child abuse" brought by the man's former fiancee, and ignored evidence the allegations were false, according to the suit.
Worst role models at Western Albemarle High: Former social studies teacher Richard Neal Willetts, 26, who taught at Western during the 2005-06 school year, is sentenced to 10– count 'em– 10 years December 4 for sexually enticing minors over the Internet, and JV softball coach Alisha D. Stewart, 24, of Faber is charged with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 15-year-old girl shows up drunk in class May 1.
Worst role model at Charlottesville High: Former choir director and Mt. Zion Church music director Jonathan Spivey pleads guilty to four counts of custodial indecent liberties after coming on to at least four boys and is sentenced to 21 months, far less than Willetts, who only emailed his victim while Spivey was having sex with his in the choir room.
Biggest changing of the guard: Eugene Williams-led Dogwood Housing, which was dedicated to providing affordable housing, sells for $6.4 million to Keith Woodard, and with help from the city and United Bank, he pledges to keep 58 of the 73 units affordable.
Biggest changing of the clerical guard: Longtime Albemarle clerk Shelby Marshall announces she'll step down at the end of the year after 40 years, opening the way for her deputy, Debbie Shipp, who handily wins the job in November and promises to make the clerk's office smoke-free.
Least welcoming to ice-cream trucks: Gated community Lake Monticello in Fluvanna denies access to the Mobile Munchies ice cream truck owned by residents David and Diane Welsh.
Worst loss to Liberty University: The Reverend Jerry Falwell, 73, dies May 15.
Worst armed robbery: William "Billy" Godsey is fatally beaten while escorting his wife, Sarah, manager at Wood Grill Buffet, in the restaurant parking lot in the wee hours of April 12.
Least successful bank robbery: Jeffrey Alan Adams, who stopped for some pre-heist bottled water at a gelato shop, tries to hold up Union Bank and Trust June 1 and is foiled by city inspector Cory Jordan, who calls 911.
Most sobering case: On June 11, Elisa Kelly and George Robinson begin their 27-month sentence for providing booze for minors in 2002; they're paroled November 19.
Best reason to slow down and sober up: The state's abusive driver fees go into effect July 1, tacking an additional $1,050 to those charged with reckless driving for going 20mph over the speed limit, and DUIers pay an additional $2,500. A study released December 5 finds the fines have not slowed fatalities, and the state may have to suspend 300,000 licenses in the next two years because of failure to pay the stiff fees.
Lightest load: Albemarle schools stop allowing nonprofits to send fliers home in backpack mail when School Board members decide June 14 that arguments about vacation Bible school and atheist summer camp notices are eating up too much instructional time.
Biggest bootleg bust: FBI agents raid the Pic and Pac on Stewart Street July 2 and confiscate 1,900 pirated CDs and DVDs.
Biggest arrest: The man suspected in at least seven DNA-linked rapes stretching to a 1997 attack in Waynesboro, Nathan Antonio Washington– a father of four, Daily Progress newspaper carrier, and Harris-Teeter butcher– is arrested at his Abbington Crossing townhouse August 13 and charged in two sexual assaults. He pleads guilty December 10 and agrees to a four life-term sentence.
Most miraculous: The "Blessed Mother Apparition" shows up at the Synchronicity Foundation for Modern Spirituality in Nelson County, but speaks only to its founder, Master Charles Cannon.
Dam-dest thing: The historic Woolen Mills dam, c. 1830, is partially (and controversially) breached in August after six years of effort by Rivanna Conservation member Jason Halbert, who wants to see the American shad swim upstream again to spawn after a nearly 200-year hiatus.
Quickest sell-out: Tickets for the April 14 Starr Hill Music Hall performance of former Fluco Chris Daughtry, now a national music sensation, sell out in seven minutes.
Most presidential candidates: Hillary comes to the Paramount September 23; Obama breaks Pavilion attendance records October 29; and Dennis Kucinch celebrates Pearl Harbor Day December 7 in the Albemarle County Office Building. (And President Bush's daughter announces she's marrying a Darden student.)
Most popular place to have sex on the Downtown Mall: On rooftops using the fire escape at the former First Christian Church– at least until an August 22 mid-morning tryst viewed from the Wachovia tower alerts police, and the fire escape is modified to prevent access from the ground.
Most controversial conservation easement: John and Amy Harris' plans to build a 19,500-square-foot dwelling on a tract on Turner Mountain that specifies one house on two cleared acres spark a firestorm when the county determines that by removing the stove in the existing, 4,200-square-foot house, it can be considered an outbuilding. These modifications clear the way for the new mansion and outrage the original easement grantor, Richard Selden. The Public Recreational Facilities Authority, the easement co-holder, disagrees with the county December 6 that two houses can exist on the parcel, and asks for funding for its own attorney.
Worst first-day-of-school surprise: Hundreds of Albemarle sixth graders and their parents find out the day before school starts that tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (TDaP) boosters are mandatory, and 62 children miss their first day of middle school because of the late-breaking news.
Highest profile animal cruelty charge: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick lands in jail when he pleads guilty in Richmond to operating an illegal dogfighting ring out of his Surry County home.
Least welcoming: Kent Island, Maryland, residents hit the panic button when convicted kidnapper Darrell Rice, who was at one time indicted in a 1996 Shenandoah National Park double slaying and is also suspected of being the Route 29 stalker– both of which he denies– is paroled to the seaside community following his July 17 release from prison.
Saddest 25th anniversaries: The disappearance of 12-year-old Katie Worsky on July 12, 1982, and the fatal Sigma Chi fraternity roll in a U-Haul October 6, 1982.
Worst clerical error: Incorrect paperwork keeps Jennifer White in jail for more than a month after a grand jury fails to indict her August 20, setting off a round of finger pointing between Charlottesville Clerk Paul Garrett, Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman, and the Public Defender's office. White is indicted October 15 for obtaining money under false pretenses and goes back to jail.
Worst blow to the "eat local" movement: Jean Rinaldi and Richard Bean of Double H farm are arrested September 21 for improperly labeling their pork "certified organic," and state agents bleach their meat to render it inedible.
Worst time to cross the street, part 1: When a speeding cop turns onto Water Street September 28 just as Richard Silva and friends celebrating his birthday enter the crosswalk, Silva screams at him to slow down. Officer Mike Flaherty arrests Silva and his fiancee, Blair Austin, and charges them with public swearing and intoxication. Austin, whom Flaherty throws to the ground, is also charged with obstruction of justice. The couple are found not guilty November 29.
Worst time to cross the street, part 2: At the same time Albemarle police officer Greg Davis turns left onto West Main on November 5, wheelchair-bound Gerry Mitchell is in the cruiser's path. Mitchell is knocked out of his chair and ticketed.
Worst choice of a witness: Hook reporter Courteney Stuart is subpoenaed to testify in the Silva/Austin drunk in public trial and is prepared to launch a constitutional challenge, but is dismissed from being a witness when the Commonwealth and defense lawyers stipulate the accuracy of her article on the incident.
Latest strategy to stop the Meadowcreek Parkway: The McIntire Park golf course has been declared eligible to be a "historic" landmark.
Best get for Charlottesville's entertainment scene: The Police play John Paul Jones Arena November 6.
Best upcoming gets for JPJ: The Boss comes to town April 30, and Van Halen is down for February 22.
Worst angst for concert goers: So many shows, so little money. With Charlottesville's recent wealth of venues and tickets that can cost upwards of $100, fans must decide how to stretch their entertainment budgets, while promoters must pick shows that will pack 'em in.
Best kind of problem to have: See above.
The original version of this story misidentified Kevin Strom as founder of the National Alliance rather than National Vanguard, and that has been corrected online.


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Helicopter Association International (HAI), the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) and the Professional Helicopter Pilots Association (PHPA) have combined forces to present a two-day seminar, "SOCAL Professional Helicopter Pilots—A Landmark Event," starting on Friday, January 20 in Van Nuys, Calif. The seminar will cover topics such as helicopter employment, safety and networking. HAI President Matt Zucarro, Director of Safety Stan Rose, PHPA President Larry Welk, and FAASTeam representatives will give presentations on a number of topics, including the "state of the industry," ENG operations, flying in the wire environment, emergency preparedness and ATC communications. For more information and to register, click here.More: Coming Events January 2012 Related: SMS News


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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo supporters of gay marriage call for Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota has a state House vote on gay marriage Thursday, May 9, 2013, and Democratic leaders are assuring passage. With the state Senate likely to follow suit, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton could be signing a bill as early as next week. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them.
The startling shift comes amid a rapid evolution of public opinion nationally in the debate over marriage. But with Minnesota and possibly Illinois set to broaden the definition to include same-sex couples, coastal states may soon have some company in enacting changes.
In November, voters unexpectedly defeated a measure that would have banned same-sex marriage in the Minnesota Constitution, even after more than two-dozen states passed similar bans. That prompted gay marriage supporters to quickly go on offense.
Those efforts culminate Thursday with a vote in the state House that Democratic leaders assured would pass. With the state Senate expected to follow suit, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton could sign a bill as early as next week.
"We like to lead the way in Minnesota," said state Rep. Karen Clark, the Minneapolis Democrat sponsoring the bill.
In the past week, Rhode Island and Delaware became the 10th and 11th states to approve gay marriage. But so far, only legislatures in coastal or New England states have voted affirmatively for gay marriage. Except for Iowa, which allows gay marriage due to a 2009 judicial ruling, same-sex couples can't get married in flyover country.
Minnesota might go first, but Illinois could be close behind. The state Senate there voted in February to allow same-sex marriage, and supporters think they're close to securing the votes needed to get it through the House and on to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, who says he'll sign it.
Although a few Republican politicians around the country have started to embrace gay marriage, the movement remains largely contained to states with Democrats fully in control. In the Midwest, only Illinois and Minnesota have Democratic-led statehouses. Democrats run the Nevada and New Mexico legislatures, but Republicans are governor in those states.
Democrats also control Colorado, but that state could only go as far as civil unions because of a constitutional amendment that blocks gay marriage. The same curb applies in Oregon, but a group has launched a drive to repeal the earlier ballot initiative.
Elsewhere, the political dominance of Republicans makes legalized gay marriage a difficult sell. Most of Minnesota's regional neighbors — Michigan, Wisconsin and both Dakotas — have entirely Republican power structures.
So far, only one Republican member of Minnesota's Legislature is a definite yes on gay marriage. But with the House vote looming Wednesday, the bill's backers said they would accept a handful of GOP-sponsored religious protections that could help them win over a few more Republicans.
Last fall's defeat of the gay marriage ban ended a nearly decade-long push by social conservatives for stronger prohibitions on gay marriage. But the massive activist and fundraising network built to defeat the amendment has now been harnessed to get it through the Legislature.
"Our opponents did us a huge favor," said Sen. Scott Dibble, the bill's Senate sponsor. "They really accelerated the whole issue."
Dibble and Clark are both gay. First elected in 1986, Clark says she's the longest-serving lesbian state lawmaker in the country. She first introduced a bill to legalize gay marriage in 1998, just a year after her colleagues approved a state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Dibble's Senate district, anchored in the city's trendy Uptown area, had the highest number of gay couples in Minnesota in both the 2000 and 2010 census.
It was the heavily populated Twin Cities area that delivered most of the votes against the constitutional gay marriage ban — making it part of the first electoral victories on gay marriage last November after years of losses. But the ban got huge support from more rural parts of the state, populated with higher concentrations of seniors, religious and socially conservative voters.
That's left gay marriage opponents to argue that the legislative push now underway is a case of pushing big-city values on small-town residents.
"The metro area shouldn't be allowed to force gay marriage on the rest of the state," read the flyer for a rally sponsored by Minnesota for Marriage, the chief lobbying group against the ban.
But in recent days, a handful of House and Senate Democrats from rural districts have announced plans to vote for the bill. Rep. Joe Radinovich, a 27-year-old freshman Democrat from the central Minnesota town of Crosby, acknowledged he would alienate some constituents when he votes for gay marriage.
"'I know there are people who voted for me last year that won't vote for me next year because of this," said Radinovich, who beat his Republican opponent by just 323 votes. "But I'm not going to start my political career by voting 'no' on something I know in my heart that I support."
Associated Press reporters Brian Bakst in St. Paul and Sophia Tareen in Chicago contributed to this report.